With the school day ending, Ponny still had her hand pressed up against her hat when she walked into the entrance of the Smash House. The entire lobby was empty for the remainder of the day and the everlasting silence of the setting had scared the Small Primid.
She carefully hunched her backpack over her shoulders and tried heading to her bedroom, but the sudden shift of thought happened when she took a step forward.
Would this travel to her bedroom spark a harsh encounter with one of the Brawl fighters? Should she be really worried?
Ponny clutched onto her Eevee plushie and proceeded to walk forward, thinking about whatever made her feel better. As someone who happens to be on the spectrum the small Primid was obsessed with Flamingos, Foxes, shiny things, Musical instruments, and mythical creatures.
Inside her mind came a small Fairy Dragon that swooped down and gently pecked the small Primid on the top of her hat.
It smiled gleefully as it continued flying into the sky, leaving Ponny with a face of adoration. She gently hugged Mrs. Snugglefuss as she giggled slightly, all memories of the horrifying experience with the Brawl fighters melting away.
"Ponny! There you are!" She heard a voice say from afar behind her.
Oh no the small Primid thought fearfully, trembling in her steps and tried to hobble away to her bedroom door. Luckily it wasn't just an ordinary person in the Smash House - it was Pac-Man from the Sm4sh house, and he was carrying a plastic bag.
"I was looking for you! Mario and the others were wondering if you could help us unload the trunk of the van."
Ponny smiled a little as she joined by the yellow fighter's side and they both walked out to the front entrance of the Smash House, where the Veterans were grabbing individual items from their trunk.
While the small Primid was at school, the Smash Veterans went out shopping since they thought the fridge of the Smash House was almost running empty. Ponny padded up to the trunk and took two bags from the first row in the middle, while Kirby and Pikachu were carrying three items from there.
The small Primid, preoccupied with her current feelings, trailed behind Samus as she went to the kitchen and placed the groceries on the table. Her fear of being encountered with the Brawlers was something that got to her erratically and ate away at her safety.
As Ponny was busy putting up the groceries with Fox and Falcon, she could already feel her eyes shine a brilliant red and a sudden thought came to her.
The energy of fear rushing through her veins, the small Primid ran and grabbed onto Fox's hand. The Smash Veteran was caught off-guard at the feel of something hitting his arm and looked down.
"Oh. Hey, Ponny," he said, "what's up?"
The Primid simply chirruped and waved her hands around to even communicate how she's feeling. "Icky feeling," Ponny replied. She then walked off and continued unloading the other items.
Standing there in bewilderment, Fox scratched the back of his head and returned to the trunk of the Smash Van.
He met with Mario, who was checking his phone, catching the red plumber in shock. "What is it, Fox?" He asked curiously.
The Star Fox leader gently grabbed onto his sleeve and whispered into his ear. "I need to speak with you about something."
"What do you mean?" Mario asked, putting his phone back into his pocket. Both him and Fox moved away from the side of the Van and walked over to the patio.
"This is bothering me to the slightest!" he hissed.
"Where the hell is Master Hand's response!? Where is his statement of this ongoing abuse!?"
"Fox, we don't know if our father will respond," Mario replied. "If this actually is happening, then he would do something about it!"
The leader of Star Fox rumbled his throat angrily and then said, "nothing is being done! Every authority figure has said the EXACT SAME THING!! Madeira, Mrs. Skull, Master Hand, they are NOT helping us!"
Fox stormed off to a spare chair that sat in front of the iron gate that bordered the Smash House. His snout wrinkled up in disappointment, he crossed his arms and looked away.
Mario, keeping himself from even screaming at his own compatriot, walked over and knelt down beside him.
"Do you think maybe all this started because... of her species?" The red plumber asked, his eyes glancing over at Ponny, who was hiding behind Yoshi in hopes of not being seen.
"No kidding," Fox grumbled sarcastically, turning his head the other way. "Isn't that something you realized when you first brought her in?"
The two Smash Veterans, still snapping back at reality, began to ponder their decisions carefully as they both thought along - what Mario could potentially do is bring awareness to Ponny being mistreated wrongfully, but that could result in a painful repercussion.
Fox was thinking about something else entirely, until their thoughts were interrupted by a startling noise from his cellphone, causing him to take it out.
Reading something from his phone, Fox jolted in shock and roughly patted Mario on the shoulder.
"Guys, Master Hand just alerted us! We have a situation!" He announced, making the other Veterans finish their unpacking and headed over to the light blue podium that stood in its place near the Smash House.
Ponny, on the other hand, was left behind in the front yard, and then retreated to the entrance.
Upon her entering the Smash House, she seemingly found four of the Ultimate Fighters in the lobby. Her eyes flashing a dazzling red rapidly, the small Primid slowly stalked to her bedroom in hopes of not alerting them.
As quiet as a mouse, she took small steps to ensure they couldn't sense or hear her footsteps on the clean, marble floor, causing Ponny's mind to go in a state of relief. Until...
"Ponny!!" Ridley chirped from afar, his beak becoming a toothy grin. Struck like a thunder bolt the Primid slowly turned to her side and saw the Space Pirate along with the other three Ultimate fighters.
She waved a simple high and came walking up to them, in hopes of finding anything to hide behind. As she inched towards Inkling boy and started hiding behind him, he found out right away and gently grabbed her hand.
"Hiding from something?" He asked.
"Brawlers," Ponny replied meekly, her eyes flashing vibrantly as she felt her heart sink deep into her chest. The Inkling boy gave a protective stance and hugged the small Primid as he held up his gun.
Banjo and Kazooie exchanged worried glances at Ponny's response while Ridley sensed something amiss behind him.
"You need to get to your bedroom?" Banjo asked, cupping his hands together. The small Primid nodded silently and padded up to the bear. He held onto Ponny's hand and walked her down the hallways.
Upon escorting her out of the lobby, the Ultimate fighters made Ponny walk to her bedroom alone, which went swimmingly well until a leg was sticking out and intentionally tripped Ponny over.
The small Primid fell painfully on the marble floor, making her red eyes flash rapidly as she hit the ground.
Mrs. snugglefuss came flying out of her arms, and to add insult to injury this happened in front of the four Ultimate fighters. As they stood with shocked faces, they also heard jeering laughter.
What came from beside the hallways were three of the Brawl fighters, laughing mockingly.
"What a lame Primid!" Pit sneered in-between chuckling. Wolf and Lucario were give each other high-fives as the Aura Pokémon slammed a paw down on Ponny's Eevee plushie.
As she tried to get back up, Wolf forcefully pushed her down on the floor.
"You get up, you get KO'd, Subspace spawn!!" He barked. The Ultimate fighters looked down at the silently crying Primid and then looked up to the Brawl fighters, their faces scrunched up in disgust.
"You did that on purpose!" Inkling Boy exclaimed defensively as he picked Ponny back up and brushed her off.
"C'mon, why are you guys sticking up for this... this offspring of Tabuu?" Lucario shot back. "Her kind has attacked us and she'll turn on all of you in the blink of an eye!"
"That's not true!!" Ridley stepped in, his beak contorting in a ghastly growl.
"Why is it that you guys seem to stay in the past!? Better yet, why is it that you guys like to hate so badly?"
"Because, space Dragon," another voice said behind the four Ultimate fighters, alerting their attention and making them turn their backs to see Ike, Pokémon trainer, and Lucas.
"They spend their time destroying things. Not only that, but she's not a bright person."
The small Primid had listened on to this conversation as the Brawl fighters circled her and her friends. Their faces a menacing scowl, they chuckled slightly and casted evil gazes at their target.
"We also received news of you reporting us to the authority figures, kid," Ike said, his voice low.
"Yeah. We were just joking around with you," Pokémon trainer sneered, "it's just that you're overreacting. It's all dark humor, kid."
Ponny looked up at the Ultimate fighters for an answer to this ongoing problem and exchanged her gaze at the Brawlers. Her eyes shining red slowly with tears forming, she walked backwards and hid behind Banjo.
"Oh, look!" Pit laughed, pointing his finger at the small Primid, "she's cowering away like a little chicken!!"
The Brawlers continued erupting in sounds of laughter as the Ultimate fighters stood their ground. Ridley barred his fangs aggressively at the bullies, and then looked at Ponny with a worried look.
As their adversaries continued laughing at the small Primid from behind Inkling boy, they heard a loud whistle from across the hallways, causing Ponny to shrink back in fear.
The Ultimate and Brawl fighters were turning their attention to the source of the noise, which was from Fox, while Link stood beside him. His face an apprehensive scowl, the Smash Veteran stalked closer.
"I knew something suspicious was going on all this time," he growled angrily.
Link held up his hand to try and intervene, but couldn't as he grabbed his arm to prevent himself from doing so. The Hylian watched as his compatriot walked up to the Ultimate fighters and patted them on their shoulders.
"You guys go and take Ponny to the dining hall," Fox instructed. "I'll take care of it from here."
Ridley, Inkling, Banjo, and Kazooie nodded their agreements and took the small Primid to their required location, leaving the predicament to the Smash Veteran to deal with alone.
Wolf, who stepped up from behind the other Brawlers, gave off a smug grin and said, "well, well, well. It's my buddy Fox, the Smash Veteran."
"Never expected to realize you and Wolf go way back," Ike sneered, brandishing his sword.
Fox's fangs were exposed in a greater length of his lips, causing the other fighters to let out short chuckles. "Ooh, he's enraged!" Pit guffawed from the back.
"Listen here. I know you guys were partaking in the harassment of a certain housemate and I will not let this stand!" Fox's words hovered like daggers in the air as his tail thrashed angrily back and forth.
The other Brawl fighters were taken aback by the Veteran's rising anger, but Wolf wasn't.
"Don't even think about standing up for her!" He barked aggressively, his lips curving into an evil smirk. "That little Primid is the retarded spawn of the Subspace Emissary! She's an autist!"
Those exact words struck Fox, while Link still stood at his place far from the conflict. The green Hylian also heard those awful insults coming from the gray Wolf himself, and felt the urge to try and fight back but to no avail.
Fox snapped his jaws at the Brawlers and said, "I understand this those horrid events have hurt you guys deeply, but that was in the past! Get over it!!"
"That failure of a Primid is nothing but a sissy tomboy! Mario didn't raise her right!" Lucas spoke from the crowd.
"And that little Emissary spawn has temper tantrums," Pokemon Trainer sneered. "She doesn't even talk to us, nor does she even want anything to do with us! Tch."
"You guys neglect her," Pit hissed teasingly, fluttering his wings maliciously. "How old is she, a toddler?"
Fox, feeling his tail thrash uncomfortably, barred his fangs some more and stepped up to Wolf, who still stood his ground. "Ponny is fifteen years old," he barked. "She can't control her actions."
The Brawl fighters still continued their bullying posture as this moment dragged on for too long, while Link stood in the back and tried to resist conflict. He stared at his Cornerian friend who was risking himself to protect a small Primid as his heart sank deeper.
The four Ultimate fighters were sitting Ponny down onto a chair in the dining room, her red eyes still glowing erratically from the conflict that happened currently. Ridley was pacing back and forth while Banjo, Kazooie and Inkling boy were trying to give the small Primid some space.
The dragonesque Space Pirate looked at the Primid and sighed deeply. His eyes were already flooding up in tears as he began to facepalm, his tail draped generously on the dining table.
With a simple swipe of his talons against his snout Ridley asked, "when will this end?"
"It won't," Banjo replied. His orange bird friend jumped out of the bear's backpack and hobbled up to Inkling boy, in hopes for an idea on how to fix this situation. Ever since Ponny came to the Smash House, the Brawl fighters seem to bump up their harassment even further to ensure she had a terrible welcome.
The entire dining hall fell silent as the Ultimate fighters looked over at the door, the sounds of Fox screaming at the Brawlers becoming heard and echoing through the house.
"What are we going to do?" The Squid kid asked through gargled speech.