Away in Dreamland (Kirby fanfiction)

An undying grudge between two warriors

King Dedede contacted Susie at once.
"Galacta Knight is in mah castle!" Dedede cheerfully boasted to Susie. This surely captured her attention at once, the most powerful warrior in the Galaxy, sealed away for power was roaming through Castle Dedede as an average citizen would. "What do you need from us then?" Susie irritatedly questioned. "Galacta Knight is strong enough to crush Kirby himself."
Then, she left the call. Muttering to himself, he thought if he should take this opportunity or not. True, he could get Galacta Knight to make Kirby perish but maybe he did want Kirby around. Also, it wouldn't be fair to make Galacta Knight fight a mere child.

In Whispy Woods.

"This is Whispy, the guardian of the woods." Tiff introduced.
Whispy politely bowed. "This is Galacta Knight, Whispy. He's the strongest warrior in the galaxy."
Galacta Knight gave a little wave. Truly, he enjoyed having friends and fans who liked him.
He had met everyone except.
"Meta Knight? You know him?" Tuff asked. Kirby stared blankly at them, eating one of the juiciest apples Whispy had to offer.
"Yeah, he'd be at the Castle." Tiff pointed to Castle Dedede. "I'll take you there."
The four waved their goodbyes to Whispy and set off for Castle Dedede. "As a Knight, you are entitled to a room in the castle by default." Tiff explained. Galacta Knight liked the sound of that, living a rather normal life at the castle. Maybe he could restart his relationship with Meta Knight while he was at it? Endless years had gone by with them as rivals, and perhaps they could finally set their grudges to rest. Turn over a new leaf, why not? It would be pleasant for the two of them. But first, he had to seek him out. Meta Knight could be anywhere; he was terribly good at masking himself in the shadows.
Making it to the gates, they introduced Galacta Knight to Waddle Doo. Explaining his role, he captured Galacta Knight's attention. When it was Galacta Knight's turn to talk, he completely amazed Waddle Doo. "The strongest warrior in the galaxy? My apologies, Sir Galacta Knight. I didn't know you were so incredibly important. I would've been more formal if I had known beforehand."
Galacta Knight burst into a short fit of laughter. "Everyone thinks they have to be so formal to me, I really don't care for formalities. Please, just call me Galacta Knight. It saves time and spares humiliation." He told them.

Now inside the castle, they lead him through into the throne room. Dedede was lazily lounging on his throne, waiting for them. As they entered, he hastily sat upright to express a more formal and grand appearance. "Welcome to Dreamland, Galacta Knight." He greeted.
Galacta Knight bowed, he was in the presence of a king in fair opinion.
"I'm searching for Meta Knight, would you happen to know where he would be, your majesty?" He asked him.
"Bandana Waddle Dee, go and get that there Meta Knight." He bellowed.
"At once, your majesty." He replied, bowing. Immediately, he rushed off into the darkening corridor to retrieve Meta Knight.

In Meta Knight's room

The masked warrior sat in his room, staring down at the locket; it meant so much to him and he couldn't go a day without spending a large period of time staring at it.

Then, he heard a knock on his door, he signalled for Bandana Waddle Dee to enter. "What do you require?" He asked.
"Sir Galacta Knight wishes to see you." He confirmed Meta Knight's theory, he was going to lose his role as Head Knight.
"I refuse." Meta Knight he said as he glared at the floor with his eyes emitting a crimson glow.
This frightened Bandana Waddle Dee immensely. "Please." He choked.
Noticing him trembling, he got up and comforted him. "I'm sorry I scared you. It just slips out sometimes." Meta Knight apologised. Sometimes, he forgot how young Bandana Waddle Dee was. Also, he never forgot that Bandana Waddle Dee was such a big fan of him and admired him so much. "I'll follow you. " Meta Knight reluctantly told him. The two returned to the throne room.

Now that everyone was there that needed to be, Galacta Knight could say what he wanted to. Keeping his distance, Meta Knight stood with his cape wrapped around him, out of habit. "Meta Knight, could we start over?" Galacta Knight shyly offered. "Look, I know that we've been so terribly vile and vulgar to one another in the past but I think we could work really well together. We could become good friends."
Meta Knight looked Galacta Knight up and down as if he were crazy. The amount of quarrels, spats and scraps they had had in the past was irreversible. A strong grudge had been born between the two, like a boarder put up that prevented them from being friends. Tiff, Tuff, King Dedede, Escargoon and Kirby awaited a response from the silent Knight. Galacta Knight quivered; he just wanted to set this fight to rest and start new. "No, I don't forgive you. How am I supposed to forgive you? The amount of damage you've caused and the amount of times I've fled the battlefield with tattered wings, it's unforgivable." Meta Knight shouted. He then ran off to his room and locked the door.
Becca teleported inside to assure the Knight that everything was ok.
"It's..it's not okay! I can't just easily forgive him. Trust me I want to but I'm just-" he cried. Right now Meta Knight was a Mess of a Knight. A crying, spluttering mess. "Hey, calm down. Don't be so rough." She soothed. Extending her arm upwards, she grabbed his candy jar and handed it to him. Pushing it to a side, he only meekly answered with,"Those are for when I've actually been productive, not for when I'm low and shaky."
She frowned. Honestly, cheering him up was harder than she thought. "How about we go for a fly? Just the two of us?"
"But Galacta Knight is out there."
"Don't be so melodramatic, you forget I am unofficially the strongest warrior. Besides, he's trying to live a normal life."
"He's only trying to replace me."
With a heavy sigh, Becca got up and lifted him up. Unlocking the door, she spread her feathered wings and encouraged him to do the same. "I don't understand you people." Becca sighed.
Extending his own wings, Meta Knight flapped besides her.

Admittedly, she'd never seen that side of Meta Knight. Never. Never had she seen him cry before and it was truly interesting. Taking flight, the two of them sliced through the fluffy clouds and flapped in a synchronized beat.
It did make him feel better, cutting the air thin with the flapping of their wings. Looking down, they could see the extremely small village of Cappy Town. Of course, it was small because how high they were flying.

The sun dipped down, blanketing itself with the ocean and painting the sky a nice and fruity ombre. A magnificent cherry, mango and pineapple ombre spread across the waters, truly a gorgeous sight.

By that time, they headed towards the castle. We were so focused on Meta Knight that we didn't focus on Galacta Knight at all.

After Meta Knight had rushed off, he had felt terrible. Tiff and Tuff decided to take him to the village of Cappy Town to cheer him up and did eventually succeed.

Now the sun was sinking in the sky, everyone had retreated to their room for the night and retired to their beds for hours of refreshing slumber.

Galacta Knight couldn't sleep. He was too focused on convincing his rival that they should set aside their rivalry. However, he knew it'd be awfully difficult.
All he knew was he had to.
He had to.