so it's uh,,,,,,, been a long ass time? lmfao this isn't anything new but i'm just moving this oneshot i wrote like ages ago and just revised a little bit into this collection bc no one was reading it on its own. which is a shame cause this is the one fic i'm like actually proud of? pls listen to this song y'all it makes me cry like a lil bitch - /watch?v=kEdFi3WCBHM
i will actually write some new oneshots for mother 3 soon though! haha can't believe it's been 6 years and i'm not even a bit less obsessed with this game than i was before ayyy
lyrics from the VOCALOID wiki page for "Earth Song", and translation by BerrySubs!
2. Earth
You hung on to the charred, bloody corpse in your arms like your life depended on it. Your sanity certainly did. If you moved from this spot, let the trace of your brother's scent underlying the much stronger smells of smoke and burnt flesh die away, and dared to raise your head and face the real world, you would surely go crazy. You felt the world spinning dizzyingly around you. Your head, churning with a tempest of overwhelming emotions, throbbed and felt as heavy as a boulder. The agony of the gash on your shoulder, your fractured rib, and twisted ankle only added to the tumult of sensations washing over you.
You felt your father's reassuring hand on your uninjured shoulder, heard the meant-to-be-comforting voices of your friends. They seemed to reach your ears from far away, slurred and dreamlike.
Something penetrated the haze of numbness. The body in your arms, your anchor, was being taken away from you. You held on as tight as you could, but the combination of your numb shock and your injuries significantly weakened you, and Claus eventually slipped from your arms.
Slowly, you turned you head to face your comrades and father. The haze clouding your vision and hearing dissipated slightly, and you heard your father's voice telling you that your twin had just been hasty like he always was, and that you needed to forgive him, that both Claus and Hinawa had entrusted fate to you, and that all their lives were in your hands now. You knew what you were supposed to do next. Pull the glistening needle embedded in the cracked ground, the only one you hadn't touched yet, the last of the objects over which you had unknowingly fought with your beloved twin so many times. How could you save this world, this Earth, when the very fabric your own world was tearing down all around you?
Suddenly, you felt the familiar, cool sensation of PK Lifeup caress your exhausted body, stitching up your wounds and restoring your physical energy. A hand came onto your shoulder, smaller, and different in texture to the callused palms of your father. The voice that accompanied the hand began to speak.
"Lucas. You gotta do this. Pull yourself together and get up! Like your dad said, your brother and mother've put their trust in you. If you're gonna sit here and sulk all day, that would defeat the purpose of their sacrifices, wouldn't it?"
As if a wakeup call had sounded, you snapped out of your daze. The princess was right. She, your friends, your father, mother, twin, the rest of the Tazmily villagers, this whole Earth, they were all depending on you. You'd endured countless obstacles and setbacks, and despite everything, had gotten this far. You couldn't turn back now, or you'd let them, and most of all, yourself, down.
Full of newly gained determination, you got up without difficulty from your injuries due to Kumatora's PSI, and walked slowly, surely, forward. It seemed an eternity before you reached the golden rod of light, but must have only been a few seconds.
You placed your hands almost reverently on the bars of the Needle. This was it. The lives of everyone on the entire planet were in your hands. You would either succeed or fail. Mustering up all your strength and courage, you pulled.
A sensation familiar to you, but a hundred times stronger, surrounded you as the needle arced upwards from your hands. Glowing blue lines of PK Love ran across your vision and radiated from the Needle's indent outward on the ground. Power surged through every vein in your body, burning so hot and bright you thought your skin would crack from the sheer intensity of it. The thunderous rumble of an earthquake shook the cavern.
Suddenly, all the chaos slowed to a standstill, and the kaleidoscope of colours faded away. It was completely silent. You looked around in confusion; this had never happened before.
The cavern and your father and friends were gone. You were alone in a space that was completely black, but at the same time, emanated a sort of inexplicable light. In the centre of it all was a brilliant, blue and green sphere of radiance. As you looked upon it, it shone so brightly you were forced to turn away. The glow eventually dimmed, and the object revealed itself to be a tiny, picture-perfect model of the Earth.
You gasped in wonder. You had never seen your home planet from outside of it. It was truly a magnificent sight. The Earth slowly floated over to rest in the palm of your cupped hands. You waited for a moment, unsure of what to do. Then, a soft sound broke the silence.
Sotto sotto mimi wo sumashite
Mawaru mawaru kaze no uta
Kirari kirari hikaru mizu mo
Zutto kawaranu daichi
I listen softly, softly to
The song of the flowing, flowing wind
Even the sparkling water
And the forever unchanging earth
A voice singing so quietly, you thought you were imagining it. Gradually, it grew louder.
Sugi kaze daichi wo kake meguri
Utau midori no umi
Doko made mo tsuzuku aoi sora
Tori tachi ga jiyuu ni mau
A cool breeze runs over the land
The singing green ocean
A boundless blue sky
The birds fly about freely
Another voice joined it. Then another, and another.
Totemo chiisana
Moshi tsubusare sou na inochi mo
Ima wo kenmei ni
Iki tsuzukeru
Even the small
Lives that are likely to be crushed
Continue to
Live eargerly
One by one, voices added themselves to the choir.
Yama mo umi mo
Midori no daichi mo
Utau utau inochi no uta
Ikiru ikiru seippai ni
Itsuka kowaru inochi demo
Mountains, oceans
The green land
Sing, sing, the song of life
I live, live life to its fullest
Even though it's a life that will end someday
Sotto sotto mimi wo sumashite
Mawaru mawaru aoi hoshi no
Kirari kirari hikaru mizu no
Zutto kawaranu daichi
I listen softly, softly to
The spinning, spinning blue planet
Even the sparkling water
And the forever unchanging earth
At last, there were so many voices singing that they had become one. Slowly, you realised that these were the voices of every person on earth. Voices quiet, loud, sad, happy, strong, and full of emotion; they were all there. You could clearly pick out the voices of the Tazmily villagers, your father, and your friends.
It wasn't in a language you recognised, but somehow, you understood the meaning. It was as if you'd known this song all your life. Maybe you had. Maybe this was the song of the very Earth itself, embedded in all the souls that walked its surface from birth.
Toki ni yasashiku
Toki ni zankokude
Bokura wo nosete
Mawari tsuzukeru
In kind times
And in cruel times
It gives us a ride
And continues to spin
The song escalated to a climax. You felt tears start to sting your eyes. 'The earth is singing too,'you thought. 'Singing its song with its people.'
Suddenly, all the voices stopped singing at once. There was only soft piano music left. Then two voices, voices that hadn't been singing before, reached your ears.
Aoi aoi mizu no hoshi
Sora no naka tatta hitotsu
Kirari kirari kagayaku wa
Futatsu to onaji mono wa nai
The blue, blue water planet
Is the only one of its kind in the sky
Out of all the things shimmering
There isn't anything else like it
You couldn't have mistaken them for anything. The tears burst free, streaming down your face.
The song rose to a climax again, the thousands of voices rising in passion, but with the voices of your mother and brother were still clearly distinguishable. A strong yearning surged through you, and you opened your mouth, adding your own voice to the swell, singing the last chorus with all your might, all your emotion, all your being.
Sotto sotto mimi wo sumashite
Mawaru mawaru aoi chikyuu
Kurai kurai sora no naka
Hitotsu dake no hoshi
I listen softly, softly to
The spinning, spinning blue earth
In the dark, dark sky
There is only one planet of its kind
The song finished with a sigh, your soul trembling with its final notes. As the music died away, the faces of your mother and brother flashed for a second, smiling warmly at you. They left behind echoing traces of their voices. "Make the right decision Lucas, we know you will. We love you..."
You were left standing alone in the black space once more, holding the Earth in your hands. In your peripheral vision, you saw a huge, majestic reptilian with glowing yellow eyes. You raised your head resolutely to face the Dark Dragon. Boy and deity contemplated each other for a moment, and then the dragon's voice sounded, thrumming with power.
Lucas of Tazmily, wielder of Love. You have pulled the Seven Needles and woken me from my centuries' long slumber. Now, I am at your command. I must destroy or cleanse and recreate the world as you wish.
You thought of your mother and brother's parting words. You would not fail. You would make the right decision. Would you destroy all of existence, or restore it? This Earth had already seen too many hardships, too many deaths. It had been tainted and corrupted, seemingly beyond repair.
But then, you remembered the song. There was no other beautiful, blue shimmering planet of water quite like Earth in the sky. And you knew what you must do.
You smiled, raising your eyes to meet the limitless age and wisdom of Dark Dragon's amber orbs. You cradled the tiny model of your world in your hands, and concentrated, imparting your heart, your most fervent desire, to the god who would be their enactor. The Dragon roared, and took flight. You watched as the Earth model glowed brighter and brighter, illuminating the entire space until everything was a searing white and you were forced to close your eyes again, spinning into unconsciousness.
Streams winding through the meadows, trees standing tall, sunflowers waving in the breeze...
Twin pairs of eyelids that fluttered open to reveal azure blue and jade green...