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Olive Oceans Omg monsters (I can't think of anything right now)
"Ooooh…this door is pretty."
"Every one ready to go?"
"Yes."
"Let's go already."
The four Kirbys stood outside the Olive Oceans Mirror in Cabbage Cavern's main area. Geeby was gazing at the mirror in awe and Kirby, Sheeby and Tuffy were about to step through. Kirby lifted his foot.
"Wait! How many shards do we have?"
"Five."
Sheeby said, not bothering to keep the boredom out of her voice. Kirby groaned.
"Still three left."
He sighed.
"We better split up again."
Tuffy couldn't help but gloat.
"Oh, so now splitting up is good? That's not what you said earlier."
Kirby glared at him. Tuffy grinned.
"I call Olive Oceans! Come on, Kirbs."
Kirby blinked.
"Me?"
Tuffy nodded.
"I don't see anyone else called Kirby. Or Kirbs."
Geeby's eyes filled with tears.
"What about Geeby?"
Sheeby took his paw.
"I'll take you to Peppermint Palace, ok?"
Geeby sniffed, then nodded. Tuffy started walking away.
"I'm glad you understand."
Geeby stuck his tongue out. Kirby waved goodbye to them as Tuffy disappeared into the Hall. Geeby waited about two seconds and then started digging into the ground. Sheeby pulled him back up again.
"Hey! I thought we were going to Peppermint Palace!"
"Nope."
"What? I don't want to go for another swim!"
Geeby dove back into his fast growing hole.
"Won't have to."
Sheeby didn't get it.
"Why not?"
"Shortcut."
Geeby was disappearing in to the ground. Sheeby looked around once more then sighed resolutely.
"Alright, I'm coming. You're very persuasive, you know that?"
"Yip."
She jumped down into the darkness of the tunnel and plummeted a few feet, to land hard on Geeby.
"Now what, genius?"
"Shard room."
"W-what?"
Sheeby looked up in surprise. Sure enough, the room had mirror shards in it.
"But how-? Did we collect these?"
Geeby shoved her off and pulled out an ice cream.
"Yes No."
"Yes No? What does that mean?"
"Batty helped."
"Why are we here?"
Sheeby picked herself up and inspected the nearest shard.
"But I thought they went back to the Mirror."
Geeby threw his half-eaten ice cream away.
"Mirror is up there. There be Dark Mind wanting to eat it."
Sheeby ran this through her head a few times and blinked.
"So what now?"
Geeby started digging into the wall across from them.
"Tuffy, would you WAIT?"
"Can't wait. We've got to get that shard!"
Tuffy raced ahead, and Kirby was lagging behind again.
"But I can't fight if I'm exhausted!"
"Then don't. I will."
Kirby rolled his eyes. Tuffy dived into the water. After a few seconds, Kirby arrived and did the same. Once they were under the waves, it was now a matter of finding Gobbler. The two Kirbys swam past countless Blips, occasionally sending them flying with a spray of water.
"Tuffy?"
"Yessum."
"Do you remember a shortcut in this place? I want to get back to the others, and get the rest of the shards soon."
Tuffy shrugged.
"I'll check. Hold on, that wall looks promising."
He swam over to the perfectly normal wall and started rapping his paw off it.
"Hmmm…interesting."
"Quit it. That's not funny."
Kirby pouted and crossed his arms.
"What's not funny? I'm being serious!"
"No you're not!"
"Am."
"Not."
"Am."
"Not."
"AM TIMES INFINITY!"
Kirby slapped his forehead.
"This is so childish!"
"Is not."
Tuffy his invisible nose in the air. Kirby gaped.
"Tuffy, I'm not arguing anymore!"
"Are too."
Kirby groaned and whacked his head of the wall. Tuffy frowned.
"I think I preferred having Geeby along for the ride."
A crack appeared in the wall next to Kirby, bubbles streaming out of it. Kirby swam back, eyes wide and Tuffy looked on with an expression of mild interest. Something started to squeeze out, making strange, gurgling noises.
A green something peeped out and produced scuba gear. It was followed by a yellow something, that swam down to the bottom of the wall and pulled up a zip to seal it. The bubbles stopped, and Kirby and Tuffy got a good look at the things.
"What are you two doing here?"
Tuffy pouted, thinking that the others must have beaten them to the shard. Geeby waved happily. Sheeby pushed him out of the way.
"Geeby found this place and he said something about Dark Mind."
Kirby looked doubtfully at Geeby.
"How do you know what Dark Mind is doing?"
Geeby looked around at his three companions. He swelled suddenly and bellowed.
"BECAUSE I'M DARK MIND!"
Kirby gasped, Sheeby screamed angrily and Tuffy whipped out a sword. Geeby deflated and fell over, laughing.
"Gullible!"
Sheeby looked ready to murder Geeby.
"I'M GONNA KILL YOU! DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH YOU FREAKED ME OUT?"
Geeby's laughter was suddenly cut short when Sheeby tackled him viciously. Kirby rushed forward.
"No! Sheeby stop!" With difficulty, he pulled her off; Tuffy was busy whirling his sword around.
"Geeby! What's Dark Mind going to do?"
Tuffy stopped his sword practice and pointed to the small mirror a few feet away.
"Hey, look! That's where Gobbler must be! So long suckers!"
"Tuffy! Not now!"
Kirby yelled after him, but it was too late, Tuffy was gone.
"For the love of pancakes!"
Geeby was up and after Tuffy before Kirby could say anything else. Sheeby shoved Kirby aside and hurried after Geeby.
"I'm not finished with you yet!"
Kirby sighed heavily and followed. The Kirbys dashed through the mirror, Tuffy brandishing his sword with gusto, Geeby looking as happy as ever being chased by a dangerously angry Sheeby and Kirby trailing behind. The mirror shut behind them, locking the water out.
"Stand and fight, overgrown pigeons!"
The three monsters playing cards froze. Gobbler and Wiz gulped, and Mega Titan took the chance to glance at their cards.
"W-why are you here?"
Wiz stuttered and hid in his hat. Tuffy blinked twice, then charged.
"Eeeek!"
Wiz and Gobbler fled out the mirror, somehow squeezing into it. Mega Titan tried to run but hit his metal head off the wall. His body fell apart, but his head rose up and started shooting missiles at Tuffy. Geeby jumped in front and swallowed them, spitting them out after a few seconds at Titan Head. The head fell, and Sheeby kicked it through the ceiling. The shards and music note appeared above Kirby's head. He snatched them out of the air.
"Well, that was easy. Now all we- wait!"
The other three were already running after the two fleeing monsters.
"Well if that wasn't handy call me a Sparky. Three monsters in the same place. Fancy that."
Kirby whirled around.
"Meta Knight!"
"Damn right."
The winged knight tapped his foot. Kirby watched it for a while. Meta Knight rolled his eyes.
"I'm waiting for you to go after them. Go on, shoo. Make with the running."
Kirby glanced at the mirror.
"Why?"
"Because that's why you're here."
"But why were the monsters in here?"
"They were playing cards."
"But didn't they know we were-?"
"Nope. Time to go."
"But-"
Meta Knight raised his hand.
"No buts. Move. The others need you."
Kirby brightened.
"Really? They need me?"
Meta Knight shrugged.
"Not really."
And with that, tired of waiting for Kirby to go, he booted the puffball through the mirror.
"Thanks for the push-"
Kirby said as he disappeared. Meta Knight waited a couple of seconds before running to the poker table and taking all the money the monsters had left.
"Score. Time to get me a vacation."