Dark. Completely dark. Then, I tried to move around. Where was I? Where were the others? What was going on? I was on a metallic floor, I could tell. Very smooth. I tried to think. The last thing I remember was battling in the Quadri Tournament Championship against Pikachu. I tried to stand up. It was going to be hard with this heavy Power-Suit on.

Wait.

What heavy Power-Suit? I ran my hand down my body, not feeling my regular battle armor anywhere. Then, I realized it. I was in my flexible, comfy, but vulnerable Zero-Suit. "No," I whispered. What was going on?

"W-where exactly are we?" someone asked.

I let out a small yelp. I had no idea anyone else was in here. Wherever "here" was. "I don't know," I said to the voice. The same voice spoke, but closer this time. It was Link's voice. I could recognize it. "Samus? Is that you?" he asked. "Yes. But are we the only people here?" I asked him.

Suddenly, a groan. Several groans, in fact.

"Uhhhhnnn." "Ohhhhh."

Who else was here?

"Hello? Is anyone else in here?" I heard Fox's voice this time. Link and I shouted back to him. Then more voices. Kirby's. Pikachu's. Mario's. Zelda's. These were all the voices I knew and recognized. But there were others I did not know.

"Excuse me? Where are we?"

"What in God's name are we doing here?

"What the heck is going on?"

"What is the purpose of this place?

Then, suddenly, a bright light lit the whole room. There was a loud, thundering laugh. "Master Hand," I heard one of the newer voices mutter. I looked around me. I was the only one still on the floor. Everyone else was standing up, on the alert. Then, an Angel walked up to me. No, seriously. A real Angel. He offered me his hand. I grabbed it. He pulled me up to my feet.

"Hello. I'm Pit." He said.

I nodded to him.

"Thank you, Pit." I said.

"So. Here are my winners. My ultimate Smashers." The Master Hand boomed. Only then did I realize there were ten of us all in a metallic room about the size of a Master Bedroom. As everyone listened closely to the Master Hand, out of the corner of my eye, I saw all the other characters looking at me, winking, and whistling. I ignored them all. I was the only female contestant in the room besides Zelda, who was also getting side-glances. I felt embarrassed.

"You have all been selected to become the new contestants for the Brawl Tournament. Each of you will proceed to battling and training until I will start the real competition."

"What about the Quadri Tournament Championship?" Fox asked uncertainly.

"The Quadri was merely a test to find the warriors needed to continue the battle for Brawl. You have officially entered a new championship. The Brawl Battle Championship!!!" Master Hand's voice rang out in my ears. I was selected as a finalist. I felt pleased. But afraid.

"How do we train? Is it the same as the Quadri Tournament?" I asked.

"Yes. In a way. You will choose to battle on certain stages, testing them out, learning them. You will practice hard and fight brutally. But, when you are not fighting, you may stay hang around any room in the Smash Mansion, except the door at the end of the hall on the 3rd floor. You may also stay in your own personal quarters."

"Quarters?" Link asked excitedly.

"Yep." Suddenly, doors appeared in the metallic room. Ten, to be exact. The nearest one to me said in bold lettering engraved on the door: SAMUS ARAN. I opened the door, and inside was a small, but cozy-looking room. It had a big bed with large, puffy sheets.

There was a metal shelf, with some of my old gadgets: my freezer blaster, my morph-ball bombs, and more things too. There was a window next to the bed. I looked out of it, the Metal door automatically closing right behind me. I saw another room right next to the door. It was like a garage. In it, hovering a foot above the ground, was my ship. I breathed a sigh of relief. My power suit was generated by the ship.

I came back out of my Quarters. I looked around, noticing everyone else had disappeared into their quarters too. Zelda came out of hers, looking cheerful.

"I'm so glad you made it too, Samus. I was afraid of being the only girl around here."

I nodded. "Yeah. So, are you excited about this new tournament?" I asked her casually.

"Definitely. I wouldn't miss it for the world. I wonder if Princess Peach made it too? We became good friends during the Quadri Tournament, and that Hand said earlier that others might still arrive." Zelda said.

"Really?" I asked. I didn't want Falcon to come and flirt with me again. He'd been doing it ever since I first revealed I was a woman.

Suddenly, a swirl of light appeared right in front of me. Zelda shrieked. I stared. Then, out of the light, came Roy. "W-what the… uh, where am I?" he scratched his head disapprovingly. He stared at me. "What's a chick doing in a place like this?" he sidled up next to me. "Hey. I'm Roy. I don't believe we've met before. Care to go out with me?"

Zelda doubled over laughing. "What?" Roy asked.

"Hey genius, it's me, Samus. Now will you please stop hitting on me?" I said irritably. Roy widened his eyes. "Samus? Seriously? Wow. I think you should stop wearing that armor of yours. You look great without it."

I rolled my eyes. Zelda grinned and came over next to me. "Roy, don't you already have a girlfriend?" she folded her arms. Roy had a strangley smart girlfriend named Jodie. Roy paused for a moment. "Oh yeah…Jodie. Now will someone please explain what's goin' on?" After Zelda and I gave him a short explanation, he left to go check out his room.

Soon after, Peach, Luigi, Marth, and Yoshi all appeared. Zelda went off with Peach to the lounge to talk. Everyone else I knew was upstairs, just sort of talking and hanging around.

"Hey Sammy." I spun around. Captian Falcon was leaning on the wall behind me, grinning. I stared at him, horrified. "When did you get here? And don't call me Sammy!" I snapped. "Aw, c'mon Samus. Just a nickname. Wanna go downstairs with me? Let's get some sundaes."

I turned away. I didn't want to hang around him. He would flirt with me. And nothing was worse than Falcon and his creepy flirting skills.

"I… sorry, I gotta go meet everyone else." I walked off. It was half truth. I wanted to meet everybody, but I wasn't planning on doing it right away. Oh well. I'll just go on and do it. As I turned to go down the staircase, I bumped into someone. The person stumbled backwards. It was Pit, the angel-boy.

"Oh, sorry! I didn't see you." He said. I got up. "No, it's my fault. I should've looked where I was going," I reassured him. He smiled. A perfect, flashy smile. "By the way, my name's Samus. Samus Aran."I told him. "Nice to meet ya."

We walked downstairs, talking the whole way. You know, I'd never really thought about it, but who would know that a futuristic Space Bounty Hunter would end up becoming friends with an ancient-styled angel?