A/N: Here's to a new chapter in the unfortunate lives of Mayah and Miko! Erm… Less humor again today, I'm not in the mood to joke around… Maybe next chapter if I'm lucky enough! Warm fuzzies to all who reviewed me! Heeheehee… Anyway, this new chappie is for all my friends who are into fanfiction: Feathertop, Lilydew, Akune Yaguru, Chonki, Roan and of course, Francis, the guy that is without a doubt the most talented person I have ever met. Anyway, keep those reviews coming!
To Rhea-samma: Sorry… I just think they look cute… even if it really is nonexistent… It's cute because Loki's silent and Lidia's the life of a party! I'm going to do a LokixFenris soon… : )
Disclaimer: I do not own Ragnarok Online or even Ragnarok: Into the Abyss. (I wish I did though… T T)
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Chapter 3:
Mayah's Plot
Mayah's bloodcurling scream emanated into the night.
"Why? What happened?" Miko asked her.
She placed a mirror in front of Miko's face and what took the swordsman's eyes was a bunch of pink jelly.
"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH! I'M A PORING!" Miko shrieked in disbelief (and in a squeaky poring's voice), "HOW THE HELL COULD THIS HAPPEN?"
"I… I don't know…" Mayah stuttered as she continued to stare at the bundle of pink jelly bouncing in fright and turning red with fright, "I… might've… m-made… a-a… mistake!"
"That's impossible!" Miko squeaked, "You never make mistakes! You're Mayah! The best alchemist of this age in Midgard! Even Freya couldn't equal you!"
The curse!
"I- I don't know…" Mayah's face looked very much multicolored at that time and in her head was a swirl of emotions.
She reached into her pocket and pulled out the parchment with the ingredients for Aldaria's Drought. She squinted behind her glasses, reading furiously into the text.
"I don't know…" she said again, "It's not found how to counteract the effects of the Draught here. There's a missing piece in the parchment ever since my mother passed it on to me…"
"Do we really need that old thing?" Miko practically bounced to the roof in frustration, "We can just look at the Alchemy books in the Prontera Library. I'm sure there's something in there about Aldaria's Draught somewhere."
"If there is, that library doesn't exist," Mayah gritted her teeth, finally woken from her misery, "King Tristan I ordered every book with Aldaria's Draught in it burned when his daughter tried to make one and got herself turned into a… into a…"
Mayah gulped.
"Poring?"
"Nope, worse, she turned into a Dokkaebi," Mayah sighed, "No one knows if she ever turned back into her normal self. Even so, the king recast the Draught and now every document in Midgard with it has been destroyed in a mass burning. This parchment is without a doubt the only piece of paper in Midgard that contains the Draught, except those in the Underground of course."
"There's an Underground in Midgard?"
"Kidding!"
"Aw, c'mon, Mayah!" Miko was now bouncing all over the place, "Now is so not the time to joke around! I need to go back to my old self! Isn't there any way?"
"I told you Miko, and I'll tell you again," Mayah hung her head in desperation, "I don't know… Why don't we get some shuteye first? It's getting late and you need your rest, we'll figure something out in the morning. Is that ok with you?"
"No, it is NOT ok!" Miko bawled out to her in complete anger, "This is YOUR entire fault that I'm like this and YOU will get me out of this! I… I don't know if I can even trust you anymore and you want to sleep! What kind of bestfriend are YOU!"
"M- Miko…" Mayah's eyes were starting to water as she looked at Miko in complete repentance with eyes full of shame, "I… I promise… you'll get through this… I'm here with you all the way… Y-you're m-my bestfriend, M-Miko… I won't l-let you d-down another t-time… But now, w-we h-have to rest…"
"Mayah, I…"
Before Miko could utter another word, Mayah had put him to sleep with one of her potions. She stood there, not knowing what to do. She went out of her workshop, locked the door and started the descent down the stairs.
The sanctuary was peaceful at night, a perfect picture of God's workmanship. Mayah laid down Miko on one of the pews and knelt before the man nailed on the cross. As tears fell down her face, she prayed for guidance. She wasn't really that religious; she even had a few tests of faith and ignored it. But this time, she turned her eyes up to the Holy One.
Lord, help me…
Odin, guide my hands…
Fjorgyn, bless me with the power of the earth…
Heimdall, watch over me…
Freyr, Skadi, Frigg, Balder, Freya…
She got up and picked Miko up. The once-swordsman-turned-Poring was in an unknown dreamland. A chill brought by guilt and self-pity wrapped her body as she walked down the aisle. The night went even colder as she stepped out into the deserted streets of Prontera. The castle's clock read one-past-twelve as Mayah walked briskly towards the fountain. Her skimpy Alchemist's dress didn't even put an effort to put back the biting chill.
She sat there on the edge of the fountain for a long time, thinking deeply…
My morning starts to shine,
With teardrops in my eyes...
And here I am alone starting to realize,
That my days would be brighter,
If I could learn to hide,
The feeling that I have for you
Keeps haunting me inside…
Then my days begin,
With simple thoughts of you…
Hoping that tomorrow will be me and you…
Sharing dreams with each other,
And making them come true
Holding one another, saying all I need is you…
But will you say that you love me?
And show me that you care?
Say when I need you;
You will always be there…
But if you go and leave me,
This I swear is true,
My love will always be with you…
"Oh well!" Mayah wiped her eyes and jumped up, nearly causing Miko to fall from her lap.
She started down onto the Main Street towards her house. Suddenly, an idea struck her head as she passed Artemis' little nest.
"Eureka!" she shouted out loud.
"Keep it down, will ya!" someone called out unexpectedly from inside another house.
"Sorry!" Mayah cried as she sprinted towards Artemis house, "Miko! Miko wake up!"
"Wha- ?" Miko opened his eyes, "Is it morning already?"
"No, but Miko, listen, I have a plan," Mayah said gently, "We're in Artemis' house right now."
"Really!" Miko's eyes lit up suddenly, "Are there any nude photos of her around here?"
"No, you perverted freak!" Mayah slapped Miko playfully, "I'm going to leave you here for a while, just until I get a solution, ok? I'll take Tacz and replace you with him."
"Where are you going to place Tacz, then?" Miko squeaked, "It's not like you can take care of a Poring. You can't even keep your pet Lunatic alive enough!"
"Don't remind me," Mayah sniffed, "Stitch was a good Lunatic…"
"Yeah right," Miko snorted, "You only had him for a whole day until a Grand Pecopeco YOU summoned ate him whole because you forgot to hide him."
"Stop it before I eat you whole myself!" Mayah growled, "I'll get someone else to take care of him, ok? Hurry up now, ever so gently…"
Mayah took Miko in her arms and opened up the window. She tiptoed to the kitchen and found Tacz sleeping peacefully on the table. She laid Miko on the table and got all of Tacz's accessories and put them on Miko. One of which included a really large orchid.
"Oh no, I'm not going to wear that on me! I look stupid!" Miko bellowed.
"Sssssshhhh!" Mayah shushed, "You wouldn't want to wake up Artemis, would you? Now hold still!"
Mayah took her time giving Miko a makeover. Soon, there was no significant difference between the two Porings. Mayah scooped up Tacz and gently laid him inside her ingredient bag.
"I'll be back, I promise," Mayah told Miko.
"Mayah, I…" Miko tried again.
"You don't have to say anything… see you, Miko," Mayah smiled reproachfully at her friend.
As she made her way out the kitchen, she clumsily made a jar from the counter fall down with a large crash. She stopped, expecting Artemis to come down the kitchen at any minute.
Silence.
"Mayah!" Miko hissed.
Again, she made a tower of plates fall down. (With some lightning, earthquakes and stuff like that in the background.)
Silence.
"Did anybody else notice the lightning?" Miko asked.
"That Artemis is a hard sleeper," Mayah wiped her brow with a handkerchief, which she dropped to the floor.
"TACZ!" Artemis' candy-sweet voice called out, "Are you ok, Tacz!"
Alarmed, Mayah sprinted out into the night.
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A/N: Another chappie done! Sorry about the grammatical errors, if there are any, I don't have Chonki to correct them!
Kafra Therence: Did you notice the part where Mayah was praying both to God and the Norse gods?
Akune: Mommy made a mistake!
Pristine Harbinger: Hey, I was confused! Stop getting on my back, Akune!
Feathertop: Riiiight…
Pristine Harbinger: You're probably wondering what the hell these people are doing in my story-
Kafra Therence: Um…
Pristine Harbinger: Anyway, I don't know why these people are here, myself. (- -;) Anyways, once again, keep your reviews coming! See ya!