God Dammit, TC, why can't you come up with something original?
Ahem...anyway, I was debating on whether or not I should do this...and, well...here I am with another novelization...
Of course, unlike the first one (which might need to be rewritten...badly), this one will contain a few elements from both the SNES and the GBA version (mostly the SNES, though). And of course, there are a few headcanons in this, as well, but you get the idea.
Anyway, I'm trying to get out of my comfort zone a bit and write something serious (since most of my fanfics are humor-based...)...but enough rambling...enjoy.
Kongo Bongo, a carefree little island that sat within the ocean of the Mushroom World. Here, many animals roamed freely, consisting of jungle animals as well as forest animals...if one looked carefully, you could even find a few Tikis roaming the island, as well. However, despite the island's carefree environment, it still suffered many invasions from the group of crocodiles known as Kremlings, the ones who were able to hold back the Kremlings were the primates, known as Kongs.
Not too long ago, the Kremlings attempted to take the Kongs' Banana Hoard in order to make the Kongs starve, and take over the island in the process. The Kremling King, K. Rool had his goal set to steal the Banana Hoard and take over Kongo Bongo as the Kremlings traveled the island. However, two Kongs were willing to go after the Kremlings. They went through the dangerous Monkey Mines to the freezing Gorilla Glacier, eventually getting rid of the Kremlings and sending K. Rool back to his island, these Kongs were Donkey Kong and his nephew, Diddy Kong.
...However, despite the Kongs' hard work, Donkey Kong was receiving a lot of credit, many of the Kongs called him a "hero" and praised him for his success...As for Diddy, he was still believed to be one of the weakest Kongs on the island. This wasn't completely true. Sure, he failed to guard the Banana Hoard, he was kidnapped by Orangutans, he almost froze to death, and he almost got eaten by a giant vulture, but he was able to prove how strong he was to Donkey Kong. In fact, he was helpful on many occasions. But no matter how hard Donkey tried to cheer Diddy up, the monkey was still upset about the adventure.
It has been about a month since the incident that occured with the Kremlings, the afternoon sun was shining brightly in the sky, the wind blew a pleasant summer breeze, and the natives on Kongo Bongo have gone back to their cheerful routine...well...almost all of them.
Diddy was sitting inside Cranky's Cabin, next to an elderly gorilla. She had short white hair and wore a green sweater. Unlike Cranky, she wasn't the ranting type and seemed much nicer in comparison. They had been talking about the new Kongs who have moved, recently from another island.
"You don't suppose any of the new Kongs will listen to me, right, Wrinkly?" Diddy asked.
"I'm sure they will, dearie," Wrinkly said, happily, "In fact, one of them seems to be around your age."
"That's great," Diddy pouted, "They'll probably make fun of me, too...won't they?"
"You don't know that for sure," Wrinkly said, petting Diddy's head, "They just moved, so I'm sure you'll get along just fine with them."
"I doubt it," Diddy grumbled, "With everyone else makin' fun of me, I may as well run away and find a new home."
Wrinkly couldn't help but feel bad for Diddy. He was usually such a happy little monkey, but after getting the bananas back from the Kremlings, he became very shy, and since Wrinkly was a maternal figure to Diddy, she couldn't stop worrying. In fact, the only Kongs that could talk to Diddy were her, and Donkey. He was afraid the other Kongs would laugh at him, Candy and Funky wouldn't have been much help...and Cranky...? Diddy wouldn't be able to go five seconds without Cranky insulting him, or call him a "light weight" like he always did.
Of course, there were the other Kongs Wrinkly was thinking of, as well...the ones who moved to the island, not too long ago, while one of the older Kongs was much more timid, the other one was actually quite nice, Wrinkly had thought that at least one of the Kongs would become Diddy's friend. Until then, she had to keep finding ways to make Diddy happy, though it seemed impossible, at the moment.
"I think I know what will cheer you up," Wrinkly said, she whispered into Diddy's ear, "I just got myself a Nintendo 64. I'll let you play it, if you like."
"That's very nice of you," Diddy said, "But I'll probably just go for a walk." The monkey got up from the couch, leaving the cabin.
Wrinkly looked at him with a worried expression. It seemed like the poor Monkey still won't be talking to anyone anytime, soon.
In the Village, Donkey was at Candy's shop, enjoying a banana milkshake. Candy was wearing a purple dress rather than her pink leotard. It seemed like a nice change, although Donkey knew what it meant.
"You're gonna work with Swanky again, aren't you?" The big ape growled.
"Will you knock it off!" Candy asked, irritated, "I was just working as his assistant, and we're just friends."
"Are you sure you're not going out with him?"
"Yes, now stop being paranoid!"
"That's a relief," Donkey said, Candy shook her head, "You've done this 3 times, now."
"Excuse me," it was a different voice, interrupting the apes' conversation. Donkey and Candy looked down, it was a young gorilla, she was about Diddy's age. She had long blonde hair tied back into a ponytail. She also wore a pink beret, a pink shirt, and matching pink kneepads.
"I hear this is where you sell banana milkshakes, right?" the gorilla girl asked. Candy nodded, heading over to a small table with a blender, ice cream, and three banana bunches, "Of course, coming right up."
"Thank you," the ape girl said, she sat next to Donkey, "Is this seat taken?"
The big ape shook his head, "Nope, go ahead."
The little ape tapped her feet against the seat, waiting patiently for her milkshake. Donkey looked at the little ape, curiously. "So, I take it you're one of the new guys, huh?"
The girl nodded, "Yep, we haven't been here, for very long. Things weren't going too well at our old home."
"I see," Donkey smiled, "well, I'm sure you might like it, here."
Candy set the banana milkshake down for the gorilla girl, who in return placed five coins on the counter. The girl took a sip from her milkshake."Well, thank you, I'm sure I will. Are there any other Kongs I should know about?"
"Well, I happen to have a kid living with me," Donkey said, though his smile began to fade, " I'm sure he'll be happy to see a new face...or...he would be."
"What's wrong?" The ape asked, Donkey scratched his head, "He's gotten to be pretty shy, lately. We had an incident, some time before you got here, but I'll fill you in, later."
The ape nodded, "All right, Mister..." The ape frowned, "Sorry, I don't know your name."
"Oh," Donkey laughed nervously,telling the girl his name, afterwards.
"Donkey, huh?" The ape took another sip from her banana milkshake, "The names's Dixie."
"Nice to meet you, Dixie," Donkey said, shaking the ape's hand. From the corner of Dixie's eye, she could see a small spider monkey walking by, an Orangutan and a Squirrel Monkey were looking at him, smiling.
"I was the one who knocked out King K. Rool, because everyone knows I did it, myself!" The Orangutan said, mockingly, the squirrel monkey laughed, she began to mock the spider monkey, afterwards.
"Oh no, it's the Kremlings...save me, Donkey Kong, save me!" The spider monkey trembled with rage, he glared angrily at the two Kongs.
"Aww, look what you did, Fuzzy, you made widdle Diddy mad," The Squirrel monkey teased.
"SHUT UP," Diddy snapped, "DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH TO GET THOSE BANANAS BACK!? AND WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO WHEN I'M KING OF KONGO BONGO, HUH?! ARE YOU STILL GONNA LAUGH!?"
"Pfft, we all know you'd make a lousy king," The Orangutan said, The squirrel monkey nodded in agreement, "besides, who's ever heard of a king who with no muscles?"
"I have an idea, why don't you go cry to your uncle."
"Yeah, at least he still loves you...for who knows how long?"
"Sh-shut up!" Diddy marched off into the jungle, feeling defeated, Donkey and Dixie couldn't believe the scene that went on.
"Who was that?" Dixie asked, Donkey sighed, "That's just Diddy. You know the incident I've told you about? The two of us were able to take care of it, but everyone pretty much either rejects him or insult him."
"Yikes, that poor monkey," Dixie said, a hint of sympathy was in her voice. Donkey nodded, "I hear ya...The other day, I even saw one of the Kongs throw rocks at him, We were both upset about it, And I've tried to get Diddy's mind off that incident, but with all these insults flying around, it's nearly impossible...and recently, he's been trying to avoid me. He's not mad at me, but lately he's been very hard to talk with."
"You really seem to care about him," Dixie acknowledged.
"Believe me, kid, I've known him his whole life," Donkey said, "You could try to talk to him, if you want. I'm sure he would love to have a new friend to hang around with."
Dixie thought about this for a moment, "well, I guess I could give it a try, the worse that could happen is if he ignores me."
"Well, kid? It's up to you?" Donkey said, shrugging, "He might not be willing to talk to anyone, but you can give it a shot."
It was decided, Dixie jumped off her seat and began to look for the little monkey, she brought her milkshake with her. "I guess she couldn't wait to meet him," Donkey said.
Candy shook her head, "Knowing, Dixie, she's just trying to get along with everyone. She's still trying to get used to it, here."
"How do you know Dixie," Donkey asked, curiously.
"Well," Candy replied, "I was a close friend with her fa- MOTHER, I ment to say 'mother'!"
Donkey lifted his eyebrow, feeling skeptical. He took another sip of his milkshake. Candy sighed, knowing how Donkey gets jealous when she talks about some of her male friends, she wondered why she even bothered trying to begin with.
Diddy walked through the jungle, minding his own business. His mind felt fuzzy, like he wasn't able to think about anything other than the Kongs laughing at him, the words "pipqueak," "Light weight," and "wannabe" kept buzzing through his head. He sat down on a rock and yawned, it was just a typical, boring day in Kongo Bongo. Maybe he could move to Timber's Island? No, that doesn't seem like a good idea...maybe he could go to Sarasaland, but after hearing about an alien invasion, he didn't feel like dealing with aliens.
However, if he did run away, than where would he go? Would he be fine by himself? He couldn't bring Donkey with him, plus being Diddy's father figure, chances are the big ape would end up scolding him if he knew Diddy would run away. It seemed like Diddy had to accept that he was better off on Kongo Bongo, whether he liked it or not.
"Excuse me," Diddy felt someone tap his shoulder, it was the girl Donkey was with. Diddy pouted, not even looking at the girl.
"Come on," Dixie said,"I have a banana milkshake with me if you want it."
"Hmph!" Diddy still refused to talk, his tail began to move, much like a cat's tail when it was irritated.
"Come on, Grumpy Kong, I know you can hear me," Dixie teased. Diddy let out a hoarse growl, why couldn't this girl leave, already?
"What do you want?" Diddy finally snapped, Dixie frowned, "You just look upset, I thought I'd talk to you."
"I appreciate the thought, But I don't even know you," Diddy said matter-of-factly. Not to mention that it was a girl, from what his friend, Timber, told him, some girls were full of trouble, some might even be carrying cooties with them. However, it didn't seem like Dixie was going to give up.
"Please?"
"No! Go away!"
"Come on, I won't laugh at you like how those Kongs did, back there."
"You're really starting to annoy me," Diddy yelled, as he got up from his spot and climbed one of the trees, "NOW LEAVE ME ALONE!"
Dixie pouted, a hint of sadness was in her voice, "OK, fine, I just thought you needed someone to talk to."
Upon seeing Dixie leave, Diddy began to regret his actions. This girl was only trying to help, he didn't have to shoo her away like a bug, Diddy climbed out of the tree, he ran over to Dixie, "OK, Fine, we can talk!"
Dixie smiled, she gave Diddy the milkshake and allowed him to sit next to her, though Diddy felt a little uneasy since there was the possibility that she had cooties.
"So Donkey told me your name was Diddy, right?" Dixie asked, smiling. Diddy finally took a good look at the girl. Pink clothes, blonde hair, he could've sworn she was related to Candy...Although, she looked a bit more adventurous, not something he'd expect from a girl like her.
"Yup, name's Diddy," The monkey said in a calmer tone, "And DK? He's the King of Kongo Bongo...and my uncle."
"Wait..." Dixie crossed her arms, "Donkey's your uncle?"
"Yeah," Diddy nodded, "I've known him for..." He became deep in thought, he couldn't exactly remember how long he's been with Donkey, "Well, let's just say I've known him for a really long time."
"Well, not to be nosy, but where are your parents?" Dixie asked, curiously, Diddy tilted his head, puzzled, "I don't have any, I haven't seen them since I was a baby."
"Oh..." Dixie looked down at her feet, "W-well, I guess we could talk about something else."
"Like what?" Diddy asked.
"Like the 'incident' Donkey mentioned." Dixie said, Diddy shook his head, blushing, he looked away from the gorilla girl, "I-I'd rather not talk about that."
"Oh," Dixie scratched the back of her head, "Well, there isn't much to talk about, is there?" Diddy shook his head, "Not that I can think of, sorry."
The beating of a drum was heard, it came from one of the bushes. The two Kongs looked at it for a moment until a Tiki came out, strolling by them. Dixie was curious, "What is that thing?"
"That? That's just a tiki," Diddy said, "we don't really know where they come from, though there are more of 'em in Gorilla Glacier, for some reason."
"I have to say, it looks pretty cool, though," Dixie said.
"Sure, they look cool, but you don't wanna mess with 'em, I learned that the hard way" Diddy said, scratching the back of his head. Dixie frowned, "What do you mean?"
"You see, a couple of years, ago, I thought it would be a good idea to pick a fight with one. You'd think that they'd be nothin' but enchanted wood, but as it turned out, they breathe fire. I had a nasty burn from here," Diddy placed a finger on his elbow and motioned towards his wrist, "to here."
"Ow..." Dixie hissed in pain, Diddy nodded, "Yeah, it was painful, not to mention the second and third degree burns...my fur was burned off, too."
"I guess I'll remember not to mess with Tikis, then."
"That's a good idea," Diddy said," Because I had to wear a bandage on my arm for a while...not to mention that it took about a month or two for my fur to grow back, I don't want you to be stupid I was, back then."
"All right," Dixie said, nodding, "Thanks for the heads up." The Kongs looked up, the sun was setting, it was getting dark, though Diddy had to admit, it was nice talking to Dixie.
"Well, then I guess I'll be heading home, then," Dixie said, getting up, "My sister's probably worried."
"H-hold on," Diddy grabbed her arm, Dixie tilted her head in confusion. "Well? What is it?"
The little monkey didn't seem to realize what he was doing. Most of the Kongs were bullies, they wouldn't waste any time with a weak little monkey like him... Yet, Dixie was kind enough to acknowledge him. She even listened to one of his stories, so she had to be a nice girl...maybe he could rely on her just as he relied on Donkey.
"I don't even know your name, yet," the monkey said, letting go of her arm.
"It's Dixie," the little ape finally said, "I'll talk to you, later." She walked through the jungle, going back to her home. At last, there was someone else Diddy could talk to, someone willing to be his new friend.
Back at DK and Diddy's tree house, Donkey was sitting in his hammock, playing a video game. The big ape was fighting a boss, he seemed to have lost a few times to the boss, he was beginning to get frustrated. "Aw, C'mon!"
Diddy climbed into the tree house from the window, he seemed a little more cheerful. Donkey smiled. "Hey, Little Buddy, nice to see you back, again.
"Hi, DK," Diddy said, climbing into his tire, Donkey could definitely tell he was happy, the ape smiled to himself. "So, I take it you've met Dixie?"
Diddy nodded, "Yeah? So?"
"Don't worry 'bout it," Donkey said, "I'm just glad you're OK." Donkey began concentrating on the boss, again, it didn't take long until he lost yet another life."Are you kidding me!? He didn't even touch me!"
"Cranky would be scolding you, right now," Diddy teased, "Then he'd brag about how he beat the game with only one life in less than an hour."
"Yeah, well, that's Cranky for ya," Donkey said as he continued to play the game, he had lost another life, "Dammit!" He looked at Diddy, "How 'bout you try this boss?"
"Why me?"
"Because I've tried to beat this boss 9 times, now."
"Maybe I'm just tired!"
"Just help me with this boss!"
"Alright, fine!" Diddy climbed out of his tire and onto Donkey's hammock, the big ape handed him the controller. The Little monkey examined the game, closely, the boss looked like a lizard creature, and the character Diddy was being was...a human? An elf? Either way, it seemed simple, attack the Lizard, right?
The Dodongo (judging by the name of the location, "Dodongo's Cavern") was pretty easy, Diddy couldn't figure out what Donkey was complaining about. Then, the Dodongo began to roll like a ball, pushing the elf into lava. Diddy tried to dodge the Dodongo, but he ended up losing a life, the elf...fairy...whatever dropped dead.
"what was that?" Diddy growled.
"Tricky, isn't it?" Donkey teased. Diddy tried again and again, but continued losing to the Dodongo.
"Well, I'm just gonna go for a walk," Donkey said, getting out of the hammock. Diddy looked at him, shocked, "You're just gonna leave me here with this game!?"
"Hey, you said you would help me, so I don't wanna here it!"
"But it's getting dark!"
"So? I'll be back, Little Buddy. Just try to beat boss, for me!" Donkey got out of his hammock, he patted Diddy on the head before heading outside of the tree house, leaving a slightly annoyed Diddy to play the game. Seriously? Couldn't he just stick to Star Fox or something?
The beach was calm, small waves were crashing against the shore, crabs wandered the area, scurrying around crates and bushes, the smell of sea salt was in the air. At the opposite side of the Beach was Crocodile Island, though it only looked like a silhouette from Kongo Bongo. Crocodile Island, as the name suggested, was the home of the Kremlings, the Kongs rarely came over to the island, as It's been said to be dangerous. There have been exceptions, before, but for the most part, the Kongs always prefered to stay away from the island.
Donkey was walking through the beach, taking a break from his video game. He was happy that Diddy wasn't acting as depressed as he normally was after the incident. Sure, Donkey was getting a lot of credit from the other Kongs...well...a little too much credit, which sent Diddy into a long depression. Although it seemed like the depression was going away, Donkey continued to worry about his nephew.
...And come to think of it, the Kremlings haven't been up to anything, lately. It was as though they've stopped caring about taking over the island, and although it seemed peaceful, it also seemed kind of boring. Cranky warned him to keep an eye out for them, but at this point, Donkey had thought they had given up with taking over the island. And since nothing interesting was going on in Kongo Bongo. The only thing that seemed interesting to Donkey were the new Kongs, he already met Dixie, so maybe he could meet the rest of her family, later.
...Of course, Donkey stopped dead in his tracks when he noticed a pirate ship was sitting near the dock, the ape was confused, that ship looks like the Gangplank Galleon...but didn't it crash after Diddy and I kicked K. Rool's butt?
Donkey was beginning to hear footsteps moving in the sand, he looked behind him, it was a barrel...barrels couldn't walk, he knew this, but curiosity got the better of Donkey, he came closer to the barrel, Maybe it's full of bananas?
Moments later, a Kremling popped out, looking at the big ape with curiosity. Donkey shook his head, "You can't be serious, Were you trying to scare me or something?"
The Kremling remained silent, Donkey frowned, "Why aren't you saying anything?"
More footsteps were heard from behind Donkey, the big ape smirked, "I'm gonna guess it's another one of you barrel guys."
"No, it isn't" a thick Scottish accent said from behind, causing Donkey to jump. Before he could react, he felt something hard hit his head, he saw stars flying around him before he passed out.
A large, green, muscle-bound Kremling was holding a club in his hand, looking down at the unconscious ape, Donkey had a bruise on the back of his head. The Kremling was twice the size of Donkey Kong, he wore brown shorts and a belt with a skull on the buckle. The club he was holding was almost as big as Donkey, himself.
"You did well, Klubba," a new voice said, it was King K. Rool, he came out from behind one of the crates, a crap was clinging on to his tail and a brown parrot was sitting on his shoulder. "Now we just need to get him to Crocodile Island."
"Yeah, yeah," Klubba said, not even caring, "I've done yer dirty work, now what're ya gonna do?"
"Patience, Klubba," K. Rool said, "When the Kongs realize their hero is missing, they'll have no other choice but to surrender."
"An' 'ow will this be any diff'rent from the other times ye failed?" Klubba growled. K. Rool glared at him, "I'll be getting the Krew ready, I want you to take Donkey Kong back to the ship, in the meantime."
"Yes, yer 'ighness," Klubba growled, picking up the unconsious ape, What I would give t' club 'im in the head, right now...
K. Rool called out to one of the Kremling, one of them was missing a leg, he gave King K. Rool a letter, "Here it is, King K. Rool, sir, just as you wanted it!"
"Thank you, Klomp, you're dismissed, for now," K. Rool accepted the letter, Klomp nodded, going back to the ship, "Aye aye, sir."
K. Rool then read through the letter and handed it to the parrot on his shoulder, "I need you to deliver this to Donkey Kong Sr. , I know I can trust you."
"Yes, sir!" The parrot nodded, grabbing the letter and flying off, K. Rool smiled deviously, I can't believe it, It seems like my plan is finally working...Once those apes know what happen, they'll HAVE to surrender to me...
Holy crap, this chapter's long...
So...yeah, I needed to get a few things out-of-the-way, first...
Anyways...now that I seem to be done, here, I'm going to take a nap, now... *randomly passes out*