The Woods of Light...

Ker-PLUNK!--PLUNK! went the two of them, as they landed on the grassy ground, 1,000 feet below the flying pirate ship! Yes, it was a very hard landing.
Rayman and his buddy Globox had just escaped--and just barely escaped- -from the Robo-Pirates' prison ship. The two of them had landed in a sunny, forested area. Here, in this quiet, calm clearing in the forest, there was green grass, colourful butterflies flying, a slowly-flowing river, and some yellow and green plants and purple mushrooms along the riverbank. This was the Woods of Light. Rayman was hurt and dizzy after falling from those heights, but he soon recovered from his fall. He slowly stood up, brushed the dirt off himself, and looked around in all directions. Hey! Where did Globox go? Globox wasn't anywhere in sight, anymore! Rayman, feeling very confused and worried, ran forwards and jumped over a fallen log, looking all around to see if Globox was anywhere.

"GLOBOOOOOX!!!!!" Rayman called, at the very top of his voice, disturbing the peacefulness and quietness of the forest!
A small, green fly had heard Rayman's shouts. It flew towards Rayman, following where Rayman's voice was coming from, and buzzed: "Yo, Rayman! What's up?"
"Hey! You're not Globox!" spoke Rayman!
"Nope, I'm Murfy!" smiled the fly.
"Do you know where Globox went?" asked Rayman, concerned. "He was with me a few minutes ago and then when I looked again, he had disappeared mysteriously!"
"Nope, I dunno. Sorry!" frowned Murfy. "But he must be here somewhere! Maybe he went to the bathroom behind a tree...just kidding! You know, all the other creatures are spreading word around the forest about your escape, and that you are going to get your powers back from Ly the fairy, so you can stop the Robo-Pirates! Is that correct?"
"Yes," answered Rayman.
"Well,"continued Murfy, "I'll be your guide! Would you like me to come with you, and help you by telling you all about the land and the obstacles you'll have to face? 'Cuz you may seriously need my help!"
"Uh...sure," said Rayman. "Let's go!"
"All right," buzzed Murfy. "First, head over to that tunnel that the river is flowing down through. There seems to be something special inside that tunnel!"
So, Rayman ran over to this tunnel, Murfy following him--and inside this tunnel, there was a tiny, metal cage hanging from the ceiling above. He could see a bright object shining behind the bars of the cage...
"Rayman, try smashing that cage open," suggested Murfy, "by shooting a ball of energy from your fists at it!"
Rayman hit it once, with the energy from his fists. The cage shook and swung back and forth, but didn't break yet.
"Dang it, it didn't break!" shouted Rayman.
"Hit the cage again," said Murfy.
Rayman shot another silver ball of energy at it. This time, the cage smashed open! There was something tiny, shiny, and yellow coming out of it.
Murfy flew over and spoke: "Great! You've just smashed a pirate cage! Destroy lots of them along the way; they're contain lots of energy!"

"Oh?" said Rayman.
"Yes!" smiled Murfy. "You see that bright sphere over there?"
Rayman stared at the bright, yellow sphere that had come out of the cage. Then he spoke up, "Hey! Is that, by any chance, a Yellow Lum?"
"Ooh, yes! Yes!" replied Murfy, excitedly! "Make sure you gather lots of them, too! They'll give you access to secret places!"
Rayman picked up this Yellow Lum. The Lum felt warm and light, probably weighing less than a feather. He continued down through the river tunnel. Would there be more of the scattered Yellow Lums there? When he came out of this tunnel, he found himself on the riverbank, on the right side of the blue river.
"Whoa! This looks like a very beautiful, gorgeous area!" observed Rayman, gazing at the greenery along the riverbank and at the beautiful butterflies and dragonflies. "But, of course, I can't let myself get distracted too long by this pretty scenery! The world's energy is rapidly fading, and we still must recover it! The fate of the world is in my hands...I mean, fists!"
Why was Rayman the one who had to save the world, anyway? Well, his friends all knew that Rayman was brave and strong--and as you know, he was also the only prisoner who had managed to escape from Razorbeard's ship-- also, as a matter of fact, he had once saved the world before, from another highly dangerous creature called Mr. Dark, but that's another story...
Rayman stepped out of the shallow, flowing river and walked down the forested path along the right side of the riverbank. He jumped up to a green ledge, where there was yet another Yellow Lum sitting there, lucky for him!
He picked it up, and put it in his pocket too. Now, he had two Yellow Lums, but, sigh, he still had 998 more to go!
"Even if you can't get all the missing Yellow Lums," Murfy spoke, "just try to find as many as you can."
Up another green ledge, there was a third Yellow Lum! It shone brightly. And, then, at the end of the path along the riverbank, there was a fourth Yellow Lum! Then Rayman noticed there was another ledge, much higher-up, on the left side of the river.
"How can I get up to that ledge across the river?" Rayman wondered. "Oh, yes! Of course! I know!"
Rayman remembered he had the ability to spin the hair on his head around, just like a helicopter spinning, and he could use his hair to help him glide through the sky, and across long areas, such as across this river! So Rayman glided across this river, to the ledge on the other side, using his "helicopter hair".
Here, there was a path leading into the deep woods, where Globox's house was! Three of Globox's sons were sitting here. Looks like Razorbeard hadn't captured THEM yet, because they were hiding very well in the forest. They were looking very worried. The other 648 of Globox's sons were probably running around the other parts of the deep woods, searching everywhere for Globox.
"Maybe these two sons know something about where Globox went off to?" wondered Rayman. But before he could ask them where he was, they yelled, "Daddy Globox saved Rayman! Where's Daddy?" Obviously, they didn't know where he was, either!
Rayman thought. "Uh, that is to say, we got separated, and...uh..."

Globox's sons were shocked by this news.
"No daddy Globox?" they cried. "We want our daddy back!"
"Now, don't worry, kiddies!" said Rayman, reassuringly. "I'll bring him back!"
"Even though you don't know where he is, Rayman," laughed Murfy.
"But first, I've got to find Ly, the fairy. She likes to hang around here. Do you know where she is?"
The sons thought for a few seconds. Then, pools of tears shot out of their eyes rapidly, like miniature water-sprinklers! "The mean, old Robo- Pirates took Ly over there!" They pointed over to a nearby cave entrance!

"Ly's been captured, too?!?!?!?!?! Hmm..." Rayman thought. "I've got to set her free!"
Rayman then ran through this cave entrance that the sons had pointed to. Murfy followed him. Inside this cave, there were two walls that were very close to each other.
"I'll bet that you'd like to know how to climb!" said Murfy to Rayman. "You see those two walls that are close together?"
"Duh, yes," said Rayman.
"Go stand between them," continued Murfy, "and jump up, and grab hold onto them. Then, keep holding onto them, and jump up, again! Repeat this manuever until you reach the very top."
"All right," said Rayman!
"Good luck, Big-nose!" said Murfy. "I'll meet you up at the top!" Then, Murfy flew up to the top of the cave, leaving Rayman to climb up between the two narrow walls. Rayman climbed up them, by jumping up them repeatedly, just as Murfy had instructed him to do. At the top of the cave, there was a fifth Yellow Lum floating in mid-air!
"YAHOO!" yelled Rayman! He had wall-jumped to the top of the cave successfully.
There was also an opening in the top of the cave, leading outside the cave!
When he came outside this cave, he was now standing in the middle of a small meadow. A huge, marvellous, stone-walled castle was standing in this area. Another pirate cage hung over this area, on a vine. A voice, which seemed to be coming from inside this cage, was desperately shouting, "Help!...Help!..."
Murfy told Rayman to break open this cage, too.
Rayman had expected there to be more Yellow Lums in here (but Lums can't shout for help!)--but instead, four small, blue, big-nosed creatures popped out of it. The first one had a crown on his head.
"Splendid, Rayman!" said the first one. "I'm the King of the Teensies, and this is our castle! And I congratulate you on your courage so far!"
Just then, the second Teensie took the crown off the first one's head.
"Don't listen to him!" said the second Teensie. "I'm the King of the Teensies!"
"But..." said Rayman.
Then, the third one took the crown off the second one's head, and put it on. He said, "No, I'm the real king!"
"Come on!" shouted Rayman! "Who's the real king?"
"It's me!" repeated the third Teensie.
"It's ME!" said the fourth Teensie, taking away the crown from the third Teensie.
"Me," said the third Teensie.
"Me," said the second.
"Me," said the first.
"Me," said the second.
"ME!" "ME!" "NO, ME!" The argument went on.
Rayman, who was getting really annoyed and impatient by now, yelled, "STOP!!!!!"
"That's right!" said Murfy. "We absolutely must find Ly, the fairy! Do you guys know where the heck she is?"
"Uh..." said the second Teensie (taking the crown away from the third Teensie and putting it on), "...this isn't easy to say, but I have to tell you this.....the Robo-Pirates have taken Ly to the Fairy Glades, and they've locked her up at one of their strongholds!"
"Poor Ly," sighed Murfy. "Glad I'm not her!"
"And you'll show us the way to get there, right?" said Rayman.
"Yup!" the Teensies all replied!
"Only us Teensies know the way there," explained the second Teensie. "Opening the doorways to other worlds is, in fact, our job! You'll need to go through the portals in our Council Chamber. They will teleport you to many other worlds, including the Fairy Glades. Just come with us inside our castle, and we'll show you!"
Rayman and Murfy followed the Teensies as they marched into their stone castle. They walked through a very long hallway, with a red carpet, and entered a room that was like a large, round, dark void. This was the Council Chamber of the Teensies. There were a few closed portals here.
The second Teensie stepped up to one of the portals, pointed to it, and said, "You see, this is the way to the Fairy Glades. However, the passage requires five Yellow Lums of energy to activate this portal."
So Rayman checked his Yellow Lum inventory. "Yup! Luckily, we've got exactly five Yellow Lums!" he said to the Teensies.
He handed these five Yellow Lums over to the Teensies. The Teensies used some of the energy from these Lums to activate the first magic portal in this dark void. Rayman stared into it. This magic portal looked yellow and swirly. It glowed brightly.
"Prepare yourself for a great journey..." announced the Teensies!
Rayman, after staring at the strange energy portal for a few seconds, was about to jump into it, but then he remembered another important question: "Oh! You've told us where Ly is, but do you guys know anything about Globox's whereabouts?"
"Sorry," replied the Teenies, "we are unsure. It currently remains a mystery to us..."
"Oh..." sighed Rayman. "I wonder if we'll ever find out..."
Then, Rayman jumped into the portal. And Murfy followed Rayman through this portal. NOTE: Is my story getting boring? If you've already played Rayman 2, then you already know the events in the game, so you probably wouldn't bother reading this, would you? Well, I am in the process of editing it and putting in a bunch of parts that hadn't been in the game. Seriously. I am going to add that in soon. Trust me. It may take a while, but I will do it.

TO BE CONTINUED.....