Comet, a Disco Shoyru, steps slowly into the icy cavern
that is home to the dreaded Snowager. Sweat beads slide down his face as he
prepares to go up against the dreaded serpent of the ice armed with only his
trusty Shoyru Shield, Helm, and Sword. Not much, but his faith in his abilities
was enough for him to continue forward.
He didn't have to travel far through the freezing
cavern to come face to face with the Snowager, sleeping peacefully upon its
horde of treasure.
He creeps up to the monstrosity with uncanny
bravery. Many have fallen to this beast, but he, driven by some unseen force
has the confidence to defeat the Snowager, and prove that he too is a true Battledome
champion!
He could feel the Snowager's breath on his skin,
which chilled him to the very bone. He breathes deeply and holds out his sword.
He lightly taps the Snowager on the nose so as to wake him up, then immediately
falls back into a defensive position.
The Snowager stirs slightly, but nothing more.
Comet grits his teeth and prepares to do it again, slightly harder than the
last time. The Snowager's giant eyes split open just moments before Comet's
sword connects.
Comet freezes in place, not sure how to react,
he stares back at the giant eyes gazing back at him and at this time he realises
just how deep the trouble he got himself into is.
The Snowager raises its giant head up to the
very roof of the cavern and pulls his head back. He roars so loud that it not
only knocks Comet into the wall of ice surrounding them both, but also shatters
the ice surrounding the only entrance, and traps Comet in alone with the Snowager.
He staggers as he stands up, no time to think
about his new plan of escape since the Snowager lunges at him with great speed.
He draws his sword and jumps to the left just as the Snowager slams hard into
the icy wall and shakes the entire chasm. The Snowager roars and shakes the
light pain in its head as it swivels to strike at Comet again. Comet, however,
was not to be found.
Comet, who had skillfully flew behind him during
this time, dived at him and drove his sword into the Snowager's neck. Then,
disaster struck, for his sword breaks right in half, not even penetrating the
Snowager's ice-hard skin.
He floats in place, too shocked to move. His
only chance of beating the Snowager has just been destroyed, along with his
only hopes of escape.
The Snowager growls and turns around to face
him. Before Comet has any chance to react, the Snowager catches him in the tight
grip of his tail and begins to squeeze.
Comet feels the constriction get painfully tight
and lets out only a weak yelp before there is only darkness.
Comet weakly opens his eyes, gazing at his surroundings.
All he can see is a creepy graveyard encircling his position. "Hello? Anyone
there?" Comet shouts out to whoever may be the vicinity. He got no reply.
His body felt different somehow, he looked down
and almost leaped out of his skin, if he had any; for he could see his entire
body was transparent.
"What am I? A ghost?"
"That is correct," A spooky voice says from
the air surrounding Comet.
"Wha!? Who's there?" Comet yells out, standing
his ground.
Slowly, the figure of Jhudora the Dark Faerie
forms in front of him. "It is I, Jhudora! Queen of the Dark Faeries!"
"I know you... what do you want?" Comet demands.
"What do I want?" She chuckles from atop her
cloud, "I already got what I want... I got you!"
"What are you talking about?"
"Don't you remember your last memory?"
"I..." He stops, his memory coming back to him
now.
As he thinks back, his eyes suddenly go wide
and his mouth gapes open.
"I'm... I'm... dead?"
"For now, yes... You've actually been dead for
a year. Your owner was devastated... and buried you here..." She explains as
she points behind him.
He slowly, nervously turns around, staring at
the tombstone in front of him. He stares in disbelief as he reads off the name
etched in stone as clear as the night sky, "Here lies Comet Wing, may he rest
in peace."
"Nooooo! It... can't... be!" Comet cries out
loud, attempting to cry but finds he can't even do that.
"Relax, little one. I didn't come here to torture
you, but to instead offer you a second chance," Jhudora explains.
Comet blinks suddenly at her. "What?"
"What do you think drove you to fight against
the Snowager on that day? It was I. I've been watching you for sometime now,
and pushing your abilities to their fullest extent. From this, I have confidence
that you can become the strongest Battledomer of all time! Of course, that kind
of power should not be in the hands of Fyora and her goody-two-shoes faerie
friends. So... to get to my point: if you pledge your unyielding loyalty, I
will grant you not only a second chance, but also a tremendous boost of power.
What do you say? Follow me, or go back into your grave?"
Comet thought for a moment, but a moment was
all he needed. "How can I refuse such an offer? I'm dead... and without your
proposition, I'm going to stay this way for eternity... Thus, I pledge you my
unyielding loyalty to you until even time itself stands still!"
"Very Good..." Jhudora finishes and begins chanting
a spell.
It only took a few seconds before Comet could
feel himself back with the plain of existence he once was a part of one year
ago. He stretches, feeling new strength surge through his body. He looks at
himself, but finds his body the same ghostly colour that it was a few moments
ago. He just couldn't see through it anymore.
"Hey what's the deal Jhudora?" Comet asks.
"Relax, it's merely a new look. I need some way
to show others your ties with my kin and I. Besides, I think it's rather fetching,
really," Jhudora explains, grinning with delight at her new recruit.
"I guess..." Comet sighs, closing his red, glowing,
eyes. "At any rate... thanks," He mumbles, reopening his eyes.
"Oh, one other thing..." Jhudora interrupts as
she holds out her palm and a wand begins to form within it. "This is my most
powerful weapon, The Wand of the Dark Faerie. Take it, and allow it to aid you
in your battles."
He accepts it immediately, drawn to it by some
unknown force. As he holds it, he could feel the terrible power held within
it. "I will use it with pride, Jhudora..."
"Excellent! Go then, and make me proud!" Jhudora
finishes and vanishes in an instant.
Comet stood there for a few minutes alone, contemplating
all that happened. After he absorbs it all, he stares up at the starlit sky
and says out loud, "Snowager... now I'll have my vengeance!" He flies off into
the moonlight with only one thing on his mind: Revenge!
The Snowager sleeps peacefully within his cavern;
unaware of the powerful presence that wasn't going to wait for an invitation.
Ice shatters as Comet flies in, making his own
door. He stands fearlessly as he shouts, "Hey sleepyhead! It's pay back time!"
The Snowager springs awake and glares down at
Comet. He freezes in place for a moment, as if seeing a ghost. In a way, he
was.
The Snowager chuckles, "You again... foolish
knave!" He roars and blasts his icy breathe at Comet.
Comet doesn't even bother to move out of the
way and right as the icy blast hits him he was trapped in a thick block of ice.
Snowager roars in victory, but it didn't last
for more than a moment when the ice cracks suddenly. The Snowager stares at
it curiously as the block shatters into many tiny shards, and Comet stands unaffected
in any way.
The Snowager stares in disbelief as Comet grins.
"My turn," Comet says, his Wand of the Dark Faerie glowing with dark energy.
He fires a beam of condensed dark energy from
the wand at Snowager, who could do little to dodge it. Snowager roars in pain
as he falls to the ground with two big X's in his eyes. As he hits the floor,
the entire cavern shakes slightly.
Comet floats up to the Snowager and leans in
next to his face. "You killed me... what's to stop me doing the same to you?"
The Snowager struggles to lean his head up somewhat.
"I never harmed you... Before I could, Jhudora popped in and took you away."
Comet's eyes go wide, trying to contemplate what the Snowager had told him.
"You mean... it was all a lie?"
"I know not what Jhudora told you, nor did to
you, but I never hurt you. I don't kill anyone... never have, never will," the
Snowager explains.
"But... I've been dead for a year now Jhudora
said!"
"A year? Our fight was only yesterday..."
He couldn't believe what he was hearing. Jhudora
had played with his mind and lied right to his face to get her way. Angered,
he immediately flew out of the Snowager's cave, and yelled into the emptiness
of the mountain, "Jhudora! Show yourself!"
It only took a few seconds before Jhudora appeared
in front of Comet laughing evilly. "So you've been told the truth... oh well,
it doesn't matter at this point anyway."
"You! Why did you lie to me!?" Comet demands,
gritting his teeth, showing much restraint to attack her right here and now.
"Well, how else could I get your loyalty? Power
is rarely enough to get most pets to join my cause... so I have to make offers
they can't refuse! Anyway I can..." Jhudora explains with a large, toothy grin.
"HOW COULD YOU!!!" Comet shouts and with tears
in his eyes. He blindly fires his wand at Jhudora. Of course, the weapon is
not going to have any effect on its creator.
Jhudora laughs victoriously. "I don't see why
you are so angry. I thought you wanted more power?"
"I thought I was dead... and thus, it was the
only way! You deceived me! I don't want your power! Take it back!" Comet pleads,
looking at Jhudora with only anger and grief in his eyes.
"Never! You pledged your unyielding loyalty to
me! And with that, I own you! And there's nothing you can do about it. So you
better get used to your fate despite if you cooperate or not, you WILL serve
me!" Jhudora has the last word as she vanishes, leaving Comet to his emotions.
He immediately throws the wand into the snow
and falls to his knees, pleading to whoever would hear his voice. "Somebody,
anybody! Help me... I didn't mean to... I didn't mean to devote my services
to her... She tricked me! Please... help me..." Comet sobs into his hands, feeling
the hopelessness of the situation as if it was surrounding him, choking the
very life out of him.
Suddenly, something remarkable happens. A thin
beam of light descends from the sunless sky and shines directly over Comet's
position. Comet blinks his teary eyes up at the light. To his amazement, the
figure of Fyora forms from the light and she floats slowly over Comet's position.
"Comet... do not cry. You are not at fault.
Jhudora simply took advantage of your determination to become strong, and that
is something I will never stand for!"
"Fyora... please... can you change me back?"
Comet pleads.
"You have shown to me that even after Jhudora's
influence, your heart for good still beats strong. For that, I will change you
back. But, you will also lose your powers in the process."
"I don't want powers that I only obtained from
being lied to and deceived. Nothing should be given out or earned in such a
way!"
Fyora smiles. "I am glad to hear you say that.
Now, close your eyes..."
Comet closes his eyes slowly and stays completely
still as a cleansing light flows over his body. The cleansing was over as soon
as it started.
"You may open your eyes now," Fyora tells him.
He does so and looks over his body. Although
he could feel the evil influence gone from his body, he still looked the same
ghostly colour as before. "Why... why do I still look like this?"
"There was no need. Your owner can always paint
over it, it's not permanent. By the way... due to your honesty and goodness,
I allowed you to keep the power boost, you deserve it."
He smiles widely and almost cries again, but
this time in joy. "Oh thank you thank you!"
Fyora smiles once more. "You're welcome. Now,
I really must be going, it seems someone has found the Hidden Tower and is wanting
to buy something. Sigh... it never ends."
He nods and waves to Fyora until she vanishes
completely into the sky. The light thins until nothing is left, leaving Comet
alone once more.
He looks around, noticing the wand he once wielded
had vanished completely. He shivers suddenly, realising just how cold he was
now.
"Comet!" a voice says from the distance.
Comet jumps up and looks in that direction,
recognising the voice instantly. Within a few seconds, the familiar form of
his owner appeared. "Comet! Where have you been? Why are you always running
off like this? Do you have any idea how much it worries me?" He asks.
"I'm sorry... you won't believe what I've been
through though!" Comet exclaims as he hops into his owner's arms.
"Oh really? And what's with this new snazzy
new colour?"
"Do you... like it?"
"Like it? The colour is awesome! The best yet!
How did you get it?"
"I'm very relieved that you like it! And it's
a loooong story!"
"Well, I'll be happy to hear it once we get
back home."
Together, they walk off in the direction back
to their home in Neopia Central.
The End | 
