Terra/Backstory

It all started back in Nightmare’s base of operations. Nightmare wished to create an android demon beast that was hard-wired to do his every bidding…and not turn on him. The story of Terra's existence begins as Nightmare nears completion of the project. Development was finished; Spur was nearly complete. The world of Pop Star was soon to fall under the android's tremendous power...

Meta Knight caught wind of the project shortly after it began, however, and took Kirby in the Halberd to head off to Nightmare’s base and sabotage the entire project, before the android was let loose. He was able to sneak into the base with ease, but was spotted easily while making his way through the base with Kirby. A large fight ensued, obviously drawing the attention of Nightmare. Infuriated, he activated Project DeathBringer, otherwise known as Spur, prematurely (3 days).

Spur quickly engaged both Star Warriors, and defeated them effortlessly, overwhelming them with a power that, many say, has not been matched to date. However, they escape, leaving Nightmare supposedly successful. However, as Spur was to be deactivated for the finishing touches, he revolted, leaving the base in near shambles, but also losing consciousness just before finally escaping it.

Meta Knight was still commandeering the ship around the base, when it suddenly bursts into a rather large explosion, which did not quite take the whole base, but did noticeable damage, even from the outside. Of course, he took the ship closer once again, to inspect the damages, when he found a strange green person, who seemed to have a slight likeness to Spur, the one who left them in near-death condition. Noticing the person’s lack of consciousness, Meta Knight takes him into the ship. Upon slight inspection, he’s nothing more than slightly scathed. He places the unnamed person on an infirmary bed, and autopilots the Halberd back to Pop Star.

A few days pass on the way back, and the strange person begins to stir in his unconscious, moving ever so slightly, and fighting to wake up. Meta Knight places a single hand on the grip of his Galaxia, ready to unsheathe it and strike at any given moment. However, when he does end up awakening, he does so gently, and with no idea of even his own name. Upon realization that the person was no longer a threat, Meta Knight introduced himself, as well as Kirby, and allowed him to rest for a while before returning to him again. However, even then, he still had no remembrance of a name.

Without a second thought, Meta Knight gave him the name of Terra, symbolic to the saying 'down to earth'. The person happily accepts the name without question, having nothing else to turn to. He jumps off the bed and faces the two Star Warriors in front of him, rather confused. He has slight memory, but it does not assist him with understanding his current predicament. With Meta Knight unable to confirm any threat from his actions, he decides to let Terra stay with them as they head back to Pop Star. On the way, Kirby, currently unable to speak, took a significant interest in the newcomer, and for the few days before landing onto Pop Star, the two were together, more often than not against Terra's will.

The Halberd lands by the outskirts of Dreamland, and the two Star Warriors escort Terra out to its green pasture, with the town out in the distance. He is oriented to it, and is given a quick tour of the surrounding area. However, it was clear that Nightmare was after the green person, as he immediately sent out one of his demon beasts, Masher, after him. The three were able to take the demon beast out, but this immediate attack alarmed Meta Knight's suspicion of Terra.

The days passed, and Terra started to act more strange, starting to consistently fight back against anyone who so much as made eye-contact, including Kirby, who he resided with. Eventually, he became more violent, to the point where Meta Knight had to isolate him, away from anyone else, in a small room inside the Halberd. It was here where Terra began exhibiting an awkward behavior, one that the two Star Warriors feared greatly; he was exhibiting the behavior of the very demon beast they were nearly killed by only weeks before.

The bursting suspicions were confirmed when Kirby walked into his line of sight, unaware of Terra's presence. The now-suspected demon beast's eyes gleamed a blood red, and Meta Knight ran into the room, finally understanding what was up. Somehow, Terra was Spur, having been concealed this whole time. The strange person soon exemplified this as his color changed to the darkest of black, and his eyes were a dark crimson. Kirby finally turned his head to see Spur, who was clearly more than happy to see the two right in front of him, staring straight at him in reserved fear...

Spur wasted no time attacking, but noticed hesitations in his moves, and a lacking strength in comparison to before. He was taking care of the two regardless, but was being harmed by the two Star Warriors significantly. After a long-fought battle, Spur finally stopped completely, and simply fell unconscious, with Terra's self regaining the person's consciousness. And surprisingly, he came to, generally unaware of what had happened, or where he was. Of course, Meta Knight wasn't buying it, having just experienced what had happened. For one of very few times, the great swordsman completely snapped, holding Terra up and pushing him against the wall, his eyes gleaming a bright red as he continuously questioned Terra's integrity with his lack of knowledge, until he finally broke down and began to cry in front of the knight. Meta Knight, finally coming back to his senses, let Terra go and quickly walked out of the room, leaving him crying, with Kirby still in the room with him. Kirby, who was still smiling innocently, simply walked over and hugged the unaware Terra, completely ignoring what had just happened. Even though Terra was still in shambles, he hugged Kirby back, understanding that at least someone wanted him here. ...Even if he was still annoyingly persistent.

The next few weeks were filled with dissent towards Meta Knight, and frequent trips inside the nearby Whispy Woods, often alongside Kirby, who he starts to warm up to relatively quickly. They continued to stick together, even after Terra's dissent was finally resolved (when he finally came to realize that Meta Knight truly does care for him). Finally, after a couple more weeks, Terra finally began to train with the knight himself, quickly picking up swordplay through the training. Soon enough, he was given an old, worn sword that he began carrying everywhere, in the case of an ambush or any other unexpected confrontation. Still a rather inept fighter, he was at least able to hold his own slightly against another enemy. It was clear he was still far from being able to go off and be trusted to protect himself, but Meta Knight knew he had at least gotten a start. Over the next few weeks, Terra was finally told about what had happened that day that he had lost control, and it was explained that he was actually a demon beast by the name of Spur, but he was clearly still not ready. He burst off in a sprint, running away from the two. He had believed that they had told him that, because they had come to the conclusion that the only way to keep this from happening again was to kill him. This wasn't further from the truth, but by the time Meta Knight started giving chase, he lost him.

Terra, himself, ended up running into the western forest, a notorious place, known as the No-Return Maze. Although that’s quite the exaggeration, running blindly through the forest maze will certainly make you very lost, and that's exactly what Terra did.