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Chapter 8: shades of purple
I woke up and got up immediately. I felt much better today, and felt like I could take on anything…even though I knew I couldn't. The onions landed soon, and I called out 25 of each color, though I wasn't sure why I choose that number. After Olimar and Louie got up, we headed down the purple path again.
It took a bit, but when we got to the large arena, what I found kind of surprised me. Anyone who has played pikmin 2 knows they don't have an onion, even in pikmin 3 they only reproduce through Candy pop buds (as far as I know). Why am I saying this? Because when I got to the arena, the first thing I saw was a pellet poesy…that was the color purple.
"A purple Pelet Poesy…how fascinating" Olimar said.
"Yea…very" I replied, deep in thought. If there was a purple pellet, then that meant there had to be a purple onion, right? And where there's a purple onion…
"The gate way is open!" Olimar said. Sure enough, the enormous amount of water was gone…but I also couldn't see Alph.
"Wasn't Alph here yesterday?" I asked.
"He was…maybe he went to look for the purple pikmin" Olimar suggested. Then we heard a surprised yelp.
We ran over to where the sound had come from, to find Alph pinned down by a purple pikmin. Whatever had spooked Alph, it made him so surprised that he forgot about his whistle. Olimar was a bit shocked, and I was surprised myself…the pikmin on the other hand seemed to enjoy it.
The purple looked up at me, then at the pikmin "oh…are you a captain?" he asked
"Of course he is!" a female purple said "you can't be THAT dense!" most purples were super heavily built, even the females. This one stuck out, not because of her coloration, but because she was thinner than the others. Actually, she's the only pikmin I'd refer to as 'girly' in appearance.
The purple got off of Alph, and Alph jumped up, running over to us. "Great, you scared him!" the female said.
"Shut it, Bell!" the first purple said.
"Just because you're named Muscles doesn't mean you can boss me around!" Bell shot back.
"Instead of fighting, how about you two actually pay attention to us?" I asked. They both looked at us.
"You can understand us, can't you?" Bell asked. I could tell Bell was smarter than most pikmin.
"Yes, but I'm the only captain that can" I said.
They both looked at me "that's so cool!" Muscles said. I expected Bell to be impressed too, but she just looked at me, curiosity in her eyes.
"How about you show us your onion?" I asked.
"Ok!" Muscles said. He walked off, and we followed.
Bell immediately started talking to the pikmin, but I could tell she didn't quite fit in with them. Maybe it was how different she was from her kind of pikmin, or maybe there was something else in that purple female's mind, but she was WAY different.
"Here we are!" Muscles said. There were three pikmin, one at the base of each of the three onion's legs. The onion itself was pretty unremarkable, except for the fact that it was purple.
"Did you guys look for anything?" Muscles asked.
"Well…we were going to" one of them said "but we got into a wrestling match and, well…"
"Unproductive as always" Bell muttered.
I glanced at her, then looked back at the pikmin "ok, how about you guys take down the Pelet Posey's that are around us?" I suggested.
"Ok!" they cheered, then all of them except Bell went off to find a pellet. Bell, on the other hand, just looked at me. The captains went off with the remaining pikmin, leaving me alone with Bell.
"You're different" Bell said "the captains don't understand us, they only use the whistle to communicate…you don't. You seem to prefer talking to us, rather than using high-pitched sounds…you're like me"
"I suppose I am, in a way" I said.
I had always been weaker than most of my classmates. The doctor said it was a traumatic event from when I was little, my friends tell me it's because I haven't hit puberty yet, and everyone else says I'm just built that way. To make up for my lack of strength, I studied…when I wasn't playing videogames, of course. I'm REALLY smart, and I thought about what that might mean about Bell. She was built lighter than the other purples…so why is she one of the few with a name?
"I'm going to go find a pellet, see you later!" she walked off.
After a bit, each of the purples was carrying a purple 10 pellet. And after the first one got back to the onion, they started throwing 5 pellets between each other, eventually adding up to 98 pikmin…and that's when Bell came back, carrying a 1 pellet.
"How long does it take to bring a 1 pellet?" a purple asked rhetorically
"Shut up, I had to find the right one" Bell retorted.
We got the pikmin settled, and then we headed back to the Obelisk. The captains and I stared at it, but I noticed Bell was studying it too. The purple side was brighter now, but that's not the only thing that had changed. On each side, the pikmin that were leaning on the line were now facing each other, as if looking at a mirror. The bulborb on each side did the same.
"Interesting…" Bell said. She seemed smarter than most pikmin, which probably made up for her lack of strength. She really was a lot like me…in a different species kind of way.
Moments later, the sun set and the pikmin went back into the onions. I laid in my normal spot, and Alph followed Olimar and Louie. I thought about the pikmin again as I fell asleep.
Took me a while, but another chapter is done! Yay! To the guest reviewer who gave me my first review on this story: thank you! When I said reviews encouraged me, I mean reviews REALLY encourage me. The more reviewers review my story, the more focused I'll be, and the more likely you'll have a better story in less time. But, enough about that. Remember: I love criticism, Reviews encourage me (if that wasn't clear), and I'm open to input.