Short Kirby Drabbles!

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Prompts:

-Fluff, Butterfly, Dream

Character: Meta Knight

Request by: Sourkittywriter (Metagalacafe) on AO3

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It was a cool night in Dreamland, and all the residents were fast asleep. Except for Castle Dedede's head knight.

Meta Knight was known to be awake at strange times. Many people even regarded him as nocturnal, but the truth was that the Lone Swordsman would suffer terrible nightmares, and so to avoid them, he wouldn't sleep.

Tonight was one of those nights. After a nightmare about one of the traumatic events of the war between the Nightmare Wizard and the Galactic Star Army, Meta Knight had decided he would patrol the castle and gaze at the stars and the moon in an effort to calm his nerves.

Meta Knight had always felt a close connection to the stars. After all, his species believed that after a person died, they were reborn as a star. Sometimes Meta Knight felt his late friends were staring back down at him, but his subconscious would mark it as wishful thinking.

Currently, the stars weren't as bright as they usually were, with thick clouds covering many of them. Constellations were very faint, and this made Meta Knight squint into the distance, trying to spot the hidden stars.

Eventually, he gave up and stood on one of his favourite balconies of the castle. Everybody labelled it as the 'Twilight Balcony' because it was the only one from which you could see a vast part of the sky, and if you focused enough, you could almost make out the thin line that marked the beginning of Dreamland's famous Orange Ocean.

Meta Knight soon became lost in thought. Swirls of memories passed through his mind, making the tight line of his current frown morph into a soft smile.

An hour passed and an abrupt chime from the grandfather clock in the castle signalled the second hour of the next day. This was enough to awaken Meta Knight from his thoughts and he realised he had been very close to dozing off.

The very thought of allowing sleep to consume him made him fearful and reawakened his soul, any traces of tiredness departing his mind completely.

The knight groaned as he wished he was able to get a full night's rest, especially since there was much for him to do in only three and a half hours. He doubted he would receive enough sleep for the day even if he permitted himself to sleep now.

And so Meta Knight continued to watch the dark sky... when something caught his eye.

It was an orange butterfly... more specifically, an orange morpho butterfly.

It had beautiful bright shades of orange and yellow, which heavily contrasted with the dark night sky.

The little insect seemed familiar, though Meta Knight could not place why. Perhaps it was because it reminded him of the butterfly friend he made when he was trapped in Hades...

The butterfly landed on Meta Knight's head, and though it felt rather fuzzy and ticklish, Meta Knight tried not to move so as to not scare it away.

Soon, the head knight started feeling an unexpected wave of drowsiness wash over him, causing him to accidentally trip over his cape in surprise, and he fell backwards, sitting right down on the floor.

The cold floor made Meta Knight shudder as he hurried to envelope himself in his cape, but he couldn't shake off the feeling of slumber anymore.

His eyes closed slowly and he heard a familiar voice, as well as feeling soft hands taking his mask from his face.

'Goodnight Champion of Galaxia. You deserve rest.'

And with that, Meta Knight fell fast asleep.

It was needless to say he had a lovely dream that night.

(A/N: I have never ever in my life written such a calm piece of work before. I really enjoyed doing this one ^^)