Battle for the Smash Ball © Matthew Price

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Battle for the Smash Ball

Chapter 1

The First Final Battle

The two enemies stood fearlessly in the arena, facing each other with looks of pure hatred for each other etched on both faces. They had always been enemies, these immense forces, since the creation of this realm where everyone they knew had been confined. No one knew why they opposed each other- they just did. The Universe in which they lived commanded it, and so they did; forever feuding, enemies evermore.

This was not the first, 'Final Battle' these two had waged. Many had come before it, each more ferocious than the last, but none had ever been interrupted, for it was nature for them to wage battle with each other, and nature, must always take its course.

The battle was taking place in a Sacred Area known as the Final Destination, an area that's said to be the cross-over point of two worlds, where energy is exchanged between them. Despite this legend, however, no-one had ever made it to a different world, or had discovered this energy that's supposed to exist.

The first warrior, Mario, was also the first to move. He dashed forward, a mere blur of red and blue, and jumped into the air with great speed. His opponent, Bowser, a ferocious creature that resembled a dinosaur, merely watched, his eyes following Mario as he rose higher into the air. Once Mario thought he was high enough, he kicked forward, and shifted his weight to his gloved fist, where he began to drop rapidly, fist-first towards the spike-shelled creature below.

Bowser remained still, even now as Mario came rocketing towards him, getting closer and closer until- CRASH!

The gargantuan Koopa King pushed off with unthinkable speed for such a large creature, and Mario plummeted to the ground with an eruption of debris and dust. Bowser turned to face Mario, and took in a huge gulp of air, and exhaled a huge stream of fire directly at Mario. As Mario got up from his fall, he saw the fireball speeding straight for him, and jumped once more, over the fire, where his foot found Bowser's head. Bowser groaned in pain as Mario put his weight into his foot to push off, but as he did, Bowser swiftly turned and gripped Mario.

Mario looked back, startled, to find the giant Koopa's scaly claw wrapped around his ankle, but was quick to recover. Mario charged up a fireball in his hand, and threw it forward, where it connected with Bowser's face. The beast released Mario, who flipped over and landed on his feet, facing the King.

Bowser stopped tending for his burn and stomped forward furiously, baring his teeth at Mario. As Bowser charged forward, Mario began to run backwards, dodging the beast's furious swipes and slashes at him with his clawed hands. As Mario jumped away however, Bowser leapt forward, throwing all of his weight into a massive shoulder tackle, sending Mario hurtling over the side of the arena.

Bowser began to laugh as he heaved himself back onto his enormous feet, whilst massaging his scaly shoulders. But as he steadied himself, Mario rose from below the stage, fist held high in the air, a smirk hidden underneath his famous jet-black moustache. A startled look jumped onto Bowser's face as his brain finally realised what his eyes were 

looking at. As Bowser watched, Mario's fist appeared to shine, and Mario rocketed forward, a meteorite of red and blue, where with a huge crunching sound, the gloved fist of the oldest Mario Brother, connected with Bowser's head.

Bowser was propelled backwards, headfirst, where he slid along the floor leaving dust and debris in his wake. As he slid to a halt, he lay motionless, belly-up, with his spiked, green shell stuck deep into the floor. Other than the odd twitch, he lay still, unable or un-wanting to move, Mario didn't know, but he remained still either way.

Mario broke from his fighting stance and placed his hands on his knees. He began to regain his breath, and he closed his eyes, sweat dripping from his face. As he rested however, he heard a loud scuffling, and spun to find Bowser trying to get up. As Mario prepared himself, Bowser began to talk.

"You win, as always Mario," the Koopa coughed, as he attempted to get up, "It's getting a bit old."

Mario remained silent, and resumed his fighting stance. Bowser continued.

"I've been thrown around by my tail. Had my head jumped on, had bombs thrown at me, been possessed by an evil witch, trained by a wimp, had the memory beat out of me, used by a giant hand, devoured by the explosion of star, and now I've had my lights punched out," Bowser recited grimly, "And the worst you've come off Mario is having to wear a goofy hat with wings."

Again, Mario stayed silent, leaving the Koopa to continue his speech.

"But this time, Mario, I know how to win," Bowser said, a smile appearing on his reptilian face, "I have no chance of winning here, in this Universe. Here, it is impossible for any villain to win. It is set out to be so, destined to be that way. Almost as if it's a rule of physics!"

A look of confusion appeared on Mario's face at this statement, and he decided to reply.

"Whatta do you mean?" Mario asked.

"Oh come on!" Bowser roared, "This world! It's too predictable, yet too unlikely at the same time! Why are we enemies? Not even we know! We just are! Why are new things 'appearing' in our world without any explanation?"

"You're a not making any sense now Bowser," replied Mario.

"This place we are standing in now," Bowser continued, ignoring Mario, "Is supposed to lead to a different world. A certain energy is supposed to be exchanged here, and I found out what it is."

Mario couldn't believe what Bowser was saying.

"That's impossible!" Mario exclaimed.

"It's the Smash Balls Mario!" Bowser explained, his teeth baring, "Why do you think they allow you to unleash energy you could never have, unleash attacks you could never do! The Smash Balls contain energy from this, 'Other World'. This makes them the key to getting there."

"You wantta to go there?" Mario asked, amazed by what he was hearing.

"Of course," answered Bowser, chuckling evilly, "If I can get there, I will have a better chance of winning."

"But how are you going to get there?"

"To get there I must harness the energy of the Smash Ball," Bowser explained, "And there is only one way the energy can be harnessed. And that's by absorbing it into the body!"

"But-"

"But for now Mario," continued the Koopa King, "I will use what I've got so far to get rid of you!"



Behind Bowser, several Smash Balls began to gather together, creating a huge, glowing ball of energy. Mario put on a blocking stance, but it gave no resistance against the huge blast that fired towards Mario, forcing him off the arena in an instant. Mario watched as he fell through the twirling clouds of dimensional energy that surrounded the arena and the platform and Bowser faded out of view. The wind began to whip against Mario's skin, and roar in his ear. And after a few minutes of uncontrollable falling, all went black.

By

Matthew Price / KazMazter