All righty, getting started with the final Nightopia for Claris and Elliot. But let me warn you, things wouldn't be the same as always...

Chapter 9: Stone Village

As soon as Claris and Elliot got back into the Night Dimension, Owl came flying towards them. "Finally you're here! The door to the next Nightopia has arrived, and NiGHTS got impatient and headed into the door!"

"So NiGHTS went without us?" Claris asked.

"Well, NiGHTS has always been the hasty type." Elliot pointed out.

Owl then spoke to them, "You must get into the next Nightopia. Who knows what NiGHTS has gotten into, now?" So the two Visitors headed through the door.

Stone Village

Every inch of the ground was covered in green grass. As the name implied, there were many huts dotting the landscape, and all of them were made out of huge stones. However, there were a huge amount of things that seemed to not belong in the Nightopia...

"...What are YOU doing here?!" Elliot and Claris gasped. A whole lot of people that they knew were in this Nightopia. Elliot's basketball team and his coach, the people at the slumber party, Nick, and the judges for the talent show, including Simon Cowell! Other than them, there also seemed to much more Nightopians, blue chips, and items than usual. Actually, the whole area was littered with items, Nightopians, and familiar people.

Before anyone could answer, Elliot and Claris caught sight of NiGHTS already in a NiGHTS Capture, and Reala was gloating over his latest ambush.

"Yes! This time, you can't get out!" Reala laughed.

"Couldn't you come up with something a bit more creative?" NiGHTS asked.

Reala was about to answer, until he spotted Claris and Elliot. "Well then, if it isn't the two twerps that keep meddling with our plans! Nightmarens, get them!" Soon the people that Claris and Elliot knew, plus most of the Nightopians, blue chips, and other items, started walking towards them.

"Hey, I thought you would be on our side!" Elliot exclaimed.

"Elliot," Claris began. "I think these are not the real friends that we know."

In an instant, everyone, including all those items, transformed back into the morphing Nightmarens that had harassed Elliot and Claris in their first nightmares. But some of these Nightmarens looked completely different from the ones they knew; these looked more like ghosts in the form of smoke.

"Say hello to the Morphters and Morsts!" Reala shouted. There were so many Nightmarens that almost all of the Nightopia was crowded with them. In fact, Reala was being pushed away by the giant mob. "Hey, what's the big idea? Spread out evenly! Hey! HEEEEEY!!!!!!" Reala was eventually pushed out of the Nightopia.

Elliot and Claris knew that this would be a good time to Dualize with NiGHTS, so they quickly climbed up before the Morpthers and Morsts could get them.

"Finally! I was getting impatient." NiGHTS grumbled after they Dualized. "Since there are so many Nightmarens, then instead of our usual plan, we make a mad dash through the mob and find that key!"

"A mad dash through the crowd? How can we see the chests if the Nightmarens are blocking us?" Claris asked.

"Don't worry! We can Drill Dash through enough Nightmarens to see a clear view of the land." Elliot suggested.

"Let's do this already!" NiGHTS cheered. The two Dualized, both Claris and Elliot made their Mad Drill Dash through the mob. Most of the Nightmarens transformed into other minor league Nightmarens, but they were taken care of the usual way. Despite the Morpthers and Morsts, there were no other regular Nightmarens to be seen.

At last, they defeated enough Nightmarens to see that all the chests were crushed by the mob, and thus, no need to waste blue chips. They grabbed the key, then placed it into the cage.

Everyone found themselves in a rectangular room with a small base area but a tall ceiling, and many doors on the walls. One of the doors opened, and a giant snake came out of it! It went in another door, and came out of another, and the process kept repeating until they could see the tail.

"No! Not Snacondye!" NiGHTS gasped. "To defeat him, we have to hit his tail. This is tricky as he moves very fast and can come out unpredictably!" Elliot and Claris flew around the room, trying to see which one Snacondye would come out of. Snacondye came out of one door, and moved in to another door. The trick here was to remember which path Snacondye was taking, so that once the tail follows, Elliot and Claris would be ready to hit it. It took a few tries, but they eventually got him.

At the Dream Gate, where they, as usual, UnDualized, Owl exclaimed, "We only have one more Nightopia to take care of!"

"But we are going to deep sleep, remember?" Elliot reminded.

NiGHTS reassured, "I'm sure that I'll be ok by myself. Right, Owl?"

Owl quickly stated, "Oh yes! By the time you come back here, it'll all be done. So we could have a celebration party, or something. But for now, your part is done."

Claris yawned. "Ok, then. Nighty-night." Then both Elliot and Claris went off into deep sleep.

Despite what Owl said, Claris and Elliot's part isn't over yet. But let's see Will and Helen in the next chapter...