Teen Titans and the Thousand Year Door

Chapter 4

Castle and Dragon

Now loading the save file from memory card A… Do not touch the memory card in slot A or the power or reset button…

The save file has been loaded.

A new day dawns on our heroes, as now they have the keys to continue their quest. And so now, here on the edge of Petalburg, the trio has a few final preparations before going off to rescue the Crystal Star in distress of the evil dragon, Hooktail. Pokemon's announcer, eat your heart out.

"Aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!" BB yawned. "It's a great morning to save a town!"

"Well somebody's chipper in the morning…" Goombella groaned behind him. "I didn't wake up this early since classes at U-Goom."

"Still, it's-a time to-a go!" Mario announced. "Now, a quick-a check. Sun stone?"

"Check," Goombella moaned as she used the said object to scratch her head.

"Moon-a stone?"

"Check!" BB answered with a pat on his pockets.

"Supplies?" Mario asked before digging into his pockets. "Check. Now, remember-a yesterday with that-a stone-a pipe? There were-a two other rocks, one with a sun shaped hole and another the moon. If we use-a the stones then it'll-a reveal the way to the castle, right?"

"Well then let's go!" BB shouted as he began to march.

"Ummm… excuse me!" a familiar voice ahead of them shouted.

"Oh boy, this guy again. Think he'll actually say what's on his mind this time?" Goombella wondered at the sight of the greeter.

There just before the bridge into town, was Koops. "It's… it's Beast Boy, right? Look, I ……… ummm… See, the thing is, I've thought about what you said the other day and I've been waiting here in the hope of getting to speak to you. I have to ask you guys something, and you can say no, but I'm going to throw it out there."

"Well? What is it?" Goombella asked impatiently.

"Well… see… I was wondering… would you…" Koops muttered before grabbing BB and shaking him like Koopie Koo did. "OH PLEASE TAKE ME WITH YOU TO FIGHT HOOKTAIL! PLEASE! I'M BEGGING YOU!"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Calm-a down!" Mario shouted back as he forced Koops to let go.

"Are you okay Beast Boy?" Goombella asked.

"Oops! Wrong floor! Fersirnermerskin…" BB mumbled before falling to the ground.

"Uh, sorry about that Beast Boy," Koops apologized as he offered his hand to pull the changeling up.

"Well hey, no problem. But, why would you want to come with us?" Goombella asked.

"You mean Beast Boy didn't tell you?" Koops asked back. In the background we can see BB staggering about unnoticed.

"We didn't even-a know that he knew!" Mario spoke.

"Well, you see… my dad. He went off to battle Hooktail long ago. But he never came back," Koops spoke softly. In the background we can see BB falling into the river in his daze.

"So you're dad probably died, and you want revenge. Is that it?" Goombella asked.

"No," Koops sighed. "I miss him of course, I miss him badly. But this isn't just about avenging my dad. Well no, that's not true. Revenge is a part of it I guess. A big part. But the truth is, I want to finish what Dad started. For his sake. For everyone's sake!"

Once again in the background we see a now fully alert BB screaming as he jumps from the pool, a small carnivorous fish chomped firmly on his backside.

"Well that-a makes sense, but other than-a revenge, why-a do it? Killing-a Hooktail probably won't-a get-a your father-a back," Mario scolded.

"I… man this is embarrassing… see, everyone always says I'm a crybaby. A weakling. But if I can defeat Hooktail… well, I won't be those things. I'll be strong, like my dad. I know it'll be dangerous, but I still want to go! Please Beast Boy! ……… Beast Boy?" Koops looked around until he saw BB lying on the grass, drumming his fingers on the dirt.

"Believe me Koops, the answer is already yes, just get this thing off of my butt!" BB shouted.

"For real? No kidding? Yes! Thank you so much guys! You won't regret this!" Koops rejoiced as he forced the fish's jaw open and tossed back into the river. "OK Beast Boy, let's get moving!"

"Koops…" another voice called out.

Everybody turned to the town gate where a certain ponytailed girl koopa was standing, her worry clearly showing on her face. "Oh! Golly… um… Hi. Hi Koopie… Koopie Koo. Did you overhear al that?" Koops stammered.

"Well, part of it. Koops, I thought I heard you say you're off to fight Hooktail. But, you're joking, right? I mean, you're not exactly a powerhouse. He'll eat you up!"

"I know Koopie Koo," Koops said sadly. "But I want to be tougher. For you… So I have to do this."

"No Koops, you don't!" Koopie Koo protested, her eyes already starting to water. "I mean, going off to some dangerous place? It's… it's stupid. So what if you're timid? And sort of a crybaby. I don't care about all that. I just want you to be you. So, don't go…"

"Sorry Koopie Koo. I've made up my mind," he stood firm. "No need to worry though! After all, I'm traveling with Mario. And I've noticed what Beast Boy here could do. I'm in safe hands!"

Koopie Koo shook with anger as her tears flowed. "FINE! IGNORE ME! STUBBORN KOOPA!" she shouted when suddenly she slammed into all of them and once again on the rebound back into town.

"I'm sorry Koopie Koo…" Koops whispered. "I swear to you, I will come back to you a stronger koopa! Well Beast Boy, that's that I guess. No turning back! Hooktail's castle awaits!"

When he said that, the same blue screen popped up again to show 'Koops the Coward has joined your party!'

Goombella's eyes widened at the weird scene. "So that's what you guys saw."

Soon after the trio had arrived back at the stones. Getting straight to work, Mario went to the two stone with the holes, and filled then appropriately with the right stones. A rumbling sounded, and the two stones moved inward to show two blue switches with exclamation marks on them. Shortly after that, blue writing began to glow on the stone pipe.

BB leaned in to the writing, reading the inscription aloud. "Here beginneth the path to dread Hooktail Castle. Weaklings, retreateth! Ye who seeketh to proceed: a power of two must hitteth both switches simultaneously. Addendum: if ye are a Petalburg koopa, huzzah! Your hold ablility maketh this chore a snap!"

Everyone glanced at Koops who just simply smiled with closed eyes in pride as he walked to one of the switches. "Somebody kick my shell."

Mario did so, Koops now in his shell shot out and spinned in place. Mario smiled in realization as he went over to the other switch, his mallet at the ready. "GO!" he shouted. Just like that, Koops shot back hitting one switch, while Mario slammed his hammer down on the second. More rumbling occurred, when suddenly the stone pipe blew to pieces to reveal a regular green pipe.

"Alright! Now it's off to Hooktail's castle!" Goombella shouted as she went into the pipe. The others followed quickly, the area now deserted. It was at that point the Fred Fredburger came out of hiding in the bushes and went down the pipe with a 'Yes!'

The quartet looked on in wonder at the large grey brick building that towered before them. The castle was in fact as ominous as the tales say.

"Oh man… Hooktail Castle," Koops shuddered in fright. "The stories were all true. This place is ominous…"

……… Hey! Didn't I just narrate that? Anyway, the four entered the castle, already feeling the dread. The corridors were dark and the dull bones of passed away koopas were strewed about the place.

"Well, can't say that I like the bone pile décor…" Goombella muttered.

They continued through the castle until arriving at an empty hallway (except for the bones of course…). They looked around, keeping a watch for enemies until Koops stopped in shock.

"Oh, oh no!" he gasped as he ran over to a skeleton with blue shoes and a blue shell. "These bones, they remind me of my father. There's… there's no doubt about it! It's my father! DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD!"

Over in Petalburg, Mayor Kroop's ears perked up. "Hmm… odd. Sounded like Koops."

The rest bowed their heads in silence for a moment, until Koops noticed something. "Wait, what's this? Beast Boy! My father's clutching some kind of letter. Or at least his… ugh… bones are. Do you mind reading it for me?"

BB nodded as Koops picked the paper from the pile and handed it to his friend before hugging the bones.

BB cleared his throat before reading aloud. "I came to this castle to destroy Hooktail, but I am stuck and can go no further. So in this letter, I shall note Hooktail's weaknesses for those who follow. The dread Hooktail cannot tolerate creatures that begin with 'cr' and end with 'icket'. Hidden somewhere in this castle is an item related to Hooktail's weakness. If one is to have any hope of defeating Hooktail, one must first find that item. One last thing: if faced with ultimate doom, the fiend will use any trick to save itself. If you hope to defeat it, do not give in to your kinder nature and fall for its tricks. Alas, I do not have the strength to continue writing. Already mist veils my eyes." It was at this point that BB's face went slack in disbelief. "Uh, Koops? You can stop hugging the skeleton now."

"Why?" Koops asked with worry at the stopping.

"Listen to this last part," BB continued. "My last words go to my son Kolorado: I love you and I'm proud of who you've become."

The results were varied. Goombella's became like BB's was. Mario scratched his chin as he looked up in remembrance of someone he met before named Kolorado. Koops's face however became one of shock. "But, if this isn't my father… then who have I been hugging…?" His eyes then dilated as he shot back up and ran around with a scream, desperately wiping off his jacket in disgust.

"Well, he wasn't Koops's dad, but at least he gave us some valuable info, right?" BB said as he continued. "Now let's get going."

"Problem Beastie," Goombella said as she pointed to the door (with her feet?). "We'll have to move that skeleton first."

Suddenly said skeleton (which was completely red by the way with blue eyes,) began to shake. "Blaarf harf harf HARF! You clearly don't value your lives much if you've come to this castle to disturb us. You will go no farther, and from this moment on, you'll be nothing but bones!"

At once the skeleton leaped up as hundreds of regular skeletons dropped from nowhere, forming a major mob and attacking the heroes.

"What's with these guys?" BB shouted before turning into a lion and swiping at the undead.

"Dawn of the dead!" Goombella shouted as she began to headbonk any that she could.

Bones flew apart only to be replaced by more as Mario swung them away with his hammer. Koops used special energy as he began to ricochet around the room, knocking them all away. "There's-a too many of them!" Mario shouted.

"Then take out the leader!" BB shouted, "The rest will fall after!"

Suddenly the door opened and everyone stopped to glare at the intruder. Noticing that it was a bad time, Fred simply drew his head back out and closed the door. Mario then got an idea and reached into his pocket. He pulled out a red block with the colored word 'POW' on it, and slammed it into the floor. A strong tremor erupted through the floor, dealing damage to all of the bones. They all collapsed, leaving only the red leader standing.

"Oh boy," the red bones sighed as the heroes all pounced on him with attacks. The bones collapsed to the floor and the door opened. The heroes sighed in relief as they moved on. And of course, on the other side the door opened with Fred peeking his head back in. "Is it safe to come in now?"

"Man, this place is just one big maze, isn't it?" BB moaned.

"Don'tlookdown, don'tlookdown, don'tlookdown, don'tlookdown!" Goombella chanted as she followed BB's lead.

Let me explain, this castle has so many tricks and hidden keys designed to wear the voyagers out. To help this there was a gap in a corridor bridge that could only be crossed by shimmying the window ledge outside.

"Come on-s guys," Mario encouraged. "We are almost-a there."

Koops in the meantime just had his head in his shell which was rattling violently. 'Better than the falling spikes, better than the falling spikes…'

"Okay guys, we're there!" BB announced as he jumped back inside through the window. One by one the rest of the party came through, steeling their nerves again.

Soon they entered a new room, filled with many chests and supplies. But what really caught the group's attention was someone else in the room. The person was a white mouse with bright red shoes, a matching mask, and her tail curved into a heart.

Said mouse looked at the newcomers with surprise. "Huh? Oh my! Who's this handsome piece of cheese? I can't believe there are other thieves here besides me. How very strange…"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" BB huffed. "We are no thieves! But who are you?"

"Me? Why, I'm Ms. Mowz, the globe-trotting thief! Heard of me sweeties? I heard there were rare and valuable badges here in this castle. That's why I'm here. But the real question is why are people like you roaming in such a run-down place?"

"I'll tell you why Miss Ugly-pink-shoe-whatever-thief!" Goombella shouted. Apparently something about the mouse ticked her off. "We're here to beat Hooktail! And just so we're clear on this, we set our sights on the Crystal Star before you! OK?"

"Crystal Star you say?" the thief said with interest and a twinkle in her eye. "Hmmm hmm hmmmmm! I didn't know a thing like that was hidden in this castle… sounds intriguing! Perhaps I just heard something you didn't want me hearing?"

Everyone glared at Goombella, who now was sporting a large blush while muttering 'Shoot!'

"Oh but that's ok, I mean you were looking for this Crystal Star first, and I already found the badge I was after, so I'll let you get your Crystal Star."

"Well-a thanks! But, what-a do you-a mean by that?" Mario asked cautiously.

Ms. Mowz smiled as she came up to the stached man and smooched him blatantly on the kisser. "It means I must say bye-bye for now Mr. Cutie! I know, it's sad. We just met, and already it is time to say farewell. Alas…"

The group was already in shock of the smooch as the thief leaped up to a nearby window. That is until Koops muttered "Wow… how bold!"

Koops then muttered 'OW!' from BB nudging him painfully. "You're already spoken for Romeo!"

"I am?" Koops asked in confusion.

"Oh, I almost forgot, I have a little secret to share with you. Somewhere in this castle is a badge that'll help you best Hooktail, or so I've heard. I don't know what kind of badge it is. Maybe you found it already, maybe not. If you're going to fight Hooktail, I'd recommend finding that badge first. Well, take care handsome mustache man! Let's get together again real soon!" and with that, she leaped out of sight. Though you could've heard a faint '…ow…' from below.

"What is with that girl? What a flirt!" Goombella huffed. "Who acts so disgusting like that?"

"Maybe, but still I wouldn't mind hearing her story…" Koops muttered. "It'd probably be filled with adventure and romance…"

"Yeah, but-a now we got-a something else-a to do," Mario spoke as we wiped his lips of the mouse's lipstick. "She said that-a badge could a-help, and the-a letter said that there was an item that-a has-a Hooktail's weakness. They must-a be-a the same-a thing!"

"Well then I think that we already got it," BB said as he pulled out a badge from his pocket. It was a red circle with a white music note on it. "I found it while we were searching for keys. When I used it the only thing that would come out of my mouth was cricket noises."

"Well then we have all that we-a need!" Mario said as he pulled another castle key from the remaining storage. "Now let's-a go! Hooktail is a-waiting for us!"

"Well… there it is," Koops muttered. They were at a long bridge that led to the highest tower in the castle. On top was a large chamber, the windows showing the red scaly skin of their foe.

"There's-a no turning back now," Mario said gravely. "Let's go. But take our time as well."

It was at that point of course a new sound erupted from the tower. It was a sound that shot through BB's mind with familiarity and confirmed a hanging dread that appeared yesterday. It was a scream. "STARFIRE!" he shouted. In a panic he turned into a cheetah and ran up the path.

"Beast Boy!" Goombella shouted as they all gave chase. "Wait up, will ya?"

At the top, BB was panting next to the large door as his party caught up with him.

"What was that all about?" Goombella gasped. "I know we just heard some girl scream but then you just jetted off! What's the deal?"

"That's my friend that screamed!" BB shouted. "She right there behind the doors right now! Mario, I can already turn into a cricket. So you take the badge."

Mario nodded as BB tossed him the badge. They all then marched through that door. Fred then came up following the group and entered along with them.

The group had entered the room and they all stopped in fright. There the beast was, the room barely big enough for it, and looking just as horrid as they day before. "Wow!" Fred sputtered. "That thing is HUGE yes!"

Everybody at that moment looked in confusion at the little green elephant thing. "Where'd you come from?" BB asked.

"Who dares approach me?" Hooktail roared in a surprisingly feminine voice. "So… you are friends of the strange-garbed one I just ate?"

"You ate Starfire?!" BB shouted angrily at the beast.

"Starfire was it?" Hooktail mulled. "A fitting name I must say. She did have an odd spice to her skin. I didn't expect more to come to steal the treasure I protect however. Such rashness… That was foolish I fear. Do you really think you can beat me? But you're so small. And you don't appear tasty. I suppose you might make a good snack though. And bottoms of your feet smell like they might make a good sauce with some spices. What I'll do is sauté you to crispy goodness and gobble you down, HEADFIRST!"

Just like that, the area around them flashed and everything changed. Everyone except Mario looked around in awe. It seemed that they were on a stage now complete with an audience of toads, goombas, and even Fred Fredburger who now was munching some nachos.

"What the heck is all of this?" Goombella asked.

"Just-a roll with it," Mario advised.

"Snack time little appetizers!" Hooktail roared. "But which one of you morsels should I taste first?"

"Taste-a my foot!" Mario shouted as he leaped up and stomped on Hooktail's nose twice. And the badge was definitely at work for each time Mario stomped, a cricket noise sounded.

Immediately Hooktail moaned and her eyelids drooped in sickness. "Bleck! That awful sound! It sounds like a cricket! How did you know? Stop that this instant!"

"Goombella! Go!" Mario shouted as he tossed her the badge. She slapped it on her helmet and headbonked the beast.

"Urp…" Hooktail gagged, trying not to throw up. "I got really bad, ugh, food poisoning once when I ate a cricket. I hate them! Oh… fight it Hooky. Just hearing a cricket chirp makes me feel woozy!"

"See, this is why I'm a vegetarian!" BB commented before turning into a lion and swiping at the dragon.

"For my father!" Koops shouted as he launched himself straight into the beast, wearing the badge and releasing another cricket chirp.

"Ooooog… must… not… gag… My poor tummy… uuuuurp. So very woozy…" Hooktail moaned before releasing a fire breath attack.

The gang dodged out of the way as they continued the onslaught. On the side the audience cheered with each successful move as the battle went on. Soon however, Hooktail had enough.

"That does it!" she shouted before swiping at Mario. He guarded and with Hooktail so weakened, she didn't do any damage. However her claw did catch the badge, flinging it out the window. However that left her unguarded, allowing BB in hawk form to claw at her eyes.

"Her health is down guys!" Goombella cheered as she checked up on the beast in her book. "She's already beat!"

"W-wait! Hold up a moment!" Hooktail called, her claws up in some kind of mercy call. "I give up! Please! I won't be so bad anymore. I promise! In fact, I'm sorry! For everything! …yeah… to prove it I'll give you 1000 coins! What do you say? Can you forgive me?"

"My father gave his life to stop you!" Koops shouted. "I will not betray him now! Keep your coins you fiend!"

"What?" Hooktail gasped. "You must be joking! You don't need any coins? Then how about the lovely, rare, extra special badge I have? I'll give you that. It's one of a kind! And it's yours for a limited time only! Will you take it?"

"Are you kidding me?" BB shouted. "You just ate my friend! And I will get her out of you! Keep it you cad!... Why did I just say cad?"

"Err… really?" Hooktail said panicked. "Well I suppose I could apologize by letting you smell the bottoms of my feet. People pay good money to do this. I'm being completely honest right now. Really! So? Care to take a wiff of the rich, yet delicate scent of my world-renowned feet?"

"Oh my gosh!" Goombella moaned in disgust. "That dead guy was right! This girl would do anything to save herself! That's disgusting!"

"Hrrrrrrrrrmmmmmmmmmm… you aren't a very trusting group, are you? It's important to trust someone you know. Err… I guess I'd better…" Just like that, Hooktail leapt from the stage and into the crowd eating at least a quarter of the audience. The rest of the audience, except for one, ran away in shock and fear.

"Oh my gosh, that's just not right!" Koops shouted.

"Oh ho ho ho ho ho ho! Ahhh! Now my strength has returned to me!" Hooktail shouted, her queasiness long since gone.

"As if the people of Petalburg wasn't enough!" Koops growled in a rage. "I've had enough of this! Let's finish this girl off fast Beast Boy!"

"Right!" BB growled as well, at least until he noticed the only person remaining. He and the rest leaped down to the seats where Fred was kneeling on the ground, looking on in shock at the cheesy mess that lay before him. "Hey! Green elephant dude! You gotta get yourself out of here!"

"She… killed my nachos!" Fred gasped. He then turned to the beast in anger. "You killed my nachos!"

"Oh boo hoo!" Hooktail fake sobbed. She then roared, releasing a fire breath attack on Fred. When the attack died down, Fred was charred black except for his butt that was on fire. He looked at his enflamed tush before running out the door screaming "Ow! My bottom! My bottom!"

"I can't believe it!" Goombella noticed. "She got all of her power back!"

"Yes, and now it's over!" she shouted as she swiped with her claws again, knocking Beast Boy out the window.

"Beast Boy!" Goombella shouted. She too glared at the dragon. "You'll pay for that!"

She began to charge at the dragon, but Mario held her back. "No! Don't-a do it Goombella! If her-a powers are back then we have to be-a careful!"

"Ah! But you can't do any damage to me anymore!" Hooktail chortled. "Now die-what?" she stopped and looked around. Soon the others could hear it too: a cricket was chirping. "Blurp! Why do I always have to feel so faint every time I hear a, urp, cricket?"

Mario looked in awe as Hooktail scratched away at her ears before he smiled and readied his hammer. "Guys! Now's our-a chance! Gooooooooooo!"

The trio began to strike the beast, who was only able to weakly fight back. She took so much damage, that she was spitting up the audience members she ate. She then swiped her claws, tossing the trio into the wall.

"No!" she shouted. "I will not give up! Not now, not ever! You hear me? Never!"

"Then I'll just have to beat you the old fashion way!" BB shouted. Before Hooktail could even react, BB came out of Hooktail's ear, crawled up to the top of her head, turned into a gorilla, and slammed down on her head.

A very loud and painful crack could be heard before BB leaped off, Hooktail's eyes spinning as she staggered. "B-but… I… I… GURK! How? Why? There's still so much I wanted to do with my life… so many meals…"

She the roared for the last time and flipped over, twitching for bit until she moved no more. In the background, the vibration caused the castle wall backdrop to fall forward. Hooktail was dead.

You got 30 star points!

The world shifted back to normal, with the dead Hooktail lying on her back.

"Yes! We did it guys!" Goombella finally cheered. "All we have to do now is search for that Crystal Star we can't seem to locate."

"Yeah, but what about Starfire?" BB asked.

Suddenly a familiar energy sound came behind them. They looked as a large circle of Hooktail's belly glowed bright green and then erupted from a beam of the same light. A certain orange hand then rose from the hole, hoisting the remainder of her up. It was Starfire, though covered in gray-ish goo and carrying a blue shell.

"We have made it sir!" Starfire announced happily as the shell leaped from her arms.

It fell to the floor, the limbs and head poking out. It was the same koopa as from Koops's picture. "Ah ha! We're out! We're finally out!" he cheered happily.

"Starfire!" BB greeted.

"Friend Beast Boy!" she shouted happily before flying into BB and snatching him into a hug. "Oh friend Beast Boy, you have no idea just how excited I am to finally see the face of someone I know!"

"Great to see you too Star, but you're choking me!" BB croaked as his face turned a whole new shade of blue.

"Oh, my apologies friend Beast Boy," Starfire said as she released the wheezing companion. "So, if I may ask, what brings you to this horrible castle where she of a hooked tail resides?"

"It's a long story Star, I'll tell you when we get home. But what are you doing here?"

"During the battle against the Hive, a large lightning bolt struck the ground, knocking me out. When I awoke, I was in this unfamiliar town called Petalburg. I then heard from the strange creatures that this horrible dragon was eating them all, so I set out to destroy the beast. But it was too powerful for me in my weakened state. It kept me imprisoned to serve as a meal today. So, who are your new friends?"

"Oh, well the human is Mario, the girl is Goombella, and the turtle is Koops. We came to beat Hooktail for Petalburg and search for a Crystal Star."

"What is a Crystal Star? And for what reason would you need it?"

During this whole time, another reunion was occurring since the koopa came out.

"Whoa! It… it can't be!" Koops gasped in disbelief. "Da… Dad?"

The koopa then noticed his son who was running up to him. "Hey! You're… you're Koops! Hey son! You've gotten so big since I saw you last!"

Mario looked on in shock, seeing as how killing Hooktail did bring back Koops's father. "Looks like I was-a wrong..."

"Well, yeah…" Koops shrugged. "I guess I have. But who cares dad? I mean, golly! What happened to you? Where've you been all this time?"

"Well I came here a while back to deal with Hooktail, and all was well and good, but just before my finishing blow, she played a trick on me and gobbled me down whole. I've been hiding in my shell for the ten years since then inside Hooktail's belly! At least until now when that orange girl came down and helped us both out with some strange powers she had. And boy was it nasty! Yuck! I'm so glad to finally get out!"

"Honestly dad!" Koops scolded. "Don't you know how worried about you we all were? For ten long years we all thought you'd… you know! We thought your story was finished!"
"Oh, sorry son…" the dad mused. "But I'm ok! That's good, right? We're together now, right? Hey speaking of which, what are you doing here anyway?"

"Oh come on dad," Koops said with a smile. "I came here to defeat Hooktail who's been wreaking havoc in town. And my friend Beast Boy over there is looking for a gem called the Crystal Star."

"Crystal Star? Hey, Beast Boy!" he shouted, interrupting the Titans' conversation. "When Koops said a Crystal Star, this wouldn't be what he's talking about, would it?"

He then pulled out a large five point star, cleanly carved and made out of what appeared to be pure diamond that glittered with silver sparkles.

"Where'd ya get that?" BB asked as he came to the gem.

"I found it down there in Hooktail's belly. Nice huh? I kept it as a souvenir," he answered with a chuckle. "So this is the thing you're looking for? Perfect! Just perfect! You can have it!"

"Really?" BB asked with a smile as the shine of the gem filled his eye.

"Come now! I won't take no for an answer. You're Koops's friend. Please take it!" he requested with a bow.

BB smiled as he touched the gem which then circled around him before landing in his outstretched palm.

END OF ARC

Beast Boy and friends finally got a Crystal Star in the castle after defeating Hooktail. Koops even reunited with his long-lost father, whom he thought was dead. Luck was even fortunate to bring Starfire, one of Beast Boy friends, back into friendly company. Yet they were unable to learn anything about the whereabouts of the princess or the other Titans. Where could Princess Peach or the remaining Teen Titans be? Yes… Beast Boy's adventure has only just begun.

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Date of Update: 7/5/2008