Hey, everyone! I have to go to work later, so I wanted to upload this chapter before I forgot. Spoiler alert: it's not nearly as excited as the last few chapters. That being said, it's still an important chapter to read. It's also a lot shorter than the previous chapters in this fanfiction, and I apologize. I promise to make the next chapter much, much longer!

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"Just close your eyes."

Those four words sounded simple enough to the average person. But to Shulk, they simply confused the hell out of him.

"Close my eyes? Why?" he asked point blank.

"I think it'll help you recall your vision," explained Lucina. "Your mind will have no choice but to focus on remembering your vision, rather than get distracted by, say, the light. Just give it a try."

"Makes sense," said Shulk. He lied down on his bed and closed his eyes.

The two were in his dorm room, and they were about to start compiling a list of who was going to die, and in what order. The idea of having to actually do this scared both Shulk and Lucina, but neither one of them would ever admit it out loud to the other. They ignored that glaringly obvious fact to focus on the very important task at hand.

"So, how will this work?" asked Shulk.

"Whenever you see someone die, just say their name out loud. Don't worry, I'll be sure to make a note of it," answered Lucina. "I have a pen and paper by my side, ready to write."

Shulk nodded before relaxing. He thought back to the vision, and tried to concentrate solely on those who had died. He skimmed through the parts where Wario and Ike died, and tried to figure out who was next.

"Z-Zelda…" he muttered when he saw her in his vision.

Lucina scribbled the name down on the paper hastily.

"She was in rough shape… but… I don't know if she died," continued Shulk in a thoughtful manner.

Hmm… Lucina thought. She considered crossing off Zelda's name because of his uncertainty, but ultimately decided against it.

"Wii Fit Trainer!" Shulk blurted out suddenly. He calmed down before continuing. "She… she was the next to die."

Lucina wrote down her name as well. "And then?"

Shulk recalled Little Mac running alongside him and Lucina, and then him flying off after getting hit by a firework. When his body got pierced by the chain-link fence, Shulk gasped and opened his eyes, scared.

"What did you see?" asked Lucina.

"L-Little Mac," he sputtered out.

"Shh… calm down. I know all this is hard to do, but remember: it's for a good reason."

"Sorry." Shulk shut his eyes again, while Lucina wrote Little Mac's name down.

"Who's the next to die?" she questioned.

Shulk's mind dove straight into the vision again. He was quiet for several minutes until he saw a familiar blonde woman enter his mind. At first, he thought it was Peach. But then he realized that the woman he was thinking about was taller, and her hair was shorter.

"Rosalina…" he mumbled. "And… and Mario was next."

"Mario?"

"Mmm… yeah."

Lucina made sure she recorded their names in the proper order. She finally asked the one question she'd been dreading the most.

"What about you… and me?"

Shulk racked his brain to try and answer Lucina's question. But when his vision concluded playing in his mind, he forced his eyes open again. He gasped widely, like he had just been saved from drowning in the ocean. Lucina dropped the pen and paper to shake some sense into him.

"Shulk! Shulk, calm down! Snap out of it!" she scolded.

It took several minutes, but Shulk finally managed to calm down. He gathered his thoughts to reveal the dreadful truth.

"You die, and then I die."

Lucina shuffled away from him in order to clearly process what he had just said. So many emotions flooded her mind all at once: sadness, horror, shock, and even disbelief. She knew that Shulk would never lie to her about something so terrifying, but it's not like that made it better. She let out a shocked sigh she hadn't realized she'd been holding in, and nodded.

"We can change our fate," she said with hardened determination. "I'm going to make sure of it!"

"We will," chimed in Shulk. "But we need to get going. Who did I say was next?"

Lucina went back to her paper, and quickly scanned it. "Uh… Zelda was the first name you said just now. But you also said that you didn't see her death."

"That's true, I didn't," pointed out Shulk. "Maybe she'll be fine then."

"That doesn't matter," countered Lucina. "We must warn her of what's to come, just like we must warn the other Smashers on the list."

"Of course. We better get going. Do you know where Zelda might be?"

"I heard she had a Brawl against Ganondorf, but that happened quite a while ago. She could be anywhere now."

Shulk paused to think of where Zelda could've gone. A light bulb soon went off in his head.

"What?" asked Lucina, confused.

"I think I have an idea of where she might be," revealed Shulk. "Follow me!"

There ya go! I know I left you all on a cliffhanger, but I hope that you all still enjoyed this new chapter. :)

Please review, and don't forget to stay tuned for chapter 4! :D

- Elizabeth