Editing Brucey B and the Lucky Coin

''Only added text here and there from where i could find it. up to us to edit and make it golden (and not copyright infringed of course). ;)--[[User:Jacob|Jacob]] 17:10, 19 Mar 2006 (CST)''


During the course of the plot new games, items, shops, [[petpet]]s, and other items of interest (along wit the [[Lost Desert]] of course) were released.


==The Plot==


===The Lucky Coin===

The Plot began at the '''Annual Neopian Cheat! Championships'''. With a prize of over '''250,000''' [[Neopoint]]s at stake, [[Neopet]]s from all over [[Neopia]] attended to play [[Cheat!]] - hoping to carry off the [[trophy]], the money, and of course, the title of '''Neopia's Biggest Cheat!'''

The competition was attended by famous Cheat! players, including [[Brucey B]], [[00 Hog]], [[Princess Fernypoo]] and even [[Capara]] the [[Kyrii]]. With hundreds and hundreds of other players, what hope did they stand? This year would most probably be the same as last year, and the year before that...complete and utter failure.

Brucey B began the competition on a lucky streak. He picked up the right cards and made all the right moves. His smiles began to turn into chuckles, and his chuckles began to turn into laughter...tonight was his night, and nobody could beat him. He could not believe his luck. He imagine a card in his head, and it would be the next card he picked up every time!

The golden medallion around Brucey's neck was noticed by everybody. Not that anyone could have missed it, as after every hand Brucey would kiss his lucky coin, just to make sure his amazing luck never rubbed off. With the help of his coin, Brucey breezed through the quarter-finals, the semi-finals, and then to the final itself.

The final was over in 20 minutes, and Brucey had demolished both his opponents, Capara and 00 Hog (which is the only recorded time 00 Hog lost his cool and calm composure). Brucey was the new champion, making the 250,000 Neopoints and the trophy his.

Brucey was delighted, being he had finally won something. He could not stop thinking of the thousands of ways he could spend his prize money: A new yacht, a golden [[NeoHome]], and all the food he could ever dream of eating. Young Neopets would recognise him wherever he went as the most famous Cheat! player in the whole of Neopia!

However, a long long way away and completely unknown to Brucey and the rest of the Neopia, [[Dr. Frank Sloth]] was watching, and began to laugh as he took notice of the lucky coin Brucey wore (specifically after seeing the "Z" or "N" symbol).

===Later That Night...===

That night, Brucey headed back his NeoHome and prepared himself for bed, knowing that tomorrow he would celebrate in style. Brucey noticed a letter lying on the floor. ''That's funny, who would write ME a letter?'' thought Brucey as he bent down to pick it up '''(though he fails to wonder how someone got inside his NeoHome)'''.

 Dear fellow Cheat! Player,

 Congratulations on your performance in the recent Cheat! Championships, I am impressed. I am
 cordially inviting you to a private game, tomorrow on the 14th day of Relaxing. The minimum 
 buy-in  will be 100,000 Neopoints, and I am sure this will not pose a problem for you. Look 
 forward to seeing  you there!

 Yours Sincerely,
 R.S.

Brucey could not resist the offer. It was a great chance for him to win '''EVEN MORE''' Neopoints, and with his lucky coin around his neck, how could he lose?

Suddenly, the telephone rang...''CONGRATULATIONS!!!'' came the voice over the speaker. It was Capara the Kyrii, Brucey's friend. ''I heard you won, thats fantastic news' said Capara. 'What are you going to do with the money???''. 	

''Oh, hi Capara. Yeah great news isn't it? I have been on this amazing lucky streak all week'', replied Brucey, ''And I have even better news for you: I have been invited to another game, I'm bound to win.''

''Don't you DARE!'' cried Capara. ''You know what happened last time. Now you put that money STRAIGHT in the National Neopian, or I'll be round there this minute''.

Brucey just smiled. Nothing in the world could convince him otherwise, and he appeared at the game the next day. It was dusk when Brucey arrived at the mysterious house he had been given directions to. He walked down a dark alleyway to get there, and knocked on the big wooden door, and was startled to see an evil Mutant [[Grundo]] open the door. ''What have I got myself into??'', thought Brucey as he descended into the dark cellar below.

The game of Cheat! lasted for hours, eliminating the two other players, leaving Brucey B with no Neopoints and the mysterious [[Jetsam]] with all of it. The Jetsam then made a proposal: He would bet all of his Neopoints if Brucey bet his lucky coin. Feeling he could still win (and being influenced by all the Neopoints being offered), he agreed. The Jetsam same played a "4", and Brucey called "Cheat!", as he laid down four 4's previously. However, it was a ''four of daimonds'', showing that even though the Jetsam wasn't cheating, he was ''cheating'' at Cheat!

The lucky coin was taken away from Brucey B, and he was throw out of the building by the Mutant Grundos.

===The Next Day===

Heartbroken from losing his money and his coin, Brucey contacted Capara and Princess Fernypoo, who decided to help him track down the mysterious stranger, each for their own reasons (Capara wished to steal the coin from him, and Princess Fernypoo had nothing to do).

Meanwhile, the Jetsam delivered the lucky coin to Dr. Frank Sloth, who immediatly boarded his carrier ship and army of Mutant Grundos. They blasted off into the sky, flying south and startling many Neopets as they went.

While Brucey B and company walked around Neopia looking for clues, several Neopets recommended they see [[The Brain Tree]], as it knew almost everything. [[Kauvara]] also recommended this after hearing the story of Brucey B's lucky coin, and walked back into her shop and locked the door tight after hearing it, making it seem she knew more than she was letting on.

Visiting the Brain Tree, it claimed to know they were coming, and said the lucky coin would be found through the [[Haunted Woods]]. All three were reluctant to do so, as no one ever made it through the Haunted Woods. However, Brucey's lucky coin needed to be found, so they walked through, and almost instantly everything went wrong. Brucey fell into quicksand, Princess Fernypoo was being held up in the air by a tree, and Capara being flanked by many dark creatures with glowing eyes.

All seemed lost when sunlight began to shine through the branches of the trees all around. The sun had risen, but it seemed they had hardly spent a whole hour in the forest. The creatures retreated, The gnarled branches scooped Brucey B out of the quicksand, Fernypoo was released, and the scary gnarled forest around was not at all frightening any more.

As they emerged from the thick forest, they couldn't believe what they saw. Shielding their eyes from the blinding light they could just make out what appeared to be a vast plain. In the distance was what appeared to be a desert.

Meanwhile, That same morning, many miles ahead Sloth had finally arrived at his destination. He and his army arrived at ''(name of temple)'', but he could not get the door to open. To quickly remedy this, he had his army open fire at the door, but it was not damaged even after a 10 second volley form his army. He bade them to continue, claiming he would take what was rightfully his (that it is rightfully his is undetermined, as he could be just stealing what he thinks belongs to him).

All the while Brucey and compnay continued across the desert in search of the mysterious Jetsam. They  continued through the whole day until all seemed hopeless, when they finally came upon a gigantic city among the dunes. Despite never hearing of it before (not even in books), they raced up the last dune towards the gates of the lost city, thirsty and hungry from their trek.

===The Lost Desert===
[[Image:BruceyBPlot8 city.gif|right]]Walking up the sandy dune to the city in the distance, Brucey, Fernypoo and Capara were amazed to see a civilisation and other Neopets living way out in the desrt hidden past the [[Haunted Woods]]. Of course, they were more concerned with the fact the had food, and immediatly ran to the nearest stall.

A rather large [[Grarrl]] stood at the stall in front of boxes packed full of foods they had never been before. Brucey B began to ask him about the mysterious Jetsam, when suddenly Capara sreamed, spitting out the remains of the [[Mummified Pepper]] she had been chewing, claiming it to be too hot. The Grarrl got angry, claiming she needed to pay for that, but Fernypoo didn't bring any [[Neopoint]]s with her, so they quickly ran off before the Grarrl could retaliate.

Running into the next tent, they found a [[Peophin]] selling many [[Petpet]]s, including [[Selket]]s, [[Wadjet]]s (Capara shrieked in fear from these as they followed her), [[Khonsu]]s, [[Geb]]s, [[Anubis]]', [[Horus]]', and [[Khnum]]s). Brucey shared his drawing of the Jetsam with her, and althought she couldn't give him any information, she told him he may find something in the city.

Later, after much searching, Brucey comes upon and old [[Techo]] who mentions there are strangers at the '''Great Pyramid''', and gives his telescope for Brucey to look. Through it, he not only sees the Jetsam with the horde of Mutant Grundos, but the Jetsam sees him too, and waves.

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Over by the Great Pyramid, things were not going according to plan. Sloth had tried every weapon he had and still the stone walls remained untouched. He could not understand why the stone would not break. Frustrated, and hot, Sloth was in a particularly foul mood...
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Brucey B had been doing a lot of thinking. He just had to go after the thieving little Jetsam! He wanted his precious coin back so badly that he could think of nothing else.

Sadly his simple brain hadn't managed to think much about what they would do when they actually arrived there. Now the the three travellers were crouched down behind a sand dune, watching the activity below. There were literally hundreds of mean looking Grundos and colourful tents surrounding the base of the pyramid.

"So what do we do now Mr Mastermind?" quipped a rather hot and tired Capara. "Oh I don't know, we could always try what happens in adventure books, we could wait until after dark then sneak through the enemy base!". Fernypoo groaned, this was turning into her worst nightmare, her nails were chipped, her paws were blistered and now Brucey B was trying to re-enact one of his silly adventure books.

So they waited... When the sun began to fall, they quietly tip toed through the tents until they arrived outside the pyramid entrance. "What now?" asked Fernypoo? "Well I haven't seen the purple Jetsam yet and its getting dark out here, why don't we head inside?". 
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With the Pyramid open at last, Dr Sloth and his minions were forging their way through the maze-like tunnels and making very rapid progress...
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Exhausted from their travels, Capara, Fernypoo and Brucey B had fallen asleep not long after they had entered the Pyramid. They were woken by the sound of heavy footsteps coming from another chamber. Curious and with no other clues, they set off to find where the noise was coming from...
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Hours Later...

''AAarrrgh!, what has happened??? What has he done to you?', cried Brucey as he saw what had happened to his friends. Capara hissed, and Fernypoo stumbled forwards looking sorry for herself. Brucey carefully picked up a rather indignant Capara and they all set off across the desert. It was quite easy to see where Sloth's army had gone, they had razed every shrub, rock and plant in their path, leaving a trail of blackened sand across the dunes.

To pass the time Brucey B tried telling jokes, although nobody seemed in the mood for laughing. When he joked about selling the one and only red haired Wadjet to Peopatra, he was quite firmly bitten on the nose. Fernypoo was unusually quiet and didn't complain about how dirty her dress, nails or hair were getting at all.

Crossing the next dune, the view took them by surprise. Gone were the immaculate, tidy little tents, instead there were broken crates, torn fabrics and trampled foods everywhere. Peopatra was desperately trying to round up a group of young Khonsu and the once brave Grarrl shopkeeper was trembling under his counter.

After his initial shock at seeing the hideously mutated Fernypoo, Brucey managed to coax him out from his hiding place. The Grarrl shopkeeper kept muttering something under his breath and he would not stop shaking.

''He has the staff... the great staff... but it can't be... it has been lost for thousands of years... no one can possibly know how destructive it is... he came here... destroyed my shop...''

Capara, who by now was in a VERY BAD MOOD couldn't take anymore of his gibbering and she slapped him hard in the face with her tail. The Grarrl looked stunned for a few moments, then turned to Brucey and whispered ''You must get the staff... it could destroy us all... you must save us!''...

===They Fight Back===

The citizens of the city fought back, and Dr. Sloth summoned the Rock Beast, but that was beaten too. 


===Epilouge===

And Bruce got his coin back.


==Prizes==



==See Also==

*Games: [[Cheat!]], [[Tug-O-War]]


==External Links==

*Plot Info: [http://www.neopets.com/desert/plot.phtml Brucey B and the Lucky Coin]

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