"So, if I were the hero of the Lower World, where would I be?"

In the dead of night in Dream Land, a mysterious, gigantic, beanstalk-like vine had rose from the ground; among those chunks of rock held aloft by the structure was Castle Dedede and Kirby's House. A limbless spider-like creature descended upon the small dome-like house. Quietly, he hovered near the window to the house of the little pink puffball, watching him slumber quietly without a care in the world. At least, not at that very moment. He cocked an eyebrow.

"Is... Is this little thing...the hero of the Lower World I was told about?" Pondered the entity. "Hmmmm... He will have to do, I cannot afford to be stalled here." Quietly, the spider-like entity crept on into the single-room house, quietly chuckling. He was chanting just as silently, waving his arms over the slumbering hero of the stars as an orb of arcane energy encased him. He could see it now. Accomplishing his plan with nary a hitch; before he would continue, however, he felt two arms pull on him. Without warning, the still-asleep Kirby unwittingly planted a kiss on his lips before going back to sleep inside the energy bubble. Gobsmacked, with his face bright red, the little magician shook it off. "I feel...funny." Thought the spider-esque entity, nonchalantly wiping off the kiss with one of his hands. "Alright, Taranza. Focus. You got your duty in order, be done with it."

With Kirby in tow, Taranza made off with Kirby; He ascended the Dreamstalk, humming whilst the Hero of the Stars was carried away.

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In a bedroom of the Mirror World, a little ditty began to play on the alarm clock; a gloved hand smacked the top of it to shut off the song. Waking up was the evil doppelganger of Meta Knight, with his armor off; a large scar was visible on one side of his face.

"Oh alright, I'm up. I'm up." Mumbled the groggy copy. Sighing deeply, he donned his armor, piece by piece; while doing all this, he casually hummed another song while summoning a mirror portal. He made his way into what appeared to be the very nexus of the Dimension Mirror itself; through it, he witnessed what appeared to be the balcony of a royal palace. "Ten years since my last appearance." Thought Dark Meta Knight, looking through the mirror. "Now, we'll see if this-" The dark copy of Meta Knight tilted his head, cocking an eyebrow underneath his mask. He noticed Taranza having captured Kirby.

"Wait...the little dimwit actually got the order right? Huh, that was...rather anti-climactic. Oh well, heroes can't always win. May as well sit back and enjoy the show."

From there, Dark Meta Knight sat back to watch what would happen next.

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Taranza soon came to the very center of the balcony. The arcane bubble still kept Kirby fast asleep, but the magician soon quietly panted, tired from the return trip. Unknown to Taranza, the Dimension Mirror appeared; peering out through the other side of the mirror, Dark Meta Knight proceeded to watch in secret. Taranza soon thought to himself.

"There, now the lower world will kneel before us."

Sighing in relief, Taranza raised his hands towards the ceiling. "Your Majesty Sectonia! It is done!" He announced; shortly afterwards, a large pink glyph, bearing a heart motif, appeared in midair a short distance from Taranza and Kirby; descending from the portal, the royal wasp-like figure, Queen Sectonia, descended from that very portal. Her eyes were glowing as she looked upon her servant. "O' your highness..." Taranza said, bowing while presenting the still-slumbering Kirby. "I present to you, the hero of the lower world." The arcane bubble, with Kirby inside it, very gradually towards the queen as she beckoned it forth with one of her gloved hands. Elated at the prospect of having Kirby right where she wanted him, she began to giggle, unnerving the little servant.

"Excellent work, Taranza." Said Sectonia, looking rather pleased at the magician. "You may leave now. I shall deal with this hero personally." Sighing quietly, Taranza bowed. "As you wish." He said, before he quietly left. Now it was just her and the hero of the stars. The arcane force field faded around the little fluff ball, with the queen holding him with both hands, staring him down in triumph as he slowly began to wake up.

"Poor Hero of the Lower World, you had played right into my hands before you had gotten out of bed. Beauty is control, you see. With control, all of Floralia bows to my very will! To think that the People of the Sky planted the Dreamstalk to summon you out of desperation, I saw right through such an attempt. Thanks to Taranza, the Lower World will also bow to me. It was a pity that it was so easy."

Dark Meta Knight did not really expect what was next. Queen Sectonia's eyes began to lightly glow pink, having a hypnotic, come-hither look in said eyes. "Wait...why the sudden..." The doppelganger thought. "Oi vey, don't tell me-" Kirby soon woke up, rubbing his eyes.

"P-poyo...?" Kirby groaned, wondering why he was not on his bed. "Poyooo..." Utterly shocked at his current situation, the little star warrior appeared frozen with a look of terror on his face, at first. Sectonia chuckled, the very area around the two turning a pinkish hue. "Poyo...?" Kirby began to wonder what was going on with the queen. Could she actually be attracted to him? He had no idea, yet he felt his mind steadily relaxing as the two continued looking each other in the eyes.

"Do you not understand why I sent Taranza to bring you to me? You embody adorability; in a way, that resembles one's beauty, and I long to obtain all that is beautiful. And yet, here you are, in my grasp, and under my control. Now, taste the kiss of the Ruler of the Heavens, my new...precious beauty..."

"Poy...?" The little star warrior, his head somewhat fuzzy from the queen's captivating gaze. Before he even knew it, however, the queen pressed her lips against his. Kirby's eyes shot wide open as he began to blush. Little did the queen know, Kirby also felt a strange energy coursing through his body. A new power, in fact. Sectonia broke the kiss, not too soon before Kirby jumped out of the queen's clutches. The queen became bemused about his new form. He had gained a pair of feathery wings from his back, and a halo floated above his head. He held a golden bow and a heart-shaped arrow. Kirby let out a delighted "Poyo!" upon obtaining his form, as the queen glanced aside. "I...did not quite expect this." Mused the queen, taken aback by Kirby's new angelic form. "And yet, he still continues to be so...enchanting..." The pink puffball was surprisingly quick in returning the affection in this form, his wings fluttering excitedly as he hugged the queen. Her cheeks turned scarlet, caught off-guard from the warm feelings as he nuzzled her chest.

The dark doppelganger of Meta Knight tilted his head when he saw this form of Kirby. "Wait... I have seen this before." Dark Meta Knight thought. "If she is still controlling him while he is in this form, and she orders him to enslave all of Popstar... Oh well, she can have it. Then again, there is already her...other counterpart." Dark Meta Knight shrugged, continuing to watch on out of curiosity to see how it will play out.

The queen let out a pleased sigh, letting her eyes slowly close; she was thoroughly convinced that she had won the day, until...

Doink!

A sharp stabbing pain in the back snapped the Ruler of the Heavens out of her ecstasy, quickly turning her attention to the mischievous little angelic puffball. Chuckling, Kirby held the heart-shaped arrow; a small droplet of blood was on the tip. She glanced behind her, seeing the wound having closed up just as quickly as it was formed before her eyes hardened. As if appearing to mock her, Kirby did not appear afraid in the slightest.

"Even if all is lost, you still dare defy-"

The queen froze, shuddering as she felt her body sizzling from within. A slinking warmth reached her chest. Sectonia began to pant as she began turning red in the cheeks once again. She began to begrudgingly sigh, as if out of resignation; she realized, a little too late, what the arrow really does; she began contemplating as she tried to resist the effects of the arrow weakening her restraint.

"Oh...blast it...all! I should have...seen this coming, as...ironic as this sounds. My...control over...myself...failing on me...does not seem dignified. And yet...this passion...welling up inside...my very being... It is...heavenly..."

The queen, now under influence of the arrow, cooed softly as she pulled the angelic puffball over to her. Kirby squirmed a little from such a gentle embrace, letting his eyes shut as he returned such affection. The queen soon began pondering once again, continuing to cuddle with the cupid from the lower world, appearing to ignore Taranza spying on her.

"Maybe...I have exercised beauty and control improperly all this time. Love, it seems, works...far more effectively than fear. Mmmmmhhh... With the Hero of the Lower World, as my champion, this whole planet shall know the meaning of love eternal. For now...I believe someone needs a few...minor adjustments."

The little peeping magician could not believe what was unfolding before his eyes. First his queen kissed the heroic puff, then with a single arrow, she had been smitten with him...or so it seemed. He sadly sighed, blinking for one moment. The next, they had vanished. "Wh-what? Where did they-" Taranza was cut off by a similar stabbing pain in his back. Reflexively, he pulled a heart-shaped arrow out of his back, looking at it, then turning to the mischievous cupid. "Hiiiiiii!!" Kirby chimed out cheerfully. Taranza took a second look at the arrow before his cheeks began to turn scarlet. Off-handedly, he tossed aside the arrow, muttering "Well, I never..." as he felt the same warmth the queen did. Not too far behind, Taranza heard the chuckling of Sectonia right behind him, which sounded very seductive. Shuddering, the little magician felt the queen's gloved hands caressing him; slowly did he look up, feeling apprehension overcome him in spite of Kirby's arrow having struck him earlier. Before he even knew what hit him, Sectonia pressed her lips against lips against his while she loomed over him. The servant let out a muffled yelp of distress; the kiss left him frozen momentarily as Sectonia slid the tip of her tongue against his lips, carefully avoiding his fangs. Taranza's eyes slowly sunk, moaning as he felt that telltale creeping warmth. In turn, the little magician returned the kiss, their tongues sliding up against each other until they parted. Taranza turned around, moaning softly while he softly caressed Sectonia. "Ooooohhh...your highness...~" Moaned the servant, his cheeks still impossibly red with passion. "This passion... I cannot explai-"

Sectonia cut him off with another kiss, letting the servant tasting something else on her tongue: Ardor. Shortly after breaking the kiss, the queen's eyes were ablaze with her rising desire. "Say no more, Taranza. This night, you shall be the first to taste the beauty of love." Sectonia said, moaning pleasantly as the spider hugged her in turn while turning to Kirby, the glow hypnotizing him. "As for you, O' Hero of the Lower World, go forth and spread the love. Now if you would kindly excuse us..." Chuckling, the queen teleported away with her servant in tow. Looking around. Kirby, now left to his own devices, giggled as he fluttered his way back down to Dream Land.

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The next day, Dark Meta Knight, visibly flabbergasted by Sectonia's newfound passionate streak, began to groan silently as Kirby proceeded to go about his newfound business as a cupid; what was more, Sectonia's reign extended into Popstar. It was more a reign of passionate love, rather than fear.

"Love eternal over Dreamland... Yep, I think I'm done with the Light World."

Just as suddenly, he felt two gloved hands caressing him from behind, along with a feminine chuckle. It was Sectonia's mirrored counterpart, cooing softly as she lifted up the dark knight's mask. From behind her, the shadow counterpart of Kirby, having acquired the cupid ability, giggled.

"If my other self wishes to spread this love she speaks of, then so shall I." The mirrored queen said, kissing the dark clone on the cheek. "After all, beauty is now love. And love...is life." Dark Meta Knight's face turned blank from the words of Sectonia's double, uttering out a deadpan "Seriously?" before he was embraced lovingly. Uttering a resigned sigh, the doppelganger returned the hug. The knight began to think to himself as the false queen started planting kisses on his face.

"At least Dark Mind is spared the thought of seeing...this."