At the X-Naut Fortress, Grodus was talking to an X-Naut PhD, which were X-Nauts with white jackets and a blue body. They were the researchers of the group, and they work on chemicals and other important things like potions. Apparently, they were discussing the Crystal Star.
"…And then this 'Great Contadre' defeated the champ AND some dark-looking Clubba guy who was using the Crystal Star's power," the X-Naut PhD concluded. "I'm sorry to say this, sir, but the Crystal Star got snatched by somebody else."
"The Great Contadre? Who is this Contadre person? Have you described him?" Grodus asked.
"Well, sir… He certainly looks like Chopper, but with a red headband. Hold on… I did some research on him, and it said that he's the last of his species left. At least, that's what I THINK right now. But I swear, this Great Contadre looks exactly like him!"
"You fool! The Great Contadre IS Chopper! Your kind is supposed to be smart! How could you NOT recognize Chopper in a red headband and take him as someone else?! HE was the one who got the Crystal Star!"
"I'm sorry, sir. I don't have such a great sight, to be honest. As of right now, we only know where four Crystal Stars are. There's the one in Rainbow Train, the one in Glitzville, the one we discovered in the Boggly Woods, and that Crystal Star we found in Rogueport Sewers."
At that moment, Lord Crump came into the room, asking, "All right, what'd I miss around here?" while letting out a burp.
"Lord Crump… Why have you come here? I'm in the middle of…" Grodus paused as he realized something. "Hold on a minute… Forget what I just said. Perhaps you'll be of good use for right now."
"Whuh? What now? I'm a little busy right now with uh… Wait, let me check my schedule." Lord Crump pulled out a piece of paper. When he saw how greasy and smeared it was, he rolled it up and nervously whistled.
"Lord Crump, we're pretty sure Chopper will be going to the Boggly Woods. I'm sending you there right now to find the Crystal Star and also to take care of that boy. You must not fail."
"Whuzzat? Oh, yeah, sure! Roger, Grodus! I'll go take care of that kid! And with that… Pow! I'm gone!" Lord Crump threw down a smoke bomb and after the smoke disappeared, he was still standing there.
"I think I should've ran…" he sweat dropped as he quickly left the room before Grodus could say anything. Though, he didn't care. He was pondering at the moment.
"Hmmm… Perhaps sending Lord Crump alone is not such a smart thing to do. I'm going to need to get other people to help them. But… Who? …Hold on a minute. Get over here, X-Naut!"
An X-Naut came into the room with a part of his costume having gravy on it. "Hmmm? What's that all over you?"
"Huh?" the X-Naut looked at his collar and found gravy all over it. "Aw, man! I got gravy all over this suit! And I just got it washed!"
"Tell the Shadow Brothers to come here now. I have a job to assign them." Grodus ordered.
"Oh, those guys? The ones that just joined you five hours ago? Yes, SIR!" the X-Naut gave him a salute and left the room. Soon, three shadow beings ended up rising from the ground.
Their leader, Mysterious, had a blue head with black eyes, an evil-looking smirk, a hat that had blue and red stripes on it. His body and arms were a red color, while he wore blue gloves, unlike Beldam, who had white. He liked to use magic like Beldam, but he mostly used water, but sometimes fire.
The middle one was a purple color with a purple and white-striped hat. His eyes were hidden underneath his hat, and he had a frown on his face. He wore white gloves, and his body was muscular. Unfortunately, he's the only one that doesn't speak. His name, however is quite obvious. His name was Purple.
Last but not least, the youngest one was a shadowy black color, with a black and white-striped hat. He had two glowing white eyes, but no mouth. He wore white gloves like his older brother too, but isn't that strong with magic, but he could still fight. At least his shadow punches could lower defense. Since he's like a shadow, his name is Shadower.
"All right, Grodus. Make this quick!" Mysterious groaned. "We were in the middle of a card game for Pete's sake! I'm already winning anyway, and I just wanna finish the game already!"
"Quiet down, Mysterious. Now's not the time for this." Grodus snapped as he pulled the sketch out. "We discovered where a fool named Chopper is going, and I need you three to go after him. Take the map from him, and if you choose to destroy him, you may do so."
"Somebody named Chopper, huh? Heh heh heh… Oh, no need to worry, sir. My brothers and I will handle this with no problem at all! Isn't that right?" the leader asked as he turned to his brothers, who gave nods. "Excellent... Now let us go! Purple! Shadower! We've got ourselves a job to do!"
With that, Mysterious sank into the shadows, but not before grinning.
Purple mumbled as he sank into the shadows. When Shadower noticed them go, he jumped up in shock.
"H-Hey! Wait for me, guys!" Shadower sank into the shadows in order to follow them.
"Chopper… I loathe you." Grodus growled.
Sublevel 4-
"I wonder if Chopper read that mail I sent him…" Peach wondered as she sat in her uncomfortable bed. "I hope he knows that I'm OK and that I'm with TEC. But with TEC's memory gone, how am I supposed to get his help? And now he wants me to teach him about love again."
Before she could go to the showers, the door to TEC's room opened up and she knew that she had to go see him. She walked through the hallway to meet TEC once again, who had been waiting for her this whole time.
"I've been waiting for you, Princess Peach," TEC noted.
"That mail I sent to Chopper… Did it reach him?" Peach asked.
"Yes. I can confirm that Chopper received the mail."
"Thank goodness. So why did you bring me back in here? Do you want me to teach you more about love?"
"Well… My sensors did detect something interesting while I was watching you. It's like I wanted you…to tell me a little bit more about myself. You said before that you knew things about me, correct?"
"Why… Yes, I do." Peach nodded. "I helped you find some information about what Grodus plans on doing with the Crystal Stars five months ago. Do you know what he' planning on doing now with twenty of them?"
"I'm afraid I cannot find the answer to that," TEC replied. "Sir Grodus hasn't told anyone what his reasons were. But he keeps his plans in his own room. No, I'm not asking you to go there. It is too dangerous to go there."
"Well… I think that's all you really did for me. Is it OK if I could contact Chopper again?"
"You may do so," Peach thanked him and began to type up her mail. She told him she finished, and then it got sent to Chopper. "The mail has been sent. You may go back to your room if you wish."
"Thank you. At least you seem to remember what's going on now…though not as much, unfortunately. Good night, TEC."
"Good night, Princess Peach," TEC said after Peach left. The room got dark once again as TEC went to sleep.
Petal Meadows-
"Well, isn't this a nice place?"
A dullish yellow Koopa with blonde hair and a pink shell stretched her arms as she put down a lawn chair and took a seat. Unlike most Koopas, she wore an attire consisting of a blue hoodie with a light blue trim on the sleeves and the bottom, yellow shorts, and blue boots. In her hand was a magazine on how to make your shell tougher.
"I didn't think taking a little vacation here was such a bad idea," the Koopa, named Koopla remarked. "Though, for a second, I thought I saw Chopper roaming around that crumby Rogueport. What the heck's he doin' there of all places? Another adventure, maybe? Well, I think I wanna stay out of that this time."
As she opened her magazine, the sounds of stomping caused the floor to shake temporarily. Koopla lowered her magazine, and with widened eyes, she spotted Bowser stomping by without even looking at her.
"...Was that Bowser just now?"
Just to be on the safe side, Koopla brought the magazine close enough to her face to keep herself hidden.
"Stupid cheating Chopper…" Bowser mumbled to himself. "Who would've thought that fool would be in Glitzville…"
"Did you say something, Your Rudeness?" Kammy Koopa asked, flying beside him.
"Uh, no! Nothing at all, as far as you know!" Bowser assured. "Anyway, I'm pretty sure it's just up ahead here. Y'know, that pipe that leads to a place filled with toys? You said that there's a Crystal Star there!"
"Yes! It should be by a red pip," Kammy noticed they were right in front of the pipe. "Oh! Would you look at that? That pipe should lead us to a land where toys are real! It's Toy Kingdom, I'm pretty sure."
"Right then, Haggy! Let's go hunt for that Crystal Star!" Bowser jumped into the pipe, and when he emerged, he found a pathway up ahead. It was pretty flat, with some yellow blocks and Brick Blocks too. He noticed there were Goombas and X-Nauts around too. "Ready to roll!"
With that, Bowser began to stomp his way through, jumping on a Goomba and then burning an X-Naut to crisp with his fire breath. The Goombas didn't attack, but the X-Nauts did come after him.
"Hey, who's that guy coming over here? Oh, what the heck? Let's get 'em!" the X-Nauts picked up some rocket launchers and began to fire at Bowser. They even threw toys at him, which did nothing.
"Gwaa ha ha ha!" Bowser hit one of the yellow blocks, and a piece of meat came out. He grabbed it and ate it, which made him grow even bigger. He was able to stomp on the X-Nauts easily.
"This meat sure is tasty!" Bowser broke another one and grew so big, that he was invincible after eating the meat. He began to run into everything in site, and he sure was enjoying it!
Bowser stomped through so much that he cleared everything in his path. He even broke a pole with a flag on it and destroyed a small castle that he was meant to go in as normal Bowser. With that, he ended up becoming normal sized.
"I don't believe it, Your Evilness! You crushed everything in sight!" Kammy cheered as they found a small town filled with toys, and they noticed Bowser and quickly walked over to him. Apparently they were teddy bears.
"What is this? A teddy bear convention?" Bowser questioned. "I'm not here to huggle with these…ahem…freaky things. I want to BURN them and get the Crystal Star! So you better be careful, teddy bears!"
A white teddy bear came toward him, but he punched it with a flaming fist, sending it back. "Back off! I need to find Princess Peach and that Crystal Star!"
Kammy noticed a cardboard version of Princess Peach standing in front of a house. But she thought it was her. "Lord Bowser! Look over there!" Kammy pointed to the "Trojan Peach" that she saw.
"Bingo! Princess Peach! Man, that was easy!" Bowser grinned as he stomped his way over to the house to greet her. "I've found you, my princess. I, Bowser, the mighty Koopa King, offer my greeting!"
"..."
Kammy and Bowser looked at each other, a little confused.
"Now, now! None of that silent treatment! You're coming to my castle with me! There's plenty of room for you anyway, my dear!"
"Mweh heh heh! Clearly she's so overcome with joy that she's been left speechless!" Kammy snickered. "The mind of a maiden is, well, rather…complicated. Mweh heh heh heh heh!"
"Gra ha ha ha ha ha ha! I see! I see! How refined! How elegant! Awesome! I suppose I could live with a silent princess! It might even have perks, you know? Now let's grab her and find that Crystal Star!"
Bowser stomped over to Peach, and it ended up making her fall over. He noticed she was only made of cardboard, which left him slack-jawed.
"It… It was made of CARDBOARD?! Are you KIDDING ME?!"
"The Crystal Star isn't here either," a teddy bear informed. "Sorry, but it was taken by some pale green kid who beat us earlier."
"Whuh-WHAAAAAAT?!" Bowser gaped. "Oh, that's just dandy! Not only do I look like the huge, mighty king of GUYS WHO TALK TO PIECES OF CARDBOARD… But we were beaten to the Crystal Star!"
"Oh dear… This is absolutely horrible…" Kammy trailed.
"This is all your fault, Haggy! If we weren't at Glitzville, then we could've gotten that Crystal Star! GAH!" Bowser stomped the ground in anger, while Kammy was shaking in fear.
"Your Evilness! Please stop!"
Phi Base-
Down in the Phi Base, at the bottom floor, in Gemerl's room, he himself was aiming his laser gun that he could use by transforming his hand into the gun at a Chopper dummy he ordered the Phis to make. He was trying to be steady with his aim and was hoping to blow the dummy up. Oh, and he also had a dummy of Vivian and Scrub too, since they were other people that were with Chopper.
"Steady now…" Gemerl was about to fire, but when two Phis came in and interrupted, he missed, which made a hole on the left side of the wall. "What the heck? I was busy trying to… Hold on, how come you don't have the Crystal Star with you? Don't tell me you…"
"Sorry, sir. That Chopper kid was too fast!" the first Phi apologized. "He even had a shadow girl and a white spunky Yoshi kid with him! They were pretty tough, especially 'cause we got ourselves beaten!"
"Well you would obviously find them tough if you lost!"
"Oh... Sorry, sir..."
The second Phi punched the first, making its head spin around. "Don't apologize! Master Gemerl doesn't want us to apologize to him, you idiot! Don't you remember what he told us?"
"Both of you be quiet!" Gemerl snapped. "So you didn't beat Chopper. Don't worry about that. Did you get any information from him when you scanned him though?"
"I got all the information I needed," the second Phi nodded.
"Good. Now spill it!"
"Very well. Chopper used to live on a planet called Mondrao. It's a planet inhabited by some strange people that can come in different forms."
"That's it? I was expecting more besides that…" Gemerl trailed as his laser arm gun changed back to his hand.
"His home planet was destroyed by somebody named Maquano, a pretty evil Demon Knight. He destroys planets because they're in his way or just out of enjoyment, and he doesn't even care who's on there. Not gonna lie, I actually feel bad for the kid, especially since that guy wiped out his entire family..."
"Why feel bad for someone who's a threat?"
"I suppose you're right. Anyway, apparently Chopper had stopped this Maquano after going to a planet called Clara. Though this demon did return a few times, he was always trounced in the end. As for Chopper, he had gone on plenty of adventures, such as facing off against the Star God, Staris. Apparently he's really quick and can steal an ability by eating the enemy!"
"Interesting... You got the more important information out of him. So apparently he's been doing this kind of stuff for a while... Obviously he's a big threat." Gemerl pondered. "For now, send two Phis to the Boggly Woods to find the Crystal Star."
"Of course," the second Phi nodded.
"Good. Now leave!"
With that, the two Phis had left the room.
"So, Chopper… I've got enough information on you." Gemerl slowly turned around. "I may not have found any weaknesses, but I do know what I'm going up against... But I'm not all that intimidated. You may be able to steal abilities... But you're not the only one who can copy abilities around here..."
Glitz Pit lobby-
Chopper, Vivian, and Scrub were at the front lobby of the Glitz Pit, along with Jolene, Rawk Hawk, the Iron Clefts, King K, and Bandy Andy. Jolene happened to explain everything to the fighters, which they seemed to remember everything about Grubba from before. Actually, he had handcuffs while being beside two Security Guards.
"So now you must leave…" Jolene trailed as Chopper sadly nodded to her. "I understand. If you must, you must. We won't delay you. I hope you succeed in finding the rest of the Crystal Stars. Good luck!"
"Contadre, I wanna tell you..." Rawk Hawk began. "I'm sorry for everything I caused to you and your friends... I made a promise not to play dirty, and I blew it... But I'm gonna make up for that and do all I can to win the title fair and square. So, Contadre... Next time we fight, no more dirty tricks."
"Listen, Con-money... Thanks for everything, man." King K thanked. "You're one the nicest dudes I ever met, and if you ever need it, I got your back. Me, I think I'm gonna chill here and improve my skills. King K's back, baby! And it's all thanks to you, dog! You're my boy, Chopper!"
"Security, you may take Grubba to prison now," Jolene ordered. The two Security Guards nodded as they began to walk over to the exit.
"Hot-diggity-dang it! All my plans! Ruined! I would have gotten away with it if it weren't fer you meddlin' fighters an' yer li'l scrubby dinosaur!" Grubba rambled. "Contadre! Listen now, son! I'm gonna get back at you one day fer this! It'll be when you never expect it to happen! An' if I don't manage to get out of a stinky jail cell, then I'll send someone after you!"
The two Security Guards brought him out of the pit and left Glitzville to go to a prison for him to stay in.
"Yeah right! Like he'll even succeed in his task!" Scrub snickered. "When you're dealing with Contadre, of course you're going to fail!"
"Now that Grubba's out of the picture again, I'm going to take over running the Glitz Pit," Jolene declared. "If you ever decide to return to the ring, just come back! I'll keep your spot open. You have tons of fans, and they'd absolutely love it if you made a comeback! Anyway, think it over, OK? And travel safe!"
"We will!" Chopper smiled as he ended up removing his ability, now that he didn't need to have it on. He, Vivian, and Scrub went back outside, where they all began to stretch after the fight against Ultra Grubba.
"Man! That was awesome!" Scrub grinned. "Too bad we're not really going to be heading back there. So what's next on our menu? Where exactly do we go if we're going to be finding the next Crystal Star?"
"Well…" Chopper began, but then he heard the gourmet race theme playing from his Mailbox SP. Scrub heard it too, but he didn't seem to jump up from the song. He found it to be catchy.
"Hey, you got some mail! But who is it from anyway?" Scrub began to wonder as Chopper took out the device and opened it to read the message. He knew that it was Peach giving him an e-mail.
Dear Chopper,
I'm sure you're very concerned about me… But please know I'm fine! I'm actually more worried about you and Mario. The fiends who kidnapped me are searching desperately for the Crystal Stars. I'll try to learn what I can about them. I'll e-mail again if I uncover anything, OK? Hopefully we'll be able to see each other soon.
-Princess Peach-
"Oh, cool! You got an e-mail from a princess! That must be pretty awesome! …But where exactly do we go? You never answered my question."
"Leave it to me!" Chopper made a sharp whistle and the Warp Star began to come from behind Chopper. He jumped on it and also helped Vivian and Scrub onto the Warp Star.
"Whoa! What's this thing?" Scrub gaped.
"It's the Warp Star. We're going to travel to Pop Star with it!"
"That sounds like a lot of work."
"It...kinda is."
"We're going on this Warp Star again? How nice…" Vivian smiled as they began to take off toward Pop Star.
Dream Land-
Once they made it to Dream Land, they landed in front of the Mayor's house, who came outside to see them return.
"Chopper! You've returned!" the Mayor gaped. "You were out for some time, I must admit. What was going on that took you so long?"
"Well… We had to fight in an arena to get the Crystal Star." Chopper explained. "It turns out that the one who hosted it was the villain, and HE had the Crystal Star. But no worries! We've taken care of him no problem! Look!"
He took out the Gold Star, which made the Mayor gasp.
"Excellent! So you've gotten two Crystal Stars so far! You are doing a good job! There are only eighteen left to find. I fear that that might take a while. Say, who's that white little…creature you got with you?"
"Who, me? I'm Scrub!" Scrub introduced as he made a pose. "Contadre found me in an egg, and he and Vivian decided to take care of me! Yup! I hatched and became this! I. Am. AWESOME!"
"Chopper, we better go to the Fountain of Dreams, fast! We need to find that next Crystal Star!" Vivian suggested.
"Yeah, we gotta do that," Chopper agreed.
"Say... Have you still found any sight of Kirby?" the Mayor asked.
"Sadly, we haven't... I'm hoping to find him, though."
"Well, for now, you should go to the Fountain of Dreams. You need to find that next Crystal Star!"
Chopper put the Crystal Star away and nodded, so he, Vivian, and Scrub headed toward the Fountain of Dreams, while the Mayor waved goodbye to them.
Once they made it to the fountain, they saw by one of the light blue trees, Fumu was sitting there with a book. She was actually writing something, which was a hobby for her.
"Everything seems to be going peaceful around here. Cappy Town and Hatty Town seem to be getting along just fine, and King Dedede hasn't plotted anything yet." Fumu said as she wrote in her book. "But for some reason, Escargon isn't with him right now. But a boy named Chopper came here and he's on a quest to find the Crystal Stars."
Chopper was able to grab the book from her and began to look at it, a little confused. When Fumu noticed she wasn't holding it, she noticed Chopper reading it.
"Chopper! Give that back!" Fumu demanded while Chopper decided to give it back to her. She also noticed both Vivian and Scrub with him. "Who are you two? You're both…kind of odd. Are you people from Earth?"
"We're around the areas of a place called Rogueport," Vivian explained. "My name's Vivian."
"And I'm Scrub!" Scrub introduced. "I'm pretty awesome, just to let you know! …Now where does the Crystal Star need to go?"
Fumu pointed over to the star pedestal, so he ran over there. Chopper shrugged and ran over there, along with Vivian. The first thing he did was get on the pedestal.
"OK, do what you need to do already, Contadre!" Scrub noted.
"You don't need to call me that you know. I'm not in the Glitz Pit." Chopper told Scrub. But he didn't care. He liked calling him Contadre, and that's what he was going to call him.
Chopper held up the Crystal Star and it disappeared from his hands. The light blue light appeared around the huge fountain as he saw the two Crystal Stars to his upper right, which left Scrub in amazement.
"Holy… This is really cool!" Scrub gaped.
The Magical Map began to float above Chopper and a bunch of light began to go in it. It looked like the next Crystal Star had been located at a big tree in a woods that looked pale and dull. A green Crystal Star appeared to be there.
Chopper began to look at the map carefully while Scrub begged to take a look, so he let Scrub take a look at the map, and then Vivian took a look too.
"Hey, I remember that place… I've been there before." Vivian recalled. "I think we should go back to Professor Frankly to see what he has to say."
"Yes, we should," Chopper agreed.
Frankly's house-
"Ah! Now I see…" Frankly deduced as he closed a book he had on the table.
"Well spill it out, gramps! Where's the next Crystal Star?" Scrub asked.
"It's in the Boggly Woods. The third Crystal Star is inside a great tree there. Some odd creatures appear to live in there. If memory serves, there's a pipe beneath town that leads to those woods."
"Boggly Woods, huh? I was told from Peach that there are others that are looking for the Crystal Stars." Chopper recalled. "In fact, I even heard some weird gray robots looking for them. I don't think we're alone on this hunt."
"Uh oh. If these people are also looking for the Crystal Stars…" Frankly began. "What could they hope to achieve? Could they use its power to… Ugh! Too many unknowns! Unfortunately the only clues we can rely on are the Crystal Stars and that map."
"I guess all we can do now is go to the Boggly Woods and hope to get that Crystal Star," Vivian suggested.
"Yes, I recommend you do that right now. And find it before those others do…such as Peach's captors and those robots! For now, I'll research more on these Crystal Stars and find out more information on why there are twenty more.
"Got it," Chopper nodded as they left the house. However, they stopped when they found Luigi in the same area.
"Oh! Hey, Chopper! Long time no see!" Luigi greeted.
"Luigi? Holy… I never knew you'd be here!" Chopper gaped. "Why did you come here anyway?"
"Well I'm on a little quest of my own! Well, KIND OF. I wanted to go visit the Waffle Kingdom to see Princess Éclair… I mean QUEEN Éclair and the Chestnut King. Yeah, I went there one time to rescue her and defeat that king, but that was her lover, apparently. Want me to tell you the whole thing? It's kind of a long story…"
"We don't have much time. We gotta go down to the sewers. But thanks for the offer." Chopper waved goodbye to Luigi and he and his friends went down the sewers to the area with the big yellow block. Chopper saw the same creature from before run into the small hole in the wall. Beside the whole were some bars blocking the way of a doorway.
"What was that?" Scrub gawked.
"I saw that thing before, that's for sure..." Chopper recalled.
"But it got away," Vivian noted.
"We can follow him no problem! Watch this!" Chopper turned sideways, and so did his partners. They were able to slip through the bars to go into the doorway to an area with some stairs that didn't lead to anywhere. The creature noticed them and ran away.
"Wait! Don't go!" Chopper followed the creature over to the corner, which soon realized it was trapped.
"Eeeeeeeeeeeek! D-Don't eat me! Please! I beg of you!" the creature shrieked.
"What? You can talk? And who said I was going to eat you? You're not a bad guy…"
"So… You didn't come here to eat me?"
"Of course not!"
"You're all not bullies either?"
"Guess again, nerd!"
"Noooooooo! Leave me alone, you big bullies!"
"Scrub! Why did you say that?!" Chopper asked.
"Aw, man! I just wanted to make it a little interesting!" Scrub kicked the ground in disappointment.
"Relax, little creature…thing. We're not bullies. Scrub was only kidding anyway." Chopper assured.
"For real? Phew! Boy, that's good." the creature sighed. "I thought for a second I was in grave danger…like my sister and friends at the Great Tree! …Wait, why should I be telling you this? You might be enemies!"
"We're not enemies. Hold on a second… Frankly said there are small creatures in the Boggly Woods. Would you be considered one of those?"
"Wh-What? Why do you know about me? NOOO! Y-You must be... You guys are working for those X-Nauts, aren't you? You chased me here! Noooooo! It's the end!"
"X-Nauts? They're there?" Vivian asked.
"Y-Yeah... They are. H-How do you know about them?"
"Hey, Vivian… Aren't those the guys you told me were after the Crystal Stars too? They sent you and your sisters after them, right? I guess we can take them down before they get that star!" Chopper smirked. "OK, small creature thing! Could you tell us what happened?"
"Well... OK. This gang of bad guys who call themselves X-Nauts came to where I live. They came inside our Great Tree and started tearing it apart and causing trouble. So...I've come all the way here looking for help. They said something about searching for the Crystal Star."
"The Great Tree, huh? Interesting… The Crystal Star seemed to be located in that tree, and if THAT'S the case, then they want it! Do you know anything about the Crystal Stars?"
"Well… Not really. We keep that a little secret after what happened five months ago. To be honest, we Punies kept it in our tree. Say, could you guys help us out? Maybe chase them off? If you do, we'll give you that Crystal Star. We can have the Puni Elder give it to you! I mean, it's something you need, right? You help us clear them out, ans you can get that star. So what do you say? Let's not waste any more time. I'm begging you!"
"Sure thing. We'll help you get rid of those X-Nauts." Chopper nodded.
"Really? You aren't joking? You'll do it?"
"Of course I'll help you!"
"Oh, thank you so much! This is great! I'm so happy! My name is Punio. Pleased to meet you. I'll take you to where I live. Follow me, OK?"
Punio walked over to a small crack in the wall to the right, saying "It just this way," as Chopper ran over to the crack and noticed he was too big to fit in.
"I don't think we can fit in there…" Vivian trailed.
"Oh, right. I almost forgot. Hang on a second." Punio went through the hole and was checking for a switch.
"All right, let's see… The Puni elder said there's some button around here that opens up a secret entrance we sealed a couple of months ago… AH-HA!"
A doorway up the stairs flipped over and so did some small windows. Chopper looked surprised and they all went up the stairs. But first he went to the right to get a Damage Dodge Badge, then he went to the right to a small, square-shaped area and a small, gray pipe that was attached to the wall.
"You can get to the woods we Punies live in by going through that pipe there," Punio informed. "OK! Hurry! Hurry! There's no time!"
Chopper looked at his friends and they nodded. With that, all four of them headed through the pipe…to the Boggly Woods.
I decided to have Grubba get arrested, since you NEVER see him ever again after you beat him in Paper Mario 2. Yes, he had to curse out, and he did say he'll get his revenge...but how?
Anyway, we're going to Boggly Woods next chapter! I personally LOVE the music there! It's probably my least favorite chapter in the story, but I don't think it's that bad either.