Me: ACT TWO STARTS!!!!!!!!!!!

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Okay, rewind the story a bit!

Amy's POV

I smiled at my friend, Saura, who was rejoicing over the fact that she'd beaten the Darkest Faerie game, and smirked at the TV with a look of satisfaction. The little animation came on where Tor and Roberta were standing in Faerieland, being congratulated by Fyora.

"You see how they're in the wrong clothes?" she asked me, "I mean, they're supposed to be in Altadorian clothes, but they are in the wrong ones!" I just stared at her in a hopeless way. She always had to say something over the tiniest mess-up.That day, they were at Saura's house, and it was the blonde playing the game. Saura giggled as the cinematic went by that showed where the Darkest Faerie was being kept on the fountain as Luke, Peter, and Claire ran around it. "It makes you wonder how they got there." Said Saura suddenly, "I mean, they don't have carriages or portals, which really makes you wonder…" I laughed, which I should mention was not like me at all, but you just gotta laugh at the girl, and replied, "Saura, it doesn't matter. They're there to see Tor and Bob be made Defenders or whatever Fyora said they were. Don't get so miffed about it." "But it's so weird!" Saura cried, "Tor and Bob go by portal, while their friends get there by who knows what! So unexplanitory!"

Suddenly, the TV made a strange noise. Static noise. ODD noise. The girls looked at the TV for a few moments. All was quiet. It was one of those moments when you could sneak up behind someone and scare them and watch them go sky high, screaming. And as they watched the TV, it started to…swirl. The swirls began to slowly turn darker shades of purple with each swirl.

Saura stared at it with wide eyes. "Dude," she said, "Dat is totally awesome. A BONUS FEATURE!!!!" I shook my head, staring at the screen as well, saying, "Uh, Saura…this cannot be a bonus feature." Right when Saura was about to give a sharp retort, a voice that was familiar to us echoed out, "You have defied me more than once! You have humiliated me and made fun of the misfortunate happenings I endure. Now, I will provide a challenge that neither of you will be able to escape! Feel my WRATH!!!!" And all of a sudden, purple beams of energy shot out from the TV screen and wrapped around Saura and I. "Saura!" I called, extending my arm to my friend. Saura looked at me and frantically tried to grab my hand, but missed. But it wouldn't have mattered anyway as we were pulled into the television.

As I had been dragged into it, I snapped my eyes shut, but when the air had stopped whipping through my light brown hair, I opened them slowly, wishing immediately that I hadn't. Black. Everything around me was a black void. I wasn't totally freaked out like Saura might be right then, but instead, slightly intrigued. I had always been the more serious of our duo, and many people wondered how a hyperactive girl, and a calm, silent girl could be buds. But we were, and that's not the point. Suddenly, something started swirling in front of me. A bunch of colors and shapes whirled around, and formed a picture, while I heard very familiar music playing from an unknown source.

The picture was one I had seen many times. It was pinkish violet in some places, maybe a bluish lavender as well. The shapes were of books, shelves, and mists, while there was wording at the top.

ACT TWO

Roberta's Story

Then the words changed to say:

ACT TWO

Amia's Story

'Amia's story?' I thought. That wasn't my name. But I thought about it, and my original name was a perfect abbreviation for Amia, so it fit. But come on! Amia?! Now ain't that creative. Before I could think of anything else, I fell into my own black void of unconsciousness.

I groaned, rousing from sleep. 'Hunh.' I thought, 'Wow, what a dream. Guess I'm still in bed, and I'm still goin' to Saura's today. But it all seemed so…real. Though I don't remember falling asleep while sitting up. Maybe I was reading. But where's my book?' That's when I opened my eyes…and oh no. I WAS NOT IN MY BED. I WAS NOT HOME.

'I've been kidnapped.' I came to the conclusion, but that soon left my mind as I looked around. Was I in a car? I looked out the window to my left, but only saw clouds, and gasped. What the heck?!

Suddenly, a voice came from my right, one that I'd heard before, "Are you alright, Amia?" I looked in that direction, and saw a purple gelert in green really decorated green robes sitting there, a concerned look on his face. I could only gape. This wasn't happening, how could it?! "Amia?" he said again, "Are you alright???" He seemed to be getting more worried, so I gathered my bearings and replied, "Uh, yeah, I mean, yes, yessir!" I stuttered, "Er…bad dream." It looked like this satisfied him and he said, "Remember those breathing exercises I taught you a year ago that calmed your mind. You can't be disheveled during the meeting with Fyora." He turned forward again and I pretended to do some complex breathing exercises.

I stopped and stared out the window to collect my thoughts. So, I actually HAD been pulled into the Darkest Faerie game. Maybe all those times of beating the game had altered the course of reality and gaming world, causing the real and fake worlds to interconnect. And of course, Saura would be in here too, but I would have to explain it in a far simpler way: We played the game too many times, and it messed up reality. I sighed and leaned against the door of the carriage. Now I was here, taking the place of my favorite character from the game. A lock of my hair fell onto my shoulder and I brushed it off, noticing that my "hand" was a pink paw of an acara. I decided that I needed to see what I looked like, and tried to see my reflection in the window. I was a blue acara with Brightvale robes on, but my hair was light brown, not black. As much as I liked my hair in the real world, I had to say that it did not mix with my now blue complexion.

The carriage landed on a platform, and I opened the door, stepping out. Everything about my looks was like Roberta, except for my hair. Seredar had come around to my side, and remembering to be like Roberta, I said, "I hate doing these things!"

"Yes, but as the king's niece, you must do your part for him and the kingdom." I patted Solarin's (the uni, for those of you who may not have known) neck and said, "I wasn't cut out to be a diplomat, Seredar…" and Solarin nodded at him.

"True, but your uncle and I are disturbed by the clouds that are over Meridell, and we must tell Fyora." He told me, and I turned to him. "Yes sir. I'll do my best." I said, trying to be convincing. He smiled at me and we began to walk towards the castle. "I know you will. While were here, maybe I can teach you some more difficult spells." He said. "Really?!" I cried, hoping not too loudly. "Just one or two," he explained, "But we must hurry and meet with Fyora."

He walked ahead of me and up to the castle, leaving me behind in the gardens. I looked around, and thought, 'Those stinkin' faeries are lucky. This place is so peaceful.' I saw the meowclops dashing around the hedges and the fountain spewing out, not water, but clouds. Well, I guessed that since clouds were made of tiny water droplets, it sort of made sense. I strolled slowly through, admiring the things I could now see up close. I made it to the steps and jogged up, then at the top, went over the bridge on the other fountains right up to Seredar, who was waiting.

A small Kacheek met us, saying, "Greetings, I am Kekou. Who might you be?" I bowed, my acara horns, or what ever those things are, were in my face for a second. "Greetings, I am Amia of Brightvale with Seredar. We are here to see Queen Fyora." I said, trying to remember what Roberta had told him. "Queen Fyora is in a meeting right now. Please feel free to explore the gardens or visit the library while you wait. I will come get you when she can meet with you." He explained.

Seredar turned to me and said, "Amia, come meet me in the library. I'll teach you some new spells." And with that, he was off. I watched him go, jumping when a paw gingerly tapped my shoulder. I turned to see the aisha peasant standing there, looking desperate. I knew that she was actually Jerdana of Altador, but ignored that fact for a second. "My dear, I don't mean to bother you, but can you help me?" she asked. "Sure." I said. "Oh, thank you, dear. Take this as thanks." She handed me a blue amulet in silver. "Please, my Harris likes climbing trees, but I can't get him down. Could you fetch him for me?" she told me. I nodded and she exclaimed, "Oh thank you! I knew you looked like a good person when I saw you! Follow me!" and she hurried off as fast as she could. I followed like she said, and she led me to the tree in the part of the gardens where the library was. "He's up there." She said, pointing up to one of the topmost branches.

I casually walked up to the building, grasped the vines that climbed up it, and hauled myself up. Once I was right above the branch, which touched the wall, I looked down. 'Wow, I'm high up' I thought, as if talking about how sunny it was. I dropped onto the branch, and began to cross it to the trunk. I didn't even stick out my arms for balance, even when I almost fell off once or twice. It was no big deal to me. I'd made it to the trunk, then, bracing myself, leapt to the one that the Harris sat. I started to slip, so I grabbed the petpet, and fell completely off. When I hit the ground, I instinctly went into a tumble.

I stood up, raising my eyebrows slightly. I wasn't hurt…cool. I walked over to Jerdana and handed her the Harris, and she squealed, "Oh thank you, dear! Come on little one, let's go home." And she strolled away, Harris in arms. I looked around, and seeing nothing interesting, I went into the library. It was more beautiful than it was on the game. A fuchsia haze floated here and there, and little sparkles fell from the ceiling. One word could describe all this. WOW.

I spotted Seredar near the chairs and tables in the sitting area, but the books all around me were too tempting. Seredar and magic could wait. I was a bookworm, and this may have been my only chance, so I sped to one of the shelves. I tried to grab a book, but it seemed like it was positively glued in, it was so packed, so I went over to another shelf. The books were leaning over, and when I pulled one out, they collapsed. I hurriedly place it back, then tried one more book. It came out easily, and nothing toppled over, so I smiled and looked at the cover. It was green, with gold bordering. The title was Important Faerie's in History by Bargen Somshenstine the Yurble.

'Hm, guess the authors put what pet they are in Neopia.' I thought, and scanned the book, satisfied that it used long words. But I had to report to Seredar, so I reluctantly returned the book to its original spot, and went over to the gelert mentor. "Ah, Amia. So, are you ready to learn the new spells?" he asked, and I nodded. "Do you have your wand?" he then asked, and I shook my head. "Well then, this is the perfect chance for you to learn how to make one. We can use natural materials, so find a wand, a magic channeler, and a magic source." He commanded, and I ran out of there to locate the things he'd listed. I first headed to the kacheek that was painting that picture of the hidden tower on the other side of the gardens and said, "Need something, sir?" "Why yes!", he confirmed, and explained, "I need to finish this painting, but I need some faerie dust. Could you get some for me?" I said yes, and he handed me a bottle, telling me to collect the stuff in it.

With the bottle in hand, I dashed back to the library side gardens, and found the statue of the faerie which had a bunch of sparkles near it. I uncorked the bottle, then swished it through the dust, and was surprised at how much of the substance went into it. I quickly slammed the cork back down on the full bottle, and ran back to the kacheek. I gave it to him, and he dabbed a thin paintbrush inside it, and brushed it across a tower on the painting. It promptly disappeared, and I pretended to be astonished. "It went away!" I said dumbly, and he nodded. "Yup. The faerie dust caused it to do that. It's supposed to be the hidden tower, which is always invisible unless you have a specific petpet with you."

I just grabbed the bottle that still had some of the faerie dust in it, and left the guy there, already getting tired of his talking. I wanted to get this over with so that I could finally use a wand. I was SO going to have fun with that thing! I ran down into the gardens past the painter and up to the tree that was there. I realized that the bottle had left my hand…er, paw, but I somehow knew that it would appear when I needed it. I walked around the tree until I found the sparkling moss, and buried my fingers into it to get hand holds. I pulled myself up and lodged my feet into it, and then climbed up. I reached a branch, and stepped onto it, seeing the stick lying on it a ways out. I carefully went and retrieved it, then looked up. Sure enough, there was a broken branch above me. So that's where this came from. It too disappeared from my paw, and I jumped down, doing that funny tumble when I hit the ground.

I started off again, to the main gardens where that fountain was. Down the stairs and I was there, turning to the left hedges, and running through them, finally finding the stone of illumination. I pocketed it, and set off towards the library.

I entered it, and went back over to Seredar, who nodded and took the three items. He took the faeriewood stick, carved the stone into a star shape, and bound it to the stick with some tape. Then he uncorked the bottle of faerie dust, and spread it over the wand. It glowed for a second, then lay still. He handed the thing to me and said, "There. Now you are going to learn how to channel the magic through your wand. Think about holding the power in, then letting it go with a forceful blast, while swishing your wand through the air."

This was a different explanation than it was on the game where it told you to press certain buttons, but this was cool. A book flew out into the open, and I thought about what Seredar had told me, then waved my wand to the left through the air, and a burst of reddish orange light flew out, striking the book. It squealed. "Good, good," complimented the mentor, "Now try to rapidly send out little bursts at the target." I looked at the book, seeing that it was a little agitated, and whipped my wand down several times, and several small orbs of magic went out and struck the book.

"Good!" cried Seredar, "Now try holding it all in for a powerful spell. Feel how it drains your magic." I held the wand out in front of me, concentrating on building up the power inside of it. Right when it felt like it couldn't go anymore, I let go of the feeling, and the book was then hit with a large blast of magic. It was true, I felt slightly drained of something from the wand after that. Seredar went into an explanation of motes and faerie types, but I just nodded and stared at him, already informed on all of it. He gave me new maroon robes as congratulations when he was done, and I took out the flying book completely, using a three-point strike, waving my wand to the left, then right, then down. That's when Kekou came through the doors, saying, "Queen Fyora is free to talk now. Go on in."

Seredar and I trudged along, back through the gardens, and up into the castle. We were led into a large throne room, and I instantly saw Fyora.

Normal POV

Amy looked to Seredar, and he nodded towards Fyora, signaling that the girl should look at the faerie queen and begin. "Queen Fyora, Lady of the Western Skies. My uncle sends his best wishes from Brightvale." She said, hoping that she got it right.

"Welcome. We also send our wishes for his health as well. Tell me, for what occasion do you owe a visit?" replied Fyora. Amy gestured for Seredar to continue, and he did, saying, "Dearest Fyora, we are happy to be here. We see the clouds that have come over Meridell. We are confused, and do not know what to do."

Fyora nodded and said, "I too have noticed these clouds, and sent word to Illusen, but she has not replied and I am concerned. The next time Faerieland passes over Meridell, I will look into the matter." Amy and Seredar bowed, the acara girl ending it by saying, "Brightvale thanks you for you support." Then the two were led out by Kekou. Seredar disappeared somewhere, leaving Amy to be shown where to go by Kekou.

At the end of the journey through the castle, Amy walked into the bedroom, hearing Kekou say something about the last pet that stayed being an excellent tipper, then running off. She rolled her eyes, then decided that the only way to progress was to sleep, which she did.

She dreamed that night. She dreamed that Fyora was looking into a mirror, when it suddenly cracked, and a hideous faerie bound her to a chair. The outside glowed purple from the mirror. The next morning, Amy remembered nothing of the dream.

Speaking of that morning, the acara climbed out of bed and walked into the hallway, forgetting what was supposed to happen. She went into Seredar's room, ready to wake him, but she saw him sitting at his potion table, swaying a little. "Seredar?" she said, and he turned to her, almost falling off the stool. It was then when she saw his eyes all red and swirly that she remembered what was going on.

"Hello, Amia! Today, we shall begin your lessons in dark magic, now that the real power has returned!" he began to laugh maniacally, and Amy heard a loud pig squeal come from behind her. She jumped to the side, just managing to dodge the huge arm and claws slashing at her. She unbalanced and fell, the minion hovering in the air next to her. She quickly leapt up and ran out of the room and down the hall, breathing hard. How she hated running. She wished she could just stare up into the sky right now, but of course, there were the minions to consider. Down many hallways she went, eventually coming to the stairs, and knew what she had to do.

She dashed to the main floor, and ran through the hallway that was down there, hearing the woman's voice crying out from behind doors, "Help!" Amy went through the door to her right, avoiding the minion warrior that suddenly appeared. She hurried through the hall to the end, where she jumped onto the table, then up onto the boxes to peer through the bar window into the room where Jerdana was chained.

The doors opened, and the Darkest Faerie stepped through, talking to herself. "My minions were right. Another has resisted my power!" she walked up to Jerdana and said, "What makes you and that young lupe so special? You look familiar, and yet…no, it's not possible. A thousand years have passed. Besides, I have so many ways of finding out where your precious defense comes from. Let's try them all, shall we?" she had stood up and magically made a cabinet like thing appear on the wall. Jerdana looked up at her with wide eyes, and Amy took that as the signal to turn the clock tower chime on.

She returned to the hallway, dashed across the main floor, all the while getting around minion archers, and finally went through the doors to the clock tower. Behind them, she rested a little, not used to this much running. She wasn't overweight, but not fit in the running department. If only she had Saura's energy. Ah, well, nothing she could do about that. She made her way down the steps, and to the ground floor.

She started off with dragging the heavy chime things to the sides of the pendulum area, then ran up the other set of stairs to actually start it. She pushed the weights onto the pulley things, and once she'd done that for all three, she hurried up to the exit. She again had to rush over to the hallway, and hid behind a desk, watching with held breath as the Darkest Faerie walked past towards the clock tower. She ran down to the chamber where Jerdana was chained, and undid the manacles.

"It's okay," she assured her, "It's me, the one who got the Harris down for you. There." Jerdana was free, and she put her paws up to her face, saying, "You truly are a hero." She swayed and slumped over, and Amy steadied her, then took her paw. "Alright, we can probably escape through one of those…er….exits-" But Jerdana yanked her paw out of Amy's hold, gasping, "No! Now that I'm out of the shackles, I can escape." She grabbed Amy's amulet, "Find this amulet's twin. With its owner you can-" the chiming stopped, and Jerdana became panicked, "You must hurry! GO!" she ordered, pushing Amy towards the door, who needed no more persuading.

She scrambled away, to the main floor, then ran up one of the sets of steps, down the hall, to the exit. She dodged the many minions, and made it to the end, but went no farther as the HUGE minion smashed into the window with a roar, blocking the way. Amy casually turned and went back the way she came, but in the main hall, ran another direction down another hallway. She turned this way and that, evading bursts of energy, past the fountain with the statue of the faerie, and through the hall that Kekou had first led her. At the end, she rammed through the doors, and closed them behind her.

Amy looked around, knowing that she was in the Endless Staircase. She slowly descended them, waiting. Then came the weird bark, and she pulled out her wand, confronting the twisted harrises. It took a few minutes, because when she concentrated on one of the dark petpets, another one snuck up behind her and bit her legs. Finally, she got rid of them, and was now pretty worn out. She put the image of the library in her mind, and concentrated.

The acara came to the first quiggle statue, which pointed down. She went down, but came to one that pointed up. She went up, and again came to the downward pointing one. She walked down, and the next statue pointed down. She followed it, then the next pointed up. She went up, then down again, down again, and she stepped onto the wooden floor at the end. She and Saura had had a rough time with that when they'd played the game at first.

She carefully opened the door, and stepped out into the library, making sure not to be sensed by the flying books. She crept out, but it swiftly changed to a run to the door. One of the books tried to bite her, but they weren't too fast, so it missed.

Outside, she met no minions, so she ran through the gardens and up the steps, thinking that she was free, but suddenly, she heard the Darkest Faerie yell out, "Stop!" but she kept running. "No one defies me!" the faerie shouted, and Amy dodged the attack. The clouds above her thickened and stormed as she ran down the stairs to the main gardens.

She ran to the platform, and yelled out for Solarin, who was being chased by two of the HUGE minions. The uni flew over and Amy stalled. Could she jump it? She would have to as minions poured from the castle windows. Amy turned to Solarin…and jumped. Air rushed past her, her arms outstretched. They hit something, and she hauled herself onto the uni, who began to fly, the HUGE minions pursuing. Suddenly, a huge gust of air blasted past, and Amy was dislodged, and fell. She held her breath as she dropped through the air, feeling her hair whip her face.

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Me: Well, that's Act Two! I think it is the longest chapter I've written! Wow! Now we're going to rest over Christmas break.

Saura and Amy: -go and grab ipods-

Saura: -singing to Touchdown Turnaround- Little league in '93 taught me how to take defeat, good thing there's no mercy rule in love or I would long be beat!

Amy: -singing to Look At Us- For everyday that I should have you by my side, we'll make it, baby, look at us now!

Me: Uh yeah, hope everyone had a good Christmas!