CHAPTER 1-2
-Running Up the Hills-
Chopper and Tippi were still far from their destination. However, at the beginning of the area, there was a little bit of dirt that led to Mount Lineland, which they were not going to. Tippi felt the power of the Pure Heart coming from the way they were going. The road began to feel a little bumpy, having a few hills and slopes. No speed boosts. Just a couple of loops and a big hill that wasn't possible to jump over.
"That other way we could've taken looked like a desert. To be honest… I'm not much of a desert person. It's a good thing we're going this way!" Chopper smiled. "I mean, look at it! It looks so…nice! I could run through here if I wanted!"
"Yes, I suppose you are right, Chopper…" Tippi trailed. "I thought this place would be simple, but it looks like this place is full of loops… Seeing as you can move fast, you probably won't have a big problem…"
"I've gone through loops before, so I shouldn't have a problem with this. Hmmm… I wonder how far this place extends." Chopper raised his arm up and tried to get a better look. The Void as of right now looked like a small dot.
"Well we can probably take as much time as we need, right? The Void is pretty small at the moment. I think we can do this!" Chopper was about to press on, but Tippi spoke up before he could go, causing him to brake.
"It's a good idea… This place is so strange… However, I feel that the Pure Heart is beyond these loops…but it's still far, far away. Something tells me you'll need to put that new skill of yours to use."
"Oh, you mean this?" Chopper flipped into 3-D with the boxed outline around him and found a Waddle Dee in the third dimension, which caught his attention. It was holding a spear that could be pretty deadly.
"Uh oh…" Chopper inhaled the Waddle Dee before it could even attack and went back to 2-D. Unfortunately, his speed was slowed down a little with an enemy in his mouth, so all he did was spit it out toward a Koopa Troopa.
"Oof!" the Koopa got knocked away, and down a small hill, a Paratroopa was flying toward Chopper. Inhaling wouldn't work on this guy, though. It had wings, and because of that, trying to catch it wouldn't be as easy.
"I would suggest stomping on it…or perhaps use a spinning kick…" Tippi suggested.
"Oh... Well that's not a bad idea." Chopper realized as he jumped and spun his foot around to kick the Paratroopa. Its wings came off and it plopped onto the ground, allowing Chopper to stomp on it and kick it away.
The funny thing was that the Koopa was going through the loop down the slope. It knocked a bunch of other Koopas and then fell off the cliff past the big hill. It was time to move on, so Chopper began to go down the slope, allowing his speed to increase as well.
"Ah, here we go! THIS is what I've been wanting to go!" Chopper clenched his fists and spread his arms out as his speed increased. He slowed down a little going through the loop, but it didn't stop him. The road curved up a little, which went up the hill and he was off the ground in no time. He was up in the air before landing on the large hill.
There was a huge gap that led over to another big hill. Down below was nothing much. Well, there was a ground, but a spring could be taken to go back up. It was only for the left hill, though.
"Huh? What's that box thing in front of me?" Chopper stared at the outlined box and the other rectangle boxes that flip. He checked for anything in 3-D, but he found nothing. No bridge. No nothing.
"It's really simple," Tippi started. "Just stand in the box and you'll be taken to the next hill… It's not that hard..."
"Are you sure?"
"See for yourself..."
Chopper shrugged and stood in the box. The other boxes began to take him over the gap and to the next hill.
"Whoa... That was strange! I never knew something like that could happen..."
"Yes, I know... I suggest we keep going..." suggested Tippi.
Chopper blinked at the rainbow Pixl before he went down the hill with a simple jump and saw a big green block. A blue ! Switch was stuck in there, but once he flipped into 3-D, he was able to reach the switch and stomp on it. A spring was drawn right by the big hill that led up to the door, which was good. Tippi flew up ahead to meet him at the door while he used the spring to make it up there himself. He smiled as he jumped up to the red door.
"You seemed to move on ahead… Hold on, I know why. It would probably take you too long to follow me up a spring, right?" Chopper asked, while Tippi was in a little trance, thinking about something else.
"Tippi?" Chopper poked the small little fairy, which made her stop pondering.
"Nothing! Let's just keep moving…" Tippi opened the door and they walked in to find a flatter area with a couple of pipes and some bottomless pits. There were some hills and some smaller ones to jump onto, but there may be something hidden around here…
"This feels like the last area we were in! This shouldn't be a problem!" Chopper stretched and ran on ahead, jumping over the bottomless pits and also attacking Piranha Plants that popped out of the pipes with a spin attack.
"OK, I'll be honest… I'm zooming through this place like never before!" Chopper already took out a Piranha Plant and even found a hidden Shroom Shake behind a pipe in 3-D. Not to mention there was also a hidden Brick Block that drew a ladder.
"Interesting… Go see what's up there…" suggested Tippi.
Chopper looked a little confused at this point. No, not because that Tippi wasn't being annoyed with him…yet. But he looked confused because the ladder was weird.
"Ummm… Tippi, are these things REALLY ladders? ...Well, I don't think it really matters. I guess I should give it a try." Chopper grabbed onto the ladder and began to climb up. He didn't go slowly because that would waste time. At the top of the ladder were a couple of small, puffy clouds with smiles.
"Whoa, this is interesting! There are some coins that I can collect! Nice!" Chopper traveled on the clouds to grab the coins and then he jumped off, landing right on the hill with a couple of Waddle Dees and Koopas.
"Hmmm… I wish to get some information on those odd enemies. Hold still, Chopper…" Tippi went into Chopper's mind and began to tattle on the Waddle Dees to find some information on them.
"That's a Waddle Dee... It comes from a world called Dream Land, and is a servant of King Dedede… Max HP is 3. Attack is 2. If they have spears, don't go near them. They can hurt you if you're not careful... Inhaling is recommended against these enemies. You probably saw them before, but I find them to be weird like the Koopas…" Tippi informed.
"You find things weird, and I do too. We both have something in common." Chopper realized as she got out of his mind and watched Chopper inhale a Waddle Dee and spit it at a Koopa, beating both of them down.
"Look up ahead, Chopper!" Tippi flew a little ahead, and the hill led down to some small little hill moving up. But some gray spiky enemies called Spiny Tromps were rolling down. This got Chopper in his fighting stance.
"Great… More enemies!" Chopper rushed toward the Spiny Tromp and attacked with a spin attack. However, it didn't harm the enemy, and Chopper got hurt by the spikes it had.
"Ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow! It HUUUUUURTS!" Chopper cried. Tippi groaned and flipped him into 3-D herself.
"You can avoid the Spiny Tromps if you stay in 3-D. I know it works… Trust me…" Tippi informed as Chopper was able to recover from the damage and walked up the slope to the door. A ? Block was sitting there for Chopper, so he hit it to get a Mushroom.
"All right, I'm ready to head on in!" he opened the door, and they both proceeded on to the last area of Chapter 1-2 - only to know that this one was much bigger than the other two they had been in.
Once Chopper came out of the door, he found the area completely flat. There was a large Koopa sitting in the way, and even when Chopper approached him, he didn't look like he was getting up.
"Hey... Can you, uh, move out of the way?" Chopper asked.
"Err... I just got myself comfy here..." the large Koopa trailed. "And, well... I don't feel like moving."
"But I need to pass by!"
"Sorry, but I ain't going anywhere!"
"But we sincerely need to go through..." Tippi noted. "We're trying to find a Pure Heart."
"Pure Heart? What's that?" the Koopa pondered. "Sounds kinda lame."
"Well, I need it. So, can you please let me through?" Chopper asked. "I don't want to have to jump on you or anything..."
"You should probably flip into 3-D to pass him..." Tippi suggested. "Obviously he's not going to move..."
"Well, even if I let you pass, there's a large chasm ahead," the Koopa noted, and Chopper and Tippi noticed a chasm past him leading to a town.
"Oh, dear... I never knew that."
"Yeah... That's Lineland Town, a place that's impossible to go to. But even if there was a bridge, I wouldn't move anyway. It takes a lot for me to get up and move. You'd understand if you were like me."
Chopper frowned in disappointment before he jumped into the pipe and appeared in the background. He was able to walk over to the house and enter through the door. Inside, the house's walls were pale green, and almost everything else was that color. Up the stairs, they noticed sweat drops on the bed and a pale green switch.
"What a strange house..." Tippi trailed.
"Hmmm… Hold on a minute…" Chopper flipped into 3-D and saw a pale green square-shaped person with two antennae curved back like his, square-shaped green feet, and a spear. He was looking worried for a second…until he saw Chopper.
"Whoa… This is odd… Hey! HEY! You can see me!" the guard gaped. Chopper gave him a simple nod and he cheered. "This is unbelievable! I've been freaking out here for days, and finally someone actually sees me! …And you even look similar to me too! Man, what a RELIEF!"
"How did you end up like this?" Chopper asked.
"Well… I was just getting up to go get my lemonade, since I love that stuff, and I find myself in this mess! I was trying to get help, but I couldn't find anyone! No one heard or seen me! I thought it was all over…but then you came here. Anyway… You think I could hitch a ride with you so I'm back to my dimension?"
"Sure thing!" Chopper flipped into 2-D and so did the guard. He smiled and jumped in joy.
"WHUH! We did it, man! I'm back to normal! You really bailed me outta that one for sure! That 3-D business was freaking me out BIG time! Anyway, my name's Pale Green. It's nice to meet you! So… Any way I can repay you?"
"Actually, there is one thing…" Tippi began. "There's a huge chasm outside that we need to cross. On top of that, there's also a big Koopa in the way as well."
"So you want to cross the chasm, huh? Well, all I can say is that you found the right guy for that! But hey, I've got to warn you. You know this place is called Loopasse Pass, right? I'm only allowed to let a choice few across the bridge. It's in my job description. I mean, that's why they pay me to stand here. Are you sure you want to pass on through?"
"Of course!" Chopper nodded.
Pale Green pondered for a moment. "Hmmm… Well, you did save me from being trapped in a parallel dimension and all… You were pretty generous with that. OK! I'm just going to ask you a little question. Get the right answer, and I'll let you pass. Sound good? Here we go. What's the most manly color in the entire universe? Pale green or yellow?"
"Obviously it's pale green!" Chopper answered cheerfully.
"Oh, you are SO right! I knew it! You and me, we see eye to eye on fashion. All right, I'll go get that weirdo outta the way and open the bridge for you! Sound fair enough?"
"Yeah!"
Pale Green walked over to the switch and pulled it down. Outside, a bridge was beginning to get drawn, and the large Koopa was thrown up into the skies, causing him to let out a scream. The bridge was pale green to represent Pale Green's color.
"OK! You're all set! Take care now!"
Chopper waved goodbye to Pale Green and left the house and crossed the bridge over to a small town. The residents there had some weird triangles on their heads, while the females had round heads.
"Weird people… But we need to move on." Chopper walked through the town and saw another chasm ahead. At the other side was a Star Block. The exact thing that they needed to clear the level. "No! It's all the way over THERE? …What else can we do?"
"There's a house over there. I suppose we can go over there and see what there is…" Tippi suggested, pointing to the house in the background. The roof of that house was a yellow color, which was a lot different than the other. But Chopper didn't care and went down the pipe and went to the house in the background.
"This place is full of yellow colors… Weird…" Chopper walked up the stairs and gasped when he saw someone with the same kind of head, but some smaller gray feet and gray wings on his head.
"Whoa! This guy looks like my friend Flyer!" Chopper gaped.
"Who's Flyer?" Tippi asked.
"My best friend. Only this guy looks a bit...stranger. Don't suppose his name's Yellow?"
"Yeah, my name's Yellow," Yellow replied. "Is there a problem, pale green kid?"
"Er… No. Nothing." Chopper sweat dropped. "We just need to get across that chasm that's in the way. You ARE the guard, so you can do that, right?"
"Oh, the bridge? You want to get across?"
"Yes, we need to get across the chasm..." Tippi answered.
"Sorry. Can't do that. It's the law around here. The only way you can get across is if you ask the mayor, Yerfeys, to go across. If he lets you, I'll let you through, OK?"
"Sounds fine to me…" Chopper left the house and walked over to the closest house to find an old guy with spiral yellow glasses, a large rectangle-shaped head, along with other small rectangles on top. He was quite fat, and he had a gray mustache and beard. When Chopper approached him, the ten year old had a feeling something wouldn't go right.
"Whuzzit? Who are you?" Yerfeys asked.
"I'm Chopper. And are you Yerfeys?" Chopper asked.
"Yeah, that's right! I'm the lazy elder of this place!" he answered in a cranky tone, making Chopper's eyes shrink. "You kids better get off of my lawn now, or else I'll call the cops on ya!"
"There are no cops around here! And you don't even have a lawn! All we wanna do is pass through town."
"There's nothin' interesting around there! Nope! Nothing at all! All there is around here is just a stupid road…and some castle that just appeared recently."
"A castle?" Chopper's eyes grew to normal size as his antenne sprung up.
"Yeah! A castle! But it's not like it's anything important, 'cause I can't let you pass."
"Hey! I-"
"And this fat stomach has something to tell you. You know what it says? YOUR FACE! So get out of here before I throw some of my greasy food at you!"
"Hey! Don't be cruel like that! I'M the hero!" Chopper declared.
"PBBBBBT! If you were a hero, you'd have some weird hand thing with you! And do I see a hand with you? NO! Why? YOUR FACE! That's what!"
"A floating hand, you say?" Chopper wondered as he showed his glove.
"NOT THAT HAND, YOU IDIOT!"
Chopper took his glove off and began to make it float around like a ghost.
"OoooOOOoooOOooOOooOOoooOO…"
"I mean a Pixl that's shaped like a hand!" exclaimed Yerfeys. "Idiots these days!"
"A Pixl shaped like a hand?" Chopper wondered as he put his glove back on. "I'll be back…"
He left the house and walked into the one next it to find some curtains. However, he could see a pipe behind it, so he went in there by flipping into 3-D. Chopper found a little underground pathway with a bunch of Thwomps coming down.
"Well, it's 3-D time again!" Chopper flipped once again and walked right past the Thwomps by going around them to the door ahead, which led into a small room with nothing of interest.
"I think I see the problem here," Tippi went into Chopper and found a hidden door. "This is it. Let me make it visible for you…"
She made the door visible and then came out of Chopper, who walked into the next room to find the door shut, as well as a big chest.
"Oh, no… The door… Now we're locked inside…" Tippi trailed.
"Hold on a minute!" Chopper walked over to the big chest and kicked it a little. "Hey, maybe there's an upgrade to something I have, like some Super Shoes! Oh, I would really appreciate some right now..."
But before he could open the chest...
"Sweet freedom!"
"What the heck?!" Chopper jumped back in fright as the chest opened. A square-shaped Pixl with its outline being red and orange, having five blue round fingers with the center of its fingers being orange, and a red tail came out of the chest.
"Hmm? What's this? I'm finally out of my chest?" the Pixl wondered. "Then that means the legendary hero has come at last! I was stuck in there for quite a while thanks to a being that reminds me of you a bit. I was forced to wait for the hero that would help at this time to come. But, it looks like he has arrived at last!"
"What in the world…" Chopper gawked.
"You… I've seen you before…" Tippi trailed as she took a look at the Pixl.
"Are you a Pixl or something?" Chopper wondered.
"Why…YES! I am indeed a Pixl! My name…is Thoreau! You must have come from a far away dimension to find me." Thoreau noted. "I've been DYING to lend my skills to the hero. And, glorious day, here you are! Do take me with you… You simply must!"
"Sure! That old smelly fat guy won't let us through with out something like you."
"You will, then? Smashing!"
Thoreau flew over to Chopper and circled around him. Chopper held him up in the air with a smile.
The throwing Pixl, Thoreau, has joined you! Use him to pick up objects and enemies, and throw them too! You can even throw anything while jumping! To switch from using Pixls, to the hero's attacks, use the [B] button.
"With me on your side, one may grasp objects with great vigor! Simply press (1) to use my throwing ability!"
"(1) button? What's everyone talking about?" Chopper gawked.
"What's this (1), you say? You need not worry. The great being that watches us will know what it is." Thoreau assured. "Just remember that I can grasp objects and enemies and hurl them with gusto. Grab something with (1) and press (1) again to throw it. You can switch to using me or using your own attacks with [B]."
"[B] button? What the heck? Don't even answer though, 'cause I don't wanna have to deal with people saying 'What's this (A) or (1), you say?'"
"All right, but try to get acquainted with my useful talent right now. You will need to use my ability my ability to get out of this room. Ready, steady, GO!"
Chopper looked at the small little block, and he shrugged and sent Thoreau to grab it and give it to him. He was holding it up just fine, which was really odd for him considering his physical strength. Nevertheless, he threw the block at the blue ! Switch high up, which got rid of the cage.
"Glorious day!" Thoreau cheered. "Consider me fully at your disposal. Now, to adventure and beyond!"
"Great! Now let's go pay that fat old man a little visit!" Chopper smiled.
Mayor's house-
"Didn't I tell you that you're not the hero unless you have a floating hand with you?!" Yerfeys exclaimed as Chopper returned to his house.
"Hey, now..." Chopper began. "I don't think you should..."
"Get off my lawn now! You don't have a Pixl shaped like a…" Yerfeys dropped his cane when he got his eyes on Thoreau.
"Hello there, sir. Are you…all right?" Thoreau asked.
"Wha-WHAAAT?! You do?!" Yerfeys gaped. "Er… 'Course you do! I knew you were the hero all this time! I'll give that Yellow feller a call. He'll let you pass on through!"
"Wait, how are you going to call him?" Chopper gawked until he saw Yerfeys pull out a cell phone. "What's that device?"
"I believe that's a cell phone..." Tippi informed.
"Really? ...Never heard of it."
"Hello? Yellow? It's me, Yerfeys." Yerfeys called. "I said Yerfeys… YOUR FACE! YOUR FACE! I said Yerfeys, not your race! This hero feller wants to get across the bridge. Yes, I told him about the lawn. Ah… Yes. Let's keep that between us. Just let the antennae kid through."
"The lawn?" Chopper gawked. "...Oh, yeah."
Yerfeys quickly hung up and looked back at Chopper. "Just get off my lawn and go talk to Yellow at the edge of town… GET OUT! …But before you do, I gotta warn you about those monsters up ahead. Y'see, we keep that chasm there to keep the monsters out, you know what I'm saying? Keep an eye out for the castle. I'm sure there's something there. The treasure is in that castle, but it's ruled by some Koopa. Now GET OUT!"
With that, Yerfeys kicked Chopper out of the house, who gave the house a glare. But hearing the word "Koopa" seemed to bother him a bit.
"A Koopa in the castle… Don't suppose that could be… Nah, couldn't be!"
Chopper decided not to let it bother him too much as he returned to Yellow's house, who seemed to be waiting for him.
"I got a call from that Old Man Yerfeys," Yellow noted. "So you're that hero kid, huh? I expected you to be more of a grown person than a kid. You remind me of a 'friend' of mine named Pale Green. Let me just open the bridge for you first."
Yellow pulled the lever down and a yellow bridge appeared outside. "There! Done and done! Could I ask you a question? Which color's better? Pale green or yellow?"
Chopper sweat dropped, realizing that if he picked pale green, he'd probably get angry at him. So he had an idea...
"Ummm… Both!"
"Wait... BOTH?! Grow a spine! And when you do, you can use it to get out of my house!" Yellow roared as he kicked Chopper out of the house, who was sent flying out of the roof and fell on the grassy ground right by the bridge.
"Chopper! Are you all right?" Tippi asked as she fluttered over to him. Chopper slowly got up and shook himself.
"That guy's serious about his color… But who cares? Let's get going!" Chopper walked across the bridge and to the Star Block. Knowing what he had to do, he gave the Star Block a good punch.
END OF CHAPTER
Chopper felt the cool breeze from the wind when it blew through his antennae. The sweet scent of the flowers on Lineland Road gave the hero a nice feeling. It wasn't long before Chopper and Tippi found the right location to go: Lineland Trail. Along the beautiful trail, Chopper and Tippi continued their search…
Yerfeys... Yeah, since there was Watchitt, there had to be someone with a name similar to something someone would say. And Pale Green and Yellow are somewhat similar to Red and Green from Super Paper Mario too, if you couldn't tell. Anyway, I guess that's it for now.
...Maybe a mini-boss will be introduced in Chapter 1-3? We'll see about that.