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"Well then, Illusen," said Jhudora, "you will get me a ...
a ... poisonous lollipop. I will go back to your Glade and get you a ... hmmm
... probably an Illusen's Potion."
Illusen looked confused.
"Oh, there's one under my bed," Jhudora said.
And she sped off, smiling wickedly. Hee hee - such fun! Illusen found the Poisonous
Lollipop, and waited for Jhudora to come back. She came back, and they exchanged
items.
"On the count of three," Jhudora said, "One,
two, three!"
Jhudora sucked the lollipop and Illusen took
a gulp of the potion. Illusen spat it out straight away.
"Ugh, Jhudora, this is Noxious Nectar!!" Illusen
made a face.
"I know," said Jhudora, as a small puff of purple
smoke made her a Dark Faerie again. And she took a small bottle from her pocket.
Illusen looked at it. It looked familiar - and all of a sudden Illusen knew
why!
But before Illusen could react, she was shrunk
and placed in the bottle. Jhudora stabbed air holes in the top using a dagger.
"JHUDORA!!!" Illusen tried to roar. But
it's hard to roar when you're 4 inches (10cm) tall.
"Oh, and here," in one of the holes, Jhudora
dropped a single crumb from one of Illusens Cream Cookies. Illusen ate it, and
finally turned back into herself.
But too late.
Jhudora took Illusen to Kauvara, and sold it
for 6500 NP.
"Notfairnotfairnotfairnotfairnotfairnotfairnotfair!"
Illusen yelled. It wasn't long before she was bought. And guess who by? That
little yellow Kacheek who had watched Illusen and Jhudora fight!
Illusen was released, and she gave the Kacheek
the ability "Magic Pebbles". And she didn't fly away.
"I give you a quest," she said.
"Huh???" the Kacheek stared in surprise. "You're
not the Uber-Faerie!"
"I know," Illusen grew to her normal size.
"But then how come -"
"It's a special quest," Illusen explained, and
the owner came. "I need help to fight Jhudora."
"Yes, ma'am," said the Kacheek's owner, and
they gathered support. Illusen knew that Jhudora had been proclaimed more popular
than Fyora, but it was worth a try! It was the next morning. About 1 million
Illusen supporters got ready to fight Jhudora.
"CHARGE!" Illusen gave the order.
And guess what? Jhudora was completely
unprepared, and lost! And when I say lost, I mean lost. Almost dead.
If she hadn't been a Faerie, she would have been dead.
But anyway, Jhudora came to Illusen's Glade
the next day, fully healed.
"Illusen," she said, as though it were paining
her to speak.
"Uh-huh?" Illusen asked. "What?"
"Um, well, I just want to say that - to say
I'm sorry, more or less," Jhudora said. "I mean, I don't like you any better,
and I'm sorry we dueled, and stuff - "
"Fyora made you say that, didn't she?" Illusen
asked. By now, she knew Jhudora too well to know she would apologize.
"Um, well ... yes." Jhudora said. "What I really
want is another duel to show who's top around here!"
Illusen laughed. She surprised herself that
she had managed to put up with Jhudora the last three days ... it hadn't really
felt like three days. More like, two hours?
"No way," Illusen said, grinning, "Because I'm
already top!"
"Wanna bet?"
Jhudora and Illusen fought, but more like a
playful fight friends sometimes have.
They didn't trust each other, and didn't particularly
like each other either. But something happens when you go through something
like that.
Illusen and Jhudora had bonded. They would probably
never be friends, but from that day onwards, they could never really be called
enemies.
The End
Authors Note: I really hope you enjoyed my story ... feel free to Neomail
me if you wish!
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