+Mafia Town, Act 1:+

-Welcome to Mafia Town-

An audible thump sounded as Hat Kid hit the floor. She had crashed through a blue tarp seconds prior so it lessened her impact, but it didn't stop the thumping headache from breaking into her head.

She picked herself up off the floor, which only worsened the headache, so she had to sit down for a bit. Looking around, she noticed that the mafia who broke in her spaceship had gone unconscious in the fall down to this planet.

Where am I? She thought. Looking around, she found that she appeared to be in some kind of alleyway. It was fairly dark, the light seemingly further away from where she currently was. The hole in the tarp she made was the only other light coming into the area. Looking ahead, she saw a door that was boarded from the outside. Was she in some kind of desolate town?

Her headache refused to ease, so she decided to tough it out and pulled herself up. She was sore from the fall, which was to be expected. She did fall quite a distance and she wasn't prepared to enter the planet so suddenly.

Then it struck her. Bow! She had gotten separated from Bow! Bow was like Hat kid in a lot of ways, but a glaring difference is her lack of fighting capability. Bow wasn't the fighting type, it's why they stuck together for many of their travels. But since they were separated, she could be in big danger. Especially since they didn't know anything about this planet, practically anything could be a danger!

Of course, although Bow wasn't a fighter, she was quite the runner. But that didn't stop Hat Kid from worrying. Hat kid began moving forward, albeit slowly as to not make her pain worse. She moved forward to see… The mafia man!? But he was passed out behind Hat Kid. What on earth is going on? Am I hallucinating or something? She thought.

Just as she was about to turn around, another Mafia fell on the first Mafia, knocking them both out. Then, a figure with a red hooded cape jumped on both of them, striking a heroic pose. Hat Kid looked at the figure with confusion. It seemed to be a girl about her age, golden hair mostly covered in the red cape/hood combo, done into loose pigtails with turquoise beads. The girl donned a rose pink tunic with a purple sash with purple pants and green shoes. Some kind of medallion with a star engraved on it held her cape closed.

What's weirder is the mustache the girl had. Girls don't normally have mustaches, do they? The caped girl noticed Hat kid and her smug face quickly turned to surprise. Hat Kid assumed they didn't think anybody else was watching. She quickly jumped off the two now unconscious Mafia men and took off. Hat Kid, despite her throbbing headache, began following her. Hat Kid turned the corner where the Caped girl went and found that the area was just as bad. She nearly squealed when a cockroach came near her, but she quickly stepped on it. Two more mafias who seemed to be in some kind of conversation were nearby.

"Did fellow Mafia watch TV last night? Confusing science owl say small people can jump double in air." One of them said, Hat Kid stopped and gave a sort of confused look. In what world can small people jump on air? "I saw." The other replied, "This makes Mafia uncomfortable with body. Must go work out."

Hat Kid shrugged it off and continued on her merrily way, before realizing that she lost the caped girl because she stopped to listen to the conversation. Drat. she thought. Heading down the street she found more buildings and what appeared to be a construction site. Mostly due to the giant crane she saw. I wonder what they're building, she thought. Just as she was about to continue she suddenly felt her legs buckle beneath her. She looked up to find another mafia smiling down at her. She blew a raspberry at him and picked herself up, walking off.

Hat Kid crossed the bridge and spotted the Caped girl heading up a bell tower. Aha! She began taking off towards it but suddenly began running the other way when a mafia rolling on a giant piece of meat came rolling her way! What kind of person would make a piece of meat THAT big!? She thought, sighing in relief after almost getting crushed by a piece of meat, which would be an embarrassing way to enter the afterlife.

Hat kid instead climbed up the brick wall to the right to get a better look at where she currently was. It was cleaner than where she first came in that's for sure. There was a giant building that seemed to be sending tons of water upwards to support something else. Hat Kid couldn't entirely make out what it was. There was a lot of steel beams that Hat Kid assumed would be a building at some point in the future. A mafia was sitting on one of the beams at the top, which Hat Kid knew was dangerous, but she wasn't about to tell them to get down.

There seemed to be hot air balloons in the area, along with a lighthouse further out. What Hat Kid really wanted to know was how they managed to support a building in the air with nothing but water. Though she'd probably ask one of those mafia people later. She made her way across the place, heading towards the bell tower. She notices more of those mafia men on the place but she ignored them. They didn't mess with her, she didn't mess with them. Unless she messed with them first, then she couldn't ignore them.

"Hey you, down there! Don't think I didn't notice you stalking me!" The girl with the red cloak called out from on top of the bell tower, leaving Hat Kid confused. Stalking? She didn't think she was doing that, was she? "Us kids should stick together, not stalk one another. I mean, Mafia Town can be a really dangerous place! So whaddya say, wanna join my little rebellion?"

A rebellion would be a good way to lift her spirits, and by now her headache was starting to clear up too. Albeit a bit fast which was strange, but better quick than slow. "Oh, by the way, did you have anything to do with the junk falling from the sky?" Hat Kid scratched the back of her head and gave a little nod, hoping the cloaked girl saw. The girl must have because she then said, "Yeah? Yikes, looks like you've got a lot of cleaning up to do, huh?"

Hat Kid wasn't much of a talker when it came to people she didn't know. She's always been like that since she was small. Well, she still is a bit small, but she's old enough to pilot a ship and that should say something. To be fair, her hometown wasn't keen on age restrictions. Suddenly, so many things made a lot more sense.

"Tell you what, come up here and I can show you where some of your junk landed! Just press the button over there and that should move the crane!" The cloaked girl spoke. Hat Kid turned to see a big orange and yellow button on the floor. Weird spot for a button. She thought, stepping on it.

True to the girl's words the crane moved downwards. Hat Kid jumped up onto the nearby building it was hovering over. Remembering the words of the mafia she tried jumping on the air, and it worked! Somewhat anyway, her head collided with the bottom of the plank and she barely caught onto it with her hand, which only served to bring back the headache which had left mere seconds ago, it was over quickly, but left a bit of a sting.

The crane began moving upwards, and Hat Kid was suddenly close to the top of the bell tower. Hat Kid began sprinting onto it and then leaped to it. She grabbed onto it and with her upper body strength hauled herself up. "Hey!" The cloaked girl said, "Before we go any further, what's your name?"

Hat Kid remained silent. "Not much of a talker, eh? I'll just call you Hat Kid, then." Hat Kid wasn't surprised, not many knew her actual name anyways, not even Bow. "You can call me Mustache Girl, Mu for short. Since you know, I don't know your name, you don't get to know mine. It seems fair, right?"

Hat Kid knew she wasn't wrong there. Names can be dangerous if given to the wrong people, that's why she prefers Hat Kid and not her real name. "Anyway, I think one of your junk thingies fell and smashed right into the markets fountain. Messed it up real good."

Uh oh, That's not good. Hat Kid thought. "When going over there, make sure to avoid eye contact with the Mafia and you'll be fine. Good luck fellow rebel!" With that, Mu jumped out of the bell tower. Hat Kid was used to getting in danger so, with a grin, she jumped out the tower after Mu.

Hat Kid made her way over to the Market after surviving the fall from the tower. Hopefully, the Mafia haven't taken it yet. She jumped across a gap from the road to the market, in which there really needs a bridge put there. She walked up to the fountain to find a Mafia had it in one of his hands, in the other was a blue umbrella with yellow stars. She walked up and spoke "Hey!"

The mafia turned his head and Hat Kid put on a stern face "I'll take you." She pointed to the time piece to which the mafia laughed "This item fell from sky into Mafia Town. If it falls into Mafia Town, it is Mafia's now."

Hat Kid didn't think twice, she grabbed the umbrella from the mafia and wrung it out of his hands, her face forming a grin as she turned the weapon against the Mafia. The Mafia began yelling for help as he ran away but Hat Kid chased him down and delivered some powerful blows. The Mafia fell to the ground and dropped the time piece, which Hat Kid picked up. She let out a sigh of relief as she managed to get one back.

Just as she was about to begin wondering how to get back to her ship, she heard something fall in a nearby alleyway that had been gated off. Curious, she pocketed the time piece and began climbing the fence. Once on the other side, she began looking around for any items.

Just as she was about to turn around, she felt a presence. "So kid, I saw you beat up a good friend of mine." Hat Kid turned around to see a boy, who seemed to be older than her, but not by too much. About 15 would be her guess. He was turned around, so she couldn't see his face, but he wore a large black jacket with some kind of white fur lining and had short, light brown hair which was honestly pretty messy. He wore black dress pants and shoes.

The boy turned around, "Yeah, he had something you wanted, but was beating him up the right call?" His tone indicated he was fairly annoyed at the action she took. She could see he also wore a fancy button-up suit with a tight neck collar, along with a crescent hairpin and blue eyes, combined with pale skin.

Hat Kid looked at him with a confused look, which then the boy let out a sigh "I can tell you're not from here. I assume you've already talked to the girl in the hood, yes?" Hat Kid gave a small nod. "Well since you did, you've probably already joined her then. Just don't cause a fuss, she does that enough already." He leaned back slightly.

"...Who are you?" Hat Kid asked, catching the boy off guard. He didn't think she could speak.

"...Names aren't important. Nobody in this damn planet gives away their real name anyway, aside from maybe that disco penguin over at the movie studio." Hat Kid gave confused a look. Disco penguin? That's… interesting.

"Anyway." The kid let out a sigh "I'll be watching. So don't go and do something you might regret." And with that, the boy left. Hat Kid didn't get to ask his name.

She began pondering about how to get to the ship when a distant voice caught her off guard.

"I'm serious! Put me down, you big idiot!"

Here's the second thing to a thing

Yay! OC boy has been revealed! This was the first way I thought of when thinking of the second act and how to introduce this OC. I found it strange how Hat Kid was in a gated alley at the start of barrel battle and that's how I decided to reveal the OC.

I was going to make a small edit before I published this, but I forgot what I was going to edit. So when I do, I'll update this chapter.