Lost Knight

Chapter 2

Meta Knight was looking around the courtyard of the castle. He was looking for clues.

The last time he had seen his comrade, Romo Knight, was when he was heading for the courtyard. The next thing he and his other fellow knights knew, there was some loud noises. There was a large crash and then there was silence. Meta Knight jumped up and took a sprinting lead towards the courtyard, his dark cape flying behind his short, round dark blue body. Cobalt Knight, Blade Knight, and Sword Knight followed quickly, their swords ready. By the time they all got there, there was no trace of The Knight of Romance anywhere. They all promised to investigate more into the matter during their free times.

That's why Meta Knight was in the castle courtyard at this time. He was trying to find out what exactly happened last night. So far, the only clue he could find was a not so big dent in the ground. He sighed in frustration behind his round, silver mask. Like a dent would be of any help finding his comrade…

Romo Knight wasn't a Star Warrior like Cobalt and Meta Knight himself, but he was an ally all the same, like Sword Knight and Blade Knight, for though he didn't feel in debt.

Meta Knight then froze. He heard something move above him. He slowly took out his golden, spiked sword, Galaxia. He looked around through the slit in his mask, his seemingly yellow eyes gleaming in suspicion. "Who's there…?!" He demanded quizzically in a bold voice. "Reveal yourself!"

The next thing he knew, he was thinking of the saying "be careful what you wish for", because he found himself being tackled from above and behind to the ground. He had dropped his sword on impact with one of his gloved hands, and the one that tackled him to the ground pinned his other arm to his caped back. "Got you…!" said a young, familiar feminine voice in a playfully teasing tone. The dark blue Knight didn't bother to struggle. He knew exactly who it was, and he knew he wasn't in any real danger. "Alright, Kristal, you got me…" he sighed in half relief and half annoyance. He was annoyed because the young slightly dark lavender puff ball girl had just sneak attacked him when he was in the middle of something important, but he was relieved that at least the sneak attacker wasn't an enemy of any kind.

"Can you please get of me now, child?" Meta Knight asked politely. Kristal shrugged. As she slid off Meta Knight, releasing his arm, she quipped "I'm not a child, you know. I'm 17 years old." As Meta Knight stood up and dusted himself off, he smiled under his mask and his eyes turned pink. He found it amusing that his young acquaintance acted grown whenever he called her "child". "You're just lucky none of my comrades are here. Even Cobalt wouldn't have hesitated to strike you out of reflexes," he said. As he went to retrieve Galaxia, he heard quick paced footsteps. Meta Knight turned around when he picked up his prized and legendary sword by its ruby hilt. He saw 2 more familiar individuals. They both were Kristal's age just about and both of them were male. They were Kristal's best friends, Skuddle and Juggar, and boy did they look cross.

"Kristal! What were you thinking?!" the turquois Waddle Dee asked in disbelief, and then he turned his attention apologetically to Meta Knight, who was putting his sword up. "Sir Meta Knight, I apologize for Kristal's erratic actions… Again…!" he said. "Yeah, real sorry about that, man," Juggar added. Meta Knight just waved it off. "She wasn't doing me any harm really, just caught me off guard… And distracted me from what I was doing…" Meta Knight added the last part with an agitated sigh.

He had limited free time, so Kristal catching Meta Knight by surprise had just wasted his time. Kristal looked guilty right there. "Sorry, dude, I didn't know you were up to anything, I was just trying to get your attention so we could get you to help…" Kristal said, fiddling with her slightly dark lavender pony tail that was put up on her head's right side. Meta Knight then looked at her. "Help with what…?" he asked.

"We haven't seen Romo Knight all day, and we haven't been able to locate him, so we were hoping to get yours and the other's assistance…" Skuddle informed Meta Knight, looking up at him hopefully.

Meta Knight looked at the 3 teenagers. Quite frankly, he kind of found it convenient that they had the same quest in mind as himself and his other comrades. "I'll just need to get the others and the permission of our king, and we can get started looking for him," he put out plainly. Juggar pumped his fist and hissed "Yes!" Kristal, forgetting her guilt of interfering with Meta Knight's business, jumped up and down in joy and Skuddle exclaimed joyfully "Thank you, Sir Meta Knight!"

Meta Knight nodded at them and left the courtyard to fetch his fellow knights, and then ask permission from King Dedede. He knew he could easily get Blade Knight, Sword Knight, and Cobalt Knight to assist him and the 3 teenagers, in fact, they might try persuading Kirby and Shadow to help, but he wasn't so sure about getting Dedede's approval, especially after the hectic afternoon Kristal put His Highness through. It'll take some persuasion to get the large penguin like king to excuse them out of the castle, and he wasn't easy to reason with when he was in a sour mood…