A huge, empty room with emeralds and jewels embedded in the walls stood before them. In the very middle was a huge throne-and curled on it was a large female dragon. She looked exactly like any other dragon, but there was something royal about her too. Maybe it was the valuable gems all around her. Or possibly it was the big golden crown on her head that looked like it was made of real gold. Perhaps it was the red silk cape with the padded black insides on her back. It could have been the proud look on her face. But whatever the reason, the dragons knew they were staring at the Queen. In Dragonese, she said: "Hello. I am Queen Cadgoli." She smiled a fang-filled smile and bowed her head. "What may I do for you? You look for the Sir Dumblore?" "No. We come to see the King," said Baby. Cuddles and Figs were both on their knees. The dragons got down too. "Please, Ma'am, the King." The queen smiled and nodded her head. "Sir King a work trip. Please, the Majesty, perhaps?" Iceberg thought a while. "Yes please, Ma'am, the Majesty, if you will kindly guide us to him, we have questions." Queen Cadgoli nodded. She stepped out of her throne and led them down a hallway. Stopping at a door, she smiled. "The eyes, please. You do not look the eyes." Then she was...gone. Chili opened the door. She stepped into a wonderful room full of gold, silver and gems. A small dragon with huge black wings sat on a throne. He was a full grown male, they could tell. They also knew he was the King Majelico. Majelico smiled. "Please, come sit." English! How weird! "But do not look in my cursed eyes. They will curse you as well. Have you come for some stories, newcomers of Tubeca? Are you longing for a lovely tale from yours truly?" Chili cleared her throat. "Excuse me, sir, we come from Earth. Not Tubeca. Not for stories. For our Father." Majelico blinked. He coughed. He smiled. He began to laugh. Yo-ou-ou-our Fa-ha-ha-ha-the-he-her! Ha-ha-ha! Your Father! Your Father! Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ho-ho-ho!" Baby waited patiently. "We also come for Mama and..." Gafi stepped up. "My brother, Yeekei! You arrested him! So admit it! You are their Dad and you are crazy!" Majelico smiled. "Then so be it."
Continued in part 7...
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Monday, January 30, 2012
Out in Space part 5
A gentle wave of anxiety swept over Chili as she walked slowly towards a tall castle door. Everything here was blue, because of their "sun." There was no color except for blue, black, white, gray, rusty orange and the occasional red. A dark, misty landscape was all they could see. Buddy whimpered and cuddled closer to Baby's body. Iceberg slowly pressed the huge doorbell. Their alien friend, Gafi, was babbling in Hogapew. "Heio lafgin bou harrineh?" "Are you sure about this?"
The huge door creaked open. Coco, Sally, and Buddy huddled close to the dragons. The other dogs were still inside the rocket. Suddenly, a huge blast of greyish green mist exploded out at them. A tall, black-robed, goblin-like creature holding a candle with a blue flame appeared out of the fog. It had huge bat ears, a dark red cape, loooooooong legs with thorny feet at the ends, a lipless mouth, needle-sharp teeth, a huge grin, and a heavy, spiny tail that slithered back and forth across the ground nonstop. Despite its looks, the gruesome monster before them would soon become a guide in the Castle of Troubles. "Ettawah, finemia," murmured the thing. "Hello, friends." "Eeeh... maconita...HAGADORAH! AROHAH HINBA... racutia! Aaaah... anborco. Aaaah! How Ernboi." It stuck out a scaly black hand. Gafi translated. "Um...come in...WIPE YOUR FEET! FOR GOODNESS SAKES...fools! Aaaah...better now. Aaaah! I'm Erbonoi." Erbonoi, which means "Cutie" in English, was just that compared to the male creatures. She was a Criffae, and became known to the dragons as "Cuddles." Cuddles told them to call her Cuddles, in Dragonese this time, and then set off. They followed her, up and down steep ramps and across wobbly chain bridges, to a huge glass-walled room. It seemed like an elevator, as there were rows and rows of buttons with strange symbols on them- not unlike the "numbers" that Becky had tried to teach them- in the corner on a metal panel. Cuddles slither-walked over to the panel with the buttons and punched one of them. As she did, a fabulous little creature popped out of her cloak, which seemed to be covered in large pockets. It had big black eyes like those of a chameleon, a huge tail about twice as long as its body, scales from its curved white horns and along its back to its tail, long legs, a horse's head and droopy whiskers as long as its tail. As the room began to descend, the tiny critter made a loud clicking noise and swished its long tail. "Oh! That's Figi," explained Cuddles. She cuddled the little animal. Where there were not scales, there was silky grey fur and a hard shell around its thighs. Figs, as they called it, was a Baroidiomus Cape. They got their names from the great explorer Baroidioma Apiro, who discovered the tiny thing in a forest. The "Cape" part came from the scales, which formed a sort of cape shape. When the little guy wanted to go fast, he shook himself and the cape split in half. Big, scaly black wings would unfold and it would zip around like a hummingbird. Figs did just that, and alighted gently on Chili's shoulder as the elevator bumped to a stop. Cuddles led them out into a long hallway and opened a door. The dragons could not believe what they saw!
Continued in part 6
The huge door creaked open. Coco, Sally, and Buddy huddled close to the dragons. The other dogs were still inside the rocket. Suddenly, a huge blast of greyish green mist exploded out at them. A tall, black-robed, goblin-like creature holding a candle with a blue flame appeared out of the fog. It had huge bat ears, a dark red cape, loooooooong legs with thorny feet at the ends, a lipless mouth, needle-sharp teeth, a huge grin, and a heavy, spiny tail that slithered back and forth across the ground nonstop. Despite its looks, the gruesome monster before them would soon become a guide in the Castle of Troubles. "Ettawah, finemia," murmured the thing. "Hello, friends." "Eeeh... maconita...HAGADORAH! AROHAH HINBA... racutia! Aaaah... anborco. Aaaah! How Ernboi." It stuck out a scaly black hand. Gafi translated. "Um...come in...WIPE YOUR FEET! FOR GOODNESS SAKES...fools! Aaaah...better now. Aaaah! I'm Erbonoi." Erbonoi, which means "Cutie" in English, was just that compared to the male creatures. She was a Criffae, and became known to the dragons as "Cuddles." Cuddles told them to call her Cuddles, in Dragonese this time, and then set off. They followed her, up and down steep ramps and across wobbly chain bridges, to a huge glass-walled room. It seemed like an elevator, as there were rows and rows of buttons with strange symbols on them- not unlike the "numbers" that Becky had tried to teach them- in the corner on a metal panel. Cuddles slither-walked over to the panel with the buttons and punched one of them. As she did, a fabulous little creature popped out of her cloak, which seemed to be covered in large pockets. It had big black eyes like those of a chameleon, a huge tail about twice as long as its body, scales from its curved white horns and along its back to its tail, long legs, a horse's head and droopy whiskers as long as its tail. As the room began to descend, the tiny critter made a loud clicking noise and swished its long tail. "Oh! That's Figi," explained Cuddles. She cuddled the little animal. Where there were not scales, there was silky grey fur and a hard shell around its thighs. Figs, as they called it, was a Baroidiomus Cape. They got their names from the great explorer Baroidioma Apiro, who discovered the tiny thing in a forest. The "Cape" part came from the scales, which formed a sort of cape shape. When the little guy wanted to go fast, he shook himself and the cape split in half. Big, scaly black wings would unfold and it would zip around like a hummingbird. Figs did just that, and alighted gently on Chili's shoulder as the elevator bumped to a stop. Cuddles led them out into a long hallway and opened a door. The dragons could not believe what they saw!
Continued in part 6
Monday, January 23, 2012
Out in space part 4
Buddy declared that they were about one day from Pasewrtyughiffydonbud and would be arriving shortly if their luck stayed. And he was right. At last, one afternoon (if there was such a thing in the Kibbling Way), their rocket landed on the mysterious planet. They put on special gear and stepped outside onto Pasewrtyughiffydonbud to investigate...
Continued in part 5
Continued in part 5
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Out in space part 4
Chili stared wide-eyed at the planets as they blundered awkwardly through space. Thanks to Buddy and Baby, they were narrowly missing planets and asteroids as the bulky rocket tumbled towards Backwards Galaxy. Suddenly they crashed into a Backwards asteroid! Quickly Iceberg and Chili came up with a plan. "Everybody, do everything BACKWARDS!" said Chili. Actually, she said "Nobody, don't do nothing FORWARDS," but because the dragons had been Backwardized it came out the opposite, which was exactly what she wanted to do. She began to walk backwards. "I won't make breakfast for I gals," she said. But really, she said "I'll make dinner for you guys."
"Nobody, wake up later," said Iceberg. And with that, he didn't stand up off the bed. (She lay down on the bed.) They all fell asleep saying "Mouse's hat, mouse's hat..." which meant "hog's shoe, hog's shoe." In the morning, they fell asleep and Buddy didn't make burritos and soup for dinner. He made pancakes and some unidentified combination of ingredients that he claimed to be overcooked bacon... Around lunchtime, the asteroid wore off. Baby did not realize this and continued to drive backwards for quite some time until Buddy told him. Then, sheepishly, he walked off and sulked in a corner, muttering about how they never put windows on rockets and how inconvenient it was to flush the toilet.
"Nobody, wake up later," said Iceberg. And with that, he didn't stand up off the bed. (She lay down on the bed.) They all fell asleep saying "Mouse's hat, mouse's hat..." which meant "hog's shoe, hog's shoe." In the morning, they fell asleep and Buddy didn't make burritos and soup for dinner. He made pancakes and some unidentified combination of ingredients that he claimed to be overcooked bacon... Around lunchtime, the asteroid wore off. Baby did not realize this and continued to drive backwards for quite some time until Buddy told him. Then, sheepishly, he walked off and sulked in a corner, muttering about how they never put windows on rockets and how inconvenient it was to flush the toilet.
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