Far beyond the stars, yet in a world far closer to our own than you might ever imagine, there is a starry world named Planet Popstar. This world plays home to a few heroes you've probably heard of, and has already survived the attacks of many a villain, thanks to her greatest hero, The Warrior of the Stars. But when a new threat rears its ugly head and threatens the peace of the idyllic realm of Dreamland, will the same old heroes be enough to stop it? Or does the still-healing, so-recently-war-torn Galaxy need another heroine to lend her sword to its protection?
The young child who has already saved the Galaxy countless times, despite his young age and his innocent demeanor.
The mute kid who feels like nobody ever really notices him, like his presence is hardly even necessary.
The odd new hero, an aberration among her own kind, who longs for a voice.
The quirky magician who flees from his past, never slowing to let anybody else catch up.
The lone knight who still nurses old battle wounds not so far beneath the surface, who wishes for a heart of stone.
For our heroes, new and old, surviving the Monstrous Lightning is just the very beginning of an adventure that will span cultures, centuries, worlds, dimensions, and hearts.
This is a story that strives to prove that every life has meaning, that everyone can be redeemed, that everyone can be loved, and that no matter who you are and others' expectations of you, you can do great things with the help of the power that hung the very stars in place.
Even during the worst of storms, the stars are still there, hidden amidst the lightning.
This, dear Reader, is the story of the Heroes of Dreamland.
(I do not own the Kirby series or any part of the Kirby series, be it locales, characters, names, trademarks, etc. etc. Nintendo/HAL Laboratory does. I own all of my OCs, locales, names, etc. Please don't take them without asking. Thanks, all. I hope you enjoy.)
(Cover art by @Pink_Ichigo_Bunny77.)
Through thick and thin the Law shall prevail. A new sense of purpose awaits us, children of light, in the land where it all began. The darkness in which we once cowered in fear, now curbed by the might of our endless light. Come, brothers, come, sisters. Let there be peace among the wicked, just as the Law dictates.
Peace and certainty is all that you have ever longed for, little angel. A bright, stable future. A roof without holes above thy head. Acknowledgement and recognition of thy existence, feverish dreams of grandeur.
Greed born from yearning, treacherous vines of rapacity taint your innocent soul. You seek a future that does not exist.
Let thy fingers hold the fragile line between dream and nightmare. Let thy light navigate the path.
Shall thee give in and falter, O' land of old, envelop his body in thy unending flame of chaos. Spit out nothing but an empty husk, the remnants of a smile once so bright.
Shall thee prevail, O', Great Kazdel, I ask of you, the impossible - take mercy on the innocent. Don't let the radiance dim and don't let the mind turn bleak.
Wake, young traveler.
Bid thy farewells and burn thy bridges.
It's time to say goodbye, curly head.
Cross post from AO3.
For a shorter and more on-point description, look no further! I had something silly written up before throwing it out in exchange for that wall of text upstairs. It's a little story "about a young, dumb sankta who's been dealt a bad hand at life, looking for his place in all this mess. The pointless search for a better future leads him far, far away from home, to a country forever ravaged by war and misery - Kazdel, the promised land where devils roam free and peace feels out of place."
Anyway, it's quite lengthy, but hopefully enjoyable? Slide a comment if you want, I'll give you a tiny kiss on the forehead. Man, do I love comments.
(Lastly, to point out, English is not my native language, but I don't think it'll be much of an issue ;3)