Globox Chronicles Chapter 6: Rising Hearts, a rayman fanfic

-CHAPTER 6: RISING HEARTS-

The base of the tower, being several miles away from the shore, was shown as nothing more than a wooden deck leading into a building made of brick. It wasn't long until Globox and the others arrived upon the scene, riding the rickshaw among the waves. And as soon as they got there, they got out and looked around the area.
"Well, here we are", the toad blinked. "There's no turning back now."
He started making his way within the building, and that was where... he suddenly came to a stop. He looked back outside, towards his own village, and there, he gave out a lone sigh. His head was hung low as everyone near him came towards him.
"What's the matter now, Globox?" Ly asked him.
"It's... it's Uglette...! Ever since the blast, I couldn't see her for miles around. I'm just worried if she's been turned to toast, just like Sacha."
"Hey, come on, cheer up you big lug!" Murfy beamed with optimism. "If she's not back there, then I'm sure she'd be here somewhere. As soon as Mr. Dark is gone, we'll start looking, ya?"
Murfy came towards him and gave him a warm hug across his body, causing him to look back at him with a curious glance over at him. The toad forced a smile, but then... it soon dropped back into its frowning position. He looked on at the stairs, and looked down again.
"I'm just worried if we find her body and not her spirit."
"You don't have to worry, blue toad", a mysterious voice said.
The voice caused his eyes to widen at the sound, before he looked up around him. Aside from him and his group, there was no one around him to speak to. And it was there that he furiously looked around the base of the stairs, looking for the figure with the voice.
"Who... who was that?" he asked.
"Is that..." Ly gasped with surprise, "Polokus?"
Globox's eyes widened, and he looked above him. It was there that a figure with a top hat and long arms was seen hovering in the air, like a bright white hologram. It soon changed into an electric spark, going inside Globox's body, and causing him to rise up into the air.
"Whoa! What is this... this power?"
It was there that he soon ended up dropping down onto the ground, with a light thud brought across there. He continued to look up, and it was there that a bright blue-white star was seen shining above the scene, before it started heading its way upstairs.
"Good luck, you'll need it!"
All that Globox could do was rub his head lightly, and continue to look up at the stairway, wondering where the spark has ended up at. From nearby, Clark looked on at the scene with a more confused face than his partner's, scratching the tip of his head with his bulky fingers.
"What was that all about?"
"Beats me," shrugged Yura, "but if it's something to do with the top of this tower, it's time we got down to business."
They all gave off a few light nods, and started making their way up towards the top. The wooden stairs started to creak as they continued to make their way up the large distance covered while going up to the top. But with the power earned, it would be worth it to see what would live up there.

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It wasn't long until they all climbed up the tower and looked on at the sight in front of them. It was a clear surface, but at the same time it also showed a lot of darkness and danger. He looked straight on at the other side of the clearing, and it was there that Mr. Dark was seen right there, in a stealthy standing position.
"Mr. Dark!" Globox exclaimed. "What are you doing in this place?"
"Well, I'm glad to see that you've decided to join me. And you've brought over the stem of the Blossom of Time. Excellent! Your soul mate will play her final part!"
He brought out his hands, and allowed for one of the clouds above him to open up, revealing a chamber filled with black energy. Inside there was Uglette, in an unconscious state. The sight of it left him to panic and try to grasp out straight towards her.
"UGLETTE!!!"
He got there in time and tried to bring her out from the captivity she was brought into, but... the black energy was like a reinforced wall to him, leaving his hand impossible to pass through. Then, the curtains closed up, blocking the pair from sight of each other.
"Oh, don't worry about her", Mr Dark smirked. "I'm sure she'll be in good hands. On top of that, she's such a part of you, isn't she?"
"Just leave her alone, mister!" Yura screamed.
"Why should I worry about that? Don't you see what kind of energy she has inside? She has the magic of the ancients brought inside her."
"She's... modified by Polokus?" Globox pondered.
"How else do you think she got here in the first place? She even had her own stained glass window at the fairy council, going to show that Polokus has given her the purest of hearts."
Globox's eyes widened. Did it seem to him that his destiny has now become a fake? He looked down at the stem of the Blossom of Time, unsure about what could follow on from there. And with a light gulp, he stepped forward and looked straight on at his opponent.
"Then..." he started speaking, "what explained that strange meeting in the Fairy Glade?"
"Never mind about Sacha. He was colorblind", winked Mr Dark. "Anyhow, regardless of whatever happens the Blossom will never save you from this dreadful state! Be ready to die under my hands!"
"You're on!"
Mr. Dark gave out a cackle, and placed his hands up into the air. Then, he started floating above the ground, casting bright blue flashes of lightning around him. In the background, Yura looked on at him with fear, before taking cover behind Clark for support.
"Be careful Globox", Ly spoke with a warm tone. "We're counting on you!"
The toad gave out a nod, although still looking frightened at the whole experience. A war to gain back his own soulmate has now begun, even if he felt like it never should really happen. And then, he brought back his hands, ready to clap them both together.
"Release the shields!"
He looked on in front of him, and saw a yellow barrier separating the pair. And then, the clap of the hands was sent out, causing the shield to die down. That left them room for them both to pass into one another's grids, leering on at one another as they went passed.
"Uglette," Globox shouted with panic, "I'll be ready to get you out of this mess, trust me!"
He looked on at the cloud that contained his partner, and imagined in his mind her screaming spirit, wanting to break out of the mess that she was brought into. Then, he looked forward at Mr. Dark, and continued to show anger as he edged closer towards him.
"After travelling all this far, you'll be ready to die right on the spot, above the place you started at! Get ready to be annihilated!"
He brought back his hands, and out came a bright energy bolt, attempting to strike down at him at such a force. That caused him to lose his balance and end up stumbling out of the way just in time. That left Mr. Dark to attack again and send two energy bolts down at either side of him, causing him to stick his stomach muscles in before jumping out from between them.
"Whoa!" Globox shouted with a widened mouth.
He rolled across the ground, looking relieved that he managed to make a swift enough movement to try and dodge the attack. He then looked on at his partners, whom all started cheering on for him at the top of their own voices. The sounds caused his eyes to widen as he continued to look at them.
"Take it easy, you can do it!" cheered Murfy.
"I hope you're right", Globox shouted with a worried expression. "This guy's faster than a cheesecake with legs!"
From further ahead of him, Mr Dark jumped up into the air, with another orb forming within his hands. While that happened, he looked on at the sight of him and started crawling backwards among the floor. A bright black spark formed across the orb, before sending a few small embers to the ground.
"Try this one for size!"
He then launched the orb right out in front of him, causing him to duck right underneath it, looking shocked by how the heat has been turned up in this battle. While that happened, Ly brought out her hands and gave out a whistle from her hands, causing him to turn towards her.
"Use some of Polokus's energy given to you!" Ly commanded to Globox.
"I'll try, if I knew how to use the thing...!"
He looked down at his own hands, which both started to shine a bright white color, as if his gloves were connected by an electric circuit. Then, he looked at his opponent, and started running across the grounds, before sending both of his hands straight up into the air.
"Yeeeargh!!!"
A thunderclap showed up above him, causing a white energy orb to form within his hands. And it was there that he launched it down onto the ground like a basketball, causing a blast of white energy to form across the ground, blowing Mr Dark's cloak with the wind created.
"Clever tactic!" he cackled. "But... it won't last for long, won't it?"
He gave out a vile laugh, before he started coming much closer towards him, with his hands starting to charge even more. That caused Globox to start sidestepping around him, wanting to see more from him. And then, he started to cast another dark wave of energy, before going onto a higher cloud.
"Take that!" Mr Dark brawled.
He then launched it down to the ground, changing it from its fluffy white to a more cold black-purple color. The sight caused him to scream, with the darkness trying to surround his feet and catch them as tight as they possibly can. With that, he gave off a gasp and climbed up onto the same cloud that Mr Dark was on and sent another charge flow in his hands.
"Stand back!" the toad panicked.
He then sent his hands forward, causing a bright mass of energy to come near him. He tried swerving away from it, but that caused him to end up losing his own balance from the top of the cloud, causing him to start staggering and end up beginning to fall down towards the floor.
"That's it!" Ly smiled from the sidelines. "Keep going! You've almost got him!"
With that, he landed on the ground, and tried getting up, but... as soon as that happened, he looked around him, and ended up seeing his own cloak starting to decay with the darkness. With the sight of that, he panicked, and tried to launch another attack towards Globox.
"Steady!" Ly shouted again. "Mind the stem!"
He looked down at one of his hands, and saw the stem of the Blossom of Time still fixed within his hands. With a pair of widened eyes, he used the electric charge within him to send the energy through to the stem, causing it to shine like a bar of white chocolate on a cold winter's day.
"Time to finish you off, mister!"
Mr Dark looked up at him, whom jumped up into the air, with his hands outstretched. A brighter bolt of lightning was sent from behind him, and then he sent both of his hands straight down towards the ground, causing the ground to quake among them, as well as a gulf of energy to surround them.
The flash remained still for a few more seconds, before it started to fade out right in front of Globox's eyes. It was there that he was able to see clearly again. The yellow skies started to turn brighter, and the cloud he was standing on was no longer cold and dark, but fluffy and white.
"Is he..." he blinked, "gone?"
He looked on at the others, whom all started to show surprise at the sight of the action. Then, they started approaching him, looking down at him with what he has just done. While that happened, a hole started to open out in the cloud, causing them to take a step back away from the edge.
"Whoa!"
And then, from out of the hole, a bright purple bolt of energy shot up straight into the air. He looked on at it with a pair of widened eyes, seeing it continue to surround the area. It then started to fade into nothing, within the brightness of the skies surrounding them.
"You have a lot of courage for a big guy, and I respect you for that. You may have won that battle, but not the war. We'll meet again when you least expect it!"
And then, it started darting its way through towards the horizon, unknowing of where to go from there. That caused them to chase it to the edge of the cloud, seeing it eclipse the sun slightly. Then, they took a hold on one another, surprised by what they have managed to see.
"Is that it?" Globox asked with widened eyes. "Mr. Dark... gone?"
"I don't know," Ly shrugged, "but that'll give us a bit of freedom for the time being."
Everyone looked at her, and gave off a light nod one by one. But... at the same time, the stem of the flower started to glow a more vigorous color. Globox looked down at it, surprised by its very actions, before it started to shake on its own, causing him to drop it onto the floor.
"Wait a minute", the fairy paused. "What's happening to the stem of the flower?"
"Yeah, what kind of energy is building up inside it?" Murfy asked while scratching his head.
It then started to shake its way up into the air, with its energy starting to build up more and more. Then, once it ended up about ten feet above the cloud surface, an energy pore started to form on the tip where the petals of the flower once were, and a beam shone down from it towards a building down below.
"That beam!" Ly shouted. "It's shining onto the Fairy Council! But.. why?"
From behind her, Clark gave out a shrug, causing her to leer back at her with his unintelligent response. And then... a white barrier started to form in front of them, showing a hologram of the actions down there. It struck the primordial core, and from there, its colors started to change from red to green.
"The core..." she said with a muttered tone. "It looks like it's being healed!"
"Wait a minute", Clark started to beam. "It's gaining more energy than before!"
Ly's eyes widened at the sight of it, before she looked closer at it. From there, the room started to light up from its dingy darkness to a bright yellow color. The sight caused them all to smile, as the core continued to expand, further and further until it suddenly changed altogether.
"Wow, could this be the start of a new tomorrow?" she whispered to herself.
The light soon stopped shining down on there, and it was there that the transformation was complete. The core was now a pit filled with green energy, swirling around in circular currents. The hologram soon faded away, and before anything else could happen, the stem pointed down at Yura, before allowing a beam to shine on her.
"Whoa, what's happening to me?"
Ly gave out a gasp. "Yura, steady!"
She was being risen into the air, with the light continuing to shine onto her. Only her shadow could then be seen in front of them all. And within there, her nose started to shrink down to a human-shaped face, and from out of her back, a pair of insect-like wings started to show up upon her. Then, the light faded away, causing her to drop to the ground, showing herself with peachy skin, instead of the regular teal green surface.
"Yura!" Ly exclaimed towards her. "What... happened to you?"
"Wait a minute - I'm not a Teensie anymore, but... a fairy?"
She looked down at herself. Human-based fingers were brought upon her, four on each hand. And she started hovering above the ground, looking shocked with her transformation. Then, the stem started to rise in the air, and from out of there came a hologram of the top hatted figure from before.
"You have now learnt of your dearest desires, Yura", said a distant voice.
"Polokus?"
She looked up at the figure, which started to show more color starting to surround it. Its body was seen as a hazel green color, and its top hat was seen with a pink shade upon it. The sight caused her to gasp at the sight of the majestic figure that was seen right there.
"You were created on this world to see the challenge ahead of you. The challenge of being different to everyone else. Now that you managed to pass the test, freedom has been brought onto you."
It then changed into a bright rainbow-flashing spark, and it started zooming its way across the horizon, with its destination being unknown. She gave out a gasp at the sight of it, and looked down at her once again, before she started hovering up into the air with a smile on her.
"Oh my god, I can't believe it! I'm a FAIRY!!!"
She gave out a backwards flip, with her hair floating within the air as she did so. Around her, a grand amount of applause started to be heard around her. It was there that Ly soon managed to make her way towards her, with a proud look showing up right upon her own face.
"Well done for joining the club. From this day forth, we shall call this day the "Day of Freedom", seeing the amount of dangers we've encountered in recent times, and all being patched up in an instant. To mark it, I shall christen the Primordial Core with a new name."
She looked down at the Fairy Council, and it was there that it started to shine a brighter color. Down below, it started to swell from white to gray, and it was there that she gave off a proud look, and it was there that she brought herself down onto her knees, with her hands raised in the air.
"I dub it... the Heart of the World!"
As she said that, she brought her hands straight to the ground, causing the Fairy Council's swell of energy to change. A bright mass of white energy went around the planet, turning everything that was ruined all the way back into balance. Clear blue skies were brought up once again, and lums now had the freedom to fly around again.

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It wasn't long until the group managed to make their way back towards the Globox Village. Over there, the five of them all made a stop in front of the hut, looking on at the sight in front of it. They looked up, and saw a charge from the clouds head straight down inside his own hut.
"Welcome back home, Globox!" Clark chanted. "Hope you'll be ready to live a peaceful life again!"
"I hope so, otherwise... I'll be just as lonely as I was to begin with."
He then brought up his chest muscles, and started heading his way inside. He looked on at the door with a raised eye for a few seconds, before he looked through the keyhole. The house was in darkness. Then, he started rubbing his hands, and took a hold onto the knob... until...
"Oh, before I forget…" Yura began.
Her words caused him to make a stop, then turn around facing the fairy. She came up towards him, and gave him a warm hug across the chest. She looked up at him, with a soothing look starting to show up upon her own face. And at the sight of it, Globox gave out a warm smile back.
"Thank you for everything", she smiled peacefully. "You brought a lot of hope back into my heart, and it's because of you that you finally realised what I really am."
She flew a bit higher, and gave him a kiss right underneath his eyes. That caused him to start blushing at the sight of the actions, before he started giving out a few chuckles from his mouth. Then, Yura flew back towards the others, and took a warm grasp around Ly's back.
"Be sure to give the Fairy Council a shout if anything goes wrong again."
"Okay, thank you!" he shouted while waving.
And then, they all left together, starting to head back their way towards the Fairy Glade. While that happened, he turned towards his hut, and started heading his way inside. The room was still shrouded in darkness, and all that could be seen were the highlights of a figure rubbing its head in a corner.
"Uglette?"
His voice caused her to stop rubbing onto herself, and looked up upon him. Her eyes were seen perfectly within the darkness, but he wanted more than that. With that, he opened the curtains, showing her for what she's worth. A relieved figure was now seen within her.
"Oh, Globox! Over here!"
She rushed towards him, and took a cuddle around him with the force of a bear. That caused his face to start turning purple with lack of breath. The sight caused her to giggle slightly and take a few steps back away from him, leaving him to gain his air back.
"I'm so glad to see you back! Thank you for saving me!" she shouted while kissing him on the cheek.
"But... I thought you didn't want me around anymore!"
"Oh, it's not that I'm worried about."
She walked towards the other side of the room, and took a hold of a kettle in the far corner. She poured warm water inside a couple of mugs that lied near it, both of which filled with purple "plum" granules. She gave one cup to Globox, whom looked down at it with a straight face.
"You won me back with the feeling that you really do know how to love. And it was all shown from what you did up there."
He looked back at her with a confident face, and while he did that, he left the cup on a nearby window ledge. He then came closer to her, wanting to know if his brain didn't deceive him at this moment in time. He came closer towards her, and took a hold around her hands.
"Really?" he asked.
"Uh-huh, and if it wasn't for you... our babies wouldn't be here."
She pointed over to a pile of eggs in a corner. Some of them started to move about, before remaining still once again. The sight of them caused Globox's eyes to widen at the sight of them. And then, he looked back at her with a half-confused half-relieved look about him.
"I thought they got destroyed in the blast!" he blinked with shock.
"It didn't seem like it. Maybe Polokus gave them a blessing."
"Whatever that's happened," Globox started with a teary expression, "I'm so happy for them!"
He came up close towards the eggs, and started patting them lightly one by one. The vision of becoming a father started to get so close towards him. And it was there that he had a lot to thank for the whole experience. He looked back at her, whom gave out a relieved smile back.
"It's all gone to show", she grinned. "If we didn't cooperate to all this, we would never become parents in the near future."
She then started walking towards the eggs for herself, surprised with what was lying down below. And it was there that Globox looked back at her and patted her on the head. She gave out a blink and looked up at him, before they took a hold of each other's hands and started heading outside.
"I'm just glad I still have you once again!"
They were brought out within the sun, and looked on at the peaceful views that started to surround them. Various lums started to hover around them, showing how peaceful the world has now become over time. They then started heading down a path together, on a stroll, hand in hand, knowing that their relationship has been reformed.

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-EPILOGUE-

Ly was elected as the new Governor looking over the Fairy Council. Her times were spent looking over there and the Chamber of the Teensies, seeing fluid cooperation go between both parties. She was then seen planning hard on defending the heart, although plans are still running a bit weak for the time being.

Yura was assigned as Ly's head commando for her fairy squadron. This left her leading her and the fairies into several excursions across the world, looking over the people and seeing what kind of problems they were facing. The group has left them as a serious rival towards the Teensie Police Patrol.

Clark became one of Ly's main soldiers, if not one of the best she ever had around the council. After a quick diet of several hundred scrambled eggs a day, his strength doubled, leaving him with an ability to carry more rickshaws and breaking through doors.

Murfy started giving advice of life towards the civilians that lived across the world, but while he wasn't doing that he took up a night time job of stand up comedy. His career, however, didn't last long due to the fact that he hated standing up.

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A few days passed since the incident, and it was there that Globox was seen heading up the road alone, with a fishing rod in his hand. On it was a hook with a plum stuck inside it. He made a turn to the right, and saw crimson skies along the shoreline. He started heading in that direction, giving out a joyful sigh.
"Ah, a peaceful sunset sky. Just what I need after a few days' treking, eh?"
He then started making his way towards the edge, and as soon as he did so, he launched the hook straight into the water. While he did that, his attention was caught onto a lone barrel of plum juice brought from right behind him. He looked on at it with widened eyes, before he started leering over at it.
"And that's also the last time I'm touching a plum juice barrel. That cursed stuff seemed to start it all!" he shouted with an agitated expression.
He gave out a light growl within his mouth as he turned back towards the ocean. Over there, the hook was still looking as still as ever. During the wait, a bluebird flew down onto the scene and positioned itself in the middle of his rod, giving off a few light tweets as it managed to do so.
"Hey birdie, if you want to ask about it, just tell the folk that I've suddenly gone allergic to it."
It gave off a nod, and then it flew off into the distance. As it did that, it reunited itself with the rest of its flock, and started flying in the shape of an arrow towards the sunset. He looked on at it with a smile, but... that was until his rod started to shake. He quickly pulled it out, and... he saw that his line was bare, leaving his eyes to widen.
"Uh-oh...! What's happened to my hook?"
With panic, he dived into the water, and tried to retrieve his own hook from the waters... at the expense of piranhas starting to circle his feet. He continued looking, and then... he ended up seeing what looked like his own hook on another line. He took a hold of it, and started making his way towards the surface. But... he then saw that the hook belonged to someone.
"Sorry mister, whoever you are, uh..."
He looked straight on at the owner, whom showed himself as a limbless figure similar to Mr. Dark. This time he had bushy orange-yellow hair, a purple body with a white ring on it, a red neckscarf and a pair of yellow shoes that glowed within the sunset skies. Globox started to blush at the sight of his actions, before the figure brought out his hand and shook his head. To Globox, he has managed to see that things have worked out well in the end.
But to the figure, the end could very well also be the beginning.

-fin-

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