Chapter 1: Where am I?

What the heck just happened? I was just asleep, but I woke up and went through a…oh, it was probably just a dream. This green, luscious grass feels comfy against my skin. It feels like I'm resting in a batch of my homemade frosting for my world famous cake. Mmmm…that cake. You wouldn't believe how delightful. The strawberries, the fluffy inside. Oh, you wouldn't believe the deliciousness that is that cake. What am I saying? I need to stop. I need to get back to Meta Knight's ship, the Halberd. I was supposed to have a picnic with him on his ship. I know he is my best friend, but why have a picnic on that big hunk of metal? Why not have in in the sunshine, under a tree? Oh well, it was his turn to pick how we would hang out anyway.

I stood up and immediately began looking around. Hmm…wait. Is this Dreamland? That castle…that castle looks very unfamiliar. The theme music playing doesn't sound like the one I hear every day in Dreamland. It seems no one is around either.

"Hello? HEEELLLLOOOO!?"…There was no one around. All I am seeing are a few signs. I carefully read one of the wooden signs. "World 1" it read, with a white arrow pointed east. There was another sign in front of the enormous pink castle. "Peach's Castle-Do Not Enter". Who is Peach? Am I lost? If this is not Dreamland, then where am I?

I guess I should start walking around. Maybe I will find someone who will help send me back to Dreamland. Huh? What is this? Right in front of me is a floating, golden block with a question mark on it. What am I supposed to do with? I open my mouth and tried to suck it in. Nothing is happening. I walked up and tapped it, and nothing happened. Maybe if I get under the block and hit it with my head something will happen.

"NONONONONONONONO!" someone yelled to me. Who the heck was that? I quickly turned my head to see a green character sprinting towards me. He had quite a large nose, and I think spikes on his back. I'm not sure.

"Don't hit that block, DON'T HIT THAT BLOCK!" He got much closer to me. "Sir, you must not open that block. Terrible things might happen."

"Who are you? I asked.

"I was just about to ask the same about you. My name is Sir Yoshi, but you may just refer to me as Yoshi. May I ask who you are?"

"My name is Kirby..." There was a moment of awkward silence. "Can you just tell me where I am?"

"Why sir, you are in Mushroom Kingdom of course! But we must hide quickly!"

"Why do w-" I asked until he cut me off.

"No time to explain right now, just go hide in that bush immediately!" I quickly ran with this mysterious green character until we were hidden. The theme music in the background began to sound ominous. I am becoming confused and nervous. What am I going to do? Should I flee or listen to this dinosaur? My heart is pounding. Oh, no. Not again. I can't have another panic attack. Not now, not ever again. I need to slow down my heartbeat. I take a deep breath and let it flow out of me.

"Good heavens are you alright sir?" I was panting heavily. No I am not alright. Are you out of your mind? Can you not tell that I am turning pink? Oh wait, I already am pink. Can you not tell that I'm turning even pinker than I usually am?

"Yes," I responded politely. "Yes I'm fine, just excited that's all." Next thing I knew, dozens of little men were running towards us. What odd creatures they were, little men with mushrooms on top of their heads. How peculiar. Then I saw it. A giant monster, that breathed fire, and every step he took shook the entire world. My heart was racing again. How much more of this panic could I take? Next thing I knew, I fainted, and went to sleep. I shut my eyes ever so slowly, and returned to Dreamland in my mind.