(Characters so far:
Skiler: A young Geo Starling who has the basic ability (Abilities) of any true hero in that universe. In this case, his punches from special gloves can absorb attacks and he gets a new power. He can also combo into two for this story.
Kirby: A pink puffball with arms, he can inhale any enemy to get their abilities and combo them. He lives on Pop Star.
Ribbon: A fairy from the Ripple Star, Ribbon helped Kirby get the crystal Shards back then. Now, she is ready to help out again, this time, collecting the Onyx Shards.)
Chapter 2: The Onyx Shard (1) Hunt
Morning came like it always did. The sun was shining brightly like always.
The light awoke Skiler from his slumber first. He noticed a pair of gloves (2) on the table, put them on, and strolled outside. As he did, something smacked into the back of his head. He took a look at it. Wonder what it is, he thought. It was a black shard, but it was shining. He felt disturbed by this, but kept it in his pocket. He didn't notice Kirby approaching.
"Ready to venture?" he asked. Skiler jumped and turned to him. "Don't do that!" he said. "I thought it was someone else (3)!" "Whoops, sorry!" Kirby apoligized.
Ribbon was the last to exit the house. "This will be fun," she said. Skiler dug into his pocket, saying, "I was hoping you would be able to figure this out."
An Onyx Shard. That was what hit Skiler's head. Ribbon took it for safe-keeping. They trudged up the path and saw a few enemies. The flaming enemies were Bobos, the "Bombarding" enemies were Poppy Bros Jr.s, the Plume-throwers were Sir Kibbles and, oddly enough, there was a Chilly (4) here, too. Kirby took the oppertunity to seize a Fire/Bomb combo.
But, something strange happened: When Skiler punched a Sir Kibble, it stuck to it's glove. "Hey, get off of my gloves!" Skiler cried, finally throwing it and squishing it. Odd.
Now he held a sword in 1 hand. Strange as to what the gloves do, Skiler thought. When they enterred a Shack, they found a Giant N-Z (5) enemy. Kirby's fireworks made short work of the N-Z.
After venturing outside, Skiler struck the oddball Chilly with his sword and ended up with a Shiver Saw, a sawblade with Ice powers. This'll be fun, he thought to himself. He hacked at the Poppy bros Jr, defeating him, but not taking the power away. Ends at two powers, eh? he thought. Fine by me!
"Ribbon, stop playing in the water," Kirby scolded. Ribbon tapped a blue object. "There's something here," she explained. Kirby hopped to the blue platform and used the Fireworks ability. There, waiting below, was the Onyx Shard. Kirby grabbed it and handed it to Ribbon. "That makes two," Kirby said. They hopped out of the water, and when they looked back, saw that they had done so in time. Skiler was lying facefirst in some newly-created ice pond.
"Dang rocks," he said. He noticed the second Onyx Shard. "Okay, let's go onward!" he said. "We're not much farther."
A lone Waddle Dee, Kirby's friend, tapped at the black jewel. "Where'd that come from?" he muttered. Once he picked it up, some floating machine found him.
Target has aquired an Onyx Shard! Proceed to Operation Metallic-over!
Before Waddle Dee could react, the machine-thing hit Waddle Dee square in the face. Waddle Dee's struggling was useless as the Machine started to overcome his body.
The three heroes made their way and found one of kirby's friends: A Waddle Dee. To Skiler, though, something didn't seem right.
Kirby approached the Waddle Dee immediately. "You okay, Dee (6)?" he asked. One tap made Dee spring back to life.
Target Aquired! Dee spoke in a mechanical voice.
That isn't a normal Waddle Dee, Skiler thought. Indeed, the Waddle Dee's face and front half had completely turned into an iron-like metallic substance (7). And Dee lunged forward, aiming straight for Skiler!
R&R time. Also, some notes:
(1): Onyx Shards: the Main Goal in the game, similar to the Crystal Shards.
(2): These gloves hold the copying power of the Kirby Universe. These won't venture outside of kirby stories.
(3): That "Someone Else" Skiler mentioned was the Entity back at Chapter 1.
(4): Chilly is a basic Ice power Kirby enemy. He looks like a Snowman, but has a Crystal shield and uses it to freeze Kirby.
(5):N-Z is a kitty-looking Non-element enemy in Kirby 64. The giant version is, indeed, the first mini-boss in kirby 64.
(6): Dee is the Waddle Dee's name in this Kirby 64 story, just shortened by it's actual name "Waddle Dee"
(7): The description here is known as the "Cybernetic Infection". The machine that infected Dee was a "Cybertron Virus".
BONUS: Chapter Confusion fixed/bracketed the first set of characters.