Author's note: The next chapter is here^^! The title, by the way, is in French. If the accent over the 'e' in 'choque' disappears in the uploading process, please know that it belongs there! Also, thank you whoever reviews! You rock awesome sauce!X3 Oh, I also rewrote this chapter three times, so it should be uber-good! Or not…either way, I changed a lot this time! Enjoy!
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J'ai choqué vous?
It was Meta Knight's birthday. Yes, the day we were waiting for finally came. The day we'd spent weeks preparing for (I really can't tell you why)! Since we only had a couple of hours left before Meta Knight arrived at the party I ran out of the door in such a hurry that I forgot to tell Marx about it. I'm sure he wouldn't mind.
"Are you done setting up the food, Dee?"
I turned to Chilly, a snowman-like creature wearing a collar. "Almost!" I replied, looking at the rest of the room. It was an old storage area in the back of Kawasaki's restaurant. In the beginning it was really dull and grey but now it looked amazing with the food, decorations and giant banner. All we needed was the cake.
"Arrgh! Finally finished the banner!" Simirror walked over and pretended to collapse onto my side to show how tired she was. I pushed her off gently and turned to the banner. It was blood red with the words "Hppy Birthday Mta nite!" scrolled in fancy writing.
"Uh, you spelled almost all of it wrong," I wanted to laugh, but that would be cruel.
She looked shocked. "Omigod, I did! Darn, I knew I shouldn't have listened to Kirby! He can't spell!"
The urge to laugh disappeared and now I just wanted to cry. "Well, at least it's pretty…why couldn't you just ask me to spell for you, or Chilly?" I gestured to Chilly.
"Hey! I can't spell either!" He said.
"Can anyone in this town?" I wondered out loud, "besides me that is."
Simirror shook her head. "Meta Knight can…and that girl over there," She pointed at a blonde girl talking to Kirby across the room. Fumu, I think her name was. "And Marx might've been able to. He was crazy smart, after all."
I sighed. "Look, just never mind that, okay? There's nothing we can do about it now."
"Oh, yeah, I guess so. Hey Dee, I have to talk to you." Simirror turned to Chilly, "Can you leave?"
Chilly shrugged. "Sure." He left, heading towards Kirby and Fumu. Simirror glared at me.
"What?"
"You're acting grumpy. Is something up?" She asked all friendly.
I shook my head. "The sky," This just earned me another glare, "Okay, I haven't been sleeping much lately. I just have a lot on my shoulders right now."
"Oh. I thought something else…nevermind, the cake is here!" We both looked at the door in unison. Chef Kawasaki, with the help of a few Waddle Dees, was wheeling in a giant cake. It was navy blue with black icing on the rims of each of the five layers. There was a single white candle on top.
I ran over, excited. "Kawasaki!" I yelled, "It's amazing!" I gave him a cheerful glance and he placed a paw on top of my head.
"It shouldn't be amazing! After all, I made it!" He chuckled. I nodded and left to help the other Waddle Dees place the colossal thing in the middle of the table. It took a few tries, but we eventually succeeded.
"He's almost here! I saw him on the street!" Kirby came in holding a saucepan. I wasn't going to ask why.
"Good," I yelled back, "We're all done in here!"
The doorknob on the back door leading outside suddenly turned and Meta Knight, wrapped in his navy cape, stepped in. There was a silence, then we all shouted "Mauve Diadem!" These words were chosen at random by Kirby out of the dictionary. He said it was more original than "surprise," which it was if nothing else.
"Perdóneme?" He asked in Spanish. He looked around for a while, then his eyes settled on the banner. He laughed slightly. "That sign wishes me a happy birthday, I believe, yet it isn't my birthday,"
"Oh foo!" Kirby let out a sigh, "I told everyone it was and we all worked so hard…I hope you aren't mad at us for wasting your time."
Meta Knight didn't say anything for a long time until his eyes changed to pink with amusement. "No, I'm very glad you care so much."
Almost everyone in the room let out an exasperated sigh. I heard someone in the crowd yell "Better not waste the cake!" and before I could do anything, everyone ran to the cake. I giggled and grabbed a piece of my own before it disappeared. By the middle of the party half of it was magically gone (in other words, most of it was in Kirby's stomach). I was actually surprised at how good it was, so I ended up thanking Kawasaki at least twenty times. I also hung around with him for most of the party.
"You don't need to thank me so much, you know. Kirby seems to like it enough and he hasn't thanked me at all! Eating it is thanks enough." Kawasaki laughed.
I shook my head. "I don't think Kirby even has time to taste it though. He eats it way too fast. The food probably goes to another dimension or something."
He suddenly stopped laughing. "Hey, what's that over there?" I followed his gaze but saw nothing.
"What?"
"Dee!" He yelled, grabbing my arm, "I just saw Marx! MARX!" I felt everyone's eyes dart to us.
"What's this?" Simirror asked. My face was cold. The blood probably drained from it.
Kawasaki began to pull my arm along with him as he ran toward the other side of the room. "Over here! I saw him!" he stopped, "Come out of hiding, you coward!"
The top of Marx's head appeared behind the table. "Is Dee there?" He whispered.
"Dee?" Kirby asked. He seemed confused, shocked and he wasn't reacting hysterically which probably wasn't good.
"I'm here," I whimpered in reply, "Why?"
"Dee!" Marx cackled and jumped onto the table, "Oh! You're alright! Good, I was worried when you didn't come home! Have I shocked you? By finding you here, I mean."
There was a long silence. I looked around at everyone. They were pretty much glaring at me. "I…this isn't what it looks like." I wanted to explain, but I'm sure they wouldn't understand.
"You accepted an outcast into your house and he lives there with you…"Meta Knight started.
"Ahhh, you make it sound bad," I wanted to argue, but it didn't come out right. After all, he called Marx an outcast.
Fortunately Marx noticed this. "Hey! He just totally called me an outcast! That was uncalled for and mean!"
I heard a bunch of angry yells come from the crowd around us. I saw Marx begin to panic on top of the table. I almost felt bad for him—he probably thought that I told the others he was staying with me. Still, he did address and talk to me in front of a room of people. He should've known better…that was just plain embarrassing.
"Silencio!" Another Spanish word, "Please, I hadn't finished." We all turned to Meta Knight, who no longer had his cape wrapped around his body, "I understand Dee's decision and I support it. That is all. Argue amongst yourselves."
I stared at him with happy tears in my eyes. "Meta…"
"Wait, so Dee didn't tell anyone about me and now you're all really angry…at me? Don't be angry at Dee. That would just be dumb!" Marx jumped off the table and stood next to me. I felt like shoving him away violently, but I resisted.
"So, Marx, you survived?" Kirby asked. I couldn't tell if he was angry or not.
Marx talked to Kirby but didn't look at him. "Jeez, what gave you that idea?" He sounded scared. I turned to him and gave him a reassuring cheery expression (since I couldn't smile). He grinned back nervously.
Kirby nodded and seemed happy for some weird reason. "That's good! I'm glad I didn't have to kill you for real! I hate killing people, especially if they need to die twice like Drawcia and Zero and you!" If this was in a manga, his sentence would have a heart after it.
"So, you aren't angry?" I inquired.
He shook his head. "Nope. I think if Dee trusts someone then they're trustable!"
"I don't think trustable is a word." That was Fumu, who stood next to Kirby, "And, do you really think we can let him live here in the village? I mean, what he did before, we couldn't predict. So what if he does something else…"
"Shut up!" Marx snapped, "I don't know you, but you're a major ass if you expect everyone to be perfect all the time. So I made a mistake, but you don't have to jump on my back for it! I already punish myself for it daily for it and it isn't…I didn't mean to hurt anyone. It was actually kind of self destructive if you think about it…" He looked at his feet, obviously embarrassed.
"He has his priorities straight now," I added, "It's okay. We can trust him."
Meta Knight spoke. "Then Marx is staying with us. That is that."
There was a murmur of agreement and everyone went back to what they were doing. I let out a relieved sigh and looked at Marx. He appeared to be okay but under that he was probably uncomfortable. I poked him in the side and he stared at me as if he'd just woken up from a daydream. "Marx, you look tired. Let's go home, alright?"
He smiled. "Yeah, sure, home."
The walk home was a quiet one. I expected Marx to talk most of the way about useless things, but not a word left his mouth. This made me sad because his boyish, almost nasal voice was always soothing. I couldn't explain it. In fact, I shouldn't have even said that. It was just plain embarrassing.
"Don't you find it weird that everyone just accepted me like this?"" Marx asked just before bed. He sounded weak and worn-out.
I shook my head. "No, not really. Hey, you're sleeping on the floor tonight. I'm getting tired of—"
"I want to sleep on the bed." He insisted, "Maybe we can sleep in it together."
"Uh, you mean together as in side by side? In there?" I gestured to the bed, "Are you sure?"
He smiled. "It isn't weird or anything. We're just friends, right? Or, do you think there's more going on?"
I blushed. "No! Just get in then." I lifted the blankets and Marx climbed into the bed. I looked at him for a while before getting in myself. I continued staring at him while I laid there, studying each and every one of his facial features as he slept. Watching him do this made me feel tired too and eventually I joined him.
Author's note: Wow, I wrote this in one whole day O.O! Okay, so maybe it isn't that amazing but it was fun^^! Anyway, I said earlier that I rewrote this three times. Just to explain, I didn't write all three drafts in one day (of course not. That's crazy!). I was very happy with this chapter in the end, especially since Meta Knight made his first appearance (and Fumu. I'll add Bun later!)! I hope you enjoy reading it as I did writing it! Please review! Marx wants you to as well (LOLZ)!8D