A/N: Fourth letter. Lucas learns that not everyone's stories are bright and cheery.
Dear Kumatora,
I went to Master Hand the minute you wrote to me about wanting to get into the manor. He told me apparently what he tells everyone else; that he'll look into it. He explained that some of the Smashers ask about this all the time, and he doesn't want you to be disappointed if you don't get in.
Speaking of Master Hand, today he announced that the stories of all the Smashers would be archived into what he called the "Chronicle Room." It's a place where their adventures are recorded into books and video games. Obviously, the games were popular among the younger Smashers. Of course, I wanted to see about Ness' adventures; he's always interested me since I saw him use PSI. At first, his adventure was light-hearted; in fact, everything up until the end was light-hearted. I finally understand why he's always so carefree... what he went through wasn't nearly as bad as what we had to do... or at least, that's what I thought until I got to the end. I've always wondered what Ness' final battle was like, but he always ignored my question or changed the subject. I thought he just didn't want to spoil it for me... but when I had to play through it in his game, I realized that more than anything, he didn't want to REMEMBER it.
The last battle – or final boss if you'd prefer – was something I can only describe as the embodiment of evil. In fact, that's how Pokey described it. It's name was Giygas, and from what I can describe, it was a disembodied... skull. It was made of what looked like blood-red gas that kept morphing in and out of shape, like it was trying to turn into something, but every time it morphed back into that screaming face. And that's not even the scariest part; when I found out its weakness, it turned into something worse. The TV screen was filled with those faces, and the music – if you want to call it that, it sounded more like a Super Nintendo's attempt at making screaming noises – got gradually worse until I finally beat the thing. And all the while, it was using some kind of invisible PSI and moaning incoherent things, most of which were Ness' name. I'm surprised I managed to sit through the entire fight, which took a long time, and I can't get the image out of my head. I can't even begin to imagine how terrified Ness was when he fought that thing for real.
I decided that I'd rather read the books in the Chronicles Room after that, rather than run the risk of seeing nightmares made real like Giygas again. I read Samus' story next, and the first part of it shocked me; like me, she lost her parents, but when she was only three years old. I had to do a double take before I believed it; I never would've thought that anyone in the manor had it worse than me before then. Now I understand why Samus was so cold to everyone.
From what I can tell out of the "heroes" in the mansion, Samus, Ness and I have been through the worst out all the Smashers. Except for the villains, everyone else's stories are really light-hearted, almost funny. Even people who are supposed to be dead are Smashers, or at least Assist Trophies. And as I write that, I remember Claus; I still haven't seen him. But all of the Assist Trophies haven't arrived yet, so I still have my fingers crossed.
But for now, I feel so lonely. I have plenty of friends here at the mansion – Ness, the other kids here, and Samus warmed up to me when she read through MY story; I guess she has some sympathy for me – but I still miss my old friends, especially you, Kumatora. I never realized how much I'd actually miss you until I'd been here so long... I really hope you get into the Manor.
~Yours Truly,
Lucas
A/N: I think it's somewhat of a crime that Giygas didn't make an appearance in Mother 3, but then again I hate the sight of the thing anyway.
