Chapter 5
Meta Knight stared at the woman in the cloak realizing it
was her. He hadn't thought for a moment that the cloaked
and hooded figure was a woman but it was and it was....her?
"You," he said getting off of her. "I thought you were
dead."
The woman looked away sadly. "No, I didn't die," she said.
"but I wish I had."
"Why?" he asked.
"Because I didn't have you as a friend anymore," she
replied. "I searched for you, but I could never find you. I
thought you were dead and began to give up hope thinking I
was the only one who had survived.that was until I talked
to Jecra's son and he told me you lived here."
She wiped tears from her eyes as she sat up. "But you are
different then you were before," she continued. "you have
changed somehow."
Meta Knight said nothing he just sat down beside her and
let her cry for a moment. He knew she was right he had
changed. He had totally forgotten about her and she had
never forgotten him. She had looked for him. He felt
foolish and inconsiderate.
"Yes, I have changed," he admitted looking at her. "but so
have you."
He took her hand. "You are not the strong woman I remember.
You are more emotional then I can remember."
She wiped her eyes. "That's just it," she began. "I missed
you. I shouldn't have let you go that day. I should have
held on, but I didn't and you had to face it on your own. I
am truely sorry for doing that to you."
"It was not your fault," he reasured. "it was mine."
He stood. "But that day is gone and we still have the
future" he offered her his hand "let us be off. I have to
find the others and let then know that I am all right."
She took his hand. He helped her up. "I would like to meet
them," she said a small smile on her face.
It wasn't the bright cheery one he remembered but he was
glad to have it anyway.
They began to climb slowly up the canyon.
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Lololo and Lalala had flown around for what seemed like
hours without finding Meta Knight and were about to give up
when they saw him helping a girl, with black hair and
wearing a purple and black dress, up the side of the canyon
wall.
"Look, there he is!" Lalala exclaimed pointing at the two.
"I see them, Lalala," Lololo said. "but who's that woman
with him? Does he know her?"
"Let's get closer and find out," Lalala suggested.
The two flew closer to the couple, but didn't find out
anything. "Let's go tell Sword and Blade and the others
that we've found him," Lololo said.
Lalala nodded and the two flew past the couple up the
canyon to let the others know.
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"Sword can we take a break?" Tiff asked panting hard as
they climbed down the canyon.
"No," Sword said, "we have to find Meta Knight
before............" His voice trailed off.
"Poyo," Kirby said tiredly.
"Please, Sword," Tiff pleaded glancing at the others for
support. "Kirby's tired and you know Meta Knight would be
angry if he found out you were pushing him."
Sowrd came to a stop. Blade who was a little higher then
him stepped right on his hands. "Sorry," Blade mumbled
insincerly.
"We can't, Tiff," He said firmly, gritting his teeth at the
pain of Blades foot on his hand.
"But, Sword," Tiff started to object.
"No buts, Tiff," he hissed. "I don't want to hear anymore
about it."
Tiff fell silent.
When they reached another ledge Lololo and Lalala flew up
to them excitedly. "Sword, everyone!" Lololo shouted.
They all looked at the twins.
"What is it guys?" Tiff asked.
"We've found Meta Knight," Lalala answered.
"You did?" Sword asked. "where?"
"He's climbing up to us," Lololo replied.
"And he's got a woman with him," Lalala blurted.
"A woman?!" Sword exclaimed. "who is she?"
"We don't know," Lololo answered. "but by the looks of it
Meta Knight must know her."
At that moment Meta Knight and the woman climbed on the
same ledge the others were standing on. "Look!" the lady
exclaimed pointing behind the Star Warrior.
Meta Knight turned around and his eyes flashed pink at the
sight of his friends.
"Meta Knight!" Sword exclaimed. "are you okay? We were so
worried that you might be dead."
"I am fine," Meta Knight answered. He gestered to the
woman. "she saved my life by breaking my fall."
Renee, Tuff, and Tif stepped forward. Tiff was crying.
"What is the matter, Tiff?" Meta Knight asked.
"I'm just happy to see you," she said blushing.
"Who is she?' Tuff asked pointing at the woman.
"Her name is Pisces," Meta Knight replied.
"Pisces?' Tiff said staring at the woman. "you mean she's
one of your old best friends?"
Meta Knight nodded. "Indeed."
Tiff walked up to Pisces. "Hello," she said smiling. "I'm
Tiff, Meta Knight told me about you."
"Are you and him in love?' Tuff butted in.
"TUFF!" everyone exclaimed in one voice.
"What?" he asked.
"That's rude," Tiff scowled.
"Yeah," Renee said bopping Tuff on the head.
"Well are they?" he asked looking at the two grown ups.
Meta Knight was about to reply, but Pisces sensing he was
uncomfortable with the question said. "No, we are just good
friends."
'Then why do you have a picture of him in you locket?' Tuff
pried pointing.
Pisces looked down at her broken locket. The picture of
Meta Knight was plainly visable to eveyone. "Well, like I
said we are good friends," she fumbled her pale cheeks
turning pink. "and um......."
"I think we had better get back to the top of the canyon,"
Meta Knight interrupted. "that is after we rest for a few
moments."
Sword nodiced Tiff giving him a supeirior look as they all
sat down. He ignored it. Kirby took a liking to Pisces
right away and fell asleep on her lap. The lady Star
Warrior/nurse smiled down at the pink puff. "Is this the
Star Warrior, Kirby, I was told about?'
"Yep," Tuff answered. "Kabu says he's the one who's going
to defeat Nightmare."
Pisces smiled. "Maybe when he's a little older."
"Cool," Renee said with interest. "no one told me that. Wow
that's interesting. If we weren't in such a bad situation
I'd want to hear more."
"We were planning on telling you after we showed you around
the castle, but that monster ruined it for us," Tiff said
apoligeticly.
"That's okay," Renee said.
After a few more minutes the group began to climb up the
canyon wall. With Meta Knight back with them they seemed to
have more energy and reached the top in half the time it
had taken them to reach the bottom
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Dark Knight watched as they climbed, his red eyes blazing a
firey orange, yellow, and red. Meta Knight was alive! He
hadn't killed him like he had been told to do.
You won't be so lucky next time, my friend, Dark Knight
thought as his cape slowly transeformed into dark red and
black dragon wings. I'll make sure of that!
With one flap of his evil wings he was airborne carefully
turning into his shadow form so no one could see him.
As he flew up ahead over the group below a new plan slowly
formed in his head, but he knew he would have to wait until
they were out of the canyon to put it into action and when
he did they would all regret it and Meta Knight would wish
he had never......
Dark Knight pushed that thought out of his head. He had no
time to think about that. Not now anyway.
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It took less time to get to the top then it had to get to
the bottom and they were able to get out of the canyon by
the time the sun had set.
The kids all flopped on the soft, grassy, ground totally
exausted. "We will have to spend the night here," Meta
Knight said indicating the half asleep children.
Sword and Blade didn't argue and neither did Pisces. They
all sat down close to the kids to protect them in case Dark
Knight decided to attack again.
"We will have to head back tomarrow," Meta Knight said.
"What?" Sword asked. "back to the castle? Are you crazy?"
"No," Meta Knight answered. "but I am afraid we have to. If
we don't Dark Knight may head back there himself and upload
more monsters."
"King Dedede won't like that," Swod commented.
"I think the King is also possessed just like the Wadle
Dees were," the Star Warrior said. "Dark Knight has the
ability to control people."
"You know so much about him," Blade spoke up. "how come?"
Meta Knight shot a glance at Pisces who just shrugged.
"Because......." Meta Knight began slowly hating what he
was about to tell everyone. "he is.....he is......"
He stopped.
"He is what?" Sword promped.
Meta Knight stood up and wrapped his cape around his body.
"It is late," he said turning away from the knight. "I
think we should all get some sleep. We have a long walk
back to the castle tomarrow."
Sword wanted to push it more but one look at Blade and
Pisces told him it was a bad idea so he said nothing.
Meta Knight found a nice place at the small beach they had
rested by and sat there looking at the sky thoughtfully. He
knew he couldn't hide the truth from everyone forever. One
of these days he would have to tell them the truth. But, he
wondered. would anyone be able to understand?
"Meta Knight," said a voice.
Meta Knight turned. Pisces stood there looking at him
worriedly. "Yes," he asked.
"Are you all right?" she questioned.
He nodded. "I am fine," he answered. "I just need some time
to think."
She stared at him a moment. "Why didn't you tell them?"
He looked away. "It's not the right time for it."
She sat down beside him. "Oh, I understand," she said
softly.
"But," she went on. "what if no time is the right time?"
He looked at her his eyes flashing green. "There will be a
right time," he assured her. "there is always a time for
everything."
"I see," she said. She got to her feet. "I'll leave you
alone."
She rested a hand on his armor for a moment then walked
back to the others. Just like in the past, he thought
watching her go.
He turned his attention back to the sky and thought about
Dark Knight. The monster knew as well as he did who he
really was and even how he was born. Meta Knight knew that
if he didn't tell the others Dark Knight would. Only he
would tell it in his own way and no one would ever trust
the Star Warrior again. I cannot let that happen, Meta
Knight thought with a shiver. I cannot let him tell them
anything.
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Dark Knight stood on a higher part of the beach watching
Meta Knight. The monster had a smile on his face under his
dark gray mask. He had a connection to Meta Knights
thoughts and was enjoying what he could hear.
So the great Meta Knight is worried about it after all,
Dark Knight thought. Good, just what I hoped would happen.
Maybe now he'll be willing to change his mind.
He jumped down from the high rock and wrapped up in his
cape. He slowly, like a shadow on the ground, walked up to
Meta Knight.
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Meta Knight saw Dark Knights red eyes glowing in the
darkness and pulled out his sword. "Stay back," Meta Knight
ordered.
"Don't worry my friend," Dark Knight said. "I'm not here to
hurt you."
"What do you want?" Meta Knight demanded.
"I just wanted to tell you that you cannot run forever, my
friend," Dark Knight said. "they will find out the truth
and soon."
"What do you mean 'and soon', " Meta Knight asked.
"Figure that out for yourself," Dark Knight said before he
turned around and vanished into the fog that had been
rolling in.
Meta Knight was suddenly worried. What if Dark Knight does
tell everyone the truth before I get the chance? he thought
glancing back at the others. I cannot let him!
He ran into the fog searching for the monster. "Dark
Knight!" he shouted. "where are you!"
Dark Knight appeared out of the fog. "Is there something
you need?" he asked.
Meta Knight pulled out his sword.
"So you want to challenge me?" Dak Knight said pushing back
his cape.
"Don't you dare tell them," the Star Warrior growled.
"And how do you plan on keeping me from telling them?" Dark
Knight asked.
Meta Knight fell silent. There were only two ways to do
this. Either make a deal with Dark Knight or.......
"I am going to tell them myself," he finally said.
"Not if I tell them first," Dark Knight replied.
His cape turned into wings and he flew away from the Star
Warrior.
"We'll talk again," his voice wavered through the fog.
"maybe even sooner then you think Star Warrior."
Meta Knight watched the monster go then headed back to the
others. He couldn't let Dark Knight tell them no matter
what it took.
When he reached where they rested he sat down and stared
into space. He was surpized at the way he was acting. He
was never like this. What is the matter with me? he
thought.
He felt someones hand in his and looked at it. The hand
belonged to Pisces who was staring at him with quiet
understanding. She knew how he felt, but, like always, she
never said anything.
"Am I being stupid?" he asked her.
She shook her head. "No you're not," she answered. "I know
you don't want to tell them but, like before, you have to."
"Yeah, like before," he said absently.
"Just don't worry," she said laying down on the sand. "they
will understand. After all they are your friends."
Meta Knight wasn't sure if they would. He decided to get
some sleep and try to forget about it for the time being.
The last thing he saw before he closed his eyes was a vast
canopy of stars.
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Dark Knight watched the sleeping group from a higher perch.
A plan was forming in his head. He was going to make sure
Meta Knight showed who he really was and he knew exaclty
how to do it.
The monster moved carefully over the rocks and when he was
close enough took on his shadow form and began swirling in
the air over the Star Warrior.
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An ear splitting scream woke everyone. They all looked over
at Meta Knight who was sitting bolt upright his eyes
flashing a very strange color that no one had ever seen in
them before. Purple.
"Meta Knight!" Tiff exclaimed.
Meta Knight didn't seem to hear her. He wrapped his cape
tighly around his round body and began to shiver intently.
No one had ever seen him like this before not even Pisces
who had spent the most time with him. It was new to
everyone and it scared them.
Pisces put a hand on his armor but he shrugged it off
muttering. "Leave me alone until I calm down."
Pisces removed her hand and looked at him in concurn.
Meta Knight took a few deep breaths and his eyes turned
their normal color of yellow. He was glad no one knew that
his eyes flashed purple when he was scared. He tried to
erase the images his dream had glued in his mind, but it
was no use. He knew he had to tell everyone his scecret
very soon. He just hoped they wouldn't scorn him once they
knew the truth.
"Are you okay, Meta Knight?" Tiff asked.
He turned to the others. "I am fine now," he said. "I just
had a nightmare there is no need to worry, my friends. Let
us get somemore sleep."
"Poyo," Kirby moaned walking up to Meta Knight and looking
at the Star Warrior worriedly.
Meta Knight patted Kirby. "All right, Kirby," he said. "you
can sleep next to me."
Kirby gave hima sleepy grin, yawned, and lay on the groungd
next to him. Everyone followed Kirby's example but Meta
Knight noticed Sword stared at him a long time before he
too lay back on the ground.
Meta Knight sighed.
He hoped that tomarrow would end his troubles.
He lay back down but he didn't fall back to sleep for a
long long time.
Authors note: Yes! It's finally done! Oh just s I don't get
beaten with sticks for not putting in Meta Knights
nightmare I'll explain why I didn't I was too lazy to think
of one that would fit in the story so I didn't add one. Heh
besides I want to see what you guys think he drempt please
don't brick me for this. I'd better get working on chapter
5 now. Bye!
Meta Knight stared at the woman in the cloak realizing it
was her. He hadn't thought for a moment that the cloaked
and hooded figure was a woman but it was and it was....her?
"You," he said getting off of her. "I thought you were
dead."
The woman looked away sadly. "No, I didn't die," she said.
"but I wish I had."
"Why?" he asked.
"Because I didn't have you as a friend anymore," she
replied. "I searched for you, but I could never find you. I
thought you were dead and began to give up hope thinking I
was the only one who had survived.that was until I talked
to Jecra's son and he told me you lived here."
She wiped tears from her eyes as she sat up. "But you are
different then you were before," she continued. "you have
changed somehow."
Meta Knight said nothing he just sat down beside her and
let her cry for a moment. He knew she was right he had
changed. He had totally forgotten about her and she had
never forgotten him. She had looked for him. He felt
foolish and inconsiderate.
"Yes, I have changed," he admitted looking at her. "but so
have you."
He took her hand. "You are not the strong woman I remember.
You are more emotional then I can remember."
She wiped her eyes. "That's just it," she began. "I missed
you. I shouldn't have let you go that day. I should have
held on, but I didn't and you had to face it on your own. I
am truely sorry for doing that to you."
"It was not your fault," he reasured. "it was mine."
He stood. "But that day is gone and we still have the
future" he offered her his hand "let us be off. I have to
find the others and let then know that I am all right."
She took his hand. He helped her up. "I would like to meet
them," she said a small smile on her face.
It wasn't the bright cheery one he remembered but he was
glad to have it anyway.
They began to climb slowly up the canyon.
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Lololo and Lalala had flown around for what seemed like
hours without finding Meta Knight and were about to give up
when they saw him helping a girl, with black hair and
wearing a purple and black dress, up the side of the canyon
wall.
"Look, there he is!" Lalala exclaimed pointing at the two.
"I see them, Lalala," Lololo said. "but who's that woman
with him? Does he know her?"
"Let's get closer and find out," Lalala suggested.
The two flew closer to the couple, but didn't find out
anything. "Let's go tell Sword and Blade and the others
that we've found him," Lololo said.
Lalala nodded and the two flew past the couple up the
canyon to let the others know.
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"Sword can we take a break?" Tiff asked panting hard as
they climbed down the canyon.
"No," Sword said, "we have to find Meta Knight
before............" His voice trailed off.
"Poyo," Kirby said tiredly.
"Please, Sword," Tiff pleaded glancing at the others for
support. "Kirby's tired and you know Meta Knight would be
angry if he found out you were pushing him."
Sowrd came to a stop. Blade who was a little higher then
him stepped right on his hands. "Sorry," Blade mumbled
insincerly.
"We can't, Tiff," He said firmly, gritting his teeth at the
pain of Blades foot on his hand.
"But, Sword," Tiff started to object.
"No buts, Tiff," he hissed. "I don't want to hear anymore
about it."
Tiff fell silent.
When they reached another ledge Lololo and Lalala flew up
to them excitedly. "Sword, everyone!" Lololo shouted.
They all looked at the twins.
"What is it guys?" Tiff asked.
"We've found Meta Knight," Lalala answered.
"You did?" Sword asked. "where?"
"He's climbing up to us," Lololo replied.
"And he's got a woman with him," Lalala blurted.
"A woman?!" Sword exclaimed. "who is she?"
"We don't know," Lololo answered. "but by the looks of it
Meta Knight must know her."
At that moment Meta Knight and the woman climbed on the
same ledge the others were standing on. "Look!" the lady
exclaimed pointing behind the Star Warrior.
Meta Knight turned around and his eyes flashed pink at the
sight of his friends.
"Meta Knight!" Sword exclaimed. "are you okay? We were so
worried that you might be dead."
"I am fine," Meta Knight answered. He gestered to the
woman. "she saved my life by breaking my fall."
Renee, Tuff, and Tif stepped forward. Tiff was crying.
"What is the matter, Tiff?" Meta Knight asked.
"I'm just happy to see you," she said blushing.
"Who is she?' Tuff asked pointing at the woman.
"Her name is Pisces," Meta Knight replied.
"Pisces?' Tiff said staring at the woman. "you mean she's
one of your old best friends?"
Meta Knight nodded. "Indeed."
Tiff walked up to Pisces. "Hello," she said smiling. "I'm
Tiff, Meta Knight told me about you."
"Are you and him in love?' Tuff butted in.
"TUFF!" everyone exclaimed in one voice.
"What?" he asked.
"That's rude," Tiff scowled.
"Yeah," Renee said bopping Tuff on the head.
"Well are they?" he asked looking at the two grown ups.
Meta Knight was about to reply, but Pisces sensing he was
uncomfortable with the question said. "No, we are just good
friends."
'Then why do you have a picture of him in you locket?' Tuff
pried pointing.
Pisces looked down at her broken locket. The picture of
Meta Knight was plainly visable to eveyone. "Well, like I
said we are good friends," she fumbled her pale cheeks
turning pink. "and um......."
"I think we had better get back to the top of the canyon,"
Meta Knight interrupted. "that is after we rest for a few
moments."
Sword nodiced Tiff giving him a supeirior look as they all
sat down. He ignored it. Kirby took a liking to Pisces
right away and fell asleep on her lap. The lady Star
Warrior/nurse smiled down at the pink puff. "Is this the
Star Warrior, Kirby, I was told about?'
"Yep," Tuff answered. "Kabu says he's the one who's going
to defeat Nightmare."
Pisces smiled. "Maybe when he's a little older."
"Cool," Renee said with interest. "no one told me that. Wow
that's interesting. If we weren't in such a bad situation
I'd want to hear more."
"We were planning on telling you after we showed you around
the castle, but that monster ruined it for us," Tiff said
apoligeticly.
"That's okay," Renee said.
After a few more minutes the group began to climb up the
canyon wall. With Meta Knight back with them they seemed to
have more energy and reached the top in half the time it
had taken them to reach the bottom
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Dark Knight watched as they climbed, his red eyes blazing a
firey orange, yellow, and red. Meta Knight was alive! He
hadn't killed him like he had been told to do.
You won't be so lucky next time, my friend, Dark Knight
thought as his cape slowly transeformed into dark red and
black dragon wings. I'll make sure of that!
With one flap of his evil wings he was airborne carefully
turning into his shadow form so no one could see him.
As he flew up ahead over the group below a new plan slowly
formed in his head, but he knew he would have to wait until
they were out of the canyon to put it into action and when
he did they would all regret it and Meta Knight would wish
he had never......
Dark Knight pushed that thought out of his head. He had no
time to think about that. Not now anyway.
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It took less time to get to the top then it had to get to
the bottom and they were able to get out of the canyon by
the time the sun had set.
The kids all flopped on the soft, grassy, ground totally
exausted. "We will have to spend the night here," Meta
Knight said indicating the half asleep children.
Sword and Blade didn't argue and neither did Pisces. They
all sat down close to the kids to protect them in case Dark
Knight decided to attack again.
"We will have to head back tomarrow," Meta Knight said.
"What?" Sword asked. "back to the castle? Are you crazy?"
"No," Meta Knight answered. "but I am afraid we have to. If
we don't Dark Knight may head back there himself and upload
more monsters."
"King Dedede won't like that," Swod commented.
"I think the King is also possessed just like the Wadle
Dees were," the Star Warrior said. "Dark Knight has the
ability to control people."
"You know so much about him," Blade spoke up. "how come?"
Meta Knight shot a glance at Pisces who just shrugged.
"Because......." Meta Knight began slowly hating what he
was about to tell everyone. "he is.....he is......"
He stopped.
"He is what?" Sword promped.
Meta Knight stood up and wrapped his cape around his body.
"It is late," he said turning away from the knight. "I
think we should all get some sleep. We have a long walk
back to the castle tomarrow."
Sword wanted to push it more but one look at Blade and
Pisces told him it was a bad idea so he said nothing.
Meta Knight found a nice place at the small beach they had
rested by and sat there looking at the sky thoughtfully. He
knew he couldn't hide the truth from everyone forever. One
of these days he would have to tell them the truth. But, he
wondered. would anyone be able to understand?
"Meta Knight," said a voice.
Meta Knight turned. Pisces stood there looking at him
worriedly. "Yes," he asked.
"Are you all right?" she questioned.
He nodded. "I am fine," he answered. "I just need some time
to think."
She stared at him a moment. "Why didn't you tell them?"
He looked away. "It's not the right time for it."
She sat down beside him. "Oh, I understand," she said
softly.
"But," she went on. "what if no time is the right time?"
He looked at her his eyes flashing green. "There will be a
right time," he assured her. "there is always a time for
everything."
"I see," she said. She got to her feet. "I'll leave you
alone."
She rested a hand on his armor for a moment then walked
back to the others. Just like in the past, he thought
watching her go.
He turned his attention back to the sky and thought about
Dark Knight. The monster knew as well as he did who he
really was and even how he was born. Meta Knight knew that
if he didn't tell the others Dark Knight would. Only he
would tell it in his own way and no one would ever trust
the Star Warrior again. I cannot let that happen, Meta
Knight thought with a shiver. I cannot let him tell them
anything.
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Dark Knight stood on a higher part of the beach watching
Meta Knight. The monster had a smile on his face under his
dark gray mask. He had a connection to Meta Knights
thoughts and was enjoying what he could hear.
So the great Meta Knight is worried about it after all,
Dark Knight thought. Good, just what I hoped would happen.
Maybe now he'll be willing to change his mind.
He jumped down from the high rock and wrapped up in his
cape. He slowly, like a shadow on the ground, walked up to
Meta Knight.
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Meta Knight saw Dark Knights red eyes glowing in the
darkness and pulled out his sword. "Stay back," Meta Knight
ordered.
"Don't worry my friend," Dark Knight said. "I'm not here to
hurt you."
"What do you want?" Meta Knight demanded.
"I just wanted to tell you that you cannot run forever, my
friend," Dark Knight said. "they will find out the truth
and soon."
"What do you mean 'and soon', " Meta Knight asked.
"Figure that out for yourself," Dark Knight said before he
turned around and vanished into the fog that had been
rolling in.
Meta Knight was suddenly worried. What if Dark Knight does
tell everyone the truth before I get the chance? he thought
glancing back at the others. I cannot let him!
He ran into the fog searching for the monster. "Dark
Knight!" he shouted. "where are you!"
Dark Knight appeared out of the fog. "Is there something
you need?" he asked.
Meta Knight pulled out his sword.
"So you want to challenge me?" Dak Knight said pushing back
his cape.
"Don't you dare tell them," the Star Warrior growled.
"And how do you plan on keeping me from telling them?" Dark
Knight asked.
Meta Knight fell silent. There were only two ways to do
this. Either make a deal with Dark Knight or.......
"I am going to tell them myself," he finally said.
"Not if I tell them first," Dark Knight replied.
His cape turned into wings and he flew away from the Star
Warrior.
"We'll talk again," his voice wavered through the fog.
"maybe even sooner then you think Star Warrior."
Meta Knight watched the monster go then headed back to the
others. He couldn't let Dark Knight tell them no matter
what it took.
When he reached where they rested he sat down and stared
into space. He was surpized at the way he was acting. He
was never like this. What is the matter with me? he
thought.
He felt someones hand in his and looked at it. The hand
belonged to Pisces who was staring at him with quiet
understanding. She knew how he felt, but, like always, she
never said anything.
"Am I being stupid?" he asked her.
She shook her head. "No you're not," she answered. "I know
you don't want to tell them but, like before, you have to."
"Yeah, like before," he said absently.
"Just don't worry," she said laying down on the sand. "they
will understand. After all they are your friends."
Meta Knight wasn't sure if they would. He decided to get
some sleep and try to forget about it for the time being.
The last thing he saw before he closed his eyes was a vast
canopy of stars.
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Dark Knight watched the sleeping group from a higher perch.
A plan was forming in his head. He was going to make sure
Meta Knight showed who he really was and he knew exaclty
how to do it.
The monster moved carefully over the rocks and when he was
close enough took on his shadow form and began swirling in
the air over the Star Warrior.
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An ear splitting scream woke everyone. They all looked over
at Meta Knight who was sitting bolt upright his eyes
flashing a very strange color that no one had ever seen in
them before. Purple.
"Meta Knight!" Tiff exclaimed.
Meta Knight didn't seem to hear her. He wrapped his cape
tighly around his round body and began to shiver intently.
No one had ever seen him like this before not even Pisces
who had spent the most time with him. It was new to
everyone and it scared them.
Pisces put a hand on his armor but he shrugged it off
muttering. "Leave me alone until I calm down."
Pisces removed her hand and looked at him in concurn.
Meta Knight took a few deep breaths and his eyes turned
their normal color of yellow. He was glad no one knew that
his eyes flashed purple when he was scared. He tried to
erase the images his dream had glued in his mind, but it
was no use. He knew he had to tell everyone his scecret
very soon. He just hoped they wouldn't scorn him once they
knew the truth.
"Are you okay, Meta Knight?" Tiff asked.
He turned to the others. "I am fine now," he said. "I just
had a nightmare there is no need to worry, my friends. Let
us get somemore sleep."
"Poyo," Kirby moaned walking up to Meta Knight and looking
at the Star Warrior worriedly.
Meta Knight patted Kirby. "All right, Kirby," he said. "you
can sleep next to me."
Kirby gave hima sleepy grin, yawned, and lay on the groungd
next to him. Everyone followed Kirby's example but Meta
Knight noticed Sword stared at him a long time before he
too lay back on the ground.
Meta Knight sighed.
He hoped that tomarrow would end his troubles.
He lay back down but he didn't fall back to sleep for a
long long time.
Authors note: Yes! It's finally done! Oh just s I don't get
beaten with sticks for not putting in Meta Knights
nightmare I'll explain why I didn't I was too lazy to think
of one that would fit in the story so I didn't add one. Heh
besides I want to see what you guys think he drempt please
don't brick me for this. I'd better get working on chapter
5 now. Bye!