Me: Saura and Amy are back in action!

Saura's POV

"Over here young master!" I heard Servant Faun say, "This hole leads to the rubbish shoot! You can escape that way!" I held my breath and leaped down into the slimy slide. I heard the faerie sisters say something, then cackle, and a burst of light came down and pushed me to the bottom of the sewars. The first part of the journey was over. I tried to stand in the murky green water, but my legs just swept through the water, finding nothing to brace on. And then it all started going black, and I knew that I was entering Act Three of the game. I closed my eyes, and soon enough the music started up. Upon opening my eyes again, I saw swirls of yellowish green, and brown coming together to form a picture of one of the tree houses in Illusen's Glade. White words appeared on it, saying,

ACT THREE

Heroes Unite

I floated in the black void for a second, and looked around. To my left was inky blackness, to my right was…a blue acara with light brown hair, and I instantly knew who it was.

"Amy!" I shouted.

Amy's POV

I ran to the platform, and yelled out for Solarin, who was being chased by two of the HUGE minions. The uni flew over and I stalled. Could I jump it? I would have to as minions poured from the castle windows. I turned to Solarin…and jumped. Air rushed past me, my arms outstretched. They hit something, and I hauled myself onto the uni, who began to fly, the HUGE minions pursuing. Suddenly, a huge gust of air blasted past, and I was dislodged, and fell. I held my breath as I dropped through the air, feeling my hair whip my face. Then, the purple skies faded to black, and I figured that it was about time for the Third Act to be starting. Sure enough, I was turned right side up and watched as greens, yellows, and browns mixed to make a picture of one of the tree houses in Illusen's Glade. The white letters came forward, spelling out,

ACT THREE

Heroes Unite

Suddenly, I heard a yell to my left.

"Amy!"

Normal POV

The acara girl looked to her left, and there was her hyperactive friend, jerking around a swinging her arms in every which way, trying to "swim" over to her best friend. Amy watched in amusement for a second, before mercifully saying, "Saura, I don't think that's going to work. Just wait until Act Three starts up."

Saura stopped flailing around and gazed at her, mouth slightly open. "Amy! Oh my garnett, you're an acara!" she screamed in awe, even though she had guessed that this had happened. Amy sighed and nodded, noting that she should tell Saura to stop stealing phrases from Youtube videos. The makers were bound to run after her any second.

"Yes, and you're a lupe, Ms. Obvious. Now, wait until the Act starts before talking again. We'll have plenty of time to chat then." She said, and outstretched her arms, waiting as light surrounded her and her friend.

Saura was suddenly submerged in water, and the poor girl was scared to death, trying to figure out what had just happened. She swam to the surface, spotted the shore, and started to paddle toward it. That's when she heard a rustle, then a dull 'thud' of something hitting the sand. The lupe girl quickly got to her feet, seeing that Amy had landed in the plants like Roberta had in the game, except without the screaming. In fact, she simply got up, dusting off her arms, as if the fall had been nothing but throwing a baseball to a five year old.

Saura finally couldn't hold her delight at seeing her friend in anymore, and zipped over to her, hugging her like no tomorrow. "Amy!", she shrieked, "Buddy, I have so much to tell you and you probably have so much to tell me, isn'thisawesome, omigosh, I'msodarnedhappy!"

Amy could barely make sense of what Saura had just said, and managed to get out of the rib breaking hug in time to notice the purple clouds drifting from the skies to the two girls. "Uh, Saura," she said, "I know that I said we'd be able to talk, but do you remember what happens next in the game after Tor and Roberta meet?" The blonde nodded vigorously, saying, "Yeah, it gets all purple and the minions come down and…oh." She broke off as a big, fat minion suddenly appeared behind her. Her brunette companion was also occupied with her own minion enemies, glaring at the two minion archers that had appeared as well.

She ran at them, swinging her wand in arcs, letting go of fierce bursts of energy, dodging their own attacks too. Saura was fighting the minion brute, but was not faring as okay as Amy. The first thing she'd done was leap into the air at the minion, Coolio held high above her head, ready to come down devastatingly onto the minion's own noggin. But right as she was about to bring the weapon down, something crushingly grabbed her around the middle, and she was suddenly soaring through the air towards the water. She landed in it, a little stunned by the sudden flight lesson and impact of the water against her back. She lifted her head a little, only to see the minion looming over her, its ugly face twisted into a snarl. Then, the expression turned to that of surprise, and the minion brute began to lean forward, and right as Saura thought it was going to fall on and squash her, it disappeared in a cloud of purple smoke. There stood Amy, a small smile on her face, her wand, glowing, clutched in her paw.

"I thought you needed help." She said, putting the wand into her belt, and extending her paw to the lupess, who gratefully took it. Saura was, needless to say, a little embarrassed at not being able to defeat the minion herself, but knew that Amy would understand. "So…guess we're off to Brightvale now, ne?" she declared with a smile, and the acara smiled too, and nodded, then said, "As we go along, how 'bout we tell each other about our adventures? What was it like to fight Gnarfas in real life?"

Saura practically exploded in telling Amy ALL about Meri Acres, Meridell, the sewers, Cogham, and Illusen's Glade as the two made their way to Brightvale. They had already arrived at the Crossroads when she was done with her tale, and Amy began to tell hers, but it was a little delayed due to the face that minions popped up here and there. She told Saura about waking up in the carriage, talking to Seredar, the gardens, the library, the castle, the castle again, saving Jerdana and everything to do with Faerieland. She also had to explain what the carriage looked like from the inside, since Saura wanted to know absolutely EVERYTHING.

By that time, they'd made it to the pathway that led down to the wall surrounding the kingdom of Brightvale, and another topic came into Amy's mind. "So," she said, "How do we tell our family and friends about our absence?" Saura's stomach squeezed into the tight knot like it always did when she was nervous, or knew that she was busted when doing something she wasn't supposed to. ahem, cookies before supper, ahem

"Erm, yeah, I thought about that too, and you know what the funny thing is?...I have no answer yet." She moaned, lowering her eyes to the road, not wanting to even imagine what her parents would ground her from. Amy kept her eyes in front of her, her mind also going through what her parents would do. Probably yell at her as her little brother, Kevin, watched from their legs. She sighed, thinking of Kevin, wondering how the six year old was doing. He was the perfect little brother, never bothering her unless she had a cookie in her hands, always wanting to learn from her, always watching when she played videogames, and letting out small yells of delight when she did what she was supposed to, groaning when she died.

The girls dwelled on the thoughts, going through the Brightvale gates when they were opened, but once they had taken just a few steps, something else forced itself into their minds. They stopped on the street as the image of the Darkest Faerie in a room of Fyora's castle entered their heads. The dark faerie was looking into her scepter thing as Saura and Amy walked into Brightvale, and she said, "They must be dealt with!"

She hit the end of the scepter on the floor, and the minion that had been floating beside her disappeared, and now a tall grey gelert stood there, a buzz held in his paw. It screeched and gurgled as he turned to the faerie, grinning. "Ah, another customer. What can I do for you?" He asked. She inclined the scepter towards him and said, "Get rid of these two." The gelert nodded, and replied, "My prices are quite high." The Darkest Faerie waved her hand, and suddenly, and pile of golden neopoints scattered on the ground in front of him. He stepped back, his face alight with glee, "Ah yes. I will deal with them as soon as possible." With that, he disappeared in a puff of smoke, the buzz still screaming.

Back with the girls in Brightvale, they came to their senses and stood there for a minute, when Saura piped up, "What just happened?"

"Dunno," said Amy, "But since this is like the game, the Darkest Faerie must have just appointed…him…to come and…kill…us." She gazed up into the sky, a dreamy look on her face. Saura raised one eyebrow, knowing what her friend was thinking. She grabbed Amy's wrist and pulled her along, saying, "Yes, yes, well, let's go to the castle and proceed, ya know, with the plot."

Amy was a little frustrated at not being allowed to continue in her thoughts, but went along anyway. The two rushed through the town, eventually coming up to the castle, which they busted through the doors and raced to the throne room. They let the guards open the doors, and went inside. They immediately saw King Hagan sitting on the big chair at the end of the room, and as they entered, his face lit up. "Aaaaah, Amia! I didn't see Solarin arrive. What's the news from Faerieland? Good news I hope." He said.

Amy tried not to acknowledge Saura as the lupess smirked slightly at the name Amia, and explained, "No uncle, Faerieland has fallen to the dark clouds as well." The king's face fell considerably, and he declared, "What?! Fyora was our only hope. We must get Seredar on this right away!" At this point, both girls had forgotten who was supposed to speak now, but Amy thought fast and said, "It's no good. He has fallen as well."

"The clouds change neopets, sir," continued Saura, "Your sorcerer has become one of them too." King Hagan heaved a great sigh and said, "Then, there is no hope. My advisors say the clouds will be upon us in three days." He held up three fingers to emphasize what he was telling them. That's when Amy cut in with, "We can go against it, my friend and I!" she gestured to Saura, who nodded. "What? But you are a diplomat, Amy. Perhaps we could get another knight to go along with your friend." The king said, but Amy retorted, "I never wanted to be a diplomat! I'm a sorceress!"

"To be fair, sire, I've seen her use her wand and she's quite good." Added Saura. King Hagan sighed again. "Then it seems I have little choice in the matter. You two are now defenders of the realm, obliged to defeat this darkness! And dear," he turned his attention to Saura, who said, "Yes, sire?" "Take good care of her." He finished, and let them leave.

Saura was bombarded with questions on how she, a girl, had become a knight, but after a sharp word from Amy, she was left alone. "Well, should we go to the library?" asked the lupess, "I mean, we already know what we're gonna find there, so what's the point?" Amy thought about it, then said, "Let's go anyway. We don't want to mess anything up…..I'll look at the books, you stay on the ground." She included, seeing Saura's face fall. So they headed to the library, and Amy jumped from bookcase to bookcase as her friend dozed off in a chair. Once she was finally done, she ran back over to Saura, waking her up and saying, "Yeah, the Darkest Faerie was banished from Altador a long time ago, now we have to find Fyora's wand to defeat her, which is, by the way, under Meridell castle. Got all that?"

Saura grinned and did a thumbs up. "You betcha!" Then her face became serious. "So….Amia, hunh?" They walked out of the castle and through the town, Amy explaining how her name came to be, and they didn't notice as they went right back out the gates onto the path until smoke came out of the ground, a figure appearing before them.

He laughed evilly, and said, "Tell you what. Hand over the amulets, and I'll make your deaths…painless." The girls froze, Saura out of surprise, Amy out of…something else. Saura looked back at Amy, who stood there unmovingly, staring at the advancing foe. Well, the acara was going to be of no use, so Saura raised Coolio, about to begin battle, when pigs began to fly. What, you don't know what I mean? Let me explain then.

Amy let out a shrill squeal and zoomed past Saura towards the Gelert Assassin. "I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!" she cried, and her friend stayed back, her eyes huge. She knew that Amy had a crush on the assassin, but now she wasn't so sure it was a crush. It was full out love…or something close to that.

It was apparent that the Gelert Assassin had never dealt with this kind of prey before, and was dumbfounded as the acara crashed into him, hugging him with all her might. "Get…off…me!!" He growled, prying her off and throwing her onto the ground. He pulled out his blade, ready to strike the still swooning girl when a shout rang out, "Hey! That's the king's niece! She's being attacked!" and the guards who'd been standing at the gates started to charge at him.

"Hmm, it seems fate has granted you a reprieve. No matter. I'll come back later." And he vanished in a puff of smoke once more, and right in time as Amy landed on the patch of path where he'd once been.

"H-hey, where'd he go?" she asked, getting to her feet. Then she froze. "D-did I just….try to glomp….someone?" she said, and Saura put a paw onto her shoulder, replying, "Yeah. Good job. I can die happy, knowing that I saw Amy, this Amy, try to hug someone. And heck, he was even fictional. I'm proud of you."

After talking with the guards, the girls finally started once more on their journey, Saura humming, Amy still thinking of her beloved assassin.

Me: So, what did you people think about Amy's first freak out over something? Amazing, ne?

Amy: -brooding in a corner- I don't know what to be more depressed about. That my dear assassin disappeared, or that I have humiliated myself. It's just…just….he's so awesome!

Saura: Yeah….-sweatdrop-…you keep thinking that. Anyway, be patient! The next chapter is being prepared!