Chapter 56: Return to Rhyboflaven Part 6
Once they arrived, they were greeted by two green air dancers. "Is this the first obstacle?" Rad asked. "No. They're just air dancers. They're just used to get people's attention" the brown haired girl responded. "What do you think today's theme is?" Prohyas asked excitedly. A small blue and white dragon, that they knew as Grup, then came out of the cave and greeted them. "I'm actually glad that you're here. The boss is letting us try something different" he said. "I bet whatever you have planned will be amazing!" the brown haired girl said sweetly. Grup then happily moved out into the cave and seemingly disappeared into thin air. "Internet Famous Magisword" a voice said as Nebula took out her new magisword. "Do you think Grup would mind if I filmed this?" she asked Prohyas and his girlfriend shrugged and they began their way through the dungeon. They were then greeted by Grup. "Hey guys, so um, for your first challenge you have to answer a few questions. Let's see if you can guess what the theme of this dungeon is. I bet you guys will never guess" he said. "Okay so, first question. "Broccoli is a what?" he asked. "A vegetable" The brown haired girl said. "Correct. What color is Broccoli?" he asked. "Green, like my awesome afro" Rad responded proudly. "Correct, What does broccoli look like?" he asked. "A tree" Nebula said. "Correct once again. I bet you won't know this last one. What is the opposite of broccoli?" he asked. Prohyas took a moment to pretend to think. "Cauliflower?" he answered sounding unsure. "Correct!" he said. He then stepped aside and a hidden door opened. "Good luck guys!" he said as they stepped into the next room.
The first room had long platforms that was over a large pit of green water with broccoli floating in it. There were what appeared to be large pieces of floating broccoli. "So I guess all we have to do is cross to the other side?" Nebula asked. Prohyas nodded and they made their way to the platforms. When the brown haired girl stepped onto the platform, it sent her flying into the air. When she landed, she fell back into Prohyas. As he helped her up, he used his foot to carefully test the platform. "This seems to be some sort of broccoli shaped trampoline" he said. "If you want, Nebs and I could levitate you guys over to the other side" Rad suggested. "But babe, where's the fun in that?" Nebula replied. She then whispered something into his ear and he smiled widely. "Accordion Magisword" a voice said as Prohyas took out his Accordion Magisword. He then began to play it as he hopped from one platform to the next.
"Hop hop, 'cross we go. Better be fast and not slow. To get pass this room would sure be great. Good thing all we have to do is go straight" he sang. Once they reached then end, they went through the opening and were greeted by the green rattlesnake with a viking helmet, earrings, and red dress from that morning. "Hey Lady Hiss. I assume that you have some questions to ask. Right?" the brown haired girl asked. The snake nodded and looked at the peice of paper she had her tail wrapped around. "Okay so,How do you make broccoli?" she read. "You grow it" Nebula responded. "Good. What type of doctor specializes in broccoli?" she read. "A Broctologist" the brown haired girl responded. "Yup. What family does Broccoli belong to?" she read "Cabbage" Prohyas answered. "Corect. This one is a two parter. Broccoli is a what-weather crop that does poorly in what weather?" she read. "It is a cool- weather crop and it does poorly in hot weather" Prohyas responded. "Correct! Good luck in the next room" she said. She then slithered away as the group went into the next part of the dungeon. "How did you know those answers?" Rad asked. "Vambre and I grew up on a broccoli farm. Our dad would always tell us all these facts about broccoli to get us to stay on the farm instead of becoming warriors. I never thought that any of that would be handy to be honest" Prohyas responded as they went onto the next challenge.
In the next room was a broccoli stalk bridge. Coming out of the walls were giant pieces of broccoli that then went back into the walls. On the other side of the bridge were polls that were shaped like broccoli that they would have to weave around. As they ran onto the bridge and avoided the broccoli that came out of the walls, out of nowhere, broccoli was being shot at them. Once they got passed the obstacle, they saw a broccoli stalk slide that lead to a broccoli stalk zip line. Broccoli was still being fired at them so they had to act fast and keep moving to get to the next room After they got off the zip line, they saw a large broccoli stalk near a green river with broccoli floating in it. Rad and Prohyas pushed the broccoli stalk into the water and quickly went to help their girlfriends into the makeshift boat. Nebula and the brown haired grabbed some nearby stalks of broccoli to act as paddles before they got into the makeshift boat. They all paddled quickly to cross the green river. While they paddled, they had to make sure to avoid all the broccoli that were floating in the green river. As they went, the broccoli seemed to be getting bigger! Once they finally crossed, they were greeted by the humanoid skeleton with a long neck, red pupils, and a single hole on each side of his skull from that morning. Before the humanoid skeleton could ask them their questions, the brown haired girl held up a hand as they all tried to regain their breath after having to rush as the adrenaline in their veins slowly went down. "Hold that thought Skullivan" she said as she tried to catch her breath. "Are you ready now?" he asked as the group's breathing began to go back to normal. The brown haired girl looked at the Lakewood couple and to her own boyfriend to see that they had finally caught their breath. "Yes. We're ready" she said. "Okay so. First question, the word broccoli comes from the what language plural of broccolo, which means 'the flowering crest of a cabbage'?" he asked. Nebula, Rad, and the brown haired girl looked to Prohyas as he thought of what the answer could be. "Italian" he said. "Yup. Next question, the diminutive form of brocco, means what?" he asked. "If I remember correctly, I think it means "small nail" or "sprout". That sounds about right so that's what I'm going with" Prohyas responded. "That's correct, Okay so, where did broccoli originate from?" he asked. "Since the word broccolo is Italian, I'm gonna have to go with Italy" Prohyas responded confidently. "You got it! Alright, last question. What vitamins does broccoli have?" he asked. "Vitamin C and Vitamin K" Prohyas responded. "Correct! Good luck in the last room" he said. He then walked away and the group entered the next room. "Dude, you are awesome! I don't think any of us would have gotten any of the harder questions right" Rad praised as he slapped Prohyas on the back. "Thanks" he said as he began to rub where Rad had slapped him to try and ease the pain.
They were immediately greeted by a large dark green wall with different sized broccoli acting as climbing pinches. They all began to climb. Once they neared the top, the brown haired girl paused and moved her body closer to the wall as she squeezed her eyes shut. "You okay down there?" Nebula called. "Y-yeah. I'm j-just f-fine!" she called back, clearly frightened. Prohyas then began to slowly climb down and move next to her. "Babe? You okay?" he asked. Her response was to press herself closer to the wall. "Are you scared? Honey, there is nothing to be scared of. You go much higher than this on Parrot! To climb this would be like nothing!" he said as he tried to reassure her. His words seemed to be doing nothing. "When I'm flying I have Parrot in case I got scared" she responded, still clearly terrified. "How is that different here? Don't forget, I'm here" he said. He then reached a hand over and put it on top of hers. "And it's not just me! Nebula and Rad are here too! If you fall then I guarantee that if you fall, which you won't, one of them would quickly levitate you back up" he said. She slowly raised her head and slowly grabbed onto Prohyas' hand that was on top of hers. The couple then continued to climb. Once the group finished climbing the wall, they went through a large broccoli tunnel, crossed the small pit that was filled with broccoli, carefully climbed down a ladder that resembled a broccoli stalk as to not break it, and they came upon swings that resembled broccoli stalks. They decided to have fun with it and use them as swings that were at a playground. Once they were finished, they swung onto a platform and went down a medium-sized broccoli stalk slide. At the bottom were what appeared to be horses made out of broccoli. "I guess we have to tame them and ride them to the next exit?" Nebula said unsure. "Already on it" the brown haired girl said as she slowly approached one of the broccoli horses. They all stared in awe as she spoke softly to them as she slowly and carefully walked towards them. She then slowly reached out and one of the broccoli horses let her pet it. "Good job! Thank you" she praised gently. She then motioned for the others to do the same. "We need to get to the end, do you think you could give us a lift?" she asked. The broccoli horses bowed down and allowed the newcomers onto their backs. "How did you do that?" Nebula asked in awe. "Before I tamed Parrot, I dealt with horses. I guess having experience with dragons and horses helped huh?" she answered. The broccoli horses then lead them to the end on the dungeon. They hopped off and thanked the majestic broccoli animals and went into the final room. Inside the room were the three cave monsters and on a wooden platform was a broccoli shaped magisword with a light green gem. There was also a large banner that read "Congratulations!" on it. Prohyas took the new magisword and they told the monsters what they thought on the dungeon. The monsters cheered at the positive feedback and opened a secret door that lead outside. They waved 'goodbye' as the group exited the cave with the 'Broccoli Magisword' that they had just acquired. "Do you guys mind if I drop this off at my parent's place? I don't really need this" Prohyas asked. They all agreed and they made their way to Prohyas' childhood home.
"Mom, Dad, guess who's here?" Prohyas called once he opened the door. A large woman with short fading pink hair, golden bracelets, and a wooden peg leg on her left leg from the knee down was at the stove with a large stirring spoon while an elderly man wearing a blue/purple robe and a white beard was sitting at the table with an empty bowl. "Prohyas! Good to see you my boy! Oh! And you brought your girlfriend! Nice to see you my dead" the man said. The woman was quick to hug Prohyas and his girlfriend. "Hi Mr and Mrs. Warrior" the girl said. "We told you dear, call us Kablammica and Norman" the woman, now known as Kablammica said. "Ma, Pa, this is Ra and Nebula. Their visiting" Prohyas said. "Well it's nice to meet you two. Seeing as how you're here, why don't you stay for lunch. It's almost done" she suggested. The four of their stomachs growled and Kablammica ushered them to the table. She finished the soup and went outside. She came back a moment later with two rabbits. One was pale yellow with red eyes and light pink sclera. he was wearing a blue cape and matching gloves and boots that had a red trim. The other was a white rabbit with blue hair, black eyes, pink sclera that was wearing a purple hat, dress, and boots with a bow and gloves that matched her hair.
"Hey Hoppus, hey Danelda" the brown haired girl said. "Hey" the rabbit now knows as Danelda said. "Hi" the other rabbit, knows as Hoppus said. The two rabbits then took a seat at the table. Hoppus in between the brown haired girl and an empty chair. Kablammica carried the large pot and began to use a ladle to serve the soup. "Hey Mrs. War- I mean Kablammica. Would it be okay if ZP joins us? He loves your soup" the brown haired girl requested. "Well sure! The more the merrier!" Kablammica responded happily. The girl nudged Prohyas an a voice said " Zombie Pumpkin Magisword" as Prohyas took ZP out of his bag. He then set ZP in the seat next to him and Norman took out another bowl for the sentient magisword. "Oooh! Soup!" The magisword said happily as Kablammica served him the soup. He then happily went face first into the bowl and Prohyas began to pour his soup into ZP's bowl. "It's always nice to see someone that enjoys my soup!" Kablammica said happily as she sat down the large pot and began to eat her soup. The brown haired girl at some of hers before ZP finished his and went face first into her bowl. Kablammica smiled and took the ladle and gave the girl another helping of soup. "Wonderful soup as always" Hoppus complimented. "Awh. Why thank you" Kablammica said. "Yeah honey. Your soup is always delicious" Norman said. "Well shucks" Kablammica as she refilled everyone's bowls. Rad choose to use the bowl as a cup and drink the soup as he flexed an arm. "I can already feel myself getting stronger" he said. "That's the amazing power of broccoli" Norman said happily. Once almost everyone was finished, the brown haired girl and Nebula collected the dirty silverware and empty bowls and proceeded to wash them. "You girls don't have to do that. you are here as guests. I'll take care of it" Kablammica said. "We don't mind" the brown haired girl said. "Besides, we came here with out telling you and you gave us some of your delicious soup. It' the least we can do" Nebula said. 'Well aren't you girls sweet" Kablammica cooed. She then turned to Rad and Prohyas and gave them a thumbs up. "You boys choose such sweet girls" she said. The boys smiled at the sight of their girl talking while they washed the dishes.
"So, what was it like when you first met his parents?" Nebula asked. "I'm gonna be honest, I was super nervous to impress them, especially his mom. She's still know as one of greatest warriors. I thought that she wanted her kids to find an incredible warrior of their won to be with. She actually didn't mind that I wasn't a warrior. She was just happy that her son found a girl to be with that made him happy. How about you? What was it like meeting Rad's parents?" she responded. "They're really great! Rad was pretty worried that when I met them, I would think that he was lame like he claimed them to be. They are so sweet!" Nebula responded. They girls then began to tell each other stories about their boyfriend's families. Those stories lead them to talking about the negative aspects of their boyfriends. "I love my Rad, but he can be quite vain and it lead to me breaking up with him last time we came here" Nebula said. "I hear ya. I love Prohyas but, he tends to whines a lot. Sometimes it kinda cute, but it's mostly really annoying how he whines all the time" the brown haired girl said.
They had finally finished washing all of the dishes and went to join Rad who was doing some push ups with Kablammica coaching him. "Thank you girls again for doing the dishes and cleaning up" Kablammica said. "No problem at all. Thank you for the delicious lunch" Nebula responded. Kablammica's smile went away when she say Norman arguing with Hoppus outside. "Something wrong Mama Llama Ding Dong?" Prohyas asked. It's just, I hate seeing them not getting along. Things were fine after their magisword duel a while ago and I just don't know what wen't wrong" she said sadly. The brown haired girl smirked and took Prohyas by the arm. "Excuse us for a sec" she said. She then dragged him into the next room. "I have an idea! Why don't we give your dad the Broccoli Magisword to give to Hoppus! We need them to talk about broccoli first" she said. "I get this!" he responded. They then went outside to hear Hoppus making a comment about how Norman didn't deserve a warrior like Kablammica. "Dude, you do know that's his mother right?" Nebula commented as she walked out of the house. "Yes but such a weakling like him does not deserve an incredible warrior like Kablammica" Hoppus responded."But dude, that's his mother!" Rad responded as he joined his girlfriend. The girl looked to Prohyas and he nodded. He then struck up a conversation about how they both think that broccoli is amazing. "And you know, it just so happens that our dad has a Broccoli Magisword" he said. "I do?" his father responded. "You know, I'm sure that my dad would be more than happy to give it to you since he has a broccoli farm and does not need a magisword that shoots broccoli. But, only if you guys get along" Prohyas said. Hoppus sighed and held out a hand to Norman. "I'm sorry that I have been so rude to you. You probably don't want me to hang around anymore" Hoppus said sadly. "That's okay. Besides, as I said before. We can't eat all this broccoli soup by ourselves" Norman said as he shook Hoppus's hand. "Dude, imagine your parent's meeting Prohyas' parents" Nebula whispered to Rad. Rad imagined how his parents would be amazed at everything about Prohyas' parents. Prohyas managed to sneak the 'Broccoli Magisword' into his dad's other hand and a voice said "Broccoli Magisword" once Norman held the magisword out to Hoppus. Hoppus began to tear up and graciously take the magisword. "You're a good man Norman" he said. Hoppus then left to train with his new magisword.
When they got inside, they were surprised to see Vambre and Parrot looking at old pictures. The brown haired girl ran up to her dragon and gave him a large hug as Vambre told her about their adventure. "What's this one?" Nebula asked as she gingerly picked up a picture. When she looked at it, she saw it was a picture of Prohyas and the brown haired girl. The brown haired girl had a different hairstyle and she was brushing Prohyas' hair. She seemed to be talking as well. "Oh, I remember that one!" Kablammica said. They then looked through old photos and listened to Kablammica and Norman's stories from their past and stories of when Vambre and Prohyas were children.
Nebula heard a small 'beep' from her phone and she showed Rad what was on her screen. "Thank you all for such an incredible adventure and for the delicious lunch. It was an honor to meet you Glasses and Mr and Mrs Warrior and it was nice to see you again Vambre and Prohyas. Thank you again for your help" Nebula said as she stood up. "But, we really have to get back to Lakewood. Hopefully one day we can see each other again" Rad said as he stood up. "It was nice meeting you too!" Kablammica said. "Legendary Hyperspace Magisword" a voice said as Prohyas took out the magisword. They all said their final 'goodbyes' before Nebula and Rad walked hand in hand through the portal and back to Lakewood.