What time is it? New story time! So, time for a gijinka story! This is a teensy bit of an experiment, so bear with me, okay? This is pretty much a prologue. Hope you enjoy!

Chapter One: The Beginning of the Adventure… Right?

Bun, Fumu and Kirby were playing hide and seek with their friends, Honey, Iroo and Hohhe. But they weren't exactly being quite. In fact, they were having a rather heated discussion.

"Fumu, please?… Come on!"

"No means no, Kirby. What if Dedede tries something while you're gone?"

Kirby crossed his arms, glaring at the girl. "Is that all I am? A tool to keep your little town safe?! Dedede's not even much of a threat! That's a thing of the past!

"I want to explore, Fumu! I want to at least go to one of the other towns in Dream Land, even if I come back after a few days! I want to meet new people; do new things! Why can't I, Fumu? Huh?!"

Fumu was taken aback. That was the first time since… well the first time ever that Kirby had gotten really angry at her. She couldn't bring herself to look at his eyes, but rather kept staring at that little star on the pocket of his jacket.

"You're right, Kirby." She sighed. "But, you know, I have no say in the matter! You have to talk to Meta Knight, not Bun and I…"

Kirby's glare softened, and he looked away. "Yeah… Sorry for yelling at you. I'm just… so frustrated, you know?! I just want to live an exciting life…"

Bun stood up. "You know what? Let's go get Meta! If we all ask him, he can't say no, right?"

"I can help!"

The three turned to see Bandanna Dee, the little orange-haired boy, cleaning the swords in the storeroom they were hiding in.

"I know how to twist Meta around my finger." He smiled, looking at his reflection in the sword he had been polishing. "He'll listen to me…"

"Thanks, Bandy." Kirby smiled gratefully. "I really appreciate i-"

"Just one thing."

"-iiit… What would that be?" He nervously fingered the zipper on his jacket.

"I want to come with you." Bandanna said, standing up. "If there's two of us, Meta is more likely to let us go!"

"Yeah!" Bun smiled. "Let's go!"

They went to the door, but to their dismay, soon discovered that it was in fact-

"-Locked."

Bandanna seemed very embarrassed as his hand slipped off the knob. "I forgot the key… We're going to be stuck here until somebody comes to help us…"

Kirby put his hand on Bandanna's shoulder. "Don't worry, Bandy! It'll give us more time to figure out a plan. Because we're gonna need one if we're gonna get past Meta Knight..."

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"No."

"Are we really going to do this again?" Kirby deadpanned the older warrior, shoulders slumped in exhaustion.

They had just managed to get out of that storeroom a few minutes ago when Sword Knight and his sister Blade came to get some weapons. After that, they had ran right over, completely pumped up for adventure.

Too bad they probably wouldn't get that adventure.

"Please, Meta Knight!" Bandanna pleaded. "It'll be fun! It'll only be in a nearby city! We won't get into any trouble, we promise!"

"You are not going to any other city on Popstar." Meta said sternly. His metal boot was clinking on the ground rhythmically, making Kirby even more frustrated.

"But-"

"No." Meta started walking away, armour clinking. They ran after him.

"How can you be so mean?" Fumu yelled. "He's been stuck here his whole life! He needs adventure! We can't just wait for another person to attack!"

Meta Knight stopped at the base of his ship, the Halberd. "… You know you'd require more than one person coming along with him, right?" he asked, back still turned away from them.

"So you're saying, if we come along, you'll let us?" Bun smiled. "We'll come then!"

"And Tokkori. I want him to come too."

"Sure!" Kirby smiled. This was going perfectly! "So, which cit-"

"I said you're not going to a city." Meta replied, turning around. His eyes were green, but slowly faded to pink. "I refuse to let you."

"But you said-" Kirby began, but Meta stopped him with a finger.

"I know what I said." He insisted. "You're not going to any city in Popstar. You're going to Halcandra."

Kirby's eyes widened. "Halcandra? Y-You mean… That Halcandra?! But it's not even in Gamble Galaxy!"

Even under his mask, everybody could tell Meta was smiling. Probably. "Yes, that Halcandra. And then Halfmoon. And then every other planet in Gamble Galaxy, in order from the furthest away to the closest. I've been planning this for quite a while, and- hey!"

Kirby had glomped the warrior, almost crying with joy. "Meta Knight! Oh, thank yooou! I can't believe it! We're going on a real adventure!"

Meta Knight was hesitant, but hugged the little teen back. "You're welcome, Kirby. I knew you needed to get away. It was my pleasure to prepare this for you. So, get ready, all of you. We leave in the Halberd tomorrow morning."

Kirby hopped away and turned to the others, smiling. "Yes! You hear that? We're going to Halcandra!"

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Later that night, Fumu confronted Meta Knight as he was getting the Halberd ready for the adventure.

"So, you've had this planned for a while?" She asked, sitting near him.

"Indeed." He replied, sitting next to her. "I saw how restless Kirby was getting, and I knew something like this would be good for him."

Fumu smiled. "You know… you're not as cold as everybody makes you out to be… including yourself."

Meta raised an eyebrow. "Meaning….?"

"You pretend to be so cold, like you don't care and only follow the rules, but really, you're kind-hearted and warm."

"If you say so." Meta Knight was about to get up when Fumu hugged him.

"Thanks, Meta."

Meta Knight simply patted the girl's head. "You're… welcome."

With an even bigger smile, she left. Meta wasn't so happy, though, but he kept it to himself.

"Stick with the plan, Meta… It's for their own good…"

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And as always, remember to review on what you think, and also which stories you would like me to continue writing! Even a simple review saying 'great start!' is good enough for me! X3

Also, if you're curious as to how anybody looks like, just send me a PM (or review if you don't have an account) and I shall (try to) draw something up, put it on DeviantArt, and send you a link~!

Aaaand random side note, does anybody know what happened to the page breaks? They were there a few somethings ago... Ach, well. You'll have to deal with my oOo things for now.

Thanks for reading!

- Pepdog1