Chapter 4
The sun rose over the horizon until it dominated the sky.
Amber decided to sneak down to Cappy Town, hopefully without DDD knowing.
Meta Knight, Sword, and Blade had left to attend to whatever they do at 10:00 am.
She raced through the halls, occasionally passing an unknowing Waddle Dee. The castle was more confusing than the mall.
Finally, after what felt like an hour, Amber made it outside. What she saw was breathtaking.
Amber could see over the entire village and beyond. Grassy plains and Whispy Woods as far as the eye could see. As she walked to the other side of the castle, She saw an ocean, shining in the sunlight. She wished it Earth was this beautiful. A lot of places came close, but with pollution and the destruction of the rainforests, all of the natural beauty was shrinking into nothingness.
She walked down into the village, admiring every detail of every house.
She heard shouting out by one of the fields. She ran over to the noise.
Sitting on the edge of Whispy Woods, was Tiff, Tuff, Kirby, Honey, and Iroo, all laughing about something that Amber had not heard.
Tiff only saw Amber when she was about three or four feet away. She rubbed her eyes, surely it couldn't be…
"Amber?"
Amber nodded.
Tiff's eyes widened in surprise and joy; a smile appeared on her face.
"It's so good to see you, why are you here?"
Amber sighed, she wished she didn't have to tell Tiff this, she didn't want to ruin the kid's day, but she felt that Tiff had a right to know,
"I'm becoming a monster,"
"Poyo?" Kirby seemed to ask, a questioning look on his face.
Tiff's expression quickly changed from surprise and joy to shock and confusion.
"What to mean?"
"I am the new WereCat,"
Tiff gasped, Tuff walked up to the two (you forgot about him and the others, didm't you?)
"Tiff, who is she?"
"A friend I met after I got downloaded to Earth,"
"You mean this is Amber?"
"Yes,"
Tiff and told her brother about the whole ordeal, which he found exciting and was disappointed that he hadn't been downloaded to Earth.
"Amber, have you always had cat ears?" asked Tiff, her eyes darting to Amber's new feature
"No, it happened somewhere in between leaving Earth and appearing on Pop Star. That's not even the best part. I also got myself a tail," she said turning so the other could see it.
Tuff fell to the ground in a fit of laughter
"That's hilarious! I wish I had a camara!"
"Poyo!"
Tiff gave her brother a withering look. "That's a mean thing to say, Tuff,"
Tuff hung his head and grumbled, "Sorry…"
They all just hung out until lunch when Amber said, "I've always wanted to see how terrible Kawasaki's cooking is,"
Tuff flinched, "Why?" was all he said,
"I don't know, I guess it's just on my to do list while I'm here," Amber explained, shrugging as she did so
As they arrived, Kawasaki greeted them, "Good morning Tiff, Tuff, and Kirby, who is your friend?"
"She's uh… from out of town," Tiff lied, a fake smile on her face.
Kawasaki eyed Amber's ears and tail suspiciously but said nothing.
"What would you like today?" he asked, seating the four.
"Just, what ever you're making today," said Tuff, looking ill, "you still sure you want to eat here?"
"There's nothing you can do to change my mind,"
"Fine,"
Soon enough, Kawasaki brought out a steaming bowl of… something. Amber couldn't tell what it was, but she was starting to think twice about eating here.
"Enjoy!"
Amber looked down at her bowl of something that resembled soup, except it had the consistency of congealed oatmeal. There were little bits of vegetable and what Amber thought was mint sticking out of the gelatinous mess.
"It was your idea to eat here, you take the first bite," Tuff said, pointing his fork at Amber.
Of course, Kirby had already inhaled his entire dish and poyoed happily afterwards.
Amber skewered a piece of mushroom on the end of her fork and held it to her lips. Finally, she mustered all of her courage and popped it in her mouth.
As she chewed, she noticed that it wasn't half bad. She took another bite of oatmeal/soup/sluge and reported, "It's alright,"
Tiff turned pale green, but Kawasaki put on a huge smile. "This might be the first time anyone's ever liked my food except for Kirby!"
"Poyo!" Kirby chirped happily at the mention of his name.
Then, Tiff and Tuff took a bite out of whatever the dish was. Both ran outside, making gagging sounds.
When they finally stepped back inside, Tuff asked, "Ugh… what was that stuff?"
They all looked at Kawasaki intently before he said, "I can't really remember,"
This time, Amber rushed outside, gagging noises followed by a spattering sound issued from beyond the door.
"It might be best if we leave," said Tiff, throwing a few coins on the table and then running out to see if Amber was ok.
After the incident at Kawasaki's Amber posted a mental note never to question odd dishes ever again. EVER!
They all strolled through Cappy Town, occasionally introducing Amber to a couple people,
Amber, Tiff, Tuff, and Kirby, spent a good part of the day giving Amber a tour of their home before Tiff suggested, "I think we should show her the castle, She probably hasn't gotten a very good look at it.
Tuff agreed, Kirby gave a joyful, "Poyo!" and they walked off into the direction off castle DDD.
…
They all roamed the castle, Tiff, sometimes cautioning Amber when she was about to lean up against a wall due to the fact that it was actually a booby trap, and that if she fell down it, she would either land in the dungeon or the moat.
As the sun started to set, Tiff asked, "Do you have a place to stay for the night?"
"Not really,"
"You could probably stay with us, maybe sleep on the couch or something,"
"Ok sure, is that alright with your parents?" Amber asked,
"Yea, it'll be fine, we just need to take Kirby home," Tuff said, putting his hands behind his head.
After that made sure Kirby was at home, they started walking back to the castle. They had just reached the drawbridge when a southern accented voice called, "What is THAT?"
I love cliff hangers but I hate them at the same time. Anyhoos, Amber publicly humiliates DDD which he really disserves. Please review!