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Chapter 2

Fumu quietly slipped out of bed so to avoid waking Kirby. It was a brand new day but definitely not a happy one. Fumu threw a glance at Kirby. His bruises and bumps that he had acquired the other day were almost completely cleared up. It was one of the most remarkable things about the star warrior; his ability to recover swiftly. But what Fumu liked best about Kirby was his sweet temperament.

Due to being forced to fight at a very young age, Kirby matured very fast. His enemies clearly weren't going to wait for him to grow up. It would only lessen their chances of actually defeating him. Fumu sighed as she thought about poor Kirby, deprived of his childhood.

A small tapping at the door snapped Fumu out of her thoughts. She made her way to the door and opened to find Meta Knight standing there.

"I'm sorry to bother you, Fumu but I noticed Kirby wasn't at his house." said Meta Knight.

"Since it is so cold, I let him stay here but he's still sleeping." Fumu replied.

"He needs to awaken. We have work to do."

"Can't you just let him sleep in for this once? He's been through a lot."

"A star warrior's duty comes first and foremost." Meta Knight replied icily.

Fumu sighed, wishing Kirby didn't have to fight all the time. She gently shook Kirby awake as she hoped he wouldn't get injured in the next fight..

"What's for breakfast?" asked Kirby while he rubbed his eyes awake.

"Kirby, today we are taking the entire force and going to search for the Ice Dragon. said Meta Knight.

"Yes, sir." Kirby responded as he hopped out of bed.

"May I come too?" asked Fumu.

"It will be very dangerous." said Meta Knight

"And I don't want you to get hurt."added Kirby.

"I'll be fine, besides I have to keep an eye on you...erm both of you." said Fumu.

"Alright, then hurry up. I will be waiting for you outside." said Meta Knight and exited.

Fumu got a backpack that contained useful items while Kirby made her bed. Since the cold weather and snow wasn't letting up, Fumu grabbed a large scarf and draped Kirby in it. She snatched another one for herself and they both scurried down to the kitchen for breakfast.

Although no one in the castle usually ate their breakfast in the kitchen, it was a fabulous idea now because the Waddle Dees kept the kitchen fire alive. It wasn't rare to see all the Dees taking turns sitting near the oven because the poor creatures didn't do well in the cold.

"Sir Meta Knight certainly is right, we have to defeat that Ice Dragon or else we will all f-freeze to death." shivered Kirby.

"You know, when you were little, you loved the snow." said Fumu as she scooted near the fire.

"Yeah, but it wasn't this cold back then." moaned Kirby.

Fumu laughed at Kirby's tone as she attempted to sip a coffee. Even though the burning hot beverage burned her tongue, she was grateful that it warmed her all the way down to her feet.

"The snow is letting up…" said Kirby as he looked out the window.

"Probably because it's too cold even to snow." said Fumu who prided herself on knowing a bit of meteorology.

Kirby shrugged, wondering why the snow would stop when the temperature was colder. Didn't snow like freezing weather? But Kirby knew that Fumu was more learned than he was so he didn't object.

-_-_-_-(Meanwhile)-_-_-_-

Bun sighed as he belted his sword on. Sword and Blade had taught him how to fight and he did well but it wasn't exactly an enjoyable job. Bun always wanted to fight with Kirby and protect those who couldn't handle weapons but now he started wishing that he didn't volunteer. It was especially tough now that it was incredibly cold.

"You know Bun, your sister has grown up into a pretty young lady." said Commander Vee, who was sharing Bun's room.

"If you have your 'eyes on her', you can forget it. Fumu likes Kirby too much to pay any attention to you." mumbled Bun.

"Wait, what? How do you know?"

"She tries to hide it but I ain't dumb."

Bun sighed again. Although he hated the idea of losing his sister and best friend, he knew that they would be happy together. Bun knew he wouldn't exactly be losing them but it just wouldn't be the same.

Bun moaned, as he looked at his cozy bed. How he wished he could just jump back in and go to sleep. But Vee was waiting so he pulled his scarf around himself and trudged down to the kitchen.

"Morning, Fumu." muttered Bun nonchalantly as he grabbed something to eat.

"Morning, Kirby." mumbled Vee in the same tone that Bun had used.

Fumu bit her lip. Everyone was feeling so down and she didn't know how to cheer them up. Knuckle Joe and Silica came down for breakfast in the same melancholy mood. Knuckle Joe announced that Benikage couldn't come because he came down with a gruesome cold.

The news just made all of them more miserable because they needed all help they could get. Even Kirby, who was usually cheerful, looked down.

"Everyone, we have to cheer up! Once we find the Ice Dragon it'll be easy to dispose of it and then this dreaded cold spell will finally end!" Fumu spoke up.

"Yeah, once we can actually find it!" shouted Knuckle Joe angrily.

"Hey, Fumu's right. We have to cheer up. All these bad mood will make us go slower" said Kirby.

Fumu smiled at Kirby as the group started nodding and agreeing. All of them started a pleasant conversation and pretty soon everybody was done eating. Kirby, Fumu, Bun, Vee, Knuckle Joe and Silica caught up with Meta Knight, Sword and Blade and all together they started the search.