Chapter 30 – Recruiting the Generals

With nothing else left to do in the lower factory, we decided to head back up and meet with the others on the Lor Starcutter. Which means that we have to tell them what exactly happened in there.

I wasn't sure if they were prepared to hear something this extreme, but we didn't have a choice on telling them or not. So each of us explained it in the clearest way possible.

"WHAT?!"

And they still were blown completely out of their minds.

"You mean Amitwo made clones of Arle, Ringo, Raffina, and Lidelle?!" Ribbon asked.

"Yes." I said.

"And she stole Yu's eternal soul in order to power them up?!" Misuki asked.

"Yes."

"And to make things worse, she apparently has teamed up with Zan. As she had taken the clones with her." Susie added.

"With Zan? I haven't heard from her or her sisters in a while. Can't be surprised that we haveto deal with them again." Adeleine said.

"Wait. Her sisters?" Arle asked.

"Zan is part of a group called The Three Mage-Sisters. With her are two others named Francisca and Flamberge. Those three, along with their leader Hyness, revived a titanic god-like humanoid named Void Termina through means of a ritual."

"So, it was basically a cult?" Maguro asked.

"Yeah, pretty much."

"*whine* This sucks!" Meanwhile, Yu was still upset that her eternal soul was stolen from her and is now a live human being. Though now that I look at her, she really looks cute as a human girl. But I'm pretty sure that if I tell her that, she'll get angry. So I'll keep it to myself.

"I miss my old ghostly self! Being human is the worst!"

"Hey…" Us humans that were in the area clearly got insulted.

"Sorry, guys! But it's true! I hated being a human then and I hate being one now!" Yu then started to cry again.

"Yu. It's okay. We'll get your eternal soul back." Rei said while comforting his twin sister.

"Rei's right." I said. "We'll stop this whole entire mess and get you back to normal in no time, Yu."

"*sniff* Th-Thanks, Amitie."

"So, what do we do now?" Arle asked.

"Well…seeing how The Three Mage-Sisters are a part of this now, our best bet is to go after them." Adeleine said. "But the thing is, we haven't seen or heard from them since that event. Finding even just one of them will be a huge chall-"

"Found them." Magolor said.

"Wait, what?"

"Well, just Francisca and Flamberge. Apparently, they're on Blizzno Moon."

"Blizzno Moon? What are they doing there?"

"Who knows. But Zan doesn't seem to be with them."

"I see…"

"Well, that's just lucky." Raffina said. "Now we can at least knock two of these mage-sisters out for good and call it even for those clones."

"Uh…I don't think it'll be that easy, Raffina." Ringo said.

"What exactly is Blizzno Moon, anyway?" Maguro asked.

"It's a moon that's in the gravitational pull of Planet Frostak. It's another ice planet, so Blizzno Moon is just as cold." Magolor explained.

"*sigh* More ice? Geez, I want a warmer area already." I complained.

"We were on a warmer area a few days ago." Misuki told me.

"Those don't count. Volcanos were everywhere in those places."

"Well, it's the last ice area you'll have to go to, Amitie. So just bare with for a little longer." Lemres said.

"*sigh* Fine." I gave in.


Snowy Mini-Planet – Blizzno Moon

We finally landed on the icy moon known as Blizzno Moon. Looking around, I could say that this place is way prettier than Shiver Star. There was no trees or anything around the place. Just mountains and mountains of snow. And the sky…oh wow, the sky. It was a pretty dark blue with even more pretty lights flowing through it. It was the most beautiful thing I've ever seen.

"Wow. What a nice change of scenery." I said.

"Right? It's so pretty here. Snowy days in our world are nothing compared to this." Misuki said.

"Seeing all this snow around is making me antsy. I wanna play in it so badly." Lidelle whined.

"Us, too." Misuki and I whined with her.

"Guys. We need to stay focused." Ringo said to us.

"Ringo's right, girls." Raffina added. "The snow can wait."

"Aw…" All three of us whined again.

"So, where did Magolor said those two were again?" Adeleine asked Lemres, who was given a map of the direct location of these two mages.

"Let's see…it says that they're…a few feet up ahead."

"Guys. Isn't that them over there?" Arle asked as she points at two people in the distance. They both wore clothes similar to Zan's. But one was blue while the other was red. Also, the one in red was a bit darker than the other one.

"Yep. That's them. Let's go before they do something to this place." Adeleine said.

"Poyo."

We started heading in the direction of the two mage-sisters. But as we got closer, we could tell that they were arguing about something.

"Gah! This is stupid! We've been walking around this moon for days!"

Well, one of them was.

"Flamberge, we don't really have much to do here. We have to at least find some kind of civilization."

"But, Francisca! It's nothing but snow here! I bet if there were people here, they died in a snowstorm at some point!"

"Hey."

"S-Sorry. But other than that, my point still stands!"

"Yes. I guess you're right. Like anyone would come to this snowy wasteland."

"Hey, you two!" Adeleine called out to them as we caught up. When we did, they did not look happy to see Kirby and Adeleine.

"Aw, jamblasted! It's that stubby little pink thing and that naggy painter girl!"

Again, only one of them was.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Who are you calling naggy?! You little…"

"Adeleine…" Ribbon said to her. Remind her of why we're here in the first place.

"Right. I know."

"Bahaha. That's right. Know your place, Artsy girl."

"Why you…"

"A-Anyway…" The blue mage-sister came up and stopped a fight from going on. "What are you guys even doing here?"

"We need to know where Zan is? Have you seen her?" Ribbon asked.

"Zan?! That traitor?! Why would we know or care where she went?!"

"Flamberge. Please calm down."

"Wait, what do you mean traitor?" Adeleine asked. "And I'm only asking Francisca because Flamberge is really pissing me off right now."

"Adeleine!" Ribbon said to her.

"Well, what we mean is…Zan just ditched us here saying we're no longer useful to her. It was a huge blow to us. But unlike me, Flamberge didn't take it so calmly."

"You're actually defending her, Francisca?! She left us here to die! The nerve of her! If I EVER see her again, I'll…"

"Yeah, that's nice." Raffina interrupted her.

"Hey!"

"Anyway, uh…Francisca, was it? We need to know where Zan went. She's actually putting this world in danger."

"In danger?" Both Francisca and Flamberge asked.

We then proceeded to tell them everything that's happened these few days. Including the part about their sister.

"Bah. That's too bad. But that's your problem, not ours! Go figure it out yourselves!" Flamberge didn't even care for one second.

"What?! Are you serious?! The entire universe is in danger of being annihilated, and you don't even care?! What is WRONG with you?!" This time, it was me who shouted.

"What's wrong with me?! What's wrong with you?! You've got some nerve asking us for help after what that stubby pink nuisance did to us! I'd rather burn you all up in flames!"

Then, all of a sudden, Flamberge pulled out a flaming sword from behind her and raised it in the air.

"In fact…I THINK I'LL DO JUST THAT!"

Then she swung the sword down. Sending a bunch of fireballs down at us. Everyone started panicking, but Kirby and I knew what to do. While Kirby inhaled one fireball and gained a tiara with live flames coming out from it, I absorbed one with my left arm, and my wristband turned red while being engulfed in flames. No doubt that we had both gotten the Fire Ability.

"Ready, Kirby?" I asked him.

"Poyo."

"Okay. FLAME!"

"BURNING ATTACK!" That weird voice from the first Puyo battle we had was back as Kirby cloaked himself in a big fireball and dashed forward with great force. Fusing together with my own fireballs as he headed straight for Flamberge.

"Oh, no you don't!" Flamberge shouted as she blocked the flame-covered Kirby with her fire sword. The clash was powerful. Each was pushing each other back with little force. But in the end, it was Kirby who got the upper hand. As he exploded the fire all over. Sending Flamberge down to the snowy-white ground with a little smoke coming from her.


"GAH! JAMBLASTED! NOT ONLY DID I LOSE TO THE STUBBY PINK THING AGAIN, BUT TO THIS BLONDE GIRL, TOO! SO INFURIATING!"

"Yeah! Nice job, little buddy!" I cheered.

"Poyo!" Kirby cheered as we both hi-fived each other.

"Bah! Whatever! You ain't getting any help from us! Come on, Francisca!"

Flamberge flew off away from us, but for only for a short distance. Because what was said next was something no one expected.

"Flamberge. I think we should help them."

"What?!" We all said in shock.

"Francisca, are you crazy?!" Flamberge got angry. "You're saying we should help them?! After what just happened?! And especially after what they did to Lord Hyness?!"

"Believe me. I'm still upset about that as well. But what I saw just now…it's not something we can just ignore."

"Huh?"

Francisca then turned to face me.

"So, I'm guessing that you know about the legend. Am I right?" She asked.

"Yeah, I do. It stated that I must collect the Puyo Souls and use them with the hidden power of the Light Soul to defeat the Dark Soul. Which ended up turning into a clone of me named Dark Red Amitie. And now, she's working with Zan. And the two of them have created clones of my friends. If I don't stop them, the universe is doomed. So that's why we're asking if you have any idea where she could be."

"I see. Well, I'm sorry, Amitie. But we really don't know where Zan ran off to. We've been stuck here for days trying to find a way off."

"I see. Well, fiddlesticks." I was feeling let down.

"But…if you take us back to Popstar with you guys, we'll help you look for her. And even give you this as a sign of gratitude."

Francisca then pulled out something that we didn't expect to see or find so easily.

"Th-The Blue Puyo Soul?!" We shouted.

"Francisca! How long have you had that thing?! We've could've sold that for food!" Flamberge complained.

"No, you lunatic!" Adeleine shouted.

"I found this when we first ended up here. I didn't want to believe at first that the legend was coming true. So I kept it to myself. But now that I know that it is true, you need this more than we do."

"Thanks a lot, Francisca." I said as I took the Puyo Soul from her hand. I almost lost my balance. Mainly because I keep forgetting how heavy these things are.

"And of course, we will be giving our assistance as well. Right, Flamberge?"

"Flamberge?"

"Grr…Fine! Anything to get off this frozen death trap!" I could tell that Flamberge was still upset about this whole thing, but gave in because of Francisca.

"Alright, everyone. Let's get back on the ship and head back to Popstar." Adeleine said.

"Yeah!" Everyone else cheered. We were excited that not only did we had two more people to help us out, but we also got the third Puyo Soul. We were getting closer to saving this universe from total annihilation. But…

"Uh…g-guys. A-A little help…?" I asked as I struggled to carry the crystalized Puyo over to the ship.

*whine* So heavy!

AUTHOR'S NOTE: Holy crap! This story has reached 30 chapters! Doesn't seem like there's an end in sight, right? Well, you're wrong.

That's right. I've planned out the rest of the story from the next chapter all the way to the end. Not revealing much, but just know that there's going to be at least 16 more chapters. No less, possibly more, but it's 16 until the end.

Feel free to review, favorite, and/or follow the story. Next up are dessert worlds. And starting it off is one level that's been requested for a long LONG time. Thanks for reading. Later.