July 6th, 1994

It was a beautiful day in Onett. Ness wakes up to find that he's in his usual outfit rather than his pajamas.

"Huh? That wasn't a dream?"

Ness checked his alarm clock.

"10:15. 3 hours and 15 minutes later than I usually wake up. I guess last night's events DID happen."

Ness checked his backpack and finds the Sound Stone. He remembers Buzz-Buzz's final words as he looked at it. He then goes downstairs to tell his mother what's going on.

"Mom?"

"Yes, honey?"

"Last night, when Porky and I were looking for Picky, someone from 10 years in the future emerged from the meteor and told me that I have to go to Giant Step and 7 other locations to save the Earth from-"

"Ness?"

"Yeah?"

"I know what you're going to say. I have faith in you. Good luck, son, and come home sometime, okay?"

"Okay, mom."

Ness and his mom hug each other good-bye and he heads off to the streets of Onett when he stops in place and realizes that he has to go to Lier X. Aggerate's house, so that's where he goes. He knocks on the door and Lier answers.

"Ah, Ness! Right on time! Come in!"

Ness goes inside to see a huge hole in the back of the room and a ladder leading underground.

"Follow me."

Ness and Lier climb down the ladder and head right to find a strange gold statue.

"I just found this, buried under my house. There's something bizarre about this..."

Lier wasn't lying. The statue eminated a strange aura.

"Now go on, before you get greedy thoughts..."

Ness leaves Lier and heads to the streets of Onett as planned. When he got there, he realizes that he's hungry.

"Man, I'm starving... Wait, I remember! Tracy gave me that cookie last night."

Ness takes the cookie out of his backpack and eats it. Just when he thinks that it'll satisfy his hunger, his stomach disagrees. Fortunately, Ness isn't too far from the fast-food restaurant. However, he only has $20, and needs $26 to pay for a full meal of a hamburger, fries, and a can of fruit juice. Luckily, the drug store was right next door, and he has an ATM card, so he goes in. Ness uses his ATM card to withdraw $6, and goes to get some lunch at the fast-food restaurant.

"Welcome to #1 Burger, may I take your order?" the cashier asked with a smile.

"I would like one hamburger, some fries, and a can of fruit juice, please."

"That'll be $26, young man."

After lunch, Ness walks out drinking his can of fruit juice when he's ambushed by the Sharks, the gang terrorizing Onett.

"Hey punk, what are you doing on our turf?"

"YOUR turf? This is everybody's turf!" said Ness.

Ness swings his bat at some of the gang members, knocking them out. More gang members approach, and Ness ends up getting chased through Onett.

"Oh, man, the Sharks," Ness thought. "These guys are real delinquents! I can't take on that many at once! I'd better hide somewhere..."

Ness makes it to the arcade and goes inside.

"Phew. The Sharks won't be able to find me in a dimmed room."

Ness realizes that there are more Sharks members at the arcade.

"Hey, what are you doing in our hideout?"

Ness heads out to the back door.

"Hey, what are you doing here, kid?"

The voice came from a man with a blonde mullet and sunglasses.

"Frank Fly!"

"Yeah, I'm Frank. You must be familiar with my gang."

"Yeah, now call them off! I have to go on a quest!"

"I won't do that until you defeat me in combat. I don't care how old you are, but you must have some nerve coming around here," Frank said as he pulls out a knife.

Ness gets his bat and the two of them duel. After what feels like a minute, Frank stops.

"Wow kid, you got guts. But, can you fare against..."

Frank Fly takes a tarp off of a huge wooden robot-tank-thing made in his likeness.

"... Frankystein Mk. II?"

Ness gets out his baseball bat and tries to destroy Frankystein, but the bat snaps in half!

"My bat!"

Frankystein Mk. II generates a burst of steam. Ness, without a weapon, won't stand a chance... but then he feels a power coursing through his body. He unleashes a huge burst of power to destroy Frankystein Mk. II.

"Impossible! What was that?" Frank said in shock.

"I... I don't know!"

"Well, you win, kid. It's time that I turn to the good side. Fortunately, the police are incompetent morons, so they'll be none the wiser. By the way, what's your name?"

"Ness."

"Well, Ness, I hope we can meet again. We could hang out, eat burgers, etc."

"Do you want to meet my friends?"

Back in Ness' neighborhood, his friends were hanging out in their clubhouse. Ness stops by.

"Ness! Hey, Ness! Hi Ness! How ya doin' pal?" his friends greeted.

"Hey guys! Guess what? I beat up the Sharks!"

"You did? Wow! That's awesome!"

"And I made a new friend, too. Oh, Frank~!"

Frank climbs up the tree and enters the clubhouse.

"Whoa! You're friends with their leader!"

"And I'm going to talk to my gang about breaking it up and being good people! Bye, Ness and friends!"

Frank leaves.

"I better go, too," said Ness.

"Bye Ness!" the kids answered.

Ness and Frank are back on the ground.

"Before I go, here's $48," said Frank as he gave Ness the money.

"Thanks! I need to buy a new baseball bat!"

"By the way, what do you plan to do?"

"I'm going to Giant Step."

"You're going to need a key from the mayor to open the Entertainer's Shack to get there."

"Thanks!"

"Well, good-bye and good luck."

Ness runs off to the Mayor's office and has a chat with Mayor G.H. Pirkle.

"Hey hey hey! I'm Mayor G.H. Pirkle. It's so nice to meet you..."

"Ness."

"Ness! You beat up the town bullies, punched them out big time, kicked their butts, bit their heads off, spit in their eyes, and made them wet their pants. Then you forced them to promise not to make any more trouble. Thank you!"

"No problem. By the way, can I have the key to the shack up north?"

"What? You want a key to the touring entertainers' shack? For someone as great as you, giving you the key could help keep the town peaceful. However, if you encounter a dangerous situation, please don't ask me to take any responsibility. I'll be able to avoid any responsibility, right?"

"I suppose."

"You're such a smart kid! Here."

Shortly after receiving the key and buying a brand new baseball bat, Ness opens the locked shack. He goes through the front door, and exits the front door to the cave. Inside the cave, Ness stumbles upon some enemies. Rowdy Mice, Black Antoids, and Attack Slugs are all out to get him. Ness manages to break free from their dogpile and continue onward. Climbing and climbing cliffs until he finds a light at the end. Thinking that it's the way to Giant Step, Ness exits this way to see... that he's above the entrance.

"What? I'm not even close? Man, I'm so exhausted!"

Just then, a golden-colored butterfly lands on Ness' head and revitalizes him.

"Wow... that butterfly made me feel refreshed."

Ness continues trekking where he finds another cave. He goes in to see more Black Antoids. Ness squishes them with his bat and finds yet another cave to his left. He eventually comes across another series of cliffs, which he ascends. At the top, he comes across a giant grey Antoid.

"You finally got here. I am Titanic Ant, and this is the first "Your Sanctuary" location. But it's mine now. Take it from me, if you dare..."

Ness attacks with his bat, but the Titanic Ant uses PK Shield to protect itself. T.A. summons two Black Antoids to attack Ness. Ness smacks them away with his bat and starts to concentrate.

"PK LIFEUP!"

Ness tries to heal, but the Titanic Ant uses PSI Magnet to take some of Ness' energy away, leaving him fully healed except for a scrape on his leg. Ness tries to concentrate even harder.

"PK... ROCKIN!"

Ness uses the attack he used earlier against Frankystein Jr. and attacks the Antoids and their leader with it, destroying them. He then stumbles out of the cave and finally reaches Giant Step, which looks like a giant footprint in the ground. After making it there, Ness hears a little tune and has a flashback of... a small, white puppy with grey spots. Ness smiles, and then collapses.