Gamelover41592- There weren't any actual cabbages there…..
Okay, time for yet another chapter yadda yadda yadda. You get it at this point.
"Wow! Those are a lot of mountains!" Kirby marveled as Shadow lead them to the next destination.
"Welcome to Mustard Mountain," Shadow replied.
"Ew! I hate Mustard," Owen whined. "Ketchup is better,"
"Owen, it's just part of the name," Kirby assured him.
"Oh, okay," Owen said.
"Follow me, the next shard, and most likely, monster guardian, should be at the mountain peak," Shadow replied.
"WHY ARE THERE SO MANY PLACES WITH LAVA!?" Owen cried. The group had to make a detour deeper into the mountain and sure enough, there was lava.
"This isn't a mountain," Kirby realized. "This is a volcano!"
"I think it goes without saying that it is best you avoid the lava," Shadow said as he flew over a lava flow, with Kirby and Owen following him.
"Hey, how come so many places here are like the ones back home?" Owen asked.
"Hmm?" Shadow asked.
"Well, I feel like some of the places are like the ones we have back home," Owen explained.
"This world is meant to be a reflection of yours, so it would make sense if some places felt similar," Shadow explained.
"I guess you guys are a reflection of us," Kirby said.
"Then why is there no mirror me?" Owen asked.
"...I don't know," Shadow said.
"Maybe you just haven't met him yet?" Kirby offered.
"True," Shadow noted as the group continued on their way. Kirby, however, couldn't shake the feeling something was off.
"How tall is this mountain!?" Owen whined. At this point, he had resorted to riding on his mini wrap star so he didn't pass out from exhaustion.
"Oh would you relax, Owen. We still have a ways to go," Kirby replied. Owen just groaned.
"It would seem that the volcano may have erupted recently," Shadow noted. Lava flowed down the side of the mountain, creating more obstacles for everyone.
"I think this goes without saying, but be careful," Kirby said.
"Yeah, I don't want to get fried," Owen agreed. He used his Laser Copy ability to shoot down some enemies.
"And of course, watch for enemies," Shadow said, using his own Fighter ability to help fending the enemies off.
"Man, this really is the mirror world," Kirby deadpanned as some clouds clumped together into a familiar cloud monster.
"Who is this?" Owen asked.
"Right, I forgot you haven't dealt with Kracko yet," Kirby noted. "This is Kracko. He's a cloud monster that I fight once every adventure or so," Kracko then formed his eyes and spikes, causing Owen to scream a little.
"You say you fight this beast often?" Shadow asked.
"Yeah, and yours looks a LOT like the one I fight," Kirby said as he dodged out of the way of a lightning strike before Owen followed up with several laser shots to Kracko's eye.
"Maybe this Dark Mind guy brought him from our world?" Owen asked.
"If that is the case, then we need to move fast. Dark Mind most likely knows you are here if he is bringing monsters from your world," Shadow said.
"You got it!" Kirby said before turning into a tornado and ramming into Kracko several times.
"Get him, daddy!" Owen called. Finally, Kracko fell.
"Seems like he did have a shard," Shadow noted as he grabbed it.
"Shadow!" A voice roared. Everyone turned around to see Dark Meta Knight staring them down. "I thought I warned you not to interfere!"
"Your bravo will get you nothing Dark! We can't just seal Dark Mind in the mirror, he will continue to plague our world," Shadow fired back.
"Hmmph," Dark huffed before flying off.
"Yep, that's Meta Knight's mirror," Kirby joked.
So that moment when Owen is wondering where his mirror version was and Shadow noticing that he hasn't met him was ORIGINALLY going to be in Not Ready To Be Thirteen during Operation POOL. The reason I scrapped it was because it would have taken away from what would have been Numbuh 4's episode.