I told Bandana about the nightmare I had. I told him about his voice, the monster, what it said to me...His face grew dark.
"Dark Matter."
Huh?
"Ah?" I asked, confused. He told me about how it could possess people and how it threatened to destroy Dreamland a long time ago. He didn't know why it appeared in my dream, however.
"I saw you crying in your sleep. I tried to wake you up."
So it really was his voice. I got another piece of paper and a pencil and wrote 'I DON'T KNOW'. When I gave it to him, he looked at it for a few moments, then hugged me, still holding the note.
"Bandy..." I managed to say, sniffling.
"Bandy?" he asked, giggling. "Do you wanna call me that now?"
"Huh..."
"I'll take that as a yes."
We were becoming more than friends. Good friends. Maybe even best friends. After he released me of the snuggle, I asked for another piece of paper, and he obliged. I drew me and Bandy eating star candy together. It's a delicacy in my homeland. Then I stopped. I figured I was done, but...
I wasn't. Not yet. In the corner, I drew a small Dark Matter. It looked like it was watching over them. I don't know why I drew that. I don't know. I don't know.
Without saying a word, I gave it to Bandy. He seemed happy...at first. Then he gave me a confused glance.
"Kirby, why is Dark Matter there?" Tears started to form in my eyes, and I looked away. "You still shaken up by that bad dream?"
"No." I lied. I started to cry some more.
"Kirby..."
"Good." Who was that? It sounded like the monster in my dream. Then I gasped,
It was talking to me.
I looked around frantically, gasping some more. "KIRBY, IT'LL BE OKAY!" Bandy exclaimed. I couldn't hear him. I started sobbing and turned to hug Bandy. He comforted me, slowly but surely. But I didn't feel better. I just cried harder. I couldn't even tell what was going on anymore. Then I stopped. Just like that, I stopped crying. I wiped the tears away, and whispered something that Bandy couldn't hear.
"Everything will be okay. You'll figure it out soon."
Dark Matter.