Puyo Puyo: Dream Land Invasion
By TheBlackKid
Prologue
World of Peace - Dream Land
"Welcome everybody, to today's Air Ride Grand Prix! I'm your host and commentator, Magolor, and I promise, you all are in for a treat today! Isn't that right, Susie?"
"Indeed it is, Magolor. Although it's been a while since the last Grand Prix, I'm sure everybody here is ready for some high-octane fun."
"You would think so since some came from the far reaches of Popstar and even beyond that."
"Yeah, that is true."
Down near the racetrack, Kirby was working on some finishing touches to his modified Warpstar. With him were Adeleine, Ribbon, and Bandanna-Dee. The first two having worried looks on their faces.
"Kirby, do you really think you should be participating in this Grand Prix? I mean, when was the last time you rode an air ride?" Adeleine asked.
Kirby stopped working for a second and tried to think of an answer. It really has been a while since he rode an air ride, and that didn't include the times he rode his regular Warpstar like one.
"Poyo." He said.
"15 years?! And you still think you can ride one?!"
"Poyo poyo!"
"I don't know how you guys can ride these things." Ribbon said. "They look super scary and dangerous."
"Aren't you worried at all about this, D?" Adeleine asked Bandanna-Dee.
Bandanna-Dee shook his head (or body, whichever you want to believe) no, then wrote down his reasoning on a dry-erase board.
"Well, if he could save Popstar and other worlds 13 times in a row, then he shouldn't have a problem riding an air ride, right?"
"Yeah, I guess that's true."
"Attention all racers! The Air Ride Grand Prix is about to begin! Please load up your air rides at the starting line." Magolor came back on the intercom giving out the final warning.
"Poyo poyo!"
"sigh. Just be careful, okay Kirby?" Adeleine said.
"Yes, please do. I don't want to see anything bad happen to you." Ribbon added.
Bandanna-Dee wrote the words "Good luck!" on his dry-erase board.
"Poyo!" Kirby waved his friends goodbye as he flew his air ride to the starting line.
"Our race today takes place at the oversized peaceful garden known as Beanstalk Park. A place filled with gigantic grassy plants, airships, and waterfalls." Magolor said over the intercom.
"Bronto Burts and Flappies are littered all over the place. Racers can avoid them by taking the vine rails as shortcuts, or just simply defeat them." Susie added.
Kirby flew his Warpstar-looking air ride to the starting line, where Meta Knight was polishing his Galaxia Sword before the race started.
"Hiiii!" Kirby said.
"Kirby…it's been a while since we've done a battle like this, has it not?" Meta Knight asked.
"Poyo."
"Well…just so you know, I don't intend to lose."
"Poyo poyo!"
Just then, they heard a heavy type of machine seemingly getting louder and louder. They look over to see King Dedede heading towards them riding said heavy machine, which also looked very familiar to everyone else.
"Is that a Wheelie? That thing can't even fly!" Adeleine began protesting but then felt a light tap on her side. She looked over to see Bandanna-Dee writing something on his dry-erase board.
"They had to make an exception for Dedede. Since his weight could possibly break an air ride."
"Oh, I see." Adeleine started to snicker a bit, which gained her an insulted grunt from Dedede.
Suddenly, a portal opened up in front of the three racers. And out from it came something no one expected to see…well, not in Dream Land, I mean.
"RAAAWWWGGGHH!"
"Seriously, Magolor?! A Sphere Doomer?!" Ribbon complained.
"What? We needed a fourth racer." Magolor said.
"So you picked a creature that basically attacks everything in sight?" Susie asked.
"It's trained…sort of."
"What do you mean sort of?" Adeleine asked.
"Well…it still attacks everything, but not as much as normal Sphere Doomers. Right, Doomie?"
"RAAAWWWGGGHH!"
"Doomie? You seriously named that thing?" Asked Taranza, who was sitting near the starting line holding a checkered flag.
"Enough already! The race is starting now!"
The four racers lined up at the starting line where Taranza was standing as the countdown began to start.
"3…
2…
1…
GO!"
"And there we go, race fans! The Air Ride Grand Prix has begun with Meta Knight in 1st, Dedede in 2nd, Kirby in 3rd, and Sphere Doomer in 4th." Magolor commentated.
As they turn onto the first set of corners, they're greeted by the first wave of enemies. While Meta Knight and Dedede defeated them with swings from their respected weapons, Kirby managed to inhale a Flappy and gained the Wing ability. The Sphere Doomer spawned some energy spheres and used them to destroy the rest of the enemies.
"Kirby gains the Wing ability and glides his way to the first vine rail shortcut. He takes the shortcut with the Sphere Doomer close behind, and both overtake the other two racers." Susie commentated.
"Hmm. Nice move, Star Warrior." Meta Knight said to himself. "But such a move won't be enough to beat me!"
As the racers approached the big windmill in the middle of the track, Meta Knight looked at it and gained an idea.
"Meta Knight raises his Galaxia Sword in the air and…WOW! He uses his trusty sword to grab hold of the windmill, taking him to another hidden shortcut!" Magolor described the event that just happened. Meta Knight used the shortcut and was able to pass up the Sphere Doomer and was neck in neck with Kirby.
"Let's see you beat that, Star Warrior!" He said to Kirby.
"Poyo!"
After a few more twist and turns, the racers were now approaching the multiple vine rails that will take them to the finish line. Dedede, who was in 4th, saw this opportunity as a good time to use the special move that he's been saving. He dug into his royal robe and took out his special mask. As he puts it on, he feels some intense power flowing through him. And with said power, Dedede summons his modified hammer.
"RAAAWWWGGGHH!"
"H-Hey, Adeleine. Wh-What did Dedede just do?" Ribbon asked sounding terrified.
"…I…I'm not too sure myself, Ribbon." Adeleine answered, sounding not as terrified as Ribbon, but she was still somewhat disturbed by what she just saw.
Bandanna-Dee began writing something on his dry-erase board and showed it to the girls.
"That's Dedede's alter-ego, Masked Dedede. He used this form to fight Kirby once but lost. I didn't think he still had that mask since he hasn't used it since that fight."
"Woah! So that one mask holds that much power?" Adeleine asked.
"W-Why does Popstar have so many scary things?!" Asked Ribbon, who was still cowering in fear behind Adeleine.
"That's something I don't think anyone can answer, Ribbon."
Suddenly, a hatch began to open up on Dedede's deluxe hammer, and with one swing of his hammer, he sent out miniature rockets towards the other racers. One of them ended up hitting the Sphere Doomer as it spun out off the track.
"WOW! Would you look at that, race fans?! Dedede used some kind of powered-up mask and flung mini-rockets at the other racers, causing poor Doomie there to fall off the track!" Magolor commentated.
"It that even legal?" Susie asked.
"Who cares? It's good for ratings."
"Right…"
As Dedede grew closer to the other two racers, it became harder for the two to avoid the rockets. Up ahead were the final set of enemies, one of them being a Sword Knight. Meta Knight saw this and turned to face Kirby.
"Kirby!"
"Poyo!"
Kirby ejected his Wing ability and inhaled the Sword Knight, gaining the Sword ability.
"Kirby's got the Sword ability! Just what is he up to?" Susie commented.
The two then faced Dedede as he flung more mini-rockets at them. They both deflected them all with their swords and Dedede inched closer to Kirby and Meta Knight, making it a neck-on-neck-on-neck situation as they take the last turn to the finish line.
"Kirby, Dedede, and Meta Knight are all just mere inches to the finish line, folks! Who will win the Air Ride Grand Prix and become champion?! THE SUSPENSE IS KILLING ME!" Magolor shouted over the intercom.
"Come on, Kirby!"
"You can do it, Kirby!"
Adeleine and Ribbon were cheering Kirby on, while Bandanna-Dee held up his dry-erase board with the words "Go Kirby!" written on it.
Meta Knight's crew, the Meta-Knights, were there as well, cheering on their leader.
"Meta Knight! Meta Knight! Meta Knight! Meta Knight!" They chanted.
And of course, Dedede had his Waddle-Dee army cheering him on. They were all holding pictures of Dedede's signature peace sign.
But as they were approaching Taranza at the finish line, a portal appeared and the Sphere Doomer came out of it, facing the three oncoming racers.
"RAAAWWWGGGHH!"
"What's this thing doing?!" Taranza asked.
The Sphere Doomer wrapped its wings around its body, charging up some kind of hidden power. It then shot a giant energy sphere at the trio.
"WAH! THE SPHERE DOOMER SHOT SOME KIND OF ENERGY SPHERE! EVERYBODY, GET OUT THE WAY QUICK!" Susie panicked over the speaker.
Meta Knight and a somewhat-aware Dedede heard the warning and got out the way. But for some reason, Kirby kept charging towards it.
"KIRBY! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! GET OUT THE WAY!" Adeleine yelled.
But it didn't work. Kirby got closer the energy sphere until he was near inches from it. Once he was that close, he jumped off his air ride and, with his sword in hand, prepared to strike the sphere.
"NO! KIRBY! DON'T!" Meta Knight shouted.
But it was too late. Kirby sliced the sphere in half, causing a black hole to form in its place and it sucked up Kirby before disappearing into nothing.
"WH-WHAT?! WH-WHAT HAPPENED?! WHERE DID KIRBY GO?!" Ribbon began panicking, as with most of the others.
Meta Knight flew up to where the black hole had evaporated and had a moment of silence before saying anything.
"Meta Knight, do you know what happened?" Adeleine asked him. Meta Knight nodded his head and began explaining everything.
"When Kirby sliced the energy sphere the Sphere Doomer shot at us, it caused a break in space-time, forming a black hole that sent Kirby to another world. What that world is, I have no idea." He said.
"A-Adeleine, is Kirby ever coming back?" Ribbon asked. Adeleine looked at her with an unsure look on her face.
"For once, Ribbon. I honestly don't know." She said, then looked up at the sky with the same look as before.
Geez, Kirby. What did you get yourself into this time?
Chapter 1 – Magical Girl Meets Star Warrior
World of Magic - Primp Town
Hello-! The name's Amitie! I'm a student of the Primp Magic School in the peaceful Primp Town! My dream is to become a wonderful magician. I'm not that great at studying, and maybe a bit clumsy, but I'm always the cheerful one. Nice to meet you!
I was having fun in the park, playing a round of tag with my friends, Arle, Ringo, and Carbuncle. Arle was it, and she and Carbuncle would always tag team us and end up winning.
Now that I think about it, tag teaming us in a game of tag is actually kinda funny.
"Yeah! We won, Carby!" Arle cheered.
"Gu gu!" Carbuncle said.
In case you didn't know, "Gu gu" is the only thing Carbuncle can say. For some reason, Arle's the only person who can understand him. Whenever me and Ringo would ask her how is that possible, she would claim that it's a special bonding thing. I never understood what that meant.
"Geez, Arle! That strategy of yours isn't fair, you know!" I said.
"She's right." Ringo agreed.
"What do you mean? It's simply divide and conquer. Right, Carby?"
"Gu gu gu!"
I watched as Arle and Carbuncle gave each other a hi-five. I've always enjoyed watching those two play with each other. It's cute how they get along with each other and have so much in common. Maybe I've been enjoying it a bit too much though, because as of late…I've been getting a little jealous of the two. I kinda wish I had that kind of friendship with someone. Don't get me wrong, I love the friends I've got here, but when your friends consist of Raffina being scary when she gets angry (which is a lot), Klug being a know-it-all when you ask him a question (which is a lot), Sig spacing out when he's not talking about bugs (which is a lot), and Lidelle getting shy whenever you try to talk to her (which is a lot), I don't really feel the same kind of friendship with them as Arle feels with Carbuncle. Or even with Ringo and Maguro. I've been feeling the same way with them two as well.
"Gee, Arle. You sure are lucky." I said.
"Huh? What do you mean by that, Amitie?" Arle asked me.
Oops! I said that out loud! Guess it's time to be honest with them.
"Well, you see…I'm kinda jealous of you."
"Of me? What's there to be jealous about?"
"Carbuncle."
"Carby? What about him?"
"It's just that you two are so close to each other. I don't really have that type of bond with any of my friends."
"Aw, come on, Amitie. I think you're overreacting a bit." Ringo said.
"W-Well…actually, Ringo, I'm kinda jealous of you too."
"What? Me? Of what?"
"Your friendship with Maguro. I mean, you two are childhood friends. I've never had one, and it took a while for me to be friends with my classmates, even if half of them don't really like me that much."
"Amitie, come on. Don't you think you're being a little bit too harsh on yourself?" Arle asked.
"Arle's right." Ringo added. "I mean, you're close to your hat."
"Yeah, but my hat doesn't really count as a friend. It doesn't really do much besides letting me control this body."
The more I thought of my desire to have a close friend, the sadder I became. And eventually, I became so sad that if I looked into a mirror right now, I probably wouldn't recognize myself.
"You know what, guys? I'm just gonna go home now. See ya." I said as I got up off the patch of grass and began walking home.
"Bye, Amitie." Arle said.
"Gu gu gu." Carbuncle said.
"Hope you feel better." Ringo added.
I waved them goodbye as I started losing sight of them.
As I continued my walk home, my sadness became more and more noticeable. I walked past a few people that knew me for being cheerful all the time, and when they asked why I was sad, I told them I didn't want to talk about it. I made it home and went inside to see that I was the only one there. I noticed there was a note on the refrigerator, and took it down to read it.
"Hey, Ammy. I had to take a last-minute trip out of town for work. Don't think I chose this. I didn't want to go. But Akuma wasn't going to let me get out of it. But I did leave some money for you for food and stuff. I should be back in a few days.
Love,
Mom."
"*sigh* Like she was going to be much help anyway." I said to myself.
I rummaged through the kitchen for some snacks to eat cause I didn't feel like having a meal for dinner tonight. I eventually settled for a bag of potato chips and headed for my room to go to bed. After I changed into my pajamas, I laid in my bed watching TV while snacking on the bag of chips. About an hour later, I grew tired and decided to go to sleep.
Maybe I'll feel better after a good night's rest. There's a part of me that doubts it, but it's worth a shot.
I turned the light in my room off and took my Red Puyo Hat off my head as I closed my eyes and went to sleep.
Or at least, that's how it should've been.
Because not too long after, I heard a loud crash coming from the backyard. It scared me so much that I fell out of my bed and landed on my bottom.
"Wh-What was that?!" I shouted to myself.
I looked outside my window, which faced the backyard, to see something had fallen from the sky and landed in the backyard.
"Get real!"
I ran downstairs and turned the lights of the living room and the backyard on as I made my way outside. As I got closer to the thing, I noticed that it had a pink color to it. I pulled the thing out the ground to see that it was a species I've never seen before. It had no resemblance to Dongurigaeru or Onion Pixy. In fact, he looked cuter than the other two.
"What is this thing? It looks like a…puffball of some sorts."
The pink puffball then tried to move. But failed due to it being in pain.
"Oh no! You're hurt! Don't worry, little guy! I'll help you!"
I grabbed the puffball-looking thing and carried it into my arms as I brought it back to my room. Now was it smart for me to do that? No, not completely. But I couldn't just leave it there, buried in the ground, twitching in pain.
And besides, something about this thing feels…special, in a way. I don't know why, but I feel like exciting things are about to happen.
Guess I'll have to wait until the little guy wakes up.
A/N: Welcome to the first ever Puyo Puyo X Kirby fanfic! (I checked. It really is.) I've had this idea for months now, and I'm finally writing it. It's always been a wish of mine for Puyo Puyo to do a crossover game with either Kirby or Sonic. Yes, I know Sonic and Puyo have crossed over already, but I'm talking like a GAME game, with characters from both series. Same with Kirby. It would be awesome!
With the prologue, I actually had to research Kirby Air Ride for some of it. Mainly for what track to use. I went with Beanstalk Park because it wasn't too easy or too hard, and I wanted a grassland stage.
Also, I found out that it's been 15 years since Air Ride came out, and it STILL hasn't gotten a sequel. Did people hate it THAT much back then? Anyway, if we ever do get a sequel, wouldn't it be cool to have a Sphere Doomer as a playable character? I mean, if Mario can have a Chain Chomp playing tennis, then I don't see why the hell not.
That's all I have to say. I'll be working on 2 stories at once, and updating both stories at once. So it may be a while for the next part to come. Until then, feel free to review, favorite, and/or follow the story. Thanks for reading.