CHAPTER 1-4
-High Up on Lineland-
"Chopper… I can feel the Pure Heart far from here…" Tippi informed. "I'm not exactly sure where though, but I can feel the power coming from… The castle? That must mean we're not too far from the Pure Heart…"
"We're not? Oh, that's nice!" Chopper smiled. "I know this place is beautiful, but it feels like we've been out here for a LONG time… You know what I'm saying? Now, let's see what's around here…"
When Chopper took a look at his surroundings, he noticed how bumpy the area was, and there were no trees in sight. There was some grass and bushes where he stood, though. It actually felt pretty nice to him. He also saw some Koopas, Motobugs, and a strange new enemy that looked similar to the Waddle Dee but with one big eye instead of small two eyes.
"Hey! That's a Waddle Doo! I wonder what it's doing here…" Chopper pondered. "Hold on a moment! Let me think for a moment… They have an ability… Wait! I think I know what to do! Just watch what I do, Tippi!"
Chopper rushed over the small hill and jumped on the Koopa to make it retreat into its shell. After he did that, he kicked the shell into the Motobug, knocking it away. The Waddle Doo shot a beam that knocked away the Koopa shell.
"That enemy is smart, to be honest… I wonder what happened to those Catch Cards that used to be around that can help deal more damage to them…" Tippi wondered.
Chopper inhaled the Waddle Doo, and as soon as he swallowed it, he changed to a light yellow color with a hat that looked more like two hats. One was a red color and the other was light orange with white polka dots. His feet and gloves changed to an orange color, and he was holding a wand with a blue orb, which could fire beam energy.
"Ah! Now THIS is something!" Chopper cheered, looking at his wand. "I've become Beam Chopper thanks to this! It's kinda odd I became this… I mean, this is one of the FIRST ability I've ever gotten a hold of. I had it the first time when I went to the Mushroom Kingdom and then when I went to Rogueport."
"So I take it you went on more adventures besides this?" Tippi asked.
"Yeah, I've went through A LOT! They usually start off with me rescuing a princess named Peach, and then I usually have to finish off my quest by saving the WORLD! Looks like there won't be any rescuing a princess through this whole thing. I don't think I'll even see Princess Peach at all…"
"Princess Peach? Oh, yes… I remember her… She was someone I met before. …Wait! Forget what I just said!"
Chopper looked a little confused and gave her a suspicious look. "Are you OK, Tippi? You sound like you don't want to talk about anything. How DO you even know her? In fact, how do you know about Tipral? You sound like you've met him before that."
"Well... Ummm..."
"Actually... I don't think that's very important at the moment." the ten year old said, cutting Tippi off. "We need to get moving!"
Chopper jumped over a Paratroopa and struck a Waddle Dee with his beam. Some small little blocks were piled up on the ground too. They could be destroyed with any attack that's not a jump.
"I've seen these before. I know how to take care of 'em!" Chopper swung his wand and a beam fired out, destroying them. He was able to move along down a hill and through a loop before he found some Waddle Dees carrying spears.
"Great… Now they have spears? OK, I've dealt with this before…" Chopper jumped out of the way when they tried to poke him with their weapons and charged up a beam and fired a blast of energy at them, knocking them away. "Woo! This is just great! It feels good having this ability! C'mon, Tipps! We still gotta get moving."
Chopper moved on and ran up a hill and reached a red door that was surrounded by small little yellow blocks. The ones that he destroyed before were the same as these, so with his beam attack, he destroyed the blocks and opened the door.
"Let's get moving," he said as he walked into the door to the next area. Tippi followed him through and they found a flat area that was full of Hammer Bros. and also more Waddle Doos.
But there was something that caught Tippi's attention. She saw a short yellow man with a triangle-shaped head, glasses and a TV camera. The green and tall one had a round head, headphones and a microphone that could hang over to people when they were speaking on TV. The last one was a pink man with a square-shaped head in archaeology gear. They were being blocked by the Waddle Doos. But the adventurer looked fearless…at least that was what he thought he was.
"CRAGLEY HO!" the adventurer shouted. "'And then we were surrounded! But, knowing that we were great adventurers, we knew how to fend off the beasts! It may not be an easy task for us, but…"
Before the man known as Flint could continue, he saw Chopper jump in the way and defeat the Waddle Doos.
"Huh? What the crag?" Monzo gawked.
"Whoa, you're cragging me. He good, brah…" Hornfels gaped, while Flint's mouth dropped after the Waddle Doos were gone.
"'…But then we noticed something else!'" Flint continued, trying to go on with the show. "'That creature… It looks like it's a rare one! I knew I had to get a better look at it. We'll be back after these messages, OK?' …That means cut, Monzo!"
"Ooh! This is good stuff, brah!" Monzo grinned. "Ya. This stuff is the CRAG! It be one cragging memory!"
"Uhhh… Excuse me?" Chopper turned to the Cragnons that quickly became silent. "Hey, is that a camera? Am I being filmed on TV or something?"
Chopper walked over to Monzo's camera and got a closer look at it. "Hey! It is! I'm on TV! Hi, fellas watching!"
"Chopper… We don't have time for this…" Tippi flew over to Chopper and tried to drag him away by his hat. "There's no time to be speaking to these people. It's best if we move on..."
"Oh, fine… I guess we'll go." Chopper spread his arms out as he ran on ahead, only to stop when he was at the edge of a cliff. "Holy… All right, I think this is a bit dangerous…"
All he could see were a couple of tall platforms with green ovals. There were even a couple of mushrooms in red and pink colors. The pink ones were the ones he could bounce on.
"You might want to be careful around here… I would advise using one of the Paratroopas to bounce on in case if you fall…" Tippi suggested.
"Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. I'll keep that in mind, Tipps." Chopper jumped off from the ground and landed on one of the platforms, while Tippi sighed in annoyance.
"Take this!" Chopper electrocuted a Motobug with his Beam ability when he landed on one of the mushrooms. A ? Block was also floating above too, so after he destroyed the robot, he inhaled a Mushroom that came out of the block, recovering 10 HP. "Mmmmmmm… Those sure are good! They've always been good! Heck, when I start a new adventure, the Mushrooms are so tasty! I guess it's also because I haven't eaten them in a while."
He jumped onto one of the pink mushrooms, which let him bounce off it. A Buzz Bomber was unfortunate to get hit by Chopper's Spinning Kick, which easily took it out.
"Hey, I think my HP just rose up by 5," Chopper gaped as he landed on a platform after bouncing off the pink mushroom for a while.
"Well, that's nice to hear..." Tippi trailed, noticing Chopper having fun on the mushroom platforms.
"Honestly, this is fun! You gotta do this some time, Tipps!" Chopper said cheerfully as he performed a flip onto a red mushroom. A Motobug was ready to charge straight at him, but he destroyed it with a beam attack from his wand.
"I would do that, but unfortunately, I can't because I don't have feet…" groaned Tippi as she followed Chopper onto another mushroom he jumped onto. It was simply solid platforming.
"I don't know what else to say right now. This is just basic platforming. Nothing else." Chopper said as he stomped on a Paratroopa, sending it down the cliff and allowing himself to land right by a red door. He watched it plummet down the sky, which made him cringe a bit because of how high he was.
"We should get going, Chopper," Tippi suggested.
"Don't worry, I'm going in…" Chopper frowned as he opened the red door, with Tippi and Thoreau following behind.
Once Chopper came out of the door, a few things did catch his eyes.
"Hmmmmm… Well, this place doesn't have any platforms. And not to mention there aren't any bottomless pits." Chopper looked around at the area. "I guess this place might be a little fine."
Tippi fluttered on ahead as saw a huge wall moving upward. It looked like it was facing in a 3-D way. "You might need some extreme speed to get through that huge wall, Chopper… Do you have anything that can make you charge up your speed?"
"Why, I certainly do!" Chopper answered optimistically. "It's called my Speed Dash. Basically, I can charge up my speed so I can go RIDICULOUSLY fast! Just watch what I do, Tippi. You'll be amazed for sure!"
He began to spin his feet rapidly in the figure-8 position.
"I do say… That is rather fast." Thoreau commented. "So this is what the legendary hero can do!"
"The 'legendary hero' can do more than this, you know, Thoreau…" Chopper came charging toward the wall. There was a little hill that allowed him to run up the wall. Before he knew it, he was running up a wall in a 3-Dish way.
"Woo hoo! This is REALLY fun!" Chopper squealed as he made it up to the top of the wall. After landing, he noticed there was a huge field in front of him. He saw how vast it was when he went into 3-D.
"This place is HUGE!" Chopper gaped while he walked around the area in 3-D. A ? Block was hidden in 3-D, along with a few other things.
"What's in there?" he jumped under the block to find a Zombie Shroom pop out. "Oh, boy! Not a Zombie Shroom!" Chopper destroyed the evil Mushroom with a single beam attack from his wand.
"It seems as if you don't need my help, hero," stated Thoreau.
"Well, you're with me, so I would obviously need you. But, you're a bit strange for a…uh…Pixl. Last time I remember, I had actual people that joined me on my quest… You don't speak as much as my other friends."
"Hmmmmm… Well it's most likely because you're in these worlds and your friends aren't here. I would love to give you as much advice as you need, but you're simply plowing through everything."
"Yeah, I'll admit that," Chopper replied. "I've been going through everything in my path so far without most of your help. What's up with that? What ever happened to 'taking turns in battle'? Meh. Honestly, I find this a little more enjoyable."
"Chopper! Pay attention to your Flip Gauge! It's almost empty!" Tippi yelled, catching Chopper's attention.
"Ow! Don't yell too loud! That hurt!" Chopper raised his arms up and he flipped back into 2-D. "Well, there goes the PERFECT landscape! If only my Flip Gauge was infinite…"
He noticed he was standing right next to a green block. "Oh. I didn't see that there. Sorry! All right, Thoreau… I think it's time to put you to use!" Chopper tossed Thoreau at the block, who gave it to him to hold up.
"Man, I can't believe I can pick this thing up! It's almost as weird as picking that chunky guy up…" Chopper was still able to move a little fast while carrying the object. There weren't any bottomless pits, but there were two rows of Brick Blocks with two Hammer Bros. throwing hammers.
"Heads up, guys! Chopper's here! Don't let him get to the castle or else you're fired!" the Hammer Bro. captain shouted.
"Uh oh… Looks like these guys are asking for it!" Chopper gripped his wand as he was about to charge up a blast. One Hammer Bro. noticed him charging up an attack, so he threw a hammer straight at him, knocking his Beam ability away as a yellow star.
"Ack! No! Not my Beam ability!" Chopper chased after the star that was bouncing, but he was too late. The star already shattered. He was left with no ability in his hands. At least, right now he was.
"Oh, now you're going to regret that!" Chopper clenched his fist and knocked a Hammer Bro under him to the ground. He finished the enemy off with two stomps. "Now to take care of the other Hammer Bro…"
He turned to the Hammer Bro. on the ground and inhaled it. Tippi wasn't sure what Chopper was going to do, but he ended up swallowing the enemy.
"Did you just…swallow that enemy whole?" Tippi gaped.
"Why, yes! Yes I did, Tippi! Yeah, I know you find it a bit strange… I find it a bit strange, too!" Chopper looked at himself for a moment and felt disappointed. "Aw, man! I didn't get any ability?"
He sighed and before moved on ahead. There was a red door up on a tall red mushroom. The flipping rectangles up on the top row of Brick Blocks would lead him to there, so he got up to the top and let the rectangles do the work for him.
"I'm still wondering why these rectangles are so weird. I swear… I've NEVER seen anything like this before in my entire life. Ever." Chopper said as he landed right next to the red door.
"You'll get used to it, Chopper…" Tippi assured. "Things appear new to you, but you'll get used to their surroundings sooner or later… That's what usually happens around here."
"Yeah, good point," Chopper walked into the next area to find more cliffs down below. Unfortunately, there were only invisible green platforms instead of mushrooms or platforms.
"Hmmmmm…" Chopper looked up at the green block he was still holding. "Maybe I need to put this somewhere…" He flipped into 3-D to find a little green hole in the ground. He decided to drop it and push it into the hole.
Chopper instantly flipped back to 2-D, where he saw the platforms appear. There were light green and dark green platforms. The light green move, while the dark green will fall if he stood on them long enough.
"All right, let's see here…" Chopper jumped right when the green platform got close to him. He waited patiently for the next platform to get closer so he could make a jump. "I find this INCREDIBLY dangerous!"
"It's obvious that it is for you," Thoreau explained. "You ARE the only one here that can't fly in any way. …You do have a way of flying, do you not, hero?"
"Oh, I can fly…that is if I'm Super Chopper. I don't have anything that can transform me into that, though. That form has saved me TWICE from two villains. One was corrupted while the other was incredibly evil."
"That's a bit interesting, if you ask me. That even proves you're the legendary hero!"
"Heh heh heh… I don't think I'm really that 'legendary'. I'm just a normal kid. Scratch that. I'm a WEIRD kid." Chopper explained as he jumped his way over to the red door after going past the green platforms.
"Well, surely you are! I can feel it inside of you, hero!"
"You should just call me Chopper. That IS my name, you know… Even Tipps calls me Chopper, don't you?" Chopper looked at Tippi, who slowly nodded. "…Are you OK, Tipps?"
"Huh? Oh! Yes… I'm OK, Chopper. I was just…thinking about something for a minute…" Tippi answered. Chopper shrugged and opened the door to another area. This one was flat, but a wall was blocking the way.
"Crud! There's a wall! Hold on a moment…" Chopper raised his arms and flipped into 3-D. "Dang! Well, there's no use to that."
He flipped back and he walked over to the wall. There was an underwater pathway down below.
"Oh… OK. I guess I gotta go for a little swim! I just hope you guys can breathe underwater…" Chopper took a couple of steps back and jumped into the water. He looked at his two fellow Pixls, who appeared to be just fine.
"All right, swimming… Let's see how that works." Chopper let himself sink to the bottom and then began to swim to his right. There were some Cheep-Cheeps and Bloopers in the water, so he had to be a little careful. "Hey, Tipps, mind if I use you to Tattle these guys?"
"I guess I'll help you…" Tippi went into Chopper and tattled the two enemies.
"That's a Cheep-Cheep. Like most fish, it lives entirely underwater... Max HP is 2. Attack is 1. It swims along lazily minding its own fishy business... No important characteristics of note... It's a fish..." Tippi informed. "That's a Blooper. It's just a squid that swims around freely… Max HP is 2. Attack is 1. It only attacks by ramming into you… That's really all there is to it…"
When she left Chopper's head, he blinked for a couple of moments to see a bit better.
"Uhhh… OK. I guess that's a little intriguing." Chopper tried to inhale the fish underwater, but all he could do was shoot bubbles. "Great… I can't inhale anything underwater. I guess squirting bubbles is the only way…"
Chopper squirted a couple of bubbles straight at the Cheep-Cheeps and Bloopers, defeating them instantly. He swam up to the surface when he found an exit and was in front of a red door. A sign was right beside the door.
"What the heck?" Chopper walked over to the sign and he took a good look at it.
***Lineland Signpost***
If ye seeith a green platform between two forts, press the (1) and (-) button at the same time for something interesting to appear!
"Hmmmmm… Interesting stuff here." he walked into the next area to suddenly get a surprise.
"HEY! YOU!" Chopper stopped when he saw a fort dead ahead. Some Koopas happened to be calling out to him. "What do you think you're doing, stepping in our territory?! Sorry, dude, but you gotta leave, or else we're bringing the big guns down on you!"
"Big guns? Like you even have any…" Chopper snickered. He saw the Koopas bring out a couple of Bill Blasters. "Oh… Now I see them."
"Take this, Chopper!"
They let some Bullet Bills fire directly at Chopper, but this didn't stop him from giving up. He inhaled one of the Bullet Bills and swallowed it, which made him don a blue floppy hat and a bomb.
"…Uh oh!" Chopper noticed the bomb was about to blow up, so he stomped on the other Bullet Bill and threw the bomb at the Bill Blaster, destroying it.
"Aw, crud!" the Koopa went in it shell to hide, and it was eventually kicked by Chopper's foot, sending it toward the Waddle Dee and Motobugs that were on their side.
"Wait a minute… Why the heck are there Waddle Dees and Motobugs here?! This is REALLY confusing…" Chopper trailed with a puzzled look. Nevertheless, he found a green platform and he jumped on it.
"OK… Let's see what I have to do." Chopper tried to make a number one sign while also trying to make a dash sign with his fingers as well. He wasn't sure what that sign meant, but perhaps this was the best idea.
Surprisingly, it worked.
Chopper turned to his right to find a couple of gray stairs appear. He saw that the stairs led to a gray castle.
"So… This is where the castle is…" Tippi trailed.
"Yeah, I can't believe we've already found it!" Chopper cheered. "Man, I'm completely stunned! It reminds me of a castle I would usually see around! …Meh, it's kinda lame, if you ask me."
He walked up the stairs and crossed a bridge that led over to the entrance of the castle. A Star Block was floating there by the entrance, so he approached it and gave it a good whack.
"We're finally done with this level! This was pretty cool, especially that part where I got to go up the wall!"
END OF CHAPTER
Somehow, Chopper had all the strength and courage to travel his way through the dangerous Lineland Road. Right in front of Chopper and Tippi was the castle Yerfeys was warning them about. "So, this is where it is, huh? Interesting…" Unfortunately, the castle didn't have many windows, so not much sunlight came in to lighten the rooms up. But for some reason, Tippi felt as though the castle was filled with many dangers… What could it possible be?
If anyone doesn't remember, there are five chapters in each area. Just a little heads up for ya for those who wondered why this wasn't the final part of Chapter 1.