Hello Everyone! So Sorry that this uploaded a few days late, I procrastinated a lot before writing this, but I will still try to upload a new chapter this week, having homework and all that, I'll need to use the weekend to my advantage. Anyways, enough rambling! Let's get to the story!
Light and company crashed into the village, where everyone stopped what they were doing, and stared at them. It was silent for a bit, until Light finally spoke:
"Uh, hi there, do any of you know how to get into Mount Parkspark? You see, we need to retrieve the next Jewel of Hex and-"
Suddenly, all of the villagers started to cheer, and a lot of the village surrounded him and the group. A lot of people asked to shake his hand, and also asked Cooper, Aqua, and Lilly any questions they had as well, such as:
"Hey, aren't you the co- commander for the City of Hex? It's a Pleasure! or
Whoa! Aren't you a Nekordian? Can I touch your ears? They seem so soft! or
Oh, you're the blacksmith's son who was a part of The Legendary Elements right? So, are you one as well?"
The questions kept on coming, but after a while the village died down from excitement, and went back to their normal duties. Light was exhausted from answering questions, receiving gifts from random people in the village, and other things. He looked at the rest of them, and they seemed pretty pooped too. Lilly was rubbing her ears and tails from people petting her so much, Cooper's eyes were getting droopy, while he read a book that he got from the blacksmith in the village. Aqua looked pretty normal, but Light could tell he was tired from all of the questions as well. Plus, he had kiss marks all over his face from girls asking for a kiss.
"Alright, why don't we go get some sleep… We've had a rough day; from climbing hills, to cheering fans… Let's go find an inn." Light sighed, as they all walked off while the sun was setting behind them.
Everyone had woken up late that morning, plus during the night, people were binging on their doom asking for autographs and things, which kept most of them up. Going down to breakfast didn't help either: a lot of the villagers were looking at them with excited looks, some of them were also close to asking for autographs, but luckily they had been able to eat breakfast in peace.
"Ugh, these people will not stop praising us… It's starting to get old…" Light said, as he took a bite of pork.
"Oh really Light? I thought you would like all attention; from what I heard from Flaira, you weren't too popular in school." Aqua smirked
"Sh- shut up! Anyways, we may as well check out the town; we need to find a brewery so we can grab flame resistance, some regeneration, and a mana potion or two… Also, we need to find some new armor as well; I think all of our armor is running low on durability." Light said, as he got up from the table, and stopped at the door.
"You guys coming?" Light said, as the rest of them rose from the table. And headed out after him.
"Ahh, nice, fresh air!" Cooper said, as he stretched.
"So, where to first?"
"I'm not too sure, did that guy you were talking to yesterday ever tell you where he worked?"
"Ummm… I think it was… Over here!" Cooper said, as he ran off down the street, and stopped in front of a store, Light, Aqua, and Lilly right behind.
"I think this is the place. Let's go on in." Cooper said, as they entered, and got a burst of hot air. It was very difficult to breathe, because the air was so hot in the blacksmith's. Cooper walked up to a man who was working on a smeltery constructor.
"Um… Excuse me…"
"Well, hello there Cooper! What can I get you?"
Cooper gave thumbs up to Light, Aqua, and Lilly.
"We need some strong armor to climb Mount Parkspark. Do you think you have anything that'll help us?"
"Well… Let me take a quick look…" The man said, as he went into a little area that Light assumed was his office. A few minutes later, he came back out, and signaled Cooper and the rest of them back into the room. He led them down a hallway, into a door that was glowing a bright blue.
"... Pick your favorite." The man then opened the door, and inside was armor beyond their wildest dreams; all sorts of armor made out of gold, iron, cobalt, diamond, all sorts of different types of ores he never saw in normal vanilla minecraft.
"So… We can choose anything out of this room?" Cooper said, as he picked up a pair of iron boots.
"Right, but you'll have to pay for them at normal price. But I can make an exception: I'll give you each a piece of cobalt armor, if… I can pet the Nekordian.
"OH COME ON! I'VE BEEN PET PLENTY OF TIMES BY YOU FOL-"
"Sure, go ahead." Aqua, Cooper and Light said together.
"... Dang it you three…" Lilly said, as the man scratched her ears, and tail. A few minutes later, he each of them a piece of cobalt armor. Light had gotten the chest plate, Aqua got the leggings, Cooper got the head piece, and Lilly got the boots. After that, they all picked out the rest of their armor, which was only about 300 ore chunks; for full diamond armor for Light, and Iron for the rest. After browsing a bit more at the shop, they headed out to find a potions shop; conveniently right next to the armory. They headed inside to what Light thought looked like the potions shop in The City of Hex. There were all sorts of different flasks around the store; from tiny round ones, too long squiggly ones. Aqua approached the counter, while Light, Cooper and Lilly looked around the store. They all kept in a group though; they didn't want to get lost. From the outside, it looks like any normal brewery, but it was extremely large, and stacked full of potions.
"Geez, what do you this one does?" Lilly said, as she picked out a large, bubbling red one.
"Well, it can't be all bad; look, it says: Free taste testing. I guess you can try it out." Cooper said, as he picked out his own flask; his being a bright pink and had a very long flask.
Lilly just shrugged, and took a sip of it. Nothing happened for a few moments, and then gave a weird look to Light and Cooper.
"Uh… Something wrong Lilly…?" Light asked hesitantly.
"No… I-I don't think- Hey, why are you guys growing larger…?" Lilly said, as Light and Cooper looked at her, stunned at what they were seeing. They weren't getting larger: she was getting smaller, until she was only about 3 feet tall.
"Uh… AH! WHAT HAPPENED TO ME!?" Lilly screamed, as looked up at Cooper and Light, who were laughing hysterically.
"WOW. I never expected it to do THAT! I thought she was going to blow up like a balloon for a second there! Cooper laughed, as Light picked out his own: a bright blue swirl flask.
"But I don't want to be short! I can't be stuck like this forever!" Lilly sobbed, as she hugged Light's leg.
"You'll fix, this, won't you?" Lilly looked up at Light with huge puppy look eyes.
Light just sighed, and patted her head.
"Don't Worry: We'll go ask the manager if there is any way to change you back, but first, Cooper and I want to try out our potions." Light said, as he let Cooper drink his.
"Bottoms up!" Cooper said, as he drank almost the entire potion. Just like Lilly, nothing happened for a bit, until they all realized that he was levitating a bit off of the ground.
"Whoa! Sweet! This could be useful when we head into the cave, if there is lava. We should go tell Aqua about these." Cooper said, as he was about to run off, but then was stopped by Light.
"Hold on, I still need to try out my potion next." Light said, as he looked at his flask. He swallowed, and then drank the entire thing. Once again, nothing happened for a bit, and then Light began to get a major headache, and almost collapsed.
"Light! Hey, you feeling ok? You're starting to turn pale…" Cooper said, as he helped him up. But Light suddenly felt like everything was in slow motion. Then, he suddenly was dashing all around outside, but his legs weren't moving. Was he imagining this? It suddenly stopped at the foot of the cave entrance to Mount Parkspark. It suddenly dashed inside, and went through different caves. Even though he was going extremely fast, he could tell where he was going. It went right, right, left, left, straight, down, straight, down, and then stopped at a door. The door opened on itself, revealing the Jew of Hex, sitting on a pedestal. Then the dream faded, and went back to Cooper helping Light up.
"Jeez, maybe you should get some rest Light… You sure you're feeling ok?" Cooper said, as they walked toward the counter, where Aqua saw Lilly, and bursted out Laughing.
"Hey! It's not THAT funny!" Lilly said angrily, while the clerk gave her and Cooper a reverse potion, which make all effect go away from the potion you drank. Lilly returned to normal size, and Cooper stopped floating in midair. They Left the store, Light still have a bit of a headache from the potion, and headed down the street into the inn, little they know about Light's vision, and the trails that they would face ahead.
What Trials will they face in Mount Parkspark? What was that vision that Light had? And did Aqua ever buy the levitation potions along with the rest of the other potions? Find out next time on THE AWAKENING! (By the way, bonus points for people who find a konami code reference in this chapter! ;3)
