The Melee Chronicles

By: Ultimavara

SUMMARY: Things always were the same at the Smash Mansion, and things are just about to get very different...

OTHER STUFF: Link and Young Link are NOT the same person here, they are brothers!

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Chapter 1

Things always were the same at Smash Mansion. Mario and Luigi were engaged in a game of poker at a nearby table. Captain Falcon read the newspaper from Mute City, his legs stretched out over a table. Young Link and Ness were watching Smashing Live! in the corner.

Link was slumped over the couch, looking at his little brother in the corner. How much he cared for him was undescribable. Young Link looked up to his older brother, and practised his movements, and told all his friends that "My big brother is so cool!", which was exactly why the older Link liked him so much. Some little kids actually crowded round him in a circle.

Mario was silently prodding a remote after his victory over Luigi in their poker game.

"Hey, Link, why won't-a this thing-a work?" Mario asked. Link and Mario were good friends, although Mario was pretty much the best fighter.

"That's a Wii controller." Link replied. Mario looked at the remote, and saw that it indeed was a Wii Remote.

"Oops. There's-a the real one-a." Mario said, and reached out to grab the remote. He noticed it was lighter than usual. Whoever nicked the batteries was going to pay, for making him miss Pimp My Pizza again...was going to pay! Mario began to glow red with anger.

"KIRBY! HAVE-A YOU NICKED THOSE BATTERIES AGAIN-A?!" Mario screamed, and ran after the pink puffball, who was laughing.

"They're mine, you..you plumber!" Kirby laughed, and ran off.

Link rolled his eyes and looked back at his little brother and Ness. He became confused when his little brother was reading a crumpled piece of paper - someone had obviously given him it.

Link moved himself off the sofa and kneeled down beside Young Link.

"Whatcha got there, lil bro?" Link asked. He noticed it had the words "Newcomers" at the top, and loads of names written in gold ink. How did his little brother get that? Usually it was given to Mario, who was the sort of leader, and he passed it round to everyone. But it was obvious Mario didn't get it first - he always left a pizza stain or a plumber sign.

"Some man gave it to me, he was creepy and he said I wasn't allowed in there, so-" Young Link explained. Link stopped him.

"Wha-what? Where is 'there'?" Link stammered. This was actually beginning to creep him out. He never left anywhere without telling anyone - hell, even the Ice Climbers were decent enough to tell Link where he had gone. But no. The Ice Climbers, Zelda, Mewtwo...nobody had told him!

"A tournament. I wanted to prove I was strong. The guy said I wasn't allowed because I wasn't a professional. Then I told him about you. And then he let me in because he said if you were my older brother I was bound to be as strong as you," Young Link said.

"Hang on, lil bro, let me see that," Link said. He couldn't help feeling happy for his little brother. Young Link went all that way just to tell everybody about his big brother. Link scanned the pages, while Ness gave a stretch and a yawn. Captain Falcon and Luigi still remained silent.

"I'm going to bed, it's nearly midnight, and we have a big contest tomorrow night. See you all tomorrow!" Ness cried, and they all gave him a "Good night". He ran to Link. He gave a smile and continued to read again. The list of people sounded pretty tough.

The contests lasted for hours. Each resident in the Smash Mansion would have to face each one of these foes, and the one who beat the most was the winner.

"Hmmm...Snake? He sounds pretty bad..and Pit sounds like a pretty-boy or something." Link said, still reading.

Link and his little brother heard a tiny squeak, which was almost silent. Young Link ran to the stairs, with his older brother watching, and Young Link picked up a crying Pichu. Although Pichu was small yet sensitive, he was in second place when Link became champion.

"You lost?" Young Link asked. Before Pichu could respond, Young Link thundered up the stairs and ran to Pikachu's room, where Pichu slept.

"HEY! I wanna get my sleep! So shut the hella up, kid!" Fox boomed from his room. "We ain't all nocturnal, ya know!"

"I'll knock your turnal right off, PAL!" Link cried, faking anger, but laughing at the same time. When Fox shut up, Link stood up. "Well...it's gettin' late. I'm gonna go to bed. You coming? Hey, Luigi, Captain, you comin' too?"

"Yeah, it's-a late. I wanna look-a my best for tomorrow-a." Luigi said, and trudged up the stairs. Captain Falcon zoomed up the stairs.

Young Link gave his older brother a good night, and went back to his room. Link went to his own and climbed into bed.

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Someone was knocking on Link's door. He gave a groan. He yawned, got up and ruffled his hair.

Sitting bolt upright in his bed, his hand reached towards his bedside drawer. Pulling at an assortment of clothes, his hand closed on his hat and put it on. At least it was better when he tried to put on Mario's hat - Mario couldn't stop laughing for thirty minutes and had to call Dr Mario.

Link stumbled towards the door and opened it, his eyes half-closed and full of sleep.

"Good morning, Link," a female voice cheerfully said.

"Whassup, Zelda..." Link managed, before yawning again. Zelda shrugged.

"Nothing, just thought I'd bring you something to eat."

Link looked down. Zelda was carrying a plate, loaded with huge assortments of cakes, buns, croissants, and pastries, all of them Link loved. "Wow," he said. "Thanks," Then it hit him.

"Where did the others go?" Link asked.

"They left a while ago. Not much...just Mario and Luigi, really..."

Link nearly jumped out his skin. He was supposed to be training with Mario today!

"Dammit! I'm late again!"

His mouth opened and closed like a fish, which Zelda laughed at, and took the liberty of forcing a bun into it.

Kirby sat at the table, writing something on the back of a cornflakes packet. Peach sat at the opposite end. Link and Zelda rushed down the stairs - well, Link rushed - and he sat down.

"I'm going to win a new car!" Kirby exclaimed excitedly. "You have to write, in ten words, what cornflakes mean to you! So, I wrote, "cornflakes, cornflakes, cornflakes, cornflakes, cornflakes, cornflakes, cornflakes, cornflakes, cornflakes!"

"You'll never win, Kirby," Link said, his mouth full of pastries.

"Why's that?" Kirby asked.

"Only nine words," Link replied, his mouth even more full.

"Oh, yeah," Kirby said, and scribbled one more "cornflakes" on the back.

Link bolted the rest of his food down faster than a starving Dodongo, and swung open the front doors. The sun shone in the sky, the birds chirped endlessly, but summer was far from over. It was almost Christmas.

"What am I going to get everyone for Christmas? I know I'm gonna get Young Link a sword upgrade...but this time I want to get something for everyone."

There were always tons and tons of presents under the massive Christmas tree, from everyone to everyone. Kirby usually got everybody something ridiculous and cost a lot of money, but because the crew made so much from Smashing it didn't matter.

"Show me ya moves, puffball!" he heard Captain Falcon say to Kirby. Link didn't notice they were outside. Kirby was obviously enraged, and he lunged at Falcon.

"MY---NAME---IS---KIRBY!!!!" Kirby cried. Falcon laughed, trying to fight Kirby off. Mario arrived at the scene, sitting down beside Link.

"There always-a fighting now-a." Mario said. "But it's a-funny."

"Yep." Link agreed. Suddenly, the obvious struck Mario.

"Uh, shouldn't we be at-a the stadium, getting a-stuff ready?" Mario asked. Link's eyes widened.

"Oh my God!!" Link cried. Everybody in the house and outside heard him, and they followed him to the stadium.