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Here are a list of reasons to wake King DeDeDe and Meta Knight before 8 AM:
The castle is under attack.
Planet Popstar is under attack.
Void/Nightmare is back.
Kirby goes missing.
There are a few other reasons, much less serious than any of the above, but none of them were, certainly, for a picnic.
However, Bandee and Sailor had been easily convinced by Kirby that waking their fathers up at the crack of dawn for a picnic and a trip to Magalor’s theme park was absolutely necessary!! If he was awake, everyone had to be awake!!!
(Which was a rule ever since the little star child had been born, never keen on being awake when everyone else was asleep.)
Bandee was more reluctant than Sailor, but easily swayed by the idea of cold apple juice and riding a ferris wheel. Kirby was happy to convince his older siblings and with that, he trotted down the hallway towards their fathers’ room.
They had to distract the guards, of course. That was going to be easy, as Kirby dug in his bag, tongue peeking out as Bandee stared at him. “Wait, how did you get rid of your own guards...?”
“We all know Waddle Doo has a soft spot for us,” Sailor whispered as Kirby nodded, taking out a ball with a smile.
“Uh huh! I just said esscusseee me and they said okey dokey!”
“...you know, that cute baby talk isn’t cute now that you’re like, ten,” Bandee grumbled, even though he had to admit that’d probably work on him. Probably. Kirby just gave him a sunny smile, and tossed the ball down the hall, him and Sailor muffling their giggles as the two guards chased after the ball.
Bandee sighed, rubbing at his head as he followed the two. “That’s just embarrassing...”
“But works in our favor!” Sailor laughed, striking a pose with her paws on her hips before looking at Kirby who was leaping up for the doorknob. “Um. So now what?”
“This!” He finally snagged the doorknob, dangling off it as it opened with a soft squeak. Bandee debated telling them this was a horrible idea, butttttt...
Appy juice...
He shrugged, trotting after his younger siblings as they started to shout, trotting in to vault onto the bed. “MAMA, PAPA, WAKE UP WAKE UP WAKE UP-“ Kirby shouted, bouncing eagerly and then rolling around as Sailor waved her paws.
“LET’S GO TO THE ROLLERCOASTER!”
Bandee waved his paws as well, leaning into the chaotic energy. “APPLE JUICE!”
“APPLE JUIIIIICE!” they cheered, still trying to wake up their parents.
DeDeDe groaned as he barely avoided Kirby bouncing on him, tugging the blanket above his head with a long sigh. “Think those’re yer kids...”
“One and a half belong to you...” Meta Knight mumbled, not even opening his eyes as DeDeDe peeked out, squinting at him.
“...a half? Which part’s that???”
“The part that’s waking us up to go play at a fairground...”
“...yeah, that sounds like something I’d do...OKAY ALREADY-“ he shouted, sitting up as the kids laughed, squealing as they were tossed around by the blanket being thrown. They were easily caught up by DeDeDe, who dragged them back to the bed. “Sleep!”
“Sleep is for the weak!” Kirby shouted, waving his little arms as Sailor tried to squirm free, Bandee planting his face in a pillow and fake snoring.
“Who told you-never mind, I bet it’s someone on yer father’s side.”
“I heard that,” Meta Knight grumbled, sighing as he lightly pushed Sailor off from climbing over him, making her roll down and bump into Kirby. “I suppose it’s time to get up.”
“Nuh uh, no way, I’m sleepin’,” DeDeDe said, rolling his arm over the twosome trying their hardest to wake them up. “Honk shoo mimimi.”
“Mama, that’s FAKE sleeping!!! Papa, tell him!” Kirby shouted, gasping when Sailor yawned. “Sailor! Not you too!”
“Sorry Kirby, it really IS super early...” she mumbled, already half asleep as Bandee’s snores turned real, drooling on a pillow as Kirby puffed up his cheeks, huffing.
“I’ll never go to sleep! Never ever ever ever!”
DeDeDe counted to ten and the kid was out like a light, cuddled up to him and Sailor as Meta Knight shook his head with a sigh. “Think we can get away with another hour?”
“Feh, another TWO hours if I have my way,” DeDeDe muttered, shifting lower in the bed with a sigh. “See ya when the sun’s higher up.”
“Heh, I suppose so.”
(They did end up going, just at, you know, a better time than at the crack of dawn when no one in the entire planet would be up. This does not persuade any of his children from never doing this again, however, because all of them love waking up early to wake THEM up early to go back to sleep...
Ah. Well. At least he loves them.)
Written by a human in Ellipsus.