"So, Tipral, I got a little notice from Fawful," Nastasia began as Tipral was reading through the Dark Prognosticus…as usual. "He said that he 'had the failing' against the heroes. Should I give him a punishment?"
Tipral closed his book and turned to Nastasia. "If you want to, you can. I personally don't care what you really do."
"I see… Well, um, what about the meeting today? We're supposed to introduce our newest member of our army to the minions. Should I round them up right now? Or should we wait?"
"I can take care of that," With a simple wave of the Dark Star Scepter, Tipral was able to teleport O'Chunks, Mimi, Fawful, Dark Doom and Dimentio into the room on their platforms. There was an empty platform, but that spot was given to none other than…Mr. L."
"'Ey! I was makin' me mum's favorite gravy!" O'Chunks frowned. "Why did yeh 'ave teh interrupt me at this moment?!"
"And I was busy writing my feelings about you in…" Mimi stopped and covered her mouth with an embarrassed look on her face. "You didn't hear any of that, did you?"
"Ah ha ha ha. Did you say that you were going to write your feelings for Tipral in your diary?" Dimentio asked while chuckling. "I think you might have said something about him looking hot on the beach, is that true?"
"Quit reading my diary, you stupid meanie-head! You ALWAYS have to ruin everything for me!"
"Yawn… So what's next? Arguing about make-up?" Mr. L yawned.
Nastasia adjusted her glasses and cleared her throat. "Um, yeah, guys... Huddle up, 'K? We're just going to have a little quick minion orientation here and then I'll let you go. You remember Mr. L, do you?"
"Mr. L? I've never heard of him…" Dark trailed.
"I have wondering!" Fawful pondered. "That…mustache gets on Fawful's nerves…"
Mr. L stepped back a bit. "Hey! Don't you dare mock the mustache! Next time you mock it, I'm going to knock all of your teeth out! …Oh, wait. I highly doubt you could even fight, since you and the rest of the minions got trounced by the heroes. What did I used to call you guys? Juniors?"
"Oh, great… Now yer gettin' me mad!" O'Chunks growled, clenching his fists. "Maybe you might want teh meet me friends, Mr. and Mrs. Fist!"
"And their children, Foot and Footsie!" Dimentio added.
"I didn't ask yeh teh get involved, Dimentio!"
"Gosh, Mr. L, didn't you get trounced by those meanie-heads too?" Mimi asked, getting a bit angry at Mr. L.
"You call us juniors, yet you also get your butt kicked by he heroes?" Dark face palmed. "Pathetic. That's just pathetic."
"Hey! I wasn't fully prepared that time! This time I've got something good that I'm going to give to those heroes!" Mr. L turned to Tipral. "So, Tipral… How about you send me out again and give those heroes what they deserve?"
"No, I'm not sending you out right now," Tipral responded, shaking his head. "I'm sending Dark out to stop them this time."
"Hmmmm? You need me to go out and do the job?" Dark's ears perked as he looked up at him. "All right, I'll get to the job."
But before he could teleport out, he felt some intense pain coming from his forehead. "ARGH! Oh, no… Why at this time?! Why do I have to feel this kind of pain right now?!"
"Pain? Ah, now I see it!" Dimentio happened to notice the third eye on Dark's forehead. It seemed to slightly open. "That's your third eye, is it not?"
"Yeah, it's my third eye! It REALLY hurts! And why at this moment?! If I'm facing the heroes, I won't be feeling good with this!"
"What happens when it has the full opening?" Fawful asked.
"I'm supposed to spread chaos throughout the universe when it fully opens," Dark explained. "That's what's meant to happen with me…but it'll take years for it to fully open."
"Interesting…" Dimentio smirked.
"Look, I need to get going," Dark teleported out of the room with his cape. Everyone looked a bit surprised, but they continued on with their business.
"Ummmmm… Tipral? It says that there's someone else we need to introduce here…" Nastasia trailed, looking at her clipboard. "Should we introduce him right now? Or should we wait?"
Tipral shook his head as he turned to Nastasia. "I need you to tell him to go out and stop the heroes. I don't think Dark might be enough to take down Chopper and his annoying friends. He's a rather fast minion, so he should be able to attack him with some speed."
"You want me to go speak to him right now?"
"Yes, you can do that if you wish," Tipral nodded.
"Very well. I won't be long." Nastasia jumped off her platform and made her way out of the room, leaving only Tipral, O'Chunks, Mimi, Fawful, Mr. L and Dimentio.
"All right, then! So… You going to send me out too?" Mr. L asked.
"No, L. I told you already. You're NOT going out just yet."
"Can yeh send me out yet?" O'Chunks asked.
"O'Chunks… Please don't make it worse for me. I need to go out somewhere, but I think I might have to take one of…" Before he could finish, Mimi teleported right onto his platform.
"Take me with you!" she squealed.
"Sigh… Fine. You can come with me to the Mushroom Kingdom. I want to pay a little visit to eight kids, now that they're no longer with Bowser. Come, Mimi. We'll 'convince' them to fight the heroes. That should distract them for a while."
And with that, they both teleported out of the room, leaving the rest of the people in the meeting room left.
"Man… I can't believe he won't let me go out and take the heroes down again!" Mr. L sulked. "They deserve to get their butts trampled by me after what they did to my old Brobot!"
"Perhaps you can please Tipral by going out yourself and stopping them?" Dimentio suggested. "You'll probably be awarded with glamorous prizes, like a kid who won a game of hopscotch!"
"Hmmmmm… Maybe you're right! I think I should please him like that! Thanks for the advice, Dimentio!" Mr. L jumped off his platform and made his way out of the room.
"Wait… Are yeh sure that's a good idea?" O'Chunks asked.
"Nonsense! He just wants to please his master! He has the right to do that!" Dimentio chuckled. "But, I believe now is the time for me to leave. Ciao!"
And with a snap of his finger, he teleported out of the room.
Deep in Tipral's Palace-
In the hallways of Tipral's Palace, Nastasia walked up to a door with purple bat wings on it. She decided to knock on the door first to make sure the person inside was still there. After a couple of seconds, the door slowly opened. Compared to the other rooms, it was pretty dark. Not as dark as Tipral's room, but it was up there.
"Listen, new minion. Tipral wants you to go out and stop those heroes. Get your things and be ready to take off, 'K?" Nastasia called out.
"So, it's my turn to go out now?" All Nastasia could see were two glowing red eyes. The hissing voice sounded rather freaky, even to her. "Very well. I'll get the job done for him. But I don't want others getting in my way."
"Tipral already sent Dark out to find the heroes. If you want, you might want to stay out of his way."
"Hmph… I see. I suppose I'll surprise the heroes instead. They won't see me coming." And with that, the mysterious figure in the room teleported out of his room, leaving Nastasia to walk away from the room.
"Hmmmmm… I wonder if he'll put up a good fight against the heroes…" she pondered as she teleported out of the room.
Toad Town-
Things seemed a bit peaceful in Toad Town after the whole void incident. In fact, everything was still just as normal as it was two years ago. All of the Toads seemed to be talking, the post office was running pretty well, and Peach's Castle had not been invaded for a while.
The postman, Parakarry, a Paratroopa with a light blue shell, a brown mailbag, a brown pilot's cap was just fine flying around delivering letters to people. At the moment, he was just about to head south of Toad Town.
"I can't believe that Yosho's actually getting a letter from his girlfriend!" Parakarry gaped as he saw that the envelope had the writing of someone named Yoshina. "Considering the incident between them... I thought he'd never get anything from her again…"
"Do you require assistance?" Parakarry turned his head and saw a familiar face. It was a silver robot shaped just like Chopper with horizontal stripes on his body, a pair of thin, black antennae curving back, a red visor, a black arm gun for his right hand, and a jetpack. "I may help if you wish."
"Choppor? Whoa! Fancy running into you here! What are you doing here?"
"I don't have much to do around here," C-2 Choppor responded. "Ever since Chopper wished to bring me back, I've been mostly wandering around. I went to a planet, but I managed to leave and return here. Since I haven't found much to do, I decided to check out the rest of the Mushroom Kingdom. Merlon doesn't need my help right now, so I can probably continue to check out this world."
"Oh… You really haven't found anything else to do?" Parakarry frowned, but then slowly smiled. "OK, Choppor. I'll let you help me deliver these letters. It would be nice anyway, because I have someone to talk to!"
They made their way down south of Toad Town, but what surprised them was a girl that got off the train. Well, two girls, actually. One was pink with long, deep pink hair. She wore a red, sleeveless shirt that went slightly below the waist with a pale pink scarf, along with a pale pink sash that went around her waist. Along with that, she wore white gloves with a pair of large, golden ring bracelets, gray tights ending around an inch or two above her knees, and red boots. She was also carrying a pink bag as well.
The other girl was actually a purple shadow being with pink curly hair, a hat with red and white stripes, and white gloves. She was carrying a bag with her as well, only hers was purple.
"It's nice to actually go on vacation with a friend such as yourself, Vivian," the pink girl smiled, looking over at Vivian as they got off the train.
"Yeah, I never really went on vacation with you, Berry," Vivian smiled. "I like this idea. We can get to know each other better."
They crossed the train tracks, but they stopped when they heard a familiar voice. "Vivian? Berry? Is that really you?"
The two girls turned around and saw both Parakarry and C-2 Choppor. "I haven't seen you two in a while! In fact, I've never seen you two spending some time together, honestly…"
"Hey, Parakarry!" Berry greeted with a wave. "Yeah, I know you find it strange, but we're good friends! We've never been to the Mushroom Kingdom anyway, so we decided to both go together."
"And it's pretty nice here," Vivian commented. "We just have to find the inn and then we can see what's around here."
"What's in the bags anyway? The usual girl stuff?" Parakarry questioned, looking at Vivian's pink bag and Berry's red bag. "You mind if we help you carry those bags to your inn?"
"Well, what's in here really isn't anything special," Berry sweat dropped. "And I think we can take our bags to our inn ourselves."
"Scanning bags," C-2 Choppor scanned Vivian's bag first. "My scanners indicate that there is a hairbrush, some gloves, a picture of her and Chopper in the Toy Kingdom and…a Chopper plushie."
"Huh? Where on earth did you get a Chopper plushie?" Parakarry gawked.
"Ummmmmm… I got it from some store in that mall in Wingel City…" Vivian gulped. "Don't hurt me for getting it!"
"Errmmm… I'm not going to hurt you for having a plushie…"
"Scanning red bag," C-2 Choppor began to scan Berry's bag, making her gulp. "My scanners indicate that there is, once again, a hairbrush, gloves, a picture of Chopper, a plushie of him and even a Nintendo Wii."
"Considering your huge crush on Chopper, I'm not surprised to see stuff like that," Parakarry shrugged.
"Wait..." Berry stopped for a moment as she got a look at C-2 Choppor. "Why does he look similar to Chopper?"
"Funny you should say that… It's because he…" Parakarry was interrupted when he heard a teleporting sound. He gaped when both Tipral and Mimi appeared. "What the heck? Those people came out of nowhere!"
"What do you mean?" Vivian looked over to where Parakarry was looking and gasped at what she saw. "N-No… It can't be! Tipral returned?!"
"Hold on, maybe he's not bad like your sisters!" Berry assured until she saw Mimi. "…Wait, why is Mimi with him?"
"Scanners indicate that those people are not friendly," C-2 Choppor raised his arm gun and aimed at the two. "We must be ready!"
When Tipral and Mimi turned around, they happened to notice the four behind them. But what Tipral did was look away from them and snap his finger, striking them with Star Magic.
…Except that it missed.
"Hey, Tippy! It's those annoying girls that I saw five months ago!" Mimi pointed out, pointing to both Berry and Vivian.
"Yes, I see them… I never knew that I would see those people again." Tipral growled as he teleported over to them. Mimi did the same thing and stuck her tongue out at them.
"OK, who are you and why do you remind me of Chopper?" Parakarry asked, shaking a bit.
"You don't know who I am? I guess you've never seen me then. I suppose I'll introduce myself. I am Tipral, the wielder of the most powerful weapon in the universe: the Dark Star Scepter! I plan to rid all worlds with it…when I get back to reviving The Void!"
"You're going to bring back The Void?" Mimi gawked.
"Why of course. I DO want to rid the whole universe. So, why not just find a way to bring back The Void?"
"What's The Void?" Vivian asked.
"Searching for 'The Void'," C-2 Choppor began to analyze the results. "Results: one result found. The Void is a large, swirling vortex of darkness that swallows everything in sight. It starts off as a small vortex, but it grows bigger in time and when it gets at its biggest, it will destroy an entire world."
"Yes, that's a good explanation," Tipral nodded. "You people have no idea how my life changed ever since I was sent out of this dimension. It's all thanks to Chopper that my life got screwed up! You people are part of the blame too!"
"Wait… Where's Choppy?" Berry pulled her hammer out and glared at the two. "Don't tell me you got rid of him!"
"Oh, his game isn't over...yet," Mimi sneered. "He and the other heroes are trying to collect these stupid Pure Hearts that are supposed to stop us from destroying all worlds."
"Oh… So he's fine?" Vivian sighed in relief.
"…That is, until we destroy him," Tipral pointed out. "Now get out of our way. I have some Koopa Kids to see."
"No way! You're not stopping us!" Parakarry clenched his fists and tried to attack Tipral with his Shell Shot. Unfortunately, it didn't seem to work on him due to the dark barrier around him.
"Hold on, let me try," Vivian aimed her finger at Tipral and tried to attack with a Fiery Jinx, but Tipral simply used the scepter to avoid the attack and hit everyone else with it instead.
"How… How did you do that?!"
"I did say before… This thing is the most powerful weapon in the universe! You can't stop me with this in my hands!" Tipral swung his scepter and a dark star came hurling toward them. C-2 Choppor tried to blast it, but it didn't seem to work, so he ended up taking a hit instead.
"Target the girl," C-2 Choppor fired a couple of blasts toward Mimi, knocking her back. This only got her angry, forcing her to fire a couple of Rubees. Of course, Berry managed to deflect them with her Ruby Hammer and bash her in the head with it.
"Ouchie! Why do you have to do that to me?!" Mimi whined.
"Because I bet you hurt Chopper!" Berry retorted, getting ready to make another attack on Mimi…until Tipral knocked her back with his Star Spear.
"You guys are stupid if you think you can defeat me," Tipral scoffed as he raised his scepter. But before he could fire, he was interrupted when a fan tried to smack him. It ended up making him drop his scepter instead. "What the… Who did that?"
"Oh, please. You really think we're going to let you stop us?" a green Boo with red bows appeared in front of Tipral, holding her pink fan. "I'm sure we've beaten you in the past, so it'll be easy for us to win this."
"Bow? What on earth are you doing here?" Parakarry asked.
"I was visiting this place when I just so happened to find you guys having a little battle with these two. I think I should give you a hand."
"Ugh… Why did it have to be Bow?" Berry groaned.
"Is there a problem?"
"Well, of course! But, I don't want to go into details. That's not the most important thing at this point."
"For once, I would have to agree with that last sentence."
"More people? Ugh… This is getting annoying!" Mimi whined, firing Rubees at the group.
"I think I have a better idea," Tipral raised his arms up and all of Chopper's partners were trapped in boxes. Tipral seemed a bit confused. "Strange… It happened again… That's not something I had before…"
"Hey! What are you doing?!" Berry gaped.
"What is this?" Vivian asked, trying to punch at the box with her flaming fist.
"Breaking through this box is futile," C-2 Choppor stated, trying to fire at the box. "This is an unbreakable magical box that cannot be broken out of. However, this doesn't appear to be this evil being's magic. My scanners indicate it comes from a jester named Dimentio."
"Dimentio? Hold on a minute… Now I'm seeing how I got this… Back when he used me and the Chaos Heart…" Tipral realized. "Oh, forget it. You people want to see Chopper? Well, I can take you to him if you want!"
"Wait, are you serious?" Berry asked.
"Wait, Berry! What about our stuff?!" Vivian exclaimed.
"Pffffffft! Who cares about your stuff!" Mimi scoffed, taking their bags. "I'll take them for you!"
"What? So there's no way we can get out?!" Bow gaped, smacking at the box with her fan. Of course, that didn't work.
"Great… Now my boss is going to fire me if I don't get those letters delivered on time. I can't escape!" Parakarry groaned.
"And this is where things get better," Tipral snapped his finger and the boxes began to explode from inside. Everyone screamed from inside, and before they knew it, they were no longer in Toad Town.
"Man, you're so good at what you do, Tippy!" Mimi sighed sweetly.
"Mimi, you realize that that wasn't something I previously had, did you?" Tipral asked.
"…Yeah, I think I just realized that! How could you have Dimentio's magic in your possession?!"
"I don't know…but if I have some of his magic, could that mean… No, I don't think so." Tipral looked down at the bags Mimi was holding. "What do you plan on doing with those?"
"I'll probably sell these bags and buy some new dresses. …What? I can buy some very pretty ones with them!"
"Fine. You can do that. But first, we need to go to Bowser's Castle." Tipral suggested as he teleported out of Toad Town, along with Mimi.
Bowser's Castle-
"Gee, I wonder where King Bowser went…" wondered a small Koopa with blue stylish hair and two fangs on each side of his mouth named Larry. "He hasn't been home for a while! I wanna know when we get to some evil plans!"
"And I wanna get to crushing those Stupid Mario Bros.!" a brown, bald Koopa named Morton growled.
"King Bowser needs to pay me too!" a bratty Koopa with a large, pink bow with white polka dots on her head, pink, large lips, rings on her wrists and pink high-heeled shoes named Wendy snorted. "I'm starting to grow out of these shoes!"
"And I need new glasses!" the taller, nerdy Koopa with glasses and tall, green grass-like hair named Iggy frowned. "Roy broke my glasses!"
"Hey, it's not my fault that yer such a nerd!" scoffed Roy, the Koopa with the shades and the pink head. "I'm just the tough guy doin' his job! Ya got a problem with that?"
"Well there's nothing I need," the small Koopa with the rainbow-colored hair named Lemmy giggled while bouncing on a yellow ball. "I can just continue pulling pranks like I love to!"
"Well, I suppose it's best that we wait for him still," suggested the Koopa with the blue hair named Ludwig. "His arrival may be soon."
"Yeah! Maybe Dad will be here!" chuckled Bowser's son, who looked like a younger version of himself, Bowser Jr.. "And hopefully this time he's got a plan for us to take down Mario!"
Everyone looked at Bowser Jr. for a couple of seconds.
"Wait a second… Since when were you considered a Koopaling?" Lemmy asked.
"And when are you ever going to get off that ball? I wanna go on that thing too! Dad knows that I'll probably get a chance to ride it!"
Roy simply used his claw to pierce the ball and make it pop, making Lemmy fall face flat on the ground. "Oops! That was more of an accident!"
Before Lemmy could use his wand, the front door exploded. Now, while you might believe that it's really "that" person who broke into the castle, but you would actually be wrong with that question.
"I know you're in here, Bowser! I know you have Chopper!" a yellow, spherical-shaped boy with black eyes like Chopper, white angelic wings around the sides of his head, white gloves and short, gray legs walked into the castle with an arm blaster on his right hand. "I haven't heard from Chopper for weeks! I think you have him! Where is he!"
"Hey, who's the idiot who busted through our castle?" Ludwig chuckled. "This is all we get? A puny yellow angel boy with some kind of weapon? How pathetic!"
"I'm certainly not an idiot! I'm Flyer! And if there's one person who has brains, it has to be me! And, um… That wasn't exactly the greatest idea, but I NEED answers right now! Where's Bowser? I bet he has Chopper!"
"Ugh… I guess King Bowser ALWAYS has to make enemies with outsiders." Wendy groaned. "The person you're looking for isn't here. We were just waiting for our dad to arrive…but we could always use someone as a target for practice!"
"Wait… So he hasn't been here?" Flyer gaped.
"Of course not! King Bowser doesn't even know who this person you're talking about lives! Him kidnapping your friend would be impossible!"
"So… If Bowser didn't take Chopper, then where did he go?"
"Oh, he's just fine…for now," another voice caused Flyer to yelp and turn around to find Tipral and Mimi. "Oh, it's just the cowardly sidekick of Chopper, Flyer."
"Wait… Tipral?! What are you doing here?! People have been wondering where you've been!"
Tipral whacked Flyer in the face with his scepter, leaving a red mark on his cheek. "Oh, so people were WORRIED about me, were they?! Yeah, right… I'm pretty sure that you and the rest of your friends were enjoying your lives these whole five months! What about me? Well, ever since Maquano was destroyed by Chopper, that explosion caused me to teleport to another dimension! Not even my teleportation powers could take me home! I thought it was all over…until I got this scepter. The Dark Star Scepter."
"The Dark Star Scepter? I think I've heard that before…" Flyer recalled. "But could you tell me where Chopper is?"
"Oh, I don't have to tell you. I'll just take you to him instead!" Tipral raised his scepter and used its dark power to send a blast at Flyer, creating an explosion around him and teleporting him out of the castle.
"Well, now we don't have to worry about that wimp," Morton smirked.
"But why are you here? Do you know where King Bowser is?" Ludwig asked.
"I might know where he is, but he might be in a dimension that I don't really care about," Tipral explained.
"Or maybe he might be dead," Mimi said with no emotion in her voice.
"Oh, he better still be alive, or else I'm going to use your pigtails as a wig!" Wendy snarled.
"Ha! And you honestly believe that you can do that!"
"Mimi, we're not going to fight right now," Tipral stopped Mimi before she could even get in a fight with Wendy. "Look, Koopalings. I'll help you find Bowser…if you agree to help me stop those heroes. One of them is actually Mario."
"Mario? Oh, yeah! I'm down for that!" Bowser Jr. blurted.
"And so when do we get to kick the snot out of them?" Roy asked, cracking his knuckles.
"I'll send you to different locations and then you wait for them to come. It's a very simple procedure. All right?" Tipral waved his scepter and teleported them all to different locations. However, Bowser Jr. was the main exception.
"Hey... What about me?" Bowser Jr. questioned.
"I'm probably only going to need seven of you. You...do whatever the heck you want."
"Awwww... This stinks!"
"You think this is going to work, Tippy?" Mimi asked sweetly.
"It should. They'll distract Chopper and his friends for a while, so it should all be good…"
With that, Tipral and Mimi teleported out of the Mushroom Kingdom.
Flopside Tower-
Chopper, Luvbi, Kirby, Sonic, Blade, and Mario walked out of the first door of Flopside Tower, now finished with that area. A dark green crystal heart appeared over the door, indicating that they've completed the area.
"Man, it's good to be back here," Sonic said, sighing in relief.
"Yea, verily. Now we can goest to the next area!" Luvbi declared.
"Wait, what?" Chopper gawked, shaking her head at Luvbi. "No way! I'm sorry Luvbi, but you can't come with us."
"Wh-What dost thou mean?"
"Listen, you're parents are probably worried sick about you. If you stayed with us the entire time, then they're probably going to go out and search for you in every dimension. I don't want that to happen. Plus, it probably wouldn't be safe for you to come with us after that whole incident with Robo Chopper."
"Poyo, (He does make a point,)" Kirby agreed.
Luvbi frowned and looked down at the ground in sadness. "I… I just wanted to stayeth with thee, Chopper… But, I doth understand. Thou only wantest me to stay safe from harm…"
"Look, if it makes you feel better, I'll walk you back to your parents," Chopper offered. The Nimbi girl looked up at him with a smile.
"Thank thee, my prince."
"Ummmmmmmmmm… I think we should go." Chopper stammered, blushing nervously.
"But we have to go back to Flipside Tower to get back to the seventh door," Sonic pointed out.
"Funny you should say that…" Nolrem came walking toward the group. "Merlon just noted me that there's a Heart Pillar over by the second floor outskirts of Flipside. He also saw a couple of other things back there too… I'm not sure what it was, but maybe you could search there."
"All right, thanks for noting us," Blade thanked. "I think we should be going now…"
"Yeah, we should be," Chopper said as he used the Return Pipe to bring them all back to Flipside Tower. Afterward, he walked into the purple door with Luvbi, while the rest of the group smiled as Luvbi went through the door.
"Poyo! (Yes! We don't have to deal with her anymore!)" Kirby cheered.
"It's good to see her leave. I was getting tired of her!" Sonic said, sighing in relief.
"We should celebrate with a party!" Blade declared.
Mario: Hopefully we can.
CHAPTER 7-5-
"Are you sure you wanted to take Luvbi alone?" Timpani whispered as Chopper listened to the wand.
"Well, I think it would be a nice thing to do…" Chopper whispered back as he got to the door leading to the area with the rainbow bridge. He happened to notice Pherrance and Tillip with bags, however.
"Pray, art they leaving hither?" Luvbi gawked.
"Hey, buddeh! It's been a while since we saw ya!" Pherrance greeted. "Yeah, we're leaving this place. We realized that there are too many of us in this place. Us non-Old English Nimbis are going to move somewhere that's peaceful and more open for us!"
"We don't know what the place is named, but maybe we'll pay you people a visit some other day," Tillip added.
"So… I guess this is goodbye then?" Chopper asked.
"Maybe… Maybe not. The world may never know…" Pherrance let out a little fart and both him and Tillip began laughing hysterically. "All right, I think we better get going! See ya, fwiend!"
The two Nimbis left while Chopper and Luvbi walked through the door into the area with the rainbow bridge. Everything seemed to be fine, just like before, but just as Chopper thought things would be OK…
"My dear Luvbi!" a Nimbi that looked a lot like the other Nimbis fluttered up to the two. "Oh, my sweet, sweet Luvbi! I hath been waiting for thee for such a long time!"
"Wait… Who are you?" Chopper asked.
"Mine given name is Wenbi. I hath been waiting this very moment to confess my love to thee, Luvbi!" Wenbi smiled, making Luvbi blush nervously. "Please, Luvbi… Wilt thou go out with me?"
"I doth be flattered by thy offer… But I already hath found a boy that I love." Luvbi winked at Chopper and hugged him. "My sweet prince, Chopper is so brave and adorable!"
Chopper's face turned red with embarrassment as he tried to get out of her grasps. Wenbi, however, didn't seem so happy.
"Wh-What? Thou… Thou hast found someone else? But… But… I made love letters for thee…"
"Oh, you're that Nimbi who was talking about the love letters," Chopper gawked. "I never knew about that…"
"I am sorry, Wenbi. I am flattered by thy love letters, but I've gotten to know Chopper a little bit more. Mayhap we can stayeth as friends, yea? But we have to go now. My prince is taking me back home."
"Oh, man…" Chopper sighed and followed Luvbi past Wenbi, but he took one last look at the poor Nimbi before going up onto the bridge. He couldn't help but feel a little guilt.
"That Chopper… He hast taken mine one and only…" Wenbi muttered. "He will pay… I swear by mine wings that that boy will payeth for his life for taking mine one and only!"
Grambi's Shrine-
As soon as Chopper and Luvbi walked into the shrine, both Queen Jaydes and Grambi went over to their daughter to hug her.
"Luvbi! You're back!" Queen Jaydes cried.
"We've missed you!" Grambi cried.
"I hath missed thee both too," Luvbi smiled as her parents released her. "I verily enjoyed spending time with my prince!"
"Did anything bad happen while you were gone?" Queen Jaydes asked, looking at Chopper.
"Ummmmmmm… Nope! Everything was just fine!" Chopper nodded. "We had a blast! …I think."
"I'm glad that she came hither in one piece," Grambi smiled. "I think thou dost deserveth a little reward!"
"It's all right. I'd rather not take a reward. Although, I wouldn't mind going back to Flipside Tower…"
"Then I shalt maketh that happen!" he declared, conjuring up his magic.
"Thou should come play whenever, my sweet prince!" Luvbi smiled. "Mother, Father, and I are always hither!"
"Well... All right." Chopper nodded, soon being teleported back to Flipside Tower afterward.
Flipside Tower-
"So, how about a game of charades?"
"No, Blade. I don't like that game."
"Oh, come on, Sonic! It'll be interesting!"
"Poyo! (Wait, I see something up there! I think it's… No, it's definitely not a bird or a plane…)"
Chopper ended up landing on top of his head from the big fall. He didn't suffer any big injuries, but he was a bit dizzy as he got up.
Mario: Are you all right?
"Yeah, I'm fine… I got Luvbi back home, so we don't have to worry about her anymore…" Chopper sighed.
"Yeah! Now we don't have to deal with her anymore!" Blade smiled.
"Yeah, good riddance… I suppose." Chopper frowned. "Although, I kind of feel bad for that one Nimbi…"
"Another Nimbi? Who is this Nimbi?" Sonic asked.
"His name's Wenbi, and he sounded like he's been waiting for a long time to get Luvbi," he explained. "I don't really like when those things happen. It kind of makes me feel bad for that person."
"Well, not everyone gets what they want, so try not to worry about it…"
"Yeah, well, he didn't look happy with me when I looked back at him."
"Now's not the time to worry about that," Timpani noted. "We need to bring the Pure Heart to its destination."
"You're right, we better do that," Chopper nodded.
And with that, they made their way to the outskirts.
Flipside, second floor outskirts-
"What the… I don't believe it!" Chopper gasped.
"What is it?" Blade asked.
"L-Look!" Chopper pointed to the right of the outskirts.
"Yeah, I see the laser and the blue ! Switch," Sonic said. "We need to use Reflecto to get to the next Heart Pillar."
"No, Sonic! It's the people here!" Chopper pointed to the three people lying on the ground. "Flyer! Berry! Parakarry! They're… They're here!"
Mario: How'd they get here?!
"They don't look so good… I think we should take them to Merlon." Sonic suggested. "But first, we need to get the Pure Heart in its Heart Pillar."
Chopper looked down at Flyer as Sonic used Reflecto to reflect the laser directly at the blue ! Switch, which triggered a Heart Pillar to be drawn and colored white. There was a shade of dark green at the bottom of the pillar.
"All right, Chopper. Get the Pure Heart in its Heart Pillar."
"What? Oh… All right…" Chopper looked down at Flyer. "Don't worry, buddy. I'm going to get you somewhere safe."
Chopper pulled the dark green Pure Heart out and threw it into the Heart Pillar. A dark green clock was created and caused something to happen back at Flopside Tower. Perhaps a dark orange door was being drawn?
Well, it didn't matter at this point. Chopper decided to pick up Berry, while Sonic got Flyer and Blade got Parakarry.
"So… Where should we take them?" Blade asked.
"We should bring them to Merlon. He'll try to find a way to make them feel better." Chopper suggested.
"I never knew I would ever get to see some of your other friends…" Timpani trailed.
"Well maybe you'll get a chance to meet them when they wake up. But, anyway, to Merlon's house we go!"
Merlon's house-
Merlon happened to be reading the Light Prognosticus while the heroes walked into his house with three unconscious friends.
"Ah, young ones! You return!" Merlon stopped when he noticed the three unconscious friends the heroes brought in. "Oh, my… There are more unconscious ones?"
"Poyo? (What? What do you mean 'more'?)" Kirby gawked.
"I happened to discover three more unconscious people right in front of my house an hour ago. They didn't look good. They were all battered up and in bad condition. I took them to medical care for them to recover with the help of Doctor Stew. They should be fine, of course."
Mario: What did they look like?
"Well, one was a green ghost with red bows, the other was a ghost as well, but she was purple with a red and white-striped hat and pink, curly hair. I think the last one was actually a robot that kind of resembled you a bit, Chopper."
"Oh my gosh! Bow, Vivian, and Choppor are here?! I can't believe it! Who was responsible for this?!"
"My friends, I believe this could've been Tipral's doing…"
"We should tell Meta Knight about this so he can give us a hand!"
"…I haven't seen Meta Knight in a while, I'm afraid," Merlon sighed.
"Poyo? (What? You haven't seen him?)" Kirby gaped.
"I've had no contact with him whatsoever. I'm starting to feel worried about him. Listen, heroes. I'll take care of your friends for right now. Leave them here for now and hurry to the second door of Flopside Tower! It's important that you collect the Pure Hearts!"
"All right… I guess we have no other choice." Blade gently put Parakarry down, just like Sonic put Flyer down. Chopper also gently put Berry down.
"So, Chopper... Who would you consider to be your girlfriend?" Blade asked.
"Hey, that's not funny!" Chopper snapped.
"Calm down, man. I'm just teasing you…"
"Well that's not funny! I just want to go back to Flopside Tower and get out of here! I just hope they're fine…" Chopper trailed, heading out of Merlon's house, with the rest of the group following.
"I just hope these three will be safe too…" Merlon sighed as he pulled his cell phone out and began to call for some help to carry the three to medical care.
Flopside Tower-
"Well, look at this! It's a dark orange door!" Sonic commented, pointing to the door. "It doesn't look too bad!"
"Too Halloween-y for my tastes," Chopper stated.
"Poyo, (Hopefully it isn't too bad,)" Kirby hoped as he opened the door.
Mario: Only one way to find out!
And at that moment, the five heroes stepped into the door to their next destination.
Chopper and Co. started to feel a bit worried about the friends they saw at the outskirts of Flipside. Were they going to be OK? Or would they end up perishing because of Tipral's supposed "attack" on them? "Oh, man… I just hope that they're all fine." hoped Chopper, who was more worried than the others. "They should be just fine," assured Timpani, who tried to cheer him up. "Merlon was able to get your other three friends to safety, so maybe he'll be able to get those as well." At this point, the heroes hoped for a nice, bright world. But at that point, that's when they were going to jinx it.
So a lot of interesting things happened this interlude, wouldn't you agree? I mean, I'm pretty sure that some people wanted to see partners from the other two stories. So... I decided to put some of them in here! ...But, while this may be one of my favorite interludes... The next chapter...really isn't my favorite chapter. Of course, I won't get into any detail with that UNTIL we get to Chapter 12.
So... You better bear with me, OK? Because... I'm probably not going to enjoy writing the next chapter. :P