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Chapter 11: star brings starlet

I woke up in the middle of the night to Alph shaking me. "I'm up, I'm up!" I said sleepily "good, I need you to stay in the ship today, we found another signal, but Andrea says she left something and we need to find it, but we think she's planning something. Think you can handle it?" I nodded sleepily, and he walked out. The next time I woke up, it was to the ship jolting as it landed. Wow, I couldn't believe I had slept through that. I got up expecting someone to be there, but no one was, only a container of juice. I looked at the map…and it was blank. There was nothing but a grey screen. "I should tell Alph about this" I thought out loud, then I took out the Koppad…which was also blank. I needed to get to Alph though, so I jumped out of the ship…and found myself in a jungle. "Whoa" I said, then I saw a colorless onion landing. I couldn't help smiling as two pikmin came out, and I recognized one of them as Star. "Hello again Alex" Star said. Star had visited me several times during my treasure hunt, but he never had company, now a second pikmin was with him. "Nice to see you again Star" I said "Alex, this is Starlet, my partner" the second pikmin waved at me. "Nice to meet you" she said "you too" I replied back "what's up?" I asked Star "I was going to ask you the same thing" he replied "oh, you came because I wanted you to?" I asked, forgetting about the reasons he would come. He nodded "ok then, how are you at assessing people?" I asked "I'm better at fighting, Starlet is good with personalities though" he said, letting his partner step closer "let me guess, a little girl named Andrea?" she asked. I nodded "Alph, Brittney, and Charlie all say she will cause trouble, but she looks so innocent and sweet, could you help me figure it out?" I said. Star and Starlet are dream pikmin, meaning their telepathic. Even if you don't want them to know something, they'll find out about it, though they may not let you know they have. "Well, many of the pikmin said that about me when I was a leaf. They said I'd cause them more trouble than they had ever dealt with, even though most of the pikmin saw me as a girl who wouldn't hurt a butterfly. We aren't supposed to tell you straight answers, you don't learn that way, but we can give you advice. My advice is this: listen to the others, but don't disregard yourself" she said. Well, that didn't help much "I think what she's trying to say is, you should listen to what the others have to say, and take that into account, but trust your own judgment as well, and don't doubt you're every move based on them." Star said. I was still confused "ok, I'll explain. Many pikmin thought I was disastrous, most thought I was the most innocent girl in the world. The truth was, I was both. I wanted freedom, something most pikmin wouldn't give me, but I didn't want to hurt anybody when I was a leaf. When I met Star, he showed me a new perspective, and I realized Freedom would only be obtained through sacrifice. I helped take the pellet, even though the pikmin needed the food, and I used it to grow our onion. As a leaf, most of the pikmin were right about my innocence, as a pikmin, the ones who thought I was dangerous were right. If it hadn't been for star stopping me, I would have continued to steal food from the other pikmin, and I could have made them go extinct. But Star made me realize that we needed to find our own supplies, or we would parish like we should." She finished with a sigh. I still couldn't figure out how this related to Andrea at all "you'll find out in time Alex, but for now, you need to wake up" Star said. The two ran to the onion as the sun set, and the onion took off. The world got dark, and I opened my eyes to the rocket landing. I ate, and then stayed in the rocket, thinking about what they said. Star had told me Starlet had refused to come when he first asked her because she wanted me to know more about dream pikmin first. The last time Star had visited he told me Starlet didn't want to come the next time either, but she came. Why did she visit when she said she wouldn't? Did she know I needed her help? I knew Star hadn't told me everything about dream pikmin yet, so she might have known I needed her…even if I didn't. I had to think about what they had told me. I looked at the map and realized we weren't in the Tropical wilds, we were in the Garden of Hope. Why were we here? I looked outside and saw some pikmin playing, they had probably been left there after they carried something back. The group came back as the sun went down, and we took off. I didn't say much as I drank my juice and went to sleep. Starlet knew I needed her information, but why? Was she warning me about someone? I looked at Diana and Andrea. Andrea was curled up asleep, but Diana was looking at the map. Neither seemed capable of intentionally hurting one of us, and Lilly would have done so if she wanted to. I yawned and went to bed. I wish I had a clearer sign, but I couldn't talk to the pikmin about it unless Star told me to, or they might never visit again. I let my mind wander as I drifted to sleep.

Whew, another chapter done again! I was unable to upload the previous chapter when it was completed, so you get 2 chapters today instead! Yay! If you haven't noticed, the main character is still Alex, so he will have the point of view most of the time, but others might get it as well. Towards the end, anything I've left unexplained will be told clearly, so don't worry about loose ends. Remember: I love criticism of all kinds, reviews encourage me, and I'm open to input. Bye for now!