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Post by Lilium on Dec 27, 2006 13:56:51 GMT -5
The Xweetok woke to the sounds of somebody calling her name. Several people, actually. She opened her eyes, but quickly shut them in pain. Being underground with such little light and having adjusting to the dimness made the sunlight hurt her eyes.
"Arathyne! Where are you?"
That voice she identified as Lilium's.
"Why are we even bothering?" came the unmistakable voice of Vi the pirate. "She treats us like crud anyway. We might as well go back home."
"We've been searching all night!" Roni cried. "We can't give up now!"
"Hey, look - there she is!" Trei said.
She heard many voices at once as Trei and Roni came running over to her. Vi was not so eager to find her sister. Lil shoved them aside and shook her shoulder. She hissed in pain. Lil pulled back her hand to see blood on it. "Arathyne, what happened to your shoulder?"
"And who's that?" Trei asked, poking Cera repeatedly in the arm.
"Don't poke her," Lil scolded, swiping Trei's hand away.
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Post by Kiweh on Dec 27, 2006 14:20:09 GMT -5
Cera stirred, there were voices and something kept touching her arm. She brought her hand to her head and slowly opened her eyes, using her hand to block out most of the light. She waited till her eyes got used to the bright sun before she fully opened them to see everybody. "Ara?" She said and slowly sat up, wondering who all these people were.
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Post by Lilium on Dec 27, 2006 14:53:02 GMT -5
"That's.. Cera.." Ara mumbled in reply to Trei's question, standing up weakly.
Lilium stood and smacked Ara across the face. "I thought I told you to stay out of trouble! Didn't you promise me?"
"I promised not to blow up the house, and I didn't," she pointed out, rubbing her cheek.
"No, but I came home after being attacked by two crazy pink people, and you were gone! Then I figured, maybe you were at the Trading Post. But you weren't there! I checked all of your weird hiding spots that I know of and I still couldn't find you. You had me worried sick!"
Ara looked at her owner, and could see that through the anger in her eyes there lay weariness and exhaustion and grief. She shouldn't have run off like that, she knew. She looked at the ground, for the first time in her life, in shame. "I'm sorry," she muttered so only Lil could hear it.
Trei kept her interest locked on Cera. "You're the wrong color," she pointed out.
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Post by Kiweh on Dec 27, 2006 16:02:36 GMT -5
The arguing between Ara and the girl didn't really process, she was still half-asleep. She did though hear Trei and looked up, "No maybe I am the right color and everybody else it the wrong color." She said used to this statment. She looked around, they were still in the forest, "Where's Leroy?" She asked not seeing him, she hoped that she hadn't gotten away, he might start this whole mess over again!
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Post by Lilium on Dec 27, 2006 17:47:31 GMT -5
Ara shrugged.
But then, at that moment, Vi called, "Hey, check this out! I just found a Meepit! Maybe I can go sell it at the Post!"
"Good, because I don't want any Meepits in my house," Lil told her.
"That Bori is weird," Trei muttered, following Vi out.
Roni followed them, saying, "Now, that's not very nice, Trei."
"Bite me" was the reply.
Ara helped Cera up. She looked at her owner. "I'm sorry I caused you to worry. I didn't think anyone cared about me all that much, so I figured if I died down there, no one would care or notice."
Lil scowled. "Don't talk like that," she snapped. "Your sisters care about you. Even Vi - don't give me that look, you know you care about her, too. And what about me, huh? I care about you. I care about you a whole lot."
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Post by Kiweh on Dec 27, 2006 18:48:00 GMT -5
Cera gave Ara a weird look, "I care about you..." She said hoping Ara wasn't turning suicidal or something... She followed the others, ignoring the comment about her being weird, she was too tired to argue. "Where are we going?" She asked not recognizing anybody, Ara had mentioned they all got painted...
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Post by Lilium on Dec 27, 2006 19:31:41 GMT -5
Both Ara and Lil held equally surprised looks when Cera told them she cared about Ara. As she walked away, Lil looked at Ara with one eyebrow raised. "So what's all that about?" she asked calmly.
"I... I think she's my friend. I feel the same friendship bond with her that I feel with you."
She paused, then smiled. "I'm almost completely healed. And now..." She shook her head, still smiling. "I hope this means you are beginning to, too." She patted her on her good shoulder, then turned and walked after everyone else. Ara stood there for a moment, trying to contemplate what her owner had meant by that.
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Post by Kiweh on Dec 27, 2006 21:28:32 GMT -5
"Ummm, where are we going?" She repeated and then sighed, stopping and waiting till Ara caught up, "I think you are going to have to introduce me to them and them to me all over again." She admitted, "Their new paint jobs have threw me off and I don't quite think that they remember me either..." She said referring to the comment about her being weird.
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Post by Lilium on Dec 27, 2006 22:03:35 GMT -5
"Well, Tahtrei's the ghost - we call her Trei - and she's never met you. Vinetaa is the pirate who's house you stayed at when she was yellow four months ago on Krawk Island. And the goody-two-shoes princess is Ronyshia, Roni, whatever."
They walked, following Ara's siblings. "Where are we going?" she asked no one in particular.
"Vi's off to the Trading Post," Trei answered, "and Roni's with her to make sure she doesn't do anything bad. We're going home."
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Post by Kiweh on Dec 28, 2006 14:50:58 GMT -5
Cera nodded, trying to remember everyone that Ara mentioned. She figured that the human was Lilium just with a different hair color. She was glad to finally get her answer for where they were going, even if the answer was directed to Ara instead of her.
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Post by Lilium on Dec 29, 2006 0:51:56 GMT -5
"I'm going to take Cera back to her inn," Ara told Lil as soon as they passed the trail to it. She looked at her skeptically. "I promise, I won't get into any trouble of any kind, and I promise I will go there and come straight home. One last chance. Please?"
She paused, then sighed. "All right, one more chance. Be back in half an hour, got it?" Ara nodded, and Lil left.
"Sooooo...." she said to Cera on the way to the inn.
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Post by Kiweh on Dec 30, 2006 12:55:36 GMT -5
Cera looked over at her giving her a weird look, "Soooooo, what?" she asked. She really didn't want to leave quite yet. She had only planned to spend a couple of days here and she still had the rest of today if she wanted to. She really didn't have anything to go back home to, Sarah was sick and everybody else was busy doing their own things.
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Post by Lilium on Dec 30, 2006 13:02:02 GMT -5
"Soooooo, how weird of a story will it be to tell? 'What did you do over in Mystery Island?' 'Oh, not much, just saved Neopia from brainless pink zombies and an oversized Meepit with a British accent and a fake mustache.'"
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Post by Kiweh on Dec 30, 2006 13:11:12 GMT -5
Cera laughed, "Like anyone will believe me!" She said shaking her head, "Oh yeah it was lots of fun, we self destructed a big ray gun that turned pets into meepit minions and went through life threatening situations and yeah lots of fun!" She said sarcastically. The bad thing about all of this was that even though they did save the world they had no proof. The secret hideout was destroyed, Leroy just got sold in the trading post...
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Post by Lilium on Dec 30, 2006 13:15:11 GMT -5
"Yeah.. too bad there's no proof or anything." At that moment, a pink pet darted past them, the crazed look in its eye. "Uhhhh, Cera?"
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