Author's Note: Chapter 5 is divided into 4 different sections. One for every member of the Chosen Four (duh!) The sequence in which you read them doesn't matter as long as you read them. Or else you'll be lost at chapter 6.

EarthBound:

The Seed of Giygas

by

JamesPicard_007

Chapter 5- Ness

Ness flickered his eyes. The air around him had suddenly changed from cold to warm. The lights in Paula's house got brighter until they were like a normal sunny day. Ness squinted his eyes for a second and then opened them. He quickly looked around and realized he wasn't in Paula's house anymore. He was in Magicant!

Ness looked at himself and saw he was in his pajamas. He was lying on a comfy couch on carpeted pad outside.

"How come I've returned to Magicant? I thought it disappeared when I defeated the darkness of my mind." Ness thought. He jumped off the couch and started to walk around. Magicant was exactly the same as it was before.

The ground was soft like a carpet and smell of pizza wafted in the air. Ness's mind became overrun with the sudden rush of sensations. Ness was so overwhelmed he felt like taking a nap until a crack of thunder split the air.

Ness awoke from his trance and looked in the direction of the thunder. Dark storm clouds filled the horizon and seemed to be seeping closer towards Magicant. A cold wind rushed over Ness. He began to wonder if the clouds were seeping in from the Sea of Eden.

Suddenly from the horizon came a flying Kraken. It breathed its fire attack on the people of Magicant. As it squirmed around it caught sight of Ness. The Kraken let out a mighty roar and began to charge Ness. It unleashed a mighty wave of fire at Ness.

Ness looked around for a way to dodge the flames. Beside him was a small pond that he didn't remember seeing before. He quickly took a deep breath and jumped into the pond. Ness felt the heat of the flames even as they scorched the surface of the pond. When Ness came up for air he saw his clothes weren't wet at all.

The Kraken sat above the pond breathing heavily as the blast took a lot out of it. Ness noticed a heavy chair beside the pond. Without thinking Ness picked it up and hurled it at the Kraken. The Kraken buckled and fell into the pond. When the Kraken touched the pond its body seized into a spasm and began to dissipate.

Ness began to runs towards the Sea of Eden. If anything he knew he could find some answers there. As Ness got closer to the Sea of Eden the more violent the environment. The winds grew faster, lightning became thicker and faster, thunder grew louder and more frequent.

Ness knew that only a great source of evil could cause this sort of disturbance. Ness finally reached the gateway to the Sea of Eden. He passed through and was slapped in the face by violent waves. He quickly put up a psychic shield to protect him.

He struggled to get to the center through the violent waters. They picked him up and tossed him around like a rag doll. He was quickly losing energy as he strained to keep the shield up to protect himself. Then suddenly he hit dry land.

Instinctively Ness grabbed onto whatever he could. He pulled himself out of the waters' reach and let down his shield. He had finally made it to the center island. Ness picked himself up and walked up the stairs to the middle.

There in the middle of the island was a large ivory throne. Sitting on it was what seemed like an adult Ness!

"So you made it after all. They said you were powerful. I guess they were right!" the adult Ness said.

"Who are you?" Ness asked.

"Who I am is not important right now. My role has not yet begun. But soon your world will know our wrath. We will meet again very soon!" And with those final words the figure and Magicant disappeared once more.

Who is the mysterious man? And what's happened to the rest of the Chosen Four? Find out more in The Seed of Giygas Chapter 5 – Paula