Adrael79 presents
Super Smash Bros: Reset
Prologue: The End of the Beginning
Princess Peach paced the inside of the sanctum angerly. As the only one with any tactical experience after Robin...fell, she needed someone to guard the the final chip, but why did it have to her, goddess darn it! She wanted to be out on the front lines fighting the forces of the Core! She wanted to take revenge against the Core for taking almost everyone she cared about away from her! Bowser, Link, Mario.
She gazed the save data chip hovering in the center of the room. Such a small thing to decide the fate of the universe. There were only four chips in world, and if all of them were destroyed, the universe would cease to exist. Everyone hadn't noticed what was happening until it was too late, and before she had known it, the Smash Bros (or what was left of them) had assembled at Delta Fortress to guard the last one.
Peach's internal reverie was interrupted when Palutena contacted her mentally.
"They've breached our defenses. Get ready." A moment later Palutena teleported herself, Lucina, Ness and Captain Falcon into the sterile white sanctum.
"Wait, where's Luigi?" Peach asked frantically. Falcon shook his head forlornly. The normally bombastic and up-beat F-Zero racer had become morose and quiet after the loss of Samus.
"No, no, no" Peach collapsed on the floor. First Mario and now Luigi were gone. Everyone was leaving her. She just wanted to end it all. She just wanted it to end! Wait a minute. Those weren't her thoughts!
"It was worth a shot, I guess. Ah well. Bowser, smash."She heard the telepathic 'voice' of Lucario speak before all Minusworld broke loose. The raging form of Bowser burst through the walls of the sanctum. But the corruption was so far in him that his normally yellow scales had turned a dark shade of purple. Beside him was the corrupted Lucario, surrounded by a purple aura.
"Hope we're not too late to the party." Peach whirled around to the mysterious speaker. It was Sheik. If Peach ignored the purple tint to her eyes, she could imagine Zelda was normal. But that fragile illusion was shattered the moment she spoke.
"Let's be honest, there's no way they're walking away-" "-from this fight." When Peach looked at Zelda's (it's the Core, not Zelda, she reminded herself) interruptor, her heart skipped a beat. It was Mario, looking as handsome as the day she fell in love with him. Maybe he wasn't taken. Maybe he escaped, and came here to save her!
"But you don't need to die with them. Join us. Join me." He pleaded. Peach was about to rush into his arms, when she looked into his eyes. Unlike his real eyes, always filled with a spark of joy and kindness, these eyes were soulless purple pools.
"G-Get away from me!" Peach stuttered.
*Sigh* "You always wanted to do things the hard way" Zelda muttered, and struck at the chip with one of her needles. Peach lunged toward it, and felt the chip safely in her hand, and the needle in her chest. Why weren't they helping her?! Her question was answered as she saw Falcon dueling with a twisted Ganondorf, Palutena fending off a corrupted Link, Lucina defending against Ike's furious onslaught, and Ness standing still. No doubt he was protecting everyone from Lucario's psychic attacks.
"You'll never take this chip from me..." Peach growled through the pain.
"Let us ask you a question, Peach." For all the horrors Peach had seen the Core commit, she had never seen it debate with a victim. At first she assumed Zelda was speaking. But then she realized the voice was coming from all around, from all the corrupted smashers.
"Why are you fighting this? It's the five of you against an army. There will be no happy ending if you escape, for you will be hunted by the best. And what do you have to fight for? Your love is dead. Your best friend is dead. Who are you fighting for? Them?"
Peach looked at Palutena, a goddess of light forced to live in darkness; Falcon, and bounty hunter who lost the most valuable treasure of his life; Lucina, a princess who lost everyone she cared about twice over; and Ness, a child who had his childhood ripped away from him with all the subtlety of a train engine.
Peach had no one to live for, no chance of living, and no hope. As she crushed the chip in her hand, she felt unimaginable despair. And as all existence ended, that despair was the last thing Peach knew.
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Well, that was dark. But don't worry, it gets happier. Probably. So, this is my new story! This was just supposed to be a quick 200 word intro, but here we are! What are your thoughts? Am I too wordy? Not wordy enough? Do I convey feelings? Let me know in a review!
Thanks for reading, Adrael out.
