:D Another new chapter? Already? Yes it is true my friends. Merci pour vos revues mes deux amis. In fact, I will thank you two with your very own paragraphs. :D
Lady HexaKnight: Rejoice, as this is by far the longest chapter yet. By the way. Meta Knight had sword-beamed Kaboola's sorry (ahem). Sorry for the misunderstanding. Dedede and Meta Knight won't be meeting for a looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong time. Maybe not even in this fic, but I haven't decided yet.
Xanxi: Honestly, I wasn't even thinking about the pedestals when I wrote it. I just figured that if the Sparkling Stars had a resting place, it'd be the foundtain. I guess I just got lucky. YAY! XD Anyways, I should mention that I'm going to be playing through the game as I write so I can give accurate descriptions of the areas and stuff
Anyways, welcome to the beginning of Kirby's first adventure. The baddy that Kirby fights is technically original, if slightly uncreative. This is also my first descriptive fight scene, so I want to know how it went, cause there are gonna be a lot more. Anyways, Read on!
Disclaimer stuff: Kirby and all characters that happen to fall under that franchise are owned by Nintendo and Hal. I don't care if you use any original characters that I make, however, it'd be nice if I get some credit for them. Enough legal junk, let's get on with the story.
Chapter 8
Hidden Power
Kirby woke up after a fitful night of sleep. He stretched as he got out of bed. I guess I better go find a new job…Kirby walked toward his front door, ready to head into the city. He opened it to see a distraught and really tired Waddle Dee standing in front of him panting heavily. "Kirby…Dedede took…the Sparkling…Stars…" Waddle Dee managed to get out.
Kirby, worried that his friend didn't look so good, helped him inside. "Alright, Dee calm down. Drink some water…now tell me what happened."
Dee quickly drank down the water then cleared his throat, as he had been running around all night. "Dedede took the Sparkling Stars."
Kirby looked confusedly at Dee. "The Sparkling Stars? What are those?"
"They are the key to keeping your planet in balance." Dee hadn't said this though. Standing in the doorway was the masked man that Kirby had seen yesterday.
"You…" said Kirby.
Dee turned to the masked man. "Who are you? What do you know about the Sparkling Stars anyways?"
"I am known as Meta Knight. Your king has taken the Sparkling Stars from their resting place at the Fountain of Dreams. By doing so, he has interrupted the balance that has kept your planet stable. If they are not returned, your planet will eventually become uninhabitable. If your king holds the stars, he can obtain a great power. Fortunately…he only has one."
Waddle Dee looked confused. "One…but how? He take all of them."
"They met with…difficulties and lost three of them. They fell out of their ship and down to the land. I've located one of them. It is in Whispy's Woods, part of Green Greens." He then turned to Kirby. "You must go and retrieve it."
"Me? Why me?" asked Kirby.
"…Because if you don't, no one else will. Take this." He took out the star object and unwrapped it, revealing a yellow star. He handed it to Kirby. "This is the Warp Star. You'll need it." He then turned and walked away.
Kirby ran after him. "Wait! How do I use it?"
Meta Knight stopped, not turning around. "You'll know when you need to." He then walked away.
Dee walked out of the door after he had left. "So what do we do now?"
"…Dee, go back to the castle. If you can find anything about what Dedede is planning, let me know. I guess I've gotta go find the Sparkling Stars."
Meta-Droid had just finished its final download on Popstar culture, the last category that it had found any information on. As Meta-Droid readied to leave, a familiar voice came from behind it. "Meta-Droid…" Trila had finally recovered from her injury and was now back in relatively good condition. She wore purple armor, held a trident, had hover jets at the heels of her shoes, and had a yellow crescent-like object on the forehead area of her armor. "Where are we?"
"We are located on an island in the middle of Orange Ocean on the planet Popstar," stated the robot.
"…Where's Meta?"
"Meta Knight is currently on the mainland. He has ordered that I bring him all information regarding every aspect of the planet."
"I heard Butch and Sword arguing about something…Butch said that he didn't understand why Meta Knight had let "him" go...then Sword told Butch that Meta Knight had said he'd deal with it…what were they talking about?"
"Yesterday, Butch had brought Meta Knight a prisoner. It appeared that this individual held some great significance. It was round shaped and pink. Does this individual have any significance?"
Trila stood there, realizing that she had missed a really important moment. "You were only created 13 years ago Meta-Droid. You probably wouldn't know. I'll go with you while you go see Meta and explain it to you on the way."
Waddle Dee had started walking toward the castle. How could he help Kirby? Even if he found out what Dedede was up to, how could he help Kirby? He sighed as Dedede's tank suddenly pulled up in front of them. Waddle Doo jumped out. "Hey, Waddle Dee, where did you go off to last night?"
"Oh, well I…I guess I just panicked…Anyways, what about you two. Why are you guys here?"
"After we got the stars, something hit our ship and knocked most of them out. We found one near Whispy Woods…but the elves living in the forest had decided to keep it for themselves. We decided that we're going to take it by force. Get in the tank, Dee. We'll show those fools what happens when they mess with King Dedede."
Kirby walked along the open grassy area of Green Greens toward Whispy Woods, trying to figure out how to use the Warp Star. He had tried everything. He had pressed it on different areas, placed it down, even thrown it, but nothing was working. Kirby didn't even know why he had listened to Meta Knight. What if he was a bad guy? What if he was trying to set up Popstar for an invasion? Even so…he somehow knew that he was being truthful…
Kirby was getting near the canyon that separated Whispy Woods from the rest of Green Greens. "…Now what?" Kirby had come to an impasse. How was he going to get to Whispy Woods with that big canyon in his way.
He saw Dedede's tank pull up a ways away. Dedede got out, trying to figure out how to get across the canyon as well. "Hey, Waddle Doo, Get out here!" Waddle Doo jumped out of the tank. Kirby then noticed Waddle Dee sitting in the tank. "So Waddle Doo, how we gonna get us over to that there other place over there?"
Waddle Doo stood there for a moment, trying to piece together everything he had said. "…uh…I don't know sire. Perhaps once we have Kaboola repaired, we could then launch our invasion."
"That ain't good enough. Now I wanna get over there right no-"
"Hey Dedede!" Dedede and Waddle Doo turned to see Kirby running toward them. "Put the Sparkling Stars back now!"
Dedede smirked. "Hey, Waddle Doo. Look at this pipsqueak. Heh heh. Who does this kid think he is?"
Waddle Doo looked over to Dee. "Hey, cuz, isn't that your friend? Heh. Looks like he wants to put a stop to our plans, Sire. Well kid, you really think you can stop us?"
Kirby didn't lose any ground. "I won't let you guys get away with this. I'll stop you any way I can!"
Dedede snickered. "Heh heh heh. Alright kid, you asked for a pummelin'. Hey General, since we can't invade Whispy Woods yet, why don't you work over this punk?" Another person got out of the tank. This one was a large Cappy. Cappies were mushroom-like people who inhabited Green Greens. This one wore a pair of shades and had a dark green cap without spots. "Kid, meet General Shroomer, ya still sure that you wanna opportunose us?"
Kirby just stood there. "…What? Dedede, if you're gonna talk, at least use real words. I don't care what you throw at me, I'll take it on!" Kirby was just bluffing of course, he didn't know how to fight. But, he had to anyways. "I can take you on!"
The General looked at Kirby, not losing his serious look. "You can think that, you little pansy worm; but I seriously doubt you can defeat my troupe." A bunch of Cappies walked over a hill in the distance. "You'd best be ready for an early retirement because we don't fight nice."
Kirby's eyes widened. "Oh boy…"
Meta Knight watched the impending battle. This would definitely be an interesting first test. The Warp Star would soon activate and he would be able to see if Kirby's powers had matured. "Sir Meta Knight. I have arrived with your information." Meta Knight turned to see Meta-Droid and Trila land near him. What's Trila doing here thought Meta Knight.
Meta-Droid continued. "I have information regarding history, myth, locations, and several other aspects. Would you like the information now?"
"Not yet. Meta-Droid, I have a job that I will need you to do soon. Are your weapon systems functional?"
"Affirmative."
"Alright, here's what your going to do..."
Kirby was too busy dodging all the Cappies trying to tackle him to fight back. One of the Cappies finally got him, knocking him over and causing him to lose his grip on the warpstar. As he fell to the ground, he felt himself being picked up by Shroomer who threw him across the field. Kirby fell hard to the ground. He slowly got back up, just to be tackled by another Cappy. Shroomer then stood over him and punched him in the face again and again. Kirby began to feel dazed when the Warp Star, now bigger than even Kirby was, flew right at Kirby and swept him away.
Shroomer sneered. "Kid, you can't get away from us in the air. I've got flyers too. Bronto Burts, bring him down!"
Kirby saw the pink bugs fly at him. "Great...wait a minute. I don't feel so bad now. Is it…the Warp Star?" Kirby suddenly had the strangest feeling that the Warp Star was telling him to suck up the enemy What? That's crazy…might as well try though. Kirby slowly inhaled and exhaled a few times. Then he breathed in as hard as he could. To his surprise, he began sucking in a huge amount of air. One of the Bronto Burts was sucked right into Kirby's mouth. He then spat it out at another one, causing it the two to collide and go down. Kirby continued to do this downing each one of them. He flew back toward the Cappies ready to take them out as well.
He got on the ground and tried to inhale one, only getting its mushroom cap. He spat it back out, knocking the Cappy over. Kirby then inhaled the Cappy and, after jumping back on the Warp Star, flew straight toward the General. He spat it out, but the General just caught it and threw it back at him knocking Kirby off the Warp Star and causing him to fall to the ground. The General stood over him and looked down. "Like I said, puny, you can't beat us that easily."
Just then, a green colored robot flew in and started shooting fire in several directions causing the Cappies to back away. It then turned to Kirby. "Swallow the fire." It then flew away.
Swallow the fire? Is he crazy? But…I think I should listen to him. Kirby began to swallow as much fire as he could. It was hot, but not so hot that he couldn't keep going. Where did these powers come from? After Kirby swallowed the fire he felt completely different. A green hexagonal jewel formed above him. He jumped up to it. A metal, golden band formed around him and flames sprouted out of the top of his head. He had become Fire Kirby.
General Shroomer took a step back, not knowing what to make of what had happened. "What…How…how did you do that…It doesn't matter, I'll still take you down!" He ran toward Kirby, ready to take one more swing at him. Kirby jumped up and breathed fire at Shroomer, causing him to yell in pain and fall to his knees. Kirby continued to burn him for a few more seconds before stopping. Shroomer collapsed to the ground.
The other Cappies backed away in fear. Kirby then looked at Dedede and Waddle Doo. "Ready to give up Dedede?"
Dedede just stood there for a second then quickly jumped back into his tank with Waddle Doo and sped off toward the castle, yet again leaving behind Dee, who had jumped out when Kirby had started fighting the Cappies. "Not again."
Kirby couldn't hold back a laugh at his friend's predicament. He then looked to see Meta Knight walking toward him, along with the robot and another person. Kirby figured he might as well ask Meta Knight what was going on now.
To be Continued
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