"Yeah, guys. We need to speak for a bit, 'K?" Nastasia suggested as the minions, O'Chunks, Mimi, Fawful, the newly formed Mr. L, Dark, and Dimentio stood on their platform. They noticed that there was a new minion in the house. They all gawked as they looked at the small dark warrior, Knightmare.
"I would like for you guys to meet our newest minion, Knightmare," Tipral declared. "He will be joining us to help fight against Chopper and his pathetic little friends! So welcome him…and DON'T make a fuss about it!"
"Man, this is weird… Why do we always 'ave new minions joinin' us?" O'Chunks asked with a confused look.
"And how come we never see any more female minions? I don't like being the only girl here!" Mimi pouted.
"I have chortles! Why do you have the whining which is spewed right into Fawful's face? It's like hearing the crying of babies!" Fawful cackled.
"Wait, so I'm not the new minion around here? Ho ho! Now this should be interesting…" Mr. L smirked as he looked at Knightmare. However, Tipral gave him a little glare. "All right! I'll stop! It's not my fault that I went out on my own!"
"Yes, it is, actually," Tipral growled. "But, thankfully, you should do EXACTLY what I tell you now that you're not in someone else's body… You DO know that I created you, right?"
"Yeah… I know that…"
"This is a rather…strange minion that's here…" Dark trailed while holding his forehead in pain. "I wish I could give him a greeting WITHOUT the pain throbbing in my forehead!"
"My my, now I'm getting rather curious on what that pain is…" Dimentio pondered as he looked at Dark's forehead.
"It's none of your business, Dimentio," the Dark Creature king growled. "You can't do a thing about it, or else you're going to make my eye worse than it is!"
"That eye is obviously making you upset," Dimentio chuckled as he flew over to Dark's platform. "You do know that I am a magician, right? And magicians do have the power to use magic!"
"And what the heck do you want me to do?"
"Just watch…and learn!" by waving his hand, Dimentio managed to relieve the pain from Dark's eye. "Now you see what I can do? Now your eye is feeling much better! No more pain for you!"
"Huh… Well, apparently it seems that there's no more pain in my eye…" Dark trailed as he stopped covering his eye. "Thank you, Dimentio… I didn't expect someone such as yourself to do this kind of thing."
While they were having that conversation, Knightmare knelt down to Tipral. "I apologize for my failure, Tipral… I tried to defeat those heroes, but they managed to best me. That green plumber was able to knock me while I was in the air!"
"'Green plumber'? Are you talking about that man who used to be Mr. L? What ever happened to him?" Nastasia asked.
"It seems that he's joined that boy Chopper… But fear not. I will try my best next time."
"Hmph… So it seems that Chopper has found all of his friends." Tipral folded his arms and closed his eyes. "Ugh… Now with all six heroes, they can stop the true power of the Chaos Heart! This could be a problem when I bring it back…"
"Oh yeah! You want to bring back The Void!" Mimi smiled as she teleported over to Tipral. "I remember you said something about that! Does it require any love from me?"
"No, it doesn't require your love," Tipral said as he teleported Mimi away from him. "It's going to be a bit tricky, but I need to find the RIGHT moment to find this moment. The Dark Prognosticus stated that there is another way to bring the Chaos Heart back and unleash The Void."
"Hold on a second… If you plan on bringing The Void back… Wouldn't it take a while for it to grow?" Knightmare asked.
"Oh, not this time… I've got a little something planned, but we can't go there just yet. For now, we just need to keep the heroes busy for a while. Nastasia! Where are they heading next?"
"Hmmmm… Let me check, 'K?" Nastasia pulled her clipboard out and checked where the fourteenth Pure Heart was located. "I think I have the information right here, Tipral…"
"Can yeh send me out teh take the heroes down?" O'Chunks begged. "I REALLY want teh get teh some chuckin'! I want teh 'ave the honor 'o wailin' at the heroes!"
"Oh, so, O'Chunks, yeah, you think you're all ready to go now?" Nastasia asked as she adjusted her glasses. "I suppose you already finished up that little report on your own inadequacy that I needed?"
"Eeh… Yeh see… I…just got a wee bit left." O'Chunks sweat dropped. "'m workin' on me conclusion. Yeh gotta gimme a break! Me writin' takes time, lass! An' 1,000 pages be a lot! Me arms are almost as tired as a Squiglet!"
"O'Chunks, you need to take a break," Tipral suggested. "I plan to send someone else out to catch the heroes. Dimentio, you're going out now."
Dimentio's eyes sparked as he teleported right over to Tipral. "My, my! Is it my time to go out already? How charming!"
"I want you to go find the heroes and stop them. Hopefully this time you'll do as I tell you…"
"You can certainly count on me, my lord!" Dimentio bowed as he was about to leave with a snap of his finger. "…Oh! There was one thing I forgot to gave you! You might be interested in this!"
Dimentio pulled a pink book with a heart in the center out and gave it to Tipral. "I made sure that the lock was off, so you can read it! Ciao!"
And at that moment, Dimentio teleported out of the palace.
"Heh heh heh! This is going to be hilarious!" Mr. L snickered.
"And Fawful might have the chortles as well!" Fawful grinned.
"Wait! Don't read what's in there, Tippy!" Mimi cried as she teleported over to Tipral and swiped the book away from him. "Dimentio just stole my diary! I don't want anyone reading through this, especially you!"
"That was your diary?" Nastasia's eyes widened. "Ummmm… 'K… I suppose you can take it back."
"Yes, take it back," Tipral nodded.
"Thank you so much, Tippy!" Mimi squealed. Both Mr. L and Fawful began to snicker as Nastasia looked a bit…freaked out before Mimi teleported out of the room.
"Tippy? That's what she calls you? Sounds so junior-like to me!" Mr. L scoffed.
Fawful was about to say something until Mr. L got struck by a dark star, knocking him off the platform. "…Actually, Fawful has the lacking of what to say."
"If you ever mock me again, you're going to have a fate WORSE than that!" Tipral growled as Mr. L got back on his platform. "You KNOW that you shouldn't mock your own leader!"
"…Well, it was just a joke! Sheesh…"
"You people should know better," Knightmare scolded as he wrapped his black cape around himself. "I thought I would be around a group of minions that were a bit more…mature."
"You're free to go back to your room, if you wish, Knightmare," Tipral declared.
"Thank you, my lord," Knightmare nodded as he flew down to the door with his bat-like wings. "Oh, and Tipral…"
"Yes?"
"This Chopper that you were speaking about earlier… For some reason… I feel this weird…connection with him. I don't know what it is, but…do I know him?"
"No, you don't know him," Tipral shook his head. "He is your enemy, and you should know that."
"…Very well," Knightmare exited the room, leaving only Tipral, Nastasia, O'Chunks, Fawful, Mr. L and Dark. Tipral, on the other hand, closed his eyes and began to think of something.
"Tipral, is there something bothering you?" Nastasia asked.
"I'm getting this strange vision in my head… I don't understand what's going on because of how blurry it is. I can't stop thinking about something that happened ever since I was born…"
"What do you mean by that?"
"Like I'm remembering some things that I haven't remembered before. I don't have amnesia, but some things are starting to come back to me. I just remember…a space station…and a beautiful world."
"Oh…"
"If anyone needs me, I'll be in my room," he declared as he teleported out of the meeting room. Everyone looked at each other in confusion, as if what the heck just happened. Nastasia was the most confused out of them all.
"I have confusion," Fawful commented.
Flopside Tower-
As everyone stepped out of the dark orange door, they saw a dark orange crystal heart appear over the door. Everyone was smiling for two reasons. One, they were finally done with this world, which was a place that they DIDN'T enjoy and two, because they found a friend that has been missing for a long time.
"Wow, Flopside sure has changed…" Luigi gaped.
"Nah, not that much. It's always been like this." Chopper pointed out.
Mario: Not really…
"No? What do you mean, Mario?"
Mario: …Never mind.
"So, now that we've got the thirteenth Pure Heart and Luigi, does this mean we have all of the heroes on our side?" Blumiere asked.
"Yeah, I think we do," Sonic nodded. "So… Now that we're back together, does this mean we can stop Tipral?"
"The only way we'll be able to reach his palace is if we find the right Pure Heart. I'm sure that after you collect sixteen Pure Hearts, you'll be led to his palace. However, we might need all twenty Pure Hearts to save the entire universe…"
"Wow… That's going to be a lot." Luigi gulped before turning to the group. "Man, I really missed you guys. But now I feel that I could jump with glee! We're finally out of that dark place!"
"So, you DO want you come with us, right?" Blade asked.
"Why of course! I don't want to leave my bro lonely here now, do I? I think it's for the greater good anyway. Besides… You might need my help with some things you might encounter as well!"
"Well… Then welcome to the group, Luigi!" Chopper smiled.
Luigi has joined your party! With him, he can perform his all-powerful Super Jump to reach great heights! This also allows him to strike any enemy from above as well! He can also attack with his Luigi Cyclone, which is capable of leaving enemies dizzy or sending them flying up in the air! His jump is also greater than everyone else's!
"Man! So it feels good to be back together!" Luigi smiled.
"So… I guess all six heroes have been united at long last." Everyone turned and saw the mysterious dark wizard, Shade, wearing his cloak. On his forehead was the glowing sun. "Congratulations. Congratulations indeed."
"Who's that guy?!"
"Shade? What're you doing here?" Chopper asked, getting in a fighting stance.
"I just wanted to pay a little visit to this place. Is there anything wrong with that?" Shade gave everyone a grin that they could see under his hood. This made Luigi hide behind Mario. "Aw, what's wrong? Is Luigi too scared of me?"
"J-Just go away!" Luigi cried.
"Oh, fine… There's no point in fighting here anyway. We'll probably meet some other time in the future. But for now, be ready, because you might see me when you least expect it! Hee hee hee!"
Shade flew straight into the sky, making Luigi sigh in relief and stand back up.
"Who was that strange boy?" Blumiere asked.
"Poyo, (Someone who's rather creepy,)" Kirby groaned.
"And he's got a Pure Heart as well," Chopper added.
"A Pure Heart? Then... Perhaps that is how he knew about the Pure Hearts in The Overthere..." Timpani realized.
"Ah! You've finally returned, heroes!" Nolrem appeared right behind Luigi, making him yelp for a bit before turning around. "It's all right, Luigi. It's only me, Nolrem! You remember me, don't you?"
"Now that I think about it, I think I do remember you…" Luigi recalled. "Yeah! You're that other Merlon guy!"
"Ho oh oh ho! You are correct! And I've come here with great news! The next Heart Pillar that you seek is actually down on the third floor! However, there's a block that's rather...impossible to hit. It's too high for anyone in town to hit it, but I'm sure you'll find the Heart Pillar there."
"Really? Well that's pretty neat!" Chopper smiled. "We finally get to reach a Heart Pillar that's close to us!"
"Indeed! And also… When you're done with the Pure Heart, you should head over to Flipside. Merlon has a little surprise for you guys."
"A surprise? Well, that should be nice!" Luigi smiled. "We should head over to the pillar right now!"
"Great idea!" Chopper immediately jumped off the tower to the left. "See you guys on the third floor!"
Flopside, third floor-
"See? I told you that jumping wouldn't be such a good idea…" Sonic trailed as they saw Chopper slowly get up.
"Well... It only made me a little dizzy..." Chopper replied. "So… I guess we have a block up there that we can't hit. …Or CAN we?"
"I think I can reach it," Luigi declared.
"Then you should give it a go!" Sonic suggested.
"All righty!" Luigi folded himself up under the blue ! Block and launched himself up. Everyone gaped at how high he could jump. He was even able to punch the blue ! Block as well! This caused a Heart Pillar to appear right before their very eyes.
"Wow! You weren't kidding when you said your jump was incredible!" Chopper gaped as his eyes widened in surprise.
"Well, are we going to place the Pure Heart in its Heart Pillar?"
"Err… Yes! We must do that!" Chopper walked up to the Heart Pillar and pulled the dark orange Pure Heart out. He allowed it to go right into the Heart Pillar and create a dark orange clock that began to spin around. No one knew what was going on, but something was going on from the top of the tower.
A light blue door was drawn right next to the dark orange door.
"Hmmmmmm… So I suppose that did a little something, did it?" Blade asked.
"Poyo? (And did Merlon want to see us too?)" Kirby asked.
"Yeah, that's something he wanted us to do," Chopper nodded as he looked down at Timpani's wand. "You know, I think we should tell Merlon that you're still alive, Tippi. Don't you think it's a good idea?"
"Chopper, this wand won't function when you're right by a descendant of the Tribe of Ancients. Blumiere helped me create this wand, which required some Tribe of Darkness material. Darkness won't work well around him. I'm sorry about that, but I don't think it will work…" Timpani frowned.
"Oh… Well that's a shame. I guess we have no other choice but to go on without you helping us there."
"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go!" Sonic suggested as he made his way over to the elevator.
Flipside, second floor-
"Man… I can't believe we can't go into that door just yet…" Blade groaned as he jumped out of the pipe. "But, I suppose it would be nice to see Merlon again. I mean, after going through that atrocious world, we should be thankful!"
"Well I'm relieved to be out of that place too," Luigi agreed. "I can't wait to find out what Merlon's got for us!"
When Chopper jumped off the blue pipe, he turned to his friends and smiled. "Yeah, I think paying Merlon a little visit is a good idea. Plus, he said he would be taking care of our friends, so we can finally see how they're doing as well!"
Since he was looking the other way, he didn't see Berry walking out of Merlon's house with a yo-yo in her hand.
"I like how this town is!" Berry commented as she looked at the whole place. "And I'm also glad that Merlon saved us! I can't believe that there is more than one Merlon! …But there's only one thing that could make this place better…"
She looked to her right first to see a bunch of the Flipsidians roaming around and then to her left, where she saw the six heroes. One that immediately caught her eye was none other than…Chopper.
"C-Choppy's here!" Hearts flew over her head as she rushed straight over to him.
"Hey, Chopper! There's some girl rushing over to you!" Luigi mentioned. "Although… She seems to be coming here rather fast."
"Huh?" Chopper could hear someone calling out for his name. Well, more like a dreadful nickname that he was given called "Choppy". He turned around and his eyes widened in fear as Berry was coming straight to him.
He was about to run, but he was too late. Berry instantly tackled him and had him on the ground. "I missed you so much, Choppy! You don't wanna know how much I've wanted to see you this whole time!"
"B-Berry! P-Please get off of me! Please!" Chopper cried as Berry kissed him on the cheek. "GROSS! She's giving me cooties!"
"Hey... Wasn't she with you when you were looking for those Crystal Stars?" Luigi recalled.
"Uh huh," Berry nodded, while Chopper continued to struggle out of her grasps. "You went on an adventure too, right?"
"Yeah... It was...great..."
"Where'd you get the yo-yo?" Blade questioned.
"Oh, Merlon gave it to me. It's something that he thought I could have, so I decided to take it. I wasn't going to keep it, though. ...Say, you're coming here to see Merlon, right?
"Well, that's why we're here," Sonic nodded.
"OK, why don't we all go back to see him?" Berry suggested, letting go of Chopper, who started to celebrate. But when the others followed her, he ran after them.
Merlon's house-
"Oh ho ho! You don't need to worry, my dear! If it weren't for those heroes, you wouldn't be here by now!" Merlon chuckled as he had Parakarry, Bow, C-2 Choppor, Vivian, and Flyer in his house. "Surely Berry should be back by now."
"It would be better if she didn't come back," Bow cackled as she fanned herself with her fan.
"What do you have against her?" Vivian asked.
"Well..."
Before Bow could answer, the door opened, with Berry stepping in.
"Merlon! I'm back! And you won't believe who I found!" Berry showcased the six behind her as they came into the house.
Merlon seemed quite surprised to see them here already, but the one who really caught his attention was the taller plumber.
"Well now! It looks like you've found the final hero! It's so good to see you again, Luigi!" Merlon smiled.
"It's good to see you again too, Merlon!" Luigi greeted. "I'm just relieved that I'm finally back with my friends!"
"Yeah, I'm happy too," Flyer nodded as he flew over to Chopper. "It's been a while since we've spoken."
"No worries, Flyer. At least it wasn't two full years." Chopper assured, spotting the others. "Man! I can't believe that some of my friends are here! I haven't seen you all in a while!"
"I am glad to see you too," C-2 Choppor responded as he slowly nodded. "Commencing handshake."
With that, he reached out his hand for Chopper, who sweat dropped for a second.
"Errrr… That's OK, Choppor. You don't need to shake my hand." Chopper turned around, only to get surprised by Bow.
"It's been a while since we've spoken, haven't we?" Bow asked, fanning herself. "Actually, it's been a while for all of us."
"Maybe for you," Berry spoke giving Bow an irritated look. The Boo gave her a non-pleasant look as well.
"Uhhh... Maybe if you're going to stay in Flipside, you should get along." Chopper suggested, noticing the look between the two.
"Yeah, Chopper's right," Vivian agreed.
"That's fine with me," Parakarry nodded. "All of us are friends here!"
Mario: Mmmm-hmmmm!
"So, what exactly is going on here?" Berry asked. "Where were you guys?"
"Well, it's kind of a long story..." Sonic began, giving a smile. "But we were on one heck of an adventure!"
"Yeah..." Chopper agreed. "So… We've got all the heroes here, so what do we need to do now?"
"Poyo? (Do we get to kick Tipral's butt?)" Kirby asked.
"Well, you have all six heroes, but getting to Tipral is one of the things that are also important," Merlon explained. "One of the Pure Hearts is bound to lead to his palace, but the thing is, we're not sure which one WILL."
"Ummmmm… Do you think we'll need your help?" Vivian asked.
"Yeah! We should really give Tipral what's coming!" Berry suggested, getting her hammer out.
"Oh… So you guys met Tipral already?" Blade asked.
"He came to Toad Town and attacked," Bow informed.
"Yeah, and he happened to come right at the moment we all met each other," Parakarry added.
"And he took our stuff too!" Berry frowned.
"Oh... That's not good." Chopper frowned, but then he remembered something he saw before. "You know, seeing you guys here reminds me... I actually saw a poster of one of you and some plushies of you too!"
"Really? Where?" Bow asked.
"I found it in Fort Francis," Chopper answered.
"Fort Francis? What's that?" Vivian wondered.
"Well, it's this place that's run by this big geek. He's got so much stuff, such as X-Nauts and even Gemerl! ...Actually, they're toys."
"And Chopper had to dress up like a girl to see him, since only...er...'hot babes' were accepted into his room," Sonic added. When he soon realized what he said, his eyes widened. "Whoops..."
"Wait... Are you serious?" Parakarry gawked.
At that point, some of them began to snicker, and then they ended up bursting into laughter. Some hadn't been laughing as much, feeling a bit more sympathetic for Chopper. He, on the other hand, appeared humiliated and covered his face.
"Scanners indicate Chopper's humiliation level is at eighty-nine percent," C-2 Choppor informed.
"Guys... It's not funny!" Chopper complained.
"Hey, Chopper! Maybe you can get a wig and go see Bang!" Blade snickered. "I'd bet he'd take you for a 'hot babe'!"
"Now now, young ones..." Merlon intervened, putting an end to their laughter. "We shouldn't be humiliating each other like this. It doesn't help with cooperation. ...Though, it does sound funny."
"You're not helping!" Chopper frowned.
"Yes, yes, you're right..."
"Anyway... Is it all right if we come with you to find these Pure Hearts Merlon told us about?" Flyer asked. All six heroes suddenly backed away as the other six came a bit closer.
"It would be nice to join some old friends," Parakarry agreed.
"You probably want to have me keep you company too," Bow smiled.
"Or you might want to be able to blast through anything with my help," C-2 Choppor informed.
"Maybe, um… My fire could give you a hand…" Vivian trailed. "You'd love for me to join you, right, Chopper?"
"Well, I'd obviously want to stay with someone I care about," Berry said, looking at Chopper.
"Whoa! Settle down there, people!" Sonic said as his eyes widened. "Don't you think that six more people is a little…too much?"
Mario: Luigi just joined us! I think you're asking for too much!
"Considering we have things that you don't, this adventure is much better suited for us," Blade said.
"Poyo, (It's too much for us,)" Kirby informed.
"Well… No offense to any of you, but the things we've encountered are MUCH more dangerous than what we've encountered in the past." Chopper explained. "I don't mean like Darksprine Troopers, but we've faced enemies that aren't from our own dimension!"
"So… You don't want us to come…" Vivian frowned. "I understand…"
"No, no! It's not that! If you want, we can still keep in touch! It's just… I think only the six heroes are able to get the Pure Heart…"
"That's understandable, Chopper," Flyer nodded. "Luckily, I happened to invent a little something that can keep us all in contact!"
He pulled out a communicator device that was a pale green color. "I made one for each of us so we can all talk to each other if we want to!"
"Really? Neat!" Chopper grabbed the device and looked at it. He saw it going off and pressed the button to find Flyer's face on it. "Hey, this IS pretty good! Good work on this thing, Flyer!"
"I'll admit, this might come in handy!" Sonic smirked as he took his blue communicator. Kirby got a light pink, Blade got a navy blue, Mario got a red, and Luigi got a green. Flyer held his yellow communicator.
"I'll also give one to you guys as well," Flyer handed C-2 Choppor a silver one, Parakarry a brown one, Bow a pale green, Berry a pink, and Vivian a purple. "See? Now you can communicate with each other!"
Mario: Thanks!
"I guess we better get going..." Sonic trailed.
"Good luck on your adventure then," Parakarry said. "We'll remain here in Flipside."
"Oh ho ho! So this should be interesting!" Merlon chuckled. "I'm sure your friends will give you some helpful information along the way! But for now, good luck to you young heroes!"
Flopside Tower-
"Ugh… I can't believe I was humiliated like that!" Chopper groaned. "Why did you have to say that, Sonic?"
"I didn't mean to get you humiliated..." Sonic trailed, feeling sympathetic. "Sorry about that."
"Well... If you didn't mean it, then I guess it's all right..."
At that point, Luigi's communicator was going off. It turns out that Flyer was speaking to him. "Luigi! Since this is probably your first time going out into a world, you might want to see how your friends do against enemies before getting into a fight!"
"Yeah, I think I should do that," Luigi agreed as they both closed their transmission with each other. "So… How about we get going?"
"Poyo! (I'd like to do that!)" Kirby nodded.
"Right! Well… Let's go!" Chopper opened the light blue door and they headed straight into the next world.
With Luigi on their side, the five heroes were now six heroes. And with the help of Flyer's communication devices, they were sure to get some helpful information from their friends. The only question is… Will they receive some useless information or just some conversations on how much someone likes the other person? Though that bothered Chopper a bit, he was going to make sure he could handle those conversations. With the light blue door, our heroes began to wonder what kind of world they would be waltzing into this time.
So, now we finally get to see some friends from the previous two stories! ...And if you don't know who they are, then you should look back at the other stories (while I don't think the first fic is the best, it wouldn't be a bad idea to look back at that if you didn't). But if you already know these people, then that's completely fine by me. :P
And, thankfully, this next chapter is actually going to be pretty interesting! How? Well, I might explain to you when we actually get to the chapter.