I don't own any of the characters rights, all rights belong to Nintendo, Sega, Capcom, Namco, Square Enix, and Konami.

(Author's pre-note)

Before you get into the story, please let me tell you something. This is the fourth part of my six part story that I am beginning to write about now. If you want to continue this story within being confused, please read my first three parts before this one. I know they may be really hard to read through at times, but if this one really catches your attention, I would recommend you read those first(they can be found in my stories, Luigi the Ruler). If you do not want to read them, feel free to continue with this story, but please understand that some characters actions are explained in my previous stories. Well, without further ado, let's begin!

The night sky with the bright moon shone down on the smash mansion, all were asleep and in their dreams. It had been two months since their vacation and the smashers were back into the life of fighting in the tournament. Master Hand was relieved by how the smashers were willing to pitch in and help with the financial problems that plagued the disembodied hand. However, out of all the smashers, Mario, for whatever reason, was never giving some of his victory money. Why this confused Master Hand was because that the plumber was always someone who would look out for everyone else in the mansion. Not everyone got along, but Mario was someone that everyone else could like with the exception of Bowser and Bowser Jr. Thankfully, Master Hand didn't have to worry about it too much since Link and Marth would help him out by giving the creator of the tournament their hard-earned money. After some tedious hours, Master Hand was finished with all of the finances for now and the smashers were done for the day as everyone went to bed. But on this night, certain events would send them into danger. As everyone dreamt away, a shadow moved about the hallway of the mansion.

"So this is the Smash Bros tournament? How pathetic.", the shadow thinks to himself as he crawled along the wall and entered a room and sprout back up. The shadow was shaped like a man and had red eyes with black pupils, his hands were also something to fear as they stretched incredibly far in front of him and landed on the side of the bed of a certain someone. The shadow then crawled over and looked at who was the occupant of the room. It was the hand himself. The shadow couldn't help but laugh mentally as he watched the unconscious hand turn over on his side.

"Fool! If you could only sense me, then you would tremble in fear!", the shadow thinks to himself as he heard a snore from the other side of the room and looked around. The shadow then saw the other hand as he snored loudly, but somehow not waking anyone up in the mansion.

"Well, looks like the brother of this failure is even more of a welp than I thought!", the shadow thinks as he moved over towards him and hovered above him. The shadow then put his hand on...uh...the giant one...and closed his red eyes as he used some of his energy.

"Beer, Wine, Whisky, Oh, I should just have you all!", the shadow then pulls back and shakes his head at the drunken hand.

"Heh! He should be no problem at all!", the shadow thinks before he becomes nothing more than a spot on the floor as he shrunk down and crawled under the door and back out into the hallway. The shadow then moved down the hallway, holding out his hand as if he were searching for something with a piece if equipment.

"Oh! What do we have here?", he thinks as he crawled under the door and entered another room. The shadow then spots the bed of another person and makes his way over towards it. However, he then realized that it's not just one person, but two. The shadow then smirks as he recognized the two, the plumber from so many legends, and the princess that the plumber would always rescue. The two were smiling as they laid there and held onto each other, unaware of what was above them.

"So this is the mighty Mario? If so, then that must be Peach. Heh, they are nowhere near what people describe them to be! This plumber surely can't beat the King of the Koopas every time, can he?" the shadow elaborates as he placed his hand on the plumber's forehead and began to read his memories.

"So long-a Bowser!", the plumber said as the shadow saw the previous battles that the plumber and Bowser had over the years. The shadow then sees more of Mario's other memories as he shakes his head again.

"Hmm, this plumber actually walks the walk and talks the talk. No matter, his power can never catch up to mine, only a select few could ever hope the face me.", the shadow thinks as he looked at the princess and placed his hand on her forehead."Let's see what you have."

"Oh Mario, I know with you, nothing bad could happen!", the shadow then opens his eyes and steps back as Peach gives out a yawn and hugs onto Mario tighter. If the shadow could smile, he would smile ever so evilly as he looked upon the couple.

"Sorry, but your Mario won't be able to stop what is happening.", the shadow laughs as he slid under the door again and went further down the hallway. He then picked up another sense and followed its 'scent' as a dog with meat. The shadow then felt the sense behind another door, he then crawled underneath again and found two creature's there as they snored ever so lighty. The shadow then moved to one if the creatures, the one in particular was a round, pink marshmallow with two red feet. The shadow then recognized the creature as the ever-so popular Kirby, the warriors from Popstar. Kirby rolled over onto his back and faced towards the ceiling as the shadow drew closer.

"Well Kirby, I've heard that you're powerful. How powerful, however, I do not know, care to show me?", the shadow thinks as he placed his hand on Kirby's forehead and read his memories. The shadow saw most of the battles that Kirby had fought against the villains of Dreamland, but one memory in particular had caught his attention. He then focused more on the memory that sparked his interest.

"Poyo!", Kirby said as he handed Jigglypuff a piece of cake, all the while his red cheeks began to turn even more red. Jigglypuff then took the piece of cake, but instead of eating it by herself, she got up and brought with her two forks. She then sat back down and handed Kirby a fork. Kirby then looked at her before smiling sheepishly as the pokemon giggled at his blushing.

"Poyo...", Kirby said.

"So, in love with the balloon pokemon? Tell me Kirby, you've foughten nightmares before, will you be able to awake from this one? Especially since you are nowhere strong enough, but she might suffer with everyone else.", the shadow thinks as he got up and went towards the other creature. The shadown had no trouble recognizing the creature due to its yellow fur, black stripes, and its tail shaped as a lightning bolt. The shadow watched as the most famous pokemon, Pikachu, rolled over and grabbed his tail as he snored lightly again.

"Well well Pikachu, you are certainly something.", the shadow thinks as he put his hand on the mouse's forehead and dived into Pikachu's memories. After a minute, the shadow stood back up and shaked his head.

"So, you've found friends in Mario, Luigi, Samus, and Bayonetta as you have stayed here while Ash is still trying to become a Pokemon master. It also seems that everyone adores you, both smasher and fan. Heh heh, will they miss you as this place will be annihilated?", the shadow thinks as he crawls under the door again and went down the hallway. He went down a couple of doors before coming into another room, this time, it appeared to be filled with small people as the shadow went over towards the bed of a certain cartoon character.

"So, the Hero of Time, only even more of an embarrassment as a young child.", the shadow thinks as he looks at the pirate. Toon Link then rolled over and pulled the covers over his face, as if he had felt a cold breath hit him. The shadow then looked at the other side of the room and walked over and saw a little blonde with his hair at the top put into a curl.

"Oh, you must be Lucas, even more of a sap and loser than I heard.", the shadow thinks as Lucas's eyes shut even tighter and rolled away as the shadow began to laugh internally to himself.

"They let you in here, how can you fight? You could barely save your own world! Heh heh! I don't need to read your memories, I already know enough! Too bad, you probably wouldn't have to cry as much if it weren't for..."

"Uh..."

The shadow then stood erected as he turned his head and saw another boy roll over and try to sleep pleasantly. The shadow then widened his eyes as his black pupils shrunk as he saw the boy. The boy had Raven black hair and a red cap at the post of his bed. The shadow then moved from the other side of the room to the boy's bed in half a second as the boy just close his eyes tighter. However, the shadow was practically shaking in excitement.

"So, we meet again! I can assure you, it won't go the same way as last time! You are who I'm after! You can't stop it! Let me show you of what's to come, Ness..." the shadow thinks as he placed his hands on the psychic boy's head as Ness began to let out some sounds.

"Ugh...*yawn* must be morning.", Ness thought as he got up and jumped out of bed. However, when he landed his feet on the ground, he noticed something unusual, he was already fully dressed with his clothes on, his shoes tied, and his cap on his head. Ness just studied himself over a bit before shrugging his shoulders.

"Huh, must have forgotten to change last night.", he said as he opened the door and went out into the hallway. However, when he went out, he found out that the hallway was dark and quiet. Ness looked around for a second before shrugging it off and walking down the hallway.

"Hmm, maybe it's still nighttime. Oh well, at least I'll change correctly this time when I come back.", he thought as he made his way down the hallway. He then turned the corner and saw a figure in the middle of the hallway. Ness looked confusedly at the figure before recognizing the figure by its tail.

"Oh, Pikachu! What are you doing?", Ness asked as he made his way up towards the pokemon. However, as Ness got closer and closer, he saw that Pikachu had not moved as much as a inch since calling out towards to him.

"Uh...Pikachu, are you al..."

Splash

Ness then stopped in his steps as he heard the sound that is heard when a step is made in a inch to an inch and a half of rain when walking in the rain. He then thought back in his mind that there was no reported leak, and if so, Mario and Luigi would have taken care of it. Ness then looked down and widened his eyes at the sight, he was standing in a puddle of blood. He then jumped backwards in fear before noticing that the puddle of blood had come from Pikachu. Ness then began to shake in fear before charging around the pokemon and running towards the living room.

"Help! Pikachu is bleeding! Somebody help him!", Ness yelled as he came into the living room, only to stop dead in his tracks. He then looked on in horror at the sight in front of him. Mario was laying down on the floor, though there was no mark of violence on him, it was pretty clear that he was dead due to the lack of color in his skin. Sonic was laying face first on the table as a cup at the bottom of the table let out its content of whatever it was he drank. Samus in her zero-suit was laying on the couch, she too was like Mario and had no mark, but instead no color. Cloud had his Buster Sword impaled through his chest, however, since there was no blood, it seemed as if this was a long time ago. Megaman lay in pieces as his head was split in half with his arms ripped from his body, his torso spraying a little bit of oil. Bayonetta looked like a mummy as she was missing one eye and had her skin withered off her face. Fox had a sword driven right through his head, and Yoshi had his skin dehydrated, leaving only a couple of tissues, bones, and his eyes left. Ness nearly vomited in disgust as he saw his fellow dead smashers as he knelt down and grabbed his head as he curled up into a ball.

"This is not happening! This is not happening!", Ness continued saying as he tried to look away from the bodies.

"Ness?"

Ness then looked up and jumped back in horror as he looked at who had called his name. The person was Mario, who looked at Ness with stares that said 'why?'.

M...Mar...Mario!? But...but...how...you...you...", Ness sputtered in disbelief.

"Ness, why didn't-a you tell us?", Mario asked. Ness then looked at Mario with a cautioned look.

"What?", Ness asked.

"Why didn't-a you tell us?", Mario repeated. Suddenly, Mario began to stand up, revealing that he had lost more color than Ness had suspected. Ness just backed away in fear, scared by what he saw of Mario.

"Yes.", Ness then spun his head around and saw Cloud get up, his Buster Sword still impaled through his chest, but it looked like it didn't bother Cloud."Why didn't you warn us?"

"Tell us Ness.", Ness then widened his eyes even further as the corpse of Bayonetta stood up and looked at him with her remaining eye."Tell us."

Ness then began to hyperventilate as everyone else began to stand up. Fox had his eyes crossed as he moved forward with his arms reached out, as like the previous corpses. Yoshi then stood up and walked slowly towards Ness, this scared Ness even more since Yoshi's tissues began to disintegrate into nothing, letting some bones hang out and an eye hanging from his head. And while Sonic was the most normal of the bunch, Ness was still scared of him as he sensed with his PSI the dangerous toxin in the hedgehog's body system that Sonic had drank. Ness then ran out into the the main entrance, only to find out that he was surrounded. Ness saw Snake crawl up to him as a zombie with no legs, for Snake's torso was missing. Ness then saw a zombie of Captain Falcon make his way towards him as Luigi with his skin white as snow came in closer. Ness then backed up towards the door as all of the smashers then began to close in on him. Ness then realized that no matter what way he saw it, he had to fight. He then felt his hand heat up as a spark of fire grew.

"PK FIRE!", Ness yelled as he threw it towards a decomposed Mewtwo. However, instead of stopping the pokemon, Mewtwo continued walking towards him while his skin began to burn to a crisp as Ness screamed in horror as Mewtwo's burnt face was revealed. Ness then began to pound the doors as the smashers closed in on him.

"Ness. Ness. Ness.", the all chanted as Ness began to sweat bullets as he struggled with the door.

"MASTER HAND! PLEASE SAVE ME!", Ness yelled as the smashers were just a foot away. Suddenly, the door opened and Ness shot out as he began running away.

"SOMEONE HELP ME!", Ness yelled. Suddenly, Ness stopped running as he felt himself being lifted into the air as he looked back and saw a zombie Lucas use his telekinesis to pick him up. Lucas then made the hand motion towards him as Ness widened his eyes and saw himself going back towards the smashers.

"NO! NO! NO!", Ness yelled as he felt himself being thrown onto the ground. Ness then looked up, only to widen his eyes before covering his head as the smashers circled and got closer to him.

"Ness. Ness.", the said as they reached out their arms.

"NO! KEEP BACK!", Ness yelled.

"Ness...", they chanted again.

"NO! GO AWAY!", Ness yelled in fear.

"Ness...NESS! NESS! NESS! NESS! NESS! NESS! NESS! NESS! NESS! NESS! NESS! NESS! NESS!"

Ness then looked up and saw that the smashers were gone he then stood up as he looked around, wondering where they had gone.

"Huh? Wh...where are they?"

"NESS! NESS! NESS! NESS! NESS! NESS! NESS! NESS!"

Ness then heard his name being continuously being chanted as Ness looked around on the ground for a few more seconds before looking up towards the sky. Ness then jumped back in fear as his eyes couldn't believe what they saw.

"NO! IT CAN'T BE! I... I KILLED YOU!", Ness shouted as he looked at the sky. The sky was all red, but even more scarier than that, it was filled with all these distorted faces as they looked down at Ness.

"NESS! NESS! NESS! NESS! NESS!", the chanting continued. Ness then built up the courage to stand before his old foe.

"GIYGAS!", Ness shouted at the sky. The faces then began to distort themselves even more as Ness began to build up his PSI powers in his hands.

"I STOPPED YOU ONCE, AND I'LL DO IT AGAIN!", Ness shouted as he held his hands out and let a little spark of green energy flow in his finger tips.

"PK..."

"Oh look at you Ness..."

Ness then immediately stopped his charge up as he dropped his hands and stared at the sky.

"What!? Did...did you just..."

"Yes, I did just talk. Surprised that I wasn't saying the same thing over and over again?", Giygas asked as Ness looked in awe at his old enemy. Ness couldn't believe it, Giygas was talking to him. Ness then shook his head as he stepped another step forward.

"But...but how..."

"Oh, you see, I was able to restore my mind. I am no longer that out if control person anymore.", Giygas said so naturally, as if this was just a friendly conversation. Ness then blinked a couple of times before narrowing his eyes boldly at the distorted faces.

"You may have regained your mind back, but I still sense the evil within you!", Ness shouted. Ness then heard a laugh as the faces began straightening themselves out.

"So what? You'd think I would just leave you alone? The one who killed me? No no Ness, it's much more than that. Now that my mind is restored, I am going to finish what I started. Just think of it Ness, red skies, all life enslaved, the universe finally under my power! But the best part is... there's nothing you can do Ness, you can't stop me."

Ness then tightened his fists as he heard the plan that his enemy had stated, he then narrowed his eyes as he took another step forward."I'LL NEVER LET YOU DO THAT!"

Giygas then chuckled as he heard the boy's response,"Silly Ness, I'm afraid you can never stop it, or me.", he said as he gave out a wave of laughter as Ness felt his head get dizzy and fell over.

"AAAHHHH!"

Ness then stood up, he looked at himself and saw that he was wearing his pajamas. He then looked over and saw Toon Link and Lucas, still asleep in their beds. Ness then took a deep breath...before narrowing his eyes and walking over towards his clothes drawer. He then threw some clothes around as he put on his shirt, shorts, socks and shoes, before putting on his iconic cap as he looked at the doorway.

"He's coming."

(Author's note)

Sorry, I was going to upload this yesterday, but I'm lazy, no excuse around it. Anyways, a new adventure has just begun, and this time with Ness! What will Ness encounter on this adventure? Will he defeat Giygas? Or is it something else? I hope to have this story at least about twenty five chapters long, so don't expect the story to end soon. Well, to those who have read the first chapter, I hope you enjoyed it and hope that you will continue on this adventure. Until next time, au revoir! I don't own any of the characters, all characters belong to their respective owners.