A short one shot about Meta Knight. (Because he rocks!)

Knight Thoughts

A lone figure surveys the land before him from a hilltop. Twilight is descending on Cappy Town, yet three of its inhabitants find the dark exciting. Meta Knight keeps a silent vigil as Tiff, Tuff and Kirby wander around the woods at the edge of the town. Meta Knight looks as if he is watching intently, but from a closer view, his eyes are distant, and he is lost in thought. He cannot be totally vanquished until the universe is void of fear and nightmares. Was Nightmare truly gone? Was there any way of knowing for sure? Kirby and his little friends seem to think he was, but Meta Knight found it hard to accept. He was glad Nightmare was gone, of course. He never liked working for Nightmare or Dedede in the past, being hired to do their dirty work, and acting more like a bounty hunter than a Star Warrior. He pondered the very same question that used to plague the villagers' minds, to put it bluntly, are you a good guy, or a bad guy? He didn't have an answer. Being the creation of a nightmare, did he really have any good in him? Kirby seemed to think so. He envied Kirby's innocence in a small way.

Meta Knight's dark cloak flapped in the slight breeze that blew across the land.

Kirby's main goal in life was to save people. Good people. People who deserved to be saved. Could it ever be the same for him? Was it possibly to make his life a little less complicated? Choose a side, stay on it, like Kirby? No, he couldn't. At least, not yet. He had a reputation, to change now would be almost erasing his past.

Turning from the three youths, he looks into a small stream on his left. His mask glints even in the poor light. Breaking his train of thought, he slides it off. He resembles Kirby in some aspects, and he scowls at his childish refection.

It is no wonder monsters take Kirby for granted, with a babyish face like that. Meta Knight prefers intimidation. Are you a good guy or a bad guy? No answer yet. He hastily slides his mask back on at the sound of approaching footsteps, Kirby's footsteps. Kirby comes up to him smiling in the way that so suited him, but Meta Knight could not see himself doing that. Kirby was right beside him now, gently tugging at his cloak and pointing at the Wispy Woods.

"Poyo, piyoo!"

A ghost of a smile crosses Meta Knight's face, one Kirby could not possibly have seen. He allows himself, just this once, to be dragged along for some late apple picking. Are you a good guy or a bad guy? The answer was within reach.