The stoic and the puffball

by kirbymaster23

The Batter finds himself in the world of Dreamland after a mod was installed in the game. The influence of The Player is gone and The Batter can now make his own decisions. When Dark Matter invades and he ends up meeting Kirby, the pair decide work together to free Dreamland.

1. Welcome to Dreamland

The world was purified.

After he turned the switch OFF there should've been nothing left. The Batter himself should've disappeared. However, he was still there standing in the nothingness. He couldn't move, as The Player wasn't giving him any inputs. He stood there waiting, silent, not fidgeting, not doing anything. All of a sudden, a red dot appeared on the ground and the words MOD INSTALLED appeared in the air. The Batter felt the Player take control of his body and move it towards this new zone. When he went over it, he saw this prompt labeled, DREAMLAND. The Batter only felt a brief flash of confusion before he was teleported to this new location.

The Batter was teleported in a world of bright color. There was grass billowing at his feet and a yellow path with small stars ingrained in it marked the path for him to follow. He waited for The Player to take control when he realized it. Their influence on his body was gone. He took a few steps and realized he could move freely. "Interesting" he mused to himself, as he continued to walk down the path. He saw a door with 3 stars at the top, and seeing no other way forward, walked through it. Once through the door, saw a massive landscape. A giant castle loomed in the distance, a ship with a mask was flying through the air and not too far away was a tree with a face. He looked up and saw the words DREAMLAND appear in stars through the air, before fading away.

Before he could continue moving forward however, a black mist appeared from the sky. It started reaching out long Smokey tentacles towards the creatures and citizens of this land. Those captured were suddenly enveloped with a strange purple mist that seemed to emit from their bodies. A giant red eyeball appeared from the large, smoky mass, and it settled on top of the castle. The Batter was looking at all of this occur, with no more than a blank stare. Suddenly, those corrupting tentacles reached for The Batter. He quickly got into a battle stance, and his add-ons suddenly appeared by his side. PURIFICATION IN PROGRESS appeared in his peripheral vision. The Batter waited, before remembering that he was in control of his own actions now. Swiftly he swung his bat, with the ferocity of a home run. His add-ons quickly shot out chains and buffed each other, and in a matter of seconds, the tentacles evaporated. PURIFICATION COMPLETE, 0 EXP earned, 250 D-BILLS EARNED. "D-BILLS?" The Batter said. "Must be this worlds version of Credits."

The Batter realized that this world operated differently from his. However, it seemed that his methods of combat were still quite effective against this new force that he was up against. He looked up at the giant eye again and saw it was angrily staring at him. "Prepare to face my purifying wrath demon." The Batter said to they eyeball and then proceeded to approach follow the path that would hopefully lead him to the castle.

During all of this, a pink puffball with rosy cheeks was taking a delightful nap. Suddenly, he heard the screeches of people in danger and saw the eyeball descend upon the castle. Kirby, as the puffball was named, look tiredly at the demon. "Not this thing again" was the first thought that went into his head as he saw it possessing the citizens of Dreamland. He knew, like always, it would possess Whispy, the king, and Meta Knight, and he was frankly getting tired of it. However, he was the savior of Dreamland, and it was his job to protect the people. However, as he was getting up, he saw something curious happen. Three tentacles descended in a spot of the forest but later retreated. Dark Matter, as the demon was called, glared angrily at the pot before looking for other places and people to take over.

Kirby stared in confusion "Poyo?" he said aloud. This was the first time he saw somebody other than himself fight off Dark Matter. Kirby realized that if he could find this person, they might be a helpful ally in defeating Dark Matter. With his trademark enthusiasm, Kirby started running down to where he saw the action take place, and desperately hoped this person wouldn't kill them in first sight.