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for me. You know I once had a dream about a giant talking ccookie that was trying to sell me a house just like this one."
"Yes, I bake them on special occasions, They're my grandson's fravaite."
"And that's what we're here to talk about, the fabolous Raygo. I hear that this village is absolutely crazy for their little super star."
"Why my Raygo isn't a little super star, he's 18." Said her grandmother in a very flatterd tone. "Now I think that the anneverserie should most definately contain Raygo some how."
"So why are you so keen on this idea? Would you like another cookie?"
"Why yes please Nira. This is my first ever job as mayor and I intent to make a great reputaion for myself. I'm so lucky that the festival is so soon it will be a great opportunity for me to shine and how can I do that with out a star."
"There may be a litle problem with your plan, Tabaline. Raygo the dear has tried his best to get here in time for the anneversery, but he just can't make it so, he will be a bit late. Only 3 days though." Elizita then herd a silence that lasted 5 seconds, and then. "Howabout we have another celebration 3 days later for Raygo as well." Suggested her grandmother.
"I can't spend that much money, I've only just become mayor." Elizita herd another pause. "Howabout another cookie to help you think Mayor."
"Thankyou very much. Here's an idea, what if we just postpone the celebrations until raygo gets here!"
"I think that he would really appreciate that."

Elizita could not believe what she was hering. A whole festival was going to be postponed just for her brother. Nothing lke that had ever been done for her, and never would.

She leaned in to listen to some more. "So, out of curiousity, what is this years flying contraption going to be?" Asked her grandmother.
"I personaly was thinking about a massive flying lizard, but then I saw them. The Doulegs. And that should answer your question. Though I have one concern, your grandoughter Elizita. Surely being the sister of Redtips she might feel a little shadowed and ignored with all the attension that he's getting."
"Elizita can't help being his little sister. Besides it would be unfair to the other kids in the village if we just singled her out for something she can't help. And it might embaras her, she can be so timide at times." Elizita stoped listening. The mayor who is a complete stranger kind of stuck up for her and her grandmother didn't.

A few days later and it was the 125th anniversary of the village. Elizita steped out of her dry dusty house and into the dry dusty desert. "No surprise, today is just like every other day." Something brown fluttered in the breeze, it drew close to Elizita. She squinted her eyes to see what was dancing in front of her face. It landed on her nose. "Ahh...a moth" She swiped it from her face. It wasn't that she was scared of moths, it was just that it was so unusual..."A moth in the day?"

"That was wierd" she mumbled to herself as she wonderd down the dusty, crooked, narrow streets of Chimray. The tall crooked buildings provided shade against the harsh desert sun which was occasionaly blocked by red dust clouds which sometimes gave the sky its red appearance. She was thinking about how much she dreaded Raygo's return when...Crash! Ameta had ran into her. "Elizita were are you going? You passed my house!" Elizita lay, half dead on the ground."Ameta, you almost killed me!"
"You shouldn't be wondering around with your head in the clouds when your feet are on the ground." She said with a cocky attitude. Ameta was Elizita's best freind and the only other girl of her age in the village. She was a bit of a tomboy but had long black hair that she kept tied back. Her skin was even more pale than Elizita's. Her eyes were a cruel dark blue and set far apart and very beautiful. Even though she was shorter and smaller than Elizita she was strong enougth and feirce enougth to knock her down. They always walked to school together and that's how it had been for 7 years. "So...what were you day dreaming about!" She said with a sly attitude.
"Nothing..." Elizita said with a heavy sadness that seemed to weigh her down back to the earth.
"You always day dream, but you seem as though you are thinking about something pretty troubling."
"Well... Raygo is retur..."
"Raygo! Why didn't you say? He's so cool and handsome! I can't believe it's only three days untill he returns, I can't wait. You do know how cool your brother is?"
"Yeah..." She sighed.

One their way to school they saw Mayor Tabaline draging a cart full of garpes along the floor. He was struggling a bit and so Elizita and Ameta decided to offer him some help. "Hello Elizita, it this your friend?"
"Hello Mayor Tabaline, this is Ameta."
"Hi, nice to meet you. Do you need any help?" Asked Ameta.
"No, a teacher of mine told me that out of all the burdons in life you always have to carry your own carts. Though thanks."
"But you're not really carrying it, you're draging it across the dirt." Ameta pointed out. "Why have you got a cart full of grapes?" Asked Elizita.
"Two reasones. They are my fravarot food and I thought that my house could use some decoratting, so I'm going to throw these at the boring old dull wood to liven up the place."
"Why grapes? Why not just use some paint?" asked Elizita.
"Well actually paint would be a bit too much, I find grapes much more subtle. It could work, never doubt the brilliance of untested ideas. I came up with it when I firt saw the red sand of the desert and a strange little pebble in the shape of a grape. Stange a pebble in the such a round shape as a grape. Well any whay I cant talk here all day, my house needs this paint desperately. Have a good day. And mind out for windows!" And Elizita and Ameta walked off.

"He really is crazy." Said Ameta. "My dad told me that he was odd, but you have to witness the madness before you really understand."
"A few days ago I saw him and I knew there was something bizzare about him."
"I herd that in Shibot, where he came from, every tuesday he would dress bup as people with different carrires, saying that he wanted to truely experience city life."
"Do you think that he's gonig to do the same in Chimray, to experience desert life?"
"I don't know but one week he dressed as a hobo and lied in the streets, begging for food. Apparently he liked it so much he stayed like that for the whole week!" Giggled Ameta.

The school was about 300 miles away! But there was a super speedy transport system. Doulegs. These were massive seagul like birds that could fly for miles on end and at swift pace too. About 750 miles an hour, and the rider stays perfectly safe and unharmed, not even feeling that hey were going so fast. Doulegs have magical powers, since they are engorums, magical animals that occur natualty in this bizzar magical landscape, and so these speeds seem perfectly normal to them and their riders. The way to travel, climb up on to their backs and soar for miles through the clouds. The clouds slowly turned from red to white as the dust cleard and they flew out of the desert. The mass of red dust disapeared from underneath Elizita's foot as she looked down. They came to green grass, woodland and civilization. This was Elizita's frarorite part of the day. She could truely have her head in the clouds. Elizita, Ameta and a few other children from school rode their own douleg everyday to school. Elizita's was called Arqui, and had a few brown feathers around its head, whith a more orange beak.

They flew to the city of Shibot, a beautiful city that seemed almost perfect. The streets were completely clean and there were parks and trees every where that contrasted with the refective, tall sky-scrapers. The school was quite small and surounded by trees one one side. It was rather a simple school but had strick rules and high morals and values. The building looked rather new but infact it was quite old and in very good condition. In a few days time it would be the grand holiday which lasts 3 months.

The school uniform was black plain and simple, a white shirt, black skirt or trousers, black waist jacket, red tie with thin black stripes and in winther red blazer for the younger students (12-16) and a black blazer with red seems for the older students (16-17). The younger students also wore red shoes while the older students wore black shoes. Elizita's school uniforn also matched the desert, the village, the sky and her ginger hair.

Landing in the middle of the grassy fields on school grounds Elizita gatherd with Ameta and stroked her Douleg. He was called Panuche. His beak was more yellow and a lot of hes feather were gray, many shades of gray from light to almost black. "Panuche's feathers are so wonderful, he really isn't like any of the other doulegs." Said Elizita as she sroked hes neck, but he didn't really take kindly to her attension and threatened to peak her as his head violently snaped round. He really wasn't like any of the other doulegs as unlike them his temper was foul for an animal. He pecked at everyone, yet he seemed to have a real soft spot of Ameta, who he would nuzzle up againt. "Elizita, you know he's moody in the moring."
"He's more than moody, and it's not just in the morning." Arqui squaked at Elizita as though he was telling her to be nice. "Why are you so moody lately Elizita, it can't all be because your brother is coming. Even with your relationship you have to be happy that he's coming all the way over here to see you and your Grandmother."
"He's not coming just to see us, he's mainly coming to study."
"Still I bet he'll be happy to see you. Unless you've still got that look on your face."
"What look!"
"You have quite a lot of sower resentment towards him." Said Ameta as she walked her Douleg over to the shade of a tree so he could rest while she was at school.

At school she was walking with Ameta and Shelo to the library
to return books on a history project on a local event. "I heard that it's the 125th anneversery of your village today. What big festival is Chimray planning this year?" Shelo said sweetly.
"What festival? There is no festival this year." Said Ameta slightly annoyed.
"Why?" Shelo said, quite surprized and taken back.
"There is going to be a celebration." Said Elizita very reluctantly as she stared at the blue leather book.
"What?" Blurted out Ameta, surprised.
"It's a secret. The village and my grandmother are planning to celebrate the return of Raygo instead of celebrating the 125th anneversery because it would cost too much money to have two festivals three days apart."She said with a monodrone tone in her voice and a fed up expression on her face. Now she read the title as a distraction. "Shibot, Mayren and the Desert-A History and Geography" was in a dull gold lettering accross the plain cover. Ameta and Shelo's faces lit up with joy "Why