Fun fact: Modern Kirby is one of the least represented first-party games in Smash Brothers, having less 2010 and onward content than most, only being upped by the likes of Xenoblade, Mii Series, and Star Fox.
Almost to chapter ten.
Almost there.
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Chapter 9: Déjà vu & something new
Deja Vu, as such a lovely lovely thing.
It's like when you remember something you've already seen, though that's obvious.
It's like when you feel like you've been somewhere before.
It's like a fluffy cloud.
It's like when you remember something you've already seen, though that's obvious.
You just had Déjà vu dear reader, and now I shall explain something horrible to you.
As you all know I have given these little quibbles about chapter titles at the beginning of chapters, but unfortunately, the fabric of the universe is at stake, so I must stop the entire world from being d-
It was a sunny day in-
CEASE!
Oh dear, it seems horrible stories are seeping into this one. While me and the high order deal with this debacle, please accept the beginning quips to be read by my dear associate,
Hyness.
"Jamanke, Jamanke," Hyness said. "Jamanke vun much," Hyness said. "Now, let's continue with the story."
It was encroaching nighttime, and Dedede was just chilling on his throne all kings do. The day had been sort of eventful, there was the thing with Adeline and Bandana Waddle Dee, but other than that, the day had been peaceful and it was time for a rest…
Then Dedede heard a foghorn.
BRRRRRRRRRRRRR
"What in tarnation?!" Dedede asked, falling out of his chair. The castle was practically shaking like a Blender, and it was probably gonna wake up the Waddle Dees. Then the foghorn sounded again, this time seeming louder as Dedede focused on it.
"Oh my God, what is it…." Dedede groaned as he slammed his hand on the side of his chair. Thanks to the magic of technology, his chair was lifted up into the ceiling, where a hole that led to the top of his castle was. It took a few seconds, but Dedede made it to the top and pulled out a telescope that was totally established previously.
Dedede put his eye on the tail end of the telescope and looked into the ground to see if anything was there. But there was just grass, that metal thingy near the front of the building, and the giant shadow of the Halberd, nothing new.
Dedede went back down into his castle, and his chair came to a nice stop at the bottom. "Nothing to do but chill," Dedede said as he pulled out a cup of coffee, and took a niiiiiiiice loooooooong sippppppp.
…
Yep.
A nice long sip of coffee.
Then Dedede put the coffee down, and closed his eyes, drifting off into a nice peaceful sleep that lasted forever.
So that's the end of the chapter, hope you enjoyed! I-
Dedede then opened his eyes again. He picked back up the coffee, and drunk some more, before considering spitting it out. But not wanting to get any on his carpet, so he threw the coffee into the trash, and slammed the side of his chair again.
The chair went up, and up, and up onto the tippity top of his castle. He looked at that shadow, and wouldn't you know it, it was the Halberds shadow. And above was the Halberd flying over his castle in the middle of the night.
"Can I help you?" Dedede asked the flying ship, expecting to get an answer.
Then like this was a punishment for a ferret, two figures came diving down from the ship with parachutes, and Dedede waited the full minute in silence as they slooooowly made their way down. It seemed they missed the mark, as instead of the landing of the castle roof, they landed on the ground, maybe a few feet away from the castle door.
Dedede for out of his chair, and peered over the castle walls. "Hey," Dedede said. "What are y'all doing?" They said something Dedede couldn't hear, as they were just too far away, so Dedede quickly yelled out to stop them. "Hey, I can't-" they didn't stop talking, and Dedede said it louder. "I can't hear you!"
Maybe they couldn't hear him either, or maybe they just didn't care. Either way, they didn't stop moving their heads. Though maybe they weren't speaking, and instead of nodding vigorously. Whatever it was, Dedede had a better idea. "I'm gonna come down there to you, Dedede said pointing downwards.
Sword and Blade began to walk forward, but Dedede stopped them by holding out his hand. "No, I'm gonna come down there, not you." He said, doing hand movements that corresponded to his words. Dedede waited to make sure they didn't move, then sat back down in his chair, afterward quickly heading down back into the throne room.
His chair made it back into the throne room, and he jumped out of it like the absolute Chad he was, quickly heading for the door. It wasn't a long walk, and Dedede opened the door and headed out. He turned to the left and-
"Hello," Adeline said.
"AAGGHHH." Dedede screeched, stopping in his tracks. "Why are you up so late?" he asked.
"Well, I was asleep, but the loud sounds woke me up." She told him. "No other reason."
"Well go back to bed," Dedede said, beginning to walk past Adeline towards the front door of his castle.
"No, no, no," Adeline said. "I'll follow you."
Dedede looked back to Adeline. "I literally just said no."
"No, no, I'll follow you." Adeline insisted. "Lead the way."
"…" Dedede sighed. "Fine." He then proceeded to walk, like the absolute penguin he was. Assuming you don't want the descriptions of each and every hallway, long story short, he made it to the entrance, Adeline not far behind. He opened the doors, and like before Sword Knight and Blade Knight were standing there.
"What do you want?" Dedede asked.
Sword Knight walked up first. "It's Meta Knight!" he said, to which Dedede put on an estranged look. "We can't find him."
"What do you mean you can't find him?" Dedede asked. "Just look for his signal on your fancy thingamajigs." He said.
"That's the problem, he's not on our thingamajigs, his signals gone cold!" Blade Knight walked up as well, with the same sense of urgency in his walk.
"So he just up and disappeared?" Dedede asked, to which both the knights nodded. "Hm…" Dedede put a hand on his chin. "Have you looked under the mattress?"
"No, we didn't look under the mattress." Sword Knight responded.
"But what if he's under the mattress?" Dedede suggested.
Blade sounding fed up, cut in. "Cut the crap Dedede, you don't have to act stupid, nobody else is around."
Dedede looked at Blade Knight. "Look, I have no idea what you're…" Dedede stepped out of the way, and Sword and Blade Knight got a view of Adeline. "Talkin' about."
"Oh." Blade Knight said. "Well, tell your friend to go to bed."
"Actually, I would say I'm taking rather useful in this situation," Adeline said, getting confused looks from the others. "Your friend Meta Knight is actually around where we're headed tomorrow," Adeline said, smirking.
Sword Knight was skeptical. "Yeah, and how would you know?"
"Well, after your friends vanished on that ship, I imagine they would've been put in a place where they wouldn't be able to contact others, y' know?"
"…"
"And considering my dear friend Waddle Dee said there was a building in the forest, the only solution is for all of us, you two included going there tomorrow afternoon." She finished.
"What-" Sword Knight started.
"The-" Blade continued.
"Okay, I'm pretty sure you need to go to sleep," Dedede said, motioning for Adeline to go inside of the castle. "For safety reasons."
"Okay Great King," Adeline said as she walked back into the castle very slowly.
"Byyyyyyyyyyyy-
"—yyyyeee."
What an honest joke that Penguin King was. Horrible at hiding secrets, the inhabitants of this land as so idiotic. Kind of funny honestly.
Adeline walked down the hallways.
It is getting late I suppose, better go check on a couple of things.
Adeline walked through the hallways, and eventually entered the guest room of the castle.
This thing… it can't possibly be what I think it is… yet it is, and that's rather obvious. The matter is a strange, strange thing. Very, very strange… though, no useful enough for now.
"Oh hey, Adeline." A voice said, making Adeline do a 180° turn. She saw Bandanna Waddle Dee, looking like he hadn't slept for 686 days. "Did those noises wake you up too?"
"Yes."
I need to exit the room.
"By the way, are you alright, you were kinda acting weird earlier today." Bandanna Dee said, yawning.
"…"
Yes.
"Yes," Adeline replied. "I mean… I'm quite fine."
"You sure, cause you don't seem like it."
This is dreadful, if this conversation sparks up anything, this will probably interfere. Honestly that Waddle Dee is kind of a nice guy. What? Why are this girl's thoughts so idiotic? Whatever.
"I'm fine, really I'm just not feeling like… myself today." Adeline said. "You're going to leave the room now."
"What do you mean?"
How do I say this correctly?
"If you do not leave the room, I will throw you into the wall and suffocate you to death with a nearby pillow."
"…"
"…"
"Yeah, you need some rest, Adeline." Bandanna Dee told her. "You're probably just sleep-deprived."
Sorry.
No, I'm not.
Yes, I am?
No.
Hello?
"Huh?" Adeline asked looking around. "Did…" she looked at Bandanna Dee. "Huh."
Adeline walked out of the room.
"Well, that's pr—"
"—etty odd." Bandanna Dee sighed, exiting the room as well. He honestly hadn't been sure about what was to happen the next day, and while he was partly hopeful that nothing like today happened, judging by the course of events it probably would.
But now it was time for sleep, so Bandanna Dee quickly went to his room, opened the door, and entered. As he was about to jump in the bed however, somebody knocked on his window. Bandanna Dee looked out the 100% previously established window, and King Dedede was there.
"Hey." Dedede knocked again. "Come outside." He whispered. Bandanna Dee got up and looked towards his door, sighing. He walked out the door and headed through the halls, a couple of Waddle Dees have woken up, but y' know it was the same as before, mostly quiet.
"Just go back to sleep guys," he told the Waddle Dees, who nodded and began to walk back to their rooms. All except one, one who looked half asleep. "Go to sleep please." the Waddle Dee didn't. "Look." Bandanna Dee started. "Go to sleep, or you're fired!" he said, which immediately got the Waddle Dee to move.
Eventually after continuing the amazing thing that is walking Bandanna Dee made it to the front of the Castle were Dedede was waiting with what looked to be Meta Knight's crew. They looked semi-bored for a moment before noticing Bandanna Dee walk outside.
"Something the matter?" Bandanna Dee asked.
"Yeah, long story short we're going looking for Meta Knight tomorrow afternoon," Dedede replied. "Then maybe after that, we'll do that thing Adeline said."
"Okay?" Bandanna Dee questioned. "No offense, but couldn't you have told me tomorrow morning?"
"Yeah, that's the thing you ain't gonna be sleeping anytime soon," Dedede told him, to which Bandanna Dee put on a confused look. Bandanna Dee asked why, and Dedede quickly responded. "Yeah, we're gonna be on the Halberd for the rest of the night, and you are gonna need to know all this information."
"Information?"
T-t-t-t-timeskip.
King Dedede, Bandanna Dee, Sword Knight, and Blade Knight were all gathered in a meeting room. Dedede sat in a rather small swivel chair with a large rectangular table in front of him. Above the chair, there was a 50-inch screen.
"I've brought you all here for a special reason," Dedede said as he pulled up a PowerPoint Presentation on the screen. "As we all know Meta Knight has indeed been kidnapped." Next slide.
He went to the next slide labeled 'What do we do' in red text. "Oi Blade, what do you think it is?" Sword Knight asked.
"What if we have to sing a song?" Blade replied. "I have a good singing voice, you wanna do a duet?" Sword considered the option.
"Your singing voice is lovely. "Sword admitted. Dedede muttered something about a talent show.
"Quiet you two." Bandanna Dee whispered. "This is important."
The slide showed a poorly cropped image of a stock image of an army moving in a forest. The army was moving in a circle. "We have only one thing to do and that is..." Suddenly murmuring in the room became abundant, as they began to ask many questions.
"We have to rise up?" Sword questioned.
"We ain't gamers, dummy." Dedede sighed. "We have to make a search party." Dedede then flipped to the dedicated slide for questions. "Any good questions?"
"Will there be food on the trip?" Bandanna Dee asked.
"As long as I'm the King of Dreamland there will be food," Dedede responded, turning to the next slide which was completely blank to his chagrin.
"Even pizza?" Bandanna Dee asked cheerfully.
Dedede laughed. "Since when do I not bring pizza on a trip?
"Well." Bandanna Dee coughed, looking sort of embarrassed for Dedede. "When Magolor showed up, you didn't bring any Pizza."
"Huh…" Dedede made a mental note to always bring a spare pizza on all trips. "I'll keep that in mind, buddy."
"So when are we gonna get there?" Sword Knight asked.
"Like 2 PM, maybe 1 PM if I'm feeling springy." Dedede shrugged.
"WHAT?" All of them, minus Dedede himself screamed. "That's not enough time to prepare anything!" Bandanna Dee declared.
"Well, that's too bad. "Dedede replied. There was then a sudden break in the atmosphere, as Dedede felt something vibrate in his pocket. The phone quickly stopped, however, and Dedede continued. "Ignore that, probably just my… Ex-wife."
"You have an Ex-wife?" Blade Knight asked.
"Back on topic, any complaints?" Dedede asked.
"For starters, I won't even have my sword ready by then!" Said Blade.
"And I won't have my blade ready!" Said Sword.
"Ditto!" Bandanna Dee said in a slight panic, as he didn't have his sharp and pointy object which he cuts the rope and spider webs with.
"Well too bad, and this joke has run Its course," Dedede announced. "There's just one problem though," Dedede admitted, getting confused faces. "I kinda didn't bring up the parachutes you guys used, so we can't get down."
Then all hell broke loose.
But there is one more.
Adeline was in the throne room.
"…"
She smiled.
She went through the door in the wall.
Everyone else was asleep.
Adeline looked at the main panel and gawked at the buttons like they were new toys. One of the buttons had a penguin on it, and Adeline pressed it.
Then the screen came up, and "Calling Dedede" came up on the screen. Adeline quickly pressed the button again, and the call hung up. An assortment of buttons
"I need to stop kidding myself around," Adeline said.
She pressed a button on her Watch.
…The screen glitched for a moment. Then a face came up.
"Afternoon Alyssa," Adeline said.
Alyssa paused. "…hi." She said. "I see it worked."
"We will be coming tomorrow, please prepare your weapons."
"Yes ma'am, of course, yes!" Alyssa said.
"Also, one more thing," Adeline said. "The file on this girl, do me a favor." Alyssa looked confused, but Adeline continued. "Burn it." She said. "You need to burn Adeline's file, understood?"
After.
"The file is gone, ma'am."
"Pardon?" Adeline questioned.
"The file wasn't there, it just disappeared," Alyssa said.
"…"
"…"
"I will be there tomorrow," Adeline said. "If the file isn't burned, well that could cause problems, and you know…"
"I understand."
"Good night Alyssa," Adeline said.
"Goodnight."
August 1st – Chapter 10
August 1st – Chapter 11
August 2nd – Chapter 12
August 3rd – Chapter 13
August 4th – Chapter 14
August 5th – Chapter 15
August 6th – Chapter 16
August 7th – Chapter 17, Credits, and Post Credits
I was almost going to abandon this out of idiocy, but then I realized I haven't told the story I wish to tell. And in order to tell other stories, it requires this story. I have another story ready for August 15th hopeful release that I'll go into more detail on stuff.
Long story short, stay safe and I'll see y'all in August.
:D
-Broomguy
Update 2: I found 70 errors in this chapter upon using Grammarly. Oh, dear.