| "What? What globe?! I'm confused, I don't have anything..."
"Yes.. Newspaper..."
Gabby gasped. That's why it was so lumpy! She
ran up to her room and searched for the paper, then realizing it was still on
the bright yellow kitchen counter. She hurried downstairs as fast as her tiny
feet could carry her and spotted the newspaper. She dodged for it and pulled
out a peculiar looking snow globe. But, it wasn't a snowglobe, really, more
like a leaf globe.
The minuscule leaf-shaped leafglobe had a small
figure in it. It was a figure of Illusen. The green Illusen stood perfectly
in the center, eyes as big as a Faerie plushie, with her arms outstretched.
Although it looked dull, it was still very very beautiful.
Gabby walked slowly back into the living room
and walked over to the water couch. Illusen looked, astonished. She held out
a hand, and Gabby gave it to her. Illusen turned it over and held it carefully
upside down, then turned it upright again. As if by magic, little green leaves
began to pitter patter across the top of the globe and slowly descended down.
Illusen held it up to her face, about and inch away.
Green light filled the room, and Illusen stood
perfectly still. The green light engulfed her, and she disappeared for a second,
only being a green floating spec. Then, her shape came back and formed Illusen,
only a healthy Illusen, perfectly healed. Her green dress wasn't torn. There
wasn't a bloodstain or scratch on her whole body. She was renewed.
Illusen answered Gabby's astonished look. "It's
my power store. Sometimes it's good, sometimes bad. If someone like Darigan
got it then its bad, and I would need to destroy it and make another one, which
would take a course of 10 years. But it's the only way without making a trip
to Faerieland to heal myself. It's also where I store magic. And now I'm healed!"
Illusen continued, "Since I couldn't tell you
the whole story when I was panting, I'll tell you now."
"I was one of the last places to have my home
destroyed. Darigan knew this because he thought if he gave me time, I'd wise
up like my sister and join his side. But I would never join Jhudora and Darigan.
He told me 'give me the globe, you'll be sorry if you don't!' and I never did."
"He sent a huge tornado to destroy my home.
I flew away and got out of sight when I realized that he had my globe, so I
flew into the tornado and received it, but I was badly injured. I couldn't heal
myself with it during that time, so when it died down, I healed myself just
to live with it until I could locate where it sent itself when I used my powers
to transport it to someone I could trust, via The Neopian Times, because I know
for a fact that all evil people cancel the times, Jhudora's orders."
"After about a month, I got worried. I still
hadn't found my only source of power. Then, I noticed a sign for the Beachy
Villa, the only place I hadn't looked. I dove inside, searching every home."
"I was about to give up when I found your home.
I was so tired I just had to sleep. So I knocked on your door and as soon as
I was to ask if I could sleep here for a bit, I just keeled over. And here I
am now. To ask of you something."
"Erm... anything... as long as it isn't a quest,
I'm not good with those."
"I need you not to take your friends to HappyJoyJoyFunWorld."
"What?!?! Why?!"
"Because, when Urock16 found those, those tickets,
they were from Jhudora, because I know for a fact she gave them to one of her
followers, also Urock's friend. That friend couldn't go that day, for Jhudora,
everything worked out."
"Jhudora knew that Urock had 3 of her 4 Neopets
staying at the hospital, so she gave the friend five total tickets. The friend
gave all five tickets to Urock, who then couldn't take her three other Neopets,
so booked them in the Neolodge and asked you!"
"Wow," said Gabby, "Jhudora knows how to think!"
"She's one of the smartest faeries in the whole
Neopia. She ties with the space Faerie and Fyora herself. If only she would
be smart enough to see that Darigan is a bad choice..." Illusen's voice trailed
off.
"She plans to help Darigan get my snowglobe
by attacking you and your two Neopets at the sleepover... but I can see your
Meercas really want to go... so I can make a deal with you. I shall travel inside
the leafglobe, which you may hang around your neck, but you must be extra special
careful- my sister is very very tricky. Got it?"
"Got it, Illusen. And you may spend the night
here as well. You seen like you could need it."
"Thank you very much, Gabrielle. I knew I could
trust you."
And with that, Illusen shrunk to the size of
a regular Faerie and disappeared within the snowglobe. Gabby stared at it. It
had began envelope in a glowing green light, which produced a liquid green loop
that circled back through a hole, then hardened, becoming a string holding onto
the leafglobe.
"It's going to be a looong Tuesday," Gabby groaned.
***
Monday went by fast. The two Meercas played outside, then they both presented
their mother with presents. Baby's was a drawing of Gabby and Hershey's was
a big, pink flower. Gabby kissed the tops of both of their heads and sent them
to do some final packing. At night, Gabby let out Illusen and they talked about
if anything were to happen, and then Illusen shrunk back into the leafglobe
necklace as Gabby turned out the lights and TV.
***
Tuesday morning, Gabby woke up and got dressed in her khaki Capri's and a
white T-shirt that says "HappyJoyJoyFunWorld-where Neopians go to have some
fun." She put on her necklace of the leafglobe and grabbed her two leather suitcases.
Downstairs, dressed and waiting, were Baby and
Hershey. Baby smiled and held out Gabby's shoes. Gabby slipped them on and headed
out the door, followed closely behind were the two furry sisters.
"Okay, I'm gonna drive down the street to pick
up Lily and Jennie, then we'll go, okay?"
"Okay," the girls said in unison.
Gabby drove down the road to a huge blue and
white beach house, where Jennie was brushing her hair next to her red Poogle,
Lily. Lily hopped up and down when she spotted the red convertible five-seater
Gabby drove.
"Hi, Lily! How are you?"
"Fine, Mrs. Cartson!"
"Hey, girl!" Jennie tossed her brown hair.
"Yo! Ready to go yet?"
"Yeah, I just got to comb out this-one-last-knot...
OW! Okay, I'm done!" Jennie threw her hairbrush in her suitcase and took off
toward the house, punched in some numbers in the security box, and ran towards
the convertible.
***
The friends sang songs together in the car while Gabby told Jennie about Illusen
and Jhudora.
"That sounds scary!" Jennie commented.
"I know," Gabby replied.
"I'll be extra careful."
"Good!"
"I wish I knew where exactly to avoid... I mean,
what if I'm like changing and she thinks its you and pops out of the dresser
or something?! It's gonna drive me nuts!"
"I think I will be somewhere open, I think she
likes privacy, too. Don't freak!!! We still want to enjoy this as much as we
can. We know it's gonna happen, and we have to accept it," Gabby said calmly.
"How can you be so calm at a time like this!??!?!??!
Oh, sure its only someone about to take over the world... oh no! What if they
win? That means.... AHH! NO MORE HAPPYJOYJOYFUNWORLD! NOOOOOOOOOO!"
"I think with Illusen on our side, we'll be
okay. And who would want to take over a kiddie park, may I ask?"
"Those freak clowns in that weird game! They
may not be like dark but they are scary!"
"You love to overreact, don't you?"
"Yes... Yes I do!"
"Gahh! Why did I agree to go to this thing with
Mrs.Paranoid over here?" Gabby thought out loud.
The two girls laughed happily.
"Oh, here we are already?" Gabby asked.
"Yep!" Jennie looked at her friend.
HappyJoyJoyFunWorld looked mountainous, with
its towering carnival rides and ballroom-size auditorium, it was the best place
to be for a sleepover. Right next to it was a hotel version of the Neolodge,
where the two friends and their Neopets would be staying.
The two got out of the car and carried their
luggage to the Neolodge and checked in. They got to their suites... five stars,
very beautiful. After they got settled, they took a little nap. It was Jennie
who woke up first, woke up her neopet, changed into her green two-piece, then
went to wake up Gabby. It was time to go play in the five-star pool they had
been dreaming about since Sunday.
"Come on, Gabster! We have a date with a pool!"
"Oh, Fine!"
Gabby got up and changed into her navy blue
with pink stripes bathing suit. She woke up spy and hershey, who then bounced
into their bathing suit, Hershey, of course, sporting the pink two piece, while
baby wears the blue water wings on her tiny feet and matching bathing suit.
"Wow! You look so cute Gabbs!" Jennie cried.
"I know, Jennie. That's why I bought it!"
They laughed.
Soon after the pool, they played some volleyball
on the beach and watched the sunset. The sun was so large in Mystery Island,
it was so beautiful!
"Sooo, I heard this was the top resorting spot
in the area..." Gabby falsely talked until her Meercas and Lily were far down
the beach, bouncing and hopping in the blue ocean waves with a soft crash across
the sandy white beach.
"Yeah... well... I was checking the schedule
of some of the events tomorrow, I think we spotted a target," Jenny turned to
her friend and pulled out a schedule. She pointed to something that was scheduled
for next night.
"What?" Gabby asked.
"See, Gabs, this thingy-"
"Thingy? Come on, we're not two!"
"Umm... Erm... Its... Let me see..."
"Oh, pleeese! Let me see it!"
Gabby grabbed it and searched around the paper.
"This it? This presentation at the HappyJoyJoyFunWorld
Auditorium."
"That's it, Gabbs! Anyway, by using about the
one ounce of brain power I somehow possessed, this could be the target of Jhudora."
Jennie carefully explained.
"How do ya figure?"
"Think for a second. I know. Hurt me a lot to
think too. But anyway, this is a big space, and it's the only target with no
privacy. I believe that she'll use some kind of sleeping powder to make them
fall asleep."
"Who's them?"
"All the people in the auditorium. That way,
everyone is asleep and no one will get out and call for help. If she attacks
you somewhere private, someone can hear you scream and call someone."
"Perfect thinking!. We'll need to take my leafglobe
if we need to call on Illusen."
"Okay, we need to get ready before."
"Seven p.m.?"
"Yeah... that says it's at 7:30 p.m.... we'll
have 30 minutes!!"
"Okay, 7 p.m. it is."
***
Gabby waited for Jennie and her neopet to come over. Her heart was beating
loudly. She couldn't almost take it at all. She was about to run out of Mystery
Island, running on the water, defying gravity, flying all the way to Krawk Island.
She realized this was happening. It was 99% sure she was going to have to battle
one of the most evil creatures that lurked Neopia.
"Okay, kids. Hershey, you'll need to bring one
of your poison snowballs." Gabby explained.
"Why, Gabby," Hershey whined, "Those snowballs
are so heavy!"
"Just do it, okay? We're gonna play-erm-battle,
at this-emmm... show!"
"Cool!" exclaimed spy,"Can I bring my gormball?!?!"
"Uhh... sure, baby!" Gabby replied.
KNOCK KNOCK! Jennie was here! Finally!
"Open up! It's me, Jennie!"
"Okay, Jen, coming."
The Neopets played with each other while Jennie
and Gabby ran over once more if something were to happen.
"Jenn, I want you to get out of there if something
were to happen tonight."
"Why?"
"Because... this isn't about you. I'm the holder
of this thing, and I gotta do it myself. I don't want you hurt for my actions."
"You sure???"
"Yes, Jennie. Your safety is more important
than mine at this moment, because your my best friend, and if anything were
to happen to you, it would be the end for me too."
Jennie understood, no matter what ounce of brain
power she had to use to understand that concept, she knew her friend was really
caring for her.
"Okay."
"Thank you."
To be continued...
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