Gamelover41592: Thanks but...none of the references were intended as Toy Story. Which one were you talking about?

Okay, so it's time to take down Dark Mind. Let's go!

"Seems like the shards are already in place," Shadow noted once the group returned to the place where the mirror had been.

"It's probably one of those magic things that repair themselves," Marx pointed out.

"There are a lot of those?" Owen asked.

"Yep, and I have two in our house," Kirby said. "The Rainbow Sword and the Love-Love Stick,"

"Oh! That's what those were!" Owen said.

"Shall we go?" Shadow asked.

"Is everyone ready?" Kirby asked.

"I'm ready daddy!" Owen said as he puffed his chest out.

"This is gonna be good!" Marx said.

"It is time to take back my world," Shadow declared.

"Alright then! Let's go!" Kirby announced as they all stepped in.

"Kirby! Watch yourself!" Meta Knight declared from his cage as he pointed his sword towards Dark, who had appeared.

"I thought I warned you not to interfere, but it's clear that the lesson will need to be taught more painfully!" Dark declared as he pulled out his own sword.

"Dodge!" No one was sure who said that first, but quickly scattered out of the way all the same. Dark was a formidable warrior, but it was still four vs one.

"Owen, go free Meta Knight!" Kirby ordered.

"You got it, daddy!" Owen said as he flew over to Meta Knight's cage and opened the door with his own sword.

"Thank you for freeing me, Owen," Meta Knight said before his eyes landed on Marx.

"Hey, Meta Knight!" Marx greeted him. "Same dark and mysterious knight as ever I see,"

"He wanted to come help," Kirby said quickly.

"...I would have preferred someone else but I suppose help is better then no help at all," Meta Knight said begrudgingly. Dark slammed his fist to the ground and was about to scream something out again, but Shadow stopped him.

"Do you believe me now, Dark? I warned you that you would need help and you didn't listen and now you have lost your pride! Why couldn't you just listen to me for once!?" Shadow demanded. Dark looked away.

"I...I just wanted to prove I wasn't weak!" Dark roared as he tore his mask off. Everyone(minus Shadow) gasped. Dark's face was covered in scars and his mask wasn't in much better shape.

"Did Dark Mind hurt him?" Owen asked Shadow.

"Badly," Shadow remembered. "You nearly died, Dark,"

"I almost wish he did kill me!" Dark exclaimed. Now, even Marx looked unsettled. "I would have died in battle, but Dark Mind spared me just so I could watch him take everything!" He looked away. "That's why I wanted to kill Dark Mind alone,"

"Encase you have forgotten Dark, everyone in the mirror world has seen him destroy everything," Shadow pointed out. "You are not alone,"

"And speaking as a former villain, you're way better off being a good guy and having friends. More people like you and are less likely to kill you," Marx added in.

"Plus, we work together to support each other!" Owen said.

"The little one is right," Meta Knight said. "With the support of a team, one is capable of things they never would have been able to do themselves," Kirby picked up Dark's mask and offered it to him.

"We can help you. You just need to let us help you," Kirby said with a smile. For a split second, Dark smiled, only to quickly start scowling again and grab his mask.

"Hmph! I will let you help me, but only if you promise to never interfere here again!" Dark huffed.

"He likes us!" Marx cheered. "Darkie likes us!"

"And I never see that insolent pest again!" Dark quickly added in.

"No promises on either," Kirby said, causing Dark to grunt and roll his eyes.

"Well, well, well…" Dark Mind said as he looked over the group that had come to confront him. "Look at who we have here! A bunch of worthless blobs, a failure of a conquer and a knight that already failed to defeat me!"

"Hey, I am perfectly happy I failed!" Marx said.

"You're a big meanie!" Owen declared.

"Your reign ends now, Dark Mind!" Shadow declared. Dark Mind laughed.

"You are nothing compared to my might!" Dark Mind declared as he began to attack. While his might was strong, he was nothing compared to a group of heroes.

Or so they thought.

"What the-?!" Owen was cut off as they entered another room and saw Dark Mind, good as new.

"Don't let him win!" Dark declared. Once again, they were able to beat Dark Mind.

"Well, third time's the charm right?" Marx joked as yet another form of Dark Mind appeared in front of them.

"Well, he is from a mirror," Kirby noted.

"But he has never been able to do this before!" Shadow said as he dodged a blast from Dark Mind's mirrors.

"Clearly, he has been ready for us," Meta Knight said as he attacked with a flurry of quick sword swings.

"Are. You. Kidding. ME!?" Dark exclaimed as they were confronted with a fourth Dark Mind.

"Clearly, he doesn't want to lose," Kirby said.

"No kidding, daddy," Owen said as he swung his hammer at Dark Mind.

"Well, we can't let up if he's not going to!" Marx said with a giggle as he started launching exploding beach balls at the evil conqueror.

"Behold! My true form!" Dark Mind roared as he changed into a giant lava eyeball like form.

"Why won't he die?" Owen asked, not really realizing why he was getting so many concerned looks.

"As...odd as it is for you to be saying that, I agree with you," Dark said as he raised his sword towards said eyeball. With that, both groups charged towards the other, intent on finishing them off.

Two fights with the eyeball later

"We have him on the ropes!" Meta Knight declared as the eyeball flew off.

"After him!" Dark said as he, Meta and Marx all spread their wings, with Kirby summoning shooting wrap stars for himself, Owen and Shadow.

"I will not be defeated!" Dark Mind declared as he continued to flee.

"I highly doubt that," Marx said. Sure enough, no less then a few minutes later, Dark Mind was beaten and at last the mirror world was free.

"We can't thank you enough," Shadow said as he and Dark saw Kirby, Owen, Meta Knight, and Marx off.

"We ...are...in your debt," Dark managed out.

"Thanks!" Owen said cheerfully.

"We will always be around to offer help," Meta Knight said.

"Yeah, yeah, feel free to visit Darkie," Marx said with a smile.

"Stop killing me that!" Dark roared. Everyone laughed as the heroes stepped back into their own worlds.

Have you figured out that I am terrible at writing fight scenes? Yeah, I'll work on it. Anyways, next time will most likely be something random and then Squeak Squad will begin!