Chapter 36 – Dark Red Illusions

Starship of the Ancients – Lor Starcutter

"We're back." Adeleine said as we entered the Lor Starcutter. When we got to the main area, the only person there was Gooey. Oddly, Magolor and Lemres were nowhere to be found.

"Hey, Gooey. Where did Magolor and Lemres go?" I asked him.

Gooey used his tongue to point to one of the rooms behind him. Signaling that they were back there somewhere.

"Thanks." Adeleine and I (with her carrying me) went over to the specific room Gooey pointed to and opened it to see the duo doing…

"Aw, geez. Not again." I said with a facepalm.

"So this is what you call…gelation?" Magolor asked Lemres.

"Yep. One of the sweetest desserts from our world. Super good, too."

"Why is it…moving?"

"It does that because it's so jiggly. Come on, try some."

"Um…okay." Magolor took a bite of the gelation and in just seconds, his eyes lit up with how sweet it is. I don't blame him, though. The first time I tried gelation, I had the same reaction.

"W-Wow! It really is good!"

"*chuckle* See? I told you." Lemres said with a smirk on his face.

"Uh…guys." Adeleine said. Gaining the duo's attention.

"Oh. You guys are back." Magolor said.

"Oh dear, Amitie. What happened to your leg?" Lemres asked.

"We had to fight the Coily Rattler and it almost didn't end well. But we brought back the 4th Puyo Soul with us. A-Along with…a few extras."

"Extras?"

"Well, for starters…Dongurigaeru ended up here."

"Dongurigaeru? Huh. That's interesting. Anything else?"

"Well…"

"…I-It's best if you come see for yourselves." Adeleine said.

"Okay?" Both Magolor and Lemres were confused.

We brought them both to the main area where the others were waiting. Raffina and Raina were still putting up the Puyo Soul. But they soon met up with us.

And that's when the two were able to understand…I think.

"W-Wow. T-Two Raffinas?" Lemres asked.

"Hiya. Name's Raina. I'm a clone of Bis Sis Raffina. Nice to meet ya." Raina said.

"She seems to be…different from the normal one. A lot different, I must add."

"Did you really had to though, Lemres?" Raffina asked. Sounding a bit insulted.

"Is she one of the clones that Dark Red Amitie created?" Magolor asked.

"Yeah, she is. We found her up in Sand Canyon and were about to fight her. But then things happened and now she's one of us."

"Yeah! And I'm going to give Amitie what she deserves!" Raina cheered.

"Oh, really? Ha! I'd like to see you try!"

"Gah! Wh-What was that?!" Lidelle asked.

Soon a red shadow started forming in front of us. And appearing from it came Amitwo. With a dark red aura around her smug look on her face. Her outfit had changed a little. Now wearing a red t-shirt with a soul symbol on the left side of it and a pair of black jean shorts with a lot of pockets. And now, she had red markings all over her body. Much like Ringo's clone, but somehow…they look more sinister.

"*terrified scream* I-It's Amitie!" Raina shouted as she hid behind Raffina.

"The hell are you doing here?!" Raffina yelled.

"What else? I'm here to claim my minion back. Her slow self's been talking too damn long and I'm getting impatient."

"N-No! I-I'm not going with you!" Raina yelled. Still hiding behind her original self.

"Raffina! Get your worthless self over here NOW!"

"My name is Raina! And I'm saying here with Sis and her friends! I'm not going with you, you bully!"

"Yeah!" Ringo yelled.

"You tell her, Raina!" Arle yelled.

"You damn little…I've should've killed you the moment you were proven defective! You retarded little baby!"

"That's enough!" I shouted. "You need to shut up!"

"Oh. Look who's playing hero again. Well, I've got beef with you, Blondie! You have some nerve defeating my top minion like it was nothing!"

"Hmph! Call it revenge for it nearly killing me before. And I'm really ticked off that it broke my leg."

"Ticked off?! Ticked off?! The only person that should be ticked off is me, you damn thief!"

"Thief?"

"Tch! Forget that last part! Just know this, Amitie! Keep interfering with my plans, and I'll make you pay! With your life AND soul!" Amitwo then disappeared once again. Leaving most of us rather angry. And me…somewhat confused.

Thief? What did she mean by that?

"Gah! That girl! She aggravates me to no end!" Raffina said.

"R-Raffina…thanks for sticking up for me." Raina said.

"Come on. It wasn't just me. You did it yourself, too."

"R-Really?"

"Yep." Raffina said with a smile. "You really are brave, Raina."

"*giggle* Thanks, Sis."


"Ow…ow…OW!"

"Amitie! Keep still!"

"Well sorry, Arle! It's not easy keeping still when you have a broken leg!"

"Well, way to be snarky."

"S-Sorry. I'm just tired. How's it going, Kirby?"

"Poyo…poyo…"

"*whine* It's been "almost" for 15 minutes now. How long does it take to fix a broken leg?"

"Well, normally it would take a lot longer than this. With a couple hours of surgery and a few days of walking on crutches to let it heal and…"

"Ringo. Please. Just stop." I said with a facepalm.

With what we went through in Radish Ruins, we've decided to rest up for the day. Arle and Ringo were holding me in place while Kirby was using the Love-Love Stick on my broken leg. It's really hard to wait for it to be fixed. It hurts a lot and I really have to use the bathroom.

"H-Hey, Kirby. A-Are you done yet?" I asked.

"Poyopoyo…poyo!" A light flashed around my leg as I felt the pain from it ease up a little. I was able to wiggle my toes, but that's about it. I can't move around much or else it would start hurting again.

"*whine* It's so stiff." I whined.

"Poyo poyo poyo poyo poyo. Poyo poyo. Poyo poyo poyo poyo."

"Just the bone was fixed? So I still can't walk until it heals on its own?"

"Poyo."

"*sigh* Now what am I going to do?"

"Kero kero." Dongurigaeru said as he hopped into the room the four of us were in.

"Oh hey, Dongurigaeru. What's up?" Ringo asked.

"Kero. Kero Kero?"

"Her leg's doing fine. The bone's fixed, but she still can't walk on it."

"Kero."

"Uh…hey, Ringo. How are you able to understand what Dongurigaeru says?" Arle asked.

"Oh, that? Well, I've been taking lessons from Lidelle on understanding these "one word means everything" languages. I'm already down with Chilly. And now I'm working on Dongurigaeru."

"Wow. I see. Do you think you could learn Carby's soon?"

"Hmm…possibly. Though I do want to understand Kirby before we end up going back home. You don't mind do you, Kirby?"

"Poyo!"

"He said he's okay with it." I said.

"Great! I can't wait!"

"So what does Dongurigaeru want?" I asked.

"Well, let's see…"

"Kero. Kero kero kero. Keroin."

"He said that this seems like a real crazy mess you've gotten yourself into, Amitie."

"Hehheh. Yeah, it kinda is. But I don't regret it in any way. I'm really enjoying my time in Dream Land. Despite the madness that's happening right now."

"Kero…"

"He said that sounds a lot like you."

I wasn't if I should feel happy or offended by that statement. So I just left it alone.

"Kero! Kero kero kero kero. Kero kero."

"Oh? He said that he found some weird thing when he was hiding from the Coily Rattler."

"Really?" Arle asked.

"Kero."

Dongurigaeru took out one of his acorns and cracked it to reveal a weird purple-ish star with an even weirder eye on it. None of us had any idea what it was…

"Poyo…poyo poyo!"

…but it looked like Kirby did.

"Kirby, do you know what this is?" I asked him.

"Poyo. Poyo po po po poyo."

"The ESP Ability? What's ESP?"

"ESP is short for extrasensory perception." Ringo explained. "It's much like a sixth sense. Letting you use psychic abilities."

"Woah. Psychic abilities? That sounds really cool." Arle said.

"And there's a Copy Ability for that?" I asked.

"Poyo poyo poyo poyo."

"Just as new as Poison, huh? Hey, Kirby. Just how many Copy Abilities are there?"

"Poyo."

"Too many to count. Great." I went and took a look at the ESP Ability. Then, like the others, I touched it with my left hand and absorbed the power into my wristband. It soon turned into a ring of light blue energy and the same part of my hair had turned purple this time. But what was different this time was…

…that I started to float.

"W-Woah! A-Amitie! Y-You're floating!" Ringo shouted.

"Woah! I really am floating! This is super duper neat-o!" I cheered as I moved around a little in the air. This must what it feels like to be free restraints, right Arle?"

"Why would I know about that?" Arle asked.

"Well, Harpy said you did."

"And you believed her?"

"Well, she can fly."

"Yeah, I guess." Arle said after thinking about it.

"Hey, guys. Is everything okay in here…woah! Amitie! Y-You're floating!" Adeleine yelled as she walked into the room and saw me floating.

"Hey, Adeleine! Check it out! I got a new Ability!" I cheered with glee.

"An Ability?! What Ability does that?!"

"Poyo poyo."

"ESP? I don't remember seeing you float with it."

"It's probably special for Amitie." Ringo said.

"Huh. I guess it's possible. They seem to work differently with Amitie than with Kirby."

"Hey, Ringo. You said that I have psychic abilities now, right? What are they like?" I asked.

"Well…there are a lot of them. But the basic one is Telekinesis. AKA, moving stuff with your mind."

"Really? Let me try." I started focusing on a nearby planet in the room while trying to move it with my mind. After a while of squinting, though, my head started to hurt. So I knew that I wasn't working.

"Well, your wristband's glowing. Try using your arm."

"Okay, I'll try." I faced my left arm at the plant and…

"PK Shift!"

…a bubble of psychic energy came from my hand and moved towards the plant. The bubble absorbed the plant and it came back to me with the plant inside of it.

"Woah…" Was all we could say after that.

"Amitie…this is such a cool Ability." Arle said.

"I know, right? And now it's a part of me just like the others. They're WAY better than my old spells."

"Guess you can give up that weird dream on being a wonderful magician now huh, Amitie?" Ringo asked.

"Amitie?"

I stared at Ringo for a bit. Then, without any hesitation, sent a bubble of psychic energy at her and started carrying her with it.

"Gah! O-Okay, okay! I get it! That wasn't cool! J-Just put me down already! P-People are going to see!"

"Alright, fine." I said as a placed Ringo down on the floor. "I'm gonna go show this off to the others. They have to see this!" I started floating towards the door in excitement. Leaving the others behind.

"H-Hey! A-Amitie! W-Wait up!" I heard Arle yell out as they went to catch up to me.

Well…tried to, at least.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: Thanks to Dongurigaeru, Amitie now has the ESP Ability! A quick refresher, the Abilities that she has are:

Mirror

Water

Plasma

Ice

Fire

Poison

ESP

For a total of 7 Copy Abilities. There will be one more Ability for her to get. What that one is, I have no idea yet. Also, there's only one character left from each series to appear in this story. I do know who they are but not telling yet.

We're coming close to the end, everyone. One more Puyo Soul and then it's the final stretch. Keep on reading to see how this all folds up.

Thank you, and later.