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Chapter 4: She's a what-now? (Part one)

Meta Knight and King Dedede arrived at the castle doors, Meta Knight carrying the capsule and Dedede the sleeping baby.

They met Escargoon in the main throne room. His eyes went wide. "Why are you two all beat up?" He asked. Dedede and Meta exchanged looks. The arrival of Adeleine had made them forget about the fight the two were in the middle of.

"It's a long story." Meta replied. "Do you know what this is?"

He gestured towards the baby girl and the capsule. Escargoon put his hand on his chin. "Hmmm... I don't know what species that thing is, but I can do some research. I think the capsule was a sort of escape pod. Maybe wherever she came from was in some sort of danger."

Meta picked the capsule up again and tried to fly to where Escargoon had asked him. His wings were still too small. His friend Sir Falspar and told him. It had been a relief to know he hadn't been

The very last of his kind, but he had felt staggering sorrow to find out they had all died resisting Nightmare, while he, Yamikage, Garlude, and Jecra were in a reconnaissance mission to retrieve Galaxia. He had piloted back to Popstar, hoping to see Dedede.

Then the fight.

Then the girl.

Was her arrival fate, strings pulled by NOVA to make sure their bond wasn't broken by sending them a helpless child?

He didn't know, but he was sure that the girl would be protected.

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Dr. Yabui looked at Adeleine for a full three minutes before telling the unlikely pair the results. "I've run some tests," he told Dedede and Meta Knight, "and I can say with confidence that she is perfectly healthy."

"That's not what we asked, you quacko!"

Meta Knight gave Dedede a nudge. "Excuse my colleague. Now, do you know what species she is?"

Dr. Yabui looked at Adeleine again, a hand on his chin. Adeleine amused herself by trying to grab his glasses off of Yabui's face. The (probably fake) doctor backed away so she wouldn't be able to.

"Hm..."

Yabui squinted at the baby girl, who was beginning to get hungry and starting to fuss.

"Uh..."

Meta Knight tapped his foot impatiently.

"Well..."

Dedede was beginning to get hacked off.

Yabui blushed and outright announced, "I have no idea."

The king and the knight fell over, anime style.

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Adeleine stopped crying when Dedede picked her up and took her out of Yabui's clinic. She sat on his shoulders and chatted happily in that strange language she knew. She laughed and smiled, waving at several Cappies. They backed away hurriedly.

Holding Adeleine piggyback-style, Dedede smiled at how happy the baby looked with them. He liked this girl. She had spunk, like he did.

They were waking through a field littered with daises, and had small saplings that were randomly scattered around it near the dangerous woods. Two people, a young man and a young woman, both had flowers in their extremely long hair skipped merrily through the meadow, smiling.

"Hippies." Dedede muttered as the couple skipped past them.

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Escargoon didn't like Adeleine, partially because his Majesty did. He gave a soft sort of affectionate smile whenever she smiled, and laughed when she laughed. All his majesty ever did to him was order him around and beat him half to death with a large hammer.

Maybe he was jealous.

Maybe.

He sat in his lab, wondering who the hell this girl was and where the hell she came from. If he found out, he was going to shove her back in that metal barrel and shoot her back when Dedede wasn't looking.

He got out a computer that looked like it had come straight out the 1980s, and began his research.

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"Welp, she doesn't like Maxim Tomatoes." Dedede commented as he tried to get Adeleine to eat. Meta knight smiled under his steel mask. Dedede was on his back, almost asleep, sometimes gazing at the clouds and sometime seeing how Adeleine was getting along.

They were eating lunch in the castle courtyard. It was a beautiful day out, so why not waste the day lounging around outside?

Meta remained standing, and watched the girl try to drink some Pep Brew. She ended up spilling most of it on herself, but she did appear to be enjoying the taste of it.

Adeleine, Meta noticed, liked sandwiches the best.

Meta watched as the girl stood up and took uneasy steps over to the picnic basket, where the paintbrush and a small easel the king had bought were. She picked them up, staggering slightly, and carried them over. She picked up her bright blue paintbrush, and dipped it in the paint on her palette. She painted for a minute.

Her tiny hands held the paintbrush with ease, and she made careful strokes as she painted. Her paintbrush, they noticed, had rainbow paint all over the tip. How did that work?

She wouldn't let them see what she was painting until she was done. Two minutes later, she held up a well-painted picture of Dedede himself, hammer and everything.

"Well, I'll be...that's a nice picture!" Dedede looked very pleased, and a little flattered.

She pointed to his portrait. "Daddydee." She said, smiling.

"Dedede." The king automatically replied.

"Dadady?"

"Dedede."

"Daddy!" She hugged the king, gripping onto the edge of his robes. He sighed. "I'll take it..."

Meta smiled. "She's a painting prodigy, apparently."

Dedede gave him a confused look. "She's a what-now?"

Meta knight rolled his eyes. "I'll explain later..."

He handed Meta the picture, and Dedede picked the baby girl up. "You're all right, Addie girl." The penguin pretended to drop her, and she gave a squeal. He caught her again. He threw her up, and this time he really DID drop her. Meta Knight just barely caught her. "You'll be lucky if you didn't knock her fillings loose, sire."

Dedede stuck his tongue out at the knight. Adeleine copied him, then burst out laughing.

Escargoon waked through the main doors, a somber expression on his face. "I hate to break up your little family picnic, but I have some information that may be helpful."

I had fun writing this cute lil chapter ;3

What did Goonie find out? Well, as the part one on the chapter title indicates, I'll wrap this part up (maybe) in the next chapter. I hope you had a fun time reading this adorable chapter, because the next one will be serious. (Me? Serious? Never...XD)

Guess who the couple is...hint: They're in the anime and they've changed quite a bit. They have two children.

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Type ya later (copyright the Cosmic Penguin),

StarRod