Kirby Run Part one and Two

Part Two Chapter Twenty-Five

A lightbulb went off in his head. He knew how he was going to apologize.

"Dedede my man, you're a genius!" Magolor did a thumbs up and flew over to the kitchen.

Dedede remained in his seat, surprised but glad by Magolor's words. "I am?"

"Hey, Dedede? Is Kirby still up?" Adeleine finally spoke up. She didn't want to interrupt their conversation.

"Yeah, I think he's talking to that weird staff ghost or whatever."

Adeleine walked over to the bunk beds and saw that Kirby was sitting on the edge of the bottom bunk, quietly talking to Spelltwister Cookie through the staff.

"After that, we found out that what remained of them had escaped into a strange dream dimension! And that they destroyed and scattered Leon's Soul-"

"Kirby!" Adeleine called him over "Can you come over here for a second?"

Kirby looked up from the staff. "Hm? Ooh! Sure thing Adeleine! I'll be right Spelltwister Cookie!"

Aww don't be long! I was enjoying your story.

Kirby set the staff down and got down from his bed, waddling up to Adeleine. "Hi Adeline! I thought you were going to bed?"

"I was, but I ran into GingerBrave and I had a chat with him." she explained "And... I think we should tell him and his friends about the staff."

Kirby gasped. "You think so?"

"I do. He's a really good friend, I think we can trust him."

That was enough to convince Kirby, as he smiled in agreement. "Okie dokie! Let's go tell him!"

Adeleine had to resist laughing. That was easier than she thought it'd be. Then again, it was very easy to convince Kirby to do something, being a very agreeable puffball and all.

"Just let me see if Spelltwister Cookie's cool about it first." he requested.

"Go for it." Adeleine told him, holding up her hand to give a thumbs up but then remembering her Cookie hands didn't have any fingers. She could still feel them though, which added to the jarring feeling.

Kirby waddled back over to his bed and hopped onto it, picking up the staff.

"I'm back!" Kirby whispered.

Fantastic, you going to tell me the rest of your story?

"Actually I've got good news! We're going to show you and the staff to my Cookie friends!"

Spelltwister Cookie went silent, which made the smile from Kirby's face slowly vanish.

"Spelltwister Cookie?"

Kirby! I told you not to do that! We can't trust these strangers!

Kirby's brow furrowed. She sounded super upset with him. "But we can trust these Cookies! They're super nice and helpful! Strawberry Cookie and Wizard Cookie helped me save Elfilin when we first arrived in this world, and GingerBrave did so as well, on top of helping me and Dedede save the Waddle Dees! They're super kind and helpful!"

You seem so sure, but what if it's a setup? What if they're just gaining your trust so they can take advantage of you when you need them the most?

Hmm? Did you consider that Kirby?

"No... why would I?" Kirby frowned "If you're worried because of how much we don't know about them, I actually learned a lot about them tonight. Did you know GingerBrave was one of the first Cookies to escape the Witch's Oven?"