*Disclaimer* This is the last time ill put this. We all know that
EarthBound and its characters do not belong to me
and yadda yadda yadda.



>~Chapter 3~
Departure

Ness woke up with a start. His body ached and his mouth was dry. He had a headache like he hadn't had in awhile. "Over use

of PSI." thought Ness. Looking around, he realized he was in his room. On a his desk next to his bed was a glass of water and

some aspirin. He swallowed the pills and water in one gulp. There was a small metal box on the desk lying next to the glass.

Ness picked it up and examined it. "It look's like a container." thought Ness. Putting in into his pocket, he started down the

stairs. As he reached the bottom he heard his mom gasp and yell, "Ness is awake!". Jeff and Poo came out of the kitchen and

Tracy came from outside. They huddled in the living room as his mom rushed to him. "Ness, Ness, what happened to you!" She

hugged her son then sat down in a chair. "We heard a loud noise and ran out to find you passed out on the ground." said Jeff.

"We took you back here and your mom put you to bed." said Poo. Ness explained what had happened on his way home.

Everyone looked grim after the explanation. "I sensed something like this would happen." said Poo. "I guess I was to late in

telling you guys about it." "That's all right Poo." said Ness. Pulling out the small box, Ness tossed it to Jeff. "This was given to

me from Pokey. It's some sort of container. Can you open it?" "Simple." answered Jeff. Flipping the box around Jeff found a

little button and pressed it. One end of the container opened and a piece of paper fell out. Picking it up, Ness read what it said.

"Hello there Ness. Here are the instructions to get to my castle. Go to the Giant Step and step on it. The teleporter there will

take you to the castle." "Sounds easy enough." said Jeff. "You guys still have your weapons?" asked Ness. "Of course." replied

his friends. Jeff pulled out his Gaia Beam and Poo unsheathed his Sword of Kings. "Good, because we are leaving right now."


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The path to Giant Step was composed of a series of rat and bug infested caves. The population of these filthy creatures

mysteriously decreased after Ness had left the cave during his first adventure, but now it was back to normal. The boys had a

relatively easy time getting through the cave. Once through though, it was breathtaking. The Giant Step valley was filled with

flowers of every kind. There was a rejuvenating mist in the air that seemed to soothe the boys. Birds played in the flowers

and sung in the trees. Ness had some enjoyable memories here. As they made there way to the Giant Step the boys noticed a

path of broken and squashed flowers. "Pokey sure was here" commented Ness. When they reached the Step there was a

machine attached to it. It looked a little beat up. Jeff examined it. "It looks like a teleporter of some kind." stated Jeff. "It also

looks broken." " Can you fix it?" asked Poo. "Yeah, but it may take awhile." replied Jeff. "You guys ought to go practice

fighting on some mice or something." "Good idea." said Ness. Ness and Poo left Jeff to his work and walked back into the

cave.


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THWACK! The last of a group of antoids fell to the ground. The area of the cave was littered with bodies of dead Antoids and

Rowdy mouse. Ness wiped sweat from his brow. "Lets rest." suggested Poo. Ness cleared a spot and sat down. "This cave

sure has changed." said Ness. "I wouldn't know" said Poo. It was Poo's first time in the cave. He joined the group way after

Ness had been here. Now thinking about it, Ness realized none of his friends had been here. Ness noticed a new cavern. "That

was never there before." said Ness. "Lets check it out." offered Poo. The two boys got up and proceeded into the cavern. As

they made there way the cave bent outward into a large circular end. It looked to be a dead end. "Nothing." said Ness. "I

wouldn't be so sure. Look up" said Poo. Ness craned his head upward a saw tons and tons of silky spider webs. Ness noticed

some movement. "I think there's something up there" said Poo. "I have and idea. Paula showed me how to use it." said Ness.

Ness yelled and pointed, "PSI Fire!" A red light began building on Ness hand then shot out towards a section of the web. It

burst into flame and started spreading rapidly among the rest of the web. Out of the top most part of the web came an ear

piercing scream. "EAEAEAERRRRG!!!!" All of a sudden, a huge spider fell from the ceiling. As it fell it ripped the burning

web from the ceiling with it, covering it in a burning mass. "EAEAEAERRRRG!!!!" screamed the creature. Seeing the only

thing that could have caused it, the creature charged at boys, ignoring the pain of the burning webs around it. Ness and Poo

barely made it out of the way, each dodging on opposite sides. The spider whirled around and spotted Poo. Poo unsheathed

his sword. The spider screamed again and shot silk web, hoping to trap Poo against the wall. With skill, Poo slashed the flying

string with his sword into pieces. Enraged that its attack didn't work, it turned on its other enemy. Seeing this, Ness pulled out

his bat and charged, ready to try out his new amplifier. Ness jumped into that air and swung at the spider's head. The spider

brought up two legs to block. When the bat hit, the spiders leg's were broken in half. "EAEAEAERRRRG!!!!" screamed the

spider in pain. Green acidic goo spewed out of the open wounds. Realizing it was going to loose, the spider tried one last

attack. It shot web at full speed at Ness. Ness was struck with the web and flung to the wall. The burning web on the spider

caught the web being spit out and trailed towards Ness, intent on burning him alive. Poo saw what was happening and sliced

the rope just in time. Sheathing his sword, he concentrated. Balls of purple and red light began swirling around him. They

multiplied into a large mass, then were thrown violently forward towards the burning spider. "PSI STARSTORM ALPHA"

yelled Poo. The balls of light connected with the spider and blew up into a blinding flash of light. The spider screamed his death

cry and blew to pieces. Ness wiggled himself free of the web and walk over to an exhausted Poo. "That was AWESOME!"

said Ness. "I love the feeling of battle." "It almost got you killed" replied Poo. "Naww. I used PSI shield when I saw the fire

coming. It would burned around me"


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Ness and Poo walked out of the cave back to the Giant Step. They rested on the soft grass until Jeff was finished. "I think its

fixed." Jeff said. The three boys got up and stood around the Giant Step. "Well we will get nowhere looking at it." said Ness.

"On three?" "All right." said Jeff and Poo. "One." said Ness. "Two." said Jeff. "Three." said Poo. The three boys stepped onto

the Step and in a blinding flash they were gone.





*Note* FINALLY DONE. YAYAYAYAY. Hoped you like it. I loved writing the fight scene. It was great. The next chapter is a little slow in the writing, but more reviews will make it faster. :D