A/N:
How many chapters is this now? I dunno... I mean, the working title of this chapter literally was "Palucina Chap Thing" since I forgot. Anyway, sorry for the delay. One might think I have a lot of free time since I'm not in school currently, but I have how many active stories? And to top that off, there's my let's plays... Eh. Well, I did finish the Subspace lp, so there's that at least. Right, I'm going off topic. It's about time we get back to the story, yeah? Anyway, be sure to sit back, R&R, and most of all, enjoy! :3
Lucina once more found herself wandering the halls of the Smash mansion. Even after the time she had spent in this tournament, the mansion still seemed like a maze to her. Look for Palutena. She thought as she continued her search. Pit said she could help. I need help. That's what Pit said… Why do I listen to him? Shouldn't Robin be getting more help right now? Male… Robin… Gods, this is confusing.
Shaking these thoughts away, the princess continued on in her search. This should be the correct wing of the mansion. Yes, this was the women's wing of the mansion. Why didn't she visit Palutena before…? Well, there never was a need except for opening day when everyone was required to greet all the newcomers. Yes, even other newcomers had to do this as well. Lucina could remember how lost she was in the mansion that day, but some of the veterans were quite helpful in guiding the princess the correct ways.
Finally the princess found herself outside the correct door. The tell? Well, every smasher had a nameplate on their door, and Palutena's was quite unique in that hers along with Pit and Dark Pit's names were all written with different characters than the others. An ancient alphabet, as Lucina learned from the upbeat angel himself. She knocked on the door a few times, waiting for a response from the goddess.
"Oh, don't tell me I'm late again." A voice sounded from inside. The door opened with the goddess rushing out, clutching onto a green and gold folder.
"Hey!" The princess shouted as she stumbled back into the opposite wall.
Palutena stopped in her tracks, turning back to look at the one she knocked over. "Oh, sorry about that. I was just…" The goddess looked up to a clock that hung above the princess' head. "Never mind then…"
Lucina picked herself back up, rubbing her sore neck. "Never mind what?" She asked in her curiosity.
By the time the swordswoman looked back over to Palutena, the goddess had already headed back to her room. She leaned against the door, waiting for her guest to enter. "Well?"
"Oh!" Lucina stepped forward, accepting the invitation.
Palutena shut the door leading her guest forth. "Such a shame that hand won't let us have larger rooms…" She started.
Meanwhile, Lucina was looking around, amazed with what Palutena had already done with the place. Gold leaf decorating the furnishings, walls that looked like the sky itself. Lucina stopped in the center of the room, thinking about how she only added a weapons rack in her own room. Hers felt so bare now.
"…I mean, I'd love to add some columns at least, but no~" The goddess waved a hand in front of her guest's face. "Hello! Is anyone in there?"
Lucina shook her head as she snapped out of her musings. "Uh. Sorry about that." She stated, attempting to apologize.
"Oh, no worries." The other beamed. She headed over to a mini-fridge, which seemed to blend in with the rest of the decorations, pulling out an apple which she took a none-to-graceful chomp out of. "So what brings you here?"
"Pit sent me." The swordswoman quickly answered. "See, I'd been having this problem with my shoulder…"
The goddess had already circled her guest, pulling a hand up to her chin as she listened to the princess' story. She let out a grin, knowing what exactly was needed for this situation. "Speak no more! I have just the solution." She led the princess over to a chair, seating the princess as she stepped back, crackling her knuckles. "Now relax and let your dear Palutena and her powers of healing handle this whole mess."
"What?" Lucina gasped, as she was turned around so that her front was now leaning against the chair's back, one of Captain Falcon's posters right up against a wall before her. "But I-" She cut off as she felt the goddess' hands start to massage her sore back.
"Oof… Someone's tense." The goddess commented, not seeming to care for the deepening hue of her guest's face as she moved up her shoulders. "Seems someone has a lot of stress in their life, huh?"
"Well I…"
Palutena let out a hush as she continued. "Ah, but perhaps some yoga would help manage said stress, hmm? Can't tell you how much it's helped me. Gotta say, it's one of the last things I expected to hear from Pandora back in the day, but I took her words to heart, and they paid off. We do have that Wii Fit Trainer here… perhaps we should see her?"
"T-Together?"
"Well, why not? And while we're at it, invite everyone from the club to go as well?"
"What club?"
Palutena stopped her work, and looked back over to the file she had placed on the desk before them, heading over to pick it back up. "Might as well show you since you're here!" She said with a shrug. "Now how do you feel after our little therapy session?"
Lucina stood back up, rotating her shoulders as she felt quite relieved. She never expected the goddess to be such a good masseuse. "Pretty nice, actually. I'm surprised."
"Never doubt a goddess." Palutena said with an absent wave of her hand. "Now come on, might as well show you that little group of ours."
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Palutena ended up leading the princess to the mansion's library. It was decent size. Well, for some of the occupants of the mansion, it did have to be quite large. Bowser, oddly enough, was quite a frequent visitor. Of course, he was always taking those Kidnapping Princesses for Dummies-type books. More often than not though, it would be filled with assist characters rather than actual tournament contestants. Then again, the assists had much more free time than regular smashers, so why not?
"Ah, there they are." The goddess sounded, looking over towards a circular table with four smashers already in discussion. She led her guest over to the group and pulled up a few seats, taking her own and setting the folder down before her.
Lucina gulped as she looked around the table. Zelda and Peach were in their own discussion, meanwhile Ganondorf, of anyone that could have been there, was scribbling in a notepad, and wearing reading glasses that looked surprisingly good on him. "Lucina," An expectant looking Female Robin greeted. "Can't say I expected you here. Take a seat, we were just about to get started."
The princess looked down to the padded chair that Palutena was kind enough to pull up for her. "R-Right." She nodded nervously before taking her seat.
"Now then," Zelda started, getting the attention of everyone in the group. "Let us begin our weekly Fanfiction of Smash meeting."
Lucina's eyes widened as she heard what the Hylian princess had to say. This was a fanfiction club? The young Ylissean usually avoided such meetings, as she'd been dragged into them before by her mother back during the war. It always ended poorly for the time-travelling swordswoman.
"So, today, Palutena is actually on time. A big surprise there." Zelda stated, earning a few chuckles from the others. "Unfortunately, our other Robin couldn't be with us today." She continued, casting a glare towards the female Robin. "But Palutena has been kind enough to bring a guest to this week's meeting. Lucina, we're happy to have you here with us today."
"Uh… you're welcome." The swordswoman replied, casting her gaze down to her lap.
"So… Pal, you said you finished another chapter of that romance story of yours?" Peach beamed. "I've been wanting to know what happened to Ike after his lover's kidnapping…"
Ike? "We're writing about the other competitors?" Lucina interjected.
Ganondorf pulled away his reading glasses, stuffing them into a pocket no one really knew he had inside that cape of his. "Not all the time, but the others certainly aren't off-limits."
Lucina shut up, watching Palutena pick the folder she had brought along back up again. When the goddess opened the folder, she pulled out several documents which were stapled together in groups. Enough for everyone at the table. She passed the documents out to everyone, which they eagerly accepted. "Well, this one took a while, but I think I finally got it this time. Tell me what you all think." She said, wearing her confident smirk.
"But we're missing a Robin." Zelda added once more, glaring at the other Robin even harsher.
"Hey, not my fault he couldn't handle his drink." The female tactician added with a shrug.
Zelda was unamused.
"Ah, well why can't Lucina take Rob his copy?" The tactician quickly stated, trying to draw attention away from herself. "I mean, she does hang around him so often, so I'm sure she'd know where the guy's gone off to."
"Well, I suppose I've dragged the girl around enough for the day. She's probably getting tired of me already." Palutena admitted. "Go on." She added, handing the swordswoman an extra copy of the chapter to take to the other Robin.
Lucina took the document, nodding to the goddess. She wouldn't exactly say she was getting tired of Palutena's company. Quite the opposite, but she supposed giving Robin this chapter was simple enough. She headed off. Perhaps she'd accompany the goddess more often.
A/N:
Oh... a fanfiction club in the Smash mansion? Yeah, I'd been spending a lot of time on tumblr and sort of saw those "Smash Headcanons" things. Haha. Well... inspiration comes from the strangest places. Like giving Ganondorf reading glasses. Gotta admit, the image in my head of that looked surprisingly good.
Anyways, I hope you all enjoyed. Reviews are very much appreciated.
This is your friendly and kinda lazy Squish, wishing you all a good day! :D