Author's Note: I haz updated! LOL I hope you guys enjoy the story and I would like to consider this as a late birthday present to a certain someone. ;)

Chapter 5: Misfortune

Sword and Blade were walking through the grassy field, under the blazing sun. The two knights were sweating under their armor. As they spent more time being burned by the sun, the two knights grew weaker and weaker until they eventually collapsed.

"This damn sun is making me hot!" complained Sword.

"I know...it wasn't this hot back in Cappy Town," mumbled Blade.

"Must be the lack of shade in this place!"

Blade looked up and spotted a river from a distance. His eyes grew wide and he quickly jumped up. "There is a river! Let's go there!"

Sword jumped up and spotted the river as well. "Finally!"

The two knights ran toward the river. They temporarily ignored the sun's heat as they were too happy to see the river nearby. They stopped at the edge of the river and stared at the clear blue water. Sword lifted his mask and drank some of the fresh water. Blade took off his steel shoes to reveal his sweaty foot. He dipped his foot in the water which felt very relaxing. Sword took a quick glance at Blade and he spat out his water.

"What the hell!? Don't do that Blade! You're gonna contaminate the water!" shouted Sword.

"Hey...the water is flowing rapidly. It's gonna wash out eventually. Besides, my foot is not dirty. It's just sweaty."

"That is still disgusting!"

"Would you rather die of thirst or drink water from the river?"

"This really suck..."

Sword continued to drink water from river. Blade put his shoes back on and he began to drink water from the river. Once their thirst was quenched, they continued walking.

"How big is this place!?" shouted Sword.

"I don't know...I never traveled this far from Cappy Town before. I hope we're able to find our way back," said Blade.

"Let's just focus on finding Meta Knight first, okay?"

Blade nodded his head. After another hour of walking through the seemingly endless field, they spotted a village from a distance. They ran straight toward the village, hoping that someone might know the whereabouts of Meta Knight.

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Tiff and Tuff entered their room and sat on the couch. Tiff took out a book and began to read, while Tuff grabbed the remote control and turned on the television. Suddenly, King Dedede appeared from the television, causing Tiff to turn her attention to the television.

"Fellow citizens of Cappy Town. As of today, I will order the Cappies to build a monument in honor of me!" said King Dedede.

"What!?" gasped Tiff.

"What is that guy thinking!?" shouted Tuff.

"I want the construction to start today! Get your lazy butts off the television and start building the monument for me!" The television then resumed back to the original broadcasting.

"We gotta do something!" shouted Tiff.

"Like what?"

"We can...oh that's right, Meta Knight is gone..."

"We can't complain to King Dedede..."

"This is just great. Let's go to Cappy Town and try to figure out a way to deal with this situation," suggested Tiff. Tuff nodded his head and followed his sister out of the door.

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Sword and Blade entered the small village. Strangely enough, the town was empty. There was no sign of life in the village. The two knights slowly walked through the houses, looking for any sign of civilization. Suddenly, Blade fell to the ground. An elf-like person was standing on top of Blade. He wore a blue hat with a white ball on the tip and a matching outfit. He also wore a yellow pointed shoe.

"Hey! What was that for!?" shouted Sword.

"Intruder!" shouted a villager.

"Intruder!?"

"Technically we did enter the village unannounced and so we can easily be assumed as a threat," mumbled Blade.

The elf-like creature shoved Blade's helmet into the dirt. "No one asked you!"

"We're not here to hurt you guys! We're looking for someone," said Sword.

"Oh! So you plan to kidnap one of our villager eh?"

"What!? NO!! We're not here to do anything bad! We're looking for this round guy with golden eyes wearing a silver mask all the time. He usually wraps himself in a cape for some reason."

"Why are you looking for this so called 'round guy?'" asked another angry villager.

"Because we need him. You see, our King is being possessed by this evil creature and that guy can help us defeat the creature. Our kingdom is in grave danger!"

"You still have intruded into our village! You must be thrown into jail for one day!" shouted another villager.

"Hey!? Then how on earth can people visit you if you don't let people come into this village!? I swear, one day you're gonna arrest your own family because of this stupid rule!" shouted Blade.

"I said to not speak!" shouted the villager who was holding onto Blade.

All of the villagers remained silent for a while.

"Send them to jail!" shouted another villager.

The large crowd that gathered around Sword and Blade grabbed the two knights and carried them to the local jail which stood at the other side of the village. The village was very similar to Cappy Town, except that there were more trees and the buildings were made of red brick. Sword and Blade entered a small building and were thrown into the small jail cell.

"Hey!! We didn't do anything wrong!" shouted Blade as he began to shake the bars.

"Hey! Look at those losers in jail!" shouted the children as they passed by the jail building. They saw Sword and Blade imprisoned through the open door.

"Hey shut up! One day you're gonna would up in here if you keep acting like that!" retorted Blade.

"Just ignore them Blade, they're just kids," said Sword.

"Losers!" shouted the kids.

"You munchkins!!" Blade ran up to the kids, but he slammed his face on the bars and fell backward. Sword chuckled.

The kids walked away, laughing.

"This is some serious misfortune," mumbled Sword.

I hope you guys enjoyed the story! I know my chapters are getting shorter. xP Well, the fun part had started and so I will REALLY enjoy writing the next few chapters! I hope I can update as soon as possible, but I have been getting so much distraction lately that it's gonna be tough.

Those elf-like people that I described ar the Poppy Bro Jr. xP