Title: Alone
Author: LM Simpson (Kady the Red Panda)
Pairing(s): DiddyxDixie
Rating: K
Warning(s): Nothing too objectionable
Disclaimer: I do not own Donkey Kong Country 1, 2 and 3, though they own my soul. Tu comprends?
Other tidbits: Why is there only one DiddyxDixie fic? The eight-year-old in me wants to know. This is a drabble I did to fill the void around the time I first played DKC3; hope y'all enjoy my brief return to DKC fic.
Enjoy!
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At home, back on the Island, I would be sleeping in a bed with Tiny across the room in her own. Sometimes, particularly on rainy nights, Diddy would pop his head out of the treehouse window, climb through, and snuggle beside me.
At Crocodile Isle, the first time I was away from home, we were together every night, keeping watch in the mines, keeping each other warm in the ice caverns, keeping each other company pretty much everywhere else. Our bond intensified and our teamwork strengthened.
Before he left, Diddy gave me an extra red cap ("to 'substitute' for him until then," he said). During rainy nights I would hold it to my chest and fall asleep pretending it was him.
Here I am at the Northern Kremisphere, in a tree with Kiddy sleeping with his fingers in his mouth. I take out Diddy's cap, look up at the crescent moon, and remind myself of the reason I'm away from home the second time. If whoever kidnapped them has disturbed their sleep, I'm going to pulverize them even more than what they're already going to get. With that promise pledged, I tighten my grip on the cap and try to get some sleep.
"Good night, Diddy…"
THE END