Chapter 5: A Bluetiful Chapter
Moon walked through the cave towards Peaceful Rest Valley. "I understand why those creeps wanted Sarah...her powers must certainly be something extraordinary." Moon said to himself. "Please just let her be safe...let them go with the high priestess idea." he wasn't sure what to think, he hoped desperately that wherever she was, she was safe.
As he continued to move onwards he finally found himself faced with a problem, a tiny sprout with legs. "Oh come on!" Moon said smacking the tiny thing without a care in the world. He wasn't to sure what the deal was, from a titanium armoured ant to...this. He had a suspicion that Giygas was trying to get him to lower his guard, it wasn't working, he learned from the slugs that just because something looked powerless didn't mean it was.
More sprouts gathered together along with a mushroom, the mushroom unleashed some spores at him, Moon whacked the mushroom aside then turned back to the sprouts. Suddenly Moon's vision became wobbly, it felt all strange. However, something he did see was his answer to power part, he noticed that the leaves of the sprout were flashing a bright green. Suddenly the Mushroom he had just taken out was back on its feet. "PSI Rollin α." Moon said. The multi-colored lights shot out of his hands and took out all the sprouts and the mushroom. "Hmm...Rollin can hit multiple enemies...good to know!" Moon said.
He exited out of the cave and found himself in a bright, peaceful valley. "The name makes sense, but with all these enemies who freaking knows how "peaceful" this place is." his vision was still all over the place and he suddenly felt himself struggling to walk. A woman with a basket approached him, "Hello," she said. "I'm collecting mushrooms and was wondering if you'd be willing to sell me that special looking mushroom on your head for $50?" Moon then realized that the mushroom that he didn't even know was on his head and was causing his vision problems. He quickly reached up and grabbed it handing it to the lady, "Thank you so much." she said handing him $50 "Anytime, just be careful I've seen some mushrooms with legs wandering around." Moon responded to her. "Oh by the way," the lady said to him. "The main bridge is out so if you wanna go to Happy Happy Village, you'll need to go to the second bridge further north up the valley." Moon was happy she decided to tell him this, because if he had seen the bridge out of commision he probably would've given up hope...not really, he'd probably be able to swim across but staying dry was probably a better option.
Moon walked north past the broken bridge. "I suspect those kidnappers had something to do with that." Moon said. Then...for some stupid reason, he came upon an Iron Pencil Statue. "If I hadn't just fought a giant titanium ant and some plants with legs...I'd probably be super creeped out." Moon said. He pulled out Apple Kid's Pencil Eraser and pressed the button in the center. Instantly a beam shot out of the tip and the statue disintegrated before his eyes. "I'll be damned." Moon said, "When I get back to Twoson with Sarah, I'll let Apple kid know it works."
Just behind the statue there was another bridge. Moon walked over the bridge at a swift pace, he didn't want to waste his opportunity, there were no enemies around and he gradually increased his speed. He rounded the side of a cliff and nearly lost his mind, there was a UFO object flying around...with eyes!"
"Okay...so...now I've gotta fight a spaceship...or...whatever the hell this is." Moon said, the UFO whirled around making weird beeping noises at it shot past him, however, it didn't seem to really care about his existence, well, at least not until it saw him with it's own eyes. Quickly the UFO fired a beam that hit Moon in the chest. Moon swung his bat but the UFO flew to the side then fired another beam at him. This time instead of feeling pain, Moon felt his nose start to run, his eyes became watery, and he was sneezing. "How the hell...did this thing just give me a damn cold?" he said to himself whacking the UFO with his bat, the UFO smashed into the side of the cliff and broke into hundreds of pieces.
Moon sneezed, he felt himself getting weaker, the only problem was...Lifeup healed damage, not colds...he didn't have a cold remedy or anything like that so what the hell was he supposed to do? Then a voice in his head starting calling something out. What...is it saying? Heal...Healing α?...I guess it's worth a shot. Moon thought, remembering what Buzz Buzz had told him, he concentrated his thoughts on healing...suddenly his hand flashed blue, putting it on his head he felt his nose clear, his vision returned to normal, and the sneezing stopped. "Phew..that was close!" Moon said to himself continuing down the valley.
He found himself passing by the collapsed bridge there was a man their with some tools trying to repair it. "I don't understand who would make his bridge impassible, CRUD!" he shouted as he whacked himself with a hammer. Moon kept moving. Along the way he noticed a box, when opened he found that it had a wax sealed croissant inside. "Well...I guess if Sarah doesn't like burgers...I could just give her this." Moon said.
Moon continued through the valley at a pretty swift pace, the UFO were everywhere and he was getting more and more irritated with how quick moving they were. His biggest concern was their stupid cold inflicting beam...he grew a little worried, not just because he didn't want to waste all his PSI energy by healing colds, but he was concerned that Sarah might have accidentally been hit by one. If not treated and left alone, colds could actually kill you...considering she was being held hostage...he just shivered at the thought of her slowly growing weaker.
Crossing another bridge and heading north, Moon encountered something that reminded him of Whispy Woods from the Kirby games...there was a tree with an evil look in its eyes and a big smiling face. Moon walked over to the tree only to hear a hissing sound. He tapped the tree with his bat and the tree instantly exploded into bits. It force of explosion also blew him into the wall of a cliff. "Ow...that's gonna leave a mark," Moon said. "Note to self...trees equal explosion." He walked up the side of a hill and saw a wooden shack down in the middle of an opening. He sensed a bit of a power coming from that shack, he was eager to just jump down to it, but it was a long way down. Noticing that there was a cave exit near the mountain cabin, he decided he would simply look for another way around. So he continued down past a hill and entered a cave.
(Happy Happy Village)
Moon exited the cave to a rather uncomfortable sight...everything was blue! The walkways, they were blue, the houses they were blue two, angry people wearing blue robes...blue, blue and more freaking blue! "Well...ironic to say the least, blue is usually associated with sadness, yet this place is called Happy Happy." Moon said. "HOW DARE YOU INSULT BLUE!" a person wearing a sheet ran up to him waving a paintbrush. Moon had to think quickly, "I didn't mean to offend you...I just found it funny." he said. The man's eyes narrowed. "Listen kid...I can tell that you're a big fan of blue." he said. Moon looked at himself...blue hoodie, hat, shorts, and to top it all off, sapphire blue eyes..yeah he was PSI Rollin in blue for days on end. "So I'm gonna let you off with a warning...don't talk trash about blue...and you may wanna go talk around...people are saying that we need to send newcomers to our lord and prophet, Mr. Carpainter so they can join the Happy Happyist cult...but uh...I don't know where he is." The cultist walked away.
Moon grew really nervous...a freaking cult? This village was run by a cult? "God I hope Sarah's okay." he said as he walked through the blue village. He saw two more cultists talking to each other as he approached the center of town. "Yeah that overweight kid and Carpainter helped me we all kidnapped Sarah."
Moon looked at the people, "That man may know where Sarah is...but if I ask him, I might be outed..so I probably have to find the high priest overweight kid...or Carpainter!" he said. "Excuse me, sir, my name's Moon...I came here hoping to talk to Mr. Carpainter, but nobody seems to know where he is." The cultist looked at him, "Our lord and prophet Mr. Carpainter is in that building up there," he said pointing past a..blue cow and towards the central hub building of town. "Also kid, you'll probably be interrupting there prayer time, a few of the cultists can get a little fiesty when that happens...so...try not to talk to those cultists." Moon thanked the man and walked away.
Moon walked on through the center of town...just before he arrived at the building he felt something coming,
Danger!
Moon ducked he felt a bit of blue paint drip onto his forehead. "You're trying to take away our high priestess get the hell outta this village!" a cultist voice shouted. Moon was a little confused, unless this person had telepathy, there was no way he should've known this "Dude I'm just trying to meet with Mr. Carpainter!" he said. "No, you're Moon, the chosen one, and you're trying to take away our high priestess our lord Mr. Carpainter knows all kid!" the cultist said splattering more paint across his face.
"Damn it there goes my chance at walking through here only fighting Mr. Carpainter," Moon said to himself. "PSI Hypnosis α!" he said. The cultist fell onto the ground, then, for good measure, Moon hit him over the head. Well...this was a problem, he thought, Sarah must've let something slip that he was going to rescue her...if that did anything right for him...it let him know she was still alive. However he heard a voice speaking to him, it was quite a cold voice, but it was speaking. "Be...happy!" It said "You've been through so much stress...just be happy...let go!" It continued. In his confusion, Moon rubbed the paint off his face and the voice stopped instantly.
"So...Carpainter's paint must be...magical...or...hypnotizing?" He said to himself, good thing there wasn't a bunch on him, that probably would've been a problem. "Just remember, if you fight more of these blue freaks...wipe your face after."
Moon opened the door and was met with quite a sight, hundreds of people were in here, they were all on their knees chanting "Blue Blue." Moon shivered, hopefully not all of these people were fighters...because that would've been a problem. He noticed a door through a huge bunch of people, there was a clear walkway to it but there were some cultists in the way. He tapped one on the shoulder. "Blue Blue!" the cultist said, "We're in the middle of prayer, don't bother us." Moon held his breath then said, "I'm here to see Mr. Carpainter...I was hoping I could just scoot past you. The cultist sighed, "Fine...I'll move but go quickly kid!" he snapped.
Moon walked through the little pathway and was met with one more cultist, who stopped his prayers and turned to him immediately and charged with a bucket of paint. "Hey you! Strange unmasked fellow, yeah you! DON'T GO TO HEAVEN! Moon glanced at the paint bucket, "Damn it...um...what do I do in this situation?" the man tossed it and Moon heard his own voice telling him to "shield...shield? With what?" Moon asked. "No...Shield α!" his own voice said. Instantly his body was surrounded by light and the paint covered the shield causing it to look like it hit an invisible wall. The shield vanished and the paint splattered onto the floor. The cultist shouted for backup, and suddenly two of the cultists walking around ran over to aid him. "Those who are not believers must not believe in blue...TO ETERNITY WITH YOU!" "PSI Rollin α!" Moon shouted. The three cultists were blown into the wall and knocked unconscious.
Moon arrived at a door, "So this must be where Mr. Carpainter is...and it must also be where he's keeping Sarah!" Moon said opening the door. The person behind the desk jumped back, he was apparently startled by Moon entering. "You can't just barge in here without an appointment!" the man snapped "Do you have an appointment?" Moon rolled his eyes, "No...but I'll make one." he snapped gripping the bat, "Tell Carpainter I wanna talk with the soon-to-be high priestess!" The man wiped his brow. "Kid you can't just think I'm gonna let you go and talk to Mr. Carpainter directly!" he snapped back. Moon was now irritated and he immediately swung his bat at the desk. The man jumped back in surprise. "I'm going up to meet Carpainter and you're not going to stop me!" the man's eyes widened in surprise, "You've got some nerve, kids like you deserve to be struck by lighting!" he snapped. "Sure...you just keep hoping that!" Moon scoffed as he went up the stairs.
Moon arrived on the second story to the building to an awfully strange sight. A man dressed in a blue suit carrying a paintbrush was praying towards..a familiar golden statue with horns, "That's...Lier's statue," Moon said to himself. "What's it doing here?" As he approached the man and the statue, Carpainter turned to greet him. "Thanks for coming! I've been waiting for you." he said joyfully. "What the hell do you want?" Moon snapped. "I need your assistance to help me paint the world blue and change it to a happy and peaceful society!" Carpainter responded. "So what'd ya say? Will you be my right hand assistant? You'd fit right in with your blue sporting style.
"First off, painting the world blue to make it happy and peaceful is stupid." Moon snapped. "Secondly, HELL NO I am not joining you as you're right hand assistant." "If you don't want to be my right, my left would be just as fine." Carpainter said. Moon rolled his eyes. "Just kidding you're existence is a problem for me and my religion...you dare defy me and I'll put a shocking end to your pitiful game." Moon brushed that off, he knew there was something up with Carpainter and that fighting him wouldn't be easy...but he was still determined to try and smooth things over peacefully. "Just give me Sarah, and I'll let you and your stupid blue obsessed cult live on your dream!" Moon snapped.
Carpainter grinned evilly, "You wish to speak to Miss Sarah?" he asked. "She's been a real pain and I've got multiple people trying to convince her otherwise!" he raised his hands and Moon's reflexes started to scream at him.
DANGER! RUN!
"You will not touch the high priestess...You will not continue your adventure...You will become my right hand assistant. NOW GET SHOCKED!" Lighting shot out of Carpainter's hands, the lighting blasted Moon through the wall of the second story and he landed on the ground near the blue cow he had seen earlier. Moon forced himself up and concentrated on Lifeup, eventually all the sore pain he had felt was gone and he got up looking around. "Well I'm shocked, literally, the man can control lighting...how the hell am I supposed to deal with that?" he had no other choice, the only way he was getting Sarah...was busting her out of whatever prison she was in.
"STOP RIGHT THERE CRIMINAL SCUM! YOU HAVE VIOLATED THE LAW!" a cultist shouted Moon groaned to himself. "PSI…no no." he said. He turned and whacked the cultist over the head. He couldn't keep using PSI like that, not when Sarah could've been severely hurt wherever she was...he wasn't sure what to think...that mountain cabin he had seen earlier, he had definitely sensed power from it...call it a hunch...but maybe that power was Sarah. He noticed by a large house with a sign that told him it was a department store! "Save Sarah first, it'll be better if both of us shop together." he told himself. But past that house was a cave entrance. He remembered that the mountainside house also happened to have a cave entrance. "Well...I've got no other leads...so..I guess it's worth a shot." Moon said walking into the cave. "Hold on just a little longer Sarah...I'm coming."
Moon exited the cave and, to his delight, he found himself by the mountainside house. Suddenly a cultist walked outside whistling to himself. "Blue, blue, happy-happy, our new priestess is quite peppy." he sang. He noticed Moon standing by the entrance to the cave. "Hello kid." he said. "You know you're not supposed to be here right?" Moon glared at the cultist, "What have you done with Sarah?" The cultist grinned evilly, "We've been doing this my way...she hasn't enjoyed it all to much, she always seemed, scared...she'd be crying, begging me to stop!" Moon went kind of pale as these words sank in, after all the crap he had put up with to stop something negative from happening to Sarah...this had to be the most disgusting and disgraceful thing possible, whether this was true or not he was not going to let this guy walk away.
Moon tackled the cultist into the ground and repeatedly slapped him. "YOU DISGUSTING LITTLE PIECE OF CRAP!" he shouted. The cultist gasped for breath. "Kid...what...the..hell?" he asked weakly. Moon paused, he could just swing the bat at the cultist's skull and end it all right there. In fact, that's what a cold voice in his head was telling him.
"You can end this now...all you gotta do is kill him!"
Moon blinked, the voice was cold...heartless...kind of reminded him of the same voice that was speaking to him when he had the blue paint on him.
"Be happy...end this monster's life...after all he's done...he frankly deserves it!"
"No...no." Moon said to himself, "Someway...somehow...Giygas is responsible for this man's actions...he doesn't know any better."
"You really think that Giygas would want to invoke THIS type of evil...Buzz Buzz said he's a universal cosmic destroyer...what interest would he have in something like that?"
Moon wasn't sure what to think now...what interest would a universal cosmic destroyer have with a cult? No...killing without any knowledge was wrong. "This isn't a plant or object brought to life, it isn't an animal with magical powers or straight up attacking me for no reason...this is a human. I'm not killing him...even if he is...a creep!" he said
"You cannot delay the inevitable Moon...you may not know it now, but there will come a time when you're anger gets the better of you...and when it does...you'll see that there is no hope! You'll be so overcome with anger...that you'll collapse in that nightmare realm with your friend. You cannot protect her, you cannot protect them, mark my words...we will meet again!"
"Well...that was...interesting!" Moon said to himself. The cultist had taken the opportunity to make a run for it, probably for the better. Moon walked up the door of the wooden shack holding onto his bat...just in case there was a cultist or two...or maybe three in there with her. As he approached the door he felt himself getting more nervous...he didn't know what to expect. He took a deep breath, told himself everything will be fine, and opened the door.
The inside of was pretty dark...actually it was pitch black. Apart from what little light entered through the door, there wasn't much else to see. Moon felt around for a switch after a little bit a searching in complete silence he finally found it and flipped it. The lights turned on and Moon looked around the now lit cabin. There was a table, a chair and not much else. Looking to the left was a concrete prison cell, the iron bars were spaced out a bit and through the cage, he could see a girl wearing a blue robe with a blue ribbon in her long golden hair. She was clutching a pink teddy bear on floor was looking at him with a lot of worry in her eyes, which like his, were sapphire blue. Moon stared back at her with confusion, he would've thought she'd be happy to see him...so why was she so afraid? Then he looked at himself, and there was his answer. "That's right," he said to himself, "She's been held captive by a crazy blue obsessed cult...and I'm wearing blue all over me."
He moved over to cage. "Hey...you're Sarah...correct?" Moon asked. The girl didn't say anything, but continued to look at him with worry, he also took notice to the fact that she was holding her head with head with her hand and had a runny nose. He outstretched his hand through the bar of the cage. "I am not your enemy Sarah...I'm here to help you." he said. "Who?...Are you Moon?" she asked. "The one and only." he responded. Relief spread over her face as she got up walked over to him. "Moon! I'm so glad it's you..I was worried that it was that cultist again." she said before sneezing. "Sorry." she said quickly, "There's no heat and it was really cold in here last night...do you have a cold pill or something?" Moon shook his head. "No but I can still help you...here can you just lean back against the bars for a quick second." he said. "Wha-why?" Sarah asked with a worried tone. "It's alright, I'm not going to do anything to you, I'm just going to help you." he responded.
Reluctantly, Sarah turned around. After a few seconds she felt something on her head, and she felt a warm, soothing sensation go through her body. Her nose began to clear up and she finally didn't have the urge to sneeze all the time. "Wow, you cured my cold." she said. "Yeah, it was pretty useful getting through the valley." Moon said as he sat down next to her. "So you really are Moon...the boy in my dreams...I was told you were my destiny." Sarah said dreamily. "I know it sounds hard to believe but because of that...I knew you would rescue me...if you didn't I would have had to try and bust out of here myself." Moon grinned, made a motion with his hand at the bars, then at the door to the cage. "You can't open the door." Sarah said. "You'll have to get the key back from Carpainter." Moon flinched, that was kind of the outcome he was hoping to not do. "I've heard you've got powers why can't you just do something about this?" he asked. Sarah shook her head "PSI Fire α!" she said. A little bit of fire shot out of her fingers, "I could try...but I don't think I have the energy to keep enough fire out to melt the bars...and I doubt freezing them will do me any better." she continued.
"I've heard from the cultists that Carpainter can control lighting." Moon winced, "I'm already familiar with that." he said. "Sarah...how am I supposed to take him on?" Sarah walked over to her backpack, took out a small badge, and handed it to him. "This is a Franklin badge," she said. "I read in a book that these badges were used by ancient PSI users to reflect lighting, so maybe this'll work!" Moon took the badge and pinned it on him. "Thanks Sarah." he said. "I'll wait here until you defeat Carpainter. Don't forget to come and get me...I wish I could come with you though, I really wanna let that man have it for kidnapping me!" "Sarah he doesn't know any better." Moon said. "He's under Giygas' control the only reason he kidnapped you was to hopefully make the prophecy not come true." Sarah sighed, "I know, the dream told me all about him, that paint he uses puts people under Giygas' influence, but his high priest, Pokey Minch, he doesn't have any paint on him." Moon shook his head. "D-did you just say Pokey Minch?" he asked. "Yes...why do you know him?" Moon hesitated, "He's kind of my neighbor...and I also happen to be his...bodyguard." he said. "YOU'RE FRIENDS WITH THAT EVIL BASTARD!" Sarah shouted. "He's the one who kidnapped me!"
Moon paused, for as mean as Pokey was and for as greedy and selfish as he could be. He never thought Pokey would do something like this! "Sarah...I'm sure he's just under Carpainter's hypnosis like everyone else...once we take care of Carpainter everything should go back to normal." Sarah looked at him with sadness, "Moon...listen, I hate to do this...but Pokey's not who you think he is...he's working with Carpainter willingly...he's also the one who set up the human sacrifice altar for me." Moon went furious. "HE WHAT!"
Sarah's eyes widened in horror, not because of the fact he shouted at her, it was because of his power levels, in less than 5 seconds she had sensed that Moon's power had tripled in strength! Moon caught sight of her eyes and instantly fell quiet, Sarah felt his power decrease instantly. "Sorry." he said quickly and nervously, "I didn't mean to scare you." For some reason, Sarah found herself giggling at that. "Don't be silly, you don't have to apologize, I was the one in the wrong, I shouldn't have told you that he's the one who recommended it when I don't know whether or not he's under the influence of Giygas." she said.
Suddenly her stomach growled, she went kind of red. It wasn't her fault, she was only given a banana last night and she had no idea how long it had been since then. Moon glanced out the open door, which he then closed and locked. "The sun's starting to go down Sarah...you hungry?" he asked. Sarah looked up eagerly. "Yeah...I haven't eaten since yesterday." Moon rummaged through his backpack for a bit and handed her a burger, croissant, and then, "I wasn't sure what type of soda you liked...department store was out of water so...I hope you like Coke, Moon said sliding the bottle through the bars.
The two ate in silence. Sarah couldn't take her eyes off him however, he wasn't handsome by any means, but something about him struck her interests, sure the dream had made him out to be maybe someone better, but this...this oddly worked well for her. He was...different...from what she was used to, people were constantly nice to her in school but that was two reasons, the first was because of her powers...the second was because she was popular, everyone in Twoson knew about her, her powers, her family's business. She often found herself swarmed with tons of kids her age, trying to talk to her for whatever reason. Unlike these kids, Moon treated her strangely...in a good way, as she ate he talked about the adventure he had so far, how he had fought an ant made of full titanium, a gang leader, the police force, and then about a sanctuary.
"So...what do these "Your Sanctuaries" do?" she asked after he finished. Moon shrugged, "I'm not quite sure, Buzz Buzz told me they would have something to do with my powers, so that's something I guess...I also can record the melodies that they play, here" he said taking out a shiny, white, round stone and tossing it through the cage. "Touch this to your forehead and take a listen." Sarah put the stone to her forehead and she instantly heard a bit of a melody play...strangely it sounded like the music to a melody she had been singing long before. The sound cut off after a while and she returned the stone back to Moon. "The melody was relaxing." she said. "I suppose that as we continue to visit these places we'll learn more of the melody?" Moon nodded. "The only problem is...I don't know where any of these places are."
Sarah thought about what he said. The sanctuaries were apparently special places with special power...special power...she remembered one of the cultists talking about a place close to here with some sort of mystical like properties...maybe that was what they were looking for? "Moon, I think I may know the location of another one." She said, "I heard one of the cultists talking about a place near here called Lilliput Steps, it's apparently a place with some sort of mystical properties to it..it's supposedly got a little footstep trail in the middle of it...or something like that, and there's also apparently some sort of monster guarding it!" Moon smiled, "Thanks Sarah, once I've got you we can both go check it out together, I might need you after all." he said.
"Well it's getting late," he said. "Tomorrow I'll deal with Carpainter and get you outta here..I hope you don't mind if I stay with you for the night?" he said. Sarah shook her head. "Please I'd really appreciate it if you did...I didn't get much sleep last night because it was so cold...maybe having you here will help." Moon took off his hoodie and passed it through the bars. "Here...I want you to wear this..I doubt that robe has really kept you warm...also not to be rude, but I don't really think it suits you." Sarah slid the blue robe off her revealing her purple dress underneath. "Thanks," she said. "Pokey insisted I put the thing on for the human sacrifice. Now that you're here, I don't need to have it on." she continued, taking the hoodie from him and putting it on her. "Won't you be cold though?" she asked. "I'll be fine." he said. "Though...if you don't mind, I might need something to try and get me to sleep...Sarah grinned, I know just the thing to help you. To his surprise she started humming a melody similar to the one he had heard from Giant step, then she started singing.
"Take a melody
Simple as can be
Give it some words and
Sweet harmony
Raise your voices
All day long now
Love grows strong now
Sing a melody of Love
Oh Love"
She finished singing and looked at Moon, who was staring at her. She went red "Not a music person?" she asked. Moon continued to stare at her in silence for a few seconds before saying. "No, not usually a musical person...but...you're voice is beautiful." he said before going red himself, Sarah went even deeper red at these words. "Thanks…I'm glad you liked it, it's the same lullaby my mother used to sing to me as a baby" Moon felt a little dizzy, "well it helped," he said. "I feel a lot more relaxed and calm." the two laid next to each other on the floor, "Well...goodnight Sarah." Moon said. "Goodnight Moon," Sarah replied.
(Mindscape)
Sarah arrived in an empty void of sorts...it reminded her of the dream she had when a voice told her that Moon was her destiny. "I thought I wasn't supposed to be hearing from you again." Sarah said into nothingness The voice didn't respond to her, she looked around her, there wasn't anything around...it was just her, in a void. Well, on the bright side it gave her a place to think, she sat down and began to think. "What exactly does it mean." she asked herself. "We're both bound together, by our hearts...he's my destiny." she frowned. She felt an affection for him, it was strong...very strong. "Won't he think I'm crazy though, we just met each other...surely he wouldn't want to jump into something straight away...but I feel it, it feels real, strong, and it definitely is not going away...I'm not sure what I should do...if only I had some advice" she said.Suddenly, light shone in front of her and a girl much like her came into view, she had a pink dress, a red ribbon, and sapphire blue eyes. "This has to be the strangest dream I've ever had." Sarah said. The girl shook her head. "I assure you this is far from a dream...you must be Sarah am I right?" she asked. "Yeah...but...who are you?" Sarah asked. "My name is Paula...Paula Jones Polestar." "You can't be...I don't have a sister." Sarah said. "I'm you Sarah...from a different world...it's...kind of hard to explain." Paula said with uncertainty. "I'm not really used to this...hell, I barely understand it myself, but my friend said that we are supposed to give you, Moon, and the other 2 advice whenever you need it." she continued. "I guess that this is individual advice though...which would explain why it's just you and me...give me a minute to think about what it was that happened that I'm supposed to help you on.
Sarah's heart sank...if this was truly her from an alternate timeline, no way in hell was she going to get the advice she wanted to hear. She wanted so badly to just tell Moon how she felt, but this advice was literally from herself...from the future...or something like that. Sarah sighed and braced herself for the obvious answer to come.
"Oh...that's why I'm here." Paula said after a while. "So I assume you love Moon?" she asked. Sarah nodded. "I know I'm supposed to give you advice that I took...but I regret the choice I made." Paula said sadly. "What choice did you make?" Sarah asked. Paula hesitated. "All you need to know is I regret my choice...do what you think is right Sarah...and don't be afraid to make your move." Sarah stared at her in confusion "I must go now Sarah...but don't forget, do what you think is right, don't be afraid to do it!" Paula said before vanishing.
Sarah stayed put for a few moments after Paula had left. "Do what I think is right." She said to herself. "She said she made her choice...and that she regretted it...what does that mean, did she regret telling him how she felt...or did she regret not telling him." she continued to think about all of this. "I think...I should tell him..he deserves to know whether or not he has the feelings to return...but I think I'll tell him when I feel the time is right." she said after a while.
(Reality, Early Morning)
Moon awoke inside the cabin shivering for a bit. He glanced over a Sarah who was sleeping soundly, he felt a strange sensation looking at her, she was cute, kind, and even caring. He wasn't used to someone like her, after years of being pushed aside, without friends, and basically acting as a bodyguard to Pokey he for once found someone he actually felt comfortable around. Though there was something that worried him, he wasn't sure what exactly caused this, but he felt like Sarah wasn't meant to be just his friend. He wasn't sure what to think about that...sure he felt a special connection to her, but he didn't want to declare that to her. If Sarah didn't have anything to give back to him, it'd make their adventure really awkward.
"Damn it," Moon said to himself, "Don't suppress them, that isn't right…keep them with you, you never know what could happen." he wasn't sure why he was even thinking like this, he wasn't at all ready to have a girlfriend. This was the only thing holding him back...if Sarah decided to make the first move, that'd be much easier on him.
Sarah started to stir for a bit before waking up. "Good morning." Moon said to her. "Did you sleep okay?" Sarah yawned, "Yeah...I slept alright...how about you?" "I slept soundly...had to, I've gotta take on Thor without his hammer...so...that shouldn't be to hard." Moon said. Sarah laughed, "You're...unique." she said. "I don't think I've ever met someone like you." "That makes two of us." Moon said cheerfully. "Um...sorry about breakfast...but I don't have anything...kind of didn't expect to have to take on this whole thing." Sarah shook her head. "It's fine Moon, there's a store in the town, and a little market with bananas and eggs near that shop, you can probably pick up some food there for later."
"I think I'll save shopping for when I've gotten you out of here, you're definitely not in a position to travel at the moment...also...my backpack's been quite close to filling up." Moon said. "Really? What are you carrying in there?" Sarah asked. "Well, my ATM card, the sound stone, a phone from Apple kid, a map, and Apple kid's pencil eraser...and also this strange capsule I found in the valley." he said taking out a little capsule of juice. "You know what this is?" he asked showing it to her. Sarah looked at the capsule, it was small but she felt a strange property being given off...it made her feel...luckier. "I think that's a luck capsule...there are lots of things like it, you should drink it." She said handing it back to him. Moon opened the capsule and drank it, and when it entered his body...he felt himself feeling luckier. "Well...you should probably get going." Sarah said. "Don't worry about me, just kick butt like I know you can!" Moon nodded. "See you soon Sarah, I'll be back with that key!" he opened the door and exited to the most unfortunate sight in the world...he did not like it one bit.
It really goes without saying that the English translated version really made Paula into a better character. In the Japanese version she says she would've started to cry. But the English translation fixed that real nicely. Paula, to me at least, is the furthest thing from a damsel in distress. She can take care of herself, something that most of your average video game girls can't do. Ness surely got the better end of the stick here.
This moment to me is really special, of all the ways Ness and Paula could've started their relationship, what I just wrote out to you is how I would've played this entire thing out. Now I do want to give out a mild spoiler for my plans currently going foward with this story
While it may seem silly I'm going to kick off the MoonSarah love relationship early. It was brought to my attention by a close friend of mine that this probably wouldn't be the best way to write out the story. But I wanted to try and be unique with my retelling and I feel like having the whole "their both in love and know it" would make for some...interesting moments.
I'm sure some of you are probably thinking of a certain moment where the effects of this declared love relationship create problems. This alone was my original goal of setting the whole thing up early and I hope you all enjoy it.
As always, thanks for reading, leave a review with any suggestions or advice you may have, I'd love to hear it.