Hey everyone, this is Latias425 here with another crossover story. So, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has just come out, and to celebrate the release of the game, I decided to do something special. This is a novelization of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time/Darkness/Sky (and yeah, I know they're kinda redundant) with a Smash twist to it. As such, this story will contain spoilers for the former, so if you haven't played PMD2 (which I highly recommend you do, because it's a very underrated game imo and one of my favorites of all time), then you should go play it.
The two main characters in this story (being the hero and partner) are still Pokémon (and they will be based on the team from my current playthrough of Sky), but several other Nintendo characters are going to be filling in as the other characters. As to who they will be, well, you'll see soon enough. Now without further ado, I present to you...
Smash Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Subspace
Chapter 1: Prologue
Many years in the future, the land was a strange purple and the sky was dark and black. What was once a vast and beautiful world was now nothing but a corrupted, lifeless wasteland. There was no way of telling time, as the sun never rises, and all life that lived here were corrupted along with this world.
Through a dark forest, two figures ran down a long path. The first one was a human girl that looked to be in her teens, and she had long blond hair and brown eyes. She was also carrying a bag containing supplies that would help them on their mission.
Running beside the girl was a young man. He looked to be a bit older than her, and he was wearing a blue tunic with white trimming as well as tan leggings and brown boots, and a bow and sheathed sword and shield where on his back. His dirty-blonde hair was blowing as they continued to make their way through the forest.
"We're almost there. Just a little more." the girl muttered to herself, getting pretty exhausted from all the running, but there was no time for them to stop. They had to get to the passage before they find them.
The two then reached a fork in the path and she looked around to try to figure out which path to take.
"There. This way." the young man said, and the two went down the left path and soon they reached a clearing where was a portal that would take them to the past in order to fulfill their mission to reverse the calamity of the world being consumed by Subspace. Waiting by the portal was a young woman who would be the one to send them to the past. "Is everything ready, Zelda?" he asked.
"Yes, it is, Link." Zelda answered, and she asked, "Are you two ready to go back to the past?"
The two gave an affirmative nod and replied, "Yes."
"Alright then, here it goes." Zelda stood in front of the portal and began to use her magic to activate it. After some time, the passage shone a bright blue and she stepped aside to let her partners pass. Once they were sure they were ready, the two said their final goodbyes to her and then stepped into the portal. However, just as they were going down the passage, a dark and mysterious force appeared behind them, and it was starting right at the girl. Sparks of purple electricity crackled around it as it prepared to attack.
A bolt of dark energy suddenly struck her, which caused her to jerk back slightly in pain. "W-Woah!"
Link took notice of his hurt partner and asked, "A-Are you okay?" There was then another bolt of energy that struck right between them, and then they began to drift away in different directions. He quickly held out his hand and called out, "Just a little longer! Hold on!"
She grabbed onto his hand and held on for dear life, but then the dark force struck again, causing her fingers to start slipping. "N-No, I can't! C-Can't hold on..." With one final strike, she completely lost her grip and was sucked into darkness.
"Terra!" Link shouted as the end of the passage sucked him away.
It was a dark and stormy night in a lush forest, with lightning striking and thunder booming. In the midst of the forest, a sudden ball of light appeared out of thin air and Link tumbled out onto the wet grass. After recovering from his rough landing, he got up and looked around.
"Terra? Terra!" he called out into the forest, but the only answer he got was the cracking of thunder. 'Damnit. I let my guard down again.' He really didn't want for this to happen, for the two of them to get separated, especially with the promise he made her...
No. He was not going to lose her. She had to be out there somewhere, and he promised her that they would save the world together. It was the only thing that they wanted. With a heavy heart, Link unsheathed his sword and then took off into the stormy night.
