It was another beautiful day in Dreamland like always. The sky is clear and the sun shines brightly. It has been a week since me and my friends have sabotaged Channel DDD. Cappies around a still doing their daily routines like they normally did before TV came to Cappy Town. However, that did not mean that TV was fully gone. They were still around. Cappies still watch Channel DDD, but just not a often. Probably more like when they have absolutely nothing better to do.
Speaking of TV, I am currently in my house working on removing one of the spy cameras that Dedede planted in my TV set. I got to say, it is not as easy as it looks. I had to go to Biblio's bookstore and buy a book about fixing electronics. Anyway, as I work on the set, Tokkori was pacing back and forth near me as he waits impatiently.
"Come on, Kirby!" He yells. "How much longer?! I'm going to miss my shows!"
I groan before putting down the tools I was using, which I had to borrow from Gus since I didn't had any, and look at the little feather brat.
"Look, Tokkori, something like this takes some delicate handling." I explain, trying to keep my anger in check. "If I make a mistake, then I might break something important."
I point at the screen I removed from the TV set. There was a minor scratch on it since I wasn't too careful when I was removing it.
"I still don't see the point in removing that camera or whatever. I don't have any secrets to hide."
"Well, I do!" I said sourly. "This is MY house, and I don't like the idea of somebody spying on me every time I turn on my own TV set. Since you like to use it very often, that means Dedede has free access to my dwelling, my castle!"
"Fine, but are you at least getting close to finishing up?"
I pick up the tools. "I will be if you stop pestering me about it. I don't want to shock myself."
With that, I get back to work on the TV. After a few minutes later, I finally found the little nuisance.
"Alright, now, I just need to carefully remove the camera slowly. Any sudden movement will end having me-"
Whoosh!
Zap!
"OW! FUCK!"
My window shutters suddenly swung open as a strong wind blew into my house. It startled me into moving my stubby pink hands into a wiring and shocked myself. I rub my slightly burnt hand as Tokkori laughs at my misfortune.
"Right, slow and careful you say." He mocks as he rolls on the floor.
"Why you little! Come over here!"
I get up and pounce for the little pest. Tokkori yelps before dodging me. He flies up and goes straight out the window. Only... he came crashing back inside and landing on the bed.
'Is it really that strong out there?'
I go over to the window to look outside.
Snap!
However, before I could get the chance to look outside, the window shutters were roughly ripped from the hinges and flew away, along with the curtains.
"Holy shit!"
Things gotten even worse when literally my WHOLE house starts rolling down the hill it was on!
"WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON?!" I screamed as me and Tokkori bounced all over the walls. A few moments later, the rolling stopped as we made it to the bottom of the hill. I'm surprised the wooden floor held tightly together.
"Ugh... Tokkori, are you okay?"
I didn't get an answer. Concerned, I look over to see that the little yellow bird was knocked out as he had a bump on his head.
"Great." I groaned.
I wiped the bit of debris off me before going outside. Boy, it was a huge mess outside. Whatever made that sudden wind appeared ripped up the land around us. I looked back at my house as it was covered in dirt and had bits of scratch paint here and there.
"Maybe I could put it back with Stone Kirby if could stand that much force." I suddenly realized something. "Wait a minute... no..."
I turn around and ran up the hill where my house used to sit. When I reached the top, my eyes widen in horror. Everything was ruined! The round hole, which is where the basement is, is empty as all the TV equipment was scattered and broken everywhere nearby. My cobblestone pathway was torn up into gravel. However the worst of them all was my precious tulip garden! All of the beautiful flowers were ripped from the ground, and the birdbath I bought was completely destroyed.
"NOOOO!" I screamed as tears fell freely down my face.
I look over to my left to see that my homemade stone grill was intact.
"At least you survived." I said trying to be positive, but failing. "What could of caused all this?"
Clank!
I was started by the sound of something heavy being dropped. I turn around that some mysterious large metal object has land a bit away from the hill. I go down and get a closer look. What it is, it looks like a giant metal version of a feather, except it was round like one, it was sharp.
'What is this thing- ouch!'
I tried to touch it, but it suddenly stunned me on contact. It wasn't that bad. It was more like when you get stunned by those joke bubblegum packs. If you don't know what those are, then boo!
"Where did it even come from?"
I look up into the sky to see something astonishing. Flying in there are was some sort of bird, but is big! Though, I couldn't tell what kind it was as it was shining a mix ray of rainbow as its silhouette. It continues fly off into the distance as wind currents trails behind it.
"I don't know what you really are or why are you doing this, but I will get to the bottom of this."
After a while, Cappies started coming around to check out the damage of the land. The adults are investigating while the Cappy kids were just exploring and poking around like any other curious children would. Right now, I was Stone Kirby's strength to pick up my house and put it back over the hole of my basement. I am still sad that my garden is destroyed. Not to mention, the equipment I was going to use to start my music station is gone. Going up to Dedede and asking for a new ones is out of the question. I will have to look at some sort of catalogue of some kind in the future.
"Almost... go it... OOF!"
I drop my house right back to where it was.
"Okay, no that's taken care of..." I look at my front lawn before sighing. "No I got to fix the rest."
"Hey, Kirby."
I turn around to see both Tiff and Tuff.
"Oh, hi, guys. How have you been?"
"We're fine, but what about you?" Tiff spoke.
"Yeah. I mean, your house just blew away down the hill." Tuff adds.
I sigh once more. "I'm okay. Thanks for asking though. I can easily fix all of this. I have more than enough money to replace my garden too."
"What do you think cause all this?" Tiff gestures the whole land mass around us.
"I'm not entirely sure, but I had an idea that is was caused by a bird of some kind."
"What makes you say that?" Tuff asks.
I point down to where the large feather-like metal object was. They gasped at the sight. They probably never seen anything like it before. Us, including a bunch of other Cappies get closer to it.
"What do you think it is?" Tuff questions as he reaches for it.
"Woah, hold on, Tuff." I quickly caught his hand. "You don't want to touch that. It stings you. I tried touching it myself."
He quickly retracts his hand and rubs it before nodding his thanks.
"Oh, it's spooky!" Honey said clinging to Spikehead. Huh, were did they come from? "What could it be?"
"STAY AWAY FROM IT! NOBODY TOUCH IT!"
We all turn to see Professor Curio come running towards us and the metal shard.
"This is too good to be true! It's the discovery of a lifetime! It's a Dyna Blade feather!"
"Dyna Blade feather?" My friends questioned.
"Wait, did you just say Dyna Blade?" I ask with wide eyes.
I know exactly who Dyna Blade is! She is a big and colorful bird in the Kirby series. I actually fought her in the game 'Kirby Super Star' online one time. Dyna Blade messes up the locals' crops in an attempt to feed her chicks. Maybe this is what's happening. I actually want to meet her and her chicks.
"Yes." Curio pulls out an old looking journal of some kind. "It's all explained in Cappy Town history in this manuscript."
Curio then starts explain the history of Dyna Blade. Turns out, the powerful bird comes to Dreamland every century to lay her egg. The manuscript points out that she was last spotted during the pioneer days when the first Cappies found this land.
'Huh, I guess in this world, Dyna Blade has her own backstory. In wasn't canon in the game. She was just a random bird that cause a bit of trouble. Then again, she might still do it here though.'
"It's almost to weird to believe." Tiff says awestruck.
"Dyna Blade must be looking for a place to hatch her egg." Curio said.
Tuff gets a closer look at the large feather.
"That's how big the feather is."
"Dyna Blade must be HUGE." Spikehead comments.
"And must get... hungry." Iro adds nervously.
That would be a problem. After all, from what I remember what the bird looks like, she had large sharp talons. Indicating that she is a bird-of-prey. Meaning she preys on meat.
'Hopefully, she'll target animals in the wild instead of Cappies.' I thought as I rub my head. 'As a Star Warrior, it is my job to protect them. Even if it means I have to hurt Dyna Blade. I hope it doesn't come to that.'
"We were robbed!"
Three Cappy kids run into view on a hill above us. They looked distressed.
"Our fields a wreck!"
"The farm is destroyed!"
"Somebody have been eating our watermelons!"
We all look at each other before going over to investigate. Yep, all around the fields was nothing but a mess of crushed watermelons that were hollow. The Cappy family that owns them look in in sadness. All their work in growing their crops was gone.
"What could of done this?" One Cappy questions.
"I don't know." Tiff answers.
I get a bit closer as I survey the area.
'Oh boy. I knew something like this would happen.'
"Dyna Blade must of came here and ate the crops." I said.
"How would you know that?"
"Well, it seems kind of obvious, Tiff. Dyna Blade must be collecting enough food not just for herself, but for her chick as well. They will be pretty hungry."
"We can't have Dyna Blade coming around and messing up our farm!" One of the Cappy children said.
"Don't worry. She is probably going to be like this until her chick learns to fly and they will leave." I suddenly had an idea. "Actually, I think I know how to fix this."
I turn and start running off to my next destination. Tiff calls out for me.
"Kirby! Where are you going?!"
"To Whispy Woods!" I answer before continuing on.
I remember that in the game, Kirby felt bad for fighting Dyna Blade when he found out her true intention for stealing the crops. So, he had Whispy Wood share many of his apples to the chicks to feed them.
'I just hope Whispy has enough apples to spare- wait, what is that?'
I stop my running and came to a stop. Laying on the dirt road is a 50 D-Dollar bill. I give a deadpanned stare as I spot a string line connected to it. It trace it to where it was connect to a fishing line that was poking out of a bush near me.
'Okay. This is the oldest trick in the book.'
"Alright. Come on out." I said facing the bush. "I ain't fully for this old gag. I mean, who loses 50 D-Dollars out here?"
The bush rustles before the mystery prankster reveals themselves. My eyes widen in surprise when it was King Dedede behind the bush.
"Dedede?"
He only gives me an evil grin before pulling out his large hammer.
"Wait! Hold on a sec-"
Bonk!
It was too late as the fat King hits me right on the noggin. I fell to the ground as my vision turns black.
I don't know how long I was out, but I was starting to come around. I groan as I groggily open my eyes.
"Ugh... that smarts." I say as I sit myself up. "What the hell was all that about Dedede?"
Flicker Flicker
I was then starting to hear something flickering. Not to mention... cooking? I also smell something burning as I get the scent of burning wood. I turn around and did gasped at what I see. In front of me is a really big egg. It was a bit bigger than me. It is resting on a little stack of sticks at resembles a nest. The nest itself however was currently on fire as smoke rise around it.
"Huh, you don't see something like that every day." Just as I said that, I started to remember something. Something important. "Wait... that egg... could it be?"
I soon realize that this wasn't just any ordinary egg. It was Dyna Blade's egg! AND IT'S GETTING ROASTED! She will be majorly pissed if the chick inside is dead!
"HOLY SHIT! NO!"
I get off my pink ass and ran over to nest. I look around franticly as I tried to find anything to put out the fire. I tried blowing on it, but it only made it a bit bigger.
"FUCK!"
I then got the idea of inhaling the flames. I promised myself I would never smoke, but this was an emergency!
"Don't worry little buddy! I'll save you!"
Crack~
Just when I was about to inhale in the fire, the egg itself starts to crack and shake. At first, I thought I was too late and the egg would burst from the heat and yoke goo will splatter everywhere-
Crack!
"Chirp! Chirp!"
"GAH!"
I leaped back in surprise as the egg did burst. However, instead of a yellow and white sticky mess, it was a yellow feathered chick that came out instead. Egg shells flew everywhere as the flames around the nest died away. The chick shook itself a bit as it gets rid of some of the remaining egg slime off.
'Oh thank Galaxia, it's okay. I guess the heat must of sped up the hatching process.' I thought as the chick shook its little feathery bottom. 'You know, it's actually kind of cute.'
After cleaning itself, it looks around at its new surrounding. Though, when it sees me, it chirps happily before going over to me and nuzzles me.
"Aww. Happy birthday little guy... or gal?"
I honestly don't know its gender. I learned in my science class that you can tell a male chicken from a female by the color and shape of their feathers. If its color is nice a bright, it is a boy. If the feathers on its wing is the same length, it is a boy. Those two clues are what the chick in front of me was giving.
'Though, I don't think that rule applies to otherworldly birds from a game.' I thought as I pet the chick. 'Also, there is no way in hell I'm going to check down there.'
"Screw it. I'm going to say you're a guy."
The chick didn't seem to understand me much as it tilts he tilts his head in confusion.
"Well, was nice meeting you, but I got to go. I don't want to stick around when mama bird comes back."
I get up and started walking away.
Tick Tick Tick Tick
I stop at the sound of footsteps behind me. I turn to see that the chick is following me.
"Hey now, you can't leave this place." I said guiding the chick back. "You need to stay here."
I tried walking away again, but the chick still follows me. That's when it donned on me. He imprinted on me!
'Oh... this is so not good.'
Not good indeed. He thinks I'm his mom!
"Chirp! Chirp!" He chirps happily once more as he nuzzles me affectionately.
"No, no. You got the wrong idea little buddy. I'm not your mama."
"Chirp?"
"Now, I want you stay here. Got it?"
The chick said nothing as it looks down sad. I feel bad for leaving the little guy, but I seriously don't want to end up in Dyna Blade's blacklist.
Growl~
The sound of a tummy rumbling sounded off. The chick is hungry.
"Chirp. Chirp."
The chick looks at me with puppy-dog eyes, expecting me to pull out some food out of nowhere. I probably could with Cook Kirby, but that wasn't the case.
"I'm sorry, but I don't have anything for you. You still not my son."
My heart started to tear apart once I saw it was sniffling. I even see tears were welling up in his eyes.
'Ah, fuck me. What do I do?'
My mind was shouting me to leave while the going is still good. However, my heart was telling me to take the little guy with me and find him some food. Not to mention, Kirby's caring nature was starting to get to me.
'You know what? Fuck it! If Dyna Blade comes after me, I'm more than ready to fight back. Even if this turns out to be a misunderstanding.'
I sigh before I finally gave in.
"Alright... how about we go and find something to eat, huh?"
The chick smiled as he chirps excitedly.
"Just make sure you stay with me at all times. No wandering off, okay?"
He nods before coming over and nuzzling me again once more. I smile as I nuzzle back.
"You know something? You need a name. I can't just keep referring to you as 'the chick'."
I take a moment before I thought of name.
"I think I'm going to name you... Sentry. One day, you will be a big and shiny bird that will rule the skies. Do you like that?"
"Chirp! Chirp!"
"I'll take that as a 'yes'."
"Sentry" has joined the Party!
I chuckle at the thought as we make our way down a canyon we were one.
"This is going to be a long trip."
After an hour or so, me and Sentry made all the way down to the beach. I would of taken him to Whispy Woods, but I didn't want to risk losing the little guy. Anyway, I was currently catch some fish while Sentry was busy eating bananas from the nearby banana trees. It was actually a relaxing afternoon.
Splash
I just caught another fish.
"And here's another to had onto the pile."
I threw the fish with the rest before casting my line again.
"Kirby!"
I stopped my fishing and looked back to see Tiff and Tuff running towards me.
"Oh, hey, guys." I greeted as I put the fishing rod down. "What's up?"
"Kirby, the whole down is getting destroyed and all you can think about is getting lunch?!" Tiff says crossed.
"Yeah, didn't eating breakfast get you in enough trouble?!" Tuff adds.
"What the heck are you guys talking about?" I ask confused.
"We know you ate Dyna Blade's egg, Kirby!"
"Wait, you guys mean..." I chuckle. "No. You guys got it wrong. I didn't eat Dyna Blade's egg. It's fine."
"Then why are there burned egg shells back at the nest? We already searched it." Tiff demanded an answer.
"Look, I admit, the egg was getting cooked."
"I knew it!" Tuff blurts out.
"BUT... it wasn't me that did it. It was King Dedede. He knocked me out and took me to the nest to frame me."
"Even if that is true, where is the chick if you didn't eat it?"
"He's right over there." I said point where Sentry was.
The siblings traced where I was point and gasped at the sight of yellow chick. It was attempting to get another bundle of bananas from the tree.
"Guys, I like for you to meet Sentry."
"Sentry?" They both questioned.
"Yep. That's the name I gave him."
"Kirby, you can't name that chick. It's not yours to keep." Tiff scolds.
"I'm sorry, Tiff, but there wasn't anything I could do. The minute he hatched, he imprinted on me. Now he won't stop following me."
"Dyna Blade isn't going to be happy about this, Kirby. She is looking for HER chick."
"I know, and I'll give Sentry back to her. He will see that resemblance between them and go right back to her."
"What if she attacks you?"
I sigh. "Then I'll just back. I've done a lot of training with my powers. I'm sure I could hold back whatever Dyna Blade dishes out."
"But, Kirby-"
Screech!
A loud screech sounded off as a strong gust of wind picked up. We turn to see the angry mama bird herself, Dyna Blade. We tried to stand put, but the wind was too strong as my friends were blown away. I could only look on in total awe as I now had a close up view of Dyna Blade for the first time. Even though she is going to tear me up, she was still majestic.
"KIRBY!"
I snapped out of it by the sound of my friends calling me. Just in time too as the large bird comes swooping down. I barely dodged out of the way as Dyna Blade demolished the spot I was on.
'Okay... time to go!'
Before I decided to run away however, I just remembered something important. Actually, SOMEONE important!
"Sentry! Where are you?!" I called out.
In the corner of my vision, I see the little chick running for cover behind some bushes in the distance. Now that I know he is safe at the moment, I turn and ran down the beach. Dyna Blade comes back and starts chasing me in the sky. I ran and ran, but I couldn't get away as the angry mama bird kept swooping down to either crush or grab me. After a while, we started going further away from the beach and into the open fields.
'There is got to be something I could do!' I thought as I dodge another ariel strike. 'I don't want to hurt her. There is also no way in hell I'm going to make Sentry an orphan! I need to tire her out, but how?'
Screech!
Dyna Blade gave another screech as she comes in for another strike. However, before I could dodge again, she actually caught me as I was in her beak. I desperately try my hardest to keep the mama bird's mouth open as I was literally a few inches away from her throat. Alas, my little pink body was not strong enough to withstand the bird's strength on its own as Dyna Blade's beak slowly starts closing.
'So this is how it ends? Eaten by a legendary bird?'
Bonk!
Just when I thought I was bird food, something came by and hit Dyna Blade's head. She instantly spits me out as I start falling.
"WOAHH- OOF!"
I landed on something. I look down to see that something is the Warp Star!
'Oh thank you, Tiffy for the save!'
I turn around to see that Dyna Blade now had a bruise on her cheek. I guess the Warp Star must of collided her when she was about to swallow me.
"Alright..." I say a I get my bearings. "Let's go for ride!"
I charge straight forward and started circling Dyna Blade. She notices me and began to chase me again in pursuit.
'Good, I got her attention. Now, let's get a little higher.'
I steer the Warp Star upward and we head right into the storm the large bird made. Once we were close enough, I open my mouth and started inhaling.
'I hope this works!'
I soon successfully caught a lone cloud and swallowed the whole thing. I flashed a bright light before changing into my new form. I am now wearing a golden crown with an actual spinning mini tornado on top. In the center is a shiny emerald.
"I am now, Tornado Kirby!"
Screech!
I look down to see that Dyna Blade is flying straight for me. I smiled as I raise my little pink arms.
"Falling Gust!"
I summon mini tornados and threw them down. They hit Dyna Blade in the face, disorientating her. I took the moment and flew right past her. The bird recovers quickly and chases me. We both flew right back close to ground level as we sail over the land. I can see below us is both my friends and a large crowd of Cappies watching the whole from a safe distance.
Screech!
BAM!
I was not paying attention as Dyna Blade rams me.
"GAH!"
I fell off my Warp Star and started falling. However, thanks to my tornado crown, I was able to safely float back down to the ground. I look up to see Dyna Blade diving in on me in an attempt to finish me off.
"Alright! Let's end this!" I shouted.
I breath deeply as I summon all of my strength before raising my arms over my head.
"Hyper Tornado!"
I then transformed into an actual living pink tornado! Dyna Blade's eyes widen in surprise as she tries to change course. Though, she was too late as she was trapped in the center of.. well, me.
Screech!
Dyna Blade was spinning around and around in me. She flaps her rainbow steel wings to try getting out, but I proved to be too strong even for her. I put more strength into my spinning vortex. Eventually, I won the battle in strength as the legendary bird finally gives out and starts whirling around wildly.
'Okay. That should be enough.'
I ease up on my tornado and lower the large bird gently as I could. Soon, we were both back to ground level as we breath heavily. Since it was my first time using this new power, I was a bit exhausted myself too.
Screech...
I look over to see that Dyna Blade was tearing up. I sighed as I rub my face. She probably still thinks that I've eaten her chick and that she failed to get her revenge of me.
'I know what I need to do.'
I slowly make my way closer to the fallen bird.
"Dyna Blade..." I spoke softly.
She looks over to me and glares. Probably expecting me to finish her off.
"Your chick is still alive."
Dyna Blade was taken back by this statement. Though, she glares again in suspicion, like she doesn't believe me.
"King Dedede was the one who tried to cook your egg and blame it on me. Though, all I did was hatch the little guy."
Screech...
Dyna Blade gave a low screech as if saying, "Then were is he!".
"When he hatched, he started to follow me. I tried leaving him in his nest for you, but he would. At the time, he was hungry. So, I decided I would take him to beach and get your chick some fruits and fishes."
I get even closer the glaring bird's head.
"Dyna Blade, I swear on both my life and the my duty as a Star Warrior that your chick is healthy and well, and I would gladly like to reunite you with your child."
Dyna Blade stares hard at me, trying to spot any lies or deception. When she didn't she rose up and nods her head, wanting me to lead the way. I smile as I turn around and started heading towards my destination with Dyna Blade in tow.
After walking for a bit, we made it to the beach. Everything was calm again as waves splash in the ocean with the occasional squawking seagulls in the distance. I go over to where Sentry was hiding and found that he was still there. Though, he seems to have been busy while me and mama bird were gone as he was eating a ton of bananas and leftover fishes.
I chuckled. "Hey, Sentry. It's me."
Upon hearing me, Sentry lifts his head from the pile and looks at me.
"Chirp! Chirp!"
He happily runs to me before nuzzling me. I grin as I pet him back.
"Sentry, there is someone here to see you."
"Chirp?"
I lead Sentry out of his hiding place and into Dyna Blade's view. The majestic bird's eyes widen as she gives off a happy screech. Sentry looks back at me and Dyna Blade, trying to figure out what was happening.
"Sentry, THIS is your real mama. You are HER chick."
It took a few moments for Sentry to finally piece together the resemblance between himself and his mother.
"Chirp! Chirp!"
He chirps before waddling over to mama bird and nuzzle her lower chest. Dyna Blade lowers herself as she too returns the affection while shedding a few tears.
"Kirby!"
I turn around to see my friends running towards me with a crowd of Cappies in tow. They stop as they see the lovely scene before them.
"Kirby, are you okay?" Tiff ask worried.
"I'm fine, Tiff. Just a bit tired is all." I look back at the birds. "I'm pretty sure everything is going to be fine between us for now on."
It was evening as I was standing besides my outdoor grill cooking some burgers for me and Tiff. After getting everything all sorted out with Dyna Blade's food gathering and saying goodbye to Sentry, I headed home to clean and fix up my lawn. Tiff decided to come along with me to help. She even gave me some rose seeds to plant. That was nice of her.
"Burgers are done, Tiff." I said as I place the freshly made food on the picnic rug we laid out.
"Thanks, Toby. This looks good." She replied.
We both dug in as we devour our delicious dinner.
"Hey, Tiff, thanks again for summoning the Warp Star for me. If it wasn't for you, I would of been a goner."
"No problem, Toby. I'm always look out for my friends."
"Even this handsome human?"
"Oh, shut up!" Tiff playfully shoves me.
I chuckle as I look over to the sunset. Another day of adventure has past. What will come next time, Galaxia?
_Author's Notes_
Well, I hope you guys liked the chapter. Also, I like to make it clear that in the anime, they didn't really say what gender the chick is, so I say it is a boy for this story.
Anyway, what other friends will Toby make? What more adventure awaits in the horizon? Will King Dedede ever just give up and leave well enough alone? Probably no. But find out next time on 'Toby Right Back At Ya!'.
