Alicia screamed and started running from them, darting through a forest. The wolves were in quick pursuit of her, she shouted, �Whats going on here, I don�t need this!!� eventually the forest blended downhill into a gray-colored canyon. Alicia ran below and wolves leapt after her.
Then suddenly from above, near the top of the canyon, a girl�s bold voice was heard, �STOP! I am Sheryl, Protector of Water and Ice, and I will not allow you to harm the powerless, BUBBLE BLADE!� and bubbles wrapped and curled above Sheryl, slowly forming a sword made entirely of bubbles. Sheryl had curly hair, black eyes and wore lots of layers of gray capes and cloaks. She then grabbed her sword and leapt below, her curly hair and cloaks whipping about in the wind. She landed her sword on a wolf, it was vanquished into a vapor of black mist with a loud *BANG!* Noise. She then threw her sword at another wolf adjacent to her, it howled in pain as the sword went straight through it and it howled out and then it too vanished in a vapor, with an identical *BANG!* sound. She stared at the final wolf, just now coming down the canyon and shouted, �Aqua CHAMBER!� and a column of water sent the final wolf flying sky-high, sending it into oblivion.
Alicia said, �Thanks�care to explain why this place makes NO sense?�
Sheryl smiled, �I�d be glad to, this is a realm that people occasionally �fall� into, when they die, for the most part,�
Alicia replied, �That doesn�t make sense! I didn�t die! What is this �other part�?�
Sheryl said, �Long ago, ancient items wee created to allow transport into this realm, I am unsure of how you acquired it, but it is probably what brought you here, and it has other special powers, do you know the item I�m speaking of? It�s very important,�
Alicia said, �Yeah! The stupid ring! What else can it do, anything cool?
Sheryl went on, �There are points of energy that are tuned to your ring, they will give you magical attacks, they should be the same color as your ring, but you will only be able to use these powers while wearing your ring,�
Alicia complained, �More nonsense!�
Sheryl smiled, �You have seen that this world has no color, this is the doing of a creature that lives in this realm, it drained the last of the color just as I arrived, its power is increased that way, and more evil ones that have died fall into the world, I have done my best to vanquish the ones that fall, but I cannot conquer the one that drained the color, Dark Demon Death Lord Dooble, nor can I stop the latest evil that has fallen into the world, because they have struck an alliance�
Alicia said, �That�s REALLY nuts!�
Sheryl nodded, �The wolves that chased us were him, he wants to kill you, Alicia, because you have the power to stop him, you can restore color to the world, and weaken him, then destroy him, but he will try to stop you every step of the way�
Alicia complained, �I�m from LA, I don�t fight monsters, I eat sweets and go to school, though I�m not overly fond of going to school, that�s what I do!�
Sheryl said plainly, �Afraid I don�t know how to get you back home, but I do know people will die if you do not help them, Alicia, of course, I will do my best to stop Dooble and his allies, but I will fail trying,�
Alicia didn�t like to see others in pain. Alicia replied, �I cant do anything�really, I wish I could,�
Sheryl said, �Yes you can, and I will guide you for as long as I can, come, I know where one of your ring�s focus points are,� and Sheryl led Alicia to the west well at the very bottom of the canyon. Sheryl then smiled and said calmly, �Put your ring on and place your hand on the wall, don�t be afraid,�
Alicia was afraid, but she nodded to Sheryl, pulled her ring out, and put it on her finger. She felt the same wave of heat from before and suddenly was wearing bright red clothes again, with her hair changing colors, from the dark brick red to bright pink. The colorless effect didn�t seem to change her appearance when she wore her ring. Then she placed her hand softly on the wall the entire canyon turned red, not only that but red slowly spread outward from the place she touched, returning the color red to the entire world. Afterwards, the part of the canyon she had touched crumbled into a small pile of pebbles, revealing a small room.
Sheryl said, �You must go in alone, I will be waiting right here, don�t be afraid, everything will be alright,�
Alicia walked slowly into the room, she found a small enclosed circular room with a circular pillar of red light in the center. She slowly walked towards it, her footsteps echoing and eventually stepped inside to see another flashback from her dream.
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The silhouette of the person in front of Alicia glew bright red for a moment, and a thick red beam connected between the two of them, inside the beam was a red apple. Alicia�s eyes were filled with a bright red light, but she felt no pain from the beam, and the apple was absorbed into her chest, at that moment she felt a sudden warmth. She asked the silhouette, �Red Apple Bomb?�
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Afterwards, she was outside the cavern with Sheryl, and the cavern was covered by a rockslide.
Sheryl asked, �Your first attack, are you proud?�
Alicia said blankly, �Uhh,�
Sheryl said, �Come we must head to Rainbow City to visit an old friend,�
Alicia asked, �Who?�
Sheryl spoke urgently, �The Old Wise Man,�
Alicia said, �How do we get to Rainbow City?�
Sheryl said, �The path is far from here, but we start by going through the forest you landed in, Time Forest,�
Alicia asked, �Why do I have a bad feeling about that?�
Sheryl said, �Don�t worry, I�ll be right with you,�
Alicia said, �How easy will we get lost?�
Sheryl smiled, �Its not much of a maze, on the way I�ll explain the various problems Dooble�s ally has laid for you,�
Alicia said, �Well, you better be there to help me with these problems, but I thought Dooble is Mr. Big Badguy�
Sheryl nodded and said, �Even without Dooble, he is a threat, come, we need to stop chitchatting and start on our journey before Dooble starts after us again,� and Sheryl starting to hike out of the canyon.
Alicia shouted, �Waiiiiiiiiit!� and ran after her, �I�m not some crazy insane sword-fighter woman like you are!"
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