It was a snowy Christmas Eve in the busy streets of Tokyo. The crowded streets were bustling with hundreds of cars of all shape, color, and sizes. They repeatedly beeped and honked at each other in annoyance. It's Christmas Eve, and they want to quickly get back home so they could happily spend time with their loving family. But out of all days, why does there have to be a gigantic traffic jam? What a nuisance!
The shopping mall was dressed in holiday spirit. Enormous ornaments of all colors hung from the ceiling. At the center of the mall, was a towering Christmas tree. Having eternal green, it was decorated with ornaments that looked like colorful dots of all sizes, little silver bells that chimed a small melody, red ribbons that almost looked like red lilies, and last but not least, the enormous gold star that pridefully stood at the top of the tree.
People of all age, height, and color hurriedly bustled about through the mall. They didn't actually have time to do shopping before, so they have to do it now! Stores that either sold mouthwatering tasty foods, addicting-to-play with toys, complicated technical computers, eye-catchy sparkling jewelry, or even warm cozy clothes were filled with chatty people.
Near the central part of Tokyo, where many holiday activities were happening, was the Smash Mansion. The Smash Mansion was well-known because it housed all of Nintendo's famous brawlers. It had a humongous front yard that was lust with grass, a few trees, flowers that bloomed vividly when it wasn't winter, and a small pond. The mansion itself had a lot of rooms. How many? The Ninten-God knows how many.
Standing in front of the gates of the Smash Mansion, were two young men. They were known as Marth and Ike. Marth had straight navy-blue hair, azure eyes, and was somewhat skinny. He wore a warm light blue overcoat over his collared white shirt, black pants, tall boots, and a gold tiara that indicated that he was a prince. Ike, who was nearly the complete opposite of Marth, had ruffled indigo-colored hair, dark blue eyes, and was more muscular than Marth. He wore a dark blue overcoat with a design similar to Marth's over his trademark blue uniform, tall boots, and a black hair band.
The two were raising money for charity. Standing next to the charity box, they gently rang a small bronze handbell to get passing people's attention. Those who were considerate enough and had the money generously donated 10 yen or 20.
"Doumo arigatou gozaimasu." Marth thanked with gratitude when passing lady donated some yen, "Thank you very much."
"People are very generous this year." Ike commented, smiling to passing people, "Aren't they?"
"Hai." Marth replied, "Yes."
"I heard that a friend of yours is coming here to visit. What was his name again?"
"Roy-kun."
"Roy... That's right! Do you think we have enough?" Ike asked, "We have a lot of yen!"
"Yes." Marth replied, picking up the charity box.
Marth and Ike walked into the foyer with the charity box. Many of the brawlers were there. Lucas, Ness, Nana, and Popo were running around playing tag, shouting happily, due to them being the much younger brawlers. Peach, her Toad servants, Mario, and Luigi were in the kitchen cooking food for tomorrow's dinner. Knowing the humongous consequences if he broke into the kitchen, Meta Knight was busily keeping Kirby from the kitchen. Although small, this adorable innocent pink ball can eat a dinner fit for fifty people! Fox, Falco, Samus, and Captain Falcon were in a group talk about spaceships. R.O.B, Sonic, and Mr. Game-and-Watch were watching Christmas Specials on the widescreen TV. Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong were just eating bananas; bananas are their favorite food and they know nothing better to do. Red and most of the Pokèmon were huddled around the fireplace. Red was playing Pokèmon Black on his 3DS. Zelda was sitting on a coach, reading an awfully thick book. Link was also sitting on a coach, talking to his little brother, Toon Link; also known as Toon, and Pit. As for most of the infamous antagonistic characters of Nintendo, they seem to be somewhere else in the mansion.
"Hey Marth and Ike!" Pit said cheerfully to them when he noticed them, "How much did you get?"
"A lot." Ike answered, handing the charity box to Pit. Pit shook it, his smile widening as he listened to the coins rattling inside the box.
"I'm so happy for the homeless now!" Pit exclaimed, his cheeks turning pink.
"I'm happy." Link spoke up, smiling as he faced Ike, Marth, and Pit. Toon, whose left ankle was tightly wrapped with bandages, shook his head yes.
"How's your ankle, Toon?" Ike asked.
"Well, it still kind of hurts..." Toon answered, "It should get better next week. I should've been careful when I was playing tag with Ness and Lucas yesterday..."
"That's good." Marth said.
"Well, well. What do we have here?" a familiar evil voice said. Ike growled irritably at the voice. Marth cursed something in Japanese under his breath. It was Wario.
Wario was villainous in the Smash Mansion. Not only that he is infamous for having a great rivalry with Mario, he is known for his infamous greed. If one were unnoticeably leave a bundle of gold coins alone in the Smash Mansion, Wario would steal the coins in the blink of an eye. He looks somewhat similar to Mario; only that he is wearing a torn long-sleeved over a black shirt, a yellow helmet with goggles on it, and rather pink jeans. He was also obese and doesn't care much about his hygiene. But the greatest difference between Mario and Wario are their personality. Although hot-headed and stubborn, Mario was caring and friendly. Wario on the other hand, only cared about himself. His eyes shined in want as his greedy eyes took notice of the charity box Pit was holding.
"No, Wario!" Pit said boldly with a glare in his navy-blue eyes and a scowl, "You're not taking the charity money from Ike and Marth. This is going to the poor."
"Oh, the poor you say?" Wario asked maliciously, "I don't think they need the money. They already have money; just not a lot."
"That's what charity money is for!" Ike spoke up, walking next to Pit, prepared to defend him, "Marth and I are going to give to those who don't have much!"
"I know someone who is poor." Wario sarcastically said, smirking, "Do you want to know who it is?"
"Who?" Ike asked, not catching Wario's mocking. Marth gasped in fright and stepped forward.
"Abunai!" Marth cried out, "Look out!"
"YOU!" Wario shouted, shoving Ike violently to the ground. Ike landed on the carpet with a groan.
"Ike!" Pit exclaimed, looking at the fallen mercenary with fright, "Are you ok?!"
With Pit's guard down, Wario snatched the charity box from the innocent angel's hands, who yelped in shock. Wario hurriedly ran up the stairs with the box clutched in his gluttonous hands. His face turning red with anger, Marth quickly chased after him, shouting, "Yamete! Yemete!" Darn, Wario's sure a fast runner for someone who's obese! The other brawlers looked up from the spot, wondering what was the commotion.
"I'm coming, Marth!" Link called to the dashing Marth, hurriedly running after him.
The Hero of Twilight and Prince of Altea ran up the stairs, hoping to catch up with Wario. How could he steal the charity money?! It's meant for the poor, not for him! Doesn't he know that? Wait... he is one of the greediest brawlers in the Smash Mansion.
In the middle of the hallways, Link and Marth suddenly halted in the tracks, their blue eyes wide with alarm. Right behind Wario, stood Ganondorf and Bowser, who looked at the two shocked swordsmen with an evil smirk. Link and Marth mentally slapped themselves. How are they going to get the charity money back now?
"Do you two still want the money?" Wario asked darkly. Link swallowed nervously as he began to speak. Just because you have the Triforce of Courage doesn't mean that you are fearless.
"Wario, give back the money now!" he demanded, sounding braver than he feels.
"Why should I?" Wario replied stingily. Link was about to reply angrily, when he felt Marth put a hand on his tense shoulder. Looking up, Link saw Marth shake his head calmly.
"Well, it's Christmas." Link answered, trying to stay calm, "It's a time of giving and spending time with your family."
"So?" Bowser asked in a loud roaring voice, making Marth and Link flinch in surprise, "Pit gave Wario the money. Isn't that considered to be giving?"
"It was intended for the poor!" Link argued, "Not for Wario."
"Guys, I think we need to end this conversation." Wario whispered to Ganondorf and Bowser. With a teasing smirk, Ganondorf and Bowser took out a familiar rainbow-colored ball. Marth and Link looked at each in fright. Is that a Smash Ball?! Who's going to use it?! It doesn't matter; if any of them use their Final Smash on them, it's defiantly going to hurt!
"Crap..." Link quickly whispered to Marth, looking at the Smash Ball, "Should we retreat?"
"Hai." Marth replied anxiously, grabbing Link's hand tightly, rushing down the hallways. Wario violently broke the Smash Ball, which turned his eyes yellow. "KKKKYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY YYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAA!" Marth screamed in fright, running faster.
Marth wasn't fast enough. Wario quickly transformed in his Wario-Man costume, making him extremely powerful and much quicker. In less than a second, Wario was right behind Marth, and he brutally shoved him and Link off their feet, down the stairs. Wario laughed cruelly as he watched the two swordsmen fall down the stairs with "oofs" and "ahhs".
"Link!" Zelda gasped when she saw Link and Marth finally reach the bottom of the stairs, their bodies aching with pain, "Marth! What happened?!"
"W-Wario t-took the charity money that Marth and Ike earned..." Link explained, standing up painfully, the world still spinning around him. Dizzily, he helped Marth up, who looked down sadly.
"Big brother!" Toon exclaimed, limping quickly towards Link, "Are you ok? I saw what happened!"
"Don't worry, Toon." Link replied with a weak smile, "I'm ok."
"That's it!" Marth heatedly shouted, losing his cool, making everyone watching jump, "I'm going to force Wario to give back the money! That baka needs to learn that not everyone is as rich as all of us a-a-and Christmas is about giving to the needy! When Wario's sleeping, I'm going to storm into his room and-and-!"
"Stop it, Marth." Ike sternly said to him, "You're making a bad example to the kids." Ike pointed to Ness, Lucas, Popo, Nana, and Toon, who looked at him in fright. They have ever seen Marth that furious before!
"Oh... Gomenesai, minna." Marth apologized. Hopefully, the kids will still see him as a positive role model. "Ike-kun..." Marth said sadly to Ike, walking towards him, "I... I couldn't stop him..."
"It's ok." Ike replied coolly, "We'll think of a way to make up for the money."
"But... what if we can't?" Marth asked worriedly.
"Don't worry, we will."
Author's note: I really felt like doing a Christmas fanfic, so here it is! It's an SSBB adaption of the story A Christmas Carol. Now, I'm not sure if I can finish this fanfic before Christmas, so cross your fingers, guys (If anyone is actually interested).
Now, I think I made Marth OOC. Most people describe him as a snooty prince who mostly cares about his looks (Which is kinda amusing). But in this story (And pretty much my other SSBB fanfic), he's just your everyday calm close friend of Ike who hardly gets angry. He does speak both English and Japanese in this story.
Doumo arigatou gozaimasu = Thank you very much
Hai = Yes
Abunai = Look out
Yamete = Stop
Baka = Idiot
Gomenesai, minna = I'm sorry, everyone
I know that I'm going to get some reviews saying that Marth and Link could just take on Wario, Ganondorf, and Bowser in a short but violent brawl. But guys, this is Christmas. It's not supposed to be pretty violent, I think.
I am going to work on Hollow: The World Without a Sky. I'm just taking a break from it. (And my LoZ Fanfic, Elfen Link. I'm having a writer's block, ugh).
In the next chapter, I'm probably going to finish the aftermath of Wario's theft and the introduction of his past. I'm going to upload this story on deviantart; just not now because it is late.
Fanfic question: Who do you think is going to play the role of the Ghost of Christmas Past? Review if you think you know who it is.
PS: SSBB belongs to Nintendo.