Waddle Dee's Epilogue

Dreamland: 8:15a.m. - Waddle Dee's Cabin

Waddle Dee was leisurely vacuuming his dark red carpet. He'd already dusted over his two book shelves, both full of books and countless knick-knacks, that adorned one wall of his den. He had also, in order, folded his Stafy blanket (making the folds perfectly smooth and square) and returned it to its shelf in a small rack next to one of his two sofas, fluffed the pillows on both of his green sofas (one resting at the wall to the left of the bookcases and one to the wall in front of them), collected, washed, dried, and put away the previous day's dishes, wiped off the coffee table and kitchen counters, cleaned the T.V. screen (relatively large, the T.V. was placed in the corner between the two sofas), and swept the rest of the house (the rectangular red carpet was rolled out in the middle of the den with its longer side parallel to the T.V. and shorter sides closer to the sofas, the coffee table sitting on the center of it). Waddle Dee had woken up at 6:00am, and he had eaten breakfast at 6:30am.

He stopped in the middle of vacuuming and looked down, letting his eyes close with a sigh. After a moment, he opened his eyes and looked up at one of his more prized possessions hanging on the side of one of the bookshelves. It was a Crystal Shard suspended on a red and white ribbon, a medal of sorts for saving a neighboring planet from the destructive force of the Dark Mater that was attacking it.

That adventure had taken him across the entire solar system as one of a five-man team: Kirby, his good friend; King Dedede, His Majesty; Adaleine, a young humanoid artist with the ability to bring her creations to life as she pleased; Ribbon, a fairy from Ripple Star tasked with the protection-and thus reconstruction-of the Grand Crystal, treasure and power source of her planet. They searched Popstar, crossed the deserts of Rock Star, swam the oceans of Aqua Star, scoured the mountains and volcanoes of Neo Star, trudged through the tundra and infiltrated the factories of Shiver Sat, finally returning to Ripple Star and collecting the remaining Crystal Shards.

There, Kirby faced and defeated Miracle Matter, a polygon covered with red and black eyes, that could become seven different forms based off of Kirby's abilities. They'd all thought he was the commander of the Dark Matter, but the light of the reconstructed Grand Crystal had reacted to the darkness hiding in Ripple Star's queen. The two were separated by the power of the crystal, the large conglomeration leaving Ripple Star to become its own planet-Dark Star.

Kirby's Warpstar had transported them to the Dark Star, where King Dedede, Adaleine, and Waddle Dee had worked to prepare Kirby and Ribbon for the final battle. The two were launched into the sky where they met 02 (Zero Two), a large, white, orb-like entity with red-tipped wings. It appeared to smile, but turned out to be raising the lid of a giant red eye. Kirby and Ribbon soundly defeated him with the help of the reconstructed crystal in the form of a weapon. The team escaped the darkness just before the planet blew up.

That night, they were hailed as heroes on Ripple Star, and Waddle Dee, Kirby, King Dedede and Adaleine each received a piece of the Grand Crystal on a ribbon as a symbol of acknowledgement from the queen and all of Ripple Star. They'd bid good-bye to Ribbon and the queen a week later, the four of them returning to Popstar.

There, they said farewell and went their separate ways. King Dedede went back to his castle to resume his self-proclaimed stature of ruling Popstar. He, waddle Dee, and Kirby still saw each other on occasion. Waddle Dee and Kirby had gone back to their respective houses. Adaleine, however, completely disappeared. Nobody had seen her since they parted ways.

Waddle Dee let his eyes fall back to the carpet with another sigh. 'Was it really only a year ago?' he thought to himself. 'It feels like so, so much longer.' He finished and returned the vacuum to its closet. Every day was the same for him: get up, do the chores, and try to find something entertaining to do.

He went to wash his hands in the kitchen sink, when suddenly his front door was thrown open as a silver mask-wearing and toothy, golden sword-wielding blue ball barged in. Waddle Dee jumped back and struck a fighter's stance, slinging water everywhere and leaving the faucet running. He almost immediately dropped his guard in confusion, saying, "Metaknight?"

Metaknight skidded to a stop in front of Waddle Dee, shouting, "Waddle Dee! Come quickly! Kirby is Injured!"

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The two tore from the cabin in the direction of Kirby's house, water still running from the faucet behind them.