Saving Neopia
Chapter 37: Unhappy Valley
When Lord Cataclysm heard about the Black Knight's failure, he wasn't happy. In fact, he decided to torment the Black Knight just as he had tormented Shuriken and Professor Nyctus.
"The incompetence my minions give me is sickening." Lord Cataclysm said as he transformed into a boulder and pinned the Black Knight to the ground.
"Get this boulder off me!" cried out the Black Knight.
Suddenly, Fallenova came into the room.
"I think that you've done enough, my liege." he said, as he came into the room.
"I'm only just beginning." Suddenly, Lord Cataclysm transformed into a flaming meteor, crushing the Black Knight AND setting him on fire at the same time. Fallenova promptly looked away, unable to look at such a horrible sight.
"IT BURNS!" exclaimed the Black Knight.
Finally, Lord Cataclysm transformed back into normal. If one could see underneath his cloak, they could clearly see that he was actually smiling from all the suffering he had inflicted.
"Now then, Fallenova, I'm entrusting you with the task of capturing these Neopets once and for all…" Lord Cataclysm ordered his trusted assistant.
"What, me?" Fallenova reacted with surprise.
"Yes, I've tried virtually everything at this point…Professor Nyctus, Shuriken, and now the Black Knight, basically put I've had quite a hard time bringing these Neopets to me so I can experiment on them to see why they're resisting my influence…I've put roughly half of Neopia under my thumb at this point, but still they insist on continuing to fight me…their resistance to that magical chemical of mine is astounding." stated Lord Cataclysm.
"Well, I suppose if you think I'm ready for this mission." Fallenova agreed to his demands.
"The powers that I have given you should be sufficient for you to bring them down. Of course, if you fail, I suppose I'll have to go after them myself and make them suffer for everything…" Lord Cataclysm pointed out.
Fallenova shuddered at the thought of this, and proceeded to fly out of the Apocalypse Castle to search for our heroes.
Speaking of our heroes…
As soon as our heroes arrived at Happy Valley using a snowmobile that Marvin had built, they found it was quite in a mess.
Many buildings had been ruined, others were snowed in, and there were Darblats all over the place.
"What could have possibly happened to cause all this?" wondered Cherry.
"Funny you should mention that, I heard about a story about this horrible plot at the Ski Lodge at Terror Mountain where this malfunctioning cyborg went on a rampage and started wiping out the Neopets Staff members that were taking residence in the lodge, but I find it unlikely considering that that they're still alive nowadays…" Marvin told the others.
"Yeah, it's still a horrible story to think about, isn't it? Who could have built a cyborg like that, anyway? It'd take someone with an impressive amount of technology, that's for sure." Bloony discussed the story.
"I still don't get how the Neopets staff members are still alive if that story's true." Cherry agreed.
Suddenly, a Christmas Kacheek came by.
"Thank goodness you guys are here! This place is a disaster!" he shouted.
"I can see that…" Bloony agreed.
"Avalanches are heading towards town, blizzards are chilling us to the bone, and Darblats are disturbing the peace!" the Christmas Kacheek explained.
"I guess we'll deal with the Darblats first, that should be a lot easier…" Bloony suggested.
After trying to calm down the Christmas Kacheek (who seemed to be the only person around at that particular moment), our heroes then started picking up the Darblats and placing them inside a large bag.
Afterwards, our heroes then proceeded to take the Darblats away to an iceberg where they wouldn't bother anyone, much to the citizens' relief.
Unfortunately, not everyone turned out to be happy about what they had done.
"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO MY DARBLATS?" screamed a furious blue Krawk.
"We took them away to an iceberg so that they wouldn't cause the villagers a hassle." explained Marvin the Mynci.
"YOU WHAT?" she yelled.
"I'm sorry lady but they were proving to be really problematic for the citizens in Happy Valley…which has become Unhappy Valley at this point." stated Marvin.
"HOW DARE YOU!" she screamed. Suddenly, she pulled out a freezing potion and freezed Sheldon solid.
"Guess he won't be running any time soon." worried Cherry.
"SHELDON! NO!" shrieked Gary.
"Now that he's out of the way, I'm going to give you five a new sense of freezer burn!" she exclaimed.
"Hey, I think I know who she is now! She's Lady Frostbite! She's this evil Krawk that wants to start a new ice age…" Marvin told the others.
"Guess we'll have to stop her then…her Darblats have caused enough trouble already." stated Bloony.
And so our heroes got in a fight with the icy Krawk, with the latter throwing many snowballs at the party.
"AARGH! I'm hit!" screeched Ursula, who now had stone snowball right in her face.
"Me too!" yelled Marvin, who now had tartan snowball in her face.
Lady Frostbite then started summoning ice and snow creatures to help her take down the Heroes of Light.
"Uh oh! More trouble!" warned Bloony.
"What should we do?" asked Cherry.
"I got it!" suggested Marvin. Pulling out a Portable Kiln, he started using the flames to roast the snow and ice creatures, therefore causing them to melt.
"NO!" screamed Lady Frostbite.
Marvin then started using the Portable Kiln on Lady Frostbite, therefore suppressing her ice magic.
"I HATE FIRE!" squealed Lady Frostbite.
"Too bad!" answered Marvin, who continued using the Portable Kiln on Lady Frostbite.
"Why does fire always defeat me?" wondered Lady Frostbite, right before she fell on the ground, out cold akin to her element.
Not long afterwards, Bloony called the Defenders of Neopia, who proceeded to take Lady Frostbite and to lock her away.
"I sure hope that the Darblats we took away from Happy Valley are OK." wondered Cherry.
Marvin pulled out a pair of binoculars and saw that they were busy eating fish and sliding on their stomachs. "They look fine to me." confirmed Marvin.
"Now that she's out of the picture, what should we do now?" suggested Gary.
Marvin proceeded to thaw Sheldon out using the Portable Kiln he had used earlier.
"T-t-thanks." Sheldon gave his gratitude, having somewhat of a speech impediment due to being frozen in such cold temperatures.
"I suggest that we go into the Ice Caves and see if there's any trouble there. We might be able to do something about all these avalanches and blizzards if we go inside." ordered Bloony.
And so our heroes prepared to do some more hero work as they went inside the Ice Caves…
What will our heroes find inside the Ice Caves…will they find someone that will help them with their task of assisting the citizens of Happy Valley? Or will they find themselves in even more trouble?
You'll have to wait for the next chapter, unfortunately. But not to worry! The next chapter should (hopefully) come soon, so simply be patient while I continue writing and feel free to leave a review.