All by himself at home sat a blonde-haired man in a blue shirt, dark blue sweatpants, and white socks. It was early in the evening, and he didn't seem to mind being alone. His name was Marcus, and he was an average man. His green eyes stared lazily as he turned on his 3DS unit and proceeded to play Kirby Triple Deluxe. He was at Royal Road, ready to start the final boss battle. "Alright, got the sunstones collected and shit." Thought the man. "Let's end this thing and save Dededetour fo- What the hell?" He dropped his unit when magical energy crackled into it, causing both screens to glow bright white right after he selected the final stage. Unfortunately for him, the energy caused a vortex to suck him into the bottom screen. "Nonononononono FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-" After being pulled right into the 3DS unit, its screens shut off as the thing had forcefully closed itself. ----- Inside the balcony of Royal Road's castle, Marcus found himself hiding at the pillars opposite to the balcony's edge; he was at the left-most pillar, taking a quick peek at Taranza holding King Dedede in the aura bubble. Kirby wasn't here yet, but he noticed something very off about the little magician. His eyes were glowing bright pink, instead of the usual white. Hearing the spider-like entity moan pleasantly, Marcus also witnessed the king getting fondled in his sleep by the spider-like magician's hands. The player looked on, cringing; part of his mind made him painfully aware how in over his head he was, let alone, being thrust into a situation such as this. He couldn't afford a single slip up as he made his way through the pillars while Taranza was still preoccupied with cuddling with the king. "No worries, O' King of Dreamland, your little pink friend will be here soon." Taranza whispered to the slumbering king. In response, Dedede twitched one of his feet. Muttering something in his sleep. "Zoi. Zoi. Zoi. Zoi. Zoi." "Seems his majesty is dreaming of...something." Mused the little magician, still unaware of the player quietly sneaking past. "But what?" The king yawned once more. "Ah need a monstah ta clobber dat dere Kirbeh!" The king mumbled in a Southern accent, to the surprise of the little servant; he shrugged it off as sleeptalk. The player shifted his eyes as he neared the balcony exit, taking one last look at the scene. "Ok, now if you'll excuse me..." Though Marcus, quietly turning around...only to get what looked like webbing stuck to the back of his arms and legs. He was slowly pulled away; as he glanced behind, he saw the little magician reeling him in. "Oh, come on!" Marcus blurted out incredulously, as he was caught in the gloved hands of the unfazed spider entity. The player began to shudder as the little servant wasted no time cuddling with him, feeling quite uncomfortable. "Oh myyy, never really knew Dreamland had any humans in it." Mused the little servant, pausing momentarily. "Wait...I remember dreaming of actually pulling in a human once. Could you be that one who...erm..." The minion paused, having lost his train of thought momentarily; all Marcus could do was grumble, wishing he could palm his face. "Oh well, it matters not." The little magician resumed, trapping the player in an aura bubble. "I'm afraid you may have to...sit this one out." Defeated at that point, the player muttered "...Really?" then sighing as he hovered in place, out of the way of the battle that would ensue. The Hero of the Stars, Kirby, arrived onto the scene. The little puffball looked on, puzzled a little at Marcus' presence. Moreso, he was confused at why his eyes were glowing pink. "Now...where were were we?" Taranza said, proceeding to face Kirby. "Oh yes. You are quite the persistent one, aren't you?" The little fluff ball had his archer ability ready, but he was still somewhat curious about the aloof player. "You need not mind our guest over here. He...got a little lost." Added Taranza, proceeding to take control of Dedede. "Then again, like him, you will be inconsequential...as your hero can attest to." "If only I had some popcorn with me..." Thought the player, who watched the battle about to unfold as King Dedede got his steel mask on. "This...may take a while." And so, Marcus proceeded to wait out the entire battle, pondering to himself how he got into this situation to begin with. Moreso, he felt like a similar situation happened to him in a dream before, as hazy as it sounded to him. "Something seems really familiar about this situation. I just don't know what. Ah, doesn't matter. First instance that bubble shield goes down..." Later, after King Dedede went unconscious from the two-phase battle against Kirby, Marcus watched as the bubble shield around him finally fizzled out; getting on his two feet, he watched Taranza trying in vain to resuscitate the knocked-out king. "What madness is this? I did as her majesty commanded! The Lower World should be kneeling before me!" Taranza rambled on, ignoring the player, who was inching towards the edge of the balcony. "Oh, fuck me. This part..." Though the player, moving very close to the edge as Taranza began to realize his mistake. "Exit stage Marcus." While Kirby was too busy paying attention to Taranza calling upon his queen, the player leapt backwards off the balcony edge in a fashion not unlike a swan dive. as he plummeted past the clouds, he returned to thinking. "Well, this is it. Not like I would have made much of a difference to Dreamland if I-" The player stopped midthought as he realized that below the clouds was blackness; the Dreamstalk slowly faded from view as Marcus continued his descent into the blackness. "What...the hell? Is this one of Dark Meta Knight's tricks? Or is-" The player continued his long descent into the dark unknown, not sure where he will wind up in next. ----- Marcus fell into another room of Royal Road's castle, finding himself in a sumptuously-decorated chamber; the sight of the Dimension Mirror prompted him to walk all the way up to it. The image of Meta Knight's dark doppelganger leering at him left the player unimpressed. "Hello Metatwo." Deadpanned the player. "What's up with Taranza's pink eyes and-" "I am going to have to stop you riiiight there, human." Countered the doppelganger's image. "You see, someone else has called dibs on Floralia. Not complaining, since I wanted to fight Galacta Knight myself. What better way to celebrate my tenth anniversary than to take on the strongest warrior in the galaxy?" Marcus blinked, scratching his head. He seems to have found himself in a different sort of timeline. He had no further questions, other than who took Dark Meta Knight's place; even then, he hesitated to ask out of dreading the answer. "Well, now if you would excuse me, I have to train before I take on Galacta Knight." Dark Meta Knight's image said. "The replacement is your problem now. Bye~..." The image of the dark knight vanished right then and there. Although that left the player utterly bewildered, a chill began to crawl down his spine. He made a mad dash and hid behind one of the room's pillars as the telltale heart glyph appeared. He witnessed the Ruler of the Heavens herself, Queen Sectonia, descending from the portal. He quickly stood upright and remained hidden to ensure his reflection wasn't in the mirror as she gazed upon hers. Although he was sure to have avoided her sight, he wasn't about to risk detection. He proceeded to listen on. "O' mirror, tell me." She pleaded to the mirror. "Am I not a beauty most divine?" The player rolled his eyes, thinking "Oh, great. This is gonna be a fucking fun trip." while still keeping quiet. The surface of the mirror began to glow, as the mirror began to speak. To be more specific, something lurking behind it. Fading into view, on the other side of the mirror, was a silhouette much like herself. The only thing visible at first was the pink glow of her doppelganger's eyes. "Indeed, your beauty is unrivaled in splendor throughout this planet." The doppelganger replied, slowly approaching the queen. "I wonder. How would such beauty would taste like. Taking a peek, Marcus spotted Sectonia's DX counterpart emerging from the mirror. The real queen was blushing heavily as her doppelganger's pink gloves began to caress the queen's body intimately to the player's curiosity. The mirror did not show the peeking player's image, but he ducked back behind afterwards. "Oooh dear..." Purred the queen, fondling her affectionate doppelganger in turn. "Another who is just as beautiful as I, and yet..." Sectonia DX proceeded to plant a passionate kiss on her Light World counterpart before the latter could finish. Both queens began to let out sensual moans as their tongues slid about each other. Like the queen herself, her mirror equivalent's cheeks began to turn red; what was more, their eyes began to glow pink as if under a spell of some sort in the midst of such exploratory kiss. As Marcus continued to keep hidden, the replacement mastermind appeared from the mirror. It appeared to be a gaseous form not unlike that of Dark Matter, two head heights tall. Its hooded cloak was royal purple, accented with cloud-esque silver trimming along the edges; the entity's cloak had red pauldrons with gold trimming. Underneath the being's elaborate gold visor were two mismatched eyes; the left eye was black with a pink iris. The other had pink sclera with the iris being royal purple. On the area where the being's chest would be rested a peculiar; this one appeared to be a golden hand holding a black onyx eye with a glowing iris and a black pupil. The creature had two limbless, floating gauntlets acting as the hands, generating the magic that proceeded to control the two queens into snogging each other. The right one was silver, with a red circular crystal embedded at the palm; the left gauntlet, being golden, had a green crystal embedded in its palm. "Well, this is just fan-fucking-tastic. A pervert among the Dark Matter family." Thought the player, glancing at the shadowy magician, then turning to the two queens. "Taking "loving oneself" a little too literally, eh Sectonia?" Watching from a creak in the nearby doorway, Taranza witnessed Sectonia, still in the throes of passion with her doppelganger as the latter was holding the queen closely while nuzzling her neck. A pleased moan escaped the queen's lips, just as her Mirror World counterpart began fondling the former's chest with one of her hands. The player wasn't within Taranza's sight. The little servant blushed heavily at the sight of the two queens being preoccupied with each other so lustfully, adding to the surprise of Sectonia being infatuated with herself quite literally, as the case may be. "Oh...dear... I might not hear the end of this from the People of the Sky." Thought the servant, not yet aware of the shadowy being teleporting behind him. "Surely, her highness hasn't forgotten abou-" The little servant soon felt two gauntlets hugging him, rubbing his body as a creeping warmth spread throughout. "Oh myyy..." The little servant's blush turned several shades darker from the sensual feeling. "Hello there." Whispered the shadow entity, massaging Taranza's body. The little magician panted softly, feeling the warmth creeping towards his groin. Looking to his side, the little servant began to sweat a little at the sight of the magician fondling him. "You need not worry, you will get your time with your queen." Reassured the shadow entity to the little magician. "It is best you leave the two be for a while...unless you want to join them, that is." The gall that the shadow entity had in saying such turned Taranza's whole face red, flustered at the very idea of expressing his true feelings for the queen. For now, he obliged to the entity's suggestion. The two soon quietly floated away. Marcus, meanwhile, continued watching the two queens; Sectonia DX was now laying on her back on top of a large crystal platform hovering above the floor, panting while her Light World counterpart cradling the doppelganger and moving in for another French kiss. Marcus began thinking to himself. "Ok, ok. Either I can make a quiet mad dash for that mirror, or I could maybe squeeze through the door. No, wait... Guess it's waiting for the two to leave. And if this is before Kirby got involved in this mess..." And so, the player ducked back behind the pillar, proceeding to doze off to sleep while he waits for his time to escape. "Aw, fuckbuckets."