alright I promised this chapter tonight and I actually did it! :D So here it is, the sequel to The Meta Menace, btw, if you haven't checked it out yet, you should also read Remembering Regrets. It's kindof got to with this, so you might wanna find that first, as well as The Meta Menace
Shattering Time
Chapter 1
"Hey Kirby!" Sword shouted at the adorable little puff ball. Kirby poyo'd bouncing happily over to where Sword and Blade were on duty. " 'Ave you seen Sir Mety Knight around?"
"Me…ta? Poyo,poyo,poy!" Kirby said, sadly, meaning no. Then, he realized he had actually said Meta correctly, and poyo'd even more.
"Wonder where he is." Sword muttered.
Blade shrugged, not to awfully concerned.
Then, Tiff and Tuff appeared, out of breath and huffing, waving their hands wildly in an attempt to catch their attention. "Sword, Blade! Help! Another Warp Star crashed near Cappy Town!"
They ran, following Tiff down to the crash site. A glowing green warp star lay mangled in the trench it had dug out upon landing, and its owner stood looking at it, obviously displeased.
"Malachite?" Sword cried, running up to his old friend. "You made it out of the war alive!"
"Eh? Oh dear, if it isn't Sword and Blade, well hallo there my ol' mates! Didn't think I'd see you here!"
"Who are you?" Tuff asked.
The stranger bowed as low as he could, his ears nearly touching the ground. "Sir Malachite, Star Warrior, at your service, young one! And who might you be?" Sir Malachite asked, his eyes drifting to Kirby for a mere second.
"I'm Tuff, that's my sister Tiff, and the pink puffball is Kirby."
"Pooooyooooo!" Kirby added, jumping up and down if front of Malachite. The little pink puff had taken quite a liking to this new visitor.
"Ah, I see." He said. "Please stop." Malachite said, catching Kirby out of the air and setting him on the ground. Kirby said, 'poyo' and obediently stopped
"So where might Mety be these days?" Malachite said conversationally as they plodded back to the castle to find Malachite a place to stay. "He made it out alive I presume?"
"Yes, he did. But we're not quite sure where—."
"Malachite? Surely that is not you." Meta Knight stood high above them on a balcony. He jumped down, not bothering to pull his wings out and glide.
"Ah, but it is my old friend. Tell me Mety, how is it around here?"
"It's okay." Meta said quickly. "Why did you land here?"
Malachite thought a second. "I think this a discussion best had over a cup of tea. Shall we?"
"So why are you here?"
"That's a good question. And why are you here." Malachite asked, stirring a cube of sugar into his black tea.
"There are many monsters here. I came to find more warriors."
"And you found one." Malachite replied, taking a sip of tea. Taking his mask off in front of Meta Knight didn't bother him in the least.
Meta started. "How did you…?"
"Well, for one, Kirby just emanates power, and two he looks almost exactly like you, and Fant- h Falacis. You didn't take him as your—."
"Apprentice? No. I will never do that again."
Malachite nodded. "Wise."
"Speaking of that though…" Meta Knight sighed and walked over to his candy jar. He pulled out two pieces of candy as well as the star he had found after he and Kirby had defeated Falacis.
He handed one piece of candy to Malachite along with the star.
Malachite savored the candy while staring at the star. "What is this?"
"It's Falacis. Whenever we destroyed him he reverted into this form, so Nightmare coul bring him back. Remember when you killed him the first time? It came up there too."
Malachite shook his head. "Nightmare will try to find this won't he?"
"I think that's why you're here."
"So who is this Malachite person?" Lady Like asked her daughter.
"I dunno mom. I think he knew Meta Knight when they were in the army together." Tiff answered.
"He seems pretty cool to me." Tuff said, not pulling his eyes away from Dededeep Space Nine.
"Poyo!" Kirby said in agreement.
"I think I'm gonna go do some investigating. Come on Tuff. You too Kirby!"
"Poyo, poy."
"…what do you think we should do, Mal?" The three spying children heard.
Kirby leaned farther into the doorway, trying to get a better view.
"I'm not sure Meta. We probably can't hold our own for very long, but we might be able to hold out long enough to send someone out for help."
"Even if we did—."
Kirby leaned a tiny bit farther—and lost his grip on the doorway. He plopped down into the room and rolled in between Meta Knight and Malachite.
"Has your mother never told," Meta Knight said glancing past Malachite and Kirby to glare with yellow eyes at Tiff and Tuff. "It is rude to spy?"
"Well…" Tuff said, "Yeah, but you spy on Dedede all the time."
Malachite burst out into laughter, causing Meta to turn his deadly gaze on Mal instead.
"Don't stare- directly into his eyes!" He laughed, "It'll burn your soul!"
"Thank you for that input." Meta said in a monotone. "Now—." When Meta turned back to look at the naughty children they all instantly looked away, except for Kirby, who was fascinated by the black and red sword hanging at Malachite's belt.
"You know Kirby," Malachite whispered, "Meta over there isn't a Star warrior. He's Actually a giant blueberry!"
Kirby's mouth dropped as he glanced back and forth from Malachite and the giant blueberry. Mmmmm blueberries.
It started off pretty light hearted, but then again most episodes do, so it will get more serious next chapter, don't worry. Reviews? Anyone?
