Chapter/Tale 2: Trip to Deserlava Star: Act 1

Author's Note Intro:

Hiiii! Back for some more Kirby-Kirby-Kirby action, I see. You got it! So, before you start reading, I have to say about the story. The school I'm in, we get out of school on May 31st, which is actually early since the usual date was June something. But, this means that you won't be expecting anymore chapters because I'll be going somewhere for almost the entire vacation, so I'll won't be able to post anymore. Plus, this story was all done on my school computer, so I'm not sure if I'll be able to keep it or not, but if the answer is NO, I'll just have to write and post as much as I can, save my files onto a flash drive before school's over and I'll complete my first Freshman year in High School and will be a Sophomore soon. Man, the year went by so quickly, don't you agree? But don't worry, after school starts up again or until I get a new laptop to replace my old one, I'll start writing, but I have to focus on schoolwork first before I do that yet so it won't get in the way. So anyway, I do not own Kirby-disclaimer. Plus, there are new characters in this chapter that are OC's and some returning foes and bosses from earlier games. There will be new abilities here up to 12 in this world; there's 12 abilities in each world and returning ones. So, let me know your thoughts in your reviews and I'll try to do my very best for you guys. Enjoy chapter 9!

Chapter 8 recap…

Last time, we watched Kaila as she explains her position while in the ship. She soon discovered secrets about Dark Matter forces and even more as she finds out her lost sister is actually alive this whole time. As the scene progresses further, Stark and Zane threw another prisoner along with Kaila and when she unmasks the prisoner, she finds out that prisoner knew Kirby from long ago and her name is Adeline. With that out of the way, they have two options at this point either to escape or find out more. Meanwhile, Kirby and the others are arriving at the next planet, Deserlava Star, where they are about to have the time of chaos….

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KirbyPwnz1234: Lvl 6. Party Members: Kirby, Karly, Dedede, Meta-Knight, Bandana Waddle Dee, and Kazela. Soul Jewels: 1/7 collected. Gem Stars: 1/7. Last left the game: Aura Star. Next Destination: Deserlava Star.

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Chapter 2: Chaos and Lore- Mysteries Unsolved

Kirby's POV: The Trip to Deserlava Star

We rode through the sea of space in terms to reach the next planet. The travel wasn't bothering me, since I've been through space before, I can still breathe even though I'm a human now, or for how long I will be. Now it's funny, because I don't remember anything about shooting the ship down through the chase. I don't remember. At this point, my thoughts were interrupted when a planet yellow and red becomes orange caught my eye. It was Deserlava Star.

"Well, here we are," I marveled. "Princess Kaila and Dark Matter must be on this planet, right?"

"Yep," Karly replied. "That's the place. The area we have to go to is Desert Town. It should be nearby."

"Well, let's go then," Kazela said excitedly. With those words, the Warpstar started to approach the planet and flew through the atmosphere of the planet, pulling us in.

World 2: Deserlava Star, The Planet of Two Worlds

Descending into the atmosphere, I felt a blast of heat as I saw the world from above. The planet had sandy fields, temples, and pyramids plus anything else to a desert world. But as I looked to the other side, I see jungles, towers, a floating chamber, and a giant volcano. I gaze in amazement as we descend into the planet even deeper with the scorching sun weighing upon us all.

"So that's what Deserlava Star looks like inside," Dedede spoke. "Amazing, but it's hella hot here! I might get roasted! Literally!"

"I see," Meta Knight commented. "We should be able to continue on now, but we should stop at that town first." He pointed to the town that we were hovering and floating down by.

"That's the place: Deserlava Town," Karly pointed out over the land. "Merina said that we should find a girl named Emily somewhere here. That's her friend, basically. She might be able to help us out here."

"Well, let's not waste any time and go already!" Bandana Dee responded. The Warpstar hovered and started to plunge into the ground even more and once we've reached the ground, the Warpstar popped into five stars and retreated as one small star. It flew into my pocket, resting nice and sound.

Kazela was still clinging onto me from the ride on the Warpstar. She didn't let go until I told her we were on ground. Turning to the town entrance, the gate was an Arabian like style that people use to live in back then maybe. The inside was blocked by metal gates and by two guards. They had nowhere near Arabian clothes, but they had ranger outfits and the combination of a soldier in the wild west, I suppose that's the case. We walked across the bridge that had a moat in it filled with fresh water to reach the gate. Once we've reached the gate, the guards took notice of us immediately.

"Hey! Who goes there?" One of them demanded, raising his spear. The other guard did the same too. We all stood back in terms of feeling threatened. "No outsiders allowed, especially from another planet. You all might be in cahoots with those invaders as well, aren't ya?" Guess they must've saw us descend from the sky then.

Bandana Dee didn't seem to be threatened, because he raised his spear at them as well. The guards look back in disbelief and taken aback. "We're not with them either. We're here to see a girl named Emily. Her friend Merina told us she would be here."

The two of them looked at each other in realization. "Oh, you're friends of Merina? Well, why didn't you say so? Yeah, sorry about that. This town has been invaded by some gang that are rumored to be with Dark Matter, and we can't take any chances. If you're looking for Emily, she should be by the Tavern nearby. That's where she mostly hangs out."

"Ok, sorry about that," Bandana Dee apologized, sheathing his spear on his back.

They signals the guards on top to lower the gate inside. In compliance to doing that, one of them walks over to the lever and pulls it. We saw the gate ascend higher and higher until it stops on top. We then walked inside, waiting to see the inside.

Deserlava Town, The Heart of Deserlava Star

(Scuttle Town- Shantae)

Walking inside and through the tunnel, the light ceased and thus revealing a town that really looked Arabian, not kidding but although it looked only half like it because half of it was destroyed. But otherwise, the people are gathering around to fix the destroyed places, and there were only a few of them, like about five or ten if I estimate correctly. But the repairing was almost done anyway. Inside the town, it had high buildings with the same décor of original Arabian town colors and designs, there were subterranean alleys and roads, and if you knew at least something about these places, it was the breeding ground for merchants and it also had bars and taverns like the old west where anyone can get themselves drunk.

The people were either wearing clothes from the old west or from Arabian towns, but the thing is though, some people are wearing clothes in modern days of this universe. So weird. The roads were packed with tons of people just sitting, doing their daily business in life, and talking. The town square was a giant circle with a fountain in the middle spurting out water as usual. All of us gaze in amazement as we saw the beauty of this jewel town, and apparently, they were decorated in jewels. But the one place that got my attention the most was the giant building way in the back of the town.

"Wow!" Kazela gazed. "What a big town this is!"

Karly was starstruck as well. "You're right. This town is massive! How are we going to find the tavern at this rate? We could get lost in a place like this!"

"Found it," Meta Knight answered. We look over to where Meta Knight was standing and pointing to. The area had a sign that said, "Desert Tavern Bar."

"Oh," I sweatdropped. "Nice job, Meta Knight." He just shrugged. We went over to the place and went inside.

Desert Tavern Bar

Inside, there was people that didn't look tough or vicious at all. There were people modern dressed and are just having a good time, not being drunk or anything like that. It looked like those modern bars today and like the old west after all.

"When I was thinking of bars, I thought they meant chocolate bars actually, and this is no chocolate bar at all!" Kazela gazed, drooling at the thought.

I smiled and at that time, I felt something moving in my jacket pocket on my right, but I just shrugged it off. From that point on, I saw a girl behind the bar stand, serving drinks to the customers as they leave her tips. From the distance, she had cyan long spiky hair with a purple bomb hat that I used to have before the modern design, she had a hoodie shirt with the length of the arms up to my length folded that is purple and white is for the shirt underneath. She had purple eyes and there was a small hint on purple lipstick. A white skirt was underneath and she had cyan flats similar to Merina's shoes. She also had a necklace with the gem looking familiar somehow, like that trinket star Mackenzie gave us earlier this morning. Somehow the time follows the same for each planet.

"How about we ask that lady over there?" Dedede suggested. "She might know who this Emileh girl is. Karly, I suggest you talk to her, since you're typically good at this stuff."

"Why me?" Karly sighed. "Fine. I'll do it, but only since you men are totally helpless on talking to girls. Kirby's an exception, though."

She walked over to the stand where she sat up on the stool there and waited for a few moments that went by quickly after the girl/probably owner was done serving the other customer and before she had to take her phone to answer that call before she went to Karly. The phone call was perhaps only three minutes and after she was done, she placed her cell in her jacket pocket and went over to Karly.

"Hi! How can I help you?" The girl said in the usual attitude of waiters.

"Hey, we're looking for a girl named Emily. A friend of hers, Merina, told us we would find her here and said she might help us," Karly replied.

The girl seemed surprised, like she was hiding something. But she smiled and then quickly answered. "Oh! That was quicker than I'd expected! So, what is it you need help with?"

Karly seemed confused and stated the question. "No no no. We're looking for a girl named Emily. Have you seen her?"

"Emily? That's me," The girl replied. "I just got off the phone with Merina a few seconds ago! So you're the ones Merina was talking about. Nice to meet you!"

While they were talking, me and the others sat down at a nearby table and waited for a while on them, since you know that all girls likes to blab their mouths all day and unfortunately, we don't got all day. I was looking around the place in the meantime. There was the typical stuff with new additions: Jukebox, a place to play cards, a piano player, and today there's multiple TV's, a training arena with a dummy, and this was also a shop for something other than items. There was also a chaos ring thing that I'm not sure what it's for, and the last thing was an arcade with 10-15 games to play from. Seems something similar to Cloud's hometown of Midgar, if that gives you a better visual comparison.

Anyway, while Karly was talking, the five of us ordered drinks to keep us occupied. Meta and Dedede got the usual adult stuff, Bandana Dee and I got soda and I ordered juice for Kazela.

"What an interesting place this is," I wondered. "I wouldn't expect this in a town that look like it was from Arabian culture."

I dug into my right jacket pocket, feeling something so… soft and fluffy, like a rabbit. Then, at least expected, the fluffy thing moved around my pocket. I looked at it, whatever it is, only to get a jumpscare by an adorable figure. The three men looks at me and slowly backs up with their seat.

"Wah!" I yelled. "What the honk is that thing?!"

Kazela squeals in surprise as she reach over for the creature in my pocket. She gently stroked the things fur, and it was in surprise an adorable mini rabbit or bunny that was white and had red eyes that are similar to Zero's. It had eyelashes of a girl, so I'll assume that it's a girl. Its arms are stubby but it had fingers that are small and its legs are like how mine used to be: just my feet, that's it. It had long ears fit for a bunny and it had a white star shaped of a tail. It cooed as Kazela caressed and calmed it down.

"It's my pet rabbit, Kari," She replied. "She was my pet back at the castle then."

Kazela has a pet? That's a first for me or any of us.

"Ok then, what was she doing in my pocket in the first place?" I asked, "And how did she get into my pocket without my consent or notice?"

"She likes to hide in different places or in people's stuff often whenever she feels like it," Kazela explained. "When we first met in the forest, she scrambled into your pocket without your notice because she, for some reason, can feel the aura of your heart and she stays there until she gets noticed. But if that's a problem, then-"

"Hey, it's not a problem," I suddenly respond. "I was just surprised to find a rabbit tucked in my clothes like that. Trust me, it won't be a problem, Kazela."

She looks at me and blushingly smiles. "Thank you, onii-chan! Here, Kari wants to thank you too."

Lifting up the rabbit up to my face level, I was beckoned to stare into the unavoidable trance of the eyes, which is my thing. Kari glances at me a made a smile with the mouth of a cat. Oh my god, so this is what it feels like to stare into "the eyes." Let's just hope there isn't a field of them devouring people inside out if they were demon beasts. It's not like anyone's died from that, am I right? God, I hope not.

"Kari!" The rabbit repeated its name like a Pokémon would. Kari then stick out her tongue and licked me up the face, making me blush again. I let out a quick laugh while the others looks in disgust. In all of this happening, Karly and that girl walked over to us. We all turned our attention to the ladies.

"Hey Karly," Bandana Dee asked. "So, did you find whoever you said it was?"

"Yeah, she's right here!" Karly gestured over to that girl she was talking to. She made a friendly wave and so did we.

"The name's Emily. Nice to meet y'all," She introduced herself.

"Anyway, let me introduce you to these guys," Karly introduced. "This bandana guy is Bandana Dee, here's Meta Knight, the masked swordsman, here's King Dedede- the self-proclaimed king of Dreamland, this little girl is none other than the lost sister of Princess Kailaine, Kazelaine. And that pink boy is my proud brother, and I'm pretty sure you know the name, Kirby."

"Hi there!" Emily replied. "I heard Merina took care of you guys when you were knocked out. And frankly, I'm glad you came here, because we really needed you guys."

"Oh, you mean that this town has been attacked by members rumored to be with the Dark Matter Force?" Meta Knight filled in.

"Yeah, that. I'm pretty sure the guards told you this. Half the city's been reduced to rubble, and they stole a few things from here. I'm not sure what they're exactly after, but we can't take any chances here."

"What can we do to help?" I asked.

"Lately, we heard news that Dark Matter was on the loose again and this time kidnapped Princess Kailaine. Either you rescue her in time or if she escapes those ways, something's going to twist fate. Anyway, after you've shot them down before you were knocked out, they still maintained their stability, but it seemed that their power was… slowly draining away. They landed near Crater Base where Volakairix, the demon dragon loch ness monster resides and somehow trapped herself in a Dark Barrier along with a Gem Star named Ruby. I think they did something to her, Dark Matter. Other than that, there were about 20 people missing here for 2-3 months, never heard from again. We have no other guess who's behind this except Dark Matter, who is our only guess right now. Mayor Jonathan's daughter, Callie Asteria, might know what happened to them. She's at the palace over there, so maybe you should speak to her first," Emily explained. "But only a few of you can see her. She'll tell you what to do, and in the meantime, you all can bunk here for the day until you leave for the next planet."

It was surprising that we were offered to stay at a bar just like that. Karly spoke for all of us for this offer that was guaranteed to be a one-time only guarantee. "We'd love to! Thank you!"

Emily smiled. "Heh, it's the least I can do for you guys," She smiled as someone came through the door behind the stand. It was a boy.

"Hey, Emily. We got visitors from another planet? I wonder what we did to play hotel this time," He spoke. That boy was also like Emily with the clothes. He had black eyes and black spiky hair, but a black backwards cap with one yellow thunder bolt on the side covered most of his hair. He wore a red shirt with the fire star symbol that is black and had a black scarf tied around his neck. His hands were covered in black finger gloves and one of his arms had a black short strip of sleeve sticking out from the glove. He was wearing black and grey short pants and he had sneakers that are the same style as his hat for shoes. He looked like he was a fighter in some way, I guess that's the case.

"Emily, you know you're not supposed to just let people stay here without asking us first. Dash didn't even recover from the last time you've let that happen." He sternly said. "As your older brothers, we should, and by "We", we mean YOU, should watch out better for us. Besides, what is it about two pink twins, a masked swordsman, a guy with a spear and bandana, a little girl who somehow looks like Princess Kailaine with a pet rabbit, and a wanna-be fat king reject would want you to let them stay here for how long it is till they leave? They look like those Star Warriors on Planet Popstar somehow. And where did you get the idea for that anyway?"

Frankly, Dedede was insulted by that last saying. But Emily spoke for us before Dedede was about to lose it. "Brother, it's actually okay. My friend Merina said that they were coming here because they needed our help as the human versions of the Star Warriors." He didn't looked convinced.

"One word: Kirby. That's this pink boy here," She pointed at me to support her evidence of what she was talking about. Instantly, he stared at me for a while, trying to notice the difference and see if she was telling the truth. After what it seemed like forever, he gave up and shrugged.

"Eh. He looks legit enough. I'll take it," He said in a defeated voice. "I think the amount of weird crap going on lately is enough to be accepted as normal."

"Now do you believe me, brother? They need my help, and by "MY Help," yours is needed too," Emily alluded.

"So, what exactly do they need our help for?" He asked.

"Simple: Remember Princess Kailaine? She apparently visited Popstar and suddenly, she was kidnapped by Dark Matter, who somehow is alive. The worst part is that they've grew an army and to take over the world, they took the princess for her to serve as their consecutive energy force. Now these guys have to save her before they reach Crystal Star, which unfortunately has been raided and taken over by Dark Matter and their leader. But in order to do that though, they need the help of the Gem Souls and the Gem Stars, who were apparently banished from Crystal Star by their leader. They have to find the Gem Soul first in order to rescue the Gem Star that has been held captive by the monsters in that forbidden place."

"So what does this have to do with us?"

"The thing is, only YOU know that place and how to get there, and you've never let me go with you. So, I think you should lead them to the volcano."

At this, he was taken aback. "WHAT?! Are you mad?! No way, No freaking way!" He turned around with his arms crossed. That's when Emily supposedly burst into "tears." He turned around and saw the sorrow of his little sister. His facial expression turned from mad to a decent worry as he watched his sister drop on the floor, groveling fake for mercy. We all saw that it was fake, but her brother was actually convinced... probably.

"But brother, I… I'm sorry I did that," She said in convincing tears. "I wasn't being considerate about thinking of what you've thought about this. It's just, these guys and that poor little amnesiac girl needs our advice and help to save the princess, and since you know the area better than I do, I thought you could help them maybe." She grabs him by the side of his pants, pulling herself up to his level, hypnotizing him with the eyes of mercy on me.

Please brother, won't you and Dash help them, for me?" He didn't reply at first, but the power of a girl overpowered him when Emily gives him a smooch on his cheek, making him blush. Or rather it seems like he can't put up with her begging anymore.

"Oh, well… um… ok, I'll… do it," He finally says in defeat. "I'll help them with their mission for you, all right? Happy now? (I'm gonna regret this, am I?)"

On cue, when the act was over, she wiped away the tears of fake acting and smiles immediately. "Oh, thank you brother so much! Muah! Muah! Muah!"

That was indeed the sound of kisses of gratitude as she marks them on each cheek. The two girls who obviously were Karly and Kazela gave a cute reaction as they said 'Aww,' while us boys sweatdropped at once.

"You're the best, brother! Oh, you should probably let Dash know as well. Don't want a repeat of last year, do we?"

"Yeah, I'll let him know, and you can stop with the brother thing, just call me Dylan," He introduced himself. "That's my name, and don't forget that." With that, he went upstairs to let his other brother know about us. Emily turns to us after this. But Karly asked her this question:

"How did you manage to do that, with the act and the shower of kisses and whatnot?"

"That's the weapon of every girl. Works every time, and plus, he says I remind him of his girlfriend who suddenly disappeared a few months ago. That was the saddest moment of his life. Yeah. But let's save that for later. Let's get you all settled in first, shall we?" She says as she leads us upstairs to their house of living.

Desert Tavern Bar: Upstairs 2F

Walking up and following Emily upstairs, we see a floor that was filled with living. There was the floor, which was smooth wooden, a large rug that was white for the flooring. The area had a lot of things, such as a doorway that leads to the roof for a nice view of Deserlava Town, there was a few doors that meant rooms for how many are living here, so my guess is probably 3, each having their names braided on the doors. Besides that, there's the usual things you'd find in a house: couches, pull-out couches, flat screen TVs, a Nintendo Switch Console, a large high tech computer screen, and whatever else is in there. There was also a kitchen nearby next to the living room, and there was a training arena with a line of weapons hanging up on the wall. The windows were plasma blue and expansive all over. Plus, most of the floor was carpeted with white. Overall, it was a good-looking place to say the least.

"This is what our home really looks like behind the bar, all of this," Emily smiled. "Hope you all like it!"

"What a nice place you have there," I commented. "How did you manage to fit all of this into a bar behind?"

Emily just shrugged. "I don't know honestly. Some of it was given to us from a friend at Techno Star some time ago. But anyway, here comes Dylan and Dash, who apparently is hiding behind Dylan because of what happened last time."

Dylan came in with a boy hiding behind him with a knuckle weapon. He had brown, spiky hair along with blue eyes and a blue slash mark that's for style on diagonal on his left eye; it didn't affect his eye. The same marks were replacing his blush marks and his sideburns were even. He had a brown shirt with the same symbol as Dylan's along with a neck scarf with the tied up knot edges sticking out and besides that, there was brown finger gloves that covered his whole hand, leaving the fingers some air while a black strip of sleeve live a double sleeved shirt stuck out from his right short sleeve. He had long black pants and shoes with the same resemblance as Dylan's, with the colors this time brown and blue, brown for the outline color base, blue for the bolts on the side of the sneakers. He looked like a fighter, but he didn't convince me with that wimpy, scared look on his face.

"Come on," Dylan urged him. "This time's different, and they are not here as animatronics that wants to cut you open and place their endo-skeletons inside you. It was just a game, for god's sake, shown by those people and it got out of hand the second they tried to do it, and you… ah, let's just say you made them seen better days."

That boy suddenly felt relieved and lower his weapon, but not his guard. "Oh, really? Thank god, cause if they were… yeah, let's not talk about it. The name's Dash." He smiled.

"Hey, Dash," Emily asked. Dash turned his head over towards Emily in response. "Since you're here, we could use your help as well. You're aware of who they are, right?" He nods his head.

"Well, then. Everyone, place your stuff down and take a look at this." Emily beckons all of us to the high tech computer. When we all gathered around, she started up the computer, opening up a map of Deserlava Star.

"Well, since I'm pretty sure you know what happened these last days, they need your help across Deserlava Star and their target today is Crater Base. And the reason why I asked you to help them is because there are many traps and places there, so one wrong stop could leave you going in circles, and only you two know your way around it. So, as you both know, the places you only need to be are Sandy Dunes, Wild Jungle, Star Pyramid, and Crater Cart-Mines, which that place will take you directly to Crater Base. To our surprise, there's a chamber that you know belongs to the Soul Jewel spirits, and one of them is named "Blaze," the Gem Soul of Fire. I guess you'll have to go through there first before Crater Cart-Mines. The gate is guarded due to what happened today, and they won't let anyone in, so we'll just use the Chaos Portal downstairs. But it's not active, so you need to go to the palace and ask Callie to activate it," Emily explained. "Only two of you can go at the moment." Unfortunately, Dylan and Dash just dozed right through the whole thing.

"HEY!" She yelled. "Didn't you idiots hear a word I said?!"

"Yeah, yeah," Sarcastically said Dylan. "We gotta ask Callie to open that portal for us, blah, blah, blah."

"Yeah," Sarcastically said Dash. "And we gotta take them to Crater Base and take down the monster! It's just that simple or we wouldn't be your older brothers for nothing!" Emily sweatdropped.

"So we just ask the Mayor's daughter to open the portal?" I asked. "That seems easy enough."

"Ok, then. Now that we are almost set, Kirby, Dedede, Meta Knight, Bandana Waddle Dee, Dylan and Dash will go to these places to reach Crater Base," Emily arranged.

"Hey, what about me?" Karly complained. "I can defend myself. I won't be able to fight?"

Emily smiled. "Of course you will, because apparently, someone has to watch over this little lost girl of the sister of Crystal Star. And because I have something else in mind for you. We need you to defend this town from bandits. They came from Bandit Town, where they try to steal from you. After the attack with the seven bandits that are rumored to be with the Dark Matter force, they're going to strike this town while it's defenseless. Dylan and Dash's friends, Darek and Dream usually defend the town, but since Dylan and Dash are going to lead them to Crater Base, they could use an extra hand."

Karly shrugged without much thought. "Eh, I'm in. It's the next best thing, am I right?"

"Hmm… I'm pretty sure you all are hungry after this morning. I can hear your bellies rumbling, especially yours, Kirby. Luckily, since Merina told me you were coming and because these two were too lazy to help me, I made you some food. Want a bite?" Emily guessed.

The word "Food" was something I can't turn down. The thought of that made me think that I didn't eat anything back at Aura Star, other than the breakfast Merina kindly gave me. I accepted her offer for everyone.

"Kirby, we're not even hungry!" Karly defended. "We're fine!"

"Really? Then how come I can hear your belly rumbling then? Sounds like you didn't bite on anything did you?"

Dedede stepped in. "No, Kirby. I think she's got diarrhea or she's constipated."

Karly blushed. "What?! That's a big fat lie!"

Bandana Dee came in with a conclusion. "Oh, so that's who's been stinking up the whole castle bathroom on Sunday. Must've been the three pounds and bowls of curry she ate the night before the incident."

Emily looked pissed while Dylan and Dash were laughing and was all like, "OOH! ROASTED!" It wasn't long before they were rubbing their heads from the blow made by Emily.

"Dylan, Dash, stop it!" She demanded. "That's not nice to insult girls like that!" Then, she shot us the same look that Karly did at us back at Aura Star for that dance. It made us shrink back it fear, although Meta Knight doesn't look threatened. Emily giggled musically and smiled in a second. "You guys are so cute when you look scared!" We blushed blazing red at this, even Meta Knight did as well! Sheesh, and I thought he was made of stone.

The rest of the gang goes it down on the couches and I'm the only one standing. Emily comes over to me because she spotted something of me.

"Hmm, what's that?" Emily says as she reaches for my pocket and pulls out the trinket stars that Mackenzie gave me earlier. She pulls out the same one from her neck. "Hmm, so Mackenzie gave you these things before you left, right?" I nodded in response. "Well, that's interesting. Oh, and she left a letter too." Unraveling the folded paper, she begins to read.

Dear Human Kirby,

From the first time we've met, neither Maddie nor Merina had told me about you, and I wanted to see what is about you. And I needed some sample from you, so I took a blood sample of your DNA while you were sleeping and all of your friends, too. Sorry about that. Karly actually volunteered to do that as well. After a few minutes of research, I think I did find the solution to how you survived that poison coma. I also saw your energy flow of power, and it looked like it was detained from inhaling, but I also found a new hidden power inside you and everyone else. It was… some kind of advanced form or something like that. I decided to use this to help you somehow; I don't know how, but I know it'll help you guys. I engineered an item using the data of your blood DNA, and with that knowledge came this crystal which I call it the "Daemon Crystal," a crystal made out of your DNA. I didn't test it out because it only reacts to person that possesses the same DNA it has. While I'm not fully sure, for you and Karly it gives you new knowledge to new attacks of your copy abilities you already know, while for the rest of your friends learns new tricks and magic attacks, or it could probably activate this strange new form that is seen in you. It could be a guarantee of that, but I think it'll add new moves to pre-existing abilities you already know. With that, I hope it works and I know you can save Princess Kailaine, defeat Dark Matter and restore Kazela's memories. I'll let you know what I can find.

Sincerely,

Mackenzie.

P.S. Almost forgot. There's a shard that's included in this letter. I was given this after you rescued the missing people at Dark Forest. Someone found it and gave it to me and asked to find out more about it. I couldn't find out anything more about other than the fact that it seems to be part of an ancient relic weapon and that there's 7 or 8 pieces on the planets you're going to, including the one on the planet you're on. They seem to be held where the Gem Stars are held captive or in the area at least. One favor: can you find all the pieces and when you find them all, can you send them to me? I'll try to see what I can do about it. Good Luck, Kirby.

After Emily finished reading, she pulled out a thing that looked like a ring of some sort. That piece was a golden part of it, decorated in a prism stripe. That's all to it. "I think this is what she was talking about, that thing here. Well, here you go, Kirby." She handed me both the piece of something and the trinket star thing that was, I guess for me, the pink one.

You got a Piece of Something like a Ring! I have no idea what it's for or why Mackenzie wants us to find them, but I think it's best to hold onto it for now. You also got the Daemon Crystal! This crystal is made out of your DNA that Mackenzie sampled from. The only thing it was said to do was either give knowledge to new attacks for each ability or shifts your form to something much cooler. We'll check that out later.

"So that's what this thing does. Made out of your DNA sample, it gives you new attacks to older abilities and probably enhance them. That would make sense since I have the power to shapeshift and use items while Dylan learned to fight with two scythes and Dash basically fight physically and learned how to do the Hadouken."

"It's called "Demon Fist!" Dash corrected.

"Anyway, now's the time you should go to the Palace now. Since the gate is off limits, that portal is the only way there."

"Ooh, brother?" Kazela asked. "Can I come too?"

I was about to say something, but Emily cut me off. "It's okay Kirby. Callie might recognize her, because she was once friends with Kailaine and it was before she disappeared, and she knew her along with Adena, Dinah, Yae, Zetra, Vanja, and even Merina knew her, but she lost that memory in an accident a few years ago. Taking her with you might make Callie remember her and what really happened."

I just shrugged at this. "Ok, then. If you say so. Come on, Kazela."

Kazela leaped off the couch with Kari on her right shoulder. "Ok guys, we'll be back in a little bit. This shouldn't take long." I said as we went downstairs and out the bar. I took further note of the ring thing before stepping a foot outside.

Deserlava Town Hub

Walking through the crowds of people, we trekked and made our way towards the palace while passing people, merchants, and taking twisted turns. No one didn't take a second out of whatever they're doing to look at us because they're so busy doing their daily business that they'd be crazy to take a second to do that. Well, one person did, and boy, was he annoying! He kept blabbing and blabbing for hours, and at one point, we'd already be gone. But, it spread like a disease. The people were whispering to each other, their faces in both shock and surprise as they watch us walk over to the palace. In due time, we arrived and stumbled across the drawbridge that had no guards, so we went without any trouble into the courtyard. There were two guards in front of the actual entrance though. They didn't raise their weapons at us or anything.

"Top of the morning to you, sir," One of them greeted. "Callie's waiting for you."

Confused, I ask, "What do you mean by that, specifically? She knew we were coming here?"

"Correct, Kirby," The other guard answered. "There's something important she wants to discuss with you and your little friend here. Her office is on the 5th floor. Just take the elevator up the stairs." With that, the guards stepped out of the way as we entered inside.

Deserlava Palace

Inside was the main hub room, where it looks like the inside of the White House just Arabian style. The symbol of Deserlava Star was engraved on the white, shiny tile floors. There were pillars that could make you get lost if you don't know the way. Maids were wiping the floor using sponges for skates to clean the hard floor. The place was big overall, and we noticed a set of fancy stairs in front of us. Trekking up the stairs, we saw the somewhat refined gold, shiny elevator in place.

Kazela pushed the button. After a few seconds of waiting, the doors appeared in front of us, revealing the elevator shaft that was gold all over except for the button panel and the carpet. The guard said to head to the 5th floor, right? So, pushing the button that says 5, the doors closes and we felt the shaft fly up at a regular pace. If it went any faster, we would've been on the ground right now. There was also elevator music, so we listened to it during the trip to the 5th floor. Eventually, the shaft slowed down and came to a halt as the doors open, leaving two guards who nicely led us to the Main Office. They opened the doors for us to enter.

Once inside, we saw how the room looks like a president's office, with the desk so shiny bronze, a marble fireplace, the rug had the symbol of Deserlava Star, real plants, and whatever. There were full length seats for 1-4 people to sit and get comfortable in. There were metal cabinets for filing paperwork and files. The windows were planted with white curtains and there's a full flat screen TV above on our right side. But I don't see anybody around here.

"There's no one here at all," Kazela sweatdropped. "Did they lie to us when they said someone was expecting us?"

"You're right. There's nobody around here except for- a cat?" I was cut off in confusion. To our surprise, there was a cat, a cute scarlet and snow cat with a red bow, just licking herself with no care. She turns around and runs over to us. She looks at us but mostly me with big, adorable prism eyes. Kari leaps off of Kazela's shoulder and starts interacts with the cat, and it looks like they're already getting along.

"That's unusual, but it looks like they're getting along like that," Kazela smiled. Then, at one point, the cat points at me with her paws and leaps into my arms. She smiled with her cat face, but I was forced to look into "The Eyes." Oh my god, it's so hypnotizing! That's when Kazela tells me to do something crazy.

"Give her a big smooch, big brother," Kazela giggled. "I bet she would like that."

I blushed shocked red, slowly turning to her direction with that look on my face. "What? That's crazy! Besides, I don't think the Mayor's daughter would appreciate it if she saw me smooching her cat. Why would I want to do that for?"

The cat pulls herself up to my face level with her claws digging right into my chest, making me wanna scream. That's when that cat did something unusual to me: she pressed her face against mine, only to my mouth level and licked it there. In other words or if you know what I mean, the cat… kissed me! Well, she licked me! I was blushing pink this time instead of red and became blossom pink when Kazela giggled and rubbed the cat's fur on her head. Suddenly, the cat started to glow prism white and leaped out of my hands.

It burst into a quick smoke boom, and the cat was replaced by… a girl?! The girl had red hair like mine (the style, not color) with a ponytail and a red bow like Karly's. She had prism eyes, and there was a hint of red lipstick. She wore a white shirt with a black bra underneath, and since the shirt hardly covers the shoulders, you could see the black straps on there. She had a black skirt and shorts and wore red high heels. But something seems off about her. There were pointy things sticking out of her head and a tail behind her backside. This can only mean one thing: she's a catgirl?! The fog cleared away and she coughs. She got up from the ground and she smiles. I blushed shocked.

"Whew!" She said as she wiped the sweat off her forehead. "I thought I'd never become my human self for a second there!"

"Whoa! What the flip-flop?! The cat turned into a girl!" I gasped.

"Are you Callie?" Kazela asked, not fazed at all compared to my reaction.

"Yes, that's me. Nice to meet you! I'm Callie Asteria!" She introduced.

"Were you that cat that kissed or rather licked me a few seconds ago?" I asked, blushing ruby red.

"Yeah, I was. Sorry about that. I was kinda desperate at that time," She apologized.

"What do you mean?" I asked, still blushing. "I don't see how desperate one has to be to kiss someone to turn back like it was some fairy tale cliche."

"You see, there was a reason why I kissed you as a cat. It's a curse that I had for as long as I can remember. I'm a catgirl now, and every single time I turn into a cat once in a while or so."

"What? I'm not sure if I'm following this," I shook my head. That's when Kazela gave me an answer to that question.

"Brother! She's saying that she can't turn back to normal unless she kisses or licks someone and it has to be ANYONE, EVEN ANIMALS! What a pain in the butt!" Kazela retched a little at the end.

I mentally barfed at this thought. "That has to be traumatizing, even for you. No offense."

"Yeah, I know. It sucks. Hey, wait a minute," Callie stops to take a look at Kazela. "Déjà vu, I think I know you from somewhere before, and it was a long time ago." She said, but after a few minutes, her face comes packed with tears and a facial shock before she put her hands over her mouth. "Oh-oh my-god! You're Kailaine's little sister, Kazelaine! You're alive?! I thought you were… but… how…. I can't believe this!"

Suddenly, Kazela faintly collapsed on her knees with her hands on her head, signaling pain- oh my god, I think she's remembering something again!

"AHH!" She yelled. Callie and I went over to her.

"Kazela! Are you remembering something again?!" I asked in a panic. The same thing happened when she recovered her memories, with the dark offwave making a boom from her head for a second. She froze there and shook it off.

"Kazela?" Callie asks slowly. She got attacked by a hug from Kazela as she smiled to her. Callie's eyes brim with aqua tears, dripping down her cheeks as a sign of sadness and joy. She half-smiled.

"I remember you now. You were one of my sister's friends and used to play with each other, even me although I was 4 years old. It was before I disappeared. You and along with some other girls were friends too and each of them had something unique: They each had a curse to them, and you transformed into a cat once in a while, and it was funny watching you have to kiss a male cat all the time. I won't forget that; I'm glad to see you again, Callie. I just wish Kaila didn't have to be captured by Dark Matter though." Kazela reminisced. I was even surprised that she remembered all of that at an age that young.

Callie eyes were leaking tears and were blushing after she retold her memory recall. "Oh my- Kaila's little sister remembers me after all these years! Kaila's been through a lot lately, losing both your parents at the hand of those demons and her sister disappearing. It must've been tough for her to be a Princess and rule with that single fact in her own life! No one has to suffer like that, losing everything you care about in your lives! EVER!" Wiping the tears of sorrow from her eyes, she stands up.

"Well… now that you said Kaila's been kidnapped by those murderers, I'll open that gate for you."

I guess I was affected too. I felt a heavy anchor drop from my heart as it sank to the bottom of the sorrowful ocean. I… don't even remember what my life was like then, only how it started as I woke up from a star capsule and the first face I saw…. I don't remember who it was. It's just not fair. I never got to experience what it was like to have parents in your lives; just imagine that you just appear with no parents or anyone to take care of you. Instead, you're stuck in an orphanage for almost the rest of your life. I guess you could say me and Karly are orphans in a way. At least I have a sister to keep me company. But I feel for Kaila and Kazela as well as anyone who knew them well. They lost their parents at the hands of Dark Matter, and it truly pains them deeply. It's like when you lose someone important in your lives and they're in your heart, there's a big tear in your heart and it's replaced with tears and sorrow instead. It pains you deeply and stabs you in the heart of your sorrow.

It's not something I think about all the time, but I'd lose it too if anyone I cared about suddenly vanished from me for good.

But I just have this feeling, this warm feeling that they might see their parents again one day. It may sound cliché or unrealistic, but who knows? It might come true one day, they'll just have to keep theirs hopes up and wait. Anyway, I wipe the sweat off my eyes as I watched Callie type a code on her built-in shiny desk. Actually, I was NOT crying! I'm just sweating from my eyes, they're sweat tears- ok, I admit that I'm not made of stone if you asked me. I guess I do have a reason to cry too, and Karly would've said the same thing herself. To be thrown into this kind of situation opens way for a roller coaster of emotions.

The built-in voice of a robot woman called in. "Chaos Gate activated, Callie. Area to Sandy Dunes to start is now accessible. Have a nice day, Callie, and I hope you feel better."

Kazela looks at me with her watery eyes. I could tell that it houses pain and somehow joy in the middle, due to the fact that she remembers Callie after the time they were separated. I feel for her, guys. Anyway, Callie walks around her desk and faces us. She wipes the tears of sorrow off her eyes before she speaks to us.

"The gate's open. But before you go, there's something you have to know about going there. We have been assaulted by intruders rumored to be with Dark Matter, and one of them affiliates were responsible for the attack behind Aura Woods. There's seven of them, calling themselves the "Zero Seven Force." Each of them are specialized with one of each element with Gale, Fire, Aqua, Light, Shadow, Thunder, and Ice. We don't know what they're made of or if they're something else more than that, but it was confirmed that they were behind the attacks of the Legendary Creatures, like Aura Woods there."

My memory recalls yesterday's events after Aura Woods was saved from Dark Matter. I remember a girl alongside that Dark Soul character. Could she have been one of them?

"There's also another danger you have to watch for: Sandrea Rattler & Chameleo Arm, which they both reside in Sandy Dunes and Star Pyramid. Oh, and also Dynalociraptor as well. Just be careful out there, ok?" She explained.

I smiled. "Ok, Callie. We'll be fine, don't worry! We'll handle that Zero Seven Force or whatever the fudge is their name!"

At this, she smiled with her cat like face and she walked over to me with her cat ears ringing in delight and her tail wagging side to side. She wrapped her arms around my waist as I felt the small breeze of her nose sniffing me as a cat instinct, her scarlet high heels with one of them dangling in the air as she lifted her leg as she leaned over and kissed me on the cheek, purring with blushiness.

"Thank you, Kirby." She purred as she blushes red and pink and smiles cat-like, and blushing blossom pink, I smiled back at her as I rub the part where I was kissed. Honestly, I have NO idea why I'm getting kissed so much on my adventure. If this adventure continues like this, so do help me if it ends in a harem.

"Anyway, you just be careful out there, ok?" Callie says, then does it again on my other cheek. Man, this must be my lucky day! We both turn to leave the room, with Callie waving goodbye at us behind. I could hear her say 'Nya' sadly in the background.

Just why did Zero go after them? What did they do to deserve this bloody fate?

Desert Tavern Bar: Upstairs 2F

Back there, we just came back a few minutes to see everyone just chilling. Well, Karly and Emily are. The rest of the boys are on the arena area, fighting and stuff. Bandana Dee was just duking it out with his spear on the dummy, while Dedede was playing Whack-a-mole with his hammer and Meta Knight was… just reading a book. That's all to it. They all stop and look in our direction.

"Oh, Kirby and Kazela," Karly greeted. "You're back already. The portal should be open by now, am I right?"

I nod. Kazela kinda shrink back though. Karly notices and asks, "Kazela? You seem upset about something. Did something happen to you? (Gasps) Did… did you remember something?" That last question made everyone drop what they're doing.

"Y-yeah, I did," She hesitates. "… I remember something before about Callie… she was one of my sister's friends before I disappeared. She recognized me right away. I was only 4 at that time. She was there along with a few other girls."

Emily speaks up. "From the looks of this, it seems she had lost her memories somehow but she gained a little bit only on the way. I guess taking her to see Callie must've been the trigger."

You recovered a part of Kazela's memories! Who knows? Her memory may be the key to solving the lore of this disaster flash!

Karly's facial expression suddenly becomes a distinct kind of sadness. I don't know why, but she shook it off a little while later. Dylan and Dash just came from their rooms, their arms bearing their weapons and gear.

Kazela just looks at me with those eyes again and smiled. That face made me smile too. Is this what it's like to have to act like a big brother to a lost princess? It feels… warm. Suddenly, the computer starts displaying a warning message on the screen and Emily rushes over to check it out.

"Um, guys?" She slowly says. "You might wanna take a look at this. It's those same guys rumored to be with Dark Matter Forces, The Zero Seven Force. Those were the guys that bit off a few pieces of Deserlava Town! And now their position is between Star Pyramid and Crater Cart-Mines! I think there's no time to sit around while they do… whatever they're doing there! You guys have to stop them! Dylan, Dash, you know what to do."

They both nod in response. "Alright, let's go!" Dylan yells.

"Brother," Karly says as she hugs and kisses me on the cheek. "Be careful out there."

"Kirby," Kazela hugs me. I patted her on the head. "Are you gonna be okay out there?"

"Of course I will," I smirked. "We won't die that easily with or without powers, and don't worry about me, little sis. I'll be fine. Now just stay here with Emily and your "older sister" for now." I remembered to give Karly the 12 CEDT that I collected earlier.

"Oh yeah! Karly, here ya go. Those are what I used to get through Aura Star, and now I pretty much absorbed their power by now. These should help you out too, sis." I tossed all 12 of them to Karly.

Karly can now use Copy Essence Deluxe Trophies!

That's when Galeroy pops out of my stomach along with Emerald. Emily seemed surprised.

"Hey, Galeroy," I asked. "Are you coming along as well?"

"Yeah, I am," He replies. "Emerald, you stay with Karly while I head with Kirby, alright?"

"Ok, Galeroy. Just take care of yourselves," Emerald replies after kissing him on the cheek. He flies back next to me.

The other boys already went downstairs, so grabbing all my items and the sword I borrowed earlier, I waved goodbye to Emily, Kazela, and Karly and ran downstairs, not before Emily tosses our Daemon Crystals.

Desert Tavern Bar: Chaos Gate

Walking to the center of the bar, I saw the others waiting for me near this weird giant ring that was Golden Silver hanging above a silver pedestal. The inside of the ring was glowing, showing an image of our destination was: Sandy Dunes.

"What took you so long, Kirby?" Meta Knight asked.

"Nothing, Meta. Geez," I sweatdropped.

"Listen up, guys. This area is known for having so much areas that it's like a complete maze. Near the end, there'll be a lot of forks in the paths, so we need to take the right one or we'll be in a complete loophole!" Dash explains.

"Um, can we go now?" Dedede asks. "I wanna hunt me and kick me some butt now!" We all sweatdropped and back away a little bit from him.

"What?" He asks. "I've been in a freaking poison coma for almost a week; thank God it wasn't years. Of course I'm pissed off and trigger happy at the same time!"

"Never mind, let's just go already. We're wasting time here!" Bandana Dee says with his spear in the air.

"Alright, we have to head to the chamber first before we go into Crater Cart-Mines in order to break the Dark Barrier holding the entire volcano by receiving the Soul Jewel from Gem Soul, Blaze," I confirmed. Galeroy speaks up.

"Blaze, huh? He's the Soul Spirit of Fire. Yeah, I bet he won't just hand it to you, he'll have to fight you guys. That's the basic number one rule. Ruby, the next Gem Star is in Crater Base, captive by Volakairix. We have to rescue her as well!" Galeroy nods.

"Alright, let's move out, everyone!" Dylan says as he jumps through the spinning ring followed by Dash as well. The 4 of us nods and jumps inside as well. It's another world to begin, but I'm all out of words for this so I guess this tale will be continued for another time…

Info: Dylan and Dash has joined your party!

You gained: Daemon Crystals, A Piece of Something, and recovered some of Kazela's Memories!

Mission Objective: Head to Crater Base by means of these areas.

Save your Progress? Yes.

Now saving… Save Complete!

From Deserlava Star, Kirby and the gang discovers the secrets behind the intruders and learns of the Gem Star and Soul's location. With now the help of Dylan and Dash, the gang makes their way to Sandy Dunes. What will they encounter on the way there?

To be continued…

End of Chapter 2 Act 1!

Author's Note Summary:

Chapter 9 is done! Woo! Anyway, it kinda took a little long for me to finish because I had AP exams and with all that going on. They were really a pain in the butt. So let's recap. Now that you know what that trinket star is, it's called the Daemon Crystal. I'll reveal its true power probably by Star Pyramid. Dylan and Dash are now officially the new members of the party for the whole adventure, so that's the new announcement. Callie was the trigger to one of Kazela's memories as a cat-girl, and I think it was a reference to something that she'll turn into a cat every so often, and the only way for her to turn back to normal is if she kisses someone. What a pain. Wow, I have no idea why I have an obsession with the whole kissing thing. Sorry if I went overboard with that. So next time, it'll be the start of World 2, Sandy Dunes and Wild Jungle. Let me know what you've thought with your opinions and comments in your reviews below, and I apologize for whatever you disliked here. That's all and have a nice day! Byyeee!