Chapter Four: Vvw vs. Nereid

Illusen handed the green Earth Key to Master. "Hold on to that." Master nodded. "Well, where to next?" Illusen asked. Renee thought for a moment. "Well, I guess we would want to check the Haunted Woods." Vvw shook her head. "Too scary! Let's go somewhere else." "Well, Illusen? Do you remember Dr. Sloth and Merwidow talking about anything?" Illusen scratched her head. "I think they said something about Maraqua." vvw nodded. "Maraqua. We better go there."

"Hey, if you're going to go to Maraqua, I have a boat you guys might want!" Vvw smiled. "Really? Thank you!" Illusen turned to her house. "I have some repairs to do. I guess I'll see you all later!"

"GOOD BYE ILLUSEN!" "Bye Illusen! Sorry about your house!" They climbed aboard the small fishing boat on the outskirts of Meridell and set sail for Maraqua.

"Your majesty Merwidow! Your majesty Sloth! They have the Earth Key and are heading towards Maraqua after the Water Key!" Merwidow pushed the lackey out of the way. "You people are really starting to anger me." Sloth nodded. "You heard her! Go destroy yourself for bothering us!"

Merwidow watched the screen. "They're moving quickly. Who guards the Water Key?" Merwidow thought for a moment. "Let's see. Nereid." "Well, none of them can breath under water. I suppose we're safe there."

"Well, here we are, The Ruins of Maraqua!" "Well, how do we get down there?" vvw smiled. "I KNOW!" She closed her eyes. There was a small popping noise and vvw had transformed into an odd purple fish. "HELP! NEED WATER!" Link laughed. "Look at her squirm!" "LINK!" Renee tossed vvw into the water. "Ahh."

"Well," vvw transformed into a purple Peophin but she still had Poogle ears at the top of her head and Poogle feet instead of horse-like legs. "Hey vvw! You look like a mutant!" Vvw growled and turned away from her brother. "Vvw? Are you sure you can do this alone?" She nodded. "Yeah, I guess!" "See you vvw!" Caiphox called. "Yeah! Good Luck!" "Be careful vvw!" Renee said. Renee then began to drone on about safety and coming back alive and not being able to rely on her friends anymore. Vvw didn't listen. "Good Bye Fattius Clyde!" Master called. Vvw smiled. "Bye Baby Huey!" She giggled and swam away.

"Well?" Dr. Sloth asked. "Well, vvw has abandoned the others and gone on alone!" "Is this good?" "Well, vvw is one of the weaker ones, but it doesn't matter, they have split up. So send a monster or something to fight the others while the weakling is away." Dr. Sloth nodded. "YOU!" A small blue Kacheek ran in. "Yes sir?" He asked. His voice quivered. "Get me The Pant Devil, Count Von Roo and Meuka!" The small Kacheek ran from the room. After a few minutes, The Pant Devil, Count Von Roo and Meuka showed up. "What is it this time Sloth?" The Pant Devil asked. "Yeah!" "We need someone to distract those twerps while their friend drowned at the bottom of the ocean!" The Pant Devil smiled. "Can I rob them!? I've always wanted one of their backpacks! I've seen the green one fit an Elephante in his!" Sloth nodded. "Of course!" "Do they have any wooden Stakes or Garlic?" Count Von Roo asked. "Well. I don't think so." "WHO CARES? JUST GET GOING!" Merwidow yelled. She got up from her seat and stormed over. "IF YOU DO NOT GO NOW YOU WONT SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY FOR A GOOD LONG TIME!" "That's good! I hate light!" Count Von Roo cried. "Us Vampiroos cannot stand the sun!" "GO!!!!!"

"She's been down there for five minutes." "I think she's dead already." Link said. "Link!" He shrugged. "Look! It's Dracula!" "Link, We are NOT going to fall for that again!" "NO REALLY! AND HE HAS AN UNDERPANTS DEMON AND A MEERCA MADE OUT OF NOSE DRIPPINGS!" Renee sighed. "Link, put a sock in it!" Link nodded and took a sock out of his backpack. "I'll miss you Skippy!" He threw the sock. "OW!" It hit Count Von Roo on his face. "What's that horrible smell!?" He pulled the sock off of his face. "AHH!" He threw it over his shoulder.

"Hello kiddies. enjoying your boat ride?" They all turned around. The Pant Devil, Meuka and a very angry Vampiroo sat in front of them. "OH NO! LINK WAS RIGHT ABOUT SOMETHING!" Master cried. "Not really." Renee said. "He said an under pant demon. That's a Pant Devil." "Oh." Link smiled. "HEY PANT DEVIL! GIVE ME YOUR MONEY!" Link took out a Plastic Butter Knife. The pant Devil stared at him and began to laugh. "I DON'T LIKE TO BE LAUGHED AT!" Link jumped up and stabbed the Pant Devil in the arm. He began to scream. The others laughed at him. "HURT BY A BUTTER KNIFE!" The three of them began fight. "Hurry up vvw."

Vvw swam quickly; searching threw the Sea weed and broken buildings. "HEY!" She called, hoping no one would answer. She heard a noise. It was very soft, it sounded a bit like singing. "What's that? Oh, I wish I were half as courageous as I told people I was!" She closed her eyes and swam towards the singing.

She surfaced and looked around. She was far from the boat. With her giant Poogle ears she listened closely to the singing and swam towards it. On a rock, Nereid sat combing her hair and singing. "Wow. Nereid!" She opened her eyes and stared at vvw. "Uh oh." She hissed and dove into the water. Vvw felt a tug on her fin as she was dragged under water by the angry water faerie.

"HELP ME!" Vvw screamed. "I CAN'T BREATHE!" She thought for a moment. "Wait. I got gills." She smiled and blushed. "I remember now! Wait." By now Nereid swam down deep under water and up again. She raised vvw over and head and threw her into the seafloor. "OH YOU ARE FINISHED PRETTY!" vvw morphed into a purple kio and bolted threw the water. She came up behind her, full of anger. "No one beats up vvw. Well, unless you're one of my brothers, but you're not!" Vvw quickly hit the back of Nereid's head and sent her flying into the ground. "YEAH!" She cheered.

"FORGET IT! LET'S JUST TAKE THEIR STUFF!" The Pant Devil cried. His friends nodded and they all raced for the five pets. Renee smirked. "You guys ready?" They nodded. "GO!" They had no problem teaching the Pant Devil, Count Von Roo and Meuka not to mess with The Tri-Shoy Gang.

Vvw was having equal success with Nereid. "I feel a bit bad about this but I got to do. what I got to do." Vvw knocked her into a rock then picked her up with her Kio Fins and threw her towards the surface. Remembering how Illusen had woken up, she swam fast as she could and hit Nereid on the back of her head. Nereid went flying back down and hit her head on a rock. Her eyes closed and she became unconscious.

Vvw picked her up and brought her to the surface. She put her on the rock and smiled. "Well Nereid, you're the first faerie I've beaten up in a good long time!" "Huh?" She rubbed her head and looked around. "Hello Nereid!" She smiled. "Oh! Hello little Kio! What's going on?" Vvw sighed. "I guess I'll tell you." Vvw told Nereid everything.

"Wow. I'm sorry I've put your threw so much trouble!" "No problem! I had fun! I got to swim and fight! Those are my to favorite things to do!" Nereid rubbed her head. "I see." Vvw laughed. "Well Nereid! I had fun beating you up but I really must go!" vvw started to swim away but turned around. "Sorry to give you that nasty scar. Maybe people won't notice!" Nereid glared at vvw. "Umm." She curled her hand into a fist. "It's right across your cheek." POW! Vvw rubbed her nose. "Ow. Why did they even bother hypnotizing you?"

Nereid picked her a shell shaped like a comb and began to brush her hair. Something bright blue fell out and into the ocean. Vvw dove into the water and caught it. The Water key!