Not unless it's funny. So if you were looking forward to something funny this time,
go away, or I'll make my rabid butterflies chase you! MUHAHAHAHAHA!
Anyway, same disclaimer.
Thanks to Lady Mouse, for trying to point out Karma's name. I forgot
that some people
might only read the comics. karma_leafbarer is her neopets account.
I was using the name
that she uses for her ff.net account. Oh, and she gave me permission
to keep that scene in
the fic! Also thanks to Malathyne for reviewing, and especially to
clara200 for pointing
out a small detail that I overlooked. In fact, I'll dedicate this chapter
to them, because most
of it wouldn't be here if she hadn't pointed something out. Thank you!
Oh, and one extra note: In the last chapter, I said that "baka" meant
stupid or idiot. Now, you
know how some people cuss, and some people say "dang it" or something
similar out of
frustration? I shout "baka" when I'm frustrated. Just in case you get
confused. ^^
And I have nicknames for my pets. Tin3's name will stay the same, Sugarheart4
is Sugar, Mintpup's name is
Mint, and Ivystalion (yes, the name is spelled right, because I forgot
an extra "l" when I named her) is Ivy.
Make sense? They only use their full name when they introduce themselves.
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Sarah flew around, trying to find her home. So many
houses...being online was SO much easier. Everything
was just a few clicks away...now she had to search...and search...and
search. Finally, she gave up and went
down to ask a blue Poogle passing by with it's owner where Market Square
was.
"Excuse me, but I've lost my way home. Do you know
where Market Square is?" Sarah asked it.
"It's right over there," the Poogle, a boy, pointed
to the right, just where Sarah was about to search next.
He started to follow his owner when Sarah asked him another question.
"I'm kind of new here. I heard that humans weren't
allowed in Neopia, so what is your owner doing here?"
"Actually, only regular humans aren't allowed. Caricatures
of humans are allowed, like the ones of the people
in the Ski Lodge on Terror Mountain. If there isn't a caricature, a
digital version of the human appears. They
can talk like us, but Dad told me that they have to type out what they
say in the place where they are, so it
sometimes takes them a bit to reply to you. Also, since they are digital,
you can walk right through them."
The Poogle looked ahead. "I'd love to talk to you some more, but Dad's
getting further away. Bye!"
Well that actually helped. Considering some people
she knew in Neopia when she was on Earth were not
what they seemed, it looked like it was a better idea to ask Neopets
for help rather than humans.
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Sarah finally found her Neohome. She knocked on the
door, and a white Meerca opened it.
"Tin3?"
"Yes. We don't know any faerie Gelerts. Who are
you?"
"It's me, Sailorc27."
Tin3 gasped, and was about to let her in when he
paused. "How do I know you're really her? You might be some
scammer's pet. Come in, but don't make yourself at home just yet. GIRLS!
COME HERE!" he shouted. After some
slamming of doors, a striped Uni, a shadow Peophin, and a Christmas
Gelert appeared at the door.
"Who's that?" the Uni, Sugar asked.
"She claims to be Sailor. I wanted to ask a few
questions, but I might need your help."
The group paused. Mint, the Gelert, finally stepped
up. "I'll go first. How many people has Sailorc27 referred?
Baka! She hadn't expected hard questions like this.
"I think it's...seven. Six or seven."
"Good," Ivy, the Peophin, said. "She hasn't checked
in a while, so it would be hard even if it was her. Now, who
came into this family first, and is the oldest?"
A trick question. Fortunately, Sarah wasn't going
to forget their birthdays for awhile, not after how long it took to
figure out. "Easy. Ivystalion came first, but Tin3 is the oldest, because
he was adopted."
Sugar was impressed, but there were still more questions.
"What was the password that you kept the longest?
and if it is not your current one, why did you change it?"
She would never forget that mistake. She told them
the exact password, and continued. "That was 3 passwords ago,
and I changed it because I was editing my profile. A certain pet's
page told how to edit your hobbies and country, but
you needed to put in your password, along with what you wanted there,
and put what you typed in the 'URL.' I didn't
read all the instructions, and I accidentally put everything on my
profile, including my password. I took the stuff down
and changed my pass to the first thing that popped into my head, trying
to change it quickly. Later, I changed it to
something else that wasn't off the top of my head.
Now even Tin3 was impressed, which wasn't easy,
because he was the smartest one. "Three more things. One, what
was my petpet before my Mongmong, two, why do you spoil me, and three,
what is your current password?"
Sarah smiled. She knew every answer. "One, it was
a Catamara named Usaflyer. Two, because you are adopted, I
never felt like you were mine. So I decided that if I got your stats
up and changed your color, I would feel that since
I raised you, you would feel like my own pet. Three," she told them
the pass.
They all gasped. "It is you!" Ivy came up and hugged
Sarah, followed by her siblings.
Mint finally asked the question she had been waiting
for. "When you used to come here, you were a digital human.
Why are you a Gelert now?"
Sarah told them the entire story, including the
part about Usuki.
"So," Ivy said when she was done. "We have to go
see Queen Fyora To get you back, right? Not that I don't want
you here," she added quickly, "I just thought you might be happier
on that place called 'Earth.'"
"Right. So we're off to see the queen! The wonderful
queen of Oz!" Sarah answered.
"Huh?"
"Never mind. Earth joke."
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