Kirby Run Part one and Two

Part Two Chapter Twenty-Eight

"Mrr, GingerBrave? Wizard Cookie?" Olive Cookie yawned "Is something up? It's 6:42 in the morning, what would you need at this hour?"

"Hi, sorry for coming to see you so early Olive Cookie, but we need your help with something before we go." GingerBrave explained "You see, our otherworldly friends here found something up at Dragon Hill that we need you to look at."

That explanation seemed to erase some of Olive Cookie's drowsiness, as she perked up a bit and adjusted her glasses. "Ooh? What'd you find?"

GingerBrave directed the archeologist's attention over to Kirby and Adeleine, and Kirby gave Adeleine a nod to signify she could bring out the staff. Once she brought out the staff from the golf bag, Adeleine held it up and Kirby waved his hands to help elevate its grandness.

"Ta-da!" the pink cookie puff beamed.

"Oooooohhhh!!!" Olive Cookie exclaimed, leaning over to look at the staff closely "I've never seen a staff of this design before! May I inspect it more closely?"

(Spelltwister Cookie? Would you be okay with that?) Kirby asked in his head.

(*Sigh*) Fine...

With that response, Kirby waved at Adeleine to inform her that she could let Olive Cookie hold the staff, so Adeleine handed it over.

Olive Cookie pushed up her glasses as she inspected the staff very closely, carefully analyzing every little detail about it.

"Fascinating! And you say this was found at Dragon Hill?"

"Yes, though I don't think it was always there, it could have been put there by someone." Adeleine told her.

"I see. One thing is for certain, it is definitely tied to magic, considering this Cosmo Crystal here."

"I noticed that too!" said Wizard Cookie "It's actually part of the reason why we wanted you to see it, do you know anything regarding Cosmo Crystals? Or have you seen a staff of this architecture before, like maybe a relic that resembles it?"

Olive Cookie's glasses shone with brilliance. "Mm! My knowledge regarding Cosmo Crystals is minimal, with the main thing I know about them is that they come in all kinds of color variations."

"Ooh they do?" Kirby oohed "Poyo. (Did you know that, Spelltwister Cookie?)"

Yes, I did. I didn't get to choose the color for the one on my staff, but I am still happy with it. Especially since it's kept me alive in here.

"Other than that, I'm afraid I don't know much, I'd have to refresh my knowledge on them." Olive Cookie resumed "As for your question regarding if I've seen a staff like this before, there were those magical artifacts my team and I found at the ruins we were just at. Although none of them quite resemble this here staff."

She then scratched her chin. "Hmm... except..."

Everyone got curious. "Ooh? Except what?" asked GingerBrave.

"There was one relic we dug up that appeared to be the remains of some sort of wand. The wand itself is broken and in pieces, but one of the pieces did have some crystalline ornamentation attached to it. Kinda like this staff's Cosmo Crystal, except pink."

Suddenly Kirby thought he heard someone gasp, and looked around to try and see who did that, only to realize he heard it in his head.

Was that Spelltwister Cookie who gasped just now?

"Could that crystal be a Cosmo Crystal as well?" asked Strawberry Cookie.

"Hard to say, I would compare its shards to this crystal, but it's back at the Guild Museum."