Gamelover41592- Thanks
Matt (Guest)- Who didn't cringe at least a little when they saw it?
Okay, I know this isn't the exact title for the the world in game, but it sounds better this way. Anyways, in this chapter, the now complete Star Allies travel towards the edge of the galaxy in hopes of stopping this Jambastion Religion. Let's begin.
As the heroes traveled across the galaxy, they all prepared themselves for what may lie ahead. While the planets themselves were standard fare, it was what was waiting on the moons that caused trouble.
"How the heck did Whispy get all the way out here?" Owen asked as they set him on fire again to deal with him quickly.
"I have no id-guys, not the time!" Kirby began to say, only to notice Marx, Gooey, Magolor and Susie roasting marshmallows with the flaming tree.
"You are no fun!" Marx protested. A cherry then hit him from the right. "Okay, who threw that!?"
"I don't know?" Kirby said, only to get hit by another cherry. "Where are those coming from?"
"Maybe from that tree?" Storo pointed out. There was another tree nearby and sure enough, it was dropping the cherries.
"What? Is it this plant's relative?" Dark snarked. When the tree sprang to life, with a much older appearance, Kirby looked at him.
"Could be his dad," He said.
"Beware Yggy Woods!" It roared. Yggy wasn't much different from Whispy. Apples were replaced with cherries and blado, drop bomb fruits, but he could still inhale, shoot air bullets, and drop enemies. Or he would have if he wasn't also set on fire.
"Since when did you have a flamethrower?" Dee asked Susie.
"Since I started doing the elemental thing you all have," Susie replied as she stopped firing and went back to roasting marshmallows.
"Guys…." Kirby said as he put a hand on his face when he noticed Owen and Dedede joining in.
"Did Pon and Con roll around in paint?" Coo asked when they saw what looked like Pon and Con, except gold and silver respectively.
"They seem to be metallic," Meta Knight noted.
"We are Goldon and Silvox!" They roared before summoning the standard Pon and Con arena. Not much had changed beyond some new kinds of bombs. However, everything changed about midway through the battle. The duo roared again and the landscape changed. Now, half of the Dream Friends were trapped on one side of a wall, with the rest of the other side. Meanwhile, Goldon and Silvox were still charging.
"What do we do?!" Dee exclaimed.
"Smash the gates on the wall!" Kirby called out.
"Got it!" Owen called back. Everyone began to focus on the gates. Once they were destroyed(and everyone could reach each other), Goldon and Silvox were quickly defeated.
"How are we going to get past that armor?!" Coo exclaimed. After finding another Friend Star, the Star Allies found themselves facing Grand Mam. Despite the Friend Star's power, they found they couldn't break her armor to damage her.
"Hey, why do her fists look like bombs?" Marx asked.
"Marx, you're a genius!" Kirby realized.
"That's something I never thought I would hear," Meta Knight snarked. Despite this, Kirby was able to see the pattern. Using his fire ability and Owen's sword ability to cut the bomb hands, and then light them, he was quickly able to defeat Grand Mam.
"...Hmph. Color me surprised," Francisca said once the heroes ran into her on an icy moon. "I certainly didn't expect to run into your puffy self again."
"We just hoped we would never see you again," Owen replied for his daddy. Francisca was about to reply, only to notice Magolor and Susie.
"I thought all of the ancients were destroyed," She mused. Magolor almost instantly got angry.
"Yeah! No thanks to your kind!" He roared.
"All because you couldn't handle being banished!" Susie added in, just as mad as her boyfriend.
"Like you two would understand the ways of our lord," Francisca scoffed before pulling out her axe. "However...I have always wanted some Halcandran ice sculptures!" With that, another fight began. Not much had changed since the last fight. However, Francisca could now move her water stream, her icicles moved in different patterns and she could drag her axe along the ground before swinging it upwards. Magolor and Susie were also noticeably more vicious in their attacks. Magolor looked ready to chop her in half and Susie seemed like she was trying to electrocute Francisca to death rather then just stun her. Once the battle ended and the ice general was launched into space, everyone stared at them. Even Gooey looked unnerved.
"Um...are you guys okay?" Kirby asked.
"We're...fine," Magolor huffed.
"Let's keep moving," Susie said.
"Something's not right, daddy," Owen noted.
"Definitely," Kirby agreed.
"Man Kracko! You are everywhere," Kirby snarked when they saw the familiar cloud monster appear.
"Last I checked, he was still in Floralia," Taranza said as he put a hand to his chin.
"At this point, we just think he hates us," Owen explained. Kracko wasn't much different from normal. In fact, nothing had changed. If anything, Kracko seemed easier then normal. Or at least that's what everyone thought until they thought they had beaten him.
"Since when could he do that!?" Rick exclaimed as Kracko split himself in two.
"My guess? The Jamba Heart piece over there," Kirby said as he pointed as said heart.
"Huh," Rick replied. Twin Kracko was much tougher. Both seemed to attack on their own for the most part. Most attacks hadn't changed either. However, the downpour attack was much more dangerous.
"That stings!" Magolor managed out after he, Taranza, Coo and Dedede were all caught in one.
"Wimps," Kine mocked. He had also been hit, but he was a fish, so he didn't care much.
"Take this!" Adeleine cried as she used her Ice Dragon painting to freeze one Kracko. Between that and the electric streams Doc had been sending through the other Kracko, they were quickly defeated. The Jamba Heart piece, however, had already flown off.
Despite their claims, Magolor and Susie looked just as mad as they were when fighting Francisca when they confronted Flamberge on a fiery moon near a star.
"Bahaha!" She laughed when she saw the heroes. "Who would have thought my search for the Jamba Heart pieces would lead me back to you and your weirdo friends!?"
"HEY!" Came several protests at being called weird.
"This must be the fiery flames of fate at work!" Flamberge continued. "Heck, you even have a descendant of the ancients who banished Lord Hyness!"
"Magolor?" Owen asked. However, he was still fuming and wasn't paying attention.
"Ooooh YEAH! My flames and I are fully stoked now!" Flamberge bragged as she pulled out her sword. "Beware, you pests! In the name of Lord Hyness...I'll turn you into a burning ball of meddlesomeness!"
"Is that even a word?" Owen asked. No one had time to dwell on it as Flamberge launched into her attacks. Much like her sister, not much had changed. Her one new attack was swinging her sword to launch fireballs. She also created more swords to launch at them and her cannon's fuse burned faster. Not that it saved her, as Kirby was using Water and quickly doused it, causing it to blow in her face again. This made her easy pickings for Magolor and Susie, who launched her into space.
"Okay you two, something is up," Kirby said. "And you are going to explain or do we have to force it out of you?" Magolor and Susie looked around. The others were all giving them concerned looks. Both looked at each and nodded. Magolor spoke first.
"That religion is why Halcandra is what it is like today," Magolor explained. Everyone turned sympathetic.
"They made your home look like that?!" Owen exclaimed. He remembered what Halcandra looked like.
"Not them. That guy they work for, Hyness. He did it," Magolor explained. "He was banished and he came back one day and attacked. Almost everything was destroyed,"
"And this is why you two have been so aggressive with them?" Meta Knight asked.
"You got it," Susie replied. "Landia was believed to have destroyed them, which is why we were so shocked that you said they had attacked you. The names were wiped from history afterwards,"
"We can promise you that we will take them down," Kirby said. Everyone nodded.
"Thanks guys," Magolor said.
"THAT PLACE IS HUGE!" Dedede exclaimed when he saw the Jambastion base. And they thought the first one was big.
"And yet they leave the middle exposed. Rookie error," Dark huffed.
"Hey, does anyone feel really uncomfortable right now?" Taranza asked.
"Actually, yeah," Dee realized.
"It feels like...like just pure evil," Adeleine rationalized.
"It must be that heart thing!" Owen realized.
"Then let's smash it before one of us has a heart attack!" Marx said.
"I don't like this," Dee whimpered when he saw the giant Jamba Heart. A cloaked figure, most likely Hyness, stood in front of it, controlling the smaller hearts back to it. Meanwhile, that feeling of dread had only grown stronger. Tarnaza, Dee, Adeleine and Ribbon were all shaking a little.
"Then let's destroy it here and now!" Magolor cried.
"Stop right there!" Zan demanded before Magolor could put that thought into motion. "I did not expect you to survive your visit to Jambastion. What's more, you somehow bested my darling Franny and Berge! However, your luck has run out. It is the dearest wish of Lord Hyness...THAT NO ONE INTERFERES!" With that, the final Mage Sister launched herself into battle. She was fighting far more aggressively. But then again, so were the Star Allies. Marx was able to break her drums with ease, stunning her and allowing her to be defeated.
"What was that about no interference?" Marx joked.
"Heeelp... Hy..ness…" Zan begged before passing out.
Hyness turned around. "Juh? What is this...interference?" He floated towards the Star Allies, only stopping when he reached Zan. "You... you seem to be in my way," Everyone else in the room cringed when Hyness proceeded to smack Zan out of the way.
"That...that was so cruel!" Ribbon cried as she hugged the crystal gun closer to her.
"She seemed so devoted to him!" Kine added in. Taranza just looked away. He knew how that felt.
"I'd never treat a servant like that," Dedede said as he put a hand on Dee. Owen and Kirby, however, were both seeing images of lives that felt familiar, but were different.
"Chris! This is so awesome!"
"I'm going to die now. I'm going to freaking die now,"
"Cake,"
"Fill her up!"
"I can finally eat like normal people!"
(Author's note: I ran out of Owen quotes)
"What?" Owen mumbled to himself. Why were nearly all of his memories of him farting? Either way, he turned back to face Hyness.
"Well then…" He began ominously. "It seems...we do not have enough energy...to revive our Dark Lord…"
"Oh thank NOVA!" Magolor and Susie exclaimed. Hyness paid them no mind.
"Must we...allow ourselves...to fall...into oblivion?" Hyness suddenly raised his arms to the sky. "No. NO! No no no no no! NONONONONONONONONO! NOOOOO, I SAAAAY!" What followed was: "We are the masters of a power driven to the far reaches of the universe, and we have but one desire! Can one such as you possibly fathom how dearly we have clung to this dream across the aeons? How could you! You couldn't! Never ever ever! We who once faced those who were in such fear of our power that they sealed us away and banished us to the edge of the galaxy! US! As if THAT loveliness wasn't enough, they tried to erase our very existence from history! RUDE! Only through our magic were we able to overcome their science and achieve great prosperity! We alone were responsible for stopping that repulsive nightmare of a galactic crisis, yet this is how you repay us! This won't stand! It won't be forgiven! It won't be forgotten! Never ever EVER! Those who called us mad, are you listening? You left us at the edge of the galaxy to be forgotten, then went along your merry way, probably living somewhere pretty and peaceful! But know this! Your future is a farce! You have none! We, masters of a matter most dark, vow to be restored, as told in the book of legend, which everyone thought was just a fairy tale! It WASN'T! We have already obtained the vessel that contains our Dark Lord, and he will soon awaken and shower us in compassion! Look! The vessel of our Dark Lord is filling up even as we speak! Now the time for his greatness to enter our world has come! Welcome to a new history! A new age! The age of awesome! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DARK LORD! HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Grace us, Gloriously Dark Looooooord!"
"Um…." Owen said. The other Star Allies either had dropped jaws, confused expressions, or were trying to make some sense of what the heck they just heard. Gooey's eyes were even swirls.
"Did….did any of you peasants get any of what that madman was babbling about?" Dark managed out.
"Nope," Rick said.
"I heard something about a birthday," Daroach chimed in.
"A book of legend?" Taranza asked.
"Either way, let's take this guy down!" Kirby said. Everyone steeled themselves for a fight as Hyness finished catching his breath.
"You see it now...don't you?" Hyness asked. "Anyone who interrupts our revival ceremony...We must kindly ask that they...PLEASE DISAPPEAR FOREVER!" Hyness was...oddly easy. All he could do was toss out some orbs, create an icy Jambastion symbol, and summon pillars of fire and lightning.
"Take...THIS!" Magolor said as he slammed an Ultra Sword into Hyness, knocking his hood off.
"Juh? JUH...JUH!" Hyness babbled before uncovering his face, revealing it to the Star Allies. "JUHYAMBAVITRIGOKOPOKOJAAAH!"
"WHAT THE HECK IS THAT!?" Magolor screamed as he started clinging to Susie.
"That better not be what you look like under the hood, Maggy," Marx taunted, his eyes still glued to unmasked Hyness.
"It's not!" Magolor snapped. Hyness proceeded to summon the Mage Sisters, drain them of their energy and start using them as weapons.
"Talk about mean!" Owen said as he readied his sword. Hyness was now much more erratic in his attacks, most of which now involved the Mages. He could throw them, which caused rocks to stick out of the ground, swing them like a club, and even use them like a shield. But his most dangerous move was the one that made Kirby the most mad.
"How dare you pervert the sacredness of the Friend Circle!" Kirby exclaimed when he saw Hyness force the mages into one. Hyness' circle was tough to dodge(if the runover Star Allies could say anything about it) but thankfully, he was very dizzy afterwards, making him easy pickings.
"Aw yeah!" Marx taunted as he stuck his tongue out.
"Youuuuu…" Hyness groaned as he struggled over to the Jamba Heart. Everyone kept their weapons trained on him. "How could you defeat me... THE Lord Hyness…"
"Because that's what we do!" Owen said cockily. Hyness didn't seem to notice. The Jamba Heart wasn't complete.
"An offering to our Dark Lord…" Hyness thought out loud. "Perhaps if there is...an offering...What should I do...Only one option remains…"
"I don't like where this is headed," Susie said, her blaster trembling in her hands.
"Those who harbor the greatest of magic, I call upon you…" Hyness began as telekinetically lifted the still drained and unconscious Mage Sisters, before throwing them into the Jamba Heart.
"Who would do something like that?!" Dee exclaimed.
"How callous," Meta Knight scoffed. Thankfully, the Jamba Heart still wasn't finished. But Hyness wasn't done yet
"Make it so... Accept my aid...I pledge myself to you...Dark Lord of Destruction...I do this so that... our Dark Lord...may be rebooooorn...Rise, Destroyer of Worlds! RISE, VOID TERMINA!" Hyness vowed before jumping the Jamba Heart, completing. Suddenly, pure darkness began to pour out of it. The fortress began to be destroyed as what used to be the heart flew off.
"We need to follow that thing!" Kirby cried.
"HOW?" Owen shouted. A Friend Star platform fell down.
"Like that!" Kirby said as he, Owen, Dedede, Meta Knight and Dee all jumped on. However, four heart spears began to float around them, giving them a very different looking Friend Star.
"What iz that?" Doc asked.
"I call it...the Star Allies Sparkler!" Kirby declared.
"That's the cheesiest name ever!" Marx protested.
"When you get something like this, you can call it whatever you want!" Kirby snapped.
"Rest of you! Get on your own Friend Stars!" Owen ordered as Kirby flew after the heart.
The Star Allies had finally found the darkness on what looked like a platform. The main five were on the Star Allies Sparkler while the others were on their own Friend Stars.
Then the darkness took shape.
"Dear NOVA," Dedede said breathlessly.
"Yeah, that's a good way to put it," Owen agreed. Void Termina was huge!
"So remind me why they wanted to revive this thing?!" Dark exclaimed.
"Hyness is completely mental?" Susie offered.
"Why they revived it isn't important!" Kirby interrupted. "All we need to do is destroy it! Aim for the eyes" Void Termina seemed to have a similar idea for dealing with the Star Allies. His attacks changed sometimes when he revealed a new weak point. For the first one, he slammed his fists into the ground to create shockwaves. For the second one, he began to jump up and down to cause the shockwaves. For the fourth one, he turned his hands into swords, which he proceeded to imbue with elements. He would then swing the swords, causing shockwaves. However, with the Star Allies blasting away at his weak points, he fell, causing his mask to fall off, revealing a vortex inside his body.
"Who's going in?" Ribbon asked.
"We'll handle this!" Owen vowed. Kirby moved the Star Allies Sparkler towards it, causing the five main Star Allies to be sucked inside.
"Yeesh! This place is disgusting!" Dedede groaned.
"Agreed," Owen replied.
"We are inside of the body of this beast," Meta Knight pointed out. What they could only guess was Void Termina's heart was covered in casting and was firing dark symbols. Weird red liquid was also dropping from the ceiling.
Also the Mage Sisters and Hyness were trapped in cocoons but they don't matter right now.
Once enough damage had been done, five handles appeared from the casting.
"I guess...I guess we grab them?" Kirby said.
"I just wanna get out of here!" Dee wailed as he grabbed one. Once all five handles were being grabbed, the heroes were flung back outside.
"So how did it go?" Marx asked.
"I think we were attacking its heart," Owen admitted.
"I like hearts," Gooey said.
"Well, I don't think he's slowing down!" Coo cried. Not only did Void Termina get back up, but it proceeded to sprout wings.
"Crikey! How are we gonna hit 'em now!?" Rick exclaimed.
"Keep aiming for the eye!" Kirby ordered. Void Termina wasted no time putting his new wings to work. Now, he attacked at random. He could swoop down(and Kirby found he could go into bullet time if he was close enough), fire elemental arrows, create a giant axe and….
"Is that the MASTER CROWN!?" Dedede exclaimed as Void Termina summoned a replica of the crown.
"I told you he was from Halcandra!" Magolor protested.
"LOOK OUT!" Taranza screamed as the crown began to fire lasers. There was a lot of screaming, but eventually, all the weak points were hit and the core Star Allies went back inside Void's body.
But not even they could predict what was waiting for them.
No one was sure how to react.
Void's core looked very similar.
Namely, it looked just like Kirby.
"W...W….what WHAT WHAT WHAT!?" Dedede exclaimed.
"Um...daddy?" Owen asked unsurely.
"Void….is me?" Kirby asked. He wasn't sure how to react. After everything he had done, could he be evil?
"No!" Owen cried. "Daddy isn't a big monster! Daddy's a hero! He's...he's my hero,"
"Indeed," Meta Knight agreed. "After all you have done, I do not believe you could become like this,"
"Y-yeah!" Dee chimed in. "If it wasn't for you, who knows how bad things would be?"
"Heh, I can speak for that!" Dedede said with a big grin. "You've gotten about half the Star Allies ta change and ya took Owen in without even carin' about what he was,"
"...Thanks guys," Kirby said with a grin. "Now, let's take this evil god down!" Void's core was not going down without a fight. He could create brainwashing shockwaves(which could be reversed with a friend heart), fire energy pellets, shooting spikes out, charging from the background, firing lasers, and trying to inhale the group. However, once it was taken down, it forced the heroes back out, before destroying his body, revealing the core to the others.
"Um….." Came everyone.
"I have no clue why it looks like me," Kirby said quickly. Everyone nodded quickly. As for Void, it fired a powerful laser at Kirby and co. Kirby fired back. The beam war continued until Kirby finally managed to overpower Void. Then, ghostly images of all of his friends appeared. With a final scream from Kirby, the images launched themselves into Void, causing him to explode.
"Ugh…." Owen and Kirby both groaned. The last thing they remembered, they were flying away from the massive explosion caused from destroyed Void Termina. All the other Star Allies were looking over him.
"Kirby…Owen..." Adeleine began.
"Are...are you okay?" Magolor asked.
"Never been better," Kirby replied.
"Yeah!" Owen agreed.
"Hey look!" Dee said as he pointed. They were right next to Popstar.
"I feel like it's been so long since we've been home!" Owen cheered. The Lor Starcutter flew over.
"Then let's head home," Kirby said as everyone jumped on the ship, which then flew back to Popstar.
The battle with Void was almost its own chapter. That's partly why this took so long. Also I think this is the second longest chapter I have written for any of these stories. For those of you that care, the first was the Weirdmaggedon chapter in Gothic Falls, which was 21 pages in Google Drive. Anyways, next time, Owen reveals what he saw and then Heroes in Another Dimension time! See you then!