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Xanxi: I just couldn't resist it. I had written the rest of it down, but I didn't know what Broom Hatter should've said. It just kinda fit.:P

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With that, I suppose that it is time to move on to the fic...so here's Chapter 13!

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 13

Ghastly Night

Poppy Jr. was lying down now, but unable to sleep. Jeez…this place is really creeping me out…WHOA!!! Oh jeez…it's just a cloud…man I need to cool off…wait…THAT'S NOT A CLOUD!!! "AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Kirby snapped awake to the sight of several ghosts materializing in front of him. He and Poppy Jr. were completely surrounded by them. "I guess you were right about the ghosts, Poppy..." Kirby said, unable to hide the fact that he was really freaked out.

This didn't comfort Poppy Jr., however. "Well, what do we do now? We're going to be like them if we don't do anything!"

"Well…uh, WOAH!" One of the ghosts swooped in. Kirby barely jumped out of the way. "I guess we're gonna have to fight!"

"But how are we supposed to fight them? They're ghosts! Ya know, spirits from the beyond! How do we beat them?"

After a few seconds, Kirby had an answer. "The conventional way!" Kirby began to inhale. However, most of the ghosts flew out of the way. Kirby only swallowed a few of them. "…Well, that really didn't help…uh…I think it's about time we ran." Kirby zoomed off, Poppy Jr. quickly following him. The ghosts quickly gave chase.

Kirby turned around after a few minutes. "Poppy, it looks like we've got no way out of this; and I can't inhale all of them! Can you bomb 'em?"

Poppy Jr. nervously nodded. "Y-yeah..." Poppy Jr. pulled out a set of small bombs. "I'm on it." Poppy Jr. jumped high in the air and threw a barrage of the miniature bombs. A few hit the ghosts, causing them to disappear. "Jeez, that didn't work very well! Hey, the castle is over there!" Indeed, the dark, dank castle loomed about 100 yards away.

Kirby nodded. "Alright, let's make a break for it!" The two ran as fast as they could toward the castle. It could be described as a fixer-upper. The castle was dark-blue in the night sky, covered in layers of moss. A moat surrounded it with a lowered drawbridge. The drawbridges chains were severely rusted. There were three figures standing on the drawbridge. Two of them were the movie stars, Lololo and Lalala. The other was the witch, Broom Hatter.

Lalala smirked from the distance. "Looks like they've got their hands full. Good work Broom Hatter. Now, we need to get the Sparkling Star that they have. Can your minions handle this."

Broom Hatter nodded and laughed wickedly. "Kee kee kee…yes. But my Boolers will not be enough." She summoned a different kind of ghost. This one was also white, but it was just a big sphere with bugged out eyes and a tongue that stuck out. Several more also appeared "Now, Hurlys…smash them!"

The spherical creatures gave off a series of demented laughs then bounced off toward Kirby and Poppy Jr.

Kirby saw the ghost bouncing toward them. "Oh man! Heads up Poppy, we got more trouble." The ghosts came up fast. Kirby braced himself for the hit.

"Vulcan Jab! Vulcan Jab! Vulcan Jab!" Several ghosts were hit by energy blasts and disintegrated while the rest scattered. Knuckle Joe jumped in front of Kirby and Poppy Jr. "Hey Kirby, what's up!"

"Joe! What are you doing here?"

Knuckle Joe turned around and pointed toward his nose. "Meta Knight told me you needed some help! From what I heard, you've been causing Dedede some trouble!"

"I guess you could say that…hey watch out Joe!" One of the Hurleys was about to bounce on to Joe when Rocky crushed it by slamming himself on top of it.

"Oh bother. I was afraid something like this would happen…well Kirby. It seems that you have managed to get yourself into a load of trouble yet again." Rocky stated dissaproovingly.

Kirby smiled. "You know me Rocky, I can't help it."

Rocky sighed. "…I'm not surprised at all…so shall we retrieve this Sparkling Star?"

Kirby nodded. "Yeah. By the way, this is Poppy Jr. He helped me get the other Sparkling Star."

Joe smirked. "Nice to meet ya!"

Rocky maintained his serious look. "Well, if the pleasantries are finished…shall we?" He then walked off toward the castle.

Poppy Jr. gave Kirby a quizzical look. "He's a rather stiff guy, huh?"

Kirby nodded. "He means well…let's go."

They walked toward the drawbridge. Broom Hatter stood mockingly before them. "Kee kee kee…Welcome to my humble abode. I am the magnificent Broom Hatter. And you are trespassing on private property. You will be punished!" She summoned several more Boolers and Hurlys along with a new creature. This one was a similar sphere shape, but it was wrapped in cloth and had a red eye. "Kee kee kee…Mumbies…lead my ghost army to victory! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" A poof of smoke surrounded her as she disappeared.

Kirby and his friends were quickly closed in by the ghosts. The Mumbies eye glowed softly as it slowly floated toward him. Rocky irritatingly looked toward Kirby. "So, Kirby. What do we do now?"

Knuckle Joe answered for him. "We fight!"

Dedede laughed as he watched the screen. "Kirby's finished! So Sir Kibble. You found the last star yet?"

The knight kneeled before the king. "I'm afraid that we have had no luck in finding it, Your Majesty. Our searches are somewhat limited as Kaboola has been temporarily grounded."

"When's that flyin' contrapation thingy gonna be fixed anyways?"

Sir Kibble continued to kneel. "We've had rotating crews since you returned, Your Majesty. However, at best, it won't be ready until tomorrow. Forgive our lack of speed, Sire. I will make sure that the crews work harder." He then saluted and walked out of the throne room.

Dedede nodded the sighed. "Yeah whatever." Waddle Doo walked into the court room. "Where you been Waddle Doo? I just got me a great plan. We're gonna use our TV station to turn everyone against Kirby!"

Waddle Doo seemed to smile, regardless of the fact that he had no visible mouth. "That is genius, Sire! We shall begin first thing in the morning."

Dedede gave an evil smile. "Heh heh heh. So how's the Sparkling Star research going?"

"I'm afraid, Sire, that we have made little progress...what with our head scientist vacatioining-"

"He's WHAT? Get him back here, RIGHT NOW!" Dedede said, infuriated.

"Yes Sire…the doctor won't be happy, though…" Waddle Doo walked out of the room.

To be Continued

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