CHAPTER 12-5
-Night of the Ghosts-
The heroes and Squirps sighed in relief as they walked into a room with a red rug, red walls and some pictures on the wall. Sure, it was kind of like the room where they met Dark Doom in, but they didn't have to worry about being in Dimension D. Not to mention that this room was actually light compared to others. Although, some of them had a strange feeling that there was something in this room that…wasn't necessarily safe. There was just a bucket over by a hole in the wall with nothing really in it.
"Well, I don't understand why we're in a room similar to the previous room we've been in…" Chopper trailed, taking a few steps. "And for some reason, this red wall and red rug reminds me a bit of the Palace of Shadow…"
"Poyo? (The Palace of Shadow?)" Kirby gaped, remembering the horrible moments. "Poyo… (Ugh… I hated exploring that area… It was probably one of the freakiest areas we've explored… Of course, I think Dark Subspace World was worse.)"
"Uhhhhh… Can we NOT get into any detail with Dark Subspace World? I kind of want to forget that whole world and Maquano's return… That was probably not a great experience…"
"Oh, yeah… I didn't like that place." Sonic frowned. "But I don't get why we're speaking about that. That place is gone, and we're in a different dimension…"
"Dark Subspace World? The Palace of Shadow? I guess you HAVE been on a lot of adventures before…" Timpani trailed out of surprise.
Mario: Yeah, we've been through a lot.
"How come I never went through any of those places like you guys?" Blade asked out of curiosity. "Sure, I got to do something five months ago, but compared to you guys? All I did was help find some Mirror Shard and 'force' me to travel with you guys through Chopper's planet. …Oh, and also help you guys stop those Tataras down in Tartamos. That's all I can think of…"
"Well, Squirps doesn't understand what you privates are saying, neither does Squirps care. What matters is that…" Squirps paused for a minute and suddenly smelled something. Something…delicious.
"Squoh? Squirps… Squirps smells something yummy! Where is that yummy scent?!"
"Whoa, settle down, Squirps!" Chopper said as he followed Squirps over to the hole in the wall. The hole was kind of small, but it looked like someone small could fit through the hole. Someone like Squirps even.
"Squirple squirple squee! That's such a delicate-looking hole! Private! Squirps wants you to squeeze me into that! Squirps smells chocolate from there! Do it and you'll get some chocolate!"
"Wait… I don't even eat sugar because of the terrible sugar rushes I get…" Chopper trailed. Of course, Squirps didn't listen to him, so he groaned and picked up the alien boy and squeezed him through the hole.
"Squirps can smell it! And now Squirps is going to taste it!" Squirps immediately gobbled down on the chocolate left in the bucket. After he finished, his expression suddenly changed. "…Squoh? How come this chocolate doesn't have the nice taste that it usually does?"
"Well, maybe because it isn't…" Blade was interrupted when the bucket Squirps was in began to travel up in the wall. "Wait a second… Why is Squirps moving up?"
"SQUAAACK! Not again!"
Everyone watched as Squirps disappeared from their sights. Chopper tried to pull him out of the hole, but he was too late for that. In frustration, Chopper used Thoreau to pick up Blade and throw him.
"Hey! Why'd you throw me?!" Blade exclaimed.
"Because I wasn't happy that I couldn't get Squirps out…" Chopper grumbled. "So, I just threw someone to get it out of my system. And besides… You didn't even get hurt anyway."
"Yeah, that's true. Although… If you threw me into a bottomless pit, you'd probably... Well, I don't know what to think of."
"Well, I wouldn't make sure you'd fall into a bottomless pit."
"Poyo, (None of us would do that,)" Kirby said before he made his way over to the door ahead. "Poyo! (We need to get going! Let's hope we can find Squirps!)"
Everyone agreed and walked over to the door. Of course, a Shadow Boo was blocking their way, but Mario managed to defeat it by stomping on it a few times and performing some stylish moves.
"Well that took care of that… Let's go!" Blade opened the door and everyone walked into a dark room. They couldn't really see what was around, but they did hear the sound of bones rising.
"Crud… That better not be what I think it is…" Chopper flashed Timpani's wand somewhere near them and, not-so-surprisingly, Dark Bones happened to rise from the ground. "Yup… I was right."
"Poyo, (At least we have fire to defeat them,)" Kirby performed a fire jutsu attack that nearly burnt the Dark Bones to a crisp. Chopper ended up finishing it off with a charged fireball.
"Be careful, guys… I can sense some bottomless pits around here. You might want to go into 3-D to find these pits…" Timpani warned.
"Well, I don't think there's going to be a bit of a problem here," Sonic assured. "I'm pretty sure that things should be all right here! Just watch and see what I…"
Sonic paused when he saw spikes rise up in from of him. "Oh… Well this isn't good. Apparently there are spike traps here as well… Do you guys think we're going to have to avoid pits AND spikes?"
"OK, then we can simply do that," Chopper nodded, throwing his arms up and flipping everyone into 3-D. They all noticed that the spikes on the floor were visible and there were even some small trapdoors around. Now they knew where the traps were, so they began to move around carefully.
But, what also stunk was that two Grabbers were in 3-D, so they had to get rid of them too. As soon as they got to the door, they flipped back into 2-D and noticed a ? Block right near the door.
Mario: Well this is rather nice.
The plumber punched the block and a Mushroom popped out. Everyone took a piece and gorged on it like never before. With that, they pressed on to the next room. There wasn't that much in this room, but it seemed as if there was some kind of puzzle, with four red ! Switchs floating in the room.
"Oh, great… Don't tell me this is one of those puzzles again…" Chopper groaned.
He flipped into 3-D, but he didn't see numbers on the sides of the blocks. "Oh… So there aren't any numbers here! So… If there aren't any there, how are we supposed to solve this puzzle?"
Chopper noticed that there was a secret passage to the right wall. It was a small little tunnel, but there didn't appear to be much through. So, he simply walked into the tunnel and found himself in a dark little room with one candle and Dark Bones lying on the ground.
"Oh… Well, I know how to handle these guys." Chopper tossed a charged fireball at the Dark Bones and burnt it to a crisp. However, when he thought something would appear, nothing actually did. "What? Nothing?"
"Perhaps you might need to use this wand," Blumiere suggested.
"Ehhhh… Doesn't hurt to try." Chopper flashed Timpani's wand around the room. He happened to notice an invisible sign. "Hey… I think I see something here! …But what does it say?"
"From what I see, it reads: 'Those who see this sign must take your pace to the last block, then walk past one to your left and strike the block below you. When you hit the next one to the left, pace yourself and hit the one that hasn't been it.' That's what I'm getting…" Timpani informed.
"Wow… I don't know what to say about that… But, whatever. I think I know what to do." Chopper returned to the group and punched the fourth, second, first in third block in that order to make a door appear.
"Poyo? (So you found a secret entrance that told you which one to hit it?)" Kirby questioned.
"Yeah, I think that's right. Anyway… Let's go…" Chopper noticed that a camera was left on the ground. "Ooh! I think someone left a camera here!"
"Why is there a camera on the ground?" Sonic questioned.
"Beats me! Let's use it!" Blade picked up the camera and began to take some pictures of himself making weird looks. "…Oh, and I can't forget about you guys either! We sure want to get some of you too!"
"No duh," was what Sonic just responded to as he stuck his tongue out with the picture. Mario also took some pictures of himself, as did Kirby and Chopper. They had the silliest looks of all the looks they had on them.
"Errrr… OK, I think we're overdoing it…" Chopper trailed, putting the camera down and even the pictures. "I don't see the point in keeping them. I mean, are they going to help us in any way? I don't think so…"
Everyone agreed and headed through the next room. Little did they know that the camera they were playing around with belonged to one of those Casper wannabe ghosts…
"Where's my camera?!" the tall ghost phased into the room the heroes were previously in and looked around. "Ah! There it is!"
He flew over to his camera and put it around his neck, where it shouldn't been before. He also decided to hold onto the pictures that the five heroes took while he wasn't holding onto it. With that, he phased through the ceiling and headed up to the upper floor of the mansion.
Top floor-
"Ohhhhh man… I don't like being here…" our favorite plumber in green, Luigi, was cowering in fear in the hallway at the top of the mansion. These walls were more of a dark green color, making it look a bit freaky and darker than the red color. There were also a couple of paintings in the background as well. This area didn't seem so well-made like the other. It's almost like it was made of wood.
When Luigi brought his head up, he saw that one of the paintings looked a lot like Tipral. "Ack! What's a portrait of Tipral doing in here?! That's something I DON'T want to see here!"
He backed away from the portrait until he felt someone tap his shoulder. When Luigi turned around, he didn't see anyone there. At this point, he was shivering in complete fear over what could happen.
"Oh man… I don't feel so good…" his legs started to shiver as he slowly began to head toward the right of the room…until the tall ghost suddenly popped his head from the ceiling and scared him, making him yelp and also getting a picture of the cowardly plumber.
Luigi tried turning back, but the chubby ghost appeared right in front of him and gave him a scare. At this point, both ghosts were getting some pretty good pictures of a frightened Luigi.
"Why won't it all stop?!" he cried as covered his eyes in fear. When he opened them, he saw a secret passage. "Hold of a second… I think I should head over there!"
He sprinted toward the door and locked it from the outside. There was light in this room, luckily and there also happened to be something sitting on the pedestal. It was a dark orange Pure Heart.
"Wait a second…" Luigi rubbed his eyes and gazed at the Pure Heart. "Aren't these the Pure Hearts my bro was collecting? What's this one doing here? In fact, why is it so different?"
He picked up the Pure Heart and put it away. "Well, I think I should give this to my bro when I find him… Hopefully He IS here, though."
"Drop the Pure Heart," a dark, threatening voice hissed. Luigi's face turned white as he turned to see the mysterious figure.
"Wait a second… Who are… Wait! Don't point that sword at me!" he backed away from the mysterious figure. "Mario! Wherever you are… HEEEEEEEEEEELP!"
Two floors below-
The heroes walked into the next room and noticed that they were in another hallway like the one in Chapter 12-4. However, there didn't appear to be any alternate hallways in 3-D. There were only three doors. One of them, apparently, happened to be locked.
"Crud… We've got three doors here." Blade groaned, noticing a couple of Shadow Boos roaming the room. "Plus, we've got those Shadow Boos to deal with. Doesn't this make things great?"
"Well, we better start by going through the first room," Chopper rushed over to the first door and opened it. They headed into the room to find a nice, black and white checkered tile and also a little game of pool. A large, blue ghost called a Blue Twirler was playing some pool.
Mario: Didn't Luigi face ghosts like those before?
"I think I saw ghosts like these in King Boo's Mansion… I don't remember, but maybe I can get its attention." Chopper tried to inhale the Blue Twirler, but it ended up noticing and disappearing.
"Chopper, you cannot hurt ghosts like these…" Timpani warned. "The only way you'll be able to harm them is if you flash them with a light and attack them while their weak point is revealed. Try using my wand on them when they appear."
"Poyo? (Wait… Then how come we had to use a vacuum to take these ghosts down before?)" Kirby gaped. "Poyo… (I don't get this…)"
The Blue Twirler appeared right behind Kirby, but Chopper managed to flash Timpani's wand at the ghost, stunning it for a couple of seconds and leaving it open. Kirby pulled his kunai knife out and slashed at the Blue Twirler a couple of times, destroying it within seconds.
"All right! We did it!" Sonic cheered. "…Now where do we go next?"
"Well, I see another door in this room, so let's go check over there," Blade walked over to the next door and opened it. It led them into a room with a large screen in the background and an old camera. It didn't appear to be on at the moment, but it looked like it could be used.
"Poyo… (Hmmmmm… Well, there doesn't seem to be anyone around here…)" Kirby trailed as he walked around in the room, searching for anything important. "Poyo? (What about that camera? It looks a little dusty…)"
"Well, let's find out," Chopper blew the dust off the camera and flicked the switch. They noticed that a little movie was playing… However, all it appeared to be were two Goombas headbonking each other.
Mario: What's this?
"Looks like it's something old," Sonic remarked, noticing the static on the screen. While everyone listened, a something had poked him, and he turned around and looked to see if there was an enemy, only to find nothing. "Did someone just poke me?"
"No, I didn't poke you," Chopper shook his head. Kirby and Mario shook their heads as well, but then Blade felt a poke as well. He turned around and asked the same thing, but everyone shook their heads.
"Well we're not in a good situation…" Blumiere trailed as Chopper flashed Timpani's wand around the room. They happened to notice a red Grabber. Since the ghost got flashed by the wand, it was stunned for a couple of seconds.
"These are Invisible Grabbers… They're not so easy to find when they're invisible…" Timpani informed.
Mario pulled his hammer out and bashed at the Invisible Grabber while it was stunned. It took a couple of hits to get rid of it, but he managed to successfully take care of the strange little ghost.
When it was gone, Kirby suddenly felt himself being grabbed by another Invisible Grabber. When Chopper saw this, he flashed Timpani's wand at the ghost and made it vulnerable, allowing Kirby to strike it with his kunai knife. Another one appeared, but Chopper managed to flash Timpani's wand on that as well.
The Invisible Grabber screamed and covered its eyes as its weak point was discovered. Chopper immediately stomped on the enemy while vulnerable and performed some stylish moves. He finished off the Invisible Grabber by striking it with a slamming kick attack.
With the ghosts gone, everyone pondered on where the key could be. Chopper decided to go up to the screen they were watching and inhale it. The whole sheet on the screen ripped off and went into Chopper's mouth and a Mansion Key dropped to the ground. They could also see a poster with red eyes that read, "Get out".
"Wait… They want US to get out?" Sonic gawked.
"Ehhhh… Don't listen to 'em, Sonic!" Blade suggested as he picked up the key. "Who cares what ghosts think? We can do what we want! So… How about we take this key back to that locked door?"
"We should check that other room, just in case…" suggested Blumiere.
"You never know… There could be a secret in that other room…" Timpani mentioned.
"All right, then we'll go check those," Chopper nodded as he left the room. Everyone else groaned and followed him back into the hallway.
Hallway-
Now that they were complete with that little room, they walked over to the door next to the one they were previously in. They weren't sure what would be inside, but they decided to check anyway. To their surprise, it led them into a room with a fireplace and a rocking chair. On the shelf, there were globes, and even a picture of a couple of Shadow Boos.
"Well, this sure is a nice-looking room! …But what purpose does it hold?" Sonic asked, scratching the back of his head.
"No idea…" Chopper decided to see what was behind the rocking chair in 3-D. Surprisingly, he found a Ultimate Shroom Shake. Upon going back into 2-D, he walked out of the chair…and ended up transforming into an 8-bit version of himself. Only this time, he wasn't huge.
"What the… What happened to me? I feel so…light and like my younger self…"
"Poyo? (Why do you look like an 8-bit version of yourself?)" Kirby decided to check behind the rocking chair and when he came back out, he transformed into an 8-bit version of himself as well. "Poyo! (Holy… I'm an 8-bit version of myself! This is so…strange!)"
"Yeah, it's a weird little vibe…" Chopper agreed. This made everyone else go behind the couch and, as expected, they turned into 8-bit versions of themselves as well. They couldn't attack, but they could walk around the room.
Mario: This is very strange!
"Well, what would happen if we walked out of the room?" Blade walked out of the room and returned into the room. He was back to his old self. "Oh… So it just turns me back to normal. Interesting…"
"I guess this is just a little secret that the ghosts were hiding…" Sonic stated as he walked over to the door. "I don't see any other point in being in this room now. How's about we get going?"
"Yeah, I think we can go now," Chopper nodded as he walked over to the door and exited. He and everyone else that was 8-bit turned back into their normal selves and unlocked the door up ahead. It led them into another hallway, but longer. This time, there were only two doors. One of them appeared to be somewhat of a fake one… Kirby even tested it out by tossing a shuriken at it.
"Poyo, (Yeah, it's a fake,)" Kirby confirmed.
"All right, then let's check the first door," they all walked into the room that was closest to them and ended up in a dining room. There were a couple of snacks on the ground and they could even hear some munching going on. They noticed some purple ghosts that were eating food like some kind of feeding frenzy. Chopper decided to use Timpani's wand to investigate it.
"That's a Frenzy. These ghosts are known for ripping things to shreds with their sharp, ghost-like teeth. Max HP is 52. Attack is 11. They spend most of their time eating food, but they won't be afraid to bite you if you get too close. Since they're usually distracted, using a long ranged attack is the best option for getting rid of them…" Timpani informed.
"Oh… Well then we can take these guys down!" Blade drew his katana and tried to strike the Frenzy. These were one of the few ghosts that don't need to be flashed by Timpani's wand. Blade simply did away with the creature with just a couple of slashes.
The other Frenzies took notice of the heroes and immediately sped up to them. Chopper chucked a couple of fireballs at one to burn it down and Kirby finished it off by throwing a couple of shurikens at it.
Mario: We still have one more left!
"Well, then let's do away with it!" Sonic declared as he performed a Whirlwind on the last Frenzy and struck it with a Homing Attack. Mario was able to finish off he Frenzy with a simple stomp.
"I can see some unlit candles on the table…" Blumiere mentioned. "Maybe you could go over to them and light them up, Chopper."
"That doesn't sound like a bad idea," Chopper nodded and lit up the candles with some fireballs. They could see that there was another door, so they decided to take a look at what was through there…
Mysterious room-
"These are such lovely pictures!" the ghost girl sighed happily as she flew around her wall and put up more pictures of Luigi and the one picture of Kirby. The other two ghosts watched as she took the pictures that they collected.
However, when she noticed a couple of others, her expression changed. "…Wait, what is this?"
She looked down at the table at the rest of the pictures in disappointment. The ghost girl looked up and slammed her arm on the table, making the ghosts confused. They looked down at the pictures to see some of the heroes making funny faces with the camera.
"What is the meaning of this?!" she shouted.
"Wait… What?" the chubby ghost picked up two photos and looked at them with a confused look. "We didn't make pictures of these! ...Right?"
"Well, uhh..." the tall ghost checked some of the photos and noticed the unfazed looks. "I might've dropped my camera for a moment, but no one could've touched it. ...Right?"
Both ghosts looked up at the ghost girl, who huffed and turned her head away from them and flew away.
"What…? D'AAAAAAAAAAAAW!" both ghosts growled in disappointment and flew out of the room.
Kitchen-
"So… This is the kitchen, huh? Well, I bet there better be some great food here!" Chopper smiled as he walked up to the fridge. When he opened it, the refrigerator door slammed on him and a cackling sound could be heard.
"Poyo? (Is the door demented?)" Kirby grabbed some milk from the fridge and also a couple of snacks and set them on the table. There also happened to be some bananas on the counter, making Chopper walk up to them in shock.
"BANANAS!" he cried as he inhaled every single one of them. "Bananas are probably one of the greatest foods I've ever had! …With pizza coming very, VERY close!"
"Well that's pretty interesting," Blade pulled some pizza out of the fridge. It appeared to be in a bag, though. "It's probably cold, but if you put it in the microwave, you might be able to warn it up.
"Gimme that!" Chopper swiped the bag from him and put the pizza in the microwave. After a couple of seconds, he pulled it out and swallowed it with one gulp. "Man… It feels so good to eat pizza…"
"I wonder if they have any chili dogs in here…" Sonic wondered as he searched through the fridge. Unfortunately, he didn't find any of that, but he decided to drink a bottle of water. Mario simply ate a taco that was in the fridge, since there wasn't really anything else to chow down on.
"So what was the point of this room?" Timpani asked.
"It's kind of a refreshing room, if you ask me," Chopper punched the Save Block in the room to save their game. "See? That's what I think of with this room… Anyway, let's get going."
Hallway-
"Yeesh, why do these hallways always have to be so dark?" Sonic asked as Chopper flashed Timpani's wand around the hallway. "Sometimes I always wonder how we get through places like this…"
"And those are some interesting portraits on the wall…" Chopper smiled as he looked up at he portraits while lightning struck in the background of the window. "Wait… That picture kind of…looks like Tipral?"
Mario: Why would there be a portrait of Tipral?
"Poyo? (Maybe he was once in this mansion?)" Kirby shrugged. "Poyo. (Sometimes I wonder about these kinds of things.)"
Before they could take another step in the long hallway, they heard a heavy footstep. They noticed an armored knight up ahead that seemed to be taking a couple of steps toward them. Green, glowing eyes could be seen under the helmet.
"Whoa… There are knights in this mansion too?" Blade gawked. Chopper investigated the mysterious being with Timpani's wand.
"I can't get any information on this thing…" Timpani trailed. "It seems to be a ghost, but there's no information given here… I think this might be a mysterious foe that we might have to face…"
Kirby heard another footstep and turned around. Another ghost knight was coming toward them from behind. This one looked a bit chubby and with red eyes.
"Heh heh heh... Once I see the scared looks on their faces after I take a photo... That chick'll surely forgive me!"
"Poyo… (Uhh… Guys? I don't think that's the only ghost…)" Kirby gulped.
"Wait, what?" Chopper turned around and saw the chubby ghost knight making its way to them. However, what the heroes didn't know was that the wood on the ground wasn't completely stable and that when the knight stepped on a loose piece of wood on the ground, the wooden plank hit his face and caused him to turn back into himself, not to mention he also got a picture of himself being dizzy.
"Wait, what? It's a ghost?" Chopper turned around and saw the other knight got hit by a plank as well. The same results happened with the chubby ghost. All five heroes walked up to the skinny ghost as he slowly got up and looked at the heroes.
…And, of course, he ended up flying away from the heroes in fear, grabbing the chubby ghost as well. They all looked at each other with confused looks.
"So they were just measly ghosts?" Blade questioned.
"Looks like it, but let's not let it bother us right now," Sonic made his way through the hallway and opened the door ahead. Everyone else followed him through the door and into a dark room with a spike pit right near the door.
"Poyo! (This calls for Carrie!)" Kirby declared as he jumped on Carrie and began to take off, going over the spikes.
"Man… Why is it that there are always parts that are too hard for us to get through? Those spikes are unavoidable!" Chopper frowned as he watched Kirby cross. Well, it turns out Carrie went back and picked up the rest of the group (one at a time) and brought them over to the next door.
"Who ever thought that there would be a hallway with these spikes?" Blade asked.
Mario: Beats me!
Nevertheless, they continued on to the next room. There didn't appear to be much around this room except for one single door and a Blue Twirler that was roaming the hallway. When it caught the heroes in the room, it pounded its fists to the ground and made everyone get knocked over by a shockwave. What was worse was that it got rid of Kirby's Ninja ability as well.
"Poyo! (No! Not my Copy Ability!)" Kirby cried as he got up. He looked back at the Blue Twirler and tried to inhale it. But, since it wasn't stunned, there was no way they could even hurt it.
"Oh, hold on a minute, let me stun this ghost," Chopper pulled Timpani's wand out and flashed the rainbow light at the Blue Twirler. Kirby immediately inhaled the ghost and swallowed it whole, which was rather…strange.
"OK… I guess he decided to eat the ghost!" Blade sweat dropped as he made his way over to the door. They all followed him into a room where they were on a wooden platform and noticed that there was a railing up above them on the ceiling. Below them were a couple of Shadow Boos and across the railing was a pipe.
"Huh… I wonder where that pipe leads…" Sonic trailed as he grabbed a hold of the railing and began to monkey bar his way to the pipe. Mario was the next one to go, crossing over the large gap. This kind of reminded him of when he had his Spring Jump ability.
Mario: Too bad my Ultra Boots are gone…
"I know how you feel, Mario… I wish I could use a Spring Jump as well." Chopper sighed as he crossed over the gap. He decided to drop a couple of fireballs down on the Shadow Boos and even some ice balls to keep some of them frozen. "Apparently fire seems to work more…"
"Poyo, (That's because it burns them and is able to take out enemies faster,)" Kirby pointed out as he simply floated over the gap and reached the pipe. Since Blade is a good climber, he was able to cross the gap with ease. With that, they headed down the pipe toward the next area.
Down the pipe-
Everyone landed on the ground, due to the pipe being up on the ceiling and noticed that they were in a little secret hallway. There were even a couple of torches and armored knights on the walls.
"Ugh… I don't like those knights… They don't look like they're…safe to be around." Chopper frowned.
"It's all right, Chopper. These aren't ghosts like those others." Timpani informed. "In fact, there aren't really any enemies in this room either. So, we should be safe from harm here…"
"OK… But let's see if we can look through these." Chopper bashed one of the knights with his hammer. It shook a little, but all that came out was a piece of bread with a bunch of mold on it.
"Eeugh… That's not really something I like to see…" Blade trailed as he swiped the bread from Chopper's hands and burnt it with a fire slash. They simply walked up to the blue ! Switch at the end of the room. Mario lightly kicked it and caused the room to tremble a bit.
"What do you think happened?" Sonic asked.
"Poyo… (It doesn't sound like it came from this room…)" Kirby trailed.
"The only way to find out is to go back into the other room," Timpani suggested. Everyone nodded and made their way back to the pipe by jumping. Just by touching the pipe they turned into little pixels and got transported back to the other room.
Previous room-
"Huh… So apparently a block was created at the bottom of this room…" Chopper trailed as he looked at the pit with all of the Shadow Boos roaming around. "How are we supposed to get through those Shadow Boos when they're everywhere?"
"You can always stun them by shining some light on them," Blumiere informed, making Chopper suddenly realize that he should go down there. So, being stupid, he jumped down and stomped on a Shadow Boo on his way.
"What is he, stupid?" Blade gawked.
"Errr… Well the block's down there…" Sonic trailed as he jumped down while curled in a ball. He ended up defeating two Shadow Boos on his way. The rest shrugged and jumped down to help them.
With Timpani's wand shining on the Shadow Boos, they covered their eyes at the light. This allowed Blade and Mario to finish them off with slashing and stomping. With them cleared, Chopper was able to push the block through the room.
"Say… Where do you think the switch that is needed for this block is?" Chopper asked.
"No idea… Maybe we might have to check in 3-D?" Blade shrugged. Chopper checked in 3-D and saw a little tunnel to the right. There was also a red arrow pointing that way as well, so he pushed the block through the tunnel until he found a hole in the ground shaped like a square.
"I suppose the switch is down there…" Timpani trailed.
"Yeah, I think so… In you go, block!" Chopper managed to push the block right into the hole. It caused the whole ground to shake violently. Whatever was going on, it must be something big…
"We should go see what that was," suggested Blumiere.
Hallway-
"Poyo! (There's a staircase that just appeared!)" Kirby gasped. "Poyo…? (But… Why would there be a staircase in some other hallway? Isn't that a bit…tedious to go up another floor…?)"
"It doesn't really matter, Kirby. We found the stairs, so we should just get going." Chopper jumped up the stairs due to the fact that he wasn't tall enough to step on them. In fact, they all had to jump up the stairs, which was a bit tedious. But, when reaching the top, they found a door to the left and headed into a small little room with a nice rug and even some boxes on the floor.
Mario: This room looks a bit old…
"No kidding. You see all of these boxes on the floor? I think they might have some things inside." Sonic checked one of the boxes. Surprisingly, a white ghost that resembled a Blue Twirler appeared in the room with a water element inside of it.
"The only way to defeat this kind of ghost is to use ice against it," Timpani informed.
"Oh! Well that should help!" Chopper tossed a charged ice ball at the Blue Blaze and it immediately froze the ghost. Taking his hammer out, he bashed the frozen ghost and shattered it completely.
"Well that was pretty easy… So what are we going to expect next?" Blade asked as he looked around in the room. "I don't see a door around here… Is there some kind of secret switch?"
"Well… Let's see." Chopper shined Timpani's' wand around the room like a flashlight. Surprisingly, one of the boxes was actually a hidden blue ! Switch. Chopper walked up to the box and bashed it with his hammer, triggering a door to be drawn in the room over to the left.
"Oh! Well, I guess this is how we're going to move on!" Sonic smirked as he opened the door, with everyone else following.
Mysterious room-
"Pbbbbttthhhhh! Ha ha ha!" the ghost girl bursted with laughter upon looking at the pictures of the ghosts. "Look at the expressions on your face! They're hilarious!"
"Ugh… How embarrassing…" the chubby ghost groaned silently.
"No kidding, "the tall ghost agreed.
While the ghost girl was laughing her eyes out, she pounded on the table, causing a picture of the heroes to slowly fall to the ground. Both ghosts looked down at the silly-looking pictures and felt immense anger in them.
"Urgh... I can't believe we were humiliated by them of all people!" the tall ghost growled.
"Yeah... I don't like that!" the chubby ghost agreed. "They need to go!"
"So... You're thinking what I'm thinking?"
"Yeah."
They both look at each other with hate in their eyes as they grabbed each others' hand. Blue flames started to appear around their hands as they looked at each other with immense anger.
"Let's make sure that those people never come back here again!"
Third floor hallway-
"Well, this is rather…interesting," Chopper commented as he walked into another hallway with Timpani's wand out. "It's another hallway, but there isn't a rug here… For some reason, this doesn't look well-made at this point."
"Poyo, (Well, maybe we'll find something in 3-D,)" Kirby hoped as he walked into the room.
"Good idea," he got close to everyone and flipped into 3-D. They could see two Blue Blazes roaming in the hallway in 3-D up north, so Chopper simply froze them with two charged ice balls. Mario finished one off with his hammer while Blade took out the other with a fire slash.
"I can see a door up ahead, but I don't know where it leads," Blade informed as he walked up to the door.
Mario: We'll find out!
Both he and Blade pushed the door open, leading them outside. It was no longer raining (thankfully) and they could see a full moon off in the distance. For some reason, when Sonic looked at it, he remembered something from it.
"…Nah, I don't think it's something very memorable," he said, shaking his head.
"Poyo! (Heads up! Shadow Boos at eight o'clock!)" Kirby used his inhaling ability to suck up one of the Shadow Boos and spit it at another, leaving them completely stunned. Sonic took care of those Boos with a simple Spin Dash. Although, it was a bit difficult to see them because it was so dark…
"Whew… Well that takes care of them." Sonic said, sighing in relief.
"No… There are still more." Blade added, drawing his katana as a couple of more Shadow Boos from the right were coming toward them. Blade jumped toward them and began attacking with shurikens and fire slashes, destroying each and every Boo on the balcony.
"Poyo, (Well now we can continue on,)" Kirby smiled as he ran over to the door ahead. Everyone else followed him to the door and entered another hallway. Of course, there was so little room when they walked out of the door, so they had to go into 3-D and walk down the hallway. The door to the left was locked, but there was a door open to the right. A Save Block happened to be there too.
"Huh… It's strange that we're finding a Save Block here." Chopper punched the Save Block to save their game and walked into the next room. They noticed that this room was a bit dark, but it was a bit big. There was a nice fireplace, a small dome on the ceiling where the moon was shining and even…an organ?
"What's an organ doing in this room?" Blade gawked. "This isn't a church…"
"Well I guess this might be the musical room of the mansion," Sonic commented as he took a couple of steps. They could see that some kind of blue ghost was playing the organ.
"Wait, what the heck is that thing playing the organ?" Chopper asked.
"Heh heh heh… So you've come at long last!" the ghost stopped playing the organ and turned around to face the group. It sported a pair horns curving up on the sides of its head, a muscular body, lower fangs, and yellow eyes.
"Wait… Who the heck are you?" Blade asked.
"Remember those two ghosts that ran away from you? Yeah. We're those ghosts! It's time for a little payback!" the ghost charged at the heroes with its horns pointing toward the heroes. They all gulped as they jumped out of the way.
"This shouldn't be too hard!" Chopper chucked a couple of fireballs at the ghost, but it didn't seem to have much on an effect on him. It did one damage each, which was incredibly bad. "Hold on a second… Why can't fire do much against this ghost?"
"That's because we made sure that fire wouldn't affect us! Just try using as much fire as you want! It's not going to work!" the ghost punched Chopper and knocked him across the room, breaking the organ.
"I think you're going to have to pay for that organ…" Sonic informed.
"Well that's not fair… I was hoping that we would be fighting something…cooler than this."
"No problem, we can handle this!" Blade drew his katana and attempted to stab at the ghost. Unfortunately, it didn't have any effect on him when a part of his body became invisible, making the katana only phase through.
"Oh, you annoying…"
The ghost grinned as it knocked Blade away with a punch. From what everyone was seeing, there was no way they could deal any damage to this thing.
"Poyo! (I know what to do!)" Kirby began to inhale the ghost, but even then, the ghost stood still and grinned. This time, it charged and rammed into Kirby, throwing him straight into the wall.
"You realize that you can't hurt us, right? As ghosts, we can phase through anything!" the ghost got himself ready to charge, but this gave Chopper a chance to use Timpani's wand to gather information on him.
"This ghost… I have no idea what it is… There's no name given to this…thing! Max HP is 180. Attack is 10. It seems that there is no way to attack this ghost…However, I think there is one thing that can hurt it… There's a saying that a ghost is able to hurt another ghost, no matter whether it's phased or not… But, how is there a chance of us getting a ghost power?" Timpani informed.
"Ghost power… You know, that does give me an idea…" Chopper was about to inhale the ghost, but Kirby stopped him and told him that it wouldn't work. "What? Then I'm supposed to chuck fireballs at it until it's gone?"
"Take this!" the ghost spat some ghostly energy straight at the two. Chopper inhaled one of them and spat it back at the ghost. To their surprise, the ghost took some major damage from the attack.
Mario: That actually worked?
"Poyo? (What if we end up inhaling one of those projectiles? Will it do anything for us?)" Kirby asked.
"We'll have to find out for ourselves," Chopper readied himself as the ghost spat out another glob of ghostly energy. He inhaled it and swallowed it. Chopper's appearance looked just like himself…but he turned transparent instead. "Oh… I remember turning like this in the past."
"Poyo? (Nothing else special? What a bummer…)" Kirby inhaled some ghostly energy and turned transparent as well. However, this time, with the Ghost ability on them, they could use some ghostly energy to fight their opponents.
"What do you think you people are doing?! Aren't you ready to fight us?!" the ghost exclaimed.
"Why, of course we are!" Chopper flew up to the ghost and punched him straight in the face, knocking him straight toward the wall. Kirby also flew up and flew up with the ghost and slammed him to the ground.
"What's going on?! Aren't we supposed to be unstoppable in this form?!"
"Poyo! (Well think again!)" Kirby smirked as he kicked the ghost's chest. "Poyo. (I think I'm going to call you Big Ghost from now on.)"
"Big Ghost? Errr… OK, I guess that works." Chopper nodded as he flew up to the Big Ghost and performed a spinning kick on his face, leaving the ghost's face bruised for a couple of seconds.
But, since they too were ghosts, that didn't mean that they were invulnerable to the Big Ghost's attacks. The Big Ghost smirked and grabbed both Chopper and Kirby and crashed them into each other, leaving them dizzy for a couple of seconds.
"So… How are we supposed to fight this thing?" Blade asked.
"I guess there's no way for us to fight it… However, I think I may have an idea." Sonic jumped over to the Big Ghost and sued a Whirlwind attack to keep it off guard. This seemed to work, because even the wind was a distraction. This allowed Chopper to gain conscience and punch the Big Ghost with a Ghost Punch.
When Kirby rammed straight into the Big Ghost, he ended up dropping his camera to the ground.
"Urgh… Don't think this is the end!" the Big Ghost turned invisible, preventing anyone from seeing him. This was a bit troublesome, as everyone started to get beaten down with ghost punches. Chopper and Kirby suffered more from the damage than anyone else.
"Augh… I don't like this…" Chopper moaned before getting punched from behind when the Big Ghost appeared again. He got knocked back by Kirby, causing them both to hit the wall, but not before hearing a little click.
Mario: Hmmmmm?
While Chopper and Kirby were trying to defend themselves, Mario looked down at the photo that was taken. He could see that the Big Ghost was visible via a camera.
Mario: Hey! I think I have an idea!
He walked up to Chopper and Kirby and gave them the camera. He explained to them that if they took a picture of the Big Ghost while he was invisible, they might be able to see where he could be.
"Not a bad idea, Mario!" Chopper gave the thumbs up as he looked around the room and gave the camera a little click. When the photo came out, he had to wait for the picture to appear.
"Come on… Can't you go a little faster?"
"Heh heh heh…" the Big Ghost appeared right in front of the two and struck them both with an uppercut, sending them flying up in the air.
Mario tried to bash at the Big Ghost with his hammer, but it didn't seem to do anything. All he got was a hoof to his stomach…and then got sent flying to the wall. It really wasn't a good experience for him…at all.
"Dang… This ghost looks pretty tough." Blade tossed Hommissile at the Big Ghost, but the missile ended up phasing through the ghost and ended up going toward Mario. "Watch out, Mario!"
Mario: Mama mia!
Mario jumped out of the way just in time before he could get hit by the explosion. Meanwhile, while Chopper and Kirby were plummeting back down to the wooden floor, Chopper took a couple of more pictures until they landed on the ground.
"Poyo? (What are the pictures?)" Kirby asked.
"I'm trying to get a clear look!" Chopper responded while blowing on the pictures. Unfortunately, this resulted in them both being hit by a roundhouse kick by the Big Ghost. They hit the wall, and THAT'S when Chopper got a clear look at the photos. From what he saw, the Big Ghost was reading a little magazine, laughing at them and even sticking his tongue out at them.
"…I feel insulted."
"Poyo? (By what?)"
"Take a look at these," Chopper showed Kirby the pictures that they took. Both of them didn't look too happy, which resulted in Chopper pulling Timpani's wand out and flashing it around the room. "We better use this now."
"I think that is a good idea…" Timpani agreed as a ray of rainbow light emitted from the wand. When Chopper flashed it at the Big Ghost, it left him stunned and vulnerable for a couple of seconds.
"All right! Time for some butt-kicking!" Blade smirked as he rushed toward the Big Ghost and began to slash at its heart with his katana. Sonic joined in by striking him with a Light Speed Attack. After Mario landed a Triple Jump on the Big Ghost, he was no longer vulnerable to them and wheezing in pain.
"What the heck was that supposed to be?!" the Big Ghost coughed.
"That was supposed to be the point where you were supposed to get beaten up, thank you very much," Chopper answered as he struck the Big Ghost with a Ghost Kick. "Yeah… This is just what we need… A ghost with horns on his head…"
After knocking the Big Ghost, Chopper smiled in victory, but he didn't notice the Big Ghost recover from the attack and bashed its head into Chopper.
"Poyo! (Chopper!)" Kirby was about to help, but the Big Ghost managed to knock him back to the wall over by Chopper as well.
"Heh heh heh! That worked out rather well!" the Big Ghost turned invisible and walked right up to the unconscious Chopper and Kirby. The camera that they were using was right by their feet.
However, when they picked it up, they began to fight over the camera, which was definitely not a good move. Not only that, but it turned them back into their regular selves as the tall and chubby ghost began to fight over the camera.
"Gimme that camera! It's mine!"
"Hey! I own this camera! Get your hands off my camera!"
"You're camera?! Yeah right! My name's written on this thing!"
"Just gimme back my camera, you snob!"
"Fatso!"
"Skinny-head!"
Chopper and Kirby regained consciousness and blinked a couple of times when they saw the two ghosts fighting over the camera. Both ghosts paused and looked at the two after a few seconds.
"All right, that's it. You're going down!" Chopper knocked the two ghosts back with a simply kick, leaving them in the center of the room. Sonic struck them with a couple of Spin Dashes, Blade slashed them a couple of times with his katana, Mario stomped on the ghosts and performed a Ground Pound afterward, and Kirby slammed them to the ground.
"Ugh… Is that all?" the tall ghost moaned.
"Not yet!" Chopper smirked as he sprinted toward the two ghosts and did a Ghost Uppercut kick attack that sent them flying in the air to the glass dome up on the ceiling. They screamed as they began to plummet down.
Chopper readied himself as the tall ghost accidentally took a picture and then sent them flying out of the mansion with a punch. They could all hear them scream as they flew straight up into the sky and most likely to the moon.
"Poyo, (Well there goes those guys,)" Kirby commented.
"So… What about that Pure Heart? Were those guys the ones responsible for Squirps's nightmares?" Sonic asked.
"Oh, man… I completely forgot about Squirps!" Chopper face palmed. "I have a feeling that Squirps might be somewhere on the top floor…"
Mario: Then we better go look for them!
"Hold on a minute…" Timpani stopped for a moment as her wand floated over to a Mansion Key that dropped from the ground. "Didn't this key just drop from the ground? Maybe we can use it to reach the top floor!"
"We should take this then. I remember a door was right next to this room." Chopper remembered, picking up the key and flying over to the door. "Let's go!"
"Chopper… You kind of look like Tipral with that Ghost ability on." Blade commented.
"…Thank you very much," was all he said before leaving the room. Everyone else followed him out, hoping to reach the top floor.
However, another ghost appeared in the room, and taking notice of the photo, she saw it clear and reveal the ghostly Chopper.
"He... He looks a lot like that poster." the ghost girl smiled. "Maybe...he DOES exist."
Third floor hallway-
"All right, so we have the key here… So let's get going, shall we?" Chopper unlocked the door and opened the door into a dark room with a spiral staircase leading up to the top floor. There were a couple of Shadow Boos around, but due to the dark energy Chopper ate with his Ghost ability, he was able to eat the Shadow Boos easily.
"Poyo, (That Ghost ability makes defeating ghosts easier,)" Kirby commented.
"That's true," Chopper began to fly around the spiral staircase until he reached the top. When everyone else got to the top, they entered the door into a small hallway with no enemies, but there was a red door with a lock on it. Also, they could see a Save Block and a ? Block in the room as well.
But, what was surprising was that Chopper and Kirby removed their Ghost abilities.
"Why did you remove your Ghost abilities? You might need them for the next room…" Timpani warned.
"I was getting tired of looking like Tipral. I don't like him anyway…" Chopper walked up to the ? Block and punched it to make an Ultra Shroom pop out. Blade sliced it into five pieces so they could each have a piece and recover 50 HP. Afterward, Chopper hit the Save Block to save their game.
However, when they reached the door, they saw that it was locked.
"Wait! That lock appears to be weak!" Blumiere informed. "If you bash it with anything, you might be able to break the lock!"
"Hmmmmm… Let's find out!" Blade drew his katana and slashed at the lock. Surprisingly, it ended up coming off.
"Oh! Well, looks like it ended up working!" Sonic grinned. "I guess we should get going, huh?"
Mario: Yeah, let's do that.
With that, everyone made their way into the next room, hoping to find Squirps and the Pure Heart.