Chapter 13 (woohoo! the unlucky number!)
Well thanks to everybody who reviewed… Once again… I love you guys too much.
Anyway, this story is coming to a close (I'm judging about 3 chapters to go… maybe 5 if I can stretch it… counting this one of course) and I have some announcements to make
When Halloween comes around again, I shall be updating "In Honor of Halloween" … I admit, chapters 1 and 2 were a piece of crap… but 3 and 4 are going to be a hell lot scarier… so if you scoffed at my "attempt" at horror, I'm giving a warning that 3 and 4 are going to have deaths in them, and they WILL be scarier.
After this, I'm going to start on new stories… The one I'm definitely going to be starting next is going to be a Nana/Y.Link one… I'm not really sure what the title is going to be yet… But I already have the plot… One thing's for sure… It's not going to be as serious as this one XP… I also have some other ideas, but I'm going to wait to see if I can actually stick with these ideas, because I usually tend to go "bleh" in the middle of them… and I just don't feel like finishing it.
Well, here's chapter 13, hope you enjoy! By the way… It's raining right now… so if this chapter seems a little gloomy… let's just say my mood goes with the weather… XD
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Popo's POV
Her footsteps echoed the hallway as we followed; Me, Nana, and Adelaide up in the front and Young Link and Ness in the, looking extremely nervous in the back.
"Excuse me, my Queen, but where exactly are we going?" Adeleine asked in an unusually polite tone.
The Queen turned around and smiled, her thick braids whipping everywhere as she turned. "You'll see." She smiled. Her eyes seemed to look past us for only a minute before she returned Adeleine's gaze.
We passed gardens that were filled with unusual, but pretty trees and plants. The Queen caught me looking at the plants in awe and she smiled softly. She walked up to a silver leafed tree and plucked a maroon colored fruit that looked like a pear. She handed it to me and said, "Eat it. It is very rare and delicious here."
I took the fruit, which was fuzzy like a peach's and bit into it. It was tasty. It tasted tangy and sweet, nothing like I ever tasted before. It also held an addictive fragrance. The juice dripped down me, and there were no seeds, rind or anything. Puzzled I asked, "How does it grow, if it doesn't have any seeds?"
She responded, without looking back, "You plant the fruit itself."
It went against whatever I was taught at school, but this was after all, a different planet. We passed fountains that were not only made of marble, but crystal, gold, silver, ruby, emerald, or any precious material you could think of. Not only water shot out of the fountains, but other liquids that I could not identify. I could've sworn one silver fountain was gushing out chocolate. Sometimes, fairies dashed around everywhere, but when I looked closer, the fairies seemed to turn into a piece of gnarled wood, or something other.
At last we reached the doorway, and The Queen pushed open the grand, red and gold doors. It opened with a majestic creak and we entered.
The floor gleamed and sparkled. The Queen sat on her throne comfortably, while we stood. The door shut behind me and suddenly I became nervous.
"So, you are here." She simply stated. She seemed to be looking at Ness more than anybody else.
"Er… yes, Your Highness. Although I do not know ho-" Adeleine started.
"Did I say you could talk?" The Queen shot her a painful smile. Adeleine quickly was quiet. "Now… I don't know how you five got here but you certainly are not welcome here."
Beneath my mittens, my hands grew cold. My eyes nervously darted about. Adeleine's gaze, which was on the floor as a mark of respect, shot up quickly. "I beg your pardon?" She asked.
"I said. You. Are. Not. Welcome. Here. Should I repeat that in a different language? Chinese? Latin?" She asked. It was strange and scary how she was still calm.
Adeleine dropped her respectful and adult-like speech and yelled, "That's it, where is Kirby?"
The Queen smirked, revealing pointy teeth all of a sudden. We flinched at the sight. "Aren't you smart? Unfortunately, you aren't smart enough to know that I wouldn't answer that question!" She snapped.
Adeleine stared at her furiously. Simultaneously, Nana, Young Link and I reached for our weapons in case if there was any trouble. Ness seemed to be in pain. He gasped and threw himself on all fours.
"Ness!" Adeleine screamed. "What's wrong!" She ran to the PSI boy.
"I infected his powers. Unfortunately, people who have psychic abilities can be harmed through the very same way, they harm people." Her smile tightened.
Adeleine stared at the brunette royalness again. All of a sudden she whipped out something from her pocket. For one wild moment, I thought it was a wand, or a dagger. But it was a paintbrush. Nana, Young Link, and I all stared at her.
She dashed to the nearest clump of trees and plucked several colors; shades of pink, black, blue, and red. "If you don't tell me where Kirby is…" She left the threat open.
The Queen stared at her. "You wouldn't dare." She hissed.
"Oh yes I would." Adeleine responded evenly. "So I take that as a no?"
And without waiting for a response she broke open the fruit and the juice dripped down. Then she dipped her brush in the black fruit and began to draw an out line of a circle, eyes, mouth, cheeks, two clumps of shoes and arms. Then she dipped her paintbrush in a crystal fountain and dried it. She began to paint the insides pink. Surely she wasn't painting… Kirby?
But she was. Tremblingly but surely, she kept drawing. Finally all that was left was Kirby's blue eyes.
"Don't you dare!" The Queen leaped from her throne. "If you do, I will kill you!"
But Adeleine just kept drawing. She added the final touch of blue to his eyes. We didn't know how this was supposed to affect our real situation, but we kept watching. "Wait!" Adeleine shouted. There was a parchment-colored fountain nearby and she dipped her paintbrush in. Then she began to draw something in Kirby's hand. It was the map! It certainly looked like it.
Suddenly the painting glowed a fervent blue. And Kirby popped out, holding a map, looking utterly confused.
"Kirby, you need to save her! She's possessed by Dark Matter!" Adeleine yelled.
(A/N: Dark Matter is in Kirby Crystal Shards 64… that's the stuff Kirby has to defeat… basically its just this black stuff with one eye in the front that possesses people)
Kirby dazedly looked at the Queen, "I destroyed the Dark Matter though…" He muttered.
"But she's possessed. I can feel it!" Adeleine shouted.
Kirby sighed. "Okay." He gave the map to Ness, who had stopped writhing on the floor.
"Guards!" The Queen shrieked. Instantly, two fairies came in the room, with spears that had pointed crystals at the end of them, came in. "Kill her." Her eyes rooted Adeleine on the spot. She stuck the paintbrush in her pocket
The guards immediately pointed their spears at Adeleine, and a strange beam of light shot from their spear to Adelaide. She gasped in pain, and fell to the ground. The guards stiffly waited for the Queen's next command.
"Adeleine!" Ness shouted, as we all ran toward her.
"Hello Ness," She smiled at him for the first time. It was full of pain.
"Adeleine? What can we do?" He asked.
"There is… nothing you can do. Usually it only takes one shot of their spears… to kill somebody." She said, gently.
"Well… there has to be something…" Ness said.
"There is nothing. It was my decision… Ness…?" She suddenly asked.
"What?" He answered.
"I know I seemed kinda distant with you before… I thought you were a snob before, because you were always so polite… but I can see that you are really a nice person. I really like you…" She smiled. Her eyes were sliding in and out of focus, as she struggled to stay conscious to hear what he said.
Ness's eyes brimmed with tears, but none fell. "Adeleine… I… I've liked you since we've met." His cheeks flushed slightly, but he kept his eye contact with her.
Adeleine smiled, "Really? You are the… first person…" But she never the time to finish; her eyes really slid out of focus this time. This time she really was gone. And there was nothing we could do about it.
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Mewtwo's POV
"Well?" I asked in my typical quiet voice.
"What?" Giovanni asked; his voice was hard and cold, but amused.
"You clearly are not going to let me out of here." I said.
"You have assumed correctly." Giovanni sneered. The scientists that were milling about were suddenly gone now.
"Why have you done this?" I demanded.
"I have a proposal for you." Giovanni said.
"What is it?" I asked, annoyed. I would never work for Giovanni. It was because of him, I almost became evil. And he thought he could control me. But he was strong.
"I am going to take over a kingdom." He started.
"And…?" I calmly pressed.
"Let me finish!" He snapped, "This kingdom is called Alt… Altr… Damn it, what was that name again?"
"Altea?" I quietly responded. I knew all about Altea. When Giovanni started to say it, I already could tell what he wanted. But I kept quiet, and decided to play dumb.
"Yes, whatever." He forced his mouth into a smile, "I need you to join forces with my team of Pokemon destroy it."
"And if I don't?" I asked.
"You will stay here, powerless." Giovanni sneered. "Unless you consider my offer."
I didn't know what to do. What was there to say? On one hand, I would be destroying Marth's kingdom in exchange for my powers. On the other, I could act noble, but sacrifice my powers. I needed my power, but I knew it would not be wise to destroy a kingdom. Hundreds would die at my hand.
Pichu's POV
Alone. So alone. And afraid of what would happen. Pikachu… Jigglypuff… they were gone. And I was alone. In this godforsaken place. It was really dark too. And one of the things I feared a lot was the dark.
I was in a place surrounded by wires and metal. The floor was metal, the ceiling was metal, the walls were metal, and wires hung from the ceiling like vines. I wish Pikachu were with me right now. I shivered and waddled forward. I was alone and I didn't want to stay here any longer.
That's when I heard the voices.
"Well… speak up." I heard a cold voice say.
"What is there to say?" I heard a quiet voice say back. I recognized his voice immediately. It was Mewtwo. I hopped up to the door, joyful to have found somebody I knew.
"Well, are you going to accept my offer or not?" the cold voice sneered.
There was a very pregnant pause.
"I'll be waiting for your answer. For now, I have other matters to attend." The cold voice said.
The door, that I hid beside, opened suddenly and a dark shadow strode out. It was tall, but I couldn't see anything else because it was so dark. I quietly slipped in as he went out. He didn't see me. I saw Mewtwo, wrapped up in a hunk of metal. He appeared to be really weak, and he spotted me.
"If it isn't Pichu…" He said quietly.
I squeaked as a reply.
"Well, can you do it or not?"
"What?" I asked, suddenly aware that my voice was tiny.
"Untie these things!" Mewtwo said, with a hint of impatience in his voice.
I was surprised at his tone of voice. Mewtwo always spoke in a calm, quiet, mysterious voice.
Mewtwo must've realized how he spoke because all of a sudden he said in his usual tone, "I don't know what's wrong with me. All of a sudden… I feel as if I can… feel. It is harder to suppress my emotions. I feel hatred for Giovanni, impatience in you, and curiosity as to why Giovanni wants to take over Altea… I feel as if my mind and heart are in chaos. I think now that my powers are gone, so is my ability to have a calmed mind."
It was difficult to understand what he was talking about. I wished Pikachu were here to explain why. But Pikachu was gone. I even wished Jigglypuff were here, even though Jigglypuff usually was annoyed at me.
I scrambled up to the mysterious Pokemon and began to nibble at the wires that tied him up. Occasionally, it sparked but I really didn't mind, since I was an electric Pokemon. Finally, the wires were free Mewtwo floated to the ground.
Wait… floated?
"I thought your powers were gone."
"Those things that held me down, took my power away." Mewtwo corrected. He was calm again.
"Now what?" I spoke the question that was probably on both of our minds.
Mewtwo wasn't paying attention. He was looking at the dark hallway, from which I came from.
"Um… Mewtwo?" I asked timidly, to get his attention.
"Look." He whispered. I looked. And my jaw dropped.
The wires that had been hanging from the ceiling were now flowering vines. The cold atmosphere was now nice and warm. Stranger yet, grass was growing at this very moment, toward us. Trees and plants sprouted on the ground, and insects of every type were crawling. Animals peeked shyly from the trees. The metal ceiling and walls disappeared. The sky was a brilliant blue.
"What's going on!" I asked shrewdly.
"I do not know." Was Mewtwo's reply. I could sense curiosity coming from him, though he didn't show it.
"Well…? Are we going in or what?" He asked.
I stared at the forest. I certainly liked it better than where we were standing. And somehow, it felt like it was drawing me in. It felt nice, unlike all my past experiences. "Definitely." I said. I scampered down the soft grass, and Mewtwo floated after me.
Mr. Game & Watch's POV
After what seemed like forever, my feet slammed down onto hard earth. Strangely, I felt very heavy. I was always light as a 2-D, but this was ridiculous. I wasn't accustomed to my weight. It was weird.
That's when I realized something with a chill.
I wasn't 2-D anymore.
I could wiggle my fingers in any direction. I could face somebody and they wouldn't see a black line. I was really bemused at this predicament. I was scared. How could I be a 3-D?
Worse still, as I surveyed my surroundings, I realized that I wasn't in a 3-D world. I was in a place that was 2-D.
Which meant that the "hard earth" I landed on was now just a line.
"Mr. Game & Watch! Is that you!" Came a voice.
"Falcon?" Relieved I looked at the hotshot racer. But he wasn't 3-D anymore. He was 2-D! And behind him was the girl that stole Samus's map piece. The green haired girl, Saria.
"Saria! Is that you?" I asked astonished.
"Yes, it's me." She said. She seemed different from the mean person I knew. Saria was quiet, and she held herself in a more reserved manner.
There was no time to comment.
"This is so weird…" Captain Falcon muttered. "I feel like I'm a piece of paper."
"Well, I feel obese." I snapped back. I hated when people commented on my weight.
"Dude, there was no offense meant." He said, looking surprised.
"What do we do?" Saria asked. I found it unsettling that she didn't find it creepy that she was 2-D and I wasn't. She seemed too depressed to care about anything.
"I'm not sure." The racer replied. He bit his lip and his eyes swiveled around our simple surroundings. Everything was in black or a parchment kind of color.
That's when I spotted my house. "Hey! That's my house!" I pointed. I momentarily forgot that I was a 3-D and that everything else was 2-D, and that I had to maintain my balance, so I took a step without thinking – and fell off the line I was standing on.
I screamed but Saria caught my hand. It was strange to have contact with a 2-D. It felt like I was holding on to some strong piece of paper. She smiled at me, though the smile was feeble. I smiled back. Suddenly she slipped too. Captain Falcon caught her hand. It was like some sort of human chain. I was perplexed. Why did Saria fall if she was a 2-D?
My legs kicked back and forth against the air, as I tried to get up. It was no use. Captain Falcon couldn't support my weight being the 2-D light person that he was, and Saria and I slipped from his grasp and we plummeted…
Down, down, down…
And landed on soft grass. We peered around the place. Saria took a sharp breath. I noticed that we were back in our dimensions.
"What is it?" I asked her.
"I know where we are…" She whispered.
"Where?" I asked excitedly.
"My home town." She strode around, apparently looking for something.
"What are you looking for?" I asked shrewdly. There was a mad glint in Saria's eyes. She didn't look entirely sane anymore.
"I'm looking for somebody."
"Who!" I asked.
"We call him the Deku Tree." She said, not bothering to look at me.
"We're looking for a tree!" I asked in a shrewd voice. I was about to remind Saria that the forest was full of trees.
Saria rolled her eyes, noting my tone. "This one has a face. And it's the wisest tree in this forest. It's also the largest one." She said.
And so began our quest for the Deku Tree.
Or not.
"Stop!" I commanded. Saria stopped.
"What?" She said, with a huff.
"Isn't that, that strange creature? What're they called again…" I strained my brain for the creature's species but Saria beat it to me.
"They're pokemon. Excellent. More eyes." She looked at the small mouse and the cat-human pokemon. She strode over to them
Pichu gave an excited squeak when he saw us and scampered toward us. Mewtwo calmly strode forward. He betrayed no emotions in his eyes as usual.
"Hello Mr. Game and Watch. Saria." He inclined his head, as he spoke.
I smiled in return but Saria just gave an impatient "tuh" and asked, "Same, Mewtwo. Anyway, we're looking for the Deku Tree… You absolutely need to help us!"
Mewtwo stared at her for a while. "The Deku Tree?"
Saria nodded.
"I can't say I have spotted it." He answered.
Saria tapped her foot impatiently against the floor. "Then what are we waiting for!" She started to walk, Mewtwo and exchanged looks, shrugged and started to follow her, with Pichu at our heels.
I wondered what happened to Captain Falcon. Where was he? I continued to walk, thinking about the past events that happened. Then I noticed five humans standing and talking. I recognized their voices.
"Look!" I pointed to them.
Young Link
I saw Adeleine's eyes looking past Ness to know that she was dead. I saw Ness weeping over her. I saw Kirby's face twist into something that looked like agony, hatred, and sorrow. He looked up at the queen.
Popo, Nana, and I stood white-faced. I had seen creatures die before, but I don't think Nana or Popo had.
I put my arms around their shoulders. Nana hung her head, while Popo was still looking at Adeleine's body.
That's when I saw Ness. His naturally, good-tempered face, was contorted into fury. His face had turned a purple, red color. His eyebrows arched downward. He yelled something that I couldn't understand and him and Kirby charged at the Queen. They started to fight with her.
Ness used his psychic power to his extent. Kirby couldn't do much because he had nothing to copy out of.
All of a sudden, the Queen grabbed a spear-like stick from the corner and aimed it at Kirby and Ness. Right when the touched her, a beam of light shot out and before I could do anything, Kirby, Ness, and the Queen disappeared.
There was chaos before. But now there was only an eerie silence. There was nobody in the room right now.
"What now?" Nana asked. She was shaking.
"I don't know." Popo answered for all of us.
"We have to get out of here." I said. Seeing Adeleine's body made me more nervous by the second. Her eyes were blank. A chill shot up my spine. I would never forget that face. (A/N: If you've ever seen somebody or something die/dead with its eyes open… you would probably never forget that look either, unless you've seen too many deaths to count.)
"Wait." Nana's voice trembled. She walked over to Adeleine. She knelt down to Adeleine. It seemed strange to me that she wiped the sweat, and hair out of Adeleine's face. She also straightened out her clothes clothes. There was a large burn mark on her chest where she was hit, that Nana couldn't do anything about. But after straightening everything, she closed Adeleine's eyes.
Adeleine now looked peaceful. She looked like she was sleeping, if it weren't for the burn mark on her. I never knew Adeleine really well. But half of me wished she were just sleeping. Of course, I knew that wishing is quite different from happening.
Nana stood up. She was trembling all over and I couldn't blame her. After all, we weren't supposed to witness deaths at this age. She collapsed in Popo's arms, and that's when her tears started to fall.
"Oh Nana…" Popo said. But I could tell he had nothing to say next. He pushed her hood off and kissed her lightly on her head (A/N: It's called brotherly, sisterly love people... so in case if you happen to be a pervert they aren't in love with each other), hugging her tightly, as she sobbed.
I sat on the floor. Was it only the beginning? How many other people were going to end up like Adeleine?
Suddenly something caught my eye. "Guys…" I breathed.
"What is it?" Popo's shaky voice asked.
"The map." I croaked. It was on the floor.
Popo looked up and his eyes turned to where I was looking. He stared at it. Then he let go of Nana who was now breathing heavily, as if she just ran a marathon. She hiccupped occasionally.
"Don't touch it! You'll get burned!" I yelled.
"I'm wearing mittens." Popo reminded me. He picked it up. He didn't yell. He didn't flinch.
"Thank goodness you were wearing the mittens." I said.
"Yeah…" He walked over to us and I, Nana, and Popo took a look at the map.
"What the heck…?" I muttered.
Ganondorf's POV
"Thank you for rescuing my baby!" The woman gushed at Bowser and me. We stared, bewildered, back at her.
We had just gotten here, with a baby in my hands. And this random lady comes and thanks us for saving it? We were probably missing something here.
"Er… no problem." Bowser said.
The lady seemed entirely too happy. Come to think of it. This place was entirely too happy.
"Would you care to tell us where we are?" I asked.
"Oh you are in Sunnyville!" the woman exclaimed brightly.
Ganondorf and I eyed each other. That explained everything.
I wonder how we got here… I wondered. This place wasn't meant for us. We were villains and this was some bright little Teletubbies world. We could not stay here.
We walked away. "How the hell did we get here!" Ganondorf asked, gesturing at the sunlight, and butterflies that flitted around his head lazily.
"I'm not sure." I frowned, swatting the butterflies out of my way. "But I don't like this place." I spat onto the ground.
Somebody gasped behind me. "Blasphemy!" It was an old man who was tottering on a gnarled old stick. He waved it around and yelled croakily, "I'm going to report yeh for that!"
"For what?"
"For spittin' on the floor, yeh old windbag!"
"You're the old windbag! What with the stick?" Ganondorf retorted.
"Yellin' back to us seniors, eh?" He said with an evil glint with his eye. He fumbled inside his cloak and drew out a locket. He opened and pressed a button. Within a few minutes we heard police sirens.
Within a few more moments we were in a leaky dungeon. "Great." I grunted. "This place looks awful." I looked at cell we were in. It was dank, and uncomfortable. Water dripped everywhere and everywhere was wet. It was filthy even for me!
"Right. Man, even Zelda never had to endure this. I usually trapped her in a clean crystal." Ganondorf said.
I guiltily stared at the floor. "Kinda makes me feel bad for Peach." I said.
"What! You put her in an easily escapable prison!" Ganondorf shoot his Gerudo head. "Man, you're a crappy villain."
"Please." I growled, "At least I don't rely on two witches to always call you back from the dead." I rolled my eyes.
"Twinrova's good as a henchmen than your stupid henchment. What are their names again? Ludwig, Roy…?"
"That's none of your concern. At least I'm-"
"What the hell! Look at that!" He pointed. I turned around—and saw that a wall opened into a forest. I wondered. I wonder what it led to…
Ganondorf was already going through the wall. "C'mon, you prune!" He said. I followed.
"Whoa… The smell of this place, smells almost like Hyrule!" He said. He took a deep sniff and sneezed.
"Idiot." I muttered. I followed him out. The air did smell sweeter out here.
"Now what?" I asked.
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END OF CHAPTER 13
Ugh… You have no idea how much I had to press my brain to do this. I constantly kept running out of ideas. Thank babykoalaprincess because I promised her that if I didn't update before July 1st she would bash me with a hammer XD. So… feedback? I know it ended crappy, but oh well. I'm just happy that I'm done. If you think I forgot about Fox, Falco, and Krystal, I really didn't. I just ran out of ideas, and I decided to put it in the next chapter, just to make that chapter longer.
Oh yeah… Also, I'm going to New York tomorrow to visit my cousins. I'm going to be gone for about a week or so. So if you think I'm dead, I really am not. XD