-this story is based around a couple of other fanfictions I've read on this site, they were really good, and inspired me to write a story myself. Also got inspired by some comic strips via tumbler-
(Chapter one: confused awakening)
"Is girl dead?" One strange accented person asked. "Dead girl cannot pay Mafia toll, if dead."
"Girl looks important, must have been with different Mafia" another person said, at least the girl faced down thought it was, she started moving "shh, wait, dead mafia girl not dead, she is moving."
"Uggh, Mafia.. Girl..?" She spoke with a sore sounding throat, she must've been out for hours. She rubbed her face and looked up, it took awhile to rub the vision back into her eyes to see what was happening, and once she did, well. She was more then surprised.
To beefy looking guys- identical in every way some how, maybe they're twins? They wore the same blue striped suit, pants, and for some reason a cooking apron? They also had no hair on their heads, bushy brows, and a very.. Peculiar styled mustache. The girl was rather concerned about these two casting huge shadows over her.
"Welcome back from dead Mafia girl!" The strange person said, a little to cheerful for her taste.
The girl looked around, confused, "W.. Where am I?" She said, mostly to herself, then she looked at her hands that were slightly trembling, alarms in her head going off, "Who.. Am I?" The two Mafia members looked at one another slightly perplexed as the girl looked around once more. She was definitely in some sort of alleyway, this she knew. She knew simple things like how to talk, walk, what most things basically were, but everything she is, who she was- it's like a blank piece of paper yet to be drawn on.
"Mafia girl not know who she is?" The first guy said, as the girl got up and brushed the dirt and dust off- for some reason, she was wearing a black suit with small generously spaced white stripes, plain black pants, and on her head a black Fedora with a white plain ribbon around it. Now she knew why they called her 'Mafia girl'.
She finally shook her head, no.
"If Mafia girl not know- Mafia girl can join Mafia, be part of Mafia family." The second guy said, the girl was slightly confused by the third person talking duo- and if they are in a Mafia.. Why help her? Surely they'd ask for some sort of payment.. Unless joining their family is it. Either way-
"Let me... think about it.." She said, not really sure she wants to join a Mafia.
The man kindly smiled, and nodded, leading the girl out of the old alley. Once the light broke through the dark shadows of the closed off area, the girl was greeted by bright sunny but slightly cloudy day, and an ocean that went off for miles! Are they on an island?! Though the view was nice, the clouds started getting darker and darker.
"Welcome to Mafia Town, Mafia girl!" The one guy sounded proud, arms raised and gesturing everything around them.
'There's... something wrong here...' The girl thought to herself, as droplets finally start to fall and make their way to the ground. That's not what she was referring to, but it was well timed. In the distance, she thought she saw something besides the rain fall from the sky- no, she's pretty sure something fell from space and landed- odd. Something from that altitude should have at least made a loud sound, but nobody else realized what just happened or what was going on.
She didn't realize that her very own legs started moving until she heard one of the Mafia guys call out "Mafia girl! Where you go?" They lost sight of her, and the amnesiac girl was walking around unfamiliar territory by herself. This is stupid, she should go back to the two- she should stop and turn around. But.. Something compelled her to go.
However, the moment she arrived to where she thought the landing sight was, a small red figure quickly jumped and stomped on her face, grabbing onto a higher platform; hearing the figure blow a raspberry at her in a disrespectful way a couple seconds later. During the impact of the stomp, this made the fedora wearing girl to fall back with a cry. pain caused her hands to move to her face as the rain pelted down on her, the fedora girl sat up and looked at one of her hands- yup, her nose was bleeding. At least the rain was washing some of it away. She looked up and saw another figure staring at her for a split second, it was a little girl, and she took off after the one in red.
Well. That was just great, now she's soaked, muddied, and was bleeding. On top of it all, she has no idea who she is, she knows she's in Mafia Town- but where the heck was that?! She sighed out, this was not her day. Probably should find a place to dry off before she got sick.
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Hat kid looked back one more time as the new figure walked away with a hand to her face, then looked back to her new friend, mustache girl, "that person you stepped on, she looked.. different.." She tried to start a conversation.
"Yeah.. My entire life watching these buffoons, and I've never seen her around before," mustache girl stopped and looked up, "but ether way, she was dressed like a Mafia, maybe not the same style- but she'll be treated like one, just like the other!" Hat Kid gave her an unsure look "anyways- here, go do what you need to do for now, while I get this cannon working so we can proceed with operation 'Mush jar'!"
Hat Kid didn't show it, but she was disgusted with the whole 'shove the Mafia's bodies in glass jars' plan mustache girl came up with. Sure, the Mafia are huge jerks- but she'd never do such a horrid thing. That'll only make her seem like the bad person- and she's not! And She doesn't believe her new and only friend so far is bad ether! Mustache girl is just.. Angry, and upset. The Mafia took her home away. It's a split situation, and a lot of things need to be thought about..
So Hat Kid just nodded and scampered off "I'm gonna go find some more yarn!" She called back.
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It had been near half of an hour since the fedora girl had her face stomped in, the rain still unrelenting, and she herself took residents under an outdoor umbrellaed seat. Bloodied ripped up napkins round her side of the table as she took out the recently new ones from her noes. The bleeding had stopped, but her nose was slightly bruised up, luckily it didn't feel broken. She looked around at her surroundings, she seems to be next to a shopping center? There's a broken fountain..
"We have found you, Mafia girl!" The girl looked up from her contemplating, and looked to the side- now, every Mafia dude in the town looks the same, which was really bizarre to her, but she's pretty sure these were the same two dudes who found her when she woke up.
The two stopped and looked at her, then at the table with all the napkins, one of them asked "what happened to Mafia girl?" The girl looked down in thought, should she really say? Would they laugh at her?
"Well.. When I separated from you guys, I thought I saw something fall from space.." She started, but the other Mafia added in.
"Was probably shiny hourglass, lots rained down two days ago- some probably still falling."
"But, it wasn't a.. Shiny hourglass?" she looked confused "It was two kids!" She said, raising her hands "and one of them, a red hooded one stomped my face in when I wasn't paying attention! She was so rude!" She groaned out in frustration, and plopped her head down on a clean area of the table.
"Ah, red hooded mustache girl- has been pain in Mafia's side since Mafia found Mafia Town.." The first Mafia said, then looked to his Mafia partner "and little child with hat fell along with shiny Hourglasses two days ago."
"Wait.. She fell from the sky?" The girl asked quizzically "but.. Wait.. I just saw her fall from the sky awhile ago... W-what..?"
"Mafia not really know ether, but Mafia stopped questioning things long ago." The second guy said "now, come- Mafia Boss wishes to see you!"
This snapped the girl out of her thoughts, and looked at them the same way she was trying to comprehend what was going on. The boss of Mafia Town.. Wants to meet her. A amnesiac fedora wearing stranger.. Well, it's not that far fetched really, she is a stranger. Probably wants to make sure she's not up to no good, or yell at her why she's trespassing on his island. Ether way, the girl has a bad feeling- ever since she woke up on this island, giant red bold letters that say danger was written allover the wall in her mind.
Should she just run? Just take a boat and leave?
The only thing that stopped these thoughts were that little girl in the top hat. But why? Instead of going with these goons, she should just go find the little girl. Though that was the exact opposite of what she's doing right now. The second time her legs started moving on her own, it's like she's not in control most of the time, that or somethings leading her.
"Alright.., where's this boss of yours?"
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'Was this really a smart idea?' The girl thought to herself as she entered a cannon of all things, not before she quickly made eye contact with the same red hooded girl that stepped on her- who was trying to sneak around, though the Fedora girl said nothing. sure this kid was a pain in her eyes, but maybe she's destructive for a reason? Maybe she's just fighting to stay alive here? So all she did was secretly wink at the red girl before entering said cannon, earning a confused look from the smaller kid.
Shooting up to this strangely held-in-place platform on a freaking geyser, she and the two other Mafia guys entered the building- she wasn't able to get a good look at the outside before the front door locked behind them, which startled her for a split second, but then continued on. Now she was in a little bar looking area, with slot machines, and those tables that have those spinning things in them.. She honestly can't remember the name of those.. Rotate table.. No, Ruling table.. Okay, so she can't remember basic names for some objects... But she still knows and remembers what things look like! She can see where the kitchen is, and where this awful smell is coming from- making her move her hand in front of her face to bat away the horrible smell.
As they continued, they entered a door that said Theater- the A was crooked, giving it a strange sound in her mind.
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Going up the cannon, Hat Kid was prepared for what was about to happen. There was going to be a fight- this she knew. She wasn't really looking forward to it, however. Kid just wants to get every single time piece and just go home. Though She's going to have to explore every inch of this world it seems. Maybe she'll make more friends and find cool things along the way, like this strange relic in a chest earlier. Getting more yarn to make more hats seem fun as well.
Hold on now, she's not supposed to have fun! She on a mission! ...Oh, who is she kidding? This was so exciting, she can hardly stand still. This was her first planet touchdown since her home got... No, she shook her head to down those thoughts, she didn't need them right now.
Touching down on the platform that was being risen by the huge geyser, Hat Kid looked up at the cutout looking sign with the.. Surprisingly cute drawings! Two smiling Mafia dudes, some aquatic creatures- basically it was cute..
"Hey! What took you so long?" Hat Kid heard a familiar yell "come over and help me get these guys off of me!"
She turned to the left to see Mustache girl cornered on a tarp with three Mafia guys throwing trash at her. With an upset scowl, Hat Kid tipped her hat forwards and got her umbrella at the ready! She ran to her friend's aid, smacking the guys in the shins a couple of times, jumped on their heads to get away from one another, and successfully knocked them unconscious. With the area cleared, Mustache Girl hopped down and brushed off whatever might have hit her while waiting for her friend.
Hat kid smiled at her "I'm starting to sense a pattern here."
Her friend only scoffed "oh, hush!" Then she smiled "come on, we're almost there! We just need to get inside- oh, by the way.. Did you get any jars?" Mustache girl asked as they walked over to two buttons that needed to be pressed simultaneously.
"Uhh..." Hat kid rubbed the side of her arm, she forgot about that, and it was for the best to be honest.
"That's fine, the Mafia probably have jars inside!" She chirped, as she ran ahead.
Hat kid just stared at her friend entering the building and sighed before she too entered after her.
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"So, you are the strange Mafia girl I heard about" the girl looked to a man who, despite how everyone was dressed, looked in charge. This man she looked at was in a full chefs outfit that was mostly red and white instead of a normal blue suit like the other Mafia guys "and I hear you haven't a clue of who you are, yes?"
She stood straight "yes sir, I have no recollection of who I am, or who I was." She confirmed to the chef.
This seemed to surprise the boss, she got right to the point and didn't hesitate, she carried an air of a soldier when she confirmed her situation. He looked into her emerald colored eyes to see that she could be a loyal follower if she joined his Mafia family. Which got him thinking, however- his thoughts were Interrupted when the gate closed off behind the girl, trapping a small one behind it with a couple of his own men standing guard going after her.
As fast as the gates closed though, they opened right back up. The little girl now stood before the two taller people, the strange girl, and the boss of Mafia town. Sensing something was off, the Mafia girl backed away slightly and watched the Mafia boss get up and start talking to the little girl.
"So.. It's is you!" The Mafia started, and stared down at the small child "Ever since you landed in Mafia Town, it's been raining with these Magical Hourglasses."
'Magical Hourglasses? There was no such thing as magic though..' The girl on the side thought to herself 'is this guy crazy?'
"You must be very lost, kid with the hat." The boss said, motioning around him "you're in the heart of our town, standing before the most powerful man you will ever witness." Stepping forward with greed in his eyes, and a smirk like he won an argument "Everything you've ever owned belongs to me now."
"Including this Hourglass piece. If you want it, we'll have to settle it in true Mafia style!"
The small child gripped onto her umbrella handle a little tighter after that statement, a statement that she'll make false. This kid was ready for a fight to break out, but why is her weapon an umbrella? Another thought ran throughout the Fedora girl's mind once again 'this man is crazy, what is he pulling? he can't just fight and take everything from a kid..' Looking to the smaller child once again, with a small scowl on her face, the older girl stepped forward.
"Now, you hold on a darn minute" the small child looked shocked and turned to the side, Hat kid actually forgot about her "are you insane?! You can't just fight a child! That's child abuse!" The girl yelled, pointing at him.
Both the small girl, and the Mafia boss had a questioning glance- the boss more of a disappointed face then anything, like she cared. "I was thinking about it, but after this?! There's no way I'm joining you butt heads- so if you are looking for a fight, fight me!"
He just hummed "How.. Disappointing." The Mafia boss waved "but my fight is not with you! Guards!"
"What?! No!" The girl yelled, now that she thought about it, she can't recall ever being in a fight. Let alone recalling having any skills in it, but all she can do now was just..
Do it.
The girl punched the first person that came at her in the face, the Mafia man recoiled back, but seemed unfazed as he looked back at her and cracked his neck. She hopped back and held her hand to her chest in pain "holy SHITE!" She yelled out. Yup- she wasn't a fighter. At least not a fist fighter. As she was checking her hand though, the girl got jumped, and now was being piled on. Trying her best to break out from the giant meat pile on her! Taking a glance at the small child, she saw a worried expression so she called out.
"Don't worry about me kid! Watch out!"
The Mafia boss finally gestured to another Mafia guy that grabbed the kid by her cape. she was kicking and trying to get out of the hold he had on her, while the Fedora girl tried even harder to save her. However, the lights went out, and the next thing she knew, the girl was tied up and hanging from an iron support with the dozens of sand bags-
And another person.
It was the red hooded girl!
"A shame- you showed promise, not Mafia girl.." As the Mafia man walked away, as the older girl stuck her tongue out and made a 'neeh' noise. Getting out of her childish mood, she now looked casually to her right, where the kid in the hood looked at her as well.
"So.. How's it hanging..?" She asked, making the girl groan in frustration. okay she wasn't out of her childish mood just yet, the reaction made her smile.
"Light! Action!" The sudden loud voice made the two look down at a stage "it is.. Show time!"
The hat girl stood in the middle of a stage, with the Mafia boss- who was wielding two cleaver like weapons! This made the older girls blood grow cold. She shouted out "come on! She's just a kid!" But no one heard her besides the girl next to her.
"Hey, she may be a kid! But she's a tough kid!" Mustache girl yelled at the older person "if anyone can get us out of this, it's her!"
The Mafia boss started spinning at Hat kid, glowing blue- why? Ether way, this left an opening for the child to jump up and slam down on his head as he went, this knocked him back and made him jump off stage. He whistled out, and the sand bags around Mustache Girl and the Amnesiac girl started falling down. Hat Kid started dodging left and right, keeping an eye on where to go next. She was good..
The boss jumped back on stage, and started to get a little frustrated. Going to the far corner he yelled "Super charge!" And started throwing electricity at the girl! However, this made the man get dizzy after awhile- leaving him open for a hit! Hat kid took this opportunity and charged at the Mafia Boss! With a good whack to his side, she retreated back as the man got back his senses and started having a.. Well, what looked like a frustrated tantrum to the two up in the ceiling.
The boss jumped again, and threw his blades at the girl, each boomeranging to the left and right of the stage as he landed in the middle of the stage. he waited for his weapons to come back, but Hat kid had jumped over him and smacked him on the head once more!
The boss growled out, jumping off stage again. Another whistles and the sand bags started falling a second, but as she was dodging those, she didn't see the Mafia guy charging at her, getting knocked back in the process.
He jumped back on stage as the kid got back up, "I've got your friend captured, and the traitor as well!" He said, as both girls got lowered harshly down, making Hat kid gasp "Soon, all three of you will perish!"
The Mafia boss threw his weapons again, as Mustache girl yelled out at him "let go of me, you psycho!"
The other girl aimed this at Hat kid "you shouldn't be going through this kid! But I believe in you!" Making hat kid smile slightly with a determined nodded.
She ran at the Mafia boss again, and gave him a good whack in the shins! The boss started having another tantrum, jumping to the other side of the stage he started yelling "Maaaafia, BALL!" And the most questionable thing anyone has ever seen happened, the Mafia men started gathering up and literally formed a ball that started rolling!
"What in god's name is that?!" The older girl yelled out to no one in particular, but it did snap Hat kid back into the fight as she watched the humanoid ball roll at her, she took notice that the ball was actually incomplete- there was a dent she could huddle under, and once vertical, Hat kid could climb up. So she waited, and once the time was right, she started climbing! Some Mafia members on the inside of the ball tried to reach out and stop her, but she kicked their hands away. Once at the top, she smacked the Mafia boss, and once he fell off- the entire ball came crumbling apart as the Mafia members started flying off stage.
Hat kid let out a small laugh at that, while the Mafia boss started spinning again yelling "ultra Charge!" More electricity seemed to be throw at her, the normal wave and some bouncing ones! But that wasn't all of it! "Mega Charge!" He yelled once again! The electricity turning red and was thrown faster at her. Hat kid was struggling to dodge, but once it was over, she ran over to the dizzy Mafia boss and gave him another hit to the head. He started spinning at her like a top again, she jumped over and another smack was done to him.
Growling, he yelled out Mafia ball once more, and Hat Kid knew instantly what to do, she huddled, ran up the giant meat ball of people, and kicked off the boss.
Now, both kid, and grownup were out of breath from the fight, the Boss gave this last bit of energy he had left and spun at her, Hat kid charged at him as well. Holding out her umbrella, the kid swung with all her might as she slid on her knees, and whacked his legs out from under him- making him trip over and fly off stage.
He was out for the count, and Hat kid had won!
The girls hanging by ropes cheered out for Hat kid as the child franticly looked for the levers to lower them down. Once she did, the first one that was lowered slowly was Mustache Girl, then shortly after, The girl she'd never got the name of, was lowered- but the lever got stuck, so Hat kid used a little to much force- which ended up having the girl face planting on the stage halfway down.
"Opps.." The hat child said, as Mustache girl laughed. The girl groaned out in pain, but shook it off as she got up, and started heading over to the kid.
"Kid! That was amazing!" The older girl was awestruck by the smaller one "h-how.. did you learn to fight like that? You beat up a man bigger then you, with an umbrella- and WON!"
The girl was smiling bashfully as she went over to pick up her time piece, held it close, then all three turned around to the crowed that was still shocked- but then reared their heads back and ran as fast as they could! Cries of terror were heard as they did.
"Wow, That.. happened.." The older girl said, as the younger child with the time piece looked slightly concerned.
As Hat kid was about to look down at what she was working so hard to get back, it was swiped from her hands, which made her look behind her as Mustache Girl started talking. "So what do these things do anyways? Are they some sort of rare collector's item for nerds?" Emphasis on nerds, as she asked, flipping the object in her hands up and down.
The older girl thought that was rather rude, but it isn't the first rude thing this girl has done, so it's not much of a surprise.. She was starting to not like this kid..
She threw it in the air one last time really high, planning on catching it, however she missed- Hat kid franticly ran and tried to catch it, but it came crashing to the ground- and shattered.
Time seemed to freeze, then rewind.
The hourglass was on the ground, fine, as the girl in red started repeating what she said and was doing right be for it broke "are they some sort of rare c... Wait.. Huh?" She seemed to question, and she wasn't the only one.
'That thing.. Did It really just rewind time?!' The older girl franticly thought, now she may have amnesia, but the girl knew how bad time can be if messed with, you can accidentally creat alternate time lines, see other versions of yourself, pretty much time implodes on you if you try to do anything. That is a dangerous thing this kid has.. But maybe there's a reason she has it? She'll have to asks later, but right now- the Girl in red was making a scene!
"Whoa, WHAT?!" She yelled looking down at it. Then she picked it up and pointed at it "wha.. Did, umm.. Did you know about this?" She asked
Hat kid was a little frustrated, walked up and took it back, took a couple of steps back then cautiously nodded her head as she held it close once more. Not liking the way the other girl was reacting, she knew that look..
"This is crazy! Do you even realize what could be done with these?!" She yelled out with excitement, arms flailing about. She then approach Hat kid, "We can make it so that you never got punch in the face by the Mafia that one time!" Hat kid stepped back "we could beat up the Mafia, travel back in time, and beat them up again!"
The older girl didn't like the sound of this, if that gets done, the flow of this time will be in danger.. She stepped a little closer to the two.
Mustache girl then grabbed hold on Hat kid's shoulder, "no, wait- we could make it so the Mafia never arrived on the island!" A metaphorical spot light shined down, "WAIT, wait, wait! Even better! We could be crimefighting time travelers!"
Hat kid pulled back finally, giving this some thought, but the older girl knew what she was going to do, and it was a good choice.. She shook her head no "I'm sorry, but we just can't.. It's not how they should.." The kid shyly said, but was interrupted when she put away the hourglass.
"Wait.. What? This doesn't make any sense!" Mustache girl cried, pointing at the other.
"This makes perfect sense, kid" the older one walked up next to Hat kid with a small scowl towards the the red hooded girl, making hat kid look up at her.
"You have all this power, and you're not going to use it to fight evil?" She was getting angry now..
Hat kid shook her head once more "no.. I won't.."
Mustache girl got frustrated, and turned her body around so she was facing way from the group, in the older girls eyes, she was looking like some one who was going to be a big problem later on now.. "If you're not going to use them to fight evil.., then I will!" She ran back up to Hat kid and pointed an angry finger at her, "I'm not going to let this island remain as Mafia Town! I'll collect all the Time Pieces for myself!"
"You have my word on it." She said darkly, as she ran off stage and out of the room as both Hat kid and the older girl watched her.
Then, once she was gone, Hat kid looked at the older girl, they both were tired- mentally and physically, from what happened and she sighed. Strangely feeling lighter though, Hat Kid franticly searched her pockets! Her hourglass was still there but.. "She stole half of my pons!" She cried out.
The older girl, assuming that pons were her money, ran up to the edge of the stage "that no good little-!" Shaking her fist, but sighed, to tired right now and sat down. "Wow.. What a day.." Arm propped down on her lap, and hand holding her head.
The older girl chuckled dryly, "I'll tell you what kid.. After the fight you just went through..., I owe you my life.." She lifted her head to look at the kid who sat next to her "and I know- after what just happened with little red riding hood there, you probably don't want to be around anyone right now."
The older girl hopped down and started walking away, but stopped "but if you ever need a partner, one who won't try and mess up reality as we know it.. Come find me." She turned back around, "I'll be around.. Now that I'm on the Mafia's black list.. I won't be able to live anywhere here anytime soon.."
With a wave, Hat kid watch the mysterious girl go, hands in her pocket. She left the younger girl with only her thoughts about what to do now...