Ok, this is my first ever fic (well first ever to be put onto the net) so I'm going to try to stick with it.

As if you didn't know, this is a fanfic on SSBM (possibly the best multiplayer game ever) but it will not follow the game in all aspects. For example, I will not be using any pokemon in this fic at all as I just cant see them fitting in and if I used the playable pokemon I would have to use other pokemon you can use in the game (in battles etc) and also, I just don't think pokemon would suit this fic.

In addition to that some other characters will probably not be used, for reasons ill mention later, if I said now then it might give too much away. But don't worry I will be using the majority of the SSBM cast and other characters Nintendo has blessed us gamers with.

And don't expect this to be like other SSBM fanfics where characters compete in tournaments. I hope this to be a more original idea (not trying to offend anyone). And yet with all that I am going to try to remain as loyal to the game as possible.

With that out of the way why don't we start?

Disclaimer: I do not own SSBM or any of its characters, Nintendo or any other copyrighted material I might borrow.

Chapter 1: A Meeting of Old Acquaintances

Link collapsed onto his bed in Hyrule castle town. The young Hylian had just rode his horse Epona from Kakariko Village, doing his bit in keeping the peace in Hyrule.

Ever since the defeat of Ganon peace had been restored to Hyrule and its distant lands. However, little knew of the name that had once struck fear into those who heard it. No one could tell you who Ganon was or what he had done. Only a selected few. Link being one of them, for it had been Link who had defeated Ganon and with the help of the Sages, imprisoned him forever. The sages themselves had disappeared from living memory. Link, now 17, worked for Hyrule castle as a peacekeeper, using his incredible sword fighting techniques and his knowledge of magic. His main duties were to keep monsters away from villages and towns, and to keep peace between the Hylians and those from Gerudo, as they had a natural hatred for each other, which had been shown with recent battles between the two. No one could remember when the hatred had arisen but many felt it to be from seven years ago. Link could act as neutral party member between the two since many thought him to be from the forest. Although, he was in fact Hylian.

After Link had defeated the Evil King, Zelda and the sages had imprisoned Ganondorf, Link had been transported back seven years, to his younger self. Because he had undone what had happened, no one knew of Ganondorf. Princess Zelda had not been seen since she apparently ran away from home with Impa. Saria, the forest girl had allegedly disappeared in the lost woods, and princess Ruto had also been missing. No one knew why and no one seemed to care. Link was perhaps the only one who knew of all the events. He himself had been transported back to the age of 10 after he had defeated Ganondorf. When he was transported back he lost the Ocarina of Time and the Master Sword was no longer his. His fairy Navi had left him. Link had to live in Hyrule where he used his sword fighting techniques to battle those for money, and at the age of 15 the castle noted his skills and appointed him as peacekeeper. Now link was 17 years of age.

Ironically, this day Link felt nervous as this was the exact day where, in another timeline he had defeated Ganondorf and then been sent back to this former self.

"Thank the gods it was all undone" Link mumbled in his pillow. He was naturally happy that Ganondorf actions never transpired in this lifetime. Although, he was also naturally angry that no one really knew of what he had accomplished. He was also resentful towards Zelda for seemingly abandoning him as a 10 year old again and joining the other sages. Link did not know where Zelda was, he wondered if she had also gone back to being 10 years old or if she had grown older. Or maybe where she was there was no time. The whole concept hurt Links head.

"But then again, I would of liked to of stayed in that timeline. I would of liked to been with Zelda and rebuilt Hyrule. It would of turned out like this world anyway." Link said as he glanced across his bedroom towards the window where Hyrule castle stood in all its beauty.

"No. That is just me being selfish. The sages were right to send time back. This way all of those life's have been spared."

Link certainly was mature for a 17 year old. Maybe it was because mentally he had the knowledge of 7 extra years of life.

"Maybe one day…I'll see Zelda again…and we can, talk about…all this " Link mumbled under his breath as he fell asleep

"I hope you're ready" "What?" "You're being called upon, again" "Why?"

"Your strength has always been valued by those in this world. Now it will be by those in other worlds"

"I don't understand" "It will happen soon. I hope you are ready" "For what? Who are you?"

No answer.

"Hey"

Silence.

A loud banging sound is heard.

"No, not now. I need the answer. What are you on about? Answer me!"

"Link, Link."

"No…"

"Link wake the hell up right Now!"

"What?"

Link arose from a deep sleep. He was hot, shaking. He wiped the sweat from his face. A voice sounded from Links door.

"Link get up now and open this door!"

Link stood up, adjusted himself, trying to look presentable. Before opening the door he took a glance at the window. A dark blood red was surrounding the castle. It looked like a sunset, only more.

"Evil" Link muttered before opening the door.

There stood a Hylian soldier by the name of Cedric. Link knew him well; he was the soldier who was stationed outside the gates leading to Hyrule castle. The soldier who always took a quick 10 rupees from Link when he needed quick castle access in his younger days.

"Bout bloody time" Cedric spat as he saw Link. "I've been here for 15mins."

"Can I help you at all?" Link mumbled while rubbing his sore eyes.

"Yes you bloody well can. Get you sword busting ass up to the castles grounds right Now!"

Cedric was in no way in any state of authority with Link, so he was getting rather angry at being yelled at.

"What the hell is your problem?" Link shouted back. "It cant be any later than 10pm, why the hell are you waking me? I have no night duties and my reports don't have to be in till 8am tomorrow!"

Cedric withdrew his sword "Why don't you just get up to the castle? There is trouble afoot and the King himself has requested for someone of your (Cedric bit his lip) fighting 'abilities'" he said with a frown. "Come on" he said before heading into a crowd, which Link should have noticed before. Nearly all the people of Hyrule town were running to the castle entrance. Link realised his sleep must have indeed been deep to have been able to sleep through all the commotion.

He immediately turned and ran back into his home. Putting on his traditional green Kokiri tunic, he then equipped the matching boots. Quickly Link grabbed what he thought he might need, his bow and arrows, naturally. Also, his bomb bag and hookshot would be required. He also pocketed a boomerang, one made for adults, which he found useful in battle. His Hylian shield was equipped without thought, as was his Hylian sword. He didn't have time to grab any special arrows or other accessories as he was already behind. Grabbing a milk bottle (Hylian milk had special healing properties and Link never left home without a some) he ran outside his house into the crowd.

He noted how hard it was to move. Hundred of people were running into the square and to the castle gates, only giving way to Hylian guards and since Link himself didn't resemble one he was therefore pushed into the crowd; into the melee that was the townsfolk, and what with all his equipment he found it hard to move. Struck with an idea, he ran back to his home, round the back to his stables, a gift from the King and perhaps the only stables in town. Link entered and grabbed his trusty horse Epona. Mounting her, he kicked hard and the horse charged toward the crowd. This easily made people jump for cover and Link found a passageway as the horse galloped towards the castle.

Link need not even think where to go, as the place was obvious. Surrounding the castle gates was a chaotic crowd, being held back by countless guards. Link could not see what the disorder was being caused by, but nevertheless he had to get in. Charging towards the crowd he parted many aside and with a huge leap Epona made it across the line of guards. Link turned and finally saw what was wrong.

At the castle, guards were fighting some strange beings never seen before. They had the structure of men and women but were seemingly made of purple wire. They moved at lighting speeds and were taking out guards left and right. Link quickly noted that when a guard hit one it would immediately disappear. Without any thought, Link used his hookshot to grab onto the nearest tree and swung himself into the combat.

Link landed in the moat (out of all places) and was quickly pilled upon by these wired made people. Each one made an effort to punch kick and hit Link. The pressure of being pilled upon forced the Hylian to collapse into the water and he quickly found that he could not stand. More and more wired creatures pilled onto Link causing him to take in mouthfuls of water. The Hylian began to loose consciousness, when suddenly he began to feel the weight load easing up. Sensing his chance he grabbed the hook shot that was still in his hand and hooked onto an iron railing, pulling himself out the moat.

Collapsing onto dry land Link tired to regain his breath. He turned to see that a reinforcement of guards had been attacking the wire creatures that had pilled onto him. Suddenly, all at once the creatures located Link and all seemed to charge at him and him alone, not caring about the guards who took the opportunity to stab the unaware creatures in their backs. Link realised he was being targeted. Pulling out his sword and shield he charged towards the creatures. The first leapt above Link who responded by jumping into the air and used his trademark spin attack to send the creature flying.

Link landed in the battle and used a floor based spin attack to take out three of the nearest creatures. Noting an incoming punch Link rolled out the way and in one motion took out his boomerang and nailed it into the creature's chest. It soon disappeared. The rest of the guards continued to fight, although the creatures were still intent on getting to Link. The Hylian back flipped onto a crate of unopened milk and using his distance from the creatures, pulled out his bow and began firing. The first arrow hit a creature in the head killing it straight away. More arrows from Link soon took care of any near by creatures. Link took this opportunity to note his surroundings. He was on the other side of the castle and had somehow managed to kill all the near by creatures, or so he thought. Soon Link felt a powerful knock to his jaw, knocking him back into the moat. This time however he saw the attack coming. He rolled out the way before a group of creatures landed on him. Link leapt out of the moat and turned to see the creature that had hit him. The creature charged towards Link who responded by crouching down with his sword in an upright position and then proceeded to stab the sword into chest of the wire monster.

"It's a planned attack," he thought. "Those wire things tried to suffocate me under the water again. That must be their strategy. Get me in the water and a group of them must leap from somewhere and pile on me."

Link had no more time to ponder as the wire creatures leapt out of the water. The first to get to Link seemed to be indeed trying to grab him into the moat. Link kicked him back and using his hookshot, pulled himself onto the top of the castle walls. The creatures merely looked up, as they had no way to follow. Link felt his face to find he had a bleeding nose and his jaw felt like it had been broken.

"Bastards"' Link shouted. "Who the hell are you people?" No answer came which Link expected.

"You want to play it rough then? Fine!" Link shouted from the castle walls. He then pulled out 2 bombs, which lit by thought. Link held them out over the gathering crowd of wire creatures below.

"Have it!" Link yelled through gritted teeth. He then dropped the bombs below. They both landed on the creatures. Link dove back on the wall as he heard a huge explosion and felt the castle foundations rock. He looked over the edge again to see that there were no more creatures.

"That was good," a voice echoed. Link looked down over the other side of the wall, into the castle courtyard. There stood a figure dressed in a black cloak, their face covered.

"Who the hell are you?" Link yelled to the stranger. "Are you in league with these wire creatures?"

"No. But unless you get to the castle gates now you will miss who is" the stranger replied.

Link turned to the direction of the gates. He could still see the gathering crowd but nothing else out of the ordinary. He turned back to the stranger but they were gone.

"Dam it!" Link yelled in frustration and took the strangers advice and hookshot himself down to the floor and ran back to the gates.

At the front of the castle guards were still fighting the decreasing number of creatures. When seeing Link they left their fights and charged. Link simply stood still and on the last second he unleashed a powerful spin attack, completely taking out around 10 creatures.

Link merely ran away from the remaining creatures, he had no time to fight. He felt that he needed to get to the gates.

When he arrived he saw the same scene as he left, only this time the whole area was lit up with the same evil atmosphere Link had saw previously through his window.

Link ran to Cedric. "Hey Ced, have you seen Epona?"

Cedric replied "Link don't you think there is more important things going on besides your dam horse?"

Link was about to reply when he noted Epona huddled under a tree away from the chaos of the crowd. He ran to his horse that was shacking.

"Calm down girl, it's ok. What are you scared at?" Link wondered. Then as if on cue, lighting struck into the crowd. Link yelled and put up his shield by instinct. Guards panicked and people ran away screaming. Link looked over his shield to see that the bolt had caused a fire in the crowd. People lay all over the place with huge gashing wounds and burns. Some poor souls lay without any injuries but were still, dead. Killed by the shock. Another lighting bolt hit the tree, which caught fire and began to fall.

"Shit, come on girl" Link said as he pulled his horse from the falling tree.

Guards ran to help, people ran away as more and more lighting hit the grounds. Link took a quick glance at the castle, which was also getting hit. What with the panic and confusion no one besides Link noted what was happening. The sky itself was flashing from blood red to purple with black clouds swirling directly over the castle. Thunder echoed and Epona shook more in fear.

"What's going on?" Link yelled to nobody. This was all to confusing.

"Look at the fire" a voice said. Link turned to see the cloak stranger emerge from the shadows.

Link once again took the advice and looked at the fire where the lighting had struck. It was purple. A dark purple Link remembered from a long time ago…

"It like Ganondorf's magic" Link muttered.

"Yes" the stranger said as they walked towards Link and Epona. Link turned to face the stranger.

"Is it Ganondorf?" Link asked, and just as the figure was about to reply, a bolt of lighting came shooting across the night sky.

"Duck!" Link heard a voice say and he did so, just in time as the bolt went passed him and hit the castle gates, which immediately caught fire. A purple kind of fire.

"How can metal catch fire that easily?" Cedric said as he walked past Link. "Incredible".

Link was about to respond when a purple wire creature leapt of nowhere. Link went to attack it but he was surprised to see the creature ignore him and go for Cedric. Cedric went to stab the creature but was instead knocked back into the flames.

"Cedric!" Link yelled and went to help his comrade but found himself being held back by the stranger.

"No" they said. "He is already gone."

"He's only just got hit" Link yelled back and turned to help Cedric but saw how his body was

"Gone" Link said. "That fast." He turned to the wire creature. "You demented bastard!" Link yelled as his sword cut the creatures head off.

"Oh no" Link heard the stranger say. He looked to see the stranger pointing to the sky. Link looked up and what he saw was worse then a thousands blows below the belt.

In a misty form, yet in a recognizable shape, was none other than Ganondorf floating above the chaos.

"Princess (he hissed) you out of all people should know that when a life is taken by those flames the gateway is opened."

Ganondorf then proceeded to float towards the ground before the flame where Cedric died.

"You!" Link yelled. "This time, you will die!" And with that he ran towards Ganondorf only to find his sword passed right through him.

"What?" Link said in amazement. The form of Ganondorf took no notice of Link and merely watched the flames which had become one.

Now" Ganondorf mumbled. At once the giant flame sent a huge burst of magical energy out which knocked Link of his feet. When he stood up Ganondorf was gone.

"Come on" the stranger said to Link. "We have to follow."

"Follow where?" Link questioned

"Into the vortex" the stranger answered.

"Vortex?" Links asked, but his question was answered when he saw that the huge flame had become a spiralling whirlpool within the air itself.

"It's a gateway," the stranger said. "To another world. We've been suspecting it for a while." The stranger looked to Link.

"Link we've got to follow him."

"How do you know my name?" Link asked in amazement.

"I think you know" the person replied. "You know that I'm" (the stranger threw of their cloak revealing long blonde hair and a Royal looking pink dress)

Link gasped. "Zelda?"

The Princess nodded her head. "Link I understand you have a lot of questions but we have to pass through the gateway before it closes. Please come" added the sage before she headed into the gateway. In a blink of the eye she was gone.

"Zelda wait!" Link shouted. He looked around. Everyone else had gone. Guards and people alike. Link was confused but he trusted Zelda and headed towards the gateway. Just as he was about to stand into it, he felt a nuzzle on his hand. He turned to see Epona standing behind him.

"Go home girl" he said. "Please go, it's not safe for you". The horse didn't budge. Link sighed. "Stubborn aren't you? Just like Malon." Link laughed at his little joke. "Ok, guess you could be useful"' And Link and his horse entered the gateway. Link felt himself being pulled in by a tremendous force. Soon all he could see was darkness.

Ok people chapter 1 complete, read on, you wont regret it.

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A/N I rewrote this chapter, cleaned up the horrible grammar and spelling mistakes. Please alert me if you find anymore. Much appreciated.