Chapter 1: A New Visitor
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"Kirby! Wake up!" A voice aroused Kirby from his nap.
"Poyo..." The puffball muttered, rubbing his eyes. Tuff was looking up at him.
"Come on down! There's something going on at the castle!"'the boy shouted, and began running off.
Kirby said poyo again and jumped down from the tree, running after Tuff.
Upon arriving at the castle, Tuff began complaining. "Aww man! Look at that crowd. Now we'll never be able to see what's going on!"
Kirby blinked and began squeezing through the crowd, despite Tuff yelling at him to wait for him. As Kirby reached the front of the crowd, he gasped.
"What's wrong?" Tuff, who had just caught up, asked.
Kirby pointed at the sight in front of him. A pale human boy, probably only 7 or 8 years old, lay battered on the ground. He had black hair strewn all over his face. There was a red star shape pinned down in his hair. He wore a black long-sleeved shirt with white cuffs at the end of the sleeves and black shorts and black boots. Around his shoulders, the boy had a shoulder-length cape held in place with a white star.
Dr. Yabuii was shouting for the cappies to be quiet so he could check the boy for any signs of physical injury.
King Dedede and Escargoon we're shouting something that was really hard to hear.
Tiff and her family(not including Tuff since he was with Kirby), stood off to the side with Meta Knight and the knights, playing it cool. Though you could totally tell that Tiff wanted to get a closer look at the boy.
"Woah..." Tuff said, staring at the boy in front of him. He seemed to want to say something else, but he was rudely cut off by Escargoon screaming.
"ALL YOU CAPPIES CAN LEAVE! WE GOT THIS UNDER CONTROL!"
A complaint rose from the crowd, but they quickly left when Escargoon threatened them with death penalties.
In an undertone, Escargoon muttered to the king. "What do you want to do with him sire?"
DeDeDe paused. Probably not because he was thinking about what he planned to do, but probably because he wanted to let Escargoon decide by himself.
"Uhh... Once he wakes up I'll make him a castle guard for trespassing in my land!" King Dedede ordered and began to walk off with Escargoon.
"Hey!" Tiff exclaimed. "That's not fair! What if he wants to go home, or what if he's severely injured and can't move!"
The king just laughed. "Then that's his problem." He said and left.
Tiff turned to Meta Knight once the others started carrying the unconscious boy to their room. "Sir Meta Knight. Who do you think that is?"
Meta Knight thought for a moment. "I suspect maybe a demon sent by nightmare or just a lost traveler. He had a faint dark aura, but that could signify the fact that he recently fought a demon."
The knight walked away while Tiff thought of what he just said. No. That boy couldn't be a demon. He's probably just someone who fights demons, that's all. As she began to walk back to her room, the thought vanished from her mind.
The boy coughed and sat up suddenly, surprising everyone around him.
"NIGHTMARE!" He shrieked and leaped up. Now that he was awake, everyone could see that his eyes were a blood red. Continuing to shriek Nightmare's name, he jumped off of the couch and began to slam into things.
"What's with all the noise? I'm trying to sleep here!" King Dedede yelled, bursting into the room. Did I mention that the boy was asleep the whole day?
The king's eyes widened as the boy slammed into him and stumbled back, collapsing back onto the couch.
"TREASON!" Dedede screamed, pointing at the boy.
Tiff, luckily, came to the boy's rescue. "You shouldn't be so harsh!" She scolded. "He just woke up and he's obviously freaking out about something!"
Escargoon, who just arrived surprisingly also spoke up. "That's right your highness. He could be of some use. Just let the poor guy calm down first."
The king calmed down a bit, but still muttered about killing the boy.
"What's your name?" Tiff asked kindly.
The boy stared at her for an uncomfortably long time when he finally said. "I don't know."
"..." Tiff thought for a while and exclaimed, "I'll call you Star! Since you have so many star shaped accessories."
You could swear that the boy's eye twitched.
"I mean, I don't have a name. I just go by the title Prince." He said.
"I think Star is a good name." Tiff complained and decided that she would call him that anyways.
"So, are you a Prince?" Tuff asked. "That is SO cool!"
Prince scowled. "Yes. Why else do you think I'm called that?"
King Dedede shoved past Tiff and Tuff and shouted,"So you're awake! Now you must be my castle guard because you trespassed on my castle!"
Prince's eye twitched again and he growled," I am a PRINCE. NOT a GUARD." He stood up and folded his arms. "Besides, what makes you think that I would even agree to that?"
"Don't you have a brain?" King Dedede yelled," You trespassed on my land. If you don't work for me, I'll execute you!"
Prince rolled his eyes. "It's my DREAM to die."*
As Prince and King Dedede got into a huge argument, Meta Knight listened carefully from the shadows.
"Strange." He murmured to himself. "This boy acts suspicious. I should keep a close eye on him."
"FINE! I'll work here! It's not like I have anything else to do anyway!" Prince shouted and stormed out.
Everyone stared after him for a few seconds. Prince stomped back into the room, just realizing that he didn't know where to stay.
"Hey." Prince grumbled,"Can I stay with you guys?"
*Prince is cursed to live forever no matter how many times you kill him, so he actually WANTS to die.
