On one cloudy Wednesday morning, TC was fangirling over a remake for a Pokémon game she loved. Realizing what she was doing, she finally came to her senses and began concentrating on her story.
...Ehehe...anyway, I thought I'd be a nice girl and give you the last chapter of Diddy's Kong-Quest.
...Yep...this is the last chapter, but it's kind of long, though...so without further ado, enjoy.
The Flying Krock landed in a dense jungle, somewhere in Crocodile Island. Rattly and Squawks sat on top of the emergency hatchet, both were slightly dazed from the crash.
Cranky ran over to the Flying Krock, he was slightly out of breath. Oh, if only he was younger.
He looked up at the Flying Krock and noticed Squawks napping on top of Rattly, much to the snake's annoyance.
"Hey, you!" Cranky called out, trying to get the Snake's attention. Rattly slowly sat up, blinking a few times.
"Do you have any idea where the Kongs are?" Cranky asked, sounding impatient.
"Well-"
The top hatchet opened, making the animals on top slide onto the floor. Donkey climbed out of the Flying Krock, he had Diddy and Dixie on his back. Cranky wasn't able to believe his eyes, Diddy actually managed to rescue Donkey Kong.
"I am NEVER doing that, again," Diddy said, sliding off Donkey's back. Dixie jumped off his back, afterwards, "Hey, we're still alive, aren't we?"
Cranky came up to Diddy, patting the little monkey on the head. "I knew you'd do it, Diddy, m'boy" The old ape said, "but how could you fail having to learn all you know from old Cranky here?"
"Hey, what about me!?" Dixie grumbled. Diddy nodded, "Yeah, Dixie did just as good as I did."
"Oh, I'm sure she has," Cranky said, cynically, "But you, on the other hand, you've rescued that lazy grandson of mine and dumped K. Rool in his own filthy swamp, not bad for a novice!" He began to speak in a more joyful tone, "Of course, if I was the main character of this fanfiction, I'd have made sure that K. Rool never tries a cheap trick like this again!"
"How is this fair?" Dixie growled. Donkey started petting her head, "That's Cranky for ya...It's probably best not to complain about it."
Dixie huffed in defeat, there didn't seem to be any way to get to through the old codger's head.
"So, what is this place?" Donkey asked, curiously.
"Oh, this? It's the Lost World." replied Cranky, "Yep, Junior and I found ourselves stuck here, at one point...but it's not that bad compared to the rest of the island."
In the distance, the Kongs could see a strange pinkish-blueish energy coming the center of the jungle. curiosity began to overwhelm the Kongs.
"Hey, Cranky, you wanna come with us to check that out?" asked Diddy. Cranky began to laugh like a madman, "Are you kidding? The day I team up with you three is the day Kongo Bongo freezes over."
"Careful what you wish for, old man," Donkey warned, "You never know if it'll happen."
"Not in a million years," Cranky said, still somewhat laughing.
It didn't take long until the Kongs noticed something moving, it seemed to have dropped a letter. Diddy began to walk over to the letter, curiously.
You brats may have rescued Donkey Kong, but I won't let you leave this island until we have a rematch...and this time, I'm ready for it.
-Meet me in Krocodile Kore, Kaptain K. Rool.
"That's just great," Diddy grumbled as he tossed the paper behind him, "K. Rool wants us to fight him, again."
"Don't worry, Diddy," Donkey said, petting Diddy, "I won't let him hurt you."
"Well, couldn't we just go home?" asked Dixie. Diddy nodded, "Yeah, we're practically done, here."
"So how's the ship?" Donkey asked, now facing Cranky. The old ape released a small chuckle, "It's all right, it just has a few dings and bumps...I should be able to fix it up in time for us to leave."
"What do you mean?" Diddy asked.
"Oh, nothing," Cranky said, "Why don't you kids go out and explore for a bit, I'll be waiting here."
"Are you sure?" Diddy asked.
"Yes, now go!" Cranky yelled, the Kongs started to explore the jungle. Cranky sighed as he looked back at the flying machine behind him, he took out a wrench and a helmet seemingly from out of nowhere, "Now to fix this hunk of junk!"
As the author has mentioned, before, the jungle was really dense. The various trees and brambles almost reminded the Kongs of home...only, it was very easy to get lost in this jungle.
The three Kongs were walking through the jungle, Diddy was often leaving small marks in the trees with his dagger, though of course it wasn't enough to actually hurt the trees.
"Any idea how we get back?" Dixie asked, slightly irritated.
"Don't worry, I'm lookin'" Donkey said, climbing one of the trees. He saw the energy still coming out from the center of the jungle, it gave him a bad feeling, "Well, we're not goin' there," He said, pointing over at the eastern direction, "So...I have no idea."
"Well, maybe we can just keep going," Diddy said, "I think we should go South. We'll find someone, eventually."
"Face it, we're lost," Dixie said, irritated, "But at least we're not back at Gloomy Gulch."
"Yeah...No way I'm goin' there, again," Diddy said as he shook, afterwards.
"So, which way is south?" Donkey asked.
"I think it's this way," Dixie said, pointing south.
"I thought it was that way," Donkey argued, pointing west.
"I'm pretty sure this is south."
"No, it's this way!"
"Did you forget we were the ones who saved you?"
"Did you forget who's the adult, here?"
Diddy just watched the two bicker, it was pretty sad, seeing them arguing...but after this whole adventure, he really wasn't surprised.
"Guys, I'm pretty sure Dix- Wha!?"
Diddy felt something tugging at his backpack, which wasn't normal. Looking behind him, a figure was using a fishing hook to capture him.
"Let me go!" Diddy grumbled, earning a laugh from the figure, revealing himself to be Kaptain K. Rool. Donkey and Dixie looked over at their direction, both of them looked quite shocked.
"While you two were bickering, I happened to have snatched up a rat," K. Rool said, now picking Diddy up by the scruff of his neck. Donkey growled, menacingly, ready to attack the Kremling.
"Not so fast," K. Rool said, pulling out a smaller gun and placing the barrel near Diddy's head, "If you try anything, I won't hesitate to kill him."
Donkey stood there, frozen. Diddy was unable to speak, his heart was beating like a uncontrollible drum.
"What do you want from us?" Dixie growled.
"As I have mentioned, before...I want a rematch," K. Rool said, "Of course, I'm sure you guys need a reason for it, hm?"
Both Kongs stood there, absolutely speechless. Just what was K. Rool thinking?
"I'll give you until sunset," K. Rool said, backing away, slowly, "And if you don't challenge me, by then, you can forget about seeing your nephew, again."
"You bastard!" Donkey growled, he was tempted to attack the croc, only Dixie held him back, obviously knowing what would happen if he did.
Afterwards, K. Rool ran off into the jungle, carrying Diddy with him. Donkey and Dixie started chasing after them, but the number of trees in the area slowed them down."
"Damn it all," Donkey growled, punching a rock, though he groaned in pain as it had turned his hand red, afterwards.
"Well, I'm sure we can still make it through." Dixie said, "We've got several hours before sunset."
"And which way do you think we should go?" Donkey asked, slightly irritated. Dixie lowered her eyelids, she pointed to the energy going through the jungle.
"You seriously think we should go there?" Donkey asked. Dixie nodded, "It's the only place we know we can get to."
"All right, let's have a look," Donkey said, he looked down at the gorilla girl, "And sorry for snappin' at ya."
"Apology accepted," Dixie said impatiently as she climbed onto Donkey's back, "Now let's go!"
For hours, the two remaining Kongs were traveling through the jungle, swinging from tree to tree, bumping into a few enemies, here and there. Despite their efforts, the sky had turned orange, Kloaks began to roam, freely, it was finally sunset.
K. Rool was back in Krocodile Kore, the inside of it resembled a shrine, with Kremling statues and an alter, where the pinkish-bluish energy was coming from.
K. Rool began to walk over to the opposite side of the room, where a cage seemed to be. Diddy was inside the cage, huddling in the corner. The Crocodile smiled, maliciously, "Well, it seems those Kongs ran out of time...and you know what theat means."
K. Rool opened the cage, but before he could pull out his gun, Diddy leapt out of the cage and began to cling on his face. He started pounding on his head without mercy.
"Why you...get off me!" K. Rool pulled out his blunderbuss. Diddy leapt backwards, pulling his dagger out from his backpack.
"Leave it to a simian to bring a knife to a gun fight," K. Rool scoffed, earning a glare from Diddy, "Believe me, I've been through way too much to deal with your crap!"
"No matter," K. Rool said, "I'll happily kill you, right on the spot."
K. Rool started shooting a wide number of cannonballs, Diddy freaked out and began to run from them, oh how he wished he wouldn't die. He would try to stab K. Rool, numerous times, but K. Rool always seemed to have been one step ahead of him, he would eaither dodge or simply knock the little monkey backwards.
Meanwhile, Donkey and Dixie finally managed to find Krocodile Kore, they were a little scruffy, but it wasn't too bad.
"Do you think he's still alive?" Dixie asked. Donkey tried to look for an opening. The outside of Krocodile Kore was shaped like the head of a Crocodile. The entrance appeared to be the mouth and the windows appeared to be the nostrils and the eyes.
"Hey, Donkey?"
The big ape looked over at Dixie, she had a sneaky expression on her face, "How about he surprise attack him?"
"I like the way you think, kid."
Donkey started climbing Krocodile Kore, Dixie leapt off his back, looking through one of the eyes, "Uh...Donkey? You might wanna see this!"
Donkey started looking through the eye as well, it looked like Diddy was trying to fight back K. Rool, trying to avoid an untimely death.
K. Rool finally managed to shoot the monkey with one of the cannonballs, knocking the wind out of him while making him slide across the floor. He had his tail wrapped around the handle of his dagger, making sure not to lose it.
K. Rool grabbed Diddy by the shirt, the monkey was having a hard time breathing.
"Now, that's more like it," K. Rool said, grinning like a madman, "Now if you would stop making this difficult, then-"
Diddy stabbed the Crocodile using the dagger he held in his tail, much like how a scorpion would usually attack.
Not a moment too soon, Donkey and Dixie dropped into the room. "You didn't forget about us, did you?" Donkey teased.
Dixie ran over to the Crocodile, "Hey, I've seen iguanas that were tougher than you."
"You dare mess with me!?" K. Rool growled, he turned his attention to two Kongs, "All right, I've had it with you apes!"
K. Rool began to shoot at the two Kongs, wanting them to stop teasing him. Sometimes, Donkey would punch him in the back of the head while he wasn't looking. Other times, Dixie would pound him with her powerful ponytail.
Diddy slowly stood up, he saw K. Rool was near the end of the alter, trying to shoot at the Kongs. He was very close to the energy. I might be able to do something, Diddy said to himself, it could kill me, but it's worth a shot!
The monkey staggered, standing on all fours. He used whatever strength he had, left and began to charge at K. Rool. The crocodile took notice and shot another cannonball to try and slow him down, but it was too late, the little monkey managed to knock K. Rool into the energy.
"DAMN YOU KONGS!" K. Rool yelled, "NEXT TIME, NOT ONLY WILL I CAPTURE DONKEY KONG, I'LL BE AFTER THAT RAT, AS WELL!"
Finally glad it was over, Diddy staggered onto the ground, no longer able to stand, he was worn out like an old toy.
"Diddy!" Dixie called out, coming up to the monkey, "Are you OK?"
"I-I'm fine," Diddy said, "I-I'm just tired..."
"I'm glad you're all right," Donkey said, picking Diddy up from the floor, "You took some pretty nasty blows, there!"
"I'll be fine," Diddy assured him, "I'm just glad this is all over..."
Dixie smiled, she was happy to see the Kongs, together...they almost reminded her of her family, and she missed them, very much. Tiny, Kiddy, Chunky, they were still waiting for her, and she couldn't wait to see them, again.
The Kongs heard a strange noise, they looked over at the energy, it was beginning to wave, abnormally.
"I think it's time we get out of here," Dixie said, nervously.
"Right behind ya, kid!" Donkey yelled, allowing Dixie to ride on his back, again. As the ape continued to run, the island began to tremble. The trees were falling, Kremlings were panicking, they had to leave the island, immediately.
"WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED, HERE!?" Cranky yelled, nervously to nobody in particular, "PLEASE TELL ME THE ISLAND'S NOT SINKING, AGAIN!"
He began to see water come up, sinking quite a lot of things. The old ape, looked around frantically, if only he knew where the Kongs had gone.
Donkey continued to run, he began to see water, coming up, along with the Flying Krock.
"Hey, Cranky!" Dixie yelled, getting the old ape's attention. Cranky came over to the Kongs, "Quick, get in the ship!"
"It's fixed, already?" Donkey asked.
"YES, NOW GET IN!" Cranky yelled. The Kongs didn't hesitate as the water slowly crept closer. The Flying Krock began to hover, it slowly flew away from Crocodile Island, heading over to Kongo Bongo.
Despite the inside remaining the same, the Flying Krock had a slightly better atmosphere. In fact, Rambi, Squitter, Squawks, and Rattly even made it inside, they were all resting in one of the corners of the room. Cranky was in control of the ship, making his way over to Kongo Bongo. And in the middle of the ship, Dixie was telling Donkey Kong what had happened while they were trying to rescue him. As for Diddy, he seemed to have dozed off, he was sleeping next to Donkey Kong, his head was resting on the ape's arm.
"So, what happened after you ended up in that bee hive?" Donkey asked, curiously.
"Well, we ended up in a forest full of ghosts," Dixie said, "They played a lot of mean jokes, we met up with Squitter, but he was freaking out over a bunch of parrots, but soon we found out that the parrots were really a bunch of dead Neckies, and then we ended up meeting Krow."
"Wait, I thought you killed him!"
"That's what I thought, as well. So then, Krow tried to attack us, but Diddy managed to actually beat him. Let me tell you, he's gotten pretty good with that dagger."
"I bet he has," Donkey said, petting the little monkey next to him. "Of course, I'd say you did a pretty good job helpin' him out.
"Oh, uh..." Dixie began to blush, "I wouldn't say that."
"Oh, come on, kid, we both know it's true!" Donkey said, smiling, "Besides, I couldn't be any prouder of you guys than I already am."
"Well, thank you," Dixie said, scratching the back of her head. The gorilla girl looked over at Diddy, "So, do you think we should tell him when he wakes up?"
"What would I need to tell him, for?" Donkey asked, "He already knows how proud I am!"
Cranky couldn't help but smile, it was almost as though he was on another adventure with Junior, though the old ape wouldn't admit it, out loud. He knew Junior followed in his footsteps, and Donkey Kong followed Junior's footsteps, so to Cranky, it would be no suprise if Diddy followed in Donkey's footsteps.
The old ape sighed, he was almost over at Kongo Bongo.
Crocodile Island has completely sunken into the water, most of the Kremlings were sitting on boats to keep themselves from drowning along with the island.
K. Rool poked his head out of the water, glaring at some of his Krew. "Don't just sit there, help me out!"
"No way," a yellow Kremling yelled.
"Yeah, I've had enough of you," a red Kremling said, afterwards. Although some Kremlings remained loyal to K. Rool, other Kremlings began to sail away, either to the Mushroom Kingdom or to Kongo Bongo, in hope that they no longer had to deal with K. Rool.
Of course, two boats remained, helping the Kremling out of the water.
"So, where should we go, now?" a pink Kremling asked. K. Rool began to think for a moment, "I've been thinking of heading over to the Northern Kremisphere, maybe I could take over that area rather than taking over Kongo Bongo."
"Great idea, sir," a smaller Kremling cheered. Soon, the Kremlings began to head off, into the Northern Kremisphere.
So, the Kongs have managed to make it back to Kongo Bongo, safely. Dixie was able to reunite with her family, and as for Diddy...The Kongs finally recognised him as a hero, most of them even stopped being bullies to the little monkey.
Sure, it was nice to come back home as a hero, but Diddy felt it wouldn't be the last time he had to deal with Kremlings, even if the island ended up sinking.
A whole day has passed since he left Crocodile Island, the Kongs were having a party in Funky's hut, but Diddy sat outside, deep in thought.
"Hey, I was wondering where you went," said a familiar voice said. Dixie Kong, who was now his girlfriend, began to sat down next to the little monkey.
"Hey, Dixie," the monkey greeted, he continued to look at the spot where Crocodile Island would be.
"Something on your mind?" Dixie asked, "You can tell me?"
"Well, I know we've only been on Crocodile Island for a short time...but it still feels like we've been there, forever," the little monkey looked at Dixie, "Nobody would even think that a couple of Kongs like us would be able to get through such a big place, let alone make it through alive. But what if K. Rool comes back, again? what if he actually kills us?"
"Don't worry," Dixie assured him, "I'm sure he won't be able to do that. Besides, you've gotten a lot stronger, too."
"Well, I guess that's true," Diddy said, nodding. It certainly was true. What was once a naïve little monkey child became a little hero. He was still slightly naïve, but that didn't matter.
"Of course, if anything did happen to you, Donkey and I will have you back," Dixie said, sounding excited, she offered Diddy to grab her hand, "Now come on, everyone's wondering where you are."
Diddy nodded, happily grabbing her hand, "Come on, I'll race you!"
"What!?"
Diddy began to run ahead of Dixie, but the gorilla girl was keeping a good pace, running behind her boyfriend. The Kongs continued to run over to Funky's hut, they couldn't be any happier.
The End
And that ends our story...or does it? (Good ol' K. Rool doing some foreshadowing).
I think this turned out pretty good, at least compared to the other Novelization I did. I know there are a few mistakes, here and there...but whatever, I'll fix it, later.
...Oh, and if they're remaking Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire? The why can't they remake Donkey Kong Country 1-3? I'm sure the folks at Retro Studios can pull it off like Rare did, as long as you can switch Kongs like in the first three games and give some of the bosses some cool-looking cut scenes and...*Rant rant rant!*
...So that ends our story, nows I should be able to come up with something else. Until then,, see you later.
- Twin Cats
