Bow Before Your King

Chapter 10 - New Kid on Campus

I am so freaking sorry you guys, lol. Even though this isn't the first time a fic of mine hasn't been updated in a while, I know people really like this story, so that's why it's still a priority for me to continue. I know I have a lot of catching up to do since this story started to take place as the Smash Ultimate era began, but I have a plan of how I'm gonna catch up, but we'll talk more about that in a bit.

Last chapter where we left off, Ganondorf took the kids out for a horror movie thinking that it was not going to be that big of a deal, and obviously it bit him in the butt. Now he's in big time trouble now... We'll see what happens from here on out.

~KF

January 13, 2019

"You didn't listen to Lucina on what was asked of you, you've almost ruined the movie for everyone watching, and then to top it all off, you've now permanently scarred those kids for life. Way to go, Ganon. Just what do you have to say for yourself?"

"..."

"What were you trying to accomplish by including all those innocent kids there to witness something so disturbing, in spite of Lucina's warnings which you just to ignore?"

The moment when Link heard of the events that occurred the previous night, his natural instinct was confronting his main villain immediately. Though after a major conversation with Zelda, he decided to listen to his fellow Hyrulian by calming himself down and be patient to say something in the morning. Thus, taking advantage of the fact that none of the mansion residents were allowed to use the elevators. Link took the time to wait on his floor by the stairs for Dragmire to come down on his way to breakfast to share a few words with him about the incident. Ganon as usual, shared no emotions of regret whatsoever. Why would he have had that emotion? Ganon was always right as far as he was concerned.

"...Do you have anything to say...?" Link blinked after hearing no words from the taller smasher. "You still have to apologize to Donkey Kong and you owe him a soda from the vending machine today. And you of course also need to apologize to each and every one of those kids that came with you even though they should have know better as well, but Zelda already gave them a talk last night. Ganon, this has nothing to do with whether we are fond of each other or not. This is just downright unacceptable and I want to make sure you understand that. If you would have chose to not get yourself involved with something, which I do think it would have been interest to do so, this would have never happened."

With only a simple blink, Link knew very well that this was his worst case scenario. He concluded that Ganon somehow still did not understand the consequences of the kids who saw that movie with him. Even if he did somehow, it was not as if he was going to show it at the time. Though, Link was clearly not the type of person that would give up so easily when trying to reason with people. He of course did not care if he test Ganon's own patience. The principle of the matter was simply that he just had to understand that what he did was wrong.

"If you do not apologize for the ones that were involved, I will turn you in to the authorities will they will handle you themselves."

He had no intentions to, but Ganondorf Dragmire eventually apologized to Link, who ended up coming with him so that he could apologize to the kids that were near him, mainly because of the fact that a trip to the master's office was never part of his plans for that day.

After enduring the long breakfast line in the cafeteria as usual, he was now sitting at a table alone. Though he unsurprisingly never cared if he was alone at a table anyway. As long as consumed something in the morning, there was no problems.

However, something did manage to get his attention thanks to the surrounding fellow Smashers and Assist Trophies that were eating at other tables.

"Ooh, did you hear?" Pit's voice sounded. "Piranha Plant is coming today!"

That actually managed to have Ganon be so focused on those words to the point where his eyes actually turned in the angel's direction. Curiosity getting the better of people was something that was not uncommon, even if Pit's character appeared to be the exact opposite of Ganon's.

Olimar spoke up, sitting two seats Pit's left to save a spot for Palutena who was just now approaching the table. "I heard the rumors as well. But I think it's best to wait until Master Hand's official announcement is made."

"I just don't understand how a plant of all things can become a fighter, when you have plenty of other fighters that are clearly more deserving than a random Mario enemy." Dark Pit (Pitoo) stated sitting across from Pit, stuffing a piece of french toast into his mouth. He clearly represented as one one of the many people that never got the idea of Mario's plant-like foe into the mansion as a legitimate fighter. "I don't care about the whole Waluigi thing anymore..."

"Maybe because Waluigi was never meant to be a playable character." R.O.B. guessed. He never needed to consume anything for obvious reasons, yet he wanted to be friendly. "I mean, sure we have Daisy, but at least she actually plays a role in a Super Mario game. That makes a lick of sense to me. Waluigi has only appeared in spin-offs, and I personally think that neither Master Hand nor Nintendo cares about spin off Mario games being represented in Smash... even though we have Mario Kart stages..."

"Well, bottom line is that newcomers are always nice to see..." Bomberman the Assist Trophy concluded.

"Oh no..." Pit suddenly placed both of his hands on his head. "Lady Palutena, what are we gonna tell Viridi?"

"Wouldn't she love the fact that Piranha Plant is in?" asked Olimar.

"No..." Pit began to rapidly shake his head. "You don't understand. Viridi talks about plants non-stop. If we were to tell her, she'd be obsessed over it all, day. ...What are we gonna do?"

"Relax, Pit." Palutena chuckled slightly. "We'll just be honest with her and tell her as soon as it arrives here. Better to tell her now and get it over with than never."

At the time he did not know why, but Ganon always thought of newcomers entering the mansion to be rather interesting. Maybe one reason could have been that over time he always grew a bit bored of fighting the same opponents over and over again. The more he faced them, the more he predicted his opponents' movements. And since it went both ways, that meant that the opposing fighter predicted how Ganon acted in matches as well. Ridley was the latest edition to the Smash roster that earned his interest the most. That was not to say that he had a growing bond with the bane of Samus Aran's existence nowadays, it was just that he found him to be a rather interesting character overall, let alone an interesting opponent he would not have minded training with.

His train of thought was suddenly interrupted when Dedede, who ended up being right behind him since Dragmire sat rather close to the food, ended up having his jaw dropped upon eavesdropping on Pit's conversation with his friends.

"Piranha Plant? ...Today? ...Ooh, hold on a minute! I'm gonna sit with you guys!" He speed-walked his way over and sat with Pit's group, not caring if Dark Pit rolled his eyes at the fact that he was now directly next to the penguin. "What time is it comin' over here?"

"Well, if he is coming today, we don't know for certain." Olimar shook his head. "But best case scenario, sometime after breakfast. That to me is the best time for it to come. Otherwise, I'd say right before dinner."

"...Why not before breakfast?"

"Simply because it is rather too early in the morning. Breakfast here is always at seven, and we all know how this mansion runs when it comes to meal times."

"Attention, Smashers." All of a sudden, Master Hand's voice sounded on the intercom. "Today is Sunday, January 13, 2019, which means that no matches are to take place today because of maintenance. However, perhaps you could all spend the day getting to know someone new that is set to arrive to the Smash Mansion in an hour."

Though the cafeteria grew rather quiet, most of the eaters either shared quiet whispers with one another, or remained silent full of anticipation and excitement.

"The Piranha Plant from Super Mario is officially on its way here."

Then as expected, the crowd cheered on. Fighter number seventy was finally set to make its debut in the mansion.

"Although he will not be playable for the game until January 31st, he will already be here in the meantime, since it stated that it was ready to make its journey here. Kirby has volunteered to be its guide for the mansion upon its arrival, and since Incineroar is the latest newcomer, it will escort it to its room, which will be right across from his. If you are interested in meeting the Piranha Plant, please be on your best behavior and make sure you set a good example of how one should act in the mansion. And yes, since it is in the Smash world, it can in fact speak when it wants to. The weather today is partly cloudy, fifty degrees farenheit. Thus, for those that get cold rather easily, I'd suggest you wear a light jacket. Thank you, and have a Smashing Fun Day!"

Upon Master Hand finishing its announcement, the volume of the cafeteria completely skyrocketed.

"I wanna meet the Piranha Plant!" Pit said. "This will be so much fun!"

"I agree." Olimar nodded in agreement. "For some reason it reminds me of my Pikmin. I will make sure it makes itself at home since its gonna be the new kid on campus, basically. We have actual plants here, but I suppose living with a plant that has a mind of its own is something rather interesting to experience. I'm sure Kirby will be a great tour guide."

"I have a question." Bomberman suddenly thought of something. "Why is it Kirby in particular, anyway?"

"Oh, that's because he's one of the original twelve." Palutena replied. "These days Master Hand always gets one of the original twelve to guide newcomers around the mansion starting with this era in particular."

Dedede blinked. "...But why does it always have to be one of them? ...Because they were here first?"

"That's... kinda the point." Pit answered. "But hopefully, we'll all get a chance to meet the Piranha Plant soon. We really got to make him feel comfortable here, so I do hope that people don't give it a hard time."

Dedede got into his mind. It was nothing against anyone from the original twelve at all, except for the one Smasher that butted heads with Dedede at times. But these days, he always felt as if Master Hand were putting the original members of the Super Smash Brothers on a high pedestal simply because they participated in the tournaments first. And worst of all, Kirby of all people just had to be the one that was set to show Piranha Plant around the mansion. For some reason, that rubbed Dedede the wrong way. Kirby, an original member of Smash, gets the privilege to be the center of attention for the newcomer shortly after it was scheduled to arrive. Of course it never sat well with him whatsoever.

Thus, another question popped into his head. Why not have Dedede be the one to show it around? Why not give him that privilege to do so? He literally owned a whole castle for Dreamland's sake, and he had been in the mansion for a while. Hence, the reason why he had quite a big idea of how the mansion ran. Though within the next several seconds of thinking, he became even more annoyed that Kirby had the perfect opportunity to get to know the plant before Dedede. It always had to be Kirby's way. Either his way or no way. He was already put on the highest pedestal ever in their home world, now this? How unacceptable.

Although, he was not just going a good Smash resident by not causing problems. He needed to do something about it. The brawler knew that simply talking to the authorities about the matter would not work in his favor. He needed to take matters into his own hands.

"Uh, Dedede? You alright?"

He suddenly snapped out of his own thoughts upon hearing Pit's voice.

"You haven't said anything in a while."

"Oh. Uh, yeah. I'm alright. Just wondering what the plant will be like."

"Personality wise?" He figured. "Oh, yes. It does seem to be a mystery! Not every mutated plant shows any emotions so this just makes it even more exciting!"

Personality when it came to the plant was the least of Dedede's concerns. With hard work and determination, the king was going to do whatever it took to take Kirby out of the spotlight for Piranha Plant just so that he could get his time to shine and interact with Piranha Plant first. It was the only way.

Typed this whole chapter on Saturday. So why did it take me so long to finally gets this out? Only because of other projects being in the way. But like I said, I never forgot about this fanfiction. I kinda missed writing it, so here you go. Now, I'm gonna be honest here and say that clearly at this point chapters aren't gonna come out every Monday. However, at the very least I can say that you guys will never have to wait seven months for one chapter ever again (hopefully), since now I have even more motivation to continue it because of this. So still be on the lookout for updates! (Also, for those who are interested of what I've been working on, mainly my Survivor stories. My current one is the second one for the series, "Survivor - Emperors vs Knights", a SSB x Game X-Over that includes Greninja, Peach, Zelda, Sheik, Pac-Man, Mega Man, Shulk, Roy, Marth, Cloud, and even Shovel Knight and Knuckles from the Assist Trophy group as some of its contestants. Check it out if you have the time while you wait for another chapter of this to come out!

So anyway, onto the chapter itself, Link himself confronted Ganon of the movie incident last night. Sure, Ganon could have used common sense and realized that letting children witness an R-rated horror movie was not exactly the best idea in the world, but Ganon's Ganon, and Ganon does what Ganon does. And in the end, it bit him in the butt, so maybe overtime he will finally put his ego aside and have a better understanding that children and R-rated horror movies never mixed, and that he found out the hard way.

But other than that, Dedede is going to be the main character for the next chapter or two depending on how things work out. Long story short, he's acting like it's a whole race to make friends with the Piranha Plant before Kirby does just for the sake of beating Kirby. As petty as it sounds, with the little knowledge I have about Dedede and Kirby's relationship, this is basically it in a nutshell, though next chapter will say it all. So we'll see how this will turn out. (Plot twist: the next chapter for this story is already done. Be on the lookout for next Monday!)

Questions:

1. Would this plan actually work for Dedede? Why or why not?

2. If it doesn't work, would Dedede have any regrets at all?

3. What do you think Piranha Plant's perspective would be on Dedede? (Sure, we may not know its personality just yet but I'm gonna ask anyway lol)

I encourage everyone to review and it feels good to have this fic back up and running!