CHAPTER 15-1
-Peaceful Lands-
For some reason, this world felt unusually peaceful as it was drawn. There was beautiful green grass, a couple of hills for someone to run through, a couple of bushes on the ground, a large tree and even a vast ocean off at the distance. It was almost the perfect place to go for a vacation. Also, the rainbow in the sky made things even better for this world.
When the heroes walked out of the door, they were right near a tree. They began to gaze at this beautiful world while hearing the chirps of the birds on the trees and up at the sky. It felt like true paradise.
"Poyo… (Oh my gosh… This place is undeniably beautiful!)" Kirby gaped as he looked up at the sky. There didn't appear to be any enemies in sight either, making it even better. "Poyo (Did we just enter the new heaven?)"
"Honestly, I have no idea, Kirby…" Chopper trailed. "But, I will fully admit that this is probably one of the nicest worlds that I've ever seen so far. WAY better-looking than cyberspace, in my opinion!"
"I think I have to agree on this one," agreed Blumiere. "It reminds me of when we decided to go out for a little picnic, my dear, Timpani."
"I remember that, Blumiere," recalled Timpani. "That was probably the most romantic date we've ever had. It makes me wonder why you always treat me with all of these nice dates."
However, before they could say anything else, they heard moaning. This moaning actually sounded somewhat familiar to Chopper because he remembered hearing it after collecting the second Pure Heart.
"Wait a minute… I remember that moaning sound!" Chopper turned to his left over to the tree. His eyes widened in complete shock as he saw a familiar face lying on the tree unconscious.
"Meta Knight!"
"Wait… Meta Knight?" Luigi followed Chopper and Kirby over to Meta Knight. They all worked together to wake him up, but it turned out that he ended up waking up on his own.
"Ugh… What happened?" Meta Knight slowly got up and quickly shook his head. "All I remember is being trapped by some strange evil being with the power to mind control someone and… That was all it."
He noticed that he also had Galaxia with him. "Strange… I have Galaxia with me now? From what I could recall, I couldn't find it anywhere."
"Hey! Meta Knight! Don't you see us here?!"
"What? That voice…" Meta Knight saw Chopper waving his arms right in front of him, with Kirby's help. "Chopper and Kirby? What are you doing here? Aren't you looking for the Pure Hearts?"
Mario: I think we were led here…
"What? You say you guys were led here? I see… Since I'm trapped in this world, I believe I should help you guys find the Pure Heart. Now that I have Galaxia with me (somehow), I can finally fight."
"You know, there could be a chance that Tipral managed to get a hold of your sword…" Blade pondered. "I'm PRETTY sure that's how you managed to get it back when he… Oh, forget it."
"Hold on… Do you guys know what happened?"
Everyone exchanged a look that kind of meant "should we tell him?" and eventually looked back at Meta Knight.
"Errrrr… Nothing really happened, honestly." Timpani assured. "You were just knocked out and most likely sent here. However, I find it strange that you suddenly remembered who you were back in the computer room and not right now…"
"Hmmmmm… I see." Meta Knight wrapped his cape around him and took a couple of steps over to the hill. "So… Are you guys coming? We need to search for a Pure Heart. You might need my help for this."
"Sounds good to us!" Sonic grinned, giving him a thumbs up. "I think you'll make a great hero to our group!"
"But Merlee said that there were only six heroes…" Timpani trailed. "Although… It doesn't really matter right now. We've been looking for Meta Knight for a while, and now we know where he is."
Meta Knight has joined your party! His abilities allow him to fly up with his wings in a certain way Kirby floats! On top of that, his sword, Galaxia, is capable of striking enemies with quick slashes. Beware of his Mach Tornado, as it is his most deadly attack! He can also block some attacks by ducking and using his cape to protect himself!
"Let us go now, Chopper," Meta Knight suggested as he took off in the air. "We need to move through this peaceful world."
"Good call!" Chopper charged up his Speed Dash and immediately took off, since a badge allows him to charge it up faster. He simply ran down the hill with any question and plowed through the grass.
"Wow… This is one big hill." Luigi gaped. "I don't know how I'm supposed to get down there…"
Mario: Just slide!
"Oh… I never thought of that!" the green plumber face palmed as he and Mario began to slide down the hill after Sonic began to run down. That only left Kirby and Blade to look down at the hill.
"Poyo? (How do we get down there?)" Kirby asked.
"Uhhhh… I have no idea what you just said, but whatever. Let's just try to follow those guys," Blade suggested as he walked over to the hill. Unfortunately, he tripped on a rock and began to tumble down faster than Mario and Luigi could slide. "OW! DANG IT! OOF! MY NOSE! MY LASAGNA! …Wait, lasagna isn't even a body part! Errrr… MY LEG!"
Kirby face palmed as he began to slide down the hill. After reaching the bottom, however, they saw that there wasn't much else besides more grasslands. Chopper and Meta Knight wee already at the bottom, but they ended up running into two monsters from…The Underwhere.
"Wait… Dark Skellobits?" Chopper gaped. "What are they doing here?!"
"Hey, look! Aren't those the heroes that Master Shade Doom wanted to destroy?" the first Dark Skellobit asked. "I remember that there's about… Wait, I thought there were only… Wait, I think he DID say somethin' about six, but I see seven?"
"I suppose you're one of the enemies that are after the heroes," Meta Knight said as he landed on the ground and drew Galaxia. "I suggest you step out of the way, or else I might be forced to use this on you."
"Pfffffft! Look at this! This small masked dude thinks he can take us on! How laughable!" the second Dark Skellobit cackled. "Oh, look, I've got a sword and I'm goin' to…"
Meta Knight stepped into action, jabbing at the second Dark Skellobit rapidly. He even struck him with a swoop attack and used his Galaxia Drill to disintegrate it into smoke. The last Dark Skellobit gaped.
"Well… You're not gonna fool me with that stupid Halloween costume! HWAAAAAAAAH!" the Dark Skellobit charged at Meta Knight, but he stored power in his sword and fired a Sword Beam at it, slicing it in half and destroying the monster within seconds.
"Wow, that was impressive," Timpani commented. "Chopper was right when he said you were a strong warrior."
"Hmmmmmm? Chopper, if I may ask… Who's speaking?" Meta Knight asked. "I hear a female voice around here."
"My name's Timpani, but I'm usually referred to as Tippi by people like Chopper. If you wanted to know, I used to be that rainbow Pixl butterfly you saw before."
"I see. You're that girl… Well it's a pleasure to meet you. I'm the one who rescued Chopper from the destruction of his birth planet. …It was not a pretty sight to see…"
"Well, I don't think we should bring up anything bad like that," Blade suggested. "We've already been through many bad things to get a Pure Heart. An entire ARMY died trying to help us get a Pure Heart!"
"Poyo! (It was so tragic!)" Kirby added.
"I see…" Meta Knight turned around and noticed a couple of large bushes blocking the door ahead. "I know what to do here."
Using Galaxia, he managed to slice the bushes up and help gain them access to the door ahead. "We should be just fine going through this door. If anything pops up in front of us, we'll be ready."
However, walking over to the other bush next to the door, it somehow gained two evil black eyes and a monstrous mouth. It tried to bite a hold of Meta Knight, but he jumped and brought his sword down, slicing it in half.
"I believe that was called a Fakebush," Timpani informed. "Some of these bushes can be fake, so be careful…"
After that, they walked through the red door right next to them. But little did they know that they weren't the only people from another world in this world. Oh, no… There was someone else.
At a picnic-
If you thought it would be just them lurking around this place, then think again. A queen and a king of The Underwhere and Overthere were sitting at a picnic table with a large, purple picnic basket owned by the queen herself. They had sandwiches, chips, and juice pouches for the most.
"I thought it was a great idea to have a picnic here, Grams," the queen, Jaydes, smiled as she sipped her juice.
"Yea, verily" the king, Grambi, assured. "It dost enjoy having some timeth to ourselves, especially in sucheth peaceful lands like this."
Queen Jaydes looked around to see if their daughter was around. "Grams… Where did Luvbi go? I swear that she was here a second ago…"
They looked over by the cliff and saw Luvbi looking at the vast sea and also the sun and rainbow. She closed her eyes with a sad look on her face, as if she was being a little dramatic in those movies.
"I wonder if I will ever findeth thee again, my prince," Luvbi wondered as she opened her eyes and watched the sky. She imagined two clouds in the shape of the two kissing each other. "I can just imagine seeing thee again… Thy soft, cute face, thy antennae that art not like the hairy twins, and thy sweetness…"
She pulled out a doll that resembled Chopper that she got from the Christmas world and hugged it. "If only this was the real Chopper… It would maketh me feel so much better right now…"
"Pray, Luvbi, art thou all right?" Grambi asked as he fluttered over to his daughter. "How come thou art not joining us back at the picnic?"
"Father…" Luvbi turned around to Grambi with a sad look. "Dost thou knoweth if I will ever see mine one and only? I am beginning to miss him verily… Thou art the King of The Overthere, so mayhap thou can answer my question."
"Errrrr… Luvbi, I may be The Overthere's king, but I dost not know if I can answer thy question on thy love… As a king, I know many things, but not a way to answer about one's love. Thou must understand this, Luvbi."
"And besides, Chopper is out trying to save the universe," Queen Jaydes informed. "However, if you ever see him again… Well, I'm not sure how I can answer that question… Time will tell if you see him or not."
"Thank thee, Mother… But it hast been so long…"
"Look, mayhap thou will feel a bit better if thou joinest us at the picnic," Grambi suggested. "Sometimes, if thou art ever feeling sad, food will verily help thee feel better. Unless… Thou art trying to get away from us again."
"Why wouldst I try to get away from thee?" Luvbi asked, her tone of voice changing all of the sudden.
"Well, you always seem to get away from us and try to find your 'prince'," Queen Jaydes said. "You know we care about you very much, even if we were forced to keep a secret about the Pure Heart. Understand that, OK?"
"Fine, then I shall returnest to the picnic," Luvbi fluttered back over to the picnic table, but not before looking at the ocean once more. She sighed once more and followed her parents.
Back to the heroes-
"Seriously, I don't get why this place feels so peaceful!" Luigi questioned as they walked into a large field of grass. It wasn't really easy to see what was around, so Meta Knight had to cut the grass with his sword. "Although… Should we be careful around here?"
A Piranha Plant happened to pop up right in front of Meta Knight and bite him. Despite taking damage, he managed to cut the stem off and defeat it with ease. There also happened to be those rock-like enemies with spikes on their heads. However, these were a light blue color compared to others such as the Hyper Cleft.
Meta Knight tried slashing it with his sword, but it didn't seem to do too much. "Hmph… I don't think this enemy will be easy to take out…"
"Then we just need an explosion!" Blade smirked as he throw Hommissile at the Sky Cleft and blew it up instantly. Meta Knight looked over at the missile Pixl with a strange look.
"If I may ask, what is that, exactly?" Meta Knight asked.
"Oh, this?" Sonic said as he grabbed a hold of Screwdy. "This is a Pixl. It's something that helps us with any obstacles in our way. We can let you use one if you'd like. Maybe something like Flippay, Thoreau or Slim?"
"Those seem like good choices," Chopper said.
"I suppose I could hold on to the one shaped like a hand for now, but perhaps I might use the others if I ever need to," Meta Knight allowed Thoreau to float over to him, but he sense a little something.
"Wait… I don't sense him as a hero of the prophecy…" Thoreau realized as he looked at him. "Only a hero of the Light Prognosticus can be able to use me!"
"Come on, Thoreau. He's here and he needs to help us and we need to help him." Chopper convinced.
"Well… I guess there's no real harm in that. I suppose I should help you then, strange masked warrior!"
Up ahead, they saw a couple of more Sky Clefts pretending to act like rocks after cutting more grass. When they got close, they tried charging at the group, but Mario used Kickbrin to simply kick one Sky Cleft into another, making them screech in pain (I mean, they have spikes on their head, right?).
Mario: I guess that works!
"Yeah, I suppose you're right. Maybe I can do something!" Chopper inhaled a Sky Cleft and spat it at the other. It seemed to work, hitting both of them and defeating them both. However, after Meta Knight cut more tall grass, a green Waddle Dee holding a spear seemed to be hiding.
"A Waddle Dee… I'm not sure if I should attack it. It is His Majesty's minion…" Meta Knight said as he lowered Galaxia. "It's not honorable for me to do just a rash thing."
"Those Waddle Dee are most likely on Tipral's side," Blumiere informed. "His scepter can grant him many wishes, such as making his own minions. I suppose he decided to take some from people such as this king you speak of…"
However, Kirby simply inhaled one and swallowed it whole, not gaining any ability from it. Chopper inhaled the other and spat it toward a Sky Cleft near a small little hill. That's where most of the grass wasn't tall.
Meta Knight decided to check up the hill by flying up, but all he found was two Dark Skellobombers dropping their heads down on him. Of course, he fought back by jabbing them from above.
However, when Sonic reached the top of the hill, he jumped and managed to finish off the other Dark Skellobit with a couple of Homing Attacks. After landing on the hill, he saw that there was a path just up ahead leading to a door.
They decided to hurry on ahead to the door and walk into an area with a small little pond. Although, they noticed that it was more like a bottomless pit if they went down too far. But some small little logs were there to give them a hand.
That, and they had to watch out for some Dark Skellobombers flying around. They also saw a Dark Spiky Skellobomber as well, which could possibly cause some problems for some people.
"I got one of them!" Luigi announced as he used a Super Jump to strike one of the Dark Skellobombers, sending them flying to the ground, only to be finished off by Blade's katana. Meta Knight struck another one by flying up to it and bringing his sword down on it rapidly.
"Geez… He can slash pretty fast." Blade gawked as Meta Knight used his Galaxia Drill on the Dark Spiky Skellobomber to defeat it with ease. "Not even I can do something that fast!"
"Well, I DID say that he was a strong warrior…" Chopper reminded. "Although… It makes me wonder how I managed to beat him before. It's like he was going WAY too easy on me…"
"That's because I was at first," Meta Knight informed, landing on a log. "I wanted to see how strong you were, but later when we battled in the Halberd, I decided to put my power to full use and see if you could stand up to me. It seemed that you did… But now… That could change."
"Poyo, (Let's not get into another battle, Meta Knight,)" Kirby suggested. "Poyo! (We're here to work together! Not to get into a fight!)"
"Of course I know that, Kirby. I'm on your side for right now… But, Chopper… Just because I'm helping you, doesn't mean that we're best friends or any of that."
"Ummmmmmm… OK. That's…all right." Chopper said with a blank look. "Geez… Who ever knew Meta Knight would be like this? …Well, I guess he really is an anti-hero after all."
When they all jumped on the log, they saw a Sword Knight on the next log ahead. Kirby inhaled it to gain the Sword ability, while Chopper inhaled a Waddle Dee holding a red and white-striped parasol to gain the Parasol ability. Basically, he has no hat, but he's holding a parasol.
"Wait… You're just holding a parasol…" Luigi trailed. "How is that really much of an ability?"
"Basically, it allows me to softly float to the ground," Chopper informed, striking a Skellobit with his parasol. "I think Princess Peach used to use a parasol before, but I think this one acts a little different than hers."
"As long as it's useful, then we shouldn't have a problem," Timpani said as they saw a little updraft between a large gap of water between the two logs.
Chopper simply jumped and left the updraft take him up with his parasol. He was surprised when he began to get carried up thanks to the parasol. Chopper was even flying up to a couple of clouds that were near the ground.
"Hey, guys! Look at this! I can see clouds!" he announced.
"Wait… How far are the clouds?" Sonic shouted.
"They're not so far from the ground… Although, I don't think you'll be able to reach because you don't have anything that could help you with an updraft! …Just stay here, all right?"
Kirby decided to follow Chopper up the updraft, as well as Meta Knight, since they, well, have the ability to fly. When they landed on the cloud, they saw a Lakitu with white skin and blue hair flying around on a gray cloud. It pulled out one Spiny with a gray shell and threw it to the ground.
However, Kirby was able to jab at it a couple of times with his sword in order to defeat it. But, the Sky Lakitu wasn't done just yet. It pulled out another Sky Spiny and threw it down toward Chopper. He, on the other hand, struck it with his parasol a couple of times and defeated it.
"I'll handle this guy," Meta Knight announced, flying up to the Sky Lakitu and performing some combos with Galaxia. It only took him about seven seconds to defeat it!
"That should take care of the enemies around here for now…"
"Hey, look! A chest!" Chopper ran over to the chest ahead and pulled out a shake that had a Mushroom with a black cape and yellow stars on it. "Wait a minute… Isn't this a Star Shroom Shake?"
"What's a Star Shroom?" Timpani asked.
"It must be some kind of Mushroom from the stars…" Meta Knight said. "If that's not the case, then maybe Chopper might have an explanation to what it really is."
"It recovers 150, luckily," Chopper informed. "So, basically, it can heal all of our HP if we ever run low on it. That's pretty nice, considering that some of the enemies we've been facing do A LOT of damage to us."
"Then we should hold onto it," the masked warrior suggested.
They jumped off the cloud and landed on the log across the huge gap. They happened to see that everyone else managed to get on there, luckily. A Buzz Bomber was also flying around here, but got destroyed by Sonic's Spin Jump.
"Man, a lot of old enemies are appearing, lately," Sonic realized as he landed on the log. "I mean, we're seeing a bunch of enemies from the Mushroom Kingdom, Mobius, and even Pop Star! It's ridiculous!"
"I'm seeing it too, Sonic!" Luigi agreed, stomping on a Dark Skellobit that was about to charge at him. "We're seeing so many enemies from before! In fact, I remember seeing these guys…except they were blue and pinkish!"
Mario: You mean the Skellobits?
"Yeah, Bro! Those!"
"You know, I kind of remember a little something…" Chopper recalled as they jumped across the pond and onto the grass. "I can't put my thumb to it, but I think I remember something about two people saying that they and the rest of the group were going somewhere peaceful…"
"Who are these people, if I may ask?" Meta Knight asked.
"Poyo, (I don't think we've heard about that, Chopper,)" Kirby frowned.
"…Wait a second! I think I'm starting to remember!" Chopper's antennae sprung up in surprise, remembering something. "Hold on… Could it be possible that this is the world that Pherrance and Tillip went to when they said that they were leaving? I mean… This place is very, VERY peaceful, and that's EXACTLY what they wanted."
"Wait… Pherrance and Tillip?" Luigi gawked. "Who are they?"
"I was going to ask the same thing," Meta Knight said.
"Pherrance and Tillip are two Nimbis that seem to have a sense of humor for…gas," Chopper informed. "When we went to The Overthere, there happened to be a strike about…I don't know what the heck it was about. That president guy was kind of stupid… But, anyway, those two were on our side and even warned us about them coming to Grambi's Shrine with torches and pitchforks! Luckily, thanks to them, that Gridge Dabootman guy was sent off on a cloud and was never seen again. Imagine seeing those two again. It could be... Er..."
"A fart fest?" Blade finished. "Come to think of it, that sounds...weird."
"Well never mind that. We gotta get going!" Sonic suggested as he ran through the grassy path ahead. There was a loop ahead too, that seemed to lead over to a hill with another pond, but much smaller with no logs.
Chopper followed Sonic through the loop and down the hill. When he ran across the water, it looked like a rainbow was left behind. Meta Knight's eyes widened as he flew down near the pond.
"That rainbow… Is it possible that if you cross the water, you leave a rainbow behind?" Meta Knight decided to fly over the pond, but stood close to the water. He noticed that he too was leaving a rainbow behind. As for the others… Well, they had to simply swim or fly over the pond.
When they got to Chopper and Sonic, they ran into two ? Blocks. One contained a weird skeleton shroom similar to a Poison Zombie Shroom and a Ghoul Shroom, but, after investigating it, it happened to be a Skull Shroom. And man, it sure did have a lot of HP compared to the Poison Zombie Shroom.
"Th-That thing freaks me out!" Luigi cried, cowering behind Mario, who groaned as he bashed the thing with his hammer. Chopper struck it with his parasol next, but Meta Knight was the one to slice it in half.
"Don't worry about the Skull Shroom," Meta Knight assured. "It's gone, so we can continue up ahead and…"
Unfortunately, Meta Knight was struck by a sound wave from one of those weird Boomboxer guys. However, these were a red color, unlike the yellow and pink ones, and were capable of firing ones that can paralyze you.
"Urk! I'm paralyzed!"
"Wait… Then how do we get rid of your paralysis?" Chopper asked.
"Don't worry about me! Focus on taking care of that enemy!"
Chopper brought his parasol in front of him to protect himself from the Shockboxer's sound waves, and then he punched the block under him to knock it off. However, there was still another Shockboxer up ahead, but the ? Block he happened to hit contained a Slow Flower.
"…We're gonna take that," Blade announced.
"Hold on, Blade! We should really stooooooop fooooooor a miiiiinuiiiite…" Chopper's voice suddenly got deeper and slower as Blade grabbed a hold of the Slow Flower, causing time itself to slow down. At least, in this area.
"Why diiiiiid yooooooou maaaaaaaake iiiiiiiit sooooooooo sloooooooow?!" Luigi exclaimed in a slow voice as he tried to avoid a Shockboxer's sound waves. Meta Knight also got out of his paralysis and tried to fly, but he noticed that everything was slowed down.
"Whaaaaaaaat's goooooooing oooooooon?" he asked.
"Blaaaaaaaame Blaaaaaaaaaade foooooooor thiiiiiiiis!" Chopper shouted as he blocked a Shockboxer's sound waves. Luigi landed on top of it with a simple stomp, defeating it instantly. What was nice was that they got more experience points than they usually do.
After Mario landed on a gray Squig called a Squag, the speed went back to normal, to their relief. But when they hit two more ? Blocks, one happened to have another Skull Shroom, while the other had a Mushroom that looked a bit darker.
"Don't eat the Mushroom!" Timpani warned. "That's actually a Fake Shroom! If you touch that, you'll take some serious damage! It's kind of like a Poison Shroom, but much, much worse."
"So… What are we supposed to do about it?" Chopper asked as he struck the Skull Shroom with his parasol. It only took them one jump to avoid the Fake Shroom and head over to the door ahead.
"Let's see what's through here," Meta Knight suggested as they entered the door into an area with another pond, but a large rock in the center. But what caught them off guard was a certain Koopaling with a pink head and sunglasses.
"Hey! You seven! Who do you guys think you are, comin' here without my permission?" the Koopaling asked, being the tough guy he was. He was even bigger than pretty much all of the heroes! Luigi yelped and hid behind Mario as usual.
"Excuse me, but could you please move out of the way?" Sonic asked before the Koopaling stomped on the ground, creating a sound wave that nearly knocked everyone back.
"I don't know who you are, but I suggest you let us through," Metal Knight warned, swinging his sword back. "Even if you may be bigger than us, it's seven against one. You don't stand a chance."
"Oh, look at the small masked thing! You look like a perfect soccer ball, just like the pale green pint-sized thing behind you!"
Mario: Enough already, Roy…
"Poyo! (Just let us through or we'll make sure that you'll be sorry for all of this!)" Kirby warned, pointing his sword at Roy Koopa.
"You know, seeing this guy makes me think of O'Chunks for some reason," Blade realized as he drew his katana. "Although, I highly doubt you'll stand a chance against us. It's seven against one!"
"Oh, really? Then let's prove it!" Roy started the fight by charging at the group. Meta Knight simply disappeared with his cape's capabilities and slashed him from behind with Galaxia.
"Ack! What was that?!"
Meta Knight ignored him and began to spin around in a tornado, striking Roy with every time he got caught in the tornado and making him fall to the ground. Kirby followed up by jumping and bringing his sword down on him. However, Kirby was knocked away into the pond when Roy got up and swung his arm at the pink puffball.
"Hold on, let's see what this guy has," Chopper said as he pulled Timpani's wand out and began to investigate him.
"That's Roy Koopa. He's the third oldest of the Koopalings, but he's another one of Bowser's minions. Max HP is 220. Attack is 12. Defense is 3. When he jumps in the air, that's the time for you to jump, or else you'll most likely get stunned by his powerful stomp. He'll also try using his wand to fire magic at you, but it's not exactly a fast projectile, so you'll have time to dodge. However, I wonder why he's the only Koopaling to have a pink head…" Timpani informed.
"Uhhhhh… Pink head? OK…" Luigi trailed as he jumped when Roy used his stomp attack, stunning Chopper, Sonic, and Meta Knight for a couple of seconds. When he got ready to fire a magic attack at them, Luigi stomped on his head twice, performing two stylish moves.
"Ow! Quit it, plumber!" Roy whirled his wand around and fired a pink bolt of magic at Luigi, knocking him straight into the pond. But, he and Kirby were able to both get out, to their relief.
Mario went up next, jumped right on top of Roy like Luigi, but this time he landed in front of the Koopaling and bashed him with his hammer. Roy didn't take this too lightly and knocked Mario away with a punch in the stomach.
Mario: Mama mia!
"Don't let his big size intimidate you," Sonic suggested, jumping on Roy with a Spin Jump, followed by his Homing Attack. When he jumped back, he charged up a Light Speed Dash and went all out of Roy. Of course, when he was done, he struck a pose. …Unfortunately, it led to him getting knocked toward the pond.
"Oh, no! Not the water!"
"I gotcha!" Luigi said as he grabbed Sonic and pulled him out of the water. He began to gasp for air when his head reached the surface. Afterward, he climbed back onto the log and watched as Blade jumped over Roy and slashed at his tail with his katana, followed by tossing Hommissile at his back.
Roy growled as he got into his shell and began spinning around on the log, trying to roll over everyone. Chopper, Blade, and Meta Knight were hit, but the rest jumped and avoided his attack.
When the Koopaling's head, arms, and legs popped out of his shell, he fired another magic attack. This time, it was aimed toward Chopper. However, with his parasol, he was able to put it in front of him and block Roy's magic attack.
"What?! How could a PARASOL block a magic attack?!" Roy gaped.
"Because this parasol is different," Chopper said as he spun his parasol around and attacked Roy with stars surrounding it. Roy almost fell in the pond, but he simply stomped again to stun everyone.
Except for Meta Knight.
"Wait… I only see six here… Where's the other?" Roy questioned while scratching his head.
"Right behind you," Meta Knight slashed Roy as he appeared behind him with his cape's ability. However, when Roy turned around, he was able to bash Meta Knight with his own fists, knocking him over to the grass ahead and sending him straight into the wall.
"He does put up a fight, as annoying as he is…" the masked warrior pushed himself off the wall and flew toward Roy. He dove down to him and attacked him with a Galaxia Drill next. Chopper, on the other hand, was bringing his parasol up to block the Koopaling's magic.
"You annoying pest! Stop flyin' around!" Roy growled. "And you, kid… Stop puttin' that parasol up!"
Although Chopper could block projectiles, there was no way he could block Roy's fists. He was sent flying over to the door they previously walked in, but he slowly got up and jumped back on the log while floating down. He chucked a couple of fireballs down at Roy as well.
"Argh! Friggin' fireballs…"
"Poyo Poyo!" Despite being cheerful, Kirby managed to unleash a Sword Beam upon Roy. It knocked him back and allowed Blade to dive down and kick him from a certain angle in the stomach. Roy wheezed as he got up, but had a scar on his belly when Blade slashed him with his katana.
"Ha! Now you're a little wounded!" Blade grinned.
"It's just a scratch!" Roy grinned as he punched Blade and sent him flying up into the sky. When he came back down, he landed on his head, being left dizzy for a couple of seconds.
"That's an attack we should be careful with…" Blumiere warned.
"Exactly," Chopper agreed as he blocked another magic projectile and chucked a charged ice ball at him to leave him frozen. Meta Knight followed up by attacking him with a Galaxia Sword Beam, slicing the ice in half, but not Roy. However, he still got hurt by the attack.
"You… You're a strange one." Roy gaped. "Who are you?"
"My name? I'm Meta Knight." the masked warrior said coldly as he landed right behind Roy and knocked him away from him with his sword. "If you wish to know what I am, I am a Star Warrior."
"A Star Warrior? That doesn't sound like anythin' special!" he spat as he tried striking Meta Knight with more magic. Sadly, he wasn't able to get him when he was flying around like a bat. But it was perfect for Mario to attack him with a Ground Pound, followed by Luigi's Cyclone.
"Man, your distraction is helping us, Meta Knight!" Luigi commented.
Mario: Luigi! Watch out!
Roy jumped in the air again and stunned the two plumbers. He managed to knock them onto the grass, but Kirby was one to act quick and attack Roy next with his sword. He did a Final Cutter-like move that was similar to the Cutter ability.
Sonic followed up with his attack. He curled up in a ball and struck Roy two times with a Spin Dash, right near his chin. His sunglasses fell off, but he managed to catch them and put them back on before they could even see his eyes.
"Don't EVER make me drop my sunglasses!" Roy growled. "Only nerds don't wear sunglasses, and those nerds are YOU guys!"
"Errrr…" Chopper pulled out some sunglasses and put them on. "Oh, really? Well I guess it doesn't make me a nerd with these with me!"
"Where'd you get the sunglasses?" Blade asked.
"From my previous adventure."
"Poyo?! (How could you still have that with you?!)" Kirby gaped as he got knocked away by Roy's punch, which knocked Chopper down as well and made him drop his sunglasses. In fact, he fell into the water as well.
However, he was quick to get out of the water and float back onto the log. With his parasol, he whacked Roy a couple of times with it to leave red marks on his face. He also made him trip with a sweeping kick.
"That should take care of you for now,"
"Ugh… Now yer gonna get it!" Roy got into his shell and began to spin around. Both Kirby and Meta Knight took to the air, while Luigi used his Super Jump to avoid him. The rest, on the other hand, got hurt by Roy's attack. He even laughed at them as he got back up.
"Well I know what to do now," Sonic used a Whirlwind to send Roy flying into the air. Luigi helped him by using a Super Jump to knock him to the ground, allowing Sonic to charge up a Light Speed Dash and go all out of Roy with that attack.
"See? I'm too fast for you!"
"Don't get too cocky, Sonic…" Blade warned as he jumped toward Roy and slashed at his legs a couple of times, leaving him pretty injured in the process.
"Curses… Now you're really gettin' me mad!" Roy growled.
"Uhhhh… When I hear 'curses' from someone, it sounds like it's coming from Kojo Pete…"
"Poyo! (Oh, yeah, I remember him!)" Kirby recalled.
"Chopper, this is no time to be thinking about other things," Meta Knight interrupted. "We're in the middle of a fight here!"
"Oh, yeah…" Chopper jumped after blocking Roy's magic attack and stomped on his head lightly. Meta Knight jabbed at the Koopaling afterward and attacked with a Galaxia Drill.
"Spinning Sword!" Kirby shouted, something that nobody would expect them all to hear from him as he sent Roy straight into the pond. But, little did they know that he could actually SWIM out!
"Wait… I thought these guys couldn't swim?" Sonic gawked.
Mario: If Bowser could swim, then so could they.
"Great…" Chopper face palmed as he was stunned by Roy when he stomped on the log. He growled viciously as he stomped his way over to the group. He managed to knock Meta Knight and Kirby away, but just as soon as he got to Chopper, he stomped on him and turned him flat as a pancake.
However, Mario got out of his trance and stomped on Roy's head. Like a boss. It was then he was going after the plumber, but he also used Kickbrin to slow him down for a little.
"You know my dad probably wants you dead more than anyone else!" Roy snarled. "I'm goin' to make him proud!"
"I don't think so!" Sonic jumped once again and attacked Roy with another Homing Attack. "I think it's best that we become victorious, because we're the good guys!"
Meanwhile, while they kept Roy occupied, Meta Knight began to store power in his sword. It looked like he was going to unleash his most powerful attack: the Mach Tornado.
"Stan out of the way, everyone! I have a powerful attack coming up!" Meta Knight announced.
"All righty!" Chopper jumped right behind Meta Knight, followed by everyone else. Roy simply snickered as he whirled his wand around.
"What are you going to do, show off your glowin' golden sword?" Roy snorted. "Yeah, it sure is nice…"
"Oh, it's not that… It's THIS!" Meta Knight swung his sword, summoning a large tornado that slowly began to come toward Roy. He gaped as he tried to escape, but it was too late. In no seconds flat he got sucked in by the tornado.
"MOMMY!"
Over by the picnic-
"Hmmmmmm? I feel like I'm hearing something…" Queen Jaydes said as she took a sip from her drink. "It almost sounds like a tornado… But I don't see any tornadoes anywhere…"
"Well, let's not let it bother our picnic." Grambi suggested. "Whoever hath unleashed that tornado must hath had a reason… However, if he hast done it to end the games of innocent people, then thou art to taketh care of it, Jaydes. …Or mayhap it is only nature itself."
"I don't understand how a tornado could be in a peaceful place like this…"
"Well, nature dost tendeth to do many different things…"
"Pray, Father," Luvbi spoke up. "Dost thou think that I will ever see my sweet prince ever again? How I miss him so…"
"Well, Chopper is out trying to saveth the world with the rest of his friends," Grambi informed. "Thou dost have to understand that he can't stayeth with thee forever, my dear Luvbi."
"But… He was everything I hath ever loved in a boy…" Oh, boy, here comes the annoying babbling from someone who fell in love with someone. However, we're going to cut that short to prevent you from getting bored.
"Well… That's really sweet of you, Luvbi, but Chopper can't magically come to you just because you're a princess." Queen Jaydes informed. "He is trying to help the universe. You would want that, wouldn't you?"
"Yea, Mother… That doth sound verily nice." Luvbi nodded. "Mayhap I will see him again one day."
"I assure you that thou might have a chance to see him," Grambi said.
"Methinks too, Father."
Back at the battle-
"So, he's just lying there unconscious, isn't he?" Chopper asked as he looked down at the unconscious Roy Koopa on the log. He was hardly breathing, but that usually happens when you're knocked out.
"It appears so," Meta Knight confirmed. As he jumped over Roy and landed on the grass ahead. "Let's not waste any time now. We have to find the Pure Heart somewhere around here."
"For some reason, I can feel the Pure Heart's presence around here…" Timpani realized. "Could it be that we were ran into some sort of trap?"
"Nah, we shouldn't have ran into a trap. I mean, why WOULD we?" Chopper noticed a couple of Dark Spiky Skellobits on the grass just up ahead by the door. "Well, I don't know why THESE guys are even here."
"Let's take 'em down!" Blade said as he jumped onto the grass and drew his katana. "C'mon, monsters! Let's dance!"
"Dance? You're actually going to dance with them?"
"It's a figure of speech, Chopper," Blade managed to disarm the first Dark Spiky Skellobit with his ninja moves and slice it up a bit until he realized something. "Wait… Why are these guys suddenly stronger? They were easy when the Necromancer brought them up from the dead."
"Let's see," Chopper used Timpani's wand to investigate the Dark Spiky Skellobit.
"That's a Dark Spiky Skellobit. It's a stronger version of the Spiky Skellobit, and much more menacing. Max HP is 75. Attack is 13. Defense is 4. Like a Spiky Skellobit, it will simply charge at you. However, its spear is capable of being thrown as well, so watch out for that. Since it has a spike on its head, it means that this one is one of the elite Dark Skellobits." Timpani informed.
"Oh… Well that's new." Sonic said as he struck the next Dark Spiky Skellobit with a Spin Dash. He also ran straight into the other one, dealing more damage. Meta Knight simply finished the first one by slashing it with Galaxia, while Kirby flew above the last one and brought his sword down on it.
"Poyo, (Well that takes care of that,)" Kirby said as he hit a ? Block, making a Super Shroom pop out. "Poyo. (We probably need that.)"
Kirby sliced up the Super Shroom into seven pieces for all of them to recover 20 HP. Meta Knight simply put the piece he had under his mask in order to prevent him from taking it off.
"Dude, don't you ever take your mask off?" Blade asked.
"It's probably best that I don't take it off," Meta Knight replied with a glare.
"Why? Do you have some sort of secret under that mask?" Luigi asked until Meta Knight gave him a glare, causing him to yelp and look away from him.
"Meta Knight, don't be like this," Chopper suggested. "We're working together, so YOU need to learn to get along with some of us here. Now come on. We need to walk into the next area."
They entered the door just up ahead to find a wooden bridge and a ladder leading down to a deeper pond. There happened to also be some small yellow star blocks that are formed as platforms with a Poppy Bro. Jr. hopping around. Kirby simply jumped onto the blocks and jabbed at the Poppy Bro. Jr. Of course, he also destroyed some of the blocks as well.
"Poyo… (I didn't mean to do that…)" Kirby trailed.
"I can see up ahead that there's a locked door," Meta Knight stated as he jabbed at a Dark Skellobit. "I suppose we have no other choice but to search through the waters."
"The w-water?!" Sonic gaped. "No way! There's NO way I'm going to go down into the water!"
One moment later-
"I can't believe you're making me do this…"
"Well, sorry, Sonic, but you gotta do it," Blade said as he climbed the ladder down to the water. "I don't want to do this either, but we don't have much of a choice, you know?"
When they reached the bottom of the wet, grassy ground, they noticed that there was nothing around them. Chopper flipped into 3-D to see if there was anything cool around. All he found was a pipe behind a bush. So, with that, they headed over to the green pipe.
"A pipe? Here? Why would there be one here in the first place?" Luigi asked.
"Beats me. Let's see what's here!" Chopper said as he dove down into the pipe, followed by everyone else.
Underground-
When they got out of the pipe that was coming out of the wall, they were no longer underwater, but they did see that this was another familiar underground room. Not only that, but there was a red Growmeba around the room. When Chopper investigated it with Timpani's wand, he discovered that it was a Romeba.
"A Romeba? What does this thing do?" Meta Knight asked, until the Romeba split into two. "Ah. So it multiplies itself. I suppose we should take care of the real one if we are to get rid of the rest."
"Then… We need something that can take them out at once." Blade looked over at Starbow, who simply floated right beside Chopper. "Chopper… You know what you have to do."
"What do I have to do?" Chopper asked, making Blade face palm.
"Take them out with Starbow!"
"Oh! Why didn't you say so?" Once again, everyone face palmed this time as Chopper held Starbow up and made many shooting stars rain down on all of the Romebas. But, just because they got rid of them didn't mean that they were done.
Instead, a door simply appeared, but when they entered, they ended up in a room that was longer with Thwomps coming down. There were two things that they could do. One was to speed past them, and another was to go into 3-D and walk past them.
"I don't think I'll be able to get past them," Meta Knight said. "Unless… I turn invisible with my cape."
Meta Knight wrapped his cape around himself and tried to get past a Thwomp. Unfortunately, just because he was invisible doesn't mean that he couldn't be hurt. He just BARELY got away from a Thwomp that nearly came down on his foot. As for Chopper, he got a Speed Dash ready.
"Hold this, Luigi," Chopper said while he gave Luigi his parasol.
"Why?"
"Because I don't want it to get ruined!" With that, he took off past all of the Thwomps and over to the chest. Upon opening it, he found a Door Key. He flipped into 3-D and returned to the group with the key in his hands.
"So you managed to get the key?" Luigi asked.
"Yup! I have it right here!" Chopper held the key up high like Link would when he acquired an item.
"…You don't really need to do that, you know," Meta Knight said.
"Oh… Sorry! Let's just get out of here."
Outside-
"Whew… Well we managed to get out of the water and that underground room." Sonic said as he sighed in relief. "Now we just need to get over to that door that's just up ahead."
They noticed that there was a steep hill just across the bridge that didn't look like they could jump up. Meta Knight and Kirby were able to fly up, and Luigi was able to use a Super Jump to reach up there, but for the other four, it was a big problem.
"I think I can get one of you guys up here," Meta Knight grabbed Chopper's arm and threw him up. With his parasol (that he got back from Luigi), he began to float down to the steep hill.
Meta Knight managed to help everyone else up, and then they walked over to the door nearby and entered into the next area. There appeared to be some kind of ramp that would go across a huge gap with a pond down below. But, since Sonic didn't want to fall in, he curled up in a ball.
"I know how to handle this," Sonic said as he Spin Dashed down the slope and took off on the ramp to reach the grassy ground just up ahead. He was right by a tree with rainbow leaves.
"That's a very pretty tree up ahead," Timpani commented.
"Well, this whole place is very peaceful, so it would make sense," Blumiere added.
"Well, I guess I better go too," Chopper said as he used a Speed Dash to go down the ramp and take off to land right by the tree. As for everyone else… They simply jumped into the pond and swam over to the tree, since the ground wasn't too steep for them.
Mario: That IS a nice tree!
"I wonder if there's anything in there that could help us…" Luigi pondered as Chopper hit the tree with his hammer. A rainbow-colored apple happened to drop and, judging how it looked, it could recover about 125 HP.
"That's a lot of HP…" Meta Knight realized as he picked a Rainbow Apple up. "Although, I find it strange that we're finding these kinds of trees."
"It kind of reminds me of those taboo fruits from The Overthere," Chopper recalled. "Good times…"
"Poyo? (Taboo fruits? I don't remember that.)" Kirby gawked.
"Uhhhhhh… Hey, look at the time! I think we should be going now!" Chopper punched a Dark Skellobit just up ahead with ice energy and bashed it with his parasol to defeat it. Kirby simply slashed at the Dark Spiky Skellobit, despite being confused with Chopper at the moment.
"Poyo? (Why did you just say something like that when I asked about a taboo fruit?)" Kirby asked as he got right in front of Chopper.
"I don't think you were there for it," Chopper recalled. "So, that answers your question!"
Kirby pondered again, but this time he had another question. "Poyo? (Do you believe me about that Shadow Kirby I once saw too? He's been trying to make me get rid of you so I would be the main character!)"
"Huh? Your own shadow is doing something like that? …Nah. Probably not."
He jumped over a small little pond and walked across the small log to find a waterfall just up ahead. It seemed to lead down to another pond, but the grassy ground lead over to a single stump.
"What the… That's a steep jump!" Luigi gulped. "I don't know if I can make a jump like that!"
"Oh stop being a chicken, Luigi," Blade suggested, giving him an irritated look. "You jumped hundreds of feet from a ship, so you could make a jump like this."
"Well…" Luigi took a couple of steps back, but Mario was faster and managed to grab a hold of his overalls.
"NO! PLEASE! I CAN'T DO THIS! DON'T MAKE ME DO IT, BRO!"
"Sometimes I wonder why I even bring Luigi with me…" Mario thought as he sighed and got help from everyone else to stop him from getting away. However, this led to him falling off the waterfall.
"Uh oh… I don't think that was meant to happen…" Sonic winced as they heard a splash. They saw Luigi climb out of the pond and glare at the whole group from above.
"You could've seriously hurt me, you know!" Luigi shouted.
"Yeah, well it's your fault for being chicken!" Chopper bellowed.
"OK, OK, I think we get it already," Blade said, trying to get everyone to stop. "Let's just head on down and see if we can find anything important."
Mario: Like that stump?
"Yes. Like that stump."
Chopper was the first to jump down. With his parasol in his hand, he slowly began to float across the pond down below and land right on the grass. Meta Knight slowly glided down instead of make his wings flap around. They were all practically used to falling down from high places anyway.
"Nice of you to come down here," Luigi grumbled.
"There doesn't appear to be a door here," Meta Knight informed. "But I happen to see a stump here. Is there anyone who can do something with that stump?"
Mario: I can!
With a Ground Pound, Mario managed to make a door get drawn right in front of them. It was kind of a relief, considering that they didn't know where else to go. But while that happened, Kirby was looking down at the water.
And then Shadow Kirby appeared in the reflection.
"Remember me?" Shadow Kirby grinned. "So, are you going to do it or not? This is your last chance, Kirby!"
"Poyo! (For the last time! NO!)" Kirby retorted. "Poyo! (I'm NOT going to do it! And why do you even care?! He's done NOTHING to you!)"
"Hmmmmmm… I see. So this is how it ends for me. Very well then! This will be the last you'll ever see of me, Kirby!" his shadow announced. "However, you're going to get it in the end. I WILL find a way out of here, and I WILL not only destroy Chopper, but I will get rid of YOU as well!"
"Poyo… (He hasn't done anything to you…)"
"Oh, it's not just him… It's more like his power! Everyone's power, for that matter! But enough of that… So long for now, puffball. When I finally get the chance to see you out of this dimension, you're going to regret it. I'll take you and your power!"
Shadow Kirby disappeared, leaving Kirby's reflection to turn back to himself. The pink puffball smiled as he followed the heroes through the door ahead. Now he didn't have to worry about Shadow Kirby anymore!
Hopefully.
Picnic-
Luvbi continued to stare at her Whacka's Bump ever since Queen Jaydes pulled it out and gave it to her. She looked uninterested in it and simply poked at it with her unimpressed look.
"Luvbi, thou hast not eaten thy Whacka's Bump for five minutes!" Grambi realized. "Thou shouldst understand that Chopper cannot be with thee right now."
"I doth understand, Father… But without him, I am rather bored. Ever since he dropped me off at the shrine, I hath found nothing in interest to do."
"Dear, there is plenty of things you could have done while back home," Queen Jaydes noted.
"It's just so hard to not imagine my prince…" Luvbi trailed, ignoring her mother while she picked up her Whacka's Bump and dropped it on her plate. "Pray, can't we ever goest back in time to see him again?"
"I'm sorry, Luvbi, but time machines have never been invented yet. And even if we were to have one, it's best to not tamper with time. You never know what could happen."
"Mayhap thou just needest to taketh a little walk!" Grambi suggested. "…Or rather, a little flutter! Mayhap that that will calmeth thee a bit."
"Mayhap that's what I needest," Luvbi agreed. "OK, Father. We can taketh a little flutter! But, is it a good idea to leaveth our food hither?"
"We haven't seen anything around here, so it should be all right," Queen Jaydes assured. "We're not even going to go that far anyway."
With that, the three of them left for a little while to take a little stroll. Little did they know that they weren't the only ones in this world.
Back with the heroes-
When they walked out of the door, they noticed that there were a couple of bushes that were able to be cut, but they also happened to notice larger star blocks that were on the grassy ground. This path seemed to lead up to a steep hill that could be run up to reach the door.
"Grass… Grass… And even more grass." Chopper stated.
"Yes, we know that there's grass around here," Meta Knight said as he cut some grass. "You should help find some enemies that could be a big threat, such as those Dark Skellobits."
"Heads up, Meta Knight!" Sonic got into a ball and struck a Dark Skellobomber with a Homing Attack. Unfortunately, Meta Knight was still hit by the Skellobomber's head, but it wasn't too bad for him.
"I should've seen that coming…"
Chopper simply hit another Waddle Dee holding a spear with his parasol, sending it flying toward another Waddle Dee, but this one was orange and was carrying a parasol. They also noticed a tree just up ahead that had coconuts hanging. They almost looked like they were about to come down too…
"If those fall on you, they will explode, so be careful…" informed Timpani.
"What if you were to use that parasol to protect yourself against the coconuts?" Blumiere asked.
"I think that should work!" Chopper nodded as he let Meta Knight slice a couple of bushes in his way and take down two Dark Skellobits with a couple of jabs from Galaxia.
"Go ahead, Chopper. Let the coconuts fall." Meta Knight said.
Chopper walked underneath the tree and allowed the coconuts to come down. Surprisingly, they didn't seem to do a thing to him. With them gone, everyone went past the tree and took care of the other Dark Skellobits up ahead until they reached the steep hill.
"Well… At least we can go up this…" Sonic trailed as he used a Spin Dash to reach up to the door. Chopper shrugged and used a Speed Dash to go up. Kirby and Meta Knight simply flew up, and Luigi used a Super Jump to reach up there.
And then it came down to only Blade and Mario.
Mario: Well this is nice… -_-
"Yeah, tell me about it!" Blade agreed. "How come we can't get up there? This is a load of…"
Meta Knight grabbed Blade and threw him up, as well as Mario. This allowed them to hit the Save Block and head to the next area. There weren't a huge amount of obstacles here, but they did notice that there were ruins in the background on the grass.
"These ruins… What are they?" Timpani questioned.
"Hmmmmm… It appears that there may have been some people who've settled here in the past…" Meta Knight trailed, looking at the remains of a skeleton just near a broken pillar. "There may have been some people who used to live here…"
"That skeleton doesn't make me feel safe in this world…" Luigi trailed.
"Well, whatever happened here must've happened a long time ago," Chopper said. "I don't think we really need to worry about anything big going on here. Although, those Skellobits make me suspect something…"
"Do you think Shade is here?" Sonic questioned.
"If he is, then that might be a bit of a problem…" Chopper walked on ahead over to the door. "Anyway, let's just hurry on ahead. I kind of wanna get moving."
Everyone agreed and headed through the door just up ahead. They could see a couple of other ruins, but they weren't as big. However, they could see a huge cliff off at the distance in 3-D, a picnic table, and a Star Block just up ahead.
"Wait a second… There's a picnic here?" Blade gawked.
"Surely some people are here for a picnic," Meta Knight said as he wrapped his blue cape around himself, now that they weren't in any combat at the moment. But they did examine the picnic table and the picnic basket.
"Hey, Kirby! Let's see what we got in this picnic basket!" Chopper said as he was about to grab the basket. That is, until Meta Knight swatted his hand away from it.
"That's not your food. It's best that you don't steal someone else's food."
"What? Oh, come on! You know me! I love to eat things!"
"Yes, I know that, but it's best that you AVOID getting in trouble, such as stealing someone's food."
"Poyo! (That's not fair!)" Kirby pouted.
Soon enough, they began to hear voices coming closer to the picnic table. Chopper instantly gulped and stepped away from the picnic table, as well as Kirby. Meta Knight, unfortunately, had his cape stuck on the table, but with Mario's help he got his cape out of there.
Mario: Why do you wear a cape when you know that will happen?
"I don't wish to get into this kind of conversation," Meta Knight warned.
"So you see, Luvbi…" Queen Jaydes lectured as they returned to the picnic table. "You will have many responsibilities when you soon become the Queen of The Underwhere and Overthere. However, that means you must marry someone else to rule the other world."
"I understand, Mother," Luvbi nodded, who looked rather irritated from being lectured by her parents.
"However, we dost not knoweth how many years that will be!" Grambi chuckled. "Thou art too young to even become a queen. But, let us returnest to our picnic, yea?"
However, when they got to the picnic table, they paused when they saw all seven heroes (although, Meta Knight isn't technically a hero of the prophecy) staring at them in surprise.
"It's you guys!" Luigi gaped.
"Hmmmm? Now what are you guys doing here?" Queen Jaydes gaped. "This is a strange coincidence…"
"Well, we were about to say the same thing," Chopper responded. Unfortunately for him, Luvbi actually heard his voice and, before you knew it, her eyes suddenly turned into pink hearts.
"Uh oh..."
"CHOPPER! MY SWEET PRINCE!" Luvbi squealed as she flew straight to him like a bullet and tackled him to the ground.
"EEK! HELP ME, GUYS!"
"OK, OK, I think you had enough for now, little girl," Meta Knight said as he tried to shoo her away from Chopper. However, Luvbi simply glared at him while she held onto him.
"Pray, who art thou to tell me to leavest my sweet prince alone?" Luvbi asked in an angry tone. "Begone, peasant!"
"Chopper appeared to be uncomfortable with the situation. So, please… Let him go."
Luvbi sulked as she released Chopper, who sighed in relief and got as FAR away from the girl as possible.
"Mother! Now I dost feel a lot better now that my love hast come hither!" Luvbi said, her tone becoming much happier.
"What are you guys even doing here?" Sonic asked.
"Well, we simply came here for a little picnic," Queen Jaydes explained. "But we never knew that you guys would show up. …Could it be possible that a Pure Heart has led you here?"
"Poyo! (Could be!)" Kirby smiled.
"Well, since thou art hither, mayhap thou can joinest us for a little picnic!" Grambi suggested.
"Yea! I doth want to spendeth time with my prince!" Luvbi smiled cutely at Chopper. "It'll be like a date!"
"No, please…" Chopper gagged. "If there's one thing I don't want to do right now, it would be to be with you."
"Pooooyoooo! (But I'm huuuuuungry!)" Kirby begged, trying to give Chopper a puppy dog face. "Poyo? (Can't we please have some food?)"
"Wha… WHY are you giving me that look?!"
"Poyo… (Forget it… But can we just have some food?)"
"OK, OK. We do need to heal up anyway. Plus, I'm hungry."
"Aren't you always hungry?" Luigi asked.
"Yeah..."
"See? I knewest that thou wouldst accept the date!" Luvbi giggled.
Much later-
"So… How is life so far?" Blade asked as he poked his sandwich that seemed to have an Ultimate Shroom inside. "Because personally, I think it's kinda cool meeting many…er…weirdos from different worlds."
"I thought you were annoyed with how people were like?"
"Shut it, Sonic. I'm trying to speak here."
Blade was apparently right next to Sonic, and he was facing Grambi. Chopper was unfortunately facing Luvbi, but he was right next to Kirby and Meta Knight. Luigi and Mario were next to each other, while the green plumber was facing Queen Jaydes.
When Meta Knight pulled a rice ball out of the basket, he looked at it. "Is there something that I could eat that requires me to NOT take off my mask?"
"Why wouldst thou want to take thy mask off?" Luvbi asked in a confused manner.
"Because… It's best not to know."
"I always wonder how Meta Knight gets a new mask," Chopper wondered, eating a sandwich. "Do you have a room filled with masks?"
"That...is not much of your concern, Chopper," Meta Knight replied.
"OK, fine," Chopper grabbed another sandwich and ate the thing whole. Luvbi watched and smiled as he ate it.
"Hee hee! Thou art so cute when thou eatest something!" Luvbi giggled, while Chopper shook nervously in response.
"I feel like I just lost my appetite all of the sudden..."
"So… I guess Luvbi fell in love with Chopper, didn't he?" Luigi asked Mario.
Mario: I guess so.
"Well I guess it makes sense. They are technically children."
"Pray, what art thou saying to us, yon hairy twins?!" Luvbi exclaimed, glaring at the Mario Bros. "Don't disturb mine relationship with my sweet prince!"
"Luvbi! That's not a way to treat a guest!" Queen Jaydes scolded. "I thought you knew better after seeing them before! Don't you ever mind your manners?"
"Sigh… Well I suppose Luvbi hasn't changed ever since." Timpani sighed as her wand began to float out of Chopper's hands.
"Pray, what is that?" Grambi asked.
"This? This is Tippi! …Well, more like her wand, actually." Chopper explained.
"Ah, yea… Tippi." Luvbi said with an annoyed look. "I dost remember that thou hast had a crush on my sweet prince, didst thou not? And also I believest that thou didst have a crush on the hairy twins."
"I never said that!" Timpani retorted while blushing furiously at Luvbi. "Why would you ever think that?"
"Ah, Tippi. It is so simple for thee to get angry! It is so fun!" Luvbi smiled.
"Hmmmmmm… I dost recallest something." Grambi remembered. "Dost thou remembereth the strange Nimbis from The Overthere? I doth believest that they art hither…but I dost not know where."
"Well, as long as I am with my prince, everything is better…" Luvbi sighed sweetly as pink hearts formed over her head while looking at Chopper.
"Why do I always have these problems?" Chopper sweat dropped.
"Because it's funny," Blade answered.
"...Shut up."
Things seemed to be all right, until Queen Jayde's cell phone went off.
"What's that?" Sonic asked.
"It sounds like a phone!" Luigi gawked.
Mario: I remember that sound…
"Same here," Chopper nodded.
"Oh, I apologize, but I think I have to take this call. I'll be right back." Queen Jaydes stepped away from the picnic table and took out her purple phone.
"What is it now, D-Man Joe? I'm trying to spend some time with my family! This better be important…"
"Sorry to disturb you in any way, my queen… But we have a little problem here." D-Man Joe explained. "Remember that alien boy that came down into The Underwhere before?"
"You mean the one that invaded The Overthere?"
"Yeah, that one. For some reason, someone else came down here! You're not going to believe this… But it was actually a Nimbi! I don't know why he was there, but he ended up freeing many of the monsters that we sealed in their prison and attacked the palace! Even the Shaydes were beginning to revolt and attack as well! I think they're planning to attack The Overthere too!"
"A NIMBI is doing all of this?!" Queen Jaydes gaped. "Who is the Nimbi? Do you know?"
"Unfortunately, I don't. But I'm starting to get worried that they'll try coming to you guys soon. I overheard the Nimbi trying to find the 'girl that he loves, but was taken away by a pale green boy'. From what I understand, this seems like he's trying to find Luvbi and destroy the one who took her from him. ...And most likely those who are with him too."
Queen Jaydes looked over at Chopper, his friends and her daughter, Luvbi and frowned. "If you can get in contact with the Nimbis in the world I'm in, tell them that I'm sending the heroes and Luvbi to them. That's the only place I know that they'll be safe from harm. I'll try to get back to you guys, and I'll also try to get Grams back to The Overthere to stop this madness!"
"All right, sounds good! You better be quick, though, because they're already making their way to the end of Underwhere Road! And… I apologize for ruining your vacation…"
"It's all right, D-Man Joe. It's understandable." Queen Jaydes hung up and made her way back to the group. "Grams… We need to get back home now."
"What's going on?" Grambi asked.
"A Nimbi from The Overthere freed many monsters from their prison and are invading The Underwhere and Overthere! Only we can try to put an end to this!"
"Wait… We art leaving already?" Luvbi frowned. "But, why now when I hath finally foundeth my prince?"
"Luvbi, you're staying with the heroes, but listen to me," Queen Jaydes walked over to Luvbi and knelt down to her. "You and the heroes are in grave danger. If Grams and I don't stop the monsters and Shaydes, then they might be heading to this world…"
"You know, if I could recall, we found some Skellobits back through this place," Chopper recalled.
"Then that means they know you're here. Heroes, I want you to take Luvbi up to the Nimbi world called The Peaceness. Only there you'll be safe from harm from all of the monsters. The Nimbi Elder should be able to help you both from there."
"Where could we find The Peaceness?" Meta Knight asked.
"To get to The Peaceness, you need to travel across the sea, climb to the top of the highlands, and climb the clouds until you see the stars themselves. Only then you'll find The Peaceness."
"Wow… That sounds like a lot." Blade gaped.
"We've gotta go across the sea, climb the mountains, AND climb the clouds?! This is too hectic for us!" Luigi gaped.
"Yeah, tell me about it…" Chopper frowned.
"But we doth get to spendeth time together!" Luvbi winked as she fluttered closer to Chopper. "So our date will never endeth from hither!"
"I trust that you guys will be able to take care of our daughter," Queen Jaydes said. "You all brought her back safely before, so I assure you that you might be able to do it again. As for you, Luvbi… I want you to treat them with respect. Blade did tell me that you were being very snobby to them before." Blade began snickering in the background. "Other than that… Please be safe."
When Queen Jaydes and Grambi left this dimension, the expected came from Blade.
"Aw, man! You gotta be kidding me!" Blade complained.
"Tell me about it! We've gotta be with Luvbi AGAIN!" Sonic groaned.
"I know! This stinks!" Chopper pouted.
"So…" Luvbi smiled as she looked at Chopper. "We art finally going to be traveling together again! Didst thou miss cute little me, my prince?"
"Uhhhh… Well, I can say that I found a computer room earlier... I kinda missed that..."
"Hee hee! It's OK, my prince. We art together at long last!" Luvbi kissed Chopper on the cheek, making his eyes widen in complete fear.
"GROSS! GROSS! GROSS!" Chopper cried as he ran all over the place. "Why are you torturing me like this?!"
"I take it you don't like being around her…" Meta Knight trailed as Luvbi giggled.
"Uhhhh… DUH!"
"I think Bang would be jealous of you."
"So… Shouldst we get going, my sweet prince?" Luvbi asked sweetly as she fluttered back over to him. "We can endeth this chapter once and for all, but it wouldst be romantic to endeth it with a kiss!"
"I'll pass," Chopper said while he ran over to the Star Block. The Nimbi princess sighed sweetly, ignoring his words as she fluttered to him as he struck the Star Block.
"What is this block?" Meta Knight asked.
"It ends a section of each chapter. We're going to see something that'll even show it's the end."
END OF CHAPTER
Our heroes, now with Meta Knight in their group, finished traveling through the grassy lands of this world. However, with Luvbi with them, their hopes for this world being great slowly began to go down the drain. They would always hear her babbling about how much she loved Chopper to how much she said that the others were peasants. "We art to hurry on ahead if we art to headest to The Peaceness, so don't be too slow!" said Luvbi, while to Chopper, she went like, "This will be the greatest date we will ever be having!" Meta Knight began to realize the horror of having Luvbi here, but he seemed to notice something just up ahead.
Hey, I WARNED you guys that this would be a long chapter. Yeah, you're pretty much running into the point where these chapters are almost around 9,000 or even over 10,000 words long. This one was over 13,000 words, if you wanted to know.
But at least this chapter brought Meta Knight into the group! Not only that but we have Luvbi to deal with too! Yeah, you know that things should get better when you have a Nimbi girl on your side! *sarcasm*
But I'm still going to troop through this, even if these parts are going to be long (and don't even get me started on Chapter 15-5's length. We're going to get to that MUCH later).
Now the next part is going to be a little interesting, and also a little different. You'll see what I mean when we get there.