Pokey's Quest Cloud Dragoon It all started out on special night, a night that would change the world forever. Chapter 1: POKEY, WAKE UP The room is dark and silent. A noise breaks the silence, a snort. Pokey: ZZZZZzzzzz*Snort*zzzzzzz *cough*ZZZzzzz The room seems to light up in a flash. A large meteorite flew by the house with such speed that some of the roof panels break off. A large sound that makes the room shake is followed by the sounds of many sirens blaring, as if they parked in front of Pokey's house. Then the sound of a titan is heard screaming... Mr. Minch: POKEY. PICKY. DO NOT LEAVE THE HOUSE. ME AND YOUR MOTHER ARE GOING TO THE TOWN TO COMPLAIN TO THE MAYOR. OUR CAR HAS BEEN SPRAY PAINTED OVER THE NIGHT. IF I CATCH YOU TWO OUT, I WILL KILL BOTH OF YOU, YOU UNDERSTAND? Pokey and Picky look at each other and sigh Pokey: We won't leave the house, we promise... Mr. Minch: Yes, well that better be a SOLID promise... We are off... Mr. Minch and Mrs. Minch walk out the front door. They look back at the house before they get into their heavily damaged car and drive off to the town. Picky: Man, I'm tired... Goodnig... Oohhh, God no... Please Pokey, We ain't going to see what happened... Pokey: Think of it this way, we get back before mom and dad get home, we ain't in trouble... Besides, don't you want to see what happened? Picky: No, not really... Pokey: Well, I'm going, you better tell mom and dad about this ever.... 'Cause, if you do, I will tell them about the magazines under your bed... Picky: What magazines? Oh man, you put them under my bed... Wait, didn't dad find them lodged in the gutter... Pokey: Not those magazines, the ones I stole from dad. Picky: He has some? Well, I wouldn't blame him... Mom isn't a pretty flower you know... Pokey: Well, DON'T TELL DAD AND MOM... Please little bro... Picky: What? Did you just call me little bro? Since when do you say little bro? Pokey: I heard it on TV... Well, I'm going... Picky: Wait, I'll go too.... Pokey and Picky gather their things in backpacks, just in case their mother and father get home before them. They walk out the front door and run up the hills. When they reach the roadblocks in front of the meteorite, Pokey starts asking questions. Picky climbs the hill unnoticed and collapses behind a tree. Nobody knows he is there. Ness, a friend of Pokey (yeah right) walks up the hill. Pokey: Hey Ness, your going to bother the officers with your questions... Don't worry though, Good 'Ol Pokey will tell you in the morning. Ness sighs and walks down the hill back to his house. Pokey waits and asks questions until Mr. and Mrs. Minch's complaints reach the radio. The police pack everything up and head for the town. Pokey starts down the hill and remembers Picky isn't with him. He turns around to go get Picky, but he discovers a spiteful crow sitting on a branch in his path. The crow is grinning. Pokey walks away as fast he can. He gets about 500 hundred feet from his house, and they he sees his father's car, still a wreck. Pokey panics. He runs right for Ness's house. He knocks and screams as loud as possible. Pokey: Help, Ness open up... Ness open's the door slightly. Seeing it is Pokey, he lets him in. Pokey: Ness, help me, my mother and father are home and I can't find Picky. If they found out that I lost Picky, they would kill me, revive me, and kill me again! Ness: Umm, fine alright... Ness's mother: You better get out of your jammies and into your real clothes... Oh, and don't forget your baseball bat, it is in your sister's room... Pokey sits down on the couch. He stares at Ness's dog, King. He goes to pet King, but then remembers last time he tried to pet King. Pokey inches toward the door, while still sitting on the couch. King looks up and then goes back to sleep. Ness comes down the steps, with baseball bat in hand. He looks at his dog. Ness: Mom, is alright if I take King? Ness's mother: Sure, in fact I insist you take him with you... Ness, Pokey, and King start for the door. Just as they reach the door, the phone rings. Ness: Pokey, just a sec... Pokey stands there staring at King. King looks at him bewilder. King doesn't seem to remember Pokey. Ness hangs up the phone and takes out a small card. It is an ATM card. Pokey looks at Ness and remembers what his father did for Ness's family. Mr. Minch loaned a great deal of money to them. They never repaid it, and therefore Mr. Minch never really enjoyed the company of them living next door. Pokey sighed and Ness took the lead. They walk out the front door. Pokey looks up at his bedroom window and sees the light on. He sees the shadow of his father throwing things around and screaming. Pokey shudders at the thought of going home that moment. They group keep walking until they run across the crow Pokey had seen earlier. Ness: Get out of my way you stupid crow! The crow flies straight at Ness, stealing something out of his pocket, a cookie. Ness: Ohh, what the &*%# (For obvious reasons, swares will be replaced with symbols) Ness swings he bat at the crow with such force that the crow's left wing breaks. The crow lands on the ground and lets go of the cookie. The crow is obviously tame at the moment. It is also crying. Pokey stares at Ness while Ness picks up the cookie. He realizes that Ness isn't in the greatest mood. He is a little intimidated and frightened by Ness. They continue walking up the hills. They encounter a dog and a snake. Ness easily puts them down. They reach the meteorite and find Picky sleeping behind a tree. King howls and runs from the area. Pokey: Picky, wake up stupid... Picky: ZZZzzz*cough* Huh. What? Oh crap! Have I been asleep behind this tree the whole time? Pokey: Yeah, and the worse part is that MOM AND DAD ARE HOME... Picky: OHH MY GOD... Picky gets up and starts to panic. His eyes are the size of oranges and Pokey is shivering. Ness sighs and he starts for his house. Pokey hears a buzzing noise... It gets louder with every step. Pokey: Hey, Ness, do you hear that? Ness: Hear what? Pokey: That stupid buzzing noise, it is wicked annoying. Ness stands there silent and listens... Ness: Yeah, I hear it... Man that is annoying.... Picky: Yeah... God, there is nothing more annoying... Stupid bee or whatever it is.... A light shines from the meteorite. A small creature is seen in the light. Mysterious Creature: A Bee I Am Not. I'm from ten years in the future. And, in the future, all is devastation. Giygas, the universal cosmic destroyer, sent all to the horror of eternal darkness. However, you must listen! Picky(whispering to Pokey): Wow, he talks funny... Pokey(whispering to Picky): Yeah, isn't it strange.... The mysterious creature reveals himself to be buzz buzz. He also reveals that three boys and a girl are going to save the world from Giygas. Pokey: Umm... Ness... Me and Picky really need to get home now. My father is probably making a list of things to hit us with... If we get home before he finishes, maybe we can avoid the worst things like a hot iron and such. Ness: Alright, Buzz Buzz are you tired from your journey? Buzz Buzz: Yes, I'm a bit weary. Please take to a place of great rest. Ness: Alright, Pokey lets get to your house. Ness, Pokey, Picky, and Buzz Buzz leave the hill and head toward the Minch's house. Pokey realizes that the snakes, dogs, and crows are now afraid of Buzz Buzz. Pokey lets out a sigh of relief. Just as they approach the abode of Pokey, a flash of light blinds everyone except for Buzz Buzz. He makes a shield to protect everyone. A flash of fire engulfs the group, but the shield makes it disappear. Pokey sees what the flash of light is. It's a man made out of metal. It has a small badge on its left shoulder. Buzz Buzz charges toward it and nails it into the ground. Ness gets up and hits it with his baseball bat. It does no effect to it. Picky kicks it in the head. Once again, it does no effect to it. It makes a ball of ice and throws it at Buzz Buzz. The ice disappears from the shield. Buzz Buzz charges into it again, scrapping it into pieces. It was a robot. A robot... Buzz Buzz: Heads up, that Starman just came from ten years in the future and tried to kill us all. We ain't safe yet... Picky: Since when do you talk normal? Pokey: Since when do you ask so many questions, Picky? Ness: Calm down, both of you... We are at your house, alright. Look, let’s go inside before more Starmen, or whatever you call them, come and kill us. Pokey: Good Plan... I Hope... End of Chapter 1