Chapter One: Into a New World

Hi there, fanfiction readers! This is my first fanfiction! I hope you like it!

The sound of rain pelted the windows as I stared into the fog. I looked up at the clock. It read 5:30. The police would be here any minute to take us away. I sighed. Our lives had become such a cryptic mess. I looked to my right. Leah and Andrew were already packing up. I stroked my furry brown hair, and decided I should get to it. I walked over to my stuff and picked up a large backpack.

I walked over to my room down the hallway. I grabbed everything I could; extra clothes, a sweatshirt, my iPod, my drawing journal, and several mechanical pencils with at least 100 erasers in tow. Grabbing everything else I would need to survive, I glanced at the clock. 5: 47.

I swung my pack over my back, and walked back to the entrance room. Andrew was gone, probably getting the food we would need and a map. They were both packed. Leah had her head held low. I walked over to her and sat down. "It's all right Leah. Everything's going to be okay." I said in a soothing tone. Andrew walked in, carrying two large bags of food, and a large map in his elbow.

I looked up at the clock. It read 5: 53. I could feel my heart begin to race. I stood up and said, "Guys, we need to go. We don't have much time."

Andrew and Leah nodded in unison. We swung our backpacks over our shoulders, and we walked out the door.

We raced down the streets, lamplight flashing in our eyes. Quickly turning at a crosswalk, we saw a police car come riding down toward us. Memories began to flood back to me.

FLASHBACK

A silver car came screeching down the road. I felt a two figures dive in and push me out of the way. I heard a crash, a scream, and then I saw the bodies of my parents lying on the road. I shuddered.

END OF FLASHBACK

I quickly regained my senses, and did a forward roll out of the way. The police car rushed past us, and swiftly turned around, taking chase once again. We dashed away, and into an alley. Dodging past heaps of garbage bags, we made one final run through the passage.

We jumped out, and rolled onto the grass. It hurt, seeing how I had a backpack on. We stood up and regained our balance. I looked back into the alley. The cop car was nowhere to be seen. I turned back to my friends and nodded. "Come on. We've got a long journey ahead of us.

"So true." Andrew pointed out.

I began to walk ahead, my two friends following behind me like loyal dogs. We came into the forest, and Leah spoke up. "Hey, guys, do you hear something?" Me and Andrew looked around.

"Yeah, it sounds like… a river." I said.

"I didn't know there was a river here." Andrew stated.

"Me neither." Leah concluded. The three of us continued to walk ahead, and we came upon a small ledge, overseeing a titanic lake with five waterfalls at five ends, like a pentagon.

My mouth dropped open. I heard Leah whistle. "Holy… what the heck is this?" Andrew said.

"This can't be natural." I said. The water was too blue to be normal. I took a step forward, and I felt the ground shift, and suddenly, the ledge we stood on collapsed. We tumbled down the slope, into the water. I blacked out.

Light stung my eyes as I cracked them open. I could hear voices muttering. The air around me was warm, very unlike a lake. I felt dry too.

"So, do you really think that they're the ones?" asked a low, calm voice.

"They have to be. They're aura is unreadable." A gruff voice said.

"I think they're waking up!" said a light vice that sounded like it came from a girl, but had a hint of boyishness in it.

I opened my eyes completely. Four figures surrounded me. One resembled a bipedal jackal, one had blue hair and carried a large, golden sword, another also had blue hair, but he was thinner, and had a smaller sword. The last I remembered instantly. He was short, had a silver mask, wore a blue cape, and carried a golden, spiked sword. I remembered him as none other than Meta Knight. I recognized the others too. They were Lucario, Ike, and Marth.

I sat up and looked around to see that Andrew and Leah were waking up as well. "Welcome, newcomer." Meta Knight said. "We found you asleep in our courtyard. You're lucky we saved you. You were shivering like a leaf."

I gaped at him. I couldn't believe that Meta Knight, my favorite character in video game history, was actually talking to me!

Ike grinned. "Say, what are your names?"

"Luke." I replied. Andrew and Leah told them their names too.

"Well, uh, Luke, Leah, and Andrew. We have plenty of rooms, but unfortunately, we did not anticipate your arrival, so you will have to sleep in the lounge." Marth said.

Me and Andrew shrugged. We were absolutely fine with sleeping on a couch. Leah didn't make any fuss of it.

I looked around to see that we were in some kind of an entry hall. Six pillars stretched up into higher levels. Shelves of books lined the walls. The door behind me was enormous, and was made of pure gold, and decorated with priceless gems. I nearly shed a tear at the sight.

"You should come with us." Lucario said, as he beckoned us with his hand. We walked over to him, and we stepped into a room that was almost as impressive as the door. There were four couches, a huge, flat-screen TV, and several pictures of people fighting, but I was too lazy too figure out who they were.

Another creature walked in from another doorway. It was short, pink, had huge eyes, and had a little tuft of hair on its forehead. "Jiggly! Jiggly!" I saw that it was definitely Jigglypuff.

"This is Jigglypuff. She was our most recent newcomer, so she also sleeps in this room." Marth said.

"Hey, um, just wondering… what is this place?" I asked.

"This place, Luke… is the Brawl Dimension." Meta Knight said. "and you three have been selected to come here."

Yeah! Well, this is the end of the first chapter. If you have any questions about the story, never fret! All of your questions will hopefully be answered in the upcoming chapters! Until then, farewell!