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Shale Darksnow Vice Captain
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 Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 3:08 pm
Mmkay. I got this idea from two places: Kris's current story, and Marvel's X-Men Fairy Tales/Avengers Fairy Tales. I'm still working out the kinks, but i have a feeling i'll like this.
Why fairy tales? 'Cause Kris was doing the musical, but that died. I may shake it up and throw the characters to our dimension just for fun some time down the road. So, enjoy!
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Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 3:23 pm
Shale was grinning to himself. He had successfully beat Meryl at a game of chess. So the current score was Shale 1, Meryl 5. At least he won once. "So, what do you want to do next? It's not like we ghosties can do anything fun, right?" Meryl asked, tired of beating Shale and hearing his "i'll win next time" threats that never seem to come true.
"Well, Since Phell is currently still living, we can't go on a good old adventure, right?" Shale asked, setting up the board for a new game. "I'll win this one!"
Meryl headpalmed. "Shale, you'll lose. And then you'll want to play again, and you'll lose again."
"Children, children, cut the crap." Erin loomed over the board. "Shale, you know you'll lose. You're boring poor Kris to, uh, death."
"Well, what do you say we should do? We have all the time in the world right now." Shale moved a pawn forwards two spaces.
"I don't know. Maybe you could go ask one of the other ghosts? They seem to be enjoying themselves." Erin motioned to the other ghosts, who all had very bored expressions on their opaque faces.
"May i be of some service?" An obviously old man, whose long white beard and fluffy eyebrows made him look older, asked, floating by the chess table. "I could give you the opportunity to have a grand adventure."
"Yeah! Lets do that!" Meryl liked the idea very much. More so than putting Shale's king into check, like she did just then.
"So be it." The man smiled, his wrinkles making little faces of their own. He pulled off his blue cap and reached into his blue robe, pulling out a thick book. "Watch the cover carefully now."
"Why? It's just the stupid outside of the book." Erin noted, clearing off the chess table and sitting on it. Shale was still dumbfounded about losing again.
"Because, that is where the magic is..." The man's voice slowly disappeared, as with the rest of the environment. Since the trio's eyes were glued to the cover, they didn't notice the change until the cover too disappeared and Erin fell on Shale, who had fallen through a tree. Meryl wasn't as lucky, as she got stuck in the tree.
"Guys? Where are we?" Shale asked, observing the new land filled with unusually happy people.
"We're not in limbo anymore." Meryl observed, sliding down the trunk.
"No s**t." Erin batted away a child who was trying to hug her. "Where's my tome?"
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Shale Darksnow Vice Captain
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Shale Darksnow Vice Captain
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Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 9:16 pm
The Wicked Wizard of Wickedness
"Hey, guys? Why aren't there any adults? And why are the kids cheering for us?" Meryl asked, stepping out of the way of a crowd of children attempting to hug her. She was right, there were no adults, and all of the children only were up to her waist in height.
"I don't know..." Shale was confused. The kids were mobbing him, and whenever he asked them a question, they giggled and thanked the trio.
One of them finally stopped laughing and spoke up. "Thank you for killing her! We're free!"
"Killing who?" Erin asked, looking at the child like he grew a second head. "What are you talking about?"
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Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 9:59 pm
"Why, you killed the Wicked Wizard of the East." A sickeningly delightful voice answered over the dull roar of the kids. The trio almost got whiplash looking to see who it was.
"Selena?! Is that you?" Erin exclaimed, marveling at the woman. It was Selena, true, but she had fairy wings.
"Why, I am Selena, the Good Witch of the North. Your castle landed on Warren, The Wicked Wizard of the East." She said sweetly, pointing something behind them. They turned, and marveled at a huge castle. Sticking out from under the nearest corner to them was a pair of legs wearing ruby colored combat boots.
"That was unexpected." Shale remarked, turning back. "What is that?" He asked, pointing at a speck in the sky that was growing bigger by the minute. Selena turned to look, and turned back, a terrified look on her face.
"Quickly! You!" She pointed at Erin. "Put on the ruby combat boots before he gets here!"
"What? Who?" Erin asked, looking back and forth between Selena and the boots.
"Just do it!" Selena shouted, before looking back.
"Cain?!" The trio exclaimed in almost unison.
"That's right! It's me, Cain, the Wicked Wizard of the West!" He roared with laughter, the pointy black hat atop his head wiggling while the black cloak he wore flapped in the breeze. "Give me the boots!"
"Never! They're already on her!" Selena pointed at Erin, who looked at her feet in udder stupor. On her feet were the ruby combat boots.
"What?" Cain roared with anger. "You will give them to me right now!"
"Like hell i will!" Erin shouted, still confused.
"Well then, i'll have to take them from you!" Cain lunged, but the boots sent out red lightning bolts, sending him skidding to his bottom. "Aarrgh! Then i'll take your friends!" He roared, holding out his hands. Shale and Meryl disappeared in a pop.
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Shale Darksnow Vice Captain
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Shale Darksnow Vice Captain
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Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 10:13 am
"Bring them back!!" Erin leaped on Cain, socking him a few times in the face before he kicked her off of him.
"Very amusing, yes. If you want them back, come to my castle and give me the boots." He sneered, before he too vanished in a pop.
"What do i do?" Erin cried, sinking to her knees on the ground. She noticed for the first time that it was made out of several different colored bricks. "What do i do?" She sobbed.
"My child, do what your heart tells you. But do not, under any circumstances, take off those boots." Selena said, her voice soothed Erin as she stood.
"Where is his castle?" She asked, wiping away tears.
"Follow the yellow brick road!" A child piped up. Erin turned to look who spoke, and to her surprise she saw young Cain, Jack, and Holly.
"What?"
"Do what the munchkin says and follow the yellow brick road." Selena pointed at the yellow road.
"Where does the red road go?" Erin asked, mildly curious.
"Nantucket." Holly said matter-of-factly.
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Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 2:48 pm
Erin had been trudging along the yellow brick road for about an hour before she realized that there was tall corn plants on either side of the road. This was a strange sight to her, as she never had been this close to corn that was taller than she was. It wasn't long before she heard a large commotion coming from further down the road.
"Get off of me you stupid crows! Get! Scram!" The voice was familiar, so she hurried to the scene. "Get the hell off of me or i'll eat you!" The voice roared, the sound of crows mocking it followed.
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Shale Darksnow Vice Captain
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Shale Darksnow Vice Captain
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Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 3:13 pm
Erin turned a corner and found a scarecrow battling crows. "Serra?" Erin's eyes widened. The scarecrow kicked a crow and turned to see who was calling out her name.
"The one and only. I'm Serra the Scarecrow, who the hell are you?" She responded, slapping another crow.
"I'm Erin. I have to find the Wizard of the West. He took my friends." Erin said, leaping into action, batting crows away from the very gloomy scarecrow laguz.
"Him?! He took my brain!" Serra exclaimed, shifting into a cat scarecrow. The process was very awkward and involved lots of hay stuffing. When the shift was complete, she leaped in the air and grabbed a crow in her mouth. In one swift motion, the crow's head was lying at Erin's feet. "Can I join ya? I want my brain back."
"... Uh, sure." Erin watched the strange creature. The crows had fled as soon as their comrade's head went flying. A few minutes of stuffing, and the Scarecrow and Erin had found the yellow brick road and continued on their journey. "You aren't going to sing are you?" Erin asked.
"No, why?"
"I hate singing."
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Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 4:05 pm
Erin and Scarecrow had followed the yellow brick road for about an hour before the landscape shifted yet again. The corn stalks soon faded into large grassy fields and apple trees. "I'm hungry. How 'bout you?" Erin asked, forgetting that her companion was a scarecrow, and therefore didn't eat.
"What? You eat? What's it like?" Scarecrow asked eagerly, almost bouncing when she asked.
"It's okay, i guess. I don't eat much though." Erin answered, reaching up to grab an apple.
"Oh no you don't!" A voice from nowhere made Erin jump and retract her arm.
"Who said that?" She asked. Scarecrow had shifted and restuffed herself while Erin was looking around.
"I did. You were about to steal my child!"
"What?"
"The apple. You were going to steal it's apple." Scarecrow said, watching the tree wearily.
"Damn straight! Shoo! Shoo!" The tree started hitting Erin with it's branches. Scarecrow tried to help but was knocked aside, her stuffing falling out everywhere.
"Unhand that woman!" A loud, obnoxious voice pierced the air. There was a loud clunk, and another, and the tree let Erin go.
"Stop! Stop! You're hurting me!" It whined, it's branches flailing wildly. Erin looked around the tree only to see a man completely made out of metal, hitting the tree with an axe.
"SEP?!?" She exclaimed, watching the metal man's axe break as the tree fell.
"There's no Sep here. Just me, the best Tinman ever!" The man said, puffing out his metal chest, his hands on his hips.
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Shale Darksnow Vice Captain
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Shale Darksnow Vice Captain
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Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 4:59 pm
"Where are you headed? You may require me to smash your foes." Tinman asked, crossing his arms with a sharp creak.
"We're heading to see the Wizard." Erin answered, biting into an apple.
"The Wonderful Wizard or the Wicked Wizard?"
"Uh... The Wicked Wizard. He took my friends."
"And my brain." Scarecrow nodded.
"I'll go with ya. He took my heart, so whenever i just stand still, i hear nothing." Tinman said sadly, hanging his head low.
"Okay then. C'mon, we need to reach the castle soon." Erin threw the apple core down by tree's remains.
"Yeah, we should leave before the cops get here and charge us with murder." Scarecrow nodded, finally finished with stuffing herself.
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Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 2:20 pm
Despite the obvious issue that Erin lacked the knowledge of what a cop was, the odd trio trudged along until the sparse apple trees became thick oaks and conifers. Night was also falling, and the moon cast eerie shadows on the landscape. "I think we're lost." Scarecrow blurted out, almost causing Erin to leap out of her skin.
"We aren't lost." Erin snapped, watching the stars as she walked.
"I think we are." Tinman agreed, nodding his head with a sharp creak.
"We're not."
"That's the fourth time we passed that tree." Scarecrow pointed at a tree with a branch that was broken in half. "I know, 'cause i broke that branch."
Erin was about to reply when a howl made her jump. There was another one, and another, before Erin finally was able to pin-point it. "That's no ordinary wolf." She said, her hands balled into fists.
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Shale Darksnow Vice Captain
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Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 2:37 pm
After a few minutes of intense chasing, and one massive tackle by Erin, she found the wolf that was howling. "Please don't hurt me!" He whined, covering his eyes with his paws. "I'm only a poor wolf!"
Erin, feeling guilty for tackling him, quickly got off of the wolf. "Ohmygosh, i'm so sorry!" She said, kneeling down next to him. "Is there anything i can do for you?"
"Can i travel with you? This forest gets scary at night, and i don't like being here alone." The wolf said, his eyes full of fear and sadness.
"Sure. As long as you don't mind the Wicked Wizard of the West." Tinman blurted with a creak.
"The who?"
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Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 7:18 pm
The odd foursome had traversed through the seemingly never ending forest, only to come upon a large field of colorful flowers. "I don't like the looks of this..." Erin commented, scratching her head.
"Why?" Scarecrow asked, taking a step into the flowers.
"I don't know..." Erin and the rest of the gang cautiously followed her into the field. About halfway through they stopped.
"What's wrong? Why are we stopping?" Tinman asked, obviously confused. The other three were beginning to sway slowly, obviously becoming very tired. "Since i'm made out of tin, i can't fall asleep, so i'll pretend to." He said, puffing out his chest proudly, before falling and pretending to fall into a deep sleep. The other three followed, only they fell into a deep sleep quickly.
They woke a few hours later, locked in a heavily guarded cell. "Wha- Where are we?" Erin asked, still groggy from the colorful flowers.
"You are in my castle, recovering in my cell!" Cain laughed hysterically at the foursome. "And here you will stay until your friends can find there way..."
End of The Wicked Wizard of Wickedness
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Shale Darksnow Vice Captain
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Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 7:54 pm
Little Red Riding Backwards
"Uugh... Where am I?" Meryl groaned, rubbing her forehead. The last thing she remembered was Cain laughing menacingly, then darkness. She sat up, only to hit her head on a short tree branch. "Stupid tree!" She barked, her vision blocked by something red. Brushing it out of her eyes with her hand, she found it to be a red hood made from a thick fabric. "What's this?" She slowly stood, removing the heavy red cloak. "I'm so lost."
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Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 6:45 pm
Meryl, having nothing to lose, followed the path in the woods. "Okay, lets set some things straight. Shale, Erin and I were being all ghosty, then this old guy showed up and made us look at a book. Then poof! We're being swarmed by kids, Cain shows up, and bam! I'm here with a red cloak and a basket full of bread. But where is here?" She sighed, it was getting dark and the leaveless trees were casting eerie shadows. Far off in the distance, she heard a roar. "Oh crap..."
It wasn't long until she found what made the roar; a large, angry looking lion. "Give me your basket, or i'll eat ya!"
"Why the basket?" Meryl asked innocently. "Why not just go hunting on your own?"
"If only it were that easy," The lion said sadly. "Say... Why not let me come with you to your gradma's house? That is where you're going, right?"
"Uh... I don't know. But if it'll keep you from eating me, then sure," she said, pulling out a small portion of bread and handing it to the lion.
"Okay, so let's just follow this path right here..." He said, popping the bread into his mouth. "Mmm... Delicious!"
Several hours and half a basket of bread later, the odd duo found itself at a large, inviting shack. "Is this it?" Meryl asked, taking the door knob in her hand.
"How should i know? It's your grandmother."
"Helpful." She pushed open the door and stepped inside. "Aren't you coming?" She asked, noticing the lion not moving.
"Naw, i don't want to come between you and your grandmother."
That lion's acting odd... Meryl thought, closing the door behind her and fumbling for a match. When she lit it, she found out why.
"Hi, lass," Cain said, his face just inches from her's. "Glad you could join us.
End of Little Red Riding Backwards
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Shale Darksnow Vice Captain
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Shale Darksnow Vice Captain
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Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 6:54 pm
"We're Doomed"
"Got you to, huh?" Erin asked as Meryl was shoved into the cell.
"Yeah. Who're these guys, and where's Shale?"
"Oh, these? I found them on my journey. Meryl, meet Tinman, Scarecrow, and The Wolf."
"Hi! Now, where's Shale?" Meryl asked, giving the other three a quick wave.
"I don't know. I think he's still out there. Our fates are in his hands."
"We're doomed." Meryl headpalmed.
Shale's eyes snapped open. He was cold, covered in something smelly, and there was a bad taste in his mouth. "Ugh... Where am I?" He asked, grabbing the rim of the long, rusty green rectangle and pulling himself up. "Why is there rotten food and other gross stuff here?" He asked, oblivious to the fact that he was in a dumpster. He crawled out, landing face first in a mud puddle.
"Hi, sugar. Want a good time?" A woman's voice said, causing him to jump up.
"Who're you?'
"Mah name's Bubblegum! Wanna have a good time?"
"Uh, no thanks. I'm looking for a portal back to my friends. Can you help me?"
"Sugar, i can help you in other ways..."
"Uh, what?"
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