I don't know how this will turn out, it might become a shounen-ai. If you don't like it... don't attack me with boards, and I love flames! (Lights match just to watch it burn) Oh, and just so you know, I'm a PYROMANIAC! Ahahahahaha…ha…ha…haha… erm… right…
Silence
Psst, Ardath, that's your queue
Ardath: Oh, it is?
Roy: Why do I get the feeling you're an idiot?
Ardath: glares, draws sword...
Roy: Eep!
Marth: Roy, you are the idiot. You should never insult a lovely lady! Sweeps Aru up in his arms
Ardath: What about me? cries
Marth: I'm sorry Milady. puts Aru down, kisses Ardath on the hand
Roy: twitches, slowly backs away
Okay, on to the story then!
Roy: Wait! Aru doesn't own anything but her ideas, Ardath, Aru, her computer... and she really wishes she owned me and Marth.
Or just the games you guys are in. But they haven't been released the the Cursed country known sadly as the United States.
Ardath, Roy, Marth, Me: On to the Story! charges at computer
Chapter One: Marth, Prince of Altea
"Link! Link!"
Link slept on, his dreams showing Zelda yelling his name. But her voice was more like a boys' voice, if a bit younger…
"LINK! GET YOUR LAZY BUTT OUT OF BED!" Link sat straight up, his eyes wide as saucers. His eyes flew to the door, which was emanating a rather annoying banging.
"Alright, alright, I'm up…" Link stretched his arms above his head with a yawn.
"Link, you have five minutes before the new Smasher is introduced!" came Young Link's voice. "You'd better hurry, or Zelda and Peach will have your head."
Link jump out of bed, grabbing his clothes in a rush. He didn't want to be late for the introductions!
Link hurried into the main hall, where everyone ate or meetings were held. Excited whispers were all around him as the other smashers awaited the new addition to their ranks. Those who weren't whispering excitedly were usually the ex-villains, such as Gannondorf, Bowser, or Mewtwo. Then there was Samus Aran who wasn't a talker at all.
"Hey! Link! Over here!" came a high-pitched girl's voice. He turned and saw his friend Zelda, along with his younger counterpart, Young Link. Next to Zelda sat Peach, and next to her, Mario. Mario wasn't exactly a friend of Link's, but they got together just fine. Link grinned, then hurried over and sat down at his place, his breakfast already there and getting cold.
Just as Link was finishing his breakfast, the hall went silent. Standing on the stage near the front of the hall was Master Hand, the master of the Smash Mansion. Behind him was a twitching hand; that was Crazy Hand, Master Hand's brother. Next to Master Hand was a young man. He had dark blue hair and dark blue eyes with navy colored armor and cape. On his head was a golden tiara. At his side was a long sword. Link's eyes lit up. So far, he was the only Swordsman, seeing as Young Link was himself and younger. He would finally have someone to have a sword fight with!
"Well, it seems I didn't need to get your attention now, did I?" Master Hand spook with his deep booming voice. (A/N I always imagined him with a deep voice) "Anyways, it's time to introduce our newest member. This is Marth, Prince of Altea. Marth, welcome to the Super Smash Brothers Mansion."
Marth smiled serenely, almost feminine like. "Thank you, sir. I'm honored." He bowed to Master Hand.
Master Hand turned back to the audience. His gaze swept over the Smashers, when he stopped and lingered on Link. "Link, please approach the stage.
Link felt honored. He had been asked to do the same when Zelda had joined the Smashers. He stood and marched up to the stage, jumping nimbly onto it as if it were only an inch high off the ground rather than three feet.
"Link, would you be so kind to help Marth out for the first few days?" Master Hand asked him as the audience started to chat again, this time with more excitement.
"Sure, it would be a pleasure." Link grinned at Marth. Marth nodded back. "Hello, I'm Link, Hero of Time."
"And I'm Marth, EX-prince of Altea." Marth put emphasis on the "Ex". Link only nodded.
"Here, have you had breakfast yet?" Link led the way off stage, back towards his group, who waited eagerly.
"Yes, I have. It was rather good too. Master Hand said someone named "Peach" cooked it." Marth answered thoughtfully.
"Ah, Peach. You'll meet her here in a moment." Link winked at the blue haired warrior. Marth smiled back.
They finally arrived at the table, having stopped several times as Smashers introduced themselves to Marth, who in return, introduced himself. Link had waited patiently each time, but his friends were looking more and more impatient. But finally, they would have to wait no longer.
"Hi there." Marth gave a small wave, sitting down next to Link.
"Hello! I'm Peach!" Peach squeaked.
"It's-a me, Mario!" Mario gave Marth his signature peace sign.
"I'm Zelda." Zelda nodded to Marth. In a poof, in Zelda's place was a man with a half covered face. "And I'm Zelda's counterpart, Sheik." Sheik's blood red eyes gleamed.
"And I'm Young Link! I'm Link when he was younger!" Young Link jumped in his seat excitedly.
"It's nice to meet you all. And thank you for breakfast, Peach." Marth smiled. Peach smiled a dazzling smile at him, her bright white teeth seemingly glowing.
Breakfast was done quickly, and the crowd dispersed to find something to do, since there wasn't a tournament going on. Link led Marth into the hall.
"Well, I guess we'll start with a tour of the building. First, let's find your room…"
Link led the way to the stairs. "Here's the stairs leading to the upstairs where the bedrooms are, and the third floor where the Melee Battles are held. On the first floor are the library, the main hall, the training room, the trophy room, and several common rooms. There's also an elevator down the hall…"
"Hey Link. What's an elevator?" Marth asked.
"Oh, I forgot that you're from a medieval era. An elevator is sort of like… a… um…" Link thought for a moment. "Well, it will take you to any level of the Mansion you want, including the basement, though there isn't really any reason to go into the basement. I prefer the stairs, for the elevator gives your stomach a weird feeling."
"Oh, okay. I get it…" Marth nodded.
"We'll have Mewtwo or Ness input how to use the advanced technology later." (A/N cuz I'm too lazy to type out how Marth learns how to use modern technology! . ;)
Marth only raised his eye at this, but didn't comment. The two swordsmen took their lovely time going to the second level. From there, they started down the hall, looking at the names on the doors. Each name block was decorated by who ever the name belonged to. Link's block with his name was decorated with several swords, arrows, bows, plants, and the Tri force symbol. Peach's block was decorated with lots and lots of flowers. Young Link's block was decorated similar to Link's block, but it looked more childish than the smooth graceful decorations of his older counterpart. Zelda's room had two blocks on it. One was Zelda's, the other Sheik's. Sheik's was rather plain, with several weapons, and most of the sign was black, while Zelda's was covered with elegant plant designs.
Marth's room was between Samus's room and an empty room. His block was plain, still not decorated. "Once you get settled in, you can decorate your name sign. If you need help with it, just ask Samus, or me, or anyone. But I warn you to stay away from Bowser or Gannondorf. Mewtwo or Falco probably won't be much help either. Here, lets see how your room turned out.
The room had been prepared in advance for the Prince. The walls were a navy blue with gold trim along the corners. At the end of the room, there were a couple of windows and a sliding glass door that led to a balcony. Only a few of the rooms had balconies, and Marth was lucky enough to get one. Link hadn't gotten one, so he often used Zelda and Sheik's balcony when he wanted to stand outside, with their permission, of course. There were two beds in the room, one with blue blankets, and the other with gold. Each room had two beds, for what reason, no one knew. The second bed was commonly used as a place to sleep during a sleep over. Others used it to put their stuff. Some had put the extra bed in the basement, while some just left theirs alone.
In a corner of the room there was a mahogany desk with quill pens and scrolls. Near the door was a closet, and next to the closet was a bathroom. There were shelves in several places in the room, each one empty.
Marth's stuff was already sitting on the blue bed. Marth went into the bathroom. Link turned away, thinking he was going to use the bathroom, when another question arose from the Prince. "What's this?" Marth was pointing at the toilet. "And that, and that?" he pointed at the sink, and the bath tub/shower.
"Those are a toilet, a shower, and a sink. The toilet is where you, um, do your business, the sink is where you wash your hands and brush your teeth, and the shower is where you wash."
"Oh." Marth gave the bathroom one last look before walking out. "Well, I'll unpack in a while. First, why don't you show me around?"
"Right." Link turned and led the way back to the stairs. "You can tell whose room is whose, for their names are on the door. The upstairs will have to wait until you met with one of the psychics, for there's too much advanced stuff up there. You know what, let's go see Ness right now. It's going to be a pain in the rear to try and show you around." Link told Marth.
"I feel stupid, seeing as I don't know a lot of this stuff like everyone else." Marth mumbled darkly.
Link laughed. "Naw, it took me a while to figure everything out, even with Ness's help! And you seem to be learning a lot faster than I did."
"Oh, I feel better now." Marth laughed. He followed Link down the hallway until they reached Ness's room. Link knocked. "Ness! Are you there? We need you to teach Marth advanced technology." Link called to the door.
The door opened to nobody. Looking down, Link and Marth spotted Ness, looking at them. "I still don't see why you call it 'Advanced Technology.' It's all modern technology." Ness growled at Link. It wasn't a growl of dislike, rather a friendly playful growl.
"Not for me." Link returned. "Its all still advanced for me."
Ness chuckled, then turned to Marth. "Ah, the newest member of the Smashers. Marth, Ex-prince of Altea, banished from his kingdom by the enemy who gained control of the throne. Welcome."
Marth's eyes bulged. "How did you know that? I haven't even told Master Hand!" Marth sounded amazed.
"I'm psychic. I can read minds. Anyways, come in. Ness pushed the door back, revealing his room. To a modern day person, this room looked like any seven-year-old boy's room. The ceiling was decorated with stars, there were alien action figures on the shelves, and the wall was a bright orange. In one corner, there was a home run bat, and several baseball flags were posted on the wall. Marth and Link sat down on some chairs that Ness kept in his room for this kind of occasion.
"So, Marth, I'm Ness. And I'm going to insert into your head the information needed to survive in this mansion, included and not limited to flushing toilets, turning on lights, working a faucet, using a TV, etc etc…" Ness looked to Marth to see if he was following. Marth looked a bit lost, but he nodded nonetheless.
"Now, the transfer may feel a bit weird, but it won't feel like it for long. And soon, you'll be like Link here, trying to figure out how a light bulb works by flipping a switch." Ness then reached out and touched Marth's head.
Marth cringed as the transfer began. At one point, his eye began to twitch, which led to Link and Ness trying not to laugh. But after a silent moment, Ness pulled his hand away.
"How do you feel, Marth?" Ness asked.
"I feel like I just got hit in the head with a sling stone." Marth raised his hand to his head. "But it seems to be going away."
"A sling stone, eh? Well, do you feel any smarter? Not that you weren't already smart… And like I said, the feeling won't last long." Ness went into his closet, and soon came back with remote control for a little TV tucked away in the closet. The TV was now in plain sight.
"Here, turn the TV on." Ness gave Marth the remote. Marth scrutinized it for a moment, then held it out, pressing a big red button that said "POWER."
The TV came on with a pop, and a baseball game came into view. Ness's eyes bulged. "Oh my god, I'm missing a game! Okay, you've pasted the test, go ahead and leave anytime you want!" Ness tore the controller from Marth's grip and turned up the volume. Marth gave Ness a confused look for a moment, then stood.
"Well, lets leave Ness to his 'game'." Marth whispered to Link before heading for the door. Link followed silently.
Back in the hall, the two swordsmen headed downstairs. They came to the training room first.
"This is the training room. Everyone comes here to train for tournaments or to just get stronger." Link explained.
Marth looked around. Captain Falcon was already in the room, beating the sand out of the punching bag. In a corner, Luigi and Yoshi were doing a bit of friendly sparring. Marth watched them for a moment, before turning back to Link. "Okay, where to next?"
"Follow me." Link started down the hall again, Marth on his heels. They came to the door way to the Main Hall. "This is the Main Hall, where meetings are held and where everyone eats their meals, unless they feel like going somewhere else." Link explained.
Marth stared at the hall a moment, then nodded. Link then started to one of the common rooms. "There are several common rooms through out the first floor. Some are used for parties, for relaxing, for doing… whatever. Besides training." Link stopped at the door way to one. Samus was in this one, polishing her cannon. She paused momentarily to look at the two in the doorway before she went back to polishing.
"Next is the library, where we go to read. Well, some of us. That doesn't include me." Link pointed out stiffly. "I've never been much of one to read."
Marth smiled knowingly. The two swordsmen trudged down the hall, when Marth stopped. "Hey Link."
"Yeah Marth?" Link stopped and turned to see Marth looking a bit confused.
"Well, if Ness or this Mewtwo fellow could just put information into my head, why didn't Ness put the information about this building into my head? It would be easier than showing me around."
Link smiled, remembering how he had asked Peach, who had shown him around, and later when Zelda had asked him. It must be the question all new smashers asked. "You know, when I first came here, I asked the same thing. Peach only smiled at me, and didn't answer. I soon found out for myself why she didn't answer. Now its up to you to figure it out."
Marth gave Link a pout face. "Aww, that's not fair."
"Yes it is." Link grinned back. He then skipped into the library. In here was Mewtwo. Of the twenty-five smashers, Mewtwo was one of the few who actually used the library. The other regular users were Peach, Zelda, Ness, Samus, Fox, and Falco. "That's Mewtwo." Link whispered to Marth as he arrived in the doorway. Marth nodded in acknowledgment.
The two swordsmen continued throughout the mansion, taking their sweet time exploring the rooms. By the time they finally finished the tour it was nearly dinnertime. Link had Marth lead the way to the Main Hall to test his memory. After several miss turns, the two swordsmen finally got to the Main Hall, their stomachs growling rather audibly.
"Hey Link, Marth, over here!" Zelda called, putting emphasis on the 'here'. She waved at them rather dramatically.
The two sat down, Link next to Zelda, and Marth between Link and Young Link. "So, how were your adventures around the Mansion?" Peach asked sweetly.
"It was great! There was so much new and interesting things here I wouldn't have even dreamed of seeing back in Altea!" Marth grinned.
"And I rediscovered most of the downstairs. I still have to show Marth the Trophy Room." Link winked at Zelda. Zelda rolled her eyes with a wide smile.
"I think I'd like to accompany you on your final trip. Then it will have to be off to your room to unpack. The tournament won't be held until we get two more new smashers, so you'll have plenty of time to train." Peach explained.
"I will accompany you too." Zelda smiled. She suddenly turned to her alter ego.
"I'll be there anyways." Sheik shrugged indifferently before switching back to Zelda.
"I will-a come too." Mario offered.
"Well, it seems we're going to have a whole army of people coming." Marth grinned some more, looking a little bit overwhelmed.
The visit to the Trophy Room turned out uneventful. The crowd dispersed to their rooms, getting ready for bed. Link escorted Marth to his room.
"Well, Good night, Marth." Link waved.
"Night Link!" Marth waved back before disappearing into his new room. Link smiled, then disappeared into his own room for a well deserved sleep.
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