The Land Of Noz: Part Two

by fletcherdog

"What's this for?" Lindsay asked. "Nothing!" the Skeith said "The toaster is no use to you! I'm the only one who knows how to use it! Give it to me!"

"Don't ever give her the toaster!" the Queen Faerie said. "Its power is very great!"

Lindsay put the toaster in her basket.

"Be gone!" the Queen Faerie said to the evil Skeith. "You are not welcome here!"

"Very well," the Skeith said. "But I will get you, my pretty! And your little...ummm...err...what is that thing?"

"He's a Warf!" Lindsay said.

"Oh yes! And your little Warf, too! Ahhhahahah!" And with a puff of smoke she was gone.

"Oh my!" Lindsay said. "I must get home right away!"

"Oh yes," the Queen Faerie said, "Hmmm how will we get you home? You can't go back the way you came! The only way I can think of is to travel to the land of Noz and visit the great Adam!"

"The great Adam? Who is he?" Lindsay asked.

"He's a very strong very brave man! He created Neopia and all you see before you!"

"Oh wow! How do I get to Noz?"

"It's a long journey and you don't have wings like us! You must walk! Follow the pink flat road!" The Queen Faerie waved her hands and in a flash she was gone.

"Follow the pink flat road," Lindsay repeated to herself. "Well Fletcher if it's as long a journey as the queen says it is then we better get going! Aunt Fletchy will be worried!"

Lindsay waved good-bye to the faeries and set off on the pink flat road. After a few hours of walking Lindsay and Fletcher came to a fork in the road. I mean a real fork, it was five feet tall!

"Oh no! How will we move this huge fork? It's in the way!" Lindsay looked around for someone to help them. She saw many corn fields, but off in the distance she saw what looked like a tall cloaked figure.

"Wait here Fletcher," Lindsay said. "This guy doesn't look too friendly but we need help."

Lindsay slowly walked over to the figure. "Excuse me," she said, "I was just wondering if you could help me and my Warf lift the fork off the road. It's in our way and we have to get going."

The figure turned around suddenly, laughing loudly.

"I don't see anything funny about this I...." Lindsay stopped talking and stared at the figure. It had a green face with a cigar in its mouth.

"Dr. Sloth?" Lindsay asked.

"Yes that is who I am! Did I scare you?"

"No, I'm sorry you didn't," Lindsay said.

Dr. Sloth's smile faded. "I didn't even startle you a little bit?" he asked hopefully.

"Well, to tell the truth...no, not at all"

"That's my problem," Dr. Sloth said sadly, "No one is afraid of me anymore, now that I don't have my power. After the Space Faerie defeated me I fled to this town and got a job as a scarecrow but the crows aren't even afraid of me."

"Oh you poor thing," Lindsay said, sitting beside him. "Why don't you come with us? We are going to see the great Adam of Noz. I'm sure he will give you your power back!"

"Do you really think so?" Sloth asked.

"I know so!"

"To Noz?"

"To Noz!"

Dr. Sloth helped them move the fork in the road and they were on their way.

***

Lindsay felt safer now that she had Dr. Sloth by her side. The three travelers were walking for a long time.

"I'm very tired!" Lindsay said with a sigh. "Can we stop and rest soon?"

"Look, there is a lake up ahead!" Dr. Sloth said. "Why don't we rest there?"

"That's a great idea! Plus I'm very thirsty! Aren't you thirsty, Fletcher?"

Fletcher barked in agreement. So they stopped to rest at the lake. Lindsay and Dr. Sloth sat down on the grass and sipped water through their cupped hands. Fletcher lapped it from the edge of the shore. Just then Fletcher looked up and barked.

"Fletcher?" Lindsay asked, "What is it?"

She looked at what Fletcher was barking at. A small Mallard had just swam up to them.

"Oh, hello little Mallard!" Lindsay said.

"Hello, my name's Nomie," said the Mallard (but it didn't sound too happy).

"What's wrong with you?" Dr. Sloth asked.

"Well, it's just that I hate being a NeoPet's Pet!" the Mallard said.

Fletcher growled, he happened to love being a NeoPet's Pet.

"The NeoPet's get all the attention! They get to have strengths and weaknesses! And they get food and toys! All I get is a name! I'm sick of it!"

"I know!" Lindsay said. "Why don't you come with us! We are going to the land of Noz to ask the great Adam to take me home and to give Slothy his power back! I bet he would make you an official NeoPet!"

"He would?"

"I don't see why not!"

"To Noz?"

"To Noz!"

Just then a puff of smoke filled the air.

"What's that?" Nomie asked.

"Oh no!" said Lindsay.

"It's the evil Skeith!"

The evil Skeith came up to them. "Well, well, well!" She cackled, "Looks like you made some friends! Well it doesn't matter! They can't help you, nothing can! You had better hand me that ruby toaster or you might never see your friend's or your little...umm...errr....oh yes! Warf again! Hahaha!

"Never!" Lindsay said!

"That's right!!! She will never hand it over! I will see to that!" Dr. Sloth said.

"Me too!" said Nomie!

"Well I might just have to turn you two into chairs!" the Skeith said.

"You don't scare me!" Dr. Sloth said.

"Me neither! We will see to it that she gets to Noz no matter what happens to us!"

"Very well...suit yourself! Just to warn you all...you will never win!"

And with another puff of smoke the Skeith was gone.

"Ha! I would like to see her turn me into a chair!" Dr. Sloth said.

"Me too!" Nomie added.

"Oh, you two are the best friends any one ever had!" Lindsay said. "Let's continue! We don't need an old Skeith messing up our plans!" And with that they were off to see the great Adam.