What's Under the Mask?
Dedede woke up on a normal day to a normal awaking call. That call was Escargoon coming into his room with his royal breakfast. Dedede decided that it would be funny to scare him. So he pretended to be asleep and waited for Escargoon to come closer to his bed.
"Sire your food's ready!" Escargoon called out. No answer. "Sire?" Escargoon called out again. No answer. "Sire, are you ok?" By that time Escargoon had made it to his majesty's bed.
King Dedede saw his chance and jumped up and screamed at the top of his lungs and scared the "dewey decimal" out of Escargoon.
"AHHHHHHHH!" Escargoon screamed as he ran out of the room
"Ha coward." King Dedede said
Once he was done laughing at his assistant's reaction to a simple scare he grabbed his breakfast from off his nightstand and began to eat it. He finished in no time at all and began to get ready for the day making sure to call over his scared assistant in the process.
"I don't understand why you are so scared of meh." King Dedede said as he was changing behind the room divider
"Maybe because the trauma from when you tried to break my shell is still there." Escargoon said as he tried to catch all of the king's clothes that were being thrown at him
"It's not like it hurt ya. Dat shell ain't even connected to ya body." Dedede replied "smartly" as he put on his coat
"Yeah and Meta Knight's mask isn't either" Escargoon said under his breath
"Ya right it isn't! Come on Escargoon I have an idea!" Dedede said as he grabbed the snail and ran out of the the room
Words could not convey how worried Escargoon was at this moment. They were in Meta Knight's bedroom grabbing every single mask they could find and putting them into a bag. So yeah they were pretty much robbing him. King Dedede was having a blast, Escargoon on the other hand was not. He in fact was terrified. If you knew Meta Knight then you would know that he's not the best person to mess with. He could easily terrify a grown man just by looking at him. And here they were robbing that same guy. NOVA knows what would happen if Meta Knight walked in on them.
Creak "Sir whatcha want us to do with the mysterious bag you bought?" A voice asked
"You can just put it in my room and I'll deal with it later." a voice with a Spanish accent replied
That horrid Spanish accent meant only one thing. "Meta Knight's home!" Both Escargoon and King Dedede ran into said knights' closet and hid hoping he wouldn't open the closet door when he came in.
"Ok sir!" Escargoon and Dedede heard the door to Meta's room open and some footsteps that got closer and closer. "I guess I'll just leave it on the bed…Huh…I didn't know Sir Meta Knight liked candy this much." The voice chuckled.
At this point both the king and his assistant knew who it was. Sword Knight. Sword chuckled a bit more as he went outside of the room. Escargoon and King Dedede were safe. They soon heard that the knights were going to make lunch. They now had no idea how they were going to get back into the hallway. And they needed to get out fast! Escargoon started to look around the closet to see if there was anything they could use. Meta Knight does just appear out of nowhere so obviously there has to be something that helps him do that!
After five minutes of searching they gave up and decided to wait until Sword, Blade, and Meta Knight left the apartment. They then heard some awesome news.
"Well we're gonna head out on patrol you coming?" Blade asked
"Yes I'm coming, I just need to get something out of my closet." Meta Knight replied
'Oh crap!' they both thought. Dedede grabbed a random blanket and threw it over him and the snail. The door opened and in came Meta Knight. That was when the closet door opened
"Hmm…I don't remember that much stuff being under there but…eh who cares…where are they…nope not here…not here either…" Meta Knight mused to himself
The king and his snail assistant were safe!
"UGH WHERE ARE MY MASKS!?" Meta Knight screamed as he turned around and started to look in his chest of drawers
King Dedede peaked his head out and grabbed Escargoon. He ran out of the room pulling the snail along with him. Dedede ran like a cheetah for fear of his life. The stoic, calm, coldhearted knight had never screamed that loud before...or even raised his voice.
Let's say that they didn't make it that far until they ran into Sword and Blade. The king in his haste ran into the two knight's and almost knocked them over.
"HEY!" They both said turning around
"Well that was rude." Sword said as he got up
"Well we can't do anything about it." Blade replied
"Yeah…I wish we could though." Said Sword
"Eh it would be nice for him to get a feeling of his own medicine." Blade said
"Yeah.." He replied
King Dedede and Escargoon ran and they ran far far away. And by far far away I mean into town. They couldn't risk facing and angered Meta Knight. That would be certain death. Once they had made it to town they started to brainstorm what they could do with the masks they had just stolen.
"We could give them to that Gus guy and have him melt them." Dedede suggested
"Sire, we've already angered him enough. To melt his masks would most likely end up with us six feet under." Escargoon reasoned
"Six feet under wha? Da castle?" Dedede asked
"THE GROUND! WE'D BE DEAD 50 TIMES OVER!" Escargoon screamed
"Oh…well…umm…I ain't giving them back till I see what he's hiding under dat mask! It's a king's job to know everything 'bout everyone! And he has one too many secrets!" Dedede proclaimed
"...Yep…let's just hope we don't run into him anytime soon." Escargoon said sighing Meta Knight was frantically running around his apartment looking for his masks. The one he currently wore was dirty, unpolished, and smelled horrible. And it normally took about a week to clean one mask, because the polish needed to be put on, the polish needed to dry, it needed to be deep cleaned by a professional, and all of the cracks, scratches, and stains needed to be removed. And currently all of his masks were either dirty or in the process of being cleaned.
Which is why he was frantically running around like a madman in his apartment. 'They have to be here somewhere…right?' he thought 'Wait…what…if…' "SWORD! BLADE!" Meta Knight screamed as he put his unclean, dirty, smelly mask back on. No more than ten seconds later the two squires rush into the room standing at attention
"Yes SIR!" They both said saluting
"At ease." Meta Knight said. Sword and Blade's hands went down "Did you happen to take my masks to the cleaner?" Meta Knight asked
"No sir, did something happen to them?" Blade replied
"DID WE GET ROBBED?!" Sword screamed
"Possibly, honestly, I'm surprised that the only things that are missing are my masks." Meta replied
"I NEED TO CHECK MY ROOM!" Sword screamed and left the room
"Sword…seriously…" Blade said face palming
Five minutes later Sword came back into the main room and looked thoroughly relieved. Blade and Meta could infer that the thief hadn't stolen anything from his room and the only things that were missing were Meta Knight's masks. And Sword and Blade knew that whoever it was wasn't going to have a good day today…To the culprit…run…
King Dedede was messing with the town like always saying that he had the right to raise the taxes because he was king and they were stupid peasants. He had gotten over his original fear of the masked knight and was enjoying the Cappies' misery, realizing that they couldn't do anything about the taxes being raised…again.
Escargoon on the other hand was trying to keep a fuming Tiff away from the penguin. Pushing and trying as hard as he could to stop her from moving forward with whatever she was thinking of doing.
"Tiff...stop…please…" Escargoon said
"NO! NOW GET YOUR HANDS OFF MY SHOULDERS!" Tiff screamed kicking the snail
"Oof- Fine have at it I guess, I don't get paid enough for this type of crap anyway." Escargoon said moving to the side to let Tiff get through
Tiff stormed up to the car that the penguin king was standing on. Dedede stopped his rant and turned to look at the blond headed girl.
"Wha you want girly?" Dedede said angrily
"WHY-" The girl was cut off by an angry voice behind the king
"DEDEDE!" The voice screamed
The king turned around to see an enraged Meta Knight. His eyes were a burning crimson and his sword was out and the tip was pointing right at him. One well placed lunge would plunge the sword through his stomach. The king braced himself for the attack and closed his eyes…But the attack never came. He opened his eyes to see the knight hadn't moved. Not a single bit.
The knight of Dreamland was FURIOUS! And you could tell. He was trembling, barely holding on to his anger and self control. All he wanted to do right now was…well impale the king and watch as he slowly dies making his death as slow and painful as possible. But he couldn't. That was his boss and killing the king would ruin his reputation. 'But…just…one…step would get the job done…just…one…step…' he thought 'NO! I can't! That would break the code of honor! I'm a knight not a DEMON!' He mentally screamed at himself, still staring at the king with cold unblinking eyes.
Tiff was worried, she had never seen Meta Knight that angry at someone before. Wait. No, not angry enraged was the better word. Every other time that she'd seen him angry he had control of his anger and it was never directed at someone in front of him it was normally directed at Nightmare. But now it seemed like he was just barely holding on…and she just hoped that nothing bad would happen because right now all she could do was get everyone away…
Tiff ushered everyone out from around the tree in the middle of town. She could tell that this wouldn't be pretty if Meta Knight went with what she thought he was going to do…impale the king on his sword. And she hoped that he would have enough self control to not just flat out kill the king.
Time passed and it was now night time. Meta Knight was out on one of the balconies sitting on one of the barracks contemplating what had happened earlier that day. That was when Tiff walked up behind him.
"Uh…Sir Meta Knight?" Tiff asked quietly, the knight didn't say anything he just turned to look at the girl "If it's alright with you, can I ask you something? But please promise you won't get mad." Tiff said worriedly
"Yes,of course, I would never get mad at a simple question." Meta Knight stated
"Ok…umm…what happened earlier? You seemed so…blinded by anger…" Tiff asked nervously
"That, I'm afraid, is a question I am unable to answer. For I don't even know what happened." Meta Knight said looking back up towards the sky
"Could you at least tell me what made you that mad?" Tiff asked the knight
"Well, earlier today Sword, Blade and I were getting ready for patrols and well I needed to change my mask sense it was dirty but…all of my other masks were gone…and well I guess I got a little too carried away." Meta Knight answer sheepishly
"Oh, and let me guess you thought Dedede took them." Tiff said
"Yep, I don't know who else would." Said the knight
"Why don't you just take it off then?" Said Tiff
"Personal reasons." Meta Knight answered simply
After a while Tiff decided to leave. Her parents were probably looking for her anyway and she was getting sleepy. Meta Knight stayed and continued to look at the stars. He normally stayed up till at least 11 or 12, sometimes even 1 just sitting there, maybe even laying on the roof if he was comfortable enough. It was about 12 P.M and Meta Knight was still there, eyes green in thought.
King Dedede had woken up his snail friend for a little fun. There the blue knight stood on the balcony just staring ahead not knowing what was about to hit him.
"Maybe this isn't such a good idea, sire." Escargoon whispered not wanting to alert the knight
"Of course it's a good idea. I thought of it." Dedede whispered back
Escargoon rolled his eyes.
"Now you stay here and wait for him to come back 'round. I want ya to grab him and hold him in place. Got it." The king of Dreamland said
"Yep. Sure." The snail replied
King Dedede walked as slowly and as quietly as he possibly could. If he was going to do this he would have to do it right. No mistakes. NO. MISTAKES. He had gotten to the balcony. Just a few feet from him was Meta Knight. Only a few hours ago that same knight was pointing his sacred sword at his stomach. Now. It. Was. Payback. Time. King Dedede hid his hammer behind hid back at put on his best "happy face"
"Heyyyy Meta Knight. Whatcha doing?" KIng Dedede asked trying to sound as innocent as possible
"Nothing, now drop the act." Meta Knight responded seeing right through the king's facade
"Fine." King Dedede said face turned into one of pure determination. With a war cry that could and probably did wake everyone in the castle up the king lifted his hammer and aimed it straight for the knight's mask.
Meta Knight dodged the attack and ran. Straight into Escargoon. Escargoon attempted to grab the knight but just couldn't find anything to hold onto. That's when an idea hit him. 'His cape! But wait…his cape isn't connected to his body…so couldn't he just take it off? Eh, who cares! Better to try than to not!' Escargoon though grabbing onto a piece of the knight's cape.
That was when something unexpected happened. As soon as Esgargoon got a good hold on Meta Knight's cape the knight grunted in pain as if the cape was part of him. Escargoon looked at the knight then at the king. King Dedede had a 'you know what to do' look on his face. Complying with the king's "orders" he pulled the knight back using his cape as hard as he could. Meta Knight couldn't suppress his cry of pain this time as part of his cape was ripped from his body. Once the snail got a good grip on the knight's arms he braced himself for when the king would eventually attack.
Tiff was woken up from her sleep when a loud cry of pain reached her ears. She ran out of her room and into Tuff's room thinking it was him but got a surprise when Tuff was sitting up in his bed looking confused and worried.
"Did you hear that Tiff?" Tuff asked
"Yeah, Tuff, do you think it was a…demon…beast?" Tiff asked
"Maybe, we should go get Kirby." Tuff replied
"Yeah let's go get ready." Tiff said running out of the door
Tiff ran back into her room, brushed her hair and put it into her signature ponytail, and put on her signature pink and green dress. Once she was ready she ran out of her room to see Tuff putting on his green shoes.
"What took you so long?" Tuff asked jokingly
Tiff just sighed. 'There's nothing I can do about him' she thought to herself. They ran out of their apartment and towards the sound. But when they got there they gasped.
King Dedede had just smacked his hammer down right on Meta Knight's face! Meta Knight stiffened as the hammer was lifted from off his mask. Everything was silent. Then everyone heard the distinct sound of cracking metal and they all turned towards the small blue knight.
So many things were going through Meta Knight's mind as he stood there in shock. The one secret that he had tried so hard to keep and succeeded for years and years was about to be revealed. He should run right? But he couldn't. His feet were glued to the floor. He. Couldn't. Move.
Tiff and Tuff watched as the knight's mask slid off from his face and fell to the floor. And they gasped.
All of Tiff's life she thought that he wore the mask to hide some ugly scar she thought he had but no…yes he did have some scars but they weren't that noticeable. His eyes were as yellow as the sun and glowed with child-like innocence yet shown with wisdom and knowledge. His face was child-like and cute. He had a pink blush that looked more purple due to his blue skin. He has a small mouth that was currently open with shock from the recent events. And over all. One thing came to mind when Tiff looked at him.
Tuff thought pretty much the same thing as tiff his whole life and seeing his true face was…shocking to say the least. Tuff was trying as hard as he could to hold in his laughter. But then something came to him…he…looked…like… King Dedede looked at the man he called his head knight in shock. Now this was something he didn't expect. He expected him to look tough, not cute and cuddly. Wait cute and cuddly…
Escargoon let go of the knight to see his face. After all, he didn't do this for nothing. When he saw him one thing came to mind.
"KIRBY!" They all screamed
Meta Knight blinked. 'Ugh…my head hurts…' he thought Meta Knight looked around at everyone around him in confusion (Which was honestly quite cute) Then it all came back to him. His majesty's weird behavior, Escargoon almost ripping his cape off, THe hammer, HIS MASK! Meta KNight touched his face and felt no metal. Just skin. And almost screamed. But instead he did something he promised he'd never do in front of someone EVER for fear of them finding out who he truly was. He teleported away.
First he was there then he was not. That's all that Tuff knew at least. But eh he didn't care after all he just got one of his life long questions answered. But Dedede on the other hand had plans. He got a picture and he was planning to expose the knight. After all he is king and kings can do whatever they want!
King Dedede had the photos printed and ready to be sent out. He was just waiting for Caption Waddle Doo to get back to his throne room. Yes he could have just sent the picture out himself but that was too much work for a kingly king like him.
He'd been waiting for at least fifty minutes now and he was getting irritated. Where was that Doo! Fifty minutes turned into 5 hours in no time and finally Waddle Doo came back.
"WHERE WERE YOU?!" King Dedede screamed
"We were attacked, your majesty…" Waddle Doo squeaked
"By who?" Asked the king
"We don't know…but…umm..we lost the papers in the battle…"
"WHAT!"
Unknown to all in that room there were two glowing pink eyes that were quickly fading into a golden yellow watching them laughing to himself, the figure left with a large stack of papers. That with a flick of his hand burned to a crisp.
AN: HI! I hope you enjoyed the story I thought of this Idea after watching the episode of Kirby Right Back at Ya! called Shell Shocked.