Chapter 3

Stealers, Superglue, and Success

"First of all, we'll need some equipment," Azul said, "in case he wakes up and we have to fight him. How many hit points do you have, Jade?"

"23," Jadretana replied.

"Perfect. Here's some of my Battledome stuff; a Sir Cheekalot Training Shield, a Coltzan's Gem, a Pale Elixer, and an Improved Lightning Beam. I'll take my new Bag of Infinite Neggs, my Shoyru Sword, my Staff of Nova, and my Orb of the Fire Faerie."

"Wow! You have good items Azul!"

"I've had a year or two to collect them. Not to mention I got the Bag of Infinite Neggs yesterday at the Kiosk," Azuldragao said modestly. "And I earned that Orb of the Fire Faerie because of that silly Island Mystic. He was right, for once. A clumsy oaf of a Skeith dropped it on the ground. The Staff of Nova's from the Hidden Tower, and the Shoyru Sword is the only battledome item I own that was bought by Quinto."

"Oh," Jadretana said.

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"Hi there," Azul said when they got to the Kiosk booth. "I need a scratchcard."

"Of course," said the Wocky. "And one for you little sister too?"
Azuldragao looked at his sister. She nodded. "Sure," Azul said. "Why not?"

The Wocky handed them each a Scratchcard.

"Cool! A Peak of Plenty!" Jadretana grinned.

"Lucky....." Azul mumbled. "I only got a Race To Riches. I'll scratch mine first."

SCRATCH! A snowball!

SCRATCH! 10000!

SCRATCH! A snowball!

SCRATCH! 5000!

SCRATCH! 5000!

And..........SCRATCH! 2500!

"DARN!" Azul said angrily.

"My turn," Jadretana said.

SCRATCH! 10000!

SCRATCH! A ring!

SCRATCH! A ring!

SCRATCH! 5000!

SCRATCH! 2500!

And.........SCRATCH! A ring!

"YAY!" Jadretana cheered. Then she focused on which item she wanted. "I want a Bag of Infinite Neggs."

"Sorry, we're clean out of those," the Wocky apologized. "How about a Blizzard Ring?"

"Sounds good to me," Jadretana shrugged. "Thanks, sir!"

"You're welcome," the Wocky said kindly.

"Now, let's go find the Snowager," Jadretana exclaimed.

"It's asleep!" Azul whispered.

"What should we get?"
"What do you want?"

"Oh."

They searched through the cavern.

"Hey Azul!"

"What!"
"I found a 500-dubloon coin!"
"Pick up what you want."

"Oh yeah." "Hey Azul!"
"I said, pick up what you want!"

"Oh."

"Hey Jade?"

"Yeah?"

"Let's play a prank!"

"How?"

"I brought some superglue. Do you have a Flaming Torch?"

"Yeah."

"Give it to me."

"Sure." "What are you going to do?"

"Watch this!" Azul put a piece of paper into the light of the torch. It said 'Kick Me'. "I'll superglue it to the Snowager!" He put some superglue on the paper, and stuck it on the Snowager's head. "There. Now, let's leave."

"But-"

"Don't you remember what I said before you came?"

"Oh yeah." They both left the cavern just as the Snowager started to wake up. A huge roar emitted from the cavern. The twosome laughed hysterically.

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"I thought you were doing the Advent Calendar today, Jade!" Quinto scolded.

"I decided to have a little fun instead," Jadretana said.

"That's fine," Quinto said. "It was a Purple Negg. You can't do anything with a Purple Negg." He stroked his chin thoughtfully. "Say, where did you guys go anyway?"
Azul and Jade looked at each other, and both got the giggles.

"I'm serious, Jade and Azul," Quinto said.

"Do we have to tell you?" Jadretana asked.

"Yes," Quinto said.

"Then, I guess we'll show you....." They both emptied their knapsacks.

In Jadretana's knapsack there was a 500-dubloon coin, a Starry Paint Brush, a Rainbow Coloured Boom Box, a Faerie Paint Brush, a Snegg, the Blizzard Ring that she got from Kiosk, a Greater Amulet of the Dark Faerie, a Rod of Supernova, the Sir Cheekalot Training Shield, the Coltzan's Gem, the Improved Lightning Beam, and the Pale Elixer.

Azul's sack contained a Fish Negg, a Fire, Fire, Your Pants of Fire Paint Brush, a Lost Desert Paint Brush, a Platinum Nerkmid, a complete Spooky Map, a piece of the Space Map, a Greater Orb of the Fire Faerie, the Bag of Infinite Neggs, the Shoyru Sword, the Orb of the Fire Faerie, and the Pale Elixer, which snapped in two when it fell out of the knapsack. Quinto gasped.

"How long have you had this stuff?" Quinto asked.

"I got the Bag of Infinite Neggs at the Kiosk yesterday, the Orb, the two Pale Elixers, the Training Shield, the Improved Lightning Beam, and the Coltzan's Gem I had already, the Blizzard Ring was from the Kiosk today; it's Jade's, and the rest we got in the Snowager's Cave today," Azul explained.

"You realize how much all of this is worth," Quinto said.

"We'll give you the stuff we don't want," Azul said. "We were the ones who found it anyway."

"Okay," Quinto agreed.

"You can have 500 Dubloons," Jade started.

"My Fish Negg," Azul continued.

"My Faerie Paint Brush," Jade added.

"My Orb of the Fire Faerie," Azul persisted.

"My Snegg," Jade said.

"And my Lost Desert Paint Brush," Azul finished.

"Wow," Quinto said. "You know, with all of this money, we could get a bigger NeoHome."

"That's the idea," Azuldragao said. "You have to use the money for the following things......here's a checklist."

"Okay," Quinto snatched the roll of parchment in Azul's hand. It read:

[ ] Get a good heating system.

[ ] Get good security.

[ ] Get nice carpeting.

[ ] Get nice wallpaper.

[ ] Get more furniture.

[ ] Donate to Money Tree. (at least $100 a day)

[ ] Buy Faeries.

[ ] Buy Codestones and bring us to Training School.

[ ] Buy Jadretana a Pawkeet. (Dubloons)

[ ] Buy Verderato an Uggatrip.

[ ] Buy Azuldragao a Huggy.

[ ] Get Peophin Platinum Insurance.

[ ] Expand NeoHome.

[ ] Get Kiosk a lot.

Quinto smiled. "Okay," Quinto agreed. "I'll do ask the list says. But no more going to the Snowager's cavern."

"Awwwwwwwwww...."

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