"Ya-Hoo!"
Mario and Luigi jumped out of the other end of the crystal pipe, landing on their feet to find themselves standing in front of some kind of large palace. Looking around, they noticed that the palace was also in the sky.
"It's-a-almost like the Comet Observatory!" Luigi noted as he and Mario took in the sights.
"Come on, Luigi! We gotta find-a Bowser and stop-a whatever he's-a doing!" Mario said.
With their goal in mind, the brothers made their way through the palace, finding themselves going through what appeared to be a town of sorts inhabited by not just humans but also small anthropomorphic cat people.
"I'd-a say this is a strange-a place but we've seen-a paper versions of ourselves."
Stepping out the other side of the door, Sonic looked around to find himself in some kind of castle hallway that was predominately golden in color.
"Huh, guess that door just spit me out randomly." Looking back, Sonic saw the door vanish into golden light. "Aaaaaand there goes my way back home."
Deciding to look around for anybody that could tell him more about what Eggman was up to, Sonic began running through the halls as fast as possible. As he did, he also took notice of women dressed in maid outfits. Eventually, two stuck out to him; an old lady with her hair done up like a stalk of broccoli and a small black-blue female cat person.
"Hey, do either of you know where I can find that Egghead?"
"Ah! What kind of creature are you?!" The old woman asked in shock.
"I'm Sonic, Sonic the Hedgehog!" Sonic introduced, figuring he could be formal. "Is this the Mysterious Star?"
"Actually, you're currently in the Sunny Kingdom but yes, this is the Mysterious Star." The cat girl corrected.
"Wait, you said something about an Egghead?" The old woman noted. "You don't mean that awful Eggman that's been attacking our Mysterious Star, do you?"
"Yeah, I'm here to kick his butt out of here! And don't worry, I know how he ticks!"
"This is wonderful! We're saved, Camelot-Sama!" The cat girl cheered as the old woman, apparently named Camelot, nodded.
"Indeed, Lulu! We must inform the King and Queen immediately!"
Sonic smiled. "Lead the way, ladies!"
Kirby fell out of the other end of the portal and flopped on his face. Slowly picking himself up, the pink puffball looked around to find himself in some kind of garden area. Further ahead, he saw a castle.
As he waddled around, looking for anyone who could tell him more about what terrible evil force needed to be stopped this time, he heard voices belonging to two young girls nearby and made his way over.
"It's terrible what's been happening to the Mysterious Star..."
"I thought that after saving the Blessing of the Sun, things would go back to normal."
Kirby looked to see two the source of the voices. Two girls that looked no older than 8 years old and were dressed in rather strange yet cute clothes.
The first girl had bright red eyes and reddish fluffy hair. Her hair was tied up in loose pigtails with gold rings and her outfit consisted of a red hat, a cherry blossom coat, a short red skirt, white stockings, and a pair of pink boots.
The other girl had sea-green eyes and blue hair that was loose with a gold ring tied at the end. Her outfit consisted of a blue top hat, a light blue coat, a short blue skirt, white stockings, and a pair of blue boots.
"What should we do, Fine? Prominence doesn't seem to have an effect on those monsters..." The girl in blue said.
"All of the other Kingdoms have been captured and it won't be long before they come here next." The girl in red said.
"Fine-Sama! Rein-Sama! You mustn't give up-Pumo!" A squeaky voice said as the two girls turned to see a little fairy there. "You didn't give up when the Black Crystal threatened the Mysterious Star-Pumo! You shouldn't give up now!"
The fairy was colored white with purple eyes, big pointy ears, a long tail with an orb on the end, a little tuft of blond hair showing on his forehead from under his hat, and pink cheeks. He wore a purple bow tie, 2 blue star-shaped earrings, and a pointy, blue hat with an orange sun on the top with a magenta jewel in the middle with gold decorations.
The two girls soon became more determined at the fairy's words and looked at each other.
"Poomo's right!"
"We can't give up now!"
"We'll save the Mysterious Star yet again!" The two girls said together as one.
"Poyo!"
It was then that Kirby finally decided to make himself known, getting the attention of the two girls and the fairy. As soon as their eyes locked onto him, the girls rushed toward him and began hugging him.
"AWWWWW, SO CUTE~!"
"What kind of strange creature is this-Pumo?" The fairy, Poomo, wondered curiously. "It doesn't seem to be from the Mysterious Star but I can also tell it isn't with all those horrible monsters either-Pumo."
The two girls, Fine and Rein, picked up Kirby, holding him between them in a soft hug.
"We need to tell Mother and Father right away!"
The sisters ran off with Kirby in tow, Poomo quickly following after them.
In a flash of light, the Dimensional Traveler appeared. Hobbes was the first to peek his head out.
"Where did it take us?"
"How am I supposed to now? We're in uncharted lands! A brand new dimension!" Calvin said, coming out next.
"Halt!"
The two friends turned to see spears pointed at them and quickly held up their hands. It was then they realized they were in some kind of laboratory. Moving past the spear-totting cat guards was a short blue-skinned creature with an overbite, pointy ears, and dressed like a sage.
"How did you two get in here? And in nothing more than a cardboard box no less?"
"I'm from another dimension!" Calvin said proudly.
Hobbes rolled his eyes. "You just had to tell him about the Dimensional Traveler!"
"Hmmm...you don't seem to have any allegiance with the invaders..." The sage said. "Come with me, you two. The King and Queen will wish to have an audience."
"Omendo, what should we do about the box?" One of the guards asked.
"Bring it with us, just to be safe. Perhaps we can discern how it was able to bring the two of you here."
Calvin and Hobbes looked at each other before shrugging as they followed Omendo out of the lab and through the halls of a castle.
"I was right! We did make it into a dimension where we can get rich easily!"
The Eds screamed as they flew through an open window and then crashed on a polished marble floor. Double-D landed first, followed by Eddy, and lastly Ed.
"Sandwich!" Ed exclaimed, crushing his two friends under his great weight.
"Get off, Ed!" Eddy growled as he pushed his oafish friend off before getting off the flattened Double-D and picking him up, whipping him like a towel until he was back to his regular shape. "So where do you think we are, Double-D?'
Double-D dusted himself off after being put back on his feet before looking around to see they were in what appeared to be a castle throne room.
"My best theory is that we ended up on the very planet my device was observing. Intriguing architecture..."
Eddy looked around himself. "If we're in a castle, maybe we can snag some gold and bring it back with us!"
"No, Eddy, this is the throne of the Kingdom of the Sun!" Ed said as he began exploring every inch of the room. "The Mysterious Star is real!"
"Who are you three? Are you lost?"
Hearing the motherly voice, the Eds turned to see a man and woman there. The way they were dressed highly suggested they were royalty.
The man had short, dark, blue hair and gold eyes. He wore a blue and white mantle with gold and white clothes. As for the woman, she had long wavy red hair tied into a low, side ponytail and round, bright, red eyes. She also wore a frilled pink and yellow dress.
"Your Majesties!" Ed exclaimed, quickly getting on his hands and knees and bowing his head.
"Stop it, Lumpy, you're embarrassin' me!" Eddy snapped as he yanked Ed back up to his feet.
"Um, pardon us, sir and ma'am." Double-D stuttered, trying to find his voice. "But we don't know how we came here in the first place. You see, I was just testing a new invention of mine when my friend Ed here got excited and-"
"Mom! Dad! We found a cute thing!"
"King-Sama! Queen-Sama! We have found the one who can help stop the evil Eggman!"
"Your Majesties, we have these two strange invaders who claim to be from another dimension."
"Hello~! Anyone-a here?"
Several more people came into the room and everything was silent. However, the red-capped plumber, the blue hedgehog, and the pink puffball seemed to recognize each other.
"Mario! Luigi! Kirby! Long time no see!" Sonic smiled.
"Hey! It's-a-Sonic!" Mario waved. "How've you been, Paisano?"
"Poyo!"
"Holy cow, Hobbes! It's a Dimension Mix-Up!" Calvin exclaimed.
"Why do I get the strangest sense of deja vu from you saying that?" Hobbes pondered.
King Truth and Queen Elsa looked at each other, their two daughters, their chief maids, trusted advisor, and then at the collective group of newcomers. It seemed that there would have to be some explaining in order.
"All of you please sit down. I have a feeling you'll all want to hear this." Truth said.
Sorry if this chapter was short but our heroes will soon be getting the information they need and then embark on their grand adventure to save the Mysterious Star!
If anybody has any ideas for how the story should go, please go to the comments. I could really use the assistance.
