Chapter 4: Trouble in Twoson.
Moon walked towards the exit of the cave, as he re-entered the first cave he noticed that all the animals were running away from him. "Interesting...I guess if I defeat the leader of the sanctuary the monsters will fear me...in a video game that'd be pretty damn useful for getting a back attack and possibly killing the enemy in one shot, it'd be pretty handy for leveling up." he said. Perhaps it was just his frustration...but he did kill a few more rats before leaving...just because they had hurt him...like a lot.
Moon exited out of the cave it was only ...for some strange reason. He walked back through the entertainers shack and when he opened the door he was met face to face with a police officer who looked really ticked off. Why's he so mad then Moon remembered the Don't Enter sign on the fence of the shack. "Damn it" he said to himself. Moon looked at the officer, "Is something wrong officer?" he asked innocently. "Yeah!" the officer snapped. "The board says "Do Not Enter." Couldn't you read it?" Moon couldn't help himself. "Sir, I don't see a Do Not Enter sign around here." This made the officer go red with anger. "IT'S RIGHT OVER THERE YOU REBELLIOUS KID!" he shouted pointing his finger at the sign. He turned back to Moon and then quickly glanced at the sign again "Oh you think you're so freaking smart huh?" he said. "Why don't you come to the Onett Police station later." Moon saluted the officer, "Sir Yes Sir!" he said. The cop turned around and stormed off muttering "I hate kids."
"Well this isn't a total catastrophe." Moon said to himself, "Plus I had to go there anyways, the road to Twoson is closed." he walked passed the Onett Library for the fourth time today, "Actually...I'm allowed to borrow maps...I've never been to Twoson, perhaps I should pick one up." Moon walked inside the library and walked over to the checkout section. "Excuse me." he said, "I'm going to visit a friend in Twoson and was wondering if I could borrow a map." The lady behind the counter smiled and reached into a drawer. "Here you go, Onett is only place on there as you so clearly already know, all the info is on there except for what's not on there. Pressing the X button will open it immediately, you know the X button, located near the top." she said before laughing. Moon took the map and walked away a little confused. "X button...so random." he said to himself.
Moon set off down the streets of Onett and, like he expected, found that the southern road that led to Twoson was closed. In order to let down the barricades the Chief of Police, Captain Strong was going to have to tell them to. Moon hoped that this would be easy...after all he had dealt with the Sharks. But he had a slight feeling that this was going to be easier said than done.
He entered the Police Station, he recognized Captain Strong instantly because he was usually on the news telling all the citizens of Onett that nothing was wrong (though this was usually false as he mentioned, the police force was corrupt). But he was stopped by the other officer who had yelled at him about the Don't Enter sign.
"There ya are ya little delinquent." he snarled. "Listen here, Don't Enter means just that DO NOT ENTER!" then he went on with a long boring speech, something about Tax evaders, the fact that the police force didn't like closing the roads (also false they did this frequently), and then about how people complain during emergencies like the meteorite for example. Moon wasn't really listening. So when the officer stopped talking he said he understood and moved over to Captain Strong.
"Excuse me Captain Strong?" he asked. "The road to Twoson is closed...and I need to go meet a friend." The officer looked at the boy. "The road's closed because of an emergency...obviously. At times like this shouldn't kids like you should be playing Nintendo games?" he asked. "Well I would...but I left something at my friends house in Twoson and I need to go get it." Moon responded. The captain sighed, "You aren't going to leave me alone if you don't go so I'll ask you this...are you sure you wanna go to Twoson?" he asked. Moon nodded. "Okay then follow me." he said motioning with his hand.
He led Moon down through a doorway and down a long hallway, Moon noticed that there were only two cell doors. "Very freaking good not like there were hundreds of Sharks wandering around here when they were still around." he said to himself.
They entered a back room where 5 other police officers were standing in. Strong closed the door and turned back to Moon. "Alright kid." he said. "You wanna go to Twoson, then show me what you've got. See if you can get past five of my best men." Moon barely trusted his ears at this point. "Did you just say you'll let me go to Twoson...If I beat up a bunch of cops?" he asked. "Yep." Strong said. "And I won't get arrested for this?" Captain Strong shook his head. "It's dangerous out there kid, who knows what lurks beyond that barrier, if you can beat 5 of the best officers in Onett, you can clearly fend for yourself." Moon wasn't sure if these people were under Giygas' influence, but it didn't matter, either way, he had to get to Twoson.
"Eeeeyah!" One of the officers shouted "Hey, small fry, you must be shaking in your boots. "I'm not even wearing boots." Moon said. The officer jumped at Moon with a Karate chop ready in his hand. Moon jumped out of the way and struck the officer square in the face with his bat knocking him out instantly. "That seemed almost way to easy." Moon said to himself.
Danger!
"Listen here kid you're everyday police officer is stronger than your average superhero." another officer said. If this was the case. Moon thought, there'd be way more police and detective movies and comics other than things like Batman, Iron Man, and Spiderman. The officer tried to do the exact same thing the first one had did, and just like before, Moon jumped out of the way and whacked the officer. He didn't go down immediately however, and struck Moon with the chop, surprisingly...it felt much weaker than the Titanic Ant's bite. Moon hit the officer over the head once more and he fell to the ground.
"Don't let the Mayor's compliments give you a big head, bring it on fat boy!" the third officer said. "Okay now you're just shouting insults." Moon said. The officer charged towards him at a swift pace and readied another chop. Moon swiftly dodged the attack and whacked officer first in the legs, then over the head." "This is getting redundant...these people are so freaking stupid." Moon said to himself.
"C'mon I'm gonna take you apart right here, right now baby!" the fourth officer said charging towards him. Moon didn't even want to bother at this point, these weren't cops just bunch of people who were lacking in any skill whatsoever. "PSI Hypnosis α!" he said lazily. The officer collapsed onto the floor then, just for good measure, Moon hit him over the head with the bat.
Now only the fifth officer and Captain Strong remained standing. "That's it buddy...you can forget about me...I'm going to call for my boss!" the fifth officer said. Quickly he ran out of the room. Moon turned to Captain Strong. "Alright...I beat all five...can I go now?" he asked. "Technically you only beat four." Strong said. "So in that case...I'll be number five." Moon rolled his eyes, after watching four of his "best" officers get beaten so easily by a kid with one even running away in fear. Moon wasn't sure whether to admire Strong for standing true to his values as a police officer...or to laugh at how pathetically easy this was going to be.
"There's no way I can beat you in a straight competition." Strong said. "So...get ready for my Super Ultra Mambo-Tango-Foxtrot Martial Arts!" he shouted. "Wait wha-" Strong grabbed Moon swung him around and then threw him against a wall. "Okay...don't let the man grab me." Moon said to himself. Strong charged at him ready to do what he had just done again. "PSI Hypnosis α!" Moon shouted, Strong collapsed onto the ground. "Okay there's no way I can beat him with one swing of the bat like the other officers." Moon said. "So in that case...PSI Rollin α!" he said. The multi colored beams of light shout out of his hands and hit Strong. "Man no wonder these fools could never catch the Sharks." Moon said to himself, he waited for Strong to wake up. Except...Strong didn't wake up. Moon walked over to him and hit him on the head with his bat. Strong awoke instantly. "Hey Captain Strong...I really need to get to Twoson...so can you just lower the barricade, I beat you...and 4 other officers." Moon said. "I-I can't believe it, I didn't believe that you would do so well against the mighty Onett police force...You want the road to Twoson opened?" Moon nodded. "Alright, hang on for a sec, I'll radio my staff and give them the word. Captain Strong pulled out a walkie talkie and started to fumble with it, after a bit it dinged.
"Strong here...do you read me?" Captain Strong asked. A bit more beeping. "Hey! It's me...Captain Strong." he said. "Listen...um hey kid what's your name?" he asked. "My name's Moon." Strong nodded. "Okay listen, a kid named Moon will be at the barricade in a few minutes...he's wearing a blue hat...I want you to open the road to Twoson for him. A lot more beeping. "I know that!" Strong said. More beeping. "I KNOW THAT!" Strong shouted. "Don't ask me why, just freaking do it! That's an order!...Strong out." he put the Walkie Talkie away and turned back to Moon. "Well kid I'm not gonna question you now, but I do want to see you again. Good luck!" he said before exiting out of the room.
Moon used Lifeup and healed himself before walking out of the back room. He exited the police station and headed towards the barricaded road. He was hoping to reach Twoson before nightfall, find Sarah and stay with her for the night, then continue on in the morning. He arrived at the now down barricade where two police officers stood. "Aren't you Moon?" one officer asked. Moon nodded. "Well I got the okay from Chief Strong to let you through Take care of yourself now."
Moon thanked the officer and moved onwards down the road. He moved at a steady pace, and to is surprise, more of the Antoids were outside, even more than the amount in the cave. However, they still fleed upon seeing him. "Guess, they got the memo." Moon said smiling. However, his nice leisurely stroll to Twoson was cut off by a sickening sight, a mushroom...with legs! Moon looked at it confusion...then the mushroom headbutted him. It didn't hurt that much, but just the fact that it attacked him told him everything he needed to know. He instantly whacked the Mushroom aside. "Okay note to self...Giygas can influence plant life as well." he said moving on.
As Moon walked he thought about what he had seen during the vision he had with the Titanic Ant. The three kids that talked to him had to be his friends...but...was it really them who spoke to him? And if so...how? It was all very confusing to him. His thoughts trailed from those 3 to just the girl...Sarah...despite what Buzz Buzz had told him, he was still very nervous about meeting her, the fact that they were destined to save the world was all that kept him from having a nervous breakdown...surely the chosen 4 had to get along. His only hope was that she wasn't popular...it was wrong for him to think that way...but a popular girl like her...with a no one like him surely wouldn't sit well with either her parents...or her friends. Then he thought about what else Buzz Buzz had told him.
Bound by their hearts...odd how he used that to describe both him and Sarah, but not the other 2. Did the prophecy foretell him and Sarah being...more than friends? He hoped not...it wasn't that he wouldn't want a girlfriend...it was more of the fact that he wasn't really familiar with whole concept of love. It confused him in a way, maybe Sarah could teach him...but that would be kind of awkward. Plus their was the whole...it's an adventure that determines the fate of the world you have no time to love cliche. Moon always felt like that was a dumb rule/concept , so what if he and Sarah were on an adventure, if he did end up falling in love with her, he was telling her.
Moon arrived at a narrow forest passing walking through it and approaching the other side, he was met with a lively town, it was bright and the feel was serene, blissful, and calm Quite the place for Sarah to live, Moon thought. There was still a good few hours of daylight left, and since he had exited near a hotel, Moon thought it'd be best to call his mother and let her know where he was. He walked into the hotel, it was quite fancy for his taste, but it would work if he needed to sleep here. He picked up the phone and called his mother.
"Is that you Moon?" his mother said when she answered. "You called me back sooner than I thought...Everyone here is doing just fine...where are you by the way?" "I'm in Twoson...I wanted to see someone before I kept going." his mother responded with, "I'm sure that whoever you are going to meet will like you, keep at it!" "Thanks." Moon said. "Oh...yeah Tracy started working part time for the Escargo Express. Here I'll let you talk to her, and don't forget to call me as well. "Hello this Escargo Express." Tracy's voice said. "Oh is that you Moon? Big Bro, It's me Tracy, I started working part time for the Escargo Express, we'll store anything you don't need and deliver it to you when you need it again. Do you need anything?" she asked. "No thanks Tracy, I'm good for now." Moon responded. While he was in the hotel, he withdrew about $300 from his bank account...there was a department store next door and he felt as if it'd be nice to get some more burgers from the restaurant inside. However, in his rush to get things done and still have time to meet Sarah, he accidentally bumped into an old lady.
"Oh...I'm so sorry miss." Moon said quickly, "I was in a hurry...I wasn't looking where I was going." The lady smiled, "It's okay lad," she said. "I can tell your young but you've had some adventures." Moon felt a little weirded out by the whole thing, probably because there was no evidence to show he had an adventure..unless you counted the fact that he was still carrying the bat. "I think that Sarah would be a good friend for you." the lady continued. "You know Sarah?" Moon asked. "Of course I do dear." the woman said. "Could you tell me where to find her...I was actually looking for her." Moon asked. "Ah so you're not from around here I can tell...everyone in Twoson knows Sarah, she lives with her family at Polestar Preschool, it also happens to be their house as well." Moon thanked the lady and set off down the road.
He didn't want to be rude, but the lady had unknowingly made him worry about meeting Sarah way more than he already was. She was a Polestar...one of the most well respected families in all of Eagleland, their preschool was the most highly praised and prestigious one. What god damn chance did he have of being seen as someone to take care of her on a dangerous adventure...his only saving grace was that Buzz Buzz had been communicating with her, so at least he wouldn't just be a random kid who walked into the preschool talking about something so out of left field that her parents would think he was insane.
Moon looked on his map, Polestar preschool wasn't marked for some odd reason, But Moon had a suspicion that it was the large house in the center of Twoson. If the preschool also happened to be Sarah's house, it would have to be the largest house in town.
Moon walked by the musical theater in the center of town. "Chaos Theater." Moon said reading the sign next to it. "Tonight the boogie is back! It's the Runaway Five's night!" Moon knew about the Runaway Five, they were the most popular band in Eagleland. Moon wasn't too fond of music, but the Runaway Five's Rock and Roll songs were pretty good. Now that he was thinking about music, he found it funny how his strongest PSI attack was called Rollin. Moon saw that standing outside of the theater were two men, one was a bit chubby and wore a red tuxedo with red sunglasses, the other was thin, wore a green tuxedo with black sunglasses. Moon recognized them as the two lead singers of the Runaway Five, Gorgeous and Lucky. Moon figured that since he had time he might as well talk to them, maybe Sarah was big fan of them or something.
"Excuse me...you two are Lucky and Gorgeous of the Runaway Five right?" he asked. "Yeah, we are the Runaway Five." Gorgeous responded. "We're popular but not rich. We're bein' cheated by this theater, and we're in really deep debt...We ain't allowed to leave this place until our debt is paid off." Moon wasn't sure why he had bothered to include that last part considering that he hadn't asked, but regardless he wanted to ask them something. "So do you two know where Polestar Preschool is...I'm looking for a girl named Sarah." Moon took notice to the fact that he could now see Lucky's eyebrows above his sunglasses. "We may be popular kid, but that girl who lives in the house with the preschool is the talk of the town. I want to meet her one day." he said. "Why is she the talk of the town?" Moon asked. "She's apparently got mystical powers...or something like that...I don't know what types of powers they are but from what I've heard, it'd be best not to get on her bad side." Gorgeous said to him. "Anyways kid...we've gotta prep for the next show in a few minutes...so we have to cut you off here." "Could you at least point me in the direction of Polestar Preschool?" Moon asked. Lucky pointed down the street, "just walk straight down and eventually you'll come to the house." he said.
Moon walked down the street towards the preschool, he passed by a park that was called Burglin Park. "If that doesn't raise suspicion then I don't know what does." Moon said looking at the sign. A young boy was just walking out of the preschool as Moon walked up. "Hello." Moon said to the boy. "I'm looking for Sarah...is she home?" the boy shook his head. "Sarah isn't here, she suddenly left and I don't know where she went." he said. "Her parents might know where she is though." "Thank's kid," Moon responded.
So Sarah isn't home, Moon thought, that was really weird, it was almost sunset at this point...perhaps she was at a friends house or something. He figured she had probably told her parents about him at some point..so maybe he could just let them know he was here. He entered the preschool and the as he took sight of what he saw he wasn't sure whether or not he had done something wrong. Three younger kids were in the room along with an adult woman with golden hair who was reading a book to them. The woman looked up from the book and pointed to a door across the room saying. "Talk to my husband, I'm busy taking care of these kids at the moment." Moon noticed that the kids were looking at him with looks of confusion, he wasn't sure why, but they were preschoolers...so who really knew.
He entered the back of the house and was met with with a man, who he assumed was Sarah's father, he was sitting at the table. "Um...Mr. Polestar?" Moon asked. The man groaned, "I assume you wanna see Sarah?" he asked. Moon nodded, "Kid please just get the hell outta my house. You're just like the many others who come to see her miraculous powers, you're just another leech. Or are you from another damn TV station?" Moon blinked, "Um I'm not from a TV station...I'm only 13...isn't that how old Sarah is?" he asked. Her father looked at him with a hint of distrust. "Listen this is really important can I just talk to Sarah?" Moon asked. "To meet or to not meet you can only be decided by Sarah...and currently," he added with a glare, "Sarah has stated that she would only like to meet with a boy named Moon." Moon could tell that her father thought that he had stopped him dead in his tracks...but that simply wasn't the case.
"Well...sir, I happen to be Moon. I wasn't sure that Sarah knew about me yet which is why I didn't tell you." as he expected her father looked at him with disgust, "You're lying." he said. "I swear to you...I'm telling the truth I am Moon." Moon responded. "I don't believe you!" her father declared. "Please, sir, is there anything I can do to prove to you that I am indeed the one Sarah is looking for?" her father sighed, "If you must insist on making a fool of yourself...show me those special powers...Sarah said that you'd be just like her...so do that thing..with those powers of yours."
Moon wasn't sure what to do here, he only knew how to use 3 of his PSI powers, Lifeup wouldn't be convincing since neither of them were injured, if he used Hypnosis...her father would fall asleep, to which he'd then have to hit him over the head with something to wake him up, which was probably not a good idea...then there was Rollin...did he even need to explain this one to himself? "Sir I really shouldn't be using my powers to show you I have no control over them...you might get hurt." Sarah's father sighed. "I guess you right...you sound just like Sarah, she never showed anyone her powers until she was able to control them." he said. "So you're definitely Moon then, you're the one that was in Sarah's dream. You two will save the world, I'll go get Sarah." Moon was little confused, he thought she wasn't home. "Um sir I-." "No need to explain it to me," he father interrupted as he walked upstairs, "You only need to discuss it with her, I would rather not know of what dangers you could be putting my daughter into."
Her father came downstairs. "That's strange, she doesn't seem to be here." he said. "I wonder where she went, I'm sorry could you come back later...or maybe tomorrow." he continued looking at the clock. "I'm not comfortable letting strangers into my house...so I hope you don't mind sleeping in the hotel for the night." Moon nodded, "I understand sir." He exited the room and the woman, who he now assumed was Sarah's mother walked over to him. "Don't worry about Sarah." She said to him, "She has a guardian angel, it seems."
Moon exited the preschool, "Well there goes my free housing for the night." he said to himself, The sun was now just about setting and there were two south to the preschool, they had the names Apple and Orange kid. Moon also knew about these two, Orange kid was supposedly a genius inventor...but this was untrue many people had publicly discredit him, calling him a con-artist. Moon had seen one of his "inventions before." it was called the Suproma, and it broke every time you used it. Moon often times rolled his eyes whenever he came out with sometime "brand new." However, he figured that since he was on an adventure, he might need some help from an inventor...so maybe Apple Kid was just the person he needed.
Moon knocked on the door to Apple Kid's house and entered, the place was a bit of a pigsty, okay that was being nice, it was more of a dumpster, there was stuff everywhere. Moon didn't mind however, he always thought that an inventor's house would be pretty messy because they'd be working on stuff constantly. There was a boy who was chubby, and wearing red. That explains the apple part of his name. Moon thought. The kid went red when he noticed Moon.
"Oh um...hello...I wasn't expecting company because...well, I have sort of neglected doing my housework. I know it's a bit of a pig sty, but anyways. I'm Apple Kid, I haven't taken a bath in a while so I might be kind of stinky, by the way...do you have something to eat? I'm starving. Moon stared at Apple kid, he wasn't mad that he wanted food, but It was kind of silly...but he knew he needed Apple kid's help so he gave Apple kid the hamburger he had bought before coming to Twoson. Apple kid took the burger and ate it really quickly...Moon was worried that he might've ended up choking but no he didn't. "Thanks," Apple kid said. "You seem nice. Uh I wonder if...I wonder if you would like to invest some money in my inventions?" Moon nodded. "I'm kind of on an adventure to save the world, my name's Moon by the way, I heard about you and thought your inventions would be of use.
"Yes!...oh um excuse my manners, I mean thank you...I could really use about $200 dollars." Apple kid said. Considering his father said that he was making more money than he first thought, $200 was probably going to be nothing at some point. Moon nodded and handed the kid $200. "Thank you so much." Apple kid said, "I won't let you down Moon.
Moon turned to leave however he was stopped by a mouse..for some reason. "I am a mouse," it said. "No one has given me a name yet. You took care of my master...In return, I want to give you this...please take it and say nothing." the mouse handed Moon a phone of some sorts. "It's a receiver phone." the mouse said. "My master will use it to call you whenever he comes up with something." "Um thanks," Moon said to the mouse.
Moon walked down the now dimly lit streets of Twoson, as he kept going he passed by a few people on the street, "Yeah...I heard there was a creepy kid following Sarah around." one of them said, "Not to mention no one has seen her since the early morning." Moon didn't want to stop and ask...but he couldn't help but wonder where Sarah was.
(Peaceful Rest Valley, A few hours earlier)
Sarah awoke in a wooden shack on a freezing cold concrete floor there was an iron barred wall in front of her. She had a throbbing pain in her head and wasn't sure where she was. The last thing she could remember was...that creepy chubby kid...saying you. That's went it all sank in.
The door to the shack creaked open, to her great displeasure, the same chubby boy walked into he was backed by two...people, they were both covered head to toe in blue robes they also had a little white puffball attached to the end of their head hat. she instinctively backed away, this ended up being a mistake as her head banged into the concrete wall behind her which increased the pain in her head."Heh, Sarah Jones Polestar." the chubby kid said, "Who are you and what the hell do you want with me." Sarah snapped. "Well, my name's Pokey Minch." the boy sneered, "I happen to be a high priest in the religion of Happy Happyism..what we want from you Sarah, is for you to become our high priestess." "What the hell makes you think I'll join your stupid religion?" Sarah snapped. "We're a cult dedicated to spreading happiness all over the world by painting it blue." Pokey responded, "It's not a sin in any way, shape, or form. In fact we're doing the world a favor." "By kidnapping people and holding them hostage until they do!" Sarah spat. "Spit out the truth, what's the real reason you monsters kidnapped me?" she couldn't see Pokey's eyes due to his blonde overhang, but she had the feeling that he was probably pretty furious with her.
"Just stay calm" Sarah told herself, "Moon will rescue you, he's destined to save you...it's all part of the prophecy...don't cry...it shows weakness...stay strong." this was easier said than done, she was scared out of her mind...she was particularly worried about one of the cultists who kept giving her an evil and greedy look through their eyeholes. She concentrated her thoughts on his and the second she starting hearing his thoughts she wished she hadn't "Look at her, so innocent...so cute...and a feisty one to top it all off...I hope I'm in charge of guarding...I want to do things my way with her." is all she heard before forcing herself to stop.
"Listen...joining us will be a great thing...you'll be in charge of making decisions as the high priestess, you get to wear this." he said sliding a robe similar to his through the bars of the cage. "You'll get a one way ticket to blue heaven when you die and you'll be my wife." Sarah had heard enough. "PSI FIRE α!" She shouted, a small bit of fire shot out of her hand and set Pokey's robe on fire...which another cultist immediately slapped out.
"Watch the robe!" Pokey shouted at her. "You know what...we were going to let you go if you refused...but now...I think we'll use you as human sacrifice for our Lord, Mr. Carpainter, the last one we did gave him the power to control lighting...so maybe you'll give him that fire power of yours!" Sarah gulped. "Put the robe on." Pokey spat at her, "It'll go well with that ribbon of yours, we want our holy god of blue to be pleased. "I'll do it when hell freezes over!" Sarah snapped. To her surprise Pokey began to laugh. "Is that so?" he said. "Well...I think our little friend needs some convincing. He turned to the cultist whose mind she had read earlier. "I'm sure you're familiar with this man's way of thinking Sarah...so maybe he'll convince you to listen to us otherwise. Color was slowly draining from Sarah's face, reluctantly, she slid took the robe and slid it over her dress. "Good...we want you to look pretty for the altar tomorrow...so get a good night's sleep, you're gonna need it...unless you'd rather be the high priestess." Pokey snarled. "Also here." he shoved a banana through the bars. "Eat up..that's all your getting."
Sarah was now alone, in the house, at night, she was shivering it was really, really cold inside that house. She was clutching her Teddy Bear that was in her backpack, she wasn't sure what to do. No one knew where she went, Moon still didn't know who she was, but her biggest worry of all, was her parents. They were overprotective, well, her father was at least, she wasn't sure how'd they react when she didn't come home...she had to think of someway to let someone know where she was...then she remembered something.
"He is just like you. His name is Moon, he is your destiny Sarah you both are bound together, by Earth and by your hearts."
It was a stretch...but maybe...she was able to communicate with him telepathically. She put her hands together and concentrated her thoughts on trying to find Moon.
(Mindscape)Moon was sitting down in an empty void of sorts...he wasn't at all bothered by this, he had dreamt of being here before, it was a place for him to imagine his own world, do his own things, he often times heard other voices in here, he could never really make out what was being said and he often times found himself waking up shortly after hearing them. Tonight, it was calm, all he was thinking about was Sarah...where was she? Was she Okay? A voice then spoke from off in the distance, but this time he could hear what was being said.
"Moon?...Moon...Moon...I'm a friend who you've never met before...My name is Sarah...Can you hear me calling you? I am Sarah...Moon!" the voice now became a bit panicky. "I am Sarah...can you hear me calling you?" the voice asked. Moon became aware of his surroundings, there was absolutely no way this was dream, her father mentioned that she had powers, perhaps she could contact him telepathically. "If you can hear me, Help! Come and help me!" she continued. "Um, I don't know where I am...There's water running in the distance if that helps." this really didn't help, the best it gave him was the pond he had seen in Burglin Park. "Moon, please help me!" the voice was then stopped. Moon felt his heart beating fast...Sarah was getting desperate, something was happening to her. He made a movement to try and wake up but got held back when he heard another voice.
"Do you ever feel like others are in here before us?" A voice that sounded close to his own asked. Moon turned around, four kids came into view, three looked similar to the kids he had seen when he first used Rollin, the other was...him? Unlike the kids he had seen, the girl who he thought at first was Sarah, wore a pink dress and a red ribbon in her hair, the boy with glasses had blonde hair instead of black, looked more or less the same...but the biggest kicker was the fourth boy, unlike Moon, the boy had a red hat, wore no hoodie, and had black hair. "Unless someone else shares a physic connection to us or we are holding hands, no one else should be ever be in here Ness, I've explained this to you before." responded. "But then explain the voices that we constantly hear when entering this place." the girl said.
Moon looked at the four of them, none of them were actually paying attention, they all seemed to be focused on each other. "Um...who the hell are you guys?" he asked. All of them turned their heads towards him. They just stared at him, then they each looked at one another, than back at him. "You...guys see this as well right?" the kid with glasses asked. "I'm not the only one looking a second Ness right?" "No Jeff you're not the only one." the girl said to him. Glasses kid is Jeff...me...is Ness, I guess Moon thought. "Who are you and what are you doing here?" asked him. "My name is Moon...and I should be asking you guys the same question."
"Well, I'm Ness." Ness said to him, "This is Paula," he said pointing at the girl. "Jeff, and Poo." "Are you four...by chance...the ones destined to stop Giygas?" Moon asked. The four each looked at him like he was absolutely crazy. "We were the ones destined to stop Giygas." Paula said. "But we defeated him." "That's...impossible...I was told that I was the one destined to stop Giygas." Moon said to them. The five stood in silence for a few minutes. "Jeff have you made any sense of our situation?" Ness asked.
"I'm going to throw this out there, but I think the mindscape breaks the space-time continuum." Jeff said. "Moon must exist as the Ness of an alternate timeline...or alternate universe." "Kind of like Link, Zelda, and Ganondorf." Ness said. "Anyways," Jeff continued, "I think it broke because we may be meant to act as advisers to this Chosen 4!" Something clicked inside Moon, if this was truly the case...maybe they knew where Sarah was! "So...Paula...when you got kidnapped where were you held prisoner?" he asked. "Well I was…HOLD UP!" Poo snapped. "You can't just tell him Paula." Moon grew furious, "I DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME!" He shouted, "I HAVE NO GOD DAMN CLUE WHERE SARAH IS AND YOU ALL AREN'T DOING MUCH TO HELP!" the four looked at him in shock.
"Well...he has a point, your adventure could be drastically altered if we were to just tell you where to go" Jeff said. "We're meant to advise you...but we can't tell you...you might miss something important." "Now how are we supposed to advise him if we don't know what the hell is going on?" Paula asked. "Moon...where are you currently?" Ness asked. "I'm at the Twoson hotel." Moon responded. Ness looked like he was trying to think about something "Okay, I think I might be able to help." he said after a few minutes. "Moon, in the morning...go and try to find Sarah's family...if I remember correctly...you should get something helpful."
Moon didn't have any other leads...so he figured that this was probably the best he was going to get. "Okay thanks you four...I guess." he said before vanishing. The four stayed put for a while, "Well...that was...interesting to say the least." Paula said. "Well don't think that this is a one time thing." Poo said. "Knowing our track record we'll probably be seeing him, and the others, again."
(Twoson)
Moon awoke in the hotel room. He blinked trying to recall what had just happened...when it came to him he swiftly jumped out of bed and ran out the door. As he dashed outside of the hotel he grew to see just how early in the morning it was...it had to be at least 6. He grew a bit worried that Sarah's parent wouldn't be awake yet...however, his worry was put aside when he saw Sarah's father running down the street. "Sarah! Where are you? It's time for a yummy piece of pie!" he shouted. "Um...Mr. Polestar." Moon asked. "Sorry Moon but Sarah's not home yet. Dear lord, I hope Everdread of Burglin Park doesn't have anything to do with this...I told Sarah to stay the hell away from him!" he took off down the street.
"Well...there's my answer," Moon said. "This Everdread person either has Sarah, or he knows something." Suddenly the receiver phone in his bag began to ring. No way Apple Kid finished something this quickly! Moon said to himself picking the phone up. "Hello this is Apple Kid," Apple Kid said. "I didn't wanna let you down, so I pulled an all nighter to finish this great invention of mine that may be of use to you, get over to Burglin Park and I'll give it to you." he said before hanging up.
"Well...okay then." Moon said, briefly he stopped by the department store and bought a few hamburgers, he figured that Sarah would most likely have been starving wherever she was, she sounded like she hadn't eaten. With that logic he bought two sodas, oddly the department store was out of water so this was the next best thing. Then he set off towards Burglin Park.
When Moon entered Burglin Park he noticed a man on the roof of a house, he had crazy looking hair, wore a black fedora, and a brightly colored tropical shirt. Is that Everdread? Moon wondered. As Moon approached the house the man jumped off the roof and charged at him. "Wha ha ha ha!" He said. "Why don't we chat after you and I lock horns." "Yep definitely him," Moon said to himself looks like I'm...wait lock horns...oh god not again.
Everdread unleashed a punch and hit Moon square in the chest. "Yep...looks like I'm doing this again...only...he's a criminal...no way he's going to be as easy as the Onett Police force." Moon said to himself. Everdread than ran up and bit his arm. "WHAT THE HELL MAN!" Moon shouted whacking him over the head then knocking him away. Everdread just smiled boldly, "Alright you asked for it...PSI Rollin α!" Moon shouted. The multi-colored beam shot out and hit Everdread in the chest blowing him into the side of the house. Everdread got up...stumbled for a bit, then walked over to Moon.
Yeah...I'm Everdread...Boss of Burglin Park, when I jumped off the roof I twisted my ankle." Moon rolled his eyes. "Anyway, I lost and nothing is going to change that...You're a strong kid and you've got powers just like Sarah!...I assume you're Moon then?" he said. "Yeah why?" Moon asked. "Listen I know you want to find Sarah so I'm going to tell you what I know, I was going to tell her father, but then you showed up." Moon nodded. "She's out in some hideout in Peaceful Rest Valley, if ya keep going past Polestar Preschool and through the cave you'll end up in the valley. According to my source...apparently some chubby kid wearing a blue robe and some creepy guy wearing all blue and carrying a paint brush kidnapped her. Said they were going to use her for a human sacrifice...or maybe turn her into a high priestess...either way the dude said they were hardcore strange."
"Hang on! If you knew about this, why the hell didn't you go save her she could be dead already!" Moon snapped. "Listen kid, I heard about this only just this morning, Sarah's the only person who actually understands me..no one else really likes me...she's been like a...granddaughter to me." Moon understood how this man felt, he was no stranger to having no one like him. "Listen Everdread, I know you attacked me...and bit me...but I understand what that's like...not having anyone like you...you're not really a bad guy I guess." he said The man smiled, "Thanks kid...oh by the way, if you save Sarah, be sure to come back here, okay? Don't forget!" Moon nodded, "I won't sir."
Moon walked through Burglin Park, he noticed Apple kid near a tree. "Hey Apple Kid!" Moon said as he approached him. The kid blinked for a bit, "Oh hi!" he said, "Sorry, I'm feeling pretty out of it because I've been working all night, but finally the Pencil Eraser is ready!" he said pulling out something that looked like an eraser with a beam attached to it there was a button in the center. Moon looked at it, it's name made it sound pretty straightforward but it wouldn't hurt to ask. "So what exactly does it do?" he asked.
"This machine will eradicate all pencil-shaped objects, figures, and statues in just one second!" Apple kid said. "It's so powerful it'll cut through the toughest of metals as long as their pencil shaped...just don't use it near a shop that sells pencils!" he said before chuckling. "Here you can take it, maybe it'll be of use to you on your adventure. Moon took the machine and put it in his backpack. "If I invent some other brilliant item, I'll call you." Moon smiled, "Thanks Apple kid, who knows, with some of the strange things I've seen, maybe you're invention will be useful as a weapon!"
Moon walked down past Polestar Preschool where Sarah's father was pacing in the front yard. Moon continued onwards pausing for a second in front of place that said Mach Pizza! "Huh, I've heard of this." Moon said. "They were building one in Onett but it wasn't open yet, maybe I'll order a Pizza at some point." he entered into the pizza place and talked to the lady behind the register. "Welcome to Mach Pizza," the lady said. "We don't sell pizza, we only deliver. Here, I'll give you our number so you can call and order sometime!" Moon nodded as the lady whispered the phone number to him. "Don't forget, the best pizza is Mach Pizza!" she said.
Moon continued down the path past Twoson towards the cave. It wasn't much to go off of, but the fact that Sarah could be alive and on the chopping block as a human sacrifice made him shake with worry, this was the best he had to go off of...so he had to hurry. No matter what hell was in that valley, no matter how stupid of time this was going to be, he wasn't turning back. "Don't worry Sarah." he said. "I promise...no matter who these people are…however many people there are...or whatever it is they they can do...I'm not leaving this place without you.
Twoson was a bit of a hassle for me on my first playthrough of earthbound, a lot of what I experienced was all the common things most people have when plaything Earthbound, without a guide book you pretty much have 0 idea where to go. As a kid it was pretty fustrating but now I actually kind of respect that desicion, the game has so much good dialogue that you'd never hear unless you talked to NPCs, who by video game standards, will tell you where to go and offer a bit of insight
Now on to probably the biggest thing I did in this chapter, The original Chosen 4 of Ness, Paula, Jeff, and Poo will be appearing a few times within this story. I thought it would be cool to see the original characters of Earthbound interact with the new characters to act sort of as "mentors" their final role is still undecided and when they appear is probably still up for debate if you have an idea for when Ness and co. should appear I'd love to hear it.
Anyways, next up is one of my favorite moments in all of the game, rescuing Paula from Carpainter, this is something I always enjoy reading in stories because depending on how you want Ness and Paula's relationship status to go forward for the rest of the story this is the chapter that puts that in place. For anyone who has read my story (New Friends, New Adventures) and paid close attention to how Moon and Sarah currently see one another, I think you know what my plan is for their friendship.
As always, any sort of advice you all have is always greatly appreciated and if you want to let me know how the series is going so far, what you've liked about it or anything be sure to let me know.