Chapter 3
This chapter will focus on Mario, Clay, Gumball, Nick, Judy, and Emmet learning about the whole plot and details of the journey they are about to go on. Near the end, they will be starting the long journey ahead of them. Along the way they will revive all of the other people that died in the attack, as in everybody else in their universe. Keep in mind that there are over 100 people total when combining the 5 universes plus the universe from my last story. Thus, not everyone will be major characters, but I will have some characters join Mario, Clay, Gumball, Nick, Judy, and Emmet on the journey to collect all 5 imagination cores and defeat Lord Age. As for the characters that won't be joining the main heroes, a good amount will go on their own journey to aid in collecting the 5 cores. Other characters will fight off Lord Age's minions that he will summon in later chapters ahead. Most of the time it will be simple reviving like in Super Smash Bros Brawl. Other times it will be battles to revive the character but I can't have everyone having their own reviving by fighting moment because there would be too many of those. Anyway, enjoy this chapter.
A full hour had passed since Soulnebula had unleashed his devastating attack on the characters. The world was silent and still. The sky was now dark and the moon was dimly lit up and provided barely any light. It seemed all was lost as no one had survived the attack. But, amongst the 7 remaining statues left in the valley that weren't scattered like the other statues, one statue began to shake. Gold's statue was shaking and turning. Soon, cracks of light began to appear all over the statue until finally, the statue shattered and Gold emerged awake and alive once more. Gold roared as he broke free of the statue and took a moment to regain his senses.
"Where, where am I? What happened?" Gold asked himself as he rubbed his head. Then he remembered the attack and the statue effect. Gold quickly flew into the air and scanned the whole valley, looking for any survivors. "Hello! Is anyone there?!" Gold yelled. He got no response, except for his echo. Gold felt dread fill him as he realized no one survived the attack. Gold then used his magic to see where everyone's statues were, and he was shocked as his vison told him that every statue was scattered across this strange world. Gold felt horrible. "That's their plan. Making us go through that long process of reviving every single person before we can attempt to stop the villain. That's just great!" Gold said, a bit frustrated now. Gold's spirits were lifted however when he spotted 6 statues, laying lifelessly on the ground. "Oh, thank goodness!" Gold cried as he flew back down to the statues.
Gold landed in front of the 6 statues and breathed a sigh of relief. The only remaining statues in the valley were the statues of Mario, Clay, Gumball, Nick Wilde, Judy Hopps, and Emmet. "Thank goodness some of you guys are still here." Gold said. Gold then remembered how this situation could be solved and touched the pedestals of each of the 6 statues and revived the 6 characters. Mario sat up and looked around as he tried regaining his senses. "What, what happened? Where am I?" Mario asked. "You're in Whisper Valley." Gold said. "Waah!" Mario yelled as he jumped up into a fighting stance. "Woah, woah! Hold on there! I'm a friend! I'm not your enemy! I'm the one who revived you!" Gold said. "Oh, sorry! I just a-got a bit surprised." Mario said. "No problem." Gold said.
"Oww... my head." Clay grunted as he sat up from the ground. Gold turned to face his friend. "Gold! Oh boy am I glad to see you!" Clay said as he jumped up and side hugged Gold. "I'm glad to see you too, Clay." Gold said. "(Gasp) Dragons!" a voice said from behind them. Clay and Gold turned around and saw the little construction worker guy. "Oh, you must be Emmet Brickowski, the Special." Gold said. "How do you know my name?" Emmet asked. "I know all of your names. And I know that you just recently had a big adventure, am I right?" Gold asked. "Wow! That's so cool! It's nice to know I've got fans out there!" Emmet said. Gold chuckled a bit.
As Gold and Emmet communicated, Mario noticed two animals standing up behind them. "Behind you Gold!" Mario cried. Gold turned and saw a fox and a rabbit standing behind him. "Oh, don't worry about them, Mario. It's just Officers Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde." Gold said. "So, am I wrong to assume that you know about our universe too?" Nick asked. "No, you are not and you are correct! I do know about your universe as well, Officer Wilde." Gold said. "Have you been spying on all of our universes or something?" Judy asked. "Ha, ha! No Officer Hopps, I just have knowledge of life outside of my own universe!" Gold said. "How do you know all of that?" Emmet asked. "Well, because-." Gold started before he was interrupted by Clay screaming at something.
"AAAAAHHHH! IT'S THAT CAT FROM EARLIER!" Clay yelled as he pointed to a knocked-out Gumball. "Um, Clay, I think he's unconscious." Emmet said as they all looked at Gumball. "Oh." Clay said. Then Gumball started to move and wake up. "Oh, thank goodness! He's regaining consciousness!" Gold said. Gumball sat up, rubbing his eyes. "Uhh... what happened? I feel like I just got hit in the stomach by a car or something." Gumball said as he started to open his eyes. "Um, I think if that was the case, you would be dead, little buddy." Clay said. "I know but still it just really-." Gumball froze as his eyes met Clay's. Clay was very close to Gumball and towered over him greatly. Gumball opened his mouth and rained his finger to point at Clay very slowly. "Is something wrong, little guy?" Clay asked. "... AAAAAHHH! IT'S THAT DRAGON FROM EARLIER!" Gumball screamed. "Oh, yeah I forgot I was screaming at you earlier. Now where were we... AAAAHHHH!" Clay screamed as he pointed at Gumball. "AAAAHHHH!" Gumball yelled as he continued to point at Clay.
The two just screamed and pointed at each other for a good 5 minutes before Nick spoke up. "Um, hey... Gold, was it?" Nick asked as he tapped Gold's wing. "Yes, Officer Wilde?" Gold said. "Do I have permission to tase them with my taser gun?" Nick asked as he pulled out his taser gun. "I don't know. Why don't you ask your partner?" Gold suggested. "Good idea. Um, hey carrots?" Nick asked. "Fine. But only because the sound of them screaming at each other is getting really annoying." Judy said. "Thanks, I owe you one." Nick said as he fired a taser at Clay then to Gumball. "AAAAAAHHHH-OW! HEY! STTTTTTOOOOOOPPP TTHHHAAAATTTT!" Clay and Gumball screamed as they were shocked by the taser. "Alright." Nick said as he let go of the trigger on his taser. After the shock, Gumball and Clay stood frozen in quite funny poses. Clay was standing like he was about to dab and Gumball was levitating in the air, with his hand sup and his legs in a running position. After a few seconds, they both fell to the floor.
"Okay, that was a bit painful." Gumball said as he rubbed his head. "I'm quite shocked to hear that." Clay said, nudging Gumball with his elbow as he smiled at him. "Please don't say that." Gumball said as he slowly face-palmed himself. "Sorry, I had to say it." Clay said. "Wait a minute! (Gasp) Darwin! Anais! Mom! Dad! Penny! Guys! Where are you!? Where are my friends and my family!?" Gumball yelled as got up and started frantically looking around for his friends and family. "Easy! Easy, Gumball!" Gold said as he held Gumball's shoulders to keep him still. "Wait! He's right...WHERE IS EVRYONE!?" Clay yelled. "Clay, no don't-!" Gold cried before he was cut off by Clay flying into the air. "TSUNAMI! GLORY! STARFLIGHT! SUNNY! PERIL! FIREFLY! GUYS, WHERE ARE YOU!?" Clay yelled as he flew in a circle above the others. "Oh no." Gold said as everyone else began to freak out.
"(Gasp) Benny! Metal Beard! Batman! Unikitty! Lucy!" Emmet called. Emmet then started running in a circle as he started screaming. Gold stood, still keeping Gumball steady, with a look of disappointment on his face. "Okay, since I've managed to calm YOU down, I will tell you where your friends and your-OH MY GOODNESS!" Gold cried as he saw Gumball's face. Gumball's eyes resembled skulls and his mouth was open so wide, it looked like a giant bowl had been shoved in his mouth. "Are you okay?" Gold asked. Gumball said nothing. "Darn it!" Gold said as he laid Gumball on the floor gently. "Well, there goes that!" Gold said. "Would you like me to do something about the dragon in the air?" Mario asked as he pointed up to Clay, who was still flying in a circle and screaming. "You know what, yes. I would like that very much." Gold said.
Mario stepped back, ran forward, and jumped high in the air and bounced on Clay's back as he sent Clay to the ground where he landed with a big POW! "Oof!" Clay yelled as he hit the floor. Mario landed next to him and walked back to Gold. "And the brick guy?" Judy asked as she pointed to Emmet, who was still running in a circle and screaming. "Please, go ahead." Gold said. Judy pulled out a net gun and fired at Emmet. Emmet was caught in the net and tumbled on the floor. "Ow! That hurt a bit!" Emmet said. "Will you two PLEASE calm down for a second?" Gold asked. "Right-o!" Clay said. "Oh yeah sure. Sorry about that." Emmet said. Judy walked over and helped Emmet out of the net.
"Question?" Mario said. "Yes?" Gold responded. "What about a-that guy?" Mario said as he pointed Gumball, who was still... fazed out at the moment. "Umm, oh I know! Officer Wilde, could you tase Gumball lightly and snap him out of his err, trance?" Gold asked. "Sure thing, Gold." Nick said as he pulled out his taser gun. Nick lowered the tase level a bit and fired at Gumball. When Gumball was hit by the taser, he woke up and jolted up. "Aaah! What the what happened!?" Gumball cried. "Sorry about that little guy. I had to snap you out of your, 'look of death' faze." Nick said. "Thank you. It felt uncomfortable anyway." Gumball said as he stood up. "Okay! Now that I have your attention again, will you guys listen to me?" Gold asked. Everyone nodded their heads. "Good. Now, I know where your friends and family are." Gold said. "WHERE!?" Clay, Emmet, and Gumball yelled. "I'll tell you. They are all in there!" Gold said as he pointed towards the outside of the valley.
Everyone looked to where Gold was pointing but all they saw was the cliff wall of the valley. "Umm... that is a wall." Gumball said. "What? No! I meant OVER the cliff." Gold said. "Yeah, umm, I don't know if you have X-Ray vision or something but, we don't." Nick said. "No! they're-Oh forget it! Here!" Gold said as he used his powers to split the cliff wall and form some sort of opening, allowing everyone to see the vast landscape of the strange world they were in.
In front of them, they saw a long valley of nothing except small shrubs and large stones. To the far upper left, they could see what appeared to be a snowy mountain with some sort of broken hear shape on the highest mountain. In front of those mountains, they could see a forest with... sprinkles and colorful fruits? To the far upper right, they saw a loud and powerful looking volcano that was erupting. In front of the volcano, they saw a large city with tall building and bright lights. Anything else, was blocked by the cliff walls. But the one thing that no one missed, was the large palace standing in the way back that was gated by a large gate and the palace looked as evil as its owner. It was Lord Age's palace.
"Woah!" Everyone said as they stared in amazement. "That is where your friends and family are." Gold said. "Wow." Judy said. "So, what happened anyway?" Gumball asked. "We were all turned to statues by Soulnebula's Off Waves attack. I granted myself the power to be resurrected shortly after being turned into a statue. After I came back to life, I looked around and saw that everyone else had been scattered across the land we are in. Then, I found your guys' statues and revived you. Then we settled our differences for a moment, then weird stuff happened. And now we are standing here and you guys are listening to me explain the situation at hand." Gold said. "Wow! That's pretty deep." Clay said.
"Speaking of Soulnebula, can you explain what was up with Bowser, Rob, Rex and Soulnebula? They seemed... different somehow, aside from their appearance." Mario asked. "Well, what you saw were actually clones of Bowser, Rob, Rex, and Soulnebula." Gold said. "What, but there is only one of each person, right?" Gumball asked. "What happened was, Age killed them, captured their souls, made exact replicas of their bodies, filled each replica with evil, and placed the soul inside of the body, thus creating an evil clone of each person." Gold explained. "That's horrible!" Judy said. "It is, they are empty shells of themselves but yet I sense that there is still a tiny part of their good side trapped inside the clone. However, they serve Lord Age and thus are considered evil now." Gold said. "Hey, can you describe the land that we are in?" Emmet asked. "No need, that Daniel guy gave me a map." Mario said as he pulled out the map Daniel threw him and laid it out for everyone to see.
"Wow!" Everyone said as they examined the map. "That's so cool!" Emmet said. "Wait a minute, didn't Daniel say that he made the map himself?" Nick asked. "Yes, he did say that." Gold said. "How did he know to have Lord Age's palace at the top of it?" Nick asked. "Because that wasn't originally Lord Age's palace. It was originally Daniel's house of creation." Gold said. "How did he know that would happen?" Nick asked. "He didn't." Gold said. "What?" Nick said. "I have a feeling that this is going to be a very confusing conversation." Gumball said. "Let me explain, the map changes whenever we change something in the land. That means that Lord Age's palace was a recent addition." Gold said. "I'm going to give an example of what I think you are talking about and correct me if I'm wrong." Gumball said. "Very well. Go on." Gold said. "Every time someone says the word, Apple, I get sudden painful cramps. Is that what you mean?" Gumball said. "Yes, that is correct." Gold said.
"What are these cores we have to find?" Mario asked. "There are 5 cores: The Core of Wisdom, The Core of Courage, The Core of Power, The Core of Entertainment, and the Core of love." Gold said as he used his magic to summon a floating image of the 5 cores. "These cores power the glove that Daniel was wearing, the Glove of Imagination." Gold said. "As in the glove that Lord Age has now?" Judy asked. "Correct. But once we collect the 5 cores, we can build another glove here." Gold said as he pointed to the forge on the map. "At the Forge of Creation. I should mention that there is a sixth core inside the glove. This is a special core. It is what enables Daniel to create things like the design of this world and allows him to give the glove attack power. It also can take two different forms but we can discuss that later." Gold said.
"What do wisdom, power, love, courage, and entertainment have to do with imagination?" Clay asked. "Oh, that's easy! You have to be smart to create something so in depth, you have to be brave to discuss your creations with other people, you should love what you create, you should have control of the strength of your creation, and it's nice to make your creations fun and enjoyable." Emmet said. "Exactly!" Gold said. "Where did Lord Age even come from?" Gumball asked. "Do you remember when you summoned jealousy that one time in your show?" Gold asked. "Umm, yeah?" Gumball said. "Well, this is similar. Earlier, Daniel was questioned by his parents when he would grow up. Daniel said nothing and told himself that he would never give up on his imagination and wanted to make stories with grand adventures. Age was summoned to put Daniel in shape." Gold said. "That kind of makes sense." Gumball said. "And that glove, where did Daniel get that?" Emmet asked. "Simple, he made it himself. He was inspired by a certain film to do that." Gold said. "Oh, I guess that makes sense." Nick said.
Gumball then spoke up. "Next question. Why us?" Gumball asked. "What do you mean?" Gold asked. "Daniel could have chosen other people to help him, so why us?" Gumball asked. "The reason is because, you're his favorite video game character." Gold said as he pointed to Mario. "You're his favorite book character." Gold said as he pointed to Clay. "You're his favorite cartoon network character." Gold said as he pointed to Gumball. "You two are his favorite Disney characters." Gold said as he pointed to Nick and Judy. "And you're his favorite lego character." Gold said as he pointed to Emmet. "In short, we're all his favorites!" Clay said as realization sank into everyone.
What are we going to do now?" Clay asked. "We go save your friends and family, get the cores back, make the second glove, and defeat Lord Age." Gold said. "He's right! Once we a-get everyone back, we can outnumber Lord Age by a lot!" Mario said. "Come on, let's go!" Clay said as he flew into the air and in the direction of Lord Age's place. Everyone else just stood there and waited as Clay came back and landed a few seconds later. "Um, are we not going now or what?" Clay asked. "Clay, we established that we need to revive our friends first." Emmet said. "Oh yeah, I forgot! Welp, let's go!" Clay said. "You all go on ahead, I'm going to go locate the Forge of Creation." Gold said. "What if we run into danger?" Gumball asked. "I'm glad you asked." Gold said as he used his powers to summon two little arms cannons, one orb of fire, a Smash Ball, two guns, and one box of legos.
Everyone stared at these items in confusion. "What are these for?" Gumball asked. "Theses are tools that will increase your chances of survival in this world." Gold said. Emmet chuckled as he picked up the box of legos. "Well, I know this is my tool of survival." Emmet said as he dumped the legos on the ground. "It's a pile of legos." Nick said. "What are you going to do with those?" Judy asked. "Watch this." Emmet said as he closed his eyes and then opened them again dramatically. Emmet then saw numbers next to each lego piece and he quickly built a giant hammer out of the legos. "Nice, huh?" Emmet said. Everyone aside from Gold was in a state of shock. "How did you do that!?" Clay asked. "I am a Master Builder! I can make anything out of legos. It helps that I'm a construction worker as well." Emmet said proudly.
"Cool! What else can you make out of those?" Gumball asked. "Let's see... how about this?" Emmet said as he smashed the hammer into pieces, then he quickly made a sword out of the legos. "Or this." Emmet said as he smashed the sword into pieces and then building a giant boxing glove. "Wow!" Everyone said. "Or this." Emmet said as he built a boomerang. "Oooh!" Everyone said. "Or this." Emmet said as he built a pick axe. "Wow!" Everyone said. "Or this!" Emmet said.
10 minutes later...
Emmet was still going on with building random things. "Or this, or this, or this, or this, or this!" Emmet said as he built a random arrangement of things. By now, everyone else was staring at Emmet in confusion. Emmet had built a sword, axe, glove, boomerang, bat, box, pencil, slingshot, toothbrush, hammer, a wrench, a golf club, and many more random things. "And finally, ... a quadruple-decker-couch!" Emmet said as he made a couch with four levels on it. "Wow!" Clay said. "Nice design." Nick said. "Thanks." Emmet said. "Well, these are ours I assume." Judy said as she picked up one of the guns and handed the other to Nick. "What's so special about these guns?" Nick asked. "I've enchanted them so that they never run out of ammo." Gold said. "THAT is cool!" Nick said. "How do you do this?" Judy asked. "I am a dragon with god-like powers. My mother is a goddess. You get the picture." Gold said.
"I will gladly take this orb of fire." Clay said as he picked up the orb. "It was designed for you anyway, Clay." Gold said. "Oh, so what does it do?" Clay asked. "Once you've unlocked its power, you will be able to breathe fire no matter how cold you are and you can light your fists on fire." Gold said. "COOL! So, how do I unlock its powers?" Clay asked, "Eat it." Gold said. "Wait, what?" Clay asked. "Eat it, and you will unlock the orbs power." Gold said. "Okay, here it goes." Clay said as he swallowed the orb of fire. After Clay swallowed the orb, he fell to the floor. The sound of a heart rate monitor going flat could be heard. "Welp, that was pointless." Nick said. "Don't worry, he's not dead." Gold said. Clay got up and rubbed his stomach. "Oh, god that feels weird and very, very hot!" Clay said. "You'll get used to it." Gold said.
Gumball picked up the two arm cannons. "Are these for me?" Gumball asked. "Yes. Put them on." Gold said. "But how am I supposed to use my hands?" Gumball asked. "Just put them on and see what happens." Gold said. "Okay." Gumball said as he put one of the arm cannons on his right hand. Once the cannon slid on Gumball's hand, a hand that resembled lasers appeared out of the tip of the glove. "Wow! That's cool!" Gumballs said. Gumball then put the other cannon on his left cannon. "Are these just power gloves?" Gumball asked. "Not quite, test out the different modes of the glove on those rocks over there." Gold said. "Okay." Gumball said.
Gumball walked over to the large rock and punched it with one hand. Gumball's fist smashed right through the rock big rock. "Awesome!" Gumball yelled. Gumball then found a button on the side of the cannon and pressed it. Gumball then saw a little menu appear in a little screen on the side of the glove. Gumball saw that he was on Punch mode. Gumball looked through the modes and saw something pretty cool. "(Gasp)! There's a sword mode on this thing!?" Gumball said. Gumball then activated the sword mode and two sharp blades powered by lasers came out of the fronts of the cannons. Gumball spun in a circle and sliced through four giant rocks. "Now, to check out this blaster mode." Gumball said as he activated the blaster mode. Gumball then fired two laser beams at the rocks and they exploded. "Amazing! These things are so cool! What are these cannons even called?" Gumball asked. "I call them, Photon Blasters." Gold said. "I LOVE these Photon Blasters! I can't wait to see what other modes these things have!" Gumball said as he scrolled through the menu.
Mario walked up to the Smash Ball and was quite surprised to see one here. "Where did you a-get this-actually never mind. I know how." Mario said. "I'm sure you know what this does Mario." Gold said. "Of course, I do! It will allow me to a-use my final smash." Mario said. "Exactly, and in combat, you will gain your final smash meter." Gold said. "Nice!" Mario said. "However, I added a little something inside of the smash ball." Gold said. "What did you add?" Mario asked. "Do you remember the time when you had two grand adventures in the galaxy?" Gold asked. "I remember it like it was yesterday." Mario said. "And do you remember what power that special Luma gave you?" Gold asked. "Yes, and you didn't actually do it did you?" Mario asked. "I sure did. I've enhanced the smash ball to grant you the power if the stars and I have added the ability to fly." Gold said. "Wow! That's amazing! Thanks a-Gold." Mario said. "Of course, Mario. Sadly, I couldn't provide you with the Luma again, but at least you have the powers." Gold said. "That's okay I a-guess." Mario said.
"Use these tools on your journey. They will give you a fighting chance against Lord Age." Gold said. "Awesome! Cool! Perfect!" they all said. "You all go ahead, once I've located the Forge of Creation, I will return." Gold said as he flew in the air. "Wait! What's so special about the Forge of Creation?" Judy asked. "It is where we will create the second glove once you've collected the 5 cores!" Gold called as he flew in the direction of the forge.
After Gold had flown away, the 6 characters just stood there, looking at each other. After a few seconds of awkward silence, Mario spoke up. "Okay, I know that we just a-heard a lot of heavy stuff and we all just met, but is everyone okay with each other?" Mario asked. Everyone nodded. "I've met some stranger people in my life." Gumball said. "I can say the same thing about that." Emmet said. "This is pretty cool! Working together with a bunch of people I never thought I would see in my life!" Clay said. "Well, now with that out of the way, I think it would be a wise decision to make our way through that opening Gold made for us and see about defeating that reality guy." Nick said. "Sounds like a plan." Emmet said. "Wait, were not splitting up, are we?" Clay asked. "I don't think that would be smart. I mean, even though there are 5 cores to collect and there are 6 of us, no doubt the cores could be guarded by powerful guardians or something." Gumball said. "So, does that mean we'll have our own boss battles?!" Emmet asked excitedly. "Hopefully. I want to test these babies on something strong." Gumball said.
"You know what? I just a-noticed something." Mario said. "What?" Everyone asked. "This map depicts the world we are in to be much more nicer looking, I wonder if Age altered the atmosphere of this world as well." Mario said. "Hmm, I was wondering why the path ahead of us is labeled as 'The Path of Memories' with a little evil smiley face below it." Gumball said. "True, I don't think a safe and happy world would have a really scary looking road that has trees, rocks, sand, water, and ruins all over the place." Nick said as he looked at the path drawn on the map. "So, which core should we go for first?" Clay asked. "Well, we can't just cut across from here, it looks like we must a-go to the Ruins of Direction." Mario said as he pointed to the center of the map. "Looks like that's where all the pathways are to each individual core." Judy said. "I say we head on over to the Ruins of Direction then we can a-go for whatever core we chose to a-go to." Mario said. "Good idea!" Clay said. "It will also be helpful if we can revive some of our friends along the way as well." Gumball said. "Absolutely, the more the merrier." Judy said. "Well, what are we waiting for, let's get this show on the road!" Clay said. "Alright guys, let's a-go!" Mario said as he began walking down the valley, the others following him. Everyone then began making their way through the Valley of Whispers and past the opening and into this strange world, the World of Imagination.
How was this? I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. I will begin with the next chapter and it will be posted soon. Thank you for reading. :)