Willie Wombat
By: Vicente Valenzuela
In a place not too far from here and now, the end of that world approaches. In a time where there is no time, there was a land, a happy land by the name of Berry Land. The Blueberry king ruled this land for many peaceful years. But one of those years the evil genius named Evil Genius set foot of on the Mountain Oats in the forbidden land of Khazad-Orange. Evil Genius has threatened the Blueberry king that if he didn’t pay him 100 Billion berries that he would turn the whole of Berry Land into strawberry Icing using his man-ray shaped ray. It was Willie Wombat’s job, a talking wombat, to stop Evil Genius and his plans.
Willie Wombat, already assigned by the king to end Evil Genius’ spotlight on this story, was in a magical swamp near a fairy town. Then suddenly something hit him on the head and he fell down unconscious. Willie wakes up in a cage next to a fire surrounded by little chubby fairies doing tribal dances. One of the fairies comes up to him while it was still dancing and says.
“You have been found trespassing into Wood Land Fairy territory. I am Barivamus Orantapllepaple the Fairy, speak your name!”
“My name is Willie Wombat and I have been sent by the Blue Berry King to rid the land of the evil genius named Evil Genius and his man ray-shaped ray. I have been wondering…”
“I asked you your name, not your whole life story. I had heard rumors of a brave knight going to stop the Evil Genius, but you are no brave knight. You are to stay in this cage until we decide what to do with you.”
And so, after a few harsh days of sleeping inside a cage with only water to drink and crub-crubs to eat, Barivamus finally spoke to him again.
“We sent word to the Blue Berry king to see if you were speaking the truth and nothing but the truth, and the message back states that you are clearly the savior of Berry Land. But our maniac fairies tell us that your future is not bright unless you have a guide to show you the way and to help you in many gruesome tasks. I, Barivamus Orantapllepaple the fairy, shall be that guide.” Barivamus opens Willies cage and gives him a full pack of crub-crubs then shake hands. After a whole night of celebration, the next morning Willie and Barivamus begin the journey once again but as new friends.
It took them five days to get to Mt. Oats just to realize that Willie Wombat could not climb up to the top of the mountain since it was so steep. They spent another whole day trying to figure a way to the top of it, they tried building a stair but much too short, they tried climbing it but it was way too steep, and they also tried cutting it with an axe so it would tumble over but to no avail. Finally after all hope seemed to fade away Barivamus remembered he had his trusty spare pair of butterfly wings with him. Barivamus gives Willie the wings, and right away he eats them. Barivamus angrily yells at him,
“You dumb wombat! You are not supposed to eat the wings; you’re supposed to attach them to your back! Now I shall have to give you my magical potion of flying fairy dust, and this time you can drink it.” Once Willie drinks the potion he starts hovering above the ground. They both start going higher and higher until they reach the top of the mountain.
“Finally, our journey is at its last steps.” And to their poor luck, a dragon comes out of no where to stop them.
“Indeed you are to your last steps. I am Chairy Toppens the Green Dragon and you shall not go any further.” But Barivamus was tired of all this interruptions and grabbed Chairy Toppens the Green Dragon by the tail and threw him down the mountain.
“Well, now that that’s over lets go get that evil genius out of this so we can go back and have some lunch.”
Droplets of ice cold water fall from the ceiling of the cave. Willie could feel the tension that the mountain caused. He could feel the pressure in the task he would have to conclude, in the importance in it. He did not realize how difficult this assignment could be, that all of Berry Land depended on him.
“I have been waiting for you Willie Wombat… But do you really think you can defeat me and my man ray-shaped ray?” Evil Genius came out of a wall sitting in one of his crazy while still complex machines. The ray, which could also talk was yelling at the genius saying FEED ME! I HAVENT EATEN FOR WEEKS! ANIMAL ABUSE!
“I shall defeat you in any challenge you might oppose, and I will banish you from Berry Land.” said Willie Wombat while giving out a snarl.
“Oh yes? You think you can beat me in a game of DEADLY EATING CHECKERS?!”
‘Checkers?’ Willie thought ‘I don’t know how to play checkers, I don’t even have thumbs.’ And Barivamus overhearing this telepathically tells him not to worry, that he would tell him all the moves. Willie bravely accepts the challenge after hearing the fairy in his mind.
“I shall take you on Evil Genius, and I WILL defeat you, for my name is WILLie!”
For hours and hours of paradox and non-paradox moves the game seemed to go. Piece after piece it always ended up in a fair fight. But finally it came down to one of Willies pieces, versus two of Evil Genius’ pieces. Barivamus suddenly sees a chance to win the game, and tells it to Willie, winning the game.
“NO! HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN! I HAD NEVER LOST IN MY LIFE! DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS?”
“No, what does it mean?”
“THAT IM GOING TO GET EA…” Then all of a sudden the checker pieces jump onto Evil Genius and start devouring him and some say that you could hear the ray yelling SAVE SOME FOR ME.
After all that happened in their long perilous journey they start heading back to their own towns.
“I knew I could save Berry Land.”
“What are you talking about; I had to basically do everything for you.”
“Well…What I think is that if Evil Genius hadn’t lost, he would have won.”
“…”
That would conclude the story of Willie Wombat and Barivamus Orantapllepaple the fairy. Oh yea, and they lived happily ever after.
THE END
Special thanks to: Jonah for coming up with the fairy name, and my crazy 13 year old mind.
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