Shade I swear if you harm me I'll Rexbolt you out of her permanently.
What did he do this time?
Tried to kill me by posting "filler" chapter…
And it doesn't do anything as far as I could tell!
It's call character development… or at least some with foreshadowing…
Correct Robin, but now onto the Chapter!
Chapter 13: The Pre-Siege of Mushroom Kingdom
Back at the base, everybody was in the huge meeting room looking over the map as Robin was strategizing. He was scanning the map and looking for the most effective way to siege the palace. As he was working on what he did best, the others were talking with the rest of the Assist Trophies and everybody else who was there. It turned out the Assist Trophies got all the emeralds before Sara came, but couldn't save Frost. Bryce could see the anger in his eyes and felt the same way with the remaining Smashers. As for how snake was safe, he wouldn't answer why but explained before Bryce came Sara had gotten to Frost before they could. Aurora was eating an apple while looking over Robin's shoulder happily while Panda had a piece of bamboo with Villager on the floor. Somehow by Pit playing the Ocarina, the Melee Five returned to normal and Pit still didn't have any peace of his own for now. Bryce was with Dark Pit helping burn off the ice from his wings, even though Toon Link didn't have any snow or ice on him when they came back. Mi'kal was with some of the Assist Trophies and Yoshi talking to one another, and Ana was trying to open a cardboard box, but was having trouble with it.
"Um… do you need some help?" Lyn asked Ana, "If you'd like I'd-
Annoyed, Ana growled and began to tear it apart with her teeth furiously. Lyn's eyes widen and slowly backed away.
"I guess you don't need help…"
Meanwhile as Robin was starting to complete his strategy, he couldn't help seeing a certain someone looking at the map. Aurora had finished her apple, but still hadn't moved from his shoulder.
"…Aurora, can you please get off my shoulder for a second?" He asked her as she stared at the map, "I don't want you to fall over when I move."
"Okay Robin!" She replied going over to his hoodie and sitting there.
"I don't mean there, I meant on the ground."
"Why~? I like your jacket-coat! It's so soft."
Sighing, Robin started to take off his jacket as Aurora landed on the floor before tossing his jacket into her arms.
"There, just let me do my work and don't ruin it," he replied.
Smiling, she rolled up his jacket and happily carried it off someplace. Robin called everybody to the table and they gathered around.
"Ok, here's the plan," He began, "Since we know neither Sara nor whoever she's with knows that we found another passageway into the castle, our best bet to catch them off guard is to go through their while the diversion will be both Palutena and Viridi's armies attacking the castle from where they're expecting. If we want to capture the Mushroom Kingdom with little causalities, we'll need two groups inside the castle: one to lad a separate army from behind and another to defeat whoever's ruling the castle."
"I understand, but if Sara's there, it might not be easy to get inside undetected," Pit said looking at the map, "How can we go inside undetected?"
"Last time we saw Sara; she was injured and was talking about the previous five heroes' spirits inside," Panda replied, "So even if she stayed, she'd still be too weakening to do anything superior to us, so we might be on even ground for now."
"I get it! That other small group will not only get to Sara and whoever's with her, but also free the remaining spirits! Nice thinking Robin," Palutena said.
"Exactly, but we really have to count on catching them off guard," He said, "We need to attack when they have less guards around the castle walls and the two groups sneaking inside can't get caught."
"I can get them inside," Snake replied, "Plus I need to rescue Frost before they do anything bad to her."
"I'll go inside as well," Lilac said by Snake's side, "I can sense the others pretty well in this form, giving us more time to deal with our enemies then wandering around aimlessly."
"Ok, but it would be best if we split us Smashers as well," Mewtwo said, "If we're all in one group, Sara could capture us all and we'll lose."
"Ok, we'll split into three groups: One to attack from the outside, one to go inside for a surprise attack, and the one finding the spirits and defeating the leader within the castle. Any questions?"
"I got one," Roy asked, "Where's your jacket?"
"That's not important Roy, but from what can sense," Lilac said with her ears slightly twitching, "I think it's best to attack in the early morning; they have the least amount of guards during that time."
"Ok, it's getting into the late hours, so tomorrow morning we'll strike," Robin said, "So get your rest tonight and prepare for the fight."
"Right!" Everybody replied.
~Virtuality vs. Reality~
Each team slept in the same room, idea by Viridi so they couldn't leave any member behind and so she didn't have to prepare many rooms. In the first room were the ones going to be the diversion: Pit, Dark Pit, Chain Chomp, Dr. Mario, Red, Phosphora, Magnus, Lyn, Knuckle Joe, Waluigi, and Yoshi. Inside, pit and Dark Pit were arguing with one another as The Chain Chomp held them both down with its tail, Dr. Mario was talking to Young Link and Knuckle Joe about battle scenarios. Yoshi was ignoring Waluigi's screams as Magnus was trying to get him to shut up- Magnus was really tired. The girls were, however, fine in their corner talking to one another happily with everything happening around them. One thing Lyn didn't like though was how it was the noise and finally decided that she had enough as Phosphora agreed. Both girls stood up as Phosphora sent a bolt of lighting at the ground, getting their attention.
"Can everybody SHUT UP and go to sleep?!" Lyn yelled at them all pointing her sword at them, "If not I'll knock you out before we even starting battle! No buts or questions!"
The room went dead silent after that.
~Virtuality vs. Reality~
The second room, the one to lead the second army for the surprise attack had: Robin – still without his jacket, Shadow, Elec Man, Takamaru, Lucina, Roy, Villager, Isabelle, Red and his team, Zelda, Toon Link, Rosalina and Luma. The room was calmer as most of the group was asleep except for Lucina, Red, Roy, and Robin. Red was lying on his bed awake while Roy was still silently training as Lucina looked over at Robin, who was reading another book of his without his jacket while lighting it up with his fire tome just enough to read and not to bother anybody else. She giggled at seeing Robin without his special jacket- he never took it off when she saw him.
"Something wrong Lucina?" He asked her, noticing that she giggled.
"It's… odd seeing you without your jacket," She replied softly as Roy was finishing up his drills, "You gave it to Aurora right?"
"She wouldn't get off of my shoulder, that's why. It was starting to hurt my shoulder and I needed her off; I would have made her fall anyway…"
"Heh, doesn't that sound like Morgan? Always cheerful to a point and never leaving you alone?"
"Please Lucina, don't compare her to Morgan please; she's not exactly the same and she has her panda bear as well."
"Oh? So she does remind you of her."
"No! What makes you say that?"
"Your blush kind of proves it," Roy said interrupting the two as he climbed up to the bunk above Lucina's.
Robin glared at Roy before returning to his book as Lucina took out her mask remembering what Aurora said about Marth in the ruins.
~Virtuality vs. Reality~
"He was… kind, considerate, and calm. And despite his station, quick with a smile*," Aurora said after thinking about it for awhile, "Yeah! That's how I'd describe him!"
"That sounds a lot like Tiki,**" Lucina replied, "She said the exact same thing."
"I got no better way to describe him! Just between you and me… I think Robin shares a similar personality… or rather spirit like Marth."
"Really? How so?"
"He can grow bonds with many different people and solves problems thrown at him; He even can- Naw, I shouldn't say that."
"What are you talking about?"
"Lucina… if you had to choose to either kill yourself and the enemy to save everybody or let somebody kill the enemy without you dieing with everybody living happily… what would you choose?"
"I'd choose the one with the fewer amounts of people dieing."
"Even if that enemy would return after many years and if you were connected to that enemy?***"
"Yeah, so?"
"Then we're different… I'd die to protect everybody around me; if I had that choice, I'd die to ensure everybody else's safety before my own… Even if I can't meet them ever again…"
~Virtuality vs. Reality~
Lucina sighed and placed her mask away and looked over to Robin, who had fallen asleep with his book and tome place neatly underneath his bed. Shaking her head, she closed her eyes and went to sleep.
~Virtuality vs. Reality~
In the final room and the one with almost every sleeping had: Snake, Lilac, Aurora, Bryce, Ana, Mi'kal, Panda, Mega Man, Pichu, Ashley and Mewtwo. Everybody was sound asleep except for Aurora, Panda and Pichu, who was trying to shake Lilac awake before seeing Aurora looking at her.
"Eh? Pichu?" She whispered looking at her with Robin's jacket in her arms still, "What's wrong?"
"I… can't sleep," Pichu replied crawling up to Aurora's bunk, which she was sharing with Panda, who had gotten up when Aurora heard Pichu asking Lilac something, "It's just… I have nightmares of Pikachu been taken away with everybody else, leaving me all alone and Sara… leaving me to be forgotten with Dr. Mario and the other three; it's happened every night and I can't get any sleep…"
"You're… scared without somebody like Pikachu or Warrior Kitty around you huh?" Panda asked her.
"N-No! I can take care of myself-! Ep!" Pichu didn't noticed her sudden release of sparks and almost fell over in shock if Aurora didn't grab her.
"I'm guessing you're like me as well; I hate sleeping with bad dreams," Aurora said holding Robin's jacket closer to her chest, "I use to have that problem, being an only child and all; whenever I got scared, I run over to my mother crying holding my Blankie and Panda in my arms. It's alright Pichu; I'm still like that even now…"
"W-Wait? But aren't you?"
"Yeah, but she's learn to grow apart from it," Panda replied smiling at Pichu, "She'll grow from sleeping with her childhood soon, but for now, she's just a little girl."
"If you want, you can sleep with us tonight," Aurora said extending her hand to Pichu, "Friends?"
Pichu's eyes widen seeing Aurora as Warrior Kitty and Panda as Pikachu as tears began to form in her eyes. Smiling she took Aurora's and the three of them got comfortable on the bed and finally got situated on the bed. Together, they finally went to sleep as Aurora held not only Pichu's hand, but also Robin's jacket by Panda's side.
* The line Aurora uses is an actually quote describing Marth in Lucina and Tiki's Support
** Tiki- A manakete and good friend of Marth
*** This choice is a major spoiler for the Endgame of Awakening, so be warned.
Besides that information stuff, I'd like to just say last Chapter had… 3017 words! I'm tired and I still got more to do!
And I ask again, why are you posting filler?!
Because-
Because I can now Shut Up!
And that's why you don't get her mad, but I'll cut it off for now so Aurora can rest easy now! This has been Aurora, Shade and me, Robin; we'll see you again once Aurora gets to it!