CHAPTER 1-3
-The Road to Danger-
Chopper looked at how far the road was. He could see some new enemies around this time. There were yellow enemies with square-shaped heads and headphones that were turned all the way up. They were capable of firing sound waves from their headphones, which were possibly dangerous at a high volume. But Chopper didn't feel too worried about them.
"How far does this road go?" Chopper asked. "I can see that some of the trees aren't around here, but some of the bushes are. Why can't I even look through them? …I'll be honest, this place is just weird. I can't really do anything."
"I take it you're still not used to being far from home, aren't you?" Tippi asked.
Chopper gave her a nod, but there was one thing bugging him that he just couldn't not ask. "Say, Tipps… How did you even end up as…that? You said you're someone else. What…are you?"
"Tipps? Why are you calling me by that?" Tippi asked.
"Sometimes I get carried away with names. I end up calling someone by a nickname! For example, I once called a friend of mine Kirbs. Plus, you give me tips so that's why I called you that!" Chopper kicked a Squiglet that was walking toward him. It was immediately knocked out of the road.
"Ugh… You seem to remind me of a girl that always got on my nerves so much. Hold on… You're nothing like her. You're just a small child…that needs to get a brain…" Tippi muttered. Chopper's antennae sprung up and he gave her a glare..
"I heard that! You do NOT want to get me mad now, Tippi! You might regret getting me angry! There's probably a reason why Merlon sent you here with me, so we need to get a little more acquainted and work together! C'mon! You're no fun! I'm usually used to having people travel with me, but I guess this time I'm going solo. …Though you're something, Thoreau…"
Chopper took a look at Thoreau, who didn't speak back to him. "…You don't speak? Aw, that's no fun for me! Looks like it's just you and me, Tippi. You said you can feel the Pure Heart's location, is that correct? Do you have any idea where it could be?"
Tippi pondered as she slowly fluttered ahead. "Hmmm… Well, I think I remember Yerfeys saying that there's a castle at the end of the road. If his words are absolute, then the Pure Heart could possibly be somewhere in that castle… We'd better not waste any time now…"
"Good idea!" Chopper saw the area was a little short, but it had a couple of pipes that contained Piranha Plants. A couple of Squigs were here, but four ? Blocks were much closer to him.
"Great… Squigs are around here. This could be a problem. Wait, they've only got 4 HP, so what am I babbling about?" Chopper stomped on the Squig twice and then he jumped backwards. The Squig shot coconuts from its mouth toward him, which hit him in the face.
"So you want to play rough, huh? All right, then I will!" Chopper clenched his fists and once the Squig shot another coconut, he inhaled it and spat it out. Instead of being a coconut, it looked like a yellow star. The Squig was knocked away from the hit and defeated.
"All right! Now let's see what we got in these blocks!" Chopper punched under the blocks, but he got nothing except for a red Fire Flower. It resembled an NES Fire Flower. Despite not knowing what it was, he grabbed a hold of it, and suddenly he felt the pace around him increase.
This is the Speed Flower! It temporarily speeds up time. You'll also earn triple points and coins while it's active!
"Whoa! Ifeelsofast andI'mtalking sofast! Idon'tknow whyIam butIjusthave thatfeeling!" Chopper said as if he was having a sugar rush. He moved faster than ever and performed a spin kick on the Piranha Plant that popped out of the pipe, picked up a Motobug with Thoreau and threw it at the Buzz Bomber.
But then he leveled up and his Attack Power increased, which allowed him to do more damage. And that allowed him to take out some of the Motobugs that were charging at him ahead.
Chopper was just moving as usual through the flat area, but then he stopped when he saw a pit of spikes and a couple of rock enemies called Bald Clefts across the spikes. Chopper wanted to get a look at them but he couldn't.
"Think you can help me with this, Tipps? Got any information on them?" Chopper asked. Tippi went into Chopper's head so she could gather information on the two rock enemies.
"That's a Bald Cleft. You might confuse this rock-hard foe with a rock… Max HP is 2. Attack is 1. Defense is 2. Flame attacks will not scorch this foe… You can flip it over with an explosion. Once that is done, it will be vulnerable to attacks…" Tippi informed before leaving Chopper's head.
"…So if fire won't work, then I should just inhale them!" Chopper jumped over the spikes and inhaled one of the Bald Clefts. He spat it out at the other and it knocked them both out of the area. A ? Block was right beside him and a Mushroom came out after hitting it. Inhaling it, he recovered 10 HP.
"I still don't understand why these things instantly heal me instead of using them as items. I wonder what the Shroom Shakes taste like…" Chopper pulled out a Shroom Shake and was about to open it until Tippi got in the way.
"Don't drink that!" exclaimed Tippi, making Chopper nearly yelp. "You should use it whenever you're low on HP... That's a good time to recover any damage you've taken... Trust me, I've seen this before... That's personally my thoughts…"
"Really? Ummm… OK!" Chopper turned toward the right, but he stopped when he saw a dog-like creature with a red and yellow round tail spinning around. Well, when he got near it it became dog-like and tried to bite him.
"What IS that thing?" Chopper asked.
"That's a Jawbus… I would suggest attacking the tail behind it. That's its only weak point. You should be fine there once you're behind it…" Tippi noted.
"Oh... That doesn't seem so hard..." Chopper flipped into 3-D and stomped on the Jawbus's tail three times before defeating it. Apparently it was guarding a red door.
"Yes! The door! Now we can move on to the next area! Let's move, Tippi! …And Thoreau!" Chopper opened the door and he and his two Pixls headed on through to the next area.
Chopper came out of the door and noticed a chicken robot and a robot with drills trying to dig through the floor. They were near a rock on the ground, and they were certainly not doing their job well.
"Oh, geez... Not these guys..." Chopper thought, face palming at the sight of them and their annoying voices.
"C'mon, Grounder! Get to it!" ordered Scratch, trying to use his wing-like feet to badly dig into the ground. "If we don't get out of this place, where else will we go? We can't even find Dr. Robotnik anywhere!"
"Yeah, I know! How did we get into this mess?" Grounder moaned. "I bet you angered Dr. Robotnik again, like you always do!"
"What? ME?! Well what about you?! You're not much of a help when it comes to catching Sonic! Now keep digging before I have to kick your butt!"
"I can't really dig when this rock is in the way! Do you have any idea on what happened to the environment here? I can't seem to do much around here! Not much free space to move!"
"Yeah! We had plenty of room to walk around in our world!" Scratch recalled.
"It's like we're in a different dimension!" Grounder realized while digging. Some dirt ended up getting on Scratch's face.
"Hey, Big Nose! Watch where you dig! Ya got dirt on my face!"
"Serves you right, Beak-face!"
Grounder stopped digging for a moment as the two started to argue stupidly and call each other names. A small scuffle occurred between the two, but it was mostly consisted with slaps.
"Those two look like they need help… I suppose we could give them a hand…" Tippi suggested as she trailed off toward them, but Chopper pulled her back while shaking his head. "Why not, Chopper?"
"Those two are not friends," Chopper informed. "They've tried to fight me before but ended up failing because of how stupid they can be. But even with their stupidity, I don't want to risk them seeing us. The situation might be worse for us."
"So you've met them before? I see… Well, there isn't much we can do around them anyway…"
"Yeah, it's better that we leave them be," Chopper jumped over the two dumbots before they could even notice him and stomped on a few Waddle Dees before flipping into 3-D to find a pathway to another area to the left.
With Scratch and Grounder, however, things still didn't work out for them.
"I can't believe Dr. Robotnik made you!" exclaimed Scratch.
"Hey, didn't you make me?" Grounder asked.
"Wait..." the two stopped fighting as Scratch pondered. "Come to think of it, you're right! Didn't I pull that switch?"
"Hmmmmm... I don't remember."
"Who really cares? Let's just get back to work!"
The two got back to work, with Grounder using his drill to dig through the ground. But because he was near a rock, his digging wasn't working as well.
"This stupid rock's in the way!" Grounder cried. "And I can't dig through it!"
"Well, now! It looks like you two have been sitting like two fried chickens that need to be flipped over by a spatula!"
Scratch and Grounder: ?
The air near them began to distort and implode as the jester Dimentio appeared in front of them.
"What the… Where did you come from? Did the circus come in early?" Scratch asked.
"Circus, you say? Oh, no. I'm just a simple magician who enjoys magic tricks!" Dimentio smirked, making a couple of cards appear. "Here, pick a card! Nobody knows where it will take you…"
"Ooh! I love card games!" Grounder grabbed a card and read it. "I go to a new world? Ooh!"
"I got the same thing too!" Scratcher exclaimed. "Ha HA ha HAAA!"
"How magnificent! Allow me to take you there myself!" Dimentio raised his two hands up, and the two were instantly teleported out of Lineland. They left out a slight shriek as they were sent out, which Dimentio liked to hear.
"Ah, yes… Now what was I here for again? Oh, yes! I came here to see a good chunking! Surely O'Chunks will just LOVE to get rid of that boy. I'll need a good introduction for him and that butterfly of his. He'll probably only take me as some harmless clown! Ah ha ha ha ha! …But we shall see about that!"
With a snap of his finger, Dimentio teleported out of the area.
Up ahead-
Chopper rushed through the small 3-D trail that led to another area of the road. "How come everything isn't all 3-D like my own world? Tippi, you saw how my world looked, right? It felt more 3-D than here."
"Yes, I do remember… It felt great…" Tippi said sarcastically. Chopper ignored her comment and crossed the pathway between the two areas. He flipped back and saw some Bronto Burts, which were purple insect creatures that could fly in the air.
"These guys? Great… I hate them!" Chopper frowned. "At least I can do an air attack though…"
He jumped up and used a spin kick on the Bronto Burts, which was good enough to take them out. They only had 2 HP since they were airborne. There was nothing else around except for a statue with a dragon face. Something was written on it, so Chopper rushed over to the statue. He didn't see the writing on it but he looked at it.
"What a WEIRD statue…" he trailed. "Hold on, there's some writing on here. Let's take a little look."
"Yes, I believe that is necessary..." Tippi agreed, reading the writing too.
**Lineland Signpost**
Find ye the tall red tree of fortune, and walketh around it three times.
"'Tall red tree of fortune'?" Chopper gawked. "OK… I don't think I even saw any red trees around here. Let's just go back on the road."
Chopper headed back with Tippi by going into 3-D and decided to continue on ahead.
"Hold on… I'm seeing a red tree up ahead! I think we should check it at this moment!" Tippi suggested.
Chopper followed her over to the red tree by the end of the area while taking down a couple of Bald Clefts and Motobugs in his way. Upon reaching the tree, he quickly by it and looked up.
"Yeah, this is the one. How do I go around it three times, though? …Wait! I just have to flip!" he flipped into 3-D and saw the tree itself was 3-D.
"Interesting… The tree is also 3-D…" Tippi said. She watched Chopper move around the tree three times, which caused a door to be drawn and colored red up ahead.
"Well, that certainly worked!" Chopper smiled, flipping back into 2-D. "Let's go!"
He entered the door with Tippi to find a couple of ? Blocks in the next area and two Hammer Bros. Chopper rushed over to them and knocked one away by punching under a ? Block. A Mushroom came out of it, so he ate it to recover 10 HP. He finished the other Hammer Bro. on the upper blocks.
"I gotta say… There are so many enemies around here! Hammer Bros., Motobugs, Bronto Burts, everything!" Chopper noticed a huge bottomless pit nearby, but one of the rectangle boxes that flip left and right or up and down were by the upper ? Blocks. He decided to let the boxes carry him across the gap and over the brown blocked wall to find five more ? Blocks. One of them contained a Zombie Shroom while the others contained coins.
"How do Mushrooms even become Zombies anyway? Do Mushrooms…die?"
"I honestly don't know…" Tippi answered. "I've never even seen a Mushroom die…"
"Oh well," Chopper shrugged and waited for the Zombie Shroon to come back so he could pick it up with Thoreau. Despite holding something, he was still able to move fast as he usually did. It was thrown at a Boomboxer, and that got knocked toward a squishy soft creature called a Cherbil.
"That's a weird enemy…but I'm not going to bother tattling on it. Let's go!" Chopper decided while he walked over to a hill that went up to a brown block platform. Near it was another platform but with other blocks to prevent Chopper from jumping on it. Basically they were brown blocks shaped like a rectangle, but with one block missing.
"I think I can get Thoreau to hit the switch in there. Let's see what happens!" Chopper threw Thoreau through the little opening to hit the switch, causing more boxes to appear.
"Another ride, I presume?" Tippi wondered.
"You bet!" Chopper walked into the box and let it take him over the pit and to a platform that was on a hill going down. As SOON as he jumped down, the hill made him move faster and get to the door, where a Save Block and a ? Block was waiting for him.
"I guess there's another Mushroom?" Chopper looked up at his HP for the moment. "Nah, I don't need another. I'm at full health! I can save, however."
After hitting the Save Block, he proceeded over to the door.
"Be careful, Chopper…" warned Tippi. I have a feeling there might be something dangerous through there…"
"Are you kidding me?! EVERYWHERE I go it's dangerous!" Chopper explained. "Even going to the store is dangerous! Heck, even playing the guitar is dangerous! Seriously, being alone is dangerous for me. And that's why if I get attacked, I'll use Thoreau as a shield!"
Thoreau's eyes widened in fear. "But… Why me?!"
"Oh, NOW you talk… I was only kidding when I said that. Anyway, let's head on through the door." Chopper opened the door and he walked into a small, flat area with no bushes or grass. Up ahead was another door.
"This feels…not so bad…" Tippi commented.
"This is it? Nothing's around here? Oh, well… Let's just move on." Chopper moved forward a couple of steps until he heard a bold, Scottish voice roar through the sky, making him jump up a little.
"GRAH-GOOGLY!" a Scottish voice called out. "So yer the lad who's stickin' his 'tennies in me boss's business!"
Chopper searched around for the voice, but he found nothing and was left a bit confused. "Where's that voice coming from! Show yourself!"
At that moment, O'Chunks came down onto the grass and stomped on the ground to knock away the two doors that were in between them. The bearded man began to chortle at them as Chopper walked over to him.
"Yeh shouldn't 'ave messed with Tipral after what yeh've done teh him!" O'Chunks cackled. "Now I'm gonna 'ave teh get chunky on yeh!"
Tippi was left alarmed by the bearded man's presence. "O'Chunks? What are you doing here? Are you…working for Tipral?!"
"Hold on, Tippi… Let me speak with this guy." Chopper stepped up in front of O'Chunks. "So you're one of Tipral's thugs, are you not? You certainly look like you're one!"
O'Chunks made a pose while waggling his finger. "O'Chunks is me name! An' I'm no common thug, little lad. I thug fer the darkest o' darks, Tipral hisself! It's time that yeh've been taught a lesson fer messin' with 'im!"
"Messing with him? I didn't do anything to him!" Chopper gaped. "The last time I've ever met him was in Dark Subspace World when I defeated Maquano! I know he said he was taken somewhere else after I destroyed the core, but I swear that I didn't even TRY to do anything bad to him!"
"Chopper might have a point, O'Chunks…" Tippi defended. "I know for a fact he didn't do anything to Tipral…"
"Shut it, 'tennae-freak!" O'Chunks grunted. "One more word from me Tippy-boy an' I come teh make yeh feel some hammage!"
"Uh… What do you mean by 'hammage', guy-with-beard?" Chopper asked. O'Chunks stopped waggling his fingers and looked confused.
"Hammage? Ehhh… Make that 'damage!'" O'Chunks paused for a moment to ponder, suddenly forgetting what to say. Instead, he stomped the ground angrily. "Whatever, then! Not that it matters a pinch o' stew in a grassy lane. Yer a goner!"
"Ugh… Sometimes O'Chunks doesn't even learn to listen to us…" Tippi groaned.
"Look, O'Chunks… Don't you even have an IDEA on what Tipral's trying to do anyway…?" Chopper asked.
"DEH!" O'Chunks shouted. "Me boy's usin' powers an' whatnot teh bring back some order teh this 'ere world! Besides, 'e's just tryin' to make the world a better place! An' an enemy o' Tipral's be an enemy o' mine! They all get chunked!"
"Hmmm… O'Chunks seems to be an a lot scarier than the other enemies we've faced so far…" Tippi noted. "Maybe you should use my power to investigate him when we start the battle, Chopper…"
"Hmmm… Good idea, Tipps!" Chopper agreed.
O'Chunks raised his fists in the air. "Enough is enough already! Yeh had yer talkin', but now it's time teh thunder down from on high an' deliver a beatin' that yeh'll never ferget. CHUNK ON IT!"
At that moment Chopper used Tippi's power to get some information on him.
"That's O'Chunks. He's a big, bearded warrior of a man... Max HP is 20. Attack is 2. He's probably the brawn of Tipral's minions… He can grab you by the feet and hurl you… If you're in reach, he'll toss you, so keep your distance… If he ground pounds, you might be able to inhale one of his attacks and use it against him… You can also turn the tables on him and use Thoreau to send him flying…" Tippi informed.
"Interesting…" Chopper's eyes turned back to his black color and saw O'Chunks jump up in the air to attack with a ground pound. He stepped out of the way to let him come down, making two stars appear around the bearded minion.
"Here's my chance!" Chopper inhaled one of the stars and spat it back at O'Chunks, knocking him back. O'Chunks tried to grab Chopper, but he was too quick. Chopper was able to stomp on O'Chunks's head and jump away from him. The Scottish warrior was enraged and he charged at him with a shoulder attack.
"Uh oh…" Chopper got knocked back by this attack and fell to the ground. Before he could get up, O'Chunks grabbed his feet and began to swing him around.
"Now it's me turn teh show you some chunkin'!" O'Chunks laughed as he let go of Chopper, who began to fly all over the place because of being smaller and lighter than him.
"Ow! Ooh! That hurts! My antennae!" Chopper yelled.
He had a puzzled look as he fell to the ground. Tippi floated over to him and got him up.
"Get up, Chopper! You can't give up now!" Tippi shouted as he got up.. O'Chunks made a stupid dance, which left him open for an attack. "This is your chance to attack! He's left himself open at this moment!"
Chopper nodded and he leaped toward O'Chunks and stomped on his head, stopping him from dancing. What a stupid move, he thought.
"Grrrrr! Yer startin' teh become annoyin'!" O'Chunks tried to punch Chopper, but he ultimately failed and got hit by a spin kick that Chopper performed as he landed on the ground.
"This is just easy! I think I'll…" Chopper was instantly punched by O'Chunks and was knocked to the ground, moaning in pain. "Ooooog… Well, this guy really seems to be putting up some sort of fight…"
O'Chunks made a pose with his fingers, but when he noticed Chopper getting up, he brought his attention back to him by trying to grab him. It ultimately failed when Chopper hit him with a spinning kick. Afterward, he threw Thoreau toward him and was holding the bearded man up.
"Wow. I didn't know that I could hold a strong guy like him up like this…"
"That's the great thing about my power!" cheered Thoreau.
"'Ey! Who turned the whole place upside down?!" O'Chunks exclaimed.
"Uhh… I did?" Chopper threw him and left him dizzy, so he made another attack with a simple jump. This made O'Chunks even angrier, making him jump up in the air and come down with a ground pound. Chopper jumped out of the way and inhaled the star and left O'Chunks a bit dazed. He was almost done…but O'Chunks still had it in him to fight back.
O'Chunks let out a battle cry and charged at his enemy. Unfortunately for him, his enemy jumped up and stomped on his head, causing O'Chunks to beg for mercy and kneel down.
"I'M CHUNKED!" he caught his breath for the moment before he spoke again. "Me chunks…yeh failed me! I got pummeled an' yeh barely broke a sweat. 'Ey… What kind o' strange li'l boy are yeh?"
"Who? Me? I'm-"
"This 'strange li'l boy' is none other than…the legendary hero, Chopper!" Tippi finished, cutting Chopper off, who could only frown at her.
"Chopra, 'ey?" O'Chunks pondered a bit. "'Tis an odd name, yeh, but yeh can beat yer bebby I'll remember that!"
Chopper jumped up a little and shook his head. "Chopra? I'm Chopper!"
O'Chunks got back up and he stomped on the ground with his foot. "Yeh remember this, Chopra! If yeh didn't look like such a wee toddler, I wouldn't 'ave taken it so easy on yeh! But 'ey, I have the give it up fer yer effort. Yeh fought hard, so let's consider this a tie, eh?"
"A tie? But I beat you! You even said!"
"Yeh better get some chunks o' yer own fer next time, though, 'ey! And while yer at it, why don't yeh shine those shoes o' yers!"
"…Why would I need to shine my shoes if I'm mostly running around here?" Chopper asked while looking a bit puzzled. He ended up face palming.
"'Till we meet again, 'ey! CHUNKS AWAY!" O'Chunks waved goodbye, and wasting no time, he fired a yellowish brown blast made up of clouds from his rear that sent him flying upward. The sound of a loud trombone echoed in the air - first being fortissimo, and eventually becoming pianissimo until it could no longer be heard.
"He uses music to fly away?" Chopper asked.
"The bigger mystery is why O'Chunks has changed back to his evil ways..." Tippi wondered.
"Maybe we'll find out another time," Chopper replied while smiling. At least the doors were back, so he went through the door ahead to find a small little hill moving upward with some Bronto Burts and a Motobug. Up ahead was a HUGE bottomless bit and some platforms that led higher up to the road.
"Interesting… I guess we're going to be traveling higher up from here?" Chopper asked.
"I guess so..." Tippi answered.
He ran up the small little hill and jumped onto the moving platforms. He had to be careful here. Paratroopas were around here and if he bumped into them, he would end up falling.
"Be careful Chopper..." the butterfly Pixl said with concern. "If you're a goner, then I don't know who will save all worlds..."
Chopper had to stomp on the Paratoopas in order to make it to the other platforms. Luckily, he made it to the upper area of Lineland Road, where a Star Block was waiting.
"There it is, Tippi! The end of this chapter! But… I don't see any castle anywhere…" Chopper walked over to the block and punched it with his fist as he jumped up.
END OF CHAPTER
"I can feel the pressure getting…lower," Chopper said as he moved up the hill with Tippi. It seemed that Lineland Road was no longer becoming a road. Chopper read a sign that read "Lineland Highlands," indicating that the rest of their journey through here would be higher up. "What a very strange place this is... I never knew that Lineland Road would become this…" said Tippi as she looked down from the hill. Chopper made sure not to look down and focused on the highlands. They were becoming one step closer to the castle at this very moment…
That Scratch and Grounder cameo was a bit random... :P
But that's not really important. What IS important is that Chapter 1-4 will take place higher up in the world! Expect a cameo by another character next section!