Oddworld: The twins' escape

[General Dikrip]

More magic cool. Now they can be slightly healed at least. And that shield will help a lot. Keep going on this Jordan it gets better by the......paragraph?

[Jordan]

Thankyou for the comments, I like em!

As they walked towards the village, a weak flame was whipped up by the wind into a hot Simoon, Amethyst knew these were dangerous, so she protected her sister and herself. The Simoon swept by them, making the shield wobble. They were released, and they carried on towards the charred remains of Mikaria. They ran towards the closest rubble they could find, and they started to tear it apart.
"What's that?" Garnet asked curiously, as she looked at the thing that had been revealed. It appeared to be a stone slab, with a strange yellow symbol embedded into it.
Amethyst observed it closely, touching it softly. "I don't know, but I have a feeling there'll be more around here..." she said quietly, as she sighed and stood up. She beckoned her sister to follow, and she did so.
They began to clear the rubble of a couple more tree huts, a cold wind biting through their hair like a Paramite through a piece of meat.
Amethyst was right, each time a different symbol was shown on each slab, once each house had been finished, including their house, Garnet had an idea brewing in her mind.
"What if, we somehow activated these with mana, and then something will happen, they have to mean something... Right...?" She explained her point.
Her sister pondered it for a while, and then nodded.
Garnet raced off towards the closest hut rubble, and began to unlease some mana into the stone slabs. The symbol glowed a bright blue color, Garnet jumped in excitement.
"Yay!! It worked!" She shouted happily, the wind ruffling her hair wildly, she shook it about and ran to the next symbol hyperly.
She repeated this on each house, and sped back to her sister, who was folding her arms, watching intently.
A couple of seconds passed. Suddenly the ground began to shake madly, sending the twins flying to the floor, mud going in their mouths.
"Bleh!!" Garnet cried, spitting bits of earth onto the burnt floor.
She stood and her sister did soon after.
"Look at that!" Amethyst cried in awe, pointing at something she had seen, Garnet looked at the thing her sister saw, and yelped in amazement.
"Ooh, ooh! It's prettyful!" Garnet squealed happily.
The thing they had seen was a bright star over the trees of the forest, it quickly hovered downwards, and into the interior of the forest.
The twins exchanged looks, and ran into the forest to investigate their find.
As they walked into the woods, their sight went blurry from the bright light.
They struggled forward, and the twinkle crashed to floor, making it shine a beautiful blue.
Amethyst and Garnet stared at the brightness, and were thrown back because of the powerful magic.
They slowly lifted their heads, and looked at the light, it was gone.
Instead, there was a large hole, it was very deep...

Well, you know what they're gonna do dontcha?

[Abraham Lure]

They're going to go inside and finish their mission. This is getting good. Especially the simoon bit. I can't wait to read more. I'm hooked. Everytime I read it, I'm on the dge of my seat. I like this. Keep this up. I want more.

[General Dikrip]

Cool a giant hole! Yes I am amazed easily if you want to know . I like the magic part the more magic the better. Keep it up!

[Jordan]

Thanks Ray and GD! I'm glad ya like it!
Here's another chapter!

The two twins' hearts raced speedily. They examined the hole by standing by it. Garnet spoke and broke the exciting silence. "I can't believe we just did that... Wow!" she said unbelievingly, rubbing her eyes.
Amethyst smiled and hugged her sister. "You did it, sis, well done!" she laughed, and patted her twin on the back.
Garnet, overwhelmed, smiled proudly, then said: "Come on, we might as well check it out!" she said happily, crouching over the recently opened hole.
"Alright then, go!!" Amethyst replied, pushing Garnet evily.
Garnet slipped and grabbed the opposite edge, her body curved like a bridge.
"Ya little nasty!" Garnet growled, snorting with laughter.
She grasped the grass firmly, and dropped her legs down the hole, she hung there stupidly. Amethyst let out a burst of laughter, and fell to the floor, giggling crazily.
Garnet clutched at the vines on the wall of the hole, and slowly clambered downwards, mud dropping from the edge of the gap.
"Geronimo!" Amethyst cried, vaulting downwards opposite Garnet.
They carefully made their way to the bottom, where it was pitch black.
Amethyst conjured a blue fireball, it brightened the room up quickly, and it traveled in front of them, as if to guide the way.
The dark room had strange tiles on the walls, and the floor was shiny and had black and white clay tiles.
The sisters looked around, the room was very big, so it was hard to see.
They found a short stairway, and there were shadows upon the far wall.
"I don't like the feel of this place, it's weeeeird!" Garnet whispered into Amethyst's ear, who shook her off.
Amethyst grabbed Garnet's arm and led her down the marble staircase.
When they reached the bottom, everything was clear. There was a stone plynth stood at the wall, Garnet shook from Amethyst's grip and ran towards the plynth. It had a black, shiny slab placed on its surface, and it too had a yellow symbol carved into it.
"Hey sis, come and look at this!" Garnet called to her sister, who jogged towards her, and looked at the symbol, she sighed.
"Another...?" She asked simply, placing her hand on it.
Garnet nodded, then tried to release some mana into it, nothing happened.
She tried again, ditto. She looked at it hopelessly.
Amethyst started to whistle loudly, then she spotted something flashing in the corner. "Garnet.. Look at that!" she shouted excitedly.
"Fireflies..." Garnet said dreamily.

[Abraham Lure]

Fireflies...it could be a good sign. It could be a bad sign. We don't know. But at least it's a good cliffhanger. I can't wait to see what will happen.

[General Dikrip]

Hmm, I wonder if the fireflies guide them through the tunnel. Curse you Jordan my imaginations playin' up again. Still a brilliant fic, do I need to say keep it up?

[Jordan]

Right, this forum's going haywire, so I'd better save these chapters in case any of the posts get deleted!
Anyway, thanks you two for the comments, so here's a new chapter for ya, I hope you enjoy it!

"I've heard fireflies can guide you, they're supposed to be really great!" Garnet said happily, looking at her twin.
"Guide? How do we make em do that?" Amethyst asked curiosly, staring at the bright blue flies.
Garnet explained to her sister that one must chant. But neither of them had done much on chanting.
"Well.. Grandma used to try to teach us, but apparently we refused..." Amethyst explained. "Damn, I wish we'd tried!"
Garnet thought carefully, hand on hips. "Well, we've got to try something!" she ordered, sitting on the floor, getting ready for meditation. Amethyst joined her.
"Really sis, the things you get us into..." she sighed, closing her eyes.
Amethyst had a constapated look on her face, cheeks burning a bright red.
Garnet snorted with laughter at her, and tried it herself.
She slowly muttered some words in Mudish, and waved her hands around.
Amethyst watched her sister, one eyebrow raised, and a smile broke on her face.
Soon enough, Garnet glowed blue, and tiny orbs of light hovered about her head. She opened her eyes and glanced at the fireflies.
They spelled out a sentence. It read:
"To reach the secret room, you must work as a pair, it doesn't matter how it's done, just use your mana..."
And they went back to their original form, where they flew in a group, in that little corner.
"Use our mana...?" Garnet said dreamily, as she stood up.
Amethyst sighed and folded her arms.
"Cheer up, it'll be fun, we can make our own routine of putting our magic together!" Garnet said excitedly, patting her twin on the arm.
"Well... I suppose..." Amethyst replied, rubbing her eyes, tired of the dark.
"I wonder what it'd be like if fire and lightning crossed?" Garnet wondered curiously, a manic grin on her face.
"It'd be catastrophic." Amethyst said simply, laughing at her sister's excitement.
Garnet smiled and begged her sister to try it. Amethyst nodded reluctantly, and began to mutter her fire spell.
Garnet in surprise at her twin's quickness, and suddenly started mumbling her lightning spell.
The twins had learned to hold their spells on for a minute, and could cast Level 1b magic.
After at least a minute, Amethyst let go of her spell and a line of flames shot through the air, aimed straight for the plynth. As soon as Garnet heard the magic 'pop', she suddenly unleashed a strong jolt of lightning, she made it go straight through her sister's blast of fire. The lightning split, and it covered the fire. A bright, blinding ray of light appeared in the blast. All of a sudden, a powerful eruption came, blasting Amethyst and Garnet apart, they thudded to the ground. Dust flew in all directions, it was hard to see anything.
"Ahh!!" Garnet screamed.
As the dust parted, the sound heard in Zelda when Link did something cool rang in the twins' small, pointy ears.

[Abraham Lure]

Nice Zelda reference. I like it. I can just imagine that now. And the bit with the fireflies was cool as well. I like this. Keep it up.

[General Dikrip]

Interesting outcome of combined magic. Plus the Zelda sound is cool to. Can't wait to read more.

[Jordan]

Nice Zelda reference. I like it. I can just imagine that now. And the bit with the fireflies was cool as well. I like this. Keep it up.

I will keep it up! I felt like randomly doing something about Zelda lol.

Interesting outcome of combined magic. Plus the Zelda sound is cool to. Can't wait to read more.

Thanks a lot!

Here's another chapter, I hope it's enjoyed!

Garnet shook her head, making dust fly from her hair.
"Bleh, I hate dust!" Garnet moaned, blowing a raspberry.
Amethyst stepped away from her twin, avoiding the spit coming from her mouth.
When Garnet had finished wiping dirt off her, the twins walked towards the wall that they had shot their spell at. It had a large crack up it.
"What a strong wall..." Garnet said sadly, placing her hand on the deep crack.
Suddenly, the wall crumbled, and bits of rock smashed to the floor, revealing more dust. Amethyst stepped over the sharp rocks and looked into the new room, Garnet followed.
Garnet had a sudden fit of coughing, leaving her unable to move.
Amethyst moved to pat her on the back, but Garnet lifted her hand and shooed her away. "I'll--be--alright!" she coughed.
Amethyst looked at her, unsure, but then carried on to investigate the room.
There was nothing but blue fire-lit torches, and a lot of heavy debris.
But something else caught the interested Mudokon's eye, there were two story stones a couple of steps away from eachother.
She slowly walked towards the left one, her bare feet crunching underneath the tiny pebbles on the dirty floor.
As she stared at it, she heard crunching behind her, forgetting that her sister was there, she turned and she saw Garnet's pink face smiling at her stupidly.
"HELLO!!" She shouted annoyingly, Amethyst tapped her lightly on the cheek.
Garnet stuck her tongue out at her.
"So... What are these for?" she asked her twin stupidly.
Amethyst shrugged and stuck her paw into it.
"I don't see anything," she said, shaking her head.
Garnet sighed and tutted at her sister. "Here, let me try!" she exclaimed excitedly, going over to the story stone on the right.
She placed her paw inside and started stomping with her feet.
"It won't work, stupid thing!!" she cried, throwing a scranny.
But suddenly, they heard a loud laser-like sound, and a beam of light appeared on the far side of the room.
There was a slim figure inside it. The figure appeared to be a female Mudokon, she seemed to be crying...
"My children... You finally found this..." she sniffled, but then a smile appeared on her beautiful face.
Amethyst and Garnet looked at her, wide-eyed.
"I am your mother, and I send this request... This is my free soul form, this'll be what I look like if I wasn't imprisoned by the Vykkers..." Sam explained slowly.
A tear appeared in Garnet's eye. "Mummy...?"
Sam the Mudokon queen nodded, and carried on. "Yes, it is me..." she sighed.
"I love you both, so, so much... And I ask you to do something for me, please..."
Sam paused, and looked at her daughters. Amethyst lifted her head, and smiled slowly. "What is it, Mum?" she asked kindly.
Sam closed her eyes, and began to speak. "I'd like you to... Free me!" She said quickly, looking hopefully at her twins.
"Mum... Of course we will!" Garnet said happily, staring at her mother, giving a little laugh.
"Yeah, what's that train station called?" Amethyst asked her holographic mother. Sam laughed, "FeeCo Depot," she said helpfully.
Garnet looked disgusted when hearing this.
"We're gonna find FeeCo, and get you outta that blasted place!" Amethyst told her mother, lifting her hand.
"Thankyou... My daughters!" Sam laughed thankfully.
Soon after, she dissapeared. "Well, it looks like we're saving Mum at last!" Garnet shouted loudly, doing a little dance.
"Yes, I guess we are!" Amethyst said, putting her arm around Garnet.

[Abraham Lure]

Wow-ness. Sam has appeared. Well, in Free Soul Form. I like this. I hope she will be freed. I hope the twins succeed in their quest. I like this though. Keep going with it.

[General Dikrip]

Ooh cool a quest. Off to FeeCo Depot eh? Nice chapter, better each time. Keep it going!

[Jordan]

Thanks you two for the nice comments!

Here is the next chapter, so enjoy reading it, NOW!!

Amethyst stood at the opening of the trees, waiting for her sister to come back. Garnet had gone to pick some berries for their journey.
"Hurry up, I wanna get out of here!" Amethyst called to her sister.
There were a couple of seconds silence.
"Yeah yeah, I'm coming..." Garnet shouted back, and she came running into view, with an old looking basket.
Amethyst stared at the it. "Where did you get that thing?" Amethyst asked, her eyes half-closed.
Garnet grinned, and lifted the basket. "You mean this? I found it in a tree!" she explained happily, rattiling it. By the sounds of it, she had filled the basket to the top with wild berries.
"Come on you, Ms. Hyper..." Amethyst said, ushering her twin out of the woods.
The twins arrived at the old barn once again, and watched as Mudokons hammered at the battered roof.
A Mudokon called down to them. "We'll be seeing you sometime?"
Amethyst nodded, and carried on.
They went down the long, trailing path that lead to the Fleech woods.
When they got there, they stopped at sat down on a large, mossy rock.
Garnet opened the lid to the tattered basket, and took a handful of the purple berries out and shoved them into her mouth.
She then offered the basket to Amethyst, who hungrily accepted.
They talked about how they missed their grandmother's pies, and how they missed venturing into the forest to collect berries.
After the two had finished eating, and had devoured at least half the basket full of berries, they stood up, wiped their skirts, and turned towards the tall trees.
"Well, here goes nothing!" Amethyst said bravely. And the twins strided into Fleech forest.
A lone fleech slithered across the floor past Amethyst and Garnet, it left a slimy green trail behind it, which gurgled and fizzed.
"Ew!" Garnet squealed, she backed away and bashed into a tree.
Amethyst shook her head, and jumped over the acidic substance.
Garnet grimaced and stepped over the slime.
The forest had a murky green mist lurking in-between the branches of the crooked trees, and several Fleech screeches were heard.
Amethyst and Garnet clambered across some fallen logs, across a dirty, smelly, disgusting swamp.
They saw several fleeches along the way. They attempted to get to the twins, but Garnet popped them with her lightning.
Garnet was nearly sick at seeing fleeches burst into a pile of green blood and guts, but she carried on, behind her sister, along some tree branches.
The two had always loved to climb, and this was great fun for them.
Amethyst stopped at the end of a log, and pointed forwards.
"Land!" she exclaimed, as she hopped towards the grassy floor.
Garnet followed, and screamed as she fell.
They heard low beats amongst the screeching. There were lots of tall posts, with red hot, orange flames crackling inside them.
Soon enough, they reached the end of the woods, and they glimpsed many fleeches inside the trees, and strangely, they weren't attacking.
They appeared to be at the bottom of a large gorge, with high cliff walls towering above them.
"We made it..." Garnet shivered, night had fallen, and the air was very cool.
Amethyst nodded and smiled.
A large rumble came, and it made the twins fall on their bottoms.
"Ow!!!" Garnet screamed, and she went bright red in the face.
Amethyst shuffled around and looked at the forest. There was something giant in front of it. It was green, it had two heads, and sharp fangs...

[Abraham Lure]

Well, this is going to be horrible. Sounds like a mutant from Vykker labs. I hope Amythest and Garnet get through this one without getting hurt or killed. I want more. Hurry with the next bit.

[General Dikrip]

Interesting creature I agree with Abraham Lure a mutant from Vykkers Labs. Can't wait for the next chapter!

[Jordan]

Well, this is going to be horrible. Sounds like a mutant from Vykker labs. I hope Amythest and Garnet get through this one without getting hurt or killed. I want more. Hurry with the next bit.

I'll kill 'em!! Don't you worry!!! Nah, thanks!

Interesting creature I agree with Abraham Lure a mutant from Vykkers Labs. Can't wait for the next chapter!

Ooh, you'll both be very surprised!

Here's the next chapter!

The twins stared at the creature, eyes wide, and disgusted.
"All right. Why the HELL is that thing so big!?" Amethyst moaned, getting in her battle stance.
Garnet was humming to herself. "Let's do the time warp again..." she sung softly, nodding her head.
"Idiot..." Amethyst said, sighing. "I'd better get rid of this thing..."
The creature flung it's long, pink, slimy tongue at Amethyst, but she dodged it. "Come on then!" she taunted, beckoning it to come closer.

Boss 2
Rex, the giant Fleech
HP: 380

Amethyst backflipped another tongue flick, then lunged at the whip-like thing. She grabbed it and came closer and closer to the Fleech.
As she collided with the monster, she fiercely kicked it with her feet.
Damage: 4 HP: 376
"It's got a protective coat..." she thought, and jumped off of the worm.
"It's just a jump to the left!" Garnet cried, and she did a sideflip, sending a string of electricity surging through the ground, which hit the fleech squarely in the stomach.
Damage: 6 HP: 370
Amethyst laughed at her sister. "Rocky Horror?"
"Yep!" Garnet answered, smiling stupidly.
Amethyst looked at her gone out, and went back to the battle.
She charged up some fire, quickly jumping when the tongue came her way.
"Far!" she roared as she let go of her flame. It went flying towards Rex, and exploded when they met.
Damage: 5 HP: 365
"And a step to the right!" Garnet sung, as she moved her right foot side to side. It sent several jolts of thunder towards the Fleech.
Damage: 5 HP: 360
Rex didn't like this at all. He screeched, and flopped towards Garnet, who screamed and backed away.
"Get lost, freak!" She squealed, kicking it on its front head.
Damage: 8 HP: 352
It shook its head wildly, knocking Garnet to the floor, it was obviously in a lot of pain.
"The heads!" Amethyst said, punching the air.
She crept behind Rex, and grabbed its small head firmly.
The head attempted to open its nasty mouth, but Amethyst's strong grip kept it shut tight.
Garnet nodded, knowing what her sister was going to do.
Amethyst grinned. She lifted the small head and swung the heavy body round in circles, switching to only one hand.
Garnet began to charge a lightning spell up, and a blue light illuminated her concentrated body.
Amethyst charged a fire spell in one hand, and after about 20 seconds of spinning, she let go. The twins quickly let go of their spells and it caught the huge Fleech up in a surge of energy and mana.
The lightning and fire combined, creating a tornado of flames and volts.
Rex cried out in pain, as the inferno scorched it, and the thunder shocked it. The area was flashing bright colors of red and blue, like a firework display.
"Ouch!" Garnet said, staring at the spell, glad she wasn't caught up in it.
10 seconds passed, and the spell dispersed.
Rex slammed to the floor, wriggling about madly.
Damage: 100 HP: 252
He went into a sudden rage, flinging his tongue about everywhere.
Garnet let out a loud, repulsive, scream of pain, as she was hit by the whip tongue. It had ripped some of her arm flesh off, blood trickled down it.
As Rex ate, he smacked his large, green lips, Garnet stared in horror, whimpering.
"That really drives you insane!!" she quoted demonicly, and she unleashed thousands of thunder bolts in every direction.
At least a hundred bashed into Rex, he wasn't smacking his lips anymore!
Damage: 35 HP: 217
"Woah sis!" Amethyst whispered, doing the 'calm down' expression.
Garnet turned her head and glared at her sister evily.
Amethyst did a backflip and stared at the boss.
Garnet looked around her, searching for her twin.
She backflipped and landed next to Amethyst.
"We need to work together, or we'll never beat this thing!" Garnet cried, looking at her sister.
"Leap frog?" Amethyst suggested, a smile appearing on her face.
"Go on then!" Garnet said happily, already in the leap frog position.
Amethyst ran backwards, and sped towards her bent over sister.
She jumped and pulled herself over Garnet with her hands, at the same time Garnet lifted her back, heightening Amethyst's jump.
While in the air, Amethyst ignited her body with blue fire.
She collided with Rex's head, setting it alight.
Damage: 20 HP: 197
He turned his body, revealing his second head. It opened its tiny mouth, baring some very sharp fangs. Amethyst landed and sent a fireball into the small head.
"Ooooooooow." It moaned.
Damage: 5 HP: 192
A long, sharp, pink tongue slithered out. It wriggled, and lunged at Garnet.
Unfortunately, it caught her, it wrapped around her slim body.
"Hey, don't you dare hurt my sis!" Amethyst shouted, clenching her fists, making her knuckles go white.
She quickly ran to the side of the attacking tongue, and clasped it.
Garnet struggled and attempted to get free.
"Help!!" she cried, wriggling her pretty head.
Amethyst didn't know what to do. She dared to pull the tongue, and a rip was heard.
"What the-?" she wondered, grimacing at the ripping noise.
The Mudokon went further, and the tongue teared easily, setting Garnet free.
"Thanks!" Garnet said gratefully, hugging her twin.
Damage: 40 HP: 152
Rex fell before his tongue and screeched with its hungry, evil, menacing mouth.
There was a horrific sight in front of the twins. Rex began to eat his own tongue!
"EWWW!!!" Garnet exclaimed, covering her large eyes with her large hands.
But that wasn't all, the Fleech started to chew the tongue, and it rolled it up in a ball.
Amethyst clutched her head, and saw a strange vision.
It showed Garnet getting thrown to the ground by the tongue ball, it covered her, and she suffocated, crying out for help.
The vision quickly ended. "GARNET, MOVE!!" she roared, as she dived at her sister. Rex spat the ball out, and it just missed the twins.
"You saved me!" Garnet said, relieved, and she hugged Amethyst.
Amethyst did a fake smile, and pushed Garnet away.
"Come on, I've got a plan! she explained, dragging her sister towards the Fleech.

Meh, cliffhanger!

[Abraham Lure]

Come on, children! Kill the fleech! Kill the fleech! Kick its bum! Sorry, enthusiastic moment there I feel. I like this fic. It's getting really good and I mean really good. I like this. Keep it up.

[General Dikrip]

Come on its a fleech not a.......something thats not a fleech! Keep going its getting loads better!

[Jordan]

Thanks for the comments, you two!
Here's a new chapter!

"Are you sure you wanna do this, Amethyst? No one deserves this treatment!" Garnet warned. The twins had grabbed a head each, and Amethyst had an unsure look on her face.
She nodded half-heartedly, and pulled at her end.
Garnet sighed and pulled too. Rex started to scream and he wriggled madly.
Amethyst had a disgusted look on her face, and she clutched at her head with one large hand.
A vision appeared in her mind. It showed Rex being gruesomely ripped apart, green blood and guts flying in all directions, spraying the sisters grossly.
"NO!! WE CAN'T DO THIS!" Amethyst screamed, and she dropped Rex's heavy head on the floor.
Amethyst clutched her forehead, and crouched on the floor.
"Sis, come on, it's okay!" Garnet cried, as she rubbed her sister's back.
Amethyst snivelled, and stood up. "I've realised how cruel we're being!"
Garnet nodded slowly, and helped her sister up.
Rex stared at them, his body calming.
"What did he do to us?" Amethyst said softly, as she stroked his head.
He was making some sort of purring noise, he must like attention.
Garnet smiled and walked over to the hurt Fleech.
"I'm sorry Mr. Fleech!" she laughed, as she patted him on his long, green, slimy back.
Rex put his head on Garnet's arm, and rubbed it.
"Why thankyou!" she said gratefully, hugging him.
He pulled his head away when he heard a Fleech screech.
Some Fleeches from the forest gathered to the edge, and looked at their master. Rex slithered around, and flopped towards them.
"We'll see you sometime!" Amethyst called, waving her hand at Rexy.
Garnet waved with both hands.
After the waving, they turned around and looked in front of them.
There was a long path going up the side of the gorge.
The twins climbed it, and arrived at the top, where they saw beauty itself.
A beautiful city lay in front of them, and in the horizon, the sunset glowed a pretty orange and red color, lighting the tall towers and houses of the town up.
"Wow..." Garnet said dreamily, squinting at the brightness of the sun.
"It's wonderful!" smiled Amethyst, breathing in the beautiful air.
They sat down on the grass below them, and stared at the sunset for a while, and then gradually darkness fell upon them.
Twinkling stars sparkled in the dark, night sky, and the amazing moon shone down and turned the grass a pearly white color.
"Come on, we'd better get some sleep..." Amethyst ordered, getting on her knees.
"Oh yeah, we need to pray dont we?" Garnet said, as she saw her sister getting ready to pray.
She got on her knees and clapped her hands together.
And they prayed to Shrykull, as the village healer had told them to.
*****
Amethyst heard her sister's loud, annoying snoring.
"Today's been weird... What's going on in with my head?" she thougt, clasping a bunch of grass blades.
"Am I psychic... I saved two lives.."
She huddled up into a ball, the cold of the night air made her freezing cold.
She couldn't take it anymore. Amethyst stood up and crept away, down into the large, crater-like gorge.
"Hello?" she called, hoping that Rex was around.
A long pause passed, and just as she sighed and decided to give up, she heard a loud fleech screech in the forest's direction.
She looked around in the dark, looking for her friend, but she couldn't see him.
Suddenly a loud purring noise came in her ear.
"Hi, boy!" she whispered happily, hugging the unseen Fleech.
He purred in return, and rubbed his biggest head against her.
"What am I gonna do, boy? What am I gonna do..."

[General Dikrip]

Wow the beast has been tamed, excellent it may be a valuable ally later on.

[Abraham Lure]

Wow. Rex has been tamed. Thanks to the twins. Nice one, Amythest and Garnet. Your powers have really paid off. Beautiful city. I'm going to like this. Nice one, Jordan. Keep it up. *Swings a Hypno-Watch* You will write more.

[Jordan]

Well, I got em to civilisation in time for Valentines Day, and there'll be a nice valentines surprise, including cameo characters!

[Jordan]

I'm sorry about this not being on Valentine's day, but I didn't have time to write it. So here it is, enjoy! It's only the first part of the Valentine's bit.

Garnet yawned and shook her head tiredly. "Amethyst?" she asked, as she turned her head to look for her sister.
She stretched and got to her feet. "Sis?"
The only sounds that could be heard were the tweeting of birds, and the familiar screech of Fleeches.
After a while of these sounds, Garnet heard her sister's muffled voice.
"Don't worry, I'm down here!"
She stood on her tiptoes and spotted her sister sat further down the grassy hill leading to the hustling, bustling city.
Amethyst waved at her twin and smiled.
Garnet ran over to her and sat down.
"Hi, did ya have a good sleep?" Garnet asked her sister, looking at the bright, sunlit city below her.
"Yeah, like a baby!" Amethyst lied, rubbing her arm.
"Good!"
Amethyst nodded and got up. "Come on, we ought to have a look at this place, it looks nice!"
Garnet whooped and stood up too. "How about... We roll down the hill? We haven't done something like this in years!" Garnet suggested.
"Yeah, I don't see why not!"
And they lay down on the floor and spread their bodies out, ready to roll.
The twins slid down the steep hill, grass staining their skirts.
"Ahh!" Garnet screamed, as she bashed into her sister.
They laughed at it and fell in a big heap at the bottom.
"Woah..." Amethyst said dizzily, her head spinning round in circles.
"That was fun!" Garnet cried, sniffing the scent of the grass on her clothing.
Both of them were now stood up, and they made their way to the city gates tipsily, banging into one another, chuckling at their sillyness.
There was a female Mudokon stood at the wall, she had a happy smile pasted on her face.
"Happy Valentine's day, friends!" she said creepily, giving Amethyst and Garnet a heart-shaped piece of paper each.
"Uh... Thanks?" Amethyst said, and she stepped sidewards and faced the gate.
"I suppose you'd like to get inside, children?"
"Yes please!" Garnet said politely, blinking at the freaky lady.
The woman walked up to the steel gates, and inserted a tiny key into a huge, rusty padlock, and did a little dance.
The twins stepped inside, and heard the metal gates rattle behind them, and they squeaked as they were closed.
Hundreds of people were dashing about, going into different buildings, and they were all giving eachother gifts and flowers.
A little Mudokon boy ran up to them both, and gave them two roses.
"Welcome! This place is called Ethyria!" "Oh, and Happy Valentine's day!" he added, and he ran off to give more roses.
"That was sweet!" Garnet commented, her face glowing.
They carried on, and saw giant 25-foot buildings, with little windows in them. Fountains of gushing, clear water sprayed the place, making it more alive.
A creaky, wooden sign with a symbol of a beer glass hung on the side of a shack-like building, it's hinges halfway broken.
"Maybe we could find out more about this place if we talk to a bartender?" Amethyst wondered, pushing the saloon-like doors open.
This place was filthy, unlike the beauty of Ethyria's exterior.
The floorboards creaked loudly, and nails stuck out of them.
"Ewness..." Garnet whispered, sticking her tongue out.
They looked around. There were a couple of middle-aged Mudokons huddled in a corner, smoking pipes and downing their alcohol drunkenly.
In the opposite corner, there were several Slogs sat round a square table, and it looked like they were playing cards!
"Now THAT, is what I call weird!" Amethyst said, her eyes staring at the poker playing Slogs.
The sisters pulled up two seats and sat at the bar, next to a Mudokon wearing a black leather jacket, and a Gabbit wearing some an army uniform.
Garnet looked over at them and stared curiously.
Amethyst slapped her on the arm and whispered in her ear not to stare.
"There's some rough looking people in here, don't doing anything like that..."
A fat Clakker bartender came up to them, he was cleaning a very dirty glass, and he scowled at the twins.
"Yeah? What d'ya want?"
Amethyst looked at him carefully, and replied.
"Two Akdovs please..." she muttered, and when he turned his back she stuck her two fingers up at him.
He bent down and opened a small storage cupboard.
Garnet started to tap her 2 fingers on the counter.
The bartender straightened and turned, he had 2 bottles of Akdovs in his hands.
"Stop it..." he said impatiently to Garnet, and he slammed the bottles down on the counter angrily.
Garnet glared and supped her bottle. Amethyst paid the Clakker some moolah from her purse.
They drank their Adkovs silently, until the Mudokon in the jacket turned to them.
"This place is a craphole, aint it?" he shouted drunkenly.
Amethyst hutched her stool closer to Garnet.
"You heard that fatty? This place is a CRAPHOLE!!"
The Clakker bartender stopped cleaning the glass, and glared at the Mud.
"Say that again, but to my face!" he roared, his eyes going dark and fiery, and his feathered fists were clenched.
The Mudokon dared to climb onto the bar and shout loudly in the Clakker's face. "THIS PLACE IS A CRAPHOLE!!"
The bartender grabbed the Mudokon's leathery collar hard, and lifted it up.
"Oi!" Amethyst said, and she kicked her stool backwards.
"He's drunk!"
"Do you want some too missy?" the bartender said, lifting his huge fists in the air.
"Bring it on, chicken boy!" Amethyst mocked, beckoning the Clakker to come closer.
He roared out in rage and dived at her from behind the bar, he knocked her bottle over, and it crashed to the floor, sharp, glass pieces spreading across the dusty, creaky wooden floor.
"Hey! Leave Amethyst alone!" Garnet cried, booting the Clakker in the ass.

[Abraham Lure]

Ooh, that isn't too good. It's getting bad again. But at least that Clakker got a boot up the bum. I'll kick him up the bum too if I could.

[General Dikrip]

Damn clakker scumbag, oh well he'll get whats coming to him...I hope.

[Arxryl]

Cool... interesting chapter! "Day of Love" my Butt... no pun intended.

[Jordan]

Argh I can't let this hit the second page!
Here's another chapter, and it'll save this thread dying, lol! XD
EDIT: Ah... What the hell, all the signs of paragraphs have gone... I'll put a space in between every paragraph instead.

The Clakker lay hunched up on the floor. "Whores." he grumbled.
Amethyst kicked him hard in the back. "What was that?" She asked.
"N-nothin'!" the Clakker lied, and he groaned.
He had rope bound around his large feathered hands, and his clawed feet.
Meanwhile, Amethyst was sat beside the hungover Mudokon and slowly rubbed his boney back.
He threw up all over the bucket stood at his feet.
"He gets like this every day. He never tells me why..." the Gabbit explained to Garnet, and he winced as the Mud threw up again.
The Gabbit hadn't drunk any alcohol, it was all water.
Garnet rubbed some more. "There there..."
After a while, the sick Mudokon began to feel better, and he gulped down a glass of water the Gabbit handed to him.
"Thanks." He muttered.
Amethyst had sat down. "Okay, tell us about yourselves," she said to the Mudokon and the Gabbit.
No one spoke until the Gabbit piped up.
"My name is..." then he gasped. "Munch."
The Mudokon piped up too. "And mine is Abe... Pleased to meet you."
The twins nodded, and introduced themselves.
"Dude... The prophecy twins?" Abe said in awe.
"Prophecy...?" Garnet wondered, and she turned to Amethyst.
"I have no idea sis..." she said, and she stared at Abe.
"Yeah, I've heard Muds talk about you two as if you're some sort of legend!"
The sisters had heard it all before.
"You two... Are psychic!" Abe told them.

The beaming sunlight shone on their faces and their eyes burned with warmth.
Abe led them all to a large building, and they ran through the sliding glass doors.
"This is where we've been staying for the past week." Munch explained.
The place was very pink and there were a lot of love hearts spread around.
"Why don't we get you two a room?" Abe said to the twins, and he showed them to the counter.
After the room was sorted, Amethyst and Garnet sat in it, and talked.

"Psychic!? What's that guy on about?" Garnet laughed.
Amethyst was silent.
"What's up sis? You aren't talking much!" Garnet asked, and she jumped on her twin's bed.
"That guy is our brother..." Amethyst sighed. "It feels like he isn't even related, we've never even met him before..."
Garnet smiled and threw a pillow at her sister.
"Lighten up, this is the first time in a while we've stayed in rooms! Let's enjoy it!"

So they had a pillow fight... And Amethyst won, Garnet insisted that if one of the hotel staff members hadn't came in, she would have won instead.

Moonlight bursted through the glass window next to both beds.
It sprawled across Amethyst's back, and she snored away.
A creature leapt across the hills, it was probably a Paramite, or something else.
Meanwhile, Abe watched out of his window in another room.
He constantly stared at the bright moon, which had a Mudokon paw-print on its face.
He had made that paw appear. He had saved Oddworld countless times.
He was the chosen one... Just like Amethyst and Garnet.

[Abraham Lure]

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay. Abe and Munch have showed up. Yayness. I love how their role has started. I want to see more involving these two.

[General Dikrip]

Wow Abe and Munch I was wondering when they would come up. Nice one Jordan keep it up.