Chapter Three

Once again our eyes come across a peaceful valley, the wind gently blowing the olive green grass in a wave-like motion that soothes the soul. It is quiet, not deafly quiet, however a pristine quiet that helps a wander relax, even to take a nap under a tree, like the one seen on your left…that was until it went up like a matchstick.

"Bowser, please a watch where you're a breathing!" shrieks a heroic plumber

"Well sooooooorrrrrrrrrry. It's not my fault I'm allergic to certain kinds of trees." Replies the turtle monster

"Well if you a didn't live inside that a lava pit you call a castle then a maybe you'd not have such allergies." Said the plumber

"Well we all can't live in a nice castle like your girlfriend over there." Bowser replies, directing his attention to Princess Peach who is currently riding the back of Yoshi

"She is a not my girlfriend!" Mario yelps, then instantly regrets it.

Not because it is true, but because he said it so loud

"Whatever. You and your brother got it so easy. You can just go right to the castle and do whatever you want, but when I come over it's all 'Oh look out, it's Bowser. Grab him by the tail and throw him out a window.' Never a 'let's give him a taste of Peach's delicious cakes'. Nooooooooo. I get nothing." He said

"Well maybe it is a because every time you come over you try to take the castle, or take Peach, or act like a jack-"

"Mario!" Peach says, cutting off Mario before he can utter the rest of the word

"Yeah Mario. You should really watch your tongue. We are in the presence of a lady." He mocks

"I don't a need advice from a fat turtle!" Snaps Mario

"I'm not fat! I've just got bulk, and a whole lot more muscle than your fat self has!" Bowser snapped back

"I'm a not fat! I'm a just big bone!"

"You just keep telling yourself that."

Now Mario is fuming. He glares at the Koopa King, and the Koopa King glares right back, and if something isn't done soon the two might start a fight. Luckily, that something is done. Hopping off Yoshi's back Peach walks up to the two and doles out some 'tough love'.

BAM! POW!

"Ow! Peach, that was a painful." Mario whines

"I'm glad it was." Then she shoots a glare at Bowser who is rubbing his thick skull after being whacked with Peach's frying pan. "Look, I know that you don't' like one another, but there are far more important things to worry about than just fighting each other. So get control of yourselves and stop acting like children." She says

"Fine." They both reply half-heartedly

"This is a going to be a crazy." Whispers Luigi to Yoshi

Yoshi simply nods his head.


"Why, why, why, why, why, why, why!" whines a ten year old hero

Princess Zelda sighs "I have told you earlier, though it pains me to say it, we do need him in the upcoming battles."

"Could you at least have the courtesy of calling me by my full title, or at least my name?" asks a large brooding figure

She mumbles something incoherent under her breath before saying "Fine...we need Ganondorf in the upcoming battles."

"Thank you." he replies

"But he's evil...EVIL!" he shouts

"There is no need to shout." she tells the young lad

"And I'm not evil...not anymore. Though it pains me to say it, I owe my salvation to that older you." pointing to Link

Link does not reply. The fact that they need to ask Ganondorf, Ganondorf of all people for help is just as unnerving for him, as it is for his younger self, who is simply named Young Link.

"But you're still bad. And bad men need to be stopped." Young Link tells him

"Sure, I'm bad." he replies "But I'm a different kind of bad now." he tells him

"How?" the young warrior asks

"Well, I will eventually defeat you and your older you, take Zelda to be my bride, and rule over Hyrule." he proclaims

Link snickers.

"Oh, do I humor you child?" The Gerudo King asks, almost spitting

"Oh no, you do not humor me, however your proclamation does."

"How is that?" he asks, holding in his rage

"Well one: Your chances of defeating even my younger self are slim, and two: I do not think Zelda is exactly interested in a man that is more than twice her age." Link states

"Oh, and I see that you are now her keeper. What? You'll take her to be your bride. You are not exactly the 'ladies' man." Ganondorf replied

Link's stomach does a flip

"No! I'm just protecting Zelda from anything that might bring her harm. And you most definitely will bring her harm." he says

"I would not. The princess is like a delicate flower. So when I take her I'll be gentle." he says with a sinister grin

"Thank...you...Ganondorf...I think?" replies Zelda, full of doubt

"Besides older me, I thought you liked Mal..." but his younger self didn't get to finish because a hand went over his mouth

As the younger Link mumbles incoherently against the palm of his older self, Link (the older one) smiles sheepishly, trying his best to cover up the red that is slowly creeping up his face

Zelda and Ganondorf sweat drop

"I still do not believe I was defeated by such a pathetic child." Ganondorf mumbles


"You better be correct about this." says a psychic pokemon

"Don't worry, have I ever lied to you before?" asks a pink balloon pokemon

"Not to my knowledge, but I could simply read you mind and find out." he replies

"Then why ask me that question?" she asks, her small brain beginning to fry

"Because, I believe in proper courtesy. And it would be improper of myself to peer into your mind without your consent." he replies

"But you just said you could simply do it anyway. So why be so polite about it." she asks, her brain still frying

"Because I am merely stating that I could do such a thing, not that I would." he replies

"Then why don't you just do it?" she asks, her brain starting to go into overload

"I just explained to you, it would not be courteous!" he screams

"But you can just do it and I'd never know you did it so you could have just done it right now and just said you were being courteous when you really weren't and just read my mind." she states, her brain starting to meltdown

"Yes but...I wouldn't...not to your knowledge...ARGH!" he bellows, completely frustrated

Jigglypuff all the while has tuned out from the outside world while the little people in her head try to get brain back on-line.

"I hope that these other 'Smashers' are more conversational than you." he mumbles, putting his index finger and thumb to his head and tries to soothe his coming headache


"We're almost there! We're almost there! Hurry up slowpoke!" says an overly happy pink puffball

"I heard you the first time Kirby." replies the penguin king "And watch were your swing that hammer. You could hurt yourself." he informs him

"Sure, sure. But thanks for it. I love it! It's great!" replies Kirby, happily swinging the hammer

"Well your welcome. It thought you might need it. I just wish I knew where you keep it." he wonders

"Wouldn't you like to know?" Kirby jokes, though it sounds much more intimidating than it really is

"You know, on second thought I'd rather not know." King Dedede replies


"Fox, approximate time of arrival is five minutes." says a computerized voice

"Thanks Rob." replies the furry leader "Yo, Falco. Let's hop in the Arwings and head out." he says

"Alright Fox, but this better be worth my time. I do have better things to do." he states

"Like hanging out with Cat?" Fox asks deviously

Falco's eyes grow wide and his face flares.

Fox chuckles "I knew it."

"Knew what?" Falco asks defensively

"You totally got the hots for her." Fox says

"Yeah...well..." Falco says; stumbling with his words "What about you and Krystal? If I'm not mistaken I see a little romance there." he points out

Now it's Fox's turn to bug out and flare up

"Ha! I was right!" he cheers

Reverting back to leadership mode Fox says quickly "Let's just go." and walks off

"Sure thing, Romeo." Falco replies

Fox flinches for a moment before going off to the hanger.


"So when are these other ones going to get here? I don't have all day." asks an impatient dino

"Calm a down Bowser. They'll be here. We a just got here a little early, that is a all." replies the red clad plumber

"I just don't have much patience." he replies "I need something to burn." he mumbles

"Cool your jets Bowser, I'm sure they'll..." Peach begins but then sees someone over the horizon, or more exactly, some ones

"Hello there! You wouldn't happen to be Mario by any chance, would you?" calls of the some ones

"Yes, it's a me, Mario!" he replies with his famous line

"And we never get tired of hearing that." comes Bowser sarcastically

Mario shoots him a small glare before turning his attention back to the coming travelers. Two he instantly recognizes. However the other two are complete mysteries.

"Ah, Popo and Nana! It is a good to see you!" he calls

"Mario!" they squeal and run over to him, enveloping him in hugs

"Heh, heh. I'm a glad you got my letter." he says in between squeezes "And I'm a glad you are a here."

"Well of course Mario. You're our friend and we'd always help you." Nana says

"Yeah, you and Luigi are like the dads we never had." Popo replies

The two plumbers blush at the terms of endearment. However one doesn't share with the 'bonding'.

"Okay, stop hugging before I get sick, Okay?" Bowser asks

Obliging (if not willingly) the Ice Climbers release their grip on Mario. Mario looks up at the two tall men looking down at him, and nearly mistakes them for Link, but soon realizes they are completely different people.

"So who might you two be?" Peach asked

The one decked in dark blue armor walked over to Princess Peach, took her gloved hand and kissed it ever so lightly

"Such a gentleman. You must be a king." she says with a blush

"Prince actually." replies the dark armored man. "Prince Marth of Altea, at your service milady."

Then the other walks over and takes Peach's other hand and repeats Marth's actions "And I am Lord Roy, milady."

"Oh my." Peach says, blushing

"Alright pretty boys, hands off the princess. She's mine." Bowser says

And to prove his point he shoves them out of the way and stands in front of Peach.

"Hmm, you are quite rude beast." Marth says

"Well as the Koopa King I do have a reputation to keep up. Being rude is just part of the package."

"Really. And may I ask, what is a Koopa?" Roy asks

"Well it's a turtle dinosaur. But unlike some others, I'm special."

"And how would that be?" Marth asks

"Like this!" Bowser opens his mouth and points his head in the air, spewing flames from deep within his throat.

After his little display of fireworks, Bowser looks down, expecting the to men to cower, but instead they have they're swords drawn.

"You want to fight me?" Bowser asks, almost bewildered

"It is out duty to slay dragons, and beast, you certainly are one." Roy states

"Bah!" he laughs, "I'm no dragon. If you want to 'slay' a dragon, talk to the little one over there. He's a dragon...well part dragon anyway."

Marth and Roy turn their attention to Yoshi who is idly watching a butterfly flutter by.

"That...is a dragon?" Marth asks bewildered

"If it is, it is unlike any I have ever face." Roy says, equally bewildered

They continue to stare at Yoshi, confused beyond belief. They have always known most dragons to be vicious and intimidating like the how Bowser is, not cute and cuddly and clueless to the world like Yoshi is.

"You lie, beast. There is no way possible that that creature could even be part dragon." Marth states

"Don't believe me huh. Eh, doesn't matter. If you wanna fight, then lets do it." Bowser says, clenching his fists

"Wait!" Peach commands

Upon the command of the princess Marth and Roy back away, but keep their guards up.

"Why don't I explain? It's true. Bowser is not a dragon. Sure, he breathes fire, but that's where the similarities end. And it's true that Yoshi is a half dragon. But trust me when I say that I've known Yoshi since the day he hatched and he is in no way vicious or terrible as you may think." she says

The two sword-wielders ponder this for a moment before replying

"If given the word of a princess then I, Marth believe."

"As do I." Roy replies

"Good. I'm glad we got that whole thing settled."

Then they turn to Bowser.

"We...apologize bea...er...Bowser for falsely accusing you of being a dragon. We have battled them before, and you resemble them greatly. However we should not have jumped to conclusion, and for that we are sorry." Marth says

"Yes." Roy states

Bowser shrugs his shoulders.

"Whatever. Would have crushed you two anyway." he states

"Quite." Marth replies

Roy simply rolls his eyes.

"Hey, who is a that?" Luigi asks, looking off in the distance

He spots another four persons making there way toward the small group. Samus is easily the first to be spotted; her bright orange armor stands out on the green grass valley like a sore thumb. Next to her seems to be a small child. Whoever it is has a bright red baseball cap, and spiky black hair, and a large head.

"Who is that large-headed child?" Roy asks

"I think that that is a Ness." Luigi replies

Finally on the shoulders of Samus are two mice. One is easily recognized as Pikachu, however the other one is smaller, and quite different than Pikachu.

"Is that Pikachu?" Yoshi asks, though Marth and Roy only hear the word 'Yoshi' repeated in different intervals

"What did that creature say?" Marth asked

"Yoshi said 'Is that Pikachu?'" Peach replied

"Pikachu? Who, or what is a Pikachu?" Roy asked

"Yoshi!" Pikachu yelled, though to the newbies all they heard was 'Pika Pi!"

Pikachu hopped off of Samus' shoulder, and the second his small little paws made contact with the ground, he used the built up electrical energy in his body to shoot across the field at a blinding speed. All anybody saw was a brief glimpse of him, here or there; darting around until he tackled Yoshi, giving him a big hug.

"Whoa, that little rat is fast!" came Bowser, just turning to see Yoshi and Pikachu playfully wrestling.

"Hey Pichu, come over here quick so that you can meet my friend!" Pikachu called.

"Okay!" Pichu called back.

He to jumped from Samus' shoulder, and the moment he hit the ground, he too shot off, however he was much faster than Pikachu. It was as if he vanished in thin air, and he didn't 'reappear' until he too joined the dog-pile on Yoshi.

"Scratch that, that little rat is fast." Bowser said, bug-eyed

And he wasn't the only one. The entire little group (besides Yoshi and Pikachu of course) was perplexed. A dead silence filled the air as they tried to decipher what just happened, and the silence did not end until Ness ran by them and joined Pichu, Pikachu, and Yoshi.

"I've missed you Yoshi." said Ness

"Me too." Yoshi replies

Finally someone from the group speaks.

"What strange creatures we have encountered Roy." Marth says

"Indeed." Roy replies

Then they turn to Samus who had just caught up, her slow imposing figure causes the two swordsmen to stiffen up a little.

"And who might you be?" Roy asked

"You can call me Samus." Samus stated bluntly

"Okay. If it would not be a bother, could you please remove your strange helmet so that I may see your face warrior?" Marth asked

"Why?" she asked

"Well...I would feel more at ease if I can see a face, rather than a dominating mask." he stated.

Samus shrugged

"Whatever floats your boat." she said

"I did not bring a boat." Marth asked, confused

"It was just an expression." Samus told him

Marth gave her an 'oh, I understand now' look. Then Samus removed her helmet. Air hissed as it escaped the tight confines of the battle armor and the helmet seems to shut down for the time being. Marth saw long blond hair tumble down, followed by a beautiful face. Marth was speechless, however Roy wasn't.

"You're a girl?" he practically screamed

Upon hearing this Mario put his hand to his forehead and mumbled "You are a gonna get it now."

Luigi looked away.

KA-BLAM!

"Oh, I didn't know that! Thanks for telling me jerk!" she yelled

And to prove her point her boot made contact with his gut. So now while he tried to best to regain his breath, he had a large lump on this head from Samus's blaster.

"Not a very good thing to say Roy." Marth told him

"Thanks, I'll remember than in the future." Roy replied, dizzily

Marth turned to Samus and said, "I'm sorry about my friend's, outburst. He hasn't had much luck with women I'm afraid."

"I didn't notice." Samus replied, sarcastically.

Samus then began to look over the two warriors. Both plated in armor and both wielding swords.

"I guess Link found some more swordsmen." Samus stated

"Oh, you know of Link, the Hero of Time?" Marth asked

"Yep." she replied

"Then do you know of Princess Zelda of Hyrule?"

"Yep." she replied

"Then do you know when they will arrive?"

"Nope." she replied

"Oh."

Then she turned her attention to Bowser and Peach

"I'm guessing you're Peach." she said, pointing to Peach "And you're Bowser." she said; now pointing to Bowser.

"Yep, I'm Bowser. The dino that's gonna rock the Smash Brothers." he told her

"Well if you're anything like DK then you've got a chance." she replied

"That hairy buffoon. I'll wipe the floor with him." Bowser proclaimed

"We'll see."

"If you do not mind me asking, who is this DK?" Marth asked

"You'll meet him soon enough." Samus told him

Then she noticed something big and hairy making its way to the group.

"Actually you'll be meeting him now." she told


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