Chapter 4: Eventful Night
Outside the cafeteria building, Lumas were floating around, zooming from place to place in preparation for the hungry and arriving campers. They were doing a final check as to make sure every food was hot and prepared, and saw to that many food servings were also available as well. Finally, as soon as the first campers arrived at the door, one Luma pushed the entrance open for everyone.
The furniture, walls and floor inside the cafeteria was polished, mint-colored antique wood. It had the feeling of an old building, but retained fresh durability, which appeased many of the campers. To the right of the entrance began the line to obtain food at a large open window, in which four Lumas were ready to serve a variety of made foods, and in the background were more Lumas working various tasks in the kitchen.
Kirby was the first to get his food, due to him rushing to grab two empty trays after witnessing the varieties. He asked for everything in the line, and was given everything with appetizing serving sizes.
Everyone else followed in a calm manner. Within the wait to obtain dinner or eat their plates, the campers chatted amongst their selves now that they knew nearly everyone's name and general facts.
Ness reached for his tray, and out of an act of caring friendship, he was going to hand it to Lucas. However, he looked into the dining area and within the line. He was not found. Ness felt dumbfounded about not noticing his missing presence before.
"Have you guys seen Lucas?" Ness asked Toon Link and Villager.
"Uh…wasn't he with you?" Toon Link replied.
Ness frowned. "I guess he slipped past me."
"I saw him heading toward the Cabin Circle," Villager told.
"Really?" Ness asked.
"Yep!" Villager replied. "He looked a little sad. I wanted to say something, but I was too busy staring at Toonie."
"And why were you staring at me?" Toon Link asked as he ordered something from the first Luma.
"Why else?" Villager shifted his eyes down Toon Link's back. The green clothed boy felt a shiver.
"He's going to starve if he doesn't come…" Ness mumbled. He looked over to the side where he saw Peach and Zelda talking to each other. He exited the line and went up to them.
"So I was like HAAAH, and then he was like AHHH—"
"Goodness, Zeldy!" Peach chuckled. "That must have been painful for Link."
"Oh, you should have seen the look on his face when I kicked him right in the—"
"Excuse me!" Ness called to the two women.
"Oh?" Peach averted her attention. "Yes, Ness?"
Red looked back at the cafeteria building. He saw the back of Bowser and Bowser Jr. leaving his sight as they went inside the building. Behind them was no one else, and the Luma let the door close behind it as it went inside.
Red groaned after feeling his stomach grumble. "Come on, guys! I want to go eat already!"
"Pika-pika—!" (Me too!)
[Insert Charizard noise here] (Well excuse me for answering nature's call!)
"Squirtle, squirt!" (You're take too long! What kind of nature is calling you?!)
[Insert Charizard noise here again] (I HAD A BIG LUNCH, SUE ME!)
Red groaned again, stomping the ground once.
"-saur!" (Have some patience, Red! When a girl's gotta go, a girl's gotta go!)
"…Come to think of it, how do you Pokémon even 'go'?" Red asked.
"Pika-pi?" (You don't know, Red?")
"Hm…" Red pondered for a moment. Then, he began taking steps towards Charizard, who was behind large bushes.
[Charizard roar thing] (HEY, RED, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!)
"What, I can't watch?" Red asked.
[Charizard noise with an angry tone] (OF COURSE NOT! THIS IS PRIVATE BUSINESS!)
"But you guys are like…pets. And pets do their business in front of their masters like they don't care."
[Charizard noise, blah blah blah] (WELL I CARE! NOW STAY AWAY!)
"But I wanna see!" Red shouted. "Do you like, shoot fire out of your butt or something?!"
[even more Charizard screaming] (HELL NO.)
"Pika-pi!" (Red! Just leave him alone!)
"Okay, fine. Ivysaur, you show me!" Red asked.
"IVY-SAUR, SAUR!" (NO WAY EITHER! DON'T PEEP AT A GIRL, YOU CREEP!"
"Ugh." Red looked to the other two Pokémon. "Pikachu? Squirtle?"
Pikachu shook his head.
"Squirrrrrrrtle." (Yeaaaah—no.)
"Fine then! Maybe I'll ask Greninja or Lucario… anyways, I'm ditching you! I want to eat already!" Red began walking towards the building. He paused for a moment after he saw a boy shorter than him leaving the cafeteria, with two plates in his hands.
"Whoa, look at Pac-Man go!" Little Mac exclaimed.
"You can do it, Kirby!" yelled the Ice Climbers.
Pac-Man was viciously chomping large bites out of his food portions. Kirby, on the other hand, threw towers of food and swallowed them whole.
"Kirby, come now," Meta Knight said. "I thought I told you eating like that will make you fat."
Kirby paused in the midst of the eating competition, staring at Meta Knight. Tears began to well up in his eyes.
"LOOK AT WHAT YOU'VE DONE, META KNIGHT." Jigglypuff used Pound on his cheek.
"OW! WHAT DID I DO?!"
"YOU CALLED HIM FAT."
"NO I DIDN'T! I SAID HE WAS GOING TO GET FAT. THERE'S A DIFFERENCE!"
"There's no difference!" Jigglypuff shouted. "Regardless, you made him sad! Now apologize!"
"Why should I apologize if it's the truth?!"
Meanwhile, Pac-Man continued eating towers of food.
"Aw, it's okay, Kirby!" Popo patted the pink ball's back.
"Yeah, we don't care if you get fat!" Nana told.
Kirby's tears grew stronger. Then, he wailed, which then paused Pac-Man's eating.
"LOOK WHAT YOU DID, NANA!" Jigglypuff yelled.
"WHAT DID I DO?!" she exclaimed.
"Look, just stop saying the F word!" Jigglypuff said.
"Fact?" Popo said.
"Fabulous?" Nana asked.
"Fast?" Little Mac questioned.
"Floccinaucinihilipilification?" Meta Knight asked.
"Wakka?" Pac-Man said.
Kirby cried even louder.
"PAC-MAN, WHAT DID I SAY?!" Jigglypuff yelled.
"WAKKA-WAKKA?!"
Suddenly, Fem-Wii zoomed to the area. "DID I HEAR SOMEONE SAY 'FAT'?" she exclaimed. "WHO FAT? I HELP!"
"Poy…" Kirby mumbled.
"NO WORRIES, LITTLE PINK MONSTER. HERE."
Fem-Wii handed Kirby a pamphlet with a CD held inside of it. "Poyo?"
"MY FAT-LOSS PROGRAM. WATCH IT. USE IT."
"…?"
"Oh, here you go, I have a CD player for you." Little Mac pulled out a small machine out of nowhere and handed it to Kirby. He placed the disc inside and the program began to immediately play.
On the screen was Fem-Wii continuously doing sit-ups. "EVERYTIME YOU EAT RAMEN, DO SIX SIT-UPS."
In a quick response to the video, Fem-Wii laid down on the floor and got into the sit-up position. "EVERYTIME YOU EAT RAMEN, DO SIX SIT-UPS!"
"Poyo!" Fire began to glow in Kirby's eyes. He then began to do sit-ups with Fem-Wii on the cafeteria floor.
"…Should I say something?" Meta Knight commented.
"SIT UPS?!" Wii-Wii heard the commotion and joined the two of them into doing sit-ups. "EVERYTIME YOU EAT SIX CUPS OF RAMEN, DO ONE SIT UP!"
"…No, I think they're fine." Jigglypuff resumed to eating her food.
"Those guys sure are rowdy," Toon Link said, staring from afar.
"Are they bothering you?" Villager said. He pulled out his axe in an instant. "Shall I axe them—"
"NO!" Toon Link immediately reacted.
"Quite a friend you got yourself there, Toon Link," Pit commented.
Toon Link sighed, and resumed to eating his food.
"Is that a compliment?" Villager asked.
"Uh, sure?" Pit answered.
"Aw, you're so nice!" Villager told. "I'll be sure to—BURN YOUR PRECIOUS WINGS—give you a super friendly hug later!"
"Aa—no, that's okay!" Pit kindly rejected. He slightly retreated in his seat, hesitantly eating his tray.
"So how come you are called 'Villager', if you don't mind me asking?" Shulk asked.
"Because I'm from a village!" Villager responded.
"A simple explanation for a rather peculiar name," Shulk told.
"You think everyone's name is weird in some way," Pit commented.
"Well, I think it's a cute name!" Palutena told.
"Aw, thank you lady!" Villager reacted.
"'Lady?!'" Pit repeated. "Villager, that's a goddess you're speaking to!"
"It's okay, Pit," Palutena told. "I'm a camper now, so I have to be treated like one."
"Hmph, that's lame," Dark Pit commented as he inserted food into his mouth.
Palutena stamped the dark angel's foot. "I'm sorry, Pittoo, what was that?"
Food shot out of his mouth as he screamed. "AGH—NOTHING!"
Villager chuckled. "You're funny, lady! I like you—I'll kill you last."
"Oh we'll see about that." Palutena exchanged "friendly" smiles with Villager, as if they both knew they were going to be very best friends.
"IKE, HE SCARES ME!" Link cried.
Ike didn't pay the swordsman any attention as he was focused on enjoying his sandwich.
Link turned over to Marth. "MARTH, HE SCARES ME!"
"Who scares you?" Marth asked. Link subtly pointed to Villager, who waved a friendly hand to the handsome hero king.
"Nothing to be scared of, Link," Marth told. "He's just a little boy." He resumed to eating his food.
Link had stared at Villager who was chatting with Pit and Shulk across from them. Then, for a brief moment, while no one else was looking, he made eye contact with Link. Along with a short smirk, there was a murderous intent in the young boy's eyes.
"EEP—!"
"That Link character…" Lucina mumbled.
"Hm?" Robin set her spoon down. "What about him?"
"He's rather…" Lucina didn't finish her sentence.
Robin, who subtly observed everyone's behaviors during dinner, observed Link for greater brief moment. She noticed Link's fear of Villager, and then recalled previous behaviors as to how Link had acted.
"Yes, he's rather…unique," Robin said.
"You see it too, Mother?" Lucina asked.
"I can see it very well," Robin replied. "The same goes for the Hero King and the Radiant Hero."
"Oh my, Mother…!" Lucina gasped.
"What? It's not so hard noticing how ridiculous their behaviors are."
"…Oh, you were talking about how they acted?" Lucina asked.
"What did you think I was referring to?" Robin asked.
"Oh, just how perfect yaoi material they are."
Robin facepalmed.
"What?! You said no yaoi before dinner!"
Robin grumbled. Technically, she was right. "I'm going to go get another plate." She left the seat momentarily.
Chrom sighed. "You drive your mother crazy, you know." Lucina chuckled in response.
"So how do you eat?" Sonic asked ROB.
"Bzzzt." A compartment opened up in the middle of ROB's body, in which he simply threw both the food and plates in. Then ROB played a small hum that sounded like a burping noise.
"That's so cool!" Mega Man exclaimed.
The Duck Hunt duo moved closer to ROB out of curiosity. The duck poked at ROB's body.
"I recommend not doing that," Olimar told the duck.
"Why's that?" Sonic asked.
"Earlier when my Pikmin poked at ROB's body, his whole body malfunctioned and his lasers went out of control, disintegrating everything around him. Some of my Pikmin died from him."
Duck Hunt duo shrieked and backed away quickly.
"How'd he get fixed?" Sonic asked.
"Oh, Peach smashed ROB with a hammer and then fixed him back up in a few seconds."
"Peach did what—?" Sonic gasped.
"It's true, I saw it too," Mega Man said. "I could have fixed ROB instead, but Peach stepped in and did something really simple. She is really something."
Sonic looked over to the princess who was eating at another table. "I have a feeling she's more than just something…"
"FALCON—LUNCH!" Captain Falcon threw his food up into the air before catching it all into his mouth, chewing it pleasingly.
"HAHA!" Snake laughed at the other man's talent.
"Do it again!" Falco asked.
"Sure thing!" Captain Falcon replied. He tossed his plate into the air with a certain amount of strength and angle. As he expected, the food slid off of his plate in a single line, ready to fall on him.
"FALCON LUNCH!" The food fell straight into his mouth. Then, he extended his arm and caught the plate.
"Awesome!" Falco exclaimed.
"Hmph, noisy fools," Bowser growled.
"Agreed," Ganondorf remarked.
"Daddy, why does he say 'lunch' when it's dinner?" Bowser Jr. asked.
"Just ignore him."
"But…it's so hard to ignore! The way he does it is so cool!"
"Junior," Bowser firmly called. "Just eat your food."
"But I'm already done."
"Then play on your iPhone or something."
"Okay!" Bowser Jr. simultaneously pulled out his six iPhones and started to play different games on each of them.
"Why does your child have six iPhones?" Ganondorf asked.
"I gave them to him as a reward for getting good grades," Bowser answered.
"Good grades?" Ganondorf repeated.
"Papa's really nice to me when I show him my report cards!" Bowser Jr. stated. While he reverted his attention back to his game, Ganondorf still had a confused look.
"Hah!" Wario scoffed. "Spoiled brat."
"WHAT DID YOU SAY ABOUT MY DAUGHTER?!" Bowser roared.
"…I thought you were a boy?" Ganondorf asked.
"Oh, just ignore him about that," Bowser Jr. replied.
"You heard me!" Wario exclaimed. "You're a terrible father that spoiled your child!"
"DO NOT TELL ME HOW I SPOIL MY CHILD!"
"And what're you gonna do about it?" Wario teased by shaking his butt at the Koopa king. Out of anger, Bowser quickly reacted by grabbing a handful of food despite the mess and slammed it onto Wario. The force caused Wario to break the seat and sink into the floor. Nearby tables heard the sound and directed their attention to them.
"OH, YOU WANT SOME?!" Wario jumped out of the hole and gorged on both his food and tray. Then, he snatched some of Ganondorf's food.
"Hey—!" Ganondorf reacted.
Before the dark man could do anything else, Wario quickly turned his body around and pointed his bottom at Bowser.
"Eat this!"
On cue, Wario forced his consumption into quick gas, and blasted a cloud at Bowser.
"UGUGH!" Bowser fell backwards, crashing onto the table. One of Bowser Jr's iPhones was smashed in the process.
"NOO! I WAS ON LEVEL 801 ON THAT GAME!" Bowser Jr. cried. "THAT'S IT!" he pulled out his paintbrush and smothered it with food. Then, he forcefully dabbed it on Wario's face.
"Is that a food fight?" Fox questioned.
"Looks like it!" Wolf exclaimed, throwing mashed potatoes at Fox's face.
"Hey—! What did I do?!"
"Nothing, but who cares?!" Wolf continued throwing food at Fox, who used his tray as a shield.
"WHY DO YOU ALWAYS DO THIS TO ME?!" Fox threw his tray full of splattered food at his enemy. However, Wolf ducked down. The tray continued to fly and hit Bowser Jr., who fell backwards.
Bowser's fatherly instincts caused him to spring right up back to life. "HOW DARE YOU!" He grabbed Wario, stunned by his son, and threw him at Fox and Wolf. The two of them quickly reacted and pulled out their reflectors, sending him flying to Captain Falcon and Snake. Both of them were downed, with Wario flopping away.
"OH HALEEEEE NO," Snake sprung back up. "YOU DO NOT HIT MY BEST FRIEND."
"I'm your best friend?" Captain Falcon also sprang up.
"Yeah, are you not?"
"Oh, yay!" Captain Falcon smiled brightly.
"Anyways," Snake pulled out his rocket launcher and stuffed it with food. "DIE." He shot a big ball of mushy food, wide enough to hit both Bowser and Ganondorf.
The louder noises immediately caught everyone's attention. Peach left her seat and walked towards the guilty tables.
"What is going on over here?!" she exclaimed.
Ganondorf looked down at his clothes. He was splattered with loads of food. His face started to furiously red. He stood back up, with a very visible dark aura.
"HOW DARE YOU!" he yelled. He conjured a black sphere, sucking in all nearby food: from his clothes, the messes on Bowser and Bowser Jr., Robin's plate, as well as draining big pots of soup from the Lumas' kitchen. After compressing all of the food into the ball, he sent it flying at his opponents.
Snake quickly ducked, pulling Captain Falcon down. Fox, Falco and Wolf also hit the deck, knowing that their reflectors would be a little too slow. The sphere of food eventually hit Greninja, knocking him down.
"Ganondorf!" Peach exclaimed. The brute ignored the woman's call.
Greninja pushed himself up, his senses now sharpened. Thinking it was Lucario that sent the sphere attack, he reacted by throwing his tray at the other Pokémon. However, Lucario sensed the incoming food and turned around, using one palm to block it.
Greninja continued to throw additional bits of food, combining them with his Water Shuriken. Lucario dodged and blocked, and once found an opening, retaliated with food as well.
"Both of you, stop this instant!" Peach yelled.
"A food fight?" Pit commented. Then, meatloaf was slapped in his face.
"What the—?!" Pit looked around and saw that Palutena was looking away innocently.
"What?" she questioned.
"How could you—?!"
"It wasn't me, Pit! How could you think that?" Palutena said. Then, she caught notice of Villager holding a sign next to her that said, "It was her." She used telekinesis to slap a wad of food on him.
"Oh, you want to play, lady?" Villager questioned. He pulled out his slingshot. "Then let's play—TO THE DEATH!"
Palutena levitated more food to her sides. "BRING IT."
"No! Both of you, stop!" Pit asked.
Dark Pit interrupted him by throwing his plate at the white-winged angel.
"Hah!" exclaimed Dark Pit.
"Oh, that is it!" Pit jumped across the table and slammed food into the other angel. The two of them began to have a struggle.
"Villager, no!" Toon Link tried to stop him, but his face was slapped with food. The cause was Link.
"I GOT YOU!" Link exclaimed.
"Ooh, NOW YOU'RE GONNA GET IT!" Toon Link grabbed his food and combined it with a bomb, throwing it at his older self.
"OH GOD NO!" Link hid behind Marth.
"Huh, wha—?!" Marth saw the incoming bomb. He whipped out his sword and used a counter, knocking the bomb into Ike's sandwich. However, that was a big mistake.
The bomb had disintegrated Ike's sandwich. The swordsman's eyes widened and then he roared.
"MY SANDWIIIIIIIIICH! WHO DID THIS?!"
Link and Marth pointed at each other. "It was him!"
"GRAAAAH!" Ike flipped the whole table, everyone's plates landing on everyone, except Shulk, who stepped back.
"Can we all just please calm down?!" Shulk asked. As a response, he was barraged with food from everywhere.
"…" Shulk pulled out his Monado. "NOW I'M REALLY FEELING IT!" He joined in on the fight as well.
"Come now, you're all acting uncivilly!" Chrom yelled. Lucina painted curry sauce onto her father's face.
"Lucina!" he exclaimed.
"Sorry, I couldn't help it!" she laughed.
Chrom chuckled. "Very well then, let us duel!"
"Both of you, cease!" Robin yelled. The two of them froze. "Don't stoop to their levels!"
"But Mother…!" Lucina protested.
Then, Robin smiled, and casted Elwind to whip up a barrage of food to spray at her family. "Got'cha!"
"Oh, she wants to play too, Lucina!" Chrom said.
"Shall we team up for now?" Lucina said, smiling.
"Hey, no fair!" Robin smirked, backing away.
Food was now flying everywhere, as nearly everyone was throwing food at one another. Rosalina retreated her Lumas back into the kitchen, shielding herself with gravitational pulls as she hurried along. The Luma chefs shut down the food line, hiding behind the safety of an iron curtain.
"All of you, stop! Stop right now!" Peach yelled. Samus joined Peach's side.
"Stop right now, or you're all going to be in trouble!" Samus yelled.
Immediately, Peach and Samus felt something wet on their backs. They had been hit with food.
"Goodness…!" Peach grumbled "I SAID STOP!"
They were both ignored, proven by a slap of food in both of their faces.
"…"
"…"
"Sammy?" Peach called, preparing a food snowball.
"Yes?" replied Samus, awaiting the magic word.
"Punishment."
Samus' eyes glowed fiery red. She grabbed two huge piles of food with just her hands.
"PUNISHMENT!"
…
…
…Grumble.
"…I'm hungry."
I looked in the direction of the cafeteria, which was just the other wall of the cabin.
I was regretting not following everyone to the cafeteria. I probably should have gone to go eat. But perhaps by now it might be too late. Maybe there was a food line that closed after a certain time? And it's already been a little while since I got here.
Suddenly, I heard the creaking stairs of the cabin entrance. What sounded like a footstep was actually someone about to enter the cabin. I turned my head, seeing a darkened figure of a cabin mate.
"Lucas?" called Ness' voice. He entered, shoulder first as to push the door open. In his hands, he carried two plates of food.
"Ness?" I mouthed.
"I was wondering where you were," Ness told. He gently kicked the door closed behind him, flicking on the light switch with his arm. Then, he grinned at me. "That's my bed, you know."
I sat up. "I know." He sat down next to me, handing me one of the food plates. I didn't realize what it was until he waved it in front of my face.
Omelets. My favorite food of all. How did he know?
"How…?" I asked.
"Peach had a list of everyone's favorite foods, and the Lumas did make everyone's favorite. I brought yours for you to eat."
I grinned, taking the plate from him. "Thanks."
"So why didn't you come to the cafeteria?" Ness asked.
"I didn't feel like it."
"What's wrong?" he questioned. "Scared of crowds or something?"
"No, it's not that," I said. "I just wanted to be alone and think for a while."
"Think about what?"
"About…what you said, back at the Smash Center."
"What I said?"
"You said I was a psychic." I looked at him. "And you said you're a psychic."
"Yeah?"
"…Is it true?" I asked.
"Of course it's true," Ness asked. "I'm a psychic."
"But…me too?"
"What do you mean?" Ness blinked.
"I never knew I was a psychic. I don't even know if I have anything psychic-related."
"You don't know yourself?" Ness asked.
"Yeah…so how could you tell if I am one?"
"I could sense it," Ness said. "It's a weird thing, but I can tell if someone has the potential for psychic powers."
"Do you know what kind of powers I have?"
Ness paused for a moment. "I'm not sure myself. Only you can tell, but in due time, it'll come to you."
"Well, what kind of powers do you have?"
"Haha, not a lot," he said. "I can teleport, but that takes a lot of energy for me. For now, I can read minds, or talk by telepathy."
"Really?"
"Yep!" Ness grinned.
"Hm, then read my mind?" I asked.
I put a sentence in my head, trying to publicize it within all of my mind so that he can focus on it. He closed his eyes, and I waited.
In a few seconds, he spoke. "You're thanking me for bringing you your omelet."
"That's right," I told him. He actually read my mind.
"Well, you're welcome," Ness said. We both smiled at each other. "Hey, so try reading my mind?"
"How do I do that?" I asked.
"Just clear your thoughts, and imagine sending yourself inside my head. There's a lot of things to hear inside every head, but if you practice hard enough, you'll eventually only hear what you want to hear."
"Okay…" I set down my food and closed my eyes. I calmed my whole body, clearing my head of unimportant thoughts. I only left a black void of nothing in my head. Then, I tried to focus myself within Ness' mind. I waited in the silence, and tried to listen with all my spirit.
I heard something very faint ring within my head. But I was not completely sure if it was Ness' voice, or if I had just imagined it.
"I don't know…" I told Ness.
"I guess your powers aren't strong yet," Ness said. "Mind reading and telepathy is basic, but it can be tough too. While focusing is important, the distance between the reader and the recipient can make a difference."
"The distance? So I have to be closer to someone to read their mind?"
"Yeah," Ness answered. "Although this is close already…"
I sighed. I was really eager to try out mind reading.
"Well, I know one way for mind reading to work completely," Ness told.
"What is it?" I asked.
"Um…" Ness set his plate aside. "We kind of have to get closer."
"Like this?" I scooted closer to him, our legs touching.
"Closer than that," he said.
How much closer can he mean? I looked at the leftover distance between us. Our faces were just some inches apart. I realized he was talking about this distance, and I became a little reluctant.
I leaned my head forward a little. "…Closer than this?" I asked.
Ness leaned forward as well. He slowly closed the distance between us, taking little pauses to make sure that I wasn't making any sudden moves. Our foreheads were just a tiny bit apart.
"Okay, I'm going to think about a food," Ness told. "Try to see if you can read it."
I closed my eyes and focused again.
…
…
…
"…ak…"
I heard him. Slightly clearer, but still a soft voice. I was satisfied regardless, because I confirmed it wasn't me imagining things. I was actually a mind reader—a psychic.
"Kinda hear it…" I said, my eyes still closed.
…
"…Now?"
I felt something hit my forehead. I didn't bother to find out what it was because it was after that impact that I heard Ness' voice become instantly clear.
"Steak."
"…Steak?" I repeated.
"You got it," Ness answered.
"I read your mind…" I said. I opened my eyes. Ness head was just touching mine.
"N-Ness?!"
"What is it?"
"You're touching my head—wait, are we talking? Through our heads?"
"This is telepathy. I forgot to also mention telepathy also depends on distance."
"We're talking through our minds! I really am a psychic!"
"I told you so."
"But wait…you're still touching my forehead…"
"That's kind of the best distance for the best telepathic communication."
"Oh…"
"Do you find it uncomfortable?"
"No…it's kind of nic—"
I quickly pulled my head away.
Ness opened his eyes. "It's what?"
What was I just about to say? It was nice? It was nice touching our foreheads? At such a distance?
"…Nothing," I said.
"Oh, okay then." Ness retreated back and retrieved his plate. "So, any other questions?"
"No, not really," I said. "Well, I'm hungry, so let's eat."
"Mm-hm." Ness was about to dig in until he paused. "Oh, wanna go back to the cafeteria?"
I shrugged my shoulders, grinning. "Sure! It won't hurt."
Suddenly, we heard running footsteps outside. A certain set of steps grew louder, and the familiarity of the gradually rising sound notified me that someone was heading towards our cabin.
With heavy steps, the door was pushed open. Toon Link was gasping for breath as he dragged a happy Villager into the cabin. Both of them were smothered in a mess of food, having a very exotic odor as well.
"What the…?" Ness asked.
"What happened to you guys?" I asked.
"Food fight!" Villager exclaimed, happily raising his arms forward. "It was fun!"
Toon Link was still gasping. "PEACH AND—huff—SAMUS—huff—THE EMBODIMENTS—huff—OF EVIL!"
"What?" we reacted.
"Peach and Samus pretty much destroyed everyone in the food fight," Villager translated.
"Got out of there…just in time," Toon Link breathed.
"Was it that bad?" Ness asked.
"YOU GET BACK HERE AND TAKE YOUR PUNISHMENT!" yelled Samus' voice.
"RUUUN!" yelled the voice of Snake. "RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!"
"AAAAH!" screamed the voices of Bowser, Bowser Jr., Wario, and various others.
"YOU'RE GONNA FEEL IT NOW, SHULK!" shouted Peach.
"I'M SORRY!" Shulk pleaded.
"LINK, YOU'RE GOING TO PAY FOR RUINING MY HAIR!" Zelda screamed.
"OH GOD RUN FROM THE DEMON!" yelled Link.
"IKE, WE'RE SORRY!" Marth yelled.
"NOT UNTIL YOU PAY FOR MY SANDWICH!" screamed Ike.
"MY YAOI MEN! DON'T RUN AWAY FROM ME~!" Lucina chased after the three swordsmen.
"LUCINA, WHAT HAVE WE TOLD YOU?!" Robin and Chrom followed their daughter.
"Oh, Pi~it, LET ME PURIFY YOU!" Palutena sang.
"WHY ARE YOU CHASING ME?!" Pit cried.
"AND ME TOO?!" yelled Dark Pit.
"…"
"…"
Ness and I looked at each other. We had a very quick telepathic communication and agreed to forget the commotion and eat our dinner.
The screams outside eventually died out, and the night grew calmer. Once everyone had been reprimanded appropriately by Peach and Samus, everyone cleaned up by using the cabin bathrooms or the public showers. Toon Link and Villager used our cabin, and agreed on taking turns to use the bathroom. However, Ness and I saw Villager picking the lock on the door and peeped in on Toon Link for a little while.
For our own good, we stayed silent about it.
Soon, it was bedtime. The four of us changed into our pajamas and climbed into our respective beds.
I stared at the ceiling for a little while after getting under the blanket. I realized I had forgotten to thank Ness about teaching me about being a psychic.
Since I didn't want to ruin the silent night, I tried calling out to him by telepathy. The peaceful situation allowed me to easily try to connect to Ness' mind. However, it seemed like I still didn't have a lot of psychic power, because I called out to him numerous times and there was no answer. Perhaps the distance between us was too strong, even though he was right below me. I acknowledged it as another measure of my power, and I was a little sad about it.
"Lucas?"
"Ness?"
"Yeah, it's me. Telepathy again."
"But I was just trying to reach you just then…"
"Oh, so you were trying to talk to me?"
"Yeah…how come you can reach me so easily?"
"All I have to do to start telepathy is just putting myself in your mind. I can do it simply because I'm more familiar with my powers, so I don't need to be too close. As long as the conversation is started somehow, we can keep talking easily."
"Oh, okay…"
"So did you need something?"
"I just wanted to thank you for teaching me about being a psychic."
"Oh, you're welcome!"
"Hehe…yeah…"
"Hey, wanna know what Villager's thinking about?"
"…Sure?"
"…"
"…"
"…He's thinking about kissing Toon Link. Hah."
"Sounds like him. How about Toon Link?"
"…"
"…"
"…He's dreaming about raising pigs on a farm."
"…Weird."
"Yeah, I know."
"So you can read minds at any time?"
"Yeah. Just have to get used to using some energy for it. But it's fun when you get the hang of it."
"Don't people get a little upset at you for reading their minds?"
"Well, I don't tell them that I'm reading their minds, unless I have to."
"Makes sense. Wait, have you been reading my mind before?"
"…A couple of times."
"…Meanie."
"Sorry, I kind of wanted to make sure I was hanging out with a good guy."
"You thought I might have been bad?"
"Well, no. You looked like a nice guy at first. And it turned out you were."
"Oh, good."
"…I heard you yawn. Tired?"
"Yeah."
"Ready to sleep now?"
"Mm-hm. Good night, Ness."
"G'night, Lucas."
After that, I didn't hear anything from him again. My mind was to myself now. I smiled as I went to sleep.
I think I'll have fun at this camp.