Winby woke with a massive headache. He looked around and saw that he was up in a tree at night. "Why am I in a tree?" He felt a hand over his mouth. "Shh!" They both fell quiet as they heard dark beings run below them. Winby pulled Kirby's hand away from his mouth. "Where are the others?" he mouthed. Kirby mouthed, "This tree." Winby nodded. An hour passed and no sounds were heard. "I think it's safe now. I'll go down. Stay here and stay hidden." Kirby whispered. He began to climb down and silence was heard yet again. Not even the sound of crickets was heard. Several minutes pass when, suddenly, he heard someone climbing up the tree. Or something. It was coming up fast. Despite his headache, he got up and tore off a small branch. He brandished it like he would a sword and took a deep breath. Kirby jumped up from a below branch. "It's safe. Why are you wielding that?" he asked. "To make sure it wasn't an enemy." Kirby nodded. "Good idea. Let's go." They both jumped nimbly from branch to branch. When they reached the ground, they saw Kiibii, Ruuby, Garby, and Rorby already there.
"What's going on? What were those things?" Winby asked. "I don't know, but they looked a lot like toads." Kiibii replied. She looked grave. Winby knew she saw something and he grabbed her by the arm. "What did you see?" Kiibii look frightened, like a doom-is-upon-us frightened. "I-I-...I saw him." Winby glowed with anger. "You brought him here?! Traitor!" He said, pushing her into the ground. "Hey! Leave her alone! What did she do?" Kirby yelled, helping Kiibii up. "She brought him here!" Winby shouted. "Who's him?!" He fell silent. "Nevermind. Kiibii should tell you." Kiibii looked at Winby. "Tell him." Winby said. Kiibii went into that doom look again. "He's-I...demon...uh-" "That's all I need to hear." Kirby said. "You see, Kirby? As much as you care for her, she's a demon summoner." Winby stared hatefully at her. "She's only a friend. Plus, why would she summon a demon here?" Kirby asked. She hugged me. Why would she?
"The reason why she would summon a demon is because she bows to one." Winby said. "That's not true! He clouded my judgement! How was I to know?" Kiibii shouted. "What did he look like?" responded Winby. Kiibii looked to the ground. "A demon." "Exactly, traitor." "I'm no traitor. I was young and a fool." "And what are you today?" "Older and much wiser." "Stop it, you two. We're not going to figure out what's behind if we argue like this. I went to my ship and saw that Meta Knight is on his way to pick us up. He recently managed to get his ship, Halberd, back from a group of thieves. He picked up his crew and is flying here to get us. We should wait by the remains of the ship." Kirby said. "Why should we listen to you? It seems as if you love Kiibii-" "I told you before! I don't love her! We're only friends! Now follow me if you want to survive this infestation." He began walking towards the reck with Kiibii following. Ruuby followed, then Rorby and Garby. Winby began following after Garby. "I must be out of my mind."
They all sat by the ship when a ringing sound was heard coming from the ship. Kirby jumped up to the messenger screen and pressed an orange button. "Meta Knight. Are you there?" A being with a white mask and a dark blue cape appeared on screen. "Yes, Kirby. Tell your friends to look up." They did so and saw a huge ship above them. Six ropes came down from the ship. "Grab on." Meta Knight said. They each grabbed the ropes as tight as they could and were each brought up to the ship. They found that they were brought into a hanger. There they were greeted by more beings in masks. "Come with us." Said one of them. Kirby and Kiibii began walking with them. "Should we go?" Garby asked. "Of coarse we should go! They trust them so why shouldn't we?" Ruuby said, following behind them. The rest followed after her. After walking through many halls and up many stairs, they saw the being from the screen. "Hello, old friend. How was your time on Ces?" Kirby walked up to him. "Excellent! Met a gourmet chef." Kirby smiled, pointing at Kiibii.
"Ah, I see you found our kind." He walked over to the others. "Welcome to my ship, friends of Kirby. We shall greet each other over dinner." He walked over to the intercom. "Chef! When is dinner ready?" A few seconds passed and a reply was heard. "In a few minutes, captain." "Good." He said, hanging up. "Friends of Kirby, please join me for dinner. You will enjoy it." They all agreed and the beings in masks whispered to each other. "That's rare. Meta Knight normally doesn't do this." and "Lucky." and "Wish I were them." They followed Meta Knight to a splendid dining room. It looked to be high class. They all felt it was too rich for them. Kirby, however, felt right at home. "Ah, I missed this table. The chairs were always so soft." They found out why he missed it so much. The chairs were soft and a few moments later, food had arrived. There was lobster, turkey, mash potatoes, corn, pastas of all kinds, fruits, and much more. There were excellent drinks too.
The guests gulped to find how much food there was. "Bon appétit!" Meta Knight said. They all began selecting which foods they wanted to eat. They greeted themselves to Meta Knight. Since this was high class, they all minded their manners. Except Kirby. He began eating as if there was no tomorrow. "Have you no manners?" Meta Knight said. "Nope." Kirby smiled, his face covered in gravy. They laughed to see such a thing. Meta Knight sighed. "I thought I trained you better than that." "Three days without food or water does things to you." Kirby replied, reaching for more mashed potatoes. "Kirby, I have grave news." Kirby grabbed a napkin and wiped his face. "Does it concern only us two or all of us?" Meta Knight shrugged. "Depends." He paused. "Popstar has been destroyed." Kirby felt a pain in his heart. He looked shocked, sad, confused all at once. "Kirby?" Kiibii nudged him. "I...I can't believe this." Meta Knight sighed. "I'm sorry. I tried to stop it, but this demon monster destroyed it." Kirby sighed.
"What is the population of Ces?" Rorby raised his hand, "How many are on this ship?" "About 3 million," responded Meta Knight. "There's more than enough of space for you guys." Ruuby said. "But not yet. It has been invaded by that demon you were talking about earlier, Meta Knight." Kiibii said. "Because of you, Kiibii." responded Winby. "I said enough of that!" Kirby shouted, standing up. "Now you're playing by my rules, Winby. One more crack like that and I will send you to clean the entire ship! That goes for all of you. We need to respect each other as friends and comrades." He sat back down and they all fell silent. A few moments later, a soldier came storming in. "Captain! We have a message from a demon!" Meta Knight got up. "Kirby, come with me. The rest of you, stay here." "Yes, captain." They replied.