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Okay, I archived it! I'm not sure if I did it right, because the text doesn't show up correctly, but at least we didn't have to get rid of it! Those are good questions. I can't really think of any more right now at the moment though.

Tikal: I really hope you don't get in trouble too much, Layla... Anyway, an ancient quote says, "The Controller is the one that unifies the Chaos." The Controller is the Master Emerald, and it can tell us where the Chaos Emerald is, I hope. Tikallover 03:35, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

That's great! And how about, "Are you usually harassed by somebody or something (something could be like activities)?"

Flora: Can it actually talk? --71.105.3.233 07:10, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

That's a good question!

Tikal: I don't think it can talk, but once when it was broken it showed Knuckles where its pieces were. If I ask it, it might show us an image inside it of where the pieces are.

And, "Do you have a bad reputation?"

Flora: I hope it does! --71.118.88.53 19:10, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

"Have you ever been bullied or teased and has if affected you a lot?" and "Are there many major things in your life you really want to change completely?"

Tikal goes up to the Master Emerald and puts her hands on it. She says a strange chant and asks it her question. "Where are the pieces of the Chaos Emerald we are looking for?" She takes her hands off of it and inside the Emerald a cloudy image shows up. It swirls and slowly takes the image of the park. The biggest piece was there hidden in the grass, and the other 3 images showed 3 people picking them up and taking them with them. One of them was Rouge, who was very exited to have the next largest piece, and the other two were two humans who had the other two pieces. The images slowly faded away. Tikal: Oh great. We can get one piece easily, but we'll have to convince Rouge to give us the other piece, which certainly won't be easy, and since we don't even know who those two humans are, how can we find them?

"Are usually nervous or embarrassed?"

Flora: Well, maybe they aren't gone yet. We could hurry to the park and see if they're still there. As for Rouge...um, who's that? --71.118.88.53 23:36, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Tikal: Rouge is... well, kind of a rival of mine. I don't like her very much, but the thing is... Knuckles seems to a little and I.., (blushes) Uh, never mind. Forget I said that. She's a government spy but also a jewel thief. She'll do anything to have jewels. It's going to be very hard to get that Chaos Emerald shard away from her. Maybe I could give her another jewel in return if we have too. Tikal looks at Flora, who of course is wearing the real Tikal's outfit. Tikal: Perhaps my necklace, but, oh, I'd hate to give that away. It's one of the few things I have from the time period I was born in. But if I have to, I have to. Tikallover 19:04, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Flora: Oh, you don't have to. I have some jewels in my room, but it's in Alfea. Since you're me, if they see you, you - or me - will get in trouble. So we might have to sneak around a bit if we're going to use mimes. Actually, I think we should because I would hate if you had to get rid of something precious to you. But do you think finding the two people would be easier? Did you get a clear look at them in the Master Emerald? Or perhaps you saw something that would help you know where they would be at right now? --71.118.88.53 03:26, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Tikal: Are you sure you don't mind using your jewels? Also, one of the people appeared to be a man who had just spotted the shard on the ground. He probably pocketed it. The other I couldn't see as clear, but it appeared to be a toddler crawling around who had almost curiously put the shard in his mouth, but his mother stopped him and examined the piece. That's all I had the chance to see... but actually, I have an emerald sense in which I can tell if we're close to the pieces, so perhaps if they're still in the park, we can find them. Tikallover 04:03, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Flora: Oh, of course I don't mind using my jewels! Especially for a good cause. Besides, I could just go to the mall and replace them anytime, or go back to my planet to get some new ones. So, before we go back to Alfea, let's see if the two people are easier. And who knows - perhaps if we ask Rouge nicely, she'll let us have it, especially if she knows how important this is to us. --71.104.183.148 06:38, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

BTW, do you think that later, when they revert back to normal, something else should happen (like they switched powers or something)? Unless you got bored of the RPG and want to stop or something. --71.104.183.148 06:40, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Tikal: Alright, let's go to the park before Alfea. And I suppose we could try to ask Rouge too, but I doubt she'll give in without a jewel. Tikal turns to Layla. Tikal: If Knuckles comes back, you could tell him what happened and that you're there for me. Thanks again! Flora and Tikal go back to the park. They look around, and spot one of the people. There was the mother of the toddler, who was now in a stroller, showing the shard to one of her friends and they were chattering about it. Woman: It just seems to glow, but it's smaller than a Chaos Emerald. I can't believe Jonny found it. Other woman: What are you going to do with it? Woman: I don't know... I don't even know what it is. Tikal goes up to them. Tikal: Excuse me, but, um, we kind of need that jewel. The mother turns to her. Woman: It's yours? Well, what is it? Tikal: It's actually a piece of a Chaos Emerald... but we really need it, so could we have it?

Maybe, because I do want to continue this role play. Tikallover 19:04, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Flora uses her magic to make two beautiful flowers come up out of the soil and then picks it up and approaches the women. Flora: Please, it's very urgent! I'm sorry that we can't be any more explicit than this, but we really do need this! It's not much, but you could have these two flowers instead.

I'd like to continue the role play, too! So, I was thinking that after they got back to normal, they go on a quest to find the rest of the Chaos Emeralds from other people who want it for their own purposes. --72.67.78.125 08:32, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Woman: It's a Chaos Emerald? And you know magic? Uh, I'm afraid of Chaos Emeralds, so take it! Thanks for the flowers! Tikal: Thank you, ma'am. Flora and Tikal leave to look for the man Tikal had seen in the Emerald. They spot someone who looks like him, and Tikal goes up to him. Tikal: Um, excuse me sir, but did you happen to see a piece of a glowing jewel anywhere? Man: Uh, yeah... but why? Tikal: Well, we kind of need it for something. Man: Is it yours? Tikal: Not exactly, but, uh... Man: You see, I was hoping to study it. I'm a scientist, and I think it's one of those minerals that glows under florescent light. I'm not sure why it's glowing now, though. Or why it seems to be as hard and clear as diamond. Tikal: It's actually a piece of a Chaos Emerald. The scientist gets exited. Man: Really? I've always wanted to study one of those! So mysterious... Gee, thanks for telling me! Tikal: Well the thing is, we have kind of a situation here and we really need it to help us. What if we brought you another Chaos Emerald later, a whole one, and you give us this piece? Man: Are you sure you won't forget? Tikal turns to Flora. Tikal (to Flora) This is okay, right?

That's a good idea! But what will they do with the Chaos Emeralds?

By the way, only if you want to read them, what do you think of the quotes in the "Quotes from Valin" journal on my DeviantART page? Just a warning, there are a few you might not like:

• One of them is about a woman telling a girl about where babies come from, but the information isn't correct. First she tells her about flowers and seeds, then about the stork, then about the baby store, and then a really odd story about babies coming from soap bubbles.
• One is about the silliness of two people fighting, because the two girls who fought went and got a medieval sundae together directly afterwards. It is a parody of what happens in the hallways in modern public schools.
• The other one features a peasant woman showing a noblewoman the inside of her cottage, saying that boys slept on one straw mattress and girls slept on the other, except on "special nights". She didn't intend for this to go any further, but the noblewoman made a remark about why else would she (the peasant woman) have so many children. The peasant woman was appalled. It contradicts the idea that peasants were cruder than nobles, who were supposed to act etiquette and refined.
• In another one, a naughty word is used by the King, which made a noblewoman gasp.
• And there's another one... *blushes* I guess I should have been more careful, but this one involves a gay woman flirting with a straight woman. In the end she tells her ex-maid that she is "proposing" to the other woman. It's not meant to be abuse, though. It's intended to be like Amy chasing Sonic.

Okay... I just felt like I worked on a "controversy" article for some children's television program. However, I'm almost positive that the rest should be okay. Tikallover 22:41, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Flora: Of course I don't mind! I don't think he'll do anything bad to a Chaos Emerald...right?

Perhaps they're trying to keep it away from others who want to use it for bad purposes? And I thought the quotes were funny! Although the thees and thous sometimes confused me, I still thought it was funny! And the ones you thought I didn't like actually were one of the most funniest! --71.104.181.245 09:01, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

This is totally out of the subject, but I found this cool video on Google! You don't have to watch it if you don't want to, but I just though you might want to see it. But it has nothing to do with Tikal or any of the Sonic people, and instead, it's about Yuna and Lenne from Final Fantasy X-2. The person who created it made it look like the two were singing that song from t.A.t.U., so I thought it was cool, and you might've wanted to see it. I dunno. I just thought it was cool! --71.104.181.245 09:05, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Tikal: I think you're right. She turns back to the man. Tikal: Okay, how about we meet in the main area of the park in two days to give you a full Emerald, and you can give us this piece? Man: Okay, but don't forget! He gives Tikal the Chaos Emerald shard. Tikal: Thank you! She turns to Flora. Tikal: Now we shouldn't have much trouble finding the piece that was hidden in the grass. They started looking around for a shiny thing in the grass, but Rouge had heard them and was looking too. Rouge (thinking): So, those two want to get the piece before me? Ha! That echidna, Tikal, is a terrible treasure hunter, and I don't even know who she is with, but I'm going to get those shards first!

Okay, that would work. They could take them from people with bad intentions and maybe give them to people with good intentions or keep them safe.

I tried to watch the video, but it only showed up as a box with a red X... I hate it when that happens! I'm glad you liked my quotes! For a long time thee's and thou's have not confused me. I think I learned it when I read the entire script of Shakespeare's play, As You Like It for English class last year. It had a lot of the old Archaic English and other older words (like "prithee", which means "pray thee" or "ask you"), and the book had an explanation of what was going on in the opposite page, with explanations of the words. At first I would look at the opposite pages because I was as confused as ever, but then towards the middle of the book, I gradually knew what they were talking about, though I had to read closely, and at the end I was practically an expert. I studied the article here at Wikipedia on Archaic and then changed all the quotes I had in my Valinese document (which were then in modern English, which isn't very realistic) to thee's and thou's. Tikallover 14:25, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Flora: Hmm...this is taking a while...let me talk to the plants. (Addresses the grass) Could you please tell me where the chaos emerald shard has landed? It would help us so much! (There is a pause) Thank you! (turns to Tikal) The grass is telling me that the shard is over there! (points to a shard in a distance) Let's go get it! (begins to walk there)

And do you think they should somehow be separated at some point so they could meet different people and have multiple conflicts? For instance, Tikal could meet my characters and have troubles, and Flora could meet your characters and have trouble (you could even get people from Valin!). And it's interesting how you made everything just like medieval times! And do you know why a red x shows up? Let me try to find a better version of it. --71.105.9.185 05:07, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Okay, I found a better version of it on Youtube right here! I hope it works now! --71.105.9.185 05:09, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

I just read your journal, and I thought the Sonic Next-Gen story was hilarious! I loved it! And it totally shows how damsels-in-distresses are so unrealistically helpless! --71.105.9.185 05:15, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Tikal: Wow, Flora, that was amazing! I really wish I could talk to plants! They go over to the shard on the ground. Tikal reaches for it, when suddenly something (or someone) swoops down and grabs it first. Tikal looks up. Rouge is hovering above them, adoring the shard. Rouge: You didn't plan on me being here, did you? Well, I got it first! Winning is everything, and I win! Tikal: Rouge! Give that back to us! Rouge: Back? It was never yours in the first place. I could make a necklace, or a ring, or earrings, or even a bracelet out of these! Tikal: But that's a CHAOS Emerald! It's not meant to become jewelry! Rouge: Come to think of it, why are you yelling at me and not Tikal? Usually when I irritate her she snaps at me like a rubber band. Tikal: ...That's an odd metaphor.

That's a good idea, that they go separate ways. But I don't have many characters, except for Ruby, Em (who are Tikal and Knuckles' children in the future, so I don't know if you want to go with that storyline), and a butterfly named Charma, who is supposed to be Charmy's mother. I don't know if it would fit to have the Valinese characters or Ruby and Em in the role-play, unless they are somehow transported to the past/future. But that would be an interesting concept if Tikal went into the future and met her children and her future self and future Knuckles when she's young. So who are some of your characters?

I'll watch the video sometime today, and tell you what I think of it, but I can't right now because I'm just taking a break from schoolwork. But I will!

I'm glad you liked the Next-Gen story! Tikallover 18:48, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Flora: Cause, um, she is Tikal. We switched places and we really need that Chaos Emerald shard to make a whole so we can go back to normal! Could you please give us it? We really need it! We can't possibly stay like this forever! Please!

Perhaps Flora should go to the past cause the Chaos Emerald somehow flew through a portal or something. And it would be interesting if Tikal went to the future to see her future self and other future people. Another interesting concept would be meeting their parallel universe selves! And my other characters is Eagle Vision, and I was thinking that somehow, Tikal ends up being captured on his ship, and thinks he's a bad guy or something, but finds out that he isn't what he seems. I also have Yuna and Maya, and I'm not sure what kind of story they could have with Tikal, but it could be something! --71.118.83.224 04:11, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Rouge: So you're saying that she's Tikal and you're not? How could a Chaos Emerald have caused you to switch bodies, anyway? Tikal: Just give those shards to us, and we'll prove it to you! Rouge: Will you give them back afterwards? Tikal: Uh.. actually, we have to take them to someone who can switch us back. He'll probably want to keep it.. Rouge: Who is this? Is it Knuckles? He seems to be an Emerald using-ish type person. Well, you should know, because you spend so much time with him! Tikal: (blushes) No, as a matter of fact, it's not Knuckles, it's... it's Eggman, actually. Rouge: You're giving it to Eggman?

Oh man, I'm so sorry; I forgot about the video! But I'll watch it right after this! Also, what do you mean by parallel universe selves? And do you think you could tell me a little bit about Eagle Vision, Yuna, and Maya? I'd like to know their stories!

I tried to watch the video, but I can't now because for some reason my computer can't download Flash anymore... :( Tikallover 17:38, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Flora: Well...yes...and that's the only way we can get back to normal. But perhaps he'll be nice enough to give it back to us afterwards! Then again, it might shatter again...But if you give it to us, how about we'll give you some other piece of jewelry later? Unless you want another Chaps Emerald? (turns to Tikal) Is that okay?

And their parallel universe selves is like another dimension where in that dimension, Tikal and Flora act totally the opposite, but they look exactly the same as the real selves. And now for my three characters (BTW, some of these are really long, so you don't have to read them all if you don't want to):

• Eagle Vision comes from a planet called Autozam and is the son of the president of that place. The planet is so polluted that he's trying to find a way to get rid of it (which in our RPG would be via the Chaos Emeralds). He also owns a ship called the NSX, and controls a white robot called the FTO. Eagle is actually ill with some disease, but he never tells anyone and hides it. He actually comes from the anime and manga, Magic Knight Rayearth. His story is different in the anime and manga, so I'll tell about them separately. In the manga, he wants to become the pillar (which is another word for the ruler in the manga and anime) of a place called Cephiro. But first, he has to get into Cephiro, which is guarded by the Magic Knights, three girls. He fights them on several occasions, but in the end, he and Hikaru, the main star of the manga and one of the Magic Knights, are the only candidates for being the pillar. The two fight, and Eagle reveals his true intention for becoming the pillar: He's doing it for his friend, Lantis, which is also Hikaru's friend. Lantis had went to Autozam before, and the two became good friends. Then Lantis later went back to Cephiro, set on destroying the road to the pillar because he dislikes the system of it (the system includes that if you're the pillar, you can't think about anyone besides Cephiro and can't fall in love, or else Cephiro will fall apart). But without the pillar, Cephiro would fall apart, and Eagle, knowing that Lantis lives there, doesn't want him to die. So he wants to become the pillar, and then move everyone to a different place, and then fall asleep forever along with Cephiro (Eagle's disease involves falling asleep or maybe unconscious suddenly). However, Hikaru talks to him and convinces him not to become the pillar for that reason because she and Lantis wants him to be happy with them instead and don't want him to die. Hikaru then becomes the pillar and her wish (the pillar alway get one wish) is to rid Cephiro of the pillar system and for it to be controlled by the people's heart and will. The wish is granted and the system is no more. At the end of the manga, Eagle is asleep, but is steadily recovering health because of Hikaru's will. However, the anime is a totally different story! Eagle is still ill with a disease, but instead, it makes him cough blood instead. And he also wants to become the pillar because he wants to find a different energy source for his people instead of using mental energy (cause people in Autozam use that, and mental energy is someone's will and energy). He fights with the Magic Knights again, and is one of the candidates for being the pillar, but is killed by the villain (this villain only appears in the anime). However, before he died, he became good friends with Hikaru and Lantis and they had agreed to move all of the Autozam people to Cephiro so that they could live in peace. Yep. And now for personality traits! Eagle is a gentleman, but a chilvarous, enigmatic warrior at the same time. Yeah...I don't know what else to say about him...Oh yeah! I don't know what his age is, but he seems to be...20! And he likes eating sweet things and drinking tea. And I can't find a picture of him by himself, but here's one when he's with his crew. Eagle is all the way on the right and has whitish hair (it's actually very, very light blonde, but it looks white).

• Yuna has a reaaaaally long story, so I'm going to try and shorten if as much as I can. First of all, Yuna used to be a summoner, someone who sends ghosts back. But then a villain came, so she goes with a group of people to defeat it. Along the way, she finds out she must kill one of her guardians to defeat the monsters. However, she was good friends with all of them and even loved one of them, so she didn't. Instead, she found a different way to get rid of the villain, so she did with her friends. However, her lover, Tidus, was actually a dream of a someone called a fayth, so he disappeared after the battle, leaving Yuna in tears. Two years later, Yuna loses her summoner powers and knowledge and becomes a singer and a sphere hunter (a person who looks for spheres, something that shows you past and present events). Later, her friend and cousin, Rikku, shows her a sphere that has someone who looks like Tidus. However, Yuna later discovers that it is Shuyin, a ghost, who just so happened to look like Tidus (but actually, if you look closely at Shuyin, you can see he looks meaner or something). Shuyin wants to destroy the world because he believes that the people are evil. However, Yuna finds out that he's actually doing it to protect the girl he loves, Lenne. Lenne, also a ghoat, was inside Yuna so she brought her to Shuyin, and they went away happy together (after fights of course). Later, Yuna is reunited with Tidus when the fayth manages to put together his dreams. Tidus and Yuna and then happy together. Yuna is 17 during the summoner time, but 19 later. She comes from the games, Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2. In Final Fantasy X, she's kind, gentle, meek, and mature. In Final Fantasy X-2, she becomes more excited, but is still caring and responsible. She is more happy that she is freed from her responsibilities as summoner. However, she's constantly thinking of Tidus because she totally changed her look! Her hair style was similar to his, and she's wearing a necklace that has his symbol. I really like her songs! This is Yuna's real Emotion concert in English, and this is Yuna's 1000 Words concert in English. This is Yuna's real Emotion concert in Japanese, and this is Yuna's 1000 Words concert in Japanese. You don't have to watch them if you don't want to, though. This is how Yuna looks like during Final Fantasy X(it's actually a wallpaper). On front is Yuna, and behind is Yuna in a wedding outfit (but it's kinda hard to see). And this is how Yuna looks during Final Fantasy X-2! Big change, huh? In our RPG, Yuna looks like the newer version.

• Maya Natsume: She acutally doesn't have a much of a story cause she's not the main character in Tenjou Tenge. But she is smart and a good fighter. She is 17, but she is also able to make herself look like an eight year old girl. I don't know what else to say about her though. This is how she looks as her normal an deigh-year-old self.

I'm sorry if that was so long...And it's too bad that your computer can't download flash anymore...Do you know why your computer can't? --71.105.14.195 18:17, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Wow... they have amazing stories, especially Eagle and Yuna! I'm still not sure what a summoner is, though... where do they send the ghosts? I'm also confused on how old Maya is in the picture, because I think you spelled it wrong or something: "an deigh-year-old"? Anyway, it'll be neat to have them in the role play! Do they exist in the past, present, or future? If we do have Flora transported to the past (to Valin if you like), do you want to know more about the main characters? And the parrelel universe idea does sound interesting! On the issue of the videos, the Flash problem has been going on for a while, and I'm not sure why the computer can't download it. I could try and see if the version we might have is corrupted or something.

Tikal: (to Flora) It's okay... but it will take us a while to find two more Chaos Emeralds for Rouge and the scientist. Tikal turns to Rouge. Tikal: Maybe we'll have another Chaos Emerald or perhaps another piece of jewelry? Rouge: Hmmm.... a piece of a jewel for a whole one? Okay. Just don't forget, or I'll look into taking the Master Emerald again! Rouge gives the shard to Tikal, who is frowning. Tikal: I thought we settled that! You're never to even lay a finger on it. Rouge: But there is another issue you and I didn't settle. Over a certain red gem-- Tikal: (interupting) Goodbye, Rouge. Thanks for the shard! Flora and Tikal leave. Rouge mutters something to herself. Rouge: Over a certain red gem protector. Come to think of it, if Tikal's not on that floating island now, then she must have shirked her duty. And if she is telling the truth about switching bodies with someone else, and she is giving a Chaos Emerald to Eggman... have I got a lot to tell somebody! Rouge flies off towards Angel Island.

You don't mind Tikal liking Knuckles, as it's hinted here, do you? I could get rid of that part... Tikallover 19:04, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Oops! I meant eight-year-old! I misspelled it! Sorry! Maya's normal form is her 17-year-old self! And Eagle is in the present, but Autozam is just very futureish (I just made up a word, didn't I?). Maya and Yuna are also in the present time, but Yuna's homeworld just seems kinda pastish (another made-up word!). And a summoner is someone who sends ghosts back to heaven. And it would be nice for Flora to go to Valin. And I would like to know about the main characters! And I don't mind Tikal liking Knuckles. They're an interesting couple actually!

Flora: A red gem...? Anyhow, I think we have all the shards, right? And do you think Eggman will give us back the Chaos Emerald later? Or will it shatter again? --71.104.185.210 09:27, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

BTW, I just read your journal and I like those therapy sessions, especially the second one! I think it's just as funny as the first one and is very interesting! It actually reminds me of a funny story I made about Shadow and Sonic before (note that this sorta of make no sense, and might not be that funny, but you don't have to read it if you don't want to. I also kinda forgot the originial version since I didn't save it, so some stuff might change, or I might change it to just make it funnier):

It was a dark and stormy night and Sonic was in his house, eating his chili cereal. Suddenly, the door bell rings. Sonic thinks, "Should I answer it? What if it's Eggman?" He finally decides to answer it. Thunder flashes! It's Shadow! Shadow said, "Sonic...guess what? I have all your wet underwear! Ha-ha-ha!" Sonic was shocked for a moment, but then regained his composure and smirked, "Oh yeah? Well you don't have the wet underwear that I have on now!" Shadow retorted, "Hmph. How do you know? How do you know I don't have your wet underwear right now? Maybe I do, maybe I don't! HAHAHAHA!"

...As is said, this totally makes no sense and is totally weird...--71.104.185.210 10:18, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Oh, okay! I get it now! I'm glad you like the Knux/Tikal pairing! It's my favorite. On the subject of Rouge and Knuckles, it just doesn't seem to work. I think Rouge and Shadow is a much better couple. Anyway, it's wonderful that Flora can go to Valin, thanks so much! And I'm glad you liked the therapy sessions with Shadow! I actually based it on my actual experiances with councelers and therapists, but it's exaggerated. And that story with Shadow and Sonic you wrote is hilarious! I guess Sonic hung his laundry out to dry outside, and it rained on it, and Shadow was walking by and saw all the underwear?

Tikal: Yes, I think we have all the shards! I don't know if Eggman will give it back. I hope so, though. It could shatter again, but I'm not quite sure what happened to start with, so I'm not sure. And, uh... about the red gem... she meant a certain someone, not an actual jewel. I have a feeling, though, that, well... She blurts it really fast. Tikal: She only likes Knuckles so she can get to the Master Emerald and steal it! Knuckles seems to like her too, I know it! But it's all a trap, a foolery! And when I tell Knuckles what I think, he denies it! He won't listen to me, but why? Why can't he trust me, instead of her? I'm the one who actually helps him guard the gem! I would never betray him! This has been going on ever since the two of them met! What does he see in her that he doesn't see in me?!? She slows down and finishes her rant Tikal: Maybe it's because she's prettier. Just then Tikal remembers that Flora is there and that she is in a park with a lot of people. Several people are staring. Tikal: Uh, you didn't just hear that?

Let me save the page and then I'll put up some information about some of the main characters in Valin. EDIT: Actually, there's so many main characters, so I thought that they could be introduced in the role play. I thought that after Flora comes, she could find the peasant village in the Royal Estate, Wanchov, and hear the jester, Anna, singing to the peasants about how bad the King is (as she often does, though the Royals have no idea). I've already come up with a possible rhyme. Anyway, they could see Flora and wonder if she's a noble, peasant, townswoman, or even a traveling minstrel. Anna could then go back to the palace with Flora and show her to the King and Queen. Then, maybe Flora could meet some of the other people. Then, maybe, since the Chaos Emerald came through the dimension portal, one of the squires (I was thinking Squire Phillipe) could find it during practice, and show it to Lady Tia (a famous knight). Lady Tia could present the strange gem to the Queen, who might fall in love with it's size and glowing-ness. Then Flora could try and get it back somehow. I don't know. Tikallover 18:57, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

I actually think Rouge/Knuckles is cute, but Knuckles/Tikal actually seems better. And I prefer Shadow/Amy better, but Shadow/Rouge is okay, too. I like Shadow/Maria, too, though. Shadow kinda goes well with a lot of people! And in my story, I think that Shadow knew the underwear was there in the backyard when it was raining and then chaos controlled into his backyard to steal it, and then chaos controlled back to torment Sonic. And that's a good idea for Flora!

Flora: Um, yes, I heard it. But, sweetie, I think you're beautiful. You're much more beautiful than she could ever be. Besides, the inner beauty is the one that counts! You have a better personality than her, and she's only using Knuckles. You're the one who truly loves him. And Knuckles has probably become so persuaded by her words...But if he ever finds out, he'll see that you were right, honey. --71.118.145.250 19:35, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

BTW, if Rouge goes to Angel Island to tell Knuckles, don't forget the Layla is there, who told Knuckles about the body-switch thing already. But, do you want a short sub-story there to show Rouge did? To see if it worked if Layla was there? --71.118.145.250 19:41, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Where should Tikal go when Flora is in Valin? Also, the short sub-story is a good idea. I started it, if that's okay. To make it easier to read I started to bold the names of the people who are talking.

The people who had seen Tikal's rant started to leave. Tikal sighs. Tikal: Thanks, Flora. You're a good friend. I'm not even sure if Knuckles knows what how I feel about him. Right now, we're only friends, because I just can't tell him... it's too embarrasing and awkward. I can't believe I just admitted it... in public. She shakes her head. Tikal: I guess we should find Eggman now. Meanwhile, Rouge had made it to Angel Island. She landed at the Emerald Shrine, and saw Layla and Knuckles. Rouge: (to herself) Now why is someone else there? Oh well. She approaches Layla and Knuckles. Rouge: Uh, I just wanted to tell you something about Tikal... Knuckles: I know what happened already. Rouge: Oh. So... why is she here? Rouge points to Layla. Knuckles: She's covering for Tikal. Rouge: Uh, okay. Knuckles: Is that the only reason you came? Rouge: No, I wanted to say hello, too. Knuckles: To me or the M.E.? Rouge: You're good with puns, aren't you? Knuckles: Yeah, I guess so. Tikallover 20:03, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Perhaps think Tikal should go to a forest (or some other place if you like) and finds a Chaos Emerald, where she first meets Eagle, who would be in the FTO, his white machine. Tikal would somehow be knocked unconscious, and taken aboard his ship where she will be temporarily held prisioner until she gives them the Chaos Emerald. However, Eagle does not confine her anywhere and allows her to roam the ship. Then Tikal might talk to Eagle to find out his purposes for the Chaos Emerald and/or try to find a way to escape.

Layla (to Rouge): So, who exactly are you? I'm Layla. You must be a friend of Knuckles, huh? --71.118.145.250 21:15, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

That's a good idea, but I didn't think Eagle was evil enough to do that.

Rouge: Yes, you can call me a friend. Knuckles: (at the same time) No. Rouge: I'm not a friend? Knuckles: Well, I don't know. I don't know if I can trust you. Rouge: Oh, you can trust me not to steal that huge, beautiful, lovely, sparkly, glowing, billion-dollar green gem! Tikallover 21:31, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

I was actually basing that on a scene from the Rayearth anime, when he captured Hikaru on his ship, but I actually didn't know why he did. I just guessed the reason, but thinking about it now, it actually seems like he just wanted to talk to her and then let her go. So perhaps in the RPG, Tikal was attacked by Eggman's robots, and then when the FTO came, she thought it was also one of Eggman's robots and attacked it, causing him to hit her back a little bit too hard by accident and cause her to go unconscious. And when she wakes up, he'd reveal that he just wanted to talk to her and ask if she'd like to give him the Chaos Emerald because he needs it (for reasons which he'll explain in the RPG later).

Layla: It sounds to me like you want it for yourself, Rouge. It sounds like you wanna sell it actually. --71.118.145.250 22:26, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Okay, that can work.

Rouge: No I don't! I don't want it, honest! But really, if you live in a small apartment like me, wouldn't you dream of a big, beautiful mansion filled with jewels? Diamonds, rubies, emeralds, sapphires, crystals and quartz, anything will do! (pause) Knuckles: For a minute there, I thought you were going to sing a song about jewels. Meanwhile, Tikal and Flora were back at Eggman's base. Tikal: Alright, Eggman. We have the shards. I'm guessing you can somehow put them together. Then, according to the deal, you have to switch us back! Tikallover 01:08, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

So I think we got everything that's happening after Tikal and Flora go back to normal, right?

Flora: Are you going to use that machine again? And should I use my magic again? --71.118.145.250 01:37, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I think so. They will look for the rest of the Chaos Emeralds and Flora will follow one through a dimension portal and end up in Valin, and Tikal will be left behind, and will be attacked by Eggman's robots and then end up on Eagle's ship, right?

Eggman: Everything should be as it was before. I'll use the energy-stealing machine, and you'll use your magic to stop it, and the same thing should happen again, only you'll be switched back to normal. Okay, ready? Eggman turns on his machine. Flora uses her magic. There is a great flash of light. Tikal looks down. Tikal: The gound seems closer... I'm 3-feet tall again! I'm in my own body! Eggman: Okay, NOW will you two leave me alone? Tikal: Of course... as long as Flora is back. Flora, do you feel okay too? Tikallover 03:40, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Yep! I think we got it! This would also make a nice fanfiction, wouldn't it?

Flora: (looks at her hands and feet) Yep! I'm okay! Thank you, Eggman! (hugs him) (turns to Tikal) But now that we're normal, let's still keep in touch, Tikal! (Hugs Tikal) --71.118.145.250 03:54, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, it would. What about Tikal going to meet her future family and both of them meeting their alternate selves?

Eggman: Whoa, ho ho there, don't touch! I'm the villain, remember? Villains don't hug people. Tikal: Come to think of it, why are you the villain when you sometimes help people out? Eggman: Because it's fun to destroy things and make people cry! I want to rule the world! Muh ha ha ha ha! I want to watch Sonic squirm! He's my real enemy! The only reason I helped you two is because first of all, I got some of your energy from the machine both times; you two actually let me do it a second time, and second of all, I got my bathroom cleaned for free! Muh ha ha ha ha ha! Muh ha ha ha ha ha! MUH HA HA HA HA HA! Tikal: (turns to Flora) Uh, I think we should leave now. Tikallover 19:13, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

How about the last two emeralds are in the future, where Tikal's future family is, and in the pararell universe, where they meet their alternate selves?

Flora: Yeah. Let's go back to Angel Island so you can check out the Master Emerald, and I'll see Layla. --71.118.89.103 19:19, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Okay. Will they get there by Chaos Control?

Tikal: Okay, we'll go back to Angel Island. Let's hurry; Eggman is getting stranger by the minute. But wait, the Chaos Emerald... Tikal looks at Eggmam, who is still laughing. Tikal picks up the Chaos Emerald and they leave. Then they are back outside. Tikal: Well, we have one Emerald. We need one more. Come to think of it, I wonder where the others are? Tikallover 23:44, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Or by magic. Whichever you prefer.

Flora: I'm not sure...do you think the Master Emerald will tell you? --71.118.89.103 00:38, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Or maybe a combination of both? Again, sorry if this is too long. I had a lot of ideas...

Tikal: It might tell me. They go back to Angel Island, and see Knuckles, Rouge, and Layla. Layla is at the base of the shrine, looking up at Knuckles at Rouge worriedly. Knuckles and Rouge are talking and laughing. Tikal gasps, and strains to hear what they were talking about. This is what she could make out, but she wasn't sure if it was correct: Rouge: And once, I was sent to spy on a big new corporate company that was making billions. They wanted to know if they were cheating or not. And so I pretended to apply to get a job there, and do you know what they asked me? Knuckles: What? Rouge: They asked me my shoe size! If it was above an eight, I had to help pay for the uniform because bigger shoes cost more money! How cheap! Knuckles laughed. Rouge: So what crazy things have people done to you recently? Knuckles: Well, I'm a loner here, and usually I have no one to talk to but Tikal. And it's a good thing she's not here or she'd say-- Tikal: I'd say that somebody doesn't belong here! Knuckles and Rouge gasp and turn around. Knuckles: Tikal, you're here! I mean, if that's really you in there... Tikal: Yes, it's me. Knuckles, you know we can't trust her! Rouge: What do you mean you can't trust me? Tikal goes up to Rouge and looks her in the eye. Tikal: I meant just what I said. We can't trust you! Now leave! Rouge: You're sure being stubborn. Tikal: All you want to do is steal the gem! You're not really Knuckles' friend! Knuckles: Tikal... I think we can trust her. I'd like to have a friend or two, actually. It's so lonely here. Tikal: What? Well, then, if that's what you think, then go ahead. I can't stop you. But I have something I want to ask the Master Emerald, and then I have to leave again. Rouge: What about my Chaos Emerald? Knuckles: Huh? Rouge: Oh, we made a deal a while back. I gave her a shard and she promised to give me a Chaos Emerald later. (turns to Tikal) And I see you have it. So, give it here! Tikallover 02:16, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, that's a good idea. And I think what you wrote is interesting to read!

Flora: Wait! I remember you said you wouldn't mind just a piece of jewelry for a Chaos Emerald, so we don't have to give you a Chaos Emerald. I can just quickly go to Alfea and get a necklace. Layla: Oh, wait, I think I have a spell to transport it here. (uses her magic to transport the jewel box full of plant-shaped jewels there) Flora (takes it): Thank you, Layla! (to Rouge) You can have any one of these if you like. --71.118.89.103 03:27, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks!

Rouge picks out a necklace and examines it. Rouge: Hmmm... It looks pretty good. Thank you. Well, I should get going now. Knuckles: You don't want to stay and talk awhile? Rouge: Nah. I've got some errands to run. Shopping, ect. Always like to keep Saturdays to do that. Then on Sundays I adore my jewel collection. And then this Monday is off to G.U.N headquarters to find out my newest spy mission. Knuckles: Well, okay. Bye, then. Watch out for the large shoe sizes! Rouge laughs, gives a playful little salute and flies off. Knuckles stares at where she had left. Tikal looked at him. He had that look in his eye. It made Tikal jealus and angry at the same time. Tikal: Knuckles... Knuckles turns to Tikal. Knuckles: She's really not that bad. Tikal: Whatever you say. Well, I'd like to consult the Master Emerald about the whearabouts of the Chaos Emeralds now. Knuckles: Why would you want to do that, anyway? Tikal: I just want to know. Right, Flora? Tikallover 03:53, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Flora: Yes...While Tikal consults the Master Emerald, Flora talks to Knuckles. You know, Knuckles, you might want to listen and take into consideration what Tikal says. I'm not trying to get into your business or anything, but I'm just trying to say that you should try to be careful of Rouge. Tikal does care about you.

BTW, I'm just curious but do you think this anime/manga character would look like Tikal as a human? This is actually who I base Tikal on when I draw her as a human (with an altered hair cut, different eye color, and other minor changes). Do you think it's a good match? --71.118.89.103 06:10, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Knuckles: Well, I am a little careful of her. Once she tried to steal it, but that was a long time ago. Meanwhile, Tikal has asked the Master Emerald where the Chaos Emeralds are. She looks into the swirling image in the huge gem and sees an image of a meadow with the backside of a castle off in the distance. And then - she couldn't believe what she was seeing - she saw several knights in full armor who appeared to be practicing their jousting. The image zoomed in, and she spotted the Chaos Emerald on the ground. Tikal: Wait! I have no idea where this place is... show me more of it! The Emerald responded. The image zoomed out and showed the front of the castle, and on the other side of it, farm fields and a village, and further on, a larger town. Tikal: It couldn't be... why is the Chaos Emerald in a different time period...? This looks like the Middle Ages! Uh... where is the next one? The Emerald showed her another image. This time it appeared to be in a forest in the present time. Tikal: That's like the forest where Eggman's base is... where are the others? But the Emerald, as if it were exausted, returned back to normal.

She looks a little bit like Tikal as a human, but I'm not sure if her expression fits. Also, is it okay that the Chaos Emeralds are in the places that they are? I thought the castle place could be Valin, the forest place could be where Eagle's ship comes. Tikallover 15:17, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Guess what? You'll never believe this (I don't believe it either, but I got the E-mail), but PublishAmerica gave my book a second chance, and now... they accepted it!? I'm getting published?! No, I'm not kidding! It feels weird and unexpected now... But I'm sure I'll be jumping off the wall once it's sunk in!

Flora (when Tikal walked back): So what did the Master Emerald say?

Well, yeah, but if I drew it, I would've changed the expression to fit Tikal. And it's okay the Chaos Emeralds are in those places. And it's great that PublishAmerica accepted it! I feel so happy for you! When it's published, I would love to read it! Do you think it'll go to the bookstores? Because I really want to read it, but my parents won't really want me to buy anything off the internet (except for certain exceptions). So I really hope I can read it! But, do you have to sign any contracts or something in order to become an author first? And when you say, "Birthday surprise" does that mean it's your birthday today? If it is, happy birthday! --71.105.13.252 07:14, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Tikal: Well, I have a feeling that the Chaos Emeralds, after Sonic's last super battle, got lost in different times and dimensions because Sonic, Shadow, and Silver had been using them to dimension travel and time travel... Perhaps we can travel like that too, with the one we have now. It appeared as though one of them was just in a modern forest, however, but the other image I saw appeared as though it was in the medieval time period. That's all it showed me currently.

Thank you! They said they can't guarantee that it will go to bookstores. If bookstores think it will sell well, the might purchase some, but if they don't sell, the bookstore can return them. My interpratation of this is "It probably won't go to bookstores or stay in bookstores." Oh well, at this stage I just am so glad they accepted me!! Actually, my birthday is in two days, November 16th. Anyway, I do have to sign a contract for them to publish the book and for every future book. Each book is done seperatly. They E-mailed me a sample contract to read over, and it was written in very formal language, but I tried very hard to understand it. The only thing I'm worried about is one of the terms, which says the publisher can destroy any unsold merchandise if they think it will probably never sell. I don't like their use of the word "destroy". It makes me think of a paper shredder that shreds the book to pieces and then burns the shreds. Anyway, the contract expires after 7 years unless it's renewed. I get 8% of the book profits, and a one dollar advance, which will be the first dollar I ever earned that isn't allowance! Tikallover 18:38, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Flora: Well, I guess we have to split up if we want to hurry and get them. I'll try going to the past with my magic and this chaos emerald.

I really hope I can read it! And I hope it'll be successful so I can read it! I guess Wikipedia won't be able to get rid of you now when you put an article about your book huh? And when it's your birthday, I'll give you a present! --71.118.74.248 19:04, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Tikal: Alright. I'll go to the forest, then.

Actually, I'm never going to try and create another article about a book again... I'll never be a famous writer, maybe there's a slight chance I'll be a good writer, but not a famous one. Plus, I know more about Wikipedia now, and it's only for well-known, important, famous things. There's a 99.99999% chance I'll never be any of that. I've got to face the truth. Tikallover 19:21, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

So Flora, using her magic on the Chaos Emerald, manages to create a portal to the past. Then Flora uses her magic to create a two flowers, and she gives one two Tikal. Flora: This is so we can communicate with each other. But it's really just a flower with magical properties, so it can easily burn up or break just like any other flower. (to Layla) And Layla, thanks again for helping us so much. I really hope you don't get in trouble at Alfea! Layla: I hope you don't either! Flora (whispers to Layla): Perhaps you could maybe stay here a bit longer...? To keep an eye on Knuckles and if Rouge ever returns? Layla (whispers back): Sure! Flora (says in her normal tone): Thank you so much, Layla! (to Tikal) Well, Tikal, I'll be going now, bye! Flora, with a wave, steps into the portal and disappears.

That's too bad...But I really hope I can read it! I read the excerpts from the chapters you put in DeviantART and it seems really interesting! BTW, I thought of a story for Tikal and Yuna in this RPG! Well, part of it anyway. How about Tikal went to Spira (where Yuna lives) and notices that Yuna has a Chaos Emerald. Yuna will only let her have it if she helps her rescue her crush, Tidus. And don't forget that since Yuna is a celebrity-like person, it might be hard to talk to her. BTW, when Flora goes to Valin would her clothes stand out? --71.104.182.66 09:01, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

I just read your journal, and I thought it was really hilarious! But I'm kinda touchy around the...'d'...word...I really can't say it at all or write it. I usually replace it with "Man!" I do think the story's funny, but I kinda dislike the use of that word...Do I sound too uptight...? But, when Sonic called Shadow, "Shad," that was really funny! It reminded me of when my sister and I once wrote a little story that involved Sonic calling Shadow "Shad," so Shadow, in retaliation, calls him "Sonn." It doesn't bother Sonic as much as Shadow, though. I actually thought of something funny that could be added to the "Sonic Next Gen's revealing to the Sonic gang" (BTW, this include a character from the show, Sonic X, so I'm not sure if you know her...it also includes VERY MAJOR spoilers for the show. This also may not be very funny...I also sort of took off from where you left off.):

Cosmo: So why don't I get to be in this game? Why don't I get to be in any games at all?

Director: You're supposed to be the anime-only character. Besides you're dead! (Cosmo crosses her arms and hmphs.)

Cream: So why am I not in any of these games lately? (Cheese makes chao sounds) And Cheese is complaining, too! You haven't been putting any Chao games lately!

Director: That's cause big video game players dislike little girls with cute little creatures. They think it's sissy.

Cream: SISSY?! Cheese, get him! (Cheese hits the director)

Director: Ow! (trying to run from Cheese) Hey, Sonic, Shadow, aren't you guys gonna help me?

Sonic: Fire Elise then and make someone else my love interest.

Shadow: Fire yourself.

Elise: WHAT?! Why do you want to fire moi? I'm the person who wants to go, "Ahh!" "Help!" And be totally defenseless while looking totally hot. Why do you want to fire me, Sonic? If you don't want me, then fine. Why don't you just go with that crazy lil' pink haired brat?

Amy: I am not a pink-haired brat! And I'm tired of following around someone who hates me! Director! Make Sonic like me and I'll be happy!

Director (still being chased by Cheese): Hey, there's way too many demands and Cheese attacks! Get it? Cheese attacks? (silence) Hey, who thought it was funny?

Silver:...Oh, wait, I get it. Cheese attacks! HAHAHAHAHA! (Laughs manacially) That's - hahaha - funny! HAHAHAHA!

Shadow: So when am I getting my English original voice actor back? This new one sucks.

Sonic: I know! Shadow's voice sucks!

Shadow: Ahem. But it's Sonic's voice actor.

Sonic: No, it's yours!

Shadow: It's Silver!

Silver (Still laughing maniacally): HAHAHAHA! No - hahahaha - it's - hahahaha - not! HAHAHA!

Sonic: It's Jet's.

Jet: How did I get in this? It's totally not mine!

Director: You're not even in our script! Get out! (Jet leaves)

Shadow: Well, whoever's this voice actor is, it just sucks.

Sonic: Yep.

Director: Who's helping me from Cheese?! (total silence, only broken by Silver's maniacal laughing)

Blaze: So why do I have to assist a crazy, insane maniac?

Director: Cause I wanna.

Knuckles: Hey, how come Sonic and Shadow's been gettin' all the attention? I want some too!

Tails: Yeah!

Director: Well you two ain't getting much cause: Knuckles, you're a moron. Tails, you're a sissy like Cream.

Tails: GRRR! (attacks the director along with Cheese)

Director: Hey! Hey!

Knuckles: Who are you calling a moron?!

Sonic: No one. I'm calling you a knucklehead.

Knuckles: You wanna take this outside?!

Sonic: Sure, buddy, bring it on! (They go outside to fight)

Silver:...Knucklehead...? OH! I get it! HAHAHAHA! (laughs even harder)

Blaze (slaps Silver's head): That's not even funny! (Silver continues laughing)

Elise: I want Eggman as my love interest instead.

Director: You can't do that! He's a bad guy! You're the good guy!

Elise: Better than a stinkin' hedgehog!

Amy: What?! You take that back!

Elise: You can't make me!

Amy: Oh yes I can! (pulls Elise's hair and taps Elise's nails)

Elise: Ow! You just pulled my softly combed hair that I spent two hours to comb! And you broke my pearly nails! Okay, hedgie, you asked for it! (pounces on Amy and begins to fight)

Director: IS ANYONE AT ALL GOING TO HELP ME?

Sorry if this was way too long...--71.104.182.66 09:29, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Grrr.. I typed up a long message but it got lost... Well, I think your Sonic Next-Gen script is hilarious! And I'm sorry about using the D word; I was just trying to make fun of the Shadow game for using it so much. And that's a good idea for Tikal!

We are now in the past right when Flora arrives. We are outside the peasant village and the peasants are coming home from the fields. A young woman is waiting for them. She is wearing a green and white dress and carrying a medieval flute. She is Anna, the Royal Fool. Rosie (one of the peasants) I knew thou wouldest be here today! Peasant man: Sing away, girl. Anna: Gather round. (plays a note on her flute)

Oh hear me folk

For I shall sing

How a stupid ol’ lazy jerk is our king!

The king, he drinkeths,

The king, he stareths!

He rarely ever stopeths to think!

He never even combeths his hair,

If there’s a problem he’s never there.

I’d love to play unto him on my flute:

My king, thou art bad!

My king, thou art dumb!

Thy excuse for a king is very sad!

The peasants laugh. Anna plays the instrumental version. Suddenly, Otis, one of the peasants, spots Flora. He gasps and points. His wife, Edna, looks over too. They all stare at Flora. Anna sees her too and stops playing. Anna: Uh... it's not what thou thinkest! I wasn't insulting the King! Rosie: I'm not even sure she beeth a spy. They all crowd around Flora. Edna: So who art thou? A peasant? A noble? A minstel? A townswoman? Or art thou a spy? Anna: Please don't reportest us if thou art a spy! Otis: Thy clothes beeth unlike anything I've ever seen. Gretel (Rosie's daughter): Where didest thou commest from? Amos (Edna and Otis' oldest son): Are you the tavern man's daughter? Jazz (another peasant girl): And she beeth so tall! Anna: Hold on, I think we should let her telleth us who she beeth and where she cameth from. So speakest up, whoever you are! --Tikallover 22:48, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Flora: I'm Flora, from the planet, Linphea. And I'm not a spy or any of the other people you said. I'm actually a floral fairy. I don't mean to intrude on anything, and I'm sorry if I iterrupted a joyous occasion, but I was looking for a Chaos Emerald, which is a large emerald that glows. It holds tremendous amounts of power and can be dangerous if it falls into the wrong hands. Have any of you seen it?

Well, I do think it's funny how you made of fun of the Shadow game that way, but usually, if I was going to write it, I might write d--- or bleep or something. Anyhow, I have another idea for the RPG: Tikal sees that there's a fight for the Chaos Emerald and isn't sure how to get it. So I'm not sure what Tikal might do. She might want to get someone else to help her (it could even be Yuna or someone else she met earlier) to fight for the Chaos Emerald, or find some other way (Since Tikal doesn't like fighting). But one of the competitors of the fight would me Maya, who is a strong fighter, so if Tikal does go through with the tournament thing, she would have trouble fighting her. --71.104.177.58 08:41, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Happy birthday! Today's your birthday! It's time for your present! Ta-da! A freeverse poem:

A Happy Birthday

For you

Stephanie, Tikallover

My special friend

Now, let's see

How should I start?

Ah!

Now I got it!

Stephanie

You're the one who supported me

Helped me when I was down

Made me feel happy and relaxed

I admire your characteristics

Like your determination

Your author skills

And being a good artist

You never give up

You try to be a Christian

You're imaginative

You care for other plants and animals

You think you're different from others

But so am I

We're very alike

All these reasons and more, Stephanie,

Is why I see you as my friend

Now the question is

Do you see me as a friend?

I hope you liked it. If I had a Deviant account, I'd actually ask you what you'd like me to draw for you. I really would! Maybe one of these days, I will (when I get to the point of asking my daddy! I gotta stop procastinating!) get one. And then, when it's your birthday again, I'll draw whatever you want. And, well, I hope you liked this poem. I'm not a very good poet, so it probably sounds really weird. I hope you have a happy birthday anyway! --71.104.177.58 09:00, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Aww, thanks! That's such a sweet poem! Yes, I do see you as a friend. By the way, when is your birthday?

I'm not sure about the fighting idea. I dont think Tikal would be the type to get someone else to fight for her.

Anna: Flora? The planet Linphea? Fairy? Cha-os Emerald? Amos: Art thou trying to make a joke? Rosie: Seriously, I have no idea what thou hast just saidest. Art thou speakesting in a foreign language? Anna: (to Flora) Well, if thou art lookesting for some sort of emerald jewel, the Royals might have it. But then, they never shareth anything. But I should take thou back to the palace with me anyway, because people who come into the Wanchov Estate in Valin need to have the King and Queen's approval. And since none of us have ever seen thou before, thou must be new. Tikallover 18:37, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

It's May 18. And I'm glad you see me as a friend! BTW, what would Tikal do instead?

Flora: Okay, thank you. I'm sorry if I'm not talking...exactly right...And that I'm really hard to understand. (thinking) I'm actually having trouble understanding them myself, but I don't think I should say anything about it... (aloud) Um, if I'm still talking too difficultly, would you like it if I cast a spell so you can understand me better? --71.160.17.39 05:17, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

I just read your journal, and I do think you should have a banner and a nice celebration for your birthday. And it's too bad you can't tape Sponge Bob, but could you tape it on the VCR? I don't have cable, but I once saw SB on the basic channel and it was somewhat interesting, and actually kind of funny. And perhaps if you subtly mention the banner thing to your mom or dad or someone, it might help. If I was there, I would've put it up for you myself. And I don't think you're a spoiler brat at all! If someone's a spoiled brat, it's me. I'm totally bratty because I always cry (or close to tears) almost over every single thing and, you'll probably think this weird, but I like looking at wrapping paper. I like wrapping them for others, too. But I'm trying not to like it because my parents say it's bad to do that, so I'm trying. I'm really the brat, aren't I? But, basically, what I'm trying to say is, that I do think you deserve a special day...I'm not helping, am I? --71.160.17.39 05:30, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Maybe Tikal could try and fight herself without actually seriously hurting anyone.

Anna: Cast a spell?? Otis: Witch! Witch! Witch!!! Gretal: I'm afraid of witches! Amos: We'll have to arrest her! Jazz: Witches beeth evil! No wonder we can't understand her! Edna: Everyone, get away before she uses her witchcraft on us! Anna: Calmest down, everyone! Isn't the fear of witches a noble thing, anyway? We're not nobles! Hast thou ever seen a noble arrested for being a witch? No! They just like to pick on us serfs, don't they? Rosie: ...Actually, thou art right. Edna: But taketh her to the palace so she will cast evil spells on the rick folk, not us! Otis: Yes! Anna: Okay, I'll do that.

(Back then people believed in witches)

I don't think you're a spoiled brat at all! Ever since I've stopped taking my medicine, I cry at every little thing too. I've also been very lazy. Also, since we have sattelite and not cable, I can't tape SB on the VCR... Tikallover 20:26, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

That's a good idea!

Flora (worried and slightly afraid): Wait a minute, I'm not a witch, I'm a fairy, and I only do good magic, not bad ones. I'm sorry if I alarmed you, but I'm really not trying to do anyone any harm.

It's too bad you can't tape it...could you watch it live on TV? Or is that part of the VCR? I'm not exactly sure because I never taped anything before. And thanks. But you know, I think I'm really lazy, too. We really are alike, huh? --71.105.12.151 23:17, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Rosie: What beeth a fairy? Gretal: Aren't fairies those little spirits that control the weather? Jazz: Yes, thou art right. (to Flora) But if thou art a fairy, then wouldn't thou be tiny? Anna: Forgetest it. Flora, is it? Let's go to the palace. I have to introduce thou to the King and Queen. It beeth the law. Edna: Wait! Could she casteth a spell on the King and turn him into a frog? Otis: (sarcastically) Isn't he already a frog? Amos: No, Pa, he only looks like a frog. Rosie: And acts like one! Gretal: Dost any of thou have any proof of this? Jazz: What a palace pet, thou art! Dost thou see'st him in the mornings riding around here, sitting his Royal Behind on his Royal Horse? Amos: Right before he dreses the reeve in clothes that look like his and has him do two rows of fieldwork, while expecting us to believe that he is doing it? Anna and Flora leave as the peasants continue to discuss this. Anna: When we get to the palace, thou must watchest out for the King. He flirteths with every woman who comeths to the palace. It happened to one of the ettiquette teachers, it happened to the lady-in-waiting, it happened to the arrow fetcher... it even happened to me.

Yes, I can watch it on live TV, but it's usually not on when I have the chance to watch it. Tikallover 00:34, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

Flora: Well, I think I'll be okay. I'm not very pretty anyway...And again, thank you for helping me. But what's your name?

That's too bad...But I officially ran out of ideas about it right now...--71.105.12.151 01:45, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

Anna: I'm Anna, the Royal Fool, so to speak. It beeth only a silly title. I'm actually the jester. But it's interesting how thou art so tall*. And I think that thou art very pretty. They go on out of the village and past the fields, and to the castle gates. A knight is at the gate chatting with the guards. Anna approaches them. Knight: Hault! Who art thou? Anna: I'm the Royal Fool, of course. Thou knowest me, Sir Alan. I'm the one who entertains people? Sir Alan: Yes, I remember you, but who be'st with you? Anna: This is Flora. Sir Alan: Flor-a? Anna: She beeth new here, and I need to introduce her to the King and Queen. Sir Alan: Well, the Queen beeth a fix. Anna: A fix? Sir Alan: One of my squires, Phillipe, found this huge, strange glowing gem during practice earlier today when we were in the meadow behind the castle. The boy showethd it to me, and I immediatly called Lady Tia to come and looketh at it. She saideth that we should bring it inside to be sure that it was really glowing and not just catching sunlight. Sure enough, in the dark confines of the interior of the castle, the strange jewel still glowed. Anna: Really? Sir Alan: Yes. She immediatly brought it to the King. Anna: (muttering) Her solution to everything. Sir Alan: What? Anna: Nothing, sir. So what did the King do? Sir Alan: What do you think he did? He gave it to the Queen as a gift, and the Queen was exstatic about it. Lady Tia tried to warn her that it is very strange, larger than any other gem known to us, and that it could be dangerous, but the Queen wouldn't listen. Anna: Of course. Sir Alan: What? Anna: Uh... well, perhaps I could try and convince her to get rid of it through one of my songs. Sir Alan: (laughs) If she won't listen to the greatest heroine of all Valin, then why would she listen to her silly jester? Anna: Thou mockests me, sir...

(*People were shorter back then because of lack of nutrition) Also, I'm really sorry if that was too long.

That's okay. Tikallover 02:29, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

Flora: But could we at least try? Please? It's worth trying.

And it's okay. I still think it's interesting to read. And I didn't know that people were shorter in the past! Do you know by how much? --71.105.12.151 04:43, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

Sir Alan: Well, thou can tryest. (to the guards) Thou can lowerest the drawbridge. The guards lower the drawbridge over the moat and open up all the gates. Sir Alan: Goest on in, now. Anna and Flora go through the courtyard and up to the main door of the castle. Another guard is there. Anna (to the guard) Hello, Liano. How art thou and Kayley? Oh yes, and how is Nicoletta? Liano: Kayley is inside trying to taketh care of Infantra while the nanny girl, Isla takeths care of Nicoletta. Anna: Oh yes, Infantra. What has she doneth lately? Liano: Well... she's just as odd as ever; I'll leave it at that... Who is she? She's dressed strangly. Anna: This is Flora. She's new, and I have to show her to the King and Queen. Liano: Oh yes, then. Go right on in. Liano moves out of the way and Anna and Flora open one of the huge double wooden doors and step inside. Inside the castle it is very dark, and in front of them is the greeting room. They go through it and after that room is a long, dark hallway with dim candles lighting the way. At the very end of the hallway there is a skinny window. Anna: The throne room is this way, though these huge doors here. Anna opens one door and they step inside. This room is very different. It is brighter, with more windows and candles, and a long carpet leading up to the King's throne at the other end of the room. On one side of the throne is a slightly smaller one for the Queen. There are many people here as well, most of them men who are dressed very fancy. The interior guard greets Anna. Guard: Ah yes, the court jester. Why art thou here when thou wert not called?

I think they were about 5 feet tall on average, but I'm not sure. Tikallover 19:42, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

Flora: We're here to see the queen. Could you let us see her?

You sure know a lot of facts about medieval things! --71.118.86.17 20:15, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

Guard: And who art thou? Anna: This is Flora. She beeth new to Wanchov, actually, she beeth new to all of Valin. Guard: Why does she talketh funny? Anna: She's probably just not used to Valinese-English. Guard: So, why dost thou want to see the Queen? Anna: Well, first of all, I need to introduce Flora to the King and Queen. Second of all, I hear the Queen haseth a jewel... Guard: Yes, Lady Tia cameth in here a few hours ago and gaveth it to the King, who gaveth it to the Queen as a gift. Anna: Yes, well, I don't think it's a good idea to keepeth the jewel. It could be dangerous. Guard: Well, it's her majesty's jewel now. Anna: I know, but just let us see her, alright? Guard: Of course. Anna: What are they doing, anyway? Guard: The King is talkething to his court trying to cometh up with some new law regarding lost jewels. They're not getting anywhere. Anna: Well, then, it's okay to interupt. Anna goes up to the thrones with Flora following. King Harold: (to the men of the court) But if a peasant finds a jewel, shouldn't they have to give it up? Peasants can't have jewels. Court member: Very interesting. But what about a noble or a member of the merchant class? Anna: (whispers to Flora secretly) This is how that fool spends his time. Anna aproaches the throne and curtsies. King Harold: (sees Anna) My jester! Just the girl I wanted to see. We're having quite a dilemma. So I have a question for thou: Should the merchant class people and nobles have to giveth any jewels they find on the ground to me? Anna: Uh...

That's because I wrote a book about a medieval peasant, so I did some research. It's the one that's getting published! :) Tikallover 21:13, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

Flora: Um, if you don't mind if I answer, your majesty, perhaps the merchant and nobles should look for the owner first, and if they can't find it, perhaps they should have a free choice of whether to keep the jewel or not, unless it's harmful, they should show it to you. (thinking) I'm pretty sure I sound weird to them right now. I hope I did things right. Was I supposed to curtsy? Should I have not said "Your majesty"? Am I being too bold?

So when is your book going to be released? --71.118.86.17 22:33, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

NOTE: I got really carried away... you don't have to read all of this, only the beginning and ending are nessesary.

King Harold: ...Who art thou, young fair one? Anna: (is tempted to sigh and slap her forehead in frustration) This is Flora, sire. She beeth new here. King Harold: Well, I love thy advice! (To the court members) Write the new law exactly as she said it! ...Uh, how did it go again? Anna: (thinking to herself) And they calleth me the fool... (aloud) So I assume she has your permission to stay here as long as she pleases? King Harold: Yes, she haseth mine, certainly. Let me consult the Queen. (To Queen Valerina) Dear! Does this lovely young woman have your permission to stay for a while? Queen Valerina turns to the King, and takes a look at Flora, then looks back at the King and at the gleam in his eyes. Queen Valerina: No. King Harold: Whaaaat? Queen Valerina: No, she can't stay. King Harold: But.. but.. Queen Valerina: Her outfit looks strange anyway. King Harold: Yes, her ankles are showing. Queen Valerina: Ahh! It's a lady's job to never showeth her ankles! Thee, Harold, shouldest be repulsed! Turn thy eyes! King Harold: But I'm not. I find it quite-- Queen Valerina: I'll deal with this, Harold. (to Flora) Now, who art thou? And why ever art thou showing your ankles? It's hideous, it's repulsing, it's... it's... Three young girls who are dressed very fancy and rich rush into the room. Two appear to be twins and nine years old, and one is much younger, about three. Their hair has countless ribbons in them but most of them have come undone. Their bodices are loosened, their shoes are off and they are running in their stockings. Their pantyhoses are rolled up and their ankles are showing. (!) Princess Valerina: See, Sarah? I told thee I could run to the throne room faster than thou! Sarah: That's only because thee hast cheatested! Princess Valerina: Cheated? If anyone hast cheated, it's thee and Kristina! Kristina: If Ewijah were here, he would win for me! Queen Valerina: How dare you interupt my courtly duties, girls! What have I told you about coming in this room when I'm busy? And why aren't you in your tutor room with the ettiquette teachers? Princess Valerina: Lady Eleanor and Lady Erika took the day off, and Lady Infantra fainted when I showed her that I had a tiny bit of dirt under my fingernails. Queen Valerina: Oh my goodness! Dirt? DIRT under my daughter's fingernails? Gahviska; we can't have that! Go to the wash room at once and have Addy or Tania clean them! Princess Sarah: Valerina's in trouble! Valerina's in trouble! Queen Valerina: Harold, helpest me control our girls! King Harold: Oh, well that beeth a shame. I was just going to go out riding.

Within a year's time, probably less. My dad told me not to send their contract back until my Mom looks at it... which doesn't sound fair to me, because I'm the one who wrote the book and is dealing with them, all by myself. So whether my Mom approves or not, I'm going to send it back, because it really should be my decision... right? If I don't send it back my book will not be published. I read over the entire contract several times and I agree with everything on it. Tikallover 23:44, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

Flora (whispers to Anna): Um, Anna, what exactly is going on? Do you think it's okay for me to stay here? I really didn't know that I wasn't supposed to show my ankles...

Well, I think it should be your decision, but why wouldn't they want you to publish a book? I would think they'd be proud or elated. --71.118.86.17 00:37, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Again, sorry if this is too long... I got carried away again >_<

Anna: (whispers back) It beeth only a noble/royal thing. Ladies are not supposed to showeth their ankles because it shows they beeth rich enough to afford long skirts, petticoats, stockings, and pantyhose. Peasants always showeth their ankles, and nobody careths. Thou canest stay. Meanwhile, the princesses were still there. Queen Valerina: Girls, please. I'm trying to settle a very important situation here. Harold, I need you to... Harold? Harold? (the King has already left) Oh, gaviska! Being the Queen is so tough! Jester, cheer me up! Anna: (is tempted to sigh) Yes, your highness. Anna starts to play a cheerful tune on her flute. Princess Kristina: Mommy, I'm sick of always losing races! Sick of it! Princess Valerina: Thou art just upset because I'm better than you. Princess Kristina: Well, I gonna marry Ewijah! Princess Sarah: Thou art a little half-wit, Krissy. Princess Kristina: Thou art a stinky stinky... stink-pot! Suddenly, as if the chaos could not get any worse, a woman rushes into the room screaming and sprints up to the Queen's throne. Anna stops playing. Lady Infantra: GAVISKA!! The princesses have gone missing! The princesses have gone missing!! They are gone, your highness, they are gone!! Queen Valerina: (points to the princesses, who are still bickering) Lady Infantra: Thy art here! Here! HERE!? How couldest thou leave thy ettiquette lesson?? Thou art going to be QUEEN someday, Valerina!! Anna: (whispers to Flora) May the Lord helpeth us all when that time comes. Queen Valerina: Lady Infantra, off with thee. And off with the princesses too. Lady Infantra shoos the princesses out of the throne room and shuts the door behind her. Queen Valerina: (to the men of the court) Thy can all go home now. I'm exausted from all this enthusiasm. I need a rest in my chambers. Anna: Uh, your highness? Queen Valerina: That will be all, Anna. Off with thee, too. Anna: But I need to know something! Queen Valerina: I said, off with thee! Anna: ...Yes, your highness. The Queen leaves the throne room and the men of the court start to scatter. Everyone that was in the room starts to leave except the guards. Anna: Well, this beeth just great. The King went out riding, the princesses and Lady Infantra made the Queen exausted, and now the Queen is resting. And we seriously need to see her! (turns to Flora) Usually when the Queen gets tired, she doesn't come out until the next day, unless it's early in the morning. However, it's probably about evening now. Usually at this time of day I go to the castle kitchen and hang out with the scullery maids and cooks. But we can do whatever thou wants. Anyway, according to the law, if only one monarch, whether it's the King or the Queen, says someone can stay, they have to leave within a week. So there's always tomarrow to see the Queen about the jewel... Unless you have to get home soon? I could somehow find a way to somehow get someone to contact her about it.

They seem sort of proud, but no matter how many times I tell them that we don't have to pay anything, they keep saying "Well, do we have to give them money? Will they ask us for money?" They just don't believe that it is indeed, not a self-publisher. Tikallover 02:23, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Flora: I don't need to leave so fast, so we can wait for tomorrow. But who is this someone? And do you think perhaps asking the princesses will help? And earlier, the soldier whom you addressed as Sir Alan mentioned someone called Lady Tia. Do you think she can help?

Well, when it is published, they'll see that it isn't a self-publsiher. But I always thought that when you have to publish a book, you have to pay money for something, but I guess not. That's good, though! --71.118.86.17 04:08, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Aaah! I can't stop making it loooong!!

Anna: I don't really know who the someone could be. And Lady Tia beeth the famous Lady Knight of Valin, who savethd us from the Evil One 4 years ago. She becameth the first woman knight, but not the last. Her squire, Bernice, beeth a girl too. And in case thou art wondering, her son beeth the Elijah that one of the princesses went on and on about. Anyway, perhaps she might helpeth. I don't know her that well, however. But during Royal balls and parties, she and the other knights and squires always doeth a performance for the guests and thier act comes right after mine, usually. But anyway, the knight's practice area is behind the castle in the meadow. Anna leads Flora out of the throne room and down the main hall, and into the knight's quarters. Several knights and squires are there, some of them having their squires put on the metal armor for them as practice, others examining or sharpening their weapons. When they spot Flora and Anna they stare. Two of the squires are the closest. One has black hair and appears to be about fourteen and the other has light brown hair and appears to be about seventeen. Squire William (the younger one): Just what we need, more girls in our quarters. We already have two that hang around here way too much. Squire Phillipe (the older one) Come on, wilt thou growest up? If I weren't already engaged, I'd like it. Anna: Excuse me, but do either of thou knowest where to find Lady Tia? Squire William: Lady Tia? She's with Bernice out in the practice fields. Squire Phillipe: Who art thou? Art not thou the royal jester? Anna: Yes, and this is Flora. We need to somehow aquire the jewel that the Queen has. Squire Willaim: Well, good luck to both of thee. Anna: Goodbye. She and Flora go through the knight's quarters and out their door to the outside. The practice fields are in front of several forest-covered mountains off into the far distance. Most of Wanchovian society is on the other side of the castle. A group of more squires are training in archery off to one side with the Arrow Master, Mark. The arrow fetcher, Rona, is busy at work too. Off to the other side, several squires and knights are practicing on horseback, while others are practicing jousting on foot. Anna: I've never been out here when they've practiced before...

For self-publishing companies, you do have to pay a fee. But for traditional publishing companies, you don't. However, for self-publishing companies, the money the author earns from the book sales is higher than the money the author gets from the sales of traditionaly published books. Tikallover 04:48, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

It's okay that it's long. I think it's interesting to read!

Flora (intrigued): This is such an interesting place! But, um, is it okay to be here while they're practicing?

That's interesting. I wonder if I'll ever get to be an author... --71.118.86.17 06:43, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Anna: Well, I suppose, as long as we don't bother them or get hurt. But we do need to see Lady Tia. Anna looks around, and finally spots the Lady Knight. Lady Tia is riding her black stallion, Lightning, and wearing a green tunic with a white shirt and black pants. A golden sword is hanging from her belt. She has very short red hair falling just past her ears, and it is swept away from her face by the raving wind that is caused from riding so fast. Behind her, another girl, who looks about fourteen, rides. She has short blond hair tied back in a ponytail and is wearing black pants with a white shirt and blue vest. Lady Tia: (to Bernice) That beeth it! Thou must leanest foreward to reduce the friction of the air when thou ridests! She speaks in a medium-deep voice with a thick mixed accent of country peasant and Valinese noble. Anna: (shouting) Lady Tia!! Lady Tia slows down her horse. She stops and looks around. Anna waves her arms in the air. Tia starts to ride towards her. She comes so close so fast that Anna nearly screams, but the knight stops her horse abrubtly right before running over them, making the horse lift up his front legs. Once Lightning has calmed down, Tia dismounts. Lady Tia: Is someone in trouble? Anna: Well, someone might be soon. Lady Tia: What dost thou meanest by that? Anna: Thou knowest of the Queen's new jewel, dost thou not? Lady Tia: Yes, I know. But since the danger isn't happening right now, thou must tellest me who thou art. Anna: Oh yes, I am Anna, the Royal Fool. And this is Flora. Lady Tia: I do not believe I know Flora, but I remember thou. Thou art the jester? Anna: Yes. Lady Tia: Now, tellest me of the jewel. Dost thou knowest anything about it? Anna: Flora, thee knowest of the jewel, right?

You can be an author! All you have to basically do is write a book. For the first one, I would reccomend just keeping it for yourself and looking at it to learn your mistakes. The first one I wrote was pretty long (based on my other boooks) but it was a disaster (I was 12, by the way). The second one I wrote I tried to learn from my old mistakes, but the problem was, though I did do research, I didn't research for everything. That's the one that I self-published. But it was better than the first by a long shot. The third one I did much more research, though I still don't think enough (but I'll fix the last few mistakes during the final revision). It's the one that's getting published by a traditional publisher now. I have ideas for a fourth and fifth book, but so far I only started on the fourth (and haven't worked on it for about five months). Tikallover 19:54, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Flora: Yes. The jewel, known as a Chaos Emerald, has a tremendous amount of power. If used correctly, it can transport you to other dimensions or time. But it can also be used for evil deeds, because it can give you different powers. It also might have a strange reaction if it comes into contact with another Chaos Emerald. (thinking) I'd like to say magic, too, but I don't know if mentioning magic is a good thing to say right now. (aloud) Um, I'm sorry if I'm talking strangely...

Well, I wrote a book before, but I never tried to publish it. But it was totally awful. It was about a bunch of elves and a princess and a peasant, but my grammer was terrible and my words were bland. But usually, I write mini-stories (usually about one to two pages long) for my school work. My mommy gave it to me, because when I mentioned that I wanted to be an author, she decided to help me by giving me vocabulary with which I must write a story about. Usually, she tells me what story to write, though, so I can have a variety and expand my horizons, she always says. But the characters in the story are usually my hamsters. I make them talk and move just like humans, but in a hamsterish way. There's also a guinea pig and a rat in my story, but I don't actually have a rat as a pet. I have a little doll-like rat instead. Currently, I'm writing a story about the game, Skies of Arcadia Legends, but of course, I can't publish that. The hamster mini-stories, all in one book, would be an okay story...I think...I'n not sure...but sometimes, people discriminate me, so if I tried to publish a book, the editors may not like me out of prejudice and not publish it because of my skin color. My mommy said it happened before...But is there any way not to see the publisher? --71.118.74.239 20:18, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Lady Tia: Chaos Emerald? Anna: That must be why thou art here, Flora. Perhaps thou camest to rid us of this evil gem. Lady Tia: Evil gem... Anna: How could this... Chaos Emerald... have gotten here? Lady Tia's squire, Bernice, then rides up and dismounts as well. Bernice: My lady, who art-- Lady Tia: (to Bernice) This is Anna the jester, and Flora. Bernice: Why are they here? Lady Tia: To inform me about a danger. Bernice: Danger, my lady? Lady Tia: Yes. But there's nothing thee can do to help now. Thy training is over for today. Bernice: Wilt thou at least tellest me what the danger beeth? Lady Tia: It beeth that jewel that Phillipe found earlier. Bernice: The one that gloweths? Lady Tia: Yes. According to our newcomer, it holds great dangerous power when in the wrong hands. Lady Tia turns to Flora. Lady Tia: Thy must tellest me why thou art here and how thee hast gotten here. It beeth very important.

That's not right! What does someone's skin color have to do with anything? Segregation and discrimination is supposed to be over now. I thought I wouldn't get published because of my age, but they never even asked my age, not even in the contract, and I think they have no idea. In the book submission form, they didn't ask for my race either. I've never actually spoken with anyone there, because they didn't require a phone number. I've never seen anyone in person either, and I'm pretty sure I never will have to. When I self-published, I didn't even have to E-mail anyone, if I'm remembering it right. If someone did show prejudice against you or anybody else because of skin color, that's not only morally wrong, that's illegal. If it did happen before, I should hope not recently. Tikallover 22:10, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Flora: I'm here to take the Chaos Emerald back to where it belongs so no one else can use it for evil purposes. I got here by use of another Chaos Emerald and...something else... (thinking) I really would like to say magic, but I'm afraid of what will happen. (aloud) The Chaos Emeralds belong to this place called Angel Island, where two people can watch over it and make sure no one takes it. So it can only be used for good uses. Is there any way you can help me?

Well, usually, when people discriminate me, since they don't want to do it so openly, they do it more subtly. I believe that discrimination is never really over...unless we go to heaven of course. I know that not everyone discriminates, but there are always still some. Often subtly. For instance, if I go to a restaurant, the waiters or waitresses would usually serve the customers first and faster than my family and me. And they would act nicer to other customers, too, and give us mean looks. There are also other things, but this just shows how subtle it is. But it's a good thing that if you want to be an author, you won't have to see anybody face to face! --71.118.74.239 23:05, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Lady Tia: Thou meanest there beeth more than one of these jewels? Anna: We have to see the Queen right away before either it is stolen or the Queen accidently uses it or something. Lady Tia: The good Queen would never use anything for bad purposes. Anna: (mutters under her breath) Right. Lady Tia: What did thee sayest? Out with it, whatever it was! Anna: Well... uh, the Queen doesn't know anything about the Emerald. She might be foolish enough to try and use it for something silly, like improve her appearance. After hearing that, Lady Tia suddenly gets a furious expression on her face. She pulls out her sword and holds it out as a threat. Anna: What art thou doing?? Lady Tia: Was that treason against her majesty?? Anna: No! Thou has it all wrong! Lady Tia tilts her sword down. Lady Tia: I'm the Queen's Royal Protector. I can't allow treason in this kingdom. Anna: It wasn't treason! It was, uh... reason! Lady Tia: I'm watching thee, jester. She puts her sword away. Lady Tia: Well, I have to see the Queen, then. Flora, comest with me so you can help explain things. Anna... well, thee can just go back to juggling and making jokes, riddles and songs. How didst thou get involved in this anyway? Anna: I was, uh, visiting the peasant village when Flora arrived. Lady Tia: Well, leave saving the kingdom to me from now on.

(Lady Tia is a little hot-headed and extremely loyal to the Royals...)

That's sickening! How could people do that? I... I don't know what else to say. I didn't think that happened anymore. It just shows how ignorant I am of things... Tikallover 23:51, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Flora: But Anna was very helpful, though. And I'm sure Anna could save the kingdom if she tried.

Well, I didn't know some people were still prejudiced until my parents told and I noticed it was true. --71.118.74.239 00:07, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Lady Tia: ... Anna: Thank you, Flora. So can I come? Lady Tia: Well... I suppose so. Come with me. (to Bernice) Thou art finished with practice today. Take Lightning back to the stables. Bernice: Alright... But if anything happens, please letest me know! Bernice leaves with Lightning and her own horse. Lady Tia: Let us go back to the castle. Flora and Anna follow Lady Tia back to the castle and through the knight's quarters into the main hall. Lady Tia: The Queen's chambers are upstairs on the second floor. They go down the hall and into another perpendicular corridor at the end which has a grand staircase. They go up the staircase. Once they were up the lavishness of the area increased, with carpets on the floor, more torches and candles. There were grand wooden doors with extravegant carvings lining the wide hallway. At the very end of the hallway they climbed up another tiny staircase and in front of them were two pairs of huge golden double doors. A guard was standing in the middle of them. Guard: Lady Tia? What art thou doing here? Lady Tia: It's urgent, we need to see the queen. Guard: She's restething now. Lady Tia: It beeth important. Guard: But... Lady Tia: Now! Guard: Yes, yes. He unlocks the door and lets them in. Anna had never been in here before. It was very, very rich and fancy-looking. It was also very warm and bright, for a burning fireplace was in the center and there were several more doors leading to the side rooms. On a chair off to the side a young woman appears to be knitting. Lady Tia: (to the young woman) You're her lady-in-waiting. Where is the Queen? She looks up. Augustina: Lady Tia? Why-- Lady Tia: It's very important. Augustina: Oh my then... well she's in her sitting room. I haven't heard a peep for hours. But... Lady Tia: It's urgent. Augustina: Well, alright. That door over there. Lady Tia goes over to the door and knocks. Queen Valerina: ...Yes?

I don't know what to say... I wish it wouldn't happen. Tikallover 00:45, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Flora: Um, it's me, Flora, and Anna and Lady Tia. I'm sorry to bother you, but could we come in? We have to tell you something important about the emerald you have.

I wish so, too. For one of my school projects, I wrote about discrimination before, actually, with help from my mommy (since she checks my school work):

I, too, sing.

I have yellow-skin.

They push me away

And shun me out the door.

It hurts my feelings

And makes me cry

But I’ll survive tomorrow.

There will always be

Racism and prejudice

As long as we live on Earth

This makes them

Wicked and frightening,

But I fear no evil

For my hope is in God.

One of these days,

They won’t give me dirty looks

Or think maliciously.

They won’t be evil

Or say, “Go away!”

We’ll all be dead

Facing judgment from God

For those who hate others based on color

Would go to the lake of fire

For those who love one another

Will be in heaven

With God

I, too, sing.

--71.118.74.239 01:14, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Queen Valerina: Oh, I was afraid you were Lady Infantra. So... what about my emerald? The three of them step in. The Queen is at a vanity mirror and has attached the Chaos Emerald to the top of her crown. Queen Valerina: The redness of it matches my dress, don't you think? (sees Flora) Thee! The one who shows her ankles! Lady Tia: She's not from around here, your highness. She's come to help us by ridding us of the evil gem.

Wow... that's beautiful! Very touching, too. But I thought bad people would be forgiven, not thrown in a lake of fire... Tikallover 01:50, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Flora: Yes. The Chaos Emerald can be very dangerous...It hold an enormous amount of power and can be used for almost anything, if used properly. Something dire may happen, however, if used wrongly.

But first, they have to sincerely repent. Also, they need to have the Holy Spirit. --71.118.74.239 02:04, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Queen Valerina: Anything? Well, can it make me more beautiful? I mean, I know I'm the most beautiful one in the kingdom, but if I were more beautiful... Lady Tia: What if it hurts thee, your highness? Queen Valerina: Thou knowest what they say, beauty hurts. Lady Tia: I meant... it could kill you. Queen Valerina: (laughs) How can a little red emerald hurt me? It's just a jewel. Anna: It's not just a jewel, your highness. It gloweths... Queen: All the reason for it to be more beautiful. Anna: I think thou shouldest listen to Lady Tia. Queen Valerina: Why art all of thou tryesting to tell me what to do? I'm the ruler of this kingdom, and what I say goes! If I want to keep the gem, I keep the gem! Besides, when do I ever get time alone? I specifically made it clear that nobody was to interupt me, and my most trusted knight did just that. Now, out, everyone, and I do not expect to see anyone until the evening meal. Oh look, it beeth time for me to get washed and dressed for supper already. All my resting time has been spoiled. Now, off with all of thee. Augustina, show them to the door. Augustina: ...Yes, your highness. Lady Tia, Flora, and Anna are shown to the door and it is closed behind them. Anna: This beeth terrible! Lady Tia: We cannot let the Queen get hurt. Anna: When does she take her crown off? Lady Tia: Thou art saying that thou art going to steal the jewel? Anna: (thinking) It would be great if I could steal from the rich and give to the poor... (aloud) Yes, if it beeth for her majesty's safety. Lady Tia: If it weren't for the circumstances, I'd slay thee for stealing from the Royals. But in this case, it beeth different.

How does someone get the Holy Spirit? (sorry if that was a stupid question) Tikallover 04:05, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Flora: Yes...but I think I can find a way to duplicate the crown...somehow...but I would need the crown first. How should we do so?

It's okay - I don't think it's a silly question at all. I didn't know at first myself. Well, first of all, you have to be a Christian and then wait. The Holy Spirit will come when HE thinks you're ready. You can pray, too, but it may not be a good idea to ask for the Holy Spirit so fast if you're not ready because if you somehow grieve the Holy Spirit and the Holy Spirit leaves, the Holy Spirit will never return (unless by a miracle) and you won't be able to go to heaven. But if you're a child, living under our parents, you can go to heaven (as long as we aren't doing anything really evil, such as murder), but your parents, who have to be true Christians with the Holy Spirit, would have to be praying to God for you to go to heaven. So if you want the Holy Spirit, all you have to do is try your best to be a Christian and wait. But sometimes when I pray to God, I ask HIM, "Please give me the Holy Spirit when I'm ready." I'm not sure exactly how you'll know when you have the Holy Spirit, but my mommy says that you'll find comfort with God and being more Christian. So it wouldn't be a sudden sensation or feeling. It would be being more Christian. --71.118.74.239 05:55, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Lady Tia: How couldest thou duplicate the crown? We have to give it back after taking the jewel off anyway. It's the Royal Crown of Valin for the Queen, ever since Queen Valerina I and King Jacques of the tiny Kingdoms of Frok and Eifin joined up to create our great Valin. In fact, the Queen's crown is almost more important than the King's crown, because the Queen carries on the Royal Family's name. Our own dear Queen Valerina V has carried her name and title proudly, never doing any evil. Anna: ...(thinking) Yeah, right. (aloud) Well, she only wears it on formal occasions, doesn't she? Lady Tia: That includes supper. Anna: Well, how about right after supper? Lady Tia: I don't know... Anna: If Flora can duplicate the crown, then would that make two of those emeralds?

Thanks for telling me. I hope someday I won't be afraid to pray anymore... currently I am because I'm afraid I might say the wrong thing or the Beings will interupt and think I'm somehow praying to them and not God... which of course I would never, ever do. Because of this I've started to yell at the Beings every time I get the sensation that they're telling me that I'm doing something wrong. I guess I'm kind of pushing them away. I still don't know who they are. I thought they were trying to help me become a better person, but if they want me to show them fealty or something, then I have to say no and get rid of them. I realized that what I've done in the past for them was wrong, like almost kneeling (almost, I didn't do it) and cutting. It wasn't right. They aren't God, and I will no longer show them respect. I think this worry came from my Dad saying several times that I "started a new religion where people worship Beings." I immediatly yelled at him that I was a Christian and did not, under any circumstances, worship the Beings. I think he said, "Whatever you say." When he makes fun of me he says I "chant like a medieval monk", he mocks me and makes religious symbols when immitating me. Once a kid at school, in I think seventh grade, said that I "wasn't doing what Jesus wanted." He was refering to my angry outbursts. I didn't know how to answer that. I always try and tell myself that they're wrong and they don't know anything, but deep down I think a part of me is very, very worried, though I don't believe them. Tikallover 18:18, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Flora: Yes, it would, so the queen would still have it, but without the powers of the original emerald.

Well, it's okay if you say the wrong thing. Just repent afterwards and don't do it again. God is very forgiving, and HE knows if you're praying to HIM. So just direct it to God, and God will hear you. I used to have trouble praying to God, because I kept thinking I was praying to something or somebody else, but soon, I kept praying to God, little by little, and soon, it became easier to pray. So you could try praying to God little by little until it becomes easier, and you could also pray to God to help you pray easier, too. And it's good that you're trying to ignore the beings! Perhaps one of these day, they'll disappear altogether. In the past, when I got bad thoughts (from myself? Or is it not? I'm still not sure!), I tried to ignore it as much as possible. But, currently, I get very few bad thoughts and they're hard to ignore, but I'm trying. So ignoring does help cause soon, it goes away. And is the chanting part of your OCD? And I don't agree with that kid. Your angry outburts are okay, as long as they're small. But be careful it doesn't escalate. I think somewhere in the Bible, it says to calm your anger or you might sin against God. I forget where in the Bible it said that, though. Although, I'm not one to advise someone about anger. I'm constantly getting angry myself. It's very hard to control it and I have to hold back my tongue all the time. --71.118.76.58 20:39, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Lady Tia: Will it still gloweth?

NOTE: You don't have to read this if you don't want to... It's kind of long.

I probably did come across to them as mean because they didn't understand why I got mad. Either that or, according the them I "freak out", have "got issues" and "need help." And I could try to ignore the beings (perhaps I should stop capitalizing the word too). My Dad wants me to tell him that they're not real, but I can't say that because I do, in a way, think that they are real. It's ironic that I'm starting to realize that the beings might not be good ever since I stopped taking my medicine... Well, now that I've brought that up I might as well mention something. The medicine is costing my parents, I think, a fair amount of money. And it's not even being used. I don't throw the pills away, rather, I hide them. But honestly my Dad doesn't seem to have any clue what is going on, for he says: "If you were off the medicine you'd crash severely and be crying all day long and be threatening and attempting suicide and screaming and howling and yelling." I'm always tempted to say, "Well, it would've happened several weeks ago if that were true." It's what I'm always thinking. I think he says that to scare me into taking it. I say, "Where did you hear that?" He answers: "In every medical book every written." I say, "Well, they're all liers who don't know anything about anything." I'm tempted to go into my doctor's office and tell him exactly what happened and that I didn't crash and I feel much better without the medicine, and that he can ask my parents how I've behaved if he doesn't believe me. And then I can show everybody the pills I didn't take. The point is, I have to tell them soon so they don't waste any more money... Tikallover 21:40, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Flora: Yes.

It's okay - I read it all, and they just don't understand how you feel. And it isn't right of them to judge you so fast, saying those mean things to you. And what exactly do you see the beings? As spirits? Or something else? And I'm not sure if they're real or not...what exactly do they try to make you do currently? And it seems the medicine was actually not helping you, and the doctors just thought so...or something...Anyhow, I think perhaps you should try to prepare your parents for the big news for it might come as a shock to them. Perhaps you should try to say, "I have to tell you something that might come of a shock to you." Something like that. I'm not the best tactful talker though, but it might help to say it when they're in a good mood, or just not angry or sad. And before telling them, you could try showing how normal you are (and how you're improving without the pills!) and then they can see how nothing's wrong. I'm not sure if telling the doctor first may be a good idea or not. Perhaps telling your parents first might help. --71.118.76.58 21:51, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Lady Tia: Well, then, I suppose this is the best choice. A red gem with great power is too dangerous to stay in Valin. Anna: Well, we had better go down to the castle dining room. Usually I do the entertaining. Lady Tia: When dost thou eat? Anna: Well... after everyone leaves I usually just take a bowl and pick up the leftovers from everyone else's plates and put something together, and just... eat it. Lady Tia: ...Well, let's get going. The three of them go down to the huge castle dining room. At the front of the room there is a fancy long table with a tablecloth and seats with red cushions for the Royal family. The rest of the room is filled with long wooden tables with stools. The serving maids are already setting the tables. The plates for everyone but the Royals are actually hard peices of bread and no utensils. One of the maids comes over to Anna. Arina: Anna! Why didest thou not come visit us today in the kitchen? Anna: I'm sorry. I was with a newcomer showing her around. Arina: Oh... alright. Well, I've got to continue setting this table. Hope to see thee tommarrow! She leaves. Anna: (remembers something) Oh my gosh! I have no act for tonight! I was supposed to prepare a bunch of jokes and riddles and practice a song... Usually I have time to visit the peasants in their village, practice a little, visit the kitchen servants, and practice some more in the final hours before supper! What.. what am I going to do? If I don't have an act, I'll be sure to tell a bad joke, the King'll have a stroke, and tomarrow I'll be hanging from ye olde rafters for sure!*

• Reference to Dunces and Dragons - a Spongebob episode. Sorry, I couldn't help it!

Thanks. I think I will tell my parents first, telling them that I really don't need it and making it clear that I'm not going to take it anymore unless I'm convinced that I need it, something like, "Mom, Dad, I have to tell you something. It may come as a shock. It's been about three-four weeks since I stopped taking my medicine, and I feel better because of it. For example, I've stopped hitting myself and cut down on the sorries. I no longer have cutting urges and I haven't been suicidal in a long time. I also recognise my emotions better. I didn't crash when I stopped. Now, you can say whatever you like, but no matter what you say, I'm convinced now that I don't need it, so I'm not going to agree to take it unless in the future I'm convinced that I need it. I may have needed it in the past, but I know now that the only reason I was on it is because both of you were afraid of taking me off of it. The only reason I decided to tell you this instead of keeping it a secret forever is because the pills cost you money, and I don't want that money to go to waste." Also, I see (or used to see) the beings as spirits or ghosts who were sent to improve me, possibly get me to do something to improve the world and stop me from becoming a terrible person. But now I'm not so sure.... Tikallover 22:36, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Flora: Maybe I can help. Um, I'm no good at jokes, but perhaps I can help with a song. How much time do you have left before you have to perform?

That's a good idea. I think by saying that, everything should at least come out okay. And perhaps the beings are maybe just a bad thought actually? I'm not exactly sure. Maybe they are a spirit, or a ghost, or a demon? I'm really not sure. But, I don't think it's too important, as long as you're not doing what they want you to do. --71.118.76.58 23:08, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Anna: About fifteen minutes... but wait, I just hatched an idea. Remember that... uh, (looks at Lady Tia, who isn't paying attention, then whispers the rest to Flora) that song that I sung to the peasants earlier about how bad the King is? I could sing the words backwards, so it sounds like this (sings it aloud):

Ho raeh em klof

Rof I llahs gnis

Woh a diputs lo' yzal krej si ruo gnik!

Eht gnik, eh shteknird,

Eht gnik, eh shterats!

Eh ylerar reve shtepots ot kniht!

Eh reven neve shtebmoc sih riah,

Fi s'ereht a melborp s'he reven ereht.

D'i evol ot yalp otnu mih no ym etulf:

Ym gnik, uoht tra dab!

Ym gnik, uoht tra bmud!

Yht esucxe rof a gnik si yrev das!

Lady Tia: What on earth art thou doing, jester? Anna: It's my new song in a new language called "Ehtgniksidab!" Lady Tia: Et Nick See Dab? Anna: Almost, more like "Etniksidab!" Lady Tia: Wait a minute! Thou art trying to fool me! What is that backwards? Let's see... "Badiskinte"...Bad is kin tey... Wait, I was sure thou wert trying to makest some fool out of me... What if I tried rearanging the sylibles? Tey Kin is bad... Anna: KIN!! Yes, my kin! My relatives! Ha, ha! Thou knowest what they sayeth, no one annoys thee more than family, ha ha! Lady Tia: My family was killed when I was 14 by the Evil One... I would love to be annoyed by them. Anna: Oh...

Thanks. Tikallover 01:01, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Flora: Oh, Tia...(puts her hand on Tia's shoulder) I'm sure they're in a better place now, though...But that's a good idea! (takes her hand off Tia's shoulder) How about we make a song about Tia? In honor of her bravery. Perhaps it could go like this (sings it):

Lady Tia

Fair and true

Saved us from the Evil One

Always there

To save the kingdom

Protecting all of Valin

We can depend on her when the times are dire

She's brave and determined

Upon her loyal steed

She fights for the kingdom's saftey

She lost her family for all this

But it was a brave sacrifice

For the people of Valin

Lady Tia

The fearless Lady Knight of Valin

Um, was that a good song?

You know, I just read your journal, and I liked the Sonic Heroes Blopper! It was really funny! BTW, I'm just curious, but what are you doing on Thanksgiving? As usual, my parents prepare the Thanksgiving dinner and my brothers and his girlfriend will come. Then we'll play games, like taboo, family feud, and rummikube (Not sure if I'm spelling it right...).--71.104.179.60 08:25, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

This mainly consists of Lady Tia describing what happened to her in her past. You only need to read the beginning and end.

Lady Tia: Wow, that's a good song! I really like it, for obvious reasons. Anna: Yes, that's a better idea than singing a song in Etniksidab. And anyway, I haven't seen my relatives in a while either. They live in Torpe, which is a nearby town. My father was a traveling minstrel when he was younger, which means he traveled throughout Valin entertaining the people for coins. My mother used to work as an alewife, but now my brother and his wife are taking care of them. I always dreamed of being a traveling minstrel, but apparently all that traveling is, according to my father, too tough for a woman to handle. He wanted me to stay in one place and have a place to sleep every night... so, when he heard there was an opening for a jester at the palace, he sent me here right away... and so, I became Anna the Royal Fool. Lady Tia: Isn't entertaining for the Royals much better than entertaining peasants or townsfolk? Anna: Well... I love entertaining the peasants. They're great people. Lady Tia: I was born a peasant, you know... Anna: Whaaaat? Lady Tia: Yes... in Wallace... but the Evil One came there one day and started murdering everyone in our village... Lord Wallace's knights were too afraid to help us, and they hid in the castle... Anna: What happened to thee? Lady Tia: It's so hard to say it... well, I was a young one of fourteen, and I was one of the lucky ones who had fallen in love and was engaged to the one I loved... see, when it started, I was at his cottage... and we heard this horrible screaming. We rushed outside and we saw his father... on the ground... dead. His mother had been taking care of his little sister in the backside of the cottage, and when we ran there, they weren't there anymore. He told me to run home and see if my family was okay while he looked for them, and so I did... My father pulled me inside and we all huddled together, hearing screaming outside... Eventually my mother couldn't stand it anymore, and ran outside. We tried to stop her, but she got away and ran outside... my father went after her, and it was just me and my three siblings, my two brothers and my sister. I was the second oldest, aside from my older brother... but suddenly the fire in the hearth went out and it was pitch dark inside. I felt my younger brother being torn away from me, and then my sister. My older brother was screaming, as if in a trance, "Tia, Tia, Tia..." I had no idea what was happening, but suddenly he stopped chanting and something warm and wet was splattered on my face. The next thing I knew, somebody whose touch was colder than the coldest ice had wrapped thier hands around my neck. The touch was unbearably cold, and I felt like I was going to die too. But the next thing I knew, I was... inside this horrible underground place... and I saw her. Anna: No... Lady Tia: Yes, the Evil One.... Anna: What did she look like? Lady Tia: I can't describe it... she wore something black competely over her, and I never saw her until... Anna: What?? Lady Tia: I don't know what happened... but everytime she pointed to something I got it for her. She made me drink something that smelled like spoiled wine every night... and only once when I secretly didn't drink it that I realized that she had been using me... She had made a slit on my arm and had squeezed a few drips of blood out into a pot... boiled it and drank it. Anna: How... how... Lady Tia: I knew I had to wait for the right time to strike back. And in four years of enduring that, I found that time. The Evil One had taken the Queen and princess... and had hung them from the ceiling... and was putting her knife to the Queen's thoat, saying, "Once thou art gone forever, the people will have no leader, and I'll become ruler." And then, because I hadn't drank her strange wine that made me forget pain and feeling, I grabbed the knife from the unsuspecting Evil One, and plunged it into her heart. After she was dead, I pulled back the black fabric, and saw that... she looked exactly like me. I couldn't believe that it was... me, there, on the ground with a knife in my heart. Anna: What??? Lady Tia: It came from drinking my blood for four years. She began to take my form... she had lived off of me... Anna: Oh my gosh... Lady Tia: I untied the Queen and princess... the Queen said to me, "Art thou a knight?" Anna: What didest thou say? Lady Tia: I said, "I am not yet a knight, my Queen, but I'm ready!" I promptly gave the knife to the Queen and knelt. She knighted me on the spot. Anna: Oh my... Lady Tia: We left the lair, and saw that several knights had been on their way. Sir Alan was one of them. They took the three of us back to the castle. The Queen anounced to everyone what I had done, and there was so much cheering, for we were rid of the Evil One forever. The Queen and princess were then taken inside, bathed and dressed in formal clothes, their wounds taken care of. Anna: What about thee? Lady Tia: I was sent to the guest chambers, where several magnificent gowns had been laid out for me. But I said to them, "I shall not wear them. Get me a tunic, shirt, pants, and boots." So they did. I cut my hair page-style, as well. I was a knight now. Anna: My... Lady Tia: But I still carried all that pain from that horrible day so many years ago. Anna: What happened to the people of that village? Do they know that the famous "Lady Tia" is you? Lady Tia: I... went back once, when I was pregnant with Elijah. Anna: Did anyone remember you? Lady Tia: Only one person. Anna: Who? Lady Tia: The man I had been engaged too... Anna: What did he say? Lady Tia: Well, he was married with children, and so was I. We went our seperate ways. Anna: Oh... Lady Tia: But it was nice to see an old friend... Oh, enough of this. Thou must practice thy song, and I must go and tell the squires and pages that it is time for supper. She leaves.

Uh... I wrote too much again... only the stuff that is bolded answers your question.

Well, on Thanksgiving at our house, my Mom used to make the food, but now she buys it ready-made. My sister is home from college, so she'll be with us, and I guess we'll just eat then. However, Thanksgiving is always a huge problem for me because of the mass slaughtering of turkeys. Once my Dad read a news article on it and he said the turkeys were fattened up so much that they could hardly walk. He laughed at it, and I screamed at him. I hate the fact that my family takes part in it by eating one, and it's also never all eaten; much of it gets old and thrown away in a week or two. What a waste of precious life. My Mom claims she loves birds, but she EATS them, so I will never believe her about that. So this year, I've decided that if they are going to eat a turkey, I'm not eating with them. I've never enjoyed it ever since I became vegitarian about five-six years ago, and even before that I couldn't stand the smell or watching my Mom cut the body up. I mean, the turkeys are raised inside in terrible conditions with barely any light or room to move, fed food that specifically is designed to make them gain weight, and as a result they are fattened up so much that it isn't healthy for them... and then they are killed by beheading. Once a science teacher of mine made fun of my vegitarianism by saying, "Oh, the turkeys are probably killed like this," She pretended to hold a bird and chop off its head. "Schoot!" she said. Other kids joined in by making swawking noises. "I'm a turkey! Stephanie, don't let them kill me! I wanna live!" one kid shouted to me. Once in 7th grade history class I was forced to watch a movie about a 12-year-old kid who had to work in a cow slaughter house full time in the early 1900's because his father had gotten hurt by the dangerous equipment. I felt very sorry for the kid, of course, but there was more than that that made me sick. In the factory, as the cows were being sliced open and killed, they continuously cried out in tortured pain. One kid who was in the class watching it, started to imitate the cows and screamed in a cattle-like fashion. I had to resist the urge to kill him. "Do you realize what that is??? That is a cow's death cry!!" I screamed. All the kids laughed and laughed and laughed and started all crying out as well. I nearly went insane. I don't remember what I screamed to them next out loud, but I knew what I wanted to: "You are all evil devils that decended from Satan! I hope you're all tortured to death and have your bodies sliced up in a million pieces and thrown in a river of fire to burn and then go straight to Hell, where you belong!!" ...That probably scared you. I know, I'm not a good person at all... but remember, that wasn't the only thing that was happening there. It happened every day, every class, and in the halls. The teasing, bullying, mocking, and imitating happened all the time. In fact, I felt like I was being tortured to death... and that they would slice my body in a million pieces, throw it in a river of fire to burn, and then I would go straight to Hell myself for being horrible (perhaps an evil devil decended from Satan) enough for them to feel it's okay to bully me. Tikallover 19:06, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Flora:...I never knew Tia has been through so much...

It's not okay for them to bully you like that! And it's terrible what happens to the cows and the turkeys. I'm shocked! I never knew that happened! I knew partly of what happened to the cows, but I didn't know it was this bad. And I believe you can be a good person if you try. I think somewhere in the Bible, it says that people are born with inherent evil in them, but we also have a conscious. So I think that means our good side struggles with our bad side. You're trying to be a good person, and you admit that you're not, so I'm sure you haven't succumbed to the dark side totally. And for sure you're not an evil devil! I actaully think I'm more of a bad person than you! I'm short-tempered, which causes me to thin violently at times (which I scare even myself) and I'm sort of a rebel. I can't help it. And it's terrible how those people teased, bullied, mocked, and imitated you like that. It's almost unbelievable! I really wish that didn't happen...Moreover, on Thanksgiving, I do eat the turkey, but after you told me this, I almost don't want to eat it...but it's so much of a tradition, I can't help but eat some...I'm sorry...And because of the cows, I tried to eat as little beef as possible! But my mommy says that inside meat is estrogen (is that what it's called?) which balances the hormones in your body (or something like that) and if I don't eat it, something bad happens (I forget what it was). It also stunts your growth. So I do have to eat meat, but I'm trying to eat it lesser...I'm sorry that I don't have that much willpower... --71.160.95.209 05:14, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

I just read your journal and I really hope your mom will let you publish your book...Perhaps if you shared your feelings with your parents, would it help? Perhaps if you told them all of what you wrote in your journal (in a different tone, of course) it might help them understand what you're going through. And you aren't banned from watching Sponge Bob, are you? Then perhaps you could watch it on youtube? And maybe you could still watch it because no one exactly said you couldn't watch it. And if they ask why you're watching it, maybe you could tell them that this is the the one favorite show and it's important to you. And they don't exactly say not to play video games, so maybe you could, and they could see that it doesn't affect your grades or anything. And maybe you could have a long talk with them, it might help. And maybe they are proud of you, but aren't showing it. Perhaps it might help if you kiss and hug them every night before you go to sleep, and it might help you show that you both still love and care for each other... --71.160.95.209 05:29, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Lady Tia: It's alright.

This is sort of on the subject of teasing... I remember once I was looking online for movie reviews for a children's movie I had seen, and there was one part where, at the beginning, there was mild teasing of the main character. (I say "mild" because it only lasted for about half a minute before the main character's friend chased the teasers away and reasurred the main character not to listen to them.) The reveiwer said something like, "And the part that really bothered me was the teasing in the beginning of the movie. It was mean. I know it's fictional and all that, but it just bothered me." When reading that, I was angry, because for one she claimed that teasing was fictional. Also, doesn't she know that people in real life are teased much, much worse than this? I guess not. But anyway, about the meat... I thought estrogen was a human female reproductive hormone that helps control female reproductive functions, along with another one that I think is called progesterone. I think males have testosterone instead (knowing this come from reading books...) Then maybe animals have the same hormones too, but wouldn't it be only the female animals who have estrogen? Or maybe the males have it too, only it isn't active... I'm confused on how getting extra estrogen from animals could help someone. I thought the human body made all that it needs. If something bad does happen, I don't know what it could be. Even if it is true, I'll never eat meat again. Many times I have made mistakes with a little substance called gelatin. It has ground-up bone marrow of animals inside it... it's in skittles, candy corn, marshmellows, some yogert... these are things I have eaten and then, after looking at the ingredients, realized what I had done and felt really guilty. Nowadays I try really hard to look at the ingrediants in everything that is suspicious. In addition to being vegitarian, I never eat eggs that are from hens that live in cages... cages about the size of a piece of standard paper, 8 1/2 by 11 inches... barely bigger than the hens themselves. Most likely they can't even turn around. Again, it is inside some sort of factory... not much light... and if I'm remembering what I read correctly, the eggs drop onto a conveyor belt below the cages... all that noisy machinery... 24 hours a day... nonstop. The poor little hens...

I told my parents that I haven't been taking the Seroquil (one of the three different medicines I'm supposed to take) for a month, but I didn't mention the others, to see what their reaction would be. "You've been deceiving me, and I don't appreciate that," my Dad yelled. And now, every time I'm supposed to take a pill, they make me put it in my mouth in front of them and drink a cup of water and then stick out my tongue. And in addition to that, they stay where I am for about two minutes. I hide the pill under my tongue, and finally when they leave at last, I pull it out and it's usually a half-disolved mess. The taste of the chemicals makes me sick. Obviously, I can't save half-disoved messes of chemicals in my hiding place. So I wrap it in a tissue and throw it away. A waste of money, but it's their fault. Because of this, I always hesitate to take it, making them yell and threaten me. I mentioned some of the stuff that was in the journal to my Mom yesterday, saying, "Why do you think I stopped playing video games?" "You can play your stupid little games all you want. I even bought you that portable screen so you can play them in the car," she yelled. However, she appears as though she doesn't remember what happened once with that. We were driving home from vacation and I wanted to plug in the screen so I could play it in the car. I asked her to do it during a red light, and she went nuts. "I'll do it myself then," I said. She shouted that I wasn't to take my seatbelt off. "Why don't you do it then?" I asked. "Because I'm driving," she said. "But it's a red light," I had argued, "Why don't you like it, anyway?" "I hate it," she said, "I hate the way it sounds!!" It ended in a huge fight that nearly made me jump out of the car on the highway and get killed. My Mom had hysterics, saying that if I left the car I would kill somebody else. "It's bad enough if you kill yourself. But if you kill somebody else who's innocent, that's murder and it's wrong!!" So anyway, after that, I never even tried to play it in the car again. And about Spongebob... my Mom said that recording it was the problem that messed the whole thing up. But that's a lie, because that's obviously not what did it. I told them that they've "taken everything away that gave life meaning." They said that that was a lie, and that they hadn't taken anything away. I tell them all the time that they never listen. They say they do listen, "all the time". But they obviously don't, otherwise they wouldn't say everytime I wanted to talk with them that they don't want to talk with me, usually because they're mad at me... which is usually a good part of every day. One thing that I did during my childhood was go in the backyard woods. But everytime I do it now, they make a big fuss, saying, "You'll get dirty down there!!" or if I go down without telling them and come back up and mention it, my Dad goes, "Oh NOOOOO!!!!" as if I had just committed a murder. So I can't do anything that brings me joy. They hate me, I know it. Tikallover 21:04, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Flora: So, Anna, should you practice the song?

Okay, now I'm confused about the estrogen thing. But I think maybe our bodies don't produce enough? I'm not sure, but I wish I had enough will power to stop eating meat, but I don't. And I'm still confused about the estrogen thing though...And I can't believe that the reviewer thinks that teasing is fictional! I don't know how she got that conclusion...And for sure your parents don't hate you! They may not say it, but their actions show it. They don't want you to kill yourself and they're worried about you. They probably want you to take the medicine because they're afraid you might get hurt. And they very likely don't want you to jump out of the car because they don't want you to kill yourself, and they want to give you many reasons not to. And maybe your mom dislikes the video game because she thinks that the characters in the game are dying or being hurt. Or maybe she's scared it'll affect your grades. But perhaps it's possible to watch Spongebob without recording it? If you try to make time for it? And maybe they're worried about you getting dirty in the backyard, which is why they do that. But I really don't see the problem there. It actually reminds me of the book, The Frog Princess, where the princess liked going to the swamp, but if she mentioned it to her parents, they became angry, so she never told them. But at least drawing and going on the computer brings you joy, right? And there's always writing and listening to music! And for sure your parents love you because first of all, they took care of you ever since you were born, feed you, shelter you, homeschooled you to take you away from the people who teased you at public school, tried to take care of your OCD, and buy things for you. I'm sure that if they hated you, or even disliked you, they wouldn't do any of these things. Once, my mommy said she hated me, but she didn't mean it and later said (when she cooled down) that she always does love me, even though she says that, which is shown through her actions. And perhaps you could tell your parents that those medicines aren't helping you, but it might be best to do it when they're in a good mood...at least, I hope that's a good idea...but somehow, your parents need to know that the medicine is not doing any good. --71.118.87.149 00:33, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

Anna: Yes, alright. Lady Tia: Should thou stayest for dinner, Flora? Thou can eatest at my table.

Well... my recent journals can explain what happened today better. In addition, I have all these evil feelings... like I hate my parents, and even get urges to kill people... even my parents. The first time I got those feelings was at school when I imagined stabbing, shooting, and beheading the bullies. I once drew a picture of me shooting a bully in the heart, with blood pouring out of him and me laughing maniacly. In sixth grade I drew pictures of me killing them in other ways, like a giant ant eating them, a giant metal weight squashing them, a big sword slicing them open, ect. I wrote songs and poems that basically said that I wanted to die and kill people. I still have those feelings, including ones where I bomb the hospital and the schools. Tikallover 01:25, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

Flora: Um, okay. I'll stay. is Anna going to come with us after she performs?

I think it's understandable to feel those things, with what's happening to you and all, but it's good that you don't act on these feelings. Perhaps you could try to think of something that makes you happy to push out these feelings. Like, maybe, a flower field, being in the snow, being in the forest with animals and plants, or with Tikal or anything. Perhaps it will help? And after reading your journal, I believe that you do have some happiness: Your book will probably be published and you have the computer. And perhaps when you show that you aren't showing any signs of sucide or anything bad, they'll take the medicine away. As for the other things...I don't know what to say...I wish I could help somehow, but I don't know how...Maybe you could just keep trying your hardest at showing how normal you are (which I do think you're normal, but apparently, they want you to be even more normal, which is ??), they'll give you back what you want. --71.118.87.149 01:51, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

Lady Tia: I thought she could make sure that nobody sees what we are doing.

Thanks. I don't know what else to say at this point... Tikallover 03:04, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

Flora: Oh, that's a good idea. Okay then.

Well, I'm sure that whatever happens, everything will be okay in the end. Who knows! Maybe a month - or a week - from now, you'll be watching Spongebob and having your book ready to be published at any time. Whatever it is, I'm sure everything will hopefully be better. --71.118.86.223 18:37, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

Lady Tia: Everyone is starting to arrive. Thou canest be the guest at my table. Lady Tia leads Flora over to her and Sir Alan's table, where she sits down at one end and Sir Alan on the other. His two squires, Phillipe and William, sit down on one side, and Lady Tia's squire, Bernice, sits down on the other. Lady Tia motions for Flora to sit down next to Bernice. The plates are actually hard loafs of bread, and there are no utensils. The other tables start to fill up as well, with various people who live in the castle, excluding the kitchen servants who are serving the food. After everyone else is seated, the grand doors open and the King and Queen come through and sit down. The King is dressed in a very fancy red outfit, and the Queen in a darker red outfit. Both are wearing their crowns. The Queen has her hair in a very tall bun, as usual, piled directly on top of her head. The crown is fixed on her head around the base of the bun. The two of them sit down at the Royal table, the King on one end, the Queen on the other. A few minutes pass. Queen Valerina: Where ever are those girls?? King Harold: Girls? Where? Queen Valerina: I'm talking about our daughters! King Harold: Oh, them. They're probably into some sort of mischief. Queen Valerina: Mischief? They've never gotten into mischief before! Anna, who is standing near the Royal table, snorts to supress laughter. Before the Queen can say anything, the grand doors burst open and the twin princesses run through. Valerina has only one shoe on, and neither of them are dressed for dinner. Princess Valerina: Sarah! I told thee that I could get here before you! Princess Sarah: Thee didn't, though! Thou madest me trip by tossing off thy shoe! Princess Valerina: Well, I got here with only one shoe, so I beat thee by a mile! Both of them suddenly notice that everyone is frowning at them. Princess Sarah: Uh, Valerina, I think we're late. Princess Valerina: Oh... Queen Valerina: Girls! Sit down at once! And where is thy sister? Princess Sarah: She's out with Elijah. Lady Tia: Come to think of it, where is that boy? The Queen and Lady Tia look at each other. Both: Oh no! Elijah and Kristina!

(4-year-old Elijah and 3-year-old Kristina have a weird puppy love and are engaged... it's a long story, but because they're getting married in the far future, they aren't allowed to see each other... plus, every time they're together they try to copy what they see adults do when they're in love, and it's not appropriate!)

I doubt it, though. There's no such thing as a happy ending or "happily ever after." In fact, I'm trying to live by the very wise saying that says, "Life sucks and then you die." Tikallover 19:33, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

Flora (whispers to Tia): Is something wrong?

Well, there is actually a happy ending, but not living. It's that when you die, if you're a good person, you go to heaven, and if not, hell. So if you're a good person and, even though you went through many hardships, but still managed to be a good Christian, then you can go to heaven, which is, in its own way, a happy ending. But I do think your book will be published soon. There's no money involved, so I don't see any reason why your parents wouldn't want something free published. Actually published! No self-publishing, just a normal publishing! --71.118.86.223 21:12, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

Lady Tia: If my son and Kristina are together, who knows what they'll try to do. See, once Elijah saved Kristina from a dragon, so according to the Dragon Code, they have to be engaged to marry someday. They are in some strange sort of infactuation... but they're too young for.. thou knowest. Queen Valerina: We can't have dinner without all the princesses here! Lady Tia: I'll go and find them, your highness. Queen Valerina: Well, okay then... Lady Tia leaves. About ten minutes pass, and she comes back with Elijah and Kristina. Neither are dressed for dinner; in fact they have straw all over them. Lady Tia: They were in the new barn. (to Elijah) Now, sit down at your place at the table! (to Kristina) Go back to your mother. Elijah: I a big man! I gonna be da mahkervei! Princess Kristina: I gonna marry da mahkervei! Everyone: We know, we know, enough already! At Lady Tia's table, she starts to scold Elijah. Lady Tia: I tell thee again and again, thou art not to see Kristina! Elijah: I gonna marry her! Lady Tia: Oh? In about twelve years! Now remember, don't touch thy food until the King eats. Elijah: Why? He gonna be my father in law! That'll make him thy brother in law! We all gonna be Royal! Lady Tia: It doesn't work that way. We won't become Royal; Kristina's title of "princess" will be discarded and she'll become a common noble girl. Elijah: Not common! I gonna be da greatest hero who ever lived! Lady Tia: Yes, we all know that. We always trust the soothsayers. Look, here come the maids to serve the food. Remember to say "please" and "thank you" and "please pass the potatoes." Elijah: Why? I gonna be a great knight! Nobody gonna boss me around! I don't need to say all that silly stuff. Lady Tia: In the Valinese Code of Chilvalry, in chapter 5 section 34 line 15, it clearly states that "All knights and future knights of Valin must retain a polite and kind disposition towards all citizens." Elijah: That reminds me of my new catchphrase: "Never fear, citizens! I, Elijah the Maskervei, am here to defend you!" Lady Tia: Thy catchphrase changes every several weeks. Last week it was "Rescuing damsels-in-distress is what I do!" and before that is was, "I am thy hero!" Now please, eat up. And then go with your father back to our quarters. I have something important to do.

Maybe my parents think that everything I write is utter junk, so they don't want anyone else to be exposed to writing as horrible as mine. Tikallover 22:17, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

Flora: So Tia, should we go? Or is there something else you need to say to Elijah?

I think your writing is wonderful! You're a great writer and author, and I don't think it's horrible or junk at all. --71.118.86.223

Lady Tia: Oh, sorry... As soon as everyone leaves and the Queen takes her crown off... she'll probably put it in the Royal treasury. In the meantime, you can eat too if you want. Everyone but the Royals eats with their fingers and once in a while feeds the foods to the two dogs that are walking around the room. Food is also dropped on the floor, making a mess.* Anna waits patiently until she is called. Finally, the King calls her. King Harold: So, jester, why don't we have some entertainment? Anna: Yes, your majesty. This song will be dedicated to the greatest heroine of Valin. Anna starts singing the song. Anna:

Lady Tia

Fair and true

Saved us from the Evil One

Always there

To save the kingdom

Protecting all of Valin

We can depend on her when the times are dire

She's brave and determined

Upon her loyal steed

She fights for the kingdom's saftey

She lost her family for all this

But it was a brave sacrifice

For the people of Valin

Lady Tia

The fearless Lady Knight of Valin

Queen Valerina: What about a song dedicated to the greatest Queen of Valin? I'm the number one woman here! Anna: Uh, well, I didn't make a song about thee yet for today... Queen Valerina: How dare thou praisest someone else without praising me?? Anna: (thinking) What an immature little... (out loud) I'm sorry, your highness. Queen Valerina: Thou art dismissed for the rest of the day! I shall not see any more of you until tomarrow. Lady Tia: (quietly) That hast just ruined our plans... but perhaps Anna can be unseen and still distract them.

• Medieval manners.

Thanks. Maybe it's just my parents who don't want me to do anything important because they feel I don't deserve it. Tikallover 00:24, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

Flora (whispers): What can she do to distract them now?

Well, I think you do deserve it! Especially with how hard you worked on that book! So for now, let's just hope that your book is going to be published. --71.118.86.223 01:06, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

Lady Tia: She could make noise...

Thanks. Tikallover 02:20, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

Flora: She wouldn't get in trouble, would she?

So how's your Thanksgiving going? Mines is still getting prepared, but it's almost time!! --71.118.86.223 03:12, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

Lady Tia: Not if they don't find out it's her.

(sigh) Well, for my family it's how it usually is. As like most days, there was a little bit of fighting and my parents way overreacted because it was a holiday... I ate in another room because of the turkey and they said it was ridiculous because most vegitarians are around meat-eaters, however, they made no objection at all. We ate part of dessert together, but when they started talking about the News and my Grandmother's surgery, I got scared and upset and had to leave again. Last night I started to feel the effects of the medicine. If I tried to cry, no tears would come. If I thought of something sad, I didn't get sad, not even in the slightest bit, which really scares me. It's not a good thing at all because it's not my true feelings. God made me a sensitive person, and the medicine is getting rid of that part of me. This morning I was up early and saw the pretty sunrise, but I didn't care enough to go out in it. I can tell that I'm angrier on the medicine too. I told all this to my parents and they said all this was good (and didn't believe the angry part.) Then they told me several stories that were on the News in the past few years of mentally ill people who commited horrible crimes, like drowning thier kids, killing one of their parents and a police officer, and breaking into the neighbor's house. My Dad said that the woman who commited the first crime stopped taking her medicine and claimed that voices told her to drown her 5 kids in the lake. She's in jail for the rest of her life now. The young man who commited the second crime had escaped from a mental hospital before running home, killing his mother, and then shooting at the police station and killing a police officer before getting shot back at and killed. I think the boy who commited the last crime was a bit younger than me. My Mom said "He's on Abilify now and is all better." I snorted at that comment about the Abilify, because I know what is really going on. Most likely he's on a too high dose that has slight sedating effects. I asked them what the point of them telling me all this was, and they said that if I'm not treated when I'm young, I'll end up exactly like them. "I don't hear voices, and if the beings told me to commit a crime, I wouldn't listen," I argued. "Yes you would," Mom said, "And you will start hearing voices in the future if you aren't treated now. You're in the first phase." She's asking for it, isn't she? I mean, she's acting like I must fulfill an ancient prophecy that applies to all the mentally ill. I've been diagnosed with schizotypal personality disorder. My Mom apparently looked at the "schizo" part and assumed that schizotypal is a predecessor of schizophrenia. I know now that my parents are completely, uh, stupid on this subject, because they said that I got OCD and all these other things from strep throat infections I got when I was around 10. I tried not to laugh. And several years ago my Mom showed a phsyciatrist a bump on my elbow and asked him if this was causing the OCD. He said it was a scar. I know all this is utter garbadge, because I've always felt pretty much the same way my whole life. I just started to act on it when I was around 10, probably because I was sick and tired of holding it in and since I felt unloved and hated, I didn't care what people thought of me. Tikallover 12:49, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

Flora: Okay then. What noise can she make?

I can't believe your parents made you take your medicine again. Isn't there a way to not take it again? Because you're better off without it, especially if it makes you angrier and hides your true feelings. And why did you feel unloved and hated? What was happening? --71.104.189.87 20:08, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

Lady Tia: There are rows of displayed armor in the halls. I was thinking she could knock one over.

There isn't a way to not take it again, because my parents watch and then look in my mouth. And I felt unloved and hated because, for one, at school, the teasing was getting worse and I couldn't make friends (which mattered to me back then, but not anymore.) And at home, conflicts with my parents were starting to get worse. Tikallover 20:50, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

Flora: So let's go tell her of our plan then.

But didn't your parents see how much better you acted when you didn't take the medicine for three months? --71.104.189.87 21:48, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

Lady Tia: Well, as soon as the Royals all finish eating and leave, everyone who doesn't have nighttime duties are permitted to talk to each other for a little bit before going to their quarters and retiring for the night. It's kind of a social gathering. But anyway, we should finish eating as well. After everyone is pretty much finished, the princesses ask their parents permission to leave the table. It is granted, and they leave. Queen Valerina: Walk, don't run, girls! And Valerina, find thy shoe! After a few more minutes, the King and Queen leave as well. As soon as the door closes, everybody gets up and bustles about. Anna comes back in as soon as she is sure the Queen is gone. She takes one of the empty bowls and starts filling it with leftovers. Lady Tia goes over to her. Lady Tia: So, jester... since our plan isn't really working out the way we thought, I thought that if the Royals come anywhere near the Royal treasury, thou could distract them by knocking over displayed armor. Anna: Well... alright then. I suppose I could.

I didn't act too different, but I did feel different. See, my Mom had left for about two weeks to take care of my Grandma after she had surgery, and so she wasn't used to me... That, and my sister and her had both come back and I had to adjust to it. Naturally I was a little cranky and yelled a little bit, so the first thing my Mom suspected was the medicine... However, I had stopped most of the sorries and all of the hitting myself and hadn't been suicidal at all when I was not on the medicine. They didn't think of that, only the fact that I had yelled more than usual. However, I talked to them recently (like a few minutes ago) and they said we can drop the Seroquil, and possibly the Abilify. Not the Lexipro, though. Tikallover 22:50, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

Flora: Okay, then, let's go do this! There's nothing else wrong with this plan, right?

It's good that they're letting you drop some of the medicine. Did they get rid of the worst ones? --71.104.189.87 23:26, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

Lady Tia: Not if it'll save the kingdom from destruction from this evil jewel. Holdest on just one second. Lady Tia goes over to Bernice. Lady Tia: (to Bernice) Could thou takest over my guard duty for about an hour? Bernice: Alright, my lady. She leaves. Lady Tia goes back to Flora and Anna. Lady Tia: Alright. Let's go see if the Queen has taken her crown off yet. They go out of the dining room and follow Lady Tia down the hall to the castle's half-basement, where it is half-underground and the windows are high up near the ceiling. There is a heavy wooden door at the end of one hall. Lady Tia: (to Anna) Okay, if anyone comes down here, just knock over some of this armor. Lady Tia and Flora go down the hall and appoach the door. A guard is guarding it. Lady Tia: Excuse me, but couldest thou let us in? I'm Lady Tia, the Queen's Royal Protector, and we need to get in. Guard: Why? Lady Tia: Just doest what I say. Guard: Well how do I know thou art not someone else? Lady Tia: Look at the symbol on my sword handle. She shows it to him. Guard: Well, thou art still not allowed in here... Suddenly, there is a horrible crash of metal down the hall. Guard: Oh my gosh! Someone's down here! He runs down the hall. Lady Tia: Thank thee, Anna. (to Flora) Let's go inside. She opens the bolts and the wooden lock on the door and opens it. Inside are tables and tables of gold and silver objects, paintings stacked in places, statues, and several chests full of money. There is also a table with five red pillows on which five crowns rested. Three were small, one was circular and tall, and the other was similar to the latter with a red jewel on top. Lady Tia picks that one up. Lady Tia: This is the Queen's crown. Thou hast said that thee can duplicate it. Is that true?

I'm not quite sure which ones are worse, but I hate the Abilify, so I hope they'll drop it soon. Tikallover 00:44, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

Flora: Yes, but I'll need to hold it, and would you mind closing your eyes for awhile? It'll be really quick, but there's a reason for closing your eyes.

Perhaps they will! Maybe they'll get rid of them all one of these days! --71.104.189.87 03:13, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

Lady Tia: Uh, well... alright. I'll close my eyes. But thou must be'st really careful with the crown! She gives the crown to Flora and closes her eyes.

Maybe. I hope so! Tikallover 17:22, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

Flora: I will, and thank you. Flora, silently hoping Tia wouldn't know she was using magic, casts a spell and duplicates the crown. Flora: Okay, I finished. Here's the fake one. Hands the fake one to Lady Tia. Flora: But what should I do with the real crown? I know what to do with the Chaos Emerald, but what about the crown?

I'm just curious, but what are all the names of the medicine you take? I'm sorry if I'm being nosy. --71.118.88.151 19:19, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

Lady Tia: Wow... I can't believe thou hast done this! Well, we need to take the fake emerald and put it on the real crown... and as for the fake crown, I'm not sure. Perhaps we should break it so people don't get confused as to which crown is real. Lady Tia takes the fake Chaos Emerald off of the fake crown, puts it on the real crown, and gives the real Chaos Emerald to Flora. She puts the real crown back in its place on the red pillow and takes the fake one and prepares to break it over her knee. Suddenly, the guard comes back and sees them. He gasps. Guard: Thieves! Thieves! And thou hast broken the Queen's crown! Prepare to die! Lady Tia: Calm down! I can explain everything! Guard: No time for explaining! I thought thee, Lady Tia, were on the Royal's side! But perhaps thou hast just waited for the right moment to strikest! He pulls out his sword. Lady Tia: Stop! The guard comes towards them and tries to strike. Lady Tia pulls out her own sword so she can block his attack. The guard tries to attack Lady Tia with his sword several times, but she blocks him with her sword. Lady Tia: It beeth all a misunderstanding! Thou must stop! Guard: I knew theifs when I see them!

In the past I've taken (not all at the same time) Zoloft, Risperdal, Prozac, Geodon, and Luvox. I've just stopped taking Seroquel, and hopefully will stop taking the Abilify. However, I can't get off of the Lexapro for a long, long time according to my parents. ...Oh jeeze, that's a lot. It's not my fault, though. It's my doctor's and my parents' fault. They just decide what I'm going to take and expect me to do it without argument of any kind. Tikallover 19:49, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

Flora: But the real crown is on the pillow over there! (gestures to it)

I never knew you took so many...Do they all do practically the same thing? --71.118.88.151 20:10, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

Guard: Huh? He stops fighting Tia and looks at the real crown and then at the broken fake one.

The Zoloft, Prozac, Luvox, and Lexapro are supposed to stop deppression (though they don't for me). The Seroquel, Abilify, Geodon, and Risperdal are supposed to do something else, but I'm not really sure what.

Flora: See? That's the real crown.

Do most of the side effects bother you? --71.118.88.151 21:11, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

Guard: Then... how is it that there are two crowns?

Some of the side-effects do. The Zoloft didn't seem to do anything good, though I took it for years. I didn't take the Prozac for very long, but it seemed to be very similar to the Zoloft, and so are the Luvox and Lexapro. They all seem to have the same side effects, which make me unable to cry and appear unfeeling and cold and un-sensitive. The Risperdal... well, I don't really remember what it did, but I remember that I hated it. The Geodon made me extremely groggy and tired so that even when someone was talking to me, I was falling asleep and couldn't pay attention. The Abilify makes it hard to concentrate and stick to one thing. On a high dose I'm jumpy and nervous. The Seroquel I used to take at night and it helped put me to sleep because of insomnia, but I don't need it anymore. Tikallover 21:28, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

Flora: One of them is a...a toy! Right, Tia?

Without those medicine, though, you're completely fine. So it seems like the only things they do is give you bad side effects. --71.118.88.151 21:50, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

Lady Tia: Yes; it's a toy! That's why I broke it. Guard: Then why does she have one of the jewels?

I know... I wish my parents would realize that. Tikallover 22:07, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

Flora: Um, this belongs to me. As you can see, the jewel is still in this crown. (gestures to the real crown) So, um, we'll be leaving now.

Is there a way to point out to your parents that without your medicine, you're much better off? For instance, you said that you stopped your sorries and you didn't feel sucidial, so maybe you could tell them that, and if they thought about it, they'd see that it's true. --71.118.88.151 22:35, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

Guard: So why are you two in here in the first place? Lady Tia: We were just inspecting. Guard: Why didn't you tell me in the first place, then? Lady Tia: You wouldn't listen. Anyway, let's get going, Flora.

I tried, but they said I yelled more without it and wouldn't listen. But perhaps I could try again. Tikallover 22:42, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

Flora: Yes. Good-bye, Mr. Guard.

Well, if you do try again, I hope they'll listen this time! --71.118.88.151 23:00, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

Flora and Lady Tia leave. Down the hall there is the crashed armor. Suddenly they see someone wearing a helmet. Lady Tia: Who art thou? Anna takes the helmet off of her. Anna: This thing beeth heavy; it seems to be 30 pounds or something! Lady Tia: Well, that's why when pages and squires train to be knights, they have to learn to gradually wear heavy things. Anyway, we have the jewel. Anna: Wonderful! I... I guess that means you'll be leaving, Flora? Lady Tia: (interupting) I have guard duty tonight, and I don't know if Bernice can substitute for much longer. Goodbye, jester... I mean, Anna. Goodbye, Flora. Thanks for helping us. Lady Tia leaves.

I just realized that they don't believe it at all... I hit myself once for the first time in a long, long time (I'm taking the medicine again, that might be what did it) and they said perhaps it's because I had stopped taking the medicine. However, I'm back on it now, and I didn't do it when I was off, so they don't make any sense whatsoever. Tikallover 23:27, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

Flora: I'm guess I have to go back...I'm going to miss everyone...Especially you, Anna...

Perhaps you could point it out to them? Or is it that they just aren't listening at all? --71.118.88.151 23:54, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

Anna: I shall miss thee too, Flora... I don't really have many friends in the palace. The maids beeth alright, but I don't see them very often. This whole thing was very interesting. But art thou going to leave the same way thou hast come?

They just don't believe me :( Tikallover 00:15, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

Flora: Yes...perhaps I can come back here to visit you again...is that okay?

That's terrible...but how can they not believe you? They saw proof with their own eyes, right? --71.118.88.151 00:33, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

Anna: That would be wonderful!

Not exactly, because my Mom was away helping my Grandma recover after surgery, and my Dad was at work most of the days she was gone. Still, it's a mystery to me as to why they don't listen... Tikallover 00:36, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

Flora: Okay, then! Well, I guess I should get going. Bye, Anna! (hugs her) I'll be back one of these days! Flora uses a spell on the Chaos Emerald and the emerald shines brightly. A portal opens back to the present time. Flora waves as she steps through it. Flora then finds herself back on Angel Island, where Knuckles and Layla are. Tikal seems to have gone to the forest for the Chaos Emerald.

Well, my mommy sometimes doesn't believe me in certain things, because she thinks I'm lying, even when I'm not. So maybe they think you just want to get out of taking the medicine (which of course isn't true!), or maybe, they don't see any proof (since they've been away and couldn't see how much better you are without the medicine). Could you compromise with them? Perhaps you could say you could test the difference by trying two weeks without medicine and try two weeks with medicine. They'll see if it's better or not then (which, of course, without medicine is better). --71.118.88.151 01:09, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

Knuckles: You're back! Tikal went to a forest to search for another Chaos Emerald.

I remember that I asked to have a couple more weeks, but they said no way, and that I've already messed it up enough... I don't understand them! >:( Tikallover 01:56, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

Flora: Oh, okay. I guess I should wait here for her.

I guess they're dead set that you need it because they're worried about you...But you haven't even messed up and it was actually good that you didnt' take the medicine! It showed you that you didn't need it at all! If only your parents could see that. --71.118.88.151 02:11, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

Meanwhile, Tikal was in the forest. So far she was having no luck in finding a Chaos Emerald.

Thanks. Tikallover 04:04, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

Just then, she spots Eggman's robots running off with it.

This is out of subject, but have you ever made a wallpaper before? These days, I've been going wallpaper crazy, making a bunch of wallpapers. --71.118.88.151 04:25, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

Tikal: Hey! Come back with that Emerald!! She chases after them.

I've made a couple, but I've never really gotten into it. Tikallover 18:41, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

As Tikal approaches them, Eggman's robots begin to attack Tikal.

I don't know what's with me. I've just been going crazy with it. I usually like to set it as my desktop background. And, sorry if this is out of subject again, I'm just curious, but what's your favorite holiday?--71.160.17.229 20:33, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

Tikal screams and runs, but the robots are faster. Tikal then starts to attack them too, reasoning that they were robots and couldn't feel pain. Tikal: Why would Eggman do this, after he had just helped us??

Probably Christmas. What is yours? Tikallover 21:16, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

Just then, a large white robot appears.

Christmas, too. Usually on Christmas, the neighborhood always looks all glowing with lights and all. It's usually very pretty! --71.160.17.229 21:53, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

Tikal attacks the white robot.

We have some lights in our neighborhood too, but not that many. Tikallover 22:47, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

The white robot hits back, causing Tikal to fall unconscious. When she awakes, she finds herself in a room that seems to have the humming of machinery, although no machines are in sight. Tikal is on a strange-looking white and green stretched out chair, and the room seems to be illuminated with lights on the ceiling. There is a door at the end of the room that seems to open by sliding. There are no windows or anybody with Tikal.

In Valin, how would the peasants and the Royals celebrate Christmas? --71.160.17.229 23:14, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

Tikal: Where am I...? Is anybody here??

I'm not really sure, but perhaps the peasants would have the day off (except for taking care of the animals), go to church, and then have a party in their village where everyone gets together, with the children playing in the snow and playing medieval games while the adults talk, drink (modestly because the children are there), and traveling minstels would perform Chrismas carols. (Anna might come and perform too.) Afterwards, everyone would go home when the sun sets and exchange little homemade gifts and eat a Christmas supper before telling the children the story of the first Christmas and going to bed. The Royals, on the other hand, would have a much more lavish Christmas. The whole area of the palace where the Royals go would be decorated. As soon as the princesses awoke, they would probably be dressed in their finest Christmas dresses and then they would run down to breakfast with the King and Queen where the finest meal would be set out. After stuffing themselves, they would go to church, and when they got home they would go down to the throne room, the King and Queen on the thrones and the princesses on special chairs. Walter the gift presenter would present all the gifts, numbering up to perhaps five hundred. They would then be dressed for the Royal Christmas ball where they would have dinner as well, and after that they would just go to bed in their own rooms. Tikallover 00:12, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

The door automatically slides open. A tall man with short whitish blonde hair enters. He seems to wearing a poncho-like cloth on himself, which seems to be armor underneath. There is a metallic band around his forehead, which has a wire connected to a piece of metal on his arm. Man: You're finally awake? He speaks with a slightly high-pitched tone. He approaches Tikal. Man: I'm sorry, I had to treat you so roughly. I am Eagle Vision of Autozam, and you are?

That's interesting! The Royals always seem very...extravagent...Anyway, I was thinking about your problems, and I was thinking of a solution for them. I remember you said that your parents disapproved of your favorite activities, but they never forbid you from doing them. So maybe you can ignore it and do it anyway?? I hope it doesn't sound rebellious...but it's not like they said not to...And if you want, perhaps you could go to the forest before taking a shower, so right you get "dirty", you'll be getting clean in the shower...Do these suggestions help? --71.160.17.229 00:38, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Tikal: (angrily) Who are you and what do you want from me?? I'm Tikal, and I need the Chaos Emerald that Eggman's robots took away!

Those are good ideas. The first one might work, if I can try and overcome guilt by doing something my parents disaprove of. But for the second one, I usually take a shower at night, but I guess I could change that. Tikallover 01:54, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Eagle: I apologize again for hurting you. I just brought you here to make sure you were okay. When you attacked me, I accidentally reacted by hitting you too hard. I am sorry for that. But what is a Chaos Emerald? Earlier, the robots that I saw nearby were carrying an emerald. Is that it?

Is going to the forest at night too dangerous? --71.160.17.229 03:03, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Tikal: Yes, that's it. I have to go get it... When did I attack you, though? Wasn't that one of Eggman's robots?

I've done it before when I'm either suicidal or angry at my parents, but they don't like the idea of me in there at night. They say a bad person could be in there, but I really doubt that, seeing as it's in the neighborhood surounded by houses and then by a huge concrete (I think) wall in front of the highway part. However, I think there might be a way to get in from the baseball park, but you have to climb over one of those orange fences made of thin plastic. Tikallover 14:00, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Eagle: Well, I was inside the whtie robot. It's known as my FTO. The others, however, weren't mines. As for the Chaos Emerald...is there a way I can help you? Since I made you miss it earlier.

What about after you go to the forest, you wash your face? Or they still think that's dirty? --71.105.7.153 04:55, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Tikal: I'm not sure if I can trust you... But maybe you can help. I don't know where the robots went or anything.

It's not only me they're worried about. They're also afraid I'll track in dirt and leaves all over the rug. Sometimes if I take my shoes and coat off it helps. Sometimes I have to take my socks off too if they got dirty. Thanks for helping, by the way. Tikallover 14:56, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Eagle: Well, I'll find out. I'll track the Chaos Emerald by their energy. Just come this way. Eagle walks to the door, which automatically opens, and he and Tikal walk across a hallway. At the end, they seem to be in a garden-like place, but there is a roof over the place. They then approach a door, where a strange machine is on the wall next to it. Eagle puts his hand on it, and the door opens. Inside is a tall man with black hair, wearing a green tank-like shirt with white pants. He has a metallic-like band around his forehead as well. There is also a small boy whose head is covered with a green and white hat with red goggles on it. He is wearing something like a mini-poncho that covers up to his chest, and underneath is a black shirt with sleeves. He wears black pants and has a tool belt on. There is a wire attached to the top of his hat. Eagle (gestures to the tall man): This is Geo Metro, the ship's sub-commander. (gestures to the small boy) This is Zazu Torque, the ship's chief mechanic. This is Tikal. Anyway, I'll be right back with the information you need, Tikal. You can stay here and talk to them if you like. Eagle walks to a nearby door and it slides automatically open. Eagle walks through and the door closes automatically behind him. Zazu: So, if you don't mind me asking, how old are you?

So, if you do that, will they let you go outside? And has my advice been working so far? BTW, I've still been thinking about the medicine thing, but I can't think about how to convince your parents you don't need it. If only there was a way you could not take it, and then later, reveal to them that you haven't been taking it, so they can actually see the improvement...Have they ever stopped checking you really throughly to see if you took the medicine or not? --72.67.112.89 04:51, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Tikal: Um, I'm 14... except, well... it's a long story, but I was born a long time ago, but was brought into the future by a powerful gem. If you count that time, I'm 3014 years old. But anyway, if you're the chief mechanic, then how old are you?

Usually they do. And yes, your advice is good! They have stopped checking super throughly , but they still watch. However, they've actually stopped the Seroquel and Abilify (not the Lexapro), but everytime I even so much as frown, my Mom blaims it from the lack of Abilify. Tikallover 05:03, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Zazu: I'm actually seventeen. (turns to Geo) And isn't this great? She's younger than me! Geo: Probably has a boyfriend though. Zazu: Aw...(to Tikal) Do you have a boyfriend? If you don't mind me asking?

I'm glad you think it's good. But what's wrong with frowning? I know frowning is not a good sign, but how can it be derived from the medicine? --71.105.2.38 04:31, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Tikal: Uh... (thinking) He's very foreword... (aloud) I don't exactly have a boyfriend. I have a friend who's a boy, but I wouldn't call him a boyfriend.

My Mom thinks that the medicine makes me happy, and if I frown, I'm not happy and so there isn't enough of the medicine. Tikallover 08:12, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Zazu (to Geo): See? She doesn't have a boyfriend! Geo: Yeah, yeah, whatever. But she wouldn't be interested in you anyway. Zazu: Why? Geo: Cause...I dunno! Maybe cause you just met her? Zazu: But she's cute! Geo: Just cause she's cute doesn't mean she likes you. Zazu: Yeah... Eagle walks back in. Eagle (to Tikal): Tikal, I found information about where the Chaos Emerald is for you. It's in...Just then, another person from Eagle's crew runs in. Person: Commander! Someone is attacking our ship! Eagle: Who is it? Person: It's those two princesses from Chizeta! Eagle: Okay. Geo, come with me. (to Tikal) Tikal, I'm sorry, but I have to take care of this. Would you mind staying here for a while? Unless it's really urgent for you to have the Chaos Emerald?

But wouldn't you frown with the medicine, too? And you're probably happier without the medicine, right? And have you been able to watch Spongebob and go into the forest and do the other things you enjoy so far? --71.118.77.95 08:45, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

Tikal: It's not too urgent. I can stay for a while, but what's happening? I don't understand!

Yes, I frown when I'm on the medicine too, but then my Mom thinks I'm not getting a high enough dose. And I am happier without the medicine. I have been able to watch Spongebob, but I haven't gone into the woods in a while. Tikallover 18:01, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

Eagle: Well, these two princesses from a place called Chizeta are attacking my ship with their flying fortress, the Bravada, because, well, we're kind of enemies for...a reason...so, now they're attacking us. Person: Commander! We have to hurry! Eagle: Yes. (to Tikal) If anything happens, just call me through the intercom on the wall. (leaves with the person and Geo) Zazu (worried): I hope everything goes okay...

I wonder why your mom thinks you're happier with medicine...and it's good that you can watch Spongebob! But you haven't gone to the woods in a while because you want to, or not?? --71.118.80.49 20:40, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

BTW, I'm glad your book's about to be published! :) --71.118.80.49 20:43, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

Tikal: I'm sorry if I'm being nosy, but why exactly are they enemies?

Actually, I went in the woods today. Since it wasn't muddy, my Dad didn't get too mad. Tikallover 00:37, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Zazu: Well, it's because they both want to be the pillar of this place called Cephiro. The pillar means being the ruler of Cephiro. Eagle wants to be the pillar because being the pillar means you are given a wish. Eagle's wish would be to get rid of the pollution in Autozam, which is where we come from. The princesses of Chizeta wish to expand their country. Eagle's voice comes from the intercom. Eagle: Zazu! I'm going off in my FTO. Geo will take care of the ship for a while. Zazu: Okay, but why do you need to go in the FTO? Eagle: I'm going to approach the Bravada so I can talk to them instead of fighting. I'll be going now. Contact me with the intercom if you need help. Zazu: Okay.

That's good...So are you happier now? --71.118.80.49 01:41, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Tikal: It's good that they won't fight! I hate fighting...

A little bit, I guess. I'm not exactly a happy person in general, though. Tikallover 03:10, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Zazu: Eagle doesn't really like fighting all that much either, but usually, it's necessary to obtain our goal...especially when one of Chizeta's princesses is slightly unreasonable...do you think we should perhaps come along to make sure everything's fine? Geo can watch the ship, which is actually what he's doing right now.

I hope one of these days you won't have to take all of your medicine...I really can't think of a way for you to get them to believe you. --71.118.80.49 03:30, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Tikal: Well... okay. I guess we can go.

It's alright. Tikallover 18:31, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Zazu: We'll take my bike! Zazu leads her to a room where his bike is. However, the bike doesn't look anything like a bike. It looks more like a motorcycle, but has no wheels, and hovers over the ground. Zazu helps Tikal on and begins to start the bike. Then he flies outside to the Bravada. The Bravada looks like a giant, yellow fortress with golden statues of women outside. It looks like a palace is in the fortress. Zazu lands in the garden part of the palace of the Bravada. The garden has bushes and palm trees and several pools around. There are also several golden statues of elephants, with glittering ruby eyes. Zazu helps Tikal off. Zazu: Let's see...where would Eagle be...and I wonder if this place should be more heavily guarded...I mean, this place looks completely empty! Suddenly, he trips on a puddle of water and falls into the pool. Zazu: Ahh! Zazu falls to the bottom, but manages to swim to the top. Zazu: Oops. I hope I wasn't too noisy... Zazu gets outs of the pool, but just then, several soldiers arrive. These soldiers are women who wear sunglasses, have their red hair in a bun covered with a fabric, wear a bikini-like top, long slightly bulky pants, and yellow slippers. They are all carrying swords. Soldier: Intruder! Zazu: Uh-oh...What should we do?

So do you know how your book cover's going to look like? --71.160.33.179 20:35, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Tikal: I... I don't know! (to the soldiers) Wait! We just want to see Eagle... He's here, isn't he?

Not yet. I'm going to send in my suggestion soon, but they said they can reject any suggestions I make. But I'm sure it will be beautiful, no matter what. Tikallover 22:37, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Soldier:... Zazu: Er, I remember hearing the soldiers from Chizeta don't like speaking very much... Just then, a girl, who seems to be about seventeen, appears at the doorway to the palace. She is wearing a bikini-like top, white puffy sleeves, billowy white pants, yellow slippers, three golden ankle bracelets, a golden tiara with a red jewel in the middle, and has long brown, flowing hair that reaches up to her knees. She has a serious look on her face. She speaks with a slight southern accent. Girl: Wait! Don't attack them! (Walks towards them) (to Zazu) Judging from your clothes, you seem to be from Autozam as well. (to Tikal) I'm not sure where you come from...Cephiro, perhaps? (to both of them) It doesn't matter. Why don't you two come inside with me? Tell me why you're here over some tea. (smiles) Zazu (whispers to Tikal): I think she's one of the princesses of Chizeta. Do you think we can trust her?

That's great! I really hope I can read it. And I really like the pictures you drew of Elizabeth and Paul! --71.160.33.179 22:45, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Tikal: Maybe we can trust her...

Thanks! Tikallover 00:08, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Zazu: Okay. (to the girl) We'll go with you. The girl leads them into the palace, where there are several oval windows with curtains on the side of it, cusions with small tables on the brightly carpeted floor, and an opening to other rooms. The girl sits down on a cushion at a table with a pot of tea on it. Zazu and Tikal sit next to her. The girl pours some tea into golden tea cups and hands them one each. Then she takes one for herself. Girl: I am Princess Tatra of Chizeta. Who are you two? And (to Tikal) where do you come from? Zazu: I'm Zazu, and I'm part of Eagle's crew.

So how does Abigail look like? --71.160.33.179 01:14, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Tikal: I was born in South America, where Angel Island, my current residence, originally came from, but now it's floating near Station Square. It's an island in the sky that is kept up in the air by the power of the Master Emerald, a large green gem that contains enourmous energy. Tikal looks at her tea and suspects that it may have some sort of spell in it, so she doesn't drink any.

She's fourteen, one year younger than Elizabeth, but is about as tall as her. She has wavy blond hair coming past her shoulders. I'm actually making a picture of her, but I don't know if it will ever be completed. Tikallover 01:32, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Tatra (notices Tikal is looking at her tea): Don't worry. It doesn't have any poison in it. Chizeta princesses never kill their enemies, either by underhanded means or straightforwardly. (sips her own tea) Anyway, are you going to Cephiro as well? To try to become the pillar? Or not?

If you do, I'm sure it'll be good! BTW, I noticed we never finished our quiz, but I kinda ran out of ideas for questions. --71.160.33.179 02:38, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Tikal: Not me. Power only makes people want more power and it makes them greedier. Besides, I have a duty back on Angel Island.

Thanks. I ran out of ideas too... Tikallover 02:54, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Tatra: Ah, that's very interesting. I never thought of power associated with greed that way. Anyway, you wanted to see Eagle? Right? (Zazu nods) Okay then. Just follow me. Tatra leads them down a brightly lit corridor into another room that looks very similar to the other room that Tikal and Zazu were just in. Eagle is talking to Tarta, the younger twin sister of Tatra. Tarta has her long red hair in a braid, which is held with a yellow band, and has a red tube-like top, thick golden bracelets, a red bikini-like bottom with yellow cloth around it, thick golden ankle bracelets, and red golden-rimmed slippers. Tarta has a stubborn look to her face. She speaks with a southern accent like her sister, except that it's stronger. Tarta (angrily): And that's why we've attacked you! It's not my fault I thought this was Cephiro! Tatra (giggles): Tarta, don't forget to speak like a princess. Tarta (blushes and stops speaking with a southern accent): Sorry. But Tatra, what are you doing here? And who are those two? Tatra: This is Zazu, who's part of Eagle's crew, and this is Tikal, who comes from, uh, Soth Ahmarica. And they just wanted to see Eagle. Eagle: Tikal, Zazu, is something wrong?

Well, I guess it's an unfinished quiz...but maybe we don't need that many? I'm not sure...let's see...we have 20 questions so far, which is 5 less than what we were aiming for. Is 20 okay? Or maybe we should get one more to make it odd numbered? --71.160.33.179 03:48, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Tikal: We just wanted to make sure everything was okay. Right, Zazu?

We have 20? That's okay then; I think it's enough. Tikallover 15:48, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Zazu: Yeah! Eagle: Well, everything is okay. Tarta: Not really. Eagle: What do you mean? Tarta: I'm not sure if we should attack you now or later. Tatra (cheerfully): Let's do it later or never! Tarta: NEVER?! Tatra: Fighting's not fun, Tarta. Tarta: But it's necessary! Besides we're just going to fight them anyhow! Tatra: Maybe we can compromise! (claps her hands and speaks happily) Then we can all be good buddies! Oh goody! Tarta:...Are you being sarcastic? Tatra: Nope! Tarta (rolls her eyes): Anyway, I'd think it'd be better to fight now instead of later. So if we win, they won't get in our way. Tatra: We'd lose. Tarta: Why do you sound happy saying that? Tatra: I'm just saying that we'd lose, so if we wanna go and lose, go ahead! Tarta: Don't put it that way! Tatra: But think about it! If we fight later, we can get all prepared up for the big fight so we can win. If we fight now, we'd just lose. Tarta (speaks with a Southern accent again): You don't know that! Tatra: It's a very likely scenario. And don't forget your accent, Tarta! (turns to Tikal) Anyway, what do you think about this? Don't you agree it's better to fight later? Or never? Tarta: HOW CAN IT BE NEVER? Tatra: Oh, please calm yourself, Tarta. And it can be if we make a peace treaty or something like that. Tarta: In this case, treaties and compromises aren't possible! Only one person can be the pillar! Tatra: Well, Tikal, what do you think? Since you seem to know about power and peace a lot. You see, Eagle and his Autozam people wants to be the pillar so they can use that power to get rid of the pollution in their land. However, me and Tarta want to expand our land because our planet is sooooooooooooooooooooooooo small... Tarta (interrupts): Do you really gotta say it to everyone? Tatra: Why? Isn't it the truth? Anyway, it's really small, we want to expand it, just like we promised our parents. So what do you think we should do?

Sorry if this was too long and I hope you didn't get mixed up with the Tarta Tatra sisters...But Tarta is the one getting all angry, and Tatra is the one who's calmer and more cheerful. Anyhow, these are our questions:

1) "Do a lot of things bother you?"

2) "Were you ever abused?"

3) "Is there anything really major you want in life?"

4) "Do you have any physical or mental problems? And if you do, do you mind them?"

5) "Are you satisfied with your personality?"

6) "Do you have a lot of regrets?"

7) Do you wish you had a lot of things?"

8) Are you upset often about things in your life?

9) "Are you lonely and do you mind?"

10) "Are you usually restless?"

11) "Are you often fatigued without any reason?"

12) "Do you have to always push yourself to do things that are nessesary?"

13) "Do you not care about many things?"

14) "Do you have any enemies or rivals?"

15)"Are you usually jealous of others?"

16) Are you usually harassed by somebody or something (something could be like activities)?"

17) Do you have a bad reputation?"

18) “Have you ever been bullied or teased and has if affected you a lot?"

19) "Are there many major things in your life you really want to change completely?"

20) "Are usually nervous or embarrassed?"

All we gotta do is the 'a' 'b' and 'c' choices, and we're done! And of course the results. For instance, perhaps mostly 'a' could mean you're mainly happy, 'b' means you're okay. and 'c' means you're mainly unhappy. Although it might be possible to get both mostly 'a's and 'b', or something else, but that would just mean it's both of them...right? Or should we work out a different system? --71.105.9.183 02:43, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Tikal: Well... I'm not sure. Could the piller be in any way elected by the people for a limited time? This is usually how a person's power is safely limited... Or doesn't it work that way?

The a, b, and c system probably should work. For number one, it could be a) No, not many things bother me very much, c) I'm a little more sensitive than most, but not too bad, and c) Yes, a lot of things bother me to the point where it is hard to function. Tikallover 04:09, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Tatra: Well, the pillar system is very complicated. (looks and sounds more serious) The pillar system...there is only one test to become the pillar: To have a pure heart. To test you, there is a place in Cephiro where a crown, hovering over the center of a small lake, is floating. If you can get across to the crown, then you are the pillar. However, it's not that simple. If you touch the water in any way, and you aren't qualified to be the pillar, the water will kill you. However, if you try the fly across, the water will still kill you. And if you somehow managed to get across the water, and you touch the crown, the crown will kill you. So there can be only one pillar. Once you're the pillar, you have one wish, which will be granted once said. After the wish is granted, you will have to take care of Cephiro. You have to think constantly of Cephiro and for it to be at peace in order for Cephiro to be fine. If you stray off and think of something else, Cephiro will begin to break. Your heart must belong solely to Cephiro. However, only a righteous person can become the pillar, since someone of pure heart must become the pillar. Actually, Cephiro is currently breaking apart...since it has no pillar at the moment...So, only one person can rule Cephiro and there's only one wish that can be used...

Let's see:

2) "Were you ever abused?"

a) No, hardly ever.

b) Well, sometimes verbally, but never physically.

c) Yes.

3) "Is there anything really major you want in life?"

a) No, nothing major.

b) A few.

c) There are many things I want and need.

4) "Do you have any physical or mental problems? And if you do, do you mind them?"

a) None or yes, but I don't mind.

b) Yes, but they don't bother me much.

c) Yes, and they constantly harass me.

5) "Are you satisfied with your personality?"

a) Yes.

b)It's okay.

c) No, there's a lot of qualities I want to change about myself.

6) "Do you have a lot of regrets?"

a) No.

b) Only a few.

c) Yes, I make a lot of mistakes in my life.

7) Do you wish you had a lot of things?"

a) No.

b) Only some.

c) Yes, there are many things I covet.

--71.105.9.183 06:21, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Tikal: I'm confused... if no one can touch the crown, then how can anyone be the piller?

8) Are you upset often about things in your life?

a) Not really. I rarely get upset.

b) Sometimes, but only when I'm in a bad mood.

c) Yes, I get upset all the time, even over things other people think are minor.

Sorry, I didn't have time to do more... Tikallover 17:52, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Tatra: Actually, only the person chosen to be the pillar - someone with a pure heart - can touch the crown, thus, the person becomes the pillar.

That's okay.

9) "Are you lonely and do you mind?"

a) No, or yes, but I don't care.

b) Sometimes.

c) Yes, and it bothers me.

10) "Are you usually restless?"

a) No; I usually have lots of energy.

b) Sometimes, but usually, I'm normal.

c) Yes.

11) "Are you often fatigued without any reason?"

a) No; I'm usually fine.

b) At times.

c) Yes.

12) "Do you have to always push yourself to do things that are nessesary?"

a) No, I usually take thing at ease.

b) Only certain things.

c) I often have to.

13) "Do you not care about many things?"

a) Yes, I'm pretty relaxed and carefree.

b) I care about a few things.

c) I care about many things in my life.

14) "Do you have any enemies or rivals?"

a) No, I'm usually liked.

b) A few.

c) Yes, people tend to dislike me.

15)"Are you usually jealous of others?"

a) No, I'm fine with myself and what I have.

b) Sometimes.

c) Yes, there are many things people have that I want.

16) Are you usually harassed by somebody or something (something could be like activities)?"

a) Hardly ever.

b) Sometimes I feel harried, but not that many times.

c) Most of times.

17) Do you have a bad reputation?"

a) No; I have a great one!

b) No; it's normal.

c) Yes; people view me in a bad light.

18) “Have you ever been bullied or teased and has if affected you a lot?"

a) Hardly ever.

b) Yes, but I can ignore it.

c) Yes, and it hurts my feelings.

19) "Are there many major things in your life you really want to change completely?"

a) No, not that many.

b) There are a few things I wish I could change.

c) Yes, there are many things I long to change.

20) "Are usually nervous or embarrassed?"

a) No.

b) Sometimes.

c) Yes.

I hope I didn't put too many one-word answers...Anyway, is there anything else we need to change or add or remove before we put it all together? --71.118.78.173 00:07, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Tikal: How does a person know if they are the chosen piller?

Those are pretty good, thanks!. Should we use a site that allows people to make and take quizes? I've been to one before. Tikallover 03:49, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Tatra:...By...testing it...if they're able to get across without the water trying to kill them, then you're the pillar... Eagle: In other words, it's actually a life or death chance.

How does it look like? --71.118.78.173 03:51, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Tikal: Oh my gosh... And... you both are going to take that risk?

http://www.allthetests.com/ Tikallover 04:25, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Tarta and Tatra:... Eagle: I am...This is important...for Autozam...But Tarta, Tatra, are you two actually going to try? Tatra: Tarta? Tarta:...Yes...for Chizeta...it's what we promised our parents.

I guess that's a good place to put it. But do you know how to put it there? I never tried putting a quiz on a website before. --71.118.78.173 07:49, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Tikal: Oh my... When are you going to attempt it?

I know how to put it there. So are we ready? Tikallover 17:11, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Eagle: We were actually going there right now. Not together of course, though. It's just that my crew and me wanted to take a break here first. Tatra: And we got... Tarta (interrupts): They don't need to know! Tatra: But it's the truth! Tarta: Do they really gotta know? Tatra (nods rapidly): Yep! Yep! Tarta (sighs): Fine. (says it really quickly) We-got-lost.

Yep! I think so! --71.160.62.3 05:39, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WP:NOT#Wikipedia is not a blog, webspace provider, or social networking site

I'm sorry to have to point this out, but Wikipedia isn't the place for this type of activity. Please see Wikipedia:User_page#What can I not have on my user page?. There are plenty of internet forums dedicated to such an endeavor. A quick google search turns up plenty of places created exactly for this type of creative writing activity. SWAdair 05:53, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Ooh...I guess we're not supposed to be RPG role-playing here... --71.160.62.3 07:56, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Sorry about this, then... Tikallover 18:51, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

I'm sorry, too...I think it was my fault for suggesting it...but at least it was fun while it lasted, and I can still talk to you, Stephanie. I'm happy as long as I'm able to communicate with my friend still. --71.118.145.189 23:38, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

What should we do now? Tikallover 02:36, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Well, we could still talk to each other, and about Wikipedia stuff the same time. For instance:

So what articles have you been working on?

So what would've Tikal said next?

I think this way, we won't get in trouble because we're talking about Wikipedia stuff, too. --71.118.145.189 02:47, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

I haven't really been working on many articles lately. I can't really say what Tikal would say, though, because that would be continuing the role-play... :( Tikallover 03:55, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

I haven't been working on too many articles lately either...And that's too bad...Do you think there's any way we can continue it? Oh yeah, we could also try to put that quiz we just made on that website. --71.118.145.189 04:57, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

I don't think we should continue the role-play... But we can put up the quiz! Tikallover 06:48, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Okay! Is it going to be on that website you showed me earlier? --71.118.145.189 08:33, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

I think that would be a good choice. Tikallover 17:25, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

So can you put our quiz on that website? I'm not sure how... --71.118.74.218 01:56, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

I don't really have time now, but I can do it later. Tikallover 04:51, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Okay. BTW, this month, I'm having a piano recital at my piano lesson place. I'm going to be play 1000 no Kotaba (1000 Words in Japanese), which is from the game Final Fantasy X-2, and Carol to the Bells, a Christmas song. I hope everything goes okay...I really need to get it perfect...Have you ever played an instrument before? --71.104.191.193 05:01, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

I actually used to play piano too, but I gave it up after about four years. I hope your recital goes well! Tikallover 05:05, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! So why did you give up piano? --71.104.185.173 21:32, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

My parents made me quit because I wasn't practicing enough... Tikallover 22:13, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Usually I practice for 30 minutes every day, except for the day of my lesson, which would be 15 minutes instead. Nevertheless, I dislike those 30 minutes of practice because I end up having nothing else to play. So how much did you practice? Sorry if I'm being nosy... --71.104.185.173 22:19, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

The lessons were 30 minutes, and I was supposed to practice for 30 minutes a day, but I just got lazy or something and couldn't do it. Tikallover 22:20, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

What type of music do you usually play? --71.104.185.173 22:50, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Let's see... jazz, country, hymns, classical... a whole lot, actually. Tikallover 23:40, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

I just got back from my recital! It wasn't very good...Carol to the Bells was okay, but 1000 Words was terrible! I was so nervous that I messed up a lot...Another bad part about it was that the paper talking about the recital spelled my name wrong, and 1000 Words wrong (they spelled it like Thousand Worlds instead). The worst part was messing up the 1000 Words, though. --71.104.185.173 01:43, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

I'm really sorry the recital didn't go well! But everyone makes mistakes, so it's okay. Tikallover 02:21, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. You know, if I could play any instrument, I would've actually wanted to play the flute or the drums. Is there another instrument you actually would like to play besides the piano? --71.104.185.173 03:10, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Not really. Tikallover 03:40, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

I know this is a change of subject, but, I'm just curious, what type of singers do you like? BTW, this talk page is getting big again so you might want to archive this one, if you want. --71.104.185.173 08:12, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

I kind of like the singers that sing in broadway musicals... Tikallover 08:45, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Um, I'm not too sure who broadway singers are...Could you name me some? --71.118.78.150 22:40, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

I don't really know the name of any, but what I meant was that I like the songs in broadway-type musicals. Tikallover

Oh, I get it!...sort of...Do you know any broadway musicals? --71.118.78.150 08:15, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Once Upon a Mattress is pretty good. Tikallover 23:09, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

I never really watched that play, but the story sounds pretty interesting. I usually like pop groups/singers, like Stefy and Gwen Stefani. But I also like songs from anime and the Bratz songs. --71.105.6.19 01:42, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

I sometimes like pop songs, but not always. Tikallover 01:54, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

So what's your favorite episode of Spongebob? --71.105.6.19 04:10, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

There's a lot I really like, but maybe my favorite would be Selling Out. Tikallover 04:43, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Is your favorite character from Sponge Bob Sponge Bob? --71.160.33.226 01:22, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Hmmm.... When I first started watching the show, Squidward instantly became my favorite, but now I've started to like Spongebob himself, to the point where he probably is my favorite currently. But I like all the characters, really. This is practically the only show/movie/book I've known in which I like all the characters. Even Mr. Krabs and Plankton, who often play the role of antagonists, seem to have likable qualities. Tikallover 04:43, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

I don't usually find a show/movie/book where I like all the characters. From clips I've seen of Sponge Bob, Sponge Bob actually seems to be very likable (funny too!). So why is Sponge Bob your favorite? --71.160.33.226 05:41, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

There's many, many reasons! He's not cool or handsome or strong (he can barely lift stuffed animals), and he doesn't have a "respectful" job, but yet he's happy living a simple life. He seems to like everybody, and sees everything the bright way. Normally I HATE characters like this, but Spongebob is an exeption. He often screams and cries and is overly dramatic. Many characters find him annoying and don't like him, but Spongebob doesn't seem to see this. He's just not a typical or stock character... it's hard to explain! Tikallover 08:49, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

I think I get it. Sponge Bob is very unique, right? Cause it's true that I don't see a lot of characters like him. --71.105.0.61 18:46, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

The closest character I've found to resemble him is probably Winnie the Pooh. But they're still very different.

That's true. You know, I watched the Sonic Next-Gen story on Youtube yesterday and Elise was a damsel-in-distress all the way! She was the most damsel-in-distress ever! First of all, she kept getting captured every time Sonic couldn't watch over her, Sonic or somebody else has to rescue her whenever she's in trouble, and when Eggman was hurting Sonic and his friends, Elise stood there and did nothing. Also, she screams a lot. She would be a much more likable character if she wasn't so damsel-in-distressy. --71.118.82.233 23:22, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Man... I really hate her now!! Tikallover 05:05, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

Well, I don't really hate Elise, just sorta dislike her. But it was interesting seeing a relationship between her and Sonic, although the voices are terrible. Sounds totally fake and flat! --71.104.178.22 21:20, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

I watched a cutscene between them, when they were in that meadow. It was cute except at the beginning when Sonic was carrying her... Tikallover 01:54, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I watched that, and it's almost like Elise can't run herself (cause of her stilleto heels, huh?). Those two are actually a cute couple. Everybody in that game seems to have a love interest (or possible one anyway). It's Rouge & Shadow, Silver & Blaze, and Sonic & Elise. Rouge's 4Kids voice really makes her sound terrible! And Sonic, Shadow, and Silver all have the same voice strangely, so they all sound bad. Silver sounds like a punk! I would've expected his voice to be deeper...Maybe it is in Japanese? Anyway, are you planning to buy the game? I'm not because I don't have X-Box or a Playstation, and I'm not planning on buying those game systems. --71.104.178.22 03:26, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

I won't buy the game because I don't have a next-gen system, nor do I plan to get one. The game sounds interesting, but I'm just not into games anymore. Tikallover 03:30, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

I wish I could buy it, though...But at least I got to watch the story! So who do you think is the best person to go with Sonic? I think it's Sally from the Sonic comic books, but if I had to pick someone from a game, it would be Elise. For some reason, I really dislike the Amy and Sonic couple. Probably because I think it's very one-sided (Amy likes Sonic, but Sonic doesn't like her and always pushes her away). --71.105.15.166 21:46, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

I think Sonic should be single... Tikallover 04:20, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Thinking about it, that's probably a good option for Sonic, too. To be free like the wind! So, I'm just curious, but in your Ruby fanfiction, did Ruby marry her brother? --71.105.15.166 06:13, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

It wasn't in the actual fanfiction that took place when she was a teenager, but I assume she's going to in the future. Tikallover 00:00, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

But does she really have to marry her brother? Maybe she doesn't have to marry an echidna! Like, perhaps, she could marry a hedgehog and then when she has a child, that child will have prominent echidna genes so will be an echidna. Thus, the echidna race may not be wiped out!...Are you ever going to make a sequal to the story to show what happens? --72.67.150.81 02:16, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Maybe, if that's possible... I'm probably not going to make a sequal, but I don't know. Tikallover 04:41, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

So do you know the exact date to when your book's going to come out? --71.105.10.100 08:05, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

They didn't give an exact date, but they said it might go into print in about a month! Tikallover 01:16, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

That's good! I can't wait to see it finally come out! --71.105.6.227 01:18, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Me too! Tikallover 22:10, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

So is your book going to have an "About the Author" at the end or anything? --71.104.187.222 05:03, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

I think so, but I'm not sure. Tikallover 01:00, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

If you are, what are you going to say about yourself? --71.118.82.8 03:06, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

I already sent in an author description. It basically says I'm a young American author, that I self-published another book, and the reasons why I wrote this particular book. Tikallover 04:35, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

So did the company tell you what the cover is going to look like yet? --71.160.17.69 00:02, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Not yet, but I'm itching to know! Once Christmas is over and everything, they'll probably start working on the design. I recieved their one dollar advance in the mail, and it's the first dollar I've ever earned in my life! Tikallover 20:21, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

That's wonderful! So, I'm just curious, but what do you do on Christmas (which is tomorrow! Yay!)? --71.105.9.215 20:53, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

We go to church today, on Christmas Eve. On Christmas Day, we basically just open presents. Nothing else, really... no holiday is really that special anymore. No one is coming, and we never go anywhere anymore because of me... it's best that I only ruin Christmas for a few people. By "ruining Christmas", it happens every year. I don't know why. One year it happened when I wanted to clean my hamster's habitat, and I accidently tripped and all the wood shavings spilled all over the floor. My Mom started crying. Another year it happened when I woke up first and arranged all the presents in groups, one for each person. My Mom was horrified and said that the fun of it was searching through the pile. Last year I opened up a brown box that came in the mail from my Grandma and took all the wrapped presents out, rooting through the packing material to find them. My Mom was very angry, saying how fun it must have been to pull all those presents out and how she had missed doing it. Too bad the fun was wasted on me. Other years I fought with my sister or threw tantrums. This year, I can see something is surely going to happen again. Things are not going well, and that's why I haven't been on the computer for two days. My Mom has been informing me that she no longer thinks of me as her daughter. My Dad flew into a rage at me when I slammed a door a couple days ago. He had been brushing his teeth and, with the toothbrush still in his mouth, grabbed me around the neck and screamed hateful things, then pushed me into the door. He dared me to call the police. I didn't, of course. For nights now, I've gotten no sleep, literally staying awake all night, and have been sleeping during the day. Yesterday, I wasn't allowed to sleep during the day, and my dad said that if I fell asleep he would delete my computer account. I also had to take a long walk outside with my Mom, and if I protested or misbehaved during the walk, the computer account would be deleted. I was finally allowed to sleep at 6:00 PM, and I slept until noon today, 18 hours. Uh... I'm sorry for talking about all this. I just had to get it out. Tikallover 21:15, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

It's okay. If you ever need to get something out, just tell me. And I really don't think you ruin Christmas for anyone. It's all just a simple mistake. And I can't believe your dad did that! That's not abuse, is it? And, how come you haven't been able to sleep lately? Is something bothering you? I hope everything goes okay for you... --71.105.9.215 05:48, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

It feels like abuse, but it isn't... I can't sleep because I'm so upset... I'm not sure what it is, though. Christmas here was terrible. My sister was laughing at my regular antics, such as when I screamed when she cracked her knuckles or when I kissed a pair of socks... I do that stuff all the time because I can't help it. According to my parents, I'm ruining their lives and slowely killing my Mom. If I can call them my parents. My Mom says I'm not good enough to be her daughter because I don't behave well enough. My Dad says that he'll do everything he can to make me normal. They're going to make me take more and more medicine again. If I don't my computer account is going to be deleted. My Dad has been dominating, making threats and yelling and telling me what a horrible person I am. My Mom just ignores me. My sister laughs at me. They're the only ones I ever can interact with. Also, someone in our neighborhood was robbed, and the robber was being searched for by the police. Instead of feeling sorry for the people who were robbed, I felt sorry for the criminal, afraid that the police were going to shoot him/her. I'm always like that. I'm always sorry for the criminal... Society rejects them, just like they reject me. Tikallover 20:06, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

I can't believe your sister laughs at you and what your parents say to you. I don't know why they keep making threats, yelling, and insulting you. They really shouldn't be doing this to you! And I can understand why you feel sorry for the criminal...I really hope everything gets back...why do you think your family do this to you? --71.105.9.215 22:53, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

I'm not sure... Maybe it's because I'm a terrible person and they think that by yelling and laughing and making threats I'll become a better person. It doesn't make sense to me, but most people think punishment makes someone a better person. It doesn't, though. It only makes them angrier and have more rejecting feelings towards society and makes them want to commit more crimes to show that society doesn't frighten them... I would do the same, I'm sure, if I were a criminal. Tikallover 23:48, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

I don't think you're a terrible person, and you shouldn't be subjected to your parents' threats and shouts. If only they knew how you felt and that they shouldn't be doing this... --71.105.9.215 05:59, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

They just don't care... Tikallover 19:46, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

How can they not care? I really don't know what goes on in their heads...I wish I could help you somehow, but I don't know what to do...--71.105.9.215 00:50, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

I get angry a lot, and they think I'm doing it on purpose to make them miserable. I've also scared them by my strange behavior, but they must not understand that I can't help it. They compare me to other children in fiction and in reality and decide that I'm the worst case they've ever seen and that I don't deserve to be happy. Tikallover 02:29, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

But you aren't the worst case (you aren't even bad!) and I'm sure they do care about your happiness. I remember you told me that last time, your mom wanted you to take more medicine every time you frowned because she thought you were unhappy (which means that she wanted you to be happy). So they probably do care for you, but have wrong methods trying to change you or make you happy. --71.105.9.215 03:40, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

I don't know... They probably do love me in some strange way. Tikallover 21:14, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Although if they love you, I still wonder why they do those things to you...So when did your parents start making threats and yelling at you? --71.105.9.215 22:35, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

I think they've always done it ever since I was two or so. After all, I "never left the terrible two's." Lately it's gotten worse because my Dad has convinced my Mom that they need to be tougher on me and that in the past they had been too soft. Tikallover 00:09, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

But nothing's changing (because what they're doing isn't good, I believe), so why would they continue this method? --71.105.9.215 03:59, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

I think it's because they feel they've tried everything else. Tikallover 19:41, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

What exactly are you doing to annoy them? Because from what you told me, it doesn't seem like you're doing anything bad. --71.105.13.238 23:25, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Well, sometimes I lose my temper and scream, sometimes I'm in a bad mood, and a lot of the time I act weird and "OCD-ish." Much of the time I have trouble getting to sleep, so therefore I can't get up in the morning and have to do my schoolwork in the afternoon and evening, and all of us get frustrated then. Tikallover 23:38, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

I don't think you're weird at all! And you don't do your OCD because you want to. But your parents don't understand, right? Maybe you should try to fix some of the problems, like maybe do something that helps you sleep better. Um, does music help? Or maybe veggie sleeping pills! Veggie sleeping pills are totally organic (which is where the veggie comes in), not a medicine, has no bad side effects, and works for me! I take it all the time, and since it's not a medicine, it's okay. So maybe if you can sleep easier, you can get up in the morning and not have to do schoolwork in the afternoon adn evening, thus, nobody would get all frustrated. But if you aren't able to get the veggie sleeping pills or it doesn't work, maybe you could try to count sheep. That's what people always say, but it actually does work! I've done that before (actually, I counted Snorlaxes instead of sheep), and it helped me go to sleep. Or maybe, you could have a cup of warm milk before going to sleep. It helped me before, too. Or maybe you could try to think of something happy or peaceful to relax you so you can go to sleep easier. --71.105.13.238 01:50, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Sometimes reading a book similar to a textbook helps me get to sleep. I like reading those books, but they often make me sleepy at night. Tikallover 00:18, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Then maybe right before you go to sleep, you should read a book, so you won't het sleep in the middle of the night. --71.105.4.251 01:51, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I should try it. And your suggestions too. :) Tikallover 05:19, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

I hope they work! --71.105.4.251 07:10, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. I did get to sleep (I think) before 3 AM last night, so maybe I'm making progress. Tikallover 18:09, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

That's great! Did you do anything to help you sleep faster? --71.118.79.84 20:22, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

I had stayed up the whole day without any naps, and so that made it easier. I also read a little bit, but for once sleep just came easy. Tikallover 21:24, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

That's good. Maybe soon, you'll be able to sleep easily every day! --71.118.79.84 22:58, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

That would be great! So do you and your family do anything for New Years? Tikallover 02:12, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

Yep! We make a bunch of yummy food, and then we play a game (usually a card game). Nothing too special, but I usually have fun. So do you and your family do anything for New Year? --71.105.8.75 07:02, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

We just watch the New Years celebration in New York City on TV... Tikallover 20:07, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

Do you enjoy watching it? --71.105.2.28 23:32, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

It's basically just a lot of people gathering to watch the big New Years lighted ball drop during the last minute of the year. It's not that much, but it's kind of fun. Tikallover 00:21, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

So have your parents stopped shouting and making threats towards you? --71.105.2.28 00:42, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

No. I don't think they'll ever stop. Tikallover 18:15, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Has it gotten lesser at all? --71.104.188.101 01:01, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

They are less afraid of me because I'm taking the Abilify again, so the threats have gone down a little bit. In fact, I have stopped screaming a little bit too. Is it due to the slightly lesser amounts of threats, getting back to the regular schedule, or is it actually due to the Abilify? :( Tikallover 02:46, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

No, it can't be! You were much happier without the medicine, so the Abilify probably isn't doing anything, besides give you adverse side effects. It's likely because of the lesesr threats and going back to regular schedule, as you said. You don't even need the medicine! --71.104.188.101 23:48, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

I hope you're right. On another subject, I probably will hear from PublishAmerica again about the cover of my book in a few weeks or even less. :) Tikallover 01:35, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

That's great! So would you mind telling me how it looks like once you find out? --71.104.188.101 06:42, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Sure! I recieved by E-mail what the inside of the book is going to look like, the format and font. I'm still catching mistakes in the text, though, but it's too late to change it... :( Tikallover 18:52, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Well, I'm sure the book is still going to be great with a wonderful story plot and interesting characters! I really hope I can read it. Did they tell you which states will the book go to? --71.104.188.101 01:12, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

All I know is that it will be available online, and if a bookstore thinks it will sell, it can order them. PublishAmerica is located in Maryland, but a bookstore from any state probably will be able to order, but I don't know if any will order the book. Tikallover 02:33, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure there will be some! Your book sounds very interesting! --71.104.188.101 08:23, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! I haven't been... bragging, have I? Tikallover 18:18, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

No, you haven't been. In your deviantART account, you gave excerpts from the chapters and also told about the characters and the plot, so all together, I can tell it sounds interesting! --71.160.17.120 22:26, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

BTW, I know that this is late, but I wanna send you a Christmas/New Year gift to you. Would you mind if I sent it to your e-mail? --71.160.17.120 23:16, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Really? Awesome! I don't have anything for you, though... :( Tikallover 23:50, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

That's okay. I'll send your present later on today when I have time. --71.160.17.120 00:37, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. Sorry again... Tikallover 01:39, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

It's fine. And I just finished sending you the gifts! I hope you like them...I'm not sure if you like those type of music or not... --71.160.17.120 02:25, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

For some reason my computer couldn't open the files... Tikallover 02:40, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

I'm not sure what to do...but I think it has something to do with that since it came from a certain music program, unless I tell you the password, it won't let you hear it, but I can't exactly give you the password. I'm sorry, but I don't know what else gift to give you, I'm sorry! --71.160.17.120 03:11, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Is it possible to convert the files to another format, such as Mp3 or something? Tikallover 06:14, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

I'm not sure how to do that...oh, but I have another idea for a gift for you! It might take a while, though. --71.160.17.120 01:31, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

I don't really need a gift if it's too much trouble. Tikallover 06:58, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Oh, it's not too much trouble. I just have to do it when I have time. --71.105.5.131 23:14, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Only if you're sure you don't mind. Tikallover 01:28, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Of course I don't mind! You're my friend, and I wanna give you something nice for Christmas! Even though it's late... --72.67.150.174 02:56, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Wow, thanks! By the way, is there anything I could do for you? Tikallover 04:11, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

I'm not sure...oh, by the way, I'm co-writing a fanfiction with my sister. Do you mind if I sent you the prologue and the first chapter of it? I'd like to get your opinion on it so I could improve it. --71.104.178.69 08:13, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Sure! What is the fanfiction about? Tikallover 14:49, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

It's about many characters who go on adventures. The main stars are Sonic Harinezumi (that's Sonic the Hedgehog, but he's human in the fanfiction, and Harinezumi is his last name in the comic books, I think), Dark Mousy, Hao Asakura, and Jeanne. There are other characters, but they aren't main stars. The adventures they go on are based on other games/shows/etc., such as the Sonic game series, the Skies of Arcadia game, etc., but with different characters (sometimes) and a slightly different plot. The story has a little bit of romance, but it focuses more on the comedy/drama/adventure genre. When it's finished, would you like me to send you the whole story? And do you want to know more about the characters? --71.104.186.149 09:05, 11 January 2007 (UTC)