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Elfilin was laying on the grass right next to the Fishing Pond in Waddle Dee Town, beside him was his flip phone that is used to keep in touch with Kirby between worlds.
It has been three days since he had become whole and while the events of that are certainly....unusual (Elfilin doesn’t like thinking back on that day) everything after that was surprisingly going normally.
Okay, he does have tons of powerful chaos energy and powers that Elfilin doesn’t how to use yet, the worst part being that the power can just randomly activate at anytime, in fact, when the chinchilla first arrive in the town, he basically destroyed the watchtower by complete accident but luckily, the Waddle Dees were able to rebuild it quickly and understood that he didn’t mean to do that.
Plus, Elfilin has been having these strange feelings that are alien to him, he is not sure how to feel about them yet…
With a gentle sigh, he looked at his reflection in the water, he now has white and red fur (with a bit of chest fluff) with the inside of his ears (which are now a bit bigger and more wing like) having a black-crimson pattern, admittedly, Elfilin still hasn't got used to his new look.
While looking at the pond, he could see a very shadowy figure with bright white eyes behind him in the reflection for a brief moment before disappearing.
Oh right, Fecto Forgo.
They now linger in Elfilin’s mind and body, sometimes appearing as a sort of phantom behind him though, Elfilin couldn’t tell if only he could see them or not.
Forgo has been very quiet since they have been reunited, only making grunting sounds of annoyance whenever he tries to check up on the psychic beast.
But yet, Elfilin could still feel that Forgo is bothered,that it wants something but doesn’t know what it is (and so does Elfilin if he were honest)
So, he figured that now is the best time to try to talk with them again so he cleared his throat and said-
“Hey- um, Forgo? I know you are in there”
No response at first like Elfilin expected so he tried again by adding-
“I know something is bothering you cause y’know, we share the same mind now so perhaps it would be for the best if you would like to share that, eh?” The chinchilla did an awkward shrug kinda movement and smiled a bit nervously as he made the offer.
For the next few moments, it was silent with only the noises of the water and the distant Waddle Dee chattering with each other filling it up.
Then, to Elfilin's surprise, Fecto Forgo actually did respond.
His ears drooped as Elfilin heard the words echo through his mind, he didn’t mean to annoy Forgo at all and just wanted to help them……
Despite everything, they were still technically the same entity at one point after all.
“Well, I’m sorry for bothering you, I-I just wanted to make sure you were doing okay, considering that now you are apart of me, I should be making sure everything is fine”
Elfilin just continued to stare at the pond, watching the small Blippers swim around without a care he wishes that he could be like them, not worrying about anything ever again
Then, after a few minutes, the white soul started to feel……bored.
Impatient even, mainly because Kirby said that he would call once he was ready for Elfilin to open the portal to Dream Land, but the puffball hasn't called all day since he went back to Popstar yesterday!
He shook his head, it was selfish for him to expect Kirby to be with him all the time, he had a life too!
So instead of dwelling on that boredom, he wanted to try fishing but instead of using the rod, Elfilin did something different instead.
Clawroline (or just Carol) did a bit of fishing earlier and used her paws (and teeth at one point but the Waddle Dees stopped her since they don’t want the leopard to hurt the fish) to catch a Blipper so the chinchilla wanted to do something like that too.
After some stretching, he got in a ‘feral’ pouncing stance and started to gently drip his paws into the water.
A small Blipper start to curiously and playfully nibble on the paws until-
SPLASH
His paws threw the fish into the air and caught it before the Blipper could hit the ground, Elfilin giggled as it flopped around in his grasp.
When he went to put it back in the water, an accidental misstep caused him to slip into the water, Elfilin quickly went back up and softly laughed at his slight clumsiness.
Then,a certain other half decide to comment on his small accomplishment
So as Elfilin shake the water out of his white fur, he responded with-
“It’s just for fun, sometimes we do things just because it brings joy to us even if it seemly doesn’t matter in the long run”
He can just feel Forgo rolling its eyes.
Elfilin was about to say a counter argument when he heard his flip phone ring, swiftly picking it up and answering it,he could immediately tell that Kirby was the one calling due to his signature “Hiiiii”
After saying “Hi” back at him too, the chinchilla went as far from Waddle Dee Town as he could to open the portal to Dream Land since because of his unstable Chaos powers, the portals can potentially suck up unwanted bystanders so he had to be careful.
Focusing as hard as he could,Elfilin managed to open a large portal, the green fields of Dream Land could be seen from it, quickly hopping in and found not only Kirby but also Bandee.
He quickly went to give the pink puffball a hug as the Waddle Dee chuckled at the sight, then after that, Kirby started to explain why he called.
“Well, I think enough time has passed since our adventure that it’s time to meet the Star Allies!” Elflilin gasped excitedly, he had heard all about Kirby’s other friends by him alongside King Dedede and Meta Knight but didn’t think he would meet them so soon!
Bandanna Waddle Dee nodded as he added “Yep! We told all of the Star Allies about you in our weekly meeting that takes place in Castle Dedede and they can’t wait to personally meet you, urm, most of them atleast”
A squeal of happiness escaped Elfilin’s mouth, the chaos chinchilla couldn’t wait to meet his potential new friends plus learning more about Popstar in general was a bonus since this planet is so fascinating to him.
Kirby watched Elfilin’s excitement with glee but then suddenly said “Oh, before I forgot, we need to tell you something a bit important” the fairy like being stopped his squeal instantly to listen up
“We also discussed this in the meeting that your uncontrollable powers alongside the origin of it and your new form led to a single conclusion, it is possible that you are a “Soul” and apart of the few “Souls” in Dream Land which are a group of people that I previously fought that were revived into a new body with lots of powers” he said in a more serious tone “They started to appear one at a time after their defeats and we sorta group them all together once we notice the similarities they had so we would like for you to meet them in hopes to getting used to your new self”
Elflilin ears perked up in curiosity,bthere was more people dealing with the same problem that he is, and apparently Forgo was thinking the same thing as he heard them say-
He decided to reply as well with “Sure! I really do want to control my powers more plus new friends are always a joy” hearing that, Kirby let out a happy giggle, so did Elfilin and Bandee.
Then suddenly, they heard footsteps approaching them and the friends turned to the source of the sounds.
“Howdy mate! Is this the new friend you were talking about?”
Elfilin saw a hamster, a owl, and a fish going up to them, or atleast, Elfilin thinks they are those animals, the group certainly look like them.
Kirby’s face lit up as he waved “Hi Rick, Coo and Kine! Yeah, this is my friend Elfilin as I talked about in the meeting”
The floating chinchilla chuckled and waved to the trio as they greeted and introduced themselves, he wasn’t expecting to meet three of Kirby’s friends so soon.
Forgo commented, Elfilin tried to ignore them.
While having a conversation with Kirby’s Animal Friends, he couldn’t help but think about the future and how bright it is, no longer will he run and hide from the Beast Pack, questioning his origins, he will finally have friends that love and care for him.
Sure, Being a chaos soul with powers beyond control is kind of a burden but hey, the other “Souls” Kirby talks about might be able to relate to him and help Elfilin cope with this permanent change.
Perhaps he could even connect more with his other half no matter how stubborn it is.
Elfilin couldn’t wait to see what the future held for him.