Chapter 5 The Second Encounter

The next day Meta Knight made up his mind they were going to stay. He couldn't run forever! He'd just have to make sure everyone was safe while he delt with Yamikage.

Meanwhile Tuff and Kirby were playing carelessly in the streets but that didn't last long when they ran into Tiff.

"Tuff!"

"What?" Tuff frowned.

"What are you doing!?"

"I'm playing with Kirby, what does it look like?"

"Don't you ever take anything seriously? Our parents are dead!"

It suddenly dawned upon Tiff, her parents were gone, gone forever. Tiff, as always, took this seriously. She realized that they wouldn't be there to take care of her and her brother anymore. It's up to me now. Im have to take care of my brother and Kirby and keep them safe.

"I know." Tuff said sadly, "but you don't have to keep reminding me. I was trying to forget."

"Oh," Tiff said calming down, "I'm sorry Tuff, you just keep on playing, just don't go to far. Ok?"

"Ok."

"Poyo!"

Tiff walked away and headed toward the castle.

Tiff walked down the empty halls of Castle DeDeDe. I wonder if the waddle dees are all right. she thought.

As she went down one hall after another she heard a sound, a familer sound, a whiney sound, a calling for help kind of sound.

"Helllllllp," it called.

"Where are you?" Tiff called.

"I'm in here!" the voice called back.

Tiff ran to the room where the source was coming from, "Escargoons room!"

Sure enough when she opened the door Escargoon was in his room pinned under part of a collapsed ceiling.

"Hellllp meee." he cried.

"Oh no!" she gasped.

Tiff knew she wouldn't be able to get the ceiling off of him, she wasn't strong enough.

"I'll get help!"

Tiff found Meta Knight and brought him to the snails room.

"Are you all right my friend?" he asked trying to lift the massive weight from the snail.

"Fine, just in pain." he whimpered.

Meta Knight moved the heap from him and through it out the hole in the wall.

Tiff set Escargoons head on her lap,"Are you okay?"

"I-I feel terrrrible."

"It'll be ok."

"Did you see what happened?" Meta Knight asked urgently.

"There-There was a-a-a great big dragon," he began,"and it-it-it-it,"

"IT WHAT!" Meta Knight said shaking Escargoon in his own distress.

"I don't remember."

Meta Knight was mad but he didn't show it he tried to be as nice as he could, "What do you remember?"

"Meh head getting smashed." he told him.

"What else?" he urged.

"Well, I do remember seeing a ninja, a and some girl with black hair-"

"What!?" Meta Knight interupted, "what did she look like?"

"She was very pale and was wearing black and purple. That's all I remember."

Pisces.. But how could that be?

Meta Knight remembered the terrible night he had lost Pisces like it was yesterday. But he was sure she was gone. How? How could she be alive.

Meta Knight tried to convince himself it was someone else but his heart didn't agree.

"Hahahahaha!" Nightmares evil laugh sent a chill through every monsters spine, "I have him! I'm sure of it this time! This is the last time that monster reject disobays me!"

Yes it was true, Meta Knight was once one of Nightmares monsters and if it wasn't for his disobedient spirit to his creator he would still be one. But no, he had left that life, defied his master and joined forcess against him.

"He thinks he's so smart for making all those pathetic freedom losers, the "Star Warriors" well I won't let him and that pathetic pink fool ruin my plans." he growled, "after Meta Knight is dead I can finish off Kirby and rule the universe just as I have always planned to do. MWAHAHAHAHAHA!"

Tiff and Meta Knight stood on the balconey leading from Dededes room.

"Meta Knight," Tiff began trying not to cry, "do you think that monster is going to-to."

Tiff stopped and sobbed in her hands.

Meta Knight put a hand on her shoulder, "No Tiff, I will never let that happen."

Tiff tried to smile but she really didn't feel like it, " I-I'm sorry for being so wretched to you. I just don't know what I was thinking."

"No Tiff, you were right, I do pay too much attention to Kirby but I only do because I care. If I don't protect Kirby and train him everyone will suffer the conciqences."

Tiff was about to say something but a loud sound stopped her.

"Look!" she shouted.

Not too far away, the monster and Yamikage were coming toward Cappy Town.

This is it. Meta Knight pondered in his soul.

"Oh no!" Tiff gasped, "Tuff! And Kirby!"

In the next instint it didn't matter. The dragon had passed by and when it did it took out the half of the balconey where Tiff was standing.

"AHHHHHHH!" she screamed.

Meta Knight snatched her hand before she fell.

"Meta Knight please don't let me fall!" she pleaded.

The star warrior started to lift her up but just the hard stomping of the dragon made more of the balconey crumble and Meta Knight and Tiff were falling.

Meta Knight still had a hold on Tiffs hand so the first chance he got he grabbed a flag pole which kept them from failing.

"Tiff! YOU MUST SUMMON THE WARP STAR!!"

"But why? Kirby's no where near us!"

"JUST DO IT!"

Tiff did as she was told and the Warp Star came.

When the Warp Star passed them on it's way to find Kirby Meta Knight jumped for it. But he missed.

"This is fun! Isn't it Kirby?" Tuff laughed.

"Poyo poyo." Kirby replied.

Tuff looked up and saw something coming, "What's that?"

When it came into view Tuff knew exactly what it was.

"WAH! IT'S YAMIKAGE AND THAT BIG SCARY DRGON!"

Kirby haden't time to comment, the Warp Star had scooped him up. Kirby shouted at it angrily as if he was punishing it for being bad.

But it knew what it was doing and just in time it saved Meta Knight and Tiff from certain death.

"Thanks Kirby!" Tiff smiled.

"I would not smile just yet. We are not yet out of harms way." Meta Knight said pointing at Yamikage and the dragon.

Kirby steared the Warp Star clear of the Dragon for the moment but the worst was yet to come.

Meta Knight pushed Tiff aside, "Stay here with Kirby! I will deal with the monster!"

The Star Warrior jumped off when he saw he was low enough to the ground.

"Yamikage!" he shouted.

Yamikage heard him and turned the dragon torward him, "You old fool, haven't you given up to the powers of darkness? You can't fight it forever you know."

"Yes I can! And I will! I will never surround myself to that ever again!"

Meta Knight charged his sword until it glowed and unleashed a sword beam. It hit the dragon but it didn't destroy it.

I'm not putting enough energy into my sword. I must try again. He was about to but Yamikage stopped him with a throwing star, knocking the sword from his hand.

"You wont defeat me that easily."

Meta Knight sighed, "Aren't you tired of this? You were never a monster to begin with! Can't you see? The lives held in the powers of darkness only end in tragedy. Come back to the ligh-"

"SILENCE! I don't have to listen to you! You thought you were so high and mighty! Ordering me around! Telling me what to do! I begged you to send me out there that one night and you didn't! As a result millions of lives were lost! I could have defeated that monster! And you wouldn't let me! I no longer haft to listen to a fool like you!"

Yamikage through another dagger, this one went through Meta Knight's foot. It's just like before.. Meta Knight thought.

"ATTACK!" Yamikage ordered the dragon.

The dragon spewed it's dark flames they soon engulfed Meta Knight.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Tiff screamed from afar.