Welcome dear readers! Welcome to chapter two of the new story.

Guess I shouldn't wait much longer. Here you go!

Chapter 2: Two Friends are Better Than None!

It wasn't long before the two of us made it to what my 3DS labeled as 'Easin Hills.'

The only way forward seemed to be walking through the fields ahead of us, but the both of us were nervous about entering. Who knew what monsters looking for some travellers for lunch would be?

My Mii punctuated this thought by sighing, then stating, "OK then…"

"Here goes nothing." I agreed.

Together, we ventured into the hills. The trip was actually quite peaceful for most of the day, actually. The area had a nice breeze blowing through it at all times, and me and my Mii had quite enjoyable conversation through most of the trip.

"I'll admit it though…" my Mii mumbled after a while of seeing nothing but hills. "Traveling with just the two of us is a little lonely, don't you think?"

"Mmm… a little." I agreed, before seeing two butterflies approach from behind a rock. "Dude! Enemies!"

My Mii jumped up in place, and quickly reached for his frying pan, but the butterfly closest to him suddenly flapped forward and smacked him in the face, causing him to drop his 'weapon.'

He tried to pick it up, but the other Rock Moth quickly dashed forward and blocked his attempt. "Ermm…" he stammered, looking back and forth between the two angry moths.

I didn't know what to do. The Moths didn't seem interested in me yet, but that could change at any moment. But I couldn't just leave my Mii alone like that.

He tried again to reach for his pan, but the Moth's kept blocking him. "I can't fight these things like this!" he shouted aloud, getting frustrated and upset.

"I-I'm… still thinking of a plan…!" I called out, trying to get around to the pan to toss it over. The Moths still hadn't seen me.

Suddenly, my amulet glowed again. "Ho ho! Seems like you two are having some trouble, eh? But don't fret. I've sent help your way! Buh-doh... buh-dah... BUH-DEE!

"Wha-?" I asked, just as the voice dimmed.

It was then that I heard a second voice behind, and it sounded almost like someone humming. I turned.

A girl was approaching me. A Mii, of course. Everything about her was the color green: eyes, mouth, hair, even her outfit. The outfit itself was a flowing white robe with green details, and an oversized bell-shaped hat on her head with a green stripe running down the front and around the bottom. She casually held a stick in her right hand, and seemed to be humming contentedly with herself.

Then she looked around, and appeared a little confused. "Wait… how did I get here?"

Then she noticed me staring at her, and my Mii not that far away. "Ah!" she exclaimed, dashing for me. "Are you two in trouble?"

"Nope! I love playing with these Moths!" my Mii sarcastically responded, after another failed attempt at getting his frying pan.

"Can you help?" I begged, not having any time to explain.

"Of course!" the girl responded, and she charged ahead at the Moths.

The Moths, so focused on tormenting my Mii, were very unprepared when the girl came from nowhere and slapped one in the face with her stick.

That gave my Mii just enough of an opening to dash for his frying pan and grab it, much to the Moths anger.

Quickly, I ordered my Mii to attack the first one, which he did with gusto. I was about to tell the girl what she should do, when she just prepped her stick and charged for it. Granted, it was what I would've told her to do anyway, but I was still confused.

'Guess I can only tell my guy what to do…' I thought, wincing as the Moth's attacked both Mii's.

In another turn, both Moth's were defeated, left to lie on the ground. I quickly pointed my 3DS at them and held on tight, as the bodies were quickly sucked back into the system and the faces were released.

The Guardian suddenly whispered in my ear as I was doing this. "Ho ho! Seems as though stolen faces just fly off defeated monsters, huh? Whoever's face that belonged to has you and your group to thank for saving it. Just like that sassy youngster you helped earlier. You should help as many people as you possibly can throughout your journey. I'd be much obliged! Ho ho!"

This time, though, the system also spat out something else: a small pouch of gold, and a jar with a butterfly design on it, filled with a strange jelly-like substance, pink in color.

I carefully picked up these things and tucked them away, the first into my growing money pouch, and the jar safely into a bag I had found at Greenhorne.

"Whew…" my Mii sighed, wiping his forehead. "Thank you." he thanked, turning towards the new Mii.

"Thanks! My name is Susie." the new girl introduced, her eyes making a happy expression. Then she gave us a look, as if she saw the similarities. "Wait, are you two…?"

Quick introductions were made, and Susie was brought up to speed on our current expedition.

Susie looked thoughtful. "So, you're both on a quest to defeat the Dark Lord, yes?" she asked. We nodded. "Can I join you? I've been wandering the land for days, and I was hoping I would run into someone I could help!"

I glanced at my Mii. We nodded at the same time. "Why not?" I agreed. "More the merrier."

"Yay! Thank you! I won't let you down!" Susie thanked, quickly hugging my Mii.

My Mii blushed a little, but before he could say anything, Susie parted and gave him a big smile.

"Ho ho!" the Guardian laughed, my amulet glowing again. "Seems as though you two are going to get along just fine! You three should get to know each other along the way. The stronger your friendship, the easier the path ahead will be! Ho ho!"

Susie joined the party!

And so the three of us continued along our way. Susie was quite eager to talk to the two of us, and we were quite happy to talk to her along the way.

Apparently Susie was a Cleric, meaning she was much more comfortable healing people than fighting. "Don't get me wrong: I'll fight if I have to." she explained. "I just don't like to fight all the time, if that makes sense."

"Guess so." my Mii agreed.

It was then that I saw something at us up ahead running from ahead. "Guys!"

My Mii and Susie quickly pulled out their weapons as the figure stepped forward.

I was a little disgusted by what I saw. It was an ugly creature, the color of mold, with gnarled hands and pointed teeth poking out of a large, permanently smiling mouth. It's tiny feet were connected to a pair of thin, twisted legs. A pair of Mii eyes were attached to the face of the creature, just above a really long nose.

"Eurgh! What is THAT?" I yelled.

"A Goblin…" Susie murmured. "Not the prettiest of things, huh?"

"You can say that again…" my Mii agreed.

The Goblin quickly rushed forward and used it's long nose to slap Susie across the face. Susie took a knee as the force of the impact hit her hard.

Susie dashed forward and tried slapping it with her stick. The Goblin didn't look to fazed, in honesty. My Mii followed up by bashing with his frying pan, but that did little as well. Again, it tried to slap Susie, and now Susie could barely stand up.

"Susie!" my Mii shouted. He looked back at me. "Quick! I learned something a while ago! Might be a good time to try it!"

I was a little confused, but I nevertheless listened. Once Susie weakly tried to hit the Goblin, I looked over my Mii's options. I noticed that the 'Skills' button was, in fact, lit up like he had a skill, so I tapped it.

There was only one skill present, labeled 'Home Cooking.' The description read, 'Restore a friend's HP with some freshly made cooking.'

"Ooh, that's perfect!" I shouted, tapping the option and then Susie.

My 3DS beeped, and then words appeared. 'New Skill!' and then 'Home Cooking.'

My Mii took a deep breath as he held his frying pan in front of him. In moments, he suddenly had a small amount of food on his pan, and it appeared as though it was actually cooking even without a stove of any kind.

He quickly finished the food, then presented the pan to Susie. "Dig in!" he happily offered.

Susie took the food without hesitation, and ate it all. Her cuts and bruises quickly faded away, and strength seemed to be returning to her. "Delicious!" she praised.

She seemed like she liked my Mii even more at that point, but another slap from the Goblin, this time at my Mii, brought us all back. The fight was now almost over, the Goblin didn't look too good. A quick slap from Susie's stick of doom and a bash of my Mii's wonderful frying pan of magical food, and the battle was over.

Quickly, I forced the Goblin back into my system, and a pair of eyes quickly flew away, back to their owner. I couldn't help but wonder as I picked up a bag of coins the creature left behind: did some Mii's only have parts of their faces stolen, or all of it? Because the only time we've seen a monster that had a whole face, it was that child's face attached to that slime.

Still quietly wondering, I followed after my Mii and Susie. It was getting late in the day, the sky was slowly turning darker by the minute.

But then my Mii noticed something on the ground just as it reached late afternoon. "Hey, there's something on the ground here." he noticed, bending down to pick it up.

He found a banana of some kind. Susie looked pleased. "Ooh! An HP Banana! Those can restore your health in a pinch!"

I tilted my head. "Why banana's, though?" I asked.

My Mii looked at me funnily. "You just saw me made food out of thin air without a stove and save a pair of eyes that were stolen from a Mii, and THAT'S the question you ask?" he asked with a smirk.

I shrugged. "Sue me. I can only focus on one random thought at a time."

That caused a few laughs. My Mii tucked the banana into his pocket and the journey continued.

For a little bit, anyway. I guess my Mii couldn't help himself or something. He quickly called Susie back as he pulled out his HP Banana. "Want half?" he asked, presenting her half.

Susie quickly ate the half he offered her, and they both got a small amount of HP restored, I could see some lingering bruises healing. "Thanks!" Susie thanked.

They seemed to be growing even closer. I couldn't help but smile at that.

My Mii only then seemed to notice me. "Oh! I'm sorry, I should've offered you some…"

"Nah, it's okay. I'm just hoping that we can settle down for some food in a minute…" I mumbled, my stomach lightly growling.

"Didn't you pick up some jelly and ham from earlier?" Susie asked.

I did a double take at her words. "Wait… ham?"

I quickly looked through my bag. Sure enough, a plate with a few thick slices of some kind of ham was in my bag. It must've been dropped by the Goblin and I just didn't notice I was picking it up. That was the only thing I could think of, anyway.

I consulted my 3DS. The ham was revealed to be called 'Goblin Ham.'

My stomach didn't like the sound of that. "On second thought… I'm not hungry right now. I'mma wait a little bit longer…"

"I don't blame you… Goblin Ham is a bit of an… acquired taste." Susie agreed, gazing rather distastefully at the food.

I tucked it away and the way continued, but before long the three of us were lagging. The day had been long, and the sky was only getting darker.

"I'm so tired…" my Mii murmured, barely able to walk.

"Me too…" Susie added, "I don't know how much longer I can last…"

"I'd give up all our gold just to find a good place to sleep…" I yawned, exhausted from the sheer craziness of today's events.

"Wait… what's that?" my Mii asked, pointing ahead of us.

Lights were up ahead, just a little ways away. I could make out a sign of some kind before a stone gateway. The sign had one simple word on it: INN.

"An Inn! C'mon, let's go get some rest!" my Mii happily exclaimed.

"Praise be to the deity of well-placed inns!" Susie thanked the heavens above, and the three of us made a run for the inn.

The moment we entered the door, the entire atmosphere changed. There were Mii's milling about here, some looking like inn workers, and others that looked like they were resting as well.

I quickly told my friends to wait while I booked us a room, and they nodded. I approached the main counter and talked to the bellhop, "Room for three, please."

The Mii looked at me a little funnily. "Sorry bud. Room's are for two people max."

"Oh, c'mon!" I complained lightly.

Then someone appeared by my side. A male Mii, it looked like. He wore some kind of purple outfit, with a white undershirt under his short purple leather vest, purple shorts, and a purple bandana with goggles on his head. Tied to his waist was a small sack of some kind, and his his right hand he held a rather sharp looking dagger. His eyes looked tired, as though he never seemed to get enough sleep in a day, and his mouth seemed to always be in a somewhat sarcastic smile.

"Hey, buddy. Are you trying to scam one of your customers into not staying the night?" the new Mii asked, gazing at the bellhop. "You know I don't like it when you do that…"

The bellhop quickly took one look at the new guy's sharp dagger and quickly gave in. He handed me a key to a room upstairs, saying that me and my friends had it for the night.

I headed back for my friends, and the strange man followed after me. "You're welcome, by the way."

"Th-thank you… but did you really just threaten someone with that thing?" I nervously asked.

"Oh please. I'm not an idiot. He's scared of me, but he should know just as much as anyone that Thieves never try to hurt any Mii if they can help it. Well… with some exceptions…"

I took a half step to the side. "You're scaring me."

The new guy stood his hand out. "I don't let anyone know my real name, so you can call me Purple Guy. Good to met you, kid."

"Erm… Cameron." I responded, hesitantly taking Purple Guy's hand. A quick shake, and he dropped it.

"Welp, I have things to do. You enjoy your room now…" Purple Guy intoned, quickly slinking away. Before I knew it, he was gone.

'What the…' I thought in my head, before giving up. Another day, Cameron. Another day.

Anyway, I found my friends mingling with some other random Mii's, and I quickly got them upstairs.

We found our room, already with two extremely comfortable beds and a third rolling bed that looked just as comfy.

My Mii barely set down his frying pan and his chef's hat before he collapsed into the red bed, falling asleep in three seconds. Susie quickly took off her hat and placed her stick gently next to her nightstand before stretching and lying into bed, falling asleep just as fast.

As for me? I didn't feel completely tired yet, so I decided to do a small bit of an inventory check. I hadn't really searched my pockets for much, and I wanted to know what I managed to keep with me before everything went insane.

I found a charger for my 3DS, which was very comforting. I also found my phone in my pocket, which was even bigger of a relief. Perhaps it still worked?

I quickly started trying to find someone to call. I settled on my sister.

It ran once before going to voicemail. Even though I was a little heartbroken that it go through, at least it did seem like it still worked. That was a plus.

I didn't leave a voicemail. I didn't know what I should say.

I slowly plugged in my 3DS for the night and my glasses. 'What do I… do? I'm… alone. The world has been changed, and it's my fault. How can I even hope to help my Mii?'

The amulet around my neck softly glowed. "Do not fret, young Cameron. You might feel useless now, but you are strong. The amulet would not have awoken me if you weren't strong enough to save your world AND Miitopia."

'But… all I've done is capture a few monsters in the system. My Mii and Susie did all the work.' I mumbled in my head.

"You helped. I have little doubt that your Mii and Susie truly appreciates the things that you've done for them, however small it may seem. Just keep your chin up. You'll save them all."

I thought back to Greenhorne, and those poor faceless people. All of them were going to bed tonight afraid and alone, and would wake up to a world of terror because they had no sight, no smell, no ability to speak… no anything.

I thought about the Dark Lord, a person who wanted nothing more than to see the Mii's of this world punished for crimes they never committed.

I thought about my family, wherever they were, wondering where I was.

I thought about all of that and more.

I thought for a long time.

Eventually, my brain finally grew tired with my body.

I carefully made sure everything was plugged in and my glasses were off before sitting on the bed.

My eyes were closed and I was fast asleep before my head even hit the pillow.

Zzzzz…

Zzzzz…

The next day…

I awoke to the smell of food coming from downstairs somewhere.

I kept my eyes closed. "It was all a dream. I dreamt that my Mii came to life and that we were chasing someone called the Dark Lord, who stole the faces of Mii's. In a moment, I'll find my parents downstairs talking about the economy or something dumb like that."

A knock came on a nearby door. "And there's one of them now, about to tell me to get up…" I groaned quietly.

The knocking continued. And continued. I didn't understand why my parents didn't just open the door. They always did. "Alright, alright already…" I complained, sitting up and opening my eyes.

The sheets of the rollout bed fell away. I saw two sleeping figures next to me, one belonging to my Mii and the other to Susie. I suddenly realized I was in the Inn.

Which meant everything HAD been real. That or I was drop DEAD asleep and this was the most lucid dream ever.

A sound akin to groaning came nearby. I looked over and saw my Mii, irritatedly rubbing his eyes. "Who is it…" he asked me.

"Mmm…" Susie hummed at the other side, awake but still trying to sleep.

"C'min…" I grumbled, standing up and stretching.

The door opened and in stepped a bellhop. "Sorry to disturb you, but the buffet is open and there's plenty of food to go around. I'd hurry down, if I were you."

With that, the bellhop left.

The moment the door closed, Susie sat up straight and muttered, "Food."

My stomach growled in response. I realized I hadn't had anything to eat since breakfast of yesterday morning. "Food." I agreed.

"Food is good." my Mii agreed more.

The three of us quickly gathered ourselves and then headed down to where the smell of food was coming from.

But before I get to that, I should explain something.

There are inns that have breakfast. And then there are Miitopian Inns with breakfast.

At a normal inn, you'd expect a small breakfast with nothing special. Some eggs, maybe some pancakes, bacon and a drink. Enough to get you started for the day.

With Miitopian Inns, when they say 'enough food to go around,' they mean enough to feed a small COUNTRY.

The first thing I noticed was the sheer amount of Mii's that were roaming the dining hall, each eagar with a plate ready to be filled.

The second was the overwhelming smell of the dining hall. I mean, I could smell eggs, sryup, chocolate, muffins, sausage, cheese, bread, bacon, and a hundred other things that shouldn't have smelled good together, but did.

The final thing I noticed was easily the biggest. In the center of the room, about ten Mii chefs were cooking up the single biggest banquet of food I had ever seen in my life. The other Mii's were all swarmed around this table, and they were eager to grab anything that pleased them, whatever that might've been.

My stomach felt like it was rolling over like a begging dog at that sight. "I… it's so… beautiful…" I murmured in total awe.

Without another word otherwise, the three of us charged in and quickly got in line to grab some food.

Five minutes later…

"Dear god…" I murmured. The three of us had claimed a table already and were now staring at the spread of food we had gathered.

Sausage, pancakes, eggs, a gallon of orange juice, chocolate muffins, butter and toast, bacon, and several others threatened to collapse the table with it's weight.

My Mii and Susie were gazing in absolute happiness. We had more food on this tiny dining table than most people ate for Thanksgiving.

And all at once, we dug in.

The first bite was just as heavenly as we were expecting. The food just felt like it melted the moment we brought it to our mouths.

I had never felt so happy, and so full, in my life. By the time we were finished, only scraps remained. We barely left any part of the food standing.

I could barely move. "So… good…"

"So tasty…" my Mii mumbled.

"Beyond that…" Susie whispered. "So delicious…"

We slowly forced ourselves up and gave the chef's a HUGE tip for their work, which they accepted with large smiles.

We dragged ourselves upstairs and slowly started getting ready for the rest of the day. We each took a short shower, got fully dressed, all that stuff.

"Hey, uh…" my Mii started to say a while later, before stopping. "I'm not exactly sure what I should call you still."

"How about, 'my look-alike,' or something to that effect?" I asked.

"Hmm… hey, my look-alike." my Mii attempted.

That sentence rolled around in our heads for a little. My Mii seemed to like it. "That could work." he stated.

"So, what did you need?" I asked.

"Well… there was something downstairs that I saw when we were heading back from breakfast. A new uniform, and I… well, I kinda want it." my Mii asked.

I tilted my head. "How much is it?"

"I looked a the tag, and it's only 140G." my Mii asked. "Can I get it? Please?"

I pulled out my money pouch. "I don't see why not." I agreed, handing over the money.

"Really?! Thank you! I'll be right back!" he exclaimed happily, quickly running back out. In moments, we was back, with a big grin on his face.

"Here it is!" he intoned, pulling out his new uniform. "What do you think?"

"Ooh!" I mused. It was a bit of a crisper uniform, with a stiffer, longer hat, and an even cleaner white shirt, with a red patch in the middle and a red stripe running around the base of the hat.

"That looks like something the Pro's wear." I commented. My Mii looked more than happy.

"I'mma put it on!" he quickly stated, heading to the bathroom to try it on.

A minute later and he came back, frying pan in hand. "How do I look?" he asked.

"Much more professional." I stated.

My Mii grinned at me.

Then I felt a tap on my shoulder. It was Susie, and she seemed like she had something to say. "Umm… Cameron's look-alike?"

"Yes?" I asked.

"Do you… well, do you think there's enough money in the budget for an HP Banana? They're only a hundred each." Susie asked.

I checked the money pouch. "Ohh… sorry Susie. I used most of it up on my Mii's new uniform. Sorry…"

"No, no it's fine." Susie quickly intergeticed. "I understand. My fault for not asking sooner."

"As soon as we get some more gold, we'll get you one, okay?" I asked.

Susie nodded, smiling again. "Thank you."

Once that was done, I started gathering up my things for the day ahead. I pocketed my phone and 3DS charger, and grabbed the system in question.

I noticed that on the top screen, a small image of the Inn was present, with my Mii and Susie rooming together in one.

'Huh… bet I could move them around if I wanted to.' I thought. 'But we're about to leave. Probably shouldn't try to confuse them if possible.'

Instead, I tapped on 'Set Out.' My Mii soon asked me if I was ready, hat and clothes neat and crisp. I nodded, and the three of us soon walked out of the Inn.

We quickly headed onward to the next area of Easin hills. It was still fairly early in the day, so the sky was still orange.

We soon reached the next area to cross on our way to save the day. I quickly did one last inventory check on my person. "You guys okay? Sus-"

Then I noticed that Susie wasn't nearby. The two of us did a double take, but she was nowhere within the vicinity.

My Mii looked slightly downtrodden. "Well… guess we can only keep going for now." he sighed.

I nodded, and we slowly walked in, carefully looking for any signs of Goblins or Rock Moths.

We didn't find any of those. In fact, the lack of monsters was quite concerning to me. "I don't like this…"

Then a laugh. And I realized that now would be a good time to run.

I quickly grabbed my Mii's arm and tried to turn back, much to my Mii's surprise, but then Dark Lord Chara appeared before us in the direction I was heading, just as menacing as ever. "Well well well! Look who we have here! Seems as though my minion wasn't enough to best these little pests."

My Mii looked nervous, but he steeled himself and yelled, "Chara! Prepare for ruin!"

"By his FRYING PAN OF DOOM!" I shouted aloud. My Mii gave me a grin before turning back towards our foe.

The Dark Lord seemed quiet for all but of ten seconds, before breaking into evil laughter. "Oh, that's rich! You puny mortals think you can beat ME?"

Dark Lord Chara popped their knuckles. "Well, if you want it so badly… let's dance!"

From their hands, a massive ball of dark energy, bigger than the Inn we were just staying at, formed. It continued to charge longer and longer, and it only grew more powerful.

I suddenly started wishing we never left the Inn. "Ummm…" I mumbled, slowly trying to back away.

"Err…" my Mii squeaked, cowering as the ball continued to grow.

But just as it looked like the Dark Lord would release the energy…

A bolt of green-ish lightning collided with the dark ball, decimating it instantly. I quickly turn to see who just saved our butts.

"Who dares-" the Dark Lord starts to yell, before a hooded figure comes into view.

And just before they removed the hood, my surroundings became dark.

"Wha-?" I started to ask, before seeing the notice on my 3DS. Just like before, the system was asking me to input another person to play as a figure in this world.

The person was apparently called the 'Great Sage,' and their description was as follows: 'A wise and powerful sage who roams the world helping others.'

Again, the system asked me to assign this new person with a face.

"Well… this is a bit of a moment-breaker." I sighed. "Oh well… at least I can cool off for a moment…"

Considerably cooled off from the sudden Dark Lord appearance after a few seconds, I tried to think of who would be a good person to play as this Great Sage. Surely it was the person that just saved us, right?

Then I thought about the Dark Lord. If the Dark Lord was Chara, then who would be the best person to be more or less their rival?

And the answer clicked in my head.

The area returned to normal as soon as I finished making the Great Sage. The hooded figure now had his hood down, and was rushing forward now.

They are dressed in a white-ish robe with blue and green highlights, and in their hand is a long white staff. With the hood is down, it gave us clear view of the Mii's face.

Groan again if you will, but this Great Sage had to be Sans, also from Undertale. Sue me, okay? Again: I'M A NERD!

Though… I don't think I noticed it to clearly when I made him, but his eyes were pure black with white pupils… save for the right one. That one was glowing brilliantly blue. I KNOW I didn't assign that to the guy. So either the game was taking on a new life, or I was just overthinking things at this point.

Sans's mouth was curled into a permanent smile, a big toothy one at that. They had only a small triangle nose in the middle of their face. All and all, I made sure that this Mii looked as closely to the real one as possible.

The Great Sage Sans stopped just in front of us, his eyes closed. "Hmm… so YOU'RE the thing that has been causing such a ruckus…"

"Well, not anymore! Leave now…" the Great Sage raised his staff, and green runes started circling him fast. "Or perish to my magical might!"

Did I say anything about how cool the Great Sage was being right now? He was TOTALLY awesome! I found myself wondering how on earth I could be that confident and awesome.

Dark Lord Chara gazed distastefully at Sans. "Didn't your mother tell you not to be a party-pooper? Oh, you'll pay for that… yes you will! Bye for now!"

With one last evil laugh, the Dark Lord quickly disappeared to go somewhere else. My Mii, who had been in pretty much a state of complete surprise for most of the Great Sage's arrival, finally seemed to let go. "And breath…" he mumbled, letting out the biggest sigh I've ever heard.

Susie quickly ran over to us, concerned. "What happened? I thought we were going the other way?"

Then she noticed the Sage standing next to us. "Who's that?" she asked, her eyes widening.

"How do you do?" The Sage asked, kindly smiling wider at us. His eyes were now both the normal black color. "They call me Sans."

"I-I'm… Cameron. This is my look-alike, Cameron, and erm… Susie." my Mii stammered, clearly taken back by Sans.

"You look tense. You all should relax." Sans eased. "The Dark Lord is gone, and monsters haven't come to this area yet."

Susie looked embarrassed to be in Sans's presence, for what reason I couldn't know. "Umm… Sans? W… who are you?"

"Who am I?" Sans asked. "That's a good question. People refer to me as the Great Sage. I did not know why, but this morning when I woke up, I had a sudden desire to travel to this field. I cannot say why. Perhaps it was just chance luck."

Maybe it was just me, but I could swear I heard our Guardian barely snickering in the back of my head.

My Mii looked a little downtrodden for some reason. Sans noticed this. "Is something the matter?" he asked.

"You… you took on the Dark Lord like it was nothing… and I barely was able to muster enough courage to fight him…" he mumbled, half-heartedly kicking a pebble.

"Hmm…" Sans hummed, looking at my Mii. "If I might ask, why exactly did the Dark Lord fight you?"

I took over from there. I told Sans pretty much the entire story… aside from the pendant around my neck. Honestly, I was fairly sure Sans had seen MUCH stranger things than a talking amulet, but… still, hearing voices? Probably not a good thing to tell someone who you barely know.

My Mii seemed to agree with me on that front. I glanced over and silently asked him while talking if I should tell, and my Mii responded with a short, curt shake no.

Once I finished, Sans looked thoughtful. "Interesting… so you're on a quest to defeat the Dark Lord… I see."

"But…" my Mii mumbled.

"You do not feel as though you are strong enough?" Sans finished.

My Mii nodded dejectedly. Sans closed his eyes for a moment. "I sense a strange power within you, however. It's small now, and you might not think much of it…"

Sans smiled at us. "But continue your journey, and surely your power will grow alongside you."

My Mii seemed a little bit more upbeat at Sans's words. Sans quickly bowed, saying, "I should be off. There are plenty of things we both have to do. Good day."

With that, he walked off in the direction he came. The three of us watched him the entire way until he disappeared behind a hill.

"... I guess… we should be on our way." I mumbled, trying to get everyone back on track. It more or less worked, and we continued along the pathway.

The Great Sage was pretty much all anyone could talk about for a good twenty minutes. "That Great Sage Sans was so cool!" My Mii awed.

Susie nodded. "'You're the thing causing such a ruckus!'" Susie imitated, striking a pose.

My Mii joined in, posing while saying, "'Leave now, or perish to my magical might!'"

"He was REALLY awesome." I agreed, unable to suppress my smile.

The Mii's sighed happily, saying, "So cool…!"

Unfortunately, we weren't able to stay focused on him for long, as more monsters started seeing us as a lovely treat. Susie and my Mii kept them at bay while I made sure that everyone was still good on health.

At one point or another, my Mii had used so much MP that he was almost out. That wasn't to big of a problem, considering that Susie also knew a healing move, but still, it worried me.

Then, our Guardian presented me with some helpful tools: an HP Sprinkle shaker and a MP Sprinkle shaker. The MP one didn't have nearly as many sprinkles as the HP one, but still, it was nice to have in a pinch.

Eventually we fought our way to something different: a signboard in the middle of the field. They pointed in two different directions, one towards the left, one towards the right.

"Hmmm…" I hummed. "I don't like this…"

"What should we do?" Susie asked worriedly.

"I… I don't know…" I murmured, looking in each direction.

Then my 3DS beeped.

I looked down at it, and suddenly, I noticed two buttons pointing in the directions we could go. Only these had labels on them.

"Guys… the left path seems more difficult than the other one." I stated, nervously looking down that path. "Should we take the other?"

My Mii and Susie nodded. We didn't feel as though we had nearly enough strength to take on a harder path at the moment.

Just as I was about to pick the easier path, however…

"Kya-!" a shout rang out, and the unmistakeable sound of something, or someone, getting hit.

And it was coming from the left path.

I glanced over at my friends. "Someone's in danger!"

"Left path!" Susie called out.

My Mii looked like he REALLY didn't want to, but he couldn't ignore the call of someone injured. I quickly picked the left path, and we ran forward.

The source of the scream was soon found. Another Mii girl was surrounded by a herd of four Goblins, all of them cackling at the Mii.

"S-stay away!" she yelled meekly, holding up something I couldn't quite make out from the distance. She made a whipping motion, and all the Goblins seemed to get lightly slapped in the face. But nothing else happened, and the Goblins quickly regrouped and advanced on her.

"Guys! We have to help!" I yelled, charging forward, my Mii and Susie right behind me.

The Goblins didn't even notice us until Susie came in and slapped one of them with her stick. It seemed to do more damage since the thing was distracted. My Mii tried to follow up with his frying pan to the same one, but the Goblin quickly dodged and all of them turned to the new, more interesting prey.

"Back off!" My Mii yelled, looking angry. I quickly tried selecting Home Cooking to get the injured girl back on her feet.

Then, all of a sudden, my 3DS was making sounds. I looked down just in time to see, 'First Laid-back Quirk!' and then, 'Get Serious.'

My Mii made a sort of stretching motion, and then he quickly twirled his arm in a circle. He seemed to be twice as focused as normal.

He quickly made the food and, while Susie provided distraction, got to the injured girl and gave her the food.

She wolfed it down without hesitation, and then stood up, suddenly maxed out on HP. The food my Mii cooked looked even BETTER than it normally did, and that was saying a lot. My Mii made some pretty good looking food.

"THANK you!" the new girl shouted happily, bringing attention from the Goblins back to her.

She turned just in time to see them lose interest in Susie and start waddling for her. But she was ready this time. She struck a quick pose, and then threw…

Wait, was that a microphone?

She threw her microphone like a boomerang, hitting all the Goblins in a line. The mic quickly returned to her hand like it had been nothing.

"Woah! How'd you-" I started to ask, before the Goblins tried to attack again. Susie quickly ran around and prepped her stick, but then my 3DS beeped again.

'First Kind Quirk!' and then 'Mercy.'

She seemed to do a little dance, before running up to one of the Goblins that looked damaged. Before she would've swung however, she appeared to look sorry. "The poor thing…" she murmured.

The Goblin seemed to make some sort of motion equivalent to thanking Susie. It then wandered away, completely uninterested in fighting us.

However, that still left three more.

All three of them decided to run forward and slap my Mii in the face, causing small bruises to build quickly.

Susie quickly held her arms wide. My 3DS beeped again, saying 'New Skill!' and 'Cure!'

Susie then held her stick staff to herself, as yellow runes started flying off of her. "Cure!" she called out.

The runes quickly surrounded my Mii, as his bruises soon faded away. "Thanks!" he called out to Susie.

My Mii quickly charged forward and bashed another Goblin, the new girl threw her microphone again, and two other Goblins fell down. The last one tried to put up one last fight, but Susie soon dispatched them with one last slap with her stick.

The monsters gone, I quickly forced them back into my system, and the battle was over.

With everything calming down, I quickly turned my attention to the new girl.

Now that everything was calm again, I could take a better look at her outfit. It was a sort of dancer's outfit, with an oversized polka-dotted bow on top of her head. Her dress consisted of being white at the top and around the shoulders, and light green on the skirt, belt, and her gloves. Her hair was an interesting pale blue-ish color, and her skin was quite pale looking, even by Mii standards.

Despite that, she looked positively joyful.

"Oh, THANK YOU so much for saving me!" the girl called out amorphously. "You both were SO COOL!"

My Mii opened his mouth to say something, but the girl wasn't nearly done. "I loved how you both just worked together without needing to say anything! And those outfits! Oooh I love them! I really like yours, mister! I'm a little confused as to why you used a frying pan, but I like it! Doesn't it get damaged whenever you use it? How did you make that good food? Have you ever tried your food? Have you ever been asked to work for a restaurant? Have you-"

The girl finally paused for a breath. Taking the opportunity, my Mii asked, "Are… are you okay?"

"Oh, I'm fine!" the girl responded. "My name is Brave. I'm happy to meet you!"

My Mii and Susie glanced at each other, a little taken back by this girls beyond cheery attitude.

"If I can ask… who exactly are you?" I asked.

"Oh, little ol' me?" Brave asked. "Well, I'm a rising Pop Star! I'm training so that I can inspire everyone around Miitopia!"

Brave sheepishly rubbed the back of her neck. "I thought I could raise my popularity by defeating some Goblins, but… I took on a bit more than I could chew. Heh heh…"

"..." my Mii stayed quiet.

"But then you three came along! Thank you so much!" Brave thanked profusely.

"Well… you're very welcome, Ms. Brave." Susie politely thanked with a short bow.

Brave looked like she was thinking about something, before nodding her head. "You know, you guys are pretty strong… do you think I could join you? Now that I look at you, I think I've heard about you guys. Aren't you all a part of an epic quest of some sort to defeat Dark Lord Chara?"

We nodded, and Brave only looked more sure of herself. "Then I really wanna join you guys! If I join you, and help you defeat the Dark Lord, then I can really get my career going. Plus, I know a little bit about fighting. Can I?"

A quick glance over at my friends, and I shrugged. "Why not? Welcome to the party."

Brave smiled broadly. "Sweet! We're gonna rock that Dark Lord!"

Brave joined the party!

With that, the four of us started to head on our way.

Two more people had befriended us and joined our mission to save Miitopia.

Who else could we expect to join us?

I didn't know what to expect…

But somehow, I was quite excited by whatever lie ahead.

So? What did you think?

I honestly think this is the fastest I've gotten a chapter out in a VERY long time. I guess I must be really excited about writing this one!

Just as a formality, please don't hate me for what characters I decide to put in my story. Miitopia is a game about placing your favorite characters into the story itself. I know that people might not particularly like some characters I have or am going to place into the story, but please don't hate me for doing so.

Anyway, I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter regardless! Am I doing good here? I know Miitopia isn't the most popular section of stories, and probably not many people are going to see this story to begin with, but I still appreciate any praise/criticism.

Until next time guys…

Stay awesome!