This AU is the Golf AU! It's exactly what you think it is. Funneh, Gold, and everyone are aspiring Golf Stars.
So I watched a Mario Golf Super Rush playthrough and it gave me motivation.
In this AU, Funneh is 18, Gold is 19, and most of the characters range from 19-22 in age. They are rookies who want to be as good as the champion Golf Star (not in canon character) Gamma.
It would kinda like Pokemon, but Golf. For example, Gamma would be the Golf Champion (he's also a Jack of All Trades). There would also be some other people who are also pretty good with special powers (I guess lol).
Evan with electricity (think using an electric guitar as a golf club).
Kyran holding water and ice bending (because he's blue, that's the only correlation).
Alec has pyrokinesis (color correlation, similar to Kyran).
These powers are limited because there is someone draining their power because Alec slipped up and lost a witch named Jadis (Yandere in this AU).
Gamma hasn't been defeated for a long, long time. Every golf course he has played in, he won.
Evelyn would be like a huge golf celebrity who has her own private golf course and public for pro competition. It would be interesting to see Funneh try to best her.
Prince would be similar, if not the same, as where Evelyn is, maybe this is where Gold will try to best him.
Felicia and Britt would pretty much be Wario and Waluigi in Golf Rush, I don't really know how to word it.
Valerie will be alive the entire time! Yippee! She and Kai would be rivals to Funneh and Gold. (Think Nemona from Scarlet and Violet.)
"How 'bout a good luck's battle before you face Gamma?" - Kai
Now I want to be in depth with Jadis. She is 25 and a rookie cabin manager and counselor in Bonny Springs. However, she is to an extent a Devil's Advocate who wants to bring darkness towards the world. Her predecessor and her love, Larimar, attempted this, but he failed and is locked away. Now, she is attempting to do what her predecessor did to avenge and free him.
(crazy dangerous person x crazy dangerous person will always be a dynamic I will forever treasure (thinking about YHS Elijah x Lunar, even though Elijah and Celeste aren't in this AU :( ))
Rainbow is their coach. She has also coached Gamma. She usually communicates to Funneh and Gold through a golf watch, a watch that has all of their golf information.
Funneh, Gold, and Rainbow aren't related to each other in this story. Funneh and Gold are childhood friends (they met in summer camp).
There are six badges: Steel, Chrome, Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum. You need to earn a certain badge to go to a certain place.
SO here is the layout:
Act I: Bonny Greens
Funneh and Gold enter Bonny Springs with a Steel Badge, a place where they can become Golf Stars. They meet Kai and Valerie, a couple that also have a strong passion for golf. Jadis is a caring counselor (or so it seems) and Rainbow prepares the rookies for the prelims.
Act II: Ridgerock Lake
Funneh and Gold earn the Chrome Badge. They meet the Golf Star Gamma. He tells them a legend.
"Once there were three guardians of Fire, Lightning, and States of Water who kept the world safe. One day, a wicked man named Larimar attempted to take their powers and dominate the world to reshape the world according to his twisted vision. Only then would he rule the world in darkness. The trio intervened, and locked the man in a realm that he could never escape. This world has never seen another reign of darkness."
Funneh and Gold practice Cross Country (XC) Golf. They meet Alec, the guardian of fire. He is distraught over something and wants to keep a secret from the other guardians. It appears that someone stole parts of the Power of Flame.
They go back to Bonny Springs. There is something odd going on with Jadis, but nothing to be worried about.
Act III: Balmy Dunes
Funneh and Gold earn the Bronze Badge. Gold admits that she isn't the fastest rush golfer and always thought golf was a peaceful putt-to-the-hole without needing to run anywhere. They meet Prince, son of an important business and professional golfer. He notifies them that the oasis isn't flowing to the dunes. This means that the dunes are arid, and it's hard to stay in the golf course for a long time without fainting of heat. Funneh persuaded Gold to practice Speed Golf, which is common in the Balmy Dunes.
Funneh and Gold practice their special moves.
Kyran is introduced here, and he has limited power for his water. He can't freeze anything anymore, which means he can't break the rock through wedging it. Gold breaks the rock with her Special move. Valerie and Kai meet with Gold to battle her and Funneh. They are BRFFs (Best Rival Friends Forever).
Jadis acquires the powers of the trio. She meets up with Alec only to taunt him.
Act IV: Wildweather Woods
Funneh and Gold earn the Silver Badge. Gold tells Funneh that her control in putting isn't the best. The rainy, stormy, Wildweather Woods is the place to practice that. They come across Evelyn, who has a private golf course which is public for games. Funneh works on her control. She then faces Prince and Evelyn in a game of golf.
Funneh and Gold practice the lob shot.
Alec tells Kyran about Jadis. Kyran tells Alec that they will need to get Evan and Gamma, but in a subtle way. They get their friends on the inside, Felicia and Brittney, to go wake him up and borrow someone of his power.
Funneh and Gold earn the Lightning Sword, which is actually a guitar that Evan uses as a Golf Club. Felicia and Brittney are surprised (and jealous) that rookies are doing their job. They promise to work together, even if Funneh is annoyed with their entitledness.
Act V: The Elemental Kingdom.
Gamma, prepares for the worst to happen. He practices his Special Move, not until he gets it right, but until it is so perfect, he can't get it wrong.
Funneh and Gold earn the Gold badge. Funneh pokes fun about Gold getting a badge that matches her name. They meet up in the Balmy Dunes to gain the remaining power of Flame and Water from the Trio. After testing their worth, Felicia and Britt are given the powers of electricity (for their bountiful energy), Funneh gets water powers (color correlation), and Gold gets fire powers (it's not burnt, it's CRISPY!)
The trio explain that Jadis would target them, so they have to be a distraction as Funneh, Gold, Felicia, and Britt would be the actual attackers. Funneh and Gold go back to the cabin to think about what they will do.
Funneh and Gold meet up with Valerie and Kai. They just got their Gold Badges, and they offer to help Gold and Funneh. The couple tells them that Prince and Evelyn will come as support too. The friends accept their help. Rainbow joins in and trains the rookies for what is about to come. Gamma joins them. They are so ready for anything.
Jadis is pretty powerful at this point, and there is lava where there is snow. Oddly, neither of them are affecting each other. The lightning up above are neon colors, and thunder roars inside the course. The inhabitants around the kingdom are frozen.
The crew came together to take her on. And after a dramatic battle with golf clubs against the crazed woman, they won just by an inch. (THE POWER OF FRIENDSHIP, BIIIIITCH!) Jadis is locked away with her lover Larimar. Jadis and Larimar embrace each other and are just glad that they are together again.. And everything goes back to what it was like about a month ago.
Act VI: Super Golf Stadium
Funneh, Gold, Brittany, Felicia, Valerie, and Kai are rewarded Platinum Badges.
Even though they defeated Jadis, Funneh and Gold's journey isn't over yet. They wanted to be as good as Gamma.
Valerie and Kai do a final round against them in Shelltop Sanctuary as a good luck charm.
Funneh and Gold finally face Gamma in the Super Golf Stadium. Rainbow sheds a tear of joy, knowing that she raised all of them. Gold ties with Gamma and Funneh beats both of them with an albatross. Funneh wins and wins a medal and a super tall trophy. The news spreads out like wildfire.
Epilogue:
Funneh looks at the trophy locked inside a glass safe back at home. She smiles. Gold calls Funneh for a round of golf. Funneh says, "You are so on!" She takes her golf clubs and runs out the door.
THE END.
I am so excited for this AU.
