Okay, welcome to chapter 2! I'll warn you that this chapter is fairly depressing. If you are an emotional person, this might make you cry. But crying never hurt anyone, so there's no problem. I do not own any of these characters. They all belong to Nintendo, but this is MY story! So read this part! Don't panic people! Chapter 3 will be up soon! REVIEW THIS PLEASE!!!!!

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The Emerald

Chapter 2: Sadness.

Meanwhile, at the surface of the water, all the others are worried about Wendy. "Oh my god!" Larry cried, "Wendy is drowning!!!!" Roy punched Larry in the stomach. "Shuddep! We dun know that for sure!" "Well, she is taking an awfully long time." Said Iggy, beginning to worry. Lemmy stuck his head under the clouded sea water. He could see nothing. They waited a few more minutes, not saying a word. Now even Roy was worried. "is she-?" Larry trembled and looked questionably at Ludwig, who had a dreaded expression on his face. "That's it then. There's nothing left for us here." Said Ludwig, and he turned and headed to the portal. The others sadly followed.

After they entered the lobby, they swam up to the surface again. Then they climbed up on to the great big metal ship. (K. Rool's island\boat thing). Ludwig looked frustrated, and he squeezed his hair in attempt to dry it off.

"Alright guys," Ludwig spoke up, "I know we're all very traumatized over the fact that Wendy is dead. But we mustn't lose our heads over this. It was a warning. Wendy was very careless, and brought on this misfortune herself! We must be careful as to not make the same mistake as she did!" Larry began wailing and crying. "Ludwig, are you trying to say you don't CARE that Wendy is gone!?" Lemmy yelled. "No no no! I'm just saying that we should LEARN from this, and not be as stupid as she was!" Ludwig argued. "STUPID!? She's DEAD! Gone! Forever!" Tears began to well up in Lemmy's eyes. "What will king dad say?!?" Iggy asked, "we lost Morton, and now we lost Wendy! PERMENANTLY!" Ludwig used his fire breath at Lemmy. Fortunately, he missed. "WHAT WAS THAT FOR!?" screamed Lemmy, now angrier than ever. "To calm you all down! We don't need you, constantly reminding us of the fact that she's dead! So just accept it and continue on!" Then Lemmy stomped his foot. "I don't need to take orders from you- just because you're the oldest! I'm going to look for Morton on my OWN and anyone else who wishes to follow me, is welcome!" "Fine then!" Ludwig agreed, "Anyone who wants to put they're life in grave danger, follow Lemmy!" Iggy walked over to Lemmy's side. "Go ahead Iggy, make a stupid mistake!" Ludwig glared at him. "Anyone else?" Larry and Roy stood frozen. "Ha! I'm glad at least THREE of us have a brain!" Ludwig mocked, and he walked up some steps that lead to a door. Larry and Roy followed. Now only Lemmy and Iggy were left standing there.

"Guess it's just us then." Lemmy said. He was still trying to hold back the tears of loss. "Where should we go now?" asked Iggy. Lemmy looked around and pointed to DK island. "We go there!" said Lemmy, "I think I know just where Morton might be!"

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Morton was walking in the darkness. The darkest place there ever was. Thoughts were rolling through his head. Depressing thoughts. He collapsed on the ground. he felt a sharp pain in his forehead. there he lay and continued to weep.

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Ludwig, Roy, and Larry entered the lobby. They jumped into the portal...

"Where are we?" Larry questioned. This was indeed a strange place. It looked like an entrance to a factory. "Frantic Factory." Said Roy, who was reading the sign next to the portal. "Weird."

Ludwig walked around a bit. He peeked into the next room and saw some robotic wind-up crocodile robots. "What's this?" he wondered. He tiptoed up to one of them, and it turned around and ran over to him. The eyes on that thing were piercing red. "Ahhh!" Ludwig kicked it, and it stumbled back a little, but continued to chase him. Then Roy came and pounded it with his powerful fist, and it shattered into little pieces of metal and nails. Ludwig cautiously walked up to it. "Well that was odd." "Odd?! I think you had it coming there, Ludwig!" Larry teased. Roy took a piece of the metal and threw it at Larry's head. "OWWWWWW!" "What is this place, anyway." Said Roy, beginning to get impatient. Larry walked over to them. "And how do we know Morton is here?" Then at that very moment, a big blue crocodile walked up to them. He was pretty tall, and had a LOT of muscles. He also wore a red bandana thing on his head. "Uhhhhh, who are you?" Larry asked, in a stuttering voice. "I'm a Kasplat! What're ya three doin' in dis here factory!?" He said. Ludwig took one step forward and introduced himself. "I, am Ludwig Von Koopa. That's Roy Koopa, and that is Larry Koopa. We've come here in search of our brother." "You're brother? Ahhh, no I haven't seen nobody else like you guys 'round here." Roy pushed Ludwig aside. "You mighta seen an ugly one of us, with a star on his head..." The crocodile thought for a moment. "No."

"Aw well, he's not here then." Said Larry, and he made a move to walk away. "Not so fast twerp!" warned Roy, and Larry walked back over to them. "Well, wait a minute guys, maybe he's on another island altogether!" suggested the Kasplat. "Oh yeah? Like where?" Ludwig asked sceptically. "Like maybe on the Isles O Hags." Kasplat answered. "???" they were all confused. "There's a train station in dis factory. I'll take ya there. It will lead straight to the 'Grunty's Industries.'" He gestured them to follow him, and they did.

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Lemmy and Iggy were now about halfway to the top of DK island. From there, they saw a sandy temple, and they headed inside it. Inside was another portal, they hopped in, and appeared inside another temple. "W-where are we?" asked Iggy nervously. "We're in... Angry Aztec. This must be the entrance." They were standing in the temple's interiors. "Ah, I get it! You think Morton is here because he likes the desert!" said Iggy. "Yup!" They walked around a bit until they got to the exit. Outside this temple was a desert!

"Wow, cool!" said Iggy. "Not really. It's very hot." Lemmy said. He was sweating. "Uh oh, maybe we should get out of here." Said Iggy as he noticed Lemmy grow weaker. "You can't stay in warm places too long!" Iggy turned back, but Lemmy stopped him. "No, I'll be...fine. I'll just stick to the shade..." Lemmy walked under a palm tree. "Are you sure?" Iggy asked. "Yes. Just go look around over there for a while. I'll check around this area for now." So Iggy did as he was told.

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Larry, Ludwig, and Roy got off the train. They were now in a different factory. It was old. Worn down. Glowing green acid was seeping from cracks in the ceiling, and Roy could swear he saw a trash can move. Larry observed the area. "Oh guys! We'd better watch out. I see some video camera's over there in a corner!" Larry warned them. "Video cameras? What are they gonna do, huh? Come out and bite me?" Roy said, and he walked up to one of them. "See? Nothing." Then an alarm went off and red lights flashed everywhere. "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" they all screamed. Some floating robot things with lazars began shooting at them! Ludwig dove into a window, and they followed. They were now outside. "Guess we're not really welcome here." Said Ludwig as he dusted himself off. "What a dump!" shouted Larry, referring to the scenery around them. There were large puddles of sick black oil. The grass and trees were all dead. Windows were smashed in the factory building. And it was raining acid rain. "Let's get out of here!" Ludwig said, pointing to an exit. They did.

After exiting that world, they were still in some sort of quagmire. "yuck, it's just as bad out here!" They saw a cave exit, and headed out. Out of the disgusting yard, and into a world far more dangerous. Isle O Hags.

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Kitkatz: So that's that! Is anyone scared? Or freaked out? How was this? Please tell me! I NEED more ideas! And by the way, everything will be explained later on. There are plenty of surprises, and some surprises are not necessarily good. Please read and review my next chapter when it comes out! I would be overjoyed! And also, if you liked this, read one of my other fics. If you didn't like this, read one of my other fics anyway, cuz none of them are like this one. ^o^

To Be Continued...