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Chapter 6

Eccentricity

Brief Explanation: After our delightful intermission, the Ancients, Allegra, Elliot, and Bleue were teleported back to where they were when Kauvara said 'That Peophin..."

"That Peophin...is an Ancient." Everyone froze. Allegra's jaw dropped in shock.

"What do you mean?" Allegra asked incredulously.

"I mean that you are an Ancient, Allegra," Kauvara said shakily, her being a little shocked herself. "I believe that you have powers like most of us do!"

"I'm not sure..." Allegra said doubtfully. She shook her head apprehensively.

"Try using your powers," Faelinn suggested. Allegra nodded, and started to glow. A bright flash filled the air and everyone was blinded for a few seconds. When they could see again, they saw a cloud of watery mist where Allegra had been. It took the shape of Allegra immediately. The mist moved it's head down, and gasped when it saw it's form.

"I'm-I'm mist!" the mist exclaimed in Allegra's voice.

"Holy shit!" Kauvara shouted, then quickly covered her mouth. Everyone grinned at her. "That never happened," Kauvara mumbled. Everyone nodded, still smiling. "What I meant to say is that Allegra has taken the form of the legendary Master of Form Transferal," Kauvara announced. Faelinn nodded. Rash positively exploded with happiness.

"Huh?" Verderato asked Plesio quietly.

"Shape-shifter, 'Rato," Plesio translated. He smiled at him. Verderato nodded.

"Change your form, Allegra!" Faelinn said excitedly. Allegra nodded, and became the mist again. A few seconds later the mist reformed to look exactly like Bleue. Azul suddenly remembered his book of rules. He pulled it out and looked in the index for 'Master of Form Transferal.' When he found the page, he read it.

"Allegra!" Azul shouted. "It says in this book"-he held up his pocket sized Da Rules of Da High Magic-"that you can solidify your form, but you can't change shape when you are solid."

"That's where my pocket version went!" Faelinn exclaimed. "Azul, may I have that?" Azul nodded, and handed Faelinn the book. Everyone sniggered quietly.

"Azul is right," Rash agreed excitedly. She faced Allegra with a look of pure bliss. "This is a very powerful ability, Allegra. Use it well." She beamed at Allegra. "Good luck." Allegra rolled her eyes.

Suddenly a large BOOM! came from outside. Everyone glanced at each other, nodded, and ran outside. A huge pirate ship had landed in their yard. It was all they could do not to burst out laughing.

The people on the boat were Captain Threelegs, a spotted Kougra with a patch over it's left eye and a peg foot who had a Faerie Bilguss on their back, a oddly colored Krawk with a scar down it's leg, and a Gold Jetsam with red eyes, not the regular gold color.

"Arr!" the Kougra called. "Who be you?"

"I am Azuldragao!" Azul called out. The Kougra gasped loudly, and turned around to his mates. They had a short discussion and it was ended abruptly.

"You are the one we have been searching for!" the Kougra yelled. He ordered the Krawk to lower the stairs, and the Kougra came down with the rest of his mates. "I am Captain Aonca. This is my fellow crew. First Mate Threelegs, Second Mate Largato, and Third Mate Duneshark." He pointed to Threelegs, the Krawk, and the Jetsam in turn.

"What do you want with me?" Azul asked curiously. Verderato and Jade backed him in case they were to attack. Allegra appeared in mist and shrouded over Azul.

"Treasure hunt," Aonca replied simply.

"Treasure hunt?!" Azul laughed. "I don't have any clues!"

"You don't?" Aonca sounded hurt.

"Of course not!" Azul replied.

"Well then," Largato sniffed. "We'll have to leave then."

"Oh, but you can't leave now," a deep, booming voice suddenly growled. "You're coming with me. I need to do some 'experiments'. I'm on a deadline for a Mutant Kougra, Krawk, Eyrie, and Jetsam."

"SLOTH!" Faelinn cried. Allegra shifted into the form of Rash, and solidified. The pirates' jaws dropped.

"Oh no you don't," Allegra, as Rash, replied. "You can't attack me!" Allegra mistified (that's what I'm going to call it when Allegra changes shape) into Rash's battle form.

"Hah! Pathetic attempt!" Sloth cried. "You'll never defeat me!"

"Of course I will!" Allegra disagreed.

"Right," Sloth said cynically. "You won't beat me this time, Rash!" Allegra smiled., and let a streak of white light out of her sword. Sloth was hit, but it appeared that it didn't do anything.

"Hahahah, you won't beat me! A puny excuse for a sharp-edged firefly won't defeat - OOF!" Verderato had taken the time to grow and extra head that fell off and had tied it to an extra arm with a small set of [extra] arteries and veins and bonked the makeshift club on Sloth's head. Bleue was cheering.

"Rrrrrrrr..." Sloth mumbled. He lit up. He walked over to Bleue with a devious look on his face. "Is he your little boyfriend? Is he? Well, you won't be able to talk to him anymore. At least, not in your native language! You'll have to speak in a different language! He'll never understand you!" He pulled a pink wand with a heart at the tip out of a pocket. He started chanting.

"You've escaped before, you've disobeyed

But to no prevail, you little wench

And in the revenge, be afraid!

I'll change your language from English to French!

Tu nunc loquor alius lingua

qui lingua exsisto French!

He put his wand away, satisfied with his revenge. He disappeared. Then, Bleue spoke:

"Finally I can communicate with you properly!"

"The spell went in reverse!" Allegra said happily. Everyone cheered.

"Erm...does anyone know a way to make me better again, while we're here?" Largato asked hopefully. Everyone stared at him. Then it came to their realization:

"He's a Cloud Krawk!"

"I'm allergic to cloud paintbrushes," Largato said, blushing, "and no paintbrush or potion could make me better."

"Oh, you poor thing!" Bleue said sympathetically.

"No," Largato smiled wryly. He pulled out a sack out fifty dubloon coins and passed the dubloons out. "Now I'm a poor thing." Everyone laughed, and gave him back the dubloons.

"Now," Rash said. "let's get to business. You," she pointed to the crew "have seen too much. You can either choose to forget or choose to stay with us."

"Stay with you!" the pirates cried.

"Good," Rash said. She turned to Allegra. "We need your Heart Nova, Allegra." Allegra nodded, shoved her hoof into her throat, and pulled out a pulsating Heart Nova. Then she turned to Largato. "We need your Heart Nova, too." Everyone stared at her, dumbfounded. Largato nervously stuck his hand into his throat, and sure enough, a Heart Nova came out. Kauvara peered into it, and saw Largato's reflection staring back at her. "Good," she said again. Largato smiled proudly. Rash then turned to Duneshark. "You," she said. She stared at him with a fixed gaze. "Spy!" she yelled suddenly. She shattered the golden coating around the Jetsam and purple showed underneath!

"It's the Jetsam!" Jade exclaimed in sudden realization. Everyone took no time in transforming into their battle forms. Allegra decided to turn into all of the battle Ancients at once, so everyone would have a duplicate.

"Rrrr," Jetsam growled. Then he smiled. A large burst of light and a mega Robot Jetsam stood before them.

"Is-he an Ancient?" Azul asked, amazed.

"No," Faelinn replied. "He is a Minion. Minions have powers not unlike those of the Ancients, but their power source is from Dark Novas. They're a creation of Sloth himself, you know."

"Oh," Azul replied, confused. He shrugged, and continued attacking Jetsam.

"Ooh, you can destroy me," Jetsam taunted. "Do it!" He suddenly bent down, scooped up Plesio and Aonca, and smirked. "You won't with them in my hand!" Jetsam goaded. He disappeared in glee, leaving no remains of Plesio or Aonca behind.

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Plesio: Help me!
Azul: Well, we'll leave you at an anxious cliffhanger, and end the story right here and now!
Plesio: You mean I have to wait that long?
Azul: Yup.

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