"Hmph… So I'm feeling a lot better now…" Tipral trailed, no longer wincing from the pain he previously received. "Good… Now I can finally fight Chopper once again."
At that moment he heard O'Chunks groaning through the hallway.
"I suppose O'Chunks has returned… But, has he succeeded? …Or has he failed?"
Just before Tipral could sit on his bed and red the Dark Prognosticus, he began to hear banging on his door.
"Oh, please fergive me, Tipral! I've failed yeh once again!" O'Chunks cried through the other room. "I tried teh give them some chunkin', but it was I who got the chunkin'! Please fergive me!"
Tipral opened the door to his room and saw O'Chunks on his knees, torn up. "Whoa… I guess those heroes really done you in, didn't they?"
"Yeah… The first time I got teh fight them, I was taken to Dimension D by Dimentio. 'E told me that I would be stronger…yet I still lost! And the other time… I don't really know what happened there. An' now my stomachs gurglin' too!"
"Then find something to eat. Punishing you is a waste of time when I have a plan up my sleeves at this moment."
"A plan? What's this plan yer comin' up with?" O'Chunks asked out of curiosity.
"Oh, I'll discuss it with everyone when we have our little meeting," Tipral informed, turning away from him. "Right now, do something else, like eat something. You're hungry, right? Well go do that!"
"Thank yeh, Tipral," O'Chunks wheezed as he made his way over to his room. Once he opened it, he saw one side of his room with red walls, weights and a punching back made of meat and the other side with a ton of meat.
"I gotta get teh eatin' this stuff!" he grabbed a drumstick and took a bite off of the piece of meat. "Like what me great uncle said… Yeh got teh eat as much meat as yeh can! That's how yeh'll get strong muscles!"
After O'Chunks ripped the piece of meat off, he walked over to the punching bag made of meat and began punching it.
"Man… I'm startin' teh wonder what happened with me when I saw those heroes in that palace… We were suddenly at Dimension D an' then I was back in the palace! I even have these bruises on me arms an' legs! What's goin' on 'ere?!"
As O'Chunks punched the piece of meat, he started to see a bunch of sprouts around the room. "GOOD GRAVY! What are a bunch of veggies doin' 'ere?! I HATE veggies!"
O'Chunks backed away from the piece of meat that looked like a Floro Sprout. "Oh, me belly's startin' teh feel sick like butterflies flyin' in me stomach… This… This isn't good fer me!"
"Oh, O'Chunks!" the singing voice caught him off guard. Opening the door, he saw Dimentio floating in front on him. "Good evening, O'Chunks! You sure seem a bit…strange lately."
"Listen 'ere, yeh weirdo!" O'Chunks growled, grabbing the jester. "I know yer up teh somethin'! What happened after yeh took us all teh yer dimension? I know somethin' must've happened!"
"Ah ha ha ha. What makes you think that I would be up to something?" Dimentio chuckled. "I obviously haven't been doing anything wrong lately. I'm just trying to make sure we all succeed in defeating the heroes. Don't you see? That Floro Sprout I placed on your head was SUPPOSED to help you defeat them!"
"Hmmmm? So yeh DID put that veggie on me head!" O'Chunks dropped Dimentio, who floated back up. "But that leaves a question… I'm startin' teh see all o' these veggies around 'ere. Did yeh do somethin' teh me?!"
"I haven't done a thing! Honest!" Dimentio assured as he was holding a pink book with a red heart in the center.
"'Ey… Where'd yeh get that book?" the bearded warrior raised an eyebrow.
"Oh, it's a long story that's a bit hard to explain…" Dimentio smirked, taking a swift glance at Mimi's room over by the corner of the hallway.
A couple of minutes ago-
"Tee hee hee! Oh, Tippy! You're so cute! I could just snuggle with you all day!" Mimi giggled as she hugged her Tipral plushie while sitting on her bed. She was ignoring most of the other plushies and paying more attention to the Tipral one. "I loved seeing you in my room before! I hope you come back!"
Not only that, but she even doodled more pictures of her and Tipral holding hands, hugging, kissing, and any other romantic stuff with Rubees falling from the sky on a picture.
"Well, since I don't have much else to do at this moment, I might as well write something in my diary," Mimi smiled as she got off her pink bed and went over to her girly diary. Even I, the author, can't really stand this place she's in!
Dear Diary,
Ever since I came back to this castle, I keep looking at that cute, dark boy all of the time! Man… Not only does he look cute, but I actually find him really hot! I hope to see him come out of the ocean and dry off with his hotness. …Hee hee! I'm seriously getting too distracted over him! It almost distracts me from fighting those doofuses! …But I know for a fact that Tipral won't read this. I mean, NOBODY ever gets my hand on my girly diary! …Well, almost everyone. Hope I get a chance to write in you later, because I think I might need to!
-Mimikins-
The little green girl smiled and giggled as she closed her diary and put it in a safe place, like her shelf. She always placed something over it to make sure no one would see it, although no on really bothers to go into her room.
"I better get ready for what Tippy has to say!" Mimi opened her closet and checked all of the dresses she had. "…I guess I'll wear my purple one, I suppose. That one looks soooo cute!"
Little did she know that a jester was sneaking over to her shelf and taking her diary from her shelf…
Meeting room-
"All right, Tipral… What is it this time?" Dark kicked the door open to the meeting room and jumped up onto his platform. He saw Tipral standing on his platform with his eyes closed and arms crossed.
O'Chunks, Mimi and Dimentio soon appeared. "Ahh… So I see you're all here. Excellent."
"What's going on, Tippy?" Mimi asked sweetly.
"For your information, it seems that Chopper has gotten six Pure Hearts so far. He is getting closer to the halfway mark…" Tipral opened his eyes and clenched his fists. "I've finally found the next location of the Pure Heart!"
"The next location?! Where is it?" O'Chunks asked.
"It's somewhere in a place called Desert Oasis," Tipral informed, looking at O'Chunks with a glance. "I recently overheard that that place will soon be meeting its demise. This is our chance in stopping Chopper and his group of friends!"
"And what plan might you be coming up with?" Dimentio asked.
"It's a plan that'll hopefully stop those heroes. I'm going to need all four of you to take part in this mission." O'Chunks and Mimi were smiling, while Dark didn't care that much. "Now, this explanation is going to be long… So you're all going to have to listen very carefully."
"A plan to stop the heroes? …And this is, what? The third time you planned on this?" Dark groaned. "Look, Tipral… Your plans aren't working. At this rate, Chopper's going to be here any minute!"
"…And I said before that that world's meeting its demise soon, is that correct?" Dark finally stopped. "I thought so. Now, this plan is going to take some time to explain. I know that it'll HOPEFULLY work against those heroes."
Later-
"Why, that's one heck o' a plan yeh got there, Tipral!" O'Chunks shouted, raising his fists up in the air. "That plan sounds like it'll work! Now yer makin' one awesome plan!"
"I have to admit, that plan isn't too bad. I think it'll work." Dark grinned slightly.
"You're the best, Tippy!" squealed Mimi, but she stopped before she could even tackle Tipral.
"Ah… What a magnificent plan you have, Tipral! I'm astounded!" Dimentio grinned. "This plan just might be the trick to make my plan move! I KNEW this day would come! Oh, how exciting!"
"You heard the plan, so now go out and stop those heroes!" Tipral ordered. All four villains nodded and left the room with their own abilities. "Chopper… Be prepared… The next world you'll be going to won't be safe…"
I began to look at myself carefully after the huge destruction I caused. I destroyed every single person in the room. All I found were these golden rings. They helped control my power.
"What have I done to all of these people? ...And how exactly did I do this? This isn't what I've been expecting myself to be like…"
I began to explore the room, but I couldn't find a single person. Not one person in this room was alive.
That's when I started to feel alone…
…Until I met this one girl.
Flipside Tower-
"Hey, Tippi! Are you still here?" Chopper poked Tippi, who started to have some strange vision.
"Wha-?!" Tippi paused for the moment and looked at the four heroes. They were right outside of the blue door.
"You looked like you were on a snooze cruise," Sonic stated, looking at the rainbow Pixl in a strange manner.
"Well… I… Didn't you just hear something?" All she got was their heads shaking. "No? All right, then… It's just that… For a second, I thought I heard something in my mind… Like someone I once met before… I don't know who, but I just remember hearing that earlier…"
"Cough…hack…"
Chopper's antennae sprung up when he noticed Meta Knight lying right next to the green door.
"Meta Knight?!" Chopper rushed to the fallen warrior. He seemed to be a bit bruised, and not to mention a bit weak. "What happened to you?! Are you all right?!"
"Ugh… Chopper…" Meta Knight looked up at him. "I walked through that door…but I couldn't find my sword. I was hit by many asteroids and electric enemies while floating through space. I thought… I thought I was going to die…cough!"
"Poyo! (Hang in there, Meta Knight! We'll…)" Before Kirby could finish, they all felt a tremor. Apparently The Void grew bigger than before. Only this time, most of the sky couldn't be seen.
"The Void… It looks as though it's gotten bigger. We need to open the door to the next world quickly… Let's hurry." Tippi suggested.
"We're not going anywhere yet, Tippi!" Chopper tried his best to pick up Meta Knight, but he needed to get some help from Kirby. "We've gotta help Meta Knight! I guess those asteroids really got to him…"
Flipside, Second Floor-
"Oh ho. You're back." All four heroes saw Merlon standing over by the door to his house. "And what's this? You've brought another hero here! Well met!"
"Why thank you!" Blade walked over to Merlon and shook his hand. "The name's Blade. I'm a ninja. A ninja, for Pete's sake! I'm going to make sure we save this universe and get all twenty Pure Hearts."
"I'm sure you and your ninja skills will come to great use," Merlon turned his attention to the others. "Have you all seen the sky lately? The Void continues to grow larger. I imagine that some worlds have already started to decay. I wonder how long our dear Flipside will be spared?"
"The Light Prognosticus doesn't say anything about how long we have?" Tippi questioned.
Merlon shook his head. "The Light Prognosticus was only written to counteract the dark one… As such, it's not truly prophetic, so it's hard to say how long we really have… And yet…I feel confident in saying that we do not have much time at all."
"Well, we can only go forward now. We can't just wait for all worlds to end, can we?"
"Of course you're right, my dear… I received a message from Nolrem recently… It seems that someone on the outskirts of Flopside has spotted a Heart Pillar. As you've no doubt seeking the next Heart Pillar, that is a good place to start. I will go back to the Light Prognosticus to look for clues."
"Wait, hold on, Merlon!" Chopper stopped Merlon before he could walk in. "Listen… We might need your help. Do you know anyone who could get some medical help for Meta Knight?"
"Ugh… I don't know how long I'll last… I mean, I'm not going to die, but I know for a fact that I'm dangerously injured." Meta Knight wheezed.
Merlon walked over to Meta Knight and looked at him. "What about…behind the mask?"
"My face is not for anyone to see," the knight snapped, glaring at Merlon. "…Excuse me. I just don't like it when people ask about what's behind my mask. It's nothing important, really. I even checked myself. My face isn't injured."
"If that's what you say, then I suppose I'll believe you," Merlon stated, looking at the bruises on him. "I believe I can get you some medical help. Just come to my house and I'll get some people to help you."
"Thank you… And Chopper…" Meta Knight brought his attention to Chopper. "I was given this earlier by Merlee. I don't know what to do with it, but I'm sure you'll be able to put it into good use."
Meta Knight pulled a key out and gave it Chopper. "Use it wisely, Chopper. If you use it on the right door, I believe you might find something interesting."
"Hmmmm… Now that I think about it, I DID see a door in the back part of Flopside. I wanna check there first." Chopper brought Meta Knight to Merlon's house before he and his friends headed to Flopside via the blue pipe.
Flopside, First Floor, Back-
"See? I told you there was a door here!" Chopper pointed to the locked door. "Now let's see if this key will do the trick."
Pulling the key out, Chopper inserted it into the lock, which broke off. "Well, what do ya know? It actually worked!" Sonic grinned.
"Now let's see what we've got!" Blade kicked the door open, only to find a small room with nothing really interesting except for a brown chest. "What? This is it? Nothing else around?"
"…Except for this chest," Sonic added, kicking the chest open. All they found inside was a green Pixl shaped like a musical note.
"What in the world…?" Chopper gasped.
"Poyo… (What a strange Pixl…)" Kirby gawked.
"DOODLY-DOO!" the female Pixl chirped. "The bird, it warbles, TWEET! The bug, it cries, CHEEP! The frog, RRRRRRIBBIT! The dog, GRRRRRROWF! Goats and cars, BLEEEET! All things sing, you see. To live is to make music!"
"Whoa… So this Pixl loves to sing…" Chopper said with a blank look.
The Pixl gaped at the heroes. "My words… Could it be… I've said something poetic? Could it truly be?"
"And you are…?" Tippi blinked.
"I am Piccolo! Your footsteps sang to me! CLOP! CLOP! And over again! Yet those sounds are not your everything, your all, your essence! Nope! I'll show you why!"
Piccolo circled around Chopper and then she was held up by the hero with a confused look on his face.
The melodious Pixl named Piccolo joined your group! If you use Piccolo, different music will play depending on the character you use. …With some secret powers sprinkled in…
"Use me to hear sound that matches your character… POCCOLO-COLO!" Piccolo sang. "The beat of your spirit… I will find it and play it for you!"
"Well this is certainly interesting…" Chopper began to use Piccolo's power, making her play a song that felt similar to him. It sounded…like the Rainbow Resort theme! "Wait a sec… I know that theme!"
"Now's not the time to be talking to that thing," Sonic said. "We've got a Heart Pillar to find!"
"Oh, yes… That's true." Chopper nodded.
Flopside, Second Floor, Outskirts
"Well, I know that this place looks pretty familiar," Chopper stated as they walked into the outskirts of Flopside. "It's basically all flipped around!"
"Poyo, (Hey, Chopper, look over there,)" Kirby pointed to the right, where there was an invisible heart, but no pillar. "Poyo? (Why is there an invisible heart, yet there's no Heart Pillar?)"
"Hmmmm… I think it's because we can't go over there yet." Chopper shrugged as he turned to the right. "Oh? What do we have here?"
He pulled his hammer out and smashed the yellow block that he saw in front of him, making a pipe appear. They decided to take it down to the first floor of the outskirts, where they saw green Squig-like enemies. Chopper decided to identify them with Tippi.
"It's a Squog. Essentially, these beasts are big, surly Squigs... Max HP is 10 and Attack is 4. Squogs will spit rocks at any enemy they see... The rocks they spit come at you quite fast, but you should be able to beat them easily." Tippi informed.
"There's two of them, so this shouldn't be too bad," Chopper stomped on both Squogs, performing stylish moves and taking them out. He landed between two rectangular blocks with a sign.
"I think I know what you need to do…" Tippi reminded.
"Of course!" Chopper made sure his friends were close so he could flip into 3-D. They made their way to the outer, OUTER part of the outskirts. There, they found a gap to their left and a yellow block disguised as one of those gray blocks.
"It's obvious that this is a yellow block," Sonic stated, looking at it. "I mean, it looks just like it!"
"I agree with you on that," Chopper nodded as he smashed the block. A red button was right by him, so he jumped on it to make a Heart Pillar appear before their very own eyes.
"Poyo! (There it is! Go put the Pure Heart in its place, Chopper!)" Kirby shouted.
Chopper nodded and pulled out the indigo Pure Heart. Once it was placed in its pillar, the indigo clock appeared and began to tick as an indigo door was created up at Flipside Tower.
"Well, looks like the deed is done. Let's go back to Flipside Tower." Chopper suggested as the clock disappeared.
Flipside Tower-
"An indigo door now? Seriously… These doors remind me of the rainbow BIG TIME." Blade groaned.
"Oh, who cares? It is what it is! Let's just get a move on, shall we?" Chopper rushed into the indigo door along with his friends. They knew they would be up for a difficult challenge ahead.
Under the looming shadow of The Void, the world slowly drifted toward demise. But, the four heroes still had a chance to stop Tipral from destroying all worlds. Could our daring heroes stop Tipral and his minions? Or was the world doomed to be devoured? Chopper, Kirby, Sonic, and Blade ventured through the next door to find out…