A penguin can be seen gliding gracefully through the waters of the Beach Bowl Galaxy, its eyes sparkling. From the way it moves, it seems to be running (or should I say, swimming) away from something.
The penguin stops, apparently having lost sight of its pursuer. "Hm. Guess I was too fast for her..." the penguin wondered.
At that very moment, something else sprung out of the water, tackling the penguin and knocking them both back underwater. When the two come up for air, the penguin starts shaking, trying desperately to break free from its captor's grip, but to no avail.
"Point!!" the penguin coach stated, holding his hand into the air.
The penguin that had been caught sighed heavily, turning to its captor. "Good job, Hazuki-chan."
Hazuki simply giggled. "I am one of the best swimmers at my own school. Hey, why don't we try another challenge?"
"Okay, I'm listening," the penguin stated, listening intently.
"You see that flag up there?" Hazuki asked, pointing to a flag that hung on an elevated stump.
"Let's see who's graceful enough to grab it first," Hazuki challenged. The penguin nodded, tensing up and waiting for the coach to give his signal.
Suddenly, one of the other penguin students pointed towards something that was approaching rapidly from the nearby airspace.
"Coach!! Coach!!" the younger penguin exclaimed. "I think there's a shooting star heading for the school!"
Hazuki took a good look at what was approaching, and gasped in surprise.
"Wait! That's no shooting star!!"
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(When you want to do something, don't just sit there and waste your precious time. Do something about it. Do it right away. It's the only way to live a life without regrets.)
S.P.D. Gold Ranger presents:
Ojamajo Doremi Galaxy: The Tides of Time
This Chapter: May 20th, 2008
Summary: When a mysterious new villain returns and steals the Stars of the Ancients, using their power to erase the Ojamajos from history, Nick must embark on a galaxy-hopping adventure in order to reunite with his friends and put an end to "the dark one's" evil ways...
On Today's Episode: Nick and Yuki head to the Beach Bowl Galaxy, where they find penguins at school and search for a sunken treasure...
Disclaimer: As always, I don't own Ojamajo Doremi or Super Mario Galaxy. They belong to Toei Animation and Nintendo.
Note: I'm only going to be covering the main galaxies (none of the mini-galaxies) and enemy bases in this story, with the exception of Buoy Base Galaxy, because there's going to be a big plot point in that galaxy when we get to it. I'm going to be keeping this author's note in, just in case someone joins the story later than usual. Also, there will be a few galaxies of my own creation later on.
Note 2: The Ojamajos created by YukiShinoya444 will make an appearance in this story. Before you even ask, I do have permission to use Yuki's team in my stories (so long as I don't make them look bad).
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Chapter 7: Grass Beach
"There it is, Nick-kun!! Beach Bowl Galaxy, dead ahead!!" Yuki exclaimed. "It looks kinda familiar..."
"You know something... it kind of reminds me of when Ai-chan went to the swimming pool on the other side of the city," Nick remembered.
"Okay, I DON'T think I need to be reminded of THAT disaster..." Yuki giggled as she and Nick made landfall.
Nick noticed something glowing atop the nearby cliff.
"There, Yuki-chan!! The Power Crystal is up there!!" Nick exclaimed, pointing towards what he'd seen.
"There's only one problem, Nick-kun... How do we get up there?" Yuki wondered. "I don't see any Launch Stars around here, and that thing looks WAY too high to jump to..."
"That's probably because the penguins accidentally broke the Launch Star. They thought it was some kind of cake or something," a familiar voice stated.
Nick and Yuki spun around and noticed Hazuki holding one of the aforementioned Launch Star fragments in her hands.
"Hazuki-chan!!" Yuki exclaimed, rushing up and throwing her arms around the orange witch apprentice.
Hazuki happily returned the embrace. "It's good to see you, too, Yuki-chan."
Nick looked at the two. We're getting back together so quickly... I guess Majotourbillon might have underestimated us...
"Like I said, the only way we're going to get up there is if we find the rest of the pieces. Then we can use the Launch Star and get up there," Hazuki explained.
"Well, then, what are we waiting for?!" Yuki exclaimed, diving into the water.
"She's sure full of energy," Hazuki noted.
"That's Yuki-chan for you," Nick replied before taking the plunge himself, Hazuki not too far behind.
After a while of searching, the trio finally found all five fragments of the shattered Launch Star, which reformed right at the spot where Nick and Yuki had arrived.
"Hold on tight, Hazuki-chan!!" Nick exclaimed, performing a spin attack that launched them all up to the cliff at the other side of the Beach Bowl Galaxy.
Just then, Nick sensed something odd. "Hold on a minute, girls. I'm sensing another Power Crystal energy reading somewhere in this galaxy. Why don't you go grab the one up here, and I'll check out this new reading, okay?" Nick explained.
Yuki and Hazuki nodded, and Nick hopped back down to ground level in search of the mysterious new Power Crystal.
"So, Yuki-chan, do you have any idea who might be behind this?" Hazuki asked as she and Yuki crossed the bridge over the pond.
"Well, Nick-kun found an enemy base about a day ago, and he says that Majotourbillon is behind all of this," Yuki explained.
"Her again?" Hazuki wondered. "Doesn't she know when to give up?"
"Apparently not," Yuki responded as she stomped on a nearby switch, causing two walls to appear on the side of the cliff.
Relying on her natural agility, Yuki jumped onto one side of the walls, and quickly kicked off of it, grasping onto the other side and kicking upwards again. After a few rounds of this, Yuki was at the top of the cliff, Hazuki not too far behind.
"Wow... it's so pretty..." Hazuki noted as Yuki drew her Shining Poron and ripped forward with a quick strike, shattering the glass casing holding the Power Crystal.
"Well, that was easy enough," Hazuki stated.
After acquiring what appeared to be a diamond, Nick was able to open a chest that one of the penguins had found, and it had revealed a Launch Star that Nick used to blast off to an island high above the Beach Bowl Galaxy. The island was covered with grass and had a few waterfalls that led up to other islands.
"Okay, that presents a new problem... how do I get up there?" Nick wondered. As if to answer his question, an ice-blue flower appeared in front of him. He picked up the flower, which quickly absorbed itself into him.
"Whoa... why do I feel so cold all of a sudden?" Nick wondered, taking a look at his arm and discovering something that shocked him: his entire body was made completely out of ice!
"What the heck?!" Nick exclaimed, running forward and accidentally over the water...
...only to discover that he wasn't falling into the drink. Nick looked down and noticed that he seemed to be freezing the water as he walked on it in this new form.
"Wow. Now THAT'S cool! (No pun intended...)" Nick stated as he ran towards the waterfalls, using the same wall kick that Yuki had used earlier to scale the waterfall one step at a time, heading into a Sling Star and launching to the next island.
On this island, he noticed that the Power Crystal he'd sensed was floating high above this island. The problem was, it looked a little too high to jump to, and there was no waterfall for him to scale with the Ice Flower...
...unless...
Always known for being able to improvise in such situations, Nick grabbed a nearby Ice Flower, but didn't yet activate it. Nick dove into the nearby lake and performed a quick spin attack that caused the water around him to fly into the air high enough to reach the Power Crystal.
Acting quickly, Nick activated the Ice Flower and used its power to scale the water pillars he'd created until he was able to get his hands on the Power Crystal. "All right, looks like we're done here!"
(Author's Note: Yes, I included the galaxy's secret star here because it's hard to extend on such a small galaxy...)
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"So, where are we going?" Hazuki wondered as she, Nick, and Yuki continued to soar through space, two more Power Crystals in hand.
"We're heading back to the Comet Observatory. That's where we search the stars for Power Crystals in the hopes of finding our friends," Nick explained just as the trio touched down.
"Wow..." Hazuki commented as she took in the full view of the Comet Observatory. "It's amazing..."
"That's the exact same thing I said when I first saw this place," Nick responded as the black Luma flew towards the trio.
"Guys!! Girls!! We've detected another new galaxy!!" the Luma exclaimed, pointing towards the viewscreen near where Rosalina was standing. The screen showed what appeared to be a dilapidated, abandoned mansion with ghosts popping up everywhere.
Hazuki immediately began shivering. "I'm just glad I didn't end up there..." she commented.
Nick smiled proudly. "A hero's work is never done, huh?"
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Meanwhile, deep in space, a field of airships can be seen converging on something. Oyajide can be seen at the controls of the main airship, directing the others towards something.
"Those little brats think they can mock me the way they did? Mark my words, I'll teach them a thing or two..."
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Next time:
Chapter 8: Teresa Waltz
Nick and Hazuki blast off to the Ghostly Galaxy, where they dodge creepy ghosts and try to save one of their friends from the mansion's traps...
