The Travels of Atoravo - by ~Laura~

After drying off, they had found the path and gotten home without being late. They had made plans and agreed to prepare tomorrow, and leave the next day. They met at the food shop the next day after school.

Atoravo: Did you to bring any NP? Lexii: I brought all I have. Cotwit: Me, too. Atoravo: So did I, so let's get going. They walked inside and each picked up a basket. Lexii: What should we bring? Cotwit: Whatever's cheap. Atoravo looked at the prices. Atoravo: Hmmm, how about green apples, bottled water, and sweets? Cotwit: Why not bread? Atoravo: I think that'll go stale in the desert. Lexii looked at a pile of neggs. Lexii: How about these? Cotwit: Too expensive. Atoravo: Cot's right, we can only afford things 1np each. I'll get the water, Cot can get the apples, and Lex can get the sweets. They each filled their baskets with 10 of each item. They walked up to the grocer. Atoravo: We'd like to buy these. Grocer: That'll be 2np per item. Atoravo: Come on, we're going on a quest and we don't have much np. I'll pay 1. Grocer: It makes no difference to me whether it's for a quest or not, I'm only interested in profits.

Cotwit: That's why you're not a Neopet. You're only interested in np. Grocer: Alright, I can spare 1np for the water and sweets, but the apples are still 2. Lexii: There's hundreds of trees out there with apples on them. Grocer: It's not like I get them for free, they cost np, too. Atoravo: 1np. Grocer: And because of you're additude, I'm charging triple price, 6np. Take it or leave it! Atoravo set her basket down. Atoravo: That's ok, we can get our apples wholesale from the farmers. Grocer: Ok! Ok! You can have them for 1np. Atoravo handed him 30np. Grocer: Just take a while on your quest, that way you can't come back haggling all the time. The three walked out of the shop, but Lexii paused a moment at the door. Lexii: Say, could we get a negg or two for 3np? Grocer: Get out!!!

They ran out laughing. Cotwit: Let's get a few hats at the clothes shop. They walked into the clothes shop and picked out some chia hats. Atoravo: I wish they had more hats. Lexii: It's just as well. They took them to the counter. Shopkeeper: That'll be 15np per hat. Lexii: May we please have them for 3? Shopkeeper: No, but since you're nice I'll let you have them for 14. Cotwit: I'm nice, why not 4? Shopkeeper: 13. Atoravo: 6? Shopkeeper: How about this, you buy them for 12 and you can go. Atoravo: Why not 7 and we go? Shopkeeper: 11. Atoravo: 8. Shopkeeper: 10 Atoravo: 8. Shopkeeper: 10! Atoravo, Lexii, and Cowit: 8!! Shopkeeper: Fine. 8, but get out before I change my mind. They paid for the hats and left.

Lexii: Now for the passes. I think the principals are still there. They walked over to NeoHigh where Lexii and Cotwit went. They went up a few flights of stairs before coming to the principal's office. They stood silent for a moment. Atoravo: What are we waiting for? Lexii: I'm praying that you don't say anything stupid. Atoravo: Like what? Lexii: Like our goal is to get out of school.

Atoravo took the hat she was holding and pulled it over Lexii's head. Lexii laughed and threw hers at Atoravo. Cotwit caught it and put it in the bag with the groceries and playfully hit Lexii with it. Lexii: Hey, Tor started it. She took the hat off her head and again threw it at Atoravo. This time Atoravo was hit. Atoravo picked it up and held it high. Atoravo: Ha! Now you won't have a hat for the desert. Lexii: Oh yeah? She jumped at Atoravo and the two started wrestling. Cotwit: *sigh* Girls. Lexii tripped him, and he put the bag down and started wrestling with the two. Atoravo grabbed all the hats and ran down the hall. Lexii and Cotwit chased her. Cotwit flew over her to get the hats from her hand, and Lexii tried to grab Atoravo's tail.

They got near the stairs when the principal, a red Tuskaninny called Mr. Harth, heard the them and opened his door. Lexii had grabbed Atoravo's tail, Cotwit had hold of the hats in Atoravo's hand, and Atoravo had Cotwit's wing caught with her free hand. They got so startled by Mr. Harth coming out, that they jumped backwards right down the stairs. Cotwit being unable to fly with Atoravo holding his wing, and Atoravo tripping backwards, and Lexii holding onto Atoravo. They all went down the first flight in one huge tangled mess. They kept rolling down each flight until they reached the bottom and crashed into the door near the last steps. Cotwit: Owwww. Lexii: Only something like this could happen to us. Why do we always play fight? Why can't we just find something else to do? Atoravo untangled herself and stood up.

Mr. Harth came running down the steps and stopped next to them. Mr. Harth: Are you alright? Lexii and Cotwit got up. Lexii: We're fine. Mr. Harth: I'm sorry if I startled you. Atoravo: That's ok, I'm Atoravo, that's Lexii, and that's Cotwit. Mr. Harth smiled. Mr. Harth: Of course, how could I forget you three and the quest to get out of school? Lexii: So you remember. Atoravo: Well, we have another quest this time. Mr. Harth: I hope it's not the same goal. Cotwit: No, this time we want to go into the mountains and catch a goat for Angora scarves.

Mr. Harth: That sounds reasonable. Come with me to my office and we'll talk about passes. Lexii: Thank you! Mr. Harth: It sounds good, but I'm afraid, Atoravo, you'll need to get a pass from Aisha High. Atoravo: That's ok. They all walked up the stairs. Lexii looked down at Atoravo's hand, which still held the three hats.

To be continued...