~Maya's POV~


~~Dream Mode~~


I blinked several times and looked at my surroundings. I recognized this place in a matter of seconds. It was the same place that I was in my last dream. My eyes widened a little, but then became confused.

There was something different about this place that caught me off guard. It wasn't like the other one. I could tell just by looking at my surroundings that it was different.

Suddenly, I heard and evil chuckle break the silence of the dark world. I, then, noticed the same dark girl from my first dream. She was smirking and staring at something that was on the floor.

"Foolish Ganondorf," she said as she clenched her fist. "Why would I ever work for someone like you? You're too pathetic. You never had a goal in mind. I had to plan it all out myself." I blinked with confusion as she turned her head slightly. "And Master Hand… I would never listen to the likes of you. But, since you were controlled by my real master, I had no choice. You weak, spineless fool…"

I slowly looked over at a giant, white hand that the girl called Master Hand. It didn't move at all. Obviously, judging by the holes on its hand like body, it was dead. I, then, noticed the trophy who was Ganondorf. I said nothing.

I had a feeling that those people were my enemies, and that I shouldn't help them. Yet, there was another side of me that told me to help. I didn't know which side to choice. I got a headache just thinking about it…

"Now, Princess..." I jumped at the sound of the dark girl's voice. "You're coming with me." I turned my head to notice her walking towards me. My heart began beating faster and I took a step back. I could tell just by looking in her eyes that she meant to kill me. I began quivering with fear.

"W-what do you want with me?!" I asked her. She simply smirked and laughed at me.

"I want your soul, Maya. I want the power you hold inside of you so that we can take over the world!" she exclaimed, before laughing maniacally. Now, my body was shaking. The dark girl stopped laughing once she noticed me shaking.

"Aw, what's wrong, Maya? Are you…scared of me…?" she asked. I didn't respond. I was too scared to answer her. "I'll take that as a yes, then…" she said as she continued to walk over to me.

Suddenly, I started to hear footsteps from behind me. I quickly turned around to see what the sound was. My eyes widened as I saw some of your friends; Marth, Ike, Meta Knight, Mario, Peach, Zelda, and Kirby. My heart skipped a beat I saw Pit with them. I felt relieved to see him, yet I didn't know why.

"Pit!" I exclaimed. He noticed me and smiled. He looked so happy to see me and also began running towards me, but we both stopped immediately once we heard the dark girl speak.


"Master, get rid of these fools once and for all," she exclaimed. I turned around quickly, but everything went black before I could see anything...

~~Dream Mode End~~


~Pit's POV~


I, suddenly, felt Maya stir. I looked down at her to see that she was still unconscious, yet I had the feeling that she was having some sort of dream…or a nightmare.

'What's going on in that mind of hers?' I asked myself as you continued walking.

I was worried about her the entire time. Every few minutes, I would look down at her to see if she was OK. I wanted to know that she would be all right. I sighed as I looked at the sky.

I had this strange feeling inside me since I met her. I wasn't exactly sure what kind of feeling it was, but since I met her, I couldn't stop thinking about her. I couldn't forget the smile she gave me, her kind icy blue eyes, or her beautiful snowy white hair. I just couldn't do anything without seeing her face appear in my mind for a least a minute. Not even a second.

I looked back down at her again at her peaceful face. I hated seeing her in pain, and I had the feeling that she was. I held her close to me and looked back ahead.

'I won't let anything happen to you, Maya. Not again…' I thought.

~Maya's POV~


~~Dream Mode~~


It was dark. I couldn't remember what happened for a moment. I slowly opened my eyes to see that I was on the cold floor. It was blurry at first, but I could still tell that I was in the dark place. Then, I slowly got to my feet and brushed myself off.

"You're finally awake, Maya." My head shot up to see the dark girl standing there with her arms crossed over her chest. She also had a smirk on her face. "I thought the master killed you by accident, but I see that he didn't. That's good," she said.

"What happened? What did you do?" I asked her, clenching my fists. She slowly began walking over to me.

"I didn't do anything," she said. "I simply told the master to 'take care' of your friends once and for all…" I glared at her.

"What do you mean?" I asked her. She stopped in front of me, placed a hand on my shoulder, and forced me to turn around.

"Take a look," she responded. My eyes widened with utter shock and fear.

All of my friends, every single one of them, were trophies. I wanted to say something, but I couldn't. I was too speechless to say anything.

"No…" I silently said as I noticed Pit's trophy. A single tear rolled down my cheek.

"Yes... It's a shame that it had to end like this, but they got in the way." The dark girl whispered to me. I looked at the ground as tears began welling up in my eyes.

All of my friends were gone, yet the dark girl didn't seem to care. She, then, grabbed my arm and dragged me away from the terrifying scene. The only thing I could do was watch my friends.

I couldn't save them. I couldn't do anything to help them. I couldn't stop what had happened to them. I failed them all. I slowly looked away as more tears filled my eyes and ran down my cheeks.

"Why...?" I asked the dark girl. "Why would you do this to them…?" She glanced at me.

"I already told you," she said. "I didn't do that to them. And besides, they were in the way. Every single one of them." I glared at her.

"That didn't give you the right to go off and turn them into trophies! They were innocent!" I shouted at her. She stopped and turned to me, her eyes burning into me.

"And what would you do to them, huh? Kill them? Murder them?" she snapped.

"I would've left them alone!" I retorted.

"They were trying to save you! And I can't let that happen! You have what I want, and no one is going to take you away from me until I get that power! Understand?" I glared at her with complete rage. "You're such an annoying brat! When this is all over, I'm gonna return you're friends to normal and kill them all! Starting with Pit!" My eyes widened with shock as she continued to drag me along behind her. More tears began welling up in my eyes.

I couldn't believe that she said that to me. I wouldn't let her go anywhere near Pit, even it cost me my life. Yet, I stayed quiet and said nothing in return.

I, then, noticed that we were heading to a bright light, but I couldn't tell if it was to heaven or some other place. I swallowed hard out of fear.

"Where are we going?" I asked her.

"To my master," she said bluntly as she walked into the light, along with me. Before I walked in, though, I quickly looked back at my friends, knowing that there was no hope left for them. All hope for my rescue was lost. I shed one last tear before entering the light.


~~End of dream~~


I felt something wet against my face as my eyes slowly began to open. I found myself staring at the sky for a moment before blinking several times. Then, I moved my head and looked around me. I could tell that I was still at the same place as I was in when I reunited with Pit and Mario. I breathed in a sigh of relief and closed my eyes.

It had another nightmare, but I was happy that I was still with my friends. I pushed the thought of nightmare out of mind as I opened my eyes to see the blue sky again. I, then, looked down to notice someone very close to me. A very familiar person at that. My eyes widened slightly.

"Pit…?" I asked. He looked down to notice me and smiled.

"Maya, you're awake. Thank Goddess, I was so worried." Pit said. I smiled at him.

"There's no need to be worried, Pit. I'm alright," I reassured him as he helped me to stand on my feet. I, then, turned my head to notice a very familiar person. My eyes widened with shock. I knew that outfit anywhere.

"Wait a minute. Is that...Zelda?!"I asked.

"Yeah… It is…" Pit said, sounding as if she were an enemy. I simply smiled at her.

I couldn't believe that she was here and perfectly alright! I was worried that she didn't escape the stadium with Kirby, but she did. Thank Goddess that she did.

I was about to run over to her, but suddenly felt a hand on my arm and pull me back. An arm, then, went around my waist to keep me back. I quickly looked up to see that it was Pit; his eyes were like daggers as he stared at Zelda. My face began heating up after I looked down to see his arm around my waist. Then, I looked back at him again.

"W-what are you doing?!" I asked. He glanced at me for a second with a normal expression, but then looked back at Zelda with his glare.

"I'm keeping you safe," he said, holding my closer to his body. I raised an eyebrow with confusion. Why was he trying to keep me safe from my friend? I knew Zelda as if she was my sister, and Pit knew that. So, why would he keep me away from her?

"But why," I asked. "That's Zelda! She's my friend, you know that!"

"That's not Zelda," he said as he held me closer to him, causing me to blush again. "This one's an imposter." My eyes widened as I looked back at Zelda.

"But she doesn't look any different than she normally would," I said.

"She is different," Pit said. "She has a dark aura. I can sense it. And you can see it in her eyes that she means to kill us." I tried to take a closer look at her. My eyes widened as I noticed the difference.

I could see the dark aura surrounding her body. Her eyes glowed yellow and her clothes were darker than usual as well as her darkened skin.

"I see what you mean," I said as Pit removed his arm from my waist. I, then, pulled out my bow and split it into my twin blades. I quickly got into my battle stance and waited for Zelda to attack. She simply glared at me for a long period of time. I returned the glare and continued to wait.

"What's the matter, Zelda? Are you too afraid to fight me, knowing that you'll lose?" I asked. She growled.

"I'm not afraid to fight a weakling like you," she snapped as she charged straight for me.

I smirked and charged at her in a matter of seconds. I attempted to attack, but she dodged and used her magic to burn me slightly. I winced and swung my sword at her, but she jumped out of the way and landed a few feet away from me. Then, I fell to my knees and began panting. Zelda smirked as she tried to attack me again, but I was able to dodge the attack and land several feet away from her.

'She knows all of the real Zelda's moves! But how is that possible?' I thought.

This dark version of Zelda couldn't have known Zelda's move unless she somehow learned it all herself. It was impossible to know all of her moves at once. I knew from experience.

I slowly got to my feet and glared at her; still panting. Zelda laughed at me slightly bruised body.

"What's wrong? Are you afraid to fight me, knowing that you'll lose?" she mocked me. I growled and went in for an attack. She quickly stopped laughing and was about to jump out of the way, but I was able to cut her stomach in time before she dodged. She winced in pain as I jumped back about a foot away from her, in case she tried to attack again. She fell to her knees, gripping her bleeding stomach. Blood slowly dripped from her lips as she gasped for breath. She, then, looked up and glaring at me. "You…you little brat…" she muttered. I chuckled.

"And here I thought you were mocking me…" I teased her. Then, I looked over to Pit and Mario. Their jaws were dropped out of shock. Obviously, they were really surprised at my speed. I glared at them, a little upset that I wasn't getting any help.

"Don't just stand there, you two!" I snapped at them. "I can't fight Zelda by myself, you know!" They came back to reality, closed their mouths, and nodded at me. Then, they ran straight for Zelda while she was down. She glared at them, and disappeared out of sight. They stopped running and looked around.

"Where did she go?" Pit asked. I scanned the area around me and couldn't find her anywhere. She was completely out of sight, as if she turned invisible.

"I'm right here," I jumped at the sound of her voice from behind me.

I turned around, but was blasted back by her magic. I flew back several feet away from her and skid on my back. Luckily, my wings were able to cushion the fall so that I wouldn't hurt that badly. I quickly got to my feet and ran over to Zelda again. She was busy taking on Pit and Mario, so I had the chance to end it quickly. I smirked.

"Guys, move!" I exclaimed. They quickly noticed me and jumped out of the way. She didn't notice me until saw that I was in front of her with my blade in hand. Before she could do anything, I drove my blade through her stomach. She shrieked in pain as I pulled out my blade. Before I knew it, her screaming abruptly stopped. She was a trophy once again. I smirked, knowing that I had won the fight. I stood up straight as I stared at her trophy form.

"Sorry, but that's what you get for messing with us…" I muttered to myself as she turned into the black dots and blew away from sight. I looked over at Pit and Mario.

"You guys all right?" I asked them. Mario nodded while rubbing his shoulder, but Pit didn't respond. He simply stared at the spot where Zelda's trophy once was with a blank expression. I became a little worried, so I walked over to his side to see what was up. "Pit? You OK?" I asked. He didn't respond, which caused me to become even more worried. Then he closed his eyes.

"More of them will come for her?" he asked as if he were talking to himself.

"Huh? What are you talking about?" I asked. Once again, he didn't respond. Then, I noticed his hands clench tightly.

"I won't let that happen to her. I'll protect her… I promised her that I would…" he said. I stared at him now. Obviously, he was talking about me. But to who? Himself? Or another person in his mind?

"Pit…" I said as I placed a hand on his shoulder. At that moment, his eyes shot open and he looked at me.

"Huh? What?" he said.

"Were you talking to yourself?" I asked.

Suddenly, Pit wrapped an arm around my waist and jumped back. I nearly shrieked at the sudden action, and I gripped his shirt tightly. He landed on the ground, but kept his arm around me. I looked up at him and noticed that he was glaring at someone. I followed his gaze to see a guy with a green tunic, a floppy green hat, an oddly designed shield, and a sword with a blue handle. His blade was in the ground and he pulled it back out as he glare at me.

I turned my head a little to notice Mario, who was a few feet away from him. I quickly let go of Pit's shirt as I looked at the man, pulling out my bow in case.

"Who are you?" I asked him. He continued to glare at me as he gripped his sword tightly.

"There's no reason to tell you!" he snapped. "You murdered Zelda! I'm not stupid enough to give my name to murderer." My eyes went wide.

"Murderer? I'm not a murderer! Zelda tried to kill me! How could not possibly see that!" I exclaimed.

"The only thing I saw was you driving your blade through her!" he said as he dashed towards me. I quickly separated my bow into my twin blades and blocked his attack with ease. He was pushing against my blades, and I was shaking from his strength. I knew that, sooner or later, he would overpower me and eventually stab me. I thought fast and pushed him back with all of my strength. He landed a few feet from me, which was good for me.

Suddenly, I took notice to a little green dinosaur run next to the green tunic guy. It was a strange creature with a big nose, a red and white sattle like thing and red dots on its back. I stared at it with confusion for a moment.

'What the heck is that?!' I thought as Pit came and stood next to me, his twin blades at the ready. Mario, soon, came next to me as well.

"Hey, whatever your name is, that person I killed wasn't Zelda! That thing was a fake!" I told him. "I'm friends with Zelda, honestly! I'm looking for her as well!" He glared at me even more.

"Looks like he's not listening to us," Pit told me. My eyes narrowed with worry, but simply nodded as the man dashed straight towards me. I quickly did the same; Pit and Mario following close behind.

He swung his sword at me, but I jumped over and landed behind him. I was about to cut his back, but he was fast and blocked it. I cursed under my breath. I jumped back once the man tried to attack me again. I, then, looked over at Pit, who was having trouble taking on the dinosaur with Mario. I clenched my blades tightly and looked back at the man, who was about to attack me again. I blocked his attack, but it was strong enough to send one of my blades out of my hand and out of reach. I cursed under my breath again as I continued to block more attacks. I was gradually losing my balance as he continued to attack me, and I soon found myself on my knees. I continued to block his attacks, until my second blade slipped out of my hand and out of reach. I gasped as he placed his blade to my throat. I sat on the grass and swallowed hard in fear. I slowly looked back up to see him with a blank expression on his face.

"Any last words before you breathe your last?" he asked me. I stared at him with fear in my eyes, and he stared back.

"I would never hurt or kill, Zelda. She's my friend, and I would do anything to keep her from those creatures…" I told him. He continued to study my eyes, as if he were searching for the lie. I continued to stare at him for a long moment, before I noticed his blade recoil.

"You're…telling the truth…" he said. I simply nodded.

"STAY AWAY FROM HER!!" We both turned our heads in the direction of the voice, but an arrow passed quickly and hit the man. I turned my head back to see that he was a trophy.

"You OK, Maya?" he asked me as ran over to help me. I nodded and got to my feet.

"Yeah, I'm all right. But what happened to the…" I started, but then noticed Mario put the dinosaur's trophy next to the man's. He, then, noticed Pit and I staring at him.

"What?" He asked. We both shook our heads and walked over to the two trophies. They were now lying on the dirt road. I sighed with relief.

"Thank my mother Palutena that all the fighting is over…" I said. Pit laughed at my words, and my face heated up slightly.

Suddenly, I heard a strange sound coming from the distance. It sounded like it was coming closer and closer to us. I looked in the direction of the sound to see a weird hover vehicle. I also noticed that someone, or something, was driving the strange vehicle.

It looked like a giant penguin, with a red and white kingly robe, and tan and yellow shirt with a red and yellow sash. It also had big yellow gloved hands and a red, white, and gold hat to top it all off.

I looked on the hover vehicle and noticed that there were three trophies on it. My eyes narrowed as I tried to get a better look at them.

One of them looked a lot like Mario, but he looked taller and had a green hat with an "L" on it along with a green shirt. That trophy was upside down instead on upright.

Another one looked like a boy with a red and blue cap and black hair. He also had blue eyes and had a backpack on as well. His shirt was a blue and yellow stripped shirt and he wore blue jeans with red sneakers.

The last one knocked the breath out of me. It was Peach! I smiled as I looked at Mario. It quickly disappeared once I saw rage appear in his eyes. He looked pretty upset. I couldn't blame him, really. I looked back at the hover vehicle and noticed that it was turning around and heading straight for the two trophies. I gasped, pulled out my bow, and ran in front of the trophies.

'I don't think so!' I thought as I raised my bow and pulled my hand back to allow an arrow appear.

"Maya! Don't!" I heard Pit say. I glanced at him.

"I have to, Pit. These guys are innocent!" I told him.

"But that guy tried to kill you!" he exclaimed. I looked down for a few seconds before looking back at him.

"He didn't know what was going on. He was too blind with rage to know what really happened to Zelda," I said. He simply stared at me as I looked back.

I gasped out of shock and before I knew it, a large purple mechanical arm grabbed me along with the trophies! I shrieked as I accidentally shot my arrow, but it simply hit the ground. I, then, slipped off and fell into the back of the vehicle. I hit my head on something and I felt dizzy. The only thing I could see and hear before I passed out was the blue sky and the faint sound of my name being called…