.16- Glad to hear you like this! Have you checked out the other stories?
Time to defeat Maga-er Landia once and for all! Let's go!
"Well, at least this place has a fittin' name," Dedede said as he and the others began their trek across the lava covered landscape.
"That isn't a good thing," Meta Knight pointed out gruffly.
"So ...hot!" Dee whined before flopping onto the ground.
"Need ...ice cream!" Owen whined before flopping onto Dee. "Oops! Sorry buddy!" He said as he peeled a now flattened Dee off his chest.
"I've dealt with worse," Dee said with a groan.
"That must be some cold snow if it can freeze a volcano!" Dedede said as he watched Kirby use the Snow Bowl to barrel into a volcano, freezing it solid.
"I'm not done yet!" Kirby said with pride as he slammed himself back into it, shattering it and revealing another rift.
"My daddy is so cool!" Owen gushed. With a cheer, he raced into the rift after his father.
"Ya know, with how hot it is, I woulda thought these guys would have melted," Dedede said as the group confronted an ice Doomer at the end of the rift.
"You are aware we are no longer even in the region with the volcanos, right?" Meta Knight asked as he took a few swings at their foe.
"I know! Just thought they'd rather be somewhere colder," Dedede replied.
"It's ...not even that hot in here," Kirby pointed out.
"It's a little hot," Owen pointed out.
"Still! It's nowhere near as hot as outside!" Kirby exclaimed.
"Thank you!" Meta Knight said, exasperated.
"Try pounding the third one in, Owen!" Kirby said. Owen was armed with the grand hammer and the group had been confronted with electric circuits forming a puzzle. However, only certain parts seem to get the group want they wanted.
"Didn't I already do that one?" Owen asked.
"Nope! Just the first two!" Dedede replied.
"Hang on!" Owen called as he slammed his hammer down. That seemed to do something. Now using his hammer, Owen took the chance to pound in some smaller stakes, blocking some fire spewing pipes. That clearly did something as it destroyed a crystal. Finally, Owen pounded one more stake, revealing another rift.
"That certainly took longer then most of the other rifts to find," Meta Knight noted.
"Hopefully, that's a good thing," Kirby said.
"It's seems more like a bad thing to me," Dee said nervously.
"We all just saw that right?" Dee asked.
"Ya mean Owen and Kirbs slicin' a dang volcano IN HALF!?" Dedede exclaimed.
"Clearly, these "super abilites" are far more powerful then any of us could have thought," Meta Knight said.
"C'mon guys!" Kirby said.
"Yeah! I think I see the Doomers!" Owen added as he looked inside the rift.
"Huh. Haven't seen these clowns in a while," Dedede said as the group was confronted with two Doomers, one purple and one red.
"Perhaps your inane theory may have had some truth to it," Meta Knight mused.
"I told ya!" Dedede said.
"Or maybe these guys got lost," Owen said.
"I don't think they can get lost, so to speak," Meta Knight said.
"This is it…" Kirby said once the group reached Landia's mountain peak.
"LEAVE!" A loud voice bellowed as Landia descended. He was a four headed dragon with one head wearing a crown.
"No way! Ya hurt our pal, Maggy!" Dedede said as he pointed his hammer at the dragon.
"You beasts need to be taught some manners," Meta Knight said as he pulled out his sword.
"Yeah! What they said!" Dee agreed.
"As the heroes of Dreamland…" Owen began.
"We need to take you down!" Kirby finished. Landia roared again and started his attack. The dragon certainly had earned its reputation. With powerful wing flaps, claw strikes and fireballs, Landia was not to be underestimated. When the group managed to get some damage in, he used the crown to split himself into four bodies. Now, he could create electric currents. Still, the group was able to win. Landia crumpled to the ground, the crown falling off and landing nearby.
"Bravo, guys. You've alls truly earned your reputation as heroes. Your help defeating Landia was invaluable," Magolor said as he floated down.
"No problem…." Kirby began to say, only for him to notice Magolor going for the crown.
"What are you doing?" Owen asked. Magolor, however paid them no mind as he put the crown.
"Ah... At long last, it's mine! The source of limitless power... The Master Crown!" Magolor cheered as he transformed into a far more menacing form. "Obtaining this crown has been my ultimate goal all along!"
"GREAT CHEESE BALLS OF BETRAYAL!" Owen screamed. The other heroes looked just as confused/upset. Dedede's jaw was on the floor, Dee was flailing his stubby arms around, Kirby looked close to tears and Meta Knight just looked mad.
"What's with all the weird looks?" Magolor asked once he noticed everyone's reactions. "Fine. Let me explain everything. I fought Landia by myself and lost. So I fled to Planet Popstar. That's when the thought struck me... I could have you defeat Landia for me! A stroke of genius, I know. You even helped me repair my Starcutter. I really did appreciate that, by the way. Anyway... MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! The time has come for your planet... No! The time has come for the ENTIRE UNIVERSE to bow down to me. And for being such a big help in all of this, your planet gets to go first! Prepare to bow, Popstar! Welcome your new overlord!" Magolor then opened a portal to Popstar and flew inside. Landia then woke up.
"Um...sorry for beating you up…" Owen offered.
"It is...understandable," One head said.
"Magolor is normally like the way he presented himself you," The second head revealed.
"Then why is he tryin' ta take over our planet?" Dedede asked.
"The crown corrupts its users unless they can resist it. We were given the crown for those reasons, but somehow, it was able to convince Magolor to claim it from us," The third head explained.
"If we do not hurry, he will be lost forever," The heads said all together.
"Each one of you! Climb on! We can fly fast enough to catch him," The fourth head said. Kirby hopped on the first head, Owen took the second, Meta Knight took the third and Dedede and Dee shared the final one. Once everyone was ready, they flew after Magolor.
"Magolor! Return the crown!" Landia ordered.
"Great, you're working together," Magolor groaned. "I still can't believe you caught up so quickly. Clearly, I need to slow you down!" With that, he opened another portal, causing the Lor Starcutter to appear.
"He must have corrupted it!" One head realized.
"Great, first we put that dang ship back together and now we gotta destroy it," Dedede groaned.
"We can't let it slow us down!" Kirby declared.
"Yeah, we can do this!" Owen cheered.
"I doubt it!" Magolor said with a laugh as he warped away. The Lor would not go down without a fight. Each part of the ship seemed to have its own attacks.
"If we had known we were going to fight this thing, we would not have done such a good job getting the pieces back," Meta Knight said as his dragon dodged out of the way of a tornado from the mast.
"No kidding!" Dee cried as his and Dedede's dragon dodged one of the oars. Soon, the group had taken the Lor down and had once again caught up with Magolor.
"Take ...THIS!" Magolor roared as he rapidly fired several orbs. Meta Knight was able to bat some of them away, but it didn't help. Soon, all the group had been shot down.
"Magolor! Please stop!" Kirby begged once the group found him in another area of Another Dimension.
"We're your friend," Owen added sadly. Magolor laughed.
"You mean nothing to me! But it's clear that I need to take you down so that I may begin my rule!" Magolor said before beginning his attack. He was extremely powerful from his new crown. He could teleport with ease, fire orbs of magic, large spikes from the ground, summon a black hole, fire a giant laser and many more attacks. However, the five heroes were not about to let their former friend win. They attacked with as much ferocity as they could.
"Try and get through THIS!" Magolor roared as he put up a large star shaped shield, much like the Grand Doomer had done. Sure enough, no one's attack could get through it. Nothing except…
"Take THIS!" Owen yelled out as he launched a Monster Flame at Magolor's shield. A part of it broke off.
"WHAT? NO!" Magolor cried as Owen fired another one. Another piece of the shield was knocked off. Magolor clapped, causing Owen to lose Monster Flame, only for Kirby to follow up with two Flare Beams. Magolor got rid of that, only for both of them to get Ultra Sword. Owen slammed his sword into the final piece of the shield, and then both of them tried to slam their swords into Magolor, who tried to block them. However, both were able to over power him, slashing away, until growing their swords to massive sizes and bringing them down. Magolor then began to explode several times.
"Whew, that was tough!" Owen exclaimed.
"Yeah," Dedede agreed. "Never thought the little egg could be that strong!"
"Um guys?" Kirby said. Meta Knight was the first to turn to see what he was reacting too.
"I do not think this fight is over," Meta Knight said. Suddenly, energy started pouring out of the Master Crown. It created something that looked somewhat like Magolor, but more like a cruel mockery of him.
"Is that an EYEBALL in his mouth!?" Dee exclaimed.
"YOU WON'T WIN!" A distorted voice shrieked out. The being then forced the Ultra Sword out of Owen and Kirby.
"This must be the corruption Landia was talking about!" Kirby realized.
"We need to hurry and defeat him," Meta Knight said as he charged forwards with a flurry of sword strikes.
"Ya don't have ta tell me twice!" Dedede said as he started swinging his hammer. This new form of Magolor was stronger then the last one. It had most of the same moves, but attacked much more erratically. He also had several new ones, such as summoning rifts to fly out of to try and ram the group, creating shapes which he would try and hurt the group with. However, he had one new trick the group wasn't expecting.
"Are those ULTRA SWORDS?!" Owen exclaimed once Magolor summoned two dark looking swords.
"I think so," Kirby said, not liking what that meant. After taking a few swings, Magolor caused the swords to disappear. But he wasn't done copying super abilities yet.
"WATCH OUT!" Dedede cried as two large Monster Flames blasted from the top of the room and floor. Magolor then summoned two Flare Beam blasts which he started to move around.
"How does Magolor even know about these!?" Dee asked. For the final attack, Magolor summoned an ice hammer, which he slammed down. Icicles then coated the floor and rained down.
"That's a new one," Owen said.
"Clearly he must be able to combine them," Meta Knight noted. The battle continued until Owen was finally able to land a hit. Magolor began to explode again as the Master Crown shattered until he was left in his normal form which then teleported away.
"Okay, NOW it's over!" Dedede said, only for the ground to break up.
"Um, how are we getting out of here?" Owen asked. Suddenly, Landia flew in, followed by the Lor Starcutter.
"We need to flee! This whole dimension is falling apart!" Landia warned.
"You don't need to tell me twice!" Kirby cried as he hopped on his dragon. The Lor fired a blast which reopened the portal Magolor was going to use and the group flew in.
"Ugh…" Owen groaned as he woke up. He saw he was back on Popstar. Kirby was next to him. Slowly, Owen stumbled to his feet. Next to him, Dee jumped up.
"That was crazy!" Dee exclaimed.
"Indeed it was," Meta Knight said from next to Kirby.
"C'mon, c'mon!" Dedede groaned as he tried to pry himself out of the ground. Finally, he got his head out, albeit with a flower on it. With a few friendly nods, Landia flew back into the portal, followed by the Lor Starcutter as Kirby and Owen waved it off.
Ugh. That took longer then it needed to write. Anyways, see you guys next time where we learn what happened to Magolor and then start Triple Deluxe! See ya then.