Victory, Celebration, Going Home

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The Forbidden Point:

Poor little Thdwee had holed up inside a backhoe's back scoop, and had stayed there through the whole battle. Now, though, as he heard Rose fall, he felt something stir inside him. Was it... bravery?

Sure, he was tiny. Sure, he was weak. But maybe, just maybe, there was something he could do. He was a non-hero, after all. They couldn't just completely write him off as being useless. Even Rose had counted all for lost, forgetting completely about him. He couldn't really blame her, but it was his turn to try.

With shaking paws, he stood up and took a deep breath. Slowly, he walked out from behind the backhoe, out to where Tedium could see him.

"Oh, you're still here, aren't you?" the static-man chortled. "What are you going to do? Make puppy-dog-eyes at me in the hope that I'll back down? I'll tell you now, it would be wasting your energy."

Ignoring him, Thdwee continued walking closer until he was about 10 feet away from the monster. There was now just enough space for ten Thdwees between him and the villain, and if that wasn't disturbing, well, then what would be?

Well, now what do I do? he wondered, then felt something warm, again.

Picking up the amulet, he saw that it was glowing again, brighter than it had ever before. And somehow, he now knew what to do.

With a 'smile,' he held his hands out in front of him, just like he would if he was about to play the piano.

"What on earth are you doing?" Tedium demanded in bemused incredulity.

Thdwee started to move his hands through the air, as if he was pressing the keys. Softly at first, then louder and louder, music started to sound. And then, music notes started literally appearing in the air around him.

The music began to wake the other non-heroes up. "Ugh," Rose moaned, reaching to pick up her sword. Rinda did the same with her stone, and Geek Toad with his book. Byte just groaned and stood up, dusting herself off.

But then, a beam of light came out of the amulet, hitting each of the non-heroes tools. "Wh-what?" Rinda gasped. "M-my stone, it's... a piece of artist's charcoal?"

"My sword!" Rose panicked. "It's turned into a pen!"

"Nothing happened to my book," Geek Toad shrugged.

"And I'm still just plain old Byte," Byte murmured, feeling pretty much worthless at the moment.

"But how are we supposed to fight, now?" Rose wondered, distressed.

"Dwee!" Thdwee interrupted their panic-fest, eyes closed and concentrating on his music.

Everyone looked over at the Waddle Dee, then finally noticed the notes in the air around him. Tedium was still watching, seeming amused. "What are you going to do now, pathetic little non-heroes?"

"Dwee-ee!" Dreamland's non-hero finally shouted, and the notes started shooting themselves at Tedium, like lovely-sounding missiles.

"What?" Tedium gasped as they hit him. "That actually... hurts," he whined, sounding confused. "Why do they hurt?"

Rose was the next to get it. "That's how it is," she grinned, uncapping the pen. She closed her eyes for a second, then opened her eyes and began to write in the air. Once upon a time... appeared before her in rose-red, softly-glowing letters. Laughing, she continued to move her pen through the air, writing a simple story about a Star Warrior and an Azurill meeting each other and becoming friends. The words danced in the air around her, then also started streaming toward Tedium, who was beginning to become distressed as he swatted at the imaginative attacks.

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