Welcome to chapter 2! Please grab your popcorn and watch as I make this up as I go along. Lol. By the way, Molofrin doesn't have any legs. He kind of like brother to Naga (When Words Collide; WereCat's Curse) except without the snakes for hair.

I crept through the halls of the castle, hoping that I would not run into any more knights as they might not be as kind as Meta Knight and his knaves had been to me. Kind…ppffhh.

I came to an open window and inspected the lay of the land. There, a good distance away, was a smattering of houses. At least, I'm going to assume that's what houses looked like. My only home was a little metal room with a cot that might have been filled with rocks.

I opened my wings and soared over the houses, looking down at the people on the cobblestone road. Out of curiosity, I flew lower, low enough to catch the eyes of the people who happened to be looking up for no particular reason. "What is that?!" yelled one of them, pointing at me. Others looked up and gasped as they saw me, "It's another demon beast the king ordered!" shouted a little girl with a pink and green dress. As she said that, some other children gathered around her and started to pick up rocks and threw them at me. I swerved to dodge the attack, but a few rocks beat against my wings, making it difficult for me to fly. One of the adults threw a particularly large rock and it hit me in the stomach. The air was knocked out of me and I started spiraling down. Thankfully, I made it to the forest and crash landed in a tree.

Spitting out leaves and twigs, I peeked out from behind the cover of my crash pad and saw the crowd of people running in my direction. I dropped to the ground and ran deeper into the woods, seeing as they would see me if I took flight. I heard someone speak and I ran a bit faster at their words

"Find it and kill it. We don't need another monster attacking our village."

Eventually, I managed to outrun the crowd and sat up against a tree, my face buried in my arms. Why? I asked myself, Does everyone who sees my only sees a monster?

(Yes, I know it's a sappy line)

My stomach growled, and I touched it as it was a foreign object. I sniffed the air and I scented a rabbit a only a few yards away. I stood up and silently walked over to where I saw a small rabbit nibbling on some grass. Now, I have morals. I don't kill the innocent, but I was hungry and that rabbit look really good.

I grabbed the rabbit by the ears and quickly snapped its neck so that it would have a quick death. I neatly slit its belly and gulped down the raw flesh, rabbit blood running down my chin and staining my fingers.

I heard rustling up in the trees and watched as Meta Knight jumped down from a ridiculously high branch, "I was hoping to find Molofrin but instead I catch you feasting on the flesh of a creature not even big enough to put up a fight."

"Well, we can't all be little angels with light shining out of our every crevice." I snapped, wiping the blood from my chin

"I don't expect much from your kind,"

"Even though you are one of us whether you like it or not," I retorted, "I don't like who I am or where I came from, but at least I accept it."

"I am no longer one of you," he murmured

"You're in denial." Was all I said

"No,"

"You even have wings,"

Meta Knight twitched. I had touched a nerve. I saw his cape disappear and be replaced with bat-like wings not unlike my own, except mine where a milky white and his where a purpleish blue.

"Yes, but that means nothing."

"It means that you are still a demon beast. Just accept it. You don't have to like it, I certainly don't, but I don't hide it."

"And look where that's gotten you," Meta Knight crossed his arms, "I saw you being run out of the village. The people of Cappy Town are not in any mood to put up with another one of the king's attacks on Kirby."

"Only because I don't hide behind a mask."

Almost immediately, the forest seemed to explode. Branches snapped and animals scattered, screeching. A tree fell and the knight pushed me out of the way. Glancing up, I saw Molofrin, his face twisted and warped in rage.

"You!" he roared, hurtling himself at Meta Knight. The knight jumped out of the way and his attacker fell right where he had been moments before.

"What do you want beast?"Meta Knight asked, unsheathing Galaxia

"I assumed that might have been obvious. You really aren't as smart as I had imagined, and my expectations weren't high," Molofrin laughed. Buuuuuuuurrrrrnnnn

I flew into the air, or, at least, as high as the trees would permit. I landed behind Molofrin and grabbed his neck. He gasped, clawing at my hands. "If you would do the honors?" I asked Meta Knight, keeping a firm hold on the beast. Meta Knight's eyes narrowed but nonetheless, he drove his sword at Molofrin. But before the sword had made contact with his scaly skin, his tail lashed up and whipped me across my face. I dropped him, a red welt coming into view on my cheek.

Molofrin made a mad dash to the castle going faster than anyone would have expected from a beast without legs.

"Follow him!" Meta Knight shouted

"No need to shout," I said, but hurried along behind him from the air.

We ran/flew through the village, causing everyone to stare at us with obvious bewilderment. The girl who had gotten the town to attack me (frankly, she's not in my good pages) started of follow us. Behind her, a little pink ball who I assumed was Kirby, and a boy who's eyes were hidden behind his hair.

"Meta Knight! What's going on?" she yelled behind us, "What is she doing? Slice her in half!"

Meta Knight, however, didn't answer; he just kept running until we reached the castle. As we crossed the drawbridge, we ran into King Dedede… literally. One the right of the penguin was an oversized snail and on the left was Molofrin, baring his teeth in what was either rage or a smile.

"Watch it! Wha d'ya think you're doin?" he asked, glancing at each of us in turn

"Sire, that thing is an extremely dangerous demon beast. I ask you to let me finish it off." Asked Meta Knight, again pulling out his sword.

"No! He's under my protection as long as he finishes off Kirby,"

"Sire-," Meta Knight began but the king cut him off, "I ain't gonna hear about it… unless that one wants to help me too," he grinned at me which made me want to vomit, "Hello, what's your name?"

"Shut up before I snap your neck," I snarled, the king looked affronted, "Well, I didn't want you anyway."

"Just keep telling yourself that."

Molofrin jumped in, eyeing both Kirby and Meta Knight with a look of hunger, "Can I kill him now?" he asked, his voice sounded shrill, like a scream in slow motion.

"Naw, let's wait. I need the perfect moment."

And with that, he glared at the kids and Meta Knight, winked at me (shudder) and swaggered off, Molofrin at is side.

"Remind me to kill them both." I muttered, crossing my arms, "That was disturbing in ways not even Nightmare could produce."

The girl glared up at me, "What do you want? Give us a reason we shouldn't burn you at the stake."

"Firstly, I'm not a witch smart one," I said sarcastically, "And secondly, I chose to be good. I'm no different than Kirby, or Me-," but before I could finish my sentence, Meta Knight stomped on my foot, hard. Then he spoke quickly, "She is harmless. Very uncivilized, hasn't the faintest idea between right and wrong, but harmless."

"What's your name?" the boy asked, mimicking me and crossing my arms

"Barenesence. You?"

"Tuff. This is Tiff." Tiff nodded, "And this is Kirby," she motioned to the little warrior, "Your name is Bener… Baren… can I just call you Nessa?"

"Sure."