Hello everybody! Gramofblack Speaking, and I want to present to you my first Super Smash Bros. Fanfic, Super Smash Bros GX (Generation Next). This is going to be a story that will span quite a few chapters detailing the smasher's journey through an unknown world. So without further a-do, let's begin!
"Hey, I think he is waking up…" A meek voice said across the room.
"Oh, really? I wanna greet him! He looks friendly enough!" Another, rather feminine voice replied.
These were the first words that rung into Mario's ears after being out of it for a long time. As he opened his eyes, he saw that he was in a house of sorts, staring straight at the ceiling. As he looked to his left, he then saw two people staring at him, a Toad with purple spots on his head, who was sitting in a chair, and a human woman who had a tray of teacups and a teapot.
"Oooghh… where am I…" The plumber groggily uttered, as he scratched his head. As he scratched his head, he realized something was off, other than the fact that he was in a strange place when he awakened.
"Ahhh! My hat's gone!" Mario then shouted in a panic. After he looked around the couch to see if he dropped it somewhere while unconscious, the Toad then spoke up.
"Oh, you are looking for your hat? That red one? I hung it over there on the coat rack." He reassured. Without thinking, Mario rushed over to find the coatrack, and after walking into the kitchen, and back into the living room he awakened in, he found the coat rack near the door of the house. Mario then jumped up and grabbed it, and put it on in a flash.
"Eh, sorry I took it off. I needed to check your head and make sure you did not get a concussion or something…" The toad said.
"But wait!" Mario then scratched his head. "How did I get here?"
"Oh, you were... unconscious. We found you unconscious in front of our house when we were walking back home. You looked really out of it, so we thought you were sick or something." The toad then replied.
"Sweetie, shouldn't we introduce ourselves?" The human woman then asked of the Toad.
"Oh, right, how rude of me! The name's Barthy!" The Toad introduced to Mario.
"And I am Eldeen. Pleased to meet you. What's yours?" The woman then followed up with.
Despite being very confused as to where he is, and just what setting he was in, he thought he might as well let them know who he is. He cleared his throat, and then said…
"It's-a me! Mario!" Mario exclaimed.
The Toad and woman were thinking for a moment, then it suddenly hit them as to who they just rescued…
"Wait, you said you were Mario? Why, that's a fine name! Were you named after that hero I heard from these story books?" Barthy asked, as he poured himself some tea from the tea pot.
"Uh, sorry sir, but I am that Mario. THE Mario." Mario then replied. He then thought he had to prove it some way, and what better way than to jump? He then rushed to a clear spot in the room that could support his massive jump. "Alright, watch this, I'll show you I am Mario!"
Mario then got himself into a position and jumped as high as he could. He was liable to smack his head on the ceiling of the room, but missed it by a inch. He then landed on his feet on their carpet with a thud going through the house. "How's that?"
Barthy and Eldeen were then truly shocked at what they saw. None of them, or anybody they knew could jump that high... but then again, they still then thought that he was just really gifted at jumping, which did not give them too much of a thought that this is actually the same Mario.
"Well, that was rather impressive. Where did you learn to jump like that, I wonder?" Eldeen asked.
Mario then just sighed. He knew then that he probably was not going to convince these two that he was Mario, so he just gave up on the attempt to convince them otherwise.
"So... I never did ask, but where am I?" Mario then asked.
"Ah, you don't know where you are? Well, you are in the Port town of Lale! If you want, I can show you around!" Barthy then said, as he sipped some tea that he poured. Mario then just shook his head to Barthy, knowing what he must do.
"Sorry, but I gotta hurry. I gotta find my friends!" Mario then replied.
"Well, sorry you had to go so soon, we'll be here if you need us again!" Eldeen then said to Mario, with a slight bit of disappointment in her voice. Mario then went towards the front door in the house and then opened the door to exit.
What Mario saw just outside was an interesting sight. Aside from the expected Humans and Toads, there were several different looking people in this town. He honestly could not recognize them all, due to his unfamiliarity, but there were a few he could distinctively remember due to his fellow smashers telling him about them. There were Gorons, Koopa's, and even some people who looked like animals that stood on two legs too, much like the other people around here. The area itself seemed to be a rather old Port town with a distinctive pinch of salt air in the... well, air. Mario was confused as to exactly where he should start, as the town looked rather big, so he thought he should look for a place that could point him in the right direction.
"Mama-Mia, this place is huge..." Mario said, while looking a a large dome shaped building to his left, which led him to not paying attention, and lead to him running into a rather large object.
"Hey pal, be careful!" A deep voice uttered.
"Ohh... sorry!" Mario then said, as he looked straight ahead, to see that he bumped into a Goron carrying a rather large box of wood. Mario then pretty much admitted he was lost, so he thought to ask the Goron a question. "Uh, sorry to bother you, sir, but do you know where I could find a place to... erm... find other people?"
"Oh, a place to find other people? Well, you could try the pub. It's not far, just keep going straight from where you are right now." The Goron then told Mario, as he bid him farewell and kept moving ahead to presumably deliver his wood. Mario then heeded his directions and kept going forward.
As he then went forward he then saw a building with a sign hanging down, that simply said 'Lale Official Pub'. Mario then knew this was the place and went in. "Phew, it sure is crowded in here." Mario thought to himself as he went in, which was not necessarily true, as there was quite a few open seats in the place, with the main bar even being completely free to sit at. He then went towards the bar, jumped up to a stool and sat, which caused the barkeep, a rather tall, long-eared man to see to him.
"So, whatchu in the mood for?" The barkeep asked.
"Do you happen to know somebody I am looking for?" Mario replied.
"I... know several people. Whatcha looking for?" The barkeen then said.
"It's... hang on a minute..." Mario then thought for a moment. "Have you... seen somebody in green clothes and a green hat?"
"Sure have. But tell me, is he a Hylian?" He then asked. Mario was expecting the barkeep to say that he looked a lot like him, which would let him know this was his brother, Luigi, but apparently what he is describing as of now seemed to sound a lot like Link, who also wore green clothes and a hat, but who was decidedly a Hylian, whatever that is to him. Mario then just simply had to roll with it and see if he can get any information that could pertain to where he is now.
"Uh, yes. Do you know where he went next?" Mario then asked.
"Well, he was rather silent, asking for only a milk before paying me in these strange green gems. They looked rather pretty though and I just accepted it. But eh, he left some of his milk in his mug, so I left it here, thinking he'd come back to finish it." The barkeep then answered. Just as he was finishing, the bathroom door for the men's room opened and from it came Link, the same person the barkeep was telling Mario about. Mario then looked over behind him and saw Link coming back to the bar.
"Mama Mia, Link! It's you!" Mario then exclaimed as he jumped down to meet him. Link was surprised to see him, but he decided to stay calm and just hear Mario out.
"Link, I am so glad I found I found somebody I knew! Wherever we are, this place is strange! There's people from all sorts of places, and I can't seem to find anybody else!" Mario then said. Link just remained silent, which of course, was very characteristic of him.
"...Link, you can speak now, there's no need to stay silent." Mario then assured.
"Y-yeah, I know. I was confused too... I can't find anybody else either, especially Zelda." Link finally said.
"What I wanna know is; How did we get here!?" Mario then asked.
"Well, Mario, I know how..." Link responded.
"Really!? Tell me, cause I was asleep in my room, then all the sudden I was here!" Mario said.
"It was rather strange, really... sit down for a moment." Link then asked of Mario. As they sat down at the bar stools, Link took a sip of his mug of milk and then sat it down. "Ok, so it goes like this... I was outside practicing with Marth in the training area, then all the sudden the sky got darker. I was thinking it was some sort of sudden overcast or storm, but then it got a bit too dark. Me and Marth then thought it was some sort of eclipse, but as it suddenly got dark enough to mistake it for night, we suddenly knew this was nothing natural..." Link then testified, as Mario was nodding along. "As it got dark, then there was a flash of light... I thought I died for a second, and it certainly seemed that way, until I woke up on a Merchant's ship docked in a port. I woke up in a hammock, and was told by a crew member that they saw me in their cargo hold, unconscious. They docked at this town called Lale, and I made it a first to find my friends." Link then finished, as he also finished his milk in his mug. "Anyways, that's how I got here and found you." Link added.
"Well, that makes two of us! I was unconscious too, and then two people found me outside their house, asleep near their house!" Mario then told Link.
"Well, in any case, we should find some way to find our friends, and maybe get some ways to sustain ourselves." Link then said, with Mario nodding in agreement. Both Link and Mario got up and decided to leave.
"So, Link, do you got a plan?" Mario then asked.
"Well first of all, we need to locate some way to earn some money. Getting hungry here in a place we do not even know can lead to disaster. I thought we could tackle some bounties for some Gold." Link then replied.
"Gold? That is their currency?" Mario then asked.
"Sure is. I noticed the sailors discussing their trades in this value, so I thought this is what the people here use to trade with." Link then said. "Likewise, I am sure the Town hall can help us."
"Mayor, somebody is here to see you." A female Toad said to a Zora, who was sorting out paperwork.
"Alright, tell him I will see him if you can." The Zora replied. As he put his paperwork to the side, Mario and Link stepped in, and got a look at the office. It looked rather plain, what with having a wooden floor and a simple wooden desk, with paperwork strewn around and a name plate on the front, which said 'Dan Briney, Mayor'
"Welcome, did you request a meeting from me?" Dan Briney, the mayor questioned.
"Uh, yes, we did. We erm, wanted to know about a bounty..." Link responded.
"Ah, a bounty! Ok then, let me see what we have..." The mayor said as he got up from his chair and looked at the billboard to the right of the room, which Link went and looked at as well. "Ahh, let's see... there's pirates at the sea that could be brought to justice... Bokoblin tribes that could use a trampling... ah, maybe you want to hunt down a few Kremlings in the forest west of here?" The mayor added. Link, minding his own business, unpinned a rather old looking paper from the wall that stated that there was a Fire Dragon lurking in the woods. The paper seemed to stated a handsome reward for defeating the dragon.
"What about this?" Link asked. The Mayor took a look at the paper, and winced at just what Link suggested.
"Wh-wh-what? You wanna take THIS on!?" The mayor shouted in disbelief. "But this bounty has not been taken on in years! And everybody who did died!"
"Listen, I know you have doubts, but trust me, I am a professional." Link then reassured to the mayor. The mayor simply sighed, and sat back down in his chair.
"Alright, I guess there is no stopping you... sign here, on the dotted line..." The mayor sighed as he gave the old paper to Link, who used a pin on the deck to sign his and Mario's name... He was not entirely sure just what Mario's last name was, or even his own for that matter, due to him (And his ancestors and descendants) being called Link, and only that their entire life, but he can just pass it on as an alias... he thought.
"Alright, I finished it. Here you go." Link said.
"Alright Link! Let's-a-go!" Mario then shouted gleefully, as they left the office.
"Ugh, I hope they know what they are getting themselves into..." The mayor then sighed.
And that's It. My first chapter! I will post another chapter soon, so stay tuned!