Okay... this idea has been rolling around in my brain for a while now, but I'm only working up the courage to start it now. I say that because this is a story unlike any I've read in the Super Smash Bros. section of this site. It might not seem like it, but trust me, I'm not kidding around. It's out there even for me. Hell, it's actually the darkest fanfiction I've ever written. But I'm still excited to start it!
I'm rating this fanfiction T for now. If I get a lot of reviews saying that it should be M, I will most likely change it to that. You'll understand why once you start reading this fanfiction.
I own nothing related to Super Smash Bros., any franchises related to it, or the movie I'm loosely basing the plot of this fanfiction. I'm pretty sure you all know what it is, though.
Anyways, please read & enjoy! :D
Shulk couldn't help but let his eyes gaze at the night horizon. Tonight was the fireworks show, and he was beyond excited. He had never actually seen fireworks go off before; he had heard about them, but he still had never seen anything similar to what was about to happen. He had overheard some of the veteran Smashers gossiping on how fun it was going to be to watch, so his curiosity was peaked, to say the least.
"Can you believe that Master Hand and Crazy Hand are doing this?" marvelled Lucina with awe.
Shulk looked at her with a small smile. "I can."
"But why?" wondered Lucina. "What's the occasion for such an elaborate… thing?"
"Because," interjected Zelda as she approached the two newer Smashers, "Master Hand and Crazy Hand want to celebrate the anniversary of Super Smash Bros.' creation. Can you blame them?"
"Makes sense," said Shulk with a nod.
Lucina nodded as well. "I didn't know that. Are all the Smashers here?"
Zelda shook her head. "The kids and non-humans are sleeping for the night. As for everyone else, it's different, depending on who you talk to. There are two four player Brawls happening tonight- Pit, Robin M, Link, and Mega Man in one; and Marth, Samus, Palutena, and Sonic in the other. Dark Pit said he didn't wanna see something so 'boring and petty'- his words, not mine."
"Oh, brother," mumbled Shulk. He rolled his eyes as he said that.
"That's his choice," said Lucina, shrugging her shoulders. "Master Hand did say that it wasn't mandatory to come."
"True," mused Zelda. "Oh, Lucina, I forgot: Rosalina and Wii Fit Trainer wanna talk about us going shopping in a couple days. C'mon, let's talk about it now!"
Before Lucina could reply, Zelda dragged her away from Shulk, not even letting the swordswoman say goodbye to him.
Women, thought Shulk with amusement. He chuckled to himself before walking to a bench a couple feet away. There sat Ike and Mario, chatting away.
But as Shulk took a seat, something popped up in his mind. It captivated him, and took his focus away from the night.
As the fireworks went off, three or four of them went towards the crowd of spectators, rather than in the air. Smashers screamed and ran for their lives in an attempt to avoid getting hit by one. Shulk, Mario, and Ike took off in different directions at the same time to try and avoid getting obliterated by a firework.
"How does this happen?!" exclaimed Shulk as he was sprinting alongside an equally freaked out Lucina.
"I don't know!" shrieked Lucina once the two managed to take cover behind a large oak tree. "Gods, why is this happening?!"
Shulk didn't respond to her rhetorical question. Instead, he peeked out from behind the tree to see what else was going on. He could see Wario hiding under a bench by himself, cowering in fear. But a moment later, a firework dove right into the bench, setting it on fire. It didn't take long for Wario to catch on fire from the growing inferno. He managed to scramble out of his destroyed hiding place, but another firework suddenly launched into the burning bench, making it explode. Multiple shards of broken, burning wood pierced his body, but the biggest shard landed right in the middle of his chest. A large sucking chest wound was imminent, followed by Wario coughing up some blood. He then dropped onto the ground, motionless.
After seeing all that, Shulk looked away with disgust. He looked back at Lucina, who was trying to stay calm despite the hell occurring right before their very eyes.
"I see fire!" cried Lucina. "We have to take shelter elsewhere!"
Realizing the truth in her words, Shulk nodded. He looked for another safe haven, and found another tree in the distance. It was bigger than the one they were hiding behind currently, but it was quite a ways away from them. Still, Shulk knew that they couldn't stay where they were any longer.
"Run!" he ordered.
The two Smashers immediately bolted from the tree. Just when they got far away it, the fire from the bench finally reached the tree. It made short work of the wood, and the whole thing soon toppled to the ground.
During the time they were running away, Shulk saw Ike running to that tree, unaware that it was on the verge of falling. It abruptly landed right on top of his body, crushing him. The trunk of the tree broke many of his ribs, two of which punctured his right lung and heart respectively. In addition, the tree hit his head hard enough to knock him out cold. Since he was unconscious, he couldn't move the tree off of him. It only took seconds for Ike to stop breathing, and his heart stopped cold a moment after that.
Meanwhile, Shulk and Lucina finally got to the other oak tree. They each looked over their shoulders to see the chaos happening around them, but they suddenly looked forward at the sound of a woman screaming bloody murder. They both saw it, but it was Lucina who first saw the terrifying sight.
Zelda was running through the field as fast as her legs would carry her. She was engulfed in flames from head to toe, and was running towards a nearby lake. But before she reached it, she tripped on something- Lucina couldn't see what in the darkness- and tumbled down the hill leading towards the lake. More screaming from Zelda followed, though it soon stopped.
"Oh, Naga…" murmured Lucina, heartbroken.
Thankfully, Lucina didn't see Zelda roll down the hill, nor did she see the Princess of Hyrule hit a large boulder forehead first. The force of the impact- made worse by her momentum from rolling down the rather steep hill- killed her instantly.
Back at the tree, Lucina had silently begun to pray. She had seen horrible things back in Ylisse, but she never thought something so horrific would happen at the Smash Mansion. She knew what was happening, yet it felt like she couldn't process it at all.
"Look out!" shouted Shulk.
Before Lucina could react, Shulk grabbed her and pulled her into his chest. A moment later, Wii Fit Trainer fell out of the tree and broke her neck on impact. Her head was at a sickly angle, and her eyes were still wide open.
"I heard something rustling loudly up there," explained Shulk.
Lucina nodded silently. She looked away from Wii Fit Trainer's body, and focused on trying to get to the Smash Mansion in one piece. Seeing that the berserk fireworks were going in another direction, she tugged on Shulk's collar.
"We have a chance to make a break for the Mansion!" she said excitedly. "We have to take it!"
Shulk looked behind his shoulder, and saw that she was right. There were still a couple explosions and some fireworks flying in the field, but none of that was happening close to them. He looked back at her and nodded.
"Let's go!" he replied.
As they began to run, they had to still dodge the occasional firework that barrelled their way. At one point, Little Mac joined them in their mad dash to the Mansion. Unfortunately, a bigger firework unexpectedly pierced his chest, and dragged him several feet away. He finally crashed into a chain link fence, where parts of his chest fell out in bloody chunks resembling the pattern of the fence. He was dead upon impact.
After that, Shulk and Lucina wisely chose to find yet another hiding spot. This time, they took refuge behind a large wooden shed with a metal roof. They would've gone inside it for further protection, but it was bolted shut. To make matters worse, neither one had their respective swords on them to break the locks. So they were stuck outside, vulnerable as all hell.
A crash of glass made Shulk peek his head out, curious. He gasped with shock at the sight of Rosalina's body hanging out of the window. He realized that a firework must've hit her, and the impact had made her fly head first into the shed's window. Shulk tried to see if she was moving, but he soon realized that she wasn't going to. Distraught, he resumed hiding, not bothering to tell Lucina about the noise.
Mario suddenly approached the shed, and saw Shulk and Lucina hiding there.
"Come on!" cried Shulk, dragging the plumber towards him in the process.
As Mario sat between him and Lucina, he cursed under his breath. Shulk couldn't make out what he had said or why, but he knew better than to ask at a time like this.
"Why are you so damn restless?" snapped Lucina.
"I have to get to the Mansion!" replied Mario with worry.
"What! Are you crazy?! Stay here! When everything calms down, we'll go," said Shulk.
But Mario let the younger man's words fly over his head. "I'm gonna run. I know I can make it!"
Before he could be stopped, Mario jumped up and bolted back onto the open field. He began to run in the opposite direction, but a large pane of glass suddenly fell on top of him, flattening his entire body. When Lucina saw his intestines and blood spilled all along the grass, she screamed in horror.
All of a sudden, a firework hit the front of the shed. Shulk and Lucina fell forward from the force of the blast, making them a little disoriented. Another fire broke out on the shed, and it grew fast. Once the Smashers got their bearings together, the roof of the shed began to crack. It soon came tumbling down towards Lucina. The sharp edge of the metal roof quickly came into contact with her neck, and sliced off her head with the same precision of a guillotine.
"Lucina!" yelled Shulk helplessly.
In one fell swoop, the roof- which had cracked in half due to the heat of the fire- fell in Shulk's direction. As he turned to run away, it crashed onto his back, breaking it in an instant. He could feel his consciousness slipping away from him, but he tried hard to stay awake. He was successful until the rest of the shed exploded from the fire. The shed finally caved, and one of its walls slowly landed on top of a screaming Shulk.
"Shulk? Shulk?" called out Mario.
"Hello? Earth to Shulk!" exclaimed Ike.
Shulk screwed his eyes open with a sharp, startled gasp. He touched his forehead, and felt sweat beginning to form on his fair skin.
"Welcome back, man," laughed Mario.
"No kidding. Are you alright?" asked Ike.
"Uh…" Shulk stalled, trying to figure out how to word his vision.
"Is everything alright?" asked Lucina. She had just reappeared with Zelda, Wii Fit Trainer, and Rosalina in tow. Wario and Little Mac followed close behind, mostly because they were curious about the growing crowd.
"We have to head inside, or else we're all gonna die!" blurted out Shulk.
For a moment, no one said anything. But then Rosalina spoke up.
"What are you talking about?" she asked in a confused manner.
Shulk explained what he had seen in his vision, making sure to skip over all the gory parts. After all, he didn't want to describe how everyone was going to die- they didn't need to hear that. By the time he was finished explaining himself, more silenced followed. This time, the silence didn't last as long.
"Yeah, right! Nothing's gonna happen," said Ike in a dismissive tone of voice.
"That's not funny, Shulk," sneered Zelda angrily.
Shulk scoffed. "I'm not trying to be funny! You know I have visions!"
Out of everyone not named Shulk, Lucina looked the most concern. She raked one hand through her hair and bit her lower lip nervously.
"I believe you," she said.
"What?!" exclaimed Wii Fit Trainer sceptically.
"Maybe we should go somewhere safe," added Lucina. "If he's right, then we're safe from any harm. If he's wrong, then Shulk will have to apologize for making us miss the show."
"And I will. I promise," chimed in Shulk.
Everyone else groaned, but they got up and began to walk to the Smash Mansion. They were only two feet from the field's exit when a loud explosion made everyone look back.
The fireworks were going off all wrong, causing the loud bang. Most of them flew across the field horizontally instead of in the air like they were supposed to, while others simply exploded on the ground. One flew directly into the bench they were all gathered at just moments ago. That freaked everyone out.
"Let's get the hell out of here!" yelled Mario.
Everyone ran as fast as they could into the Smash Mansion. Once they got inside, they collapsed in the living room.
"Attention, everyone: the fireworks show has been cancelled due to a freak accident with the fireworks. Everyone is to stay inside until further notice. I will make an announcement regarding the safety of going outside tomorrow at about nine o'clock AM. Thank you, and have a great night," announced Master Hand in a calm, level voice.
Shulk sighed and wiped any lingering sweat off his forehead with a shaky hand.
"Gods, that was close," said Lucina in between her own sigh of relief.
"I'm sorry for acting like a tool, and acting like your vision was a joke," piped up Ike. "You saved our lives."
"Apology accepted. I'm just glad you all believed me," said Shulk with a chuckle.
Wario scowled. "Thanks for making us miss the show, dick." He then stormed to his room, annoyed.
"Ignore him, Shulk," said Rosalina. "Everyone else is grateful for what you did."
"We should probably try and get some sleep now," said Zelda gently. "I'm glad everyone's alright. We're gonna be just fine."
Everyone said their goodbyes, and headed to their respective rooms for a goodnight's sleep.
But Shulk had a hard time falling asleep that night. He didn't have another vision, but he did have a bad feeling rolling around in his stomach like a large, jagged rock.
Snap out of it, Shulk, he thought to himself with annoyance. Zelda's right: everyone's gonna be fine. Everyone was saved because of you. Tomorrow's another day, and we'll be able to forget about what happened soon enough.
Satisfied with thinking this, Shulk finally closed his eyes to catch some much-needed sleep.
There ya go! I hope you all enjoyed the beginning of A Final Destination.
Please review, and don't forget to stay tuned for chapter 2! :D
- Elizabeth