Chapter 2: The Story Is Told
That night, Gabriella is asleep in her room, and she is still angry. However, she soon realized that she shouldn't take it out on the one person who's being nice to her.
In the middle of the night, however, insomnia sets in. She gets up at midnight and walks out of her room. After walking around for a minute or two, she spots the back door open, and on the back deck, she sees MK, sitting by the table.
She decides to talk with him.
I need to tell him, she thinks to herself. If I don't, then I can't receive the help I desperately need.
She goes onto the back deck and sits by the table as well. He sees her sitting beside him in a chair. "What are you doing out here?"
"I can't sleep."
He sighs. "Neither can I. I still need to know your answer. Why did Nightmare kill your family in the first place?"
She takes out another photo. "My great-grandfather was a Star Warrior that was in the war with Nightmare." She gives Meta Knight the photo to look at of the warrior. It's faded and in black and white, so not too many details can be seen. "He's the grandfather of Sir Dragato and Sir Nonsurat. There was always a grudge between my family and Nightmare because of his death, but before they got their revenge, Nightmare stopped them by killing them first, except me. Now, Nightmare wants me, the youngest child of Sir Dragato, for "a fate worse than death"."
"What does he want to do to you?"
"He wants to make me his slave."
His eyes widen a bit.
"He also wants to use my blood as a power source for the power it has."
His stomach drops a bit. "A fate worse than death..."
"It is, isn't it?"
He then remembers something. "There is something I should tell you."
"Which is?"
He takes a moment to collect his thoughts. "Sir Dragato isn't dead."
She gasps. "He isn't?!"
"No, he never was."
She is indescribably relieved and ecstatic. "That's such a relief! I just assumed he was dead, because he left for so long without speaking to us... Where is he? Do you know?"
"I don't know at the moment, but I will talk with him later today."
"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" She immediately gives MK a small yet tight hug and lets go after a second or two.
"You know, Gabriella, you may have been originally from Dreamland."
She doesn't believe this. "No..."
He then remembers something. "I remember you now. I saw you, but you had to move to Halcandra because of Nightmare. It was before you could even remember."
"But why didn't they tell me?"
"They wanted to hide you from Nightmare and his forces. They didn't want you to become involved in what they knew."
She is absorbing in all of this information. "What does this mean about the future?"
He stands up and pats Gabriella on the head. "We'll find that out later. We will find out when I talk with Sir Dragato." He starts to go back inside, until-
"Wait!"
He immediately turns around to her. "What?"
She smiles to him and says, "Thank you for telling me all of this information."
He smiles underneath his mask. "You're welcome."
They go inside the house to prepare to go to Halcandra.
Later in the day, MK and Gabriella are at Halcandra thanks to Landia, who stayed in Dreamland after dropping Gabriella off. "You said Sir Dragato is here," he asks the young puffball.
"Yes," she says to him. "I know he is."
They continue to look around, and after treking the area for 10 minutes, they find a house that looks familiar, according to Gabriella. "This is where Sir Dragato is," she tells him.
"Are you sure?"
She nods. "Absolutely."
They go to the house and knock on the door. No one answers the door at first, so they knock again. After this time, Sir Dragato answers. "Meta Knight? Why are you here?"
MK looks at Gabriella. "I found Gabriella at Dreamland, and she tells me she's your daughter."
Sir Dragato's eyes widen. "You found her?"
"I found her hiding in a bush."
Dragato then says, "Come inside."
Both MK and Gabriella go inside, and all three sit down in the living room.
"I was wondering if anyone at Dreamland would find her," Sir Dragato says. "Her brother was supposed to come with her and support her, but that didn't happen."
"Who was her brother?"
"My oldest, N. Six. That's his nickname for himself, because in his lifetime, he will die six times before staying dead. In other words, he has six lives. The "N" stands for Necro. He was supposed to go with Gabriella to care for her. He is 6 years older than her, at 14. He is mature for his age from what I've seen, except when it comes to his anger issues. There are also things I don't understand about him, like how his skin is green, and how he has six lives-"
"Yes, this is all very nice, Dragato, but can you tell us what we want to hear?"
"I think that instead of coming with Gabriella, he ran away to join forces with Nightmare."
MK's eyes widen. N. Six is supposed to be the son of a Star Warrior, who fights against Nightmare and his demons. Also, Nightmare is supposed to be dead! Kirby defeated him! "How could he run away?"
Sir Dragato is obviously afraid of his own son. "Necro Six has...powers...unlike any of us. He can telepathically control a person, see into the future, and could handle a sword since he was a day old, no training what so ever. He believes these mutations are Nightmare's work, and he says he is destined to ally with Nightmare."
Gabriella is sitting in her chair, listening to all of this.
"So he believes he should ally with the enemy of your family?"
Sir Dragato nods. That's when he sees Gabriella. "Go, Gabriel."
She gets up and starts to leave.
However, MK grabs her hand. "It's important she hears this." He brings her back. "She needs to know this information. It's already too late to keep it hidden from her."
Dragato sighs. "Fine."
Gabriella lets go of his hand and sits back down in her chair.
"Anyways," Sir Dragato says, "Necro Six said he was planning on leaving the family to travel the universe to find Nightmare his entire life, to help him conquer the universe."
"There is one question that is still in my mind: Why exactly did you move to Halcandra?"
"Necro Six was four years old, and when we still lived at Dreamland, he found Nightmare and his demons hiding, waiting to kill us. Unfortunately, he killed us before we killed him. Now, there's only me, Gabriella, and N. Six. Their mother was killed."
As Gabriella hears this story, she doesn't feel her heart break. She is sad of the death, but not on the verge of a breakdown, since she already knew this information before. She sighs.
Sir Dragato continues. "Now, N. Six is out in space, looking for Nightmare. However, he doesn't know Nightmare is dead. I'll let him search all he wants, but-"
Meta Knight then says something to contradict that. "No, he isn't dead yet."
In disbelief, Sir Dragato looks at the Star Warrior. "Why do you say that?"
"Gabriella told me she is wanted by Nightmare."
He sighs. "I've always wanted to push that thought out of my mind, but now, I have to face facts. Nightmare isn't dead just yet, and N. Six may find him out there. However, now, his journey has been unsuccessful so far."
"Father!"
Everyone looks up, and they see that the roof is being pulled off of the house, revealing N. Six. He throws the roof 100 meters away, and he has a triumphant face.
He found Nightmare.
"Guess who I got to join me?"
Another person is revealed. It's not Nightmare however, it's...
Sir Falspar.
"Falspar," Dragato exclaims. "Why?"
Sir Falspar looks down at them. "Me and N. Six were always great friends, and he would always help me. I figured that even if it's for evil, I'll return the favor."
Meta Knight gets up. "There's no excuse for this!"
"Not if you consider what I had to choose between. N. Six gave me exceptional mental power, which you guys can't offer. I get to be with my closest friend, which you also can't offer. So, yes, I had to go with N. Six."
N. Six laughs. "We will travel together and find Nightmare, I will find him!" He then sees Gabriella. "And while we're here..." He telepathically transports Gabriella from the couch and into his grasp. She is holding her in front of him, both hands behind her. Gabriella is struggling to free herself. "Let me go!"
MK and SD immediately try to take action. However, Sir Falspar stops them.
N. Six looks at them. "We will take Gabriella with us, Dragato. Come with me, Falspar."
Falspar does so, and Dragato's eyes go on fire. "You will not take my daughter!"
"I'm her older brother. Of course I can take her."
Gabriella kicks him, but this does not phase him. "Let me go," she exclaims.
"No. Nightmare needs you." He turns to Sir Dragato and MK. "We will be going now. Goodbye."
Both N. Six and Sir Falspar disappear with Gabriella, and SD and MK try to think of something.
"Dragato," MK says, "I will get the Halberd. You gather your weapons."
Dragato does as he is told, and MK rushes ahead to start up the Halberd.