Disclaimer: Except Purple Nebula and my characters, everything AW belongs to Nintendo(Even Yan Delta, he's from Super Famicom Wars),.

This is a tribute to those who were part of "The Purple Nebula Project"(paulmarko, bluethunder, LeoneMafia, Stardrifter, The OgeeBoogie Man and many others, all from GameFAQs.com)

Prologue:

The sun was still rising, but it already showed that a new day had begun in Pointing River, one of the borderlands of Orange Star and Blue Moon. Named after the massive river, the only thing separating the two countries is a stream of water, a bridge, and two opposing watchtowers.

It's been so long since the combined might of Orange Star, Blue Moon, Green Earth, and Yellow Comet vanquished the puppet master Sturm. Beaten and bruised, he fled to his HQ, which all of sudden, crumbled into dust. And that was the last that those who were there saw of the madman. 

But that doesn't mean that the war is over, not even close.

Though for now, the country leaders have agreed to sign a truce; just long enough to repair what Sturm has destroyed. And so peace lasted for a few years, and once again, the continent is whole, for now.

But unbeknownst to those who stood at Pointing River, this day would be last of many, and the last day of peace in this land.

If only the sun could show a warning, instead of a golden shine.

Part 1: Day One in Pointing River

Day 1, 5:00 A.M.

Location: Orange Star Watchtower, Pointing River Border

James pulled up a chair and kept watch at the watchtower's base. Nothing much was happening, and with his friends Jack and Bill manning the tower, it looked like the start of another boring day. He started leaning his chair at the wall, with his feet at a rock to keep balance.

            "Hey James! How ya doing down there?" Jack called from above.

            "Fine, you guys?" James called back.

            "We're fine… oh my… James you'd better look at the Blue Moon base."

            James, confused on what Jack said, yet curious in his tone of voice, got off the chair and climbed up a hill overlooking the Pointing Forests. Even without his binoculars he could see the huge bonfire that was the Blue Moon HQ. Every building was lit ablaze, and the ground around the HQ was littered with charred tanks and fallen aircraft.

            "What the… what's going on over—"

            BANG!

James was cut short by whizzing bullet that ran past him. Then he saw several flashes, accompanied by the sounds of machine guns. He rolled down the hill, trying to keep as low as possible until he reached the watchtower.

Not risking being shot again, he ran behind some metal barrels, pulled his binoculars from his pocket and scanned the flashes. It wasn't hard to see, since the fire from Blue Moon was bright enough to show that they were not from Blue Moon. Or Green Earth. Or Yellow Comet.

They were ten of them, and they looked like commandos. Most of them had buzz-cut hair, while some wore ski masks. They also had assault rifles, complete with zoom scopes and grenade launchers. What was most interesting to James was the color of their short-sleeved uniforms.

Purple.

How an army, much less a well-armed army, can form under Orange Star's nose was beyond him. All he knows was that being outnumbered ten to three he had to escape. His friends already started firing at them, and then stopped. Confused, James climbed the tower to find Jack tending a gunshot wound from Bill.

"What happened?"

"We got one, but those guys are better shots!"

"We have to get out of here!"

"What about Bill?"

"C'mon!"

James already ran to the ladder, and Jack was dragging Bill to the ladder. James helped Jack bring Bill down the ladder, but it was too late. The commandos fired grenades from their guns at the tower. The tower rocked from the explosions, and send James, Jack and Bill flying off the ladder. As soon they hit the grounds one would get away from the destruction, one would black out.

One would never wake up.

Day 1, 9:00 AM

Location: Command Room, Orange Star HQ

            Commotion is all over the room, as the HQ ran on full alert. The huge radar on the wall shows each Orange dot being surrounded by five purple dots. Monitor after monitor shows hundreds of Orange Star units being overrun by the powerful invader units.

            Not even the commander-in-charge, an old but experienced man named Yan Delta, could handle the situation. Before he could issue an order to a unit, that unit would be destroyed. Things heated up, when bombers littered the sky and started raining bombs on the last defenders of the HQ.

            "Send out more units!" Yan ordered. "It's time for my CO power!"

            More Anti-Airs and Medium Tanks came out from the barely standing bases.

            "Alright! HERE…WE…GO!!! TORNA… hey!"

            Yan saw the radar again. The Purple dots were… retreating.

            An officer whispered behind Yan. "Sir, we are receiving a transmission!"

            "Establish contact."

            On the radar screen, a huge picture of a Texan-looking man with a green hat covering his long brown hair. He is wearing a white shirt with a strange logo in it. He is crossing his arms, as if he has completely won.

            The man spoke like a cowboy.

 "Hey, old man. My name is Quick and we are the Purple Nebula. You should get away from here while you still can."

            Yan was furious from this disrespect.

"How dare you speak to me that way!  Where are you? I'll can fight you myself!"

            "Chill out. I AM warning you."

            "What are you talki—"

            "Look at the river."

Day 1, 9:10 AM

Location: Main Entrance, Orange Star HQ

            Yan ran out the door, grabbed the mircobinoculars from his pocket and spotted in the river an unusual submarine with the torpedo launcher on top of it. Yan immediately recognized the model.

            "That submarine."

 It was a previous project of Orange Star that was made even before Olaf started his invasion, a unit so powerful that it was discontinued and covered up by Orange Star Intel because of its sheer mass destruction.

"Recognize it, old man?" Quick's voice rang from PA. Somehow he hacked through the system. "I made my troops retreat since don't want them getting hurt."

            "How did you get this submarine?" Yan demanded, knowing that Quick can hear somehow.

            "Simple. We knew from the start that you would stop your project and keep your 'good guys' image. From there, it was a simple trip to the Orange Star Disposal Facility."

            "Still, you would not know the kind of payload we had for the missile."

            "Yea, so we made our own. Wanna see?"

            The submarine's launcher then moved, calculating the distance, angle, and power needed to target the HQ. Yan knew whatever warhead they used for the missile, he won't let his men be test subjects of it.

            "I want a full evacuation! Everyone escape to the underground bunker!"

            And even as Yan ran in the building to hide, Quick laugh rang all over the building…

Day 1, 9:20 AM

Location: Pointing Forests, north of Orange Star HQ

            James was blazing quickly in his recon jeep, doing anything to ease the loss of his friends. He was driving so blindly, that he smashed his jeep into a tree. Even then James kept pushing the pedal, attempting to knock over the tree, till he gave up and rested. He was an excellent mechanic, he could fix something like this in hours, but there was no time for that. He had to reach the HQ, to warn them of the enemy.

            James then got off the jeep, sprinted out of the forest, climbed a hill, and then became shocked when he saw at the burning wreck the used to be the Orange Star base. Another thing that caught his eye was a strange submarine that he never saw before. That sub then fired a large missile from what appears to be a launcher above the sub.

            The missile flew up for a couple of seconds, then fell straight to the HQ. When the missile reached the ground, James was treated to a visual he never saw before.

            From the ground, a shining white light emerged, then expanded, and transformed into a mushroom-shaped cloud with great brightness in which James has to shield his eyes against. The shockwave of explosion was so forceful that it knocked James from where he was, made him tumble down the hill, and black out.

Day 1, 4:42 PM

Location: Hill north of Orange Star HQ

            James woke up, then everything came back to him: the commandos, his friends, the missile, and now, the HQ. He ran back to the hill and saw the results to the explosion.

            The thriving cities and bases have been reduced to a layer of scorched earth. Buildings and houses were ripped to pieces, the people have been fried to crisp, and air has biome toxic. Whatever remained standing was eroded to uselessness.

            James knelt down to the ground, staying that way for a moment. He almost felt like crying, but he couldn't. He wanted revenge, and he wanted revenge bad. He got up and slowly walked back to the forest to fix his jeep.

Day 1, 4:45 PM

Location: Underground Bunker, Orange Star HQ

            "Hah! You thought I was crazy to build this bunker, but look at you now!"

            If the other people underneath weren't so scared of what happened above they would have beaten up that scientist. They were safe, for now. But they had to stay here, until they were confident that no one was above, and would take a while...

Day 1, 7:00 PM

Location: Pointing Forests, north of Orange Star HQ

            James had set up camp near his jeep, which he fixed a while ago. As he lay at his sleeping bag, he again ran though his mind the events that transpired this day. Now that the whole of Pointing River is in the hands of some mysterious Purple force, there was no doubt other territories were under attack also. Orange Star would need every bit of help they could get.

            Since the victory here was so complete, the commandos neglected to comb the forest for survivors. Their mistake would be James advantage, as he could sleep without being ambushed. But just to be sure, he got water from the river and put out his campfire.

As he lay down on the ground, he knew that the nearby territory, Eon Springs would be next. If they could destroy a fortified border like Pointing River in a day, well, Eon Springs wouldn't have a chance if left unwarned. By daybreak, he would reach the springs before the commandos do.