they say in the fountain of dreams, a special wand lies, the star rod. it fights off darkness and keeps dreamland safe, but one day... a dark force known as the skull gang return. their leader, necrodeus. felt vengeful because of his demise from the 10 kirbys before, now he was going to settle the score. he blasts it with a dark beam of electricity, and it turns dark purple. the star rod has been turned into a dark rod, now the heart of dreamland has been penetrated anyone who holds the staff now will become a shell of themself, a husk you could say. the darkness would befall them. the only way to stop this would be to get the rainbow drops to make the rainbow sword, and beat the darkness out of the carriers. however necrodeus knows this and forces darkness into 7 of dreamlands greatest warriors, leaving them to guard the rainbow drops. an old tree, an enthusiastic painter, an ice dwelling dragon, the sun and moon, a cycloptic cloud, a lone swordsman, and the king of dreamland. necrodeus also knew of kirbys prescence. and when kirby went to stop him, necrodeus blasts him and encloses him on a desert island with a forcefeild that takes 1 rainbow drop to open, however necrodeus made a big mistake. the island was the orange island, just where whispy woods lay. (this book will take a long time to complete so be patient, thanks and enjoy!)