Disclaimer- I do not own Neopets. I'm halfway there to buying it, but for now, no. Poor, poor me.
Hi guys! waves enthusiastically Sorry I haven't updated for so long, but things have been going on. Um...back to the story!
"Ow...," said Bryan, rubbing his cheek. "Anyway, we should find out where we are, before we meet up with the Ghost Lupe or somethin'." Scorpio turned around swiftly. "G-...ghost lupe?..." she squeaked.
"Or worse...," whispered Bryan. "The Jelly Chia."
In the next few minutes, there was such chaos and commotion that I cannot possibly explain what happened. All I can say is that Scorpio is afraid of many, many things, but jelly is among one of her worst fears. Probably due to the Strawberry Jelly incident she had had when she was younger, but that's a different story. Anyway, by the time her Draik was able to coax her out from behind the tree, she was extremely pale and looked very unhealthy.
"Urrh," said the Draik, who was beginning to learn to talk. This probably meant "Wow..." in Draik-ish language. Bryan rolled his eyes. "Come on, Scor, let's--" before he had even finished, something grabbed him. "Hey! What the-- what--AAAUUUGGGHHH! Scorpio! Where the cheese are you!?" he yelled. Scorpio recoiled. "I'm right here! Don't expect me to save you or anything!" she yelled back.
"SCOR--" yelled Bryan again, before the evil thing that had him in it's clutches covered his mouth. On a quick gesture, it leaned down and snatched his Krawk, too, before pulling them both into shadows. The muffled screams were suddenly swept away with the cool breeze as Scorpio and her Nepet looked on. The Draik looked at her accusingly. She met it's gaze and raised an eyebrow. "What?..."
"Urrfh," said the Neopet. Scorpio looked away quickly. "No, I'm not. I'm not doing that. No...nope, not me...I'm not gonna save him...oh...well, when you put it that way...FINE! FINE, OK!" She started to sob. "I will! I will! But I have no idea where he is!" She stared with watery eyes at her pet. "Please say you know some way to find him...please?..."
"Nrrv," it said happily. Even though it had only been asking for a cupcake, it was glad Scorpio's conscience had gotten a hold on her. It pointed it's tail towards a creepy old mansion in the distance. Scorpio's eyes brightened. "Great idea! We can just go there and ask for directions!" she happily started to sprint off towards it, while her intelligent neopet ran by her side. While running, she began to think something. (Gasp!) She needed a name for her pet. She couldn't keep calling it "her pet", after all. "Hey," she said to it. "What do you think would...huff huff...be a good name for you?" she said in between pants (she was not very athletic, you must remember!). The pet looked up at her innocently, with the silver stars in the sky reflecting in it's brilliant red eyes. This gave Scorpio an idea. "Hmm...well...huff huff...it should be a starry name to go with mine, right? So...huff huff...Comet, maybe? Blitzen? Meteor, Mars, Saturn, Pluto...huff huff...a-HA!" her eyes brightened up, just like her pets. "Galileo! Of course! He was a famous...huff huff...guy who studied astronomy!" The newly-named Galileo happily nodded it's head. "Leo for short, of course...hey! We're almost there!"
Indeed, they were almost to this frightening castle, and both were becoming eager. When they neared it though, something was apparantly wrong. "Hellllooooo?" called Scorpio towards the house. No answer. She shook her head. "There's gotta be someone here! I saw a light on at the top, I know I did!" She sorrowfully patted Leo's head. "Geez, all this way for--"
"Psst," came a raspy voice from the shadows. Both girl and Neopet looked up in fright to see a poor-looking Usul standing nearby. "Psst," she said again, and crept closer. She handed a filthy, red, ragged cloak and long, moldy brown shirt to Scorpio. "Drape these over yourself," she whispered. Scorpio examined it. "These clothes smell like grandmas," she whined. The Usul glared. "There is nothing wrong with grandmas. Put them on, NOW." Scorpio hastily obeyed the Neopet's wishes. "Are you sure they don't make me look fat?"
"They look fine," rasped the Usul, giving her an old basket to put Leo in. "Now, do exactly what I say, or you shall surely die. Or never find your friend...anyway, barge into the castle and only step on one tile of the floor. As soon as you do, you will be given an anagram. Answer the anagram and you will be allowed to pass. Be sure to repeat until you get to the last room. There, he--"
"Yea, yea, whatever," sighed Scorpio. "C'mon, Leo, let's go."
She pushed open the doors and lazily stepped on the first tile of the floor. "Hello? Anyone there?"
"ELNI!" boomed a powerful voice from above.
Hi guys! waves enthusiastically Sorry I haven't updated for so long, but things have been going on. Um...back to the story!
"Ow...," said Bryan, rubbing his cheek. "Anyway, we should find out where we are, before we meet up with the Ghost Lupe or somethin'." Scorpio turned around swiftly. "G-...ghost lupe?..." she squeaked.
"Or worse...," whispered Bryan. "The Jelly Chia."
In the next few minutes, there was such chaos and commotion that I cannot possibly explain what happened. All I can say is that Scorpio is afraid of many, many things, but jelly is among one of her worst fears. Probably due to the Strawberry Jelly incident she had had when she was younger, but that's a different story. Anyway, by the time her Draik was able to coax her out from behind the tree, she was extremely pale and looked very unhealthy.
"Urrh," said the Draik, who was beginning to learn to talk. This probably meant "Wow..." in Draik-ish language. Bryan rolled his eyes. "Come on, Scor, let's--" before he had even finished, something grabbed him. "Hey! What the-- what--AAAUUUGGGHHH! Scorpio! Where the cheese are you!?" he yelled. Scorpio recoiled. "I'm right here! Don't expect me to save you or anything!" she yelled back.
"SCOR--" yelled Bryan again, before the evil thing that had him in it's clutches covered his mouth. On a quick gesture, it leaned down and snatched his Krawk, too, before pulling them both into shadows. The muffled screams were suddenly swept away with the cool breeze as Scorpio and her Nepet looked on. The Draik looked at her accusingly. She met it's gaze and raised an eyebrow. "What?..."
"Urrfh," said the Neopet. Scorpio looked away quickly. "No, I'm not. I'm not doing that. No...nope, not me...I'm not gonna save him...oh...well, when you put it that way...FINE! FINE, OK!" She started to sob. "I will! I will! But I have no idea where he is!" She stared with watery eyes at her pet. "Please say you know some way to find him...please?..."
"Nrrv," it said happily. Even though it had only been asking for a cupcake, it was glad Scorpio's conscience had gotten a hold on her. It pointed it's tail towards a creepy old mansion in the distance. Scorpio's eyes brightened. "Great idea! We can just go there and ask for directions!" she happily started to sprint off towards it, while her intelligent neopet ran by her side. While running, she began to think something. (Gasp!) She needed a name for her pet. She couldn't keep calling it "her pet", after all. "Hey," she said to it. "What do you think would...huff huff...be a good name for you?" she said in between pants (she was not very athletic, you must remember!). The pet looked up at her innocently, with the silver stars in the sky reflecting in it's brilliant red eyes. This gave Scorpio an idea. "Hmm...well...huff huff...it should be a starry name to go with mine, right? So...huff huff...Comet, maybe? Blitzen? Meteor, Mars, Saturn, Pluto...huff huff...a-HA!" her eyes brightened up, just like her pets. "Galileo! Of course! He was a famous...huff huff...guy who studied astronomy!" The newly-named Galileo happily nodded it's head. "Leo for short, of course...hey! We're almost there!"
Indeed, they were almost to this frightening castle, and both were becoming eager. When they neared it though, something was apparantly wrong. "Hellllooooo?" called Scorpio towards the house. No answer. She shook her head. "There's gotta be someone here! I saw a light on at the top, I know I did!" She sorrowfully patted Leo's head. "Geez, all this way for--"
"Psst," came a raspy voice from the shadows. Both girl and Neopet looked up in fright to see a poor-looking Usul standing nearby. "Psst," she said again, and crept closer. She handed a filthy, red, ragged cloak and long, moldy brown shirt to Scorpio. "Drape these over yourself," she whispered. Scorpio examined it. "These clothes smell like grandmas," she whined. The Usul glared. "There is nothing wrong with grandmas. Put them on, NOW." Scorpio hastily obeyed the Neopet's wishes. "Are you sure they don't make me look fat?"
"They look fine," rasped the Usul, giving her an old basket to put Leo in. "Now, do exactly what I say, or you shall surely die. Or never find your friend...anyway, barge into the castle and only step on one tile of the floor. As soon as you do, you will be given an anagram. Answer the anagram and you will be allowed to pass. Be sure to repeat until you get to the last room. There, he--"
"Yea, yea, whatever," sighed Scorpio. "C'mon, Leo, let's go."
She pushed open the doors and lazily stepped on the first tile of the floor. "Hello? Anyone there?"
"ELNI!" boomed a powerful voice from above.