A Jester's Ambition

In the Nightmare Enterprises base, eNeMeE is watching Kirby's past fights on a screen.

"That pink pest is defeating my monsters," said eNeMeE. "Every monster I send to Dedede gets defeated by Kirby."

eNeMeE turned the screen off. "There must be a monster that will be able to defeat Kirby," he said.

eNeMeE began to ponder then an idea came to him. He turned to the salesman.

"Do we still have him around?" eNeMeE asked the salesman.

I do believe so," said the salesman.

eNeMeE snickered. "Good then send him to Dream Land," he said. "I think he should meet Kirby."

"Right away sir," replied the salesman.

Kirby, Tuff, Fololo and Falala are playing soccer while Tiff is reading. Tuff kicked the ball hard. The ball flew past Kirby. Kirby went to retrieve the ball. Kirby got the soccer ball and came back. Suddenly a beach ball hit Kirby on the head. Kirby dropped the soccer ball. Tiff, Tuff, Fololo and Falala came over.

"Kirby, are you alright?" asked Tiff.

"Poyo," said Kirby.

Tuff picked up the beach ball and examined it.

"I wonder where this came from," he said.

Kirby and his friends saw a small jester. The jester had a lavender spherical body. He wore brown shoes with light brown dashes across them. His hat is divided in two colors. One side is blue with circles and the other side is red with triangles. He has big purple eyes and he wears a red bow tie under his mouth. The jester approached Kirby and his friends.

"Excuse me but have you seen my ball?" asked the jester.

"Is this yours?" Tuff asked as he showed the beach ball to the jester.

The jester grinned. "Why yes, thank you for retrieving my ball," he said. The jester jumped on his ball.

"Who are you?" asked Tiff.

"Why I'm Marx," he said. "I've been wandering and I've stumble upon your town. Do you mind if I stayed for a while?"

"Sure," said Fololo.

"We can show you Cappy Town," said Falala.

"Okay, by the way, what are your names?" asked Marx.

"I'm Tiff," said Tiff.

"I'm Tuff," said Tuff.

"I'm Fololo," said Fololo.

"And I'm Falala," said Falala.

Marx looked at Kirby. "Who's this fellow?" he asked.

"That's Kirby," said Tiff.

Marx's eyes widened. "Wait, you're Kirby, the star warrior," he said in amazement.

"Poyo," said Kirby.

"You know Kirby?" asked Tuff.

"Yeah, I've heard about Kirby from my travels," said Marx. "People always talk about a star warrior named Kirby who protects Cappy Town. I never thought I would see him in person."

"Poyo," Kirby said happily.

"Well Marx, we can show you around the village," said Tiff.

"I'd be delighted," said Marx.

So Kirby, Tiff, Tuff, Fololo and Falala led Marx to him the village. In the village, Tiff introduced Marx to the villagers.

"Everyone, this here is Marx," said Tiff. "He'll be staying in the village for a while."

The mayor welcomed Marx. "Welcome Marx, I hope you'll enjoy the village," said Mayor Blustergas.

"I certainly will," said Marx. He turned to Tiff. "Do you guys have a restaurant?" asked Marx. "I'm getting kind of hungry."

"We do have one restaurant," said Tiff.

Tiff, Tuff, Kirby, and Marx went to Chef Kawasaki's restaurant to eat. Chef Kawasaki served their lunch. Marx saw Kirby eating the food.

"Kirby must really like to eat," said Marx.

"Kirby will pretty much eat anything," said Tuff.

After the meal, they left the restaurant. Marx noticed a castle on a hill.

"Do you have a king here?" asked Marx.

"Yes, his name is Dedede," said Tiff.

"Would you mind showing me the castle?" asked Marx. "I would like to see your ruler."

"Sure," said Tuff.

They went to the castle. As they are walking in the halls, they saw Dedede and Escargoon. Dedede noticed Marx.

"Who's this?" asked Dedede.

"This is Marx," said Tiff.

"You must be the king," said Marx.

"Yes, I'm King Dedede, ruler of Dream Land," said Dedede.

"I never met a king before," said Marx. "I happen to be a jester."

"You're a jester?" asked Escargoon.

"Of course," said Marx.

Dedede was interested. "You know, I always wanted a jester," he said. "How would you like to be my jester?"

"It would be an honor," said Marx.

Dedede and Escargoon were in the throne room with Marx. Marx was juggling balls. Both Dedede and Escargoon are impressed.

"That guy can juggle," said Dedede.

"He sure can," said Escargoon.

Tiff, Tuff, and Kirby are watching Marx's juggling act from the door. They were impressed by it too. Just then, Meta Knight showed up. He noticed Marx.

"Who's that?" asked Meta Knight.

"That's Marx," said Tuff. "He's Dedede's new jester."

"Well we'd better get going," said Tiff. "Come on Kirby."

"Poyo," said Kirby as he followed Tiff and Tuff.

Meta Knight just stared at Marx. Blade Knight and Sword Knight showed up.

"Is something wrong?" asked Blade Knight.

"There's something strange about that jester," said Meta Knight. "I can't put my finger on it."

"What do you suppose he's up to?" asked Sword Knight.

"I don't know but we should do a little bit of investigating," said Meta Knight.

Later Tiff, Tuff, Sir Ebrum, Lady Like, and Kirby were eating dinner. Marx was with them too.

"So Marx, I heard that you became Dedede's jester," said Sir Ebrum.

"How do you like the job?" asked Lady Like.

"The job was great, I was able to make King Dedede laugh," said Marx.

"Since you're the king's jester, how would you like to sleep in the castle tonight?" asked Sir Ebrum.

"I don't mind at all," said Marx.

"I'm sure Kirby would also like to sleep in the castle," said Tiff.

"Poyo," said Kirby.

At midnight, everyone was asleep. Marx opened his eyes. An evil smirk was on his face. He then sneaked around. Kirby woke up and saw Marx sneaking around. Curious, Kirby decided to follow Marx. Marx went to the throne room. Unknown to Marx, Kirby was watching him. He soon contacted Nightmare Enterprises. The salesman showed up on the screen.

"How's everything doing Marx?" the salesman asked.

"Everything's going according to plan," said Marx. "I was able to fool everyone and I've gotten closer to Kirby. That pink puffball won't suspect a thing. I'll be able to get rid of Kirby with no problems."

"Perfect," said the salesman, "keep up the good work."

The screen shuts itself off. Kirby realized that Marx is a monster. He had to warn his friends before it's too late. Suddenly Marx noticed Kirby. He went up to Kirby.

"Well, looks like we have a spy here," said Marx.

Kirby ran out of the throne room. Marx chased after him. Kirby tried to get away but he couldn't. Marx was soon in front of Kirby.

"I can't let you tell anyone about this," he said. Marx knocked out Kirby.

The next morning, Tiff and Tuff woke up.

"Morning Kirby," said Tiff. She noticed Kirby was gone. "Kirby, where are you?" cried Tiff.

Tuff noticed that Marx was missing as well. "Hey sis, Marx is gone too," he said.

"He probably went to the throne room to entertain Dedede," said Tiff. "Come on, we have to find Kirby."

Tiff and Tuff searched the castle for Kirby but they couldn't find him. They soon bumped into Dedede and Escargoon.

"What are you guys doing?" asked Escargoon.

"We're looking for Kirby," said Tuff. "Have you seen him?"

"No but have you seen Marx?" asked Dedede.

"Didn't Marx show up?" asked Tiff.

"No he didn't show up at all," said Dedede.

"That's strange," said Tiff.

Suddenly they heard a muffled noise coming from the dungeon.

"That sounds like it came from the dungeon," said Tiff.

"Come on, let's go," said Tuff.

Tiff, Tuff, Dedede, and Escargoon followed the noise. They arrived at the dungeon and saw Kirby in an opened cell. He was tied up and gagged. Tiff, Tuff, Dedede, and Escargoon went in the cell.

"Hold on Kirby," said Tiff. She removed the gag and untied him.

"Poyo," said Kirby.

Suddenly the cell door closed. Tiff, Tuff, Dedede, and Escargoon turned around and saw Marx. He was smiling evilly.

"Marx?" said Tiff.

Marx just chuckled.

"What's the meaning of this!?" said Dedede.

I'm sorry Sire but your reign is through," said Marx. "I'm taking over now."

Marx glowed and he turned into his true form. He is a bat-like creature with golden wings. His wings have two sharp fang-like claws jutting out from them. Flashing mirror-like, multicolored, hexagon-shaped scales are under the wings. A red heart was on each wing. His eyes are big and black and his mouth is bigger as two sharp teeth are shown in his mouth. His bow tie is bigger and undone. His shoes are longer and rounder at the ends.

Everyone except Kirby gasped.

"You're a monster," said Tiff.

Marx laughed. "That's right," he said. "I've been sent here by Nightmare Enterprises to get rid of Kirby."

"So you kidnapped Kirby and brought him here," said Tiff.

"I was sent here to fool everyone," said Marx. "I made up the story of being a traveler to deceive you. But apparently, Kirby saw me contacting Nightmare Enterprises. So I decided to get Kirby out of the way."

"You won't get away with this," said Tuff.

"Oh but I have," said Marx. "Now that you guys are trapped here; no one will be able to stop me. Dream Land is mine and I can cause as much trouble as I want. See you guys later."

Marx flew away leaving Kirby and his friends in the cell.

"I can't believe Marx fooled us all," said Dedede.

"We need to get out of here and stop Marx," said Tiff.

Suddenly Meta Knight showed up. He sliced the cell with Galaxia.

"Meta Knight, you saved us," said Tiff.

"Marx is a monster," said Meta Knight.

"We know," said Tiff. "He trapped us here."

"You must stop Marx from taking over Dream Land," said Meta Knight.

Tiff nodded. She, Tuff, Kirby, Dedede, and Escargoon left the castle.

In the village, Marx is causing mayhem. Cappies are running all over the place. Marx laughed evilly. "Run, for I will have control over Dream Land," he said.

"Stop right there Marx," said a voice.

Marx turned around and saw Kirby, Tiff, Tuff, Dedede, and Escargoon.

"You're not going to take over Dream Land," said Dedede.

"Yeah, because Kirby will stop you," said Tiff. Everyone else nodded.

Marx smirked. "Fine, then come at me, Kirby," he said.

Marx began spitting ice bombs. Kirby avoided the ice bombs. The ice bombs exploded creating ice. Kirby began running as Marx tried hitting him with ice bombs.

"Kirby, suck it up," said Tiff.

Kirby inhaled the incoming ice bomb and he transformed into Ice Kirby.

"Go Ice Kirby," said Tuff.

Marx began shooting more ice bombs but Kirby avoided them. He then shot an icy breath at Marx. Marx was frozen from Ice Kirby's Ice Breath. Tiff and Tuff cheered but their cheering didn't last long. Marx broke free of the ice. He let out a sinister laugh.

"You can't freeze me," he said.

Kirby tried to freeze Marx again but Marx teleported. Marx reappeared behind Kirby. Marx shot a beam at Kirby. Kirby turned around only to get hit by the beam. Kirby lost his Ice ability. Kirby tried to hit Marx but Marx teleported. Each time Kirby tried to attack, Marx teleported. Marx shot a barrage of arrows that hit Kirby. Marx then shot blades that home in on Kirby. Kirby avoided the blades.

"Kirby, suck it up," Tiff said once more.

Kirby inhaled the blades and he transformed into Cutter Kirby.

Marx shot some more blades but Cutter Kirby used Cutter Boomerang to deflect the blades. Marx was hit by the attack. Kirby hit Marx with a couple more Cutter Boomerangs. Then Kirby used Final Cutter on Marx. Marx was split in half. Marx then exploded. Everyone cheered as Kirby discarded his Cutter ability.

"You did it Kirby," said Tiff.

"Poyo," said Kirby.

"Thank you Kirby for saving Cappy Town from Marx," said Mayor Blustergas.

"I'd also like to thank you Kirby as well," said Dedede. "Now that Marx is gone, I can finally rule Dream Land."

"Poyo," said Kirby.

So once again Kirby had saved Dream Land.