The boss battle is super duper short, but the real battle begins with Luvbi and Grambi! ;D
World 7-4 Concluded: A Bone-Chilling Tale
"Oh…no!" Luvbi cried out in horror. She flew like a jet over to a Nimbi with a veeeery long, white beard and the bushiest eyebrows ever. This was the face of God in the game.
"That's God? I was expecting someone much… eh, what do I care?"
"Shush, Ray!" Phred whispered.
"Father! Father! Art thou all right?" Asked the concerned Luvbi.
"Luvbi… Thou should not… have come. Flee…from here…"
"What? No way is she leaving after all the trouble we went through to get her back!" Ieda protested.
"Brrrrooo ha ha ha ha ha…" a manically new voice laughed from behind Grambi. "A touching scene, to be sure." It roared.
"Hey!" Ieda yelled up to it. "You're the boss of all the crazy guys who escaped the Underwhere, aren't you?"
"Ieda, don't encourage it!" Ray shouted.
"A pleasure to make your acquaintance, I assure you. My name is Bonechill." The monster said.
Bonechill had a huge head connected to teeny-tiny limbs that made a stick figure look fat. Its head was made up of tile squares of a most bone chilling blue. He sported three sets of wings on his back and where the feet would be was a cannon on wheels.
"I am something of an evil celebrity in certain circles of the Underwhere," it informed.
"That may be, but my father shall never give you the Pure Heart so give up!" Taunted Luvbi. The only response it gave was laughter.
"Oh, you dear, ignorant child! Ha ha ha… You really don't know a thing, do you? How charming."
"What do you mean? You can't be suggesting… IMPOSSIBLE!" Tippi yelled.
"Wh-What dost he mean, fair Tipps?" Luvbi asked. Bonechill answered for her.
"Correct butterfly. I speak of the Pure Heart… And I speak of you, Luvbi… IT IS YOU!"
Everyone: WHAT?
"What…sayest thou?" Luvbi asked.
"The Pure Heart was hidden ingeniously to keep it away from evil sorts like me. Grambi here changed the Pure Heart into a Nimbi… that he called his own daughter!"
"Ha ha… Th-That is just silly… My mother and father…" Her voice trembled as she learned of her previous nature.
"Oh, priceless! You honestly think Grambi pays an ounce of attention to you out of love?"
"Th-That's… No… THOU LIEST! Father… Sayest something?"
"L-Luv…b…bi… Unnghhh…" was all he could say.
"Brrrrooo ha ha… The old fool can weigh the sins of others, but not his own."
"It cannot…be…" A tear started rolling down Luvbi's cheek.
"Luvbi, we can talk later… Right now, just take Grambi to safety…" Tippi ordered.
"I…"
"QUICKLY!"
"O-OK…" She rushed outside with her "father" and Bonechill turned back to Phred and the gang.
"Many thanks for delivering the Pure Heart. Once I deal with you, none shall stop me. I shall be INVINCIBLE!"
"You're NOT welcome."
"Please, as your games end, remember it is an honor to have it ended by my talons!"
"Ieda! You're our best shot! Think you can super jump onto his head?"
"Worth a shot!" She shrank down into the ground and charged her jump. Timing it perfectly was all that mattered. Bonechill's head stuck out and that's when Ieda soared. Her dash upwards tore out a huge chunk of his health; sixteen to be exact. A bonk on the head drained another seven.
Bonechill started breathing ice, but Ieda barely missed it and went up for another twenty-three (16 + 7). A few icicles did hit Ieda, but they didn't damage her too much.
Each time Ieda hit Bonechill, some of the tiles on his face came off. Near the end, his face was practically see through. The only part of his face that remained were his eyes. As Ieda hit him the final time, he froze.
"BRRRAARGH! How… Impossible… How could you puny worms…destroy…a master…of the cold dark?" With that, it roared one final time and started self-destructing. Its cannon blew apart, its head lost facial features, and his body decomposed and fell apart. Bonechill was no more.
Luvbi and Grambi reentered the shrine and thanked the Heroes for saving the Overthere.
"Thou…hast done a fine job… Thou hast saved our realm…"
"Father," Luvbi interrupted, "The words of that thing…were lies, yea? Thou and Mother art my parents?"
"Well… Luvbi…"
"Break out the popcorn."
"RAY!"
"LUVBI!"
"That sounded like… Jaydes?" Phred wondered. Sure enough, Queen Jaydes herself flew through the door.
"Mother!" Luvbi shouted.
"I had not received word of your safe arrival, so I came looking… Are you well?"
"Speakest to me now, mother! Father and thee… Art thou verily my parents?" Jaydes jumped in surprise.
"Wait a minute, why do you… WHAAAAAAT?"
"Prithee, mother, speakest the truth to me!" The mighty queen of the Underwhere held her head ashamed.
"…Luvbi… You… You are not really our child." She said turning away.
"…so it is…true…"
"Anybody got a Super Soda?"
"RAY!"
"The Pure Heart was always in danger of falling into the hands of evil, darling. So Grams and I decided to transform it into a shape that no one would suspect…"
"And that was…me?" Just then, a blinding flash of light filled the entire room… and it came from Luvbi.
"WAAAAAAH!" She screamed. Another flash and the Pure Heart white shone through its masterful disguise for a second. It disappeared and Luvbi stood where it had appeared.
"What…was that?" Asked Rachel and Jaydes.
"The Pure Heart doth struggle against the Luvbi identity… It seeketh its true form!" Grambi informed. "It doth sense someone nearby worthy of possessing it. It must be these fair folk…" Phred, Rachel, Ray, Ieda, and Tippi all stood erect when they heard that they were who Grambi was talking about.
"So, uh… Ha ha… Thou sayest I am meant to be with them? Phred verily is…my prince?"
"After me, of course." Rachel warned.
"This doth STINK! He is completely wrong for me! I speak seriously to you… This hath no humor to it."
"Well, you're not mine." Ray said.
"…Fine. I shall return to my Pure Heart form and I shall go with Phred and his friends."
"Thou art certain?" Asked Grambi.
"Hey, the apocalypse is nigh. We've gotta take her as a Pure Heart!"
"Phred is right." Luvbi defended.
"If thou turnest back into the Pure Heart, the Nimbi Known as Luvbi…will cease to exist."
"Nay, perhaps I already have… I remember being the Pure Heart now, in truth… Wait, why do I explain myself to thee? Thou art not my real father, so QUIET!"
"Wh-What?"
"Ooh, here's where things get interesting— OW!" Rachel elbowed him harder than before.
"To think of all the times thou hast scolded me! Thou didst KNOW I was not long for this world! Why didst thou not let me have fun? Nay! Instead, I suffered an angry fake father and a nagging fake mother!"
"Why I never… Luvbi!"
"Sayest what thou wilt to me, but leave thy mother out of this! Talketh not to her that way! Perhaps thy sass shall end once thou changeth forms! What dost thou wait for?"
Yes, Luvbi… What are you waiting for? Thought Tippi.
"Oh, giveth me a break! I must do it whether thou wish or not! It shall be a RELIEF!"
"Thou art an ungrateful brat! Dost thou not recall when I lingered by thy ill bedside?"
"I scoff at thy lingering! Why dost thou not giveth me back the present I bought with my saved allowance!"
"What madness doth spew from they lips? Who GAVETH thee that allowance? And thou didst lie to get the money, too! Thou didst pretend to buy schoolbooks!"
"So this is what God is like when he's angry…" Ray muttered at the risk of another elbow.
"How dost thou DARE to lecture on lying? And why dost thou think I lied? I thought that Mother and thee… I thought… Thou wouldst…be happy…"
"…" mumbled Grambi.
"The pair of thee… thou art not real parents… I… I… I hate thee…"
"…That is enough, Luvbi." Said the queen. "It is true that we created you as a means of protecting the Pure Heart, but Grams and I came to love you as a true daughter. We wanted to be with you for all time, to protect you. You became a part of us. …Perhaps we were wrong to create you…and if we only caused pain, we apologize." A few tears were falling from her eyes. Rachel started crying too.
"Oh, Mother… thou needst not apologize…" Tippi started to tear up too, "My dear mother… Thank thee." She then flashed again; the Pure Heart grew impatient.
"The Pure Heart doth wish to assume its original form…"
"Luvbi…" Grambi said holding back tears. Tippi started tearing up at this point, as did Phred and Ieda.
"Wimps."
"Tippi… Takest good care of the real me. And…savest the worlds, yea?"
"Of… Of course…" She said, sniffling.
"Such is my final wish, so if thou dost not do it, thou art most unkind!"
"I understand…" Luvbi turned to face Jaydes and Grambi once again.
"Father… Mother… Fare thee well…"
"Luvbi…"
"Oh, my darling…"
"Get on with it!"
"SHUT UP RAY!" Rachel's face turned red and she nearly punched him in the nose.
"I am sorry…for lying earlier… because in truth… I… I love thee…both!" Tears started to fall like water does from a faucet. She didn't cry much, for the Pure Heart shone twice, and then a third permanently.
"Oh, Luvbi…"
"Now," Grambi said, wiping his eyes of tears, "ye prophesied ones… Destined Heroes… Takest our dear daughter… Takest the Pure Heart."
"Can we not have a moment of silence for her?" Tippi asked.
One Minute Later…
"It's been a minute!" Ray shouted.
"Sweareth this to me… Thou must prevail! Let no one else in this universe feel this sadness!" Grambi demanded.
"Anything to get going." Ray said, picking up Luvbi. Every Pixl danced the Pixl Dance one last time and the last Pure Heart was finally found.
~*-SPP-*~
YOU GOT LUVBI— ER... I MEAN THE LAST PURE HEART!
~*-SPP-*~
"Heroes… My daughter
wanted thee to save all
worlds. 'Twas her final wish."
Grambi spoke slowly through
his tears as the brave Nimbis
cleaned up the Overthere.
Draped in sadness, Queen
Jaydes walked slowly to her
palace in the Underwhere.
Phred, his friends, and the
eighth Pure Heart were all
that remained…
This Pure Heart had come
at a high price. Let us hope
it was all worthwhile.
Cool! They have all the Pure Hearts now, so it's time for them to head back to Flopside for any final preparations. First though, we have one last scene in Castle Bleck...
Comment on how I could make the boss battle more epic or... well, longer than those short two paragraphs.
