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

The Part Where We Say Goodbye

Magolor's POV:

Normally, when I'm at a party of any sort, I'm the annoying guy who's being all hyper and happy and running around eating all the snacks and trying to dance simultaneously, which almost ends up with me either dumping punch or pop on something important-ish and vacating the area before anyone notices, or someone noticing me being annoying or whatever and telling me I'm annoying. I've gotten used to it. People just can't handle my level of awesomeness, it's just a fact of life.

Tonight, though, here on this nippy mid-Lateautumn night here in Nintendo City, even though there's plenty of party going on around me, I'm not really a part of it. Sirica and Knuckle Joe got married today is what the party's about, although there's plenty of people who are also happy because Princess Rosie's home safe and sound again, and steadily getting better from the weird illness she'd been previously suffering from for awhile.

I swear, when we first saw her again about a week after Princess got let off the hook back on the SW Academy, I thought we were never gonna be able to get her to quit apologizing. While it's kinda fun to have the leader of the free world begging your forgiveness for her royal jerkiness from awhile back, it's still kinda awkward when she just won't quit apologizing to you. I think she finally figured out that there were no more hard feelings from us toward her, which is good, and she's since promised that she'll be more careful about never treating her subjects unfairly or losing her temper.

So... Yeah. It's a happy night. Everything's good, everybody's safe, and the Galaxy's at peace again. Kirby, Shadow, and Bandana are making their third trip through the reception's dessert line to get more cake and ice cream, Princess and Meta-Not are nearby them, seemingly just sitting together and not talking about much, at the moment, and me? Well, since I'm really not in a party mood for whatever reason tonight, I'm just sitting on a bench nearby and watching everybody else.

Hey, wanna go commandeer the music table and show everybody what real music is? I suggest to myself.

Nah, I don't really feel like it, I reply to myself with a sigh.

A minute later, I jump a little bit when someone taps me on top of the head. "Excuse me, but you looked sad, so I brought you a cupcake."

Spinning around in surprise since I don't like being sneaked up on by anyone, I immediately relax and accept the cupcake when I discover the only reason they sneaked up on me was to give me sugar. "Oh, um, thanks, random citizen," I reply thankfully without really looking at them.

They giggle, and unless they're a Halcandran, I'm assuming by the sound of that giggle that they're a she. "Are you not even going to look at me after I've just given you a cupcake?"

Still not looking up at her, I ask with a shrug, "I dunno; do you want me to look at you? If so, why? Why can't I look at that tree over there instead of at you?" Maybe if I go sit in the tree, I can eat my cupcake without anyone seeing me with my hood part off. Stupid Halcandran customs and their stupid making it hard to eat in public, blegh.

Seeming amused, cupcake girl muses, "Well, it's polite to properly acknowledge someone who just graciously brought you a cupcake. Besides, nya, I wanted to try and get you to ask if you'd dance with me for a song or two so I wouldn't have to ask you myself."

"'Nya?'" I repeat in confusion, finally turning away from scoping out the tree and back around to look at her again. She's a lilac Star Warrior-cat-thing with violet eyes, slightly darker purple feet, and white paw-gloves, who's currently smiling at me in bemusement. "Oh, sorry, Lady. I thought I knew you, but I guess I don't. Sorry. Anyway, uh, I'll tell you now that I'm terrible at dancing, but, uh, if you'd like to, I guess we could give it a go."