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(Cut to interior of King Dedede's lair. He is in the tub getting washed up for the big night with Meta Knight. Bandana Dee is there with him.)
Bandana Dee: Tonight is the night!
King Dedede: (hesitantly) I'm not sure I can do this.
Bandana Dee: You don't have time to be timid. You must be bold, daring.
King Dedede: Bold. Daring! (Beast has emerged from the tub and shakes himself dry.)
Bandana Dee: There will be music. Romantic candlelight, provided myself, and when the time is right, you confess your love.
King Dedede: (Inspired) Yes, I con-- I-I-- No, I can't.
Bandana Dee: You care for the boy, don't you?
Beast: More than anything.
Bandana Dee: Well then, you must tell him. (Taranza has been cutting King Dedede's hair. It finishes and steps back.) Voila. You look so...so...
(Cut to shot of King Dedede in pig-tails and bows.)
King Dedede: Stupid.
Bandana Dee: Not quite the word I was looking for. Perhaps a little more off the top.
(Taranza begins to cut and chop again. Sailor Dee enters.)
Sailor Dee: Ahem ahem ahem. Your lady awaits. Hoo hoo hoo.
(Cut to grand staircase, where Meta Knight descends from the West Wing side in a shiny black suit. He reaches the landing and looks up at King Dedede, who is standing at the top of the stairs in his dress clothes. He is nudged on by Bandana Dee from behind the curtain, and he descends and meets Meta Knight at the landing. Arm in arm, they descend the last section of stairs and continue on their way to dinner, stopped momentarily by the footstool. Morpho Knight sings from his cart with Kirby on board.)
Morpho Knight: ♪Tale as old as time. True as it can be. Barely even friends, then somebody bends unexpectedly. Just a little change. Small to say the least. Both a little scared, neither one prepared, beauty and the beast.♪
(Meta Knight and King Dedede have moved into the ballroom, where they move through a perfect dance sequence. King Dedede occasionally looks over at Bandana Dee and Sailor Dee for their approval. Morpho Knight and Kirby are in the ballroom on their cart.)
Morpho Knight: ♪Ever just the same. Ever a surprise. Ever as before, ever just as sure, as the sun will rise. Tale as old as time. Tune as old as song. Bittersweet and strange, finding you can change, learning you were wrong. Certain as the sun. Rising in the east. Tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme, beauty and the beast. Tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme, beauty and the beast.♪ (To Kirby) Off to the cupboard with you now, Kirby. It's past your bedtime. Good night, love.
(Kirby slides off the end of the cart, and hops out of the room, but comes back for one last look. Meta Knight and King Dedede have adjourned to the balcony under a starry night.)
King Dedede: Meta? Are you happy here with me?
Meta Knight: (hesitantly) Yes. (He looks off into the distance)
Beast: What is it?
Meta Knight: (Looks at him desperately) If only I could see my father again, just for a moment. I miss him so much.
King Dedede: (Looks disappointed for a moment, then excited.) There is a way.
(The pair adjourn to King Dedede's lair, where King Dedede hands Meta Knight the magic mirror.)
King Dedede: This mirror will show you anything, anything you wish to see.
Meta Knight: (hesitantly) I'd like to see my father, please.
(The magic mirror shines into life, and Meta Knight turns his head away as it flashes. Then it reveals Galacta Knight has fallen in the woods, coughing and lost. Meta Knight is shocked. King Dedede looks at him with concern.)
Meta Knight: Papa. Oh, no. He's sick, he may be dying. And he's all alone.
King Dedede: (he turns, then looks at the rose, deep in thought.) Then... you-you must go to him.
Meta Knight: What did you say?
King Dedede: I release you. You are no longer my prisoner.
Meta Knight: (In amazement) You mean...I'm free?
King Dedede: Yes.
Meta Knight: Oh, thank you. (To the magic mirror) Hold on, Papa. I'm on my way. (he turns to leave, then turns back and pushes the magic mirror back to King Dedede.)
King Dedede: Take it with you, so you'll always have a way to look back, and remember me.
Meta Knight: Thank you for understanding how much he needs me. (Meta Knight turns to leave and King Dedede looks down in depression. He touches his hand to his cheek and rushes out. We see the sole of his shoes run past Sailor Dee, who has entered the room.)
Sailor Dee: Well, your highness. I must say everything is going just swimmingly. I knew you had it in you. Ha ha.
King Dedede: (Very sadly) I let her go.
Sailor Dee: Ha ha ha, yes. Splend-- (stops in mid-sentence as he realizes what King Dedede just said.) You WHAT?! How could you do that?
King Dedede: I had to.
Sailor Dee: (Still amazed) Yes-yes-yes, but why?
King Dedede: Because, I love him.
(Cut to Sailor Dee telling the rest of the objects about Beast's decision.)
All (but Sailor Dee): He did what?!?!
Sailor Dee: Yes, I'm afraid it's true.
Kirby: He's going away?
Bandana Dee: But he was so close.
Morpho Knight: After all this time, he's finally learned to love.
Bandana Dee: That's it, then. That should break the spell.
Morpho Knight: But it's not enough. He has to love him in return.
Bandana Dee: Now it's too late.
(Cut to King Dedede watching Meta Knight leave from above. He roars in sorrow and anger. His roar turns into the sound of the wind. Meta Knight is out in the snow, calling out "Papa?" Finally, he finds him face down in a snowbank. They return home, where Gooey is still waiting, disguised as a snowman.)
Gooey: Oh, they're back.
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Beauty And The Beast Metadede Edition
FanfictionA king's cursed to spend his days as a hideous monster sets out to regain his humanity by earning a young man's love. cover art by processormalfunction on Tumblr Cross-posted on Fanfiction.Net, AO3, Quotev and DeviantArt All rights go to Disney and...
