Marie didn't answer, timidly backing into the shadows. As the stranger approached, she reverted back to ghost form, disappearing into the alley. Once again, she found May, who drifted off to another building in curiousity. This room, dank and cold was filled with many giant tubes, each containing a being that resembled "May?" Marie gazed wide-eyed, copies of her friend all over the place.

"I don't think we should be here..." she thought, staring out at the vials in disgust. One of them seemed to draw her spirit toward it, openning its glowing eyes in response, her arm reached out, becoming glued ot the being.

"Eh? Marie!" this caught her by surprise as she pulled away, Marie grabbed her and tried yanking her free. She managed to break her friend free of the copy, urging her to return to Phantomile, saying "That's enough for today…"

The kit nodded in agreement as Marie turned solid, opening a portal back home. In the cloak of darkness, she gestured her hands, tearing a whole through space. The two leapt in, and upon arrival, the Klonian happily pranced about, saying "Now to set to work, all this ghost stuff has inspired me to create a new artifact!"

May sat cross-legged on the ground, bewildered.

"Um, Artifact?" she asked. "Aren't those made by ancients before our time?"

"Yeah, but it's also a name dubbed to magical items in my realm" she answered "I'm always trying to invent new ones!'

"Oh, cool. How do you do that?"

"By mixing magic with common objects" Marie explained "Like let's see..." she reached into her shawl, fetching a writing quill. Holding it like a pencil, she wrote characters onto the ground, leaving behind a glowing symbol "Like this thing I made awhile ago!"

"This quill is useful for arcane magic" she added "Though I don't really know how to do it... but it does make pretty marks, huh?"

The young kit nodded in agreement, asking "Oooh, can I try one?"

"Hmmmmmmm" she said "Sure! I made this pendant here, I had Klonoa in mind when I made it, but it helps one breath underwater. I think there are a few waterfalls around the windmill!"

"Great, I'm always up for a good swim!" May stood. "Does this mean we get to jump off those waterfalls too?"

"Sure" she replied "Keep in mind you're not quite a ghost here, you can't die, but you still need to eat and breathe!" With that, she started towards the direction of the tall structure. The massive windmill lay by the tower that reached the sky. May took a few seconds to stare at the huge structure before following Marie. "Whoa... oh!" She jogged after her.

Marie stopped abruptly, staring upwards at the structure, spiraling up into the sky. As May caught up, the Klonian started talking.

"It's said that the giant tower there was built by one man, Balue, he did it in hopes of reaching the Diva, Lephise. You can see them both if you trek to the top"

"Yeah, but I don't think I'd be able to handle that climb." her voice echoed under the tower.

"Klonoa did, but he had Huepow and the ring helping"

"Wow, your brother must be really strong then. Does he do any endurance training?"

"What are you two kids doing here?" an accusing voice said, an adult voice. From a tall stone wall, a man in his 40s jumped down, causing the ground to rumble by Marie and May. Wearing overalls and a helmet, he seemed to be a dog with long ears, patterned with brown and tan fur.

"...Is that him?" May whispered to Marie. "He doesn't seem like a worker at all. Kinda fat..."

"WHAT WAS THAT!" he bellowed at them in his low voice. Marie frantically tried to come up with something quick "Err... she said nothing, really!"

"...meep..." May quickly learned to keep her mouth shut around those with large ears. "S-so, erm. We're just, ah... walking through…"

"You better be!" he said "The diva is feeling sick today and can't have any visitors!"
"Yeah, yeah" Marie said "Laryngitis?"

May giggled behind Marie, and then stopped to stare at how large the tower was again from the inside. A sight so overwhelming she began to feel a little faint.
"Anyway, we had no intent of seeing her, just going to take a dip in the river! We'll be on our way, oh, by the way, this is my new friend, May" Marie said "she'll be here for awhile."

The kit came back to her senses as she heard Marie. "Oh... uh, yes." she turned and extended her hand. "It's nice to meet you..."

"Same here" he said, calming down "Sorry, sometimes I have a temper!"

"I see..." she replied as she brought her hand back to scratch her head, seeing as he was a little preoccupied to shake. "...well, we'll be going now..."

"Bye, Balue" Marie said, running off, she leapt upon a wooden structure, leading off to a trail. As the two ran down the path, occasionally passing Moos and Pinkies, a waterfall came into view. Marie sped up, taking a leap and a graceful dive, wings outstretched, into the pool below.

"Looks like a long drop!" May called out to Marie, knowing it was only a good 14 feet. "I'll have to prepare first!"

"Okay then" Marie said, diving under. She saw a shimmering of a gem, she swam towards quickly. Grabbing them, she emerged from the pond, holding them up triumphantly "I have dream stones!"

"Hahah!" May laughed as she saw the stones shining below her. Suddenly that faint feeling came back and she began to lose her balance. She clutched her head and began to wobble a bit before slipping over the edge and falling into the pool of water. Marie gasped, swimming towards her. She wrapped her arm around May's shoulder, dragging her out of the pool. Resting her by the shore, she asked "Are you okay?"

Her friend looked up, dazed. Though her eyes were open, she couldn't see anything but darkness and faint traces of light. A tingling feeling flowed through her body and her limbs felt like noodles. "I...I think I'll be fine. I just need. A little...rest."

"Okay" Marie said, picking her up "I think I can fly us home..."

With that, she rapidly flapped her wings until they blurred, lifting them both off the ground. To add to the lift, Marie used her own levitation skills. Heading off in the other direction, she returned home in minutes, bringing May inside. She lied her down on the couch, giving her some free time to set to work on her new artifact.

Meanwhile, back on Mobius inside the warehouse. Mays glove was almost completely engulfed within the clone whose tag read, 'KITmar-7H' once it was completely absorbed, the doll twitched slightly then stopped moving. It had become a part of May's soul.

She slept through the rest of the day, and into the night whilst Marie tinkered away with her magic. By morning, the Klonian child was found asleep at the table, a bracelet in front of her with three small gems. May woke up late that morning; she'd grown too fond of the couch. She stretched as she woke on the couch again, making sure she could still feel her arms and legs.

"What was that...?" she asked herself. "The last time that happened to me was when I didn't get enough water..." She recalled Archinos forcing her to drink 5 cups of water and not allowing her to sleep; he feared she'd fall into a coma. "...Silly Archie, I didn't go comatose after all..."

Marie still slept, arms folded over the table. A few objects and gems sprawled about, and a finished product lay in front of her. Her ears twitched as she stirred, eyes opening slowly. Looking up groggily, she yawned, eyes sunken slightly. Rubbing her eyes, her stomach growled. "Pancakes..." she said, getting up and making her way to the kitchen. May noticed Marie walking through the hallway. She greeted her cheerfully with a, "Good Morning, Marie!" Though her body wasn't feeling all that cheery.

"Mornin' you best eat too, remember what I said, you're semi mortal in the dream realm" she said. She made it to the kitchen, pancakes already made. Klonoa was found at the table, waiting for them both "I figured it was best that I cook today" he said.

"Morning Klonoa!" May cheered again with a smile. The little bit of life she had in her being restored at the smell of pancakes; she couldn't wait to get some. There was a giant tower of pancakes laid out for Marie, and three stacked on a plate for May.

"I'm assuming you don't eat nearly as much as my sister" Klonoa joked "So I hope you're satisfied with three"

May stopped a bit of saliva from drooling at her mini-stack. "Er... Nah, I'm good. As big as these are, I think 3 is plenty." She hadn't had a good homemade pancake in months. Archinos was supposed to make some, but got lazy and made omelets instead.

"Mmmmmmmmm" Marie's mouth watered, gaping open. She sat at her usual spot, snarfing down pancakes in seconds. This would explain why she was well-known as the local bottomless pit. In a matter of moments, she finished her mountain of pancakes. May enjoyed her pancakes slowly, savoring each and every little bite. Once she was done, she stared out the window and toward the risen sun. Once again, she wished Archie was there.