Well, it's time to finally upload the fight with Whispy Woods. This means the first level of the game is now complete! Just four more levels to go. I do have to wonder whether the lack of King Dedede sections made this more enjoyable or not. I want to make sure I stay unpredictable yet enjoyable at the same time. I'm sure you wonderful people will be able to tell me whether or not this was a nice change of pace. As always, I hope that you enjoy this chapter. Especially the ending.

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Chapter Four

Whispers from the woods!

Many hours have passed us by since we last saw Kirby, napping after a hard earned victory against Poppy Bros Sr. Kirby once again had dreams that were about his mysterious origins and troubling past, or lack thereof, but they weren't anything we haven't seen before. There was one dream that he had though that was of importance to tell. It was about his inevitable fight with the great King himself.

Kirby saw himself in an empty black void with nothing in front of him. Or behind him. Or below him. Or above him. Kirby was just floating in the deep ocean of black that he was trapped in. It felt like Kirby was trapped, since he couldn't move any parts of his body even if he wanted to. Kirby felt like he was chained up in metal. Kirby closed his eyes and tried to move his arms. Nothing. Kirby tried his feet. Nothing. Suddenly, when he opened his eyes, Kirby could recognize a shadow looming over him. This seemingly impossible to see shadow slowly opened its eyes. All Kirby saw were lights, for a lack of a better word, that Kirby swore were piercing into his soul. Then the shadow lunged straight for Kirby. The area shined a bright white light. There was a scream emanating from it. And then Kirby woke up, feeling more tense then ever before.

Kirby didn't go back to sleep. How could he after having such a terrible dream? To Kirby, it was more of a nightmare. At least now Kirby was awake to continue on his journey. Kirby took a look at the sky and saw that it was starting to become dawn, if the easy-going pace of the sun rising from over the hills of Dreamland were any indication. The rays of the sun emanated on Kirby's figure. It felt nice. Taking a minute to bask in the view, Kirby made a brisk walk to the woods. It was time to meet one of King Dedede's appointed guards after all, even if Kirby had no idea this was to happen. With a sense of unease, Kirby went to explore the woods of Green greens.

As the ever still trekking puffball kept venturing through the woods, Kirby took a good look of his surroundings. True to it's nature, the woods had a lot of trees. Go figure. What puzzled Kirby was the amount of variety all the trees had, well, for being trees. You got your usual, plain trees. But there were also trees that were completely hollow on the inside. Maybe you thought that a tree with a wide base was impossible, but there were loads of them around Kirby. Some trees had odd designs, like being bent over or having a corkscrew. Kirby often wondered how that even worked. This planet was surely magical.

Wanting to stop for even a little while before continuing his journey, Kirby finally realised something. He was bored. Bored half to death. Kirby began thinking up ways to entertain himself but his thoughts were soon stopped dead in his tracks as he heard a noise. Kirby was on high alert, scanning the horizon for anything suspicious. Kirby heard the noise again. It was definitely a growl of some kind, although it seemed muffled. But when Kirby heard the noise for the last time, all he did was look down. That was his stomach rumbling. It was basically acting as an alarm and reminding Kirby that he needed to eat something. Kirby felt calmer and let out a sigh as he patted his belly and thought to himself.

(I haven't seen any source of food for miles. Thanks a lot, Dedede...If I can't find any food soon I'll starve! What do I do?)

Kirby had begun walking without even realising it while lost in a sea of worries, stumbling upon a magnificent tree. Kirby was so amazed at this tree that he let his mouth fall onto the grass underneath. It had took Kirby's breath away. Kirby felt awestruck. Not only was this tree really big, but it even had a pointed branch growing out of it's stump, acting like a make shift nose. On top of the tree were many leaf's. Nothing out od the ordinary there. What WAS extraordinary, however, was what was hanging on the branches where the leaf's grew out from. Kirby's face instantly took on an excited expression and Kirby's whole body jumped for joy. Why? Because, like Kirby was about to yell out in pure glee, what Kirby found hanging on the tree were...

"POYO!" (APPLES!)

Wanting to waste no time at all, Kirby quickly scrambled for the apples. With a running start, Kirby made a jump for the tree and tried to cling himself onto the bark. Afterwards, Kirby skedaddled up the tree like a rocket ready for take off and climbed onto the branch. Kirby was a fair distance above the ground about now. And trying hold your balance and footing on a branch as if it were a tightrope was difficult for Kirby. Especially given his round appearance, making finding his centre of gravity even harder. But Kirby was able to get over that as he slowly but surely sidled his way over to the apple. Kirby was now within arms reach of the delectable treat . Kirby reached for it. Kirby was almost there...

"WHO...GOES...THERE?!"

...until all hope of Kirby maintaining balance was lost, as he nearly jumped out of his skin when Kirby heard a loud, booming voice out of nowhere, causing Kirby to fall out of the tree and land on the ground face first. Kirby quickly got back up and brushed himself down, before looking at the tree. Kirby noticed the apple still hanging there and put on a sad expression that could probably melt the hearts of many. Kirby was about to repeat the process of grabbing the apple again but was interrupted mid run by the same voice that caused Kirby to lose balance in the first place.

"STOP! WHO ARE YOU?"

Kirby only now realised that the tree that he was about to sprint towards had received a change in appearance. As in it gained three holes in it's bark. Two of them were above his nose branch and the other hole was found underneath it. This caused the normal looking tree before hand to now take on the appearance of a face. It was still a tree though, so it looked pretty goofy looking. Realising that Kirby was asked a question by this rather odd tree, he responded back.

"Kirby!" (My name is Kirby!)

Upon hearing this creature speak its name, the tree got rather angry and was now glaring at Kirby with a fiery attitude. It had received a revelation.

"YOU ARE THE ONE WHO HAS TERRORIZED THE KING!"

Kirby had to make a double take at that statement. Turns out this tree was one of the royally appointed elite guards that worked for King Dedede. And he had been told about Kirby's plan to stop the King. Kirby wondered if maybe he could try to learn more about King Dedede from this great greenery. Only now, Kirby was seeing what could be described as a peculiar sight. The tree shut his eyes tight and shook himself, rustling the leaves that lay upon his head. Kirby, watching all this, wondered what on Planet Popstar was happening. When suddenly, an apple of reasonable size had fallen onto Kirby's head with a loud...

THUNK!

That was bound to hurt and leave a mark for poor Kirby. Knowing that in this state, the treacherous tree was not going to listen to reason, Kirby rubbed the area of his head that was now practically throbbing and glowing a bright red aura. He knew he would have to fight this tree in order to get some information out of him. Kirby put on a brave face and got ready to retaliate. Not forgetting about the apple that had fallen, Kirby inhaled the apple and jumped into the air. Then Kirby spat the apple straight at the trees face. The apple splatted against the bark of Kirby's advisory. The tree made a loud groaning sound at the impact. Turns out an apple a day meant keeping a tree at bay. How quaint.

"YOU WILL REGRET THE DAY YOU STOOD UP TO WHISPY WOODS!"

Kirby (and the narrator) was strangely glad to have found out this trees name after all this time. Kirby wondered how Whispy Woods even deserved to have that name. Besides, he hasn't whispered anything at all yet, not one single word was what could be considered a whisper. Nevertheless, Kirby understood the 'Woods' part of the name. It seemed pretty self explanatory. Anyway, Kirby resumed the fight by trying to search for anything that could be considered good ammo. Scanning the whole arena, there was absolutely nothing that could make a dent to Whispy. Kirby was annoyed after figuring this out.

(Guess I need to wait for more apples... At least he isn't a moving target.)

Kirby's thoughts were halted, however, as a huge gust of wind came hurdling right towards his face. Kirby was able to dodge the attack by ducking under it at the very last second. Soon, Kirby's entire being was almost as flat as a pancake. This was also another one of Kirby's unique attributes that made him special. His squishiness. When the pocket of air flew over him, Kirby soon stretched his body back to it's normal figure again. Now it was a waiting game for the apples.

Whispy Woods was getting more and more outraged as the fight went on. First, Kirby used his apples against him and now he was evading his air pellets. All of this drove Whispy mad beyond all hope. All this madness was bottled up until he just couldn't take it anymore. Whispy Woods let out a cry of rage and began shaking the top of his head again. Whispy had no idea at the time that this was just what Kirby needed to turn the tide of battle.

"ARGH! WHY MUST YOU INSIST ON STOPPING ME!"

The apples on his branches began to shake.

"I MUST PROTECT THE FOREST FROM YOU EVILDOERS!"

The apples began to shake uncontrollably.

"AND PROTECT THE KING!"

Whispy Wood's apples were really shaking violently now. This was enough to make a barrage of apples fall from the tree. Kirby, at first, was thrilled to see this falling fruit. Now he had loads of apple ammunition to use. But then Kirby realised a moment later that he standing under these apples. Kirby went wide eyed and did the best plan of action possible. He ran. He ran for his dear life. He ran and made a leaping jump to try and get away from the apples. As he jumped, sweat flew from Kirby's head and dripped behind him. Kirby was terrified. But, miraculously, Kirby escaped safely. Whispy only wore an expression of bewilderment as he witnessed the apples falling from above. Realising the point of all these apples, Kirby readjusted his stance and put on an unusual cheeky grin that was plastered all over his face. Then he prepared to inhale every single apple that was laying on the ground in front of him.

"Poyo poyo po!" (Guess you were all bark and no bite!)

Whispy stared at Kirby, not looking forward to what was about to occur. Kirby started opening his mouth and generated a vacuum of strong wind that was sucking in all of the fallen apples. One by one the apples were being sucked into Kirby's belly. It seemed like his belly was some sort of portable back hole capable of storing anything. Kirby gave no rest and continued to inhale every apple in sight. And in no time at all, all the apples were gone. Then Kirby exhaled all of the apples at Whispy Woods. All of them made critical impact. All that could be heard throughout this whole endeavour was the wonderful sound of...

RA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TAT!

When Kirby was done firing what could be compared to a machine gun load of apples to Whispy Woods, Kirby stopped and took a deep breath. It took a lot out of Kirby to do what he did in the end. But it was worth it, for Kirby had won. Kirby glanced over to the tyrannical tree and saw a sight that made Kirby feel somewhat bad for fighting him. Whispy Woods had a sad looking expression painted upon him and was actually crying in one of his eyes, noticeable from the giant tear that was visible. He spoke to Kirby after a long and awkward silence.

"You've defeated me... meanie!"

Kirby, being the upstanding puffball that he was, decided that trying to make Whispy stop crying was more important than celebrating what victory he had. Kirby walked up to the bark of Whispy Woods and gave it a gentle hug. Kirby, personally, felt a little silly being a literal tree hugger. But the tree itself felt otherwise as he calmed down and slowly, but surely , put on a smile. Maybe Whispy was wrong for attacking Kirby and pelting him with apples. So he tried to apologise to Kirby. With a remarkably different tone of voice, one that had a aura of forgiveness, Whispy talked to Kirby. Kirby made sure to listen intently.

"I thank you for comforting me. How could I make it up to you?"

Kirby was actually quite confused at that statement. What could a magical talking tree do that could help Kirby? Kirby had a moment to ponder his thoughts until he finally figured out an answer to respond back with.

"Hmmm? Poyo poyo poyo? (What's up with King Dedede? Why did he steal the food from Dreamland in the first place?)

Similarly to Kirby a while ago, Whispy didn't expect to receive such a question. Well, Whispy did know about the King's plan to steal all the food. But the real motives behind the Kings actions were not entirely spur of the moment as people would believe. Maybe he could tell Kirby that. King Dedede's real motives behind the food-napping.

"Well... sit down for this, Kirby. I have a tale to tell. A tale starring the great King himself. King Dedede."

Kirby was fascinated and intrigued at being able to finally learn more about this so-called King. Without hesitation, Kirby plopped his body onto the ground and stared at the tree, ready to hear the wonderful tale. Until Kirby's stomach growled so loudly that it scared the dickens out of Whispy Woods. Kirby could hardly believe it. Kirby, blushing more than he would daily, asked, clearly embarrassed...

"Poyo?" (Could I have an apple first?)

End of Chapter Four

As per usual, make sure if you enjoy what you read, to leave your thoughts with a review. And also consider following the story if you liked the chapter and want to see more like it in the future. Third review round up, COMMENCE!

Emiliano733 - I do think the Dedede sections are my favourite part of making any chapter. I can put Dedede in any situation and think of a million ideas. So I hope you are looking forward to what next chapter is going to be about. (Hint: It may have King Dedede in it.)

KirbyPwnz1234 - Thank you for thinking my writing was good. I will admit, I think this chapter was one of my weakest ones in terms of writing. But I think I made up for that with little moments. Also, I would instantly buy a remake of Kirby's Dreamland. And, judging from the feedback, I hope you think the next chapter is awesome. Just have to wait and see the result.

I hope you all like the new chapter and I will see you soon to continue the cliff-hanger. Salutations!

-Styx66