"EEEEEEEEP!"
Everyone let out a scream as they flew through the cosmos like a bullet. When they tried looking back, they noticed how much smaller Pop Star was getting, along with the Halberd.
Eventually they had come across a pathway consisting of green platforms ahead. There were green poles above and below the platforms, just in case if anyone were to accidentally fall off. They landed on those platforms, though some of them did not have that great of a landing...
"Ow! Son of a…er…pizza roll!" Tamber grumbled, landing on the pathway face-first.
Chopper slowly got up and looked at his surroundings. "Wow! This place looks cool! ...Though it doesn't look like a star path at all..."
"Well, it's better than no path," Bombette said.
Chopper noticed a barrel up ahead over by a wall, which had a red button on it. "Well, I guess there's an obstacle in our way. C'mon, Mario! Let's go get that switch!"
Mario nodded and followed Chopper over to the barrel. He brought his hammer down on Chopper so that he would go underground. However, he found himself under the platform, and he comically flailed his arms and feet around before grabbing underneath the platform.
"Eep... I don't like this..." Chopper gulped, looking down below him.
"Are you all right, Chopper?" Flyer asked.
"Y-Yeah, I'm fine... I think I might have an idea." he started to monkey bar his way to where the barrel supposedly was. It appeared rather soft where the barrel was, allowing him to dig upward and get inside the barrel. "Phew! I'm safe!"
"Well, that's one way to get through that," Shadower commented as the barrel moved over to the wall. Mario jumped on top and hit the switch with his hammer. Before they knew it, paper flipped and a lift appeared next to the wall. When Chopper broke out of the barrel, he and Mario stepped on it, causing it to glow brightly.
"Wow... It's so beautiful." Flyer gaped, walking onto the lift with the others. It began to slowly ascend in the same manner as an elevator. "Also, you should remember that we can jump much higher due to the gravitational poles within outer space."
"They don't seem to be effecting me..." Chopper trailed. "Maybe Toadette was right about these shoes not affecting me in space..."
"You gotta be kidding me… The gumball gets all of the awesome stuff?! That's dumb!" Tamber raged, throwing another tantrum. Well, until he paused. "Wait, who is Toadette?"
"...A good friend, I suppose."
The lift made it up to the top, leading them to the pathway ahead. They saw a couple of other platforms floating slightly above. They were a glowing yellow color with a star symbol on them.
"Let's see what we got around here," Chopper took a few steps and looked at his surroundings. "I'm surprised that there aren't any enemies around here. Meta Knight did give us a warning..."
When they got to the two floating platforms, a dark mist appear above them. Everyone gave Chopper an irritated look, who gave them a sheepish smile.
An eye eventually appeared in the dark mist, along with orange petals surrounding the dark being. When Dark Matter had finally formed, it attempted to zap Chopper with black lightning, but he got out of the way.
"This one is definitely more hostile than the previous one we faced," Flyer commented. "I'd be wary if I were you, Chopper."
"Don't worry, Flyer!" Chopper assured, looking at Dark Matter. "I got this! My light power was able to defeat that other Dark Matter. I bet it'll work on this one too!"
Chopper saw that Dark Matter had 66 HP, an Attack of 16 and a Defense if 6. This had surprised Chopper, considering how dangerous these enemies could be. However, he then remembered those Rock Shells had a Defense of 8. Regardless of that, Chopper threw a light ball at Dark Matter, which appeared to be very effective, dealing 10 damage.
"It did full damage? How did... Wait, it's made of darkness! Of course light would be dangerous to it!"
"Exactly," Flyer replied, flying up to Dark Matter. He seemed to have a harder time moving due to the gravity. But, he managed to strike Dark Matter with a Flying Attack, piercing through its defense.
Dark Matter quickly swooped down toward Chopper, but when he Superguarded its attack, Dark Matter was knocked toward one of the star platforms that Chopper jumped on.
"Take this!" Chopper threw another light ball at Dark Matter and make it cringe. "Well, it really seems to hate the light."
"Maybe it'll hate fire as well!" Vivian wondered, striking Dark Matter with a Shade Fist. After Dark Matter zapped Vivian, Chopper tossed another light ball at the ball of darkness, which, of course, pierced through its defense.
"Y'know, it's better that we only have to deal with one Dark Matter. Then again, two of 'em would be no problem!" Sonic smirked, hitting the enemy with a Homing Attack - only to be hit by a black projectile Dark Matter fired.
"Ugh… I didn't see that coming." Sonic groaned as he quickly shook himself and looked back at Dark Matter. "But I'm not going to let that stop me!" Curling in a ball, he jumped and attacked Dark Matter with another Homing Attack.
"It stinks that you guys can only do about 4 damage to that…thing. But at least I have my light power." Chopper threw another light ball at Dark Matter, bringing its HP down to 18 HP. That's when Dark Matter fired orange petals at Chopper to deal 16 damage. Regardless, Chopper threw another light ball.
"I think I can finish this fight off," Tamber declared, attempting to punch Dark Matter. Unfortunately, he couldn't punch it because it was not low enough to the ground. "Dang it! Hey! Ball of darkness! Can you get down here so I can hit you?"
Dark Matter ignored Tamber and zapped him with another dark glob of energy, angering him even more. He tried to punch at Dark Matter again, but he still missed each time.
"Come oooooooon! Let me get yooooou!" Tamber whined as he continued to fail at punching Dark Matter. It decided to come down and fly out of the way when Tamber would try to punch it, just to get a reaction from him. "Stop messing with me!"
"Ugh... This is getting pointless." Bombette groaned. "Just get rid of it, Chopper."
"All right," Chopper tossed a light ball straight at Dark Matter, depleting all of its HP. A bright light had emitted from the enemy, and soon it exploded.
"Well, thank goodness that's over with," Flyer sighed in relief. "That thing was a nightmare... But the real question is, how'd this thing get here?"
"Beats me. Maybe we'll find out ahead..." Chopper noticed that the platforms began to move up and down now. "What the… What the heck's going on?"
When he jumped onto the platform, he found that it took him up to a little secret. Apparently, there was a bridge made of light that appeared when he saw a huge gap between the platform and another one to his left. A Light Block was standing in the way.
"Oh, I can take care of this!" he threw a light ball at the block, destroying it. A small, dome-like house made of light and star energy appeared underneath it. "Huh... Interesting..."
He heard the sound of wings behind him. Turning around, Chopper saw that Flyer was trying to get to him. However, with the gravity, he nearly flew past the platform, but Chopper was able to pull him back.
"Whew... Thanks, Chopper." Flyer thanked.
"What are you doing here?" Chopper asked, until he decided it was no big deal. "Oh, whatever. You can come with me if you want. Just be careful..."
They walked into the house to find a large, Dark Block. Using his hammer, Chopper performed his Master Hammer technique to break the block, making a green ! Switch appeared on the ground.
"Hmmmmmm… I wonder what happens when I hit this…" Chopper kicked the switch, which triggered shaking to occur outside. From outside, a rainbow staircase had been created to lead to more platforms.
"Let's check outside," Flyer suggested, flying out of the house. Chopper was about to go, but he stopped for a minute and spotted a glowing yellow X on the ground. An idea popped in his mind, and he used his Gravity Slam to tear off a piece of hidden paper to reveal a chest.
"Ooh! What's in here?" Chopper opened the chest and found a glowing pale yellow Mushroom with white spots. "A Max Shroom? And it can recover all of my HP? Hooray!"
Over by the stairs-
"I can't really describe how beautiful space looks around here," Berry commented as she and the others waited for Chopper and Flyer's return.
"That rainbow staircase looks awesome, too!" Scrub added.
They spotted Chopper and Flyer making their return, and they too were shocked by the rainbow staircase.
"This place keeps getting cooler by the minute," Chopper smiled.
"Yes, it's quite intriguing," Flyer agreed.
"Poyo! (I want to see where this leads to!)" Kirby smiled, running on ahead.
"Yeah, I agree," Chopper nodded, walking up the rainbow stairs. Everyone soon followed, easily catching up to the two.
"You know, there's always something that's been bugging me..." Shadower trailed, catching the attention of the other's.
"What is it?" Bombette asked.
"Has any of you kept track on how our quest has been?"
"Well, I certainly could not," Flyer responded. "I believe I had joined you guys when you had acquired twelve Crystal Stars, correct?"
"I wasn't keeping track," Tamber stated. "But I'm sure the gumball has an idea."
"Errrr... I haven't been keeping track..." Chopper sweat dropped. "The only thing I know is that I started this adventure one week after my birthday..."
"Neat! You remember my birthday, right, Choppy?" Berry asked. He responded with a head shake, but she decided not to get annoyed. "It was on February 14th. You came to my third birthday party!"
"Oh... Yeah. I do remember that." Chopper frowned, remembering that day.
"Hey, maybe we oughta stop talking like this and keep moving!" Tamber yelled.
"We are close to the top, though," Sonic mentioned, seeing the top of the staircase. Once everyone got to the top, they spotted a couple of shooting stars fly downward. Not only that, but there were many different colored stars, ranging from blue, red, green and yellow.
"Gee whiz! There is so much around here!" Vivian smiled. "It makes me feel so...calm."
Mario: They look much better than Shooting Star Summit!
"Shooting Star Summit..." Berry trailed. "I guess there were a lot of shooting stars there, huh?"
"Yeah, there were," Chopper nodded. "Which...kinda explains the name of that place. Though, that place was easier, and this isn't. And challenge can sometimes be fun!"
"Yeah! A challenge is always better!" Sonic agreed. "If this place was easy, then where would the fun be in this adventure?"
"Uh huh," Chopper rushed on ahead into an area where the platforms were made of stars. Unfortunately, there didn't appear to be any enemies around. "Boy... It feels kinda lonely here with no enemies. ...Maybe it's for the better?"
"There's at least a Save Block, though," Flyer pointed to the Save Block over by the end of the area. "I'm guessing there's something big up ahead."
Chopper punched the Save Block from underneath and saved his game. With that, they pressed on to the next area to find a roundish area made of mostly stars. In the center was a gravestone.
"That gravestone... It almost makes me think of the gravestone near Star Haven..." Chopper trailed.
"Hmmmm? There was a gravestone there?" Flyer gawked.
"Yeah. We fought an optional boss there. Hopefully this isn't anything similar!"
Everyone walked over to the gravestone and took a good look at it. However, there was something off about it, and Berry was the first to notice.
"Wait a moment..." Berry trailed, getting a closer look at the statue. "There's nothing written on here? Is this just an empty gravestone?"
"Why don't we dig to prove it?" Tamber suggested, rubbing his hands suspiciously.
"Tamber! That's disrespectful to the dead!" Flyer scolded. "I thought you were above that?"
"Hey, it's the only way to prove it!"
Before they could continue their arguing, something had risen from the gravestone and revealed itself to be Dark Matter.
"Uh oh... It's another Dark Matter!" Chopper gulped, jumping out of the way of the enemy's projectile. He immediately took action by creating a light ball and throwing it at Dark Matter, making it wince and deal 10 damage. Tamber noticed Dark Matter near the floor, so he managed to throw a punch before it could dodge.
"FINALLY! I got to punch that thing! Oh yeah!" Tamber fist pumped. Unfortunately he was the one to get struck by Dark Matter, which managed to anger him a lot. Actually, it left him fuming and throwing another tantrum.
"OK, seriously, grow up," Shadower groaned.
"I'm eleven, so there's no problem with that."
"Well you're older than Chopper, and you're being pretty immature..."
"Yeah. ...What he said." Chopper said after tossing another light ball at Dark Matter, dealing 10 more damage to it.
"I might as well make a move," Berry ran up to Dark Matter and slammed her hammer on top of it. This left Dark Matter slightly dazed, but it had also made it a bit unhappy. It fired a couple of orange petals at the girl, taking 16 out of her. It didn't stop her from using her Ruby Throw, though.
"Wait a second… I can use a new stomp attack! I should give it a try!" Chopper leaped toward Dark Matter and struck it with a Light Stomp, managing to take 10 more out of it. "Man, this is going to be pretty fun to use!"
When Chopper landed, he ducked when Dark Matter tried to swoop down and attack. Unfortunately, it only missed, allowing Chopper to hit it with a Light Smash.
"All right, Kirby! Finish the job!" Chopper shouted. Kirby nodded and floated over Dark Matter. With that, he turned into a stone, smashing Dark Matter, and making it explode into darkness.
"Oh, yeah! Now THAT was pretty cool!" Sonic stated while waggling his finger. "Another victory for us!"
Not only that, but there was another thing that had changed, specifically with the gravestone.
"Hey... There's writing on it now!" Vivian noticed. "Maybe that Dark Matter was... Well, I guess it's not a big issue now..."
"Let's check it out," Chopper suggested, he and the others approaching the gravestone.
Here lies the great Galaxy Soldier Nomad.
Nomad had helped fend off the many monsters and was well-respected by his soldiers. It was he who had stopped the Great Demon Catastrophe, saving the lives of many innocents. For those who find this gravestone, please give a moment of silence to respect this brave warrior.
"I guess this is where Silica's father fell..." Berry trailed. "Do you think we should give a moment of silence for him?"
"Yeah, I think so," Chopper nodded. "He deserves it."
There everyone stood, looking down at the gravestone in silence.
"Seeing people arrive here? This is a surprise!" came a voice from the gravestone.
Everyone jumped up a little, and then they looked up and saw a spirit of a warrior in blue armor and a purple cape. He didn't appear to have a helmet, revealing his light blue skin. He, however, did not appear to have a mustache like Toalune, but his eyes were purple.
"What the..." Chopper gaped, looking up at the ghost. "Are you...?"
"Correct. I am Nomad." Nomad confirmed.
"A spirit coming out of his grave... Was our presence what made you appear?" Flyer wondered.
"Perhaps it was the energy from the Crystal Stars that drew my attention."
"Do you know where it is?" Chopper asked.
"Unfortunately, I don't have a clue. However, I do believe there is something out there that can give you an idea."
Mario: That's better than nothing.
"You'll need to go find the Star Sprites. They are a group of round beings that roam around space. When I take a look at one, they usually remind me of those bomb creatures... Like the pink one with you."
"Really? That's interesting..." Bombette trailed.
"Where can we find these Star Sprites?" Flyer asked.
"If you keep moving past Star Path, you will hopefully find the Star Sprites," Nomad answered, pointing on ahead. "Thankfully, they are very welcoming of outsiders, considering that they tend to not have many visitors."
"Well that sounds good!" Chopper smiled.
"I hope I was informative enough for you guys. Now, if you'll excuse me... I must return to my nap."
Chopper gave Nomad a nod and he waved goodbye to the soldier. With that, they started to press on.
"...Oh, and one more thing."
Everyone found themselves tripping onto the ground, stopping them in their tracks. They stood up and looked at Nomad, who sheepishly sweat dropped.
"OK, I didn't mean to make you guys trips... But I'd suggest you be careful out here..." Nomad warned. "There are many monsters such as Dark Matter roaming around. And I do sense a great evil throughout the cosmos. A familiar one at that..."
"Familiar? What do you mean?" Vivian asked.
"No... It couldn't be him! Wasn't he wiped out by the pink puffball? ...Well, anyway, if you run into this evil, be careful."
With his last words, Nomad had faded away, leaving the heroes to wave goodbye to him. Of course, they decided to remember what he had said as the pressed on ahead. In the background, there appeared to be many floating asteroids, and on the green path, there appeared to be some pillars.
"Wow, what a sight," Sonic smiled.
"Yeah, I think so too," Chopper agreed, smiling as well. However, his smile disappeared when he saw at least three Master Phis land on the ground. "Wait... Phis? Uh oh..."
Luckily, the Phis didn't seem to notice them, so they kept quiet in order to keep the two Master Phis from noticing them.
"Hmmmmmm… I don't sense the Crystal Star around here." the first Master Phi said as it scanned the area. "It is likely that it is located somewhere else. So, let's—"
All of the sudden, a dark glob had flew into the Master Phi's body, causing it to malfunction and make sparks come out. It covered its face for a moment while letting out a robotic groan.
Then, it moved its arms off its face, revealing orange eyes and black pupils rather than its intimidating red eyes. Any form of red on the Phi was now replaced with orange.
"Wait... What is going on with this one?" the other Master Phi gawked, noticing the possessed Phi Matter aim its weapon at it.
"Looks like it's being possessed," the third Master Phi realized. "The best we can do at this point is get that...whatever that was out of its body."
Looking up, the Master Phis saw more Dark Matter flying in their direction.
"There's more of them! Fire at will!" the Master Phis started to fire shots at the Dark Matter. While some actually hurt the Dark Matters a bit, it didn't appear to be enough to stop them from continuously charging at them.
"It's no use! Nothing's working!" the same Master Phi exclaimed, getting struck by Dark Matter's projectile. When it fell, the dark being flew directly at it, but the Master Phi had raised its foot, kicking it away. "There's no way you're going to possess me you...whatever you are."
Unfortunately, it barely had enough time to react upon getting up. Dark Matter had zapped the Phi, leaving it stunned, and allowing it to possess the robot. The remaining Master Phi was unsure of what to say, but it, too, had gotten possessed by Dark Matter.
"Oh, man... Looks like Dark Matter got those Phis..." Chopper frowned.
Just then, another figure had appeared above the group of Dark Matter. Compared to them, this figure was much bigger. It appeared round and contained a red eye.
"Poyo? (Is that...Zero?)"
"Yeah! That is Zero!" Chopper realized.
"Who's Zero?" Vivian asked.
"Zero was once this small, innocent creature I met when I was four. Unfortunately, it got taken away, and Maquano turned it evil. ...Or, he said he brought it back to its original form..."
Zero looked down at the two Phi Matters the two Dark Matter possessed, and with a red, blood-like projectile, they were easily destroyed as the two dark beings exited their bodies. With that, the enemies made their exit, not paying attention to the heroes.
"Whoa! Did you guys SEE that?!" Scrub gaped. "Those things seriously did away with those Phis!"
"Poyo? (But how is Zero still alive?)" Kirby wondered. "Poyo! (I destroyed him!)"
"Maybe we'll figure out ahead," Chopper decided, running on ahead onto another starry pathway. This time, the path had many colors such as pink, blue, and red. There didn't appear to be much around, with the exception of a yellow ? Block containing pale yellow juice called Max Juice.
"Another random item? Where do these keep coming from?" Tamber asked.
"Beats me, but I'm fine with it," the antennae hero declared, picking up the juice. "And this stuff can recover all of my FP! Yay!"
"Hey, look over there," Sonic said, pointing up ahead. There appeared to be a round, orange being on what appeared to be roller skates with the ability to hover off the ground. He also wore a gray beret and had a curvy mustache. Along with that, his arms and legs resembled sticks, and his white hands were pretty big.
Mario: Who is that?
"Ah… Zis art… It iz so beautiful…like zee skies…" the painter said happily, painting his masterpiece. "Though, painting zee skies sometimes gets so boring... I always wished to draw a portrait of someone. A beautiful girl, especially! I wish to draw them like a princess!"
"What's with this guy?" Bombette whispered.
"Looks like he's a painter," Flyer deduced. "He must really enjoy his art!"
Just then, the painter, named Monsieur Paint, took notice of the group. "What's zis? People are here? And there are chéries here as well! Oh, zis is perfect timing for moi!"
"Hey, don't get the wrong idea," Berry warned, giving him a glare. "I'm ten years old!"
"Oh, no no no! If you think I would be flirting with vous. I am only interested in creating a masterpiece of a beautiful girl!"
"Uh… Not to interrupt you, but do you have any idea where to find the Star Sprites?" Chopper asked.
"Star Sprites? Hmmmmm... I know no such thing. I'm clearly more focus on my art."
"Then put your stupid art down and maybe give us a hand!" Tamber yelled.
Monsieur Paint paused, as if someone had just struck a vein. He remained with the same shocked expression for thirty seconds until he found himself steaming with anger.
"You... How dare you mock my glorious art!" Monsieur Paint yelled. "Zis is why I hate zee children so much! They are so loud and obnoxious! It's bad for moi!"
"Look, we didn't mean to-"
"SILENCE!" the painter shouted, silencing Chopper. "If zis is how you treat others, zen how about I give vous a taste of my glorious art?"
Ripping the paper off his sketchbook, he began to create another painting. This time, his paintbrush started to glow, and when he was finished, a painting of a Goomba had jumped out and landed in front of the heroes.
"Whoa! His paintings come to life?" Sonic gaped.
"Destroy zese people!" Monsieur Paint demanded.
"All right... I guess we'll just have to show him that we're not going to let this stop us." Chopper declared, tossing a fireball at the Goomba. With one strike from Berry's Ruby Hammer, the Goomba was defeated.
"Ack! Zis is bad! My glorious masterpiece was destroyed!" Monsieur Paint gaped.
"Masterpiece? That was stupid." Tamber mumbled.
"Zen maybe zis will change your opinion," the...whatever he was started to paint another picture. A being with a round head, an oval-shaped body, disembodied hands, red glowing eyes, and an antenna with a glowing red bulb on the top. To Chopper, it was all too familiar.
"It's a Darkling," Chopper stated.
"A Darkling? Looks kinda weird to me." Sonic remarked.
Regardless of what the others thought, Chopper tossed a light ball at the Darkling, with Sonic following up with a Spin Dash, leaving it at 10 HP. The Darkling painting fired a red spell at Chopper. He guarded it, and then he finished it with another light ball.
"Grrrrrrrr! Zis isn't over yet!" Monsieur Paint started to paint up three Paratroopas. One had a green shell, the second red, and the third blue. They all had 43 HP each with a Defense of 1.
"Hmmmmm… I got an idea!" Tamber appealed to the crowd first and then guarded the Paratroopa's attacks. "All right, Gumball! I want you to knock them all to the ground, OK?"
"Umm… All right?" Chopper performed a Multibounce on all the Paratroopas, knocking them to the ground. Tamber's Quake flipped them over, dealing 12 damage and preventing them from getting up. "Oh! I see what you did, Tamber!"
"Yeah, I know I'm awesome."
Shrugging, Chopper took out his hammer and struck the Paratroopas with his Quake Hammer, taking 10 out of them all. Mario's Triple Jump brought them all down to 8 HP.
They all managed to get up, but they were quickly destroyed by Shadower's Shadow Smite.
"That takes care of them," Shadower smiled.
"Zis is MADNESS! How… How could zis be happening? GAH!" Monsieur Painted yelled, creating another picture furiously. This time it was one of Dark Matter, with only 56 HP, an Attack of 16 and a Defense of 4.
"Well, that one looks much weaker than the real deal," Shadower punched Dark Matter with a Shadow Punch, lowering its defense to 0 and allowing Chopper to strike with a Gravity Jump. It was already down to 20 HP.
The Dark Matter painting zapped Chopper with ink, which didn't do too much, because his Light Stomp brought it down to 10 HP. After Vivian's Shade Fist, the painting was finished.
"I see you are quite formidable in combat. However, I still have on trick up my sleeve!" Monsieur Paint grinned, getting ready to paint another picture. But, there was one big problem. "Wait... No more paint? Oh, dear... This iz bad!"
"I've got paint," Chopper smiled, changing to his Paint ability. "Of course, I'm not sharing any with you. I'd probably beat you anyway."
"If you are talking about a Duel of zee Art, then I accept your challenge!" Monsieur Paint stepped away from his paper and started to swing at Chopper. One simple swing from Chopper's paintbrush, however, knocked the artist unconscious. Because of that, he gained a level up and upgraded his HP to 190.
"That was...very anticlimactic," Flyer commented. "He went down in one hit!"
"Wow… I guess this paint is very effective…" Chopper trailed. "Oh well! Let's move on!"
They followed Chopper on ahead, but the only thing they spotted was no walkway. Instead, they found a yellow, starry grind rail.
"Hey, isn't that a grind rail?" Sonic gawked. "What's this doing here?"
"Beats me," Chopper shrugged.
"Back off!"
Nearby, everyone spotted a yellow, spherical-shaped person with brown feet and a glowing yellow star on her head flying away from at least two Dark Matter.
"What's going on here? There weren't these freaks here!" she gaped, looking back at the two enemies. "I guess the Star Sprites didn't know about them."
When the Star Sprite spotted Chopper and his group, she immediately went behind them.
"What the heck's going on?" Chopper asked.
"No time for chit-chat! Get rid of them for me!" the Star Sprite demanded.
"Uh… OK." Chopper tossed a light ball at the two Dark Matter and destroyed them with no problem. "There we go. Problem solved!"
"Good... No one had even warned me about those creatures." the Star Sprite sighed, facing the group. "By the way, my name's Starlow. I'm a Star Sprite that sometimes goes around here, especially to go see that gravestone. However, those dark freaks happened to show up..."
"Poyo? (You mean Dark Matter?)" Kirby corrected. Starlow was unsure of what to respond to that, but she decided to get a look at the whole group.
"Boy, you guys sure are weird..." Starlow trailed. "I've never seen people outside of Sprite City - which we don't see too often."
"Sprite City? Sounds like the name of some kind of drink..." Chopper pondered. "...Or a character model."
"What? Not at all! That's where the Star Sprite inhabit!" Starlow yelled, her face getting a bit red. Everyone gawked at her, and when she noticed, she calmed down. "…Sorry about that. I'm still a little ticked about those creatures... Anyway, is there a reason why you're here?"
"Well, we're looking for a Crystal Star. I think we were told to look for some Star Sprites. ...Hey, you're a Star Sprite! This was much easier than I thought!"
"A Crystal Star? We've been wondering if someone was actually looking for that... …Not that we're looking for it. But I do think I can help you get an idea of where to go! Just come to the city!"
"Sounds neat!" Sonic grinned. "Though, I don't think all of us are experts at rail grinding..."
"No problem! We Star Sprites can create roads!" Starlow smirked, the star on her head creating a road made of stars. "Follow this road, and you'll get to Sprite City!"
Most of the group had used the starry road to make their way to the city ahead. As for Chopper, Berry, and Sonic, they stepped onto the rail and began to make their way to Sprite City.
"Let's just hope we get that Crystal Star quickly before those Phis do..." Chopper thought.
So... We've got some Phis here, Dark Matter, Zero, and now Starlow makes an appearance? Yeesh, there sure is a lot of introductions in this chapter.
Monsieur Paint is actually based off Paint Roller from the Kirby games, but I wanted to add a little twist - hence why I gave him a lovely French accent. :P