"Ugh. I think I'm going to be sick." Gagged Shard as he used his tail to hold his lunch. The portal was swirling the gang constantly and viewing different colors in different shapes. It was like looking through a kaleidoscope in an endless whirlpool. Everyone else felt the same as well as getting dizzy and more nauseas.
A white light appeared not far off from where they were. Ecco noticed a shadow moving back and forth inside the light. He sighed in relief.
"Hey! The exit is near!" he exclaimed. He charged off ahead of everyone. Everyone sighed and eye-rolled and chased after their friend. Before they knew it, they went through a blinding light and into a bay of cheerful common dolphins. A Latin tune could be heard from some of the residents.
The area was full of excitement and peaceful. Everyone was in a good mood. Calf's are playing tag. Some adolescent females are dancing to the Latin tune and even the elders are relaxing heavily on the shore trying to reach seashells.
One common dolphin with a necklace of seashells swam beside them. He threw his fins up and smiled.
"Welcome to Waikiki! You must be Ecco and his friends." Ecco nodded.
"And you must be the Hawaiian guy from Atlantis right?" asked Hammer.
"I'm also the pod-leader here. My name's Wiki." replied the common dolphin. Coral swam to the common dolphin with her teeth grinning.
"Can you give us a tour around here Wiki?" she asked with puppy eyes. Wiki smiled and nodded.
"Actually I need a favor to ask you. We're kinda blocked in to the other pods area. Our entrances have been blocked by boulders." the common asked with a pleasant expression.
"What does that have to do with a tour?" Coral asked.
"Well, there's five in all, and they're scattered throughout the bay, so you'll get your tour while doing this task. Plus there's a Guardian crystal in it for you." He swam near a boulder and nudged the top which eventually fell off and revealed an orange crystal. "I'm sure with your whale friend's strength, this shouldn't take long."
Aqua sighed and swam up to the common dolphin ready to go.
"Where's the first one?' the whale asked. Wiki pointed his beak straight ahead of him.
"The other four are around here as well. I only found one." Aqua sighed and swam off. Ecco and the rest followed the whale. They passed dolphin after dolphin who was either dancing or decorating rocks with seashells and colorful fauna.
"Gee. I wonder what's here that's makes this place so-" Smack! Aqua gets rammed by a calf who was playing tag. He didn't feel anything, but the calf begins to shake in fear of the whale, who is about ten times his size and more teeth then all of his friends.
"S-S-S-Sorry mister! Are you gonna eat me?' the calf asked shaking harder. Aqua smiled and chuckled.
"Why? You want to? Ask Hammer the shark." He laughed a tad harder.
"Hey! I don't do dolphins! Only fish!" the calf stopped shaking and giggled.
"What's going on around here anyway?" Aqua asked the calf. The young dolphin felt more comfortable and smiled.
"A few days we join up with other pods and have our annual Lotus Flower Festival. It's a week of fun!" he said in excitement. Everyone else seemed to like the idea. Hammer licked his mouth with hunger.
"Thanks kid. What's your name?" the killer whale asked with his friendly tone.
"Sunny." The calf replied. Aqua smiled. He heard a blast of song coming near them. "That's my mom! Bye Aqua" he swam off. Shard appears in front of the orca and stares at him.
"C'mon! The sooner the better! Let's…GO!" he barks at the whale. Aqua blows away the seahorse with a stream of air bubbles.
They continued straight on until they were covered by shade. Finally Ecco noticed a cave and an arch that somehow lead to another place.
"This must be it." Said Ecco to himself. "Okay Aqua." the dolphin gave the okay to let Aqua smash the boulder.
Aqua swam away from the pile of rocks and stretched his fins and head. He then lowered his head and prepared to charge. He bolted from where he started and rammed the boulder with his side, which moved the enormous rock. It fell out of the way making the entrance reopen.
"That's one of them." Hammer said. Ecco lead the party out and followed the trail of Latin singers. There was a small crowd listening to the five dusky dolphins singing their songs. In front of them were five adolescent females twirling and dancing to the rhythm and tempo of the songs. They finished and multiple angler fish lightened up things, since it was late afternoon. Ecco caught up with the lead singer who was behind another arch of rocks.
"Nice songs you play." Ecco said to the dusky dolphin. He smiled with his wrinkles building up on is eyes.
"Thanks young one. You wanted to ask me something?' asked the old male. Ecco nodded and pointed his beak at the large pile of rocks, blocking the second arch entrance. "Oh. I'll move our stuff for you." He moved his rock and shell instruments and swam to the side, out of harms way.
"Why don't you try practicing your beam's at the rocks?" recommended the whale. Ecco nodded and charged up his Normal beam at the blockade. He fires five powered-up shots at the structure which blew up in a purple lighted explosion. There was nothing but rubble remaining, and fish began swimming out, scattering all over the bay.
"This is easy." said Ecco to himself. Not far off were two more next to each other. Coral charged in on the pile of rocks and noticed one that was loose on the bottom.
"Allow me." She said as she tugs on the rock with her fins. The rock popped out, and Coral swims out of the way as the rocks tumble downward, opening the third entrance. Aqua moved another large boulder in the middle of the forth pile, which also fell downward as a forth entrance was re-opened.
"Now…where's that last one?" thought Aqua with a puzzled look on his face. "Maybe it's over…"
"Found it!" said the triumphant Coral. This one wasn't covered with rocks. It was a steel door with a map of islands. Around that were dolphins jumping over hoops and swimming under the arches Ecco and company cleared of boulders. Wiki was next to a small switch that opened the door. He had the crystal ready in his left fin.
"I saw what you did. Here. It's yours." said the common dolphin with a stroke of relief on his face, "Just pull this switch. It hasn't been pulled down for so long, that it won't do go down." Coral gently pulls down on the switch before Aqua and Ecco appeared. Wiki stares at the female dolphin with a jealous look as the steel door opens upwards.
Appearing from the door tens of dusky, common, and bottlenose dolphins charge out in glee as they came into the bay with endless supplies of fish. Wiki faced the now-present Aqua, Ecco, and Hammer, with an ecstatic look on his face.
"Thank you so much. I'll prepare the festival tomorrow. Your all invited! Please…enjoy your stay in Hawaii." He swims off to prepare the Lotus Festival.
"Well that was a thrill." Shard said, feeling bored.
"I rather fight a dragon." Said Aqua who still wanted to see the dragon Coral and Ecco saw. The two dolphins sighed and poked at their whale friend as Shard and Hammer watch with laughter.