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Meta Knight was taking flight through the forest that surrounded Kabu. Though Meta Knight never really flew while in the town, or ever to be truthful, he deiced he would do it now just to get this patrol over with. He deiced to see what was happening with Kabu due to the fact that he heard a concerning amount Cappies talk about how he was acting weird.
What he saw was not what he expected from the tiki. His eye was twitching violently, and he kept mumbling. Before approaching the foretelling statue, Meta Knight flew down out of his view and made his wings go back to being a cape. After a bit of thinking, Meta Knight deiced to ask Kabu what was happening. However, before he could say anything Kabu stated something.
"The future is coming; it is coming to meet the past!" He said franticly
Did Kabu just said the future is coming to see the past? Meta Knight was truly puzzled by what Kabu stated or was repeating now. Did he mean that something that would affect the future seriously was coming soon or something else. In the back of his head, Meat Knight thought that maybe people from the future were literally coming to meet the past, but Meta Knight knew that would be impossible, right? Then Kabu screeched something that made Meta Knight even more nervous than he originally was this strange encounter.
" Bring all the people of Cappy Town to this forest. Most importantly bring Dedede, Kirby, yourself, and the Waddle Dee the responds to Bandana!" The sage exclaimed.
A Waddle Dee? This bewildered the small knight a lot, but he needed to remember the Dee's name of Kabu specifically called for them. Meta deiced to fly back even though it may risk Meta Knight being seen flying, but from how Kabu sounded, it seemed very important. On the flight to the outer parts of the town Meta Knight pondered the words of the wise tiki. What did he mean with those words? Why did he want the entirety of Cappy Town there? Why did he ask for a Waddle Dee? Why such a specific one? Why did he want King Dedede, Kirby, and himself. These questions kept floating around in the knight's head, but they had no answer.
When Meta Knight got to the outer parts of Cappy Town, he landed. He then ran most of the way there until he saw Blade Knight and Sword Knight and asked them for help.
"Blade Knight. Sword Knight." The dark blue knight called out.
The two larger knights then turned at the sound of Meta Knight. The two knights were actually from him due to him disappearing for a scary amount of time. Usually when the Knight leaves for longer than three hours, he gives them a heads up. However, Meta Knight has been gone for six hours, so they thought it would be good to look for him.
" I need you two to do a task that is important. Kabu is demanding that the entire town goes to the forest he is in to hear him out, however if you get to Kirby or King Dedede before me, you must tell them to come. Kabu specifically requested them. Kabu also stated that a Waddle Dee named Bandana must come as well for reasons that I'm unaware of." Meta Knight said this in a slightly warry tone. Usually, the knight talks in a very monotone voice, but it wasn't uncommon for him to talk out of it. However, it was never too due to him worrying or being scared of something.
Blade and Sword Knight knew this must be important due to how Meta Knight has been gone for six hours and his worried tone. This made them leave immediately once they agreed to the task and not ask questions even though the knights really wanted to.
All three of these knights went around telling the people of Cappy Town to head to Kabu. It was a bit of a challenge for Sword Knight to find the specific Waddle Dee since they're so many of them and they all look the same, but he did manage to find the right one and told him the news. Saying the Waddle Dee was surprised was an understatement. Sword Knight was shocked that the Dee did not pass out from shock. The Dee however did not know where Kabu was located though, so Sword Knight told Bandana to follow him for now.
Blade Knight also had a bit of a problem convincing King Dedede to go since he kept yapping about how he would not go because it would most likely mean that another Star Warrior was coming and other unimportant things. Blade Knight managed to convince him with the help of Escargoon because he knew the king trusted the snail more than him and because the goon could tell that no matter what, it was the smart thing to go to Kabu foretelling, especially when he demanded that His Majesty was specifically mentioned to come.
Meta Knight had a relatively easy time telling the people of Cappy Town that they must go to Kabu. When he got around to telling Kirby, Tiff, Tuff, Fololo, and Falala were with him. The kids were at first shocked when Meta Knight seemingly appeared out of nowhere. After they recovered from being startled, Meta Knight told them about what Kabu had basically yelled at him. The kids were worried that Kabu was acting strange, but they agreed to go. During this though, Meta Knight could have sworn that he saw a flash of pink behind Kirby's house, but he just brushed it off as him seeing things.
Once most of Cappy Town was at Kabu's location, the Cappies were vocalizing their concerns to one another, they were also gossiping on why a Waddle Dee was there. Once Meta Knight came with Kirby, Kabu started talking and everyone went quiet.
"The future is coming now. The future is coming to meet the past." Kabu was speaking in an vey ominous tone for some reason. " The four people who are coming are in seek of help, though some may need it in different ways at first. Two Star Warriors and two Star Allies."
Meta Knight was a bit startled to hear this. While he knew that something revolving around the future was going to happen, he didn't expect people from the future to be coming! While he did think that it may happen, it was very illogical and out of all the possibilities, that was the least likely to happen. Also, what was a Star Ally? Who are these Star Allies? Were they somehow connected to Star Warriors? Who would be these supposed Star Allies? From the knowledge the knight has, he guessed that Bandana and King Dedede may be these Star Allies, but that most likely meant they could not be anything good due to the King being in there. Though something in the very back of his mind told him that King Dedede may be a better person in the future and that the Star Allies could maybe be trusted. But Meta Knight knew that it's risky to be so optimistic, but the thought stayed in the back of his head.
King Dedede was annoyed by Kabu supposed prophecy. The penguin did not want to deal with two Star Warriors, though if it meant he could clobber up two Kirbies, then he wouldn't mind. He did wonder why this foretelling was pretty vague and how people FROM THE LITERAL FUTURE were coming to the past. The monarch just guessed that these people were from a much distant future at just kept it at that. Though if the people came to stop him, he would surely clobber them up and maybe kill them depending on what they came to stop. The King didn't even begin to think on what they may need help with or why they came to the past for help.
Kirby was wondering what these new people needed help with. Kirby loves to help people, so these newcomers would surely want to be his friend! He also wondered what they looked like and how they may act, the small boy also pondered on how he could help them. He knew for sure that his friends would also help him as well, especially since he couldn't speak. The kid also wanted to know what a Star Ally was, but he did not think on that for long and just thought they were somehow connected to Star Warriors.
Bandana was preoccupied thinking about why he was called here by Sword Knight, but he soon connected the two puzzle pieces. He realized that he was probably one of the two Star Allies since Meta Knight and Kirby were already Star Warriors and the only ones alive to his knowledge. He contemplated on how he was affiliated with Meta Knight and Kirby, he is just some random Waddle Dee and wasn't that special, right? He also inferred that King Dedede was the other Star Ally since he was also specifically called the king as well. With all of the sudden news that he just heard, Bandana deiced that it would be best if he slept do to how late it was getting and to think about this tomorrow when his head was clear.