Saving Neopia II: Light and Darkness
In this chapter...our heroes will remember something important, and will head to Roo Island...of course, this will give Deluge more time to eat more Neopets...but we can blame Advisor Broo for that. Lousy meddling villains...
And of course, Snotty and Redtooth are running for their freedom. But can they escape Officer Peanuts? As we know, he's gone off the deep end and now he's obsessed with sending them to a maximum security prison where they won't be able to escape.
But Officer Peanuts is not the only villain that's plaguing Neopia in the moment, oh no...we'll also get to see what Willis, Cyrus, and Luna are up too...just what could they possibly be planning?
Chapter 6: Taking Back Roo Island
"Uh-oh! I just remembered something!" exclaimed Bloony.
"What is it?" questioned Cherry.
"Roo Island's been taken over by an evil chancellor...he's probably already twisted it as we speak...I kind of lost track considering what's going on right now..." stated the yellow Blumaroo.
"But won't that give the monster more time to eat more Neopets?" questioned the red Chia.
"I guess we'll have to do it quickly." stated Bloony.
And so our heroes decided to take a boat towards Roo Island. Pulling out their Neopoints as soon as they could...and curiously enough checking to see if they had been short-changed...they set off to Roo Island.
However, they quickly noticed that things had been changed dramatically. Instead of the welcome sign saying "Welcome to Roo Island", it instead said "This is Broo Island. No trespassing."
It seemed that Advisor Broo had cast some sort of darkness spell, because Roo Island was now very dark instead of bright and cheery like it usually was.
The water that surrounded Roo Island was now apparently heavily polluted, as it was now dark green, suggesting that Advisor Broo wasn't much of an enviromentalist.
Sadly, the Merry-Go-Round had also been changed. The formerly red flags had been replaced by ugly purple ones, with the one in the center now having a skull on it instead of a heart.
The trees and bushes in front of the merry-go-round were now leafless, and the grass had shriveled up.
The top of the merry-go-round was now purple as well, with Advisor Broo's head on it instead of King Roo's.
The Unis were now scary-looking instead of sugary, with one of them being a ghost, another being Darigan, the third being a mutant, the fourth being a pirate, and the fifth resembling the Nightsteed.
The spring shop was now known as the doom shop, which selled dangerous toys that Cherry certainly would not give to her baby brother.
The souvenir shop had also been changed...in this case, it was selling Advisor Broo-related merchandise, such as chairs and plushies and the like.
Suffice to say Roo Island had dramatically taken a turn for the worse, but arguably the most changed was the castle. It now had Advisor Broo's ears on it instead of the ears of its former owner King Roo, and it was now colored light purple, with the towers being colored a much deeper shade. The golden crown indicating the throne room was now silver, and the flag on top of the castle was purple as well.
The only thing that hadn't been changed was the tower where Count Von Roo played games of Deadly Dice. In fact, it seemed like he hadn't noticed that anything was wrong at all. If anything, he seemed to be sleeping more peacefully than ever.
Surprisingly, the Blumaroos were wandering around aimlessly rather than look around in shock and horror at what Advisor Broo had done to the island. Naturally, our heroes were quick to notice this.
"I wonder why none of the Blumaroos aren't doing anything about this. Advisor Broo's choice of decor is horrible." thought Bloony.
Suddenly, one of the Blumaroos walked up to him...curiously enough, it was his neighbor, Bluigi.
"Ah Bluigi. Can you tell me what exactly is going on? I know that Advisor Broo has taken over but-"
Bloony was then interrupted when Bluigi started trying to whack him with his Ridiculously Heavy Battle Hammer.
"Hey, what's the big idea!" bellowed the yellow Blumaroo. Had his friend and neighbor gone bonkers?
Looking into his eyes, he discovered that apparently the Blumaroos had been brainwashed by Advisor Broo into doing his bidding...and that they were attacking anyone that had decided to pay Roo Island a visit.
"Not this evil possession again! This is the third time this has happened to Neopia! Can't they give it a rest?" Bloony explained his frustrations.
Thankfully, the evil possession was much easier to get rid of this time. As it turns out, all one needed to do was attack said Blumaroo to bring them back to their senses, as Cherry discovered when she tried to fight back. Apparently this was an oversight of Advisor Broo.
Shortly after Cherry struck him, Bluigi rubbed his head.
"Ugh...my head...what happened? Wait, why is everything dark and twisted? Did everyone decide to stop playing Dice-A-Roo?" the blue Blumaroo questioned.
Suddenly, Bloony noticed that there were several papers spread throughout the island. He decided to read one of the papers to Cherry. As it turns out, these were royal decrees, and all of the laws Advisor Broo had added were ruining Roo Island for everyone. Well, except for himself and arguably Count Von Roo.
"Why am I not surprised..." thought Bloony.
No Blumaroo shall be allowed to use whoopee cushions. Any whoopee cushions discovered shall be confiscated by the authorities.
From now on, the only music they can listen to are Kadoaties yowling.
Hopping is no longer allowed. Any Blumaroo caught hopping shall get a hopping ticket that will cost one million Neopoints.
Any Blumaroo that blows raspberries shall have their tongues burned with boiling hot coals.
King Roo is currently my slave. Do not ask any questions on the matter. And don't call him king, call him Slave Roo.
I am no longer King Roo's advisor. From now on, I am king. And I do not need advice myself thank you, I rule my kingdom perfectly.
From now on, Blumaroos shall no longer be allowed to eat nachoes. They shall instead be served healthy amounts of asparagus.
"Asparagus? Yuck!" commented Cherry.
If any Blumaroo throws a pie in my face, I shall see it that you are force-fed pies until you are fatter than King Kelpbeard.
From now on, there will be no more parties. Not even birthday parties.
If I see a balloon, I shall pop it with my trusty needle.
If I see a cake, I will blow out the candles and wish the birthday boy or girl an unhappy birthday.
If I see presents, I will open them and take them for myself.
The merry-go-round will now be the Dreary-Go-Round...where Blumaroos will spin around until they are sick to their stomachs.
Although Bloony wasn't nearly as happy-go-lucky as a typical Blumaroo, he was not pleased at all that the normally peaceful anarchist Roo Island was now a miserable dictatorship ruled by a mad Blumaroo.
But there was one decree that made him snap and swear vengeance on Advisor Broo.
From now on, there will be no more Dice-A-Roo. Any Blumaroo caught playing any sort of dice game shall have their dice chucked into my castle moat.
"How dare he! King Roo loves playing Dice-A-Roo! This is a complete and utter disgrace! That does it! Cherry, we're going to dethrone this pathetic excuse of a Blumaroo." demanded Bloony.
"I'll have to agree with you with that one. I love nachoes too, you know. Especially when they're covered with cheese!" Cherry stated.
"Well actually, I just like nachoes as a snack. I don't eat them all the time. But you're right, I don't think any Blumaroo would look forward to eating asparagus...unless they were somehow related to Number Six." pointed out Bloony.
And so Bloony and Cherry started storming towards Advisor Broo's Castle...unbrainwashing any Blumaroo that tried to stop them from getting there in the process.
Soon enough, they saw that the two guards King Roo had hired to defend his castle were standing in front of the entrance to the castle...but they had been brainwashed too.
"Advisor Broo isn't accepting an audience now. Please be on your way. And by all means, feel free to say 'All Hail Advisor Broo'." stated the guards.
Cherry tried to snap them out of their senses like she did with the hypnotized citizens of Roo Island, but curiously enough it didn't work. In fact, this only made them angry.
"How dare you hit me! A blow to Advisor Broo's guards is like hitting Advisor Broo himself! That does it! We're going to boot you off the island! You'll never be allowed to return again!" they bellowed.
"It seems Advisor Broo has cast a more advanced spell on these two." pointed out Bloony. Suffice to say it looked like they were going to have to fight their way inside.
As such, Cherry and Bloony had a harder time dealing with these two guards than they did with the criminals, slimes, and brainwashed Blumaroos they had been fighting lately.
"Ouch!" exclaimed Cherry as one of the guards poked her with a spear.
Bloony punched one of the armored Blumaroos in the face, causing him to growl and started trying to charge at him.
As for the other guard, he got the same idea and started to charge at Cherry as well.
However, they jumped out of the way and the two guards ended up crashing into each other.
This still wasn't enough for them to snap out of their mesmerization, and they decided to chuck the spears at Bloony and Cherry.
Cherry immediately ducked, but Bloony wasn't so lucky.
"Ow!" he stated. Thankfully, King Roo had not given the guards sharp spears due to the fact that he didn't want any Neopet to get hurt, but they nonetheless stung.
Eventually, the two guards decided to launch an all-out assault on Bloony and Cherry, trying to jab them with their spears as many times as they could.
This ultimately proved futile, as Bloony tossed Cherry at them and caused them to lose their balance.
Shortly afterwards, they both fell into the castle moat, landing and making an enormous splash.
"I sure hope they're OK..." murmured Bloony.
Suddenly, they discovered that they were climbing out of the castle moat. Apparently King Roo had also given the castle moat a few ladders in case any Blumaroo fell in by accident.
Bloony and Cherry stood their ground.
However, as it turns out, the two guards were no longer brainwashed.
"Whoa...did we sleepwalk or something? We're soaking wet!" exclaimed one of the guards.
"Yeah. The last thing I remembered was Advisor Broo telling us to betray the king and prevent anyone from entering the castle..." stated the other guard.
"That's because Advisor Broo brainwashed you." explained Cherry.
"Oh. That explains why all of a sudden Roo Island is as creepy as the Haunted Woods." one of the armored Blumaroos said.
"You saved us from that evil dark lord in your last adventure, right? Maybe you should do something about this...and while you're at it maybe you should tell King Roo to hire more guards...things have gotten crazy around Neopia lately." stated the other armored Blumaroo.
Bloony nodded, as he and his partner entered the castle.
Meanwhile at Kiko Lake...
"You sure we should have left those two Neopets to take the blame for our actions?" questioned Luna.
"Don't worry about it...I'm sure they'll be fine. It's not like they had a prior record...and besides, look at what we've finally got!" answered Cyrus.
Luna glanced at the compass.
"Are you sure this is really it? I was expecting it to be more glamourous..." stated the Acara.
"It's not like an artifact can't be simplistic...after all, it was designed for simply for one thing..." argued Cyrus.
"Maybe, but it's still a rather important one. How would we ever find the elemental crystals without it?" spoke Luna.
"Good point...however, the elders told us that in order to get inside the temples we would also need a keystone corresponding to each one...hopefully this compass can lead us to those too..." said the Scorchio.
Curious, they decided to give the magical compass a test run...it pointed towards a stone that apparently was close to where the Earth Crystal was located.
"I guess this is the keystone to the Earth Crystal Temple...I guess we'll have to follow it." shrugged Cyrus.
And so the duo's search for the crystals began...
Meanwhile in Neopia Central...
As it turns out, Snotty and Redtooth were still running away from Officer Peanuts, who was toppling over Neopets and even entire Neohomes trying to catch Snotty and Redtooth.
"You can't run away from me, Villains of Darkness! Just wait until I get my hands on you!" exclaimed the deranged police officer.
Realizing just how fast the red Elephante was, Snotty and Redtooth decided to hide inside the theater where a movie was starting.
They even decided to purchase popcorn and some drinks, curiously enough. After all, they heard that the movie they were going to watch was supposed to be good.
As it turns out, it was an action movie about a bunch of criminals that always had run-ins with police.
"This movie is awesome!" Redtooth exclaimed.
Suffice to say they decided to sit down and watch the film from start to finish. They certainly hoped that it would do well at the box office, to say the very least. It certainly wasn't one of the worst movies ever made such as Everlasting Tale III: Flee to Faerieland or The Rubbish Dump Kids Movie.
However, in the process of getting absorbed into the movie, they forgot about the police chief that was single-mindedly pursuing them.
Of course, they would realize why they decided to visit the local cinema soon enough.
Suddenly, they noticed that one of the police officers in the movie bore a remarkable resemblance to Officer Peanuts, causing them to become curious.
"That's odd...isn't he that guy that was chasing us earlier?" questioned Redtooth.
"Ah yes...in fact, it looks like he's about to leap out at us..." agreed Snotty.
"Um, Snotty, this movie isn't in 3-D..." warned the Lupe.
"Wait, what?" questioned the green Blumaroo.
Suddenly, Officer Peanuts tore his way through the movie screen. The other Neopets that were witnessing the movie magic immediately fled along with Snotty and Redtooth.
"You thought you could hide from me, did you? Nice try! Nobody gets away from Officer Peanuts! I hope you enjoyed that movie, because it was the last one that you're ever going to see!" he yelled.
With that, he continued chasing Snotty and Redtooth.
Elsewhere...
Willis was getting rather annoyed. Apparently, Bloony along with his friend Cherry had taken out an entire squad of his thugs. It looked as if he had underestimated them.
"How am I going to get those two meddling kids out of my flippers? There's got to be something I can do..." wondered Willis.
"Can I sing a song for you?" asked the talking Uni head.
"No, I'm trying to concentrate right now." stated the Bruce.
After a few minutes of thinking...he suddenly got an idea of how to deal with the heroes that insisting on giving him so much trouble.
Pressing a button on his desk, a door marked "DO NOT OPEN" suddenly started rising.
Shortly afterwards, what appeared to be an army of evil robotic Myncis began running out of the Ski Lodge.
"Yes, my minions...soon the Heroes of Light will learn a lesson about dealing with the worst criminal of all time...I'm not on the top of the Defenders of Neopia's Most Wanted for petty theft, you know." stated Willis.
In fact, due to the fact that they did not realize what his real name was and because he loved to eat caviar, the Defenders of Neopia referred to him as the "Codfather".
Due to the fact that each of the robo-Myncis came with their own radar, it wouldn't be long until they found Bloony and his partner...and soon they would end up in the hospital from being attacked by the savage beasts. They would not be doing any more good things for a long time, to say for certain.
Satisfied, he then went back to eat his delicious spaghetti and caviar. He personally wondered if he would ever grow tired of the taste.
"Tasty..." he stated.
Bloony and Cherry have decided to save Roo Island from Advisor Broo...similar how they saved it from Lord Cataclysm in their last adventure...
Also, Snotty and Redtooth are still being chased by Officer Peanuts...how long will it be until they reach a dead end?
Meanwhile...Willis has not given up in stopping the Heroes of Light from bringing him to justice...even though technically they're not aware of his existence...let alone that he's the leader of the thugs that have been bothering them lately...
And of course, Cyrus and Luna have begun their search for the crystals...but just how many Puppyblews will they kick along the way?
You'll find out in the next chapter...