Once again the door slammed open and in walked the next applicant for Link and Samus to interview. They were surprised when they saw that it was a little girl with long black hair tied into pigtails, ruby red eyes, and was wearing a red dress.

"Is there something we can help you with, little one?" asked Link, wondering why a child was here.

The girl sent a glare at the swordsman, but it didn't seem to have any effect. She then spoke in a soft, monotone voice. "I am here to enter the next Super Smash Bros."

Samus raised an eyebrow at that. "You? Who exactly are you and why do you want to join?"

"I am Ashley and I wish to join so I may test my spells on the others."

Link and Samus sweatdropped at Ashley's bluntness. Link spoke up next. "Spells? How old are you exactly?"

"I am eight years old and a master of the art of black magic. Do not think for a moment that I am some child to be patronized."

"I believe you're eight, kid, but I highly doubt your claim of being a master of black magic," spoke Samus, a bored look on her face.

Ashley sent her glare towards Samus now, though it still didn't have any effect. "Then maybe I should show you."

The little girl pulled out her magic wand and was about to cast a spell on Samus, but the wand poofed and in its place stood a little red imp.

"Ashley! You can't hurt them!"

The little witch glared down at the demon, making him cower. "And why not, Red?"

"B-Because they're the ones who can get you in as a Smash Fighter. Hurt them and you'll lose out!"

Ashley continued to glare at her cowering assistant before focusing back on the two veterans. "It seems you will live another day."

Samus' eye started to twitch in annoyance. She did not like that this child saw her as an insect. Before she could say anything, Link decided to speak up.

"You know, I thought I recognized you. Don't you work for Wario?"

The little witch grimaced at that. "I used to. Wario is a greedy slob of an idiot who need to be put in his place. He is also the reason I left WarioWare, Inc. to work for Diamond Software."

That was when Samus got a brilliant idea. "Tell you what, brat. Wario is somewhere in the building right now and if you can take him down and bring back proof that you beat him, I'll put in a good word for you at headquarters for you to become a Smash Fighter."

"…Really?"

"Of course," replied Samus with a smile.

Ashley returned it with a small smile of her own. "Very well then. Come, Red, we need to hunt for that greedy idiot."

"Coming Miss Ashley!"

The little Spellcaster and her assistant left the room. Once they were gone, Link glanced over to Samus.

"Did you really have to send her after Wario of all people?"

"He deserves everything coming to him! Do you remember what he did when he first arrived?!"

"Samus…"

"He farted on us! It took me ten showers just to get the smell off!" seethed Samus, shuddering at the memory and turning a little green as well.

Link was starting to think Ridley wasn't the only one who could make Samus have a mental breakdown.

CHAPTER END

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Now the next applicant was supposed to be Dimentio from Super Paper Mario, but I am having trouble thinking of a way for him to be in the fic, so I decided to put in a character I personally would like to see.

Who wouldn't want to see Ashley be in the next SSB? She just so cute! Plus, the series could use more Magic-type fighters since Peach and Zelda are the only ones at the moment.

As for Ashley's age, in the original version of the series, she is eight. When the games got localized though, they changed it to fifteen for whatever reason. It's like a Chris Hanson episode waiting to happen.

Also, don't forget that SSB4 will be shown at E3 Jun 11 thru Jun 13. We'll finally get to see some of the new characters the join the ranks. Maybe some of the ones who were or will be interviewed in this fic got in.