A lonely young girl sobbed in an empty void of darkness, she desperately wanted to see her mother again, even if she knew she could not. She was lost child, lost in the darkness in which she dreads. The darkness where there was no light to guide her, no stars to accompany her, no mother to find her or care for her.

The girl kept crying in her void of despair until she heard another voice cry, the voice was of a much higher pitch and sounded like it suffered the same fate. The girl turned to where the cry came from and saw a tiny glimpse of light in the far distance of the void of isolation. No, she was no longer isolated, and she swore she was going to accompany whoever cried in the distance, because nobody deserves to be lost and alone, not like how she was.

She then braved forward towards the light, she walked and she walked and didn't seem like she was getting any closer, what started as a walk that went on for days became weeks, and then those weeks became months and eventually years. She did not tire walking endlessly towards what felt like the edge of the universe, but she never stopped, she would not stop until she has reached that crying voice.

Years went on and the glimmer of hope that glowed in the distance grew larger and closer, but the it's cry of sadness never stopped. The girl kept walking as she became wiser, pondering about everything in the universe in the meantime of her journey.

"Mother..." The voice whimpered. The girl only wished she could get there faster, but there was only a couple of light years she had to cross.

"Mother!" The voice cried. She could do nothing but continue her journey, the voice felt so close to her, yet so far.

"Mother wake up!" It exclaimed even louder.

Wait, she's a mother? But she was just a young girl, and why did the voice tell her to wake up?

Then it hit her, she is dreaming and her child outside wanted to speak to her, she gave up on her journey and rejoined with the outside world.

She also remember about how often she would get that dream, always that same dream of her lost in the darkness which she dreads. She always walked towards the glimmer of light but she can never make it there.

At times she would think that it is a memory, but she keeps telling herself that it's just a dream. But why did it keep hauntin-

"MOTHER!"

-Rosalina's Room

Rosalina opened her eyes and was greeted by a little star-like creature who was one of her many adopted children known as Luma.

"Luma, what did I tell you about waking up mommy in the middle of the night?" Rosalina asked slightly irritated but still gently.

"Sorry mother, I had a bad dream and I can't go back to sleep..." Luma asked sadly.

"I understand, so what shall we do?"

"I want to hear a story." Luma squeaked.

"What story shall it be?" Rosalina asked.

"I like the one about the Dream Guardian." Luma spoke.

"Very well, The Dream Guardian it is." Rosalina hovered to the leather chair next to the fire place and Luma sat comfortably in her lap.

"Where is the book?" Luma asked, normally Rosalina would get a story book from the bookshelf.

"I know this story by heart, it is my favorite story too." Rosalina prepared herself to retell the story.

Once upon a time in the reaches of space was a powerful star known as the Dreamstar, it was large star that had the many colors of the rainbow and it had the power to grant wishes to enter the dreams of others.

The Dreamstar floated peacefully in space until the evil cosmic wizard known as the Nightmare invaded and destroyed the star into many fragments that scattered across space. Without the Dreamstar, the Nightmare was free to terrorize the dreams of everyone in the universe. Just when all hope was lost, a fragment of the Dreamstar made it's way into a planet safely, where it was discovered by a young woman in a field.

Upon touching it, the woman felt a surge of power run though her body as she established a link with the Dreamstar. The Dreamstar granted her the power to enter dreams so she could defeat the Nightmare. Under one condition, she must never use her power with selfish means or she will be paralyzed for betraying the Dreamstar.

The woman was too pure hearted to even think of such thing, she made her way into the dream world and destroyed the Nightmare. The Dreamstar's spirit was pleased with her work that he renamed her the Dream Guardian. The Dream Guardian would travel through dreams across the universe in search for the remnants of the evil Nightmare which may occasionally enter our dreams. But fear not, the scattered remains of the Dreamstar are still somewhere in the universe, waiting for many other Dream Guardians to rise and put an end to the Nightmare once and for all.

"Mother, how did the Dream Guardian look like?" Luma asked innocently.

"How she looked was a mystery, but many say that she takes the form of people that are dear to the dreamer." Rosalina answered.

"Does that mean the guardian would look like you if she visited my dreams?"

"You think so?"

"Why wouldn't she? You're pretty, you're kind and loving , and you're strong too!" Rosalina was flattered by Luma's praise.

"Perhaps, are you ready for sleep now?"

"Yes mother, I am not afraid of having a bad dream because I know that the Dream Guardian will show up in the form of you and kick Nightmare in the-"

"Luma, where did you hear that kind of talk?!" Rosalina scolded.

"Captain Falcon." Luma said ashamed.

"Do you know what happens to Captain Falcon when he talks to Samus?" Rosalina quizzed.

"She hits him because he shouldn't talk to lady like that?" Luma answered.

"That's right." Rosalina said.

"I'm sorry Mother, it won't happen again." Luma apologized.

"I know it won't, because you are a good Luma." Rosalina kissed her child and set it down on it's bed and went to sleep.

Rosalina sat back on the chair and thought back on the Dream Guardian story. She looked into her pocket and took out a small stone that glowed in every color.

She was indeed a real Dream Guardian. As a cosmic traveler, she found a fragment of the star of legend. According to one of Mario's recent quests, he also ran into a very powerful fragment known as the Dreamstone, which matched the description of her own fragment.

With the fragment, she was able to sense the presence of nightmares in sleeping individuals. She has only incepted the dreams of her own Lumas before, but the Smash Mansion was such a crowded place. Rosalina was actually curious to what her fellow Smashers dream about, and hopefully even help them out when they have nightmares.

'No, it is not place to invade someone's privacy like that!' She mentally scolded herself. That only made the idea even more tempting, incepting other Smashers could take her to new worlds, new experiences, and new feelings.

Rosalina cursed her natural flaws as curiosity got the best of her. She quietly opened and closed the door to her room and set out to explore what dreams lie in the darkened night of the Smash Mansion.