It Came from Lucina's Head


Author's Note: I've been wanting to write a new story about Lucina ever since her announcement in Smash 4. Unfortunately for her, it had to be another Horror story.


Chapter 1: Move Night


"Alright boys and girls! It's time to sit down and shut up 'cause tonight is Captain Falcon movie night!"

The F-Zero racer posed heroically in front of the flat screen TV with a colorful DVD in his hand. His audience, consisting of Ike, Lucina, and Pikachu, just stared at him unenthusiastically.

"Are you going to dramatically announce it like this every time you get to pick the movie?" asked Lucina seriously.

Falcon was taken aback by her honest question, his mouth falling slightly agape in surprise.

"Hey! Don't think that just because you're a newcomer it means you can go ordering me around like that!" he said.

"Oh sorry," she replied, a bit of embarrassment on her face. "I didn't mean to offend you in any way."

Ike rolled his eyes. It looked like it was going to be some time before newcomer Lucina got used to Captain Falcon and his usual antics.

"Chu…" muttered Pikachu, a piece of ketchup-soaked popcorn wedged in his mouth.

The four Smashers had been planning a weekly movie night every Friday of the week since the new tournament started up. Well, it was actually Captain Falcon's idea. He wanted to show Lucina how they spent their free time around the mansion. Most Smashers, they just go out on the town, or practice in the training rooms. What kind of fun was that? If Master Hand was going to make them kill each other for six hours straight during the day, they might as well take the free time to relax.

A few weeks ago, Falcon had initially invited Lucina to join him for a movie. It wasn't just any movie either, since he gave her a choice of specific movies from the Romance genre. Ike, overhearing the discussion, felt it would be in Lucina's best interest if he tagged along in case Falcon were to try anything "funny." Now, Falcon wasn't that type of guy at all, but most Smashers around the mansion knew very well to never underestimate the uncanny F-Zero racer. He was one of those Smashers who a lot of people perceived to be unpredictable. Lucina, on the other hand, was kind, gentle, polite, and somewhat easily startled. With a pretty face to seal the deal, it came as no surprise to the veteran Smashers that she would be Falcon's first target to prey on.

You'd think he would have learned his lesson after the incident with Samus during last year's Valentine's Day.

"Falcon, stop," said Ike as Falcon flexed his abs at the group on the couch. "You're scaring the poor girl."

"Oh, I'm quite alright, but thank you anyway Ike," replied Lucina cheerfully. "It's nice to just sit down with a group of friends and spend time together after a hard day's brawl."

"See, she's fine!" said Falcon enthusiastically. "Trust me on this, guys. When Captain Falcon hosts a party, everyone has a good time!"

"Pi-Pikachu!" replied Pikachu seriously.

"Okay, well there was that ONE time when I accidentally set the mansion on fire," muttered Falcon. "But that was a problem with the lighting, completely out of my control!"

"Pika…"

"Hey hey! I don't want to hear another peep from you mister! You weren't even invited to this thing!"

"What are you talking about?" asked Ike. "You're the one who asked if he could come along in the first place."

Indeed, the only reason why Pikachu was here in the living room with them was because Falcon had noticed him strolling by some few minutes ago. With his happy-go-lucky attitude and Pikachu's cuteness, why would he not invite the little electric mouse in the join them on the festivities?

"Whatever," spat Falcon. "The point is, tonight's the third night, which mean it's MY turn to pick the movie!"

"Pika, Pikachu?" asked Pikachu.

"The first week, I picked 'Dragon Heart'," replied Lucina, in response to Pikachu's question. "And last week, Ike picked a Jackie Chan movie… that I can't remember the title of."

"It was 'A Snake in the Eagle's Shadow'," replied Ike from the other side of the couch. "A kung-fu classic. And by the way, Lucina, Pikachu didn't ask you that."

"Chuuuu…" said Pikachu disappointedly.

"Oh, I'm sorry," replied Lucina. "I'm still getting used to how the Pokémon talk around here."

"It's okay, it takes some getting used to," said Ike with a smile.

"Hello! Are you guys gonna sit there and gawk all night or are we gonna watch this movie!?" asked Falcon, a bit of irritation in his voice.

Ike glanced at him with an unimpressed gaze.

"Falcon, you're the one standing there with the movie," he said. "Just put it on already!"

"Wait…" replied Falcon. "You guys…don't want to hear what movie I picked?"

He made a sad puppy-dog face as he lifted the disc casing in front of his mouth.

"Go ahead Captain Falcon," said Lucina warmly. "We're all listening."

"I envy how you can maintain such an attitude with this guy," muttered Ike from the side.

Pikachu continued to munch on his large bucket of popcorn contentedly.

"Alright folks!" began Falcon with his dramatic pizzazz. "I stand before you tonight with one of the greatest and most terrifying Horror movies that this world has ever seen! It will make your spine shudder, your teeth chatter, and your eyeballs will fall from their eye sockets in disgust at the scenes contained within the bindings of this DVD!"

"Oh my…" said Lucina in shock, partly interested and bewildered by Falcon's description.

"Will you spit it out already?" asked Ike in annoyance.

"Ladies and gentlemen," continued Falcon. "I present to you, the one, the only, 'A Nightmare on Elm Street!'"

Falcon proudly held the disc above his head, striking another comical pose in the process. The version of the movie seemed to be the 1984 classic starring Heather Langenkamp and Johnny Depp.

Lucina continued to stare in wonderment, while Ike and Pikachu remained unimpressed.

"Really, 'A Nightmare on Elm Street?'" asked Ike. "I thought the only Horror movies we owned were the 'Resident Evil' ones."

"Pfft! 'Resident Evil?' Come on Ike, no one likes that series," retorted Falcon.

"Pikachu…" muttered Pikachu as he grabbed another popcorn, dipped it in his bowl of ketchup, and popped it into his mouth.

"I've never seen 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' before," said Lucina casually. "Is it scary?"

Falcon was, again, taken aback by her seemingly simple question.

"Is it scary?" he repeated. "Is it scary!? Girl, this movie is one of the scariest movies of all time! I guarantee you by the time we're done with this movie, you'll be too scared to sleep without the lights turned on. Is it scary…Sheesh, you kids I tell ya…"

"I've never seen a Horror movie before," said Lucina enthusiastically. "This should be exciting."

"Depends on your definition of 'exciting' I suppose," mumbled Ike.

"Have you seen this one, Ike?"

"No, but it won't matter anyway; there is no movie that can scare me. It's all make-believe after all."

"Pi-Pikachu!" chimed Pikachu in agreement.

"Alrighty then!" replied Falcon. "Let's get this party started!"

Falcon promptly shoved the movie into Master Hand's super expensive Blu-ray disc player. He thereafter plopped his butt down on the couch between Ike and Lucina, crushing Pikachu in the process and spilling his snacks all over the floor. After receiving several thousand volts of electricity and running back to the kitchen to grab some more popcorn, he took his spot in the middle of the couch again with Pikachu lying in Lucina's arms, the ketchup and popcorn sitting on the nearby coffee table.

"These damn remotes never work when you need them…" muttered Falcon as he wedged his thumbs into the buttons of the device.

After bypassing the decade-old movie trailers and FBI content warning bullshit, "A Nightmare on Elm Street" was finally playing on the TV. The last thing to be done was to turn off the lights, which Falcon hastily did before, yet again, reclaiming his spot on the couch.

Ike yawned to himself as Lucina stared on at the movie playing before them. Unbeknownst to her, she would soon find out that sitting down to watch this movie would be the worst decision she'd made in the entire week.


89 minutes later…


As the last of the credit score began to die down with the remaining text crawling up the screen, Lucina could only stare wide-eyed in horror at the monstrosity of a movie she had just witnessed. She shivered in distress, afraid to turn her head in any direction for fear that Freddy Krueger would be lurking in the nearby shadows. She squeezed Pikachu tightly against her body, causing the Pokémon to wake from its sleep.

"Pika…" complained Pikachu as he tried to push himself some more breathing room.

Lucina, however, refused to budge from the curled-up-ball position she was in. She glanced over at her friends to see Captain Falcon leaning back against the couch with his mouth wide open and snoring loudly. Ike was also asleep, his head leaning on his propped-up fist, though he was much more silent about the matter. It seemed that Lucina was the only one who actually watched the whole movie from beginning to end.

Unfortunately, she didn't realize how tightly she was hugging Pikachu and before she knew it, the electric mouse began to give off a series of sparks. She shrieked at the touch, giving Pikachu enough space to jump onto Falcon's lap and wake him up instantly, before scurrying out of the room.

"Huh what!? Who goes there!?" shouted Falcon in a daze.

He glanced around the room to see the TV screen displaying the DVD menu and a petrified Lucina staring at him. Ike began to stir awake as well from the sudden excitement.

"Ugh, what time is it?" he mumbled before pulling himself up.

Falcon continued to stare at Lucina dumbfounded, while she continued to stare back at him with a fearful look in her eyes. Falcon let out a huge yawn and a stretch before scratching his back.

"So, how was it?" asked Falcon nonchalantly. "What'd I tell ya, scary huh?"

Lucina just looked at him in horror, her hands cupped over her chest as scenes of knives cutting through her body played through her head. Never in her life had she seen anything so graphic—not even on the fields of battle. Mechanically, she got up from her spot and shuffled mindlessly out of the room and back to her dorm.

"Night, Lucina," called Ike as she left, but she made no effort to respond.

After a few moments, the blue-haired swordsman frowned at the F-Zero racer.

"What?" asked Falcon seriously.

Lucina wandered like a lost soul through the hallways of Smash Mansion, bypassing every room and door along the way. She found herself constantly glancing back and forth in the halls, trying to tell herself that the echoing noise or voices were nothing but her imagination. She could feel something following her, but she wasn't entirely sure if it was all in her head or some separate entity. Nevertheless, as soon as she made it to her room, she ran in and slammed the door shut.

She wasn't the same when the Smashers saw her at breakfast the next day.