Meeting Mitchelle…and Ip
As they approached the cottage, Lyndsey grabbed the twins' hands, and took Grundy off of Day's shoulder. They hung back with Raven as Day, Night, and Peep went up to the cottage.
Peep stepped up first. "Mom, Dad…this is Day and Night," he said. Sybille and Harper looked confused. They were both about 40. The woman had gorgeous long black hair, and fair skin. The man had bright blonde hair. She had blue eyes, and he, green.
"Day…and Night?" Sybille asked, disbelieving. "But…you…they…disappeared. Eleven years ago!" She looked like she was going to faint. Harper put his arm around her to keep her up.
"If that's true…then, you," he said, looking at Day. "You are my daughter." Day, tears in her eyes, nodded. Harper looked at Sybille.
"Sybille," he said. "I think they are our girls. Look at them. They look just like them. And…do you feel that? That feeling?" Sybille nodded, tears in her eyes now, too.
"My baby!" she exclaimed, throwing her arms around Night. When their hug ended, she looked at Day. "And…my other baby." She put her arms around Day, and squeezed her tightly. Harper hugged them both next. Everyone had gone teary eyed.
"What happened to you?" Sybille asked, sniffling.
"Uhh…that would be my fault," Day said, looking sheepish through her tears. "You see…my talent is to move anything animate." Harper and Sybille looked stunned. They had known Night's talent, but Day's had not been very strong before, and they had not known what it was. "Well, when we were little…I was experimenting with my talent, and I kinda transported myself, and Night, off to Mundania." Sybille gasped, and Harper hugged the girls again.
"That doesn't matter," he said. "What matters is that you're back now."
"Yes, that is what matters," Sybille said. "I'm only sorry that…that you didn't come back before…" she trailed off, unable to finish.
"I think she means she's sorry you didn't get to see Frita and Mangalo," Harper said, unable to say any more himself.
"We're sorry about that, too. But at least we still have you," Day said. They all smiled.
"And don't forget me!" Peep said. At that, everyone had to laugh. The mood changed to a happy one. Day and Night, after all, didn't really remember Frita and Mangalo very well, and they had just found a brother, and been re-united with Harper and Sybille.
"Aw, we love you too, Peep," Day said, giving him a quick hug. Night joined in. Lyndsey, looking up, walked over.
"Oh yeah! Mom, Dad," Day said, pronouncing both Mom and Dad clearly, "this is Lyndsey," she said, nodding at Lyndsey.
"Peep's girlfriend," Night added, hey eyes twinkling mischievously.
"That's right!" Peep said, putting his arm around Lyndsey. Lyndsey blushed. Harper and Sybille raised their eyes, but they were smiling.
"And these are Soda and Fizz," Day said, gesturing to the two wild-haired twins. "And that's Grundy," she said, pointing to Grundy, who was on Lyndsey's shoulder.
"And that's Day's boyfriend, Raven!" Night said, grinning wickedly. Day blushed.
"Yep, this is Raven," she said, shooting a Look at her sister. Night grinned at her, and Day had to smile back.
"Well, I imagine this is quite overwhelming for you, as well," Sybille said, smiling at the girls. "Why don't we go inside and have some lunch, and we can talk?" she suggested.
"Yay! Lunch!" Soda and Fizz said. Everyone laughed.
"Guess it's decided then," Harper said. "Let's go get some grub!" he smiled at the two small twins, and at the three older siblings. They all piled into the cottage. Sybille went off into the kitchen, and Harper showed them to a middle-sized table.
"Um, I apologize," he said. "But I'm not sure if there's enough room at the table for everyone." He looked very apologetic.
"No problem, Dad!" Night said. "I can fix that!" And she blinked. The table was now longer, and there were four more chairs around it.
"Wow!" he said. "Thanks! That's great!" He smiled.
"Jeez," Peep muttered. "I think I got gypped out of the good talents!" he said. But he was grinning.
"What IS your talent?" Day asked, curious. Night was paying attention now too, as was Lyndsey. Soda and Fizz had sat down at the table.
"I can make it day or night," he said. Then he laughed. Day and Night laughed too.
"That's funny," Day said.
"Quite funny," Night added.
"But pretty strong," Lyndsey said. Peep smiled at her appreciatively, and she blushed.
"Lots of strong magic in this family!" Harper said. Then he looked thoughtful. "Well, except for the parents, I guess." Then he laughed. This time, Night asked.
"What's your talent?" She and Day had both forgotten, having been young at the time, and Night hadn't lived with Harper at the time, either.
"My talent is to dance any dance that anyone requests. And Sybille's is to sing any song that anyone requests. Entertaining, but not overly useful," Harper said. He smiled, and everyone else smiled with him.
"Hey Lyndsey, I just realized something," Day said.
"What's that?" she asked.
"We never asked what your parents' talents were!" Night said, finished Day's thought.
"Hey, you're right!" she said. "I totally forgot about that!"
"We know what they are!" Soda and Fizz said.
"What are they?" Lyndsey asked.
"Mom can conjure green vegetables," Soda said, her face twisting in disgust. "We don't like that talent."
"But Dad can make any flavour of eye scream! We like his talent!" Fizz said. smiling. Soda smiled too.
"Those are neat talents," Lyndsey said, smiling at her younger brother and sister. Then she sat down at the table, and put Grundy down. Day, Night, Peep, Raven, and Harper sat down, too. A moment later, Sybille brought in a large variety of fruits, vegetables, and bread.
"Hey, Raven," Day said, turning to Raven. "We never asked you what your talent is, either!"
"Yeah, what is it?" Night asked.
"I have the ability to…that is, I summon ravens," he said, glancing at Day. She smiled at him.
"That's a cool talent!" she said. He smiled. Then everyone turned to the meal. They managed to get through it without any disasters. As soon as Soda and Fizz finished, they wanted to go outside. Lyndsey took them out, and Peep went with her.
"They sure took to each other fast!" Day commented.
"I think that's the way it goes, in Xanth," Night said sarcastically, glancing at Raven.
"Well, I'm happy for them, anyway," Day said, sticking her tongue out at Night.
"So, will you be staying a while?" Harper asked, after the table had been cleared.
"Actually, we have to go to the Good Magician's castle," Day said.
"But we'll come back after that!" Night added.
"That's very close to here," Sybille said. "So you won't take long." But she looked unsure.
"Don't worry, Mom," Day said. "You're right…we won't take long. We've already been gone for most of our lives. It's time to spend some time here." She smiled at Sybille, and Sybille smiled back.
"Yeah, definitely," Night said. "The Good Magician will know how to let us stay here." She looked thoughtful.
"Well, we may as well get right on our way," Day said.
"Why don't you leave those two darling children with us?" Sybille asked. "It's been a long time since we've had any around."
"Sure! Let's ask them if they want to stay," Day said. Then everyone went outside. Soda and Fizz were running around, and Peep and Lyndsey were off to the side. They were holding hands.
"Aww, young love!" Day said, coming up behind them. Lyndsey jumped.
"Same to you!" Peep said, smiling. Day laughed.
"Touche!" she said.
"Hey Soda! Fizz!" Night called. They twins came trotting over. "How would you like to stay with Sybille and Harper for a little while?"
"Ok!" the twins said. "We like it here! Lots of room to run around!" They were smiling. Grundy, who was now on Day's shoulder, looked pensive.
"Maybe I'd better stay too. Just to look after them," he said.
"Well if all you guys are staying, I'd better go!" Peep said. Everyone laughed.
"Makes sense to me!" Day said. So she, Raven, Night, Lyndsey, and Peep set off. Waving goodbye to their parents, Grundy, and the twins, they started off.
They had only been walking in the woods for a few moments when they came upon a girl. She was looking angry, and was kicking a tree.
"Hey, what's the matter?" Day called. She wasn't afraid of the girl. With herself and her companions, they were well enough equipped to deal with just about anything.
"I hate my life!" the girl said angrily. "My family sucked, so I moved away, but now I'm alone, and it's no better!"
"Well, that sucks," Day said.
"Maybe you should come with us," Lyndsey volunteered.
"Yeah," Night said. "We're going to see the Good Magician. He'd know what to do." The girl brightened, a little.
"I guess so," she said. "I have nothing better to go, anyway. My name's Mitchelle," she said.
"Hi Mitchelle," Day said. "I'm Day. This is my sister Night, and my brother, Peep. And this is our friend Lyndsey, and my boyfriend, Raven." Mitchelle's eyes opened wide at all the new names, but she nodded.
"Nice to meet you all," she said. She had blonde hair, almost white, and her skin was very pale. She had piercing blue eyes.
"Oh yeah," Day said. "What's your talent?" After forgetting to ask so many people, she had made a mental note to remember to ask the next person they met.
"Oh…it's conjuring apples," she said. "Pretty pointless, I know. I wish it were scoring goals in hockey, or something cool, but it's not."
"They have hockey in Xanth?" Day asked, surprised.
"Well, not really," Mitchelle admitted. "It's just something I dream about, sometimes." Day nodded, and they group continued walking. Day was in the front, holding hands with Raven. Behind them were Night and Mitchelle, who were talking animatedly, and lastly were Lyndsey and Peep, who were also holding hands. They hadn't gotten much farther, when they came upon another person.
"Hi, who are- " Day started.
"I'm Ip," the man said. He looked to be about 20, and had brown hair and eyes. He was a pretty non-descript person.
"Nice to meet-" Night began to say.
"Nice to meet you too," Ip said.
"Listen, why do you keep interup-" Lyndsey tried to ask.
"It's my talent," Ip said. "I'm really sorry."
"What exactly is your-" Mitchelle attempted to ask him what his talent is.
"To interrupt people," Ip interrupted. "I just hate it."
"I can see wh-" Peep started.
"Look at that tree!" Ip said. "See, I have to say something, even when there's nothing to say! I wish I could fix this." Poor Ip looked heartbroken.
"Why do you not…" Raven stopped his own sentence, so Ip didn't have to. "Why don't you join-" Raven had spoken in Mundane terms. Day smiled and winked at him, and gave him a quick kiss.
"Where are you going?" Ip asked.
"To see the Good Magici-" Lyndsey started.
"Great! I'll come!" Ip said.
"Maybe we should all stop talki-" Day almost said.
"That's a good idea," Ip said. Rolling their eyes, everyone walked onward.
Just before they reached the Gap Chasm, they came upon seven dwarves. "Oh boy, here we go agai-" Day just about said.
"Look!" Ip said. "Dwarves."
"I'm sorry, Ip, but I'm going to have to move you for a mome-" Day tried to say.
"Don't worry about it," Ip said. "No harm done." Day raised her arm, and moved Ip to a vacate place in the forest. Then they approached the dwarves.
"Hello!" Lyndsey called. "Are you friendly dwarves?"
The dwarves came marching up, but paid no attention to Lyndsey. Instead, they stood in front of Mitchelle.
"Oh, you're so beautiful!" the first dwarf, who looked kind of tired, said.
"And you smell so nice!" the second dward, who looked sort of dopey, said.
"And so kind!" the third, who was dressed as a doctor, said. This continued through all seven, who were gawking at Mitchelle. She had raised her eyes, but was looking pleased.
"Please come live with us!" all the dwarves said in unison.
"Guys, I think I found the solution to my problem," Mitchelle said, smiling.
"Does that mean you'll come with us, pretty snow white girl?" the first dwarf asked.
"Yep, it does!" Mitchelle said. Then she walked away, hand in hand with the dwarves. She waved to the girls, Raven, and Peep as she left. She was smiling. The last they had heard of her, the dwarves had re-named her Snow White, to match her appearance. They had been living happily in the woods, until one day an evil Sorceress put a spell on one of Snow White's apples, and it was turned to poison. Unwittingly, Snow White ate it, and was put under a Sleep Spell. Only a person with a good talent would be able to wake her up…
But in the meantime, they had crossed the Chasm. "Oops, guess I should bring Ip back," Day said. She raised her arm and brought him back.
"Welcome ba-" Night attempted to say.
"Thanks! Are we almost there?" Ip asked.
"Yes, we are…we're approaching…coming, to the cast-" Raven said, correcting himself as he went. He was earning some serious points with Day.
"Great!" Ip said. "Let's get going." So the group walked towards the castle. Day, Night, Raven, and Peep were able to entre without Challenges, but Lyndsey and Ip were unable to pass.
"I didn't know I had a Questi-" Lyndsey almost said, startled.
"I guess we'll both have to go through the Challenges," Ip said.
"You go on ahe-," Lyndsey said to Day and Night.
"We'll be ok," Ip said.
"I'll stay with-" Peep said, taking Lyndsey's hand.
"How nice of you to offer!" Ip said.
Day sighed. "I guess it makes the most sen-"
"Yes it does," Ip said.
"Have fu-" Night said. Lyndsey rolled her eyes.
"Good-" Day started.
"…luck!" Night finished.
"Hey!" Ip said. "You made a sentence!" He sounded happy.
"I guess it's possible-" Day said.
"…to finish," Night went on.
"…if we cut off ourselves, first!" Day finished. They smiled.
"Wonderful!" Ip said.
"Good-" Lyndsey said, smiling at Peep.
"…to know!" he said, smiling back at her.
"See you-"
"…in there!" Day and Night said. Then they turned, and went into the castle, Raven with them.
"Hey, who's that?" Day asked, now able to speak in full sentences. There was a boy walking towards them.
"I don't know, but he looks pretty hot," Night said. She sighed in relief- Ip's talent really was quite annoying. Raven put his arm around Day, as if a show of possession. She laughed.
"Don't worry, Raven," she said. "I don't care how hot that guy is…I only have eyes for you!" He smiled, and leaned down and kissed her.
"Hey!" Night exclaimed. "It's Derek! And Metria!" Day looked up.
"So it is!" she said. "Hey, Derek!" she called.
"Hey! Mya! Steph!" he called. Then he shook his head. "Uh, I mean, Day and Night!" They laughed.
"How's the adventure going?" Day asked.
"Not bad," Derek said. He glanced at Metria, who was at the moment portraying herself as a nude blonde. "We just asked the Good Magician were I'm supposed to go to get my talent. Turns out seven dwarves have it."
"That's neat. Good luck!" Day said.
"Yeah, hope everything works out," she said, eyeing Metria.
"Thanks!" Derek said. Then he walked off, a now brunette nude Metria coiling around him. The last the girls had heard of him, he had gotten his Talent of Waking Maidens With a Kiss, and had used it to wake up Mitchelle- er, Snow White. Apparently, they were living Happily Ever After.
Day, Night, and Raven made their way up to the castle. The Brain Coral water was bobbing between them. They knocked on the door, and Wira answered.
"Hello, Day and Night! I'm so glad to have you back!" she smiled. "And nice to meet you, Raven," she said.
"Hey, Wira! Good to see you again, too," Day said.
"Please come in," Wira said, stepping back. They all entered the castle. For better or worse, it was the moment of truth!
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As they approached the cottage, Lyndsey grabbed the twins' hands, and took Grundy off of Day's shoulder. They hung back with Raven as Day, Night, and Peep went up to the cottage.
Peep stepped up first. "Mom, Dad…this is Day and Night," he said. Sybille and Harper looked confused. They were both about 40. The woman had gorgeous long black hair, and fair skin. The man had bright blonde hair. She had blue eyes, and he, green.
"Day…and Night?" Sybille asked, disbelieving. "But…you…they…disappeared. Eleven years ago!" She looked like she was going to faint. Harper put his arm around her to keep her up.
"If that's true…then, you," he said, looking at Day. "You are my daughter." Day, tears in her eyes, nodded. Harper looked at Sybille.
"Sybille," he said. "I think they are our girls. Look at them. They look just like them. And…do you feel that? That feeling?" Sybille nodded, tears in her eyes now, too.
"My baby!" she exclaimed, throwing her arms around Night. When their hug ended, she looked at Day. "And…my other baby." She put her arms around Day, and squeezed her tightly. Harper hugged them both next. Everyone had gone teary eyed.
"What happened to you?" Sybille asked, sniffling.
"Uhh…that would be my fault," Day said, looking sheepish through her tears. "You see…my talent is to move anything animate." Harper and Sybille looked stunned. They had known Night's talent, but Day's had not been very strong before, and they had not known what it was. "Well, when we were little…I was experimenting with my talent, and I kinda transported myself, and Night, off to Mundania." Sybille gasped, and Harper hugged the girls again.
"That doesn't matter," he said. "What matters is that you're back now."
"Yes, that is what matters," Sybille said. "I'm only sorry that…that you didn't come back before…" she trailed off, unable to finish.
"I think she means she's sorry you didn't get to see Frita and Mangalo," Harper said, unable to say any more himself.
"We're sorry about that, too. But at least we still have you," Day said. They all smiled.
"And don't forget me!" Peep said. At that, everyone had to laugh. The mood changed to a happy one. Day and Night, after all, didn't really remember Frita and Mangalo very well, and they had just found a brother, and been re-united with Harper and Sybille.
"Aw, we love you too, Peep," Day said, giving him a quick hug. Night joined in. Lyndsey, looking up, walked over.
"Oh yeah! Mom, Dad," Day said, pronouncing both Mom and Dad clearly, "this is Lyndsey," she said, nodding at Lyndsey.
"Peep's girlfriend," Night added, hey eyes twinkling mischievously.
"That's right!" Peep said, putting his arm around Lyndsey. Lyndsey blushed. Harper and Sybille raised their eyes, but they were smiling.
"And these are Soda and Fizz," Day said, gesturing to the two wild-haired twins. "And that's Grundy," she said, pointing to Grundy, who was on Lyndsey's shoulder.
"And that's Day's boyfriend, Raven!" Night said, grinning wickedly. Day blushed.
"Yep, this is Raven," she said, shooting a Look at her sister. Night grinned at her, and Day had to smile back.
"Well, I imagine this is quite overwhelming for you, as well," Sybille said, smiling at the girls. "Why don't we go inside and have some lunch, and we can talk?" she suggested.
"Yay! Lunch!" Soda and Fizz said. Everyone laughed.
"Guess it's decided then," Harper said. "Let's go get some grub!" he smiled at the two small twins, and at the three older siblings. They all piled into the cottage. Sybille went off into the kitchen, and Harper showed them to a middle-sized table.
"Um, I apologize," he said. "But I'm not sure if there's enough room at the table for everyone." He looked very apologetic.
"No problem, Dad!" Night said. "I can fix that!" And she blinked. The table was now longer, and there were four more chairs around it.
"Wow!" he said. "Thanks! That's great!" He smiled.
"Jeez," Peep muttered. "I think I got gypped out of the good talents!" he said. But he was grinning.
"What IS your talent?" Day asked, curious. Night was paying attention now too, as was Lyndsey. Soda and Fizz had sat down at the table.
"I can make it day or night," he said. Then he laughed. Day and Night laughed too.
"That's funny," Day said.
"Quite funny," Night added.
"But pretty strong," Lyndsey said. Peep smiled at her appreciatively, and she blushed.
"Lots of strong magic in this family!" Harper said. Then he looked thoughtful. "Well, except for the parents, I guess." Then he laughed. This time, Night asked.
"What's your talent?" She and Day had both forgotten, having been young at the time, and Night hadn't lived with Harper at the time, either.
"My talent is to dance any dance that anyone requests. And Sybille's is to sing any song that anyone requests. Entertaining, but not overly useful," Harper said. He smiled, and everyone else smiled with him.
"Hey Lyndsey, I just realized something," Day said.
"What's that?" she asked.
"We never asked what your parents' talents were!" Night said, finished Day's thought.
"Hey, you're right!" she said. "I totally forgot about that!"
"We know what they are!" Soda and Fizz said.
"What are they?" Lyndsey asked.
"Mom can conjure green vegetables," Soda said, her face twisting in disgust. "We don't like that talent."
"But Dad can make any flavour of eye scream! We like his talent!" Fizz said. smiling. Soda smiled too.
"Those are neat talents," Lyndsey said, smiling at her younger brother and sister. Then she sat down at the table, and put Grundy down. Day, Night, Peep, Raven, and Harper sat down, too. A moment later, Sybille brought in a large variety of fruits, vegetables, and bread.
"Hey, Raven," Day said, turning to Raven. "We never asked you what your talent is, either!"
"Yeah, what is it?" Night asked.
"I have the ability to…that is, I summon ravens," he said, glancing at Day. She smiled at him.
"That's a cool talent!" she said. He smiled. Then everyone turned to the meal. They managed to get through it without any disasters. As soon as Soda and Fizz finished, they wanted to go outside. Lyndsey took them out, and Peep went with her.
"They sure took to each other fast!" Day commented.
"I think that's the way it goes, in Xanth," Night said sarcastically, glancing at Raven.
"Well, I'm happy for them, anyway," Day said, sticking her tongue out at Night.
"So, will you be staying a while?" Harper asked, after the table had been cleared.
"Actually, we have to go to the Good Magician's castle," Day said.
"But we'll come back after that!" Night added.
"That's very close to here," Sybille said. "So you won't take long." But she looked unsure.
"Don't worry, Mom," Day said. "You're right…we won't take long. We've already been gone for most of our lives. It's time to spend some time here." She smiled at Sybille, and Sybille smiled back.
"Yeah, definitely," Night said. "The Good Magician will know how to let us stay here." She looked thoughtful.
"Well, we may as well get right on our way," Day said.
"Why don't you leave those two darling children with us?" Sybille asked. "It's been a long time since we've had any around."
"Sure! Let's ask them if they want to stay," Day said. Then everyone went outside. Soda and Fizz were running around, and Peep and Lyndsey were off to the side. They were holding hands.
"Aww, young love!" Day said, coming up behind them. Lyndsey jumped.
"Same to you!" Peep said, smiling. Day laughed.
"Touche!" she said.
"Hey Soda! Fizz!" Night called. They twins came trotting over. "How would you like to stay with Sybille and Harper for a little while?"
"Ok!" the twins said. "We like it here! Lots of room to run around!" They were smiling. Grundy, who was now on Day's shoulder, looked pensive.
"Maybe I'd better stay too. Just to look after them," he said.
"Well if all you guys are staying, I'd better go!" Peep said. Everyone laughed.
"Makes sense to me!" Day said. So she, Raven, Night, Lyndsey, and Peep set off. Waving goodbye to their parents, Grundy, and the twins, they started off.
They had only been walking in the woods for a few moments when they came upon a girl. She was looking angry, and was kicking a tree.
"Hey, what's the matter?" Day called. She wasn't afraid of the girl. With herself and her companions, they were well enough equipped to deal with just about anything.
"I hate my life!" the girl said angrily. "My family sucked, so I moved away, but now I'm alone, and it's no better!"
"Well, that sucks," Day said.
"Maybe you should come with us," Lyndsey volunteered.
"Yeah," Night said. "We're going to see the Good Magician. He'd know what to do." The girl brightened, a little.
"I guess so," she said. "I have nothing better to go, anyway. My name's Mitchelle," she said.
"Hi Mitchelle," Day said. "I'm Day. This is my sister Night, and my brother, Peep. And this is our friend Lyndsey, and my boyfriend, Raven." Mitchelle's eyes opened wide at all the new names, but she nodded.
"Nice to meet you all," she said. She had blonde hair, almost white, and her skin was very pale. She had piercing blue eyes.
"Oh yeah," Day said. "What's your talent?" After forgetting to ask so many people, she had made a mental note to remember to ask the next person they met.
"Oh…it's conjuring apples," she said. "Pretty pointless, I know. I wish it were scoring goals in hockey, or something cool, but it's not."
"They have hockey in Xanth?" Day asked, surprised.
"Well, not really," Mitchelle admitted. "It's just something I dream about, sometimes." Day nodded, and they group continued walking. Day was in the front, holding hands with Raven. Behind them were Night and Mitchelle, who were talking animatedly, and lastly were Lyndsey and Peep, who were also holding hands. They hadn't gotten much farther, when they came upon another person.
"Hi, who are- " Day started.
"I'm Ip," the man said. He looked to be about 20, and had brown hair and eyes. He was a pretty non-descript person.
"Nice to meet-" Night began to say.
"Nice to meet you too," Ip said.
"Listen, why do you keep interup-" Lyndsey tried to ask.
"It's my talent," Ip said. "I'm really sorry."
"What exactly is your-" Mitchelle attempted to ask him what his talent is.
"To interrupt people," Ip interrupted. "I just hate it."
"I can see wh-" Peep started.
"Look at that tree!" Ip said. "See, I have to say something, even when there's nothing to say! I wish I could fix this." Poor Ip looked heartbroken.
"Why do you not…" Raven stopped his own sentence, so Ip didn't have to. "Why don't you join-" Raven had spoken in Mundane terms. Day smiled and winked at him, and gave him a quick kiss.
"Where are you going?" Ip asked.
"To see the Good Magici-" Lyndsey started.
"Great! I'll come!" Ip said.
"Maybe we should all stop talki-" Day almost said.
"That's a good idea," Ip said. Rolling their eyes, everyone walked onward.
Just before they reached the Gap Chasm, they came upon seven dwarves. "Oh boy, here we go agai-" Day just about said.
"Look!" Ip said. "Dwarves."
"I'm sorry, Ip, but I'm going to have to move you for a mome-" Day tried to say.
"Don't worry about it," Ip said. "No harm done." Day raised her arm, and moved Ip to a vacate place in the forest. Then they approached the dwarves.
"Hello!" Lyndsey called. "Are you friendly dwarves?"
The dwarves came marching up, but paid no attention to Lyndsey. Instead, they stood in front of Mitchelle.
"Oh, you're so beautiful!" the first dwarf, who looked kind of tired, said.
"And you smell so nice!" the second dward, who looked sort of dopey, said.
"And so kind!" the third, who was dressed as a doctor, said. This continued through all seven, who were gawking at Mitchelle. She had raised her eyes, but was looking pleased.
"Please come live with us!" all the dwarves said in unison.
"Guys, I think I found the solution to my problem," Mitchelle said, smiling.
"Does that mean you'll come with us, pretty snow white girl?" the first dwarf asked.
"Yep, it does!" Mitchelle said. Then she walked away, hand in hand with the dwarves. She waved to the girls, Raven, and Peep as she left. She was smiling. The last they had heard of her, the dwarves had re-named her Snow White, to match her appearance. They had been living happily in the woods, until one day an evil Sorceress put a spell on one of Snow White's apples, and it was turned to poison. Unwittingly, Snow White ate it, and was put under a Sleep Spell. Only a person with a good talent would be able to wake her up…
But in the meantime, they had crossed the Chasm. "Oops, guess I should bring Ip back," Day said. She raised her arm and brought him back.
"Welcome ba-" Night attempted to say.
"Thanks! Are we almost there?" Ip asked.
"Yes, we are…we're approaching…coming, to the cast-" Raven said, correcting himself as he went. He was earning some serious points with Day.
"Great!" Ip said. "Let's get going." So the group walked towards the castle. Day, Night, Raven, and Peep were able to entre without Challenges, but Lyndsey and Ip were unable to pass.
"I didn't know I had a Questi-" Lyndsey almost said, startled.
"I guess we'll both have to go through the Challenges," Ip said.
"You go on ahe-," Lyndsey said to Day and Night.
"We'll be ok," Ip said.
"I'll stay with-" Peep said, taking Lyndsey's hand.
"How nice of you to offer!" Ip said.
Day sighed. "I guess it makes the most sen-"
"Yes it does," Ip said.
"Have fu-" Night said. Lyndsey rolled her eyes.
"Good-" Day started.
"…luck!" Night finished.
"Hey!" Ip said. "You made a sentence!" He sounded happy.
"I guess it's possible-" Day said.
"…to finish," Night went on.
"…if we cut off ourselves, first!" Day finished. They smiled.
"Wonderful!" Ip said.
"Good-" Lyndsey said, smiling at Peep.
"…to know!" he said, smiling back at her.
"See you-"
"…in there!" Day and Night said. Then they turned, and went into the castle, Raven with them.
"Hey, who's that?" Day asked, now able to speak in full sentences. There was a boy walking towards them.
"I don't know, but he looks pretty hot," Night said. She sighed in relief- Ip's talent really was quite annoying. Raven put his arm around Day, as if a show of possession. She laughed.
"Don't worry, Raven," she said. "I don't care how hot that guy is…I only have eyes for you!" He smiled, and leaned down and kissed her.
"Hey!" Night exclaimed. "It's Derek! And Metria!" Day looked up.
"So it is!" she said. "Hey, Derek!" she called.
"Hey! Mya! Steph!" he called. Then he shook his head. "Uh, I mean, Day and Night!" They laughed.
"How's the adventure going?" Day asked.
"Not bad," Derek said. He glanced at Metria, who was at the moment portraying herself as a nude blonde. "We just asked the Good Magician were I'm supposed to go to get my talent. Turns out seven dwarves have it."
"That's neat. Good luck!" Day said.
"Yeah, hope everything works out," she said, eyeing Metria.
"Thanks!" Derek said. Then he walked off, a now brunette nude Metria coiling around him. The last the girls had heard of him, he had gotten his Talent of Waking Maidens With a Kiss, and had used it to wake up Mitchelle- er, Snow White. Apparently, they were living Happily Ever After.
Day, Night, and Raven made their way up to the castle. The Brain Coral water was bobbing between them. They knocked on the door, and Wira answered.
"Hello, Day and Night! I'm so glad to have you back!" she smiled. "And nice to meet you, Raven," she said.
"Hey, Wira! Good to see you again, too," Day said.
"Please come in," Wira said, stepping back. They all entered the castle. For better or worse, it was the moment of truth!
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