Reco: The Tale of a Warpstar Knight - Fan Fiction

Kirby

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Hey guys, I missed the Fan - Fiction contest a little bit back, but that's not going to stop me from posting it here! I'll let you know right now that this is my work from another site, the Nintendo Nsiders Forum (My account is PaperMarioUltimate if you want to confirm this). I'll post the Prologue in the next post.

Hope you enjoy!
 
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Kirby

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[align=center][size=x-large]Prologue[/size][/align]

It was dawn in warpstar. Reco woke up to high spirits as his alarm went off for 7:30 am. Reco is a gray-colored young Warpstar Knight at the age of 18. He was going to the mushroom for a trip as a celebration for his high school graduation. He made his bed while humming to a tune on the radio. After he ate breakfast he took his bag and headed to the door when he suddenly realized he forgot something. He went to the phone and dialed in a number.

"Hello?" Reco's mom says. "Hey, it's me!" Reco responds in a thrilled manner. "How are you doing Reco?" His mom asks the usual question. "Fine, fine, I was just calling to say that I'm leaving." "Oh really?" she says, there was a worried tone in her voice. "I'll be fine mom, don't worry about me." Reco says, trying to comfort her. "…ok, just be careful, ok?" "Alright mom, can you tell dad to call me on my cell phone later?" "Yea, sure I will" Reco's mom replies, her voice back to normal tone. "Ok, I gotta go, mom. I love you." "I love you to, Reco, bye."

"Bye mom." Reco says

Reco hangs up the phone and checks his bag to confirm that his cell phone was packed. He runs out the door and to the warp station. He sees Kirby on the way and waves before going into the portal. After about 30 seconds of waiting in the portal Reco appears at the mushroom kingdom. He is amazed at all the different creatures that are walking around. He looks back at the portal and checks the number of the portal. He sees the logo of an old, small man's head colored with yellow and blue. Without delay, Reco runs towards the bus station to take him to the mushroom kingdom hotel.

He already had his plans made up for the day as he grabbed a tour pamphlet. Make your way to the castle. That's the first stop. Reco held the pamphlet tight as he got on the bus. As the bus came to life as the driver turned the key, Reco smelled something different. He smelled gas, something that wasn't used in Warpstar. As the bus drove through the Mushroom city, Reco gazed wildly at the building that towered way into the sky. After a 20 minutes drive, the bus finally pulls in front of the Mushroom kingdom hotel. Reco hops out of the bus and makes his way towards the hotel, he noticed that most everything else that lived here was bigger than him, only the odd, bomb shape creatures matched his height. As he entered the hotel, he saw the check-in counter, it started tall but got shorter for shorter creatures. Reco walked over to the shortest of the counters which was manned by a bomb-thing. "Hello, I made a reservation here." Reco says to the bomb. "Ok, what's your name?" The bomb says as he flips through a book, "Reco." He replies. As the bomb searches the book Reco sees a tall standing turtle walk by, another creature that he has never seen before. "Oh yes, Reco." The bomb, looks up to Reco, then tilts his head. "You're not a bomb-omb." "Bomb-omb?" Reco asks. Something was wrong with his words though as he saw the bomb looked with bewilderment at him. "Oh, nothing sir." The bomb finally says. "Here's your key. Have a nice day." The bomb, or bomb-omb as Reco thought, handed him a gold key. Reco took it and looked at the key number: 576. Reco went to an elevator and hit the button that indicated the floor his room was on. The elevator doors closed and he felt the elevator start to rise. He was the only one in the elevator. He felt small as the elevator seemed to expand much bigger then him. There was enough room in this elevator to hold his whole town population. The elevator finally reached his floor: Floor 34. Reco stepped out and was pleased to see his room right across the hall. The door was massive, it towered above Reco as he looked up to see his room number. He noticed a smaller door on the door for smaller guests. He found it convenient yet embarrassing that he had to use a small door. When Reco stepped into his room, he gasped at how immense it was. The bed was big, the TV was big, the bathroom was big. Everything around him was big. He set his bag down and climbed onto his bed, it was so comfortable that he could sleep right away.

But he had plans.
 

Kirby

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[align=center][size=x-large]Chapter 1
The Tour[/size][/align]

Reco just caught the bus right before the doors closed. As it started to move, Reco looked for a seat, the only space left was next to a toad, which he is more familiar with since they visit Warpstar often. He sat down and took out his pamphlet. He flipped the pages until he found the castle, the description read: "The Mushroom kingdom castle housed princess peach herself. Often targeted by Bowser, the castle has been through many renovations. Thanks to the kingdom hero, Mario, princess peach and the rest of the kingdom have been able to live in peach around this area." Reco closed the pamphlet, Mario…he thought. He's studied Mario in high school and will beyond doubt hear about him more in university, part of this trip was to see Mario with his own eyes. Before Reco could go in deep thought, the toad interrupted.
"Hey, I've seen your kind before." The toad said. "You're a Warpstarian, right?" He asked,
"Uh…" Reco hesitated. "Yea, I am"
"I've been to your world, it's a very nice place." The toad said.
"Thanks…" Reco didn't have much to say about it.
"Why are you here…uh…."
"Reco" Reco interrupted.
"Oh, so, uh, Reco, why are here?"
"I came here for a graduation gift, I'm taking a tour of the mushroom kingdom before I go to university." Reco said.
"Congratulations! Where are going to university?"
"I'm going to Starpoint." Reco responded but the toad raised an eyebrow. "Oh, it’s in Warpstar, I'm going to be a Warpstar Knight. I'm actually in training right now." Reco explained. As he said this the bus pulled to a stop.
"Mushroom Castle!" The driver yelled.
"That's my stop." Reco said as he slung his bag around his shoulder. "Nice talking to you." The toad said.
"Thanks." Reco said. Halfway down the lane, the toad called to Reco.
"The name's Melton." He said.
"It was nice talking to you, Melton." And with that, Reco stepped off the bus. He looked back at the bus to see it drive away.

On to business, time wasn't going to wait for him, he only had a three day visit. He walked up the pathway from the tour stop for the area. He found the pathway marked "Mushroom Castle" he couldn't wait. With a camera in hand, he followed the path to the castle. Many people of different races walked by, from waddle dees from his own world to tall, half-fish-half-human creatures that didn't seem to be of this world. Families walked past him and came from the castle, all with at least one unhappy kid. Finally, the castle came into view. It was enormous, it was as wide as a small town, it cut into the sky like a sky scraper and had the utmost royal look, it was perfect. Reco looked near the castle gates and saw a large number of toads dressed in some sort of secret service uniform walk through, all with a gun holstered on their belt. Then Reco saw the person he thought he would never see: Princess Peach. He had to get a shot of this, he ran as close as he could and took raised his camera. He adjusted his zoom and focus but was rushed from all the people flooding towards the boundaries of secret service toads. He was just about to get the shot of a lifetime when all the toads pulled their weapons. Frightened, Reco immediately ran back, thinking that he was going to get shot, but noticed that the agents were aiming in the sky, he seemed to look just as everybody else looked, because as soon as he saw the armada of aircrafts and artillery fire, blood-curdling screams filled the air.
"RUN!!!" an agent said as he pushed Reco. Half-confused, half frightened, Reco looked back to see the princess being escorted away. Then the air was filled with explosions as the ground shook beneath him. Missiles were striking the ground around them. Thinking about getting to safety, Reco started running at full speed, he knew the tour bus stop may have some cover, not much but it can give them what he and the others need. As Reco ran his ears rang with the constant sound of bombs going off and missiles striking the ground. Reco was halfway to the station when a missile hit close to him. He got up, dazed, his eyesight was blurry and his ears wouldn't stop ringing. He tried to walk but shell shock overtook him and he fell over. He couldn't get up, the blurs of people running around him, the sounds of explosion after explosion, he couldn't get up, struggling to move, he felt that this was the last thing he was going to see.
Just then, Reco was swooped up of the ground, when Reco finally was focusing again, he saw the face of the half-man-half-fish he saw earlier. He was running over to the station the Reco was trying to get to. Reco needed to see what was happening, he looked over his shoulder and saw death. Creatures of all kinds, lying on the ground lifeless, countless others were still running. A missile hit the ground and sent multiple creatures into the air. Tears filled Reco's eyes, too much, too fast. The darkness took over and Reco was out.
 

Kirby

Member
There's a bit of a text transfer mess-up going on with the chapter as I copy it from my Word Document, sorry if some stuff looks...off...

[align=center][size=x-large]Chapter 2
The aftermath[/size][/align]

"ugh…ouch..."
"He's awake!" Someone yelled. People surrounded Reco.
"Are you alright?"
"Are you ok?
"Does anything hurt?"
Reco sat up, he found himself in a fairly small room, it looked like an office, and there were even a few cubicles off to the side. He looked into the faces of the others that were present in the room, fear, pain, hate, loss, it could all be read in their eyes.
"Where am I?" Reco finally said. The half-fish-half-man came up.
"We're in an underground office at the tour station. I found you on the ground when I was running. I'm glad to see you ok." Reco then noticed that it was silent, the bombs have stopped. It felt eerily quiet but then relieving to the loss of such a threat.
"Thank you for saving me. I didn't know what I would do if you didn't come along." Reco said, he saw everyone look at the fish-man.
"It was no problem, at any correlation, you saved me, too. If I didn't turn to pick you up, a bomb would've landed on my head." This being said, Reco remembered the bomb hitting near them after he was picked up. "What's your name?"
"My name's Reco." He looked around and saw everyone look at him with another question in their mind. "I'm a Warpstarian, from Warpstar." He continued. "What's your name?"
"Mine is Ralston." He saw the same look directed towards him. "I'm a Zora, from the Zora's domain in Hyrule." The look was taken off him and everybody just started to talk amongst themselves. Reco was curious, afraid and confused. So many questions, but none of them could be answered. He knew immediately what he had to do: call home. He took out his cell phone and dialed in the number for home. The ring-tone rang about two times.
"Reco, is that you?" A familiar voice responded.
"Mom? It's me…" Reco started
"Oh, thanks God it's you. It's all over the news, the Mushroom kingdom was attacked!" Reco's mom said. She was breaking up.
"Mom, Mom! Its ok, I'm alright. I have a few bruises, but I'm alright."
"I want you to come home Reco." She started to obtain more control over her voice
"Mom, you know I can't do that, the portal is either closed or destroyed. I'm not coming back no matter what."
"But Reco…" She trailed off, "I'm worried, I don't want you to get hurt, or worse."
"Mom, there are other people hurt more than me, right now I'm going to do all I can do, I'll come home as soon as I can to check up on you."
"But-" Her voice made Reco feel bad, but he knew he was needed here.
"Mom, I have to go, I love you."
"……I love you too, Reco. Please, be careful."
"I will, I promise." Reco hung up the phone.

I will, I promise ran through his mind again and again, he knew he might not be able to uphold this promise.
"I want to go outside." Reco said.
"What? Why?" A bob-omb exclaimed.
"There might be other survivors up there, we can help them, we might even find something to get us out of here." Reco explained.
"But what if those attackers are out there!? We will be killed like the rest of them!" The bob-omb protested. The others shuddered at the thought. They didn't want to be killed. Reco had to think of a way to get everyone out. He then thought of something.
"If we wait here and they are still out there, they will find us and get killed anyway." Reco said calmly, he didn't want to start a fight. Everyone gasped and murmured to each other. Reco then got up and walked up the stairs that went to the surface. The door was the closed at the top. Before he turned the knob he thought to himself should I do it? What if there are those guys out there, I'll blow everyone's safety. He pondered a moment and decided. He turned the handle and slowly opened the door. It didn't creak but slowly moved to reveal what has become of the mushroom kingdom.
Destruction lay every where. The sky was clouded from dust and smoke. Reco didn't see any movement and made his first step. He walked a few steps before seeing the worst sight of his life. People, everywhere, lie on the ground. Reco had a tear run from his eyes, and then he saw children. In total shock, Reco turned his head, holding in the pain of seeing so much death. He heard someone walk from the room.
"Oh…my…gosh…" Ralston gasped. The others soon followed. Their reaction was the same. It was too much to take in for a toad and he turn away and threw up. A turtleâ€â€Âor a koopa as Reco heardâ€â€Âran passed them crying
"Oh, please. Oh please don't be…." He yelped, and started crying uncontrollably.
"What is it?" One of the others said.
"This koopa…" he finally said between sobs, "Is my wife." Everyone gasped, they looked down in sorrow as the koopa slowly took the ring that was on his wife's hand.
"I will always love you, Scarlet." He broke into tears and leaned over his lost wife.

Reco walked away, he couldn't take the misery of one losing a loved one. He stepped over the bodies that lay on the floor when he heard a familiar voice call from the carnage.
"Help me…" The voice said.
 

Quinn

New Member
Wow, just wow. Were lucky you didnt see the contest before, it would have been a landslide for you. Excellent!
 

Kirby

Member
[align=center]Chapter 3
Wave two
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"Melton!" Reco cried as he ran over to the toad he met on the bus. He found Melton next to the tour bus, it was on its side and burning. Melton was covered in dust and debris. Reco examined Melton and saw that he had a large gash on his right arm, a small blood pool sets where his injured arm lay.
"Are you all right? Can you move?" Reco asked.
"I can't feel my foot." Melton replied. Reco looked at his foot and noticed it was broken. He looked for a brace and saw a piece of straight metal that might work. He walked over to the piece of metal and picked it up, another child, a bob-omb child, lay there, dead. Reco paused, and lifted the child off the ground, it was smaller than him and looked so innocent. These attackers just came and killed everything, all these lives, lost for no specific purpose. Reco put the child down and took the metal to Melton. He continued to lie there, breathing heavily.
"I'm going to use this metal as a brace for you." Reco said to Melton.
"Ok, are you ok, Reco?" Melton whispered. He looked like he was out of energy.
"Yea, I'm fine. Don't worry about me." Reco said. Ralston and the most of the others ran to Reco, seeing him mending Melton.
"Is he alright?" Someone asked.
"No, his foot is broken and he's bleeding from his right arm. Can someone get cloth or anything to stop the bleeding?" Reco answered.
"Yes, I found a medical kit in the office." Ralston said. He knelt down beside Melton to see that he fell to sleep. "What's his name?"
"His name is Melton, I met him on the tour bus here." Reco said while tying the piece of metal. Melton groaned in pain. There was silence as Melton was being mended, everyone else was either looking for more survivors or watching Reco and Ralston work. The koopa however, continued to mourn his lost wife.
"Do you think the princess is alright?" A goombaâ€â€Âwhich Reco recently learned was called thatâ€â€Âsaid. It just then crossed Reco's mind of the attackers' objective: Princess Peach.
"Princess Peach!" Reco exclaimed. "That's why we were attacked! They must be after Princess Peach!" Just then footsteps were heard. Everyone huddled behind the bus, took Melton with them, and peeked to see who it was. Soldiers walked towards the castle. They were heavily equipped: black armor from head to toe, bullets strap around the chest, a rifle in every hand, some modified to be held by a certain creature. One of the soldiers held a rocket launcher. One of the soldiers stood out from the rest. It looked like a human but the armor hid his form pretty well. He examined the carnage, pulled on goggle to scan for heat signatures and looked around. He finally took his goggles off and motioned his team of soldiers to move forward.
"Why didn't he see us?" The bob-omb asked.
"The bus we're hiding behind is hot from the fire, he couldn't see through the heat." Ralston explained. The soldiers were off in the distance now, but everyone stayed behind the bus.
"We need to do something." Someone said.
"No," Ralston argued. "We have nothing to fight them with."
"But they are going after the Princess!" The goomba said.
"They'll kill us in a heartbeat!" Ralston objected.
"They'll kill Peach!" The goomba argued.
"No, they won't" The koopa that was mourning interrupted. He walked over when they weren't looking and he still looked broken up. "Princess Peach is highly valuable, if they kill her, then they have no strategic advantage, they can't bargain or ask for a ransom, not saying they will ask for a ransom. But killing Peach would not help them."
"He make's a good point, "Reco said, "Dead, the princess is worthless, but alive she can be of value to the attackers." The goomba stopped arguing.
"We need to get out of here." Reco said. The ground shook and everyone jumped when a rocket hit near them. The soldiers were running towards them, firing their guns.
"They see us!" The goomba cried as he ran. The others started running, Ralston picked Melton up and followed behind them Reco waited behind.
"What are you doing!?" Ralston yelled back
"I'll be fine, keep going!" Reco yelled back, he knew that something had to be done to prevent more from dying. The soldiers continued to fire, they ran by the bus while Reco hid tightly up against it until all the soldiers past then he made his move. He jumped up on the last soldier and grabbed his helmet. Confused, the soldier tried to shake him off but Reco held tightly, Reco's Warpstar Knight Training started to kick in. Knocked off the helmet of the soldier, revealing his temple. As hard as he could, Reco hit the soldier square in the temple. The soldier went unconscious and fell to the ground, the soldiers in front of Reco heard their comrade fall and turned to face Reco. Reco in a flash pulled the pistol that was holstered on the soldier and fired up at the soldiers. They quickly turned to the side to avoid the fire but one fell, a shot in the neck. Reco dashed forward firing the pistol to keep the soldiers from advancing but his clip soon ran out. Reco dropped the pistol and kept running, the soldiers continued to fire. Reco saw a rocket whiz by his head and explode 10 feet ahead of him. He pulled his next move. He spun around while running and spit a grenade he stuffed in his mouth at the soldiers, with the pin clenched in his teeth. The grenade fell in front of the soldiers. Shocked, the soldiers stopped, but it was too late, the grenade went off in front of the group. The first row of soldiers flew back and their grenade exploded as a result of the blast. The chain reaction took out the rest. Reco smiled and ran to the portal station. Success and the first fight back. Reco saw the others at the portal station, a portal was working.
"This is the only one that is still working." Ralston said, carrying a sleeping Melton.
"Do we know where it goes to?" Reco said, knowing that it didn't go to his home.
"Actually, it goes to Hyrule, my home." Ralston responded.
"Ok, we should destroy the control panel so they can't follow us." Reco said. Ralston looked at Reco.
"How did you do it?" He said, "You killed all of those men, unarmed. You were willing to give your life to save ours."
"I knew the life of one was not worth the price of more." Reco said. "I knew what I was doing, I just hope I don't have to do it again." They heard the smash of a computer.
"I got it!" The koopa said as he dropped a hammer, sparks flew from the control panel.
"Good, we can close the portal on the other side and keep Hyrule safe, for at least a while." Ralston said.
"Let's go." Reco said. He stepped in the portal, the others soon stepped in after word and the portal was soon turned off. A few portals down, the portal to Warpstar, crackled, and came to life.
 

Kirby

Member
Chapter 4
Fear and Concern

It was night time in the land of Hyrule. The skies were clear and peaceful, an observation Reco made shortly after him and the rest of the survivors exited the portal gate. As soon as they went through a portal guard saw come through in their battered state. He immediately got help and soon doctors were on the scene. The portal was shut of and locked from any further use until notice, which Reco immediately knew it would be a while. Reco was examined by a doctor from Hyrule town, the short scruffy man with glasses looked over him and huff. "He's fine!" The grumpy doctor said with a snarl and walked off to the next patient. Reco walked away from the crowd, as he was leaving when he overheard Ralston say to a knight on a horse "Princess Zelda needs to hear what happened…" Reco walked to a rock and sat on top of it. He gazed to the stars above him and went into deep thought. He thought about his parents, would they stay safe from this dark hand of hate and be able to live through this. He was sure of it, Warpstar was a non-important land with nothing that would interest the attackers. He then thought about what he did, killing those soldiers. He didn't think he would ever kill in his life, was it his fate to come to the Mushroom Kingdom when it was attacked? Was it his fate to come to save others?

Was it his fate to fight?

Reco pondered about it and winced in pain at the bullet burn on his arm, the doctor really didn't really look at him well if he missed that. Reco felt his body relax, he was tired and soon Reco was in the world of dreams. He saw himself in a field, it was vast, and his parents stood on the other side. Reco was excited, he ran towards them, tears filled his eyes with joy as he saw his mom and dad extend their arms to greet them. Just then, a black soldier appeared in front of him, with a gun pointed at his parents. He ran to them, wanting to protect them, but a force was preventing him to do so, he heard a gunshot.
Reco yelled and jumped up, sweating and breathing hard. He found himself sitting on the rock again and noticed it was just a nightmare, but something inside of him told him something was wrong. He noticed a woman standing in front of him, a human. She looked worried as she examined Reco. She was tall and in a dress, but something about her felt…strange, it was as if something was emitting from her, a power, or a something. Speechless, Reco looked at her and saw Ralston standing behind her but also noticed another Zora, younger, but decorated with jewelry as if he was of importance.
"That's him, he saved our lives back in the Mushroom Kingdom. He is very brave, we all would've been dead if it wasn't for him."
"What troubles you?" The woman asked. Her look of concern in a way comforted Reco, but his mind was full of thought and worry.
"My parents…" Is all that came out of Reco's mouth. The woman reached down to Reco and gently placed her hand on his forehead. Her eyes closed. Reco felt something penetrate his mind, it was searching his mind for something. The feeling left when the woman retracted her arm, Reco saw the shape of a triangle glow on her hand.
"You worry about the safety of your parents, do you?" She said. The young Zora tapped Ralston and the both walked away. "You fear they may be attacked, don't you?" Reco looked down, he still remain speechless. "My name is Zelda. I'm here to help you." Her voice was soft and comforting, Reco finally spoke.
"Are they safe?" He said.
"I don't know." Zelda replied. Reco heard the galloping of a horse. A man wearing a green tunic with a sword and shield rode up to Zelda.
"Link…" she said. The man jumped off the horse and nodded to Zelda. He had the face of a warrior, he must've seen many battle before. "This brave one had saved the lives of the others, but he worries of his parents in his homeland." She redirected her words to Reco. "Your mind is filled with concern, let it rest smoothly." Zelda touched Reco's head once again and he fell into a deep sleep.

The world of dreams did not show this time.

Reco woke up in a bed. It was big, and had the finest of blankets. Light crept in through the window shutters. Reco rose from bed, he felt refreshed and noticed his bullet burn no longer burned. He looked at it to see it was completely gone. Astonished, Reco looked for medicine or bandages that could've done it, but none were found in the seemingly empty room. Reco became curious as of where he was so he walked to the end of the bed and jump onto the floor. He walked over to the window and jumped onto its shelf. He reached up, and opened each shutter up one at a time. His window revealed that he was high up, some roofs to the rest of the building roof stretched up below his balcony. A town was found below. He was in a castle, the Hyrule castle, he thought. He jumped back down and went to the door. He opened it up to find a winding stair case. He realized he was about ten stories above ground. He started his decent, eventually arriving to a large hall that stretched out. Many doors were closed, one was left open. He walked through to find a dining table. It was enormous, food covered it in a wide variety. He saw Princess Zelda sitting at one end, along with Ralston, the young Zora, and a few other people that looked of importance. A few seats were open but only one looked as if it was yet to be attended.
"Take a seat, Reco." Zelda said. Without a word, Reco took a seat and was served. The food was delicious, as Reco ate, the others were filled with concern as they discussed.
"What will we do about the worlds that have been attacked?"
"How can we protect ourselves?"
"Can we prevent others from being harmed?
Reco never said a word at the table. Reco sat there for 10 minutes after he ate before the young Zora motioned him to follow. Reco looked at the Princess to see if it was ok, she nodded and Reco was on his way. He joined up with the young Zora halfway down the hall.
"Are you the one who saved Ralston?" He asked.
"…" Reco thought of what to say, he may be talking to royalty, which made him nervous. "Yes…"
"Don't feel bad, Ralston is my right hand man at the throne, he was also one of my best friends. He was on a break when the Mushroom Kingdom attacked. I'm very grateful you saved him." He said. "I guess I forgot to give you my name, I'm Prince Ralis of the Zora tribe."
"It's nice to meet you." Reco said.
"It's nice to meet the person who saved my closest friend." Ralis observed Reco, he noticed how high strung and stressed he look. "I know, lets me show you around Hyrule, I think you'll like it here." He said.
Reco agreed and they both went through the doors of castle entrance.
 

Kirby

Member
Chapter 5
Tales of the Universe

A peaceful day was in the forecast of Hyrule. Reco was being shown across the land with the guide of Prince Ralis and their escort, Link, a brave knight of Hyrule, said to have saved the land from a great evil.

However, as it may seem like a nice day in Hyrule, the events at Mushroom Kingdom have set a chain reaction of events across the universe.
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Fox Mcloud fought on the front of a battle, a war. He was with the Conerian Army as they fought against an unknown army of black-armored soldiers. Fox fought with all his might, firing his blaster, reloading only when the clip was empty.
The battle is taking place on the planet of venom, the edge of the Lylat system. Currently waiting air support from his trusty comrades of team Star Fox, all he could do was attempt to hold the enemy lines.
"Sir!" A dog soldier said to Fox.
"What is it?" Fox said, bracing for bad news.
"The enemy's have brought in air support, they seem to have some of Oikinny's ships, but are combined with a force we do not know of." Two hits in one swing Fox thought. Oikinny is back with a friend. After many times of him being shot down or obliterated, Fox thought Oikinny would have finally kicked the bucket.
"Alright," Fox said, "move anti-aircraft up to the second line, and reserve as many ground troops as possible. We'll need them when my team comes in and eliminates the airborne supplier." Explosions filled the air; the sky was a blood red from the flashes of bombs bursting in air. One of the bombs went off near Fox's bunker. The ground shook violently. Unmoved, Fox jumped out of his bunker and threw a grenade, it soared through the air and landed in the middle of the enemy advance force. It went off, sending a good number of enemies into the air. Fox jumped back into his bunker. Where was his team? As if by the best timing better imagined, Slippy's voice crackled in his communicator.
"Fox!!" His voice called, it had the toned as if something when terribly wrong.
"What is it?" Fox said back.
"As we were flying into the atmosphere, we saw an aircraft, it was huge! I made readings on it, and my calculations say it has the force to glass an entire planet!"
"WHAT!?!? Destroy that thing!" Fox yelled into the communicator.
"We can't…" Krystal's voice said, "A force is surrounding it, but the source of this energy is being fueled from a long ways away, maybe on the other side of this universe."
"So you're saying Venom…" Fox trailed off, this thought of a planet being lost to the enemy, "…is lost?"
"I hate to say it buddy, but it's true!" Falco's voice said. "And if you don't get your furry butt outta there, then you're gonna get barbecued!" Fox put his hand on the wall of the bunker, the explosions filling the air started to slow, they are right, the enemy was making their way back.
But why even bother with ground forces when you could've glassed the planet in the first place? Something about this strategy didn't make sense. It would kill the Cornerian army, if they didn't know about it.
"Sergeant!" Fox called into his communicator, "call your men off, retreat! There is a weapon of mass destruction heading towards venom, my team has confirmed this!"
"But sir…We're giving up Venom?"
"I know, we'll be giving the enemy land in our system but we have the opportunity to save these men to fight another day. We need to leave, NOW!" Fox said. The sergeant said he would, and Fox started for his Arwing. Giving up a fight, though, losing, Fox didn't want to do it, but this decision may help in the long run.
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Mario pushed debris off of him as he woke up, carnage was everywhere, and the castle was reduced to mere rubble. He knew from the moment he woke up that Bowser wasn't behind this attack. He looked for his brother, Luigi, knowing he was near at the time of the blast. He searched around, pushed debris left and right but his brother wasn't found. Mario looked far across where the castle was standing. He saw a lump in the debris, and a green arm reached from underneath.
"Luigi!" Mario yelled. He ran through the debris towards his brother and pushed the pile of building remains to the side. Luigi was laying face down. Mario checked and noticed he still had a pulse. "Luigi, wake up Luigi!" Mario said, shaking his sleeping brother. Luigi stirred and finally opened his eyes.
"Huh? Where am I? Mario? What happened?" Luigi said faintly to Mario. Mario said he didn't know but knew Bowser wasn't behind this. They immediately realized that the Princess was at the tour spot of the castle when the attack was made. She was most likely in the underground bunker just next to that position. They made their way to the bunker, but were stopped when they saw the bodies of countless lives lying on the ground. Night had fallen in the Mushroom Kingdom and the clouds of dust have settled. The moon shone brightly and the bodies were shown. Luigi started crying, Mario held back the tears. They continued their silent search for the bunker. They reached the tourist spot and looked for the locked door that would hide the princess. No sign of life gave off a silence in the night, not even the crickets were chirping. Every sound Mario and Luigi took, every footstep, seemed to be heard like a clap of lightning. They walked to the doors of the bunker after pushing aside debris, but found that the doors were no longer existent. Fearing the worst, the brothers ran inside and quickly found the bodies of secret service toads, all pistols were drawn, but none of these toads even had the chance to pull the trigger. The throne room sat in the back of the large bunker. The bullet proof glass was shattered. The princess wasn't inside, or her assistant, Toadsworth. They have been taken hostage. Mario hit the wall in anger, he wasn't prepared for this, and it cost the lives of hundreds and the capture of dear Princess Peach. He felt guilty. Luigi grabbed him on the shoulder.
"It wasn't your fault Mario, don't take the blame. No one was prepared for this." Luigi said.
"…We need to look for the others. Hopefully they survived as well." Mario mumbled, pushing the thoughts of guilt to the back of his head. He would need to worry about Peach later, at least she was alive.
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Kirby woke up. The explosion must've knocked him 50 feet. He sprang to his feet and struggled to gain control over shellshock. Fire was set to almost every house he saw. He ran to any cover he could find. One building still stood and provided the cover he needed from the RPGs that were flying through the air. Explosion after explosion rang his ears to the point of where he thought he might go deaf. Kirby searched frantically for anything lying around that he could use. Nothing showed itself. Kirby started running, wrapping around the area of explosions so he could possibly see his enemy. The ground rocked underneath him and Kirby fell on his face from a bomb going off near him. He saw many other Warpstarians running for their life, but the explosions continued to engulf them in flames. A tire was lying on the ground and Kirby used it to his advantage. He sucked it up and transformed into a wheel. He sped past burning building and nearly avoided a missile fired in front of him. He thought he was able to see a way to get to the enemy when a tank appeared in front of him. Without warning, Kirby slammed on his powers brakes and tried to reverse but the tank fired at him. Kirby flew through the air, the power shedding from him. He landed about 70 feet back but was still conscious. He got up and looked at the town: it was overrun. He looked down in fear of the civilians dying but he knew he couldn't do this alone. He called for a Warpstar and looked away. The sight of all these innocent people dying was too much for him to bear. He couldn't keep his eyes from looking back; to see if anyone else was doing as he did. He saw many other Warpstarians grab a Warpstar and fly off. It was good to know that people knew that running was a good idea. The Warpstar came and Kirby jumped on and flew off, to the one place he knew was still safe.
 

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Crossroads of Fate
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The streets were bustling as every Hylian headed back to their homes, stopping by one last place before turning in. Reco and Link pass through the East gate. Reco turned to Link and said goodbye, and Link left to go back to Ordon village, his home village. Reco felt tired, he traveled all around Hyrule from seeing the peacefulness of Faron woods to the Rushing Rivers of the Zora River, which is where Prince Ralis stopped to return to the Zora Domain. The town roads were starting to empty, with only the small street side orchestra playing in the corner, they also showed sign of weariness. Town guards began to their change in shift and the torches of the town were lit. Reco went to the fountain that stood in the town square. It reflected the light of the torches through a gorgeous sparkle as Reco looked into its flowing water.
So much has happened in the last few days. It was nice to have a day to wind down and relax a bit, and see a place yet untouched by the attackers. Reco leaned back and looked into the twilight sky, it was beautiful, the darkness of night was mixing with the light of day in a perfect mixture that made a goldish color. He let his feet rest for he had been walking all day at the stops Prince Ralis chose for Link to stop his horse, hopefully the wagon that was tied onto the back of the horse wasn't too much for it to bear.
Reco yawned and decided to go back to the castle. He got up and walked up the long path the lead to the castle gate. The guards made the order to open the gate, and let Reco through. Much went through Reco's mind as he walked through the courtyard, mostly about the things he saw today but also a bit about the future of his life, would his life be changed forever? He knew that was a fact, but would the way he live be changed forever, as in his home, his family. The bitter cold of the night interrupted Reco's thoughts, and he went inside. The halls were silent with the exception of the burning torches that lit the hall, which made Reco think of another question: if this world has been exposed to the world of technology, then why stay so…technologically un-advanced? The question didn't stay in Reco's mind that time as he started his journey up the stairs. He was up about 2 floors when he was too tire to continued, so with a deep inhale, and a quick jump, Reco floated his way to the tenth floor. By the tenth floor, Reco let out his air and landed on the floor, he took a quick few moments to regain his normal breathing, and went to his room. The door opened as Reco hung from the knob, after the door was all the way open, Reco dropped to the ground and made his way to the bed. The bed felt very comfortable as he lay on the mattress, allowing him to sink comfortably low yet stiff enough to keep you in a good position. Reco felt himself nodding off when he suddenly heard a scream. Reco jumped up, and with instinct, ran to the window. He climbed up to see who was making the screaming noise. He looked out, but no one seemed to be running in the streets, nor did anything seem to be making such a large notice. Reco turned, confused, but relieved that no one was in danger. He was about to jump off when he heard another, scream, then another, soon he heard countless screams. He swirled around to look where all the commotion was…

The streets were calm and sleeping.

Reco jumped back and the floor, trying to figure out who and where all these cries were coming from. They weren't coming from the castle, or the town, and there were too many cries for them to be in the very same room. Reco then realized, they were in his head. He tried to get them out, but nothing was working, the screams and cries continued and soon started to hurt Reco's head. He struggled; all the noise was making him panic, as if he was amongst the crying crowd. The pain in his head was becoming too much to bear, and he fell on the ground. Soon, the sounds of explosions filled his head, Reco rolled around, trying to get the noise to stop. The sounds, however, reminded Reco of something, the sounds at the Mushroom Kingdom. The same sounds he heard as bombs were going off one after the other, the shrieks of countless people, kids and adults alike. Reco tried to fend it off, but there was no success, it seemed like the noise wouldn't go away…
There was a knock at the door, and the noises stopped. Reco immediately got up, looked around him, the screams left, as if fended off by another noise. The knock came from the door again. Reco scanned the room one last time, once he saw nothing; he made the approval, "…come in."
Princess Zelda opened the door. She looked not the slightest bit tired, even at this time of night. She took a few steps in, and sat on the bed.
"I've been meaning to tell you something, Reco." She seemed hesitant of what she said. "Please, take a seat." Reco, curious, climbed onto the bed.
"When you first came through the portal from the other Kingdom, Ralston told me about you, I thought you were just a brave being, but…" She trailed off, something didn't feel right, if you're talking to someone, and they seem to pause continuously, that normally doesn't mean anything good.
"I felt something within you. Something that this," Zelda held up the back of her left arm, the glowing triangle appeared. "My Triforce, has detected, when I looked into your mind the other night, I saw a strong power dwell within you, maybe it was bravery of your actions, or something else." This struck Reco like a pile of bricks. He looked down, once again was robbed of words. Zelda put her hand on his head. "Don't worry, though, it is nothing to be ashamed of." Zelda's words did not help, Reco still looked down. Zelda looked up, searching for any words to say. Maybe, she thought, he could go somewhere in Hyrule to help him focus, maybe learn how to use this power in him. She got an idea. "Maybe," She began, "you can go to the Mirror Chamber." This worked, for Reco raised his head.
"What do mean?" Reco asked.
"The chamber was once used as a gateway to another realm, but the mirror has been shattered, and the place is now only the place where the sages dwell. They may be able to help you discover what's in you, if any, and use it." She waited for an answer. Reco had gone into thought again, maybe he was considering it.
"I don't know, I mean…" Reco stuttered. "This whole thing started off with me celebrating my high school graduation, I was going to go back home…I was just in the wrong place at the wrongâ€â€Â"
"I don't believe so, Reco." Zelda interrupted, "You couldn't have just been through these events out of coincidence. I think you were chosen through fate to help us against this threat." She finished.
Me? Chosen? I couldn't have, I'm just Warpstarian Reco thought.
"At least give it a try." Zelda said. Reco was once again deep into thought, if nothing worked, At least he would have eliminated his use to Zelda.
But then again, he wants to help others survive this attack. He didn't want more people to die. His care took over.
"Ok," he said, "I'll try."
"Good," Zelda said, her tone had a hint of happiness to it. "Link will take you to the Gerudu Desert tomorrow. Get some rest now, you're going to need it." Zelda patted Reco on the head, and walked out. Reco waited until Zelda closed the door, and went into his covers.

He fell asleep within the minute.

The cannon ride was one of the most fun things Reco has ever done in his life. Link pulled Reco out of the sand to find him laughing his head off. Link smiled. The Gerudu Desert heat was intense, Reco found himself wiping off sweat from his forehead constantly. It was too bad that the pathway to the Gerudu Desert wasn't fixed yet, or Link could've taken Reco on horseback, the trip could've been a lot shorter. It seemed like hours before they first saw the structure of the Arbiter's Grounds.
"The Arbiter's Grounds used to be a prison for Hyrule's most malicious criminals." Reco remembered Zelda saying. "The Mirror of Twilight, which was located in the Mirror chamber, was used as a punishment tool for criminals, for they were sent through the mirror by the sages. Since the mirror is no longer there, the sages have next to nothing to do, except to wait, and detect any darkness that may come to Hyrule's way. When you go to see them," Reco remembered Zelda beginning to laugh when she said this, "not only might they help you, but it will give them something to do." Reco smiled at the thought, but still didn't look forward to traveling a desert.
Reco Looked up at Link, his silence made Reco uneasy. Reco took another drink from his bottle filled with water, it was low, he needed to drink less. Link stopped and held his hand down in front of Reco. Confused, Reco squinted into the horizon to see if he could see anything. After a while, Reco heard the sound of hoofs beating on the ground, and the sight of monsters riding wild boars came into view. Link motioned Reco to step to the side, with out a word, Reco made the distance. He jumped behind a rock and waited to see what Link would do. The pack of wild boars charged at Link, the archer passengers of the boar prepared their arrows. Link didn't hesitate, within the blink of an eye, Link had a bow out himself, and was attaching a bomb to the end of an arrow. One of the archers shot an arrow, Link jumped to the side and pulled back on his bow. Reco watched as the arrow shot from his bow, the arrow pierced the air with a trail of smoke, and instantaneously, the front boar fell to the ground, the others flying to the side. The rider and passenger of the boars sprang to their feet. The archers stayed behind while the riders took out a spiked club and ran towards Link. Link put his bow away and waited, Reco thought he was nuts, keeping his sword sheathed. It seemed like Link wasn't going to do anything until the first monster went within range, and then, in a flash, Link drew his sword and cut into the monster. It flew back and yelled, it tried to get up, but died and fell back down. Link took the second one on next. He ran up to the monster, and started slashing away, it was dead in the second. The last fighting monster tried to get Link in the back, but Link rolled to the side, and spun his sword, knocking down the monster, he leapt into the air, and finished it. The archers were last, but ran, cowering from what they just saw Link do. When all was done, Link gave the motion to continue and Reco followed Link once more.
No monsters appeared after that confrontation. They rest of the way up to the chamber was a breeze, Link guided Reco as if he was there already, which, Reco knew, may have been here already since Link did save Hyrule. The mirror chamber came into view. Reco saw its immense size and stared at its towering structure. It actually made Reco think of a coliseum, the structure resembling a place where people would watch slaves or criminals fight for their lives for freedom, the only exception was the podium with an empty alter and the colossal black rock in the center. Link nodded at Reco and went out of the chamber. Reco was walking, looking up to see if anyone was actually here. Then, he to interest to the alter. Was that where the Mirror of Twilight stood? Reco went to investigate. The alter was shape as if it held a mirror, projecting into the rock, which fit Zelda's definition of how it worked. Reco sat at the alter, waiting for the sages to appear.
It seemed like hours. The sun was now setting. Link was asleep outside of the chamber. Reco was still looking around. He finally started to lose patience.
"Hello?" He called out. "Hello? Is anybody here?" Drowsiness started to settle in. Reco shook himself to stay awake, questioning whether or not this was a great idea. Reco looked back at the rock, the top of it probably could allow a nice view of the desert. He took a deep breath, and jumped into the sky, floating towards the top of the rock. Once he was on the top, he looked out. The rock didn't quite past the pillars that stood on the sides of the chamber. He took another breath, and began floating again. He barely began his ascent when a voice stopped him.
"Are you Reco?" The voice said. Reco let go of his breath and fell back on top of the rock. He now saw figures standing on top of the pillars, they were white and had a mask on, hiding their emotion.
"…Yes, I am." Reco replied.
"We are the sages of this chamber, watching for dangers that could threat Hyrule." One of them started. "We heard of your coming, we have been observing you on your way to this chamber. Zelda was right about you, Reco. There is definitely something hiding within you. Please, approach the alter." Reco obeyed, and floated down to the alter. He sat down in front of the mirror frame and looked up at the sages.
"Please, close your eyes, we are going to try to tap your energy." One of the sages said, even though Reco couldn't tell which one.
Reco closed his eyes, as told. He felt something pierce him but tried to stay calm. As he felt something move inside of him, another force started to be felt. All of the sudden, Reco felt something taking over, he felt himself being eaten up by whatever was inside him. He tried to make it stop but felt himself move.
"What's happening?" A sage said. Reco felt alarmed and opened his eyes, just to see the side of the rock as he slammed into it.

Reco disappeared. The sages looked in bewilderment, and Link woke up.
 

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[align=center]Chapter 7
Realm Jumping
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"Huh? Where am I?" Reco said, as he got up, he definitely was no longer in the mirror chamber. He looked around, it looked like twilight, everywhere. It looked like day was settling but night refuse to come. He was no longer in Hyrule. He took a few steps and noticed that he was on a platform, suspended in mid-air. He also noticed a faint light glowing, from behind. He swirled around, but now the light was behind him again. He did another swirl, but still the light didn't show. The he noticed that he was the one glowing. He looked for a mirror or something reflective, but all that he could see was a town, or temple of some sort, up ahead. He started walking towards it but no one could be seen. The whole place seemed to be abandoned. Then it struck him, it was about night time when he went through the big black rock and into this place, so everybody must be asleep. Trying not to wake anybody and be rude, Reco made his way to the town without saying a word.
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"Where did he go?" one of the sages yelled when they all patted the rock, looking for a place that Reco could've slid into. He being so small he could've easily slid into any crevice while flying to the rock in great force. Link started investigating too but only where he saw Reco fly into, where the Mirror of Twilight would project its portal. He patted the stone, no crack or crevice showed it's self.
The sages drifted towards Link and all looked where he looked. Then they started drawing conclusions.
"Maybe he could've…" one started saying.
"He couldn’t have, there is nothing to project a portal, and there wasn't even a portal!"
"Did he become one with the rock?" One said, the others started at him, and eventually he bowed his head in embarrassment. Link when back to the alter. He took out his bow and shot it where Reco sank into. The arrow cut the air but didn't even chip the rock.
"What if he's…" One of the sages said, "A realm jumper? When we tapped into him, we could've made him jump into the…" He trailed off, "Twilight Realm…" Link gasped.
"That doesn't make sense though…" a different sage said, "There was definitely more in him…" The sages started conversing with themselves. Link stood, staring at the rock. Missing a chance to see Midna, he felt his heart sink.
"Link, go tell Princess Zelda…" the sage looked for a word to say, "We lost Reco." Link wanted to stay, but informing the princess on this matter seemed more important. He departed immediately.
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Reco sat down on the ground next to a building. Looking for anyone here was becoming pointless. He stared at the building across the screen, and could see a faint reflection of himself. He ran up to it, curious as of what he looked like. He got close to the wall and saw the details. He had a faint glow of gold coming from his body, His eyes glowed the most, hiding his pupils. He didn't change much, but this could've been the result of him going from one place to another.
Where am I? Reco thought to himself he looked around once more, seeing just the sky of twilight, even though hours have past, and there hasn't been a change in lighting. Reco groaned, it was getting very boring just sitting here. He decided that he wanted to get a better view of the place, so he floated to the top of the buildings. He walked on the rooftops but frivolously so the sleeping people that may be inside won't hear him, hopefully. Behind one of the buildings, a town stood. Reco looked at amazement on how this building he was standing on is able to hide all of these buildings. He saw a building that looked like it could resemble a castle near the edge of the town, but it was different from most castles, more flat and more blended in. Reco immediately thought that if anyone could help him get back to Hyrule it, they would be there. Reco started his journey on the rooftops, his feet as lightly as he could, so he wouldn't wake any residents easily. The rooftops seemed to go on and on and on and on. By the time he made it to the castle, or what looks like a castle, Reco was panting. He didn't want to look like an intruder or threat, so he floated back down to the ground. He walked up to the doors of the castle, they were enormous, either that, or Reco is smaller than he thought. He looked back to the town, still empty. He looked at the door again, and then decided to open it. It drifted open, not making a sound as it opened. Feeling nervous, Reco slowly stepped inside. The halls were like the halls of Hyrule castle, except darker, gloomier, and larger. He made a few a few steps until he came to an open area, most likely the lobby.
"Hello?" Reco called out. He noticed that he lit up the room a little bit. This place seemed so…abandoned, as if had been attacked…
Reco became alarmed, what if this place was attacked? He stepped back a bit, panning his view from side to side, but it was too late. Black-armored soldiers seem to materialize from the walls and behind Reco. He was surrounded. All of them held a rifle, pointed at Reco, and slowly walked towards him, closing in the space they had between each other. Reco noticed they were all a different shape or size, but their armor kept Reco from telling which one was what. They were silent, their footsteps were silent, and their movements were silenced. Reco heart raced, he felt like this was the end for him. He closed his eyes and raised his hands, hoping they would just take him hostage, but it was no use, he heard them click their safeties off.
The sounds of Rifles shooting followed. Reco braced for the hits, but never felt them. He opened his eyes, and saw that a barrier covered him. The bullets bounced off one at a time until all of the soldiers' clips were empty.
"Get him!" One of them shouted and all of the soldiers followed the command and jumped on Reco, the barrier vanished when they came in contact it, and they piled on Reco. He tried to fight back, but the weight of all of them kept him flat. Then, he felt that force that he felt before come back to him, taking over his body once more, he lost control…

Reco woke up. He got his feet, remembering the soldiers that attacked him. When he looked around though, he saw all of them blown to the walls, dead. All of the soldiers that attacked him lay propped up against the wall as if some force blew them away. He looked at himself, still glowing, but something happened when he was taken over by this…thing inside him. He walked over to one of the soldiers, he noticed a pack of some sort was strapped onto him. He opened the pack to find four pieces of a helmet. They were dark, and he felt a strange sense of energy emitting from these pieces. He knew they must be important, so he put them back in the bag and strapped it on him like a backpack. He took the rifle that the soldier was armed with, reloaded it from the soldier's ammunition pouch, and followed the halls.
Reco looked for something that looked like a throne room, and most throne rooms are always on the top floor. He found a stair case, and thought that it may lead to the top floor. He also looked for soldiers, knowing that where they were, they were most likely guarding something, or someone. A sense of bravery fell over Reco, knowing that he would have to fight his way up; the only bad thing is he can't use stealth since he is glowing. The stairs kept going, which in a way was good because it meant that the stairs were going to the top floor. He finally found the top of the stairs, and the décor of the hallways must've meant something like a throne room or some important room was up here. He peeked around the corner of a wall, soldiers stood everywhere. He made a quick head count: 20, how could he take on 20 soldiers? He had to think of a plan, some sort of way to possibly take care of them. He hid behind the wall, thinking. He got an idea, and peeked around the corner one last time to see if his head count was right. He took the stock of his gun, and tapped it against the wall.
"You here that?" One of the soldiers said.
"Yea, what is it?" The closest one responded.
"I don't know; check it out, won't you?"
"Fine, fine." The closest one said, Reco heard footsteps coming towards him, his plan was working. The soldier stepped around the corner, and looked around, nothing. He walked further just to make sure, but Reco dropped in from above and struck him in the head with the stock of his rifle. The soldier fell, and the others heard the noise. They slowly walked towards the corner and heard a click. They saw a grenade fly over their head and land right behind them. They panicked and tried to run, only to see another grenade laying right in front on him. They huddled together, but the grenades were too close together, and blew up. Most of the group flew to the sides, but some of them stayed standing, having their comrades take the hit. They stood confused as the smoke lifted from the blast and started shooting at the corner. Their clips emptied, and they started to reload, in the time that the smoke was lifting, Reco had run behind the whole group. Reco opened fire, and the soldiers swirled around, attempting to open fire, but with an empty clip it didn't do much good. Reco's gun clicked to indicate that his ammo clip was empty, but only one soldier stood. Without even thinking, Reco leapt into the air and clasped onto the soldiers face. The soldier tried to get Reco off but Reco held tight, and made a quick snap of the neck, the soldier fell down. Reco got off of the soldier and looked at what he achieved. 20 soldiers lie on the ground. Some collateral damage was shown on the walls but not too much. Reco smiled a bit, halfway not even believing what he did. He snapped back into reality and went over to the door the soldiers were guarding, and knocked on the door.
 

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Darkness Core
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There was no answer when Reco knocked on the door. He knocked again, but still, so answer. Reco patted the door in various places to find a way to open it. When everything failed, Reco sighed and stepped back to observe it, then he called out.
"Anyone in there?" He said. Finally, he heard footsteps in the room, then, the door glowed with strange aura. The door slid up with nothing pulling on it. It revealed a strange looking thing standing at the door, it stood very tall and stared down at Reco with piercing red eyes. With a smile, the thing turned around and said,
"It's not them, princess! He killed them!" The voice indicated that this was a male. Reco tried to look around the thing, but his tall body blocked the view.
"Let him in…" A woman said. The thing stepped to the side and beckoned Reco to enter. Reco slowly stepped into the room and looked around. More…things stood in the room, but in different shapes and sizes. The room was darker until Reco stepped in, he felt a bit embarrassed when the strange light emitting from him was brightening. There was someone sitting in a chairâ€â€Ânoâ€â€Âa throne, that looked different from the rest. She stood up, and walked towards Reco.
"You're…" she started "…short." Reco rolled his eyes but the others didn't see it since his eyes were glowing gold. The person looked liked a human woman, but had the same coloring of the others. She was dressed in a black cloak. After she stared at Reco in somewhat curiosity, she seemed to snap back to reality.
"I…sorry," She said, "I was expecting someone else." She looked at Reco once again and recognized the backpack he wore. "Where did you get that?" She said, pointing at Reco's backpack.
"I got it from a soldier." He said. "It was this helmet inside, or at least, the helmet in pieces. Is it yours?"
"Yes it is! Let me have it!" The woman said. Reco stepped back, if this was a princess she sure was rude. She looked at everyone, and then sighed. "I'm sorry, again, I'm just…a little stressed. Can I please have it?" Reco slung the backpack off, and took the helmet pieces out, and handed it to the "princess". She took the pieces with joy and examined them, then put them in her cloak. "Thank you." She finally said. "I guess I need to introduce myself. My name is Midna." She said. "I'm the princess of the Twilight Realm."
Twilight Realm. So that's where Reco was.
"Hmm…" Reco said. "How the heck did I get here then?" Reco said.
"Excuse me?" Midna said
"Well, I was at this mirror chamber whenâ€â€Â"
"Wait a second, do you know someone named Link, by chance?" Midna said.
"Uh, yes, he escorted me to the mirror chamber so the sages could look at me." Reco said. He noticed Midna had hung her head lower and closed her eyes. "Do…you two know each other?" Midna looked back up. She wore a face of disappointment.
"Yes, I knew him. It's a long story though…" She said. "How did you get here?"
"The sages were looking at me because they thought there was something 'special' inside me. They did something, I saw myself flying towards this big rock, and now, I'm here." Reco finished. Reco looked at Midna again, and saw that she was thought. Reco sat, his feet were tired, and he felt like he needed rest. Midna looked Reco over again, and then she gasped.
"We need to get you out of here!" She exclaimed.
"What? I don't even know how I got here in the first place!"
"I can't explain right now. We need to get you out of here before he seesâ€â€Â"
"Sees what?" A voice said. Midna gasped and Reco swirled around. A man stood at the doorway. He was tall, and wore black armor, however, it had spike coming out of the back, and gauntlets had rigid spike pointing out. He looked at Reco, which wasn't hard to notice given the fact he's glowing.
"We-ell!" He scoffed. "What have we got here?" Reco frowned at him but had nothing to fight him with. The man flicked his wrist and Reco was lifted into the air. Another flick and Reco was in his grasps. "You're that Warpstar Knight I've heard all about in the Mushroom Kingdom." He snorted. "You killed one of my best platoons, you know." He grabbed Reco with his other hand and inspected him. "You look like the one I've been looking for, Light Caster!" Reco grunted, he tried to get loose of the man's grasp but it was no use, he was too strong.
"Let go of him!" Midna yelled, she ran toward him but the man flicked his wrist and she flew back onto her throne. She reached into her cloak, but closed her eyes, and looked down. Now is not the right time she thought.
"You're coming with me, Light Caster." The man said. He waved his hand around Reco and a black orb formed around him. He hit it, trying to get out, but the force of the orb was impenetrable. He faintly saw through the orb as he floated away from Midna and the others. He felt scared, wondering what this man was going to do to him and where his power has gone, though he still glows with light, his inner feeling for this power was absent. He saw the door shut and felt scared, knowing that he couldn't help Midna, or anyone else in this universe that was in danger, he couldn't even help himself.
 

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[align=center]Chapter 9
Scars
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It's been two days.

Reco sat in the corner of his cold cell. He tried to stay warm but the cold metal didn't allow. He was starving, the only thing that they would give Reco was some water and a slice of bread. The past 48 hours have been the worst in his entire life. He endured getting hit by a whip several times and once was burned by hot pipes for not telling where Hyrule was. He felt sore all over, but a feeling inside of him told him he was doing the right thing. Reco stopped glowing, most likely from leaving the Twilight Realm, however, the reason for glowing was yet to be explained. Cold, hurt, and afraid, Reco sat in the corner of his cell, praying that that man that captured him would stop hurting him.
"Light Caster!" Boomed the voice of the man. Reco scampered even further into the corner of the cell. As the man approached, Reco thought once more on why this man continuously calls him "light caster". "Someone wants to have a word with you." His voice was nothing but hate. The man flicked his wrist, and Reco was floating by his side.
The man took Reco down the hall of the cell room, pulling him towards the torture chamber. Reco's eye's widened as they closed in on the door. It slid open and revealed a chair that Reco knew far too well. With the snap of a finger, Reco was slammed into the chair. Steel bars clamped down on his wrist to hold him down. Another man was in the room. The one man that captured Reco knelt down.
"Here is the Light Caster, Master" the man said
"Thank you, Rayne." The other man said. The man that captured Reco, Rayne, got back on his feet, and stepped to the side. The "Master" stepped up to Reco, his face hidden by his armor, just like everybody else in this dark army. He looked down at Reco and began his interrogation. "My right hand man has told me that you know where Hyrule is. Do you know where Hyrule is?" He said. "How did you get to the Twilight Realm?"
"I don't know." Reco said. This was partial truth but partial lie, since he knew that he got to the realm through the mirror chamber in Hyrule, but he didn't know exactly how.
"Pitiful" The man scoffed. "All those injuries you have on you," he said, examining the wounds Reco has had to endure, "I will make them hurt ten fold if you don't tell me where the portal to Hyrule is in the Twilight Realm." He picked up a knife that was glowing blue that was on the tray to the side. "Where is Hyrule?"
"Iâ€â€Âdon'tâ€â€Âknow." Reco growled. He closed his eyes, waiting for the strike as he felt a cold hand touch his head. The burn of the plasma knife cut through his back. He yelled as the pain grew worse. He lowered his head, crying in pain. Rayne looked away, even though he has tortured Reco, it seemed as if he felt the pain with him.
"Now," the man said, "I'll ask one more time or else…" he put the knife on Reco's arm, threatening to cut if off. "Where is Hyrule?" Reco stayed silent, he closed his eyes once again, and bit his lip, and he started sobbing again when he heard the man say: "Suit yourself."
The man lifted his arm, and swung down, but the explosion the hit on the starboard side of the space cruiser threw him off balance and he fell flat on his face. He quickly got up, confused.
"What was that!?" He yelled
"Master!" Rayne said as he looked onto the screen that was attached to his forearm, "We're under attack!"
"By what!?" The man said. He quickly was back on his feet and was running towards the door.
"We don't know yet! But there seem to be four of them, all identical aircraft." Rayne replied. The leader man opened the door and looked back at Reco.
"When I get back…" he made a chopping motion to his arm, and they left.
This was Reco's chance. He looked at the knife that was on the floor, and started inhaling. The force of his suction slowly dragged the knife of the floor and into Reco's mouth, he swallowed and let his Warpstar Knight ability take care of the rest. He turned into plasma form, turning his arms into pure burning plasma blades and back to normal arms on command. This allowed him to burn pretty much anything on contact. He focused hard and let his arms burn through the steel, in a moment, Reco was out of the chair. He ran to the door and tried to open it, locked. He stepped up to the door and shoved his arms through with the little energy he had left in him. He carved his own exit and was in the hall. He looked for a map, anything that could tell him where escape pods are. Reco heard the sound of footsteps and quickly got into the nearest shadow. Since he isn't glowing anymore, he could blend into any shadow around with his dark-gray color. Two soldiers ran by, looking at a sign that said "Armory" to the left and "escape pods" to the right. Convenient enough, Reco thought and started running down the right hall. He got to a fork in the halls and heard more footsteps, from the number of footsteps it was only one soldier. He looked for a shadow but didn't see any. He floated to the ceiling of the hall and broke the closest light. The soldier stopped as he noticed the broken light and shattered glass from the bulb. He drew his sidearm and pointed it at the light. He started to see the outline of Reco but was killed instantly as Reco swooped down and dug one of his plasma arms into the soldier gut. The soldier fell and Reco continued his escape. He followed the halls that indicated escape pods until he came upon the engine room. He looked at the generator that powered the ship. He couldn't have missed such a great opportunity. He transformed his arm, and drew back his arm. In one lunge, Reco's arm had sunk into the engine. Sparks flew and the lights went out. Reco continued his journey to the escape pods and never had another problem with soldiers finding him, since the only thing lighting up the halls was the inadequate emergency lights. Reco finally found the pods. He looked around to make sure no one was looking, and released his plasma power up. The plasma knife powering his ability dropped to the floor. Reco stepped into a pod, and punched the release button.
The doors shut and the pod was out in one moment. Reco looked out of the window as he saw space. He didn't see the outdoors in about 48 hours and didn't know where he was exactly. He looked for the firefight, and notices the four identical ships that were fighting the cruiser. They must be very skilled to be taking on such a large cruiser. Reco felt the pain of his cut again and felt his back. He felt his hand get wet and he quickly looked at it. Blood cover his hand. He felt faint, the sight of blood never agreed with him, he tried to stay conscious but fainted as he heard a large clanking noise.

At least I escaped. He thought to himself as his eyes closed.
 

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Authors note: From this point on, the format of text that will be used in the following chapters will be a little bit different. This was advice given to me by a helpful person that evaluated my work at the Nsider forums. This new format is a little bit more forum friendly. Just wanted to let you know ;)


[align=center][size=x-large]Chapter 10
Reflection[/size]
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Noise filled Reco's dreams, he saw countless people screaming and falling as the army of black-armored soldiers swooping in and killing everyone. Reco yelled and tried to do something, but found himself strapped into a chair. He tugged at the straps, trying to break free. Then he saw Rayne approach him with a whip, Reco screamed. All of the sudden, everything vanished, and Reco only saw himself and an orb glowing in the distance. Somehow attracted to it, Reco stepped closer and closer to it, feeling a presence of power. When he finally reached it, he extended his arm and touched it, a strong force surged through him and he saw himself float into the air. Reco then saw all of his friends, Ralston, Melton, Link, and Ralis…All friends he had come to know by starting his journey, standing behind him, ready to fight. He looked in front of him again, and saw the black-armored soldiers showing fear but still going to fight.

This gave Reco a feeling of hope.

Reco then all of the sudden woke up. His eyes shot from side to side. He was on a bed, and covered up in a blanket. Reco sat up and was curious. He tried to jump out of bed, but his back didn't allow it. He somewhat yelped and felt his back. A large bandage was covering his torture wound up, and stretching would just make the bandage pull on the skin. Reco sat back down, he noticed the bed was comfortable, not rock. The room was dark yet warm. Reco decided that he might as well wait for whoever is here to come. He lay back down and took a few moments to think what has happened recently.

First to mind was the black-soldiers. Who exactly were they? What was there intention? How did they form together like they did? What was there motive? How the heck are they so powerful? What name do they go by? The questions floated in Reco's head, he feared how they were able to strike silently like they did. They were like a shadow…

His friends hit his mind next. Where they all still safe in Hyrule? Did they get involved in the battle? What about the ones that have been affected by the enemy? Could he prevent them from getting affected? Reco felt so lost, not knowing anybody as he quickly has been going from place to place. The Twilight Realm was an example. Reco wanted to stay to get to know people like Midna and all those other strange little things, but one of the leaders, Rayne, picked him up and the next thing he knew he was in the torture chair on some ship out in space. Everything was happening too fast. Reco just wanted to relax.

Reco felt true weariness settle in as he lay in the bed. He didn't sleep once when he was on Rayne's ship. His eyes shut and he fell to sleep once again. His mind stayed in thought more than in a dream. "Light Caster" kept coming to mind. What did that mean? How did Rayne know that Reco was a so called "Light Caster"? Reco didn't even know what a Light Caster was, maybe something good, hopefully. Maybe the "Light Caster" side of him is what made Rayne treat Reco the way he did. Maybe the "Light Caster" side of Reco is what came out when he was ambushed back in the Twilight Realm. Maybe the "Light Caster" side of Reco is what has been keeping him alive, maybe. These thoughts floated around like wind and just kept making more and more questions, yet to be answered.

Reco woke up once more. Feeling rested, he sat back up, and it was still dark in the room. Where am I? Reco thought to himself. The darkness in the room didn't give a comforting feel. Before he could think about anything, a door slide open, letting light pour in to the room, Reco squinted as light shown into his face. Someone walked in holding some sort of tool, the light hid the details, Reco felt alarmed and jumped back behind the bed, disregarding the pain of the bandage stretching his skin. He felt his heart skip a beat, fearing that wherever he was, they wanted to torture him too. The figure stopped, and reached over to turn on the lights. The figure turned out to be a fox; he stood tall and was muscular. He had a stern face. The tool in his hand turned out to be nothing more than a vital reader. Feeling a little more at ease, Reco got back up and sat on the bed.

"Take it easy, I won't hurt you." The fox said.

First thing first, "Who are you?" Reco asked.

"My name's Fox Mcloud, you're on the Great fox."
 
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[align=center][size=x-large]Chapter 11
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Princess Zelda gazed curiously at the black rock that lay in the mirror chamber. The sages were still investigating, they have been at it now for 2 days. Link stood at the alter of the mirror. He gazed at the rock as if he was too made of stone. He hard gaze seemed to pierce the air, as if he was trying to cut the rock to get inside. Melton stood at the rock, every now and then he would tap it to see if there was a hollow space. The heat beat down on the group today, sweat rolled off of everyone's as if it was raining. The sages floated towards Zelda, everyone else gathered.

"We have come to a conclusion." One of them stated the obvious

"Well?" Zelda retorted. Her patience was fading as the heat grew stronger.

"The rock has not been damaged in any way. No impression was made which excludes the possibility that Reco is trapped in the rock. The energy that emitted from him like fire tells us that he could've created a warp to the Twilight Realm just long enough for him to pass through." The sages dropped their heads. "We may have caused that trying to tap into his powers…"

"What is done is done." Zelda said bluntly. "What are you analyses on Reco?"

"From the way Reco has warped…" one of them started, "A realm jumper, but the magnitude of energy that we detect around him…" The sage paused, he seemed hesitant to say what he was about to say. "…a Light Caster." Zelda gasped, but everyone else tilted their head in curiosity. Moments passed in silence until Melton shot the question.

"What's a Light Caster?" He mumbled.

"A Light Caster…" Zelda started, "is a being that can control light, and use it for pure energy. They can bend light like a black hole. They are beings of the most holy in Hyrule, they craft light arrows that Link and I have used to defeat Ganondorf. However, the power of light they posses can often be used for evil, they can cause the complete black out of a whole planet, sending it into a black hole. Used incorrectly, and their powers can cause the destruction of light and every thing that uses it in one realm."

Every one seemed to shudder, and the Gerudu Desert felt a lot colder.

"Let's pray that Reco doesn't fall into the hands of the enemy."
 
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