Expect a long hiatus when Zelda: Breath of the Wild comes out.

Chapter F-21: Weird Happenings

Hivebent

Wendy was using the Fairy's Tail to direct glittering air into Karin's lungs. "Sigh…sigh…" Karin was calmly breathing. "My throat… feels… a little better…"

"Just take it easy. If you used that Ghostly Wail again, your throat might explode."

"No kidding… So, is Melody still distraught?"

"I'm afraid so. And Carla's no better. Anyway, did you say Miyuki was hurt, too?"

"I think so. I don't know where she went."

"I'll find her. Point Me Miyuki." Wendy's wand pointed in the desired direction.

The wind mage wandered around the base for a few minutes. She soon found Miyuki facing a corner above a stairwell. The timebender seemed to be holding her chest. "There you are, Miyuki. Let me heal you, too."

"Huh? It's alright, Wendy, it isn't that bad."

"Don't be silly, I can't just leave you injured." Wendy walked up and forcibly turned her around.

"N-No really, it's fine!"

"Wait… what's this purple goop?" The cut on Miyuki's shirt was stained purple. "Is this… blood? AAAH!" A blue rat suddenly leapt out of the cut and tore at Wendy's face before scampering downstairs. "GUYS, THERE'S A RAT!"

"YAAH!" Panini yelped when the rodent ran around her feet. "Ay don't wanna burn it, someone catch it or something!"

Rat, stop! Rat, stop! Arianna used her telepathy. Instead, the rat chose to run up and bite Ari's toe. "Ow! A polite 'no' would've sufficed, you know!"

"EEEEK!" Cheren stabbed the animal with his sword and lifted it up. "Fresh meat, anyone?"

"CHEREN! That was completely uncalled for!" Arianna shouted hotly.

"Oh, yes it was." Vriska walked up with a smirk. "Take a closer look." She indicated the tiny orange horns on its head. The rat also wore a purple cape.

"Wow, a Super Rat?" Dillon cocked a brow. "In our universe, that was just a joke."

"Oh, DON'T FUCKING TELL ME." Karkat stomped up in anger. "Is that really YOU, MAJORA?!"

He pinched the rodent's face and yanked it off—in a flash, he transformed into Zanifr Mimchi. Cheren fell over with his sword still impaled through him. "Darn. I thought I could go on longer."

"Majora?!" Panini exclaimed. Miyuki had come downstairs, blushing. "Majora was hiding… under your dress?!"

"He…He didn't want to be targeted when we were in his home universe." Miyuki rubbed her arm softly. "S-So I let him hide on me… He said my chest was warm…"

"It was MMarvelous." Majora said solemnly.

"YOU SELFISH BASTARD!" Karkat furiously smacked him left and right. "HOW DARE YOU show your face around here after nearly screwing up our project!"

"Does this have anything to do with why he ended up in my world?" Cheren inquired.

"It's Majora's fault Demise and Malladus 8ecame rogue gods." Vriska answered. "He tried to give the demons too much power in the New World. That's why they kept invading the Mortal World. Personally, I found it rather funny!" 8888D

"And I'm guessing SANULA is around, too." Karkat said. "No one else would give you a crappy magic RAT Mask. And a BLUE rat no less, is that even real in your world?!"

"I re-expanded Sanula before I did the rest of you." Nebula mentioned. "But I assume Majora was hiding on Miyuki when I did her."

"Wellp, glad ya decided to join the fun, Zany-poo!" Cheren said bubbly, patting Majora's shoulder. "Don't worry, we'll make sure Ganondorf doesn't get ya."

"You are behaving unconditionally joyful. I don't like it. In any case, I thank you for the protection, MMiyuki. However, I'll be on MMy own from here."

"Hold on, do you need me to heal you?" Wendy asked. "You're bleeding horribly!"

"Gog, you're an annoying one. We God Tiers self-heal, nothing can kill us."

"Ehh, not exactly." said Vriska. "It's rumored that a God Tier can die if they commit a no8le sacrifice. Giving their life for someone or something. If I felt like it, I could've died for Terezi. 8ut naaaah." ;;;; )

"Oh yes, Terezi was killed. I'MM glad." Majora said tonelessly. "She was the one who found MMe guilty and ordered MMy banishment."

Karkat punched him again. "TEREZI WAS YOUR LEADER, DUMBASS! If you wanted an ounce of redemption, you would feel sorry!"

"I tried to destroy two worlds twice. I am the last person who would care. Besides, you're the leader now, it seems. Now no one will challenge your title. Except Vriska."

"Doesn't sound too 8ad!"

"Just LEAVE, Majora!"

"If you're so distraught over Terezi, why not visit the Land of Living Dead? She and the others you've lost are MMost likely there."

"You Know We Can't Get There Normally." Kanaya told him. "The Valley Is Somewhere In Swirly Space."

"Swirly Space?" Carol cocked a brow.

"Sounds DELICIOUS!" Vanellope cheered.

Kanaya brought up an image of a giant tornado of stars whirling over a spinning cloud in the middle of space. "This Tornado Makes This Region Of Space Impassable, Even To God Tiers. On The Bright Side, You Still Get To Land Of Living Dead… The Bad Way."

"If we could get there, could we possibly find Kimaya's spirit and bring her back?" Cheren asked.

"Maybe me and Fybi could combine our bending and fight the tornado!" Wendy exclaimed.

"I fear that even our wind combined will bear no strength to that behemoth." Fybi said.

"Oh. Then maybe my father can help."

"Truly idiotic." Majora remarked.

"I'm just trying to help!"

"Nebula, I MMay need your assistance." Majora said to the GKND leader.

"What's the catch?"

"The catch is saving your universe. A powerful creature known as the Universe Frog dwells on Froast. We discovered its frozen form hours ago. We MMust recover it before The Thirteen will have another chance to destroy it."

"But what is the Universe Frog?" MaKayla asked.

"MMake your best prediction."

A loud whistle blew—the operatives clamped their ears shut before looking Yuzu's direction. "Well, since I can't tell time in this dimension, I'm going to assume it's lunch time! Everyone to the cafeteria!"

"We don't have a cafeteria!" Karkat stated.

"You do NOW!" Yuzu led them to a huge room where many of the Catch Card victims were already eating.

"Yuzu thought you all might be hungry, so we installed this room along with a kitchen!" Ford Pines said.

"How… did you BUILD this place in such a short time?!" Cheren gawked.

"Must 8e time paradoxes at work again." Vriska said. "In this universe, people experience time flows differently. We 8elieve it's how The Thirteen spread their minions so far so quickly. And NOW we have a lunch room."

"Come on, everybody!" Yuzu cheered. "Some of you must've already ate your snacks, so it's time to refill your tummies!"

"Can't turn down a good meal!" Cheren hopped to a seat. "Golden Cherry Pie, please!"

"Can you make 8utterfly Toast?" Vriska sat beside him.

"Nothing's impossible in Yuzu's Kitchen!"

The operatives and even the trolls sat at tables and ordered some of Yuzu's delicious meals. Wendy fed Carla some kitty cupcakes, but they bore a duller taste for the doggified cat. "Oh, this puppy tongue is miseruff. ! Misery!" She flushed. "Arooo…"

"Don't be sad, Carla. It could've been worse." Wendy looked around the lunch room. The interdimensional Catch Card victims were chatting amongst each other. Some were worried for their friends, others looked happy to be okay. "Can you believe how lively this place became? So many people from so many different universes. Wouldn't it be fun to learn how they're alike and how they're different?"

"You're starting to sound like your father."

"Aiek!" Wendy blushed. "Well… now that I'm looking at it, I understand why he was so curious. It's just nice to see all these people getting along, you know?"

"WHY IS EVERYONE WASTING THEIR TIME?!" Everyone whipped their heads to Terry Stork. "In case you haven't forgot, there's STILL friends we need to rescue! There's STILL five Darknesses we haven't beaten, and Lord English is STILL fucking all-powerful! How can you all look so happy when we're not even CLOSE to saving the universe?!"

". . . ." Everyone gazed at him awkwardly. "Dude…" Cheren said. "What's with you?"

"Terry, are you upset because we haven't found Lola, yet?" MaKayla asked.

"No, I'm sad we left Ice Cream Land without a triple deluxe—YES, I'm mad we haven't found Lola and we're goofing off playing at amusement parks and eating food that looks like it was spewed up by a rainbow!"

"I consider that a compliment." Yuzu smiled.

"Bro, take it easy!" Cheren slapped his back. "We're on a winning streak and we saved plenty of people! Hey, who wants to see a lightshow?!" He went God Tier and flew toward the ceiling. Two golden flames flew from his hands as he whirled them around the room like comets, followed by shining fireworks.

Terry was… dumbfounded. "I expected him to say something comforting… What's this shit?"

"Just chill out, Terry, Lola will be fine!" MaKayla said happily.

"I thought at least you would show more concern. Miyuki, doesn't Cheren seem weird?"

"Ha ha ha!" Miyuki smiled and clapped hands at the lightshow. "Isn't it pretty, Suki?"

"Sister-chan, it's too hot. Can we go back to the freezer?"

Terry was beyond confused. Why did Miyuki suddenly turn happier? Why was Cheren suddenly so carefree? "You're right to be confused." Karkat came beside him. "The power of God Tier is screwing him up. He's losing all sense of worry and fear."

"That still doesn't explain why everyone else looks so dumb."

Casino English

"I love you! You love me! We're a happy family!" Lord English was dancing with crappy MS Paint representations of the Nextgen Kids. They all had derpy expressions and moved with poor animation. "With a great big hug and a kiss from me to you… Won't you love me, too?"

"Uhhhh… My Lord?" Dimentio walked in, his confusion matching Terry's. "You seem… unusual today."

"Dimentio! There's my friend!" English danced over and put an arm around the King of Space. "Isn't it a wonderful friendly day? I like you all so much! Heck, I say screw the casino and make this a bounce house!"

The casino vanished and was replaced by a bouncy balloon room. "Redecorating again?" Bill Cipher entered next. "It's your third change today, My Lord!"

"Bill, just what is going on in His Majesty's head?" Dimentio was holding English's hands as they bounced in circles. "The ruler of the universe should not behave in such a manner. His enemies will laugh at him!"

"Don't you get it? Lord English has begun to see the beauty in friendship! Now that he's fought with him, his personality has become more intertwined with his."

"Ahh… I believe I understand." Dimentio smiled.

"Indeed." Bill smirked. "Nothing weakens a person's guard more than the comfort and joy of friendship!"

The MS Paint Nextgen Kids danced without a care or thought in the world. When reflected in Lord English's Octogan, the image of the real kids gazing at Cheren's golden flames was seen.

Color Realm

April Goldenweek was walking in a realm of colorful skies and floating grounds. Giant brushes and palettes were depicted in the heavens. She stopped and saw a circle of Shy Guys slurping paint out of a spot with straws. "So, if Shy Guys can also enter this world, they must be paint creatures, too." She attacked the Shy Guys with her Keyblade and KO'ed them. "Now that Mary's been cursed, I can't risk coming out of her drawing and getting infected. But Xehanort destroyed all my paintings, too. …Huh?"

April spotted a path of teal paint. Different-colored designs of salamanders, crocs, and frogs were on it. Nooses were hanging on either side of the path, along with some guilty painted salamanders. "This path seems different. I wonder if I could find an exit on it. 'Guess I'll just have to take a look around."

Some planet's stratosphere

After Zach's miraculous ice explosion, Maddy, Haruka, and Mako blacked out. They awoke on a soft, pleasant, fluffy surface, strapped by white strands and facing up at a blue sky. "Mmmmnn… w-whuh? Haruka?"

"Maddy? Where are we?"

"Glad to see you woke up!" Mako said. "After Zach's massive brainfart, he needed to burn out the excess gas. We're currently rocketing through space at an unexplainable velocity."

"Is it unexplainable because we're not feeling anything?"

"To keep our skin from exploding, Zach placed us in the comfiest place on his person: two dandelions growing out of his nose!"

It was then they noticed the boy's face above them. "THAT'S DISCOMFORTING! !"

"Wait, what if we crash on a planet?!" Maddy shouted.

"I'm certain Zach will land us perfectly fine in that pit of molten lava." Mako pointed.

". . . . . ." And then all three girls screamed. "YAAAAAAAAAHHHH!"

Zach splashed into the lava as if it were refreshing, cool water. He resurfaced in swim trunks and an inflatable chair. "Ahhhh. Nothing like a summer splash to knock the knowledge out."

"WE CAN'T SWIM!" Mad and Haru flailed their arms on the surface.

"No time for splashing now, Zach!" Mako, back in Zach's brain, pulled a lever. "Activating Wacky Rescue Omega!"

E123 Omega from Sonic Heroes flew down on rocket jets. "Initiating Eggman masks." He slapped Eggman masks on the two girls. "FIRE!" He blasted missiles that blew the girls across the shore and beyond with a huge explosion.

"Now utilizing Safe Landing Alpha!" Mako declared.

As they were still flying, a giant TV projected Alpha & Omega…

"Oh, I like this movie!" Maddy said.

…3.

She and Haruka felt drained and bored. They slowly fell toward the surface in depression. "OUCH! !" They impact was very painful. "Why did that still hurt?!"

"Easy!" Mako popped up. "Pain is the body's way of saying 'Thank you for not killing me!'"

"It isn't welcome!" remarked Maddy.

"Why is Anthony flying?" Zach pointed. (Play "X-Naut Fortress" from Paper Mario: Thousand-Year Door.)

The girls looked up, confused by his random comment. Indeed, Anthony McKenzie appeared to be… flying with his arms. They then heard burrowing, looked down, and saw Fybi peep her head out like a mole. Ahead, Miyuki was bouncing around on a pogo stick. It also seemed like Rob Lucci was still as a statue, floating horizontally, and shifting as it "walked" around. The "sky" featured a grass plain with mountains, and the "ground" they stood on was peaceful solid sky.

This was Planet Laer, the Land of Opposites and Oddities. Everything was the opposite of what it was normally and everything else is just weird. It felt like the ROM hack of a videogame. Even weirder was that different people perceive different things from the natural fauna. The characters can even hear my narration. "So, that explains why the lava didn't burn us." Maddy said.

"And we still couldn't swim in it." Haru said. "Guys, let's just call our friends and hitch a ride off this world."

"Good thinking." Maddy tapped her wristwatch. The watch leapt off, scratched her bald head, and scampered off like a kitty. "…So, I don't think we're getting help."

"There's only one way to get through here." Zach spoke seriously. "Find an art studio and become a sushi chef."

"That's brilliant, Zach!" Mako fist-pumped. "Okay! Let's go win that bowling tournament!"

"Um… yeah." Haru shrugged. "Mako, let's look for a vitamin store over there. Zach and Maddy can head that way. Let us know if you find something."

Stage F-17: Land of Opposites and Oddities

Mission: Look for a red-headed girl named Virginia.

Zach and Maddy crossed the first field as Anthony Birds spat down giant water bubbles that bounced around and exploded. Maddy approached the horizontal Rob Lucci, and upon spotting her, it turned upside-down and wiggled toward her backwards. She punched it with Haki, breaking the Lucci into bedspring pieces. Two large boulders blocked the way forward, and a charged punch with Maddy's Haki couldn't even crack them. Zach smiled and simply flicked the boulders away with his finger. They were as light as paper balls.

Now they gazed up at a rugged cliff where a giant spinning fan (with blades made of trees) was looming left and right, blowing a gust of wind down. Their attempts to climb the cliff resulted in mere slipping. Only when the fan was directly over them could they hold the cliff firmly. They had to maneuver left and right in order to stay in the wind gust. At the cliff top, they encountered none other than Shadow Queen Malevolous Djinn. She was also still as a statue, but spun around rapidly as it tried to hit them.

Maddy swung a Haki kick at the Shadow Queen, and she bounced around a series of giant Karkat heads before crashing into a small block in a wall, breaking it. "That felt unnecessary." Maddy said. The kids crawled through the tunnel and arrived at a pathway of spikes with vines hanging in midair. Maddy leapt to grab a vine—"OW!" It poked her like a spike.

"We have to use the spikes, Maddy!" Zach bounced on the spikes like trampolines. "It's just like Mako said: spikes only hurt us because they're scared. That's why we should make friends with them!"

With that, they began to bounce along the spikes and maneuver around the vines. Little Sheila Frantic heads were on the spikes, electrifying their selves every few seconds. As weird as it felt, Zach and Maddy kicked the heads off when their guard was lowered. They arrived at a floating pool of water with torches scattered around them. Using the past as indication, the Murphys hopped the harmless torches, knowing the water would cook them like lava. Some torches blinked on and off—Maddy was almost going to jump the off ones, but quickly sensed their treachery and only jumped the active torches.

From here, they had to jump over a field of platforms over a sky pit—WAIT, instead they landed on the area around it because all the ground areas are pits of death! I mean, they've only been walking on sky for the most part. They navigated around the ground pits before coming to a ledge. Bullet Bills (in the form of Fat Jacks) were being launched from beyond the ledge, too high to harm the kids however.

Forming a crazy thought and knowing the "ground" was a chasm, Zach jumped to bump his head against the underside of a Fat Jack. It resulted as though he had bounced on it, instead under-jumping the series of Jacks to get over the chasm. Maddy shrugged and followed him in like fashion. They past the Fat Jack cannons and landed on a safe sky-foothold. Ahead was a Tetramite hive with a shallow lava river to keep them at bay. The Tetramites took the form of an army of tiny Big Moms.

"This is why it's wise to pack the 4x4 essentials." Maddy drew her B.A.J.O.O.K.A. and shot at the bugs—the Big Moms dodged as the carton projectiles flew through the ground. "Darn it, this level keeps tricking me!"

"Wait, Maddy, they're drinking the lava-water this time!" Zach indicated. "I bet we need them to help us!" He got out a soda bottle and reached a foot over to step on the Big Moms. Indeed, they weren't biting him, they were willing to lift him up. Maddy joined him as Zach poured soda in the direction they wanted to go, making the Big Moms skitter toward it. They navigated around puddles of acid water and reached a narrow, snaky path with holes above it. Snapdragons in the form of dimensionally-stretched Vweebs popped out and tried to snap them from said holes.

They could step off on a safe sky-ground before another ledge-chasm. There were two straight series of falling squares, intended to be Wall Jumped on. Naturally, the only safe Wall Jump parts were AWAY from the squares. They Wall Jumped the blank areas and controlled their natural impulses, a rather difficult task considering how fast everything moved.

After the Wall Jump segment, an invisible stairwell led up a grass hill. However, the stairs seemed to bring them back down with every attempt to go up. "This is getting ridiculous." Maddy huffed, turning to go down in the hopes the stairs would throw her up.

"DANG IT, STAIRS!" Zach was still determinedly trying to run up. "I forgave you for tripping me when I was three, I thought we settled things!"

"Zach, you're messing it up, just walk down after me!"

Due to their opposing directions, a hole seemed to rip open in space in the middle of the stairs. Zach and Maddy stared down curiously. A ladder led down a shaft. The twins exchanged shrugs and decided to climb down. (End song.)

The twins set foot on the floor of a dark corridor. The walls were composed of square-shaped glass cages containing nearly every field enemy from the Gameverse. There were Koopa Troopas, Kremlings, Moblins, Stormtroopers, even a Rhynoc. "This feels real creepy." Maddy said.

They turned two corners of displayed enemies before entering a much larger area. It had a high studio ceiling and a carpet floor. Zach read the large sign above. "'Gameverse Museum'?"

"Darn it, Zach! Zach and Maddy found our secret lair!"

"Wait, are you talking to me or that Zach?"

"YOU Zach, who else is here besides you?! Get them out of here before The Thirteen tracks them."

"I feel like we aren't supposed to be here… Zach, let's go back." Maddy said.

The twins returned through the corridor and climbed the ladder out of the museum. Instead of appearing outside at the staircase, they were now inside a quiet, gray office. They peeked into each section, seeing peculiar businessmen mindlessly typing on typewriters. One was a blue jelly man, another was a sun with arms and legs, and there was also a man with a pink swirly ice cream head. "Maddy… I think I know these guys from somewhere."

"I know them, too. They're from that show I don't watch."

Zach saw a door across the room, labeled Boss. Do Not Enter Unless You're Serious. He eagerly ran up and cracked it open. "Yes, the new office pens arrived today. They write just as well as the last ones." Recognizing the voice, Zach opened the door fully. "Yes, thank you. I'll send you a letter to emphasize my gratitude."

That golden afro glinted in Zach's eyes. "BO-BOBO! !"

"Use your inside voice, please!" Bo-bobo stated. "Huh? Wait a minute, who are you? I don't recall a meeting scheduled at this time."

"EEEEEK!" Zach went fangirl. "I'm so happy I get to meet you! AGAIN! You remember me?! Oh my gosh, if Bo-bobo remembers me, I'll have a baby!"

"Children, I'll have to ask you to leave. You're disrupting my businessmen."

"If this is some kind of gag, when do I start screaming?" Maddy asked.

"Bo-bobo, quit joking and start acting hilarious! Aren't you supposed to be with those other less-funny heroes?"

"I don't have time to entertain you kids, I have important business to conduct. I'm calling security to have you rudely escorted." He pushed a button.

"Is there a problem, Mr. Bo-bobo?" A slender security woman with light-blue hair approached.

"Please escort these children off the premises, Pandora."

"Of course, sir. Children, follow me."

"Not so fast!" shouted Zach. "I should be dying in laughter right now! This is your least funny thing since that emotional talk with Beauty. Crack a nosehair whip, you boring coot- AH!" He and Maddy were binded in sapphire flames.

"If you keep misbehaving, I'll have to throw you in detention." Pandora dragged them away. "Just like your nosy little FRIENDS!" She kicked open a door, revealing Mako and Haruka chained to a roulette wheel over a pit of acid water.

"GUYS!" Maddy screamed.

"Hey, Maddy! Hey, Zach!" Mako greeted spritely. "We found that chicken coup you were looking for… but they blinded us with a chandelier cake and we woke up on this wheel."

"Hm hm hm! This world of opposites is a lush harvesting ground for Chaos Chi!" Pandora levitated the Murphys and stuck them against the wheel via the sticky flames. "It took everything we had to sap the humor out of Bo-bobo's little gang, but it was worth it. Once we do the same for Zachy Dear, the Seven Lights will be totally defenseless! But first…"

Pandora detached Maddy from the wheel, levitating her with the flames. "Maddy Murphy… Medusa wasted quite a bit of time with you. She was told by Bill you would be the strongest Light. She tried to drown you to instigate a fall into depravity. She wanted to weaken the Lights' forces ahead of time. And we had the wrong person! Oh well… You conquered your hatred after all, I suppose. Still, Thanatos and I are just so mad, wasting our time with this prophecy. Medusa was destroyed for fulfilling her duty, we expected to rule this New World, not serving Lord English's underlings! If there's one thing I can do for Medusa… it's to finish what she started."

Pandora tipped Maddy upside-down and dipped her in the acid water. "AAAAHH—bbbblllllttthhh."

"Good-bye, Maddy Murphy… you will finally be erased from the prophecy you were never a part of!"

Hivebent

Wendy Marvell and Fybi returned to Kanaya's computer desk after eating. The computer troll was still in the lunch room, leaving the two to stare at the image of Swirly Space. "Hast thou any further ideas as to clear such a storm?"

"I don't know… Nebula still can't shrink anything massive with Jirachi weakened. Although, I have sort of an idea… My father brought me to a wind spirit called Typheus before I fought him. He wanted me to use Typheus' chi, but he wouldn't give it to me. Typheus said he would only give it to someone called 'The Seeker.'"

"The Seeker, ay…!" Fybi gasped. She remembered three years ago, when Plankton had them captured. "Prithee! Wendy, The Seeker is mine given title in yonder prophecy!"

"It's you?! Man, I should've mentioned this before! I am so stupid!"

"Do not let guilt plague thee. If thine words art true, wouldst thou bring me to Sir Typheus?"

"Of course I will. But we'll have to ask Nebula to warp us across the Furthest Ring."

"Ay, 'twould be wise not to face fearsome beasts again. I shalt gather my sector to make way for the voyage. …Wendy, may I ask, how art thou fairing with Cheren's behavior?"

"Huh? Well… I admire him for staying positive after everything that's happened… but I felt like he was a little rude to Terry."

"Even I agree, knowing Terry's manners are not often saintly. I feel a troubling air around him. I hope we shalt find the truth soon."