"Fer… Fergive me fer me loss, Tipral… I've failed yeh! I've never felt less chunky in me life! That Chopra gave me a good beatin' back on Lineland Road!" O'Chunks wheezed as he was down on his knees. "Make me do anythin' yeh want me teh do. I deserve teh be punished…"
Tipral looked down at the exhausted O'Chunks as he was reading through the Dark Prognosticus. "Hmmmmm… If I punish him severely, then it won't make me look like a good leader. But I let him off loose… He's not going to get anything from it. What to do…"
Dark looked down at O'Chunks. He began to smell the air. "Auuuughh! Do you use deodorant or something?! You smell HORRIBLE!"
"'A warrior never needs teh shower often,'" O'Chunks quoted from a book he read. "I don't need the water teh help me stay clean! When yeh 'ave bad body odor, it makes things easier fer yeh!"
"So, Tipral… What're you gonna do next? O'Chunks literally got his butt handed to him by that kid. I guess that he's the real deal."
"Hmmmmmm… I expected this to happen." Tipral pondered after closing his book. "So he IS the Hero of the Light Prognosticus after all. O'Chunks, I want you to go back to some training. Perhaps that'll help you learn your mistakes from fighting Chopper."
"Wh-What?! That's it? All I 'ave teh do is train harder?" O'Chunks lifted himself up. "Great toucans in gravy! That ain't such a bad punishment at all!"
"I'm back, Tippy!" Mimi came into the room in a beautiful purple dress and her hair curled up. "Do you like how I look? I did this just for you…"
"Mimi… Get off of my platform. This is no time to be flirting with me. You just met me anyway…" Tipral grumbled as he read the book again.
Mimi raised an eyebrow. "Are you still reading that book? What about ME?!"
"What about you?" Tipral closed the Dark Prognosticus and he looked at Mimi. "I'm sending you to the next Pure Heart location. There, you will stop Chopper. I want you to find him and bring him to me…alive."
"I'm going out?" Mimi squealed. "Oh, thank you, Tippy! I promise that I won't fail you!"
At that moment, she teleported out of the room, while Dark looked uncertain.
"Are you sure that that girl can take down Chopper?" Dark questioned. "I mean, I don't think she's got as much strength as O'Chunks…who was literally DESTROYED by him…"
"Relax, Dark. I've granted Mimi powers potent enough to ensure that she will obliterate Chopper. Still… I have to be a bit careful, because I've discovered something else in this book…"
"'Ey? And what would that be?" O'Chunks questioned.
"There is more than one hero, I believe… If it could be one of the others that was in that castle…" Tipral pondered. "Dark! I want you to explore the castle and look for anyone that hasn't been brainwashed! Failure is not an option!"
"Understood," Dark nodded, pointing to the moon crescent on his head. "Surely I'll be able to brainwash them thanks to the new powers you gave me with this moon crescent." He looked up at his third eye on his forehead, which was closed and then he departed by wrapping his black cape around himself.
"As for you, O'Chunks… I'm going out somewhere. While I'm out, I want you to stay here. Understood?" Tipral teleported out of the castle with the Dark Prognosticus.
O'Chunks's eyes widened. "Aw… I… Gah, this really tweaks me chin hairs!"
Outside of Castle Tipral-
"Poyo… (Ugh… I don't feel so good…)" Kirby slowly got himself up, but to his surprise, he was not to Sammer's Kingdom. He was standing on a black ground with white outlines. Up in the sky was purple darkness, or better yet, it was inside of The Void. "Poyo?! (Hello?! Anybody?! Chopper?! Sonic?! Mario?! Where are you guys?!)"
He then started to remember something. "Poyo… (Wait a minute… Now I think I remember what happened! I think Tipral returned and he made me fight King Dedede until I was exhausted! But… Why?)"
"Hey, is that Kirby over there?" Kirby turned around to find a Waddle Dee with a spear and a Hammer Bro. They didn't appear to look brainwashed.
"So you finally woke up, huh, pink creampuff?" the Hammer Bro. asked.
"Dude, don't even TRY to talk to him," the Waddle Dee retorted. "You won't be able to understand a word he's saying! Listen, Kirby… We don't have much time here. Some dark dude is coming around these hallways and brainwashing people! It's a disaster!"
"I can't even find King Bowser around here either! I'm trying to look for that guy, but I can't find him anywhere!"
"Yeah… And I don't know what happened to His Majesty… I can't leave him behind like that! It's…horrifying!"
"As for the others… Like that blue hedgehog, that blue cat and those two Mario Bros. guys… We don't know where they went either. You're the only one we've found so far, creampuff."
"Poyo? (What's going on here?)" Kirby asked.
The Hammer Bro. looked confused. "Yeah… I don't understand 'Poyo' language. But, the thing is… We gotta clear this area, NOW!" He turned to the Waddle Dee to have a small little conversation before he turned back to Kirby.
"This Waddle Dee here is going to escort you, OK? You guys make a break for it. While you guys are getting outta here, I'm gonna go help out my men! King Bowser would burn me to a crisp if I left 'em! Leave no Koopa behind! Good luck out there, creampuff! HAIL BOWSER!"
As the Hammer Bro. left, the Waddle Dee walked over to Kirby. "OK, Kirby, we've gotta EVAC this zone! Let's roll!"
Kirby nodded and he made his way over to the black door next to him. He may not be fast like Chopper, but at least he can stay up in the air as long as he can by floating, that's for sure.
When Kirby and the Waddle Dee made their way inside of the castle, they saw all of the dark torches around them. The flames were even black as well! It's like everything was black but with white outlines!
"You. Give up. There is no hope for escape."
"Poyo? (Hmmmmm? I can hear something from down below…)" Kirby looked below the platform to see the Hammer Bro. from before facing two Koopa Troopas wearing sunglasses (the ones that Chopper faced in Chapter 1-2).
"All hail the glorious Tipral!" the Koopa shouted. "Do not resist… Submit to his rule. You will love it."
The Hammer Bro. growled and he pulled out his hammer. "What's this insubordination?! Johnson! I am your CAPTAIN!" He pointed to the ground. "Drop and give me twenty!"
"Listen, Hammer Bro… Your orders mean nothing now." Dark appeared in front of the Hammer Bro. with a threatening look.
"Didn't you see that they've sworn their allegiance to Tipral? You can't do a thing about it! …But, since you're here… I might as well start testing out my brainwashing powers…"
"You just messed with the wrong Koopa, dark dude!" the Hammer Bro. growled. "I don't serve anyone named 'Tipral'! I serve Bowser and ONLY Bowser! You go tell this 'Tipral'…"
Before he could finish, Dark fired purple energy at him from his moon crescent. "HYUUUUUURK!"
His eyes turned red after the purple energy disappeared. "HAIL TIPRAL!"
Dark looked at him with a grin. "Yes… Excellent! Now that makes things a bit better… Now, listen here… There are still some minions that haven't sworn their allegiance to us, so why don't you look for them?"
"YES, SIR!"
The Waddle Dee shivered at the sight of the Hammer Bro. being brainwashed. "Holy… I can't believe we just witnessed that! He… He got that captain guy!" He looked up at Kirby.
"Listen… If they find us, then it's GAME OVER for us! We've gotta clear this area STAT!" Both he and Kirby jumped off the platform and then they walked over to the door to their left to a room with a staircase going down to a door ahead.
"Poyo! (I bet we'll be safe over there!)" Kirby made his way down the stairs and to the door. At least he had the Waddle Dee to keep him company…
When they walked into the next room, they noticed that they were outside this time. They were led into a dead end…over by a cliff.
"Oh, no… OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! We're at a dead end!" the Waddle Dee cried as he looked down below.
"Poyo… (Well we can't stay here forever. We have to get out of here immediately and find another way out!)" Kirby suggested.
"Ah, so there you are… We've been looking for you!" Kirby turned around to find a grinning Dark with other brainwashed minions such as Koopas, Goombas, Waddle Dee and even Motobugs.
"Poyo! (Hey… I remember you!)" Kirby gaped. "Poyo? (Weren't you the one that got in our way when we were hunting for the Crystal Stars?)"
The Waddle Dee stepped up in front, aiming his spear at Dark. "Go find some cover, Kirby! I'm trained to fight scum like this! …Although King Dedede wasn't really the one to train us, though…"
"You think you can take me on?" Dark zapped the Waddle Dee with his brainwashing powers, turning him into a Waddle Doo.
"ALL HAIL LORD TIPRAL!"
"Hmph… Well, it does feel nice to find someone that helped Sonic find those Crystal Stars. How nice…for me! We could use someone who can inhale anything in sight such as yourself on our side!"
"Poyo! (I'll never join you!)" Kirby retorted.
"I don't know what you just said, but it sounds like you just said no. Sorry, but when my hypnotic powers reach you, there's no saying 'no'!"
Kirby grumbled to himself as he glared at Dark, but before he could get brainwashed, a white square outline appeared around him.
"Poyo?" Kirby was suddenly teleported out of the room in some kind of magical teleportation.
"Huh?! Where'd he go?!" Dark growled. "…Bah! Forget him! It's not like he was going to be the most useful person for us anyway… He's too slow. Besides, that plan Tipral told us is going smoothly. There's no need for him."
Dream Land-
"Hmmmmmmm… That void in the sky… It's so small, yet it's…strange." Meta Knight began to study The Void up in the sky. It was incredibly small at this moment, but soon it would grow.
"Sir Meta Knight! This is strange…" Meta Knight's servant, Sword Knight came into the room. "Weren't the Crystal Stars supposed to protect the universe from any danger? What I'm seeing here is some darkness up in the sky! How is this even possible?"
"I don't understand either, Sword Knight. We've never had something like this five months ago… And not to mention I haven't seen His Majesty anywhere either. Something strange is going on here…"
Meta Knight continued to look out the window until he saw Tipral appear in front of him.
"Ah, I've been looking for you! Meta Knight, isn't it?" Tipral asked.
"Hmmmm? Who are you? You almost resemble…Chopper a bit."
Tipral gave him a bow before introducing himself. "My name is Tipral. I used to serve Maquano, but once he left, I was trapped. But now I will be the one that shall bring the universe to an end thanks to the Chaos Heart! There's nothing you can do about it!"
"I thought all of those villains gave up on evil five months ago. Why haven't you?" Meta Knight questioned.
"That's because I was teleported to a strange area where I couldn't get out, since my teleporting was disabled. But, thanks to this weapon, I was able to not only gain my teleporting back, but the power to get anything that I desire!" Tipral held up his dark and powerful weapon, the Dark Star Scepter.
"How were you able to create that black hole if the Crystal Stars are protecting the universe?"
"The Void swallows anything in its sight. It'll swallow any light in its path! Therefore, you cannot stop it! It will grow bigger each day…until it swallows this world up."
Meta Knight grabbed his golden sword and he pulled it out, showing his powerful Galaxia sword. "Then I shall put a stop to you!"
He rushed straight at Tipral, swinging at him. Unfortunately, Tipral managed to block the attack and hurl a shadow ball at his face.
Meta Knight quickly shook his head. "So… You wish to face me, do you? Very well! I won't be afraid to fight!"
He flew straight at Tipral with his sword, but his sword was blocked. "You're rather foolish if you think you can fight off the new Lord of Darkness! I think I have something in store for you!"
"And that would be…"
"How about you take a nice trip to where there IS no dimension! How about…between?" He twirled his scepter, summoning a smaller version of The Void to suck Meta Knight in.
"Arghhh! No… I can't…" Meta Knight tried to fly away, but he was too late. He was sucked into the black hole.
"Sir Meta Knight! NOOOO!" Sword Knight cried.
"Excellent! Perhaps he might see Chopper? Time will tell…" Tipral waved his scepter before disappearing, returning to his own castle.
I remember that day… The day when I was first born… I heard these…voices.
"What shall we do with this person when he's done?"
"We don't have an answer yet. We're supposed to give him to the queen. He's designed to help rule the world!"
"But what if this experiment fails? Then what shall we do?"
"Relax. Things will be all right. I'm sure that there won't be any system failures. But, he's looking quite good at the moment. Just a few more days and he'll be ready go out and explore!"
Ah, yes… Those were the words I was starting to hear as I was being created. But, everything turned in the future for me…
Flipside Tower-
"Whew… What a walk! I can't believe we even had to listen to an extremely long story. Yeah… We've been going through A LOT of dialogue lately…" Chopper huffed as he walked out of the red door. He took notice of the empty heart above the door. A red crystal heart appeared above it.
If you get a Pure Heart, you can choose to visit specific sections in each chapter.
Chopper looked up at the text above him and he inhaled it. "Mmmmmmmm! Now THAT was pretty good!" He let out a small burp before turning back to Tippi.
"That was a bit uncalled for…" she groaned. "But, let's just go to Merlon's place… You remember where that is, right?"
Chopper shook his head. "It's on the second floor to the left…"
"Oh, OK," Chopper took the elevator down to the second floor, only to get a greeting from Merlon outside of his house.
"Oh ho ho! You return so soon?" Chopper turned to his left to see Merlon. "I can see from your faces that it went well, indeed… Let's head back to my house so you can tell me all of the details. Please, step right in."
Chopper followed Merlon into his house. He noticed the blue walls and the shelf full of books and chemicals. He also noticed a white book with a star in the center in front of him at the entrance.
"What's that book over there?" Chopper asked.
"I see you're curious about that," Merlon chuckled. "That is the Light Prognosticus. That is the book that can counter the book Tipral holds, the Dark Prognosticus. But, how was your trip, dear friends? Did you find a Pure Heart?"
"We sure did!" Chopper pulled the orange Pure Heart for Merlon to gaze at.
"Oh ho, such pure brilliance… This is a true piece of the one true Purity Heart!"
"Yes, we met Merlumina…" Tippi explained as Chopper put the Pure Heart away. "She gave it to us…"
Merlon's face looked surprised. "Wh-What?! Lady Merlumina?! You were well met. She is an ancestor of mine. She was the one who wrote the Light Prognosticus to counteract the dark one… Merlumina and those who followed her built this town. They are why we are here."
"M-M-M-MASTER MERLON! B-B-B-BAD NEWS!" a strange, blue-headed man came walking into the room.
"Man, I'm still not used to the people around here… They're all so weird…" Chopper grumbled.
"What is it?!" Merlon exclaimed. "Get a hold of yourself, lad…"
"Y-Y'see… Um… Um… Um… Um… Um… Um… Um… Um… Um… Um… Um… Um… Um… Um… Um… Um… Um… Um… Um… Um… Um… Um… Um… Um…"
"Um what?" Chopper gawked.
"Um, y'see… Two spherical people fell from the sky!"
"What? Two people fell from the sky? What in the worlds?" Merlon asked.
"I dunno! Just, please! Get in the elevator and come up to see it!"
"So, it shall be! And you, Chopper, come along. We may need your presence as well!" Merlon followed the strange-looking man out of his house and over to the elevator leading to the third floor.
"I wonder who those two could be," Chopper pondered as he walked out of the house. "Y'know what? I think this calls for…my Speed Dash!"
"Chopper… I don't think…" Before Tippi could finish, Chopper charged up his Speed Dash by going into a figure-8 pattern and then blasting off over to the elevator. "Ugh… Sometimes he never learns…"
Third floor-
Chopper gasped when he saw one of the people slowly getting up. "M-Meta Knight?!"
"You know him?" Tippi questioned.
"Yeah. I met him on my last adventure." Chopper immediately rushed over to Meta Knight, who felt a bit drowsy.
"Ugh… What just happened?" Meta Knight turned his head to Chopper. "Ch-Chopper… Is that really you?"
"Yeah, it's me, Meta Knight," Chopper nodded. "But what are you doing here? That's the question…"
Meta Knight tried to walk over to Chopper, but fell over. "Ugh… Chopper, I don't feel so good. I need something to regain my energy. Find me something… Please."
"I'll do that, but let me see what's going over by Merlon first. Don't worry, I'll still help you." Chopper walked over to where Merlon and the blue-faced man were standing.
"Um, yeah, so I was just looking up at the tower, and then he fell outta nowhere!" the blue man explained while pointing down at a pink puffball.
"Hmmm…" Merlon pondered as he looked at the puffball. "He does not look at all familiar to me… Who could this be?"
Chopper gasped as he saw his friend, Kirby, lying on the ground. "Kirby…? He's the one that fell from the sky?"
"Hmm? You know who he is too?" Tippi questioned.
"Yeah! I met him five months ago! We went on this adventure before that had to do with collecting the twenty Crystal Stars. Unfortunately, he ran into Tipral just like me. As for Meta Knight… I don't know how he got here."
"Meta Knight?" Merlon looked over at Meta Knight, who was trying his best to use his arms to get over to them. "Ahhh… So he is Meta Knight."
"Is there a way we can help them?" Tippi asked.
"I must think for a moment…" Merlon pondered until he found the perfect solution. "Ah, yes! I know! Chopper, you must go to the chef named Saffron on the first floor of Flipside. I am sure she knows a warming and revitalizing recipe for your friends… Once they revive, we will be able to ask them exactly what happened. Now, off with you! Find Saffron the chef on the first floor!"
"All right, I'll be back!" Chopper made his way back to the elevator with a Speed Dash with Tippi following him.
Flipside, first floor-
"Saffron's shop is over here…" Tippi fluttered over to the building with a pot sign in the front of the house. "Let's go!"
Chopper, using his speed, made it over to the house in one second. Inside, he saw a lime-green woman with an apron standing over by the counter in the yellow house.
"Welcome to Sweet Smiles!" Saffron greeted them happily. "Ooh, sugar, our dishes will turn that little frown right upside down!"
"Really? That sounds great!" Chopper smiled until Tippi poked him. "Err… I mean, we came here because one of my friends is out cold and the other is too weak to move around."
Saffron gasped. "What? They are? Oh, mercy! Well, listen here, sugar… they sound like they need some Spicy Soup! All I need are two Fire Flowers to make a pot of soup that'll warm them up in a jiffy!"
"Oh, really? In that case…" Chopper pulled out two Fire Flowers. "Here you go!"
"Two Spicy Soups, coming right up, sugar!" After Saffron twirled her spoon, she immediately got to work. She was singing a song while she was working on the soup as well.
"Ooh la la la la YUMMMM! Put it in your TUMMMMM!" For some strange reason, a pink heart appeared over her head as she started to finish up.
After twirling her spoon once more, she returned with two bowls of soup. "Sorry about the wait, sugar…but it turned out just right! This ought to wake up those friends of yours, sugar! Go on, now! Get it to them as quick as you can!"
"I'm on it!" Chopper began to charge up his Speed Dash until Tippi stopped him.
"Wait, Chopper! You might spill the bowls if you move fast! Take it slowly…" she suggested.
"Awww… That's no fun! Fine. I'll take it slowly…" Chopper pouted as he walked out of Saffron's kitchen. A bunch of people could smell the delicious soup. As much as they wanted it, they found out that he's giving it to two people.
Back on the third floor-
"Here, Meta Knight. Take this bowl of soup." Chopper handed Meta Knight the bowl of soup.
"Thank you, Chopper…" Meta Knight wheezed as he took the soup. "I'm going to need to take this mask off."
He took his mask off, revealing his yellow eyes and his Kirby-like appearance. After gulping down the soup, he felt some of his energy coming back.
"Ahhhh… Much better!" He managed to get himself up and put his mask back on. "I thank you for the help, Chopper… If it weren't for you, I probably would have passed out…or even died."
"What are you doing here, though?"
"There's no time to explain. Give that last bowl of soup to Kirby! He needs it right away!"
"Got it!" Chopper slowly made his way over to Kirby. Merlon stepped out of the way for him to give Kirby the soup.
After making him gulp it down, Kirby started to moan for a bit.
"Oh ho… It seems to have worked." Merlon stated.
Kirby slowly got back up and he yawned. "Poyo…? (What just happened? It almost felt like I had something so good… I need more!)"
"Kirby!" Chopper shouted. Kirby turned around with a red ! over his head as he saw Chopper and Meta Knight.
"Poyo! (Chopper! …And Meta Knight? What are you both doing here? In fact, where are we?)" he asked.
"Hmmmm? I don't understand a thing that he just said…" Tippi gawked. Chopper began to translate what he said and she understood. "Oh… Well, Kirby… This is Flipside…"
"Poyo? (And who are you?)" Kirby asked as he turned to Merlon.
"My pink little friend, I am called Merlon. And that is what is known as a Pixl. Her name is Tippi."
"Poyo? (Wait… You can understand what I'm saying?)"
"Why of course! As a wizard, my magic can translate what you are saying to me. In fact, this kind of magic is natural to my kind! Come, let us adjourn to my house. I would be grateful if you and Meta Knight would tell us more there."
Sometime later at Merlon's house-
"…Poyo, (And then before I knew it, I awoke and saw Chopper, Meta Knight and Tippi,)" Kirby finished the rest of his story. Meta Knight had already finished explaining his part as well.
"Well, my friend… That is the most assuredly a tale of woe and troubles." Merlon commented. "And you, Meta Knight… You say that Tipral ambushed you and brought you here, is that true?"
Meta Knight nodded. "Yes. I tried to fight him off with my sword, but he was too strong. I don't think he even brought my servants here… Now I'm starting to wonder how they'll do."
"Poyo? (Chopper… What do you suppose happened to Sonic, Blade, Mario, and Luigi?)" Kirby asked.
"I'm not sure… Wherever they went, I'm pretty sure that they're someplace in that castle you were in…or they could be somewhere else, just like how Meta Knight got here. Only time can tell."
"Merlon… What should we do next?" questioned Tippi.
"'And one Pure Heart shall lead the way to the next…' So it is written. There are still more Heart Pillars to be found in Flipside, young ones. When you find the next Heart Pillar, you must set a Pure Heart in it. And when you do so, a door to the world containing the next Pure Heart will appear."
"Understood," Meta Knight nodded.
"And…my intrusion tells me the next door may lead you to the mysterious Merlee. Like Bestovius and I, Merlee is one of the Ancients… We are like long-lost cousins. Yes… I am sure that Merlee has an ancient treasure held in her hands. If my instincts are correct, then that must be the next Pure Heart we seek. I must tell you, the Light Prognosticus also speaks of her magical powers…"
"Poyo… (So, we just need to find this Merlee person, is that it?)"
Merlon seemed surprised. "Oh ho, are you going as well? You should not tax yourself. You've only just recovered…and it may be dangerous."
"Poyo! (What? You expect me to stay here and do nothing while all worlds get destroyed? I can't do that! Besides, it's not a good idea to leave Chopper to go off on his own! He wouldn't have many people to talk to!)"
"Yes, I should go as well," Meta Knight said, reaching for his sword. "…Huh?" He noticed that Galaxia was missing.
"Meta Knight… Is something bothering you?" Merlon asked.
"My sword! It's…gone! Did Tipral manage to snatch it from me…? …Or did he separate it from me? Urgh… Without my sword, I cannot go…"
"Well… Then if you cannot go, then perhaps you could be of assistance? If you could, would you guide Chopper to any Pure Hearts that you find around Flipside?"
"I could do that. When I finally get a hold of my sword, I'll try to see if I can do something to stop Tipral. But, right now I must look for my sword. Have you walked into any other worlds, Chopper?"
"Yeah… Up on Flipside Tower, there's a red door. You can look through there if you want – but just watch out for any old men and a wizard that tries to give you a fee on certain abilities…"
"I see. For now, Chopper… Kirby will help you. I'm pretty sure both of you could make your way through the second door easily. As for me… I'm going to look through that red door."
Meta Knight made his way out of Merlon's house and up to the tower.
"Well, he seems to be in a hurry," Merlon chuckled. He looked back down at Kirby. "So, Kirby… Are you sure you want to do this?"
Kirby only gave Merlon a simple nod. "Very well. I suppose it's for the best that you help Chopper."
Kirby has joined your party! Now you can control not just Chopper, but Kirby as well! With his inhaling ability, he can inhale as much stuff as he wants to and deal damage to enemies by spinning them out! He can also inhale air and float up or over things you can't normally get over. Also, if you press and hold down A, Kirby will get in a defensive position, where he won't take little damage from an attack!
"I guess we need to find the next Heart Pillar…" Tippi stated.
"Hmmmmm…" This friend of Chopper's is headstrong, to be sure. How very refreshing. I insist you take this."
Merlon gave Kirby an Old Key. "There are secrets in this town that I do not even know… This may be one of the keys to uncovering them. Quite literally, in fact. Please, use this key wherever it fits here in town. I'm sure you'll be able to use this near my house… I will continue to read the Light Prognosticus and look for any clues that may help. I am sure that musty old tome still has much to teach us. Yes, much indeed. Now, Chopper, Kirby… Do all you can to stop Tipral's evil plans!"
"All right! Let's go, Kirby!" Chopper suggested as he and Kirby made their way outside to town.
"Poyo… (There are so many weird people here… I'm not used to it!)" Kirby gaped.
"Well, I had the same feeling as well. Let me have the key for a sec… I'm gonna see if there's anything around." Chopper grabbed the key from Kirby and then flipped into 3-D to see what was around.
"Poyo?! (Hey! Where'd you go, Chopper?!)"
"Oh… I almost forgot." Chopper flipped back to 2-D. "Let's see if I can get you into 3-D too…"
Grabbing his arm, he flipped into 3-D once again. This time, Kirby was in 3-D with him. They noticed to their right, a locked gate, so Chopper put the key in its place and walked out to the outskirts.
"Whoa… It's a lot different out here than at town. How interesting…" Chopper gawked as he could still see The Void from the sky. "HA! You're still as small as you're usually are!"
"Poyo? (What is that supposed to be anyway?)" Kirby asked.
"Oh, that? Well… It's The Void. Basically, it gets bigger in an amount of time and it'll destroy everything. That's about it. But for now, let's see what we have around here."
Tippi tugged on Chopper's antennae. "Move to the right… There's a pipe over there…"
"Oh. Why thank you, Tippi." Chopper jumped over a large block as he made his way over to the pipe. They both made their way down to the first floor of Flipside Outskirts.
After jumping over a bottomless pit, they both took notice of the Squig that was shooting a coconut at them.
"Poyo! (Leave this to me!)" Kirby inhaled the coconut and he spat it back out at the Squig, knocking it out of the area. Chopper finished the other one behind the tall block with a simple stomp.
"Well, at least your inhaling works. Now let's see what we can find in 3-D." Chopper grabbed Kirby's arm and he flipped into 3-D once again. He noticed that the block he jumped over had a red arrow pointing to the right to another area up ahead.
"Poyo… (Whoa… Now THIS is weird…)" he gawked.
"Tell me about it! I'm still not used to this whole 2-D and 3-D stuff! I remember back five months ago when everything was all 3-D! Meh… I'll get used to it sooner or later…"
They made their way even FURTHER from the outskirts to find two blocks holding up another block that contained a Heart Pillar to their right. There were some other floating blocks, but they didn't need to use them.
"Poyo? (Is that the Heart Pillar you were talking about?)" Kirby questioned.
"Yeah, that's the one," Chopper confirmed. "Let's go check it out!"
Chopper made his way over to the Heart Pillar, but he noticed that he couldn't make the jump up there. "Uh oh! My jump's not high enough! I don't think wall jumping will help me either!"
"Hmmmmm… Then how are we supposed to get up here?" Tippi pondered.
"Poyo! (Leave that to me!)" Kirby made a pose before puffing himself up and floating up to the Heart Pillar.
"That was strange…" Tippi gawked. "I never knew that your pink friend could do something like that…"
"He can do many thing!" Chopper smiled before looking up at Kirby. "Hey, can you get me up here?! I have the Pure Heart!"
"Poyo! (I'm on it!)" Kirby opened his mouth and he started to inhale Chopper like a vacuum. He turned to the Heart Pillar and he spat him out at it, making his face hit it.
"Ugh… Some day I'm gonna need surgery on my face…" Chopper groaned as he pushed himself off before rubbing his face.
"Go ahead, Chopper… Place the Pure Heart in its Heart Pillar…" Tippi suggested.
Chopper took a deep breath as he noticed the wave coming from the Heart Pillar. Bringing out the orange Pure Heart, it floated up and it was placed in its pillar, creating an orange clock that started to tick.
At the very moment, an orange door was created over by Flipside Tower.
"Poyo… (So… Where do we go now? In fact, do we get any cool abilities after collecting a Pure Heart?)"
"I don't think so…" Chopper frowned, pulling the Return Pipe out. "Yeah, it kinda stinks that we can't get new abilities. But, I guess we're gonna have to use our own moves to fight off enemies. C'mon, Kirby! This'll take us to the tower!"
They made their way down the pipe and in no time flat, they were back at Flipside Tower.
"There's the next door…" Tippi informed. "Let us to…"
"Poyo! (I can't wait!)" Kirby squealed as he followed Chopper and Tippi into the next world. From the look on his face, he felt so excited. Probably the most out of many months of doing nothing…
Kirby was enticed by what Chopper explained to him what he had to go through in the first world. He recalled something about seeing Bowser and fighting off a monstrous mechanical dragon. Now with Kirby at his side, Chopper set out once again, bound for adventure. This time, our heroes were tasked with finding the mysterious charmer, Merlee. If Merlon was right, then Merlee was the key to finding the next Pure Heart. Never one to flinch from danger…sometimes, Chopper set out to find Merlee's mysterious mansion, even if they were forced to start a bit further from Gloam Valley.