Pat: The start of a new series! The Skye Team series!
It
was a lovely day in Smashville. The sun was shining, the birds were
singing, and the residents of the Smash Mansion were laughing happily
as they swum.
Swum? As in, swimming?
Skye grunted, the
pull of water strong around his lithe body. It felt good to be in
nice, cool, refreshing liquid. There was only one problem:
He
didn't know how to swim.
Sure, every Smasher could swim, some
longer than other, but he, along with a blue hedgehog, were the only
ones who never learned how to, or hated it.
Sonic, apparently,
hated water because, as he'd said,
"You
can't run on water, and you can't rely on it. Better to stay on solid
ground than drown."
It was a wonder he smelled like soap.
A small green-clad child ran, far, far away. Danger was near. It
would take him, KILL him, if he didn't escape the wreckage of the
ship. His home, his friend's home.
Gasping, the child ran, ran,
ran.
To a place he would be safe.
The Smash Bros. Mansion.
Sonic sighed, 'tch'ing. Of all the days, on his
arrival day, they just had to, just HAD TO, throw a pool party. And
not the type with a stick, table and balls. A pool party, as in
water, and stuff.
'I swear, sometimes I think the world is out to
get me...'
The child cried out as he was hit by a light
saber-like sword. He just had to make it! If not, he couldn't save
her...
His only friend...
Tetra.
Pit gasped, as the
water soaked his wings, making it impossible to fly now. Skye simply
grinned.
"I told you, if I gotta go, I'm taking you with me."
The jackal said, trying to tug Sonic in as well.
"I don't
wanna swim, dammit!" The hedgehog cussed, trying to break Skye's
iron grip. The Lucario just smirked.
"Alright then."
With that, he released his hold on Sonic's arm, sending the hedgehog
flying, courtesy of momentum and gravity. The jackal smirked
again.
"Still don't wanna swim?" he said cheekily,
swimming away swiftly when the blue blur tried a Homing attack on
him, resulting in him landing in the cool, blue pool.
"Dear
lord, IT BURNS!!" he screamed, trying to keep his head up.
Farther away, a red and black hedgehog huffed.
"Stupid
Faker..."
Almost there... Just a little more, and he'd
be safe from that terrifying creature. There... There was the
entrance!
The young child pounded on the door, yelling.
"Help
me! Please! Help!" he cried, close to blacking out.
Just
before he blacked out, he saw the door open, and a blue jackal-like
creature catch him, worried.
-And now for some light comedy to lighten the mood!
"Jack!"
"Hey! Fox! Get
back here with my ship!"
"Forget it, Falco, he ain't
gonna give it back unless,
A. He breaks it, or
B.
He kills something."
"... Shut up, Wolf."
And now back to our regularly scheduled program. -
The child felt
safe, more so than he ever had. Soon, he could feel warmth, as well
as softness holding him. Slowly, his eyes fluttered open, the blue
jackal that had caught him looking relieved, setting the boy down on
a soft cot.
"You had me worried... I thought that those
injuries would kill you. Luckily, it did not." The jackal
smiled, covering the young one with a soft blanket.
"I am
Skye. What's your name?" The child started, surprised that this
jackal actually cared.
"I'm Link. Link, the Hero of Winds."
"I'm
telling you, he's not lying! Didn't Link say that a lot of his
ancestors and grandchildren shared the same name and wore similar
clothing?" Skye asked, looking at everyone in the room. Pit and
Sonic nodded, although Sonic pondering the 'grandchildren' thing,
Charizard, Squirtle and Pikachu shrugging, while Jigglypuff sang,
putting Ivysaur to sleep. Skye sighed.
"Come on! Can't you
people give me a better answer than that!?" Skye yelled, the
Pokemon looking at him with wide eyes, except for Ivysaur, who just
jolted awake, hitting Jigglypuff's hat off, the balloon Pokemon
fuming. Skye sighed again.
"I, for one, am going to check on
him. I expect an answer from you lazy Pokemon by then." Pit and
Sonic groaned. Now, they had to watch the dolts! Ah, duty calls.
"Yes, sir, I feel better now. Thanks." Skye smiled at
the child, who seemed to like Skye a lot.
"No problem! So,
what happened to you that inflicted those wounds?" Skye asked,
the child sighing.
"Well, me and my best friend, Tetra, were
just sailing along, like usual, when these gray-skinned bucket heads
attacked us. I got out okay, but Tetra... I don't know..." The
child, who would be known among Smashers as Toon Link, explained,
crying a bit. Skye nodded, pulling Toon close to him, much like how a
mother would, comforting him.
"I know what it's like to lose
a loved one. My Master, Sir Aaron, sacrificed himself to save me and
the kingdom I used to live in, all the while, sealing me in a staff
to prevent me from helping him. Back then, I felt like it was my
fault that he died. I felt useless. I was on the brink of... of
killing myself," Skye recalled, Toon Link looking at him in
amazement. "It was then that a kind soul helped me see that I
couldn't have done anything, and that it wasn't my fault. It wasn't
your fault, either, Link. Keep that in mind, and never feel like you
shouldn't exist. Promise me that you will never take your own life,
okay?" Toon Link nodded, hugging the jackal.
"Thank
you... I won't forget..."
"So, the Primids are the
ones that killed her?" Nodding, Skye held the child close, as he
cried, Pit and Sonic saddened. All of them (Pit, Skye, Sonic, Toon)
had investigated it further, and it turned out that a few surviving
Primids from the Subspace Emissary adventure had been responsible for
killing Tetra. Toon, being small and quick, had managed to escape,
almost unscathed, and make it to the mansion, and inform the
Smashers, preventing the world from another world crisis, and saving
the millions of other innocents. Master Hand had even offered Toon
Link a free room and a spot in the mansion, of which Toon had
gratefully accepted and started to train, courtesy of Skye and Pit's
help. Soon, he was a seasoned fighter, able to come up to speed with
Skye, who ran quite quickly, and spar with him. Thus, Toon Link had
found a home, where he could be happy, and have friends. He even
surpassed the real Link! After bombing him a bit, one shot with an
arrow and boomerang sent him to his KO. Toon was good friends with
Skye, Sonic and Pit, and often teamed up with Skye and Pit to brawl
against Sonic.
If they hadn't been out to get Sonic before, they
sure were now!
It even resulted in Sonic swimming.
"Let go of me, dammit!" Sonic cussed again, trying to, yet again, free his arm of Skye's grip. Skye grinned wolfishly.
"Now, Toon!"
Toon Link grinned, charging at Sonic and knocking both of them in the water. Sonic screamed.
"AHHHH! I'M GONNA DIE!"
"No, you're not. See?"
Toon Link swum around, holding onto Sonic's wrist, letting him float along quite safely, the hedgehog a bit unsure. But that soon changed, as, seeing that he was safe, Sonic swum almost as quickly as he could run.
"Woohoo! Now who's the faker, Shadow?!" Sonic yelled, the red and black hedgehog huffing. And then, walking up to the pool, promptly dunking Sonic's head under water, walking calmly away, while his counterpart spluttered around, erasing all the progress that Toon had worked on.
"Stupid Faker."
And so begins Toon Link's adventure in the Smash World.
"Dammit, Fox, get back here!"
"Nah nah nah boo boo, stick your head in doo-doo."
"What the f-"
"Shut up, Wolf!"
Pat: And, that was the beginning of Team Skye Saga! You'll find out why it's called that soon enough. Toon will sometimes be referred to as Blue, Red, Green or Vio, depending on what he's wearing, so just saying. Please review! Ja ne!
