Kazooie and The Crooked Mountains
Chapter nine
My best friend
Kazooie. Banjo couldn't stop thinking about her, was she still alive, he's heart was aching at the thought of that, she could be hurt, or worse. He was worried that she'd never be the same after this experience, he also was worried that he would change as well, that she would save him and he would be a different person.
Banjo didn't want to put Kazooie through that, he wanted to be there to tell her everything would be alright. He tried to imagine how she'd react when she saw him, all chained up and visibly beaten. And what would Gruntilda do when Kazooie arrived? Would she try to kill her? Banjo's head was swirling with questions, he just looked down and prayed that Kazooie wouldn't be hurt, he didn't care what happened to him, as long as she was fine.
He could picture her smile in his mind, that's what kept him going.
Kazooie wasn't smiling, she had a hardened expression on her face. Whatever she had to deal with was going to regret being alive. She was in the tower making her way to the top, there better have been something worth getting up there. She was a few stories up when stopped to take a breath, her wing found Banjo's necklace on her neck, she held it tightly, she HAD to get Banjo home, she needed to tell him everything, how much she felt, what she wanted, EVERYTHING.
She let go of the necklace, the cool shark tooth resting on her chest. She continued scaling the tower. Step by step, she slowly reached the top, but she wasn't the only person up there. "We meet again, I don't suppose you can explain why you insist on exploring my domain?" The mad God stood at the edge of the tower, looking out on the landscape. "I'm trying to save my… um, best friend" Kazooie didn't know what to call Banjo, her companion, or her best friend. "Is that all he is to you? Just your 'best friend', there has to be more to it than that" Kazooie tried to hide a blush, but it was useless. "I.. I guess I like him a little" the Mad God laughed with a deep, matured voice. "You only like him? That the worst lie I've heard in a couple centuries, nobody comes this far because they just 'like' someone, your looking for something more, aren't you?"
Kazooie would have snapped at him if he was anyone else, but seeing the power of the things that live here, she didn't want to be thrown off the face of earth. "Well, maybe… maybe I want more than just a friendship, I think I love him, I know I love him" it felt weird saying that out loud, but she was eventually going to have to tell Banjo as well. Then The Mad god chuckled. "You remember that stone tablet that speaks of the trials?" Kazooie looked a little confused. "What about it?" Then the Mad God disappeared, leaving a jiggy in his place. "You just discovered your truth, and with that, you have completed the trials." Kazooie was shocked, and also happy, and confused, and grateful, so many emotions all at once, she was completely taken aback. She stepped forward and grabbed the jiggy, as she stood on the top of the tower, she realized how beautiful the world she had been exploring for the last week actually was, the sky's where a brilliant purple, she took in the beauty for a few moments then jumped of the ledge, flying towards the path back to the tablet.
Banjo was starting to think Kazooie wasn't ever coming, maybe she moved on, maybe she died trying to save him, but when Gruntilda came in screaming, he started to admire Kazooie's persistence. "DAMNIT, DAMNIT ILL NEVER SUCCEED, ILL RIP HER HEART OUT, LIKE A USELESS WEED!" Banjo didn't like the sound of that, grunty then looked at him and pulled out a wooden rod with a stone ball at the end. "She will be here soon, it's my last chance, I'll beat you and bash you with my wooden lance" Banjo looked back at her and teased. "That's not a lance, it's more like a…" then Gruntilda hit his left arm. Banjo was screaming, Gruntilda was laughing, and Kazooie was running towards the forest that formed around the mountain she needed to scale.
She found her way to the tablet, but it wasn't there, instead there was an opening in the trees that led to a large, circular altar. There was six pedestals, each had a jiggy shaped indent, she didn't take time to examine them, she just ran to the centre. Immediately the jiggys she had collected all appeared above her, they started spinning and spiralling outward towards the pedestals, when they inserted themselves into the indents, Kazooie started glowing, then she started to disappear from the legs up.
Then everything went blank.
Finale is coming soon, trust me.
So I just have a question, does it feel rushed? I tend to go through a story faster than I want to, but I'm starting to see exactly why other authors have a wait period between uploads.
Also, I'm not sure what to do for my next project, but I have a feeling action isn't for me.
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P.S: expanded memes, please warn me about the volume next time, I nearly had a heart attack, but thanks for sharing that.