Collision
Chapter 1: A Miner
So, we all know Meta Knight, the Star Warrior. We all know that he traveled far and wide across the galaxy when the war ended. Is it so far-fetched to think he might have landed on Halcandra at some point, and met a certain alien friend? And is Magolor the villain we all think he is? Focusing first on Meta Knight when he first landed on Halcandra, then on both Meta Knight and Magolor during the final battle of Kirby's Return to Dream Land. Going to be fairly short. Will probably have my main fic, Next Generation, tie into it eventually.
A silver-colored spaceship shaped like a star hurtled downwards toward a volcanic planet. As it broke through the atmosphere, a being of small stature wearing a worn brown hood watched through binoculars. It seemed the small craft was on fire. But how could that be? Why would there be a space battle higher up? He tried to look farther, but the heavy clouds made that impossible. Instead, he focused on the silhouette in the cockpit...
How had Nightmare known?...
Of all the infernal luck!
Inside the ship, a small knight frantically made adjustments to the controls. Somehow, there had been an ambush set up and he had been shot down. As the last active Star Warrior, he had to survive, at least long enough to find and train another. And right now, the chances of that seemed pretty slim.
This was Meta Knight, the last surviving and active Star Warrior. Fifteen years ago, all other members of the Galaxy Soldier Army had been hunted down and obliterated. Meta Knight had made a lucky escape, and now he needed to find a dormant Star Warrior and train him or her. It wasn't going so well.
After a few more seconds of struggling with his ship's controls, the landing jets activated. Blue gas shot out of the ship's underside, slowing the "descent" and controlling the crash. It did not, however, slow it down enough to stop Meta Knight from blacking out. Which he did. Violently.
Groggily, Meta Knight sat up. He was still in the wrecked ship. Thankfully, the fire had gone out, but the damage was done. His craft had a large chunk of metal gouged out the bottom, the engines were blown out, and its cochpit was shattered. Not to mention that it was in a crater.
Meta Knight tentatively got out so he could survey the damage. After a lot of examination, he decided that first he should get it out of the crater. But even after pushing and pulling for a good five minues, he had only moved it about a foot. He groaned. How could he do this? The ship was too heavy to move. Nothing he had could move it. He resigned himself to several hours of work and bent down to start pulling...
"Need any help?" Meta Knight started. There was a figure standing on the lip of the crater. A pair of glowing yellow eyes shone out from a brown hood. Twin protrusions stuck out from the back of his head.
"It would appear so," replied the knight. "But I doubt you could contribute much." In response, the figure turned away and snapped its fingers. A large crane extended over the wreck. It apparently had a magnet on the end, because the ship dislodged itself from the rocks, shooting upwards and colliding with the crane's tip with a bang. The crane, with the ship still dangling from it, moved elsewhere.
"...Never mind. You could be a great help."
"Who are you?" asked the small creature.
"My name is Meta Knight. Who are you?"
"I'm called Magolor. You crashed into my mining colony, by the way."
"I'm sorry. It is difficult to steer a crashing spacecraft."
"Oh, it's fine. You didn't demolish anything of importance," Magolor said. "But why were you on fire in the first place?"
"You wouldn't believe me."
"It would still be a great story. Here, let me help you up." He reached into the crater, taking Meta Knight's hand. Showing surprising strength, he hoisted the knight up. "Now, follow me while your ship is being fixed. I'll show you around, and you tell me your completely unbelievable story."
Done! I don't really have any afterthoughts, so... See you next time!
~NEURON6~