Super Smash Brothers Melee - Special Edition

Episode 2- Enter the Creampuff

Dreamland, 11:00 AM

By now the rest of the original fighter had learned about the tournament. Except for one pink creampuff who had decided to sleep in. Although Kirby lay in his bed asleep and unaware, his T.V. in the other room was still broadcasting the news "And this just in..shortly after the declaration of war between Hyrule and the mushroom kingdom, Corneria has declared war upon the citizens of Dreamland. This breaking news is sure to be followed by a declaration from Dreamland in response. Also in other news, the world was shocked to learn that princess toadstool will be joining the tournament. This information comes on the eve of Bowser, Sheik, and the relatively unknown Ice Climbers announcement of participation. But the deadline for entry into the tournament is tonight and still we have not heard of a response from either Captain Falcon or Kirby, this leads many experts to..." The T.V. continued its unheard broadcast. Kirby was still asleep when Sir Kibble began pounding on his door. "KIRBY!!...KIRBY ARE YOU HERE?!?!" But there was no response. It took more than that to wake Dreamlands resident hero. Sir Kibble left knowing that it was no use. He had gone to get help but had not gotten ten feet from Kirby's door before he was knocked off his feet. A loud explosion rocked Dreamland. The explosion was enough to wake the dead, but it was barely enough to get Kirby's eyes open. Kirby would have gone right back to sleep if he hadn't turned towards his window. Outside Kirby saw something he wouldn't forget for the rest of his life. A massive battle cruiser from the Cornerian army was in the sky about a mile away from his house. The cruiser was surrounded by destroyers that were now opening fire upon the helpless city below. Laser beams the size of trucks rained down and destroyed buildings. Inhabitants fled for their lives from the rain of fire. Kirby spent only a moment in shock before he new what had happened. "The tournament!"

Elsewhere, Captain Falcon is sitting in his favorite bar finishing the last of his drink. The bartender watches closely as Falcon gets up and starts to leave. "Hey Falcon, are going to fight or what!?". Captain Falcon stopped in his tracks and answered without turning around. "Yes, I am...but I don't know why". The bartender seemed confused. "You fight to prove you are the best don't you?" It took a few minutes before he responded. "the others...they fight for causes greater than my own. What does that make me?" The bartender still didn't truly understand. "Why did you fight last time?" It was then that Falcon realized the truth. He didn't want to fight to prove anything to the world. He needed to prove something to himself. And with that he left to go tell the world, he would fight.

It took less than a second for Kirby to gather his thoughts. "The only reason they would attack us so directly is if the had declared war. And they can only declare war if the tournament was back on." And within that second Kirby had grabbed star from his closet, hoped on, and was flying out his door towards the ships in the sky. Kirby could see the emerald and topaz laser fire raining down and the massive explosions that followed. Kirby thought hard as to a way to stop the destroyers. Then it occurred to him. About halfway between him and the battle was the Dreamland fountain. At that was the most powerful weapon Dreamland had eve known, the star rod. Kirby lowered down on his star and headed towards the fountain as fast as possible. A mere 20 seconds later he had arrived at battle with star rod in hand. It had been a long time since he had to use it, its destructive force was unmatched. He got to within firing distance of the destroyers when Kirby saw the fighters. Hundreds of Cornerian army fighters circling the city. "I have to distract the fighters before I can take out the destroyers." So Kirby took off towards the fighters. By now a large part of the city lay in ruins, fires burned and buildings fell. Kirby was about twice as fast as any fighter when he was on his star. Kirby speed towards his first target and instead of shooting a star at it, he opted to fly straight through the fighter. A moment before they collided Kirby slashed downward with the rod cutting the ship in half. Kirby continued to fly as the ship exploded mere moment behind him. Suddenly the radio waves of the Cornerian attack fleet was filled with chatter. "what was that!?" "R-32 is down sir!" "What happened!?" "report!" "KIRBY! He is here!" "all units intercept now!" But at that same time Kirby had fired three shots off from the rod. One shot struck a plane in the wing and it slowly succumbed to gravity. The other tow shots hit their marks dead on causing instant deaths for the pilots. The fighter turned to fire upon Kirby but he was too fast. Kirby had come about and in on long sweep of the rod, taken out a fighter on his left the on his right. The explosions were quick as the ships were cut easily in half by the graceful power of the star rod. The sky was suddenly littered with laser fire as the fighters tried frantically to shoot Kirby down. But Kirby was too agile, he simply weaved through the fire. "good, they stopped firing on the city." Kirby then started to climb, towards the destroyers. The fire laser fire was quick to follow. As the laser missed their mark they continued on, eventually hitting the destroyer above them. "Stop firing you idiots! Let the destroyers take of him!" The fighters then backed off, but not before doing serious damage to the destroyer. But Kirby continued to fly straight at the destroyer. The destroyer then turned to face all its cannons directly at Kirby. But still Kirby continued. The cannons open fire letting lose a volley of lasers towards Kirby and his oh so fast star. Kirby stood his course, no movement except for straight up. Then, right before Kirby reached his destination, a beam hit home. Kirby was engulfed the beam that was many time bigger than himself. "YES! WE GOT HIM!!" But the cheers of joy quickly subsided as the beam around Kirby suddenly deflected of towards the horizon. Kirby stood there, star rod in hand. "THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE! HOW COULD HE!!?!?" Kirby had simply used the rod to deflect the beam. The laser beam impacted with a distant mountain, almost destroying it. Before they could react Kirby had pulled up along side the destroyer. The destroyer dwarfed the tiny Kirby in size. But Kirby was determined. He took the rod and in one quick stab the star rod was in the destroyers armor. Electrical crackling could be heard from that area. The rod was jammed in the destroyer and even with its massive power, could only leave a small hole. But then a small smile crossed Kirby's face. And in a flash Kirby, with star rod still in the destroyer, sped off parallel along side the destroyer. Kirby left behind him a large gash like hole spanning the entire length of the destroyer. Small explosions then rocked the massive ship as it had taken a crippling blow. Kirby stood triumphantly as the destroyer began to fall apart. The star rod had cut the armor as if it were nothing. "Sir! Were going down!!" "All port cannons out, main power out, were dead in the water!" "abandon ship!" Kirby had taken off towards another destroyer and had gotten half way before he heard it. The sound of the destroyer falling. Kirby had expected it to blow up but instead it simply started to fall out of the sky. "Oh no, if it hits the city" Kirby had barely finished that thought before he had taken off again to finish off the destroyer. But the destroyer was falling to fast, he couldn't catch it. The destroyer was going to hit the ground in a fiery explosion. But about a hundred feet before hitting the ground, something caught Kirby's eye. He couldn't tell what it was only that it was headed towards the destroyer. And a moment later the destroyer was engulfed in a massive explosion before it hit the ground. Kirby stood in shock. "What did that!?" Kirby looked in the direction of where the object came from. A rush of happiness overcame him as he saw the battle ship of Meta Knight on the horizon. The giant ship was opening fire upon the fleet. Each shot would take out ten ore twenty fighters. Every other ten seconds the massive main gun would fire and vaporize a destroyer. In a matter of moments the Cornerian fleet was being destroyed. Massive explosions rocked the sky as Meta Knights fire was relentless. Kirby then continued to fire his star rod taking out fighters with incredible efficiency. Eventually a retreat order was sounded by the Cornerian army, but the carrier flag ship had taken too much damage and was left behind. The battle would continue for some time but Dreamland would come out victorious, the killing blow came from a combination of a star rod attack and a cannon blast. One-time enemies would stand united against a common enemy. Dreamland would fight back. But other matters must be attended to.

So it is, all the fighter are out in the open. The first shots have been fired. But will the realms survive to the end of the tournament? That remains to be seen.

Author: Not all the combat will be IN arena. I really felt that this episode was a good "first strike" episode. I was listening to "en fuego" while writing this...