Remember when I said my previous story was translated from previous Kirby fan fiction?

...Yeah, that.

Well, I mulled it over a ton, and I decided that I might as well dump off what I've had written of that fan fiction thus far, just so you guys can get an idea of the source material...

Just a note, however. This is rather outdated at this point, and was written almost a year prior, so there are going to be plenty of mistakes that you might not see in my newer pieces of work.

Some major points in my fanon:

• Kirby's Copy Ability is stronger in this, being able to master most any weapons simply by holding them.
• No, this is not a typo...Sword Knight actually is female in my fanon, and yes, I do ship Blade and Sword. Sue me.

I will mention others as they come. But for now, here's the story! My apologies for the length in advance.

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"Nightmare's base. We have finally arrived. Now to do what we came here to do..."

The great Halberd was steadily approaching a large, purple, crystal citadel in the middle of space, as Meta Knight watched on, holding the hand of the still young Kirby beside him. "Hm. This sabotage...its result shall determine the fate of Pop Star. Kirby. As young a warrior you still are, you must feel this, too. This sense of urgency."

He looked to Kirby, who was shivering slightly. Even if he still didn't understand Meta Knight's words, it was clear he felt the same ominous presence that the swordsman wished to sabotage and destroy.

"It is time, Kirby. We only have so long a time before this new demon beast is activated. The same size as you or I, and yet infinitely powerful..." He shook his head. "It seems unheard of, that such a beast exists. However, if such a thing truly exists, then we must make haste."

The Halberd finally reached the citadel, and landed some distance away from its main entrance, covered by the veil of shadow. After all, this was to be a silent sabotage. Nightmare's whole army was certainly invested in protecting the being that would finally turn the tide against the remaining Star Warriors.

Both Star Warriors exited the Halberd quietly. The sabotage was about to begin.

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It didn't even take a minute after getting out before Kirby began to start cheering out, where Meta Knight immediately covered his mouth, before it could be made audible.

"I wonder, even now," the swordsman mused, "if it was wise to bring him with me."

The pink puff slowly stops attempting to speak out, and finally allows the two to continue on without drawing any attention to them. If even one enemy finds them, it could be very troublesome. After all, the whole base is ready to protect the being they were after. Of course, Nightmare was personally working on him, as well, which means this "Project DeathBringer" was near the center of the base. It was clearly a suicide mission, but Meta Knight was still unfazed.

The two quickly approached the main entrance to the base. There was no chance of this being a silent mission, but Meta Knight simply hoped that it would be silent long enough. Time was running out, after all; Project DeathBringer was nearing completion, and his activation would mean the end of the few Star Warriors left.
The only thing that was working to Meta Knight's advantage was the shroud of shadow over nearly everything in the base, as well as just outside. Visibility was rather poor, so without making sounds, they were nearly impossible to spot.

However, Kirby still threatened to be a liability. As long as he was quiet, though...
But there was no time to stand around for the two. The door was just opened by one of Nightmare's underlings, and the two rushed through as soon as the underling was slightly away from it. They raced towards the rapidly closing window of opportunity, and just slipped through, still, to this point, unnoticed.

"Hmph." Meta Knight gave a very brief sigh of relief as he spoke softly, almost to himself. "That was possibly one of our toughest obstacles. From here, we may slip in unnoticed."

However, it seemed it was not meant to be. Only a small while delving in showed that this project was more protected than they had thought. It seemed that the whole army was hell-bent on protecting DeathBringer...

"Kirby. I require your silence for the moment," the patient knight whispered softly to the pink puff. "I understand you feel the same impending fear that I feel.
However, if we are to even have a chance to get to this danger, we must stay out of their way."

Kirby smiled, and replied with a short nod. Even without being able to say a word, he understands Meta Knight more than enough regarding their current goal.
Immediately, he found a sudden opening. "Kirby...! Now!"

The two sprinted through, as quickly and quietly as they could, hoping not to be caught by any of Nightmare's army. This base wasn't exactly large; they couldn't be much further from DeathBringer now, and that was all the more reason to not screw up now for the two Star Warriors.

Both Meta Knight and Kirby just make it before anyone else crosses their way, lurking in shadow once again. They had successfully made it one step closer to the sabotage's successful completion.

...Looking ahead, it was only tougher. The final room's door was visible, but the number of guards was insurmountably large. There was no way they were going to sneak in like this. They were going to have to confront this army.

Or would they?

Looking back, Meta Knight spotted one guard, alone and isolated from the pack. Perhaps, they could...

"...Hm, we can work this out quite nicely. Kirby, wait here."
Meta Knight quickly rushed the lone guard, taking them out silently, and removing the demon beast's mask, spear, and gauntlets.

It was a long shot, but it was at least a shot, and that was all that mattered to him. The masked knight ran back to Kirby with the equipment, and began putting them on him. "Kirby, with this on, you will lead me straight toward the door."

Of course, the naive creature didn't understand what Meta Knight's plan was, and his confused expression said it all. To him, after all, it seemed like suicide. Walk straight into the line of sight of the enemy? That's crazy, even for him...

Despite the doubt, however, Kirby's trust easily overpowered those thoughts. He smiled once again and allowed Meta Knight to finish putting on the mask and
gauntlets, taking the spear and standing tall with it.

The intention so far was successful. Kirby looked just like the guard. The clever swordsman then unsheathed his sword, and also gave this to Kirby. "Now then. Lead me straight to them."

Kirby, now impossible to distinguish through the costume and act, gave a brief nod. Meta Knight turned around and walked forth, with Kirby following immediately behind. It was time to get to Nightmare and take down this DeathBringer threat before it even draws its first breath.

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The two were approaching. Kirby was acting the part, walking silently as he made it to the twin doors leading to Nightmare's central quarters, with Meta Knight ahead of him, acting as if he were captured. The doors were right there...
And it took one mistake for those hopes of making it in without drawing attention all disappear. The pink puff tripped and face-planted, breaking his mask, and obviously ruining the whole guise and act.

"N-no...! We were--"

Meta Knight could not even finish the thought, before the army of guards began to attack.

"Kirby! Quick! My blade!"

Kirby quickly responded, tossing the blade to him as he ripped off the gauntlets and prepared the spear. He was as ready to fight as the knight, knowing full well the consequences of losing.

...And yet, through it all, he continued to smile. It's as if he knew everything would be alright. Or perhaps he was just naive enough to believe it.

"Now then," Meta Knight muttered as he caught his Galaxia, "time to finish what we started..." He jumped forward and lunged at a group, dealing a devastating spin attack to everyone around.

Kirby quickly followed, taking the spear and dealing piercing stabs to an opposite group, taking out several demon beasts with each strike.

They continued the fight for a while, a battle of skill versus vast numbers of a seemingly endless army. The beasts outnumbered the two a million to one, but even hordes could not pierce past the two and their expert ability to fight.
Every slash and stab from the two cleared another five from the horde. Backs to each other, Meta Knight and Kirby worked in sync to keep the numbers from overwhelming them. Finally, after minutes upon minutes of a grind-out against this horde, the numbers finally began to dissipate, slowly approaching the golden number of zero.

And then, finally, the last blow was dealt to the large army, finishing off the last of the weak, numerous demon beasts. Meta Knight sighed, walking slowly to the doors that stood in front of the two.

"Hm...not even scathed. Nightmare's troops have certainly lost some zeal thanks to this special project. But that only means he is that much more powerful, very likely..."

Kirby, as always, replied with a brief smile, aware of the stakes of failure, and yet not afraid.

"Naive as always, hm...?" The blue knight sighed heavily. "Perhaps it was not just to bring Kirby into this, but this is not the time to regret." He sighed yet again, as he finally got up to the large twin doors, and prepared a sword beam to demolish it.

However, all was not finished, as yet another demon beast came, ready to attack. This one was a more unique beast, with a heavy, crimson set of armor over it, and a large, rusted, silver excalibur in its hand. It was clear that this demon beast was the captain of this area to protect. It immediately began to attack the two from behind...

...But Kirby was not completely oblivious. He sprang into action and took the hit from the excalibur in the demon beast's lunge. He attempted to block it even slightly with the spear, but relative to the excalibur, that spear that Kirby held in front of him was the equivalent of a toothpick, and snapped instantly under the pressure of the massive excalibur, not even slowing down the impact of the dangerous weapon. The blade immediately made contact with Kirby, and sent him smashing straight into a wall.

"K-Kirby!" The knight ceased the sword beam's charge, and turned around to face
the armored demon beast. "Hmph. This is a mistake you will not forget..." He covered himself with the very cape he was wearing, and seemed to disappear in a flash, only to reappear behind his enemy, and uppercut it where it was most exposed, where neither the shield nor armor could possibly guard. This slash, in turn, certainly harmed the large beast. However, he was not finished yet. He prepared a counter for the large beast as it turned around for a spin slash, dodging away from the blow and swinging the sword counter-clockwise, nailing the back of the beast once again. Rushing again, he dealt a multi-uppercut move, and finally finished it off with a clean stab.

Without hesitation, Meta Knight ran to Kirby, who was obviously in some slight pain. "Are you feeling fine?"

The innocent pink puff slowly brought himself to his feet, and was very fortunate to have been sent launching back by the blunt side of the large excalibur. He was still squinting in pain, but was still completely unfazed in his emotion.

"Hm. I take it that you are still as strong as ever. You may not even know the reason yourself, but it is obvious to me why you are a Star Warrior." Meta Knight looked to the door again, and lets out a large sword beam, after charging it once again, busting the door wide open. In a whisper, the knight gave the sign. "Kirby. Now!"

With that prompt, the two ran off, entering the large twin doors. It was time to finish what they had come here to do...

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The final door to the demon beast was blown to smithereens by the experienced knight's sword beam. Under the cover of the debris and smoke, the two Star Warriors rushed in, side by side.

Meta Knight kept his sword unsheathed, and held it low. "Kirby. Do not let your guard grow weak now."

The pink puff responded by holding the spear that was in his possession down low, in a very similar fashion to Meta Knight.

"Good... Now then, for our final cru--" As he spoke, the masked swordsman felt a searing pain to his side, as he stopped in his tracks and was raised up, and Kirby ran ahead, unaware. "E-ergh...!" He moved to slash his sword, but as it was swung towards the direction of the pain, it was batted away. "Huh...?!"

Then, the source of the actions was finally somewhat visible. It was clear that this creature was of the same species. It had red crimson eyes, showing an equally red rage. As more and more of the light continued to penetrate through the thick clads of smoke, more of this creature's appearance was revealed. A red gem in the shape of a four-pointed star on its head, and two shadow-imbued claws (with one of them currently stabbing into Meta Knight) could be seen. The body was an ominous gray, and the feet were a pure black, with a dullish, red zigzag down the middle of each one; the body also had two dark dashes on each of its cheeks. It was clear, again, that it was one of their species, and yet the lust for blood in its eyes and the devilish grin it bore made it difficult to call this...thing...one of their own.

Slowly, deliberately, the truly demonic creature that had dug its claw into the knight spoke. "Why, hello there, Star Warrior. Hm hm hm..."

"Gah...who, no, what, are you...?" Meta Knight continued to shift and struggle as he was lifted up still by the claw, now beginning to drip with blood. "A-answer me..."

The knight's proposal was answered by a maniacal laugh. "You. Knight. You should know that you're not exactly in a position to give orders now...wouldn't you agree?"

"G-guh...! D-damn...!”

"Hm hm hm... Seems you both have kept me from having to make the effort. I'll make sure Kirby joins you in the land of the dead, but first..." He turned his claw slightly, causing Meta Knight to bleed out even faster. "...I'll finish ensuring your own pain and suffering!"

But it seems someone finally realized Meta Knight was missing, and came back around, dealing a heavy kick that caused the demon beast to lose grip of the knight, who fell to the floor, nearly unconscious.

"Gah...!" The demon beast immediately turned to see Kirby. "Ah, so you finally return to save him. Kirby..." The beast's grin only grew. "I will make certain that your death be slow...and painful."

Despite the threat, Kirby's look and expression didn't waver. He ran over to grab Meta Knight's Galaxia, and held it up high, ready to fight.
However, before anything else happened, an oh-so-familiar voice began to makes itself heard...

"Hm hm hm...so this was what all that racket was about... Just a few flies overstaying their welcome." The owner of the voice wasted no time revealing itself, in front of the three. a large grin...horns...a large purple cape covering its body... This thing was none other than the mastermind himself.

"N-Nightmare," the swordsman muttered with whatever strength he still had.
"It seems that a certain knight underestimated my demon beasts. Spur is the greatest being you will ever face, Star Warriors. And there is no chance of success for your kind this time around..."

"W-wait, Spur is the project we were looking to sabotage this w-whole time...?!"
“So you finally put two and two together.” He chuckled slightly. “Do what you wish with them, Spur… As long as they end up dead…” With that said, he teleported away, leaving the three once again to themselves.

"Ahahaha...!" Spur began to approach Kirby, who was unwavering. "You still dare to stand in my way like that...?! Do you not fear me yet?" The dark being grinned. "I will show you what true fear really is...!" Suddenly, now, from his slow amble towards the pink puff, he rushed at Kirby at a blinding speed with a solid slash.

Kirby, unable to react in time, took the full blow, getting sent back with a searing pain from a large gash on his left cheek.

"Hm hm hm...! I expected more of you two..." After a quick laugh, Spur lunged after Kirby again.

This time, however, the Star Warrior was prepared, and clashed with the blow effectively, before dealing a spin attack and ending with a clean stab through Spur. He smiled, thinking that he finally had Spur under his whim.

"Ergh...! H-how...are you...?!"

The now-confident Kirby pulled his sword out, still ignoring the gash he suffered, and dealt another series of slashes, with Spur unable to defend properly, ending with a final cutter.

"How...how could you...?!" Spur was taken down, even though it came at a vicious cost with both Kirby and Meta Knight severely hurt. Were the threats really that baseless? Or perhaps, they had still caught Spur at far less than full power...

But none of that matters now. All Kirby had to do now was land the final blow to the incapacitated Spur... He jumped up, and thrusted downward...

...He hit nothing but the ground below.

And then, Spur's voice resonated once again. "Hm hm hm...AHAHAHAHA...! Did you truly think that you would defeat me through those pitiful attempts?! What a joke; now, it is my turn...to instill your fear before removing you from this world...!"

A now very confused Kirby scanned the area around him, not noticing a trace of Spur. He sounded as if he wasn't even hurt in the slightest.

Then, the onslaught began. Spur began his own attack...one that almost guarantees death... At blinding speeds, Spur shot out at Kirby, multiple times, from seemingly random locations, hacking at the pink puff repeatedly with weak hits. After a good fifteen of those, he launched forward at Kirby one more time, this time to finish him off. Confused and disoriented, Kirby didn't even see it coming. Stabbing at the Star Warrior, the demon beast jumped up, and did a double-flip before pressing him on the ground, with Kirby being clearly in agony.

In his pain, Kirby had completely dropped the Galaxia, and now had no way to retaliate in the slightest.

But Meta Knight, slow to get up, knew this was his only chance to get away, at the very least, from the overpowering opponent. He used the last of his energy to run at Spur, grabbing his Galaxia, and dealing a heavy uppercut that caused Spur to leap off of Kirby. Before the demon beast could even look the other way, Meta Knight had taken a barely-conscious Kirby in his arms, and used his Dimensional Cape to teleport away.

"Wha...?!" Spur sat there, emotionless, for a while, pondering, before finally grinning once again. "...Hm. So you escape for now, Star Warriors... But I will follow you. And I will have my sweet victory over you..."

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Somehow, after escaping Spur's sights, Meta Knight was able to take Kirby and make his way to where the Halberd was, nearly collapsing at the entrance with a very concerned Blade Knight. "U-ugh...B-Blade Knight...take Kirby and go...!"

Of course, Blade Knight had some doubts. "Hm...? But sir, the mission? Was it a--"

"We have failed, Blade. There is...nothing more we can do...other than await the day he is brought over to Pop Star..."

"...Sir..."

"It has been a pleasure to have had your support for all this time."

"You can't be serious, sir...! Sir Meta Knight, tell me that you have some form of plan!"

"No being in the universe...can stop that monster..."

"Sir, you must be bluffing...!"

"...I wish that were true."

"W-well we can't just give in...! That isn't like you, Sir Meta Knight..." He picked Kirby up, lifting his bloodied body on his left shoulder, and supported Meta Knight with his right arm, making his way slowly inside as the ramp closed off. "Come, now, let us tend to the two of you..."

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Only a day passed before Meta Knight finally got himself up and walking on his own once again, as the Halberd still circled Nightmare's base. He made his way to the cockpit, and sat down, staring off at the base. "It is only a matter of time before he is deemed ready to devastate Pop Star. Perhaps...he already has..." He sighed, bringing his fist down on the console in front of him. "I cannot believe it...we were just a step too far behind. And now, we are forced to wait...and see."

Sword Knight was sitting at one of the pilot chairs in the room, seeing Meta Knight distraught. "Sir Meta Knight. This is unlike you to give up so soon... Perhaps there is some form of hope."

The masked knight turned around to face Sword Knight, sighing again. "If you were there, witnessing how easily he handled both of us two while treating the whole battle like some sort of game... I wish I could think of anything that would have some ability to even slow him down."

"But we still have time, sir! I'm certain you can think of something!"

"I applaud the loyalty exhibited from the both of you. However, you will find that, this time, I will have disappointed you."

With that said, Sword Knight stayed put, relatively silent, with her expression obviously one of anxiety, even with her purple armor covering her entirely. She looked out once again to notice something. "...M-Meta Knight, sir...! The base...!"

"Hm?!" He looked over once again, to see a sizable portion of the base blown off by what must've been an extremely powerful explosion. "Wh...what is the meaning of this...?"

"I've not a clue, sir...!"

"Did you strap down explosives while in wait...?!"

"I promise you, sir, that I did not."

"...Hmm." Without a second though, Meta Knight grabbed a hold of the ship's controls and sent the Halberd closer to the affected area. "Perhaps it is for the best...if we..."

As the Halberd slowly approached the base once again, Sword Knight suddenly shot out of her seat, staring intently at...something. "S-sir...! Over to your right...!"

The masked swordsman reacted quickly, turning his gaze over hastily to whatever Sword Knight was staring at. "What is it...?!"
"I-it's...a body, sir...!"

Meta Knight quickly became more alerted by what Sword Knight mentioned. "Is it anyone recognizable?!"

"Not from what I can see...see if you recognize it at all, sir."

The knight once again scrolled around, finally fixing his eyes on an unconscious body floating among the debris.

The body was clearly looking very similar to Spur, with a similar gem, although in a rhombus shape as opposed to a star shape. He had similar marks on each of his cheeks, although he only had one on each cheek. His body was also of a green color, completely contrasting Spur's appearance in that fashion.

After mulling over himself for a considerable while, staring down the body, he gave his answer. "...No, Sword Knight, I do not recognize this body at all."

"Shall we attempt to help this person, sir?"

Meta Knight went completely silent, turning around and closing his eyes in thought. The chances that this would turn badly. The reason to trust that this body is indeed safe to bring on board. The risk of leaving it there...

"...Sir? What do you suggest we do?"

He opened his eyes and turned back to Sword Knight. "...Let us bring this body on board. Place him on an infirmary bed."

"Right, sir. I shall let Blade know, and we will have the body in here in no time."

"I expect nothing less. I shall attempt to steer the ship as close as I can to the body, so be prepared."

"Right, sir." With that final affirmation, Sword Knight nodded to Meta Knight, and ran out rather hurriedly.

With the knight now to his lonesome, he looked out once again at the base, and sighed. "It is not as if it matters much, anyhow." He slammed his hand on the console again. "It would take nothing short of a miracle for this failure to sabotage Spur to not end disastrously..."

To be continued...

Eirinn : I had completely forgotten that you expressed interest in my previous story! I know you might be a little interested in the initial source material, so here's this!