A/N: Hi, guys! Today's chapter comes to me from a fellow reviewer! If any of you guys have any ideas for chapters, write them in the reviews! I might use it if I really like it. A few days ago I recently started writing an original story that probably won't be seen by anyone, and that has been taking up most of my writing time. And school started recently, so that means that most of my writing time is on the weekends D: But I will still continue this story, so don't worry! Thanks! Anyways, to the chapter!
Chapter 10: The Garden
"So, why did you call me here?" The mayor was writing something in his notebook, and looked up to see a small spaceman with a big heart sitting in his office. "Heart" is just another pronunciation of "nose". He put down his notebook, and took out a map of Smash-City.
"Hello, Olimar! I've called you here today to discuss this area right here." He pointed at a big area full of nothing between the Karaoke Club and the Ping Pong League of Awesomeness. That's what they called themselves, anyways.
"Oh yeah! you mean that random big area with nothing on it near the middle of town?" Olimar asked. "Are you planning to finally put something there?"
"Well, yes! I've been planning to give the plot of land to one of the smashers to let them do what they want there, and I've decided to give it to you!" The mayor smiled.
"Really?" Olimar was stunned. "T-thank you! Now I can finally start the garden me and Villager have wanted to make! I've got to go tell him!" He ran out the door, leaving the Mayor by himself. The mayor laughed, and looked around. When he confirmed that nobody was watching, he turned on his computer, and started writing fanfics about the smashers. What a loser!
Olimar ran inside the Villager's house, opening the door with the key he was given specifically for this moment. "Villager? I bear great news!" He said, breathless. Silence. "Hellooooo… anyone here?" He looked around the house, and didn't see anything. He was about to leave when he saw a note on the table. Out filming. BRB :) Was written on it. "Man… guess I'll just have to wait for him." Olimar sat down on the couch and saw turned on the TV. He saw a box labeled, "Movies."
"I'm sure he won't mind if I look through his these…" Olimar said. He climbed on top of the box, and was about to open it, when he heard the voice of Villager.
"Hey! Don't touch that!" He said, running up to the box and shutting it, before Olimar could see what was in it.
"Oops. Sorry." Olimar said, as Villager took out a marker and wrote, "Do Not TOUCH." On the box.
"It's fine. So, why are you here? I need to start filming another video." Villager said.
"Well, I have some great news! Our garden is finally going to happen!" Olimar said, jumping up.
"Really?" Villager said, eyes shining. "Awesome!"
"Yeah, let's go!" Olimar took Villager's hand, and rushed past the box, out the door, and toward the new site for the garden.
Toon Link was walking to who-knows-where, whistling the Ballad Of The Wind Fish while doing so. He was walking like he had just come out of a cheesy 80's cartoon. Arms awaying, head held high, and eyes closed. He was so 80's, his whole body turned black and white! Not really, though.
"Top of the morning to you!" A Waddle Dee said, tipping his parasol at him,
"And to you the rest of the day!" Toon Link said, tipping his hat in return. Today's the perfect day of doing nothing! He thought, but that would soon change.
He was passing Villager's house when his whole walk routine was interrupted by Olimar and Villager bumping into him, knocking him to the floor.
"What the poop, man!" Toon Link said. But, they were already running away, as if they didn't even see him. He got up, and realized that the door to Villager's house was still open. Smirking, he creeped inside the house.
"Wow, this place is a dump." Toon Link said, looking at the piles of green leaves and bugs everywhere. "Not that my place is any better."
He sat on the couch, and saw the box that was atop of the table.
"Movies… Do not TOUCH?" Toon link chuckled, "You can't hold me down! Only I can hold me down!" He opened the box, and looked inside. He nearly did a double-take. "Oh my Din…"
Olimar and Villager had just reached the empty plot. The flat land mainly consisted of grass, with a few ponds filled with crystal clear blue water. Perfect for a garden!
Olimar took several things out of his wagon, where he kept all of his gardening tools and seeds. How he got the wagon on the way to the land, the world may never know.
Anyways, he picked up a shovel, and a basket full of all types of plant seeds, from mushrooms (I guess they would be spores?) to the heart flowers from The Legend Of Zelda, which were shaped like amazingly cute little heart pieces.
Olimar and Villager started digging holes everywhere. They felt like dwarves. They soon started growing beards and developed beer-bellies.
Not really.
They had dug around fifty holes, when Samus walked by. She was wearing a white lab coat, indicating that she had been in her lab. You see, to put it nicely… Samus is a mad scientist. She walked up to Olimar and Villager, who were drinking some lemonade, resting after the long work.
"What's with the holes?" She asked.
"We're starting a garden! We're aiming to make the biggest crops in the whole universe!" said the Villager, with a happy expression on his face.
"Yep. Those are where we're gonna plant the seeds." Olimar said, taking a big gulp of lemonade. Samus was still trying to figure out how Olimar drank and ate with his helmet on.
"Hey!" Samus said, "Listen!"
"Please don't say that…" Olimar said, remembering past experiences.
"Sorry." Samus said, rubbing her head. "Anyways, I as many of you know, I recently have developed a shrink ray that's fully operational." She pulled out a jar, and Little Mac was inside, trying to break free. His punches did nothing, even with his Super Mega Ultra Awesome Amplifying Boxer Gloves. She liked testing her experiments on green things. Blame Link. And, she couldn't resist making a statement about his name.
"Oh. So that's why he hasn't been in the story yet." Villager said, only to be hushed very quickly by Olimar.
"So… what does that have to do with us?
"I was getting to that. As you can see, I have no way of turning him back to normal." She tapped the glass, causing Little Mac to turn read. He winded up an uppercut, hit the glass, and was bounced back down on his butt. He put his hands in his gloves. "So…" she put the jar on the table. "I have developed a ray that is supposed to turn things big. But, I have yet to test it. This is where you guys come in." She looked at them, a smirk on her face. They gulped.
"I think that the things your plants bear are the perfect thing to test them on. And, I also developed a ray to instantly grow them! You get giant things, and I get to know if my ray works or not. Deal?" She stuck her hand out.
"Um… well, you see…" Olimar said, "Plants need love and understanding. You can't just cheat your way to perfection."
"I think Samus's idea is brilliant! We can get the garden done 100 times faster, and get giant fruit! You know how much I can sell a giant golden peach for back home?" Villager shook hands with Samus. "Deal!"
"Alright! I'll go get my things. Keep on eye on little Little Mac for me while I'm gone, ok? Thanks!" She ran off, leaving the jar on the bench.
Samus returned with two guns that looked like they had come directly from a retro space game, except with more pixels. She walked up to the garden, and saw that Villager was holding the jar, his eyes completely white, as if in shock, and his mouth open. She saw that the jar had been opened and that Little Mac was no longer in there.
She shook the Villager out of his current state.
"I- I only wanted to open it for a little. Once I opened it, he jumped out and started running away…" He took a deep breath. "Oh well! I'm sure we'll find him eventually! Now, let's get started!"
They started a cycle. Olimar would plant the seeds, Villager would put soil on it, and samus would zap it with her laser. Within a few hours they had a garden full of plants and trees. They had plants growing power-ups from Mario, golden fruits, and just about any other thing that's growable in the Nintendo universe.
Olimar, Villager, and Samus had collected a large assortment of items from the garden, and put them in a pile. "Well, now all that's left to do is to fire my growth ray at them…" Samus put on her goggles, and Olimar and Villager hid under her lab coat. She pressed the trigger, and a huge ray of swirling green came barrelling towards the pile. Once it hit the pile, there was a huge green glow, temporarily blinding everyone who looked at it directly. Once the light died down, they looked at the pile. Nothing had grown.
"See? I told you! Love is the only way!" Olimar said, standing atop the pile triumphantly.
"What?" Samus sighed. "Well, this sucks. I guess I need to make a few adjustments… See you guys later…" She slumped away, leaving Olimar and Villager standing there.
"Why didn't it work?" Villager asked.
"I don't know… But look!" Olimar pointed at the sunset. "The whole day has just blasted through us! I think I'm gonna hit the sack. See ya tomorrow."
"Yeah, see ya." They parted ways, and walked back to their respective homes. None of them saw the green aura that had surrounded the pile, or the boxer who was trapped inside the middle of it…
A/N: Oh, a cliffhanger! And, it's the first cliffhanger of the story! YAY. Anyways, I decided to make this story more than one part because this chapter would've be out, like, two weeks than later than it was since there's much more to write, and I have a lot of stuff which is not allowing me to write most of the times. Hope you understand. Anyways, feedback/suggestions are highly appreciated and always wanted! Until next chapter!