CHAPTER 13-3
-Sunsets and Moonrises-
"Wow… To be honest, the border between Day and Night Land is actually pretty…interesting!" Chopper commented as they looked up at the orange sky. From where they were, the sun looked like it was about to set, but they seemed to notice that the sun wasn't even moving. At all. I guess in this world it always stays daytime back in Day Land and night in Night Land. The grass was still the same, but it looked a bit darker because they were out in the sunset. But, they thought that it wouldn't be too hard to get through this border.
Well, they were going to be wrong.
"Since this is your first time being in this world, I suppose you should be able to get a tour of this place. That over there is some grass and over there is a rock." Arcaine pointed at a rock that looked a lot like someone punching someone else in the face. "And right here is my stick that we'll use to defeat the SunMoonFlower! This is a pretty sunious weapon here…"
"Errmmm… Yeah. We gotcha on that." Blade slowly nodded as he took a couple of steps on the grassy ground. "So… When are we going to go over to Night Land and try to get a hold of that Pure Heart?"
"Well, Blade, we need to go over this border if we're going to get to Night Land," Sonic explained before hearing his communicator going off. He realized that Berry was calling him. "Berry? Why are you calling me?"
"…Wait a second, did I call the wrong communicator? Dang it… Hold on a second, Sonic. I was trying to get a hold of Chopper." Berry explained.
"Oh, geez… Not this kind of thing again…" Chopper face palmed as he picked up his communicator. "Is there something you need, Berry?"
"I just wanted to know how things were going for you," Berry answered.
"Well, it's been going fine. Though, we do have someone with us."
"Who is he?"
"His name's Arcaine. He's looking for something called a 'SunMoonFlower'."
"A SunMoonFlower? What kind of thing is that?"
"I don't know... Anyway, I think I should go."
"OK... Well, good luck! And remember that I'll be thinking about you!" Berry smiled, blowing a kiss, which somehow came out of the communicator and hit Chopper on the cheek, knocking him over on the ground.
"Bleh…"
"...Hold on, before I go, you guys are finally at the border, is that correct?" Chopper was a bit surprised to hear Berry trying to inform them or something. But when he got up, he nodded. "I'm not sure what's up ahead, but I guess you should all continue the path through here…"
"Poyo! (That's exactly what we need to do right now!)" Kirby said as he put on a bold face. Chopper said his goodbyes to Berry before turning off his communicator. Meanwhile, Kirby saw up a small hill that a Sunflower was making its place there. A Sun Koopatrol happened to be coming toward them as well.
"I'll handle the Koopatrol," Sonic announced as he curled up in a ball and knocked the Sun Koopatrol in the stomach with a Spin Dash, knocking it over on its back to allow Mario to finish it off with some stomps. Usually when a Koopa is flipped over, their defense goes down to 0.
Mario: These guys are easy to beat!
"Well, they're easy when they're flipped over," Luigi added as he threw Bonjourang at the Sunflower and then attacked it with a Cyclone afterward. He ended up finishing it off by attacking it from underneath with a Super Jump. With that, they went up the small hill and noticed a little bridge with Choppers jumping out of the water in an attempt to chomp anything.
"Oh, great… It's the enemies with the same name as me." Chopper groaned. "That's just what we need…"
"Well, this is no problem for me!" Sonic grinned as he jumped over to the bridge and destroyed the two Choppers with a simple jump. Up ahead, he could see a door, which was a bit surprising.
"I kind of find it weird that we always see the same kind of things over and over again…" Blade mentioned as they went down the hill and opened the door. "Doesn't it get a little repetitive?"
"Do you know what else is repetitive?" Chopper asked, forcing everyone to look over at him. "Saying stuff like that. We already get it. Sheesh! We don't need to say the same things over again!"
They all shrugged and entered the next area. They noticed that there was a little bit of water here, but there also happened to be a lily pad in the water that they could most likely use. The water itself was also pretty deep, but reaching the locked door up ahead wasn't easy, since it required a key. Plus, you need to have a good jump to reach it on the high platform made of those brown blocks.
"So… How do we move this lily pad?" Chopper asked as he laid down on the lily pad and began to rest for a little bit. "Does it require us to spray water or something like you once did, Mario?"
Mario: Very funny, Chopper…
"What's pretty interesting is that you guys look more blackish because of the sunset," Luigi mentioned. "It's like the sun is making you look a bit darker or something like that…"
"I've got an idea," Blade drew his katana and used it to row the lily pad across. Arcaine, on the other hand, pulled some sunglasses out and began to relax right on the grass and being a lazy butt.
"Now this is life," Arcaine sighed as he looked up at the sun. He pretended that it was the ferocious SunMoonFlower and aimed his stick at the sun. "That SunMoonFlower… I know I'm going to getcha!"
"Are you done being lazy?" Chopper asked, looking over at Arcaine. "Maybe you could come over here and help us? I mean, we DO need you if we're going to get to the Pure Heart. You could be of some use, if you'd like that."
"Well, if it involves taking SunMoonFlower down, then I'll do it!" Arcaine said as he dropped his stick, which accidentally landed on the lily pad. This had created enough weight to make the lily pad sink.
"Oh no no no no no no no no!" Sonic shrieked as the water began to go to his legs. "This is NOT good! We gotta get to land! QUICKLY! Someone find me a life jacket or else I'm doomed! Someone! PLEASE!"
"Settle down, Sonic! We don't need you to scream in terror!" Blade shouted. "We can live through this! …However, I won't deny this being Arcaine's fault…"
"Poyo, (I guess we'll just have to go swimming,)" Kirby said as goggles and snorkel appeared right out of nowhere on his face like all the other times he goes underwater. "Poyo! (This shouldn't be too bad!)"
"I don't know what you just said, but if it's about me, then you REALLY shouldn't be saying stuff about me. Because it's…" before Sonic could finish, his head ended up going in the water, leaving him to choke. Blade helped him reach the surface, but not for long…
"Well it's just swimming. We can handle it, right, Bro?" Luigi said as he looked over to his brother, Mario, who smiled and nodded as they began to sink to the ground. They noticed some large hermit crab-like enemies waddling on the bottom of the pond. Chopper decided to investigate them with Timpani's wand.
"That's a Herm. These things love to walk in the water with their shells. Max HP is ?. Attack is 9. Defense is ?. Because of the shell, it's not very easy to defeat them. However, three attacks to the shell might be enough to break its shell and defeat the Herm with one last attack. But be careful… When its shell's broken, they'll try to flee from you." Timpani informed.
"Then I guess I'll take care of it," Chopper began to spin his hammer vertically at the Herm and managed to break its shell. He hurled a fireball at it and destroyed it instantly. Sonic, however, simply grabbed an air bubble, just like Blade.
"I see a little passage up ahead," Blumiere informed. "Maybe if we go through there, we'll be able to find a key and hopefully another lily pad…if there's any chance of us finding one."
"Poyo, (I hope we do, because I don't want any enemies getting in our way!)" Kirby agreed.
"Well, let's hope they don't get in the way. And can somebody get Sonic AWAY from those air bubbles for a couple of seconds?"
Blade attempted to pull Sonic away from the air bubbles, but he simply refused to move.
"Do you think they should just stay at the surface so they don't have to worry about holding their breath?" Luigi asked.
"Meh, I suppose they could do that," Chopper shrugged as Sonic immediately went up to the surface. Blade helped him reach it, leaving only Chopper, Kirby, Mario and Luigi to explore the waters.
"Poyo, (I still don't understand why I suddenly have goggles and a snorkel on whenever I go into the water,)" Kirby asked himself as he squirted water at a Cheep-Cheep coming their way.
"Seeing the Cheep-Cheeps and Bloopers here kind of reminds me of when I traveled through that small water portion back in Lineland Road. Good times… Right, Tippi?" Chopper recalled as he pulled Timpani's wand out.
"Yeah, I remember that…" Timpani trailed as she began to remember those moments. "I'm sorry if I didn't really feel too…excited when you were around. I just didn't have much trust in you. …Or maybe it was because you were acting a bit annoying to me."
"What?"
"Ummmmmm… Nothing! Let's just continue on!"
"All right, whatever you say," they all swam over to a little passageway that appeared to be too tight to fit through. So, they simply used Slim's ability to turn sideways and slip through the little crack…but they stopped when they saw Sonic and Blade fall into the water again.
"Wait, what the… Why are you two back in the water?" Luigi gawked as they sank to the bottom right next to them.
"Mmmmmmmggggfffffh!" Because of Sonic's choking sounds, there was no way they could hear the blue hedgehog speak. "Mmmmmgggfffhhh! Armmmmgghhcammmgggine!"
"What's that? Did you say that you need a Shroom Shake?" Chopper asked, not understanding what he was saying. Sonic was quickly shaking his head, but it was too late. Chopper took out a Shroom Shake and gave it to him to heal 10 HP. However, it also made a timer appear above Sonic. He ran over to an air bubble and took in the air.
Mario: I don't think that's what he said…
Blade face palmed and pointed to Arcaine, who was playing with his stick. "OH! You mean that Arcaine's the reason why you're down here? Wow… What a jerk! Why should he hit our friends?!" Chopper frowned while clenching his fists.
"Hey… There's a little crack right next to us." Luigi pointed down at the crack. "Are we going to get down there?"
"Yeah, we're going to do that now," Chopper instantly activated Slim's powers and turned sideways to slip through the crack. "I'm still reminded of that 'curse' I got five months ago… If only I had that with me…"
"Poyo, (Well, at least I can copy abilities unlike that last adventure,)" Kirby commented as he sank to the grassy ground. He happened to notice a Herm crawling around here, so he decided to take care of it by using Crystaline on it and then squirted water at it to defeat it.
"Huh… So have you gone through a couple of water areas in the past?" Luigi asked as he noticed a door right next to him to his right. Sonic nodded, but it was a nod that made him think of those awful moments in Pristine Palisade.
"Yeah… We've been in a water world before…" Chopper recalled. "It was before you and Mario showed up. I'm sure it was a place that Sonic disliked…a lot. Oh yeah, it was also a place where we first met Blade too!"
Blade smiled and gave a nod, but was still choking from the water, so he immediately took the door into the next area.
"Mmmmmmmmgggfffffhhh!" Sonic choked, when he really meant, "I wish I had a Bubble Shield on me right now!" as he followed everyone else into the next area. They came across a larger area, but they happened to notice that there was a slope going up. Even with Chopper's decreased speed, he would move much slower up the hill, just like Sonic would.
"Well, all we need to do is swim up this hill. It's not going to be too tough since we don't need to walk." Luigi said as he began to swim up the hill. Chopper tried to see if his Speed Dash would work. Sadly, it didn't seem like it helped him.
"Dang it... My Speed Dash is useless here!"
Instead of running, he was forced to swim, to his dismay. But, at least he didn't have to worry about holding his breath. Nah. Both Sonic and Blade had to worry and they were taking in air bubbles like never before.
After a bit, Sonic curled up in a ball and used a Spin Dash to go up the hill. Blade had no other choice but to swim through, but when they reached the top of the hill, they saw that there was a larger part of the area that was kind of shaped like a square. There were two ways to go, but the current going down seemed to push Chopper when he swam down there.
"Poyo? (So we can't go down that way?)" Kirby asked out of curiosity.
"Guess not," Chopper responded, shaking his head before getting hit by a Herm's claws. "Hold on a second…"
He bashed the Herm a couple of times with his hammer. It was lucky enough to drop a Bubble Shield, which Sonic immediately grabbed. Chopper also decided to inhale some of the water to gain the Water ability, due to it being able to help him through the water and increase his speed.
"I honestly don't know how water's going to help you defeat enemies…" Luigi trailed as he looked at Chopper's new look.
"Whew! I can finally breathe!" Sonic said, sighing in relief as Chopper made a bubble for Blade so he could breathe. "I REALLY wanted to have some air for once! I mean, WHY are we in a place filled with water?"
"Maybe this is how this place was made..." Luigi deduced.
Mario: Probably.
"Well, if we keep complaining about it, then we won't get anywhere," Chopper mentioned. "Anyway, let's get a move on."
"You should take the path to the right, I suppose," Timpani suggested as they all walked over to the current. It began to suck them in, which is something Luigi didn't really want to happen.
"Someone help me!" he cried.
Mario: Don't worry about it! Let it carry you!"
"Ummmmm… All right! I'll… I'll try!" Luigi stopped resisting and let himself get carried by the current. They ended up in a smaller portion of the area with a door right by them.
When they entered into the next area, they saw a Sun Chomper swimming in the waters, but it was much, MUCH bigger than its predecessor, the Chomper. Blade simply swam up to it and slashed it with his sword multiple times to trigger a blue ! Switch to appear and a chest.
"Poyo… (I wonder what it is…)" Kirby opened the chest and found a Door Key from inside. He hit the blue ! Switch next to cause the whole area to shake a bit.
"It sounds like it was coming from the surface," Blumiere informed. "We should head back there."
"Good idea," Chopper opened the door back into that smaller area, but this time they realized they couldn't take the same current back. Instead, they took a new current to their left to bring them back in the larger portion of the area.
"I guess we can go back from here," Luigi confirmed.
Surface-
"Thank goodness we're finally up at the surface!" Sonic said, sighing in relief as they saw a lily pad. Arcaine was still minding his own business, but when Chopper squirted water on him, it caused him to get up and growl.
"What do you think you were doing, partner?!" Arcaine barked. "Couldn't you see I was relaxing here?
"Yeah... But I was just trying to get your attention..." Chopper trailed.
"Well, whatever. You did what you had to do in the water, right? Well… Maybe we should get going then!" Arcaine jumped on the lily pad and waited for everyone else to go over. Blade simply used his katana to row the lily pad over to the upper ground. Of course, only Luigi was capable to making a high jump like that. On the other hand, Kirby was able to float up as well.
"Oh! Well you can float up here!" Luigi said out of surprise. Kirby, using his inhaling, managed to get everyone else up to the door without even eating them. Since he also had the key, he managed to unlock the door.
"Right! Now our journey to hunt the SunMoonFlower continues! Don't be making any jokes, because I'm super sunious here…"
"Sure you are…" Blade said sarcastically as he opened the door into the next area. They could see the sun was lower on the ground and the sky was a darker orange color than before. The whole view looked incredibly nice from here, especially in a small little area like this with grass.
"I gotta say… That's one awesome sunset!" Sonic grinned.
"I have to agree with that!" Luigi nodded. "I can't believe we haven't seen great sunsets like this!"
"Hey, who's trying to disturb my little tan over here?" everyone paused when they saw a female Koopa with a large, pink bow with polka dots on her head, golden rings on her wrists, large pink lips and pink hi-heels sitting on a beach chair. She took off her sunglasses and noticed it was the heroes.
"Well well well! Look who decided to show up! Although it would've been BETTER if you idiots didn't come at a time like this!" the Koopa girl snorted, sticking her tongue out at the heroes.
"Uhhhh… Who's this chick?" Blade asked. "She kind of reminds me of those other two Koopaling guys we've faced."
"Oh, no… Not Wendy…" Luigi groaned.
"Wendy? That's her name?" Chopper raised an eyebrow.
"Well of COURSE it's my name, you idiot!" Wendy sneered as she got up and threw her sunglasses to the side. "Now that I look at you, you kind of look like that dark guy that sent me here…"
"Oh, don't tell me Tipral sent ALL of the Koopalings to different places…" the antennae hero groaned and clenched his fists. "OK, look. We just wanna go find the Pure Heart. Is there a way we can talk through this?"
"Or better yet, you can let me through, right?" Arcaine asked as he slowly walked over to Wendy. However, she fired a golden ring from her wand and knocked him back. He was unconscious only for a couple of seconds.
"Who cares what you think! What matters is that I get King Bowser back so I can get whatever I want!" Wendy growled. "And just because there are six of you doesn't mean I'm going to lose!"
"Poyo… (She definitely reminds me of Mimi…)" Kirby remarked.
"You can say that again," agreed Chopper before getting hit in the face by a magic ring. "Dang it! She struck first…"
"You stupid heroes are going down!" she cried as she jumped toward the group. Luigi managed to jump out of the way and strike her in the head with a jump. This left her stunned for a couple of seconds, but she managed to fire another magical ring that began to bounce around on the grassy ground.
While she fired magic, Chopper got Timpani's wand out and decided to investigate the bratty Koopaling.
"That's Wendy O. Koopa. She's the third youngest of the Koopalings and one of Bowser's minions. Max HP is 185. Attack is 10. Unlike the other Koopalings, she'll hurl magical rings at you, but they'll bounce around the room slowly for a little while before they disappear. You can inhale them if necessary and use them against her, if that's possible. Basically, from what I can see, she's a spoiled brat that gets everything she wants from Bowser." Timpani informed.
"Spoiled?! Who's the one that called me 'spoiled'?!" Wendy growled as she turned to Chopper, who was holding the glowing wand. "I swear if you're the one who did it, I'm going to make you regret it!"
"Oh yeah? Watch this!" Chopper ran toward Wendy and used a Tidal Wave attack that nearly buried her in a huge wave of water, knocking her over. When she fired a golden ring at him, Kirby inhaled it and spat it at her to make her retreat into her shell and roll around the whole grass.
"Hmmmm… Well, I never expected you people to be such tough fighters!" Arcaine commented. "I don't think defeating SunMoonFlower will be as bad as I thought it would be!"
"Could you stop thinking about the whole SunMoonFlower thing and think of what's MORE important?!" Blade howled as he jumped out of the way of Wendy's shell. When she poked her head out, he managed to get a good attack on her with his katana before getting knocked away by one of the golden rings that she fired.
"Ouch… Well, she's not one to let herself open…"
"Yeah, well let's not let it bother us," Sonic suggested as he used a Spin Jump on Wendy while she was distracted. He also added in his Bounce Attack to leave her completely dazed…and even angrier.
"What gives you the right to attack a lady like that?!" Wendy screamed. "Do you have any respect for women?!"
"Well... I don't think they're bad." Chopper retorted as he slammed his hammer on her head. "However, I don't like it when they try to hurt me!"
"Like I even care what you think!" she snorted as she fired a golden ring of magic at Chopper. However, he managed to squirt a large amount of water from his mouth and not only hit her with water, but also make the ring hit her in the face, leaving her dazed. That's when Mario came in and struck her with a Ground Pound.
"Gah! Cheap shot!" Wendy got in her shell and began to roll around the grassy ground. The only one who ended up getting hurt was Arcaine, who was paying absolutely no attention to the fight.
"Hey! What do you think you're doing?!" he barked.
"Dude… Just try to find a safe place!" Blade suggested.
"OK, OK! I should find someplace safe!" Arcaine agreed as he found a little place for him to hide and watched as Kirby used Crystaline to freeze Wendy and inhale an ice ball Chopper tossed to him to gain the Ice ability. Now he was ready to cool things up a bit, especially in weather like this.
"Is it really a good idea for him to use ice when it's warm out here?" Sonic asked as Kirby managed to kick Wendy across the area and damage her when she broke out of her icy prison.
"What the heck was that?! Did I just get frozen?!" Wendy's face started to steam as she charged and knocked Kirby back with a kick. Chopper helped Kirby out by kicking Wendy in the stomach and even shooting water into her face.
"AUGH! I can't see! You got water in my eyes, you idiot!"
"Nice going!" Sonic commented as he used a Whirlwind to lift her up in the air. He struck her with two Homing Attacks afterward and to finish things off, Luigi launched himself up in the air and struck the girl with a Super Jump.
"Wow… She's a lot tougher than I thought." Luigi gaped.
Mario: Same goes with the others…
"Well that's not a real problem!" Chopper said as he charged up a fireball and hurled it at Wendy's back. Her tail was suddenly on fire, causing her to scream until Chopper got it out with some water.
"WHY are you doing this to me?!" Wendy cried as she fired another golden ring at Chopper, knocking him to the ground. Kirby, on the other hand, ice skated toward her and used his Ice Storm attack to leave her off guard.
Fortunately, Wendy still had another trick up her sleeve. She fired pink energy from her wand and knocked Kirby back with it. She fired another ring afterward and allowed it to slowly bounce around. Mario and Luigi got hit by it and Blade tried hitting it with his katana. But, of course, it didn't work.
"Really? I can't hit it with my katana?" Blade grumbled.
"Relax, Blade. It's not the end of the world." Luigi assured as he threw Bonjourang at Wendy and left her dazed. He followed up with his Cyclone attack and launched her up into the air, allowing him to strike her with his Super Jump. Unfortunately, she got pretty mad and ended up kicking Luigi in the stomach with her hi-heel shoe.
"Oww… That really hurts…"
"A hi-heel shoe would definitely hurt if it hit your stomach…" Timpani agreed while Kirby ran toward Wendy again and kicked her from behind and even froze her feet to keep her from moving.
"That should keep her busy for a while. Just don't use any fire on her while she's stuck." Blumiere suggested.
"Ugh! Do all of these have to happen to me? I mean, I'm too cute to be stuck like this!" Wendy sneered as she tried moving her feet.
"Errr... I'm sure there's someone who likes you, but I wouldn't say you're my type." Blade commented.
"That's fine, because you're not my type either," the Koopaling countered, hitting Blade with a pink spell and knocking him back.
Kirby jumped on Carrie and jumped on her head to leave her dizzy for a couple of seconds. This allowed him to hurt her with his Ice Breath and even leave her frozen for a couple of seconds. With this, Mario jumped on top of the Koopa princess and used a Ground Pound to knock her over on her shell and leaving her completely vulnerable.
"I got dibs!" Sonic announced as he struck Wendy's stomach with a Homing Attack. She got up and held her stomach in pain.
"Is this really the treatment I deserve? First I'm sent here, then I get knocked over like this! This is not my day…" a small tear came down Wendy's face. Everyone actually noticed this, and, for the exception of Mario and Luigi, everyone felt a bit bad for her.
"Don't fall for her trick!" Luigi warned, clenching his fists and remaining in a fighting stance. "She's just trying to trick you!"
"Ehhhh… I don't know about that… I kind of feel sorry for hurting her, now that I think about it…" Sonic trailed.
"Yeah... Me too." Chopper frowned.
"So… You all forgive me?" Wendy asked.
"Sure… Well, do you forgive us?" Blade asked.
"Weeeeeeeell…" she grinned, raised her wand, and fired a pink blast at everyone, knocking them onto the ground. "Like I would ever forgive you idiots!"
"Ugh… See? I told you…" Luigi grumbled.
Mario: Don't fall for her tricks.
"Urgh… That was dumb…" Chopper grumbled. "Why did I fall for that?"
"Let's just get back to fighting! I don't wanna be talking all day!" Wendy groaned as she fired another golden ring. Mario simply knocked it back at her face by using his hammer. When Kirby used his Ice Sprinkle, she was stunned for a couple of seconds.
Since Luigi had a chance to make his move, he used his Cyclone to break Wendy out of her icy prison and send her flying up, allowing himself to strike her with a Super Jump. This left her with a small amount of HP left.
"I may have low HP, but it doesn't mean I'm going to give up now!" Wendy sneered, firing a barrage of golden rings at the heroes. Everyone tried their best to dodge, but one ended up knocking Chopper's Water ability away. Kirby, on the other hand, was able to freeze them.
"Poyo, (These rings don't do much,)" he commented as he floated above her and froze her with his Ice Breath. With one last kick, he knocked the Koopa princess back and broke her out of her prison when she hit the door.
"ACK!"
Unable to take any more, Wendy's eyes finally closed, and she became motionless. Kirby poked her to see if she would get up.
"Poyo, (She's not moving,)" Kirby announced.
"Wait, is that a bad thing?" Chopper asked. Kirby simply shook his head at him.
"Poyo. (No. But I think she's still breathing. Maybe we should move on before she gets up.)"
"Oh… All right! That sounds good to me! I kind of want to get out of here anyway…" Chopper walked over to the door and entered through the next area. Everyone else followed him to find a hill moving down and a large gap near the edge of the hill. It looked like a tricky jump, that's for sure.
"First things first…" Blade jumped under the ? Block to expect a Mega Star to pop out. Unfortunately, it was just a measly Mushroom. Nevertheless, he split it and they all took it to recover 10 HP. They noticed that between the gap of the two hills, there was a platform in the background.
"Huh… Now how do we get through that?" Sonic asked.
"Well, maybe I can flip into 3-D?" Chopper threw his arms up in the air and flipped into 3-D with the rest of the group. Heck, even Arcaine went into 3-D and he was even shocked by these results.
"You… You're a strange little fellow… How did you manage to do that?" Arcaine asked.
"Yes. Yes I am. And you remind me of…oh, forget it." Chopper jumped onto the platform that could be seen in 3-D and jumped across the gap ahead. To his surprise, when he flipped everyone and himself back into 2-D, they noticed a pink, bounceable mushroom right by a dark blue mushroom where the next door rested.
"Poyo? (What's that bouncy mushroom doing here?)" Kirby asked.
"It kind of reminds me of when we were on the highlands of Lineland, Chopper," Timpani recalled.
"Yeah, I remember that too… Let's see if it works!" Chopper jumped on the mushroom first and bounced off and grabbed a hold of the large, dark blue mushroom. Looking up at the sky, it sure was getting darker.
"So we're now entering Night Land territory…" Arcaine informed as they all got to the door and walked into another area. There happened to be two red ! Switches here, but they also happened to notice that there was another enemy. It looked just like a Sunflower, but it was a dark blue color with a bit of purple. Its step was a darker green color too.
"Whoa… That looks just like a Sunflower… Is that a Moonflower?" Chopper asked as he investigated it with Timpani's wand. "…Yeah, this is a Moonflower. What a strange enemy this is…"
"I guess this is where things start to change," Luigi stated as he stomped on the Moonflower and performed some stylish moves by flipping. Mario made the finishing move with a simple stomp. It ended up dropping an Ultra Shroom Shake, which he happily took.
"And I think you might need zee help of my power, honh honh honh!" Bonjourang informed as Luigi turned to the switches. He shrugged and threw him at them, triggering a couple of platforms to appear. One was moving up, another was moving to the left and right and the last one remained still with a door.
"And away we go!" Chopper said as he used the platforms to reach the door.
Next area-
"OK, I'll admit… This area was…a bit short, if you ask me." Sonic commented as they saw two Moonflowers and a Star Block at the end of the trail. "So… We're finally in Moon Land?"
"Well, I said it before, so yeah, we are," Arcaine confirmed as Chopper tossed an ice ball at the Moonflower, which surprisingly defeated it easily. Kirby used his Ice ability on the other to defeat it once and for all.
"Huh… So, where do you think we'll be going next in Moon Land?" Blade asked.
"Hopefully we find the castle," Luigi hoped. "That's where we need to go to find King Moonnight."
"And hopefully the dreadful SunMoonFlower is there! I can't wait to stop it! It's almost getting as annoying as shooing cats away!" Arcaine exclaimed. Blade ended up giving him a dirty look. "What? I don't like… Oh, wait a second… Don't tell me YOU'RE a cat, aren't you?"
"Uh oh... Now there's a cat hater here!" Blade grumbled as he sulked. "This is going to be nice…"
"Meh, I think you can handle it," Chopper assured as he destroyed the Star Block with one punch.
"Yeah, but he hates cats!"
"Well… That's what happens when you make fun of others!"
END OF CHAPTER
After the intense fight with the spoiled brat, Wendy O. Koopa, our heroes were relieved from the battle and managed to cross the border between Sun and Moon Land. They watched as they looked up at the sky and at the full moon. Now they were on the other side of this world. Although Luigi didn't feel comfortable exploring the night area, he knew he had to go through with it. "Great… Now I'm reminded of that previous world we were in…" Chopper groaned, recalling the previous world. Luckily, it didn't seem that it would be as bad as they thought it would be.
Ah, yes. This chapter... Well, this is what it turned out to be. ...No, I'm not saying it's bad or anything. I actually liked writing this chapter. Thankfully, it took me less time than Chapter 13-2. And, surprisingly, I actually like the next two chapters, for a couple of reasons.
However, I shouldn't speak about those just yet. You'll find out for yourself.