A new story! Hurrah! What will be in store for Kirby and friends this time?

Now, I just want to say that I know that this isn't exactly cannon. It's not supposed to be. The ideas in most of my fan fictions are based off of headcannons I have. Most of these headcannons appear in my tumblr ask blog for Kirby:

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So if you think I'm making the characters too OOC, then I'm sorry, but I'm not going to change the way I write them. Deal with it. I am open to polite suggestions if you think I have a big problem, but only polite ones where you clearly tell me the problem and what I can do to fix it. Even though I only really write these stories for fun, I would still like to improve. Thank you for reading this terribly long authors note, and I'm sorry for the slow update. Homework, parents and stuff, ya know?

Chapter One: Paint and Crystals

Fumu watched her little brother and his friends playing soccer in the field, using Kirby as the ball.

"He turns the corner, he shoots, he scores!" Bun announced as he shot a goal between the two trees they were using as a goal, almost hitting a sleeping Tokkori over the head.

Fumu giggled. Her brother could be such a goof.

It was Valentines day, not that the kids were celebrating. They didn't really have any reason to, and they were too young.

Bandanna Dee suddenly called out from above.

"Look out below Fumu!"

The Waddle Dee floated down, using his spear like a helicopter. A Waddlecopter.

"What's up Andy?" she asked. She then decided never to say "What's up" again.

"She's coming today! She's coming! I'm so excited!" Bandanna cried, jumping up and down.

"Hold on, who's coming?" Bun asked, having come over at the last minute with his friends. Oh, and Tokkori.

"Adeliene is coming!" Bandanna answered. "And Ribbon is too!"

"Again; Who's coming?"

"Adeliene and Ribbon helped us a few years back to save Gamble Galaxy from the Dark Matter!" Bandy explained. "And now they're coming over to visit!"

"Poyo!" Kirby cried. "Friends visit!"

"Well, we should head back to the castle, then." Fumu suggested. "Bun, you need to wash that mud off your face."

The young boy chuckled sheepishly.

"Uh, yeah. Bye Honey! Bye Iroo! Bye Hohhe!"

The three children waved goodbye, before rushing off in search of another Ponyan to use as the ball. Or another puffball in general. In fact, a Noddy would be better, due to the lack of a certain appendage call "hands". But we'll forget that, because that's not that important to the story. This next part, however, is.

An arachnid floated carefully through the forest, looking back every so often as if someone was following her.

She was a spider-like creature, about twice the size of an average adult Ponyan puffball. She has bright, white eyes and two sharp yellow teeth poking out of her mouth. Her face is framed by silver-white bangs, and two orange and yellow horns stuck out of under them, on the sides. Stuck onto her hair, purely for decoration, are six yellow eyes, two at the front and four at the back.

Her clothes, while still spider-like, give her an air of elegancy. She wears a red scarf, neatly tied at the front, and an olive green cloak lined with a gold web pattern, and with a dark red underside. She wears a bodysuit, green with two large white buttons at the front, and has six gloved hands floating at her sides, rimmed with orange and with orange semicircle patterns on each one.

It wasn't long before she was out of the forest. As soon as she saw the sight before her, she gasped happily.

"Perfect! I couldn't have better luck! Dedede will surely know how to help!"

And with that, she floated off towards castle Dedede.

At the castle, lots of Waddle Dees were rushing about, putting up festive decorations. Escargon was ordering them around.

"No! Move it left! Wait, now back to the right! Hold it... Perfect! Pin it up!"

Fumu, Bun, Kirby and Bandanna Dee walked in to see the place practically painted pink, and covered in hearts.

"Well, I think I'm going to be sick." Bun noted.

Dedede soon came walking in happily with a bemused blue puffball with silver-white eyes and a lollipop in its mouth.

"Is that Meta Knight?!" Bandanna laughed, covering his invisible mouth to stifle it. "You're so kaawii desu, Meta Naito!"

"Now I know I'm gonna be sick." Bun moaned.

Meta Knight covered his face with his cape, annoyed and embarrassed.

"I made him do it especially for today." Dedede smiled. "Isn't he cute?"

Fumu was about to answer just how mean that was when trumpets started sounding all around the castle.

The group turned to the front gates. Standing there were two people. Actually, only one was standing. The other was floating in midair.

This one had dark blue eyes and rosy cheeks. She had light pink, messy shoulder-length hair. Her clothes consisted of a large red ribbon in her hair, long-sleeved crimson dress with two golden buttons and a frilly white collar, and a pair of small beige shoes. She must've been a fairy, because she had a pair of nearly translucent cyan wings attached to her back that allowed her to hover in midair.

The other was a human, a young girl with short black hair and black eyes, wearing a long-sleeve, bright green collared smock with a single yellow button near the top. She also wore a very short gray skirt, blue knee-high socks and large brown shoes with yellow laces. She also wore a bright red beret that covered most of her hair.

"Adorenu!" Bandanna called, dashing towards the pair before jumping into the human's open arms.

"Andy! It's been forever since we've seen you!" she replied, laughing.

Kirby did similar, running up to the fairy with a happy "Poyo!" She caught him in midair, swinging him around.

"Kirby! I've missed you!"

Fumu walked up to them.

"You must be Ribbon and Adeliene!"

The human put Bandanna Dee down and took Fumu's hand, pumping it up and down.

"Addie's the name, painting's the game."

Fumu smiled nervously, prying her hand from the artist's tight grip.

"I'm Fumu."

The fairy curtsied in midair.

"Princess Ribbon."

Bun came rushing up.

"You're a princess?!"

Ribbon giggled.

"Princess of Ripple Star, yes. You must be Bun."

"How did you know?!"

She came down onto the ground, smiling.

"I've heard a lot about you, all of you, and your heroic deeds. You're quite famous on my planet."

Bun jumped up and down excitedly.

"You hear that, sis? We're famous!"

Adeliene had walked further into the courtyard.

"Wow! This is amazing!" she exclaimed, admiring the decorations. "Did you do this, Dedede?"

"Sure did!" the king smiled, only to be nudged in the side by his purple snail assistant.

"Oh, alright. Escargon, Meta and Andrew helped. And the Waddle Dees. And some Cappies. And Sword and Blade. It was a group effort... But I lead it."

"Close enough." Escargon muttered, shaking his head and smiling.

Then Addie spotted the little blue puffball with a cape and a lollipop.

"Oh... My... NOVA... Is that Meta-sama?!"

Meta Knight tried even harder to cover his face with his small scrap of material.

"I didn't know you had a sweet tooth!" Ribbon joked.

"I..."

Meta Knight probably would've said "I don't" but that wasn't the truth. In fact, the only reason he wasn't going to complain about not having his mask on was because Dedede offered him the lollipop. And also because Dedede knew a secret he didn't want anybody to know.

Fumu was about to come to Meta's rescue again, when Lololo and Lalala came rushing in.

"Your highness! Your highness!" Lalala called. "We found something!"

"We found someONE!" Lololo corrected. "We think you'll want to see this!"

Dedede's smile slid off his face into one of surprise as he stepped outside the gates to see who was coming.

"I.. Can't believe it..."

"What?" Fumu asked, joining the penguin at the gates. "Who is it?"

Dedede turned back to the group, speaking to Kirby, Bandanna Dee and Meta Knight now.

"Daranza has returned."