Chapter/Tale 4: A Butterfly's Lament: Act 3

Author's Note Intro:

Hi guys! Hope you like the last chapter and now this one, because it may be the last I'll write and post for the year. I don't know for sure, but if they do let us keep our laptops, there could be a possibility that I may or may not continue, but only until I've returned from wherever I'm going for this year on vacation. But if not, then it's a hiatus, so let's just get on with this and you know the drill. This will start off with City Trial and then the rest is sure to follow. That's all and hopefully enjoy this one last chapter before the hiatus! Also, the City Trial's is actually based off my gameplay of one time, but a few parts that didn't happen are there. It's true, but that was only a one time guarantee. One last thing is that I'll be referencing a meme from Mario Kart in there as well. See if you can figure it out! (I don't own that- disclaimer!)

Another thing, there will be an epic fight with an enemy that shocked us all in Star Allies. And the description will include my idea and theory along with the original bio. See if you know what that enemy is, and an unexpected person shows up in that fight you'd never thought would appear. Okay, now I'm done.

Continuing the Air Ride…

Kirby's POV: Trials & Tribulations of Air Riding

(Main Menu- Kirby's Air Ride)

After I had beaten Celia in the first race on Fantasy Meadows, the pressure definitely stacked up, but nevertheless, I still managed to match the undefeated at every race and track there was. So far, the part about the kids watching for my blind spots really helped, because I knew when to counter and to avoid certain rigged traps laid out for me. That sounds like cheating, but is it cheating if the other riders laid out traps to slow me down? Of course not. By that time, I also got a few new abilities, such as Wheel, Wing, and Tornado.

4/12 abilities collected!

Anyway, after a few rounds of Air Ride and Top Ride, in which I won, two more modes were left: City Trial and Star Duel. It was an intermission by then, and I went to meet up with the others who were spectating. Kazela, Maddie and Mackenzie rushed over to me for a great big hug.

"Kirby! You were so awesome in the tournament!" They all commended.

"Well, I guess so. I mean, I was breaking out from the inside the whole time!" I laughed. "Hey, where's everyone else? Weren't they just here with you?"

Dash shook his head. "Said they went out to take care of something. Have no clue what it is either, Kirby."

"I see… so what about the others out there? Do you anything about that?"

"Nope, not a single thing."

"Oh. Well, crap," I sighed. We started walking through the main lobby where thousands of people were up and scattered across in a human traffic. "You know, they should've at least told where they were going."

A voice called out to me, one so familiar and yet it felt so soon to hear it. It turned out to be Dedede, who was just running towards us. "Yo, Kirby!" He shouted.

"Dedede?! God, man! I didn't expect you to be back that early! Did you get the Orb Piece?" I asked.

"You know it!" Dedede cackled, then he stops himself as it appears he has something urgent to tell me. "I would crack up more, but that's not important right now. You're not gonna believe what happened at the Bubbly Palace, Kirby! Things took a real unexpected turn, and fast!"

"Wait, where's Karly?" Kazela asked. "Wasn't she with you?"

"That's one of them, and a lot more is coming your way, but first let's start with Karly, because well, you see… Karly, stop hiding and come out, will ya? It doesn't hurt to show yourself to your brother, right? It's just a change of clothes, you big baby."

A figure came from behind Dedede without our notice, shyly and slowly until the shadow vanished and revealed a girl that I recognized right off the bat without any hesitation. But getting a closer look at her made me go and spit out the soda that I had in my hand earlier during intermission.

"Karly?!" We all jumped back. Karly blushing turned her head away, probably it's because of her new appearance that is. Basically, from the start, she had on that tight outfit with long gloves and long stocking and boots, but not today. Instead, she wore rather than her pink tight suit, it was replaced with an angelic white veil in which the fringes were like the ends of an angel's feathers. There seems to be a red undershirt underneath the veil, not showing out from the top because of the collar that appears to also be a hood, but the red female bowtie ribbon didn't convince me otherwise. The veil came with long sleeves and the edges were pink, and the back was long but short up front to see the skirt as if it was also a cape. Her legs were covered in high white stockings that were secured in red shoes. I don't know for sure, but I think her hair has suddenly become longer than usual. She still has her red bow, so I guess that's the only thing that hasn't changed. But also, her chest has become bigger now. It's almost as if she was like a little kid.

She shyly greets us. "Oh… um, hiya guys…" All of us crowded around and huddled and after a few moments of discussion, we turned around and faced her with our decision, but first asking Dedede.

"Alright, Triple D. You mind telling us why she's wearing a different set of clothes when we all know there's no way in hell she would go with this?" I asked.

"Simple: her clothes got massacred during a fight and obliterated to ashes. So that's when we had to give her a new set," Dedede shrugged. "Who would've thought it was caused by two little kids at all? Anyway, you're not gonna believe who we met at that place! They should be around here- oh, there they are!"

"Who are you talking about- wait, is that-?" I noticed two kids floating in our direction and softly descended in front of Dedede. One was blue and the other was pink. In other words, I felt like I've seen them before.

Then it hit me. "Holy- you two are-!"

"Kirby, I'm pretty sure you remember the cubix masters, don't ya?" Dedede introduced them. In comparison, they are about the same height as the other 10 year olds in the party, but I couldn't keep my mouth shut upon seeing them.

"Fololo and Falala?! What are you two doing here?! I thought you were on Popstar!" I bent down to their level and said this. "Are you okay?!"

"Depends on how you would define that," Fololo shook his head. "I don't even remember anything else though."

"Yeah, and that's when Dedede and Karly found us there at that Bubbly Palace," Falala sighed. "It hurts."

Kazela looks confused. "Um, Kirby? Who are they?"

"Oh, these two are my friends back home on Popstar," I explained. "Don't worry, they're not gonna bite. Now the question is, Dedede," I looked at him. "I'll let you explain what happened there, okay? But make it quick though, because City Trial's gonna start any time soon." Dedede nodded and started to explain.

A few minutes later…

"What?! That can't be possible!" I gasped in shock.

"Yeah, I didn't wanna believe as well, but after what happened earlier, I don't see the point of denying any longer," Dedede sighed. "Those bastards been assaulting Popstar ever since we went into the Cosmic Galaxy to save Kailaine last week or two, taking anything they might possibly need to stop us all and carry out whatever plans they have! If that ain't enough, they've also been kidnapping everyone in Dreamland and all over the planet and kingdoms of Popstar, but I think this is the work of one of the Zero Seven Knights, possibly a new one we haven't encountered."

"Kirby, if that's the case, then doesn't that mean that's why those two are here in the first place?" Maddie suggested. "If it's Dark Matter we're talking about, possibly those two were possessed and brought here against their will!"

Fololo and Falala looked at each other. "You mean… they kidnapped and possessed us the entire time? I... can't…" Kazela, noticing this, held out her hand to them.

"Hey, you two. Don't feel like this is your fault this happened," She softly says. "Looks like we all have something in common. We're all victims of Dark Matter anyways, so don't beat yourselves up for that. Trust me, everything will work out in the end, okay?" The twins hesitated for a bit, then smiled and grabbed her hand. "Thanks for that, I suppose…"

"By the way," Falala asked. "Where's Bandana Dee and Meta Knight anyways? Weren't they with you?"

"That's another thing we have yet to explain, but it's a long story. All we can say for right now is that both of them are somewhere else, looking for what we need to progress on. They should be back soon," Dash answers.

"I suppose so, but weren't you out to save Kailaine?" Fololo asked, confused still about that particular part.

"Obviously, but the catch is, she's nowhere near Crystal Star right now, for she is being carried inside a dark ship of Dark Matter as we speak, but since I "shot them down" somehow, they could be anywhere here or the next planet over," I replied. "In the meantime, we have to find a way to put an end to this, and that lies within all of the planets we're going to, and we've discovered several secrets about this galaxy's past as well. Let's just say that doing this will help in a sense."

"Attention all air riders! The next round will start momentarily, so please attend to the stadium in about 5 minutes! Thank you!" The message echoed all over the place.

"Aw crap, that's my cue to go!" I shouted. "Listen, tell the other princesses to gather here once they come back from wherever they went, okay? I've gotta win this one and the Star Duel or we won't be able to get that orb piece! Fololo, Falala, can you fill them in on what happened on Popstar as well? They'll also fill you in too."

"Okay, Kirby!" They both nodded. With that, I grabbed my Air Ride Machine and dashed towards the lobby. "See ya at the end of this! Don't forget to watch for anything suspicious, okay?"

…

"Well, I guess we should let everyone on Popstar know we're okay, but I have the feeling we forgot something. What else was taken before us, Falala?" Fololo asked.

"Wait a minute! Now I remember what the first thing to be stolen was!" She replies, but a face of doubt races over her expression. "But I don't think Meta Knight's gonna like it once he finds out what they stole from him!"

"Tell us later, okay?" Dedede suggested. "Hey Karly, make sure to watch over the kids and take them to their seats, will ya? I'm gonna find the other princesses and get them."

"Okay, I guess," Karly shrugs. "Come on, guys. Let's watch Kirby win the tournament, or should I say, help somehow? I don't know, but I gave him that new Cubix ability before, so that should help him somehow."

"Why are we watching Kirby win a tournament, Karly?" Fololo asked.

"You'll see soon enough, Fololo," Karly smiles.

The Air Ride Arena (Main Menu- Kirby's Air Ride)

City Trial

Now it's time for everyone's favorite mode of Air Ride: The Legendary City Trial! So basically, if you played this mode, then you should know how it works, but as usual, a fresh reminder or helpful advice to those that are new to this. Anyways, you run around an island city trying to collect power-ups called Patches, which improves and better the stats of the Air Ride Machines. They are HP, Top Speed, Boost, Charge, Turn, Offense, Defense, Weight, Glide, and Draft, each offering different effects to your machine. You have to start on a Compact Star as always, but other machines are scattered on the island, so you can use those if you find one. You can find those Patches in 3 colored boxes. Of course, there may be a new ability in there somewhere, so keep your eyes peeled! A Blue Box always have Patches and sometimes food, Green Boxes have Quick Fix Items to add special effects to your machine, and Red Boxes have abilities, but those are the ones you'd want to aim for, because they contain pieces of the Rare Legendary Air Ride Machines! Find all three and you get that automatically with perfect stats!

Other than that, there's various events that'll occur during your run, so be wary! You have only 5 minutes to pull this off, and when that's over, you'll be put head to head in one of the 8 Stadium Events with all the other contestants. Beating the events makes you the winner of the City Trial! However, it's not gonna be easy to pull this off, and sometimes you'll get unlucky. What makes City Trial so challenging is the difficulty of it, so your run will all depend on your luck! You've got one shot at this, so do the best you can on City Trial! But if I were you, your best bet is to find all of 3 pieces of any of the 2 Legendary Air Ride Machines, the Dragoon and the Hydra before anyone else does! Just a suggestion. They can be found in Red Boxes, so those are your ticket to winning! P.S. You can steal pieces from other players, so yeah, and you can keep them in the stadium event and in Star Duel.

With all of this, do you have what it takes to survive the greatest tribulation of them all? Well, let's find out! How you run through your trial is all up to you! Good luck!

After reading the rules of City Trial, all the memories flood back to me about that event. "Huh, so the rules haven't changed at all for City Trial? I don't know if that's good or not, considering the luck I've had with this, but I still had fun though. Now I can't afford to lose this one! I don't know for sure, but it seems Celia, the tsundere with big boobs had a perfect record of all modes, especially City Trial. That's impossible to have that kind of record in City Trial. There are a few possibilities as to why: 1) She got lucky, but that's a stupid reason, 2) She used the events to her advantage, but nothing good happens if it's the wrong one or whatever, 3) She might know where the pieces are, but it's all randomized every run, or 4) She must be cheating somehow, but I don't see how that's possible. It doesn't matter, because I've gotta worry about my performance here." I thought to myself.

The arena shifted into a large replica of the island city for City Trial. I had thought it'd change, but I guess some things remain the same these days. As usual, there are only 4 riders left to play this event, so it would come to conclusion that only two winners would go head on in Star Duel. I can either get to second, tie with Celia or aim for first place in the stadium events. Doing any one of these three will have me advance to the final round. Let's see how well it turns out.

The last remaining riders were positioned outside of the arena. Of course, I was forced to be near the tsundere, Celia. She shot menacing glares at me, which really didn't intimidate me, but it was annoying. I gave a blank stare and shrugged, not giving much of crap anyways.

"Sorry for the wait, Ladies and Gentlemen! Let's get right into the noose! It's time for everyone's favorite event: City Trial! All riders will have only 5 minutes to collect as much patches as they can to power up their air ride machines, and then duke it out in one round of one of our stadium events! Whichever two wins the stadium event will move on to the final round: Star Duel! Here we are with the last four racers still in the tournament, ready to duke it out in this free-for-all event!" The crowd goes wild.

"Well, with all that has happened today, who would've thought things would take such a shocking turn?! But enough of this! Let's get ready to RUMBLE! Riders, take your positions!"

I got on the Compact Star and soon we were all warped in different areas of the Island City. I had on an earpiece, which had Mackenzie online. Sounds like cheating, but there's literally no rule against having that, so I'm in the clear. "Yo, Mackenzie. You know what to do. Let me know if anything weird happens, okay?"

"Roger that, Kirby!"

"Let's do this!" I shouted.

Engage Race Battle Mode! (City Trial Remix- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)

"Riders, get ready! On your mark, get set, and kill each other!" The announcer signaled. With that, everyone scoured around the island like crazy.

I was somewhere in an area called Green Canvas, and luckily for me, there was the Warp Star nearby, so I leaped off of the Compact and onto the Warp Star. My first plan was to at least gather some patches, so seeing a blue box nearby, I rammed right into it several times and to start, I got HP, a Boost, and two Charges. That's a start. I started to destroy all of the trees and got a few more of Defense, Offense, and Turns. After that, I made my way through the underground that I ended up falling into. So I collected more patches on the way out of the underground and was launched into the air.

"So far, so good," I said to myself. I spot a red box nearby and so I broke it, and it turns out, it's a new ability. My hair had adapted to a more cloud like appearance that was surrounded by clouds and had a prism jewel in it for the crown. My hands had bracelets that were gold and surrounded by some sort of gas. The body of mine changed colors to pink and white. I realized what ability this was.

You got a new ability, "Nimbus!" 5/12 abilities found!

"Despite this being the name of the spirit, I'm not entirely sure how I can use this, but I guess I can make this work." I shrugged, collecting more patches of Top Speed and Weights. After that, it took me straight into the Heat Tops, where I rammed right into the walls for food and patches. One of them took me into a secret area inside the volcano where there were more boxes. Collecting more, I jump onto the pad and I was shot right into the Garden in the Sky.

4 minutes left!

I charge straight for the Electric Lounge, and realizing what Nimbus can do, I made a cloud pathway that sent me right there without any problems. I got onto the first floor, breaking open a green box that had a ticking bomb. Grabbing it and shaking it, I hurl it right into the Dilapidated Houses, obliterated on contact by a huge explosion. I break open a red box, and what came out, in my surprise, a piece of the Legendary Air Machine, the Dragoon! That's when I knew… I gotta collect them all or the Hydra at least.

"Oh yeah, jackpot! Now to find the rest of the pieces before anyone else catches on to me!" After searching the floors, I took the nearest rail to Castle Hall in which an ongoing event happened on my way there.

Event: What's in the Box?

All of the boxes are starting to bounce up and down wildly. It was hard to get to them, but eventually they broke on their own, but that's impossible. Then, a call from the earpiece ranged and I answered. "Yes, Mackenzie?""

"I just realized something, Kirby! You have a piece of the Dragoon, right? Since they are in red boxes, try to find one that isn't moving! That's your best bet there!" She said.

"A red box not moving… like that one over there?" I repeated, breaking the not moving red box right there. Sure enough, she was right! I have the nose, and now I have the body! All that is left is to find the wings. "Oh, thanks Mackenzie! Now I have to find the wings! But where though?"

"Perhaps it's in the possession of that big breasted monster that just passed by," Mackenzie commented. The title "Big Breasted Monster" made me recognize who fits that description. It was none other than Celia, who sped right past me on the Solar Star. From the looks of it, she somehow have the same stats as mine, and she rode on the rail that took her to the Electric Lounge. I have only 3 minutes to get that piece or I'm done for. Plus, she smacked me on the back of my head with a cube!

"Oh, it's on!" I was about to chase after her, but another rider crashed into the wall, in which his Wheelie exploded, and he dropped a piece of the Hydra- the right horn wing, another Legendary Air Ride Machine. I quickly snatched it before going onto the rails. The announcer commented on this.

"Whoa, it looks like Kirby is in hot pursuit on Celia as if she stole something from him But what does he hope to gain from this?!"

On my hot pursuit of Celia, I ended up going into the underground of the city instead, hopefully planning to cut her off at whatever point she's on. Collecting more patches, I broke another red box and it had another piece of the Hydra- the left horn wing. That means I have two of the Dragoon and Hydra Pieces. That means getting the last piece of any of them automatically gives me the machine. But it won't be that easy. But what would happen if I got both at the same time? No one knows, because it never happens.

"What do I do now? Who knows where that last Hydra piece is right now?" I wondered, exiting the underground through a ramp. There's no way I can keep any of these pieces in the stadium, since they're not fully completed. I guess I'll have to fare on my own for the one minute remaining. Wait, ONE MINUTE?! Gotta go fast! X3!"

1 minute remains! Hurry up! (Rowdy Charge Tank- Kirby Air Ride)

Seeing this, I went around the city like crazy, attempting to collect more patches and avoiding the other racers as well. Despite this, this was the only once in a lifetime guarantee you'd get both pieces of two Legendary Air Ride Machines. That never happens, unless luck is on your side that run. So that means you've only got one shot at deciding how your trial's gonna end. But what was I gonna do now?

Coincidentally, Celia was just nearby and she got a hold of the last Hydra piece too as well as the Dragoon's wing piece. Since my Air Ride Warp Star has enough patches, I made up my mind, but then I realized you can't steal the pieces from another player in City Trial. That sounded like a bummer… but then, I wasn't sure if all of the rules stayed the same in City Trial. Just like that, I realized that they've changed the rules regarding the pieces. Which means… I can still have the upper hand if I act fast enough.

Without a moment to waste and a minute left, I began my hot pursuit of Celia immediately. 45 seconds left until it's over. It should be that easy, but she's a maniac on the floor because she was zipping all over the area like Zan Partizanne! Even with a blaster from Robo-Automata couldn't lay a single shot at that speed! What to do now? Only half a minute was left. If only I could somehow snatch them both without her noticing at a safe distance…

Then it hit me. I was a fool for not doing this earlier, but under this condition, I don't have a choice. If I wanted to grab something at a far rate, I needed an ability that can handle and reach far ranges without any problems. A whip sounds good, but I forgot to have it forged for longer distances earlier. The only other ability that fits the description is... Rubber!

"Oh yeah, I knew this would come in handy somehow! I hope this works!" Before I knew it, it was the final countdown. 20 seconds left. Time to make a break for it. I stretched my arms over to Celia behind her back, noticing both the pieces on her back. I sped up a little for a better chance of getting them. I was so close to reaching them, but she made it impossible for that to happen.

"Oh, you know what?! SCREW THIS! I'LL HAVE TO TAKE IT BY FORCE!" Reeling my arms back, instead I raised my leg up into the air and axe kicked the ground, which shook the island and even the air ride machines. Celia turns around and spots me a few feet behind her.

"What the hell do you think you're doing, you pink ball of mischief?!" She snarled. "You won't get away with whatever it is you're up to!" Okay, she hasn't realized my plan yet, and the two pieces flew out from her grasp and into the air. 10 seconds left.

"It's a free-for-all in City Trial, Celia!" I smiled. "How you make it through your tribulations is all up to you, and I intend on doing so! Funny thing is, I've never heard of someone who got a perfect run in City Trial before, for this is the most fun yet difficult challenge ever made based on your luck! So how is it that you managed to pull off that stunt? I could understand Air Ride and Top Ride, but City Trial? Sounds impossible to me." 5 seconds are left and everyone in the audience is counting down.

"Are you mocking me, you pink pervert? Just what do you hope to gain from the last seconds of City Trial?!" Celia shouted, not knowing that she bought me the time I needed to grab the two pieces.

"Well, I just wanna say…" I snorted, putting my hands out on the side, having both of the pieces land on each hand, and just in time when it reached the point where the announcer calls off the trial. "Thanks for the meal, my lady!"

Game! City Trial's Over!

"Time's up! City Trial has ended, but it's not over yet! We have yet to decide who comes out on top of their trials in just one round of a stadium event! But first, let's see how well each of the riders did!" The announcer shouted. The monitor displayed each of the four rider's stats and performance for their machines. So far, the last one to be displayed was none other than me, in which it shows I was riding a standard Warp Star still and I had stats close to the maxed out number of 20 for each, of 19. Celia has 20 maxed out, as usual, it seems, but that just makes the competition more bleak and bland if that always happens every time. After that, now it's time for the real event of City Trial.

"It's time to head to our Stadium Event, where they only got one shot in a single round in the randomly selected events we have picked out today, which will be the Drag Race!" The arena warped right into the stage for the Drag Race Event. Drag Races were just straight and narrow tracks where all four riders cruise to the finish line while taking each other out. Simple, but however, fate will decide whether it wants you to win or not.

Drag Race: Solatora Edition! Race to the finish!

This was a one shot race here, so I have to win this one right here, right now. Although I got all the pieces of both machines, nothing happened when I did. Perhaps there is a new rule regarding this. But I didn't have time to think about that. The four riders, Varil, Poppy, Celia, and I, got into our positions, side by side and facing the road ahead of us.

"All riders, into position! First two to cross the finish line advances to the final round! Are you ready?!" The announcer yelled. We all nodded. Celia gave me the gesture of saying I'm going down. I shrugged.

"Let's do this! 3… 2… 1… and GO!"

All of us boosted before the smoke even cleared. It was pretty simplistic of a track. Despite that fact, we all were clashing against each other for the spot in the final round. However, Celia managed to still be in first place! Just how?! The two other racers tried the same attempt as before to stop me. I smacked my face and asked Mackenzie to play a certain theme for me for what I am about to do next over the stadium's speakers.

After that, I boost on a panel and sped up to them, giving off a menacing stare at them right after I catch up to them. Then, I knocked them out with two punches in their faces. I chased after Celia. The announcer didn't know how to react to me, but he said still, "Are you serious? Just look at the face of Kirby as he mercilessly knocks out Varil and Poppy with a single punch! This kid means business! What?! How?! And who's playing that music right now?!"

"Hope they don't mind if I borrow this for a while," I said in hot pursuit of Celia. With just a standard Warp Star, I was rapidly gaining on her. Soon, I was right behind her like a stalker in a car, but just by a few feet apart in distance.

The tsundere notices me and grunts in annoyance. "You never know when to quit, do ya?!"

I gave her a blank face and shook my head. "So, that's how it's gonna be, huh? I'll crush you!"

She immediately pulled out a rocket launcher, aimed right at me and fired at will. I think I've pushed her to the deep end, but that's not my problem after this. It was coming at me fast, but it would've hit its target if I hadn't simply ducked out of its range. It did hit, though, only the two suckers that were about to catch up and surprise attack me. More were shot, but it actually homed on the other two racers behind me. I just simply moved nowhere during the barrage.

"Congratulations! You've won the award for the Best Stormtrooper Aim in History!" I teased Celia.

She gritted her teeth and shot more at me, a mass of rockets. I turned into Tornado and aimed my hand at the swarm of missiles, my hand clenched and gripped trying to form a punch by spinning my arm in a circle. Then, I let go, firing a twister blast that sucked up all of the missiles and flung them elsewhere randomly in the air, making a fireworks of exploding missiles. Dropping Tornado, I noticed another copy ability nearby and I grabbed it. I didn't transform yet, but this seems similar to Tornado, but I think it's different somehow. It has the wind symbol on it, so I'll just say the new ability is Wind for now.

You got a new ability, "Wind!" Now added to the slot and is now accessible! 6/12 abilities collected!

With that, the finish line is near, but yet feels so far away. I knew I had to hurry things up and win already. "It's just up ahead. It's just me and Celia right now. Let's end this." I told myself. Celia was gaining speed every second and the finish line stood there in wait. She was laughing as she accelerated faster than me, heading for the finish line with an assumed victory. What do I do now?

"Wait a minute! Why am I even questioning this at all? I'll just ride it dirty then! Music please, Mackenzie!" With that, I found a boost panel near the finish, and timing it right, I drifted and got a massive boost, enough to match to Celia at the same speed. I got ready to do it and I signaled Mackenzie to play the theme.

"Hey, what's that music playing?!" The announcer shouted. "This… this is the theme… could it be?!" The machines crossed the finish line, signaling the end of the round. "That's game! It looks like Celia appears on the finish circle first before the other racers, so that means Celia wins this round again!" The crowd cheered for Celia, seeing her in her former glory. The monitors display Celia crossing the finish line before anyone else, so that seems like strong damning evidence there. "I have to say, that was seriously a close match, but Celia is the winner of City Trial-"

"Not so fast, DJ!" Dinah leaped right into the podium where the announcer was and floated safely. Everyone in the crowd started murmuring to each other in confusion. "Alright, I know what you're thinking. You all think Celia won the Drag Race due to the results displayed."

"So what's this all about, Dinah?! You're here to complain and throw another fit again?!" Celia called out, and everyone howled in laughter. Dinah shrugs.

"Sorry, not today. You may think you've won, but did you really think you've outrun today's tournament if it ended up with a twist every time? And by that, obviously you all know who the twist is, right? Well, you did win, but at the same time you didn't. Ain't that the truth, Kirby?!" She shouted.

"You know it!" I called out, with everyone's direction facing towards me and they all gasped. Well, probably her parents didn't gasped, but maybe they're surprised.

Celia fumed in rage. "You again?! D-don't tell me you-! This cannot be happening! How and why?! What did you do?!"

"Right there it'll show you," I point to the screen, showing an instant replay of the last minute standoff. It's true that Celia was ahead, but right after I catch up to her, that's when it happened. The same theme starts playing at that moment, the part where I taunted her with that face.

"There's Kirby near the finish line and actually catching up to her before they crossed it! But look closer, folks! His expression on his face… that's almost like a death stare he gave to Celia, and just when they both crossed the finish line! So that's where the theme came in! In short, I'll just have to say… it's a tie between Kirby and Celia! A clean TIE!" The crowd went wild and cheered.

"That's how I roll, girl! I'm always riding dirty!" I smirked.

You won City Trial! Victory!

You are now Level 17!

You got all the pieces of the Legendary Air Ride Machines! They are now accessible for use!

"Ladies and Gentlemen, I think we're about make history with the events of today! For the first time, there may be someone worthy enough to take home the booty and steal the title of the Air Ride Champion! However, it's not over yet! We have one last round to go, and that is Star Duel, the official tiebreaker! A duel between the last two contestants on their Air Ride Machines and duke it out with any weapon, skills, abilities, magic, and air ride machines of their choice in the entire area of the Colosseum and in the sky! Who will be victorious! We'll find out after this! Stay tuned!" The announcer declared.

"For the love of…!" Celia nearly cursed. "That's it! I'm through playing around! I'll definitely wreck you in the final round, you pink demon! Just you wait!"

"Jesus, woman! Calm down!" I waved her off. "Don't worry, you can crush me in the final round all you want… if you can, that is."

"Hmph, I see. You think you're better than me, huh? Oh, we'll see about that." Celia wickedly grinned as she exited the arena.

With that out of the way, I ended up in the lobby, where everyone else was waiting for me. I noticed that Bandana Dee and Aqua were already back.

"Hey guys! What's up?" I was greeted by a wrap of hugs from the three little girls. "You're back from the rescue already?" I asked them both.

Bandana Dee and Aqua nodded. "Yeah, we got the Light Orb piece and rescued the kid, who apparently is a klutz. His friend told him there was treasure in there and he went for it, not realizing it was a trap. After that, we went to go save him and he was almost swallowed whole by some slime. Yeah, it wasn't pleasant, considering he's about the same age as most of us here, and he went to take a dump in the bathroom somewhere, and said he'll help us or something. But he wants to let his friend know this, who's at Timeless Canyon as of right now. Oh, and we found these as well."

You got a new ability, "Cupid!" You also got a new ability, "Storm!" 8/12 abilities collected! You got a piece of the Light Orb! 2 more to go!

"Hey, isn't that where Meta Knight and Dylan are now?" Karly asked. "I hope they're okay, especially Meta Knight. Seems like he had a bad time somehow."

"That's impossible. Knowing him, his only wish is to be stronger, so I think he considers that as part of his self-training. He'll be fine, I'm sure of it." I said. "Besides, all they have to do is beat a butterfly beast knight. He'll be okay, I think…"

"Ya think?" Dedede cocked an eyebrow. "Don't make sure assumptions of that."

"Yeah, whatever, he'll be fine," I said. "I'm pretty sure they'll run into Dinah's cousin there as well."

City Trial complete! Advancing to the final round of Star Duel!

Now switching to Meta's POV… you're now playing as Meta Knight, don't forget!

Level Four: Timeless Canyon. Mission: Defeat the beast knight and find someone named Aege! (Zip- Bomberman Hero)

Meta Knight's POV: The Butterfly of Judgement

Timeless Canyon… a place where the rift between times is freely. What I meant is that time passes by quickly and it's where dragons and harpies live in peace. But now they are bewildered and driven off by what reports indicate that the perpetrator is assumed to be a beast knight. Perhaps so… I don't know yet, but whatever it is, it must be dealt with. I really need to end this as soon as possible. All I could remember is how I ended up here in the first place… that was way before I settled on Popstar and waited for Kirby to come. Heh, I don't even remember my own age now. In fact, I guess I'm the same as Kirby then, someone who doesn't have any clear origins. I don't even remember.

One fact that I am certain of is how I made history here. But I don't remember how I crashed, yet I did know I had wings. I'm certain Kirby and Karly will grow wings as well soon, because if there are many like us, they should have developed wings soon enough. However, the process is pretty painful before you grow them. Lots of side effects will signal the birth of one's wings. I, of course, had to go through that process too. But I'd never thought that they'd be that fragile organically. I was in extreme pain when they were destroyed and what's left of them are just two stubs on my back. Not knowing how it happened, I was devastated.

But if it wasn't for those two, I would've been dead a long time ago. They took care of me for a while and after some time, I was able to fly again. This cape is the reason why I'm still able to fly. It healed my wings and allows me to summon them anytime; perhaps the cape merged with my broken wings and became one with it. Yet, I still have no idea. Maybe it's because I do not question it that much?

Heck if I know. But whatever the reason, I'll be grateful for that. I'll be the strongest warrior in the galaxy, and I won't stop until I do. My wish is to only be stronger… so back then, seems like after Kirby dealt with whatever happened, I went to summon Nova, who appeared in reverse from exploding. He will grant me one wish… so I asked that I can fight the strongest warrior in the galaxy…

But why did I ask for such a selfish wish in the first place? That, I have yet to figure out the real reason behind that goal. Eventually, I came out victorious fighting the strongest warrior in the galaxy, Galacta Knight. But I could tell that wasn't the end of him yet. Maybe there are other warriors who could possess such unfathomable power as him, and I think I've met one of them.

Peganoa Knight. A twin-bladed lance fighter with the power of the Stormlord, Skylares, a demon counterpart of the Solar Pegasus that resembles such a beast. His power is so devastating that it could demolish half the planet, but it's nowhere over the power of Galacta's power. His beast form takes on Skylares, a mutant half-Pegasus, half-dragon beast that can manipulate the sky itself. He was the supposedly "Angel Undefeated" but he's nowhere in which you'd call an angel, one that destroyed almost every kingdom on this planet. I wonder if there are knights like him.

The thoughts bubbled inside my head every second that has gone by during the haul through the canyon with Dylan. Hopping from rock to rock, it made the climb and trek easier instead of taking the long way. Even as a human, I can still leap to high distances without flying. More monsters came our way and we eliminated them all. I could still fly, but it's very limited in certain cases. Either way, although we were cursed to be powerless, somehow I still manage to beat my opponents without any problems. Seems like I'm reaching my goal every time or second now. I think I'm fairly strong as of this moment.

"Hey, Meta Knight," Dylan fell to the floor as we approached the square of the canyon, breathing hard and gasping for air. "Are we there yet? I can't go on any more…! Ah, the pain! This is just like Boot Camp in P.E. class when I was in Middle School! The horror!"

I slapped my face. "Save your petulant whining. We're here, Dylan. Timeless Square. For God's sake, it was only a 50-feet climb here. It wasn't that high."

"For you it isn't! What the hell were you before you were human, a skinny version of All Might with super jump powers or what?!" Dylan huffed. He crawled weak and limping, slowly and staggering to leave the ground.

"Don't try to lump me in with someone famous," I sighed. "Now let's finish this crap already so I can go back and keep reading my novel and ask Dinah for whatever pillow she gave me. It's quite comfortable." Dylan mustered a chuckle from right behind me, as if he had recovered from his pain. I batted a puzzled look at him.

"Hmm? What are you giggling about?"

"It's really funny, because you don't realize something about that pillow you speak of, Meta Knight. And here I thought you didn't like to be near woman or even touch them, even when you were all over her like a lion!" His petulant giggling turns into laughter.

I was thinking, "What the heck is he spitting on about?" I shrugged it off and continued on without much of a struggled thought of answer to that question, with Dylan running to catch up much slower if he wasn't pooped out. The area was cleared out and destroyed. Not a single bird was seen there flying by. Appears that a small war raged on between the creatures and the fluttery fiend.

"Dang, what the heck happened here?" asked Dylan, in which although that was obvious, it's unknown about the reason why. "There were supposed to be harpies and dragons here, and yet they're all gone in a flash. If I remember correctly, it was some sort of butterfly monster that drove them away. Weird, how can someone be afraid of one little butterfly?"

"Not a clue, Dylan. Now I suggest we keep going and find that dumb orb piece. It has to be around here somewhere," I sighed. I stopped in my tracks and stopped Dylan from going any further.

"Hm? Something wrong?"

"Hold it, we're not alone here."

"Wait, is someone nearby or what?"

"Would I be doing this if there was no one else around but us? Use your head, idiot."

"Geez, I just asked a question, don't be such a douche about it."

A flash of speed fled into the shadows before one could see with their eyes, only look in the direction they heard it from. It went about bouncing again. It bounced faster and faster, until… it made its move. Without warning, I side-stepped out of the way and tripped the moving shadow in the process. The flashing streak of speed tumbled and crashed right into a rock head on.

"Ow, son of a… my face!" The figure moaned as it fell to the ground, flat on the face. It quickly got up before looking at us. Apparently, it was a teenage boy who attacked us. He wore just a green jacket with a hood hanging on his back and purple headphones around his neck, wearing white short pants and purple sneakers. A white cap backwards on his head had his large bang sticking out the hole and was facing upwards. His hair was purple as well as his eyes were. He dusted himself off before facing us with a bewildered and enraged look on his face.

"God damn it, man! What's your deal?! You don't go around tripping people like that! What the heck?!" He shouted.

"Come on, it was self-defense," I shrugged. "You're the one who decided to attack us first, so that was on you. Anyway, what's a kid like you doing in a place that's way over abandoned by one little butterfly?"

"Butterfly? That's what made the harpies and dragon kids run away from here? Ha, I don't know any butterfly that could do that!" The boy cackled.

"Like that one over there?" Dylan pointed to a flying butterfly that passed by a few moments ago. It was red and orange, just like the one that's always there back home every time.

"What the…? Isn't that the butterfly I always see whenever something bad happens comes to an end?" I mumbled. It flew for the pedestal that had the orb piece and landed on top of it.

"Oh, there's the orb piece we need," Dylan shrugged. "Well, that was easy. Now let's go get-"

"Hey, hold it!" The boy stopped us. "Something's not right here... you did say a butterfly drove the animals here, right?"

"And here, you just said there's no way a butterfly can pose a threat, idiot," I shot.

"Dude, the name's Aege. Stop calling me an idiot, unless you want me to call you Metal Face then," He introduced. "Anyway, what kind of butterfly could drive a herd of dragons and harpies that easily?"

"I don't know… unless it was some sort of beast or whatever…" Dylan shook his head. The boy, Aege, pondered over that until he realized something.

"Wait a minute. A butterfly beast?" Aege said to himself. Then, we heard weird voices.

"Power… Judgement… Reborn…" Those all echoed from where the butterfly was.

"Is it me, or did the butterfly just speak?" Dylan asked. The orb piece started glowing and became brighter and brighter until… it vanished into butterfly petals. We all jumped back.

"What the hell?! The Orb Piece just vanished!" I shouted. The butterfly spewed out distorted words.

"Today is the day of judgement… the day where I will be reborn again… from the strongest warrior in the galaxy I have been able to reform anytime…"

"The strongest warrior in the galaxy?! That's Galacta Knight it's talking about!" Dylan recalled that fact. "But why? You fought Galacta Knight and won, right Meta?"

"That's true, but I feel like I've seen this scene before, but where?" I gritted my teeth thinking about it. "Wait a minute… that butterfly… it couldn't be…!"

"Yes… this heart has immense power not even the Ancients could fathom! Those four fools they've banished who sought to revive the Destroyer of Worlds gave me the opportunity to gain power… for years of adversity… I've suffered… and suffered… but now is the second coming of my return…"

"What the heck is that thing talking about?" Aege asked. "Who the heck are you?!"

"Fools... I am not just a butterfly, but I am something much more than that… see for yourselves!" The butterfly then flew up and yellow streaks of energy swirled and made a vortex around and into the butterfly, and there was a heart symbol glowing around the butterfly as well. It went on until the ball of light that grew ended and butterfly petals cleared the way. The heart symbol boomed. It revealed a tall person with an appearance similar to mine and Galacta Knight's. It was a male. He had white glowing eyes, to start with. His armor was decorated with a black body suit and a top embedded with a blue orb in the chest, making it look like a top for a female knight, and the collar was up flat open. He had white shoulder pads that has a red swirl on them and long yellow gloves, along with long yellow boots. His mask has horns that seems to be an antenna as well as his armor, his mask has red and black ornamentations on the mask, and it looks an awful lot like mine and Galacta, only to be T shaped and made for his mouth to breathe. He wields a sword similar to Galaxia, but it is red and gold for coloration with a butterfly pattern on the handle, with blue jewels on both the middle of the handle and at the tip of the blade. The last thing is that there's an orange cape tied to his back, lying flat there. He rose his head up and laughed.

"On the day of judgement, I will rise into action. Through years of adversity, I am reborn once again from the strongest warrior in the galaxy as the Knight of Doom." He grinned manically. "Now I will bring judgement upon those foolish Ancients and take back what that knight stole from me! But perhaps maybe I'll bring my twisted wrath upon you three idiots first!"

The three of us got ready to fight against the so-called fluttery fiend. "Well, looks like we're gonna have to fight him. Mind if I join?" Aege asked.

"Yeah, whatever," I said without much care. "Just do your part or else."

"Okay, fine!" Aege grumped. There was no doubt about it. It was him again, that butterfly. But how?

"You fools… heh, you don't know what you're up against, and yet you dare challenge me? Very well. You shall taste the power of the True Strongest Warrior of the Galaxy, the Knight of Doom- Morpho Knight!" He instantly shouted, summoning his sword and charged us head on.

Rebirth of Struggles and Pain- 17th Boss Battle

Meta Knight, Dylan and Aege VS the Reborn Butterfly, Morpho Knight (VS Morpho Knight- Kirby Star Allies) (VS Morpho Knight Remix- Light MetaS)

Boss Description: On the day of judgement, this fluttery fiend will fly into action. Brought into existence by "the greatest warrior in the galaxy" and reborn as a knight of doom through years of adversity- now begins an epic battle with a pure being now turned human twisted by a dark past. But it seems this knight have plans of his own, seemingly to claim back what was stolen from him by Galacta Knight. Perhaps, could he have been the True Strongest Warrior in the Galaxy and not Galacta Knight? But even so, if he had his judgment day once before, he was able to be reborn again because of a "heart". Who knows, but now it's certain that whatever heart he speaks of, it's most likely the source of his rebirth. Now it seems he wants to take back the title that was stolen from him and get revenge upon the Ancients somehow. Stop him, Human Warriors!

Morpho Knight flies into battle! Get ready for a battle with a knight twisted by a dark past unknown!

"Come, Morphia! Let us slaughter these fools!" Morpho Knight summons his sword and swings at us.

"I don't know what his deal is, but he's going down!" Aege shouted. Morpho Knight swung his blade at Aege full force and furiously. However, none of his attacks even hit him, as if he missed on purpose, and Aege wasn't even trying to evade. Then, he grabbed him and pulled out quick attacks that none of us saw coming at an unlikely speed and slammed him on the ground. Morpho Knight teleported away.

Dylan was in shock. "Woah, woah, woah! How did you even do that at a speed like that?! It's like time speed up on you!"

"That's because Time Manipulation is my skill, grim reaper," Aege fixed his cap. "My friend controls the sky, and my princess cousin controls light. I can stop time altogether, like this." He pushes his hand forward, and when Morpho Knight charged this way, he was caught in some sort of Time Ripple that slowed him down. He then delivers a hard punch in the ripple and snapped his fingers. The butterfly knight was then sent flying backwards instantly into a wall the second the ripple dispersed.

"Hmm, impressive. You're just like that maid girl who loves tossing around knives like crazy. I forgot her name though," I complimented. "She's a bullet-hell master, and she wears pads, I think."

"Save it for later, Metal Face! Here he comes again!" Aege warned.

"It's Meta Knight," I corrected him as I blocked an attack with Galaxia from Morphia. The impact knocked us both back. Morpho Knight then swung his sword wildly and sword beams embedded with fire were shot. I slashed them all and they evaporated into butterfly petals. Dylan multiplied the number of scythes he has and spinning them all around like saws, he threw them all at Morpho, who teleported every time one was about to hit him.

With this, Aege caught him at one point and threw him around like a ragdoll, and then froze him in a Time Ripple, in which he rapidly landed all of his blows in a flash. Snapping his fingers, the ripple disappeared and Morpho Knight was now caught in a trap of frozen punches and kicks. He teleports away and warped for another attack behind Aege, who was completely caught off guard. Morpho shot him at a rock and unleashed multiple shockwaves at him, which the rock exploded. He got out of it and boosted forward at him.

With him off guard, I dashed for a Drill Rush attack and pierced him in the back. He flinched and vanished away on contact. He warped himself right back in front of us. He stuck his sword in the ground, and out popped larger versions of Morphia all around. Evading the areas where they are certain to come out, they exploded into pillars of fire afterwards. But what came out was a charge attack from Morpho Knight, who performed the Shuttle Loop and fire followed when he flew close to the ground. I attacked again and parried off his attacks, sending us both back.

"Shoot… I cannot allow myself to lose to worthless runts! I am the true greatest warrior in the galaxy, and I'll waste you all to ashes!" Morpho Knight roared.

Phase Two activated!

His cape fluttered in the air and they transformed into butterfly wings. Morpho held Morphia in the middle, summoning something. "Morphia- Dual Blade!" At this, he was able to split his sword into two identical blades. He teleported.

"Wait, where did he go?" Dylan asked.

"Look out!" Aege shouted. Morpho Knight appeared instantly and swung his sword, but this time it grew into a giant blade, just like Kirby's Ultra Sword ability. He cleaved it into the ground and chopped off a part of the canyon. We managed to evade it, luckily.

"What the heck was that?! His sword was all big and he ruined a part of the canyon in the process of trying to dice us!" Aege shouted and gasped. "Aw crap! Here he comes again!" Another swung was cleaved and more of the canyon was sliced.

He reappeared again and summoned both of them to grow and he swung both of them, now slicing and dicing two parts of the canyon. Morpho then called them both back and it became one again. Seeing this, I grabbed Galaxia and dashed at him, in which he blocked the Drill Stab. He retaliated and we were knocked back once again. Morpho Knight seems in a craze of madness. He teleports.

"Look out!" Dylan was tossed back by Morpho Knight with shockwaves that were really terrible and makes anyone's ears bleed that emitted from his wings. It happened for a while before he stopped. Then, Aege appeared right in front of him and went all out on him. However, Morpho dodged every fast-timed punch and kick Aege threw at him. He then grabbed him and pinned him to a rock, shooting a massive laser beam that followed the sword he threw. He managed to evade in time.

"You know what? Forget strategy! Just go all out on him!" Aege growled, jumping for another attack.

The rest of us did so too. Morpho Knight then warps and appears to be charging up his sword, emitting two ghostly faces and warps again to do the same. Dylan dices them all without a moment's hesitation. The fluttery fiend then charges up for another attack and aims for me instead in which I did the same to counter. At will, we both lunged for each other and our swords collided. Both slicing upwards, it resulted in a series of blade clashing at a rapid speed and in a frenzy of different spots that became victim to the struggle.

The series of slashes continued on for a while, and areas of the canyon were being destroyed little by little. It ended as we both struggled to slash the other with our blades at a parry hold. Then, the spark pushed us back again, both of us huffing and gasping for a breather. But in a life-or-death duel, you usually don't get another chance to breathe if you lose. Morpho Knight huffed, and was at the verge of collapsing.

"Such power you possess… one that can stand up to mine! It's not possible! I'm supposed to be the greatest warrior in the galaxy, and here again I've been matched more than twice by that stupid Galacta Knight and now there's another who could stand to my power?! Unacceptable! I am the real strongest warrior there is! I had it all, and he… stole it all from me, even that title and it costed me my life! No matter, his power is absorbed into me, and now I can reclaim that title once again that I've had to begin with! All thanks to some idiot's wish to fight that "greatest warrior in the galaxy" granted by a star! Now, it's time to put an end to you three fools who dares challenge the butterfly, and then I'll earn my title back!" Morpho Knight started rambling on like crazy. "It's a good thing that idiotic cult decided to screw up the ritual of reviving Void Termina, otherwise that wouldn't have been possible."

"What the heck does he mean by that? He was reborn because he absorbed or merged with the "greatest warrior in the galaxy"? But how did he even manage to do that at all? And here I thought Galacta Knight was the strongest warrior and always have been." Dylan questioned. "But that can't be possible, right?"

The words of this butterfly knight gave me more questions to ask. Surely, I thought I asked Nova to let me fight the strongest warrior in the galaxy, and only Galacta appeared. It continued that way for a few years. Galacta is a planet-destroying knight sealed away because of his undoubtedly fear of power. Despite this, I still manage to defeat him. The question is, if what he says is really true, then what happened that lead to this so-called fight that sealed both the fates of Morpho Knight and Galacta Knight, and who sealed them both?

Nothing really comes to mind an answer to a question like this. There can be many theories and possibilities of how it all went out, but no one really knows the truth. Whatever the case may be, Morpho Knight seemed to have died as a result and turned into a butterfly somehow, whereas for Galacta Knight, stealing the title of the "greatest warrior in the galaxy", he was sealed away because of Morpho's defeat and may have went power crazy or something. Anything else could've followed after that. Whatever happened in the past truly, it led to what we have here now.

Seeing Morpho Knight like this made me wonder how he was able to be reborn by absorbing Galacta Knight. I may not have mentioned this, but I think I did meet him before. I went to fight Galacta Knight once again before, but this time, it wasn't Galacta Knight that I fought. It was then that he appeared. After that, he vanished and Galacta was nowhere to be found then. Strange, how come I didn't remember that? But whatever happened, I remember clearly. But maybe, could it be because of the Jamba Hearts?

Now since that fact came to mind, I do remember Kirby telling me that the hearts were caused actually due to a failed ritual that was performed by what he describes as a cult. He said when the leader sacrificed them all, it was only because four hearts were missing to complete it and revive Void Termina. One of the four missing hearts went into Kirby, giving him the ability to befriend enemies, and it was pink. So, the possible answer could be that Morpho, as a butterfly, must've been hit by a Pink Jamba Heart rather than a purple one. The site of the last two pink hearts are unknown.

My mind ponders over these thoughts, but I place them on pause as Morpho Knight struggled.

"That's it! I'll kill you all and absorb you too once I'm through with you!" Morpho then struck his sword into the ground and a giant pyro twister formed from it. "This is the power of the true greatest warrior in the galaxy!" It was about to hit us… but it didn't. It vanished instantly. Morpho Knight seemed to be hearing something in his head, but we all could hear it.

"Who said you were the greatest warrior in the galaxy, Morpho Knight? Not anymore you're not." A familiar voice ranged out. "How sad it is for you to be driven by your lust for power and revenge for just a title. No, it appears it's your adversity of rage over the past couple of years." A figure of a familiar person only human appeared in a ball of light that formed into a real living being.

"Y-y-you! But I absorbed you not too long ago! You aren't supposed to be-!" That was all Morpho Knight got to say before a pink lance impaled him in the heart. Blood didn't come out, but rather the Orb Piece that was thought to vanish came out instead. It flew out and went over to my hands immediately.

"W-w-what?! N-no! I'm supposed to be the undefeated… I can't lose here… I won't stop until I… take back… what's mine in the first place…!" Morpho coughed up those words and the lance dug deeper. The figure walks up and shook its head, pulling out the lance that was stabbed in him.

"Well, a title like that is something that can be easily taken away from you- (snaps) just like that. In the end, there will be a greatest warrior, but there will never be an undefeated warrior ever in history. Even great warriors can fall sometimes, especially at the hands of someone who desires to be strong for the sake of what they care about. I'll have to admit, it's true you used to be the greatest warrior to begin with, but ever since we've fought, I became victorious. I was doing you a favor so that you won't have to suffer the true consequences of bearing that title, you could say that. However, even I lost that title to someone with great power and a desire to be strong. Sometimes, as temporal warriors, we just gotta know when to give in to the newcomers that beats us. Isn't that right, Meta Knight?" The figure smiled at me, as if it was a sign as to signal me who the person was.

Morpho Knight slowly started to speak. "I… I... I didn't think about it that way… I can't believe I'm saying this… but… you're…"

"Say it… I'm waiting. And so is the wielder of Galaxia." Is that what I was really thinking?

"You… were… right… Galacta Knight…" Morpho sighed and hacked. All of us jumped back when we heard the name Galacta Knight. The figure smiles and smacks him on the head.

"Well, didn't hurt to say I told you so, darling. Now I believe you've had your fun for today, am I right? Without a vessel to possess and take over, the power of the Jamba Heart is completely useless. Since you used this Light Orb to do the job, I'm afraid you'll go back to being a normal butterfly again. Come on, you silly butterfly. Do it."

Morpho Knight sighed and turns to us in response. "All right, I'll admit defeat here, I'll say that. Well, after this, I'll be back into a butterfly for a while. But the next time… I won't lose to you, Galacta, or any other knight as great as we all used to be once I have my rebirth again! I promise you that, Meta Knight, isn't it? One day, we'll all fight to see who truly the greatest warrior in the galaxy is, ya hear me?"

A moment of silence flew by, and after a few seconds has gone by, I ended up smiling. "You bet I'll be there to show off my skills. I could use a little excitement from time to time."

After this, Morpho Knight somehow smiled with no regrets. It seems his struggle and adversity of anger has been quenched already. He then started to glow. "Ah… looks like my time is up, eh? I'll miss this form for a while. I guess I'll see you on judgement day again, and I will prove to you all I'm the greatest there is! I swear!" With those words, he turns into butterfly petals and disappeared into thin air, revealing nothing but the same red butterfly at home, which then flew off and teleported away from here.

"Ah, well, at least everything turned out A-Okay!" Aege shrugged.

Morpho Knight has been defeated! Victory!

You are now Level 18!

You got a new ability, "Chrono!" You also got a new fusion ability, "Angelmon," a fusion of both Cupid and Demon! 11/12 abilities found!

You got a piece of the Light Orb! Only one more to go! You got an Invincibility Candy!

Aege has joined your party! Ability: Chrono Manipulation.

After that, Morpho Knight flew away, never to be seen again until Judgement Day comes. The figure turns and smiles. I on the other hand, didn't even know what to say, or think. "Are… are you really…? How…?"

"Hmm… yes, it's so it appears to be. Don't ask how. Just know that I won't go so easy on you the next time we fight again, darling. And with that, I'll be taking my leave here. Try not to die on the way there. Bye!" With that, the figure glowed white and spread their wings and flew from the scene, feathers falling behind. The three of us couldn't even comprehend what the heck just happened.

"Uh… what the heck just happened?" Dylan asked. "How did it happen?"

"I think we just literally met the duo of the "greatest warriors in the galaxy" just right in front of us," Aege sweatdropped. "I think that chick that just left was actually Galacta Knight. Damn, she's hot."

"Uh, Aege? You do realize that Galacta's a guy, right? Otherwise, we wouldn't be calling him a "her" if he wasn't a girl," I smacked my head.

"But I don't think he's a guy, Meta. Did you even notice that he called Morpho "darling?" That's way too gay for someone like "him", doesn't it? I just have to come to the conclusion Galacta's a female by that!" Aege explained his crazy idea. "There's no way a warrior like him can be gay, at least that's what I think, so he has to be a female! Plus, his voice sounded both masculine and feminine, but more feminine!"

"Yeah, there's no way in hell the greatest warrior I've fought many times can be a female! Even Nova identified him as a male! Every book and tale depicted Galacta as a guy! They can't try to fool anyone now that they've made it clear about him at the last minute! He is a guy, and there's no point of trying to say he's a girl, or a reverse trap!" I shot back. "Everyone knows he's a guy, and I mean everybody, including the people who are even reading this right now! Don't try to place doubts in people's heads!"

"Alright, alright. I'll say Galacta's a guy for now, but don't blame me if you fight that knight again only to find out he was a girl all along! And when that does happens, I'll be all the way at your brawl, laughing my ass off and gloat all over in your face, mocking you for the rest of your life, and then take that warrior chick out on a hot date and then we'll get it on like Donkey Kong-!" Aege snorted and laughed.

"WHAT THE HECK IS WRONG WITH YOU?!" I shouted. "LIKE HECK THAT WILL HAPPEN!"

"BOTH OF YOU, STOP IT!" Dylan shouted. "Guys, it doesn't matter now! We've got a bigger problem on our hands! First, this whole place is about to rest in pieces! Second, we have to get this Orb Piece back and hope that Kirby wins the tournament and get the last orb piece against Celia! And last of all, we have to take down Dark Matter who is currently in possession of Peganoa Knight and the Gem Star, Platinum, right after we get the Soul Jewel from Nimbus! We have multiple problems already, so what's the worst those bastards can throw at us now?!"

"Who cares? Let's head back at this moment. We've done what we needed to do in the first place," I declared. "All that's left is to hope that Kirby wins and we'll be on our way. Now to get the heck out of here."

"Hold it, you said something about a tournament, right? The Air Ride? Oh, that's where my cousin usually hangs out all the time and gambles. Her mom's pretty hot and busty," Aege questioned me.

"Wait a minute, are you talking about Dinah?" I asked.

"Yeah, she's my sexy cousin with the big boobs and a half-split personality. You know her or something?" He asked.

"Oh yes, she's currently helping us out with a big situation somehow, but she has her hands full on one of my acquaintances in the tournament. The prize is ironically the thing we need to move on," I told him.

"Hey, at this moment, Dash just texted me saying that Kirby is currently in the final round of the tournament, which is called the Star Duel. If he wins this round, then the prize money and the last orb piece are ours!" Dylan explained. "It says here that his final round opponent is named Celia."

"CELIA?! OH HELL NAH!" Aege gasped. "Out of all the people, it had to be her?!"

"Huh? What's wrong?" I asked.

"I'll tell you what's wrong! Celia is basically the goddess of the Air Ride tournament, undefeated in every round and challenge there is, each with a fishy one hell of a perfect record impossible to pull off in history! She is the High-Ranked Undefeated Air Rider, that's her title! Are you telling me your friend has to go against that little showoff?! It may be true you could possibly beat her in other modes, but no one has ever beaten her in Star Duel, whereas by without a doubt she's a beast on the field! I don't know how she does it, but I know for a fact that anyone who fights her will be hacked to pieces! Your friend's not gonna last a second against her!" Aege complained. "Not even after what she's done to me!"

"Eh, don't worry. He'll be fine out there. Trust me, he isn't the type of person to fall to someone like her that easily," I shrugged. "You'll see. Now let's get back right after the dragons and harpies comes back."

"Hey wait! Meta, I thought you didn't care what happened to this place!" Dylan questioned.

"Don't worry about it. This place will reset itself and everything will be back to normal by then. That's why it's called Timeless Canyon. And of course, as we didn't realize it, the whole place just reset itself while we were arguing. Everything's back to normal, and of course the dragons and harpies are headed this way."

A herd of those two groups were seen flocking over this way in a flash. Different types of dragons and harpies roared and squawked on their way here, and soon it wasn't long before they all settled back into their home habitat again, now living in peace again. One of them approached us, and it was a dragon girl that seems familiar.

"Hey, are you three the ones who chased off that crazy butterfly beast knight? We'd like to thank you all for doing so, and now we won't have to worry about the canyon being invaded again!" Then, she faces towards me and her eyes widen as if she realized something.

"Something wrong?"

"Wait a minute, you're that masked guy from before at Deserlava Star that freed us from stone along with that guy with a hammer and that pink kid! What a coincidence we'd meet again! Surely you may not have remembered, but for starters, I'm Libra," She said to me.

"Ah, I see. I remember you. So you and the other kids live here as well?" I asked.

"Well, yeah. It's pretty comfortable, once you get used to it. Yeah, until after a couple of days that butterfly shows up and attacks. As if that wasn't enough, there was this weird white cloaked guy that was lurking around the area as well. I don't know for sure, but I think he may be part of that group that you all encounter every time," Libra explains.

"So that's what happened. Wait, how did you even know what's going on in our business?"

"Don't ask questions you don't want the answer to. So, now that the butterfly is gone, at least that's one problem less to deal with, and the others that have occurred and were solved. The real problem is the Pegasus knight. In just a few hours, it appears he plans to launch another invasion on the sky world again and cause another war with all of the nations. The Angeloids and Beast Knights are gathered and are at halt for now until that time comes. So you might wanna stop him before that could happen again, don't ya think?" Libra explained. "The second your friend wins that tournament, don't hesitate to make a run for the chambers. Something's coming, and it's not from Peganoa, but a sense of something much greater and dangerous is approaching soon."

"Again, just how do you know this stuff?"

"Don't question it. But at least you know something. Just know that I can smell a scent of a dragon's blood in you or perhaps the power of dark and light. Whatever, you seem to possess a form of a beast that has yet to awaken. Who knows?"

"Well, enough of that. What matters is that everything here is back to normal. So, where are the other dragon children anyways?"

"At the Colosseum, watching the Air Ride Tournament in progress right now. Final round's about to start in half an hour. You should hurry by the way. They're about to pit your friend against the undefeated champion in a duel," Libra said.

"Oh yeah, the tournament! This I gotta see! Yo, I think we oughta bail for the day," Aege told her. "Besides, don't you have something more important to do?"

"Yeah, that can wait for now. Let's head back. Thanks for the info, Libra," I thanked her.

"You're welcome. I'll see you all at the tournament later!" Libra spreads her wings and flew off into the horizon.

"Well, I guess that's that, perhaps," Dylan shook his head. "Now let's get the heck out of here, shall we?"

"Yes, let's return for now," I suggested as we all walked from the canyon.

Level Four cleared! Mission complete!

Orb Piece retrieved! One more left!

Back at the Tournament… (During the Match)

"So, let me get this straight. You are collecting these orb pieces in order to reach a spirit's chamber that has the power to break the barriers all over the planets and in order to free the possessed creature and save the other half of the 14 spirits, the Gem Stars, so that they can rebuild a sacred weapon that was supposedly said to be shattered before the start of this whole mess and can ultimately defeat Zero for good before he gets his filthy hands on the princess?" Fololo summarized.

"Yeah, that's the only reason why we're even doing this in the first place," Karly sighed.

"And not only that, but after he beat Aura Woods, that's when he encountered a strange guy named Dark Soul, the commander of the Dark Matter Forces. And that's how he ran into Kazela, who you later found out she was the princess's long lost little sister who lost her memories, right?" Falala added.

"Yes, it is unfortunately," Dedede shrugged.

"And all of these people became your allies on your mission too? That's really something. But I'd never thought Kailaine had such a terrible past, well I meant to say, we were all there, but not there with you guys. But I mean that I'd never thought her past was somehow connected to Popstar's history. And to put it simply, Kailaine isn't the only target. They've got Adeline, and they're on a hunt for the seven deadly princesses-"

"Fololo, you're referencing the anime "The Seven Deadly Sins", you know," Falala corrected. "It's the Seven Elemental Princesses they're after. And they've already found four of them. But what do they want with them?"

"You think we have the answer to those questions? Well, no we don't." Karly crossed her right leg over and shook her head. "Believe it or not, what we've been through these past few weeks were all full of surprises, such as we found out that Bandana Dee actually has a girlfriend on Aquarius Star- not only that, but he is the hero that defeated the mermaid queen, who just so happens to be her mother."

The twins widen their eyes in a shocking state. "Seriously? Bandana Dee? Having a girlfriend? And she's a mermaid? DANG!"

"That's right. You should've seen how powerful he was on the battlefield when he knocked the freak out of a giant colossus like a boss!" Dedede grinned. "That was something alright."

"Whatever. Anyways, now we found out more about the lore behind their plans and now the new topic is that everyone on Popstar is being abducted one by one, just like you two are. As far as I know, you were brought here against your will by somebody that could possibly be from the Zero Seven. I think it's best if you two head back home after this, because it will be dangerous if you stay with us any longer." Karly suggested. "You should at least let them know back home you're okay."

Dedede, however, notified Karly of something. "Wait a minute, Karly. How are they supposed to get back home to Dreamland at all?"

"Through the Chaos Gate, of course," Karly answered.

"But Karly! Did you forget the fact that won't work?"

"What are you talking about?"

"Karly, we're in another galaxy as of right now, so things won't remain the same as it were in our galaxy. We don't have Chaos Gates back home, and we only got here because of some sort of hyperdrive caused by Dark Matter on the Warpstar. Considering how long it took for Kailaine to reach this galaxy, it's gonna be a long time. The only thing closest to that is that old NME's Monster Delivery System I have in my throne room, but what's the point in that if it's useless now? Either way, we'll be stuck here in this galaxy until this whole mess blows over. Either way, using the Warpstar won't help, maybe because it possibly caused the hyperdrive, and did you forget it exhausted nearly all of its energy here because of the curse? Huh?"

Karly was about to counterattack that fact, when she hesitated for a while. "Aw, crud. You're right. I completely forgot. That means these two are stuck here until it's over as well as for the rest of the people who are here by force. Dang it all! So what now? If anyone else gets forcibly involved in this, we're in big trouble in anything happens to them."

"There's no other way, Karly. We'll just have to let them tag along with us for the ride then." Dedede answered, then turned to both Fololo and Falala.

"Well, now that we know you two can't go back home, I'm afraid you're gonna have to stick with us. However, as you can tell, this is obviously a life and death situation. Are you sure you want to go through this, you two?"

"Of course we will! You can bet on it!" They both replied.

"I see. Welcome to the team, shrimps," Dedede chuckles.

Fololo and Falala joins the party!

"Hey look, Kirby's about to cross the big breasted tsundere at the finish line!" Karly shouts out. All stops to gaze at the moment of truth that was occurring to cross the finish line.

Colosseum Lobby- Meta Knight's POV

We approached the lobby of the stadium where the Air Ride was said to take place. Really brings back memories of the times we clashed against each other in every event. It was crowded, but not that much people were there. Must be an intermission.

I walked a bit further with the other two members inside. "So this is the Colosseum I've heard so much about. It's really bigger than I'd imagined it to be."

"Oh please, you ain't seen nothing yet!" Aege answered. "It's Celia you should be worried about!"

"Yeah, what's so bad about this Celia character, Aege? Did something happen between you two?" Dylan asked.

"She is a cocky girl who always thinks highly of herself. Y'know, just think of her as one of those rich popular girls you see in high school shows or whatever." Aege explained. "Growing up with her around, not that she's related to me in anyway sense, it was a living hell of a time. I really can't say what kind of things she did that led to this, but I know it's never pretty."

"I don't know, but she sure sounds like a spoiled brat, to be honest," I shrugged.

"You know it. She has even boobs that are the largest I have ever seen in my life yet. Next to my cousin's boobs. Wow, got her! Just kidding, her boobs are much bigger than Celia's and for a fact, I think she's wearing pads under that small chest of hers!" Aege roasted. "Anyway, even though she's a jerk, you do not wanna screw around with her, especially in an Air Ride Match."

"Hey Meta Knight!" I was suddenly jumped and squished by Dinah, who apparently surprised me with a breast hug. "You're back so soon as well! How did it go?"

"First, can you get your breasts off my face? You're crushing me," I said through her suffocation.

"Oh, sorry," She lets go of me and gives me some air. "I should've realized this would've happened if I gave you a hug. Sometimes it's hard to do certain things if your chest is that big."

"Never mind that. What's important is that we got the third orb piece here in our possession. All that's left is to let Kirby win the tournament and get the last one," I informed.

"So, did something happen during the search for it?" She asks.

"A lot of things happened. I'm positive no one would ever think that we'd encounter two of the "greatest warriors in the galaxy" on the spot right away," Dylan shrugs. "You should've been there to see it! Oh, and we ran into your cousin here as well."

"What's up, Dinah?" Aege greeted. "Heard you needed help with something, so I thought I'd drop by to see what it was, but you seemed to have sent messengers to get me, haven't ya?"

"Oh yes, Aege. It's a very serious matter," She replies.

"So, the demon's not out today?" Aege asked.

"Well, she was but… stuff happened… so…" Dinah hesitated.

"Uh-huh. Where's Saito, the idiot cupid boy that went into the Could Sea Fountain for treasure? I heard some of these guy's companions saved his arse just a while ago. That idiot," Aege sighs.

"Recovering in the bathroom, traumatized from the incident." Dinah points to the nearest bathroom, and it gave off a weird aura that made everybody stay away from there as far as possible.

"No matter. Is Kirby around?" I asked.

"Well no. He's getting ready for the final match against Celia as of right now," She replies. "The final round starts in about a few minutes."

"Oh, I see. Where are the others?" Dylan asked.

"They're in the bleachers right now, waiting for the final round to start. Come on, I'll take you there." Dinah grabs my hand and drags me all the way to the bleachers, and the two characters chased afterwards. Soon, we met up with the others, who turns around and sees us heading their way.

"Yo, Meta Knight, Dylan! You're back from your orb hunt!" Dedede called out. "How'd it go?"

"We got the orb piece, that's one thing. Now what do we do once the tournament's over? I know what it is, but how is it gonna work out guys?" Dylan questions.

"We'll figure out something. But we do know that we can't reach the chambers until we get all four orb pieces, and this tournament has the last one," Karly explained. "And then there's another big problem that has arisen, involving everyone on Popstar."

"Did something happen, Karly?" I asked.

"It's… well, a long story, but I can guarantee you're not gonna like it at all," She replies.

"Hey, the final round's about to start in a few minutes!" Kazela shouted. "Meta Knight, if you've found something that can help him, drop it in that thingy-majig here! I don't know, but I can feel some sort of strange energy emitting here."

"You don't say?" I dropped some of the abilities I've found at the canyon into the thing, and it vanished. "What do you mean by that?"

"I don't know how to describe it… but one thing is that his opponent is supposedly an undefeated champion of Air Ride, and another is that I can smell some sort of dragon's blood here, and it's coming from you!" She sniffs at me like a dog. "No, you smell more like a fallen angel or Pegasus, I have no idea!"

Dragon's blood? Now that I think about it, Libra said the same thing as well to me before. I don't know for sure, but if what they say is true, then what am I supposed to do about it? I don't remember anything about a dragon. Perhaps they must be mistaken.

"Alright, quit it, Kazela," I ordered her. She immediately stops sniffing and steps back a little.

"Sorry, Meta Knight."

"Don't worry about it. Didn't mean to get a bit rough on you."

"Eh, that's fine."

"Bah, this stinks! Your friend is gonna get creamed by Celia! You haven't seen how she does it yet. She's a savage!" Aege complained. "Isn't there anything that gets on her nerves at all, because so far, I've never seen her crack anyways?"

"Ladies and Gentlemen, sorry to keep you waiting, but now our final round's about to commence forward!" The announcer shouted. The air was filled with loud cheers from the audience.

"Oh, that's my cue to go! Sorry guys, but I have to take my place elsewhere now!" Dinah said and flew off.

"Without further delay, let's get right into the action! Judging from the results of previous events, the rule states that if two people are tied in a stadium event, they must settle the score in this tiebreaker event: Star Duel, a round where players on their air ride machines duke it out with any ability they have with them and with the air ride machines they have collected in City Trial! It's simple: last man standing wins, but no fatalities allowed!"

"Huh, that's all the limits of the duel? Something's wrong here," Dedede speculated.

"So now let's meet the two finalists of the day! Here on this side, we have our reigning undefeated champion of air ride, Celia Nilonous! She has been undefeated in every event there is in Air Ride, and she holds a perfect record that was impossible to attain in history! So far, no one is able to cross swords with her and lived to tell the tale! Astonishing, isn't it?! Her air ride machine is currently the Solar Star, a star with unbelievably almost perfect stats and a new addition to the line of new generation air ride machines!"

The girl, Celia, was laughing like a spoiled brat, just as Aege said it so. "That's right, and don't you forget it, shrimps! I am invincible!"

"But that may all change today! Why is that? Because on the other side, we have a newcomer to the air ride series today! Here is a boy in pink and hails from another planet, and he's the rep for Princess Dinah! He is known as the "Pink Demon Air Rider" or the name of the legendary star warrior, Kirby! This boy is something special, folks! He is the first to actually beat the undefeated in almost every event possible, and his rank is currently Code Unknown, which means we don't know what kind of rank he is until after this round! Anyway, his current air ride machine is just a standard Warp Star, but judging from his performance these last few rounds, he is a beast on the field with it! Who would've thought that he'd end up wiping out all the other contestants without even trying?! His skills are impressive, but will it be enough to crown him the winner?!"

"Heya! How's it going, Celia? Are you having a good time now?" Kirby casually smiled, which made Celia even angrier.

"Don't give that crap, you pink pervert! I had enough of you! This is where I draw the line at a kid who doesn't know how to respect the popular and think they're better than me!" She growled.

"Who said I was better than you? Stop trying to make false assumptions, tsundere. I have enough people like that in my party anyways that are tsunderes and they've got big boobs like you do. Whatever, let's go already, Celia," Kirby shrugs.

"I swear, you're going down, pinky! You haven't seen what I'm made of, so this is a perfect opportunity to have you cower in fear of my awesome power!" Celia cackled.

"Your awesome power, or are you talking about your loose chest right now?" Kirby pointed. Celia stops and gradually became all red, covering her chest.

"You pink pervert! Where do you thinking you're looking at?!" Celia shouted.

"I'm no pervert or anything. I'm just letting you know its wide open so you won't have to find out for yourself later on. Just being the guy to point out the things that are left unattended so no one would have to suffer or whatever," Kirby shakes his head.

"Heh, you really are something, aren't ya? Let's see how far an attitude like that will get you here in the final! Hope you're ready to beg for mercy once I'm done with you!" Celia grinned.

"Oh, we'll see about that, Miss Champion! The real question is how long you can hold that title for, because titles can be stolen- (snaps) - just like that! Let's get it on!" Kirby smiled.

"Ooh! Looks like the flames are flying between the two finalists of the day! This match will get red hot, folks! Now it's time to see which finalist will take home the gold and the rare orb relic of today! Who will it be? Will it be Celia, the undefeated air rider in history, or will it be Kirby, the newcomer Pink Demon Air Rider that made his way up to this point with such remarkable skill? Let's find out!" The announcer declared.

"Alright, then. Show me what you got, Kirby," I thought to myself. "After all, you've got one shot at this. Interesting."

Now Saving… Save Complete!

End of Chapter 4 Act 3!

Author's Note Summary:

Hey guys! Chapter 22 is done for today! Yeah, it took me a while, but it was all worth it! Now for explanations about this chapter. To begin with, it starts with City Trial. Actually, it was based off my gameplay on City Trial one time with those extra elements added to it. Yeah, that one time I actually got all the pieces for both the Dragoon and Hydra and I considered myself lucky that day. Unfortunately, if you have one of them complete and you find the pieces for the other, you'll get that one instead. But that's what happened. No joke there. Anyway, the new ability Nimbus was kinda based off of Cloud Mario from the Super Mario Galaxy series. The Wind ability was based off Spark the Electric Jester, so I'll just say although they seem the same, the moveset is completely different. Cupid from Amazing Mirror returns, and Storm is a new ability I came up with. Oh yeah, if you've noticed that Kirby speaks of a theme to play during the drag race, I've mentioned it was a reference from Mario Kart, but it's a famous meme that we all know and love. If you haven't figured it out, then the answer is the theme of Luigi's Death Stare, Riding Dirty. I just thought it might be perfect for that moment and I do not own it.

Next, the second thing is about Meta Knight, Dylan, Aege and the butterfly. Now I know you have a lot of questions about that, since you would never actually expect him to appear again. But first, just wanna clarify on the part about them growing wings. Yeah, that idea honestly was inspired by other Kirby stories you're familiar with, like Wings of the Falling for example. That's actually the best concept idea ever made by fans, in my opinion. So, with that, the real attraction is the brawl with the Reborn Butterfly, Morpho Knight. Yeah, you probably saw that one coming, but not like this, I presume? The background bio was based off theories about Morpho Knight, but it's my look on him rather, my own personal theory. Basically, I thought what if Morpho Knight was the true greatest warrior in the galaxy, but however Galacta Knight came and challenged him for the title, making him victorious. After that, he probably died and became a butterfly somehow, and Galacta Knight took the place of the greatest warrior in the galaxy, being sealed away by means unknown. I'm not sure, but maybe Morpho Knight was tied in with the Ancients as perhaps a representative and maybe even Galacta Knight. When Morpho was a butterfly, he must've waited for a chance to get his revenge on both Galacta and the Ancients; Galacta for stealing his title and perhaps the Ancients because they didn't do anything about it or rather they were so busy on another matter, like with the mages in Star Allies, banishing them. Maybe then he sensed Galacta Knight because of Meta Knight's wish granted by the Nova destroyed by Kirby, and started following him and the others on their adventures until Star Allies, where he, when the Jamba Hearts scattered, he must've been struck by one and it wasn't shown in the cutscenes, absorbed Galacta Knight and used his body to be reborn again. But from what I've noticed during the fight, maybe he was so easy to beat because not of the fact the game was kinda easy, but maybe it was a sign of a struggle that was hinted from his devastating blows to weaker attacks to take control of his body, leading to his defeat until next time. That's just a theory, but it does kinda make sense if you think about it, but there's many possibilities and that's one of them.

Well the other half of this is what happens after the fight with Morpho Knight. Unbelievably, Galacta Knight shows up and finishes the job for the heroes with his pink lance. How could it be possible for him to appear again after what happened to him in Star Allies? Well, here's my other theory. In the comments section of his boss theme, pretty much everyone thought he was dead. But I think not, readers. Perhaps, I think that Galacta isn't dead. Maybe after Morpho's defeat, possibly Galacta was somehow released from his unexpected merge when Morpho disappeared and thinking he was still alive, he returned back to where he was summoned from somehow through the butterfly and separated from him without us seeing it. Again, just a theory. After all, it's rare for a theory to actually become true. Well, actually, the only theory I know that has been proved to be correct was the one in Steven Universe. Anyway, after that fight, Galacta somehow appeared through a ball of light and takes care of the job. Then, he flies away like he usually does elsewhere. How is this possible? It remains a mystery, folks. Just let me know what you think about this theory. Also, I think all three of their weapons are treasures made by the Ancients as well.

Other than that, I guess that's pretty much it. So, in real life, guess what? The good news is that we literally get to keep our laptops over the summer and possibly until we're seniors, since they're the only ones that had to give in theirs. The bad news is that as stated before, I'll be out somewhere for possibly the whole summer or so, and that means I won't be able to work more on chapters. Well, that varies on what happens those days. I'll try though. So now I want to say this story will be on hiatus until further notice or whenever.

Kirby: Again? This is the second time, man!

Oh, it's you Kirby. Can't you see I'm in the middle of something right now? I'm telling them the story will be paused for a while until I return from vacation and hopefully not near the start of school again!

Kirby: Bull. So what?

I've got a lot to do over the summer and I'm praying it doesn't interfere with my work! Plus, school's gonna end by next week and this week we has EOC's and crap.

Kirby: Whatever. You still promise to come back once you're done with your trip, right?

Well, duh. I'll say it's cancelled if it has to be, and for other crappy reasons and good ones. I'm the author, remember? As authors, we decide the fate of what happens in the stories we write!

Kirby: Is that so? Then does that mean you decided to have me drown in all the girl's boobs on Aquarius Star that time and give me nosebleeds?

Actually, the truth is, on those parts I wasn't the one who wrote that. It was one of my friends at school that offered to help that time, and he's a cliché type of guy, so…

Kirby: Uh-huh. Sometimes you suck, even if you didn't write some parts.

Oh please, Kirby! Besides, at least it wasn't all that bad. I mean, just look at the action I made this year! Even Bandana Dee got his chance to shine, and in a way no one would ever think to happen!

Kirby: Ok I'll admit that was pretty badass, to be honest. So what other ideas do you have after this?

Can't tell you yet. That's for the next chapter that comes out. So anyways, in conclusion, I'll have to pause here for now until further updates occur later on or if I post another during the summer. I'd like to say thank you for the support on this story, especially you, Merendinoemiliano. Thanks! Next time, the duel with Kirby and Celia will commence and we'll now find out the true reason behind the incidents on Popstar, and what they really plan to do with the Halberd, which Meta Knight hasn't figured out yet. Now, it's time to place this story on pause, and let me know your thoughts in your reviews below. With that, thank you for reading and I'll see you next time! You all are awesome. Well, I'll work on this after I return from my trip elsewhere, just to let you know. Now I'm done!

Kirby: Alright, goodbye everyone! For now, I guess!