"JOEEEEEEY!!! HOW COME GRUNDIOY GETS ALL NEW FURNITURE?!?"
Rofal2000 the silver Shoyru screamed. That was his new motto... if you can't
get what you want by reasoning, go with volume.
Joey winced. She tossed back her short layered
hair and looked him in the eye. "I... told... you... I've...still...got... your... furniture... in.... our... safety
deposit box," she said slowly, trying not to get angry.
Rofal exchanged looks with his Halloween Doglefox,
Rover.
"That old Kau print furniture? I WANT SOME DUNG
FURNITURE!!!!!" he yelled. They were beginning to get strange looks from the
other buyers.
"Come on, out!" she said quickly, pushing him
through the door. "Wait here" she went in to get Flowal2000, Grundioy and Annalisaca,
Rofal's sisters.
"I had a dung bath once." Rofal heard Flowal
say from inside. "It... was... horrible." She shuddered, hugging her Bearog
Rabbit tightly. Rofal snickered, finding it hard to imagine his 'beautiful'
skunk Usul sister come within a mile of dung furniture. That was one of the
reasons why he wanted some...
Annalisaca the faerie Cybunny bounced outside,
a green robo Quiggle in her paws.
"Looky what Joey got me!!!" she said proudly,
holding it up like a trophy. Anna was the baby out of Joey's four pets, though
her paint job didn't match.
"The sooner the house is finished the better"
Grundioy, the creative one, said quietly. She didn't have a room herself. Rofal
was surprised she had even come furniture shopping, she was usually by herself
somewhere, at a Jazzmosis concert, or the Deep Catacombs. She was younger than
Rofal, but only by two days.
The pets all nodded, agreeing with Grundioy.
She hugged her Floud Fifii close and whispered something to it.
They stopped to get some treats on the way home;
Flowal had watermelon soup, a carrot cone for Annalisaca, dirt pie for Rofal2000,
and a roast gargapple for Grundioy.
***
That night Rofal was sleeping soundly, his Doglefox curled up at his feat.
He heard a creaking, and the sound of his door opening. Frightened, he dived
under his covers and started shivering.
"Roooooooofal. Roooooooooofaaaaaaaal. I've come
for youuu," the disembodied voice chanted.
"AIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEE!!! THE GHOST LUPE!!!!"
Rofal screamed and darted towards the door. The light clicked on in the corridor.
"What's all this noise?" Joey said sleepily.
"Oh, Rofal and I are rehearsing a play" Grundioy
said quickly.
Joey looked pleased, "Keep up the creativity!"
and she left.
Rofal looked around wildly for the Ghost Lupe.
There was only Grundioy.
"That was close," she said softly.
"I'll say. Ummm what are you doing here?"
"You still want that dung furniture?"
"Well, yeah..."
"I'm going to the Jazzmosis concert tomorrow
night. You can come too"
"You're sneaking out?"
She nodded.
"Okay then."
He went back to sleep.
***
"Can I sleep over at 6612's tonight Joey?" Rofal asked in the morning, grinning
at Grundioy like an idiot.
Grundioy rolled her eyes and finished her caramelised
blunkabeans.
Joey looked stern "Well, I don't know..."
"Please mum?" he whimpered, his bottom lip quivered.
He was about to go into a screaming fit. "Please..." he made Puppyblew eyes.
She gave in, "Okay, but behave."
Rofal silently cheered and finished chopping
up a zeenana to put in his neocrunch cereal.
Annalisaca giggled, making her prom date Usuki
dive into a giant bowl of plum crunch cereal. Usually the very site of an Usuki
would make him sweat, but he had overcome his fear (read Usukiland by joey200010).
Just before dinner, Grundioy waved her larger
ears at Rofal. It was the sign, Rofal was ready to go.
"Okay Joey, see ya!"
"Rofal, take some food! Rex30 doesn't really...spoil
his pets."
Rofal2000 took the bag of food. He put it in
his backpack.
"Take a scarf too! It's cold out."
Grumbling, Rofal put on a scorchio scarf.
"Have fun" Joey called nervously as he headed
out the door.
"I will" he promised.
"Yawn. I'm tired. I - think - I'll - go - to
- bed," Grundioy said slowly and deliberately. Rofal went around to the side
window as the faerie ixi climbed out. She was wearing an aisha scarf... and
the super unbuyable aisha babydoll T-shirt that Joey had been saving. She looked
a little guilty "It's for a special occasion. I'll bring it back"
She shut the window, locking her Floud inside.
They headed the long journey towards Tyrannia, Rover yapping at their heels.
After a while, Rofal was hungry. He sat down.
"You want something Grundioy?"
"What have you got?"
He opened his backpack. "Let's see....a snail
sub, worm nuggets, some fish pops, ugh carrot sticks," Grundioy thought. "Uh...I'll
have some of the carrot," she decided.
It seemed like days until they saw the rocky
terrain of Tyrannia in front of them.
Everywhere they looked there were Neopets, even
so late at night. Rover growled uncertainly, the strange sights and smells were
new to him.
"Ooooo looky!! A Chomby and the Fungus Balls
game!!!" Grundioy squealed, and darted into a long line to play the game. Rofal
started wondering around. He played Gogogo and won quite a lot of Neopoints.
Then he went to Tyrannian Weaponry. Maybe there
would be something to stop him loosing in the Battledome. He saw the entrance
to the Lair of the Beast, but decided not to go in after a huge Grarrl ran out
shrieking like a Chia.
He drifted to the jungle part of Tyrannia. After
a blue Chomby had shown him how, he did some cave painting. He spun the Wheel
O' Mediocrity, and won a dung carpet!! Things were looking pretty good, he decided
he'd check in the furniture shop after he looked around a bit.
Doglefoxes are famous for finding little treats
for their owners. Rover gave Rofal some Tyrannian food.
"Mmmm!!" Rofal exclaimed, "Delicious!"
He went to the Tyrannian food shop, and tried
everything he could, except for the primordial thing...it looked strange. He
emerged from the shop bloated. He waddled over to the furniture shop, too full
to fly.
Unpleasant smells wafted under the stone door.
He walked in.
It was amazing!
Every type of furniture you could imagine!!! Fireplaces, sofas, baths, chairs,
beds, all made out of stone, straw or dung! He loved it.
"I'll have all this," he said.
"Sorry, we can't accept purchases without written
permission from an owner."
"I SAID I'LL HAVE ALL THIS!!!!"
"Phew! Umm, okay then sonny."
He bought as much as he could and told them to
deliver it to his address. As he made his way back to the Plateau, he attracted
strange looks because of his smell.
"Thank the faerie queen you're here," Grundioy
said, running over to Rofal. "The concert was sold out,"
"Come on Rofal2000, let's go home" Grundioy sighed.
They were making their way back through giant ice crack which was the entrance
to Tyrannia, when suddenly the Pant Devil loomed up in front of them.
"Gah!!!" Rofal cried, and dragged Grundioy away
quickly. But he was too slow.
"The babydoll aisha T-shirt!!!" Grundioy screamed.
The pant devil and snatched the priceless possession away.
"Nnnnooooooooooooooooo!!!" they howled. They
were in serious trouble. Rover growled sympathetically, and they all trudged
miserably home.
***
"Yoooohooo!! Wake up everyone!!! I've got some surprises!!!" Joey said cheerfully.
Grundioy and Rofal groaned, it seemed like they had only just got into bed.
They went down to breakfast. Grundioy's Floud
Fifii was struggling to get to Annalidaca's carrots (it isn't wise having a
carrot addict and a Floud in the same house).
Joey waited until everyone was seated.
"I have an announcement! I've been saving something
for a long time, and I think now is the time to sell it!" she said cheerfully.
Rofal had an unpleasant feeling he knew what
she was talking about.
"I'm going to sell the Aisha Babydoll T-shirt!!!"
Grundioy spat out her food. She was joined by
Rofal in feeling a rising sense of doom. Flowal2000 and Annalisaca clapped.
"Joey..." Rofal started.
"Oh yeah! Rofal, since it is worth a LOT I will
be able to buy you that furniture that you've been wanting!"
Rofal tried to look happy.
"I think--" Grundioy said.
"I haven't forgotten you Grundioy. I'll get you
that Zen furniture!"
They were both close to tears.
"And Annalisaca, I will get you a very valuable
Usuki for your collection!!!"
"The mystewy iwand Usuki?!? And a baby paint
brush for when Cybunnies can be painted baby?!?"
"Yeah sweety. And Flowal, I'll get you that Heart
Shaped Bed you've been nagging me for."
"YEEEEEEESSSSSS!!!" Flowal screamed.
"I have to leave," Rofal said suddenly.
"Me too," Grundioy said. They ran.
"What are we going to do?" Rofal hissed.
Grundioy looked at the ground. Then she looked
up sadly and said, "I'm going to sell my sketchbook."
Rofal gasped "No Grundioy! That is your favourite
thing!!! And besides, it isn't really worth much."
She smiled weakly.
"The only thing I have... is Rover..." he looked
down at his Halloween Doglefox.
Grundioy shook her head quickly "No, it was my
fault. He's your best friend."
"I have to help!!!" Rofal said.
"We could write a story for The Neopian Times!!!"
Grundioy suggested.
"Great idea!!!" Rofal said, "You get money from
that don't you"
"Yea, 1000 NP!!! And I'll play Chomby and the
Fungusballs everyday!" Grundioy said happily.
"We'll buy it back!" Rofal said.
"Okay, we better get writing that story."
So we did.
The End
Note: All the pets with names mentioned in this story are actual Neopets Rofal2000,
Grundioy, Annalisaca, and Flowal2000 are mine (although recently he was turned
disco due to a lab mishap, I'm saving to turn him silver again), and 6612 is my
brother Rex30's. Hope you liked the story. | 
