Chapter 2: King Dedede is Coming to Town

With everything set, King Dedede sat on his red sleigh that was designed to resemble Santa Claus's. Escargon was right beside him, only he looked less certain than King Dedede.

"Your Majesty, do you think this is a good idea?" Escargon asked.

"Of course it is!" King Dedede replied harshly, making Escargon flinch. "Those smashers don't deserve to have a nice holiday if I can't have one! I'm the king, for crying out loud!"

"OK, whatever you say... But do you really think our trip down to Smashville will be successful?"

"What're ya talking about? Of course it will! I've got my reindeer all set!"

King Dedede's eyes shifted over to the front of the sleigh. Nine Waddle Dees were tied to a rope that was latched onto the sleigh. They all wore small antlers and had black noses. The one on the front of the sleigh, however, had a glowing red nose, and he looked the most annoyed.

"I hate you so much..." Bandana Waddle Dee sighed.

"Now then... Let us go!" King Dedede shouted, swinging his whip, forcing the Waddle Dees to go. However, with the extra weight on the sleigh, it was not easy for them. "Hey! Can't you go faster?"

"Too...heavy..."

"What're they talking about?"

"I think there's too much weight on the sleigh..." Escargon answered.

"Oh, then it looks like we gotta get rid of some weight," King Dedede stated, raising his foot in front of the snail.

"Your Majesty! H-Hold on! Maybe it's because of-" Escargon hadn't had the time to finish, as King Dedede had already booted his face and knocked him into the snow headfirst.

With the extra weight off the sleigh, it started to actually move. Not by a lot, but still, it was better than nothing.

The Waddle Dees moved with all their might down the hill, but with how fast the sleigh was going, it had caught up to them instead. As a result, the Waddle Dees were stuck in front of the sleigh with no control of moving it.

"Hey, quit slacking off!" King Dedede yelled. "You're supposed to be-"

His eyes took notice of a rock not too far ahead. King Dedede gaped, while the Waddle Dees stared with widened eyes. The king tried to move the sleigh out of the way, but with no control over it and the amount of momentum they gained, avoiding it was impossible.

With one big crash, they were all sent flying in the air.

"WHY DID I SIGN UP FOR THIS?!" Bandana Waddle Dee cried.

Eventually everyone had landed on the hill, but the positions had changed. King Dedede was now in front of the sleigh, getting pushed down. The Waddle Dees had landed in a pile on the seat looking dazed.

"Hey! I shouldn't be here! Waddle Dees, you better get back in your positions before I fire you-"

Before King Dedede had more time to complain, he saw many trees coming his way. The sleigh had crashed into several, but he was the one who took the hits overall.

"Ow ow ow ow!" King Dedede cried, now becoming more dazed than that Waddle Dees. "Waddle Dees! Stop this sleigh!"

The Waddle Dees had no time to respond when their eyes widened at a cliff ahead. King Dedede looked up ahead and screamed with widened eyes as well.

The sleigh had gone off the cliff, and King Dedede and the Waddle Dees were left in midair for a moment before finally plummeting. Despite the height of the drop, they hadn't gotten hurt when they finally landed. The Waddle Dees had landed headfirst in the snow, and each of them had popped themselves up.

"Thank goodness we're video game characters, or else it'd be game over for us..." Bandana Waddle Dee sighed. He looked around, but found no sight of King Dedede. "Your Majesty? Where are you?"

"Over here, Rudolph."

Bandana Waddle Dee turned around, and he couldn't help but snicker when he saw a snowman with King Dedede serving as the head and arms. He tried not to laugh, but he couldn't resist. This only got King Dedede angrier.

"You keep laughing, and you'll be the first my hammer hits this night!" threatened King Dedede.

Bandana Waddle Dee stopped laughing and immediately whistled to get the other Waddle Dees to help. After getting King Dedede out of the snowman, he was left to take a few deep breaths before looking at the sleigh stuck in the snow. He then looked behind him and noticed they were right by Smashville. The large tree in the center was the most obvious sign.

"You guys get that sleigh out, while I go take care of business."

"What if you run into trouble, Your Majesty?" Bandana Waddle Dee wondered.

"I won't. I've planned this all out!"

King Dedede waddled over to the closest house and used his Super Dedede Jump to get up. However, to make sure he didn't crash through the roof, he took in some air and began to slowly float down. He found the chimney right next to him and jumped into it.

Unfortunately, he was stopped. The upper part of his body remained sticking out, and no matter how much he tried, he couldn't fit through.

"Ugh... I hate it when this happens..." King Dedede groaned. "HEY! Bandana Waddle Dee! GET OVER HERE!"

Bandana Waddle Dee hurried over to the house King Dedede was at and spotted him stuck in the chimney. "What's wrong, Your Majesty?"

"Can you gimme a hand? I'm stuck!"

"How do you expect me to get up there? I can't jump as high as you!"

"What're ya talking about? You can jump infinitely!"

"Oh... Right, I can." Bandana Waddle Dee realized. He jumped in the air and pushed himself even higher with his infinite jump. Sure, it wasn't as high as his normal one, but it helped nonetheless.

Taking out his trusty spear, he aimed it down at King Dedede with the flat side and began to thrust it downward like a plunger. King Dedede winced every time Bandana Waddle Dee hit him, but it was helping him push through the chimney.

After enough tries, King Dedede was finally through the chimney, and he crashed into the fireplace headfirst with a big thud. When he finally stood up, he recovered from his daze and looked at the room. While dark, he could easily tell that the house belonged to Ness. The Christmas tree had a Starman on the top. There was even a Mr. Saturn plushie on the couch too.

However, his attention was mainly toward the presents under the tree. There were some from people like Shulk and Lucina, but some were even from his friends back home, such as the likes of Paula and Poo.

"That's a lot more than I've gotten so far," King Dedede thought with an angry look. With his hammer out, he raised it above him. "Good thing I'm here to change that!"

Wasting no time, he started to bash the presents, flattening them like pancakes. He even put his jet hammer to use to cause some damage to the tree. When it finally fell over, he started to rapidly swing down at it.

"Heh heh heh! This is what you get for being a jerk, Ness!" King Dedede grinned, stomping on the tree afterward. "You and your annoying voice! It reminds me of Kirby for some reason, and you know how much I don't like that puffball!"

As he continued his assault, the sound of footsteps caught him off guard. Turning to the doorway nearby, he saw a tired Ness staring at him.

"Oh crud oh crud oh crud..." King Dedede thought, looking nervous. "Ummmm... Hi?"

Ness looked down at the Christmas tree King Dedede was on and then at him. "Santa Claus... Why are you destroying my Christmas tree?"

If King Dedede had fingers, he would've been biting his nails by now. But luckily, he did have a plan when his hat sprung up.

"Well... I noticed a little something wrong with this tree..." King Dedede explained. "There was a...Smart Bomb in this tree that would've destroyed this entire room had I not stopped it."

"Wouldn't it had activated already?"

"This one...only activates during a specific time! Yeah, it's not like the others! Luckily, I was here to take care of it. And... I promise that I'll come back with another tree!"

"Oh... Well, thanks." Ness smiled. "I guess you really saved my life!"

"Yeah, yeah... Just go back to sleep." King Dedede grumbled.

Feeling relieved, Ness had gone back to his room to resume sleeping. King Dedede, meanwhile, had let out a sigh of relief and made his exit through the chimney. Luckily, he had less of a problem climbing out than entering. And Bandana Waddle Dee happened to be waiting for him when he popped out from the chimney.

"How did it go?" Bandana Waddle Dee asked.

"That dumb psychic had spotted me, but I came up with a story he bought," King Dedede explained. "If he wasn't so tired, he probably would've recognized me and knew I was lying."

"I guess you dodged a bullet there, huh?"

"Yeah. Now we've got...a lot more houses to go to. Great. This is going to take forever. But I'm doing it anyway!"

"Well, I guess I might need to help you with those chimneys then!" Bandana Waddle Dee declared, twirling his spear.

"Yeah yeah... Let's just get to it already." King Dedede groaned.

And here King Dedede was, spending the remainder of his night going from house to house to destroy all the presents and trees that were there. For those he personally did not like, such as the likes of Kirby, Pit, and that annoying dog that had laughed at him for the past couple of days, he vandalized their photos. He even gave a portrait of Kirby glasses, dumb teeth, and a lame mustache.

However, for other houses, he was left confused after getting out of the chimney.

"I thought I already went to Pit's house?" King Dedede gawked. "But he looked like he was wearing his costume from Super Smash Bros. Brawl!"

"I think that was Dark Pit..." Bandana Waddle Dee corrected.

"Dark Pit? What can he do?"

"Pretty much everything Pit does."

"Wait, so there's a character that looks just like Pit, and he has the same move set as him?"

"Yup."

"That's lame. And pointless."

"I don't blame you..."

Afterward, King Dedede resumed his job and continued his way through the other fighters. And thankfully, there were no interruptions and any confusion over palette swapped fighters.

Luckily, it hadn't taken him long until he finally went to the center of Smashville where the large tree was.

"This calls in for some reinforcements," King Dedede declared, tossing his hammer aside and taking out a new, metallic one. He also pulled out a mask with four golden spikes protruding from the top and put it on. "It's clobberin' time!"

With all his might, he began to smash the tree up and used the hammer's flamethrower. However, that didn't seem to be enough, so he tossed his hammer on top of Bandana Waddle Dee and took out a battle axe. This was more than enough to chop down the tree to pieces.

"Heh heh heh!" King Dedede cackled as the pieces of the tree began to fall. "I've finally done it! I've destroyed Christmas on a single night!"

"Y-Yes you have..." Bandana Waddle Dee grumbled, tossing the hammer off him. "So, what now?"

"Now we get back to the castle and wait 'till morning!"

"Oh... Then does that mean-"

"Yeah, get back to the sleigh!"

Grumbling, Bandana Waddle Dee made his way back to the sleigh, which was thankfully pulled out a long time ago. King Dedede eventually got on the sleigh, and they finally took off.

Thankfully, the travel was not as hectic as earlier. The only issue was going up the hill with the weight King Dedede had on the sleigh. It didn't help that he kept yelling at the Waddle Dees to go faster.

They had just barely made it to the castle before midnight, and Escargon hadn't moved from his position. Well, not yet anyway...

"Wake up, Escargon!" King Dedede yelled, kicking his assistant awake. "This is no time to be sleeping!"

"Unnnghhh... What is it?" Escargon grumbled, slowly getting up.

"I'm going to sleep soon, so you better be ready to say goodnight to me!"

"Oh... Right..."

Escargon had mumbled in annoyance as he, King Dedede, and the rest of the Waddle Dees went back into the castle. Along the way, Bandana Waddle Dee had whispered something to Escargon, and from the approving look he gave him, he seemed interested.

Honestly, I can actually picture Waddle Dees looking like reindeer. It was certainly one of the first ideas I had when making this story. :P

Just to be clear, I like Dark Pit in Kid Icarus: Uprising. I just think that making him a separate character with the same move set as Pit in Smash Bros. was, well...kind of dumb.

Anyway, only one more chapter left! Expect that on Christmas day! :D