The Adventure

The Castle

Hammer Kirby landed skillfully on his feet and looked around. There were trembling Waddle Dees holding spears and the occasional Simirror or Waddle Doo with their powers charging or wands ready respectively.

Kirby made a little grunt. That was his competition? Piece of shortcake.

One brave Waddle Dee rushed Kirby, but was met by a flaming hammer to the face.

Kirby had used his most powerful attack, the Hammer Flip, right at the beginning.

The mob tensed, and a Simirror used its telepathy powers to communicate with the crowd.

“On my mark, charge.”

Kirby started running at them full speed.

“Charge!”

The entire mob slammed into Kirby at once, but just before contact, Kirby jumped, and was able to do his running jump Hammer ability; Ultra Hammer Spin.

All the enemies that had once been attempting to attack Kirby were destroyed in an instant, the only survivors being a few tough Simirrors.

Kirby landed and saw his last targets, which he dealt with quickly using his regular dash; Hammer Swing.

Kirby dashed through an archway and saw many Waddle Dees, Waddle Doos, Simirrors, and now a few Wheelie mini bosses and Wheelies alike.

Kirby dashed through them all, occasionally using Hammer Swing but mainly just trying to reach the king.

Meanwhile, pacing in his throne room, the king had a wicked idea. King Dedede sat on his swivel chair-like throne and peeled back a covering concealing about six or seven white buttons. King Dedede pushed the biggest button on his control pad and the lights of the throne room went dark as a secret trapdoor was removed from the middle of the room and the ceiling. From these trapdoors sprung a huge device. Two more trapdoors opened on either side of the throne, and a friendly face popped up.

“Well hello, Your Majesty in all his greatness,” Customer Service greeted, “What may I do for you today?”

“Send me something that turns nice guys bad. I have an ally in my dungeon who turned on me… He was too powerful to lose.”

“Of course! Right away! That will be one thousand deden.”

The king’s jaw dropped. “But I just saw that in the catalogue yesterday! It was only two hundred deden then!”

“That was an old catalogue. The prices change, Sire.”

“Fine! You‘ll get the deden, I just need the stuff!”

“Alright…” Customer Service pressed a button on his control panel and the strange machine in the middle of the room glowed eerily.

A small bottle appeared, and the king took it with a dark chuckle before he sprinted down a safe hall to the dungeon.

Back with Kirby, almost a quarter of Castle Dedede’s defensive units have been defeated within around fifteen minutes.

Things were not looking up for the king.

Kirby was almost at the halfway mark to the middle of the castle where he presumed the king would be when he entered a room even his Crash ability couldn’t help him with.

In the room were spikes lining the walls and ceiling and floor. The floor and ceiling had indentations and mounds making maneuvering more challenging, as the only way to get past was to fly.

The spiky surfaces weren’t even the biggest threat the room had to offer.

Jolting up and down like it was a bounce house were Gordos. On the ceiling were Ticks, smiling and anticipating, and on the floor crawled tens of Needlice.