(Uriana: u-rain-na)
There was
Uriana; sitting on the window still of a tall, dark, stony, and ghastly looking
tower. After being thrown from space into this tower, she didn’t know what her
purpose was in life-or-who her family was. Right now, her powers concealed in
her locket were the only comforts she had. Uriana sighed what was she to do?
She looked
down and saw the ground-it was a 10-foot jump; could she make it? Only one way
to find out-she closed her eyes, and jumped. Seconds later she was flat on her
face in the soft, high grass. She slowly sat up; blinking-then she stood up and
looked around her;
Tall grass
that was up to her waist, surrounded her-as did a forest-she decided to keep
walking-she would find her purpose in life if she keep walking in the same
direction; surely she would, so that’s what she did.
After a
while, she came to a small puddle-she looked down at her reflection: long,
dirty-blonde, tangled hair; a gold, gothic dress with black branches on it; no
shoes; and-the face of a radiant angel.
Who was
she?
Suddenly,
she heard a very loud noise-she looked up, leapt over the puddle, and hurried
out of the thickness of the forest and out in the middle of a long road with
squadrons-or at least that’s what they looked like-moving in two different
directions in two different lanes. She stopped and stared-unsure of what to
make of this. She looked left; she looked right; yes-it was no joke…
She. Was.
Lost.
“Hello, may
I help you?”
Uriana
turned toward the voice and saw a handsome (hey, he was!) bafoon (at least
that’s what they were called on her planet-wait; how did she know that?). the
bafoon smiled and began again;
“What’s your name?”
“Name? What
is name?” she asked-very confused.
“Name;
something that your parents called you when you were born.” The bafoon
explained. Uriana brightened;
“Oh-you
mean Psych!” Did she actually know that?
Now he was
the one confused; “Well, I suppose you could call it that.”
Uriana
smiled and held out her left hand, “I am Psych, Uriana.”
The bafoon
hesitated, but also held out his left hand, “I am Psych, Ben.”
Uriana
looked him over-so the bafoon was now, Ben, fascinating! He smiled again and
asked;
“Where did
you come from?”
Uriana
looked down shyly, “I do not know.”
“Where are
you going?”
“I know not
that either.” She looked up at him only to find him smiling at her again, “Tell
me,” she asked, “Do all bafoons smile unceasingly?”
He looked
very shocked at this comment, “B-bafoon? Is that what you just called me?”
“You are
one-are you not; you do not look like a Kittler; because your hair is not
long-so what else could you be except a monster.” Her eyes widened, “Are you a
monster?”
He quickly
shook his head, “No, no, of course not.” Then his eyes also went wide and he
chuckled quietly behind his coat, “When you say, bafoon, do you mean, male?”
Uriana nodded, “And, Kittlers, are female?” Uriana nodded again, he smiled and
nodded also, “I get it now.” Then he paused, “Would you like to come home with
me so I can learn more of your words-I have a guest room for you.”
Uriana
smiled-she liked this bafoon.
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A little
while later, Ben unlocked the door to his apartment and showed Uriana in, he
pointed to the couch;
“Shall we
sit on the couch to talk?”
Uriana
nodded, “Coffin.”
Ben was
shocked, “In our world-a coffin is were we put people who had died.”
“Dead
people are placed on Frinks; in my world.”
“How is it
that you don’t know what your world is-but you remember words from it?” Ben
asked curiously.
Uriana
shrugged, “I guess once you are taught words-you always remember them.”
“Tell me
more of your words,” Ben started as they first sat down.
Uriana
thought for a moment and looked around; then she tapped the wooden long thing
in front of her; “Vendee.”
“Table.”
Ben completed.
Next, she
pointed to the thing next to the table; “Kulich.”
“Chair.”
Pretty
soon-they made quick a list:
Bafoon: male
Kittler: female
Psych: name
coffin: couch
Frink: coffin
Vendee: table
Kulich: chair
Ladd: curtain
Daft: hat
Klein: jacket
Lihue: door
Bile: kitchen
Clasher: bed
Kef: book
Fluid: food
Folk lathe
zilch: I am happy:
Zech slur
axis lull jilt life: you are my very best friend
Ben was
touched at that last one-was that how Uriana saw him? He looked at Uriana who
smiled at him; he smiled back and thought; I guess people who just met could
be best friends-or-jilt life; as Uriana so kindly puts it. He smiled to
himself at that.
Ben and
Uriana did everything together; but just as life started getting better for
Uriana-it got a whole lot worse…
…While Ben
and Uriana had their fun; a dark figure watched from the shadows, and that
figure was none other then, Casein himself, Master of the Dark. He smiled
evilly-he had searched for the alien girl-and now he had found her. He watched
as the two friends headed inside a building, then he leapt out of the shadows
and onto the rooftop in one swoop. Next, he walked over to a door, opened it,
and walked down the steps-using his alien scanner to search for aliens.
Beep. Beep.
Beep. Casein stopped in his tracks-the alien was on this floor-he could sense
it. He opened the door and peeked out; the hall was empty, so he walked out and
down the hall…
Beep.
Casein
stopped in front of a door and leaned his ear against it-listening:
“Wow,
Uriana-you’re getting good!”
“I try hard
to knock the king off his post.”
“With a
simple pawn! I always have to use the queen.”
Their
conversation puzzled Casein; were they trying to kill the king of Avaga? He
listened harder;
“Because a
pawn is so small and unnoticeable-they can easily kill a king and no one would
even know it was them!”
“Let’s do
it again tomorrow.”
Casein was
shocked now-they were trying to kill him! The evil villain quickly fled back to
his ship to report to his king; King Lathe of Avaga-which was Uriana’s home
planet.
○
“Are you
certain?” King Lathe asked.
“I am
certain your lordship.” Casein answered over his ship radio.
“Then you
must capture Uriana and her human friend-what is his name?”
“I’m sorry,
I do not know.” Casein replied sadly.
“Bring them
to me.” The king finished-then he hung up.
Meanwhile,
Ben and Uriana decided to take a walk-but as soon as they walked outside,
Uriana felt really wrong. She turned to Ben;
“Someone is
here, Ben-someone bad.”
Ben was
instantly alarmed, “Who?”
“I do not
know-but what I do know is that he is from my planet-and he has come for me.”
“Where is
he? I’ll deal with him!”
“No!”
Uriana protested quietly, “I do not want you to be hurt-go inside where you are
safe.”
“Too late
for that.”
Uriana and
Ben slowly turned to find Casein smiling evilly at them;
“Hello, my
name is Casein-and I’ve come on behalf of all the people of Avaga.”
“Case in?”
Ben questioned, “What kind of name is case in?”
Casein was
furious; “Not case in-case-sim!”
“Like Case
Justin -but Case Sim?”
Casein was
furious now, “Case-sim. Not Case Justin. Not Case Sim. But Case-sim; one
word-not two. Now be quiet so I can kidnap you.”
Ben’s eyes
grew wide, “You’re not serious-are you?” Casein laughed and pulled a lever-a
cage fell down right overtop of the two friends, Ben pretended to look amused,
“Oh-right. You were.”
Casein
laughed, loaded them up, and they were off to Avaga.
○
When they
arrived, Ben looked around;
“Where are
we?” he asked Casein, who laughed;
“Why don’t
you ask Uriana.” Then he vanished.
Ben turned
to Uriana who looked very astonished, “Uriana?” he asked. She turned to him,
pale-faced;
“Ben, this
is Avaga-the planet of my birth.”
Ben was
shocked, “What else do you remember?”
“Not
much-just waking up to a dirty shack that was scheduled to be knocked down,
getting kicked out, and…being thrown into space on a tower.” So that’s where
she came from.
“So-that’s
how you came here.”
Uriana
nodded, “But I have nowhere else to go-so I do not want to stay here…” she was
going to say ‘…I want to stay on Earth, with you.’ But decided against it.
“Where do
you want to stay…” Ben drifted off his final words; ‘you can stay with me’.
Before
Uriana could answer, Casein appeared and brought them to the palace of King
Lathe.
○
King Lathe
was furious when they entered his throne room;
“How dare
you plan to kill me!”
“What are
you talking about?” Ben asked.
The king
turned to Casein who played a tape:
Ben: “Wow, Uriana-you’re getting
good!”
Uriana: “I
try hard to knock the king off his post.”
Ben: “With
a simple pawn! I always have to use the queen.”
Uriana:
“Because a pawn is so small and unnoticeable-they can easily kill a king and no
one would even know it was them!”
Ben: “Let’s
do it again tomorrow.”
The king
grew more angry; “Well? Was that your voice on the tape or not-speak up!”
Ben got it
now, “Yes-it was our voices-we admit; but we weren’t actually talking about
killing you. Here-let me show you what we were doing.” The king, Casein, and
Uriana watched as Ben got out his phone and pushed a few buttons, he walked up
to the king and showed him the picture that he brought up, “This is called a
Chessboard-your majesty.” Then he pointed to the pieces as he said what they
were called; “This is a rook, knight, bishop, king, queen, and the pawns. You
see, your majesty-when we were talking about knocking the king off his post-we
meant the king in chess-not you. The point of chess is to get the king out; not
a real king; a fake one.”
King Lathe
looked thoughtful, “I see,” he turned to Casein, “Casein-I’m afraid we made a
mistake.”
Casein
bowed, “I will return them to Earth at once.
So all went
well for Ben and Uriana-and it wasn’t long before they got married and started
their own family.
The End
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