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The Quest for the Best
By Always
One stormy night in a stormy castle, there was an evil wizard who was trying to come up with a way to destroy the good kingdom of Niceness. "Hmm..." the evil wizard pondered, "how could I destroy the good kingdom of Niceness, which I really don't like?â
"You could-" one of the evil wizard's elemental minions started to say before he was cut off by the very rude and ill-mannered evil wizard.
"I was talking to myself!" the evil wizard fumed; he was often upset for not much of a reason. "Aha! I've got it! I'll simply-"

Meanwhile in the forest of trees located right outside of the good kingdom of Niceness... "Great shot, Leroy!" Casimir the leader of the Strong People Club said, "Some day you might be 37/116ths as good as me!"
"W-w-wow, Casimir, will I really?" the stuttering Leroy asked with great pride and excitement hoping that the answer would be 'yes.'
"Hahahahaha! Don't count on it." Casimir replied, his banana-colored hair gleaming in the sunlight if there hadn't been a tree in the way.
"Oh poo-" Leroy started to say, annoyed that he had been fooled, but Casimir had put a finger to his lips indicating that he wanted Leroy to be quiet and when Casimir wanted Leroy to be quiet, he wanted Leroy to be quiet.
âI heard some noises in those bushes over thereâ Casimir whispered not very quietly, âGet out your crossbow.â
Now Leroy heard the noises in the bushes. âWhat do you think it is?â Leroy whispered quietly; unlike Casimir, Leroy knew how to whisper quietly.
Suddenly something giant and blue leaped out of the bushes! Both Leroy and Casimir instantly shot all of their bolts at the unknown thing that had leaped out of the bushes.
âOwwww!â the giant blue thing said, âdo you usually shoot at everything giant and blue you see that leaps out of bushes? I guess you wonât anymore, as youâve shot all of your bolts at me.â
âA-a-are you a ghost?â Leroy asked completely terrified. He had never met a ghost, so he had no idea what to expect.
âAha! A smart one I see!â the ghost replied giggling, âYes, I am a ghost. But, I was sent here for a reason. Ghosts aren't usually sent to people without a reason. I need you two to defeat the evil wizardâs army of elemental minions.â
âHow will one cool guy with banana-colored hair and his stuttering apprentice defeat a whole army?â Casimir asked suspiciously.
âYou have one day to pack up your stuffâ the ghost said grinning as he slowly disappeared, âOne day...â

âDefeat a whole army yourself?â the fairy princess of the good kingdom of Niceness asked in amazement, âMaybe that ghost you saw was playing a trick on you.â
âMaybe so, but we should pack up our stuff just in case,â Casimir suggested.
âThen what are you doing here still?â the fairy princess screamed at them, âyou donât need my permission to pack up your stuff!â

Meanwhile, in the evil wizardâs stormy castle... âWhat do you mean weâre out of eye of newt?!â the evil wizard fumed (he did a lot of fuming) angrily, âI just bought some last week!â
âI donât know where it went, sir! I just know itâs all gone!â one of the evil wizardâs elemental minions who was a little on the small side and got a B in Spanish in third grade said.
âWell, this specific potion is so powerful it needs ten eyes of newt!â the evil wizard yelled ferociously, âbut I need ten eyes of newt now! Send my most powerful warriors to slay the mythical ten-eyed newt monster!â
âBut the ten-eyed newt monster is only a myth! A fairytale! A fake monster to scare little babies into not stealing eyes off of newts. It used to be a huge problem in the 19-â the elemental started to say before the evil wizard cut him off for the fourth time that day.
âJust get those ten eyes back to me or Iâll stab you in the foot again!â the evil wizard threatened threateningly.

Meanwhile in Casimirâs bedroom in the ninth story of the south-east tower of the kingdom of Nicenessâs castle... Casimir was packing up his stuff. Once he had packed up the essentials (sword, crossbow, bolts, toothbrush, etc) he realised that if the ghost had talked to him and Leroy at 4:32 in the afternoon a day before; they had only thirty seconds until they were supposed to have all of their stuff packed.
âLeroy!â Casimir called up to Leroy whose bedroom was on the tenth story of the south-east tower of the kingdom of Nicenessâs castle, âPack up your stuff! We have five--no four seconds until-â

WOOSHHH! Suddenly Casimir and Leroy were spun into a giant purple tornado that threw them clear across the known world. CRASH! Leroy moaned as he stood up. What a fall!
âW-w-where are we, Casimirâ Leroy inquired as he stretched.
âWell...â Casimir said as he surveyed his surroundings, âAccording to that sign right in front of us, weâre ten feet away from the ten-eyed newt monsterâ

âI canât believe heâs making us find some legendary monster that was created to scare babies into not stealing eyes off of newts!â an elemental named Webster said fairly annoyed.
âYeah, bro!â an elemental named Jacob replied, âKilling things that donât exist is for nerds!â
The group of elementals travelled for several minutes, but at last; they had found the mythical lair of the fabled ten-eyed newt.
âWow! I guess there really is a ten-eyed newt!â Melvin the elemental said in awe.
âKilling it is still for nerdsâ Jacob grumbled. At that same moment, all of the elementals heard a noise coming from a bush.
âStop shoving! And be quiet!â something or someone in the bush said, âYour elbowâs on my toothbrush!â
Suddenly two figures leaped from the bushes: a strong muscular one and an ugly and scrawny one. Casimir and Leroy!
âGet them!â Webster yelled and the other elementals obeyed even though they didnât usually listen to him.
The elementals scratched at Casimir and Leroy with their filed talons, while Casimir and Leroy shot and slashed at the elementals. Webster scratched Leroy, Casimir shot Webster, Leroy slashed Webster, Webster disintegrated, and so on. After three minutes all of the elementals were disintegrated, Casimir was putting on some of his emergency bandages to his nastiest scratches, Leroy was lying on the ground groaning and moaning in agony, overall the outcome was pretty good.
âGood fighting, Leroyâ Casimir said as he applied a Hello Kitty band-aid to his elbow, âBut shouldnât we kill the ten-eyed newt monster? I mean the elementals were obviously looking for it, so the evil wizard must need it for a potion or something, right?â
Leroy moaned again.

Then Casimir saw that one of the elementals had been cowardly hiding in one of the many bushes during the fight and had just ran into the ten-eyed newtâs house. Casimir hastily limped after him.
Casimir gasped in amazement. Inside of the ten-eyed newt monsterâs house was the biggest pile of newt eyes that he had ever seen, which was pretty impressive because in the latest Guinness Book of World Records there was a picture of a pretty big pile.
âWhen I bring all of these eyes of newt back to the evil wizard, Iâll be greatly rewarded!â the elemental I earlier introduced as Melvin thought to him self, a grin on his elemental face. âI might even get promoted to âKing of Getting Eyes of Newtâ like Danny did last April!â
Melvin bent down quietly so he would not disturb the ten-eyed newt monster who was peacefully snoozing two feet away when he heard a voice he hadnât heard since he was hiding in the bushes five minutes before!
âStop, thief!â Casimir yelled up to Melvin heroically, his golden sword shinning like his hair. But as I said before, even when Casimir was whispering he wasnât very quiet, and when he yelled it was unbearably loud.
The ten-eyed newt monster yawned, then opened his eyes.
âSCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECH!â it screeched as it leaped onto itâs feet, âI be the guardian of the eyes of newt. Any mortal soul whom attempts to steal from my sacred sanctuary shall parish like thouâve never perished before.â
Being the kind of elemental minion Melvin was, Melvin through one of those daggers that giants get stuck in their teeth at one of the ten-eyed newtâs ten eyes grabbed an armful of newt eyes and bolted for the door.
âAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHRRRRGGGGGGGGG!â the wounded beast howled with pain, âCome back here, you big meanie!â
Casimir knew that neither Melvin not himself would escape alive while the ten-eyed newt monster still stood.
âMelivin!â Casimir yelled to Melvin just before he would have sprinted out of the door, âDonât try to leave, thereâs probably a curse on the door that will explode anyone who tries to leave!â
âIâve had enough of your tricks, Casimirâ Melvin sneered behind the stack of newt eyes he was holding, âyou just want all of these newt eyes yourself!â
Melvin walked through the door.
Then exploded.
âAhahahaha!â the now nine-eyed newt monster laughed, pulling Melvinâs dagger from his face, âlooks like your friend their had never heard of the exploding door trick that most mythical monsters that are thought to be made up use!â
âItâs over, Nine-eyed,â Casimir said wiping seventeen beads of sweat from his mighty forehead, âthis sword that Iâm holding is made of pure anti-newt spray; which could kill you like about three and a half seconds.â
âOh no!â the newt monster said in mock scared-ness,âOh wait. I forgot that I had my anti-anti-newt spray on. That sword wonât work.â
âWeâll see about that!â Casimir said charging at Nine-eyed.
The nine-eyed newt monster grabbed Casimir and threw him up into the air. Casimir pointed his sword (which wasnât really made of anti-newt spray) downward and cut the mighty nine-eyed newt monsterâs ugly hand off. Nine-eyed spat a small pond worth of newt spit at Casimir which sent his fall of course headed right for a giant pit of lava which he hadnât seen before. Casimir held onto the edge for dear life.
âYou have no chance, fool,â the nine-eyed newt monster boasted as he screwed in one of the eyes from his pile into his empty eye-socket.
WHOOOOSH!
âOww!â the ten-eyed newt monster screamed as a tooth brush had been thrown at his super-secret instant death pressure point. The ten-eyed newt monster would have fallen on the ground in pain if there wasnât a pit of lava in front of him.
SSSSSSSssssss. In a matter of seconds the now zero-eyed newt monster had disappeared into the fiery lava.
Leroy had saved the day!
âCasimir, grab onto my hand!â Leroy said in a now manlier voice. Casimir did what Leroy had told him to do for once!

WHOOOOSH! The giant purple tornado that had brought them there an hour before had returned to bring Casimir and Leroy back to the good kingdom of Niceness. How thoughtful!
When they got back there was a big party because the evil wizard had mysteriously gotten eaten by a giant blue ghost.

The End