Chapter 45 – True Enemies & Ultimate Choices
*BACK TO NORMAL POV*
"Uhh…my head. My back. My…everything."
I woke up on one of the beds on the ship in excruciating pain. My head is pounding and my body is aching. And worse of all, my memory is all blank. So I don't even remember how I ended up this way.
"A-Amitie!"
"Poyo!"
"Huh? Arle? Kirby? Wh-What happened to me-OUCHIE! OUCHIE, OUCHIE, OUCHIE!"
"H-Hey! Easy there! You're still recovering!"
"Poyo poyo!"
"Ow…what happened to me? Why am I in so much pain?" I asked while helped up by Arle and Kirby.
"Do you…not remember?"
"No, not at all. It's all a blur."
"All of it?"
"Well…" I started thinking about it. "I remember meeting Cheri. But after that…Ahhh! My head!"
"Hey, don't push yourself." Arle said. I then saw Kirby nudge on her shoulder and then pointing behind me.
"Aw, crap. It's time."
"Huh? Time for what?" I asked.
"Uh…" Arle looked really nervous. But then sighed a big one and placed her hands on my shoulders.
"L-Look, Amitie. Y-You're not the only person who got hurt earlier."
"Huh?! Wh-Who is it?! Raffina?! Ringo?! Lidelle?! Misuki?!"
"W-Well…close. You do know her."
"Her? Is it Chetta?"
"N-No…"
"Adeleine? Ribbon?"
"Poyo…" Kirby said no.
"I…don't get it."
"Aw, geez. Will you two just stop sugarcoating it already?"
Th-That voice…i-it can't be…
I turned around behind me and saw the absolute LAST person I ever thought would be in the same room with me.
"WAAAAAAA! WH-WHY IS AMITWO HERE?!" I shouted in a mix of fear and anger.
"You know…I would get angry at you for calling me Amitwo again, but I just don't have the energy to do so. Ouchie…"
"Don't have the energy?" As I asked that question, I took a look at my clone. She had a bunch of deep cuts and bloody bruises all over her body. She also looked a bit malnourished. And her dark red hue was near gone.
"Now that I look at you, what happened to you?" I asked.
"Hmph. Like you care."
"What do you mean? I do care. I mean, you are me."
"Do you really? After the Light Soul has done to me for all these years? How I've been sealed inside a damn hat while you went on living scot-free? Is that how you care?"
"Look, can we just put this Light & Dark Soul thing behind us for just a few minutes? I get that you're an evil soul bent on destruction. But at the same time, you are me. And seeing my own body like this isn't something I could just push aside just because of this stupid Legend. So can you just tell me? Please?"
Amitwo went silent as she sunk her head down in angst. She then pushed herself up and weakly floated over to me. Collapsing on the edge of the bed.
"F-Fine. I-I'll tell you. B-But…everyone needs to know what I'm about to say. Both Dream Land…a-and Primp Town…are in mortal danger."
"Dream Land…AND Primp Town?!" Arle asked.
"Kirby. Go and let the others know. Tell them that something crazy is about to happen."
"Poyo!" Kirby said before running out the room.
"Alright. Just hang on to me-GAH!" I tried hoisting Amitwo onto my shoulder. But my body was still hurting. And the intense pain made us both fall to the ground.
"A-Amitie. Why did you think that would work?" Arle asked.
"J-Just shut it and help us up." Both me and my clone said as we winced in pain from our injuries.
Once we (eventually) got off the floor, we met up with the others who were waiting for this "crazy thing" that Kirby told them about. But when I appeared with Amitwo, some got a little worried.
"H-Hey, Ami. A-Are you sure this is a good idea?" Misuki asked me.
"Don't worry. It's all good."
"Really?" Schezo asked. "After all this mental nutjob's done to this place and us?"
"That's a bit much…"
"Look, I get it." Amitwo said. "You all shouldn't and don't need a reason to trust me. Especially with all the stuff I've done in the past. But what I'm about to confess is a huge matter of life and death. Not just for Dream Land, but for Primp Town as well. So if you still don't believe me after all that, then there's nothing I can do about it. All I ask is that you just hear me out on this. You might do a better job at this than I did."
A better job? What does she mean by that? What truly happened to her?
"Guys, I think we should listen to her." Adeleine said.
"Huh? Really?" Raffina asked.
"I've got a pretty good idea on what happened, but I want to hear her version just to make sure."
"This better explain why I can't remember anything for the past few days." Zan (who apparently was here and was reunited with Francisca and Flamberge) added in a threatening way.
"Tch. Like you're the only one suffering." I heard Amitwo say next to me.
"Hey. Focus." I said.
"Alright, fine." Amitwo then sighed a bit before starting her story.
"I'm not sure when exactly this started, but I know it did sometime after I cloned you guys. I remember trying to figure out a way to destroy you all. Then…then this thing…it came out of nowhere and…tried to…soul…"
"Soul?" We all asked.
"…I-It's tried to…take the Purple Puyo Soul."
"The Purple Puyo Soul?!" I yelled.
"I see. So that's where it came from. You had it this whole time." Meta Knight said.
"Y-Yeah. I did. It was surprisingly easy to find. And I kept it to myself to gain more power. But apparently, I wasn't the only one who wanted it."
"Not the only one?" Lemres asked.
"Is there another psycho clone out there?" Maguro asked.
"N-Not a clone. S-Some kind of…angel."
"An angel?" Arle asked.
"This giant red and white angel…attacked me out of nowhere. I didn't stand a chance. It cut and bruised me. Left me bleeding to death. While it tried to take the Puyo Soul.
That's when…I sent the Puyo Soul…out of there. A-And tried to send it to you guys. I was able to do it…before the angel and its servants…continued to attack me. And that's all I remember."
"Damn. That's rough." Raffina said.
"And seeing how you all are still alive, I'm guessing you found it."
"Yes. we did." Daroach said. "But then Kirby ended up absorbing it and the other Puyo Souls to use their power."
"H-Huh?!"
"H-Huh?!" Both of us Amities reacted in shock.
"We'll explain later." Adeleine said. "But more importantly…I believe you, Amitwo."
"Y-You do?"
"Yes. Mainly because I know what that angel is."
"A-Adeleine. S-So it really is THAT angel?" Ribbon asked in fear.
"Unfortunately, Ribbon…it is." Adeleine then took a quick sigh of stress before going on.
"It's Zero. It's back." Those of us who aren't residents of Dream Land were ultimately confused.
"Zero? You mean that giant bloody eye that created Dark Matter?" Marx asked.
"When did it become an angel?" Taranza asked.
"Sometime after Kirby beat it the first time. When it returned a second time, it tried to consume Ripple Star into the darkness that is Dark Matter. That's when Ribbon came crashing down to Popstar. And with her, me, Kirby, Dedede, and a Waddle-Dee teamed up to defeat it the second time."
"That brave Waddle-Dee. Gone, but not forgotten." Bandanna-Dee wrote on his board. With Dedede nodding to the written statement.
"So Zero has returned, huh?" Susie asked. "I've heard stories of what that thing did. Unleashing its Dark Matter clones to invade and infest multiple planets at once. Sending them all to an apocalyptic demise. All for reasons unknown."
"Sounds a lot worse than whatever that Void thing tried to do." Francisca said.
"Such a thing returning out of the blue…this truly is a nightmare." Magolor added.
"And from the sound of it, Primp Town's in danger too." Raina said.
"Wasn't it sent deep in the depths of hell the last time it was defeated? How did it get out?" Zan asked.
…
…
"Aw, crap." That's when Arle, Ringo, Raffina, Misuki, and I figured it out. And it was a pretty simple mistake, too.
"H-Hey, guys. Wh-Where's Lidelle?" I asked.
"She and Chetta are still outside talking to Kracko." Ribbon said.
"Still?" Arle asked.
"They seem to be hitting it off." Daroach said.
"Uh, guys. Who's Kracko?" I asked.
"I'll show you." Adeleine said.
Once the previously named five of us (along with Kirby, Adeleine, Ribbon, Bandanna-Dee, and Amitwo) were outside the ship, we saw Lidelle and Chetta casually having a conversation with…five blue eyeballs?
What the heck happened when I was knocked out?
"W-Wow, you're that old? That's amazing!" Chetta said. With an added meow from Akaineko.
The eyeball in the middle started sparking electricity. And apparently, the two girls seemed to understand that.
"You know. I may look very young, but I'm actually not that far off from your age, Kracko." Lidelle said.
"W-Wait, what? L-Lidelle, how old ARE you?" Chetta asked.
"Hmm…can't really tell you. Just know that it's a four-digit number."
F-Four digits?!
"I-I see…" Both Chetta and the eye had a sweatdrop moment.
"Lidelle!" We all shouted.
"Huh? Oh hello, Amitie.
…
Wh-What's Amitwo doing here?" Lidelle asked.
"Seriously, can we stop calling me that?" Amitwo asked.
"Later." I said. Then faced Lidelle again. "Lidelle! We're in serious danger! Both of our worlds are in danger!"
"Both worlds? What are you talking about?"
"Lidelle. A fallen angel by the name of Zero has come back and is planning to destroy both Dream Land and Primp Town by consuming them both in darkness." Adeleine explained.
"A fallen angel? Those things are usually way deep inside the depths of hell. How did on get out?"
"We think you know, Lidelle." Ringo said.
"I do?" Lidelle thought about it for a second. Then her face lit up in regret when she figured it out. "Oh no!"
"What?" Chetta asked.
"This Zero guy! It must've escaped when I was fighting Ridel! It's my fault that this is happening! I've doomed us all!"
"Lidelle, listen!" Raffina yelled. "Look, no one saw this coming. It's not your fault. We just need to stop this fallen angel before it consumes both our worlds."
"We can do this! I know we can!"
"Poyo!" Kirby cheered with me.
"So where do we start?" Arle asked.
"First off, we need to go to my home planet Ripple Star." Ribbon said with a lot more determination than when I first met her. "I'm pretty sure Zero will go after the Crystal again. I need to warn the Queen and the others."
"That's like to be our best place to start." Adeleine said.
"Great!" I cheered. "Then let's get-"
*BOOM*
"Gah! Wh-What was that?!"
"B-Bad news, everyone." Magolor said as he joined us outside. "The Lor Starcutter blew a few gears from all the electricity still flowing through the clouds. It'll take a while to fix."
"Fiddlesticks. Now what?"
"Poyo. Poyo poyo."
"Huh? You got an idea, Kirby?"
"Poyo!"
"How can you understand him?" Amitwo asked me.
"What? You can't You're the one who gave me this power."
"I did? Odd."
Kirby then rushed up to the edge of the clouds and began whistling a bunch of times. Then soon, a big breeze of wind came past us. And whatever it was, it came down in front of Kirby.
*screeching bird noise*
"Ah! Giant rainbow bird!" Ringo shouted.
"D-Dyna Blade?! K-Kirby, are you sure?!" Adeleine asked him.
"Poyo!"
*screeching bird noise*
"She said she really doesn't mind. As long as it isn't meant to cause trouble." Lidelle translated.
"How does she do that?" Amitwo asked.
"Nobody knows." The rest of us said.
"W-Well…thank you for the help, Dyna Blade. I really owe you big." Ribbon said.
Dyna Blade responded with a simple nod this time.
"Y…You guys go on ahead. I-I'm still…weak from the…s-surprise attack." Amitwo said.
"Will you really be okay?" I asked.
"Not to worry, Amitie. She'll be taken care of." Magolor said.
"Just don't go and betray us while we're gone!" Raffina yelled.
"Tch. A-As if. I-I want that…Zero jerk to pay. L-Let it feel the pain it…i-it gave to me. A-And if it means…surrendering to the Light Soul, then I don't…give a damn anymore."
"*snicker* I feel the same way." I said.
And with that said, it was me, Arle, Ringo, and Raffina for the safety of Primp. And Kirby, Adeleine, Ribbon, and Bandanna-Dee for the safety of Dream Land. Our two groups climbed onto Dyna Blade's back and the giant rainbow bird flew up into the sky. Flapping her large wings as we made our way to Ribbon's home planet of Ripple Star.
Watch yourself, Zero! The Light Soul is back! And I'm coming…
…
Right back at ya!
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Now believing what Dark Red Amitie had told them, Amitie, Kirby, and the gang prepare to fight against Zero, The Fallen Angel of Darkness. The final battle is near. And so is the destruction of two separate worlds.
Since this feels like a good time, I'm to reveal everything that was scrapped in this story.
First off, Characters:
Rulue – Was ultimately replaced with Chetta
Satan – Was actually going to appear in Dream Land (more specifically Ripple Star). But was made as a cameo.
Ms. Accord – Same as Satan, but no plans for a cameo.
Ecolo – Was going to be a boss. But was scrapped. May be turned into a cameo.
Prince Fluff – Just couldn't make him work.
Shadow Kirby – Same as Prince Fluff.
Next, Areas:
Sky Sands – Explained in chapter 33.
Old Odyssey (specifically Stage 4) – My favorite stage in Triple Deluxe, but couldn't make it work.
Patch Land – This one was an odd choice. I just placed in the planning sheet without thinking about how I would write it. It never came to mind after it was placed there.
Candy Constellation – No longer necessary for where this story is going.
And finally, Bosses:
Ecolo – Already explained.
Dyna Blade – Was going to be the one being controlled by the Red Puyo Soul. But was replaced with Dedede. Though I didn't want to scrap her completely.
Mr. Shine & Mr. Bright – These two were going to be a random encounter boss on Butter Building.
Sig – Yes. You're reading it right. Sig was going to be a boss. Specifically Black Sig. Turns out he has a beta design that resembles Strange Klug a lot more. Making the connection between Sig and Strange Klug bigger than it already was at the time. I wanted to use it. But decided against it.
That's it for scrapped concepts. And this story for a while. I've updated this one three in a row and like I said, it tires me out from making it as accurate as possible. But it'll be back soon. And when it does, the fight for double universal peace begins. Thank you guys for reading. Later.
