Disclaimer:Only one character in this chapter is mine and you don't even know her name yet. The rest belong to Nintendo and Hal Laboratories inc.

A shadow crept over the sleeping sheep. As its maker got closer the sheep woke, startled to see the creature before them. Panicked, they ran but it was useless. They were all swept closer with one giant tentacle to be devoured one by one.

The shepherd, hearing to sound of dozens of troubled sheep, emerged from his hut. A sheep skull landed on his head, knocking him down. He sat there, horrified as sheep hones rained down from the creature's jaws and screamed as it raised itself high in the sky above him them swiftly turned, heading in the direction of the castle.

-oOo-

"What?! A giant monster ate all of your sheep?!"

"Y-yes. The monster is surely in this castle!" A concerned shepherd replied to the words of the mean purple snail"

"Silence!" Escargon hit the man three times with a waddledee's spear. "Where would such a monster be in King Dedede's castle?"

Fumu ran over to them with her little brother bun, mother and father behind. "Hold on! Doctor Escargon! Why won't you listen to them for a minute?" As she said this, she recalled the conversation she had with that strange women just days before. How she hadn't listened for the woman to even give an explanation.

"Listen, during this week, you and some of the villagers will go to king Dedede about something eating the mayor's sheep." How she was right.

"That's right stop being bossy!" Bun backed up.

"It's that insolent Fumu and that shrimp Bun. You should remember your place" The snail replied arrogantly.

"Papa! Say something!" Fumu demanded.

"A monster?" Parm pondered. "...most likely it's his majesty's doing..."

"That's the only thing it could be!" Said Memu, supporting her husband.

"What's this?! And you call yourself Cabinet Minister who serves the king?!" Accused Escargon. "Your Great Majesty. Should I give them all the death penalty?"

The king laughed and turned from the food-laden table. "Wait a minute. Is this the monster you're talking about?" King Dedede pointed a fork at a tank containing a small octopus.

"Oh, that's it!" Cried the shepherd.

"That thing ate our sheep!" Another villager yelled.

The king laughed again. "This is my cute pet Octakon-chan. Here you go, a yummy smelt." He dropped a small fish in the tank ,which Octakon gobbled immediately, and then laughed some more. "How could such a cute pet gobble up your sheep?"

"Well that's that. Now hurry and clear out before we punish you without trial!" Escargon waved the spear side to side and Fumu ran up to the tank. She locked gazes with Octakon, very much suspicious. It's black dot eyes turned green and semi-circular. It looked angry.

-oOo-

"...the village will go to Kabu."

Fumu found herself, once again, in the situation predicted. The villagers were indeed standing before the great Kabu.

"Villager, and Cabinet Minister Parm of Castle Dedede, what business do you have with me?" Came the booming voice from the rock.

"Honoured stone sage, Kabu-dono. A terrifying monster has been devouring our sheep every night..." Said Parm.

"Thanks to it I can't get any beauty sleep..." Added Memu.

"Although we wan't say it's King Dedede's fault..." The mayor started.

"But there's still that posibility..." Chief Borun continued.

"Tell us, Kabu!" Requested Bun.

"Now is the time we need your wisdom!" Said Fumu.

"And the long-lived Kabu will answer" Replied the stone sage. " There is a demon beast growing in Pupupuland."

"De-demon beast..." Fumu said with unease at the idea of these creatures. "Kabu will tell you that there is a demon beast..."

"It is something created by the Emporer of Darkness, Nightmare." Kabu continued.

"They're suspicious of your Majesty's pet." Escargon mocked from Dedede's car.

King Dedede pounded a fist on top of his servant's head and growled. "Impudent rock"

"So you're saying that Pupupuland is being targeted?" Fumu questioned. "By that..."

"Nightmare" Kabu finished. "The president of the Holy Nightmare Corporation which dominates the universe."

"And because of him..." Said Chief Borun.

"What will become of our village?" Asked the Mayor.

"Pupupuland will be destroyed" "...that will destroy Pupupuland."

Gasps and mutterings came from the already very worried villagers. Especially Fumu. "If you do not come with me you will die...your brother, your mother, your father, your friends, your village..."

"But Kabu!" Lololo interupted the villagers' mutterings.

"There must be some hope!" Said Lalala.

Fumu stepped up "If I remember correctly, there's a legend..."

"Exceeding space-time, a star warrior will come to aid us." "He will also mention a legend. A legend you have heard of." " Kirby of the stars"

"Kirby?" She questioned to herself.

"He sounds so cool!" Enthused Bun.

The image that came to mind for Fumu was a tall, handsome figure. "Maybe..."

Dedede drove(well, actually, Escargon was driving) up through the middle of the crowd. "What a bunch of nonsense. What star warrior?" He aimed the gun attached to the front of the vehicle at Kabu.

"You big mouthed rock!" added Escargon.

"Kabu is not a liar"

Dedede laughed at that. "What do you predict will happen if I push this button?"

Kabu remained silent for a moment.

"Well?!" Dedede didn't have much patience

"Kabu will be destroyed"

Fumu swore that, for a second, she glimpsed the woman amidst the villagers. And that she looked back at her...Just for a moment...

He pushed the button. The missile hit the stone sage who erupted in rock splinters, flame and blinding smoke. The villagers ran and Escargon drove himself and the king away to evade the flying debris. "A legend that will now not happen."

-oOo-

Time seemed to slow down for Fumu. She saw her again. The woman. She wasn't too far away. As the villagers ran and Dedede headed back to the castle, she seemed to be approaching the spot where Kabu once stood, despite the danger. But, for a split-second she stood "It's not too late for you to change your mind' She then disappeared into to smoke and fire. Fumu didn't know if what she had seen-what she had heard- was real. Was this woman real? Or was her mind just playing tricks on her? Perhaps she had been injured in the explosion and this was just the dream of a girl lying unconcious on the ground? She wandered this because, despite knowing of the dangers, she found herself running after her. Through the smoke that chocked her and the flames that licked her perversely,through rock turned red from heat ...and the cries of her family. She followed her into the fire and found herself safe from flame.

A/N: OK. A lot of this chapter was just dialogue from the anime, however, this is just the set-up for other chapters to come. It's more to emphasise that what the woman had said to Fumu was, in fact, correct and add more severity to the situation.