Gamelover41592- Halcandra is Magolor's home.
Okay, so we have officially reached Halcandra, we are in the home stretch guys!
"Ugh, what happened?" Owen groaned as he woke up. From what he remembered, they had finished helping Magolor repair his ship and were going to his home and then...something attacked?
"WHAT IS THAT?!" Dee screamed. Everyone rushed to the ship's window to see a four headed dragon flying off.
"That dragon... Its name is Landia. It's lived on this planet for ages, but it's always been fast asleep. Recently, however, it awoke and went on a rampage!" Magolor revealed. "Please, guys, you must defeat that crazy dragon! I know I've asked a lot of you, but this is it, I swear!"
"We can handle it!" Kirby declared.
"Yeah!" Said the other four.
"Okay, first you guys need to get through Egg Engines. It should disable the defences, blocking the way to Landia's home," Magolor explained.
"We can handle anything for ya, Maggy," Dedede said proudly.
"This place gives me the creeps!" Dee said nervously once the group had started to make their way through the area. It was like an abandoned factory.
"Kinda reminds me of Shiver Star," Dedede said gruffly.
"That is not something good," Kirby said. Owen shivered. He remembered Shiver Star. And he really didn't like it.
"Let's just get this done with. I do not believe any of us want to stay here longer then we need," Meta Knight said.
"I thought we got all of Magolor's energy spheres," Owen said as Meta Knight returned from getting another one.
"Perhaps he didn't need them all to ensure the ship could fly?" Meta Knight offered.
"I guess. But are they doing here?" Kirby pointed out.
"They must have fallen off before he could get to Popstar," Meta Knight realized.
"Then I guess we should keep grabbin' 'em," Dedede said. "I'm sure Maggy will still want 'em,"
"Let's light this guy up!" Kirby said as he used the Monster Flame to light a large bomb enemy. Once it exploded, another dimensional rift appeared.
"Seems like we still have to deal with these too," Dee noted.
"Man, this place ain't all that different from Popstar when ya think about it," Dedede noted.
"Does that mean more Doomers?" Owen asked nervously.
"Most likely," Meta Knight said.
"HOW MANY VERSIONS OF THESE DANG THINGS ARE THERE!?" Dedede cried. This time, the group was confronted with ice Sphere Doomers.
"I HAVE NO IDEA!" Dee screamed back.
"Can you please stop yelling?!" Meta Knight snapped.
"Oh my god! All of you stop!" Kirby said in a joking tone. Behind him, Owen was snickering.
"How many times have we done this?" Owen asked.
"I have no idea, Owen," Kirby said with a playful eye roll.
"Okay, Owen, use the beam to light up those boxes!" Kirby directed.
"Um, okay!" Owen replied as he started to move the beam. Being extra careful, he was able to make each other light up, revealing yet another rift.
"Let's go get that Doomer!" Kirby said as he jumped in.
"Seems like it's another ice one," Kirby noted once they found said Doomer.
"Is it just me, or does there seem to be a pattern with how these guys appear?" Owen asked. "Like, whenever we find a new one, it's the one we see until we see another new,"
"Huh...I nevah noticed that," Dedede noted.
"Okay, I can understand why we had ta use candles back on Popstar, but this place is a dang factory! Why don't THEY at least have a flashlight or somethin'?" Dedede asked as he followed Owen, who was holding a candle to get through another dark area.
"Clearly, they didn't think it was needed," Meta Knight said.
"Ya know, despite makin' all this fancy machines at stuff, whoever made this place clearly didn't think that through," Dedede joked.
"You said it, Great King," Dee agreed.
"Another one of those stones that make us invisible," Dee said as he held up said stone.
"Great! Now walk through the wall and pull the switch!" Dedede ordered.
"Oh right!" Dee said as he rushed ahead, doing what he was told. Sure enough, he came back out with another energy sphere.
"Nice job!" Owen said.
"Thanks!" Dee squeaked out.
"Okay, what is with all abandoned factories having crushers!?" Kirby asked as he frantically tried to dodge said crushers.
"I don't know!" Dedede said. "All I know is that if anyone ever makes a factory in Dreamland, I'm gonna outlaw crushers!"
"That would be a wise investment," Meta Knight pointed out.
"Or at least make sure there are some safety stuff," Owen said.
"This little guy is our fight?!" Dedede scoffed. "He don't look so tough!" Said "little guy" was a robot guardian who slowly activated himself.
"Intruder alert! Intruder alert! Metal General's status is changed to: combat mode," The robot said as he pulled out a cyber katana and rushed forwards. In spite of what Dedede thought, Metal General was a tough foe.
"Ha! Knocked him down!" Dedede bragged, failing to notice Metal General standing back up and jumping onto a rocket to ride, until he was crashed into.
"Great King!" Dee cried. "Are you okay!?"
"Oh yeah! Just peachy…" Dedede groaned as he forced himself up. Despite this new strategy, the group was quickly able to beat the Metal General back.
But it had one last trump card.
"WHAT IS THAT!?" Owen cried.
"HR-D3, engaged," Metal General said as he jumped into the cockpit.
"Seems like he had a backup plan," Meta Knight said as he pointed his sword at the large mech. "But we can still defeat it!"
"You said it, Meta Knight!" Kirby agreed. "We've beaten giant robots before and we can do it again!"
"Yeah!" Owen cheered as the group battled the robot. Soon, HR-D3 and Metal General were both destroyed.
"Alright guys, from here, it's just a hop, skip, and a jump to Landia's mountain lair!" Magolor said once the group reported back to the Lor. "That fearsome dragon lives at the far edge of Halcandra, on the very peak of a volcano, surrounded by intense flames. The road from here gets a little bit rougher, but I'm sure you'll be just fine!"
"I don't like the sound of that…" Dee said nervously.
"C'mon, buddy! We can do it!" Owen assured him.
"If...if you say so," Dee said.
"That's nice guys," Magolor said. "Just hurry up and smash that dragon to smithereens!"
In the next chapter, this arc ends. I will see you then.