Hi everyone! This is Blaze808 with the 14th chapter of Opposites Attract! As you can probably guess, we are reaching the end (probably in about 6 chapters). I will tell you this before-hand. This story will have TWO sequels! One is the continuation of the storyline, and the other is a crossover of SSBB and AFV, where you "send in videos" of SSBB characters, including OC's of the sequel and this story. You also get to do the "vote for the top three" (even though I choose the top 3). Speaking of this story, I will let you know that there is a bit of POV switching in the next chapters between two characters. Just thought you'd like to know! Here is Chapter 14: Dark Secrets

I do not own SSBB or NME.

Jigglypuff's POV

I looked over to Meta Knight. I was finally going to know what was going on! He looked up at us and began.

"A couple of thousand years ago, as you know, or don't know, my father was murdered by Beroun when I was 500, and when that happened, my brother became the man of the house. Then, when I was 800, which is when it all started to fall apart."

He closed his eyes for a second. Then, he continued.

"Rosealia and I were close friends for many years. Naturally, when we discovered that something could be terribly wrong and we worked together to try to reverse the problem. We only made things worse…"

"What was the problem?" I blurted

Meta Knight twiddled his fingers uncomfortably. "I would rather not…"

Rosealia looked at him sternly. "If you want this relationship to work, no secrets should be kept in between you or her, so you should tell her what happened than. I do not enjoy this being retold either, but duty is always before pleasure."

He sighed quietly "Very well. When we were 800, which is the equivalent to being 8 years old, Rosealia and I had a small predicament: our mothers were missing. It took us a bit before we realized where they were. In fact, we figured it out when a letter came for me, and I took it before Tyler, who was in charge had a chance to look. It was terrible, even though it gave the exact location, it made it sound as if they were about to die, which made sense, because the signatures at the bottom were Knightmare and his…Beroun's, his son. We decided to take action that instant. Rosealia and I built a ship, by the way, was the Halberd before the wings and mask were added on. It took us a couple of agonizing months before it was complete. Unfortunately, my brother found the letter and forbid me from leaving the house. This was after the Halberd was built of course. We should have listened to him, maybe things would have turned out better…" Meta Knight paused. He wiped his arm over the eye part of the mask. I went up to him and put my arm on his shoulder.

"If you have to stop at any point, it's alright. I don't mind." I smiled. I had a small feeling where this was going, so I was starting to get why this was so tough.

He regained his composure. "As I was saying, we escaped from my home and got off-planet. We took a day to get to the NME base on GrayStar. Since we had been flying all night, you could imagine how exhausted we were, though it was decided that sleep and provisions would come after the rescue was finished. After dragging ourselves off the Halberd, it didn't take us long to get in the base. Maybe that was because they expected us, because as soon as we got in, it took us less the time to get caught. They knocked us out, then when we woke up, Rosealia was hanging from the ceiling, but I wasn't even trapped by anything, except for an indestructible metal door. The guards had even stuck us in the same room that our mothers were held captive. Before I could even get up, there he was: the definition of pure evil. His red eyes stared at us as if he was picking which one to slaughter first, and his hair that were also his arms waved smoothly around his helmet. He also carried his choice weapon…Blade Biter, a sword so evil that if you even touch the blade, you would die a quick but agonizing death as its contents would dissolve you from the inside leaving a shell of skin and bone. He looked at me and smiled cruelly. I still remember what he said.

I was hoping for the female Knight, but you will do. Listen, Meta Knight, I have a proposition for you. There are weapons attached to the three others, and if I click this button (he showed me the button) we will be the only people alive in this room, or in one piece. However, there has been a certain person that has been giving me grief during her stay, unlike the other. Here is the deal: Kill Queen Catalina and I will let the others go. You can even use my sword, because I noticed the guards have unarmed you. They might as well have not, since it was pitiful. However, if you even think about killing me, the sword will kill you on the instant, and if you try to kill yourself, I will press the button. Are we clear?

(Still MK talking) I had no choice. So, Beroun handed me Blade Biter, and I tossed it to the ground, but to my surprise, the Queen, Rosealia's mother ordered me to pick it up. So, I did, and she called me over. She told me that she would…help me. She grabbed one part of the handle, and she forced my hands onto the other part of the handle. She counted to three, and we stabbed it into her, and…and…"

He stopped again and burst into tears. I hugged him softly, and he grabbed on to me tightly, refusing to let go. I looked over to Rosealia. She smiled at me with the greatest of effort, and then it dropped. She looked deflated, and I saw a couple of tears drop silently down her face. Well, even if it wasn't silent, I wouldn't have been able to hear it, since Meta Knight was wailing in my arms. After a couple of minutes, one of my hands got free and I rubbed his back gently.

"It's okay, it's okay," I said repeatedly. He looked up at me for a second, and then he looked down and buried his head into my arms. After about ten minutes, he calmed down, at least enough to speak.

"Thanks, Jigglypuff." He sniffled.

"Let me continue, okay? Well, after the mission had passed, Rosealia and I got back on the ship. My mother had to stand in between us; since I am sure Rosealia would have killed me if she had gotten the chance. No offense, Rosealia."

"No offense taken, after all, that's probably correct."

"Though after a bit, we had to help my mother get on the ship since she was so weak, we guessed that it was because she hadn't been treated well during her capture, though we didn't realize that my mother had been terminally ill with a heart disease before she got captured, though for some reason, they never bothered to let me know. Anyway, we managed to get my mother on the ship. Even though of her condition, she still made us refrain from flying my ship. I guess it was okay, since back in her time, the Skylins had an expert pilot reputation, and she was no different. Rosealia and I spent the trip alone, taking time to grieve. After we landed, the situation hadn't changed much, except for two angry teenage/adult siblings had entered the picture, and my mother fell to the ground. She called all of us over, and she told us how much she loved us, and then she passed to the next world. Rowena took Rosealia home since Tyler was busy with me. But after an hour, I made a shocking discovery. When I was passed out, Knightmare had given me these," he shook his wings irritably.

"Unfortunately, people who are marked are treated terribly on PlantStar, and I had just fit into the category with the wings. It didn't help that the King ordered not to respect us, so even when the teachers watched them torture me, they did nothing. Even when someone placed me in hospital after I told them to be quiet. If it wasn't for Rowena and Tyler, I would have died that day. That is exactly why I quit school and joined the army when I was 1 200. It turned out; it was quite good for me. I was an equal to them. Though, there were some interesting things. Our General was always on top of us. That is also where I met Jecra and Garlude. They were two of the greatest friends I had ever had-other than you two, of course. Everything was perfect for years after. Nothing was going wrong, a mission here, a meeting there, and an arrest occasionally. I should have known it would have gone so wrong. It had started off like a normal day, and Jecra had gone on a mission. It didn't seem that hard. Just track down the commander's daughter's dog. However, Beroun has a power which allows one to see one thing, and another person the same, or completely different, so he had turned into the dog. I'm guessing that when Jecra found the 'dog', he also found a battalion of NME monsters. We had no idea of this. All we knew was that he was missing in action. They had sent a retrieval squad to find him. We found their bodies outside of camp, and Jecra as well. He walked over to us. I was overjoyed that he was back. He was happy to see me as well: for different reasons…

He took out his sword and slashed at me. I was horrified that he was doing this. But he had challenged me to a fight. One I could not refuse. We fought for a long time. Then, without thinking, I stabbed him in the heart. His eyes went from red to normal. For his last minutes, he explained his actions, and apologized for them. Finally, he passed me his precious possession, a picture of his son, and then was taken to the next world. Not long after, Garlude and I were sent on a mission to retrieve the sword Galaxia. I should have noted her strange behaviour, because she sounded like she thought she would die. I assumed that she was just feeling a little depressed and I tried to cheer her up."

"I wish I could've seen that." Rosealia chortled "Sorry. That slipped." She covered her mistake up.

I gave her a glance to zip it.

"May I finish? As you so…kindly pointed out, I am not exactly skilled when it comes to that. But the mission had to go on, and we entered the cave where one of NME's monsters guarded Galaxia. She told me the plan that she had came up with on the ship. Then, it ambushed us. We didn't have much time. She told me to run ahead, and grabbed the sword, while she fought off the monster. I trusted her to do okay. So I ran off and grabbed Galaxia without a problem. When I came out to give her a hand, she was almost dead. I tried to help, but she sent a blast at me that sent me out of the cave entrance. Immediately after, I heard a scream. Then silence, so I had the knowledge of what had happened. I ran to the ship, and tried to call for help. I found a message on the screen. It clearly said…Abanei is under attack. You can guess I flew over to Abanei as quick as I could. I almost made it, except that I was shot down over PopStar. As I emerged from my ship, undamaged, I saw my sister, for the first time in 700 years, running from my worst enemy, Beroun. He used his unnatural hair, and got a hold of her. I ran after him, trying to set her free. He stared at me cruelly. He was in wonder that he had both of the Knight children in his grasp. She made a deal with him, that he could kill her without a fight. He pondered this for a bit. Then he smiled, and slashed Rowena with Blade Biter. As she fell dead to the ground, she told me to take care of Kirby, and tossed him towards me. I caught him. Beroun looked at me, smiled, and wished me luck on parenting." He spoke the last five words sarcastically.

"Soon after, since of my desperation to find a place to live, I chose to work with King Dedede. He would not let me keep Kirby, so I left him with Chef Kawaski, which may have had to do with Kirby's food addiction. I still managed to find time to be with him. It was the least I could do for Rowena. Recently, two weeks before the brawl, I was sent on a mission from my boss, to capture a random Cappy, who had thrown a pie in his face. Before I could find the Cappy, I found Tyler, and Beroun. Beroun was trying to possess my brother. I could tell he was having problems; Beroun, that is. My brother is very strong willed. Unfortunately, Beroun still got through to him, seconds after I arrived. When I saw my brother, he looked at me, and floated down. He smiled evilly, and told me to be prepared to die, because it would only happen in weeks. Beroun walked up close to me and said: I'd much rather kill you, but since you seem willing for me to do so…I'll just wait for you to go mad. That shouldn't take long, shall it?" Meta Knight growled, and smashed his fist on the table, breaking it in two. I shuffled back, feeling a little uncomfortable…

He started again, looking totally oblivious to the mess he just made. "Then they just walked away, and were picked up the by the beam…I will not explain anymore, for I have done enough. Besides, you know what happened."

It was silent for a long time. Nobody said anything. Who could?

Finally, I looked at him and spoke softly.

"Do you think we can bring Tyler back?"

"I don't think so." He mumbled quietly

"Considering Beroun's power levels, we should still have a chance to bring him back, after all, one month and a half is not that long."

Rosealia butted in.

"Jecra went out in the morning normal, and he came back in the evening, under the spell influence."

"Don't get mad at me for saying this, but he did do it willingly. I know I wasn't around for about 1 200 years, but it didn't sound like had given himself up. Perhaps when we confront Tyler again…"

"I have killed my friend, your mother, and left another friend for dead, and killed countless others in the war. I will not kill my brother." He glared at Rosealia.

"Um…Meta Knight, I'm pretty sure she didn't mean that!" I pointed out, unsure of what he meant by that.

"No, I know that, but…" he lowered his head to the ground, and spoke softly. "That's how it will turn out. It did last time." His gave drifted to the side.

Rosealia walked up to him and put her hand on his shoulder "If push comes to shove, and if we have to…I'll do it. That way, you don't spill more blood. But that is only if it's absolutely necessary."

"I see…" he spoke softly "I need some time alone. Please." He said no louder than a whisper.

I looked over to him concerned. He had turned his back to us. I reached out to touch him when Rosealia shook her head. We walked out the door quietly. To my surprise, we were greeted by his crew, who were staring at us intently.

"So?" the bird asked.

"He says he needs some time alone." I said simply

"Is he alright? He's been acting really odd! He's been uptight. Even on the ship. He got mad when I asked to fake turbulence! Usually, if we don't have passengers, we'll fake it for fun. But he looked appalled that I had mentioned it!"

"Hold on…you fake turbulence?" Rosealia asked while rolling her eyes.

"Yeah? Got a problem with that, Princess?"

"If you are referring to the nickname, to be frank I do. However, the turbulence is not much to be surprised by."

I could smell the tension!

"Come on Rosealia, let's go!"

As we strode off the ship, I couldn't help but wonder what Tyler was doing now…

Tyler's POV

I woke up with a groan: Oh look. I'm home. Yeah right, since when did the NME base count as home? PlantStar was home. Home was filled with pictures of Rowena, Stephen, their son Kirby, the band, Ardria, Mom and Dad, and not to mention Meta J.

Speaking of which…was he okay? Did I…kill him? No, I'd be dead. I'm still alive, so that means he's still alive, safe, I don't know.

My thoughts were interrupted by a troll like creature bursting through my door. Had they ever heard of knocking?

"The boss wants you." It growled

"Knightmare or Beroun, which one wants me? No one knows, except for the hairy thing standing in front of me?" I sighed

"It's General Beroun. He's not happy with you."

"So Finger Hair wants to see little old me? Very well, I'm coming.

I wonder why he wants to see me. I wish that I could grow big and squash him like a bug. Then again, while I'm at it, I wish for a puppy…

When I was lead in, Beroun was tapping every single solitary finger he had together. When I say all, I am counting his abnormal hair. Seriously, it's just wrong.

He looked at me.

"Tyrai Knight."

I suppressed a scowl. No one called me Tyrai, especially not Beroun.

"Yes?" I might as well get this done and over with.

"You have failed your mission."

"You really think I am going to kill my own brother, don't you?" I rolled my eyes.

"Not without help, no." he spoke calmly.

"So why try?" I rolled my eyes.

"Because I know you will, with help."

"You took over my mind and body, and he's still alive and well, you really think you can convince me?"

"You consider yourself invincible, but you aren't. And for that matter, I think I can…and will." Beroun smiled

"What are you going to do?"

"This." His eyes flashed and I felt a large spark of power pulsating through my brain. My shrieks pierced through the base, falling on deaf or uncaring ears. I felt my body shaking, almost like I was being stretched. My body was being torn apart from pain. If you think you have been in agony, try what I was going through. He held Blade Biter to his head, and stabbed it into the floor. The ground shook, and a sickly purple cloud engulfed my body. I saw dark images of when I found Stephan's body in the rubble of a cathedral, and images of Ardria dying. Could this be happening now? Could she be dying at this second? Beroun's laughter filled my ears. That was the last thing I heard before I passed out, and he took control. All I could think before was…

How many will I kill before this is over?

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