Starlight and her party continued deeper into the jungle where the came across another split road.
"So which way this time?" asked Skystar.
"We can continue down the left path, but if we keep going forward, there should be another split path with one path leading to a fighter,"' answered Starlight.
"Another fighter huh?" asked Pac-Man. "Let's check it out," Starlight began walking down the path in front of her and sure enough there was another split path.
"From here, we turn left," said Starlight. Her party followed her as she took the left path. They continued to walk for the next several minutes, however there was no sign of any fighters anywhere.
'Are you sure it's this way?" asked Bowser. Starlight looked at the map.
"The fighter should be here," said Starlight.
'I don't see anyone," said Eleven.
"Poyo," said Kirby.
"Wait," said Lucario.
"What is it?" asked Peach. Lucario shushed her as he scanned the jungle. "No there's definitely someone here," said Lucario.
'Can you sense them?" asked Ryu.
"Starlight behind you!" Lucario warned her. Starlight turned around as something jumped out from inside the trees towards. Starlight quickly teleported out of the way, as the thing landed on the ground.
"What was that?" asked Starlight. In front of her was a large gorilla with brown fur, wearing a red necktie with the letters DK imprinted on it. The gorilla howled as it beat it's chest.
"A monkey?" asked Rainbow Dash.
"Not just any monkey, it's Donkey Kong!" exclaimed Mario. Donkey Kong raised both of his fists and waved them in the air.
"He looks dangerous, but you know what, it's been a while so I'll take him on," said Starlight.
"Yeah go Starlight!" cheered Rainbow.
"Be careful Starlight," said Twilight. Starlight smirked as she rushed forward. Donkey Kong glared at her with his red eyes as he raised both of his fists, and began slamming his hands on the ground, causing it to shake. Starlight yelped, as she fell on her back. As she tried to get up, Donkey Kong ran up and grabbed her. Starlight struggled to break free, but Donkey Kong kept his grip as he picked her up and held her in the air with one hand.
'Hey come on put me down!" Starlight screamed thrashing her hoofs. Donkey Kong smirked as he carried her and threw her into a nearby tree. Twilight yelped as she covered her eyes. Starlight rose to her feet as she began charging up a magic attack. But Donkey Kong didn't seem to mind and bounded towards her. As he tried to roll into her, Starlight quickly teleported behind him and blasted him with magic. Donkey Kong turned around and angrily punched Starlight launching her into the trees.
"Come on Starlight!" said Rainbow.
'Kick his ass!" Bowser roared.
"I would do it if he wasn't so tough!" said Starlight poking her head out from one of the bushes. DK came in for another punch, but Starlight rolled to the side and grabbed him. He pounded her hoof into him several times before throwing him into the air and blasting him with a magic beam. DK went flying, but immediately recovered and slammed his fists against Starlight's head sending her crashing into the ground.
"Starlight!" exclaimed Sunset.
"Oh no," gasped Peach.
"I'm ok," said Starlight poking her head out of the ground. Sunset sighed in relief as Starlight teleported out of the hole in the ground. Suddenly, Donkey Kong appeared behind her and headbutted her, burying her back into the ground. "Ouch," said Starlight. Donkey Kong began slamming his hands on the ground causing the ground to shake as Starlight was tossed into the air.
"I knew this was a bad idea," said Mario.
"Do something!" Rainbow told Mario.
"No!" Starlight exclaimed. "I can do this!"
'Are you kidding!?" Rainbow screamed. "You're getting beat up!"
"I'm not going down without a fight!" said Starlight. She flipped and bounced off of Donkey Kong's head. She ran towards DK and headbutted him in the stomach sending him flying. But he didn't stay down for long.He quickly got back on his feet and angrily beat his chest. "Uh oh," said Starlight. he bounded towards Starlight and attempted to roll into her, but Starlight quickly teleported behind him in order to counterattack him. The, without warning, DK swung his arm back, knocking her into the air. As Starlight scrambled to get back onto her feet, DK headbutted her into the ground. He then began swinging his arm charging for a powerful punch. Panicking, Starlight quickly teleported out of the ground and blasted DK with magic.
"She's doing it but..."Cadence looked at her with a nervous expression.
"She can't do it without taking a hit," added Spike.
"She should at least watch out for his punch," said Villager. "That thing is deadly," They continue to watch as Starlight teleported from place to place, trying desperately not to get hit while, at the same time, landing her attacks on DK. She had managed to pull it off a couple of times, but she wasn't doing enough damage. After several more minutes of dodging and attacking, Starlight accidentally tripped over a piece of the ground that was sticking out from the damage caused earlier in the battle. Thanks to her mistake, she fell directly into DK's punch that sent her flying.
"Starlight!" gasped Spike. Her badly bruised body landed near her party. She slowly raised her head as DK approached.
"Get up Starlight!" exclaimed Ember. As much as she wanted to listen to her, she felt her body grow weaker and her energy being drained. As her party members watched nervously, they failed to notice the dark clouds gathering above their heads. She closed her eyes for a moment, but when she opened them again, DK was standing over her with a large grin on his face. She could hear the voice and cries of her party members fade as she watched Donkey Kong raise his fists to apply the finishing blow. Suddenly a huge bolt of electricity came crashing down behind DK.
"What was that?" asked Ryu. Starlight, her party, and DK turned around to see a rainbow glow behind them. There appeared to be someone standing behind them. But before they could confirm the figure's identity, the familiar rainbow light flashed as the figure thrusted their arm upwards. The ground began to shake as a large statue erupted from the ground underneath Donkey Kong, knocking him to the air. The statue seemed to represent a strange humanoid creature with a large beak and pointy ears. Suddenly the rock crumbled away, revealing the creature's blue body and red eyes. The creature lept up and began flying around while tackling DK with it's beak before finishing him with one final blow to the stomach. All the while smaller versions of the creature with green, yellow, red, and purple colored bodies followed the larger version of themselves.
"What in Celestia's name!?" yelped Twilight. Donkey Kong yelped as he was sent flying. His limp body crashed into some nearby trees, followed by an explosion of light.
"Wow," said Bowser. They all turned towards the figure as they approached Starlight.
"Hey you ok?" he asked as he reached Starlight. She looked up but could only make out a silhouette of two creatures standing above her. She could almost make out a bird of sorts on the back of the first figure, but was too dark to make out clearly who was standing in front of her.
"Who are you?' Starlight groaned. The figure reached out to her revealing a large paw. She looked up at the figure once more. This time the dark clouds were beginning to scatter so she was able to make out some of the features. It appeared to be a large brown bear wearing yellow shorts and a blue backpack. Behind him was a red bird with a yellow beak and sparkling green eyes that stared back at her with a worried look. The bear smiled.
"Hiya, I'm Banjo, and this bird, is Kazooie," he said. "Guh-huh,"