Yulie and Ivy had been talking with each other the whole time, and in that time they had become great friends!
"So what is your talent?" Yulie asked as they dismounted the centaur.
"Enhancement."She said simply
"Uh, enhancement of what?"
"everything, anything. It is Sorceress level." as she said this she grinned widely ^.^
"huh?"
"Let me explain, if i see that lighting bug over there as the brightest and shinniest one ever that is what it will become. watch" she looked at the little bug and suddenly it was the most perfect, brightest little lightning bug ever.
"Wow." then Yulie's face went from amazment to shock, then realization. " So if you saw a monsterously huge and scary dragon as the cutest little pet, that is what it would become?"
"yeah, why?" then she turned around and saw a large six legged, green, scaley, steam dragon. she ran over to the hiddious thing and glomped it (AN: Glomp=anime mega hug).
"Yulie, this is my pet dragon, Stanley Steamer!"
Yulie about choked, "Stanly Steamer! That's the name of a vacume cleaner!"
"A what?"
"A vacume cleaner, a machine people use to clean the carpets in their houses. Mia has one, it's kinda noisy."
"Oh, well he's the nicest dragon in all of Xanth!" Ivy was a cute little girl, about the same height as Yulie. She had blonde hair with a tint of green in it, and green eyes to match.
"That is so cool! Mia, I want a dragon!" Before Mia could tell Yulie to quit being silly, Dor spoke.
"You are all welcome to stay here at the castle until we can find out whats going on. It's not every day a group of magical mundanes appear out of nowhere right in the middle of Xanth. Irene will show you around, I will return shortly," and with that Dor and Bink left.
"Welcome, our castle is your castle," Irene said as she led the way to the bedrooms, "you may pick anyone you like. There is a kitchen downstairs and I'm sure the ghosts will help you find anything you need."
"Ghosts?!?" they all said.
"Yes, the castle ghosts, they are quite firendly, and helpful," Said Chameleon. She was very, very pretty, especialy for her age. Although she was extreamly beautiful, perfectly sweet and kind, but well...stupid. "When Bink and I came here, they were very quiet. But now they talk to us all the time!" she smiled, and when she did the whole room seemed to brighten.
"It's been a long journey so feel free to relax or wander about the castle. But be warned, don't go to the forest without a guide, it is quite dangeous," said Irene, then she smiled, "I'm going to retire for the rest of the night. If you need me let a ghost know, they'll let me know." Then she turned and walked into the master bedroom.
"I think I'll go home and get some sleep. I'll see you all later tonight," Chameleon said with another magically wonderful smile. Once she left Yulie turned to Ivy.
"What's her talen?" he asked pointing towards the departing Chameleon. He thought it might be magical beauty, but wasn't sure.
"Oh, well she has three phases that she goes through each month. At first she is plain of beauty and intelligence, then she is extremely pretty but stupid, then plain again, then she is extremely ugly and smart," Ivy said, "I bet you wish you had a talent!"
"Well, I sorta do," Ivy stared at him in confusion, "I am the keeper of the Jewel of Life, it only works for me," Yulie smiled.
"So all of you do have a talent!" Ivy asked pointing to the ronins and warlords, who were admiring the portraits on the walls.
"Well all but Mia. Also i don't think they are talents really, just magic."
"How?"
"That's what your father said he was going to go see about."
"Oh, uh well anyways do you wnna go play with Stanley and me?"
"Sure! Hey Mia, I'm gonna go play with Ivy!"
"Okay, but be sure to be back before it gets to dark," Mia said with motherly concern, even though she wasn't even related to him, "Wear your jacket, don't get hurt, and have fun."
"Okay, let's go." They took Dolph along too. While the children were playing the warriors all began to explore the castle seperatly.
Rowen was searching for some good bedrooms, if they were going to stay here for a while he wanted the best room avalible. After a few rooms that were so normal and boring that they weren't even worth mentioning, he came across one that was remarkable. At first glance it was average, but infront of the bed was a large tapestry, it looked like a map of Florida, but much more rugged. Then when he looked closer, he noticed that the scenery was moving. And at an even closer look he could see small figures, people, monsters, and animals. ALL MOVING! (o.0) .
"Its the history of Xanth." said a small hushed voice. Rowen turned around and saw the ghost of a small boy.
"Can I help you with anything?" She had a very cheerful voice with long blonde hair, done up into a bun with many many combs.
"How? Where? Huh?" was all he managed to say. she smiled.
"Well i was just walking along the window seal and you looked lost so i just grew to your size. You know it is easier to talk to someone if one is the same size as the other." (o.0) Cye was now if not before completly confuzzed.
"Let me explain. My name is Rapunzal, I am part human part elf, so i can change size at will." she saw that he now understood enough for the shock to wear off. "and you are?"
"Oh, yes. Terribley sorry, I am Cye of the Torrent. I am a Ronin Warrior, pleased to meet you."
"Oh! your one of the mundanes with magic! aren't you! Grundy was telling me about you and your friends!"
"Grundy? ... Oh yes, the golum, right? Yes, we all have magic more or less, except for Mia.
"Mia?"
"Yeah, she helps us out a lot. You see her Grandfather taught her all about our armors before we even knew about them. so she knows more about our powers than we do. She also gives us a roof over our heads and three meals a day. (^.^)"
"She sounds like a very sweet person. Maybe i'll see her around? I hope we will be great friends! I used to not have any but since i came here, that seems to all i do now is make new friends! (^_^)" She seemed really friendly to Cye,why wouldn't she have any friends?
"Well you see, " she answered his thoughts, "I used to be a prisoner of the sea hag. She held me in the ivory tower, so that i never knew any one to be friends with. She wanted to raise me with out know any thing she didn't want me to know, so that she could someday steal my body when hers wore out. (AN:Uber creepy i know, to non xanth fans the sea hag has been around for centuries stealing bodies when hers wears out. that is her talent. She is pure evil and thanx to Grundy she is now in suspended animation till um the book the 'Dastard', but enough about that, back to the story! ^__- ~winkish~) Then one day, my beloved Grundy came and rescued me! and now we live happily ever after here at castel Roogna! we are planning to get a little club-house in the forrest one of these days."
"Huh, sounds like a fairy tale from England...er uh Mundania." Cye said hap hazzardly, then paused. " Rapunzal!!!! From the Grim Brothers fairy tales! hahaha! Except the Rapunzel in that story had extreamly long hair that her prince used to climb into the tall tower where she was being held by a evil witch...its probalbly just an odd coincidence..."he said monotoned and slowly.
"Oh but i do have long hair...thats my talent. it is both infinate and finate." she started pulling combs out of her hair and the hair just kept on falling. "that is how Grundy rescued me, he climbed up my hair." Cye just started laughing and walked away, saying something like 'crazy, that is it i have finally gone crazy.'
*singing* "OH!!!! There'll be food around the corrner! food around the corrner! Food around the corrner for me!" Kento sang, while casually searching for the kitchen. " Dum de dum dum dum! food around the corrner! food arou..."
"Watch it lard butt! I'm walking here!" Kento looked down to see the little golom man Grundy, right where his foot was about to be.
"Who are you calling a Lard Butt, stupid little Pincusion!?!"
"Pincusion! Listen here, you over grown retarded goblin, i was walking here first, and just remember stinky, your a guest here!"
"A retarded Goblin? is that the best you can come up with, you animated ken doll!"
"Thats not even a real thing!" Grundy said with a laugh, " you ugly blankety blank!"
"GRUNDY GOLoM!!!!!"Rapunzel Screamed as she walked towards him, still pinning her luxorious hair back in place. "were you two fighting?"
"He started it!" Grundy said quickly pointing to Kento
"Oh! I sooooo did not!"
"Yes you did! you stupi..." he saw Rapunzels face and stopped in mid sentence." i mean, I am ever so sorry, let us put this ugliness behind us and never quarrell again." Grundy said this as though he had memorized it, in a monotoned and emotionaless voice.
"Yeah ok. hey where is the kitchen? I'm starving!" he said looking around axiously.
"You would be!" Grundy said sarcastically.
"HEY! listen you..you whatever you are!....
*this goes on for a good while*
Mia and Ryo were wondering around in a beautiful yet magically odd garden. There where flowers of every sort there, roses, Iris', and lillies. But that wasn't all, among the magical ones were some Buttercups, which resembled a tea cup filled with wipped butter, some tulips, two pairs of lips, and if you got too close they tried to kiss you.(the list could go on and on but if you are like me and you hate puns then i will stop...for now). The two were walking side by side in silence then without warning, Mia slipped her hand into Ryo's. Ryo went a bit into shock.
For too long this had been going on, he knew she liked him, she knew he liked her, hell every knew he liked her and she liked him, it was just the telling each other...
'I guess it is time then' Ryo thought to himself.
They stopped by a beautiful fountain, covered with rich green ivy. Ryo let go of her hand and wrapped his arm around her shoulder. Now it was Mia who went into shock, but she soon relaxed and leaned in closer to him. He was now holding her tightly, he leaned his head down next to hers and whispered in her ear softly,
"I love you Mia." she turned her head to meet his, tears in her eyes.
"I love you too, Ryo" Then Ryo leaned in closer and kissed her.
"FINALLY!!!!" Yulie shouted from ontop of Stanley Steamer, who was looking over the garden. Mia and Ryo only laughed, still holding each other lovingly.
OMG!!!!! finally! done with that chapter! ^.^; hope ya like! please R&R oh and i next chap will be up soon! please keep reading!