And people wonder why I don't like to set deadlines. That's what I get for
planning to finish it with two exams in the same week. Oh well (I use this
word WAY too much).
Oh, and now, whenever Earth holds up a sign, he'll be using [ ]. I've already updated the other chapters.
R&R!
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Ringleys Wish 11 - A Watery Fate
Ringleys had to admit, Thatz really was a quick learner. Just this morning the Dragon Knight hadn't even known how to flap his wings. And now he was flying down a tunnel even faster than the original faerie to save himself.
Learning under pressure really worked.
"Are they still following us?" Ringleys shouted, not daring to look back.
"What do you think?" Thatz shouted back, flying round a corner. "Hopefully we'll come to a fork or a crevice or something and hide. That should give us time to double back and get the Dragon Eye. I don't think Ekidonna picked up his bag."
"He didn't?" Ringleys asked, and despite himself, looked back. Their pursuers had just turned the bend, glaring at each other, but catching up alarmingly fast. However, the bag was nowhere in site.
"They're catching up!"
Thatz cursed. "Don't worry!" he replied. "There must be somewhere we can . . . "
He trailed off as the two turned another corner and entered the bright chamber.
* * *
"They can't be that far ahead" Kitchel muttered. "Unless Ekidonna or that Garfakcy kid got to them."
Earth held up a sign. [Don't say that!]
"You can't be in here!" Imo moaned. When it had become obvious Kitchel wasn't intimidated by a fancy sword, and had kept running down the tunnel, the Guard of the cave had resorted to begging.
"Please just leave! I will take care of the others!"
Kitchel rolled her eyes. "Look Imy. We're not going anywhere until we have our friends, and you're going to need all the help you can get with those other two.
"But . . . "
"No buts! We're staying, and that's final!" Kitchel roared in his face.
"Yes ma'am" Imo whimpered.
[Hey, what's that?]
Throwing down his sign, Earth flew from Kitchel's shoulder, and to a dull coloured bundle on the ground. Finally, it clicked to Kitchel.
"Ekidonna's bag!" she shouted.
* * *
"Oh no."
Thatz and Ringleys had entered a cave mainly filled with water. There were raggedy mounds of rocks littered all over the ground and the walls. A rock climbers paradise.
Thatz was pretty certain they had just entered the Cave of Liquid Immortality. He'd forgotten that that was what Ekidonna had been looking for in the first place.
The next thing he knew, a hand had clamped around him, and he was thrown in a cage, closely followed by Ringleys.
"Funs over guys" Garfakcy snickered, as Ekidonna gaped at the sight in the cavern.
"This is it!"
Garfakcy turned to the Yokai that had followed him in. The thief looked as if Christmas had come early.
"This is what?" he snapped.
Ekidonna laughed. "Keep the stupid Knight. I'll have a much better reward."
With that, he started walking to the lake.
* * *
Seconds after spotting the bag, Kitchel leapt and tore into it, throwing out anything and everything that wasn't the Dragon Eye, or didn't belong to them.
"Whereisit?whereisit?whereisit!" She muttered under her breath.
Imo frowned as a cloth wrapped round a sphere-shaped object hit the ground near him. He picked it up to reveal a white orb.
"What is this?" he asked, staring at it.
Kitchel turned from her ransacking and spotted the item.
"The Dragon Eye!" she shrieked, and yanked it from the boy's hands. "Earth, should I wish Thatz back to normal, or wait till we find him?"
[Now! He could be in a lot of trouble if Garfakcy caught him!] Earth's sign said.
Kitchel nodded. "Okay.
I really hope you're not hiding in some crack Thatz."
* * *
"What can we do?" Ringleys asked Thatz, peering through the bars.
Thatz shook his head. "There's nothing we CAN do" he sighed.
Just then, his body was covered in a bright light. He let go of the bars, and stared at his hands, whilst Ringleys edged away.
* * *
Garfakcy frowned, staring at the Yokai crouching by the water. He had no idea what was going on. Why was the Yokai so excited about a stupid lake?"
Suddenly, he heard a loud creaking sound, and the cage became incredibly heavy. In surprise, Garfakcy dropped the cage just as the glowing figure inside grew in size, breaking the cage into a bent pile of metal.
"Ugh" Thatz moaned, a hand on his head. Breaking out of a magically enhanced metal cage by outgrowing it was not his idea of a good time.
His eyes cleared to spot Ekidonna on his feet, and about to jump into the pool.
"Not happening!" he shouted, getting to his feet and running for the Yokai.
From the sidelines, Garfakcy snarled.
"Well that complicates matters a bit . . . "
* * *
"Hmm, was I meant to drink it? Or jump in?"
Ekidonna crouched over the pool, oblivious to everything else around him. Grinning, he stood up.
"Lets go with diving in!" he cackled gleefully. "And drink some on the way up!"
But as he took one step over the water, something slammed into his waist, throwing him back to the ground. Thatz stood over him, summoning his sword.
"I don't think so" he smirked.
To be continued . . .
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Aw, Thatz isn't a faerie anymore. But if you think this is the last shape- shifting wish to be made by the Dragon Eye, you're very much mistaken. And a note on Thatz's hair. It's usually red or green (although I have a picture where its orange/brown, which I think, suits him) but I don't think the artist ever had a specific colour for the characters (considering Rath went from Red to Black to Red again).
And my computers still on strike. Anyone have any ideas? (by the way, if it says site overload, you can get to the site by changing the address slightly. Putting an 'a' at the end normally does the trick for me).
R&R!
Oh, and now, whenever Earth holds up a sign, he'll be using [ ]. I've already updated the other chapters.
R&R!
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Ringleys Wish 11 - A Watery Fate
Ringleys had to admit, Thatz really was a quick learner. Just this morning the Dragon Knight hadn't even known how to flap his wings. And now he was flying down a tunnel even faster than the original faerie to save himself.
Learning under pressure really worked.
"Are they still following us?" Ringleys shouted, not daring to look back.
"What do you think?" Thatz shouted back, flying round a corner. "Hopefully we'll come to a fork or a crevice or something and hide. That should give us time to double back and get the Dragon Eye. I don't think Ekidonna picked up his bag."
"He didn't?" Ringleys asked, and despite himself, looked back. Their pursuers had just turned the bend, glaring at each other, but catching up alarmingly fast. However, the bag was nowhere in site.
"They're catching up!"
Thatz cursed. "Don't worry!" he replied. "There must be somewhere we can . . . "
He trailed off as the two turned another corner and entered the bright chamber.
* * *
"They can't be that far ahead" Kitchel muttered. "Unless Ekidonna or that Garfakcy kid got to them."
Earth held up a sign. [Don't say that!]
"You can't be in here!" Imo moaned. When it had become obvious Kitchel wasn't intimidated by a fancy sword, and had kept running down the tunnel, the Guard of the cave had resorted to begging.
"Please just leave! I will take care of the others!"
Kitchel rolled her eyes. "Look Imy. We're not going anywhere until we have our friends, and you're going to need all the help you can get with those other two.
"But . . . "
"No buts! We're staying, and that's final!" Kitchel roared in his face.
"Yes ma'am" Imo whimpered.
[Hey, what's that?]
Throwing down his sign, Earth flew from Kitchel's shoulder, and to a dull coloured bundle on the ground. Finally, it clicked to Kitchel.
"Ekidonna's bag!" she shouted.
* * *
"Oh no."
Thatz and Ringleys had entered a cave mainly filled with water. There were raggedy mounds of rocks littered all over the ground and the walls. A rock climbers paradise.
Thatz was pretty certain they had just entered the Cave of Liquid Immortality. He'd forgotten that that was what Ekidonna had been looking for in the first place.
The next thing he knew, a hand had clamped around him, and he was thrown in a cage, closely followed by Ringleys.
"Funs over guys" Garfakcy snickered, as Ekidonna gaped at the sight in the cavern.
"This is it!"
Garfakcy turned to the Yokai that had followed him in. The thief looked as if Christmas had come early.
"This is what?" he snapped.
Ekidonna laughed. "Keep the stupid Knight. I'll have a much better reward."
With that, he started walking to the lake.
* * *
Seconds after spotting the bag, Kitchel leapt and tore into it, throwing out anything and everything that wasn't the Dragon Eye, or didn't belong to them.
"Whereisit?whereisit?whereisit!" She muttered under her breath.
Imo frowned as a cloth wrapped round a sphere-shaped object hit the ground near him. He picked it up to reveal a white orb.
"What is this?" he asked, staring at it.
Kitchel turned from her ransacking and spotted the item.
"The Dragon Eye!" she shrieked, and yanked it from the boy's hands. "Earth, should I wish Thatz back to normal, or wait till we find him?"
[Now! He could be in a lot of trouble if Garfakcy caught him!] Earth's sign said.
Kitchel nodded. "Okay.
I really hope you're not hiding in some crack Thatz."
* * *
"What can we do?" Ringleys asked Thatz, peering through the bars.
Thatz shook his head. "There's nothing we CAN do" he sighed.
Just then, his body was covered in a bright light. He let go of the bars, and stared at his hands, whilst Ringleys edged away.
* * *
Garfakcy frowned, staring at the Yokai crouching by the water. He had no idea what was going on. Why was the Yokai so excited about a stupid lake?"
Suddenly, he heard a loud creaking sound, and the cage became incredibly heavy. In surprise, Garfakcy dropped the cage just as the glowing figure inside grew in size, breaking the cage into a bent pile of metal.
"Ugh" Thatz moaned, a hand on his head. Breaking out of a magically enhanced metal cage by outgrowing it was not his idea of a good time.
His eyes cleared to spot Ekidonna on his feet, and about to jump into the pool.
"Not happening!" he shouted, getting to his feet and running for the Yokai.
From the sidelines, Garfakcy snarled.
"Well that complicates matters a bit . . . "
* * *
"Hmm, was I meant to drink it? Or jump in?"
Ekidonna crouched over the pool, oblivious to everything else around him. Grinning, he stood up.
"Lets go with diving in!" he cackled gleefully. "And drink some on the way up!"
But as he took one step over the water, something slammed into his waist, throwing him back to the ground. Thatz stood over him, summoning his sword.
"I don't think so" he smirked.
To be continued . . .
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Aw, Thatz isn't a faerie anymore. But if you think this is the last shape- shifting wish to be made by the Dragon Eye, you're very much mistaken. And a note on Thatz's hair. It's usually red or green (although I have a picture where its orange/brown, which I think, suits him) but I don't think the artist ever had a specific colour for the characters (considering Rath went from Red to Black to Red again).
And my computers still on strike. Anyone have any ideas? (by the way, if it says site overload, you can get to the site by changing the address slightly. Putting an 'a' at the end normally does the trick for me).
R&R!