Author's note: I do not own any of the characters in this chapter. However, I did think up names for Olimar's family members, because I do not know their real names.

Pikmin Worlds: Prologue

The Phone Call to Adventure

On a distant planet called Hocotate, many millennia in the future, one man will ride in a hovertaxi through the harsh deserts of the landscape. After many months of intergalactic travel and several amazing adventures on a new world, this man will finally return home to his loving family. His name is Captain Olimar, and he will hardly wait to see his wife's smiling face and his two beautiful children.

Olimar just came to his home planet a day ago, and much has happened since then. His boss, the President of Hocotate Freight, had given him a huge raise for saving the company from a massive debt, and decided to give him a week off from work to rest from his stressful travels. Normally, the President was much stricter than this, but the large fortune he had amassed recently kept him in a good mood. Louie, Olimar's assistant, was not so fortunate. When he returned from the wilds of the mysterious planet of the Pikmin, he insisted he be brought back to take his rightful place as the King of Bugs. He was accepted into a mental hospital a few hours later, where his mind would hopefully recover from the supposed trauma he experienced.

The taxi smoothly stopped in front of Olimar's home, and he stepped off. He was a short man, with a tuft of brown hair on his head and a big, round nose. He checked his bulging backpack for the gifts he was going to give to his wife. Sure enough, the Gemstar Husband and Gemstar Wife, two of the treasures he discovered during his adventures, glittered brightly next to each other. Olimar knew that these two large stones would make the perfect representation for his love for his family.

Olimar pressed a button near the door and shouted, "Hello, honey! I'm finally home!" He heard the sound of rushing footsteps, and the door swiftly opened to reveal his beloved wife Julie. She had a great big smile underneath her equally large nose, and her curly red hair glowed in the sun.

"Olimar! It's great to see you home, dear. The kids and I were worried that we may never see you again!" Julie proceeded to kiss Olimar gently on his nose.

"Wow! Dad's home!" shouted two voices from upstairs. Olimar's teenage daughter, Sadie, came down first and game her father a big hug. She was quickly followed by her brother Chip, who gave his father a high-five.

"Hey, Dad," piped Chip, who had a big nose just like his father, as well as thick, black hair, "Will you tell us some stories about your adventures with the Pikmin?"

"I would love to right away," replied Olimar, who was really looking forward to spending time with his family. However, just at that moment, his video phone beeped. "Let me deal with this quickly so we can start catching up with each other," he said as he turned the monitor on.

Olimar's glee quickly changed when the President's head appeared on the screen. "Olimar, my boy, you have to get back to that planet right away!" said the President in his unusually high voice.

"But sir, I thought that you let me take a week off to spend time with my family."

"Promises are made to be broken. The Hocotate Organization of Science and Environment has just issued a huge amount of Pokos to send you on a month long mission to study the planet's ecosystem. You can't just refuse an offer from a government-funded organization!"

"I'm sorry, sir, but I'm not about to leave my family to go on yet another life- endangering mission on that planet, and that's final!"

"Captain Olimar, either leave right away, or you're fired!"

While listening to this conversation with fear and confusion, a light bulb went on in Julie's head. "Why don't you bring us with you on this mission, dear? That way, we can spend time with each other and you could show us around that planet!"

Olimar was shocked by what he was hearing. "Honey, I refuse to put my family's lives in danger! You could get poisoned by oxygen, or chewed up by a giant bug, or stomped flat by an Arachnorb, or …"

"Actually, your wife does have an interesting idea," said the President. "With all the extra money we have, we can order a better ship and safer space suits for your family. Plus, I bet your kids would like the adventure." The president slyly winked at Chip.

"Yes, I would love to go on an adventure with Pikmin!" yelled Chip. "It will be so cool fighting all the bad bugs with Dad!"

Sadie joined in the conversation by replying, "I bet it would look really impressive on my college applications if I participated in a government funded program."

"What do you say dear?" asked Julie. "I would love to do something exciting for a change."

Olimar thought hard. As much as he didn't want his family to suffer any harm, he would love to show them the beauty of the Pikmin and the planet they live on. "Okay," said Olimar, "I'll do it for my family."