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Neopia's Fill in the Blank News Source | 28th day of Running, Yr 26
The Neopian Times Week 37 > Short Stories > The Fight

The Fight

by ewanspaz

"Wake up! Wake up!" lil_strawberriee shook me furiously, forcing me to awake from my quiet slumber. I glanced up into the excited face of my baby strawberry Gelert and sat up. The alarm clock read 5:42.

"Aww, Strawberriee! It's not even daylight yet! What's all the excitement about?" She glared at me until I realised… today was her first ever Battledome fight. She had been saving all of her Neopoints from games over the last few weeks and had bought a Gelert tail guard and some magical snowballs just yesterday, and now she was ready. I had set her up to fight against one of my good Neofriends pets named Tally953, who was about the same level and strength as my little NeoPet.

"Come on! We only have 4 hours, 18 minutes, and 49 seconds until my fight! Hurry!" she squealed, practically yanking me out of the bed.

"Okay, okay, let's go," I laughed as I got up and about. After getting breakfast ready I started laughing again as soon as I saw lil_strawberriee come galloping down the stairs, her tail wagging furiously. She had slicked her fur back with my hair gel, sharpened her claws and was currently filing them with her sister's nail file, and there was now a black streak (as a result of shoe polish) under each of her big brown eyes. Our family, most of us half asleep, giggled along with her as she flexed her muscles and strutted around the room.

About three hours later we accompanied lil_strawberriee to the Battledome, where she and Tally began stretching and getting ready. When it was time for the fight, lil_strawberriee came up to me nervously. "Do you think I can win?" She said doubtfully.

"I think you've got as good a chance as anybody. Besides, even if you don't, we will still love you, sweetie. This is just a friendly match. Good luck!" I replied, giving her a kiss on the forehead before nudging her towards the fighting ring. She gathered her battle items and made her way towards Tally.

"On your mark, get ready… BEGIN!" a Faerie Kougra bellowed from the announcement desk. Both pets quickly put on their armour. Strawberriee flung a poison snowball that just missed Tally, but the poison gas coming from it was enough to make the Usul's eyes water, giving strawberriee a chance to throw another one right at her. Just then, Tally gave strawberriee an attack with her yellow frost cannon, sending strawberriee flying across the stadium. Whimpering, she quickly threw a peach snowball, but with no avail. Tally finished her off and won the fight. "And with an 8 out of 10 hit points left, Tally953 is the winner! Tally may come up to the front desk to collect her trophy!" the Kougra yelled.

I instantly got to my feet and ran out towards lil_strawberriee. Bruised as she was, she slowly got to her feet and limped toward me. She may have been hurt physically, but her pride had been hurt unbelievably more. I scooped her into my arms and brought her straight home, her brothers and sister following behind without speaking. After coaxing her to drink up some healing potions and mending her scratches, I tucked her into bed and kissed her goodnight. "Sweetums, you did wonderful today. I'm proud of you." Strawberriee said nothing, but rolled over and fell into an uneasy sleep. I flicked off the light switch and sighed.

For the next week or so lil_strawberriee rarely said a word, eating and sleeping routinely and occasionally leaving her little bedroom. Her siblings tried to play with her, and even Tally came over to see how she was doing, but nothing helped. "Is she going to be okay? I didn't mean to make her so sad!" The little Usul whimpered as lil_strawberriee slammed the door in her face yet again.

"No, no, it's not your fault, you just did what you were supposed to do. Why don't you come over again in a couple of days?" I replied as she left. I sighed.

The next morning, I brought lil_strawberriee some NeoCrunch cereal in bed, but was surprised to see that she was nowhere to be found. My worries ceased when I saw a note laying on her pillow:

I have gone to go to somwhere important, and mummy pleas donot folow me.

Love,

strawberriee

Respecting her wishes, I sat on our Zen sofa and waited, reading from a book called Koi Tales. Just as I turned the last page, I heard light footsteps quickly running up our sidewalk. A squeal and a door-slam told me my little angel had returned.

"I did it! Mum! I won! I won!" strawberriee squealed happily, jumping around as if she was on fire.

"What in Neopia are you talking about, sweety? Won what?" I replied, trying to calm her down.

"I... I won! At the Battledome! I brought all my other snowballs and my stuff and had another fight and I did it! I won! I beat my opponent and I still have all my hit points! I won! Hehe!" She laughed as she told me the story in detail.

I was so proud and also so very glad she came out of her glum stage. "That's great! Where's your trophy?" I asked.

"Right here! Isn't it pretty?" She handed it to me, still smiling. The inscription was carved on a silver plate:

Beating Punchbag Bob CHAMPION!

"I'm gonna go show Tally!" she said, running out the front door. I stood there laughing as she skipped happily down the street.

The End

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