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// Chapter 6:The Ingredients List 
// Story: Quest For the Cure 
// by Inactive Pone 
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     ‘What are these crystals for?’ Frisk asked.
‘These are for the cure. However, we need another special potion to activate their magic ability.’ Zebulon explained. ‘Come with me to my home, I will explain more.’
So Frisk followed Zebulon to his home, where he has been in contact with the mayor since he was exiled.
‘The cure has been in development for a long time, but now it is almost ready. However, I need your help to collect this final ingredient for this potion Frisk. That is why I called you here.’ Zebulon told her. He gave her a list of items that show the ingredients of the cure, but they were scrambled.
‘That’s weird… Why are all of these words scrambled?’ Frisk was puzzled.
‘One never knows whether it will fall to the wrong hands, so I needed to make sure no one could easily understand it.’ Zebulon replied.
After Frisk figured out the last ingredient, Zebulon told her, ‘The final ingredient is not displayed on the list. Give me a minute, I’ll show you.’
He took out a small box, with a black seashell. ‘Listen carefully.’ Zebulon warned. The seashell started to sing in a small voice:

‘Go down towards the bay,
And underneath an arching rock,
A little cave you’ll find,
The waves lap in,the waves lap out,
Whipped up by the wind,
A trophy you must bring,
Inside that cave there lives a crab,
With poison in its sting.
You must bring back that crab alive,
If you would have your cure.
Without fresh poison from its shell,
The cure would have no power,
And anyone who drank a draft,
Would die within the hour.’

Frisk stood there in amazement of the seashell singing. She listened carefully to the song, but was unsure what to do.
‘Do I have to get the poison from the crab?’ She asked.
Zebulon opens the door into the night sky and said, ‘The beast comes out to hunt at night. You have work to do.’

During the night, Frisk went out to look for the crab. She went into its cave.
‘I have a flashlight to see in the dark, guess I don’t need your help, Spike.’ Frisk told him, who was hiding in her bag.
‘Maybe you would when we fight the crab,’ He replied.
After walking inside for a little while, she still hasn’t found anything. She walked to a dead end.
‘Is it just me, or have we ran into a dead end 5 times already?’ She thought.
But as she turned around to go back, she heard something in the darkness behind her. The crab woke up from his sleep during the day. It was not as big as the medusa, but it was a bit bigger than Frisk.
‘Who vows to disturb my sleep?’ The crab said.
‘Run!’ Frisk told Spike. They ran as fast as they could to the entrance of the cave. The crab chased them from behind. As they got out of the cave, Frisk pointed her flashlight towards the cave to see if the crab was coming. When the crab saw the light, it let out a deafening scream.
‘I think it is weak against light!' Spike said.Frisk continued to shine at the crab until it passed out,unconscious.
Zebulon came over to see whats going on. ‘What’s all the racket?’ He said.
‘Apparently the crab was weak against light,and I used my flashlight to shine on it and he passed out suddenly.’ She said as her pet Spike was blowing fire into the crabs eyes.
‘Wow, I didn’t know that actually!’ He said smiling. ‘But we now need to get its poison. I have a bottle that can harvest it.’ He put the bottle down below where poison was dripping from its sting and waited patiently. ‘We’re going to have to wait for a while.’ He said.

The next day, he had the poison ready for the potion. ‘I’ll do the brewing;you can go get the ingredients I already have.’ Zebulon told Frisk.
After the potion was almost done,he dripped some of the poison into the mix.The purple-colored potion was complete,and ready for the next step.
‘Is this going to be the cure?’ frisk asked.
‘Oh no,it isn't yet,but it will be.’ Zebulon answered.