A/N Chapter 4 starts with the continuation of the flashback with Ness, Enjoy :D

and I don't own earthbound

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Chapter 4

"What is this?" Ness was standing in front of a pencil shaped statue.

He grabbed the edge of it and tried to slide around it

"Wow, AHH!" He fell of into the river and was swept away by the current.

He managed to grab the shore and put himself up. He was back by the cave exit. He sighed, "Now what do I do?"

Brrrring brriing! "Huh?" The phone he got from the rat was ringing, "Hello?"

"Hi, it's Apple Kid. I've invented something wonderful. Come to the burgling park. SLAM!"

Ness closed the phone and pocketed it. "I guess I might as well see what he's got."

Ness backtracked to the park and saw Apple kid sitting by a tree.

"Hey Apple Kid."

"Hi! I've got the most wonderful invention."

"What is it?"

"The 'Pencil Eraser'"

"……how convenient."

"Here." The mouse handed the 'Pencil Eraser'

Ness returned to the place he found the statue and move his hand in an erasing motions while holding the pencil eraser.

"I made it!" Ness laughed at his success.

He had just exited the cave and entered the Happy Happy Village.

"Wow, it's blue," Ness noted the eerie blueness of all the buildings.

"Would you like to donate?" A woman walked up to him.

"No."

"Goodbye."

Ness walked through the village when a man robed in blue, holding a paintbrush and blue paint said, "Blue blue. Die unbeliever of the carpenter!"

Ness sighed, "Why are you even trying? PSI ROCKIN' ALPHA"

The insane cultist flew back and hit a wall, "Huh? Where am I?"

"Guess he turned normal."

Ness saw two cave entrances, one to the left of and one in front of the drug store.

"Hmm two creepy tunnels, wait that girl said something about hearing water," Ness listened for a few moments, "I can hear water from that direction, creepy cave #1 it is then."

The tunnel was relatively short and there was a house in the opening. He entered it and saw that half the house was blocked by bars. He looked in the cell and…

"It's you!"

The girl from his dream was lying on the cell floor, "You came," She stood walked to the bars where ness was.

"We have to get you out of here, stand back." The girl stood at the corner, "PSI ROCKIN ALHPA, wha…? Nothing."

"I tried freeze but that didn't work either."

"You have PSI Powers?"

"Yes," She reached into her dress pocket and pulled out a badge, "you must defeat the carpenter and get the key. Use this and his lighting won't touch you."

"And you know this…how?"

"Umm……that's not what's important." She stuttered, "It's called the Franklin badge."

Ness grabbed it and was about to put it in his pack when, "What are you doing? Just pin it on you shirt or something."

"Right, I knew that." He laughed as he clicked the badge to his shirt.

"Oh," The girl said startled, "I haven't told you my name yet, I'm Paula. May I know the name of my rescuer?"

"Oh, the name's Ness."

"Thank you Ness, please hurry and defeat the carpenter, he is in the main hall."

"Ok." Ness ran off back through the cave.

"I know he can do it." Paula whispered.

Ness entered the main hall to find hundreds of the crazy cultists. There were circles here and there that had nobody in them.

'Oh boy, this'll be fun'

He saw gaps in their "formation" and walked to one of them. There was one guy in the way.

"Hey, wanna get out of my way?"

"Blew blew, sorry in still getting used to whistle it. I'll move." He stood to one side.

Ness continued and found a spot where two where in the way.

"Move."

"Green Green. Oops, I'm still new to this." He moved.

"You too."

"I'll move but don't disturb us." He moved

Ness walked through yet another circle and found his next 'move' spot.

"Stand aside, buddy."

"We are in prayer." He moved.

"You too, get out of my way."

"NO!" He pulled out a paint brush and readied to attack.

"Crap, now they'll all attack." He pulled out his bat and beat the cultist under he snapped to his senses.

"Wow, where…" Ness walked away.

He went through a doorway and found a man behind a counter.

"AAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEE!" the man screamed

"What was that?"

"What did you expect me to do?"

Ness walked up the stairs pass the counter and found the carpenter.

"You had come. Do you want to be my servant?"

"No, I want to beat the crap out of you and free Paula."

"Wha? Die!" Lightning appeared from to domes and hit Ness, "What is happening?"

The lightning was being repelled by the Franklin Badge.

'Wow, it worked' "Ha ha!" Ness charged, up the few steps to the pedestal and wailed the carpenter in the gut. He fell off the pedestal, "Crash Bang Boom Attack!"

Another bolt attempted to hit Ness, but bounced off and hit the carpenter, "AAAAHHH!"

Ness jumped off and was about to hit the carpenter again when, "Wait! I surrender!"

"Give me the key, NOW!" Ness yelled, "and leave, taking your stupid "blue blue" thingy"

"H-h-here," the carpenter said shakily and handed the key to Ness.

Ness left the main hall without another word. He headed back to the building with Paula, but stopped in the drug store first. 'We might be attacked I should get her a weapon' He saw a frying pan and bought it.

He got to the house, unlocked the cell, and gave Paula the frying pan.

"Thank you for rescuing me." She grabbed her teddy bear and followed Ness outside.

"Ha ha, you're getting in the way Ness," A voice growled.

"Pooky, I will KILL you!" Ness yelled.

"Get him boys." Pooky ran off and 3 cultists and 2 spiteful cows advanced on them.

The two companions readied there weapons, "Stand back, PSI ROCKIN' ALPHA."

The two cows were blasted but the cultist remained standing.

thump thump something inside Ness pulsed. He let out his breath and felt like a memory had been released.

"AaaaAAAAAHHHH!" He yelled in anger, "PSI ROCKIN' BETA!"

All but one cultist were gone, and the one that was left was barely standing.

"I got this one," Paula said, Ness was panting from learning his new attack, "PSI FREEZE ALPHA."

Icicles shot out and disposed of the last cultist, "phew, it's been a while since I had to use that. Let's go back to Twoson." She giggled slightly

'It's hard to believe she was going to be sacrificed, she acts like she was just on a walk.'

"Sure, let's go."

As they were leaving they saw Pokey, "Pokey! Time to die!"

"Wait! I feel like I just woke up from a bad dream, let's be friends again." He turned to leave, "Just kidding!" With that he took off running.

Ness would've run after him, but he was too tired from Psi Rockin Beta.

"I'll get you someday!" Ness yelled waving his fist in the air.

"Ness calm down."

"Shut up, you don't even KNOW me!" Ness yelled in her face.

Paula gasped, and burst into tears.

As she dropped to her knees, still crying, Ness calmed himself down and calmly said, "Look, I'm sorry I didn't mean to explode at you. Pokey just makes me so mad, okay? So stop crying."

Paula slowly rose and looked him in the eyes, "I'm sorry," She sniffled and dropped her head.

"Forget about it, k?" He lifted her head so he could she her face, "I'm mad a Pokey not you."

Paula smiled weakly and picked up her stuff, "Let's go. Umm…Ness, you okay?"

Ness was staring into what he had called 'Creepy Cave #2' then like he snapped out of a trance, shook his head and looking at Paula asked, "A-wha?"

Paula scoffed and holding her hip, "Were you ignoring me?"

"That cave…" He said.

"What about it?"

"Something…important…"

"You're not mak- Hey! Where are you going? Twoson is that way!" Ness had started walking towards the cave entrance, as if enticed by it.

"Okay, if it's that important."

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A/N I love this chapter… (Thinks back to years playing Earthbound) I love the game.

Chapters continue to increase. Longest so far