Traveling the route where Kirby rescued Villager, the two fighters, now split from their friends and cut from connection to the Undying Light, were climbing down the cliffside near the ruins and looking for a way out. After a few minutes of hiking, Villager and Kirby came across a large racing track, complete with rubber-black tires. On the sides of the track, there were all sorts of banners and product placement, like 1-Up Mushroom Car Insurance Group, Golden Wheel, Mario Super Motor Team, Undead Motors, and Propeller Toad Transport. The two warriors felt excited to traveling on a race track, and they were about to set foot on the road. However, Kirby accidently kicked a small pebble onto the road while running, and many different sorts of vehicles were zooming right in front of them.

Racers were driving at superfast speeds, seemingly never-ending. There was no checkered finish line, there was no audience, nothing but different racers competing against each other for no reason, and it was lucky that Villager and Kirby managed to quickly step back outside the road in time. A hand grabbed the mayor of Smashville's shoulder, and both fighters quickly turned around to see who it was. There was a glowing-yellow woman dressed in pink and red, looking down on Kirby and Villager.

"It's too dangerous to run onto the road without looking both ways before crossing," the woman spoke. Villager and Kirby looked at each other, confused.

"I'm betting you can't talk but you can understand me," the Normal Ace Spirit sighed. "My name is Jody Summer, and I'm one of Captain Falcon's friends. Those racers may not look like it, but they are nasty and rotten to the core, competing for a prize that really isn't there and spending the rest of their eternal lives on the road, never running out of fuel, never taking their feet off the gas pedals…" Kirby and Villager looked back on the race track, wondering what she meant by that.

"Besides," Jody continued, "if you want to continue with your travels, you would have to drive down this road to get to your destination. I could lend you my hovercar but seeing as how you two look underage and don't even have a driver's license, there's really nothing you can do to get through here. If an adult were to accompany you, there would be an exception as long as he or she can drive. Until then, it looks like you kids will have to scram." Kirby and Villager looked down in disappointment, but the pink puffball suddenly remembered he can create Warp Stars out of thin air, and instantly spawned one right in front of him. As Kirby and Villager quickly hopped on the Warp Star, Jody Summer merely shook her head.

"And magical stars you can create out of nothing don't count either," Jody objected. The Warp Star shattered into tiny little projectiles, and Villager and Kirby dropped onto the ground. Villager patted Kirby's back, and the two fighters walked away in grief, knowing there's no way through their destination without a vehicle suitable for racing. When the pink demon and the Smashville mayor were walking away from the race track, hearing the zooming of cars, gas explosions, and terrible swearing in the distance, they sat down on the soft, green grass, plumed out of ideas. Before any one of them knew what to do next, the ground suddenly started rumbling underneath them. Thorns emerged from the ground, surrounding Kirby and Villager. As the two young warriors knew what happened next, Flowey in his demonic state appeared from the earth, laughing maliciously.

"I told you I'd be back, kid!" Flowey hissed, staring at Kirby with soulless eyes. Villager saw the terrifying state the monster flower is in, trembling and afraid with a chopping axe in his hands.

"Now it's time we all play a little game!" Flowey continued. "You two win, you get free access to the race track you so want to pass through! Oh, don't think I didn't hear you wimps." Villager and Kirby looked at the enormous flower, accepting the challenge.

"You want to go? Okay then!" Flowey replied. Creating a barrier out of his own thorns, the flower from the Monster Realm dragged the two fighters deep underground, all the way into a small bed of daffodils. Villager looked up, seeing only a tiny speck of light from the afternoon sun. Kirby, meanwhile, watched Flowey revert back to his original form, looking as peaceful as ever.

"This is like the world I grew up in," Flowey said. "Here are a couple of pretty easy challenges for you to beat in order to find one of the many keys to finding a way out of Gallia. However… if you lose, your souls are mine and you'll be trapped with me underground FOREVER!" A devil's smile lurked on Flowey's face, slightly frightening the two young fighters.

"Good luck!" Flowey laughed, disappearing into the ground. Kirby looked back on Villager, ready to take on the challenges. As the two warriors went traveling through the darkness, a mysterious figure suddenly grabbed Villager, surprising them yet again. Kirby freaked out, pulling out a hammer set on flames. As Villager was struggling, the mysterious figure's eyes suddenly started glowing red, stepping out of the shadows. A Supporter Ness clothed in black was grabbing Villager, disappearing into the darkness and leaving Kirby alone to fight an incoming swarm of Primids which appeared out of nowhere.

Villager quickly woke up after he was let go, noticing the setting around him was some sort of futuristic race. The wind was blowing into the Smashville mayor's face, and his balance was starting to get lost. The Villager quickly held on for dear life on hovercars zooming on the track, jumping over watery graves and landing with heavy bumps. He was on the Big Blue stage. Villager quickly stood up, noticing he was standing on Captain Falcon's Blue Falcon. Standing on the Blood Hawk, right in front of Villager, was the black-clothed Ness Supporter. On his side, two more puppet fighters walked to his side – one being Fox McCloud dressed up like Wolf O' Donnell, the other being Sonic with violet quills and neon purple cuffs. Just like the hovercars, the Supporters moved at crazy-fast speeds, including Villager.

Trying to hop from the Blue Falcon to the Fire Stingray, Villager attempted on avoiding the ground, firing his slingshot at the three Supporters, who were jumping above him. The Fox Supporter began shooting lasers with his blaster, and the Sonic Supporter was about to use his homing attack. As Villager jumped out the way in time, the Support Ness unleashed PK Fire. The Smashville mayor managed to pocket the projectile and throw it back, sending the black-clothed PSI puppet fighter in front of the hovercars, and they were not slowing down once they hit the Supporter Ness.

Meanwhile, inside the mysterious underground lair, Kirby began inhaling and spitting out the first few Primids, trying to survive in the Shadow Bug swarm for as long as he could. He pulled out Sir Kibble's Cutter ability, slashing with a downward strike and cutting some of the Primids in half. With a fiery hammer, the pink demon whacked a few more, floating up into the air and landing with his Stone ability.

Back on the Big Blue stage, Villager had already just managed to knock out the Fox and Sonic Supporters, throwing them with his bug-catching net behind the hovercars and making them hit the road, instantly hitting the blast zone. The black-clothed Ness suddenly walked towards the Smashville mayor, ready to use a PK Flash since Villager was at high damage. The Villager luckily pulled out a helmet with two red balloons attached to them and floated away to the front of the hovercars, and it was only a split-second since all the fighters were moving so fast. Since the Supporters are merely created without a soul and without intelligence from another, a Spirit that was forced to possess the closest thing can either be very smart or really dumb. Either way, the Ness Supporter jumped up into the air, ready for a downward kick. Once Villager's balloons were starting to turn black, the Smashville mayor instantly took off his helmet, hopping onto the Big Blue as the puppet fighter landed on the road in front of the hovercars, unaware of what Villager was planning. After the Blood Hawk hit the Ness Supporter, Villager tossed a bowling ball onto the puppet PSI boy, instantly taking the Ness Supporter into the blast zone.

Once the Big Blue stage collapsed, Villager saw himself suspended in the air, pointing a Spirit Sniper at the Spirit behind the Ness Supporter's possession as well as the Fox and Sonic clones – a Normal Advanced Blood Falcon. A barrier formed around the Spirit, spinning around crazy as usual with only a small hole available for shooting. With a perfect snipe as usual, Villager hit Blood Falcon, freeing him from Galeem's control. The Smashville mayor then landed in the swarm of Primids next to a wounded Kirby, pulling out his cutting axe and going on a killing spree. Primid heads were decapitated, Shadow Bug juices spilled everywhere like blood, and Villager was standing next to Kirby this whole time, having the pink puffball's back even though his red shirt was stained with the dark-purple splotches of his fell victims. The surviving Primids then collapsed into Shadow Bugs, retreating into the darkness. The Blood Falcon Spirit that was rescued before went into Kirby's body, absorbed into the stone inside the pink puffball.

Putting away the axe in his magical pocket, Villager looked down on the ground to see a wounded Kirby, showing a pretty sad face as he showed caring for the pink puffball. Kirby slowly sat up, shaking his head with tears in his eyes. The both of them knew the mission to defeat Galeem was impossible since not only did he abduct, torture, and possess their friends, but he also had the Mii Fighters and Tabuu under his control, and with the God of Construction the Subspace Army and all the bosses that were hired to spread across the last remaining world. Villager, however, patted Kirby on the back, understanding that it's going to be okay, even though they were cut off from their friends and forced to split up. Grabbing Kirby's stubby hand with his own, Villager lifted Kirby onto his feet, ready to fight for the greater good, against the Seraph of Order. With the two young warriors walking down the path they were on, it was only about a few minutes before Flowey popped out of the ground again, appearing in his cute form.

"Looks like you beat the first two challenges… and at the same time too," Flowey spoke. "One last challenge to complete. Either win or suffer." Stage lights suddenly flashed on in front of the two young fighters, and a robot named Mettaton appeared from the stage, pulling out a handheld mike.

"And now... the moment you two have been waiting for…" Mettaton spoke in a robotic voice, with Flowey disappearing underground. The spotlights started swirling around in circles while a mysterious figure emerged from below the stage. The stranger's eyes were closed, so there was no telling if the figure was under Galeem's control or not.

"Your last challenge!" Mettaton cheered, pointing at the area the stranger was standing in, with the spotlights turning towards Kirby's and Villager's goal.

"Cap…Captain F…Fal…con!" Kirby stammered, with Villager holding him back.

"And not just any Captain Falcon," Mettaton continued, speeding towards the bounty hunter on one wheel. "A Captain Falcon Primary under the control of Black Shadow! And it's all under Lord Galeem's order!" Captain Falcon opened his eyes, revealing the glowing-red like all the others. An image of Black Shadow flashed on Captain Falcon's chest, letting Villager and Kirby know who they were up against.

"We wouldn't know for sure if either Galeem's slave or two kids would win, so place your bets!" Mettaton finished before Black Shadow in Captain Falcon's body grabbed the talk show-host robot.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah," Black Shadow's voice spoke, ripping Mettaton's circuits out and tossing the remains onto the floor. "I think these two boys get the idea…" The Captain Falcon Primary then looked at Kirby and Villager, barely smiling maliciously. Then, Black Shadow began laughing.

"Out of all these brave challengers, only two babies step up to the plate to fight me?" the Captain Falcon Primary asked, poking Kirby's soft, cuddly cheek.

"Pathetic," Black Shadow's voice spoke, turning his back on the two young warriors.

"Why don't you run back home to your mommies while you're at it? Go on…" Black Shadow continued. However, Kirby and Villager clenched their simple fists, refusing to take a step away.

"You still want to fight?" the Captain Falcon Primary asked. "Alright then… but it's only because you asked to suffer…" Black Shadow inside Captain Falcon's body then grabbed Kirby and Villager, watching the two boys squirm.

"Now who should I go for…?" Black Shadow's voice asked. "Well… it's pretty obvious, isn't it?" Spawning a golden cage out of nowhere, the Captain Falcon Primary tossed Villager in, holding Kirby as the Smashville mayor struggled with the bars.

"Think of it as a little detention as I give the only survivor of Galeem's attack a simple lesson in respect for elders…" Black Shadow continued, squeezing Kirby's pillow-like body tighter. Floating up into the air, the Captain Falcon Primary vanished through a portal, taking the pink puffball with him. After Kirby woke up, he looked around, noticing the flat stage and futuristic background, although the sky itself looked somewhat more polluted. It was the Final Destination version of the Port Town Aero Dive. Kirby saw that the Captain Falcon Primary's body was shifting, creating a black cape and a horned mask on his head. He glared at the pink puffball with glowing-red eyes, laughing.

"You scared yet?" Black Shadow's voice asked, attempting to frighten Kirby. The pink puffball was not moved and merely running towards the possessed Captain Falcon with a hammer set on fire, swinging ferociously. Once the Captain Falcon Primary was ready to attack, his fiery moves emitted black flames, attempting to hit the fast-moving pink puffball. Once Kirby jumped up in the air, he transformed into a brick his size, slamming downward on Black Shadow. Since the Primary warrior was also close enough, Kirby quickly inhaled Captain Falcon's body, obtaining the bounty hunter's Copy ability. Everything went black for the pink demon, and Captain Falcon's helmet appeared on his face. Captain Falcon's Fighter Spirit took over Kirby.

"If it isn't my old enemy Black Shadow," Captain Falcon's voice spoke from Kirby's body. "Care for a supersonic slugging?"

"Bring it on!" Black Shadow inside Captain Falcon's body roared, his fists set on black flames. Kirby with Captain Falcon taking control of his body now jumped high into the air, using a Falcon Kick and diving down straight for the puppet fighter's chest. Kirby's stubby arms then began rapidly jabbing right at the Captain Falcon Primary. With a simple Raptor Boost, Kirby grabbed ahold of the possessed Captain Falcon, tossing him up into the air without Black Shadow even laying a hand on him. Afterwards, Captain Falcon inside Kirby kicked forward, making his nonexistent knee hit right at the puppet fighter and deal electrical damage. Once Black Shadow grabbed ahold of the stage's ledge, the last thing he saw was the pink demon himself charging up his signature move: the Falcon Punch. That fiery hit sent the Captain Falcon Primary flying into the blast zone, with a confetti blast following soon after and the Port Town Aero Dive disintegrating into darkness.

Captain Falcon, who was still inside Kirby's body, was pointing a Spirit Sniper at the supersonic slugger's body, being surrounded by a spinning barrier created by the Master Legendary Spirit of Black Shadow. With careful aim, Kirby's body fired Captain Falcon's Fighter Spirit through the barrier, breaking the Galeem Lock and freeing Black Shadow from the Seraph of Order's control. A bright light flashed in Kirby's eyes, blinding the area and transporting the pink puffball to the visions again.


Kirby started rubbing his head, with the Smash Ball on his forehead and his golden irises and rainbow aura present. He was back on the floating island where the younger dragons learned how to fly, though the place seemed a bit different. For example, the flowers that were blooming on the island were just sprouts, and not many of their kind. Some of the plants were even older in age and taller in height. The pink puffball suddenly remembered the three dragons that were the main focus in his visions: Galeem, Phoenix, and Ultima. Running to the edge of the oak dock from before, Kirby looked down on the ground from high above, curious at the rusting trees down below. Just when Kirby was starting to realize what was going on, a swarm of dragons bursted out from the ground, all being led by Flora, their teacher. Dancing in the sky like birds, they were fast and agile, speeding through the air. Once they were finished, the young dragons landed back on the island, passing through Kirby. Flora touched down back on the oak dock, looking at all her students.

"I am most proud of you, class," Flora spoke cheerfully. "You had been training for months with me and now you are one with the sky. Even those who were too afraid to fly before have now conquered their fear of heights. Amazing…"

"Now that were are getting to the end of the year learning from you young flyers," Flora continued, "my time of teaching you is over. Soon, there will be new dragons for me to teach, but I will miss you all terribly. Now you better fly down to your parents. They're waiting for you after being gone for all this time…"

"Goodbye, Ms. Flora," the young dragons replied. As the already-trained dragons flew down to meet their parents, Kirby managed to catch a glimpse of Ultima, Galeem, and Phoenix heading to their waiting parents. The pink puffball jumped off from such a dangerous height, but his small weight helped him float down to the ground while carrying a large breath of air in his expansive lungs. Once Kirby dropped down onto the earth, he saw the three young dragons, now a bit older, greet their parents Metallio and Toropikaru.

"Mommy! Daddy!" Ultima cried, hugging her parents with her brothers.

"So glad you can join us back into our nest again," Metallio spoke, rubbing the children's heads. "How was your flight training?"

"Amazing," Galeem answered. "We were soaring through the air like birds! There were a few students that were afraid at first, but eventually got the hang of it."

"Glad to hear no one got hurt," Toropikaru said. "Now let's go. It's going to be dark soon and we had just prepared dinner back at the cave." Taking off into the sky like jets, the whole family went flying off back home with Kirby running behind them.

Once the pink puffball managed to arrive at the cave the family of dragons was staying at, he saw they were all asleep, with the central campfire dying out naturally. The night outside was peaceful, with the moon gleaming brightly in all its glory that it even cast shadows on the grassy fields down below, and the stars painted pictures in the roof of the sky. Just then, Kirby saw some sort of firefly-like dragon gliding towards the cave, fluttering his insect wings with his tail glowing a bright yellow. Quietly, the firefly dragon took out a letter from the bag he was carrying on his back, slipping it at the entrance of the cave before taking off into the night. That was what drove Kirby curious.

Morning arrived, and the three dragon siblings were just waking up from their nests before they heard their parents call out for them.

"Phoenix! Galeem! Ultima! Come here quickly!" Metallio called. Quickly rising up from their sleep, the three young dragons ran to their mother and father, who had just opened the letter at the doorstep. When the three young dragons peeked between their parents, the letter read:

To: Metallio and Toropikaru

It has come to our intention that we would set you a reminder for your children to come join our Dragosmo Training Camp. We believe it is time that these three young dragons are ready to learn about big responsibilities and learn how to control all seven Rainbolements. Lord Ceresor's sons Sozo and Hakai will take good care of your offspring and train them to be the best in the planet of Arcus. Hopefully you have said your farewells to your children since in the next two weeks, your children are going to learn how to be the land's guardians for ten more years. Please see to it that our new students join us at the Dragosmo Training Camp.

Regards,

The Dragosmos

"Did you understand what the letter said?" Toropikaru told the three children, tears of joy in her eyes. "You're all going to be learning how to become guardians!" Ultima, Galeem, and Phoenix could not believe what they just heard. In excitement, the three young dragons hugged to their parents, knowing they had been waiting for this day to arrive.

"We're going to be so proud of you…" Metallio whispered, the small family embracing the moment. Kirby watched the three young dragons become so proud of themselves, and it wasn't long before the Smash Ball on his forehead began flashing again. The area around him flashed in a bright white, and Kirby suddenly woke up as returning from a nightmare. Sweat was rolling down in tiny beads on the pink puffball's soft body. When Kirby looked around, he saw that Villager was free from his golden cage, and they were still in the dark underground that Flowey sent them off to. To their right, Kirby and Villager saw Captain Falcon, back to normal and lying down weakened on the ground. The pink puffball ran to the unconscious bounty hunter, holding his head up and trying to wake him up. As Captain Falcon was sitting up, he looked at the two fighters who saved him.


"….Kirby?" Captain Falcon asked. "I really don't know how to say this but… thanks, kid." Kirby smiled back, rubbing his face. Once the bounty hunter was getting up on his feet, Flowey appeared behind them, giggling. The three recruited warriors turned around to see the small monster flower, looking innocent and child-like.

"Bravo," Flowey spoke. "I would be applauding for you, but sadly I don't have any leaves to clap…" Captain Falcon clenched his fists, alongside Villager and Kirby.

"Listen: you won your prize, you take him back," Flowey continued. "Captain Falcon's the only one who knows how to drive that Blue Falcon of his. Consider yourself lucky, kid. Now get outta my sight until we meet again…" Roots covered in thorns then emerged from the ground, curling up into a sphere around the three warriors and instantly transporting them high into the air. Once the thorn-coated roots retreated back into the ground, Kirby, Villager, and Captain Falcon saw they were back in Gallia, right next to the race track.

"Poyo-poyo," Kirby said, grabbing Captain Falcon's hand and running.

"Where you going?" Captain Falcon asked, being dragged along. Villager followed shortly after them, and the three were heading to the entrance where Jody Summer was blocking them off.

"I told you two kids before – you can't pass through here without a legal guardian," Jody spoke. Just then, the Spirit looked up to see Captain Falcon right in front of her.

"Oh my… Captain Falcon!" Jody continued. "I didn't notice you were here. Come on. Follow me." The Normal Ace Spirit then took the three fighters to the starting area of the track, where it was just a one-way path connecting into the race. At the beginning of it was the Blue Falcon. As Captain Falcon walked over to it to feel his vehicle good as new, he looked at Jody again.

"Figured you would need this in order to go through the race track," Jody answered. "And I don't know why, but for some reason the salty racers on the track mysteriously… vanished, although I swore I saw dangerous-looking roots engulf them all without a trace. Either way, I hope that strange incident might help you with your journey…"

"Okay," Captain Falcon answered, jumping into his hovercar's cockpit. "Get in, boys." Villager and Kirby hopped into the Blue Falcon, watching the cockpit door shut itself and the engine power up.

"Good luck!" Jody cheered as the three fighters drove off in the Blue Falcon towards the race track, zooming off at an incredibly fast speed. In the distance of the race track, simply sitting at the edge of the cliffside Kirby and Villager were walking down, Flowey was watching the Blue Falcon speed off, feeling a little guilty about himself.

"Hopefully Lord Galeem doesn't know what I did to help these guys, what with stopping those nasty racers racing on the track and all," Flowey said to himself, looking at the ground in worry. "I regret saying this but… I feel like I have a bit of a heart left in me… What am I saying? I didn't get rid of those racers! But who...? Galeem would never turn against his crooks... unless something goes wrong..." As Flowey vanished into the ground once more, a mysterious figure watched through the bushes. Two claws on each hand stuck out through the tiny leaves, and big violet eyes gleamed behind the shrub. The eyes flashed a faint white, possibly confirming whatever this creature is... must be the one who helped them.