Meanwhile, many miles away...

Out on the open sea, far away from the stadium, a lone ship, manned by a crew of one, sailed the calm waters. The sole sailor was another Smasher, and a rather young one at that. Most children his age wouldn't dream of sailing a ship solo...but by virtue of being there, in the Smash world, he was clearly no ordinary child.

This child was the reincarnation of a legendary hero, dubbed the 'Hero of Wind' after he had mastered the use of the legendary Wind Waker baton. When his sister was kidnapped, he sailed across the seas to find her, in the process getting tangled in a dangerous adventure with the fate of his world at stake. He had defeated deadly monsters, recovered the Master Sword, discovered the fate of Hyrule in his world, and ended Ganondorf's evil in his world for good.

He was known as Link...but since there was already a 'Link' in the Smash world, here he was called Toon Link.

Despite his impressive track record though, sailing the ship on his own in unfamiliar waters was proving to be one of the toughest, if not the toughest challenge he'd ever faced. Granted, the ship was a bit smaller than the ship he'd become used to, but it was still a demanding , he hadn't found any unpleasant surprises and the water was fairly calm, so he could take a break and rest in the crow's nest.

He supposed he could have brought his friends along, if only for companionship and to help with the ship, but he wanted to do this on his own. Plus, he liked to think he learned a thing or two from them during their travels together and didn't want to put them through more unexpected dangers. After all, they had to keep looking for a new land to call Hyrule.

Still, he did miss the companionship of the pirates, and especially his good friend Tetra. Or should that be Princess Zelda? He never knew what name he should use with her any more, at least not since he found out the two were the same person. That other Zelda he heard of sounded pretty nice, but he hadn't actually gotten to see her in person yet. Or the other him. He hoped they were as nice as he and his Zelda were.

As he was pondering all this, he was suddenly startled by the distinct sound of a large explosion in the distance. Quickly pulling out a telescope, he looked out to land to see what had caused it...

...and saw the huge expanding sphere from the last chapter. Toon Link nearly dropped the telescope in surprise.

"What in Farore's name is that?!" he thought to himself. Even on his adventures he'd never seen anything quite like it. However, even from a distance, he could feel some sort of dark, unnatural aura coming from it. Whatever it was, it was trouble.

Luckily, Toon Link liked trouble.

He quickly got out of the crow's nest and leaped down onto the deck, quickly hoisting the sails and pulled out the Wind Waker, using it to direct the wind in his desired direction, already excited at the prospect of the upcoming adventure. No doubt, there would be plenty of evil to fight, danger to endure and possibly even new friends to meet. And Toon Link was ready for all of it and more.

After all, he was a Hero. What could there possibly be in this world that he couldn't handle?


Yeah, as you may have noticed, this bit isn't in the original story mode. Well, I wanted to allow ALL the playable characters to be able to make an appearance in the story, so scenes like this will be used to put them into the story. This of course means Wolf and Jigglypuff will be joining in too in future chapters, and Sonic will also have a bit of a bigger role. No Melee characters, though.

...Okay, see ya. Constructive criticism welcome.