Chapter Eight: Finding the City, Past the Poppies
“Damn them!” screamed Twink as she stared into her giant crystal triangle. “They should have died by now, but they are still going toward the city. At this rate they will find the city and meet the Wizard and it’ll be Goodbye Magical Shoes. Must come up with a plan.”
“Excuse me, your Wickedness.” Said a timid voice.
“What is it now?!” roared Twink, turning on a small, nervous chipmunk.
“Well, it’s just that I think I know what you should do.” Replied the chipmunk, shrinking back.
“What is that?”
“The field of Poppies. The one about two miles outside of the Pink Star City. You could use some of your magic on it to stop them.”
Twink pondered this a moment, then gingerly patted the chipmunk’s head.
“Good job, Hiroto. You won’t be eaten after all. Go, fetch all the flying platypi and prepare them. If this doesn’t work, I will be needing them.”
With that, the chipmunk scampered off and Twink began to prepare the spell to terrorize our young heroes.
Meanwhile, the group was exhausted, walking on very little sleep and sore feet. They finally stopped for a break about a mile away from the field of Poppies Twink and Hiroto had been discussing.
These poppies were not like the poppies we know, these poppies were J-Rock poppies, meaning that they were already magical on their own. Twink was going to twist their magic and use it against the adventurers. The field of poppies stretched for several miles in either direction, just rows and rows of beautiful bright red flowers. Within each flower was a single tear-shaped black pearl that could protect you from harm, disguising you and even turning you invisible.
After a short rest, the group began to enter into the field of poppies. As they got a little bit further in, Pomme, Sarai and Yo began to feel very ill. When they looked pieces of them were missing. Pomme could see through her stomach, Sarai was missing her legs and Yo couldn’t find his tail.
“Oh no! Sarai, what are we going to do?!” cried Pomme, feeling quite faint.
“I don’t know, Pomme! I don’t know! Oh god, Help!”
All of them began to cry out for help, though, as Gackt eventually pointed out, there was no one within miles to hear them. Pieces of Pomme, Sarai and Yo kept disappearing until they were nothing but talking heads lying amidst the flowers.
“What are we going to do Gackt? We can’t just let them disappear! We have to do something!” cried Miyavi.
“I don’t know what we can do! HELP! HELP!”
Just then a large shower of pink spider sparkles began to fall in the form of pink snowflakes. As the pink snow covered the group, Pomme, Sarai and Yo began to regain their bodies. Once they had all of their limbs they all hugged and ran as quickly as they could out of the field of Poppies.
As they emerged from the field they saw a huge city shaped like a giant pink star rising out of the earth.
“Look!” shouted Sarai. “The Pink Star City!”
“Let’s hurry!” exclaimed Pomme.
So they all took hands and began to skip toward the city.
“Damn it!” cried Twink, as she once again stared into her crystal triangle. “They’ve had help from that stupid hide matsumoto, Mr. Good Witch himself.”
Pacing back and forth, Twink began to formulate a new plan, one that couldn’t fail.
When they were about halfway to the city, Sarai looked up and noticed a large object flying just a short distance above their heads. Upon closer inspection, Sarai realized that it was something like the airplanes they had in Japan, only this one was slightly smaller and shaped more like a flying platypus.
"Um, guys..." Sarai stopped short and pointed. "What the hell is that?"
Pomme and the guys stopped and all looked up. Then they all began to run as the flying object dropped down and began to try to hit them. They all dove to the ground, as the flying machine pulled a "North by Northwest" move, flying scant inches above their prone bodies.
"Damn that was close. We better hurry or we aren't going to make it to the city alive!" cried Gackt, then he grabbed Sarai and Pomme's hands and dragged them up.
The flying machine swerved in the air, turning around to try and squish the adventurers. This time, it flew so low that one of the wings scooped up Pomme and Sarai, only picking up Sarai because she was holding on to Pomme like the world was going to end. As it tried to pull away, Miyavi, Gackt and Yo all grabbed hold of the back of the machine and pulled themselves up.
"Quick! Somebody take over the controls!" cried Yo, struggling to hold on. Pomme and Sarai found what looked like a cockpit and saw a Chipmunk, with a flying helmet on, steering.
"So, that's what she meant when she said she had flying platypi led by a flying chipmunk!" said Sarai.
Hiroto the chipmunk looked up at the girls and squealed, jumping up from behind the steering wheel. He then jumped out of the cockpit and pulled a chord releasing his giant parachute, so that he began to float back down to the Pink Gibson Road.
"Well, that was a dick move," said Pomme. "Now what are we going to do? I don't know how to fly anything!"
Sarai took hold of the wheel and began to pull up on it, but to no avail.
"Damn, that always works in the movies." she said.
"This isn't a movie Sarai! We are about to die horribly if we don't figure something out now!"
Then Gackt came in, some blood trickling down his lip.
"I'll do it," he said. "I used to fly things like this before I got turned into a statue." He then took the wheel and the girls scampered back up to where Miyavi and Yo were.
When they got up they saw Yo and Miyavi fighting off a dozen flying platypi, diving and swooping, trying to knock the guys down. The girls looked around for something to use as a weapon, but found nothing. Then all the sudden the flying machine did a nose dive leaving the platypi in a stream of smoke. Everyone held on tightly as the plane continued to plummet to the ground.
With a loud bang, the plane and passengers crashed through a pink glass ceiling over the city and into the middle of town. Everyone stopped to stare at the strangers in the flying machine.
"Um, Hi." said Sarai, just before she and the others passed out from exhaustion.
“Damn them!” screamed Twink as she stared into her giant crystal triangle. “They should have died by now, but they are still going toward the city. At this rate they will find the city and meet the Wizard and it’ll be Goodbye Magical Shoes. Must come up with a plan.”
“Excuse me, your Wickedness.” Said a timid voice.
“What is it now?!” roared Twink, turning on a small, nervous chipmunk.
“Well, it’s just that I think I know what you should do.” Replied the chipmunk, shrinking back.
“What is that?”
“The field of Poppies. The one about two miles outside of the Pink Star City. You could use some of your magic on it to stop them.”
Twink pondered this a moment, then gingerly patted the chipmunk’s head.
“Good job, Hiroto. You won’t be eaten after all. Go, fetch all the flying platypi and prepare them. If this doesn’t work, I will be needing them.”
With that, the chipmunk scampered off and Twink began to prepare the spell to terrorize our young heroes.
Meanwhile, the group was exhausted, walking on very little sleep and sore feet. They finally stopped for a break about a mile away from the field of Poppies Twink and Hiroto had been discussing.
These poppies were not like the poppies we know, these poppies were J-Rock poppies, meaning that they were already magical on their own. Twink was going to twist their magic and use it against the adventurers. The field of poppies stretched for several miles in either direction, just rows and rows of beautiful bright red flowers. Within each flower was a single tear-shaped black pearl that could protect you from harm, disguising you and even turning you invisible.
After a short rest, the group began to enter into the field of poppies. As they got a little bit further in, Pomme, Sarai and Yo began to feel very ill. When they looked pieces of them were missing. Pomme could see through her stomach, Sarai was missing her legs and Yo couldn’t find his tail.
“Oh no! Sarai, what are we going to do?!” cried Pomme, feeling quite faint.
“I don’t know, Pomme! I don’t know! Oh god, Help!”
All of them began to cry out for help, though, as Gackt eventually pointed out, there was no one within miles to hear them. Pieces of Pomme, Sarai and Yo kept disappearing until they were nothing but talking heads lying amidst the flowers.
“What are we going to do Gackt? We can’t just let them disappear! We have to do something!” cried Miyavi.
“I don’t know what we can do! HELP! HELP!”
Just then a large shower of pink spider sparkles began to fall in the form of pink snowflakes. As the pink snow covered the group, Pomme, Sarai and Yo began to regain their bodies. Once they had all of their limbs they all hugged and ran as quickly as they could out of the field of Poppies.
As they emerged from the field they saw a huge city shaped like a giant pink star rising out of the earth.
“Look!” shouted Sarai. “The Pink Star City!”
“Let’s hurry!” exclaimed Pomme.
So they all took hands and began to skip toward the city.
“Damn it!” cried Twink, as she once again stared into her crystal triangle. “They’ve had help from that stupid hide matsumoto, Mr. Good Witch himself.”
Pacing back and forth, Twink began to formulate a new plan, one that couldn’t fail.
When they were about halfway to the city, Sarai looked up and noticed a large object flying just a short distance above their heads. Upon closer inspection, Sarai realized that it was something like the airplanes they had in Japan, only this one was slightly smaller and shaped more like a flying platypus.
"Um, guys..." Sarai stopped short and pointed. "What the hell is that?"
Pomme and the guys stopped and all looked up. Then they all began to run as the flying object dropped down and began to try to hit them. They all dove to the ground, as the flying machine pulled a "North by Northwest" move, flying scant inches above their prone bodies.
"Damn that was close. We better hurry or we aren't going to make it to the city alive!" cried Gackt, then he grabbed Sarai and Pomme's hands and dragged them up.
The flying machine swerved in the air, turning around to try and squish the adventurers. This time, it flew so low that one of the wings scooped up Pomme and Sarai, only picking up Sarai because she was holding on to Pomme like the world was going to end. As it tried to pull away, Miyavi, Gackt and Yo all grabbed hold of the back of the machine and pulled themselves up.
"Quick! Somebody take over the controls!" cried Yo, struggling to hold on. Pomme and Sarai found what looked like a cockpit and saw a Chipmunk, with a flying helmet on, steering.
"So, that's what she meant when she said she had flying platypi led by a flying chipmunk!" said Sarai.
Hiroto the chipmunk looked up at the girls and squealed, jumping up from behind the steering wheel. He then jumped out of the cockpit and pulled a chord releasing his giant parachute, so that he began to float back down to the Pink Gibson Road.
"Well, that was a dick move," said Pomme. "Now what are we going to do? I don't know how to fly anything!"
Sarai took hold of the wheel and began to pull up on it, but to no avail.
"Damn, that always works in the movies." she said.
"This isn't a movie Sarai! We are about to die horribly if we don't figure something out now!"
Then Gackt came in, some blood trickling down his lip.
"I'll do it," he said. "I used to fly things like this before I got turned into a statue." He then took the wheel and the girls scampered back up to where Miyavi and Yo were.
When they got up they saw Yo and Miyavi fighting off a dozen flying platypi, diving and swooping, trying to knock the guys down. The girls looked around for something to use as a weapon, but found nothing. Then all the sudden the flying machine did a nose dive leaving the platypi in a stream of smoke. Everyone held on tightly as the plane continued to plummet to the ground.
With a loud bang, the plane and passengers crashed through a pink glass ceiling over the city and into the middle of town. Everyone stopped to stare at the strangers in the flying machine.
"Um, Hi." said Sarai, just before she and the others passed out from exhaustion.
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