Teen Titans and the Thousand Year Door
Chapter 3
Allies and Rivals
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The sun shined brightly over a grassy and hilly meadow, the trees scattered about the area. In one part of the area, there was a stone pipe with a 'save point' nearby. Out of the stone pipe came the three figures of Mario, Goombella and Beast Boy. They each stepped out into the open air and breathed in.
"Well, here we are!" Goombella spoke happily. "The Petal Meadows where folks say a Crystal Star hides. Woo hoo! Here we go guys! The start of our adventure! This is completely awesome!"
"Ah, I have to say," Mario sighed as he breathed in the fresh air. "This place definitely seems calm and peaceful."
The three began walking, noticing the statues nearby. They looked like six boulders surrounding a stone pipe. Goombella looked closer at one of the boulders which had some kind of sun shaped hole in it. While she looked, BB's ears perked up. He quickly looked up into the sky and gasped.
"Get down!" he hissed as he tackled his new companions to the ground.
"Beast Boy, what are you doing?!" Goombella spat.
BB quickly covered her mouth with a 'shush!' and pointed to the sky. They all looked up and gasped. Overhead flew what seemed like a rather fat red dragon with a green underbelly and three purple hook shaped tails. Somehow it was flying with two little flapping purple wings like a bee as its roars echoed through the sky and it flew to a grey castle far away.
Goombella gaped as they finally got back up. "Totally incredible… I've never seen anything that humongous before," she gasped.
"Not to mention that it looked kinda frightening," Mario muttered. "Didn't Professor-a Frankly say that this place was peaceful?"
"Wow!" Goombella shouted. "Crazy! We just started and already there's intrigue!" She then noticed that BB was still standing and staring at the castle. "C'mon Beast Boy! Let's go!"
BB turned around and followed them. "No problems dudes!" he called as he ran to catch up. Nonetheless, something was on his mind. When he saw the dragon, it was obvious that it was holding something in its hind legs. What really got him worried though was that the person seemed to be a certain one of his friends. He clenched his hands in worry as he ran along.
The trio looked about as they arrived to a town. There quite a few houses all about and residents walking around. One of them noticed the three newcomers and waved as he came to them. He looked more or less like a turtle on its hind legs with green shoes. This creature is known as a Koopa.
"Welcome travelers!" he welcomed.
"Thank you," Mario thanked. "But uh… just from where are we being-a welcomed?"
"Where?" the koopa repeated. "Why, this is Petalburg! But then again it has been a long time since we've had visitors here. We're kid of remote. Yeppity, once that dragon Hooktail was spotted flying around this area… well; it didn't help tourism or property values let's just put it that way. People just stopped visiting."
"Dragon? Hooktail?" Goombella pieced. "That must've been that huge thing we saw earlier!"
"Oh, so the monster's name is Hooktail?" BB said with a laugh. "Oooh! Scary name!"
"So anyway," Mario interrupted, "do you happen to know-a anything about these things known as Crystal Stars? We're on a search for them."
"Crystal Stars you say?" pondered the koopa. "Nope, can't say that I have. Sorry about that. You might want to speak with the mayor though. He's old. Really really old. As such, he knows all kinds of stuff we don't. Koopas of his age are… well… really smart. Anyway, the mayor lives in that pink house up ahead. You should go check it out."
BB stared. "… A pink house?"
"Sounds totally hideous," Goombella agreed, "but at least it should be easy to find. Thanks for your help!"
"Not a problem!" the koopa called as the trio left.
"The best part is that it's not even-a too far away!" Mario said happily as he pointed out the pink house just a little more than a stone's throw away.
"Well then let's go!" Goombella said happily.
That's of course until someone cut them off. From nowhere came what looked like some kind of blue… uh… okay, I don't know what he is! Probably for the better since the man had on a white polyester suit like Elvis, wore a neon pink afro, and large yellow shades. And to top it all off, his gaze was on Goombella.
"Ah, bonjour mademoiselle. Eet eez a beautiful day, no?" he asked with an obviously fake French accent. "I must say, you are a lovely leetle cabbage, so why do you stay with these unattractive men? What do you say my pretty? Abandon zees dullards and come away with moi!"
Everyone, please take this moment with me to pause and twitch our eyes in annoyance of this sad, sad little man.
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Thank you. Now for Goombella's obvious response.
"EW! Are you kidding? EW! Nice wig you disco wannabe! Take a hike Bozo the dork!"
"Oh, oh, oh! Sacre bleu! Such brutal 'onesty! Such a sharp tongue!" the man, whom we must unfortunately know as Dupree, cried. "Well, I retreat for now. If you change your mind, cheri, come find me!"
"What a total sleaze!" Goombella shouted and ran off. "Let's go somewhere else guys!"
Mario and BB can only glance at each other before jetting off after her. Grunting in anger, Goombella went up the steps onto the porch of the pink house.
"Come on guys, let's ask the mayor now," she called as the other two caught up. They took a breath in preparation and opened the door.
"Hmph? Whuzzat? Someone there? Who is it? WHO?! What do you want from me?" The trio calmly, but jarred, entered and looked at the elder. He was an elderly green koopa with brown shoes, a cane, a scraggly beard that might've been owned by Rip Van Winkle, and just as bushy eyebrows that masked his eyes. Ladies and gentlemen, Mayor Kroop. "I know! You're thieves! Here to rob a defenseless old koopa! Despicable!"
Mario and Goombella jumped back in fright as the former shook his head and rapidly repeated 'NO!'. Beast Boy however just looked at the audience and held up the classic sign of a screw next to a baseball.
"Go on, do what you will, but as you can plainly see there's nothing to steal here. Oh, I guess I have a little money… Take it you fiends and my antique shell too. Just leave the photos of me and the missus. Can't do without those memories," Kroop rambled.
"Uh no, we're not-a thieves…" Mario assured.
"What? Not thieves you say?" Kroop asked with a peaked eyebrow. "Well what's your story then? Wait, you folks aren't looking for the Crystal Stars, are you?"
Surprised looks all around! "How'd you know?" BB asked.
"Hmph. That would be the only reason anyone would come here anymore," Kroop explained. "Now listen. These Crystal Stars that you're hunting……… what did I hear about those dang things again?"
ANIME FACEFALL!
"Aha! Got it! Hooktail! Hooktail's got what you're looking for!" the mayor picked up. "It's this enormous, ornery, dragon. Eats folks they say. You know Hooktail, right? Well this Hooktail's brutal fly-by snackings have all of us on pins and needles. So, are you all reckless fools? Imeanareyougallantheroesofftoroughitup?"
The trio exchanged nervous looks before nodding to the senile senior.
"Oh, well this DOES sound promising!" Kroop said with a smile. "Why, if you can rid us of Hooktail, we'll shower you with gratitude and rewards." Golden dollar signs appeared on Goombella and BB's smiling faces. Suddenly Kroop's ears perked up. "Wait, what's that I hear? You'll accept no reward?"
"Well actually-" the two began until Mario slapped his gloves over their mouths. "No, no. of course we'll-a not!"
"Why, what an unselfish group of youngins!" Kroop gasped in delight. "You all are noble indeed. Say, what were your names again?"
"My name is-a Mario." "I am Goombella." "Beast Boy, hero extraordinaire!"
"………Alrighty then. Anyway, if you're intent on going to Hooktail's castle, find the secret pipe near this village. I don't know where it's at, but I know you need stone keys to use that pipe. The keys are somewhere in Shwonk Fortress, just past the village. Get them first. Now get going and take care of that Hooktail monster!"
A moment of silence reigned until BB spoke back up. "Soooooooooooooooooo… is that all?"
"Yep. That's all. Now leave me alone," Kroop dismissed.
All during this conversation, another figure was listening from a nearby open window. The figure was another koopa, except he was wearing a blue hoodie, blue shorts, white shoes, and had a white bandage on the bridge of his nose. He fiddled with his hands in a form of fear as he watched the gang begin to leave. He took in a sigh before shouting to them.
"Excuse me! I, I beg your pardon! Wait a moment, PLEASE!!" he hobbled up to them, all three wearing curious faces. "Pardon me for yelling like that. I was panicking. Umm… how to begin? M-my name's Koops…"
"Pleasure to meet you Koops!" BB greeted shaking Koops's hands. "My name's Beast Boy. This is Mario and Goombella. How can we help you?"
"Well, I heard you all are traveling to Hooktail's Castle."
"How'd you hear about that?" Goombella asked with a dead eye.
"Uh, well, you see, word travels fast in a small town like this!" Koops spoke quickly. "So, anyway, I… uh… I have a favor to ask. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………... Well… umm… oh just… Just forget it. Never mind. Ignore me. Good, good bye."
And with that, he ran off with his head slightly down into a brown brick house. The trio blinked for a moment until Goombella finally spoke. "Ok…… That was weird. What do you think that was all about? Talk about issues."
BB looked on for a bit before speaking. "Hey guys, why don't you two go on ahead?"
"What are you-a gonna do?" Mario asked.
"Well that Koops kid did say that he wanted some kind of favor," BB said with a shrug. "I'm just going to find out what it is. Besides, you two have shown that you could do well on your own."
"Well, I'm okay with this. How about you Mario?" Goombella decided.
"Okay. But if we need to call-a you, how do we-a do it?"
BB thought for a moment before he pulled out his communicator. "Depends. Do you guys have anything to use? I can give you my communicator signal thingie."
"Not a problem!" Mario said as he pulled out a device that looked suspiciously like a Nintendo DS system. "This thing has-a microphone that we can use. Now, let me take a look here…"
A moment later Mario tossed back the communicator and tipped his hat in a farewell before taking off. Goombella smiled with a nod before following, leaving BB to his own. He walked to the house he saw Koops run into and saw someone nearby. It was a girl koopa with blonde hair into a ponytail and a violet headband. She looked concerned as she stared at the house.
"Excuse me," BB asked as he tapped her shoulder. "But, do you know who lives there?"
The girl looked surprised for a minute before nodding. "Yes. His name is Koops."
"So, do you know what connection he has with Hooktail?" he wondered.
"Well… yes…" she answered sadly. "You see, a few years ago Koops's father went off to fight Hooktail. He hasn't come back. And that's not good with Koops how he is already. You see Koops is just sort of… well… wishy-washy. He's not quite timid but, well, I guess I just wish he would be more, you know, manly sometimes. Oh Koops, why did I have to fall for someone like him?" She had whispered the last part to herself, though BB heard it loud and clear to his surprise. Apparently it showed as the girl donned a shocked face. "Wait, was that out loud? Don't you dare tell him I said I've fallen for him! Please! I beg of you!"
It was at this point of course that she was shaking the green changeling in a panic.
"DUUUUUUUUUUUUUuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuUUUUUUUUUUUUUuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuUUUUUUUUUUUUUuuuuuuuuuuuuUUUUUUUUUUUuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuUUUUUUUUUUDE! I won't tell!"
"Oh thank heavens," she sighed with relief as she stopped. She then noticed that pretty much everyone was staring at her and her outburst. She let go of BB and began to wave off the looks. "Nothing to see here guys! Move on!"
"So, what's your name anyway?" BB asked as he rubbed his dizzying head.
"Oh, my name is Koopie Koo. And yours?"
"My name is Beast Boy. And thanks for the help."
BB walked away with a smile to Koops's house, Koopie Koo looking at him with a smile of her own. 'I don't know how,' she thought, 'but I think he'll change Koops for the better. Then again, humans aren't exactly normal around here, green or otherwise…'
BB walked steadily, planning in his head what he would say. After all, if one is to ask of private matters then one must be careful with the approach. He reached Koops's door before sighing and then knocked. The door opened to show Koops's startled face.
"Uh, listen, if you're going to ask about my outburst just now, I'm sorry. J-just ignore me. Good bye," he said as he closed the door, a clicking sound telling that it was locked.
BB stood stunned for a minute before smiling a mischievous grin. He then pulled out a small jar of black face paint. He dabbed his fingers in it, streaking two black lines on each of his cheeks like a thief.
(Insert "Mission Impossible' theme…)
Attempt 1: pick the lock…
BB was crouching low beneath the window of Koops's house, now dressed like a spy or a thief. He crawled to the door and looked at the doorknob. He slipped his hand into his black hat for a bit until it came out with a bobby pin. Slowly he inserted the pin inside the lock, digging around like he saw on TV. Granted, he didn't know what the heck he was doing. That made little difference however when he heard the lock click and he calmly opened the door. He crept in, looking around to keep his cover. He apparently didn't see the frying pan swing into his face and shoving him out the door.
Attempt 2: windows…
BB was at the side of the house, once again crouching beneath the window. He looked into the house for a moment and didn't see anyone. He held up his right hand, now transformed into a cat's paw. His pointer claw slipped out, and he began to quietly cut through the glass. He finished making a circle and slowly slid the piece out. He then reached through the hole and unlocked the window. He lifted it up, just in time to come face to face with Koops. The koopa held a soda. He shook it up and then sprayed it into BB's face. As the hero fell back screaming trying to clean his eyes, Koops began to block the window with wood boards.
Attempt 3: chimney…
BB climbed dramatically onto the roof with suction cups. He then hoisted himself onto the chimney top. Fitting himself carefully, he slid down like Santa Claus. Soon however he began to feel heat and looked down enough to see the flickering flames. He yelled in a panic as he tried to climb back up. In the end however he landed in the fire and got out of the chimney. He was screaming and on fire. He ran around in a panic until finally he ran out through the open door that Koops held open. Take note of the fact that this whole thing happened without anything else catching on fire. The koopa slammed the door as BB began to roll on the ground, putting the fire out. He panted in a panic before dropping in a faint.
Attempt 4: superpowers!
BB was once again at the door, stretching in preparation. Doing a few squats and leg stretches, he then got into a battle stance. He then seemed to disappear as he turned into a fly. Quickly he flew about the house until he found the air vent. Flying in quietly, he flew against the air flow until he came through another vent into the living room. He landed on the windowsill to catch his breath when suddenly he felt a great pain. BB had turned back to human and landed on the floor in a daze while Koops frowned before him, holding a flyswatter. He then hoisted BB like a bartender would and tossed him out the front door.
Mission status: failed…
At this point, BB's patience was used up. He stomped straight up to the door and knocked rudely. "Alright… Koops, right? Now listen, earlier today you wanted to talk to me, Mario and Goombella. But then you chickened out and now you're trying to hide from me. Now listen, Koopie Koo told me about your story. So believe me when I say that if you really had a favor about Hooktail, then me and the others would be glad to help you! But we won't know how if you don't ask us. Keep that in mind."
With that, BB walked away with his anger on his face. In the house, Koops was sitting on one of his chairs, his gloomy face hung down as he mulled over the message. Back outside, BB sat down on a grassy step with a pout. There was really nothing left to do but to wait. Suddenly his communicator went off. In shock and hope of it being one of the Titans, the message began with Goombella's panicked voice crackling occasionally through the static.
"Beast Bo-zzzzzz zzzzzzz-eing attacked! Three freaks ambush-zzzzzzz. Come to Shwonk Fortress and bring some zzzzzzzzzz-cks!"
BB's eyes widened in horror before taking off. He transformed into a cheetah and ran like a bullet through the town gate.
A beautiful monarch butterfly happily flapped its wings in the calm if not stale air. Gracefully it flied, enjoying the freedom that it was born with. Calmly it landed on a beautiful daisy. At least until a green cheetah paw raced by and crushed it into oblivion. As of now readers, that will probably be the most angst you'll find in this story. BB raced through the vast fields, paying no attention to the red shelled koopa troopas that watched in surprise of the speedy beast.
Up ahead, there was a small room with open gates and two face-like rocks with feet that were stretching.
"So Phil, what are you going to do on your vacation?" one cleft said to the other.
"Well I plan on taking the kids out to my sister's summer home. Maybe do a bit of camping. They've been complaining of having nothing to do…"
In that instant, BB sped by before the gate traps could even close. The two clefts looked on in shock.
"What the heck was that Phil?"
"Maybe it's best that we didn't know…"
Even further ahead was another room which was exactly the same, except the creatures were two mace balls with empty eyes and faces. They were playing a card game with no other than Fred Fredburger.
"So you see," Fred was chatting, "I have to make a report on this dragon guy, and I'll be rewarded with more nachos!"
"Well that's not too bad a deal Fred," one bristle said as he picked up two cards for his poker hand. "But don't you think you should get paid with actual money so that you could buy even more nachos?"
"Because no one can get a better deal than what I have right here!" the second said as he laid down his hand. "Gin rummy baby!"
The first was confused. "I thought we were playing poker?"
"I thought we were playing go fish," Fred spoke.
There was a moment of silence between the three until BB sped through like in the first room. Silence continued to reign until Fred laid down his hand.
"Well, it was great! Same time next month! Yes!"
Meanwhile with Beast Boy, he skidded into a stop as he arrived at a third building. The only thing was that the room had no other entry ways and the only thing inside was a statue of a large faced black with spikes on the edges called a thwomp.
"Well now what do I do?" BB shouted at the dead end. Suddenly a rumble shook and the statue opened its eyes!
"Heh ha! Well what do you know? Three sets of contestants in one day! Business is booming! If you've come all the way here to Shwonk Fortress, you also must want the stone keys. And if that's the case, then you must compete against me. If you win, I'll let you though to where the stone keys rest. However, if you lose, you will suffer a terrible fate. And by terrible, I mean awful. So? What do you want to do?"
BB just smiled and puffed out his chest. "Dude, superheroes like me can take on anyone in any challenge! You're on!"
The bust smiled. "All right! You're in for it now!"
And just like, the statue and BB disappeared like falling puzzle pieces. Nothing happened in the room except for a few minutes later. They both came back; the statue was angry, and BB was now wearing a 'Jeopardy' hat, a 'Wheel of Fortune' foam finger, and wore an 'I survived a Japanese game show and all I have to show is this stupid t-shirt?' t-shirt.
"SO, VERY, ANGRY!" the statue yelled. "I can't believe I lost a third time! I guess I have let you through too. Stupid rules."
The statue moved back a good distance to reveal a pipe. The statue 'hmph!'-ed in arrogance before closing its eyes and resting once more. BB took off the game show junk he got and stepped onto the pipe. 'Mario, Goombella, hang in there…' he thought as he went down the pipe.
When BB reached the end, he took notice of two things. One, it was dark. Two, it was wet. BB only grimaced as he shoes soaked. He sighed before running off through the caverns, looking for his companions. He soon heard a sickening noise that sounded suspiciously like an upset cat. He looked behind him to see black fuzzballs with two eyes each and a freaky mouth. BB only blinked before taking off screaming.
BB came to a stop in a different room, panting from exhaustion. He then took a look around and noticed he wasn't alone.
"Goombella!" he shouted as he came to the dizzy girl. "Dude, what happened here?"
"Well, me and Mario came down here when suddenly these three robot freaks attacked us!" Goombella muttered as she got back up on her feet. "Apparently they wanted the stone keys for some other reason and we didn't want to give them up. I still got this moon one, and I know Mario got away with the sun one. We have to go and save him!"
"Alright, just hang on!" BB yelled before turning into a wolf. Goombella went grabbed onto him via mouth on tail, and they went off.
A few minutes later the two came into the opposite end of the caverns to see Mario cornered by three figures that were hidden in the darkness.
"Now listen carefully," the middle and supposedly leader spoke to Mario. "We just need to borrow the stones for a moment. It's imperative to the existence of all existence that we do so. And this means we won't be afraid to end a few lives to do so. Now hand over the keys!"
"You want them? Then you'll have to work for it!" Goombella shouted. The figures were shocked and turned to face the newcomers only for them to speed by for Mario to catch hold. The trio then made their way back to the entrance.
As they came back to the pipe, BB stopped to catch his breath in human form. "Just who were those guys anyway?"
"It doesn't matter now mon!" a Jamaican accent rang. They turned in surprise to see the opposing trio, now fully visible.
The first figure was of medium height, completely black-grey metal, had two horns on the head, a special metal jaw, had one large red glowing visor for an eyes, had a red 'R' on his waist, and bore on his chest the face of a green head with yellow pincers and one closed eye.
The second was very tall, very bulky body structure with brown and light brown color settings, had cord like limbs that connected to large cylindrical hand braces and feet, had a dome-helmet like head that only showed his red eyes, had a yellow 'O' on his lower torso, and also had the green head on his chest.
The third was a little bit shorter, and seemed to have no head. His shades light blue along with his boots made it seem like he was wearing jumpsuit. On the upper torso was a circle that suggested some kind of cannon cover marked in thirds, had box like braces on his hands with double gun barrels on the top, each pair connected to a tube that connected with a pack on his back. A third tube came from the top and into the top of the torso where the neck could've been. Finally, he also had the green head on his torso.
"Just who are-a you three anyway?" Mario asked.
"Our names are of no importance to anyone in this world," the black one began until the blue one interrupted.
"Oh come on now mon! What's the point of doing our job without havin' a little fun mon?" He then waved with a flourish at his opponents. "The black one's Ravage, the big guy here is Oblivion, and I'm Yaman mon! And together, we are the Robo-Warriors mon!"
"Well it doesn't matter!" Goombella sassed. "We need the stone keys, and we're not leaving without them!"
"That's because you all aren't leaving at all!" a new shrill voice spoke. The six looked in confusion to the side where they saw a gaudy yellow furball bouncing. "You hear me you suspicious types? This is our place, and coming here is rude, rude, RUDE! Sorry suckers! If you want a warm welcome, too bad! Now I lunch on all of your heads!"
The six looked at each other with disbelief before getting into battle stances. BB became a jaguar, Goombella was leafing through her book for info, Mario readied his hammer, Ravage's fingers became razors with a flick, Oblivion drew his hands back into the cuffs, and Yaman readied his guns. The beast ran forward with a yowl, only to swiped by BB, knocked away by Mario, slashed at by Ravage, was knocked away by Oblivion's swinging arms, and finally blasted by Yaman.
"Ow!" the beast shouted as he got back up. "You chumps are tougher than you look. But I'm not through yet! Everyone! GET THEM!"
Just like that, at least 100 more of the black furs came out of nowhere and formed a mob scene protecting their leader.
"What the heck are these things anyway?" BB wondered.
"Aha! Here it is!" Goombella shouted. "According to my book, their fuzzies. The gold one must be their leader."
"Forget this!" Ravage shouted. "We don't have the time, nor do I have the patience for these pests! Yaman, use the adrenaline cannon!"
"Roger that Ravage mon!" Yaman replied. He then got down on one as a pulsing sound could be heard. Energy could be seen going from the pack through the top tube as the face circle opened up, already glowing with blue energy. Then, a large bright blue beam shot through the crowd, scattering the fuzzies. As the energy faded away, the black fuzzies looked in shock at their leader who was now against the wall knocked out. They looked at the group before shouting and running away deeper in the caverns.
"Well, that was actually pretty easy…" BB mumbled now back in his human form.
"Yes, now listen!" Ravage shouted. "You want to keep the stone keys? No problem. But we just need one moment to use them so that we may summon what we came here for. Simple, right?"
"………How can we trust you?" Goombella challenged. "After all you ambushed us, attacked us, and threatened to kill us!"
"Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease mon?" Yaman begged, apparently trying to make puppy dog eyes.
"………I say let them do it," BB decided.
"What? Why?" Goombella shouted.
BB shrugged. "Animal instinct."
"………Alrighty then." Mario agreed while puling out a red stone with a yellow spiked ring to look like the sun while Goombella pulled out a yellow stone shaped like a crescent moon.
Ravage took them both and held them to his teammates who covered them with their own hands. A moment passed when the two stones began to shine. They both raised slowly, the moon stone circling the sun one like the real moon does. It went through two cycles of orbit and with one final bright flash, they fell back down with a small rolled up square of parchment joining them.
Ravage took the stones and tossed them back to our heroes and tucked the note away to who knows where. "Because you let us claim our bounty just now, we'll leave you without a fuss. But be warned! Should you ever get in the way of our goals again, we will not hesitate to kill you." And with that, the three went back up the pipe.
The three heroes looked on for a moment while thinking back on today's events. "So, what do we do now?" BB finally asked.
"What else?" Goombella huffed. "We get back to Petalburg and then off to Hooktail and the Crystal Star!"
"Ah, but we can't-a do it today…" Mario sighed as he looked at the time on his DS like device. "It is far-a too late to do-a anything. We'll have to-a rest in Petalburg before we go on."
"Well then? Back to Petalburg!" BB said he dragged the two back up the pipe.
Meanwhile back in Petalburg, Koops was sitting in his darkened house, holding a picture frame. In the picture was an elder koopa with a blue shell, bushy eyebrows, and a small scruff of a beard. Koops sighed as he trailed his fingers over the image.
"Dad… what do I do?"
Elsewhere still, the Robo-Warriors returned to the temple-like lair where the one eyed being was in meditation. The three kneeled in respect at the figure.
"Master Parsnep," Ravage greeted, "the mission was a success. The prophecy piece was retrieved with little problems."
"The standard monsters of the land?" Parsnep assumed.
"Partly," Ravage replied. "There were three others who had arrived to the fortress, also desiring the stone keys. We were almost forced to end them, but in the end they gave us what we wanted in the end."
Parsnep's eye opened, one side of the top curved down in confusion. He then stood up to address them. He was considerably tall had green scaly skin, sharpened claws, and his face was like on his followers' chests. He wore a medallion around his neck, the medal encrypted with the image of a scroll with writing on it. He wore a large robe with a hood like a classic monk, and his single yellow eye bore its wise and piercing gaze.
"Listen well. If what I suspect is true, then that shall not be the last time that you meet them. When you do, challenge them to a fight. Defeat them with everything short of killing them. I want you to test their strength. In the meantime, prepare to go out for the next prophecy piece."
"Yes master (mon)." the three replied. "If I may ask, where is it?" Ravage spoke.
Parsnep conjured a cloud of mist, which cleared to show the image of a large black and white tree. "In the Boggy Woods of that world, it lies with a sacred treasure. You shan't go right now, but keep in mind that an army of dark intentions has already established a strong hold upon the area. When you do go there, discretion is the key. Until then, you all are dismissed."
"Yes master (mon)," they spoke before leaving. Once they were gone, Parsnep sighed. He held the prophecy in his hands, the second of eight pieces to go with the first. 'Dark times lie ahead. The darkness is rapidly approaching. And now we have unforeseen performers in this play? Time is running short for us all…'
Status…
Crystal Stars: 0/7
Prophecy pieces: 2/8
Titans: 0/7
Days total: 2
A/N: Well, one year since my last update, and I give ya nothing. You may hate me now. But look on the bright side! Now I'm coming in with a lot more! Alias is officially back and better than ever. That…… and I've been getting more motivated with my Twisted Metal story. Oh well. Pictures of my OC's will be up much later on my DeviantArt account. They're not entirely perfected, but you'll have to settle for the way they are right now. Sorry!
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Date of Update: 7/4/2008
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