Chapter 7: Destination Dreamland
Link was plummeting towards his death. And with his speed increasing it wouldn't be long now…
A small 6-inch pink sphere was looking down on Dreamland, from a water fountain, known as the Fountain of dreams. It just stood there and watched another meteor fall towards Dreamland. "Second meteor today pie!" it said, as though it was talking to itself. But soon another voice perked up. This one filled with mystery.
"No… it is merely a person plummeting to their death!" The voice said. "I will go save it… Maybe that person will know something about the Sword that has poisoned the Fountain of Dreams!" The pink puffball turned around and looked at someone who was relatively the same height as him. The only difference was, this other thing was wearing body armor, and had a cape. The armored puffball threw off his cape to reveal bat wings and he began to flap them. "I will be back soon Kirby!" it said flying away.
"Bye Metaknight apple!" Kirby shouted. Kirby turned around and faced the mysterious sword, which was the NES Sword. It had cracked the foundation of the Fountain, and the liquid substance was overflowing at a much faster rate then normal. 'Metaknight said not to touch the sword, since it is evil… yet if we don't remove it the fountain of Dreams will be destroyed. What should I do Cheese?'
Kirby walked towards the Sword, it was glowing with a mystic aura. Green, yellow, white, blue, red, and black all surrounded it. Kirby then floated up into the air and put his small hand on the hilt.
"What is this?" The NES sword asked. Kirby was shocked that a sword could talk.
"Swords can't talk Cake!" Kirby shouted.
"I am a sword forged of great power, Kirby, I can indeed talk!" The NES sword said calmly. "Yet only a member of the 12 can animate me!" The NES sword stopped talking for a second, Kirby just stood frozen in fear. "This place… it's familiar to me some how… yet I feel strong evil sealed inside of this place…"
"Nightmare chicken!" Kirby said.
"Nightmare is the force that is sealed from within here…" The NES Sword began to concentrate. "Now then… I must find Master Hand!"
"Sword, doughnut!" Kirby shouted, looking down at the Fountain's liquid. It was showing Master Hand attacking a planet, and with him were strange purple monsters. Kirby immediately recognized this planet as Ripple star. All of the monsters seemed to be heading towards a shrine. And in the middle of the shrine was a large crystal.
"We must defend this planet from Master Hand…" The NES sword gazed upon Kirby. "You are a member of the 12 and thus you should be able to do it single handedly! I will use my power to form a portal to this planet!" It appeared as though the NES Sword was sinking deeper into the liquid. A circular blue light emitted and the NES Sword fell through the light. Kirby jumped in afterwards.
Link opened his eyes, he was sure that he was dead and now in the after life. In front of him was Metaknight, who had saved Link at the last second. "You fell from the sky," Metaknight said. "Are you ok?"
Link looked at the strange armored figure. "Ya… I think so…" Link's eyes fixed upon Metaknight's bat wings. Slowly Link's hand reached for his sword Master Sword. He grabbed onto the hilt. "Though I can't say the same thing for you!" Link quickly drew the Master Sword and slashed at Metaknight, who had drawn his sword, and used it to defend.
'His technique is not one of an amateur, he is forcing back my sword…" Metaknight thought to himself. 'At this point I can only negotiate with this thing…' "Wait! I will put away my sword if you put away yours!"
"Fine!" Link said sheathing his sword. Metaknight did the same for his sword.
"Now then I have some questions that you will have to answer…" Metaknight said. "Mainly why are you on popstar!"
Link looked on Metaknight "Well… it's a long story…"
"I have the time…" Metaknight said.
Kirby and the NES sword landed in front of a giant shrine. The place was at peace, unlike what the Fountain of Dreams had shown Kirby. "Why isn't the place destroyed coffee?" Kirby asked.
"The fountain of dreams must have shown us a vision of the future! Master Hand moves in a predictable manner! He must be planning to invade in the near future, and so we must be prepared to fight him and his forces!" The NES Sword replied.
"Sure pizza!" Kirby sighed. Kirby grabbed the NES Sword's hilt and began to run into the shrine. The long corridors of the shrine were suddenly brought to a halt by a dome shaped room with a crystal that floated in a beam of light. Both Kirby and The NES Sword gazed upon this marvel.
"The light… it is purifying the crystal…" The NES Sword said.
"5 more minutes and all of the evil that was sealed away in the crystal will be destroyed!" a voice said. Kirby turned around and saw a strange faerie like figure.
"Ribbon pineapple!" Kirby shouted excited, running over to his long time friend. "O2 is nearly gone from the crystal?"
"Yes!" She replied.
"I felt a similar presence much like the one from within the Crystal back at the fountain of dreams!" The NES sword reported. "Yet we mustn't worry about that as Master Hand draws a lot closer and we must be prepared for his onslaught!"
"That's right Ribbon!" Kirby shouted. "We were supposed to tell you that a strange force is coming to take the crystal! Cheeseburger!"
"And we must defend it at all costs!" Ribbon said. As soon as these words left Ribbon's mouth there was a giant crashing sound, and screams pierced through the air. The NES Sword was able to look past the walls and see what was happening: Master Hand was floating out side with thousands of minions.
"Where did he get all of them?" The NES Sword said out loud.
"All of what?" Kirby asked.
"Master Hand has thousands of strange warriors, I think we might be over our heads…" The NES sword said.
"Attention inhabitants of Ripple Star!" Master Hand's voice boomed out from everywhere. "I am only here for the crystal… If you give it to me right now I will spare this pathetic planet from destruction! If you don't I'll take the crystal by force! You have 10 minutes to give it to me!"
"Ten minutes…" Ribbon said panicking. "That isn't long enough to prepare a decent defense!"
"Don't worry bagel!" Kirby said. "I will defend the crystal!"
Ribbon seemed somewhat relived by this. Yet the NES sword was uneasy. "I do not doubt your power Kirby, it's just against this many creatures I don't think we stand much of a chance!"
"Don't worry!" Ribbon said. "Kirby will win!"
"You seem confident in his abilities!" The NES sword said to Ribbon.
"Yes!" She replied calmly. "Kirby can gain the abilities and special attacks of anything he absorbs! Though sadly if Kirby is hit by a strong attack he loses his ability, and has to get a new one! And he is unable to keep attacks for later use!"
"Hmm… I see…" The NES sword said slowly. "I do not know if it is beyond my current power but I will attempt to grant you an ability to use every single ability that you have absorbed so far, as you please!"
Kirby nodded and the NES sword began to glow, radiating a strong energy. A dark blue beam of light then shot from the NES sword to Kirby. Spikes began to emerge from Kirby and he began to change shape. His body split into half and continued to morph, into different stone objects, and even into fire. Yet despite all that was happening it didn't look like Kirby felt any pain.
"It is done…" The NES sword sounded like it was tired. "Yet it has drained a good chunk of my energy…"
"There is no chance we can lose now!" Kirby shouted out quickly grabbing The NES sword and running towards the entrance. And there was Master Hand.
Master Hand just floated in the air, like he was unconscious. It was like he was counting down. Surrounding him were millions of strange purple objects.
"Master Hand has arrived…" The NES Sword said. "Kirby prepare for battle!"
"Uh… just out of curiosity don't you think that we are severely out numbered? Potato!" Kirby asked.
"Well yes…" The NES Sword answered. "But we can not allow Master Hand to reach the crystal… if he does… who knows what he will do with its power!" At this moment Master Hand noticed both Kirby and the NES sword. He glared at them.
"So have you come to surrender?" Master Hand asked.
"NO! CHEESECAKE!" Kirby shouted.
"Well you have 3 minutes to change your mind!" Master Hand replied calmly.
"3 minutes is all we will need!" The NES sword said telepathically to Kirby. "You just have to learn the secret of wielding your new skill! Only under intense meditation would one be able to do what you are going to do! You must focus your mind on the form which you want to obtain!"
"Ah screw the three minutes!" Master Hand shouted. "Get they crystal and kill anyone in the way!"
"Hurry Kirby transform!" The NES sword pleaded. Kirby closed his eyes and a second later he was a little bit darker, and wore a red hat with a Star on the forehead. Out from the back there seemed to be a ponytail, of purple hair sticking up. Kirby was now in his Ninja form. A single polygon approached Kirby, quickly, not seeing it as much of a threat. Kirby placed the NES sword behind him, and stared at the polygon. They exchanged glances for a few seconds when Kirby jumped up at the polygon. Quickly Kirby grabbed a Kunai, and stabbed the polygon in the throat.
"Good help is so hard to find…" Master Hand cried. "ATTACK HIM FULL FORCE!" Several Polygons ran towards Kirby who held the Kunai out, and remained perfectly still. Several sword-wielding polygons slashed at Ninja Kirby who just vanished into thin air. The polygons, confused began to look around for their target, when suddenly several objects came flying through the air and hit the Polygons where their eyes would be. They fell to the ground, dead. And Kirby reappeared in-between the corpses slowly walking around grabbing the Kunai that were impaled within the polygon's heads.
Seeing Kirby several of the Polygons jumped back in fear. "Animals should know when to run!" Kirby said. Slowly he began to transform into another state. This was his Dual end Lightsaber ability. He held onto a blade that had 2 yellow energy sides to it. Most polygons were intimidated even further.
"KILL HIM!" Master Hand shouted. Several Polygons ran towards Kirby who just sliced through them, they then fell down onto the ground, dead. Some polygons their bodies were in several pieces. Most of the polygons backed away from Kirby. "DO IT BEFORE I DESTROY YOU!"
"You'll destroy your own men?" Kirby asked.
"Yes…" Master Hand simply replied. "Now then Kirby prepare for a fight like one you have never before witnessed!" Master Hand began to focus all of his energy on the Smash crystal. Slowly a black aura began to appear around the Smash Crystal, and it slowly floated up into the air. Electricity began to spark up towards it, and all the energy from the Dual end Lightsaber went to the smash Crystal. Slowly the planet became shrouded by a dark cloud. The Smash crystal then began to emit a purple energy that looked like lighting. The lightning traveled through out the planet, zapping any monsters that it found, and transforming them into energy that could further fuel the Smash Crystal. A lightning bolt then went towards the crystal chamber. It then hit the crystal and slowly the Smash crystal began to absorb its power. Kirby began to concentrate on a new form to obtain. This time he chose his rock form. Moving as fast as he could Kirby ran towards the purple energy stream and jumped in front of it Transforming to double his size and to rock at the last possible second. This began to drain Kirby's energy.
More lightning began to strike Kirby chipping away his stone form. Slowly altering his angle he faced Master Hand and extended his small stubby hands. Kirby then transformed back into his normal self, but this time he had a hat on much like a Jester would wear. The left side was just a plain red, while the right side was an aqua green that had white poke-a-dots on it. On the ends were 2 big pom-poms. In front of Kirby was now a silver barrier, protecting him from the attack. The attack then bounced off of the barrier into several polygons, and it rushed towards Master Hand. However the Smash Crystal just floated in front of Master Hand and absorbed the attack. And the Dark aura grew stronger.
"Yes… I have enough power now!" Master Hand laughed holding the Smash Crystal. A vortex of wind began to pick up and an object floated down from the sky parting the clouds. A beam of red light then shot down at the battlefield and onto all of the Polygons. The corpses of the polygons that Kirby had destroyed earlier began to rise from the ground and mend whatever wounds they had. "Now then… Since every polygon has 2 hands… they deserve 2 weapons!" Several thousand red objects flew down from the sky and landed in the ground. The Polygons picked them up and Red blades came out of them. A few thousand more objects flew through the air. Each of the polygons now had a gun. Everyone of them pointed the gun at Kriby and fired. Green energy bullets came out of the gun and rushed towards Kirby. The blast hit the barrier in front of Kirby and sent the bullets back at the polygons, destroying completely a few polygons that got the full force of the attack.
Kirby jumped back to get the NES sword. He then glanced at the thousands of polygons. With the NES sword in his grasp he could now see the full extent of the dark aura. It was slowly flowing towards them. "We have to contain it!" The NES sword said. "We must put up a barrier!"
"We have no time for that!" Kirby said to the NES sword. "We have to take them out double sword style!"
"WHAT?" The NES Sword shouted shocked. Kirby became normal again and in his right hand was a sword that had fire surrounding the blade, it burned with a passion. Kirby on the other hand, the constant switching of abilities had left him worn down and fatigued.
Kirby jumped up into the air and crossed the two swords so that they became an X shape. Then Kirby went flying down towards a rather big and bulky polygon. The big polygon lifted up his beamsword and defended, by putting the beamsword in the center of the X. The polygon pushed back but the force of Kirby's attack, caused the beamsword to blow up, and Kirby to slice through the Polygon. Several bullets went flying at Kirby who didn't have the time to dodge and was sent flying through the wall and into the crystal, displacing it and sending the NES Sword through it. The NES sword began to absorb the crystal, and there was a sudden power outburst coming from NES sword.
"So much power…" The NES sword muttered. Light began to emit from him and several beams of light rushed towards the polygons. Any Polygon who touched the Light immediately exploded in a bright colorful fashion. Master Hand glared at Kirby.
'The NES sword couldn't of used that much power before!' Master Hand thought. 'But the second it touched the Crystal…' Master Hand just began to laugh evilly. 'Yes I understand now!' he said to himself. 'The NES sword gains more power because it fuses with others if I want the Seal of Smash to become stronger it to must fuse with evil! But how?'
The Smash Crystal began to let out several thousand more polygons. And they all rushed towards Kirby. For five brief seconds Kirby swung the Crystal NES sword and several shards pierced the polygons. The shards then turned into energy taking the polygons with them back into the Crystal NES sword. Kirby then did this a few more times, and Master Hand just simply created more Polygons. This was now taking a toll on Kirby. He was becoming fatigued and could no longer see straight. In one last desperate attempt to finish off all of the polygons Kirby held the Crystal NES sword out. He was ready to swing when one of the polygons tackled Kirby and sent the Crystal NES sword flying a few feet away.
All of the polygons were now overpowering Kirby. One kicked Kirby back into a wall, and they slowly all approached him. Kirby began to shake in fear.
Several of the Polygons were suddenly destroyed. Kirby looked up and in the sky was Metaknight with Galaxia in his hand.
"Master Hand we meet again!" Link said facing Master Hand. Quickly drawing the Master Sword Link rushed towards Master Hand, and tried to slice him in half. However Master Hand just flied into the sky at high speeds in order to avoid the attack.
"So you survived your fall…" Master Hand was shocked. "Heh… And here I thought my problems lied with Ganondorf! That fool he ran once he saw my true power!"
"What happened?" Link asked.
"Heh… we went full force at each other, to the point where we became blood thirsty monsters, set on only killing the other, and surviving at all costs! It then became evident that we were equal and our current battle was causing the dimension to collapse upon itself! Yet we were ready to continue! Perhaps to the point to where every dimension would be destroyed!" Master Hand explained. "Then using the power of the smash Crystal I was able to overpower him for a brief second, to where he fell into the dimensional void, he then escaped by opening a hole in the dimensions!"
"Relying on a cheap trick to beat Ganondorf?" Link laughed.
"Laugh while you can Link! Your presence changes everything! Now then… Polygons return!" All of the polygons and the corpses of the polygons turned into a bright red light, and flew up to the Smash Crystal. Master Hand then disappeared. Link walked through the ruins of the city, to Kirby, and Metaknight.
"The NES Sword!" Link picked it up off of the ground, yet it was a lot heavier. He could no longer wield it with one hand, and had to use two hands again. 'The sword increased in power… yet… it only became heavier… Can I sacrifice power for weight?' Link sheathed his sword and walked over to Metaknight who was tending Kirby.
"I suggest we return to Popstar!" Metaknight said. "It would be a lot easier to treat Kirby there!"
"Fine with me!" Link replied. Grabbing Kirby and lifting him up so that Kirby was on his back. Link began to walk towards the portal that Kirby had used to get from the Fountain of Dreams to Ripple star. He walked through it and Metaknight followed.
To be continued…