When I opened my eyes I looked around to make sure I was well, still alive. Yes, I was. (I bit my own tail to make sure).My confusion however came from the fact that I was surrounded by things I'd never seen before. Brown creatures with only two feet walking sideways, turtles with red and green shells, plants that looked like a mutated bellsprout coming out of a pipe that snapped or spat fire balls, and most of all blocks with question marks on them all over the place.

As I walked around I finally came to where I could see a castle. I thought maybe someone would be able to help me there? So I ran to it.

When I got there, I saw a somewhat plump short guy, with a big nose that lead to his mustache that might as well have made his mouth vanish, some blue overalls with a red shirt under them, and a red hat with a big white letter M on it.

"Pikachu!" I said cheerfully as I waved. I wasn't aware that the guy couldn't understand me. I felt a tug on the back of my neck as another guy like the first but tall and skinny and green instead of red, and a white letter L on his hat picked me up.

"Hey, ah Mario, what is this thing?"

"I don't know… It can't be one a Bowsa's Kupalings"

"Pi! Pikachu!" I cried as I struggled to get down.

"Alright, Alright I get it" the green guy said setting me down.

"Pikachu hu? Is that ya name little guy?" The red guy asked me.

"PIIII-KA!" I nodded my head. I didn't think it was that hard to figure out, I mean my name is the only thing I can say isn't it?

"Well, well, well, The plumbers and the rat seem to have found each other" I felt a chill go down my back and I ran behind the green guy as the voice from the Master hand came out of nowhere followed by the hand itself. He grabbed the guy who had been called Mario and held him in a fist so that he couldn't get away.

"Mario!?" the green one scared to easily… (Then again what am I saying? I'm hinding behind him, whatever happened to human shield?)

"Listen to me Mario Brothers, I will destroy you and as many other members of your little empire that Nintendo's set up as it takes to do so. For too long have I stayed in the shadows, it's time for the Master Hand to rule what is rightfully his." With that Master Hand tossed Mario as hard as he could into the castle that was in front of us.

I ran over to Mario to make sure he was ok and then yelled at Master Hand but it was too late, he was gone again. "Ta onle way he can win iz if he really does destroy the lands a Nintendo, but he'd neva be able ta do that."

"Don't-cha worry, I'm as easy to scare as they come, an yet Mario has always made sure noth'in eva happens ta the Musharoom Kingdem"

I heard something in the tree behind us and turned shooting a thunderbolt into it to see what was making the noise. I couldn't help but smile when I saw a green thing fall out of the tree. I'd hit it almost perfectly whatever it was.

Now I know what you're thinking. It was Yoshi! Ha, ha, ha! … No.

It was a guy who was a little taller than Luigi, he was wearing green, but this guy was blond and the hat he had on had no letter. Forgive me for saying he looked like a girl in what looked like a mini skirted dress and his white stockings.

"What was that for!? Were you never taught to respect your elders!?" Both Mario and Luigi laughed at the newcomer's reaction.

"PIKA!" I said grabbing the bag from the belt of the new guy.

"I wouldn't do that if I were yo-" Before he could finish my nose touched something round that was kind of blue? I didn't get a good look at it because it blew up in my face quite literally. "I tried to warn you" The new guy sighed. I got back up and growled at the remains of the bag.

"Hey, Mario what are you doing with a poor excuse of a rat anyway?"

"Masta Hand haz finally made hiz move. I guess, Kanto was the first on hiz list."

"Not good… Hyrule was destroyed right before I came here, Maybe that's what happened to Pikafail here."

I yelled at the new guy, No one calls me Pikafail and gets away with it.

"Actually, it's Link, and yes, it is better. At least I can't get picked on as easily as you can… What?" Link looked at the Mario Brothers.

"ya can unda stand what he'z say'n?" Mario had a shocked look on his face. I was shocked myself but Pokemon aren't really good at showing such things.

"Well… Yeah, I've talked to way harder to understand than him on a daily basis since about 1994 remember?"

"oh yeah, That was um…"

"It was Navi wasn't it?" Someone completed Mario's sentence for him.

"Didn't Bowser kidnap you or something?" Link must have met the girl who now stood behind Mario before. Because he sounded like he was teasing an old friend. The girl was of course none other than Princess Peach or Toadstool, either works honestly.

"Thanks Link, but I'm going to forget you soon."

"don't be so heartless, You can't possibly forget a good looking face like mine now can ya? after all, We've known each other since the good ol' days."

"Sadly that doesn't matter. Mario… Make sure I come ba-" Peach froze as did everything around us.

"Princess?"

"It's too late Mario, she and the Mushroom Kingdom both belong to Master Hand now." Link put his hand on Mario's shoulder. "Just like Zelda and Hyrule..." he finished under his breath.

I went over to Peach and sniffed her. She literally smelled like she wasn't there. Then she had lines that appeared all over her that outlined her into a bunch of triangles. After that the triangles all broke apart and the ground below us became like sand in an hour glass and the four of us who were left standing there fell.

Link went into a nose dive to grab me "Don't worry Pikachu" He said when he wrapped his arms around me. "I won't let go"

Mario was next to Link now but Luigi had vanished. It was in this moment, in Link's arms that I remembered how Red use to hold me all the time. I couldn't help but cry, yelling that it wasn't fair, and calling Red's name at the top of my lungs. Link was of course the only one who could understand what I was saying. He held me tighter.

"Don't worry Pikachu, I'm sure that is he could remember you he'd feel the same way. Just don't forget him no matter what, as long as you can remember that he cares about you Master Hand's lies will be obvious to you. Pikachu, No matter what happens; Never stop thinking about Red and how much you miss him or how much you want the pain to go away. The moment you forget that is when Master Hand will try to make you forget and turn you against us. Promise me you won't let that happen ok? I don't want to get hit by whatever that was you hit me with when I was in the tree again." As we both laughed I asked him if he had someone he who was as special to him as Red was to me.

"No."

"Pika?"

"Because, she's more important to me than Red can ever hope to be for you." I was still confused. How could this girl he was speaking of be more important to him than Red is to me? Red is my life. If Master Hand was right and if Red really was gone forever I'd like to die right here right now. Take Links sword and just end it.

"Here I'll show you…" Link paused for a minute to grab something out of the skirt part of what his dress (seriously if you yell at me for that look at it sometime, it looks like a dress). He lifted a small blue... flute? To his mouth and began to play.

The song he played was beautiful, soothing, and spoke of a land that had seen many hardships but every time a hero dressed in green would save this land. You know this song as Zelda's Lullaby, and suddenly I understood:

I'd gladly die for red, but that's because he's my trainer. It's kind of like how a sword will get bent and damaged for whoever holds it so that the wielder won't get injured themselves. From what I could tell, Link was no sword to a master. He was both the sword and its master. What you would call, a knight in shining armor if you will.

"Every time Gannon takes her I die a little inside, but… until today I didn't realize that"

"Ya forgot that we had met before as well, but you managed to rememba my name somehow, why is that?" Mario asked after he came out of what seemed to be a long time of deep thought.

"I don't know, maybe master hand can control who remembers what? He has a grudge against you for some reason, why don't you shed some light on how this all works because he seems to know you best?"

"hold that thought for a second, Pikachu, I want ya ta do that lightnin thing ya did ta Link back at tha castle to my fireball once I shoot it, an Link, shoot an arrow at ta same place ok?"

Link and I both nodded, after all, we were all each other had now.

"What will happen if this works?" Link couldn't help but ask what I was thinking.

"We will see a friend I've known ma whole life"

"That's all I had to hear" Link smiled with a small twinkle of risk and pleasure in his eyes "Let do it Pikachu!"

We did it on the count of 3.

1… 2… 3… fire! What happened actually came as a shock to all of us. (except Mario) It somewhat, combust into a large white flame, we fell into it and there was a bright light just like the one I had seen before I went to Mario's world. Then the light faded and all around us was jungle.

OOC: I finished the chapter I was on (#3) so as promised here is chapter 1 :)

I will post chapter 2 once I finish the 4th chapter.