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"Where does he keep going? Jeez"

Knock, knock.

"Hello?" Fumu asked as she answered the door.

"Lady Fumu?" Said a young, dark haired woman dressed in servant uniform.

"Erm, yeah?"

The woman handed her a bottle green dress with pink around the top and sleeves. "Wear this tonight"

Another quake punched the planet's surface.

-oOo-

The castle grounds where very quiet. That wasn't necessarily a bad thing, the knight did enjoy the peace, except it was too quiet. Not a birds chirp. In fact, he hadn't even seen a creature of any kind come near the castle. Suspicious. No-where was ever so quiet in the daytime. Wait! There was sound. If you listened really carefully. ...A tiny little cracking noise...

"Sir Meta Knight!" Cried the young blonde, running up to him. "Come on, its six o'clock"

She looked so grown up in that dress. "I didn't think we would be going since it's already been a lot more than a day, but I guess we are"

"Over a year experienced in under a week. That is something you wouldn't expect to happen" Meta Knight said in his usually calm demeanour.

"Huh? A year?"

"It is still near easter but there must have been a time jump and it wouldn't stay within a week of must have been a year. "

"Already? But..." She considered the situation. "Then the time jumps are getting longer. But, thats okay isn't it? No-one is getting hurt."

The knight was silent for a moment. "I suppose"

"You suppose?"

"Get Kirby. Let's go"

-oOo-

Fumu led them to the door of the wide doors of the grand hall. An unforgetable figure stood there.

"Fumu, Kirby." The girl acknowledged. She smiled graciously. "Sir Meta Knight" She held out her hand but he was reluctant to take it.

"Aw, you don't trust me." A sarcastic frown turned into a cheeky wink. "That's probably wise. Come on" She said, ushering them inside.

-oOo-

At least a half hour had passed without the queens arival.

The girl could see how bored the children were.

"She likes to be 'fashionably' late. She should be here any minute now"

With her time waiting, Fumu counted everyone at the table. 56 knights(excluding Meta knight), 103 guards, 97 servants, 24 maids, a courtier, the strange girl, herself, kirby and Meta made the room feel even bigger than it appeared. Their queen obviously didn't like to eat alone.

Another hour went by until the doors finally swung open. A woman in robes that resembled fire entered the room. Her face was pure white but you could tell it was make up. Her flared eye make up was the same colour as her maroon lipstick. Her crown – also resembling fire – rested on auburn hair. Upon her entrance, everyone at the table stood.

"Good evening everyone" Her voice echoed around the hall.

The girl nudged Kirby awake from the sleep he had fallen into whilst waiting.

The woman, clearly queen, took her place at the far end of the table. With this everyone else sat.

Kirby quickly consumed the food that was in front of him before it had been properly placed on the table.

"Aryanie, I see you brought them" She said.

"Yes my queen" The girl – Aryanie nodded.

The queen gave a troubled look. "You said you would only send for them in a time of dire need"

"Yes my queen. Have you noticed the strange earthquakes and shifts in time? I thought they would be able to help"

"What is causing it?"

"...I don't know"

"You'd think someone of your abilities would know something like this"

"My queen, I do not wish to be disrespectful but no-one of my likes has ever been able to see everything"She noticed the curious look from her guests and smiled at them. "Lt me introduce myself, my name is Aryanie, the phantom"

Fumu looked at her with a strange sense of curiosity. "Um... I'm sorry but we don't exactly know what the phantom is"

"I know" She smiled again. "There are certain abilities passed down my family line, they are rare and often skip many generations. Centuries ago, people with these abilities were feared for the superstitions of the people of old. They were even thought of as phantomsThese abilities consist of being able to see things they shouldn't, like the past or future ,like,well, psychics." Fumu felt a bit uncertain.

"But, is that even possible?" She was surprised when the phantom let out a light laugh.

"Talking trees, a child that can copy the powers of what he inhales and an emperor of darkness yet you fail to believe in psychic abilities?"

Now everyone at the table except her, Kirby, Meta knight and Fumu looked confused. They weren't familiar with the goings on of planet popstar.

Meta knight decided he should speak. "Your majesty, I believe I understand what is going on"

"Oh?" The queen was intruiged.

"There is a demon beast somewhere among you"

More confusion.

"A what?" She asked.

"A demonic creature created by the emperor of darkness who used to rule over the galaxy, Nightmare. They must have been here a while as we defeated Nightmare a few months ago by our regular flow of time."

"I see" She muttered. She pointed at the three popstar residents. "Seize them!"

Everyone besides Aryanie looked shocked.

"If this demon beast is around, you three are among the main suspects"

Aryanie muttered to herself quiet enough to not be heard by the queen or those who were likely to tell her "How ignorant to not see that they have not been here nearly long enough for that to be true"

Artrey and the stranger they saw earlier were two of those that came to grab them. The stranger was one of the two people that seized Fumu.

"You are under arrest, please remain calm and silent."

She fought and kicked, striking the man in a less than pleasant place for a man to be kicked.

He didn't double over in pain. No, he released her with electrical sparks coming out of him.

"Please...silent...bzz arresssssss bzzz...er-rror991 bzzzzzzzzz" He collapsed down. If it weren't so confusing, his take down would have been rather comical.

"Sir Meta knight, was he a demon beast?" Fumu asked, dazed.

"No, he was an android. However" He turned the broken robot over and lifted the clothing slightly. A familiar logo was present on the metal body – there was no need to disguise this as it would only be covered anyway. "It was created by Holy Nightmare"

"This changes nothing! You are still suspects!" Yelled the infuriated queen.

Another guard came over to take them away. Aryanie smiled at the three again.

"Let them arrest you, please trust me"

It didn't feel like they should but it was pointless to fight. There was something confident about that girl when she said it, why was that? Could she have a plan or...did she know what was going to happen?

-oOo-

A cold, dark, windowless cell. Stone walls. Nothing in the room but them.

"Fumu?" Asked Sir Meta knight

"Yes?" She felt a flicker of hope, wondering if he knew a way they could escape.

"Where is Kirby"

That little bit of hope died. She had no idea, the cell was small so he couldn't have gone anywhere. He wasn't in the cell with them. Maybe he was in a different cell?

"I...I don't know"

The ground shifted. This time it was just a short jolt acompanied by a loud shatter. It all went white.

Authors note:Sorry for the wait! That shows how little I go on my computer. Hope you enjoy it. :P