Aboard the Halberd (Meta Knight X female reader)

Chapter I- Crossing paths

We start our story in the woods, with sweet (Y/n) merrily prancing through. The sun's rays beat down to earth as our protagonist hummed a gentle melody to themself. Holding a basket in her hand, (Y/n) plopped berries inside of it after she had inspected them thoroughly. "Today is such a lovely day.." she softly whispered to herself, a smile broadening upon her face.
Suddenly, a massive shadow covered the woods, coating it in darkness. When she looked up, she saw a large battleship falling at a dramatic pace. Eventually, the ship fell from the sky and scraped itself again the ground of a neighboring field.
"Oh God! Someone must be on there!" She worriedly gasped to herself, as she sprinted towards the crash site of the mysterious ship.
Up close, it was even larger than she had expected but that wasn't what she should be worrying about. Desperately, she called out to anyone who was aboard the ship. "Hello? Is anyone on the ship? Do you need any help? If so, tell me how I can help you, please.."
Desperately, some else called out in agony. The voice had a spanish-sounding accent to it and wasn't too far away. Clambering up the side of the ship,(Y/n) made her way onto the main deck to scavenge for the person who seemed help. Eventually, she found someone who looked rather injured. They were laid on their front, unable to move, with their batwings stained with blood. "Oh my gosh, are you okay? What happened?" (Y/n) continued bombarding the stranger with questions. Holding him on her lap, she started to wipe away the blood and clean his wounds for him. "You poor thing.." she cooed. "Are you the only one on the ship?"
"Yes..my crew is not here with me.." he groaned in pain.
The young girl knelt with him on her knees, aiding his every injury. Once she sorted everything out, he let her in on what had happened. "I must get back out to space to fight Galacta Knight, before he continues destroying the planets that neighbour Popstar."
Nervously, she pointed out the damages on his ship and showed it could take a while before the Halberd was up and running again.
"This is truly terrible news.. how long could it take before it is fully restored to its former state?" He questioned her.
Shrugging, she made it evident that she didn't know. "I'm not sure, I haven't seen the internal damages such as the damage dealt to the engines. Of the engines are also damaged then it will extend the amount of time by a few weeks, possibly." (Y/n) regretfully told him.
"Dios Mio, I'm restrained to this planet until the Halberd is ready to fly again." He muttered under his breath,"Well, it looks as if I'm damned because I flew here independently. I did not expect Galacta Knight to attack that savagely.."
Sighing, he tried to calm himself down. "If you can assist me then I'll be able to leave much faster. I doubt you'll want to, but if you do it will be much help.
Don't feel forced, only help me if you desire to." He told her.
Sympathetically, she agreed to help him with fixing his ship. Though it took months, he enjoyed her company almost as much as she enjoyed his. Many conversations happened in the weeks of hard labour that it took them to rebuild the broken parts of the Halberd. Admittedly, (Y/n) loved hearing the stories the warrior had to share; from small moments in Cappy Town to memorable moments like when they had defeated Wolfwrath. The newfound acquaintance shared many interesting facts, telling her that he was a Star Warrior who served in the Intergalactic War with NME. Things got a bit sentimental when he shared his memories of his old friends who all perished at the hands of Nightmare. "What happened with Jecra? You said he was a close friend of yours but never said how he passed.." (Y/n) said, a spark of interest in her eye.
"Jecra was possessed and we had to slay him ourselves..it was a treacherous objective and his final cries still haunt me to this day.." he shared, admitting he still thought about his old ally.
"I'm...so sorry..I never even knew about that war and I guess it was traumatizing.." (Y/n) apologised, her voice trailing off. "We never learned about that in school, all we learned about was World War 1 and World War 2. Not as big of important as the war you were on about."
"I'd like to hear a bit about Earth's history, actually." The masked soldier told her, intregued that they'd had 2 wars.
With a slight groan, she told him it was nothing too exciting, just humans being power hungry and self-centred as usual. "It's surprising what a human can do when they have an entire military at their disposal." She smirked, drilling at a board of wood. "Wait, this entire time we've not introduced ourselves..how rude of me! My name is (Y/n)." She introduced.
Looking across at her, he revealed his identity,"My name is Meta Knight, Veteran Star Warrior, Mentor and Head Knight." He greeted.
"Wait, Head Knight where?" (Y/n) said, confused.
"On a planet called Popstar, there is a King that I work for named King Dedede. As despicable and diabolical of a dictator he is, he's more of a joke than he realizes and hardly anybody takes him seriously." He informed her.
The two got their heads down and continued with their hard work. Before they knew it, the Halberd was fixed and looking better than it ever had. "Thank Nova that Kirby didn't sink it this time. Dios Mio, the amount of times he has sunk my ship is insultingly pathetic." He complained, getting (Y/n) to give him an awkward stare.
"Actually, can I come with you? I would love to tag along and help you maintain your ship. I know a fair bit about naval vessels myself, along with a fair bit of knowledge of aerial vehicles." (Y/n) proudly boasted, hoping it would be enough to win him over.
"I do have a small band of maids aboard the ship, I guess I could make room for another if you're comfortable with that role?" He offered, to (Y/n)'s delight.
Without a second thought or a doubt, (Y/n) graciously accepting his offer and a deal was made.