"He saw. He ran. He escaped. But now they all must pay. They must learn that they cannot cheat death, and they cannot escape their fates.

~ Final Destination ~

Chapter One:

Future


"Three, two, one, go!"

My mind instantly begins racing. Good thing I'm at the edge, so I keep a good eye on all of my opponents. Rosalina and her Luma immediately begin sprinting towards the cocky blue headhog all the way at the other end of the platform while Palutena stares me down.

"Autoreticle!"

She raises her glowing, golden staff high into the air, three bullets of a cyan blue gas shooting out from the spherical orb sitting on the top. Immediately, I shield my face with my arm and my red barrier forms around me. The bullets blast against the shield, sending large waves rippling around my body. I lower my arm and the barrier around me fades into thin air. I hold my Monado up high in might and I yell out one of the five activation words.

"Speed!"

The circular gap in my Monado begins to fill in with a light, blue glow. The Goddess's face turns petrified, ready to run away in horror. A blue, lazer like beam shoots out from the tip of my weapon, sending tiny, electric particles off into the darkness above. I dash forward bravely with a strong grip on the handle.

"Reflect!"

Palutena raises her staff again, this time a crystalline, orange wall appears out from thin air, slowly moving towards me. I crash into it and it pushes me back a few feet, completely vanishing moments later.

"Reflect!" she yells again. Another barrier shoots out of the air before my very eyes.

I have to do something, I think to myself. What if...

I hold my Monado high in the air.

"Jump!"

The blue light fades from the circular hole in the weapon and is replaced with green. I leap from the plastic-like surface and up over the barrier. Off down the other end of the platform, I can see Rosalina and her Luma battling against Sonic himself. Palutena barely looks up at me before I slash down onto her body. Sparks fly from the tip of the neon lazer growing from inside my Monado upon impact and she's knocked several meters away from me.

"Stupid Monado boy..." she groans.

Suddenly, a burst of light explodes from thin air many feet in the air. A multi-coloured orb shines in glory, sending thin, sparkly rays of brightness all around. Palutena stares in awe, taking in all it's majesticness. The sphere begins to float towards me and I squint my eyes. It's a Smash Ball.

"Give me that!" I hear Palutena shriek. Within an instant, her golden shield collides with my face and she bashes me to the ground. I rise to my feet and watch as the Goddess dances in the sky, repeatedly smacking the Smash Ball with her staff. A leap into the air and slam my Monado as hard as I can onto the orb and I send it off towards Palutena.

I jump into the air again the moment my feet touch the ground, but it's too late by then. The final hit of her staff and the orb bursts open. A white light pierces at my eyes as my vision turns blurry. A faint, rainbow-like glow shines around Palutena's body. She lands on the ground softly and glares at me.

"Nice try."

Sonic and Rosalina stop fighting behind me and look in horror.

"Nowhere to run now. You're all caught."

She closes her eyes and her body instantly teleports high into the sky. She waves her staff around, swirling it in the air.

"Black hole!"

Suddenly, a dark vortex cracks open in the sky, splitting the air in half. The entire platform darkens and I can barely see my surroundings. A cold, gust of wind blows, quickly getting stronger and stronger. My feet are swooped up off the ground and I'm dragged towards the hole. I can barely see Sonic and Rosalina being tugged too.

I tighten my grasp on my Monado and make sure it goes nowhere. Black dust swells my eyes and I have to squint. The wind turns violent and I end up spinning around in the sky. My mind starts racing as I feel myself turning upside down. Any minute now and Peach's cake is going to come back up.

"Mega lazer!"

Within an instant of hearing the muffled yell of Palutena, the darkness is outshone. A large, supernova brightness shoots through the vortex and scratches at my skin. My eyes are instantly blinded so I shut them immediately. The glow tears at me and I feel like my skin is being scorched. I try to yell, but I can't. My mouth is forced shut and sealed.

My eyelids begin to slowly open and my eyes are blasted. But I don't open them. They're torn open by the force. My skin crawls and oozes, dripping off my bones and into the never-ending galaxies. I can't take the pain and I eventually force a roar of pain out. The inside of my mouth dries almost instantly and I feel my teeth cracking. My blonde hair disintegrates into ash and falls in front of me.

My clothes decay and my skin burns, until I'm down to my core. I don't even know where my Monado is by now, and I don't know how I'm still alive.

I'm nothing but bone. Slowly burning into nothing.

The lazer stops and my pile drops to the ground. I see nothing but light and two burnt bodies off to my right. I see the light.

The light.


I feel my mind explode immediately. I see Sonic. I see Rosalina. I see Palutena. They're all here.

I look down at myself and my body is intact. My grasp firms on the perfectly clean Monado still in my hand. Everyone looks at me in confusion.

"What's the matter?" Rosalina asks, her Luma resting on her shoulder. I pinch my arm to make sure I'm not in some weird dream..

"I- I saw.." I mutter.

"What's the matter? Scared I'm going to beat you?" Sonic asks. I've no time for his typical comments now. I'm still here. I'm still alive.

"I saw a vision. I looked into the future," I say.

The group falls silent for a moment until Sonic bursts out into laughter.

"It's not funny! We were all dead on Final Destination! We can't-"

Master Hand floats around behind Palutena, looking out through the one way mirror into Final Destination. The same platform looks intact. Nothing has changed. The endless space still remains. Nothing deadly to be found.

"Are you all ready to fight?" Master Hand asks.

"No!" I shout in anger. "No we are not! We must not fight today! We're going to die if we play!"

"Guys, let's call it off for today. I guess you're just feeling a little tired, Shulk," Rosalina says, very softly.

"I'm not tired. I'm just-"

"Let's get you back home. We can play tomorrow," Palutena interrupts.

Rosalina holds my arm forcefully and we step inside the transporter. The glass door slides and shuts us all in. The next time it opens, the impressive Smash Mansion lies before us. We step out into the grassy plains and walk up the steps to the door.

"Pika pika!" Pikachu screeches when Samus opens the door. The cuddly pokemon jumps into my arms and I pet his head. Palutena rips him from my hands and drops him to the floor.

"Go away! Shulk needs rest!"

Questions are asked every second from every Smasher we walk by, the puzzled people wondering why we're back so early. I ditch the discussions and head straight upstairs to my room, locking the door behind me. That's enough for today.

I probably caused a lot of hastle considering we we're qualifying for this season's tournament. But it felt so real.. I could feel every inch of pain during that dream. I thought it was real. Now I've just got everyone angry or everyone laughing at me. I was such a fool. How could I be so ridiculous?

It doesn't matter. Hopefully Master Hand will understand that I was just trying to save their lives, even though their lives might not have been at risk. The more I think about it, I start to wonder whether I'm going crazy or not. Living here with legends like Mario may be too much for me. After all, I'm nothing compared to them.

I decide not to get some sleep incase I get horrible dreams.

Now I do nothing but stare at the ceiling, afraid of the torment that's to come tomorrow.


Author's Note:

Well hello everyone!

Welcome to a new story of mine!

Firstly, I have to say that this is for LegitElizabethWWEFan's 'M Rated Contest,' in which you must write an M Rated oneshot or story! For me, I'm doing a shortstory. It's going to have exactly five, short/medium length chapters of... violence ;)

Obviously you've read the title and you know the famous stage that this story is based on, but it may or may not be based on a franchise of five popular horror movies with the same title... If you've watched the movies, you know where this story is heading.

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