Chapter 6: Lollyen
After the incident with Grandold and the Bellrag, the company were led by Arson (who did actually kind of know the way, but just couldn't be arsed to handle the pressure before; he now had no choice as the habbits had threatened him). He led them to the ancient (why is everywhere ancient???) realm of Lollyen. This was a wood full of trees with lollies growing on them (how cool!!!), and the kingdom of some of the eldest Ells, who were ruled by Killborn and Gayreel (I'llrun's mother-in-law). Anyway, they travelled to this realm, and when they entered, Sum, Pip-pop and Merrid instantly went to fetch a lolly off one of the trees.
"Don't do that", said Arson, "Where are your manners? We have to be in the Lollyen Ells' good books"
Just then an Ell entered, and Arson grabbed the lollies from the habbits, and handed them to the Ell.
"Sorry about that. They don't have any manners (he glared at them). I'm Arson son of Yourson. Do you remember me my friend Howdare?"
"Why of course old friend. I will take you to the Lord and Lady immediately; they have been expecting you"
So Howdare led them through the wood that is Lollyen, right to the centre where the city 'Lolly Heaven' was. This was where the Lord and Lady dwelled, and the place where the best lollies grew. Killborn and Gayreel came to meet them and their conversation with the company consisted of one single sentence spoken by both the Lord and Lady in unison, "No need to talk; we know everything and you may stay here for as long as you need peace and rest, but not too long please, you need to rid us of The Sour One as soon as possible", and that was it.
On the third night of staying in Lollyen, Frog, who was quite full of lollies, got up for no apparent reason, and went for a walk. He met the Lady Gayreel, and followed her (still for no apparent reason, but probably his nosiness) down some steps to a clearing. On a table in the middle of the clearing, stood a metal dish.
"Do you wanna look into the mirror?" asked Gayreel.
"Why?" replied Frog, "What will I see?"
"I dunno. I just thought that as you're really nosy, you might want to"
"Okay then", decided Frog at last.
So Gayreel filled the mirror with white wine (?!), and stood back to allow Frog to stand in front of it. Frog walked up and bent his head to look into it. The white wine swirled, and changed into a picture. It was like watching a movie, as it moved, and the voices of the people could be heard.
This is what he saw- Nabala the parrot (the one who rescued Grandold remember- no of course you don't...) flying, no wait running, 'cos she's a dumbarse, away from a bomb exploding in WGGS (my school- don't ask) saying, "Where's my tissue...evil git, evil git...Where's my tissue? Where's my tissue" (she has hay fever).
The picture then changed to Nabala shagging a wonky bird (any old bird that flies upside-down- dedicated to my insane friend Dale, and also Els, who took part in our insaneness in art).
"I've got tissues" said the wonky bird.
"What a turn on" sighed Nabala.
"Want to come back to mine for some tissues" etc. etc.
The picture changed again. This time it was Nabala and the wonky bird's wedding. Then it changed to their little half parrot, half wonky bird, babies (basically a parrot that flies upside-down). As each one was born, it would scream, "I LOVE TISSUES", and fly upside-down, off the tree and onto the ground screaming, "NNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEYYYYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAA".
Nabala the parrot was created to piss off my good friend Nabeelah (it has succeeded to do so). She has a parrot herself, who is a psycho. I dedicate Nabala the parrot to Nabs.
"WHAT THE FK HAS THIS GOT TO DO WITH THIS STORY" SCREAMED Frog, "GET ON WITH IT GOD DAMN YOU!!!"
"Okay, okay, but I told you that I have no control over this damned mirror", replied Gayreel, and checking her pizza-clock watch (dedicated to...me -not being up myself or anything- and also Els and Dale again as pizza-clocks were created in the same art lesson as wonky birds...) and taking off a piece of it to eat, she added, "You really should buy one of these things you know. Now off to bed with you" (kwtschh).
Finally, the company were ready to leave. They were given parting gifts by Gayreel, to help them with their quest. She gave Sum, Pip-pop and Merrid a large supply of non-melting lollies each, Longlegs and Borromemirror keen Ellish knives, Gimmy a piece of one of her nails that she had cut off (he fancied her, and was desperate to have any piece of her possible. It would have been more logical to have a strand of hair instead. I wonder where I got that idea from...), and to Arson she gave a new shirt, as his was a bit dirty, telling him that she had nothing greater to give than the gift he already wore, but he could at least have a clean top, (Amen had given him her special ring, the Evermine, to symbolize the passionate love the two shared for each other). Lastly, to Frog she gave a test-tube with a stopper in the top and a strange liquid inside. This was the liquid of the star of Edill, I'llrun's father, the most hated, but useful star of the Ells, but never told him what to do with it...
Gayreel and Killborn also provided boats (as the company were to travel by the River Andowe for the next stage of their journey), special coats which did nothing in particular, except change to suit the temperature the wearer wanted to feel, and a large supply of Lemonass (Ellish cakes. One single cake would sustain them for a whole 15 seconds). So they set off along the river thinking of the journey behind and ahead, wishing that they were going any place other than where they were headed.
After the incident with Grandold and the Bellrag, the company were led by Arson (who did actually kind of know the way, but just couldn't be arsed to handle the pressure before; he now had no choice as the habbits had threatened him). He led them to the ancient (why is everywhere ancient???) realm of Lollyen. This was a wood full of trees with lollies growing on them (how cool!!!), and the kingdom of some of the eldest Ells, who were ruled by Killborn and Gayreel (I'llrun's mother-in-law). Anyway, they travelled to this realm, and when they entered, Sum, Pip-pop and Merrid instantly went to fetch a lolly off one of the trees.
"Don't do that", said Arson, "Where are your manners? We have to be in the Lollyen Ells' good books"
Just then an Ell entered, and Arson grabbed the lollies from the habbits, and handed them to the Ell.
"Sorry about that. They don't have any manners (he glared at them). I'm Arson son of Yourson. Do you remember me my friend Howdare?"
"Why of course old friend. I will take you to the Lord and Lady immediately; they have been expecting you"
So Howdare led them through the wood that is Lollyen, right to the centre where the city 'Lolly Heaven' was. This was where the Lord and Lady dwelled, and the place where the best lollies grew. Killborn and Gayreel came to meet them and their conversation with the company consisted of one single sentence spoken by both the Lord and Lady in unison, "No need to talk; we know everything and you may stay here for as long as you need peace and rest, but not too long please, you need to rid us of The Sour One as soon as possible", and that was it.
On the third night of staying in Lollyen, Frog, who was quite full of lollies, got up for no apparent reason, and went for a walk. He met the Lady Gayreel, and followed her (still for no apparent reason, but probably his nosiness) down some steps to a clearing. On a table in the middle of the clearing, stood a metal dish.
"Do you wanna look into the mirror?" asked Gayreel.
"Why?" replied Frog, "What will I see?"
"I dunno. I just thought that as you're really nosy, you might want to"
"Okay then", decided Frog at last.
So Gayreel filled the mirror with white wine (?!), and stood back to allow Frog to stand in front of it. Frog walked up and bent his head to look into it. The white wine swirled, and changed into a picture. It was like watching a movie, as it moved, and the voices of the people could be heard.
This is what he saw- Nabala the parrot (the one who rescued Grandold remember- no of course you don't...) flying, no wait running, 'cos she's a dumbarse, away from a bomb exploding in WGGS (my school- don't ask) saying, "Where's my tissue...evil git, evil git...Where's my tissue? Where's my tissue" (she has hay fever).
The picture then changed to Nabala shagging a wonky bird (any old bird that flies upside-down- dedicated to my insane friend Dale, and also Els, who took part in our insaneness in art).
"I've got tissues" said the wonky bird.
"What a turn on" sighed Nabala.
"Want to come back to mine for some tissues" etc. etc.
The picture changed again. This time it was Nabala and the wonky bird's wedding. Then it changed to their little half parrot, half wonky bird, babies (basically a parrot that flies upside-down). As each one was born, it would scream, "I LOVE TISSUES", and fly upside-down, off the tree and onto the ground screaming, "NNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEYYYYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAA".
Nabala the parrot was created to piss off my good friend Nabeelah (it has succeeded to do so). She has a parrot herself, who is a psycho. I dedicate Nabala the parrot to Nabs.
"WHAT THE FK HAS THIS GOT TO DO WITH THIS STORY" SCREAMED Frog, "GET ON WITH IT GOD DAMN YOU!!!"
"Okay, okay, but I told you that I have no control over this damned mirror", replied Gayreel, and checking her pizza-clock watch (dedicated to...me -not being up myself or anything- and also Els and Dale again as pizza-clocks were created in the same art lesson as wonky birds...) and taking off a piece of it to eat, she added, "You really should buy one of these things you know. Now off to bed with you" (kwtschh).
Finally, the company were ready to leave. They were given parting gifts by Gayreel, to help them with their quest. She gave Sum, Pip-pop and Merrid a large supply of non-melting lollies each, Longlegs and Borromemirror keen Ellish knives, Gimmy a piece of one of her nails that she had cut off (he fancied her, and was desperate to have any piece of her possible. It would have been more logical to have a strand of hair instead. I wonder where I got that idea from...), and to Arson she gave a new shirt, as his was a bit dirty, telling him that she had nothing greater to give than the gift he already wore, but he could at least have a clean top, (Amen had given him her special ring, the Evermine, to symbolize the passionate love the two shared for each other). Lastly, to Frog she gave a test-tube with a stopper in the top and a strange liquid inside. This was the liquid of the star of Edill, I'llrun's father, the most hated, but useful star of the Ells, but never told him what to do with it...
Gayreel and Killborn also provided boats (as the company were to travel by the River Andowe for the next stage of their journey), special coats which did nothing in particular, except change to suit the temperature the wearer wanted to feel, and a large supply of Lemonass (Ellish cakes. One single cake would sustain them for a whole 15 seconds). So they set off along the river thinking of the journey behind and ahead, wishing that they were going any place other than where they were headed.