Here we are, with the last game of the series to be novelized (as well as the first novelization for this game...? How has nobody decided to do this one?) In my opinion, I actually find DKC3 to be pretty underrated. In fact, I'd have to say it's my third (heh) favorite game out of the DKC series (beaten by DKC2 and DKCTF). Plus, I remember everyone and their dog begging me to novelize this one several years ago, but here it is...

Also, if anyone else decides to novelize this game, then I'd love to read it.

It was a beautiful day on Donkey Kong Island. Here, the Kongs were all out and about, enjoying themselves as they no longer had to worry about the Kremlings. In fact, ever since their home, Crocodile Isle, had fallen into the ocean, some of them had decided to move in with the Kongs. And while things started off quite rocky for the first few monthes, these Kremlings began getting along with everyone.

Running along the jungle were two young Kongs, who appeared to be around 10-years-old. One of them wore a red hat, a red shirt, and possesed a tail. The other Kong wore a pink beret, a pink top, and had long, blonde hair tied into a ponytail. Both Kongs dashed through the village, they ran past several Kongs and Kremlings as they kept moving. Eventually, they made their way to a pond. The Kong in red raced up a tree, he grabbed a nearby branch with his tail and started dangling off of it. "I win!"

"Oh, whatever," said the Kong in pink as she sat down at the log. "I'll bet if we were swimming, I would've won!"

"Yeah, yeah," the Kong in red jumped off the tree and sat down on the log with his girlfriend. "It's a shame you can't come with us, though."

"I know," Dixie said nodding. "But look on the bright side, at least you got the chance to go somewhere new for once."

"Well...yeah," said the Kong in red. "It'll be nice to go down there with DK, but I still wish you could come with me."

"Well...Maybe next time, we'll go down there together," Dixie said smiling. "But uh...make sure you keep yourself warm while you're there, Diddy...I hear it can get really cold near Lake Orangutanga."

"No worries," Diddy said. "Wrinkly's s'posed to be goin' down there, too. So we'll have a place to stay while we're on vacation."

"There you are!" said a voice as another Kong walked came over to the duo. It was none other than Donkey Kong, he was carrying two briefcases with him, he looked as if he was ready to go on a long journey. "Are ya ready to go, Little Buddy?"

Diddy nodded, "I was just sayin' good-bye to Dixie."

"All right," DK said with a shrug, "But Wrinkly's waitin' on us right now, so we really need to get goin' soon."

The younger Kongs frowned, they looked at each other as if this would be the last time they ever saw each other.

"Well...I guess this is it," Dixie said. She took off Diddy's hat and kissed him on the forehead, "Have fun out there!"

"We will," Diddy replied. He took his hat back from his girlfriend and placed it back onto his head. "Take care of yourself, OK?"

Once the Kongs said their good-byes, Diddy started to follow DK back to the village. On one hand, she was a little upset to see her boyfriend leave. But on the other hand, she couldn't help but feel like he needed this vacation. That way, he could experience what else lied beyond the island. And after rescuing DK all those months ago, Diddy deserved this.

Dixie began to head back home. Along the way, she could see Funky's airplane flying in the distance. With her boyfriend gone, she had a lot of time in her hands.

...Actually, didn't Candy have something planned today? Surely, it wouldn't hurt to check up on her.

The rest of the day had been quiet, with the Kongs continuing their normal routines. DK's girlfriend, Candy had finally opened her music shop. She was having Dixie help her set everything up for her customers. Dixie was carrying a box full of trumpets, she placed three of them onto one of the shelves.

"Thanks for helping me out, Dixie," Candy said while placing one of the guitars against the wall. "I would've asked DK to help out, but he's been busy packing to go to the Northern Kremisphere."

"Well, it's probably been a while since he took an actual vacation."

"True..." Candy said while nodding. "And at least this time, he's taking Diddy along with him. Poor thing would've gone stir crazy if he stayed here any longer."

Dixie nodded in agreement, "I know I would go crazy if I stayed in the same place for too long."

As the Kongs finished taking care of the shop, a younger Kong started to walk inside. She had long blonde hair like Dixie. However, her hair was tied back into two long pigtails. She walked over to Dixie with a worried expression on her face.

"Hey, sis...Have you seen Kiddy anywhere?"

Dixie raised an eyebrow, "I thought he was with you guys..."

"Well, we've been lookin' all over for him," Dixie's sister said. "He wasn't at the shack, and he wasn't at DK's place."

"Did you check Cranky's place?"

"We did, he's not there either."

Dixie sighed, she looked at Candy with a worried look. "Do you mind if I go look for my cousin right now?"

"Go ahead," Candy replied, "I'll let you two know if I see anything!"

Dixie nodded as she headed outside with her sister. Usually, Kiddy would either stay at the beach or hang around DK's place. So the fact that he went missing at all was worrying.

The Kong sisters started heading into the jungle. Surely, their cousin had to be in there somewhere.

Dixie had been searching for hours now. And no matter how many times she searched for Kiddy, she couldn't find him. He wasn't at the beach, he wasn't at the village, and he was nowhere to be found in the jungle. At this rate, Kiddy could've been anywhere.

Eventually, the duo found themselves resting at the beach. At this point, they weren't even sure what to do now.

"Do you think Kiddy's somewhere in the mines?" Dixie asked, her sister shook her head. "I don't think he'd go THAT far away."

"Yeah...you're probably right."

Just as they were beginning to lose hope, the duo began to hear a parrot fly towards them. As it landed, the parrot handed Dixie the letter that was in its beak. She had to assume it was from one of the Kongs on vacation.

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Yo, Dixie.

Don't freak out, but we found your little cousin sitting in the back of the plane. We're keepin' an eye on him for right now, but I just wanted to let you guys know where he was.

See you in a couple days, Funky.

After reading the letter, Dixie grew a bitter look on her face. Her sister started to look worried. "What's wrong, Dixie?"

"...Kiddy stowed away on Funky's plane, he's heading over to the Northern Kremisphere right now."

"So you're telling me that he's been with Funky the whole time?"

"Well...At least now we know where he is," Dixie said before sighing. "But...we're gonna have to tell Chunky about this later."

Dixie was happy to hear that Kiddy was fine. But even then, she hoped that he wasn't causing too much trouble with the others. Besides, everyone was going to be there for a couple days. So there was nothing to worry about...right?

Well...Kiddy had to be with Funky somehow, I like to think that he stowed away with everyone at some point.

Also, this story will primarily be based on the SNES version, but I will add some elements from the GBA remake as well.