Disclaimer: Slayers isn't mine, so don't bug me about it.



The campfire crackled and shined light onto the faces of the Slayers gang: Lina, Gourry, Zelgadis and Amelia who all looked intently at one person, Xelloss. All waiting to find out what he knew about this mysterious place called Zombalaguaninkalifoniaa. Other than the cloaked person at the bar, Xelloss was seemingly the only other person that they had met that had heard of it.

"Why are all of you guys looking at me?" Xelloss said out of the blue

"We're waiting for you to tell us what or if you know about this weird place, Zombalaguaninkalifoniaa." Zelgadis said dryly

Xelloss, sat and continued looking at the cracking fire and started speaking softly as he began his story, with his eyes open.

"Hundreds of years ago, there was a powerful sorceress who controlled a small, desolate kingdom that never prospered called Zombalaguaninkalifoniaa. The sorceress had a cold heart and didn't love anyone, and her kingdom showed it. Then one day, a handsome young man came to her castle and requested to see her. The man asked if he could take refuse in her palace. He told her that he couldn't offer her much service except to be a cook in her castle. When she accepted, he set to work cooking and preparing many fine dishes and foods. Later, the Sorceress tasted his food and she was overjoyed. Over the years, his fine food and kind words warmed up her heart, and she grew to love him. And the Kingdom came alive again.

It was then that it was destiny said that his fate should come, and the monsters that he had been running away from for so long caught up with him, and killed him in his sleep. When the Sorceress found out the next morning, she was devestated. She sought out and killed the mosters that had killed him. In her sorrow, she began to cry. Tears were almost unknown to her and so when each tear fell, it contained magic. She cried so much that a shallow pool formed were she knelt. She brought her love to the pool and rinsed him in the water. The healing power of the magic brought him back to life and stands today as one of the most powerful magic pools for healing. Unfortunetely, it also has not been seen for about 100 years. But, if you did find it, it probably could cure certain things that you dislike Zel..."

Gourry had fallen asleep immediately, and was snoring loudly until Lina hit him on the head. Zelgadis had been listening intently and had absorbed every part of it. Amelia however, was just staring off into space thinking about something probably completely unrealated to the subject.

"This had better not be another one of your tricks." Zelgadis said menacingly, holding up one of his fists.

"Nope, no tricks here!" Xellos said holding up his hands, but half crossing his fingers in his mind.

Everybody just sat around thinking for a while before Amelia broke the silence.

"Why were you following us Xelloss?"

Pulling on his most innocent face he replied:

"Me? Follow you guys? Never."

Lina was the first one to punch him, followed by Zelgadis and Amelia. Gourry wasn't even paying attention.

Xelloss was about to say that's a secret, but upon seeing death-glares from almost everybody other than Gourry, decided against it.

"Alright, Alright! I was bored and I happen to see you guys who are always getting into trouble passing through and I thought- why not?"

Lina eased off of him a little bit, but Zelgadis kept a suspicious attitude towards him. Yawning loudly, Gourry, completely oblivious to the whole situation said:

"We ought to be getting to bed, we need to get up early tommorrow morning so we can start heading towards that Zombiecalifornia place."

So, discerning glances, everybody went to sleep, except for Xelloss who just dissapeared.











-I got a little serious, but take it easy on me! it's in the plot!

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~Anakara