Chopper was certainly not enjoying the start of his adventure so far. Not only did he get separated from Kirby by a turret, but he was plummeting down toward Earth. He noticed he was right by a town, but instead of actually landing in town, he fell in the water, which was probably the safer place to land anyway.

There happened to be a pink female Goomba with a blonde ponytail wearing archaeology clothing and a helmet with a flashlight sitting by the dock. There used to be a ghost ship over by the dock, but with a bigger harbor finally made in Rogueport, the ships were over there.

"Sigh… Man, it's so boring around here." the Goomba girl sighed. "After that harbor was made, this place has been empty for a long time. I wish there was something interesting that could happen for this once."

She noticed Chopper was floating toward the dock and she gasped. "Who is THAT? He doesn't look like anybody from here… Wait, what am I saying? He's in trouble, and he needs help!"

The Goomba girl was able to get Chopper out by grabbing him by the foot and getting him out using her teeth. She didn't bite too hard because that would probably hurt him. Thankfully, she got him onto the dock and noticed he was breathing.

"Oh, phew! He's breathing! I was worried I would have to do CPR on him!" she heard him moan as he coughed up some water from the sea, which got on the Goomba. "Eww! Gross!"

Chopper got up and rubbed his head and saw where he was. He could see he was in a town that looked poorly made, or maybe it was simply damaged by something. It was a poor town filled with many thieves, that's for sure.

"Huh? Where am I?" Chopper wondered before he looked at the Goomba and took out his hammer. "A Goomba! There's no way you're going to land a First Strike on me! Oh no! I'm tougher than I look!"

"What? Settle down!" the Goomba cried. "Yeesh! I'm not an enemy! Not all Goombas are evil!"

"Huh..." Chopper lowered his hammer. "Sorry if I judged you the wrong way..."

"Don't worry about it... Anyway, what's your name? You look like you've had a hard time getting here."

"My name's Chopper. I was taking a Warp Star from Pop Star and I suddenly got blasted and was sent here. That's all I really know as of now, I'm afraid. And I'm getting a taste of saltwater in my mouth…"

"Chopper?" the Goomba girl gaped. "Hey, I think I've heard of you before! I saw a movie where you you fought against a giant yellow watery god! …Wait, are you the real thing, or are you just the actor."

"I'm the real thing," Chopper confirmed. "I didn't even play a part in that movie anyway..."

"Oh, that's cool! My name's Goombella. I'm a student at the University of Goom. Nice to meet ya! However, I don't think this is the greatest town to be in, especially for you. I HATE it here! There are just so many weirdos and freaks EVERYWHERE! It's nasty! I know it's called Rogueport, but still!"

"Wait… Rogueport? Wait a minute! That must mean I'm in the right place! YESSS!" Chopper cheered until he paused. "Hold on... I do recall something two years ago."

"What do you mean 'YESSS!'? This place isn't a place for someone like you. I'm sorry, but it's not a safe place for kids to be walking alone." Goombella informed. "And what do you recall?"

"A friend of mine two years ago said that he had a letter addressed to a place like Rogueport... I wonder if this is the same place he was talking about."

"Well there's only one Rogueport."

"Oh, what a relief!"

"You shouldn't be glad to be here! This place is horrible!"

"No, I'm glad because this is where I need to go!" Chopper explained. "I came down here to go find the Crystal Stars, and this town is the main area, so maybe I can find things around here."

"What? You have the Magical Map?" Goombella gasped as Chopper showed her the map. "Omigosh! That IS the map! I can't believe it! How did you end up with the map?"

Chopper gave her a long explanation as to what happened.

"Oh, so the Mayor of some land where it's dreamy got the map from Mario and then got a letter telling him that the universe will be shrouded in darkness and destroyed? That's terrible!"

"Yeah, and that's why I need to go find the first Crystal Star in a train called Rainbow Train."

"Hold on… I think I know someone who can help you." Goombella noted. "His name's Professor Frankly, and he knows A LOT of information on the Crystal Stars. I can even take you to him if you want. He's not far from here."

"You know, that sounds like a good idea!" Chopper nodded and Goombella walked away from the harbor followed her up the stairs to the next area of Rogueport, where there was a gallow in the middle of the area. Before the pale green hero could question what that was, he was immediately interrupted.

"Great hoogly-boogly! You're Master Chopper, aren't you?" Chopper noticed an old Toad with brown polka dots on his cap walking toward him with his cane. "What a coincidence running into you here! Princess Peach has told me a lot about you! My name is Toadsworth!"

"Toadsworth? What are you, worth another Toad?" Chopper joked stupidly. "Nah, that was horrible. But I think I remember hearing about you."

"Oh, I bet you have, ho ho! I always make sure that the princess is safe from harm. But while I was going to the bathroom, I heard a strange noise, so I got out of the bathroom to see what the problem was…and the princess was gone!" Toadsworth sighed as his head hung low. "And do you know what was humiliating? I had my pants down while checking to see if she was OK…"

"That's gross!" Goombella gagged.

"I know! I didn't like the sight of people laughing at me!"

"So Peach was taken away?" Chopper gasped. "Then why did you come here?"

"I was thinking that she would be right where I told her to stay…but then I realized that she was kidnapped. A Toad told me they saw something with a red X flying away. I don't know what it was, but I'll look further into that. As for you, Chopper… If you find any information on Princess Peach, please let me know! I'll be in the inn right over there and enjoy myself. If your HP (Heart Points) is running low, then drop on INN! Ho ho!"

"Hey! I make the puns here!" Chopper shook a fist as Toadsworth turned around and began to head toward the inn.

Of course, they could both hear him huff, "Huff, I say!"

"Well let's not worry about that yet," Goombella suggested. "We need to go to Professor Frankly's!"

Chopper agreed and followed Goombella over to the right pathway, but she soon stopped by a rainbow cube with a white S on it.

"Oh, Chopper! Did you save yet? I recommend you use that Save Block by the inn. I think you oughta save right now."

"OK," Chopper nodded as he hit the Save Block before moving on. However, when they reached the next area, a blue Bandit ran past Chopper, making him spin around like crazy.

"Oops! Pardon me, sucker!"

"What the..." Chopper quickly shook his head after being left dazed. "That sure was nice..."

"Hey! What's your beef, pal? YEAH, I'M TALKING TO YOU!" Goombella shouted before turning back to Chopper, who didn't look happy. "What's wrong, Chopper?"

"Oh no… I think that Bandit stole half of my coins!"

"That is SO lame! Ugh! I HATE this town!" Goombella said.

"I'm not letting him take my coins! You stay here while I go handle that Bandit personally!" Chopper ran back to the main are of Rogueport and took the way north to find the back alley. He found a door to the left and inside was a messy room where the Bandit that passed by him was.

"Hey! You!" Chopper shouted, taking out his hammer. "You're the one that stole my coins, didn't you?"

"Eeeeeeeeeeeooops! Uh… Fancy meeting you in here!" the Bandit sweat dropped as he smiled nervously. "You're pretty dang persistent, buddy! What a pain!"

"Don't call me 'buddy'!"

"Fine! FINE, OK? You got me. I'll give you your coins back. Here." the Bandit groaned as he handed Chopper his coins back, who smiled in approval as he left the house.

"Gah... Next time I need a better hiding place and a disguise. That'll help me with thieving!"

Back where Goombella was waiting-

"So how did it work out? Did you get your coins back?" Goombella asked. Chopper smiled with a nod. "Good! Now let's go to Professor Frankly's house!"

Goombella led Chopper to the second house, right next to a house with a Shine Sprite symbol above the door. Once they entered the house, they noticed an old Goomba with two flat teeth, light blue spiral glasses, and white hair.

"Oh, hi! There you are! Professor Frankly!" Goombella smiled as the old Goomba looked at her, confused.

"Whuzzuh? Who's there? Who wants me? Are you thieves? Because I don't have much here for you!" Professor Frankly shouted as he looked at Goombella. "Oh, wait… It's you. Now, you, uh… I think I've seen your face before… Yes, that face… Wait for it… Just a moment… Don't tell me, now! Silence! I'll get it right!"

"Oh, brother... What is this, the fifth time he's done this?" Goombella thought as she rolled her eyes.

"Umm… It's not Goombriel… Errr… It's not Elizagoom… Hrrrmmmm… Errrrmmm…"

"Constipation face!" Chopper cheered as he watched Frankly.

"Chopper! That's SO unnecessary!"

"A-HAAA! I've got it now!" Frankly declared. "It's you, Goombella! I was wondering where you were after waiting so long for your return! Where were you?"

"I was just sitting out at the dock," Goombella explained. "It's not such a big deal, really. That place is empty anyway."

"Oh, I see now. And that boy behind you… He looks very familiar… Could he possible be…"

"That's right!" Chopper smirked as he spun and made a pose. "I'm the one, the only..."

"…THE PIZZA BOY?"

Chopper only toppled over and hit his face on the ground while Goombella sweat dropped.

"No, he's not the pizza boy..." Goombella sighed.

"Awww..."

"I'm not the pizza boy!" Chopper groaned as he slowly got up. "I got no pizza with me! My name's Chopper! I saved the Mushroom Kingdom two years ago when I was only eight!"

"Oh! My apologies." Frankly gasped. "I'm just such a bookworm these days, I haven't got a clue about what's 'hip' right now. In any case, what sort of errand brings you all the way to a place like this, err… Chopper?"

"I want to learn about the Magical Map that I hold and about the Crystal Stars and where they're located."

"WHAAAT? You… You are holding the Magical Map?! I thought Mario had it… Well I'm not going to bother asking questions. Could I just…take a look at it?"

"Sure thing! …Just as long as you don't call me Pizza Boy…" Chopper took out the Magical Map and gave it to Frankly to look at. He slowly began to study the map to see if it was it.

"Astounding! This is it! The real thing! The one and only Magical Map! In fact, it even shows a location of one of the Crystal Stars! …How did you manage to go down to the Thousand-Year Door and do this?"

"I didn't. I went to the Fountain of Dreams on Pop Star, and its power helped me locate the Crystal Star. It's on some rainbow train though, which I don't know how to get to. You got any ideas? I need to collect the twenty Crystal Stars to save this universe."

"Twenty Crystal Stars, you say? Hmm… I suppose that there WERE some rumors around that have been saying that there are twenty. If that's the case, then I will help you with this quest! As for going to Rainbow Train… Goombella will be nice enough to take you there!"

"Me? Oh, all right! I'll do it, Professor Frankly." Goombella assured. "Follow me, Chopper. I'll help you get to the pipe that leads to Rainbow Train. We just need to go down to Rogueport Sewers. It's kinda nasty down there, but you might be able to handle it."

"Good luck on that Crystal Star, Chopper! Make sure you come back here after you take Chopper to the pipe, Goombella!"

Chopper waved goodbye to Frankly and left the house. To the south was a green pipe that Goombella pointed to with her foot.

"Just jump into this Warp Pipe and we'll be down in the sewers in no time!" Goombella assured as she jumped into the pipe. Chopper took a look down as well and decided to jump in.

Rogueport Sewers-

Once Chopper came out of the pipe, he noticed the sewers looked more like an underground city than a sewer compared to Toad Town's. The ground was light gray and appeared to be very old. There was a doorway to the left, and to the right were some steps going down and some going up. There was a paper airplane panel and also a gap to a doorway that was sealed shut by bars. However, there appeared to be a pipe there as well.

"Whoa… This is Rogueport Sewers?" Chopper gaped. "But… This looks more like an underground city than sewers! I mean, compared to the sewers beneath Toad Town, these aren't sewers at all!"

"Yeah, I know. But the reason is because the city was destroyed and left in ruins. This is all that remains of it." Goombella explained. "And THAT was a thousand years ago. Doesn't that sound interesting to you, Chopper?"

"I remember reading something that had a city that went underground. The Mayor of Hatty Town in Dream Land had the book for some reason. But enough about that! Let's just get going. We gotta go to the right? OK."

Once Chopper and Goombella went down the steps, they heard the sound of a Goomba voice.

"Hey! Hey, kid! What's up? Who's the hottie you got there with you?"

Chopper looked to see a regular Goomba, a Spiky Goomba, and a Paragoomba making a sharp whistle as it looked down at Goombella. Although, Chopper didn't take it the right way.

"Hey! Who do you think you are, talking about me like that?!" Chopper exclaimed.

"I think they're talking about me…" Goombella whispered.

"Oh... Well, that makes sense."

"Wassup, baby?" the Paragoomba asked. "How's about you hang with us for a while? We play real nice!"

"Doubt it," Chopper scoffed.

"Man, what's a FINE-lookin' Goomba doin' with a small antennae kid like that?" the Spiky Goomba wondered. "You should ditch him an' come with us! We'll make your dreams come true! Especially me!"

"What? No way, man!" the Goomba snapped. "I'm the one who's goin' to be with that Goomba! So buzz off!"

"Oh, please! She wants a Goomba with wings! I'm definitely the one for her!" the Paragoomba argued.

"Oh, it is, like, SO sweet you boys think I'm cute! Seriously!" Goombella gushed. "Yeah, too bad guys like you just make me wanna hurl a couple of ducks! So back off!"

"Ouch! That was cold!"

"What, you're too good for us? Come off it, sister!"

"Nobody zings us like that! Nobody! Let's get 'em!" the Goomba trio jumped down the steps and charged at Chopper, whose eyes widened as his arms flailed once he was into battle.

"It's a Goomba, a Spiky Goomba, and a Paragoomba! Looks like you're facing off against the family tree." Goombella informed. "I'm pretty sure you were told about enemies with spikes on their heads and enemies that fly up. I'll leave you to do all of this, OK?"

"All right, then I'll get started!" Chopper started off by stomping on the Goomba first, and since it had 2 HP, it was easily defeated. He was also able to pull off a Stylish move, which could give him more Star Power. That left the Spiky Goomba and the Paragoomba.

"He took out Bob! Oh, now he's goin' to get it! Paragoom! Now we'll show him!" the Spiky Goomba growled as it walked over to Chopper to headbonk him with his spike on his head, but Chopper Superguarded it, so it took damage instead.

"Man, I wish I could've used this move before! Using it now is just…GREAT!" Chopper smiled. When the Paragoomba attacked him by diving down at him, he guarded the attack and took no damage.

"Now to take care of the Spiky Goomba," Chopper walked over to it and brought his hammer up. When the time was right, he brought it down on the Spiky Goomba, breaking the spike on it head and knocking it to the ground.

"No! Not Spikoom! That's it!" the Paragoomba dove at Chopper, but with a Superguard, the Goomba failed to hit him.

"I suppose I'll just inhale him," Chopper decided as he used his Inhale to suck up the Paragoomba like a vacuum and spat it out, defeating the Paragoomba.

"Good job, Chopper! That was pretty good!" Goombella smiled as Chopper got 10 Star Points from the battle and spun around and made a pose.

"Oweeeeeeeeeeeeee!" the Goomba trio shrieked as they got up and fled.

"Ha! Later on, losers! You sure got what you deserved!" Goombella grinned. However, she suddenly remembered something. "Hey, Chopper! If you ever want to know info on some of these enemies, just select Tactics when selecting a move and there will be something called a Tattle. Yup! Even when I'm not around, you can always call me onto the stage to Tattle the enemy to get some info. Just make a sharp whistle and I'll come!"

"A sharp whistle? Aw… That's how I summon the Warp Star!" Chopper groaned. "Well… I'll make a different whistle so I know which one to use. Anyway, let's get going now."

When going up the stairs, they saw they were too far to reach across the gap. The paper airplane panel didn't even do anything either.

"Hold on, don't worry. We gotta go down." Goombella walked over to the moving platform going left and right and jumped on it. Chopper shrugged and got on the platform too. After the platform made it over to the pipe behind the bars, they went down to another area.

"Interesting…" Chopper trailed as he followed Goombella through the area, going to the right and stomping on a Goomba in his way. Down the stairs and going to the left, Chopper whacked a yellow ? Block on the ground to find a Mushroom. He whacked another one to get a Fire Flower, which could attack all enemies.

"Uh oh… There's these Yellow Blocks in the way. No wait, I can take care of that!" Chopper smashed the two large blocks with eyes that were blocking the pipe and jumped into the pipe with Goombella. When they came out of the pipe, Chopper noticed a little gray creature with a green bulb. It quickly went into the small little hole before Goombella could see it.

"What the… What was that thing?" Chopper asked.

"What thing?" Goombella asked.

"Oh... Nothing."

To their left, there was a big yellow block that had angry eyes blocking a high ledge, and to the right was some stairs going up to a doorway to the north. There were also green enemies called Spinias around as well.

Going up the stairs, there was a platform down below with a Black Key, so Chopper jumped down to grab it and climbed the stairs again to meet up with Goombella with the key.

"This should come in handy!" Chopper smirked as they headed through the doorway the to find a small room with a black treasure chest. Chopper decided to poke it.

"Hey! Don't touch me!" the Black Chest cried as it wiggled, making Chopper bring his arm back. He poked it again, which wiggled.

"What's wrong with me poking you?" Chopper wondered.

"Wait a minute… You can hear me? ! That must mean you're the hero of legend!"

"What? Me? A hero of legend?" Chopper gaped as he pointed to himself. "Really… I'm just some regular person who doesn't do much."

"Well you ARE! Only the hero of legend can hear my voice. Yeah! Everyone else…nothing."

"OK, how are you stuck in a chest?"

"See, once I was free from this chest, I was sent back in here by some evil spirit. Now I'm locked in this box and I'm cursed! I've been stuck in here without food, water, and even… Wait, that's it. I've been waiting a LONG time for the hero to come by! …So, yeah, anyway, little guy… What brings a hero like you to a place like this?"

"Chopper… I'm not sure we can trust this box." Goombella frowned, aware of the Black Chest. "I've seen these things before, and they're not usually telling you the truth. Don't tell anything about the Crystal Stars. …Dang it! I just said it out loud!"

"Nice going, Goombella..." Chopper sighed.

"Oh, yeah? Searching for the Crystal Stars, are you, now?" the Black Chest questioned. "So you really are a hero. Well, you're DEFINITELY gonna need my help if you hope to get those bad boys. So first you should look for the key to this box. Then use it to let me out. Definitely. It's a black key, just to let you know."

"But I already have the key!" Chopper mentioned as he pulled it out.

"You have it? Aw, YES! Oh, man, I owe you BIG time for this!"

"Yeah, you better," Chopper said as he unlocked the chest.

"YESSSSSSSSS! Thank… Ha! Thank NOTHING! Whee hee! Foooooools!"

"Wait, what?"

Chopper was sucked into the chest, changing the background to navy blue. There were two glowing yellow eyes and a spooky mouth above him. One thing to note was that the voice sounded a lot different than inside the chest.

"Oh, BOY, did you fall for it! I BURNED you! What, you think I was going to help you? Instead, I'm gonna spread a little of the suffering I've endured in that stupid box! Yeah! Sorry, but those are the breaks! I'm gonna cast and evil, terrible curse upon you! Buggly-wuggly-WOOOOOOO! You're cursed!"

Four white flashes appeared around Chopper as he was struck with a curse, making him cower. However, when he opened his eyes, he noticed he was completely fine.

"Huh? Nothing bad happened..."

"Whee hee hee hee hee! Enjoy that curse, sucker! You got what you deserved! You wanna hear all about the sweet curse I just dropped? Then listen well! From now on, when you press Y in certain areas, you'll turn into a paper airplane! Whee hee! Trembling yet? Suffer the rest of your days under my terrible curse! Whee hee hee hee hee hee! Oh, I can't help but chortle! You're DOOMED!"

"Wait… So I can turn into a paper airplane? By which I can fly over gaps with it? I'm sorry… But I think you REALLY helped me there."

"You think I was helping you? HA! That curse will make you suffer for eternity! If you see any paper airplane panels around, the floor will glow. Just press Y on it and you'll turn into a paper airplane! The worst part about it is that you need to control yourself while flying. You can go to far distances with it…but I guess that's the only good thing. But this curse is the worst you'll ever get!"

Chopper walked on a paper airplane panel and jumped up and turned into one. He began to just fly toward the right and then turned back to himself afterward.

"Thanks for the ability, Mr. Curse! It's definitely helpful!"

"You might think it's helpful, but you'll be begging me to get rid of it! Farewell, you foolish fool! Whee hee hee hee!"

Chopper was back in Rogueport Sewers as the curse crumpled up and slowly disappeared.

"So, uh… Wow. Just wow. What was THAT guy's beef?" Goombella asked.

"Beats me," Chopper shrugged as they left the room. Chopper saw a paper airplane panel nearby, so he used it to go over to the doorway that couldn't be reached because of the big block and ledge.

When he turned back to himself, he went through the doorway, where he saw the huge size of the room. There was an old fountain in the middle and also a doorway to the left, with two paper airplane panels above. Unfortunately, there was no way of going there because there were bars in the way.

But what was the most important thing to note was the large, red door. A couple of cracks were around it, indicating that it was once opened.

"Hey, Goombella. What's that over there?" Chopper asked, pointing to the large door.

"Oh, that? That's the Thousand-Year Door." Goombella explained. "It's been sealed shut after finding the legendary treasure. You wanna know what it is?"

"Tell me!"

"Nah, I'm not going to tell you right now. Maybe some other time. That door won't open anymore anyway. Besides, there's nothing in there anyway!"

"I see… I guess there's no point in being here." Chopper shrugged. "This place does kind of give me the creeps…like there's some dark power that's still around through there. I have a feeling that something could creep out of that door and attack us right now. I want to leave."

As they left, there was something by the door. A shadowy mist watched the pale green hero leave the area.

"So… He has returned… Perhaps I will finally exact my revenge..."

First area of Rogueport Sewers-

Chopper and Goombella returned to the first area of the sewers and went to the paper airplane panel, where Chopper turned into a paper airplane and flew across over to the sealed-off doorway.

"All right, through that pipe, you'll find a red pipe that leads to Rainbow Train," Goombella explained. "This is as far as I can go, sadly. The doorway over there was sealed off because people feared a Blooper would come out and attack the sewers, even though it hasn't appeared. Take this, though!"

Goombella tossed Chopper a Power Smash Badge, which he managed to catch. "I was supposed to give this to you earlier, but I guess I forgot. As of now, good luck! And if you need to use a Tattle, I'm the one to do it!"

Chopper waved goodbye as the Goomba girl left the sewers through the pipe.

"OK, looks like I'm on my own now." Chopper jumped into the pipe and came out of another pipe that was in a small area. There wasn't much else around except for a red pipe next to him.

"There's the pipe! Time to start my hunt for the first Crystal Star! It's a real shame that Kirby isn't here to help me... Oh, who am I kidding? I don't think I'm going to be in any trouble! This should be easy!"

Chopper walked over to the pipe and jumped inside to head to his next destination: Rainbow Train. However, little did he know that there WERE people that were going after the Crystal Stars as well...

Yeah, Chapter 1 begins next! It's definitely one of the chapters in the story that got me pumped up for some reason. I like it a lot more than Paper Chopper's Chapter 1, that's for sure. I usually do a thing where from Chapters 1 to 8, I make Chapters 1, 5 and 6 a little different than in Paper Mario 2. Why? It's just something unique to throw in, that's all.

Sadly, Goombella isn't going to be a partner in this story. Well, I think there's someone who's much better anyway.