Okay, guys, this next project is called 'Smash-Fest' and it's for a good reason: to commemorate the upcoming game Super Smash Bros. for 3DS/Wii U. Of course, since I'm more of a Sega fan, you know full well my primary focus on this one is centered on a certain blue speed-demon hedgehog. However, since my favorite Nintendo franchise is the Legend of Zelda series, I'll give Link, Toon Link, Sheik, and Zelda their fair share of fights as well, not to discount anyone else.

Even though I haven't finished it yet, this is set after 'Chaos Control to PacWorld'.

DISCLAIMER 1: Nintendo owns Mario, Fire Emblem, Kid Icarus, Pokémon, The Legend of Zelda, Kirby, Donkey Kong, and any other 1st-party franchise in Super Smash Bros. as well as the Smash Bros. series itself.

DISCLAIMER 2: Capcom owns Mega Man.

DISCLAIMER 3: Sega owns Sonic the Hedgehog.

Prologues

In the Kingdom of Hyrule, the fields were peaceful…at least for the most part. In one part of the field, an extremely ticked off hero was battling a group of monsters called Stalfos because one of the Princess' guards was stupid enough to wander into their territory. The hero normally had a calm demeanor, but this was an exception. He wielded a majestic sword in his left hand and a shield in his right which was passed down from his ancestor, the Hero of Time. Like his ancestor, he wore a green tunic, but in a darker shade, a matching cap, white leggings and brown boots. Also like his ancestor, his name was Link, and he was known as the Hero Chosen by the Gods.

After doing his signature spin move (again, passed down from the Hero of Time), he saw that the Stalfos lay defeated. He looked for the idiotic guard, and noticed that he had left. 'Turned tail and ran. That's probably the smartest move he's made. At least, until he puts in a letter of resignation,' he thought. 'Oh well. I better report back to the Princess and tell her that the situation's been taken care of.' Not soon after he finished his musing, a messenger approached him.

"Sir Link, the Princess has requested your presence at her castle immediately!" the messenger exclaimed.

"I was just on my way there! See you!" Link exclaimed back.

Considering that the fight was a few miles from the castle, it didn't take Link long to ride there. Naturally, he had to sneak past everyone who wanted to celebrate with him over his victory against Ganondorf. He had to object to that several times because he didn't really consider the fight anything special, especially since the ancestral Link fought him before.

Link made it to the castle relatively easily. Standing in front of the throne reading what looked like a letter was a beautiful young woman whose majestic beauty and eloquent grace rivaled the goddesses. She had brown hair and wore a white-and-purple gown with gold accents. It was this Princess' beauty that made Link wonder if his ancestor fell for the Princess of his time as well. "Uh, Princess Zelda, I've taken care of the Stalfos," he said with a hint of nervousness.

Zelda turned around and smiled at the 19-year-old hero. "Link, it's okay. You can cut the formalities with me, remember?" she said. He gave off a nervous chuckle and scratched the back of his head, making Zelda giggle. "Oh, did the messenger get to you?" Link nodded in a serious manner. She picked up a letter with his name on it, walked over, and handed it to him.

Looking at the envelope, Link immediately recognized who sent it. The seal had a 'Plus' sign of sorts inside of a circle. Link read the letter and smirked, knowing that he'll have lots of fun with old friends and make some new ones. "I guess you got one too, Zelda?" The Princess nodded and smiled, knowing that Link would definitely be up to the task. "Then I guess we better get ready. I wonder if that little me is going to be there…"

In an alternate timeline, many years after the Hero of Time defeated Ganondorf, a young hero was sitting on an island with his close friend who happened to be a pirate captain. Like the Hero of Time and the Hero Chosen by the Gods, his name was also Link. However, this Link was known as the Hero of Winds, and his Zelda happened to be the pirate captain, whose name was Tetra. These two had an, um, interesting relationship.

"C'mon, you've been on my ship before, Link. I would expect you to have gotten used to the sea by now, landlubber," she teased, only to get a stern look from the young hero.

"You know full well that that ship isn't low enough to fish from," he shot back. Right now, they were fishing. This was one of Link's favorite activities. Ever since the last Smash-Fest he was at, he had been known to the other contestants as 'Toon Link', or 'TL' for short. The name stuck with him and he didn't mind, especially since he knew that there was another, more serious Link.

TL and Tetra still haven't caught anything because of Tetra talking too much. The duo decided to reel it in and take a break. As they were about to lie down in the grass, the messenger flew down. "Boy, do you know how hard it is to fly from Rito Island to the others when you have a sack full of mail hanging from your shoulder?" he asked rhetorically, making TL and Tetra laugh. "Here you go, Link. It's for you." When he flew off, TL had a look at the envelope and figured out what it was.

"Smash-Fest, huh?" he pondered.

"Well, are you going to go?" Tetra asked after seeing the distant look on his face.

"I don't know. I mean, who's going to look after you? You are technically Zelda, Tetra." This didn't sit well with Tetra, but she knew that TL was still pondering his decision.

"Well, don't worry about me, Link. I'll be in the stands cheering you on. Best friends do stick together, you know. And who knows, maybe you'll see that other you again," she said, trying to cheer him up.

"That's the thing; he beat me last time. I don't know if I'll be able to match up against him. He is the Hero of Time's descendant after all. In fact, I think he learned his moves from him through some kind of ancestral link."

Tetra decided that she was having none of that, so since they were alone, she kissed TL on the cheek and held it there for a bit. She broke it off eventually and whispered in his ear. "You better get in there and kick some ass if you want more than that."

"Excuse me," he said, blushing. He took a few steps and passed out after suffering a nosebleed. Needless to say, Tetra had that kind of an effect on him and she knew it.

On another world, a certain blue speed demon was running through the fields for some fresh air, happy that he could get away from a girl who kept calling herself his girlfriend. The girl in question was Amy Rose and the speed demon was Sonic the Hedgehog, who already has a girlfriend. He found a nice spot under the shade of a tree to relax. He knew he hadn't heard anything about his longtime nemesis Ivo Robotnik, aka Dr. Eggman. It didn't worry him too much since he knew that he could take down any of his machines.

Sonic was about to lie down and take a nap when Omochao arrived with a letter. After thanking the tiny robot, the hedgehog looked at the letter and discovered that he had another chance to compete with Mario besides the Olympics. He opened up the letter and read the contents.

"Dear Sonic the Hedgehog,

We hear at the Smash-Fest committee humbly ask you to participate in the tournament. There will be lots of fun battles and friends old and new to come across. We're sure you'll have lots of fun travelling through different dimensions to battle your foes and we hope to see you soon.

Sincerely,

The Smash-Fest Committee."

Sonic double-checked the letter before deciding to run back to his and Tails' house in the canyon. He knew his 'little brother' would want to know about this.

He arrived at the house and saw that Tails had the radio up and playing Bruce Springsteen's 'Cover Me' while working on the Tornado again. "Jeez Louise, Tails, are you ever out of your garage anymore?" Sonic asked after switching the radio off.

"Oh sorry, Sonic," the two-tailed fox said. "That was a short run you went on. Do you need something?"

"He probably needs a new pair of shoes. There's a good chance those are finally worn out," said a voice, which turned out to be Knuckles. The red echidna was sitting on the couch while Blaze was in the door frame.

"Very funny, Knucklehead. At least I did some running. I actually came to tell Tails about this," he said, handing Tails the envelope.

"Whoa, Sonic, you got invited to Smash-Fest again? That's cool!" The explanation caused Blaze to spit out the coffee she was drinking and Knuckles to go wide-eyed.

"Are you kidding me?! Didn't you enter the last one?!" Knuckles said after a moment.

"Yeah, and your point is…?" Sonic asked and waited for Knuckles to answer.

"My point is that the last time, none of us even got to participate in that! Okay, so Shadow barely participated, but that's it!"

"In my opinion, I think it's a good thing whether we're competing or not. I didn't even get to be in the audience for the last one, so I want to see who is in this one," Blaze said after recovering.

"Well, I can tell you that Mario and some of his crew are going to be there as well. It'll be a blast!" Sonic said.

"Then I hope you have fun, Sonic." Blaze gave Sonic a kiss to show that she was on his side. The display, in a comical way, made Knuckles sick and Tails laugh.

The day of the festivities came and Toon Link was walking around the Smash Mansion looking for someone to talk to that wasn't Link. As he was looking around, he didn't see what was in front of him. He crashed into what felt like metal. As soon as he recovered, he heard a voice. "Hey, watch where you're going, would you!?" the source said loudly. TL looked and saw a humanoid-looking robot with a cannon on his left arm. He was dressed in blue on every part except his face, which looked a little mad.

"Sorry, I was just looking for someone to talk to," he said in a not-so-excited tone.

"What's your name, pal?" the robot asked.

"My name's Link, but everyone here calls me 'Toon Link'."

"Well, meet your newest competition! I'm Mega Man! And I'll be seeing you in the arena in a couple of hours!" The commotion got everyone's attention, including Link, Zelda, and Sonic.

"I'm doomed," TL muttered to himself. Unfortunately for him, Link and Zelda heard that.

"No you're not, TL," Link said, surprising his chibi counterpart. "We'll be by your side against him." TL saw that Link had an encouraging smile on his face. He looked at Zelda, who had one on hers as well. Sonic was by them in an instant.

"Sonic!" TL said excitedly. The two of them fist-bumped before Sonic looked at Link, who gave him a smile, showing respect for the hedgehog. "I guess you got an invite too?"

"You bet, TL. But what I want to know is when did Mega Man become such a jerk?" Sonic asked.

"You know him?" Zelda asked.

"Yeah, I do. He and I had to combine forces at one point to stop Dr. Eggman and Dr. Wily from taking over our worlds. But it didn't exactly take a rocket scientist to know that the Doctors didn't get along."

"Then you should know this 'Mega Man's' weakness. You can help me, TL, and Zelda with this fight," Link suggested, getting a nod from Sonic.

Later, the four of them got to the arena and saw Mega Man waiting for them. The Blue Bomber was about to speak when he saw Sonic with them. He held his hand up high for a high five, but Sonic didn't return it. "Oh c'mon, Sonic, what gives?" he asked.

"What gives is that TL over there was just trying to be friendly. You spat it back in his face," Sonic explained. This made Mega Man realize that he made a mistake and was too late to take it back. Zelda remembered something, so she beckoned Sonic over.

"Sonic, you remember the rules of Smash-Fest, right? Only four people can participate in a fight," she said, reminding Sonic of the rules. "You and the Links fight much more often than I do. So would you like to participate in this fight or should I?"

"Okay. I've got one-up on Mega Man anyway." Zelda nodded while TL smiled with joy.

"This should be over soon," Link said, catching Mega Man's attention.

"W-Who are you?" asked the Bomber.

"The name's Link, and you picked the wrong person to fight!" Mega Man took up the challenge and blindly rushed towards Sonic, forgetting the fact that the Blue Blur could counter him. Sonic jumped out of the way and made the Blue Bomber slam face-first into TL's shield. The Hero of Winds did his signature spin move and sent Mega Man back, which Sonic followed up with a Homing Attack. Link fired a series of arrows at the robot and sent him running.

Mega Man activated his boosters, which enabled him to fly out of the way. He fired his cannon at the three, causing the Links to put up their shields. Obviously, he was missing Sonic, but that didn't stop him from firing. He locked onto him and fired a homing missile. When Link took a good glimpse and saw Sonic on the run, he got his bow out again and fired an arrow at the missile. After Sonic ducked, the arrow hit the missile and exploded. "Whew! Thanks, Link," Sonic said.

Mega Man turned his cannon arm into a sword and came down ready to clash with Link. The Hero blocked the attack with his shield and did an upwards slash, sending the Bomber into the air. TL bounced off of Link's shield and threw a bomb, which exploded on impact. After it was confirmed that Mega Man was knocked out, TL let out a sigh of relief. "Nice work, TL," said Link.

"Thanks, but I didn't do much. You and Sonic did all the work." Link, Sonic, and Zelda all noticed TL's depressed tone, and they weren't too happy about that.

"Well now's not the time to be feeling down in the dumps, pal. Remember that we're here to have fun."

"Sonic's right, Toon Link," said Zelda. "Besides, there was no way Sonic and Link could've taken him down without your help, even if Sonic can get a little cocky." That made everyone, even Sonic, chuckle. It also helped in cheering up TL. He looked up in the sky and smiled.

'Starting today, the future is looking bright here,' he thought.

CHAPTER 1 END

Okay, so I'm a little nervous about this one. While this isn't my first time using Sonic,Mario, or Pokémon characters, it is my first time using characters from the other franchises, such as Zelda. Despite the fact that the Zelda series is my favorite Nintendo series, I've only played Link to the Past, Four Swords, and Ocarina of Time. I only beat the latter two.

Also, despite the fact that I want to remain faithful to the roster in the new games, crazyblade89, who happens to be my cousin, wants me to exclude Pac-Man. He hated him since the classic games and I can understand why, so he's the one character in the mess that I'm excluding. Sorry for those of you who were hoping for that.