I don't know how it started, really. In fact, there wasn't really a start. It just, well-happened...
I went to bed one night, as you do. And when I woke up...there I was.
In Neopia.
Laugh if you want. I know you won't believe it but it's true. I woke up, and I was lying there, in Neopia Central.
As I opened my eyes, the first thing I could see in front of me was a giant burger. I realised a couple of seconds later that it was the Food shop.
"What the..." I frantically looked around. Yep, there I was. Shops all around. But that wasn't all...
"Are we going shopping now?" A voice struck me. It was a girl's voice.
"What?" I turned round in a flash, and almost fainted by what I saw. It was...my Neopets. All four of them.
Yeah, and I also thought Neopets didn't exist. It was a website. One I liked a lot, though. I'd play with my pets constantly. And here in front of me was my Wocky, Gelert, Acara and Kougra. In person. Well, they would be, if they were people...oh, whatever...
"What?" I said again.
"I said, I'm hungry." Saphiritey, my Acara, groaned.
I froze. What was going on? How did I get here? And how come my pets could now talk?
"Huh?" I didn't know what else to say. Saphiritey rolled her eyes.
"What's the matter?" Tiskle54 calmly asked me.
"I'm just...a little shocked..." was all I could come out with.
"Any reason?" My gorgeous Wocky pet asked. I looked at her. Flufzneo was my favourite Neopet. I loved her! She was my first, and now she was here!
"May I...may I stroke you?"
Flufzneo turned her nose up a little, and looked at Scrufz, who shrugged.
"Whatever," she replied.
So I reached out and stroked her silky yellow fur. It was a delight! I'd always seen Flufzneo and longed to have her as a real pet. I guess it was true.
"So are we going shopping or what?" Saphiritey asked again, impatiently. "I'm suffering here..."
"Huh?"
"Right, I'll run this down for you:" Tiskle54 began. "Flufzneo and I are dying with hunger, as is Scrufz who also has the Sneezles. Saphiritey is very hungry and suffering from the Hoochie Coochies."
I almost laughed although it wasn't even funny. It was true, I didn't often feed my pets as I wanted to save NP, although I had a lot. Also I 'couldn't afford' the cures for my Gelert and Acara's diseases.
"I...I'll buy some food, how about that?"
"Not good enough!" Scrufz complained. "You've NEVER bought us cures."
"They cost a lot..." I protested.
"You've got more than enough!" Saphiritey said right back.
"O...ok. Let's head over to the Food Shop and I'll see from then." I winked.
"Can you buy me a toy?"
"A book?"
"Eyeshadow?"
"More weapons?"
Each of my pets said a different thing. I was still coming to terms with the fact that I was actually in Neopia. Away from all life...or was I? After all, a LOT of people were registered with it. Were they here too?
"Hey, guys...do you know if there are any other humans here? You know, like me?"
They all laughed.
"Of course. How do you think the Marketplace is run?"
"By faeries?" Hey, anything could happen here.
"Well...true. But all the shops in the Marketplace. They were opened by humans who employ a Neopian shopkeeper. And they shop around with their pets! Of course some leave them at home. You could have done that, if you wanted...not that our home is anything to be proud of..." Flufzneo's voice trailed away.
"Our home...hey wait, we can go to our home?" I said excitedly.
"I THOUGHT you were buying us stuff!" Saphiritey joked.
"A HUMAN!!" I shouted and pointed to someone right by the hospital.
They turned around. It was a girl of a younger age than me, who had a green Eyrie. I had to go and talk to her! So I ran over there, my pets following.
"Hey!!" I shouted to her, and she looked at me strangely. "How weird is this?!" I asked.
"Is what?"
"Neopia..."
"It's normal to me...where are you from? Meridell?"
"No...Europe?"
She looked blank.
"Oh..." I said no more.
"Who are you?" she obviously wanted to make conversation.
"Kiz." I said. "Um, kiz3000?" I didn't know if people were named by their neopet username here.
"Oh. I'm CuteBabe400." Obviously they were...
"That's a real nice Eyrie you have."
"Thanks," it said, in a deep voice.
"He's 5678Bob." Wow, people REALLY didn't think of original names here. Unlike me. Except for Tiskle54, but I DID adopt him. Have some sympathy.
"Oh...so is he ill?"
"Yep. He's got Sneezles." Scrufz then looked at me.
"Oh, just like my Gelert here!" I patted him on the head.
"Oh. So you're looking for a cure too?"
I nodded.
"I hear that cures cost a lot but every single Neopenny is worth it for my baby Bob," she picked up the Eyrie in her arms. I was really touched by her care! Then I felt guilty for treating my pets so badly.
"Unfortunately, I really don't have enough for Scrufz. But Saphiritey, my Acara, I'll spend my NP for her cure, Hoochie Coochie tablets."
Saphiritey looked at me and hoped it was true. I smiled at her. Maybe I should care more, too...
"So...do you know where everyone else is?"
CuteBabe400 shrugged. "Who knows? They're probably shopping. Or in another world. Or at their homes. Who knows?"
"Oh...good point. Well, bye," I began to walk away, but stopped. "Hey. Can I have your phone number? You seem nice."
She looked blank again. "Phone number?"
I remembered, we were in Neopia...
"Can I be your Neofriend?" I translated.
She smiled. "Sure. Hey, maybe we could battle someday..."
"That would be great." Saphiritey interrupted. "Apart from the fact that we're all dying of hunger, and two of us are diseased."
CuteBabe frowned. "That's a shame. You should feed your pets. Well, ciao!" She waved, and entered the Hospital with her Eyrie.
"I'm sorry. Food? Hey, I've got an even better idea! Let's get some free food!" "Free food?" Scrufz questioned.
"I think she means omelette," Flufzneo rolled her red eyes. "Omelette. Again. That's all you ever feed us, when you can be bothered to even do that."
"Not necessarily, I had a Dandelion and Burdock drink yesterday!" Saphiritey pointed out.
"We haven't eaten for months," Tiskle groaned, referring to him and Scrufz.
"Guys, stop making me feel so guilty. It's just that...I didn't know you were REAL before," I objected.
"Of course we're real!" Scrufz growled. "Now please! Feed us?"
I smiled. "Of course. I'll buy you all a special treat."
The pets looked ecstatic. "YAY!" they all shouted.
"What's it gonna be then? Pizza? Fruit?"
"Anything but omelette." Flufzneo winked.
"Let's get some chocolate! Or sweets! The Sweet Shop!!" Saphiritey cried. I reluctantly agreed. After all, now I'd known my pets more than ever before, I was prepared to buy them anything they wanted! So we walked over to the Goodies shop.
Hey! Thanks for reading! Please review! It's my first neopets fic. I'll update when I get a few reviews! Yeah, it is kinda similar to my other fics as I'm finding myself in another place, lol! But it's also very different!!
I went to bed one night, as you do. And when I woke up...there I was.
In Neopia.
Laugh if you want. I know you won't believe it but it's true. I woke up, and I was lying there, in Neopia Central.
As I opened my eyes, the first thing I could see in front of me was a giant burger. I realised a couple of seconds later that it was the Food shop.
"What the..." I frantically looked around. Yep, there I was. Shops all around. But that wasn't all...
"Are we going shopping now?" A voice struck me. It was a girl's voice.
"What?" I turned round in a flash, and almost fainted by what I saw. It was...my Neopets. All four of them.
Yeah, and I also thought Neopets didn't exist. It was a website. One I liked a lot, though. I'd play with my pets constantly. And here in front of me was my Wocky, Gelert, Acara and Kougra. In person. Well, they would be, if they were people...oh, whatever...
"What?" I said again.
"I said, I'm hungry." Saphiritey, my Acara, groaned.
I froze. What was going on? How did I get here? And how come my pets could now talk?
"Huh?" I didn't know what else to say. Saphiritey rolled her eyes.
"What's the matter?" Tiskle54 calmly asked me.
"I'm just...a little shocked..." was all I could come out with.
"Any reason?" My gorgeous Wocky pet asked. I looked at her. Flufzneo was my favourite Neopet. I loved her! She was my first, and now she was here!
"May I...may I stroke you?"
Flufzneo turned her nose up a little, and looked at Scrufz, who shrugged.
"Whatever," she replied.
So I reached out and stroked her silky yellow fur. It was a delight! I'd always seen Flufzneo and longed to have her as a real pet. I guess it was true.
"So are we going shopping or what?" Saphiritey asked again, impatiently. "I'm suffering here..."
"Huh?"
"Right, I'll run this down for you:" Tiskle54 began. "Flufzneo and I are dying with hunger, as is Scrufz who also has the Sneezles. Saphiritey is very hungry and suffering from the Hoochie Coochies."
I almost laughed although it wasn't even funny. It was true, I didn't often feed my pets as I wanted to save NP, although I had a lot. Also I 'couldn't afford' the cures for my Gelert and Acara's diseases.
"I...I'll buy some food, how about that?"
"Not good enough!" Scrufz complained. "You've NEVER bought us cures."
"They cost a lot..." I protested.
"You've got more than enough!" Saphiritey said right back.
"O...ok. Let's head over to the Food Shop and I'll see from then." I winked.
"Can you buy me a toy?"
"A book?"
"Eyeshadow?"
"More weapons?"
Each of my pets said a different thing. I was still coming to terms with the fact that I was actually in Neopia. Away from all life...or was I? After all, a LOT of people were registered with it. Were they here too?
"Hey, guys...do you know if there are any other humans here? You know, like me?"
They all laughed.
"Of course. How do you think the Marketplace is run?"
"By faeries?" Hey, anything could happen here.
"Well...true. But all the shops in the Marketplace. They were opened by humans who employ a Neopian shopkeeper. And they shop around with their pets! Of course some leave them at home. You could have done that, if you wanted...not that our home is anything to be proud of..." Flufzneo's voice trailed away.
"Our home...hey wait, we can go to our home?" I said excitedly.
"I THOUGHT you were buying us stuff!" Saphiritey joked.
"A HUMAN!!" I shouted and pointed to someone right by the hospital.
They turned around. It was a girl of a younger age than me, who had a green Eyrie. I had to go and talk to her! So I ran over there, my pets following.
"Hey!!" I shouted to her, and she looked at me strangely. "How weird is this?!" I asked.
"Is what?"
"Neopia..."
"It's normal to me...where are you from? Meridell?"
"No...Europe?"
She looked blank.
"Oh..." I said no more.
"Who are you?" she obviously wanted to make conversation.
"Kiz." I said. "Um, kiz3000?" I didn't know if people were named by their neopet username here.
"Oh. I'm CuteBabe400." Obviously they were...
"That's a real nice Eyrie you have."
"Thanks," it said, in a deep voice.
"He's 5678Bob." Wow, people REALLY didn't think of original names here. Unlike me. Except for Tiskle54, but I DID adopt him. Have some sympathy.
"Oh...so is he ill?"
"Yep. He's got Sneezles." Scrufz then looked at me.
"Oh, just like my Gelert here!" I patted him on the head.
"Oh. So you're looking for a cure too?"
I nodded.
"I hear that cures cost a lot but every single Neopenny is worth it for my baby Bob," she picked up the Eyrie in her arms. I was really touched by her care! Then I felt guilty for treating my pets so badly.
"Unfortunately, I really don't have enough for Scrufz. But Saphiritey, my Acara, I'll spend my NP for her cure, Hoochie Coochie tablets."
Saphiritey looked at me and hoped it was true. I smiled at her. Maybe I should care more, too...
"So...do you know where everyone else is?"
CuteBabe400 shrugged. "Who knows? They're probably shopping. Or in another world. Or at their homes. Who knows?"
"Oh...good point. Well, bye," I began to walk away, but stopped. "Hey. Can I have your phone number? You seem nice."
She looked blank again. "Phone number?"
I remembered, we were in Neopia...
"Can I be your Neofriend?" I translated.
She smiled. "Sure. Hey, maybe we could battle someday..."
"That would be great." Saphiritey interrupted. "Apart from the fact that we're all dying of hunger, and two of us are diseased."
CuteBabe frowned. "That's a shame. You should feed your pets. Well, ciao!" She waved, and entered the Hospital with her Eyrie.
"I'm sorry. Food? Hey, I've got an even better idea! Let's get some free food!" "Free food?" Scrufz questioned.
"I think she means omelette," Flufzneo rolled her red eyes. "Omelette. Again. That's all you ever feed us, when you can be bothered to even do that."
"Not necessarily, I had a Dandelion and Burdock drink yesterday!" Saphiritey pointed out.
"We haven't eaten for months," Tiskle groaned, referring to him and Scrufz.
"Guys, stop making me feel so guilty. It's just that...I didn't know you were REAL before," I objected.
"Of course we're real!" Scrufz growled. "Now please! Feed us?"
I smiled. "Of course. I'll buy you all a special treat."
The pets looked ecstatic. "YAY!" they all shouted.
"What's it gonna be then? Pizza? Fruit?"
"Anything but omelette." Flufzneo winked.
"Let's get some chocolate! Or sweets! The Sweet Shop!!" Saphiritey cried. I reluctantly agreed. After all, now I'd known my pets more than ever before, I was prepared to buy them anything they wanted! So we walked over to the Goodies shop.
Hey! Thanks for reading! Please review! It's my first neopets fic. I'll update when I get a few reviews! Yeah, it is kinda similar to my other fics as I'm finding myself in another place, lol! But it's also very different!!