Gamelover41592: Who's the second friend?

Matt (Guest): Owen said in another chapter he thinks Parasoul is lame.

Time to continue our trek across Popstar, learn some new tricks and pick up a few more friends on the way.

"Since when could we do that?" Owen asked. A Broom Hatter they had befriended gave him wind powers in his sword.

"We could do something like that when we were hunting the Squeak Squad," Kirby admitted.

"Do my ears deceive me? It seems I shouldn't have worried about finding you," A voice said from behind them. Owen and Kirby turned around. It was Daroach and the rest of the Squeaks!

"Daroach! Good to see you!" Kirby greeted.

"Same to you," He replied with a tip of his hat. "Now, may I ask what the current crisis we are dealing with is?"

"Oh! These weird purple hearts started falling from the sky and they are making everyone evil and giving them weird powers," Dee explained. Several people shot Dedede a glance.

"Hmmm, well, I am always up for a challenge," Daroach said as he pulled out his Triple Star cane.

"Whatever you say boss!" Storo said as he flexed.

"Great to have you guys on the team!" Kirby said.

"Um, are we going to name this team?" Owen asked.

"When I come up with something," Kirby asked.

"Aw, how come the rest of us don't get input?" Marx whined.

"Because if we let ya pick, we'd be called somethin' like Marx's Morons or somethin'," Dedede pointed out.

"What's so wrong with that?" Marx asked, causing several eye rolls.

"We can get the elemental boosts too!?" Dee exclaimed as he looked at his now flaming spear.

"Try it with me!" Dedede asked. Daroach decided to see what would happen if he hit it with an ice blast from his cane. Suddenly, Dedede's hammer was encased in ice.

"This should definitely make things more interesting," Kirby said.

"Try it with me!" Marx asked as he hopped on his ball. With a hidden smirk, Rick proceeded to set his ball on fire. "HOT FEET HOT FEET HOT FEET!" Everyone burst into laughter as Marx kicked his ball away and started blowing on his now flaming feet.

"Well...we know it works," Owen said between snickers.

"Quiet you!" Marx snapped. "Can we try something else?"

"If you say so," Coo said as he used his powers to switch Marx's power from sizzle to bluster. Marx started hovering on his ball.

"I BELIEVE I CAN FLY!" Marx screamed/sang as everyone else covered their ears.

"Gooey! No!" Kirby said as he yanked Gooey away from another heart. The little blob was about to try licking it.

"Hey Kirby. You wanna have the tasty snack too?" Gooey asked. The heart flew off.

"Please tell me you weren't going to eat that," Dee begged.

"...Is it bad to?"

"Where are Adeleine and Ribbon? Weren't they watching ya?" Dedede asked as he pulled his hand off his face.

"We were, but he got away!" Adeleine revealed as she walked over with Ribbon.

"And then there was that meteor shower and we kinda got lost," Ribbon sheepishly added.

"You guys saw them too?" Owen asked.

"I think most of us saw 'em mate," Rick said.

"Maybe you can help us look for them? They turned Dedede evil again and we think they are corrupting other people too," Kirby explained.

"Anything for you Kirby!" Ribbon said almost instantly.

"I guess we'll come," Adeleine said.

"What are we doing about the goo ball?" Coo asked.

"He's coming too," Kirby said. "I know he's...him, but he can still fight,"

"Whatever you say daddy," Owen said.

"I like friends," Gooey said as he hopped his way over.

"I will never stop loving this thing!" Kirby cheered as he blasted away some enemies on the Friend Star. The tail at the end had even extended to hold everyone.

"Well, it's better then that weird one where we are all in a big circle," Spinni huffed.

"No kidding," Coo agreed.

"That one where we all had to form a bridge was uncomfortable," Adeleine said.

"How did that one even work?" Dee asked. "Gooey couldn't hold onto anyone without his tongue and he couldn't be held on to,"

"Do not question friendship!" Kirby ordered.

"Um..I kinda like the train one," Owen admitted sheepishly.

"I mean, that one wasn't awful," Rick said. "This one still totally the best one,"

"Oh I agree!" Owen said. As his son and his friends debated the best and worst of the Friend powers, Kirby just rolled his eyes.

"Those heart things got Meta!" Dedede cried as he pointed to the masked swordsman, who, once Owen picked up his offered sword, rushed into battle with no words, only a bloodlust.

"With any luck, his new power won't be super weird," Marx grumbled. "Doing things without reason is my job!" Much like Dedede, Meta Knight was not much different from normal. Sword slashes, dive bombs, spin attacks and an upward thrust(the only new move) etc. However, after a while, his eyes turned purple, the purple mist started coming off of him and he split into four!

"Darkie won't be happy that Meta's stealing his shtick," Marx said as he kicked a ball at one of the clones. Meta Knight's attacks didn't change, but seeing as there were four, things got a little more hectic.

"Hey! Watch the feathers!" Coo snapped as a sword beam grazed his head.

"That's not what you should be worried about," Kine pointed out.

"Guys! Watch out!" Adeleine called out. The four Meta Knights had retreated into the background and had caused several rocks to rise into the air and tried to slam them down on the heroes. They were dodged, leaving them in perfect stacks.

"Guys! Smash the rocks!" Owen ordered. Everyone else was a little unsure, but did as Owen said. He was the one who regularly went on journeys like this. Much to everyone's shock and relief, when the Meta Knight clones tried to slam their swords down, they got stuck, making them easy pickings.

"Good call Owen!" Kirby said as he landed the final blow. In an instance, the Meta Knights disappeared, living just one, who Kirby quickly used a Friend Heart on.

"What is going on?" Meta Knight asked. "Why am I done here?"

"Ya got turned evil by that heart thing," Dedede explained.

"What evil heart thing?" Meta Knight asked.

"Look at the pretty flying heart," Gooey babbled as another heart flew off.

"Ah, that," Meta Knight realized. However, before anyone could react further, there was a large rumbling. Everyone turned to see a giant space station/ship dig itself into the ground. Everyone could tell one thing, it did not look friendly.

"What is that?!" Adeleine exclaimed.

"Whatever it is, I don't like it!" Coo snapped.

"It's a bigger eyesore then our "great king" in the morning," Marx snarked. "No offense,"

"None taken," Dedede said with a shrug.

"Perhaps those inside will be able to explain the hearts," Meta Knight pointed out.

"Let's get a move on then!" Kirby ordered.

"And then we can smash that thing!" Owen added in.

We have returned Meta Knight to normal, recruited Gooey, Adeleine, Ribbon and the Squeaks and a space station has arrived. I think you all know who is inside. We'll meet them next chapter.