Just a short note here, I won't be able to update in a while. I have camp soon, which means NO INTERNET WHATSOEVER AND ONLY BORING CAMP ACTIVITIES. Don't blame me, it's compulsory.

By the way, Elfis gets exiled LATER ON as well and THAT'S where we find out about her sinister plot. However, not now, it's still a long way to go.

So while I'm here, I'm just going to say PLEASE REVIEW! AND THAT INCLUDES ALL LURKERS!

Lurker = people who lurk around. As in, people who follow your story but don't review. Learned that term from a fellow fanfiction author ha.

Shadow Kirby was running through the levels of Carrot Castle furiously. She had quite a short temper—if it was something to do with people she didn't like. She had scouted all of Moonlight Mansion, nearly every part of Rainbow Road—since it was kind of huge, almost everywhere in Olive Ocean, almost everywhere in Candy Constellation—half of the time she was trying not to fall off of the platforms—and everywhere in Radish Ruins, but no one knew about this "Elfis". She suspected Dark Meta Knight would know. He always knew the things she didn't know and vice versa.

So now, she was currently running through the levels of Carrot Castle furiously, beating up anything in her way. Most of the enemies moved out of the way, not wanting to get punched into a wall or just plain out inhaled.

Finally, she was at the last place of Carrot Castle. Its boss room.

There are plenty of hiding places beyond the boss room, Shadow Kirby thought, collecting the Bomb Ability. She ran down to the door. Mega Titan never listened to her, so she knew she would have to beat him.

As suspected, he was immediately hostile towards Shadow Kirby, as she had much similarities with Kirby. Mega Titan hated Kirby for prancing on his pride and beating it down. Shadow Kirby also had a very short temper with the bosses of the places.

The battle started with Mega Titan roaring and sending his fists towards Shadow Kirby. She ducked and rolled across the floor, summoned up a bombs and hurled at Mega Titan repeatedly, who was being pushed back every second. He retaliated and sent his fists flying towards her again, and she dodged expertly, throwing a bomb straight at his face. His face, his one only fragile spot, burned madly and he was sent flying towards the electrified walls. He shrieked in pain, not expecting that to happen. Once he was injured, the battle for Shadow Kirby would be too easy.

Repeating her dodging and then attacking tactic, Mega Titan felt himself wearing out. He clenched his fists. Of course the same opponent would know his tactics! He was stupid for not changing them and expecting his opponent to fail this time.

With a final shriek, Mega Titan sent his fists and himself flying towards Shadow Kirby.

She dodged.

Mega Titan fell to the ground limply. He blinked as he waited for Shadow Kirby to attack him again.

She didn't.

Instead, Shadow Kirby stood, watching him pityingly. Mega Titan heaved himself off of the ground, staring at Shadow Kirby somewhat huffily. He could never beat this fiend, could he?

"I've lost again, so what do you want from me?" Mega Titan asked in his robotic voice.

"Tell me where Dark Meta Knight is," Shadow Kirby replied.

"He's in the room after this one," Mega Titan replied monotonously, being the robot he was.

"How do I access it?" Shadow Kirby asked.

Using the last bit of his strength, Mega Titan forced open a door at the back of the arena. Shadow Kirby, upon seeing this, smiled brightly and walked to it. Before she did, she looked at him oddly, before saying, "Doesn't anyone come and heal you?"

Mega Titan guffawed. "Are you asking that on impulse?"

"No, because I care," Shadow Kirby said. "Now, does anyone come heal you?"

"No, I am built with an Automatic Healing System. Now go before the door closes."

Shadow Kirby stared at him for a while before turning and leaving through the door. Mega Titan watched her go a little sadly. He had been somewhat hoping she would be nice and help him heal up, since he hated being left on the ground like that.

As the door closed, Shadow Kirby slowly brought out a cellphone.

"Yellow Kirby, Red Kirby, Green Kirby? Yeah, can you come over to Carrot Castle and help Mega Titan heal? Thanks."

"Hell-o," Shadow Kirby growled as she stepped in the room full of crates.

"Ohh." It was definitely Dark Meta Knight.

"Where were you all this time? Hiding in this pokey old shitty place?" Shadow Kirby demanded.

"That's about all, isn't it?" Dark Meta Knight said, shrugging. "I've just been hiding. From you. And others. Mostly you, but the others scare me too." He stretched.

"Fuck," Shadow Kirby announced. She was a lot more loose with language than Kirby—they were opposites.

It was quiet for a while and Shadow Kirby just stood at the entrance (and exit), blocking most of the light. Dark Meta Knight squinted at the rays of light that managed to escape. He—like all Shadows—preferred the dark to the light. He had been quite happily staying in the dark for a few days, protected by Mega Titan, until Shadow Kirby successfully managed to beat him down and force him to reveal Dark Meta Knight's location. "Are you irritated?"

Shadow Kirby, also disliking the light, swung the door shut. Shadows had excellent night vision so they were able to view each other perfectly. Eyes darkening, she folded her arms. "Irritated to the max."

The two usually didn't speak with each other unless they felt like irritating each other, and that was rarely. Shadow Kirby only occasionally tried to search the whole of Mirror World for Dark Meta Knight simply because she was bored and needed to fight someone. While that happened, she had became an eternal rival of the Hands, Master Hand and Crazy Hand, and would usually run through the whole of Candy Constellation to defeat them for her sadistic pleasures. "Well, I do apologize, but you scare me, since every time you're looking for a fight. Unless you want to hide, too. Mega Titan should be healing up nicely, since I improved his Automatic Healing System," Dark Meta Knight replied.

Saying nothing, Shadow Kirby walked over and sat on a nearby crate. She began organizing her thoughts carefully. She decided Dark Meta Knight would know if Elfis truly existed or not. "Hey, uh..." It felt odd asking him a question, but she shook her head. Something was definitely not right, between both worlds, and she needed to confirm it. "Is there a Shadow Elfis around?"

"No," was the immediate reply. Shadow Kirby's head snapped to his direction. Dark Meta Knight was facing the sealed door that only Mega Titan could open. He was trying not to look at Shadow Kirby, reasons even Shadow Kirby did not know. "I have never ever encountered a Shadow Elfis. This is suspicious, anyway. Elfis is the opposite of Sifle, meaning that this 'Elfis' must be the opposite of Lady Sifle."

"Lady Sifle?" Shadow Kirby echoed. "Since when were you so respectful?"

"Since just now. Everyone calls her that, so it caught on! Now keep quiet and don't you make that face, Shadow Kirby." She stifled her laughter. "Anyways, La—I mean Sifle is from the other world, the world of the Lights. I believe that Elfis is the Shadow."

"Your theory may not be correct," Shadow Kirby said dryly, standing up once again, cloak being dragged off of the crate. "Light and Shadow are only two-thirds. You know the last one. She may be that last one-third."

"Impossible," Dark Meta Knight spluttered. "Why would she? There is apparently no connection from that world to any of these worlds, so don't bother thinking like that."

"Whatever you say. Anyway, thanks for your not-so-helpful help," Shadow Kirby huffed, striding towards the door. Dark Meta Knight forced his head away, looking at the side. Shadow Kirby frowned. "What. Do I look horrible to look at?"

Dark Meta Knight was startled. "Well...uh, kind of?"

Shadow Kirby snorted. "Just to let you know, you look awful and horrendous too, so it's okay."

The door flung open, then promptly closed.

Deptuna, a female waddle dee, was ordered by Kirby to serve a lady named Sifle. She was extremely nervous after hearing she was a special guest. She would screw this up! She knew she would! Gulping, Deptuna reached Room 622. Probably the worst moment of my life. She knocked on the door. "U-Um, permission to enter?" she mumbled softly.

She heard a great yawn—yet, to Deptuna, it seemed somewhat fascinating and elegant—and the reply was, "Come in."

In her panic, Deptuna forgot the password. Swallowing hard, she thought furiously, before she organized her thoughts properly and pressed it in. 1918..? When she clicked it, in went red, emitting a vicious "BEEP!" from it. Deptuna yelped. She covered her mouth and retyped it. 1928? She clicked enter. It turned green and with a friendly "Beep!" and Deptuna opened the door.

"L-Lady Sifle? Um, good morning. I know you've just woken up, but I-I was told to be your servant for the time you are here." I hope this woman is leaving soon, Deptuna added sullenly. "A-And I was told to tell you that...um, your twin sister E-Elfis is allowed to be v-visited."

"Thank you very much. What might be your name?" Sifle said, slipping out of the bed. Deptuna thought she looked pretty.

"M-My name? Uhm..." For a moment, even Deptuna herself forgot her own name. Then quickly, she composed herself. "D-Deptuna. My name is Deptuna."

"Thank you very much, Deptuna. I will be there in thirty minutes. Please inform your...well, leaders."

Deptuna couldn't be gladder as she strode out of the door, after saying a "Goodbye and good day!" but still! She had done her job perfectly! And this Lady Sifle wasn't a witchy old hag, but was a nice kind young lady! Deptuna considered herself lucky. She had to serve such a pleasant woman. It could be worse.

But as Deptuna strolled down to go report back to the cardinal guards, she passed by the prison cells. She forced herself to look at Elfis. Somehow, it seemed right for her to inform Elfis that Sifle was coming to visit her. "U-Um... Miss Elfis?"

Elfis' head snapped up to the timid female waddle dee that stood in front of her cell. "What would it be?"

"Y-You have a visitor, in about thirty m-minutes."

"Who?"

"L-Lady Sifle..." Deptuna muttered. And suddenly, she felt completely unsafe. Elfis grinned at Deptuna wolfishly. "Is there anything you want?" Deptuna asked uncertainly, staring at Elfis. "I-I was given permission to—"

"What I want is to be out of this horrible prison cell," Elfis sighed. "I have a destiny, to be exiled again. It will happen, one way or another. If I am to be saved or forced to leave, then it shall be that way... In any case, you cannot do anything for me, little waddle dee. All you can do is be a usual minion of the manipulative cardinal guards, allowing them to bend you to their will, and that's all you can do before I finally put an end to this whole game."

And then suddenly, Deptuna felt irritated by Elfis' smug speech. Standing up straighter than she had ever stood before, Deptuna held her head high and snorted snobbishly. "Put an end to this whole game? Why, do you think of destroying this whole castle, or taking over it yourself? Dream on. Ten against one and you are done," she said, remembering an old rhyme that she learnt in her childhood. "Maybe I shouldn't have offered. You know, after you've told me this, you probably won't get released."

Elfis snorted. "It's all destiny..."

Kirstie was dragging Kirby down to Aprile's Pie Shop. Kirby wanted to refuse, but she knew, what as worse than a angry Kirstie was a determined Kirstie. Allowing herself to be dragged, they finally reached Aprile's Pie Shop. Uncertainly, Kirby clicked the service bell.

"Comin'..." called a voice. Aprile dragged herself to the counter, smiling drowsily. "Good mornin'."

Aprile was a relatively short girl with dark brown hair down to her chest. She didn't get angry easily and was usually happy all the time. And she could bake pies, obviously.

Kirstie cleared her throat. "Good morning, Aprile. I would prefer it if you didn't speak like that. Anyway, I'd like to order a pumpkin pie and a watermelon pie."

Aprile shrugged. "Okay, whatever. Six silver coins."

That was the way they used money—bronze, silver and gold coins. Bronze having the least value and gold having the most. Ten bronze coins is one silver coin and ten silver coins is one gold coin.

"That's rather expensive. More expensive than when I usually come. Four silver coins more, if I am correct," Kirstie calculated. "Why should the watermelon pie be so high-priced, Aprile?"

"A pumpkin pie is easy to make, but a watermelon pie isn't," Aprile said, accepting the money—which happened to be a full gold coin. She handed over four silver coins back. "Anyway, it's coming. Hang on a sec, will you?"

Aprile turned around and grabbed a pumpkin pie and a watermelon pie off of the shelf. "No one comes so early in the morning," Aprile said dryly. "Not at seven in the morning, at least. Why do you need to be so early? Usually you come at eight."

Kirstie took the pies and handed the watermelon pie to Kirby, and began to thoughtfully chew at her pumpkin pie. "Well, today we're rather busy, and at eight we have to begin work. It's because the king is missing, and we intend to start an election as soon as possible. However, we must first free Meta Knight and take care of the Elfis problem. Though it is not big, since Sifle, her twin sister, is here to take care of her."

Aprile nodded thoughtfully. "Ah well. I see you're busy. But I'll be busy once the sun rises a bit more."

"You have too much money. You should go on a vacation."

"No thanks." Aprile waved it off dismissively. "Oh yeah. I wanted to tell you something."

"What?"

"Something fell from the sky," Aprile said solemnly. "Right above the castle. Where that mirror is."

"Oh crap," Kirstie said immediately. "Well, never mind. We'll investigate it afterwards. After we're done with this total mess that Dedede created. Let's go, Kirby."

And that would be the end of chapter four. Yep, Aprile is another one of my OCs based off one of my classmates. Also, she's born in April. No kidding.

Anyway, that will be all. Again, please review!