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Excerpt from Kirby and the Rod of Darkness

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Chapter 1: An Unexpected Arrival

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It was morning in Dream Land, and the sun was shining brightly over the peaceful landscapes. Kirby woke up and yawned. Looking out the window, he could see that it was a beautiful day and the perfect time for a walk.

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Meanwhile, something strange was going on inside Dream Land's Dream Palace. The Dream Rod, a magical rod that summoned some of Kirby's friends, suddenly began to emit dark energy. Then it shook violently and created a portal directly in front of itself. Magolor, the blue-garbed mage, was thrown out of the portal like a toy. After landing on the floor, he lifted his head to get a look at where he was now. What was that all about? he thought.

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All of a sudden, something bounced off Magolor's head. He looked up to see Taranza, the silver-haired spider with magical powers, who was currently standing against the wall...on his head! "Taranza?" the mage was just as puzzled by his friend's arrival as he was by his own.

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Taranza opened his eyes. "Magolor?" Noticing he was upside-down, he waved his six floaty hands in an attempt to reposition himself but then resorted to floating into an upright position. "This is the Dream Palace," he remarked, gazing at the pure white marble walls and the Dream Rod, "but no one is here to use the Dream Rod! How did we get here, then?"

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"Not a clue," Magolor answered.

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At that moment, the two of them heard a thud behind them as a shadow cast over them. They took only a moment to glance at the large pink object behind them before going into a panic. "AAH!" they shouted, running about frantically until they bumped into each other and fell down.

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As it turned out, the object that startled Magolor and Taranza was not a monster at all. It was a machine controlled by Susie, the pink-haired former secretary of a robotics company. She removed her yellow visor to reveal her big blue eyes. "Calm down! It's only me!"

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Magolor and Taranza stood up, looking relieved. "Susie? Oh, I...uh...knew it was you the whole time," Magolor laughed nervously while Taranza gave him a look, "So what are you doing here?"

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"Good question," Susie replied, "All I know is one minute I was taking the Business Suit on a test run, and the next minute I was here!" While she was saying this she hopped out of the Business Suit and pressed a button, and it disappeared. (No one except Susie knew how the machine appeared and disappeared at the press of a button. She'd always say it was top secret, but her friends guessed it was some kind of teleportation.)

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Everyone moved back when a beach ball suddenly bounced in their path. "Hey, hey, hey!" said a familiar voice. It was Marx, the mischievous beach ball-loving jester. He was bouncing more and more balls around, not paying a bit of attention to the others.

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Outside, Kirby happened to pass by the Dream Palace and could tell that something was amiss. Not only was the palace emanating a mysterious purple light, but there was also a commotion going on inside! As soon as he entered the doorway and saw what was happening he shouted, "Marx, the Dream Palace isn't a playground! Why are you causing so much mischief?"

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"You call it mischief, I call it fun," Marx said plainly.

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Magolor jumped over a ball that rolled in his direction. Taranza tried to catch one, but it flew over his head. Susie ducked to avoid another that soared above her. "It won't be fun if someone gets hurt!" she said.

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Kirby had had enough of this. He started inhaling in his typical vacuum-like fashion; Magolor, Taranza, and Susie had to hold onto the wall to keep from being sucked in while Marx sprouted large, colorful wings and flew as fast as he could against the intense gust. Kirby kept inhaling until he had sucked in every single beach ball in the room. Once he stopped, Marx frowned at him. "Aww, you're no fun!" was all the jester had to say before he flew off.

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Kirby approached the other three, who looked a little worn out from everything that had just happened. "Are you guys okay?" he asked them, to which they nodded, "I don't know what got into Marx."

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"That trickster! You never know what he'll do next!" Magolor remarked, although sometimes he could be mischievous himself.

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"Marx does like to pull pranks, and he might be just a little bit insane…" Taranza added, "but don't you think that was somewhat excessive? He doesn't normally try to hurt his friends with his pranks."

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Susie gasped. "The Dream Rod! Look!" The others turned to see the magic rod, looking much darker than usual, quivering and flashing as if it was a hologram.

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Kirby ran over and jumped toward the Dream Rod, but it shot out of the Dream Palace at high speed, crashing right through the ceiling. As a result, Kirby landed on his face. "Ouch," he said as he slowly got back up, "I never knew a Dream Rod could be so rude."

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"Okay, now things are getting super-ultra-extra weird!" Magolor exclaimed, "First we appear in the Dream Palace, then Marx goes even crazier than usual, and now the Dream Rod is flying on its own to who knows where!"

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Kirby looked surprised. "You mean that's why you're here? You appeared without even being summoned?"

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"That's what it looks like," Taranza frowned, "We were all minding our own business when someone or something tossed us into the Dream Palace!" He wasn't exactly happy about being treated so roughly and being thrown at Magolor's head, but at least Susie's Business Suit didn't land on either of them.

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"I bet all this is connected somehow! We've got to do something!" Kirby took a Warp Star from out of nowhere and hopped onto it, "Come on, we need to find that Dream Rod!" Magolor, Taranza, and Susie jumped on the Warp Star and it flew out of the Dream Palace.

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From the moment the four of them came outside, they could see the normally white marble palace was still shrouded in eerie purple light. "What's with the Dream Palace?" Susie asked uneasily, "I've never seen it glowing before!"

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"I don't know," Kirby replied, "but we're going to get to the bottom of this! Is everyone with me?"

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"You bet I am, buddy!" Magolor said cheerfully.

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"Of course. I'd like to find out who or what tossed us around like a salad!" Taranza added.

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"A new adventure does sound like fun," Susie chimed in.

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Kirby smiled as the Warp Star took off into the sky. Perhaps Magolor, Taranza, and Susie, like many of his other friends, had caused trouble for him when they first met, but they had since changed their ways. Kirby, being the kind soul he was, forgave them. Now the past was behind them, and ahead of them was a brand-new adventure!