One quick notice...I didn't have much to go off of with Colette, so any sort of mistake with her speech or attacks was completely accidental. All I had was a couple descriptions and the time you spend with her at the beginning of Tales of Symphonia, Dawn of the New World (which is an absolutely epic game, I've only made it to Chapter 4 or 5 but it is amazing, a definite must-buy). However, I've done my best using what little I have, so don't get mad if the Colette here isn't like the actual one.

Hope its not disappointing!

Chapter 10 Princess vs. Angel

When she heard FIGHT, Peach quickly rushed towards Colette, ready to do some sort of attack. All the angel did was ready herself.

Once Peach was roughly five feet away, the princess lunged forward and jutted out her hip, aiming to ram Colette over. But to her surprise, Colette was actually able to leap clear over the attack.

Peach landed awkwardly on the ground, allowing Colette to use a counter-attack. The angel formed a ring of light in her right hand and tossed it at Peach. To everyone's surprise (save Lloyd and Colette) the ring slashed across Peach's torso and caused damage.

Colette could've thrown out a couple more of those rings, but a sudden (and rather random) event happened...a rock suddenly came out of nowhere and pegged her in the temple. This distracted Colette long enough for Peach to stand up and get ready for anymore of those rings, but she was also curious about what they were.

"Colette?" Peach asked, "What exactly was that?"

"Its called a chakram...normally they're made of metal, but I can create them from light."

"Alright, thanks." Peach replied just before suddenly running at Colette and kicking the angel into the air. The princess followed after the angel with a jump and kicked Colette higher into the air. She tried to follow up with a stab of her parasol, but Colette countered by bringing her leg around and kicking Peach away.

The princess landed near the left end of the stage and Colette was able to land upright near the middle. Peach got to her feet and saw another chakram coming towards her. She quickly leapt into the air to avoid the light ring, but was suddenly struck hard in the gut by something very firm and solid. Peach was grounded again and looked to see a bright red hammer lying nearby...apparently, that was what knocked her out of the air.

"A pow hammer." Colette said, answering Peach's unspoken question, "Yes, I threw it." The angel then smiled, "Lucky you...most of the time the red hammer will cause dizziness, guess it misfired."

"Nice, but you're not the only one who can form items!" Peach exclaims as she stands, then suddenly crouches down and yanks a turnip out of the ground. The princess quickly throws the vegetable towards Colette, which is dodged by ducking, and the turnip is quickly followed by Colette's hammer.

Instead of trying to duck under the larger item, Colette leaps backwards out of its range. She slides a little on the smooth wood of the stage and feels her foot bump against something. Curious, as to what it was, Colette turns to see a Pokeball lying there. Remembering what it did for Aile, Colette grabs the red-and-white sphere then throws it towards Peach.

The Pokeball lands at Peach's feet and releases another new Pokemon. This one stood on four legs, had deep grey and black fur, dark red irises, and several fangs jutting out of its jaw...the menacing Dark-type Pokemon, Mightyena.

The canine grows at Peach before leaning back and opening its jaws. Knowing that its going to try and bite her, Peach leaps into the air, dodging the dangerous bite by inches, and opens her parasol to glide away.

Unfortunately for Peach, Mightyena turns around and charges at her, then leaps up before chomping onto a...sensitive part of her lower body. Her voice rang out loud and shrill (causing the spectators with more sensitive hearing to wince) as Mightyena's teeth sank into her rear, but luckily for her, the pain only lasted a second before Mightyena disappeared...sparing her rear and the ears of the spectators from anymore pain.

Peach landed near the middle of the stage and gingerly rubbed at where the canine's teeth met her person. "Ooo...that's going to be sore for awhile." she mumbled, hissing a little at the residual pain.

"I'm sorry Peach, I didn't mean to hurt you that badly..." Colette sadly said from her spot on the right-hand side of the stage.

Peach gave Colette a curious look. "Why are you apologizing? That Pokemon probably just gave you the advantage in this fight, that's a good thing."

"But..."

"No Colette. Its perfectly alright for you to do things like that while in a battle. Sure its going to be sore, but other than that I'll be fine. Honest." she adds with a wink.

Colette does a quick nod to show she understood before tossing several of her chakrams towards Peach. The princess quickly leaps away, but is suddenly grounded when one of the cloud props falls from above and slams Peach back into the ground. The princess took most of the damage, but a segment of the cloud was able to reach far enough to give Colette a good whack to the head as well.

Both girls were stunned by the sudden blow to the head, but Colette (having the lowest percentage) shook it off first and noticed a Smash Ball drifting around behind Peach. Colette leapt over Peach and threw a chakram toward the ball, but was only able to damage it and send the sphere further away from Peach.

By now, Peach had also shaken away the dizziness and turned to see Colette in the air and a Smash Ball floating around. The princess tried to run over and get the ball before Colette could, but as the angel came down from above...Colette suddenly fell over backwards, pushing both her and Peach onto the ground.

Colette quickly got up, said a quick apology to Peach, then darted for the orb. Luckily for her, the ball flew away from the stage boundary, aiming for her, and Colette quickly pummeled the ball with two strong kicks. Her second kick was enough to shatter the ball and bathe her slender body in a rainbow aura.

Immediately Colette knew what to do with all of this power. She slowly closed her eyes and reformed her wings while the aura was drawn into her. Her wings stretched out as a small light ball appeared between her hands, which were being held in front of her chest. The light grew to the size of a tennis ball before suddenly flying into the air.

Roughly two seconds after the ball takes flight, dozens of rather thin pillars of light begin shooting down from the sky, randomly striking parts of the stage.

Peach was able to dodge a couple of the light blasts, but one suddenly cuts off her escape route and allows a second one to strike from above. The light packed a surprising punch and tossed Peach upwards where a second one struck and KO'ed her with an explosion from the upper boundary.

The revival pad brought the Mushroom Princess back, but she didn't leave it until the lights of death stopped. Peach got off the pad and gently floated down to see that Colette seemed to have a little trouble standing up.

"Colette? You okay?" Peach asked.

"Yea, yea...I'm fine. Don't worry about it." Colette replied in a slightly unconvincing tone.

Peach, despite being a little unsure about Colette's status, quickly runs towards her opponent and tries to land a kick. Colette was feeling the effects of Smash Sickness, but still managed to form a chakram in each hand, then spun upwards with her arms outstretched, catching Peach in a flurry of slashes that ended by tossing the princess away.

Peach landed on the far side of the stage and as she got up, a rock pegged her in the side. It couldn't have come from Colette, and from where it hit her, Peach guessed that it came from the audience. She turned to see a Hammer Bro in the midst of a crowd of Goombas, and it had readied a hammer...with the princess in its sights.

Right as her eyes locked onto the turtle, the hammer went flying. Peach watched the wooden weapon fly towards her and, with some pretty impressive timing, kicked the weapon back towards its owner. The Hammer Bro's eyes widened when he saw the hammer coming back, but did nothing to get out of the way. His own weapon smacked him in the head, and knocked the turtle unconscious.

Peach smiled at her work, then turned back to see another red hammer flying at her. Peach quickly curved out of the way of the projectile, let it hit the ground, then grabbed and threw it back towards Colette.

Due to her Smash Sickness, Colette is unable to dodge the hammer, is struck in the face, and tossed right against the edge of the left boundary. Her luck doesn't hold out though, as she stands, Peach was right there and quickly kicks Colette past the edge and causing the angel to lose a stock.

"Come on Colette..." Lloyd muttered under his breath, "...I know you can win. Come on..."

Few smashers were paying attention to the red-clad swordsman, being too interested in the very odd stage that Master Hand created, but Link had heard what he muttered.

"You cheering for Colette?" Link asked, keeping his voice low enough for only Lloyd to hear.

"Well...yea. She is my friend, why wouldn't I?"

"Good point, although I have to say...Peach is a very tricky smasher. She may not be tough, but its practically impossible to guess her next move. And with that Smash Sickness still in effect..."

"Colette's had to endure plenty...believe me, she won't go down easily." Lloyd replies, cutting off Link's sentence.

"Hey I'm not saying Colette's an easy person to beat." Link says while raising a hand between them, "I'm just warning you that Peach is tricky, so you shouldn't be upset if Colette loses."

Lloyd was about to reply, but a sudden gasp of awe from the crowd drew the attention of the two swordsmen back to the fight. While they were talking, Peach had managed to grab an Assist Trophy, but before it could be used, Colette tripped and fell into Peach. Unlike the last time Colette stumbled, this one seemed to be an attack, since it upped Peach's damage level, tossed the princess away and...surprisingly to all but Lloyd...gave Colette the Assist Trophy.

The angel gave Peach a weak smile before raising the item above her head and releasing an assistant that widened the eyes of nearly every male spectator back in the living room.

She had long, somewhat messy black hair, and amber irises. She wore a purple robe which was closed around her middle by a long pink ribbon, tied into a bow at the back with plenty of extra length hanging freely. The robe wasn't completely closed up though...it was rather open at the chest and revealed a tight fitting white undergarment, which covered up most of her chest, but still left visible about the same amount of skin as what Rouge showed off. She did cover up all of her legs though, wearing long, form-fitting pants and steel-grey boots over her feet. The only accessories she wore were a couple ribbons in her hair, gloves that covered up almost all of her arms, and couple bracelets.

She was Lloyd and Colette's ninja friend, Sheena Fujibayashi.

Even though most of the men were distracted by the sudden appearance of the curvy beauty, Peach (being both a girl and in love with Mario) was completely unfazed by Sheena's appearance...instead she was getting ready for some sort of attack.

Sheena stood there for a second before suddenly running towards Peach and throwing what looked like a card at her, yelling "Mirage Seal!" as she did so.

Peach was just barely able to jump over the incoming card and began to float in midair by help of her unique floating power. The princess watched the purple-clad ninja carefully from her airborne spot, but quickly had to move when Sheena yelled, "Serpant Seal!" and tossed another card.

Peach floated out of the way of the next card, but as she did so, Sheena yelled, "Pyre Seal!" and tossed another. This time, the card hit Peach and stuck to her back, which immediately felt as though it was on fire.

She yelped a little while tumbling back to earth, landing on her side and wincing at the residual pain from the sudden sharp burst. While lying there, a shadow was cast over Peach, who turned to see Sheena looming over her.

The ninja girl smirked before tossing another card, this time declaring "Power Seal!" The card flew down and stuck to Peach's shoulder, causing an intense weakness to flow through her body as Sheena disappeared.

Peach was able to stand up and saw Colette standing nearby with a tiny smile on her mouth. "What?" Peach asked, swaying slightly from side to side.

"I'm just happy that I'm going to win my first Smash Bros match." Colette replies.

"How do you know that?"

Colette didn't verbally reply, but instead ran up to Peach. Once Colette got close enough, she used another Item Thief move, and tripped...this time with enough force to send Peach flying clear over the right border and taking out the princess' final stock.

A few seconds after Peach was KO'ed, the two blonds re-appeared on their transport panels, Peach still suffering from Sheena's Power Seal and Colette from a lingering Smash Sickness.

"Well, congrats for winning your first match Colette...as odd as it is to be KO'ed by getting fallen on as a result of a trip, I have been beaten in odder ways..." Peach then notices that Colette was holding a hand to her head, "Are you okay?"

"Yea, I'm perfectly fine!" Colette exclaims cheerfully, ignoring a slight uneasiness in her stomach, "Don't worry about me!"

The angel takes a step off the panel, the suddenly groans and starts falling towards one side. Peach quickly throws a hand out and grabs Colette by the collar of her vest, then gingerly pulls her back up-right.

"I don't think you're okay." Peach says, stepping off her panel and walking up to the angel's side.

Colette sighs, "You're right, I'm really dizzy and there's a small fluttering feeling in my belly...I didn't want you to worry, I'm sorry."

Peach releases Colette's shirt to rest a hand on her shoulder. "Colette, don't lie about how you're feeling so other people won't worry...I worry more if a friend lies about how she's feeling than if she tells the truth."

Colette drops her head to look at the ground and says, "I'm sorry."

Peach smiles at her friend before resting an arm over Colette's shoulders. "Come on, I'll help you down to the living room, okay?" she asks in a soft, comforting tone.

Colette turns to Peach, smiles, and nods. The princess returns it with a wink, then guides Colette down into the living room.

Once Colette is sitting beside Lloyd, Peach gives her one more friendly wink before taking a seat beside Mario.

"That was a very good match Colette," Lloyd compliments after Peach left, "Very impressive."

Colette giggles a little before becoming aware of a new presence, a hand was resting a little ways in front of her left shoulder...or more aptly, a paw was. Colette follows the arm to see that it was attached to Lucario, and he was offering her some kind of berry.

"Here." he said, "Eat this...it helps calm an upset stomach."

Colette smiled at the dog-like Pokemon before taking the berry and eating it, slightly cringing at the berry's bitter taste.

"Sorry about the taste but trust me, it works better and faster than Doc's medicine."

"Thanks." Colette replied after swallowing the gift, "Its...Lucario right?" A nod.

Colette was about say that he was a really cute dog, but Master Hand's announcement distracted her.

Attention! Would the Ice Climbers, and Plusle and Minun report to the Brawl Room! Your match will soon begin! Repeat, the match between the Ice Climbers and Plusle and Minun will begin shortly!

When the announcement was over, Colette turned to see that Lucario had returned to the far corner of the room...she missed her chance.

The two parka clad siblings, Popo and Nana, quickly hopped out of their chair and took off for the Brawl Room, eager for their first fight. The mice brothers-in-spirit weren't far behind.

Both pairs of small Smashers entered the Brawl Room and stood on their panels.

"So, you guys ready to go up against us?" Popo asked, making a gesture towards the wooden hammers that he and his sister were holding.

"Heh, you'd better watch out!" Plusle exclaims, "We're the ones who are ready, but I doubt the two of you have fought a team like us!"

"Challenge accepted!" Nana exclaims while pressing their log-in button.

Minun gives the two eager siblings a cool, unshaken look before jumping into his buddy's head to reach and press their button. Both pairs were absorbed by the light beam and tossed into yet another of Master's new stages...but this one was as unique as it could get.

Everywhere there were large, floating boulders of odd shapes and sizes. Near the lower boundary was a long, rectangular boulder, and about halfway along it length and between the upper and lower boundaries was backwards L-shaped boulder. In the lower-right corner, a little ways above the lower boundary, was one that resembled a forward-slash and above it floated a hollow triangle shape that lost one of its sides...looking like a V lying on its side. In the upper left corner floated a U shaped one with its curves flattened into two right angles, and in the center of all of this was a medium-sized square boulder.

All around this odd assortment of boulders was a pasty grey void that could best be described as jelly-like. It was rippling like water, but had that odd-jelly like look to it.

This was like no other stage...this, was Torn World.

A small orange pteranadon flew the Ice Climbers in, and dropped them off on the lower portion of the L-shaped rock. Sparks began to crackle inside of the V before Plusle and Minun leapt there from behind the stage.

3!

Popo and Nana get ready to leap onto the top of their rock.

2!

Plusle and Minun glance at one another before giving their partner a nod.

1!

FIGHT!

Alright, to clear up any confusion, Paper Theatre is designed after the battle system of Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door. You battle on a theater stage where the props can fall and cause damage or the audience can be jerks and throw garbage at you (A thanks to Double Dee Edd Boy for the suggestion). Torn World is a new area from the newest Pokemon Game, Pokemon Platinum. It is composed of nothing but large floating boulders and is Giratina's home (hint hint). Trust me when I say that this stage will be interesting and thanks to one 'Avatar Fan 11051' for giving me the idea for Torn World.

Oh, and now that I've finished another story of mine that was using up all of my inspiration, this should update faster...or at least, more regularly.