Hi! Sorry for it being ever scince updating, but I've been sorta busy. (Hides blank to-do list) Anyhow, this sorta explains about Star. I just had to get her past straight, so yeah.
The two woke up at the same time. As it turned out, they were both outside of the pyramid.
"Shads, I don't think we're in Egypt. It's ARK! Cool!"
"Hey, how do you know it's ARK?"
"Long story short, I'm part Maria." Shadow gave her a suprised look. "Yeah, at least I think so. Wonder why-" Star was cut off by a timehole. "Oh, coconuts! It's a timehole!"
With that, they were transported to a while after Shadow had escaped. The leader of GUN was talking to the president.
"Star, what-"
"Shh!" Star whispered, covering Shadow's mouth and motioning for him to stay hidden.
"...Mister President, if Project Shadow is on the loose he could be a huge threat to the country, the continent, even the world! We need to make something to counteract him if he-"
"But sir," the President interrupted, "How do we know that it will win? We can't just spend billions on another project that will fail!"
"Do you remember that girl Maria that Shadow was friends with? She might know... That's why we kept her in a coma. She's never going to live, so we'll take some of her DNA and clone her."
"But a mere girl cannot possibly defeat the ultimate weapon!"
"You have a good point, Mr. President. That's why she won't be human. She'll be similar to Shadow except a cat. And she'll have some sort of power..."
Another timehole sucked them up, then they landed in the same place a year later. A young Star (about 6 or 7) was listening to the President and Gun officer talk- from her special hiding place, of course.
"She refuses to fight! What's wrong with her? Her copy seems to hate Shadow, while Project Starlight refuses to even hit the Shadow posters!" the President shouted.
"Perhaps it's that Maria liked Shadow. Thus her opposite, Stardark, will hate Shadow. She'll handle him if things get out of hand," The GUN officer explained.
"But what about Starlight? She has almost identical powers to Stardark. If Stardark tries to hurt Shadow, Starlight will just try to help Shadow!" At this Star blushed a little. Shadow didn't notice. And of course, because the cage he had been in during the ARK battle was soundproof (courtesy of Dark) he still had no idea that she liked him.
"Then we'll just have to dispose of her," the GUN officer said. Mini-Star stifled a gasp, and the GUN man whirled around. He spotted Mini-Star instantly. "Get her!" he yelled, and little Stardark jumped down, landing perfectly.
"My pleasure." Mini-Stardark started chasing Mini-Starlight, who ran and hid in one room. "Hmm, what are these? Hey, they're the morph-thingies that Dark made! I'll grab some..." And just by chance she grabbed three, putting one of which around her neck. She transformed into a butterfly (the kind we know, not a Mobian) and flew away extremely fast. Then the timehole and plothole both opened, sending the two back to Kukulili.
Star and Shadow fell through the hole, then landed face-first on the beach. "Well," Star commented, brushing herself off, "that was interesting."
R&R, please. (Gives out popsicles)
