Pippi and the Amulet of the Mystics

Village: Harbor

It was another normal day in the village, and then, the Hoppetossa came sailing into the harbor.

"Ah, another fine day in the sea." Captain Longstocking said. "And I am especially looking forward to seeing Pippi again."

As the Hoppetossa arrived on land, Captain Longstocking got on the dock and Pippi was the first one to greet him.

"Hello father, did you have a good time?" Pippi asked as she hugged her

"Ho ho, yes I did, my dear, thank you for asking." Captain Longstocking said. "By the way, I got you something from one of my journeys.

"You did?" Pippi said. "Oh father, you shouldn't have."

"Haha. Yes, but I did." Captain Longstocking said as he took out a box that had a necklace in it.

The necklace was formed of a thin, gold chain, decorated with gold and blue beads, at the end was a majestic blue gem.

"Wow. Father, this necklace is truly majestic." Pippi said. "How did you get this?"

"It was in a treasure chest that I found by chance." Captain Longstocking said. "Although that box was the only thing in it though."

"Well, then I guess this is a special necklace." Pippi said as she put it on. "Hey, there is a piece of paper in this box."

The paper read: "In this box lies the Amulet of the Mystics. Worn by those noble and selfless, a blessing is granted. Worn by those vain and selfish, a curse is granted."

"I wonder if it's really true." Pippi said. "Which will it give me, a blessing or a curse?"

"Pippi, my dear. I am quite tired from my voyage. Let's go to Villa Villekulla." Captain Longstocking said.

Village: Villa Villekulla

Back at Villa Villekulla, Captain Longstocking got settled, and Pippi and her friends went into the kitchen, where Pippi noticed Mr. Nilsson was having trouble opening the peanut butter jar.

"Oh, do you need help, Mr. Nilsson?" Pippi said as she opened the jar for Mr. Nilsson.

The Amulet of the Mystics glowed and a blue light enveloped Pippi.

"What was that?" Tommy asked.

"I don't know." Pippi said, and then she turned to Mr. Nilsson. "You better put that peanut butter back when you're done, Mr. Nilsson."

"Okay, Pippi." Mr. Nilsson suddenly talked.

"Mr. Nilsson, you can talk?" Pippi asked.

"What are you talking about, Pippi?" Annika asked. "Mr. Nilsson can't talk."

"Well, he did. Yet, why did only I hear it?" Pippi asked, and then she noticed her amulet. "Oh, I see. That must be what the glow was about. The amulet blessed me with the ability to understand animals. I can hear Mr. Nilsson as if he's talking."

"That's cool!" Annika said.

"Wait, I wanna hear Buster." Pippi said, and she went out to the front yard, where Buster is munching on grass.

"Hello, Buster. Are you having a good snack?" Pippi asked.

"Yes, the grass is delicious." Buster said.

"Amazing. This amulet is more special than I thought." Pippi said.

Village: Park

Pippi, Tommy, and Annika went for a walk, when they saw Bengt was up to no good again.

"Come on, just hand over those candies. You can always get more." Bengt said as he threatened a girl.

"But I've been saving up my week's allowance for this." the girl said.

"Well, then just save up your allowance again." Bengt said, as he took the girl's candies.

"If he wants candy, then he should take his own advice." Pippi said.

Bengt was about to eat a candy, when Pippi snuck up behind him.

"Hello, Bengt." Pippi said, revealing herself to Bengt.

Bengt took a step back and charged towards Pippi.

Pippi backflipped out of Bengt's way, sidestepped, lifted Bengt into the air, and threw him onto a tree branch.

"There, I think he had enough now." Pippi said, and she returned the candies to the girl.

"Thank you." the girl said and she ran off.

"You'll never learn, will you Bengt?" Pippi asked.

"Just wait, I'm gonna get you one of these days, Longstocking!" Bengt said.

After Pippi left to rejoin Tommy and Annika, the branch broke and Bengt fell on the ground.

"Ugh, that Longstocking is always getting in the way of my fun!" Bengt said, and then he noticed something glowing in the grass.

"Hmm, what's this?" Bengt said as he picked up the glowing object, which is revealed to be the Amulet of the Mystics. "It's that necklace Longstocking was wearing."

(Flashback)

As Bengt noticed Pippi and lunged at her, she backflipped out of Bengt's way, but the Amulet fell off from Pippi's neck during one of her backflips.

(End of flashback)

"What a pretty necklace, it'd be a shame if it broke." Bengt said as he picked up a rock.

Bengt tried to crush the Amulet with the rock, but the Amulet didn't get one scratch.

"Hey, what's this thing made of?" Bengt asked. "Fine, I'll just make sure she never gets it back. Admittedly, it would look good on me."

Bengt put on the Amulet, and then, the Amulet's gem turned red, enveloping Bengt in a red light, which he doesn't notice.

Back with Pippi and her friends, they were walking along when they saw a dog.

"Hello there. Can you speak?" Pippi asked the dog, who just barked.

"That's weird. I couldn't understand it." Pippi said.

"Maybe it's because you don't have your amulet." Tommy said.

"Oh no. I didn't notice. It must've fell off when I was teaching Bengt a lesson." Pippi said.

Back with Bengt, he went to meet up with his lackeys.

"Hey guys, check out this cool necklace I got." Bengt showed off the Amulet.

"Whoa. Where did you get that?" Billy asked.

"Longstocking lost it, and I found it. Finders keepers." Bengt said.

Then, the bullies saw a boy playing with a ball.

"Hurry, guys. Let's get him while Longstocking isn't here. You guys keep guard and tell me if Longstocking is nearby." Bengt said.

Bengt approached the boy, with the intent to take his ball.

"Hey buddy. Can I take that ball?" Bengt asked in a fake nice tone.

"But this is my ball." the boy said.

"Not anymore, it ain't." Bengt said, and the boy ran for it.

Bengt chased after the boy, but he tripped on a rock, and the boy got away.

"What happened, Bengt?" Vincent asked.

"I was doing good, when that stupid rock tripped me." Bengt said, and he kicked the rock, but instead he hurt his foot.

And then, Pippi and her friends came walking around the park.

"So Pippi, how does that message about the amulet go again?" Annika asked.

"It basically states that if good people wear the amulet then they'll be blessed, but if a bad person wears it, then they'll be cursed." Pippi said.

"Yeah, you're a good person and a good thing happened to you." Tommy said.

"I just hope I can find it. After all, it was a gift from my father." Pippi said.

And it's shown that Bengt and his lackeys heard it.

"Ah, screw it. Longstocking can have the necklace back, I don't need to be cursed." Bengt said as he tried to take off the Amulet, but it won't come off. "What's with this necklace?!"

Bengt and his lackeys try to get the Amulet off, but no luck.

"Wait, maybe if we spy on Longstocking and her friends, perhaps we can figure out how to get it off." Riker suggested.

"Alright, let's go." Bengt said, and he and his lackeys started spying on Pippi in hopes she might let some word loose.

"Oh, look. There's more." Pippi said. "And it basically says that a bad person can only remove the amulet if they do something nice."

"Did you hear that, Bengt? You gotta do something nice." Adam said.

"Yeah, I heard. I'll do it. Just to get rid of this necklace." Bengt said.

Town: Town Square

Bengt bought a large lollipop from a candy store, and planned to give it to someone, when he saw Willie.

"Here." Bengt said as he offered the lollipop to Willie.

"What are you up to, Bengt?" Willie asked.

"Nothing, just take it." Bengt demanded, and Willie took the lollipop, and Amulet turned from red to blue. "Great, now let me take this off!"

Bengt took off the Amulet and threw it away into the distance, where it coincidentally landed close to Pippi.

"Well, now where did it come from?" Pippi asked as she put the Amulet back on.

"Who knows. Maybe it's just a blessing." Annika suggested.

"Maybe so, but I'm just glad to have my father's gift back." Pippi said.

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