Kirby Run Part one and Two

Part One Chapter Twelve

Chapter 12: Hammer Time

"Uggggggggggh........" groaned King Dedede as he lay beneath a large tree in the middle of the forest. He opened his eyes to look up at the tree branches and sky once more before closing them again.

Arriving in this world hadn't been easy for him, on top of not having anything to eat in hours, he hadn't been able to get any sleep last night, due to all the surrounding wildlife and unknown surroundings he couldn't get comfortable enough to fall asleep.

As for how he was handling having a Cookie body, it definitely wasn't as bad as when he was turned into yarn- at least to him- and appearance wise he looked mostly the same. The things that had changed were his eyes were now completely blue- save for one white highlight- the mouth part of his beak was just an outline, but the beak itself looked normal. His gloves and hands were now cookie nubs, but he could still feel his thumbs even if he couldn't see them- he still missed seeing them though. Finally, his clothes were practically unchanged, except the top of his cap looked a bit more like whipped cream- he was somewhat tempted to eat it upon seeing this, yet he didn't.

For Dedede, the hardest part about being turned into a cookie was how thin he felt. He was still large and wide, but due to being flat he didn't feel like his normal chunky self, and the fact that he was extremely famished didn't help either.

All he could do now was just lay beneath this tree and try to get at least some rest, since he felt completely exhausted and weak. Not to mention he also had a headache.

Needless to say, Dedede was not having a good time.

"Why me..." he groaned some more "Why must I go through this pain... Why must I be lost in another world without my beloved Waddle Dees? Did this scenario really have to happen to me again?"

Dedede let out a slow sigh "I should try and find Kirby... that is if he's here... for all I know I could be stranded in this food world all by myself."

"... I probably shouldn't have mentioned food... If only I had a piece of something edible I could regain my strength, but..."

Suddenly Dedede thought he heard voices in the distance, perhaps it was his friends?

"Kirby?" he called out, his eyes still closed "Kirby? That you? Hello? Who's there? (It's probably someone who wants to mind control me... ugh boy I'm not ready...)"

The sound of footsteps started to grow closer.

"Hello?" said a feminine voice "Oh dear, are you okay?"

Dedede slowly opened his eyes. His vision was somewhat blurry so the figure he saw was fuzzy, but they appeared to be wearing a dress and had pink hair.

"Ribbon? Is that you?" he assumed.

"Hah, no I'm Princess Cookie! Are you King Dedede?"

Dedede closed his eyes back up and nodded "That's me, good ol' Great King Dedede. Yay...."

"Sweet I found you! Wait here!" Princess Cookie then turned around and called out into the forest "Hey! Kirby! Bandana Dee! I found him!"

About a few seconds later, Dedede heard a bunch of footsteps stampede towards him.

"Dedede!!!!! It's you!" exclaimed a very familiar voice.

"Kirby?" Dedede opened his eyes again, his vision was starting to go back to normal, so he was able to see Kirby a little more clearly, along with Bandana Dee and three figures he didn't recognize. "Ugh, Kirby... help..."

"Is he okay?" asked a voice Dedede didn't recognize "What's wrong with him?"

"Oh Great King always gets like this whenever he gets too hungry." answered Bandana Dee "You should have seen him when half of the Waddle Dee staff went on vacation and he had trouble finding where the food had been reorganized! We found him lying on the floor of the kitchen all hungry and tired!"