Short, crappy chapters are short and crappy. I'm sorry.
Chapter Three: The Legend of Zelda
Fumu became more and more worried with each passing minute. Marx hadn't come down from his tower even once after what had happened, not even for dinner.
It was after dinner as she sat in the courtyard that she decided to ask an important question.
"Meta Knight," She whispered to the blue Ponyan as she watched him clean his sword, "Why don't you like Marx? What did he do?"
Meta Knight didn't speak for a moment, but then a low chuckle erupted out of under his mask.
"Why don't I tell you a different story; an old but true legend?"
Lololo and Lalala, who were sitting nearby, exchanged glances.
"Is it the Legend of Zelda?" They asked simultaneously.
Meta Knight chuckled even louder.
"Wrong legend, Lola, but I can tell that one later if you want.
"Anyway, this is the story of a little boy. He was a bit of a misfit, and used to live around the castle, before you were here, Fumu. After the defeat of Nightmare, during when Kirby left Dream Land for a bit, this boy started causing some trouble. His heart was full of evil and hatred, and he wanted nothing more than to make all of Popstar suffer.
"One day, he came up with a plan. He had found out about an all-powerful comet named NOVA, and discovered that he could summon it so that he could make a wish; the wish to control Popstar. There was one catch, though. Only the pure of heart could summon NOVA. He knew that his heart was full of hatred, and so he had to get somebody else to summon NOVA for him.
"So, using his powers of persuasion, he got the sun and moon to fight, and then got one of the local star warriors to go find NOVA so they could wish for them to stop fighting. Do you remember that day, Fumu?"
Fumu nodded, and so did Bun, who had come to sit next to his sister.
"Mum and Dad were so worried. We thought the world was going to end! Again!"
Yet another chuckle from the older puffball.
"Indeed. Anyway, when the star warrior had completed his task and gathered the necessary items to summon NOVA, the boy pushed him out of the way and stole the wish.
"With the wish, he grew large, golden wings and gained powers unimaginable. NOVA himself started crashing towards Popstar. The sun and the moon, feeling guilty for the trouble they caused, slowed NOVA down so that the star warrior could go inside and destroy its heart.
"The star warrior succeeded, of course, and the now lifeless NOVA started floating back to its original place. The boy, filled with anger, challenged the star warrior to a duel. The star warrior, however, won. The boy was sent flying into NOVA, destroying them both."
"Cool," Bun smiled, "Well, nice story, but…"
"That wasn't the end," Meta Knight interrupted, "You see, the parts of NOVA fused with the boy, bringing him back as the pure embodiment of hatred, the hatred that was inside his soul. He, one again, challenged the star warrior, and one again lost. But some people say that somebody -nobody knows who- fixed NOVA to make their own wish, and that the boy was brought back, and is now somewhere on Popstar."
"But wait," Fumu interjected, "What does this have to do with Marx?"
Meta Knight was silent as he slid his sword back in its holder and stood up. It wasn't until he had almost left the courtyard that Fumu got her answer.
"…Everything."