Heroes of Dreamland, Book 5: Nintendo World: The Fate of All Worlds (OLD)

What Can Go Wrong, Will Go Wrong

Sakura's POV:

"This land is your land, this land is my land, from the redwood forests, to the New York highland! From California to the Gulfstream waters, this land was made for you and me!" I sing at the top of my lungs as we (Meta Knight and I) fly high enough over the city that we can't be seen.

I woke up this morning feeling more like myself than I have in a really long time. Meta Knight had dozed off next to the brick wall that he had sat down against, and so I left him alone and listened to some music on my old portable CD player for awhile. (Mostly Owl City. His music reminds me of home. He sings about flying, and being able to stay under water for a really long time without breathing, and about strawberry avalanches, and it's awesome.)

Once Meta Knight woke up we talked for awhile, then I checked in on all of the kids. Most of them were actually born here, but we've got about fifteen that showed up here by themselves without family, so I've kinda taken them under my wing, no pun intended.

Kirby seems to have fit right in with the group here, which doesn't surprise me. He's Kirby, as long as you're nice to him and occasionally share a snack with him, he loves you forever. Bandana on the other hand, I'm a little bit worried about. I don't have Waddle Dee abilities out here, even the ones that don't rely on magic, so I can't talk to him. He seemed so lonely, though. Maybe he'll find a friend or two among the other Waddle Dee, but I told him to keep an eye on Kirby so he might not have the time today. Oh well, I'll make it up to him somehow and somewhen.

Anyway, we all felt another new arrival about an hour ago, which is just about insane. This is arrival number three in the same number of days. We found online reports of sightings of a mushroom person in the Trenton, New Jersey area, and I can tell that they're just a kid. So of course I said I was going to go get them, and since it's just over in New Jersey, I can just fly there in a couple of hours.

Per the norm, Geo volunteered to come with me and I was about to say 'yes,' but then Meta said he wanted to come. Geo said he shouldn't since he hadn't had any training in Home Dimension protocol yet, but I said he could come. Training in the field is just as effective as training at home, and besides, he's Meta Knight. He'll be fine.

Sighing, Meta Knight suddenly interrupts my thoughts and singing and wonders, "Is there a reason why you are singing patriotic songs so loudly about a country that is not even your own?"

Shrugging, I reply, "Well, I have lived here for two decades now. If I wasn't an alien, (no pun intended) I would probably have applied for citizenship a long time ago. And for another thing, I love this holiday. It's this country's birthday, sort of like Dream Day* in Dreamland."

"I see," he murmurs thoughtfully in reply. "Fascinating."

"All right, Mister Spock," I laugh back. "Let's just go find this Toad kid and get them home so he/she can join in the festivities."

After a couple of hours, we've arrived in Trenton. It takes awhile, but we finally find the Toad kid just in time to watch him get put in the back of a police car.

"All right, then," I sigh, while Meta Knight stands behind me. "Well, since you're technically the trainee here, what do you suggest we do?"

Rolling his eyes, he replies, "Follow the car at a distance, remaining unseen, then save the child without getting captured ourselves. Simple enough."

Chuckling, I do as he suggests. Not the easiest way in the world to do this, we could have just flown right to the police station, but this works. I'm gonna let him do this himself for the most part. Besides, it's nice to go back to following him instead of the other way around.