72I hate Mondays. No, I'm not trying to quote my favorite orange cat. I legitimately HATE Mondays. Why I hate them you ask? Well, it has to do with the fact that it is always the start of a school day at the end of a relaxing weekend. Like any other teen, I would rather kick back and stay in bed. If you say otherwise, then you are lying and/or dead to me. Right now, I was currently in my bedroom in front a mirror getting ready for school. I am wearing a black and red checkered jacket with a white t-shirt underneath, along with black jeans and white sneakers.
"Toby!"
I look away from the mirror and looked out the door of my room. Across the hallway is my mom, who was still in her pajamas.
"Yeah, mom?" I replied.
"You better get going to school, dear." She said. "You're going to be late."
I look at my mom confused. There's no way I'm already going to be late- Holy crap! I just looked at my alarm clock. It's 7:46am, I am going to be late!
"How come you didn't tell me earlier!" I said quickly grabbing my black backpack.
"I bought you that alarm clock for a reason, Toby. Besides, I told you last night to not stay up so late. You know very well it was a school night."
I grumbled to myself. Hate to admit it, but she did told me. Though, to be fair, I was pretty busy at the time. Then again, I don't think playing games all day would be considered as busy.
"Right, well, got to go. See ya, mom."
"Try to have a good day, sweetie."
"...yeah..."
With that, I give mom a quick peck before running out of the house. Hopefully, I can be able to make it before the final bell rings.
I was wrong. I couldn't make it before the bell. When I arrived to my high school class, my stupid teacher literally spent 10 minutes explaining to me of how tired they were of my tardiness. Even though it was only my second time being late this year. Anyway, I spent the whole class time doing some routine classwork. SO boring! I already miss my bed, along with my Wii system. Yes, I still have a Wii even though it's 2018. Deal with it!
Right now, it was near the end of 1st period as we all were packing up and getting ready for our next period.
"Yo, Toby."
I look away from the window I was staring through, and turned to the voice. In front of me was my close friend, Mary. She wore a black tank-top with matching white shorts. She was a bit of a tomboy, but that's what I like about her. She also has long black hair with dyed blue streaks running down it.
"What'cha looking at?" She asks smirking. "Finally see your future girlfriend?"
I roll my eyes at her playfully. Sometimes, Mary can be blunt, but she means well.
"Naw, I'm just looking at the mountains." I reply looking back out the window. "Though, it's not going last long. Soon we'll go back to listening to another 30 minutes of boring shit."
"Wow. Aren't you just the downer."
I sigh. "I'm sorry, Mary. I just hate-"
"Monday." She finished bemused. "Yes, I know, Garfield. Everyone knows that about you. You don't really hide it very well."
"Well, it true! I want to go back and sleep in my bed. Life is not fair!"
"Oh, lighten up, bucko." She lightly punches my arm. Ouch. "Just give it another week and you'll be free from it all during Spring Break."
"Too long! I need my freedom!"
"Whatever you say, Drama Queen." Mary takes a seat in front of my desk. "Say, do you have the sketch I asked for?"
My face brightens a bit as I nodded. I reach back and pull out my sketch pad. On the front was a good looking drawing of my favorite video game character, Kirby. I really like that little pink ball of joy. Not to mention, he has got the coolest power there is. The power of copying his enemies' abilities. I would sell my soul for that kind of power. Anyway, back on topic, I rip the drawn page and give it to Mary.
"Thanks, Toby." She said putting the paper away. "You know, why don't you ever stay after school and join the art club? You would be the best out there."
I shuffle slightly in my seat. "You know I don't like to hang out with the others. You are practically the only other person I talk to."
"Come on, Toby. You can't just talk to me for the whole school year. You can make other friends."
"Nope, you're irreplaceable my fire flower." I say smiling while pointing gun-fingers at her.
She didn't find it funny as she sighs.
"Look, Toby, I'm not going to be here for you forever. Just a couple of more months and I will be graduating. Then you would be all alone here in this dump."
I drop the gun-fingers and lay my head down sighing. Mary was right. She was a Senior and I was a Sophomore. During my Junior year, I was pretty alone before I met Mary. She was actually the one who got me into Kirby games. We would play for hours in co-op on my Wii system.
"Mary... I-"
Before I could speak, the bell suddenly rings as our other fellow classmates started leaving the room. Mary gets up before picking up her backpack.
"We can talk later. If you want, I can come by to your house after school. We could hang out then."
I give a small smile. "I would like that."
Welp... there goes another terrible Monday. I spent the whole day doing even more work. What was so important about salt anyway?! Stupid science class. The only good time of the day was when Lunch Period started. I spent most of that time sketching more drawings of whatever. It would be a detailed tree, some anime, and a couple of Pokémon here and there.
Anyway, I was currently walking my way home while carrying my homework fill backpack. I've got to say, there is more homework than usual today. I'm guessing that there is a test of some sort coming. I wouldn't know because I barely pay attention in class.
'I really hope there isn't a test.' I thought to myself. 'Sometimes, I wonder if there really is a point in- OUCH!'
I was interrupted from my thoughts when I felt something hit me on the forehead. It actually hit me so hard that I fell backwards and hit the sidewalk.
"Ah, fuck me!" I hissed.
After rubbing my slightly bleeding forehead, I get up and look around for whatever asshole that has thrown the rock at me. I was really mad and was about to kick the rock on the ground. However, I seized my advance as I got a good look at the stone. To my confusion, it was shaped like a star. It was even colored yellow. Curiously, I picked up the baseball-sized stone and looked around.
"Uh, hello?!"
I look around my surroundings and saw nobody around. My attackers were probably long gone by now. I grumble to myself before looking back at the star. While I did not have a reason to keep this little yellow stone, it still looked cool. I was just about to continue my journey home when all of a sudden...
'...Help Us...'
I hear a soft voice. It sounded female and quite elegant if I must say. I look around again to see nobody around.
"Hello?" I called out. "Is there someone there? If this is a joke, then it's not funny!"
'...Save Us..."
The mysterious voice spoke again. Save us? Save whom from what? Who or where is this chick? What is going on? Though, I didn't get my answers as I was met with silence. Just when I as about run home while questioning my sanity, I felt something warm. I look down at my hand and stared in awe. The star stone I was holding was the one getting warm, but that's not all. It was glowing. Freaking glowing!
I didn't know what to do. I didn't know what was going on. Should I just leave it, or take it? I was too freaked out to make a real decision and decided to throw the damn thing away in panic.
"I am not having any of this!" I yelled as I turn and started running down the street.
Whoosh!
I suddenly heard something from behind. I turn around to check, and what I saw made me scream in panic. Coming straight towards me at high speed was the star stone I thrown earlier. Only this time, it was fucking BIG. Like it was big as me. How is that possible?!
"Help! Somebody!" I cried out.
Once again, there was nobody out in the street. Where is everybody?! Well, my question didn't matter as I tripped over a crack on the sidewalk and fell over hard. I groaned in pain before sitting up. Though, the moment I did, I wish I hadn't. The last thing I saw before my vision went white was a large star coming right at me at full speed.
Beep
Beep
Uugghh...
Beep
Beep
Beep
Oh~ Shut up...
Beep
Beep
Beep
Oh for crying out loud!
"Shut up already!"
I shouted as I finally open my eyes. Only now, my eyes open even wider in both shock and surprise. I was inside some sort of dome. Outside of said dome was a pitch black void with a couple of white dots in the distance. Though, when I looked down I saw a blue layout of screens, some buttons, and some sort of steering wheel.
"WHAT THE HELL IS ALL THIS?! WHERE AM I?!" I screamed in panic.
Beep
Beep
Beep
There is that beeping again. What was it? I look to my right and saw a particular screen display. On screen was a large text that said in red, 'WARP'.
"Warp?" I say to myself. "What does it mean, warp?"
Click~
It appears I've gotten my answer as these hidden panels on both of my sides started to close upwards over my dome. Soon enough, everything turned dark inside my pod or something. The only thing that was keeping light was the WARP screen that was still flashing red.
"Okay... okay..." I said steadying my breathing. "Let's not panic. I'm sure that everything will be alright-AHH!"
I was proven wrong when everything started to shake violently. I was tossing and turning as I started hitting every corner of the pod. However, after a few moments of nonstop shaking, the pod finally relaxed as the panels opened up. My eyes where spinning as I shake my head.
"Ohh... okay. Never want to do that again."
After a few minutes of straightening out, I regain my composer. Though, I gasped at the sight I'm seeing. The once empty black void of space was now fill with so many colors of beauty. There were so many stars, a Milky Way, and other space stuff that I don't know what was called. Now I wish I listened in Science class.
"Science class... science class- Gasp!"
Suddenly, everything came back to me. I remember I was walking home when some star stone thing hit my forehead and somehow, I'm inside this pod.
"What is going on?" I ask myself softly. "Okay, now isn't the time to panic... again. Let's survey the situation."
I take another look of my surroundings. I was indeed inside some sort of space pod that looks like a star now that I've gotten the time to look. I was in space, if the pod was clue enough.
"Alright, now the only question remains... How do I get home?"
That's something I would like to know. I want go home. Where is home? I'm all alone out here in space. To be honest... it was really scary. How much air is in this pod? Am I going to die out here just like that? I can already feel tears starting to form in the corner of my eyes.
"No... I got to be strong. I'm going to make it through this."
I'm not just about to throw in the towel. I'm going to get back home if it's the last thing I do. So, after cleaning myself up a bit from my earlier episode, I went to work.
"Okay, so... that huge swirly thing in front of me is the Milky Way. If I remember correctly, that means I am a GREAT distance away from Earth. All I have to do is just use this thing to fly back." I narrow my eyes a bit. "Though, I'm not sure if that makes any logical sense, but it's all I got. Now... how do I fly this thing?"
I look at the controls in from of me. I am honestly way over my head when it comes to driving. Heck, I failed at getting my driver's permit back home like 4 times.
"Well... this kind of looks like the game Flight Simulator. How hard can it be?"
I reach out to take hold of the wheel. Well, I tried to anyway. For some reason, I couldn't reach the controls.
"What the hell? What's wrong with me? Why can't I-"
I stopped talking when I saw my hands. And by hands, I mean short round PINK stubs.
"What. The. Fuck."
After a whole 15 minutes of having another panic attack, I was back to myself again. Well, not myself as in ME, but as apparently someone else. And that someone is... Kirby.
...
No, I'm not joking. I am legitimately being honest here when I say I am a pink copycat alien blob that is Kirby. I was both surprise and a bit overjoyed by the sudden development of this situation. I have not only been put into space, but now I am in the body of my favorite video game character. While it was exciting at first, now I'm getting worried. If I have body-swap with the little pink hero, does that mean I'm in a whole different universe or reality? From what I remember when playing those Kirby games with my friend Mary, there is no Earth to go to. There was the famous Pop Star and other planets, but that's not where I need to go.
"There's gotta be some sort of map of some kind. I mean, if Kirby was traveling around in this spaceship, then he has got to have some sort of navigation."
I started fiddling with the screens and buttons until finally something came onto one of the screens. I was right, there was some sort of GPS. It showed a long row of planets, all labeled alphabetically.
"Sweet! This will be much better than traveling blind into space."
I swipe the screen like a tablet and scrolled down the list. Though, once I've past the 'E' section of the list, I was sad. Guess Earth is a no go.
"Ah, damn it." I cursed. "Guess I'm going to have to go with the second choice."
I continue to scroll down the list until I finally came across the one I'm looking for.
"Alright. Looks like we're going to Pop Star."
The planet itself was ironically the exact shape of a star with two rings round it. I tap on the planet and soon an option showed.
_Accept_
_Decline_
I tap 'Accept'.
_Manual_
_Autopilot_
I tap 'Autopilot'. Might as well play it safe. Besides, I still don't know how to fly a spaceship. Anyway, the pod shifts a bit before proceeding to head towards the direction of my destination.
"Well, guess that will do." I say as I adjust in my seat. "Might as well catch a few Z's while I wait."
With that, I close my eyes as I slowly make my way into dreamworld. Now I see why Kirby likes to sleep very often. It's so relaxing.
Beep
Beep
Beep
'Oh my god, really?'
I groggily open my eyes and gave a yawn. I was just dreaming about apples for some odd reason, but I wasn't complaining. Anyway, I look out the dome to see what was the ruckus and my eyes widen. I have finally reached my destination. It was the famous planet, Pop Star. It was quite a sight to see. I could imagine so many astronomers wanting to take a look at this. I did a little Kirby squeal as I shake in excitement.
"I can't believe it. I'm actually here. This is so going to be fun. Nothing can ruin this moment!"
Bang~
It seems that this world's universe want to toy with me and prove me wrong. The ship shook for a moment as something had collided with it. Confused, I look further ahead and my eyes widen once again, but in fright this time. Heading towards me was a couple a meteors.
"Okay, that is something I want to avoid."
I yelp as a small piece of meteor hits the glass. It didn't give a crack, thank god, but I don't want it to happen again. I look to the screen and it shows that I've reached my destination, thus giving me back control.
"Alright... long hours of gaming, lets see if it did pay well."
After quickly testing the wheel with me dark pink foots, I was able to get into motion. It started out a bit rough with the smaller bits of meteor. However, I was able to dodge the big ones easily. There were a couple of close calls, but I managed through. Once the whole ordeal was over, I looked back to see the last of the space rocks speed further and further away from me.
"Ha, ha, ha! I did it!" I cheered. "Man, that was pretty close. For a second I thought I would- OH FUCK!"
I turn myself forward just in time to see a really big meteor coming for me. In my panic, I tried to steer away from huge rock, but it was too late. The huge rock caught onto the right side of my star ship and I was sent spinning out of control.
"AAAHH!" I screamed as I was closing the distance between me and the planet destination.
Soon enough, more text showed up on the screen.
_Entering Planet's Atmosphere_
_Engaging Heat Resistant Panels_
With that said, the panels close over the dome around me again. It was dark like before.
"Oh, not this again!"
Soon enough, the whole thing started to shack violently like before only worse. I can even feel it getting warm inside the pod.
BOOM!
There was a really loud boom that sounded off. If I weren't mistaken, then I just broke the sound barrier. I would of been thrilled if it weren't the fact that I was plummeting like 10,000 feet literally from space.
CRASH!
Well... sounds like I've made touchdown. Though, it didn't stop there. After crashing into more things and possibly some creatures that where unlucky enough to get in my way, I finally came to a complete stop. Man, what a ride. Hopefully, I don't have to fall like that again for awhile. I already have enough excitement for one day.
Anyway, I look around in the dark pod and found something on the screen.
_Open Panels?_
_Yes_
_No_
I tap the option to open the panels. Sure enough, I fell out of the star ship and onto the earthy soil. I tried to get my head straight from my exciting ride when I felt something pick me up by my feet. Seems like first contact was ago then. I was then turned around and dropped back on the ground.
I rub my eyes before seeing who or what was present with me. Though, I was taken by surprise by who it was. In front of me is one of Kirby's infamous enemies, King Dedede and Escargoon. However, that's not all, there was also Lololo & Lalala. They were one of the mid-bosses from Kirby Super Star. They floated over the two villains of Dreamland. Next, I see a small crowd of, to my surprise, Cappies. Mushroom-like foes from the game series.
Last group on the list is some people with yellow skin. To be honest, I never seen these characters before in the series. There was what looked like a couple. One was a lady wearing a lavender dress with a silly looking hairstyle, while the other was a man wearing a purple vest with a orange bowtie. He head the haircut that an old noble would have, and a big mustache as a finishing touch. Next to them were what appears to be their children, both a boy and a girl. The girl had blonde hair that was tied in a ponytail. The boy had shaggy green and orange hair that covered half his face.
There was one thing that I thought at that moment.
'...Whoa...'
Unfortunately, the moment has pass as the large royal penguin and snail started to speak.
"Looks like an alien invader." King Dedede said.
"Mash it with your mallet!" Escargoon declared.
'Wait, what?!'
Just as Dedede was about to pound me to oblivion, the girl blocked his way.
"Wait a second, let's see what it is!"
'Oh thank you, missy.'
The girl then proceeded to get a little closer to me as she puts her hands on her hips.
"Are you a space alien?"
I sat there, not knowing what to say. Kirby never spoke in the games. Then again, first time for everything. So what's stopping me?
"Uh, well... technically yes. I am an alien in a way." I said sheepishly.
She flinches along with some of the crowd. They probably didn't expected me to speak English, or speak at all for that matter. The girl regains her composer as she spoke once more.
"It's gotta be impossible, but your name wouldn't happen to be, Kirby?"
I hesitantly replied. "W-well, yeah. T-that's my name. I am in fact, Kirby."
When I said that, that seem to put them off. The yellow-skinned family all had mix comments about me.
"Gah!"
"That's Kirby?!"
"The Star Warrior?!"
"But he is so... pink!"
For some reason, I'm getting the feeling that they heard of Kirby before, and if I'm guessing. They were expecting some noble knight in shining armor or something. Gee, sorry for not being the prince of your dreams. Plus, what's wrong with pink? I don't think there's anything wrong with it. Another thing though, what the heck was a Star Warrior? I don't remember that from any of the series.
Before I could say anything else, King Dedede suddenly sprang from his spot and pinned me down to the ground with his foot. I tried to struggle to get free, but his sheer weight and size gave him an advantage. He sees this as he gave a chuckle.
"Some warrior." Dedede says as he raises his big mallet. "Now stand back. This boy is going into orbit!"
'Oh, this is going to hurt. Isn't it?'
"No! Please, don't!" The girl cried out.
'Nice try, missy, but that ain't going to work.'
"FORE!"
With that, the big oaf swung his hammer right in my face of all places, and sends me flying into the air.
"WHAT THE HECK!"
That was the last thing I said before plummeting down a nearby cliff.
_Author's Notes_
Hello, everyone. If any of you readers have visited this story, than I would like to say thank you for checking it out. Now, I would like to make it clear that this is not a self-insert. This is just the POV of my OC, Toby. Who happens to be 17-years-old incase you're wondering.
At first, I thought I would have Toby here know or at least heard of the anime series of Kirby Right Back At Ya! However, I think it would be interesting if he went in blind. Well, not completely blind. He does know about Kirby from many games up till today.
Other than that, he will have to adapt and try to play as the hero of Dreamland he was forcefully volunteered as. Now, you are all wondering, "Who sent him in the first place? Who was that woman he heard when he found the Warp Star?". Well, you all will have to find out on the next chapter.
Welp, that's all the time we have. See ya next time on Toby Right Back At Ya!
