CHAPTER ONE
Peach and Zelda stood at the edge of the arena, waiting for the match to start. It was that time of year, when fighters around the world battle for the title of the champion.
"I hope Mario does well," Peach said. "Kirby's done some extremely tough competitions in the past, so I don't know if Mario will stick up to it."
"Don't get down! Mario's been saving everyone—the Mushroom Kingdom—for forever!" Zelda told Peach enthusiastically, "it'd be a surprise if he DIDN'T win. Now about Link… I wonder why he didn't enter. He told me he has to get the Master Sword again… For goodness sakes! It's just the tournament!" Peach shrugged.
"Many warriors come out all the time! Link just might be making up an excuse for not fighting. He's been in these annual games… for ages! Ever since the first one, Link's had his Master Sword tons of times."
Zelda laughed at the sight of Link being afraid. It just didn't seem possible, after he'd save her about a million times.
As the two princesses kept on about past tournaments and rankings, Mario and Kirby ran onto the Middair Stadium, ready to duke it out. After giving each other cruel facial expressions for about 2 minutes, the two 64 veterans began to fight for victory.
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The crowd cheered wildly as Mario waved to the crowd, after his victory against Kirby. Mario tapped Kirby's trophy, returning him to life, allowing the two to shake hands, and meet & greet with the crowd.
"Good job Kirby," Mario said, gasping for air." Kirby winked at him, until to speak for a while. Suddenly, the sky started to turn a dark red, with a large flower-like figure raining down on them. It was Petey Piranha. A notorious villain from the Mushroom Kingdom. Familiar with the princess setting, Petey captured Peach, as well as Zelda, quickly realizing that she too, was a princess.
"Argh! HELP!" Peach and Zelda screamed from their cages. Mario and Kirby exchanged looks as Mario quickly ran up to Petey, but was pushed back all the way to the clouds, in Skyworld. Kirby, gaining the courage to fight again, ran up to Petey to rescue to captive princesses. With the audience fleeing, Kirby didn't really have much to cheer him on, but he knew he had to rescue Peach and Zelda.
"Just hold tight!" Kirby assured Peach and Zelda, "I'll get you guys out of there in no time!" Peach and Zelda looked at each other, each with worried expressions, but knew Kirby could get them out in time.
"Haaaaaa-yah!" Kirby used his cutter to land the final blow on Petey. Noticing one of the cages broke open, he rushed over to rescue one of the princesses. It turned out to be Princess Peach!
"Thank you so much! My brave little hero. But where's Mario?" Peach looked around, and Kirby do so too.
"Petey knocked him all the way to Skyworld. It'd take forever to get there!" Kirby told Peach. After searching the scene for Zelda too, Kirby and Peach realized that she was stuck under her cage, when Wario, pops out of nowhere, ready to turn her into a statue. Kirby ran towards the situations, but it was too late.
Wario and officially turned Zelda into a statue, but there was no time to be sad about it. The entire stadium was in ruins, and Kirby and Peach had to leave right away. Hopping onto Kirby's escape star, the two flew away in search of Halberd, to board on to safety.
"I can't believe Zelda was taken…" Peach sobbed. "She was my best friend! We need to rescue her Kirby!"
Kirby sighed. "We can't do that Peach. We'll risk being caught ourselves. It's best to leave the job of rescuing to someone who's more capable. If we were to go, we'd need a couple more people."
"But… what if no one goes? What if no one is there to rescue Zelda? We need to go back and save her!" Peach cried.
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"…" Mario groaned. "Where am I?"
"Skyworld," a female voice said, "Get up! We saw all what happened. But you're safe now." Mario quickly gathered himself, and prepared to move along to rescue Kirby, Peach, and Zelda. He recognized Pit, but not the tall beautiful lady standing next to him.
"Hey Mario… we saw what happened. And we're here to help!" Pit chuckled. "This is Palutena, the Goddess of Light. She's been the one who's been giving me all my powers so far!"
"Indeed." Palutena laughed. "Pit's no more than an angel for the Skyworld! That's why I've decided to join this iteration of the Smash Games. Anything an angel can do, a Goddess can do better. And while I would like to just stand around here and chat, we have a world to save!"
Palutena quickly flew from spot to spot, with Pit flying right behind. Mario rolled his eyes, and quickly joined in with Palutena and Pit. He knew, since being protected by an angel and his Goddess, that they were sure to find Peach, Kirby, and Zelda quickly.
"Do you guys know which way to go?" Mario asked. "I was knocked all the way back."
"Of course we do! I've never let any of my angels down, and I sure won't stop for a mere mortal!" Palutena laughed.
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Peach and Kirby wandered across the deck of Halberd, thinking about the current situation. Peach had finally calmed down since them, but the thought of losing Zelda was more than she could handle.
"We should find Mario, and quick," Peach suggested. "The sooner we find him, the sooner we could team up and save Zelda! Surely having him around could boost our chances."
"We could… but I don't know if it's safe! I want to save Zelda too," Kirby said, "but it could be really risky."
The two kept walking until they reached a mysterious Red Door. Peach opened it, and the two fell in. A few minutes later, Peach and Kirby found themselves stuck in a boatload of trouble. There were enemies everywhere! Waddle Dees, Waddle Doos, Fighters, anything you could imagine! Kirby took out his cutter and hammer.
"Peach, stay behind! This could get rough!" Kirby said with a stern look.
Peach laughed. "Don't worry! I can fight too!" Peach reassured him. She took out her tennis racket, and her bagged turnips. The two fought heroically against the horde of monsters. They were determined to keep moving, and find Mario and Zelda.
After a few long hours of fighting, Peach and Kirby slumped down against a tree. "Well, we're okay now. Surely Mario's okay too. After being in Skyworld for so long, there's no doubt he's already found an Angel to protect him!"
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Mario, Pit, and Palutena came to the flat plains. No enemies in sight, or so they thought. R.O.B's began to fill the plains, each carrying what appeared to be bombs. And the Ancient Minister was there too, but began to run away. Knowing the importance of catching the Minister, the three heroes ran after him.
"Warp!" Palutena shouted as she teleported towards the Ancient Minister. "Hah! Gotcha! What are you doing to the plains?!" she shrieked wildly. At the sign of distress, the Ancient Minister blew Palutena away with a force so strong, she fell way back, to the sights of a Forest. As the R.O.B's planted the bomb, the Ancient Minister got away, and Mario and Pit ran after him.