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Chapter 4: Reunite
A soft yawn releases from the large mouth of the pink puffball known as Kirby. He awakens in his bed, still mostly full from the meal he consumed before his nap. Kirby stands up on his bed and jumps off towards the doorway of his room. Once he lands, he sees the "star" sitting on the same chair he left it. He slowly approaches it as it glows for a few seconds. This causes Kirby to stop abruptly, not sure of what the "star" was doing. Then, he carefully walks up to it after the glow had faded. Kirby makes a light, cute sound as he goes to grab it. Before he can take it, a knocking comes from his door. He looks over to the door and walks to it, opening it slowly. As the door creaks open, he catches a glimpse of fire from just outside his door.
"Kirby? Is that you," asks the one outside.
Kirby opens the door completely and sees Burnin' Leo standing in front of him. This causes Kirby to smile widely and hug his old friend. Leo chuckles and hugs back. "It's good to see you again, Kirby." They separate from their hug, still feeling the warmth of their friendship reunited. Kirby moves aside to let Leo enter his home. Leo walks in and begins explaining the situation to his friend.
"Well, Kirby, Sir Kibble told me that something serious is going to happen soon. I've never seen him so serious about something that didn't involve himself. Umm...how should I say this?" Leo turns to Kirby with a worried look on his face. "King Dedede's castle is nothing but rubble now." Kirby's eyes widen and makes a light squeak. Leo shakes his head. "I don't know, Kirby. He's been missing for a while now." Kirby approaches Leo and makes a light "nyeh" sound. "Sir Kibble is looking for someone else to help us...which reminds me. I must know. Will you help us find out what's going on?" Kirby closes his eyes, smiles warmly, and makes an enlongated "Hi!". Leo smiles and nods. "Thank you, my pink friend." Leo hugs Kirby tightly, surprising Kirby a bit. Shortly after, a loud explosion is heard from outside. Both look out of the still open door and see a large cloud of dust at the edge of the forest. They exit the home and runs towards the dust cloud. As they get closer, the dust cloud begins to clear, showing many of the nearby trees have cracked, shattered, and fallen. Once they arrive at the location of the explosion, the dust cloud has fully cleared, revealing short mage-like being wearing green robes and wide brimmed, blue hat with a large, yellow star in the front center of its hat that is held on by a green ribbon-like strap going around the base of the hat, yellow mitts and boots, and a blue scarf wrapped around his face that leaves the rest of his face covered in shadows with its white eyes shining through the darkness. The being walks closer to Kirby and Leo, pulling out a wand with a blue, crystal globe tip.
"Where is the Omni-Star," inquires the newcomer with a slightly maniacal, feminine voice.
Kirby shrugs his shoulder, unsure of what was just asked. Leo steps forward, his flame grow brighter. "What are you talking about, Simirror," Leo answers the question with another. Before Simirror can reply, Leo notices something out of place on Simirror. "Why are you back to your original colors? I thought you were no longer a villain but instead, a mere mercenary," Leo curiously wonders. Simirror starts to chuckle that gradually increases to loud laughter. She stops laughing and glares at Leo, seeming like she changed into a different person by the way she looked at him. "Even mercenary work is a dirty business. Too much of it can change people, even such as myself," she explained to him. Kirby watches this entire ordeal as he just realized what Simirror was talking about and runs back to his home. Unaware of his departure, Leo walks right up to Simirror, his flame starting to turn light blue and giving off intense heat in all directions which wilt the grass and flowers that survived the explosion from earlier until they turned into black soot. As Simirror began to charge her wand, Kirby comes running back with the "star" that he left behind in his house. Simirror looks upon Kirby and discharges the magic that was building within her wand, satisfied to see what she needed. Leo's flame goes down to the normal as he notices Simirror's attention is on Kirby and the Omni-Star. "Good boy, Kirby. That is exactly what I asked for. Now, give it to me," demanded Simirror. Kirby looks to the Omni-Star then to Simirror. Leo watches Kirby, worried of his decision. Kirby closes his eyes and shakes his head, declining Simirror's demands. She becomes enraged and starts to charge her wand with incredible power. Leo takes a step back as his flame turns light blue again, and Kirby opens his eyes and shivers a bit in fear. Just as Simirror was going to cast her spell, the Omni-Star glows brightly, catching Kirby's attention and calming him down as well. Suddenly, Simirror's wand stops glowing, shatters, and creates a magical explosion that propells Simirror far above the forest and into the distance horizon. Also, the explosion covers Kirby and Leo with blackened dirt. Leo's flame returns to normal once again and looks to Kirby. "Whoa! What just happened?"
Kirby looks to Leo in confusion. "I don't know, Leo," suddenly speaks Kirby in a fairly high pitched and cute voice.