It appears to be a nice, sunny day at the mansion and we see Marth, prince of Altea, and his good friends, Link, Ike, and Pit heading downstairs.

"Man, what a beautiful day it is today, huh, guys?" Pit said with his arms behind his head.

"I'll say. Why don't we head outside and have ourselves a friendly game of Frisbee?" Ike asked.

"Yeah, that sounds like fun. You up for it, Marth?" Link asked the blue-haired prince.

Marth smiled brightly and said, "Yeah, more than ever."

But little did he know he was carelessly not watching where was stepping and missed a stair and fell down with yelp and crashed onto the floor.

"MARTH!" Link, Ike, and Pit cried. They rushed to the blue-haired prince who was apparently knocked unconscious by the fall. As his three friends worriedly shook him to wake him up, something strange started to happen.

Then Marth's eyes started to flutter and his head throbbed in pain and sat up only to find the Smash Mansion in ruins. There was nothing but debris and rubble around and Marth was all alone.

"What has happened here? Link! Ike! Pit! Anybody?" Marth called out.

No answer…

Marth found his way out of the destroyed mansion through the garage.

"The entire mansion is trashed. Well, the Halberd is still in one piece. What is going on?" Marth spotted the renewed Halberd untouched in the corner.

Then as Marth looked outside, he saw a dark and gloomy city covered with a purplish color that very familiar.

Marth knew he saw that color once before, but his thoughts were interrupted when a bright searchlight shining on him. Marth shielded his eyes away and a helicopter flew in where was light was coming from and a bunch of Primids came out with blasters in their hands.

One of them cried, "Attention, Smasher! Place your hands in the air and drop your weapon! I repeat, hands in the air and drop your weapon!"

Marth did as he was told but he got a closer look on the Primids and saw they were the ones who worked for the Smashers' old enemy, Tabuu.

Marth growled and picked up his sword and got in his fighter stance. The Primids raised their blasters and were ready to close in on Marth, a blue arrow was shot in front of them.

The Primids stopped and looked up to see a figure on the rooftop of the mansion.

"On the roof! Get a light on him!" One of the Primids shouted.

"Fire! Open fire!" The second of the Primids cried.

The blasters shot away at the figure but he jumped off the roof and sped off behind some destroyed cars. The Primids chased after him and they think the figure hid in one of the cars and shot at it repeatedly.

"Did we get him?" The head Primid asked.

But before they could think a kick in the face was delivered to him from the trunk of the car and he jumped out and dodged more shots and then he split his blades and used them to attack the Primids.

Marth gasped recognizing the fighting tactic of the figure. "Pit…?"

As the figure managed to beat the Primids, the retreated in the helicopter and they tried to shoot him down from there, but the figure makes his blades become one again and fires three blue arrows at the helicopter causing it the spin out of control and crash into the ocean.

With the fighting over, the figure turns around to see Marth.

"Pit! Boy, am I glad to see you." Marth smiled widely. But his smile faded when he saw this Pit looked different. He was taller, older, his toga was torn a bit and he was missing one of his wings.

"So… it's really you. You came back." The older Pit said, his voice much more deeper from when he was fifteen.

Marth couldn't believe what he was seeing. "Pit! Your wing! What happened to your wing?" Marth asked in worry.

"You're the one who's got some questions to answer. Where the hell have you been all these years?" Pit asked angrily.

"All these years?" Marth asked confused.

"You've been gone for over thirty years, Marth." Pit said.

Marth's eyes widened, "Thirty years? It can't be!"

"Can be and is. We thought you were dead. How the hell could you just abandon us like that?" Pit shouted.

Marth shook his head, "I didn't! I'd never abandon you guys! One minute we were together in the mansion and then I woke up here. I don't know how."

Pit closed his eyes and sighed, "So, the blue-haired prince with a big brain finally doesn't know the answers. Who would have guessed? We can't talk here. Come on!" Pit started running off and Marth followed him.

As Marth looked around while running, it was in shambles. The sky was completely dark and gray and fire and smoke rose from everywhere they turned.

Then the echoing voice of Ganondorf could be heard, "Serve Tabuu. He is your lord and master. Serve Tabuu and live."

Pit and Marth then came upon a giant gate and Pit entered a code and it opened.

"Pit, where are we going?" Marth asked.

"I'm taking you to the others." Pit said.

"Are Link and Ike there?" Marth asked.

But Pit gave a disgusted look to Marth. "Are you kidding? Link and Ike aren't with anybody anymore." Pit then ran in and Marth more curious than ever followed him.

Then Ganondorf's voice was heard again, "Beware what you do. Tabuu is watching, always watching."

Pit and Marth are seen running together deeper outside the once peaceful Smashville.

"Pit, where are the other Smashers?" Marth asked.

"You mean the ones who survived? They're forced to work twelve hours in Tabuu's labor camps. No one's allowed out at night." Pit explained and then came to a halt.

Marth then asked, "What happened between Link and Ike?"

Pit was silent for a moment but then said, "Well… let's just say they got into a big fight a long time ago. When you never came back, Marth, everything… just fell apart. We were a team. Without you, it just didn't work. Guess we needed a brilliant princely swordsman like you around."

"I don't wish to ask this, Pit, but… who didn't survive?" Marth asked sadly.

Pit's head lowered and he closed his eyes and said, "Well, first Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong, Yoshi, Mario, and Luigi died in our first raid against Tabuu. Then it got worse. The second time, we lost Lucas, Falco, Mr. Game and Watch, Meta Knight, Lucario, and Red, the Pokemon Trainer along with his three Pokemon, Squirtle, Ivysaur, and Charizard."

Marth couldn't believe what he was hearing but let Pit go on. "The third time, Peach died trying to avenge Mario and Luigi. Then Fox, Wario, Ness, the Ice Climbers, Kirby, Jigglypuff, Pikachu, Snake, Bowser, King Dedede, Sonic, Wolf, and Olimar got captured and taken to Tabuu's labor camps as his surviving prisoners."

"Wait, what about… Zelda?" Marth asked.

Pit turned and pointed to a grave. "She's over there."

The grave said, "Here lies the beloved princess of Hyrule, Zelda. Beloved friend and Smasher, she will never be forgotten."

"No. Zelda is… No!" Marth kneeled in front of the grave and banged his fists on the ground.

Pit with a sympathetic look on his face said, "Link used to bring Zelda here to the park back in the day. It's not the safest place, but it's where she wanted to be buried."

Marth looked up at Pit with tears in his eyes and asked, "H-how?"

"Many years after you vanished, Zelda gave up her life protecting the rest of us." Pit explained.

Marth stood up. "I can't believe this place. It's all so horrible." He said in shock and despair.

Pit sighed, "You'll get used to it. Besides, what can you do? It's the way it is."

Marth then said, "It's not the way it was! I know I can't change the past, but that doesn't mean there's no way to change the present!"

Pit gasped and had a feeling perhaps… Marth could be their last hope.

TO BE CONTINUED…

Damn, this was long to type! But just wait till Part 2! It gets more dramatic and a bit more tragic. But please, readers, review, stick around, and Part 2 will be up before you know it!