ZzZzZz...
ZzZzZz...
Good morning, Kirby!
GAH!! YOU CAN KILL ME, JUST DON'T HURT THE CHEESECAKE!!
...What?
Oh... Just a dream... Back to sleep... ZzZzZz...
Oh, no you don't! You promised you'd help me today!
Doesn't... sound like... something I'd say... ZzZzZz...
WAKE UP!!!
I'm... up. I'm up...
Good. Now get ready and let's go.
Ten minutes later...
Alright, I'm ready. Oh! Can I bring Gooey?
Bring what now?
Gooey! That's what I named our slimy friend!
Ah, geez, I dunno...
Bleh... (Just because you're up early doesn't mean I have to be...)
Looks pretty cozy. Just let 'em sleep.
Lucky dog...
Alright Kirby, let's go get that treasure!
I hope it's cake!
It's more likely gold or jewels or something...
Oh...
Kirby, if we get rich off of valuable treasure, we can buy like, a million cakes!
YIPPEE!
Alright, all we have to do is follow this map.
Lead the way!
...Hey Kirby?
Yeah?
Thanks for playing along with the whole you-being-my-boyfriend thing in front of DeDeDe the other day.
Yeah, no problem. I figured that's what you wanted me to do. Too bad it backfired.
Right. I'm just glad you weren't hurt.
I should say the same for you! I'm glad I got DeDeDe to spit you out.
Yeah! Thanks for that. You really are a pretty good boyfriend...
N-not that you're actually—
Um, are we really going the right way?
Oh! Um, yeah, looks like it...
Wait, this is—
The haunted royal cemetary?!
The map says this is the place, too...
Okay, I do NOT want to dig up anything in THE HAUNTED ROYAL CEMETARY.
Well... maybe the ghosts are just urban legends?
No, we're real.
Oh, my bad.
!!!
What?
Boo.
Oh.
WAAAAAAAAUGH!!!!!!!!!!!!
There're so many of them!! Get us out of here, Kirby!!
I'm too tired to fly us out, but I don't think I can take them all, either...!
Eep...!
Then, in a flash...
Ah! You're flying! I guess you had it in you after all?
...!
Who are you?!
...
Wait!! We have to go back for Kirby!!
Wagh!!
He dropped me...
Ow! Agh!
Who are you?! What did you do to Waddle Dee?!
...
Yaaagh!!
(STAB!)
(SLASH!)
(KICK!)
You... saved me...?!
Kiiiiirbyyyyy!
Waddle Dee! Did he hurt you?!
No... He got me out of harm's way, that's all. I guess he could only carry one of us and he probably figured I was in the most danger with how much I was screaming... That about right, Stranger?
...
What a blabbermouth.
...
What's he doing...?
Looks like he's digging...
Wait, that's—
THE TREASURE!!
POOF!
He's gone, and he took the chest...
What just happened?! Who was that guy?!
Hm... I think I figured it out...
You did?
Yeah. I figured out that none of this would have happened if we had just gone out for cake instead.
What's wrong with you?!
To be continued...
Published 5/20/2024