Disclaimer: I do not own SSBM or its characters

Chapter 1: Enter Enigma

Bowser stared out the window, looking past the raindrops and the farmers' fields. His eyes went over the rivers and past the trees. His gaze rested on a small moving dot. It was making its way down the path that would eventually end up in Mushroom Kingdom. Bowser shook his head. Why was this stranger walking in the torrential downpour? And what business did it have with the Mushroom Kingdom?

Later…

Toad grumbled as a sharp knock rang through the gate timbers. Anyone crazy enough to be outside right now was either on guard duty or was a fool.

"Who knocks at the gate?" shouted Toad. A bold voice came from the other side. "I am known as Enigma, messenger of Hastraman. I am here to summon everyone from this kingdom who would like to fight in a tournament."

Toad thought this odd, and decided to look through the peep hole. Toad slid the wood away from the opening, and was greeted by the sight of shadows and rain. "Odd, he thought, where was the so-called 'Enigma'?" A gloved hand came through the hole and punched Toad in the face. "Fool, do not try to keep me out!" The voice (which belonged to the owner of the gloved hand) shouted, and a large explosion consumed the gates.

One hour past…

Mario glanced around, unsure of what was going on at the moment. All he remembered was a hooded man blasting him and his friends with a stun spell. All the strongest fighters of the land were all tied up in a cargo hold, looking around, wondering where they were. Mario pondered for a second. "Hmmm, must be the work of that dark, shadowy man."

In the ship's cargo hold sat many familiar faces. A cloud-like humanoid was blubbering away in a corner, a large turtle was surrounded by eight unhappy smaller turtles, and a pink dinosaur was leaning against a crate. Mario could see many of his friends and enemies. Luigi, Daisy, Peach, Toad and Toadette, Bowser and his children, Mallow Nimbus, Birdo, Yoshi, Wario, Ms. Mowz, Lakilester, and even Piranha Pete. Mario also noticed a hole in the wall with melted edges. Somebody else had waken up before Mario and had escaped.

A loud hiss came and the doorway opened. The hooded man, named Enigma, stood there. Behind him two strange-looking guards held a giant wooden doll, with a blue hat and a blue cape. All the captives were staring at the newcomer, who was evidently the escape artist.

Mario opened his mouth at this sight, "Geno! What did you do?"

Here is a list of all the Mario characters included:

Mario Mario

Luigi Mario

Peach Toadstool

Toad

Toadette

Bowser

Mallow

Geno

Daisy

Yoshi

Birdo

Wario

Ms. Mowz

Lakilester

Piranha Pete

Bowser Jr. (I prefer to think of Baby Bowser as Bowser's eighth son, not his clone or Peach's son.)

Iggy

Lemmy

Morton

Roy

Wendy

Ludwig

Larry

I'm putting all the fighters through a filtering process in the next chapter. I will post a list of survivors and dead fighters at the end of every chapter. There will be characters from:

Star Fox

Metroid

Kirby

Donkey Kong Country

Pokemon (only the pokemon from SSBM)

Banjo Kazooie

Zelda

F-Zero

Fire Emblem

Game and Watch

Ice Climbers

Earthbound

And some other ones if I remember.