-CHAPTER 1: The Blossom of Time-
Nightfall was seen around a small village. The spec of the sun was seen dipping its way over one of the tallest hills among the horizon, and among the streets were several different creatures roaming around.
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Over time, their numbers started to decrease, until there were only about two creatures remaining. They were small, had light green skin, big noses, and both wore police uniforms. One of them wore a hat, while the other was more known for its moustache.
-A fanfic by rexrock69-
They started walking up and down opposite sides of the road, until... something caught the vision of the first creature's eye - a speeding figure coming towards him. It came past him in a blur, leaving behind a trail of purple liquid. His eyes shot open, and he turned around, facing the blur.
"STOP! THIEF!!!"
He started running down the streets, waving his hand upon the air and leaving his hat to fall off with a clank upon the ground. He soon edged his way closer towards it, seeing a large figure pulling what looked like a brown wagon-like vehicle.
"Drop the plum juice, now! Or else your heart will be torn out!"
He soon edged his way towards the large wheels at the back, and tried to pull at them to try and slow it down... but its feet caught fire, causing it to let go and come to a stop. The "wagon" was left speeding off in the distance. As the figure looked down in despair, the moustached officer soon ran up to him.
"Sheesh... how many units has he taken?" he asked.
"He looks like he's taken about 9 of which", replied the hat-wearing officer.
"Oh no, think about all the casualties he's going to cause...!"
All that the pair could do was look on with worry upon their faces. Meanwhile, the cart started to zoom faster and faster, before going uphill. It soon made its way into the sunlight, showing itself as a rickshaw. The figure taking a hold of it was now seen visible - a large blue toad-like creature with a pair of gloves on his hands. What looked like a crazy look was seen on his face, even more so as soon as he reached the top.
"Heehahahhaeheheha!!!"
He looked down at the settlement beneath him, and then, with no further thought, he pulled it downhill, speeding down like a bullet and leaving behind a trail of dust as soon as he hit level ground. And it wasn't long until the dust particles dissolved into the sky.
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Back on the ground, he soon came to a stop outside a hut within a small village, leaving behind a large amount of tire and foot marks, creasing some blades of grass upon the ground. The toad creature stumbled out, and started swaying as he walked towards the door.
"Que sera sera, whatever we'll be we'll be..." he sung in a drunken fashion.
He then spun around, leaving behind drops of plum juice upon the ground as he did so. Then, he finally reached the front door, opened it, and knocked on a portrait of a country house inside. He then went to the other side of the room, where a similar creature to him sat nearby, with the difference being that she was pink in color.
"Ah, good evening my missus, how's it going?" he spoke while hiccuping purple bubbles.
The female gasped. "Globox, you...!!!"
Her fists started to rise, and her eyes were shut together with anger. Then, she took a large gasp, and stood up right in front of him, her shadow starting to creep over him. Instead of putting on a fearful face... he grinned wider than a hyena on a good day.
"What on Earth have you done to yourself?!?" she asked.
"Come on, thank Polokus it's Saturday!"
With that, he brought out one of his hands, and put it in a "thumbs up" gesture. Back with the female, her skin suddenly started to turn bright red, and her stomach muscles started to pull themselves in, before she leaned herself towards Globox, causing his head to almost hit the floor.
"You've been drinking too much plum juice again, haven't you?" she sighed. I warned you never to wander off down at the South end of the Fairy Glade!!!"
"I can't just stay around here all night, can I?" Globox hiccuped. "I got buddies down there!"
"You don't have time for your own Uglette anymore, do you?"
She then brought out her hands, and pushed Globox to the ground. Then, she turned around and folded her arms. Behind her back, he stood up, and without any second thoughts... he picked up a red wax crayon, went to a washing machine and wrote "S.O.S." on the top of it.
"If that's what you want, then you can so get out of this goddarn home! If that's how you're gonna treat me from now on, scram, you monster!!!"
Globox's eyes shot wide open. Then, he faced Uglette, and brought himself down into a crouching position. While that happened, she walked up to the washing machine and scrubbed off the crayon message with a wet towel. And then, she looked down at his sorrow-filled expression.
"But I don't deserve this!" he brawled towards her. "I can't leave without you!"
"Uh-huh, and that's what they all say!"
It wasn't before long when she took a hold of him by the hand, and dragged him towards the door. He tried to grab onto the walls, but... to no avail - she eventually got him out, and sealed the door shut, closing all locks immediately after. After that, a series of banging on doors occurred. She sighed, and then she went to a nearby window, poking her head out of it.
"And don't even think of coming back!"
And then, she slammed it shut, before walking as far away from it as possible. But... it didn't take until 32 seconds after until Globox finally stopped banging on the doors. He then looked down in shame, and started walking to his rickshaw, taking out a package wrapped in a purple and orange spotted handkerchief. He sighed, and looked back at what was once... his own home.
"Like I said, I can't leave without you."
While that happens, a bright light flashing of many colors can be seen within a dark confined space. It soon started to show itself as a stronger shape, before looking like the silhouette of a rose, with white glittery sparkles starting to shine all the way around it.
"Would you look at that elegent blossom... so precious, so valuable, so... unique. But... why does the prophecy say that the figure has to be a creature of pure heart?"
From right in front of it, a head showed up on screen, showing up as nothing more than a shadow. It had a long nose, a huge mass of hair and he also had a pair of glittering navy blue eyes. He used them both to look directly away from the flower.
"Where the heck am I supposed to find one of those things?"
It then walked away from the flower, which was actually an image on a mass of magic of sorts. The whole scene was based in what looked like a chapel. Among the many windows, the figure looked on at many shapes in there, including a small firefly, a chubby centaur, and a certain blue hedgehog.
"Nah, too short... too sweaty... tried him once but he resigned to Sega..."
Before he could continue any further... his eyes fixed onto a window on a center right from his view. He stepped closer towards the blurred figure, and leaned ever so closer with every passing second. Then, a smile crept across his face, as the very shape of a large toad-like creature was into view. A very similar one.
"Wait a minute...! Could this be the very type of figure I'm looking for?"
His eyes remained fixed onto it for a while, before a faint smile was brought upon his face. Then, in a flash, he turned around, and headed back towards the mass of magic showing the image of the flower. He brought out both hands, and as soon as he came near the energy, he vanished into a few specs of light, dissolving into the air.
Darkness soon covered the area around Globox's village, with only the moonlight giving off the light around the plains. While that occurrs, a bright white light shone from behind one of the bushes, before the figure from the chapel jumped out, still in a silhouette form. He looked in all directions, approaching the path at one step at a time... until...
"Which should I pick? Strawberry stew or fresh plum juice?"
The voice soon caused his head to shoot up from its original tilted position. He turned to the right, and saw a moving rickshaw along the path. And there was Globox, pushing his way along it, with his face starting to show part bitter anger, part sorrow within his face.
"So what? Uglette doesn't need to watch over me twenty-four-seven! I'm a free Globox now!"
He soon made his stop within a large area of the plains, and once there, he dumped the handles for the rickshaw down onto the ground. He then turned to the left, and saw some plums hanging near a collective of trees, each bearing one each. He tapped his hand upon one of which, which rebounded like a punching bag.
"This better has the right taste for me, right?"
Quickly, the figure dived deeper into the bushes, keeping his face as far hidden as he can. While that happened, Globox picked the plum off the tree, and started sniffing it with the tip of his mouth, before dabbing his tongue onto the skin. His eyes then scrunched up almost as if he's sucked on a lemon.
"Not sweet enough", he revolted. "Maybe this could help."
He looked back onto the rickshaw, and saw the handkerchief nearby. He went towards it, unwrapped it, and took out what looked like a salt cellar stuffed with sugar. In the background, the figure started to shake at the sight of the toad's rather unusual eating habits, sucking the plum juice out and then sprinkling the sugar into his mouth.
"Oh yes, a lot better", he smiled to himself.
Smiling, he soon started to bite the skin off, and start swaying from side to side. In the shadows, the dark blue eyes of the figure soon started to turn to a more deep brown, showing more anger and arrogance at the sight of him. It turned from bad to worse over time, when the juice started trickling its way from the fruit down into a large puddle near the toad's feet.
"I hope he's sober, otherwise that's all hope gone", the figure sighed.
He turned away, and then he started heading towards the right of the bushes. Silence was brought across the plains again, almost until Globox was left with nothing more than a small chunk at the size of his fingers. He was about to inhale it in, but... that was until the sound of a broken twig caught his attention.
"Who goes there?"
He dropped the plum remains on the floor, with the "sugar cellar" dropping several seconds later. He edged his way away from his rickshaw, looking around the plain nervously. Then... the bushes were brought apart, and the figure made his way into view. By now, only highlights of long hair can be seen upon his back.
"I have seen what pressure you have been pushed into lately."
"Who..." Globox blinked. "Who are you?"
"My name will be kept in secrecy unless I state it myself."
He turned around, bringing the hair across his face. Globox's face started to show confusion, as he made his way closer towards him. In an instant, he placed his hands upon his shoulders, causing him to turn around and set their eyes upon one another's. By now, the toad started to shake upon his arms.
"Tell me, why were you spying on me?" he asked with his hands shaking.
"Do you wish to be reunited with your so-called 'Uglette' again?"
He reluctantly give out a nod. As that happened, memories of the past few minutes he spent with Uglette continued to roam through his mind, leaving his skin to turn from its regular blue to an icy sky blue color, with his pupils shrinking down to the size of sunflower seeds.
"Anything, please!" the blue toad cried out loud.
"Well, here's something that will charm a woman's heart."
In an instant, he put his hands together, and that formed a bright white essence of magic. A few flashes of energy were seen, before an image of a flower with multicolored petals can be seen into view. He instantly looked upon it and its beauty, with a light smile starting to show on his face.
"The Blossom of Time. A flower with enough beauty to capture even the most stubborn of maidens. Surely that will help you, will it?"
Globox started to jump up and down with excitement. "Where is it? Tell me about it!"
He brought himself into a crouching position, with his hands brought into a begging position. While that hapened, the energy mass started to dissolve into thin air, leaving the figure to start walking away from Globox and back towards the bushes that he once came from.
"I'm sorry, but that's what you're going to have to find out for yourself."
With a twitch of one of his eyes, he jumped back into the bushes. Madly, the toad went towards there, and pushed them open. He shouted, but... there was no sign of the creature anywhere. That left him to push his way out from the hedges, and look up into the sky.
"But I need a helping hand on where to start!" he shouted in a panicked tone.
"Just follow the stars", said the voice from afar. "You know that they'll be right there."
That left a curious look upon Globox's face, as he turned around, and saw his rickshaw again. He looked from there, to the dark skies, back and forth, scratching his back every four seconds or so. He then gave out a reluctant sigh, and made his way back to his vehicle.
"Follow the stars...? What kind of nonsense is this?"
He looked down, and resorted to a shrug before taking a hold of the bars, and pulling the vehicle along the road ahead of him. It seemed that a long journey was ahead of him, one that will either end in tears or hope. But will he manage to pinpoint the rose's location? Either way, a reckless night will be creeping upon him.
And so will the cold winds upon the clearing...
-end of Chapter 1-