The Painting of a Star

Kirby dodged a spiky root, waving the spear around. Whispy Woods glared blankly at him, frowning. He knew Kirby wouldn't be able to dodge forever; and the Betamon couldn't attack without any fighting experience. Unfortunately, Kirby knew this too.

'Damn… I'm gonna lose if I don't find a way to attack him!' Kirby thought, stepping back.

Nuka painted with the sparkling gold paint, almost as if in a trance. Her paw, which for a second looked like a glove covered hand, drew the brush to an image in her mind.

Kirby was flung back by a root into another tree, and he slumped down to the ground, groaning. He gasped for breath, a root curling around him. It raised him into the air, tightening around his half-conscious body. He heard Kimi shouting his name out, but it was like someone had stuffed cotton in his ears.

Nuka pulled the paintbrush away from her air drawing, which to her surprise was really there. The shimmering painting of a large star was slowly becoming solid. Then, the paint gave off a bright, unbearable, blinding light.

For a split second, Nuka appeared in front of his blurred eyes, yet it faded away. He tried to keep his eyes open, but they were heavy. The root tightened around him, choking him.

The Star that Nuka had painted flouted in front of her, waiting for her to jump on. She placed her hand on it, climbing steadily on. It didn't move, even when she tried to nudge it forward.

More images flashed in Kirby's rapidly dulling mind; memories of happy days before he tried to play hero. The root was digging into his skin, and squeezing the life out of him.

For the first time in his life, he reared his head to the sky and screamed out a name he didn't recognize.

"WARP STAR(1)!!!!!"

Nuka opened her mouth in a silent scream as the star rocketed forward, knocking her off her feet. She barely had time to grab onto the side to keep from falling completely off. She flew over Keeby's house, startling his older sister and mother. The two Betamon looked at each other, blinking.

"I knew I shouldn't have eaten those tomatoes…" they muttered, walking into the house.

Meanwhile, Nuka was holding onto the Star for dear life.

'I'M GONNA DIE!!!' she thought as the golden star sped towards Green Greens' infamous forest; Whispy Woods. While it did that, it lowered to the ground, speeding up. She flashed past two Dreamlanders, a blue blob and a pink blob. The Star rammed into the blue blob, flipping him onto the star.

And so, the blob followed what Nuka was doing, holding onto an out-of-control-star for his life.

Kirby fell silent, cringing as the root crushed his normally squishy and flexible body. Whispy stared at him with emotionless black eyes, ready to finish the young Betamon off.

Suddenly, a flash of gold hit Whispy's root, causing him to lose his grip on Kirby. The Betamon bounced off the ground, groaning and taking deep breaths. A golden star flouted over to him like a puppy wanting to play. He pulled himself up on it, not sure of why he was doing it, but something about the Star filled him with energy. Then, it hit him, like how the Star had previously his Whispy.

Warp… Star?

The Warp Star glowed, as if happy to finally have a name. Kirby looked up into Whispy's eyes, smiling. In response, the tree frowned, narrowing his black eyes.
Suddenly, as if commanded by an unheard voice, the Warp Star shot forward, slicing off several of the spiked roots that Whispy had thrown in the Star's path. Kirby inhaled the spikes, and felt that familiar surge go through his insides.

Kirby's hair turned from brown to yellow in a flash, his elfin being torn to shreds as spikes grew out of his head in place of hair. A spike appeared on each hand, which was rapidly covered by two orange gloves. His running shoes turned into cleats (2).

With a confident smirk, the Star whirled around Whispy, agitating the tree. Several large apples fell from the tree's branches, but a few well-aimed swipes disposed of them. Kirby jumped into the air, spinning wildly. The spikes plus consent spinning equaled a powerful saw, and everyone knew a Saw was a tree's second worst nightmare. The first was Wood Rot.

"STOP!"

Kirby stopped spinning just before he hit Whispy, landing on the ground with a 'umf!'. He looked who had spoken out, confused. Titania walked over to the two, taking her spear from where it rested on the ground.

"That is enough. Kirby-Dono, you have proved to us that you are indeed worthy of holding the Sparkling Stars." She said, motioning to the frightened-out-of-his-roots Whispy.

"Then I please have it back?" Kirby tossed off his Ability, which bounced in the form of a glowing star.

"Soon. But not now." The Fairy Queen said, walking to the crowd. "And I believe you have a sibling to assist."

Kirby blinked, confused. "Sibling? Nuka's at home and Baz's (3) off… somewhere."

The Queen responded by pointing up into Whispy's branches. The young Betamon looked up, and gasped in surprise. Nuka was in the branches with a blue blob knocked unconscious, and both were dangling. Nuka smiled sheepishly, waving.

(1) A item that's appeared in nearly every Kirby game to date (with the exception of Kirby Wii; which is rumored to NOT have the Warp Star, and Meta Knightmare; since he flies instead of climbing onto the Warp Star). It is a large golden star, roughly 16-cm tall.

(2) Needle Kirby!

(3) Baz is Kirby's older brother, who might be properly introduced later in the story. Baz (the name) is short for Basil, which is English for a type of herb.

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