Go team blue! Blarg!

This one's a snippet of what occurred (in my own mind! Blarg!) before the clips we see in the Subspace Emissary or SSE as it will be called here.

By-the-by, curse you character limits! I had to forgo spaces in the chapter title...grrrrrrrrrrr...

Important Info: This Meta Knight is based on the anime, Hoshi no Kaabii, where he is more of a father/teacher figure to Kirby.

Disclaimer: Maybe if I wish really hard enough! ...awwwww...still not mine.

SSE: The Knight, The Prince, and The Mercenary

Sum: Meta Knight had seen the dark orb after his ship was commandeered, so he followed the trail of green creatures. Marth had seen the dark orb swallow the land and knew it was a terrible event. Ike had seen the dark orb near the castle where he was to meet a participant in the tournament, then hurried as he fretted over the nameless companion.

~~~~~~~~MarthIkeMetaKnight~~~~~~~~

He couldn't keep up. Meta Knight glanced down to find a place to land. His yellow eyes zoned on a cleared area. The tail end of his ship mocked him as the Star Warrior floated down. Dust scattered as he landed softly on the dirt. He mentally pictured the strange flat creatures as well as the red eyed ones roaming his beloved ship. Growling, Meta Knight renewed his chase. He could also imagine King Dedede at the helm, no doubt laughing at the Star Warrior's demise and bragging to a Waddle Dee how he had bested Meta Knight. Never mind the fact that the knight had been occupied with the alien creatures, or the fact it was a back attack. The distance between him and his ship was growing much to his dismay. Soon he would no longer have the Halberd in sight.

Landing again, the Popstar resident watched as his ship continued to fly. But where was the question. Meta Knight, from the ground, looked around in an attempt to figure out where he was. Nothing in particular stuck out and he was forced to watch the Halberd disappear into the crimson clouds. The blue puffball noted the direction it was heading before unfurling his wings and beginning the chase again. The landscape blurred past him, as his mind was solely on retrieving his ship and making his way towards the tournament. As he navigated the air currents, Meta Knight noticed something in the distance. It was…purple. The Star Warrior descended as he drew closer. It was nothing but the large dark orb, hanging in the air. Meta Knight shivered, "Such an ominous sight."

Did his ship fly over this? Glancing around, Meta Knight had nothing else to go on, but the direction he had noted earlier. Praying that the Halberd retained its course, the puffball took wing. Miles passed as he flew, his golden eyes scanning the ground and sky. More than once he noticed those strange creatures hobbling around. However, they were doing so in one particular direction. Meta Knight took a risk and began following that same direction, hoping that they were drawn to his ship for one reason or another.

It seemed like hours passed before he came upon something. And lo! He had caught up with his ship! The tail end of it could be seen against the dark sky. However there was also another of those purple orbs, half buried in the ground. As the Star Warrior drew closer he scanned the area for more of those creatures.

There! Someone standing before the edge. Most likely he was in league with those creatures. Like King Dedede… Meta Knight charged. If he could defeat this man (but not kill), then perhaps questions would be answered.

~~~~~~~~MarthIkeMetaKnight~~~~~~~~

Marth walked the empty castle. His deep blue eyes remained staring straight in front of him. The swordsman had briefly explored the castle yesterday upon arriving and had already seen what there was. The large building was decaying, and had seen little use. Many of the rooms were useless; walls and ceilings having collapsed down into the area. It took most of the day before he had found a suitable area to claim as a spot. It was a decent sized area in livable condition and some windows. There was no bed, but Marth had dragged a pallet he discovered in a useless room and had slept on that. His personal affects were nothing short of what he carried: the clothing on his back, his sword Falchion, a small pack of provisions, one spare tunic, and a letter. Both the pack (which also held his spare tunic) and the letter remained in his 'room' as they weren't needed in his mindless roaming.

Passing by a faded painting, the swordsman decided to climb the lone, accessible battlement. The letter. That is what brought him to this isolated place in the beginning. Marth slowly climbed the stairs, recalling the letter. It had been written in elegant writing and spoke of a tournament. It hadn't been signed with a name but a strange circular symbol at the bottom. Looking like the first letter he had saved from the last tournament. He had debated whether to attend this new tournament or not, but what caused him to finally accept was Shiida's blessing. Accepting the invitation, Marth had followed the directions from his home world to a portal then to this abandoned castle, where he was to meet another participant. As to when that participant was to arrive, he didn't know.

Reaching the top of the battlement, he gazed out into the empty, austere plain. The once proud battlement now withered in the afternoon sun. The walls which had once protected men had crumbled, leaving just two feet of its former four feet barrier. Similarly, the land which it looked out to was brown and lifeless. He could see a few abandoned pieces of wood that once upon a time were catapults, ramming inventions, lookout towers in an effort to take the castle. But time and weather had crumbled many of them, leaving nothing but grave marks. Blue eyes continued to stare out at the brown land. It may have been futile to look for the other participant, but Marth was compelled to do so. Company would be a nice change of pace, and the prince prayed his fellow warrior was friendly.

"Hmm?" Marth leaned forward, careful not to overextend and fall from the battlement. A large purple sphere appeared suddenly, engulfing the land as it grew. Startled, the prince gasped, a hand hovering over Falchion's hilt. It was then that he spotted something near the sphere. Whatever it was, it floated above what could be subordinates. Clothed in green, it carried something below it; a large circular object.

He then saw small beings rising as if reacting towards the floating thing. Small purple clouds gathered in multiple numbers and formed large creatures; green bodies, purple legs, arms, and head, and red eyes. As they arose closer to his current home, the blue haired swordsman pulled out Falchion, letting it shine in what little light was left. He prayed that his future companion had not been caught by those aliens, or by the sphere in the distance. Mind set, the prince made his way down from the battlement; his goal to find out what that thing was floating near the sphere and find out what the sphere was. Deep inside, Marth felt something was terribly wrong. That something wicked had been set in motion.

~~~~~~~~MarthIkeMetaKnight~~~~~~~~

Right foot, left foot. Right foot, left foot. Right foot, left foot. This cycle continued, as a man with a red cape walked across the barren land. A castle loomed in the distance; his destination. Ike shrugged his shoulders, resulting in the large sword strapped to his back to shift. Glad to have taken his sister's advice to bind Ragnell instead of carrying it, the blue haired swordsman marched onward. A hand brushed against the pack strapped to his belt.

"Mmmm…I wonder who the guy is…could be a girl…" the mercenary questioned. The letter had invited him to participate in a tournament and directions to his current goal. There was also a mention of meeting with another fighter and requested that the two of them travel together. The swordsman reached a plateau with a view of the castle and the distance that still remained. Instead of the boring land, his blue gaze fell upon creatures that ran around the tan dirt. Some were red, others green, and even stranger were some with wheels. The mercenary glanced right, towards the castle. Those things were already running in and out of it, doing what he didn't know. To the left was a giant, purple orb and more of those creatures.

"Damn," Ike immediately looked for a way down towards the castle. That nameless warrior may be there now, and he worried for him or her. Seeing as the slope of the land was less steep to the left, the swordsman decided that would work, and unsheathed Ragnell. He slid down the land, loose rocks and upturned earth beating him to the ground below. Chancing that the ride down would be smooth, Ike looked up at the creature infested landscape.

Near the purple globe he saw that a large sum of those things, aliens, had congregated there; more coming with each second. What was strange was that they were disappearing, and one creature (different from all of them, but nonetheless strange) floated above them. What was even more surprising was that the floating one was attacked by two different creatures. His mind played with the thought that one of the two could be that nameless warrior. However, still too far away to see who or what was attacking the floating alien, Ike focused back to his descent. Once on even land with the beings, Ike charged forward. His destination was that hovering creature.

It didn't take long for the things that were ambling about to notice him; not after he impaled one with Ragnell. After that, the swordsman was assaulted by them; some with glowing swords, others with fists, and some with projectiles. Some flew in the air and would drop stones that where hot to the touch, Ike had discovered this after one fell on his hand. Luckily for him the glove was covered with metal so it took most of the heat, leaving his hand minimally damaged.

Cleaving two creatures in half, Ike continued to cut his way through them. It seemed that they were spawning less and less. As three fell, only one replaced them. Swinging at one alien, its body a giant wheel, the mercenary stepped back. The wheel beast sunk to the ground, a gash in its wheel and no longer able to move. Taking a deep breath Ike paused seeing no other aliens were coming at him, a brief reprise.

Then he saw three beings, the same ones he'd seen from afar. One was floating in the air, holding a large sphere and shooting at the two on the ground. Ike ran towards them, his mind piecing together what he could. One of the two was human and jumped into the air, sword flashing, but missing the sphere. The winged ball (as far as he could tell) suddenly rushed towards the one in green wings flapping. But a beam of red caught a wing on fire and he-? (It?)-was forced to the ground. Was that what they wanted?

Ike adjusted his course, running towards the hovering one. The strange green being didn't appear to notice him, its back towards the mercenary. All the better. Throwing up Ragnell, Ike couldn't help but shout out, "Great AETHER!" The broad sword sliced through the rod connecting the green being to the sphere. While the sphere and mercenary fell to the ground, the creature swirled in the sky, smoke trailing it. Landing after the object, Ike looked up to see more of the green creatures appearing. Rising into a stance, the mercenary caught sight of the two from earlier, also raising their swords. A split second passed before they chased after the floating (and still smoking) alien.

I'm not sure how accurate the Smash Wiki is, but that's where I pulled some information regarding Meta Knight. Apparently, Dedede did have some part in Meta Knight losing his ship.

Fun Fact: The title of this oneshot was going to be the title for the compilation of all of these oneshots. Oh wells!

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ZeroGD out!