last time on the smashing game: 42 came to compete in the game, but only 30 could stay. so on final destination they competed for team captains, which ended up being Solid Snake, Samus Aran, and Mario Mario. when they picked their teams, they left no room for Ness, Ganondorf, Wario, and nine others that were sent home, losing their shot at the money. 30 remain on three teams of 10, and the first team challenge will happen soon. Which team will lose? what alliances will be formed? and who will be the first voted out?

find out right now

The group looked in awe as they saw the mansion from the platforms they were on. When they landed, they separated into their teams and watched as David stood in front of the smash mansion, facing them and smiling wildly. "Welcome... to the Smash Mansion!" he yelled, snapping his fingers and making the doors open. "follow me inside, I'll give you a tour and bring you too your bedrooms." he said, the smashers nodded back and followed him into the gigantic mansion.

Peach: goodness! this place is bigger than my castle!

They walked around the mansion following David, their were chandeliers and expensive paintings everywhere, impressing a few. They saw many rooms as well, but they were locked and David said some will be unlocked later in the game. Many wondered what was behind some of the doors, but just followed David to where they should go.

David took them to the cafeteria and told them this is where they can get breakfast, lunch, and dinner together, and that with his magic powers they could eat everything they wanted at an unlimited serving. "Heh, if Kirby was here, I think he would have put this 'unlimited food' to the test!" Dedede exclaimed. Many laughed before moving on to the next room.

Ct. Falcon: Heck yeah! We'll eat like kings while we're here! This is gonna be awesome!

David than led the smashers to a gym, which had many exercise machines, an obstacle course, and a indoor track. Many looked confused, but David explained, "This is the Gym, where you can stay in shape while your here in the mansion. Wii fit trainer is also setting up some training regiments for those interested." David said. Some snickered at Wii fit trainer, but some signed up and got their regiments, with the exception of Little Mac and Sonic, Who would be shadow boxing and running the track respectively.

Luigi: I'm going to train as hard as I can win this! hopefully this training regiment WF. trainer gave me will work!

When they got to what seemed to be the center of the mansion, they looked around it and was surprised at the blandness compared to the rest of the mansion. In one was was the doors to the cafeteria and gym, along with the rest of the locked rooms. Another wall was covered with the pictures of the 30 smashers. The wall opposite of that had three hallways connected to that had one of the the names of the teams over them. "These are the places you will stay while your here. each team gets a hallway that has 5 bedrooms in it, so 2 people will sleep in each room, understood?" they all nodded. Everybody with their teams now, they separated and went in each hallways in their teams.

Team Viper's hallway

Snake looked at his team, and knew he wouldn't have too much a problem, Seeing as Red took the Pokemon Pichu with ease, and the Link and DK duo stayed together, Leaving Snake, Luigi, Fox, and Wolf. "Um..." Luigi started, "I think i'd like to stay with Fox if-a you don't mind." he said. Snake was going to ask why, but looking at himself and Wolf, he could tell that Luigi was afraid of them both, so he took Wolf as him roommate.

Snake: man, if only the challenges were as easy as choosing our roommates.

Luigi/Fox's room

The two original smashers laid on their beds, quiet for quite a bit. That was until Fox spoke up, "Luigi, I think we can win this if we are in an alliance." he said. Luigi looked at him confused, but Fox continued, "You, me, DK, and Link were in the original game, so we know each other best. If the four of us, along with Diddy and Toon Link, work together, we'll win." Fox said. Luigi looked at Fox a bit before nodding, "Yeah, especially because we lost our partners. Thanks Fox." Luigi said before they shook hands.

Fox: I may have lost Falco, but I will win. and don't doubt Luigi, he is stronger than what people think.

Team Rose's hallway

Team Rose also had very little trouble picking their roommates. "Zelda honey, how about us princesses stay together?" Peach asked, Zelda nodded they hugged. seeing as they were the other two girls, WF. Trainer and Samus went in a room together. The pokemon got in a room together as well, leaving Falco, Dedede, Olimar, and Roy. "Hey, I think us birds should stick together, so i'll take Falco." Dedede joked. Falco was about to yell at the penguin when he thought for a second, 'if I yell and piss him off, I'll be gone first, but if i'm nice, they'll let me stay.' as shuddered at the thought but went with the smart choice. "Yeah... buddy, lets go." he said painfully, getting a chuckle from the penguin. Olimar looked at Roy and sighed, getting the short end of the roommate stick.

Falco: no sarcasm, no sarcasm... this is gonna suck!

Lucario/Pikachu's room

Lucario and Pikachu sat on the same bed and talked strategy, "So what do you think we can do Pikachu, because i think we actually have the power in the group, we should show it." Lucario, Pikachu shook his head. "Pi Pi Pika!" Pikachu said, Lucario thought for a bit than nodded in agreement. "That's a great idea Pikachu, we'll do that and it will make this game interesting." Pikachu and Lucario smirked a bit before going to bed.

Pikachu: I'm not going to tell you my idea yet, but trust me, it'll be amazing

Team Star's hallway

Team Star didn't have the same luck when it came to picking roommates, because only Mario and Yoshi knew each other well and became roommates, but that wasn't the only problem they had. "Guys, where am I going to room with?" Rosalina asked the guys. Almost everyone was embarressed, with there not being any other girls on their team, Rosalina was sharing her room with. Ct. falcon was blushing and muttering, Marth had a slightly less but still there blush, Little Mac and Mega Man turned away whistling, Villager looked at the beautiful space princess before blushing, and Bowser was covering his face with his hands. Sonic, the only one not embarrassed, sighed at the other smashers, "I'll room with her, since nobody else is gonna, come on Rosalina." he said. Everybody looked at Sonic, but he shrugged them off and went in the room with Rosalina. everybody later decided the other roommates like this: Mario/Yoshi, Bowser/Mega Man, Little Mac/ Villager, and Ct. Falcon/Marth.

Sonic: Everybody looked at me like I was creepy, but I don't see the problem here. I'm a hedgehog and shes a human, what would i do to her? and that thing with Elise was a one sided thing from her, not me.

Rosalina/Sonic's room

Sonic was happily taking a nap and Rosalina was playing with a luma she spawned when the door was knocked on the door, and Mario entered. They nodded him over and the three talked. "I',-a just making this official, but with Yoshi, will you two be in my alliance?" Mario asked, smiling. Both blue beings smiled back, "Of course, we're friends, so why wouldn't we work together? this is gonna be fun!" Rosalina exclaimed happily, her luma nodding in agreement. "Of course Mario, with your power and my speed, this alliance will win this!" Sonic cheered. They all put their hands on each other and cheered together.

Sonic: This is great! with Mega Man and one more, we have the majority! the question is, who is going to be our last guy?

Cafeteria, breakfast

When everybody woke up the next morning, they went to the cafeteria for breakfast. The cafeteria had three big tables for each of the teams, but also had a few smaller tables as well, which is where the Mario gang sat together. The five was happily chatting when Mario brought up a subject, "So, how are you two doing with the other teams?" he ask Luigi and Peach. Peach and Luigi looked at their teams before speaking, "Me, the girls, and the pokemon are working together on our team, so I'm safe." Peach said smiling. "Um, Fox approched me and offered an alliance, which I accepted. We're going to try to get DK, Link, and their two friends too join us." Luigi explained, Mario patted his brother's back. "Good job bro! We all are gonna make it far than." Mario congratulated his brother, and the five continued talking about home and other things.

Mario: Good, I was worried they might be the first to go to smite me, but they got friends to back them up. They should do fine.

Gym

After breakfast, most went to their rooms to relax, but some went to the gym. Wii Fit Trainer taught a few people who signed up for her course, which some thought was going to be easy, but put them all to the test. Snake signed up for the hardest regiment WF. Trainer had, which she watched as he went right too it and doing very well. Little Mac also was doing fine, practicing his boxing skills, and kept going at it for almost an hour until his first break. Sonic was running the track at his set pace of 200 miles per hour when he saw Bowser on the side of the track, waving him down to stop. Sonic was a little confused at what Bowser would want from him, but he stopped in front of the gigantic koopa. "What do you need Bowser?" he asked, caution in his voice. "Listen Sonic, I can tell you, Mario, and his friends are working together and i wanted to ask..." he paused for a bit, "... if I could your alliance. or at the very least, not being the for one targeted by it." Bowser said at last. Sonic looked at Bowser, not knowing how to respond to the offer. he thought for quite a bit before responding, "Bowser, I... can't make a decision like that without consulting the group. But I'll definitely think about it." Sonic said, considering the idea. Bowser nodded before leaving Sonic and lifting a 500 pound weight. Meanwhile, at almost the same exact time, Mario was telling Yoshi they should vote Bowser out first.

Mario: I felt bad for Bowser and took him on the team, but I already regret it! I don't know what i was thinking at the time, but I'll undo it by voting him off.

Sonic: I honestly think it's a great idea. Though Mario might not completely agree with it, but its smart. With Bowser's power, we'll win challanges, and if we don't, his vote will make sure its not any of us going home.

Bowser: Before you ask, no, I won't betray them if I join, because i don't want to lose the game first.

Cafeteria, dinner

When the smashers sat down, they saw two certain villains sitting at a table together talking. "So, How's this going on your front, with all of Mario's friends on the team?" Wolf asked Bowser, Bowser shrugged. "To be honest, I'm trying to put my hopes on Sonic to let me in their alliance so I'll survive." Bowser told. Wolf laughed at him, "Jeez Bowser, first you beg Mario and now your hoping on Sonic? your pitiful!" he laughed, Bowser groaned. "I know I'm looking silly, but since we're villains, we are the first targets. That's also why Ganondorf and Wario got eliminated, leaving us and Dedede." Bowser groaned remembering his two original potential allies. "Yeah, we are big targets. Fox is probably going to go straight for me no matter what i do, but I'll find a way." Wolf grinned as he thought of what to do."

at team Star's table, Marth saw Mario, Yoshi, Rosalina, Sonic, and Mega Man sitting together elsewhere. "I think they already have an alliance guys." he told the other three, Falcon, Villager, and Little Mac looked and gasped as they saw the team already, "what are we going to do! they'll vote us out one by one!" Villager panicked, but Marth pointed out that it was only the five. "If i guess right, Bowser is going to vote for Mario when we get to it, so if we vote with him, it'll at least be a tie breaker between him and whoever they vote for, we still have a chance." he said, nodding, unaware of what the alliance was talking about.

"So, who do you think should be our final Member?" Mario asked, three of the members thought about it, but Sonic knew who he was about to bring up. "Mario, I know you may not like this, but... how about Bowser?" he said, Mario looked him with confusion at first, but than anger. "Why would we put him in our alliance?!" Mario said, half questioning and half yelling. "Because not only will he help us win with challenges, but he directly offered me his loyalty. And from what i could tell, he was was completely honest about it." Sonic finished, Mario looked mad, but Rosalina was thinking about it. "Mario, if you think about it strategically, he's right. Bowser really doesn't want to lose, and after this vote, he wouldn't be able to betray us anyway, otherwise he'd be eliminated." Rosalina commented. Yoshi and Mega Man nodded, but Mario hit the table, "I only let him on the team because he begged for it! and now you want him in our alliance because he's begging for it as well?!" he yelled. Before anyone could argue, he stormed off, getting the attention of everybody.

Luigi: What could have gotten my brother so mad? What did they say to him?

Midnight

As the clock strock midnight, many alarms went off in the mansion, waking up all the smashers abruptly. "Smasher! time to get up for your first challenge!" David's voice boomed through speakers. All the smashers groaned as they got out their beds and headed for the center room.

Zelda: What the heck David! You're making us waking up in the middle of the night for the first fricking challenge! I thought that was going to happen later, not the first one!

David smiled as he saw the sleepy smashers in front of him in their teams. "Hope you had a goodnight sleep, because its time for your first team challenge!" they groaned and glared at David, but nodded back. He told them to followed him through the mansion, which they did without question.

When they got to one of the many locked doors in the mansion, David stopped and faced the smashers. "Behind this door is a challenge that I'll simply name 'Midnight maze', where you and your team must complete a incredibly hard maze. A roof is on for those jumpers and climbers who think of cheating, so that won't happen. simple rules, just get everyone on your team through the maze, and last team to finish will be put up for the elimination right after the challenge." when David gasped, some looked worried that the elimination ceremony was also tonight, but didn't say anything.

Samus: 'oh hey, wake up guys, a challenge and elimination is happening while your exhausted and I don't give a crap' is what he basically said.

The three teams stood in front of the door, ready to enter the maze. "Remember, everyone must make it on your team too win. the challenge starts when the door opens." Daivd said, everyone already in position. And, when he snapped his fingers, the door opened. all ran in as fast as they could, but Fox was pushed down at the beginning by somebody, falling on his face as everyone entered the maze. David laughed at Fox before Fox got up and went in the maze.

Fox: That sucked. That's all I have to say about the subject.

Team Viper looked at each other, knowing if they stuck together they would lose, so they split up fast. Team Star and Rose did split up, but a minute later. Sonic ran as he could through the maze, checking every corner he could, but he still had not found the exit. Samus was with Pikachu and Olimar, carrying them both on her shoulders. Ct. Falcon told Mac and Mega Man they should follow them, which the did, because he said he knew where to go.

Ct. Falcon: it's a maze, how hard can it be?

Falco somehow got to the end first, he didn't even remember the path he took to get there. Sonic got there second, and Snake third. "Three people got it, now to wait for the rest." David said to the camera. a few minutes Roy and Ivysuar (who Red picked for the challenge) got there next, along with Zelda. The next person to get there was Mario, who had found Luigi and Peach and brought them as well. Sonic looked displeased at Mario but said nothing.

Sonic: Mario, they're still on a different team! You can't help them or we'll lose!

Wolf came next, and he was followed by the two monkeys DK and Diddy. Following close behind was WF. Trainer and Rosalina. Rosalina looked scared that only Mario and Sonic on her team were here, so she sent her luma in to help the rest. Link made it next, but told his team Toon Link took another way, and they sighed. Dedede and Bowser made it next. "Hmm, i thought we were going to be last Bowser. good for us!" Dedede cheered, Bowser groaned. The luma Rosalina sent in had found Villager and brought him back. Villager thanked the two and moved to his group.

Fox, after the horrible start, made it in time, followed by Lucario. The trio of Samus, Olimar, and Pikachu came in next. They looked at there team and saw everyone there and cheered. "Congradulations Team Rose! Your safe!" David announced, they cheered again. Snake sighed and told his team to stay put, he went back in the maze.

For ten minutes nobody came out, and the two teams looked worried. When they heard many footsteps, the all looked and saw Yoshi coming in with Marth. There team cheered and waited for the rest. For another five minutes, it was dead silent, until they heard footsteps again. they looked in the maze and saw Snake had found and brought both Pichu and Toon Link. "They were both on opposite sides of the maze, so it took me a while to get them both." Snake said, but his team didn't hear him as they cheered loudly that they won. "Congratulations, you as safe as well Viper!" David exclaimed. Snake's team cheered for him again before turning back to David. "Good job two Team Rose and Team Viper, you may go back to bed." The two teams smiled tiredly as they left and went to bed. David turned the the saddened team Star, "And I'm afraid that means you lost." he snapped his fingers and Ct. Falcon, Little Mac, and Mega Man magically appeared. "You must come with me to the elimination ceremony outside the mansion." he said sadly. Team Star sadly tredged on towards the dreaded elimination ceremony.

Ct. Falcon: that maze was harder than I expected.

the team walked to the ceremony in two separate sets, those in Mario's alliance and those who weren't. "I say Ct. Falcon, He got us lost in the maze and we lost the challenge because we followed him." Mega Man told them, and they all nodded except Mario, "I... I'm still going to vote for Bowser, no matter what you say." Mario said, and before they could comment back, he walked faster and left. Sonic sighed, thought for a bit and decided what he thought best. He went over to Bowser quickly whispered, "Vote for Falcon and your in." Bowser looked confused a second, but nodded and Sonic got back to his group before the others noticed he was gone.

Sonic: I think what i did was the right thing.

Elimination ceremony, outside

The ten heroes sat on some bleachers that were outside, and David stood on a foot tall platform. it was very starry outside, but the tension between the ten was thick. "Team Star, this is the first elimination, so I'll explain how it works. I will ask you some questions and after that you shall vote who will be elimination, and whoever has the most votes will be eliminated. Simple, Isn't it?" David chuckled, but nobody else laughed.

David turned to Falcon, "So Falcon, how does it feel to be one of the reasons your team lost?" David asked? Falcon slumped a little before answering. "Honestly, it feels bad. And even though it was a hard maze, I think i lost the challenge for us, which Mario and his friends will probably vote on me." Falcon said.

David turned to Mario's alliance. "Is it true that you guys are voting for him?" he asked, they just nodded, all except Mario. "What's on your mind Mario?" he asked the plumber. Mario sighed before talking, "I really wanted to vote for somebody else tonight," his glare was at Bowser, "But my alliance is voting otherwise." Before David could ask, Sonic answered. "It's because it's the smartest thing to do right now Mario, we still value your opinion, but we're doing whats best for the alliance." Sonic said sadly to the plumber. Mario sighed before slouching in his seat.

"You may now come to vote. the votes will be put on paper by writing who you want to go's name on it. I will read the votes once they are all in." David announced, his voice serious. the ten nodded before Mario went up to vote.

Mario's vote: Bowser "You begged to come in, that's is the ONLY reason I let you in. I'm making up for it."

Sonic's vote: Ct. Falcon "Nothing personal buddy, it's just the game."

Ct. Falcon's vote: Mario "Voting for you will hopefully make it a draw. I'll have to go on from there."

Bowser's vote: ? "I just hope that this is the best choice I make."

David grabbed the box the all put there votes in and put it in his hands, "I shall read the names for the votes." he said, all looked at him intensely, "first vote: Bowser" He said. Bowser looked at Sonic to ask why, but he shrugged. "Second vote: Falcon, third vote: Mario, one for each right now" Falcon looked like he was on the edge of his seat, and Mario was scared to hear his name. "Four vote: Mario, Fifth vote: Mario, Sixth vote, Falcon, Seventh: Mario, eighth: Falcon, ninth: Falcon." Both were on the edge of his seat, because they knew one of them was going, Mario looked at Bowser, who was calm about the whole thing. David than read the last name.

"The first person voted off the smashing game is... Ct. Falcon, with the vote 5-1-4." David said, Ct. Falcon's worriness turned to dread, than to acceptance as he stood up and started to leave the mansion without talking to anybody, he just waved goodbye.

Ct. Falcon (Eliminated): I feel horrible being the first voted off the team. It was because of that stupid and difficult maze. I have nobody to cheer for, so I will say I enjoyed the time I was here and good-luck to everyone.

David clapped, making everyone turn his head to him, "For your sake, I hope you don't lose twice. you may go to bed." he said, before snapping his fingers and teleporting away. the nine members of team Star walked to their rooms, Mario glooming and relieved at the same time. "You wasted your vote on me Mario. If i voted for you tonight with the rest of them, you would have gone home and your alliance would have failed. You should just think about that for a bit." Boswer said matter-a-factly to Mario. Mario looked at the koopa, wanting to protest, but couldn't. He was about to have gotten his whole alliance destroyed just for revenge, but Bowser spared him. He would hold it over his head for the rest of his life.

Bowser: I am a koopa that will keep his word no matter what. Mario, though as tempting as it was to get rid of you as it was, was in Sonic's alliance, and i joined it. You'll thank me one day.

Sonic: Mario, what Bowser said was true, if he wanted to, we would have lost this alliance. I think I might have to hold the alliance in place for now, seeing how you currently are.

The first to fall is Captain falcon, but the trouble in team Star is far from over. Will Mario's alliance hold, or is it really Sonic's? How will the non alliance members last? Will Mario ever accept Bowser? and How is the other team's faring in their matters?

Find out next time on the smashing game.