Chapter Five: Clear Skies for Cat
Merwidow tied a bandage around The Pant Devil's arm. "Ow. ow... ow." Count Von Roo laughed. "Beaten by a Butter Knife." Merwidow glared at him. "Hey! The Shoyru holding that Butter Knife is my pet! I'm surprised the Pant Devil is still alive!" She turned back to the Pant Devil and tightened his bandage. "Besides. HE wasn't defeated by a Human." "SHE'S NOT A HUMAN! SHE'S A KOUGRA NOW. And those claws hurt." "Yeah, yeah." Merwidow stood up. "Well, you three are fine. But I suggest you get out of here." "Okay. But what did you mean the Pant Devil was beaten by YOUR pet?" "Not important, just leave."
Vvw returned to the boat with the Key of the Water. "Good job vvw!" "OH VVW! I KNEW YOU'D MAKE IT BACK ALIVE! I owe you fifty Neopoints Link." Master cried. Vvw smiled and hopped back into the boat, returning to her Poogle form. "Well? Where to now?" vvw scratched her head. "Uh oh. I forgot to ask Nereid." Renee sighed. "Well, we should try to find Fyora. She'll be a great asset to us." Caiphox nodded. "But how do we get there?" Their gaze slowly turned to vvw.
"Faster vvw! For all we know, Fyora could be hurt!" vvw had transformed into a GIANT purple bird and was now flying all five pets on her back to Fearie Land. "Yeah, yeah." She mumbled. As the great city approached, Link began to kick vvw's sides. "Link. Cut it out. LINK!" Vvw stopped short and Renee fell off the giant bird. "RENEE!"
"Faerie Land?" "To find Fyora." The small kacheek reported. Merwidow frowned. "So they've gone in search of my sister?" She smiled. "They won't find her there!"
Renee tumbled towards the ground. She opened her wings with a pop and flew back to her friends. "Huh? Oh yeah. Renee's a Shoyru." Renee folded her wings and sat back on vvw. "Okay. Keep moving..."
Vvw landed and everyone climbed off. She folded her wings and looked around. Everything was in ruins. "Has anyone else discovered a pattern here?"
They walked threw the city, looking at the damage. "OH NO!" Renee cried. She ran towards Fyora's castle. It too was in ruins. "Oh man! Someone robbed the Hidden tower!" Master yelled.
They searched threw the castle. It was empty. Everyone had either run for their lives or been beaten in the attack. Renee frowned. "It's so sad here." Vvw nodded. "What's with all the death?" "Well, Fyora isn't here." "Let's try one of the other faeries! They couldn't have all left!" Vvw smiled. "I got it." She ran out of the castle and the others followed.
"The Faeries would either Fight or Flight! So, that means whatever faeries are left are hiding!" "If they fought or ran, why would they be hiding?" Caiphox asked. Vvw shrugged. "I don't know, just get searching, we'll split up." "OH NO YOU DON'T!" Renee grabbed vvw. "We're not splitting up! One of us could get hurt!" "CHEESE IT!" They all ran off in different directions. "LINK! MASTER! CAIPHOX! CAT!" Renee dropped vvw. "VVW!!!"
Vvw searched in the Hidden tower. "I should be able to find something here." Unknowingly, vvw walked out the window. "Uh oh." She had to think quickly. "UMM. CHANGE NOW! FORM OF CLOUD!" vvw became a small purple cloud. "Cool."
Cat walked around, completely lost. "I knew I should have followed Caiphox." Cat turned a corner. A hand stuck out from pile of stones and rubble. Cat rushed up to it and began to clear away the rocks. "DON'T WORRY! I'LL HELP YOU!" She noticed two small Harris sitting on the rocks. "Oh. Hello little Harris." The Harris hissed. "Uh oh!" She backed away from the rocks and they sat down. "Little Harris." They spoke in a little Harris langue. It was an odd vary of squeaks and high-pitched grunts. They both nodded to each other and jumped off the rocks. Cat walked towards them slowly and began to remove the rocks.
Under them was an injured Air Faerie. She had long blonde hair and odd blue markings all over her body. Cat gasped. "Psellia? The Faerie on the card?" The Harris nodded and landed on their owner. She opened her eyes. She sat up and stared at Cat. The red Kougra smiled. Psellia curled her hand into a fist. "I suspect I don't get a reward?"
Cat went flying into a pile of rocks. "Ow! My nose!" Psellia stood up and stretched out her wings. Cat smirked and her claws grew a foot long. "Bring it on!"
"NOW THEY'VE FOUND PSELLIA?" "Yes my queen." "That only leaves three keys. Who's fighting?" "A red Kougra by the name of Caiiephox but called Cat for short!" "Caiphox's human?" Merwidow turned back to the large computer and typed something in. "The others are scattered threw out Faerie Land." She smiled. "Link is trapped in a maze. continuously walking into wall." "What should I do my queen?" The tiny blue Kacheek asked. "Could you get me some House Blend Coffee?" The Kacheek was surprised by the unusual request. "House Blend Coffee?" "Yes. GO NOW!" The kacheek ran from the room. "So who is winning?" Dr. Sloth asked. "Well, Psellia is of course!"
Cat was being beat up pretty badly by the Faerie. "This is so stupid!" She swiped at Psellia and cut her nose. Psellia screamed and jumped back. "Come on Faerie! Come and get me!" Cat pounced again and slashed at Psellia. She cut her leg. The two kept fighting.
"Hey! Vvw! Look at this!" Vvw the purple cloud flew over to Renee. She pointed to Cat and Psellia fighting. "Cool." "We should help her!" "We should." Renee started to climb down from behind the hill of clouds. But vvw stopped her. "Let's see where she's going with this." "Vvw! Cat and Psellia need help! I can't tell who's winning." "Then just watch." Link and Master sat down next to them. Link had a large bowl of popcorn. Vvw leaned over and took a handful. "Where did you get the popcorn?" Renee asked. Link shrugged and took a sip of Neocola.
Cat had the upper hand and was handling Psellia very well. "CAT! HIT HER HEAD!" vvw yelled. Cat looked up at them and smiled. She turned back to Psellia and grimaced. "Okay! TIME TO FINISH THIS!" She jumped into the air and struck the top of Psellia's head with one of her diamond claws, not hard enough to cut her or break her skull, just hard enough to knock her out.
Psellia's Harris ran to her side and cooed. Psellia rubbed her head and sat up. "Oh my." Cat smiled. "Hey! Nice work!" The rest of the Tri-Shoy Gang came running down to congratulate Cat. "What happened?" "Sloth and Merwidow have taken over Neopia and turned all the humans into pets and all the pets evil. You were hypnotized and given a key. Give the key to us!" Psellia thought for a moment. "A key?" one of the Harris nudged her. The other handed her something small and orange. "Could it be this?" Cat grabbed the orange key. "Yes."
"THEY HAVE THE THIRD KEY!" "What do we do?" Sloth asked. Merwidow thought for a moment. "Well, the next key is hidden with Fuhnah in the Tyrannian Volcanoes." "But the Tyrannian Volcanoes were closed off to the public because too many pets were getting hurt. And only those with an unnatural tolerance to fire could last even a second in there." He smiled. "You see. NOW WHERE'S THAT KACHEEK WITH MY COFFEE!?"
Merwidow tied a bandage around The Pant Devil's arm. "Ow. ow... ow." Count Von Roo laughed. "Beaten by a Butter Knife." Merwidow glared at him. "Hey! The Shoyru holding that Butter Knife is my pet! I'm surprised the Pant Devil is still alive!" She turned back to the Pant Devil and tightened his bandage. "Besides. HE wasn't defeated by a Human." "SHE'S NOT A HUMAN! SHE'S A KOUGRA NOW. And those claws hurt." "Yeah, yeah." Merwidow stood up. "Well, you three are fine. But I suggest you get out of here." "Okay. But what did you mean the Pant Devil was beaten by YOUR pet?" "Not important, just leave."
Vvw returned to the boat with the Key of the Water. "Good job vvw!" "OH VVW! I KNEW YOU'D MAKE IT BACK ALIVE! I owe you fifty Neopoints Link." Master cried. Vvw smiled and hopped back into the boat, returning to her Poogle form. "Well? Where to now?" vvw scratched her head. "Uh oh. I forgot to ask Nereid." Renee sighed. "Well, we should try to find Fyora. She'll be a great asset to us." Caiphox nodded. "But how do we get there?" Their gaze slowly turned to vvw.
"Faster vvw! For all we know, Fyora could be hurt!" vvw had transformed into a GIANT purple bird and was now flying all five pets on her back to Fearie Land. "Yeah, yeah." She mumbled. As the great city approached, Link began to kick vvw's sides. "Link. Cut it out. LINK!" Vvw stopped short and Renee fell off the giant bird. "RENEE!"
"Faerie Land?" "To find Fyora." The small kacheek reported. Merwidow frowned. "So they've gone in search of my sister?" She smiled. "They won't find her there!"
Renee tumbled towards the ground. She opened her wings with a pop and flew back to her friends. "Huh? Oh yeah. Renee's a Shoyru." Renee folded her wings and sat back on vvw. "Okay. Keep moving..."
Vvw landed and everyone climbed off. She folded her wings and looked around. Everything was in ruins. "Has anyone else discovered a pattern here?"
They walked threw the city, looking at the damage. "OH NO!" Renee cried. She ran towards Fyora's castle. It too was in ruins. "Oh man! Someone robbed the Hidden tower!" Master yelled.
They searched threw the castle. It was empty. Everyone had either run for their lives or been beaten in the attack. Renee frowned. "It's so sad here." Vvw nodded. "What's with all the death?" "Well, Fyora isn't here." "Let's try one of the other faeries! They couldn't have all left!" Vvw smiled. "I got it." She ran out of the castle and the others followed.
"The Faeries would either Fight or Flight! So, that means whatever faeries are left are hiding!" "If they fought or ran, why would they be hiding?" Caiphox asked. Vvw shrugged. "I don't know, just get searching, we'll split up." "OH NO YOU DON'T!" Renee grabbed vvw. "We're not splitting up! One of us could get hurt!" "CHEESE IT!" They all ran off in different directions. "LINK! MASTER! CAIPHOX! CAT!" Renee dropped vvw. "VVW!!!"
Vvw searched in the Hidden tower. "I should be able to find something here." Unknowingly, vvw walked out the window. "Uh oh." She had to think quickly. "UMM. CHANGE NOW! FORM OF CLOUD!" vvw became a small purple cloud. "Cool."
Cat walked around, completely lost. "I knew I should have followed Caiphox." Cat turned a corner. A hand stuck out from pile of stones and rubble. Cat rushed up to it and began to clear away the rocks. "DON'T WORRY! I'LL HELP YOU!" She noticed two small Harris sitting on the rocks. "Oh. Hello little Harris." The Harris hissed. "Uh oh!" She backed away from the rocks and they sat down. "Little Harris." They spoke in a little Harris langue. It was an odd vary of squeaks and high-pitched grunts. They both nodded to each other and jumped off the rocks. Cat walked towards them slowly and began to remove the rocks.
Under them was an injured Air Faerie. She had long blonde hair and odd blue markings all over her body. Cat gasped. "Psellia? The Faerie on the card?" The Harris nodded and landed on their owner. She opened her eyes. She sat up and stared at Cat. The red Kougra smiled. Psellia curled her hand into a fist. "I suspect I don't get a reward?"
Cat went flying into a pile of rocks. "Ow! My nose!" Psellia stood up and stretched out her wings. Cat smirked and her claws grew a foot long. "Bring it on!"
"NOW THEY'VE FOUND PSELLIA?" "Yes my queen." "That only leaves three keys. Who's fighting?" "A red Kougra by the name of Caiiephox but called Cat for short!" "Caiphox's human?" Merwidow turned back to the large computer and typed something in. "The others are scattered threw out Faerie Land." She smiled. "Link is trapped in a maze. continuously walking into wall." "What should I do my queen?" The tiny blue Kacheek asked. "Could you get me some House Blend Coffee?" The Kacheek was surprised by the unusual request. "House Blend Coffee?" "Yes. GO NOW!" The kacheek ran from the room. "So who is winning?" Dr. Sloth asked. "Well, Psellia is of course!"
Cat was being beat up pretty badly by the Faerie. "This is so stupid!" She swiped at Psellia and cut her nose. Psellia screamed and jumped back. "Come on Faerie! Come and get me!" Cat pounced again and slashed at Psellia. She cut her leg. The two kept fighting.
"Hey! Vvw! Look at this!" Vvw the purple cloud flew over to Renee. She pointed to Cat and Psellia fighting. "Cool." "We should help her!" "We should." Renee started to climb down from behind the hill of clouds. But vvw stopped her. "Let's see where she's going with this." "Vvw! Cat and Psellia need help! I can't tell who's winning." "Then just watch." Link and Master sat down next to them. Link had a large bowl of popcorn. Vvw leaned over and took a handful. "Where did you get the popcorn?" Renee asked. Link shrugged and took a sip of Neocola.
Cat had the upper hand and was handling Psellia very well. "CAT! HIT HER HEAD!" vvw yelled. Cat looked up at them and smiled. She turned back to Psellia and grimaced. "Okay! TIME TO FINISH THIS!" She jumped into the air and struck the top of Psellia's head with one of her diamond claws, not hard enough to cut her or break her skull, just hard enough to knock her out.
Psellia's Harris ran to her side and cooed. Psellia rubbed her head and sat up. "Oh my." Cat smiled. "Hey! Nice work!" The rest of the Tri-Shoy Gang came running down to congratulate Cat. "What happened?" "Sloth and Merwidow have taken over Neopia and turned all the humans into pets and all the pets evil. You were hypnotized and given a key. Give the key to us!" Psellia thought for a moment. "A key?" one of the Harris nudged her. The other handed her something small and orange. "Could it be this?" Cat grabbed the orange key. "Yes."
"THEY HAVE THE THIRD KEY!" "What do we do?" Sloth asked. Merwidow thought for a moment. "Well, the next key is hidden with Fuhnah in the Tyrannian Volcanoes." "But the Tyrannian Volcanoes were closed off to the public because too many pets were getting hurt. And only those with an unnatural tolerance to fire could last even a second in there." He smiled. "You see. NOW WHERE'S THAT KACHEEK WITH MY COFFEE!?"