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Chapter one- Introduction

A/N: I'm back with a new fic. This is a MarthxPeach, but this mainly Marth's POV. This is AU, so don't do anything irrational. Hope you guys enjoy!

Enjoy and please review!

Disclaimer: I do not even own a part of SSB, and only hope to achieve this before I turn one hundred.

Life at Smash Bros U was anything but perfect for Marth Lowell. His life had improved a great deal here since the death of his entire family. From that day forth, he had promised to be the best student in his classes, making sure he made at least one person proud. And he did. Marth was an A+ star student. He was loved by all his teachers, and that was something that made him feel a little bit appreciated in this university. Before, Marth had been empty inside. He felt lonely and had been friendless. But then Roy had befriended him, and he grew steadily happier. Thus, the perfection of his life had sprouted. ... Or so he thought.

It was a sunny afternoon at Smash Bros U. All was calm and quiet, which everyone appreciated. Yesterday had been the first progress report of the year, and many students found that they needed in this subject or another. Roy, Marth's redheaded best friend, was one of those people. He was failing in his French class and needed desperate help. Happily, Marthwas an exception. His grades had been excellent, as always.

But grades were not the only thing that Dorm Three was excited about. They were receiving three new dorm mates. Well three really. Samus, a senior and one of Marth's friends, had been moved to their dorm and would be arriving with the three real ew dorm mates.

Marth and Roy sat in the downstairs living room of Dorm Three, awaiting the arrival of their new dorm mates. But they were not alone. Asides from themselves, Link, Zelda, Rink, and Ike sat in silence, waiting with bated breath. It had been months since they had recieved new people. The last person to arrive had been Ike. Roy turned to Marth, who sat beside him on a couch. "Do you think they'll be nice people?" He sounded nervous. Roy had always been the type of person who was afaid of meeting new people.

"They probably will be. No need to worry. Remember, the Hands do not accept newcomers unless they do a thorough background check on them." He patted Roy on the shoulder. "You'll be fine." Roy nodded his thanks for the assurance, and the two friends lapsed into silence as they, along with probably the other dorm residents, waited for the arrival of their newest dorm mates.

A knock sounded at the door some fifteen minutes later. Zelda, hair bouncing, rushed to the door and opened it. There, they found three people they did not recognize. The fourth person, they did recognize. It was Samus. Her hair was pulled back in its usual ponytail, and she was surrounded by luggage, like the other three were. The smallest of them all was a boy with brown hair and a determined look within his sparkling blue eyes. He was dressed in all white clothing, and he seemed to be bouncing in excitement. A girl stood beside him, apparently his companion, by the way he was holding onto her arm. Her blonde hair was pulled back in a ponytail, revealing a smiling, tender hearted young face. Her blue eyes were averted to the floor. She wore a sky blue sweater pulled over a white shirt, complimented by blue jeans and sneakers. Those two were, by the looks of it, the youngest. A tall blonde man with piercing blue eyes stood in the back of the group. His tall, lean form, which was clad in a black sweater, t-shirt, and jeans caught Zelda's eye momentarily before she remembered she had a boyfriend. At that moment, said boyfriend appeared behind her. "Zel, are the new students-" He cut off midsentence, catching sight of the people standing in the doorway. "I think so," Zelda replied, seemingly teasing. "I don't recognize anyone except Samus in the group, so it's hard to tell."

Zelda and Link escorted the newcomers into the large living room, were the dorm residents had all assembled themselves in a line, in wait for the new arrivals. Zelda led them in. Marth stood to the right, at the end of the line. He observed them as they filed in. Both groups stared at each other for a few minutes, before one of them finally decided to make a bold move of speaking."Hi I'm Pit!" the brown haired boy had stepped forward, a smile stretched across his face. "I'll be a Sophmore, but I am supposed to be in Freshman year. My testing scores were too high to count on the Freshman level, so they bumped me up." Pit stepped back, apparently done with introducing himself. The blonde male, who was standing beside him, stepped forward. "I am Meta Knight. Call me Meta and we'll be on good terms. MK is ok too, but either way it doesn't matter. I am a senior, and I moved here from … Gee, I was so keen to leave my home that I forgot its name already." A few chuckled at his remark. This was an interesting fellow. He stepped back. Samus stepped forward. "You guys all know me, so do I really have to introduce myself?" Zelda nodded. "They don't know you, so yes you do have to introduce yourself." Samus sighed. "Fine. My name is Samus Aran, and I'm a senior. My parents were on the move a lot, so I didn't really have a permanent home. They were bounty hunters, so I guess that was pretty exciting." She stepped back. "There, I'm done." Marth chuckled, but stopped when the last of them, the blond girl with the blue sweater, seemed to shrink back. She looked shy and nervous, unsure of herself in front of these strangers. Pit nudged her gently, making her take a step forwards. "I…I'm P…P…Peach. I'll be in the Sophmore year, and well, I don't really have anything to say." She blushed slightly as a fresh new wave of chuckles made its way to her ears. She cast her eyes to the floor, too nervous to look at anyone. She stepped back inline next to Pit, and he gave her a reassuring pat on the shoulder.

"Nice to meet you all," Zelda finally spoke up when it seemed no one would. "My name is Zelda, and this is my boyfriend, Link. It's nice to have some new faces to see every morning. You can only look at a certain person for a certain amount of times before you get tired of it." The newcomers laughed lightly. Well, Pit laughed lightly. The other two didn't respond. Peach still had her eyes averted to the ground, and Meta Knight seemed to have lapsed into a silence hardly broken from now on.

Zelda introduced the rest of the dorm, which was very few. Of course there was Marth and Roy, but apart from them was Ike, Rink (Dark Link in this case), and well, the newcomers. That came out to be a total amount of ten dorm residents. Marth had decided to chat with the newcomers, seeing how they liked it here. Pit seemed to have already fallen in love with the place, Marth soon found out. He adored the classes and seemed to be rather enthusiastic avout the whole thing. MK seemed to be enjoying himself. At least, that's what Marth thought. He kept to the corner a lot, preferring to read a book he had brought along with him. Marth had tried starting up a conversation, but to no avail. He was now in search of the girl, but she had seemed to have disappeared.

"Hey Roy?" Marth approached Roy, who was just helping Pit haul his bags inside. "Yeah?"

"Have you seen the new girl, Peach? I've been trying to look for her, but I couldn't find her anywhere."

"Nope, haven't seen her. Probably went off exploring. She'll turn up eventually." With a big huff, he dropped a particularly heavy bag on the floor. He rubbed his shoulder gratefully. "All right, thanks Roy. I guess I'llsee you guys later. I have some homework to finish." They both waved and Marth headed to his room. On his way past one of the doors, Marth could have sworn he heard a noise. It sounded like someone was crying. Marth cocked his head, interested by who could be crying, but the sobs seemed to abruptly stop. He frowned. He'd probably had imagine the crying. He continued on to his room, where he got down to finishing some homework for the next day.

Dinner was very animated. Everyone seemed hyped up. They were all still excited for the newcomers. It turned out Samus had been transferred to their dorm, so she made up for one of the three that supposedly hadn't shown up. It had been decided that Pit would dorm with Link, while Meta with Ike and Rink. Zelda dormed with Peach, and Samus got a dorm to herself. She didn't seem to mind, and neither did anyone else. Marth made small talk with all his friends, enjoying himself like he always did. He couldn't help but notice Peach, who was seated a couple of seats away from everyone else. Her eyes were very red, as if from crying. Marth realized with a jolt that it had been her crying he thought he heard. She wasn't touching her food much. Marth was about to scoot over and ask what was the matter, when she suddenly stood and tossed her food into the trash. She quickly left the room, unnoticed by anyone, including Pit, who was having a very animated discussion with Rink about the best type of candy. Marth thought it rather odd that she had left rather quickly, but he stayed in his seat. Hopefully, she would return so he could at least get to know her a little.

However, he did not see her for the rest of the night. In fact, the only chance he caught sight of her was when he saw her passing through the halls of the classes the next morning. She was accompanied by her peppy friend, Pit. Her eyes were cast down to the floor, and she hardly seemed interested in whatever Pit was saying. Then she was gone, whisked away by the crowd.

Marth entered his Chemistry class, yawning. It so happened to be a Monday, and Marth hated Mondays with a passion. Mondays were just not his thing. Everyone just always seemed to be so tired and grumpy, so he thought it stupid that they had classes on Monday. He sat down next to Roy. They were lab partners. He realized that they were a few minutes early, so he managed to copy the agenda and be prepared for when the bell rang. But since it didn't …

"Roy?" Roy looked up from his planner, apparently following suit to Marth. "Yeah?"

"What do you think of the newcomers in the dorms?" Roy closed his planner and put it away. He turned to face Marth. "They're alright. That Meta fellow is a bit … quirky. He just suddenly doesn't talk, and it seems when he does, he hardly has anything to say," Marth laughed at this remark, Roy joining in. He was right. This was obvious from the beginning. After introductions, he had suddenly become silent, responding with only nods and grunts. They had both thought this peculiar, but decided not to ponder this too far. "I like Pit though. He's so peppy. He has a good air about him. A little of a chatterbox, but certainly a good sport. And Peach," he frowned slightly, "I'm not sure about her. She's so … so quiet. I haven't gotten the chance to talk to her yet. She slipped off somewhere, and I haven't seen her." Roy shrugged at this. "I don't know, maybe she was busy with something or other. We'll get to know her eventually." Marth nodded his agreement and they both turned their attension to Ms. Kolt, the teacher, who had begun to teach. Throughout their conversation, the boys had failed to notice that the class had grown considerably. Marth's mind began to shut down as soon as Ms. Kolt began to lecture them about the proper treatments of chemicals, and Marth found himself drifting into a daze. Her voice droned on and on, putting most of the class to sleep. Even Marth found it hard to take notes with the sleepiness threatening to overwhelm him. He couldn't help but laugh at Roy's expressionless face. His eyes had begun to glaze over, and he was drooling slightly onto his arm, every once in a while jotting something down.

Marth made it through the rest of Chemistry and English Lit. without realizing the classes he had already sat through. The lecture had left a sort of daze upon the entire class, Marth included. Mr. Smydth did not appreciate his class half asleep, and gave them extra homework for their lack of attension. His mustache had bristled angrily, and his eyes narrowed into slits. Even with his graying features, the thin man's expression had looked as if it were meant to kill. Luckily, they were reading one of Marth's favorite books, so it wasn't that big of a deal.

Marth and Roy parted ways after their break, Roy grumpily heading for French class and Marth headed for the choir room. He was one of the few boys who was in choir. Apart from himself and a few others, the choir was dominated by girls. Marth was also the only soprano males. But apparently, that would change today. They were receiving two new recruits, and Marth had a feeling who at least one of them were.

He entered class and greeted Ms. Histe, the choir director. She was a tall, auburn-haired woman with laugh lines and green eyes. She was kind and seemed to always be bursting with music. There wasn't a free moment where she wasn't singing or humming a tune. She waved at him and he took his place in the second row of the three rows of seats. Marth didn't notice the once empty seats in the second row, which were now filled. The bell rang, signaling the start of classes. They all stood, doing warm-ups as usual. After they had finished, Ms. Heist had an announcement.

"Class, we have received the two new recruits that we've been waiting for so long." The class cheered happily, and when the cheers subsided, she continued. "May I introduce … Pit Icarus and Peach … Peach," she frowned at the clipboard in her hands. "There is no last name here. Do you have a last name dear?" Marth slightly jumped, startled, as Pit and Peach stood up from the row ahead of him. Marth hadn't expected for Peach to be here. He had immediately noticed that Pit had a voice of a true singer, so he had assumed he'd be one of the two new arrivals.

Peach shook her head nervously. "No … no ma'am. They call me by my middle name, Ninian. They also tend to use it as my surname." Her voice sounded timid, and she quickly sat back down. Ms. Hieste nodded. "Very well. Anyway, help me welcome our new choir members!" Everyone clapped and cheered again. Marth smiled as Pit bowed slightly and sat down. For the rest of class, Pit wore a big smile upon his face, and sang out. He truly sounded like an angel. Marth strained to try to hear Peach sing, but was unsuccessful.

The rest of class, and Phys Ed. afterwards, passed by in a flash. Marth soon found himself surrounded by Zelda, Link, and Roy, who had all met up in Phys Ed. They were currently on their way to lunch. Marth however, had to make a stop at his locker. He needed to rid his heavy load of books before they sat down for lunch. Before he excused himself from the group, he heard Ms. Kolt call Roy over. Roy grimaced and headed her way. Marth headed back towards his locker. After storing the books, Marth decided to take a shortcut to the cafeteria. As he was rounding the corner, voices made him freeze in surprise. Usually, there was no one in the halls around the classrooms and lockers at lunchtime. Marth cocked his head to the side, curious, as he heard cruel laughter and the sounds of someone whimpering in fear.

"So Nameeless, where's the money? We know you have money with you. They always do. No one sends their little darlings to college without some money in their pocket. Go on, pay up!" Marth took a few cautious steps forwards, trying to be as quiet as possible so as not to be noticed. When a quivering voice answered, he froze in terror and shock. It was …

A/N: Ta-da! The first chapter. I'll try to post the next chapter soon, and hopefully I'll get some positive feedback! Please R+R+R (read, relax, and review!) :D Oh yeah, sorry for my sucky writing. I was having some serious case of writer's block, so the ending is a bit sucky. I'm looking for someone that Roy should date, so if you guys will please send me a message about who you think should go with Roy, that'll be great. XD

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