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Chapter 1: Newcomer in Smash Mansion

It was nearing winter as the inhabitants of Smash Mansion were getting ready for a celebration of newcomers. Decorations filled the marvelous main hall of the Smash Mansion, the official home for all smashers and the venue of the celebration. A few smashers and a majority of toads were helping out with the decorations that were led by Princess Peach Toadstool of the Mushroom Kingdom. Streamers of red, gold and silver were wrapped skilfully around each marble pillar which stood majestically in the hall. The windows were clothed with red velvet curtains that fell lazily to the marble floor. Several chandeliers hung gracefully over the rushing workers who were all in a hurry to finish their tasks.

"No No!" shouted Princess Peach, in a sugar coated voice at some toads who were arranging the flowers on the buffet table. " Use separate colours for each table. Don't mix them up." Gosh, how hard was it to arrange flowers, thought Princess Peach as she tried one of the biscuits that a toad had asked her to try.

" Way too much sugar"

"Oh, sorry your highness. I'll do them again." The toad was just about to leave for the kitchen when a gentle gloved hand landed on his shoulder.

"Ah-ah. I didn't say they weren't nice" Peach said.

Her attention was then caught by a number of toads who were gathered around a ladder.

"Be careful with that!" called the blond princess out to her subjects who were watching another toad hang up a banner on the ceiling. It read 'Welcome New Smashers!" in pink curvy writing. "I don't want to have to make another one."

"Don't worry Princess." said the toad at the top of the ladder. " This time I won't-"

Peach squealed at the top of her voice when the toad slipped on the ladder pulling the banner down with him. Suddenly Pit swooped in and caught the toad just before it fell to the floor and ripped the banner again.

"Got 'ya" said Pit. He carefully put the toad back on the ground and faced the Princess. "Need help?"

Peach caught her breath again. Thank goodness her banner didn't rip. "Thank you Pit, that would be most kind of you."

The angel boy with a head of thick brunette hair flew to the banner and fixed it back in place. "Hey, anytime."

Peach suddenly had a thought when she remembered that Pit could fly, well she could too but only for a few seconds. "Actually Pit, there is something I want you to do."

" Uh-oh. Sounds like chores Pit. Run while you've still got your dignity."

Peach turned around angrily at the source of the voice. It was the red-headed prince, Roy. " And, what do you want?" she asked with her sweetest voice, which didn't match her features that were boiling with anger.

Roy cupped his left ear. "What's that I hear? Ah yes, the Princess is talking to me again." he chuckled while holding his sides. A finger went up to his eye and Peach suspected that he was showing her he was crying from laughter.

"Shov-" Peach remembered she was a Princess and it was unladylike to talk rude so she put on one of her sweetest fake smiles that she normally used around Mario. "Prince Roy, would you be as kind to kindly leave me in peace thus not provoking me." her voice was so sweet it could give cavities.

Pit who was just a witness in all of this shook his head. Trouble was brewing up. Fast.

"Ha. O.K you highness" Roy made a deep bow. "I shall leave you in peace with your marvellous work." He took a few glances at the decorations and turned to head for the door with his blue cape flapping swiftly behind him.

Finally, thought Peach. She massaged the bridge of her nose. Oh, how she despised him.

" You just be my peachy Peach." he call out to her while walking out the hall. At first Peach wondered who he was talking to then it all sank in. All the other toads stopped what they were doing. Even Pit's mouth hung open in disbelief.

Peach felt her face flame up fiercely and her hands shake. He... I... Hate... Him...

"Yeah that's it." shouted Roy, he was at the main doors now. "She's sweet and hairy on the outside but on the inside she has a heart of stone!" Roy started laughing at his own joke. A majority of the toads started to laugh so that they forgot what they were doing.

Peach, now on the verge of exploding, just clenched her fists and took deep breaths. Relax Peach, he's just another idiot, like the rest of them. The laughter got louder and was ringing furiously in her ears. " Enough!" she yelled. " Back to work everyone, we are late on schedule."

Pit landed beside her as she sat down on a wooden stool and took a sip of her tea that was being held for her by a toad before. "You know Princess Peach, don't let him get to you. He's always like that. Now, what was it that you were going to ask me?"

Peach set down her teacup and saucer on the tray the toad was holding. "I was thinking that you could throw confetti on the newcomers tonight."

"From above?"

"Yes. Seeing how you fly and all. I'd ask one of the toads-" A toad that was walking past them holding finger food tripped over his own feet and sent the food flying into the punch bowl. "Well, you can see. So, will you do it?"

Pit shrugged. He knew Roy would make fun of him, oh, and maybe Captain Falcon, Wario and a few other male smashers, but he was close to Peach and wouldn't say no to a friend. "I guess so." Somehow, deep down, he knew he was going to regret this.

Peach happily clapped her hands. "Fantastic. Now that's out the way I can go do my nails. Look, they're are run down. Aww, you poor things..." she muttered to herself as she left Pit standing among the mass of the toads.

Princess Zelda of Hyrule sat on her bed watching the analogue clock that hung over a pink dressing table that belonged to her roommate, Princess Peach. She was holding an invitation to the party tonight that was celebrating the newcomers to the Smash Mansion. It wasn't really an invite as it was mandatory to attend but Princess Peach who was in charge of organising the party insisted making them, well, her toads that is.

"Eight sharp is when they arrive." muttered the brunette princess to herself.

She checked the invitation again and studied the names of the newcomers. "Lucas... Ah, that's a friend of Ness's. Solid Snake, what a weird name."

The last name was Ike, a mercenary apparently and a close friend of Roy's and Marth's. Both were Princes but she was sure Ike wasn't as he had no title only mercenary as a hint to what he did. She recalled a conversation she had with Prince Marth earlier.

" So, this Ike person, how is his personality?" asked Zelda.

Marth, who was busy flipping through pages of a book about poetry stopped and thought for a second. "Well I'd say he's quite blunt but don't worry he's not blunt to girls or princesses for that matter." She hated the way he put an envy on princess.

"I mean generally, is he nice or mean?"

Marth continued flipping through his book. " That's hard."

"What?"

A few shushes could be heard.

"Ahem. Silence in the library." whispered Fox in a hoarse voice. He had poked his head literally threw one of the bookcases just to look at them. "Most people are here to read, not to engage conversation."

"Sorry" whispered both Marth and Zelda sheepishly.

They were both sitting on separate armchairs with an oak table between them with a lamp on it. Marth was indulging on some sweet poetry which he was thinking of using to win over the heart of who he desired. Whereas Zelda sat with a closed book in her hand about the founders of Smash Mansion. To her left sat a fireplace where a fire was crackling wildly.

Meanwhile Zelda was getting frustrated. "You haven't answered my question yet." she reminded him.

Marth's blue-haired head looked up from his book and then to where Fox's head had poked out. He spoke in the most discreet voice he could muster. "Why are you so curious? Curiosity killed the cat you know."

"Its just... Princess Peach said she heard Link say ,that Roy said, Ike was a person not to be messed with and confidently said that he was sure Ike would win the Smash trophy this year."

Marth took out a notebook from his pocket and placed it on the arm of his armchair. "Roy is right about one thing that Ike is not to be messed with but Ike's not going to win the trophy. I am."

"Yeah right, think again pretty boy." said Zelda while crossing her arms over her chest.

Zelda had left the soothing silence of the library and Marth after a while since he was busy scribbling down lines of poetry in his notebook to be bothered to answer her question. Now even when she sat on her red clad bed she thought of how weird it was for Marth to keep so quiet about someone. Like Princess Peach, the Queen of Gossip, Marth was known to be a reliable source for some dirt on people. He had an eye for observing people and could tell what they were like or what they did when their door was closed or when everyone's back was turned. He unlike Princess Peach didn't use the information he achieved to blackmail people. Both were gifted with an observant eye that sometimes Zelda wished she could trade her wisdom for. Being observant meant that Marth and Princess Peach were often winners of their battles as they already knew their opponents fighting style and where he or she said weak point was. The thought that poked about in her mind earlier returned. Why was Marth so insistent in ignoring her questions on Ike? Ike...

"Roy is right about one thing that Ike is not to be messed with..." Marth had said.

Great, she thought. She was hoping for some weak newcomers that she could easily thrash. But if Ike was a tough guy, that would be hard. Lately she hadn't been successful in her brawls. Even the private tutoring from her boyfriend, Link the Hero of Time, wasn't helping much. She knew him too well, how he attacked, what his rhythm was and how to catch him off guard. She had had one battle scheduled for her against Link but won by default as Link had mysteriously pulled out. Wario wouldn't stop calling her a weakling for the length of the week. Link realised this and apologised immediately but she had forgiven him mainly on the basis that she couldn't give the damn about what Wario thought. Link was relieved but Zelda couldn't help thinking how good it would have made her look if she defeated Link. It would have definitely shut up a certain over-weight baboon.

The door of her dorm suddenly clicked and Princess Peach came rushing in. She went straight to her dressing table and sat on her stool. She observed herself in the mirror while checking her teeth.

"That liar!" she shrieked making Zelda's train of thought derail.

"What liar?" asked Zelda as she turned on her bed to face her friends back.

"Oh Zelda!" she said it her usual high pitched voice which she hadn't used earlier. " I didn't see you there. Are you going like that? If I must say you look... Unattractive?"

Zelda looked down on herself. She was wearing a plain white gown that she only wore in the dorm. Anyway, a princess of her status should never wear something like this in public. It was just not right.

"No, Peach. I'll change later. What were you saying about a liar?"

Peach was busily walking over to her pink studded wardrobe. She opened it and pulled out a beautiful pink glittering gown covered in plastic for protection. "I was talking about Toon Link. He said I had something stuck in my teeth." she removed the plastic and held it against herself while admiring it. "You'd better get ready now. Look at the time it's almost 7.30 p.m.."

"Not too flashy, huh?" said Zelda. She too got up and headed for her lilac wardrobe.

"I was planning on wearing this for when I win the Smash Trophy. But... Change of plan. This dress fits perfect for this occasion." Peach pulled out a pair of 5-inch heels that matched the colour of her dress.

Zelda pulled out a cream coloured dress that was gracefully decorated with soft silk and lace. Not too loud, thought Zelda. She didn't like sticking out or making a scene. Simple was quite perfect for her, it matched her.

"Oh darling," she said as she faced Zelda. " That dress again?"

"I know, I know, I just like this dress."

" Listen, I love every single dress in here but I don't wear them all at once."

"I'm not wearing lots of dresses at once"

Peach started rummaging in her wardrobe. "Here" she held up a scarlet red dress. "It fits the occasion perfect. Don't tell me you don't want to charm the socks off that... What's his name?"

"Solid Snake?"

Peach massaged her temples and shook her head. "Nah, the other one... Ike! That's it!"

"Ike?" repeated Zelda.

"Uh-huh."

Zelda reached for her back and undid her dress. " No thank you. Also, why would I want to do that?"

Peach put the dress back into her wardrobe and patted it lightly. "Don't worry darling I'll where you one day."

"Peach?"

Peach began undressing."I heard Link also say that Ike is quite a looker, according to Roy that is." Peach's voice got tense at the mention of Roy's name.

Zelda slipped on her dress and patted it gently at the sides. "Why did you say Roy's name like that?"

"Long story"

Princess Zelda and Princess Peach walked gracefully into the main hall of Smash Mansion. Zelda took a deep breath as she saw that all the smashers were there, as expected. Her eyes travelled to Wario and Bowser who were raiding the buffet table.

"My dentist said I should stay away from the sweet stuff but what the heck." Wario said as he chucked half a piece of pie in his mouth. Immediately he ran towards the restrooms. "Arghh! I guess she was right!"

Bowser was in a fit of laughter and helped himself the remainder of the pie.

"Peach! Zelda!" the blue-haired prince, Marth, walked up to them followed by Link.

Peach whipped out her fan and began fluttering at herself. "Hot isn't it." she winked mischievously at Zelda.

"Hi Marth." said Zelda.

Marth was wearing a white tunic and white trousers topped off with shining armour. He was practically a prince in shining armour with a blue cape to match his hair. He took Peach's free hand gently in his and kissed it. "May I have the honour of escorting you?"

"I believe you may." answered Peach between a fit of giggles.

They both walked off together leaving Zelda and Link. "I guess it's just you and me." said Link as he linked his arm with Zelda's.

"Like old times?"

"Like old times." he replied with a laugh.

They walked slowly together and admired the toads handy work, and of course, Peach's party planning.

"Has an eye for decor, doesn't she?"

Zelda, who was busily observing a blue hedgehog that was break dancing on the floor, just caught his question. "Mmm... Yes, it's beautiful. Hey Link, have the newcomers arrived yet?"

"Yeah, they arrived early. Minutes before you came down."

"Who's that?" she asked pointing to the blue hedgehog.

"Oh, that's Sonic. Didn't you read your invitation?"

"I did, but not all of it."

"That's a no then." said a voice behind them.

Marth was walking alone and smiled weakly at them.

"Where's Peach?" asked Zelda as she glanced around the room searching for her roommate.

"She is talking to a certain hedgehog, Sonic, I think."

Zelda smile. There was only one reason her friend would leave Marth's side to talk to someone else, he had to be a pranker like her. She kept all this to herself as no one actually knew who was the mastermind prankster. Peach's happy-go-lucky personality (fake), meant that everyone never suspected her. She herself had been pranked a number of times in the past but not too severely. Only those who Peach had it in for like Roy, Wario and Bowser, got the worst pranks. Though lately it was getting hard to prank for Peach as people were getting suspicious. Now that she's possibly found an accomplice, who knows what will happen next. The thought made Zelda grin.

"Did I miss out on a joke?" asked Roy as he walked up to them.

"What joke? I didn't hear it..." said Link.

Zelda clicked back. "No, I was just smiling to myself."

Roy smiled as well then suddenly remembered why he was there. "Marth! I've been searching for you. Ike's just over there." he said pointing to the far side of the hall. "He wants to meet you."

Zelda's eyes followed to where he was pointing. All she could see was a red cape flapping lightly and a head of thick spiky blue hair. That's him? She thought.

They all walked up to him. Ike was quite tall, a little more than Marth. Zelda noticed the muscles in his arms flex when he lifted something to his face. Wow, look at those, she found herself thinking before shaking the thought away. What's up with me?

"Ike! It's great to see you after all this time" Marth was the first to step forward.

Ike turned around and Zelda was caught in his azure blue eyes. She felt herself drowning so she tightened her grip on Link's arm.

"Likewise" he said as he shook Marth's hand.

"You already know who Roy is so-" Marth trailed off as he glanced at Link and Zelda. "This is Link, the Hero of Time, from Hyrule."

Ike shook his hand with a bland expression.

"And this fine lady is Princess Zelda of Hyrule."

"And Link's girlfriend" blurted Roy.

Ike merely glanced at her before moving his attention to Marth again.

How rude! Thought Zelda.

"So how's Smash Mansion serving you?" asked Marth to Ike.

"It's alright, I guess, but it'll get better when I get a match scheduled."

Marth, Link and Roy started laughing.

"Yeah. I can't wait for my next match!" Roy said.

"Hey, Zelda probably feels left out." said Link.

Zelda just continued on smiling. It was true what Link said but at least Marth, Link and Roy actually exclaimed her presence. Ike on the other hand was completely oblivious to her.

"I don't mind, really." she said then she noticed something in Ike's hair.

"Hey guys!" said Pit, he was slowly gliding to them, his feet barely touching the ground.

"Uh-oh, here comes flower boy!" said Roy.

Zelda, Link and Marth stifled a laugh. Ike remained bored.

Pit landed next to Ike and looked at him for a few seconds.

"Watch it Ike, flower boy has eyes for you! Hehe!"

This made everyone who heard laugh hysterically. Zelda couldn't control herself.

Ike just narrowed his eyes and looked away. "Flower boy?"

"That'd be me Ike." said Pit, he's eyes flaming with anger.

"Ha! You admitted it!" cried Roy.

"That's it! Hold this would you." Pit handed Ike a basket of confetti, flapped his wings furiously and went zooming after Roy.

"Arghh! No Pit! Aww c'mon!" yelled Roy.

Ike eyed the basket as though it was poisonous.

"It won't bite y'know." said Zelda.

"Haha. Yeah, well I'd better calm Pit down." said Link as he went after Pit who was trying to dip Roy's head in a punch bowl.

Peach came running up to them. "Hi!" she said to Ike.

"Hello." replied Ike.

What? He talks to Peach but not me! Zelda thought. Ok, now I'm angry.

Peach whipped out her fan. "Wow. It getting hotter in here every second."

"Hot? But it's October." said Marth, looking puzzled.

"I get it." said Ike, his mouth slightly grinned.

Peach giggled and flapped faster. "Haha. Clever, you must be Ike. My name is Princess Peach Toadstool of the Mushroom Kingdom." she held out her hand to him.

Ike lent down and took her hand in his before kissing it lightly. "Charmed."

Zelda saw Peach eyeing his hair.

"Stop right there!" Peach exclaimed.

Ike froze, so did Zelda and Marth.

Peach removed her glove on her free hand and gently touched Ike's blue hair. "So, Roy wasn't kidding." she merely said.

Ike got up straight and glanced at a shocked Marth. Zelda was shocked too but she was good at hiding feelings.

"Close our mouth Marth, you'll catch flies." said Peach as she put her glove back on. "I hope you didn't mind that."

The side of Ike's mouth twitched. "Not at all, your highness. I'm at your service." he said with a slight bow.

Zelda just watched him and thought she imagined that when he stood back up that his eyes had lingered to her. Did he mean it for me? She thought.

Marth, who had gone a shade of scarlet, checked his watch. " It's getting late."

"What are you doing with that Ike?"

"This? Pit gave it me before he chased after Roy."

"As usual" said Zelda.

"Give it here, Ike." Peach took it off Ike and Zelda thought she saw the same thing in Ike's hair again. "I'm going to have some tea, care to join me Marth?"

Marth nodded his head enthusiastically before realising.

Peach left with Marth leaving Zelda and Ike alone.

Now's my chance, thought Zelda.

"Umm..."

Ike placed his hand on his sword, he fingered it for a few seconds.

"Ike" her voice came out squeaky and making her blush.

"Mmm?" he said.

"T-there's something in your hair. Its been there for a while now... But I"

Ike's hand went to his hair. His hand searched aimlessly in his thick hair. Zelda wondered for a second what Peach meant. She watched his hand pass the confetti stuck in his hair.

"Here." she said while tip-toeing and pulling the confetti from his hair. She didn't notice she had placed her hand on his shoulder. Realising this, she pulled her away almost violently.

Ike just eyed her curiously. She saw him open his mouth to speak, his gorgeous shaped lips that she wondered what felt like.

"Hide me! Hide me! Please!" cried Roy as he jumped behind Ike.

Pit came flying past seconds after, still fuming.

"Seen Roy?"he asked.

Zelda and Ike shook their heads..

"He's gone. You can come out now." said Ike. Even he couldn't help grinning as he glance behind him and saw Roy under his cape.

"Phew, thanks guys. I thought I was a goner. Hey its getting late and I heard Master Hand say tomorrow noon there's going to be a battle. We should get going huh? An early bird catches the worm."

Ike simply nodded and followed Roy out the hall. "Goodnight, your highness." Ike said before he left.

Zelda did a double-take as she saw a slight tinge of blush on Ike's cheek.

"I'd better get going too."

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