p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"emAt the same time; Castle DeDeDe in Dreamland, the Waddle Dee sleeping area:/em/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"A young Waddle Dee sat sadly in the sleeping area, all alone./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"The rest of the Waddle Dee were hurrying around the rest of the castle, preparing for Christmas, which was nearly upon them. The weather was unseasonably warm for this time of year, but that wasn't too surprising. The last winter had been super cold and rainy, it only made sense that this one was just the opposite so far./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"If you will remember, Sakura discovered her healing Light when she helped a baby Waddle Dee recover its health. Well, it turns out this 'baby' wasn't really as young as he looked. He had always been sickly and weak, he hadn't grown as quickly as he should. Even now, he was still quite small for his age. He had never gotten that sick again since then, but he still was considered too small and weak to help the others serve around the castle./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"So, he spent his days sitting alone, here in the sleeping area. The other Waddle Dee took care of him and felt sorry for him, but he didn't really have any friends. He missed the days when Sakura had been here, she was nice and helped him out, even though she didn't know that he was the only one she was helping./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"Suddenly, one of the outcast Waddle Dee, and another one that he didn't recognize but that wasn't part of the one mind, came in and waddled over to him./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"emHeyo/em, Sailor Dee thought cheerfully at him as he touched foreheads with him. emAnything new going on with you?/em/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"emNo, of course not/em, the small Waddle Dee sighed. emWho's this?/em/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"emHis name is Deedee, and he comes from another land. He lives in a castle like us, but he's not a servant. He's basically a prince, he gets to live the sweet life. Anyway, he's here in Dreamland with a bunch of giants and monsters, looking for the biggest failure. Well, I got to thinking, us Waddle Dee are basically all looked at as being pathetic and simple. So, then I got to thinking, you're the Waddle Dee who's considered the most useless. So, with logic and all that other Meta-Knighty-type stuff, I figured out that you must be the failure they're looking for. So, wanna go off on an adventure?/em Sailor Dee thought excitedly at him./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"emI'm not even supposed to leave the sleeping area for fear I'll get hurt or get in the way/em, the little Waddle Dee How in Dreamland could I go on an adventure, Sailor Dee?/em/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"emWell, we have to find the others and show you to them, first,/em Sailor Dee shrugged. emHere, Deedee will try to explain./em/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"Sailor Dee stepped out of the way and let Deedee over. emGreetings, fellow Waddle Dee. I am Deedee. And you are?.../em/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"emI don't have a name. Waddle Dee that aren't outcasts aren't given names. Names encourage individuality,/em the little Waddle Dee sighed. emWaddle Dee that develop too much individuality start being able to talk some, saying 'dee' and 'dwee,' and then they get kicked out to be alone, as outcasts. I can't become an outcast, I need the others to take care of me and stuff./em/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"emHmm,/em Deedee muttered in reply, apparently not very interested. emAnyway, we need you to come with us to find the others. We air-hopped here while they had to walk, they didn't know we were coming, so we probably got here first./em/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"emWhat others?/em the small one asked, a bit fascinated./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"emA Manga-Head, an Elf, and Kirby and Meta Knight,/em Deedee replied./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"emThe Pink Devourer and Scary Sword Man and a bunch of scary sounding creatures I've never heard of? Count me out! I don't want an adventure!/em he protested, shaking his head forcefully and scrunching his face up in distress./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"Deedee turned to Sailor Dee and conversed with him for a moment. They had apparently created their own small one mind, because they weren't touching foreheads. A minute later, Sailor Dee turned to him and let him into their miniature one mind. emYou don't really have a choice, buddy. This is important, we need you to help save the world. Sorry in advance,/em he apologized, then picked up the little Waddle Dee and ran out of the sleeping area, followed closely by Deedee./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"emWhat?! I can't save the world! I can't even set a table or clean a window!/em the Waddle Dee panicked./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"emDon't worry, you'll figure it out, my peasant friend,/em Deedee reassured him./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""What are you little morons doin'? Ain't you s'posed to be cleaning or something?" they suddenly heard a voice roar./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"Sailor Dee gulped. emUh-oh. Let's hope he doesn't have his hammer right now./em/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"emWho's 'he?/em' Deedee demanded./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"emKing DeDeDe. He's the self-appointed king of Dreamland, and he bosses all of us around. The Waddle Dee are basically his slave labor force,/em Sailor Dee rolled his blue eyes./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"The king caught up to them moments later. "Sailor Dee!" he gasped angrily. "I should've known you'd be the cause of this insubmorbigation! Meta Knight put you up to this, didn't he?"/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"emHere we go again, lecture time,/em Sailor Dee groaned, still not letting go of the wriggling smaller Waddle Dee. emYou Waddle Dee are s'posed to serve! Blah blah blah./em/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"emSo, he's a jerk?/em Deedee clarified./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"emYup,/em Sailor Dee agreed simply with as much of a shrug as he could manage at the moment./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"emWell, I'm going to serve him, all right. I'm gonna serve him up a kick to the face,/em Deedee told him in an irritated voice. Sure enough, the Waddle Dee air-hopped right up to the king, shouted, "Dwee dee dee dwee dwee!" and gave him a kick in the beak./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""What is this? You little rabble-rouser! You alls is plannin' a revolution, ain't ya?!" DeDeDe roared. "Well, I'm not gonna let ya! Escargoon! Get in here!"/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"emNow's our chance, let's go,/em Sailor Dee told Deedee urgently./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"emFine, fine. But I wanted to kick him again,/em Deedee pouted./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"emLook, now you're getting me in trouble with the king! I've already had enough adventure! Can I go home now?/em the smallest of the three pleaded, still trying to get away./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"emNope,/em the other two thought at him in unison as they turned and ran away from the king, toward who-knew-where, as far as the little Waddle Dee knew./p
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p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"Rose sighed and paced back and forth through the castle hallway, waiting for Meta Knight to come back from his 'secret library,' wherever that was at. Link was entertaining himself by making a torch on the wall light and douse itself by playing songs on a flute-thing. Kirby had disappeared not long after they got here, saying he was going to find them all a snack. More likely, he found a snack big enough for all of them and scarfed it all down himself, she thought./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"The whole castle was decorated festively, for some holiday she had never heard of called 'Christmas,' Meta Knight had briefly explained. She guessed that it was probably Dreamland's version of the Winter Festival./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"Yawning, she sat down and leaned against the cool stone wall, closing her eyes and writing a story in her head, like she did whenever she was bored. This one was about a young girl going off on an adventure and coming home a hero, although of course, the main character wasn't named Rose. She wasn't emquite/em that conceited in her head./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"She had been popular as a kid, she could write stories like nobody's business. Give her a topic, and you suddenly had an hour-long spectacular perfect for killing a summer's afternoon with. But then, once her and the others hit the age where the number of Pokémon you had suddenly decided how popular you were, she found herself friendless. Nobody had time to sit and listen to her stories anymore, they were all busy filling their Pokédexes and what-not./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"She must have dozed off, because it was hours later when she felt something kicking her side. "All right, all right, Dwee. I'm up," she groaned, blearily opening her eyes, then frowning. "What are you doing here, anyway?"/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"emDwee? Why does she call you Dwee?/em the little Waddle Dee asked Deedee, now too tired to struggle./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"emBecause she can't hear me tell her I'm named Deedee,/em the other sighed in reply./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""Sailor Dee, too. And who's this?" she asked, gently taking the smallest Waddle Dee from Sailor Dee. "You're so tiny. You're like, what, a foot tall? Maybe?" she guessed, smiling kindly at it./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"His eyes widened in fear. emDon't let it eat me! Help!/em he begged the other two./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"emShe's a good peasant, she won't hurt you,/em Deedee reassured him with a shrug./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"Meta Knight suddenly reappeared, seeming to warp in from out of nowhere. He either didn't notice their surprise at his sudden presence, or he didn't care, as he just simply began, "I found the book, and the non-hero's name and the oath you spoke of are written on the Pokémonland page. But the name it lists is just 'The Waddle Dee.' Now, I do not know if it is plural, as in all the Waddle Dee are the non-heroes, or if it just means one Waddle Dee," he sighed, showing Rose the page while Link watched. "And if it means just one, how in Dreamland do we find that one?"/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"Meanwhile, Sailor Dee demanded of Deedee, emHow do we get him to take the oath? He can't talk! He can't even say 'dwee' yet! He hasn't developed enough individuality yet!/em/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"Deedee thought, then suddenly turned to the little Waddle Dee. emYou are the non-hero from Dreamland, and you hereby swear to protect Nintendo World, even if it means your life. If you agree to this oath, touch the page with your hand./em/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"emI'm not dying for anything! I'm not going on an adventure! I just wanna stay home!/em the Waddle Dee disagreed, wriggling like crazy again, in Rose's arms now./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""Who is this little one?" Meta Knight suddenly questioned./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""I dunno, Sailor Dee and Dwee just brought him to me a couple minutes ago," she shrugged, rocking the Waddle Dee in a motherly fashion, trying to get it to calm down./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"emNow listen here, peasant,/em Deedee was mentally telling him, a bit irritated. emYou might not want an adventure, but your planet needs you. Now, trust me. I know how this is going to end, assuming we win, anyway. You'll be happy with where you end up. Now would you just take the oath and touch the page?!/em/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"Resigned to his fate, the Waddle Dee finally sighed morosely in his mind and leaned over Rose's arm, his hand just barely long enough to reach the book and tap the page./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"Instantly, the page began to change. "What in Dreamland?" Meta Knight murmured, looking from the page to the Waddle Dee in surprise. "You are the non-hero, little one?"/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"Sadly, the Waddle Dee I guess so, Scary Sword Man. Although trust me, I don't want to be./em/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"Grinning, Rose gave the Waddle Dee a hug and then set him in her lap, taking the book from Meta Knight and beginning to read the letter from the princess as soon as it had appeared. "'Nintendo World, Year 30: My dear Waddle Dee, you are the third of the non-heroes. Your point has never even noticed you, except for the ones like you, and they just see you as an inconvenience that they feel sorry for.' Oh, you poor little guy. Is that true?" she asked him compassionately./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"He nodded slowly. How did this book know this stuff about him?/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""'But you are not just an inconvenience, even if you are small and weak compared to the others. You will become one of the most important Waddle Dee ever. You are going to help save our world from a great evil, my small friend. If Deedee is there with you, (he's my pet Waddle Dee, my little messenger and companion that I sent to find Rose,) then he will probably have tried to explain some things to you already.'" Turning to Deedee in surprise, Rose inquired, "So your name is actually Deedee?"/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"emSure is, peasant,/em the princely Waddle Dee thought back at her with a firm nod./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""'Just like last time, I will now explain a little bit more. As you know, our planet was crafted by the Ancients. But when an evil force came upon our world, they had to leave and return to their world, a land called 'Japan' in the 'Home Dimension.' Their intentions when building this world was to create a place where people could go and play, becoming a hero. But when this did not work out at all, their secondary plan was to create games featuring the characters they were going to have be 'Guides' here as the heroes. I do not know how successful that plan turned out to be, but I know that these games have something to do with the evil that will try to destroy our world.' So wait, this whole planet is just basically a giant... amusement park?" Rose asked, feeling discouraged. "We're just all characters created for people to entertain themselves with?"/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"Link frowned, and Meta Knight murmured, "That is somewhat disheartening."/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"Sighing sadly, Rose continued to read the letter, "'Do not allow this to discourage you.' Bit too late for that, Princess. 'Our worlds' histories have taken their own turns, and each creature and character is their own person, not just a copy of what the Ancients planned out. You can't just program living creatures to be what you want them to be. You all are unique, and whereas some of you may share traits with the heroes in the 'games,' you are not just clones of them.' Well, that does help, some./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""'Now, you must travel to the point of the Mushroom Kingdom, and find the fourth and final non-hero there. Just like I have told the others, be warned: the heroes from your point may come along and help as they can, but in the end, they will be helpless against the coming evil, whatever it may be. May your days be filled with Light, and may the...- Star Power? I think that's right- may the Star Power be with you, my little friend. Tell Deedee I said to keep an eye on you./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""'Yours truly, Princess Baika, ruler of Nintendo World,'" Rose finished. "So, that's why the Ancients built these places?"/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""I find it rather hard to believe. Why on earth would anyone make villains, if they wanted it to essentially be a giant playroom?" Meta Knight disagreed, frowning to himself. "I wonder if I am a hero in these 'games' the Princess speaks of. I wonder if this Princess is even still alive. Is she, er, Deedee?" he wondered, turning to the Waddle Dee./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"Deedee nodded./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""Well, little guy," Rose suddenly said, picking the little Waddle Dee back up and turning him so he faced her. "A non-hero needs a name. Let's see... Well, Waddle Dee say 'dwee,' and you're non-hero number three, so I'm going to call you 'Thdwee!" Giggling, she hugged the Waddle Dee again as Meta Knight and Link both rolled their eyes in disbelief./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""Are young girls always like this, or just when they are on this point?" Meta Knight looked up and asked Link in an annoyed tone./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"Link shrugged, laughing silently./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"Meanwhile, Thdwee thought, emYou know, this isn't so bad. She seems to like me a lot more than any of the Waddle Dee do./em/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"emGood for you two, but her head is still my perch. Not yours,/em Deedee huffed territorially, air-hopping up onto Rose's head./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"emThis could get interesting,/em Sailor Dee laughed in his mind./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""Well," Rose said to the two heroes as the Waddle Dee conversed among themselves, "I guess we should probably stock back up on supplies and head to the Mushroom Kingdom."/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"Nodding, Meta Knight agreed, "I will go prepare some things. I will meet you all back at the ship later. Would you please locate Kirby and take him with you? He'll be in the kitchen, you can get the supplies you need there."/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""Okay!" Rose agreed. "C'mon, Link. You coming too, Sailor Dee?"/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"The third Waddle Dee hopped onto her shoulder in reply. "Yeesh. Am I just that fun of a thing to stand on?" she sighed. All three Waddle Dee nodded at her eagerly. "All righty, then," she chuckled, not really all that bothered by it./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"A few hours later, they all gathered together on the Warship Nintendo. "So, off we go to see new places. This will certainly be interesting, do you not think so, Kirby?" Meta Knight asked the other Star Warrior thoughtfully as he stood on the prow of the ship with his cloak drawn around him./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"Kirby was standing just behind him as the 'giants' pulled the anchor out of the water and raised the sails, making them sail off as the sun set. "Prob'ly, poyo. Long as there's snacks!" he shrugged, grinning./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"Rolling his eyes, the older one sighed, "Will you ever become concerned with anything other than food, my young friend?"/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""Prob'ly not, poyo," the littler one admitted freely./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"Meta Knight had to smile a little, Kirby was a good hero when it was required of him. His innocence and love of food were just some of the reasons why people in general liked him so much./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""And off we go to the Mushroom Kingdom!" Rose exclaimed from the helm, filled with excitement. Each new point they visited just made this adventure more amazing and story-like./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"She had always promised herself that eventually she would take one of her stories and write an actual book. Who knew? Maybe this adventure would turn into her first novel, someday./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"Smiling and closing her eyes, she enjoyed the sounds of all the different creatures around her relaxing and falling asleep all over the ship, as they began their way to the fourth and final non-hero's point./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"A young Waddle Dee sat sadly in the sleeping area, all alone./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"The rest of the Waddle Dee were hurrying around the rest of the castle, preparing for Christmas, which was nearly upon them. The weather was unseasonably warm for this time of year, but that wasn't too surprising. The last winter had been super cold and rainy, it only made sense that this one was just the opposite so far./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"If you will remember, Sakura discovered her healing Light when she helped a baby Waddle Dee recover its health. Well, it turns out this 'baby' wasn't really as young as he looked. He had always been sickly and weak, he hadn't grown as quickly as he should. Even now, he was still quite small for his age. He had never gotten that sick again since then, but he still was considered too small and weak to help the others serve around the castle./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"So, he spent his days sitting alone, here in the sleeping area. The other Waddle Dee took care of him and felt sorry for him, but he didn't really have any friends. He missed the days when Sakura had been here, she was nice and helped him out, even though she didn't know that he was the only one she was helping./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"Suddenly, one of the outcast Waddle Dee, and another one that he didn't recognize but that wasn't part of the one mind, came in and waddled over to him./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"emHeyo/em, Sailor Dee thought cheerfully at him as he touched foreheads with him. emAnything new going on with you?/em/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"emNo, of course not/em, the small Waddle Dee sighed. emWho's this?/em/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"emHis name is Deedee, and he comes from another land. He lives in a castle like us, but he's not a servant. He's basically a prince, he gets to live the sweet life. Anyway, he's here in Dreamland with a bunch of giants and monsters, looking for the biggest failure. Well, I got to thinking, us Waddle Dee are basically all looked at as being pathetic and simple. So, then I got to thinking, you're the Waddle Dee who's considered the most useless. So, with logic and all that other Meta-Knighty-type stuff, I figured out that you must be the failure they're looking for. So, wanna go off on an adventure?/em Sailor Dee thought excitedly at him./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"emI'm not even supposed to leave the sleeping area for fear I'll get hurt or get in the way/em, the little Waddle Dee How in Dreamland could I go on an adventure, Sailor Dee?/em/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"emWell, we have to find the others and show you to them, first,/em Sailor Dee shrugged. emHere, Deedee will try to explain./em/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"Sailor Dee stepped out of the way and let Deedee over. emGreetings, fellow Waddle Dee. I am Deedee. And you are?.../em/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"emI don't have a name. Waddle Dee that aren't outcasts aren't given names. Names encourage individuality,/em the little Waddle Dee sighed. emWaddle Dee that develop too much individuality start being able to talk some, saying 'dee' and 'dwee,' and then they get kicked out to be alone, as outcasts. I can't become an outcast, I need the others to take care of me and stuff./em/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"emHmm,/em Deedee muttered in reply, apparently not very interested. emAnyway, we need you to come with us to find the others. We air-hopped here while they had to walk, they didn't know we were coming, so we probably got here first./em/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"emWhat others?/em the small one asked, a bit fascinated./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"emA Manga-Head, an Elf, and Kirby and Meta Knight,/em Deedee replied./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"emThe Pink Devourer and Scary Sword Man and a bunch of scary sounding creatures I've never heard of? Count me out! I don't want an adventure!/em he protested, shaking his head forcefully and scrunching his face up in distress./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"Deedee turned to Sailor Dee and conversed with him for a moment. They had apparently created their own small one mind, because they weren't touching foreheads. A minute later, Sailor Dee turned to him and let him into their miniature one mind. emYou don't really have a choice, buddy. This is important, we need you to help save the world. Sorry in advance,/em he apologized, then picked up the little Waddle Dee and ran out of the sleeping area, followed closely by Deedee./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"emWhat?! I can't save the world! I can't even set a table or clean a window!/em the Waddle Dee panicked./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"emDon't worry, you'll figure it out, my peasant friend,/em Deedee reassured him./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""What are you little morons doin'? Ain't you s'posed to be cleaning or something?" they suddenly heard a voice roar./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"Sailor Dee gulped. emUh-oh. Let's hope he doesn't have his hammer right now./em/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"emWho's 'he?/em' Deedee demanded./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"emKing DeDeDe. He's the self-appointed king of Dreamland, and he bosses all of us around. The Waddle Dee are basically his slave labor force,/em Sailor Dee rolled his blue eyes./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"The king caught up to them moments later. "Sailor Dee!" he gasped angrily. "I should've known you'd be the cause of this insubmorbigation! Meta Knight put you up to this, didn't he?"/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"emHere we go again, lecture time,/em Sailor Dee groaned, still not letting go of the wriggling smaller Waddle Dee. emYou Waddle Dee are s'posed to serve! Blah blah blah./em/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"emSo, he's a jerk?/em Deedee clarified./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"emYup,/em Sailor Dee agreed simply with as much of a shrug as he could manage at the moment./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"emWell, I'm going to serve him, all right. I'm gonna serve him up a kick to the face,/em Deedee told him in an irritated voice. Sure enough, the Waddle Dee air-hopped right up to the king, shouted, "Dwee dee dee dwee dwee!" and gave him a kick in the beak./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""What is this? You little rabble-rouser! You alls is plannin' a revolution, ain't ya?!" DeDeDe roared. "Well, I'm not gonna let ya! Escargoon! Get in here!"/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"emNow's our chance, let's go,/em Sailor Dee told Deedee urgently./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"emFine, fine. But I wanted to kick him again,/em Deedee pouted./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"emLook, now you're getting me in trouble with the king! I've already had enough adventure! Can I go home now?/em the smallest of the three pleaded, still trying to get away./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"emNope,/em the other two thought at him in unison as they turned and ran away from the king, toward who-knew-where, as far as the little Waddle Dee knew./p
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p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"Rose sighed and paced back and forth through the castle hallway, waiting for Meta Knight to come back from his 'secret library,' wherever that was at. Link was entertaining himself by making a torch on the wall light and douse itself by playing songs on a flute-thing. Kirby had disappeared not long after they got here, saying he was going to find them all a snack. More likely, he found a snack big enough for all of them and scarfed it all down himself, she thought./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"The whole castle was decorated festively, for some holiday she had never heard of called 'Christmas,' Meta Knight had briefly explained. She guessed that it was probably Dreamland's version of the Winter Festival./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"Yawning, she sat down and leaned against the cool stone wall, closing her eyes and writing a story in her head, like she did whenever she was bored. This one was about a young girl going off on an adventure and coming home a hero, although of course, the main character wasn't named Rose. She wasn't emquite/em that conceited in her head./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"She had been popular as a kid, she could write stories like nobody's business. Give her a topic, and you suddenly had an hour-long spectacular perfect for killing a summer's afternoon with. But then, once her and the others hit the age where the number of Pokémon you had suddenly decided how popular you were, she found herself friendless. Nobody had time to sit and listen to her stories anymore, they were all busy filling their Pokédexes and what-not./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"She must have dozed off, because it was hours later when she felt something kicking her side. "All right, all right, Dwee. I'm up," she groaned, blearily opening her eyes, then frowning. "What are you doing here, anyway?"/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"emDwee? Why does she call you Dwee?/em the little Waddle Dee asked Deedee, now too tired to struggle./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"emBecause she can't hear me tell her I'm named Deedee,/em the other sighed in reply./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""Sailor Dee, too. And who's this?" she asked, gently taking the smallest Waddle Dee from Sailor Dee. "You're so tiny. You're like, what, a foot tall? Maybe?" she guessed, smiling kindly at it./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"His eyes widened in fear. emDon't let it eat me! Help!/em he begged the other two./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"emShe's a good peasant, she won't hurt you,/em Deedee reassured him with a shrug./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"Meta Knight suddenly reappeared, seeming to warp in from out of nowhere. He either didn't notice their surprise at his sudden presence, or he didn't care, as he just simply began, "I found the book, and the non-hero's name and the oath you spoke of are written on the Pokémonland page. But the name it lists is just 'The Waddle Dee.' Now, I do not know if it is plural, as in all the Waddle Dee are the non-heroes, or if it just means one Waddle Dee," he sighed, showing Rose the page while Link watched. "And if it means just one, how in Dreamland do we find that one?"/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"Meanwhile, Sailor Dee demanded of Deedee, emHow do we get him to take the oath? He can't talk! He can't even say 'dwee' yet! He hasn't developed enough individuality yet!/em/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"Deedee thought, then suddenly turned to the little Waddle Dee. emYou are the non-hero from Dreamland, and you hereby swear to protect Nintendo World, even if it means your life. If you agree to this oath, touch the page with your hand./em/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"emI'm not dying for anything! I'm not going on an adventure! I just wanna stay home!/em the Waddle Dee disagreed, wriggling like crazy again, in Rose's arms now./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""Who is this little one?" Meta Knight suddenly questioned./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""I dunno, Sailor Dee and Dwee just brought him to me a couple minutes ago," she shrugged, rocking the Waddle Dee in a motherly fashion, trying to get it to calm down./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"emNow listen here, peasant,/em Deedee was mentally telling him, a bit irritated. emYou might not want an adventure, but your planet needs you. Now, trust me. I know how this is going to end, assuming we win, anyway. You'll be happy with where you end up. Now would you just take the oath and touch the page?!/em/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"Resigned to his fate, the Waddle Dee finally sighed morosely in his mind and leaned over Rose's arm, his hand just barely long enough to reach the book and tap the page./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"Instantly, the page began to change. "What in Dreamland?" Meta Knight murmured, looking from the page to the Waddle Dee in surprise. "You are the non-hero, little one?"/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"Sadly, the Waddle Dee I guess so, Scary Sword Man. Although trust me, I don't want to be./em/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"Grinning, Rose gave the Waddle Dee a hug and then set him in her lap, taking the book from Meta Knight and beginning to read the letter from the princess as soon as it had appeared. "'Nintendo World, Year 30: My dear Waddle Dee, you are the third of the non-heroes. Your point has never even noticed you, except for the ones like you, and they just see you as an inconvenience that they feel sorry for.' Oh, you poor little guy. Is that true?" she asked him compassionately./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"He nodded slowly. How did this book know this stuff about him?/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""'But you are not just an inconvenience, even if you are small and weak compared to the others. You will become one of the most important Waddle Dee ever. You are going to help save our world from a great evil, my small friend. If Deedee is there with you, (he's my pet Waddle Dee, my little messenger and companion that I sent to find Rose,) then he will probably have tried to explain some things to you already.'" Turning to Deedee in surprise, Rose inquired, "So your name is actually Deedee?"/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"emSure is, peasant,/em the princely Waddle Dee thought back at her with a firm nod./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""'Just like last time, I will now explain a little bit more. As you know, our planet was crafted by the Ancients. But when an evil force came upon our world, they had to leave and return to their world, a land called 'Japan' in the 'Home Dimension.' Their intentions when building this world was to create a place where people could go and play, becoming a hero. But when this did not work out at all, their secondary plan was to create games featuring the characters they were going to have be 'Guides' here as the heroes. I do not know how successful that plan turned out to be, but I know that these games have something to do with the evil that will try to destroy our world.' So wait, this whole planet is just basically a giant... amusement park?" Rose asked, feeling discouraged. "We're just all characters created for people to entertain themselves with?"/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"Link frowned, and Meta Knight murmured, "That is somewhat disheartening."/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"Sighing sadly, Rose continued to read the letter, "'Do not allow this to discourage you.' Bit too late for that, Princess. 'Our worlds' histories have taken their own turns, and each creature and character is their own person, not just a copy of what the Ancients planned out. You can't just program living creatures to be what you want them to be. You all are unique, and whereas some of you may share traits with the heroes in the 'games,' you are not just clones of them.' Well, that does help, some./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""'Now, you must travel to the point of the Mushroom Kingdom, and find the fourth and final non-hero there. Just like I have told the others, be warned: the heroes from your point may come along and help as they can, but in the end, they will be helpless against the coming evil, whatever it may be. May your days be filled with Light, and may the...- Star Power? I think that's right- may the Star Power be with you, my little friend. Tell Deedee I said to keep an eye on you./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""'Yours truly, Princess Baika, ruler of Nintendo World,'" Rose finished. "So, that's why the Ancients built these places?"/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""I find it rather hard to believe. Why on earth would anyone make villains, if they wanted it to essentially be a giant playroom?" Meta Knight disagreed, frowning to himself. "I wonder if I am a hero in these 'games' the Princess speaks of. I wonder if this Princess is even still alive. Is she, er, Deedee?" he wondered, turning to the Waddle Dee./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"Deedee nodded./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""Well, little guy," Rose suddenly said, picking the little Waddle Dee back up and turning him so he faced her. "A non-hero needs a name. Let's see... Well, Waddle Dee say 'dwee,' and you're non-hero number three, so I'm going to call you 'Thdwee!" Giggling, she hugged the Waddle Dee again as Meta Knight and Link both rolled their eyes in disbelief./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""Are young girls always like this, or just when they are on this point?" Meta Knight looked up and asked Link in an annoyed tone./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"Link shrugged, laughing silently./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"Meanwhile, Thdwee thought, emYou know, this isn't so bad. She seems to like me a lot more than any of the Waddle Dee do./em/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"emGood for you two, but her head is still my perch. Not yours,/em Deedee huffed territorially, air-hopping up onto Rose's head./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"emThis could get interesting,/em Sailor Dee laughed in his mind./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""Well," Rose said to the two heroes as the Waddle Dee conversed among themselves, "I guess we should probably stock back up on supplies and head to the Mushroom Kingdom."/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"Nodding, Meta Knight agreed, "I will go prepare some things. I will meet you all back at the ship later. Would you please locate Kirby and take him with you? He'll be in the kitchen, you can get the supplies you need there."/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""Okay!" Rose agreed. "C'mon, Link. You coming too, Sailor Dee?"/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"The third Waddle Dee hopped onto her shoulder in reply. "Yeesh. Am I just that fun of a thing to stand on?" she sighed. All three Waddle Dee nodded at her eagerly. "All righty, then," she chuckled, not really all that bothered by it./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"A few hours later, they all gathered together on the Warship Nintendo. "So, off we go to see new places. This will certainly be interesting, do you not think so, Kirby?" Meta Knight asked the other Star Warrior thoughtfully as he stood on the prow of the ship with his cloak drawn around him./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"Kirby was standing just behind him as the 'giants' pulled the anchor out of the water and raised the sails, making them sail off as the sun set. "Prob'ly, poyo. Long as there's snacks!" he shrugged, grinning./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"Rolling his eyes, the older one sighed, "Will you ever become concerned with anything other than food, my young friend?"/p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""Prob'ly not, poyo," the littler one admitted freely./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"Meta Knight had to smile a little, Kirby was a good hero when it was required of him. His innocence and love of food were just some of the reasons why people in general liked him so much./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;""And off we go to the Mushroom Kingdom!" Rose exclaimed from the helm, filled with excitement. Each new point they visited just made this adventure more amazing and story-like./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"She had always promised herself that eventually she would take one of her stories and write an actual book. Who knew? Maybe this adventure would turn into her first novel, someday./p
p style="margin: 20px 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"Smiling and closing her eyes, she enjoyed the sounds of all the different creatures around her relaxing and falling asleep all over the ship, as they began their way to the fourth and final non-hero's point./p