(I'm in the main hall about to leave. Tinker Bell, Brittany and Leo see me off)

Me: Okay, guys, I'm heading out for the weekend.

Brittany: Be careful, Archer.

Me: Will do. Bye.

(I exit the base with a smile. Inside, the three huddle together)

Leo: Alright, how much time do we have?

Tinker Bell: Just until Sunday.

Leo: Perfect! That's more than enough to get everything ready for the boss' birthday party.

Brittany: But how will we get everything ready for the party?

Leo: You just leave that to me.

(Leo runs off somewhere with the two girls following close behind)


Cartoon Party: Quest for the Mini-Stars

Chapter 1: Toon Road, Part 1

In the reaches of space, Dr. Eggman is juggling some of the Mini-Stars he and Snively stole. He laughs in triumph as a crane carries containers filled with Mini-Stars somewhere.

"Gyah-ha-ha-ha-ha! So many Mini-Stars! And they're all MINE!" Dr. Eggman cackled happily as he watched the Mini-Stars float over his head. But his moment of happiness was short lived as Snively came with a worried expression on his face.

"Doctor! We've got a big problem!" Snively warned as he showed them a security video of Ezra, Joy, Danny and Scratch running across a grassy plain.

"WHAT?!"

"They're heading for the grasslands! If we don't do something, they'll take all of the Mini-Stars back!" Snively explained.

"Grasslands? The ones where cool breezes blow across the hills and you want to relax and have a nice picnic? That's Toon Road!" Eggman deduced as the video ended.

"Oh-ho-ho-ho-ho!"

"I'll send in my elite minions to deal with them!" Eggman then pulled out a blaster-like transporter. He points to the ground in front of him and fires. After a few seconds, a group of Putty Patrollers and Goldar appeared.

"Putty Patrol! Goldar! Listen up!"

"Head to the grasslands and show Ezra's team what's what!" Eggman barked his commands, which the Putties responded with a language that hardly anyone can understand.

"I will not fail you, Doctor." Goldar replied.


(Toon Road entrance)

Ezra, Danny, Joy and Scratch have arrived at the entrance of Toon Road. They see a multitude of Mini-Stars on the path as well as some of their dark counterparts, the Mini-Ztars. Scratch, along with his cohort Grounder, has convinced the other heroes that the two robots have changed their ways and left Eggman for good.

"Whoa! Look at all of those scattered Mini-Stars!" Joy exclaimed.

"I'll bet whoever did this must've scattered them so we wouldn't find them all." Ezra noted.

"I see that. How are we supposed to get around the grasslands?" Scratch asked. Danny then saw a red car big enough to carry four people out of the corner of his eye.

"Hey, guys, look! A car! And it can fit us." Danny told them.

"Good eye, Danny." Ezra complimented as the quartet entered the car. Danny, Joy and Scratch sat in the back seat while Ezra was at the wheel.

"Uh, Ezra, was it?" Scratch spoke up. "Do you even know how to drive this thing?"

"Hey, driving a car is no different than flying a TIE Fighter across the planet of Garel!" Ezra snapped as he started up the car. Danny, Joy and Scratch stared in confusion at Ezra's response.

"What's a TIE Fighter?" Scratch asked. Joy and Danny responded with a shrug of their shoulders as Ezra started driving through the grasslands. After a few minutes of driving while collecting Mini-Stars along the way, they stopped at a fork in the road with a pond, one path with a gathering of lily pads acting as a bridge across the pond with some Mini-Ztars in the path, the other a long curve going around the pond with Mini-Stars ahead.

"Alright, which way do we go? Left or right?" Ezra asked.

"I say we go right/left." Danny and Scratch answered simultaneously, their responses different from each other. They find out what they said and begin arguing.

"I say we go right! It's much safer and we can take in the scenery!" Danny yelled.

"Yeah?! Well, I say the left way's much faster! The lily pads in the pond are forming a bridge we can cross!" Scratch interjected. They started arguing again until Joy stood up and pushed them apart.

"Would you two just be quiet?!" Joy yelled, surprising Danny, Scratch and even Ezra. "I know I'm supposed to be happy, but I can't handle you two arguing! You're starting to act like how Anger and Fear got along."

"Wow. Just… wow." Ezra said in complete surprise until he shakes it off. "Joy's right. There's no way we'll decide which way to go with you two going at each other." He pulls out a coin from his pocket with one side depicting the emblem of a TIE Fighter, the other showing a Stormtrooper helmet. "So we'll settle this with a flip of a coin. Heads, we go right. Tails, we go left."

"That's fair, but how will..?" Scratch asked before Ezra interrupted him.

"If you're asking which is which, that's easy." Ezra said as he showed them the coin's two sides. "The Stormtrooper helmet is heads, the TIE Fighter is tails." Scratch, Danny and Joy all understood as Ezra flipped the coin. The coin soon hits the floor of the car on the side with the Stormtrooper helmet.

"Heads. That means we go right." Danny confirmed.

"That's right." Ezra agreed as he picked up the coin and faced Joy. "Care to take the wheel, Joy?"

"Ezra. Why, thank you." Joy thanked the Padawan as she started taking the wheel. She then started driving leisurely until Scratch spots a fortress atop the mountain.

"Guys! Look up there! A fortress!" Scratch reported.

"Good eye, Scratch." Danny complimented. "Joy, drive us up the mountain! There's a fortress up there."

"Will do!" Joy replied as she drove around a beanstalk that reached to the sky and up the mountain, stopping in front of the fortress. As soon as she stopped the car, Snively flew in front of them on a hovercraft.

"Well, well, well." Snively sneered.

"Doctor Snively?! You're behind this?!" Ezra gasped.

"Partly, yes." Snively answered. "I have some friends in high places. Speaking of friends, you'll find some waiting in that fortress."

"I don't know what you're planning, Snively, but know this: we'll get those Mini-Stars back even if it takes us all day!" Danny glared.

"Then why don't you give it a try?" Snively challenged. The heroes plus Scratch entered the fortress, in an effort to rescue the Mini-Stars trapped inside.


Ezra, Joy, Danny and Scratch found themselves in a large forest after entering the fortress on the mountain. Joy looked around and stared in wonder as the trees surrounded them.

"Where are we?" Joy asked.

"Looks like some kind of forest." Scratch answered.

"How can a fortress transport us here?" Ezra asked, but before anyone could answer, a group of 100 Putty Patrollers appeared from behind the trees and surrounded them.

"Yikes! What are those?!" Joy exclaimed.

"I've heard of these guys." Danny said.

"You have?" Scratch asked.

"From my old paleontology tutor, Tommy Oliver, yeah." Danny answered. "They're called Putty Patrollers. They may be weak, but they're pretty troublesome in large numbers."

"Well, let's even the odds!" Ezra suggested as he pulled out his blue-bladed lightsaber and started taking down some Putty Patrollers. The others watched as the Padawan defeated about fifteen Putties on his own.

"Ezra's good, but he can't handle those guys on his own." Joy said. "We should help him out!"

"Good idea, Joy!" Danny replied in agreement as Danny used his ghost powers to blast a Patroller about to ambush Ezra.

"Thanks, Danny." Ezra thanked as the ghost hunter joined him in battling the Putties. Joy and Scratch eventually joined in after a few moments. Once about half of them were beaten, the remaining Patrollers became really mad.

"Uh-oh! Now we made them mad!" Scratch warned.

"Not to worry. We'll just have to fight harder." Danny said as he blasted more of the Putties, with Scratch, Ezra and Joy joining in. The Putties evaded their attacks from time to time, but after about ten more minutes, Joy dealt the finishing blow. The defeated Putties fall to the ground and vanish in a puff of smoke, but not before dropping a bunch of Mini-Stars.

"Whew! That was harsh!" Danny sighed in exhaustion.

"Who knew there'd be so many Putties?" Scratch questioned as he wiped his metal forehead.

"Look, all we know is that we beat them and saved the Mini-Stars." Ezra informed them as he put away his lightsaber and started picking up the scattered Mini-Stars. "Come on, let's get these out of here and get back on the road." The others picked up any remaining Mini-Stars and left the forest via a portal similar to the one they went through when they entered the fortress.


(I re-enter the base to the entire place completely empty after two days)

Me: I'm back!

(No response. I look around and notice everybody's gone)

Me: Where is everybody?

(Just as I was about to investigate, Leo came running towards me)

Leo: Archer! Help! Come quick!

Me: What is it?

Leo: Scorpion's gone rogue and is attacking everyone in the party hall!

Me: What?! We better help everyone!

(Leo and I rush to the party hall. Leo puts an ear to the door.)

Leo: Wait here. I'll try to talk some sense into him.

(Leo enters the room alone. I wait outside. A few minutes pass and I grew impatient)

Me: Okay, I've waited long enough. I hate it when one of my guys go rogue.

(I enter the dark room and looked around)

Me: I can't see a blasted thing in here.

(I reach for the light switch and as soon as I turn the lights on, everyone jumps out from a few hiding spots)

Everyone: Surprise! (Party poppers go off all around me)

Me: Aw, you guys! You didn't have to do this!

Tinker Bell: You deserve this, Archer. You're our friend and you always will be. Besides, the party was Leo's idea.

Me: Leo, you did this?

Leo: Yep. I know it was late, but consider this our gift to you. Happy birthday, boss!

Me: Thank you everyone. I don't know how to repay you.

Muscle Man: I do. Let's party!

(The party begins)

Me: This is the best birthday surprise I ever had! Time for me to close out. You readers may rate/review/fav. Archer out!