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Chapter Three: Snack Run! 🍎
Heading towards the village on Kirby’s behalf, Magolor and Elfilin flew across Dream Land together. They sped through the green valleys and over the prairies. After a while they came to a stop for a brief moment. From where they were, everything in Dream Land was perfectly visible. Elfilin was in pure astonishment. Magolor smiled and nodded.
“Isn’t it amazing?”
“It sure is!”
“I travel a lot…but this is my home now. It’s my favorite in the whole universe!”
Magolor pointed towards an open field in the distance.
“See that? That’s where Kirby and I first met! He was so quick to help me when I was in trouble!”
“You were in trouble?”
“That’s right. Kirby saved me from a terrible fate…Things got…a little hectic…I thought I was a goner for sure! But that’s a story for another day!” Magolor said with a laugh.
“You know…Kirby saved me once. A couple times actually! He’s so brave! I don’t know what I’d have done without him.”
“Yeah, he really is the best isn’t he? He’s one of the very few people who gave me a second chance.”
“A second chance?”
“Yeah…You see, Little Dude…some folks around here…aren’t quite as welcoming to me as Kirby has been…I guess I didn't really make a good first impression when I first arrived here in Dream Land...”
“Really!?…What happened?”
“Well…let’s just say…” Magolor appeared uncomfortable about the subject. He grew silent and then laughed nervously.
“You know what?…how about I tell you all about that later! Right now, we need to focus on getting that fruit for Kirby!” Magolor floated overhead and surveyed the village.
“Follow me, Little Dude!” They both took off fast through the fields of Dream Land. Magolor showed Elfilin around the Whispy Woods, showed him the Float Islands down by the oceans, and took him through the famous Bubbly Clouds. Elfilin was taken aback by the splendor of it all.
“Wow…everything here is so beautiful!” he said.
“I couldn’t agree more! I can definitely see why Kirby loves this place so much.” Magolor looked around and nodded. He pointed towards an area below and smiled.
“There’s our stop, Little Dude. You’ll love this place! It’s the real deal!” Magolor lead Elfilin towards what appeared to be a small outdoor kiosk selling various fruits and vegetables. There were crates of fruit for sale everywhere. Oranges, bananas, peaches, and plenty of apples, which Kirby specifically requested.
“If you want the best fruit Dream Land has to offer this is the place to go!” Magolor and Elfilin began browsing the vast selection. The shopkeeper in charge noticed Magolor and his expression soured.
“Oh, no! Not you again!” He said stomping towards them.
“How many times do I have to tell you, Magolor, you are not allowed at my shop!”
He flailed his arms at Magolor in an attempt to shoo him away. Elfilin backed away nervously.
“Yo, relax! I’ll have you know, I’m here on official Dream Land business!” Magolor exclaimed proudly.
“You were sent by the King!?”
“Nope, even better! I’ve been sent by Kirby himself!”
“Kirby sent you?…I’ll never understand why he chooses to associate with someone like you!”
“Kirby and I are best friends as a matter of fact! I’m actually here to pick up some fruit for him! So…what do ya got today?”
“Nothing for you! Beat it!” The shopkeeper yelled angrily. Elfilin scurried to over to Magolor’s side.
“Magolor, maybe we should go…” he tried to pull him away but Magolor was undeterred.
“Don’t worry, Little Dude, I’ll handle this.” Elfilin stood back and watched as Magolor boldly approached the shopkeeper.
"After everything Kirby has done for the people of this country, why would you deny him the delicious food he craves?"
"If Kirby needs fruit, he can come here and get it himself, just like he does every day! Why would he send someone like you here! Doesn’t he know you’re banned?!” The shopkeeper then pointed to a placard displayed near the front of the shop. It said DO NOT ALLOW ON PREMISES above a crude picture of Magolor. He glared at the unflattering depiction of himself and sighed deeply. He turned away from the shopkeeper and spoke softly.
“Well…I promised Kirby I wouldn’t say anything but…” Magolor picked up an apple and clutched it tightly.
“Truth be told….Kirby is….dying!” Magolor said dramatically throwing his arms in the air.
“D-dying!?” The shopkeeper exclaimed.
“That’s right! Kirby is deathly ill. Why, he’s bedridden even as we speak.”
“But…he was just here yesterday! He looked fine to me!”
“Oh, he took a turn for the worst this morning! It breaks my heart to see him in such a state. I’ve actually been staying with him and taking care of him during his time of need. It’s not easy but…that’s what friends are for!” Magolor said with a determined expression on his face. Elfilin stood by watching with a puzzled look on his face.
….Kirby isn’t sick? Why is Magolor lying about something like this?…
Magolor continued his dramatics.
“Why, just this morning, when he finally mustered enough strength to speak…he took my hand…”
Magolor then dramatically took the shopkeepers hand in his own.
“He looked at me with those big, blue eyes…He said…Magolor…my dearest friend…you’ve taken such good care of me! The only thing that can save me now is a delicious piece of fruit! A red, juicy apple! Then, and only then will I have the strength to carry on! Please, Magolor…do me this favor…my closest friend…” Magolor began to choke back tears. The shopkeeper rolled his eyes.
“Oh, cut it out, Magolor! I’m not buying your fake story or your fake tears!”
Magolor clenched his fists in anger.
“I wouldn’t lie about something like this!” He then turned to Elfilin.
“You’ll back me up, right Little Dude?”
Elfilin was caught off guard by Magolors sudden interjection.
“Oh…well…um…” Elfilin nervously approached the two of them. He nodded at the shopkeeper with a smile.
“Hello sir, my name is Elfilin! I’m also Kirby’s best-…I’m one of Kirby’s friends! Magolor is, uh…” he glanced over at Magolor’s who was giving him a desperate expression.
“He’s telling the truth!…Kirby is..he’s very sick! He asked us to come here and get him some fruit! He’s really looking forward to it!” The shopkeeper looked bewildered at Elfilin.
"Is he really telling the truth? Kirby is seriously ill?" Elfilin returned his gaze to Magolor, who nodded with tears in his eyes.
“…Yes.” Elfilin looked down sadly.
“Well…I am very sorry to hear what has become of Kirby! Does the King know about this?!” The shopkeeper asked.
Elfilin glanced to Magolor for direction once again, and he promptly nodded his head "yes."
“…Yeah…he knows…in fact..” Magolor gestured for Elfilin to continue his story.
“In fact the King has already visited Kirby and sent his best wishes!” Magolor smiled as he gave Elfilin a thumbs up. Elfilin returned the smile before soon returning to his solemn demeanor.
“Well…then by all means, please take what you’ll need. However…I’ll only serve you-Not him!” The shopkeeper angrily pointed at Magolor who appeared to be putting eye-drops in his eyes in order to mimic crying. He then dropped the bottle and attempted to act like he didn’t see it.
“Go stand over there!” He said shooing Magolor aside. He angrily rolled his eyes and backed away from the kiosk leaving Elfilin make the purchase himself.
“Oh, dear. Poor, Kirby…” the shopkeeper began as he handed Elfilin a large sack.
“I’ll have to come visit him tonight and send him my wishes.”
“That won’t be necessary!” Magolor shouted from afar. “As Kirby’s caretaker I’m allowing only close family and friends and I’m sorry to say you don’t make the cut!”
The shopkeeper scowled at Magolor but ignored him as Elfilin filled his bag full of all kinds of different fruits.
Look how delicious everything here looks! Kirby’s sure gonna love all this!
Elfilin filled his sack to the brim and waved to the shopkeeper and smiled happily.
“Thank you so much! Kirby is gonna be so happy!” Elfilin turned away to leave but the shopkeeper stopped him.
“Woah there, young man!…You can’t just take all that for free! Here’s your bill!” He handed Elfilin a small receipt. He took it and and looked up at him sadly.
“…A bill?…But I…I don’t have any money!” Elfilin said. The shopkeeper nodded his head slowly and took the sack of fruit away from Elfilin. Magolor glanced over with discontent.
“I’m sorry, young man. But if you don’t have any money you’re gonna have to put all this back…”
Magolor grew furious as the shopkeeper took away Elfilin’s fruit.
Who does this jerk think he think he is? After everything Kirby has done for the people of this country?…
Elfilin panicked as he sought to come up with a solution.
“But…what about Kirby!” He exclaimed loudly.
“Don’t you care that he’s sick? You wouldn’t deprive Kirby of food over something as silly as money would you?”
“Alright, I tell you what…” the shopkeeper handed Elfilin one single red apple.
“Kirby can have this apple for free. That’s all I’m willing to give you! Look, I’m sorry to hear about Kirby not feeling well. But this is a business! I can’t give someone as gluttonous as Kirby free fruit! The guy’s great and all- but I just can’t afford it! I’m confident he’ll pull through. He always does!”
Magolor began to tremble with anger.
ONE APPLE!?!…Thats the best he can do for someone as important as Kirby!?…and on his death bed no less!…
He clenched his fists and scowled angrily at the shopkeeper.
Perhaps this moron should be taught a lesson…
Elfilin was well aware of Kirby's voracious appetite, and one apple wouldn’t be enough for him. Not by a long shot. Not to mention Bandana Waddle Dee as well. He couldn’t come back to them empty handed like this.
“Magolor…what should I do?” He whispered over to Magolor but to Elfilins surprise he was gone.
“Magolor?…” he looked around desperately but it appeared that Magolor had vanished completely.
Elfilin felt the ground begin to shake. He could hear gasps coming from behind him. The shopkeeper and Elfilin both turned around to see all of the shop's fruit crates were floating in the air.
“Wha?!…What is the meaning of this!?” The shopkeeper exclaimed. He looked up and saw a black hole above his shop was beginning to suck up all of the fruit and sending everything else flying all over the place. Elfilin froze in panic.
Woah, is that a black hole!? Where did that come from!?
Elfilin began to panic as he frantically searched for Magolor.
“Magolor!?! Where are you!?” He yelled over the chaos. Fruit was being flung everywhere, and the sky darkened to the point that it appeared that Dream Land was about to be hit by a devastating storm. Elfilin froze in fear as this storm reminded him of that terrifying moment he nearly watched two planets collide. Citizens who were out and about began to panic as it appeared Dream Land was now under attack.
What am I gonna do!?…Did that black hole suck up Magolor somehow and take him away!? Oh, no!…This is terrible!…
Just as Elfilin began to panic over what happened to Magolor, he suddenly appeared right next to him holding a large sack stuffed full of fruit. He then handed Elfilin an empty one. Magolor wasn’t phased one bit by the turmoil going on around them. In fact, he almost seemed amused by it.
“Here, Little Dude!” He whispered as he gently nudged Elfilin towards a pile of displaced fruit on the ground.
“Magolor! You’re okay!! Hey, did you see that black hole back there?! What should we do!?”
“Oh, don’t worry about that! Just grab some fruit and let’s go!” Magolor said anxiously.
Elfilin gave him a worried glance.
“You want me to…steal this?”
“It’s not stealing! It’s for a good cause! Besides, that ingrate tried to charge someone like Kirby money when Kirby deserves to have anything he desires for free! Wouldn’t you agree, Little Dude?”
“Magolor, I don’t know…Stealing?…“ Elfilin looked down nervously.
“He won’t even notice we took anything! As you can see, he seems to have his hands full at the moment…” Magolor motioned to the shopkeeper, who was busy picking up all the fruit and vegetables that had fallen all over the place. He was paying no attention to Magolor and Elfilin.
“Magolor…I don’t think I can do this…”
“Hurry, Little Dude! Kirby’s waiting! We can’t let him down, can we!?” Magolors eyes shined bright as he leaned in closer to Elfilin’s face.
“He won’t be mad! I promise!” Magolor winked at him. Elfilin peered deep into his eyes and sensed some kind of sincerity in them. He knew Magolor's heart was in the right place, but this didn’t feel like the right way to convey it…
“After all” Magolor continued, “We didn't cause that mysterious black hole to appear! Yikes, what a freak accident! We should return to Kirby’s house fast before something like that happens again! Here…I’ll help you fill this sack!” Magolor snatched the sack Elfilin was holding and quickly loaded it with as much fruit as the bag could handle. He handed it back to Elfilin and smiled happily. It was so heavy that Elfilin struggled to take hold of it.
“I think Kirby will be very pleased!” Magolor said with a nod.
"Hey, you two!" The shopkeeper and other nearby residents became aware of the two of them attempting to flee with the stolen fruit.
Magolor took Elfilin by the hand and quickly sped off with the sacks of fruit in tow. The shopkeeper chased after them swinging his fists angrily in the air.
“CURSE YOU, MAGOLORRRRR!!!” He yelled.
Magolor stopped for a brief moment and turned to laugh at the shopkeeper’s tantrum.
“Thank you for the fruit! Kirby sends his regards!” He waved and then quickly sped off once again.
Elfilin and Magolor both flew as fast as they could through Dream Land. Magolor moved quickly, but Elfilin was able to keep up. They drove further and further away from the village, eventually coming to a halt to collect their breath. Magolor smiled at Elfilin who seemed to be slightly distraught from the ordeal.
“Nice job back there, Little Dude!” Magolor said as he pat Elfilin on the head.
“Look at all this delicious fruit! I sure hope you’re hungry!” Magolor giggled as he rummaged through his ill-gotten gains.
Elfilin sighed, regretfully looking down at the sack of stolen fruit.
“What’s the problem?…Aren’t you excited about all these goodies we managed to snag?”
“Well…I guess…it’s just that…”
“The audacity of that jerk…to charge Kirby for fruit…has he forgotten what Kirby has done for the people this land?! Without Kirby there would be no fruit to sell! It wasn’t ideal…but it had to be done! Maybe next time he won’t be so foolish…” Magolor said snickering.
"What a mess that thing caused...” Elfilin was still very concerned about the sudden black hole that appeared earlier. “Should we go back and help that guy?” He said staring anxiously behind them.
“And keep Kirby waiting?!” Magolor exclaimed with a gasp.
"We're already taking much longer than I expected! Thanks to that ungrateful moron running that fruit stand, Kirby could be suffering from starvation already!" He said while feverishly pacing about.
"Should we tell Kirby about that black hole we saw, Magolor? Maybe he’ll know where it came from!”
“NO!-I mean…We don’t need to get Kirby concerned with something so trivial when he’s trying to relax and enjoy himself with his friends!”
“But that black hole-“
“Little Dude…trust me. I live here. I see things like this all the time. That black hole you saw back there? That was nothing…Folks around here are numb to it at this point.”
“Numb to it? Really?” Elfilin said a bit surprised.
“Oh, sure…and that was just a little one, too! It’s nothing these folks haven’t seen before! Believe me, Little Dude, there’s nothing to worry about.”
Magolor gave Elfilin a comforting nod. Something about the way Magolor looked at him made him feel like everything was going to be all right. The way he handled such a frightening situation with such quick thinking. He admired that Magolor seemed to always have Kirby’s best interests at heart. He could clearly see he cared a lot about Kirby. But…he couldn’t help but feel like there was something more to Magolor than he was leading on. He suspected that Magolor may be keeping something a secret…something…dark. Could it be the circumstances surrounding his meeting with Kirby? When that was brought up earlier, he did become rather quiet...and Bandana Waddle Dee has made several remarks about Magolor’s character as well as not seeming to get along with him…What was Magolor trying to hide? Elfilin was determined to find out.
“So what do you say, Little Dude. Ready to head back?” Magolor said with a smile.
Elfilin nodded, gripping the fruit sack tightly.
“I’m right behind you, Magolor!”
“I’m gonna go even faster this time! Think you can handle it?” Magolor said with a sly grin.
“I can show you some of my cool moves!” Magolor said as he twirled about.
“I can handle it! In fact…” Elfilin laughed and then quickly sped off leaving Magolor behind.
Magolor gasped as he watched Elfilin fly off without him. Elfilin giggled as he flew as fast as he could towards Kirby’s house. Magolor sped past him not too long after. He quickly surpassed Elfilin who in turn used all his energy to catch back up with Magolor. He finally caught back up with him and they flew side by side down the fields of the countryside. Elfilin cast a glance over to Magolor, who was staring straight ahead. He then noticed Elfilin watching him. He winked at him and took his hand. Magolor then sped up significantly the two of them began to their journey back to Kirby’s house with their newly acquired fruit.
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