So because I am lazy and I don't feel like/can't come with any random fluff, we are jumping straight into the next game in the series, Amazing Mirror! As for age ups, Owen is now 8. Let's get going!

"It's such a nice day, huh Owen?" Kirby asked.

"You said it daddy!" Owen said happily. In the several years since defeating Dark Matter, Kirby and Owen had been doing roughly the same thing. Eating, sleeping and hanging out with friends. Ribbon often came to visit with Popstar, which always made the duo happy. Meta Knight was a little mad he wasn't called about dealing with Dark Matter, but relented when he saw that the group had done a good job defeating it. Speaking of Meta Knight, he had just appeared in front of Kirby but Owen could tell something was off, especially after he readied his sword to attack.

"Die," The Dark Knight growled.

"Daddy! Watch out!" Owen wailed. Kirby just barely jumped out of the way of the Knight's strike.

"You're not Meta Knight!" Kirby realized. The fake merely gave a snort before flying off.

"We need to stop him!" Owen cried.

"Hang on, Owen!" Kirby said before summoning a Warp Star. Kirby hopped on first, then Owen followed him, before they chased after the fake Meta Knight.

"Look!" Owen cried as he and Kirby landed. Nearby, Meta Knight and his fake were fighting under a large mirror.

"You will not defeat me!" Meta Knight vowed.

"Oh really?" The fake asked as he charged forward, catching Meta Knight off guard. Meta was launched into the mirror, which the dark knight then shattered. With his work done, the knight left through another mirror portal.

"Meta Knight!" Owen cried. "Daddy, what do we do?"

"We need to find those pieces!" Kirby replied. "The only question is...how?"

"Maybe I could help?" Owen and Kirby jumped as they saw a darker version of Kirby step out in front of him.

"Why do you look like my daddy?" Owen asked.

"Because I am him," The darker Kirby explained. "Well, I'm the mirror world's version of him. I was actually coming to ask for your help,"

"With what?" Kirby asked.

"My world was peaceful until a being known as Dark Mind took it over. He has corrupted everything. If you can defeat him for me, I will help you find the shards to the mirror," Mirror Kirby said.

"Of course we can help! If your world is in danger, that means ours could be too!" Kirby realized.

"Plus, we are heroes and that's what heroes do!" Owen added in.

"Exellcent. Also call me...Shadow Kirby," Shadow Kirby said.

"You got it, Shadow Me!" Kirby said.

"So where is the first shard?" Owen asked.

"Follow me," Shadow Kirby said as he started to lead the way. "I think I saw the first shard go to a place called Rainbow Route,"

"Um, also what's with the evil version of Meta Knight?" Owen asked. Shadow Kirby sighed.

"I see you have already met Dark," Shadow Kirby said.

"Um, yes. He tried to kill me!" Kirby protested.

"You'll have to forgive him. He has a ...warped sense of honor. He is going about trying to defeat Dark Mind in his own way. He wants to be the one who defeats him and he is trying to stop anyone from stopping him," Shadow explained.

"That does sound like a mirror version of Meta Knight," Kirby admitted.

"But he seemed pretty evil," Owen said.

"While there are evil versions of your people running around, Dark and I do our best to keep order," Shadow explained. "At least when Dark isn't trying to pick a fight with everything that moves,"

"So what does Dark Mind want?" Kirby asked.

"Dark thinks that he wants to conquer the mirror world, and then yours as well," Shadow gravely revealed before bumping into a block. "Ugh, I hate these! They are too heavy for me to move alone!"

"Here, let me help!" Kirby said. Using both of their suction breaths, Kirby and Shadow were able to move the block out of the way.

"How come I can't have suction breath?" Owen pouted.

"Because you can get your own copy abilities from touching people, Owen. We have been through this," Kirby replied. Owen crossed his arms and looked away.

"Where did he come from? I don't have a kid," Shadow asked.

"I don't know. I just found him in the woods one day. Now, I can picture life without him," Kirby mused as Owen chased a nearby Cupie to get its ability.

"Let's keep moving. I know another way into the mirror world," Shadow said as he rushed ahead.

"Hey! Wait for us!" Owen cried as he rushed after him.

"Alright, this should take us to where the first shard is," Shadow said as he pointed to a mirror like portal. "Are you both sure you are ready?

"We are ready!" Kirby declared.

"Yeah, let's stop this Dark Mind guy!" Owen added.

Shadow smiled at their optimism. "Let get going then," With that, the trio walked in.

Okay, so I am sure you are all wondering about the changes I made to Dark Meta Knight. Well, for my canon(and several other peoples) of Star Allies, the "ambiguous/evil" dreamfriends(Marx, Dark and Susie) are all really good guys now. You saw Marx, so I had to deal with Dark. I decided to take inspiration from a Kirby fanfic I had read where Dark kidnapped Meta Knight in hopes of getting Kirby to kill Dark Mind. But I also didn't want to lose what made him special, him being a much more vicious and less honorable version of Meta Knight. So I hope you like what I created. See ya next time.