so, this chapter is a bit longer, but trust me, there'll be longer ones :)

and I'm sorry, I'm so so sorry, about the late update...

I'm at my cousin's place and I've been spending more family time then fanfiction time, so yah...

(I own none of these characters except Kitty, Dim is owned by Dubstep Jazzy)

CHAPTER TEN

Adventuring With Kirby

P.O.V Kirby

I didn't know about this Kitty person, she seemed nice, but whenever she was around Meta acted.. Well... Different.

A good different though, he had acted mysterious since I had known him, but everyone said he used to like this Garlude person, a celebrity crush on another Star Warrior I had heard.

They said he acted just like he was acting now then.

That must mean he must really love her...

But, I had my own love problems to deal with, apparently my girlfriend, Music Mage, had attacked Meta and Kitty!

I had told her that people didn't like being attacked by wolf packs led by a crazy Wolf-Puff.

Of course she just nodded and moved her eyes around.

Sometimes I didn't understand her...

I hadn't been on an adventure with Meta in forever, and I figured Kitty probably wanted to get out and adventure without being used as bait for Meta.

So I went to the Halberd, even though they move around all the time it's not that hard to find them, it's the only thing in Dreamland bigger than Dedede castle.

When I finally climbed the ladder to the top, I was greeted by a very sleepy Blade Knight.

"Hmm-what?" Blade sounded like she hadn't slept for a week, or she had just woken up.

With Meta Knight's rules, I'm gonna go with door number one.

"I was just wondering if you guys wanted to go adventuring with me, I was planning on checking out the problem the Cappys have been having with Whispy Woods," that's what I tried to say, but it probobly came out something like 'Poyo! Adventuring with Meta Bya! Cappys trouble with Whispy POYO!'

But Blade seemed to understand.

"I'll go see if anyone wants to come," Blade turned and went back inside.

About two seconds later Kitty's voice came from inside, "let me through I wanna adventure!"

The door opened and Meta, Sword, Blade and Kitty were fighting to get out first.

I laughed, the four best fighters in Dreamland were fighting amongst themselves about who gets to leave the Halberd first.

As soon as everyone was out we moved our butts over to the Whispy Forest.

It was eerily quiet, the only noise was our footsteps...

Meta stepped on a stick, and it broke with a loud CRACK!

Kitty jumped back in alarm, and Meta had to sidestep to avoid a collision.

"Sorry," Kitty said, looking embarrassed.

We all just kept walking, and this time Meta was very careful to not step on any sticks.

I started counting the steps we took the second we entered Dim's territory.

I didn't know if anyone else knew Dim, but I figured that they didn't.

As soon as I counted to one hundred, I told everyone to shh.

Kitty, Blade and Meta obeyed, but Sword asked, "Kirby, why do we need to shh?"

And at that, a bombardment of Knight Beams flew from the trees.

"You idiot!" I shouted, and for the first time I managed to say exactly what I meant, without all the 'Poyo!'

"Dim, it's me!" I said.

Oh nice! I was getting better at this talking stuff!

"Kirby, who are these outsiders you have brought to my territory?" Dim's voice echoed through the trees.

"They're friends," ooh! This talking stuff was getting way easier by the second!

The dark figure of Dim jumped from the trees.

Kitty gasped, "Dim!"

P.O.V Kitty

My childhood friend! My academy buddy! My BFF! Right here!

Mind. Officially. Blown.

Dim seemed to recognize me, because she tackle-hugged me!

I should've remembered she had a habit of doing that...

"Kitty!" Dim danced around.

"I haven't seen you in forever! How did you survive! Everyone is lookingr for you!" Dim kept talking and talking until she noticed Mety.

"Ooooh, and you seem to have managed to earn the trust of the mysterious Meta Knight!" Dim elbowed me.

Mety wrapped his wing around me, "she's my girlfriend, and she earned my trust many times over," Mety's eyes turned purple as he spoke.

Dim shrieked in excitement, "OMG KITTY! Not only have you got him to trust someone, but you're his GIRLFRIEND!"

Mety looked very tired of Dim already.

"By the way, have you seen Music Mage recently? She stopped working for Nightmare full time and runs with wolves half the year," Dim questioned Mety.
"I won't speak of her," he said sternly.
"What happened between you guys anyways?" Dim put her hands on we hips.
"She joined Nightmare, that's what," Mety retorted.
"But you guys have been friends since, well, forever!" Dim got all in his face, "what REALLY happened?"
"She tried to kill me..." Mety said quietly.
"I said I wouldn't follow her to run with the wolves after we left the academy, and she lost her mind, afterwards she joined Nightmare's monster army to get revenge on me," Mety explained.
I could feel the tension in the air, so I decided to intervene before we took a long walk down memory lane.

"So Dim, how do you know Kirby?" I asked her, I was very curious about how in such a big universe Dim could know Kirby too.

"He was at the academy right after you got puff-napped," Dim said the words like she wasn't sure if she was correct.

"Hey, Dim, I can't really remember anything about the academy... Or anything else before the crash..." I got a bit nervous as I spoke.

"Oh, oh no... Not now... Seriously... Why?!" Dim muttered to herself and pulled out a weird gadget that could be in a crazy Sci-Fi show.

My head started to spin, and Mety caught me right before I hit the ground, his eyes became a nervous grey and he seemed like he was trying to talk to me, but the world started spinning and I tried to focus...

But it was no use, the corners of my vision turned black and fuzzy, closing in until I blacked out.

P.O.V Meta Knight

"Kitty? Kitty? Hello?" I waved my hand in front of her face, she had just blacked out in the middle of the woods, and that was a bit unnerving considering she was kidnapped by Octo just a few days earlier...

Kitty twitched a bit, like she was having a nightmare!

A few minutes passed, and we were about to carry her back to the Halberd when she sat bolt upright, her face twisted with terror.

"Dim! Dim!" Kitty hopped to her feet and whispered in Dim's ear, I couldn't hear what she said, but Dim's expression told me everything.

Dim looked grim as she walked over to Kirby.

"Kirby, you remember Magolor don't you?" Dim pulled out a picture of a hooded figure with little ears, a crown at his feet.

Kirby nodded yes, but he looked confused.

"I thought Magolor was dead POYO!" Kirby facepalmed, he was getting so good at talking and then, POYO! Poyo makes its return.

"I thought so too," Dim pressed some buttons on her futuristic device.

I didn't understand a word they were saying, but I did know who Magolor was.

About a year ago, Magolor got his hands on the master crown, he went really power-crazy and me, Kirby and Waddle Dee had to fight him.

If that guy was back, it could be big trouble.

Kitty widened her eyes, "isn't that the guy that those kids from the academy went on a quest to find but never came back?" Dim looked worried as Kitty spoke.

"Her memory is returning... This could be bad..." Dim muttered just loud enough for me to hear.

"What?" I couldn't think of any other thing to say without sounding suspicious, which I was.

Dim came over to me, "Kitty passed out because she must've seen why we erased her memory in the first place," Dim whispered.

"You erased her memory... Why?" I asked, I couldn't help but wonder about Kitty's past, we'd never really talked about anything about either of our families or past.

"Well, if I talk about it, she might remember, and someone could get hurt, do you still want to know?" Dim was offering me a chance to know more about Kitty!

I couldn't pass it down.

"Tell me," I said, I wanted to know, and I hated not knowing.

"Alright, so, about six years ago, Kitty was about, 11-12ish, she was even smaller then, -heh-"

I glared at Dim as she pointed out Kitty's smallness.

"Heh, heheh," Dim laughed at herself a bit, then continued her story.

"Magolor came to our camp where we were staying for survival training, he targeted Kitty because she was the smallest, and at the time, the weakest," Dim didn't laugh this time, but I could feel it that she was pointing that out on purpose, so I stabbed her in the butt with Galaxia.

Dim howled, and she rubbed her butt, "ow, ow, ow, that hurt," she said, and I snickered.

"Do you want me to tell you the story or not?" Dim put her little hands on her hips.

"Yes, I wanna hear it!" I hoped I hadn't lost my chance to hear this story.

"Anyways, Kitty was the weakest, so Magolor decided to use his curse on her," Dim said sadly.

"What curse?" I asked, I really did have to know.

"The curse that if somebody loves her..." Dim started.

"What happens?" I asked, this story seemed more like something you would see in a romantic drama.

"The one who loves her is cursed to die a horrible death," Dim finished.

The horror hit me, if Kitty ever remembered...

"I-I remember, everything, Dim," Kitty's eyes glazed over after she had finished speaking.

I felt a sharp pain in my chest, like someone had stabbed me.

I doubled over in agony as I realized that this was what Dim was talking about, I was dying.

Kitty's eyes returned to normal then she ran over to me, and despite her small size she managed to hold me up.

"Kitty, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have told anyone," Dim's eyes darted to the floor as she spoke, like she couldn't stand to meet Kitty's gaze.

"If there is any hope for either of you, you must never see each other again," Dim threw two smoke bombs at each of our feet, and the colorful smoke transported me back to the Halberd.

The pain in my chest ebbed away until it was more of a dull ache.

But every time I pictured Kitty, the pain came back, every time even sharper.

Not even my knight training could have prepared me for the pain that my heart felt as the realization set in that I could never see Kitty again.

So finally, I broke down in tears.

ROMANTIC DRAMA TIME!

Meta: you totally changed the story.

Me: I did not!

Meta: and Kitty, if you are Kitty, why do you say "Me" instead of "Kitty" and act like you're someone else?

Me: because I don't want to confuse the readers.

Meta: I think that you confuse them a lot, with your split personality.

Me: shush.

Meta: well I fell in love with Kitty, not some crazy DJ-party girl.

Me: well Kitty (Me) has her (My) secrets.

Meta: wait... You're saying...

Me: Kitty likes crazy parties.

Meta: I'm so confused.

Me: good.