Light and Dark

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Chapter 3: Chaos in the Dark

Sierra ran through Whispy Woods with blinding speed. She weaved through a maze of trees, cloaked perfectly in the darkness the trees held in. She fed off of the darkness. She fed off of the darkness of people, the inner demons everyone had within them. A chilling grin was plastered on her face. Sierra abruptly stopped in her tracks. Something started rustling in a bush nearby. In a way similar to that of a machine, she slowly turned her head to the direction of the rustling. She licked her fang-like teeth as if her prey was in those bushes. Sure enough, it was, but she didn't care what the creature's fate was, as long as the dark gem in her stomach was filled with the essence of the night. What came out from the bushes was just a little yellow bird.

"Oh, stupid Coo, stupid Rick! Getting me lost in these woods as late as it is..." The little bird said, grumbling angrily to himself afterwards. He bumped into Sierra, who hissed like a snake. "Trusssssst... in... meeeeeee...!" She hissed. The bird stopped with his little eyes wide. He grew tense, almost falling to the ground due to the fact that he stopped flapping his wings for a moment. He flew on to a nearby tree branch to catch his breath.

"I don't know what that was... but it's freaking me out!" He said to nobody in particular. Sierra started cackling in a sinister way. A dark wispy tendril came from the gem on her right hand and stuck through the bird. His eyes turned a pale silver as the darkness of his mind and spirit was being fed upon. He lost consciousness and fell from the tree.

"Pathetic. That will never be enough darkness to make me stronger than Farrah. I need more!" Sierra screamed. She rushed off to find another living being with darkness in their mind. She looked around for a moment in the woods, realizing one thing: the trees all look the same! And since Sierra knew that if the forest guardian, who is one of the forest's many trees, were sentient, then the other trees were bound to be as well.

Sierra smirked devilishly to herself. Using another of the mysterious dark tendrils, she sapped the life from the soil below her feet, causing it to collapse from under her. She plummeted about forty feet below the ground. More of the mysterious shadowy tendrils appeared, and the sucked the dark essence from everything in the forest, leaving behind a gray shadow of the forest's former glory. The living beings that laid in it were forced into a dormant state. It provided a great bit of darkness to Sierra. However, that was not enough. She craved more. Sadly, she could not stay out too long; the sun was ready to rise, and her powers weren't fully recovered. She had to wait, a skill she wasn't the most adept in. But, she was willing to do what she can.

It was only a matter of time...

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Meanwhile, the day was set in motion for many at the castle. It was about 8:33 in the morning. Almost everyone was awake in the castle. Surprisingly, Meta Knight was still asleep. Without his mask, and in the state that he was in, one would find him very cute and cuddly. He was blissfully unaware that Farrah was in his room with a mischievous yet innocent smile on her cherubic face. She levitated over the bed before gently landing. With a flash of light from her diamond gems, her shape and body changed. Apart from the diamond gems on the forehead, chest area, and left paw, she looked just like Meta Knight. Farrah crawled on the bed till she was right to the sleeping Star Warrior's face.

"Meta Knight. Wake up, Sleepy Head!" Farrah said sweetly with an innocent giggle. However, that didn't work. Meta Knight only grumbled like a child who was getting irritated. He swatted at the disguised spirit with his right hand. His glove fell off, revealing strange markings.

"Huh? What are these?" Farrah asked to nobody in particular. She grabbed the exposed paw of the Puffal. She didn't notice that touch was what awoke Meta Knight. His silver eyes widened.

"Who are you?! Why are you in my bed?!" He asked, startled to find Farrah in a different form. "Don't worry, Meta Knight! It's me, Farrah! I just transformed to look like you, that's all." Then Farrah leapt off the bed. "I cannot fathom how absolutely strange and terrifying that is. And where is my glove?" "It fell off when you were trying to swat me away like a bug. By the way, what are those markings?" "Markings!? Oy vey... this is why I keep my gloves on..." Meta Knight deadpanned. "Is that a birthmark?" "No. These are Markings of Matrimonium*. I was married to a Psychic Puffal named Mira. Her race practiced strange customs; this was one of them. I do not wish to go in depth on the whole thing. It is pointless at the moment. Um... may I have my glove back, please?" "Oh, right. Sorry, sir." Farrah said with an apologetic look in her eyes. She shape changed back into her normal form.

"You don't always have to be so mysterious, Meta Knight. It kills the fun for others when you act like a big 'ol Grumpy Gus. Why shroud yourself in a metaphorical fog, anyway?" "Well, let me explain this in the blunt version of the language you speak: mysteries are fun for some, and the less certain people know about me, the better. I haven't revealed this much about myself since Callie and Victoria arrived. Now leave me to get dressed in peace. It is bad enough you've seen me without my mask." Then a silence fell between the two. Farrah grinned as she shape changed again.

"I'll have a little fun in your body, and you go back to your silent stoicism. Ok?" Farrah asked with a giggle. She ran out of the room, giggling like a child who ate too much sugar. Meta Knight sighed audibly in annoyance.

"She is thousands of years old, and yet, she still acts like a child. I guess that is alright; she is a pure being, despite all that has happened to her. I need to stop delaying..." Meta Knight mused to himself as he dressed himself in the armor, mask, and cape. When he got everything he needed, Meta Knight left the room.

He walked a lot through the halls of the castle. They were suspiciously silent and still save for a few Waddle Dees that stood as statues. Confused as to why the halls were so still, Meta Knight wandered to the throne room. To his surprise and obvious confusion, nobody, not even King Dedede or Escargoon were in there. Something was wrong. Something was wrong, and he had to figure out what it was. Meta Knight went outside of the castle; maybe his answer was out there.

He went outside of the castle and flew to Cappytown. The whole town was deserted; a ghost town. Nobody was on the street. It baffled the Star Warrior.

"What is going on? I do not see anyone on the streets."

Something very grave happened the night before, Meta , dear. I fear it is the worst possible scenario... The Pendulum Amulet murmured in Meta Knight's mind.

"What do you mean?"

Chaos in the Dark. It is only the most probably work of Sierra. I sense all of the liveliness drained from one concentrated area nearby... the woods you found Farrah...

"I understand. I will see if the woods are safe."

I highly doubt it, Meta. It is in the direction of the woods.

"Alright. I will expect the worst, but I hope for the best."

And with that, Meta Knight went off in the direction of Whispy Woods.

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When he arrived at the forest, everyone in town, even Kirby and the rest of the Cappytown children, and King Dedede and Escargoon, and Farrah and Skyla too. The Cappies were murmuring statements of shock, horror, and awe at the scene. Skyla was recording the scene in a tablet-like device. Kirby and the kids, not to mention the duo from the castle were murmuring amongst themselves about the danger, though one could have sworn they heard King Dedede ask why Meta Knight was not out there yet. The one who looked the most shaken was Farrah. She looked scared. She had her arms wrapping around her as if she were giving herself a death grip of a hug.

"It appears the worst had happened." Meta Knight stated loud enough for everyone to hear. They turned around to see the elder Star Warrior with his cape wrapped around his small spherical body in its normal fashion.

"May I pass, please?" Farrah asked in a meek voice. It was barely audible, and it lacked the kind, sweet, and innocent childish exuberance it normally had. Instead, it sounded much like a scared child, one who had experienced the worst of nightmares. Nevertheless, the crowd dissipated out of the half-ethereal spirit's way. She walked towards Meta Knight, who remained as still as a statue in his silent stoicism.

"I seek your help, Meta Knight. I want to for the sake of those in that forest. They are probably in the death-like sleep because of Sierra. I am too weak to go alone... and... I'm scared. Sierra has brought a great bit of her powers back to her. There is something that I wish to request."

"I will do what it takes, Farrah."

"What I wish to do is fuse with you. It will combine our physical aspects and strengths." Then Farrah knelt down on the ground on one of her knees, extending her left hand out for the knight to grasp.

"How am I able to fuse? That doesn't seem possible..." "You are a Warrior of the Light, correct? You should be able to synchronize the Light within you to fuse. We synchronize by dance, and by seeing just how reclusive you normally are, due to the basic fact you almost never take that mask off, I understand if you wish to go to the castle for this procedure to commence."

"No, i-it is ok. I will do this here." "Are you sure?" Then a silence grew among everyone. Nobody moved, nobody spoke, it seemed as if nobody was even breathing. The scene made everyone's skin crawl. Then the silence broke when Meta Knight spoke.

"Yes. I will do so." He spoke. Farrah stood back up with her hand still outstretched. Meta Knight's small gloved paw grasped it. Those who were watching didn't understand what happened next. The two danced an elegant waltz. Some in the crowd had looks of bewilderment. Others had looks of shock, and others had looks of envy and impression at the same time. When Meta Knight and Farrah stuck the final pose, a bright light radiated from the both of them. Their bodies literally turned into light that phased into each other. It spiraled around, colliding after a couple seconds. The light condensed into what looked like a human shape, like how Farrah was. The last thing that formed was the long hair that once belonged to Farrah. Then the light subsided and the form was revealed.

It was a seven foot tall feminine human-like form. Her skin was slightly tanned, due to the possible fact of Meta Knight's dark blue skin fusing with the pale skinned form of Farrah. She held Farrah's silvery white hair, but it also had marks of navy blue on it, especially at the front. There were also navy blue marks on her arms that looked like tribal tattoos. Her physique was stockier and more muscular than that of Farrah's, a result of her combined strength with that of Meta Knight's. The dress was white and navy blue with strange patterns. The three diamonds still remained on the fusion, but a strange black tattoo like mark was on the palm of her right hand. It was two circles, one smaller one within a larger one, with small rectangles each encircling another circle that had a star inside it. The marks inside the rectangles were a clock, a sword, a heart, a broken heart, and a spiral. Where the feet showed under the dress, there were purple markings similar to the marks on the arms. Farrah's wings no longer showed, but in their place was a dark blue cape that hung slightly lower than the dress. The fusion's eyes were colors of amber yellow on the left eye and silver on the right. There was a silver marking surrounding their face; assuming that would be where Meta Knight's mask would reach if it were on a human. The marking went down from below the diamond on her forehead to the bridge of her nose.

Amazed gazes were glanced at her impressive form. She did not move, and it seemed she did not even breathe. She stood as still as a statue. The eyes of the crowd did not waver their focus away from her. The little movement she gave for a moment was a gaze at the dead look of the entrance to Whispy Woods. Her one amber yellow eye glowed a soft green for a moment. Her body shifted as she transitioned towards the woods.

"Medakni! Wait Medakni!" Kirby called out with the Ebrum kids following him. Callie and Victoria followed as well. The fusion turned her gaze toward them and looked down at them with a silent stoicism that was unmatched by none except Meta Knight.

"I am not Meta Knight. I am not Farrah. They are merely powers that came together to form me," Then she turned back toward the woods. But before she walked in, she unfurled her wings. They caused a shock wave that pushed the youths back. Her head turned their way.

"Now... farewell, children." And she dove into the woods with blinding speed.

"Medakni! Come back poyo!" Kirby squealed, following the fusion into the woods. "Kirby! Kirby wait!" Tiff called out after the child Star Warrior, following in after him. Tuff came in after her, and Victoria and Callie followed in after him.

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The fusion was speeding through the spiraling trails of the forest with impressive speed. Something in her head told her what she needed to do. Since Meta Knight was in control, and since the Pendulum Amulet was absorbed into the fusion, the whispers were still heard.

There are five trees you must strike for the Light to shine here once more, Meta. With the super-speed upgrade you received upon fusing, it will be very easy to reach these points before sunset. There are two trees to the furthest points in the northeast and northwest, and two trees to the furthest points in the southeast and the southwest. The final tree you have to strike is Whispy Woods. The Light will be channeled as arrows that you will use Farrah's powers to guide. Good luck, Sir Meta Knight!

The fusion nodded her head in agreement and went northeast at her current pace. It took about fifteen minutes to get to the correct tree. It was taller than the surrounding trees in the area. She summoned Farrah's Angel Bow and Galaxia. She merged the two together, creating the Heaven's Bow. The fusion leapt backwards, summoned an arrow of light, and fired it at the trunk of the tree. The color on it, and the surrounding trees within its vicinity.

"Alright. And, to keep Sierra from doing this again, I shall leave a spell." Using her left wrist, she contorted it in positions impossible for ordinary people, the fusion locked a seal into the tree impervious to all Dark magic. The seal spread to the rest of the trees in that vicinity. The fusion then ran northwest, repeating the process she performed on the last tree. She did so with the tree to the southwest and then to the southeast. Almost all of the Light was replenished. The fusion had one last tree to strike: Whispy Woods.

Using Clairvoyance that was passed to the fusion by Meta Knight, she located the exact location of the aged tree. It was deathly still, and a darker gray than the other surrounding trees that once had their light drained. The heart of the forest was still with the Dark, and the fusion aimed to stop it. But, as she went there, a sight that she dreaded to see caught her eyes. She saw the kids. They were looking for her.

Oh, dammit! If they are here, and if Sierra is lying in wait, they will be in danger!

What will we have to do? They won't leave unless we follow, Meta Knight!

Then we will have to stay hidden, Farrah. Those children are stubborn. As long as I am in control, we will not be found, I assure you. Trust me.

And the telepathic conversation ended when the fusion's right eye flashed a lighter shade of silver. She ran to the heart of the forest. A sigh of relief escaped from her.

"It looks like we lost them. Now to fix this." And with that, the fusion went to work again. Her bow glowed brightly. The waves of energy reverberated and radiated off of the fusion. A powerful arrow began to form.

Steady...

The forest relies on this...

The beings in the forest rely on this...

Even you rely on this...

Now...

FIRE!

With a movement as sharp as a knife, the fusion's arrow of Light struck the mighty forest guardian. The Light glowered around the tree, shining a golden color representing the tree's aura. Using her right wrist, the fusion created the special seal that forced all Dark magic away. Nothing Sierra can use could break that seal. With the healing glow of the tree, the Light magic spread to the few trees in that vicinity that were still afflicted with the Chaos in the Dark curse. All was well.

Then spying down in front of the fusion, lay three little animals. A little yellow bird, a gray and white owl, and a larger than normal hamster. They were afflicted as well, cured, but they had to recover. She lifted the three up with one arm and walked on the trail back to town.

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Later that night, in a dark crevice under a dead willow tree in the deepest parts of Whispy Woods, Sierra's cold gray eyes illuminated the dark like that of a feline's eyes. A smirk was broad and wide on her face. Her tall figure rose and levitated from the hole.

"So, Little Sister, you found that olden Star Warrior's descendant, eh? So what if he is the Devil's Advocate, I sense his Darkness is strong... strong enough for me to regain my full power in one fell swoop..." A bone chilling cackle escaped from the Angel of Darkness.

"Beware, Sir Meta Knight... I hope you like being sealed away in your darkest memories... once I get ahold of you, the Light will dim and I shall rise, the victor of this eternal game." Another cackle escaped from her as she flew within the shadows towards Cappytown, and into the night.

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Author's Note: Hey-o! It's me, and another update!

I realized I might have forgot to mention something. There's a few Steven Universe references in this story as well (fusion is a one of them.) There will be major Steven Universe references in later chapters.

For the * thing, I got cookies for the person who guesses what that translates to in English. Anywhoo, it was a slow update and I apologize. I will try to update as soon as possible. Till next time! - CallieSizemore601