"The Star Warrior Of Notre Dame." Prologue: The Bells Of Notre Dame.
This is just an idea that I had after rewatching after "The Hunchback Of Notre Dame" (the Disney version, which I've kind of been obssessed with lately, XD) and it got me thinking, "If I did a "Super Smash Bros." version of "The Hunchback Of Notre Dame', which characters would I use from "Super Smash Bros." to play "The Hunchback Of Notre Dame" characters? I'll be using "Super Smash Bros. 4" (a.k.a. "SSB4", which was is what some people, including myself call it, but the real title of the game is actually called "Super Smash Bros. For The Nintendo 3DSWii U"), so there are going to be some characters from that game that will be in it (i.e. Rosalina from "Super Mario Galaxy", one of the "Super Mario Bros." games,one of the characters who's in "SSB4"). The reason why I wanted to do this story is not only because "The Hunchback Of Notre Dame" is one of my favorite movies and Disney movies (which I've loved since childhood, but "The Lion King" is my favorite Disney movie, though) and "Super Smash Bros." one of my favorite video games ("The Legend Of Zelda" is my favorite video game), but I was also inspired by some "Super Smash Bros."/"Legend Of Zelda"/"Hunchback Of Notre Dame" crossover videos on YouTube. I didn't make any of them though. Someone else did. I was also inspired by a "Hetalia – Axis Powers" (which is an anime/manga series) fanfic version of "The Hunchback Of Notre Dame" that Thelittleanderefangirl made on Fanfiction. No, I'm not trying to steal anyone's idea. I just thought that it'd be really cool to combine two of my favorite things ("Super Smash Bros.", one of my favorite video games and "The Hunchback Of Notre Dame", one of my favorite Disney movies) into one fanfic. Anyway, when it comes to "The Star Warrior Of Notre Dame" (a.k.a. My "Super Smash Bros." version of "The Hunchback Of Notre Dame"), while some parts of the dialogue are going to be from the movie, other parts will kind of be in my own words, and there are going to be a few differences here and there, but I'm sure most of you have seen it, so you know what I'm talking about. Also, I will be making some references from the musical version of "The Hunchback Of Notre Dame", which is based on the Disney version (in German, it's actually called, "Der Glockner Von Notre Dame", but was later translated into English), but darker, so "The Star Warrior Of Notre Dame" will be a mixture between the two. Now then, onto the cast.
Kirby ("Kirby") - Quasimodo.
I just think Kirby's so adorable as Quasimodo. In fact they're both adorable. He fits the part perfectly. Originally I was going to choose Pit (from the "Kid Icarus" series) or Olimar (from the "Pikmin" series) as Quasimodo, but I think Kirby fits him more. Sorry, Pit and Olimar. Oh, and unlike Quasimodo, Kirby is obviously not a hunchback or deformed.
Zelda ("The Legend Of Zelda") - Esmeralda.
Yes, I know that Zelda is not a gypsy and is obviously the Princess of Hyrule. Well, instead of Zelda (who is obviously the Princess of Hyrule in real life) being a gypsy like Esmeralda, Zelda is going to be a Sheikah, but you'll find out why later on. Now, for the role of Esmeralda, it was either Zelda or Samus (from the "Metroid" series). Well, Samus did kind of remind me of Esmeralda because their personalities are kind of similar. One of Samus's taunts (I'm talking about Zero Suit Samus by the way) in "SSBB" ("Super Smash Bros. Brawl") and "SSB4" (all the characters in the series have a taunt) is "You're mine." I can kind of picture Esmeralda saying that, but I felt as if Samus didn't fit the part because she's kind of too serious to play Esmeralda, and Esmeralda's not that serious, so I chose Zelda instead. Not to mention that Zelda and Esmeralda are kind.
Come to think of it, there is actually an adventure mode in "Super Smash Bros. Brawl" called "The Subspace Emissary" and you do see Zelda (and sometimes Peach; the choices of some characters you pick vary depending on the cutscenes; for example, when Zelda and Peach get kidnapped, you as Kirby can choose to save either Zelda or Peach and then rescue the other princess later on – again, either Zelda or Peach, while the other one works with you to find her) and Kirby working together at some parts of the story, but only for a little bit. I didn't realize that until after I cast Zelda and Kirby as Esmeralda and Quasimodo.
Pikachu (from "Pokemon") is going to be Djali (it's pronounced "jolly"), Esmeralda's goat. I just think he's so adorable for the part.
Impa's another very important character in the story. Originally I was going to make her be Zelda's mother, but I decided to keep the nursemaid part since she's obviously Zelda's nursemaid in the "Zelda" series. I'm using Impa's "Skyward Sword" (another one of the "Zelda" games) counterpart for my story, because both she and Zelda's "Twilight Princess" counterpart have a braid.
Ganondorf ("The Legend Of Zelda") - Frollo.
At first the "Zelda" games didn't have voice acting, except for the latest game in the series, "Breath Of The Wild" (Link obviously doesn't speak in the series; well, in "The Wind Waker', another one of the "Zelda" games, the only words that he says are "Yay!" and "Come on!"). But I could totally picture Tony Jay (Frollo's voice actor) playing Ganondorf. Unfortunately Tony Jay died in 2006. R.I.P. Tony Jay. You were such an awesome Frollo. As creepy as it sounds, I can just see Ganondorf (Frollo) hitting on Zelda (Esmeralda) and being obsessed with her, and him singing "Hellfire", Frollo's song.
Link ("The Legend Of Zelda") - Phoebus.
Originally it was going to be Cloud from "Final Fantasy VII (7)" (from another one of my favorite video game series, "Final Fantasy" even though "The Legend Of Zelda" is my all-time favorite video game and favorite Nintendo game), but I chose Link instead. It might be just me, but I'd prefer Link and Zelda instead of Cloud and Zelda. I'm not sure if anybody else thought of the Cloud and Zelda pairing, so I'm sorry if I offended you if you like the pairing. I can just see Link and Zelda as Phoebus amd Esmeralda, mainly because I'm a big Link Zelda fan, and they're my favorite video game couple. It's also because other than Quasimodo, Phoebus (Link) is also willing to risk his life to protect Esmeralda (Zelda) from Frollo (Ganondorf). Anyway, as I was saying, like Phoebus, Link also has a horse (and a sword). Except Phoebus's horse (Achilles) is a boy, and Link's horse (Epona, another one of the "Zelda" characters) is a girl. Epona plays Achilles by the way. Oh, and I'm using Link, Zelda and Ganondorf's "Twilight Princess" (another one of the "Zelda" games) counterparts (they have a lot of counterparts throughout the series) because in "SSBB" (for the Wii), and "SSB4", they use Link, Zelda and Ganondorf's "Twilight Princess" counterparts for both games from the series, so yeah. Anyway, moving on.
Luigi, Mario Peach ("Super Mario Bros.") - the gargoyles, Victor. Hugo and Laverne.
Luigi is Victor, Mario is Hugo and Peach is Laverne.
I think they'd be hilarious as the gargoyles. I apologize if I make them out-of-character. However, unlike the gargoyles, who are well, made of stone, Luigi, Mario and Peach turn into trophies whenever someone is with Kirby (Quasimodo) like Zelda (Esmeralda), for example. I'm not sure if trophies count as stone, but I think they do, so correct me if I'm wrong. Just like how the gargoyles are Quasimodo's "imaginary friends", Luigi, Mario and Peach are also Kirby's "imaginary friends." I got the idea about Luigi, Mario and Peach turning into trophies after playing "The Subspace Emissary" from "SSBB" a long time ago when I first played the game. In "The Subspace Emissary", whenever a character "dies", they turn into a trophy, but are eventually "revived." Except in my "SSB" version of "The Hunchback Of Notre Dame", Luigi, Mario and Peach don't die. Trophies are actually one of the main parts of the "SSB" series – you can either get them during matches, Classic Mode, All-Star Mode, or Adventure Mode (which only appears in "Super Smash Bros. Melee"), buy them through the shop in the game, or through a mini game where you collect all the trophies. Oh yeah, is it just me, or can I picture Luigi, Mario and Peach singing the gargoyles' song, "A Guy Like You"? Just saying. Anyway, moving on.
Sonic ("Sonic The Hedgehog") - Clopin.
It was either him or Pac-Man, (from "Pac-Man", another video game series), but I chose Sonic instead (Pac-Man plays Clopin's puppet). Even though it sounds kind of awkward, I can just see Sonic as Clopin, okay? Yes, I know that he is not a Sheikah, because they're "Zelda" characters, and Sonic is obviously not. Let's just say that Sonic is a friend of the Sheikah Clan in my story. While Impa thinks of Sonic as a son, Zelda thinks of him as a brother.
I think I did a pretty good job in casting Sonic as Clopin because they both have good senses of humor. A friend of mine told me that in the "Sonic The Hedgehog" cartoon series, Sonic can be funny at times, hence why I said that both he and Clopin have good senses of humor.
Lucario ("Pokemon") - The Archdeacon.
Okay, I really couldn't decide who would be the Archdeacon, so Lucario was the first one that came to my mind. It was either him or Rusl from "The Legend Of Zelda: Twilight Princess."
Finally, Rosalina (from "Super Mario Galaxy") is playing Quasimodo's mother, even though she's in only one scene, which is at the beginning of the movie ("The Bells Of Notre Dame" sequence). It was either her, Lucina or the female Robin from "Fire Emblen" Peach, or Palutena, who's also from "Kid Icarus", but I thought Rosalina was perfect for the part. I almost chose Rosalina as Laverne, but I personally thought Peach was a better choice. I know it sounds kind of weird that Kirby is Rosalina's son, but let's just say that she adopted him, like she did with the other Lumas in "Super Mario Galaxy.
Alright. Now, before we get on with the story, I do want to give you a couple warnings:
This is going to contain spoilers for those of you who have not seen "The Hunchback Of Notre Dame" (the Disney version obviously, even though I did kind of give it away, but not a lot). So, if you don't want to know what happens, go watch the movie first, and then read my going to be some dark themes in here (since "The Hunchback Of Notre Dame" is one of Disney's darkest films) – genocide, racism, sexual references (like Frollo/Ganondorf trying to hit on Esmeralda/Zelda and singing "Hellfire" about his obsession with her), minor profanity (which I apologize, but hey, it is part of the story after all), stuff about religion and torture, etc.. So yeah, if you're not comfortable with that, don't read it, nor watch the movie. But again, if you have seen the movie, you know what I'm talking about. Unlike "The Hunchback Of Notre Dame" (which even to this day still puzzles me that it got a G rating for a kids movie, despite its dark themes), "The Star Warrior Of Notre Dame" is going to be PG-13. You know, just to be safe. I'll try my best, and I'm sorry if it stinks, but I hope you enjoy it.
Now then, one with the show! :D
Disclaimer:
I do not own "The Hunchback Of Notre Dame" or "Super Smash Bros." No copyright infringement intended. All copyrights are reserved, and therefore belong to their respectful owners. This is just for entertainment purposes only. I am not making any money off of this.
Notes:
Italics = thoughts, flashbacks and singing.
~ Paris, 1482. ~
"Morning in Paris, the city awakes
To the bells of Notre Dame.
The fisherman fishes, the baker man bakes
To the bells of Notre Dame.
To the big bells as loud as the thunder,
To the little bells soft as a Psalm.
And some say the soul of the city's the toll of the bells,
The bells of Notre Dame."
A blue hedgehog, whose name was Sonic, the singer of the song, was surrounded by a group of children (four boys – Lucas, Ness, Popo and Villager, and one girl, Nana, Popo's twin sister) outside of Notre Dame in the public square.
Sonic had green eyes and wore white gloves and shoes that were red with a white stripe down the middle with a yellow square ring.
Sonic was well-known as the world's fastest hedgehog. Not even the priests or parents and their children couldn't believe how fast he was. But despite his mischievous attitude, Sonic was also very kind and caring to his friends.
"Listen, they're beautiful, no?" he asked the children, "So many colors of sounds, so many changing moods. Because you know they don't ring all by themselves."
They gazed at him in wonder, eager to find out what today's story would be about. Not only was Sonic well-known as the world's fastest hedgehog, but also a very good storyteller and puppeteer.
"They don't?" a voice piped.
"No, silly boy," Sonic replied to his puppet, Pac-Man.
Pac-Man was a yellow circle with a large mouth, eyes, feet, arms, a really long nose, and like Sonic, he also wore red shoes.
"Up there, high, high in the dark bell tower lives the mysterious bellringer," Sonic pointed at Notre Dame, causing the children to turn around and look in his direction.
"Who is this creature?"
"Who?"
"What is he?"
"What?"
"How did he come to be here?"
"How?"
"Hush!" Sonic yelled, whacking Pac-Man with a stick, making the children laugh.
"And Sonic will tell you. This tale is not only about the bellringer. It's also a tale of an evil king, a princess and a knight. But most of all, it is a tale of a man...," Sonic changed his voice into a darker sinister tone, "...and a monster."
Twenty years ago (1462)
"Dark was the night when our tale was begun
On the docks near Notre Dame."
A group of people (three swordsmen and a woman) sat in a boat while one of them, a ferryman called Meta Knight steered it, sneaking their way into Paris. The passengers on the boat were Roy, Ike and his wife, Queen Rosalina of the Comet Kingdom, who held a crying baby boy in her arms, wrapped in a cloth.
"Shut it up, will you?" Ike hissed.
"We'll be spotted!" Roy whispered.
"Hush, little one," Rosalina comforted her son.
"Four frightened foreigners slid silently under
The docks near Notre Dame."
After making it to land, everyone got out of the boat.
"Four gilders for safe passage into Paris," Meta Knight told them.
Then, as Ike was about to pay Meta Knight and thank him for the boat ride, suddenly, an arrow flew into the air, making Rosalina yelp, At that moment, they realized that a group of guards were about to kill them, almost as if Roy, Ike, Meta Knight and Rosalina were forbidden to come to Paris.
"But a trap had been laid for the foreigners,
And they gazed up in fear and alarm."
Luckily, Meta Knight dodged the arrow with his sword, wounding one of the soldiers, while Ike and Roy were about to attack the other guards, and making sure that Rosalina and the baby wouldn't get killed.
"At a figure whose clutches
Were iron as much as the bells."
Then, the sound of hooves caught everyone's attention, and a man with a black horse emerged from the shadows, trotting in their direction.
At first, Roy, Ike, Meta Knight and Rosalina were relieved that someone was coming to save them. But once they saw the man, all hope was lost.
He had fiery red curly hair, dark green skin and evil golden eyes glaring back at them. He wore cargo pants possessing red and black lining, as well as dark gray shin armor and boots with white edges. In addition, his upper body was covered in dark gray armor with white lining, and a cloth on his neck. He also wore gold jewels on the collar, shoulder, and gauntlets (which encompassed his arms rather than just the back of his hands), plus some rubies, as well as possessing finger-less gloves.
This man was no ordinary stranger, because everybody knew him as the King of Evil, and leader of the Gerudos.
"King Ganondorf Dragmire!" Ike gasped.
"The bells of Notre Dame."
Ike wrapped his arms around Rosalina, as if telling her that everything was going to be alright.
"Ganondorf longed
To purge the world
Of vice and sin."
"No!" Rosalina cried as Roy, Ike and Meta Knight were grabbed by one of the soldiers and put in chains.
"And he saw corruption everywhere,
Except within."
"Bring these foreigner vermin to the Palace of Justice," Ganondorf ordered.
"You there!" one of the guards tugged at Rosalina's shoulder, noticing the bundle cradled in her arms, "What are you hiding?"
"Let go of me!" Rosalina begged, trying to break free from the guard who grabbed her wrist even tighter, causing her to mewl in pain.
"Rosalina!" Ike shrieked.
"Silence, prisoner!" one of the guards jabbed him in the back with their spear.
"Take them away," Ganondorf told the guards once more and separated Roy, Ike and Meta Knight from Rosalina.
"As for her," Ganondorf looked at Rosalina, "I'm pretty sure she's hiding stolen goods. There's no doubt about it. Take them from her."
"She ran!"
Finally, Rosalina broke free from the guard's grasp, and fled from Ganondorf who was hot on her trail. Her heart pounded really fast and she panted. She jumped over a fence, making Ganondorf growl in annoyance. There was no way he was going to lose her. She stole the bundle of goods. Now, she would pay for the price for what she did.
"Hold on, my son. We're almost there," Rosalina panicked to herself.
At that moment, she arrived at Notre Dame, banging on the door and cried out for help.
"Sanctuary! Please give us sanctuary!"
Suddenly, Ganondorf appeared, gaining on Rosalina who widened her eyes in shock and tried to escape from his wrath once more.
"I have you now," Ganondorf sneered at her.
In her mind, she prayed to God that someone would come and save her and her son from this evil man.
But sadly... it was too late...
By the time Ganondorf finally caught up to Rosalina, he struggled to snatch the bundle out of her grasp.
"NO!" Rosalina screamed, as Ganondorf finally took her son away from her and kicked her to the ground. At last, Rosalina was dead. Now, Ganondorf wouldn't have to deal with her anymore.
Ganondorf picked up the bundle and held it in his hands. Then, after he removed the bundle, he was startled by the sound of a crying baby. He scanned the area trying to figure out where the noise was coming from. It was then that Ganondorf eventually realized that the noise was coming from the bundle. But what he was holding was no ordinary bundle.
"A baby?"
Ganondorf pulled out the cloth that held the baby, and gasped in horror at what he saw.
"A monster!"
Immediately regretting his actions, Ganondorf tried to figure out how to get rid of the baby.
Then, he found a nearby well, and rode over to it, ready to kill the baby. After that, he'd be gone forever, and no one would ever know that Ganondorf took the lives of an innocent woman and her infant son.
"Stop!"
"Cried Lucario."
Lucario was a dog/wolf/jackal-like Pokemon, with a few kangaroo-like features. His forepaws were black and he had large pointed spikes in place of the oval shaped bumps, A third spike was in the middle of his chest, which was covered in yellow fur. He also had red eyes and a muzzle, as well as a "mask" covering his face with a stripe in the middle, and four black bundles on the back of his head.
Lucario rushed to Rosalina's lifeless body, picked her up, and glared at Ganondorf. How could he do this to an innocent woman like Rosalina and her son? Why?
"This is an unholy demon," said Ganondorf, trying to continue his task without being rudely interrupted, "I'm sending it back to Hell, where it belongs."
"See there the innocent blood you have spilt
On the steps of Notre Dame."
"I am guitless. She ran, I pursued," Ganondorf bluntly told Lucario, showing no remorse for his crime.
"Now you would add this child's blood to your guilt
On the steps of Notre Dame."
"My conscience is clear!" Ganondorf spat. He wished that Lucario would leave him alone so that he could attempt to kill the baby once again.
But then, Lucario told Ganondorf something that he'd never forget, and would haunt him for the rest of his life.
"You can lie to yourself and your minions,
You can claim that you haven't a qualm
But you never can run from
Nor hide what you've done from the eyes,
The very eyes of Notre Dame!"
Lucario pointed at the statues of all the saints on the walls. A look of horror appeared on Ganondorf's face. Almost as if he felt that they were watching him the whole time.
"And for one time in his life
Of power and control.
Ganondorf felt a twinge of fear
For his immortal soul."
"What must I do?" he finally spoke, his eyes engrossed to the statue of the Virgin Mary.
Lucario stood up and looked back at Ganondorf.
"Care for the child, and raise it as your own."
"What?" Ganondorf gasped, a look of disgust appearing on his face as he gazed at the baby, "I am to be saddled with this misshapen-"
"He has nobody else, Ganondorf," Lucario interrupted, "You're all that he has left now."
Ganondorf thought about it for a moment, and took one last glance at Rosalina, and then back Lucario, whose words echoed in his head. If Ganondorf wouldn't take the baby, then he'll burn in the fiery pits of hellfor what he did to poor Rosalina.
Finally, after a moment of silence, Ganondorf told Lucario, "Very well. But let him live with you in your church."
"Live here? Where?" Lucario wondered.
"Anywhere," said Ganondorf who looked up at Notre Dame.
"Just so he's kept locked awayWhere no one else can see."
"The bell tower, perhaps. And who knows? Our Lord works in mysterious ways," Ganondorf pondered at looked back at the baby, an evil smirk appearing on his face.
"Even this foul creature may
Yet prove one day to be
Of use to me."
"And Ganondorf gave the child a cruel name," said Sonic finishing his story, "A name that means "dark son"... Kirby."
"Now here is a riddle to guess if you can
Sing the bells of Notre Dame."
During the song and puppet show, Sonic brought the Ganondorf and Kirby puppets up the stairs (which were eventually covered in shadows).
"Who is the monster and who is the man?"
As the song continued, Ganondorf led Kirby up to the bell tower, until he was finally left alone, and rang the bells of Notre Dame.
"Sing the bells, bells, bells, bells
Bells, bells, bells, bells
Bells of Notre Dame!"
And that concludes the prologue. "The Star Warrior" part of the title of the story is what Kirby goes by, according to the "Kirby" games and the "Kirby" anime, "Kirby: Right Back At Ya!", so I stuck with that - "The Star Warrior Of Notre Dame." Anyway, be on the look-out for Chapter 1, and please read and review! Bye, guys! :D