Title: Starfox Adventure: Dinosaur Planet
Genre: Action/Adventure
Rating: K+
Summary: This is a novelisation of the Gamecube game Starfox Adventure: Dinosaur Planet. A female fox named Krystal receives a distress signal from Dinosaur Planet. There, she finds out the planet is in ruins and is being torn apart as the forces that have held the planet together have been disrupted. However, before she can discover more about this planets fate, she is attacked and sealed inside a crystal. Fox McCloud is sent on a mission to Dinosaur Planet. There he finds Krystal's staff and it is now up to Fox to save the planet, defeat the enemy, and maybe even get the girl.
A/N: Well if you can't tell, I really like this game. I mean, why else would I take the time to write the whole thing out? But its fun. Chapters after chapter 3 will probably take some time to be posted. For the written dialogue found in the game, I have copied it out word for word. Of course there may be some extra dialogue but I will never change it. I intend to stay true to the game and not deviate. I hope every one is okay with that. If your not, stop reading.
Chapter One: Aboard the Galleon
From the depths of space, a girl named Krystal searches for the truth of her parents' death.
Finding herself within a lost corner of the Lylat system, she receives a distress call from a world known as Dinosaur Planet.
Being of a kind nature, Krystal decides to investigate.
This night as she ventured forth to find the source of the distress signal, she rode on the back of a kindly CloudRunner who had agreed to help her. They soared through the sky, ignoring the storm raging around them. Flashes of lightning guided their way through the clouded sky. Krystal brushed rainwater out of her eyes with a blue-furred paw and peered into the distance. Something didn't feel right to her. She drew her staff out from behind her and held it conveniently in her paw.
"I received a garbled distress signal. It said something about a mountain hidden in a storm," she called down to the CloudRunner beneath her. Krystal was speaking in the language of the Dinosaurs. She was quite adept at picking up other languages and she already had quite a few at her disposal. She had to yell to be heard over the howling storm. With the winds whipping her voice left and right, it would be a wonder if the pterosaur even heard her at all.
The CloudRunner let out a shrill cry, letting Krystal know he had heard her. She looked up again, still yelling down to her ride below.
"Whoever they are, they sounded in great danger!" She was worried about these poor creatures who had called for her aid. How badly were they injured? Would there be hostile enemies there? What if they were already…dead? Krystal shook her head and took a deep breath. Even if they were, she couldn't just sit by and not try to help someone in need.
From behind them, Krystal picked up the sound of something big flying towards them. She turned around in her seat and quickly ducked down again as several fire balls flew overhead. Turning around again, she tried to find the source of the assault. More fire balls had been fired and one was heading straight for her.
Instinctively, she threw her arm up in front of her face with her staff out in front. The impact of the fire ball wrenched her staff from her hand and sent it hurtling through the sky where it fell through the clouds below.
"My staff!" She wanted to reach for her staff, one of her few weapons and her most trusted source of protection.
The cry of a horrible beast ripped through the night. It was behind them, but getting closer. Beside Krystal and the CloudRunner, a giant shipped loomed. The helm of the ship bore the head of a dinosaur and it seemed to be alive and roaring for all it was worth. At first, Krystal was shocked by the sight of this monstrous vessel, but she quickly regained her bearings. By use of pressure on the pterosaurs shoulders, she maneuvered him downwards and behind the ship. This had to be HIS ship. The evil General the CloudRunner had told her about. Just the sight of the ship made her blood boil. No one should be able to do what this creature was doing and get away with it. She had to at least confront him. Also, maybe this was where the distress signal was coming from. Krystal readied her magic and prepared for battle.
There was a motor on the underside of the ship propelling it forwards as well as two cannons shaped as dinosaur heads shooting more fire balls. As the CloudRunner dodged around the flamming balls of death, she aimed her magic at her three targets. Several times they were grazed with the heat of the fire balls, singing her fur and burning the tough skin of the pterosaur.
She concentrated her efforts on the propeller first to slow the ship down slightly. It was so hard to hit! Its rotating motion made it almost impossible to hit and the evasive flying of the CloudRunner didn't help either. Come on Krystal, she told herself. Concentrate! With a few more bursts of magic, she was finally able to destroy the blades on the propeller, effectively slowing it down. Yes! Her next target was the cannons.
These were a little more difficult to take care of, considering they shot back. While once again trying to dodge what would most certainly end in there death, she fired her magic at the cannons. Even after the second cannon was destroyed, she knew the fight was not over yet. There was definitely more to come.
With the destruction of the second cannon, the ship put on a sudden burst of speed, pulling away from them. When it reached a fair distance away, it began a sharp turn in their direction. As it turned to face them, Krystal pushed the CloudRunner forwards and headed straight for the head on the helm. Gathering all her energy and holding it at the ready, she took aim at the dinosaurs head which now shooting giant fire balls at them. When they were in range and she was sure she had a decent shot, she fired.
Her shot was perfect. It hit the ship right in the face and it let out a cry of anguish. Seizing her chance, she urged the CloudRunner towards the deck of the ship. When they landed on the rail, she slowly slid off his back and landed nimbly on the deck. Krystal wanted to have a look around and see if she could find the evil general. She turned back to the CloudRunner to thank him.
"Thanks for helping me," she called to him. "I can take it from here." The winged dinosaur nodded his head, let out another cry, and winged off into the storm. Krystal turned her attention back to the ship and began to explore.
As she maneuvered around the sliding boxes, a voice reached her ears. It was more of a chattering then actual speech but it seemed to be distressed somewhat. She whipped her head around, trying to find the source of the voice. She spotted it at the other end of the deck. A baby CloudRunner was trapped in a bird cage like a pet and she could tell he wanted out. Making her way towards the poor creature, she decided to help him.
When she reached him, she tried to talk to him. "Hello little fellow," she cooed. "Are you alright?"
He looked up at her and nodded. "I'm fine," he replied meekly.
"That's good." Krystal smiled warmly at him to show she meant no harm.
"If you're looking for something, you should probably explore below deck," he suggested.
"Bellow deck?"
"Mm-hmm." He nodded his head towards an open door leading below deck at the opposite end of the ship.
"All right then," she replied. "I'll be back." With that, she turned and made her way back towards the door. As she descended the stairs, the sounds of the storm diminished though they could still be heard. When she entered another room, something glittering on the floor caught her eye. It was a key that lay on the floor unguarded. Krystal, being the kind person that she is, decided to pick the key up for whoever had left it there. It was likely a tripping hazard and she didn't want anyone to fall and hurt themselves. It didn't look like it belonged to a lock on this ship, so she held onto it for its owner. Oh, I'm just too kind.
There were no other doors down here so she decided to head back up above deck. Now that she had had her look around, she went back to the front of the ship to free the baby CloudRunner.
As she approached his cage, the door in front of her burst open and a raptor dressed in armor stepped out of the flames behind it, took a running start and jumped down the stairs in front of him and landed before Krystal. "General Scales," he spoke, savoring the name on his tongue. "Ruler, tyrant and dictator of Dinosaur Planet." When he finished his introduction he looked directly at Krystal with his cold eyes. "What brings you to my world?"
Krystal clenched her teeth as she glared at the evil General. "I'm not here to fight you." Her voice was defiant. She may not be here to fight, but she certainly didn't have to like this guy. "I'm only here because of a distress call," she continued.
General Scales turned around and walked back up the stairs while laughing cruelly. "A distress call? This whole planet is in distress." Though he said this, he did not seem concerned by it. He truly was the evil general, and Krystal found him pathetic.
"The CloudRunner told me about you, the evil general," she mocked while pointing at him.
"My girl, I am not evil," he replied. He turned towards the young CloudRunner in its cage. "I rule over the many dinosaur trines. You see, I must control this planet with fear." As he said this, he thrust the iron claws he was wearing through the bars on the cage at the young CloudRunner. "Otherwise," he continued, "the tribes always try to fight against me."
Krystals' anger had finally reached its limit. She ran forwards and threw herself at the general, hoping to attack him. Unfortunately, the general saw her and quickly grabbed her by the neck in midair and began to gently squeeze.
General Scales looked down at the fox-girl in his claws, his eyes now blazing. "You dare challenge me?" he hissed. He stalked towards the railing, dragging Krystal along the deck, still holding on to her neck. She struggled in his grip, grasping at his claws to trying to free herself before he threw her over the edge, for she knew that was what lay in store for her.
When he finally reached the railing he held Krystal high over the edge and roared in her face. "No one can defeat General Scales!" With a mighty heave, he threw her over the railing of the ship into the stormy sky. His deep laughter rang out and followed her downwards.
A few seconds later, she landed on the back of the CloudRunner she had been flying with earlier. She whispered him a quick 'thank you' and they rose into the Generals line of sight again.
The General, upon seeing Krystal alive, glared at her in hatred. "Bad luck General," she called to him in a very mocking tone. "Maybe next time." The CloudRunner turned around and they set off in their original direction once again. General Scales' angry voice followed them through the storm as her roared into the night.
"This is not over!"
Krystal bent closer to the CloudRunners head so she wouldn't have to yell as loud. "Let us find the source of the distress signal." They winged away into the night, leaving the General and his ship behind.
End of Chapter One
A/N: I'll use this spot to thank reviewers in later chapters, but for now I'll just put the title of the next chapter. Look forward to Chapter Two: Distress Signal
