Post by Bert on Mar 26, 2009 17:26:20 GMT -5
(Chapter 14: Meta Knight’s Explanation)
Rain patted against the window of Corneria City Hotel. The Smashers were asleep, each room having two occupants to conserve space. Meta Knight, however, could not sleep. He was more focused on his encounter with Dooku onboard the Halberd.
“Long day, huh?” Ike said. Meta Knight was sitting on a ledge, looking out the window.
“Yes, I suppose,” the blue puffball replied. “I mean, your battleship gets invaded, some guy manages to defeat you, and yeah it’s been a long day.”
Pikachu awoke from his nap. “Uwah...” he yawned. “What’s going on?”
Meta Knight looked at the mouse and said, “Nothing. Go to sleep.”
Pikachu’s ear twitched. “You okay, man? You don’t seem like yourself. You should get some sleep.”
Lightning flashed, and thunder rolled. It was 3:23 AM. The sun had not even thought about coming up yet.
“This is going to be a long night,” Meta Knight said.
“Something on your mind?” Pikachu asked. Ike was asleep.
“Well, yes,” Meta Knight responded. “But if you wanted to know, it’d go on for an hour or so.”
“I’m listening,” Pikachu said.
Meta Knight looked out the window, and then back at Pikachu. “It all began fifty years ago--”
“You’re not ripping off Shadow’s backstory, are you?” Pikachu interrupted.
“...No. Anyway, as I was saying, Sword Knight and I have a long history. That duel on the Halberd was just one of the many. We used to be teammates.
We were both part of the Popstar Army. That being said, we would go on missions together and always come back with whatever was required, no matter what it took.
Our first mission was when Dedede took all of Dream Land’s food. It was then that we heard about Kirby. We stood by on this one, and dropped food items for him when he was getting weak. Never showed ourselves to him, though.
After Kirby defeated Dedede and saved Dream Land from starvation, Dedede destroyed the Star Rod and broke it into several pieces. Sword and I were ordered to repair it, but Kirby beat us to it. In the Orange Ocean, I took the liberty of taking on Kirby myself. He managed to defeat me, but only because I let him win and was nothing more than a test.
It was around then that Dark Meta Knight appeared. He disguised himself as me and took the Battleship Halberd, and also when Sword Knight started to act differently. I didn’t think anything of it, and Kirby managed to defeat Dark, also destroying the ship.
My help wasn’t needed again until the Mirror World went through total anarchy. Dark Meta Knight, much like me at the time, went into hiding. By now, Sword was a completely different person. He wasn’t thinking rationally at all anymore, and was attacking more viciously than usual.
When The Squeaks appeared, it was then that I knew Sword had betrayed me. Somewhere along the line, he had become twisted with evil, and I learned that he was working for Dark Nebula. I had heard about the legend of Dark Nebula when I was a child, and I stole the chest from Kirby to prevent Sword from taking it first.
But Kirby’s persistence forced my hand. He chased me to the bottom of the sea and infiltrated my battleship a second time. I wasn’t going to give him the chest, but our battle ended with him as the victor. We took off into space, but Daroach suddenly appeared and snagged the chest, opening it and releasing Dark Nebula. Daroach transformed into a powerful deity called “Dark Daroach”. Kirby defeated him and Dark Nebula, but Sword was still evil.
I didn’t see Sword again until I wanted to boost up my skills. I traveled the universe to become stronger, even clashing with the most powerful warrior in the galaxy, Galacta Knight, to do so. Along the way, I encountered Sword. He revealed to me that he was truly evil, and that he was working with Zero. I never saw him again until that incident on the Halberd. After the Dark Nebula incident, Sword Knight was promptly removed from the Popstar Army.
I may never know or understand why he did what he did, but I will do whatever it takes to bring him to justice.”
Pikachu could only reply with total awe. Meta Knight’s teammate had betrayed him and pretty much left him for dead.
“Even when I was fighting him on the Halberd...the memories of our adventures kept rushing to my head. And for a while, I let my emotions get the better of me. I might have doomed us all had he not pointed out the aforementioned fact.”
There was a long period of silence which seemed to go on forever. Pikachu eventually spoke up and said, “Wait. You said that it was actually Dark Meta Knight who stole the Halberd and that he disguised himself as you. How did he do that?”
“Dark Meta Knight comes from the Mirror World. The entrance to the Mirror World could grant wishes. I guess Dark wished for transformation, because you can’t earn teleportation normally.”
“You’re more knowledgeable than I thought,” Pikachu hesitantly said.
“I’ve studied a great deal about the Mirror World, as well as several deities composed of nothing but evil. For example, Nightmare is composed of bad dreams, and Dark Mind is made up of evil thoughts.”
“Is there anything you can think of that would cause Sword to turn, even after the defeat of Dark Nebula?”
“Sword never liked how restricted the Popstar Army was when it came to...well, anything. We talked daily about going solo and we eventually did. I guess that part of Nebula’s influence remained inside of him and he never changed.”
“Tragic. Simply tragic,” Pikachu whispered.
“You could say that. Although I’m rather iffy on him being possessed by Nebula; working for Zero would make more sense, since he can apparently warp minds.”
“He can,” Pikachu replied. “He managed to warp Mewtwo’s.”
“Mewtwo, hm? That will provide quite a challenge. But Mewtwo’s overconfidence will be his weakness. Now...it’s been a long day. Let’s get some sleep, shall we?”
Rain patted against the window of Corneria City Hotel. The Smashers were asleep, each room having two occupants to conserve space. Meta Knight, however, could not sleep. He was more focused on his encounter with Dooku onboard the Halberd.
“Long day, huh?” Ike said. Meta Knight was sitting on a ledge, looking out the window.
“Yes, I suppose,” the blue puffball replied. “I mean, your battleship gets invaded, some guy manages to defeat you, and yeah it’s been a long day.”
Pikachu awoke from his nap. “Uwah...” he yawned. “What’s going on?”
Meta Knight looked at the mouse and said, “Nothing. Go to sleep.”
Pikachu’s ear twitched. “You okay, man? You don’t seem like yourself. You should get some sleep.”
Lightning flashed, and thunder rolled. It was 3:23 AM. The sun had not even thought about coming up yet.
“This is going to be a long night,” Meta Knight said.
“Something on your mind?” Pikachu asked. Ike was asleep.
“Well, yes,” Meta Knight responded. “But if you wanted to know, it’d go on for an hour or so.”
“I’m listening,” Pikachu said.
Meta Knight looked out the window, and then back at Pikachu. “It all began fifty years ago--”
“You’re not ripping off Shadow’s backstory, are you?” Pikachu interrupted.
“...No. Anyway, as I was saying, Sword Knight and I have a long history. That duel on the Halberd was just one of the many. We used to be teammates.
We were both part of the Popstar Army. That being said, we would go on missions together and always come back with whatever was required, no matter what it took.
Our first mission was when Dedede took all of Dream Land’s food. It was then that we heard about Kirby. We stood by on this one, and dropped food items for him when he was getting weak. Never showed ourselves to him, though.
After Kirby defeated Dedede and saved Dream Land from starvation, Dedede destroyed the Star Rod and broke it into several pieces. Sword and I were ordered to repair it, but Kirby beat us to it. In the Orange Ocean, I took the liberty of taking on Kirby myself. He managed to defeat me, but only because I let him win and was nothing more than a test.
It was around then that Dark Meta Knight appeared. He disguised himself as me and took the Battleship Halberd, and also when Sword Knight started to act differently. I didn’t think anything of it, and Kirby managed to defeat Dark, also destroying the ship.
My help wasn’t needed again until the Mirror World went through total anarchy. Dark Meta Knight, much like me at the time, went into hiding. By now, Sword was a completely different person. He wasn’t thinking rationally at all anymore, and was attacking more viciously than usual.
When The Squeaks appeared, it was then that I knew Sword had betrayed me. Somewhere along the line, he had become twisted with evil, and I learned that he was working for Dark Nebula. I had heard about the legend of Dark Nebula when I was a child, and I stole the chest from Kirby to prevent Sword from taking it first.
But Kirby’s persistence forced my hand. He chased me to the bottom of the sea and infiltrated my battleship a second time. I wasn’t going to give him the chest, but our battle ended with him as the victor. We took off into space, but Daroach suddenly appeared and snagged the chest, opening it and releasing Dark Nebula. Daroach transformed into a powerful deity called “Dark Daroach”. Kirby defeated him and Dark Nebula, but Sword was still evil.
I didn’t see Sword again until I wanted to boost up my skills. I traveled the universe to become stronger, even clashing with the most powerful warrior in the galaxy, Galacta Knight, to do so. Along the way, I encountered Sword. He revealed to me that he was truly evil, and that he was working with Zero. I never saw him again until that incident on the Halberd. After the Dark Nebula incident, Sword Knight was promptly removed from the Popstar Army.
I may never know or understand why he did what he did, but I will do whatever it takes to bring him to justice.”
Pikachu could only reply with total awe. Meta Knight’s teammate had betrayed him and pretty much left him for dead.
“Even when I was fighting him on the Halberd...the memories of our adventures kept rushing to my head. And for a while, I let my emotions get the better of me. I might have doomed us all had he not pointed out the aforementioned fact.”
There was a long period of silence which seemed to go on forever. Pikachu eventually spoke up and said, “Wait. You said that it was actually Dark Meta Knight who stole the Halberd and that he disguised himself as you. How did he do that?”
“Dark Meta Knight comes from the Mirror World. The entrance to the Mirror World could grant wishes. I guess Dark wished for transformation, because you can’t earn teleportation normally.”
“You’re more knowledgeable than I thought,” Pikachu hesitantly said.
“I’ve studied a great deal about the Mirror World, as well as several deities composed of nothing but evil. For example, Nightmare is composed of bad dreams, and Dark Mind is made up of evil thoughts.”
“Is there anything you can think of that would cause Sword to turn, even after the defeat of Dark Nebula?”
“Sword never liked how restricted the Popstar Army was when it came to...well, anything. We talked daily about going solo and we eventually did. I guess that part of Nebula’s influence remained inside of him and he never changed.”
“Tragic. Simply tragic,” Pikachu whispered.
“You could say that. Although I’m rather iffy on him being possessed by Nebula; working for Zero would make more sense, since he can apparently warp minds.”
“He can,” Pikachu replied. “He managed to warp Mewtwo’s.”
“Mewtwo, hm? That will provide quite a challenge. But Mewtwo’s overconfidence will be his weakness. Now...it’s been a long day. Let’s get some sleep, shall we?”
