Chapter 141: Isolated Isles: Forgo Dreams Part 1
Sweetie Void, Kirby, Bandana Dee, and Elfilin landed at the beginning of the first island, on a beach that looked exactly like the beach on which the first three woke up when they arrived on the new world. They recognised it and the forest just beside it, and the path leading into it.
"If this place is really made from Elfilis' dreams... Seems like they were watching us from the moment we arrived," Sweetie Void said.
This chilled Bandana. "It doesn't reassure me to know that we have been watched all this time."
Surprisingly, Mookies awaited them just a bit further up the path.
"Seems like the areas aren't the only thing Fecto Elfilis recreated," Elfilin said.
"But the first time, we only encountered an Awoofy further into the forest. We didn't encounter Mookies until much later. It looks like the difficulty will be upped a bit," Sweetie Void said.
Kirby went ahead to deal with the Mookies, revealing a new upgrade of the Hammer Ability based on Dedede when he had been wearing that boar mask, holding two hammers capable of sending fire. The Mookies didn't stand a chance.
The others followed behind him and they entered the forest. Almost right away, they found some small floating ball of light.
Sweetie felt Soul Matter from it.
"What is it?" she asked after they dealt with the Mookies and other enemies present in the forest. Already, the enemies felt different from the real Beast Pack members. They worked as one entity, and they were much more brutal. Sweetie and the others will have to watch out.
"I don't know," Bandana Dee answered.
Kirby shook his head. "Poyo."
Elfilin approached the ball of light and touched it with a paw. "I... I think that it's a piece of Leongar's soul."
"A piece... of his soul?" both Sweetie Void and Bandana Dee asked in wonder.
"Yes. It... It seems like Fecto Elfilis broke it into pieces. But it doesn't seem like he is dead." Elfilin looked at his three companions, determined. "There are certainly more of these dispersed over these islands. If we find them all, we may be able to save Leongar!"
"Uh... Ok. Let me call a soul specialist," Sweetie Void said before she opened a rift back to Waddle Dee Town where many people were still around the tower¨looking at the vortex that was still opened. "Hey! Apple Death! We need you!"
Quickly enough, Apple Death came to the rift, followed by Phantom, Apple Death's friends, and all the others.
"What's going on?" Apple Death asked, and Sweetie Void silently pointed at the soul piece. Apple Death approached it and analysed it. "A piece of soul? And Ah think Ah recognize it... Leongar?"
Sweetie turned her hoof into a hand and gave Apple Death a thumb up. "You got it in one. It looks like we will have to hunt for soul pieces of Leongar to save him. Can you transport them?"
"No problem." Apple Death easily absorbed the soul piece.
"That's morbid as heck," Phantom said.
"Also, we definitively felt that this dimension is created by Fecto Elfilis. We may end up fighting them again sooner or later," Sweetie Void said. "And knowing how this usually goes, they may be even more powerful than before, somehow."
"More powerful than they already were?!" Diddy exclaimed in horror.
"Yep! So, will you come with me again? Warning, this place being created by Elfilis, they certainly prepared lots of dangerous obstacles to stop us. We barely started, and we already had to deal with a group of enemies largely made of Mookies. These enemies are more brutal and use perfect teamwork. They will force us to watch each others' back even more than before."
As if to prove her words, a new wave of enemies came. All the heroes entered the following battle and quickly saw what Sweetie meant. They attacked relentlessly. They used any openings they had. They didn't hesitate to sacrifice themselves to create one. They defended each others. Sir Kibbles and Blade Knight even used their blades to deflect projectiles and protect their comrades at the back like Mookies, Berdards and Poppy Bros. And a group even remained behind to defend a Big Kabu that constantly spawned Kabus. The heroes had to seriously fight together for what was certainly the first time since the beginning of this adventure. Not even the big battle on the bridge at Winter Horns had offered such a high difficulty despite the much bigger number of enemies there had been.
The enemies were that much better organised. They weren't acting like wild animals anymore, but like an actual experienced army.
Once all the enemies were eliminated, their bodies fading, the heroes all agreed to come. And since Waddle Dee Town won't be attacked anymore and had rebuilt well, both Applejacks, both Rainbow Dashes, both Twilights, and Sweetie Void's Pokémon wanted to join too.
Sweetie Void sweated. Will you be able to keep up, Writer? It was already limit before... Maybe I should try to limit the damage. She looked at her Pokémon. "Tank, in case Fecto Elfilis comes out of the vortex, I charge you and the others to continue guarding the town! If Elfilis does come out, then you will have to hold them off until I arrive to deal with them! Anubis, go with them. You did a good job helping search the Waddle Dees. Thank you." Should be good enough.
Tank saluted her. "Alright!"
Volta became sad. "Awww... But I wanted to go adventuring with you."
Some of the other Pokémon looked just as sad.
Damn it. You aren't making it easier, Writer. "Well... Alright. Any of you who want to join me, come. The others, return to Waddle Dee Town. Remember before you decide that the following battles will be very difficult and certainly life-threatening."
Volta bolted right away to join Sweetie Void, quickly followed by Tank. Eventually, Smily, Drako, Zephyr, Swirly, Scout the Furret, and Mothra the Butterfree decided to come, and Anubis wanted to remain with her.
"Okay then. But remember, the weaker remain close to the stronger."
The Pokémon who remained nodded. And at this, the other Pokémon passed through the rift to return to Waddle Dee Town where they joined the Pinkie Pies, the Raritys, and the Fluttershys as well as the Popstarlings and the Beast Pack members.
After some good lucks (and Sweetie reminding the Pokémon to train if they weren't busy), Sweetie Void closed the rift, and the large group of heroes continued in the forest. As they crossed the small gap with the wooden log forming a bridge, Sweetie destroyed a bomb block, destroying an iron block that revealed a soul piece. Another soul piece was then found behind a tree before the heroes reached the narrow path between the cliffs that Tank could barely enter. Dedede and Kirby pounded three nails to make another soul piece appear at the end of the path, and they reached the city where a welcome comity (again mainly composed of Mookies) awaited them.
It was a good occasion for the newcomers to prove themselves.
Mothra quickly discovered that Psychic moves such as Psybeam weren't very effective. The enemies being psychic constructs, it was kind of obvious after some thinking. Sleep Powder didn't work either. Stun Spore, however, quickly became best move. Not only it worked, but paralyzing the enemies made everyone's life much easier. Too bad she didn't know Bug Buzz yet.
Being a Ghost-type, Smily was particularly the one that was, to say it, super effective. He had lot of Ghost-type and Dark-type moves which caused a maximum of damage to the enemies and eliminated them pretty much in one it. Hex and Sucker Punch were the ones that he used as much as he could. He didn't know Dark Pulse yet, sadly. And thankfully, even if the enemies were psychic constructs, they didn't use psychic attacks so Smily wasn't worried.
Anubis, however, with his Fighting-moves... He needed to make his attacks hit extra hard to deal as much damage as the others.
Being a Pokémon could really lead to difficult situations. The other heroes didn't have to worry about their punches hurting less because they weren't effective against psychic constructs. They didn't work by these rules.
The healers were much appreciated.
The ponies from Phantom's universe were already used to fighting. They went through a war after all, they had the experience. The ponies from Apple Death's universe, however, had more problems. Beside Applebot, they weren't used to fights. They had to remain close to experienced fighters and learn, starting with Zapp learning to NOT charge headfirst into the enemies if she wanted to live!
Once all the enemies were eliminated, they arrived at the first skyscraper where they found a soul piece on a pile of crates with Mookies hidden behind them for an ambush that was failed by Anubis. A group of Buffahorns tried o use the distraction caused by the soul piece and the Mookies to charge at the heroes from the foot of the skyscraper, but they were stopped by Tank, Dedede, Spiky, and DK acting as a wall.
Many enemies followed as the heroes passed beside the skyscraper. Scarfys, Cappys, a couple of Bronto Burts, and many Kabus. As they fought, the heroes found five green star pieces, one of which was hidden in a giant nut, another in a crate, and a last one behind a bench at the end. Collecting all of them made three soul pieces appear on the roof of the building they had to climb to continue, before a ladder.
However, a problem revealed itself for Tank: his bulk didn't allow him to do big jumps. Thankfully, he could climb on the parts of roof that served as steps, he was big enough, and he could climb the ladder, but this will reveal problematic once they will have to jump above large gaps.
Once they all climbed the ladders, they dealt with Bernards that fired at them from behind the traffic barriers, including a stronger-than-usual Bernard with its head covered in black mist like back when Kirby used the truck and that released a soul piece upon elimination. Another soul piece appeared after pressing a switch on a wall down the first bridges further on the walkway, and yet another was found by destroying a large star block that formed another bridge.
After traversing the billboard that formed a bridge, they reached the building in which Kirby discovered his new power. Before entering it, the group fought two Bonkers guarding three more soul pieces. While they fought the Bonkers, more Bernards fired at them from behind fences at both ends of the road on which they were.
The building's door was locked close however, and Apple Death didn't feel any other soul pieces in the area. They will have to search further into the island.
So Sweetie transported everyone with her flying carpet and followed Apple Death's direction.
"Hey, we still don't know what to call you to differentiate you," Present Sonic said to the mares. "Beside the Rainbow Dashes. And even then, not everyone know or remember the nicknames you already choose."
"First, let me tell you that the ones wearing a yellow bandana are from Apple Death's universe, and the ones wearing a blue bandana come from Phantom's universe. And for the curious, the ones from my universe have red bandanas," Sweetie Void informed.
"Well, for all of us who wear blue bandanas. It's our name, or part of our name, preceded by Phantom. For exemple, for me, it's Phantom Applejack," Phantom Applejack said. "Apple Bloom, Rainbow Dash, and Sweetie Belle already called themselves this way, so we continued. Easy to retain."
"And so, for me, it's Phantom Dash."
"And me, Phantom Sparkle."
"You are right. It's easy," Ness said.
"For me, it's easy to guess, it's Applebot."
"I'm Zapp."
"For me, it's Sparky," the Twilight with the yellow bandana finished.
"These ones are easy too," Dixie said.
As they flew, the heroes saw that the island really was composed of parts of areas they traversed mashed together. The city suddenly ended to let place to a section of the tunnel, more exactly the one with the pieces of floor moving up and down. Further away, they spotted that mountain with the rolling boulders, and not far of it, they saw a piece of the Alivel Mall.
"At least, the newbies will see part of what we went through," Flamberge said.
"In worse," Zan Partizanne added.
They landed at the beginning of the tunnel section, and already, they were welcomed by some enemies, including some Jobhogs, and barely they finished defeating that first group that they were ambushed by Spooksteps. Then, when Apple Death went to collect a soul piece atop the first moving platform, she found herself surrounded by Phantas.
"We'll be ambushed by these ghosts during the whole tunnel section, right," she commented once she dealt with them.
"Seems like it," Poo said before he PK Thundered a Jabhog.
Getting another soul piece above the second moving platform caused more Spooksteps to appear, and while some of the heroes dealt with them, others destroyed a wall of metal crates, revealing another soul piece, and this time, Mumbies came to attack. Another ghost ambush happened halfway through the path made of moving platforms where the destruction of a metal crate hidden behind a barrier revealed a soul piece. On the second half, the heroes had to advance carefully as the platforms only connected at their corners. At the end of the path, they reached a large group of Kabus that defended more meta crates hiding three soul pieces
They passed the exit door and reached the mountain area. Already, they saw that there were more boulders to avoid as they advanced and fought Poppy Bros Jr. bombarding them from platforms made of iron blocks, guarding a soul piece. Some of the heroes like Applebot decided to destroy the boulders so everyone could advance without worry. Before the ladder, they had to destroy a bomb block guarded by a Gordo Bar and several Balloon-Meisters which destroyed a wall of iron blocks that had been hiding another soul piece.
After the ladder, they had to climb the long slope with all the rolling boulders from the building at the top. The heavy hitters were at the front, destroying the boulders (or Apple Death and the Twilights levitated them away), allowing the group to advance while being careful of the many Foleys ready to drop and explode on them. Near the end of the slope was a soul piece at the right, before the small path that led to the ladder to the roof of a section of the building.
They then followed the narrow path circling the building, advancing slowly to not fall while they fought the few enemies present. Arriving at the catwalk bridge, the flyers pressed three switches that destroyed a wall of iron blocks, revealing a soul piece. They then reached the gap with the narrow ledge, and the two Twilights worked together to create a bridge with their magic, using some of the rolling boulders. Tank appreciated that, because he wasn't sure if would have been able to walk on this ledge.
The heroes reached the second slope with all the cracked stones. Recognizing it, they advanced and waited for the giant boulder to appear before Sweetie Void sent it away, so they descended the slope without having to run away from it. Once at the bottom, they pressed two switches, making three soul pieces appear. Apple Death then passed through the cracked floor and came back a few seconds later, saying that another soul piece had been hidden under it.
Done with the mountain area, they used Sweetie's flying carpet to fly to the piece of Alivel Mall, landing at the beginning of the path with all the conveyor belts which were faster. Traversing them forced the heroes to pretty much run. And in addition of that, they also had to deal with twirling star rockets as if they were in Wondaria.
For the first soul piece, they had to traverse the first pair of conveyor belts, Sweetie destroying the star rockets on the way, before they destroyed a bomb block that caused the soul piece to appear on one of the first conveyor belts, the one that moved in the opposite direction.
The second soul piece was just beside twirling rockets at the first corner, just a bit further ahead. Sweetie destroyed the rockets and they Apple Death just had to grab it.
The third soul piece was also just beside a twirling rocket, at the second corner. This rocket was faster, but Sweetie still easily destroyed it.
The fourth piece was atop some iron blocks, blocked behind a wall, on a very fast conveyor belt. DK destroyed the bomb block that destroyed the iron blocks, making the soul piece drop on the conveyor belt. Apple Death was waiting for it at the end of the belt, before the soul piece could drop to the floor below.
Just after the fourth soul piece was the path partially formed of conveyor belts, and the fifth soul piece was just off the end of the first belt.
Not long later, they reached the large conveyor belt that transported cardboard boxes to the floor below in the real Alivel Mall. here, no boxes were present. Instead, the heroes had to destroy a Mookie with black mist around its head, making it release the sixth soul piece.
They then reached the section with the four conveyor belts forming a square, this time with the added difficulty of them being faster and of twirling rockets being present. Sweetie Void quickly destroyed the rockets, allowing the heroes to focus on fighting the enemies while collecting five green star pieces that destroyed a wall of iron blocks hiding the last three soul pieces of the area. The exit door was just after.
The heroes exited the Alivel Mall area and found themselves on top of buildings linked by narrow bridges formed of crumbling blocks.
"Uh. I don't remember going through that," Little Ghost said.
"So there are original areas," Krystal concluded.
"For this one, seems like we will have to go one at a time," Poo said.
"Ugh! This will take forever!" Diddy exclaimed.
But then, Phantom hit everyone with a wave of Phantom energy, and suddenly, the bridges of crumbling blocks were replaced by stone bridges large enough.
Phantom dusted her hands. "And there!"
"Good job, Phantom!" Elfilin congratulated.
"Now, we won't have to go one at a time," Tank added.
So they traversed the first few bridges, Kirby wrapping himself around a traffic cone on the way, and they reached a building where a bridge formed a loop. Kirby went on it and used his cone to destroy metal crates on it, finding a soul piece.
Further, after a few more bridges, the flying heroes dealt with a Poppy Bro Jr. having black mist atop a balcony, making it release another soul piece. More bridge later and Apple Death got a soul piece that had been floating against a "Book" sign down against a building while Spiky destroyed a lone metal crate on a precarious loop of crumbling blocks turned stone that contained another soul piece.
Finally, three more soul pieces were found inside another metal crate on another loop that passed under the main path. Apple Death confirmed that they were the last ones she felt in this area. So they flew using Sweetie's flying carpet, right toward a familiar mall.
And right there, on a familiar parking, a copy of Gorimondo awaited them. But this Gorimondo looked different, sporting glowing, bright cyan and magenta fur with cyan teeth. And his eyes had ring patterns.
Seeing Gorimondo, DK jumped from the flying carpet to fight him like he fought the real one.
"I'm not sure this is a good idea, DK!" Sweetie Void tried to warn, in vain.
Seeing DK landing in front of him and pounding his chest in challenge, the Gorimondo copy also pounded his chest.
Phantom Gorimondo went to punch DK who quickly jumped out of the way only for Gorimondo to change the trajectory of his punch at the last moment, and DK got punched. Very hard. DK was sent crashing through the mall's wall. Judging by the sounds, he crashed through more stuff inside the mall.
Sweetie Void winced. "Yeah. Thought so. Stronger versions of the enemies previously fought. Like in the other dimensions. Let's avoid duels. Woah!"
Sweetie barely made the flying carpet avoid a boulder that Gorimondo threw. She then made it move downward so everyone could jump from it safely. They then began to attack the gorilla all together. Mothra attempted to paralyze him, but it didn't work. Gorimondo threw punches left and right and created shockwaves by stomping his feet, and the heroes responded in kind. However, Gorimondo wasn't even flinching despite taking all these hits and he continued attacking again and again, but meanwhile, the gorilla's attacks hit like a train and caused many of the heroes to be badly hurt. Thankfully, they were healed right away.
DK then returned to join the fray, and with the others distracting Gorimondo, he was able to land some punches before he was punched away again.
Then, Gorimondo began spinning, arms out, creating a tornado that surrounded him. The tornado made boulders come out of the ground, which were also spinning, lifted by tornadoes of their own. These smaller tornadoes moved away from the big one, toward the heroes, wave after wave. Any hero swept by these tornadoes ended up hitting the boulders they lifted, making it extra painful. And when the tornadoes ended, the boulders crashed on the ground.
With pieces of the ground being moved, the arena changed as a result. Holes formed, the crashed boulders became obstacles, it became harder to move around.
Gorimondo continued spinning, not stopping. Any attempt to paralyze him from Mothra was blown away.
Until Sweetie put her hoof on the way of his fists, stopping him right then and there in his tracks. The others immediately ganged up on him. Fox shot him in the eyes. Pikachu and Volta hit him with their strongest Thunder. Jeff used a Bottle Rocket. Phantom dropped several spiked iron balls on his head. Little Ghost threw boulders back at him. And Galacta finished him with a rain of sword-shaped beams.
With a roar to the sky, Phantom Gorimondo fell and disappeared, leaving behind five soul pieces.
"Yeah. The real Gorimondo had nothing on this guy," DK said.
"This sets the tone. The fights are only going to get harder and harder from here," Phantom commented.
"And among these fights, there are two against me," Dedede reminded, making several heroes pale.
Next came the island based on Everbay Coast. Like usual, Sweetie transported everyone with her flying carpet.
"Ugh... I don't want to get my wings wet," Phantom Dash said.
"Depending of the sections we will traverse, you may be alright," Krystal reassured.
"You aren't the only one dreading this place," Present Sonic said. "And at least, you can fly."
"Me, I can't wait. Swirly and I will be in our element!" Tank exclaimed.
They landed on a certain beach, and already, they could see that the search for the soul pieces in this part will be fast, but without action. They already spotted three soul pieces and a black-misted Balloon-Meister, but Gnawcodiles were everywhere, and dozens of Chillys were standing on guard either on crates in the water or on the pieces of land, ready to freeze the water and anyone swimming in it.
So the heroes firing projectiles dealt with the Chillys from the beach while Zora Link entered the water and gained the attention of the Gnawcodiles. Others then followed and, together, they attacked the Gnawcodiles. As Tank said, he and Swirly were in their element and were very effective. Meanwhile, Apple Death collected the soul pieces. One was on the water. Another was on a barrel atop a pillar of burning logs. The third one was on a barrel floating in the water in the middle of a whirlpool. Then she eliminated the Balloon-Meister in the middle of some mud and took the fourth soul piece it held. Kirby then came and used water to extinguish some burning logs in the wall beside the Balloon-Meister, revealing a fifth soul piece. A sixth piece was among several spinning Gordo Bars a bit further ahead, and three more were guarded by a Gigant Edge on a small island just behind the Gordos. Galacta Knight sliced the Gigant Edge in half, allowing Apple Death to collect them.
One flying carpet ride later and they arrived at a section from the submerged industrial area. They immediately recognized that it was the beginning one.
So they landed on the same building they landed the first time and Phantom materialized her boat. The water wasn't as much guarded as on the previous section, mostly by some Glunks on crates, but there were more whirlpools, forcing Phantom to move the boat slowly.
This section revealed to be the occasion for gun users to shine because some of the soul piece appeared after firing at flying targets. Such was the case of the first piece. However, Bernards revealed to be present in huge number, and they had perfect accuracy. And Bronto Burts were here too to distract.
Phantom Applejack had the idea of using her lasso to catch the Bronto Burts and send them on the Bernards, and Applebot followed her exemple.
A second soul piece was under the first moving platform, above whirlpools, and a third was hidden inside a crate on the building just after.
After this building were more moving platforms above whirlpools, and there was another flying target moving in and out of the water guarded by dozens of Scarfys. While Phantom Sparkle caught the Scarfys in her magic and made them bump each others, Sparky fired at the target with a magical beam, making a fourth soul piece appear. At the same time, Apple Death collected another piece just above a fence post in a whirlpool at the right.
At this point, there were too many whirlpool for Phantom's boat to advance. The heroes had no choice but to swim. The Sonics were transported on Tank's shell.
Fox was able to hit a target in the distance that flew around a crane. Hitting it made the crane rise a platform out of the water with a treasure chest containing three soul pieces.
Done here, the heroes left behind these "concrete isles" and moved on to the next section, the one where they had had to climb a large building. But now, there was the addition of many, many, many rolling boulders. Climbing the stairs while dealing with them and the many enemies present slowed them down a bit, but they still advanced nicely. Before long, they found the first soul piece of the area in a corner, atop a safe. They had to be careful of the boulders falling just beside it as they collected it. Like it was usual now, Apple Death, Little Ghost, and the Twilights levitated them away.
The second piece was just a bit further ahead, under the floor of the level above, and the third piece was just on this very floor. Then, destroying a small bomb block at a corner revealed another piece.
Toward where the path looped to a catwalk bridge near the top of the building, another piece was inside a small hole in the wall. After the bridge, they found a treasure chest containing three more pieces.
No more pieces were on this building, so they flew to the next section coming right out of the waterworks.
It was more exactly the section with the giant whirlpools. But before, they had to pass the part with strong currents that looped. There were many many Gordo Bars and Blippers. Pikachu sent a Thunderbolt into the water to fry the fishes while Krystal sent a fireball to hit a switch at the right, destroying a wall of iron blocks that blocked the exit and making a soul piece appear on the water between the Gordo Bars. Apple Death collected it, then collected a second piece atop a stack of crates, then a third hidden behind a circuit breaker box at the exit.
Arriving at the first giant whirlpool, the ones swimming did their best to avoid its pull while avoiding the Gordo Bars and fighting the Blippers and Bronto Burts, including a black-misted Bronto Burt that released a soul piece. At the same time, Zapp and Dark Meta Knight each pressed a switch on the walls to destroy iron blocks blocking the exit and to make three soul pieces appear under a platform.
Then came the second giant whirlpool, also with Gordo Bars and more enemies. Apple Death immediately went to collect the soul piece at the corner while Scout riding on Tank reached a staircase at the right and reached a switch that made another piece appear on the water. Zora Link quickly caught it to give it to Apple Death. At the same time, Elfilin pressed another switch at the left to destroy the iron blocks blocking the exit.
Apple Death confirmed that they got all the pieces inside the waterworks, so they now had to leave, and for that, they had no choice but to advance, getting inside the pipe at the end. However, Tank and Dedede revealed to be too big to enter it. It had already been limit with Spiky's curent size and with DK the first time.
"No choice, I have to shrink you," Sweetie Void said.
"Isn't there another solution?" Dedede complained.
"It's the shortest path to exit this place so we can use the flying carpet again, so no. And yeah, this means that you have to get wet, you two," Sweetie said the last part to the Rainbow Dashes who were annoyed.
"I can dry you once we leave the water," Sparky reassured.
At this, Sweetie shrunk Dedede and Tank and they all jumped into the pipe.
Once they were out and back on a beach, they quickly dealt with the Mookies that welcomed them, then they flew away on the flying carpet.
Apple Death led them to a new section with strong winds and what seemed to be a veeeery long passageway. They will have to advance on the passageway with the wind pushing from behind.
"Pfff! That wind is nothing!" the two Rainbow Dashes said.
"For you, I don't doubt it. But for most of the others, this can be a problem," Phantom said.
They jumped on the passageway and began their advance. Already, they had to face enemies awaiting them, somehow not affected by the wind. Countless Gigatzos were also placed along, firing at the passageway from the left or the right. The alicorns and the ghosts had to work a lot to throw all of them into the water so everyone could advance without danger. Pits were also present however, so it still wasn't a walk in the park.
On a platform at the left was a bomb block that revealed a soul piece. After this platform was the end of the passageway, thankfully ending with barriers to stop them. However, now, everyone who couldn't fly was crowded against them, and this happening was inevitable because the path beyond the barrier, after a jump, was just a narrow passageway only large enough for them to go one at a time. Thankfully, a second, and then a third passageway were quickly coming at the right, all just as narrow, making it so there were three passageways beside each others, so the heroes won't be stuck in a single file.
They still waited a bit for the alicorns and the ghosts to throw the Gigatzos placed on the passageways, blocking them at places. Once the first cannons were in the water, the heroes began to jump one by one. Pushed by the wind, even tank was able to make this jump. Once on the passageways, they still had to be careful as the left one had a pit, and then, the left one and the right one both ended so only the middle one remained. Apple Death at least got a soul piece on the left passageway before it ended.
But then, the middle passageway also ended, also with a barrier, and the next passageway (thankfully much larger) only started after a big jump. Thanks to the wind, everyone was able to make it excepted Tank who had to spin midair in his shell and shot out water from the hole to propel himself and successfully land on the other side of the pit.
On this new passageway were platforms at the sides with fans. Kirby used his Dyna Wing Ability to blow them, getting three soul pieces this way. After the third piece, the passageway narrowed and the heroes were forced to form a line again. Ten Gigatzos were at the left, and the alicorns and ghosts quickly threw them into the water before the first heroes arrived.
The passageway ended so everyone had no choice but to jump into a big water tank full of Blippers and Squishys. Here, Kirby blew one last fan, opening a gate leading to three soul pieces, while Apple Death dealt with a black-misted Squishy, getting one last soul piece.
With this, the heroes were able to leave, flying away on the flying carpet.
And arriving to a certain island with a certain tree, this one with purple and magenta accents. And seeing them approaching, he roared already.
"Tropic Woods ahead!" Elfilin exclaimed.
"And I know how we will deal with him," Sweetie Void said.
Not long after, everyone landed or flew in front of the tree who readied his roots.
But among all the heroes, at the front were Sweetie Void, Stella Knight Kirby, Galacta Knight, Dedede, Apple Death, Little Ghost, Phantom armed of a huge flamethrower, the Twilights, Flamberge with her cannon, Krystal, and Ness.
"Fire brigade, FIRE!" Sweetie Void shouted, and everyone previously named sent fire (Dedede by repeatedly hitting the ground with his hammer).
"Wait. I thought that Dedede couldn't use fire outside of a volcanic area," Present Sonic remarked.
"I can use fire anywhere I want! It's just more effective in a hot areas! Same with ice and cold areas!" Dedede precised.
Tropic Wood screeched in pain as he was engulfed in fire.
"It worked perfectly against Whispy, no reason it doesn't work here!" Sweetie Void said.
But then, despite the flames, Tropic attacked by rising himself out of the ground with his roots and slamming his trunk on the group. The heroes quickly had to disperse to avoid being both crushed and burned. Seeing that Tropic was still going despite burning from roots to foliage, the heroes that could attack from a safe distance began to bombard him with all kinds of projectiles. In return, Tropic continued to slam his trunk around while also attacking with his roots, even using fences like in the original fight. Giant explosive coconuts rained around like rain along with giant Gordos, turning the arena into pure chaos.
Thankfully, the flames quickly weakened Tropic enough that he stopped moving after about one minute of this chaos. One more Monster Flame from Kirby and he faded away, leaving five soul pieces.
Sweetie whispered to Galacta Knight, "You see. That was much more exciting than slicing him in half like you planned to do."
Galacta Knight simply sighed at this.
Next destination: the Wondaria island, and they started by a section that had been near the entrance of the park the first time. The one with all the twirling rockets and the big area with the parade cars. And from what they saw as they arrived, there were also lots of Jabhogs.
So the heroes landed and dealt with a first wave of Jabhogs with some other enemies among them. Tank then went ahead and destroyed the first rocket, allowing Spiky to destroy a bunch of metal blocks in the ground to reveal a soul piece. Just beside that first rocket was a fake ice cream which Kirby inhaled the cone to use it to eliminate more Jabhogs and destroy more metal blocks at the second rocket which Sweetie destroyed. The blocks revealed another soul piece. Water was also used to clean mud present here and there on the ground.
A third rocket, a single metal crate in a hole in the ground that contained a third soul piece. Then, after some fighting, especially a group of Kabus, the heroes arrived at the area with the parade cars. While the heavy hitters destroyed the cars, the others explored around to eliminate the many enemies present, including a big number of Jabhogs, and search for the soul pieces. A first one in a metal crate in a corner, a second one was kept by a black-misted Jabhog that Ness eliminated with a PK Fire, and three more were in a treasure chest guarded by a Tortorner that Kirby defeated with his cone.
The heroes arrived at the tall group of twirling rockets that Sweetie destroyed while DK destroyed more metal blocks that hid a soul piece before they all began to climb a ladder, Kirby forced to leave the cone behind. After a second ladder, Scout pressed a switch that opened a gate atop a third ladder, opening the way to three more soul pieces before the heroes passed the exit door.
Entering the new section, they climbed some stairs and destroyed a group of three Mr. Frostys that guarded three soul pieces. While most of the heroes fought, Swirly went ahead to cool down some burning logs that were present just behind while eliminating some Bernards that used said logs as cover.
Eliminating these Bernards finally allowed Swirly to evolve into a Poliwhirl.
By extinguishing some of the logs at the right, Swirly revealed the vent that he was now too big to enter. So, once the others were done with the Mr. Frostys, Volta came and entered the vent. Inside the building at the right, she quickly dealt with a Sir Kibble that awaited her, then pressed a switch beside a duo of dog plushies that made some blocks and crumbling blocks appear above where they fought the Mr. Frostys, green star pieces on them. While the flying heroes collected the star pieces, Apple Death went to collect a soul piece above the water at the right of the exit. Then, once the five star pieces were gathered, they made three soul piece appear just before the exit. Once all the pieces were collected, they passed the door.
Now, they found themselves inside the spooky house, in the dark area. Kirby immediately inhaled the light-bulb to make light, which the Twilights and Sweetie Void also made. Like the first time, the light was used to charge a solar panel that made the ground rise. Once at destination, they immediately had to deal with a Buffahorn charging at them from the darkness.
At least, the soul pieces were glowing in the dark, so they knew where to go. Too bad they didn't remember the path. So the heroes had to advance slowly to avoid falling into the pit below, all the while dealing with more Buffahorns charging from the darkness. Gordos were also present in quite large numbers.
A first soul piece was collected on the way, then a second on a bridge of crumbling blocks after an alien board that Sweetie destroyed so it didn't stop them on a first bridge of crumbling blocks.
After a few more Buffahorns and Gordos, they reached a second alien board at the end of a third bridge of crumbling blocks, and Sweetie destroyed it too before a wall section pushed out. On this wall section was a third soul piece.
Following the path, they found a fourth soul piece guarded by a group of Ghost Gordos that Apple Death easily eliminated before she took the piece. Not far after was a solar panel that made a piece of ground rise with three soul pieces and a Buffahorn.
One more soul piece was on a staircase against the wall, guarded by some more Ghost Gordos, then they reached the end of the path where Kirby had to light a solar panel to make several platforms serving as steps come out of another wall. Kirby remained beside the panel while everyone climbed the steps, and once everyone passed, he climbed them too. Kirby then took a small path at the right before the exit to reach another solar panel that opened a gate guarded by more Ghost Gordos. Once Apple Death dealt with them, Anubis opened the chest they guarded, finding three more soul pieces.
Finally, they left this place.
And arrived at a section out of the Wondaria parade, the one on a wall covered in mud.
The Water Pokémon and Kirby worked hard to clean the mud as they advanced, quickly reaching a switch that made a soul piece appear on a group of iron blocks further ahead. However, the piece had to be reached before the blocks were destroyed by that same switch. For someone flying like Apple Death, that was no problem. Thankfully, because there were lots of Gordos and Gordo Bars blocking the way on the mud. The process was repeated with a second switch.
After that, Sssnackers made their presence known. Many of them were on the mud among Chillys and more Gordos, ready to attack the bogged down heroes. This would have been a problem if some didn't clear the mud.
Apple Death went to collect a soul piece in the hole inside the tower patrolled by parade cars while Meta Knight, Fox, and Dixie dealt with a black-misted Sssnacker that released another piece.
Arriving at the last mud section before the exit, the heroes had to collect five green star pieces while avoiding spinning Gordo Bars that were very long. Once they were collected, they destroyed some iron blocks and revealed a ladder and three soul pieces. One last piece was present on the path of parade cars that Sweetie destroyed.
"That's starting to be a lot of pieces. We collected over one hundred of them, we're nearing one hundred fifty, and we aren't even halfway," Apple Death said. "How can Leongar still be alive with his soul broken to that point?"
"Two words: Fecto Elfilis. I'm sure they must be keeping him alive for some reason," Sweetie Void answered.
They entered the exit and found themselves inside some maze with alien boards popping up to block their way. Well, once the boards were destroyed, that wasn't really a maze anymore. Thanks to that, once they dealt with the enemies present, it wasn't difficult to find all the soul pieces here.
Already, they found three pieces at the center of the maze, after the entrance, and another inside a chest at the left. One was behind a board at the right, another was found by pressing three red switches at the same time, destroying some iron blocks and dropping the soul piece. Another was behind a wall of iron blocks destroyed by a bomb block guarded by a Pacto, and a last one was in a small passage at the corner of the maze.
With this, they left the maze and flew toward the big top where awaited them a fight against a copy of Clawroline.
When they arrived on the stage, she revealed herself, this one having cyan fur with magenta spots and dark eyes.
Already, this one was more problematic because she revealed to be much faster than the original Clawroline, and she constantly disappeared in clouds of smoke to reappear elsewhere as if she teleported. Everyone on the arena could be attacked, not just the ones at the front line like against Gorimondo before he did his spinning attack. She was almost constantly moving around slashing with her claws, and when she didn't slash, she threw groups of knives. It was difficult to land a hit for many of the heroes. She was just a blur. Even Ness' and Poo's Pk Thunder couldn't hit her.
DK attempted to grab her to stop her, but she easily avoided him by jumping while slashing him. But midair, she couldn't avoid Dedede's vortex as he inhaled, and she ended up inside his mouth. He quickly spat her right at Ness' waiting bat, sending her in the air where she was kicked by Marx, then headbutted by Past Sonic. Meta Knight then caught her in a tornado of slashes before she was smashed and sent crashing into the ground by Sweetie Void. Before the heroes could gang up on her, she got up, got away, and created three illusory copies of herself.
Despite being illusions, these copies hurt just as much as the real one as they began to dash around too while slashing or throwing knives. Thankfully, one hit and they were destroyed, and before long, only the real Phantom Clawroline remained. Sweetie Void caught her with her magic, stopping her and allowing the others to attack her all at once.
Before long, she created three new copies which she sent to attack Sweetie Void, making her release her. Now free, she disappeared, reappeared elsewhere, and created three more copies before the four of them jumped on the four metal structures surrounding the arena. From them, they either dived at the heroes or threw knives. But while they were on the metal structures, they were immobile targets, making them easy to hit for the flying heroes and for the ones firing projectiles.
The real Clawroline was quickly forced to return on the arena where she was welcomed by a Sucker Punch from Scout. Kirby then caught her by the tail and slammed her around. Phantom used her Phantom powers to create spikes at the places on which she was slammed so she received even more damage. Kirby then threw her to a part of the arena where Dark Meta Knight waited her, making giant swords come out of mirrors to hit her strongly. Little Ghost then violently slammed her into the ground, and Krystal finished her with a Ground Quack.
Phantom Clawroline tried to get up, but eventually fell unconscious before she faded away, leaving five soul pieces.
"Next, Dedede," Sweetie Void said.
Several heroes gulped.
"Hey, if you don't want to fight him, don't fight him. This won't be a problem."
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Notably, Hex will deal double damage against the paralyzed foes while Sucker Punch is a "priority" move that comes out before most other attacks even if the foe is faster.
I remember from the last time it came up that you stumble on what I assume to be the differences in usage between "ambush" and its French root word (it isn't even being Canadian that tipped me off this time; thanks Sentinels of the Multiverse!) Normally a native speaker would say "another ghost ambush" here.
In the game proper, the giant boulder of course smashed the cracked floor, and you could just fly down carefully.
Contractual Boss Immunity, as TvTropes calls it.
Except, of course, kinds of projectiles that would risk putting out the flames.
Because the original is also technically an illusion. The whole area is.
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Making Smily a great partner with Mothra (and also with the Pikachu but they don't always paralyze).
I will have to remember that. Thanks. I will correct that.
Of course.
True.
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How's the next chapter looking by now?
quick question that popped up in my head.
For Sonic the Hedgehog, will characters from any of the comics be making an appearance? Because if so, there is one character in particular I would love to see.
Surge the Tenrec.
Wiki link provided, but the TLDR is that she's yet another Sonic Clone, this time, though, two innocents suffered for the creation of her and her partner Kitsunami the Fennec and Surge herself can control electricity.
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No, I don't think that I will include the comics. Things are already complicated enough.
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ok. fair enough.
I figured you wouldn't for that exact reason, in fact despite my desire to see the character, for the sake of simplicity i was actually hoping you wouldn't.
Like you said, things are already complicated enough.