A True Hero

46 - The End of the Beginning

Meta Knight

The monster transporter closed behind me as I jumped into the bright white light. Right as we left, the bomb we had placed in the center of NME's ship went off, taking down his fortress and any monsters that remained inside of it.

It had been years since I had used a transporter, but I remembered the wormhole-like walls we had to fly through. Sword and Blade had set the destination of our delivery to the transmitter in King Dedede's throne room. The only problem was, as Tiff said, the transporter was broken from the Destrayer attack. We had no other choice, though. I could only hope and pray that someone was fixing it for us.

My mind drifted to Arthur and the others as we neared the end of the wormhole. The cappies cried in panic around me. I hoped my commander and my friends had managed to get away with the warning I gave them.

"The end of the wormhole is coming up!" Tiff yelled nervously in front of me. Her blonde hair, tied back in a ponytail, flapped back into her brother's face. "There's nothing at the end! What happens if we reach it and the transmitter isn't fixed?!"

"Then we fall out into space," I said. The cappies cried out in panic. "But do not lose hope!" I cried out, silencing them. "We have made it this far! We have capable people in Dreamland! See, they have come through for us!"

The end of the wormhole, previously just a dark, black hole, suddenly opened into a portal, and on the other end, we saw the king's throne room. Curio, an old cappy with a mustache, adjusted one more bolt as we came close to coming through, and the jumped out of the way as we landed on the platform of the transmitter, falling straight onto the floor.

I managed to bounce off the platform and flip in the air, landing on my feet. Sword and Blade shakily stepped up, as did the others. Kirby came through the portal last, blinking like he was confused about everything that had just happened.

I felt his amazement, and I paused for a brief moment to savor the moment, back in the king's broken throne room, surrounded by cheering people. We had done it. NME was defeated, and the universe was saved. All thanks to Kirby and his Warp Star.

"You were right, Nicolette," I whispered out loud, turning to look through a hole in the roof at the bright sky. "He was our savior after all."

"Home sweet home!" King Dedede exclaimed, throwing his arms in the air and knocking some cappies over. I sighed and closed my eyes. Even though I was fed up with him, he was right.

"I never wanna leave this planet again!" his henchman, Escargoon, cried with glee. Tiff and Tuff ran to their parents Lady Like and Sir Ebrum, yelling with glee that we had won.

Shortly after reuniting with everyone, we all went outside the castle to watch the sunrise. Not a day ago, we had set off to defeat NME. Now all was well with Dreamland, and life could go on as it had before, but this time, without monsters or NME.

Which also meant I would probably be fighting a lot less. For some reason, this made me sad. But, with no more monsters, the cappies that had stayed behind during the battle had managed to start rebuilding Cappytown, which had been destroyed. There were some makeshift houses and tents for the people to sleep in, and Kawasaki had already set up a booth to make meals for the Cappies while they worked.

As we all watched the sunrise, I heard Dedede and Escargoon complain behind me about their castle. Then I caught the king exclaim, "I ain't even got a way to order me no more monsters!"

"What about this?" I asked, pulling his phone from my cape. I had taken it from him when he was arrested for stealing away on the Halberd.

"Huh?" Dedede exclaimed, then snatched it from my hand. "Give it here!" He tried to turn it on and call Nightmare Enterprises, but it went straight to static. They sighed sadly, but the static reminded me that there truly wasn't an evil threat to the universe anymore. Joy filled my heart as I turned back to the sun.