There is going to be a few Golden Sun village names and plot outlines in this story. Therefore, it may be kind of confusing to those who haven't played the game before, and may contain spoilers to those who are currently playing it.
The Smash Mansion was an amazing place. It lay right in the center of the Nintendo Universe, and it hosted daily battles between selected representatives of various worlds.
Smash Mansion began as an old stadium designed by Mario, Luigi, and Sonic decades ago. Sonic dropped out and ran off to conduct his own business (which was to create the Sega universe), while the two plumbers completed the job, creating only a house instead of a mansion. They invited only the most notable representatives, and Smash soon became a hit throughout Nintendo.
In current days, the building was a magnificent sight. Every day, at exactly 12:00, there would be an exciting brawl between a 4 random characters. Every item was smithed by a blacksmith that Mario hired, though he was rarely seen.
The mansion boasted a huge yard, which was the home to many creatures, such as Goombas preparing for the Subspace Emissary, or random Pokémon preparing to appear in brawls, should they be called upon.
The yard also contained real-life replicas of famous locations throughout Nintendo, such as the Bridge of Eldin, where Link and King Bulibin dueled their legendary duel. Pokémon Stadium was an incredible achievement by Mario, who constructed it with the guidance of Pikachu, Jigglypuff, and Pokémon Trainer. The two stadiums, which are seemingly replicas of the stadiums in the distant Pokémon world, housed amazing special effects. These amazing technical effects required many engineering, which were dutifully offered by Jeff, who hailed from the Earthbound world.
There were a surprisingly large amount of rooms within the mansion itself. Each character was offered their own bedchamber, including those represented in Pokéballs, Assist Trophies, regular trophies, and even stickers. Mario was really friendly with these representatives; because he knew from being Nintendo's mascot how tiring it is to represent a franchise, much less a company. There was also a huge library, which contained hundreds of CDs, each one containing music orchestrated and composed by various composers hailing from different Nintendo regions.
In recent years, Mario had reluctantly allowed several Konami and Sega regions to be apart of the brawling world, also admitting a few songs and allowing Snake and Sonic to join the smashing world, though Sonic had abandoned them years previously.
Smash Mansion could be considered the ultimate capital of all Nintendo objects. Those worlds that were chosen in Smash were unofficially superior in ranking, while those worlds that were not chosen are considered to be "failures". Golden Sun, in particular, was often scorned because it was very popular, but has not been chosen to be in Smash. This caused large amounts of controversy within Weyard, but caused large quantities of scrutiny outside.
Mere days before Mario was set to announce the opening of his newly remodeled smash world, equipped with new stages, music, characters, pokémon, and a new item known as assist trophies, Mario was hard at work, writing a letter. He slipped it into an envelope, looked reluctantly at the huge file of assist trophy requests he had received, wrote an address on the envelope, and asked a Pidgey to mail it to Vale.
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"Hey, Isaac. How's it going today?" Jenna happily greeted her longtime friend.
"Not bad. It's actually been quite boring after we unleashed alchemy upon the world. I seriously thought that there would be war, but people around here seem quite content on peace."
"I'm glad about that. I don't want to run around the world to stop a war this time." Jenna replied.
"Yeah. Definitely." Isaac and Jenna were walking up a path that slowly led uphill, which the two friend's houses were located.
All of a sudden, Jenna bent down a picked up a peculiar purple rock. "Hey, remember? Back then when we were kids…I found a psynergy rock like this and gave it to you. Do you still have it?"
Isaac thought for a moment. "Yeah." He reached into his shirt and pulled out a beautiful purple pendant. "Let me tell you: This rock has kept me alive when I was running out of psynergy. Truth be told, it gave me that last burst of psynergy when all of my djinnis were recovering in that last battle with Doom Dragon," Isaac explained.
"Wow. I never knew that." Jenna said.
"Yeah. I still need to thank you for that."
"No need." Jenna waved a hand at him.
"Hey, Isaac!" Dora yelled from just outside the house. Dora was Isaac's over-protective mom (though she reluctantly allowed Isaac wander the world after the Mt. Aleph incident). She was waving a piece of paper over her head; a bird perched on her shoulder.
"Aww…Look! A pidgey!" Jenna squealed. "I haven't seen a pokémon before. I never new they were so cute." She immediately ran over and stroked the bird, who put up no resistance. The pidgey flew off of Dora's shoulder and started playfully pecking Jenna.
Dora handed Isaac a letter. "I don't know who its from. Says 'From: Mario', 'Vale, Golden Sun', and 'Isaac'. I figured its yours."
Isaac curiously took the letter from his mom and looked at it. There was also a peculiar seal, which was a circle with two lines on it, creating 4 uneven quadrants.
Isaac conjured up a small hand with a sharp finger, and traced it along the tip of the envelope. His psynergy successfully cut open the envelope, without ripping anything else. This had taken him months of hard work to perfect.
He gently pulled out the piece of parchment, un-folded it, and began reading:
Dear Isaac,
We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted to participate as an "Assist Trophy" in our newly renovated Smash Mansion. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary things you should bring, and a description of your living quarters. Renovation ends March 17th. We await your arrival no later than March 18th. I will send for someone to pick you up.
Yours Sincerely,
Mario.
Isaac continuously stared at the piece of parchment, reading and re-reading the symbols printed upon it. If this was legit, and Isaac really was invited to Smash Mansion, then Golden Sun would no longer be regarded as a secondary world anymore…
Dora noticed her son's reaction.
"What is it?" she questioned.
Isaac didn't respond. He just continued staring at the paper, his eyes rapidly darting from the top of the parchment to the bottom, and rising up again to re-read it. Dora confusedly walked over to behind Isaac, and read the letter too. She gasped.
"Of all Weyard! I can't believe it! My son has been selected to…t-to…" Dora was unable to let the words out.
"I can't believe it…" she muttered, and stalked off, contemplating the recent development within her head.
Isaac, meanwhile, shifted his attention to the enclosed lists. It simply said that he should bring a "weapon" of his choice for assist trophy use. Isaac selected his Sol Blade, but he believed that he would use psynergy since it represented his world as more unique than the generic sword wielders of Fire Emblem.
It also had a lengthy description of the mansion. He was delighted to find an orchestrated piece designed to re-enact his group's battle with Doom Dragon and all other monster battles under Felix's leadership.
He skipped down to the description of his living quarters. He was amazed at the image, since it included a large bedroom with a connected bathroom. There was also a window in the room. Isaac couldn't believe that he was so fortunate as to receive a window room until he learned that the two sages, Saleh and Soren, had magically fashioned the false window, while Michaiah had created artificial light with her light magic.
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A large crowd had gathered at the wooden arch that marked the only entrance and exit into Vale. Isaac remembered the similarity of this to his and Garet's leave to stop Saturos and Menardi years ago. However, this time, Garet was in the crowd cheering, and Jenna was hugging him.
"I'll miss you." Jenna sniffed.
Isaac patted her on the back. "Me too. But don't worry, you'll find yourself in that mansion one day, as well."
"How will you know?" Jenna asked Isaac, looking up into his calm, serene eyes.
"I've been reading a bit about Smash history. You know Pikachu? He was originally Ash's Pikachu, and Ash was devastated when he left. However, just 4 months ago, Ash (aka Pokémon Trainer) was also accepted to join Smash. They were reunited, along with 3 of his pokémon."
"Oh."
"I guarantee you that I'll manage to weasel you and some of the other people into Smash before the next big renovation." Isaac promised.
"Pinky swear?" Jenna inquired.
"Sure." Isaac held up his pinky, and hooked it with Jenna's. At that moment, a single brown mare came galloping into the village; riding atop it was an elegant Hylian soldier, at least to most people. Isaac immediately noticed that he was Link.
Aside him scurried a small, yellow mouse. Obviously, he was the Pikachu that Isaac had been talking about earlier. Jenna immediately ran over to it and began petting it, similar to her treatment to the Pidgey.
"Why are there so many people here to escort me? I thought Mario was just going to send a couple Hammer Bros. or a Fire Emblem Fighter." Isaac asked Link.
He grinned. "What? We're not good enough for you?" He teased.
"N-no…you're fine. I was just asking…"
"I was just joking." Link climbed off of his horse, Epona, and began to walk over to Isaac.
"Don't ask me why Mario's so paranoid recently. He had half his army escorting Lyn to the Mansion weeks earlier. So be glad its just me, Epona, Pikachu, and Pit." Link said.
"Yeah…wait. What? Pit's here too?" Isaac questioned him.
"I said not to ask me." Link teasingly raised his hands. "Mario's paranoid. Oh, and by the way, Pit's just outside, bow raised, preparing to shoot down any 'potential enemies'. Personally, I have no idea what Mario's going on about…since there really aren't any enemies left in Nintendo after Smash brought us all together."
"Yeah. I read about that." Isaac pulled out a book from bag, entitled, Smash and Nintendo: Intertwined Histories.
Link took a look at that. "I think you should leave that book here for the rest of the villagers to enjoy. We've got about 200 copies of that back at the mansion's library."
"Really?" Isaac asked, delighted. Isaac loved to read in his free time.
"Of course. There's quite a large selection of books there." Link took a glance at the sun. "We should be going. It'll take a few hours for us get to the mansion. Say goodbye to your friends."
Isaac nodded, and ran over. He handed Jenna the book that Link had suggested to leave behind, and playfully shot a "move" hand out at Garet when he came running over, asking what present he would be receiving.
Outside the village's boundaries, Isaac met Pit. He seemed like a friendly and interesting Angel. Isaac had also read quite a bit about him, and was really interested about his background.
Pit swooped low and grabbed Isaac's Sol Blade. He began to examine it and ran his hands across the smooth blade, staying just high enough to evade Isaac's jumping height.
"This is a nice blade." Pit commented, and began slashing around with it.
"Could you please give that back?" Isaac asked, for the utmost time.
"One sec." Pit responded. Of course, he never gave it back after one second.
Isaac's scarf suddenly rose due to some unknown wind, and a tiny hand appeared out of no where, grabbing the sword out of Pit's hands and into Isaac's.
"Wow. No wonder Mario invited you. You have some interesting powers right there. Imagine pushing people off of stages! That'd be fun."
"Pi-kaaaa!" Pikachu agreed.
Pit flew lower to the ground, no longer bothering to scan for enemies, since there obviously "weren't any around".
Pit and Pikachu began holding a conversation. Isaac looked confused, before Link said that people who spent time with these pokémon generally learn the language involuntarily. Also, pokémon already knew the human language anyways.
Isaac nodded. "Interesting. I'll be sure to do some research on pokémon once I get a chance to go to the library there."
"Oh, you'll love it. I learned all about the history of this master sword." Link pointed to the purple sword he had sheathed. "I also learned quite a bit about myself. Princess Zelda and I, we have been reincarnated from several generations ago. Obviously, none of us can remember anything about it, but this ocarina supposedly showed a bond between me and Zelda a few lifetimes ago." Link fished out an interesting-looking ocarina with a bluish hue with a tinge of white.
Link suddenly closed his eyes, and began to play. All of a sudden, the world grew quiet. Pit and Pikachu stopped talking and just listened. The birds soon began chirping, adding their own harmony to Link's melody.
"That's amazing." Isaac exclaimed.
"I know." Link said. "I was amazed too, since I didn't practice this at all. Mario just gave it to me, and I immediately knew how to play. That was also the day I stumbled upon the book that said how the Hero of Time and his "princess" would reincarnate throughout multiple lifetimes."
"Wow. You have such a long history." Isaac remarked. "Although mine's is also interesting, it isn't that short or deep. That might be the reason why Mario is so reluctant in allowing me in. He believes me not to be mature enough."
"Probably. Mario's always been quite weird right before and after major renovations." Link remarked. "But you'll do fine. Zelda's read quite a bit about Alchemy in the libraries, and shared them with me on nights when we-" Link abruptly stopped talking, and his faced turned a light shade of pink.
"What?" Isaac asked.
"Nothing." Link replied. "Zelda just said a bunch about alchemy and the powers of your psynergy and djinns. Its quite amazing, actually."
"And when is it that Zelda told you all of this? Could it possibly be nights when you guys sneaked out of the mansion, hoping for something more to happen?" Isaac teased. He knew about this because he and Jenna would commit this "crime" often.
Link once again turned a light shade of pink.
"Oh, leave him alone, Isaac." Pit said. "Let the poor boy be infatuated with Zelda. There's absolutely nothing wrong with that, except for the fact that he's too shy to notice that this is 2 sided love, but won't do anything about it!"
"Shut up, Pit." Link mumbled. Epona whinnied, which seemed like a laugh, directed towards Link. "You too, Epona."
Isaac chuckled. The people around here seem to know each other really well. He could get used to this.
Pikachu jumped onto Isaac's head and began squirming around on it. It squeaked and let out a little yawn. Isaac pet the little pokémon on its back, and felt it go to sleep.
"Woah. Pikachu must really be tired today. He never falls asleep early. Isaac, you should've seen that time way back then when Pikachu almost zapped the entire Smash house down to the ground!" Link said. Pikachu's ears wiggled, but did nothing else.
"There is so much history being made here. I can't wait to be apart of it." Isaac said.
"You're already apart of it, ever since that Pidgey flew into Vale." Pit said. "See that hill, Isaac?"
Isaac nodded.
"Just over there is Smash Mansion." Link answered before Pit could. "Ready?"
"Yeah…" Isaac climbed over the hill and gasped at what he saw. It was amazing.
I'm sorry if this was a bit horrible, but I didn't have much time to proofread it. Maybe I'll get a Beta, but please review and tell me my faults. Don't flame, but constructive criticism is happily accepted.
