Saving Neopia

Well this is a rather long chapter…as you are probably aware bad things are happening to the island once again…(no thanks to those meddling Villains of Darkness), so our heroes are going to investigate…

Anyways, due to the fact that I keep shifting to our various protagonists' (and our antagonists') point of view…I'm going to be splitting them so they're easier to tell apart…

Chapter 54: Mystery of the Island

Incidentally, the first spot of land that our heroes discovered was Mystery Island…which true to its name was a very mysterious piece of land indeed.

Once again, our heroes split up to investigate their surroundings…naturally they would be significantly weakened while doing so, but the Heroes of Light decided to do so anyway.

Thankfully, nothing happened to our heroes that they couldn't handle…

Bloony decided to visit the Island Mystic, who as with all fortune-tellers was always claiming that they could see the future.

"So, what information do you have for me?" Bloony asked.

"You will be attacked by a group of island natives." the Island Mystic foreshadowed.

"Yeah right, like that'll ever come true." thought Bloony.

Unfortunately the mystic's prediction turned out to be the truth when he discovered a bunch of island natives looking for a sacrifice shortly afterwards.

"Hey look!" shouted one of the natives.

"A Neopet!" screeched another one of the natives.

"Let's get him!" demanded yet another one of the natives.

"Aah! I should have listened to the Island Mystic!" screamed Bloony as he ran away from the deadly Neopet-eating psychos.

Thankfully, he was able to eventually outrun them, and began panting for breath.

Meanwhile, his friend Cherry had gotten herself in a spot of trouble as well. As it turns out, she was being chased by a Ghost Lupe.

"Good grief! Why do I always have to outwit Lupes that are trying to eat me?" wondered Cherry as she ran away from the hungry predator.

Thankfully, she was able to hide inside a nearby hut…naturally the Ghost Lupe continued going in the same direction.

"I wonder why they always keep doing that…" Cherry said with a puzzled look on her face.

As for our geeky Mynci, he noticed a nearby cooking pot…but there was nobody nearby.

"What's going on here?" inquired Marvin.

Suddenly, his girl-sensing abilities noticed that there appeared to be a Faerie nearby…but interestingly she did not seem to be there.

Until Marvin put on his heat-seeking goggles and noticed that she was tied to a tree with an invisibility spell cast on her.

"What happened?" wondered Marvin as he untied her…which for some reason caused the invisibility spell to wear off.

"Thanks for helping me…I was attacked by a bunch of crazy Neopets…apparently they took an interest in the gold jewelry I was wearing and so they mugged me." Jhuidah explained to him.

"Ah yes, they seem to have taken a lot of things from you…heck they even seem to have taken your shoes…" noticed Marvin.

"Funny you should mention that…" answered the Island Faerie.

Suddenly, the green Mynci realized who could be responsible for this.

"It can't be, I thought we had defeated them for good…." pondered Marvin. "Of course then again we never seem to be able to catch a break from those bozos…"

After telling Jhuidah that she would help her get her stolen items back from the pernicious Neopets that were always up to something…Marvin decided to look for the others.

Ursula decided to visit the Mystery Island Training School, where she was greeted by an elderly Techo who for some strange reason was levitating in the air.

"Greetings grasshopper, as you can see this is a school for those who wish to learn how to defend themselves." the master explained.

"So basically you're teaching Neopets how to kick butt." Ursula replied.

"Not necessarily. As I always put it, you should only fight out of self-defense…any other reason than that is most likely not a good one." he continued.

"Someone needs to tell the Villains of Darkness that." thought Ursula. "Speaking of which where are they now?"

"Anyway, if you're curious who my best student is, he is currently continuing his training at my school. Speaking of which, here he is now."

Ryshu the Nimmo came in the room asking the Techo Master if he currently had any missions for him to complete.

"Well if you insist, I would like you to investigate why the volcano is smoking. It is considered a bad omen around Mystery Island whenever that happens as you are no doubt aware…and not simply because of the fact that it may mean that the volcano is going to erupt." ordered the Techo Master.

"Wouldn't an erupting volcano also be implied by an earthquake?" Ryshu inquired.

As on cue, a sudden minor earthquake started shaking the school. The various students looked around in confusion as the various training equipment started moving on their own.

"As you can see, I have very good reasons to be concerned about all this. I suggest that you do so immediately for the safety of every Neopet on the island…and for anyone else for that matter." suggested the Techo.

"Maybe I could train here sometime…it'd probably be a good workout." pondered Ursula as she left to rejoin the others.

As she left, the Techo Master continued worrying about what was happening to the island.

Suddenly, he heard the sound of glass breaking as someone burst in through the window.

Gary visited the Tiki Tack Man, a rather strange individual who aside from selling various merchandise at his shop and offering various Neopets to play a game known as Tombola not unlike the lottery, always wore a strange mask.

Curious, Gary asked him "Why do you always wear that mask?"

"I'll show you." answered the Tiki Tack Man, taking it off for just a split second…

"AAH!" screamed Gary, seeing the horror that was underneath the island native's mask…unsurprisingly he ran out of the store shortly afterwards.

The Tiki Tack Man chuckled at the prank he just pulled. As it turns out, he had purchased a Halloween mask to wear underneath his usual one for scaring Neopets in the event they got curious about what his face could possibly look like.

Suddenly, another individual came into the room.

"Hello, may I ask what you're doing here?" the Tiki Tack Man inquired.

Our Orange Skeith friend decided to take a Tiki Tack Tour. Right before it began, he had been warned about the evil witch doctor that was always attacking Neopets who went on the tour. Apparently, his name was Tekkitu.

In response to this, Sheldon decided to take care of the witch doctor himself. A rather goofy yet brief battle occurred between the two Neopets, which naturally ended with our speedy hero winning.

On the way there however, Sheldon noticed that the tour guide seemed to have vanished.

"Where'd he go?" he thought.

Desdemona headed towards the volcano out of curiosity due to the fact that it was smoldering, when she was suddenly stopped by a Fire Faerie.

Coincidentally, she was dressed similar to Jhuidah in the fact that she was wearing ripped clothing and had apparently never heard of footwear.

"Stop! I cannot allow you to go there! I have been recently ordered by Fyora to prevent anyone from entering the volcano…in case you're wondering why…well it's simply too dangerous, that's why!" explained the Fire Faerie.

Desdemona, recalling the disastrous events that had happened to Faerieland due to the Cult of Apocalypse, started to grow suspicious.

But she decided to simply do what her fellow Faerie wanted due to the fact that she needed to regroup with the others before anything happened, recalling the incident that had occurred back in the Haunted Woods when she was alone.

As soon as she had left however, the Villains of Darkness came by, looking for a new evil villain hideout.

Naturally, they decided that the volcano would be perfect.

As before, the Fire Faerie explained that they weren't allowed to go in there, but of course the nasty Neopets paid no mind to her…which caused her to get angry and set all of them on fire.

"AAH! I'm on fire!" screamed Snotty, who began to stop, drop, and roll.

"Someone put it out! Please!" politely demanded Redtooth, who began running around in circles.

"Girls are scary!" bellowed Marvin, trying to put out the fire with his club.

"Nooooo! I just went shopping!" cried out Jennifer, looking for something in her bag to put out the fire.

"Ha! I'm a Fire Neopet, so I'm fireproof, dummy!" taunted Cinder.

"I do believe I'm on fire." thought Larry, taking the flames surprisingly well.

"I paid a lot of money for this dress!" complained Othella, who frantically began trying to put out her dress before the story would become rated M.

As the various villains ran away like sissy little cowards, the hot-tempered Faerie let out a sigh of relief.

"That was a little close for comfort…I can't let anyone figure out what I'm planning to do to Mystery Island…but so far things are going well…the shaman will be very, very pleased…"

By now you've probably guessed who that Faerie is…but if not, it doesn't really matter.

In the next chapter, our heroes will continue their investigations of what is happening to the island…and will bump into the Villains of Darkness along the way….