Kirby walked directly in front of Artemis. Artemis' only way out of the forest was right in front of her.
"Have any idea where we're going?" She asked him.
He paused.
'Eh? Could he...Understand me?' She thought as well while pausing.
Kirby then sat down and started sleeping. Artemis stared in disappointment for a few seconds. She sighed, sitting down a few feet away from him.
"I'm going to have to stick with you, Kirby, for a bit." She laid down, a bit exhausted. She stretched her weary arms, and placed them behind her head. Her blue eyes reflected the light day sky. The clouds seem to have been repeating, with the same pattern and shape of clouds kept at a constant.
"The video game world, hm..?" Artemis muttered. The calmness of the current forest was starting to become familiar to her. She closed her eyes and listened to the sounds she has gotten use to by now.
"...I hope I can get back." She told Kirby. "You don't have schools here, do you?" She asked him. Kirby rested peacefully on his belly.
"I guess not." She told him, smiling slightly at the ridiculous question of hers.
Before she knew it, she drifted into a light slumber.
As she awoke from her nap, Artemis noticed Kirby was nowhere to be seen. She quickly sat up, her mind running and thinking of solutions if Kirby was gone.
"Hmmm… I was just growing a bit fond of him too…" Artemis sighed a bit disappointed. She rubbed the back of her head. "I suppose I could just keep wondering."
She checked her spell book in her satchel. "At least I have this." She said to herself again.
Kirby suddenly jumped out of the bushes. She looked down at him, slightly shocked.
"E-Oh-" She started, but was interrupted when Kirby spit out an apple suddenly. "Oh."
Her stomach growled again. "Again? I guess hunger is the same in the video game world as it is in real life."
Kirby got the message, and offered her the apple. "N-no, thank you." She looked around for the apple tree. She sighed as well. "Kind of getting tired of apples… but who am I to complain?"
Kirby quickly ate the apple and started heading back to the apple tree. Artemis quickly followed.
Kirby's hands, or nubs, were in the air as he ran. Artemis trailed behind him, but she wasn't fast at all.
Kirby stopped suddenly and stood cautiously. He stopped so suddenly that Artemis almost tripped over him.
"Ghk-! Kirby why-!" She then saw a black light figure in front of her. She stepped up next to Kirby. The black figure stepped up as well, ready for combat. As the black figure kept stepping up a little bit by bit, Artemis realized something. She knew this black figure. "Mr. Game&watch." She said as she realized it was him. He seemed like he was about to attack at any minute. Kirby and Artemis kept their guard up.
Mr. Game&watch swiftly attacked first. Kirby, even more quickly, pulled out his hammer and nearly hit Mr. Game&watch. Mr. Game&watch almost hit Kirby as well, before Kirby ducked and then kicked him. &watch stepped back a bit before attacking Kirby again.
They were at it for a while before Artemis realized that she should be helping Kirby. She pulled out her spell book. She read the spells in her mind a few times. If she concentrated enough, it would be as effective as if she read them aloud. Mr. Game&Watch was shocked by the random ice appearing near him. Artemis concentrated harder to hit Mr. Game&watch. Mr. Game&watch finally realized it was the black haired girl a few yards away from him. She kept trying to conduct the spells towards him, but they all failed.
Mr. Game&watch started running towards Artemis as Kirby started running towards Mr. Game&watch. Mr. Game&watch suddenly stopped. He looked down to see his foot frozen to the ground. Artemis looked down at his foot as well.
Kirby then hit him with his hammer as hard as he could, flinging himself into the air to do so. Mr. Game&watch slid against the ground. He rested there on the ground. He shined a bit and then turned into a trophy.
Artemis stood there, staring at the trophy for the longest time. Kirby paused as well, then looked at Artemis. He tilted his head and let out a very quite "Aou?"
"Hmm…" Artemis walked over, and then knelt down to pick up the trophy. "I suppose… I pick up all the trophies. This'll be my ticket out of here?" She looked back at Kirby, who was walking up to her. Her blue eyes shifted to her other side where she heard a different sound, a sound other than the usual calm forest.
"Wait a minute." She listened closer.
It was definitely a different sound. She started moving toward the trees that seem to have a different sound. Kirby followed.
As Artemis got closer to the trees, she stepped in the bushes that were next to the trees. It was a completely different biome! Artemis started looking around frantically. It was as if a line separated the forest from the new biome. It was a rocky-like mountain biome, and there were multiple mountains.
"Huh-?" She looked at Kirby who didn't seem to know what was going on either. "I don't suppose you know what's going on…" She looked away from Kirby. Kirby gave a slight noise of confusion.
"This isn't that… bad." Artemis continued. "This is better than the forest. This means we have made progress." She looked back at Kirby.
Kirby noticed her enlightenment "Poyo!" He said back.
"If only I could find some people. Maybe a shop… or something." She placed her hand on her cheek.
Her stomach growled once again. Kirby looked at her then showed his classic smile.
"... Okay, let's find food first." She said, looking a bit embarrassed. They walked back to the apple tree to collect a few apples, and then continued to the mountain biome.
Hey friends, it's Jelly! I didn't write this lovely chapter though, all of that credit goes to Boba and her awesome writing skills. I hope you had a wonderful winter break! I know we did, but there is no need to fret yet friends, we are now full rested and back to posting normally.
Artemis: Well it took you long enough. I mean, I had to wait an entire month of your diddly-daddling to go back to trying to get back home.
Kirby: *angry incoherent noises*
Man, these characters are super complainers. Anyway, next chapter we'll find out about what's going on with Leo and Meta Knight!
Leo in the Distance: Aw Yeah!