Ch3: The Waterfall Cave's Plot Twist
"I still don't understand why you did that, Mary," Medea said to me as we walked down the trail. "Did what? You mean my little speech or the deal with Valentina?" I asked the horse princess. "Well, I guess the speech part." "Believe me, hon. It's better to have people know about why you look a certain way than to have them treat you like trash and throw rocks at them," I said with a frown. "She's right on that much, Medea," Trode said with a smile. "I certainly didn't expect you to do that either, especially since you got some bruises on your body from the rocks." "Just doing what needs to be done, boss," I smirked at him with a sly smile.
"Hmm... it's been awhile since I've been called that... or your majesty," Trode said with a smile. "By the way... I must ask, but how did you find out about Master Rylus's death? You never went into detail about it, Yangus," Trode asked both me and Yangus. "When we were at the pub gathering info, we met Kalderasha. In just 3 sentences, he told that Master Rylus died in his home when it caught fire," I explained.
"That's a bad way to die... but I guess the way our castle went was even worse," Medea sighed as she flicked some flies away with her tail. "I've seen worse," I said. "Wot d'ya mean, guv?" Yangus asked me. "I mean that I've seen people get tortured to death and vaporized before. Don't ask how, I just have," I said. If they knew that I was referring to events that happened in my world (the real world) they'd probably chew me out or not believe me.
When we finally arrived at the Waterfall Cave, Trode and Medea stayed behind since they couldn't battle. I knew they'd be okay, so Yangus and I ventured into the cave by ourselves. I realized it was dark inside, so I grabbed a nearby twig on the ground and tried to focus my thoughts into something, hoping that, since I was an elf, that I could use elfin magic. And sure enough, when I thought about fire, I was able to light the stick with a flame, surprising Yangus greatly.
"Wot?! Yer a magician too, ey?" Yangus asked in bafflement. "Actually, that was my first attempt. I figured that if I was an elf, I may have elfin magic. And it turns out I was right," I smiled happily. It was soon drowned out, however, when I suddenly heard some words from under us... probably just my acute sense of hearing that I now had with my improved ears. "Oogh... my old wound... the pain..." said the gurgling voice of Geyser, the keeper of the 'fallwater'.
"Don't ask me how, Yangus, but I can hear a voice at the bottom of this cave," I said as we pressed forward. "Oh? Must be them new listners on yer 'ead, ey?" Yangus smiled. "That's what I deduced as well. And from what his voice sounded like, he seemed to be in pain." "Well that don't sound too good. 'Ow bout we 'elp 'im out when we get down there?" Yangus asked. "You said exactly what I was thinking," I smiled.
After making it past a few monsters, getting loot from some chests, and easily getting past the Hammerhood blocking our path, Yangus and I eventually made it to the end of the cave and right in front of the Crystal Ball we needed to claim. When I reached out to grab it, however, Geyser came jumping out of the waterfall and floating right in front of us. "Visitors? It's been too long since the fallwater has had any visitors," Geyser said with his gurgled voice.
"Well the pleasure's ours, Mr..." I smiled at him. "I'm Geyser, the keeper of this fallwater... but I must ask, why were you so interested in this brystal call? It surely isn't yours is it?" he asked. "No, but we were hoping to return it to its original owner," I said, hoping that he wouldn't attack us for me wording it differently. "Oh really? And why would you do thuch a sing? It made a horrid wound on my head, see?" Geyser asked, pointing to the large gash on his head.
"No worries about your wound... I think I could fix it," I smiled as I tried to use another type of magic... and surprising both Yangus and myself when I actually cast a puff of healing rays on Geyser's head and we watched as his scar dwindled down to nothing. "W-What just happened?" Geyser asked, looking at me with suspicion. It was just then that he looked at my ears and he actually smiled. "Oh? An elf AND a human taking pity on a monster? Oh how I never thought I'd see the day. Go ahead and take the ball. You earned it," Geyser said, his sentence without a single dyslexic part. "Thanks Geyser. And you're welcome for getting rid of that nasty head wound," I smiled as I turned around to notice something I didn't expect to see.
It was a strange circle of light, something that was never in the games before. "Approach the light, doer of goodness..." a female voice spoke to me. I gulped when I heard this, even though Yangus didn't react at all. "Wot is it? Somfin botherin' ya guv?" Yangus asked me. "Approach the light and receive my gift... the gift of a new ally..." the light spoke once again.
I must have been dreaming within a dream if I were hearing a female voice tell me to go towards the light... and that was when I realized what may have been talking to me... or rather, WHO! "Are you the goddess?" I asked, wondering if I was right. "Just go into the light already. I'll explain later," the female voice poke once more, now sounding a little more annoyed than before. I quickly went to the light and felt something... something that I didn't expect. I felt a little tiny... thing... bump into my head from on high.
"Oi! Wot's goin' on?!" asked a voice I never thought that I'd have heard at ALL in this game! I didn't need a voice checker to know who just spoke, even if she didn't have a voice. "Wot the 'ell?! Wot's that little pink light near yer face?!" asked Yangus. Now I KNEW that the plot was messed up the whole way through. It was Stella. The sassy fairy herself. "I could say the same to you lot! Wot am I doin' 'ere anyways? Wot's the meanin' of this, sis?!" Stella asked as I finally saw her tiny frame... and it was rested right on the top of my head, no light at all. "W-Whoa! A fairy?!" Yangus exclaimed when he saw her.
"Hold up... what do you mean, sis?" I asked as I picked Stella up with two fingers and held her in front of my face. She definitely wasn't the same size the 9th game told me she was, since she was no bigger than six inches. "I mean the goddess. Celestria!" she exclaimed, her voice very loud even if she were tiny. "Just help this compassionate soul, Stella. She really needs the help for the trials ahead," spoke the voice I assumed to be Celestia. "Oh? Which one?" Stella asked as I simply placed her back on my head again. "The girl your sitting on as well as any of her allies."
"Even this big guy? Really? He stinks like rotten apples..." "Oi?! Wot'd that bird say?!" Yangus asked when she said this. "Guys... can we just get out of here so you two can bicker later?" I asked as they kept glaring at each other. "Oh! Of course! Let me help with that," Stella smiled as she actually used Evac on us and we were warped to the entrance of Waterfall Cave, surprising Medea and Trode when we did so... but they were even more surprised at the tiny fairy that sat on top of my head. "A fairy? She looks so cute!" Medea smiled. "Crikey! A talking horse?! What the flap?!" Stella exclaimed. "Oi... this may be a long one, ey guv?" Yangus asked. "You can say that again, Yangus..." I frowned right back.