"You just had to do it"
We stood on the edge of the cliffside.
The city below, destroyed.
I turned to Neptune, who was holding on to a remote control.
"What's that!"
Neptune grins and hits the button.
Off in the distance, near a factory on the edge of Planeptune.
The air contorts, matter reversed, Almost like the air itself was imploding.
Wind blew past us, as the factory exploded.
Waves of pressure scattered around, sending debris into the surrounding buildings. Which caused a chain of demolitions.
"Sigh. Fine, let's go"
We turned away from the ruins of Planeptune, and walked down the deserted path.
I tip my thermos upside down...
"Great, out of water"
We've been traveling through the desert for hours now. Neptune gave up halfway and I had to give her a piggyback ride the rest of the way.
"Seriously, can you get down now. My back is starting to hurt"
Neptune shook her head, patting my side.
"Nah, A goddess shouldn't need to walk so much, now, giddy up."
I pull through it and continue walking.
We finally reach an area with actual trees, not an illusion like the ones we've been seeing for the past hour. "Neptune, we're here. You can get off now"
I dump Neptune off my back, she immediately wakes up as she hits the ground.
"Hey, someone was finally having a good dream. I was just about to dive into the pool of pudding" Neptune stands up, dusting herself off.
"Save your clique dreams for later, we're here"
I drop down against a tree, Neptune looks around.
"So, where are we? This looks like a generic starting map"
I pull out a map, turn it on all sides, then crumple it up and throw it away.
"Still can't read maps... Virtua Forest Safe Zone"
Neptune looked behind her, at the desert...
"Where is the rest of the forest?"
I point to the path we took through the desert.
"That was the forest, but your nuclear warfare destroyed most of it"
A few dogoos jumped over to us. Neptune readied her wooden katana.
"I thought you said this was the safe zone, why are there enemies here?"
I stay resting against the tree, once again pointing to the desert.
"They're home was the forest, but, like I said, you destroyed it... So they must have migrated here" Neptune blocks a dogoo's attack.
"Are you gonna sit there, or are you gonna help?"
I shrug. "You blew everything up so quickly, I couldn't grab my dagger. Not even my trench coat..." Neptune finishes off the dogoos and falls to her knees.
"Winded already, I thought you were a goddess or something..."
Neptune flips me off and stands up. "Come on, we should be getting close to Lastation" I drag myself up to my feet. "Neptune, Lastation is the other way..."
Neptune stops in her tracks, slowly turning to face me. "What...?"
I point back towards the desert. "Virtua forest leads to the ocean, We need to head through Jet-Set-Range to get there" Neptune walks past me and grabs my color.
I follow Neptune back through the desert.
End of Chapter
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Scrapped Stories
FanfictionThis is a compilation of all of the stories that I've scrapped over the years. Remember that these were written over the course of five years, so the writing may not be up to date, or written well. DerpySound helped in some of these stories, so be s...
