Fyras14: Hello, everyone that bothered to click on this story! Phew...this new story came to me like a flash...while I was playing Melee(yeah, i still don't have Brawl)...and well, i began to think about some plot involving the Zelda characters...this story isnt that great, but I hope you all enjoy it. I also got a second idea from a few devianart pictures I saw a while back, about the Smash Bros. characters, especially one about Young Link and his masks....
Okay, for starters...the Link and Zelda present in my story aren't the ones from Ocarina of Time, but from Twilight Princess...why am I saying this, you will eventually find out...
Please read and review, or criticize, whichever comes first. Flames are not accepted, frowned upon, and possibly deleted.
Edit: 3/18/09, fixed and added some things
Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change.
-Thomas Hardy (1840-1928)
-Chapter One-
-The Special Guests-
Rumors were rare to hear in the Smashers Mansion, and when they were around, Snake always wondered why no one else questioned them. And the rumor he had gotten his hands on was a bit like a gold mine...or something of that sort.
He had been extremely lucky to actually hear Master Hand talking about having a special group of guests coming to the Tournament, but when the agent questioned the boss of the Smash Tournament about it, Master Hand had said that it was a big surprise, and that the smashers would eventually reveal themselves when the time comes. "You will know eventually," the Master Hand had told him, wisely or weird in Snake's case. "besides, this guys are old friends of the other smashers, I believe Link and Zelda might know them." Snake, at first had been confused, but decided to ask both Hylians instead of going around looking for this mysterious smashers. So now, he was walking towards their chambers to question them, although he felt a bit bad…probably his desire to know everything around the place, apart from that Mewtwo guy, in the Smashers Mansion, made him seem a little rude, and scary to the little Smashers that lived nearby. At least, Zelda had understood his curiosity, Link on the other hand had been a bit skeptical, but was convince that as long as it didn't bother the princess, it didn't bother him.
He stood outside of their room, and took a deep breath before he decided to knock the door first, instead of going inside and hearing things he wasn't suppose to hear. Many of the other smashers had found his little spying a bit bothersome, which had ended in injury. Peach had hit him with a pan, confusing him for some pervert, Bowser had almost burned him to a crisp, Pit had almost stuck an arrow on his chest, Pikachu had left him with a fear of thunder after shocking him when he had accidently stepped on his tail while he was spying on Cpt. Falcon, and many things more, but they were far from worse. Well, not like the one he suffered a few days ago. That new smasher, Midna, from Zelda and Link's world had chased him all around the mansion, with a strange orange scythe or something coming from the back of her head, had not Zelda stopped her old friend, and explained to her who Snake was…and about his hobbies, he'll probably wouldn't have lived to tell the tale. Midna had not stopped glaring at him since that day, and so, he decided to hold on his spying until at least the tournament began. Snake only hoped that woman wasn't with them, for fear of his life as he went to knock the door. "Yes? Who is it?" he sighed, recognizing the voice of that of Princess Zelda.
"Snake." From his place outside the room, Snake could hear someone sneer from inside the room.
"Great…cardboard box boy…." Snake flinched. Yep, that was Midna, the crazy witch that had chased him all over the mansion and tried to slice his body in two. He heard Link say her name, before Zelda called him again.
"You may come in, Snake…" Taking another deep breath, Snake opened the door and stepped into the Hylians chambers. He spotted them, not too far away, drinking tea, well, at least Zelda was.
The two Hylians, plus the Twili as Midna had introduced herself, appeared to be the only ones normal in this whole mansion, in Snake's terms, probably because they were a bit new into this Smash business, for certain reasons. Princess Zelda, the ruler of Hyrule, was a true beauty, and Peach and her friend, Daisy, admitted that the princess was extremely beautiful when compared to them. The hero of Hyrule, too, was handsome, of course not that Snake was into guys, but still he could admit his features fitted him, even though he was wearing a silly green costume with a hat. Midna, princess of the Twilight, on the other hand, was both beautiful and exotic at the same time, being from a different species than them entirely, carrying a temper that could kill. How such different personalities could become friends was beyond him.
Zelda and Link smiled at him from their seats, while Midna only played with her hair, ignoring him…or as Snake would like to say, getting ready to strike if he tried anything funny. "Good afternoon, Snake," the princess of Hyrule told him kindly, offering him a seat nearby. Snake only shrug off the invitation as politely as he could, she was a princess after all and deserved to be respected.
"No, thanks…umm…actually I came here to ask you something..if it isn't too much?" Zelda and Link nodded politely, before Midna spoke up.
"What do you wanna know, cardboard box boy…when we take a bath, or something like that?"
"Midna!" Zelda scolded her, shaking her head disapprovingly at the Twilight princess, who only shrugged and continued to play with her hair.
"So, what is it then? I'm sure we can help you with what you need…hopefully, it isn't something bad." Link told him, smirking a bit. "We don't want more…" he glanced at Midna. "accidents." At that Zelda giggled a bit, almost spilling her tea all over her dress in the process, while Midna only rolled her eyes.
"Actually…it isn't really bad…it's about some new guys that are entering the Smash Tournament, actually…" All three looked up at Snake curiously.
"And?" the princess asked him, arguing him to go on.
"Master Hand said that this…new guys, the other guys and especially your bunch, know 'em…"
"Doubtful." Zelda told him, putting her cup of tea delicately on the small table before her. "If I may remind you, Link and myself have only been one year on this tournament…due to Master Hand's mistake," she explained, getting a look of confusion from both Snake and Midna.
"Mistake?" Snake asked, confused. "But I thought Mario said you guys had been in the Smashers tournament, well, at least Link, since it began…"
"Let me explain…not the Link and Zelda you know now of…but, our ancestors." Zelda told him, smiling a bit.
"Okay…umm…mind explaining it a bit…because I don't catch what you are saying…" Link smiled sincerely at him.
"It is quite alright, really…" The hero faced the princess, who went on to explain once more.
"You see…the Link that came to this tournament was the ancestor of the Link you see here," she put a gloved hand on Link's shoulder. "the Zelda that came to this tournament after, was my ancestor…however, when Master Hand began another tournament, he went ahead into our time and instead of getting our ancestors, he got us."
"Ah," the man nodded in understanding.
"It was quite confusing at first…everyone knowing who we were and stuff," the hero told him, shuddering a bit. "we were able to explain ourselves, however, so everything turned out alright."
"The funny thing is," Zelda told him, removing her hand from Link's shoulder and going to grab her cup of tea. "that everyone recognize Ganondorf as well, being the same person he was two years ago...on his first tournament…another amusing thing is that Master Hand keeps on forgetting that we are not the same Link and Zelda he met some years back."
"I see…" Snake nodded, smiling a bit. "So maybe I should just ask that evil wizard, no?" Link shook his head.
"Try your luck with us, see if we manage to recognize these fighters, if not, ask Mario, he'll know."
"Okay then…well, there was this kid…with a green hat, similarly to yours…" Link grabbed his hat, and took it off, revealing dirty blonde hair. The hero then, showed the hat to Snake so he could examine it.
"Like this one?"
"Yep."
"Well, the cardboard box boy does it again," Midna mumbled.
"Hmm…wouldn't you be referring to…the other Link?" Zelda asked him. Snake shook his head.
"Nope. He ain't coming. Some business, I hear." The green clad hero calmly got his hat back from Snake, and put it back in his head.
"Why not?" Link asked him. Zelda only took a sip of her tea before asking,
"He forgot to sign up…didn't he?"
"Yep." At that, both the hero and princess laughed, while the Twilight princess only smirked and rolled her eyes.
The other Link, or Toon Link as the other smashers liked to called him, came to the tournament at the same time that the descendants of the other Link and Zelda did. The boy, just like Zelda and Link before him, had been a little confused, but easily got along with the younger smashers. Even though Toon Link was a good kid, polite and everything else, he always would forget important dates, had not the younger kids, or an angry Master Hand reminded him. It was no wonder that he would be absent from this year's tournament. Last year's tournament had been almost a catastrophe thanks to that Tabuu person, and the tournament was at risk to get cancelled. Good thing it had not.
"Well, that solves some mystery…I think…maybe its just Toon Link, he might have come in late…" Link offered, but Snake sighed.
"Not a chance…his voice wasn't the same…it was different…I don't know…like yours, but less…umm…"
"Stupid?" Midna offered. Link shot her a glare.
"No…less…well, less something…but, it definitely wasn't Toon Link…" Zelda put her cup on top of her lap and placed an index finger on her chin.
"Did you see the other two smashers?"
"No…well, maybe I did…they disappeared as quick as they appeared, only leaving the green kid behind…"
"Can you describe them?"
"Well, one was skinny with blue skin…the other…looked like a rock or something…I'm not too sure…" Zelda looked at the ground, as if thinking hard.
"…no. No one that I know comes to mind…from our home that is…" She glanced at Link, who only shrugged.
"The only people I know to have that kind of description are Zoras and Gorons, respectively…but, I really doubt that Master Hand would just invite them like that…he invites, after all, best of the best to the tournament, people he would see fit to invite."
"So you don't know 'em? Well, that was weird…he said you guys might know them…"
"Us or our ancestors?" Zelda asked him with a smile.
"…you got me there…"
"Well, her birthday will be in a couple of weeks…you think you can hold with hiding, young one?"
"Of course, Master Hand! I wanna surprise her, that's the whole point of her present!!"
"A surprise? She will only get a surprise as a birthday present?"
"Well…she always wanted to see this guys when we were little…but, she was always busy and I couldn't find the masks…so, I thought it would serve as a good birthday present! Apart from the present me and Saria made for her!"
"Ah…I see…but, wouldn't it had been better to--"
"Give her the presents to her in my timeline? Nope…when I came here two years ago, my older self told me that I would never get a chance to show them to her…"
"…that is understandable…well, you may stay…but, are you sure you want to add your other selves as smashers as well?"
"Well…you did it with Zelda and Sheik…who are basically the same person, but you did it anyway…you counted them as smashers, too…so, if it isn't too much trouble…"
"No! Of course not! But, just make sure no one finds out about you, or it will ruin the surprise…Mewtwo may find out, and help you out with this if the situation arrives to that…"
"Got it!"
"And please, try to avoid trouble…especially with you-know-who…"
"Ah, don't worry, Master Hand….he won't even recognize me with the masks on! But I hope my older self doesn't, or else, there will be trouble with the surprise!"
"Hopefully, nothing ruins your surprise for princess Zelda!"
