Chapter 1

Out in space, Pac-Man was piloting the Lemon Rocket roughly half a light-second away from Pac-World

"Pac, my boy," Sir Cumference said through Pac-Man wrist communicator, "Have you found anything yet?"

"Nope, nothing yet," Pacster replied, "Not sure why you got me out there though, Apex and the Pointy Heads haven't tried to invade Pac-World in a while."

"True, but I've been detecting Pointy Head ships flyin' all over our solar system," Sir C stated, " Why would they be running around this much yet ignore us altogether? I think they must be looking for something."

"Think it might have something to do with my parents?" Pac-Man asked hopefully.

"It's possible, I guess," Sir C replied with some reluctance, "But…"

"Hold up, Sir C," Pac-Man interrupted, "I think I see something up ahead, I'm coming in for a closer look."

Sir C breathed a faint sigh of relief, but Pac-Man didn't notice as he approached a strange silhouette, he eventually got close enough to see what was up ahead.

It was a Pointy Head mothership!

…..

…..

But it wasn't going anywhere, and it looked abandoned.

"Sir C, I found a Pointy Head mothership," Pac-Man said, "But it looks like it's been abandoned, and from the outside it doesn't look like anyone's in it, think maybe that's what the Pointy Heads are looking for?"

"Seems that way," Sir C agreed, "Try one of the new sensor mods I installed on the Lemon Rocket."

"Good idea, I'll start with the thermal sensors," Pac-Man said as he pushed a few buttons on the Lemon Rocket's control panel and looked at a screen showing a thermal-gram of the mothership, "That's weird, most of the ship is a little cold, including the ship's drive core, that silver saucer hasn't flown anywhere in a whi- wait a sec…"

"Something came up?" Sir C asked.

"There's two heat signatures in the ship," Pac-Man answered.

"Just two?" Sir C asked, "Well that's pretty bizarre, maybe they're stranded."

"Maybe…" Pac-Man said in agreement, "I'd better investigate, I'm gonna board that ship."

"Alright, but be careful," Sir C warned, "If the Pointy Heads are looking for this ship, they probably won't be far behind."

Pac-Man flew in close to one of the ship's airlocks, he exited the Lemon Rocket and floated in close enough to the airlock to pry it open with his gloved hands briefly enough climb into the ship's interior and allowed the airlock to automatically close itself behind him.

After boarding the mothership, Pac-Man began his search for the people on board by walking down the hallway, he noticed most of the ship's interior was just barely lit up and it felt very cold, he couldn't help but hug himself to help keep warm.

The atmosphere of this place also made Pac-Man more than a little nervous, he didn't know exactly what he was going to find here. He suddenly heard a faint crackling sound and froze, he noted to himself he heard the sound to his left and promptly turned there to find an open doorway.

He entered the doorway and found, to his surprise, a small bonfire in the middle of a small room, with a small crate placed close to the bonfire and a pile of blankets on the far left corner of the room.

Pac-Man opened up his wrist communicator, "Well, Sir C, I found the first heat source I saw earlier, turns out it's just a fire. Whoever's living here must be trying to keep warm."

"So we've only got one person living on this ship?" Sir C asked, "Now I'm really wondering what happened to the rest of the ship's crew. Better keep your guard up."

"I will, and I'll keep you posted," Pac-Man assured, "Pac out."

As he hanged up, Pac-Man suddenly felt something metal and pointy poking his back. Pac-Man raised his hands up in reflex.

Pac-Man heard a young voice from behind him say "Turn around slowly."

Pacster did what his would-be captor told him and turned around.

The Yellow Orb teen saw what might be the last thing he expected to see.

He was looking at another Pac-Worlder! And another Yellow Orb at that! Except this Pac-Worlder was much shorter and younger than him and was wearing beau blue gloves and shoes, and from the longer eyelashes and the orange-colored hair tied into a short ponytail with a beau blue hair ribbon, Pac-Man could tell she was a female Yellow Orb.

That same little Yellow Orb girl was pointing a Pointy Head laser rifle at Pac-Man.

The two Yellow Orbs stared at each other, though the Yellow Orb girl was looking at Pac-Man more cautiously.

Pac-Man's head was practically spinning at the sight of that girl, but something that stuck out to Pac-Man was her eyes, she had the same blue eyes as him, He found the resemblance too uncanny. The Yellow Orb girl was clearly surprised as well, but seemingly for different reasons.

Her being another Yellow Orb's surprising enough, Pac-Man thought, but the way she looks reminds me of them, I wonder…..

"Is… is this a trick?" the Yellow Orb girl asked, "No… it can't be. is this possible? Are… are you real?"

"Oh, don't worry," Pac-Man reassured the girl, trying to be friendly, "I'm real enough."

"Just…. Who are you?" the girl asked, actually getting more frantic "How did you find this ship?"

"Name's Pac," Pac-Man answered as he lowered his hands, "And please, calm down, I'm not here to hurt you."

The Yellow Orb girl hesitated, but gave a look of startled realization as she lowered her weapon, "Wait, your name's Pac?"

"Yeah? I'm guessing you heard my name before?" Pac asked.

The girl thought for a moment, then asked, "Are your parents named Zac and Sunny, by any chance?"

Pac-Man quickly caught on to where the Yellow Orb girl was going and proudly said, "Yep! And I'm gonna take a wild guess that they're your parents as well?"

"Yeah.. But how'd you figure that out so quickly?" the Yellow Orb girl asked.

"Come on, you're not only yellow, but you got Mom's hair, and you got Dad's eyes like me," Pac replied, "Even someone as dumb as Betrayus could see the resemblance, and if we have the same parents, then that would mean…."

"Well, you've already caught on," The Yellow Orb girl cracked a grin as she holstered her weapon, Pac-Man noticed that the girl smiled like she hasn't smiled in a long time, "So I won't beat around the bush, my name is Pac-Ella, and yes, I'm your little sister."