The Warship Nintendo, So Dubbed by the Non-Heroes, (even though the two Guys wanted to name it something pirate-y, but we don't care, we're the Non-Heroes, so we named it.) Anyway, we're currently sitting in the waters off the coast of the point of Dreamland.

Meta Knight groaned and awoke to feel someone pulling on his mask. Instantly, he leapt up and drew Galaxia, opening his eyes to see one of the smaller giants. This one had brown hair, large brown eyes, and glasses, and seemed to be a girl. Her eyes grew even wider as she jumped up from where she had been kneeling next to him and backed away several steps. They appeared to be just under the warship's deck, he could see sunlight streaming in from up a set of stairs just a few feet away.

"Easy there, Bluey. It's okay. I'm not gonna hurt you, I'm just trying to see if you're hurt and need help. You hit the water really hard," she said in a soothing tone.

Looking at her in disbelief, he snorted, "Bluey?"

She stared at him. "Wow. Your voice is a lot deeper than I was expecting. Pinky is so high-pitched and cutesy, I thought you'd sound like him."

"Kirby," Meta Knight gasped. "What have you done with him? Where is he? Take me to him, you foul giant, or I will-"

"Easy, easy! Stop pointing that thing at me. And I'm not a giant, you're just small," the girl disagreed. "Anyway, I'm Rose. I'm from Pokémonland."

"I have never heard of such a place, 'Rose' from 'Pokémonland.' Where are you really from? And why do you plan to attack Dreamland? And who is the captain of this ship?" he demanded, standing right in front of her and pointing his sword up at her face. He didn't like that she was so much taller than him.

"I really am from Pokémonland. Look, if you'll promise to calm down and sheath that thing, I'll explain everything, okay, Bluey?" she offered.

"Stop calling me Bluey! I am Meta Knight!" he huffed at her.

"Meta Knight? Kirby and Meta Knight... sheesh. Star Warriors sure have interesting names," she murmured.

Glaring at her, Meta Knight sheathed his sword. "Very well, I will hear your explanation. As soon as you have showed me that the others are safe."

"Oh. Well, the other four guys with armor swam back to shore before we could help them. Pinky, or, um, Kirby, I guess; just basically jumped on board himself. The other Waddle Dee with the sailor's hat was the only one other than you that was still unconscious when we got to you," she explained, still trying to sound soothing. She had knelt down again so that she was closer to his size. He was almost just like a Pokémon, a bit less than half as tall as her. But way cooler than any Pokémon, what with his sword and the awesome mask and cloak, and the fact that he could talk.

"I am the only one that fainted other than Sailor Dee? Just lovely," he sighed.

"Oh, all the others fainted, too. You just stayed out longer than any of the others. Sailor Dee, right? Well, he's up on deck having things explained to him by our Waddle Dee, Dwee. And Kirby is getting rid of our food stores for us," Rose laughed. "Now, before we go, are you hurt anywhere?"

"No, and even if I was, I would not tell you," he humphed, crossing his arms and narrowing his eyes at her. It was kind of unnerving, his eyes had glowed an angry red basically ever since he had woken up.

"Yeesh. You're even colder than Dwee is. At least you haven't tried to kick me yet," she sighed, standing up and leading him back up deck.

"Yay! Meta Knight poyo okay!" Kirby cheered, running over in excitement. "Rose poyo, more cookie?" he suddenly pleaded, turning to her and making a cutesy face.

"Oh, all right, Kirby," she giggled. "But we only have a couple left."

"Meta Knight want one, poyo?" Kirby smirked at him, knowing he'd refuse.

Narrowing his eyes at the pink puffball, he politely declined, knowing he could find some mild form of revenge against the other Star Warrior easily enough at a later time. Maybe Kirby would find his shortcake had somehow vanished or something similar in the near future. "Now, where have you giants and your monsters come from, and why are you here?" he demanded uneasily as a small squirrel-like monster came and observed him curiously.

"Pachirisu," it suddenly giggled.

"Come again?" he asked, confused.

"Pachi-pachi-Pachirisu!" it shouted gleefully, then ran off.

"That's Pachirisu. She's a Pokémon. And the other 'monsters' are Pikachu, Blastoise, Lapras, Pidgiotto, Abra, Bulbasaur, and Charmander," she told him, pointing to each one in turn. "And Psyduck is around here somewhere," she shrugged, then added, "They're all Pokémon. That's short for pocket monsters. Where I come from, we catch them to have them fight each other and keep as pets. The kid with the black hair and the cap is Ash, wherever he's hiding right now. He's eleven, and he's from my land. He's a hero there."

"All right, what about the two giants that are taller than you are?" he questioned, still glaring at everything around him in distrust.

"They're Elves. Their names are Link and Rinda. Link's the guy in green, and Rinda's the one who's trying to fall overboard for the bajillionth time," she murmured, shaking her head with a laugh. "They're from Hyrule. Link's what's known as a Hylian hero, and Rinda's... not."

"I have never heard of this 'Hyrule,' either. Where are Hyrule and Pokémonland? They are not anywhere on Planet Popstar, to my knowledge," Meta Knight said in a suspicious voice.

Nodding, Rose pulled a map out of the knapsack she had gotten the cookies she gave to Kirby out of. "This is what the world really looks like. You see, here's where we are now, Dreamland. And this is where I come from, Pokémonland, and Hyrule's over here, and-"

"Do you take me for some sort of fool? There are no such places on Planet Popstar. Up here is where White Wafers is, up where this lying map says 'Dreamland.' And Whispy Woods is over here, and where it says 'Nintendo City,' that is where Castle DeDeDe is. There is no ocean there, it is over here. Now, would you please quit telling falsehoods?" he requested tersely, drawing his cloak around himself after he had finished jabbing at different places on the poor piece of paper.

Kirby looked from Meta Knight to Rose, then pleaded, "Meta Knight poyo, Rose is nice. No be mad at Rose. Kirby not like when you mad, poyo. You scary, poyo."

"Do not be fooled by her faked kindnesses, my young friend. Every Rose has its thorns, and this one is a monster," he declared, looking right at her in mild disgust as he said it.

"Gee, thanks, Meta Jerk. Anyway, what do you mean? Your point is triangle-shaped, just like the others. They used to be separated from each other, but then they were reunited in what felt like an earthquake a little over a year ago. If you don't believe me, look at this book," she huffed, shoving an aged brown hardcover in his face.

Cautiously, he accepted it and began to flip through it. Rose was relieved to see that his eyes finally changed from red to a much calmer golden-yellow that didn't glow quite as much.

"This is in the language of the Ancients. Do you know this language?" he asked all of a sudden, sounding a bit fascinated. Planet Popstar being rejoined with the other 'points' on this map would explain a lot of the strange events that have happened, he thought to himself with a thoughtful frown.

He read a few pages silently, and basically gathered that what Rose said was true, according to this book, anyway. There were a few pages with pictures of creatures from each of the points, which he found interesting. "This book is definitely old enough to be written by the Ancients. Who knows? This might be one of the tomes penned by the great Master-Hero Sakurai," he murmured. The age of the book made him think that what Rose claimed could possibly be true.

"Never heard of that guy. This book was written by Princess Baika, I think. She's the ruler of Nintendo World, and she lives in Nintendo City. I've never met her, so I don't know what she's like. But the reason we're here, is this: A great evil is arising of some sort, and it's going to try to take over the whole planet. And the normal heroes won't be able to stop it. So, the biggest failure from each point, or the non-hero, is being found and brought together. I'm the non-hero from Pokémonland, because I couldn't catch my own Pokémon. Rinda is the non-hero from Hyrule, because she's a real klutz and can't fight monsters. And now, by order of Princess Baika via letter, we're here to find the non-hero from Dreamland."

Nodding, he continued to skim through the book while inquiring, "So, how do we find the 'non-hero' you speak of? And if anyone from Dreamland is going on any sort of quest, I am coming along. There will be no argument on that subject. Kirby may come along too, if he wishes."

"Well, duh, poyo. Long as there's snacks. Kirby likes snacks, poyo," Kirby grinned adorably, making Rose pick him up and give him a hug.

"Meta Knight might be a grump-bucket, but you're just as adorable as the book shows you being, Kirby," she giggled.

"I like you, Rose poyo," Kirby smiled at her, apparently not bothered by being scooped up into her arms without warning.

Meta Knight rolled his eyes, thankful that she wasn't fawning over him like this. Wearing a mask was one of the best decisions he ever made, even if he did originally start doing so in one of his weakest moments. "As I was saying, how shall we find the third non-hero?"

"Do you have a book like this one? Each point does so far. The book has the name of the hero on one of the pages, and when they've read their name and taken an oath of sorts, the next letter from Princess Baika appears. I'm guessing after we find the non-hero here, then it's off to the Mushroom Kingdom," Rose said thoughtfully.

"Hmm. If we do have a book like this one, which is quite possible, it would be in my secret library. We must go to Castle DeDeDe. You and the giants may come, but the monsters and weapons must stay here," he ordered, handing her back the book, and continuing to think. If what she said was indeed true, it did make quite a bit of sense. The moon was bigger because it wasn't the same moon, they had left their original one back wherever they had come from. The rotation had changed because the planet was indeed bigger, and the stars had changed for the same reason the moon had.

"Okay," she agreed with a nod. "We'll leave Ash here to watch over things. You hear that, Ash?"

She was met with a snore from the vicinity of the helm. "I'll also stay," Rinda laughed lightly, wandering over to where Rose and the Star Warriors were standing, near the entrance to the steps that led below deck. "So, Bluey's okay? What does he look like under the mask?"

"My name is not Bluey!" he growled at her, highly offended. It bothered him that these creatures seemed to think they could take him so lightly, just because he was so much smaller than they were.

"He's fine," Rose shrugged, putting her hands behind her back and bouncing on her toes, wanting to get on with things. She had changed back into her Trainer's garb several days back, after the long skirt kept trying to make her trip and fall off the side of the ship. Plus, the ocean was too warm for the heavy dress. She felt sorry for Rinda, she would have offered her some of her clothes, but she wouldn't have been able to fit them. "And I don't know, he woke up and pointed a sword at me before I got it off to check on him."

"Hmph," Rinda sighed. "I wanted to see if he's as adorable as Pinky is."

"You will never see. My mask is never coming off," Meta Knight huffed at her.

Rinda seemed to take that as some sort of a challenge. "Oh, yeah?"

"Oh dear," Rose smirked but tried to hide it, feeling a bit sorry for the little knight guy. "You're going to have to be ever vigilant now, Mister Knight. When Rinda gets her heart set on something, she doesn't give up easily. Trust me, I've been stuck on a ship with her for over a week."

"Oh, Shotzo," he groaned, stepping away from the Elf, who grinned at him.

"Anyway, let's go," Rose commanded. "Come on, Kirby-cutie. Dwee, I'm guessing you wanna stay here?"

Dwee nodded from where he seemed to be telling Sailor Dee about something exciting, based on the way the other Waddle Dee was staring at him with huge eyes.

Meta Knight took off and led Rose, Link, and Kirby to the castle after they jumped off the ship, and used the 'Pokémon' she called 'Lapras' to ferry the two giants and the smaller puffball to shore.

It was going to take them about a half-hour to get from the shore to the castle. "Why did your flying thwingy blow up, anyways?" Rose suddenly inquired up to him as she trekked through a woodsy area.

"Kirby and his insatiable love of pressing buttons that he should not," Meta Knight snorted, giving the other Star Warrior the evil eye.

Kirby just giggled mischievously and shrugged from where he sat on Rose's head. "Kirby couldn't help it. Button was pretty. Button wanted pushing!"

"I am sure it did, young one," he murmured, still rather put out that his Battleship had been destroyed yet again. Then, shaking his head, he told the others, "Let us just get to the castle and find out who this 'non-hero' is, so we can go about saving the now-bigger Planet Popstar."