Prologue- Princess of Crystal Star: Act 2

Author's Note Intro:

Hiiii! I'm back! So, if you've read my earlier post on Shards of the Triforce on the author's note, the black starter paragraph and ending, I mentioned that I will start a new story with Kirby. So how did I get this idea? Well, I was looking at Kirby fanart online for a new wallpaper on my laptop. Then I found one or a couple of pictures of Kirby as a human, and I found one where he looks like Aqua from Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep. Then I found another one which is the picture you see as the cover page. That gave me the idea of making a fanfiction on Kirby as a human and that was my idea of what could be the next Kirby game for Switch. Probably not, but you'll never know, we can dream, you know. Strange, isn't it?

Oh yeah, you can always find these kind of images online as well. There are some artists like Banami-luv and Kailali that personifies games series like Kirby and they're all pretty good, so check that out if you're interested as well. That aside, the cover image for this story will occasionally change at certain moments, so wanted to let you know that if you want to find it yourself. On second thought, ignore this second paragraph; you have the internet, I'm sure you can find it yourself.

Anyway, let's take a look at the day in the life of our pink boy Kirby. Plus, this and the next chapter are mainly cutscene stories with a bit of gameplay bits. After that, the adventure will begin for sure. (New characters, 4th wall breaks and with true references, and Smash bros is officially canon for this fanfic). Also, my work may not be all that good or amazing, but this is the best I can do, but I will improve better in the future, I'll try to. It's a heads up notice, so don't expect anything to be perfect, since I am starting out, y'know. If you like this story as well as Crystal Chaos, just let me know your thoughts, questions, and opinions below. Anyway, enjoy!

Seriously, I find my old works sometimes cringy to the point of not being able to even look at it for some time. Also, thanks for the review, Elsie G!

Somewhere, on a distant planet, a star shaped planet with two rings surrounding it, lies the heart of the Galactic Solar System, Planet Popstar. It's origins of its birth are unknown, but who knows? Other planets are floating around this planet, making this one the core planet. Many people inhabits this planet due to its amazing power and resources. This planet was susceptible to many kinds of dangers and many persistent enemies, as stated before, so as I said before, there on that planet lives the Legendary Star Warrior, Kirby. In that planet, the area he lives in is called Dreamland. Now we are going to observe the life of a Star Warrior whenever he's not busy saving the world, but this time when he and everyone else were told about an upcoming visit from someone that high. Oh, here's Kirby now, outside his house, taking a whiff of the air of that morning Spring Breeze. Let's watch his life from his POV, shall we? Take it away, Kirby!

Kirby's POV: Another Day In Dreamland

Ah, what a beautiful day! The sky is blue, the water's flowing, the wind's always blowing that spring breeze, and I had a good night's sleep. The days in Dreamland are always peaceful… until someone invades the planet that is. Every day, something always goes wrong that Kirby, hero of Dreamland, has to stop that dark force from taking over the world. That's me, Kirby. I'm the one that everyone relies on to save the world. And this isn't the first time I did that. I've saved the galaxy more than 26 times; I've done many things and I'm in Super Smash Bros, which I was one of the top 12 fighters from the start. My latest achievements are defeating monsters and villains:

King Dedede, a self-made king of dreamland who stole all of the food in Dreamland one time. He was my rival, enemy, and now we're friends.

Nightmare, a wizard who turns dreams into nightmares and owns a company named Nightmare Enterprises. (NME)

Galactic NOVA, a clockwork star machine that can grant one wish of any kind and is a mechanical machine cat-face.

Marx, a traitorous swine who tried to control Popstar by Galactic NOVA and tricked me into doing so. The first time I've been backstabbed. Now we're friends.

Dark Matter, a dark being who possess people; born out of nothing with no feelings whatsoever and became a threatening force in due time.

Zero, the leader of the Dark Matter force as a white ball and red eyeball; a famous example of Graphic Violence by blood.

Miracle Matter, a ball with eight eyeballs that controls the main elements and can be damaged by the same element used.

Zero-Two, Zero reborn as a dark angel with a halo and wings who reappears with the eye for a mouth. He looks really badass to me and everyone, to be honest.

Dark Meta Knight, a clone made of darkness from the Mirror World and is the opposite of Meta Knight.

Dark Mind, a dark mirror force reflecting darkness and looks like Zero, but facing the ground. The true form of the original guy.

Drawcia, a canvas witch who turns people into balls and worlds into paintings. I was turned into a ball for the whole plight and got help from the player.

Daroach, a mouse king and leader of the Squeak Squad, a band of thieves. To think it all started with my stolen strawberry shortcake.

Dark Nebula, a dark star with an eyeball who was sealed in a chest and possesses the Squeak Squad. Not really threatening, if you ask me and if you've seen him.

Galactic Knight, the strongest knight in the galaxy who was sealed away for his power being too damn awesome and strong.

Yin-Yarn, a sorcerer made out of yarn and sliced Patch Land into six pieces. He looks like a Mexican taco guy, actually. No offense though.

Necrodeus, a demon skull and leader of the Skull Gang who split me into 10 versions of me as weak ones.

Magolor, a traveler alien from another dimension that manipulated us for the Master Crown and became manifested as Magolor Soul. Pulled a Marx on us. Now we're friends.

Queen Sectonia, a wicked queen bee crazy about beauty and power who was never this way from the start until the mirror corrupted her.

Claycia, a crafter girl who's friends with Elline and possessed by Dark Crafter. She does look familiar to Drawcia and Paintra in a way; I'm not 100% sure exactly.

Dark Crafter, a dark energy force who stole the color from Popstar. That's all I can say about him because he only appeared as sunglasses; weird.

President Haltmann, a fat guy who's president and CEO of the Haltmann works Company. He looks like an egghead genius, but he's just too crazy rolling in his own money, or at least that's what it seemed at first. Susie doesn't like to talk about it.

Star Dream, a machine capable of granting wishes created by Haltmann Works Company. It hates all organic life, it's powerful, and has the same power as NOVA does. It wanted to commit mass genocide.

SD NOVA, a look-alike who was disguised as the Access Ark of Haltmann Works Company. That face was discovered when breaking off the armor from the ship.

Void Termina, a dark lord and a destroyer of worlds awakened by the Jamba Hearts collected and revived by what many consider to be an evil cult of mages, especially the leader, who's just like Zant from Twilight Princess. Link told me all about it in Smash, so now that I think about it, I don't think that was a coincidence.

That's all the villains I've fought so far. I had to defeat them all since it's plain to see they've threatened to take over the galaxy and blah blah blah, we know. I mean, I AM a Star Warrior, duh, coming from 200 years of early birth awakened; at least that's what someone told me. So it's not a surprise when someone attacks the galaxy, but when it comes to new villains and such, oh boy, I could go on for hours. It happens every time of some days perhaps at least once a year or so, and it starts to get annoying fast. Such is the life of a warrior, it's not avoidable.

But I never had to journey to defeat the villain by myself, not always at least. That's why God gave us allies. I helped and had help from a couple of precious acquaintances and 50/50 of them were either allies or antagonistic at first. And there's the ones who always stick with you and are important to the series. Allow me to present to you some of my main allies and friends.

First, you got King Dedede, the so-proclaimed ruler of Dreamland. He's what you'd call an anti-hero, neither good or bad, considering the fact that he tried to kill me a hundred times, plus possessed by Dark Matter not once, not twice, but thrice and so on. He often carried a wooden mallet and he was a great ally in my most recent adventures. We were enemies at first, but now I can call him my best friend. A long history of differences and grudges were now doused by water, just like with Mario and Sonic. He's a great friend and he always was there for me whenever I needed help, and I'm honestly grateful for someone like him.

Next there was Meta Knight. He's a strange guy, with a dark appearance and wears a mask all the time. I first met him when I was retrieving the pieces of the Star Rod to return everyone's dreams. I fought him by using a sword that he gave me before we dueled, and after defeat, I saw him without his mask. He looks like me except his skin was dark blue and he had yellow eyes; I wonder if he's my brother or father or at least the same kind as me, because he somehow knows everything about me; that's... just weird. He wields a legendary sword named Galaxia, and his sword skills are impressive. How he obtained such a weapon, he'd rather not talk about it. He owns a massive battleship named the Halberd and it's pretty epic. His name also makes a great pun. "Met-a-knight." His personality can be a total mystery yet it does supposedly change in due time, so you can't be sure what to expect from him. He's a pretty wise kind of guy, one that you can also depend on. Not much can be found about his origins though, and he hardly speaks about it. Still, as a teacher and friend, he helped me a lot.

Then there's Bandana Waddle Dee, a waddle dee with a bandana. He doesn't have a mouth as true to his species, but he can still talk through that. Once, he ate a cookie with no mouth, or so Dedede claims at the time. He was with me when the color was drained from Popstar, and the time we went to find the parts of Magolor's Lor Starcutter. His primary weapon is a spear with a scarf tied to the blade, but he's a pro fighter with it, and I think his spear is special somehow. Honestly, I am grateful that he was there to help us out whenever he can. But Bandana Dee needs more credit, I guess. It kinda sucks that he never gets that much recognition, and it would've been nice if he was invited to Smash. He's a really awesome friend to have. He has helped me a lot back then.

I could go on forever, but let's not waste the time there. Overall, I consider these three to be my closest friends and allies besides Tiff and Tuff, who defended me when I first came to Popstar. We all can say we've been through a lot these past years and we're still going through it. Everyone in Smash can agree, as they've obviously endured that as well. Speaking of which, I've also been training for the next tournament of the year, which is Season Ultimate. Everyday, I've been pushing myself to be the best I can be in there. In just a few months, that's when we'll set off to go to the Smash Universe. Mario had called me earlier and told me that no one got cut this time. He said that everyone is here! I can't wait to see everyone else again that time! We'll just have to wait.

Other than that, I just really wish that I could relax in peace, because don't you hate that feeling when you're about to relax and then something major happens around you, and you're the one who has to clean up that mess? You certainly hate that, don't ya? So do I. I still have the lust for adventure hidden deep inside, but if there was going to be a new adventure, at least something has to happen first to start this adventure, like maybe, I don't know, a princess of some other planet or galaxy coming here or whatever? And it was a coincidence that because of this was what started this adventure. But before I can tell you that part, I must tell you this part of the story as we're going along. So, where was I? Oh yeah, that part, heading to Cappy Town. After a morning of eating breakfast and other stuff, I decided to take a walk into Cappy Town, just in case something interesting happens. And boy, it did, starting with this scene first. Here we go!

Cappy Town: Town of Dreamland (Hyrule Town- The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap)

It was just another peaceful day in the town of Dreamland, finally getting a long deserved year of that. Now as I was running to Cappy Town, the city of Dreamland, I went in the town square and looked at the bulletin board. This is the latest posts of important events, not done by technology, although after Planet Robobot (I name my adventures) they took what's left of the invasion (somehow) and used it for their new inventions to improve the town. There were a lot of interesting events that happened recently, such as the Air Ride Tournament for example.

Many of the citizens were ones that I knew my entire life here, and they greeted me with a smile and waved. After NME'S defeat, things have gotten peaceful, well, except for the other attacks landed listed above. Anyway, I was greeted by Bandana Dee. He was walking to my place to play games with our new Nintendo console provided by Master Hand, the God of the Smash Realm, and he was doing something for King Dedede, who now is just taking it easy or probably training for Smash Ultimate later on. It's a special perk for the original 12; complicated, that's all I can say.

"Hey Kirby," He greeted. He was smiling even though he had no mouth, but his expression says it all. His scarf-tied spear was equipped onto his back, with the scarf waving in the wind.

"Hiya, Waddle Dee, poyo," I replied. I also could talk now, but before I only said poyo. I'm speaking what's on my mind right now. With a little help from Tiff and Tuff, and Meta Knight, I was able to speak decent English fluently now. It makes things so much easier when you can talk. I only used poyo in what I say, it really became a habit later on after I learned to speak.

"Kirby, are we still doing what you said we're doing?"

"Yeah, I'm just walking around and looking at this post on the bulletin board, poyo," I replied. "I really got nothing better else to do anyway other than continue the training for Smash Bros. What have you been up to lately?"

"I'm just doing an errand for the king. He's been training nonstop ever since he found out about the new smash season and that everyone will be there. I'm really happy for him, but he might be overworking himself with that to the point where he might become buff again. Nonetheless, he wanted me to take care of that for him."

"So, anything new here? Poyo, why is everyone decorating the town and preparing food?" I asked. "Delicious Food? Is there a party going on? An All-You-Can-Eat special from Kawasaki?!" Today was a pretty normal day until I noticed that everyone's trying to redecorate the town. As if it didn't need anymore redecorating. But when something like this happens, that means an event is coming.

"Oh, that's what I wanted to tell you as well," Dee recalled. "Someone from the Planet Crystal Star is visiting Popstar." He answered. The thought of an all-you-can-eat buffet shattered like a crystal in my mind. What I don't appreciate is that special buffet is not for me! But what washed those thoughts away was an important vacation visit from someone. I loved to make new friends and whoever's coming here, I hope we'll be best friends! Ironically, I'll draw the line if they pull a Marx on us again. Don't worry, we're buddies now.

"You mean, someone like a princess or what?" I guessed. "Or maybe we're having an all-star party with the crew of Smash!"

"It is a princess, alright. After all, we wouldn't even be doing this if it weren't royalty coming from another galaxy," Bandana Dee shrugged.

"Another galaxy?" I said, curious. "Maybe she might know something about my past. But no one has heard from any other galaxy after the Jambastion event."

"Who can say for sure? Don't just jump to conclusions, Kirby," Bandana Dee shook his head. "You may be shocked after we fought Void Termina, I suppose."

Apparently, I had this lustful desire to find out more about my past, and I would've gone mad doing so after finding out about the heart of Void Termina. Karly would've said the same thing herself too. I guess I forgot to tell you. Everyone, meet Karly.

She looks like me, except her eyes are red and she has a red bow on the left side of her head. She's what you'd consider a female version of me that you'd find fanart on the internet and was also born 200 years early as well as I did. Not sure if she's my sister, cousin, or a mirror version of me, but at the moment, we were friends. How we met, you ask? It was at the end of the Galaxy War, where lots of knightly blood was shed; specifically after the fall of Nightmare Enterprises and the Demon Beasts.

She's with the Starlet Warriors, the side made of females, which were made of two sides, and the other side was the Star Warriors, made of males. The two sides joined together were called the Galaxy Warriors. I only explained my side of the story. She went on adventures on her own whenever I did, that's why you don't see her that often (Not true, don't make me tell you twice!). I would explain in much greater detail, but you'd be more confused than now, so I'll just leave it at that for now.

Apparently, after the war, she somehow retained her head and was the only one able to talk, other than Meta Knight, so she often had to look after me like a big sister. We lived together now without no parents, in a semicircle dome as the one you're familiar with now, but it's bigger inside now than from what you've saw. We made a few remodels to it and now it's expansive on the inside. When we both met, she saved my butt from a surviving Demon Beast one time, and that's how I found out about the whole related issue.

Karly calls me her brother or sometimes Onii-chan, just like in anime, since we seemed to be related and she has the same powers as me; pretty soon, I was attached to the title of brother. Ever since then, I forget that fact these eventful days and naturally stuck to it. Now it's really a coincidence since the fact that I said maybe someone from another planet is coming or whatever, and apparently, I was right. So cliche. For now, just roll with it. I have yet to figure out the mysteries behind our past.

As I was remembering the Great Galaxy War and the day I met Karly, I was sent back to reality when Bandana Dee poked me in my face with his spear. He seemed ticked off that I was daydreaming.

"Kirby! Dang you, quit dozing on me!" He said, pissed. "I can't understand you sometimes, Kirby." He then shook his head and sighed.

"Poyo, w-what? I'm here; what is it now?" I stuttered as if I just had woken up cranky.

"You didn't hear what I was saying, so I'll tell you again, and you better pay attention this time!" He growled, but he calmed down afterward.

"Poyo, fine. You could've poked out my eyeball that way," I said sarcastically. "So, what were you saying?"

"As I was saying, the princess from Crystal Star is gonna visit Popstar for two, no, four weeks starting now, basically a month to be exact. Their planet's made of crystals, not literally, but their resources are originated from them. They had an energy source related with Ripple Star because their planet relies on the Cosmic Heart Shard, their one and only source of the planet's life, along with the 14 elemental spirits that protects it. Since they were made to protect it from the dark forces, for a lifetime after an incident that happened twice 8 years ago, nothing's happened really these days. So, the princess decided to take a trip to one of the most popular planets in the galaxy as part of her vacation: Planet Popstar, and she sent this letter ahead of time for a few weeks." He explained.

"And just how did you know all of that?" I questioned. "Were you eavesdropping on Dedede's conversations again? You know how he feels about that."

"Not important now," He countered. "I have my ways. What's more important is that we try to also help setting up."

"Poyo, Bandana Dee, you haven't told me her name," I excitedly said. "What is it, spit it out already, dangit! I'm not going to be saying, "Well, EXCUSE ME, PRINCESS!" without knowing her name!"

"Oh, her name is Kaila, Princess Kailaine Cosmica Starlina, but she prefers to just be called, "Kaila." It's just a nickname, to be honest." Bandana Dee answered my question.

Princess Kailaine... huh, somehow that rings a bell, but it's very vague at the moment. I guess I'm thinking there was a connection in the foggiest way. Other than that, I'm wondering what she's like when we actually meet her. Maybe we'll become friends.

"So, is it just her coming or anybody else because it sounds like you're only making her the center of attention," I asked, raising an eyebrow. "Is there anyone else that I should be informed of or what?"

"I really don't know those details, but Karly might know or could find out for us. She's good at those kinds of girly relationships and can easily, despite her habit to beat up boys who becomes perverts with one of her friends or herself or by insults." Bandana Dee shuddered to those kinds of moments. I'll get to that in a little bit.

"So, when is she coming? It's 12:00," I merely guessed.

"It is 12:00! No wait, 1:00! We've got an hour left! We have to get ready as well! Still in on playing rounds with that console tonight? I call Super Bomberman R!"

"Yeah, I'm in. See you around, I'll check out this "princess" you speak of, poyo, when it is time. I'll tell Karly about this and meet ya. Gotta run!"

"Ok then. She's arriving at the castle, got it?"

"Poyo, I'll be there!" Bandana Dee ran over to the castle, while I ran in the opposite direction, in a hurry and a flash.

Head to your house and tell Karly about the arrival of the princess! Use the Left Analog Stick slightly to walk and fully extend it to run in any direction. Press A to talk to people when nearby a person in the World Hub or towns. Find hidden goodies and secrets by pressing A near a glowing object. You can also inhale objects for now with B at far range at will and also jump with A. Oh, and when allies join you, press the - button to call up a skit between the characters to remind you of your objective or for fun character development.

Movement/Walk/Run- L Stick

Interaction (Near a Person)/Jump & Float- A Button

Inhale- B Button

Skits/Objective Reminders- Minus/Select (-) Button

So we took off to get ready for the arrival of the Royal Princess. I ran to home, thinking about what she will be like to me, my mind were filled with thrills, pouncing my brain with illusions. I was running fast like Sonic the Hedgehog, with the dust being kicked into the air as I was running, and made it to my dome-shaped home, which is on top of a hill, not too far from Cappy Town, but a perfect distance and view; it's where I spent my stay here; Tiff and Tuff, two of my friends that I've met when we first arrived in Dreamland, they and a few of the Cappys made at least a small house for us.

It wasn't that big, but it was better for us anyway, you'll know what I mean. I entered inside the house, and I find the house decorated with ribbons and velvet wallpaper. The house was small on the outside, but big on the inside, not that big, but big enough for a 2 story floor, yeah, we made some remodels a long time ago, just as I mentioned earlier. Then, the smell of food rubbed my nose and following into the kitchen, I saw Karly near the oven, with a frying pan in her right hand, and salt in her left. A red bow sat about her head and she hummed as she tasted the food, the person I was talking about earlier, Karly. Have you ever seen one of those animes where at least a boy has a girl for a friend, and she always beats him up for being a jerk, or a pervert mostly?

Well, that's her character personality- a tsundere, to be exact. If you're not sure by what I mean, here's a few examples of tsundere characters like Karly: For example, walk on her in the shower accidentally without knowing she's there even if you did not hear the water running or any noise- BAM! Insult her anyway possible by calling her fat or light skinned; basically racism like insult discrimination- BAM! Being an idiot- BAM! Finds a dirty magazine under your bed and it's addressed to you, meaning you own it- BAM! Hears something about you that you never told her and it's nasty or shocking, simply keeping secrets from her-brings backup, runs from where she was all the way to where you are now and gives you the BAM and kicks your arse in front of everyone!

Become a peeping tom by accident and sees more than you shouldn't have as you "accidentally" look at her directly, EXPOSED- Get out of there before she- whoops, no, you're dead with a WHAM-BAM-THANK-YOU MAM! That one, you've earned yourself a one-way ticket to hell. But the worst part is if you call her a HO-HO-HO, especially during winter-oh, you don't wanna know what she does to you if that happens. That's your one-way ticket to your grave. But enough of the bad stuff, because she'd kill me for that as well. Good thing I'm narrating this.

She knows how to cook better than I can, she cleans, decorates, and etc. of what you can think of. She had the Cook hat resting upon her head, along with a red bow strapped to the lower part of her hat. My mouth was watering when I saw the food she has laid out on our long table. It was the royal surprise banquet for a princess and whoever's accompanying her. Now, I couldn't run over to it, but I could inhale some in my mouth. You see, I defeat my enemies with an inhaling ability that sucks everything right in my belly! I could also copy anything like a sword that I inhaled, for example, and I automatically gained all the knowledge of that ability. It's an awesome power ever invented. So then, I got at a good distance and tried to quietly inhale some of the chicken. Then before I was about to, Karly said, "Don't even think about it, Kirby."

"What? How-"

"I know you when you're hungry and you have the tendency to eat everything," She said. "I always thought hungry was the only thing you had on your mind."

Well, there goes my plan to eat the chicken and everything else. At this, she grabbed the roasted chicken and all the other foods and wrapped them in a case depending on which she made them in. She's a much better cook than I am.

"Dang it. So, I guess you heard about the princess-" I said, but Karly completed the sentence.

"Coming to Cappy Town today, I heard," Karly finished, leaving me hanging on about how she knew that. I just hate it when the person you try to tell already knew before you. But I should've realized that news spreads quickly.

"So, you got everything under control, I see, poyo," I commented, noticing the chains of ribbons that decorated and hung over the house and the parts of the walls. "You even decorated the place, even though it is not necessary to do so."

"Yep. The princess is going to visit every house and tour site in town, but she's staying in Dedede's castle for now. She's going to meet every important person here, and that won't take long because it's only a couple of people, you know who I'm talking about, right?"

"Yeah. Me and the others. I know she'd want to see us, but I'm positive that she does have a favor to ask of us anyways. Still, don't think it's necessary, though."

"Ok, then. I'll save the food for later because I'm done anyway. So make some time out of your schedule and help out at the castle before the princess arrives. I'll catch up with you soon," Karly said, dropping the Cook ability, which is obtained by inhaling a frying pan. "I've gotta take all this food to the castle anyway."

"Alright, so now I have to go into the castle, since there's nothing else I can do here, poyo. Whoopee-" Karly cuts me off before I even finished.

"Language, Kirby!"

"What? You curse too, more often than me, poyo!" I replied, blushing angrily. "Not to mention the times you've beaten me up for no reason and it was an accident!" She stuck her tongue out at me. I sweatdrop.

"Oh, and give this to Waddle Doo for me, will ya?" She then tosses some kind of weird thing at me that looked like a banner roll up.

"What is this anyway?" I asked.

You got a... whatever this thing is! Now added to your inventory! Bring this to Waddle Doo first thing before anything else. Don't look at me, just do it, you pink puffball!

"Not important, just give it to Waddle Doo, he asked me to make something for the castle decoration to fill in for their missing parts of it."

"... Ok. I'll give this doohickey to Waddle Doo, whatever the heck it is." I just started blankly and just took off.

Head to Castle Dedede and deliver this... doohickey or whatever this is.

So, without any hesitation, I left home and ran to the town square to get to the castle itself before. I couldn't think of anything else, so then I was running to the castle in which I arrived at the castle drawbridge. Since it was open, I went inside and the second I did, I saw all the Waddle Dees working to make the castle beautiful and lively for the arrival. Some were decorating the outside walls, some were snipping the bushes and grass; inside, they were painting the walls, scrubbing the hard floor, preparing the food, putting up expensive furniture that was purchased off of eBay, and more of what you can think of. Waddle Doo was just passing by on my way inside to the roof.

"Hey, Waddle Doo," I called out to him. He turns around, with his one eyeball that pretty much covers his face and body.

"Oh, hey Kirby," He replies back. "What's shaking?"

"Nothing much, really. Oh, and Karly told me you needed this thingy-majig." I said while handing over the dang doohickey to Waddle Doo. "Still have no idea what it is, though."

Delivered the doohickey to Waddle Doo!

"Oh thanks, Kirby! This is exactly what we need to finish the job!" He said. "I'll be sure to send my regards to Karly, ok? Oh, you can have this, Kirby."

Received Apple Star X3! Any item you collect or receive can be checked in your inventory by pressing the X button.

Menu/Inventory- X Button

Apple Star- A sweet and refreshing fruit shaped like stars from Whispy Woods and can heal 30 HP to an Ally.

"Alright, later!" I waved. Then, Waddle Doo left to place the doohickey with whatever it's supposed to be.

I didn't know what to say about this, but it's clear that they don't want the princess to see that they live in a pigsty here. Pretty much, if you've played all the games regarding Dedede, you'd most likely know that his castle has been destroyed multiple times in a row, and it was remodeled that man times it has been wrecked. It happened so much that you can't even tell where to go now. So as I walked around for a bit, I saw Meta Knight walking to the throne room with a big thingy that he was holding. I wasn't sure what he was doing, but I'm pretty sure I don't wanna know, and it's weird and rare to see Meta Knight doing this as well because we don't see him do those kinds of stuff at all. Anyway... So then I decided to go to the rooftop where the ship will land soon. I dashed to the top, ascending the pack of stairs and as soon as I made it without any breath takers, the rooftop was also fancy and gussied up with a white landing stop and a sign that says, "Welcome, Princess of Crystal Star." That's really classy, Dedede. Really classy.

Walking across the roof, I pondered over the thoughts of all of this. I mean, this seems too much like last time with Princess Rona, but out in the horizon, my eye spots the town decorated in royal outskirts, seeing balloons and confetti flying in the air, while the ribbons fluttered with ease and peace. The citizens were buzzing about like bees, talking with each other with pleasant smiles on their faces, having their food stands set up for a convention.

I sat down for a while back to where I started from, just waiting patiently to start the day off already. "Hurry up already!" is the only thing on my mind as I waited for what seems to be hours. But you can easily say that time really does pass by quickly, because as soon as I realized it, it was time already. Here it comes.

A Royal Entrance to Vacation

Finally, it's under way. The Waddle Dees were playing the drums and the trumpets without any mouths. So weird. Now for some reason, Dedede thought it was a good idea to film this moment live and no one can talk him out of this, so let's just leave it at that. Now, here comes the moment we've been waiting for.

"So, what is she like, poyo?" I asked Waddle Dee.

"Well… I don't wanna spoil it, so obviously, you should see for yourself."

"Hey, where's Karly? She did say she'd catch up earlier," I wondered. Then, I felt an intense blow coming at my head from someone.

"I'm right here, you dingaling!" She replied angrily.

"Alright, alright," I said, still rubbing my head from the blow. "God, you really have anger issues."

"Hey look! Here she comes!" Bandana Dee pointed. "That must be her!"

Dedede starts to pervertedly mumble about the princess, making weird slurping sounds that really made us cringe. "Yeah, forget Rona! This royal crystal princess will belong to the greatest king ever lived: Dedede! That's the name that you losers should all know! Ha-ha-ha-ha, take that, Kirby!" We all sweatdropped and Karly smacked him upside the head.

"Seriously, what the hell is wrong with you?" I groaned. "I see you've learned nothing from last time."

"Ugh, the cringe is real," Meta Knight cringed. "With an attitude like that, I see the disaster that's about to unfold with you, Dedede."

"Screw that act! Now stop acting like a pervert and pull it together! She's here!"

We saw a floating ship shaped like a star and made of a hard type of crystals approaching the head of the castle. It was so big, but luckily, the rooftop was large and wide enough to fit the ship onboard. The Waddle Dees moved out of the way and the ship descended onto the roof floor. Its impact shook the top a little, but nothing broke, thank goodness. We were in awe as we saw the ship of a royal vessel in front of us. It docked upon the roof, the latch and down it came. Then, we saw a figure standing in front of the latch. It was a boy, a weird looking one, who didn't look like how others look, because usually they're our size and they'd be different in a way. But they look a lot like a human due to their height and…wait.

That first one was a boy, a young royal guard boy who had crystal armor made of ruby, a valiant look on his face, a helmet which didn't cover up his face, and a sword on his right hand.

Everyone was kinda confused at first sight. He looked around with that same expression on his face which looked like a girl. I had no idea if this was a mistake, but it wasn't. Then he stepped to the side and said:

"Citizens of Popstar, May I, Commander Blazel, present you all to Princess Kaila of Crystal Star."

He bowed and stood out of the way for the royal girl of crystals, who was standing in the shadows. She stepped out of the shadows, revealing her tall, physical appearance, different from ours, with a crown made of gold and the jewel made of crystal prism, implanted on her head, her hair is blonde, long, wide, long enough to reach the end of her back dyed in pink wide streaks, and her front face of her hair was a spiky bang that stood out from the other ones which were downwards and her sideburns are shaped like stars, somehow. Her face was white with make-up of blue and pink lipstick and her earring are a mini-sized chaos emerald colored in cyan. Her face reminds me of Princess Peach and Toon Zelda, but it's a little bit combined or different, even if her eyes are sapphire blue. Her dress was a sapphire blue mixed with flora pink, with white linings making a zigzag pattern on her dress and was white on the fringes a little bit taller with an engraved ruby stone on her chest, her sides of her shoulders were kind of sleeveless, but had a bit of sleeve or those accents in it, but I can still see the short sleeve which was white blend in with her long gloves.

She had a star-shaped necklace which looked a lot like my Warp-Star, a star capable of flying people to distances and heights at the speed of light; her belt was also star-shaped gold and her bottom part of her dress was just sapphire. Her shoes were high heels that matched her height perfectly which are crystal clear and looks fragile at that time, but it's pretty indestructible, at least that's what I've heard from Karly. Her hands were covered with long, silk sleeved gloves, obviously, and she has a ring that has a diamond jewel made of Lapis and a gold band on it to hold the diamond part. The emblem of Crystal Star was a rainbow of seven colored stars which hung and stood in front of her legs, below the dress. The last thing I noticed was a long cape floating behind her. Now that her appearance is better visualized, she walks down the latched walkway and reveals herself to all of us. But her appearance looks so much like a human, but why- oh my god. I now know why she looks like a human:

SHE IS ONE?! WHAT THE HONK?!

Everyone's jaws dropped so hard to the ground, like literally, especially Triple D there. His eyes had that heart thing cliche when it's love at first sight moment, and he thinks he's gonna get some tonight when we all know the hard truth. I was shocked about the part that Bandana Dee didn't tell me. It's not that it's my first time meeting a human, other than Adeline, Queen Ripple, and the princesses from Smash. The difference is that I never met a Human Princess before in my universe! Major difference. Okay, that came out wrong. I meant in this world.

"Bandana Dee, you didn't tell me that Princess Kaila was a HUMAN, poyo!" I whispered. "Why didn't you, since you were the one who told me?!"

"How the heck was I supposed to know?! It's rare to have the princess go here to Popstar in the first place; I didn't know that she was a human!" He whispered back. "No one outside Crystal Star has seen her as a human! Crystal Star is full of humans who were once a different species, but took a form of humans for some reason. Don't know why, but I know it was to defend the planet against some dark force of some kind or to prevent any further destruction. I don't know if that's even right, Kirby, so don't blame me if the facts are all wrong!" Now it sounds like he edited those words and cut portions of it out of the story.

"Yeah, well, who cares about those details? She's much more beautiful than I had originally thought!" I meowed like a cat. "Well, I'm not shocked to see a human, since the only human on this planet is Adeline, but the main difference is that I've never seen a Human Princess before. In this universe. Smash was a completely different thing. I met a queen, a king, and a prince, but never a princess." If you think about it, it's honestly true.

"Well, if you're gonna make your move, I suggest you do it not now, but later," Karly said. "Because if you try anything-"

"Aw, dang it, Karly," I said, "I get it already, now be quiet, she's coming. You got anger issues, ya know that?" Karly growled like a bloodthirsty wolf, seeking to devour someone. Tsunderes, am I right?

Kaila then walked over to the king of all things fat- I mean, Triple D and lowered her head like a bow, as any other princess would.

"Hello, your majesty. I'm Princess Kaila, ruler of Crystal Star. Pleased to make your acquaintance," She said, smiling. "What a lovely planet this is."

"Wow, she looks nothing like what this galaxy guide magazine said about her at all. Dedede likey," Dedede cackled smugly. He tossed the magazine aside which slapped me in the face. "*Coughs.* Anyway, Welcome to Dreamland, on Planet Popstar, and I'm King Dedede, the ruler of Dreamland. Nice of you and your royal guard to drop by here, and thank you for that." Still, his words made us cringe again, but we all tried to look as happy as possible. It's only because the cringe is real.

"Thank you, your highness. It's a pleasure to stop by your planet as well," She replied. "It is nice to take a break, for once, since the last 8 years."

"Well, you can enjoy your stay at Dreamland for, er, how long do you plan on staying here?"

"4 weeks, King Dedede," Commander Blazel chimed in.

"Almost for a month, I see. Hotcha!" He said in surprise. "Well, we'd be happy to give you a royal tour around the castle and the lands themselves. But first things first, let me introduce to our most highest and well-valued subjects. Heh-heh-heh-heh-heh-heh!" He laughed with that annoying laugh of his. The cringe is real, again. Sorry for being repetitive.

He then stood out of the way and said, "Well, this guy here is none other than my faithful lackey, Escargoon. Or more like my best friend, you could say." He is basically a grey snail with arms, a mustache that is green, and a blueish shell on his back.

"How do you do, your majesty? I'm so glad that you're here." He said. "It's just like the last time a princess came here."

Dedede then noogied Escargoon and walked over to the next person.

"This here is Meta Knight, my greatest swordsman in the Star Warrior force. Don't make fun of his name, he doesn't like it. Plus, flirting with him is impossible, so don't bother, even though the ladies of Smash do sometimes dig him, not as much as pinky here. No offense though."

"I'm much honored to see the princess of Crystal Star herself," He said in his usual voice. "I'm at your service."

He patted Meta Knight on the head and moved on before Meta was about to unleash his sword on him.

"This guy with no mouth but has the skill of a royal guardsman is Bandana Waddle Dee. He's good with a spear and somehow eats cookies with no mouth. Trust me, I've seen it. UGLY." He joked.

"Heh, well, I'm mean, I'm so speechless at the presence of a princess, but I can manage. I think," He said not before realizing what he said. "Wait, what did you-"

He smacked Bandana Waddle Dee on the back and scurried onto the last pair or people, leaving him to rub his stinging back. "Your Highness, may I kindly ask, what the-!"

"And these pink twin "look-alikes" (they're not twins, they're... whatever they are...) are the heroes of Dreamland, no, Planet Popstar itself and saved the galaxy more than once, Karly and Kirby. They may be small and pink, but they're powerful than you think they are. We just call them the Pink Demons, for times sake. Just one rule though: you don't mess with the pink puffs. It's a warning, so heed that while you're at it. I think you'll enjoy there presence very much."

"Um, hi? I'm such a wreck from all this," Karly said. I could tell the princess' presence was breaking through her tough fortitude. She's getting weak, and she's cracking harder than a spoiled boiled egg being cracked. "Wanna be friends?" Sounds corny, I think. Weak.

"Hiiii!" I said. "I'm Kirby, poyo! I hope we'll be great friends, princess!" I smiled at her. She blushes in excitement and smiles brightly.

"Aww, you two are so adorable!" She squealed. And then she picked me and Karly up for a better look at us. I was blushing and embarrassed when she picked me up; I looked at the starry, blue sapphire eyes of the princess and can tell she likes us. I was also known for being adorable as well, but deadly as one tough pink boy, an impossible one, and I have a nickname which is, "The Pink Demon" because I'm invincible and awesomely adorable and OP. "You don't really look like what others have told me about you, but it's actually nice to see you in person; I was stoked on personally meeting you as you are as meeting me."

Funny thing is, when Dedede introduced us, I imagined myself doing that and saying, "Well, I'm pretty sure you know Karly, then have you ever Met-a-knight, this wide guy is Dedede who is a king of culture if you know what I mean, and here's Bandana Waddle Dee, who he serves is a total douche, princess. You may wonder where on earth do we find these kinds of people?" Man, I like it, especially the part where I make fun of everyone in front of her, because it's true. I like it.

"Um, well, thank you, princess." I said. "Yeah, I was thinking the same thing myself. I've may have met a princess, but this is the first time I've met a human princess before. Again, the Smash Tournament is a completely different issue, so no comparing, please. I'd appreciate it, poyo."

"You are the most adorable puffballs in the galaxy, I mean it. I'd marry you literally," She said, blushing.

"Wow, that's- wait, seriously?" I asked.

"Maybe." She gave me a shrug, leaving me there to blush confusedly after putting us down. "It's a joke, Kirby."

"Anyway, how about a royal feast first for the time being? You two must be starving after that long trip here," King Dedede said.

"Sure, it's true that I'm a bit famished from traveling here, so I'd love to see what you all eat here on Popstar." She said.

"Yeah, I'm hungry as well," Commander Blazel said.

"Ok, then. Let's head to the Royal Dining Room and get you all some grub! Hahahaha! You will be mine soon, princess," He chortled under his breath.

Then Kaila whispered to me and Karly. "Is he always like this?"

"To be honest, I think that's part of his personality, but... yeah. He tried to kill us everyday until Nightmare perished and the last time someone came, he literally tried to win Princess Rona's heart, which was actually her commander in disguise, and he failed. Honestly, he's a good king, but at the same time his motives are weird yet plausible. Might wanna keep your distance and have a means of defense ready- he'll try to propose to you, maybe," I said, recalling that specific events. "That's the last thing he tried to do after all of his attempts failed. Yep, one more time, the cringe is real. Objections, Karly?"

"Nope, that's Dedede in a nutshell for you," She replied.

"Thanks for the tip, Kirby. Hey Blazel, hand me your hammer weapon, for self-defense. You'll have it back at the end of the night, okay?"

I dab at that, not before Karly smacked me upside the head and told me to stop. I don't care, because it worked. Sorry, Dedede, but it looks like you're not getting any after all. Now that the introductions are all made, time for my favorite part of the day: Roses are red, Violets are blue, I like to eat, and so do you.

Royal Dining Room (At Dinner- Grandia 1 HD)

Eventually, we all were at the dining room, where we had food and dinner festivities there. The food was delicious and good because it was the Arrival Special depending on the planet of origin. So they tried their best to make the food as well as theirs. During the dinner, there was some things about Crystal Star that we didn't know about, like how she defended the planet all by herself, even though she was a princess, and usually, they'd be the damsel in distress, but not this one. And her planet came to life after 200 years due to the Galaxy War. Coincidentally, that's about the time we came into the world.

Further on the matter, just as Bandana Dee had said, her planet has something called the Cosmic Heart Shard, which is the radiant energy of life there. Just like Ripple Star's Crystal Shard; I find a lot of similarities in that. The one difference is that it relies on the power of the 14 gem spirits, which guards it, similar to the seven cores of Nova's Nucleus Heart. But I was curious about the enemy, because if it's like what happened on Ripple Star, then the enemy would be someone I know.

And my suspicions were confirmed. When I asked her about the enemy she fought again, it was revealed to be a common enemy, the one known as Dark Matter. My curiosity was peaked as Kaila explains the incident 8 years ago. The time was at the midpoint of my adventures, but I didn't know Dark Matter was already around before my legacy even started. At 8 years of age, heck, I don't even know my specific age at all, but it's definitely pre-maturity, so I may be younger than I had originally thought. For now, I'll stick with 16 until further notice.

Moving on, it does seem she didn't dive into greater detail, but I don't think it was necessary to do so if she doesn't want to. What she did explain is how she fought back against them. It turns out every planet has a means of defense in their own ways. Crystal Star's means of defense is a planetary weapon known as the Cosmic Star Ring, made from the 14 spirits as a last but direct resort final weapon. It was indeed what it sounded like- a ring but one that you can grab on the inside or something like that.

That means there are other galactic weapons I don't know about. Popstar definitely has a lot of them, like the Star Rod, the Rainbow Sword, the Love-Love Stick, the Crystal Gun, Drawcia's Paintbrush, Daroach's Triple Star, Meta Knight's Master Galaxia (To avoid confusion with the Master Sword from Hyrule), the Ultra Abilities, Floria's Miracle Fruit, HWC'S Robobot Armor, and the Star Allies Sparkler and so on. I know, right?

Either way, the Star Ring obviously was capable of destroying Dark Matter. To be honest, I guess that's why I've encountered surviving remnants before. But a force like Dark Matter... a force like them is undeniably a complex mystery that even the most skilled and talented theorists cannot comprehend. Like they say, the ones we thought we knew are the ones we know nothing about. At least not yet. But the main thing about them is that they despise positive emotions and stuff like that, especially light.

As we were awestruck by her amazing story, it kinda makes sense of how Dark Matter came to be and why they attacked Crystal Star, but it makes no sense why it went for Popstar in the first place at all at first, but now it does make sense. Oh well, we'll find out sooner or later. So then, after that dinner, everything went smooth and we're lucky that Dedede didn't try to pull any romantic crap or whatever, considering what happened last time when Princess Rona came to Dreamland. Man, it was funny and embarrassing to him and he failed to get married to her.

Anyway, after a day of royal tours, it was nighttime and Commander Blazel and Princess Kaila stayed at Triple D's castle. She told me and Karly about how it was like to be human because Bandana Waddle Dee was wrong about only one thing: The Royal Family were the only humans on Crystal Star, which is shocking, but I asked why they were humans, and she said she'll tell me the next day. She said that she wondered if I became a human in that point of view, we'd understand why. She said it was a blast spending time with me and Karly, and I asked the question (not the proposal) to probably go out and spend some time together, and she actually said yes, but she can't because she has business to take care of, but she will think of that.

But I can't help but feel that something's bothering her whenever I speak to her. Now I'm feeling down too. Emotions are very contagious, you know. Despite that, I can tell there's something that she doesn't want to talk about now, so it's really not a good time to make her go through that trauma until notice. Still, I can't help it if she's down in the royal dumps and I'm the only one who notices that. Is there something she knows that we don't know about?

My real question is what the heck happened 8 years ago? Knowing Dark Matter's involved in that incident made me feel sick.

The Warrior's House- Nighttime (Rest Area- Super Smash Bros. Melee Version)

So then, feeling down, I went to my house to shed off the questions weighing on my head for now.

I went to the living room because since it was 8:00, it was the time to try out the latest games with Bandana Dee. But I'll skip to the end. After it was over, I went in our room which was one room split in half for each side of our territory. I went reluctantly in my bed, with my shattered heart, not literally, but depressed- no, filled with the taste of poison despair. As I pulled up the covers, I looked out the window and into the stars and I eventually saw nothing but stars and a full moon. I let out a heavy sigh.

The night sky was beautiful. The countless stars remind me of the very lives that were lost in bloodshed. It's weird how my head recalls memories that I don't want to remember at all for no reason. But I have other things on my mind now.

"If only I could see things from her point of view, then maybe I'd understand why. I want to understand people's feelings better. If I want that, then temporarily I want to see it from her point of view so I can know what it's like for a while," I silently wished to myself and a shooting star, one that glistens with light and yet has some strange feeling passed by the sky coincidentally as if it was shot into the air- if that wasn't a coincidence, then I could've sworn it looks like it was shot from Dedede's Castle. This one burst into sparkling fireworks. I shrugged it off and went to turn in for the day while putting on my green nightcap with yellow stars on it and slowly rested myself. I must've been imagining things.

"You alright, Kirby?"

"Yes, I am, poyo," I replied.

"Well, if things didn't work out, don't beat yourself over it, because if you're wishing to be like her, I'm in as well. But I think you two are perfect for each other."

"Poyo, you think so? Wait, where is this coming from?"

"Of course. Who wouldn't want your face and personality? Everyone would, we're both adorable puffballs and maybe one day, you shouldn't have to worry about your looks, because duh, it's not everything, although it is needed. Maybe that's your other side speaking, but something tells me you're really down because you can sense the despair, right? Of course, you could also sense what a person is really feeling, and so you'll feel the same way as well. Don't worry about it that much, Kirby. If something's bothering you, we're here to help, okay?"

"Thanks, Karly."

"It's alright, now let's sleep. We have to get ready for tomorrow as the princess is visiting town this week. And hey, your wish might come true, just be careful if this is what you wish for. You know the old saying. Plus, you left your stuff on my bed! Next time, I'll smack you back into next week if you leave your things on my side, got it?" She said while tossing my headphones, MP3 player, my mangas, and my soda from earlier morning. I felt the impact of all of my stuff smack me in the face. I removed them from my face, and placed them on the top side of my drawer. Don't question where I got them from or why, just roll with it.

"Fine, Karly. Just don't try anything tomorrow on me." I sulked and groaned, but let out a little laugh.

"Ok, then. Good night, Kirby." Karly pats me on the head before leaping into her bed.

"Good night, Karly."

Karly then turned off the lights and we just went to sleep. As I was about to dream, I wondered what my life would be like as a human. Maybe then I could understand the princess better. So, I wish I could tell more, but I'm about to sleep, so I'll end it here for now. And I felt some kind of warm glow around me as I slept. I wonder what it is… it has the same feeling as the star that exploded... oh well, what are you gonna do about it?

Good Night, Everyone.

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To be continued…

End of Prologue Act 2!

Author's Note Summary:

The Prologue Act 2 is finished! So what do you all think about this? This explains the story behind the Galaxy War and the origins of Crystal Star and Dark Matter. Just note that some things aren't related to the Kirby series, and I think most of you should know that by now, about the galaxy war, which was the anime reference, but I named it that, Crystal Star is not real, although I wish it was, Princess Kailaine is my made-up character as well as Commander Blazel and Karly, and the whole thing about Dark Matter and Crystal Star thing before Popstar is all made up by me; it also means in this story, you can expect created characters by me and original characters from the franchise.

If you're wondering why I'm telling you this, it all started with a good/bad review, and a long one indeed about every little thing that's fine and wrong with this story, which is the main reason why I went and made changes to the story and was a delay and a hassle to improve. I kinda forgot his/her name and may have accidentally deleted his/her review because someone wouldn't stop bugging me, causing that to happen, but luckily I remember everything that he/she wrote-well, almost everything. If you are the one who wrote that review and is still reading this by any chance, I apologize for deleting your review by accident and I hope you're happy with the changes I made. That sounded stupid, but since that person was the only one who review to me besides The Starchild, whose review I actually liked since he was being completely honest with me, and he only complained about Karly and the character's personality, and I appreciate your review there; that made me wanna go back and take a better look at things and change them a little, so I would like to thank that person, because if he/she didn't post that before I accidentally deleted their review, I wouldn't have tried to improve this story a hundred fold. Thank you for that, reviewer!

I also figured for the girl version of Kirby, I thought I'd add a girl look alike and made her Kirby's sister, cousin or galaxy friend or whatever. Neat, right? She's not a real character, so don't worry about that, alright? So this concludes chapter two and next time, we'll see what happens with Kirby's wish when it went into effect. So then I'll switch off doing each chapter for Shards of the Triforce and KRPG: LCP (Kirby RPG: Legendary Crystal Princess) and try to post and type as much as I can before the school days are over. Remember, the next chapter is cutscene based, so heads up. So let me know what you liked or disliked about this and have a nice day! Byyyee!