Episode 4: Dark and Stormy Knight
On a sunny day, things aren't going well. Dedede and Escargoon are in the Minister's home of the castle, and they're all are arguing in anger.
"Quiet!" Dedede shouts in anger.
The arguing stops to reveal Sir Ebrum and Lady Like sitting on the couch with cups of tea. Tuff is sitting on a separate chair. Tiff is standing in front of Emmy to protect her. Dedede and Escargoon are not pleased and have Waddle Dee guards in the room. The two villains walk to the girls.
Dedede points to Emmy, "You're hiding something from me!"
Tiff turns with a huff while Emmy turns her head in concern making Dedede frustrated.
"Please Your Majesty, calm down," Ebrum says.
"Use your brain instead of your mouth," Like says. Then sips her tea while Embrum tries to shush her.
"Sir Ebrum. Lady Like. This here daughter of yours and her friend are holding information from me. They keepin' secrets about Kirby!"
"You've been aiding aliens, you traitor," Escargoon says.
Tuff run to the duo but tiff holds him back as he screams, "Well if she's a traitor prove it!"
The two then laughs.
"It just so happens I got proof right here," Dedede says, reaching into his pocket.
"This picture look familiar?" Dedede questions showing Kirby with the octopus monster.
The children gasp.
"That's Kirby beatin' the monster!" Tuff says.
The children remember the day Kirby comes to Cappy town and defeated the octopus monster and transform into Fire Kirby
Dedede tears the photo and says, "Now what you got to say for yourselves?"
However, everyone is looking at the photos
"That Kirby is really photogenic," Like says, holding a photo
Ebrum asks holding another, "Did you use a digital camera, sire?"
Irritated, Dedede screams, "Listen here!"
That catches everyone's attention.
"You three think you're smart, don't ya? Well I'm a lot smarter," Dedede says, glaring at the kids.
Then shows them a picture of Kirby's ship, "Kirby ain't goin' nowhere without this!"
"He's has a point about that, but Dedede is not as smart as he thinks he is," Emmy says in thought.
Then Dedede says, "And I especially got my eye you and your boyfriend."
Emmy gulps quietly in concern to hear Dedede saying this comment.
Sometime later, Dedede walks in his throne room.
"I'll show them kids. If I can't earn respect, I'll just by it… from Nightmare Enterprises," Dedede says, approaching his throne.
Then sits down and activates the TV and the servicing system.
The salesman appears on TV and says, "King Dedede. You're looking very-"
But Dedede says, "Cut the bunk. I want you to send me a monster that can get rid of Kirby and that girl, Emmy in a flash."
"Well what a shocking coincidence, sire. We happen to have a brand new monster that's absolutely electrifying," The Salesman says.
Then leans close and whispers, "It's a huge thunderstorm monster, called Kracko."
"Kracko? All right!" Dedede satisfied with the monster.
"You're gonna love it, king! And this monster is humongous! As you know, we usually deliver monsters via the internet, but we'll have to deliver Kracko by air," The Salesman says.
"Do what you have to, just get it here!" Dedede says.
Unknown to Dedede, Meta Knight has been listening and seeing the conversation through the crack of the door. Meta Knight closes the door. Then turns to see Tuff
Tuff walks down the hall to see Meta Knight, and asks, Hey Meta Knight. How's it going?"
"Very badly," Meta Knight answers walking past him.
Tuff stops and asks, "Hmm? Very… badly..?"
Tuff quickly runs after Meta Knight, and calls out, "Wait!"
Tuff stops to see Meta Knight stops.
"Where are Tiff and Emmy?" Meta Knight asks.
"They went to see Kirby. Tuff answers.
Then asks, Why? What's the matter?"
"Then they are all in danger. We must find them before it is too late," Meta Knight says, and walks off.
"Huh?! Too late?!" Tuff asks, confused.
At Kirby's house, it seems like a nice day. In Kirby's home, Torkori is having Kirby making his bed.
"Come on junior. Double time. Put some muscle in your muscle and get that bed made! Lazy daisy!" Torkori orders as Kirby tries his best to make the bed.
Just then, Tiff's voice comes up, asking, "Who is?"
"He is!" Torkori answers.
"Wrah!" Torkori squeaks, realizing it's Tiff's voice.
Tiff and Emmy are looking through Kirby's window to see what's going on Then the bird whistles to act innocent.
Emmy firmly says, "We already you're ordering him around."
Tiff leans in the window, "Hey! Kirby's not here to help you!"
"I'm trying to help Kirby! He may be a Star Warrior, but he's no first class space cadet," Torkori says.
The girls look inside to see Kirby trying to fix the pillow. Then rolls off the pillow and on the bed.
"See?" Torkori replies.
Annoyed, Tiff says, "Kirby, outside!"
Kirby rolls off his bed and walks outside to see the girls.
"First Torkori took your house, and now he has you making his bed for him. That isn't right," tiff says.
"Poyo?" Kirby asks.
Torkori flies outside, and says, "Don't try puttin' ideas in his head!"
"He likes to keep that place empty!" Torkiro adds, landing on Kirby's head.
Kirby and Torkori begin laughing, but Tiff is glaring at the bird.
Tiff demands, "Get back inside!"
Torkori hurries back inside and closes the door. Kirby begins to head inside too, but Emmy grabs him
Emmy places Kirby back on the ground and says, "No Kirby, not you!"
"Help us, Kirby. There are a lot of things about you I wanna-" Tiff says.
But a dragonfly lands on Tiff's hands, catching his attention. He runs one side of Tiff then runs on the other side. He then pounces on Tiff's head to catch the dragon fly, but it flies off. Then the bug flies away.
Emmy giggles and picks up Kirby, "Kirby, you're so cute and silly.
Tiff sighs, "It's no use, is it. It's just like talking to a baby."
"I think Kirby is a cute little baby," Emmy says.
"Poyo," Kirby happily says.
"I guess," Tiff says with a sigh.
Suddenly, gray clouds begin to form in the sky as lightning flashes. Just then, lighting begins to crash down to the three friends. The three begin to dodge and now make a run for it. As they run as fast as they can, the lighting continue to attack them. The three continue to run as fast as they can. Kirby then trips on a root and falls down. Tiff and Emmy turn to see Kirby has fallen. Just then, the lighting hits the tree creating a big explosion sending Kirby flying. Tiff and Emmy are able to find Kirby in the water.
The girls gasp and ask ,"Are you okay?"
But the storm is coming at them.
"Come on. It's coming this way," Tiff says, pulling Kirby out of the water.
Emmy holds Kirby in her arms and the girls begin to run away. However, the lighting began to chase them. The girls run in different directions and the lighting is able to electrocute them a little.
"This isn't just a lightning storm," Tiff says.
The girls hear the thunder and turn to see it coming for them.
The girls scramble their feet as Emmy screams, "Run guys!"
Meanwhile the mayor and his wife are out on a drive in the car. They both see Tiff, Emmy, and Kirby running away from the thunder. The three are trying not to get zapped as they run away. However, the lighting zaps the married couple.
Then the three run into town and the first place they run to is Kawasaki's restaurant.
In the restaurant, Kawasaki walks with a tray saying, "Restroom's for customers only."
But Kirby and the girls run past him. Then Kawasaki gets electrocuted.
In a fortune teller shop, Mabel sees what is happening to Kawasaki.
"I see a very shocking event…" Mabel says.
The three run through the building and she gets electrocuted too.
In his building, Mr. Curio is putting the last piece of bone on his
After placing the bone on it, Curio happily says, "I have finally reconstructed the rare Triceratops Cappyosis."
The three then run through the store and the lighting hit the bone knocking the whole skeleton down, much to Curio's dismay.
At his station, Bookum has a Cappy behind bars.
"I just heard from the DA. He's handing down new charges," Bookum says.
The three then run past the bounding and Bookum, is shocked by the lighting too. The three end up running all over Cappy Town and someone, but the three friends are getting zapped.
Tiff is able to ditch the lighting storm, but notice Kirby and Emmy are gone.
"Tiff! Where'd Kirby and Emmy go?" Tuff asks, running to his sister.
"I don't know, We got separated over at the-" Tiff answers, pointing to the last place they've been through.
But is interrupted when Dedede drives the Tank with Escargoon to where the lighting storm and past the siblings.
"Hey look here up ahead. That's Kirby and Emmy's with him. Let's watch this," Dedede says.
"Why not… I got nothin' better to do," Escargoon says, unamused.
Dedede has his tank come to a stop.
Running down the street, Kirby and Emmy are running away as Dedede and Escargoon are laughing. However, their laughing come to a stop to see the pair running around them
"Hey, wait a minute!" Dedede panics.
"Get lost!" Escargoon screams.
Kirby and Emmy continue to run and hop over Dedede's tank. Kirby hides behind a compartment, and Emmy stops to see him go inside. Before Emmy can get Kirby out, Dedede drives backward past the twins and head to the castle. They manage to drive forward.
"What's Kracko firing at us for?!" Dedede screams.
Escargoon shouts, "I don't know! I'm as shocked as you are!"
Kirby peeks out of the compartment as Emmy is holds on to a pipe next to it. At the same time, Escargoon drives the tank up the hill back to the castle.
"Hurry! Hurry!" Dedede screams.
As they approach the caste, the drawbridge is going down.
Dedede holds onto Escargoon's eyestalks, "Step on it! We'll be squeezed!"
"You're tellin' me!" Escargoon shotus.
Escargoon continues to drive but the lighting bolt hits the ground making them fly in the air until they reach the drawbridge. However, the lighting his the bridge and the tank falls to the ground. Dedede and Escargoon are able to swim up the water. Soon, kirby and Emmy reach the surface making Dedede and Escargoon scream at sight. Kirby and Emmy scramble out of the moat before the lightning can hit, but hits the moat where the devil duo are. Then the two head to the hill.
In the throne room, Dedede is having a word with the salesman.
"Just give it time. It'll get the job done," the salesman says.
Dedede sneezes and shivers with an ice bag on his head. Falling into the moat has given him a cold.
"No way, Hosé! You take it back!" Dedede says.
The Salesman laughs and holds a contract saying, "Sorry Your Majesty, but our contract states that Kracko can't be sent back-o."
"That's a low-down dirty-" Dedede says, and sneezes.
Soon the storm surrounds the sky of Cappy Town. Everyone looks at the sky in concern.
On the hill, Tiff, Tuff, Fololo and Falala.
Tiff calls out, "Kirby! Emmy! Where are ya?"
"What if the monster got them?" Tuff asks.
Tiff turns to the twins, "Fololo, Falala, split up and look for them.
"Right," Fololo says.
Falala says, "I bet Kirby's hiding somewhere. We'll find him Tiff.
Fololo and Falala go off in one direction while Tiff and Tuff take the other direction.
Fair to some ancient ruin, Emmy and Kirby are able to find a place to hide away from the storm. They are hiding under a stone bridge far in the ancient ruins.
They hears Tiff calling out, "Kirby! Emmy! Kirby! Emmy!
Kirby is too frightened by the storm that he is shaking and is unable to say a single word. Emmy hugs Kirby and rubs his head. Kirby pulls Emmy to a hug with fear in his eyes. Emmy feels the same way. For once since she's been in this world, tears begin to fall down her face.
Meanwhile, the group of friends continue to find Kirby and Emmy, but no luck. Tuff runs to Tiff who is on a stump, and the flying twins after his search
"No luck, Tiff. I don't know where Kirby or Emmy could be," Tuff says.
Tiff sighs, "I don't blame them. That monster'd make anybody hide."
"Yeah. Poor Kirby," Tuff says.
"And poor Emmy," Falala adds.
"Well, only one thing can help," Tiff says.
Tuff turns his head to his sister with a confused look
Tiff jumps off the stump and runs off as she says, "You guys wait here!"
Tiff reaches the statue of Kabu and Kabu Canyon,
When she reaches him, Tiff says, "Kabu? I need-"
But Kabu says, "Do not speak. We are not alone."
Tiff becomes surprised to hear they aren't alone. She peeks to a hole below Kabu to a secret room. To her surprise, she can see Meta Knight standing in front of a polished stone slab that the Warp Star is on. Curious, Tiff decides to walk down the stairs to talk to him.
Downstairs, Tiff asks, "Why are you here?"
"I knew you would have Emmy bring it here," Meta Knight says,
Tiff gasps. Meta Knight turns to show Tiff the Warp Star
"The Warp Star. You and Emmy brought it here to keep it safe and secret," Meta Knight says.
"Well, after Kirby beat that Octopus monster, it shrunk back down again. And then, the star flew back into Emmy's hand. We couldn't keep it back at the castle," Tiff says.
"A wise decision," Meta Knight says. Then begins to take his leave.
Tiff calls out, "Meta Knight! Wait."
That makes Meta Knight come to a stop.
Tiff asks, "Just how much do you know about Kirby? And how much you know about Emmy?"
"Much, perhaps. Or perhaps very little," Meta Knight
Tiff commands, "Tell me what you know about Kirby and Emmy!"
But Meta Knight isn't responding.
"Please?" Tiff asks.
Meanwhile, the storm continues to swirl clouds in the sky. Kirby and Emmy look at the sky, Kirby turns around with a determined look on his face. On the bridge, Tuff, Fololo, Falala are searching for Kirby. They look over the bridge, they see Kirby running out from under the bridge with Emmy after him.
Tuff calls out, "Kirby! Wait!"
"Kirby!" Emmy scream chasing Kirby.
Tuff screams, "Kirby! Emmy! Look out!"
Just then, the lightning begins to chase Kirby. The thunder continues to fire at him. Luckily, Kirby narrowly reaches a hole and drives in before the lightning can hit him.
Tuff and Emmy scream, Kirby!"
Back in the secret room under Kabu, Meta Knight and Tiff continue the conversation
Meta Knight says, "This is not a storm. It is a monster, brought here by King Dedede. It is called Kracko."
"Kracko?" Tiff asks.
"The king is jealous and suspicious of Kirby," Meta Knight says, walking to the slab with the Warp Star on it.
"But what about Emmy? Why go after her?" Tiff asks.
"The king has resentment towards her because of her compassion for Kirby and how she defends him. He will do anything to get rid of them," Meta Knight
He turns around, and says, "So he has been ordering monsters.."
"I know. Kabu told me," Tiff says.
Then Meta Knight says, "There is a company. They call it… Nightmare Enterprises. It was created thousands of years ago, by one known as NME. NME's goal is to conquer the entire universe. To do this, he created legions of monsters and sent them throughout the galaxies. But they were challenged. Those who loved freedom fought mightily against the monsters. They formed armies, and called themselves Star Warriors."
As Meta Knight explains, the vision of the monster known as NME creates monster and send them to a green planet. Suddenly, Meta Knight along with other warriors fight the monsters.
"We battled bravely, but NME's monster warriors outnumbered the Star Warriors. Our ranks dwindled until only one Star Warrior remained," Meta Knight shows.
After the invasion, the city has been destroyed and Meta Knight is the only one left.
"I was alone, injured, but alive. I had survived, and luckily, a spark of hope survived with me," Meta Knight adds.
The vision shows a twinkle in the sky, and Meta Knight is riding on his silver star ship, similar to Kirby's yellow one.
"Hope?" Tiff asks.
"Yes. The hope that I would not be the last warrior," Meta Knight says, picking up the Warp Star.
"It was my hope that young warriors would appear. Warriors with new strength and new spirit. Warriors who would battle to defeat NME. That is why I came to this planet, to serve King Dedede," Meta Knight adds.
"To serve King Dedede? Why would you want to work for somebody like him?" Tiff asks, confused.
Meta Knight puts the Warp Star down, "Starships are designed to automatically fly warriors to planets where monsters are detected.
Then walks peacefully away, "The king likes monsters, so I hoped a young warrior would come here."
"You were right Meta Knight. Kirby came here," Tiff happily says.
"Yes, but too soon," Meta Knight says.
Tiff becomes confused, "Huh?
Then Meta Knight says, "Kirby's starship detected the king's monster, but Kirby was not scheduled to awaken for another 200 years. That is why his ship crash landed. He is totally untrained. He cannot speak. He can barely think!"
"Then Kirby is just a baby…" Tiff says, realizing that Kirby is young.
"Yes, but luckily he has great natural abilities. If he develops them properly, he may be able to defeat NME. And I can help him," Meta Knight
"Then you are gonna help Kirby, aren't you?" Tiff asks.
"My help will not be enough to make him a warrior," Meta Knight says, making Tiff confused.
Meta Knight turns to Tiff and holds his hand out to her, "Kirby will also need your help."
"The Warp Star is the source of Kirby's power," Meta Knight says, making Tiff turns to the star.
"He has only to see it to get his power. But he is unable to guard it for himself!" Meta Knight adds, walking to the star.
Then turns to Tiff, "It can only be kept safe by ones who truly loves and cares for him."
Tiff angrily asks, "Well I kept it safe so far, didn't I?!"
"Yes, so far. But this monster is much more powerful than the others. Perhaps too powerful for even the Warp Star to help Kirby defeat it," Meta Knight says.
This makes Tiff concern.
But Meta Knight says, "But Kirby will also need Emmy's help."
"Emmy's help?" Tiff asks.
"I've noticed when Kirby fought Blocky and Bugzzy, Emmy's hands glow along with the Warp Star giving Kirby power. Emmy's strong compassion, love, friendship, and belief for Kirby is what gives him strength and power up the Warp Star," Meta Knight says.
"But what could this mean?" Tiff asks.
"It means, that girl becomes part of the source for Kirby's power. She is destined to become a Star Warrior who will stand by Kirby's side. It will take both you and Emmy to protect Kirby and the Warp Star," Meta Knight says.
Tiff is in shocked. Emmy might be destined to stand by Kirby's side to help him battle. All she has to do is believe in him and love him. What concerns Tiff is that Emmy's love for Kirby also makes her a target for Dedede and his monsters.
Back at the storm by the ruins, Tuff, Fololo, and Falala are at the hole where Kirby and Emmy are. They look to see the storm is still in the sky
"Kirby, why don't you just try and suck it up?" Tuff suggests.
"Tuff's right! You can't keep running away forever," Fololo replies.
Kirby looks down and feeling sad. He's still a little frightened from earlier.
"You'll never know unless you try, Kirby," Tuff says.
Emmy rubs Kirby's head, "I know that you're still scared, but I know that you can face it."
Encouraged, Kirby runs out of the hole to fight the bad storm. Kirby runs to the top of the hill and begins to inhale it, but the storm is too high for him to reach. Then the lighting begins to attack, and Kirby runs away to avoid it
"Kirby!" Tuff and Emmy scream.
Then they chase after him.
Kirby continue to run and dodge away from the frightening storm. Kirby continues to run to find a safe place to hide. Before he can get much further, Dedede's tank appears from a broken wall and the duo begins to chase Kirby with the lighting storm. Kirby runs as fast as he can to dodge the two attacks.
Dedede laughs, and says, "Stay on his tail no matter what, Escargoon."
As Kirby runs, he can see a large broken wall in front of him and the tank. Kirby jumps on the wall and bounces off like a ninja. The tank Dedede and Escargoon on ram the wall and crashed. The next moment the evil duo is buried under the bricks and debris of the wall. Then Kirby continue running. Then the lighting continue chasing him.
Meta Knight and Tiff run up to hill to see Kirby is begin attacked.
"Kirby!" Tiff screams.
Tiff turns her head back and prays, "Please hurry Kabu. Send Kirby the Warp Star."
At Kabu's canyon, Kabu opens it mouth as it says, "Warp Star!"
When Kabu opens its mouth, the Warp Star floats at the mouth, and flies out. Kirby continues to run from the thunder storm's lighting. Tiff becomes worried for Kirby, but looks behind her to see the Warp Star flying this way
"All right!" Tiff cheers.
The Warp Star flies down and is able to save Kirby from being struck by lighting. The Warp Star reaches Kirby and the little pink warrior grabs on to the end. Then Kirby flies in the air with the Warp Star
"Hooray! Hooray!" Tiff cheers and laughs for joy.
Tuff, Emmy, Fololo and Falala are able to join them at the same location. Then with the Warp Star, Kirby begins to fly into the vortex.
"You have done well. You hold the power to summon the Warp Star," Meta Knight says.
Soon, Tiff become concern, "Uh, yeah… But can Kirby beat Kracko…"
"I hope he can, that storm is really strong," Emmy adds.
The children look at each other with concerns and look at the giant storm. In the storm, Kirby is flying on the Warp Star deeper inside with determination. Soon enough, Kirby is able to fly to the center to see the monster, Kracko. The monster is a cloud with one blur colored eye and yellow spikes. Kirby flies around it with the Warp Star. Kracko begins to attack by sending lighting. Kirby tries to dodge the lighting as best as he could. Kirby then gets electrocuted and begins to fall from the sky.
Outside the vortex, everyone is waiting to see what's happening. They then notices an object falling from the sky, and that object is Kirby
Tiff gasps, "Oh no!"
"Kirby!" Emmy worriedly says.
Just then, Emmy's hands begin to glow bright. Soon the Warp Star admitting the same glow flies down and catches Kirby. The little warrior wakes up instantly
Tiff, Tuff, and Emmy cheer, "Yeah!"
Just then, Kracko launches a large lighting bolt at Kirby, but the little warrior dodges out of the way. Sadly, he is over the ground and the lighting lands on the ground in the middle of the group. They jump out of the way in fright.
At a closer distance, Kirby begins to suck up the cloud. Kirby continues to inhale the storm with all his might, and Kracko begins to be sucked.
Tiff says to herself, "You can do it, Kirby. You can do it."
"You can do it Kirby. I know you can," Emmy says as her hands continues to glow.
Kirby continues to inhale the cloud until he stops after inhaling a lot of it. Then exhale the cloud at the center of the storm. The kids look to see the fight
Then the three happily cheer, "Yeah!"
Soon the storm disappears to reveal Kracko.
"Look, it's Kracko," Tiff says.
"Whoa!" Tuff says.
"I remember that monster now. It was trying to electrocute Kirby, but it was trying to hurt me too," Emmy says in thought.
Everyone look up in the sky to see a fight is going on. Kracko begins to make storm like lighting bolts. Kirby begins to dodge the attack. Then Kracko makes more of them. Kirby then begins to dodge the attacks. When Kirby sees one heading towards him, Kirby inhales and swallows the lighting bolt.
Tiff gasps in shock.
"He sucked up the lightning!" Tuff shouts in shock.
After swallowing the lighting sword, Kirby jumps up and begins to transform. Soon, Kirby has transformed into Sword Kirby. The kids are happy to see Kirby has transformed.
"Sword Kirby," Meta Knight says.
"All right!" Tiff cheers.
"Come on, Sword Kirby!" tuff adds.
Emmy cheers, "We're rooting for you!"
Kirby flies to fight Kracko. Kracko launches lighting bolts, but he dodges.
Meanwhile, Dedede and Escargoon are able to come out of the debris
Dedede angrily looks around, "Where's that little meatball at?"
Escargoon looks up and says, "Hey, look."
They both end up getting electrocuted. The fight against Kirby and Kracko is still happening as the monster tries to launch lighting at Kirby.
Dedede and Escargoon chant, "Go Kracko go Kracko go Kracko!"
Kirby continues to dodge the lighting from Kracko. Kirby flies around the monster and gives him a sword beam. The attack slices through making the monster feel vulnerable. Kirby then performs the same attack and slices through Kracko. Then does it multiple times. Finally, Kirby sword beam carries the final blow and slices Kracko in half. Soon the monster explode.
Dedede screams in tears as he bonks Escargoon on the head, "Kirby cracked Kracko!"
The group look to see what is happening. Soon, the storm clouds disappears and clear skies and sunshine return to Cappy Town. Everyone is happy.
Kirby then lands the Warp Star close to the ground and hops on the grass. He is back to normal
"Kirby," tiff calls out.
Kirby looks at see Tiff, Tuff, Emmy, Fololo, and Falala hurrying to him
Tuff cheers Yay Kirby!
Kirby waves to him and Emmy gives him a hug. Soon, Kirby, Tiff, and Emmy see the Warp Star heading back to Kabu Canyon.
Tiff turns to Kirby, "Kirby, just let me know when you need the star treatment."
Emmy giggles as Kirby is looking confused.
Later in the night, Tiff is in her room with Emmy, and the two have an important discussion.
"Me? Destined to be a Star Warrior?" Emmy asks.
"I know. It surprises me too. He said that you partly became the source of Kirby's powers, and that your love and belief charges the Warp Star. that's why your hands glow when you show love and belief to Kirby" Tiff says.
"I never knew. I'm destined to help Kirby and fight alongside him," Emmy says.
"You can say that again," Tiff says.
Tiff yawns, "Let's get to bed and discuss this more another time."
"Okay. Goodnight Tiff," Emmy says.
"Night Emmy," Tiff says.
Soon the girls lay down on the bed and fall fast asleep.
