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Chapter 18: the glittering gold
I woke up with the same headache as the past few days. I really should figure out what to do about that…anyways. After eating, we landed and I got out. I immediately went to get the blues for the next part…and they didn't come out. I tried again and they came out, but I found out why they didn't want to. Aqua did NOT look well. She seemed like she was having trouble breathing, and her skin was tinged red, making it a slight purple. I sighed and went after the part…only to trip on another gold dress, that meant someone was here. I had to ignore it as we went and got the Gravity Jumper. It was taken to the ship, but Aqua was looking worse. I took out Daisy and Flame to see what she should do. "How should I know?" was Flames response. He was definitely better, and on the decent his onion was flying normally again. "Ignore him, blues are supposed to stay outside of their onion unless they have to be inside. Blues are also NOT to go near water, as that could make it worse." I nodded as I put all the pikmin back, except for Aqua. "You need to stay here, ok?" I told her. I had no idea where Olimar went, so I decided it was my turn to explore. "n-no, I w-want to go w-with you" she said. Her voice was shaky and softer than normal. I sighed and let her come with me, she would probably get into trouble otherwise. With only Aqua, I headed off, searching for the source of these dresses…I found it rather quickly. As I was walking, Aqua stopped paying attention. Not noticing her, I tripped, and almost fell…then something caught me. I looked at my catcher and saw a girl. She had long, brown hair, glittering blue eyes, and a glittering gold dress. "Careful, you could have fallen" she said with a smile. "Thanks" I said as I stood up. "I'm lily" the girl said "I'm Alex" I told her "are you always this clumsy?" she asked "no, I'm a bit sick right now" I said. She took a step back "relax, I'm not contagious" I said, tapping on my helmet. "Oh" she said, stepping closer again "what's with the suit anyways, you're not that bad, are you?" no, this is to protect me" I said, deciding to tell her the truth "oh, so you're an alien?" she asked "no, but I'm helping one" I replied "you know an alien?" she asked, "That's so cool!" I smiled, then she saw Aqua "OH MY GOD!" she cried, picking up Aqua "this thing is ADORABLE!" I couldn't restrain a small chuckle as lily hugged the blue pikmin "careful, she's fragile" I said "I-I'm not t-that f-fragile!" Aqua shakily protested. Lily probably couldn't understand her "oh, sorry!" Lily said, hugging Aqua a bit more loosely "wait, did you say she?" "yea, her name is Aqua" I said how do you know?" Lily said, admiration in her eyes "well…I can understand them" I said "THAT'S SO COOL!" she cried in awe. I wondered if that's how I would have reacted if someone had told me this. I came to the conclusion that I would "want some berries?" Lily asked me, holding out a few pink berries "thanks" I said, deciding to take one. I immediately regretted it. The berries were REALLY spicy. I immediately ran towards the nearest pool, forgetting about everything else. When I came back, I saw lily laughing, and I could hear a few giggles from Aqua "sorry, I forgot about that" lily said, trying not to keep laughing "what are those anyways?" I asked "I'm not sure, I don't really know this area too well" she shrugged. It was interesting that she would find a berry like that, it seemed a lot like an ultra spicy berry, but there was no way to process it "you might want to put Aqua down, you don't want to catch what she has" I said "wait, she's sick?" lily said, putting Aqua down "yea" I said "oh, well, what is she?" Lilly asked "she's a pikmin, there's 3 types actually" I said "oh, ok" lily said "well, see you later Alex!" the girl said before cart wheeling away. Man that girl had skills. Thinking about the way she looked at me, it seemed the same way I thought Aqua had looked at me yesterday. I shook my head, and looked at Aqua. There seemed to be a hint of jealousy in her eyes, but it faded quickly. Aqua was a very unique case as a pikmin, she seemed to have a more human personality. All the leaders seemed more human than the other pikmin, probably why they're the ones who survived, but Aqua was set apart from them. She had more varied opinions, she was further set apart from her pikmin, she showed a larger variety of emotions, in fact, she seemed detached from her group many times. Aqua was defiantly different, and in more ways than one. We headed back as the sun went down. Aqua went to her Onion, and I climbed into the ship. We took off with the onions, and I kept thinking there was more I could discover from the pikmin, and I noticed the blue onion wobbling. But, aside from Aqua's differences, there was one thing nagging at me as I saw the glittering of gold as we took off. I had the strangest feeling that someday, maybe not before Olimar leaves, I would see Lilly again…
Wow, I'm impressed at how that turned out. Lilly wasn't in my original plans, and she may not reappear in this story, but I might add her in latter stories. I keep coming short with my ideas, so I keep having to give overly long descriptions, but the story is coming along, and I'm rather proud of myself. This is hands down the longest story I have ever made, and the Reviews are what keeps me going, so thanks to those of you who read and review! Remember my three reminders: I love criticism of all kinds, Reviews encourage me greatly, and I'm open to input. Thanks for reading, stay tuned for more!