Neopets: A New Beginning

Chapter 6, Training

"Come on Sundry!" Raiden hoped. They had been at the Healing Spring for over an hour now, the Water Faerie was doing all she could. She felt sorry for him.

"Ah! I know!" The Water Faerie pulled out a Mushroom. "Here, this is a Healing Mushroom. Give it to him." Raiden took it and put it in Sundry's mouth.

Sundry swallowed it and sat straight up. "Whoa!" he rubbed his eyes and layed back down.

"Sundry!" Raiden Grabbed the little pup around his neck and hugged him till the next Neopian Times Issue came out, not really but it was a long time. "Ahh! Raiden, you can let go of... me now!" He managed.

"Oh right... sorry." Raiden took the little Gelert and went to Amanda's Neohome. He knocked on the door and she opened it.

"Hey Amanda, she creamed him..." Raiden explained.

"Well it was only because of that Drain Life thing!" Sundry added, "I would've creamed her." Raiden was holding him down at his waist by the shoulders, she hadn't noticed him since he spoke. "Oh! I didn't see you down there." Amanda said.

"Just because I'm small and I little Gelert!" he questioned.

"No, It's just that the way Raiden was holding you."

"Here bud, get on my shoulders." Raiden suggested.

"Ok!" He hopped up. "Is this better?"

"Hm-hm, yes."

She treated them with supper and after that they went home. Sundry was thinking of ways to get stronger to beat the Dark Faerie.

"Sundry?" Raiden asked. "What's wrong?"

"Huh? Oh nothing..." Sundry looked down at the ground. "Hey what's that?!" He pointed to a sack at Raiden's feet.

"I dunno, let's open it." Raiden untied the string around the top, and gave a peek. "Neopoints!!!!!" Raiden shouted in a whisper. "Wow!" Sundry screamed. Raiden put a hand over Sundry's mouth. "Sh! Don't move........ Now, when I count to three, get ready to hold on to me for dear life." Raiden motioned over at the woods next to them. Sundry saw a shadow move. "AH! What was that?!" he whispered. "1....." Raiden grabbed the bag. "2....." Sundry dug his claws into Raiden's Red and Neavy blue shirt. "3!!!" Raiden bolted down Bruce street and over to Main. They finally made it into their house and he locked the door. Sundry was puzzled. "What was that?" he asked.

"A Pant Devil." Raiden Sighed. "He would have taken some items away from you and me if we had stuck around."

Sundry walked over to the sack. "So what's this?"

"It's a bag of Neopoints. Let's count 'em!"

"Alright." Sundry agreed.

A Half of an Hour had past and they were almost done. "1498, 1499, 1500! 1500 NP!" Sundry jumped up and down, the little fella didn't know what numbers were, but Raiden was excited and so he was. "Are we rich?" the naive pup asked.

"Hm-hm, richer than we've been before." Raiden smiled. Suddenly the door bell rang. "AH!" Sundry jumped.

"Stay there." Raiden got up and peeked out the window. No one was there. At least that he could see, it was night time. But he did see a flickering of some kind. Raiden looked behind him and Sundry was hiding in his Fire Mask. "Heh...!" he opened the door and again saw no one. But he wanted to know what that flickering was. He looked down and saw a bottle. He picked it up and it shown brightly. He saw a little figure in the bottle pounding on the glass to get out.

"A Light Faerie, in a bottle." Raiden went back inside. "Sundry, you can come ut now." The Fire Mask lifted up slightly. two beady little eyes popped out under the mask. Sundry saw Raiden pulling a corkscrew off of a bottle. He started feeling safer. The corkscrew came off and a bright light shown everywhere. This didn't make Sundry fill any better. He hid back under the Mask and scurried behind the couch.

The Light Faerie pushed her hair back and said, "Ah! Thank you faor releasing me! Now, I've come to bless your pet. um... Where is he?"

"Uh.. he's a little shy, but I'll get him." Raiden stood up and went behind the chouch. He pulled the Fire Mask off of Sundy. "Come on out you silly pup!" Raiden commanded.

"Is it safe?" Sundry questioned,

"Of course it's safe it's the Light Faerie."

"Is she mean?"

"No!"

"I've had a bad experience with Faeires, you know that."

"Oh just come out. I'll buy you something."

"I don't know."

"She's going to reward you for what a great pet you've been to me."

"Really! Ok!"

"Ok come on."

Sundry scurried out from behind the couch and stood in front of the Light Faerie.

"I'm here!" Sundry said,

"Ah so you're the one. Ok here it goes!" She folded her hands, and opened them again, there was a ball of light resting in her palm. She handen to Sundry, "Touch it." She said,

Sundry put his little paw up to the orb and imediately felt a warm feeling consume him.

"There! You've now learned, an ability. Magic Torch." The faerie said, and vanished into a Puff or Yellow Smoke.