1.1.1 Chapter Seven
A/N: The long-awaited chapter seven!!! I finally am rid of my writer's block! R&R please! Thanx to Julian and Jenna, my two best friends, because they gave me ideas for this, even if one of them didn't know close to anything about Paper Mario! And thanx to Alec, who helped me with the fight scenes that will eventually happen! And thanks to my first fan, Jes (check out her stories in my favorite author section) for the help and talking to me!
{- -} is my friend Harris, who criticizes my stories, so I'm torturing him and throwing him in. He probably would say this stuff anyways. [~ ~] is me talking § § is characters talking out of the story (like to me or Harris).
"Uh oh," repeated Linguini.
"You are not followers of Bowzer, the high and mighty king!" roared the Goomba. "And for that you will pay, fiendish scoundrels! Prepare to die, doers of evil!"
"Woah, he needs to get in touch with today," said Koopi, getting into battle position. "Actually, it'd be a long way to get into the 1940's."
"It appears Bowzer is spreading much propaganda," commented Parky. "Doers of evil, he says? I rest my case!"
"Well, fiends, ready to do battle?" asked the Goomba, tapping his foot.
"He said 'fiends' twice," noted Calimari.
"Oh screw that!" called Linguini. "Battle positions!"
"Duh, what else?" asked Bob.
"Yeah, what are we gonna do, sit and have a tea party?" snickered Latik.
{-Get on with the battle! People want to read action!-}
[~Ok, ok, I was going on a bit there wasn't I. Maybe I should add more dialogue there…~]
{- *smacks her upside the head*-}
§ I agree. I wanna fight! §
[~ Fine, have it your way Koopi. I'll write action. But I'm warning you, I'm better at dialogue! Maybe I should have Parky do this first and…~]
§{- JUST GET ON WITH IT!!!!!!!!!! -}§
[~Sheesh. Lemmie just put in my disclaimer: I suck at writing action, so my friend Alec has helped me out. Not in the way he thought he would, but he gave me some ideas that helped one day. Arigatou! ~]
Linguini and the fighters lined up in their battle mode. Violet and the others sat on the side, discussing strategies.
"Okay guys, the Goomba goes first. Time your action command right, Linguini and Cerulean! He's coming after you!" shouted Skarre. Linguini dodged in time, but Cerulean wasn't so lucky.
"Ow," he moaned.
"Cerulean's out for a turn!" warned Goomia. "Quick! Goomba number 3 is going for you, Parky!" The delivery boy managed to dodge the oncoming Goomba. The rest of the Goombas chose to do nothing. [Ever notice how they do that a lot?]
"Linguini! I would use Power Jump if I were you!" called Violet. "Use it on that Goomba there!" Violet pointed to a Goomba on the far right.
"Gotcha!" Linguini jumped, and did two flips in the air before landing again on the Goomba's head, defeating him. The two flips were her own special touch to the badge move her father had taught her many years ago.
"Fire! Use Fire Wall on all the Goombas!" said Lemon.
"But it'll waste 10 FP!" she protested.
"DO IT!" was the cry from the strategists.
"Fine, fine," she grumbled. She waved her hands, then a HUMONGOUS ball of fire started forming in her mouth. After a few seconds it was complete. She launched the fireball straight at the now-scared Goombas, completely destroying them.
"Yay!" everyone cheered for her. Bob ran over to pick up the Honey Syrup the Goomba had dropped, and Biza collected the Coins.
{- See, now that wasn't too hard, was it? You wrote this in 22 minutes!-}
[~ You timed me? ~]
{- Yes. -}
[~ Oh shut up and just read the story, you! ~]
"You know, I think if we put up a machine like this…" said Bolt, fiddling with some items and tools he kept in a pouch. Bolt, being electric and all, could fix mechanical things easily. "There!"
"What are you doing?" asked Goombar.
"With this little thing, we can communicate over long distances. That way, we don't all have to walk along. With this screen, the people who stay back can see the battle and advise from a safe distance away. Besides, they can always come right here to us with this move! Skarre, come here." Skarre floated over, confused.
"Because you have such light molecules, and you're fast, if I hook up this wire here, and do this…" the gang watched as Bolt hooked some wires up to Skarre. "There! Now you can teleport up to two people right here!"
"Wow!"
"Now, who doesn't want to walk with us?" asked Linguini.
"I'd be happier if Lemon didn't," said Violet. "He's too young. I'll stay back and watch him."
"Vi!"
"Lemon, it's best for you."
"But with us separate from the rest of the NYK we'll be weaker!"
"I know, but we'd rather be weak than dead. Plus, if we need our power Skarre can take us over."
"O-kay…" The four that would stay back were Skarre, Violet, Lemon, and Calimari.
"Cali! I thought you loved adventure!" said Koopi.
"I do, but hanging around with you forever has given me plenty of that. Besides, I'll be more of a help back with Lemon and Violet, seeing as I'm the only one who can tame Lemon in his tantrums."
"But-"
"No buts. This is your thing, not mine. Have a good time!" The Cheep Cheep hugged her best friend, then pushed her forward. "Call often!"
"I'm staying too," announced Latik.
"What?" shouted Bob.
"I don't like all this wandering, and I want to help little kids. I figure what's a better way to start than with Lemon?"
"Why is everything about me?!" asked Lemon.
"Because you're the hid-" Koopi was cut off by Emerald tackling her.
"Because you're the youngest," covered up Cerulean. "We only want to protect you."
"I'm already six though!"
"And the rest of us are twelve. We need the big kids with us."
"But I am a big kid!"
"We need the biggest."
"Fine…"
"Glad you understand, bro." Cerulean gave him a noogie.
"Bye! Have a good trip! Save the world!" called Calimari as the rest set off.
"We'll keep in contact!" shouted Goombar. So the heroic troop, minus Latik, Calimari, Violet, Lemon, and Skarre were off towards Koopa Fort.
"Hey! I recognize that big tree! Cali and I used to sit in it all the time!" yelled Koopi. "We're near Koopa Village!" A cheer rose up. But, as usual, when people are happy, something bad came up.
"To battle!" was the cry heard, coming from a green Koopa. Bolt turned on the Insta-talk, as he liked to call it.
"Hey guys, we got ourselves into a battle. Care to help?"
"Sure!" came Calimari's voice from inside Tace T.'s house. Tace T. had very graciously decided to let them stay at her place. "She peered behind Bolt. "Oh, three Koopa Troopas! Okay, Ling, use Ground Pound." Linguini jumped high, then stomped to the ground, doing 3 damage to each Koopa. "Koopi, use Hurricane Spin."
"Roger, Skarre!" Koopi spun around and around and around and around.
"Ugh," said Parky. "I'm getting dizzy…" Koopi finished powering up.
"HURRICANE SPIN!!!" she yelled, spinning at the three unfortunate Koopas for 8 damage each. The Koopas were annihilated. Biza ran to collect their coins.
"Yeah! Eight!" she cheered.
"Great work, Skarre!" congratulated Linguini.
"No prob. This is fun! I think I was meant to be a strategist."
"There you go with your destiny shpeal," said Latik, shrugging. "I don't get it!"
"I believe that everyone has an element, fire, water, wind, earth, lightning, darkness, light, and time. We use these powers to help us in our life. I think I am a wind, and I use that power to help me think clearly."
"Whatever."
"Let's stop chatting and get moving!" yelled Goombar.
"Aye!" agreed Goomia. "Let's go!"
"Peace to all fish. Ta-ta!" said Skarre, signing off. The gang moved foreward.
"Hey! There's Koopa Village!" Koopi exclaimed, running ahead.
"Wait for us!" yelled Linguini after her. Koopi got to the entrance, only to find Koopa Village in a wreck.
"What- what happened here?" Linguini came up beside her, looking at the mess. The signs were all askew, the houses with rips in the top. The field looked burnt, and everything was screwed up. Koopi ran over to her house, only to find it wrecked. She stepped inside.
"No…" was all she could manage. Her house had been wrecked beyond belief. Her stuff was all thrown about, and her pictures on the wall cracked. Koopi fell to her knees and started to cry.
"Koo-" Linguini started.
"Leave me alone!" she shouted, running into what used to be her room. Goomia came into the house.
"She needs some Koopi time," said the wise young Goomba. Linguini nodded. The rest of the group filed in.
"Why Koopa Village? What did we do?" sobbed the distraught Koopa. "We were a peace loving village, never doing anything. I'll kill whoever did this!!!"
After a while, Fire slowly crept in to check on Koopi.
"Oh Fire," said Koopi, not turning around to look at her second-closest friend. "Why?"
"No one knows, but we did find this." The red Yoshi pulled out a note. It read:' Koopa Fort is off-limits! If you dare venture out there we'll destroy you!' It was signed 'The Troopa Kids.'
"Those bastards will pay!" said Koopi, clenching her fists.
"Koopi!" yelled Goomia.
"How can she always tell when I cuss?"
"It's a gift."
"More like a curse…"
"Well, we can't give up. We'll just have to defeat those kids!" said Fire. "Do you want to come out now?" Koopi wiped her eyes with her bandanna.
"Yeah, I'll come." The two girls walked out. "Bolt, we should inform the others of what has happened."
"Can do!" The Sparky fiddled with the machine.
"Hello, Violet speaking," said Violet.
"Hey, can you go get everyone?" asked Bolt. "We've got news."
"Hold please. Lemon, the holding music." Lemon came onto the screen.
"Oh… who is Harold Smith? Who is Harold Smith? Harold is the guy, with the buzzard on his head!"
"Not that song!" groaned the kids in Koopa Village.
"Who is Harold Smith? Who is…" he was knocked over by Skarre.
"Can I help you?" she asked. Latik and Calimari came up behind her.
"Yeah. We've got a problem here." Linguini quickly filled them in.
"How horrible," said Violet softly.
"Well, there's not much you can do. Just get to the Koopa Fort and save our parents," said Skarre.
"Okay, you heard the girl. We're going to Koopa Fort!" said Linguini. She paused, waiting for the kids to start walking. "NOW!!"
"Take care guys. If you get any more news tell us. Skarre, Latik, Lemon, Calimari, and Violet, over and out."
They left Koopa Village, and walked the path to Koopa Fort. It wasn't long until they approached it's entrance. Linguini took a deep breath. "Well, here we go!"
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Well, I decided to combine 7 and 8 in a pathetic attempt to lessen the chapter amount. *cough cough* Liz *cough cough* Next chapter will be all cool and pretty and stuff, so stay tuned!
A/N: The long-awaited chapter seven!!! I finally am rid of my writer's block! R&R please! Thanx to Julian and Jenna, my two best friends, because they gave me ideas for this, even if one of them didn't know close to anything about Paper Mario! And thanx to Alec, who helped me with the fight scenes that will eventually happen! And thanks to my first fan, Jes (check out her stories in my favorite author section) for the help and talking to me!
{- -} is my friend Harris, who criticizes my stories, so I'm torturing him and throwing him in. He probably would say this stuff anyways. [~ ~] is me talking § § is characters talking out of the story (like to me or Harris).
"Uh oh," repeated Linguini.
"You are not followers of Bowzer, the high and mighty king!" roared the Goomba. "And for that you will pay, fiendish scoundrels! Prepare to die, doers of evil!"
"Woah, he needs to get in touch with today," said Koopi, getting into battle position. "Actually, it'd be a long way to get into the 1940's."
"It appears Bowzer is spreading much propaganda," commented Parky. "Doers of evil, he says? I rest my case!"
"Well, fiends, ready to do battle?" asked the Goomba, tapping his foot.
"He said 'fiends' twice," noted Calimari.
"Oh screw that!" called Linguini. "Battle positions!"
"Duh, what else?" asked Bob.
"Yeah, what are we gonna do, sit and have a tea party?" snickered Latik.
{-Get on with the battle! People want to read action!-}
[~Ok, ok, I was going on a bit there wasn't I. Maybe I should add more dialogue there…~]
{- *smacks her upside the head*-}
§ I agree. I wanna fight! §
[~ Fine, have it your way Koopi. I'll write action. But I'm warning you, I'm better at dialogue! Maybe I should have Parky do this first and…~]
§{- JUST GET ON WITH IT!!!!!!!!!! -}§
[~Sheesh. Lemmie just put in my disclaimer: I suck at writing action, so my friend Alec has helped me out. Not in the way he thought he would, but he gave me some ideas that helped one day. Arigatou! ~]
Linguini and the fighters lined up in their battle mode. Violet and the others sat on the side, discussing strategies.
"Okay guys, the Goomba goes first. Time your action command right, Linguini and Cerulean! He's coming after you!" shouted Skarre. Linguini dodged in time, but Cerulean wasn't so lucky.
"Ow," he moaned.
"Cerulean's out for a turn!" warned Goomia. "Quick! Goomba number 3 is going for you, Parky!" The delivery boy managed to dodge the oncoming Goomba. The rest of the Goombas chose to do nothing. [Ever notice how they do that a lot?]
"Linguini! I would use Power Jump if I were you!" called Violet. "Use it on that Goomba there!" Violet pointed to a Goomba on the far right.
"Gotcha!" Linguini jumped, and did two flips in the air before landing again on the Goomba's head, defeating him. The two flips were her own special touch to the badge move her father had taught her many years ago.
"Fire! Use Fire Wall on all the Goombas!" said Lemon.
"But it'll waste 10 FP!" she protested.
"DO IT!" was the cry from the strategists.
"Fine, fine," she grumbled. She waved her hands, then a HUMONGOUS ball of fire started forming in her mouth. After a few seconds it was complete. She launched the fireball straight at the now-scared Goombas, completely destroying them.
"Yay!" everyone cheered for her. Bob ran over to pick up the Honey Syrup the Goomba had dropped, and Biza collected the Coins.
{- See, now that wasn't too hard, was it? You wrote this in 22 minutes!-}
[~ You timed me? ~]
{- Yes. -}
[~ Oh shut up and just read the story, you! ~]
"You know, I think if we put up a machine like this…" said Bolt, fiddling with some items and tools he kept in a pouch. Bolt, being electric and all, could fix mechanical things easily. "There!"
"What are you doing?" asked Goombar.
"With this little thing, we can communicate over long distances. That way, we don't all have to walk along. With this screen, the people who stay back can see the battle and advise from a safe distance away. Besides, they can always come right here to us with this move! Skarre, come here." Skarre floated over, confused.
"Because you have such light molecules, and you're fast, if I hook up this wire here, and do this…" the gang watched as Bolt hooked some wires up to Skarre. "There! Now you can teleport up to two people right here!"
"Wow!"
"Now, who doesn't want to walk with us?" asked Linguini.
"I'd be happier if Lemon didn't," said Violet. "He's too young. I'll stay back and watch him."
"Vi!"
"Lemon, it's best for you."
"But with us separate from the rest of the NYK we'll be weaker!"
"I know, but we'd rather be weak than dead. Plus, if we need our power Skarre can take us over."
"O-kay…" The four that would stay back were Skarre, Violet, Lemon, and Calimari.
"Cali! I thought you loved adventure!" said Koopi.
"I do, but hanging around with you forever has given me plenty of that. Besides, I'll be more of a help back with Lemon and Violet, seeing as I'm the only one who can tame Lemon in his tantrums."
"But-"
"No buts. This is your thing, not mine. Have a good time!" The Cheep Cheep hugged her best friend, then pushed her forward. "Call often!"
"I'm staying too," announced Latik.
"What?" shouted Bob.
"I don't like all this wandering, and I want to help little kids. I figure what's a better way to start than with Lemon?"
"Why is everything about me?!" asked Lemon.
"Because you're the hid-" Koopi was cut off by Emerald tackling her.
"Because you're the youngest," covered up Cerulean. "We only want to protect you."
"I'm already six though!"
"And the rest of us are twelve. We need the big kids with us."
"But I am a big kid!"
"We need the biggest."
"Fine…"
"Glad you understand, bro." Cerulean gave him a noogie.
"Bye! Have a good trip! Save the world!" called Calimari as the rest set off.
"We'll keep in contact!" shouted Goombar. So the heroic troop, minus Latik, Calimari, Violet, Lemon, and Skarre were off towards Koopa Fort.
"Hey! I recognize that big tree! Cali and I used to sit in it all the time!" yelled Koopi. "We're near Koopa Village!" A cheer rose up. But, as usual, when people are happy, something bad came up.
"To battle!" was the cry heard, coming from a green Koopa. Bolt turned on the Insta-talk, as he liked to call it.
"Hey guys, we got ourselves into a battle. Care to help?"
"Sure!" came Calimari's voice from inside Tace T.'s house. Tace T. had very graciously decided to let them stay at her place. "She peered behind Bolt. "Oh, three Koopa Troopas! Okay, Ling, use Ground Pound." Linguini jumped high, then stomped to the ground, doing 3 damage to each Koopa. "Koopi, use Hurricane Spin."
"Roger, Skarre!" Koopi spun around and around and around and around.
"Ugh," said Parky. "I'm getting dizzy…" Koopi finished powering up.
"HURRICANE SPIN!!!" she yelled, spinning at the three unfortunate Koopas for 8 damage each. The Koopas were annihilated. Biza ran to collect their coins.
"Yeah! Eight!" she cheered.
"Great work, Skarre!" congratulated Linguini.
"No prob. This is fun! I think I was meant to be a strategist."
"There you go with your destiny shpeal," said Latik, shrugging. "I don't get it!"
"I believe that everyone has an element, fire, water, wind, earth, lightning, darkness, light, and time. We use these powers to help us in our life. I think I am a wind, and I use that power to help me think clearly."
"Whatever."
"Let's stop chatting and get moving!" yelled Goombar.
"Aye!" agreed Goomia. "Let's go!"
"Peace to all fish. Ta-ta!" said Skarre, signing off. The gang moved foreward.
"Hey! There's Koopa Village!" Koopi exclaimed, running ahead.
"Wait for us!" yelled Linguini after her. Koopi got to the entrance, only to find Koopa Village in a wreck.
"What- what happened here?" Linguini came up beside her, looking at the mess. The signs were all askew, the houses with rips in the top. The field looked burnt, and everything was screwed up. Koopi ran over to her house, only to find it wrecked. She stepped inside.
"No…" was all she could manage. Her house had been wrecked beyond belief. Her stuff was all thrown about, and her pictures on the wall cracked. Koopi fell to her knees and started to cry.
"Koo-" Linguini started.
"Leave me alone!" she shouted, running into what used to be her room. Goomia came into the house.
"She needs some Koopi time," said the wise young Goomba. Linguini nodded. The rest of the group filed in.
"Why Koopa Village? What did we do?" sobbed the distraught Koopa. "We were a peace loving village, never doing anything. I'll kill whoever did this!!!"
After a while, Fire slowly crept in to check on Koopi.
"Oh Fire," said Koopi, not turning around to look at her second-closest friend. "Why?"
"No one knows, but we did find this." The red Yoshi pulled out a note. It read:' Koopa Fort is off-limits! If you dare venture out there we'll destroy you!' It was signed 'The Troopa Kids.'
"Those bastards will pay!" said Koopi, clenching her fists.
"Koopi!" yelled Goomia.
"How can she always tell when I cuss?"
"It's a gift."
"More like a curse…"
"Well, we can't give up. We'll just have to defeat those kids!" said Fire. "Do you want to come out now?" Koopi wiped her eyes with her bandanna.
"Yeah, I'll come." The two girls walked out. "Bolt, we should inform the others of what has happened."
"Can do!" The Sparky fiddled with the machine.
"Hello, Violet speaking," said Violet.
"Hey, can you go get everyone?" asked Bolt. "We've got news."
"Hold please. Lemon, the holding music." Lemon came onto the screen.
"Oh… who is Harold Smith? Who is Harold Smith? Harold is the guy, with the buzzard on his head!"
"Not that song!" groaned the kids in Koopa Village.
"Who is Harold Smith? Who is…" he was knocked over by Skarre.
"Can I help you?" she asked. Latik and Calimari came up behind her.
"Yeah. We've got a problem here." Linguini quickly filled them in.
"How horrible," said Violet softly.
"Well, there's not much you can do. Just get to the Koopa Fort and save our parents," said Skarre.
"Okay, you heard the girl. We're going to Koopa Fort!" said Linguini. She paused, waiting for the kids to start walking. "NOW!!"
"Take care guys. If you get any more news tell us. Skarre, Latik, Lemon, Calimari, and Violet, over and out."
They left Koopa Village, and walked the path to Koopa Fort. It wasn't long until they approached it's entrance. Linguini took a deep breath. "Well, here we go!"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~
Well, I decided to combine 7 and 8 in a pathetic attempt to lessen the chapter amount. *cough cough* Liz *cough cough* Next chapter will be all cool and pretty and stuff, so stay tuned!