Nomi Nivag and the Kingdom of Poopoola

by Bruno Bernier

them soon and steal it all from them,” said the leader.

  The group laughed madly and continued to feast.

  Elsewhere

  “Please bring Nomi to her quarters for the night. The day is turning into night and she will need to rest as we have many things to do tomorrow,” said the king.

  Nomi was invited to jump onto the weird platform again that went on to a designated room.

  Once arrived to the room, there was some sort of bell hop standing at the door. He let both Mister Chiffon and Nomi in. They were in a room with a huge bed several times bigger than what Nomi was used to sleep in. She went to bed and put Mister Chiffon on a commode beside the bed and she lay on the bed and fell fast asleep.

  The next morning, she was woken up by the doorman. He brought her a breakfast tray.

  “Breakfast is served madam,” said the bell hop.

  When she felt satiated she got out of bed. The bell hop put Mister Chiffon over her shoulder and then she proceeded to walk out of the bedroom and hopped on the platform which carried her over to the throne room again.

  “Ah, there you are. I hope you are well rested,” said King Poopoola when he saw Nomi.

  “Yes, I am,” said Nomi.

  “Good we have lots to do today,” said the King.

  “First off, let me explain to you what is happening so that everything makes sense to you,” the King continued.

  The King snapped his fingers and 2 servants brought a chair. Nomi sat in it.

  “We are in grave danger. The Dragon Crows are attacking our villages to get the jelly beans we have. It has become their favorite food and they want it by any means necessary,”

  “I still don’t get it,” said the young miss.

  “Every day the inhabitants of Poopoola go out to gather some nectar in the fields of Poopoola and bring it home. They start to make jelly beans from these nectars, to feed the rest of the Kingdom. It is the only thing we eat. So you can see that it is vital to us. However, the Dragon Crows have started to invade our Kingdom and they are ravaging everything to get the jelly beans,” said the King.

  “They just jump on the houses and peck with their beak on the houses until they are destroyed and then they grab whatever jelly beans are inside. They leave everything destroyed. They raid our Kingdom at least twice a week now. They come in the same way you came in and they destroy every production house that we have,” continued the King.

  “And what am I to do with all of this,” said Nomi

  “You have to use your powers to defeat the Dragon Crows,” replied the King.

  “Oh really, just like that,” said the young miss.

  “I don’t even know how to use that power that you are talking about sir,” she continued.

  “You will learn how to use it. Trust me, child. Let me teach you one trick. Hold your hand up and think of something you like,” said the King.

  Nomi raised her palm up and thought of something.

  A pink butterfly appeared, floating just above her palm.

  “Well, there you go young miss. That is one of the first steps into learning your powers. You need to concentrate and things happen,” said the King.

  “But why am I the only one able to do this or help you? Surely you have people here that can help you defeat the Dragon Crows easily,” replied the young lady.

  “We are not able to dear young miss. They are too big for us. To us, they are monsters size and can easily crush anything with their paws. Our defenses can only slow them down. Unlike you, we cannot grow bigger as our bodies would not sustain the pressure of the change. So we need a bigger weapon, something that can easily stand against them,” said the King.

  “And that would be me?” asked Nomi.

  “Yes child,” replied the King.

  “You can create things that will help us to combat that grand scale enemy,” said the King.

  “Our feeble weapons are no match for them. We have been lucky thus far and nobody got seriously injured in the attacks, but I don’t want a tragedy to happen. We desperately need your help, young child,” continued the King.

  “What do you think Mister Chiffon?” asked Nomi to the turtle.

  “It looks like a big challenge to you, Nomi. Do you think you are up to it?” replied the small turtle.

  “Yes, I guess so,” replied Nomi.

  “All you really need is your imagination and everything will work out fine,” replied Mister Chiffon.

  “Yes child, listen to your advisor. He is giving you very good advice on the matter,” said the King.

  “We will let you go with QuintoGweeto to the castle grounds and let him train you for a bit so you can see the different things you can do with your powers,” continued the King.

  And so the group went to the courtyard of the castle. It was a grand plaza, with high walls all around it. The floor was all marble with nice motifs painted into each tile. It made for beautiful scenery.

  “We have to practice now,” said QuintoGweeto.

  He clapped his hands and a few guards moved forward. They had a little wooden stick in their hands and they were advancing towards Nomi, slowly swinging the little weapons.

  “Now what are you going to do about the situation?” asked QuintoGweeto.

  Nomi looked at the council puzzled unsure what to do.

  “If you don’t react, they will beat you with their stick,” said QuintoGweeto.

  “Really?” asked Nomi.

  “Yes. They are programed to attack you. Of course not to injure you, but to just create a response from you. You need to react to them to change the situation,” said QuintoGweeto.

  “What do you want me to do?” asked the young miss.

  “Defend yourself,” replied QuintoGweeto.

  Nomi raised her hands and thousands of balloons of different colors appeared in front of the soldiers. The balloons were totally blocking their view. They fell over each other completely disoriented.

  She let out a giggle at the scene.

  “See? You can do it when you apply yourself to it young miss,” said QuintoGweeto.

  Elsewhere.

  “We are preparing for another attack, sir. We go in 2 days. We will pillage their production easily as usual,” said one of the Dragon Crows to his leader.

  “Yes, our supply of jelly beans is low and I crave the cursed thing more and more every day! We need to raid their factories as soon as possible!” replied the leader.

  “Yes, my lord!” replied the crow bowing to his leader.

  The mad leader turned around and let out a spitball of fire that incinerated a chair.

  “They won’t stand a chance. The jelly beans shall be mine!” he said as he laughed madly.

  Meanwhile at the castle of Poopoola. Nomi was still training, trying to learn what she was able to do with her powers. QuintoGweeto was trying to teach her how to form some thought so she could use her power, but it was proving to be difficult for Nomi. It was like learning to walk for the first time and she was getting frustrated.

  “I can’t do it. It is really hard for me to create things out of thin air. It just does not happen the way I intend them to be,” said Nomi frustrated.

  “Don’t worry, you have time to practice,” said the advisor.

  “Please young miss! We are here to help a million beings. We can’t let them down,” said Mister Chiffon.

  “I suppose you are right,” replied Nomi.

  Nomi decided to take a break and sat down for a few moments enjoying the view. Then, she clapped her hands together and got up. She started to twirl her hands around and all kinds of things started to appear out of thin air.

  Balloons, flowers, a goat. Yes, even a goat appeared in front of her. She quickly released the goat who fell on the ground and started running towards an exit. Everyone present had a good laugh at that one.

  “I guess we could say that you are ready then. But you need to be careful with your powers,” said QuintoGweeto.

  “Why do you say that?” said the yo
ung miss to the royal advisor.

  “Your powers cannot be used for bad. They can only be used for good,” replied QuintoGweeto.

  “Yes, I suppose so,” said Nomi.

  “Let’s head back to the throne room. We need to go see the King. He has summoned us,” said QuintoGweeto.

  And so they went and traveled thru the magnificent castle again. A short while later they were in the throne room.

  “Ah! You are here, child. I heard you were making very good progress,” said the King.

  “I suppose so, your Majesty,” replied Nomi.

  “Yes. I am very proud of you. Please have a seat. I will show you our plan of defense against those vicious crows,” said the King.

  He was surrounded by a large group of his men, advisors, guards, generals.

  “Gentlemen, we are pretty much powerless against the mighty and numerous Dragon Crows. We do not possess any magical powers in this Kingdom,” said the King.

  “This young miss here is named Nomi has been sent here by Lord Zarara in order to help us,” he continued.

  “Our spies tell us that another attack is imminent. We have to prepare for it,” said the King.

  “What do I do in all of this?” asked Nomi.

  “You will be our primary defense young miss,” replied the King.

  “We need you to try to stop the invasion and stop this once and for all. Please conduct the young miss back to the cavern. We will need her very soon!” said the King.