PART 2: Playing Alone

Meanwhile, in Lady Like and Sir Ebrum's home, Kirby was playing a piano he had found. The song he was playing was called "Playing Alone", but as he couldn't read, he didn't notice the irony. Nobody else was around, and he hadn't seen his friends all morning. Kirby was lonely and sad, both unusual feelings for him, but he played anyways. Although he couldn't read, he had watched Lady Like and Tiff play, so he knew the song by heart. The song was strangely cheerful, considering it's name, and it lifted Kirby's spirits slightly, but he was still worried. And lonely. And hungry.

After about a minute and a half, Kirby's stomach got the best of him and he stopped playing. He jumped down from the piano and ran out the door of the castle, leaped down the hill and raced into Cappy Town. He barged into the doors of Chef Kawasaki's restaurant, and looked around. It was empty. Regardless, he ran toward the kitchen and didn't find anyone there. Kirby noticed that Chef Kawasaki had left the television on, and Kirby floated over to it so he could see the screen. The screen was showing a strange star-shaped planet with 6 corners, and it was covered in a black fog.

"For the past three days, we have not been able to successfully make contact with Super Star," a news reporter said from off screen. "We have not been able to see what has happened to the planet, as our satellites have been unable to see past this thick fog. Reports from the satellite say that the fog appears to finally be lifting, and now...all we can do is wait."

As if on cue, the image of the planet shorted out, replaced by waves of static and silence, then blackness. Kirby stared at it for a moment, and then he walked off, still worried. And lonely. And hungry. Kirby walked out of Kawasaki's restaurant, and as he walked past it, a poster on the door flew away. It read "OUT OF BUSINESS".

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"...First you draw a circle...then you dot the eyes..." Tiff was sitting on a hill nearby Cappy Town explaining to Tuff how to draw Kirby. It had been a few hours since the news of Super Star.

"Add a great big smile..." she continued while drawing it on a piece of paper. "And PRESTO! It's Kirby!" Tuff simply laughed, and then he looked at the sky thoughtfully. "...I never really realized how wonderful this place is." he said.

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Meanwhile, in Cappy Town...

People were running towards Mabel's home like a plague, each one having the same questions about the black fog, and Mabel was sweating bullets, for she wasn't really a fortune teller, just a wise woman who gave people advice. Unfortunately, she had no idea what was going to happen, and the questions didn't stop coming

She tried to tell them to stay calm, but instead, she found herself unable to speak. Before she knew what was happening, she collapsed onto the table. Everything was silent for a few minutes. Samo, the owner of the only bar in the town and the only one who knew Mabel wasn't a real psychic, slowly walked over to her. As he reached toward her, she jumped up out of nowhere, which caused Samo to jump backwards. The lights burnt out as Mabel spoke in an deep, eerie, sinister, prophetic voice.

"RUN FROM THIS PLACE. THE EMBODIMENT OF DARKNESS IS COMING, AND AT DREAMLAND'S FINAL HOUR, THE LEGENDARY HERO OF THE STARS SHALL BETRAY US ALL. RUN FROM THIS PLACE, THERE IS NO HOPE LEFT FOR YOU HERE...DREAMLAND'S FINAL HOUR IS NEAR."

With those words, Mabel fell to the ground. The lights flickered to life again, and Samo realized it instantly.

"S-s...he's dead."