A/N: Welcome, welcome! Have a seat while you wait for the presentation to begin shortly.
Settled? Have some snacks? Awesome.
This chapter will be a Halloween special featuring those crazy smashers again. And it focuses mostly on the younglings, so I hope that's fine with ya.
And before I forget:
MidnightPulse987 - No prob. And awesome! Have loads of fun with your new account!
aurastar2327 - Thanks! Yeah, I've watched enough horror movies to know... o_o Sadly, I have not ever picked up a Super Paper Mario title. And I know very little about Dimentio. I just know he evil and...that's it. (I heard Sticker Star is really fun, and I want to get Dream Team Bros so bad.)
gnicnahC dnoceS - *squints at text* ...Is this in a different language or somethi— Oh. Ooohh. Ooooohhhhhhhh.
You clever little thing, you. XD Thank you.
Now that we have that out of the way, please sit back and enjoy the chapter!
With Smashers Like These:
Smashoween - Part 1
Smashoween is an exciting time for some of the smashers in the Smash Mansion. When there's a day specifically reserved for getting free candy and dressing up in any kind of get up you wanted, there's no way you can miss out.
Toon Link is especially excited for today, since he bounces up and down in anticipation. Ness is seated on a wooden stool in Toon Link's room. Nana is sitting on the floor with Lucas, while Diddy Kong and Red sit on the bottom mattress of Toon Link's bunk bed. Popo is settled on the top bunk's mattress.
Farore knows why Toon Link has a bunk bed in his personal room.
"Man, I seriously can't wait to go trick or treating tonight!" Toon Link says, dashing to his disorganized closet, then jumping inside. His legs stick out and wiggle around as he looks through the jungle of clothes.
"You think you're the only one who's excited?" Ness says, swinging his legs on the stool. "The candy turnout is going to be HUGE this year."
"Not to mention that our neighborhood runs on a take-a-handful-by-as-much-as-you-can-hold system. So we'll really strike it rich." Red adds in. Diddy Kong nods and claps his hands together.
"Did you guys get your costumes together?" Popo asks the group. Toon Link pokes his head up from his clothes pile, a red version of his usual tunic atop his head.
"Of course!" the Hylian assures. "Why do you think I'm in here looking for it?" he goes back down into the pile, and the clothes move around from his searching. "I hope I find it before we have to go..."
"He's looking for his costume in there?" Nana asks, looking at the closet incredulously.
"Yes. Don't judge." Toon Link says with a muffled voice. Nana shrugs it off.
"Anyway, while Indiana Toon looks for his costume, what are your guys' costumes?" the pink Ice Climber asks. Lucas, who is prepared for the meeting, brings out his costume on a hanger with plastic over it.
"I'm going to be a magician for this Smashoween!" Lucas tells the others as he shows his costume. "What about you, Nana?"
"My costume is back in my room, but I'm going to be a cat." Nana paws at her friends. "Mrow!"
"That's not scary!" Popo states pointing to Nana.
"So what! No one said Smashoween costumes had to be scary!" Nana defends.
"She's right, you know." Red says, nodding. Diddy Kong mimics Red with hand gestures.
"Well, I'm gonna be an all star baseball player." Ness says, pretending to swing a bat. "What will you be, Red?"
"I...vill be a vampire!" the pokémon trainer drapes an arm over his face. "I vant to drink your blood...so juicy..." he says, imitating a traditional vampire accent.
"I'm gonna be a zombie." Popo stretches his arms out in front of him and pretends to be unable to comprehend anything. "Braaainnnss..."
"It makes sense you wanna get brains, since you could use some." Ness says, grinning at his joke.
"Hey!" Popo jumps down from the bunk bed and shuffles over to Ness. "Then I'll have...yooourr braaaainnss..."
"No way!" Ness laughs with Popo as he tries fending off the Ice Climber.
"Found it!"
Everyone in the room gives Toon Link their attention as he finally surfaces from the closet with a shoebox.
"Smashers, prepared to be blown away by the creativity of my costume!" Toon Link warns as he takes off the lid. He reaches into the box and pulls out a formal top and a blue cap similar to the one he was wearing.
"...You're gonna be a maid?" Popo says tilting his head in confusion.
"No!" Toon Link yells as scarlet dusts across his cheeks. Nana giggles behind a gloved hand.
"I'm supposed to be a sailor! See?" the cartoon Link holds up the shirt against his body and points to the collar. "That's how you tie a necktie. And there's a sailor's pin right here."
The young smashers oohed at Toon Link's costume in awe.
"That's a great costume, Toon Link." Lucas compliments smiling. Toon Link grins as he puts the costume back in the shoebox.
"So, we know everyone's costume...except Diddy Kong's." Red says, turning to the monkey. The rest also turn their heads his way.
Diddy Kong makes chuckling monkey sounds as he shakes his head and index finger at them.
"Oh, so it's a surprise." Ness says, with his fist under his chin in thought. "Interesting..."
"Wait. Is Kirby trick or treating this year?" Nana asks. Popo and Toon Link shrug.
"I'm not sure. He didn't say anything about it when I asked him." Lucas reports.
"Well that's fine. If he wants to stay home, he can." Toon Link says. "I mean come on! We might even get to trick or treat without adults this year!"
"Yeah!" the Ice Climbers say in unison.
"Are you sure about that?" the hatted psychic asks unsurely, raising a brow. "We've been trick or treating with supervision for a while now."
"We're old enough to go by ourselves, so I'm sure Master Hand will let us!" Toon Link says.
.x.x.X.x.x.
"We have to WHAT?" Toon Link yells in Master Hand's office. The younger smashers accompany him as well.
"You have to go with a guardian this year." Master Hand repeats to the young Hylian. "Smashville is a big place, and we can't afford for you to get lost." the hand types absentmindedly on a larger than usual laptop. "Maybe next year, or two to three years from now."
"But...but we're practically teenagers!" Toon Link argues, resting his hands on Master Hand's desk.
"Um, I'm 11..." Red clarifies.
"And I'm 13. Dunno about Lucas." Ness says jerking a thumb to the PK user next to him. Lucas looks down at the floor.
"Aren't you 12, Toon?" Popo asks the young swordsman.
Toon Link turns around to the smashers and does his signature scowl. "You're not helping." he says through gritted teeth.
"It's alright. We understand, Master Hand." Nana says respectfully to the landlord. She starts pushing the boys out the door.
"I'm glad to hear that, Nana. I'll arrange for the smashers to meet in the living room to see if they want to volunteer." Master Hand says, finally looking away from his computer.
"Thanks, Master Hand!" Nana says before closing the door after Toon Link, who is struggling to get back inside. She nudges the pint sized hero of Hyrule off her shoulder.
"What is the matter with you?" Toon Link says, fixing his hat. "We were just about to get permission to go without adults!"
"The ways things were going, we actually weren't." Red mentions. Diddy Kong nods in somber agreement.
"Whatever. It's almost in my book." Toon Link grumbles. He crosses his arms in a huff.
"Come on, let's just wait downstairs for someone who wants to go with us." Ness says, walking towards the stairs and fixing his backpack straps. The others follow the psychic to the staircase. Toon Link, after standing in front of Master Hand's door for a moment, finally goes with the group as well.
.x.x.X.x.x.
As the meeting had taken place in the living room, Toon Link somewhat hoped for at least 'fun' smashers to take his friends trick or treating. Meta Knight would be too quiet, and Wolf is a grump. Olimar's Pikmin follow him everywhere, so them coming along wouldn't be too much of a good experience either, since they might attack the person giving candy or worse. And Donkey Kong might scare the living daylights out of everyone.
Surprisingly, the choices weren't so bad. In the turnout, Sonic, Pit, and Falco volunteered to take the kids trick or treating. Toon Link is okay with this, but he felt like he still needed to blow off some steam about the whole entire thing. So, he talks to Princess Zelda about it as she makes a treat for the both of them in the kitchen.
"...And we even decided to wait until today to tell each other what our costumes were supposed to be." Toon Link explains to Princess Zelda. He sits on a stool at the kitchen island located in the middle of the room.
"Sounds like your Smashoween plans were well thought out." Zelda says after Toon Link finishes. Her back faces the smaller version of Link as she steps back and forth from the cabinets, to the fridge, then to the counter near the stove.
"It just seems like a big waste since I really hoped to go out without somebody watching over me like I'm a little kid." Toon Link says, turning to face the counter. "I've been on lots of adventures. I can take care of myself."
"And do you really think you're responsible enough to go outside with friends and make it back to the Smash Mansion in one piece?" the princess of Hyrule asks the boy in green. She spoons sugar into two mugs.
"Yeah! It's just that Master Hand won't let us go without adults." Toon Link traces imaginary patterns on the kitchen island countertop. His sensitive ears twitch when the sound of a mug clinks down next to him.
"Here. Hot chocolate with Lon Lon milk." Princess Zelda says, taking a seat herself and setting down her own mug. Toon Link looks over the cup. It has fluffy whipped cream swirled on the surface with cocoa powder sprinkled on top. A small waffle stick is embedded in the whip cream.
"Who's going with you?" the Hylian princess asks Toon Link as he sniffs his hot chocolate. Toon Link takes a sip and widens his eyes at the flavor.
"Mmm..." Toon Link hums in content as a laidback grin sneaks onto his face. His body shakes in response to the heavenly taste. "Mmm hmm hmm hmm..." he giggles.
"Toon Link?" Princess Zelda says noticing the preteen's eyes roll back. Toon Link quickly snaps out of his mood and stares at the princess.
"Uh..." he wipes away his milk mustache with a napkin. "...Sonic, Pit, and Falco are going with us. I think we could've gotten worse."
"I see." Zelda stirs her drink with her waffle stick. "Do you think your trip will be rewarding?"
"I hope so." Toon Link stuffs his waffle stick into his mouth and chews. "I juff really wanf candy."
"Well as long as you have a good time, then the candy will be an addition to keeping a good memory." Zelda pats Toon Link's head twice and keeps her hand there, smiling at him. "You may even like trick or treating with a guardian."
Princess Zelda then removes her hand and stands up from the table. She carefully picks up her mug and sips with eloquent grace.
"Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go beat the stuffing out of Bowser in a brawl." she says, causing Toon Link to laugh. Then Zelda leaves the room quietly.
Toon Link's eyes wander back to his mug. He sips again, then exhales satisfyingly.
"Good hot chocolate..." Toon Link says to himself with half lidded eyes.
"...a Hylian gift."
.x.x.X.x.x.
It's now 6 o' clock. The autumn season makes the nights approach quicker, as shown by the day now slowly dimming into dusk. At this time, the trick or treaters are putting on their costumes.
Popo is putting on the finishes touches of his zombie makeup on in the bathroom, with the help of Princess Peach. Snake is also in the bathroom to determine what scar should be where and how to make it look realistic. Being a soldier sometimes meant that you get some pretty nasty injuries.
"Hmm..." Snake observes Peach painting a stitch mark on Popo's green face. "...you should put more skin damage on his neck."
Nana is slipping on some cat themed mittens and making sure the plastic claws at the end are statying on properly. She had exchanged her pink parka for a black one that has a cat tail attached to it, and also cat ears stitched on the hood. Peach had painted cat whiskers on Nana's cheeks.
Ness smooths out his blue striped baseball uniform, while still keeping his original hat. Lucas makes sure his red cape and black and white suit look their best as he fastens all of the shirt buttons, then fixes his red bowtie. He flicks his magic wand for it to extend out, then holds it out for a moment.
Red fixes his black cape to tend to the high collar. He bares his teeth in the mirror to check his novelty fangs. Princess Peach had offered to paint the trainer's face a pale white, but Red didn't want to get too into it. Though he did put in blue contacts with narrow pupils.
Red looks at himself in the mirror. His brown hair is exposed and wild as ever, but he doesn't feel complete without his cap. He grabs it from his bed and puts it on, over his hair. He stares back at his reflection, now wearing the hat.
Red smiles at the image before himself.
.
.
.
"Is everyone ready?" Nana asks the group as they stand near the front door of the Smash Mansion.
"I don't think Diddy Kong came down yet. " Lucas says to Nana.
"Diddy Kong, where are you?" Ness calls out as he cups his hand over his mouth. "Come on! Time is candy!"
The said monkey then enters the living room as chill as ever. Red chuckles in amazement at Diddy Kong's costume.
"Dude, you look so cool!" Popo says taking in the view.
Diddy Kong wears sunglasses with dark lenses and a complete Men in Black suit, save for shoes. A fake headset is attached to his ear and his usual red Nintendo cap is replaced with a black one. Diddy Kong grins to the young smashers.
"Now that's what I call a costume." Ness says, impressed.
The smashers that are going to take the kids trick or treating enter the living room. Walking over to the front door, they get a look at the smashers' costumes.
"Hey guys!" Sonic says, waving to them.
"Neat costumes!" Pit says, nodding at each dressed brawler.
"Now let's see what we got here..." Falco says, crouching low to the ground. "We have a cat, a zombie, a vampire, a baseball player, a magician, and...a well dressed monkey?"
"Falco, he's a super spy. Get your facts straight, man." Sonic jokes.
"He could be a limo driver..." Pit says, tilting his head as he looks at Diddy's costume.
"Or a classy and elegant monkey!" Falco says.
"Whatever he is, we gotta go." Ness says opening the door. "Lucas, you got the map?"
"Right here." Lucas pulls the map from inside his cape, then returns it.
"Wait! We can't leave Toon Link!" Red says to Ness. "He'd be really bummed."
"Is Kirby still coming?" Nana asks.
The smashers hear frantic running upstairs, a silent "Oof!" and a thud on the ground, then slow walking and steps creaking.
"I'm coming guys! Don't leave yet!" Toon Link says, hopping on one leg down the stairs to put on a brown boot.
Then he suddenly misses a step and faceplants on the rest of the stairs, and slides down to the floor.
A silence passes through the room.
"Hey Toon Link..." Falco asks the fallen Hylian, "...you alright?"
No reply is heard.
"I think he's dead." Popo quietly says.
"I can't decide whether or not he passed out, or he's contemplating life at how hard he failed just now." Ness says, noticing Toon Link's leg twitch.
"Maybe it's both..." Nana says with doubt.
Toon Link shows signs of life as he presses his hands to the ground and pushes himself up. Red lines are imprinted on his face.
"Toon Link, you got a little—"
"I know." the cartoon Link cuts off Lucas as he walks straight out the door, holding a boot in hand. The rest follow the Hylian after he walks down the porch steps.
"Guys, we're leaving the house!" Sonic yells with his hand on the doorknob. He then pulls the door and closes it behind him.
Another silence fills the living room. It's as if no one has even set foot in the living room as of yet.
Pikachu suddenly springs up from between one of the couch cushions and takes a look around. He sniffs at the air a couple times.
"...Pika! Pika, pika!" the mouse pokémon says suddenly, turning to the direction of the kitchen.
"Guys, Pikachu said the coast is clear!" King Dedede is heard from the kitchen. He suddenly runs out with a CD, puts it in the living room stereo, and turns up the volume to the song, Thriller.
Residents of the Smash Mansion suddenly fill up the room and start dancing to the music.
.x.x.X.x.x.
Trick or treating in Smashville is going fairly good. A lot of the houses have been decorated with spooky themed ornaments and lawn accessories. The group has also cleared their first block in a fast enough time to go to the next one, going at a quicker pace than they had planned. If they keep up at it, they might have enough time tonight to trick or treat around the whole town of Smashville!
"This is great!" Popo says, shaking the pumpkin themed bag Sonic had given him. The older smashers had decided that it's easier to look after the trick or treaters if they were each placed in a specific group. Sonic has to be responsible for Popo and Ness, Falco has gotten Toon Link, Diddy Kong, and Red, and Pit has to look over Lucas and Nana.
"I think you have more candy than me." Red says to Popo as he looks in the bag he received from Falco.
"Guys, we're gonna trade and sort when we get back to the house, remember?" Ness says to his friends. "So we should all be fine for now."
"True," Nana says sifting through her bag. "but no one's getting my Maxim Tomato."
"NO WAY!" Toon Link's sensitive ears pick up Nana's speech, and pushes over Lucas in the process of going over to Nana.
"Ow!" Lucas falls onto the ground as some of his candy spills out his bag. Diddy Kong helps Lucas pick up his candy.
"Toon, you gotta be more careful." Pit says as he helps Lucas up and brushes off his cape.
"Sorry..." the Hylian's ears droop in shame as he returns to where he walking beside Falco.
"Hey, cheer up. We're about to go to the next house." Red says.
The pokémon trainer walks to the front door of the said house and rings the doorbell, then stands back. The trick or treaters find places to stand as they wait for the door to open, their guardians hanging back on the sidewalk. A yellow pianta man answers the door.
"Trick or treat!" the young smashers say enthusiastically. The pianta gives a small grin, then reaches for a bowl of prepared goodie bags.
"Dude, there are lollipops in each bag the size of a golf ball." Toon Link whispers to a smiling Popo. The pianta drops in the first bag to Red when he catches an eyeful of the people standing back.
"...What are those guys supposed to be?" the pianta asks in confusion.
"Oh, they're not trick or treating with us. They're just keeping company." Nana explains to the man. He nods, then hands everyone else their goodie bags.
"You kids have a safe night, now." The pianta says stepping back inside his house.
"Okay, thanks!" the smashers say. The pianta closes the door and the kids run back to their guardians.
"I don't like the way that guy was looking at me..." Falco says as he adjusts Diddy Kong's sunglasses.
"You won't see him again, Falco. It's just one night." Sonic reassures. They start to head for the house next door.
Ness rings the doorbell this time and waits for the house owner to open up. Diddy Kong begins shaking next to Ness and looks uneasy.
"Diddy, you cold?" the psychic asks the monkey. Diddy Kong begins making worried noises.
"I think he's trying to tell us something..." Popo says as the door swings open.
A medium sized dog runs out and goes straight for Falco.
"Aagh!" Falco gets taken down by the dog and it starts yipping in his face. Sonic and Pit try to get the dog off the bird.
"Whoops! I am so sorry about that!" a male Boo apologizes as he hides his blushing face under his hands in embarrassment. The dog finally runs back inside and waits in the hall by its owner.
"Falco, you okay?" Sonic asks the avian as he pulls him up.
"Yeah, just...startled." Falco says dusting himself off.
"I really am terribly sorry about that! Here, why don't I give you all some cupcakes my wife made?"
"CUPCAKES!" Toon Link and Pit say simultaneously as they start running to the Boo. It takes all the strength the youthful smashers have to hold back the Hylian, and the strength Sonic and Falco have to hold back the angel.
"Uh, yeah! That'd be really cool!" Red says with an arm restraining Toon Link's neck.
.
.
.
"That was definitely unexpected." Lucas says, walking on the sidewalk again with his friends. Toon Link and Pit are grinning so hard that there's a possible chance of their faces getting stuck that way. They both involuntarily take bites of their cupcake, still flashing their giddy grins.
"Well at least we got cupcakes!" Popo says before taking a bite into his own cupcake. Ness had left his cupcake in its original wrapping, and now places it under his hat.
"Let's move on to the next house." Nana says, walking in front of everyone else. She walks on the stone path to a home and rings the doorbell. After a while, a green spotted toad girl with two pigtails answers the door.
"Trick or treat!" the young smashers greet at the door. The toad girl fixes her attention to the guardians behind them.
"...Hel-lo there..." The green toad says, walking up to the three and ignoring the visitors. Toon Link stares with his jaw agape, taken aback by being brushed aside so easily.
"...Oh no she di'nt!" Toon Link says, holding up a finger and bobbing his head.
Sonic looks up from his smartphone and Falco looks up with his hands in his pockets. Pit looks off to the side to avoid any eye contact.
"Uh..." Falco notices the girl batting her eyelashes flirtatiously, "...I HAVE A GIRLFRIEND!" he quickly says.
"I'm a minor!" Sonic says, holding up his hands defensively, the phone in one of them. Pit still looks off to the side, hoping he doesn't get noticed.
"Oh, it's not you two I'm looking for..." the toad girl takes two slow steps to Pit. He stiffens up in her presence.
"I see you're an angel..." the girl says, leaning in close to Pit. He darts his eyes into hers in fear. "Did it hurt when you fell from heaven?"
Pit turns around and runs into the street screaming.
"AHHHHHH! SHE'S USING CHEESY PICK UP LINES ON ME!" he yells, trying to get away from her.
"My love, wait!" the toad girl runs after the frantic angel into the street. "It doesn't have to be this way!"
"Lady Palutena, get me out of heeeerrree!"
The group watches with poker faces as the toad chases after the angel in circles.
.
.
.
"We are so sorry you had to see that." a female blue toad says holding back the toad girl with a male toad that was similar in appearance to the girl. "I would've thought that my 17 year old daughter knew how to behave. But we can't leave her alone for a minute."
"That's okay. We're...okay. I think." Falco says looking down at Pit security clinging to him. "I think we're okay."
"Pit, you alright, buddy?" Sonic says crouching to Pit's height.
"Take me home. Take me home now." the angel responds in a traumatized manner, his wings trembling every now and then.
"But Pit, you are home!" the toad girl says desperately. "Your home is right here!"
"Eva, that's enough. Now go inside." The green male toad says, pushing his daughter behind the door. "Sorry to inconvenience you. Goodnight."
"'Night." the smashers say back to the green toad closing the door. They stand on the sidewalk as no one says anything for a long time. The wind blows in the air and ruffles Red's hair.
"...What in all the goddesses just happened?" Toon Link says, unsure of what to say of the situation.
"I think we should just try to forget about it and keep moving." Falco says, struggling to pry Pit's arms away from him. He pulls them off, but Pit latches back on absentmindedly. Falco tries again and places Pit's arms at his sides, then stands back and waits.
The angel clings to the Falco once more.
Falco sighs and rolls his eyes. "Fine. You win." he says as he starts walking again, dragging Pit along. The trick or treaters follow after, looking at the spooked angel with inquiry.
Toon Link arrives at the next house and rings the doorbell. A Waddle Dee with a brown mustache opens the door after a moment.
"Trick or treat!" the smashers chime in together. The Waddle Dee takes a bowl of candy from a side table near his door and holds it out to the smashers, not breaking eye contact with them.
The kids start taking their helpings of candy when the the Waddle Dee talks in a moderately deep voice.
"Guys, you should take some candy corn." the Waddle Dee says as Nana slowly brings her hand away from the bowl. They all awkwardly pause and stare at the Waddle Dee. Diddy Kong peers into the bowl.
"C'mon, just take some candy corn." The creature shakes the bowl around as the unwrapped candy rattles around. Ness cautiously reaches for mini candy bar while Toon Link slowly grabs for a peanut butter cup.
"No one's taking the candy corn." the Waddle Dee informs in a slightly stern tone. Lucas recoils in fear.
Popo decides to bravely reach into the bowl and scoop up some of the colored candy. Red does so as well, but takes less than Popo.
"There. Now you guys have candy corn." the mustached Waddle Dee says after the rest take some handfuls.
"Uh, thanks." Red says looking into his bag.
"You're welcome. Goodbye."
The Waddle Dee closes the door curtly and leaves the trick or treaters standing on the porch. They slowly venture back onto the sidewalk where their guardians were.
"...What the heck was that?" Ness says, half confused and half creeped out.
"This candy corn isn't even freaking wrapped!" Nana says, glaring at the contents of her bag.
"Guys, you okay? I'd say you look almost as spooked as Pit right now." Sonic says, placing his hands on Lucas and Diddy Kong's heads.
"This guy pressured us into taking candy we didn't want." Popo explains. Ness walks into the street.
"I know of candy that I'm not eating tonight..." Ness dismisses as he stands next to a nearby sewer grate and dumps his candy corn down. Then he rejoins the group and starts walking with them.
"This whole entire block is weird..." Toon Link says, making a mental note not to come back around here.
.x.x.X.x.x.
Back at the Smash Mansion, the house is teeming wildly with activity.
The adults have thrown a Smashoween party since the younger ones are out of the house. Crazy Hand had set up a makeshift bar in the kitchen that serves his specialty 'Crazy Punch'. It's colored red like fruit punch, but it has a unique flavor mixed in with a satisfying taste. In fact, Bowser, Wario, and Ganondorf linger in the kitchen to have their cups filled time and time again.
"Lay it on me, Crazy!" Bowser says, slamming his cup down on the counter.
"Make two of 'em!" Wario says, putting an arm around the koopa king.
In the living room, Pikachu and Meta Knight are holding up a broomstick for the current limbo game taking place. It's Samus' turn to go next after Olimar had failed to go under the pole.
"Go, go, go, go!" the crowd of smashers chant as Samus arches back in her Zero Suit. Lucario holds a video camera in his paws, catching footage of the contest.
Link is running amok in the house with Sheik and Ike as they all grin madly, toy dart guns in each of their hands. Link shoots at Sheik, who dodges it by sidestepping, then shoots at Link and Ike with dual dart guns. Link ducks behind a chair while Ike goes to hide behind the window curtains, feeling the darts gently bounce off of himself.
"Ha, you guys will never get me!" Ike says behind the cloth. He doesn't receive an answer from the players.
"Guys?" The blue haired fighter steps out from his shield. After Lucario gets the filming he needs of Samus' victory and the cheering smashers, he wanders over to the dart gun fight taking place.
"Link, where are you? Sheik?" Ike says, searching for the two. He stops all movement when he feels a plastic circle press onto the back of his head.
"Don't move." a female voice says behind Ike. "We've got you."
"We?" Ike slowly turns around with his hands up and sees Sheik holding a toy gun to Ike's face. Link is doing the same from a few inches back. Ike dramatically gasps.
"You double crosser!" Ike says helplessly to Link. The Hylian only smiles deviously.
"We were never on teams to begin with." Link says, stepping closer. "This is a dead man's land."
"Not if I say so!" Ike says, positioning himself into a defensive pose. Sheik's reflexes tell her to pull the trigger. Orange suction darts starts flying from both of her guns.
"Noooo!" Ike says as he suddenly starts bending backwards. Link shoots a dart of his own and waits for it to connect.
The mercenary waves his arms behind himself as he leans closer and closer to the ground. The bullets seem to whizz past Ike's face in slow motion, streaking the air with orange blurs. They fly over Ike and stick onto the wall behind him.
Lucario mentally high fives himself for getting the Matrix showdown on tape.
Video editing will be so awesome later.
.x.x.X.x.x.
"Hey, I think we're back on track!" Red says to his fellow trick or treaters as they walk to another block bathed in moonlight.
"Yeah, it's been pretty normal from here out." Ness says, twirling his hat on his finger. "Almost too normal..."
"Well, you don't want it to be the opposite, do you?" Lucas says to the bare headed PK user. "'Cause then we wouldn't have even collected candy from the past houses."
"True." Ness nods and stares at his twirling cap with interest.
"Speaking of abnormal, where's Toon Link?" Nana questions, looking around. "He was just beside us a second ago."
"I don't see Popo either." Red says, inspecting the group. "And...what the heck happened to my vampire cape?"
Falco and Sonic stop walking when they realize two of the trick or treaters have gone AWOL.
"Oh Lylat, no!" Falco says, pressing his hands to the sides of his face. "I lost the rambunctious one!"
"Calm down Falco. I'm pretty sure he and Popo are around somewhere." Sonic says, putting his hands on Falco's shoulders to relax him. Diddy Kong walks around Falco's legs in circles.
"You lost Toon Link and Popo?!" Pit says, standing in front of the hedgehog and the bird. "Master Hand is gonna kill us!"
"Agh! This is just like Slippy blabbering about nonsense! I'm going too far back!" Falco buries his face into his hands. "Make it stop!"
"Hey, cool it!" Sonic says, stepping in between the two and pushing them away from each other. "We're not gonna find them like this. Let's just start looking around first. Take a breather."
Sonic watches Pit and Falco inhale, then exhale deeply.
"Good. Now let's keep going."
The hedgehog takes the lead as he walks down the sidewalk. As he's passing a bush, two shadowed figures suddenly pop out through the top of the bush.
"GRAAAAAH!"
"ARRRRGH!" the shadows shout out, most directly to Nana.
"AHHHHHHH!"
"EEEEK!" Lucas and Nana shriek and drop their bags, both immediately grabbing for Pit and feeling his arms lock around them protectively. Diddy Kong jumps on top of Falco's head. The shadows then start to laugh.
"Hahahaha! Ahahaha!" Toon Link and Popo laugh, now climbing out of the bush and stand in place on the sidewalk. Toon Link is wearing Red's vampire cape around his neck. "You should've seen the looks on your faces!"
Lucas stares in disbelief as he takes in what just happened. "You planned this?"
"We made it up on the fly and decided to scare Nana. But we didn't think you were gonna get scared too!" Toon Link laughs and holding his sides. "That was PRICELESS!"
Nana narrows her eyes in anger. She lets go of Pit, then marches over to the Hylian wiping his tears.
"That wasn't funny!" the female ice climber says as she rams her fist hard into Toon Link's forearm. Toon Link ceases his laughter (and so does Popo) and stares into space from the hit, expressing more pain in his face with each passing moment.
"...OW!" Toon Link says, dropping his candy bag in favor of holding his arm, wincing in discomfort. "Why did you hit only me, and not Popo, too?"
"Because you were closer." Nana responds, walking ahead. "And you stole Red's cape."
Toon Link sulks at the excuse with his ears lowering. He hands the cape back to Red, then picks up his candy bag and follows the group in the back.
"Toon Link, you have to apologize to Lucas and Nana." Pit says to the grumpy Hylian. Toon Link grunts.
"I was only having fun..." he says, glaring at the path in front of them. His large cat like eyes blink in the night.
"Sorry Nana and Lucas." Popo shamefully apologizes. "I'll give you guys some starbits if you want."
"That's okay." Lucas says to the Ice Climber.
"You don't have to give me candy. An apology is fine." Nana says as well. There is silence as the others anticipate Toon Link's apology.
"Little Link, sometimes you can have too much fun and end up upsetting someone. And that's no good." Sonic says to the Hylian, attempting to get him to understand. The hedgehog hears the 12 year old sigh.
"Lucas...I'm sorry for scaring you." Toon Link finally tells the psychic. Lucas nods at the apology.
"And I'm sorry for scaring you, Nana." he says. Nana's mouth gradually cracks into a smile.
"Apology accepted." she says, grinning at Toon.
"Is this sappy stuff over? Let's hit the next house now!" Ness says to the group before running off to another house. They all glance at each other for a moment and form smiles, then follow Ness' path to the house's front door.
Man, does this need to be a two-parter also? I can't stop myself! XD
Not So Fun Fact:
- The part when the young smashers take candy corn actually happened to me one year, when I was trick or treating with my brother and sister. The guy who answered the door kept saying in a weird voice, "No one's taking the candy corn..." so we took some and then threw it out when we got home. And it was unwrapped! Why would I eat unwrapped candy?! Logic! Õ_Ó
Surprisingly, when I went back to that house the following year, someone else answered. They just gave us candy and went back inside.
My point for sharing this weird story being: stay safe when you go trick or treating, or even when you answer the door to give candy. You never know what could happen.
On that note, see you for Smashoween, Part 2!
CrystalClearCourier