"Arc Fire!" I rolled out of the way as searing orange flames burst to life. Robin was proving himself a pretty decent fighter. He'd even trapped me in a nosferatu spell. He thrust his sword forward, and I parried it with my own. I flung my boomerang, knocking Robin away and drawing a new item closer to me. It was a sphere, about the same size as my head. Purple in color, there was a perfect plus sign of cracks, revealing the magma trapped inside.
I threw it on the ground as Robin rushed towards me. The sphere exploded, its cracks erupting with sweltering jets of superheated lava. A relentless beam shot out and struck Robin, the impact of the hit sending him flying out of bounds. Another victory. As I stepped back into the common room, I could tell some of the other students would have liked another glimpse at my final smash. Oh well, maybe next time. Before I entered the locker room, I listened to Sheik taking down Pit, and Samus artfully defeating Lady Palutena. Zelda's story of triumph over Lucina. I could feel Marth's eyes burning holes in my skull the whole time. When I turned to face him, I surprised to find that his figure had been replaced by another: Principal Ganondorf. He'd watched my battle again. When our eyes met, he turned and walked away.
"I don't trust him either," Zelda reassured me.
"He's certainly... unnerving," I agreed. The worries from the beginning of music were back.
The rest of the day went as usual, with Lady Palutena having Pit "lead the discussion" about the reading we were assigned last night. At lunch, Chrom once again sat deliberately between Lucina and Robin for separation purposes, and Bowser was ticked off again. Marth sitting with Cloud and Roy, and glaring at the back of my head. Samus blowing up another test tube on purpose (she knows the periodic table by heart), and Sheik warding off a cluster of girls by threatening to use his Student Council President position to cancel all dances forever.
As Zelda, Pit, Chrom, Sheik, and I waited for Lucina and Robin to arrive, Sheik told us about the plans the student council was making. Along with the other after school clubs, the council was adding in a Photography club. All of us were more than thrilled to hear about the new club. Sheik said that the club would be hosted by our librarian, Fi. Our conversation was abruptly interrupted by running footsteps heading our way. We turned and saw Robin and Lucina racing towards us at full speed, slowing to a stop just before they crashed into the group.
"Someone's using the gym for a battle," Lucina gasped.
"And it's not the teachers," Robin added, catching his breath.
"The gym isn't supposed to be used after school without permission," Sheik said.
"Robin, Lucina, you can catch up with us when you're ready," I said. "Everyone else, let's get to the gym!"
"We'll go tell Lady Palutena," Lucina said.
"Great," Zelda responded. "In the meantime, we'll see what we can do at the scene of the crime."
Robin and Lucina nodded, then the rest of us took off down the hall. We skidded to a halt and stepped into the teachers observing area, the place where they watched the battles take place. We gasped when we looked at the viewing screen. There, in the coliseum, a Peach verses all clash was raging at maximum power.