xXxJay POVxXx
I was standing by the harbor, waiting for Rosie to get here so we could excavate the unknown reaches of Knotwood Forest. She jogged up with a bright smile on her face.
"Well, someone's felling better today." I said, grinning at her.
"Well, I guess." She said, trying to use a monotone. She hopped on the boat, and I hopped on after her. Travers drove the boat to Knotwood Forest, where we got off. Rosie showed me to the guy at the back who was blocking the way. I flashed the card, and he let us through.
"Well that was easy; I thought you would have to battle him or something." Rosie mumbled next to me. I laughed softly.
"Hey, this is community service if anyone asks remember?" I asked, that's what Diggins would want us to say anyway.
"Right, right." She said, not really giving an answer. I was about to say something else, but I felt a rope close around my ankle, and lift me upside-down into a tree. My medals fell off my neck.
"Alright I'll treat it like community service then. So hurry up, we might get a reward for this." She said, her hands on her hips, looking forward still. When I didn't say anything she turned back to see me hanging from the tree by my ankle. She looked like holding back her laughter was the hardest thing she'd ever done.
"Yo." I said casually, as though I hung from trees everyday. She lost her self-control and started cracking up at my predicament. I crossed my arms over my chest and waited for her to finish.
"Wow, this could only happen to you, Jay." She said. I gave her a smug smile, which caused a look of confusion to cross her face. I took a small onyx pocket knife from my pocket, swung my body up, grabbed the robe, and cut myself down. I landed on my feet, and stuck my tongue out at the astonished girl who was laughing at me only moments ago. She mumbled something about me being a show-off.
"Race ya to this ancient village place?" I asked, she nodded. We stood next to each other, waiting to start. We stood for about a minute before.
"Go!" she yelled, catching me off guard. She took off, I was about three or four seconds later, but I quickly caught up with her. We probably should have figured out where we were going first, because I wasn't paying any attention, and barreled right into a tree. The impact shook some leaves from the tree down, and knocked me on my back.
"Ouch, are you okay?" Rosie asked, offering me a hand. I took her hand, and she helped me up. When I was standing I put a hand on where most of the pain was coming from on the back of my head, and the other hand where most of the pain was coming from on my chest.
"What hurts?" Rosie asked me, looking concerned, placing a hand on my arm. I chuckled.
"What doesn't?" I mumbled, smiling at my own stupidity. She rolled her eyes.
"I saw a sign a little ways back, maybe that'll tell us where this village is." She said, nodding in the direction of where the sign was. She walked in that direction, pulling me by the arm.
If I take my eyes off this guy, the next thing I know, he's hurt or in trouble again.
Rosie can have some very hurtful thoughts about me. I'm not going to say they aren't true, but still. She led me to a wooden sign that had symbols carved into it that looked like this;
(A:/N Sorry if that last line doesn't show up.)
"What on Earth does that mean?" Rosie asked looking at the sign.
"It says Digadig Village." I answered plainly. Rosie looked at me like I just spoke a completely different language that doesn't exist. "I know the entire Wingdings alphabet." I mumbled, trying to cover my weirdness.
"Okay? Well let's go see what's up." Rosie said, walking into the village.
xXxRosie POVxXx
This is the weirdest village I've ever see…ever. It has the standard stuff, like huts and teepees, so that's not weird. What's weird are all the masked inhabitants. Their masks all look the same, and are all blue, red and yellow. Two of them were standing at the entrance to the village. One of them stepped forward.
"Who goes there, digadig?" He asked. Oh, there members of the tribe. I walked forward, minus well say hello, right?
"We're here to check on the Fossil Fighter who is said to have come to your village." I said. The villager looked shocked.
"The two of you are both Fossil Fighters then, digadig?" He asked, astonished.
"That's right." Jay said.
"You have come at a good time, digadig." The second villager said.
"We are faced with a problem, digadig." The first one interjected.
"We must ask for your help, digadig." The second one mumbled.
"A problem?" I asked. This must be why the adventurer was here.
"Of course, let us handle it." Jay said, walking to my side. "Let's go." Jay said, looking at me. I nodded. They led us into the village where all the other tribe members were going inside. The second villager went to a hut, while the first one led us o a large tent in the center of the village, then the villager left.
"Hallooo…digadig." Came a slightly raspy, very creepy voice from inside the hut. Me and Jay turned around to see a short man in a wooden mask, wearing fancy robes, holding a walking stick, emerge from the tent.
"I…am the chieftain…of the Digadig tribe…which is this place…here, digadig. We are faced with a very, very…hard…difficulty…digadig." He mumbled taking adequate pauses between each word.
"What's wrong?" I asked.
"The Digadigamid, behind our village, is our…sacred place. Many…treasures are hidden inside, digadig. Deep inside we have our treasure…room. The ancestral key to that room was…stolen. Also, the Fighter who came to…help has not come out of the Digadigamid for days, digadig. I ask you now young Fighter boy, young Fighter girl…Will you recover the key and keep our sacred Digadigamid…safe? Digadig?" He finished his story, and requested out help…this IS community service after all.
"Of course we'll help. By why does it have to be us? Wouldn't one of your people be better?" I already agreed to help, minus well know why they couldn't do it.
"The thieves are able to fight…Fossil Battles…digadig. We cannot use your…Dino Medals…so we have no way to defeat these thieves. To be honest, these…vivosaurs of yours…scare my people, digadig. " He mumbled sadly.
"In that case, leave everything to us!" I said. Despite my sometimes bad attitude, I do like helping people. "Isn't that right, Jay?" I don't like helping people by myself though.
"Course, we'd love to help." Jay said. The Chief looked ecstatic.
"Digadig gratitude is as big T-Rex with a full belly! We will make this task worth your while! Digadig!" He was offering us a reward? Sweet.
"Like a reward or something? Sounds exciting, doesn't Jay?" I asked, turning to him.
"Well, I prefer to help peop-" I slapped a hand over his mouth.
"Right reward, exiting, like I said." I mumbled, smiling. Jay slapped my hand away, and glared daggers at me. Meanwhile, back at the ranch, the Chieftain was doing some weird dance, that involved shaking his hips back and forth…it was really disturbing.
"..Diga…Daga…DOOOOOOOO!" He yelled, and then held outstretched arms to the sky. For a minute nothing happened, then lightning shoot out of the sky, hitting me!
xXxJay POVxXx
Well, here's my dose of weird for the day. Random lightning hitting Rosie, like I said; weird. I did the smart thing and stepped back. Rosie screamed, but it was more like one of those really fake old horror movie screams. The lightning stopped, and Rosie fell to the ground. I walked over, concerned at her inability to pass out. She popped of the ground, looking really mad.
"What do you think you're diga-doing? That really hurt! Ohhh… I feel a little diga-dizzy." She yelled angrily, well not the last part. I was holding her up, trying not to laugh my butt off. I was trying to be a gentleman about this new curse.
"Huh? What's the diga-deal?" She said, shooing me away. "I don't want to say "diga" all the time but I keep diga-doing it! Aagh!"
"You are now blessed with an eternal…bond between you and the Digadigs! This will bring you eternal joy, digadig! The Chieftain said excitedly. I was really trying not to laugh now, but it was becoming too funny.
"Eternal joy? How diga-dare you?" Rosie yelled angrily. "How am I supposed to have a d-d-d-d-DIGA-DISSCUSSION without saying "diga"?" I sighed. I was about to suggest to the Chief that he remove the curse, but I felt arms wrap around my torso in a hug, and a head lean against my shoulder.
"I feel like I'm going to have to stay in the diga-dang village forever." Her words were muffled by my shoulder, but I knew what she said. Yes, I was standing there, like an idiot, debating on whether it would be weird to comfort her or not. I felt her body slump against me, and the whimpering and sobbing stop. Did she pass out? Wow, if she doesn't remember, I'll have to tell her she CAN pass out.
"I am sorry if your friend is diga-displeased; I only wanted to show my gratitude. We will watch over her. Young Fighter boy, I ask that you do whatever is in your power to recover out ancestral key." The Chief told me, calling over some villagers to take Rosie away. I nodded to the Chief and went to the Digadigamid.
A:/N I'm debating on skipping over the stuff that happens in the Digadigamid, but it's kind of important…Anyway. This chappie is a little shorter, because I liked where I ended it.