Nextgen Kids: Legend of the Nine Newborn

The Dreamverse, Night 4: Outside In

Originally, I was gonna add Inside Out to the Madotsuki Arc of Seven Lights, then I just naturally forgot to add them and realized they were unnecessary. XD

Night 4: Outside In

Another image appeared within Mado's window: it depicted some kind of pink cliffside over a dark abyss. There were five gray islands over the edge of the cliff, each with unique structures on them, and power lines connected them to a control station over the center of the chasm. The plains beyond the cliff seemed to have a vast labyrinth of some sort. April painted this setting on the World Canvas, connecting it with Mirror Manor. The girls tapped this new area and flew inside! (Play "Rainfall" from Rayman!)

Dream 4: Mind Works

Mission: Find out why it's raining.

Act 1: Long Term Memory

The girls were showered by a downpour as they gazed up a wall of colorful orbs. The road was broken a short way across, with several orbs floating in the flooded pit. The girls could platform across the golden ones, but red ones were bouncing higher with bursts of steam. They deduced these orbs to be hot and hazardous, so the girls avoided them amid their jumping. An impish, round blue creature called an Abstract was sucking red balls in through a tube. A Black Lum buzzed up and entered the Abstract, possessing him as his eyes turned red. He fired the Anger Orbs, the girls dodging as Mado shot bubbles to KO him. When the Lum was released, Mado quickly Bubbled the naughty creature.

A stairway of clouds led up and leftward, after which they could land on a piece of the shelves that was sticking out. There were Doomtoons disguised as blue orbs, waiting to drop down from above. April was caught by surprise and bit in the head, Mado smacking it off. There was a pink orb hanging over the end of the shelf, and by punching it, it would stretch into a beaded pole. They would have a few seconds to climb it before it would retract, having to hit and unravel more on the way up. They noticed a hanging, glowing ring far to the left, but it seemed they had no way to interact with it.

The Pole Beads led up to a stable path, but Flash Eyes appeared above then, striking lightning with their sharp winks. They rushed across the road before leaping off and having to Hover Bubble over a windy chasm. There were green balls floating around, and touching them would imbue a sense of disgust and distort their movement. After evading the Disgust Orbs and some accompanying Flash Eyes, they landed on a cliff. "Boo hoo hoo...boo hoo..."

The sound of sobbing caught their attention. There was a heavier rainfall pouring over a figure nearby. They appeared to be a short, round, blue girl in a white sweater, her hair a darker blue. "Hey? Excuse me?" Mado called as they stepped closer.

"Sniff, sniff..." The girl meekly turned up at them. She had round glasses on her pudgy face. "D-Don't get close to me. I'm dangerous."

"Dangerous how?"

"I ruined Riley's mind. I just wanted to help, but I ruined everything. I should've just stayed in my circle. You guys better stay away from me, or something bad will happen to you, too!" The saddened girl escaped up a hill.

"Even if we wanted to, she's running up the only path we can follow." April said. "Let's try to talk to her." As they pursued up the hill, a river began to flow down, caused by the girl's heavier rainfall. Gold orbs were mixed into the blueness, the girls jumping them to progress upriver. Hoodbombers stood on stilts mounted in the water, the two evading their bombs and jumping between the stilts. They noticed a Blue Paintball under one of them, so they jumped up to claim it. The river continued over more stable ground as Hoodlums landed on orbs, the girls dodging their guns while returning powered-up attacks.