Toad Town Studios (backstage), 6:15 PM

"...ess!" called out a somewhat anxious voice to the fainted psychic, who slowly came to his senses. Ness, as a Smash Bros. fighter, had literally no clue what had just happened or how he'd gotten there, but one thing was for sure: he wasn't in Onett anymore. Ness looked up to see his friend Lucas standing in front of him, one hand extended. The blond psychic helped haul the raven-haired boy to his feet.

"Glad to see you're still alright, Ness. But...how did we get here?" Lucas stated bluntly as he looked around the studio. It seemed to be a fairly furnished place with a semicircle of chairs, a camera, and a few chairs behind said camera. "You didn't teleport us here, did you?"

Ness started to stammer in protest, "No, I-I didn't teleport us here! I-I-I mean, if I did, I'd probably remember doing it! But the last thing I can remember is doing a smash battle with Corrin, and the next thing I know, bam! We're stuck here!"

"No, you're quite right," said a telepathic voice that startled Ness and almost made Lucas jump. They turned around fast to see a Gardevoir standing there, a Mega Stone dangling around its neck like a pendant. "It's quite a mystery how we arrived here, isn't it?" Lucas realized that now Gardevoir was speaking normally rather that telepathically. Gardevoir blushed. "Er, long story..." she explained.

"Anyway, come on!" called out a rather tomboyish voice, belonging to Bowser Jr. "The show's about to start, and you guys are late! Get a move on!"

Gardevoir looked at the clock hanging on the wall and gasped. "Holy Arceus, he's right!" she called out. Amazingly, ten minutes had passed during their conversation. "Hurry, young psychics! Let's get to the stage!"

"Why do you talk like that?" Lucas asked the Psychic/Fairy-type Pokémon. To the little boy Gardevoir just shrugged in an uneasy tone.

Toad Town Studios (onstage), 6:28 PM

By the time Gardevoir and her newly-found psychic friends had made it to the stage, everyone else, including the hostess, camerawoman, and Bleeper Gallade, was already seated. The three psychics slid into their seats quickly.

The girl with the Honchkrow wings pointed her camera at the hostess, and the 'On Air' sign above her head flashed green. The show was live, and the hostess didn't hesitate. "Hello, everybody, and welcome to the kingdom premiere of 'VideoGamer13's Truth or Dare Show!'. I'm your hostess, VideoGamer13, but in the show, you can call me Kaelynne*. Over to my right, you'll see a Gallade with his Mega Stone around his wrist looking over the Bleeper. This Gallade is one of my partners from Hoenn and a longtime best friend. Please give a warm welcome to Psythe*!"

The chimera pointed the camera at Psythe. "HI ARCEUS!" he shouted just for the heck of it.

Kaelynne rolled her eyes. "Yeah, he's a bit of a goofball. But that's what I like about him! And to my left, you'll see a girl with Honchkrow wings guarding the camera. Meet...Melody*!"

Melody pointed the camera at herself and stated bluntly, "I'm the camerawoman." Kaelynne gave her a look that said, "Yeah, no one cares."

Kaelynne took out a piece of paper on a clipboard and remarked, "And directly in front of us, you'll see a semicircle of chairs. Starting things off are residents of the Mushroom Kingdom, where we are broadcasting live. Please welcome..." Kaelynne glanced once more at her clipboard. "...Mario, Luigi, Peach, Daisy, Bowser, Bowser Jr., Rosalina, Elvin Gadd, Toad, Toadette, Toadsworth, and Greenie!"

The twelve Mushroom citizens took their seats, modeled after the ones seen on Peach's airplane to Delfino Plaza.

Kaelynne looked back down to her clipboard. "Next up, we have a few Pokémon available in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire, only three of which cannot Mega Evolve, being...Gardevoir, Mewtwo, Lucario, Diancie, Pichu, Braixen, Milotic, and Lopunny!"

The various different Pokémon species took their seats on chairs fashioned to look like Master Balls.

"Next up, we have some characters of the 'EarthBound/Mother' universe (I dunno which one). Please give round of applause to...Ninten, Ness, Lucas, Claus, Travis, Zack, Kumatora, Paula, and Ana!"

The nine aforementioned PSI-powered characters took their own seats.

"Next up are a selection of characters from the 'Kid Icarus' world (since one of them isn't technically from Skyworld). And their names are...Pit, Dark Pit, Palutena, and Viridi!"

The angels and goddess took their own seats.

"And finally, the last competitor on the show...Dot Warner!"

The only Warner sister took the last seat, but one chair remained, which soon afterward held a boy in an orange polo shirt with an overbite and chipped tooth, as well as snow white hair.

"Huff...puff...sorry I'm late!" he wheezed, quickly taking his seat and leaving Dot to wonder, 'What's with him?' "My sisters wouldn't let me leave!" Then under his breath he muttered, "Particularly Lisa..."

Kaelynne glanced at her clipboard again, then introduced her face to her palm. "Oh! I'm so sorry, Lincoln. I didn't see you backstage," she apologized. Lincoln nodded in understanding. "Anyway, just so we can get to the fun part quicker, I'm gonna let ya say one quick sentence about yourselves!"

Bowser Jr. put his claws on his hips. "That's all we get? One freakin' sentence?" he almost literally roared in anger.

"Yes and yes," said the hostess with a roll of her eyes. "Anyway, I'll go in the order I have y'all in my roster. It won't be the same way I introduced ya, though: it'll be pretty different. Starting with...Pit!"

"Yes!" Pit pumped his fist in the air. Kaelynne giggled and continued, "Alright, next!" The white-clad angel was dumbfounded. "What the-? That wasn't even an actual sentence!"

"Dude, chillax! I'm only kidding!" Kaelynne joked. Dot rolled her eyes, wondering if she was actually joking sometimes or not.

"Oh. Uh..." Pit paused for a bit. Eventually he just shrugged with a question mark Unown floating above his head. "I got nothing."

"Works for me," Kaelynne said, checking off a checkbox next to Pit's name. "Next up, Greenie!"

"Bahn bahn nah nah!" said the basic ghost from Evershade Valley. Unlike during the stahhered Dark Moon crisis, this Greenie was one of E. Gadd's helpers, a kind Greenie with eyes of emerald. (Translation: I like helping professors out!"

"Well, I'm the princess of the Mushroom Kingdom, and I get kidnapped. A LOT." Peach gave Bowser and Bowser Jr. the death glare as she finished her sentence.

A/N: You know, I'm just gonna cut out the rest of the competitor statements so we can finish this episode/chapter quicker. Cause MAN, there are a lot!

32 competitor statements later...

Kaelynne tapped her pen against her clipboard. "Pretty interesting, everything y'all just said," she said. "Our turn now. Ok, uh, I like mashed potatoes."

"I enjoy a short flight around the Prism Tower," Melody said, stretching her wings. Pit gave her his own variation of the death glare. "What did I do?"

"I'd like to use the Bleeper," Psythe huffed. Kaelynne shot him a glare that spoke, "You'll use it soon enough, rest assured."

"Anyways," Viridi remarked, looking at a few of the banners hanging up around the studio, "why are we all here?"

Kaelynne threw her hands up into the air. "To participate as contestants on my show, obviously!" she responded. Viridi immediately regretted asking that question. "I mean, why else do you think it's called a truth or dare show? Just to do truth or dare? Heck, no! There's SO much more to it than that!"

"I'm outta here," Dark Pit said, picking up his bow and walking out with everyone else following suit.

"WAIT! THERE'S MORE!" Kaelynne shouted in a desperate attempt to get them back. "There's a million dollar prize for whoever makes it to the last episode of truth or dare!" This gained everyone's attention.

"Does the currency depend on the winner?" Paula asked, basically taking what Kaelynne was going to say next and putting it into a question. When everyone started glaring at her, she responded with, "Uh, telepathy?" and a shrug.

Kaelynne shrugged herself. "Yes, Paula, it does. OK, so let's say for example, E. Gadd wins. The million dollar prize would be given to him in coins, the currency used in the MK. Or say, if Pittoo won-"

"Do NOT call me that!" Dark Pit said in frustration.

Kaelynne continued from where she left off. "-he'd receive a million hearts, the currency used in Skyworld. If Dot or Lincoln wins, they'd simply receive a million dollars since, well...they live on Earth! If one of our Pokémon contestants wins, they'd receive not a million in their currency, but a million of whatever type of berry and/or type plate they choose. And, if they have two Abilities, an Ability Capsule." The eyes of the Pokémon with two Abilities (Lopunny, Jigglypuff, Milotic *I think Milotic has two Abilites and a Hidden Ability*, and Gardevoir) widened and started to sparkle. "And finally, oh. I guess the psychics would also get a million basic dollars, save for Lucas, Claus, and Kumatora. You three will get DP instead."

Kaelynne stopped for a split second to catch her breath. "Oh boy that was a mouthful," she said in between breaths. "Anyway, see you guys in the first official truth and dare episode of 'VideoGamer13's Truth of Dare Show!'"

A/N: FYI, review if you have some truths and/or dares you'd like me to do in the episode. Here's the roster:

Pit

Greenie

Peach

Dot

Lincoln

Diancie

Lucario

Luigi

Mario

Travis

Ness

Milotic

Pichu

Daisy

Rosalina

Paula

Viridi

Ana

Kumatora

Toadsworth

Toad

Toadette

E. Gadd

Dark Pit

Lucas

Claus

Jigglypuff

Mewtwo

Zack

Ninten

Bowser

Bowser Jr.

Palutena

I don't own Mario, Kid Icarus, EarthBound, The Loud House, Animaniacs, or Pokémon as much as I want to.

Peace out, earthlings!

Oh! I nearly forgot two things.

1) Characters marked by an asterisk * are my OCs or me as a character.

2) Travis and Zack are from an upcoming fan game, Mother 4, and as such they are considered non-canon. But I included them just for the sake of inclusion.

~VideoGamer13~