The air around the neopets was filled with victory and
at the same time...deafeat. For even though Dude had defeated the
Shadow Usual, Ryo was lost and gone forever...
"She's dead..." Chika sighed, sitting down in front of the tombstone,
paying her respects for her friend. The others sat on the hill where
their friend had once lived, no one talked, they were too over come with
grief and sorrow. Dude slowly flew towards the grave with tears falling
from his eyes to the ground. Chika looked at him out of the corner
of her eye and sighed in sadness once again.
"Go away..." she took Dude by surprise.
"B-but..."
"I just want to be alone...go away!" Chika's tone turned to anger as
she turned around to face him.
"I just wanted to--...sorry..." more tears fell from his eyes as Dude
flew back to the top of hill. The others looked over at him as Dude
shook his head from side to side. He slowly landed slightly away
from the others, crying in defeat. Just then something caught his
eye, a sparklingly streak of light flew across the sky.
"A shooting star..." He turned his head to the side to see if the neopets
had seen it, but only one other had....
"I wish...to see Ryo...I want to see my sister again," Chika pronounced,
her fur blowing in the night wind. The shooting star disappeared
in the sky as she walked, slightly limping, towards Lutra.
"Are you OK Chika?" Lutra asked in a concerned voice, she paced
by Chika's side, gripping her shoulders to help her up the hill.
Chika said nothing but looked to the stars as more tears fell from
her already damp black eyes. When they reached the top, Chika sat
down and continued her sad disposition, never had Lutra seen her so depressed.
"Are you ok?" Dratini asked, hopping over to her. Chika's mood
changed since she had last been confronted.
"Yea, yea, fine..." she sniffled and kept her gaze on the ground, "I
just never really dealt with this kind of problem before,"
Spelling hovered next to a depressed Kylii_Cara, "We never had ether
so you're not alone..." he sighed in sorrow as Chika gave him a thankful
smile in return.
"Thank you, but..." her smile turned to a frown, "I can't get over
it..."
Live_Without_Warning scowled, "You never even met her before and your
life! Why are you all sad?"
The weeping desert shoyru heard the mean comment and leaped into the
air, "What?"
Warning turned her head slightly to the side and slyly remarked, "Well,
I was only saying that it's suspicious and everything, why would Chika
be this upset over some Gelert she never met,"
"She's NOT just some Gelert, she was our friend!" Dude quickly
glided over and around the Lupe meeting her eye to eye, "And Chika is sad
just the rest of us! So have some sympathy for her!! She's
suffering more than you think!" Dude finished his bold statement.
Chika sighed at the two fighting neopets, "She wasn't just some neopet
to me either...and she wasn't just a friend..."
"WHAT?! You're...!?" Dude's eyes were larger then ones of a Buzz.
Chika frowned, "No, of course it's not that...she was, my sister..."
"Oh ok that's better I just thought you were-- wait, she was your sister?
Then--,"
Warning interrupted him, "No stupid, she was her brother..." she rolled
her eyes, giggling for a moment. Dude glared at the green lupe but
made no action to pursue her at the time, his glance then traveled back
to Chika's face before waiting for an explanation.
Chika sighed and started to tell the awaiting neopets about her family,
"Well, my sisters' names are Drayati, Kytra, Mika and Ryo, plus my little
brother Kyta but..." she stopped for a second to collect her thoughts,
"He died," Chika announced in a cold whisper, "When he was little he strayed
away from home and almost became imprisoned in the pound, it would have
been better however. For he struggle until his life had run out..."
Chika trailed off as her eyes watered up and the others replied with a
chorus of "I'm sorry". "Thank you," the gelert princess answered
quietly before continuing on, "My one sister Kyrta, is a twin to my brother
Kyta, unfortunately though she is also gone... Well, when she was young
she became enchanted with the outside world. She wanted to travel
the whole world of Neopia no matter what the cost... So, she left a few
months later, we searched for her everywhere but Kyrta was never found.
At least I know she's happy seeing the world and not being stuck in a fancy
palace anymore..." Chika paused for a second to catch her breath and moved
on, "My next sister is one of my youngest, Mika, and...I'm afraid that
she too is gone...when she lived with us for the time being her joy and
laughter would bring everyone to love her. She was the nicest neopet
I had ever known...she always took the the blame...no matter what the punishment
was," Chika laughed slightly to herself before stopping to begin the part
she dreaded, "But...one day while on a walk, she wandered far off into
the forest...I believe she was chasing a petpet of some kind, I-I'm not
sure...but all I know is that I heard a squeal coming from the bushes...I
saw a man emerge from the brush, carrying Mika with him... I don't remember
much about his apperance...execpt his devilish smile, I know I couldn't
forget that. Mika, luckily was not killed that day, but instead was
kidnapped by the man and trained by him...I suspect she has to become mean
like her owner though...she was influenced by most things in our home..."
Chika stopped...turning away from the others as a long, cold silence came
over them, all of them silently mourning Chika's unfortunate siblings.
"Chika..." Dude's eyes watered, "I-I'm so sorry, I had no idea how
much pain you went through...I--"
"Then there was Ryo..." Chika interrupted, "I guess you all know what
happened to her..." the gelert sat on the icy morning ground as the sun
began it's daily raise one again. "The only remaining sister I have
left...is Drayati...If I lose her...I-I'd...I don't know what I'd do,"
Drops of water stained the ground below her as the gelert leaped forward
into a running pace, dashing away from the others...running towards somewhere
Chika hoped would help her.
The neopets all had bewildered looks on their faces, "Why the hell did
she do THAT?!" Greeny ask loudly...maybe a little to loudly to the other's
dismay.
"Shut up," Dude snapped, his head not making a single movement.
The baby Zafaras shivered in the morning air as light slowly unveiled the
land once again.
Shoyruki stepped towards the desert shoyru, "Well, if not doing anything,
I'll go and get her--" the neopet then stepped back at Dude's reaction.
"No..." He raised his voice a bit..."I think she has to sort this out
for herself, I'm worried about her too but..." he stopped and kept his
eyes on the distant running gelert.
~~~
The land before her turned cold, frozen with ice as the sorrow within
Chika's heart.
"I have lost to many friends...this is the only thing I can do...."
the brave gelert traveled onward on the snowy ground, not knowing if she
would make this journey. The snowy area around her was vast. covered
with freshly fallen snow. In the distance, however, stood a tall
mountain reaching upwards, surrounded by snow clouds.
"I don't care how far away it is..." she shivered to herself as she
pressed on with her deadly journey. It took longer then it seemed,
three hours to actually walk there, and five more hours just to hike up
the misshapen trail of the monstrous mountain. The light of the moon
was her only traveling companion as Chika placed one paw in front of the
other climbing to her destination.
"F-finaly..." the heavy sound of snoring filled her ears as Chika approached
one of the most powerful beings in Neopia. The gelert shivered, not
because of the cold, but out of fright.
"I will not give up. I will not give up. I will not give
up!!!" Chika whispered, as her uncertainty started to take over her
body little by little.
The snow blew around her as the royal gelert walked cautiously towards
the snake like figure...It moved.
"AH!" Chika yelled, taken aback by the giant figure arising in front
of her... "...Snowager...I--I--"
It said nothing, but looked down upon her as a lion would to a mouse,
it's giant eyes were wide open as Chika gazed up, unsure of her question.
"I-I-I....BRING RYO BACK!" She yelled into the void around them...she
was lucky, no rumbling had sounded off. The Snowager lifted it's
head higher but still said nothing, Chika stepped back in fear watching
the mouth of the monstrous snake open as a burst of energy and light appeared
before her.
~~~
Dude gasped.
"What?" Spelling asked looming over his shoulder, only to be pushed
by a powerful wind blowing him back to the ground. The golden Shoyru
flew off in a worried frenzy...
"Chika..." Dude whispered before flying faster in to the distance.
~~~
WHOO! I did it! I finished it! FINALLY! xD I finally got off my
lazy butt and finished it...-_-; Well, now it's time for the next
chapter...who ever's actually reading this! ^^;