The Faerie's Gift

by Shepherd Virgo

Azul and his brothers and sisters recall the mysterious vision they had on Christmas Eve. When Azul goes to Kauvara's Shop, she tells Azul that the vision he had was actually real. The 2nd in the 'Rod of Heart Nova' series. PG for mild swearing. FINISHED!

2. Lab-Ray

Another disclaimer....oh, I hate these. I don't own Neopets, so please don't sue me. Please review when you are done reading. Reasons are as follows:

Chapter 2 Lab-Ray

"Hello, Ancients," the Sugar Plum Faerie greeted when Kauvara, Faelinn, Azul, Verderato, and Jadretana arrived at the Palace of Sweets. She smiled at them.

"Good afternoon," Azul replied politely.

"There are a few more of us to arrive," the Sugar Plum Faerie told them. "If you see anyone else, please tell me."

"Of course, Sugar Plum-"

"Please, call me Rash," the Sugar Plum Faerie told them. "The 'Sugar Plum Faerie' is not my real name."

Verderato tried to stifle his giggles. "Okay," he snorted with laughter.

"What is so funny?" a voice asked from the door. Verderato, Jade, Azul, and Kauvara turned around, still chortling.

"Sylvester!" Jade exclaimed. Everyone stopped laughing.

"Hi," Sylvester grinned. "How're you doing?"

"What the hell-" Jade was interrupted by Azul.

"How many times have I told you not to cuss? And why he's here is none of our business."

"Oh yeah. Sorry," Jadretana smirked. "But what are you doing here, Sylvester?!" Azul glared daggers at Jade.

"I'm an Ancient, too," Sylvester told them.

"I doubt it," Verderato mumbled. He didn't like Sylvester, and vice-versa. But when Sylvester grew large claws on his hands, and his body glowed an eerie green, Verderato shut up, muttered something like, "...green looks like crap anyway..."

"Hello, Sylvester," Rash greeted. "You are finally here." She smiled at him (the same smile she smiled at them, Jade noted).

"Yes," Sylvester said. "I am here, Rash." He grinned, and changed to normal.

"Now we may start our meeting of Ancients," Rash told them. "First of all, I would like to welcome Azuldragao the Shoyru, Jadretana the Zafara, and Verderato the Kyrii to our Circle of the Ancients." Reverberating claps were heard for the group of Ancients Rash had assembled. "Second of all, I have bad news-"

"What is it this time?" Kalora, who had walked up to the group's circle and sat down (if a Kau can sit), interrupted curiously. "Hope it's not the Monoceraus again," she uttered under her breath. The Ancients, besides Azul, Jade, and Verderato laughed like they had recalled something hilarious.

"Sloth is on the loose again," Rash said, becoming less cheerful.

"Not that bitch again!" Dr_Death exclaimed angrily, also joining the circle.

"Yes, it is Sloth," Faelinn said sternly. "Would Rash lie?"

"I would think not!" Plesio agreed, floundering into the group's oval.

"He appears to have taken King Roo hostage," Rash said, "You know how important he is." All of the other Ancients nodded. "So our first stop will be Roo Island."

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"I like this place," Jade commented when they passed by the Spring Shop on Roo Island. "It's cool."

"Of course it's cool!" Kalora interrupted. "It's one of the best places in Neopia! This place is where I got 63rd place in the Dice-A-Roo-" Her hoof got caught in something. Everyone looked down.

"Don't do that, Kalora," Faelinn said, trying not to laugh, when she saw that Kalora's foot was stuck in one of many Crackle Traps. "Uh-oh," she unhappily as the Crackle Traps started to snap furiously at the lot of them.

"What are you talking about?" Kalora exclaimed . "It wasn't me!"

"Uh-oh....." Rash said. Dr_Death immediately triggered his power, and turned into a mutant Techo. He brandished his tail, and the Crackle Traps ran away.

"Close one," Dr_Death commented, relieved.

"And once again, the day is saved, thanks to.....Dr_Death!" Plesio mumbled under his breath in a sarcastic voice that sounded oddly like the 'Powerpuff Girls' narrators.

"I heard that!" Dr_Death yelled. "It's not like you helped any!"

"I did plenty!"

"Did not!

"Did too!"

"DID NOT!"

"DID TOO!"

"DID NOT!"

"DID-"

"Stop that!" Jadretana shrieked. There was silence. "I can't stand it when people bicker constantly!" Dr_Death stopped, with a 'next time...' look on his face.

"Thank you, Jade!" Kauvara said gratefully. "They've bickered for months, and we couldn't get them to stop." Plesio gave her a death look.

"Anytime," Jade replied.

"Now, we'll need to stay together, but we'll never accomplish anything if we do it in a huge bulk," Verderato said thoughtfully. "I think that me, Rash, Kalora, Dr_Death, and Kauvara go in front and Azul, Sylvester," he scoffed the word 'Sylvester out, "Plesio, Faelinn, and Jade will follow in case something bad happens," he finished more politely.

"Good idea," Rash agreed. "Let's go."

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"Thank lord we split those two bickering ones up," Rash mumbled to Verderato. "We would probably be found by now if they were with us."

"Yeah," Verderato agreed quietly. "We'd be done for."

"Hey guys!" Kalora exclaimed softly. "Look at this!" Everyone turned around. And they suddenly saw something that was very interesting.

"A Lab Ray!" Dr_Death gasped mutedly.

"What would it be doing up-" Verderato was interrupted with fierce glares. "Oh yeah. Sloth." Suddenly everyone heard voices coming down the hall in front of them. They quickly ducked behind the ray.

"Mais mon propriétaire sera si vexé!" an obviously unhappy alto voice pleaded.

"Your owner is dead," a much deeper voice, gravelly and sinister, laughed evilly.

"Vous're inconsidéré," the unhappy alto spat. "J'ai gagné't vous permet de faire que me. Vous pouvez't utilise le rayon de laboratoire sur moi, Sloth. Je fait't soin si vous me tuez ou pas, vous avez gagné't me touche avec cette chose." Rash looked at everyone in horror.

"What she said is, 'You're inconsiderate. I won't allow you to do that me. You can't use the laboratory ray on me, Sloth. I wouldn't care if you kill me or not, you have won't touch me with this thing,'" Rash whispered, petrified.

"You have no control of that," Sloth cackled. He started to walk in the direction of the Lab Ray.

"Everybody, use your powers!" Rash whispered. A small 'poof' was heard and standing in front of the lab ray were a ten-armed, six-legged, five-eyed Giant Skunk Kyrii; a mutant Techo with the Dr_Death style hair; over five hundred miniature Novas, Supernovas, Ultranovas, etc. flying in a tornado with Kauvara's cap on top; a ten-foot Kau with golden horns and a Kalora's Battledeck in pocket; and a flaming version of the Battle Faerie with Rash's crown on her head.

"The Ancients?!" Sloth was boiling with hot rage. "Impossible! You're unable to come into my realm!" He swore a variety of curses that would have made his mother get very angry with him.

"But you took one of ours," Rash, the flaming Battle Faerie, said calmly. "You took King Roo, and apparently this Kyrii too." Rash glanced at the Kyrii quickly. "We are allowed to take back anything you have taken, unless it has been fairly won." Sloth scowled.

"But what about that time when the Pant Devil took your wand! That was fair!" Sloth remarked.

"That was not fair!" Kalora said, outraged. "That action was not justified! Your little damned Pant Devil-"

"What she means is that the Pant Devil just took it from us. It didn't challenge us in the Battledome for it, or did not win a bet for it. It wasn't an officially fair reason," Rash pulled a book titled Da Rules of Da High Magic and opened it up. "For example, in section fourteen chapter thirty-nine page forty-two paragraph seven sentence three it states clearly, 'If a drode of either side, the Evil or Good, steals something that was not fairly won or earned the item and another item of equal or higher value to the opposing side must be given to the other side.' See?" Rah thrust the book at him.

"I see!" Sloth scowled, "now close the book." Rash smirked, and closed it on Sloth's face.

"Leave, all of you! NOW!" she whispered to the others. The others became normal and hurried off, the Kyrii following close behind.

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"Oof!" Kauvara exclaimed as she bumped into someone.

"Kauvara!" a voice exclaimed. Kauvara got to her senses and saw Azul looking into her face.

"Azul!" Kauvara said. "I am so glad to see you! Something big happened while you were following us. She explained what had happened.

"I demand a plausible lie!" Plesio said in a pseudo angry tone.

"Plesio, you idiot! She wasn't lying!" Dr_Death yelled.

"YES SHE WAS!"

"NO SHE WASN'T!"

"YES SHE WAS!"

"NO SHE WA-"

"SHUT UP!" Jadretana screamed. The room fell silent. "Thank you, Plesio and Dr_Death." Jade sat back down. Kalora smiled at her, obviously proud.

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What will happen to Rash? Who is this Kyrii? And what is the High Magic? All that and more explained in the next chapter of The Faerie's Gift!

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Psypaw, thank you for the support. That was part of what made me keep going. If you want this story to continue, review. And if you don't want to review...this will happen.

Dr_Death: *changes into a mutant* You'll have to face me if you don't review! *sits down, and farts loudly* KALORA!

Kalora: *sighs* What are you talking about? It wasn't me!

Jadretana: SHUT UP!

Sorry, had to include that. Please review, 'cause as I said before, if you don't..........