"Ugh… What the heck just happened?" Chopper grumbled as he slowly got up, looking battered from the previous hit. "I don't remember what just happened… I think we were fighting Kojo Pete, but it turns out he was being possessed... And I feel really tired."
"Yeah… I think Miracle Matter got away, though…" Flyer slowly got up and rubbed his head, looking down at the unconscious Kojo Pete. "I never expected Kojo to be possessed like that... But, I guess it explains what was up with him.
Everyone else slowly began to get up. Chopper had taken notice of them and turned to them.
"Are you guys all right?"
"Yeah… I feel all right…" Vivian moaned, Chopper helping her up. "Where did Miracle Matter go?"
"I think he got away..." Chopper answered. He turned around and spotted off in the distance a large asteroid with a freaky-looking face. The eyes and mouth were glowing green of acid. "Hey... Didn't we see that before?"
"Of course! Back when we were in the Gravity Gadget!" Flyer recalled. "I showed you guys the Asteroid Ring! Perhaps both the Crystal Star AND Miracle Matter went there!"
"We should go check it out," Berry suggested. Chopper gave her a nod and walked through the doorway ahead into another area. It didn't appear too big, nor too small. In fact, there was no doorway around.
"Huh… There isn't much around here," Tamber mumbled, looking around his surroundings. The only thing he could see was a Save Block…and a Thwomp sitting on a cube-shaped block. "Hey, what about that statue over there? Go check it out, Gumball!"
"What statue?" Chopper turned and was left in shock at the Thwomp statue. "Uh oh... Not another one of these..."
"It's just a stupid statue. I don't see what's the problem."
"But...it quizzes you!"
"Oh, yes, like that one Thwomp we ran into at the Night Palace," Flyer remembered.
"Wait, you two saw a Thwomp at the Night Palace?" Scrub gawked.
"Yeah, we both met this thing and it tried to quiz us. Only that one had sunglasses. This one just looks like it's some kind of ghost or something. I mean, those eyes..." Chopper shuddered.
"Come on, Choppy, I thought you were braver than this?" Berry inquired.
"Oh, fine... I'll do it. I hope this is the last time we ever see this thing again." Chopper approached the Thwomp and gave it a good poke. Everyone felt the ground shake, and soon, the Thwomp woke up. It had green eyes with the inside of its mouth being green as well. Plus, it appeared in a darker gray compared to others.
"Urg… Whuh-What?! What's going on here?!" the Thwomp asked, quickly taking notice of Chopper. "You! Are you the one that woke me up from my beauty nap?!"
Chopper was unsure of what to say, so he gave it a nod.
"Gah! I've been sleeping for eons and this is the surprise I get?! How nice… Anyway, I suppose you want to go to the Asteroid Ring to find the Asteroid Key, do you not?"
"Asteroid Key? What is that supposed to be?" Vivian asked.
"Oh, the Asteroid Key? It's supposed to be a giant key made of an aster—No, I'm just messing with you. The Asteroid Key is what you need to go into the Asteroid Ring – one of the darkest places in Starlite Galaxy. It's a lot darker than Nocturnane, that's for sure."
"Nocturnane? Never heard of that place..." Chopper trailed aside. He then brought his attention back to the Thwomp. "All right, what's it going to take to move on?"
"Oh, so you want to go through the Spaceway, do you? Perhaps I'll let you go…IF you beat me in a challenge!" the Thwomp grinned. "If not, then you're going to suffer greatly!"
"Of course..." Shadower muttered.
"So, what do you say, kid? Wanna go for it and take the risk?"
Chopper thought for a moment and then he pointed at him with a determined look. "All right, I'll take you on, freaky-looking Thwomp! We can do this!"
"Really? Err... I mean, yeah!" Tamber declared proudly, trying to look cool. "We're going to take you down!"
The Thwomp spun around once before stopping harshly. "Mmmm hmmm hoo ha ha! Nice choice! …Not! Now you're all in for something!
Like puzzle pieces, the background began to change into a game show. The Thwomp was also wearing a red bow-tie with white polka-dots. Everyone, with the exception of Sonic and Tamber, were not too surprised.
"Whoa, what's up with the background?" Sonic asked.
"Hey hey hey, ladies and germs! WEEEEEEEELCOME to the 70th Super Fun Quirk Quiz! I'm your host, the freaky and awesome Thwomp! Perk up those ears…er, antennae and listen up! If you answer five questions correctly, then you will be known as the Winner of the Super Fun Quirk Quiz! If you lose, on the other hand… You're in for some trouble! Some big trouble indeed…"
"Get on with it already," Tamber groaned
"All righty, then! Question Number One! What…is hidden here?" the Thwomp asked.
"How about an Asteroid Key?" Chopper answered.
"Hmmmmmm… Are you suuuuuuure that that's the answer you're going to pick?" the Thwomp raised an eyebrow.
"Yes."
They heard the sound of a happy ding, causing the Thwomp to spin angrily.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAARGH! That answer is…correct!" the Thwomp exclaimed. "Hey, wait a sec… That one was TOO easy! But don't worry, things will get much harder from here. Muuuuuuuch harder! …So prepare yourself!
"We'll make sure you throw another fit when we get the next answer correct!" Tamber taunted.
The Thwomp cleared his throat. "Perk up those antennae for Question Number Two! Now, tell me this… How much does it cost to buy a Master Shroom in Rogueport's shop?"
"Huh? I don't think I ever went there to buy one..." Chopper frowned, trying to come up with a decent answer. "Uhhh… Would it be for sixty coins?"
Unfortunately, that did not appear to be the case, as they heard an incorrect ding. A red X above them had appeared instead of a circle too.
"Oh ho ho ho ho ho! Wrong wrong wrong wrong WRONG!" the Thwomp cackled. "Ha ha ha ha! What an idiot you are! Careful now, kid: if you get three wrong, you're going to be suffering a terrible and evil fate!"
"You don't need to remind us again," Berry said.
The Thwomp spun around once and then the dramatic music came in. "Now then… Onto Question Number Three! …Ooh! This one's a good one! This should be a simple…for those with a brain. How many hands does a Goomba, Koopa, Shy Guy and Waddle Dee have? Total!"
"Oh, I know that! It's... Ermm..." Chopper paused, trying to think. "Dang it... I'm not so good at this stuff..."
"It's six," Flyer answered. They heard a dinging noise while the Thwomp threw another tantrum, much to Tamber's glee.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAARGH! That answer is…correct! Great... You got another one correct." the Thwomp continued to complain about how too easy it was another it got back to the next question. "All righty then… Are you ready for Question Number Four? Out of these four villains, which is the most dangerous of them all? Grubba, Unagi, Chillbi, or the Shadow King?"
"Oh, I know that! The Shadow King obviously!" Chopper answered happily, receiving a positive ding.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAARGH! That answer is…correct! And it was another easy one! Grrrrrrr! All right, then! Time for the next question, you big buffoon! It's Question Number Five! How many areas have you been through so far! Total!"
"Errr... If you mean by chapters, I guess nineteen..." Chopper trailed.
"Hmmmmmm… Are you suuuuuuure that's the answer you're going to pick?" the Thwomp asked.
"I guess so..."
Unfortunately, his answer was incorrect, making the Thwomp laugh again.
"Oh ho ho ho ho ho! Wrong AGAIN! Watch out now, kid: if you screw up one last time, you're going to be in a whole heap of trouble! …So be careful."
"That question was so unfair..." Berry frowned.
"All right, who's up for Question Number Six?" the Thwomp asked, getting back on topic. "This should be a no-brainer. How many Crystal Stars are there all together?"
"Twenty, obviously," Chopper answered. Guess what happened next.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAARGH! You're…correct! …Again." the Thwomp sweat dropped. "Oh, crud… Don't tell me you just got your fourth question right already! GAH! This isn't going too well for me. Y'know what? That's it! I'm going to make these question far-out impossible for you to answer, that it'll melt your brain!"
"That's logically impossible," Flyer pointed out.
"All right! Get ready, folks! It's time for…Question Number Seven!" the Thwomp declared, ignoring Flyer. "What number question is this?"
"Pbbbbbbbth! What kind of question is that?!" Tamber laughed.
"Do you know what number question this is?" Flyer asked.
Tamber instantly paused and gave Flyer an annoyed look. Chopper, on the other hand, remained confident and answered, "Question seven!"
"Hmmmmmm… Are you suuuuuuure that's your answer?" the Thwomp asked.
"Uh huh," Chopper nodded. He heard the sound of a positive ding afterward, which triggered the Thwomp to spin around angrily more than before.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOO! AAAAAARRRGGGHHH! Cuh… Correct! You… You correctly answered five questions! Gah! I don't believe it! You beat me!"
With that, the background changed like puzzle pieces, and everyone was back in Starlite Galaxy where they met the Thwomp.
"I hate this game! You chumps were REAL lucky! Thanks to your victory, I have to let you go to the Asteroid Ring!" the Thwomp grumbled as it made a green rail behind it. Along with that, a green key appeared. "Have fun at that place…you jerks!"
The Thwomp gave them an annoyed face before it closed its eyes and went to sleep.
"Finally! We're done with that!" Chopper smiled, picking up the key and going over to the rail. "Now we can get a move on! Ready, guys?"
"Ready as I'll ever be! ...Though, I don't know how the others will get on the rail." Sonic said, approaching and inspecting the rail. However, everyone took notice of a cracked rock. Bombette gave Chopper the cue, and he threw her at the rock, blowing it up and revealing a green ! Switch.
"Poyo, (I wonder what that switch does,)" Kirby walked over to the switch, and with one kick, a green cart appeared on the rail. "Poyo! (Hey! Now we have a way to get to that asteroid!)"
Everyone got on the cart, and it instantly took off. It felt like a roller coaster ride - in Chopper and Sonic's perspectives. And boy, was it fast…and rather enjoyable. For the others, they didn't have as much of an easy time.
"This thing is FAST!" Scrub gaped, tongue hanging out and going to the side of his head. With people like Vivian, Shadower, and Mario, they were holding their hats for dear life.
Mario: Hang on, guys!
As the cart moved fast on the railway, everyone could see many ghosts floating around the atmosphere. They resembled swirling vortexes with eyes ranging from green, yellow, blue, and purple. Their mouths appeared freaky and jagged as well, having similar colors to their eyes.
"There are ghosts here?" Flyer gawked.
Mario: Luigi wouldn't like this place...
"Well, if they get in our way, we'll show them who's boss," Chopper assured.
"Yes, I suppose so," Shadower nodded.
Turning their attention to up ahead, they noticed that the railway was ending by a sign with a skull on it. They all stared wide-eyed, knowing what that meant.
"Uh oh... How do we stop this thing?" Bombette asked.
"Not stop, but move to another rail," Flyer noted, pushing a button to his left, making the cart jump on another railway. It was heading up to a small gray volcano with what appeared to be green acid coughing out. Some began to ooze out as well when the platform circled around it.
"Considering acid and lava are deadly, it's fitting that that stuff's in a volcano," Berry said.
Chopper noticed the platform was about to tilt upward up ahead. "Guys... You might wanna hold onto this platform..."
"What do you mea—WHOA!" Tamber felt the cart tilt upward. Everyone hung on for dear life until it made its way over to the large asteroid-like planet. It appeared to be heading straight into the mouth.
"Oh, geez! That was close!" Bombette sighed, having been held by her fuse by Mario. "If you hadn't held onto me, I would've been a goner!"
Mario gave him an assuring nod as she finally stood up. Turning back to the asteroid, they were getting closer to the mouth. Everyone, with the exception of Mario and Sonic, closed their eyes as they entered the mouth of the asteroid planet. Opening their eyes, they discovered the interior of the asteroid resembled that of a base. The ground the green railway was leading down to appeared metallic, and around them was more green substance resembling acid or lava. The walls and the ceiling appeared to be a rocky texture.
The platform made a halting stop at the end of the railway, and everyone came toppling out of it and onto the floor on onto each other. Eventually, Tamber was the one to throw everyone off him and get up the others had finally gotten up, they spotted tall, dark tanks roaming around here.
"I wonder what these dark tanks are here for," Sonic wondered. He tapped the tank, but there was no response. Just as he was about to turn, a purple ghost appeared from inside the tank to give him a scare. "Whoa! Careful, guys. There are some ghosts in these tanks..."
"Ghosts?" Chopper walked over to the tank and saw the ghost face him and grin. "Oh... Well, it doesn't look too bad. Maybe it's not so harm-"
The ghost had charged in his direction, making Chopper dodge its attack.
"Oh, come on!" Chopper frowned, avoiding the ghost another time. From Flyer's scanner, it's called a Ghost Void, which is a name that it definitely deserves.
"These things have about 75 HP, an Attack of 19 and a Defense of 0." Flyer informed. "Yeah, I'd be careful if I were you, Chopper."
"Well, if this thing wants to fight, then looks like we don't have much of a choice," Chopper leaped forward and started to hurl light balls at the Ghost Void. The others joined in afterward, with Vivian throwing a Shade Fist, and Shadower using his Shadow Punch. The fight, however, had lasted about five minutes due to the Ghost Void constantly avoiding the group. But, thankfully, it was defeated.
"OK, that took us longer than usual," Berry sighed, everyone looking a bit battered from the fight.
"That thing was pretty annoying," Chopper mumbled. "I'm guessing Miracle Matter had something to do with that. Speaking of that, I wonder if it's here..."
"Poyo, (Well, we'll find out,)" Kirby said as he walked around some of the dark tanks. "Poyo! (Come on! We need to get moving if we're going to find that Crystal Star!)"
Chopper tried his best to keep away from the tanks around him. Everyone did the same as they walked through the area. Another thing they had to keep in mind: they shouldn't touch the acid rivers at ANY cost.
When another Ghost Void had charged at Chopper, he got a light ball ready and threw it at the enemy, destroying it successfully. Smiling, he continued his way through the path with his friends, avoiding any ghosts in the way. When they reached the end, they came across a door blocked by a large Light Block. Using his Master Glove powers, he managed to destroy the block with an large amount of light energy. The door appeared to have a lock on it.
"Whew… Now that that's taken care of, let's see what's ahead." Chopper unlocked the door with the Asteroid Key, and he and the group entered the door into another room. This time, there was a large pool of acid on the floor with a couple of dark tanks sitting in it. Along with that, there were some rocks floating in the acid too. "Oh, gee... More of this stuff."
"It's not too much of a challenge," Sonic smirked, jumping on one of the rocks.
"Yeah! This is way too easy!" Scrub agreed, jumping onto one of the rocks. He nearly slipped, but Sonic grabbed him in time. "Whoa! Thanks for that, Sonic."
"Anytime!"
Chopper had made a jump onto one of the tanks and looked over at Vivian and Shadower, then he looked back at the acid. "Hold on... How are Vivian and Shadower supposed to get through here without touching the acid?"
"Don't touch the acid, guys. Remember that." Chopper made a jump over the acid onto one of the rocks. "Oh, boy… How are you two supposed to get through this without touching the acid?" he asked Vivian and Shadower.
"Oh… I never really thought of that." Vivian frowned. "Should I take the risk?"
"Let's not," Shadower objected. "We don't know how dangerous that stuff could be..."
Chopper thought of using an ice ball to freeze the acid so he tossed it into the hot substance. Unfortunately, that didn't seem to be the case. "Uhhhh... That doesn't seem to work. Can you detach yourself from the ground?"
"Or they could just go into the shadows and meet us on the other side with no harm done," Flyer informed.
"...Oh, right! We did that back in the Gravity Gadget!" Shadower realized. "How come we didn't think of that before?"
Vivian and Shadower went into the shadows and headed to the door across the pool. For the others, they had to concentrate on getting across, but there was only a single tank leading to the other side. Thankfully, there were taller rocks for them to get onto the dark tank closest to them. When they were on, they noticed the gap was far enough for Berry to use her hammer.
Smiling, the pink girl readied her hammer and swung at Chopper, sending him flying across the gap and onto the next tank. Assistance was provided by some of the others to get the rest over. They then used the next set of rocks to jump over to the next dark tank. There, they had found a ledge above them where the next door was. Vivian and Shadower were waiting for them there.
"They're so lucky that they can get to places so easily," Tamber pouted. "I'm heading up there myself!"
Everyone watched as Tamber glided onto the wall and climbed up to the ledge. Flyer then broke the silence by saying, "That ledge is high enough for me to fly you up there, Chopper."
"Oh! Then you know what to do!" Chopper smiled, allowing Flyer to grab his hand and fly him up to the ledge. He got most of the others up, with Mario being the last. He struggled to hold him, but the plumber grabbed the ledge when they were close and pulled himself up.
"Geez! No offense, Mario, but you might want to lose some of that weight..."
Mario sweat dropped in response, but the group decided to proceed through the door into a large hallway with a couple of dark tanks placed sideways on the walls. Remembering their encounters with them in the first room, everyone was less than thrilled.
"I think we should try moving quietly around here," Chopper suggested as he tip toed through the hallway.
Tamber took a look at the Ghost Voids in the tank. "Heh heh heh…. Look at those freaks! They honestly think that they're so scary." Suddenly he began to mimic what he thought they would say. "Oh, look at me! I'm a ghost that sits in a tank all day sleeping like a little-"
The tank broke and a Ghost Void came out, trying to eat the furball. Everyone looked at Tamber with an annoyed expression. They jumped in to attack the enemy, but it had gotten out of the way in time.
"Annoying ghosts..." Chopper grumbled, slowly getting up. "How can we get that thing? I mean, it's not like a ghost can-"
He paused, remembering something two years ago. A smile had finally appeared on his face as he changed to his Ghost ability and became transparent. As the Ghost Void flew back down, Chopper flew toward it and charged at it, taking it out in a single hit. Chopper then flew over to the door to find a large area filled with a huge, acid river. A couple of railways were circling around the room too. "Err... This room is huge."
"There's also a lot of ghosts too," Bombette added.
"I don't think Ghost Town had this much people..." Chopper trailed, stepping into the room first. He noticed some Ghost Voids fly by, ignoring him. "Hey! They don't seem to bug me now! Cool!"
"Sheesh! Not even Ghost Town had this much people! This is just… Sheesh!" Chopper eyed around the whole room to see if the Ghost Voids would attack. Luckily, they didn't seem to be harmful to him like this.
"I see a switch up there," Berry pointed to a dark ! Switch at the top of the room. "Maybe it'll allow us to progress ahead?"
"I'll get it!" Chopper declared, flying up to the top of the room and destroying more ghosts along the way. When he cleared the rest of the ghosts, Chopper had hit the dark ! Switch with a light ball. This had created a bridge below to go to the door. Seeing no point in his Ghost ability, he removed it, unaware that he was still in midair.
However, when he realized he was in midair, he started to plummet.
"Well... I guess this is it..." Chopper frowned. "I guess this is where the story finally ends..."
He closed his eyes, expecting the worst. However, he didn't feel himself slowly die away from the acid. Opening his eyes, Chopper found himself caught in Berry's clutches.
"Huh?" Chopper gawked, noticing he was not in the acid. "I'm still alive! Hip hip hooray!"
"There's no way I'd let someone I care so much about fall into that stuff," Berry assured, giving him a flirty look. "So... Are you going to thank me?"
"Uhhh... Thank you?" Chopper replied, getting out of her arms. An annoyed Berry face palmed, but regardless of that, she followed the group to the door, which led them to an asteroid field outside.
"Hey! We're back outside!" Scrub gawked.
Chopper saw a large asteroid with a ring around it off in the distance. "I'll try to see if I can get over there."
Using his Master Shoes, he jumped on a couple of brown asteroids. Sonic decided follow him by using his Homing Attack on them to follow him. Unfortunately, that led them getting destroyed.
"What the heck, Sonic?!" Tamber growled. "We could've USED those asteroids to get to that asteroid!"
When Sonic had reached the ring on the asteroid, he looked back to see destroyed asteroids.
"Whoops... I didn't mean to do that..." Sonic shrugged sheepishly.
"Well this stinks," Berry drowned.
Thankfully, Chopper had spotted a blue ! Switch on the ring, and he gave it a kick, creating platforms for the group to get across.
"MUCH better!" Bombette smiled, reaching the other side.
"Thanks for that, Choppy," Berry smiled.
"I gotta admit, this place is pretty neat," Sonic commented, getting a look at the environment.
Mario: Just like the other areas here?
"Yeah, pretty much."
"Where could Miracle Matter be?" Chopper wondered.
That was when a familiar figure's shadow had appeared in front of the group. Turning around, they found themselves facing Miracle Matter.
"Speaking of Miracle Matter..." Flyer trailed. "Looks like it's here."
Miracle Matter wasted no time in giving the heroes a chance to continue talking and transformed into what resembled a green, crescent-shaped razor covered in moving spikes with small crescents behind. It dove into the asteroid ring and charged directly at them.
"Uh oh… Run for it, guys!" Chopper stepped back away from Miracle Matter and made a run for it. Everyone else started to run as well, successfully out-speeding the enemy. Flyer turned his head and was shocked to see Miracle Matter cutting through the ring.
"Oh my gosh... Is something like that even possible?!" Flyer gaped.
"Hey! Who cares whether its possible!" Tamber yelled, stopping to face the enemy. "I ain't running from some freak! We're going to take it down!"
"Tamber, I think you make a good point..." Chopper realized, stopping and turning around to face Miracle Matter. "We followed this thing anyway! We should be able to take it down!"
"Poyo! (Yeah! We gotta take this thing down!)" Kirby agreed, he and the rest of the group getting in a fighting stance.
Miracle Matter had stopped in its tracks and floated off the ground, transforming back into its icosahedron form.
Tattle: That's Miracle Matter, a weird, icosahedron being with many red eyes. It sure looks like a freak. Max HP is 350, Attack is 18, and Defense is 2. Miracle Matter is a unique boss in a way because it can change into seven different forms! Yeesh! That's a lot! His forms are Fire, Ice, Spark, Stone, Bomb, Needle and Cutter. Each form has about 50 HP. Whenever it's in that form, only an ability of that form can hurt it. Not to mention Miracle Matter's own attacks can be inhaled back at it. Try to remember that, OK? If you try striking it with any other form, it won't do any good. Yeah, it's pretty complicated...
"OK... So this is going to be pretty annoying... I have to use the same ability against it in order to hurt Miracle Matter..." Chopper groaned, watching Miracle Matter transform into a fireball with a yellow core sporting an eye. Chopper smiled, conjuring up a fireball and hurling it at the enemy.
"Well, if fire works against Miracle Matter, then maybe my attacks will work," Vivian sank into the shadows and rose up in front of Miracle Matter. Her Shade Fist, to her surprise, managed to damage it.
Miracle Matter floated above Chopper and made fire rain down upon him, taking 18 out of him. But Chopper simply took it as a scratch and tossed a fireball at Miracle Matter again. Vivian punched Miracle Matter again, bringing its Fire form down to 18 HP. To prevent its Fire form from being destroyed so soon, Miracle Matter switched to its Cutter form and struck Chopper with its blades.
"Oof!" Chopper cringed from the hit, but it didn't let that stop him. He changed to his Cutter ability and tossed a cutter blade at Miracle Matter, damaging it severely. "It's a good thing I can switch to these abilities!"
"Yeah, or else we'd be toast," Sonic admitted after striking Miracle Matter with a Homing Attack. In retaliation, it struck Sonic by charging into him. He managed to guard it and land another Homing Attack, considering that charging into it would be too risky. Once Chopper threw his cutter blade at Miracle Matter, it transformed into a bubble that split and hit Chopper. Upon impact, the bubble exploded.
"What the… What kind of form is that?" Bombette asked.
"It appears to be its Bomb form..." Flyer deduced.
"Hey, that's nice for me!" Bombette smirked, letting Chopper change to his Bomb ability and throw a bomb at Miracle Matter. With that, she charged into the bubble enemy and exploded, taking 8 out of it.
Chopper brought his fists up as he readied himself to guard Miracle Matter's attack. Another bubble struck him, but it didn't appear to faze him too much.
"Here I thought bubbles would be dangerous..." Chopper trailed, pulling out a bomb. "But it doesn't seem like it."
He threw the bomb straight at Miracle Matter, followed by Bombette's Bomb, bringing its Bomb form down to 18 HP. They were expecting it to change, but surprisingly, Miracle Matter didn't. It just summoned another explosive bubble that hit Bombette.
"Not changing? Well, I guess this is it for this form." Chopper pulled out a larger bomb and threw it Miracle Matter. "OK, Bombette! Finish this form off!"
"Got it!" Bombette rushed toward Miracle Matter, and with one explosion, she destroyed its Bomb form. This had caused a slight explosion from Miracle Matter, making it transform back into its multi-eyed form, and then into its Fire form. It showed no mercy and created a column of fire on Bombette, leaving her with a burn. "Ugh! No fair!"
"Yeah! That was cheap!" Scrub scowled.
"Well... I guess it's time for me to change to my Fire ability." Chopper changed to Fire Chopper and used his Fire Breath on Miracle Matter.
"Hmmmmm... Maybe I should try out my Fire Wall technique?" Vivian pondered. "It's not something I've used..."
"Give it a try!" Berry suggested, giving her an encouraging nod. Vivian nodded in response, and turned to Miracle Matter with her hands glowing a flaming color. Thrusting the palms of her hands forward, she had created a large wall of fire that was moving in Miracle Matter's direction. The attack managed to deal 12 damage, along with destroying Miracle Matter's Fire form and turning it back to its icosahedron form. However, the big difference was that there were less red eyes on the enemy.
"I suppose the less amount of eyes indicates how much damage we did to him," Flyer said as Miracle Matter transformed into an orange, eight-sided star.
"Oh, goody… He's changed again." Tamber groaned.
A spike protruded from Miracle Matter struck Chopper, removing his Fire ability. "Ow! ...Well, I guess losing my ability wasn't exactly bad. Fire wouldn't be any good!"
Chopper changed to his Needle ability and struck Miracle Matter with his needles protruding from his helmet. Thankfully, a small thorn was left on the ground, so Kirby inhaled it and spat it at Miracle Matter, dealing 10 damage.
Miracle Matter struck Kirby with spikes this time, but it didn't stop him from inhaling more spikes and spitting them out at it. When Chopper used another needle attack, he brought the enemy down to 14 HP.
"Poyo! (This form's almost down!)" Kirby cheered.
However, Miracle Matter had decided to switch out of its Needle form instead, transforming into a brown rock. It dropped onto the ring and began to roll around, crushing everyone in its path. Along with that, it had knocked away Chopper's Needle ability. He shrugged it off and changed to his Stone ability to hit Miracle Matter as a rock.
"Heh heh! This is a perfect opportunity for me!" Tamber grinned as he lifted a large boulder and hurled it at Miracle Matter, taking 10 out of it. Rather than rolling over the group, Miracle Matter floated above and crushed him, leaving him flat like paper. "Ugh... I'm OK..."
When he finally got up, he got another boulder and threw it at Miracle Matter, and then Chopper became a stone again and crushed the rock enemy. What was even better was that he was able to Superguard Miracle Matter's roll attack, making it take 1 damage. Chopper and Tamber then repeated their previous attacks, and Miracle Matter's Stone form was destroyed.
"YEAH! Take that, you...whatever the heck you are!" Tamber cheered.
Miracle Matter changed to its Cutter form and gave Tamber a shave. Well, not necessarily a shave, but it managed to hurt Tamber. Chopper changed to his Cutter ability and threw his cutter blade at Miracle Matter, and Sonic finished the form off with a Homing Attack.
"That's four forms down!" Sonic smirked. "We're pretty good at this!"
With that, Miracle Matter changed to its Needle form and struck Chopper with one of the spikes.
"Uh oh... I'm getting low on HP. I might as well heal myself." Chopper pulled out a Rainbow Master that he still had and ate it, recovering 200 HP and FP in a second. "Ahhhh… Much better!"
"Poyo! (I'll focus on hitting Miracle Matter, OK?)" Kirby inhaled one of the spikes and spat it out at Miracle Matter's Needle form. This made it fire a spike at Kirby. Chopper, however, stepped in the way and used his Superguard to stop the attack. He then aimed his helmet at Miracle Matter and shot needles at it, destroying its Needle form, turning it back into its icosahedron form.
"Miracle Matter's close to being destroyed…" Vivian stated, seeing less red eyes.
"Only two more forms left!" Chopper smiled.Miracle Matter then transformed into an ice cube with shards of ice surrounding it.
"Poyo! (I got it!)" Kirby inhaled one of the ice shards and spat it out at Miracle Matter. Unfortunately, he got hit by one of the icicles that the dark monster fired upon him.
"I guess it's just me and Kirby for this part…" Chopper stated as he switched to his Ice ability. "Luckily I have my Ice ability."
He spewed out icy breath at Miracle Matter, while Kirby inhaled another shard and spat it out at the monster. Miracle Matter fired one of its ice shards at Chopper, who proceeded to guard it. Afterward, he ice skated over to Miracle Matter and unleashed his Ice Storm on it. After Kirby inhaled one of the shards and struck Miracle Matter with it, it was down to 2 HP.
Luckily, Chopper finished the job with one Superguard and an ice ball, destroying Miracle Matter's Ice form. Having only one more form left and 50 HP, Miracle Matter transformed into its Spark form.
"This is the form we saw before it took us out, right?" Berry inquired.
"Correct. Perhaps I can be of assistance." Flyer pulled out his arm cannon and used his Shocker attack on Miracle Matter. It appeared to be quite effective. "Well, so it does work!"
Miracle Matter shot a beam of spark energy at Chopper, stripping him of his Ice ability. However, since he didn't need it, Chopper changed to his Plasma ability and fired a Plasma Needle at Miracle Matter. Flyer's Shocker helped bring it down to 26 HP. Miracle Matter tried firing enough electric spark, but Chopper managed to Superguard it and then fire a powerful Plasma Blast that dealt 12 damage, bringing it down to 14 HP.
Miracle Matter floated above Flyer and fired a bolt of electricity at him, dealing 18 damage. That didn't stop Chopper from firing another Plasma Needle. With that, Flyer finished the fight by firing another electric projectile from his arm cannon. Miracle Matter's defeat had given Chopper enough Star Points to upgrade his FP to 195.
Turning their attention back to Miracle Matter, it began to shake violently in pain in it icosahedron form until it finally let off an explosion.
"Well, looks like that takes care of Miracle Matter," Chopper smiled, turning away. Unfortunately, he was completely unaware of the explosion being as powerful as he had thought, and after hearing explosions from the asteroid, he turned back to the destroyed Miracle Matter. "Uh... Run, guys!"
They all turned and fled from the explosions, but they were not fast enough. The asteroid exploded, and everyone was sent flying away from the asteroid. Looking back, they noticed the Asteroid Ring started to blow up.
"Whoa... Talk about lucky!" Sonic gaped, he and the others flying through space in the same pace as being fired from the Halberd's cannon. "Good thing we weren't caught in that!"
"If we were in the base, I'd hypothesize that we would've been destroyed..." Flyer deduced.
"Well, it's you and the gumball's fault that we're caught flying in space again!" Tamber yelled, giving the two a glare.
"Us? Why?" Chopper questioned.
"You guys finished off that freak! You caused that explosion!"
"Hey! That thing was going to destroy us! And it was evil!"
"Guys! Stop it!" Berry intervened, trying to get in between the two. "What's important is that we're still alive…albeit we're flying through space, which COULD be a bit of a problem for us…"
"Yeah..." Shadower sighed. "Well, better than dying. But, I guess the Crystal Star wasn't there..."
On the topic of the Crystal Star, everyone turned their attention back to the environment around them, seeing if there were any signs of the star. Unfortunately, all they found were stars in the distance not resembling the Dark Star. At this point, they could only wait for something interesting.
Chopper felt like this was going to be a long and boring ride.
It's kind of a shame that I never mention the Ghost ability's...ability to eat other ghosts and change in appearance to it after this. Maybe when I write another story with that ability, I should put it in. Also, that was indeed the last time we'll ever see another one of those questionnaire Thwomps. I thought it was fitting that I'd put the last one in Chapter 19, considering that in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, the last Thwomp is in Chapter 7 (the second-to-last chapter).
But with that, Miracle Matter is finally defeated! Perhaps now we might get to that Crystal Star? Right? ...Ri- *shot*
Anyway, expect a certain someone to return from a couple of chapters ago!