Railway of Dreams

"A timeline of locomotives, roadways, and companions building dreams, smiles and connections in the Dream Friendship Express."

Railway of Dreams is a Kirby AU, created on 27th February 2021. This AU is a modification to the canon inspired by the Friend Train. Instead of having Popstar as a planet, Popstar itself is a intergalactic train station, connecting planets together. The Kirby of this timeline (nicknamed Rail) is currently the holder of the Dream Friendship Express, the magical yet legendary ancient locomotive train that was created by the founder of the station, Popopo - who is also the head of the station.

The Verse Code of this timeline references Friend Train (hence 'FT '), Twinkle ☆ Traveler (a track used for friend abilities section, including the Friend Train) 's track number in KSA (39), while PIS is actually an abbreviation of Popstar Intergalactic Station, where the AU itself focuses on.

Canon History
All events of the mainline games happens in this timeline, with modifications, while the anime is NOT canon.

The Birth of the Popstar Intergalactic Station
Popopo was born on Mekkai in a family of magical artificers. His childhood was mostly peaceful, but at the time he notices how hard it was for people to travel from planets to planets unless they have the magic required to do so. He also felt bored of the scenery of Mekkai, and wanted to search other planets and visit them.

One day, he met Morpho, a knight wanting to be an explorer through the universe. From him, he was introduced into his group, including Galacta and Meta, both also ecstatic about being travelers. Eventually, the four devices a way for people to travel throughout the universe - a train created by the perfect blend of technology and magic at the time. This train will later be the Dream Friendship Express.

It took them 25 years to successfully build the train, leave Mekkai, and explore the world. Later, they find an abandoned floating island, which they all theorize was leftovers of a destroyed planet. However, it became just the right place for them to stay, as most of them are still intact. Eventually they rested there and it took them a few weeks out of boredom to make Popopo express about the intergalactic travel problem and how this 'island' could help their needs. Eventually, after recruiting even more people in their cause, they managed to build a giant intergalactic station. They named it the Popstar Intergalactic Station.

Years flew by and Popopo finally has a family on his own, marrying Morpho. Together they begin the line of the Chonosora family, who supposedly ended up taking charge of the station for generations to come. However, this peaceful marriage didn't last long, as a great accident caused the entire universe to be in danger. This was nicknamed the Great Catastrophe Incident, where a rumored cult began to attempt destroying the whole universe. The main four gets dragged into the mess and ends up forging a legendary artifact to seal the cult to the ends of the universe, but Galacta and Morpho disappeared after they defeated the cult's leader.

Years then fly by, and eventually Popopo has a son which later married someone from another family. Together, the two beared Kirby Chonosora, but the two ends up disappearing as well. Popopo disclosed about what happened to the two, and ends up raising Kirby himself with Meta.

Dedede joined the station staff shortly after, as the head of the staff members.

First Steps of Kirby Chonosora (KDL and KA)
Kirby eventually entered his younger years and began to take interest in Popopo's jobs. Unfortunately for Dedede, Kirby tends to mess up a lot, which to him would create lots of implications in Popopo's jobs (even if the latter says it's not a big deal). At that time, Kirby was very pure and perhaps even spoiled, which makes him mostly not knowing what he does and both Meta and Dedede had to team up to watch over him. However it eventually derails into Dedede and Kirby fighting each other over a short scuffle, causing Popopo to be the one stopping them. He bans both Dedede and Kirby off the jobs for a while thanks to this.

Later on, a month later, Nightmare appears. No one knows what was going on AND how did he get into the station, but he managed to attack the Fountain of Dreams, as in one of the main sources of magic made by Galacta back then. Dedede, despite being banned by the jobs, ends up protecting it, then he broke the Star Rod, aka the emergency weapon there, and secretly slips them to other staffs and locations, including the Whispy Woods located in Green Greens. However, there's only one person that he actually DID tell: Meta. Dedede even gave one of the Star Rod pieces to the elder, entrusting it to him.

Kirby, who had no idea what happened with the fountain, realizes the Star Rod is missing. He ends up getting all the pieces back with many ways, including begging, challenging the staff, etc. This includes challenging Meta. However, Kirby proven his worth in front of Meta himself, who eventually grants him the Star Rod piece, believing he can fight on his own... Though he subjected him to training. Later after arguing with Dedede, Kirby went out with all the pieces, reforming the Star Rod, and use it to defeat Nightmare. For his actions, Popopo releases the ban away from Kirby and Dedede, and granted both of them access to the Dream Friendship Express... Under Meta's supervision. Kirby was also tasked as the conductor of the train after Popopo challenges him to take on his mantle, granting him the Conductor Ability (though since copy abilities don't really exist, Kirby simply gained a hat that grants him the 'ability').

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Conductor Ability
A special 'ability' created by Popopo in form of a hat. In other timelines, this is basically grants the user the properties of a Friend Train.

The ability enables the user to:


 * Defy gravity and walk on walls.
 * It's unknown why Popopo added this. His answer was that it's for fun, and lets whoever uses it to be able to travel faster inside the express.
 * Charge up and then dash out very quickly, rapidly moving their feet as they go.
 * Again, this one is added 'for fun'. Or more like Popopo wanting the user to be able to travel through the express quickly.
 * Gives full access to the train, literally making the control deck accessible. If someone tries to come into the control deck without the hat or without any of that hat's users, then they will be ejected out from that room. That's why the ability is named Conductor in the first place.
 * It also what empowers the train to go off the rails and use magic to travel around instead.