<P class=MsoNormal>So let's recap. Princess Amazon has landed, possibly in another world (!) and there's a weird dude standing in the doorway of the room she landed in. </P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>A youth, maybe her age, maybe one year older, buttercup yellow hair and azure eyes, with a very stupid expression on his face. Princess Amazon drew herself up to her full height, which was actually a little short next to the boy, but what did she care?</P>
<P class=MsoNormal>"I am Amazon, Princess of the Nightlands. And you are?"</P>
<P class=MsoNormal>The boy looked confused. "Nightlands? There's no such thing as the Nightlands."</P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Another hot spark of panic jolted her mind. She took it out on him, seizing the front of his frilled shirt. </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>"I said, who are you?" she said through gritted teeth. </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>"Loo-Looshifer," said the boy.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal>"Looshifer? Are you drunk?"</P>
<P class=MsoNormal>"Well, there was this thing..." Lucifer furrowed his brow, as if trying to remember something. "This...thing...which I can't remember now. So yes, I suppose I am." He hiccupped loudly. </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Princess Amazon let go of Lucifer's shirt and began to pace. "No such thing as the Nightlands, you say?" she turned to Lucifer, only to find that he had fallen asleep on the bed. He was snoring quite loudly too. She sighed and strode to the window. Who cared if she was petrified of heights...anything was better than staying in a room with that drunken imbecile. <I>Oh no</I>, thought Princess Amazon. <I>I might be in another world, but I'm still willing to go to great lengths to escape the men in my life. </I>Then she jumped out of the window. </P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Lucifer</P>
<P class=MsoNormal>When Lucifer again opened his eyes, it was to brightness on his face and a headache that made him feel as though he was dissecting his own brain. He went to the wash stand beside his bed, splashing water over his face. He remembered...he remembered being knighted. Then a huge blank. But he did remember something else; a wraith, a witch, a demon with smoke all around her in his room. Lucifer knew what he had to do. He changed his clothes and ventured down the stone steps that led to the throne room. Both the suns outside were high in the sky; he had slept for a long time. The court was fully assembled when he arrived in the throne room. Queen Ivory was nibbling delicately on a pear and King Oberon was making some kind of speech to his subjects. Lucifer ran a hand through his hair, and spoke. </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>"King Oberon, your Highness!" he interrupted, "I have something I wish to ask." He pushed through the crowd of lords and ladies, kneeling down in front of the two nobles. </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>"Your Highnesses, last night a witch-creature visited my room." the collected muttering that followed his announcement almost deafened him. He cleared his throat loudly. Queen Ivory gestured to Lucifer to go on. </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>"I'm not lying," Lucifer said angrily, "an apparition, an evil witch appeared in my room last night! She had smoke drifting around her and she said her name was Princess Amazon."</P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Queen Ivory stood, pushing her white-gold hair back. </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>"I believe you, Sir Lucifer," she said in her high, clear voice, "ghosts and apparitions are not uncommon in the Alabasterian Realm, so-</P>
