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Chapter 2: Ignorance

The sunlight peeked through the curtains, sending a small ray of light onto Sword's face. The knight stirred. After realizing that he could not fall asleep, he got up. Meta Knight and Blade soon rose from their beds as well and began to do their daily hygienic stuff. That would usually mean competition for who gets to use the bathroom first.

"I woke up first so I get to use the bathroom first!" argued Sword.

"But I made it here first!" retorted Blade.

While the two knights were arguing, Meta Knight simply got inside the bathroom and slammed the door shut, hoping to grab the other two knights' attention.

"Hey! I was supposed to go!" shouted Blade.

"If you two were not arguing, either of you would have gone to the bathroom before I did," said Meta Knight. "It was your fault for not paying attention either."

"Shut up," grumbled Sword.

Sword and Blade sat at the edge of Meta Knight's bed and turned on the television. The first thing that appeared was King Dedede's face.

"Oh, change the channel! I had enough of that jerk!" cried out Blade.

"That is the only channel we have. Deal with it," grumbled Sword.

Blade crossed his arms and forced himself to watch 'channel Dedede.' He glared at the television screen, wishing that he could pull the dreamland king from screen and pummel him to death. Soon, he began to pay attention to the television.

"I am King Dedede-"

"We already know that," nagged Blade to the television screen.

"...I am gonna issue a tax increase to 30 percent."

"What the hell is that guy's problem!?" shouted Blade to the television screen.

"He is always having problems," said Sword.

"The tax increase will began immediately following this announcement," said King Dedede from the television screen.

"Sword! We must go to the bar before the tax increase! T-thirty percent increase!? I swear it's like he's some other guy," said Blade.

Blade grabbed Sword and ran out of the room, forgetting that Meta Knight was still in the bathroom. The two knights raced into town and ran straight into the bar.

"We need 50 cans of sodas, ASAP!" shouted Blade.

"Oh what for?" asked Samo

"Did you NOT hear about the tax increase!? King Dedede's gonna increase tax to 30 percent! I swear the King had gone crazy!"

"Oh my...well then you can have as much as you want."

Samo walked into the storage room and came out with a box full of sodas. He slammed the box onto the bar table. "Here it is."

Sword took out the money and paid for the sodas.

"Now let's go!" shouted Blade.

The two knights ran out of the bar and went straight back to the castle. They slammed the door to their room shut and sat on the bed.

"I do wonder what Meta Knight does in there," whispered Blade.

"Judging by the smell, he is having a bubble bath," whispered Sword.

"Hey Meta Knight! Hurry up with the bathroom!"

Blade got up and began to knock on the door, but he noticed that it was open. He looked a Sword, who was watching television and smiled to himself. "Sucker..."

Blade got into the bathroom.

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Meta Knight stopped in front of King Dedede's throne room, making sure that he was not seen. He planted his back on the wall and listened on to the king.

Since yesterday, his mind would continue to suspect King Dedede...of something. He wasn't sure, but he knew it had something to do with King Dedede's sudden change in attitude...

"Okay sir! I will bring your drink right away!" shouted Escargoon.

Meta Knight quickly moved out of the way, allowing the snail to run out of the throne room. Meta Knight quickly got back into position.

"That got rid of that fool," muttered King Dedede to himself.

Meta Knight grew even more suspicions.

"Hopefully, I will be able to drive that insane snail out of here as well. As long as I continue to do these ridiculous task, the entire village will come to rebel... ," sneered the 'dreamland king.'

Once Escargoon returned, Meta Knight had disappeared.

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Sword and Blade were watching the television when they heard a loud noise coming from out the window. At first, the two knights were ignoring it until they eventually got annoyed and decided to look out the window.

"What the hell is going on!?" shouted Sword, not realizing that it was the Cappies who were protesting against King Dedede.

"Didn't you know King Dedede rose the taxes to 30 percent!?" shouted Tiff, who was also a part of the protestors, along with Kirby and Tuff.

"Oh yeah..." sighed Sword.

"Can you at least keep it down? We're trying to watch tv!" shouted Blade.

"Don't you guys care!?" shouted Tiff.

"We do, just now right now," retorted Sword.

"What is the meaning of this!?" shouted Escargoon from another window.

Tuff threw an egg at Escargoon's face. The snail wiped the yolk off of his face as Tuff and Kirby burst into laughter.

"That was not funny!" shouted Escargoon.

"What's the deal with this tax increase!? I'm gonna lose my customers!" shouted Chef Kawasaki.

The protestors continued to shout until Sword snapped. He stomped toward the window and poked his head out.

"Damn you Cappies! Will you give it a rest! King Dedede is just going to ignore you! I will take care of it later! Just get out and let us watch tv in peace!" roared Sword.

The Cappies walked back to their village. Sword slammed the window shut and resumed watching television in peace until there was another interruption. There was a knock on the door.

"Oh who the hell is it this time!?" shouted Sword.

"Is that how you planned to greet me?"complained Meta Knight as he entered the room.

"Oh sorry Meta Knight..."

"I believe that there is something behind these strange events."

"What are you trying to say?" asked Blade.

"I have heard that 'King Dedede' the village to rebel. I believe that something must have happened to King Dedede to making him think of such thing."

"Oh I see!? You're trying to say that King Dedede is brainwashed!?" exclaimed Sword.

"That may very well be the case."

Sword and Blade burst into laughter. Meta Knight sighed and sat on his chair to resume reading his book. Once the laughter died down, the room became eerily quiet.

"Meta Knight!? Did you turn off the television!?" shouted Sword, breaking the silence.

"I believe that it is your turn to guard the castle," retorted Meta Knight.

"Since when did we take turn!? I thought we were in this together!"

"You two spent the entire morning watching television while I had-"

"took a shower and eavesdrop King Dedede."

Meta Knight remained silent after that. He continued to read his book, while trying to ignore the television.

It seemed that no matter what he says, Sword and Blade will continue to not suspect the king. Even if they did believe (which he doubted), how can he put a stop to this? Meta Knight looked at Sword and Blade. They continued to watch the television even though they complained how boring it was.

"What is so entertaining about the television?" asked Meta Knight.

"We got nothing better to do Meta Knight," replied Sword.

"There is something about that television...it just hypnotizes us," said Blade.

"It is called an addiction and I suggest that you two go do something else. Just because King Dedede have not said anything does not mean that you are to stop doing your jobs," said Meta Knight.

"But what can we possibly do other than walk around?" whined Sword.

"Very well then, you can continue watching television. Maybe tomorrow I will find something for you to do."

Yeah...it's pretty short, but next chapter is gonna be a bit better! You will see the real plotline starting to emerge! I am just being laid back the first few chapters...^.^ I hope you enjoyed this chapter! ^.^