Ok, since i'm having so much fun typing this,

SPOILER ALERT:

Only happy chapters for a while! :)


The entire room was pitch black with only a single blue dot in the center while his footsteps clanged to what could be mistaken as a metal floor that hid beneath darkness as he ran.

He ran for what could be described as forever.

His lungs turning into vapor so he was breathless and inhaling only caused pain throughout his entire body.

Small taps followed the clanging from what could have been flooring were now no longer just blue and black, but also long trails of blood.

It smeared down from the eyes and mouth and directly to the ground; some just kept falling until they were engulfed by darkness like raindrops.

His hands were bare and felt weak as he tried to cup them in attempts to stop the intense blood loss.

His screams were hushed with passing winds that came from different directions but showing no signs of a source.

His wings ripped into shreds at the bottom edges, and replaced with only broken bones and shredded membranes.

Needles sunk into his feet- all around.

The skin teared with his flesh exposed to what you could call the elements.

Both feet soaked in his own blood and each unstoppable step somehow dug deeper into him as if his insides never ended.

His back was covered with deep wounds and flesh-deep cuts that ran over his body with single clean slits.

With more attempts to scream, his mouth overflowed with green ooze that drenched his arm with the sizzling sound and feeling of acid.

Everything behind him somehow managed to become darker than before.

He was dying, he should have been dead, why wasn't he dead?

Two long and bone like grey hands hovered over him pressing down ready to squish him.

The laugh sent goosebumps to the only parts of his back that still felt nerves and had tissue.

They reached his head and pushed further until his body was compressed to nothing. The last drops of blood splattered around and the hands returning to where they came from.

...

" Atem! Atem wake up already! " Meta Knight rapidly shook his brother in all motions in hopes of waking him from his nightmare. Sword and Blade knight were behind him, ready with a bucket of ice cold water and a towel, his face was bare so it would have great effects.

Atem was screaming at the top of his lungs, " HELP ME! I-I CAN'T BREATH! GET THEM AWAY! META HELP!". Meta Knight gave up trying to shake him awake and he didn't feel it was needed to start slapping, so he told Sword Knight to throw the water.

Sword hovered over Atem's face while Meta Knight held down his arms to stop him from flailing. He dumped it all on both Meta, and his brother.

Meta Knight glared at Sword with a twitching eye" great aiming". Sword and Blade only snickered at their lord, then brought their attention back to Atem.

Automatically; he jolted up breathing heavily with sweat droplets running down his cheeks. " I'm awake mama!"

All three knights began laughing for it wasn't often that when someone wakes up from a nightmare to address their moms. Atem looked shocked for a moment then his cheeks blushed bright red in embarrassment.

Meta Knight held his hand up to silence the two knaves, but even he lightly chuckled afterwards." You were having a nightmare" Blade said handing Atem the towel " we were eating breakfast when you started screaming. Meta Knight was concerned the most."

He lightly elbowed Meta Knight's side, which earned Blade getting his arm grabbed, and flipped over Meta Knight's shoulder. Sword just shock his head " You of all people should know when its ok to tease him".

Atem jumped up from his soaked sleeping bag and began to bounce in place. " Wow! That was so cool! Will you show me how to do that?" his eyes lit up in excitement.

" I'm not being the test dummy!" Blade quickly retorted somehow gaining back his strength to push himself off the ground and ran to the bedroom doorway. Sword knight sweat-dropped at his friend,' He'll never learn'.

...

The four were eating their breakfast and watching channel DDD, the weirdest part was that Atem found the programs to be funny. The three knights made a conclusion that he had an open sense if humor.

" So Atem," Sword Knight broke the silence," Meta Knight tells us you showed up sometime last night". Atem finished chewing the peach slice in mouth then nodded " that's correct".

" Did you take the delivery transporter?"

" Yea, I think so"

" So how did you find Meta Knight all the way in the throne room?"

Meta Knight would have answered the question but his mouth was full of coffee.

" Throne room? I came from the beach, then to the castle"

Upon hearing this Blade Knight jumped up from the floor. " SO IT WAS YOU WHO CRASHED INTO US?! "

" Haha! Yeah! It was hilarious!"

Meta Knight could only watch his brother and knave go back'n' fourth in conversation. At least his mornings would be more... interesting now.

...

Meta Knight and Atem were putting their masks back on as Sword and Blade said bye to their lord. The two went to do their daily routines and patrolling; not to mention getting themselves prepared for any surprised training practices.

Meta Knight stood up and walked to the doorway " A little faster please, I need to take you to see the king. You'll be fitted a job, your not going to slack off all day".

Atem ran up to his brother and grabbed his hand so he wouldn't get lost or be left behind. Meta Knight blushed at the sudden gesture, he hadn't held someones hand before.

" Uh- y...you don't have to..hold me hand" Meta Knight stuttered. Atem thought otherwise " But I don't wanna get lost. This place looks like a maze, I'm scared I might not find you again" his eyes tearing up; a single tear falling down the outside of his mask.

His lip was visible, it was a shaking frown and you could hear tiny whimpers which sounded like a puppies. Meta Knight didn't mean to make him cry, it was just an awkward moment for him.

He couldn't even recall a time when he held Kirby's hand. When ever the children where in trouble he'd either jump in front of them and give them a push to the side.

Meta Knight knelled down so he made eye to eye level," I'm sorry, Atem. I'm just not use to holding someone's hand" he said in a soft tone. He hesitated, then slowly hugged his brother.

" I didn't want to sound mean" he whispered with sadness in his voice. Atem wiped his eyes and hugged Meta back " I just wanna be close to you. This place scares me, brother".

Meta Knight stood up, still holding Atem's hand and the two left the apartment and walked to the throne room together. As Meta Knight could have guessed, the king wouldn't let him off easy seeing hold someone else's hand.

That and the fact that another total stranger was in his castle. To add more funny facts, it was Meta Knightwho was leading the kid around with him!

" Hey Meta Knight! Who's the pip squeak?" he bellowed while laughing like a maniac. Atem was easily taken by the insult and his eyes started to tear up again and little whimpers were made once more.

Meta Knight pulled his brother closer to his side and spoke up." Sire, I would prefer you not calling him a pip squeak!" Meta Knight said in a stern voice with his blazing red eyes.

" Is that a threat?!" the king asked jolting forward nearly falling face first off his chair.

What?

Meta Knight thought to himself.

How is that even a threat?

" I'm asking you to called him by his name, its-"

" I don't care what that little brats name is! I never invited him so kick his butt outta here!" DeDeDe interrupted him. Atem's feeling were completely crushed by this point.

He let go of Meta Knight's hand and ran out the throne room crying. If he had the time, Meta Knight would have beaten the king so badly that instead of losing IQ points, he would have gained some.

He ran to find Atem while the king just sat there laughing at the poor boy.

I promise you DeDeDe, you will regret this!

...

" Atem!" Meta Knight called down the hallways " Atem please come back! He talks like that to everyone!". His voice echoed down the empty halls that shone brightly by the suns beams that consumed even the darkest corners.

Light sobs and sniffles could be heard from up a head and around a corner, so Meta Knight knew that's where he had to go. ' That was low, even for that fatso of an excuse for a king!' Dakuu said.

Even Dakuu agreed that the kings words were unnecessary. So that had meaning!

Meta Knight found Atem standing on the balcony that had a view of the court yard. The young boy was watching the other children play a game.

That pink boy keeps getting kicked around, doesn't it hurt?

He thought to himself. He was so focused on watch the people below he hadn't noticed Meta Knight was behind him.

" Are you alright?" he asked. Atem flinched in surprise, then he hugged his brother and did little sniffles " I'm not a pip squeak. Or a brat, am I?".

" Of course not" Meta Knight quickly replied. " Are you going to kick me out?"

" No. Atem, that is King DeDeDe, he talks like that to everybody"

" Even you? "

Meta Knight nodded " yes, even me".

They walked back inside the castle.

(^w^) Quick Tiff POV

' Did I just see two Meta Knights...hugging?

...

Mom's right, maybe I am too young to drink coffee. The caffeine is messing with my brain.

(v_v) Back to Atem and Meta

Meta Knight and Atem stood near the throne room so they were out if view from anybody inside. " Are you ready to try again?" Meta Knight asked.? " Yes. And Meta.."

" yes?"

" I'm sorry for running away before. It's just that nobodies insulted me"

" Don't apologize, its understandable that you would react as you did".

The brothers walked back into the room, the only difference was that they weren't holding hands. This time, they were better prepared for the kings cold hearten comments.

DeDeDe stoped stuffing his face and brought his attention to the brothers that returned. Mostly his attention was focused on Atem.

" I thought I told ya ta throw that kid outta mah castle! " he scolded waving the fork in his hand in the air while the other held his bowl of Kawasaki made dumplings. Meta Knight stepped forward with Atem close behind.

" Sire, this is my brother," he replied lightly pushing Atem in front of him while his hand still rested on Atem's shoulder. The king paused his cartoon and placed his fork and bowl on the empty arm rest.

He got off his fat as$ and walked up to them, closely inspecting Atem.

He does look a lot like Meta Knight...

The king began to circle them but his eyes never left the young one. This continued for a couple of minutes and Atem was starting to get nervous while Meta Knight stayed completely calm.

" Since when did you have a brother? " The king asked braking the long silence. Atem would have answered but he decided to let Meta Knight speak upon his behalf, " Didn't Nightmare explode?".

Hearing this puzzled Atem's mind, Father? Explode? That can't be, I saw him just to days a go and certainly wasn't blown up! He dismissed the idea of asking what the king was talking about.

" Well, not exactly" Meta Knight replied " we blew up the company, but Nightmare can't be killed. I'm guessing by now that he has made another company". Now another thought crosses Atem's mind, why didn't Meta address him as father?

But he decided to not ask that either. The king spoke up again " So your mom, Chuva, is still alive then?" he asked with a large smirk across his face.

" Sire, for the millionth time, she won't go out with you"

" why not ?"

" because she's married "

"so? "

" before you could even try anything, Nightmare would obliterate you"

The king mumbled a few words under his breath then returned to his chair. He hit the play button and resumed eating his dumplings.

" So, may he have a job?" Meta Knight asked returning to their previous conversation; and the main reason he even brought Atem to the throne room. DeDeDe let out a loud sigh " answer these question then go away.."

" whats his name? where would he stay? who's his mentor? and how much do I have to pay him?"

Meta Knight had no struggle answering " his name is Atem, he shall stay with me, i'll be his mentor, and any amount would be fine". The king just nodded and watched television " ok fine, whatever! Now leave me alone!"

With that the two walked out the throne room and were returning to the apartment. " Oh Meta!" Atem said popping upwards " we have a picture to send to mom! I almost forgot!".

Meta Knight picked Atem up with a quick motion scoop and place him on his back." Yay! Piggy back ride!" he cheered, Meta Knight kept walking with his laughing brother.

I'm glad I have you as my brother, my life will have much more happy memories now that we met.

Meta Knight thought to himself. His eye's were pink, under his mask was a smile, and under the smile was a heart blooming with happiness.

His life would be forever changed, but he wasn't complaining. Atem truly was a treasure to have around with him.

Maybe Meta Knight could teach him to be a knight and they would fight side by side." Afterwards-" Meta Knight said " how about we introduce you to the other children? Then if we have time i'll get you some ice cream?" he asked.

" That sounds like fun " Atem beamed. He was so happy that he was going to spend all this time with his big brother!

He has a nice home, loving parents, an awesome brother, and now he's employed! His life was coming together perfectly.


Another happy ending :D

I know at the start I said it would be only happy moments for a while, but lets face it! If DDD is involved then there's going to be drama. BTW, I made him talk weird on purpose.

( only read through once so please excuse mistakes )

please review and thanks for reading

~ Meta Luv3r