Chapter three! Go me! Ooh, that rhymed:3

So Saura walked on through the Meri Acres Farms. She stopped for a second, wondering if she should help the residents with the quests they had. Of course, always being a goody goody, she went and completed the quests for Farmer Tessa, Farmer Addison, and Farmer Boggs, receiving a four leaf clover, (Saura: "Shiny!") a chokato, and (I can't remember what Farmer Addison gives). So having done the three, she once again set off.

'Man, this road curves too much!' the girl thought as she trudged on. She then remembered the prince up ahead. Prince Tourin. 'Yes, I must get the rose for him so I can see him and Princess Dona in Faerieland!' And happily, she dashed up the path. Finally, she came up to the green gelert to see two crokabeks flying around. "Feel the wrath of Toast!" she shrieked as she leaped into the air and swatted at one crokabeks. She nailed him, and he burst into feathers, a few coins falling to the ground. She did the same with the other crokabeks and more neopoints fell. She held one in her paw, and looked up to see Prince Tourin staring at her expectantly. She glared at him and growled. "Mine!" she snapped, holding the neopoint tightly.

Seeing him flinch, Saura laughed and pocketed the coin. "Er…sorry," she apologized, "I'm obsessed with money as much as you." Prince Tourin frowned. "I'm not obsessed with money." "Oh, that's right!" Saura said nervously, "I just like shiny coins!"

"But I don't like shiny coins…"

"I never said that you did."

"Are you sure?"

"…"

Saura leered at him, annoyed, and he visibly blanched. "Um, anyways," said the prince, but before he could finish, the yellow lupe said, "You need me to go get a shiny plant from some rag-tag bandits for your precious princess." She said it all in a way she knew would convince him that she was pretty annoyed at him. "Oh, you know! Oh, please, could you-" once again, Saura interrupted, "Yeah, I could. Just don't wet your pants with excitement." And she turned towards the river.

Right at the edge of the ground, she jumped down onto more solid land. Something she had never noticed until her 492nd game. And she'd played approximately 268,091,432,729,340 games. So Saura continued to the right (oh no! Everything IS always to the right!) and came up to a cave, and ventured in. Once she had gone in far enough, she began to run. She really did not want to fight bandits right now. Suddenly, she felt a line of pain along her back and her body flashed red, like in the game, and she knew that a bandit had just thrown a dagger at her. (You know, the little annoying green ones that jump around a lot.) And she ran faster, occasionally zigzagging to avoid the blades being chucked at her. She ran into a large room and turned to the left. (OMG!!! Something is to the left this time!) She had gone into another room and found a chest in it. Not to mention the two bandits also. The girl quickly opened the chest and found the golden rose inside. Grabbing it, she pulled out Toast and held it forward as she yelled, "Chaaaaaaaaaaarrrggeee!!!!" and bolted out. She missed bandits by inches as she made a mad dash for the cave entrance. Once she was out, she kept running, even though she knew that the bandits wouldn't be chasing her. Up some ledges, to the left, and she was back with Prince Tourin. "You…owe…me…big." She panted, handing him the rose.

"Oh thank you my friend-" he started to say, but again was cut off by Saura, "Leave out all the 'thank you, woe is me' stuff and just give me the money as reward." He gave her the money and she put Toast away. As she walked away, she growled to herself. 'That was a waste of time for some sob-of-a-prince!' Then she wondered why the heck she was mad at him. All he had done was been stupid, and she laughed at stupidity! 'I am being very stupid today. Oh, ha ha. I laugh.' She thought with self-annoyance.

As most of you know, the bridge was out. So, Saura had to do some complicated tricks to get to the other side. Or just slide down a rope and climb up a ladder. 'I wonder if a goblin is going to come get me thinking that I am a goat…' She shook her head. No! No more darned nursery rhymes! At the beginning of the path, she spotted the red skeith, Brendel from Brendel and Sons Bridge Repair from Bogshot. But she decided not to talk to him, knowing what he'd say. Ho hum boring stuff she was totally not interested in. So she just kept going down the path.

Saura's POV

Finally, I made it to the fork in the road that led to Meridell and Drakon Ridge. I took the one to Meridell and once I made it past the gates, I jumped into the air and yelled, "GO ME!!!" causing some pets to stare. "Ahem." I said nervously and skittered away. Walking into the town square that was right before the castle, I had an idea. I knew that the meerca thieves were going to try and take the package. Heheh! Not this time! Slowly, I pulled Toast out of its sheath and waited. All of a sudden, a brown blur came towards me. I swung Toast out as hard and fast as I could and felt it connect with meerca jaw. Then, I keeled over. I had never done anything like that to someone before, and hearing the dull, sickening thud of Toast smacking someone made me super sick. Yes, I was very squeamish, a big sissy when it came to that type of thing.

While I was figuring out if I was going to throw up or not, I felt something mess with the package, and suddenly, no more package! I looked up to see the other meerca laughing at me with the package under his arm. I mentally slapped myself. While I had been doubled over and distracted, he had grabbed my package! My idea had failed, and they got the package anyway! 'Gosh-be-darnit, omg, holy omg shmoly, big darned kibbles and bits darnit, darnit, DARNIT!!!!' I screamed in my head in frustration, and started to run after them. Then, I got another idea. I ran the other way around Meridell, and instead of running towards the meerca thieves, I was running towards them from behind. Oh, I was so going to trick them! Booyah! "Be ready, Toast." I told my sword as I ran.

When I came to the spot the two thieves were standing, they seemed to be very confused as to where the heck I had gone. Grinning, I crept up behind them. But, as I got to about ten feet from them, I didn't lift one of my feet high enough and scraped the ground with it. The meerca thieves turned and saw me, and I ran at them as fast as I could. But of course, if you are familiar with Meerca Speed Potions, you can guess that I didn't exactly get to them before they quickly entertwined their tails and ran on either side of me, tripping me. My chin hit the ground, and I literally bit dust. Ew…gritty. I faced them to see that they were the ones who were grinning now. I put on a war face, (which looked absolutely ridiculous) and charged at them. But, like I said earlier, they were meercas, and they were FAST. So the chase was on.

When we came to that familiar alleyway, I looked around. Where was King Altador? I shrugged it off, and ran to meet the meerca thieves. But as I got near to the wall, I was too close to it, and my shoulder rammed into it, jostling me and making me fall over. 'When am I going to stop making STUPID and clumsy mistakes?' I mentally asked myself. I was on my back…and I saw them. The bandits on the roofs. I gasped and rolled onto my side in time to dodge a dagger. I staggered to my feet to already see the little green dudes jump to the ground, advancing on me. I swallowed and took one step back. Then, my ultimately unlearning-from-mistakes brain got and idea. It was stupid, but whatever might work, as long as I didn't sacrifice my dignity.

I tried to boldly straighten my back as I demanded, "Give me back the package. I have a sword!" I held up Toast as emphasis. "Hehehe! I don't think so!" cackled one of the meerca thieves and the bandits in front of me held up their daggers. 'Hm…around ten metal daggers to one wooden sword. Well, I'm basically dead.' I held Toast ready and braced myself for the battle. But suddenly, a paw was on my shoulder and a voice rang out, "Those who do not wish to die should leave now." The bandits stopped their advance and fled, jumping back onto the rooftops. As I saw one leap that great height, I cocked my head and wondered, 'Maybe I could learn to jump that high' then I shook my head, 'No, stay focused. Focused!' and I stared at the meerca thieves. I knew that I had to throw the sword and hit the one's paw who was holding my package, but I seriously did NOT have good aiming skill. But a lupe's gotta do what a lupe's gotta do. I flung Toast as hard as I could……………..but I nailed him…..well, uh, have you ever heard the saying 'Don't let anything hit ya where the good Lord split ya.'? Do you get it? Well, if you don't, maybe it's for the best…The meerca let out a grunt and let go of the package. He then forced himself to get up and run away with his partner.

I turned to the pet that had had his paw on my shoulder, knowing who it was before I did. King Altador nodded at me and said, "Taking on such odds for something important was brave. I'd bet you'd make a fine female knight some day." (Saura: That's not what he exactly says. Authoress: bangs head on keyboard) Remembering what Tormund had said, I mimicked him, "Thank you, sir. I hope to." "I know you will." Finished King Altador with a smile.

So since we were done talking, I went over to the package and picked it up, and continued on with my quest. I had memorized every single building and every single area where they were located, so, for some added fun, I made my way to the Army Recruitment Center with my eyes closed…..okay, maybe I peeked once or twice, but that was because I thought I was going to fall into the river! Inside the Recruitment Center, I handed the techo at the desk my package and he said, "Thank you, m'lady." I stood there, waiting for him to ask if I wanted to be a squire until he commented, "M'lady, do you need anything else?" I then remembered that I was a girl, so this could be just a little tough. So I put on a serious face and declared proudly, "I want to become the first female knight!"

Silence….

Then the techo started to laugh. Once he had finally stopped, he wiped his eyes and told me, "M-m'lady, heh, I'm much humored, I'm afraid. I beg your pardon, but, women do not become knights." I nodded at him and continued, "Yes! That is why I said I would like to be the FIRST FEMALE knight!" He only stared at me, and I gave him a defiant look. He narrowed his eyes at me and said, "Madam-" though he got not farther as I berated him, "No, listen to me! I will not take your silly manners because I'm a girl! I can be just as good as any of you men and I will be! Just give me a ding-dong chance!" I started to pant after saying all this, and the techo sighed. "Ma'am-" Yet I again interrupted, "Just give me a chance, please!" He only stared at me, and I could imagine that his conscience was going crazy. Finally, FINALLY, he said, "Well, maybe I could let you, but do you have the requirements?" and at this he looked at me expectantly.

"No," I said, "But I know that I need a sword and a shield, a knight to sponsor me, and my parent's permission." Mr. Techo raised his eyebrows (do techos have eyebrows?) and nodded slowly. "Yes, and do you have such things?" I shook my head no and said, "No, but I'll be right back with a shield." And ran out of the place before he could say anything more.

I knew that there were two shields I could get. Either fight and win one from the arena, or buy one at the armor shop. I thought about it, then decided that I would buy one, then go fight and get a money prize. Peeeerrrrrfect! So I ran over to the Armory, bought a wooden shield, and then dashed to the arena. The acara standing in front of it yelled out to passerbys, "Come fight and win a shield! Get in for free and fight to become Champion!" I casually strolled up to her and said, "Yes, I would like to fight." The woman gave me a humored look and replied, "Er, miss…" I glared at her and told her angrily, "Look, I'm a girl. I know. Just give a chance. If I don't win this first time, I will never bother you again." The acara glowered accusingly at me, but gestured at the arena anyways and explained, "Alright, but don't say I didn't warn ya. No restoratives. Brawn against brawn." For a reply, I just walked right in.

My opponent entered as well, being that bandit I always was able to defeat. The acara introduced us, and it was on. I didn't move, and neither did the bandit. A few moments later, a cough echoed from the stands, and some guy yelled out, "Get on with it!" I glanced up at the particular dude and scowled. There was my mistake. That was what the bandit had been waiting for. Suddenly, he ran at me, his own sword aimed at my stomach. I noticed in time, and drew out Toast, countering the blows the bandit made. I smacked him with Toast, and pain lanced up my thigh as he hit me as well. I backpedaled as fast as I could away from him to gain my composure, but he was relentless. Soon enough, he had me pinned; I was on my knees as he raised his sword up for the finishing blow, but at the last minute, my adrenaline saved me, and I held Toast with both paws and brought the wooden weapon up and at the bandit's chin. It conked him on the jaw pretty roughly, and I was sickened by remembering the meerca thief a few minutes before. But my strike had done it. The bandit let out an 'ungh!' sound a fell backwards. I cocked my head at him, making sure that he was truly defeated, and I was satisfied.

Ignoring the cheers behind me, I walked out to the entrance and smirked at the acara. She sneered at me and said, "Guess ya did it." I nodded. "Guess I did. My reward, if you will…" and I held out my paw. She was going to hand me a wooden shield when she saw the other one on my back. Frowning, she instead handed me a sack of neopoints. I smiled and curtsied, then walked off. I arrived at the Army Recruitment Center to see the techo talking to a draik guard, who saluted and sauntered to the right into the room where some jail cells and the psycho gelert were. I could tell that Mr. Techo was surprised to see me back with a shield. I'd decided to call him Mr. Techo since I didn't know his name, and my shield was named 'Butter'. I held out the wooden items and he nodded ever so slowly, saying, "I guess you want the Sponsor Form now?" I nodded, and raised the wooden things over my head, yelling, "Butter Toast rule!" When Mr. Techo stared at me in a scared way, I laughed nervously and said, "Um, yes, I would like the, uh, sponsor thingy. And don't worry, I'm sane!"

He handed me the paper and I smiled as I again headed out the door thinking, "GO ME!!!"

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Me: Another chappie! WOO!

Saura: Don't hurt yourself in your excitement…

-Shadow the Hedgehog walks in-

Shadow: You said you were going to work on my story, Cat.

Me: Dude, get out! You can't be in here, you're not a neopet! And I will work on the story, just later!

Shadow: folds arms Yeah, uh hunh.

Saura: drooling Shadoooooowww….

Me: Get out Shadow, or I'll release Saura.

Shadow: backs away slowly

R&R please! Pretty please!