Author's Note: Alright! Awesome! I'm introducing a new OC in this story. I didn't want to wait until after Beyond Legend to write this, and I also didn't want Vincent, my other OC to be overpowered and have PSI abilities on top of his powers. Also, I LOVE Earthbound! So, yeah. I was pretty eager to write this. So please read and review and remember to share the story with those you know and love.

Disclaimer: I don't own any characters from Earthbound, only my own character.

Eagleland, 20XX (Not 19XX) 3rd Person P.O.V.

Onett was a small and peaceful town in Eagleland, a land far, far away. Night had fallen over the small town like a cloak. The night sky rose up over the horizon as the sun fell drowsily over the opposite and the peaceful town quietly fell asleep. Little did anyone know that in space, a giant glowing meteorite was crashing down to Earth, its long, orange, flaming tail burning up in the atmosphere. On top of it, it was actually on a collision course with the small town of Onett. It could've been a coincidence, maybe it wasn't, who knew? But nevertheless, anyone would think that the meteorite was about to destroy the town of Onett...

But that's only what you would think.

Night's P.O.V.

"… Night? … Night …Night… I'm a friend who you have nevermet before … My name is..."

BOOOOOOOMMM...

"Help me!"

...BOOOOOMMMM!

"Gasp!" I sat upright in my bed. A big explosion just shook the house. I had just woken up from a strange dream. A girl was calling my name, calling desperately calling for help. Strange, isn't it?

Oh, by the way, I'm Night. I'm 14 years old and I live in a small town called Onett. I have red, straight (and rather messy) hair and dark blue eyes. When people see me, I appear to be just a regular 14 year old girl, just a typical teen. But what they don't know is that I'm not ordinary. I'm extraordinary.

You see, when I was young, I discovered a power within me, called PSI. I could use it to defend myself if I encountered a bully, or our town's local gang, the Sharks. I named it PSI Wave after my favorite thing that I learned to do when I was young, surfing. My family hasn't been to Summers in a while, since it's crazy expensive to have a vacation there. So recently, my dad has gotten a job at a company in Fourside. We rarely get to see him, but he's busy, ya know?

I sat in the dark for a second and then thought about what the explosion could've been. I went through the options-

"Ah, screw it. I'm gonna go check it out," I muttered, ignoring my next train of thought and sliding out of bed. I put on some shorts and a t-shirt (Yes. I sleep in my underwear. You got a problem with it?) and exited my room. I walked down the hallway and saw the light in my sister Tracy's room on. I assumed the explosion woke her up too, so I went to go check on her.

"Tracy? You up?" I knocked on her door, to which she responded, "Yeah, I think I heard an explosion. It could've been the Sharks." In her midsentence, I opened the door.

"Hey, I'm gonna go check out the explosion," I said. She rubbed her eyes and walked over to her bed. She reached under and pulled out her cracked bat.

"Here. In case you run into the Sharks, you can defend yourself with this." She handed me the cracked baseball bat. It was cracked because once, the Sharks down by the arcade were harassing Tracy, and luckily, I was nearby. I was carrying my baseball bat that I used to play baseball with the other kids in the neighborhood, even though I didn't like baseball at all (Peer pressure, I guess). I said to the Sharks, "If you wanna mess with my sister, you got another thing comin'!" The Sharks got pretty annoyed at this, so they advanced on me instead. I yelled at Tracy to run, and I basically got my head handed to me. They beat me up, even though I was a girl and it's freaking ILLEGAL to hit a girl. I did manage to take out like, three guys, though. But they left me on the ground, bruised with at least a bone broken, they spit on me and each took turns hitting me with the bat over and they ended up cracking my bat against a wall. Now before that, I was a regular girl, a nice, innocent, loving girl, who didn't give a rat's ass about the town's local gang or their existence. But if anyone, and I mean anyone, EVER messes with my family, let alone hurts them, I will make sure that all they see dancing before their pitiful eyes is bloody red stars. After that day, I trained my fighting and PSI skills so much that I would be able to seriously maim the Sharks if they ever messed with me.

I walked downstairs to the living room and saw the lights on. Mom had woken up and was roaming around the kitchen, worried.

"Ma? What's wrong?" I asked.

"Oh! You're up, Night. I was a bit concerned about the big explosion a few minutes ago. The explosion woke me up, and I thought the Sharks were at it again. I was going to go check out the scene, but I decided to stay indoors." she said very quickly.

"I doubt the sharks would do anything that bad. How could they get their hands on such explosives anyway? We'd all be dead by now if they had," I replied.

"Well, you never know. They do have a bad reputation. I never thought you of all people would be defending them, after what they did to you."

"I'm not defending them!" I protested. "I just think that it wasn't them for once. Look, I'm trying to stay on the positive side of things." I stood there for a second. "Oh yeah, that's right. I was going to go check out the scene."

"I do believe the explosion has woken the whole neighborhood up. Just be careful out there, okay sweetie?"

"I will, Ma. See you in a bit. Bye!" I called as I dashed out the door.

We lived near the base of the mountain of Onett. Once I exited my house, I looked around to for the explosion. I was expecting a large cloud of smoke, but I looked up on top of the mountain and saw something glowing with a bit of dust and some smoke. I started walking to ascend the mountain. Many people were up and they were all worried. There many policemen and some police cars parked on the trail, which made me a bit uncomfortable. I hiked up the mountain some more and even found a bread roll along the way. It was sitting inside a present, but come on, Cut me some slack; I was hungry.

I came across Lier X. Agerate hut on the mountain. He was standing outside his house, looking towards the top of the mountain. We were, I guess, close friends? Even though I hardly ever saw him because he spent most of his time mining for treasure? Okay, never mind.

"Hey Agerate," I called. He looked towards me.

"Oh, hey Night. Nice to see you."

"Are you alright? What happened?"

"Eh, I'm fine, but you'll never believe what happened. A giant meteorite came stashing down, like BOOM! I was fine because I always eat garlic and work out to make my body stronger, mostly so that the ladies notice."

"Yeah, uh, that's a bit too much information, dude." I said, annoyed. To this, he laughed.

"Hey, calm down Night! I was only kidding, sorta. Anyway, I guess some of the weaker citizens fainted. Hey, uh, did you check out my billboard? I made it myself! 'Cuz I'm a billboard guy, ya know? It's creative, isn't it?" I looked over at the board. It read, "Treasure Hunter! Lier X Agerate's house! Keep out!"

"Wow. So creative," I muttered sarcastically. "Hey, you said that the big thingy was a meteorite, right? Not an explosion?"

"Naw, it wasn't an explosion. You can go check it out for me. I can't leave here, 'cuz I gotta guard my hut."

"Sure. Whatever." I walked away. I continued down, or rather, up the path until I saw the red and blue flashing lights of some police cars. I turned the corner, and then I saw- oh god. Constantly pestering and bothering the cops was none other than my stupid neighbor, Pokey Minch. I really didn't want to see his ugly mug at this time of night, but he probably had the same idea that I did. Also, he has this thing where he calls me his "friend", but he's just an incredibly annoying, insensitive, spiteful dick to me. And it doesn't make a whole lot of sense why he calls me his "friend". What, does being a "friend" to him mean that he can treat me like I'm his bitch? No. I didn't think so. But whenever I give him a piece of my mind, he starts crying like a little baby and then I have to hear it from Mrs. Minch. What an asshole. I made a mistake of genuinely acting like a friend, but now I try my best to avoid him.

"Oh! Hey, Night!" said Pokey as he walked his fat ass over to me. Oh god. He got rather close to me, too. I stepped back quite a bit.

"Ugh, hi Pokey. What do you want?"

"Don't be rubberneckin', Night. You're getting in the cops'- oops, I mean the officer's way!"

"Oh, I'm getting in their way? I'm getting in their way? Have you ever taken a moment to reflect upon what you're doing, you hypocrite? Hm?! Did that ever cross your thick skull?!" I got up in his face, poking my finger at his fat nose. He slowly backed away. "You listen here, you little son of a-"

"Hey, no fighting. Alright? That'll cause us officers less stress. We're here to investigate the scene, and that's it. We don't want to have to deal with you kids this late at night. Why don't you both just go home? Yeah, that's a good idea. Go and get some shut-eye."

"Yessir," I muttered. After giving Pokey one more pissed glare, I descended the mountain and returned home. Ma was waiting for me at the front door.

"Welcome home, sweetie. What was going on?" she asked.

"A meteorite crashed down. Thank God we're all still alive." I yawned loudly. "Ah, I guess I'm pretty dang tired."

"Oh, yes. I understand. Why don't you scoot off to bed?"

"Okay."

xxxx

"… Night? … Night …Night… friend who... have never met… My name is..."

Knock-knock...

"Can you hear me... you? I am…Night… I am… Can you... me Help... don't know where I am…"

Knock-knock-knock...

"Night... help me!"

KNOCKKNOCKKNOCKKNOCK!

"Gasp!" I sat upright in bed, for the second time. I looked at the clock. 3:42 A.M.

KNOCKITYKNOCKITYKNOCKITYKNOCKITYKNOCKITYKNOCKITYKNOCKITY... Someone was constantly knocking at the door furiously. As you can imagine, it was starting to really drive me nuts. Who the hell is knocking like that at this time of night? I thought. I put on a tank top and some leggings. I exited my room and walked down the hallway. The lights were already on, and Tracy was standing next to her room.

"Can you believe someone is knocking at this time of night? Jeez! What an annoying knock! I can't take it anymore!" she said.

"It better not be who I think it is," I muttered as I walked downstairs. Of course Ma was up in the living room, presumably woken up by the knocking.

"Ma, who is that?!" I asked.

"I don't know! Who could be knocking at this time of night? Can you answer the door?" she asked me.

"You were standing down here this whole time, and you didn't even bother to answer the door? Seriously, Ma?" I sighed. Slightly annoyed, I went to answer the even more annoying knocking at the door.

KNOCK KNOCKKNOCKKNOCKKNOCK KNOCK KNOCK KNOCKITYKNOCKITYKNOCKITYKNOCKITYKNOCKITY...

"OKAY! I'M ANSWERING THE FREAKING DOOR!" I yelled. I opened the door only to see, take a wild guess. Take a wild FREAKING guess.

It was goddamn Pokey Minch.

"Hey! Night!"

"UUUUUGGGHHH, What the hell do you want Pokey? And what the hell are you thinking knocking like that at freaking 4 A.M. in the morning?! What, do you want to break down our door? What the hell is your freaking deal?!" I yelled furiously.

"I'm sorry!" No you're not, I thought. "Oh, good evening, ma'am. You're looking fine as usual, hehehe..." he flirted. "But anyway, Night! I took my brother Picky up to the place where the meteorite landed, and the police who were guarding the area suddenly left to take care of the Sharks, you know, the local ruffians."

"Oh, no, I don't know. Who, the people who beat the crap out of me two years ago? Yes, I know them! Quit patronizing me! Anyway, what stupid crap were you talking about?" I yelled irritably. Not like I care about what he has to say, I thought.

"Well anyway, the police left, and I noticed that Picky was gone. I-I blame it on the cops! I had nothing to do with it. Oh man, I know my dad's really gonna let me have it when I get back. But you can help me, can't you? Pleeeeeease? You're my bestest friend in the whole world, right?"

"... You must be high or drunk or both to think that I'm gonna help you. One, let me tell you, a friend respects another friend, you don't do that, also, a friend doesn't act like a total dick to another friend. You think I'm being a dick right now?" Yeah, his face said it all. "I'm telling you what a friend is! And you are not. What you think a friend is, is just a right to be a total asshole to another person whenever you want. I've put up with it, until now!"

"Look, I'm sorry for all those times, but even if you don't believe me, this is my brother we're talking about here! I'm worried about him!"

"No, you were-" I stopped myself and thought about it. I knew that Pokey was going to revert back to his old ways, but I didn't want to be a total dick either. Plus, I knew what it felt like to have a younger sibling in the face of trouble. I sighed. "Look, I don't know what you were doing when you lost Picky. I don't want to be a dick, but that doesn't give you any right to be one to me. So just this once, I'll go-"

"Okay! Thanks, Night! You're the best!" Pokey interrupted. I stifled a groan and a facepalm. "Let's blow this popsicle stand! Before we go, why don't you say 'goodbye' to your mom?" I walked over to Ma.

"I know he's not so reliable, but take the dog along with you," she said.

"Which dog?" I asked, noting Pokey.

"Night. You know what I mean. You shouldn't be so hard on him, you know. Take King along with you." I looked over at my dog, King.

"Here boy. Come on, King," I beckoned King to me. He got up slowly and walked over to me. He licked my hand and I pet his head. I looked back at Ma.

"Listen Night. No matter what happens, no matter what anyone says, you're a courageous, strong girl. Don't let anyone say otherwise. You're my own natural born fighter. You'll go far... Don't forget, 'go for it!' But I think you should change into regular clothes before you go. Also, you should get the bat from Tracy's room to protect yourself. It's dangerous out there." I nodded and started upstairs, but then-

"Pokey. Try anything funny; if you even flirt with my mom, I'll use my PSI on you. Got it?" I said menacingly. He nodded very quickly.

I pulled on a red shirt and some shorts. I put my hair into a ponytail and opened the door. I was about to leave, but then I looked over at my dresser and saw my red and blue baseball cap. Again, I don't like baseball, but I sort of shared a special bond with that hat. I loved that hat so much and it was my favorite hat. My dad had gotten it for me when I was a baby and I always wore it. I got the hat from my dresser and hugged it to my chest and then put it on. I bravely walked down the hallway and down the stairs to where Ma and Pokey were waiting. Pokey was waiting patiently on the couch. King walked over to me and sniffed me.

"Alright. Let's go Pokey." He walked over up to me and followed me out the door-

Ring-ring! Ring-ring!

"Night, will you answer the phone? It's probably another telemarketer," said Ma. I walked over to the phone and picked up the receiver.

"Hello?" I answered.

"Oh, hello Night. It's your dad. I heard this saying, 'Work to exhaustion when you're young...' have you ever heard such a silly saying? Just remember, I'm behind you 100%."

"Thanks Dad," I said. "You know that kid, Pokey? Well I have to help him find his brother. I don't want to do it, but I basically have no say in it."

"Hahaha... You're a strong girl. People say that males are predominantly stronger, but I don't believe that one bit. I've seen that you're courageous and tough, so don't let anyone get you down. You can do it. How's your mother doing?"

"She's alright. She misses you. So do I."

"Well, I have a lot of work I need to do. I need to support you guys because you're my family. Oh, also, I deposited $30 into your bank account. You can withdraw it at the drugstore in town. I believe they have an ATM there. You can withdraw money with your ATM card," I took my ATM card out of my pocket. "and buy whatever things you need. I feel like a hero, well, the father of a hero. You can do it, honey. I believe in you. I love you, Night."

"I love you too, Dad," I said, trying to hold in my tears.

"Alright, alright, you can let it out. I understand that you haven't seen me in a while, but you can call me later. Bye."

Click! Beeeeeeeep...

I put down the receiver and went over to Pokey.

"Alright. Let's go," I said. But of course, Pokey wanted to have his fun first.

"Aw, are you gonna cry? Oh, crybaby's gonna cry! Wah! Wah! Don't worry crybaby. Your mommy's right there-"

SLAP! SMACK! I slapped Pokey hard across the face twice. He was so surprised by this action that he stumbled backwards and fell onto the door. I grabbed my bat.

"DON'T MAKE ME BREAK THIS BAT OVER YOUR HEAD! LET'S GO!" I grabbed Pokey by the collar and shoved him out the door.

xxxx

"Oww, why did you have to slap me? It hurts..." complained Pokey as we hiked up the trail.

"Shut up. That's what you get for taunting me. I didn't have to do this, you know. I could've just closed the door on your face, but I decided to help you. And how do you thank me? By taunting me. You deserved that slap to the face, you ungrateful little- wait, do you hear that? Sounds like someone is snoring." I was right, the sound was coming from the top of the mountain where the meteorite was. Suddenly, King howled loudly and then ran home. I don't blame him. Sitting behind a tree was Pokey's brother, Picky. I tapped on him to wake him up.

"Snork! Ah! You woke me up! Pokey, I've been looking all over for you! You see, Night, Pokey got scared and ran away," I glared at Pokey, who turned red and avoided eye contact. "Well, I'm at least glad you're okay, Pokey. Let's go home. I'll bet Mom and Dad are worried sick about us. Jeez, sometimes I wonder who's the big brother around here..." Once Picky joined us, we started back down the trail, but then...

Bzzzzzzz...

"Hey, do you hear something sounds-"

"Yes! I hear it, Captain Obvious! What the heck is it any way? A bee?"

Suddenly, a light shone from the meteorite. A little bee flew out from the space rock and-get this-started talking to us.

"But a bee I am not..." said the little bug. "My name is Buzz Buzz, and I am from 10 years in the future, and in the future, all is devastation. Giygas, the universal cosmic destroyer has sent all to the horror of eternal darkness... However! You must listen to what I must say. Where I am from, there is a well-known legend that has been handed down from ancient times. It says, 'When the chosen girl has crossed the point, she will find the light. The passing of time will shatter the nightmare rock, and it will reveal the path of light.' You see, it is my opinion that you are this girl, Night. This I believe..." I found this to be quite intriguing, so I listened closer.

"Giygas's monstrous plan must have been set in motion somewhere on Earth, but if you start to confront the enemy immediately, you may have time to counter the evil intentions of Giygas. Three things are of utmost importance: wisdom, courage, and friendship. The legends from the ancient times tell of two girls and two boys who defeat Giygas. But I will tell you more later! Go now, and do not be anxious about the future. You have much work to do, Night. Did you listen to what I said?"

"Yessir, Buzz Buzz. 100%," I responded.

"Thank you for listening. You are as exceptional as I thought you would be, Night." And with that, he joined us.

"Night, it looks like you're in a lot of trouble this time. Two boys? I'm not one of them, am I? Because I'm not into that sort of thing at all. Jeez! My heart's pounding right out of my chest!" said Pokey.

"Shut it, Pokey. Don't worry, you're not one of them. I would make sure of that. Now let's go." We hiked down the mountain until we got to the bottom, and without any warning, a ray of light shone down from the sky and down came a robot!

"It's been a long time, Buzz Buzz. I see you've found the girl from the prophecy. You've done a lot to foil Master Giygas' plans, until now. Now you're nothing but a useless insect. I'll stomp you out hard!" And the robot got into a battle stance.

I was scared for a second; I didn't know what to do. Picky stood behind me and Pokey sat on the ground, crying crocodile tears. Suddenly, Buzz Buzz said, "That's a Starman Jr. Don't worry, you can attack him. I'll protect you, though. PSI Shield!" Buzz Buzz used a PSI that I hadn't seen or realized yet. Suddenly, my body, as well as Buzz Buzz, Picky and Pokey's bodies were protected by some kind of light shield.

"Fine! Have it your way! PSI Fire!" The Starman unleashed a powerful fire attack from his tentacle-like arms. I raised my bat up to block the attack, but the PSI Shield basically cancelled the attack. I took the opportunity to take a swing at the Starman Jr. I could've sworn I heard a cracking sound of some sort.

"That puny shield can't protect you forever!" yelled the Starman.

"Maybe not, but it can protect me long enough for me to do... THIS!" I popped up behind the Starman and swung at his head over and over. But then...

"One more hit should do it!" I yelled, with the Starman Jr. lying on the ground. "Hiyah!" I swung my bat extra hard, which seemed to finish off the Starman, but unfortunately in the process, my bat also broke. Well, what would you expect from a cracked bat?

"Whew! I was taking a big chance there. Well, you did a good job for your first fight, and against a Starman Jr. as well! He came from 10 years in the future to try and kill me, so we can't relax yet! From now on, you'll be fighting evil forces sent by Giygas, and humans with evil thoughts. Other animals will also try to kill you, so you will have to watch out. They will try to make trouble during your adventure." After that, we returned to Pokey's house.

"I'm so sorry that my boys troubled you so much. Now you boys are really going to get it!" said Mr. Minch. Pokey and Picky ran upstairs and Mr. Minch followed. I heard a lot of crying and whacking going on upstairs. That'll teach you a goddamn lesson, Pokey, I thought. Mr. Minch came back downstairs. "By the way, I would appreciate it if you left sometime soon."

"Oh, no, I understand. You guys are all tired, and you want to go to bed-" I started.

"That's not what I mean. I mean, we loaned your father a hundred thousand dollars or more, or less, depending on how you look at it, but because of it, we live in poverty now!"

"What do you expect me to do about it? I'm a kid!" I retorted.

"Aiieee! It's a bee! I'll kill it!" screamed Mrs. Minch.

"No wait! Stop!" But it was too late. Mrs. Minch swatted Buzz Buzz like it was nothing and he fell to the ground, to his death.

"No! Buzz Buzz! What the hell is your problem Mrs. Minch?! Buzz Buzz!" I ran over and caught Buzz Buzz.

"Uggghh... Night... I guess I'm weaker than I thought. Ugh... I must tell you something, before I pass on. To defeat Giygas, you must unite your power with the Earth's. The Earth will then channel your power and multiply it. There are eight places to visit. Make them your own. Each place is "Your Sanctuary". Giant Step in Onett, that is the closest one. Go there first. Augh! Everything is fading... here, before I go, I want to give you this. It's the Sound Stone. It can record the eight melodies of the Sanctuary locations. They are, Giant Step in Onett, Lilliput Steps in Happy Happy Village, Milky Well in Saturn Valley, Magnet Hill in Fourside, Pink Cloud in Dalaam, Rainy Circle in Winters, Lumine Hall in Tenda Village, and Fire Spring in the Lost Underworld. Augh! Ack! This is the end... G-goodbye, Night. I wish you the best of luck..." And with that, Buzz Buzz closed his eyes, never to open them again.

"Goodbye Buzz Buzz... I'm sorry..." I cried softly.

I stood up and death glared at Mrs. Minch. Once she noticed, I exited the house and slammed the door shut. The sun was rising over Onett and I yawned drowsily. I made my way to my house and entered.

"Oh! You're back, sweetie! Don't bother yourself with talking now. Are you hungry?" I nodded slowly. "Alright, I'll heat up your favorite curry and then you can scoot off to bed. Okay?" I forgot to mention: I. Love. Spicy food. It's something I can't live without. It's so good, in my opinion. Ma heated up some curry from the fridge and I ate it slowly. Once I was done, I trudged upstairs and walked down the hallway to my room.

"Wow, you look like you've had quite a night, sis," said Tracy. I simply nodded. I entered my room, stripped down to my underwear again and climbed into bed, finally.

xxxx

"... Night?... Night... Night...I'm a friend who you have never met before… My name is..."

"Can you hear me calling you? I am... Night! I... I am... Can you hear me calling you? Help! Come and help me! Um, I don't know where I am... I can hear water running in the distance... Night, please help me!"

"My name is Paula. Please help me!"