Kirby: Right Back at Ya!
Odyssey of Dreams
By: ChronoWeapon
Chapter 33: Secure the Final Dream Stone!
After Kirby and his friends confronted the final Dream Stone Guardian, Crystallossus, the so called 'Deity' pitted them against their own fears and doubts. Luckily, after a battle of wills, Kirby found the solution to the problem. Slamming the large crystal with the ever approaching crystal clones caused it to break as if they were symbolically fighting their own fears on a physical plane.
Meta Knight heard Ribbon's telepathic call. "Hmm, leave it to Kirby to find a way out of this mess!" he said as he fought back with his Frostbite Lance to shove another clone into the large Amethyst.
"Oh thank goodness, I thought I was done for!" Waddle Dee said out loud as he pushed back with his own offensive.
"Hmph, we aren't going to lose after coming all this way!" Tiff said strongly giving a crystal clone a strong throw.
Adeleine calmed her mind, "Good, I can set my worries aside now…"
"Even if we get past this part the real fight with Crystallossus might be even worse," Dedede lamented.
Then suddenly, a loud explosion came from the red ruby that Kirby was to attack and all the clones turned into ruby dust. The glimmering ruby dust floated gently on the air until it was dissipated completely.
Meta Knight was the next to complete this task and he did so with relative ease. The amethyst exploded as chaotic energy waves erupted from its crumbled remains. With it, the amethyst clones also turned to dust.
King Dedede, being the physical powerhouse that he is, came next as he destroyed the large sapphire successfully. "Whew, that was a work out!" he said wiping the sweat from his brow.
Waddle Dee followed by Tiff and then finally Adeleine, successfully destroyed their respective gemstones as well. "I totally didn't expect to face my own fears with this last one!" said Waddle Dee panting.
"Now that, that is over we just need to find out how to defeat a deity…," Adeleine thought as she gazed at Crystallossus.
"That's that I guess…, no turning back now…," said Tiff as she felt her heart beating underneath her armor.
Before Kirby's party could celebrate the platforms they stood on rose to form a bridge. The bridge levitated at chest level with Crystallossus with his head now within reach. He bellowed loudly, "Hmm, you went through that quicker than expected…, now for your next test. Best me, and the Diamond Prism is yours…"
Meta Knight made a quick hand gesture, "Wait, time out for a second! We need a game plan!"
"Be quick, my patience grows thin…," Crystallossus bellowed.
Kirby and his friends huddled together and began whispering amongst themselves as Ribbon looked down upon them in despair. "How, how can they win? I studied everything I could back at Rainbow Resort, but nothing could have prepared me for this…"
Meta Knight whispered to Adeleine, "All right young lady, you know more about monsters and lore than any of us, what can you deduce from this 'Deity'?"
Adeleine began as she placed her hand under her chin, "Well, it's way bigger than even a Titan Class Golem, so it's meant to soak up the worst and most intense levels of damage. Being made of diamond is obvious evidence of that. In addition, he has two large arms it'll try and crush us with and I believe all of us can reach his head from our current position. Since he's a golem made of diamond that makes him an elemental type creature. We all remember what happens when you strike a high prestige elemental with an attack that it's weak to. In Crystallossus's case it counts as a 'Stone' type or A.K.A an 'Earth' based creature. Magmalith attacked Tiff with that massively high powered fire attack when she hit its core with water. Crystallossus is bound to be far worse, so let's stick to physical attacks with heavy hitting weapons and chip away at him first. Attacking the obvious is a no-no. Since this creature has a diamond made body it's probably going to think were gonna go straight for heavy hitting special attacks."
"That sounds like a good way to start this thing off anymore suggestions?" Waddle Dee asked hopefully.
"Yes, make liberal use of explosives if you have them and conservative use of magic, we don't need to trigger any unwanted counter spells," Adeleine claimed. "Diamonds may be hard but they are brittle and have no malleability so explosions work well, but if he has a counterattack than back off immediately."
Ribbon gazed at Crystallossus as Kirby and his friends devised their attack strategy. "No, it doesn't matter what they come up with, it won't work! Crystallossus is immortal he can't be killed or defeated!"
"All right everyone, take your places, this one is going to take all of us!" Meta Knight claimed vigorously as he drew his Frostbite Lance.
Kirby summoned his Jet Bomber ability, Waddle Dee equipped his Mining gear, Tiff stuck with her Commando gear, Adeleine transformed into her Golem form, and Dedede equipped his Mechanical Hammer and Iron Mask. Crystallossus moved with great power emanating from it as it brought its massive arms onto both sides of the bridge. "Let us begin!" he bellowed.
Crystallossus began to bring his right arm down onto the battlefield. Meta Knight shouted, "Everyone scatter around!" he finished as the large diamond hand smashed onto the platform. "Don't bunch up and give him multiple targets to hit!"
Waddle Dee planted three remote mines onto Crystallossus's hand and he noticed something. "Hey, his arm is made from blue diamond!" he said in warning.
Adeleine warned the party, "Unlike regular diamonds, most blue ones are natural semiconductors! Remember what I said about the counter spell thing! Don't attack that arm with electricity!"
As Crystallossus dislodged his arm from the ground Kirby, Tiff, Dedede, and Waddle Dee used their respective explosives enshrouding the massive arm in a nasty volley of explosions. Golem Adeleine used an explosive of her own. "Try on my Ore Bomb for size!" she said as she threw a clump of red glowing ore. The ore violently exploded adding to the rest of the volley.
Meta Knight faced Crystallossus, "Hmph, while the rookies handle your hands, I'll deal with you face to face!" he said exchanging his lance for his sword. Meta Knight raised his Galaxia to use his Flames of Galaxia attack, but right before he brought the sword down he noticed that Crystallossus's eyes suddenly flashed with a bright pulse and this cause Meta Knight to stave his attack. "W-what is that I'm feeling from this creature…, anticipation?" he thought with cold sweat running beneath his mask.
As Kirby and his friends preoccupied themselves with the hands, Meta Knight sheathed his sword and swapped it for the Frostbite Lance. Crystallossus spoke, "Why do sheathe your sword, Knight?" he asked curiously.
"I-I almost killed us all…, you aren't playing around are you?" Meta Knight accused. "You can send my flames back at me can't you?! Your eyes told me you were waiting for me to strike you with my fire attack so you could reflect it!"
Crystallossus made a slight chuckle. "Perhaps you will survive long enough… after all."
"Survive…, long enough…?" Meta Knight said curiously.
"Hate to interrupt Meta Knight!" Tiff said in a rather panicked manner. "But we could really use your help here!"
Meta Knight faced them, "Don't bother attacking the head if the arms are still functioning!" he said as Crystallossus raised his hands out of reach.
"What do you mean?" Dedede asked as he readied his hammer to send a multiple rocket volley towards the head.
"One of those arms can make a shield that can reflect special attacks even personal ones and the other one heals any damage we manage to deal!" Meta Knight informed. "I felt it when I stared into his eyes…"
As Meta Knight finished warning his allies of the danger Crystallossus brought his hands parallel to each side of Kirby's party, palms open facing them. "Crystal Plasma Flash!" Crystallossus announced as a tether of electricity jumped from palm to palm.
Meta Knight covered himself with his cloak, "Everyone, protect yourselves!"
Everyone defended themselves as best they could and then suddenly an electrical sphere grew in between Crystallossus's hands until it enveloped a large portion of the battlefield. After it had subsided, everyone had survived by defending in their own way; Dedede was lifted far above the destruction by Jet Bomber Kirby, Waddle Dee took cover underneath his mining helmet, Adeleine turned her own stone Golem body into a hard diamond, Tiff enshrouded herself with her Sage abilities magic shields and Meta Knight phased himself outside the dimension with his dimensional cape.
Once it was safe, everyone took their battle stances. "That would have hurt very, very badly!" Dedede said nervously.
"Meta Knight was right this creature isn't anything like the previous guardians!" Waddle Dee said in shock.
Tiff switched equipment back to her Commando gear. "That was too close does anyone have any new ideas?" she asked concerned.
Meta Knight faced Crystallossus, "You said we have to 'Survive long enough', what do you mean by that?!"
Crystallossus stayed silent as he raised his arms once more. Then Adeleine understood what 'Survive long enough' meant. "Meta Knight, Ribbon is right! Crystallossus is immortal! However, he still needed magic shields and healing spells. That means he can still take damage! 'Survive long enough' means we have to fight its corporeal form until it decides to end the fight!"
"Decides to end the fight?!" Meta Knight retorted.
"Yes, it may be a deity but right now in this world it has a corporeal form that can be damaged. We just have to drain him of his magical power and damage it enough to deem us worthy!" Adeleine concluded.
"All right, I have a new addition to the plan!" Meta Knight said facing towards Ribbon. "Ribbon, give me the Dream Stones! Everyone take a stone and use its magic to our advantage!"
Thought she was still in shock, Ribbon tossed the bag containing the Dream Stones to Meta Knight and he passed out a stone to everyone.
Crystallossus bellowed as he brought one palm down and the other palm overhead until both hands were diagonally set apart. "Double Antipode Stream!" it announced as the blue diamond arm gathered ice energy in the palm while the red diamond hand collected a massive fireball. In an instant, the two spheres of energy erupted into streams that traveled wildly over the battlefield. When the streams of super hot and super cold energies clashed against each other it created explosions. Kirby and his friends had to frantically dodge not only the streams but the following explosions as well.
After the damage had been dealt the party pulled themselves from the rubble. "This is maddening, how they are expected to last!" Ribbon commented. "Crystallossus's spells can devastate cities!"
"Everyone still okay?" Meta Knight asked phasing back into the dimension via his cape. As Meta Knight finished his sentence the right hand came from the sky to crush him. Luckily, he noticed just in time and was able to dodge. Kirby's party unleashed the wrath of explosives and this time their attack proved its worth as the right hand was turned into rubble, then dust. Crystallossus moaned in pain at the loss of his arm.
"There's the first hand, now the second!" Adeleine said proudly.
"That should stop the spells that require both his hands!" Tiff concluded.
"I'll start on his head then!" Dedede said as he fired a volley of rockets at Crystallossus.
Everyone shouted simultaneously, "Dedede, noooo!"
It was too late, Dedede's rockets impacted Crystallossus's head with a fierce explosion however Crystallossus seemed almost undamaged. Crystallossus had an instant response to Dedede's attack. Its head resonated with a red glow as did his left hand.
"It's a counter spell!" Adeleine shrieked.
"Amplified Heat!" Crystallossus bellowed as a beam of light from his crown reached his left hand. His left arm shined with a mean fiery red gleam as he slammed the ground causing a wall of fire to race in all directions leaving little chance to escape. The flames consumed Kirby's party, but luckily they had survived.
"Dedede, you big dummy!" Waddle Dee shouted as he kicked Dedede in the side.
"How was I supposed to know about that counter spell?" Dedede said in his defense.
"Adeleine warned us about that didn't you listen?" Waddle Dee said frustrated. "Attack the arms first! Now look what's happening!"
Crystallossus raised his left arm near his head and his entire body gleamed with a soft warm glow. "So the left arm is the one responsible for healing the head!" Meta Knight concluded with a revelation.
"Everyone, the left arm is coming back!" Tiff said alarmed.
Crystallossus's left arm hovered above the battlefield and began dropping itself in segments that were aflame like meteorites. The attack subsided when the arm was completely dissected. Then as if dodging the arm was not enough, the segments conformed around Dedede. "W-what's this?" Dedede said starting to panic. The moment a bead of sweat left Dedede's brow he was engulfed by the segments and the arm reformed with him frozen inside.
"Great, now Dedede's a hostage!" Meta Knight grunted.
"What do we do?!" Waddle Dee asked worriedly.
"Well, we could wait until the arm breaks into segments again, or bust him out!" Adeleine suggested.
"I think we should just bust him out, I highly doubt Crystallossus will use that attack again while he's holding a hostage!" Tiff claimed. "Plus it'll teach him a few things," she giggled mischievously.
"We can restore Dedede with the Dream Stones, just break him out!" Meta Knight shouted as Crystallossus's arm smashed into the ground, attempting to crush Kirby. While the left arm was stuck Kirby's team took their chances and bombed it. The bombing ceased once Crystallossus broke it free from the ground. Dedede seemed unharmed within the arm despite the cracks. Crystallossus attacked with a super fast punch aimed at Kirby. Kirby charged up his jet power and exploded into a mach 5 dash that clashed with Crystallossus's arm, destroying it with his helmet. Kirby suffered for his attack but managed to keep his composure. Dedede fell from the sky, dazed.
Dedede sat up, "Wha- happen?" he asked disoriented.
Tiff used the Emerald Amber and restored the entire party. Crystallossus's eyes gleamed horrifically. "5…," he roared.
"A countdown type spell!" Adeleine said surprised. "Everyone attack him with everything you got, hurry!"
Kirby's party went full on assault against Crystallossus's head using bombs and harsh attacks. "4…," he roared.
"Use the Dream Stones!" Meta Knight called out.
Kirby's party used every offensive wish they could think off. An avalanche of boulders, a wave of lava and a deluge of water were the first to come. "3…," bellowed Crystallossus.
Crystallossus showed significant signs of damage from the first volley of attacks. Kirby and his party continued fighting hard as they made a wish on the Sunstone Schist. A massive beam of solar energy cut through Crystallossus's body causing an alarming amount of damage. "2…," he continued despite the damage.
Next up, came the Pyrite Peridot. The wish engulfed Crystallossus in a massive electrical storm followed by an explosion. "1…," roared Crystallossus.
"Everyone take cover!" Adeleine warned. Kirby's party heeded Adeleine's warning as they attempted to take cover as best they could.
"0…, Irradiated Nova!" announced Crystallossus as his entire being shined with a green glow. The atmosphere shifted as a brilliant light erupted from Crystallossus's mouth and unlike any of Crystallossus's attacks, there was nowhere to run from this. The flash resembled Kirby's Crash ability as Kirby and his entire party were engulfed in the attack.
Ribbon looked on in horror as her friends were swallowed by the mass of light. When the light subsided, Kirby and his friends were laying on the ground hurt very badly. They had lost any abilities and equipment they were carrying. Kirby pulled himself up and could only hear the sound of ringing. Luckily, everyone was able to raise themselves back up. Tiff reached for the Emerald Amber and made a wish. Kirby and his friends were enveloped in a soft, warm, green light that restored them completely.
Crystallossus also had some more tricks up his sleeve. A pulse of light from his eyes caused a slight rumble and suddenly, both of his arms rose from beneath the platforms. "He can regenerate his arms!" Adeleine shouted in despair. After Crystallossus moved his newly regenerated arms about, the left arm rose to meet his face and he began healing himself.
Ribbon looked upon Crystallossus and noticed something strange. "What is this? Crystallossus is actually damaged? Wait, it must really be as Adeleine said! Crystallossus's corporeal form can be defeated after all!" she said regaining her hope and confidence.
Meta Knight cursed his luck, "Drat, I couldn't stay phased out of the dimension long enough to dodge that attack!"
Everyone regained their composure and took up different weapons and abilities. Kirby assumed his Mother Ship ability; Waddle Dee had taken up his Parasol; Tiff equipped her Sage's Staff; Adeleine transformed into Miss Tick-Tock, and Dedede placed his Bronze Mask on his face and his Gordo Flail in hand. Meta Knight however was able to keep a death grip on his Frostbite Lance.
Crystallossus let his hand down as he was finished healing a portion of the damage dealt to him. His regenerated body shined in the morning sunlight as it divided the light like a prism. Crystallossus bellowed, "I am the creator of the Dream Stones, I gave them the power you use. I can also shut it off!" he claimed. Crystallossus's eyes flashed and two of the Dream Stones; the Amethyst Aggregate and the Pyrite Peridot had transformed into what they had originally had been; a chunk of ordinary stone, and a chunk of pyrite.
Meta Knight gasped, "So he really is the creator of these stones…, this just got worse!"
Dedede panicked, "Wha-what'd ya do that for! We came all this way!"
"Yeah, you can't do this, just how are we supposed to defeat the Dark Matter now?!" Tiff said with tears welling up in her eyes.
"Fear not…," Crystallossus roared. "The Dream Stones will regain their luster if you manage to best me."
"That's somewhat comforting at least…," Meta Knight said softly. "But now we can't use those two Dream Stones for the rest of this fight!" he said with the chunk of fool's gold in his hand.
Without warning, Crystallossus lunged with his left hand for another attack. The hand segmented itself and the segments transformed into meteorites once more. This time the attack was faster and more erratic and then after pelting Kirby and his friends the segments surrounded Tiff and enclosed her.
Meta Knight braced himself, "Tiff, no!" he said as he summoned the power of his lance. "It is time for this lance to show its power…, Diamond Storm!" Meta Knight called out as a fierce blizzard of icicles bombarded Crystallossus's hands and face. "Now let's see what you can really do!" Meta Knight goaded.
Crystallossus bellowed, "Diamond Storm!" he announced as his eyes flashed. The very same spell Meta Knight used was being used against them.
Waddle Dee however, planted his Heat Wave Weather Vane and it melted most of the icicles into small chunks of hail. "Wow, I can't believe that worked!" Waddle Dee said happily.
Crystallossus countered again, "Heat Wave!" he said copying Waddle Dee's weather vane.
Hurrying, Waddle Dee exchanged his Heat Wave with his Rain Storm Weather Vane. The healing rains restored Kirby and his friends but did not harm Crystallossus. Since this was not an offensive strike, Crystallossus did not counter. However, he did have a counterattack for simply being touched.
"Delta Wave!" Crystallossus announced as its crown and two index fingers gleamed. Three streams of energy connected the point of his crown and both index fingers and formed a triangle that surrounded Kirby's party. Suddenly, Kirby and his friends were enveloped by a triangle of ice, electric and fire power. Luckily, they were all still standing and radically recovering thanks to Waddle Dee's Healing Rains.
Kirby was able to focus a blast on Crystallossus's left hand and unleashed it. He managed to destroy the hand and release Tiff. Tiff hit the ground with a 'thud'. She picked herself up and regained her composure. "Thanks Kirby!" she said gratefully.
"It looks like we have a new battle strategy!" Meta Knight claimed. "Waddle Dee, you and I will use our special attacks on the head and force him to use as much magic as we can, deplete his magic! Your healing rains can keep us healthy after each volley as will Tiff's sage magic. Kirby, Adeleine, Dedede, you guys attack the hands, when the hands are defeated everyone maul him!" he finished.
Waddle Dee and Meta Knight began attacking Crystallossus's head with zeal. Waddle Dee swapped his rain storm with his Acid Rain Weather Vane. This caused considerable discomfort for Crystallossus. Meta Knight used a variation of his Sword Beam with his Frostbite Lance he called the Lance Beam, which was a piercing ice beam that was thrust from his lance. Luckily, he was able to dodge most of the returns by Crystallossus. Waddle Dee kept pelting Crystallossus with different variations of bad weather including, heat waves, acid rains, lighting storms and even blizzards and when it became to much, he relied on his healing rain to recover along with Tiff's healing magic. Finally, Kirby and the others destroyed the right arm leaving only Crystallossus's head once more.
"5…," bellowed Crystallossus. Kirby's team bombarded Crystallossus with the remaining Dream Stones and their strongest attacks.
"Here we go again!" Waddle Dee said alarmed.
"4…," continued Crystallossus. "3…, 2…, 1…"
"Take cover, here it comes again!" Meta Knight announced with a warning.
"0…, Irradiated Nova!" announced Crystallossus with a roar. Once again, Crystallossus let loose his most powerful attack and it engulfed Kirby's entire party. Once it was done, Kirby and his friends seemed finished but one by one they managed to pull themselves up. With the exception of Meta Knight, everyone was completely disarmed. Tiff raised the Emerald Amber into the sky and restored everyone to maximum strength.
Ribbon was astonished, "Kirby…, everyone…, you are all fighting so hard… and yet I'm up here sulking…"
Crystallossus revitalized his arms and began restoring his main body. Kirby assumed his Spike Wheel ability; Waddle Dee equipped his Engineering equipment; Tiff went with her Floralmancer ability via her Bramble Whip; Adeleine transformed into Tyranado, her wind elemental form, and Dedede placed his Golden Mask on his face and his Blatzy Cannon came with it. In addition, Crystallossus shut down three more Dream Stones, making the Sapphire Pearl an ordinary pearl, the Ruby Pumice became a chunk of normal pumice and finally, the most unfortunate. The Emerald Amber became a normal piece of amber. This left Kirby and his friends clutching only two remaining stones, the Sunstone Schist and the Citrine Sandstone.
"Great, we can't heal ourselves with the Dream Stones anymore!" Waddle Dee said as he quickly began to worry.
"Come one, this corporeal form has to be almost out of magical power!" Dedede whined.
Then suddenly, Ribbon pulled herself together as she flew to the party. "You guys, sorry about all this…, but don't worry, Crystallossus is almost out of stamina!" she said with a new sense of vigor. If you can destroy his arms and deplete his magic supply this round he shouldn't have enough magic to cast the Irradiated Nova again!"
"Thanks for coming back Ribbon…," Meta Knight said proudly.
"You guys are out of ways to heal yourselves en mass, so I'll take that role over now!" Ribbon claimed strongly.
"Well then get ready, because here he comes again!" Tiff announced with a warning.
Crystallossus roared as he attacked the party. Kirby and his party had shaky strategies at best while Crystallossus was more violent than ever. Waddle Dee planted Sentry Shotzos that blasted Crystallossus's hands along with Dedede's Blatzy Cannon. Kirby rammed each hand as it came within range of his Spike Wheel ability although he hurt himself in doing so. Adeleine attacked Crystallossus with powerful wind spells, but when Crystallossus used them against her, her elemental body only absorbed them. Tiff planted healing flowers whose pollen kept everyone healthy while she cast floral magic on Crystallossus's head. Interestingly enough, Tiff had one more trick up her sleeve. She ensnared Crystallossus's head with her Bramble Whip and was able to drain him of both his health and magical power.
"That's it Tiff, know your really starting to bloom as a Star Warrior!" Meta Knight cheered with a chuckle.
As Tiff held onto Crystallossus's head, she turned towards Meta Knight. "Did you just try to make a pun there Meta Knight?" she asked with a giggle.
"Take that how you will…," Meta Knight said as he used more Lance Beams on Crystallossus.
As the battle raged on, Kirby, Waddle Dee and Dedede managed to destroy Crystallossus's left arm again. His Delta Wave was reduced to another attack that was opposite of the earlier Amplified Heat spell called Amplified Frost. Kirby and his friends were frozen in ice blocks. They managed however, to break free by wiggling and struggling. Kirby and his friends continued their attacks until they destroyed the right arm.
Crystallossus roared, "5…"
"Oh, no, we're too late!" Waddle Dee shouted in fear.
"4…," Crystallossus continued.
"No we're not!" Tiff shouted as she ensnared Crystallossus's head and drained his power.
"3…," roared Crystallossus. "2…, 1…"
"Come on!" Tiff shouted angrily. "Drain faster!"
"It's not working fast enough, he's gonna attack!" Adeleine shrieked.
"0…," bellowed Crystallossus. However, this time there was a long pause. Kirby and his party took a moment to gaze at Crystallossus. "Not enough power…," moaned Crystallossus.
"Oh thank the stars, we're just in time!" Waddle Dee said with relief.
"Siphoning Shredder!" Crystallossus howled suddenly.
Every member of Kirby's party was trapped in a cylindrical pillar of light. Then suddenly, with the exception of Meta Knight due to his mystical weapon rejecting the field, their weapons and abilities were stolen from them and they were devoured by Crystallossus.
"Oh no, I didn't know he could absorb energy from his opponents!" Ribbon said in terror.
Crystallossus clamored, "Irradiated Nova!"
Before everyone could take cover or speak, Crystallossus performed his Irradiated Nova attack. Ribbon managed to avoid the attack as she flew to escape the blast. "Noooo, Kirby, Tiff…, everyone!" Ribbon shouted with tears in her eyes. When the blast cleared Kirby and his team lay unconscious and heavily damaged. Ribbon flew back down to get a closer look. "Everyone get up!" Ribbon urged. Suddenly, Kirby shivered as he rose, albeit weakly. Meta Knight was standing straight up with heavy injuries, but was nonetheless awake and aware, despite his moaning and grunting. Dedede and Waddle Dee squirmed around a bit as they tried hard to push themselves up. Finally, Tiff and Adeleine also managed to stir as they turned wearily to Crystallossus. "Hang on guys, I can heal you!" Ribbon said regaining her focus. Ribbon chanted her Soothe spell and restored Kirby's party of their strength.
Crystallossus stood silent as he did not move or take any action whatsoever. Then suddenly, the Dream Stones that were drained of their power and form regained their luster. Kirby and his friends were victorious. Then Crystallossus spoke, "Well done mortals…, you have managed to last against my strongest attacks until I used up the power of this corporeal form. The Dream Stone, the Diamond Prism, is yours to use as you see fit…, may your finest dreams…, become reality."
"Wait!" Ribbon shouted as she put out her hand and flew up to Crystallossus. "I need to know! Why are you on this planet?"
"There is one on this planet that will explain everything," Crystallossus spoke. "You have already met with this person and this person will soon tell you everything…"
"Well, what does the Diamond Prism do exactly?" Ribbon asked.
"The Diamond Prism is the most powerful of all the Dream Stones; just holding it increases the user's power and it can bend reality, space and time to an extent. If combined with the other seven your dreams can become a true permanent replacement for the current reality…" Crystallossus explained. "Farewell for now…, I will be within the Diamond Prism if you need to speak with me…"
Crystallossus suddenly repaired himself completely then he became enshrouded in a bright golden light and he descended towards the peak of Mt. Foreverrest. Kirby's party was also transported via the light while the platforms they stood upon vanished into thin air. Within moments, Kirby and his friends stood upon the rim of the Fountain of Dreams where the Diamond Prism stood shining light of all different colors.
In front of Kirby lay a shard of Crystallossus's body. He took Crystallossus's Prism and the deity's voice echoed in their minds, "Dreams can become reality through action, but if you never take action, dreaming is all you'll ever do." Kirby then equipped the Prism for himself and his power amplified with a slight glowing shield.
Meta Knight faced Ribbon, "All right Ribbon its time to make our wish! The Dark Matter has covered the skies of the entire planet while we fought Crystallossus!"
"You got it Meta Knight!" Ribbon said with joy.
Ribbon flew up to the Diamond Prism ready to claim it, when suddenly; a dark presence came to her. Without warning, Ribbon was knocked away by none other than Kryl, who stood menacingly as he held the Diamond Prism. His body no longer contained the chimeric ability he used earlier and he was weaker than before. "I'll be taking this thank you very much!" he said with an evil chuckle. Kirby checked up on Ribbon and she was fine, but she was a little dazed.
"KRYL!" everyone shouted simultaneously.
Kryl laughed maniacally, "Did you really think you were just going to crawl up here beat the guardian and 'save the world'?"
"Well, yes actually, that 'is' what we were trying to do…," Waddle Dee said sarcastically.
"Well then, take it from me!" Kryl sneered. Kryl extended his raven wings from his cape and flew past Kirby's party and proceeded down the side of the mountain.
"Kabu, send the Warp Star!" Tiff shouted.
"Waaarrp Staaar!" bellowed Kabu. The Warp Star moved with super speed until it reached Kirby. Kirby hopped aboard his precious Air Ride machine and with Meta Knight in tow, they chased Kryl down the mountainside.
"Come on guys, we have a wish to make!" commanded Tiff.
Kirby chased Kryl all the way back to the Blizzard Plains where Meta Knight arrived soon after followed by the rest of Kirby's crew via Ribbon's Teleportation spell. Kryl stopped when he realized something. Kryl turned to face Kirby and his friends and he was panting hard. He had a curious look of growing fear on his face he desperately tried hard to hide. "Listen, give me the other Dream Stones and I won't wipe you off the face of this planet using this one!" Kryl bargained weakly.
"No way, in case you haven't noticed, you can't use that Dream Stone because you stole it instead of fighting us for it!" Ribbon said fiercely.
"W-what?!" Kryl said in astonishment. "B-but…, oh, great, 'they' are here already…," he finished as he turned his attention behind him.
Ribbon suddenly felt a spine chilling presence even worse than Kryl. With great power, seven beings each a different species and clad in heavy armor came from the sky. Each knight's armor was a respective color of the rainbow with gold trimmings. The Red Knight was obviously the leader. To his right, stood an Orange Knight, a Green Knight, and an Indigo Knight. To his left, stood a Yellow Knight, a Blue Knight and finally, a Violet Knight. As they landed they transformed their wings back into capes and created small craters in the ground beneath their feet with their presence alone.
Kryl stood fearfully before them separating the knights from Kirby's party. Kryl gritted his teeth in fear, "The Rainbow Knights…, perfect…, just what I needed…"
*End of Chapter*