The days were long, and the nights even longer. As we weren't used to being norns, it wasn't easy to get to sleep or anything. Well, except for Ruby.
She was settling in like she'd been a little Pixie norn all her life.
"Wow, Rubes, you're really fitting in," I grinned.
My cousin shrugged. "Well, I'm a norn, aren't I? Now come on. Let's go explore the grendel tree."
I did a double take."Uhh...Ruby, NO."
"Well I'm going.." she began. "And I don't want to go alone..."
I closed my eyes. "OK, fine. Let's all go." So we got out norns, and set off.
"I know the way," Ruby pushed out in front. "You OK, Joe?" Joe nodded.
"How'd he..." I looked over at Katy's most loved norn. "Joe? Can you understand me?"
"Yes," he replied. I was shocked.
"Norns can speak, Kiz..." Ruby told me like it was obvious. "You couldn't understand them before, but now we're all norns, you can."
"Hey, Alex," I smiled. "See, now I can talk to you. So what's it like being a norn?"
"You should know, you are one," he replied.
"Ah, but I used to be human."
"Human?" he blinked."Uhh.."
"Never mind," I interrupted.
"Look," Ruby said. "The lift is there."
I sighed. "What a beautiful world we live in..."
"I know," Sparkle grinned. "But we're used to it now."
"I'm not sure if we can all fit in the lift..." Ruby told us.
"So, what's it actually like living a carefree life like this..." I asked some norns passing by.
"Is anyone listening to me?" Ruby shouted impatiently.
"Shut up, Ruby. Now, Sparkle.." Z said.
She groaned and grabbed Joe, pushing the red lift button.
"Wait up!" Me and Z shouted simultaneously. We all jumped into the lift.
"Uh..is this safe?" I asked Sparkle. She shrugged. Now I was nervous.
We all reached the top. It looked great, with the cable car and the bushes and everything..and it really was cool. Until...
The Grendel came out behind the tree. Me and Z screamed, while Ruby, being a carefree norn, just stood there talking.
"Sparkle, Alex!" I yelled. "What happens now?"
"What's wrong? It's not like it's coming near us."Alex told me.
"I've seen lots of norns die from Glycotoxin! That's what you get from Grendels," I added.
The beast came near us, and began to beat me up, I screamed yet again.
"Get OFF!"
Alex pushed me out of the way and began to fight the grendel. I was too much in pain to notice anything. I started to cough, and realised I was ill from glycotoxin.
I closed my eyes, and didn't remember any more. When I opened them, I was in the garden.
"What.."
"Shh!" Alex whispered. "You need your rest. You're ill."
I thought back to the grendel icident. "Alex, you saved me."
He smiled and nodded. "Unfortunately, I caught your disease, and we shouldn't go near any other norns incase they catch it."
"Oh, Alex, you didn't need to save me..."
"But you would have got even more ill if I had left you, and how could I leave you there?"
I smiled. Alex was such a caring norn. "You're the best. Thank you so much, Alex."
"It's OK, really."
"Would you have done that for any other norn?" I was curious to know.
"Uhh...well, yeah, I suppose I couldn't leave any norn to get hurt. Well.."
"What?" I asked.
"No offence, but your cousin Ruby is really annoying. Maybe I wouldn't try so hard to save her..."
I grinned. "Yeah, she is annoying, isn't she."
"You better lie here," he told me, getting a blanket. "Lie by the stove. It'll keep you warm."
"Thanks," I looked at him. "Please don't leave me."
"I won't. I'll look after you,"
My heart filled with love. Although he was a norn, I really think I loved him. After all, I was a norn too, and none of us had a clue how to get home...so I guess it was OK to love him.
I closed my eyes, and Alex went to sleep as well.
When we both awoke, Ruby was there.
"Go away," Alex muttered, still half asleep.
She turned to me. "Kiz, I'm sorry I led you into the grendel tree. OK? Seeya."
The norn walked away.
"I bet someone told her to do that," Alex pointed out, and I agreed.
"I'm liking her less and less since she's been a norn," and this time Alex agreed.
"You better?" he asked me, and I nodded.
"Thanks to you," I told him happily. "Are you OK?"
"Yeah, don't worry about me though,"
"But I care about you," I said with concern.
"Really?"
"Yes, Alex. I-" I was going to say I love you, but decided to get to know him a little better before I told him that. So instead I said, "I think you're great."
He smiled, and said the same back to me. I was so happy, I wanted to stay a norn forever now.
"Shall we go and see what the others are doing?" He suggested.
"Um, OK," I replied, and we ran off together.
"Hi guys," we said to all the norns. They said 'hi' back, exept Z. He was quiet.
"Are you alright?" I asked him.
He shrugged and mumbled something.
"Well," Sparkle cleared her throat. "I've, uhh..."
"She's had a baby," Z muttered, in a bad mood.
"Oh...congrats," I looked over at Z. I knew how much he liked Sparkle. "I'm sorry, Z," I whispered and he forced a smile.
"So...where is it?" I continued.
"I'll show ya," Sparkle made a guesture which said, 'follow me!' so we all did. The baby was near the temple. It was a girl, a banana/pixie crossbreed.
"She's so cute," Alex said.
"Isn't she just? Her name's Lilexia. That's a cool name, don't you think?"
We agreed.
"So, Sparkle..." I began. "Who's it's father?" I knew it wasn't Z, due to his bad mood. But it wasn't impossible.
"Oh, Joe."
"What?" Ruby was horrified, and I was too. "Where is he?!" She looked around and couldn't see him.
"I'm sorry," Sparkle said apologetically. "I didn't know that you'd care. If I did, I wouldn't have done it, I swear..."
"Someone else cares, too," I said under my breath and looked at Z, but he was looking at the floor.
"What?"
"Nothing," I said to Sparkle. "We'd better go. Seeya, guys." And with that me and Alex ran off.
"Wanna go to the desert island?" he asked me. "Nobody could bother us there."
"Sure," I smiled, and we ran to the submarine. In no time we got to the island.
"So..." I looked around, and my smile faded as I saw a norn. But I'd never seen this one before.
"Alex," I whispered. "Who's he?"
"Oh...that's Zero. I forgot. He lives here, but he's nice. Just shy."
"Well, can we get ridof him?" I hissed.
Alex went up to Zero. "Hi."
"Hello," Zero replied.
"Please leave us alone, Zero. We came here to get away from everything back home...but you'd like it. Do you want a girlfriend?"
"Uhh..." Zero didn't know what to say.
"'Cos there's loadsa girls back home. Come on, now..." Alex grabbed Zero and pushed him into the submarine.
"Bye bye, now," he grinned, waving at an angry Zero.
"He'll enjoy it at home," I told Alex. "Wait-home. I said home."
"Well, it kinda is," Alex smiled.
"You're right," I said happily. "I really am at home. I've never felt this way...when I was a human, I never really felt at home anywhere, until now...oh Alex, I'm home!"
"Speak no more," he whispered, and with that he grabbed me and kissed me.
So this was what it was like to be in paradise. Palm trees, sand, and the norn I loved.
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She was settling in like she'd been a little Pixie norn all her life.
"Wow, Rubes, you're really fitting in," I grinned.
My cousin shrugged. "Well, I'm a norn, aren't I? Now come on. Let's go explore the grendel tree."
I did a double take."Uhh...Ruby, NO."
"Well I'm going.." she began. "And I don't want to go alone..."
I closed my eyes. "OK, fine. Let's all go." So we got out norns, and set off.
"I know the way," Ruby pushed out in front. "You OK, Joe?" Joe nodded.
"How'd he..." I looked over at Katy's most loved norn. "Joe? Can you understand me?"
"Yes," he replied. I was shocked.
"Norns can speak, Kiz..." Ruby told me like it was obvious. "You couldn't understand them before, but now we're all norns, you can."
"Hey, Alex," I smiled. "See, now I can talk to you. So what's it like being a norn?"
"You should know, you are one," he replied.
"Ah, but I used to be human."
"Human?" he blinked."Uhh.."
"Never mind," I interrupted.
"Look," Ruby said. "The lift is there."
I sighed. "What a beautiful world we live in..."
"I know," Sparkle grinned. "But we're used to it now."
"I'm not sure if we can all fit in the lift..." Ruby told us.
"So, what's it actually like living a carefree life like this..." I asked some norns passing by.
"Is anyone listening to me?" Ruby shouted impatiently.
"Shut up, Ruby. Now, Sparkle.." Z said.
She groaned and grabbed Joe, pushing the red lift button.
"Wait up!" Me and Z shouted simultaneously. We all jumped into the lift.
"Uh..is this safe?" I asked Sparkle. She shrugged. Now I was nervous.
We all reached the top. It looked great, with the cable car and the bushes and everything..and it really was cool. Until...
The Grendel came out behind the tree. Me and Z screamed, while Ruby, being a carefree norn, just stood there talking.
"Sparkle, Alex!" I yelled. "What happens now?"
"What's wrong? It's not like it's coming near us."Alex told me.
"I've seen lots of norns die from Glycotoxin! That's what you get from Grendels," I added.
The beast came near us, and began to beat me up, I screamed yet again.
"Get OFF!"
Alex pushed me out of the way and began to fight the grendel. I was too much in pain to notice anything. I started to cough, and realised I was ill from glycotoxin.
I closed my eyes, and didn't remember any more. When I opened them, I was in the garden.
"What.."
"Shh!" Alex whispered. "You need your rest. You're ill."
I thought back to the grendel icident. "Alex, you saved me."
He smiled and nodded. "Unfortunately, I caught your disease, and we shouldn't go near any other norns incase they catch it."
"Oh, Alex, you didn't need to save me..."
"But you would have got even more ill if I had left you, and how could I leave you there?"
I smiled. Alex was such a caring norn. "You're the best. Thank you so much, Alex."
"It's OK, really."
"Would you have done that for any other norn?" I was curious to know.
"Uhh...well, yeah, I suppose I couldn't leave any norn to get hurt. Well.."
"What?" I asked.
"No offence, but your cousin Ruby is really annoying. Maybe I wouldn't try so hard to save her..."
I grinned. "Yeah, she is annoying, isn't she."
"You better lie here," he told me, getting a blanket. "Lie by the stove. It'll keep you warm."
"Thanks," I looked at him. "Please don't leave me."
"I won't. I'll look after you,"
My heart filled with love. Although he was a norn, I really think I loved him. After all, I was a norn too, and none of us had a clue how to get home...so I guess it was OK to love him.
I closed my eyes, and Alex went to sleep as well.
When we both awoke, Ruby was there.
"Go away," Alex muttered, still half asleep.
She turned to me. "Kiz, I'm sorry I led you into the grendel tree. OK? Seeya."
The norn walked away.
"I bet someone told her to do that," Alex pointed out, and I agreed.
"I'm liking her less and less since she's been a norn," and this time Alex agreed.
"You better?" he asked me, and I nodded.
"Thanks to you," I told him happily. "Are you OK?"
"Yeah, don't worry about me though,"
"But I care about you," I said with concern.
"Really?"
"Yes, Alex. I-" I was going to say I love you, but decided to get to know him a little better before I told him that. So instead I said, "I think you're great."
He smiled, and said the same back to me. I was so happy, I wanted to stay a norn forever now.
"Shall we go and see what the others are doing?" He suggested.
"Um, OK," I replied, and we ran off together.
"Hi guys," we said to all the norns. They said 'hi' back, exept Z. He was quiet.
"Are you alright?" I asked him.
He shrugged and mumbled something.
"Well," Sparkle cleared her throat. "I've, uhh..."
"She's had a baby," Z muttered, in a bad mood.
"Oh...congrats," I looked over at Z. I knew how much he liked Sparkle. "I'm sorry, Z," I whispered and he forced a smile.
"So...where is it?" I continued.
"I'll show ya," Sparkle made a guesture which said, 'follow me!' so we all did. The baby was near the temple. It was a girl, a banana/pixie crossbreed.
"She's so cute," Alex said.
"Isn't she just? Her name's Lilexia. That's a cool name, don't you think?"
We agreed.
"So, Sparkle..." I began. "Who's it's father?" I knew it wasn't Z, due to his bad mood. But it wasn't impossible.
"Oh, Joe."
"What?" Ruby was horrified, and I was too. "Where is he?!" She looked around and couldn't see him.
"I'm sorry," Sparkle said apologetically. "I didn't know that you'd care. If I did, I wouldn't have done it, I swear..."
"Someone else cares, too," I said under my breath and looked at Z, but he was looking at the floor.
"What?"
"Nothing," I said to Sparkle. "We'd better go. Seeya, guys." And with that me and Alex ran off.
"Wanna go to the desert island?" he asked me. "Nobody could bother us there."
"Sure," I smiled, and we ran to the submarine. In no time we got to the island.
"So..." I looked around, and my smile faded as I saw a norn. But I'd never seen this one before.
"Alex," I whispered. "Who's he?"
"Oh...that's Zero. I forgot. He lives here, but he's nice. Just shy."
"Well, can we get ridof him?" I hissed.
Alex went up to Zero. "Hi."
"Hello," Zero replied.
"Please leave us alone, Zero. We came here to get away from everything back home...but you'd like it. Do you want a girlfriend?"
"Uhh..." Zero didn't know what to say.
"'Cos there's loadsa girls back home. Come on, now..." Alex grabbed Zero and pushed him into the submarine.
"Bye bye, now," he grinned, waving at an angry Zero.
"He'll enjoy it at home," I told Alex. "Wait-home. I said home."
"Well, it kinda is," Alex smiled.
"You're right," I said happily. "I really am at home. I've never felt this way...when I was a human, I never really felt at home anywhere, until now...oh Alex, I'm home!"
"Speak no more," he whispered, and with that he grabbed me and kissed me.
So this was what it was like to be in paradise. Palm trees, sand, and the norn I loved.
OK...thanks for reading! Please R&R this chapter, and pretty soon there will be another chapter or two coming your way!