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Chapter 12: lily pads (Alex)
I after breakfast, we landed in the area with the new signal. I remembered that Luie was the source, but I couldn't tell the others. I wasn't all that fond of the blue leader, he ignored me when I tried to help him until Olimar told him who I was, and he still dismissed my help as worthless. I also knew that Luie had value in his ability to find food, so Olimar would keep him handy regardless of how bothersome he was. I yawned as the pikmin were called out. We walked down the only accessible path and I saw a pink onion. I had completely forgotten about the winged pikmin! I also knew we probably wouldn't get to them today. We continued, and found ourselves faced with a dead end. "Maybe I should swim across" Andrea suggested. How could that girl possibly cause trouble? "Or we could try to ride these lily pads" Alph said, immediately jumping on to one as it floated by. We quickly followed, not wanting to get left behind. I started thinking about what the winged pikmin would be like. Because I was lost in thought, I didn't realize the others had gotten off, and I stayed on. By the time they realized I wasn't with them and they started calling me, there were no other stoping points. I saw a branch overhead and quickly grabbed on to it. It took all three leaders to pull me up as the girls stayed with the pikmin. The pikmin once again surprised me by their abilities, and we got the bridge done by noon. We freed the pink onion, but there were no pikmin nearby, and a single seed was shot out. We spent half of the afternoon growing the pikmin before Diana got scared and we had to stop. Flame came up to me soon after the leaders went inside. "Hey Alex, this is Ariel" he said, showing me a brighter winged pikmin. "Hi Alex!" she said, summersaulting. These guys seemed to not have a care in the world! "you know, I noticed something different about rock and winged pikmin" Flame said "besides being elements instead of colors, rock are all boys and winged are all girls" well, that was news to me. I probably should have guessed though, based on the higher pitched cries of winged pikmin and the lower pitched cries of rock pikmin. Well, I know now. I watched as several winged pikmin were hovering around a red, who seemed pretty upset. "Get away!" the red yelled at the laughing wing's "make us!" one of them teased. If I remembered correctly, winged pikmin are the weakest pikmin. Combine that with the fact that reds are the strongest, those trouble makers were asking for trouble. The red jumped at one of the wings, and fell short. "Got to do better than that!" one of the wings taunted I heard Ariel giggle besides me. She was obviously enjoying this, I was afraid the red would get back up soon and the wings would be in trouble. The red jumped at one of them again, and once again missed. I turned away, making sure to listen for a cry of help, and saw a couple of wings doing the same to a yellow. "Knock it off!" the yellow said "why should we?" one of the wings said. In response, the yellow jumped at one of them. I expected the wing to dodge it, but the yellow grabbed onto the wing and pulled her down, throwing her on the floor. "That's why" the yellow said angrily, before stomping away from the group. Those yellows sure can jump high. "Leave me alone!" that was the cry of a wing that time. I looked over and saw Flame had pinned down a wing "still think its fun to mess with me?" Flame said the anger obvious in his voice. I knew if any of the reds could have reached one of them, it would be Flame, but I didn't realize the wings would be stupid enough to taunt him. The wing was struggling desperately "let me go!" she cried. I knew Flame wouldn't though, but Daisy distracted him long enough for the pikmin to get away. I looked around again, and felt a tug on my suit. I looked and saw a couple wings trying to lift me "hey! Hands off!" I said, swatting at them. They let go, but they hovered around giggling "go bug someone else" I said "what if we don't want to?" one of them said mockingly. I could get at them, but they wouldn't relent if I did, so I whistled instead. All of the pikmin nearby came to me, and even the ones teasing me floated at attention. "You're lucky that's all I did" I said, putting more force in my voice than usual. I put the pikmin in the onion and we went into the ship. We quickly had dinner. "Did the wings bug anyone else?" I asked "Diana sais a couple tried to pick her up, that's what scared her" Lilly said, holding Diana close to her. "The wings seem care free, it probably makes them a bit mischievous as well" Brittney said. They went to their beds, and I went to mine. I yawned, tired despite how little I worked. I hoped Ariel would control the winged pikmin when we were working, otherwise there would be a huge problem. I would sort it out latter. I had tried to get Ariel to calm them down several times, but she didn't listen, she was probably a bit rebellious, oh well. I hoped I would be able to see Olimar before he left, I wanted to say hi to the person who I had learned to love. I yawned again as I closed my eyes, and I drifted to sleep.
Yay! Another chapter done! I was stuck for an Idea, so I made the winged pikmin more mischievous than they will be later, but they are carefree. Remember: I love criticism, reviews encourage me, and I'm open to input. Bye for now!