Of seashell gems and story trends

At first, the Chronicles of the Chosen was just the same old stuff they teach every kid here. Buuut, since you probably don't know all that stuff, I'll do a quick summary for you.


So, a long time ago, the magical creatures and the people of Hexanalyn, were at war. It was very bloody, and tons of people died... Anyway, they got to a point where both sides were so devestated, that they were forced to call a truce. Turns out, the humans thought the animals were trying to destroy them, and the animals were just trying to survive!
When they realized this, they quickly came to a compromise. The creatures would give some of their magic, in the form of jewels, to the humans. In return, the humans wouldn't harm the animals, and if one was in danger, they would help.
The day the treaty was signed is now celebrated yearly, as a festival.


In a way, it's a nice story, isn't it? Happy endings and all.
For the most part, I skimmed over this. Then my eyes caught this... Interesting bit.


Supposedly, the jewels were made so that only one person, known as a Chosen, could access the full power, but anyone could use them, if needed. Unfortunately, there were some side effects.
If anyone other than the Chosen, used the jewel for a certain period of time, they would experience nausea, sudden mood swings, and in the worst cases, they might even develop another personality.


Now, remember Henry's random personality change? Looks like he's been way too close to a jewel. I smiled.
Seems like I'm finally taking a step forward.

A/N My friend and I started a manga blog, because we draw a lot of it. So please check it out!
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Let the interrogation begin!

Hey I'm back again!
(And I tagged along too!!!)
Quit talking on my blog Elara!!!
(I will when you give me my cookies back)
You know I ate them already, right?
(Exactly)
*facepalm* Why me?
('Cause you posted my diary online, remember?)
Do you see what I have to go through every day?
(You're just jealous 'cause someone said flower fairy ninjas are beastly)
Well, they're not beastly when they forget their shruikens!!!
(Either way, I'm still totally awesome at fighting)
Oh, you are so dead
(Wait, what about the people listening to us?)
What peop- Oh, you mean the blog. Well, sorry to take so long-
(And on with the show!)

Well, when you're looking for answers , where do you go? The library!!!
Unfortunately, I hadn't explored the palace yet, so I didn't know where the library was, but I knew there was one! I mean, a palace can't be called a palace till it has a library.
I crashed through a random door, hoping it led to the library. It obviously didn't. Instead, I found myself in one of those sitting room things that come before the actual bedroom.
A sleepy voice came from behind me "What are you doing here?"
I turned around. It was the general speaking. I must've stumbled into his room.
An evil grin spread across my face. Now that I thought about it... He could probably answer most of my questions.
And so, the rapid-fire interrogation began.
"So... Is it actually possible to travel to another world when you're asleep?"
"Um, yeah. You pretty much travel to another world every time you have a dream."
"Hmm... Interesting... Why do you insist on being called the general? I mean, Henry's a perfectly good name."
"It's still boring! Besides, you know my ambition is-"
"To have a huge army of your own and take over the world, yeah, yeah. So, why did I get stuck in the dungeon anyway?"
He scratched his head "I don't know what you mean. Didn't you just come here through that portal to the world I made?"
This whole thing was getting really suspicious. And irritating too. It's like all I ever do is ask questions.
"Okay, last question. Where's the library?"
The general pointed down the hallway "Just keep going straight until you come to a huge set of double doors that have the word 'library' on them in huge letters. You can't miss it."
I nodded slowly "Okey dokey. Well, bye now!" I went running down the hallway again and crashed through the right set of doors this time.
"Now, where should I look first?" My eyes landed on the 'forbidden' shelves at the back. "Perfect!" I rushed to them only to get smacked in the forehead.
"Oww! Who does that, seriously!?" I picked up the book at my feet. Chronicles of the Chosen, weird... Maybe this book would give me some of the answers I need.
I skipped out the library, satisfied that my little quest for answers was almost over. Well, I was skipping until something hit me on my head again. What is it with hitting my head today?! I picked up the thing and stared at it in shock. It was a small portrait of a girl with shoulder length brown-black hair, and dark eyes that flashed when she was amused.
It was a portrait of me.
Pocketing the picture, I went back to my bedroom. I had some reading to do.

Elara, let me out!
(Um, no way.)
I can't believe you had to lure me in here with chocolate.
(What can I say, drastic times require drastic measures. Anyway, see you soon!)
WHAT?!?! You can't just sign off without letting me go!!!
(I just did)

Elara (and Lexi too, I suppose)

XD intermission time

This is my late April Fool's gift. Hope you enjoy!

I lay in bed and stared up at the ceiling. Just one more minute... The clock struck midnight. Immediately, I jumped out from under the covers, and opened the locket that was always on my neck. Rainbow sparkles shot out, and I found myself sliding through a portal.
*~*~*
"Ow!" I exclaimed, after landing face first. "Where did all the pillows go!?!?"
"We took them." I turned around. It was those irritating dwarves again.
"But we need those pillows!"
"No, you don't."
"You try falling from what feels like 20 stories high on a hardwood floor!"
"You try sitting in front of a control board for days without any relief!"
I scowled. The dwarves controlled the portals we used, and they never let us forget it.
The two of us were locked in an epic stare down, when a thump came from behind us. Grumpy, a.k.a. irritating dwarf #1, blinked.
"Ha, I win!" I shouted pumping my fist in the air. A couple more thumps came from behind. I turned around. " Ru! Srigi! Tay! Rila! You're finally here!"
"Would you quit with the yelling, already?" Grumpy grumbled. (Hey, alliteration!)
"Never!" I proclaimed.
Srigi spoke up."So anyway, what story are we going to tonight?"
An evil grin spread across both Ru's and Rila's face. "We were thinking Harry Potter." We all cheered, except for Tay.
"I'll only go if we do the fourth book." Tay said.
"Okay!"
"I'm cool with that!"
"Let's go already!"
"I can't wait!"
A portal opened in front of us. What do you think we all did? Well, we jumped in, and subjected ourselves to the awesomeness about to happen.

This was the first version of the Mystique. Did you like it?

This is not part of the story. I repeat, this is not part of the story.

So, I'm at a part of the mission where I have everything planned out, but I haven't written a lot of it :( Anyway, I wanted to know if people would rather have shorter, quicker posts, or longer posts that would take me a longer time to update.

Remember, the fate of the mission depends on you!

Finally, a chance to beat up some bad guys!!!!

Left you at a bit of a cliffhanger, didn't I? Now I get why writers like to torture their readers with those *cackles evilly then chokes and starts coughing* Oh, from now on, all my commentary stuff will be after the story 'kay? Now let's get on with it!!!


   I whirled around to face the... thing that put it's claw/hand/something-with-five-finger-like-things on my shoulder. And what met my eyes was, for lack of a better term, THE CREEPIEST CREEPER I EVER SAW IN MY LIFE!!!!!! It's kinda hard to describe but it was beautiful and ugly at the same time. That doesn't make sense, does it? Well, it was shifting between the two appearences and, oh great there were more.
   Elara and I immedietly sprung into action, and soon the rest of the Chosen followed. I mean, what else are you going to do if monsters randomly come and take over your picnic. Scream?
Unfortunately, the Chosen are not blessed with epic ninja skills. And while Elara, being a Flower Fairy Ninja, actually has epic ninja skills, she's only like, five inches tall. It's really really hard to do a lot of damage when you're five inches tall.
   Basically we were doomed.
   I heard a strangled noise behind me and spun around. One of the things got Elli!  It was squeezing her neck and her face was already starting to turn purple. Crashing the picnic wasn't cool, but this? Like a billion times worse.
I took a deep breath to calm myself before I got too angry and something burst into- I wrinkled my nose. The air smelled like... Cinnamon? I looked down. Oops, too late.
   The grass around me was already in flames.
    An evil smile was on my face. Well, if life gives you fire... Blow something up.
    I raised my hands, and the flames got higher. Then I pushed them forward. The fire spread rapidly towards the monster that had Elli. The thing stopped choking Elli, and tugged her in front of it. Immediately, I stopped. But not before some of the other monsters blew up. Now that I think about it... It did kinda seem like they were dipped in gasoline...
Creeper dude (Yes, I'm going to start calling the one with Elli, Creeper dude. It's tiring to keep calling it, the monster who has Elli, or something like that.) curled it's fingers around Elli's neck, but it didn't squeeze.
"It appears we're at a stalemate." I said.
It replied calmly "No, not really. I could care less about my own life, but you obviously care about hers." It geastured at Elli. "So let's make a deal. I'll let the girl go, if you give me your jewel."
For a moment, I was shocked. I didn't think something that looked like a blob dipped in gasoline half the time to have a voice like that. It was kinda like chocolate, all rich and smooth.
But then what it said got to me. So either Elli or the jewel... I unhooked the jewel and threw it at Creeper dude.
Wouldn't you do that if it was your sister?
It threw Elli to the side, and it's fingers had barely touched the jewel, when I blacked out.


*~*~*~*~*~*


I woke up in my bed ( I was transferred to my bedroom after the first portal incident) panting, my mind racing. The first thing I did was rummage through my stuff. And guess what? The jewel was GONE.
I tried to fall asleep again, but every time I closed my eyes I would see Elli choking to death, and unanswered questions kept drifting through my mind. Finally, I gave up and ran downstairs to get some answers for once.

* Hello, Elara here! Lexi has recently become obsessed with a game called Duck Life 4, and I have taken the opportunity to hack into her blog! Personally, I think the ducks look creepy. But anyway I found something interesting, and I just thought you all might want to see it. So go to http://wattpad.com/Sing2TheStars


Elara, over and out!*

Revelations are... revealed!!!

 *singing*-AND A SONG IS A STEPPIN' STONE/ KINDA LIKE THE WAY YOU FEEL WHEN YOU LET STARS SING YOU HOOOOOOOOOOOOME- Whaaat? It's on? Oh um, pretend you didn't see that last part, kay?  Anyway more to tell...

 As soon as I fell asleep, I felt the waterslide-like feeling only portals gave. More portals!!! If this kept up, I might start throwing up rainbow glitter! Trust me,that would not be pretty.
  It transported me back in the same world I was before. Did you really expect me to go somewhere else? This time I managed to land gracefully instead of falling in a heap. Well, at least I was getting better at portals...
  I felt a slight pressure on my shoulder, and I whipped my head around.
  "Oh, hi Elara." I was used to her appearing randomly. "Do you have any reason for being here? And no, you are not allowed to say you came here 'cause you're bored."
  The impish little fairy sighed "Oh well, caught again. But it wasn't my fault that the Flower Fairy Ninjas didn't have any missions for me. Honestly, you don't even know just how boring it can get over there!" She launched herself into the air, and started hovering in front of me.
  "Unfortunately, I'm on a serious mission for once. I have absolutely no time to play with you."
  "That's not the only reason I came here, you know. The other one was the glitter fairy comment. I mean, did you really think you were gonna get away with that? Besides," she said looking me over. "It's a major improvement."
   I looked down and groaned, well at least I pretended to. I was wearing the same dress as before!
   "What was wrong with what I was wearing before?!?! Wait, how did you find out about that comment? I know for a fact the FFN can't get on my blog!"
   She just smirked. "Well I planted a magical bug on your jewel."
   I felt a flare of heat at my wrist when she said the word jewel. I didn't have to look down to know thatI was wearing it. Usually, I'd be really ticked off at the person that got it on me, but I felt I might need it later...
   "Oh, look they're here!" I squealed, waving wildly at the people at the crest of the hill. "Come on, let's go see them!"
    "Ok, already!" Elara yelled as I tried to grab her. "I'm coming. Just be careful with those wings!!!"
    I wrinkled my nose when we came to the top. That smell... It was reeeeeeaaaaaally disgusting, and yet oddly familiar all at the same time. I couldn't place it though. And I was pretty sure that I'd remember the place I smelled that.
   Elli waved her hand in front of my face. "Hellooo, anyone in there?"
   I laughed. "Don't you know that line is so overused?"
   "And yet it never ever gets old, like the millions of other overused lines you keep helpfully pointing out to me."
   I snorted. "I'm glad you're so grateful for my help. Now, are you going to introduce me to the other Chosen or what?"
   "Well why don't we start now?"
   After a lot of introductions (and chocolate *grins*) I found myself sitting down with Elli at the edge of the group.
    "So... What do you do here?" I asked
    Her face lit up at the memories. "We have picnics, and dances, and parties," Elli flaid down on the grass, giggling." Fun stuff."
    I frowned. This all seemed connected somhow. Suddenly,it all came flooding back to me. The night of Elli's birthday ball. That icky smell was in the air, too. And when I found Elli she was laying on the floor, just like she was doing now. I stared at her, horrorstruck
    Until I felt a cold hand clamp down on my shoulder.  

Never mind, that last one was test prep. THIS is the real test

The hypocrite strikes again! But really, I am weird this way. Have story, will continue.

  The door swung open revealing... a pink panda party! Just kidding. I'd be so much more happier if that happened.
  It swung open revealing... a portal! In all it's rainbowy awesomeness of course.
  I gasped."Woah, cool! Where does it lead t-" The general cut me off and pushed me in. Before the office disappeared from my view, I saw the desperation on his face.
  My happy ending instincts kicked in. What was that about? I grinned evilly. Maybe a happy ending wasn't so hard after all. Then I closed my eyes and let the sparkles take me away...


  I hate to interrupt (Not really. Quit talking- You mean typing. Just stop!!!) *sigh* There are some things I'll never get and one of them is Rila. Anyway, time for a crash course on portals!
  Every single world has magic, but it tends to show in different ways. We kinda travel place to place using that world-magic. To open one, you have to give a certain spot an overload of magic. That's the easy part. The tricky part is getting where you want to go.
  If a path hasn't been mapped out for a portal, it'll usually drop you on the star road that connects all worlds. It's nice and all, but you tend to get lost after a while. The Realm Travelers have a different way to do it, 'cause they deal mostly with the book-worlds a.k.a. Realms. We deal with the imaginary/ dream ones. Anyway do you catch my drift?(wood. Sorry I couldn't resist!) Back to the story!


  I was dropped off literally, on a meadow with tall, green grass. Laughter came from afar. Everything was practically screaming at me to go investigate. I stood and brushed the portal dust a.k.a. GLITTER, off. Unfortunately, I still looked like a sparkle fairy (No, I didn't mean that in a bad way Elara!) Wait... Something was wrong with that picture. I looked down. I was wearing a dress! How did I end up in one?!?! Did the general know about my weakness for pretty dresses?!?!
   Someone was running towards me. "Lexi!"
   "Elli?" I asked, astonished "But what are you doing here? Where are we? Why-"
  "Before I answer those, you have to see this!" And with that she grabbed my hand and pulled me away.
  Soon we came across a... picnic? Everyone there was talking and giggling. They looked well, happy. I recognized some faces, and I frowned trying to place them. All of a sudden it hit me, these people were the Chosen!
  "Elli, Elli," I tugged on her sleeve urgently. "How did you get here?"
  "Um, I think I was..." Elli thought for a moment. "You know what, I really don't remember."
  I just gaped at her in horror as everything started to fade away.


A couple blackouts, rainbows, and fuzzy side effects later...


Back in the office, the general gave me an explanation. Apparently, he created another world when the jewels were stolen. Then, before the Chosen drifted off forever he somehow managed to get them in the world he created.
  "So, you're one of the world-maker people thingys!!!"
  "Um, yeah that's right." He looked embarrassed.
  "But that's awesome! Why didn't you tell me?!?!"
  He shrugged. "Can we get on another subject now?"
  "Ok then, who do you have a crush on?"
   "Whaaaat?"
   "Who do you have a crush on?' I smiled. It was just like old times.
   "No one! Why did you ask?"
   "So I could read your mind and figure out. You have a crush on Elli, don't you" And for the record, the general's about the same age as me.

 Anyway the general's not a suspect anymore. Which brings us back to square one. I'm starting to think I need some outside help on this *coughrealmtravelerscough*. Also I got a portal call from the rest of the gang. They said they had to go back to the missions they were on.  Oh I forgot to mention, the reason the posts are like this now is 'cause when I was in the GDK HQ, I found one of those headset things you can talk through and it will type what you said on the computer. I linked it to the blog, used a bit of magic and volia, instant blogger! Always random, ever changing,


Lexi
P.S. Now I realize that tests have nothing to do with this!!! Oh well, too bad