Thanks for the reviews! Now to pick up where that cliffhanger left off.
One Shadow Morph Dragon and a crazy puffball blocking any escape routes since the only way out is down Kabu Canyon, and by that I mean going splat when you hit the bottom. The Shadow Dimension denizen roared and charged, but immediately dodged a sword beam. Meta Knight had turned his attention to the dragon. The dragon shape shifted into a large panther and pounced, but narrowly dodged a sword swipe. Meta Knight slashed at the shadow which parried with its claws. Seeing a chance to retreat, BlueDragon and ShadowMark flew up into the sky to hide in the clouds. Sword and Blade got on Warrah's back as it changed color to yellow and quickly dashed off. Fumu and Bun backed up, they must've forgotten about the canyon. The two lost their footing and fell. Fumu grabbed the ledge with Bun grabbing Fumu's foot. Kirby noticed what happened and grabbed Fumu's hand trying to help her and Bun. While this was going on the fight still continued. The shadow jumped away and changed shape again to a tyrannosaur shape with added wings. It roared and tried to bite the knight, who swiftly dodged and cut at the shadow's snout. The shape shifter flinched and fell backwards. Meta Knight tried to slash at one of its feet but it kicked him, the claws leaving a scratch on the mask. If the claw had gone any deeper the mask would have been split in half. "Poyo! Halp!" The two combatants turned their attentions to Kirby, struggling to get the two up from the ledge. The shadow morphed back into its draconic shape and ran to the pink puffball with its mouth open wide, but it was slashed in half by Meta Knight before it could reach the baby. Putting itself back together it shook off its dizziness and unleashed a shadowy breath of black fire. Meta Knight flapped his wings and the fire was blown away by the generated wind. Now it was upset, the dragon flew up into the sky, roaring in pain and trying to escape by flying higher, but the closer it got to the sun the more it seemed to be in pain… wait.
Meta Knight's eyes switched back to yellow as he started taunting the dragon. "Over here you rejected iguana's shadow!" The shadow swooped down at Meta Knight and tried to bite, but the knight dodged the attack. Meta Knight readied his wings again as he tried to position the dragon at just the right angle while the shadow swooped, chomped, and clawed at Meta Knight, who dodged every hit. When the shadow swooped back down, charging a shadowy fireball, it was blown back by a strong whirlwind from Meta Knight and collided with a tree. The tree was slightly dented, but still stood. The shadow got back on its feet, looked around, and fell asleep under the shade of the tree, content to be away from the sunlight that burned it. Apparently, it wasn't such a bad dragon. "Poyo!" "Help!" Meta Knight then remembered about Fumu and Bun's situation.
Kirby tried harder to pull them up but his grip was slipping. Kirby looked back to the fight scene only to see the dragon napping. Where's Meta Knight? He really needs some help. Before he could survey the surroundings even further for help he lost his grip on Fumu. "Fumu! Bun!" The two were falling fast, puffing up would be far too slow. Kirby covered his eyes; he didn't want to see the two get killed. But before they hit the bottom something swooped down into the canyon and caught them in time. Kirby uncovered his eyes and saw Meta Knight flapping vigorously with Fumu and Bun holding onto his hands. Kirby jumped happily, Meta Knight saved them! The winged knight put the two down as he just noticed that not everyone was here. "Where are the others?" Meta Knight asked, not really getting an answer from Fumu nor Bun while Kirby seemed to be even happier. "Hey sir, you can fly!" Warrah came back, magenta colored again, with Sword and Blade. BlueDragon and ShadowMark returned from their hiding spots, landing back down with BlueDragon breathing an ice blast from excitement. He didn't realize it until just now, he did fly. He stayed hovering in place as he finally noticed. "Thanks for saving us Sir Meta Knight!" Fumu thanked the knight. A soft roar sounded out as the Shadow Morph Dragon awoke from the commotion before returning back to the Shadow Dimension, but not before giving a nod to Meta Knight. ShadowMark had been lost in thought for a while before saying "I think he should still practice, just to be sure. Besides, who knows when Galacta (expletive) will show up?" ShadowMark was right, BlueDragon told him about the angel winged warrior and how he would come back, but Galacta Knight never revealed a specific date. Meta Knight sighed "He always forgets about detail"
Elsewhere, in the Shadow Dimension to be exact, LilyWing, AshFang, and another dragon were being told information by the Shadow Morph Dragon. The other dragon was a female adult dragon similar to the other two. She was pure white with a green belly and horns, yellow wings, violet eyes, a black lightning bolt pattern on her right leg, and electrical energy crackling on the tip of her tail. "Seems to me that those two were helping the winged blue marshmallow, nice of him to get me out of the sun" the shadow dragon told the three. "Anything else?" LilyWing asked the shadow. "Judging by some of my eavesdropping that blue knight has a match against, what's his name, Galacta Knight. Apparently, that's the blue dude's brother and he's mad at him for something. Very high risk that you're kids get involved in this" the shadow continued. LilyWing and AshFang looked worried while the white dragon, standing a few feet behind the two, yawned as she waited for the couple. The two dragons paid the shadow with jewelry "Pleasure doing business with ya. You know who to call when you need an eye on the kids" and it scurried off. LilyWing roared for the white dragon's attention as a lightning bolt crashed on the dragon, taking it out of the dimension with the other two leaving as well.
Looks like Meta Knight's back in the sky, all it took was motivation! Also, the Shadow Morph Dragon was apparently a bodyguard that went rogue from the sunlight. And about the white dragon, she's based on a family friend not a family member, that's why she didn't seem all that worried (LilyWing and AshFang worry too much, the kids can take care of themselves and the white dragon knows that). Did anyone notice that Galacta Knight never said when he'll return, only that he will? One more thing, remember Meta Knight's Nightmare Rift experience? When he saw Galacta Knight he also saw two figures with him. I just thought I'd let you know. Until next chapter!