Queen Sunstar: here is the next chapter, but before I begin, let me respond to an anonymous review.
Unkown One (): Thanks for your review. I'm glad you are liking the story.
Twila: Its our first anonymous review! Queen Sunstar owns the story, and some of its characters like Solance. Nintendo owns everything else, including me.
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Sunlight filtered through the window. Luigi felt its warmth on his face, as he stirred and woke up. Pain shot through his left shoulder as he tried to sit up.
"I would lay still, if I were you, Luigi." someone said.
Luigi turned his head, and his eyes rested on a Parakoopa Troopa wearing a periwinkle blue shell with the marking of a sun on it, showing he was from Skyland. Its wings were more dragonic.
"Who are you, and where am I?" Luigi asked.
"I am Dr. Ludwise McKonic, and I am a Dragonblood. You are in my clinic, here in Crescent Outpost." Dr. McKonic said.
"We made it? Where is Sunfire, my yoshi?" Luigi asked, dreading the answer.
"She is out in the stables with the others. I assume You will want to see your traveling companions again." Dr. McKonic opened the door, and yelled something in Dragonese to a nurse. Seconds later, Wario, Solance, Geno, and Mallow came in.
"Luigi, you had us worried." Solance said.
"How badly hurt is Sunfire?" Luigi asked, feeling like something was wrong.
"Luigi, Sunfire is fine. Why do you ask?" Mallow asked.
"She fought a lion to protect me." Luigi said.
"Luigi, that was three days ago. Sunfire had no marks on her body the fight. There is something else. She is not a Pegi, but a Winged Uni." Geno said.
A pegi is a yoshi with wings, while a Uni is a yoshi with a horn. A winged Uni is a yoshi with both a horn and wings. Starstone was rumored to be the only one.
"Starstone is the only one, Geno." Luigi started, as it finally dawned on him who Sunfire was, "Wait a minute! She is my partner, in the egg I received five years ago!"
"Luigi, it has been confirmed that there are five Winged Uni's left in this world." Geno said, "Starstone, Sunfire, Silverblade, Starflyer, and Oceanstone are all winged Uni's."
"I see." Luigi looked down at his injured shoulder, and winced, "What happened to my shoulder?"
"You dislocated the joint, and fractured the bone directly under the joint. I inserted screws into the bone to hold it together while it heals, and I had to surgically reattach your shoulder back into its socket." Dr. McKonic answered.
"How bad is the delay gong to be?" Luigi asked.
"It should take no more then eight weeks for you to heal fully." Dr. McKonic said.
"We can't wait that long! Our mission is a mater of worldwide security!" Luigi cried.
"Who said you had to stay here for those eight weeks? I'm going to do phase two of repairing your arm in a few hours. What is going to happen is that I'm going to go put a metal cuff around the fracture to keep it still so it can heal. Here is the cuff." Dr. McKonic said, hold up a wide metal strip with four short metal strips, two on each end, sticking out of it. "Yes, it looks barbaric, but it is effective. You wont need a cast."
"Lets do it, then." Luigi said.
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Darksun's tail lashed about. His fiery mane and tail tip burned in rage. Darkmoon continued to lick the lions injured sides.
"Who knew that the yoshi was a winged Uni!" Darkstar growled, walking into the cave.
"That whelp was more powerful then we thought. This next plan we try, one of my own, has no chance of failure. We will attack as one. That yoshi must fall." Darkmoon purred.
"Darkmoon, good plan. We come at her from all angles." Darksun raised his head.
"Ooh! Ooh! Can I use my nightmare attack? Please? Its pretty powerful! Really! It is!" Darkstar cried, bouncing around.
"Darkstar, settle down. You sound like a kid with ADHD." Darksun growled.
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It was night when Luigi woke again. His left arm felt heavy and stiff. He didn't stay awake long. While Luigi slept, Sunfire paced her stall. She was nervous. Something was out there, and her danger sense was tickling. Behind her, Darkmoon hissed. Sunfire spun around, and tried to ram the she-tiger, but wound up getting her horn stuck in the wood of her stall. In the stall next to her, his left leg bandaged, Spitfire raised a sleepy head.
(Sunfire, what wrong?) the red yoshi asked.
(tiger monster!) Sunfire answered, still trying to work her horn free.
(There no tiger monster. You sleepy.) Spitfire responded, curling up on his straw mat.
(I winged Uni, now! I protect master!) Sunfire pulled her horn free, and turned to see Darkmoon, again. She made her horn glow, and let off a weak lightening attack at Darkmoon, who vanished. Darkstar dropped in from overhead, while Darksun came in from her right. Sunfire backed up into a corner, and hit Darkmoon. All three cats lunged at the winged Uni, who let off a shrill screech of distress. Suddenly, Sandbar appeared with Spitfire and two other Uni's. they drove off the three cats. Sunfire sank to the floor, her chest, back, and wings scratched and bloody.
(Sunfire, you okay?) Sandbar asked, speaking in yoshi.
(I be fine by morning. Need sleep.) Sunfire spoke, curling up in the hay.
Sandbar nodded to the two Uni's, who returned to their stall. Spitfire and Sandbar settled down next to the wounded female, and began to lick her injuries clean.
Morning came, and Luigi, followed by Wario, Solance, and Geno, entered the barn. Wario went over to the stall containing the two chain chomps, and fed them. Solance went to his yoshi, and found him in Sunfires stall. Luigi joined him wordlessly.
"Sandbar, what happened last night?" Geno asked, joining them, after finding his yoshi inside Sunfires stall, "Or do we need to know?"
"Sunfire got attacked last night." Sandbar stood, and shook himself.
"Sunfire, are you okay?" Luigi called, his voice filled with worry.
(I okay.) The female yoshi responded, rising and walking over to the stall door. Luigi petted her nose, and looked her over. She looked fine, other then the few scratches on her sides. The scratches were nearly healed.
"good. We leave tomorrow morning for Sky Heights. There, we will cross the Ravaged Ravine, and move on to the fault." Luigi explained, "We are going to go gather up any more supplies, and stock up on items and food." Luigi stepped back so Geno and Solance could feed the yoshies.
Outside, Luigi decided to do some exploring. The Outpost was more like a small city then an actual military establishment. It was shaped like a crescent. Luigi found himself inside a park. He could hear Koopalings, Yoshlings, and toad kids playing on a slide and jungle gym near by. Brightstar was out, shining in the sky, and it was pleasantly warm. Luigi sat alone on a bench, and listened to the sounds around him.
'If I fail, They will never be this carefree, or this happy, again. I promise, I will do everything I possibly can to bring down the Daybreaker.' Luigi smiled to himself, taking a few minutes to relax.
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"Where is Eldstar?" Misstar asked for the umpteenth time.
"He is just running late." Muskular tried to soothe the older female spirit.
The five remaining Stars had gathered inside the high council champers of Eldstars Haven. Before them, the Star Rod glowed softly. Two chairs were empty. One of them was the seat of Kalmar, and the other was the seat of Eldstar. A chime sounded, as Twink, son of Kalmar, winked in.
"There is no sign of Eldstar on the planet below. I went ahead and called down Twilus, who reported that Eldstar is not on the other side, ether." the star kid said.
"Thanks, Twink. Why don't you go take your fathers seat for this meeting?" Misstar asked, directing the star kid to the seat of Kalmar, "As I am the second in command, I call this meeting to order."
At that moment, Spectra, Leader of the five weapon beasts, warped into the room. Spectra was a giant scepter. He had a golden shaft, with a red ruby on top of his head. He had a mustache much like Skolars.
"I will sit in for Eldstar." Spectra said, hovering in front of the seat of Eldstar.
"Okay. We can't wait any longer." Misstar said.
"What do you mean?" Twink asked.
"Twink, it would be better if you didn't know. I agree with Misstar. We have to do something." Spectra said.
"Do we have any other options?" Klevar asked.
"I'm afraid not, Klevar. All in favor, say aye." Misstar said.
"Wait! I'm hopelessly lost, here! What is going to happen?" Twink asked.
"This could easily backfire." Skolar brought up, ignoring Twinks question.
"Hello! A little clarification would be nice!" Twink cried, again.
"Twink, come with me." Misstar rose, and beckoned the young star to follow. Twink fell instep next to her.
"Well? I'm waiting!" Twink said after a few minutes of silence.
"Twink, what I am about to tell you, you must promise, you will never tell a single soul about this." Misstar said, walking out onto a balcony.
"I promise." Twink said.
"Good. Ages ago, the former council of seven met in that room to make a decision about Solon's beast form. They decided to take it from him and lock it away. We came along, and decided to give it to Brighton temporarily some time ago. We took it back, and now, it is awake. Meet Firegod, Twink." Misstar clapped her hands, causing the room to light up.
Below them, trapped inside a glowing golden ball, was the out line of a red and gold dragon. Its claws, horns, and spiked tail were gold, and its wings were gold. Its scales started out golden, and darkened to red. Its body twitched every now and then, showing that it was reawakening from its long slumber.
"We are going to decide whether or not to give it to Luigi. It may be the only thing that can stop the Daybreaker. Lets go back. The others are waiting." Misstar winked them both back.
"I have given each of us a piece of paper, and a pen. Write yes, or no on the paper to vote. Here is the question. Do we give Luigi the power to evolve from Brightsun into Firegod? Vote now." Spectra said, making his vote on the paper. He collected the papers, began to tally up the votes. Everyone held their breath, waiting for the answer.
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Queen Sunstar: Next weeks update will be late. My cat, Licorice, goes in for surgery on Friday, and he is going to need constant care for the next several days. So what I am going to do is update next on April 9th. Sorry for the two week wait, but I am the only one who the cat will tolerate.
Twila: Review, please, and we would like to thank nrhk16, Luigi rules 512, Elite Wizzerd, and Unkown One for their reviews! Reviews make us very happy, so feel free to review!
