*Quick Disclaimer: Most to all characters will be at least a little OoC so please don't flame/point it out rudely because I'm fully aware of it! Having the characters like this was the only way that the story could work. BTW, I don't own Kirby at all. Hal Laboratory owns all Kirby characters. I only claim my OCs, who are later characters, as my own. Enjoy!*

~~Prologue~~

In the deepest part of space, if you travel far enough, you'll find a planet called Popstar. It's pretty small, the population under one hundred thousand. Anyway, on one specific corner of the star-shaped planet lays Dreamland, where most of the planet's residents live. There's flourishing wildlife, kind natives, and a few hidden secrets. Dreamland was also home to a people known as the Cappy. They were peaceful, not really advancing in technology like humans and preferring the outdoors most of the time. However, this quaint town, Cappy Town, was ruled over by a cruel dictator named King Dedede. He has a secret to his cruelness: he orders these creatures called demon beasts from an evil company that goes by NightMare Enterprises, or NME. There are a few that oppose him, and they're, surprisingly, either working for him or are related to people who work for him. One time in particular, these civilians of Dreamland stopped the dictator's plan to hypnotise his people into trying to get rid of their hero from the stars, Kirby, by placing a demon beast called Noddi in pillows and giving them to the people. Even though the Noddi are long gone, their power to give people who sleep on them nightmares lingered. Since everyone slept on one of those pillows, everyone succumbs to the newly named Nightmare Plague. It still lingers to this very night, which is the third occurrence of this "plague."

In Castle Dedede, the king's most reliable, and only, knights are sleeping in their rooms. One in particular, Sir Meta Knight, lays asleep as a nightmare begins to show itself to him. This is where our story begins…

A round, masked figure appeared in the distance, pulling his wings back into his cape as he landed. As he took in the view of the destruction, his eyes flashed a lighter shade of grey as he began to run towards a yellow figure. She was lying on the ground, slightly bloody and lifeless. The masked figure slowed his pace and, when he reached her, slowly lifted her head next to his shoulder pad. He realized seconds after that the worst had come and let out a cry of pure anguish for his beloved.

"You'll pay for this, Nightmare!" His voice echoed through the devastated area as a massive Destroyer ship lifted off and flew away in the distance, an evil cackle echoing against the masked figure's cry.

AN: Okay, for one, I'm glad to be able to publish on mobile. Two, this fanfic will be my largest project yet, so please be patient. Also, there may be some mistakes, seeing as though this was my first fanfic ever and was somewhat copied from its original notebook. So I use wanted to warn you ahead of time. Anyway, this is ShippingGamer1605, signing out!