The first arch is about to begin! who's happy? Well, one day someone will be. I get the odd feeling that I've yet to attract 1 reader, but I get the feeling that the more chapters I post, the higher my chances are of attracting a reader, so yeah...
Disclaimer: I don't own Bridge to Terabithia, or Mario.
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Jewels of Fate: Bridge to the Thousand Year Door
Chapter 3 - Battle the Blooper
Mario popped out of the warp pipe, back into the sewers of Rogueport. Right behind him were Goombella, Jess, Leslie, and PT, who wagged his tail as gleefully as ever. The group of five was on their way to Petal Meadows, where the first Crystal Star is said to reside.
"Well, gang, where should we look first?" Goombella asked.
"Hmmm, when we went to the door, we went down that pipe," Jess pointed to a warp pipe behind some bars they found their way around earlier. "so let's try going past that pipe."
"Oh yeah!" Mario replied. He led the group forward through the dark, and damp underground, looking for any clues for Petal Meadows.
"Look, another plane panel." Leslie replied.
Before them was indeed, another plane panel, and it looked like it would take them across the room to a doorway. Hopefully one that took them in the right direction.
"Hold up!" Out of nowhere, a group of spiky goombas charged towards the group.
"Watch out guys! We're getting ambushed!" Goombella said, sidestepping an enemy goomba's attack.
Mario was quick to counterattack, giving one of the spiky goombas a whack with his hammer. Jess kicked another aiming for Goombella, knocking him into a wall. Meanwhile, the third one went to attack Leslie.
"Get 'um PT!" she commanded.
Her dog barked in understanding, as he ran straight into the enemy goomba, body checking him away. All three of the attackers were hurt from the battle, and ran away like cowards.
"Good job, Prince Terrier!" He pranced back to his owner, who gave him a scratch on his head.
"W-We wont forget this!" one of the shouted.
"Yeah, that's right! Run away!" Goombella yelled back. "Honestly, the nerve of some goombas!"
On the ground, Leslie noticed something, it was a bright red flower. "Hmm? What's this?" She picked it up, noticing how warm it felt in her bare hands.
"Oh!" Mario said.
"Looks like a fire flower. Those goombas must've dropped it."
"What's it do, Goombella?" Jess asked.
"It's a magical flower that shoots fire when you plant it. You don't even have to plant it in soil, all you have to do is place it on the ground, and watch it do its thing. These guys are pretty nifty in fighting, cooking, and everything in between."
"Sounds pretty cool. I'll keep this guy safe until we need it." Leslie placed it on the side of her belt, before the group continued onto the plane panel.
Each of them stepped onto the panel, and used the curse received from that spirit to change into a paper airplane, and flew over to the doorway across the gap.
In the room beyond was a large body of water, with a warp pipe on the other side of it that had a sign labeled "Petal Meadows."
"Hmm, that's gotta be the pipe to Petal Meadows. But how are we supposed to cross this water?" Goombella pondered.
As the group approached the edge of the floor, just before the water, Jess accidentally stepped on something squishy, which immediately retreated into the water.
"Oops... what was that?" he asked.
A massive, white squid-like creature leaped out of the water and landed in front of them.
"BLOOOOOOP! BLOOOP! BLOOP BLOOP BLOOOP!"
"Excuse me?" said Leslie.
The massive thing attacked, waving its two large tentacles at the group. Mario leaped over one, but Jess wasn't able to react and got smacked backward.
"Watch out!" Goombella yelled, causing Leslie to duck under another of the tentacles.
Jess recovered from the attack and ran back into battle, jumping on one tentacle, which sent the squid into a rage, and slammed the ends of its tentacles on top of Mario, dealing some damage to him.
"This guy's a blooper, and boy, do these guys get mad when you anger them. We need to get past the tentacles some how."
Leslie barely dodged another attack, and Goombella blocked another with her helmet. Mario recovered, and tried to attack, but was blocked by a tentacle, while Jess narrowly escaped a swing as his head. Poor Prince Terrier was thrown against a wall after biting on the end of a tentacle.
"That's it, no one does that to my Prince Terrier!" Leslie picked the fire flower from her belt, and was about to set it on the ground, when it magically vanished. "Huh?"
"That's not supposed to happen." Goombella said, jumping over another swing.
Fire flowers weren't supposed to disappear mysteriously, but Leslie reacted on impulse, and extended her hand. Like magic, fire shot from her hand at the blooper, and burned its two long tentacles, which were left lifeless.
"How did I do that!"
"Looks like you learned some magic. I have no idea how that happened, and I've never heard of someone learning magic from an item like that, but now we've got the upper hand!" Goombella explained.
Without his two long tentacles, the blooper's body was defenseless. Goombella leaped onto him, and gave a double headbonk, then Jess ran up to it for a triple punch. They were finally starting to deal some damage, but the blooper wasn't out of the fight yet. He jumped up and sprayed a wave of ink towards Goombella, who blocked it with her helmet, then used his shorter tentacles to whack away another attack from Jess. Leslie concentrated on the fire magic she did before, and felt the power flowing through her, as she extended her arm again to cast another fire spell, burning the blooper.
"He's weakening!" Jess shouted.
Mario went in for the finishing blow, and placed the silver badge on his overalls before dropping his hammer on top of the blooper in a big jump. The impact was painful, as the others could hear, and the big blooper fell unconscious, back into the murky waters. They finally won the battle.
"Phew..." Leslie wiped the sweat from her forehead, and went to make sure PT was okay, which he was.
"He was a lot tougher than those goombas."
"..."
"Mario's right, big bloopers like that one are never easy to deal with. I dunno about you guys but he was totally icky!" Goombella added. "And look."
In the water, several platforms raised to the surface, making the Petal Meadows warp pipe within a hop, skip, and a jump.
"About this magic I suddenly can use..."
"Yeah? What about it?"
"Is that usual here?"
"Well, plenty of people can use magic here. Like I said, I never heard of anyone learning magic from items like a fire flower, but its magic. Don't think to much about it, and just roll with it."
"I think it's cool." Jess added. "I'm kinda jealous."
"Well, I wont be complaining. It will probably come in handy. Maybe I'll learn some more to."
Mario had already hopped across the platforms to the warp pipe, and the others followed, with Leslie in the rear, carrying PT, who rested in her arms."
"Well everyone, time to jump!" Goombella cheered, jumping into the pipe.
Mario followed, then Leslie, and finally Jess, as the plunged down the pipe to Petal Meadows.
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So I know I promised a little more in the last chapter, but including all that was making this turn into a really long chapter, so I'm breaking it up a little.
It seemed like a good place to drop off, and let the next chapter start with Petal Meadows. Yeah that makes this chapter a little on the short side, but better to have a bunch of short chapters than just a few massive ones.
Anyways, going from what I ended with last chapter, we will be meeting some new characters next chapter, and probably do our game show and other boss fight as well. I may or may not break that into 2 chapters like I did with this if it gets too lengthy, or if I just don't finish in time.
Read and review please! =)
