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The Honkening

"Ah, so this is the vessel that you have brought me?" Shadow Queen asked, looking down at Peach.

"Yes, that is correct." Grodus nodded.

"Excellent. She will make a fine vessel." Shadow Queen nodded at Grodus and bent over to begin the procedure… but noticed Peach was missing. "Huh?"

"Honk!"

Shadow Queen looked up to see the Goose pulling Peach away. "Hey… HEY!" She yelled, launching out of her tomb to try to grab Peach in a tug of war. "Let go! This is not your vessel!"

"Honk!"

"…Should we intervene?" Ruby asked.

"Honestly? I'm not sure." Mario sweatdropped.

"Mmm! This is very uncomfortable!" Peach complained as the two struggled a bit until Shadow Queen managed to pry Peach away from the Goose.

"Now! Back to business!" Shadow Queen smirked as she bent over to begin the procedure… until the Goose flew over and landed on top of Peach, as the area began to glow brightly, forcing everyone to cover their eyes… and once the light faded…

"…Honk?" The Goose looked around, seeing that it had purple feathers and black webbed feet.

"Huh?" Peach looked to see that she was alright. "That's… peculiar."

"NO! NOOOOOO!" Grodus yelled. "Shadow Queen! Can you hear me? Can you say anything!"

The Goose glared at Grodus as it waddled over to him, took the scepter and bashed him on the head repeatedly. "HONK! HONK HONK HOOOONK!"

"OW! OW! I'm sorry! OW! I don't think there's a way to- OW - reverse this! Gah!"

"Should we be worried about this?" Blake wondered.

"Honestly? I think we're okay." Yang said as Mario went over to help Peach up.

"You okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine." Peach nodded. "Let's get out of here." She said as they all walked out while the Shadow Sirens could only look on with dumbfounded expressions while the Goose kept smacking Grodus with the scepter.

"Soooo… now what?" Beldam asked.

"Guh."

"OW! STOP HITTING MY HEAD! OOOOOW!"


Sometime later

The Goose was sitting on a pile of items that he, or in this case, she, had stolen from everyone right under their noses. Fire Flowers, Peach's Crown, Sword of the Creator, Ink Roller, Inkling's headphones… just to name a few. "Your majesty, don't you think it's time to plan world domination?" Grodus asked, and then the Goose smacked him upside the head with his scepter. "OOOF! Okay, that's a no then…"

"Honk!"


Baby Pig

Fawful would approach Cackletta. "Lady Cackletta! Look what I found!"

"Hmm?" Cackletta turned to her minion. "What is it?"

Fawful brought out a small bipedal baby pig. "Ta-dah!"

"Fawful, you are my most loyal minion… but I have to ask. What kind of loathsome thing is this?"

"It's a pig! I found it all alone in the woods!"

"Oink!"

"Mmm… I'd rather have it left for dead. How are you going to take care of it?"

"I will find a way!"

"Right… put it back where you found it. We got work to do." Cackletta said and walked off.

"Aww, don't worry little piggy. She doesn't know what you're talking about." He said as the pig lightly nuzzled against his neck. "I think I'll call you… Midbus."

"Oink!"

"Aww, you like that! I feel like we're going to be great friends!" He said, putting Midbus behind his cloak. "Come on! Let's go." He said as he took off to reunite with his master.


Mario Kart Gone Wrong

"Uh… are you sure that's safe?" Luigi asked as Inkling Girl was polishing the Inkstriker.

"Of course! This one's a dud anyway, so I'm pretty sure this one won't detonate if it hits a wall!"

"Okay… if you say so."


Later

"Stay fresh!" Inkling Girl threw a green shell at Waluigi, hitting him in the back. "Bullseye!" She exclaimed and drove past him.

"Oh yeah!" Waluigi pulled out a banana peel and threw it as far as he could, as it landed a few feet in front of Inkling Girl, giving her no time to react.

"Oh squid!" She exclaimed as she slipped on the banana peel, losing control and slamming into a wall. "Ooof!"

"Wahahaha! Waluigi number one!"

Inkling Girl backed up. "We'll see about that!" She exclaimed… and then noticed her Inkstriker was smoking a bit. "Huh?" She wondered, before it started turning red. "…Oh kelp me." She groaned as the Inkstriker exploded, catching Jaune, Shy Guy and Dry Bones in the explosion. Once the ink cleared, she was sitting on the ground and having a "WTF" expression on her face.

"Inkling Girl's kart exploded! She's out of the race!"

Inkling Girl folded her arms, grumbling while an inked Jaune, Shy Guy and Dry Bones drove off. "Stupid squidding Inkstrike…"


Late for Battle

Ganondorf paced around the room while Zelda was filing her nails in her prison. "Where is that blasted Hero of Hyrule! He should have been here by now!"

"Oh relax, I'm sure he'll come. He probably got side tracked by something."


"HIYAH! YAH!" Link yelled, cutting grass with his sword. "Wahoo! Three Red Rupees!"


Ganondorf played on his organ, while Zelda was reading a magazine. "You sure he's coming?"

"Positive." Zelda flipped a page. "Ooooh! That's some nice jewelry!"


Link rode on Epona, quickly firing arrows at targets and hitting every bullseye. "Congratulations, Link. You won the platinum medal!" A Gerudo called out.

"Alright!" Link grinned.


"Mwahahaha! Welcome Link… to your DOOM!" Ganondorf recited and turned to Zelda. "How was that?"

"Eh, the 'Mwahaha' is kind of cliche."

"Mmm, fair point."


Link threw a fishing pole into the lake, sitting down and pulling up a few fish. "Master." Fi came out of the Master Sword. "Shouldn't you be doing something right now?"

"Shhh! You're gonna scare away the fish!"


Ganondorf played some cards with Zelda. "Do you have a two?"

"Aww…" Zelda pouted, giving Ganondorf a two card.

"Heh, thank you!"


Link aimed a Bomb Arrow at some Bokoblins, releasing the string as the Bomb Arrow went sailing and struck the Bokoblins, killing them all. "Booyah!" He ran over and collected their things.


Zelda and Ganondorf were sleeping by this point, Ganondorf snoring while Zelda slept peacefully in her cell.


"Master, are you sure you're not forgetting something?" Fi asked as Link chopped down some wood and tossed them to the ground, launching a Fire Arrow to start a campfire.

"Nah… I don't think I'm forgetting anything at all." Link said, lying down and falling asleep.

Fi sighed, lightly facepalming. "Zelda… please forgive us for our late arrival…"She said as she went back into the Master Sword while Link snored away.


Okay, I don't mean to sound ungrateful, but for the love of HYLIA, can we PLEASE just get a general Nintendo Direct, Nintendo?! I thought the Pokemon Direct and the Smash Direct would whet our appetites but... seriously, now we're getting an Animal Crossing Direct on Thursday! This dry spell is driving me nuts at this point!