Ch20: Setting Sail with a New Ally
Upon returning to the Moonshadow World (at Midnight again), we entered the door of Angelica and we smiled at how she seemed to be sleeping, her hair still flowing with the music all the different objects in the room made. "Um... how should we wake a sleeping Angelica?" I asked with a smirk. "Dunno, Mary. But maybe this'll work," Stella smirked as she flew over to Angelica's ears and cleared her throat before... "HEY! WE GOT YOUR HARP ANGELICA! WAKE THE FLAP UP!" Stella yelled at her, actually managing to wake her up with a jolt.
"W-WHAT HAPPENED?! I HEARD SCREAMING!" Angelica exclaimed loudly, her voice not sounding calm at all. "Heh. Good job waking her up, Stella... but maybe next time, maybe wake her up gently?" I asked with a smirk as I rubbed my elf ears. "O-Oh!... It's you guys... did you get the Moonshadow Harp for me?" Angelica asked. "Yes we have, but we need to ask you a favor as well," I frowned. "What would that be?" Angelica asked as she regained her calm demeanor.
"We had to make a deal with a monster called Don Mole to get the harp, as he was trying to steal it from Pavan's treasury," Jessica explained. "So when he smelled your scent on our person, we told him that, if he gave the harp to us, we could get you to exchange it for one of your other instruments," I explained. "Ah... now I see... heh. That Don Mole is actually one of my previous boyfriends... he got his love of music from me in the first place, so I shall give him an instrument fitting for him," Angelica smiled as she swished her way through the air (like a mermaid swimming) and picked up an instrument that would definitely be a good fit for the Don. A set of bongo drums.
"Now let us pay him a visit," Angelica smiled as she warped all of us immediately out of the Moonshadow World with a strum of her new harp, all of us appearing in a grassy clearing in front of a hole in the middle of it all. A pretty big one. And guess who was standing in the front of the hole? "Yo yo! Looks like ya held true to your righteous deal!" Don Mole smirked as I handed him the bongo drums and he smiled upon playing a small tune on them. "Whoa... this drum sounds perfect! Thanks Angelica, baby!" the Don smiled. "Teehee! Anything for an old flame," Angelica smiled back.
She then looked at our group with a smile and warped all of us, Trode and Medea included, to the ancient pirate ship, making Trode looked very shocked, which Yangus and Red smirked at. "This ship and I... we are both one and the same... ancient beings from long ago..." Angelica said with a gentle smile. "I thank you for reuniting us ancient ones again, Mary and friends..." Angelica smirked. "You're very welcome, Angelica," Angelo smiled.
Afterwards, Angelica began to play on her harp, the memories of the ancient sea beginning to return... but like in the game, only a bit of water was made, only up to our ankles. "Oh my... Is the Moonshadow harp not even enough for this task?" Angelica gasped at this. "Is there really no way to get the water up then?" Medea asked, making Angelica actually jump in shock. "A... A horse that can talk?... No... I can sense the memories of your past... a cursed princess... this may just work..." Angelica smiled gently. "Please, hum along with the music, cursed princess... the magic from your song may be able to help the waters return..." Angelica smiled as she began to strum again.
When Medea began to hum along to the tunes, the water then began to pour out all over! Pretty soon, the water came gushing forth from the ground and the whole place was beginning to fill up with imaginary water. I smiled when our bodies all went underwater in the process, yet none of us needed to worry about drowning at all. "Look! The ship!" Jessica gasped as she looked at the magic ship begin to rise up from its rustic state along with the water, its color being restored from the magical melody.
Medea, Red, and even Angelo kept humming the tune as we all swam upwards to the deck of the ship, which was the only thing that wasn't under the imaginary water. After I successfully helped all the others aboard, Medea and cart included, we were then surprised to see Angelica swish through the air to go up to us, her strumming finished as the ship began to set sail towards the edge of the cliffs. And just like in the game, once the ship was completely off the cliffs, the water receded down into nothingness, allowing our ship to plop safely onto the water with barely a splash.
"Ah... it has been so long since I have last seen this ship... it almost makes me miss the older days..." Angelica smiled as she stroked her tail along the wooden boards. "The older days? What does that mean?" Stella asked her. "I am referring to the days of the Protectorate... when humans in my area were able to get along with monsters of varying kinds and where I was free to adventure throughout the place... and now that I have been contacted by you guys thrice, all in the course of a few days... I kind of wish to adventure once more..." Angelica smiled. "Would you please allow me to... join you on your quest?... I can't allow an evil such as Dhoulmagus to infect our world with his malice," Angelica offered, her words making me smile. "Welcome aboard the crazy train," Stella smirked for me.