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Holding out for a hero (Meta Knight x Depressed! Reader)

'Life is a truly a burden: sometimes you feel like nothing's worth it. No matter what you do, nothing's ever going to be good or satisfying. Failed projects, unfulfilled hopes, shattered dreams... everything leaves you with a sense of disappointment and emptiness that can't be filled with occasional smiles.'
That's what Y/N thought everytime she opened her eyes. She felt like she had nothing to live for; but her family wouldn't listen to her complaints. They thought she was just lazy or "going through a phase" so they never gave enough weight to her situation. This behaviour taught her to never look for help, because she'd feel like a burden and a whiny child, since her parents always told her many people had it worse than her; but why would it be right to compare someone's suffering to another person's? She felt like no one's pain could be devalued just because someone "had it worse". But her parents didn't want to listen to what she had to say. And so she stayed mute with anyone who would lend a hand, too.

The only escape she had from the real world were videogames and her plushes; the latter didn't judge her at least. She felt like they were her only real friends.
Her favourite plush was that of her favourite character: Meta Knight. She loved his sense of justice, his ability with the sword, his mysterious yet charming personality and his fantastic battleship. She brought her plush anywhere, no matter what people thought or said, because she had a very special bond with it, and she always felt like he was the only one who actually listened to her; she would always talk to him when something bad happened, and she would find his silence very comforting in its own way. 

One day, Y/N was preparing to go to school. She was pretty smart, but she had no friends... instead she had enemies. Bullies always picked on her because of her shy personality and her "tomboyish" interests. 
She put her Meta Knight plush in her bag and walked to the bus stop. Once she got on the bus, the bullies started picking on her, as always. 
"So how's it going 'Kirby' (they used that nickname as an insult)? Have you decided if you're a boy or a girl?"
"No one likes you, stupid r*tard."
"Grow up and be more lady-like."
She always tried to ignore them and shrug their insults off, but they kept repeating in the back of her head and it really hurt.
Once she got to school, she went to her locker and put her plush safely inside, kissing it on the mask softly before going to class.

♥️TIME SKIP♥️
The school day passed pretty quickly, as it was generic and boring as usual.
Y/N got to her locker, and she noticed some bullies were giggling just right behind her. She opened it and... her Meta Knight plush had disappeared! She frantically started moving the books and binders she had in there, but it was nowhere to be seen. As she was looking for her beloved plush, she could hear the bullies laughing hysterically: Y/N realized that they were probably pulling one of their stupid jokes on her.
She turned her head to see one of the bullies holding her plushie hostage.
She quickly gripped the bully's arm thighly, much to his surprise.
He immediately gave the plush to one of his "colleagues", while he blocked Y/N's arms.
"NO!" screamed the girl, helplessly.
"Sooo... what were you gonna do, tomboyish r*tard? Were you going to try to fight me?" said the bully in a passive-aggressive tone with a smug expression on his face. 
Y/N didn't answer and looked straight at the second bully, who still had the plush in his hands.
"We have a special treatment for pests like you..." said the guy who was still holding the girls arms tightly, while nodding to his colleague.
The latter pulled out a pair of scissors and started cutting the plush's cloak while Y/N stared in complete disbelief, knowing that she couldn't do anything about it. He then pulled the plush's arms in opposite ways until it broke in half. He dropped the two halves with non-chalance and the girl could only stare at what she considered her only friend's pieces on the floor.
The bullies all laughed together uncontrollably. It seemed like that was one of their biggest "successes".
Y/N couldn't scream nor cry. She couldn't feel any precise emotion in that moment. Her mind could just think about all the nights spent crying while hugging that plush thightly.
"See? This is what happens to useless, emotional, weak goody-two-shoes like you. Someday, someone better than you will take away everything from you. Every little precious thing you have. Because you deserve it. Especially for being so attached to a stupid plush!" said the first bully in a sarcastic voice while kicking one half of the plush to the end of the hall.
Y/N closed her eyes and just waited for a hero. She only had hope left at that point. A teacher, some other goody-two-shoes, anyone really, she just needed someone to step in and punish the bullies who had taken the most precious thing she had from her.

Suddenly, a loud noise startled everyone.
Slow steps of someone getting closer scared the bullies.
Most of them ran away, with just the leader remaining. He didn't care about the consequences, he just wanted to "punish" Y/N and didn't want to loose his grip on her arms.
The girl, with her eyes still closed, kept hoping for this torture to be over soon.
The steps got closer.
"WHO THE HECK ARE Y-" the bully couldn't finish screaming his sentence, and Y/N was finally free from his grip. She thought that, finally, someone had come to rescue her.
She opened her eyes to thank whoever came to help her, and...
He was right in front of her.
In all his glory.
She couldn't even process what she saw, because her knight in shining armor picked her up bridal style and flew her away from that prison.
He brought her on a cliff near the sea, where she could relax and forget about everything that just happened. He slowly laid her on the soft grass that was gently moved by that evening's light breeze.
"Forgive me if I didn't save you sooner, Miss." said Meta Knight while bowing to Y/N, who was still shocked by his sudden appearance.
"N-no problem... Thank you for saving me from that hell." replied the girl shyly while blushing.
"I couldn't let you live through that anymore. I'm here to inform you that I listened to every single word you had to say. You couldn't hear me, but I was always there, with you. My soul and heart were there with you."
"Does this mean... that you were... inside my plush?"
"Not my physical self, but yes, I was there. Because you needed someone, and I took it on myself to never leave you alone. My life's ordeals and my world's events didn't let me come here sooner in person... but you were never alone."
Y/N teared up hearing her hero's words; he immediately got closer and wiped her tears away.
The two turned to the sea which reflected the sky's beautiful orange tint while the sun set at the horizon.