Abridged Kirby: Episode 8
By: JadeDragonKnight
Part 1
It's a bright day in Dream Land, and a special one at that. Today the castle is decorated with streamers and other elaborate ornaments. The Waddle Dee stood in formation on the edge of a wall. They took out their trumpets and blew a royal tune. Fumu, Bun, their parents, the knights, and Escargon stood in two lines on a balcony. Escargon took out a wireless mike and cleared his throat.
"Thus we celebrate the three hundredth year yadda, yadda, yadda, the seventeenth thousandth, yadda, yadda, yadda, the Great King Dedede, hooray everyone."
The trumpets sounded again. Out from the shadows of the archway came King Dedede, dressed in metals and capped with a spiked, golden crown. He proudly walked out with his eyes closed, and took the mike from Escargon.
"You poor commoners have gathered here to worship me. Let the worshipping begin-"
He stopped short when he opened his eyes and found the courtyard completely empty.
"What is the meaning of this?" Dedede shouted, anger boiling his blood.
"I think the meaning is obvious since no one's here." Meta Knight suggested.
Dedede brought his fist down on the snail's head.
"Ow, why hit me? He's the one that said it."
"Why is no one here?" the king yelled as he glared down at his attendant.
"I-I'm not sure, but it was advertised."
"Hehe, he thinks he's really a king," Parm chuckled.
"What?"
"There were no kings," Bun added.
"There was a Cappy Tribe long ago," Fumu stated.
"That's why no one has to pay attention to you," Meta Knight informed.
The king turned to the knight with an evil scowl.
"Anything else you'd like to say?" the king asked between gritted teeth.
"Yeah, Lololo and Lalala took off with your crown."
Dedede raised an eyebrow, waved a hand over his head, then spun around and watched the two fairies carrying his crown away.
"We'll sell this thing on E-bay and make some bucks," Lololo said.
"Cha-ching baby," Lalala replied.
Dedede growled in fury.
"I AM THE KING OF DREAM LAND!"
A nearby bird yawned as it flew by.
Later that morning, Fumu, Bun, and Kirby were helping Curio at the excavation site. Actually, let me rephrase that. Fumu was helping Curio while Bun and Kirby were running around like crazed chickens.
"Are we really going to learn more about our past here?" Fumu asked.
"Sure, as long as you find an artifact, like this one!" Curio replied.
"It's a pointy rock."
"No, this is a primitive tool used by the ancient Cappy Tribes."
"Oh my gosh! I'm gonna be like a total history geek and take a picture of it!" Fumu said with glee while she got her camera.
She began to back away to get Curio in focus.
"Ok, say GWAH!" Fumu yelped as she fell into a hole.
"GWAH!" Curio shouted.
Fumu looked up to see Kirby and Bun laughing at her.
"I swear," she called as she crawled out from the hole, "When I get my hands on you I'll-"
"Hey look!" Curio shouted.
The kids gathered around the hole Fumu stumbled in. A sharp gray rock was jutting out of the ground. In fact, it looked more like a box corner.
"Quick, help me dig," Fumu said as she jumped in and plowed the dirt away.
"Yeah, we'll get right on that," Bun replied, leaning against his pick axe.
In no time the girl finished and a stone coffin was revealed.
"This is evidence of the Cappy civilization," Fumu informed.
"And we care, why?" Bun asked.
Fumu took a few pictures and smiled.
"I'll go tell everyone," she said as she ran off.
Bun and Kirby followed her, leaving Curio to get the tomb out of the ground. Later the other villagers arrived.
"So this is one of our ancestors?" one asked.
"Yup," Fumu informed, "this is proof that Dedede's linage never existed."
Curio tapped his hands together in nervousness.
"Hey!"
Everyone looked to see Dedede and Escargon roll up in their tank.
"You don't come to my ceremony, but you gather around a coffin? What's wrong with you people?" Dedede asked.
"This is a coffin of an ancient Cappy," Fumu argued.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, let's just see who this dead guy is," the king replied as he walked up with his mallet.
He knocked the cover off and everyone gathered closer. Then, they gasped. A skeleton with a hammer and crown sat inside. The skeleton looked like Dedede.
"What does this mean?" Fumu gasped in horror.
"It means my ancestors ruled here," Dedede gloated, "Dig up any other remains of my linage!"
At that second, the villagers got on their hands and knees, digging away at the ground.
"Curio, this can't be right, the cappys lived here not kings," Fumu said.
"Well, um, this discovery proves me wrong…"
"That's right," Dedede laughed.
The kids frowned in disappointment.
"Hey, I found a mask!" Kawasaki shouted.
"I found a stone portrait!"
"I found a…uh… pacifier?"
"It's so marvelous!" Escargon said with gleaming eyes.
Dedede was dancing with the skeleton.
"You can keep the stuff you find, my treat!" the king announced.
The villagers happily ran back home with their treasure. Curio sighed and went home. Like the little stalkers they are, the kids followed him.