"Oh look, it's almost night-time." Lina said looking at the fast
disappearing sun. She heard a voice and turned around. It was Eris.
"Are you going to the castle fairy boy and fairy? Would you mind finding my dad? He must have fallen asleep somewhere around the castle. What a thing for an adult to do! Tee hee!"
"Sure thing." Gourry said but Lina cut in
"What do we get out of it?" she asked
"Oh yeah, if you'll look for him, I'll give this to you. I've been incubating this egg very carefully...teehee!" Eris finished and pulled out a weird egg
"You got a weird egg! Feels like something's moving inside!" Lina said. "But what do we want with an egg?"
"You'll see." Eris said and they turned the corner to try and work out how to get in.
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"Hey Lina, how are we actually going to get into the castle? It seems pretty secure to me." Gourry said
"It seems secure to you, but watch this." Lina said and turned into a person and ran up to the guard at the gate with her huge eyes sparkling with innocence. Very false innocence. "Excuse me kind sir, but me and my friend were wondering if we could possibly see the princess for just a moment?"
"You say you want to see Princess Amelia, eh?" the guard said
"Yes please." Lina said, her voice squeaking with cuteness
"You probably heard about her in town and decided you had to meet her..."
"Not exactly but close enough."
"Well..."
"Yes?"
"Go home! Get out of here! The Princess would never grant an audience to the likes of you!"
"WHAT?! How dare you insult the great and powerful sorcerous pixie Lina the fairy Inverse!" Lina raged, all cuteness gone.
"You're Lina the fairy Inverse?" the guard gulped "Oh...well...in that case...Do you really want to go through this gate that much?"
"Of course we do!"
"Let me think about it..."
"Think faster!"
"OK, but in return...give me ten rupees."
"Wow. Bribery never occurred to me. Sure! Here you go!" Lina said and handed over ten rupees.
"OK, I'll let you pass, quickly!" he said and opened the gate. "Oh and one more thing. KEEP IT A SECRET FROM EVERYONE."
"Yeah, sure thing." Lina said as she turned back into a fairy and she and Gourry passed through the open gate.
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They ducked around guards, hid behind trees, jumped into the moat and swam around, before finding a sleeping man with weird purple hair dressed entirely in red. He was sleeping in their way.
"This must be Eris' father, Reemo." Gourry said while Rezo snored and talked in his sleep.
"His name is Rezo idiot!" Lina yelled
"Z Z Z Z Z...Welcome...our ranch is so fun...C'mon and look around..." Rezo mumbled. Soon the sun had risen over the horizon and it was morning.
"Look! A chicken hatched from the egg you were incubating! It's the miracle of life!" Lina said as she looked at the newly hatched fowl. Gourry picked it up and held it in front of him. It crowed and Rezo jumped awake.
"What in tarnation? Can't a person get a little shut-eye around here?" he yelled at no one in particular
"Tee hee...tarnation..." Lina laughed as Rezo turned around, his eyes still shut.
"Hello, and who might you be?"
"I'm Gourry and this is Lina." Gourry introduced "Why are your eyes shut?"
"Gourry! Don't be so insensitive! Are you Rezo the Red Milkman?" Lina asked
"Yep, I'm Rezo, the owner of Lon Lon Ranch. I went to the castle to deliver some milk, but I sat down here to rest, and I guess I fell asleep..."
"Yeah, Eris thought as much. She's your daughter right? Well she was wondering where you had gotten to." Lina said
"What?! Eris was looking for me? I'm gonna catch it from her now! I messed up bad, leaving Eris to wait for me! She's really gonna let me have it! She'll probably dress me in girly robes again!" he yelled as he started to run out of the grounds, missed the stairs by a few meters and slammed into a wall. "Ouch.stupid wall trying to trip me up!"
"Why did he run into a wall?" Gourry asked
"The same reason his eyes are shut. He's blind!" Lina yelled
"What does that mean?"
"It means he can't see."
"But if he can't see, how does he know he's wearing red?"
".Good point."
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They pushed some old crates into place and used them to jump over to a small water gate on the side of the castle, which they crawled through and emerged into the castle courtyard. As they went further on, guards appeared but they managed to sneak past them until they finally came to the end of the courtyard. There were no guards around and a girl with black hair and white princess clothes stood, looking into a window. Gourry and Lina nervously walked up her.
"Um...hi. Are you the Princess by any chance?" Lina asked. The girl started and turned around.
"Who?! Who are you? In the name of justice I will not allow you to trespass in my castle! How did you get past the guards?" she said
"Your guards are actually very stupid. They can't see anything that isn't right in their face." Lina said
"Oh...is that so. Wait a minute...Are you...a fairy?!"
"Indeedy I am." Lina said "What of it?"
"Then, are you...Are you from the forest?"
"Right again."
"Then...then...you wouldn't happen to have the Spiritual Stone of the Forest, would you?! That green and shining stone of justice...Do you have it?"
"Yeah. Are you expecting us or something?"
"Just as I thought! I had a dream...In the dream, dark storm clouds were billowing over the land of Hyrule. But suddenly, a ray of light shot out of the forest, parted the clouds and lit up the ground...The light turned into a figure holding a green and shining stone, followed by a fairy...I know this is a prophecy that someone would come from the forest...Yes, I thought you might be the one..."
"Is that so."
"Oh, I'm sorry! I got carried away with my story and didn't even properly introduce myself! How unjust of me! I am Amelia, Princess of Justice and Hyrule"
"Are you going to the castle fairy boy and fairy? Would you mind finding my dad? He must have fallen asleep somewhere around the castle. What a thing for an adult to do! Tee hee!"
"Sure thing." Gourry said but Lina cut in
"What do we get out of it?" she asked
"Oh yeah, if you'll look for him, I'll give this to you. I've been incubating this egg very carefully...teehee!" Eris finished and pulled out a weird egg
"You got a weird egg! Feels like something's moving inside!" Lina said. "But what do we want with an egg?"
"You'll see." Eris said and they turned the corner to try and work out how to get in.
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"Hey Lina, how are we actually going to get into the castle? It seems pretty secure to me." Gourry said
"It seems secure to you, but watch this." Lina said and turned into a person and ran up to the guard at the gate with her huge eyes sparkling with innocence. Very false innocence. "Excuse me kind sir, but me and my friend were wondering if we could possibly see the princess for just a moment?"
"You say you want to see Princess Amelia, eh?" the guard said
"Yes please." Lina said, her voice squeaking with cuteness
"You probably heard about her in town and decided you had to meet her..."
"Not exactly but close enough."
"Well..."
"Yes?"
"Go home! Get out of here! The Princess would never grant an audience to the likes of you!"
"WHAT?! How dare you insult the great and powerful sorcerous pixie Lina the fairy Inverse!" Lina raged, all cuteness gone.
"You're Lina the fairy Inverse?" the guard gulped "Oh...well...in that case...Do you really want to go through this gate that much?"
"Of course we do!"
"Let me think about it..."
"Think faster!"
"OK, but in return...give me ten rupees."
"Wow. Bribery never occurred to me. Sure! Here you go!" Lina said and handed over ten rupees.
"OK, I'll let you pass, quickly!" he said and opened the gate. "Oh and one more thing. KEEP IT A SECRET FROM EVERYONE."
"Yeah, sure thing." Lina said as she turned back into a fairy and she and Gourry passed through the open gate.
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They ducked around guards, hid behind trees, jumped into the moat and swam around, before finding a sleeping man with weird purple hair dressed entirely in red. He was sleeping in their way.
"This must be Eris' father, Reemo." Gourry said while Rezo snored and talked in his sleep.
"His name is Rezo idiot!" Lina yelled
"Z Z Z Z Z...Welcome...our ranch is so fun...C'mon and look around..." Rezo mumbled. Soon the sun had risen over the horizon and it was morning.
"Look! A chicken hatched from the egg you were incubating! It's the miracle of life!" Lina said as she looked at the newly hatched fowl. Gourry picked it up and held it in front of him. It crowed and Rezo jumped awake.
"What in tarnation? Can't a person get a little shut-eye around here?" he yelled at no one in particular
"Tee hee...tarnation..." Lina laughed as Rezo turned around, his eyes still shut.
"Hello, and who might you be?"
"I'm Gourry and this is Lina." Gourry introduced "Why are your eyes shut?"
"Gourry! Don't be so insensitive! Are you Rezo the Red Milkman?" Lina asked
"Yep, I'm Rezo, the owner of Lon Lon Ranch. I went to the castle to deliver some milk, but I sat down here to rest, and I guess I fell asleep..."
"Yeah, Eris thought as much. She's your daughter right? Well she was wondering where you had gotten to." Lina said
"What?! Eris was looking for me? I'm gonna catch it from her now! I messed up bad, leaving Eris to wait for me! She's really gonna let me have it! She'll probably dress me in girly robes again!" he yelled as he started to run out of the grounds, missed the stairs by a few meters and slammed into a wall. "Ouch.stupid wall trying to trip me up!"
"Why did he run into a wall?" Gourry asked
"The same reason his eyes are shut. He's blind!" Lina yelled
"What does that mean?"
"It means he can't see."
"But if he can't see, how does he know he's wearing red?"
".Good point."
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They pushed some old crates into place and used them to jump over to a small water gate on the side of the castle, which they crawled through and emerged into the castle courtyard. As they went further on, guards appeared but they managed to sneak past them until they finally came to the end of the courtyard. There were no guards around and a girl with black hair and white princess clothes stood, looking into a window. Gourry and Lina nervously walked up her.
"Um...hi. Are you the Princess by any chance?" Lina asked. The girl started and turned around.
"Who?! Who are you? In the name of justice I will not allow you to trespass in my castle! How did you get past the guards?" she said
"Your guards are actually very stupid. They can't see anything that isn't right in their face." Lina said
"Oh...is that so. Wait a minute...Are you...a fairy?!"
"Indeedy I am." Lina said "What of it?"
"Then, are you...Are you from the forest?"
"Right again."
"Then...then...you wouldn't happen to have the Spiritual Stone of the Forest, would you?! That green and shining stone of justice...Do you have it?"
"Yeah. Are you expecting us or something?"
"Just as I thought! I had a dream...In the dream, dark storm clouds were billowing over the land of Hyrule. But suddenly, a ray of light shot out of the forest, parted the clouds and lit up the ground...The light turned into a figure holding a green and shining stone, followed by a fairy...I know this is a prophecy that someone would come from the forest...Yes, I thought you might be the one..."
"Is that so."
"Oh, I'm sorry! I got carried away with my story and didn't even properly introduce myself! How unjust of me! I am Amelia, Princess of Justice and Hyrule"