Disclaimer: Earthbound belongs to Nintendo, not me. I'm borrowing it for
awile and I will try to retun it in as close to it's original condition
as humanely possible. Have a nice day.
Author's Notes:This is my first fic, so leniency would be appreciated,
but if you want to be cruel, go ahead. These *** symbolize switching to
a different point of view or moving to a different point in time or space.
However, FLASH on a line of its own is a flashback. Any text in these []
is either telepathy or thoughts.Text in these {} are my commentary.
Fortunately for you, the last one is quite rare.
The Forgotten Past- Part 1: Dreams
It had been one month since Ness and his friends beat Giygas. Life
was so normal, it wasboring, or in Ness's case exausting. He'd missed so
much school that he had to stay late afterschool and had to go there most
of Saturday just to catch up. The Social teacher called his photo album a
journaling of the events and that made was a substitute project for the
work. The Englishteacher told him to write an essay about the adventure as
compensation, which was better thandoing spelling units and grammar
lessons. The other teachers just said that the work was far too important
to consider a substitute assignment. He even had to make up gym, which was,
in his mind, unfair. Naturally, they'd had the worst unit while he was
gone (the dance unit), so he had to do it all alone with his teacher. The
school was divided between ridicule and pity.
He envied his friends. Paula was homeschooled, so she didn't have
anything to make up,Jeff lived at school anyway and Poo had graduated from
anything slightly resembling school before the adventure began. The four
of them made a habit of spending Sunday afternoons together, since
it was the only day all four of them were free. They often had picnics at
Summers beach or saw a Runaway Five gig, who had taken up residence in the
former Stoic Club (It was now known as Clyde's Cool Club and had been
taken over by former New Age Retro Hippies who mysteriously adored the
Runaway Five).
All of this was on Ness's mind as he crawled into bed Saturday
night, so exausted that heused telekinesis to pull his covers over him.
Sleep found him quickly and almost as soon as he fell asleep, Ness dreamed.
He tried to move, but discovered he was bound from head to toe.
At first, he though he was in total blackness, but if he focused hard,
Ness could see he was in some sort of jail cell.
A familiar voice rose from the vastness. "Hey, Pig's Butt! I told
you I'd be back. I always pick the right side, Ness. You may think you've
won, but battle's just begun, Ness.The battle's just begun." Suddenly, and
with the completely wrong timing, the chorus of the Bon Jovi song, "It's
My Life" began to play in the backround. The next thing Ness knew,he was
awake in his bed and his clock radio was blaring that Bon Jovi song.
***
He wasn't the only one to have dreams that night. Paula had had a
long day. An elderly aunt whom she had never met had died and the funeral
had been almost beyond endurance. Next Sunday would be the reading of the
will and she hoped that day would not be as dreary as this one had.
Despite her restlessness, the moment her head hit the pillow, she was
asleep.
She was on an alien ship. Although her captors had abducted her,
they were very kind.They called her Maria. One of the aliens, Giegue was
especially nice to her. She wanted to returnhis kindness, so she sang a
song, a love song to him. Somehow, the song was like poison to him and
because of that, she lost the trust of her captors.
Around the same time, her husband, George had escaped, unable to
accept their kindness as genuine. He stole their most prized treasure,
Psi, though she never really understood how. Then he came back for her and
they escaped back to Earth together. However, Psi seemed to almost have a
mind of its own. Some of it "escaped", according to George. It was invisible to
her. Once on Earth, a terrible ammount of grief settled over her. She ran
away and her grief, sorrow and will created a world where she was queen.
She christened the place Magicant, a variation of the aliens' word for
distraction. Ruling the place proved to be a fine distraction.
She'd forgotten all about the aliens and her husband. One day, a boy came
to her, saying that he was the last hope against an evil monster called
Giegue. She couldn't believe it. In the beginning, she pretended to know
nothing about him, but in the end, she gave them the key to his defeat,
hough it hurt her more than anyone ever knew. Magicant disappeared since
she needed itno longer, but she never really got over what had happened.
The next thing Paula knew, her mother was banging on the door.
"Paula! Ness is here!"
"What!" She cried in disbelief and looked over at her alarm clock.
It was twelve thirty. He was very late.
Paula opened her door. Ness looked as though he was ready to give
a very lenghthy explanation of his absense, but both he and Paula's mother
turned and gave a little gasp when she entered the room.
"I, um kind of slept in."
Ness recovered more quickly than her mother. "That's okay. I did
too. I'll just come back for you in an hour..."
"Make it fourty-five minutes."
"Okay, see you then."
After he had teleported away, Paula's mother turned to her. "You
know what? He looks kind of like someone I knew when I was your age. Ah,
memories."
"I've got to get ready." Paula was already heading back to her
room.
"He was my boyfriend for five years." Her mother
added, a little louder.Paula stopped dead in her tracks.
"What are you implying?"
"I wish we would have stayed in touch."
"You're impossible!" Paula stormed back to her room.
Paula's dad came in to the room. "You know, you should really stop
teasing her, Ana."
"I know, I know." A moment later, she added, "He has the same red
cap and everything."
"She's right. You are impossible."
"I'll take that as a compliment." They both laughed.
Meanwhile, Paula was trying to tame her hair. It looked kind of
like Diana Ross's hair onthat Vh1 special, except far worse.
"She's worse than Jeff." Paula paused for a moment to comb through
a rat's nest. "Imagine!"
***
Ness teleported to Summers, where Poo and Jeff were waiting.
"Where were you?" Jeff asked.
"I slept in. When I woke up, it was noon."
"Was Paula mad? Where is she, anyway?"
"She was sleeping when I got there. I'm going to go back and pick
her up in fourty-five minutes.
"You really lucked out. I know some people whose girlfriends
would..."
"Jeff!" Ness interrupted warningly.
"I'm kidding, I'm kidding."
***
Fourty-five minutes later, a silence had fallen over the group.
"I can't come next week," they all said at the same time. After a
moment, they all burst out laughing.
Paula spoke first. "You know that my aunt died and yesturday was
the funeral, right?"
Everyone nodded. "Well, next Sunday is the reading of the will. I don't
know why I have to go. I've never met her before, so I don't see why she
would leave me anything."
Ness was next. "I'm going up to my grandparents' house in Podunk.
They're my dad's parents, but he can't come because he's tied up at work."
"Your dad is always tied up at work. Doesn't he ever come home?"
Jeff commented.
"He tried to come home for my birthday, but it didn't work out."
"Geez. I wonder what could make him so busy. Anyway, my dad and I
are working on this new invention and Sunday is my only free day next week,
so..."
"We completely understand, Jeff," Paula replied.
"What about you, Poo?" Ness asked.
"An ambassador and his daughter are coming next week. It is of the
upmost importance thatI am there to greet them."
The rest of the picnic was spent discussing how next Sunday would
be spent. Little did they realize that it would not be anything like they
expected.
awile and I will try to retun it in as close to it's original condition
as humanely possible. Have a nice day.
Author's Notes:This is my first fic, so leniency would be appreciated,
but if you want to be cruel, go ahead. These *** symbolize switching to
a different point of view or moving to a different point in time or space.
However, FLASH on a line of its own is a flashback. Any text in these []
is either telepathy or thoughts.Text in these {} are my commentary.
Fortunately for you, the last one is quite rare.
The Forgotten Past- Part 1: Dreams
It had been one month since Ness and his friends beat Giygas. Life
was so normal, it wasboring, or in Ness's case exausting. He'd missed so
much school that he had to stay late afterschool and had to go there most
of Saturday just to catch up. The Social teacher called his photo album a
journaling of the events and that made was a substitute project for the
work. The Englishteacher told him to write an essay about the adventure as
compensation, which was better thandoing spelling units and grammar
lessons. The other teachers just said that the work was far too important
to consider a substitute assignment. He even had to make up gym, which was,
in his mind, unfair. Naturally, they'd had the worst unit while he was
gone (the dance unit), so he had to do it all alone with his teacher. The
school was divided between ridicule and pity.
He envied his friends. Paula was homeschooled, so she didn't have
anything to make up,Jeff lived at school anyway and Poo had graduated from
anything slightly resembling school before the adventure began. The four
of them made a habit of spending Sunday afternoons together, since
it was the only day all four of them were free. They often had picnics at
Summers beach or saw a Runaway Five gig, who had taken up residence in the
former Stoic Club (It was now known as Clyde's Cool Club and had been
taken over by former New Age Retro Hippies who mysteriously adored the
Runaway Five).
All of this was on Ness's mind as he crawled into bed Saturday
night, so exausted that heused telekinesis to pull his covers over him.
Sleep found him quickly and almost as soon as he fell asleep, Ness dreamed.
He tried to move, but discovered he was bound from head to toe.
At first, he though he was in total blackness, but if he focused hard,
Ness could see he was in some sort of jail cell.
A familiar voice rose from the vastness. "Hey, Pig's Butt! I told
you I'd be back. I always pick the right side, Ness. You may think you've
won, but battle's just begun, Ness.The battle's just begun." Suddenly, and
with the completely wrong timing, the chorus of the Bon Jovi song, "It's
My Life" began to play in the backround. The next thing Ness knew,he was
awake in his bed and his clock radio was blaring that Bon Jovi song.
***
He wasn't the only one to have dreams that night. Paula had had a
long day. An elderly aunt whom she had never met had died and the funeral
had been almost beyond endurance. Next Sunday would be the reading of the
will and she hoped that day would not be as dreary as this one had.
Despite her restlessness, the moment her head hit the pillow, she was
asleep.
She was on an alien ship. Although her captors had abducted her,
they were very kind.They called her Maria. One of the aliens, Giegue was
especially nice to her. She wanted to returnhis kindness, so she sang a
song, a love song to him. Somehow, the song was like poison to him and
because of that, she lost the trust of her captors.
Around the same time, her husband, George had escaped, unable to
accept their kindness as genuine. He stole their most prized treasure,
Psi, though she never really understood how. Then he came back for her and
they escaped back to Earth together. However, Psi seemed to almost have a
mind of its own. Some of it "escaped", according to George. It was invisible to
her. Once on Earth, a terrible ammount of grief settled over her. She ran
away and her grief, sorrow and will created a world where she was queen.
She christened the place Magicant, a variation of the aliens' word for
distraction. Ruling the place proved to be a fine distraction.
She'd forgotten all about the aliens and her husband. One day, a boy came
to her, saying that he was the last hope against an evil monster called
Giegue. She couldn't believe it. In the beginning, she pretended to know
nothing about him, but in the end, she gave them the key to his defeat,
hough it hurt her more than anyone ever knew. Magicant disappeared since
she needed itno longer, but she never really got over what had happened.
The next thing Paula knew, her mother was banging on the door.
"Paula! Ness is here!"
"What!" She cried in disbelief and looked over at her alarm clock.
It was twelve thirty. He was very late.
Paula opened her door. Ness looked as though he was ready to give
a very lenghthy explanation of his absense, but both he and Paula's mother
turned and gave a little gasp when she entered the room.
"I, um kind of slept in."
Ness recovered more quickly than her mother. "That's okay. I did
too. I'll just come back for you in an hour..."
"Make it fourty-five minutes."
"Okay, see you then."
After he had teleported away, Paula's mother turned to her. "You
know what? He looks kind of like someone I knew when I was your age. Ah,
memories."
"I've got to get ready." Paula was already heading back to her
room.
"He was my boyfriend for five years." Her mother
added, a little louder.Paula stopped dead in her tracks.
"What are you implying?"
"I wish we would have stayed in touch."
"You're impossible!" Paula stormed back to her room.
Paula's dad came in to the room. "You know, you should really stop
teasing her, Ana."
"I know, I know." A moment later, she added, "He has the same red
cap and everything."
"She's right. You are impossible."
"I'll take that as a compliment." They both laughed.
Meanwhile, Paula was trying to tame her hair. It looked kind of
like Diana Ross's hair onthat Vh1 special, except far worse.
"She's worse than Jeff." Paula paused for a moment to comb through
a rat's nest. "Imagine!"
***
Ness teleported to Summers, where Poo and Jeff were waiting.
"Where were you?" Jeff asked.
"I slept in. When I woke up, it was noon."
"Was Paula mad? Where is she, anyway?"
"She was sleeping when I got there. I'm going to go back and pick
her up in fourty-five minutes.
"You really lucked out. I know some people whose girlfriends
would..."
"Jeff!" Ness interrupted warningly.
"I'm kidding, I'm kidding."
***
Fourty-five minutes later, a silence had fallen over the group.
"I can't come next week," they all said at the same time. After a
moment, they all burst out laughing.
Paula spoke first. "You know that my aunt died and yesturday was
the funeral, right?"
Everyone nodded. "Well, next Sunday is the reading of the will. I don't
know why I have to go. I've never met her before, so I don't see why she
would leave me anything."
Ness was next. "I'm going up to my grandparents' house in Podunk.
They're my dad's parents, but he can't come because he's tied up at work."
"Your dad is always tied up at work. Doesn't he ever come home?"
Jeff commented.
"He tried to come home for my birthday, but it didn't work out."
"Geez. I wonder what could make him so busy. Anyway, my dad and I
are working on this new invention and Sunday is my only free day next week,
so..."
"We completely understand, Jeff," Paula replied.
"What about you, Poo?" Ness asked.
"An ambassador and his daughter are coming next week. It is of the
upmost importance thatI am there to greet them."
The rest of the picnic was spent discussing how next Sunday would
be spent. Little did they realize that it would not be anything like they
expected.