DREAMLAND

The sky of dreamland is calm and somewhat peaceful, but that tranquil mood lasts only for a few moments before the Halberd zooms through the sky with the dark realm starship behind it firing an array of laser blasts at the ship.

Inside the Halberd, META KNIGHT is flying while MARIO, KIRBY, LUIGI and YOSHI all are holding onto to something trying to not be rocked around

META KNIGHT
As I said taking them head on is a reckless decision, but of course we had to do it, because we had to be the heroes

The Halberd is flying at high speeds with the starship hot on it's tail, the Halberd then makes flies into the sky and out of sight of the starship

Back Inside the Halberd

META KNIGHT
We have one shot at this, get on deck, and get ready to jump

LUIGI
What?! No, no, I don't want to...

MARIO then grabs LUIGI, KIRBY, META KNIGHT and YOSHI follow MARIO out of the Halberd's flight deck. The four heroes make their way to the front of the ship and are looking down

LUIGI
Oh no, Oh no, I can't do this

MARIO
Hey we can do this, and we will get the princesses back, but we have to be strong, we have to believe

LUIGI sighs and nods his head. The dark realm ship is then visible below them and the five heroes jump off the Halberd and down to the enemy ship below

4

IKE & THE FIVE KIDS/DREAMLAND MELEE

IKE
So, where to begin, I generally don't like starting from the beginning too much, considering things I've been through pale in comparison to what's happening now. So what is happening now, well...

ICY TUNDRA

IKE is fighting off dark realm soldiers, besting them easily

IKE
My name is Ike, I'm a ranger from a land called Crimea. I was on my way back to my home when these things attacked me, they just kept coming these portals and well long story short

FLASHBACK - IKE falls into a portal.

IKE
Now I'm here, and I've been here for what seems like months. Luckily I haven't been alone

A dark realm soldier seems to have a drop on IKE from behind but he is slashed down by ROY. More soldiers start attacking and ROY dodges their attacks and cuts them down one by one

IKE
This is Roy he's from a land known as Pherae, which seems familiar but I don't know why. He is the heir to his kingdom, a fierce warrior, and cunning swordsman, unfortunately he also is quite annoying

ROY then slashes down the last soldier and laughs

ROY
You'd think they'd learn from the countless ruffians we've cut down that they can't beat us. So keeping throwing yourselves at us, you won't take us down.

ROY is then tackled by a few dark realm soldiers and they pile on top of him.

ROY
Ok I'm down

NESS/LUCAS
PK Thunder!

The soldiers are all hit with a powerful electric attack. ROY is able to push the soldiers off of him and sees NESS and LUCAS

ROY
Right, probably should stop saying things like that

IKE
The one with the hat is Ness and the blond hair one is Lucas, Ness says he's from a town called Onett and Lucas from Tazmily Village. These two have what they describe as PSI powers, psychic powers, when they first told me that I was skeptical but seeing is believing

NESS
They just keep coming

ROY
And we just have to keep taking them down

LUCAS
I just wish there wasn't an endless amount of them

ROY
Hold your head high, we accept defeat now, we lose the battle forever.

ROY then sees more appearing from a portal from the ground and charges at them, LUCAS is scared of fighting more people but NESS puts his hand on his shoulder

NESS
We can do this, we just have to stick together

LUCAS nods his head and the two go and continue to fight. IKE is still taking down soldiers, when jumping over him to hit a soldier that was charging at him are the ICE CLIMBERS

IKE
Those two are Popo and Nana, the Ice Climbers, they don't say much, but those two are inseparable. Like everyone here their world was invaded and they tried to fight off the attackers but like me

FLASHBACK - ROY falls into a portal, NESS falls into a portal, LUCAS falls into a portal, and the ICE CLIMBERS fall into a portal

IKE
I've noticed that there's a common theme with us and it's not particularly the most compelling form of how we all ended up together

IKE then slashes down the final soldier. The heroes all stand tired wondering if that is it and for now there seems to be no more attacks incoming

CAVE

Later that night IKE is off in a corner of a cave writing down his thoughts. Around him are a make shift bed and some things from his world

IKE
We've all been together since we've arrived here, and while we don't know where we're going, we are trekking along hoping to find something, anything to get us out of here. If things don't turn out well, I hope... I hope that this can reach you, and I hope that you can win this fight. Just letting you know, that you're always in my thoughts.

IKE stops writing and sighs

ROY
Are you being dramatic again?

IKE turns to see ROY

IKE
Don't you have any manners

ROY
Sorry, do you want me to knock on the invisible door before I enter?

IKE lets out an annoyed sigh

IKE
What is it Roy?

ROY
Well food's ready, you're always the one telling us how we need to keep up our strength up.

IKE then gets up and starts walking with ROY, ROY then sees a picture of ELINCIA by IKE's bedside

ROY
Are you ever going to tell me who that girl is?

IKE
No

Sometime later everyone is finishing up their meals around a fire

ROY
So, what do we do next

IKE
We keep heading north, hopefully we can find some sort of civilization

ROY lets out an annoyed sigh

IKE
Roy, if you have something to say just say it

ROY
We've been heading north for what seems like four months now, I know we can't give up but I'm just wondering if we'll ever find other people besides the one's always attacking us.

NESS
I mean we can't think like that, we have to believe that we can get out of here

ROY
I know Ness trust me I know but it's been deflating that we've been at this for months and nothing good has happened for us. Outside of us coming together, things have not looked good.

IKE
I know this has been frustrating to say the least but we have to keep our resolve, If we lose that, we lead ourselves to our doom. Everyone get rest, we'll make our move in the morning

Later that night POPO and NANA are fast asleep near the fire. IKE and ROY are both asleep leaning against the cave wall with their swords in hand ready to jump into action if necessary. NESS wakes up and looks around he doesn't see LUCAS, he then looks out the CAVE to see LUCAS sitting watching the stars, NESS then goes out to LUCAS and sits next to him

LUCAS
I wonder, is our world out there, amongst the stars. It has to be right?

NESS
I think it is

LUCAS puts his head down

LUCAS
What if Roy is right and we keep heading north and we don't find anything?

NESS
We can't think like that we have to believe that we can get out of here.

LUCAS
I just don't know, I want to believe that but it seems like we're never going to get out of here

NESS puts his hand on LUCAS' shoulder

NESS
I know why you feel the way you do, and sometimes I think that too, but if we were meant to fail, we would all not be here right now, we'd all be alone. We're close I can feel it

LUCAS smiles

LUCAS
You're right, we have to keep strong. We'll get through this together

NESS yawns

NESS
We should probably get some sleep, Ike always likes to move out early

LUCAS
You go on ahead, I'll get some rest in a little bit

NESS then heads back to bed, LUCAS then looks out at the stars again trying to find hope when from in front of him A portal starts to open, LUCAS stands up scared not knowing what to do

The next morning IKE is asleep when he is shaken awake by ROY

IKE
Is there a reason you're shaking me like a maniac

ROY
We have a problem on our hands, well actually two problems

IKE
What's happening?

ROY
Lucas is gone

IKE shoots up

IKE
What, where did he go? Did someone come and take him

IKE then rushes out of the cave, as IKE gets outside the cave he stops and sees a strange portal outside the cave, NESS, POPO and NANA are just staring at the portal (different from the dark realm portals as it is clear and not in the ground)

ROY
And there lies our second problem which probably goes hand in hand with our first

IKE
He's in there?

ROY
Possibly, I mean it wasn't there last night, now it's here and he's gone, so yeah it's safe to assume he's probably in there

NESS
We have to go in there and get him

IKE
Is it safe to go in?

ROY
I don't know I'm not exactly keen on going through portals, because last time I went through a portal I ended up here

NESS
We shouldn't leave him behind he's our friend, we don't abandon our friends

IKE
No one is talking about abandoning anyone Ness, but we don't exactly know where this will take us or if Ness will be immediately on the other side, what we need to do is ...

Before IKE can finish his sentence POPO and NANA rush into the portal

IKE
Did they just?!

NESS then rushes into the portal, IKE then turns to ROY who is looking at him confused

IKE
Alright, well the rest of our friends went in headstrong, so we have to go in and make sure they don't get hurt. C'mon

ROY
Wait shouldn't we think about this a bit more before jumping into the possibly deadly portal?

IKE
Ok, I thought about it

IKE then tosses ROY into the portal and then jumps into the portal

DREAMLAND

Atop the starship above dreamland MARIO, KIRBY, LUIGI and YOSHI are fighting the dark realm soldiers. MARIO jumps atop the soldiers heads and throws CAPPY at them knocking a few down, YOSHI throws eggs at a few soldiers before running at full speed into a dozen other soldiers knocking them off the ship. KIRBY slide kicks one soldier before using his hammer to knock away a few more soldiers, one of the soldiers fires a laser at KIRBY to which he inhales the laser and spits out a star that knocks down the soldier. META KNIGHT flies around and slashes down the dark realm soldiers, LUIGI dodges attacks from multiple soldiers which causes them to run into each other, LUIGI does hit a few soldiers with a flurry attack. The deck of the ship seems clear of enemies for the time being

LUIGI
Did... Did we win?

META KNIGHT
Just this battle, I suspect there are more inside

MARIO then gets an idea

MARIO
Hey do you think it's possible that with finding out where the princess' are we take this ship as well

Everyone (with the exception of KIRBY) looks at MARIO thinking that plan is a little too much

KIRBY
Poyo!

META KNIGHT
No it's not easy, even if we clear this ship we're not going to be able to fly it just like that

KIRBY
Poyo, poyo

META KNIGHT
I know how to fly my ship, this is something completely different

LUIGI then taps MARIO on the shoulder who turns and his facial expression is that of extreme worry, YOSHI also turns and his face also is in shock

KIRBY
Poyo, poyo, poyo

META KNIGHT scoffs

META KNIGHT
I'm not just going to be able to flip some switches and then we'll be on our way, who knows how difficult it is to fly this thing

MARIO
Umm, you guys

META KNIGHT ignores MARIO

META KNIGHT
Plus even if I do fly it, how are we supposed to get to other worlds

LUIGI
Ummm guys

META KNIGHT still ignores LUIGI

META KNIGHT
Kirby you need to stop thinking everything will be easy and doable because we believe in it, because that's not how things work

MARIO/LUIGI
Guys!

META KNIGHT
What?!

META KNIGHT and KIRBY turn to see that they are surrounded by more dark realm soldiers, the team is frozen not knowing how they are going to get out of it

KIRBY
Poyo?

META KNIGHT
Well for once, I have to agree with you

The dark realm forces start backing up our heroes near the edge of their starship, the heroes look lost as what they need to do

META KNIGHT
We have to jump

LUIGI
I don't want to do that again

META KNIGHT
Trust me on this, jump and we'll be fine

Everyone reluctantly agrees and they jump off the edge, the dark realm soldiers look to see the heroes have disappeared into the sky, the soldiers look to go back into their ship when rising into view is the Halberd which opens fire on the starship and takes out the remaining forces aboard the ship.

Atop the Halberd, the heroes cheer their victory

LUIGI
I can't believe that worked!

META KNIGHT
I honestly gave us a fifty-fifty chance on that one

Everyone looks at META KNIGHT shocked at his statement

META KNIGHT
What, there was a good chance that we could've...

MARIO
How about we don't go on with that... We won, that's what's important. Now let's find out what on that ship

STARSHIP

MARIO, LUIGI, KIRBY and YOSHI are looking at the starships' main controls and computers clearly not knowing what they are looking at,

MARIO
Uhh does anyone know, how to... Do anything with any of this stuff?

LUIGI
Uhh, no

KIRBY
Poyo(confused)

YOSHI
Yoshi (confused)

MARIO
Well I kinda had a feeling

The ship is rocked for a moment and everyone falls over. META KNIGHT's Halberd docks underneath the starship

META KNIGHT enters the bridge of the ship to see everyone on the floor somewhat discombobulated

META KNIGHT
What's wrong with everyone?

LUIGI
What did you hit the ship with?

META KNIGHT
I docked my ship, I'm not going to leave it behind here. Have you found how to work this thing?

Everyone looks at each other knowing they have not found a way to fly the ship

META KNIGHT
So that's a no

LUIGI
Yeah we have no idea what anything does

META KNIGHT then looks at the computers and tries to make sense of what he is looking at

MARIO
Well?

META KNIGHT
Some of this is familiar but it's different from my ship, One wrong flip of a switch and I could ... Well it wouldn't be good

Everyone then wonders what they should do, CAPPY then sees a soldier on the ground and gets an idea. CAPPY jumps onto the soldiers head and MARIO gets fused with the dark realm soldier, leaving everyone just stunned at what they just saw.

META KNIGHT
Did... Did that just happen?

MARIO (in the soldiers body) shoots up which causes everyone to take a big step back

MARIO
It's okay it's a me... Mario

Everyone is still shocked at what they just saw, MARIO then heads to the controls of the ship and starts messing with the controls he is able to get the ships' engines started

META KNIGHT
I have no idea what exactly it is you've done but it seems like we've made progress

KIRBY and YOSHI high five, LUIGI goes over to MARIO to ask what the next move is

LUIGI
So now what?

MARIO sits in the captain's chair looking at some logs

MARIO
I think I know where the princess' are, we go there get them out and find a way to get our home back

META KNIGHT
Let's take one step at a time, do you or who you are in know how to fly this thing?

MARIO is pressing some buttons

MARIO
I believe so, I just have to press these buttons and...

Outside the ship a portal opens up

LUIGI
Oh you did it, so what happens now...

MARIO activates a switch and the ship at hyperspeed flies into the portal while everyone screams.

The starship bounces around the portal realm before shooting out into space in orbit of a random planet

Inside the ship everyone gets up looking disheveled

META KNIGHT
Ok that was not pleasant

MARIO
Umm I think I might not have had the right coordinates in but I think this time

META KNIGHT
Wait!

MARIO hits the controls again and the ship once again at hyperspeed flies into a portal bouncing around the portal realm before being shot out on a planet that is covered in water

Inside everyone looks even more disheveled and KIRBY looks as if he is going to throw up

LUIGI
Ok, Mario I think we should...

MARIO
Third time's the charm

MARIO hits the controls and the ship flies into a portal at hyperspeed bouncing around the portal realm before being shot back out above Dreamland.

Back in the ship - KIRBY throws up some stars, while YOSHI crashes into a wall and holds his head. LUIGI leans against a panel wobbling back and forth

LUIGI
Oh I would like that Daisy, you are so kind

MARIO
Okay one more...

META KNIGHT stops MARIO from hitting the controls

META KNIGHT
No, no more! Even though you know how to control it you don't know how to aim us right or the right amount of power to use. So let's take a moment to actually look at things together before we do anything

MARIO
Yeah that sounds good, give me a moment though

MARIO falls over and passes out (MARIO exits from the soldiers body)

META KNIGHT
This is the team I've thrown myself with, I can't blame anyone but myself

Sometime later MARIO is working with META KNIGHT on the ships' controls and after opening up a portal the two talk with the rest of their team

META KNIGHT
There is a signal coming through, probably another enemy ship. We don't know where exactly we'll end up but it's a start for where we need to go

LUIGI
Shouldn't we umm not head in the bad guys direction?

MARIO
The princess' are probably where the bad guys are, so we have to head towards them

LUIGI
Oh, I don't like that you're right.

META KNIGHT
We have an advantage, we are disguised as them, if we play things right and keep our cool, we can walk away from this without any problems. At least that's the hope.

KIRBY
Poyo, poyo!

YOSHI
Yoshi!

META KNIGHT sits in the captains chair while the rest of the team sits in other chairs on the bridge, META KNIGHT starts the ships engines and slowly the ship heads into the portal

MARIO
We're coming, It won't be long now

The ship heads into the portal and the portal closes, the sky of dreamland is now peaceful

SPRITE WORLD

IKE enters a world where everything including him are eight bit sprites.

IKE
What, in the...

ROY
Whoa, hey there are children here

IKE looks to see ROY, NESS and the ICE CLIMBERS all as eight bit sprites

IKE
What... What is going on?

ROY
Well I'm struggling with that myself

IKE
What, what is this place, where are we?

ROY
Once again I don't know this world is really weird and (ROY looks at his hands) I don't even know if I have fingers anymore

IKE looks around to see animals and the area to be calm and at peace

IKE
Well at least this place is untouched by those monsters

At that moment from the ground eight bit dark realm soldiers appear, ready to attack the heroes

ROY
You know, you just had to say that

The soldiers attack while our heroes fight off the soldiers, IKE and ROY fight back to back slashing down soldiers, the ICE CLIMBERS spin attack a few soldiers and send them flying miles away. NESS is struggling to hold his own and gets knocked down, as a soldier approaches him

LUCAS
PK Fire

The soldier is hit by a fire blast that knocks him down, NESS smiles to see LUCAS

NESS
Lucas, what happened, we were worried about you

LUCAS
This portal opened up and I went inside, at first I thought I was in alot of trouble because these guys came out of nowhere and attacked me but my new friends came to help me and took me somewhere safe, but I had a feeling you guys might have come for me so I had to come back

NESS
Wait, new friends?

LUCAS turns and NESS face turns to surprise, jumping into action is the DUCK HUNT duo who throws a frisbee at a few soldiers knocking them down and laughing. Two dark realm soldiers are then hit into the sky by MR. GAME and WATCH who's number above his head is nine when he hit the soldiers. Finally a line of soldiers runs up only to stop and run away as PAC-MAN moves towards them, eating them in the process. The other members are astonished at LUCAS' new friends. The soldiers are now all defeated as the heroes all converge

ROY
Wow, I mean... I don't think I even know how to respond to what I just saw.

IKE
Lucas what... how did you find these... Individuals

MR. GAME and WATCH tugs on LUCAS making a ringing noise

LUCAS
We should get moving before more of them show up, c'mon follow me

LUCAS leads the way as the rest of the heroes follow. After some time the heroes reach another portal in a tree

ROY
Oh that's just great another portal

LUCAS
C'mon through here

LUCAS is the first to go through the portal followed by everyone else

DOORWAY HIDEOUT

A large hideout made up of doors, inside is food, equipment and entertainment from many different worlds. As the team all enters the hideout they notice that they are back to their normal selves

ROY
Oh thank goodness we're back to normal, I'll never take my fingers for granted again.

POPO and NANA hold hands and dance around the hideout, IKE is just amazed that it is made up of doors

LUCAS
So welcome to the doorway

NESS
The doorway, that's it?

LUCAS
I know I wish I had a better name for it.

IKE
What exactly is this place Lucas?

LUCAS
That... is a bit more complicated to answer

ROY
Well what I want to know is who are your friends?

LUCAS walks over to PAC-MAN

LUCAS
This is Pac-Man, he's... Well he's Pac-Man

ROY
Well that's... Helpful

LUCAS
Pac-Man comes from a place where most people look like him, he got separated from his family, and he's hoping to get back to them

LUCAS then goes over to the DUCK HUNT duo

LUCAS
These two were off in their world nowhere close to being friends but after the world's changed and now they are the closest of friends. I call them Buddy and Teddy

LUCAS pets the two who are very happy, ROY snorts at their names

ROY
Lucas you...

IKE elbows ROY in the stomach from stopping him from saying anything bad

ROY
(Strained) Couldn't have picked better names for them

ROY then takes a second to be in pain. LUCAS then introduces MR. GAME and WATCH

LUCAS
And this is Mr. Game and Watch, it's... difficult to explain where he's from, he just... Is.

IKE
Considering how crazy things are, I'm not going to question it.

ROY
I have a question though, how can you understand them?

LUCAS
My PSI, even though on the surface I don't understand what they are saying, I just have to listen closely. Ness c'mon you can do it as well.

NESS walks up to MR. GAME and WATCH

NESS
Hi, how... how are you?

MR. GAME and WATCH makes some ringing noises which causes NESS to smile

NESS
Okay, I'm well all things considered

PAC-MAN then puts his hand on NESS' shoulder and also makes a gesture

NESS
Yes I'm very hungry

PAC-MAN then walks NESS over to the piles of food they have and gestures for him to take what he wants

LUCAS
These guys are my friends and they just want to get back to their homes

ROY
Well we all want that

IKE
Lucas there's an important question we have to answer though. Where are we, what is this place

LUCAS
Well, this place is nowhere and I guess everywhere

Everyone (except PAC-MAN, MR. GAME and WATCH and the DUCK HUNT duo) freezes when they hear that

ROY
Run that by us one more time?

LUCAS then goes over to one of the doors and opens it, revealing a portal to another world. Everyone is in awe of what they are seeing

IKE
So this place is ...

LUCAS
A doorway to so many different worlds

ROY
So is our world here, what about your world?

LUCAS
I don't know, we've only went through the one that took us to where we were. These three only found it by chance and have been here for a few weeks.

ROY
So let's just go through them until we find our world

ROY then goes into the doorway LUCAS opened only to be thrown out a few seconds later and covered in slime and a monster's roar is heard

ROY
Okay, I see the problem

LUCAS
We don't know what's on the other side of these portals, or even where they lead.

IKE
So there's no way to fully know where we'd be going or if it's somewhere we'd want to go.

Everyone seems defeated

LUCAS
I'm sorry

IKE just paces back in forth in frustration

IKE
Is there any other "fun" information that I should know?

It's quiet for a few moments

ROY
My mom's a dragon but I don't have any of those abilities

NESS
I think he was being sarcastic

IKE just sits down in frustration

REALM OF ETERNITY

The UNKNOWN ENTITY slams down his fist in anger and summons the villains (BOWSER, GANONDORF, KING K. ROOL, RIDLEY, DARK SAMUS, BOWSER JR., KING DEDEDE, WOLF, WALUIGI, and WARIO) to him

UNKNOWN ENTITY
What is taking so long, with those "heroes" out of the picture you should've found what I needed

GANONDORF
It is not that simple

The UNKNOWN ENTITY then glows and GANONDORF falls to his knees in pain

UNKNOWN ENTITY
Explain to me, what seems to be the problem

WOLF
The places you told us to go look don't have much information on what you are looking for, it's all vague, poetic nonsense.

The UNKNOWN ENTITY stops glowing and GANONDORF is able to stand up

UNKNOWN ENTITY
I will give you more locations, search them top to bottom and anything you find no matter how insignificant it may you seem to you, you bring it to me. Are there any problems with that.

No one says anything

UNKNOWN ENTITY
Good, give me what you found and continue your search. Do not fail me on this

The villains disappear as the UNKNOWN ENTITY sits down in his chair and information is fed to him

UNKNOWN ENTITY
You think you can hide it from me, even with eons of time, you can not hide it from me, I will claim what is rightfully mine.