Chapter One - Life and Times
Note: This chapter will be very jumpy. These are snippets from when the reincarnated Smashers are born to the beginning of the actual plot, so expect more character development and less plot here.
I, hopefully, do not own SSBB. If I did... Beware!
- nine months after the crossing
In a hospital in England, Mrs. Martin stared in shock at her newborn son. He looked in every way like a normal baby, except for the two white wings from his back.
"Doctor, you have to come see this," the nurse said, also in shock. "Doctor?"
The doctor had fainted. The nurse sighed and called for a more adept doctor.
- four years after the crossing
"Mrs. Cousins, can you explain this?" They were in the hospital, looking at a young boy in a hospital bed. His arm was frozen solid.
"You think my kids have anything to do with that?" The two aforementioned twins looked sheepishly at the teacher.
"We didn't do anything," they chorused.
The teacher sighed. Nana and Popo (their names were actually Hermione and Paul Cousins, but they insisted on being called Nana and Popo) were sweet kids, but they seemed to be involved in a lot of accidents. Strangely enough, all the incidents had the other kids complaining of cold.
- six years after the crossing
"Tzzz –tzzz –tzzzz – tzzz! Starfox is ready for take off!" Jordan was standing at the top of the playground 'spaceship', pretending to steer.
His friend James was also making noises. "WHEEEEEEEEEEE – yo! WHEEEEEEE – yo! Moving in on the Tank!"
Alicia sighed. Boys… She was sitting on a bench directly underneath the 'ship', daydreaming.
"Wheeeeee – yo! Pttt – ttt – ttt –ttt!" Yes, it was a nice dream, about a song, but those two annoying boys were being so… annoying!
"Shut up!" said Alicia.
James jumped down and 'hand-gunned' Alicia. "You shut up! We're flying a spaceship here!" Jordan jumped down too.
The little girl glared at the boys. "I'm going somewhere else, then!" She promptly stalked off, leaving the two boys staring after her.
"She's got spunk!" announced Jordan.
"Do you know what that means?"
"No. But it's cool."
- eight years after the crossing
Conrad sulked.
He sat on a false rock in the playground and stared at the other kids. They all had made friends, why couldn't he?
Perhaps they could sense that there was something wrong with him. Even his parents didn't know about the strange feeling in his shoulder blades.
"Hey!"
The boy turned to see a small group of kids walk over to them. The shouter was a tall kid who seemed to be the leader. He had blond hair.
The other two boys hung back a bit. One had mousy brown hair that seemed to be a bit golden.
"Hi! Wanna play with us? My name's Lloyd, he's Ken and he's Oliver. What's your name?"
Conrad blinked. "C-conrad?"
"Come on!" The enthusiastic Lloyd grabbed Conrad's arm and dragged him to the slide. "Welcome to our group!"
Despite being annoyed by the hyper Lloyd, Conrad smiled.
- eleven years after the crossing
The boy was focused on the school computer. His fingers danced across the keyboard as he learned how to program from a small book.
A girl walked over to him. "Whatcha doing?" she asked.
Kai, the boy, frowned. "None of your business."
The girl didn't say anything. She just pulled up a chair and sat beside Kai.
If I ignore her, she'll just go away. If I ignore her, she'll... ugh! The boy turned to the girl. "What is your problem?" he asked.
"My name's Leila. Your name's Kai." Thanks for stating the obvious! thought Kai.
Leila looked at the screen. "Oh, so you like cute things? So do I!" She had obviously seen the Kirby wallpaper.
"Um…" She didn't laugh at him, at least, not yet. "What's your favorite… thing?"
"Triangles," Leila said.
Um. Well, maybe she was nice, and maybe she'd make a nice friend… A little ditzy, though.
"Want to… look for triangles?" Lame, Kai. Just lame.
But the girl didn't seem to mind. And that was okay.
- fourteen years after the crossing
Two kids stared in awe in their bedrooms.
Carrie and her older brother Aaron were entranced by their hands. No, it was not something in the palms. It was the hands themselves.
Aaron's mitts were covered with a strange blue fire that danced. Carrie's had small jolts of electricity.
Strangely enough, neither seemed hurt.
"Carrie, Aaron, your friends Lucas and Mark are here!" their mother called. Giggling madly, Aaron focused and the fire retreated. But Carrie…
"Aarrie, it won't go away!" the ten year old whined. The yellow jolts were still dancing madly and no matter how hard Carrie focused, it wouldn't go away. "A-a-rie!"
The thirteen year old thought quickly. "Stay here, I'll get Lucas and Mark. I wanna show them this." He ran and in a few minutes, had brought back his two friends.
"What do you want to show us?" That was Mark, the ever polite one.
Carrie grinned and took out her hand.
"That's nothing. Look at what I can do!" said Lucas. He held out his hand. "PK Thunder!" Instantly, electricity jumped out of his hands.
"Woah. Who taught you that?" asked Aaron. He was a bit jealous of the brown-haired boy.
"I dreamt it!" grinned Lucas.
"Psh, look!" Aaron put out his hand and brought back the blue fire.
"… If I had a sword…" Mark uttered. However, this murmur was unheard by all but Carrie, and the girl thought that was a bit strange.
"Why a sword?"
Mark turned red. "Nothing." Why did I say that?
Carrie giggled, and for the rest of the playdate, the kids played with their powers.
I dare you to guess which person is which Smasher! Obviously, not all the Smashers made it through. Hint: One of the names mentioned is NOT a Smasher and one appears twice, but only stars in one.