Chapter 2: A Bad Day at School… Like Any Other
"You will pay us, Diddy Kong!"
"NO, LEAVE ME!" Diddy begged, waving his limbs, but these were stopped later.
Diddy was tense and with his pulse racing as a quartet of kong children, each of a different species, had him pinned to the ground, near a huge cliff with wild waves below. No matter how much Diddy tried to get rid of them, he couldn't, because apparently these kong children were exerting quite a bit of force against him.
"LET GO OF ME, PLEASE!" Diddy yelled at them.
"Did you tell Donkey, huh?!" one of them told him in a threatening tone. "What have we told you about…"
"I haven't told Donkey or Wrinkly anything, I SWEAR!" Diddy interrupted desperately.
Suddenly, these four kong children lifted him up by his limbs, and at the same time, Diddy felt like he couldn't move at all. The four of them began to move him towards the edge of the cliff and, after a couple of swings, they mercilessly threw him into the void. Diddy was screaming in terror as he fell towards the sea, where enormous and repetitive waves crashed against some rocks.
As he fell, Diddy felt blows all over his body and opened his eyes as wide as he could. Then all he saw was nothing but the floor of his room… He got up immediately and realized that he was inside in... He had just had a nightmare, one of many of that type that he had had several times before with the group of his "friends" from school.
"Diddy!"
Diddy jumped a little after hearing his name called: it was just Donkey, who was knocking on his room door and kept calling him repeatedly. Diddy went to open the door for him and just looked at him seriously.
"Diddy! I thought I heard you scream and then there was a bang, what's wrong?"
"Uhhh... no... Nothing, Donkey," Diddy replied in a dull tone. "I-it was just me that fell out of bed... I think I was having a bad dream about... the Kremlings!... That's all."
It was a school day and, therefore, Diddy had to attend... even if he didn't want to, so he had to go get ready. Before he left for school, he apologized to Donkey for the discussion the night before and for giving up on returning to the party that had been thrown for the two of them. Deep down, Diddy felt terrible that he couldn't tell Donkey the truth; he was always like his best friend ever, but this time he couldn't tell him what was happening.
"Donkey, I... sorry for yelling at you, it's just…"
Donkey, although a little distrustful of his little nephew, decided not to insist for the moment that he tell him what was happening to him.
"It's okay, Diddy," he put a hand on his shoulder. "Just remember that I'm like your older brother, and you can tell me anything that happens to you. You know how important you are to me and I will be with you no matter what. And look... I hope I'm wrong, but if there's something bad that happens to you, you can tell me."
"Well, it's just... last night I just felt bad about the accident I caused at the party, that's all," Diddy responded, trying to show himself truthfully.
"Sure?" Donkey asked him, looking up, but at the same time, trying not to pressure him at that moment. "Well… I really hope it's just that. Anyway, you don't have to worry about it, little buddy, it was just an accident, and it's already fixed. So… don't feel bad about it."
"Okay, Donkey," Diddy responded with a down look, even though he hadn't spoken the truth.
"Now go quickly or you'll be late," Donkey said, patting him on the back.
Donkey accompanied Diddy to the door of the house and just looked at him with a worried face after saying goodbye to him.
Diddy headed towards Kong Kollege, the school on DK Island. But he was scared like almost every day; he didn't want to see his group of evil classmates for fear that they would attack him. That was the second year in which he had to study with them. Last year, he had met them and they had become friends... but not for more than a couple of months.
Kong Kollege was a small school in the middle of the jungle, with only one classroom for a capacity of fifteen to twenty students, run solely by Wrinkly Kong.
When he got there, Diddy saw that group of his classmates in the distance, and immediately hid behind some bushes. He was very scared, he wanted to return home, but he wasn't going to miss classes because of attendance. As on most of his school days, just seeing those kids caused him some fear and discomfort.
These four kong children were a little taller than Diddy. His names were: Jemky, the orangutan, who had bright orange fur, a tuft of hair on top of his head, and wore a green vest; Mandrew, the mandrill, who had a face with faint blue and red colors, his fur was gray and he wore a striped t-shirt with the same colors; Rocky, a capuchin monkey, who had a white head, dark brown underfur, and wore a light brown t-shirt; and Melenky, the red-shanked douc langur with a white mane and arms, gray and black fur, a colorful face and red legs.
Diddy, for the moment, decided to stay hidden in a corner among the bushes until Mrs. Wrinkly arrived; sometimes, he would stay there without going out... When suddenly, and for his bad luck, four kongs appeared in front of him, causing him a great scare... Unfortunately, they were those four kids who long ago called themselves his "friends".
"Just ignore them, Diddy, just ignore them," he said to himself in his mind as he began to walk in another direction and looked out of the corner of his eye with fear at those primate children.
"Oh! Look who was hiding here," said Jemky, the orangutan, showing a mischievous smile.
"But it's the cowardly dwarf monkey," said Mandrew, the mandrill. "About time you arrived, you little oaf."
"Did you like ruining the party and being foolish?" added Rocky, the capuchin monkey, in a mocking tone.
"For a hero who saved that silly banana reserve, you looked completely ridiculous," concluded Melenky, the langur, laughing.
Then, the four kids started laughing mockingly. Diddy just rolled his eyes, trying to resist answering them defensively, but it was no use.
"Shut up, that was your fault! You ruined the celebration, idiots!" Diddy shouted at them and, immediately afterward, he walked toward the classroom with firm steps.
Suddenly, Jemky, the orangutan kid, went back to Diddy and grabbed him by the shirt from the front, speaking to him in a warning tone.
"Did you raise your voice at us?... Do you want to fight? Do you want to test our power, you useless dwarf?!" he yelled at him while Diddy begged for mercy with his eyes.
"Uh, no... I was just saying... No, wait! ¡Let me go!" Diddy pleaded as Rocky, the capuchin monkey, grabbed him by the tail, turning him upside down.
Diddy was going to kick him, but the other kids rushed to hit him and knock him face down on the ground and then grabbed his limbs and prevented him from moving, then they crossed his arms behind him and pressed them hard, making him scream in pain. Jemky then snatched Diddy's backpack and began to rummage what was inside it.
"Let's see, let's see, what do we have here?" said the orangutan kid as he took out some sheets and took a few in particular. "Oh, but these are the mega math exercises that Wrinkly sent."
"Don't you dare, orange peanut head!" Diddy exclaimed with a menacing look.
"I'm very sorry..." Jemky said, starting to tear the sheets into pieces while laughing evilly, "that you're not going to hand it anymore, you silly monkey."
"Nooo! My homework!" Diddy screamed desperately as they kept him pinned to the ground. "Idiots! It took me seven hours to solve that!" Diddy got so angry that he wanted to massacre all four of them.
"Oh, what's up, silly monkey? Don't you want Wrinkly to give you a bad grade?" Mandrew added, holding him down, before laughing mockingly again along with the group.
"Wait, wait, it's Wrinkly!" Rocky interrupted suddenly. "There she comes!"
Suddenly, Wrinkly, their teacher, was heard nearby. The four bully kids immediately let go and picked up Diddy, hid the pieces of paper and pretended nothing was happening. The arrival of Wrinkly was a great relief for Diddy, because that was when his four annoying classmates stopped bothering him. Wrinkly was very loving and attentive to her students, but she could also punish them when necessary.
"Good morning, my children!" Wrinkly greeted them happily.
"Hello, Mrs. Wrinkly!" the kong children told her, forcing smiles, although it was more noticeable in Diddy.
"What were you doing?" Wrinkly asked them, looking at the scene. Although to tell the truth, she couldn't realize what Diddy suffered with that quartet of kids.
"Oh, we were just playing with our little friend Diddy," Jemky said with a forced smile. "Right, Diddy?" he added, giving Diddy a sneaky warning look.
"Uh, yeah, sure, my friends and I were playing," Diddy responded with a fake smile, trying to hide the situation.
"That's good, I like it that way. Everyone here must be good friends," Wrinkly said, smiling at them. "Now let's go to class, kids."
Wrinkly began walking towards the classroom, while Diddy tried to follow her steps without letting her lose sight of him, while the quartet of bully children also followed him and gave him threatening looks.
Every student entered the classroom and went to their respective desks. There were about nine more students in the classroom; they were other kong boys and girls of different species, but they hardly spoke to them and they didn't even care about Diddy's life or that of the four bully children, since they used to see Diddy as a weirdo and the other four as unfriendly crazy kids. It wasn't really the fun and happy classroom that was expected.
"Well, my children, did you bring the homework I sent you?" Wrinkly asked at the front of the classroom.
"Yes, Mrs. Wrinkly!" every kid responded, except Diddy, who could well have brought it if it weren't for the wickedness of his classmates.
The students got up to deliver their homework to Wrinkly's desk one by one.
"Diddy! Where is your homework?" Wrinkly asked him when she saw that he had not gotten up.
"Uh, well..." Diddy looked askance at his four bully classmates, but at the same time, they secretly gave him looks of threat and mockery. "When I was coming here, I took my homework out of my backpack, but the wind blew it away and got it lost."
"And do you wait for the homework to fly back on its own?" Wrinkly told him with a strange look.
"Seriously, it was an accident!" Diddy reaffirmed, very indignant at the evil that had been done to him. Meanwhile, the four bully children just laughed silently at him from their positions.
"Oh, well, I believe you. I won't lower your grade, little kid," Wrinkly replied calmly. Diddy felt instant relief before hearing Wrinkly's new response. "But right now, I'll have to make you do thirty mathematical exercises and write 'I must bring my homework' a hundred times!"
"But…"
"That's what I can do!" Wrinkly interrupted before he could continue. "Diddy, I don't want to be strict with you, but... this is the fifth time in this school cycle that the same thing has happened and you always come up with the same excuse."
"No, no, but it's true," Diddy replied, trying to sound true. "My homeworks always fly away."
"But I think you should be more careful next time, Diddy," Wrinkly told him seriously. "And well... then you will have to fulfill it in some way: the thirty exercises and to write better 'I must take care of my homework', how about there?"
Diddy only hid a frustration he had to vent. He gave his classmates a murderous look as they continued victoriously mocking him in a low voice and, with great irritation, he had to serve the sanction that Wrinkly imposed on him for not having been able to present the day's homework; he didn't even know what other excuse to say.
Dismissal time arrived, and Wrinkly bid his students a polite farewell. Suddenly, Diddy came up to her to give her some sheets... although with some indignation.
"Oh, it didn't take you that long to finish, Diddy," Wrinkly told him, smiling as she quickly took and reviewed the sheets. "Okay, I'll review them later so I can save your grade today."
"And… does that count the same as homework or not?" Diddy asked her in a low mood.
"Well... not completely, but at least it will help you somewhat," she added, giving him a little pat on the shoulder. Suddenly, she seemed to notice an unusual mood in him. "Is something wrong with you, Diddy?"
"Uh, no, why?" he said, trying to recover his smile.
"I see you a little sad, is everything okay?" she asked him again with concern. "Is it because of last night? Nothing bad happened afterwards, don't worry."
"Uh, no, that's not it... Or well, yes..." Diddy replied, scratching his head. "Yes... and the adventure with Donkey too. I feel a little exhausted, that's all."
"Oh, well, I think you should just get some rest, dear," Wrinkly told him, giving him a calm smile. "Maybe I can consider a week without extra homework for you; I understand that you must be very tired now, my little kid. Just that... I don't want you to neglect your grades, you have always been a brilliant student."
"Yes... yes, of course, I'll be more attentive," Diddy replied, smiling with some insecurity. "And thanks, Wrinkly… I'm going to try to be better."
"Okay, little kid," Wrinkly finished, smiling at him. "Then we'll see you again tomorrow. Have a nice afternoon."
Diddy said goodbye to Wrinkly, before leaving for home. To tell the truth, he wished that he was really just in a bad mood because of the adventure or the accident the day before... but that wasn't the case, and the real reason only made him angry.
The little monkey continued on his way, but when Wrinkly had already left without a trace, the four bully children seemed to take advantage of the moment to continue bothering him. The dismissal times were worse for Diddy, since there would no longer be any more Mrs. Wrinkly watching over them during the day, and all he had to do was run away from there as fast as he could.
"Oh, look! The silly monkey had a lot of work to do today," Melenky mocked as they walked behind Diddy.
"And all because he didn't submit his stupid homework," Jemky added, and then they started laughing.
"He looked stupid in class!" Mandrew added, pointing at him mockingly. "Wrinkly always gives him extra homework in class!"
Diddy tried to ignore them, but he couldn't contain his anger or the desire to answer them.
"Stop bothering me, you stinky apes!" Diddy yelled at them angrily. "You just have me fed up! Leave me alone now!"
"Well, we don't want to!" Jemky replied in a mocking manner. "You are a coward, useless and stupid good-for-nothing monkey," he added before quickly grabbing him by the shirt and speaking to him in a threatening tone. "And we give the good-for-nothings a good beating."
"This can be resolved in one way!" Rocky exclaimed, bumping his fists.
Suddenly, they took Diddy between the four of them to start hitting him, but he immediately managed to get rid of them, giving them quick and defensive kicks and slaps and then being able to escape.
"Idiots!" he yelled at them after starting to run.
The four of them began to chase him through the jungle while Diddy fled at full speed until they finally lost sight of him. He hid behind some bushes, while he saw those bad children passing by.
"Ugh! That stupid dwarf is already lost!" exclaimed Jemky, grumbling.
"I needed to give him one more beating, I swear!" Mandrew added in the same way as he searched for him with the group. "Gecko-headed monkey!"
"That stupid monkey is like a fool," Melenky added with a mocking gesture. "His face makes me laugh when he sees us, he looks like a scared lizard."
"Anyway, I think that silly monkey gone now," Rocky said, shrugging his shoulders. "Now let's go home for lunch, and then that, go get some millipedes."
"Tomorrow, I want to give that silly monkey a better beating," Mandrew said, bumping fists as they left the area.
"Let him wait, he won't be spared from beatings here," Jemky added.
Diddy just looked at them with deep indignation as he listened to them. He wanted to go out and confront them at that moment, but he was never good at confronting those children, and he even feared doing so.
Diddy, swallowing all his anger, began to head home; finally, he was able to walk calmly at least. His days at school were usually like this: that quartet of kids was always waiting to bother him, whether by tearing up his schoolwork, stealing his belongings, or sending him home with bumps and bruises, to which Diddy only told Donkey that these were the product of some fall.
When Diddy got home, he tried to hide his exhaustion and low spirits so that Donkey wouldn't suspect anything.
"Hi, Diddy. How was your day?" Donkey asked when Diddy entered the house.
"Uhhh... very good, everything... normal," Diddy responded, smiling insecurely.
Donkey seemed to suspect deep down that something was wrong, but he preferred not to talk about it for the moment; he didn't want to make Diddy uncomfortable either.
"Okay..." Donkey said with a forced smile, after a few seconds. "Come, let's eat. Today I prepared a special food."
Diddy continued on his way to his room to leave his things and get comfortable. Later, he accompanied Donkey at lunchtime, where he even remained somewhat quiet most of the time. Donkey, for his part, continued to notice his nephew's mood, although he didn't want to show it much.
After both kongs finished eating lunch, Diddy sat down to watch television, while Donkey had gone to get ready, since he had a date with his girlfriend, Candy, who they usually hung out with very often.
"Buddy, I'm going on a date with Candy," he said while getting his tie ready in the living room.
"Again?"
"Well, yes, I love Candy and I love being with her," Donkey responded in a loving tone.
"But you hang out with her almost every day," Diddy said with a light laugh and looking at him strangely. "So much so?"
"When you'll have a girlfriend, you will understand better, little buddy," he responded, giving him small pats on the head.
"Bah! I would never be like that," Diddy said with a shrug.
"Well, I believe you," Donkey said wryly, before speaking in a mischievous tone. "I'll see you one day with a kong girl."
"Oh, Donkey, please!" he exclaimed, putting his hands on his sides.
"Just kidding, little buddy," Donkey replied, laughing a little as he headed towards the door. "Now I'll leave, behave well and be careful if you go outside."
"I'm not a baby, Donkey," Diddy replied with a mocking smile.
"You will always be to me," Donkey told him in a mocking tone. "Take care, and don't get into mischief, little buddy."
"See you later, big buddy."
Donkey left the house, and went to his date with Candy. For his part, Diddy stayed home alone and watched the television for a while. Later, he got up to look out the window at Donkey until he was out of sight.
"Time to go out!" Diddy said to himself.
Although Donkey told his nephew to be careful if he went outside, Diddy always went for a walk in the jungle to have some fun and take his mind off his bad school days, and that was the case on this one chance. Diddy went for a walk in the middle of the jungle, swinging on vines, climbing the tallest trees, bathing in lakes and jumping from small waterfalls; He usually liked to have fun like that, imagining that he was on one of the adventures that excited him so much.
Suddenly, while Diddy was jumping from tree to tree, he looked up and saw that something was shooting at speed from very high up. For a moment he was scared and thought that suddenly there would be some attack on the island, but after a few seconds, he realized that what was coming had no way of being an object of attack.
Diddy, from the branch of a tree, stopped to get a better look at what it was about, when suddenly he realized that it was a kong, and he was getting closer and closer to the island... Suddenly, that kong took out a big palm leaf suddenly with which he was able to land like a parachute, safely so as not to hurt himself. The kong was a gorilla bigger than Donkey, he wore a red cap, a white t-shirt and a blue vest. But after falling, he ran away as if he wanted to hide from something or someone. The curious fact about that... is that the gorilla was also carrying a small gorilla who was wearing light blue baby clothes. Diddy looked at them strangely and wondered who they were.
Suddenly, Diddy saw someone else coming from above. When that someone fell, it was a small chimpanzee girl, she was wearing a light blue overall, a colorful hat and had two blonde pigtails in her hair. The most surprising thing was that she landed by spinning her pigtails. The little girl also ran to hide along with the two gorillas.
Diddy was very confused; he had never seen those kongs on the island and he was curious to know who they were, where they came from and why that way, so he decided to follow them. He rushed towards the ground with a vine, but didn't notice that another kong was falling from a very high place. Diddy looked up and, just as he landed, someone crashed into him and sent him rolling under a tree. Diddy, standing upside down under the tree, looked up and saw that it was another chimpanzee girl the same size as him. She was wearing a tank top, a beret, and a pair of pink knee pads, and she had blonde hair in a long ponytail. She, upon realizing Diddy's presence, made a gesture of astonishment.
"Uh, hello?" Diddy said, still upside down and smiling through his teeth in confusion. She only stayed silent for a few seconds and waved back from afar with a slight smile, but then she ran away too. "Wait!"
Diddy immediately got up and ran trying to catch up with those four unknown kongs. They all went out of sight for a while, and he tried to look for them until he finally located them. He climbed a tree to observe them better: they were seen with an expression of fear, and they remained very united as if they were trying to escape from something... It was as if they were afraid, as if something was chasing them, but nothing could be seen around them that looked threatening. Diddy, with all the curiosity to know who they were, decided to get down from the tree and go greet them.
"Hello!" Diddy said to the four kongs, causing them a little scare. The four turned to look at him. "You guys, who are you?"
"Look, it's a kong like us!" exclaimed the big gorilla, looking amazed. "Hello! I'm Chunky, what's your name?"
"Now is not the time for this!" the chimpanzee girl in pink clothes interrupted.
"But he wants to be our friend," Chunky replied... before looking up and changing to a fearful expression. "Wait... Is that them?" he pointed up when suddenly he saw something coming towards the island.
Suddenly, a fall was heard, followed by some murmurs from what seemed to be other apes.
"Oh, no! Run, come this way!" the chimpanzee girl exclaimed to everyone in despair. "Hide yourself too, monkey in red! Hide, hide!"
The four kongs ran away, as if they were trying to hide well from someone that was chasing them, apparently approaching. Diddy had been more confused, but then joined them, as they had given him an arm tug to make him follow along as well. Later, they all stopped in a corner while the four new kongs were agitated.
"Hey, can I ask what this is all about?" Diddy asked them, speaking in a low voice. "Who are you?"
"Look, I'm Dixie, she's Tiny, he's Kiddy and the big gorilla is Chunky," the chimpanzee girl answered, pointing to them one by one. "There is no time for explanations and you better go hiding too…"
"Uhu! So here you are!"
Suddenly... a tall mandrill appeared along with two other mandrills... Diddy managed to hide behind some bushes in time, but the other four kongs ran away, this time with more speed... while those three mandrills began to go after them. Apparently, it was a chase, and those four kongs were the ones they were looking for.
Those four young kongs continued running quickly through the vegetation, as if they had no direction. When suddenly, that trio of baboons appeared again by surprise in front of them, and the young kongs only remained paralyzed with fear when those tall apes found them. The curious thing about the matter is that these apes were carrying rifles in hand; they looked all rough and mean, and wore a small cloak, each one of a different dark color. Apparently, it was a band of evil apes.
"Oh, no! They already caught us," Chunky said in a low voice, terrified, clinging to the other three kongs.
"You little brats thought you could escape from us?!" exclaimed one of the mandrills, shouting at them.
The four kongs embraced each other in anguish and trembling as they clung to each other, as if they feared for their lives.
"Well..." said the mandrill before pointing the rifles at the four of them, which looked like they had high potential.
In addition, they all took out small pocket devices that, when pressing a button, transformed into cannons. These apes, of dubious origin, seemed to intend to shoot the four kongs, who only limited themselves to clinging to each other.
"You did know that fugitives like you suffer the consequences," said the mandrills, keeping their weapons pointed at the four. "You better say your last words, you little brats and big guy," he added, pressing the trigger about to shoot.
"AHHHHH!" a mandrill exclaimed when he received a stone hit in his eye, at the same time as his shot deflected and he dropped the weapon.
"BUT WHAT…?!" exclaimed another mandrill before also receiving a stone in the eye.
Suddenly, several stones began to fall into the eyes of the three mandrills; they were so repetitive that it blinded their vision and seemed to cause them pain that they even had to drop their weapons to help their eyes.
Suddenly, a long branch from one of the trees fell near the mandrills along with a pile of leaves and some vines that, apparently, contained thorns; these fell right on them, leaving them imprisoned for a moment... Then, Diddy appeared on the scene, who with accelerated steps went to dig through the pile of leaves.
"Hey! And who is this other brat?!" said another of the mandrills when he realized that a small monkey was interfering in his attack.
Diddy, with a few quick movements and while the mandrills were continually hurting themselves with the thorns, began to take out a couple of their rifles and threw them out of the pile of leaves, heading towards the four new kongs.
"Hold them!" Diddy told them as he threw the weapons to the four of them and they picked them up, although with a little fear and with their hands trembling. "Now run away…"
"What a naughty little monkey," exclaimed one of the mandrills. "YOU WANT TO FIGHT, DON'T YOU?!"
Diddy turned to look and saw that one of the mandrills had gotten up with a gun in hand to shoot him... but Diddy, thanks to his agility, managed to avoid it with a lateral jump. He took one of the stones that was on the ground and threw it directly at the mandrill's eye, causing him enormous pain, making him scream and put his hands to himself, so Diddy rushed to take the gun.
Suddenly, the four new kongs pounced on the mandrill and knocked it to the ground. Then, the biggest gorilla named Chunky, dragged the mandrill and carried it back to the pile of leaves to wrap the vines around it, while the three mandrills insulted them all.
Finally, Diddy had an idea... He noticed the cannons that those mandrills had originally brought.
"Can you help me put them in those cannons?" Diddy said to the four fugitives.
They, although with a little fear, ran and helped Diddy ride the evil apes into the cannons; they were all wrapped in those vines with thorns, so they had to be careful not to get hurt too. Finally, they mounted the weapons of these apes inside the cannons.
"Stupid... fugitives..." said one of the mandrills, straining his voice while they were already inside the cannons. "We will catch you... And you, little brat monkey... you'll see…"
Diddy took a couple of stones to light a fire and activate the cannons and, finally, they shot the mandrills at high speed and height. All the kongs watched as they walked away until they were completely out of sight. Then, the four new kongs, after all being scared and gasping in panic, looked at Diddy in amazement.
Diddy, breathing heavily, watched those mandrills look far away. Then, he reacted and realized what had just happened: he had risked his life facing three great apes and he didn't even know where he got all that courage from to do it, since he almost never felt so brave and strong enough to do something like that. After a few seconds, he turned to look at the four kongs who were about to be attacked: they were trembling and trying to regain their calm.
"Are you fine?" Diddy asked them a little shyly when he saw the four of them staring at him seriously. "D-don't worry... I won't hurt you."
A few seconds passed until the four of them were slowly regaining their senses, and they began to smile when they realized that Diddy had saved them.
"Wow! That was amazing!" said Tiny, the smallest chimpanzee girl as she ran with Kiddy, the little gorilla, to hug Diddy. "You saved us from those stinky apes!"
"You are incredible, you finished off those evil apes! Chunky wants to hug you too" Chunky, the big gorilla who spoke in the third person, also hugged Diddy, although suffocating him a little.
"Hey! Calm down, you're suffocating him," said Dixie, the other chimpanzee girl.
"Oh, we're sorry, little monkey," Chunky said, apologizing to Diddy, and the three let him go.
"Hey... thanks for saving us," Dixie told Diddy, also looking amazed. "If it weren't for you, those evil apes would have torn us to pieces. Seriously, that was impressive."
These four kongs had their faces completely changed. Even Diddy had been impressed with himself; he had just saved four kongs that were in danger of being attacked by a gang of apes who were apparently criminals.
"It was nothing," Diddy replied, smiling and scratching his head. "I was passing by here until I saw you arrive and I wanted to know who you were, until I saw those apes with those rifles and I thought…"
"You are our hero!" the four kongs exclaimed, happy and taking him by the arms. Apparently, they couldn't contain their great relief at seeing how Diddy had just saved their lives. "You're great, little unknown monkey!"
"Okay, I just wanted to help you," Diddy added, calming and smiling at them. "By the way, who are you? Let's see if I remember... The big gorilla is named Chunky and the little one is named Kiddy, right?"
"Exact!" Chunky replied. "Chunky is Kiddy's older brother, he doesn't talk much. He's almost a baby, by the way."
"Oh, hello, little Kiddy," Diddy said, shaking the little gorilla's hand, and he shook his hand back, smiling at him. "And she is Tiny, right?" he pointed to the smallest chimpanzee girl.
"That's right," Tiny replied, nodding.
"And she is Trixie?" he added, pointing to the other girl.
"No, it's Dixie," Dixie corrected. "Tiny is my little sister. Kiddy and Chunky are our cousins."
"Oh, I see, you're a family," Diddy concluded.
"And what's your name, little monkey?" Chunky asked him.
"I'm Diddy," he responded, shaking hands with each one.
"Nice to meet you, Diddy!" they all responded.
"And where do you come from?" Diddy asked them. "And who were those apes that followed you?"
Suddenly, the four kongs changed their expressions again. They looked at each other and they made a sad face when Diddy asked them that, which he could notice and felt a little guilty for doing it.
"Oh, I'm sorry," Diddy told them, a little embarrassed. "Is something…
"No, don't worry... It's just a long story," Dixie responded in a low tone.
"Those apes were cruel exterminators," Tiny said sadly. "They had us locked up."
"We've been running and hiding from them for a long time," Chunky continued in the same way. "Recently they found us again, they took us on a boat and we launched ourselves with one of their cannons to escape."
"And then they found us here," Dixie added. "But... I see that thanks to you, they went far away... and I hope they don't come back."
"Bad apes," Kiddy exclaimed in his childish voice, looking scared.
"I see... But why did they keep you locked up?" Diddy asked them with some concern.
"They are leaders of an evil organization," Dixie added with some fear. "They had us enslaved, and our family…"
Diddy could notice all the deep sadness in the four new kongs after asking them about those evil apes he had just faced. He didn't want to be reckless anymore and apologized again.
"Okay, don't worry... If you want, don't tell it now," Diddy responded, noticing all the four's low expressions and thinking that suddenly it was a delicate topic.
"Hey, if you're here, then there are more kongs on this island?" Tiny asked him curiously.
"Of course," Diddy replied, smiling at them again. "You see, this island is named DK Island. We live here quite a few kongs, but also more animals."
"Oh, really? Look, it looks like we landed in a good place," said Chunky, smiling a little again. "Chunky wants to meet you all!"
"Yeah!" Kiddy added, jumping slightly.
"Yeah! Can we, Dixie?" Tiny said, taking her sister by the arm.
"I don't know..." Dixie responded, instead looking worried. "First we must find a place to stay, and when things calm down a little, we will try to return to our island... I hope we find it."
"A place to stay? You could stay here if you want," Diddy suggested gently. "I'll call the other kongs so I can help you and…"
"Wait!" Dixie interrupted with some fear. "Is this island… safe?"
"Of course. Well, there's just one lizard king named K. Rool who bothers us sometimes and…"
"Uhh, I think... we better go somewhere else…"
"But don't worry about it," Diddy interrupted, trying not to alarm them. "A short time ago we had a battle against him. He's not going to bother us for a long time."
"Oh, come on, Dixie! It seems like a nice place here," Chunky added encouragingly. "Besides, we sent those mandrills to fly away."
"Yes, there are no dangers around here at the moment," Diddy added. "I'll call my friends so...
"Uhh, and don't you know of any empty houses, shelters or something like that?" Dixie interrupted, still showing insecurity.
"No problem, we could build you a house maybe," Diddy suggested. "We could even back you up in case those apes come back."
"No, don't worry," Dixie replied, apparently still not sure about staying. "We just want somewhere to shelter for the moment."
"Oh, well, well, okay," Diddy replied. He was going to continue giving them more suggestions, but he didn't want to pressure them either. "Look, I think there's a house over there. Come this way," he pointed in a direction towards the jungle.
The five set off. Diddy led the new kongs to an old abandoned house he knew. They needed a place to stay, and Diddy has always liked to help someone who needs it. The other four kongs followed him through the jungle and, as they walked, they talked about themselves.
"But Dixie, I wanted to meet the other kongs," Tiny said, somewhat frustrated towards her sister.
"Not now, Tiny... First, we have to see what this place is like," Dixie answered quietly. "And we shouldn't talk to strangers so soon."
"Well, I think Dixie is right," Chunky added, looking nervous. "Remember those gorillas we met on the other island that turned out to be cannibals and almost ate us alive."
"Hey, no one is a cannibal here," Diddy responded, trying to reassure them. "At least the kongs in our herd we know are not evil."
"And do you live with someone, Diddy?" Tiny asked him.
"I live with my uncle, Donkey Kong. He's the future ruler here."
"Future ruler?" Dixie asked. "And is there a current one?"
"Of course, his name is Cranky, he's my great-grandfather... Although he's a bit grumpy, yes," Diddy commented with a light laugh.
"And your parents?" Chunky asked him. "Uhh, don't you live with them?"
"Well... I don't have parents," Diddy replied, changing to a low tone. "I would say it's a delicate topic, really."
"Oh, we're the same… We don't have them either," Tiny said, looking sad.
"Really?... And... something happened?" Diddy asked them unsurely.
"Long... story," Dixie responded, also looking sad. "It's also a very delicate topic."
"Bad apes!" Kiddy added, hinting a little at the answer.
Hearing "bad apes" from Kiddy, Diddy could assume that something terrible had happened to them and it surely had to do with that gang of apes. He didn't want to be reckless, so he refrained from asking them any more questions about it.
"Look, we've arrived!" Diddy exclaimed later.
They had arrived at the house that Diddy had told them about, but to tell the truth...was in bad conditions. It was a treehouse that was a little old, dirty and had some flaws in the structure, and the worst thing was that the tree that supported it was very thin and looked very fragile, about to fall.
"Hey, sorry to say it, but... are you sure we can live... there?" Dixie asked, pointing at the house with a forced smile.
"Well... of course," Diddy responded in the same way when he realized that the house was really in terrible condition. "Come on, let's all go up."
The five kongs went up to the house one by one and inspected every corner of it. It was definitely in a very deteriorated state, but still, Diddy wanted to convince himself that it was still suitable.
"Uh, well... You can stay the night here if you want, and…"
A few minutes later, the house began to sway due to the weight of everyone. Until, suddenly, it began to fall towards the ground. The kongs screamed in despair as they fell, but fortunately, only the tree fell; the house was still standing.
"Uhh, don't worry, the house is still intact, right?" Diddy apologized, smiling at them, while the four new kongs looked at him quite strangely.
The four kongs looked around the house again. Truth be told, it looked more confident on the ground than it did when it was up in the tree.
"Still, this house doesn't look bad enough to stay," Dixie said with a shrug and a little smile again.
The kongs agreed to stay there, since after all, the old house had not completely collapsed.
"Diddy, tell us more about this island," Chunky told him after a moment. "What are the other kongs that live here like?"
"Well, what can I tell you," Diddy responded thoughtfully. "There are many stories from this island. And the other kongs, each one has their own way of being."
"Is your family or herd very big or small?" Tiny asked him curiously.
Diddy wanted to cheer up the new kongs, so he stayed with them for a while, and then even got them some bananas so they could eat. Without realizing it, they started to talk a little until they had a little more trust. Diddy told them more about the island and also about the other Kongs that lived there, and even about his adventure against King K. Rool...
"… Donkey is my uncle, although he is more like an older brother to me, Candy is his girlfriend, Wrinkly and Cranky are my great-grandparents, Funky is our friend who always has new inventions, Lanky is a distant cousin of Donkey, Swanky is also our friend…
… We have a big reserve of bananas to feed ourselves, although there are times when it must be watched and protected from theft…
… Once they left me guarding the reserve, but those kremlings arrived…
… Our banana reserve had been stolen, so Donkey and I went to save it…" Diddy said while the other four were paying attention to what he was saying.
The four new kongs also told Diddy some things about themselves, but they didn't go into much detail because apparently, they didn't feel as comfortable speaking in context to what almost happened to them recently with those mandrills.
Later, Diddy saw that it was getting late, and Donkey would be home any minute, so he already had to say goodbye to the new kongs he had met.
"Are you leaving now?" Tiny asked him.
"Will you come again?" Chunky added.
Apparently, the four of them had enjoyed meeting Diddy and hearing his stories as well as his adventures.
"Of course, why not?" Diddy answered them. "I could come again tomorrow so you can know the island, what do you think?"
"Oh, okay, Diddy," Dixie said. "It was nice to meet you."
"And this island looks interesting," Tiny added, smiling. "We will wait for you."
"Okay," Diddy said as he left the house. "It was a pleasure to meet you too."
"Uh… Diddy," Dixie told him before he left. "We would just like to ask you one thing: please don't tell anyone about the four of us yet... We want to keep a low profile until we can stabilize, okay?"
"Oh, it's okay, don't worry," Diddy replied, smiling at them. "Then we'll see you tomorrow. See you later."
"See you later, Diddy," said Chunky, and Diddy left.
"And thanks again for saving us from those stupid apes!" Tiny shouted into the distance.
Diddy quickly went home before Donkey arrived, as he had left without telling him anything. On the way, he began to think about the new kongs that had arrived on the island; if it hadn't been for him, those evil mandrills would have already finished them off. Diddy had saved them… He had saved four lives! and he felt very good about it. Diddy really had a good impression of the new kongs and he was looking forward to getting to know them more.
Donkey was already close to his house, and Diddy was just as well. He had rushed in through the window and, upon entering, took some books to pretend that he had been there for a while. Then, Donkey entered the house and greeted his nephew.
"Hi, Diddy!"
"Oh, hi, Donkey," Diddy replied as he lay on the couch. "How did it go?"
Diddy wanted to tell him what happened that afternoon and about the four new kongs he met, but he couldn't since, at their request, he didn't have to reveal their information. Although Diddy didn't fully know what their story was like, he was quite curious to know more about them, but he figured that he shouldn't be so reckless to ask them directly what had happened to them before they came to DK Island.
A/N: That's it for chapter 2 :)
By the way, I have the concept arts of my OCs, those bully kids from Kong Kollege. You can find them in the Wattpad version at the end of chapter 2 (LucyKMC22), or on my DeviantArt (LuisanaKMC), to give you an idea of how those four look like.