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Chapter 26: colorless pikmin
I woke up with the ship already landed, and the sun halfway up the sky. Man, whatever that dream was, it took a lot out of me. I quickly ate and got out to find the pikmin already out, and the ship part for today already gone from the map, probably meant he had collected them. Being how there was nothing else to do until he came back, I decided to ask about the pikmin. "Hey guys" I sounded sleepier than I thought "have a nice rest?" Flame asked "yea, thanks" I said. I noticed Daisy's ears twitching. "Hear something Daisy?" I asked "n-no, w-why?" she responded shakily. Well, guess Daisy was sick too. "What's your protocol for yellows sick Daisy?" I asked. "We're supposed to stay away from pikmin, but they insist on being near me" she replied. So she knew she was sick. "Your head clear enough to talk?" I asked "yea, just don't take off your suit, I think I got the worst of it" I told the pikmin, except the three leaders, to go do something. They resisted at first, but I told them more firmly and they scurried off. "Ok, what's on your mind?" flame asked. Aqua was being quiet, probably because she was still a bit sick. "Well…yesterday I dreamed of a grey pikmin" the others looked at Daisy "you couldn't have, no one except pikmin know them" Daisy said. I thought about it some more, but they just looked grey… "Well, they were telepathic…at least it seemed that way" Aqua gasped, and Flame Immediately looked at me. "No way…" Flame said "you said their only a myth!" Aqua said "I thought they were…guess I was wrong" Daisy said. I was very confused "what do you mean?" I asked, puzzled "well, first off, the pikmin you encountered were colorless" she said, pausing. "How do you know?" I asked before she continued "because, the only telepathic pikmin are dream pikmin." Dream pikmin! Wow! She continued before I could say anything "when pikmin formed, they were colorless, much like the Onion they were created from. Colorless pikmin had no immunity's, and no special abilities. Since there was no protection, they made a city in a mountain, and it grew as the pikmin number grew. Most of the pikmin were content with building the city and growing pikmin, but some weren't satisfied with the material world, they wanted more. This group studied the onion, and one day, they took a 20 pellet for themselves. They took it to a cave, where they hid from night enemies, and grew it into an onion. There was no way to escape, so they had to learn to fight the night enemies. The sounds they made gave their positions away, so they learned telepathy and used that to communicate. There were so many enemies, the pikmin couldn't wonder too far, or an enemy would cut them off from the others. The pikmin slept by day, when the enemies stayed away, and at night, they fought off the endless waves of ferocious monsters. Because of the amount of casualties, they modified the onions output to double the amount of pikmin it produced. They got tired of this endless cycle, and they started to want better protection. They found this protection inside dreams. They worked through the day that day, and they were able to modify the onion to travel into the dream world…of course, it wouldn't do this on command. When the pikmin first modified the onions, they made a hidden safety switch, which would make the onion phase out until the next day if it was in danger. The colorless pikmin were able to open up this switch, and disable the phasing in part, as well as redirect the phasing out to the dream world. They moved the onion to the outside, knowing they wouldn't be back. When night fell, they started the onion up, and took to the skies. The pikmin in the city had grown darker, and become grey. They had wrinkles from the sun's rays, and they were very smart. They saw the onion lift off, and they decided to chase after it, to guide it to the city. However, when the grey onion reached its limit, the colorless pikmin kept going, pushing their onion past its breaking point. The onion reached past the atmosphere, the greys could still see it. It retracted its legs as it started to die…and then it vanished. Legend has it that it will appear to those the pikmin think are worthy of leading it. They can still talk, but they won't until they trust you. The first time, they appear in a night mare to show you their presence, then they see how good you are. If they find you worthy, they will come back at times where you can afford the energy. If you wish to speak to them, or if they want to tell you something, they will reappear. It is said their numbers stay steady, but they created their own dream city with backups, just in case. They are like us, but only appear in dreams." Daisy let out a sigh. That had to have been tough on her throat, being how she's sick. Wow…dream pikmin! They are immune to all elemental attacks, but cannot survive hazards, and they have triple the strength of an army of pikmin, but can only half an enemy's health alone, even if one normal pikmin would have killed it. I say this from experience, but I'm getting ahead of myself. As the sun set, I put the pikmin away. I knew Daisy was really tiered, I'd let her sleep tomorrow. I climbed in the ship, and we took off. As I laid to sleep, I realized something: no headache, no sore throat, no feeling drained, and no fogy head. I realized that the colorless pikmin had already done me a favor; I was cured, and they're the ones who cured me.
Whoa, that went way better than I thought it would. I kind of accidentally made this idea, but I figured it was worth a shot. As I got to the end of writing this the realization hit: I had just created my own pikmin! Dream pikmin are similar to night pikmin, except they aren't accessible in the real world. I know there is no chance of it being used in the actual game, but I figured 'hey, it's a pikmin' and I'm SUPER happy now. Anyways, more than likely I won't add them again, but I might add them as a filler instead, so it could go either way. But, if you liked them, you don't need to worry, they WILL be back. There are very few chapters left, and input is only open for 2 right now, but make suggestions and I might mix them in to my path. Anyways, remember the usual: reviews encourage me, I'm (somewhat) open to input, and I love criticism of all kinds. Bye for now!