"So... what exactly happened last chapter?" Doof asks. Everyone shrugs.

"I think one of our inventions malfunctioned." Ferb replied. Loud bouts of gasps, followed by murmering.

'No. It involved magic, lightning, and a bad case of diarrhea.'

"I don't remember any diarrhea." Doof replied.

'My diarrhea.'

"Ewww!" Audience groans.

*Nrrrrrk.* That's nasty.

'Well sorry that I got sick in the middle of the last chapter. Also, Sierra. I really do like your insight. I need your guys reviews, cause it helps me along with the story. Also, maybe the answer about Smiles is in this story, maybe it isn't. It makes me evil that way. }8)'


(? POV)

My head. I guess that's what popcorn feels like. I wonder if everyone is alright. I force my eyes open. Sunlight filtered in through the glass in front of me. Wait... glass? I feel around my head. Apparently, I was wearing some sort of glass dome. I breathe again. Alright. Now on to the next thing. Sunlight. Oh no! Misery is dead! No. Wait. Misery is a banshee. Banshees don't die... not easily. That must mean... I glance around.

"Ruby, I don't think we're in Gloomsville anymore." Ruby Gloom says to herself, taking in the forest scenery.


(? POV)

What happened? My head. What happened? I slowly, painfully get to my feet. I look around. Wait! My ship! It's destroyed. I pull out my notepad. I write when I'm stressed. It's something I do. I scratch quickly...

My name is Captain Olimar. While travelling through space, my ship was struck by a meteor... I must have blacked out, and I awoke on the surface of a wierd planet. With so many parts lost, the skeletal hull of my beloved Dolphin is a painful sight.

I take a closer look. Oh no.

The engine is gone... I'm stranded.

I check my atmospheric data, and recoil in shock.

To make matters worse, my atmospheric sensors indicate this planet's environment contains high levels of poisonous oxygen.

All of a sudden, the life-support system on my back started to spark violently. After putting out a small fire that formed (who knew that rolling in such flamable material would actually put it out?), I checked to make sure everything was functional. Unfortunately, that was not the case.

My life-support systems can function for only 30 days. If I can't repair the Dolphin by then... No! Better not to think about it. I must find the missing ship parts!

Alright. I look around, hopeful that deus ex machina was just around the corner (would I ever regret that statement). I stand up and walk to the end of my confinement. There was a huge brown wall, and I decide to whack it a few times. I pulled back and let one fly... To my great surprise, the material folded slightly where my hand hit, but remained strong. To my left and my right, there were several odd plants. I whack one and to my great surprise, the middle of the flower falls, which is a pellet. Fascinating. I poke the item.

I have discovered an odd flowering plant. After being whacked a few times, the stem will retreat back underground, leaving behind the pellet that was once in the middle of the flower. Said pellet... appears to be crystallized nectar. But the color, so vibrant. Does its color mean anything? I must expirement at once!

Glancing around, I noticed something brown, half-buried in the dirt. There appeared to be a burn mark on one side, so I step closer for a closer look. All of a sudden, a flower bursts out of the top, rotating at a rapid pace. Intrigued by this turn of events, I cautiously take a few steps closer. Which, as it turns out a few seconds later, was a very bad idea. I was sent flying as it wrenched itself from the ground, landing on he ground on three spindly legs. Out of the flower shot a single red seed, a leaf flowing above it. It landed in the ground, immediately sinking into it so the small leaf was the only thing that could be seen.

A strange thing (for lack of more proper classification) has appeared before me. I had barely begun my search when it reared up as if it were waiting for me. It then dropped a single seed. What is it? Is it alive? Is it a machine? It resembles a vegetable on my home planet that we call an onion. I shall call this an Onion too.

I look up from my log, and to my great surprise there was a sprout about half my size in the dirt, where a seed was not a minute before. It swayed gently, unaided by any form of wind. The leaf appeared to give off a light. This fast growing plant was fascinating. I've decided to research it alive before uprooting it and having a peek at the inner workings.


(Smiles POV)

I couldn't very well say ? POV. We all know he is the last one, so the whole ? POV here would make no sense.

My head. Ouch! My back. I try getting up. To my great horror, my purple eyes meet bright red eyes of the cave dwelling... wollywog. I scramble to my feet, ignoring the pain. I run, just as the wollywog had become air-borne. Faster Smiles. Glancing back, I can see that I could easily outrun such slow a beast. Unfortunately, I run straight into a metallic... something. That's what you get for not looking where you're going. The thing in front of me turns, revealing aquamarine eyes and a red snout. Oh no. I drop to the ground as a blast of fire came from the creature's snout.

"Screw you, Firey Blowhog!" I yell, taking to my feet and running past it, along with three of its brethren. I stop for a rest at the pass, which only lasted a few minutes as bread loaf sized bugs started coming out of the ground. Come on, how could I have forgotten the shearwigs? In a second of pure instinct, silver flashed and every shearwig, about four of them, were dead, throats slit. For once, I'm glad for the knife that I always had in my pocket. Well, might as well check, right? Running into a small pool I found what I was looking for. The brown onion, firmly planted in the ground. Now let's hope that Olimar isn't the only one that can cause these to pop out of the ground. I take a tenative step into the water. Closer... closer... Ploof! The flower popped out of the hole in the top of the Onion, spinning wildly. I turn and run into the pellet posies, just as the Onion had pulled itself from the ground. I turn, looking for a blue Onion. My eyes widen in horror.


(Olimar's POV)

Fascinating. In about ten minutes, the creature before me had transformed from a leaf to a bud to a flower! While this doesn't really make any sense, I decide that it has reached the last of its metamorphosis.

With that written down, I lean over the flower, grab onto the stem, and pull. With a slightly comical pop, I am left with the stem in my hand... and to my surprise, a creature attatched to the stem.

The flower was a creature, not a plant. Perhaps I should name it Flowermin, because of the flower on its head? No, there are also leaves and buds. Plantmin? That sounds stupid. Hmm...

I glance at the creature. I try imagining it with a leaf. That's it!

These creatures greatly resemble Pikpik carrots, it is quite amazing I didn't realize that before. Maybe these are distant cousins? Would they taste good? Well, I already have a nice supply of space noodles, so eating it would be a waste. Hmm... upon second glance, this creature's hue matches that of the pellet that I have observed earlier. Maybe if I toss it over to it...

I hesitantly grabbed the creature by the stem, and threw it at the pellet. The creature, to my surprise, picked up the pellet, and while chanting rhythmically, it started walking back to the onion. The pellet being my only sample, I try to get his attention. Rustling through my pockets, I pull out a whistle that I got from my fellow employee and friend, Louie. It allows the person to send a whistle to a certain area in range. I whistle in the creatue's area, causing it to leap up in surprise, drop the pellet, and then run over to my side. Fascinating! Well, there are more pellets around here. I toss the creature back onto the pellet, which carried it under the Onion, the pellet hovered there, as if deciding if falling was worth the trouble. The pellet then shot into the Onion, and to my surprise, two more seeds shot out!

These creatures, I think I'll call them Pikmin, will carry pellets back to the Onion, and thus continue the species. Perhaps at the sacrifice of the research of the specimen around me, I could further the species.


(Ruby POV)

I wasn't sure where I was. All I did know was that I was probably far from Gloomsville, and my arm hurt. Glancing to my right side, there was a mechanized item, a bright red base, and a circling radar. As interesting as this device was, it was on my arm, keeping me from getting up. And despite how cute the creatures below me were, they had huge fangs. And you don't have those for no reason. (Tell that to Goombas. They have knife-like fangs, but all they do is walk into their enemy's feet.) I tug, I pull, but it wasn't going to come loose anytime soon.


Why is Smiles so surprised? What will happen to Ruby? How will Olimar leave the Planet of the Pikmin? Will I ever get lunch? All of these answers and more will be revealed next time! ~Lichylichy.