CHAPTER FOUR: ONCE UPON A TIME
Whilst exploring her uncle's castle, Nina discovered an attic. There she finds a strange book entitled your fairy tail. Curious, she opens the book to see what is written inside.
"Once upon a time..." she flips through the pages and closes the book, "there's nother else written in it, what a waste of time" she closes the book and turns it over to read the back, "with this book in your, speak your desired fairy tail using any characters you wish, be they real or be they made up. This book will write all you speak and all shall be returned to as it was once your tail has come to an end. Interesting, this could be fun" she opens the book up once more, "once upon a time, there lived a cross-dressing prince named..."
Nina pauses a moment to ponder who will be her first victim. A smile appears on her face when she made her decision.
Meanwhile, in the break room...
N. Gin is attempting to fix the coffee maker whilst Tropy watches him with great interest.
"I am telling you, you are wasting your time. Even if you do fix it the dam thing will only break again" Tropy tells N. Gin.
"And I'm telling you I can too fix the dam coffee maker besides Cortex refuses to buy a new one" N. Gin tells him.
"I bet you £10 you cannot successfully repair the coffee maker"
"Coffee and a tenner just from fixing it... your on"
N. Gin spends only a few minutes on the coffee maker and is successful at fixing it. Tropy is a little upset at being proven wrong but before N. Gin can say I told you so he disappears.
Unaware of what has happened, N. Gin turns round and says, "see I told you I could... fix... it... okay, where am I?" he looks around what appears to be a courtyard with a castle behind him.
"Your in my fairy tail and you can't leave until I say so. Also you might want to..." Nina snickers, "look at what your wearing" she bursts out laughing.
"What I'm..." he has a quick look at his outfit, "a pink dress, really?"
"What, it suits you but not as much as the ballet dress"
"One time, I wore it one time"
"Twice"
"TWICE?!"
"You may have been drunk the second time. Now where was I... oh yes, that's right. Once upon a time there lived a cross-dressing prince named N. Gin and an ugly princess named Coco"
Coco appears beside N. Gin in a blue dress.
"N. Gin? What have you done?" Coco asks.
"Me, nothing. This is all Nina's doing and welcome to hell. You are free to not enjoy your time here" N. Gin tells her.
"Nina set us free right now... never thought I'd be trying to help you of all people"
N. Gin merely shrugs his shoulders.
"Quiet you two! Princess N. Gin..." Nina says.
"I thought I was a cross-dressing prince... in your story I mean... I DON'T CROSS DRESS!" N. Gin says.
"I changed my mind, don't worry your gender won't change. Princess N. Gin and Princess Coco lived in a small kingdom with their father... Um... King Tropy and their mother Queen Brio"
Just as before Tropy and Brio appear wearing the appropriate outfits.
"Hi Tropy, Brio, welcome to hell" Coco says.
"That's my line and Tropy you owe me £10 when we get out of here" N. Gin says.
"And that will be when?" Tropy asks.
"Whenever Nina decides to end this" N. Gin tells him.
"I kinda see why you like wearing dresses N. Gin" Brio says.
"I DO NOT LIKE WEARING DRESSES!" N. Gin snaps.
Nina ignores the four and continues with her fairy tail, "the fair kingdom was guarded by two brave knights, Sir Crash and Sir Cortex"
"Hey Cortex, hey big brother..." Coco says.
"Welcome to hell, exits are to your nowhere as there are none" N. Gin says, interrupting her.
"You had to interrupt me, didn't you"
"Says the bandicoot who is obsessed with butter. It's seriously not a healthy thing to be obsessed with"
"Look Coco, I'm a knight and I have a sword!" Crash says happily.
"Then again being around Crash isn't very healthy either, especially now he has a weapon" N. Gin says.
"OW MY BUTT!" Cortex cries as Crash pokes him with his sword.
"One day, when Crash and Cortex were sparring" Nina says as Crash continues to poke Cortex with his sword, "a terrifying blue dragon known as Ripper Roo attacked the castle"
"Not Ripper Roo!" Cortex says.
"Could be worse, Nina could have chosen Papu Papu" N. Gin says.
"Yeah, his farts are the worst, especially after you've dared him to eat beans for the whole day" Crash says.
"That's not what I meant... wait, that was you? I thought that was Cortex's doing"
"Sir Crash and Sir Cortex tried to defeat the dragon but he proved to be too strong. The dragon picked the knights up up, blew fire on them then threw them far away" Nina says.
Ripper Roo, oddly enough, follows Nina's instructions perfectly. As Crash and Cortex disappear into the distance N. Gin, Coco, Tropy and Brio could hear their screams.
"I'M ALLERGIC TO PAIN!" Cortex cries.
"MY BUTT'S ON FIRE!" Crash yells.
"Better them than me" N. Gin says.
"Do you even care?" Brio asks.
"Nope"
"Not even a little?" Coco asks.
"Not even a little" N. Gin replies.
"I think Brio and Coco are referring to being left with Ripper Roo and his new dragon powers, NOT of Crash and Cortex" Tropy says.
"Oh... that I do care about" N. Gin says, "you!" he points at Ripper Roo, "come near me and I will rain loads of doom on you!"
"And this will help us how?"
"Yeah, what were you planning on using in this 'rain loads of doom on you' plan?" Coco asks.
"Well... you see... I... I haven't thought that far ahead yet! Couldn't you have both kept your big mouths shut?!" N. Gin snaps, "how about you come up with a good idea then"
Coco watches N. Gin and Tropy argue then looks at Brio who is twirling around on the spot.
"Three scientist and none of them know how to get out, we're doomed" Coco cries.
"The best thing to do right now is allow Nina to continue the story. If you will" Tropy says.
"With their best, or rather only knights gone the kingdom was doomed to fall. Fortunately before the dragon sized the kingdom King Tropy was able to sneak his eldest daughter out with a map to a magic sword that can slay the beast" Nina says.
Tropy hands N. Gin the map that appeared in his hand.
"You heard Nina, now leave" Tropy says.
"You heard Nina now leave" N. Gin says in a childish manor as he leaves.
"Don't be so childish!" Tropy snaps.
"Don't be so childish" N. Gin says childishly as he takes a peek at the map.
"STOP REPEATING ME!" Tropy yells.
"Now Tropy, just ignore him" Coco says in a attempt to calm him down.
"Look at me, I'm Coco, I'm sooo pretty. Oh no Crash, I got kidnapped 'cause I cannot defend myself without Pura's help and we need more butter" N. Gin says in a mocking voice.
"I AM SO GONNA KICK HIS ASS AGAIN!" Coco yells.
Tropy holds Coco back as N. Gin legs it, well as fast as he can in a dress.
"Princess N. Gin traveled far from home and found Sir Crash and Sir Cortex stuck up a tree" Nina says.
"Of course I did" N. Gin sighs when he sees them.
"Oh and they fall out of the tree and land on top of you, N. Gin"
"Wait, what?" N. Gin says as Crash and Cortex fall and land beside him, "that was lucky"
"I said on top not beside! Just give them the map"
N. Gin hands Crash the map, "get the sword so we can end this already"
Crash gets off Cortex and has a look at the map. N. Gin sighs and turns the map right way round and right way up.
"It's not far from here... I think... this way!" Crash leads the way.
"Oh joy, this will be fun" N. Gin says sarcastically as he follows Crash.
"Wait for me!" Cortex yells.
"After getting lost several times from Crash's lack of directional knowledge the finally find the power crystal sword" Nina says.
"It's a power crystal... IT'S MINE!" Cortex lunges at it.
"NOOO, IT'S MINE!" Crash follows suit and starts to fight Cortex for it.
"I'm getting flash backs, all of them are pain related" N. Gin says.
"I'm sure it does... Anyway, the sword choses Crash because... well my uncle will no doubt try to take over a world that only exist in a book, a strange magical one at that. The group made their way back to the castle... eventually" Nina says.
"And we only got lost once!" Crash says proudly.
"I knew we shouldn't have trusted the monkey" Cortex says.
"They why'd you ask it for directions?" N. Gin asks.
"Because it was there" Crash says,
N. Gin face palms, "ow, I hit myself too hard"
"With sword in hand and his 'friends' by his side Sir Crash went t face the dragon. Oh but fate is cruel as the dragon breathes fire on the... well not so fair Princess N. Gin, 'killing' her" Nina says and Ripper Roo does just that.
"HA! You so deserved!" Coco laughs.
"NOOO, N. Gin is dead!" Crash cries.
"No I'm not, I just have first-degree burns, which is strange considering what just happened but I'm not going to complain" N. Gin says.
"Devastated, Crash defeats the dragon and frees the land but alias this does not bring Princess N. Gin back so Sir Crash decides to kiss her to try and bring her back to life" Nina says.
"First off, I am NOT dead!" N. Gin yells as he keeps Crash at arms length, "secondly there is no way that would bring me back from the dead if I were dead!"
"You don't want Crash to kiss you, do you?" Nina asks.
"NO I DON'T!"
"Fine, instead of bringing Princess N. Gin back with a kiss, King Tropy used his time powers to bring you back and they all lived happily ever after, the end"
They were all teleported out of the book and into the attic, all back in their original outfits and, in Ripper Roo's case, form. The title of the book changes to the Blue Dragon by Nina Cortex.
"What a lame title" Nina puts the book away.
Everyone, excluding Ripper Roo, made their way out of the attic.
"Tropy, you still owe me" N. Gin says.
"I know" Tropy sighs.
"Let's never do that again" Cortex says.
"Agreed" Nina says.
"Come on Crash, let's go home" Coco says.
"Exit is this way" Crash says.
"That's a closet" N. Gin says.
Ripper Roo is left starring at a book similar to the one Nina found. One may think he would try and do what Nina had earlier as he somehow manages to get himself up onto his paws. Instead he jumps out of the attic and lands on Brio.
Before leaving, Coco fought and defeated N. Gin. The 'epic battle' lasted a mere two seconds thanks to a baseball bat Coco found lying around. N. Gin has not only learnt his lesson of why he shouldn't make fun of Coco he is currently recovering from another headache.