It was rare, if it ever happened at all, That someone would come out of the Throne room with A smile on their face. Sir Meta Knight Knew that all too well. But it was also rare, if it ever happened at all, that a human came to dreamland. As soon as the doors to the throne room had opened, Escargon was at Dedede's side. This might have been because dedede was sitting at the foot of the stairs to his throne, Crying into his Sleve.

"Your majesty, Are you okay?!?" Escargon said quickly, seeing that his lord was crying.

"Heika, Daishobu degesuka?" Ivy said in unision with Escargon. She leaned against the wall next to Sir Meta Knight.

"What?" Meta Knight asked. "What did you do?"

"I just...Gave him some advice and then Asked if I could have permission for the fair." Ivy said. There was unrelated noise coming from the throne room.

"GAURDS!" Escargon yelled. "GET HER!"

"Escargon, No! She didn't do anything!" Dedede said, Grabbing at Escargon's arm. By that point, waddle dees already surrounded Ivy.

"I..Er... NEVERMIND!" Escargon Called to them. They lowered their weapons and went back to patrolling quickly around the upper level of the castle.

"Interesting." Meta Knight whispered.

"Alrighty..." Ivy looked at the floor, turning her head back and forth. "Looks Like I'm done here. Stick around if you like, I'm gonna go tell the villagers."

Sir Meta Knight watched as Ivy walked off. The next few weeks would be hectic as a week could be, And there was Now nothing he could do to stop it.

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Withing the next few days, Ivy had been staying in the village. She would come into Metaknight's room for the night when he started his patrol at night, and Get up before he came back. She didn't talk to anyone, she didn't eat anything, and she didn't answer her cellphone. When at last Meta knight had asked Fumu to look for her in the Village, Her message to him was 'not to fret', and that was it.

With in two weeks of Ivy being missing from Meta Knight's life, He began to think she was just a dream. She had stopped coming to the castle at night, and Vincent would go off in search of things to do. He would be alone all day. That is, untill Ivy showed up on his door step, or so one could say. She was sitting infront of his door, Hitting the door with her head in a way to knock. When He answered it, A rush a Relief washed over him. She looked tired, although she smiled brightly, like she normally would.

"Looked outside lately?" She asked.

"Why in gods name didn't you come home sooner?" Meta Knight said. He was about to go on, but he stopped. He had really addressed his room as her home. She was about eye level to him in the position she was in, and She leaned forward slowly. She Rested her forehead against his mask lightly.

"I had work to do." She said Lightly. She began to Move to the right. For a moment, Meta knight ahd no Idea what was happening, but He realised she was falling over. He looked back at her face for a moment. Her eyes were closed. She was either Dead or close to it. He grabbed her by the shoulders To keep her from falling and getting hurt. He was stuck- He couldn't let her go, she'd fall over. And He couldn't pick ehr up and bring her in; He wasn't big enough, nor strong enough.

So, He could only sit there with her, In the hallway. For a few moments, he heard nothing. But after he could concentrate on somethingnother then Ivy, He heard a small Noise, Something like Music. He couldn't tell where it was coming from, Or If he was just imagining things, but He knew he heard it. As he repositioned himself , He Heard it closer. It was coming from Ivy. More over, Ivy's pocket. Out of her Pocket he retreved her Mp3. Player. He read the song name that played. It was simple, and Yet confusing.

"...Fireflies..." Meta Knight said. Hadn't Vincent told him somethign about fireflies? He thought for a moment befor The story flooded back into his mind. When their parents were still Alive, Ivy would catch Fireflies in jars and use them as lanterns at night.

"Ivy Loves everything." Vincent said caringly. "But there are Certain things she Loves that take on whole different dimentionds of love."

"What are those?" Meta knight had asked.

"Well, there's you, Theres Music, and Theirs TRansformers." He said. He laughed lightly. I swear, sometimes She likes the weirdest things, But..."

"Transformers?" Meta Knight asked me. Vince began to read somethign off of his phone, an article describing what Transformers were.

"She Made plushies of you, And She has A chocker made out of Blue ponybeads. She never takes it off- but somehow it didn't make the trip with us. But she Would lock her door, and listen to really loud music when she got bored- Not because she thought she wouldn't be bored, but because she thought that It would protect her. Atleast, thats what she told me."

Meta knight sat and listened for a while, Before speaking again.

"She thought she was in danger because she was bored?"

"Well, not necesairilly. See, She Really, Really, REALLY likes you, and Music, And TRansformers. But When she has all three of them, or the closest thing to it that she can get, She kind of.. .Goes off into another world. Not like a physicall world, but... On my planet its called exastenciallism."

"Exastenciallism? I thought that required meditation."

"Yeah, but, Ivy can count listening to music as Medtation, Trust me. Once we got separated from eachother. I searched for her for weeks, and I couldn't find her. When I did, she was laying in our yard at like... Three in the morning, singing, and Watching the fireflies. She and our parents would catch fireflies all the time, And she never did it after they died."

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Sir Meta Knight had never known anyone who could sleep as long As Ivy did. She did not wake up for almost five days, and When she woke up for the first time on the end of the forth day, ate something and went back to sleep thereafter. It was almost pathetic. Sir Meta Knight had no Idea Why she had been so exausted. When she finally got back to a normal sleep schedual, it was three days untill the fair would take place, and That was the day when Sir Arthur would be coming to dreamland.

That morning, Ivy had gotten out of Bed before anyone else had. She was dressed in something she would normally wear- a t-shirt and a pair of Jeans. She Had made breakfast, and Left it on the small table in Sir Meta Knight's room, before leaving to wait on the castle's roof for Arthur. Sir Meta Knight had joined her soon after.

"How long have you been up here?" Meta Knight asked. As she walked up to Ivy.

"Three... Four hours maybe. Seven tops."

"It's sweltering up here, and you have nothing to drink. I'll stand here and wait for Sir Arthur, You go get something to drink." She Simple threw her thumb over her shouler. The next lowest platform was Filled with Plastic water bottles.

"There he is now!" She said. A Ship on The very edge of visibility began to lower into spectrum. The ship was a bit bigger then he would have needed, Ivy thought. Both spectator's eyes were on the sky. Before long, Meta Knight had pulled Ivy out of the way from the hoverjets. She appeared to know why but he told her anyway.

"You could be boiled in your own skin." He said simply. The ship landed There after, the Door falling to the ground for a way of exit to the ship. Ivy Got Up Quickly, Running into the ship. It tipped slightly, a loud bang resonating. Sir Meta Knight could only thing she hit the back of it.

"Arty!" Ivy Said "I missed you so much!" She began to Rub her face against Sir Arthur, whom she had tackled apon enterance. She opened her eyes to see three other knights standing infront of her. She Dropped Sir Arthur Roughly, Flipping part of her bangs away from her Eyes.

"Oh-" She began. She ducked An attack from sir arthur. The three just staired. Sir Arthur had told them so much about her, and How much he missed her, and how strong he thought she would be. She blocked numerous hasty attacks from him with her hands, flinging him halfway across the ship. "Hi, guys."

Sir Arthur, who had been left on his back, sat up quickly.

"You've gotten stronger." He said.

"I thought you might say that..." She said.

"Where might Sir Meta Knight be? I heard that you were under his protection."

"Oh, He's right there." She said, pointing to the ship's enterance. Sir Arthur turned around, as did the other three speechless Knights. Sir arthur went up to Meta Knight slowly.

"Sir..." Meta Knight said Simply. He felt faint. If this was a dream, He did not want to wake up from it. After a moment, Sir Arthur Stuck his hand out. Metaknight Smiled beneath his mask. This was no dream, He thought. He couldn't have this good of a dream. He took Sir arthurs Hand and Shook it heartily. Everyone was silent for a moment.

"Alllrighty! I take it You both thought each other were dead? Sweet. Now, Lets Get a move on! Theres things to do, people to see, the fair's in Three days, and we have to Get you settled in before that!" Everyone looked at Ivy. "Oh, and Mety, you haven't Looked towards the sea in a while, have you?"

"No. Why?"

"Alright. In that case, Everyone, Out out out! We're going sight seeing." She Walked thtought the Five small Knights at her feet, Jumping Out of the ship enthusiastically. Once outside, she pointed toward the sea.

"Look!" She said, Grabing metaknigth by the back of the cape to lift him up then Hugging him tightly. He somehow managed to focus on something on the vanishing point- A large black fingure that stood taller then any tree he knew of.