"And then, the prince proposed to the princess. The princess said yes, and the two lived happily ever after."

"Samus?" Are you and Captain Falcon going to live happily ever after?"

Samus stared down at Young Link, who looked up at her, smiling. Now the whole room erupted in questions.

"Are you Captain Falcy's pwincess?" Baby Peach, three years old, asked.

"Every princess needs a guy to make a prince," Young Zelda stated definitely.

"Well," Samus began, trying not to explode in fury or embarrassment, or both at the same time, "I'm not a princess, Zelda. So I don't need a prince."

"You don't need a prince," Kid Sonic said rudely, "but ya have ta like someone. So who do ya like?"

"Yeah, who do you like?" Ness asked.

"Yeah, who?" Lucas asked, chiming in.

"Umm…. I…." Samus faltered.

"Do you like anybody?" Young Zelda asked.

"Lunch time, guys!" Captain Falcon strode into the room full of kids. "Hey Nana; hey Popo," Captain Falcon went over among them and mussed up Popo's hair fondly. "What story have you guys been reading today?"

"I can't wemember the name, but it had a lovely pwince and and pwincess who got mawied at de end," baby Peach said.

The kids all looked at Samus, innocent and smiley, but Samus was beginning to get nervous.

"What in the universe was that about?" Captain Falcon asked Samus as they were in line to get food at the Cafeteria.

"I was reading them a fairy tale, and then they started asking me who I liked," Samus replied. She loved those kids to death, but sometimes they could get very personal without meaning to.

"And so you didn't answer?" Captain Falcon said, grabbing a carton of 1% milk.

"Not only did I not answer, I left them hanging. Now they're just going to keep bugging me about it all day…." She got a can of Root Beer and set it on her tray, as well as some napkins. "And now it's going to be bugging me all day too."

"Ah; so you don't like anybody?"

"I don't know if I like anyone!" Samus said, her voice getting all high pitched. Several Brawl members turned around to see what the noise was about. "I mean," She continued, bringing it an octave lower, "I've never been interested in guys. Ever."

"In your whole life?"

"Yeah," she replied. Samus led them both to one of the circular tables to the left of the Super Smash Brothers Mansion, overlooking the window. Zelda and Link sat at a table near a window, and when Falcon and Samus came to sit with the two, they were sitting quietly.

"You guys are always so quiet," Captain Falcon whispered to the couple. Link glared at him, while Zelda just smiled and continued eating.

"So anyway, they were thinking that I liked you, Samus said to Falcon.

"What? That's ridiculous!" Falcon exclaimed.

"Not really; I mean we do watch over the kids together a lot, and seeing us together so often must have given them that assumption."

"Who said this?" Zelda asked, incredulous.

"Just the kids we were looking after today," Samus replied, taking a bite of her pepperoni pizza.

"Oh, that's actually funny, because I just overheard Daisy and Peach a few tables away talking quite loudly about how weird you were for not liking someone here."

"They're just princesses; they don't matter to me," Samus grumbled. Zelda gave Samus a glare that could shoot daggers. "Err, except you, Princess."

"Hmph. That's what I thought." Zelda took another bite of some Hylian dish. "But just think about it… you, Peach, Daisy and I are the only grown women at this Mansion, and everyone but you has a boyfriend."

Samus got flustered. "That doesn't mean anything."

"Perhaps," Zelda said only, keeping her voice infuriating level, but Samus only got more and more confused by the minute.

"How dare she think that I looked like a woman!"

Ike snickered into his beverage. "Who was this?" he asked the blue haired prince.

"Dark Zelda," Marth grumbled.

Ike's eyebrow's rose into his jagged bangs. "Zelda has a dark side?"

"Apparently. I was with Link and Fox when Dark Zelda appeared out of nowhere and started firing questions and infuriating assumptions at everyone. And she called me a girl!"

Ike looked over to the prince. "Well maybe if you got rid of the tiara—"

"Shut up! It's a sign of Altean royalty and you know it!"

Ike merely smiled and picked at his chicken alfredo. The dish itself was new to him, as was many of the dishes they served at the Mansion's 'Cafeteria', but the sauce was tasty with the odd-shaped 'noodles', and there was chicken in it, so it suited him just fine.

"So do you want to train with me and any others who arrive at the Holodeck on floor 3?"

Without realizing it, Ike Greil found himself staring at the bold, blonde maiden that was sitting a few tables away.

"Ike? Hello?"

"What?" Ike looked up at him in surprise.

Marth smirked. "A young maiden catch your eye?"

Ike blinked. "No. What makes you say that?"

Marth rolled his eyes. "You were just staring at her."

"No I wasn't." Ike started stuffing chicken and noodles into his mouth nervously.

"Yes, you were." Marth sighed. "It's not like you have anybody back at home."

Ike swallowed. "As a warrior, it is my duty to—"

"—keep your mind on the task and not to let it stray, I know, I know." Marth inched closer to Ike in confidence. "But we don't have any missions now, hmm? No quests, no saving the kingdom, no heroics needed here. So why don't you just let your mind stray for a little bit?"

Ike looked down thoughtfully. "There is still Princess Elincia…"

"And she was uninterested, now wasn't she? Besides, you are probably only having second thoughts because you pledged your army's allegiance to her."

Ike sighed. "I guess…. for now we are 'off duty', as Snake would say."

"That's it! Now," Marth said, starting to rise, "Let's go meet her."

"Not yet!" Ike put a hand out to stop him, and Marth landed back with a scraping thud back in his plastic chair. Ike's eyes were wide. "Not yet."

"Oh, I see; too scared at the moment, are we?" Ike scowled at him. "Okay, okay," Marth said, putting his hands out in front of him in surrender. "It's your call."