Heroes of Dreamland, Book 7: Kirby and the Battle for Dreamland (OLD)

Those Who Wish to Escape the Darkness, and Those Who Don't

Jiyuu's POV:

With a shiver, I keep my black bat wings held to my sides in an effort to warm myself up some. So far, all I know about Fancy Free is that it's really cloudy and really cold. Definitely not my kind of locale.

The past couple of days have been really busy for me. The night after Sir Dark and I fooled Dark Solar into locking us in Castle Dedede's dungeon with the keys that could let us out, we released ourselves, the Elite Four, Dedede and Escargoon, and all the princesses and tried to make our way into Whispy Woods without being seen. (Well, Dedede and his snail pal both refused to leave the castle, and there wasn't much we could do about it. Hopefully, they won't get themselves into anymore trouble.) Before we could get to shelter and safety, however, someone shined a light on us, making us all freeze, thinking we'd been caught. Sir Dark warped away then, like the cowardly jerkface he is, and I haven't seen any sign of him or his stupid scarred mask since.

Thankfully, the person with the light turned out to be friendly, someone named Princess Rosalina whom both Peach and Rose recognized. For Peach, it seemed to be a joyful reunion, but not so much for Princess Rose. The second the Princess of Nintendo World saw the starry lady in the light blue dress, while I still had absolutely no idea what was going on, she ran over and threw her arms around Rosalina's neck, sobbing so hard we couldn't understand a word she was saying. Finally, she calmed down enough for us to understand something along the lines of "I'm so sorry, I should have never threatened the Lumas, I was so awful toward everybody, I'm so sorry." A teary Rosalina returned her hug and assured her that she was forgiven.

Not long after, the Princess from the stars told the others that she was taking them to some spaceship called the Comet Observatory, which they'd fly to somewhere far out in the stars where Solar wouldn't be too likely to think to look for them. There they'd stay until if and when things were safe enough for them to go back home again. She offered to let me come with them, but I told her that for now, my place was still here in Dreamland. Other than a trip to Nintendo City, after all, I've never been anywhere else, and personally, I think I might be a little bit of a homebody. Aren't all cats? Anyway, Rosalina bid me goodbye and promised me that we would meet again soon before waving her wand and creating a golden strand of Light, which carried her, Rose, Peach, Zelda, and the Elite Four away into the stars.

After all that happened, I made my way towards Tick-Tock Clock and Fancy Free. When I got there, what should I see but an abandoned Lor Starcutter not-too-neatly parked just outside of the city limits. At first, of course, I panicked and feared the worst, but it turned out there was an Elf aboard, still quite alive. The moments after we first ran into each other were rather humorous now that I look back on them, what with his giving a yelp of surprise into the cup-of-noodles he'd just taken out of the microwave in the kitchen and my bristling, hissing, and scampering up to the top of the fridge in a panic. After we figured out a few minutes later that neither of us was interested in harming the other, I sat down on the edge of the top of the icebox while he sat down against the wall (too big for the table in the room) and explained to me where the others were and everything he knew about the current situation.

Once he was finished talking, I told him about all the kidnapped people's being safe for now and that Sir Dark, while still not quite himself, was out and at large again. That night (well, it was about four in the morning by that point) I spent aboard the Lor Starcutter, sleeping (or trying to, anyway) on top of the fridge. The next day when I woke up just after noon (or so the clocks claimed, it looked more like the middle of the night outside to me), I declared that I was going up to Fancy Free to try and find the heroes. Clerk, the Elf, decided to join me, and truth be told, I'm actually quite thankful for the company. While this guy doesn't strike me as being very brave, he is very big, and who knows but if that'll turn out to be helpful later on.