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Chapter 4: change changes everything
Man that dream was good, I can remember my feeling of joy in the morning too. But something kept tugging at me, the way I saw that bulborb stop…I managed to convince myself it was hallucination, but what if it wasn't? What if that bulborb actually stopped, as if giving me a chance to be ready… I shook the thought out of my mind, their monsters, even if they were sentient beings, they wouldn't wait for me to be ready. Unless they were smart enough to have fun with it… that got me thinking differently, what if this was a game to them? What if those beasts WANTED us to defeat them, or at least try? I suddenly had a whole other perspective of them. Maybe they weren't all that bad? I stared at the wall of the ship, amazed at the idea I formed. I shook my head quickly, I couldn't be thinking about this. Though, it did make me feel better about fighting them. I ate breakfast with the usual greetings, then the rocket landed. We got out and called out some reds and yellows, then headed out of the crater. What was waiting surprised me. In the distance was a single dwarf red bulborb with no other creature nearby. Olimar immediately started going towards it. "Olimar, wait!" I called. He turned around "this isn't about killing it, is it?" he asked. "No, it's not." I said, and that was the truth. Thinking about it now, it could have been a trap, but I didn't think so at the moment, right then, I was thinking about my thoughts from earlier. "See if you can find another part nearby, I'm going to experiment." I said. Olimar went off and I slowly approached the dwarf. Another odd thing, as soon as the pikmin were out of sight, the bulborb perked up as if they had gotten close and it was watching me. That alone made me think something was up, then it came towards me. It didn't come in that normal clumsy charge, it came in a slower walk, as if trying not to provoke me, just like I was doing to it. I let it come to me, no sense in going after it, and got ready to roll out of the way, but I didn't have to, it stopped right in front of me. I looked at it, probably seeming like a child, as it looked at me, seeming a lot like a pet who found someone it liked. I reached out a hand slowly, and it followed the hand like a dog would, and I managed to pet it. I couldn't believe it, I was petting a dwarf bulborb! It let out a cry, but this didn't seem to be a hostile one, it seemed to be a cry of joy! It nuzzled me, and I hugged it, feeling a bond form between me and the little guy. I truly loved it, I couldn't explain it, but I knew it to be true. I pulled out something to identify it if it ever came back, and put it on its back. The dwarf seemed a bit confused, but didn't complain. It walked off after that, and then I heard the explosions. I ran over to where it was coming from to see pikmin picking up the extraordinary bolt. "great!" I said. "we might even get 2 ship parts today!" I said even happier. Little did I know, there was a surprise coming. The pikmin got the bolt back fine, then we headed back, the only problem was, the pikmin wouldn't go. "Olimar, any idea whats going on with them?" I asked. He shrugged, so I watched when they stoped, and it was right next to where the yellow onion had been. I couldn't shake the bad feeling I had about that spot, but I tested an idea anyways. I told a few of the pikmin to go to the spot, and they did, but when I whistled they ignored me. I gave the pikmin to Olimar and went over to grab one of them, and that's when it got me. I was launched into the air as something broke through the ground. That's when the pikmin went crazy. It turned from them wanting to stay, to them running for their lives. All the pikmin ran back to the onion, and Olimar wasn't far behind them. I would have gone too, if the same creature didn't pluck me out of the air. I knew fighting wouldn't do any good, so I awaited my fate. Olimar was more than capable of finding the remaining parts, and he'd be more cautious than I was. I looked at the creature, and saw it was looking right back. It wasn't doing anything, just holding me by the waist. Then the sunset alarm went off, and it dropped me. I ran back to the ship and quickly climbed in. Olimar was already in, so we took off. It took a little longer for some reason, and I caught a glimpse of my new friend, next to a bigger version. "what are they doing?" Olimar asked, but I didn't hear him, I was in awe of the fact that they seemed to be waving goodbye. Then the rocket took off, and that's when it happened. As I looked out at the receding ground, I saw the bulborb and its dwarfs running into the bushes, and then the big one. As the ground became too far to see, explosions broke out everywhere. And it wasn't just that area, there were explosions everywhere across the planet. "Olimar…" I said, shocked at what I was seeing, "I don't think there's any more bomb rocks…"
Whew, how's that for a cliff hanger? The next chapter is gona have very few similarity's to the game, especially without bomb rocks. Reviews and input help me tons, and I welcome good and bad criticism. Id love to know what you think of my character being friendly with the beasts of the world, and what you think of them being friendly back. Pikmin 3 is out, so the writing might take longer, but until next time!