Author's Note- Okay, sorry 'bout the long intro, but let's get to the meat of this.

As Heroes and Heroines X walked (and hovered and tiki-tikied and whatever they do) down the dirt path, they talked about the dangers that would lie ahead.

Super Dog munched greedily on a bag of 'moldy peanuts.'

"Oh! Did you want a peanut, Spy Bird?"

Ahem! I said the dangers that lie ahead!

"Oh… so do you think you could choke on one of these?" Super Dog asked stupidly. Spy Bird just smacked her forehead. Chaoia, who had just recently learned how to speak, mumbled something under his breath that sounded like "Idiot…" Suddenly there was a flash of light and Gardainia emerged from the rays.

"Heroes and Heroines, your friends need your help," she cried.

"Alright then," Harry started, "What seems to be the trouble?" Gardainia rose her hands to bring up a TV bubble thingy (what can I say? Adjectives fail me.) The bubble showed terrible things. These dark monsters were attacking their friends. The smaller sized ones were biting their friends and even some of the heroes held their necks sort of feeling the pain with them. All of their closest friends were suffering, Hermione, Ron (Weasley), Coco, Wilt, Hamtaro, Olimar, Lilo, even Tails and the rest of their pals.

"STOP IT!" Ping cried, "I can't watch this!" Gardainia put the bubble away.

"What in the name of moldy peanuts were those things attacking them?"Kim shuddered.

"They're a force called the Zwanz. They absolutely love causing pain. The tiny ones that were biting them were parasite Zwanz. They are the one's who expose the to the curse…" Garnainia started.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, back up," Chaoy interrupted, "What curse?"

"The Demented Curse is a terrible one. It's a dark shadow that takes over your blood and turns you evil. You aren't aware of anything you do. Usually, they go after their best friends."

"Crud, that's ironic," Ron mumbled.

"I know," Gardainia sighed.

"Well, how can we help them?" Tessa asked.

"Here," Gardainia said pulling a large crystal out of her robes, "you just have to hold this to their face and they'll be better." She handed the crystal to Sora who almost toppled over from its weight.

"Um, that's it?" Agumon said incredulously.

"Sounds simple enough," Sammy stated.

"Unfortunately," Gardainia sighed, "it's easier said then done. If one bites any of you…" She paused to hover down a little. "You have to let it go."

"Uh-huh… let's pretend I'm stupid and don't know what that means," Sonic said.

"Who's pretending?" Dienese smirked. Sonic tried to nudge her but she drew her fangs out and snapped at his elbow just barely missing it.

"It means if you get bitten you have to let it expose you. If you pull it off too soon… the results can be fatal…"

"School word," Cosmo coughed.

"Fatal- resulting in death," Wanda said reading a dictionary.

"Dude, was the dictionary necessary?" Shoyru asked.

"No." Yixi just coughed.

"So, do you think you can handle this task?" Gardainia asked hopefully.

"Do monkeys lay eggs?" Honey asked.

"No," Bloo snorted.

"Oh yes they do! They- oh. You're right… Do people lick their elbows?" Honey asked.

"ARGH!" Amy Lowing screamed, "Yes we can do it!"

"Oh, good because here comes one now," Gardainia pointed. Sure enough, a large black monster was headed towards the team.

"Um, can I go back on that?" Amy L. asked. But it was too late, she had already left. "Crud monkey…"

"C'mon, our friends need our help!" Pikmin squeaked heroically. Everyone nodded and pulled out their weapons (except Mac who forgot he was one of the few who didn't have one and accidentally ripped his pockets off his pants. He blushed and side stepped away from Tessa who was just staring at him funny.)

TO BE CONTINUED…