EDIT 4/6/2015: I am slowly editing and cleaning up the older chapters to make them correspond with one another. This chapter is officially done and cleaned up with as of this date. Now to slowly work my way up.
Hello ! I heavily apologize for the disappearance. A couple of months ago, my computer died on me, causing me to lose the remaining chapters that were prewritten for The Bake Off. Due to that, it made me lose motivation to write for a while, which I am going to put the story on hiatus.
Recently, I've gotten Smash Brothers and three days ago, Marina released a new song. It motivated me enough to attempt to do the rewrite(or redo) of The Rise and Fall of Marth Lowell.
I decided to go a different approach this time and with the new Smash Characters, they will be added in the story.
I really hope you guys enjoy, both old and new readers of this story.
The burnt aroma of the dark brew sleeping inside the coffee machine begin to linger off from the office, embarking its way inside the teachers' lounge. A couple of instructors gathered around one another, forming an adjacent circle as they engaged in idle chatter, discussing their various plans for the upcoming weekend. Intense laughter roared out as a young man no older than twenty-eight strolled towards the coffee machine, gently removing the pot as he began pouring himself an enriched java blend. If one were to gaze upon him, they would quickly grasp right away that the man seemed rather out of place compared to the other colleagues he worked alongside with. His looks were model material, his facial features being soft and smooth, almost feminine as his gorgeous features overall complimented his tall and slender body. He had azure hair up to his neck along with sapphire eyes which complimented his peculiar hair color extremely well.
The man pushed his glasses with both his middle and pointer finger before grabbing an chair to take an seat. Seeing his other colleagues gathering around and engaging in assorted discussion topics, he couldn't help but be curious, heck, even eavesdrop. After all, the entire faculty is an giant, strange family with one goal; making sure every student gets the most out of his or her education.
"Apparently there's going to be a student and faculty reunion coming up this weekend for the graduating class ten years ago."
"Really now?" an female teacher stated, joining in on the conversation. "I wonder how it is going to turn out. If I could, I would love to get in touch with the former staff members who had the honor to work with those students."
"Brenda, you say that every year," spoke up an redheaded man. He poured himself a cup of coffee before approaching the group. As his eyes scanned the medium sized room, he happened to notice the young man engrossed in a novel.
"Say Mr. Lowell, didn't you used to attend this school ten years ago?" he questioned, prying for some knowledge on the mysterious individual.
The young man folded up an corner of the page before closing the novel, placing it on an table not far from his reach before glancing at the group of teachers, answering the redhead's question.
"I did."
"Are you going to attend the upcoming reunion this weekend? All your old classmates and teachers are going to be there. I'm sure they will be quite delighted to see you again."
Another female teacher chimed in. "I remember going to my third high school reunion about two weeks ago. It was fantastic seeing all of my high school friends again as we age. In fact, did you guys know that to this day, we still keep in touch?"
Mr. Lowell on the other hand, swiftly shrugged. "I honestly don't see any point in attending. As much as I'd hate to disappoint any of you, I already had plans for the weekend" he lied.
"Aw, that's too bad," the other man replied, slightly pouting. "We wanted to hear all about it next week, right guys?"
All the other faculty and staff in the lounge nodded in unison before going back to their conversation about high school reunions and now, their high school experiences.
"Hey Cain, if you can redo your high school experience, would you?" Brenda asked, twirling her golden locks before smiling.
Hearing his name being spoken, the fiery haired man turned around, moving his mug to take an sip of his coffee before replying.
"To be frank, I wholeheartedly see no need. I rarely had an awful experience in high school, so I don't see any need to try and change that."
"Aw, well if I could redo my high school experience, I definitely would. I would have loved to become popular during my youth and who knows, I might have won both homecoming and prom queen if I had done so," Brenda boasted gleefully. The woman sighed blissfully as she begin reconstructing her own experiences to the best of her ability.
"I honestly wouldn't recommend it."
Wondering where the voice even came from, the group of instructors turned around to see who expressed their own opinion. Mr. Lowell had an mixture of a worried and concerned face expression, almost as if he remembered something tragic.
"Why not? Who wouldn't want the opportunity to be adored by everyone?!" whined Brenda. The blue haired man heavily sighed before slowly shaking his head. Instead of explaining, he apologized to everyone before storming out of the teacher's lounge. The others shrugged before returning back to their own conversations, however, Cain walked out, pursing the younger man.
Mr. Lowell sighed as he decided to get some fresh air yet, little did the man know, he attracted company.
"Care to share the story with me Marth?" asked Cain. His friend happened to be very concerned and even offered to hear him out.
"Well, it is a bit long. Hopefully this story doesn't change your opinion of me by the time it's finished Cain," said the azure haired man. The flame haired man has been one of his closest friends ever since he started teaching about six or seven years ago. It was through Cain that he met other acquaintances such as Abel.
"Anyways, it exactly started about ten years ago, the day I moved from Bakersfield to Smashington…"
The Lowell family finally finished packing the remaining boxes from their humble abode. They stood outside the front yard as the movers placed the boxes in the truck before hopping in, driving off to join the other movers at the new house.
"Well, this is it. Starting today, a new chapter unfolds for the Lowell family," exclaimed Liza. Her stern yet loving husband Cornelius nodded in agreement. Ever since he received an promotion at work, the man of the Lowell household drove to and from work three hours every single work day. It began growing rather tiring so his wife decided it was for the best if the entire Lowell family moved to the city his job was located in.
Marth's best friend Merric approached the family to give his final farewell before they left town for good. In fact, he even gave them a departing gift from his parents, wishing them the best of luck in the city of Smashington. Before turning around and leaving all of their old friends and neighbors behind, Liza happened to develop an idea just in the spur of the moment.
"Um Merric, how about you take a picture of the family before you go? Oh, and you can take one with Marth and Elice too so we can forever share the memory we had here in Bakersfield," suggested the sapphire haired woman.
"Alright can do! Now you guys just gather up now and on a count of three, two, one... smile!"
The Lowell family beamed brightly as they had their picture taken with their old house for the final time. Eventually, the photo session ended as the two boys exchanged their final goodbyes.
"Goodbye Marth! Don't forget to Skype me and oh, add me on Smashbook too! I can't let your new friends take my title of being your best bud now, can't I?"
The blue haired teenager grinned, frantically nodding before bidding farewell and entered the family vehicle. The car started moving as the Lowell family began their journey to the vast metropolitan. Marth sighed, focusing on the ever changing scenery from the window as they finally left Bakersfield, his father making his way towards the freeway.
"Mom, did we have to move? I mean, dad could have just gotten himself a studio apartment if he was so sick of driving. I'm already a senior and I really, really don't want to finish my last year at another school. While at it, I already had friends at my old high school and with one year left too,"complained the seventeen year old teen.
Instead of his mom answering, Cornelius decided to enlighten his only son instead. "Are you the man of the house Marth? Are you the one paying the bills and maintaining the household?"
The youth frowned at the gruff man's response, sighing. His father tended to be rather strict and in fact, was the exact polar opposite from his mother. Sometimes Marth questioned how they even ended up getting together however, it was better to never ask. After all, he feared getting on his father's bad side.
Elice placed her book down, looking at her younger brother. "It's not going to be that bad Marth. I know you'll make friends in no time and think of it this way. You will have an fresh, clean slate. Nobody will know who you are plus, it's the first day of school's tomorrow. None of the students attending will find out that you're really a new student if you think about it that way."
"True…"
The boy decided to get some shuteye, resting for the majority of the car ride. As the Lowell family gotten closer to Smashington, Liza gently shook her son, informing him they were close to arriving at their new home in the metropolitan.
"Father, is it true that the mayor is going to greet us when we arrive?" Elice eagerly asked. She appeared to be rather excited as she attended the college and its dorms back in Smashington. Now with her family nearby, she would be able to visit them freely whenever she pleased.
"Mmhmm," answered Cornelius. "If I'm not mistaken, he's going to meet us at the house. By the time we arrive, the movers should be finished setting up. The mayor even offered to give the entire family an tour."
"That's so sweet of him. I don't ever recall the Bakersfield mayor making us feel at welcomed, even more so at home dear," Liza chimed in.
Marth however had different point of view about the mayor. Last night, he happened to gather some research on Smashington's mayor from his iPhone and to his amazement, learned some possible things the teen wished he himself, could undo.
"Uh, according to these comments, the mayor of Smashington likes to dig pitfalls in people's backyards for fun. He even sometimes takes a leisurely stroll just to smack people with a bug catching net!" the young teen eagerly informed.
"Are you sure about that Marth?"
His mother happened to be rather skeptical as this even caused Elice herself to raise an brow.
"I'm sure of it! In fact, rumor has it that he killed the former mayor of Smashington just to obtain his position!"
"Marth, that is ridiculous!" Cornelius protested. "If the mayor did do those things, he wouldn't be mayor of the city now, would he?"
"Um, I guess so."
"Let this be a lesson to you. Never believe any form of slander that is on the internet. People can easily fabricate stories these days and gullible individuals such as yourself would believe it right away."
After thirty more minutes of being cooped up in the car, the Lowell family finally arrived at their new home. They happened to live in an extremely extravagant neighborhood and the first thing Marth noticed about the city on how well kept it was to his surprise.
As the Lowell family got out of the car, they would be greeted right away by an anthropomorphic female dog and a short, sharply dressed brunet man. He had a wide smile on his face as both approached the family, waving as the two began shaking hands.
"Salutations Lowell family and welcome to your new, humble abode. I'm Isabelle and this man besides me is none other than Mayor Villager himself. We are both extremely delighted to have you here at Smashington. If you have any questions, don't be afraid to ask me or the mayor himself," exclaimedd the adorable pup.
"It's nice to finally put a face on Cornelius' family," chirped Villager.
He'd begin to start the tour right away, showing them important monuments from the Master Hand statue to even the location of his office. Eventually, he showed the family where Marth would be finishing his senior year.
"This is Burazazu High, the top school in the entire city. All kinds of students from different cities outside of Smashington try their hardest to get a variance to attend. Your son is definitely going to have a blast here Cornelius. "
The older man bobbed his head in agreement with the mayor as Isabelle joined in. After the tour, Villager and Isabelle parted ways with the Lowell family, wishing Marth the best of luck. The teenage boy was still nervous about tomorrow yet was feeling an bit at ease, hearing how the first day of school happened to be an half day which was a rather foreign concept to him.
As the day came to an end, Elice wished her brother the best of luck before parting with the family, returning back to her studies at Smash University. Marth trotted his way towards his new bedroom, plopping himself on his bed as the boy tucked himself in, glancing up at the ceiling.
"I hope I can make a friend or two at this new school. I mean, I never had a hard time in any of my classroom or school experiences so it should be same old, same old right?" he thought to himself.
The azure haired boy drifted off into slumber, getting ready for the big day tomorrow.
The morning sun began to creep up as the boy woke up, forcing himself out of bed. He'd began getting dressed, putting on his new school uniform as he cleaned himself up, left his bedroom and journeyed his way downstairs. From the looks of it, his father already appeared to be at work meanwhile his mother was getting ready to leave. She'd kiss Marth on the way out, telling him breakfast was on the table before heading out.
He'd hop on his bike and began to make his way towards Burazazu High. Thankfully, he didn't live too far from the school's location as he arrived in less than ten minutes. A green haired woman stood outside, handing out schedules to students according to their last name. Marth approached her, picking up his schedule as she handed it over.
"According to the schedule, if I'm not mistaken, all students meet in the gymnasium for the first day before heading to the cafeteria to for hanging out and brunch, then head to their classes to listen to a syllabus lectures for twenty minutes and then go home. That sounds pretty easy."
Marth decided to explore around the campus a bit as he entered the building. As his eyes began to search the hallways, he would see various students approach their friends, greeting one another as they made their way towards the gym. He froze a bit in his tracks as he caught an glimpse of not one, but two familiar faces he recalled from his childhood.
The first one happened to be a girl with the same colored hair as him. She walked alongside an beautiful girl with medium length blonde hair, a side bang covering up one of her eyes.
"I didn't know Caeda went here. I wonder if she still even remembers me, but I doubt it."
He wanted to call out her name, approach her and ask her how her life has been but instead, he caught sight of his second childhood friend who happened to be talking to a muscular teen with short, black hair, another teen with brown hair and a blonde who had her hair up in an pony tail.
"Ike is here too… I almost didn't recognize him at first with all that muscle. He's really changed a lot since I've last remember him from elementary school. I hope we can be friends again as the school year progresses. I'd love to catch up with both him and Caeda… well, that is if they remember me of course."
A slight smile began forming on the teen's lips as he made his way towards the gymnasium. The staff separated the sections according to class so it made it easier for Marth to find where he was exactly supposed to sit at. Eventually, the entire gym began filling up as a brown haired girl sat to the left of him and a chestnut haired boy wearing an cap, to the right of him. He happened to be engrossed in his sketchbook, intensely giving it his attention as he appeared to be drawing.
Leaning over a bit to get an sneak peek, Marth's eyes widened in amazement as he saw the piece of artwork the other teen worked on. The picture happened to be of a Charizard soaring out of its natural habitat. Marth resisted his temptations to comment on it as he personally felt that it would be too awkward and perhaps, embarrassing to do so. After all, he barely knew anyone in his new school.
The idle chatter seemed to slowly cease down as an old mushroom like man made his way towards the center of the stage.
"Good morning both old and new students of Burazazu High. I am delighted to have you back for another new year of school. For those who don't know who I am, I am none other than Principal Toadsworth. In fact, I'll let one of the assistant principals take over from here."
The older man would head back to his seat on the stage in the middle of the room as an tall, gorgeous, slender woman moved towards the center of the room. She appeared to be none other than a elegant bronze woman with short, pearl-white hair parted to the right. An crimson red jewel piece happened to be sitting on top of her hair as the woman's outfit appeared to be rather revealing, provocative even, displaying a lot more cleavage than Marth ever laid eyes upon in his life. After all, she had what some would dub as the perfect hourglass figure. Her beautiful, amethyst eyes glanced around the room, observing the quiet students as her lips curled.
"Good morning students! It appears that Principal Toadsworth himself has deemed me worthy of the task of taking over the welcoming assembly. "
She'd begin pacing back and forth as if she surveyed each and every individual inside the gym. "For those of you who are new to Burazazu High, I'm none other than Miss Cia Embrey. I am one of the three assistant principals at this school, the other two consisting of Mr. Ganondorf Dragmire and Mr. Bowser Koopa."
The two men rose up from their sears as she announced their presence. Marth noticed some of the students expressions were rather fearful when Ganondorf smiled, as if they vaguely warned him to never cross paths with that man.
Cia introduced some of the other staff members which consisted of Nurse Birdo, Guidance Counselors' Lyndis Caelin, Frederick Stewart, Peppy Hare and Kamek Magica. From there on, the woman began briefly explaining about the history of the school and of course, the famous Master Hand and his brother Crazy Hand.
"Before we conclude the assembly, I'd like to bring to attention for seniors that the yearly tournament will be coming up in May. The fighter who wins will have the outstanding honor to meet both Master Hand and his brother and furthermore, battle them. Now before I let you guys head to your first class, there is one huge change being added this year. The big change is that this year, both the faculty and staff will be participating and fighting against the twelve finalists! Now, you're dismissed!"
As the assembly came to an end, Marth got up and made his way towards the first class. He'd groan as he realized they were none other than advanced placement classes and shook his head. The only reason why he even bothered being in Honors was because his father wanted him to keep up with the Lowell family tradition. Sighing, he'd take a glimpse of his class schedule which read:
AP History with David Snake
AP Calculus with Mr. Game and Watch
Advanced Theater with Miss Nayru
PE with Mr. Fit
Lunch
AP Astronomy with Mr. Olimar
AP English 4 with Titania Lewis
AP Psychology with Miss Tiki
He'd fold up his schedule, tucking it inside the pocket of his trousers as he made his way inside the cafeteria. Since he didn't know anyone, he decided it was better to hang out for a bit, get a glimpse of the students and familiarize himself with his surroundings before getting brunch.
Marth looked around, already noticing the cliques at the school. He noticed Caeda happened to be with what looks like a possible student government group near the table Ike was at. The teen already assumed at first glance that both Ike and Caeda were part of the popular crowd which in return, devastated him a bit. He knew he could never be on their level. As he continued glancing around, Marth managed to find the Goths and alternative kids' hangout, even being surprised that the school even allowed them to wear the black version of their uniform.
Sighing softly, he made his way towards the exit as he accidentally bumped into someone.
And that is the end of Chapter 1 folks. Note that each chapter will be various lengths and whatnot. I will be making a list for every chapter listing those who aren't in the Smash Verse and their game of origin.
If you noticed, I've been playing Hyrule Warriors lately and decided to add Cia to my high school AU fic. You will probably see Lana in it too along with other goodies.
Like always, feel free to suggest ideas for the story as in what you think should happen and whatnot. For those who read the older one, instead of Anime Club scenarios, I will be giving insight to Mayor Villager's life instead for some chapters.
Also since this is an AU I am going to have fun with the families. For instance, Mr. Fit(male wii fit trainer is the father of the Wii Fit Trainer herself. Another example is Tharja and Noire from FE:A being sisters, Noire being the little sister that Tharja loves to test new curses on.
Other examples(which may or may not be used)
-Dr. Mario being the father(or uncle) of Mario and Luigi(making it Mario Mario and Mario Jr.)
-Link and Dark Link(his name is going to be Dark) as cousins
-Robin being the older brother of Morgan(and its possible they could be twins too seeing how Morgan's name in the Japanese version of FE:A is Marc)
-Pit is the adopted son of Lady Palutena
If you notice, some of Marth's classes made a comeback and some got added/changed up. We will be seeing Link again soon and Henry too. After debating, I decided to leave up the original Rise and Fall story up for those who want to remember the old times or perhaps read it.
Anyways, like always, story questions.
1. Why do you think that Present!Day Marth told his coworker that being popular isn't something you want? What do you think happened to him?(Could be a spoiler question, but not necessarily)
2. Who should Marth bump into at the end. Suggest a character and perhaps how they will react.
3. Suggest people for Marth to be friends with(before he becomes popular).
4. Suggest family suggestions for characters(like cousins, siblings, parents, adopted, etc.) like Peach, Link, Henry(FE:A)Lana, etc. for example.(listed character names for samples. you don't have to do those.) Remember this is an AU so have fun with it.
Bonus Questions(You don't have to do these ones but if you do, I appreciate it 3)
1. Suggest characters you'd like to see in the story. Can only be from the Nintendo, Sega, Megaman, and Pac-Man universe only!
2. I sometimes tend to use song titles for chapters as the song heavily influences me to write it. If you guys want, should I tell the name of the artist(and song of course) for the readers if they're interested in. I tend to listen to various genres of music to help me get in the high school writing mood hehe.
3. Suggest ideas of what you will want to happen in the story, like pairings and what not. I am not picky of them at all and like to see creative suggestions.
Anyways, thanks for reading. Read and review!
-Ash