It's a shame I could only pick two catagories...

Thank you to those who voted! We had gotten a three-way tie at first, but then a last minute vote. At least that vote helped me in deciding the catagory. So in here, expect many ANs explaning the story as it goes, because this story was made for the Earthbound fans, Sonic fans, AND Ice climber fans. So enjoy the first installment, the prologe!

Note:Rated T for laguage

The Resistance

Chapter 0: The prologue

(Let's call this chapter 11 of the previous story)

Walking down the long hallway of the throne room, Porky bot 0 prepared to tell his master the good news. They had not only beaten the only threat in Saturn Valley, but he had also followed orders and took no survivors. Not one sign of life could be found in the valley. Porky bot 0 assumed that the Mr. Saturn, the inhabitants of the valley, were merely caught in the crossfire. The entrance was blocked off, so there was no way they could escape.

However Porky bot 0 also had his suspicions. He and the pigmask were ordered to use the D-bomb, a powerful bomb that could take out a whole town. The D stood for destruction, of course. However if the resistance were gone, surely a new resistance would rise. They could even be stronger than the first. Porky bot 0 worried that no matter what they tried, there would be some type of resistance that would stop him.

As he approached the throne, he came face to face with his master. The very same master his design was based on. His master wore a bright red cape that was wrapped around his body. He also wore a matching red crown on his head. He wore dark blue shorts and light blue sneakers. In his hand was a long, golden staff that was taller than him. He sat in his chair and stared at his creation.

"So you've returned Porky bot 0." He bellowed. "I take it all went well?"

"Master Porky, It is my pleasure to inform you that there is no longer a threat to the pigmask army." Porky bot 0 stated.

Master Porky flashed a smile. "Excellent. Now we shall begin our quest to take over the world! With Lucas, Ness, and their pitiful friends out of the way, nothing can stop me! Do you hear me? NOTHING! *cough* *hack* *wheeze* *gasp*"

"Master Porky, please take it easy. Remember you are in no condition to gloat right now."

Master Porky stroked his chin. "Right, I don't want to lose all my energy. I do have the right to gloat, but I know I can do it." He raised his staff up high. "OH POKEY! COME IN HERE YOU MAGNIFICENT SON OF A BITCH!"

From behind his throne, the door behind Porky opened. Out came a small child who looked a lot like Porky, only younger. He wore a dark blue suit with a black tie. He had on black shoes that seemed too big for him. He had blonde hair that covered his eyes, just like Porky. He walked over to the two with a devious grin.

"I'm assuming my plan worked perfectly, right?" He asked.

"Of course it did." Porky told him. "After all, you are my younger self. I had so much energy then that I could think of the best plans in a situation."

(Guess who joined his older self in battle!)

Porky bot 0 stared at the two. "Master Porky, excuse me for asking, but exactly why is your younger self here?"

"I knew my toy would betray me once he got his past life back." Porky said, referring to the masked man. "I needed someone as smart and strong as me to take his place. And the only other person like me…Is me! I remember every place I've been to while travelling deep through space and time, so I went to one and picked up my past self. It's been so long since I've been called by my actual name…"

"So your real name is Pokey?"

"Yes, I don't know what my parents were on when they named me."

"I'm pretty sure it was mushrooms." Pokey chimed in. "Remember when we found their stash in the closet?"

"Yes, we did get quite a beating that day." Porky sighed. "But it doesn't matter now. We shall get our revenge on them later. Right now we should focus on taking over this time period for now. Since I'm in a good mood, you can pick our first place to conquer, Porky bot 0."

"Master, what if a new resistance shows up?" Porky bot 0 asked.

"In order for that to happen, they must first realize the old resistance is gone." He grinned. "We have it all planned out. This will be our greatest victory yet! *cough* *hack* *wheeze*"

"Let's watch our energy, future me." Pokey said to Porky. "I don't want to see myself throw up all over the floor."

"Right, I keep forgetting my condition. Anyway, did the chosen four recognize you when you went to Tazmily?"

"Of course pig's butt recognized me, but no one else seemed to notice anything different."

Porky chuckled at his nickname for Ness. "That poor, damn fool…"

"He had no idea what hit him."

"Anyway Porky bot 0," Porky spoke to his robot counterpart. "You can take a while to choose our first victims, but once you decide, come see me immediately. You may take your leave."

"Yes master Porky." Porky bot 0 then started to walk off, but stopped in his path and turned around. "Masters, I have one more thing to share with you..."

"What is it?" asked Pokey.

"We searched the remains of Thunder Tower and found a lot of robot parts. When we put them together, they made that service robot you made."

"Li'l Miss Marshmellow…?" Porky asked.

"Yes master Porky. We wanted to know if you wanted her reactivated."

". . . No, I had my fun with my little creation, but I now crave fun with the real thing. Dispose of her when you get the chance."

"Yes sir." Porky bot 0 then continued leaving.

Pokey looked at Porky. "Wait, what did you mean by that?"

Porky smiled. "Spoiler alert: You lose your virginity to a robot!"

"WHAT? THAT'S JUST SICK!"

"Yes I know, we're a sick person."

(To the Earthbound fans: I always thought that Porky teaming up with his younger self would be so cool. Ring a bell to any Sonic fans? Now let's switch point of views.)

Ness could feel nothing. It was as if the atmosphere around him had been frozen. He could sense the aura of his friends around him. They seemed to be up and well. When he opened his eyes, he saw nothing but darkness. He couldn't determine his location. He struggled to stand up, but managed.

"He's awake!" came a voice from behind him.

When Ness was on his feet, he was knocked back down by Paula. Paula smothered him in kisses as he tried to calm her down.

"Ok Paula, it's great to see you're okay too." He stammered when she had finally gotten off of him.

"Sorry Ness, but I thought you might have died. I couldn't sense your psi for a long while." She pulled him into a hug. "I'm just glad you're ok."

"Well it looks like the gangs all up and ok." Said another voice.

Ness looked in the direction of the voice to see Kumatora, Lucas, and Jeff staring at them.

"If we're all here, then where are the others?" Ness asked.

"I think the better question is where exactly IS here…" Jeff said.

"The others are farther down this path…road…thing; look I don't know how to say it." Kumatora said with an aggravated tone. "Let's just say they're somewhere else. We came across something and we need your opinion on what to do about it."

"Why do you need my opinion on it?"

"Each of the team leaders needs to decide." Lucas answered. "I answer for my team, you answer for yours, and Ninten answers for his."

"Sounds like a fair way to decide. Let's go to this thing, shall we?" and with that Ness and company walked off to the others.

Multiple thoughts ran through Ness' mind as they walked along. What were they walking on? Where they even walking? Were they floating? Where were they? What was this place filled with darkness called? With no one with an answer for him, Ness, let his mind wander as they moved along.

Eventually, they came across the rest of their friends. They were gathered around some sort of black portal surrounded by a purple flare. On the other side, a bright, clear, blue sky above a green hill decorated with totem poles and waterfalls. The place looked more like a giant amusement park.

"So this is the thing you found?" Ness asked as they approached the group.

"Apparently it's a dimensional gap." Loid said, adjusting his glasses. "It will lead us to another dimension. Yet none of us know where this dimension is or anything about the inhabitants."

"Ness, you've been to many different dimensions." Poo said to him. "Does this look familiar to you?"

Ness walked up to the portal and stared into it. Although he got a strange sense from it, he knew he'd never been there before.

"I've never been here, but it feels familiar…" He muttered.

"I say we go into it and find out where it leads." Lucas said.

"Travelling into unknown territory is what heroes do, right?" The masked man said.

"I say we stay and find a rift that will take us home." Ninten said. "Then we can get back to the nowhere islands and stop Porky."

"So I guess my decision decides the matter, right?" Ness said.

Everyone nodded.

Ness thought for a long while. On one hand, they could find somewhere to rest and find some way to get to Porky. On the other hand, they could step into the middle of a war and get captured. Ness didn't want to put his friends in danger, but he didn't want to stay put and let Porky destroy the nowhere islands.

"I say we go in." Ness finally decided. "Maybe we can find some materials and build something to send us back. It beats wandering around aimlessly for who knows how long."

With the exception of a long sigh from Ninten, everyone seemed happy. But they stared at the portal for a long time. No one dared to enter it.

After a while Lucas stepped up to it. "Well shouldn't we get going? No sense in wasting time." And with that he dashed into the rift (with his eyes closed and a fearful expression on his face).

Kumatora walked up to the rift next. "The boy makes a good point. Let's not waste our damn time!" She ran into the rift after Lucas.

"Woof! (Hey, wait for me!)" Boney barked as he ran into the rift after Lucas as well.

Flint, Hinawa and the masked man walked up next. "This should be a lot of fun!" The masked man exclaimed as he ran into the rift.

"Claus wait a minute, let's not get separated!" Hinawa called after him as she entered the rift. Flint walked into the portal with his hat over his eyes, hiding his look of excitement.

Duster walked up to the rift next. "It's been one adventure after the next. Travelling through time, and now to another dimension. Dad will never believe this when I tell him all about this." He exclaimed as he limped in. "So many chances to steal things. I bet if I steal something rare, Dad will be so proud!" Duster thought to himself.

Ness walked up to the rift next. He stared into it. "It seems peaceful…I don't see what could go wrong."

Paula stood next to him. "Knowing our luck, something will go wrong." She said to him.

Jeff stood on the other side of Ness. "It shouldn't be anything we can't handle right? We can handle just anything thrown at us." He told them.

Poo joined up with them. "Don't get overconfident Jeff." He said as they walked in together.

Next Ninten and Ana walked up to the rift holding hands. They stared into the rift with a look of determination.

"Whatever happens, we face it together." Ninten told her.

"Are you sure, because I don't want you to run away if you see a lamp." She told him.

"It's not my fault I saw a lamp breath fire!" He argued.

"Well it won't happen again, just promise me you won't run from the next lamp you see."

". . . Ok, I promise I won't run from the next lamp I see."

Ana smiled at him. "Good, now let's get going!" She exclaimed as she walked into the rift, pulling Ninten in with her.

"They must have a hard relationship…" Loid thought to himself as he walked in the rift.

Teddy walked up to the rift. "I suppose I've got no choice but to go in as well." He sighed as he walked in.

EVE simply studied the rift and walked in without a sound.

Now the only two left were Pippi and Picky. Picky walked up to the rift, but stopped when he noticed Pippi still staring at it.

"Everything ok Pippi?" He asked her.

". . . I'm scared Picky, what if we end up separated from everyone else? What'll we do if that happens? What if we run into ghost?"

Picky walked over and took her hand. "Let's go together then." He smiled at her. "If we do get separated from everyone else, then we'll still be together."

Pippi merely stared at him. She said nothing as she and Picky walked into the rift.

(Now let's switch point of views one more time)

(To the Sonic fans: After playing Sonic Generations, I thought the old classic Sonic could star here. Then I thought "Let's put the whole classic gang in here!".)

Somewhere over the ocean was an island. This island was a different from other islands because it floated over the ocean. It was so far from the main land that it couldn't be seen floating from the distance. What made the island float was the power of the master emerald, a powerful stone that gives off huge amounts of energy. This stone was able to control the chaos emeralds and the super emeralds, two sets of emeralds that can grant the user unlimited sources of power.

Now something this powerful needed a guardian. With the master emerald and super emeralds hidden on the island, someone needed to be able to make sure it stayed hidden. Someone needed to be able to protect the animals that lived on the island as well. Someone who was quick, strong, and had great abilities in order to get around the islands. There was someone like that who protected the whole island. His name was Knuckles the echidna.

"It's been a few months since the doc came to Angel Island. I wonder how those two are doing…" He thought to himself.

He stood on the beach that surrounded the island. Being the last of his kind, Knuckles stood there remembering the two friends he made when they came to the island.

However his thoughts were interrupted by the sound of a plane. In the sky, Knuckles could see a red plane coming in for a landing. Knuckles moved out of the way so that the plane could land. As it landed, Knuckles had gotten a closer look at the plane. On the side of the plane was the name "Sonic" in white letters. On the tail of the plane was two orange tails with white tips sticking out of a circle.

Piloting the plane was a fox with orange fur. He had big, black eyes and wore red and white shoes with blue buckles and white gloves. This contrasted Knuckles and his red and yellow shoes with green buckles.

On the wings of the plane was a blue hedgehog. He also had big, black eyes and wore white gloves. However he wore red shoes with a small white strap. He had six long, spikey spikes out of the back of his head.

"Hey Knuckles, you will never believe what we found!" The fox exclaimed as he jumped out of the plane. The hedgehog jumped off the wings and they both walked towards him.

"What is it Tails?" Knuckles asked as they walked up to him.

"We found a treasure map!" The fox exclaimed. "Sonic and I are about go look for the treasure. Since you're a great treasure hunter, we wanted to see if you wanted to come with us!"

Knuckles thought for a moment. "Well I guess it will be all right, it's not like I got anything better to do." He then pulled out his treasure hunting hat. It was a brown cowboy hat with a black stripe around it.

The hedgehog stared at Knuckles with a questioning look. "Don't worry Sonic; I moved the master emerald to a safer place. The doc will have to kill me before ever figuring out where it is."

Sonic smiled at him and gave Knuckles a thumbs up.

"So he hasn't said a word yet?" Knuckles asked Tails.

"Not yet, but I think a silent hero is pretty cool." Tails answered.

(Who doesn't love a silent protagonist?)

Sonic jumped back onto the wings of the plane and tapped his foot impatiently, signaling he was ready to go. Knuckles jumped on the back wings and Tails got into the cockpit and started up the engine.

"So where does the map say we should go first?" Knuckles asked.

"We had found it in a tree in emerald hill, and it said to go to green hill." Tails told him as the plane pulled off. "According to the map, we have to travel to these points and find a clue that will point us in the direction of the next. Eventually, we shall come across the treasure!"

"Sounds like a plan to me." Knuckles said.

"And the best part is that this should be easy since no one has seen the doc in quite some time."

"Well then nothing can go wrong, right?"

As they left Angel Island Sonic stared off into the vast sea, thinking to himself. "Knowing the doc, he's planning something big. But what? His robots haven't been seen patrolling the islands. Something tells me he's somewhere, plotting his next move right now as I think…"

Well that's the begining for you. Team Sonic seaching for tresure and Team Mother finding a way to stop Porky. But what about the Ice Climbers who I said would be in here (who should get more respect than they get)? Where did Ness and company end up? Where will Porky and Pokey strike? Next time, find out how the Ice Climbers play a part in this, Team Sonic's first clue, and Team Mother's base-building skills!