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The Strange Music
The Kirbys found themselves in a large park-like area that they recognised as Rainbow Route. Tuffy was bounding ahead, Burning his way through Waddle Dees and Waddle Doos. Kirby followed and swallowed a Hot Head giving him Fire ability. He twirled, watching the flames on his head dance. Sheeby leapfrogged over him and cornered a Waddle Doo. Sheeby's all time favourite ability was Beam, and always will be, according to her. After swallowing it, she shook the little bells on the end of her two-pointed hat happily.
"Ok, maybe it was a good idea to come back so soon. We would have had to travel around in Dreamland for ages, and I might not have seen a Waddle Doo for days!"
Suddenly Geeby, who had been keeping quiet ever since they arrived in Rainbow Route, leapt into the air and shouted at Tuffy.
"MUSIC!"
Sheeby shook her head with a scowl on her face, but Kirby took Geeby's outburst seriously.
"Wait, Sheeby. He's right. Where has the music gone?"
Sheeby was dumbfounded.
"Oh, I didn't even notice! TUFFY! FOR POPSTAR'S SAKE, WAIT UP!"
Tuffy screeched to a halt, turned into a Wheel and sped back to them. Geeby floated back down to his friends with an umbrella, looking slightly dazed.
"The ground looks so weird from here…it's all moving and stuff…"
Sheeby grabbed Geeby's foot and dragged him down.
"Would you pay attention? Geez, if I didn't know better, I'd say you got high on sweets."
Geeby laughed nervously.
"S-shows what you know…hee…"
At that moment Tuffy flew over the last hill and almost landed on Sheeby. She screamed and jumped onto Kirby's back. He staggered under her weight, and fell on Geeby, who fell on Tuffy.
"Get OFF, Geeby or I'll-"
"Is everyone here? Guys? No lost health? Whew, that's good. Guys?"
"We heard you the first time, now MOVE! I can't breathe."
Kirby hopped up and helped Sheeby up. The others sat up, Geeby still looking dazed and Tuffy annoyed.
"So what now? Get the music back or find the missing shards of the mirror?"
Suddenly an awful sound met their ears. It was the screeching of badly tuned musical saws. The Kirbys slapped their paws over their non-existent ears, screwing up their faces in agony. Tuffy yelled over the noise.
"I THINK I KNOW WHERE THE MUSIC IS!"
Sheeby was rolling around shoving her head in any crevice she could find.
"MAKE IT STOP!"
"I CAN'T!"
Kirby tried to think straight.
"IT STARTED WHEN TUFFY SAID MIRROR!"
The noise got louder.
"DON'T SAY IT THEN! JUST SHUT IT UP!"
"HOW?"
Geeby took a deep breath, sucked up everything around him by accident and spat out everything but a UFO that had appeared out of nowhere and swallowed. His little spaceship body hovered in the air. He wasn't affected by the music anymore. Kirby saw the whole thing. He frantically searched for another UFO. There were none.
"WE HAVE TO RUN FOR IT!"
The others nodded and they ran for the mirror. When they all reached the Hall of Mirrors, the music was fainter, but still very much there. They let out a sigh of relief anyway.
"That sound cuts through your like a Cutter."
Kirby nodded.
"You can say that again."
"That-"
"Geeby. It was just and expression."
"Oh…hee."
Fire Kirby, Beam Sheeby, UFO Geeby and Wheel Tuffy sat down heavily on the smooth marble of the Hall of Mirrors. They sat in silence, the strains of noise drifting past. Tuffy presently got bored.
"Look, I think we should check the other worlds, to see if their music is any better than Rainbow Route's."
For once, Sheeby agreed with him.
"Yeah, or if they have any music at all."
Kirby gazed up at the broken Mirror.
"I don't think we have much of a choice."
Geeby sniffed from his spaceship.
"I want to be a Smash Kirby."
"No Geeby, you have to stay as a UFO for a while. The music didn't affect you so you just have to wait until we're all UFOs. Then we can face the music in Rainbow Route, or anywhere else."
Geeby sniggered.
"Bad pun."
Tuffy got to his feet.
"So, where to first? Mustard Mountain?"
Sheeby jumped up and down with impatience.
"Candy Constellation!"
Tuffy pouted.
"Mustard Mountain is so much better than stupid Candy Constellation!"
"Is not!"
"Is too!"
Kirby came hastily between them.
"Stop it you two! We're going to Cabbage Cavern first! No arguments!"
He added when he saw Tuffy's mouth opening again. Geeby whizzed over their heads.
"I am a fish I am a fish I am a fish I am a fish."
Kirby whistled to Geeby.
"Come on, we're going."
He led the way to the mirror with wave patterns on the frame, then stepped aside.
"Ladies first."
Sheeby glared at him and walked through. Tuffy was sulking. He hated water levels.
"This sucks."
Kirby reasoned with him.
"We're doing this one first to get it out of the way. Then we'll do the fun ones."
Tuffy brightened up at this prospect and went after Sheeby. Geeby and Kirby were now alone. Kirby motioned for Geeby to stay back.
"Wait for them to get in properly."
Geeby leaned his head to the side. After about a minute, Kirby nodded.
"Let's go."