A small, pale green ten year old spherical-shaped boy with short arms, white gloves, forest green feet, and two black, thin antennae curving back was watching some TV on his red sofa. This little boy was known as Chopper, and he had once saved the seven Star Spirits and restored the Star Rod two years ago, and acquired all twenty Crystal Stars to save Dream Land and the universe five months ago.
Nowadays, he spends time relaxing on his homeworld, Clara, which is filled with many different areas, such as the giant jungle Chopper lived in.
There were two major pictures he kept on the table next to his red sofa. Apparently throughout those two adventures, friendships were formed. Friends like Koopla, Bruce, Parakarry, Bow, C-2 Choppor, Yosho, Kayzee, Mallow, Ghoster, and Geno were in the first one. He traveled with them two years ago when he was originally going to take a vacation.
The other picture had his friends from five months. They were Vivian, Scrub, Kirby, Shadower, Bombette, Berry, Mario, Sonic, Flyer, and Tamber. He traveled with them five months ago, and he remembered the quest being one of his most dangerous...yet most exciting.
But now things were peaceful, especially outside, which was looking beautiful. Chopper was originally going to sleep, but he decided not to and watched what was on at the moment.
"It's one thing to take them prisoner and threaten them. But when you actually HURT someone, that's going too far!"
Having enough of this show, Chopper tried to turn the TV off with his remote, but it didn't seem to work, to his dismay.
"Come on! Turn off, TV!"
Chopper pressed the button on the remote harder. But sadly, he had no luck. He pressed even harder. Still no luck!
"Why won't it..." the moment Chopper's thumb slipped on one of the arrow buttons, the TV suddenly changed to a different channel. "Oh... Well, I guess this is OK!"
"Uh huh uh huh! Hey, kids!" a clown spoke from the TV.
"EEP!" Chopper yelped, the remote being thrown out of his hands and into the TV screen. The moment he heard the sound of a crash, Chopper stopped and looked at his broken TV. "Oops..."
With no TV to watch, along with no video games, Chopper pondered on what he should do next. Perhaps go outside? No, he already did that earlier. Beat up some bad guys? ...Well, OK, that was done when he went outside. Maybe eat some food?
Eventually Chopper sped to his refrigerator to get some apples and grapes, and just like that, he inhaled them into his mouth like a vacuum. Despite the group of grapes being almost half his size, he didn't really appear to change in appearance from just swallowing the dang thing.
Once that was over with, Chopper went back to his red sofa, sat down, and stretched his arms and feet. "Man, it sure feels nice not to have to deal with serious bad guys. No evil demons wanting to take over or destroy the world, no aliens wanting to use demons to take over the world, no robots wanting to take over the world, and no rulers wanting to take over the world! Just a peaceful planet with no villains!"
However, he noticed something slip under the front door. It looked like a black letter. "Huh? A letter? I wonder who sent it."
Chopper went to the door and picked up the letter and he began to read it.
Dear Chopper,
I now see something in you. You're a hero to this planet, and a party has been thrown just for you! I've been watching you, and I think the time has come to celebrate your heroism! The party is in the upper jungle, in Trinado's Castle. I will not take "no" for an answer!
"A party? On my planet? Whoa! Somebody decided to throw me a party! Wowie!" Chopper cheered as he jumped up in joy. "I don't even have to leave my planet to go to the party! …But there's no return address on here…"
Chopper was about to open his door, but then he looked at his TV. He thought for a moment.
"Ummmm… Maybe I'll get Flyer to fix that some other time…"
Chopper left his house and he quickly ran fast through the jungle. After ten minutes, he was able to reach the upper jungle, where the castle the party awaited him.
Trinado's Castle-
"Well, I'm here!" Chopper said as he came in. "And it didn't take me long to get here. It feels so GOOD that people are celebrating for me!"
Chopper entered the castle and gaped as he saw it was decorated with balloons. One decoration that stood out the most was a pale green heart, which hung on the wall. There was also a table with chips and dip and fruit punch.
"Boy! Whoever set this whole thing up was so generous! I love it! Especially that pale green heart!" Chopper smiled, but he saw other people he recognized. Ones that he hadn't seen in quite a while.
He saw some friends he had met five months ago. Very familiar ones to be exact. The first one he saw was the pink little Star Warrior with rosy cheeks and red feet. From what he knew, this was Kirby.
The second person he could see was a blue hedgehog with quills on the back of his head, a peach muzzle, arms, and belly, white gloves, and red shoes. He was known as Sonic the Hedgehog. Obviously he was famous for being the fastest thing alive.
Chopper could also see two plumbers. One was shorter than the other one, had a red cap, blue overalls, white gloves and a cool mustache. The other one was taller, but younger. He had a green cap, blue overalls, white gloves, and a mustache that looked a little different than his older brother. They were Mario and Luigi, and they do more than plumbing.
He also saw three others that he recognized. Chopper was both pleased and disappointed to see them. The first one he looked at was a ninja cat with blue fur. He had a katana that he used for his ninja skills and fighting. This cat's name was Blade, and he was considered to be the leader of the three.
The second one of the group was a yellow Chihuahua with leather armor, two pistols, an assault rifle, and a sniper rifle. He could use his ears to fly also, which Chopper never saw before. He was actually a bounty hunter, but he could never get a girlfriend, no matter how hard he tried. But, he doesn't give up on that. He is known as Bang, and he is known to be…quite an idiot.
The third and last one of the group was a red mouse, but he was actually an undead too. He was wearing black armor and was holding an axe hammer, which is an axe on one side, and a hammer on the other side. He is a mercenary and also a psychopathic murderer. His name is Night.
"Hey guys!" Chopper greeted them all with a mile. "It's been a while, hasn't it? I didn't know you guys were coming to celebrate for me! I'm sure you guys sent me the letter, didn't you?"
"Poyo. (Yeah, it has. Good idea on throwing this party.)" Kirby smiled. "...Poyo? (…Wait, did you say you got a letter? We got one too that's celebrating about us. …But I think you threw it.)"
"Huh? You got an invitation celebrating you guys?" Chopper gawked. Everyone else gave him a nod. "…How strange… Why invite us? And don't look at me! I didn't even have a part of this!
"How come it's on your planet then?" Blade wondered. "That would most likely make you the one who sent them to us."
Chopper shrugged. He had absolutely no idea they'd think he threw this party.
"Wait a moment… You said you didn't throw the party? Well, if you didn't throw it, then who did?" Sonic asked while tapping his foot.
"Why… I threw it! So nice of you to show up. Yes… I've been waiting for this moment…"
"Huh?" Everyone looked around for the voice. Sonic stopped tapping his foot and looked around.
"Who said that?" Chopper asked, unsure if it was friendly, but it sounded familiar to him. And when something sounds familiar to him, it DOESN'T sound friendly.
"Oh, boy… I don't like the feeling of this. That voice sounds like something evil…" Luigi shivered, starting to cower a bit. A black box outline appeared and Tipral was shown floating above everyone. Everyone gasped at the sight of him.
"Wh-Who are you?"
Tipral gave a simple introduction to everyone with a simple bow while still keeping his angry look. "Those who forgot who I am, I will introduce myself to you all. I am Tipral. I am the chosen executioner of the Dark Prognosticus, the one who has returned to his own dimension…to get revenge!"
"Huh? What? Dark Prognosticus? Revenge? Where were YOU all this time?" Chopper asked.
Tipral looked down at Chopper. "Oh, Chopper… You really think I would forget about you? Remember when you destroyed the dark core and Maquano? That explosion ended up sending me to another world! I couldn't even use my teleportation powers! I was seething with ANGER!"
"So… After I 'somehow' sent you to another dimension, you managed to return here to get your revenge on all of us?"
"You would be correct," Tipral slowly nodded. "But I don't need help from any demon like Maquano this time! I have gotten something so dark, that the Tribe of Ancients had to seal it away for its power being so great! Do you even know what I'm talking about?"
"And what would that be?" Sonic asked.
Tipral held his scepter up high. "This is what I'm talking about! This is the Dark Star Scepter! With that, and the Dark Prognosticus, I will be the most powerful being in the universe! I have finally found the key…to destroying all worlds!"
"D-D-Did you s-s-say… Dark Prognosticus? B-But… I thought that thing was gone!" Luigi stammered as he backed away.
"Yes, you green capped coward. The Dark Prognosticus," Tipral spat. "I was able to steal it from a weird-looking guy with a monocle and top hat and a human girl! I did destroy their love by sending the human girl somewhere else. I'm sure that guy Blumiere will suffer badly."
"Hold on a second…" Chopper started. "Was it YOU that gave all of us those invitations to this stupid party?"
"Yes. It was I who sent you all of those invitations! And you thought there was going to be a party… I hate parties, and I would NEVER throw one! Especially to my enemies… My reason for bringing you here is because I wanted to lure you into my trap! After thinking, I found out that you all are the biggest threats."
"What? You're going to destroy all the worlds? You gotta be kidding me!" Bang pouted.
"C'mon! Why destroy all worlds?" Night gawked. "I won't be able to destroy anyone if all worlds are gone! That ain't right!"
"Forget this! I'm outta here!" Bang declared as he made a run for it out of the castle like an idiot.
"I'll go check on him," Night lied before he ran out of the castle too and saw Bang fall off a cliff. He let out a groan as he jumped off the cliff as well, hoping to find Bang and get out of here.
"I see those two did not wish to suffer," Tipral said as he watched the two leave. "Then again, they're probably the least threatening, so I don't care too much. I suppose you people wish to flee too, right?"
"Yeah! I'm getting out of here!" Luigi cried, getting ready to flee as well. However, that changed when Mario grabbed a hold of him and pulled him back. "Bro! Stop it, please!"
Mario: You're staying here!
"We're certainly NOT fleeing!" Chopper retorted. "There's no way we're going to make a run for it! The best thing to do is defeat you, and that's what I intend to do!"
Chopper clenched his fists as he jumped in the air to stomp on Tipral, but he was simply thrown back by the square-shaped barrier surrounding him.
"What the heck?" Chopper jumped on him again, but he still had no luck. He even tried to kick him! That…didn't work.
"Crud! Nothing's working… Hold on a second!" Chopper jumped onto the wall and performed a wall jump to stomp on Tipral. It still did nothing. His mouth nearly dropped at the sight of this. Even Blade's mouth dropped!
"OK… WHAT? Tipral is protected by some shield?" gaped Blade.
"Your attacks cannot harm me! Now, watch what powers I have!" Tipral waved his scepter, making dark energy fill the scepter and shot a dark star at Chopper, which instantly knocked him back. Everyone could hear his cry before he fell over on the party floor.
"Chopper! Are you OK?!" Sonic exclaimed.
Chopper didn't respond.
Everyone stepped back and glared at Tipral, getting in their fighting stances, but Tipral didn't seem at all threatened.
"You honestly think you can all take me on? Pathetic!" Tipral scoffed.
"All right, Tipral!" Blade began as he unsheathed his katana. "You've gone far enough! We're all going to take you on right NOW! I'm sure five against one will surely be tough for you!"
Everyone was ready to make an attack on him…except for Luigi. Mario nudged his younger brother to get him to help. However, he just crouched down and went to the corner of the room. Mario face palmed and dragged his brother back to everyone else.
"No! I'm NOT going to fight!" Luigi cried. "I know my Super Jump is impressive, but I'm not going to risk my own life against an evil shadow…whatever he is!"
"Tssh… All of you are not worth my time." Tipral scoffed. "I would win this fight by a landslide. Then again, I don't intend to destroy you at this point. I have something planned especially for you five!"
"What?" Blade was mortified, as were the others as they stepped further back.
Tipral threw the Dark Star Scepter up, causing it to spin around. A big, purple portal was created above him, and Kirby, Sonic, Blade, Mario and Luigi were sucked into it while screaming in horror.
"Poyo (AGH! Help me!)" Kirby yelled.
Mario: Mama mia!
"HELP ME PLEASE!" Luigi cried in fear.
"WHOA!" screamed Sonic.
"YAGGH!" yelled out Blade.
After their screams, they were gone.
"Excellent! Everything is going as planned!" Tipral declared. "With them, I can accomplish my goal to create the Chaos Heart! The Dark Prognosticus has been very useful at this point. I'll just leave Chopper there. There's honestly no way he can stop me alone. …But if he finds the source of power to defeat the Chaos Heart… No! I won't get to there! I must focus on creating The Void!"
The dark being hovered down to Chopper and gave him a glare. "It is hopeless now, Chopper. There's no possible chance of you stopping me. I've been waiting five long months to get revenge, and now I am back! If we ever meet again, I'll end you!"
Tipral waved the Dark Star Scepter and was then gone. All that was left in the castle was Chopper, who was unconscious.
Twenty minutes later-
"Wake up, Mario!" a voice called out. Mario opened his eyes and saw a green sky and a couple of mountains in the distance. They appeared to be in some battle stage of some sort.
"You OK, Mario?" Sonic had his hand out and pulled Mario up. He nodded to his blue friend and looked at the place. The stage was a black color, with some red to it. This caught Mario's attention, as he recognized this place from before.
"Bro! I'm glad you're OK! Everyone's OK!" Luigi sighed in relief.
"Poyo… (Yeah, everything's fine. But… Where's Chopper?)" Kirby looked around, but they didn't see him.
"Hmm… Yeah, Chopper isn't with us. Did he get sucked into the portal like we did?" Blade wondered. "But where ARE we anyway?"
"You're in Sammer's Kingdom. I brought you here for a reason." Tipral appeared over them, which got them all in their fighting stances.
"Tipral!" Sonic growled. "What're you up to this time?!"
"Now that I've brought you here, it's time to bring out the Prognosticus!" Tipral took the Dark Prognosticus out and he began to read what is next. "Hmmm… 'The dreams of a pink puffball, a blue hedgehog, a blue cat, and two plumbers shall awaken the Chaos Heart and cause havoc all around the universe.'"
"Poyo? (Hmmmm? What does that mean?)" Kirby gawked.
"I must take their dreams that are full of love and use them to make the Chaos Heart," Tipral thought. "Using my scepter on them will probably destroy them. I need to exhaust them instead."
"Now, let's get started, shall we?" Tipral waved his scepter like a wand, and three villains were summoned. They looked familiar to the heroes. They saw Bowser, Dr. Eggman and King Dedede standing in front of them. Everyone's mouths dropped.
"Poyo? (What's King Dedede doing here?)" Kirby gawked.
"Huh? What's going on? I was just about to kidnap Princess Peach and…" Bowser paused when he saw Mario and Luigi. "Hey… I know that 'stache from somewhere… MARIO! …And Luigi? Hold on a second, this place looks familiar…"
"Who the heck are you guys? And why am I seeing Kirby here?" King Dedede growled as he gripped his hammer and brought it down on the pink puffball.
"Well well well! If it isn't Egghead! Never knew you'd be here!" Sonic scoffed.
"Sonic?! How did you get here?! And… Hmm? I remember seeing you before…" Eggman trailed while he looked at Blade.
"Oh, yeah! I think my friend accidentally went through your security system and got his butt kicked. I had to get him out." Blade recalled. "But what's with this? Why did you bring them here, Tipral?"
"Are you responsible for bringing us here, weirdo?" Bowser asked.
"You could say so. …And my name's 'Tipral', not 'weirdo'!" Tipral was still beginning to remember the bad memories between him and Mysterious. "I brought you here so you can fight to your consent! Go ahead and have your battle and do what you usually do!"
"Really? That's it? Then this should be easy pickings! C'mere, Kirby!" King Dedede raised his hammer up and began chasing Kirby around like a cat and mouse…except King Dedede was the cat and Kirby was the mouse.
"Poyo! (Ack! Stop it!)" Kirby yelped.
"Bwah ha ha ha! Then if we're going to fight, then I will trounce Mario so I can take Peach all to myself!" Bowser got in his shell and charged at Mario, only to have him jump out of the way.
He pulled his Ultra Hammer out and whacked Bowser in the belly, causing him to cringe. Mario saw Luigi was just at the corner and sighed. Unfortunately, he didn't see Bowser punch him off the stage.
"Come on, Luigi! Help me here!" Mario thought as Luigi ended up falling asleep so he wouldn't worry about the fight.
Sonic and Blade were doing fine with Eggman. His machine was the ball and chain he used the first time he fought Sonic with. But it was easy for him to get hit, and Sonic kept hitting him with his Spin Jump.
"Argh! Curse you, Sonic!" Eggman growled. Tipral watched the fight, and he was pleased. He looked at Luigi, who was already asleep.
"Well he was easy to take care of…" he waited patiently for them to get tired, and after about twenty minutes, the fight continued, but much more slowly. Everyone was at this point, exhausted.
Tipral looked at the Dark Prognosticus again and found something…interesting. He wasn't happy at this moment. "DANG IT! I could've done that and not this! …Well there's no going back. I don't know where I could find a princess anyway…"
"Ooooog… This fight has been going on for a long time… Is this fight supposed to be to the death?" Bowser wheezed.
"God… This is the worst day I've ever had!" Blade growled. "First I get sucked into a portal that takes me here and now I'm taking on Eggman, who is getting tired himself! What could possibly make this day worse?"
"Let's not…get there right now, Blade," Sonic wheezed. "We gotta finish Eggy here before we're dead! So, bring it on!"
"Must…hit…Kirby…" King Dedede was bringing his hammer down on Kirby slowly, and everyone else panted. Mario was the first to drop to the ground, as did Bowser. One by one, they all collapsed from exhaustion.
"Hmmm? That worked out better than I thought. Now it's time to begin!" Tipral floated down to the ground and got rid of Bowser, Eggman and King Dedede. Afterward, he pulled his Dark Star Scepter out.
"Dark Star Scepter! Take their dreams and summon the Chaos Heart back to all worlds!" Tipral waved his scepter and pink energy came out of all five. Once they were together, everything began to shake.
"Yes… Yes… YES!" Darkness surrounded the dream energy and a black heart appeared, absorbing the dreams and making things shake even more. Tipral held the Chaos Heart up high.
"Now! Summon The Void! The destroyer of all worlds! Let all worlds be destroyed in months or possibly days! Consume it all, as told in the prophecy, and leave nothing behind!"
With a couple of flashes, Tipral began to see something form in the sky.
Much, much later-
"…pper…Chopper…"
Once Chopper opened his eyes, he saw he was still in Trinado's castle, as well as a rainbow butterfly that caught his attention He got up and quickly yawned while stretching. The butterfly thought his voice sounded a little cute.
"Whew… That sure was something. What happened anyway?" Chopper as he felt a little drowsy, rubbing his head in the process.
"Are you awake?" the butterfly asked curiously.
"Well… Pretty much." Chopper stopped rubbing his eyes and saw the butterfly in front of him. "…Wait, butterflies can't talk! How… How is a butterfly talking to me? They're…animals, not rainbow-like!"
"I'm not really an animal…" the butterfly trailed. "To be honest, this is not my real form… I'm really a… No!"
Her shout nearly startled Chopper. "Huh? Are you OK? …I guess you remember something, did you? Well, how about telling me your name?"
"My name? Ummm… My name is Tippi… I am what is known as a Pixl… A sort of fairy…"
"Pixl, huh? Never heard of that before… Ooh! Are you here to grant me a wish?"
Tippi ignored the child's last sentence. "Chopper… I came here to find you…"
Chopper suddenly had a feeling of alert, considering that he had no idea who this fairy thing was. He got in a fighting stance as he glared at Tippi.
"You came here looking for me? If that's the case, then you must be one of Tipral's minions that came here to check on me!" Chopper cried. "I'm sorry, but I will NOT let you take me to Tipral!"
"Relax… I am not an enemy…" Tippi assured. "In fact, I have come to you for your help… I have come here for a very important reason…"
Chopper lowered his guard and stopped glaring at her. "Oh, really? You came here for an important reason? Well, why did you come here to find me anyway?"
"You know your counterpart? The one named Tipral?"
"Yes, I know him. I've known him ever since I saw him in that Dark Steeple. He's the complete opposite of me. But, how do you know him?"
"…What? I… Umm… I know nothing about him! What are you implying?" Tippi stammered.
"Well, you somehow knew Tipral, despite me saying his name first..."
"…OK, let's just say that…I've had an encounter with him. He stole the Dark Prognosticus, which has been sealed away by the Tribe of Ancients, like the Dark Star Scepter. If we don't stop him, he is going to destroy all worlds with The Void… That's why I have come to find you…"
"So… You hate Tipral's guts as much as I do?" Chopper questioned. "Interesting… Maybe I'll consider helping you… OK! I'll do it!"
"Then we must go now… Come with me… Yes, if your friends are to be saved, then you must come…"
"Well… Looks like I've got a new adventure coming! It's about time something happened after five months!" Chopper smiled, but the smile didn't last long, as a boxed outline appeared around him.
"What the heck? What is this?"
"Let us go…"
"Wait! Hold on a mom-"
The outline around Chopper flipped, and he was gone. Tippi had a boxed outline around her and the boxed outline flipped, making her disappear as well.
"…IS THIS BECAUSE I ASKED IF YOU WERE GOING TO GRANT ME A WISH?!"
?-
A boxed outline appeared, and it flipped. Chopper came out of the outline and started panting, even though he wasn't tired.
"Whoa… That was fast! Where in the world am I, Tippi?" Chopper wondered. "...Tippi?"
After five seconds, the Pixl fairy appeared, and Chopper saw he was standing on the top of a white tower. He saw pillars that looked like they were drawn but not colored, and the sky appeared to be light yellow.
"Oh ho! Well, well, well… I see you've come back so soon, Tippi! …But this time you've brought a child!"
"Who said that?" Chopper asked, bringing his arms up in case if it was an enemy.
Chopper lowered his arms when he saw a wizard with a white, long mustache, a blue hood covering his face that only showed his yellow eyes. His body was yellow, but it was mostly covered by his blue cloak. There was was a green orb with a star right below his mustache.
"Chopper, this person here has saved me from the clutches of Tipral…" Tippi informed.
"For some reason… This guy looks pretty familiar…" Chopper pondered. "He reminds me of those two wizards that I've seen back in the Mushroom Kingdom and Rogueport..."
"So Tippi, who is this little round boy you brought?" the wizard asked. "Pale green, two antennae, white gloves… And green feet! Tippi, you have really outdone yourself…"
"He matches the description of the hero in the hidden pages of the Light Prognosticus perfectly…" Tippi noted. "And his name is Chopper."
"Light Prognosticus? Am I…special, in any way?" Chopper asked as the wizard chuckled and patted him on the head.
"I welcome you, Chopper. You are the hero that is meant to save us from The Void. So… That does make you special! Very special indeed. Oh ho ho ho ho! Welcome, small child!"
Chopper jumped up in surprise as he looked around at the area. "Really? But hold on a second… Where am I? This place doesn't even look like my home planet! It's… Kinda weird, but…cool at the same time…"
"This town is called Flipside. You have come far from Clara of your dimension…" the wizard trailed. "Of course, our fair Flipside is in no dimension at all! No! In fact, it is BETWEEN dimensions! I know this town more than anyone else, so I'm not lying."
"Between dimensions? Wow, I'm pretty far from home… This is the farthest I've ever been. But first off, who are you? You never gave me your name…"
"My name? Well, my name is Merlon! I am a descendant of the Ancients who created this town. I busy myself studying musty, ancient texts to forestall the end of all worlds! Of course, I think my time has come for that one."
"The end of all worlds? What's that? And what's going on?" Chopper asked.
"So you wish to know about the end of all worlds? What's happening right now, you ask? Mmmmm…" Merlon let out a sigh as he closed his eyes. "So Tippi has not yet told you, I gather…"
"I think she said something about The Void. But where is it?"
"Well then, Chopper… The answer…hangs above you."
Chopper looked up and gasped as he saw a small purple void of darkness hanging from the sky. But it didn't look too threatening to him, especially at a size like that.
"Do you see the gathering thing in the sky? It is a hole in the very dimensional fabric of space! This is The Void Tippi was telling you about. Such a strange phenomenon…"
"That puny thing up in the sky? That's nothing!" Chopper scoffed. "I don't think it's THAT threatening, to be honest."
"Yes, it is true that it may not look threatening, but in time it will grow. And in the end, it will swallow all existence… All worlds, all dimensions… This void was created by our enemy, Tipral, who has stolen the Dark Prognosticus."
"'A pink, small warrior… A blue spiked hedgehog… A blue ninja cat… And two plumbers… The union of their dreams will call forth the Chaos Heart, the consumer of worlds… And the Chaos Heart will ravage the sky, and so bring forth The Void…'" Tippi quoted.
"Huh? What did you just say there, Tippi?" Chopper gawked. "Hold on… Those people sound like Kirby, Sonic, Blade, Mario, and Luigi!"
"The passage Tippi just quoted is from the Light Prognosticus, a book created by my ancestors," Merlon explained. "The book also says this: 'The Void will swallow all… Naught can stop it…unless the one protected by the dark power is destroyed. The hero with the power of twenty Pure Hearts will rise to this task' …So it is written."
"There used to be eight... But now twenty exist..." Tippi trailed.
"Really? How?" Chopper wondered.
"Tipral…has messed with a lot because of his actions," Merlon explained. "He tried to destroy the Purity Heart after hearing about what it could do, but because of how powerful it was, it ended up breaking and leaving its power weaker and spread out through many dimensions. Twenty were created from this, and without the Purity Heart, we cannot defeat the Chaos Heart."
Merlon held up a beautiful red heart, which Chopper gazed at in amazement.
"Ooh! That looks really nice!" Chopper gaped.
"This is one of the twenty Pure Hearts. You are surely the hero spoken of in the pages of the Light Prognosticus when a shadow of the hero would resurrect The Void. You are the only one who can defeat Tipral and save our worlds! Chopper! Take this and save all worlds from destruction!"
"Hmmm… All right. I will take it!" the young hero declared. "But that's because I don't want all worlds to end! I love my world, and I wish it wouldn't go..."
"Excellent! You truly are the hero who comes to help us after Tipral resurrected The Void! You are the hero of the book of legend! My eyes never deceive! So… Ahem! Chopper, our brave hero! Take…THIS!"
The red Pure Heart floated to Chopper as he raised his arms and held it up.
YOU GOT A PURE HEART
The Pure Heart has been thrust into your possession!
With the Pure Heart in his hands, Chopper put it away so he wouldn't have to gaze at it the whole time.
"Now, great hero Chopper…" Merlon began. "Your first task awaits. You must take this Pure Heart… You must place it in the Heart Pillar in this town. Tippi will lead you there. Return to me when you are through with this task!"
"All right! Got it!" Chopper nodded.
"This way…" Tippi trailed as she flew over to an arrow pointing down by the left. Chopper noticed ten columns drawn and also ten empty hearts above them before following Tippi.
"Hmmm? There's an arrow pointing down… Tippi, what does that do?" Chopper asked.
"Please don't ask questions and hit the button…" Tippi sighed, which sounded unhappy to him.
"Umm… OK…" Chopper, who didn't want to ask questions, pressed the button and an elevator was drawn, taking them down to the second floor. He saw a couple of houses and shops as he stepped out of the elevator door.
"Whoa… This place is REALLY weird… The people here even look weird! So much weirder than my world…" Chopper saw some people that had heads shaped like squares and bodies that were squarish as well. Or rather, they were rectangular pieces.
"This way… Come along, please…" Tippi flew on ahead to the next elevator, while Chopper looked confused.
"Why is she calling me 'small child'? Weird…" Chopper ran over to the elevator while moving his arms back and letting his feet move a little faster, as if his feet were a wheel. However, he went a little slower to see the people around him. They didn't creep him out, but he was confused by the looks of how they were.
He made it to Tippi and pressed the button to bring him up to the third floor of Flipside. He could see some poles with lights on them in this area.
"The Heart Pillar is this way… Come on, please…"
Chopper quickly moved to the left, with Tippi following him. Before he could move further, he crashed into a big white pillar
"Ouch…" Chopper slowly stepped back from the Heart Pillar. A tint of red was at the bottom of it. It also had an empty heart in it. "Is this it, Tippi?"
"Yes, this is the Heart Pillar… You must place the Pure Heart in there. It will take us to our next destination."
Chopper touched the Heart Pillar and a wave of light came from it, causing him to step back. The red Pure Heart came out itself and went into the pillar, causing a red clock to appear around it.
"Whoa... What a strange clock..."
At that moment, on the top of Flipside Tower, a red door appeared by the elevator. Chopper looked amazed as the clock disappeared.
"That was…pretty cool! I don't know what was cooler. How the Crystal Stars appeared in the Fountain of Dreams, or this."
"Well done, child… Now, let's return to Merlon…" Tippi suggested.
"All right, but quit calling me child!" Chopper frowned. "I know I'm a child and all, but I'm not stupid and that's NOT my name! But let's just go anyway."
Chopper headed back to the tower with Tippi, and Merlon was pleased to see them return.
"Ah, the two of you return!" Merlon greeted as Chopper and Tippi walked over to him, who was standing by the red door. "Look! A door has appeared! This 'dimensional door' was made to lead the hero to another Pure Heart. Yes, somewhere beyond this door lies one of the nineteen other Pure Hearts… …Tippi. You must use your power to help Chopper find this Pure Heart and return here."
"Of course…" Tippi replied.
"And Chopper… I have something to give you that will aid you on your journey." Merlon took out a red pipe with red and white stripes on the top and gave it to Merlon. "This is the Return Pipe. This should surely help you on your quest!"
"Huh? The Return Pipe? What does it do?" Chopper asked.
"With this, you will be able to return to Flipside from anywhere in the universe! If you feel like you need to return in a hurry, use this."
"Gee, thanks!" Chopper gave Merlon his cute smile as he thanked him.
"…The Light Prognosticus foretells that the hero will meet a 'dimensional governor.' And from him, the hero will learn the dimensional technique… I am most certain this refers to my friend, the Flip Wizard, Bestovius. Go now through this door to seek Bestovius!"
"Well, let's get going…" Tippi trailed.
"Woo-hoo! All right! Let's do this!" Chopper cheered as he let out one final jump before going into the red door, with his new helper, Tippi, following him.
At this point, their quest to find the nineteen other Pure Hearts had just begun.
Inside The Void, in a castle-
Tipral was in a dark area in a castle. The background was black, and he was standing on a black platform with white vertical and horizontal stripes. The outline on it was a white color
"And so… It begins." Tipral declared. "But… I cannot do this all by myself. I will need some minions to give me a hand. I'll need at least four. Perhaps this Dark Prognosticus will give me a hand."
Tipral grabbed the floating book and opened it to see what minions he could have to help him. He was pretty interested to see what was in there.
"Hmmm… I see… Apparently one of them is dead… But that isn't a problem for me with this scepter. I shall bring these four right now!"
Tipral pulled out the Dark Star Scepter and waved it to summon minions to aid him. He didn't want minions like Goombas or Waddle Dee. He wanted strong and unique minions that could help him.
The first one that appeared had googly-like eyes and was a light peach color. He had a beard, and it looked like he had an angry expression on his face. He was wearing a red shirt with a brown muscle shirt over it. His arms looked like they were rectangles, but his hands weren't. Despite his rather silly-looking appearance, he was a burly and tough guy.
"Eh? What in runnin' dog tails?! Where am I?!"
"So… You are O'Chunks… Am I right?"
O'Chunks made a pose. "That be me name! Who are yeh?"
"My name is Tipral," Tipral introduced. "I'm the one who brought you here and require your assistance. This is my castle. Castle Tipral."
"Castle Tipral? Eh?" O'Chunks looked around the room and scratched his head in confusion. "But this place looks like Castle Bleck teh me! 'An what do yeh need me fer, anyway?"
"I'll tell you everything as soon as I get everyone here. Now, let's see who's next…" Tipral opened up the Dark Prognosticus and read the next part. He saw something that was surprising to him.
"…A shape-shifter just like me? And it says it's a little girl. Hmmm… When do I remember seeing a little girl that can shape-shift?" Tipral didn't want to question this, so he waved his scepter to summon the minion.
The next person who he summoned was a little green girl with a square head, pink rosy cheeks and pixel-like pigtails. She was wearing a lavender dress with a purse on her arm. Her arms and legs were small black sticks. He didn't know her, but Chopper did meet her before five months ago. It was one other than Mimi.
"Wait… Where am I?" Mimi gawked. "This isn't Merlee's Mansion! I was JUST in the middle of letting the boys look at how cute I am!"
"Aye? Wee Mimi? Yer 'ere too?" O'Chunks gaped. "Is this the other person yeh need teh help yeh?"
"Yes, she is the second person I need for my plans," Tipral replied. "Let me guess: You're name is Mimi, isn't it?"
"You… You know me? Does this mean…you're my soul mate?" Mimi asked, taking a good look at Tipral.
"Soul mate? No. I called you here because-"
Mimi let out a squeal as she hugged Tipral, with hearts in her eyes. "EEEEEEEEEE! You're just the kind of boy I'm interested! You're dark, evil-looking, and CUTE! You remind me of the count, but much younger and cuter! Maybe I might just find the boyfriend of my dreams!"
"Gah! Get off of me!" Tipral forced Mimi off of him with his scepter's power. She just put her hands behind her back and giggled.
"I'm so sorry! I just really like you, that's all! Tee hee hee!" Mimi giggled as Tipral read the book again and was surprised.
"Hmmm? This is interesting…" he trailed as he waved his scepter while reading the book.
The next person Tipral summoned was a gray, alien-like being sporting two protrusions on the back of his head. He had a moon crescent on his chest with the point of the crescent pointing up, and his body sported some black stripes on his wrists, pointy tail, and legs.
"What the… Who summoned me? Whoever did that, I'm going to make you suffer!" Dark Doom growled before calming down. "However, I might let you off the hook, considering that I'm not longer in prison at the moment."
"Eh? Who the heck is this guy 'ere? I've never seen 'im before in me whole life!" O'Chunks gawked.
"He doesn't seem so nice…" Mimi added.
Dark glared at the two of them. "Do you guys even know who I am? My name is Dark Doom, king of the Dark Creatures! Obviously you're just trying to pick a fight with me."
Dark saw Tipral, and he instantly recognized him. "…Wait a minute… I remember your face from somewhere… What are you doing here?"
"Don't ask any questions now, Dark. I have a GOOD reason on why you're all here." Tipral answered. "Now let me summon this person. Apparently, he is dead, so this might be tricky. I'll need more dark power to bring him back.
Tipral started to use his scepter to summon this last person, which he succeeded in doing. The last minion had a mask that had one side being lavender and the other being black. His eyes were black on the lavender side and yellow on the black side. He was wearing a jester hat that was light yellow and purple. His outfit looked the same color as his hat, and his gloves and boots were black with the outline being white.
"Ah ha HA! At long last! I have returned to the real world like a child who desperately wants attention!" the jester cheered. "Oh, how enjoyable it is to be back!"
"Hold on a minute… The last minion is supposed to be some kind of clown wearing a mask? This isn't right…" Tipral looked at the book, and it did say that Dimentio was another minion.
"Oh, but it is right. I greatly thank you for your help, sir! Allow me to formally introduce myself!" the jester flew over to Tipral and gave him a bow. "I am the master of dimensions, pleaser of crowds… I am…Dimentio! And might your name be…Tipral?"
"How do you know my name?"
"Oh... I just heard it once..."
"Eh? Why did yeh bring Dimentio back?!" O'Chunks gasped as he glared at Dimentio. "'E tried teh end our games! Yeh shouldn't trust this no-good traitor!"
"O'Chunks is right! He betrayed us at the last moment and almost destroyed the count! You CAN'T trust him, Tippy!" Mimi begged.
"Tippy? Are you serious?" Tipral growled.
"Well, the nickname is really cute..."
"Dimentio? Really? Is this some kind of joke?" Dark gawked. "Seriously, I hate clowns. If you're going to play jokes on me, then don't even try."
"Oh, does somebody need entertainment? I can give you as much entertainment as you need! Juggling, getting hurt, anything you want me to do!" Dimentio grinned. He had his hand on his shoulder, which made Dark angry.
"What the… Why's your hand on my shoulder?" Dark questioned. "Get your hand off of me before I pry that mask off of your face and shove it up your… Forget it."
"So… You all say that this Dimentio is a traitor?" Tipral turned to Dimentio. "Is this true, clown?"
"Me? A traitor? Oh no! That was all just a little act I pulled off!" Dimentio assured. "I concur, I did do some terrible things back then, but my changes are like a thousand pencils being flung at a baby! I will certainly give you the help you need."
"Fine, I'll let you stay," he declared.
"Do not fear, Tipral, my friend! I will certainly not play such a silly act like I did on the count! I promise you that!"
"I need you anyway, so I'm not going to deal with your words. Now, the reason why all of you are here is because there's a certain hero name Chopper. Apparently, he is trying to save the world by getting all twenty Pure Hearts. I even overheard him saying that he'll collect the twenty Pure Hearts. Too bad the scepter couldn't destroy the Purity Heart on its own..."
"Chopper? Who's he?"
"He's my greatest enemy. Unfortunately, he has to have a similar appearance to me..."
"My my... That does sound interesting!" Dimentio remarked. "I'm guessing he's a big problem for you."
"Yes… Chopper must go. I have dealt with him in the past and I want revenge against him and the world. We can have our perfect world once we get rid of him."
"A perfect world? Are yeh sure yeh'll keep yer promise?" O'Chunks wondered.
"Yes, I certainly will," Tipral nodded.
"Oh... Then maybe yer tellin' the truth!"
"Ooh! A perfect world! I know my perfect world! Hanging out with you would be it!" Mimi began to think of her and Tipral looking at the moon, holding hands together.
"I've only known this girl for two minutes and she's in love with me?!" Tipral thought as he raised an eyebrow.
She sighed dreamily as she imagined them getting closer and closer until...
"And I thought your ideal world was a gem-filled pool with hunky lifeguards…" Dimentio snickered.
Mimi heard him and turned to him in anger. "DIMENTIO! What gave you that kind of idea?!"
"Don't you remember, Mimikins?" the jester replied with a smirk, which was enough to tick her off.
"Have you been reading my diary again?! ...Ummm, forget what I just said!"
"I don't think we can trust Dimentio, still…" O'Chunks trailed. "'E might try teh pull somethin' on us! I'm sure 'e will!"
"I don't really know who he is, so I don't really know or care what you guys are even talking about," Dark muttered.
"Guys… You will all have your dreams come true once The Void swallows up everything," Tipral assured. "But, for that to happen, we must follow the instructions of the Dark Prognosticus. Do we all have a deal?"
"All right, I'll do it!" O'Chunks nodded.
"I'm in! I can't say no to a cutie like you!" Mimi giggled.
"I'm in also. With my army, we'll be unstoppable!" Dark grinned.
"Of course I'm willing to help!" Dimentio happily nodded.
"Good… The first thing we must do is get rid of the hero of the prophecy, Chopper." Tipral informed. "He is possibly going to find the second Pure Heart in Lineland Road. One of you must go there and stop him."
"TIPRAL!"
Everyone covered their ears once O'Chunks blurted out Tipral's name.
"Don't shout that loudly!" Dark cringed.
O'Chunks gave him a small glare before turning to Tipral. "Lemme take care of this kid that yeh seem teh 'ate so much! I'll give 'im a nice taste o' O'Chunks!"
"Very well, O'Chunks. I'll let you take care of Chopper." Tipral nodded. "And do not worry if you end up crushing him. That's exactly what I want!"
"Yeh can count on me, Tipral! I'll rain down like a fat thunderstorm! I won't fail yeh!" O'Chunks declared before he turned to the other three. "Mimi! Dark Doom! Dimentio! Yeh should tag along! Yeh could witness a proper chunkin'!"
After giving a wave, the bearded warrior jumped off the platform and took off.
"Mmm… I do enjoy a good chunking… Well, then… I believe I'll head out as well! Ciao, Tipral!" Dimentio grinned as he snapped his fingers and disappeared with a slight ripple from the air. Apparently he had the ability to teleport to places using his magic, from what Tipral could see.
"I think I'll sit this one out. You know, just so I can be with you, Tippy!" Mimi giggled, smiling at him. Tipral, on the other hand, didn't seem to care.
"I don't have anything to help me go to different places," Dark noted.
"Well too bad for you!" the green girl spat. "Maybe you should stop being such a grump for once!"
"Here, take this," Tipral took out a black cape and tossed it to Dark.
"What's this supposed to be?"
"That cape will help you teleport to different areas or dimensions. Just cover yourself with it and you'll be able to teleport. It can also be used as a shield to protect yourself against projectiles."
"Really? That's interesting..." Dark trailed as he put on the cape. The bottom edges were a bit pointy, which seemed to suit him. "I'm not a big fan of capes, but if I need this to get to another world, then I will."
"So, you're ready to go out, right?" Tipral asked.
"I'd rather not go out JUST yet... I want to get to know this castle a little more before I set out to stop Chopper for you. He isn't a big threat to me, but I'll be willing to destroy him for you. Just not right now."
"Very well. You two can sit this one out if you want."
"YAAAAY!" Mimi cheered as Dark tested out his cape by teleporting out of the room. "So, Tippy... Can we spend some time together?"
"Maybe you should try to get your room ready," Tipral suggested. "After all, you're most likely going to live here."
"Well, if that's the case, then I need to get everything ready! I need to get all my outfits and perfect my room so it looks cute!"
When Mimi teleported out of the room, Tipral was now left all alone, and it gave him some time to think. But the mere thought of Chopper made his eyes narrow angrily.
"Chopper, just try and stop me… If you manage to make it here, I'll be ready to defeat you. Without your friends, there's NOTHING you can do to stop me!"
Chopper was called upon once again to save the world…no small task. Could he prevent Tipral from destroying all worlds? Will Chopper ever find his friends? A truly interdimensional adventure was about to being…
It was NOT like this when I originally made this chapter. It's a lot longer, and the dialogue is a little different. I even made the others have a part in making the Chaos Heart as well! The whole marriage thing for this wouldn't make it original, honestly, so I went with the dreams instead. ...And don't expect those three villains to appear so much.
I kinda thought of the idea of Mimi being interested in Tipral because she would probably be interested in the dark kind of people, kind of like how she had a crush on Count Bleck. Plus, they can both shape-shift too (if you hadn't read Paper Chopper: The Crystal Stars yet).
I don't own Blade, Bang, Night, and Dark Doom, just to let you know. My friend let me put them in this fic, and they belong to him. So I'm not the one you should be suing for putting them in here!
Next chapter, the adventure will definitely unfold...