Guest Star Kelduo: Justice from Afar

by The Kelduo


Chapter 6: Saved by the Buck

When I woke up, something must have hurt my eyes. Either that or I was in a super dark room, because everything was black. At least, until something pulled me by the foot. I was half-buried in the ground, with my feet sticking out! I could tell because of the small hole in the ground.

"Are ya alright?" I heard a female voice say with a Southern accent.

I was about to answer, but we heard someone groan. I looked around and saw Heart Fist, Pummel Fist's mother, flat on her back under a tree. When she tried to sit up--thunk!--an apple fell from the tree and hit her right on the head, knocking her out cold. "No, Heart Fist!" I hurried over to check on her, and I found something stuck in the tree's trunk. My spear! I pulled it out and dusted it off. "What's the big idea?"

"Well, I just saved ya from that spear that was fallin' straight towards yer hindquarters by bucking it clear into that there tree." The voice belonged to an orange pony with a light mane and a brown stetson. I didn't question it, because my friends and I had went through a lot of crazy stuff. As of this point in time, it's normal to us. "Ah'm guessin' ya know that critter?"

"Yeah," I replied. "Her name's Heart Fist, and I'm Bandana Waddle Dee. You can just call me Bandana Dee for short. We fought together with our friends in order to defeat this Dark Lord who destroys worlds."

"Dark Lord? By any chance, are ya talkin' about the same Dark Lord that this weird thing named Hyness tried to summon?"

I jumped back in surprise. "How do you know about Hyness?"

"Simple: He was warped here somehow alongside Kirby and his friends..." That grabbed my attention big time. Kirby was here too? "...and that's how we all whooped his hiney real hard! I bet nothin' looked weirder than his face... besides Discord, of course. I mean, he's got weird blue and yellow horn things, crazy eyes that look in different directions, and a HUGE honker!"

My eyes sparkled with amazement by the fact that Kirby and the ponies took down both Hyness and the bad guy he worked with. "I know Kirby. He's the strongest guy I know! You should've seen him team up with us and our friends! The only thing is... I don't remember what happened after we beat Void Termina, except for a piece of debris."

"Well, Ah can tell ya Ah saw ya and Heart fallin' right outta the sky and into Sweet Apple Acres. You fell straight into the ground while Heart fell into an apple tree. That was when I saved ya from that spear, but the spear must've knocked Heart outta the tree, as well as an apple. I sure am sorry about the apple landin' on her."

"It's no big deal. She should wake up after a while. Also, thanks for saving me from my own spear. It was an honor to be rescued by Applejack herself."

"Well, that's what friends do," the pony, Applejack, replied. "Y'all must be friends with Kirby, Ah reckon?"

"I'm his best friend and King Dedede's most faithful servant."

"From Pop Star?"

"That's right. You should come there sometime. Pop Star is home to a talking apple tree!"

"Maybe if Ah ever get the chance, Ah might come over to Pop Star and check it out. But right now--"

Suddenly, a Pegasus in armor came. "Young bandana-wearing creature, do you know of Kirby?"

I replied, "I certainly do, sir, and so does Heart Fist over there. We worked together with our friends to defeat Void Termina, the Dark Lord."

"That is all I need to know. I request that you and Heart Fist come with me to the princesses' castle. They would like to speak with those who know Kirby."

"Okay, sir." I picked up the unconscious Heart with some effort and put her on the back of the Pegasus, and we set off. "Goodbye, Applejack! See you later!"

"Ah'm lookin' forward to it, li'l guy!"