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Chapter Ten: A Greasy Golem

"Are you sure we're going the right way?" Scarlet asks as we head down a dark narrow path, surrounded by trees and various pieces of ruins. In our haste to go save the King of Greenhorne, we forgot the time. We left Castle Greenhorne around dinnertime, and that means we entered the Wayward Woods at dusk. Which also means that we're now wandering around a forest at night.

"I do believe so, if this map is anything to go on." I answer, shaking the map in my hands as I lead the way.

"Can you even read the map with it being so dark out?"

"Mostly. I can see the things we need to see, so we're going to be just fine!"

"Um… Conaron. I think you have the map upside down…" Jon points out, forcing me to stop us so I can make sure the map is in the right way.

"It's not! See?" I hand the map to Jon, who examines the map before handing it back to me.

"I can't read it. It's too dark."

"Is it bedtime yet?" Nova suddenly asks, yawning loudly as she is seemingly trying her hardest to stay awake. I think it is time to head to bed. We got a long day ahead of us tomorrow, and we might have to fight a Boss Monster to save the King's Face. It always seems like the most important Miis get to have their faces be on Boss Monsters. I wonder if the Dark Lord will do the same if we ever lose our faces to him… Questions for later I suppose.

"Let's set up camp here." I say, putting the map away as I also begin to yawn. "Nova and Scarlet, can you pitch the tent and make the campfire? Jon and I will go and make sure there isn't any monsters waiting to ambush us while we're asleep."

With two nods in approval, Jon and I head off into the woods to make sure there isn't any Boss Monsters or some random little Monsters waiting to jump us once we go to bed. I also have a reason for bringing Jon out with me. I sort of want to talk to him about something that has been on my mind. I hope he'll open up and tell me what I want to know. I hate it when I don't know something! I just got to learn everything, if I can that is.

"So Jon…" I begin, wacking a bush with my girly sword as we roam through the woods. "What's the deal with you and Scarlet?"

"What? What are you talking about?" Jon asks, taken off guard at my question.

"Like, are you two sweethearts or…?"

"What?! No! W-we're not dating. We're just friends! T-t-that's all we are. We're childhood f-friends that lived in the same village! That's a-a-all!" Jon stutters out, making me even more curious at what he might be hiding.

"Really? Well alright then…" I say, deciding to ask that question later. Maybe he'll answer it then. For now, I'll ask another question. "What's the deal with you and Scarlet when it comes to the King? You guys seemed really… Tired when we were talking about saving him."

"O-Oh… That. Well… It's, um, complicated."

"How so?"

"It involves our parents, a necklace, some ham, and the King being a meanie." Jon curtly answers, silently telling me to drop my question before he gets mad. I decide to do exactly that, and fall silent aside from some minor chitchat that Jon seems to enjoy instead of my questioning.

What exactly happened with between Jon, Scarlet, and King Peter?

"What do you mean Ned's leaving?"

"Ned did something really bad, Son. He has to leave if Tomodachi Island is to know peace."

"But Ned's my friend! He wouldn't do something that bad!"

"But he did, Son. He did do something bad and he is going to leave because of it! You need to go and see Julia. She was asking for you…"

"What? Why does Julia want to see me?"

"Because Ned's bad thing involved her, and she got-"

With a mighty gasp, I awaken from my dream in a cold sweat; sitting up as I pant to regain my breath. I look around the tent and see Scarlet and Jon fast asleep, seemingly unaffected by my sudden awakening. I let out a shaky sigh of relief. I hate for them to get woken up by my bad dream. They need their rest for the danger ahead.

Seeing how Nova isn't asleep in the tent must mean she's our watch for tonight. I wonder if she has fallen asleep on watch like I do. It would be nice if I wasn't the only one who does that! As such, I exit the tent and see Nova reading a fancy book of all things! I didn't know she liked reading books. I should introduce her to some of my favorite book series! I bet she'll love reading the adventures of Link and Zelda against the evil Ganon!

"Hey Nova." I whisper, walking on over to her as she snaps out of her book to focus on me. "What are you reading?"

"Oh. I'm reading the "Cleric's Universal Spellbook". It's the spellbook all Clerics get once they finish studying at the Grand Magic Academy. I'm trying to memorize a few new spells so I can be more of a help!" Nova says back, closing her book to turn and speak to me. I didn't know she had a spellbook! I thought she just made up her spells through some magical means. I also didn't know there was this seemingly massive academy dedicated to teaching people how to use magic. I should visit that place. I can barely imagine how big of a library they must have…

"Is there something wrong? Did you have a bad dream?" Nova asks, looking concern at my random appearance at night. I'll admit, I'm usually fast asleep until someone kicks me awake or the sun shines me back to reality. I guess it's really easy to see that something is wrong with me!

"Yeah… I had a bad dream that forced me awake. I'm sorry for disturbing your studies." I admit, scratching my head as I apologize to my friend.

"Don't be! It gets pretty lonely while keeping watch, so I'm glad you're here to keep me company." Nova places her hand onto mine, smiling bright at me so I smile back. I do smile back and squeeze her hand. I'm so lucky that I have Nova as a friend. I really do treasure her friendship. I don't know where I would be without her!

"Say… There is a spell I heard that can help people go to sleep and give them good dreams. It's a spell Mages use mostly, but I think I can do it if I concentrate enough. I could cast it on you if you want to get some sleep?"

"Wow! That's awesome." I gasp, amazed at how kind Nova is. Clerics really do have a ton of power, don't they? Sort of makes me want to be one… Might as well ask. "Can you teach me some of your Cleric skills?"

"Really?! Yes! I would love to teach you!" Nova squealed in delight, super happy at me asking her to teach me some of her magic spells. "I never thought that someone would ever ask to learn from me! I promise to be a good teacher if you're a good student."

"I promise! We'll start tomorrow, how does that sound? Let's just do that sleep spell before it gets too late." I say, smiling at Nova who blusters and begins to clear her area so she could cast the spell.

"Alright. Are you ready?" Nova asks me once she finishes cleaning up, her staff in her hand as she waits for my consent. I give her a nod and close my eyes, waiting for the spell to be casted.

"Alright… Here goes: Sleep Tight!" I hear Nova say as she casts the spell. I wait for a few more minutes before I open my eyes, unaffected by the spell. When I open my eyes, I see Nova fast asleep with her hat covering her face and her staff on the ground beside her. I guess she messed up and casted the spell on herself! But, I won't wake her up. She needs the sleep.

Looks like it is my turn to stand watch…

"I swear we're going in circles…"

"We are not! I'm following the map and the map says-"

"We're on the same exact spot we were on yesterday!" Our quest to find the King's face has not gone well at all. We have been going in circles all day, literal all day, and we have not seen his face anywhere at all! We have seen faces though, but it was on simple monsters like Moles, Nose Rocks, and different variations of Moths like Poison Moths. I didn't know what half of them were, but Scarlet cooly informed me of every enemy we faced… Along with constantly asking if we were going the right way!

I let out a sigh and say "Look: the Wayward Woods isn't that big, okay? So we're going to retread some of the same ground we crossed earlier today."

"We've been 'retreading' the same ground for three hours now! Ugh… By the Miiverse my head is killing me." Scarlet groaned as she rubbed her temples to relief this headache she has been complaining about for a while ago.

"Are you just saying that because you're mad at me, or are you saying-"

"No! It's just that my head is aching so much due to that smell."

"What smell?" I ask, confused on what Scarlet is talking about. What is she smelling?

"That meat smell! Like that smell a person smells when there is some spiced jerky made from a steak." Now that she mentions it, I do smell that meat smell.

"It's probably something Jon is carrying, right Jon?"

"I ran out of meat this morning. I only got honey and deserts on me right now. No meats of any and all kinds!" Jon answered, holding out the food bag to show only Butterfly Honey, Strata Sundae, and other things that are not meat based. If he doesn't have meat, then where was the smell coming from?

"Hey guys! I found something!" Scarlet, Jon, and I turn and look at Nova holding a delicious looking steak on a stone hand-shaped platter. Where on earth did she get something like that?!

"Do you guys think that is safe to eat?" Jon asks, licking his lips as Nova brings the steak over to us.

"Half of things we eat are technically something that would be labeled as 'Not Safe'." I point out, shuddering at the memory of Goblin Ham. "Besides, it will probably be a long time until we get something as delicious looking as this- Which isn't a jab at your cooking Jon! Your cooking is absolutely delicious!"

Jon simply gives me a dirty look at insulting his cooking before breaking out some forks and knives to give to everyone. "Scarry, if you would kindly?" Jon asked, gesturing for her to cut the steak, to wish she gladly did with her Chef's Dagger. She divided the steak into four parts, one for each of us, and we dug into our meal.

The steak was delicious, perfectly seasoned and cooked to my liking. It even had been doused in butter, something that I absolutely love on my steaks! Nova had a similar reaction to mine, humming happily as she feasted on her part of the meat. Jon seemed to like it, but he didn't like it as much as Nova and I did. Scarlet, on the other hand, seemed to hate the steak; her face adopting a disgusted shape as she wiped her mouth.

"Too much butter…" She mumbled out, letting Jon, Nova, and I have the rest of her part of the steak.

"Man… That was delicious…" I mumble, rubbing my bulging stomach just as I feel a yawn escape my mouth.

"I know right… Makes me want to take a nap…" Nova said, agreeing with me as she let out a yawn as well. "But, I'm hungry for some more! I wonder if there is any bits stuck in the plate's cracks." Nova leaned over and picked up the hand-shaped platter, examining it for some more meat as she licked her lips clean of all the butter and grease that the steak had. As she examined the plate, I couldn't help but notice that the hand-shaped plate was… Moving.

Suddenly, the stone plate closed into a fist and slammed into Nova's face; sending her flying into a tree from the force. I leap to my feet and run over to check on my friend while Jon and Scarlet pulled their weapons out and got ready to fight whatever was controlling that plate.

"Are you okay? Did it break your nose?" I ask Nova, taking out an HP Banana just in case she was actually hurt.

"I-I'm fine. Did… Did you see any meat on it still?" Nova asked back, sniffling as she rubbed her bruised face. I hand her the banana and give her a little pat on the head as she wolfs the healing snack down.

"Um, guys?! We got a problem!" I turn around to look at Jon and Scarlet, only to feel my jaw drop at the sight before me. It was a Golem, made entirely out of garden stone, with the King's Face on it!

"Do you know how long and difficult that steak took me to make?" The Golem asks in a booming voice, banging its fists together as it loomed over all four of us. "It took me a very long time! Now, you must pay for it. You will pay for my steak with your faces! For the Dark Lord!" Looks like we finally found our Boss Monster! It's time for a proper fight now!

I grab Nova and throw us to the side as the Golem lunged forward with its fist, crushing the tree that Nova had smacked into earlier. I helped Nova to get back onto her feet and got ready to fight the Golem, getting my blade out and adopting a serious battle stance; despite giggling coming from Nova. Jon and Scarlet joined us, rolling and dodging out of another one of the Boss Monster's attacks.

I attacked first, gripping my sword in both hands as I charged forth and whacked the Golem square on its face. It… Didn't react in pain like I thought it would. It only took a step back, its expression not changing, and it reared its fist back before throwing it straight at me. I barely crossed my arms when the blow hit me, sending me flying back with stars exploding throughout my vision. I landed roughly on the ground, groaning in pain as I tried to stand back up despite the blurry vision and even my hearing going crazy. That hurt even more than that Rock Boss' attack did!

"Cure!" I begin to feel better as Nova's magic washes over me, letting me stand back up along with fixing my vision and hearing. With my hearing and vision fixed, I saw and heard the Golem slam its fist into Scarlet despite all of her cool dodges and sick flips. This sent her flying into a tree, actually breaking it in half once she hit it.

"No! Scarry! You're too cool to be knocked out like that!" Jon cried out, shocked at how easy the Golem knocked Scarlet out with one attack. "I'll make you pay for hurting her!" Jon ran at the Golem and slammed his frying pan against the back of the Boss' leg, forcing it to the ground due to the attack. Jon began to wail on the Monster, screaming insults and other words that stung my ears as the Boss simply recollected itself before punching Jon's light's out with one punch, just like it did with Scarlet.

"This isn't looking good Nova." I say, backing up alongside my friend as the Golem turns to look at us. There's only me and Nova left out of the four Heroes, and I don't think we're going to win this battle!

"Hey, Spirit! Are you awake? I need your help?" I think to myself as I glance at the Spirit's Necklace around my neck, hoping that he is getting ready to save us if things turn from worse to the worst. I really don't want that to happen!

"Watch out! Here it comes!" Nova screams as the Boss Monster lunges forth to punch her. I stop it and block the attack, nearly blacking out from the attack. Nova saves me with a Cure, to which I greedily take before I attack the monster. It, once again, shows no sign of being damaged as I gets ready for another attack.

As such; Nova, the Golem, and I repeat the same process of it hitting me, Nova healing me, and I hitting it for a few minutes. On the fifth time around, Nova is seriously panting as the constant use of her magic spells have taken a serious toll on her. We haven't even made a dent in this Monster, as far as I can tell, and we're nearly at our limit!

Suddenly, the Boss Monster lunges forth and grabs Nova by the head before I can do anything. I attack the Monster, hoping my attacks would force it to drop my friend, as it holds Nova by its face. Sadly, my attacks do nothing as it punches Nova in the gut and throws her away without a single glance.

"Nova!" I scream out as I run past the Golem to try and catch my friend before she hits the ground. I manage to do this without trouble, catching her in my arms right before she lands on the unconscious forms of Scarlet and Jon.

As I hold my knocked out friend close, I watch as the Boss Monsters casually walks on over to me and says "I always knew I would be the one to take out these thorns in my Master's side. Now, say goodbye to your Face!" I gasp as the Golem begins it rears its fist back, readying itself for one final attack.

So this is how it ends? I lose my face by getting punched, in the face, by a Golem? I wonder what would I be doing now if I had not left Tomodachi Island. I would probably be in my room, reading the latest book in my favorite series while I eat Elephant Ears and Baked Beans. But… I would have never have met Nova, Scarlet, and Jon. I guess going out like this is worth it. I mean, it can be worse… Right?

As I close my eyes, I suddenly hear "Fear not Hero, for I am here!" Well it's about time the Spirit came out and helped! "Keep your eyes closed Hero! I'm going to save you and your friends from this dastardly villain!"

"Alright! Just hurry up, please." I say as I hear a loud whoosh echoed as soon as I stopped talking. I cover my eyes with my hands as the light that followed the whoosh was breaking through my eyelids.

"You can open them now Hero" I hear the Spirit surprisingly cough out, almost as if he was sick. I open my eyes and see my friends and I in the Wayward Woods, just not with the Golem.

"I'm sorry for waiting so long to respond Hero. I was gathering enough energy to cast one of my secret abilities." The Spirit continued to cough, almost painfully as I grab the necklace to look at it.

"Are you okay? You sound really sick." I ask, rubbing the necklace's crystal to comfort the Spirit. I mean, I hope it comforts him. He really sounds like he is in pain!

"Well… I am, in a sense." The Spirit admitted, surprising me slightly. "The Dark Lord sealed most of my power away when he decided to start stealing faces. As such, I no longer have enough power to properly do most of my abilities. I barely had enough to get you four out of there before the Golem attacked."

"Why didn't you tell me this? It seems like something that I would need to know so I don't stress you out!"

"I didn't want to tell you because I didn't want you to worry. That, and I didn't expect the Dark Lord to empower his Monsters more and more we kept on fighting him and his army of Monsters. He must be really angry if he is doing something like that!"

"Well, how do I get you more power?" I ask, hoping to help my spirit Friend to get better by any means necessary. He didn't deserve to suffer after everything he has done for my friends and I.

"You have been though. With every face you rescue, a fraction of my power returns. Not only that, but when you defeat a Boss Monster; I get a massive surge of power as well as the power from rescuing the face. It seems to be the only way to restore my power from what I can tell." The Spirit explains before he begins to painfully cough again. I let out a sigh as I continue to rub the crystal.

"If that's the case, how will my friends and I defeat that Golem?"

"I don't know, Hero… I don't know…"

So. I hope you all enjoyed chapter ten of Miitopia: Tale of Ten Heroes. On my game, I underestimated my gear's worth and fought the "King" Golem underleveled. I got completely destroyed because of it, and I'm implementing it into this little Fanfiction. So, I'm sorry in case you were hoping that the Heroes get to win every battle. I lost quite a few battles during my experience with Miitopia, so expect them to appear as we delve deeper into the story! Anyways, I'll be seeing you all in the next chapter. Make sure to show the other Miitopia Fanfiction writers some love! Goodbye!