"After training with Palutena who got captured later on, Kirby met up with Meta Knight and his crew and made their way to Bowser's kingdom where they fought Bowser and his son for the spirit fragments he possessed. However, the volcano he set his kingdom in was active, and they were forced to evacuate, Kirby however got unlucky and vanished from the volcano. At the same time while fighting King Dedede's forces, Sheik revealed himself to be Zelda all along relieving some stress off Impa and everyone else, but with only one spirit fragment to go, the warriors decided to reunite and rethink their approach on how to stop the demon king's return,"
Outside Hyrule castle, Zelda, Link and Impa arrive.
"Everyone, I wanted to apologize for vanishing on all of you like that. It was the only way to prevent being captured," Zelda explained.
"At least your safe now," Impa said relieved before Zelda started looking around.
"Where's Kirby?" Zelda asked before Meta Knight stepped forward.
"Your highness, I regret to say that there's a very good chance that Kirby might be... gone," Meta Knight explained shocking Zelda. Meanwhile at an unknown location, Kirby is seen laying in a bed with a wet cloth over his head, he then wakes up to find himself in an unfamiliar house. Curious about where he was, Kirby looks out to see that he was in a valley hidden in a canyon.
"Oh good, you sure do recover fast," A female voice said before Kirby turned around and saw a female with clothing that were several shades of blue, had blue hair and held some type of ancient book in her hands, her name was Lana and she was a sorceress.
"Who are you?" Kirby asked.
"My name is Lana and this is my home," Lana answered.
"Oh, well pleased to meet you, Lana, I'm..." Kirby said before Lana interrupted.
"Kirby, right?" Lana asked.
"Yes, but how did you know?" Kirby asked.
"I've been watching the battles you have been in since King Dedede invaded Hyrule," Lana explained, Kirby then sees a golden triangle surrounded by a orb of energy sitting on a pedestal and walks over to it.
"That is a piece of the triforce," Lana said as Kirby examines it
"What's that?" Kirby asked.
"The triforce is a powerful artifact made by the goddesses of Hyrule. Long ago before the creation of the smash universe, Hyrule was once its own universe, but before that, it was nothing, then the three goddesses of Hyrule came together and created it to the kingdom we know today. The three goddesses, one being power, one being courage and one being wisdom formed into the triforce, this artifact was fought for by good and evil for many decades. Even today, good and evil still fight over this powerful artifact," Lana explained as Kirby continued to examine the piece of the triforce.
"But why?" Kirby asked.
"It is said that when all three pieces are united, the user is able to grant any wish he or she desires and also gives the user incredible power," Lana continued to explain, then Kirby remembered something and has a flashback.
"If the demon king does return, use the triforce to defeat him," the king of Hyrule said before the flashback ends.
"Could it be enough to defeat the demon king?" Kirby asked.
"It was used for that purpose before, it wouldn't surprise me if it was used for that again, but it would need to be reunited first," Lana explained.
"Reunited?" Kirby asked confused.
"When the demon king was defeated, the triforce was split into three. This one here is the triforce of power, the other two are courage and wisdom," Lana explained.
"Where are the other two?" Kirby asked.
They're with its bearers, or the ones who posses them," Lana answered.
"And who might they be?" Kirby asked.
"Well there's no need to be concerned about who they are right now, as long as the demon king hasn't returned," Lana said.
"Where is the last spirit fragment anyway?" Kirby asked before Lana started giggling.
"You sure are a curious one aren't you, I'll show you," Lana said before walking out of her house with Kirby following her. Meanwhile, King Dedede was seen riding the dragon towards Bowser's kingdom and lands in front of him.
"Is everything alright?" King Dedede asked.
"Not really, that pink lump Kirby beat me up pretty good," Bowser pointed out.
"Again? Did you see where he went?" King Dedede asked.
"I got a quick glimpse of him falling to his doom," Bowser answered making King Dedede grin a little.
"Good, at least he won't cause us any trouble anymore, get aboard," King Dedede said before Bowser climbed aboard the dragon while his son slowly wakes up.
"What happened?" Bowser Jr. asked as Wario climbs aboard
"Just rest, junior," Bowser said as they take off, King Dedede pulls out one of the spirit fragments while they fly off.
"We are very close to triumphing over the kingdom of Hyrule, once we reunite the demon king's spirit fragments, there will be no stopping us," King Dedede said. Back at Hyrule castle where Zelda listens to Meta Knight on what happened to Kirby.
"I'm sorry, your highness," Meta Knight said as before Zelda walked towards the fountain in the town square and sat on the edge of it. Impa places her hand on Zelda's shoulder.
"I know how much you cared about him," Impa said now knowing what to do.
"The poor kid lost everything, including his own world, now he lost his own life," Zelda said believing that Kirby might be gone for good.
"What do we do now, your majesty?" Link asked as Zelda pulled herself together.
"We remember Kirby as a friend, and we stop the return of the demon king, it's what he would have wanted," Zelda pointed out. Back with Kirby and Lana who were in a temple not far from where she lived, they come across a door set at the end of a long and narrow hallway.
"There it is," Lana said stopping.
"Why are we stopping?" Kirby asked.
"This is as close as we can get," Lana answered confusing Kirby.
"Why?" Kirby asked before Lana carefully stepped on a pressure plate and quickly stepped back before one of the statues set in the hallway comes to life and slashes at where Lana originally was before going back into place.
"That's why, I have this entire hall rigged with traps" Lana pointed out before leaving the hidden temple with Kirby and goes back to her home.
"What will happen if the demon king does return?" Kirby asked.
"That's something we don't have to worry about right now, but if he does return, he'll gather his armies and conquer the entire smash universe. Those who live in it will be enslaved and with the triforce, there'll be nothing to stop him," Lana pointed out before she hears a roar outside, she looks to see the dragon being rode by King Dedede landing in the fields, she then grabbed a wooden scepter, "Kirby stay here, you are in no condition to fight."
Lana ran out and confronted King Dedede who was accompanied by Bowser, Bowser Jr. and Wario.
"Stop where you are, intruders, you are trespassing on my territory," Lana said.
"Sorry to intrude, young lady, but where just here to confiscate the spirit fragment you possess," King Dedede said holding his hammer over his shoulder.
"Spirit fragment? What are you talking about?" Lana asked, but King Dedede didn't buy the lie one bit.
"There's no use lying, young girl, we know it's here," Bowser said not falling for the lie either.
"Give it to us and there'll be no trouble," Bowser Jr. said pulling out his paint brush and gets ready to attack.
"I'm warning you, leave now or face the consequences," Lana warned readying her scepter made of wood.
"Looks like she's not gonna give it up that easily, so be it," King Dedede said before the dragon started to breathe fire at Lana, but she blocks it with a force field made of light blue energy even though the force pushed her back a little, the flames go away before the force field does and she attacks with several magic attacks that the four try to block, but are unsuccessful, the attacks force them to run for cover as the dragon stands its ground.
"We need to get past her somehow," Wario said after they took cover in a ditch.
"We've got a dragon, she's got magic, we should have the upper hand somehow," Bowser Jr. pointed out before peeking over to see Lana trying to smash the dragon with a boulder, but was unsuccessful as the dragon flies into the air and breathes more fire at her as it flies by.
"You'd think so," Bowser said.
"Let me try something," King Dedede said before running out and tries to run past Lana, but gets blocked by an energy field created by her. Lana looks back at the dragon as King Dedede runs back to the ditch.
"Well hat isn't gonna work," King Dedede pointed out.
"Don't we have the spirit fragments?" Bowser asked.
"Right here," King Dedede said holding up a bag.
"Then why are we taking cover? Let's all go at once," Bowser said before the others nodded and rushed out towards Lana who quickly spots them and quickly zaps the dragon with a lightning attack causing it to fall towards them.
"I should have done that sooner," Lana pointed out before the four jump out of the way in time before the dragon hit the ground and turned into dust, Kirby rushes out to see that it wasn't over.
"You!" Wario said in rage after seeing Kirby and runs at him and slammed the ground where he was standing, but he jumps out of the way and kicks him in the face.
"You know these guys?" Lana asked.
"Know them? That one's responsible for the disappearance of Zelda," Kirby said pointing at King Dedede.
"Disappearance? I planed to capture her and use her to make you all hand over the spirit fragments, but you kept getting in our way, you pink lump," King Dedede said.
"Enough, you've gone too far with your quest to reunite his spirit fragments, now the time has come to choose between returning the spirit fragments or face being imprisoned, what's it going to be?" Lana asked before the four started looking at each other before looking back at her and Kirby, it took them a minute to decide but then they made their decision.
"Fine, you win," King Dedede said in defeat before pulling out the bag containing the spirit fragments and slowly hands them over to Lana.
"It's over, King Dedede, now get out of here and don't try to come back," Kirby said before King Dedede and his allies walk away in defeat, but something didn't feel right, it felt too easy.
"Something wrong, Kirby?" Lana asked as Kirby stood there thinking.
"For some reason that felt too easy," Kirby pointed out before the bag started shaking getting his and Lana's attention, she opens it up and the three spirit fragments contained in the bag fly out and go inside King Dedede, Bowser and Wario, they then turned around with evil smiles on their faces.
"The demon king has given them power," Lana pointed out before King Dedede, Bowser and Wario charge at her and Kirby who attack themselves. Lana took care of Bowser while Kirby dealt with Wario and King Dedede who both attack him at once. Kirby stops King Dedede's hammer and grabs Wario's fist and pushes them back before the three starting exchanging blows to one another while Lana hits Bowser with several magic attacks before he starts breathing fire at her which she dodges. While everyone was busy, Bowser Jr. takes advantage of the situation and runs over to Lana's shack and finds the hidden temple, upon going inside, he finds that the place was rigged with traps and was not easy to get past, he slowly and carefully moves e traps and comes across the final hallway where the last sprit fragment was. Bowser Jr. carelessly walks through the hallway and steps on one of the pressure plates that awakens one of the statues which takes a swing at the young reptilian. Back with Lana and Kirby who push back King Dedede, Wario and Bowser who are stepping back with each punch and kick.
"Keep it up, Kirby we have them on the ropes," Lana said helping Kirby who throws powerful punches at the three knocking them down but not out.
"You give up?" Kirby asked as King Dedede, Wario and Bowser gets up holding their heads as the spirit fragments come out of them and land on the ground.
"What happened?" Wario asked not remembering anything beyond leaving.
"You were possessed by the Demon King, that's what," Lana answered, but Wario didn't believe him nor did King Dedede or Bowser.
"Lies! He wouldn't do that to us!" Wario shouted.
"Then how do you explain that?" Kirby asked pointing at the spirit fragments by their feet. Back with Bowser Jr. Who was fighting the statues that were coming to life, he jumped out of the way of several attacks before shooting several cannons at them, causing them to collapse. Bowser Jr. then catches his breath before going over to the door as it opens, laying before it was a casket all chained up.
"Finally," Bowser Jr. said in excitement. Meanwhile, Kirby and Lana were arguing with King Dedede, Bowser and Wario.
"How many times do we have to go over this? You were leaving and then the spirit fragment flew into you and took control of you," Lana explained.
"Well regardless of what you believe, we're not convinced," Bowser said as him, King Dedede and Wario grab the three spirit fragments.
"So be it, but we won't let you summon the demon king," Kirby said.
"Just try and stop us," King Dedede said before Bowser Jr. lands in front of him, Bowser and Wario with the last spirit fragment.
"Our hard work is almost done," Bowser Jr. pointed out before Kirby runs up to him and tries to attack him, but Bowser blocks him by breathing a wall of fire, giving them a chance to escape which they do.
"Lana, I... I... failed, they won," Kirby pointed out.
"Not yet they haven't, come with me," Lana said before running back to her shack with Kirby following her. When they get inside, Lana packs up the triforce and opens a secret room up.
"What is this?" Kirby asked.
"No time to explain. It's gonna be a long trip back to Hyrule, but what I found in the wastelands should help shorten the trip," Lana said opening a secret chest and out comes a shining star shaped object.
"Is that a warp star?" Kirby asked.
"Yes it is, it'll help you get back to Hyrule quickly. Once you get there, warn them that the demon king is back and unite the triforce, it'll be the only way to stop him," Lana explained giving Kirby the triforce of power.
"What about you?" Kirby asked.
"I have to remain here unfortunately, don't worry, friend, you won't need me to beat the demon king," Lana explained before Kirby walked outside and hopped onto the warp start and looked back at her.
"Thank you," Kirby said before flying away.
"Good luck, Kirby!" Lana shouted as Kirby flew away towards Hyrule. Meanwhile at an unknown location, King Dedede, Bowser, Bowser Jr. and Wario enter a temple.
"The time has finally come," a voice said.
"I think thats the signal that we've come to the right place," King Dedede said before him Bowser, Bowser Jr. and Wario release the spirit fragments.
"Now that I have all four fragments of my spirit, I have finally returned," the voice said as the spirit fragments started floating towards the center of the temple before spinning around at a fast speed and collided into each other. A light consumed the room before disappearing revealing the demon king himself. He was a tall male with dark skin and long fire orange hair. He wore dark blue armor and boots, had golden demonic like gauntlets and had two cape like cloths hanging from his belt area. This was the demon king, also known as Ganondorf.
"It's good to have you back, your majesty," King Dedede said bowing down along with Bowser, Bowser Jr. and Wario.
"King Dedede, you and your friends have been my most favorite puppets yet," Ganondorf said confusing the four.
"Puppets?! After all we've done for you!" King Dedede said.
"Regardless of what you think, our alliance is over, this body maybe at its full power, but that'll all change once I possess the triforce," Ganodorf said as he unleashes a wall of dark energy that pushes King Dedede, Bowser, Bowser Jr. and Wario towards the wall behind them. Bowser shakes the attack off and rushes at Ganondorf only to get punched into a pillar by him, Bowser Jr. rushes over to his father to check up on him to see that he was knocked out while King Dedede breaks free.
"How dare you betray us!" King Dedede said trying to whack Ganondorf, but the attacks do nothing.
"Your attempts to stop me are futile now," Ganondorf pointed out before a dark purple energy forms in his hand, he then punches him in the face knocking him out cold before Wario tries to kick him, but he gets grabbed by the foot and gets tossed around before he gets thrown into the wall. Bowser Jr. Sees Ganondorf walking towards him and tries to run, but he gets grabbed by the arm by him.
"Let me go!" Bowser Jr. demanded
"Your father and his friends weren't even a challenge, it's a shame really, maybe Hyrule will have more worthy opponents, go there and tell them that the demon king has returned," Ganondorf said before getting go of Bowser Jr. who then runs off, "the triforce will be mine."