Hurricane Island [Diddy Kong x Dixie Kong]

Chapter 57: Apparent Tranquility

A week later, everything had continued normally. Diddy and Dixie had had quiet days, in fact, they hadn't had days like this since their first weeks on that island. They no longer had their four past friends with whom they went out and played daily, but after all the discord they had with them, they no longer missed them so much; although they had met them by chance a couple of times, they only greeted them but nothing more, as if they were just acquaintances. Likewise, there was no longer any ship to build. It was just days of waiting for the time to come when they could return to DK Island. Even during that week, Dixie had sent a couple more letters to DK Island, even if she wasn't sure she would get a response. Diddy, for his part, didn't do the same, since he preferred to wait for a first response about the letters to arrive.

Diddy and Dixie were still waiting for Mr. Pinky; every hour of the day they peeked outside the house in case they saw him coming, but he still gave no signs. Both wondered how much he would have to do at the school he went to, since he had been away from home for more than a week.

"When is he coming?" Diddy wondered as he leaned out of their bedroom window.

"How much will he have to do over there?" Dixie said as she read a magazine, swinging in the hammock. "What if we are going to look for him?"

"Do you want to get lost on another island?" Diddy replied with strangeness.

"I was just joking, of course not," Dixie said with a small laugh, before being serious again. "What if we send him a letter to ask if he's still okay?"

"It wouldn't be bad; we could try. Although we don't know yet if the letters will arrive."

"To the island where he went, they must arrive. If you want, I can send it to him; I'm going to send another letter to DK Island later."

"Again?" Diddy asked, smiling with a look of surprise. "You've already gone to send two more these days, but they still don't tell us whether or not they arrive."

"Well, for that very reason, in case they don't arrive. Several attempts have to be made."

"Okay. Let's see if those swordfish can get to DK Island as we were told," Diddy added with a shrug. "Anyway, maybe we have to wait a couple more days for Mr. Pinky."

"Hey, and it's already more than noon hours, let's go get some bananas or something for lunch."

Diddy nodded and they both left the house to look for food afterwards; that was another thing they had to do on their own during the last week that Mr. Pinky wasn't present, although they also missed the special meals he prepared, especially on weekends.

Diddy and Dixie were sitting on one of the branches of a tree, eating a few bananas for lunch. When suddenly, a small group of the animals that were from the circus, consisting of a zebra, a gorilla and an elephant, arrived and called them.

"Hey! Diddy! Dixie!" the animals called them.

Diddy and Dixie immediately turned and were surprised to see them looking for them, since it wasn't very common that they do so outside the shelter. They both came down to talk and would think they would have something good to say... if not for the faces they brought.

"Hi! Is something wrong?" Diddy asked them.

The animals were seen with worried faces as if they had nothing good to say to them, which began to raise doubts on Diddy and Dixie.

"Uh, hey..." said the zebra in a worried tone. "It's that someone has come to look for you."

"Look for us?" asked Diddy, confused. "For us?"

"Who?" Dixie added, looking at them strangely. "It's not the group of friends we had, right?"

"No, no, they aren't," said the gorilla. "They are two ape kids that we have never seen and who came from another island. They say they're waiting for you on the low cliff that is meters from the shelter."