EDIT 2/17/17: Fixed some grammatical errors.


Today was a chilly winter day in Dreamland. A light flurry was falling slowly from the cloudy sky, floating down to the already snow-covered ground below.

While heavy snowing in this area of Dreamland was rare, it wasn't unheard of. This year in particular was a lot colder than others, the snow heavier and the heating bills were of course getting higher as well.

Today in particular, since the weather cleared up for the most part, the kids decided it was a perfect day to play outside and enjoy the snow.

"Make sure to keep your mittens on at all times, Bun!"

"I know, mom!" Said boy replied, slipping his mittens onto his hands. It's been a long time since he was able to play in the snow! He and his friends would come up with all sorts of games to play! Building forts? Snowball fights? Sledding? It all sounded great!

Fumu, Bun's older sister, walked in from her bedroom, zipping up her pink and green coat. "You ready to go, Bun?"

"Yeah! Just gotta get my hat on…"

"Be safe, you two!" The children's mother, Memu, called from the kitchen.

"We will!" Fumu replied, following her brother out the door.

"Ooh, this is gonna be great! We're gonna make snow forts, have snowball fights, and-"

"Bun, remember, when we have Kirby with us, you and your friends need to play nice, and don't be so rough on him. He's just a baby, after all."

"Yeah, yeah…" Bun mumbled, walking down the halls of Castle Dedede. "We'll play nice… or at least try to."

"Bun!"

"Okay, I get it! Always play nice with Kirby, I know!"

The blonde glowered at her brother. "Good. I don't want Kirby catching a cold or anything."

"Does Kirby even get sick?"

"Of course he does! He's gotten the flu before, don't you remember?"

"No."

The blonde sighed heavily and crossed her arms as they exited the castle and into the frigid outdoors. "Never mind. Let's hurry up so Kirby doesn't wait too long."

"Alright, alright," Bun smiled a bit, reaching up and relaxing his hands on the back of his head. "At least Kirby isn't one to sleep in, I want to go play in the snow as soon as possible! He's probably waiting for us right now!"

The trip to Kirby's dome house was uneventful; the two siblings took a bit of time in taking in the peaceful winter scenery. Just as Bun said, Kirby was waiting outside, a bright smile appearing on his face as his best friends came up the hill.

"Poyo!" The child cried out in joy, hopping over to Fumu and Bun enthusiastically. He wasn't wearing any winter gear outside of a pale blue scarf that was messily wrapped around the lower half of his small, round body.

"Hello, Kirby!" Fumu greeted, smiling and patting him on the head. "How are you doing?"

"Poyo!" Kirby beamed at the girl, his azure eyes bright with excitement. He looked very eager to play, even more than Bun was. "Poyo poyo!"

"Are you ready for the snowball war of a lifetime, Kirby?" Bun grinned deviously, clasping his hands together. "It's gonna be great!"

"And safe," Fumu added, giving her brother a look.

"Yeah yeah, safe." Bun most likely rolled his eyes underneath his hair. "Let's go meet Iro, Hohhe and Honey at the pond like we had planned!"

"Poyo!" Kirby agreed, hopping up and down excitedly. In the couple years he had been living here in Dreamland, he hadn't seen snow all that often, so it really excited the child to play in it!

As the trio made their way down the hill and towards the pond, Bun explained what they would do for their so-called 'snowball war', saying they'd pile up snow for their forts using the sand buckets that Honey was bringing, and make a ton of snowballs beforehand before throwing them at each other until one team gave up.

"Who's gonna be on what team, though?" Fumu asked, still a little wary about the idea of Kirby participating in such an event.

"Well we assumed you and Kirby would want to be on the same team, so we'll have you two on the same team…"

"There's gonna be six of us, so three in each team would work."

"Yeah. I want to be on the opposite team as you and Kirby, so Hohhe, Honey or Iro will have to be on your team as well." Bun put a finger to his chin in thought. "Honey is always clinging to Iro, so I think they'll be with me, and Hohhe will be on your team."

"Okay…" Fumu sighed softly, looking down at Kirby with a faint smile. "What do you think, Kirby?"

The child grinned, cooing in agreement. "Poyo!"

"Alright, we'll let them know when we get there. There they are over there!" Bun grinned and waved at his friends, who were off in the distance waving back.

Hohhe smiled at the trio as they arrived at their location, giving Bun a nod. "Hello, guys! You ready for the fun of a lifetime?" He asked eagerly.

"I sure am! Kirby's ready, too; right, Kirby?" Bun looked over at Kirby, who hopped in excitement.

"Poyo!"

"Great! So, who's gonna be on what team?"

"I was thinking that I would be with Honey and Iro, while you be with Fumu and Kirby."

Hohhe nodded, humming in thought. "That sounds okay. What do you guys think?"

"If it means being on the winning team, I'm all for it!" Iro grinned, adjusting the winter hat on his head.

"Um… Whatever you guys want." Honey smiled, obviously a little nervous about the game like Fumu was.

"Great! We should split up and build our forts!" Bun clasped his hands together. "Iro, Honey and I will be over there, and you guys can be over there!" Bun pointed at a nearby tree for his team, and then a large rock for Kirby's team.

"And please remember," Fumu sighed, looking at Kirby worriedly. "We're going to be playing safe. Shouldn't we have some rules?"

"It's just snow, Fumu, it ain't gonna hurt us." Iro said, crossing his arms.

"It can hurt if thrown hard enough."

"Fumu, don't ruin the fun…"

"Playing safe can be fun, too!"

"Okay, how about this, no throwing snowballs at anyone's head. Is that good enough, Fumu?" Bun tapped his right foot, obviously growing impatient.

"...Fine…"

"Great! Now let's go build our forts!"


"You think you'll be okay, Kirby?" Fumu asked, putting the last finishing touches on their fort. It had been around an hour or so since their teams split up, and they were both almost done with the preparations.

"Poyo!" The pink child smiled reassuringly, rolling up another snowball with his paws. Hohhe taught him how to roll a snowball, and he was having a lot of fun making them.

"This will be fun, Fumu, lighten up a little!" Hohhe, who was helping Kirby make snowballs, said. "We don't ever get to do this sort of stuff, so we should enjoy it while we can!"

"I suppose…" The blonde sighed, smiling faintly.

"You guys almost ready?" Bun called from his fort, poking his head up from it.

"Yeah! Just gotta make a few more snowballs!" Hohhe responded, making up yet another snowball.

As both teams finished their forts and snowballs, the sky was becoming a little bit more cloudy, as Fumu noticed.

"It might snow again soon, if it gets too heavy, we should go home!"

"It'll be fine, we still have plenty of time." Hohhe chuckled, getting a snowball in both of his hands. "You ready, Kirby?"

"Poyo!" Kirby smiled wide, very eager for the snowball fight to begin.

"Can you even throw the balls far enough?" He asked, raising an eyebrow.

Kirby nodded, waving his arms a bit. "Poyo, poyo!"

"Kirby can do a lot of things, I'm sure he'll be fine." Fumu chuckled at her teammates' enthusiasm, but she was still worried. She didn't want anyone to get hurt, after all, especially Kirby. Is having a snowball fight this large even a good idea?

She shook her head, frowning. I need to lighten up. Like they said, it should be fun.

"Alright, are you guys ready, now?" Bun asked, holding a snowball in his hand and tossing it up and down.

"Yeah! Let's go!" Hohhe replied excitedly.

"Poyo!"

"Alright, we're gonna win! Whichever team gives in first is the loser!" Bun looked at his teammates, who looked excited as well. "Show no mercy!"

They both nodded, though Iro looked a lot more eager than Honey was.

"Alright, go!"

As soon as Bun gave the call for the fight to start, Hohhe immediately leaped from behind his team's fort, chucking snowballs at Iro and Honey, who made cries of shock and ducked, the balls sailing past them.

Bun smirked at the open target, throwing some snowballs at his friend. They all missed, however, as Hohhe dodged them with an unexpected grace.

Fumu looked down at Kirby, who was bouncing in excitement, cheering for their teammate. "Kirby, I have an idea. If snowballs get thrown at you, inhale them."

Kirby nodded and grinned, grabbing one snowball in his paws and charging forward, giving what was an adorable version of a battle cry.

"Get them, Kirby!" Hohhe cheered his teammate as he threw his one snowball at the opposing team. It sailed past Bun, but it hit Honey square in the chest, who squealed in surprise.

"He got me!" She cried nervously, looking at Iro. "I didn't think he could throw that far…"

Before Iro could respond, another snowball was thrown, this one by Hohhe, and it hit him in the left shoulder. "Hey! I wasn't looking!"

"Yeah? What are you gonna do about it?" Hohhe smirked, going back beside Fumu and grabbing more snowballs.

"I'll get you for that! Charge!" Iro grabbed some of his own and leaped from behind the fort, chucking them as hard as he could.

Fumu saw one heading towards her and she cried out, ducking as fast as she could, feeling the breeze of the ball whizz past her as it landed a couple feet behind her.

Kirby giggled with glee as the snowball fight grew more and more heated, taking great joy in seeing the balls of snow being thrown back and forth. The child was having a lot of fun, no doubt, but he was also an open target.

Bun took this opportunity and threw a snowball at Kirby, which hit him square in the face, covering his face in snow.

Kirby laughed again, his face stinging from the cold, but still smiling wide as he wiped the snow from his face. "Poyo!" He ran back to Fumu, dodging the snowballs being thrown at him.

"You okay, Kirby?" Fumu asked, still ducking into the safety of the fort.

"Poyo!" He cooed in response, waving his arms around excitedly.

"Incoming!" Hohhe cried, hopping into the fort as a barrel of snowballs came crashing towards them.

Kirby saw some snowballs heading towards them, so he ran forward and opened his mouth wide, inhaling and sucking them into his body. After he swallowed, he jumped into the air, feeling a chill as his body was enveloped in a light.

When the light faded, his pink body was fading to blue, an icicle-covered crown forming on his head as ice and snow swirled around him. He landed on the ground, eyes narrowed as he looked at his opponents, who looked very afraid for their lives now.

"Ice Kirby?" Iro gulped nervously.

"Bun, w-what should we do?" Honey asked, a little shaken up from her nervousness.

"A silly hat won't prevent us from winning!" Bun declared, grabbing another snowball. "Get them!"

As the three threw their snowballs, Kirby slid out of the way of each one, skitting across the ground as if he were skating on ice. "Poyo!" He inhaled one of them, spitting it back at Bun's face, knocking him down.

"Yeah, get them, Kirby!" Fumu and Hohhe cheered from the fort.

Kirby smirked and began inhaling again, this time sucking in a huge pile of snow that was nearby. After inhaling a large amount, he held his breath for a few seconds before unleashing a huge load of snowballs at the opposing team, much to their shock.

Bun, Iro and Honey cried out and hid behind their fort, but it wasn't much use, as Kirby was able to shoot the balls of snow at them anyway. Within minutes, the team was half buried in the snow before Bun cried out:

"Okay, you win! Enough snowballs!"

Kirby immediately stopped, his gaze softening as he dropped his copy ability, which disappeared with a flash. They won?

"You did it, Kirby!" Fumu ran over to him, smiling wide in pride.

"Yeah, you kicked their butts!" Hohhe smirked and ruffled Kirby's head.

"I didn't know that snowballs would activate his copy ability…" Bun mumbled, slowly getting out of the pile of snow and wiping himself off. "That was awesome, though! I have to be on your team next time, Kirby!"

"Poyo!" Kirby cooed, his chest swelling with pride. It felt nice to win a game for a change!

Hohhe had walked up to Honey and Iro, helping them out of the snow. "You guys okay?" He asked them as they wiped themselves off.

"Y-yeah… I'm v-very cold, though…" Honey mumbled, shivering a bit.

"That was so cool, Kirby!" Iro said, shivering as well. "How you inhaled all that snow and made so many snowballs at once… I wish I could do that!"

"Poyo…" He looked up at Fumu curiously. "Poyo?"

"Hm? Oh, I was just wondering what we should do next." The blonde smiled at Kirby, patting his head gently.

"I had an idea," Bun piped in, walking over to stand beside his sister. "We could try sliding on the ice in the pond over there!"

"Ooh, that sounds fun!" Hohhe seemed all for that idea. "Ice skating sounds fun!"

"That's not a good idea." Fumu muttered, crossing her arms. "The ice is too thin. We could fall in and something bad could happen."

"No we wouldn't!" Bun protested, pouting. "The ice is plenty thick!"

"No it's not! The ice could very well be too thin to walk on!"

"Well, why don't we try to walk on it and find out?" Bun looked over at Kirby, pointing at him. "Kirby, try walking on the ice at the pond!"

"Poyo?" Kirby tilted his body, looking over at the sheet of ice nearby, beginning to walk towards it.

"No!" Fumu held Kirby back, giving Bun a glare. "No one is gonna walk on that ice! What if it breaks and he falls in? He could get hypothermia!"

"He'd be fine," Bun waved the warnings off. "Unless, you know, he's too much of a coward to do it."

Kirby pouted at that word, huffing in annoyance. He was no coward! But he wanted to listen to Fumu, the ice could be dangerous!

"Kirby's not a coward," Fumu muttered irritably, letting go of Kirby. "you wouldn't want to get hypothermia, it could kill you!"

"Who's to say that the ice is thin enough to do that, anyway?"

Fumu sighed, looking up at the sky. It was starting to snow, the clouds getting darker. "We shouldn't argue about that any more, we should head back home."

"Yeah, my mom wanted me home before it got too late in the afternoon…" Honey murmured. "A-and I'd rather not fall into the pond…"

"Maybe the ice will be thick enough in a few days, Bun," Hohhe added, smiling. "I'd love to try skating, but not if the ice is too thin."

Bun pouted, crossing his arms. "Fine…"

"Okay," Fumu looked down at Kirby. "We're gonna head home, Kirby. Think you can make it back okay? Do you want us to walk you home?"

Kirby shook his head, his lips twitching into a small smile. "Poyo." He had intended to walk to Kawasaki's to get a bite to eat, so he wasn't going in the same direction as them.

"Alright. Let's head back home before the snow gets any heavier." Fumu waved at Kirby as they all headed back. "Stay safe, Kirby!"

Kirby waved back as they walked away, humming to himself as he began to walk in his own direction. He wondered what food Kawasaki would have him try today?

As he walked, he looked over at the pond, a small curiosity making its way into him. He hadn't really tried skating before… was it fun? It sounded fun…

No, he shouldn't. Fumu said the ice was too thin… but was it, really?

Before he could think about it further, a harsh wind blew, his pale blue scarf flying off of him.

"Poyo!" Kirby cried out as it blew towards the pond, landing a little ways into the ice. His scarf… he had to get it back! Fumu made it for him! He ran towards the pond, stopping at the shore and looking at the ice nervously. It looked thick enough… The pond itself was rather large, though… He was sure that the ice was thinner where his scarf was…

But he needed to get the scarf back!

He gingerly stepped on the ice, his nervousness fading a bit when it didn't show any signs of being unable to take his weight. He took small steps towards his scarf, the icy cold wind nipping at his now exposed torso. The ice still showed no signs of breaking under his weight, which he was grateful for.

By the time he made it to his scarf, he was relieved that the ice hadn't caved in on him. He picked up the blue fabric, messily wrapping it around himself again and sighing in relief as his body warmed back up.

As he was walking back towards the shore, however, he didn't expect the ice to suddenly groan and shatter beneath his feet, sending him tumbling into the frozen water beneath.