(So, here's a bunch of random, sleep related stories that interlink. They are a mix of genres, including cutesy (first one), horror (second), romance (third I think?) and just plain silly (all the others after that.) Chapter size will differ, but tends to get longer the further you go. A new character is usually introduced in every chapter, until all of Gamble Galaxy is together having one big adventure and no sleep.
I have no idea why I wrote this.)
One: Stay Awake, Kirby! (AKA, The First Chapter.)
Kirby sat up as straight as he could on his sky blue pillow, his hands on his knees, trying not to slouch. Meta wouldn't accept it.
Actually, it is pretty hard to slouch when you are a ball with the consistency of a marshmallow. But Meta would always find a way to figure out something wrong with Kirby's posture, whether it be that his head was leaning to one side, or that his hands were quivering.
Kirby waited. And waited. And waited some more. But the midnight blue Ponyan was nowhere to be seen.
Tired of trying to be perfect, and also tired of staying awake, the child flopped down backwards. Meta was probably testing his patience, trying to see how long he would stay focused. And he had probably failed, but he didn't care. It was late at night, and the knight had yet to come back from his "errand".
The cotton pillow was very comfortable under his ball-like body, cushioning around his frame and hugging him gently. It was like sleeping on a cloud...
The Ponyan sat up quickly. He couldn't go to sleep! What would Meta think?
Unfortunately for him, his eyelids were getting heavier and heavier. He yawned unintentionally, somehow making himself even sleepier.
In an attempt to stay awake, Kirby tried to focus on his breathing. Slow, soft, steady... Almost like a little lullaby.
No! He had to stay awake! But he was so tired... Maybe if he just closed his eyes for a little bit...
...
Meta Knight walked into the tower after completing his errand to see his student lying on his back on top of the sky blue pillow, lightly snoring.
Smiling from behind his mask, the blue Ponyan walked up to the child and his oversized pillow and sat down next to him, wrapping the boy in his dark cape.
"Good night, Kirby." He muttered to himself.
Sure, the salmon colored puffball might had fallen asleep before they could start training, but he couldn't blame him. After all, it was late, and the warm spring air made it hard to stay awake.
In fact, it wasn't long before Meta Knight had fallen asleep as well.
