T'laren: I saw you telling me to hurry and update...I must tell you that you are the first person to get mad at me for not updating! I never thought any of my stories would be that successful! And you did it twice...you must love this! *hugs you* *comes back the next day and checks reviews* Okay, I removed that part. But I checked your profile and favorite stories...*hugs you again* MY FIC IS ON A FAVE STORIES LIST! WOOHOO!
Dani: Go check out my profile. You can see the rabid vampire butterfly story there. ^^
clara200: Thank you! I still can't believe I'm getting repeat reviewers!
Keep those reviews coming, people! Btw, keep in mind that the map I made in the last chapter was there before neopets listed Neopia Central on the map.
Guess what? YOU GET TO SEE THAT PIC I DREW! It's at http://sailorc.mybravenet.com/neopianexperimenttitle.jpg
I'm not a great artist, but I tried. I would have drawn her with glasses,
but it's hard enough for me to draw glasses on anyone, and I can barely
draw profiles, so the two combined would be horrible...I'll try to draw
the ocean faerie, unless someone wants to do it for me...
If you really wanna see her with glasses...imagine Lucca's glasses
on her (http://www.rpgamer.com/games/ff/ffc/ffcctart.html has a pic of
her).
One more thing. Tin3 now has the nickname of Tin. Okay? Good.
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Chapter 7: Captured!
"Oh, yes," the queen replied. "Her name is Malathyne."
"Malathyne?" Sarah wanted to make sure she heard
right before leaving, so she wouldn't get the name wrong.
Fyora nodded. "Oh, and those items. Be sure to take
them straight to Jhuidah, or I will take them away." The faerie left the
room, and came back a minute later with Faerie Fog, Jhudoras Crystal Ball,
and a Faerie Queen Doll. "The Faerie Fog wouldn't be needed, but you need
the crystal ball, and I want to make sure that there is more light magic
than dark magic."
Sarah thanked Fyora, and wondered aloud how she
would carry the items. Tin3, tired of being ignored, cleared his throat.
"I guess you haven't noticed, but the reason you are only allowed to carry
50 items at a time is because that's all that will fit in that pack you're
wearing." Sarah felt behind her, and noticed the backpack for the first
time. Seeing her surprised face, the Meerca smiled. "It only appears when
you need an item or when you have an item in your hands. Otherwise, it's
invisible and weightless."
"Oh," was all Sarah could say. She put the
items in her pack, and it disappeared. She bent down to pick up Tin when
something on her shirt started shining. She shielded her eyes until the
light went away, and had a look. Her badge had changed to say "13 Months."
Sarah observed this, mumbled something about making her own badge, and
picked up the Meerca. She thanked Fyora one last time, and flew out the
window, headed to Mystery Island.
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Sarah had mixed the items together at the cooking
pot, forming an item called "Fyoras Crystal Contact." Satisfied, Sarah
thanked Jhuidah and left. She brought Tin to their Neohome, and told him
and her other neopets she was going to leave for a bit.
"So which one of us are you going to take this time?"
Mint asked.
"None of you. I'm going alone," was Sarah's response.
The pets looked at her for a moment, shocked. Finally,
Ivy spoke. "You have to take one of us with you. You don't know your way
around Neopia very well, and it's dangerous enough with Sloth going after
you."
Sarah was about to reply, when she got a better
idea. She got a piece of paper and wrote down her reply, so that she wouldn't
be overheard. She gave it to her pets, who got upset upon reading it: "I
know that. That's why I'm going to see Sloth alone. You really think I
wanna take one of you to a place that dangerous?"
Just as she expected, the neopets backed away, scared
at the thought of seeing the green doctor. Sarah went out of the Neohome,
and was about to shut the door when something blocked her path. It was
Sugarheart4. "I am going with you, like it or not," the striped Uni announced.
Seeing Sarah about to protest, she started talking before the faerie had
a chance. "No. I will go with you. The only way you can stop me is to chain
me to my bed. Speaking of beds, I'd like a new one. Straw is very uncomfortable.
You got Tin3 a coconut bed!"
Sarah sighed. "You know that you have a chance of
being kidnapped? And you are sure you want to go?" Sugar nodded. "Fine.
You can come. You're gonna have to wait on the beds, though. I'd need to
get 3 of them, and the cheapest decent ones are 2,300 NP each, minimum.
We only have a bit over 6,000 in the bank."
Sugar groaned, and said, "Fine. But until we can
afford it, I'm sleeping in your bed. I'll beat you to the spaceship!" and
took off galloping. Sarah hesitated for a moment before she started flying
to the goal. She went slowly at first, until she felt that she wouldn't
easily beat Sugar, and put on a burst of speed. She had gone around the
corner, when she saw a castle that hadn't been there before, and Sugar
had stopped ahead. She landed next to the Uni and looked ahead.
"What's that?" Sarah asked.
Sugar was staring at the castle, open-mouthed. Finally,
she whispered a reply. "Meridell...It's finally here..." Sarah turned to
look at it, too. It was a beautiful castle. But they had more important
things to do.
"How about we go after visiting..." Sarah remembered
the listening device on her ear, now shaped as one of her four earrings.
"...after visiting our 'friend,' okay?" The Uni agreed, and they finished
the race, which Sarah barely won.
Sarah groaned, but got on the space ship with her
neopet. "My wings feel like they're gonna fall off. I didn't know you could
get cramps in wings. Geez, that hurt!" Sarah tried, unsuccessfully, to
massage her wings as they went to the Space Station.
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It had been a long day at work, and the Doctor was
about to get some rest before his experiments started the next day. He
unlocked his door, and went into his room. He blinked at what he saw, before
shouting, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!"
Sarah was sitting on his bed, while Sugar was looking
at some interesting pictures of a teenage Sloth sitting with a green teenage
woman with brown hair. "Nice picture, Frank," the Uni commented.
"Ex-girlfriend? Tell me, why would she be dating you? Better yet, did you
break up with her, or did she realize you were an idiot and broke up with
you? Or did you leave her for dead on your home planet?" The Uni smiled
at Sarah, who had her own comments.
"Those are some interesting pictures, but I saw
another one that showed you and a blonde. Two-timing? Wouldn't put it past
ya. And what's with the Glowing Bed? I would have thought the creature
competing for the "Coldest Heart" award would have a Steel Bed. Or maybe
a Heart Shaped Bed, from your girlfriends?" Sarah looked at him smugly.
The doctor had a few of his own comments. "You know,
I did a bit of research on you. Tell me, do you enjoy the people at the
help chat? I could bring them here you know. I'm sure they would be so
happy to come here as my slaves, and would be very eager to thank you.
Or maybe you would like to be in the Neopian Times? I heard somewhere that
they were thinking of putting obituaries in there. And for your information,
the brunette was my twin sister, and the blonde was some girl who had a
crush on me in school. Speaking of which, You're supposed to be 14. I would
have thought that teenage girls would have a boyfriend or something. Either
I'm wrong, or no one likes you. My research seemed to have proved me right,
so there must be something wrong with you." He looked her in the eye. If
looks could kill...Dr. Sloth smiled. "Did I strike a nerve? I'm terribly
sorry," the doc continued, his voice dripping with sarcasm. "I was just
thinking that maybe they didn't like you because-"
But why he thought no one liked Sarah remained a
mystery. After he made those comments, Sarah flew at him so quickly that
he never saw it coming, and she kicked him where it hurt. Just for a good
measure, she kicked him again, and punched him in the stomach. Looking
up at his face, she saw that he barely flinched, but held her gaze, smiling
slyly. "Now how the he-"
"Watch your mouth, Sailor. You know, one of the
interesting things about not being human is that I have a higher tolerance
for pain?" He grabbed Sarah by the wrist, and walked to Sugar, staring
at her with an evil smile on his face. Neopets always seemed to be frozen
in place by that, and this was no exception. He grabbed her by the alicorn,
and pulled both of them to the cage room.
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Aw, darn. Sarah didn't get to ask the question she came for. Don't
worry. She will in the next chapter, which will also have the answer of
how she got in Sloth's room if it was locked. By the way, an "alicorn"
is a Unicorn's Horn. You can see several books that refer to "alicorn"
at http://www.unicorn-dream.co.uk/project.html. Okay, I'm off to upload
this. *Pulls out wand* Imperio! Review my story!