Chapter 40 – A Simple Sunset Chat

*BACK TO NORMAL POV*

"W-Wow. L-Lidelle, I…I didn't think you were that powerful."

"It's rather…shocking."

"I'm kinda scared right now."

"G-Guys, come on." Lidelle said to Raffina, Arle, and Ringo as the rest of the group met us up in Nutty Noon. "Just because I'm the daughter of the Demon King and soon to be the Queen of Hell in the near future doesn't make me all the more different from how you used to know me."

"I-It kinda does, Lidelle." Ribbon said with a sweatdrop.

"Poyo. Poyo poyo."

"I-It should be fine." I said to Kirby. "Can't believe my leg lasted throughout that fight in-OWIE ow ow!"

"Poyo."

"I know it was dumb of me to interfere like that. But I had to help Lidelle. If I didn't, Ridel would've killed her for sure. Haven't you done something like that during your past adventures?"

Kirby went silent for a bit. I guess he really had to think about it. Which is understandable with the title and job he has.

"Poyo."

"See? So you understand why I had to do that. My leg may take even longer to heal now. But I don't regret it. As long as my friends are safe."

"Poyo. Poyo poyo poyo?"

"Easy. I'll just keep using ESP. It makes me float, remember?"

"Poyo. Poyo poyo."

"It's not supposed to do that? Really?"

"Poyo."

"*sigh* It's probably another Light Soul-exclusive thing. Kinda like my…

…oh, yeah."

"Poyo?" Kirby was confused.

"Well…you remember those times where I turned into that other form of me during battle?"

"Poyo."

Good. Cause I don't.

"Thinking about it again…it honestly has me worried."

"Poyo?"

"I mean…based on what Meta Knight said, this other form is a mix of the Light Soul's powers and my own anger for being called weak my entire life. He said that I have to control it. But what if…what if I can't by the time I fight Amitwo? No doubt she's gonna call me weak. And then I'll turn into that form again and do…who-knows-what."

I started feeling a mix of sad and afraid. Sad that I can't control a possibly helpful power of mine. And afraid of what could happen in the future.

Then Kirby got up and stood in front of me with a determined look on his cute little face.

"Poyo!"

"Poyo!"

"Poyo!"

"Poyo!"

He kept saying that for a good while. And I was kinda confused at first. But after thinking about it more, I understood what he was trying to do.

And it was rather sweet of him.

"*giggle* Sorry, Kirby. But I don't think it's working."

"Poyo?"

"It's probably because I actually need to hear the word weak instead of just "Poyo"."

"Poyo…" Kirby sounded sad.

"But thanks for trying though. You're a really good friend, little buddy."

"Poyo poyo!"

As Kirby was cheering, Akaineko came out of nowhere and jumped on his head. Failing asleep soon after.

"P-Poyo…"

*giggle* Looks like Kirby really doesn't like that.

"Akaineko. Don't sleep on his head." Chetta said as she grabbed her 2-dimensional cat and held him in her arms.

"Hey, Chetta." I greeted her. Then looked behind her to see that everyone else was gone. "Where'd did everyone go?"

"They went back on this ship thing they were talking about. I wanted to enjoy this view a bit longer. Still can't believe this is a completely different world. Is this what space-time travel is like?"

"Well…it's kinda like that. Although, we didn't use space-time to get here. More like…a star-shaped galaxy-like portal."

"Huh. I see."

As the three of us continued to look at this beautiful view of Dream Land from a top of Nutty Noon, we started seeing a bright light in the distance. It wasn't the sun. The light was more…light blue in color. It was kinda odd. At least for us.

"Whoa. What was that?" I asked.

"Not sure. But it looked like it came from up ahead." Chetta said.

"Let's go check it out! Come on, Kirby!"

"Poyo!"

"W-Wait, Amitie! Shouldn't we get the others?" Chetta asked.

"I'm sure it'll be quick. You don't have to come if you don't want to, Chetta."

"Well, of course, I'm coming. We don't want to miss whatever this is. Right, Akaineko?"

"Meow." Akaineko meowed like how a cat would when they wake up from a nap.

"Alrighty then. Let's go." I said.


The four of us were now running across the white fluffy clouds towards the spot where the strange light-blue light was coming from. As we continued doing so, the white fluffy clouds soon turned into orange fluffy clouds. And we soon came across a really big yellow-ish castle in the sky. It looked ruined. But at the same time, it looked rather pretty mixed in with the sunset.

"Woah." I said in amazement. "Kirby, you never said anything about a castle in the sky."

"Poyo. Poyo poyo."

"It's always been here? But it's normally abandoned?"

"Wow! Such a huge castle! I've never seen anything like it! I SO wish I could paint this right now!" Chetta yelled with glee and excitement.

"Uh…Chetta. I don't think we have the time to do that."

"Aw, phooey. If only I would've known about this place earlier…"

"So the weird light came from here?" I asked.

"Poyo poyo. Poyo poyo poyo."

"Big and a lot of climbing, huh? Well, I'm sure we can handle it. I climb things all the time."

"Climbing?" Chetta asked. "Well…if I do that, I can get an even better view of this world. It'll be the purrfect painting!"

"Ch-Chetta! *giggle* I-I can't believe you actually said that!"

"My love for cats holds no bounds, Amitie. Right, my purrecious little cutie?"

"Meow." Akaineko soon began to purr as Chetta started petting his head.

*giggle* Oh my God. I need to calm down.

"Alright. Let's go inside. Help me open the doors, Kirby."

"Poyo!"

The two of us each took one side of the door. And began pulling the handles that were on them. It was a bit tricky, but we managed to get them open.

And so our small group went inside. About to explore this abandoned castle in the sky.

I hope my leg doesn't give out like the other two times…

AUTHOR'S NOTE: 40 chapters! My God! I did NOT think it would be this long! Anyway, this is just a simple chapter since the last one was a boss chapter. Next time, Amitie, Kirby, and Chetta will explore the castle in the sky. To see what that light-blue light was.

Nutty Noon is my favorite world from my favorite game in the series. I just love using Wing to fly across the first level and explore the tower levels that come after it. And then there's the Grand Doomer. The trick it pulls before the fight is probably the most memorable moment about it.

And then the music! GOD I love the music in this world! My two favorites are the Grape Garden remix and the FREAKING MAP THEME! Why is the map theme so good?!

So with two of my stories completed, I'll try to update this story more as much as I can. It's not a promise, though. Things could change. In the meantime, feel free to review/favorite/follow/kudos the story. Thanks for reading. Later.