(A few days have passed. Once again, Kirby and Meta Knight are under a shady tree on a hot day. Meta Knight shakes a low branch for some apples, but nothing falls. Meta Knight is confused.)
Meta Knight: Kirby, there aren't any apples on this apple tree.
Kirby: That's impossible. There's no way we ate all of them this fast. I'm going to fly up around this tree and see if I can find anything.
(Kirby inflates his small body and explores the tree. He comes down with a worried look on his face.)
Kirby: It looks like there aren't any apples on this tree. What could've happened to them?
Meta Knight: Well, we'll just have to ask some people around and see if they know what happened.
(They both take off and ask some people if they know about the fruit incident. However, everyone is curious about it too. They haven't seen anything either. When they look like they're out of luck, someone gives a good answer. It's Escargoon, who was outside collecting any fruit possible.)
Escargoon: Actually, I did see something that took the fruit. I can't explain it very well. I just know that its shadow looked like a large lizard or something.
Meta Knight: Thanks Escargoon. We're going to go find this thing. First of all, we're going to need a little fruit to bring it in.
(Escargoon pulls out some cherries and grapes from the fruit basket, and hands them to Meta Knight. Kirby follows Meta Knight.)
Kirby: So, what's your plan?
Meta Knight: First of all, we're going to have to bring it in. However, I wonder how this place will get back all of the fruits and trees...
(Meanwhile, King Dedede is on Nightmare Enterprises and orders a special fruit growing monster. It appears in the teleporter, and immediately exits the mansion to do its duty. We turn back to Kirby and Meta Knight, who are setting a trap for the creature.)
Kirby: Are you sure this will work?
Meta Knight: Of course it is. When it gets right over the fruit to eat it, this trap will capture it.
(Meta Knight hears something in the distance. They both hide behind a tree a few yards away. It's the creature, coming by looking for fruit. It spies the pile of fruit, and it does something that Meta Knight didn't expect. It sticks out a long tongue and wraps up all the fruit at once. Meta Knight gets angry and charges. However, he forgets about the trap and steps in it, trapping him. Looks like the trapper got trapped.)
Meta Knight: That thing must be caught!
Kirby: Just give me a minute and I'll get you out.
(Kirby starts to untie the net that Meta Knight is trapped in. After the net is untied, Kirby turns around to see something. It's the creature, and it slowly walks closer...)