Nintendo Worlds: Crisis

Chapter 1: Explosions On Multiple Worlds

Nintendo World: Mario Bros.

Location: Princess Peach's Castle

Time: 12:32 P.M.

Mario the Plumber turned away from the forest. "Pretty quiet, eh?" he asked his brother, Luigi, who was standing beside him. "Too quiet." Luigi replied. Mario shook his head.

"Not quite thatquiet. After all, the birds are still singing, so at least we won't have a Koopa or Bob-Om attack."

"Been a lot of those recently, eh?"

"Yep."

Both brothers looked at each other for a second, and then broke into huge grins. A door opened behind them and they turned to see their cousin, Wario walk out of Peach's Castle. "What's up, Wario?" asked Luigi.

"Noth-" Wario stopped and turned his head. The brothers followed his gaze in time to see a dark, shadowy figure dart from a corner of the castle and head for the woods.

"Hey!" shouted Mario. The three took off after the figure. As they ran, they wondered what it could be. It was too solid for a Ghostie, too thin for a Koopa or Bob-Om. As the figure reached the woods, a loud boom came from behind them. They turned to see smoke rising from the Castle.

The figure forgotten, they started back to the Castle at full speed. As they neared, they saw that the smoke was coming from a gigantic gaping hole in the front wall of the Castle. There was a huge wall of rubble. They could see figures walking around.

When they reached the Castle, they found Toadstool and Yoshi staggering blindly in pain from the scene. A cry from the far side of the rubble brought Mario around to see Princess Peach with her leg pinned under a large slab of stone. "Over here!" Mario shouted. With the others' help, they managed to lift the stone enough for Mario to pull Peach out from under it. Her leg was badly broken.

Luigi looked around. "Where're King Koopa and Waluigi?"

They found them a few minutes later, crushed to death under the rubble.

Nintendo World: Sonic the Hedgehog

Location: Angel Island

Time: 12:32 P.M.

"C'mon Robutnik," said Sonic, "do we have to go through this every time?"

Sonic was standing next to his friends and teammates: Knuckles, flexing his fists and ready for battle; Tails, his twin tails twitching; Sally, holding her electro blaster; and Bunny, robotic muscles tensing. In front of them, stood Sonic's adopted brother, on top of his latest creation.

"You won't stop me this time, Sonic!" shouted Robotnik as he pulled a lever, sending a blast of the one thing that could slow down the speedy hedgehog, water, out of a massive cannon. With a quick roll, Sonic was out of the way of the blast. The others jumped into action: Bunny used her robotic arm to send a massive punch at the robot; Sally began firing her blaster at Robotnik's control panel; Tails took to the air with another electro blaster; and Knuckles took off, heading for the mad scientist himself.

Before Sonic could even get up, it was over. The robot was battered and useless, and Robotnik was on the ground, unconscious. "He's getting slower," commented Sonic, "Didn't even need me to take him-

"Hey! Who's that?" he shouted, turning his head to follow the shadowy form rushing away from the control compound of Angel Island. As the five watched, a circle of light appeared and the figure disappeared into it. Seconds later, a massive bang came from the compound. The smoke quickly dissipated and they could see that the compound was in ruins.

"That wasn't a chaos blast!" Sally said.

"Oh man, the others!" shouted Tails. Shadow wasn't at the compound, but Chao, Cream, Amy, Nights, and Sonic's parents and uncle were.

Sonic took off, the others following as fast as they could. As he ran, Sonic grabbed a power ring from his belt, a precaution he had begun taking after Tails' plane was damaged by one of Robotnik's creations. Energized by the ring, he made it to the rubble and immediately began looking for his friends and family.

He quickly found his parents, unconscious but alive. His uncle wasn't so lucky; his legs had been crushed by a large chunk of one of the panels from the center room. Suddenly, a large pile of rubble exploded upwards. Underneath were Cream, Amy, and Chao, all safe. Chao had used its power to protect the three of them. Just as Knuckles, Tails, Sally and Bunny reached the site, there was a flash of light, and Shadow appeared.

"I heard the explosion on the other side of the Island," he said, "What happened?"

"Whatever it was," replied Knuckles, "It wasn't Robotnik, we just took him down near the river!"

Suddenly, a slab of rubble shifted. They all looked in its direction, but saw no one.

"The rubble is still dangerous," said Shadow, "We'd better move everybody out of here."

"Someone's not coming out." said Sally, quietly.

Sonic followed her gaze with a sinking heart. There– protruding from under the slab that had shifted– was the broken arm of the magic warrior, Nights.

Nintendo World: Donkey Kong

Location: Treehouse

Time: 12:32 P.M.

DK was swinging through the trees near the Treehouse, out for his morning constitutional. Off in the distance, he could see his son, Donkey Kong jr. as well as Funky Kong. They were also out for some exercise.

He turned his head abruptly. That flash, where had it come from. He spotted a shadowy figure running from the base of the Treehouse, carrying something. Something that was shining brightly. Was someone stealing the Crystal Coconut?

He turned in midswing to head for the Treehouse, wondering why there had been no alarm. A flash of light came from the forest floor, and the figure was gone. A second later, an explosion rocked the trees. When the smoke cleared, the walls of the Treehouse were gone. As he neared, Donkey Kong could see two figures lying on the floor of the demolished Treehouse. When he got there, he found the bodies of his parents– Cranky and Wrinkly Kong. There was no doubt that they were dead; smoking circles evident on their chests.

Funky and Junior arrived seconds later. Funky looked around, "Where are Candy, Didi, and Dixie?"

"Probably taken by the same person who took the Crystal Coconut." Replied DK.

Nintendo World: Legend of Zelda

Location: Zelda's Castle

Time: 12:32 P.M.

Link, hero of Hyrule, neared Zelda's castle on his faithful steed Epona. He was answering a summons from Princess Zelda herself. He was wary, as he had heard the rumors of mysterious figures and the explosions they had set off around Hyrule. He had heard that Kafei's inn had been demolished and both Kafei and his wife Anju killed. Talon's ranch had also been destroyed but no one was hurt. Syrup the Witch's hut had also been blown up, injuring her apprentice, Maple. As a result, he was watching closely for a shadowy figure fleeing.

As he reached the gate of the castle, he spotted three figures standing by it. After a tense moment, he recognized Zelda, his owl guide Kaepora Gaebora, and Zelda's caretaker Impa. He waved hello to them.

Then he spotted the figure running from the castle.

"Look out!" he shouted as he quickly drew his bow and arrow, sighted, and fired. The arrow flew true, and the figure dropped like a sack of potatoes.

"Run!" he shouted. "The castle is going to blow!"

A few seconds later, it did more than that, it disintegrated. Small pieces of rubble pelted their backs. Kaepora fell to the ground with an injured wing. The rest of them were scratched by the flying rubble.

After a minute, Link turned back to find the body of the figure he had shot.

He never found it.