6/27/07: Minor Revisions
Prologue: Part 2 and the Beginning of the Quest
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Felix blinked. What happened? He couldn't remember, really. Oh well. He stood up and glanced around. This doesn't look pretty, he thought to himself. He figured he should go somewhere else, so he got up and walked off. Jenna sat up and scratched her head. "Wait…" she said to herself, "I'm supposed to go with him!" She got up and ran after Felix. Their trip was cut short by booming female voice. "MUAHAHAHAHAAA! Finally! The idiot has been defeated!" Then, a male voice responded, "Well, I'm glad you're happy, Karst." Felix squinted through the rain at the origin of the noise to see a slim female with pale skin and flaming red hair, accompanied by a big burly man with white hair. Both were outlandishly dressed. Felix didn't know what to think. Jenna also drew a blank. The female foreigner sighted the siblings. "AHHH! It's the Idiot's offspring! KILL! KILL!" The burly man cocked his head and rumbled, "Kill? Hmm…" Then his eyes turned a glowing red as he grew into an enormous lizard-monster with big sharp teeth and ugly blue scales. "DIE!" it roared" Felix and Jenna screamed like little girls for the second time that day, then fainted.
As the lizard returned to its human-ish form, he sighed, "Ah, I do feel better now." The woman glanced around nervously. "Is it dead?!" she screeched. The man grinned. "Yes, ma'am!" She then smiled sweetly and said, "Oh alright, let's go then, Agatio." They walked off into what probably wasn't the sunset.
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The sun shone on a lovely day, 3 years, 3 months, 3 days, 3 hours, 3 minutes, 3 seconds, and 3 milliseconds later. A woman's shouting was heard. "FELIX!" Beverly. "You still haven't finished fixing those stairs that your idiot dead father took down?" Felix beamed. "Nope!" Beverly fell to her knees and screamed in frustration.
Near a different house, down the road, up the stairs, and through the woods, Garet slept while Jenna tried to talk to him. Finally Jenna poked him. "You know what?" Garet sat up. "What? Huh?" Jenna stared blankly at Garet. "Hmm…? Uh, oh, I forget." Garet sat for a minute, thinking about the largest prime number, then got up and said, "Hey, let's go find Felix!" Jenna frowned, "I'm not sure that's a good idea…" But Garet was already heading that way, so Jenna dutifully followed.
Upon arriving at Felix's house, they were set upon by Beverly, so they grabbed Felix and ran to their good friend and mentor's house. But before they got there, they heard an eerily familiar female voice. "I've got the POWER!", followed by a deep male voice in reply, "Right." Felix glanced around the tree they were hiding behind to see a red-haired woman with pale skin and a big, burly, white-haired man. He scratched his head. "Wait a minute…-" Then he was interrupted by a evil cackle emitted by the woman. "BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA!" They tried to sneak away, but heard a shrill, "I SEE YOU!", then they broke into a terrified sprint, tripping over each other until they reached their destination. Karst stood in the dust cloud they left behind. "What? I thought we were just playing Hide 'n Seek! Well, anyways, I win!"
Garet reached for the knocker on the door, when a large, floating, stone eyeball burst from the doorway. The trio screamed like little girls and the Wise One said, "MUAHAHAHAHA! – er…sorry, let's go now." The three kids gasped, then fell to the ground. "What's the matter with you guys?" the Rock said, though, we're not really sure at this point how he speaks, or even, if he is actually a he. "Well, we have to watch out for those two crazies stalking me" "I find that somewhat disturbing…" Jenna said as she sat up. The companions made their way to Sol Sanctum. The Elder was there guarding the path, but he was too busy stuffing his face with berries to notice a big floating rock. So, Garet, Felix, and Jenna fought monsters, solved puzzles, and got struck by lightning while the Wise One floated around behind them. Finally, they did something right, and a big blue thing appeared. "AHH!" Felix screamed. "It's a multi-time dimensional warp!" Jenna sighed. "Actually, I think it's a door." Felix wiped his forehead. "Whew!" They entered the doorway. Garet looked around the sacred inner chamber of Sol Sanctum. "Oooh, pretty! Shiny!" He went off to try and retrieve the glittery objects. "No, Garet, you stay here, Felix and I will get them so you don't break them!" Jenna sat his pouting self down next the Wise One and they went to go retrieve the Elemental Stars.
CRASH! Jenna and Felix spin around to see the source of the noise. The two crazies they saw earlier, one holding a roll of duck tape. The Wise One was on the ground with his eyelid taped shut. Karst yelled, "Duck tape works wonders again!"
"What?" Felix was confused. "We taped his eye shut, dummy! Now, hand over the stars before we take the tape off!" Karst shouted. Felix and Jenna gasped. Garet pondered this for a second. "Wait…I don't get it…"
"Why should we trust you? We have no reason to!" Jenna said. "Well…um….er…" Karst sputtered. Then suddenly, the man, called Agatio, cried out, "I have an idea! HEY…uh…GUY!" A masked man, whose name was - oh wait, nevermind - walked out from the portal. "Yo."
"Take of your mask," Agatio commanded. "Pretty please?" from Karst.
"Whatever, man" the Masked Man replied. He began to take off the mask as Karst yelled, "I'M NOT A MAN!" The mask finally came off to reveal…."Oh, hi Isaac."
"There, you see?" Agatio said. "Isaac would never let us take the tape off, I think. So hand over the stars!"
"Hmmm…" Felix thought for a moment. "Ok!" He pitched the stars across the pit. Then, they hear a different voice from across the pit. "Youuuuuu'rrrrreeeeeeeee out!" it says. "What!" Jenna says toward the blue-haired girl that spoke the words. "Umm…" the girl mumbled.
"Mia, what took you so long?" Karst inquired. "Oh, just a little wind" Mia replied. Karst raised her eyebrows, then shrugged and said, "Oh well, alright, we've leaving now, and we're gonna take this big rock and this other guy with us!" The Wise One struggled from his tape and shouted, "I am a powerful deity!" Agatio squinted at the Wise One and said, "So you say…"
"You do that. Have fun!" Felix shouted across the chasm as he reached for the Mars star. As he pulled it from its setting, the volcano began to rumble and erupt! Felix and Jenna screamed like little girls. They heard a sound not unlike a drumroll as a shadow formed above them. As the light fell onto the form's face, they saw their most dreaded nightmare. "IT'S THE EVIL OF ALL EVILS!" Felix shouted at the same time Karst screamed, "KRADEN!" Karst and Agatio grabbed their hostages and ran from the horrible creature while Felix and Jenna hid behind the Mars statue. Kraden began blabbering on about absolutely nothing when suddenly they appeared at the entrance of Sol Sanctum. Both companions gasped and panted on the ground when the mayor, the Great Healer, and Beverly walked up to them. "I'M GONNA KILL YOU!" Felix's mom shouted at the top of her lungs.
"Count to ten, ma'am," they mayor said, as he tried to calm Beverly down.
"onetwothreefourfivesixseveneightnineten! I'M GONNA KILL YOU!" she shouted again. The Great Healer coughed and said, "Well, you have to go save the world now." Beverly stopped her ranting and looked at the Healer. "What? They're leaving!" The mayor replied, "That's right, ma'am. Tomorrow"
"Life is just about to begin!" Beverly ran skipping and dancing down the path toward town.
The next day, another bright, shining day, the whole town gathered at the gates to see their heroes off. Two children were standing at the edges of the crowd looking over all the people. One asked the other, "Why isn't Beverly there to see them off?"
"She's still partying. She'll have a nice hangover tomorrow though," the other replied. The first kid chuckled. "If she doesn't die from alcohol poisoning first…"
Out by the gates, the Great Healer was giving last minute instructions to Jenna and Felix. "Here's some bead thingys. They do something. Have fun! Don't come back!" Jenna said, "Umm….", while Felix said, "Er…"
"Well, let's go already! Go save the world!" the mayor said to them as he shoved Felix and Jenna out the gates and slammed them shut. The two stood for a minute and blinked. "Is it just me," Felix said, "Or were they trying to get rid of us?"
"It's just you," Jenna replied.
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