Another day and another chapter.

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Chapter V: Distorted Universe

Ness managed to defeat five waves of Shadow Soldiers before reaching Polestar Preschool, only to find the vicinity under attack by more monsters.

'Here goes nothing' thought Ness, as he launched PK Flash at one of the Shadow Soldiers.

The remaining enemies began to retaliate by charging at the red capped hero.

Ness pulled PSI Rockin Omega on the monsters, obliterating them.

A horde of Starmen appeared, led by a familiar silver-plated one.

"What the heck? What are starmen doing here?" gasped Ness.

The silver-plated starman replied"Heh, we were brought back by Sorcerer Majora, he is aware of his enemies attempts to resist him. Cite the fact that serving any other then Master Giygas is an insult, I shal have the pleasure of destroying you."

"Who cares? PSI Rockin!"

The Starman Deluxe threw a Psi barrier around itself, causing the spell to deflect.

"PSI Shield!" cried another voice, shielding Ness' body.

"Right on time, Paula, did you tell everyone at the school?" said Ness.

Paula took out her Frying Pan"Yeah, mom and dad hid with the kids in the den. Now how and what is Starman Deluxe doing here?"

"Inconsequential, now prepare to perish" said Starman Deluxe.

The monster summoned several Starmen and Starman Supers.

"We're in over our heads" said Ness.

"Don't give up. PSI FREEZE Omega!"

Paula's spell took down one Starman, but two Starmen Supers shot enhanced beams at the pair.

Annoyed, Ness lunged at Starman Deluxe with his bat, swinging it down across it's waste.

Starman Deluxe staggered, then cast Starstorm.

Ness healed himself and Paula, before launching Psi Flash on Starman Deluxe, frying it's curcuits.

The other Starmen were about to attack when a portal appeared, and six more people warped in: Link, Zelda, Ike, Mario, Peach and Luigi.

"Right on time" said Ness.

"Thank us later, let's wrap this up" said Ike.

Ness and Paula cracked two Starmen Supers, while Link threw a bomb at a Starman.

Mario and Luigi overpowered three other starmen with expert kung fu moves, while Peach bashed a Starman Super with her Frying Pan.

The disorientated Starman Deluxe attempted to cast another Starstorm when it was stabbed and torn apart by Ike's Ragnell.

Ness breathed"Thanks for the help."

"Not a problem, but I semse that was only half of the invasion force here" said Zelda.

"Let's go check on your parents before heading to Winters, Paula" said Ness.

The blond girl nodded.

At Winters, three minutes earlier, Jeff Andonuts was working with his father in his labratory. The two had scrapped the Phase Distorter and used it to create a brand new Sky Runner.

Not far out, a powerful meteor collapsed not far from the lab, causing a small tremor.

"Oh my, what was that?" said Dr. Andonuts.

Jeff checked for his gun"I'll go check it out."

"All right then, I'll leave it to you" said the older man.

Jeff stepped outside and took a few steps towards stonehedge, where he saw a particular small crater east of the entrance.

'Huh? That pod almost looks familiar' thought the young inventor.

A rift suddenly appeared in the sky, from it came a hyge matallic spider-robot and powerful starmen.

Jeff was surprised"No, it can't be.."

The spider-like machine activated, in it's cockpit was a familiar blond, slightly overweight figure.

"He, heh, about time I broke free of the capsul" said the figure.

The Starmen surrounded Jeff. The inventor backed up a bit'This can't be.'

He glanced around for cover, gripping his gun. There were too many Starmen for Jeff to fight alone.

Another rift seemed to appear before it, another blond boy appeared in blue shorts and orange and yellow striped shirt.

"Who are you?" said Jeff.

The boy readied himself"I can't handle all those myself, but the two of us can do it. I'm Lucas."

"Call me Jeff" said the other blond.

"Got room for one more, I presume?" said a familiar voice before 'Psi Starstorm Omega' was cast on the group of Starmen.

"Poo, glad you came" said Jeff as an older teen clad in white with no hair except for one lock on his head appeared.

"Heh, I still like my odds" said the being in the spider robot.

"Ready for round three, Pokey?" jeered Lucas.

Porkey shot several missiles from his robot which Jeff, Lucas and Poo dodged.

Poo countered with Psi Freeze Beta, only for Pokey to charge at him.

Poo dodged then countered the bot with the Sword of Kings.

Several Final Starmen, followed by a horde of Subspace Bytans and Greeps.

Poo and Lucas spammed their Psi powers, while Jeff shot at the Starmen, pausing only to avoid hitting Lucas or Poo.

"Where's the calvery when you really need it?" groaned Jeff.

A light appeared and Ness and his group appeared, holding a magic orb.

"Ness, Paula, thanks for coming" said Jeff.

"That's what friends are for, Jeff" grinned Ness.

"Ah, long time no see, pig's butt" belted Porkey, firing missiles from his spider bot at the black haired teen.

Ness smoothly dodged the projectiles, while Poo wiped out several Starmen with Psi Starstorm.

Ness shot Psi Rockin at two of the Greeps which tried to attack him.

Ike, Mario and Luigi charged at the horde, while Zelda transformed into Sheik before joining her allies.

Ike and Ness confronted Pokey, who charged at them.

The two dodged, while Paula cast Psi Fire Beta on a group of Bytans.

Mario and Luigi outsmarted two of the Greeps by dodging and weaving until they knocked out the monsters' cores with expert fung fu punches.

Ness confronted the blond assailant"Hope you're through, Pokey. I'm going to rip you out of there and drag you to Onett!"

"Try it, pig's butt" jeerted Pokey, charging at the teen.

Lucas threw Psi Freeze at Pokay, holding him in place for Ness to cast Psi Rockin Gamma on the spider-bot.

The monstrosity exploded from the power, ejecting Pokey's capsul which landed in the snow.

The remaining enemies were completely obliterated by the rest of Ike's group.

"Tsk, how pathetic" said a voice as the shape of a man appeared in a dark cloak and purple cape.

"Majora, I presume?" said Link.

The man responded"Heh, has Yune, Ashunera's other half, told you so? Indeed, I am he, you've all proven yourselves quite formidable."

"Go pack your bags, we'll send you right back where you came from" said Link.

"Ah, but I am not ready to do battle with the likes of you, nor can you defeat me. Now, this puppet shall perform a bigger role. I shall show you a sample of my power" said Majora,

The sorcerer cast a spell on the prone capsule where Pokey layed knocked out, it rose into one of the dimsensional rifts and the vortex started sucking the heroes in.

"What the heck?" gasped Ike.

"Mama Mia!" gasped Mario and Luigi.

The heroes were thrown into the vortex and into a vast city.

"What's this? It's New Pork City" gasped Lucas.

"What's Majora planning?" said Sheik.

The voice of the sorcerer echoed in Ness and Lucas's heads"Ha, ha, ha, I froze time in Lucas's universe and opened the portal which dropped him in that snowland, course it is of no consequence. Now, my creation shall entertain you here, nice knowing you."

Pokey's capsule, along with his body, began to transform until they became a giant purplish statue with Pokey's likeness.

"How redundant, Psi Rockin!"

Ness's spell barely dented the Pokey Statue, which shot a laser at the group.

The heroes dodged the beams, Jeff gasped as he saw something on the monster's chest and shoulder joints"Looks, it has black orbs on."

"Good call, Jeff" said Poo.

The Pokey Statue cast more beams from it's eyes and aimed a punch at Paula.

"Heck, no!" Ness shoved Paula out of the way before dodging and retaliating with a Psi Flash.

The blast destroyed the statue's arm, giving Jeff a clear shot at one of it's orbs.

Paula cast Psi Freeze on the statue's left foot, freezing it in place.

The statue shot a deadly beam, which Link intercepted with his Mirror Shield.

Lucas froze the other foot of the statue, while Ness cast Psi Rockin at the central orb.

The Pokey Statue began to crack, so Poo cast Psi Starstorm Omega on the Pokey Statue.

The statue cracked farther, prompting a counterattack via a fire ray.

Ness cast Life Up Omega on himself and his allies, while Jeff shot off the final orb of the statue.

Link took out his bow, aimed for the crack on the center of the Pokey Statue, loaded a bomb onto the arrow and fired.

The impact caused the statue to crack even more, but the monster retaliated with a laser beam.

Link blocked the beam, while Ike launched a partial Aether, grabbing his sword after the jump, and jammed Ragnell into the Pokey Staue.

The Crimean hero channeled a blast of Ragnell's magic power into the weapon and pulled his sword out, managing to land on his feet as he fell back to the ground.

"PSI FLASH!"

Ness had cast one more spell at the Pokey Statue, which connected with the core and the monster began to implode before them.

The Pokey Statue blew in a shower of sparks and rubble as Pokey was ejected. Ness's ex-next door friend collapsed onto the ground.

"Look, time is starting to flow again" said Zelda, who transformed back to her normal form.

The sky glowed around them, and the magic travel orb sent the heroes and Pokey back down to Winters.

There, Link was astonished"How did the orb activate on it's own?"

"The magic object is enchanted to carry you to safety if required" said a voice as Yune appeared.

"Hey, here to give us our next instructions?" inquired Ike.

Yune nodded"That was a taste of what's coming. Majora cannot use his full power yet, fortunately. Ness, there is one final sanctuary you have not yet located on an island between Winters and Summers."

"Is that the power we were told about?" said Ness.

Yune replied"Yes. Now, I must go back to sleep. After this world, your next goal should be the Jungles of another Island in another world."

"We'll keep that in mind" said Link as Yune disappeared.

Pokey, weakened, crawled over to Ness"H-hey... Can you forgive me, old friend? I know a lot of things that I did weren't right, but still-"

"It's kind of too late for apologies, Pokey. If you were a true friend, you'd have helped me with my quest, and you wouldn't have sided with the wrong people all the time" said Ness.

Pokey was shocked"But!"

Lucas interjected"You can't even possibly expect forgiveness for the trouble you caused in my world. Ness, what should we do with him?"

Ness sighed, then addressed Pokey"I'll accept your apology if you agree to these conditions. First of all, apologize to Lucas and Paula. Second, you should go back to your parents."

"Oh, you're always the goody-goody, Ness. All right... I'm sorry" sighed Pokey.

Paula nodded, Ness took hold of Pokey's hand"Let's get you home, though I doubt your parents will be as forgiving."

Ness teleported Pokey back to Onett after addressing Paula"Wait for me at Dr. Andonuts's lab."

"Okay" said the blond teen.

At Majora's lair, the sorcerer was watching through a crystal ball"Hm, I freed Pokey from his own capsule, yet it seems that Ike and his friends defeated him."

"With all due respect, aren't you all-powerful? Your creation could've won" said a nearby voice.

Majora shook his head"I lack one thing, Axem Red. That which was used in ancient hexing rituals, Majora's Mask, is the one thing that can increase my powers."

"You want me to retrieve it for you?" inquired the Axem Ranger.

The sorcerer smirked"I know where it is, yes. But for now I must proceed with my plan. When the time is right, I shall retrieve Majora's Mask myself."

Titania, Shinon and Gatrie departed to the farming village of Ohma, accompanied by a few Crimean soldiers.

Oscar and Boyd went out to assist Rolf and the Pegasus Knight Marcia in patrolling Melior and it's perimeter, while Mist stayed behind with Soren and Elincia.

The day when Titania's group went to protect Ohma, a Crimean soldier addressed Elincia"Your majesty, a battalion of Daein soldiers are apporaching. They are led by Queen Micaiah and King Sothe themselves."

"Really? Let us greet them" smiled Elincia.

At the gate, the emerald haired queen met with the Daein soldiers and Micaiah.

"It's been some time, Elincia" said the silver haired Preistess.

"Same to you. Have you heard word from Begnion and Serenes?" inquired Elincia.

Micaiah replied"The only Begnion soldiers left are among the late General Zelgius's Central Army and the Holy Guards, it's taking time for Apostle Sanaki to get stuff organized. She sent some Central Army remnants led by General Levail's younger brother Conrad to reinforce Daein against the unknown threat. Deputy Commander Tanith and some of her new Pegasus Knights will come to Crimea eventually."

Elincia sighed"I see, what of Daein and Serenes? Shouldn't one of Daein's royals be there in case of emergency?"

"I have taken certain measures to ensure the safety of Daein. Pelleas has been temporarily reinstated as king with General Tarauneo at his side. As for King Tibarn, your messenger told me on the way back that he will keep his men at Serenes alert for those strange shadows. Our countries should be well protected" said Micaiah.

"We still haven't heard from Ike. We should look for him" said Sothe.

"Where would we find him, Sothe? We don't know which way he went" said Mist.

"Excuse me, mind if we come?" said a voice as a familiar convoy caught up to the Daeins.

Elincia glanced at the convoy"Muston, Jorge, Daniel, Aimee, Ilyana, glad you can make it."

"Looks like we're doing business yet again. War seems a merchant's delight" said Muston, amused.

"We thank you for your services. Now, we should get on with reinforcing defenses in Crimea until we can find a way to drive out the shadow monsters" said Elincia.

"Agreed" said Micaiah.

Okay, another chapter done. I apologize for any lack of detail, but the sequel to Earthbound is in Japanese, and the symbols look kind of the same to me. As a result, I only know a little about Mother 3/Earthbound 2.

I know I seem to be getting nowhere with the Fire Emblem segments, and I know I did not include much of Soren here, but what can I say?

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