My god, this chapter is so short I don't think it deserves to be called a chapter. ^^;;;; But um, I've decided to stop it there in any case. Sorry, I haven't been writing much. Busy with school and all… you know how it is. My grades have been um, slipping, recently. Though I pulled off an A- in Geometry (I BARELY managed to bring it up from a B+ in the last week of the quarter) and passed French (Barely, with a D-, but I'm in happy- I doing so horrible, I'm retaking French 2 next year), I received a D- in English (Kami, was my mom pissed… ^^;;). My English grades are usually in the C range, at least.

Anyway, I'm gonna shut up now. I think this note is longer than the chapter. u.u;;;

Chapter one

"What are you guys doing here?" I stared in disbelief at the two princes. "What *happened* to you!?"

"Y-Yohko!" Roy stuttered. He looked awful. His clothes torn and he was covered in dirt and blood. Unconscious, Marth looked just as bad. "Oh god…" Roy looked around wildly, then locked his gaze on me. I stared into his blue eyes, which were dull in contrast to their normal bright, clear color, and clouded with pain, fear, and desperation.

"Roy!" I shouted, startling him. "What is it? How did you get here?"

He looked down. "It's Master Hand… he's back… he…"

Noticing how much he was shaking, I cut in. "Please, come back to my house. Explain there."

He looked up. "Alright…"

The other prince stirred and moaned. "Oi… Roy?" He opened his eyes and at up, carefully. "Yohko??" He gasped.

"Marth!" I threw my arms around him. "It's so wonderful to see you again!" I looked up. "-Both of you.



A bit later, we sat in my living room, talking over mugs of tea. "So… please Roy, explain."

He nodded. "Okay, here goes. Master Hand came back. He's been attacking everybody, then taking them off somewhere. We've been helpless to stop him… he's too strong.

"Before Master Hand got him, Mewtwo made a portal of some sort. He told the remaining fighters to use it as a last resort… as our last hope." His voice began to shake. "Marth and I are the only ones left. So we went through the portal…

"Yohko, this means you're our last hope."

I stared at him for a moment. "…Me?" I managed to squeak out. I was just a normal teenager…

Wasn't I?

A.N.- The plot thickens! Mwahaha! ^_^