Hurricane Island [Diddy Kong x Dixie Kong]

Chapter 2: A Bad Day at School... Like Any Other

"You will pay us, Diddy Kong!"

"NO, LEAVE ME!" Diddy begged, waving his limbs, but these were stopped later.

Diddy was tense and with his pulse racing as a quartet of kong children, each of a different species, had him pinned to the ground, near a huge cliff with wild waves below. No matter how much Diddy tried to get rid of them, he couldn't, because apparently these kong children were exerting quite a bit of force against him.

"LET GO OF ME, PLEASE!" Diddy yelled at them.

"Did you tell Donkey, huh?!" one of them told him in a threatening tone. "What have we told you about..."

"I haven't told Donkey or Wrinkly anything, I SWEAR!" Diddy interrupted desperately.

Suddenly, these four kong children lifted him up by his limbs, and at the same time, Diddy felt like he couldn't move at all. The four of them began to move him towards the edge of the cliff and, after a couple of swings, they mercilessly threw him into the void. Diddy was screaming in terror as he fell towards the sea, where enormous and repetitive waves crashed against some rocks.

As he fell, Diddy felt blows all over his body and opened his eyes as wide as he could. Then all he saw was nothing but the floor of his room... He got up immediately and realized that he was inside in... He had just had a nightmare, one of many of that type that he had had several times before with the group of his "friends" from school.

"Diddy!"

Diddy jumped a little after hearing his name called: it was just Donkey, who was knocking on his room door and kept calling him repeatedly. Diddy went to open the door for him and just looked at him seriously.

"Diddy! I thought I heard you scream and then there was a bang, what's wrong?"

"Uhhh... no... Nothing, Donkey," Diddy replied in a dull tone. "I-it was just me that fell out of bed... I think I was having a bad dream about... the Kremlings!... That's all."

It was a school day and, therefore, Diddy had to attend... even if he didn't want to, so he had to go get ready. Before he left for school, he apologized to Donkey for the discussion the night before and for giving up on returning to the party that had been thrown for the two of them. Deep down, Diddy felt terrible that he couldn't tell Donkey the truth; he was always like his best friend ever, but this time he couldn't tell him what was happening.

"Donkey, I... sorry for yelling at you, it's just..."

Donkey, although a little distrustful of his little nephew, decided not to insist for the moment that he tell him what was happening to him.

"It's okay, Diddy," he put a hand on his shoulder. "Just remember that I'm like your older brother, and you can tell me anything that happens to you. You know how important you are to me and I will be with you no matter what. And look... I hope I'm wrong, but if there's something bad that happens to you, you can tell me."

"Well, it's just... last night I just felt bad about the accident I caused at the party, that's all," Diddy responded, trying to show himself truthfully.

"Sure?" Donkey asked him, looking up, but at the same time, trying not to pressure him at that moment. "Well... I really hope it's just that. Anyway, you don't have to worry about it, little buddy, it was just an accident, and it's already fixed. So... don't feel bad about it."

"Okay, Donkey," Diddy responded with a down look, even though he hadn't spoken the truth.

"Now go quickly or you'll be late," Donkey said, patting him on the back.