Nomi Nivag and the Kingdom of Poopoola

by Bruno Bernier

  Chapter 3

  Nomi was bought back outside the floating rock and has before a scientist focused a beam of energy towards her and she passed out for a few moments and awoke in the cavern at full size.

  She looked around.

  “This was so bizarre. I must have dreamed. This can’t be real,” she thought to herself.

  Then she noticed that a vehicle was floating in front of her. It had a faint alarm sound going on.

  A voice came out of the vehicle: “We have just been advised that the attack is very imminent. Please continue to prepare for battle. We have advised everyone to go underground and wait further instructions.”

  Elsewhere.

  A big huge bell rang in a dark tower.

  “The time has come! We must strike now!” said the leader of the Dragon Crows.

  “Are we ready?” he said to one of his friends.

  “We will be in a few minutes. They are assembled in the yard and are waiting your orders for the attack sire,” replied the Dragon Crow.

  “Very well!” the leader said in a raspy voice.

  He got out of his chair and walked down a corridor to a window that looked upon a huge yard below. He appeared to the crowd who roared in a frenzy. He raised a wing and everyone grew silent.

  “Now, we go pillage Poopoola. No mercy! Take whatever you can and bring it back!” he shouted to the crowd below.

  The birds tapped their beaks on the floor, some of them threw flames in front of them and laughed madly.

  “Come then, my glorious bunch of fools. If you are ready, let us go!” the leader said.

  The strange birds started to flap their wings and lifted up and they headed into the darkening sky.

  In Poopoola a deafening sound was resounding. People in the throne room started to panic and run around.

  “Warn everyone to be on high alert now. Advise the young miss that the attack is coming! Prepare for battle!” shouted the King to his advisors.

  A few moments later in one of the vehicles someone relayed a message to the captain.

  “This is it. This is the alarm! They are coming!” said a voice that came from the vehicle humming in front of Nomi.

  She looked at the vehicle puzzled.

  “I really don’t know what to do,” she said.

  “Use your power child! Just do as we thought you and everything will be all right!” replied the captain inside the vehicle.

  She looked at the vehicle in disbelief.

  “OK I’ll give it a try,” she said.

  She turned around and looked at the opening at the other end of the carven. For the longest of time it seemed quiet and peaceful. Then Nomi could start making out the sound of weird animals in the distance.

  “I think they are coming,” she said to Mister Chiffon and the captain of the vehicle.

  “I am sure of that! You better start preparing,” he continued.

  Nomi took a few steps forward and braced herself in some martial arts position she saw in the action movies she loved to watch.

  A few minutes later the Dragon Crows arrived at the entry of the waterfall. The very entry that Nomi had found earlier.

  “This is going to be a cinch,” said one of the crows as he was flying around.

  “Yes. Tonight we dine on jelly beans until we have a major indigestion,” replied his friend beside him.

  And so they made quick progress in the tunnel and ultimately exited the tunnel.

  They were surprised to see a bunch of balloons in front of them and many crashed into them and disoriented ended up banging themselves on the walls of the cavern.

  “What is this?” asked the leader who was still flying, going around the balloons.

  “No one told us about this. No matter let’s make haste. I want those jelly beans,” he screamed to the others.

  “Yes sir,” said a friend close by.

  And so the Dragon Crows flew.

  A few moments later they were met with a multitude of pots and pans that were floating in the air. The poor birds crashed into them. Their faces imprinting the aluminum utensils. Again several Dragon Crows were taken out. The leader barely managed to avoid the calamity.

  “OK! Who is playing tricks on us?” said the Dragon Crows leader as he flew past the traps.

  “Show yourself. So that I can slap you silly into tomorrow,” he continued.

  Out of thin air Nomi appeared as a humongous giant in front of them.

  All the Dragon Crows stopped their flight in awe.

  The leader looked at her.

  “Who are you? What are you doing here?” he asked.

  “I am here to defend Poopoola and if you attack it you shall regret it forever!” replied Nomi defiantly.

  “Who do you think you are, young girl? Interfering in my affairs like that!” replied the leader.

  “I am Nomi Nivag!” replied the girl.

  “I have been appointed by King Poopoola to defend this Kingdom. It is my sworn duty to defend its people,” she continued.

  “And you think you are going to stop us?” said the leader of the Dragon Crows.

  “Of course!” replied Nomi.

  “Look behind you!” she screamed.

  “What?” said the leader as he looked behind him.

  The leader saw what seems to be a cake coming towards him. It hit him straight in the face and it sent him rolling several times over himself. He flapped his wings to regain stability and looked at the girl in disgust.

  “Why you little insignificant little girl!” he said.

  “That’s not the way to talk to a girl, bad crow!” she told the leader.

  “Let me teach you a lesson!” the crow replied.

  He opened his mouth and sent a lance of flame towards Nomi. As soon as she saw this, the young miss quickly raised her hands up and a water gun appeared in her hands. She pulled the trigger of the gun and directed the stream of water towards the incoming flame. The water barely extinguished the flame who stopped a few meters from her. That did not please the Dragon Crows leader.

  “Why you meddling girl! I will show you how we handle things around here!” he shouted.

  He started to go towards Nomi again. After a few flying maneuvers, he finally reached her and proceeded to slap her in the face.

  The girl was in shock and she started crying.

  The bird backed off, not knowing what to do. He was as much in shock as Nomi was. He did not expect that reaction out of the girl.

  He started to apologize, but Nomi stopped him.

  “Why are you even doing this? You are so mean!” she asked of him while sniffling.

  “We need food and we love the jelly beans that Poopoola produces so we have to take it from them. They have refused to give it us,” said the crow.

  “And you have to fight them for that?” replied Nomi sobbing.

  “Yes, there is no other way. The Dragon Crows have a reputation of evil to uphold!” replied the leader.

  “Indeed you are very evil. This is not the way to solve matters. Did you ever think of trying to trade with the Kingdom instead of coming in and stealing?” asked Nomi.

  “No, we do not lower ourselves to being beggars,” said the leader.

  “I can understand that. But there is always a better way to solve your problems that resorting to violence,” said Nomi.

  “I don’t see any other way,” said the leader.

  “I think I do,” said Nomi.

  “What if I can make you an infinite source of jelly beans. Would you leave Poopoola alone?” asked Nomi.

  “Of course, but that is impossible,” said the leader.

  “Can you escort me to your Kingdom? I will find a way,” said the young girl.

  “Very well, but no tricks. I will have my eyes on you. Any false move and we will give you and horrible end,” said the leader.

  “Deal!” said Nomi.

  Nomi walked out of the cavern and conjured up air balloons and started heading towards the land of the Dragon Crows a
ccompanied by Mister Chiffon. The leader of the Dragon Crows ordered to have Nomi escorted to their Kingdom.

  “Please go tell King Poopoola that I will be back soon!” Nomi said to one of the captains in the vehicles as she left the kingdom.

  In a few hours she was there and landed her air balloon down in the courtyard of their castle. All the crows also landed. Nomi got out of the air balloon and clapped her hands and it disappeared out in thin air. She looked around, she could see that everything was desolation and sorrow. She was saddened to see this.

  “There, you are inside our fortress. I hope you can honor your promise to help us,” said the leader of the crow.

  “Yes, I will honor my promise to you!” said Nomi.

  She extended her arms and raised them in the air. A magical wave started to form around her and extended. The wave started to change the environment. Blackness started to get replaced by vivid colors. She began to spin onto herself so that the wave could spread and it did. The scenery changed to a vivid, colorful one.

  She then looked at the ground and made a circle on it with her hand. She then raised herself up and with that motion also raised a form from the ground. She shaped the form with her hands, going around dancing and smiling. She finally stopped. And there it was, the shape of a fountain. She then tapped the side of the fountain and then the ground started to shake. The fountain vibrated and off the top came a million small jelly beans.

  The flock of Dragon Crows could not believe the sight. They were delighted.

  She turned around at the leader of the crow and smiled.

  “See. I told you I could fix things for you,” said Nomi.

  “Indeed you did,” said the leader of the Dragon Crows.

  “This is unbelievable,” he continued.

  The Dragon Crows cheered.

  “We don’t have to worry about this anymore. This is great,” said the leader of the crows.

  “Yes,” said Nomi.

  “As you can