Splatoon: Chronicles

Chapter 3: Metallic Domain

???: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CLOVER!!

Clover stood in shock from her three friends, standing in front of a birthday cake and smiling at her.

Clover: Sophie....Atlas....Noah....you guys didn't have to......

Atlas: awe c'mon! We had to throw a little surprise party for our number one leader and squadmate!

Noah: *nod nod* three hundred splats in 2 weeks.....that's a new record. You truly are a dynamo master.

Sophie giggled and ran up to Clover, hugging her deeply and snuggling into her as Atlas walked over and gave her a fist bump. Noah grabbed a knife and began to cut the cake as Clover looked at him....smiling so deeply....feeling pure happiness rush through her body.

Atlas: at this rate, we'll be pushing through to the championships!

Sophie: make sure to save some splats for the rest of us, Clover!

Clover: I wouldn't have made it this far without you guys. It was a team effort.

Noah: well, all teams have their shooting star, ya know?

Atlas: we'll stick with you every step of the way, even through your toughest times in life.

Sophie: exactly! We're swift and nimble to the very core! We rush through ink and splat some more! Everysquid has their temper tantrums, and why is that!?

Noah/Atlas: because they faced the phantoms!

Pure bliss was what flowed through the Inkling girl at the moment....her body was warm and at peace....her mind was at ease....she smiled.....looking at her friends sharing a laugh together.....then they all looked at her, extending their hands out to her and smiling.....then, it all faded to white.

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Clover's eyes slowly opened up to see a beautiful horizon of water, noticing that she was on a train. She looked over to her side and saw Shadow sitting next to her and crossing her arms while paying no attention to her. The two began their journey to the Gear Clan empire by using a very unique traveling system.

A system that was known as the Sailfish Railway system, a very futuristic mode of transportation on a train that had no boundaries. The train created rails of it's own wherever it could to travel across terrain such as dirt, grass, rocky roads and even the ocean itself.

Clover looked in her lap and saw an Ink Tank that was laying on top of her thighs, showing golden Ink within it, and deep in the ink, she could see a creature within it that was sleeping. The creature looked like a very tiny squid that glowed a little in it.

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*A couple of hours ago*

The two were packing up to get ready to go on their journey, and just as Clover put on her jacket, she saw Shadow hand her an Ink tank. Clover was confused by the tank, then took it while looking at it.

Shadow: don't ask.....just wear the damn thing and keep it on you....if worst comes to worst.....open the tank...

Clover:.......

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*present*

Clover smiled at the tiny creature and placed her hand gently onto the Ink tank. She noticed all of the cephalopods that were on the train and could already tell that they were stream warriors as well, whether that be from their voice, from their structure, or even from scars left over on their bodies.

Shadow:.....listen....

Clover:.....

Shadow: whatever you do, don't draw too much attention to yourself. Since you stated that you're a non stream user, you're just a simple girl and you don't belong within these regions. That birthmark will save us the trouble of people automatically finding out you're a normal squid....we're getting in, getting your sword forged, then leaving. Stick with me, got it?