After the completion of The Haunted Castle I thought I'd continue this fic. This one focuses more on just Meta Knight alone then him and Kirby. Truthfully, this fic is supposed to center around the interactions between Kirby and Meta Knight with a draconic twist. Speaking of draconic twists, if you like Wolfwrath (Chilidog) you might like this new character I'm going to introduce. He's Kirby series exclusive for a good reason. This chapter is being narrated by Meta Knight by the way.
After what happened with Toramizu I wanted some alone time. I was just outside the castle holding my seemingly pearl white claws to the sunlight. I thought Galaxia had disappeared when I turned into this draconic monstrosity when I realized Galaxia never really left. It split into twelve, three pieces for each clawed foot. My claws are Galaxia! Holding the white claws to direct light reveals its hidden golden sheen. After this discovery I must have bored myself to sleep from constantly watching the talons turn from white to gold cause before I knew it I was having a rather… vivid dream.
---Meta Knight's Dream---
I wasn't a dragon anymore, but I was in a meadow that I hadn't been to since I journeyed with the star warriors I fought alongside with so many years ago. I was actually enjoying the piece for a bit watching cherry blossom petals float effortlessly through the breeze. Have you ever heard the song "The Poem of Everyone's Souls"? From Persona 3? That song came to my mind… until a fire started burning everything in its destructive path. That poem then became a battle as a familiar shape formed within the fire, a lupine silhouette. It hissed before it jumped from the flames and revealed itself as Wolfwrath! Its magenta fur turned icy light blue as it shot a blast of ice, something was going awry with this dream! I dodged the ice blast easily but almost fell into the flames left by the wolf. It looked me in the eyes, it's piercing yellow eyes turning blue as its fur changed to yellow and struck with lightning. It was too fast to dodge and the electricity hit me, my mask fell off just as I saw the wolf turn into a… miniature dragon?
---Reality---
I awoke with a gasp. When I did a small reptilian creature in front of me flinched. It looked up to me as I got up, its golden eyes portraying innocence. It was green with a magenta belly, snout, wings, hands, and feet. Feathers trailed from between its short ears down to its tail where they formed a fan shape. It's a bit odd, it feels like I've seen this creature from somewhere… I brushed the feeling aside lowered my head to its eye level. Amber eyes met each other as the creature stared back as if reading my thoughts. It looked to me happily and gave a respectful bow before it did the most astonishing, and in a way infuriating, thing I've seen in a long while. It morphed… into Wolfwrath!
I don't know whether or not to be amazed or angered, what just happened was a complete surprise. Same fur, same spikes, same jewel. But its tail was pink at the tip and its eyes still portrayed innocence, gentleness, as if wanting a friend. If it wanted a friend it did it the wrong way! I stepped back with my fangs bared. It stepped forward with its ears lowered and tail between its legs. I quizzically tilted my head, it did the same. I stood up, it copied me. I relaxed and laid down, but it approached and licked my cheek. Getting a little nervous I stood up and walked back to the castle, but it followed me! I turned the other way and it did so too. What's going on here! I looked it straight in the eyes and told it "What's the big idea?" It just yawned and rolled over on its back, which is a mystery considering it has large spikes on its back. The fact it looked like Wolfwrath made me despise it just for its appearance, but I should have really judged it for its true personality! This isn't Wolfwrath and I should've known! This isn't even a wolf! I patted its head and its lips curled into a playful smile, its golden eyes twinkling with a look as if thanking me for something.
If it knew about my past with the form it took to it might not have done something that seemed so foolish from the start, so instead of just giving it that name, Wolfwrath, I thought it needed a different name to give it its own identity. I turned around and gestured for Warrah to come along with me. It jumped with glee and walked back to the castle by my side. Now that I think about it, how will the others feel about my new companion?
So in a way, I brought back Wolfwrath! His name sounds weird doesn't it, but that's because it's named after an extinct species of canine. The warrah, or Falkland Island Fox, was a canine that lived in the Falkland Islands near Argentina. This fox was the only native mammal of the islands and became extinct in 1876. Because it was so tame around people they called it the warrah, foolish dog of the south, while they exterminated the canines for believing that they were a threat to their livestock. It's a shame because I've seen pictures of them and have the Zoo Tycoon Extinct Species expansion pack and they are so cute! I even named one of my Zoo Tycoon warrahs Meta Knight! But more to the topic, Warrah is a Copy Basilisk. Its one of three basilisk species, the other two being the Greater and Lesser, that can change its form but it's for a good reason. If it doesn't find a new form within 40 days of reaching adulthood it will die. To ensure it finds a good form it can read minds like a psychic claims but this is real! If it finds a form it likes from a memory it becomes loyal to whoever it got the form from, thankful for the lifesaver. So now Meta Knight has more loyal followers! Hitting Warrah hard enough will return him to original form but he'll quickly change back to wolf form. Until next time, sorry this bottom part was so long, and don't forget to review, it keeps me going!