Heya! This isn't meant to be that serious, just a stress relief. High School AUs are always goofy, and I wanted to make a story centered around one. The main focus will be on the characters that are actually in Super Smash Bros Ultimate, but the extended fandoms (and honestly any video games) are up for grabs. I'm totally up for suggestions.

Anyway, prepare for silly situations with (hopefully) well-written content. Without further ado, I present:

The Changes in Our Lives

Chapter 1

Link Everard wasn't quite sure where he came from. His adoptive parents always reminded him that he wasn't theirs, instead born in some faraway land. They never really felt like parents at all, just roommates who fed and clothed him. They never talked, and therefore, Link never talked back.

When the chance came to leave his home in some dumpy Ohio town, he took it without hesitation. He was promised a spot at some prestigious private school named Ninten Academy in a town a few miles west of Phoenix, Arizona. Why him, that bum who barely even survived normal school, he didn't know. Whatever, it was a ticket out of that shithole. The school helped him find an apartment for cheap. It wasn't very big, but he didn't need much space. He never spent much time at home anyway, drifting through town during the day and only returning to sleep.

He'd moved in two weeks prior to school beginning and found a job that didn't require him to speak more than necessary and would even hire a 16-year-old. Sure, it was at some frozen warehouse, but the cold was a nice break from the hot Arizona air. It paid well enough, giving him a little extra pocket money after all his expenses were taken care of. Maybe he could get that tablet he'd seen in the computer store.

That wasn't important, at least right then. Instead, it was time to get to school. He pulled his dirty blonde hair into a ponytail and went on his way. His apartment was close enough to the academy so that he could longboard his way. It was cheaper than a car, even if it was a pain to carry. The underside was sloppily given a custom paint job. He planned on making it look better eventually, but it wasn't a priority.

He saw the school's modern bell tower before anything else. Man, this place was classy as fuck. The rest of the school appeared as he rode over the hill, and damn. It was supposed to be exclusive. Why was the building so big? It was beautiful, with large glass windows and a sleek exterior. The front lawn was unnaturally green, with people milling around, waiting for their friends. Link didn't know anyone else, so he skated up to the front door before stopping.

"Hey, nice board!"

He turned and saw two girls that looked like they had been plucked right off the beach in California. The first girl was slightly taller than the other, though her wedge sandals may have contributed to that. Her thick blonde hair was pulled back into a ponytail, showing off a cute face with round blue eyes. She wore a pink tank top and high waisted white shorts that would get anyone kicked out of public school. Her friend, the shorter one, had auburn hair that flipped out below her neck. Her face was more square, making her seem slightly older. Her clothes were similarly scandalous, with a yellow tank and orange athletic shorts.

The blonde smiled. "Did you paint it yourself?"

Link looked down to the board in his hand and nodded.

"It looks nice, man." The redhead grinned.

He wasn't quite sure how to respond, so he ducked his head down and walked inside. Conversations were never his strong suit. Once he got inside, he dug through his bag (a practical black backpack, large enough to hold his book and the tablet he'd rent from the school, but small enough to never be cumbersome) and found his schedule. His homeroom teacher was a guy named Mr. Waluigi. What kind of a name was that? Then again, his own name was Link.

Whatever. He made note of the room number and made his way down the hall. The tiles clicked beneath his boots as he walked, blending in with the chatter. There was a less gloomy air than his old school. People were actually excited to be here. Maybe he was too.

He walked into the classroom and immediately noticed the man at the desk. He was a spindly man dressed in all purple, a hat with an upside down 'L' to match. He was leaned back in this chair, feet on the desk and thumbs twiddling on his phone. If Link didn't know any better, he'd assume the man was a student. He had a mustache that twists similar to his joints, a large pink nose, and an impossibly long chin. The man barely looked human.

Link made his way to the back row where he planned on sitting. Unfortunately, there were name tags on the desks. He couldn't even choose where he sat. He sighed and found his desk. His name was sloppily printed a note card as if their teacher had made this only a couple of minutes before. He sat down and popped in his earbuds. He couldn't even select a song before the girl next to him spoke.

"Oh, you must be Link. I'm Zelda Hyles!"

"Uh, yeah." He glanced up, and holy hell. The girl, Zelda, was a fucking masterpiece. Two portions of her straight blonde hair were held in tails wrapped in teal and lavender ribbons than hung on either side of her bangs, framing her adorable face. Large, almost elven ears stuck out through the rest of her hair, yet somehow, it just worked for her. He swore he could get lost in her bright blue eyes. (What was up with everyone, including him, having blue eyes?)

"You okay?" Zelda tilted her head a bit, her soft smile faltering just slightly.

Link blinked and came back to reality. "Mhm."

She giggled a little. "Not one for words, are you?" He shook his head and rubbed the back of his neck. She shrugged in response. "That's alright, quiet is nice sometimes." She pulled out her phone from a pocket in her white sundress. "Do you have Snapchat?"

Despite being a shy fuck, he did, in fact, have Snapchat. He got out his phone (an old thing that he was surprised could even run the damn app) and let her add him, bringing his friend total to three.

"Oh, by the way, I suck at streaks, so, uh, don't expect that." Zelda bit her lip a little.

Link just shrugged. He wasn't the kind to care about that sort of thing anyway.

"Anyway, I'm so excited about this year! Brand new school, brand new people from all over the world! It's going to be so great!" She actually seemed genuinely happy to be in school. What an odd girl. Link couldn't help but smile along.

Maybe this year wouldn't be so bad.

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"Well, that guy was weird." Peach Toadstool said to her cousin Daisy Sarasa as the skater boy just… walked away from their compliments.

"Oh well, there are plenty of hot guys in the school!" Daisy laughed a little. She leaned back and stretched her arms. "Though, honestly, I'm more excited for tennis here. Our old school sucked actual ass."

Peach smiled. "Yeah, it really did." She pulled a strawberry sucker out of her bag and unwrapped it. "We should probably get to class. Don't want to be late." She popped the sucker in her mouth as the two made their way to Mr. Waluigi's classroom.

The moment they arrived, Peach wanted to leave. The dude looked like some perv! She supposed since this was an invitation-only school that they'd have good teachers, but… eww! Trying to hold back her reaction in case the man noticed (not that he was likely to, given that he was probably looking up child porn on his phone), she went and found her desk. Unfortunately, she was across the classroom from Daisy, who was sitting next to some… pastel emo goth chick? Odd style, but everything just felt odd around here.

Once she realized who she was sitting next to, her mood instantly improved. A boy. A hot, blue-haired boy (The dye-job must have been recent, since even his roots looked blue) with a slightly feminine face and gorgeous blue eyes. She took a peek at his name tag. Marth Lowell. She could imagine herself with a normal last name like that. Peach Lowell. Way better than Toadstool. What kind of a last name was that, anyway?! She was lucky she was rich enough to avoid being bullied.

"Heya, can I ask you something?" Peach asked, pulling out the sucker and twirling her hair.

Marth sat up straighter. "Uh, sure?"

She bit her lip ever so slightly. "You see, I got lost in your eyes. Can you give me the directions to your heart?"

"I, uh, well, that was forward." The bluenette blushed. Gosh, he was adorable.

Peach just giggled. "No reason not to be. Life's too short to wait." She extended a hand. "I'm Peach, by the way."

"Marth. Pleasure to meet you." He shook her hand.

"So, you from around here?"

Marth shook his head. "Seattle. You?"

"Los Angeles. I'm already used to the heat, so the move here wasn't that bad." Peach ran a hand through her hair. She was considering cutting it shorter, maybe a length more like Daisy's. She threw a glance to her cousin, who was on her phone and tapping her foot impatiently. "Have any idea why you were invited here?"

Marth shook his head. "I mean, I'm a good student, but I didn't think I was good enough to be recruited by an out of state private school."

"Maybe it's just for rich kids?" She could tell Marth came from wealth from the way he held himself. He just had that air about him, you know? But as she looked around, that clearly wasn't the case. That skateboard kid from earlier was there, and if she was right (when it came to people, she usually was) he was the kind who lived on as little as possible. When he pulled it his phone, it confirmed her suspicions. "Do you know anyone else here?"

"My cousin Lucina goes here, and her dad's going to be teaching here, so that's pretty cool. Uncle Chrom is nice. There's also these kids Roy and Ike who went to school with me, but I never really got to talk to them. Roy's a year younger than me, and Ike's a year older." He shrugged. "I'll probably end up talking to them more now that they're the only people I know."

"Well, now you know me." Peach giggled. "My cousin Daisy also goes here. She's that redhead over there." Of course, Daisy wasn't paying attention. Oh well.

Unfortunately, before she could get to know Marth more, Mr. Waluigi stood up and commanded the students' attention. Peach instantly felt her skin crawl, but for a different reason. She felt like she knew him! It was weird, but she had to have seen him before. That made no sense, though. He was far too unique to be just a passing face on the street.

She wanted to leave the school. This felt really, really wrong.

"Does he give you the creeps too?" Peach whispered.

"Not particularly," Marth whispered back. "Why?"

"I know him, and not in a good way. I can't place it, though." She popped the sucker back in her mouth and gave it a thoughtful suck.

"I've already taken attendance, so no need for that." Mr. Waluigi said, his voice raspy and inhuman. "Many teachers would also have ice-breaker games here. Personally, those are really fucking stupid, so get to know each other on your own time."

"Oh thank God," Marth muttered under his breath.

Peach was more concerned that their teacher was okay with cursing in front of his students. Wasn't this supposed to be a better school than normal? She looked around, and other people had odd looks on their face. Skateboard Boy seemed mildly amused, while the girl next to him was straight up perplexed. Daisy was grinning like an idiot (after all, she hated school and was only here since Peach was), while the girl next to her seemed to be oblivious to everything.

"In about ten minutes, we'll be going to the are- auditorium for your welcoming into Ninten Academy. For now, feel free to talk amongst yourselves."

"So what was the point of getting our attention if you were just going to tell us to keep doing what we're doing?" Peach pulled the sucker out of her mouth to speak.

Marth just shrugged. "As long as we don't have to come up with interesting facts about ourselves, I'm happy."

"You know, I never got why people hate those. Everyone has interesting stuff about them."

"And how about you?"

"Let's see: Born and raised in LA; I can play tennis, golf, baseball, soccer, and I'm pretty good on a go-kart; I have a Shiba named Yoshi. Those are facts." Peach smirked. "When in doubt, say how many siblings or pets you have."

"An older sister and no pets."

"You see, an interesting fact!" Peach smiled. "I'm sure the other classes will have those."

"Plus I'm into fencing. That's probably unique." Marth rested his hand on his chin. "Still, don't you get nervous having to stand up in front of class and say that kind of thing?"

"Nope!" Peach popped the sucker back in and smiled.

"Should have suspected that."

The two spent the rest of the time getting to know each other. Marth was actually a pretty cool dude. Hopefully, he didn't have a girlfriend back home or something. Peach wanted him to herself.

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The students were being dismissed to the arena, and Toriel Shephard was nervous. How were they going to take the news? Their entire lives were going to change, even her own children's. They didn't know their true natures. She spotted her youngest two, the twins named Frisk and Chara. Frisk waved at her as they walked by with the rest of her class.

She spotted her only son, Asriel, and tried her hardest not to cry. To everyone else, even himself, he looked like a normal boy. But after the assembly, everyone would know that he, too, was a monster. They'd know about all the nonhuman creatures who roamed their halls. They'd know the truth about everything.

Her son only had about 10 minutes of peace left.

"Isn't it exciting?" Wii Fit Trainer smiled her serene smile. "Everyone's going to find out the truth!"

Toriel thought about how devastated she felt when she realized that she was a monster. Instead of being the portly human kindergarten teacher she became in this world, she was meant to be a monster queen who lost her children. She learned her husband killed six more in a desperate quest to save all of monster kind.

It took all of her being to keep herself together. It really did.

"With all due respect, some of our pasts are things we'd like to forget."

"They won't remember their entire pasts." Wii Fit Trainer reassured her. "They're here to create a better future."

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Susie Joyner had no fucking clue why she was invited to this dumbass school, but her father insisted that they move to Arizona the moment she got the invitation. Whatever. It wasn't like she had any ties at her old home.

She plopped down in one of the seats and got on her phone, barely moving her messy brown bangs out of her eyes. Some blonde bitch and a blue haired guy asked if the seats near her were taken. They weren't, but she told them they were anyway with a quick "Yeah, fuck off."

After a couple minutes, a short blonde woman tapped on the mic. Eh, may as well listen, at least for a moment.

"Hello, everyone, and welcome to Ninten Academy! You've all been invited here for a very special reason!" What, because they were all assholes from troubled homes or some shit? "Without further ado, I introduce you to our principal!" No name? Hmm. The woman moved away, and a man took her place.

"Thank you, Isabelle. I'm sure you're all wondering why you're here." Murmurs from the crowd. Yeah, no shit. "You all exhibit… unique characteristics that aren't able to be shown in this world. You all come from different planets, different realms."

Susie was tempted to leave, but was actually curious where this was going. It sounded so fucking absurd.

"When I snap my fingers, you will return to your true, non-Earthly forms, at least within the bound of this school. When you leave, you will appear as your Earthy selves. Anything that you speak of that's out of this world, so to say, will seem like Earthly speech. The school grounds are a special realm that your true selves are visible in." Okay, what the hell?

"Your bodies may change. Be prepared."

He snapped, and everything changed. Everything changed.

The first thing Susie noticed was that the principal was just a giant hand.

The second thing was her own body distorting. She had to go, she had to get out of here! Her skin was already turning from a middling brown to… purple. She could feel her face shifting, her body becoming… stronger. In moments, she'd made it out of the auditorium and into the bathroom.

She was a fucking lizard! Her brown skin had turned a vivid purple, and her hair (while slightly more straight now) was dulled purple. Her normally brown eyes were a bright yellow. Her face became a snout, almost like a dragon. She let out the loudest, most furious scream she'd ever created. Her fist connected with the mirror, leaving the glass broken. A part of her wanted to cry, but not out of sadness. She was fucking pissed.

"Are you okay?"

Susie sharply turned her head to the voice. "Do I look okay?!" Yeah, seriously, no fucking shit. Who would be okay if their body just morphed into a monster?

The voice appeared to be just a single antler poking out from behind the bathroom door. "I, uhh, don't want to intrude."

She let her guard down a bit. Only a bit. "Did… something happen to you too?"

The girl came into the bathroom, appearing to be an anthropomorphic deer. She looked down at the ground, hands behind her back and knees bent in. "Uh, you could say that."

Susie just shook her head. "This place is so fucked up, man."

"My name's Noelle Holiday. I, uh, guess it's fitting." God, she looked so shy.

"Yeah? And I'm leaving." Susie stomped towards the door and made her way out. She didn't need any of this bullshit.

"Wait!" Noelle called, running out of the bathroom after her. Susie paused just for a moment. "I know this sucks. Trust me, I don't want to fight either, but…"

Susie raised an eyebrow. "Fight? Who said anything about that?"

"Didn't you hear? We're gonna learn to fight here in order to save the world." Noelle sighed. "But I'm not a fighter."

She didn't give a shit about saving the world, but fighting? Fuck yeah! She always needed a way to take out her anger. A wicked grin crept up her face. "You should have said something sooner!" Susie turned around and walked back to the bathroom. She pushed Noelle out of the way as she went to a less broken mirror to check herself out. You know, this form would be pretty awesome for fighting. And if it only lasted while they were in school?

Maybe she'd actually go to school now.

"I, uh, didn't catch your name," Noelle said.

"Oh, right." She chuckled. "I'm Susie Joyner, and I'm gonna kick some ass this year!"

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A/N: Yay, first chapter! This is hopefully going to be a long project, so be prepared. I'm always taking suggestions for characters to include and things to happen. Link and Peach are probably going to be the main characters, with the other two segments being for other characters. I do love doing modern spins on classic characters, and having a drifter boy and a valley girl dealing with all the weird shit? Sounds like a blast.

Last name explanations:

Link Everard (The Legend of Zelda) - Everard is a last name meaning "a hard and enduring personality." Fits well, no?

Zelda Hyles (The Legend of Zelda) - Stolen from the youtuber Caleb Hyles. Sounds like Hyrule.

Peach Toadstool (Super Mario) - Canon

Daisy Sarasa (Super Mario) - Taken from Sarasaland

Marth Lowell (Fire Emblem) - Canon

Toriel Shephard (and, by extension, her family; Undertale/Deltarune) - Goats are farm animals. Shephards work on farms. Plus, it's a real last name, so ayy.

Susie Joyner (Deltarune) - There's a meme in the Deltarune community that Susie, the purple dinosaur, is Barney's daughter. I gave her the last name of the actor who played Barney, who, fun fact, is now a Tantric Sex Therapist.

Noelle Holiday (Deltarune): Canon