(Cubed Cinder)
Outside Donkey Kong's treehouse, things were peaceful and quiet. The birds
were squawking, the frogs were bouncing around, and the rhinos were looking for
things to charge into. It was just another day not just around the treehouse,
but on Donkey Kong Island as a whole. I emphasize things *were* peaceful and
quiet, because a few seconds later…
"Yeah! Here I come, you stinkin' Kremlings!" a young energetic male Kong
shouted. That voice belonged to Diddy Kong. With a jetpack strapped on his back
and peanut popguns in each of his hands, Diddy rocketed around the wide open
space around the treehouse and blasted peanuts galore, pretending there were
Kremlings running around on the ground trying to find cover.
"Hahahaha! Go ahead, make my day!" Diddy shouted as he did all sorts of aerial
stunts in the air and continued to blast away.
The mayhem lasted a few more minutes before finally Diddy had to land
(otherwise he'd run out of fuel and have a rough landing!). He twirled his
peanut popguns around before magically tucking them away.
"Ahhhhh… it feels so good to do some peanut popping in the morning. Too bad DK
wasn't around to judge me. Heh, I can probably hear him mumbling about having to
do training with Cranky." Diddy said as he put a hand near his ear trying to
hear his buddy grumbling. But he instead heard something different… a high
pitched female whining, and it sounded close.
"Huh? Sounds like a girl in distress." Diddy said as he walked around tracking
down the female voice. It took him several seconds of walking around to
eventually find the source of the crying. Diddy looked down by his feet and saw
what appeared to be a Banana Fairy crawling around in the grass.
"Oh? A Banana Fairy!" Diddy said as he gently approached the fairy.
The fairy, meanwhile, was finally back on her feet, but had to quickly look
up when a big shadow took away the sunlight shining from above. She found
herself looking up at Diddy Kong.
"Are you okay, little fairy?" Diddy asked. The fairy, meanwhile, looked VERY
ticked off as she showed an angry face and pixie dust sprinkled off her clothes.
"Do I look alright, you empty-headed baboon!? You nearly shot me out of the
sky!!!" the fairy shouted. That made Diddy quickly realize that he must've
almost shot the fairy during his 'flying exercise.'
"I… I'm sorry, little fairy! I couldn't see you!" Diddy said.
"Bleh! That's always the problem with us Banana Fairies! We're too small to be
noticed by ANYONE!!" the fairy shouted.
"Hey, come on! I know a Kong that can shrink to your size! You're not always
ignored." Diddy said.
"Still, it's always the same with you macho male monkeys! You like your big
weapons and golden, shiny bananas with little regard for anything else!" the
fairy said.
"Ummmm… maybe you should take a chill pill, lady. I said I was sorry!" Diddy
shouted.
"Enough! I think it's time you see life from a new perspective!!" the fairy
shouted.
As Diddy backed away, not wanting to be a part of whatever the fairy was
planning, he suddenly found himself surrounded in golden sparkles that left him
unable to move.
"What the…!? I can't move!" Diddy shouted. The fairy, meanwhile, was able to fly
again by flapping her previously charred wings. She closed her hands together
slowly and watched as Diddy shrunk smaller and smaller.
"What's happening!?" Diddy shouted, now obviously in a state of despair as the
world around him got bigger and bigger. Finally, the shrinking stopped… and what
a shrinking it was. Blades of grass now towered above the Kong like trees and
once miniscule mounds of dirt towered over him like mini-mountains. Diddy was
finally able to move again, but before he could process what had happened to
him, he watched the Banana Fairy come flying down. He fell back as he looked
over how huge the fairy was. She was once your typical-sized fairy, but now she
loomed over him like she were over 150 feet tall.
"What… what did you do to me!?" Diddy squeaked while the Banana Fairy put her
hands on her hips.
"What does it look like? I shrunk you to the same size as your IQ! Which is a
centimeter or two tall, no doubt." the Banana Fairy said. She no longer squeaked
up to Diddy… she sounded more like a normal female living being thanks to the
big size difference between the two. Diddy couldn't care less about that,
however. He repeatedly stomped his foot in the dirt and shook a fist up.
"Please change me back! I said I was sorry!" Diddy shouted.
"I think not. You strike me as the type who won't learn his lesson so quickly."
the fairy said. This made Diddy slump his shoulders knowing this was an argument
he couldn't win, especially as he looked forward and saw the yellow walls that
were the Banana Fairy's shoes. But that was soon going to be the least of his
problems as he watched the fairy lift up one of those shoes.
"In fact, I should crush you like the insignificant rodent you now are." the
fairy said as she hovered a leg over the Kong, who gulped nervously and was
prepared to run away through the forest of grass blade 'trees.'
However, the Banana Fairy suddenly looked in front of her and gasped.
"Oops! I've overstayed my welcome!" the fairy said as she suddenly flew away,
leaving the micro-sized Diddy behind deep within the grass.
"Huh!? Wait! Where are you going!? Well, I may have been spared from being a
glob of gum under her shoe, but she didn't bother to change me back." Diddy
shouted.
Suddenly, the Kong felt the ground thump very strongly and a booming sound
echoed overhead. Diddy could only assume it was because someone normal-sized was
coming, and his theory would prove correct as he looked up and suddenly saw the
bottom of an island-sized white shoe.
"Meep!" Diddy shouted as he activated his jet pack and flew out of the way, just
before he could get crushed. Diddy eventually landed on top of one of the grass
blades and saw who it was that nearly (and unawarely) crushed him.
"Whoa… Candy Kong…" Diddy said, not believing how much she towered over him.
Suddenly the Banana Fairy that shrunk him earlier was like child's play compared
to what he was looking up at.
Meanwhile, Candy Kong was not alone as she walked up to DK's treehouse.
Joining her to her left were two other female Kongs… Tiny and Dixie. Dixie made
sure she was on the end of the trio line, not wanting to feel so short when
surrounded by the taller and bustier Kongs (especially her sister, Tiny). Candy
was the first to see charred marks in some spots of the grass.
"Huh? What happened here?" Candy asked.
"It was probably from Diddy. He likes to fly around and practice shooting
Kremlings from the sky. I think it's cute, actually!" Dixie said.
"Heh, everything Diddy does is cute to you." Tiny said as she winked down at her
'little' sister (to this date there's considerable debate as to who is older
given the height difference between the two).
"Point taken!" Dixie shouted.
"Anyway, come on, girls. Maybe we'll catch both of them in the treehouse." Candy
said as the three ladies made their way towards the treehouse.
Down below, Diddy shook his head after realizing something important.
"Hey, if I hitch a ride on Candy, I won't have to use as much jet fuel!" Diddy
shouted as he fired a quick burst from his jet pack, propelling him off the
grass blade and landing him on top of Candy's super tall platform shoe. Diddy
held on tight to the shoelaces as he would be taken for quite the ride while
Candy, Tiny, and Dixie climbed up the ladder that would lead them into the
treehouse.
The three ladies found themselves inside the treehouse where they didn't see
a single Kong inside.
"Huh? Where is everyone?" Candy asked. Tiny walked over towards a piece of paper
that was taped to the TV and read what was written on it.
"Hey, my sweet and darling Candy Kong. If you see this note, that means sadly
I've been called away to train with Cranky again. But don't worry! I'll be back
home soon! Hugs, kisses, and banana cream pies, DK." Tiny said.
"Awwww… how romantic!" Dixie said.
"Hahaha! I agree, Dixie. Still, why does he have to train? I thought K. Rool was
sunken for good?" Candy said.
"That may be so, but if the Snowmad invasion taught us anything, there are still
evil goons out there who want something from this island." Dixie said.
"A lot more than his banana hoard too!" Tiny said.
"Speaking of which, where's Diddy? Shouldn't he be here in the treehouse if DK's
not around?" Dixie asked.
"Maybe he's in the actual cave?" Tiny asked.
"You know what? I better go check. You two wait here." Dixie said. Candy took a
seat over towards one of the bean bag chairs while Tiny sat inside the swinging
tire that Diddy normally chills out in.
Meanwhile, atop one of Candy's shoes, Diddy tried to call up to the three
Kongs, even as Dixie walked close by (and her footsteps sounded like thundering
booms to him).
"Candy! Tiny! Dixie!" Diddy said, only to stop after a few tries.
"Bleh… what am I, stupid? I'm so small, there's no way they can hear me from
down here. I have to get closer… as tall an order as that will be." Diddy said
as he sweated nervously seeing Candy tower over him like a skyscraper in New
Donk City. Fortunately for Diddy being mostly like a chimp, he was good at
climbing things, so as long as he imagined each individual hair on Candy's leg
like tree trunks, he would be just fine. Diddy bounced upward from one hair
strand to another, hoping Candy wouldn't suddenly swing her leg around as she
lounged back. Diddy had to cover his ears as Candy and Tiny chatted with each
other over random topics. At his size, their voices sounded like the really loud
music Dixie would always tease him over playing.
"Ugh… loud voices are definitely not my kind of jam." Diddy said as he continued
to climb, eventually making it to Candy's pink shorts.
A couple minutes later, Diddy temporarily stops his climb around Candy's
stomach region when he sees Dixie returning.
"So is Diddy loafing about in that banana hoard?" Tiny asked.
"Actually, no. I looked high and low and even in the hoard itself, but I didn't
see him." Dixie said.
"Hmmm… that's strange. It's not like Diddy to not be guarding anything… not even
his stereo!" Tiny said.
"Maybe we should go look for him?" Dixie said.
"Awwww… just chill, Dixie. Diddy's probably training with DK. You know how those
two tend to stick together like glue. Or me and DK when we're on a date,
teeheehee…" Candy said.
"Heh. Lucky you two. But you're right. I suppose waiting around for them to come
back won't hurt." Dixie said.
"Well, I for one don't want to wait. I gotta get back to the garage anyway."
Tiny said.
"The garage?" Candy asked.
"I'm still fine tuning my kart so I can enter it in that Mario Kart thing
someday. There's only so much fun in barrel blasting!" Tiny said. She started to
walk out of the treehouse, only to turn around and grab Dixie by the hand.
"Come on, little sis! I'll need your help!" Tiny said.
"But, but, but, but what about Diddy!?" Dixie said.
"Don't worry, he'll figure you're at the garage with me! Let's go!" Tiny said as
the two Kongs walked out of the treehouse.
"And by the way, YOU'RE the little sis!" Dixie shouted.
"Sure doesn't look like it, does it? Hahaha!" Tiny laughed before the two left.
Diddy sighed and pouted after watching the two rush out.
"Tiny sure does like to be in a hurry." Diddy said.
But then the micro-sized Kong had to get back to the task at hand, which was
to get Candy's attention. He continued to climb up until he reached Candy's
breasts… which were big enough at normal size. Now it felt like he was looking
up at a pair of pink mountains.
"I'm sure DK would have a field day if he were in this position." Diddy said as
he shook the dirty thoughts out of his head and got to climbing up the covered
breasts. On top of that, his mission to get Candy's attention was about to get
harder as he watched the 'giantess' pull out her signature blue Rare-branded
headphones.
"No, wait!!!" Diddy said as he watched Candy put the headphones on. Diddy
sighed… he had hoped to crawl into one of Candy's ears and bang on the eardrum
inside to get her attention. On the other hand, he was glad he wasn't trapped in
that ear when Candy started playing the music, otherwise… he gulped thinking
what was worse. That or getting flattened by a Kremling's steamroller that one
day.
As Diddy held on tight to Candy's shirt, he had to change his tactics
suddenly. It was about survival now as Candy stood up and pushed play on her
music player clipped to her shorts. Music started playing and Candy slowly
danced to it, even giggling to her own dancing.
"Teeheehee… I know DK would be grinning ear to ear if he watched me dance like
this." Candy said. Diddy, meanwhile, held on as Candy's breasts heaved up and
down from her big dancing movements.
"Like I said, DK would have a field day if he were in this position!" Diddy
commented as he held onto the shirt (and breasts underneath it) for dear life.
It looked like Diddy was going to get a break when he heard Tiny calling out
from the side. Candy was still dancing around, however, and Tiny was left with
no choice but to walk up to Candy and tap her on the shoulder.
"Candy!" Tiny shouted. Candy gasped and quickly swung towards Tiny. The fast
movements caused Diddy to lose his grip on the shirt and go flying through the
air.
"Waaaaaaah!!!" Diddy yelled as he tried to get his jet pack fired up to break
his fall. By the time he did, he screamed again as he found himself crashing
against a light blue colored wall, grabbing against it to make sure he didn't
fall again. He wouldn't realize it just yet, having been dazed from the wild air
ride, but he was now clinging onto Tiny Kong's shirt.
Meanwhile, Candy pulled the headphones away from her ears and looked rather
sternly down at Tiny.
"Geez, Tiny! Don't sneak up on me like that!" Candy shouted.
"Well… you didn't leave me much choice given you were rocking out to your music…
with your noise cancelling headphones on, I might remind you." Tiny said.
"Oh… yeah, I guess that's the downside of these things, right? Anyway, I thought
you were going to the garage?" Candy said.
"I was… until I realized I dropped my lucky wrench somewhere." Tiny said.
"Oops! Do you need help finding it?" Candy asked.
"I'd appreciate that!" Tiny said as the two ladies walked around the treehouse
looking for said wrench.
It only took a minute for Candy to spot it underneath the tire dangling from
the roof by a rope (the same one Tiny sat in earlier).
"Is this it?" Candy asked.
"Yep! I wonder if it slipped out of my pants when Dixie and I left." Tiny said.
"Could be. Anyway, good luck, Tiny!" Candy said.
"Thanks!" Tiny said as she left the treehouse once again. After climbing down
the ladder, she went into a light jog to try and get back to the garage sooner
than later. At this point, all Diddy had to do was look up and see where he now
was.
"*gulp* Oh boy… now I'm riding Tiny. Hopefully she doesn't do anything
acrobatic." Diddy said to himself as he clutched her shirt tightly with her
unaware she had a passanger on her shirt.
Eventually, on another part of the island, Tiny finally made it back inside a
place marked Funky's Garage (as in Funky Kong). But inside, there were only two
Kongs… Tiny and Dixie, who casually sat back in one of the rolling chairs
sipping away at a glass of banana juice.
"Ah, so you found your wrench." Dixie said.
"Yep. So no more making fun of me losing things." Tiny said. Dixie rolled her
eyes.
"Are you sure you need me around? I'm not the most mechanically knowledgeable,
you know, compared to Diddy." Dixie said.
"I know, but it's always nice to have a helping hand. Just sit tight and I'll
tell you what to do when necessary." Tiny said before she leaned into the engine
compartment of her kart and got to work adjusting a nut here and a bolt there
with her wrench.
By leaning in, however, it was causing Diddy to lose his grip on Tiny's shirt.
"Can't… hold… any…" Diddy said. When Tiny stood back up, Diddy finally lost his
grip and went falling and bouncing down from one hair strand on Tiny's stomach
to another. He eventually reached out and grabbed something purple.
"Whew… saved by… oh boy." Diddy said as he looked up and realized he was holding
onto a loose thread from the purple bow tie on the front of her pants. It did
not make him feel better looking around and seeing almost nothing but a wall of
light blue which was the color of her pants. Diddy tried one more time to get
Tiny's attention.
"Tiny! It's me, Diddy!" Diddy shouted. But of course, no response. Even worse?
The thread Diddy was holding onto was coming loose.
"Oh spit!" Diddy said as the thread broke off and Diddy went into a free fall,
eventually tumbling down Tiny's light blue colored pants. He fired his jet pack
up at the last minute to soften his landing, eventually coming to a stop on a
flat pink surface. Diddy shook his head.
"That was a wild ride." Diddy said. But he couldn't relax for long… he saw
something massive coming down towards him.
"Whoa!" Diddy shouted as he cartwheeled to safety and ran to the edge of the
surface he was standing on. He turned around to look up and see what almost
crushed him… and his jaw dropped to the floor like King Dedede was playing a
joke on him and DK.
He was looking up at Tiny Kong's skyscraper-sized toes, and that made him
realize he was standing on one of her pink flip flops. Tiny, probably from
working so hard on her kart, had her toes scrunched up but would stretch them
back out every now and then. And little did she know that Diddy was down there
in front of one of the toes. Any time Tiny moved one of her toes, Diddy had to
scramble out of the way… only to almost get crushed by another toe or find
himself in between two of the toes.
Diddy watched as Tiny lifted up one of her toes, and out of desperation to
keep it from crushing him, Diddy pulled out his peanut popguns and rapidly fired
away. To his shock… Tiny actually felt that.
"Ow!" Tiny shouted as she kicked that same foot forward, sending Diddy flying in
the air.
"Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!" Diddy shouted.
"Huh? What happened, Tiny?" Dixie said as she heard that and saw Tiny looking
down at her foot.
"I don't know… I guess a tiny bug must've stung the underside of one of my
toes." Tiny said as she took that foot out of her flip flop and looked
underneath and saw a very miniscule red spot.
"It's nothing. Don't worry about it." Tiny said.
"Okay, whatever you say." Dixie said as she got back to sitting casually and
watching Tiny get back to work on her kart.
Meanwhile, for Diddy, with him still flying in the air, there was no more
being cautious.
"Jet pack!" Diddy shouted as he fired up the jet barrels on his back and flew in
the air.
"Whew… that was close. Otherwise I'd end up a banana splat on the floor." Diddy
said. He rapidly looked around trying to decide his next move.
"Yeah, I think Tiny's out because she's anything but tiny. I just gotta try with
Dixie… she cares enough to spot me when I'm like 5 miles away." Diddy said as he
got to flying towards Dixie. He was approaching her and her glass of juice when
suddenly he felt the jets sputtering out.
"Oh no! I'm out of fuel! May day may day may day!!!" Diddy said as he tried to
get the jets fired back up, but nothing. It looked like he was heading for a
rough landing on the nearby table, but instead, he watched as Dixie temporarily
set her glass of banana juice down on the table… long enough for Diddy to go
SPLASH in.
Even if Diddy's barrel jets weren't out of fuel, he couldn't take off anyway
due to them and himself being water logged. Diddy splashed around trying to stay
afloat.
"*cough cough* Well, this is great. Now I'm swimming around in a glass full of
banana juice. What else can go wrong?" Diddy said. He didn't have to wait long
to find out the answer, as Dixie reached down and grabbed the glass and lifted
it towards her mouth. Diddy's view of the ceiling was eventually obscured by
Dixie's huge face.
"No, Dixie! Don't drink meeeeeee!" Diddy said as he rapidly swam against the
current that was being caused by Dixie sipping her glass of juice. Diddy was
able to earn a break as Dixie set the glass down again (gulping the juice
simultaneously), but his arms felt like melted swiss cheese.
"*huff puff huff puff* I don't know if I can go through something like that
again." Diddy said.
But the micro-sized chimp was left with little choice when Dixie started to lift
her glass up again. Diddy tried shooting his peanut popguns up at the giantess,
but all they did was shoot soggy peanuts that felt right back into the drink.
Diddy watched as Dixie's open mouth closed in fast.
"Well, if I'm going to go, at least it will be in the stomach of my beloved
Dixie." Diddy said as he prepared for the worst as the liquid slowly slid onto
Dixie's tongue.
However… he was about to get a lucky break. Dixie suddenly spat out the many
drops of banana juice that landed on her tongue. With the spit take, Diddy found
himself rapidly back on the table, laying flat on his back and dizzy from the
wild high speed ride. And he would soon not be alone as Tiny came running to
Dixie's side.
"Dixie! And you're always barking at me for my manners!" Tiny said.
"Bleh… sorry… it's just I felt the slightest trace of peanuts in my banana
juice." Dixie said.
"Huh? Peanuts?" Tiny said.
"Yeah! And you know I don't like peanuts too much!" Dixie said.
"Yeah, I know, but what peanuts? I don't see any." Tiny said as she looked all
over the table where the liquid was shot out from Dixie's mouth.
"Trust me… I know the taste of peanuts when I feel them!" Dixie said. Tiny still
thought Dixie was probably talking crazy, but she looked down on the table
again. This time, something caught Tiny's attention. She was looking down at
something speck-sized with faint traces of red and brown.
"Huh? I think I see something else aside from peanuts." Tiny said.
"What is it?" Dixie said as she watched Tiny lean in, giving Diddy a view of the
biggest eyeball he'd ever lay eyes on.
"DOWN HERE! DOWN HERE! DOWN HERE!!" Diddy shouted, trying to get Tiny's
attention.
"I don't know. It's way too small for me to make out." Tiny said.
"Probably just a bug that was flying around and somehow landed in my juice.
Maybe it's the same bug that bit one of your toes." Dixie said.
"I guess." Tiny said as she stood back up and folded her arms.
"Let's just squish it and move on!" Dixie said as she started to move a finger
towards the speck, sending Diddy into a panicked frenzy.
But luckily, Tiny came to his rescue.
"Whoa whoa! Slow down, sis! We could be dealing with a rare, never before seen
species of bug! Best keep it alive for now." Tiny said.
"Alright, but how can we see what it is?" Dixie said. Tiny immediately snapped
her fingers.
"Remind me what my name is, Dixie." Tiny said.
"Tiny Kong? Oh! I get it!" Dixie said.
"I'll shrink down so I can get a better view." Tiny said.
"Okay, but won't you need a camera first so you can take pictures?" Dixie asked.
"Let's worry about that later. For now, I just want to get a close up view of
what we're dealing with." Tiny said.
The micro-sized Diddy watched as the two ladies took their positions around
the table, with Dixie watching and waiting for her sister to…
"TINY!!!" Tiny shouted as she rapidly dwindled in size down to roughly 2-3
inches tall, but definitely small enough for Dixie to tower over her.
"So who's the taller sister again?" Dixie said.
"Alright, alright, quit joking! Just pick me up already!" Tiny said. Dixie
giggled and then got back to business… reaching down and scooping Tiny into her
hands. She set the shrunken Kong down on the table, who promptly ran towards the
speck. Diddy suddenly looked over and saw a much smaller Tiny approaching,
although she still towered well over him like she was almost 100 feet tall.
"Tiny! Thank goodness for your power to shrink!" Diddy shouted. And this time,
Tiny responded with a gasp. She got down on her knees and finally saw the much
smaller Diddy Kong.
"Diddy!?" Tiny shouted.
"Heh… that's my name. Don't wear it out." Diddy said with a smile, relieved that
he finally got someone's attention.
Dixie heard Tiny call out Diddy's name as well.
"Huh? Diddy? Where?" Dixie said.
"Um… Dixie. Diddy's down here." Tiny said.
"What!? Come on, Tiny! Don't be kidding around!" Dixie shouted.
"I'm not, I swear! Look in my hand!" Tiny said as she lowered a hand towards
Diddy, allowing the chimp to climb on. Once Diddy was onboard, Tiny stood back
up and held up a hand for Dixie to laser focus her vision on. It took a good bit
of squinting, but finally Dixie tracked down the shrunken Diddy.
"D-D-D-Diddy!?" Dixie shouted.
"Heh. Hi, Dixie." Diddy said (with Tiny passing on his words to her), watching
as Dixie sat back in shock.
"He's… he's so small." Dixie said.
"Heh, he sure is. Are you trying to steal my title or something?" Tiny asked.
"No no no, honest to goodness! There's a reason I've shrunken this small. Please
let me explain everything." Diddy said.
For the next couple minutes, Diddy told the story to both Tiny and Dixie of
how he shrunk that small.
"I see. You must've really angered that Banana Fairy for her to whip out a spell
like that." Tiny said.
"Never mind that! What were you thinking flying around in circles and blasting
randomly like that!?" Dixie shouted.
"Yeowch! Easy with the yelling, Dixie! I didn't mean to hurt any Banana Fairies!
Usually they're not flying around here!" Diddy said, with Tiny relaying his
words to Dixie.
"Hmph. Oh well. That's what I love about you, Diddy. I'd kiss you, but I don't
want to accidentally swallow you." Dixie said.
"Well… it's a little late for that considering you almost swallowed me with your
banana juice." Diddy said.
"Okay, okay. We can play the blame game later. Right now, how are we going to
get Diddy back to normal?" Dixie said.
"Sigh… I guess we'll be making a pit stop to Cranky's. I can't wait to see what
the 'mad scientist' will cook up." Diddy said. Instead of repeating Diddy's last
sentence, Tiny thought of something else.
"You know, if a Banana Fairy did this, maybe if I talk to the Banana Fairy
Queen, we can get her to help grow you back to normal, Diddy." Tiny said.
"Oh? There's a Banana Fairy Queen?" Dixie asked. Tiny nodded.
"I'm the only one who can shrink small enough to go inside Banana Fairy Island,
where the queen lives. Surely she can help us… she owes us after you, me, DK,
Chunky, and Lanky all helped rescue the Banana Fairies who got separated that
time K. Rool tried to blast our island to pieces." Tiny said.
"Hmmm… yeah. I remember that day. If only I didn't twist my ankle trying to
imitate Diddy's cartwheel… I could've helped out that day!" Dixie said.
"Anyway, you should wait here, Dixie, while I go to the island." Tiny said.
"No way! If the fairies prove uncooperative, you're going to need someone to
pound outside their doors to get them to restore my beloved Diddy!" Dixie said.
"That might not be a bad idea, actually. Dixie can get fiery eyed once in a
while." Diddy said.
"Okay, whatever you say. But where am I going to keep you so you don't go flying
away?" Tiny said.
That's when Dixie got up and ran towards one of the shelves. She reached up
and pulled down an empty jar which had a YOSHI 1 sticker taped to it.
"Tiny, will this help?" Dixie asked.
"Perfect! Pick me up so I can drop him in." Tiny said. With Dixie gently picking
up Tiny, she then dangled Diddy over the jar opening. Tiny gently dropped Diddy
inside, but he still felt the need to rub his behind.
"Sorry. I guess everything hurts when you're that small, right?" Tiny said, only
to see a quick nod from Diddy. After Dixie set Tiny back down on the table, Tiny
ran towards the edge of the table and jumped.
"BIG!" Tiny shouted as she sparkled and was immediately back to her normal size.
Then she turned around and gently picked up the jar that Diddy was riding
around.
"Okay, let's go. Just follow me." Tiny said as the two Kongs departed the
garage.
A short time later, after much walking and a short swim off DK Island, Tiny
and Dixie made it to Banana Fairy Island. A few fairies were flying around and
some of them took time to greet both girls.
"There's so many of them!" Dixie said.
"Yeah… actually more than when I last came here." Tiny said. She then set the
jar down gently on its side and opened up the lid.
"Well… wish me luck." Tiny said.
"Good luck!" Dixie said with the two ladies smiling at each other.
"TINY!" Tiny shouted as she shrunk back to 2-3 inches tall. She approached the
now big jar and called out to Diddy.
"Come on, Diddy!" Tiny said, watching as the micro-sized Kong ran as fast as he
could towards Tiny's flip flops. Once he was close enough, Tiny reached down and
scooped him up.
"Hey, not so hard!" Diddy shouted.
"Sorry, sorry. I've never held anyone smaller than smaller me!" Tiny said.
"Good point." Diddy said as the two went inside the now normal looking entrance
into Banana Fairy Island.
The Banana Fairy Queen was sitting back peacefully on her throne when she
looked at the entrance.
"Huh? Who goes there!?" the queen shouted.
"Your highness! Do you remember me? Tiny Kong?" Tiny said. The queen looked over
Tiny from top to bottom. She rapidly compared visions of the past when Tiny was
much younger (and smaller!) to today. The twin ponytails that made up Tiny's
hair were a dead giveaway.
"Oh? Tiny Kong! Wow… it's been so long. You've really grown up!" the queen said.
"Heh… relatively speaking! Please forgive me, your highness, but I'm afraid I
must cut to the chase." Tiny said.
"Oh? What troubles you, my friend?" the queen asked.
"Well, I'm sure you are familiar with my other Kong friends since they helped
rescue the Banana Fairies like I did." Tiny said.
"Yes?" the queen said.
"Well, look what one of them has done to my friend, Diddy." Tiny said as she
finally showed off the micro shrunken Diddy Kong. The queen had to get up from
her throne and lean in to get a closer look.
"Oh dear! That's quite a predicament your friend is in. I was worried Miarika
would do something like that someday." the queen said.
"Huh? Miarika?" Tiny said.
"The Banana Fairy who has the power to shrink things. I felt her using her power
for the wrong purpose earlier today." the queen said.
"Wow… you really do know everything that goes on with the Banana Fairies!" Tiny
said.
"Heh… I am the queen, after all. Isn't that right, Miarika?" the queen said.
She looked back at her throne, and coming out from behind it slowly was one
of the Banana Fairies. In fact, the same one that shrunk Diddy in the first
place.
"Y-y-y-yes, your majesty." Miarika said.
"Now go on. Apologize to Diddy for what you did." the queen said as the fairy
approached Diddy in Tiny's hands.
"I'm sorry, Diddy. I shouldn't have gotten angry with you like that AND use my
power so irresponsibly." Miarika said. Diddy could see the contrite look in her
eyes.
"It's cool. I'd probably flip out too if I were shot in the tail by peanuts."
Diddy said.
"You can restore my friend to his normal size, right?" Tiny asked.
"Of course, of course! Another blast will cancel the effects and restore him to
normal." Miarika said.
"Then let us not waste another second!" the queen said as she and Miarika flew
to the outside world, with Tiny and Diddy catching up from behind.
Dixie watched as the two fairies came flying out, and then Tiny, who gently
set Diddy down in the sand. Tiny backed away from Diddy to return to normal
herself.
"BIG!" Tiny said as she rapidly grew back to her normal size. Then she watched
Miarika do her thing, surrounding Diddy in a wave of golden sparkles once more
and leaving him unable to move. This time, instead of pinching her fingers
together, she spread her hands apart, and as she did so, Diddy grew and grew. It
took a few seconds, but Diddy was back to her normal size.
"Yay! Diddy!" Dixie shouted as she rushed towards Diddy and gave him the
happiest hug he would ever feel.
"Oooooof! I never thought I'd be so glad to be ape hugged by you!" Diddy said as
she hugged his girlfriend back. Tiny walked up to Diddy and patted him on the
cap on his head.
"It's good to have you back to normal, Diddy, and not the size of toejam." Tiny
said.
"Heh, yeah! I've definitely learned a lesson through all this and will never
take my size, or anyone else's, for granted!" Diddy said.
"Well then, now that all's well that ends well, it's time we retreated back
inside. Until next time, our friends!" the Banana Fairy Queen said until she and
Miarika, the Banana Fairy that started this whole mess, flew back inside while
other Banana Fairies continued to fly around happily.
Tiny, Dixie, and Diddy all smiled at each other until Diddy was the first to
break that silence.
"Come on. How about we all hang out in the treehouse until DK gets back?" Diddy
said.
"Sounds romantic to me!" Dixie said.
"Er… Dixie, almost everything we do is romantic." Diddy said, prompting a laugh
from all three Kongs before they all went jumping into the water to begin the
short swim back to Donkey Kong Island.
END