Grand Appearance

It was 2014. The SSB4 tournament as about to start, and the twelve veterans were waiting. Mario, Mr. Video Game himself. Donkey Kong, king of the jungle. Link, Hero of Hyrule. Samus, bounty hunter extraordinaire. Kirby, the pink puffball. Fox McCloud, leader of Star Fox. Yoshi, omnivore of the year. Red, the greatest Pokémon trainer in Kanto - or, the whole Pokèmon world, for that matter. Luigi, the eternal understudy. Captain Falcon, supersonic F-Zero racer. And Ness, a PSI Powerhouse.

"Attention-a, folks! We would like-a you to enjoy your-a stay-a here in Smash Mansion." Mario started.

"Indeed. As Hero of Time, I was accepted to this tournament. And now, you are as well." Link added.

"In fact, this will be a great chance to make new friends. Or enemies." Samus said.

"So, we hope you get used to Smash Mansion." Fox McCloud included.

"Because you're going to be here a while..." Red included, Pikachu and Jigglypuff to his side. "Pika!""Jigglypuff!"

"Quite a while." Luigi finished for Red.

"But first, we would like you to meet someone." Ness said.

"The... greatest Smasher of all time." Falcon said, reading from a hidden script. Then, whispering to Ness. "A little conceited, is he not?"

With that, the lights flickered three times, before plunging the room in pure darkness.

Several screams were let out from the shock.

"Do you know my identity?" A hoarse, raspy voice let out. Several whispers, as they noticed as thin black silhouette zip past some of the crowd.

"Or am I a mystery to you all?" A single candle lit, giving an eerie glow to the room.

"Am I your best friend?" The flame turned green and grew.

"Or your best nightmare?" The flame turned black, darkening the room and spooking out the audience.

"I am..." The candle exploded, throwing wax everywhere.

"the one, the only..." a candle lit in front of each veterans, in their favorite color. A center flame appeared, rainbow.

"James Prodigy." The lights flickered as if to a beat, before leaving all but one off. The one in back was on.

"The Smasher of infinite power." Cue the applause. James thought to himself.

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