Hello~! Hello~! Helloooo~! Good, uh... night, all readers and writers! I come to you to deliver the next segment of Solitary Hero unto you! I hope you like it! And to those of you who are ill, I wish you well and hope you get well soon!
D s c a m r: See? It did get blown up! XD
Read on!
Solitary Hero
Chapter Two
=Lilo's POV=
I knew Sir Meta Knight said for me to stay out of his business, but I just can't hold in my curiosity any longer. I searched for the elevator shaft to his attic, which should've been right across from mine, and I bumped into Sword and Blade.
Literally.
I was so wrapped up in my imagination that I didn't notice them, and it was obvious that they didn't notice me either, or they would've tried to get out of the way.
"Oh, I'm so sorry!" they apologized, and Blade reached out a white-gloved hand to help me up, and I took it.
"It's all right," I said, waving it off.
"No, it's not 'all right'!" Sword countered, taking me aback, "You could've been seriously hurt! I mean, what if the floor fell out from beneath you? !"
"Uh…"
"What? !" Dedede's voice exclaimed from somewhere, "Ya don't trust the materials I used? ! All of us have slaved over rebuildin' this house ta meet all yer needs and, if ya don't like it, then you can leave!"
We all sweat-dropped; Dedede has become nicer since he was admitted into the family, as Escargon said, but he was still quick to anger, and, when he is in that mood, it's best not to be around him. Although why he's angry this time I understood, and it seemed to be the only valid excuse.
"But it didn't! And you can stop ranting and worrying!" I raised my voice specifically for Dedede to hear, but he didn't say anything else, so I figured either he was still fuming or has calmed down; knowing him, though, it was probably the former choice.
He's the type of person who has to let off steam before he can calm down, and I respected that.
So why can't I understand Meta Knight and respect his actions?
"Anyways, what or who are you looking for?"
I just stared at them, hoping they'd get the hint, and they did.
"Oh, him? He's outside right now, but, when we saw him last night, he appeared to be in a bad mood," Sword said.
"So if you're planning to see him, please be careful," added his shorter "brother".
"Whoever got him like that shouldn't seek him, at least until he cools down enough."
I felt myself slightly lower my head, my long, black hair falling across my face, "(I know…)"
They then stepped aside and walked on, and I did as well. Good, if he's outside, I can easily sneak into his room and find what's ailing him.
I just hope that I don't get caught.
-[XX]-
I eventually reached his attic, and it was so spacious and clean. The room was beige and green, and it had three separate grooves in the right wall for their beds, which might I add had pink blankets. I sorta felt bad for invading their privacy, as the three did nothing but good to me.
But Meta Knight's was the only one I was here for.
There were three dressers aligned with the opposite wall, and I wondered what they needed dressers for. I shrugged this off, and went over to the one with a white "M" and a sword vertically crossing the letter engraved on it, and I was lucky the dresser was short. I started with the bottom, and I took a deep breath, taking a mental picture of where things belonged, and then I rummaged through it, looking for something that might be precious to him. I found nothing in that drawer, and I put everything back perfectly before I closed it and repeated the process with the middle drawer.
Still nothing, and I put everything back the way it was, and I went onto the last drawer. I sighed, and put everything back where I found it.
If I were Meta Knight and I had something valuable, where would I put it?
I snapped my fingers and ran over to his bed. I reached under his pillow, and I felt something cold but warm underneath my hand. I grabbed it and pulled it out, and it was a beautiful golden locket. Its luster captivated me, and the case was large and heart-shaped and it had a pretty emerald embedded in its center.
I felt my thumb press a button on its side and it slowly flipped open, allowing me to see what was hidden inside. The first person I saw was Meta Knight, and he appeared to be happy, and…laughing. And then I saw a lot of other people I didn't know surrounding him, all wearing masks. They all seemed happy, and they were all drinking tea—how that was possible was beyond me—by the campfire. I felt a feeling well deep inside of me, and I now understood. I closed my eyes as I closed the locket: finding out just made me feel worse about talking to him like that, and I now knew that I had to talk to him, to somehow console him, and to let him know that he wasn't alone. I knew that I would be taking a risk, but I needed to. I took the locket with me, putting it in my pocket, and exited the room via the elevator shaft.
Please forgive me, Sir Meta Knight.
A/N: Oooh, Lilo... *looks at word count: 888* Oooh, me... I know this is really short, but - no, I'm not going to spoil everything. I'm just going to let you piece it all together. This is a three-shot, and this is chapter two...which means that there's only one more week for you to wait before this story is officially finished, and then there will be another week for you to wait for the first chapter of the next short story, or should I just upload it the next day...? Oh well, that will be another thought for another day.
Good night, fellow writers and readers, and before you leave... well, you should know what I'm talking about. *zooms off*
