Curiosity Caught the Gem

Malachite led everyone outside to the large stables. In each stall was a horse, all of them shadow horses.

"Aww!" Ichigo patted on of the horses, it looked at Onyx, who had come down to see everyone off, and Onyx shook his head, so the horse put up with it.

"...We need to ride!" Sprx exclaimed

"What is wrong with that?" Jet asked

"What are you guys in! The Dark ages?" he snapped, then paled, then ran off screaming as Jet and Onyx glared at him.

"Um...ok," Antauri said, freaked out about riding.

"It's really easy," Malachite told them, he took a horse out, swung onto it's back and took the reins in one hand, Cait zoomed out and took the most stubborn stallion and mounted it and beaming, Ryou and Ichi had no problem getting on. Evey one else...well...

"AHH!" Gibson hit the ground with a thud on the other side of the horse. The horse rolled it's eyes, grabbed him by the cape and threw him on, Gibson struggled to get on the saddle. Jet helped Otto and Eclipse up. Onyx was helping anyone who was dumb enough to ask for help, AKA Sprx.

"AHHH!" Sprx landed on the horses back with a thud, the horse yawned though, used to having people thrown into it.

"Happy?" Onyx asked, dusting his hands. Sprx dizzy nodded.

"Well, have fun! Don't stray too close to the actual gate," Jet warned them.

"And stay away from the mountain path too," Onyx added

"Sure ok," Malachite said and they started off down the path leaving the palace, they walked past some palace out houses where Shadow creatures stayed, then a village and then finally, headed west.

"WOW!" Ichigo beamed, looking at the shops, all the girls started talking among themselves, then they stopped at a palace building, they walked inside, got off the horses and they walked into stalls, Malachite handed everyone a bag.

"There, that is about 30'000 pieces of gold in each bag, and THAT is a lot of money!" Malachite told them, the girls eyes lit up and the zoomed out to shop, the boys looked at Mal.

"And us?" they asked

"Look around, there are a lot to do," Malachite smiled and got back on his horse and trotted off.

"Where is he going?" Antauri asked

"Dunno," Caitlyn replied, she was the only girl left, she hated shopping! (I do! Unless it's in Game or something)

"So...now what?" Ryou asked

"C'mon, I saw a café not too far away," Caitlyn took his hand and walked off. The triplets were back at the palace, being looked after by Liz and some shadow cats. Everyone went their own ways and soon found something to do, Antauri, Gibson and Otogi where looking at a map of Darkness Planet.

"There's the mountain path," Otogi pointed out.

"Yes...it goes into a cave...then it disappears..." Antauri saw that part of the map had been cut off purposely.

"Wonder where it leads," Gibson asked

"We'll ask Onyx when we get back," Antauri said. Otogi and Gibson nodded.

(Meanwhile)

Malachite was walking along happily, he was on his way to the North Protection Gate, he looked up at the mountains he was passing and saw a glow in a cave, he stopped his horse.

"What is up there?" Malachite asked

"Dunno, some sort of portal thing that leads so some planet, no idea," his horse replied

"I see," Malachite said, he was about to walk on when he saw fire, he turned the horse to go up the mountain path.

"What! Are you nuts!" the horse snorted, digging it's hooves into the ground. "Prince Onyx said not to go up there!"

"I know my uncle said not to go up there, but just a quick look, I wanna know where that fire came from!" Malachite replied, the horse sighed heavily and galloped up the path to the cave, he stopped.

"OK this is close enough," he said,

"But-" Malachite started

"Unless you wanna get off and go on foot," the horse mocked, Malachite did just that. "H-Hey now! I-I was joking!" malachite walked up to the cave entrance and looked in, and looked confused.

"What on earth," he whispered, he walked inside the cave.

"No!" the horse neighed, he started getting jumpy, malachite heard something move and looked around quickly, and saw nothing, then something grabbed him and all he could do was yell, the horse neighed loudly and galloped down the mountain, headed back to the West Guardian Gate. He got the shadow horses out of their stalls and they ran out and grabbed everyone and shot back to the palace.

"What?" Ichigo screamed, hanging onto the mane.

"What is going on!" Otogi bellowed,

"No time to explain!" Malachite's horse yelled back, they galloped back the yard and Onyx and Jet were just about to leave themselves.

"Huh? Back so soon? ...Where's Malachite?" Jet asked, slightly worried.

"H-He went up the mountain path! He went into a cave and yelled! He disappeared so I got everyone else!" the horse panted.

"WHAT!" Onyx yelled, Matt looked over the balcony.

"What's up?" Matt asked

"Malachite went into the cave on the mountain path!" Onyx shouted. Matt paled.

"No...We have a code red people!" Matt yelled, shadow wolves shot out from walls and everything, all wearing armour, Matt ran down, wearing his armour too, he chucked Onyx;s his and two shadow horses ran up, all wearing armour.

"Everyone! Get inside! We'll be back soon!" Onyx called, he galloped off with Matt and the armoured shadow creatures. Everyone just stood there, stunned, Jet took Malachite's horse and led him back to it's stall to rest.


Me: WOO!

Onyx: ¬.¬ look out, enraged Jet

Jet: (trying to claw me to death)

Me: heh heh!

Eclipse: (sighs) ok, R&R, we'll see ya later.