Chapter 21 – Copying the Star Warrior
20 minutes later…and I couldn't sleep. Thinking of that last thought made my tiredness go away and now I was all jittery. So I just gave up on the whole nap idea and went back to join up with the others, who were lounging around doing their own thing while Magolor was trying to find an answer to my strange new power.
"Hey, Amitie. Finish your nap already?" Arle asked me.
"No, not really. As soon as I laid down, I started thinking of some thoughts and couldn't sleep afterward."
"What thoughts were those?" Ringo asked.
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"…W-Well…" I started becoming unsure with myself.
"Ami. You can tell us. We're your friends." Raffina said.
"Yeah, Raffina's right. You can definitely tell us what's been on your mind." Misuki added.
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"…W-Well…o-okay." I said. "I started thinking about all the stuff that's happened to me so far. Nearly dying, losing my spells, getting sent to a different planet…then I started thinking about what else could happen to me. And thus, losing the feeling of taking a nap."
"W-Wow." Was all they could say.
"sigh. I'm sorry, guys. I didn't mean to be all negative about it."
"N-No, Ami. It's fine. In fact, you don't have to worry about anything." Misuki said.
"Witch is right, Amitie. When we decided to come to Dream Land with you and Kirby, we wanted to help in any way we can." Arle said.
"And that's exactly what we're going to do!" Raffina yelled boldly.
"That's right!" Ringo cheered.
"I don't know the whole story that much, but you can surely count on me, Amitie." Maguro said.
"Same for me, Amitie. I won't let you down." Lidelle said.
"Th-Thanks, you guys." I said while trying to hold in my tears of joy.
"You sure have some good friends, Amitie." Adeleine said as she, Ribbon, Bandana-Dee, and Kirby walked up to us.
"Yeah. I really do. Not just in my world, but here in Dream Land as well."
"R-Really? You think of us as…friends?"
"Even though we'll eventually part ways forever?" Ribbon asked.
"Of course! Just because we'll be in different worlds, doesn't mean we'll stop being friends! We're best friends forever!"
"W-Wow, Amitie. That was nice of you to say. Thank you for that." Adeleine was trying to hold in her tears as well.
Ribbon, on the other hand…
"WAAAAAAAA! So sweet of you, Amitie! I'll be your best friend forever too! WAAAHAAAHAAA!"
"I-It's okay, Ribbon. Y-You don't have to cry." I said, trying to calm her down.
"And I'm sure Dee is grateful for that speech right, Dee?" Adeleine asked Bandana-Dee, who replied with a simple nod.
"Kirby…will you be my best buddy forever and ever?" I asked him.
"Poyo poyo!"
"Thanks, little buddy! I knew I could count on you!" I cheered.
"Poyo!"
"Yes! I've figured it out!" Magolor said while at his giant computer.
"Really? You have?" Adeleine asked.
"Yep. It took a while, but I can finally explain Amitie's new power."
"Great! So what is it?" I asked.
"Allow me to explain. First off, Adeleine could you draw a water creature for me please?"
"A water creature?"
"You'll see."
"Uh…okay."
Adeleine then brought out her easel and started painting something that's supposed to use water for something. It looked like a limbless dragon with light blue skin, a white underbelly, a jagged mouth, and blue spikes running along its back.
"Okay, finished." Adeleine said as she stepped away from the easel. And after a few seconds…
*POP*
"RAAAWWWGGGHH!"
"Wh-What is that thing?!" Ringo asked in fear for her life.
"I drew a Water Galbo. It was the first thing that came to mind when thinking of a water creature."
"I-It's actually kinda cute." Lidelle said.
"You think THAT'S cute?" Arle asked.
"Alright, Kirby. You know what to do." Magolor said to him.
"Poyo!"
Kirby then walked up to the thing and inhaled the thing whole into his mouth…
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…Wait, what did I just say?! What did Kirby just do?!
…A-Anyway, once Kirby did…that, he started glowing and soon after that, he had gained a yellow tiara on his head that was holding a vortex of water.
"Whoa…nice hat, Kirby." Maguro said.
"Poyo."
"Now finally, Kirby just shoot a blob of water at Amitie." Magolor said.
"Wait, WHAT?!" I shouted.
"Hold on. While that happens, hold out your left arm in front of you."
"Huh?"
"Again, you'll see."
"Uh…okay."
I did as Magolor said and held out my arm in front of me. Kirby then shot out a blob of water at me. I was expecting to be soaking wet afterward, but that didn't happen.
Instead…I absorbed the water. Every last drop…with my left hand, which then started to glow on its own. After a few seconds, the glowing stopped. And I noticed that my wristband was now blue and made of water.
"Whoa…wha…what just happened?" I asked as I continued to stare at my wristband.
"Ami! You're hair!" Raffina said. She then gave me her pocket mirror and I look at my hair. The same part that was once pink and turquoise, was now blue.
"Wha! Now it's blue! My hair is blue now!"
"Magolor, just what is going on?!" Misuki asked him.
"Well, first off, Kirby's power. What he has is a special power known as a Copy Ability. With this power, Kirby can copy any power an enemy throws at him, and use them to his advantage."
"Wow! That's some power, Kirby!" Arle said.
"Poyo!"
"But what does that have to do with Amitie?" Ringo asked.
"Well, when Kirby shot that water blob, Amitie absorbed it like how he inhaled that enemy. Therefore…"
I then started putting two and two together.
"Wait…are you saying…that I have this Copy Ability?!" I asked.
"Well, let's test it. Watch Kirby do some moves and see if you can replicate them."
"Okay, I'll try. Ready when you are, Kirby."
"Poyo."
Kirby then shot another blob of water out from his mouth. It traveled on the floor and eventually disappeared on its own. I knew I couldn't do that with my mouth, so I tried it my left hand.
"WAVE ATTACK!" I shouted as I shot a blob of water from my hand. It traveled on the floor like Kirby's, and then disappeared the exact same way.
"Whoa!" Everyone said.
Kirby then projected a column of water straight up to the ceiling with his water tiara. With me not having a water tiara, I raised my left hand in the air and tried to replicate the move.
"GEYSER!" I shouted as I did the exact same move as Kirby.
"Wow!" Everyone said.
And then Kirby did a move in which he crouched and then projected a sphere of water around him and ends with a rainbow flourish. It was very pretty to watch, so I tried to do it myself.
"RAINBOW RAIN!" I shouted as I did the move. A small rainbow appeared above my head after I did it.
"Pretty!" I heard everyone said.
"Wow! I did every single move! I really do have the Copy Ability!" I cheered.
"That's great, Amitie!" Lidelle said.
"But how did she get such a cool power?" Arle asked.
"That, I'm not sure." Magolor said. "Maybe what's there in Another Dimension can explain everything."
"I see. So my powers are now based on water? Is that it?" I asked.
"Well, no. You see, unlike Kirby, you can actually store abilities in your wristband."
"Huh? My wristband?"
"What you currently have now is the Water ability. And the one you used to beat Dark Meta Knight is called the Mirror ability."
"Mirror? You know now it makes sense with the attacks I was doing."
"To switch between your currents abilities, just yell out the name of the ability you want to use."
"Yell it out, huh? Okay."
I looked at my wristband for a little bit then raised my arm in the air as I tried this new piece of info I got.
"MIRROR!" I shouted. I glowed for a bit, then looked back at my wristband to see that it was the same turquoise color from before. I even looked at my hair with the pocket mirror, and saw that my hair was the same color too.
"Whoa…so cool!" I said.
"And that's all I got from it." Magolor said, concluding his explanation.
"So Amitie can use Copy Abilities just like Kirby. That's pretty sweet." Adeleine said.
"It really is, actually." Ribbon added.
"So what can the Mirror ability do, Ami?" Raffina asked.
"Well…I do remember a few moves." I said while thinking of what to show first.
"REFLECT FORCE!" I shouted as a bunch of the mirror-like objects from before came out of my left hand.
"Whoa!" Everyone shouted.
"Is there more?" Misuki asked.
"Well…"
What was that second one, again? Oh yeah! I remember!
"MIRROR BODY!" I shouted. I then split into two. One copy went in one direction while the other went in the opposite direction. I then became one whole again. I did the attack again and then started splitting into five, forming a vertical line upwards. After doing the attack a third time, I ended up splitting into seven. I felt the original me in the center while six other copies circled around me. I once more became whole again after that.
"Whoa! Amitie, these abilities are amazing!" Ringo shouted.
"Yeah, they are. I can get used to this!" I said with glee.
"Well enjoy to your heart's content, Amitie." Magolor said.
"Oh, yeah! I will!"
"Now with that out the way, let's get back to business, shall we?"
"Right. We still have to get to Dangerous Dinner." Adeleine said.
"D-Dangerous Dinner?! Wh-What kind of name is that?!" Lidelle asked, having the same reaction as the rest of us visitors had when we first heard the name.
"It's a questionable one, to say the least."
"Well, alrighty then! Let's go!" I cheered.
"Yeah!"
"Poyo!"
"Everyone hang on! And…LIFT OFF!" Magolor said.
The Lor Starcutter rose up off the ground and started flying through the sky, traveling really fast up to space as we finally made our way to…
…That uncomfortably named, potentially deadly area.
Fiddlesticks.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Amitie has discovered her new power! Or ability! However you want to call it! Some of you already figured it out last chapter, but now it's actually a thing.
Not sure how many copy abilities I'll use in this story, but more will show up when they fit in the specific chapter they're in.
That's all from me. Feel free to review, favorite, and/or follow the story. Next chapter is the end of the lava worlds, and the boss of Dangerous Dinner is…well…normally not a boss in the series. But I had this idea for a while now and I really want to use it. Thanks for reading. Later.