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Young Paula Polestar was busy drawing in her room. She loved to draw, especially in her happy place of Happiville. It had characters based on shows that Paula watched in her house and had numerous places, like banks, mansions, diners and her favourite place of all, a school. Paula wants to go to a school one day, she hope's it's everything she ever dreamed of.

"Paula sweety, dinners ready!" The voice of Paula's father called out as the young Paula quickly stood up happily. "Oh boy. I'm so hungry." Paula looked back at the drawings she did for Happiville waving goodbye as she reached the door of her room.

"Goodbye Happiville. I'll be gone for dinner but I promise never to forget you, even when I grow up or have dinner, you will always be at my side, forever and ever!"

Little Paula then ran out of the room to join her parents for dinner.

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(Present day)





At the end of Brightwing Lane there was a town hall. A while ago, construction on it was completed, how ever despite it's importance, it was rarely used because there was already meeting places that a lot of other people use and as such it was barely used, except for one room of the building which was a library. Many librarians in the hall are considering converting the hall into a big library to gather more people, but until then, it's going to take a while until they actually manage to convert. A girl was sitting in front of the steps, waiting for two people.

Her name was Paula Jones Polestar and she was just thinking about a place she thought she had forgotten about.

Happiville, Paula just thought of that place just now. The place felt like a memory to her, despite never been to that place, it wasn't a place at all because she only thought of it up to keep her from getting bored when she was little, but that place shouldn't be the focus on her mind right now. It was time to move on, and help her friends, like Leder who requested that he see Paula today.

Of course, he also asked that Paula bring two friends and luck for her. Zelda and Rosalina were going to help her, as Paula sat beside a statue near the library she thought about Happiville again just one more time. This time thinking if it...Grew when she forgot about it.

"Na, I could only imagine something like that growing. Which I can't because that place isn't real. Still, I wonder why Leder asked me to bring two friends with me? Am I going on another mission related to my home world?" Paula thought about the last mission Leder gave her to go on. Which almost got her, Peach, Perry and Tails killed.

Still, it was a fun mission and she loves her time on this planet so far.

Even if she feels sad deep inside.

MISSION START!

[Coolshaymin]

Rosalina appeared near the Town Hall with Lumio aside her, the Luma with the red cap designed after Mario's following along as she walked towards the Future Library Paula requested her and another girl to meet at. She looked to the Town Hall as it was apparently soon to be renovated. Perhaps the Leaders and E. Gadd found a new place to meet up so this place was not going to be used. The Baby Luma besides her nudged her dress and pointed towards the awaiting Paula who was already waiting for the two of them to meet up... Well, three of course with Lumio tagging along to see what one of his Mama's buddies wanted.

Rosalina moved to Paula and greeted her with a warm smile. "Hi Paula. It's been a while since we've been helping each other like this hasn't it. Have you been practicing your fiddle playing?" Rosalina giving something for her to distract her mind with. She still remembered the... rather bad playing she walked in on before but she never told her she heard it.

[TartoonHand94]

High in the skies above town hall, a blond maiden dived off the back of a large lavender bird. Completely confident in her death defying leap, the maid did a somersault and unseathed some sort of blanket. Holding both ends firmly, she held the sheet over her head and it expanded, catching air underneath it and slowing her plummeting momentum to a gentle drift.
Landing savely, the girl looked up and waved “See you later!” to her lavender Loftwing, which then soared away, disappearing behind the clouds.

Turning to face town hall, Zelda quickly spied Rosalina and Paula waiting on her near a statue.
“Good morning!” Zelda smiled as she made her way over to them. “A thousand pardons...there was a bit of a flight delay today.” She sheepishly excused herself. “But I'm here. Paula, Rosalina, it's so nice to meet you both.” She nodded politely at the fellow blondes.

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The fiddle, oh right, Paula had forgot to do her fiddle lessons while she was stuck on the island. Not like she couldn't, because she didn't take it with her to that fateful mission. "Actually, i've been on a mission for the past few months and I ended up not practising my fiddle for awhile." Paula explained to Rosalina. But she looked determined soon after. "How ever, I did make it up to Itoi Sympathy number 10 the last time I checked. Maybe I can show you back at the observatory sometime." Paula offered to Rosalina, just as Zelda appeared.

But she looked...Different then the Zelda she met last time.

But Paula stood up as soon as Zelda arrived. "Welcome to the mission Zelda. I see you got a bird companion now, and a new look. Looks cool." Paula complimented Zelda's appearance as she took a few steps back on the steps to the town hall. "Anyway thank you girls for coming. Leder's inside somewhere in the library. Which i'll happily show you, come on." Paula said to the two girls before walking into the Town Hall.

After going through the front door, saying hi to the Liberian, climbing up some stairs and walking down a tunnel. Paula would arrive to a room in the Library that housed Leder.






Who might possibly be the tallest person in all of Li, she turned. "Aww Miss Polestar, I see you came and brought your friends, how was the trip to Kirijo's island?" He asked politely, but emotionlessly. "You...Knew about my trip to that island?" She said surprised. "I know everything that happens here, but it's time to tell you why i'm here." And with that Leder stepped out of a way.




To reveal a mysterious mirror behind him. Paula climbed down the stairs to the room and looked at the mirror before looking at the mirror. "A mirror? I think I didn't see this before the last time I was here, what's so special about this mirror?" She asked Leder.

"It's an entrance, to your mind."

Paula looked surprised. "M-My mind!?" She sounded shock that this mirror can take her into her own mind.

[Coolshaymin]

"That sounds nice. I'd love it if you could demonstrate it for me and my lumas at the Observatory when we get the chance. Thanks for the offer," Rosalina replied with a warm smile. Though Paula did not show much musical talent before, she seems more confident in her skills now. And a bit of support may be just what she needs to get better at it.

Then Zelda arrived who had an interesting looking bird... Huh, a loftwing. Those species of birds were long thought gone from the universe as the people of Skyloft grew out of the sky... How interesting. "It is a pleasure to meet you as well, Zelda. Rosalina, mother of the lumas and guardian of the cosmos. Please, do not worry, I am as close to human as you... Maybe more than you know," Rosalina greeted with a polite nod before following Paula into the Town Hall.

That... really was a very tall man they came across as they entered... She is not used to humans being... This much taller than her if at all. "A mirror to her mind? Is this some kind of test she needs to take? Or something she needs to understand?" Rosalina inquired, as she inspected the mirror.

[TartoonHand94]

“And pleased to meet you too.” Zelda nodded to Lumio, not wanting him to feel left out. “And don’t worry Rosalina, I am also closer to a guardian than you know.” Zelda cryptically winked with a curtsey.

“What? This old thing? It’s just what I threw together today. It’s no big deal.” Zelda modestly dismissed Paula’s compliment on her attire.
Without much introductions left, Zelda followed Rosalina and Paula into the library.
“This library’s so much bigger than the one we have back at the academy.” Zelda marvelled in wonder. She already loved it here.

After going through the front door, saying hi to the Liberian, climbing up some stairs and walking down a tunnel. Paula would arrive to a room in the Library that housed the tallest man on Li.
“Pleased to meet you, Mr. Leder.” Zelda politely curtsied. He was even taller than Rosalina and That seemed to leave the biggest impression on Zelda.

“A mirror to the mind…” Zelda pondered, examining the mirror beside Rosalina. “Philosiphors have said that the eyes are the window to the soul… Are you supposed to look yourself in your eyes through the mirror?” She deduced introspectively.

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Paula looked at Rosalina when she guessed that the mirror might be part of a test that Paula has to take before looking back up at Leder. "Is it true Leder? Is this all some part of a test?" She asked the tall man who nodded. "Indeed it is Polestar. You must go into your mind to find the root that is causing problems slowly within your mind, getting the root will unlock your full unknown potential." Leder revealed the point of the test, but all it did was just leave Paula even more confused. "A root? What root and my potential?" She asked as Leder tried to come up with a description. "Umm...It's like a seed but decaying, dark and all squished up." Paula shivered at the thought of the root's appearance.

"The reason I asked to bring your friends was because this could be a dangerous test and if you fail. You could be trapped in your mind forever. So your going to need help." Leder said as Paula nodded, looking determined to do the test. "And we won't fail the test. We'll get out of that mirror with this root Leder, don't you worry about that." Leder smiled.

"Good luck, Polestar." He tipped his hair to the woman as Paula walked up to the mirror, following Zelda's advice to look straight into the mirror. "Like this Zelda?" Paula did as Zelda said, she noticed that there was no reflection of herself in the mirror, strange, suddenly a large hand came out of the mirror, grabbed Paula and dragged her into the mirror, yelping in the process.

It seems if Rosalina and Zelda want to follow Paula. They have to do the same thing. Either way they should hurry before Paula herself get's into a pickle in her own mind.

"Good luck you two." Leder said to Rosalina and Zelda.

[Coolshaymin]

Rosalina nodded as Lumio looked around the mirror, apparently trying to see if there was anything behind it. "We will help Paula to the best of our abilities. Oh, Zelda, if you like studying, the Comet Observatory has a large library section of books from all across the universe. You are welcome to visit and read as many as you;d like. Me and the lumas would enjoy the company," Rosalina offered the human form of a Goddess with a polite nod as Lumio dashed back to Rosalina's side and took off his hat to tip it to show his agreement.

Regardless of Zelda's answer, Paula got pulled into the mirror and Lumio was the first to charge heroically forward, going through the mirror. "Lumio! Hold up!" Rosalina called out as she gave chase into the mirror as well right after the luma that has been taking cues from Mario.

[TartoonHand94]

“Books from all over the Universe?” Zelda asked dreamily to Rosalina’s offer. Her eyes twinkled just imagining it. “That sounds heavenly!”

“This all sounds like the Trial of the Sacred Tears.” Zelda reminisced upon the familiarity. “You’re quite lucky, Paula. You have us for support.” Zelda winked at Paula with encouragement. “My friend Link had to complete this task all by himself.” A cold shiver shuddered up her spine just imagining what that must have been like.

Zelda yelped, caught completely off guard by the hand reaching out and grabbing Paula, pulling her into the mirror.
“What? We have to go in that way too?” Zelda turned around to Leder, suddenly not so eager about this. Whether she’d go in after Paula was not a question. It was going in That way that Zelda had reservations about.

Seeing Lumio and Rosalina jump in, however, showed that there was a way into the mirror without that…hand. “Okay Zelda, here it goes…” she coached herself, backing away from the mirror for a jumping start. “It’s just like jumping off a skydock…only forward, into glass.”
“…Just do it before the hand does it for you!” She shouted at herself, finally taking the bound forward into the mirror.

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Once Rosalina and Zelda entered the mirror they would find themselves in sparkly and colourful happy forest, where almost everyone was alive. To the flowers and the trees, who all looked down at the two girls. "Welcome you two!" The tree would say happily to Rosalina and Zelda. Should the two look for the mirror they would see it slowly vanish from thin air, until suddenly it was gone. Trapping the two in this odd but cheery looking place.

Paula walked up to the two having went a little bit ahead. "There you two are, it seems you just came from the mirror. This place appears to be my mind. But I don't know, on the bright side i'm glad my mind is a very happy place. On the non bright side, it's too cheery even for my tastes. There's a certain level of cuteness that even I can't stand." Paula looked around and noticed a yellow bricked path.

As Paula followed the path she would eventually come towards a sign. Unlike the forest, this sign was not sentient, the sign reads as follows:

WELCME TO HAPPIVILLE!

PULAIN: 34567

"Happyville? Wait...Oh my gosh." Paula back away in shock, knowing what the sign means. She looked at Happiville from ahead, which appeared to be like any normal town. There was smoke rising from a factory in the town and it was cloudy, the town was different then the cheerful fields around it and happy go lucky atmosphere. "I remember this place...I used to draw this place when I was little." Paula revealed to Rosalina and Zelda, before looking sad. "But then...I grew up...And forgot about this place." Paula turned back towards her allies.

"What if the root were looking for is somewhere in that town? I know, maybe the townsfolk can help us, I remember creating residents of the town and there super friendly." She asked for her teammate's input.



Meanwhile a cute squirrel threw a nut under towards Zelda, wanting the princess to give it back to him as it ran up to her.

"Hehehe." It laughed in an innocent way as it smiled at the princess. Smiling and puffing it's cheeks.

[Coolshaymin]

"This place looks... very cheerful," Rosalina noted as she looked around at all the living plants and the very happy atmosphere. It wasn't that strange to her since she has seen plenty of... a lot of things that had eyes that may not in other worlds. It was very common for living objects and sentient plants in her world so it did not phase her too much. "Why, thank you," Rosalina casually replied to the tree with a nod before Lumio went to dance around Paula. "The inside of your mind being so cherry is probably a good sign... Though this root is concerning," Rosalina replied to Paula before following her down the yellow brick road to see the wiz-er, Happiville.

"So, you dreamt of this town when you were young... Does not look as happy as the forest, does it? Though, as you said, maybe normal is what makes you happy. Let's go greet the people then, shall we?" Riosalina replied, not noticing the squirrel that was apparently playing games with Zelda.

[TartoonHand94]

A place like this hadn't felt so new to Zelda size she first touched down on the surface world way back when. It certainly upheld an air of wonder that the Sealed Grounds did... but much... much... cheerier and less... natural? Where exactly were they?

“Thank you.” Zelda purutbedly curtsied to the tree that welcomed her and Rosalina. “Hello, but by any chance, might you tell us where we are?” She asked, meaning no disrespect.
Her answer soon came as they spotted Paula a little ways ahaead. So this was indeed her mind. So that adequately answered that question. Zelda was much more at ease with her enviroment with this knowledge.

“Those must have been some lovely drawings, Paula.” She mused amusedly, following Paula and Rosalina to Happyville.

If Zelda weren't such a light foot, she'd have stepped on a squirrel's not. Such a cute little thing it was.
“Here you go, little one.” She happily handed its nuts back. “Such a cute little thing you are.~”

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"Yeah they were." Paula turned back towards Happiville. "I wonder why it looks like this. Its not colourful or cheery like in my drawings, it...Changed." Paula lamented, but maybe the townsfolk didn't change. She smiled at Rosalina. "Yeah. They will surely help us find the root." Paula prepared to enter to enter the town. However she soon saw Zelda give the squirrel back it's nut, who simply smiled at the princess.

"You three are going to die if you go into that town." It said in a cheery voice as Paula walked up to it. "Wait, what? Die?" Paula wanted answers as the squirrel explained some more. "There going to know who you three really are and your going to be punished so badly, you'll most likely be thrown in...The pit like anyone else who doesn't fit as a resident of Happiville!" He quipped as he put the acorn in his mouth and scampered away back to the cheerful colourful forest. "HAVE A NICE DEADLY TRIP MUHAHAHAHAHAHA!" He shouted as he continued to run into the forest where the bright sunny skies around the forest quickly got consumed by dark clouds that shot out thunder.

Paula shrugged. "Well we'll be ready if anyone happens in the town. Like this pit the squirrel mentioned. Happiville couldn't be corrupted especially in a place like my mind. Let's go girls." Paula walked towards Happiville. If she remembered right the three were about to pass a landmark before entering the town. "I think were going to pass by a landmark just outside this town. If I remember correctly it was one of the first things I ever drew of Happiville. I call it Ice Cream Canyon, since it's a canyon made out entirety of i---What the!?"

When Paula turned to the direction of this ice cream canyon, she would instead find a very large hole filled with melted ice cream, Paula walked towards the hole and leaned down at it. "Ice Cream Canyon? What happened to it!?" Paula touched the melted liquid as a resident of the town, an elephant in a trench coat walked up to her.

"Oh don't you know young lady who strangely looks like our goddess we bow down to. A few years ago all the ice cream in this canyon melted and flooded it, turning the canyon into a massive hole. Thousand's got stuck in the canyon and it took us two more years to get them out, we even had a statue dedicated to it." The elephant pointed to a large statue near Paula which was of numerous people, humans and animals, getting stuck in a giant ball of ice cream. The elephant leaned down and drank some of the melted ice cream.

"That's what happens when giant ice cream sculptures are left without care in a sunny place such as this one. It melts, but it's still good even with it's melted." The Elephant beamed, Paula felt bad for what happened to the landmark. "That's so sad...But did you just say Goddess?" She asked the elephant.

[Coolshaymin]

Rosalina developed a slight frown and nodded thoughtfully at Paula's statement than the town was different than how she remembered it. That was concerning but it certainly tied into what Leder was talking about. Just then Rosalina looked back to see Zelda handing a Squirrel something. It certainly was cute... Except for it's maniacal declaration that they were d00med when they entered that town. The guardian was beginning to piece together what was going on but stayed quiet to her theories until they had a bit more evidence. Rosalina was not so sure of Paula's ideal that her mind would not be corrupted but she did not speak out quite yet as she simply nodded and followed to...

The melted Ice Cream Canyon. Just then an elephant in a trench coat came up to them and explained what happened... This did help Rosalina figure out some things ... Especially the Goddess Part. Though Paula seemed loss on that which was... not going to be good for them according to what the Squirrel said. "Sorry, we are from out of town. Unfortunate for one of your top landmarks to have melted. As you said though, it is to be expected," Rosalina replied as she looked down at the canyon... Part of her feels like it's related to the pit but she does not voice that.

[TartoonHand94]

Zelda did a flinching double-take at the ominous warning the cheeky little squirrel gave. This was definitely not the Faron Woods. She stared at it as it scurried off until it was out of sight. At this point, Zelda would gladly turn around and go home at this point, but there was no Triforce of Cowardice. No way was one trollish little rodent going to be enough to scare her out of this. “…Indeed… let’s go…” Zelda slowly agreed with Paula. She’d much sooner trust Paula’s word of confidence anyway. And Paula’s word was put to the test at the Ice Cream Canyon landmark.

“It appears the…um… Ice cream… is affected by natural weather patterns?” Zelda tried to rationalize. Soon an elephant in a pink trench coat came and corrected her. How quaint. “That’s awful.” She gasped, covering her mouth, rather guilty of having though about having herself a taste of the ice cream too. What’s worse was a bag of beans that were spilled. It had just occurred to Zelda that perhaps not everyone was aware of her little secret.
After all it wasn’t like she walked around with a T-Shirt that said “Ex-Goddess.” It would be like wearing a neon “Try to Kidnap Me” sign.