Phazon: Animes have fillers, and so does this fan fiction. No, I'm not slacking off or anything, but I had to get this whole thing with Adeleine settled. If anyone out there thinks this short chapter means that I'm going to do the rest of the story half heartedly, you couldn't be any more wrong. I haven't forgotten my mission to make this the best Kirby 64 adaptation, and this needs a bit more humor to liven things up…in more ways than one. Anyway, enjoy the relatively short chapter!

Disclaimer: The characters, storyline, setting and all of that in Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards belong and are the sole property of Nintendo and HAL Laboratories only, and I don't have them locked away in chains anywhere. Best to get the legalities out of the way before someone tries to sue. I aim to give the readers something to enjoy, but not have my story deleted by an NOA executive.

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Adeleine's Comeuppance

Soaked, drenched, and covered from head to toe in water, Adeleine painted herself a blow dryer (a wet blow dryer) and began drying her body off when more water splashed on her.

"Bah," she said to herself, "that was a fun ride! At least, for once, nothing bad happened."

"Not yet."

A shiver went through Adeleine's spine as she realized, to her surprise, amazement, and above all, fear, that Ribbon was floating behind her, a mean stare on her face and hands on her hips.

The fairy growled and yanked Adeleine by her collar. "Missy, remember when I said that I wouldn't do anything to you just yet?"

Adeleine didn't answer; she just nodded hastily. Thankfully, Ribbon let her go as soon as Waddle, King Dedede, and Kirby landed on the scene.

Ribbon calmly took Adeleine's paintbrush out of her hand and set up the easel. Adeleine watched in mixed horror and shock as Ribbon began painting a picture of what appeared to be a belt.

Her eyes wide open, Adeleine began running in the opposite direction, only to be held back by Waddle Dee and King Dedede.

"Addy, this is for your own good," Dedede explained, trying to suppress his laughter as he nudged Waddle, "and for our entertainment!"

Once Adeleine had completed a perfect belt, she sat on a log that floated in her direction. She sighed as she sat down and beckoned Adeleine to come forward, but she would not. However, when Dedede pushed her in the direction of the fairy, she had no choice.

Here's the thing. Ribbon was at least half Adeleine's size, but the fairy had one big advantage: the power of the Crystal Shard gave her more power than she could afford, making it very simple to set Adeleine over her lap.

Adeleine begged and pleaded, kicking for her life. "Ribbon, d-d-don't do this…I promise, no more trouble from me!"

But Ribbon could only watch and smile. "Get over yourself," she said, "you've had this coming, and seeing as this is the first, I'll go easy on you."

With that, Ribbon brought the belt up in the air, and as soon as she brought it down, the pain began.

Waddle and Dedede were holding onto each other to keep from laughing, but it was no use. Even Kirby had to chuckle as he witnessed a small fairy like Ribbon bringing a belt down on Adeleine's skirt.

"This…is for…all the times…on Rock Star…and for…jumping down the waterfall…without our permission," Ribbon yelled in between smacks and slaps.

If anything, Adeleine gave up yelling as she felt her bottom burning at this pain, lest she wanted to receive even more pain from the fairy from Ripple Star.

Adeleine was so busy moping that she didn't notice Dedede had thrown a rock at her, enraging her.

"HEY, KNOCK IT OFF, YOU FAT BASTARD!"

But Adeleine didn't notice Dedede's true intention, to get Adeleine angry to the point where Ribbon believed she was yelling at her.

"Bastard, huh?" Ribbon muttered, bringing the belt down again, even harder than before. "We'll see about that."

Kirby had to cover what would be his ears as the smacking sound got even louder and harder as Adeleine began wailing, screaming, screeching to the sky, scaring away all of the Pteran birds.

At this point, Adeleine's bottom was probably cherry red, but Ribbon was having the time of her life, as were the laughing Dedede and Waddle.

The sounds of Smack, Slap, and Smash continued for a solid ten minutes before Ribbon got tired and Adeleine had finally stopped crying.

"Oh, no," Dedede attempted to say in between laughs, "don't stop! I swear, we'll probably never hear Adeleine cry like that again!"

Ribbon sighed and let Ribbon off of her. "No, Dedede, if we know Adeleine, and I'm sure we do by now, I assure you this is only the tip of the iceberg."

Adeleine didn't even attempt to sit down; she was in too much pain to do walk, let alone run away from Ribbon, who made no attempt to give chase.

"Let this be a lesson to you," Ribbon said to the artist, "don't mess with me or you'll get the belt…or something worse."

"Can we please get moving?" Kirby said, impatiently.

"Let's," Ribbon responded as they walked on.

Adeleine looked towards the sky, rubbing her sore bottom as one thought crossed her mind.

What'd I do to deserve this?

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Author's Note: Probably the shortest chapter, and it'll stay that way. This was just a filler chapter to get this whole thing with Adeleine settled, but don't think that's the last time it'll happen. Read and review, folks, and the next will be up soon.