Kirby X Legend

Dreamstalk (Floralia)

"Hey Meta Knight, what's up?" asked Taranza

"You heard about the disappearance of Kirby, did you?" ignored Meta Knight.

"Yeah, I've heard... it reminds me very much about Sectonia..."

"Hey, don't worry about her. I'm sure one day she'll appear again!"

"I keep saying that to myself, but I don't think she WILL come back..."

Taranza had been mourning about Sectonia ever since she was defeated by Kirby. Flowers don't really stand a pink killing machine, though. 

"Maybe a trip to Endless Explosions might go well, wouldn't it?"

"*Sniff* I guess..."

"C'mon, race you there!" Meta Knight's wings appeared, and soon he was flying higher and higher."

"Oh no you don't!" Taranza threatened! He quickly got up and flew with Meta Knight. Although, Taranza couldn't understand why Meta Knight was visiting Floralia.

"So uh, Meta Knight," questioned Taranza, "about that Kirby thing?"

"Magolor's ship detected that Kirby is in another dimension. Don't get that confused with the actual dimension called Another Dimension. Unfortunately, we need some resources before we can go in the new dimension, as we need 30,000 pints of sand from Endless Explosions, the Sacrifice flower from, once again don't confuse them both, Another Dimension, and a few Gem Apples."

"I got some Gem Apples if you need!" 

"That's ok, we've sent Bandana to retrieve them."

"Alright, but if something happens, just come talk to me. Oh, here we are! Endless Explosions!"

And it was called that for a reason. You couldn't go 3 feet without seeing a volcano exploding and sending giant chunks of boulders around. Not all the wildlife can survive by heat, though, so they instaled non-gravity pools that anyone can get in or out of. Unfortunately, those are filled with giant eels, so now everyone has to be careful around these eels.

"...I've never knew this place could be dangerous..."

"I know where theres a safety room. Follow me, Sword Boy." Taranza took Meta Knight to a volcano, and used some magic to reveal a door. "In here! Quick!"

Meta Knight opened the door, and in it was a personalized room Taranza made, pictures of him and Sectonia before the Mirror Accident, High School stuff, and even trinkets from his parents.

"This is a safety room?"

"Whenever I feel sad or unprotected, I come either here, or the 5 other safety rooms I installed in the other floating islands."

"Impressive."

"So, if we need some sand, we'll need something to hold it. I got a bunch of unused empty milk jugs, how's that?" Taranza threw a jug at Meta Knight.

"It's more than enough. Let's go," Meta Knight said as he caught the jug mid air. He then grabbed three more. Taranza grabbed as many as he could, and the two traveled to the highest volcano for the sand. But, just as when they were avoiding the eels...

"Hey! What are chumps like you doing here?" It was Bonkers, one of the strongest enemies known to Pop Star.

"Bonkers," said Meta Knight, "we don't have time for this, we gotta get some sand from the highest volcano, have you not heard about Kir-"

"I've heard about Kirby. But, I wanna challenge you before you can pass."

"Oh great," sighed Taranza, "not again..."

"Well, it's more a favor..."

"*sigh* What is it?" asked Meta Knight.

"I... I... I LOST MY HAMMER! WAAAHHHHH!"

"Hey, hey, don't cry, Bonkers!" responded Taranza. "When was the last time you saw it?"

"*sniff* I was on my way with Blocky *sniff* to a birthday party for Flame Galbros... *sniff* Then this mean shadowy figure all of a sudden stole the gift for Flame AND my hammer!"

"Shadow figure..." Meta Knight couldn't help but wonder if this shadow figure was a sphere doomer, or might even be Dark Meta Knight.

"Meta, I know where Flame Galbros lives, maybe we could check out there and then get the sand? It's the only way anyway to get past."

"...Fine, we'll get your hammer back." 

"*sniff* Really?"

"Really."

"Thanks, Meta Knight."

"Yeah, whatever. C'mon Taranza, let's go get that hammer."