Chapter 8

Author's Note: Finally finished! Sorry it took so long, I was kinda busy with school starting and all. Also, I'm thinking about making some one-shots and poems! And the first chapter of that truth or dare fic that I was talking about is almost finished. Ok, I know that you don't like Flame's passing out all the time, but in this chapter, she just stays unconscious for the whole thing, and after that, she staying conscious for most of the story afterword. So, yeah, y'all won't be complaining anymore (I hope). YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY! SO, I HOPE YOU ENJOY!

Fumu Embrum's footsteps could be heard throughout one of the empty corridors of Castle Dedede. It was eerily quiet, strange, considering that Kirby was usually bounding behind her. But there was something mysterious about this silence, as if some horrible crime has been committed.

Splash.

She felt her leather hit some liquid, and felt it seeping through them, touching her actual foot. The liquid was warm. "Strange," she thought. "why would there be warm water on the floor ?It's thicker than water, too." Immediately after this thought, she felt horribly sick. She was almost too afraid to look down. But she had to know.

Knowledge is everything.

She looked down…

What she saw made her scream in horror, even though she half expected it.

Fresh blood splattered the floor, its crimson color staining her shoes. Also, footprints of blood lead in the direction of the dungeon. "There was a murder committed here!" she thought, "I have to tell someone! But who?" Her first thought was her family, whose quarters where closer. "No, they wouldn't understand, they don't understand me either. They're not Kirby's caretakers. They don't have the amazing gift to summon the warp star. After Kirby defeated Nightmare, they just shrugged the past two and a half years off!" Tears of anger and pain filled her eyes. "I… I HATE them!" she thought, dropping to her "knees", staining her shirt. "But Meta Knight would understand," she thought. "yeah, I should go to him! He's been through all those battles, and he's such a good source of knowledge! Besides, he was the one who gave me the power of summoning the warp star in the first place!"

"And now I'm the only one who knows how much power it gives you." Yes, ever since Meta Knight has given Fumu the power to summon the warp star, she's felt… stronger. In a few days, she was able to do amazing things, such as lifting something off the ground and the ability to read people's minds, and change them. With a little practice, she was able to defy gravity and dement space and time a small amount.

And she's done some things an ordinary being would easily regret.

But she wasn't an ordinary being anymore, was she?

"Yeah, I should go to him." she thought.

…

Meta Knight stared at the unconscious new Star Warrior. Going to Kabu was defiantly the right choice. Flame was fading in and out of consciousness, and Meta Knight almost never left the side of her bed since they returned. He knew that no one would be suspicious, because they were all too big of fools to notice.

Except maybe Fumu.

She was going to be a problem.

Suddenly, he heard running footsteps outside the apartment. He heard the door quickly open, and Fumu's voice saying, "Where's Meta Knight?! I need to see him!"

"Sir's taking a nap." That was Sword's voice.

"I need to see him now!"

"Calm yourself, Fumu." He heard Blade's voice say. The noise of fists on the door of the bedroom could be heard. Fumu was screaming at the top of her lungs now. Deciding that he couldn't take the screaming anymore, he came out of the room, opening and closing the door quickly so Fumu wouldn't see the unconscious child. He could see that Fumu's right foot and shirt were stained with blood, but the blood was too dark to be her own (he knew for a fact that cappy blood was a bright cherry red, unlike the deep crimson on her shirt and foot).

"Fumu, what's the matter?" he asked calmly.

"Oh, Meta Knight! There was a murder!" she replied, sobbing. "In the hallway by the dungeon! I saw it! There was so much blood!"

"Are you sure it was a murder?"

"Well, now that you mention it, there wasn't a body, but there was bloody footprints, and that's enough proof for me!"

"Fumu, if there wasn't a body, there's no proof that it was a murder." the knight said. But he knew what really happened.

The corridor she described was by the dungeon.

The same area where King Dedede wanted Flame to fight him only hours ago.

"She can't find out what really happened, the last thing we need is her telling everyone about Flame." he thought.

"So, could you help me investigate it?" Fumu asked.

"Fumu, it's nearly dark, and for your own sake, you shouldn't run around telling people about this. The most you could do is clean up the blood." he replied.

"C'mon, please? Please!"

"Return to your family. Now, or they'll be worried about you." Fumu became enraged at his statement.

"But my family doesn't love me! You have to understand, Meta Knight! Please!"

"Yes they do. Believe me, I've seen and experienced true hatred, and believe me, that's not how they feel about you." he replied, his voice lowered to nearly a whisper. Fumu then tried to lunge at the knight, but failed, Sword and Blade holding her back. "Return to your family. Now."

"Fine," she replied, calming down, tears in her eyes. "Good day." She stormed out of the apartment. "Great," she thought. "now Meta Knight doesn't even understand me."

"I guess I'm going to have to do something about that."

Author's Note: OK, CHAPTER FINISHED! Oh, yeah, if you haven't already guessed, Fumu's gone insane. Not much in this author's note. HOPE YOU ENJOYED!