It was an unusually hot summer day on the streets of a suburban town, however it was far from summer, in fact it was nearly the middle of October. Serena, a young teenage girl, was relaxing on a couch in her family's living room, letting the cool air of the air conditioner hit her.
"Whew! I knew they said today would be hot but not this hot..." Her mother exclaimed as she came in.
"Yeah...What is the temperature now?" Serena looked up at her mom.
"It says at least 95 degrees." She sweated.
"Whew...I cannot stand this heat..." Serena sighed.
"The weather has been acting strange all over I heard." Her mother walked over to the counter to place her purse.
"Really? Like what?"
"Well...Believe it or not...There has been heavy downpour in the southwest." Her mom stated.
"Big deal...they get rain down there every once in a while, right?" Serena shrugged.
"Yes, but they say it's enough to call it a rainforest minus the trees. Look, I bet it's on the news."
Serena's mother picked up a tv remote off the coffee table and turned on the tv.
"Breaking news! There has been a record of three and a half feet snow in the southeast. For those hoping to get away from the snow for some nice sunshine, some folks are sure going to be disappointed. Can you tell us anything more about that, Lisa?" An anchorman reported.
"That's right, Dan, as you can see here, there are ginormous clouds over the southwest and southeast. Right around this area you can see big snowstorm clouds coming in from the east. As you can see on the map, there is also heavy rainfall ranging from California to western Texas, the rain does not seem to be stopping any time soon. Those that live in the areas of Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Tennessee may be experiencing extreme temperatures for their area. Currently it is not known how the weather changed so suddenly, but we have people working to get to the bottom of this." A weather woman said as she gave the forecast.
"Thank you Janet. Next up: A woman-" The tv was interrupted as Serena's mother shut it off.
"Snow in Florida? I'll never believe it..." Serena shook her head in disbelief.
"That's what I said to your brother when we saw it on the news this morning. He's actually excited about this weather," Her mother chuckled before picking up her purse from the counter, "Well, I have to get going."
"Where are you off to?" Serena looked up at her.
"I'm going to that new store that opened up at the mall. they're having a sale, so want to get there before the big crowds take everything."
"Alright, see you later." Serena waved.
"See you." Her mom said as she left.
"Sigh..." Serena sighed as she stared out the window at the scorching heat coming down from the sun. "This is pathetic to be siting here all day. I'm gonna go play my 3ds..."
Serena got up from the couch and went upstairs to her room. Her attention turned to the black 3ds xl sitting on the desk. She picked it up and plopped down on her bed to play. "Hmm...What game looks good?" Serena asked herself as she looked from a selection of Nintendo games. "Eh, I'll just play Super Mystery Dungeon." She shrugged as she inserted a game into the system.
Suddenly, a ginormous boom echoed in the air.
"What was that?!" Serena asked as she fell off the bed.
She crawled to her window and opened it up to see a giant purple thunder cloud. "What in the world?! Don't tell me we're getting a tornado too?!" Her eyes widened as she watched in awe and fear.
At that moment a burst of wind came from the center of the cloud like a ripple in a still pond. There was then a bright flash of light that shone for only a second.
Serena raced out of her room and down the stairs to get outside to better witness the anomaly.
"Huh?" As Serena walked towards the strange cloud, a strange wall of aura appeared from the ground up. The wall then pushed itself forward until Serena was inside of it.
"The hay? What is this place?" Serena looked around at the aura field she stood on.
There was then another white flash of light that centered in the middle of the field. Jolts of blue electricity then shot into the light orb as something materialized from it.
"...Please tell me this is a mirage..." Serena hoped.
The light then lowered to Serena's hands and transformed into a small device on a string like a charm on a necklace.
"What is this thing?" She asked herself. The colorful aura field then disappeared the same way it appeared as a ripple in a pond.
"...I still don't get it..." Serena walked back to her house while holding the strange device in her hand. "What on earth is this? What was up with that weather to begin with?" She asked herself with a loss for answers.
Her thoughts were interrupted as a female voice grunted in pain.
"Huh?" Serena walked up near her house to see that a brunette woman was collapsed on the ground. "Hey! Are you alright?!" Serena asked as she ran to help her.
"I..." She paused tiredly.
"Here, let me help you inside...It's too hot to be out here like this..." Serena helped the woman up and took her inside her house.
Serena helped the woman to the couch in the living room.
"Thank you..." She weakly smiled, starting to get her energy back.
"It's no problem. So what are you doing all the way out here?" Serena asked. She then saw the face of this woman, a woman whom she thought looked very familiar.
"Well...Where is here?"
"What? You don't know? Well I suppose that shouldn't surprise me. I mean, we do live kind of far from other towns..." Serena shrugged.
"Do you happen to know where Hyrule is? I can make my way there from the border." The woman insisted.
"Wait, Hyrule? I've never heard of a place here like that. Who are you?"
The woman's face turned to look out the window, "My name is Princess Zelda. I was visiting my friends in Subspace and...well, I can't remember..." She looked down in confusion.
"Wait...You mean to tell me you're THE Princess Zelda?" Serena asked in disbelief.
"Well...Yes. Have you heard of me?" Zelda looked up at her in shock.
"Wait a second..." Serena walked over to the tv and crouched down to pick up a game case, "Is this you?" Serena gave her the box art for Twilight Princess.
"Y-Yes. How did you get this picture?" She stared at the image in disbelief, not taking her eyes off the art.
"What I want to know is what are you doing in my world?" Serena questioned.
Zelda said nothing as she placed the game case down and walked to the window, her face remained still as she got lost in thought.
"Wait, so you're THE Zelda. You have got to be kidding me..." Serena facepalmed, trying to comprehend the situation.
"How is it you know of me?" Zelda asked again, looking at the young girl.
"Well...it's kind of hard to explain. Let's see..." Serena pondered how to tell her, "Ok...Well...Hmm...Oh!" Serena grabbed the Twilight Princess game case. "Well you see, in my world, we have things called video games-"
"Video games? I know an angel that plays video games." Zelda recalled.
"Wait, who?" Serena's eyes widened at her knowledge.
"His name is Pit. I'm assuming you know of him too?"
"Well, not very well. I hardly know him." Serena shrugged.
"Oh well..." Zelda chuckled, "So you seem to know who I am, but may I ask who you are?"
"O-Oh, my name is Serena. Sorry I didn't mention sooner" She smiled nervously.
"No need to worry about that. It's a pleasure to meet you, Serena." Zelda smiled.
"...Say...She appeared after that strange...thing happened, right? Maybe she knows something about that?" Serena wondered
"Say, Zelda, before I found out this weird aura wall appeared not too long ago outside my house. Do you know what that might be?" Serena asked.
"Aura wall..." Zelda began to ponder with a hand to her chin. "I think I remember something about that, but it's blurry...I was with my friends, Peach and Toad, when we looked towards the sky...There was a flash, and unfortunately I can't remember what else happened..."
"So sounds like to me you traveled between worlds? I never knew other dimensions existed besides ours..." Serena took in.
"I suppose...What is this world you call?" She asked.
"This planet we're on is called Earth."
Suddenly, another explosion sounded outside. "Oh no, I have had enough craziness for one day. What on earth could be happening now?!" Serena exclaimed in frustration.
Zelda gazed out the window. There were multiple explosions followed by dust and smoke. Her eyes widened as she spotted something familiar.
"I have to get out there!" Zelda exclaimed as she ran for the door.
"Wait, what?!" Serena raced after Zelda, still comprehending what was happening.
The two got out there to find a round creature in a silver mask holding a gold jagged sword fighting a ground of dark blue soldiers wearing green uniforms.
"Meta Knight?!" Serena gasped as she saw him.
Meta Knight looked over at the two, "So you're here too?" Meta Knight glanced at Zelda before he swung his sword at a primid, slicing it in half before it exploded into purple smoke.
"Primids?! Oh no..." Serena's eyes widened with fear filling her.
"Din's fire!" Serena watched as Zelda cast a dart of fire that exploded as it was near a group of primids.
"Hi-yi-yi-yi-ya!" Meta Knight moved forward in a drill-like motion attacking more primids.
Soon, another primid was coming to attack Zelda. She then used a move called phantom slash to summon a phantom knight to attack.
"This is totally awesome and at the same time terrifying." Serena thought as she watched the two battle.
"Hey kid, what are you standing around for?!" Meta Knight yelled to the kid as he fought.
"I-I can't! I don't know how to fight!" Serena ashamedly froze.
"Surely you can do something!"
"Look out!" Zelda said as she teleported next to Serena with Falore's wind. "Nayru's love!" Zelda used a counter spell to reflect damage at an incoming primid.
Serena watched the two fight skillfully at their opponents.
"...What can I do to help? I feel I'm just in the way..."
"Hymmm!" Meta Knight shot into the air and swooped down to defeat a small group of primids.
"Grr...Hrgh!" Serena ran forward and punched a primid, only resulting in a small dent. Shortly after, the primid pulled back its fist and punched forward. "What the?! Ooo!"
Serena was sent back flying. Zelda saw this and acted.
"Din's fire!" Zelda said as she spit another orb of fire at the primid.
"Argh...Are smash enemies really this strong?...Oh...I wish I could fight...I wish to fight with them!" Serena wished.
Soon, the gadget Serena had obtained started flashing.
"What in the world?" Serena grabbed the device as it started to glow brighter.
It shot a beam like a flashlight. It shone itself at a small glowing orb. It then proceeded to absorb the orb and create new data.
"Character Data obtained." The device beeped.
Soon, a blue light surrounded Serena.
"...What is this light?"
"Initiating...Data found...Activating Character Simulation."
Serena then felt herself changing slightly. She obtained a dark blue dog-like mask-like thing on her head, that almost made her look like a digimon called Sakuyamon. She then gained a black mask that covered her eyes. Then the tied ends of the mask grew and became aura sensors. There was then beige-gold fur that became her shirt. She then grew a long blue tail and had black paws. Her appearance changed to resemble a fighter they named Lucario, but was still human.
"Grraaawhhh!" Serena growled as she felt new power flowing through her body.
A primid saw this and began to charge at her.
Almost instinctively, Serena charged up an attack.
"Aura Sphere!" Serena growled as she blasted a blue aura sphere at the primid.
"Nayru's love!" Zelda reflected damage on another primid.
"Hymmm!" Meta Knight shot into the air and swooped down to defeat another group of primids.
"How many of these things are there?!" Serena asked the others without moving her attention from the battle.
"They usually come in big groups! Stand your ground!" Meta Knight informed.
"Force Palm!" Serena then created a burst of energy from her paws that attacked two primids.
"Phantom!" Zelda summoned another phantom to attack several primids.
"Hy-yi-yi-yi-ya!" Meta Knight did another drill rush and defeated the last few primids.
"Is that all of them?" Zelda looked around.
Her question was soon answered as the earth started to quake.
"What is that?!" Serena shook in fear.
Soon, a giant enemy burst out of the ground. It looked like a cauldron with a head and two giant scythes that moves around on wheels.
"Watch out! It's a greap!" Serena warned.
"Din's fire!" Zelda aimed a spit of fire at the greap.
"Aura Sphere!" Serena launched an attack.
"Hrgh!" Meta Knight launched up and did a shuttle loop, only damaging the greap a little.
"Force Palm!" Serena ran up close and used force palm.
"Bzzzt!" The greap charged forward and swung his scythes at Zelda.
"Hrgh!" Zelda was launched backwards.
"Hy-yi-yi-yi-ya!" Meta Knight atacked the greap with a drill rush form the back.
"Extreme Speed!" Serena attacked the greap with incredible speed hitting it as she almost flew along the ground.
"Bzzzt!"
"Look out!" Serena turned and saw the greap got its scythes unstuck, and was aiming for her.
"Oh no...!" Serena jumped to dodge, just missing the attack. She saw the greap was wide open. "Hrgh!" Serena did a smash attack on the greap's head, making it take massive damage. "...The weakness is the head!" She discovered.
Meta Knight and Zelda kept up their attacks.
"Guys, go for the head! That's it's weak spot!" She informed them.
"Will do!" Zelda nodded before preparing her next attack.
"Hrgh!" Meta Knight rushed forward and did a mach tornado attack at the greap.
"Phantom!" Zelda summoned another phantom to attack the greap, only the greap slashed one of it's scythes at the attack, cancelling it.
The greap struggled, however, as the last attack left one scythe in the ground.
"Now's our chance!" Meta Knight signaled.
"Force Palm!" Serena ran forward and did a force palm on the greap's head.
"Hy-yi-yi-yi-ya!" Meta Knight did one final blow on the greap, making it pause.
"What the..." The greap suddenly started glowing white, as it disappeared into purple smoke.
"Argh..." Serena sat down in exhaustion. She was surrounded by a blue glow as she returned to normal. "I...argh..."
"Are you hurt?" Zelda asked as she came to Serena's aid.
"I...I think I'm fine...I...never fought like that..." She breathed.
"Lets get you inside..." Zelda said as she helped Serena up.
"...I'm so confused...and worn out...what just happened to me?
I...I'm fading out..."
Hope you guys enjoyed that first chapter! Be sure to stick around to find out what happens next on Smash United!