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Go on, don't be shy! Look, they're even divided by type of story. Over here, I have adventure stories. If you're looking for romance, try that shelf. Oh, and don't forget the biographies.
If you're looking for history, we have that, too. I'm afraid that much of our source material is in storage, but you can enter that through the side door over there.
| by Administrator | Written on January 1st, 2003 at 05:57 PM |
You mull over which story to start reading. There's several stories with the usual sorts of dangers in them- The Esophagor, the Ghost Lupe, and other spooks. Then there's stories of pet-eating cannibals on Mystery Island, spooky tombs in the Lost Desert, lost caverns of ice in Terror Mountain...
The list goes on and on, and so does the clock as you enjoy looking through the options. Better make a decision as to which story you want to read, and ignore those shadows moving in the corner.
| by Administrator | Written on January 3rd, 2003 at 10:21 PM |
"Boring...boring...read it...boring..." you mutter. Then, "Hm, this looks good."
You take the book off the musty shelf and bring it to a small table with a lamp on it and two chairs close by. Everything seems lightly coated in dust, but you find the chairs are more comfortable than you thought they would be, and not only does the lamp actually work, its bright enough that you can read your book easily.
You sit down in one of the chairs and lay the book out on the table. Just before you open it up and start to read, you look at the title once more, which is...
| by BbHtrYoink | Written on January 17th, 2003 at 03:44 PM |
A Fire Lupe examined himself in the mirror, trying to pull off the name tag his owner had gently placed on his chest. He kept tugging at it, trying to ignore the pain that was coming from the fur he was jerking out. He finally gave up and looked pleadingly at his owner.
A pre-teen boy with brown hair, brown eyes, and glasses looked back at him sternly. "We're going to a party with all my NeoFriends, and most of them don't know you. I know you don't like it, but the name tag stays, BobIsForever." The Lupe winced at his name. "Why did you have to give me that dorky name anyway? Not to mention your own! I can barely pronounce it!" The boy sighed. "We've been over this a million times before. I was new to Neopia, this was my first account, and you were my first pet. I didn't know what sort of names would be 'cool' and so I decided just to name you BobIsForever. For myself, I just typed in a bunch of random letters, and then Yoink, as an afterthought. Though I mostly just go by Yoink now," he concluded.
"Well, I mostly go by Bob now, or sometimes just Forever, so couldn't you put that on my name tag instead?" BobIsForever whined.
"No, I would prefer that all my NeoFriends know your real name. You're welcome to tell them that you like to be called Bob, but because your name is BobIsForever, thats what your name tag says."
"Alright, enough arguing," called a voice from across the room of their NeoHome. "Can we leave now?" TLC4me, BbHtrYoink's second pet, was combing her hair once more. Since she went to the Secret Laboratory every day, she kept changing, but right now, she was an Electric Usul, and she wanted to get to the party quickly so she could show off her new color to everyone there.
"Yeah, its time for us to go. Come on, you two," said BbHtrYoink as he walked to the door and held it open for his pets.
As BobIsForever trudged out the door, he tried to hide his name tag from anyone who might see it. He looked jelously at TLC4me, who had a much better name than his own.
"I wish I could change my name somehow. And I don't mean a nickname or something, I mean my real, official name!" BobIsForever muttered under his breath, not responding when his owner asked him what he had said.
| by BbHtrYoink | Written on January 17th, 2003 at 04:17 PM |
A girl with oddly purple hair broke away from the group and sat down on a Rainbow Bean Bag Chair not far from BobIsForever. He decided to make an effort and talk a bit with her.
"Enjoying the party?" he asked, in a voice as falsely cheerful as he could make it.
"Not really," the girl replied absently. "This dress makes my wings itch..."
"Wings?" Then he looked closer. She had pointed ears! And her face was familiar...
"Oh dear, no one was supposed to know I was here," the faerie sighed. "Now I suppose you're going to tell everyone that..."
BobIsForever scrambled out of the Bean Bag Chair and yelled to the conversing humans: "HEY EVERYONE! FYORA THE FAERIE QUEEN IS HERE!"
| by BbHtrYoink | Written on January 18th, 2003 at 08:41 PM |
"Oh no, I'm not Fyora, although many people have told me I look like her," she explained. But all the party-goers had already swarmed around her, asking her for stat increases, rare items, and discounts on Hidden Tower items.
"Well, if you're not Fyora, then who are you?" called a voice from the croud.
"This is getting ridiculous," muttered the faerie as a Neopian started groveling at her feet, all the while making fervernt pleas for a Baby Paint Brush. With a strain, she pushed her wings through her dress and flew up into the air, above the reach of the Neopians. "ENOUGH!" she cried, and the clamoring of the Neopians gradually died down.
"My name is Wynde and I am an Air Faerie," she announced as she slowly fluttered back down to the floor. "I am looking for at least one pet to go on a quest for me." The voices of the humans began to rise up again, offering to do her quest. "However," continued Wynde, "this is by no means an ordinary quest. It could be very dangerous, and most likely no one will be able to help to pet who accepts the quest; it will be their responsibility alone to get what I need. Also, the reward is not a stat increase..." At this many Neopians and their pets quickly lost interest. "But a potion that I have just perfected."
Wynde made some complex movements with her hands, and a bottle of greenish liquid with letters floating in it appeared in her hands. The bottle also seemed to be faintly glowing. When he saw the letters, BobIsForever's ears went straight up, and he began to listen extra-attentively to the Air Faerie.
"I call this the Name-Change Potion," Wynde continued. "Any pet who drinks it will have their name changed to whatever they wish it to be. As I said, I have just perfected the formula to make this potion, and this is the only one in all of Neopia. Now, do I have a volunteer?"
BobIsForever's paw shot up, narrowly missing a nearby Lenny's beak. His heart pounding with excitement, he thought frantically, I knew it! It is something that can change my name!
Wynde smiled warmly at BobIsForever, and beckoned him to come closer. But before he could move, a small blue paw among the sea of party-goers started waving frantically in the air. Then a voice piped up.
"If he's going, I'm going too! You can't make me leave my big brother!" TLC4me started shoving people out of her way to get to BobIsForever and Wynde. Typical TLC4me, rude but loving as always, thought BobIsForever.
Wynde looked very serious. "The two of you are sure that you wish to take my quest? Remember, it will be very dangerous."
TLC4me hesitated, her blue-and-white tail twitching with indecision, but BobIsForever was not about to pass up the chance to change his name, and TLC4me was not about to leave her brother. The two of them nodded together.
Wynde smiled. "Good. I need the two of you to get me..."
| by BbHtrYoink | Written on January 18th, 2003 at 10:20 PM |