The Half Faerie: Part Three

by elorien

The first thing that went through Locke's mind when he saw the blur passing him, going toward Faerieland, was that it looked familiar. He stared after it and realized it was Galadrial. He was almost to the ground too. All that time wasted. He dropped his stuff and Chaos ("OWW!") on the ground and flew up after her. He wouldn't miss her. He would reach her... Galadrial landed with ease on the clouds outside her school. She smirked as the jaws of her jealous peers dropped. She noticed a van with the words "Neopian Times" on the side. Perfect, she thought, now I can get back at them for their lies with the truth.

She walked up to the leader of the Snobbettes, who Gala had dubbed, Snob 1. Snob 1 soon recovered. She smirked at Gala. "Aww look, the renegade boyfriend stealer is back. What do you want?"

Gala: "I want you to tell the truth."

Snob 1 smirked again: "You know the truth. No one will believe you, though."

Gala returned the smirk: "Think so?" She took out a potion Kauvara had given her, labeled "Truth Serum". The Neopian Times reporter grinned. She knew a story and a real Truth Serum when she saw one. She got each Snob and Jerk to drink a drop, and soon their real personalities were unearthed.

Snobbettes: "We are all totally jealous of Galadrial. She is gorgeous. She has a boyfriend who has always rejected us. She has always disliked us, and we want to be her best friend. She fits in better than us."

Jerks: "We all have huge crushes on Galadrial. We're jealous of her boyfriend. She fits in better than us."

Gala smirked as the truth serum wore off and the Snobbettes and Jerks looked stunned at what they said. Gala watched the reporter write the new story. Out of the corner of her eye, Gala saw Locke land on the cloud. Exit stage right, Gala thought, and she flew back down to Neopia.

***

Locke watched Gala zoom off the cloud, back toward Neopia. Not again, he thought. He spread his wings and effortlessly started gliding toward Neopia. Soon he landed and found Chaos guarding all his stuff. He walked over to Chaos and scratched him behind the ears, his Fave spot. Chaos started purring.

After a few minutes, Locke gets up and grabs his backpack, and Chaos does likewise. They walk around a bit and soon see the caravan Locke had seen in the map. Unfortunately, it's leaving, fast. Hmmm, Locke thinks, and gets out a spark balloon. He throws it at a wheel and, with pleasure, watches the caravan bumpily stop. He estimates the distance he is from the carts as 5 miles. Locke sighs and tries to fly, only to find his wings are too tired. He walks toward the carts, hoping it takes them a long time to fix whatever he broke... Gala jumps as she hears a loud crack under the caravan in front of her. Realizing its Demona's cart, she grabs her phone, and quickly calls the number on the pad.

Mo: "Hello?"

Gala: "I think something broke under your cart. I heard this loud crack. We better stop!"

MO: "OK, one sec."

Gala hears a click on the other end as MO hangs up. She hopes the cart stops before any real damage is done to the Dark Faerie. She feels her cart bounce a bit as the caravan comes to a rest. Once Gala is sure the carts have all stopped, she jumps out of her own. Kala and Flamechi follow, having heard the crack too.

She sees the Renegade Faerie already looking under the cart. Kala runs up and asks, "Is MO OK? What's wrong with her cart?"

Ren replies, "MO is fine, broken axle. It'll take at least a day to fix, maybe more if there is damage to anything else.

Suddenly Flamechi yells, "Look, someone is coming!" Gala stared out. The person looked familiar...

Locke suddenly saw everyone who had come out of the caravan staring toward him. He felt conspicuous. He only had about half a mile left. Suddenly Chaos ran as fast as he could toward the caravan, seeing a blue pet and a red pet huddling around a girl. Locke suddenly realized it was Galadrial, Flamechi, and Kala. He started running as fast as he could toward them. He could only think of seeing Gala and telling her the article in the Neopian Times was all mush, and how he didn't care if she wasn't all Faerie. He saw recognition come into her eyes. He ran harder than ever, and was almost face to face with Gala...

Gala realized who it was as he ran with his pet running with him. Locke had followed her, and brought Chaos. She looked at her pets and saw them realizing who it was too. Kala ran toward Chaos and they started talking about everything that happened. Suddenly Locke was face to face with her. She hugged him as hard as she could and kissed him.

"Hey!" Gala grins, "You busted our axle with a spark balloon."

"Heh," Locke laughs sheepishly and she hugs him again.

Soon Gala and Locke were inside Gala's cart, talking about everything that had happened. Gala apologized for running away from Locke, and they promised to talk to each other before deciding things in their relationship. Kala and Chaos snuggled on Kala's bunk bed while Flamechi told Chaos about wandering through the forest. In the night Gala lent Locke a tent and let Chaos sleep in the caravan.

The next day, Ren had fixed the axle and they set out for the marketplace. When they arrived, Gala found a house, and Locke found one next door. Gala and Locke set about furnishing their homes. The Wandering Outcasts, knowing they'd have to leave soon, quickly taught Gala how to completely master her vast powers. Then they said good-bye to the happy couple and promised they'd swing by every once in a while. So finally, Galadrial fit in perfectly, and was completely happy, helping pets and owners in Neopia with her strong powers.

The End, almost: Gala became a rich owner by winning at hundreds of games and later got married to Locke, also a great game player. The Snobbettes and Jerks were kicked out of Faerieland and became broke. The Wandering Outcasts became a world famous band (Renegade was lead singer, Aqua played lead guitar, Demona played bass guitar, Daisy played drums, Drop played keyboards, and Renegade's pets sang harmony in the background). Kala and Chaos got married and had a green cub which they named Trouble. Flamechi excelled at Kacheek Seek and no one could ever find him, until he met Pyra, a blue Shoyru, who easily found him, and they became a couple. Everyone got what they deserved ... oh yeah, and Galadrial became the new Faerie Queen when her mother stepped down, so now different faeries aren't treated as outcasts anymore.

The End (for real)