Whew, had fun putting this chapter together…hope you have just enough fun reading it! Some characters from MySims (the original) will make an appearance here for added fun! Be warned: This part in the story is incredibly long, so it is being split into 2 chapters.
Disclaimer: Marie is one of my alter egos, don't steal her from me or Ellie Benson will be mad! (another ego)
Ch. 7: Quests…Pt. I
Being Wandolier just keeps getting better. Now I have to travel to an island I hate just because of its name: Cutopia. Eww. Can't wait to see what this place even looks like. Lyndsay was sailing the boat, she told me to take another break. It's not like I'm exhausted or anything…she just wants me to take it easy.
We arrived on the island pretty quickly. Lyndsay must've known a shortcut or something. First thing I saw after getting off the boat was an enormous bright pink castle, with two knights guarding its doors. I got close enough to it to hear someone inside crying. "State your name and purpose." The knight on the right said to me. "Um, Marie. Wandolier. I'd like to see who's crying. Maybe I can help." "Oh, it's just Lord Daniel. King Roland sentenced Violet to go back to Spookane, and he's not happy about it." "Heh, yeah." The other knight laughed. "Spencer! It's not a laughing matter!" the one on the right yelled. "I know, Stephen, it's just funny in a way. Daniel's so used to getting what he wants! And he can't be with the girl he loves…poor guy." Since I wasn't allowed in, I went over and found the nearest window. Sure enough, there was the blonde boy that we saw in the group of three. An older blonde woman was comforting him, but snickering while doing it. Unbelievable.
It took a while for Buddy and Lyndsay to find me. I didn't tell them where I was going. They told me they found a little brown-haired girl named Poppy crying about Violet. "They were very close sisters. Polar opposites, but close." Lyndsay informed me. "Speaking of sisters, we should find the person those two back on Cowboy Junction said was here." Buddy quickly ran back to Poppy's house to find out where Violet lived. He came back, and Poppy was following him. "Poppy told me she lived behind that gate, but you need a key to get inside." "A-And I have that key. V-Violet g-gave it to m-me before she left." Poppy managed to say between tears and sniffles.
She went ahead of us and opened the gate to Violet's former home. Standing there instead was a very old woman with her gray hair tied into a neat bun. She had a pink apron on over her old-fashioned purple dress. "Who is it?" she asked in a polite manner. "It's Marie, the Wandolier. And her two best friends, Buddy and Lyndsay." I said boldly. "Aww, that's so sweet." Buddy and Lyndsay said together. "Well, hello dearies. I'm Grandma Ruthie, CEO and president of RuthieCo., a division of Hollard Foods Inc. Isn't that neat?" she squeaked. "Uh, not really. Were you the person that Spookane traded for Violet?" I said. "Why yes, my sales weren't going anywhere on that dreadful island, so I was glad when they told me I would be leaving. Besides, opening up a shop here will do wonders for my well-being." She explained again. "But why doesn't your building cover up the whole area?" "Well, I have a partner, you see. I'm leaving room so she can open her shop up next to mine." "When will she open it?" "Whenever she returns from her trip."
"Maybe we should go to Spookane for a bit. They could help us try and figure out what Ruthie's up to…" Buddy whispered in my ear. "Good idea, let's go!" I whispered back. "Well, we must be on our way. We're traveling the kingdom in search of missing cattle. We may be back!" I yelled to Grandma Ruthie and Poppy, who was now begging for some cookies. "Oh dear…she's done it again." Grandma Ruthie said out loud. "What are you talking about?" Poppy muffled through her cookie-filled mouth. "My partner. She's opening up a milk shop next to me in due time. I hope she hasn't stolen those cows they're looking for."
Just as we were leaving, another boat docked where we were. It was painted a light pink, and it had many windows and docks. "Oh! The Cutesy Cruise Ship must have started their kingdom tour!" Buddy exclaimed, getting all excited. "The Cutesy Cruise Ship?" I asked. "Yea, it picks up all 'cute' type of people and takes them to Cutopia for a while. They mistook me for one once, and when I got inside they realized their mistake. The boat may look small, but it's huge inside." "OH MY GOSH! Pinky, Bean, and Clara! It's great to see you guys again!" We heard Poppy squeal from the docks. We all laughed as we headed towards Spookane.
The water was getting all murky and dark. "We must be getting close. Spookane is famous for its many swamps." Lyndsay told me. "This place is already creeping me out! And we haven't even landed yet!" Buddy whimpered. "Oh, shush, Buddy. This place has gotta be ten times better than Cutopia." I tried to comfort him. "Really?" he believed. "Yea, besides…maybe we'll get closer to finding Roxie's cows." We docked the boat, and we were immediately ambushed again. It was another girl, but she had very spiky jet-black hair and a strange mask covered her face. "RAH-AH! HAHAHA!" she screamed at us. Buddy ran right behind Lyndsay for protection.
"YUKI! STOP!" A brown-haired boy yelled at the girl. "But Yuki wants to bite the blonde boy's face!" she said again. "What did Goth Boy tell you? No biting!" he enforced again. I got a closer look at the boy who stopped Yuki from biting Buddy. He had the faded black jacket on with an equally faded pair of black jeans. Both had many pockets and buckles attached. What surprised me were his wide, blood red eyes. "Sorry about that, she likes to bite people's faces. She's new to the whole 'No Biting' rule. I'm Ray, and that's Yuki." "Nice to meet you, I'm Marie…this is Lyndsay, and the boy behind her is Buddy." "You can come out now, I'm pretty sure she won't try and bite you anymore." Lyndsay said. He inched out slowly, and Yuki just stood there smiling. "Now, why don't I take--" "ME BITE HIS FACE!" Yuki screamed at Buddy again. "Oh no you don't!" Lyndsay lunged at Yuki, straining to keep her away from Buddy. "Just…one…bite!" Yuki gasped. "NO!" Another boy yelled. This one had ink black hair with red tips at the bottom. Most of his hair covered his face, but it didn't cover the various piercings on his eyebrows. "We'll take over from here!" Ray and this new boy said. Lyndsay moved out of their way, and they pushed Yuki towards the ruins of what might've been a castle. "Yuki. You're to stay here until we tell you that you can leave. Do you understand?" Ray reprimanded her. "…Yes, I understand." She moaned, folding her arms and looking down at the rocky ground.
The two boys came back. "Goth Boy, meet Marie, Lyndsay, and Buddy. Marie's the Wandolier, but I'm not quite sure why she's here." Ray introduced us. "Goth Boy, is that your real name?" I asked. "No, but I'd rather not tell you my real name yet." He said in his monotone voice. "As I was saying before, how would you guys like an official tour of the island?" Ray asked us. "That sounds good, but I came here looking for someone. Her name is Violet." I replied. "Wait here, she's staying with me." Goth Boy said. He went inside of a two-story gray brick house, and came back out with Violet. "Violet, this is Marie. We're taking her and her friends on a tour of the island. While we do, do you mind if she asks you some questions?" "Why not?" she smiled back. "I also have some questions for you guys about Grandma Ruthie." "Well, we'll let Morcubus answer those." Ray snickered.
We all crossed a bridge and arrived at a very big swamp. "Carl? Are you home?" Goth Boy yelled. "No, he is not home at the moment. May I take a message?" a girl's voice said out of nowhere. "Uh, who's there? I don't see anyone…" "Oops, sorry. I'm behind this tree, feeding Chesby." The voice said. Ray went back to see who it was. "It's a ghost. A girl ghost." He gasped. Ray backed up to let the ghost come out. She was a translucent tan color, with short purple hair that had cat-like ears sticking out of it. She was wearing what looked like a cream robe, and a yin pendant around her neck. Her eyes were simple: round and white. "Hello, I'm Cassandra, and I live with Carl. He's over at Morcubus's Castle delivering something." "OK, thanks. We were headed there next anyways."
Up a little further was an empty space. "Hey, why can't I live here?" Violet asked Goth Boy. "You can, but we'd need to find all the materials to build you a house in the first place." "Oh, my wand can help me build a house for her." "Could you make it like my abode back in Cutopia?" "Sure, just tell me which parts go where, and I'll do the rest." Violet instructed me to where all the parts of her former house went, and she added a few commodities that she didn't have before. "Oh, it's perfect!" Violet exclaimed when it was all finished. "Just be careful, Violet. You live next to Morcubus now, and you never know what he'll do." Ray smirked. Then, from Morcubus's castle, we all heard a very loud wail. "Maybe he's in trouble! Let's go!"
We all ran down the steep, winding hill to find Morcubus crying hysterically, and Carl…a zombie…trying to stop him. "Settle down Morcubus…what's wrong with getting a gift from someone?" he asked the hysterical man. "But they're from…her!" he continued to sob. "What's up with him?" Goth Boy asked. "He got a whole basket full of oatmeal cookies from someone, and he just started to cry." Carl explained. Cassandra floated on over and also started to try and make Morcubus stop crying. "Who were the cookies from, Carl?" "That Grandma lady who opened that cookie shop here." "Ruthie sent him a whole basket of free cookies? That doesn't sound like her…she seems a bit greedy to me." Lyndsay wondered. "I-I-I loved that woman! And now she's gone! She did send me a lovely letter, but it just doesn't fill the void!" Morcubus wailed. "Aww…poor guy. But speaking of Ruthie, did she ever mention anything about having a partner?" I asked, eager to change the subject a bit. "No, but whenever we'd go in her store to convince her to leave, she'd be talking to someone she called DD."
"DD? Hmm…OK, we must be continuing on our way." I said. "Wait, could you guys do me a favor? My brother Rob left something of his when I moved here. Could you go to Rocket Reef and give this back to him? I know he misses it." Ray asked, holding out a video-game case with his initials on it. "Wow, this looks pricey." Buddy said. "No problem Ray, we'll deliver this on our way back to Cowboy Junction." Buddy, Lyndsay, and I started to walk back up the hill when I heard Goth Boy say his real name. "It's Herman. Just get the ridiculing over with." He said. "We like it, it's different." Mostly everyone said. (A.N: Search Goth Boy on the My Sims Wiki, and you'll see that I'm not making this up!) "Cute name." I laughed. We made it back to the boat, and sailed off to another new island: Rocket Reef.