Chapter Two:

Accepting the Cat Prince's Plea


The journey through Grass Land to Castle Dedede was not that long, Kirby and his new friend Fuzzyton made sure to be on the lookout for crazy birds and living trees that were dangerous. Along the way, Kirby found himself getting along with his new friend quite well.

Every couple of seconds, the cat nuzzled its head against Kirby, allowing the puffball to detect the cat's unique purring sound. Crossing over from Grass Land through Crescent Valley wasn't easy, especially since the no-good Poppy Bros were creating rockslides with their bombs.

After a treacherous journey through Crescent Valley, Kirby finally made it to the rocky terrains of Mount Dedede where the castle was located. Luckily, there were no enemies around to attack Kirby, but the climb was going to be hard.

"Mrow!" Fuzzyton mewed, "Mrow meow. What are you waiting for, Kirby. Let's get a moving up to the top of that hill already!" Kirby's face turned red, he was mostly nervous about the climbing, but he knew they could make it.

"Sorry." The puffball blushed, his color going from deep pink to very bright red, "Yeah. Let's do this. This may take a while, probably thirty minutes. My instincts tell me we're gonna be dealing with falling rocks and slippery slopes."

Kirby and Fuzzyton braced themselves and began scaling the mountain, making sure to watch their steps since there were a few dusty and slippery slopes their feet touched every now and then. As a large rock started falling, Kirby knew that it was going to be a very, very hard climb...

―Thirty Minutes Later―

Making it to the top of the mountain, Kirby and Fuzzyton stopped to catch their breath and take a short rest. Luckily for them, King Dedede's Castle was very close by and the spaceship above hadn't attacked it.

When it came to aliens, Kirby preferred friendly alien visits over actual alien invasions, friendly alliances were better than being invaded. Since Fuzzyton's people were nice and not-likely to invade, it was a relief to see friendly aliens.

Kirby and Fuzzyton finished their rest and made their way towards the castle, King Dedede's Castle hadn't changed much since Kirby's last visit. It was still tall and peach colored with red turrets and red banners.

Upon closer approach towards the towering palace, Kirby could see Dedede himself with Bandana Dee interacting with a brown-furred green-eyed cat wearing a golden crown upon its fuzzy head between its pointy ears.

"That's our leader Prince Furrnutso." Fuzzyton mewed, "He hasn't been crowned king yet, but he is still our beloved monarch." Kirby scratched his chin, fascinated by the idea that the prince wasn't a king yet.

When King Dedede noticed the heroic puffball and the other cat approaching, a joyful smile etched itself upon his face and he waved to his friend. "Hi, Kirby." The king said, "Great to see you, I see you just met one of our new friends."

Kirby shared a hug with Dedede and Fuzzyton rubbed his head against the back of the pink puffball before sniffing Dedede, then he proceeded to interact with Prince Furrnutso and spoke with him in their natural cat language.

Once the cats were done talking to each other, Prince Furrnutso turned to Kirby and began speaking to him in a deep meow. The puffball's mind worked to translate Furrnutso, just like with Fuzzyton.

"Hero of Popstar..." The Prince said, "I am honored to meet the hero of Dream Land. However, it is more than an honor. The Planet of Cats need your help, allow me to explain my tale of doom and despair if you will listen."

Kirby nodded. With that settled, the prince began explaining; "Our great kingdom has been taken over by the Lion Warrior Doofustacar Barkleyastum Toneygus and, under his rule, our world has gone from a land of freedom to a world of tyranny.

"We have traveled many miles, searching for heroes brave enough to answer our plea for help. Our travel has brought us to this world and it seems that you may be the hero we need to defeat the Lion Warrior. Will you help us?"

"Yeah," Dedede agreed as he hefted his hammer, "You got a deal, cats."

"We are in your debt." Fuzzyton proclaimed in a happy meow, he was rolling on the ground and meowing happily, so was Furrnutso. Both cats purred and nuzzled Kirby and Dedede, thankful to have found their world's heroes.

"It's no problem." Dedede said with a chuckle, "But first, why don't we get the Star Rod?" Kirby nodded and raced off to the Dream Fountain while Dedede ordered Bandana Dee to grab a couple Waddle Dees and find Meta Knight, they were going to need plenty of assistance.

Whatever happened, the battle was going to be something and it was probably gonna take less than an hour for Kirby and friends to gather the necessary items they needed...