(Disclaimer: I don't own any of the mentioned game, movie, or TV names, and I don't own the 'Klonoa' franchise. I only own the new characters used, and the story I'm writing.)
Hey readers! Sorry it's been so long, (And I mean very long!) since I've updated but I've been a bit preoccupied. But during the time I have been making plans for the geography of the world. And now I give you Chapter .3. other wise known as…
Chapter .3.
'Atora, World of Dreams.'
Wally opened the door to his new room and closed it behind him, locking it for good measure. After his fight with Kuma, people have started flocking him either trying to get an autograph, or get a picture. There was even the occasional teenage girl trying to ask for his hand in marriage. Wally paid them no mind and tried to be just a normal teen trying to live his own life. the paparazzi soon proved to be nothing more then a pain in the butt. So Krowbar used part of his winnings from a kind of lottery to pay for a new room. A room Wally put to immediate use by retreating into it for the night.
Wally looked around the room. Whoever lived in it last must've been a complete bookworm; in the bookcase across the room were books of every kind. The books ranged from text books, to very interesting looking stories. Some of them were adventure titles which had names like 'Kingdom Hearts', 'Spyro the Dragon', 'Radiata Stories', and others. (that's right I decided to use the names of other games for books.) Wally walked up to the bookshelf, flabbergasted. "Krowbar didn't say anything about this room being a mini library." An idea suddenly struck Wally. He thumbed through the titles until he found the object of his search. He pulled out a somewhat thick book with the title 'Atora: History and Geography of the World of Dreams; By Archimedes Owl.' on the front. Wally sat on the bed near the bookshelf, and looked at the book. "Well I suppose if I want to keep my friends from being suspicious, I might as well get started…" Wally put his hands on each side of the book and prepared to open it, when a thought struck him. He chuckled a bit as a small memory went through his head.
"Master Wally!" Cried a familiar voice with an English accent. A human version of Wally looked up from his computer screen and turned around to see the good butler Jeeves. "What Jeeves?" Wally asked with an innocent tone, Jeeves seemed somewhat displeased. "Have you been on that infernal computer all day?" Wally looked at the computer which shown his document and picture folder completely full. "Well…" Wally attempted to say, but after seeing the look on Jeeves face, he knew it would be no use trying to make excuses.
'Cue scolding' Wally thought, somewhat annoyed. After that Jeeves went all out, scolding Wally for being on the computer all day, and went over the rules, saying that he should take some time playing outside or reading a book. To which Wally responded with, "It's too boring outside and… Reading? You're kidding right?" Jeeves seemed even more peeved. "Yes reading. Reading you can take you to brand new worlds and it can be quite interesting." Wally seemed to take that as a joke. "Yeah… Sure… The only time you'll see me with a book, will be the day I grow a tail and look like a rat."
Author's Note I suppose I'm overusing the whole rat joke thing, I'll try to come up with new material.
Wally chuckled one more time and looked at the book, "Well Jeeves, I guess I'll take your word for it." Wally said as he opened the book. The young mongoose skipped the table of contents and began reading. It was about time he caught up with what kind of world he was in.
"So Krowbar where did you find this extraordinary boy?" A random reporter asked. "Do you believe he has a future as the new 'Hawk of Pain' arena champion?" The press and the newspaper writers had Krowbar completely surrounded asking questions about Wally. "I came across him during my usual walks through the nearby woods. He was unconscious and seemed somewhat hurt. So being the kind old bird I was, I brought him to my place to rest. And I do not have any intentions of entering Wally into the upcoming 'Hawk of Pain' arena matches. Thank you." Krowbar started to walk away while the press tried to follow him continually asking questions. He was about to go to the hallways that led to the rooms when a voice suddenly stopped him.
"Is that a fact, Krowbar?"
Krowbar turned around to see the face of his evil landlord, who was now wearing a tux, to make himself look defined. Krowbar rolled his eyes annoyed. "Eagler what do you want?" Eagler didn't seem to have his evil smile on him; instead he carried a neighborly grin. "All I'm saying is, your boy Wally has a lot of potential in the arena, and he could do quite well, if he was given a chance." Krowbar looked at Eagler confused; he had never acted like this before. "He could even have a chance against the current champion Tauro'." Krowbar inwardly gasped. After a few minutes, Krowbar stared angrily at Eagler, but he didn't say anything. Eagler just continued after a second of silence. "I mean after all, he was able to beat Kuma quite easily."
On a nearby seat, an all familiar bear turned from his drink, and watched the small face-off. Krowbar chose that time to snap back. "Not without gaining his own injuries during the fight! Wally retained a couple of injuries during Kuma's 'Tornado Waltz' attack. In case you forgotten." The reporters seemed to agree with what Krowbar said. Eagler saw that and seemed to inwardly scowl. "But still…" Eagler began, this time there was a small gleam in his eye. Krowbar didn't like the gleam one little bit, and no one else seemed to notice it. "I mean after all, Wally could do well against the champ. Are you sure you're not just holding him back from his true potential?" As he finished his statement, he patted his pants pocket which seemed to have something inside. Krowbar looked at Eagler confused, once again the reporters didn't notice. "How about we work something out? I do have a small proposal for you and your young fighter Krowbar."
Krowbar didn't know what was going on but he figured that he better play his game before something bad happens. "Okay, we'll talk." Eagler's grin grew a little. "Come to my office, Krowbar. We'll talk there." Then he turned to the reporters. "And nobody follow us, I have to keep up the family's business secrets, after all." The reporters agreed and backed off allowing the two birds to enter the manager's office. Krowbar's heart began to race. 'Something's wrong.' He thought. 'Eagler was too gleeful I just hope that what's coming next doesn't involve Wally. He's a good kid after all.'
Meanwhile at the same time in Wally's room, Wally had just finished reading the chapter's prologue and started reading the chapter. It seemed to be about the geography of the world he was in, the world named Atora.
(The next few paragraphs will be directly from the text book Wally's reading. When the print is in 'Italic' it is the books words.)
Atora today
'The world of Atora is made up of three different continents. In the Western hemisphere is the continent, 'Malabark', (Pronounced: Maul-a bark.) this continent is over 15 million miles of solid land that sticks out of the ocean. It is believed in ancient times, that a caveman like race lived on 'Malabark'. The remains of their civilizations can be found in ancient castles all over the continent. In the Eastern hemisphere there is the continent Arcadia, It is made up of 18 million miles of land, with a city taking up almost half of it. This city is advanced in many ways, and thus it earned the name 'Neo Arcadia'. Traces of an advanced, ancient tribe can be found all over the continent. The third continent surprisingly enough, actually floats 15 hundred miles in the air. It was named Asile' or Sanctuary in the ancient language. Constantly floating in the air, moving above the two continents and the ocean that surrounds them, Asile' is a mechanical floating island. It was created by a group of bird people that was later known as the Babylonians.
Malabark continent geography.
Grand Southwestern Wood.
'Malabark is made up of four different areas that represent a piece of nature. In the southwest of the continent is a gigantic wood area that takes up more than 3 million acres of land in itself. This wood was soon named 'the Grand Southwestern Wood'. All sorts of forest animals live in these woods, living life uninterrupted by the outside world. Among these species are bears, squirrels, moose, some species of birds, armadillos, and others. Hidden deep in the center of the woods is supposedly the biggest and oldest tree ever known in the history of the world. It was supposedly seen by brave explorer 'Neo Arcadia Jones' who had crashed his plane in the South Western Wood and was later found in a village near the edge of the forest. when he was later questioned, he had this statement to make; "The forest looked like it could go on forever. After what felt like days of wandering, I saw the greatest sight I had ever seen. Right in the center of a gargantuan clearing was the biggest of all the tree's I had seen. It must have been at least 3 hundred, thousand miles in the air, and at least a thousand miles wide. The tree seemed surrounded by a strange ruined fort, with stairs that led up to a somewhat big hole halfway up the tree. I later found out from the locals that I had seen Ultima Tree, a tree that supposedly only the most pure hearted of people could see." Even today many people make questions such as, "Where is the Ultima Tree?" or "Does the tree even exist?" Many people have went to see if the tree exists but no one yet was able to find it.
Wally turned the page but stopped looking at the book, he looked at the ceiling as a thought went through his head. 'Jeeves, you were right.' Wally looked back at the book and said quietly. "Reading can be interesting." Wally found his original stopping point and went on with reading.
Krowbar took a seat in the chair at the front side of the desk, while Eagler sat behind the desk. Krowbar didn't know what was going on, but he figured it wasn't anything good, and the now evil smile only heightened Krowbar's fear. Krowbar was the first one to talk. "Okay Eagler, what's this about?" Eagler evil smile widened, it looked like if it got any wider it would take up his whole beak. Krowbar's feathers started to stand on end. "Krowbar… During your time with the reporters, I took the liberty of searching your things…" Eagler brought his hand to his pocket and started to pull something out. Krowbar seemed outraged. "Search my things! Who in Atora gave you the right, Eagler?"
Eagler continued unfazed. "And I came across this." When he finally brought his clenched hand up to Krowbar's face he opened he opened his grip revealing a small pendant. Krowbar gasped at the sight of it. It was a small pendant that looked like a stone carved to look like a sun. "A Warrior's Pendant… No doubt something the young rat was carrying… Before you CONFISCATED it."
Krowbar's mouth was agape. What Eagler said was a hundred percent true. Realizing he was caught he lowered his head, but he refused to speak. "Go on Krowbar speak your peace, there is no way the outside world can hear your words." After hearing that Krowbar lifted his head and spoke slowly. "Okay… I found that around his neck when I brought him to my suite. I confiscated it and was going to get rid of it after I showed the boy around." Eagler started to frown. "So you confess…" That struck a cord inside Krowbar and he started yelling. "Listen Eagler! He may have held a Warrior's Pendant, but he's too young to be in the Palace Guards! Why don't… We just get rid of the necklace and forget this ever happened? I mean he's way to young to do any serious damage and he has no memory of being in the Palace Guards..!"
Eagler looked undone for a second, then he looked like he was way passed ticked off. "Are you saying we should just forget what this group did to our people in the past and allow this rat into our lives. The Palace Guards don't choose just anyone, and the ones that are chosen are completely relentless. Are you saying we should take our chances, let the mongoose stay here and let him have his own way with us?" Krowbar stared exasperated. "HE'S JUST A BOY!" Krowbar shouted, which Eagler responded by jumping out of his seat and yelling, "I DON'T CARE! HE'S ONE OF THOSE MURDEROUS RATS AND THAT'S ALL HE'LL EVER BE! AND I'M NOT SURPRISED BY HOW YOU'RE PROTECTING HIM THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO BECOME ONE YOURSELF!"
Krowbar stared angrily at Eagler, who only returned the angry look. After a second Eagler seemed to relax, and sat back down. It was silent for a while as Krowbar sat down, until Eagler finally spoke up. "Okay Krowbar… If you are so sure about yourself, then how about a bet?" Krowbar looked at Eagler confused. "What kind of bet?" Eagler brought the warrior pendant back up. "It's simple. The boy is to face the champion of the 'Hawk of Pain' arena tomorrow…" Krowbar sat up in his seat. "The day AFTER tomorrow!" Eagler looked at Krowbar angrily. "Fine… 'the day after tomorrow'… And here's the stakes…" Krowbar tensed up.
"If the rat…" Krowbar once again interrupted. "WALLY!" Eagler was starting to get a bit angrier. "Fine… IF, 'Wally' is to beat the champ. I will give you back the Warrior's Pendant, and I will not tell anyone about what, 'Wally', could really be…" Krowbar was so tense he was as stiff as a board. "And if the champ should, (Gulp.) win?" Eagler's smile started to build back up again. "Well lets just say the secret about your new little friend, won't be a secret for long." Krowbar didn't like the stakes, heck nobody would like stakes that involved personal matters, but he knew he had no choice. It was either he fought for what he wanted or, well, things wouldn't be looking to good for Wally.
"Fine your on… But remember Eagler… If you go against the stakes, well… 'What goes around, comes around'." Krowbar said, holding his hand out for Eagler to shake. "You do not need to say that, Krowbar. If I'm anything I'm a man of my word." Eagler shook Krowbar's hand while the two looked at each other with extreme malice. Both birds walked outside where paparazzi and reporters alike awaited them. Eagler stepped forward, and cleared his throat quieting them down. "I have spoken with Krowbar, and we have decided that in two days, not including this one… That Wally will be facing the champ of the 'Hawk of Pain Arena'." He was obliged with cheers from the people, reporters and paparazzi alike. Eagler looked back to Krowbar. 'Be there, or be square.' Eagler mouthed and walked away. Krowbar looked at the leaving bird angrily. 'Oh we'll be there, and you'll be the who's square at the end.'
Polaris Mountain: The mountains to the north.
The Polaris Mountains are the mountains that are located in the north area of the Malabark continent, it mostly consists of some of the highest mountains the world over. In estimation there are about five different mountain ranges in this region, in between them all is a grand valley where a village is partly hidden. In the village, the people depend on crops grown in the mountains supremely fertile soil for food, and for another source of profit, the people mine out all sorts of metal from the mountains themselves. Among these metals, the rarest of them is Mythril. This metal was said to have been used to create most of the ancient ruined castles around Malabark, and is hard enough to even scratch pure diamond. Finding Mythril today is rare but not unheard of. There have been random cases of people finding the metal but only two or three of them turn out to be true Mythril. Mythril can be determined by one solitary trait, Mythril often has two colors on it's surface. The most normal cases of Mythril are a purple color, with a gold tint along with it. The village was named after the people found Mythril in the mines, so it was named Luin, town of myth.
Wally lifted his head up from the book, when he heard someone knocked on the door. He made a mark about where he was in the book and put it away. When he opened the door, Wally was surprised to see it was Krowbar and he looked distressed. "Krowbar? What are you doing here?" Krowbar didn't answer at first, but after a few seconds he said with a small smile. "How about we have a slight walk-and-talk… There's something we need to talk about." Wally rose what some would call an eyebrow, but shrugged his shoulders and followed Krowbar out closing the door behind him.
Wally had followed Krowbar to the Tavern area, where they took a seat in a nearby booth. Krowbar seemed to look distressed. Wally decided to speak first. "So Krowbar what seems to be the problem?" Krowbar groaned a little. "Listen Wally… Did you… Like fighting Kuma?" Wally seemed confused, but after a little while he raised his head and gave a small smile. "Well it was fun while it lasted. It gave me a little insight about what I was capable of." Wally looked back to Krowbar. "But why ask such a question?"
Krowbar at that point told Wally what had happened back in Eagler's office, about the Warrior Pendant, about the threat, but most of all, about the big bet. Wally seemed somewhat confused. "But I never owned a Warriors Pendant." Krowbar seemed to stare at Wally with an expressionless look on his face. He suddenly pulled out a photograph and gave it to Wally. "Does this look familiar?" Wally brought the picture up to his face and had to gasp with surprise. On the picture was the same necklace that Jeeves had given him, the night before he entered this weird world. "Hey it's that necklace Jeeves gave me! The one my father wanted me to have!" Suddenly a sickening realization hit the young mongoose. He looked to his black feathered friend. "This… This is a Warrior's Pendant… Isn't it?" Krowbar nodded.
Wally and Krowbar were silent for a while, that is until a familiar somebody walked up to the two friends booth. "Well, well, if it isn't the little hero?" Wally looked to see, once again, the friendly yet almost frightening face of 'Kuma the Clawed Hurricane' himself. "What are you two so silent about? I thought you'd be celebrating Wally. After all, you did beat me in a fair contest." Wally smiled at their large company. "Yeah I suppose so… If it wasn't the fact that I'm going to get kicked out of the hotel, unless I fight the champ two more days from now." Kuma seemed somewhat frightened by that remark. Then he looked at Krowbar who seemed to go pale after he did. "You signed him up for another match? He needs a lot longer then three days, counting this one to heal! What is wrong with you!" Krowbar's eyes widened as he tried to go further back in the booth which only succeeded in trapping him. However before Kuma could even get started in a little brawl, Wally put his hand on the big bears shoulder. "Kuma, he didn't much say in the matter either. Eagler was the one that forced the match."
Kuma suddenly seemed to seethe in hatred, "That conceited little feather brain? That punk is the one that promised to double or maybe even triple my payload, if I put the serious smack down on the Feathered Wonder!" Wally's mongoose ears perked up and his eyes widened considerably. "Say what?" Meanwhile Krowbar stopped cowering at the end of the booth and also started to seethe in anger. "I always knew that madman liked getting what he wanted, but bribing other fighters? He's hit an all-time low…" Wally stared at Krowbar questioningly. "What is with you two? You're always fighting, and when you're not fighting, you're making angry threats." Krowbar stared at the boy. "What happened?" Krowbar seemed to tear up a little. Wally looked at Krowbar concerned. "Krowbar?"
Krowbar after a bit wiped his face clean of any tear. "A story for another time boy… A story for another time." At this point, Kuma was staring at the old bird, but he soon got back to the problem at hand. "But Wally we should be focusing on the problem we have right now in just a few more days you're going to be facing one of the biggest fighters the 'Hawk of Pain Arena' has ever seen! What are you going to do?" Wally looked up at his big companion, and jumped out of the booth's chair. "Aw come on, he's probably no bigger than you are, and he's probably as dumb as a sack of bricks. How bad could he be?" Suddenly he took a good look at his friends who seemed to be cowering about something behind him.
That was when Wally noticed a gargantuan shadow covering him. Wally had a big chill going down his spine as he turned around and came face to face with the biggest dogone creature he had ever seen. The creature was virtually identical to the creature he had seen on the poster back at Krowbar's room, only he seemed much more frightening in real life. He must have been a good ten feet taller then Wally, and probably had to duck whenever he came into doorways. Before Wally could react, the humungous creature grabbed the collar of Wally's shirt and brought him up to its face. It roared only one statement, a statement that made Wally almost regret what he just said.
"Dumb as a sack of bricks, huh?" He said as Wally gulped nervously.
Author's notes: Well thats chapter 3 for you. And it seems that Krowbar has just let on something about his past. I hope you enjoyed this chapter! So tune in next time for chapter 4 of the "Legend of the Dream Traveler". That is if you want to see what happens to poor Wally.