***PLEASE READ***
- It's Dream Instant again... rewriting this story because there was so many things wrong about it at first. I can't even believe that me, someone that has played every single Crash game wrote it.
- Takes place a year after Mind Over Mutant. The looks of Crash, Uka Uka, Aku Aku, Tiny and some other characters are based on the games before Titans and MOM. Jacking mutants will not be included in this story.
- A lot of things from the classic Crash will also be shown.
- Any corrections, help or anything will be appreciated.
Chapter 1: The big defeat
Everyone has friends, but one thing for sure is that everyone has to have at least one enemy in their lives. Friends wouldn't be there without making a few enemies as it seems. A hero is a good example in this case. It is a hero's job to make sure that the world is a safe place and to protect others from those who prevent it from being safe. That individual that puts the world in danger is the hero's biggest enemy and what ordinary people know as the villain. The hero and the villain represent two important sides: good and evil. But what kind of events can occur when these two sides meet? Does hero fight until good prevails or does the hero's biggest enemy fight back to put evil on top? This brave hero is here to answer that question...
Crash was in for another adventure to stop his arch nemesis from causing trouble with his malevolent schemes. It was different this time, though, because it was to stop him from taking over his island home by causing trouble to its inhabitants with a device called the NV. The bandicoot was in space and not too far from the Earth inside the Space Head battling Dr. Cortex while he tried all he could when he was fighting the orange bandicoot, but it seems that once again, Crash has defeated Cortex at his own game. After the evil scientist was defeated by Crash, he took his anger out by throwing objects across the room and beating the floor with his fists.
''It's not fair!'' Cortex snarled. ''I want to win! It's my turn! I've been trying for many years!''
Cortex kept throwing objects around the place, causing the Space Head's vital parts to damage and break. After a few seconds, the place began to shake like an earthquake. Meanwhile, Crash and Aku Aku were panicking while Cortex was only worried about his pants.
''Oh no… what did I do?'' Cortex looked around to see all the damage he caused. ''Where are my pants!?''
''Brace yourself, Crash!'' Aku Aku panicked. ''I think we're going down!''
''Ya think?!''
''CRASH! This is no time for jokes!''
Cortex pressed a button that opened a door that leads him to an escape pod. He flew away on the escape pod, leaving Crash and Aku Aku behind in the Space Head that was already going down.
''Well, here goes nothing!'' Crash held on to the floating witch doctor mask and prepared himself for the landing.
Cortex's Space Head landed on Wumpa Island and broke into pieces, leaving a huge wreck on the island. Aku Aku and Crash were lucky to be okay because they managed to survive that dangerous landing. The two got out of the destroyed space station and the first thing they saw was Coco and Crunch there.
''Crash! Down here!'' The orange bandicoot girl called. ''Good job, big brother!''
''Wow!'' Crunch exclaimed. ''We're really getting a lot of this evil junk all over the place!''
''Yeah, but we're still not gonna clean up!'' She folded her arms.
Aku Aku sighed. ''I know, Coco. I know…''
''Seriously, guys. We have to clean up'' Crash said. ''I certainly don't want other people seeing this wreck and think that we support pollution or something like that!''
''That's strange… for the first time ever you have agreed to clean something up. Good job!'' Crunch said jokingly. ''I hope you do the same with your room, fool!''
''Nah! I'm not going to! A clean outdoors is more exciting than a clean indoors!'' Crash grabbed a broom, a bucket and a mop. ''Let's get this party started!''
Looks like that escape pod didn't solve anything because Cortex ended up landing on the ocean, or in the middle of nowhere...
At this time, Uka Uka was beyond angry. It didn't surprise him that Cortex failed at his plans again but the fact that Crash was still alive irritated him. Another thing that angered him was that since the beginning, Cortex promised him that everything would be different this time and that it will work but turns out that it didn't. He demanded an explanation for his failure.
''You fool! You've landed us in the middle of nowhere!''
Cortex knew what was coming and understood why was Uka Uka so frustrated with him. He cringed and looked at him with a nervous smile on his face.
''Now, now! It's not what you think! I can explain!''
''I don't need explaining because I understand everything! Your little plan with Brio didn't work, didn't it?!'' Uka Uka snarled. ''Cortex… you failed!''
''But but but… you don't understand! It's just that wretched bandicoot who-''
''Excuses, excuses and excuses! Cortex, your lack of brains makes me think that we need someone else to do your job!''
''But, Uka Uka! Just give me another chance!''
''It's too late for that now! Since you can't do anything right, then I guess we will have to find someone else to do your simple job!''
''Oh, dear... what am I going to do?'' Cortex said to himself and sighed. ''I'll get my revenge on you, Crash Bandicoot. You just wait.''
It appears that Cortex has not given up yet. He's doing what he always does: seek revenge even if Crash has defeated him countless of times. Uka Uka did mean it when he said that he wants to bring in someone to do Cortex's task of eliminating Crash. However, it's not the first time they've done that because in the past, Cortex has given the task of defeating Crash to what he thought were strong people capable of defeating him like Crunch for example. But now, what if that certain someone that they want to use as a weapon to destroy Crash is just... an ordinary person?
Three young individuals were walking by the park in a big city somewhere in the United States. One of them was a teenage boy named Chris that may be 16 years old by now. He is a mischievous, fun and friendly person that jokes a lot and loves a good laugh but he can be annoying sometimes. He can be a shy person sometimes because he is not comfortable around strangers and talking to people seems difficult to him. He was walking and having conversations with his best friend, Heather. She is the same age as her friend and has long blonde hair tied in a side ponytail. The two have known each other since childhood and have spent a lot of time on these adventures of exploring and treasure hunting, which helped them gain a lot of knowledge of the world around them. Despite his personality, Chris wasn't an unintelligent person because he is a great explorer and knows how to build weapons. Heather wasn't unintelligent either, because she loves to read books and for her, great knowledge comes from reading a good book. A young adult was also there walking with the two friends. He is actually Heather's older brother, who is at least 20 years old.
''What did she say, Chris?''
''N-Nothing?'' He smiled nervously at her. ''Okay, I failed.''
''I told you so'' She chuckled. ''She only likes you as a friend, silly.''
''She called me cute like three times and that gives me hope. You just wait and see.''
''I really doubt it, Chris! Hey, where did my brother go?''
''I don't know. He must have went to the porta potty.''
The two friends start looking around for him and suddenly, he appears behind them with a cotton candy on his hand. ''I'm here! I just saw a guy selling these and I had to have one.''
''Nice! Bring me one of those, would you?'' Chris asked.
''Make that two, please'' Heather added.
The young adult shook his head. ''You guys are too lazy to get one by yourselves?''
''Yes we are'' He reached into his pocket and took out two dollars. ''Here. Bring me some of that.''
The young adult sighed and left off to do what he asked him to do. On the meanwhile, the two friends sat on a bench to wait for him and started to look at the people walking by. They saw a flyer that read Visit the Wumpa Islands now at a low price! Call the number below for more information! And it had a picture of the three islands of the archipelago.
''Wumpa Islands? Hmmm... I've read a lot about them and seem pictures. How about you, Chris?''
''Yeah, these islands are a beauty. I heard they're the best tourist attractions worldwide.''
''Are you thinking what I'm thinking?''
''Yes! We should go there, huh?''
''Totally! Perhaps that place could be a great place to start an adventure... a new adventure.''
''Well, we've been adventuring with our group of friends to many places, Chris. Isn't these treasure hunting adventures enough for you? Are you losing interest in exploring?''
''No way, Heather. I love doing that and don't plan on leaving it, but sometimes you have to do new things or something interesting.''
''Life itself is an adventure. You just have to know how to live it.''
''Ah, well. We can only wait for that to happen.''
The two friends sat there, looking at nature and the people that walked by them. Chris suddenly spots something on the grass that looked interesting to him. He poked his friend on the shoulder to let her know.
''What is that thing?'' Heather asked. ''It looks like a purple diamond or something.''
''Yup. What are we waiting for? Let's go see it!''
Heather and Chris got up from the bench and walked to where they saw the object. Chris bent over to pick it up and the two friends eyed it. (Author's note: For those of you who are wondering if that is a power crystal, you are correct).
''It's shiny... and purple. How much do you think it's worth?'' Chris asked.
''I don't know. The better question would be, what the heck is this?''
The purple diamond-like object started to shine in a way that the two teenagers had to cover their eyes from the amount of light. Chris immediately dropped the object to the ground again.
''What was that?!'' Chris asked, feeling a little freaked out.
''Something weird is going on...'' Heather said.
What seemed to be a portal appeared in front of the two friends. Their jaws dropped as they looked at it and after a few seconds, they felt as if they were getting pulled towards it.
''Wh-What's going on, Chris?'' Heather worried. ''Uh-oh...''
''SOMEBODY HELP US!''
The two teenagers screamed as they were getting pulled into the portal. Chris tried grabbing Heather's hand to prevent that from happening but it was no use. Meanwhile, Heather's older brother was just finishing buying cotton candy from a guy.
''Thank you!'' He turned around to walk over to her little sister and Chris. ''Hey, guys! I got your- OH, NO!''
He felt concerned when he saw his sister and her friend disappearing into a portal. He ran to the portal, but it was too late because it disappeared before he could do anything to help them. The young adult's jaw dropped and looked down to see a something that looked like a purple diamond. He bent over to pick it up and the first thing he thought was that this object had something to do with what happened. He put it in his pocket and looked around the park, but he didn't see Chris or Heather there.
''Ch-Chris? Little sis?'' The young adult wondered where they went and worried that he would never see them again. Who knows if they were teleported to the middle of nowhere and will never be found? ''No... this can't be! You guys have to come back!''
At this point, he felt like crying, but he knew he had to stay strong. ''I will find them...''
Things didn't feel right. Everything that surrounded the two teenagers felt strange enough to make them wake up from a deep sleep. They were not in their hometown anymore. They didn't know where they were and what happened. They could remember everything that happened when they were at that park and how they were pulled into a portal that appeared out of nowhere, but they didn't understand how did they get to this strange place.
''Hey, wake up!''
Their vision was blurry when they opened their eyes and could see a yellow figure that could not be identified.
''Ugh... what happened?'' Heather groaned. ''Chris? Are you there?''
''H-Heather? You're here?'' Chris groaned as he tried to move. ''I can't see. My vision is... shaky for some reason.''
When their vision returned to normal, they screamed when they saw a yellow skinned man with an N on his forehead. The room in which they were was a lab of some sort with a some machines and a computer with a big screen. They even saw a koala, a big and tall tasmanian tiger, a crossover of a dingo and a crocodile and other creatures. Talking animals? That is something that they don't see in where they live, which makes them wonder if they were in another planet or something. The group of strangers and everything else seemed to frighten the two friends to the point that they thought that they were dreaming, but they can assure themselves that this is no dream. But what seemed to scare them even more was the fact that they were tied to a chair...
''Who are you people?!'' Chris worried. ''And why are you kidnapping us?! Let us go!''
''Please, just don't harm us! Take whatever you want! My money is on my left pocket!''
''But Heather, you only have one dollar!''
''That just makes it worse!''
He goes over to untie them from the chairs and lets them know that he and the other creatures in the room will not hurt them. It did took a while to convince them because they just experienced something out of the ordinary, but they managed to accept the fact that they were in a safe place. At that moment, another man with yellow skin approaches them.
''Oh, my! Cortex, it worked!''
''I can see that, Brio...'' Cortex said. ''Ah! Don't they look so adorable?''
''Excuse me?'' Heather asked, confused. ''What worked?''
''The teleportation device, silly'' Cortex said. ''I have brought you two here with it!''
''The teleportation what?'' Chris said. ''Well, that explains the whole thing with the portal back in the park...''
''Ummm, yeah... about that...'' Cortex elbowed Brio on the arm. ''You tell him.''
After Brio refusing to do what he says, he tried to convince him once more. ''You know, you said that you invented the teleportation device, didn't you? If you did, then tell them.''
''But I-'' He sighed as Cortex smirked at him. ''Oh, alright! Listen up, young ones. It appears that the device included a weird side effect that we didn't know of and it sort of changed you.''
''What? What do you mean that it cha-'' Chris turned his head to look at his friend. The two screamed of the surprise when they looked at each other's faces. ''Oh my gosh! HEATHER, WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU!?''
''Me?! What happened to YOU?!''
''No, YOU look all furry! You grew ears, a short muzzle and even a tail!''
''So did you!''
The two friends looked at themselves on a mirror and screamed. They were not humans anymore. Some weird accident must have happened with Cortex's teleportation device that turned them into marsupials. Chris was now a bandicoot with light brown fur, but the only things that did not change about himself was his spiky brown hair and his clothes, which were a black V-neck shirt with the sleeves rolled up, blue jeans and brown shoes. He stared at his new body and lifted his shirt up to see cream colored fur down his belly.
''This is freaky in so many ways...''
Heather was now a bandicoot with brown fur and a long tail, which indicates that she is a different bandicoot compared to Crash, Coco and Crunch. What didn't change was her blonde side ponytail and her clothes, which were a white tank top, blue camouflage pants and silver boots.
''Oh, no... look at me!'' Heather worried. ''Can you change us back somehow?''
''I'm afraid not'' Cortex said. ''You two would have to stay being bandicoots.''
''Well, this sucks!'' The light brown bandicoot says in disappointment. ''Well, look on the bright side... I still look handsome.''
''Chris, this is no time for jokes!'' Heather folded her arms. ''Look, can you just tell us where we are?''
''Certainly!'' Cortex said. ''You're uhhhh... far away from home.''
''Where?!'' The two marsupial friends said in unison.
''Australia! Welcome to the Wumpa Islands, my young fellows!''
The two marsupials' eyes were wide open when they realized how far away they were from their home country. They didn't know if they would be able to return, but the better question at this moment would be... why are they even here?
''The Wumpa Islands? Seriously?'' The brown bandicoot girl said. ''Look, what do you want from us? What was the whole purpose of taking us here?''
''Oh, nothing. Just for a little favor'' Cortex smirked at them. ''Uka Uka, why don't you tell them this favor we have for them?''
An evil floating mask approached Heather and Chris. The two felt frightened as they saw this scary-looking mask in front of them.
''Holy cheese balls!'' The light brown bandicoot exclaimed, backing away from Uka Uka. ''What is that thing?!''
''Calm down, you fool! I'm just a powerful mask who got socks for his birthday even though I have no feet!'' He looked at Cortex and shook his head in disappointment. ''That's just… offensive!''
''But I thought you'd love it!'' He crossed his arms. ''Even Tiny found the idea cool!''
''Now, now… I invented socks!'' Says Nitrus Brio. ''But not for floating masks.'''
The brown bandicoot girl raised an eyebrow at him. ''Oh-kayyy? What do you want, floating mask thing?''
''Do you love to do good deeds and help others?''
''Yeah, we do.''
''Well, then. Do you want to become heroes of the world, young ones?''
The two stared at him with their eyes wide open, feeling enthusiastic about the idea. ''Heck yeah we do!''
Uka Uka chuckled to himself and smirked.
''This plan is going to turn out good...''