I just wanted to make something known for the viewers of this fic... I really wanted to put Stella the Fairy as a character when I was using the 'characters listed' part of the fic's description, but I just couldn't because she wasn't on there. If anyone out there knows how to possibly get this site to adjust the character list for the fics, including this one, please let me know via either a review on this chapter or by PMing me. Why am I requesting this? Because it kind of gets under my skin that the ONLY important fairy (and, ironically, one of my favorite characters in games ever) in DQ9 isn't even listed on the list. Sorry to keep you waiting. Here's chapter 6.
Ch6: Stella's Story
"Sorry, you're not allowed in here, Jessica's orders," spoke Bangers when I asked if I could go in to see their sibling... that is, if they were related. Neither the game nor the internet in my world ever revealed what bloodline they did belong to. "Fine... why don't you look down by your feet, though?" I smiled as Stella had actually already fully infiltrated Jessica's room by herself and pushed the letter out from under the door.
"Oi? What's this then?" Bangers asked as he picked up the letter and began reading. After he got nearly the whole way done, he gulped and immediately went into the room. "Er... Bangers? What's the matter?" Mash asked his 'superior' as he noticed the inevitable. "H-Hey! She is gone! Jessica's not in her room!" Bangers exclaimed. Normally I'd be worried because of Jessica's mother supposedly sitting in the nearby chair when this happened, but she had already went to the dining room to eat.
"Mash, this is serious. Jessica left this letter that says she went to the tower..." Bangers said with the most serious face he could possibly give. "W-What?" Mash gulped. "You! You need to help us!" Bangers exclaimed at me and Yangus as Stella joined back with us and landed on my head again. "You must've had to battle some monsters before you came, right? Then you can be in charge of getting Jessica. I'm going to tag along to open the tower doors. And don't even try to stop me," Bangers frowned as he looked at my head and he immediately gasped.
"Well, well. Looks like temporary team members see me too. Kinda strange isn't it, Mary?" Stella giggled at Bangers's priceless reaction. "Let's go then," I smiled as I began to walk down the stairs. "Mash, this is an order: whatever you do, don't let Aunt Rosy know that Jessica and I aren't around," Bangers said as he regained his composure. "Yessir Bangers!" Mash exclaimed as he stood at the door and guarded it with a much hardier face than before. And now I knew that Bangers and Mash were Jessica's cousins, not just siblings or random NPCs.
When we finally got out of the town, that was the cue for Bangers to start yapping. "Now don't question me on this, but why the hell do you guys have a frigging fairy with you?" Bangers exclaimed, something that surprised Yangus and Medea a bit. What surprised me, however, was his swear. "Well, you could say that I'm this team's helpin' hand when it comes to fuddlin' with enemies and keepin' humor in when needed," Stella smiled happily.
"But where'd you come from? And how come I couldn't see you until I decided to lead you to the tower?" Bangers asked again. "First answer, I'm the lil sister of the Goddess Celestria, and the second question, she made it so that only those that travel with us are able to see my delicate frame. Don't know if it'd apply after they left, but we can only hope, eh?" Stella smiled right back, surprising Bangers when she answered the first question.
"W-Wait... you're relatives... with our goddess?" Bangers asked. "Sho 'nuff. Granted I was born whenever our original persona split into her as the good and me as the sass, but who can judge?" Stella smiled. "So that part of the story is true also? That the original goddess isn't our current one?" "Yes. When we were one, we were called Stellestria. And not only were we pretty much destroying the world when we were in that state, but it took our father to stop us completely," Stella explained.
"Well that sounds a little far fetched, but I guess that crazier things have happened," Bangers smiled. It was then that we finally reached the doors of the tower and we looked at it with a smile. "This door is a little trickier than most. Try opening it yourself and you'll see why," Bangers smiled. I simply giggled as I fake-struggled to open the door. "Hmm... not pushing or pulling will open it... I have another theory," I smiled. "And that would be?" Bangers asked. I simply lowered my hands underneath the edges of the door and heaved upwards, opening the door from the bottom.
"W-Whoa! Y-You know how to open the door? You're pretty smart for an elf," Bangers exclaimed. "Thanks. And you're not too bad of a beginner fighter either," I smiled at him. "All you need is a real sword, not a dagger, and you could really defend your town. "Sorry, I tried picking up a sword before and they are way too heavy for me." "Fair enough... tell ya what? When you get old enough and muscly enough to be able to lift one, I'll go ahead and give you a sword." I smiled. "Sounds awesome!... But if you'll excuse me, I need to get back to town. Aunt Rosy is probably wondering where I went to." "Good luck on your way back then," Trode smiled at him as the young kid ran back to his hometown.
"Phew... it's really hard not to talk whenever there's others around... I'm a very talkative girl you know?" Medea smiled. "Heh. Kinda 'ard to talk to anyone when a lil' tyke like 'im's 'round," Yangus smirked as he picked his nose. "Gross! Could you please not do that in front of us?" Stella groaned when she saw this. "Very well. We shall await your return out here. After all, if what the townsfolk said is true, than a murder supposedly took place here. I wouldn't want to step foot in a place with that kind of a reputation," Trode declared. "Good luck, guys!" Medea smiled as we went into the tower.