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Disclaimer -- I do not own Super Smash Bros. Melee. The characters and such are property of Nintendo. (*Although, I do wish I owned Link! He's my fav!*) All of these writings are pure fiction and came from my imagination! (*Um.. what little imagination I have, that is!*) I am also sorry if any part of my story resembles anything else that has already been done or any other idea. This is my first posted SSBM Fic.
Please read top of first chapter for more Author's Notes and information.
Fiction By Sherrilynn
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Super Smash Bros. Melee : A High School Drama Fic
Chapter Twenty-One -- Formal Announcements
A/N: This chapter isn't really much but the party and the announcement of their wedding date. Sorry for the lack of... um... ACTION in this chapter. More will happen soon, though! *smiles* Just thought I'd start updating more often!! =)
"Zelda, are you ready?" Impa called upstairs. "People are going to be here any minute! Get down here this instant! You don't need to be that fancy just to announce your engagement!"
Footsteps were soon heard as the Princess of Hyrule came running down the steps, barefooted.
"Zelda!" Impa shouted, immediately noticing Zelda's absense of shoes. "And where exactly are your heels? You're a princess! That's disgraceful!"
"I'll get them in a minute, no one's here to see me -- yet. Speaking of that... is Link here?"
"I'm afraid not. He is running a tad late, though, isn't he? I thought he was supposed to be here fifteen minutes ago."
Zelda sighed. "Yes, Impa. I find him running late very often nowadays. Even to school. I wonder if something's going on in his life that he's not telling me about?"
"The only way to find out is to ask." Impa turned around to the door after she heard it open. "Nevermind, Princess! There is your husband-to-be now!"
"Wonderful!" Zelda exclaimed as she finished descending the stairs, running straight into Link's arms.
"Sorry I'm late," Link apologized, "but it took me forever to get Young Link up and about. He's out in the other section of the castle helping some of the attendants set up for the party."
"That's nice of him. Come upstairs with me for a second, Link, I have to get my shoes." Zelda winked at Link and began to ascend the stairs.
"Not so fast, young man. You're not going." Impa said sternly as she grabbed Link's arm. "Nuh uh. You're not following Zelda. You remember what happened last time, don't you? The last time you were in Zelda's room?"
"Impa, listen," Link began. "I know that you don't trust me alone with Zelda, do you? But honestly. We're going to be married. We need a little freedom. I'll just go up with her to get her shoes, and then we'll be on our way back down, okay? I promise nothing that shouldn't go on will happen."
"Alright," Impa reluctantly said. "But I promised her father -- "
"That you would keep me out of trouble," Zelda butted in. "Impa, I'm a big girl now. Link will be 18 in a few weeks. I'll turn 18 just a couple of months after. Don't watch us so carefully! We can make our own decisions. I know this will hurt for you to hear, but please don't try so hard. I can handle Link. He can handle himself. Just trust us and tell Father that it will be alright. For me? I'm not a little girl anymore, so I don't want to be treated as one."
Impa opened her mouth to speak, but couldn't get a word in. She could only watch the couple walk upstairs and disappear from sight.
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Zelda opened the door to her bedroom and followed Link inside. She walked to her huge closet and turned on a light. Looking around, she found a pink pair of heels that matched the deep pink strapless down she was wearing.
Link walked over to the mirror on the opposite side of the room. He made sure his tie was right and straightened his coat. The hero had made sure to dress his best for this special occasion.
"All done! Do you like it?" Zelda asked, coming from her closet. She walked over to the mirror and stood beside him. She adoringly looked at them together. They seemed perfect for one another.
"Of course, you're so beautiful, as always." Link placed his hands on Zelda's waist. "I can't wait until we announce it to all of Hyrule that you are mine!" He picked Zelda up and twirled her around, smiling. "I'm so happy. I couldn't have asked for more."
"And neither could I," Zelda replied once her prince had set her down. "Today is going to be great, and next Saturday even greater!"
"I couldn't agree more. You will be my wife, and I your husband." Link leaned in and gave Zelda a quick kiss.
"And I'll finally be able to be in your arms all night and wake up next to you in the morning."
"A dream come true, for both of us." Link kissed her again. He then reminded her that they needed to be back downstairs. Out of curiousity, Link took a quick look out the window and saw Marth and Peach walking along the path the the front of the castle.
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"To be honest, I'm more than nervous about this," Peach said to Marth. "After all, this is basically my ex-best friend and my former crush announcing their engagement to Hyrule. I can't handle this."
"Yes you can, just be strong, alright?" Marth and Peach just walked along the pathway for a moment, before Marth spoke. "You still have feelings for Link, don't you?"
"I've already been through this with you. No. I don't. And why did you think of asking?"
"Well, it would more then explain why you seem so uptight." Marth implied, getting slightly upset. "You still care for him, don't you?"
"I care for him, yes, because I spent all those years convincing myself I belonged with him. I can't just stop caring like there wasn't any feeling there in the first place. But don't think I'm still in love with the boy, because I'm not."
"Then stop acting like you're covering something up, because that certainly seems to be what you're doing."
"I'm not hiding anything!" Peach argued. "And it is not about Link!"
By that time, the two had already reached the main door to the castle. Marth had given up trying to fight her; he knew that she wasn't going to tell him anything anyway, so no use in trying.
"Come on in," Impa said as she opened the door to the two. "Please wait in the main lobby with the other arrivals."
Marth and Peach followed Impa inside and saw only Young Link in the room.
"Looks like we're the first here," Marth whispered. "Well, we know that Link's here beause his little self is, but he HAS to be here."
"Well duh, it's his party."
"Why are you so moody?" Marth asked Peach quickly.
"Why are you asking so many questions? Why are you being so nosy? Why do you have to know every detail?" Peach tried to keep her voice low, but felt her cheeks get hot.
"Are you mocking me?"
"You're still asking questions... " Peach said outloud. "Just stop it, alright? I don't want to mess this up for the future rulers of Hyrule. And I'm sure that you don't either."
Marth threw his hands in the air. "I give up. Peach, I just care about you, that's all! I've already discussed this with you! For goodness sakes, we're having a child together! Can we at least stop arguing and have a good time?"
Young Link's head snapped up with that statement. He had previously been sitting in a chair next to the table of refreshments, but he was now paying full attention to the conversation. His ears perked as he listened for what they would say next.
"We haven't argued until today," Peach continued. "When you asked about my feelings for Link."
"But you were so defensive! I had no choice but to wonder if you're still in love!"
Marth and Peach both turned around at the sound of the door shutting. Standing there was Fox and Krystal, dressed nicely.
"What's going on in here?" Fox asked politely. "Anything wrong?"
"Nothing's wrong," both princess and prince said at once.
"Um... sure," Fox said with a forced smile. He then whispered to Krystal, "Something's got to be up. Did I tell you about how Peach used to be absolutely crazy for Link?"
"Um, no, but that could be a problem."
"I sure hope nothing happens," Fox said nervously. "Peach and Zelda aren't on exactly the best of terms, but it's nice that one princess showed up to support the other. I want this party to turn out great. Link and Zelda deserve the perfect announcement."
Other guests that the Smashers didn't know began showing up. Roy and Malon also walked in a few moments later, followed by Mario, Luigi, and Daisy.
"Oh no," Peach whispered. "Daisy."
Peach had not yet told Daisy, even though she had found the courage to tell her own father. Peach decided against spilling everything to her best friend due to the fact that she knew that Daisy would not approve of her behavior, nor would she approve of the person. Daisy liked Marth alright, but wasn't too fond of Peach forming a relationship with him.
"Hi," Daisy said, walking casually up to Peach. "So how are you and Marth?"
"We're fine... I guess." Peach smiled cautiously at Marth, who was now trying to strike up a conversation with Roy.
"You guess?"
"Don't make this complicated. We're fine. Perfectly fine."
Daisy watched as Peach slowly placed a hand over her stomach. "We're just fine. All of us."
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"Everyone! Your attention please!" Impa called out to the crowd.
Slowly, everyone stopped their conversations and turned to face Zelda's caretaker. "I would like to welcome you this evening. Frineds, Family, and people of Hyrule! You all know that the Princess has asked all of you here for a very important reason. Focus your attention on the stairs. Now enters the Princess of Hyrule!"
Several of Hyrule's residents began kneeling down as Zelda walked slowly down the stairs, with Link beside her. Both were smiling happily.
Out of respect and also not to stand out, Fox, Krystal, Young Link, and the others also began to kneel down to the Princess.
"You may rise," Zelda said, standing in front of the crowd, taking Impa's place. The entire crowd did so.
"I asked all of you here for a very special reason," Zelda began. "Some of our close friends that are already here know the reason. But for the people of Hyrule, this is a very important, serious, yet joyous announcement."
Zelda paused as the crowd began to whisper. Link was standing beside her quietly with his hands behind his back. Zelda looked at her father, the King, who was beaming. King Harkinian was proud of his daughter and had waited for this moment for a long while.
Peach's stomach began to turn over and over again, almost like it had on the day she told Marth about her pregnancy. She began to sweat. "Here it comes," she whispered. Taking a deep breath, she braced herself for what was to come.
"Ladies and gentleman of Hyrule. Friends, Family: I want to now let you all know the reason I called you here, all at once, for this special day. I would like to fomally announce to you my engagment to the Hero of Time, Link!"
The crowd began clapping and cheering wildy. Zelda took a deep breath of relief. She had been very nervous about her speech and nervous about her subjects' approval.
Link put his arm around Zelda and kissed her gently, causing the crowd to cheer louder.
Peach stood there, silent. Around her, the applauding and yelling was too much for her. Just then, Peach turned on her heels and headed out of the castle, unnoticed by everyone -- everyone but Marth.
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Marth decided to be a gentleman and follow Peach outside. He felt odd leaving the party without saying anything, but he was worried about Peach. He searched around and found her, but it didn't take him long to find her sitting down in the grass.
"It's true, isn't it?" Marth asked accusingly. "You do -- "
"Don't start with me," Peach inturrupted. "Don't. I'm sensitive about all this, okay? I can't tell you how many times I immagined myself up there with Link, not Zelda with him! It just brings me back to think that I could have been the one with Link! If Zelda hadn't have butted in when she did, I'm sure Link and I would be together, and I wouldn't be sitting here with you right now. I wouldn't be pregnant, I wouldn't be worried about my life, and I would be happy. But none of those things happened. Why? Because of ZELDA! She gets everything! It's just not fair!" Peach wailed and layed down on the grass. Tears were flowing rapidly from her eyes. "Everything could have been different! I should be happy right now, Marth, but I'm depressed. I'm sad every day of my life, just thinking about how I screwed everything up!"
"You didn't screw everything up, not yet! This isn't over!"
"Oh, is it? Marth, I don't think you get it! He's marrying her! The reality of it all just sunk in! He's marrying my best friend instead of me!!"
"So you admit it, that you do still... and you make it seems as though you want nothing to do with me!" Marth felt tears start to form, but didn't want to cry. It hurt to realize that she did infact still have stronger feelings for Link than she was letting on.
"Fine. I love Link -- STILL. I still think about him all the time. Constantly, to be exact. I cheered up at the Homecoming Dance. I cheered up after it and tried to move on! But it only got me pregnant!"
"You used me?" Marth asked, his depression turning to anger. "How could you -- "
"I DIDN'T USE YOU! And if I remember correctly, I didn't exaclt tell YOU that I loved you yesterday. That was all you, not me!"
"Because you wanted Link? Because you still had hope?"
"Because I knew I LOST!" Peach cried. "I lost! I lost the one thing I wanted most: the Hero of Time as my husband! MINE! Not Zelda Harkinian's!"
"You can't change it now, Peach! Zel and Link are getting married! They love each other! Don't you even care?!" Marth wanted desperately to change things that had happened as well, but reality was that it wasn't going to happen.
"But what about me? Why can't I be happy? Everytime I want something, it's taken from me! Whenever I think I might finally be happy, something comes along and messes that up!"
"It's time to face the facts, Peach! The man you love is marrying someone else, and you're carrying my baby! MY BABY! Not Link's! Do you really think, with the knowledge that you are pregnant with my baby, that Link will leave Zelda for you? Is that what you're thinking?"
Peach suddenly stopped crying and an icy looked filled her eyes. "Is that what I'm thinking? HA! Link leave Zelda? I don't know if I can actually make that happen, but I will damn well try."
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"Link, you're going to make a fine prince -- and one day, king!" Saria, Link's lifelong friend, exclaimed as she hugged him. "I always knew you were special!"
Link only blushed and thanked her. Everyone around them was excited that their princess was finally getting married.
Soon, Zelda and Link both stood in the front of the room, Impa once again asking for everyone's attention. Again, the crowd got quiet and faced their future leaders.
"I would like to take this time, as requested, to announce the wedding date of Princess Zelda and Prince Link."
Link blushed upon hearing his name announced as "prince". "That's really not necassary," Link whispered to Zelda.
"Of course it is," she whispered back. "Get used to it, because everyone will be bowing before you when they see you after our wedding."
"Zelda, would you please come and announce to your people what you and Link have decided upon."
"Yes, Impa." Zelda smiled and began to move nervously. She had not yet discussed this part with her father or Impa, but Zelda knew that no one would make a fuss, at least in front of all her guests. She grew bold and began to speak.
"Everyone! The decision has been made. Link and I will be married next Saturday at 10:00 AM in the Royal Garden!"
The crowd responded as usual, but Impa's jaw -- as well as the King's -- had dropped. Link and Zelda both took a bow and made their way back into the crowd to talk to their guests.
Marth walked back inside the room, eyeing everyone in sight. Without even blinking, he made his way over to Link, who was talking with Malon and Roy.
"Hey, what are you -- " Link stopped himself as Marth grabbed his arm and pulled him away from the other guests. "What do you think you're doing?" He finished once Marth let him go.
Marth's eyes didn't once unlock from Link's.
"You have to tell me what's up, or I can't help you."
"Can't help me?" Marth asked coldy. "Oh, you can help me alright."
Within a split second, Marth's fist made contact with Link's cheek, knocking him to the ground.
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Author's Notes -- End of Chapter 21!
Bad chapter, I know... Sorry. =( I really wanted something to happen, but I had really no plan in mind. I usually write like that, but on instances such as these, I really wish I did. But I could come up with nothing. This is probably one of the weakest chapters yet, but please be patient as other things are going to happen!
I got a review about Bowser, Mewtwo, and some of the other characters that are never mentioned. I'm sorry that I have excluded them, and to be honest, I didn't even realize that I had done it. This story does tend to revolve around Link, Zelda, Marth, Roy, and Peach a little more than the others, with seconds leads by Fox, Krystal, and Samus. The sequel [more about that below!!] will probably involve everyone.
I also got a review about the humor in the story. I have realized that the story has taken a much more serious turn, and the tone of the story is now dark, heavy, and depressing. I'm appologize for that. =)
I got a really good suggestion from Jadon Michael Maxwell [He always gives good suggestions! ^_^] and a couple of other reviewers. As I said, this story will soon HAVE to end, as it seems that it is ending itself. BUT there will be a sequel! How that will work, I do not yet know. I'll have to wait and see when this story ends, then begin work on the sequel from there. It will probably be more like the other Smash Bros. Stories, with everything a little later in the future and everyone returned to their normal ages [which would seem weird, considering in this one, Mario is said to be the same age as Marth @_@]. But that shouldn't be too big of a problem. ^_^
Thanks for reading the story. Sorry if this chapter disappointed you. (I find myself saying that a lot, don't I? *grins*) Please review and tell me what you think! Thanks for the tremendous support and the amount of reviews that was sent! ^_^