Chapter 1: A new threat emerges

(Disclaimer! I owe nothing of Nintendo, Super Smash Bros, or any quotes you may recognize in the story! Nor do I own the Slash Songs used from Apocalyptic Love or the Slash Album or songs from various Guns N Roses or Velvet Revolver Albums)

You know what it is I love about being a Star Kid? Everything. Its been 2 years since I've been chosen as a Star Kid saving the world from crime. And I'm pretty much enjoying it. I'm in high school now, and I'm part of a music program with my friends. I've made new friends and enemies along the way. You're probably thinking that since I'm a Star Kid I can do what I want, but it doesn't work that way. But I've been keeping myself from trouble and helping my friends out of trouble as well. But over time, I've been wondering who my real parents were and where I came from. And every day I wake up knowing that no matter how much people call me a hero, someone with more power than I have could change everything. But at least I have the love of my friends to keep me company.

I was at my job at The Moldy Mushroom putting away dishes while listening to some music on a radio. "Nicholas," said one of my co-workers, "your shifts over." "Cool," I said. I got my skateboard and started heading out. I got tickets for the music career center to go see a concert at the Mushroom Dome. I got a text message from Toadstool asking if I was on my way. I texted her back saying I was on my way right now. I was taking Toadbert's car to SilverStar High to meet my friends. Yumi was coming out from detention to meet us. Toadstool was heading to my car along with everyone else. We were driving to the Mushroom Dome and finally made it and saw an amazing concert.

After the show we were heading to the cars we drove in and heading home. Daisy saw some fliers. "Guys!" she said, "Look at this." We all saw the flier. Toadstool saw someone ripping up our fliers and replacing it with theirs. "Oh hell no!" she said. We all saw Gorman Grayson and his gang. Take a note that he's an asshole. "What do you think you're doing?" asked Daisy. "Just making sure some people don't get ripped off by some level 0 loser band," said Gorman. "Lever 0 loser band?" I asked. "Yeah," said Grayson, "Everyone knows we're the experts of the band, Burning Dragon." "Please," I said, "You have the hair all wrong." "Well maybe your little friend can give me a haircut," said Gorman. Toadstool flipped him off. "Firstly that's not the guitar the lead singer uses, it was a Gibson Explorer, not a Les Paul." "He has a point," said Gorman's guitar player. "Secondly he doesn't wear a silver belt on his pants," I said, "And can someone honestly tell me when the last time was that he had red leather on?!" No one agreed. "I see I'm gonna have to kick your ass," said Gorman as he pushed me. "Hey don't push him!" said Toadstool as she hit him. We all ended up fighting. "I don't see how this day can get any weirder," said Maddy. Suddenly out of nowhere a black hole started sucking up the Mushroom Dome. "What is that?" asked Daisy. "We best get outta here," said Toadstool. "Everyone get outta here," said Daisy. Everyone managed to escape the black hole as it stopped growing.

Toadstool started running but she tripped. From the black hole a group of strange looking soldiers came out. One of them tried to grab her, but I arrived just in time to save her. I started fighting them off. "Thanks for the save," said Toadstool. "No problem," I said as I picked her up. I carried her away from the black hole. Saria saw some kind of bomb in the center of the black hole. "That's gotta be where its coming from!" she said. She took out her bow and arrow and shot the bomb making the black hole disappear. Daisy's pet piranha plant, Petey Pirahna flew over and took us away from the blast. "Thanks," we said in unison. "What the hell was that?" asked Maddy. Saria saw a substance from the bomb she took out. "What is this?" she asked. Someone was watching us.

The next morning I was laying in my bed. Saria came in my room with a Deku stick. "Get outta bed," she said. I didn't listen. She started poking me. "Let's go," she said, "Get up." "Get outta my room," I said. She started going through my stuff. "Where do you hide your stuff now?" she asked. "Will you get the hell outta my room?" I asked, "I didn't do anything!" "Yeah, you didn't," said Saria, "That's your problem." I got pissed. "GET OUTTA HERE!" I said as I jumped on her. We started fighting. "Come on!" I said. "Toadbert!" she said, "Toadbert!" Toadbert came up to my room to see us fighting. "Geez guys stop!" he said breaking us up. Saria came charging at me, but he stopped her. "Tell her to get out of my room!" I said. "It use to be my room too idiot!" she said. "Come on," said Toadbert, "Breakfast is ready." "Keep her out!" I said. "Ok," said Toadbert, "Just get ready for school. Saria, go downstairs and have breakfast!" "Keep her out!" I said. I went back to laying on my bed.

Later I was at school walking in the halls. "Who was that girl?" I asked. I remembered flashbacks of a dream about a guitar player with blue hair. "What girl?" asked Yumi. There was this girl from my dream…." I said. She walked away. "Da hell?" I asked. I saw a picture of the same girl on a wall. "What?" I asked. I looked at it. "I know just the person to show this to," I said. I went to one of my friends Luke. He was jamming with other people. "What's up dude?" he asked. "Just chillin," I said, "Waiting for Career Center to start. It's the highlight of my day." "I know right," he said. "Luke, you know about most guitar players right?" I asked. "Pretty much, but I wouldn't say every one of them," he said. "Do you know this one girl with hair like this?" I asked showing him the picture. "Yeah, that's Aqua Silver," said Luke, "She's having a tour in Ohio and she's visiting Seattle in a few weeks. "What?" I asked. "You got the hots for her?" he asked, "She's a pretty hardcore…." He failed to notice I was there.

I went around asking other people what they knew about Aqua Silver. "Nick," said Toadstool walking to me. "Hey," I said. "I saw you running around with some picture," said Toadstool. I showed it to her. "Hey, I know that girl," she asked. "You do?" I asked. "Yeah," said Toadstool, "She's a great friend of mine. I've known her since we were kids." "Cool," I said, "So how do you know her?" "I hang out with her almost every weekend," said Toadstool, "Would you like to meet her?" "Sure," I said, "You'd do that?" "Anything for my best friend Nicholas," said Toadstool. I noticed she had a newspaper. "What's that?" I asked. She showed it to me. "That black hole made the news," said Toadstool, "Chelsea and Kirby were obviously there." "Well I'm not sure if anyone knows about it," I said. "We should talk to Samuel," said Toadstool. "Yeah," I said. "Alright," said Toadstool, "After school we'll all rendezvous at the Hideout." "I'm sending a message to everyone now," I said as I texted the other guys.

Later we were on our way to the hideout. Someone from Gadd Science Inc was spying on us with a white haired girl. A man in the shadows was looking at some computers. "Damn it!" he said, "Stupid worthless soldiers! I'm getting tired of making low process." He suddenly saw a newspaper article. It read "Mysterious boy saves people from black hole" He saw a picture of me. "Is this….." he asked. He suddenly remembered flashbacks of a boy being experimented on. "My part of Project S.H.A.D.O.W?" he said, "This may be the key….." "Oh yes," said the muscular guy, "Those kids are certainly up to something." "Keep it down," said the man in the shadows, "I think I'm on to something." The muscular man kept looking at us. "They're organized, I know it," he said. "I said keep it down," said the man in the shadows. "I don't know what you're talking about," said the white haired girl, "I got my eyes locked on the one with the spiky hairdo. He's cute." "Hey, wait a minute," said the muscular man, "That spiky haired one, I reckon he's their leader."

The man in the shadows slammed something on the table. "Layla! Barrel!" he said. They turned around to face him. The man came out of the shadows. "I may finally have found a way to make some real process on this project and what are you on about?" he asked, "Ridiculous notions of these so-called 'Star Kids'." "Yeah but…" said Barrel. "Its all in your head," said the man, "Say it." "Its all in my head," said Barrel. "Now just keep telling yourself that because I want you to stay focused when I give you your next assignment," said the man. "Yes Raditz," said Barrel, "But did you know that spiky haired one…" "They're only kids dear boy," said Raditz, "Aside from the scientist we have they're the most pathetic humans on the earth. They don't plot, they don't scheme, and they're not organized."

We made it to the hideout. It was dark. I snapped my fingers and made a small fire lighting our way. "It sure is creepy when its dark," said Izzy. I looked around and saw no one here. Suddenly someone did a ghost noise and scared us all. It was Twink. "Not funny!" said Saria. "So funny," said Twink. "Star Kids," said Samuel as he appeared on a monitor, "Your timing couldn't be more perfect. Thank you for testing my burglary alarm." "Ok…." I asked. "Samuel, we've come here to show you something," said Toadstool. "What is it?" he asked. Saria showed him the substance that was from the bomb. "So it begins," said Samuel. "What begins?" asked Daisy. "Many years ago, a powerful army known as the Subspace Army ruled the galaxy with unimaginable terror," said Samuel, "This army was composed of many subspace creatures. The ones you faced were known as Primids."

"Who created the Subspace Army?" asked Saria. "An unknown and unnamed person," said Samuel, "He is known by his soldiers as the Subspace Emissary who was a master of black magic." "What happened to him?" asked Daisy. "7 young heroes like yourselves imprisoned his army and managed to defeat him," said Samuel, "But he managed to find an ancient artifact known as the Black Star Spirit and made himself immortal." "Whoever this guy is he seems dangerous," I said, "But we'll find a way to stop him, once we know who he is." "How will we know when we'll see him?" asked Natalie. "He is using the Black Star Spirit as fuel for his subspace bombs," said Samuel, "The more bombs he places on Earth, the closer you will get to him." "Got it," I said. "Be careful Star Kids," said Samuel, "For you are facing a powerful being who's power is beyond yours."

Later that night I was laying in bed and having a dream about what happened 9 years ago. I was playing with my old friends in New York. Suddenly a plane came crashing into a building causing an explosion. I got up looking around. The city was destroyed and my friends were gone. I lost everything. Suddenly a black hole came sucking up the remains of New York and I ran for my life. I tripped and fell hanging on a cliff. I saw Toadstool. "Help!" I said. "Some hero you are," she said, "You couldn't even save your friends from New York." "Toadstool please!" I said trying to take her hand. She grabbed both my hands. "So long Shay," she said. She threw me down into the black hole. I woke up screaming and panting. Toadstool came in my room. "Are you ok?" she asked. "I don't wanna talk about it!" I shouted getting out of my room and going to the top of the roof. "Nicholas…." She said, worried about me.

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