Author's note: First of all, I am so, so sorry for keeping you all waiting so long for this chapter. I have been really busy lately, and I haven't had much free time and along with the fact that I've been a bit lacking in inspiration for this story has delayed this chapter far too long. Second, thanks to everyone who reviewed, I look at your reviews every so often and it reminds me that I need to work on this story, because there are people who like it! Surprisingly. Considering the fact that the chapters are terribly short and infrequent updates make me rather surprised that anyone is still following this story. Anyway, on to the actual chapter before my word count becomes even more inaccurate.

Chapter Three

I just wanna sleep!

Dr. Yabui rushed out into the town square yelling, "Fumu-sama! Fumu-sama!" At the sound of his panicked voice Chief Bookem ran over to where the doctor was standing.

"Is something the matter, Yabui?" Chief Bookum asked him, sounding calm but concerned.

"I-it's Meta Knight-kyo! H-he's gone!" Dr. Yabui stuttered. "Oh Fumu-sama is going to have my head..." He moaned.

"Okay, okay, just start from the beginning. Why are you so concerned about Meta Knight-kyo disappearing? Everyone knows that he comes and goes as he pleases.

"W-well Fumu-sama had brought him over because he had suddenly passed out. When I examined him, he didn't seem like he was going to wake up anytime soon, but when I took a lunch break for less than ten minutes, he was gone! The window was open too!"

"Hmm... So he's missing. I suppose the only logical thing to do is send out search parties and see what turns up." As he said this, Chief Bookem tilted his head slightly and took out a megaphone.

"Thank you Chief Bookem. You always know what to do in a crisis!"

"Heh... Not really." He scratched the back of his head nervously. "Ahem. ATTENTION ALL RESIDENTS OF PUPU VILLAGE. YOU ALL ARE BEING CALLED TO THE TOWN SQUARE FOR AN EMERGENCY GATHERING. ATTENDANCE IS REQUIRED. THANK YOU." Chief Bookem said slowly and carefully into the megaphone. Waves of cappies flowed into the town square like a trickling stream. When all the residents of Pupu Village had gathered, Chief Bookem once again spoke into the megaphone. "YOU HAVE BEEN GATHERED HERE BECAUSE-" He was interrupted by a shout of, "WE CAN HEAR YOU JUST FINE WITHOUT THE MEGAPHONE YOU KNOW!" Chief Bookem looked sheepish as he put the megaphone down on the ground.

"Sorry. As I was saying, you all have been gathered here because Meta Knight-kyo has gone missing and it has been decided that the most logical course of action is to send out search parties looking for him. Any questions?" Silence greeted his words. Then noise so loud that if Mike Kirby had been singing, his singing would be drowned out by all the voices talking at once.

"What?!"

"Why?!"

"Doesn't he go 'missing' all the time?!"

"He can look after himself!"

"Why should we care?!"

"I don't care about him! I just wanna sleep!"

"SILENCE!" Chief Bookem roared into the megaphone. Everyone immediately stopped their whining about sleep and not caring. "We have reason to believe that this is not one of Meta Knight-kyo's normal disappearances. We believe that this was a kidnapping!" Hell broke out again with a flurry of voices.

"What?!"

"Who would be stupid enough to do that?!"

"You're crazy!"

"Yeah, you've lost it Bookem!"

"Who cares?! I just want to sleep!"

"LET ME EXPLAIN!" Bookem yelled over the din. "Meta Knight-kyo had been taken to the doctors unconscious for undisclosed reasons, and when he was left alone for a short period of time, he had disappeared and a window that had previously been closed was now open. This evidence points towards someone taking advantage of Meta Knight-kyo being unconscious and kidnapping him. Now, does anyone have any complaints about looking for him?"

Meanwhile...

"ESCARGOON!" Dedede yelled at the top of his lungs while a poor snail rushed to his side in the throne room of the castle."Yes Sire?" Escargoon inquired.

"I WANT A DEMONBEAST!"

"S-sire... You know that NME was destroyed... There aren't any demonbeasts left aside from Lololo and Lalala and you already rejected them."

"WELL MAKE A DEMONBEAST!"

"M-make a demonbeast? S-sire, you must be joking!"

"Well Triple D, today's your lucky day, because today is the official reopening of Nightmare Enterprises!" A familiar voice said, his voice accompanied with a 'whir' noiseas a giant screen came out of a panel in the wall and a machine came out of the floor.

"No, that voice... It can't be..." Escargoon whispered.

"Oh yes it can!" Customer Service crowed triumphantly. Dedede laughed and said, "Just in time! I want me a demonbeast!"

"And we have the perfect demonbeast for you! We came up with this mirror that reflects a mirror version of whatever looks into it. Of course, we can fine tune it so that it only will do that for one thing at no extra cost." Customer Service said as a picture of a golden mirror with large wings on the sides with stars and a crown adorning it replaced his face on the screen.

"Heh heh hah! That sounds cool! I'll take it!" Dedede exclaimed. Customer Service merely grinned and pressed a button on a remote. As he did so, the transporter began to glow. It glowed brighter and brighter until you could barely look at it. When it finally dimmed, there was the mirror from the image sitting on the machine. "Now, who should I turn into a demonbeast first?"

"May I make a suggestion your highness? How about turning Meta Knight into a demonbeast? The mirror version looks exactly like the original, and I've heard of a few rumors stating that Meta Knight has gone missing, so this would be the perfect chance to make some mischief."

"Heh heh heh! Meta Knight won't know what hit 'im!" Dedede laughed. "Now to get it someplace where he will see it..."