SPICY NOODLE CURRY CHAPTER 2- The Burning

Timmycheese: hel-lo

Erk: uh

Lucius: …Um…In this chapter…they try and build a fire?

Timmycheese: uh…yea! Anyone else want to add anything?

Lucius: THANKS for the reviews :D

Erk: poetry >.>

"Wait!"

A certain overly green haired cavalier voice stopped the trio in their tracks.

Rebecca, Wil and Erk slowed down and turned around to meet Lowen in his big, baggy, brown cloak.

"Lowen! Still got that funky cloak on eh?" Wil said cheerfully and smiled at Lowen.

"Ah, the Steadfast Wil! And the Lovely Maiden Rebecca, might I be as bold as to ask you if I can join you on your quest?" Lowen asked hopefully.

Erk looked at Lowen jadedly and said "…quest?" (A/N: You know jaded means bored, often because of being over exposed to something XD).

"Well, well…if it isn't the uptight mage Erk, you're joining our party aswell?" replied Lowen with an unpleasant tone to his voice. Lowen had it in for Erk ever since his refried beans got refried thanks to Erk's thunder tome.

"I'm not uptight!" Erk said in an uptight manner, Wil and Rebecca looked sideways at him and he quickly added "and I'm not joining their 'party', I was simply making sure that they didn't go off and burn themselves or something" Erk ended as he folded his arms and pouted silently.

"Right! Thanks Erk! Anyway we should arrive at the cooking area fairly soon…" said Rebecca as she studied the map. It had a big dot saying 'YOU ARE HERE' and a second big dot saying 'COOKING AREA'. Wil lent over Rebecca and looked at the map.

"'You are here'….hey, looks like we're here already! Gentlemen…prepare yourselves for the funkiest adventure of your lifetime!" Wil said triumphantly as he thrusted his fist into the air.

"We should take this one step at a time…making Spicy Noodle Curry is highly hazardous…" Lowen said wisely, Erk just rolled his eyes.

"So what do you suggest we make first Lowen sensei?" said Rebecca and bowed. Wil was confused and decided to copy Rebecca, Erk just stood there.

"Hm…seeing as we don't actually have any Spicy Noodle Curry making appliances, I figured we could invent one!" Lowen said smugly, obviously impressed with his idea. Erk just smacked his head in exasperation.

"Ok! You know what this means Wil!" Rebecca said and jumped up and down at Wil.

"It's time to…MONTAGE!" Wil, Rebecca and Lowen said together. 'What the heck is a montage?' Erk thought and decided to follow them anyway.

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"Hey Erk I have some rocks! We could use these to make some sort of a heating mechanism!" Wil said excitedly, this was just one big adventure for him.

"...you mean fire?" Erk said sarcastically and slumped even harder against the tree he was leaning against. He thought his magic abilities weren't needed right then and there because Wil looked like he was having too much fun but decided to keep an eye on Wil all the same. 'Never leave Wil alone with fire' was a motto Lowen, Rebecca and he himself had agreed upon when they started the process.

Wil was about to say something when Lowen walked by and said to Erk, "Erk! Stop lounging around and do some work! If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem!"

"Yes, Fire, that's the one!" Wil said completely ignoring Lowen "Watch closely Erk…you're about to witness the miracle of Mother Nature herself". He banged the rocks together in hopes of the wood catching fire.

A little spark flew out and landed on the wood, which caught fire instantly. Wil also caught fire instantly.

"AH! I'm on fire!" Wil screamed and tried patting it out with his hand only to fail miserably. Screams of, "Die fire! OW, DIE FIRE! OWWW" could be heard across the field that they were cooking in and Lowen came running to help.

"Calm down, Wil! Ok? STOP, DROP & ROLL!" Lowen shouted, not daring to get close to the flaming Wil.

"Ah, I have the water to boil- WHAT THE….Wil?" Rebecca shouted louder than Lowen and threw the water on Wil. The fire went out instantly.

"Owie….' Wil moaned in pain. Erk just stood there, staring in disbelief at what happened. Luckily for Wil, Erk had some experience in the field of staffs and whipped out his Heal staff and Wil was back to his cheery fire-starting self.

While Rebecca was comforting Wil, Lowen shuffled over to Erk who was cleaning the sphere on the end of his Heal staff with a cloth. Lowen looked at Erk as if he thought that Erk was a nut for carrying a cloth with him everywhere, cleaning his staff whenever he used it and then Lowen remembered why he had walked over to Erk in the first place.

"Erk…I understand how you feel. You must feel powerless…empty inside even. You couldn't protect him. I understand completely, I had a bird once, such a lovely yellow canary. It used to sing to me everyday, but when that cat came…I…I-I was powerless to stop him" Lowen said as he chocked back a sob, and looked at Erk with droplets of tears hanging off the edge of his face.

"Huh….?" For once Erk really WAS bewildered.

"You said that you came on our quest to make sure that we didn't burn our selves, but just now…you…you failed in your duty to protect people from the fiery fires of hell…I share your pain" Lowen said and patted Erk on the back as if to say 'It's ok…I'm here for you' and left to check on Wil.

"…" Erk seriously reconsidered going back to Eturia right then and there and locking himself up in his room, and never coming out again if it wasn't for the fact that he would have to get his stuff back from his tent.

And his stuff was back at Eliwood's camp.

Which was surrounded by hungry people armed with magic, swords, axes, bows, lances and layers and layers of hungry, razor-sharp teeth.

'Be eaten or stay here with these…' Erk looked over at Lowen and Rebecca who were doing a merry jig to try and cheer up Wil 'people?'

Erk had a tough choice indeed

Timmycheese: well I finally finished…what do you think?

Erk: it was bad

Timmycheese: not you! Oh yes before I forget, Lucius who was this chapter dedicated to?

Lucius: Tori, one of Arianna's twisted pyromaniac friends.

Timmycheese: KEEP THOSE FLAMES A COMIN!

Erk: O.O no no no she didn't mean It like that! Only nice reviews!

Timmycheese: oh yea! Whoops…