Chapter 6: The Start of a New Adventure
Location: Spiral Mountain
Time: 9:00 AM
It is now the present time. L.O.G. had just finished his secret story he told to Banjo and Kazooie. They stood in silence for a moment, until Kazooie broke the silence.
Kazooie: "So, from what we've learned from that story, you're the reason R.O.D. is out of his lifeless prison creating chaos."
L.O.G. looks at her with annoyance, but he nodded.
L.O.G.: "In a way, yes... however, Gruntilda was the one who found him and released him from his lifeless state. She did not follow the rules in my factory, and went as far as to go exploring into the room that was forbidden to be entered. Still... it was my responsibility to make sure R.O.D. does not go free..."
L.O.G. begins to look sullen as he realized he had failed his job and broke the promise he made to B.O.N. about not letting R.O.D. escape. When no one else spoke for a moment, Banjo starts to ask,
Banjo: "What should we do, Mr. L.O.G.? If we don't stop R.O.D. from whatever he's planning–"
L.O.G.: "I know what he's planning to do..."
L.O.G. looks at Banjo and Kazooie with a serious expression on his face.
L.O.G.: "You were told that he and Grunty are waiting for you in the Dream World, yes? Well, you will need my help to get there, because he's expecting me to come as well. Allow me to take you there..."
And with that, he teleported Banjo, Kazooie, and himself out of Spiral Mountain.
Location: Dream World
Time: 9:05 AM
Banjo, Kazooie, and L.O.G. are now in the Dream World. The ground they are standing on are made up of some white clouds and above them is a dark, clear sky. From their surroundings, the Dream World is like a giant maze, and they are right in the middle of it. They see a signpost with 7 arrows pointing at different directions. Before they could read it though, a familiar voice is heard...
Grunty: "Ah, so you're here at last! We are going to have such a blast!"
Kazooie: "Oh, joy. It's Grunty, the skull hag. Where are you anyway?"
Grunty laughs at the fact that even though she is speaking to them, she is not really 'there'. Suddenly, R.O.D.'s voice can be heard from out of nowhere.
R.O.D.: "It's been a long time, L.O.G. It's nice to see you again."
L.O.G. recognized that voice. He does not look very pleased.
L.O.G.: "I wish I could say the same. Where are you hiding now?"
R.O.D. begins to laugh and so does Grunty.
R.O.D.: "Oh we're not hiding! We're just somewhere else in the Dream World, that's all! We've been busy capturing victims while waiting for you..."
Banjo and Kazooie exchanged their confused looks on their faces at one another.
Banjo and Kazooie: "Victims?"
L.O.G.: "He's captured your friends... and mine as well."
They looked at L.O.G. with what's now a shocked expression.
Banjo and Kazooie: "What?"
Both R.O.D. and Grunty laughs again.
R.O.D.: "That's right! Everyone you knew are being held captive in the different dreams that I've created!"
Banjo's and Kazooie's eyes widened at what they couldn't believe what they're hearing—their friends are now trapped in the Dream World by their enemies R.O.D. and Gruntilda.
R.O.D.: "Oh, but don't worry! I'll let you free them on your own! They have what you need to find us... jiggies!"
Banjo and Kazooie knew very well what jiggies are. After all, their adventures were mostly to find them and use them for multiple purposes.
Kazooie: "Jiggies? Really? I mean, I'm all about having another adventure with tons of exciting actions, but this 'jiggy hunt' is starting to get old fast."
R.O.D.: "If you must know, breegull, the jiggies are the requirements to open the portal that leads to my lair. If you'll look at that signpost in front of you, you'll know where it is."
They look at the signpost, and found an arrow pointing northeast on the bottom that says, 'R.O.D.'s Dream Lair'. The path it's pointing has a spiral staircase that leads to a deactivated portal with an empty slot that needs 6 jiggies to be put in in order to open the portal.
R.O.D.: "There's a portal opened that leads to 'Idle Island', the first of my worldly creations. I've made 6 worlds for you to go and in each of these worlds, a jiggy awaits you. Go take on our challenge! We'll be waiting..."
Grunty: "This next adventure is going to be a nightmare! Go ahead and try to get to us, if you dare!"
And with that, the two villains let out a wicked, sinister laugh one last time and when they were done, Banjo, Kazooie, and L.O.G. were left in silence. They looked at the signpost again, and they see an arrow pointing northwest that says 'Idle Island'. They looked at one another with the mutual worried expression on their faces. L.O.G. was the first to break the silence.
L.O.G.: "Let us go to 'Idle Island'. Whoever is trapped there is waiting for us to rescue them."
They all nodded in agreement, and proceeded to the portal. As they go through the portal, they fall through what seem like an endless black hole. Just falling... and falling... until they have arrived.
Please review once you're done reading this chapter. Thank you!
To Kyrstin: Thank you for noticing my mistake! I've changed the titles in chapters 7, 8, and 9 back to 'Idle Island'!