Meta Knight's Past
Part 1: Useless
He was an outsider. No one would play with him. They wouldn't play with him for two reasons: 1. "You're too small." 2. "You always wear that stupid mask, and you never take it off!"
He didn't cry, though. His emotions went to his eyes, which was another reason they didn't like him. He was a blue puffball with a strange mask and a cape that was always on his back, even when he was one. His purple shoes, which had no legs attached to them, always tripped over that long blue cape. When the orphanage staff asked what his name was, when he was old enough, he wrote down "Metal" then erased the "l". Leaving "Meta".
But they kept calling him "Metal", and his eyes would go pink with anger. "It's 'META!' M-E-T-A!"
Usually when they went outside, most of the boys would play football, and since the orphanage couldn't afford another, Meta was always the one being passed, kicked and intercepted, due to his minute size. Sometimes, on rare occasions, they would play "Knights" with wooden swords. Meta always wanted to play, but the bigger boys would always decline. "You can't play sword-fight, runt! You'd lose in ten seconds!"
"No I wouldn't!" Meta replied one day. "I'd beat you!"
"Why don't you put your money where your mouth is? If you even HAVE one!"
They started fighting instantly. It looked like the bigger one was going to win, but Meta hit him in the side, and then the older boy surrendered to a splinter. "Ack! You stabbed me!" he claimed.
"I didn't! It's just a splinter! Not like there's a metal shard!"
"Metal stabbed me!" he cried. "He stabbed me! He stabbed me!"
Meta sighed. "It's META!"
For that Meta was confined to his room until further notice. He got me in trouble… now he's saying I'm a monster.
He saw an old teddy bear at the end of his bed. What did the staff say? Oh yeah, "Play nice, Metal… he's going to be your best friend…"
Don't give in to that crap! (A word he had heard on TV.) He's your worst enemy! Any thing that isn't terrifying is your enemy! So.. What did the guy do to his enemy in that movie again?
He pulled out a sword under his bed, which was stolen from the headmaster's quarters. En guard! He sliced at the bear, pretending it was a real one. Eventually he sliced its head off. Aha! That was fun! But, not as fun as a real bear. Maybe I should escape! No more whining, no more being called "Metal"! Yeah! That would be so great! He slipped through a window, and ran deep into the city.