Chapter One:

The Foreboding Letter from The Big N

It was a calm and peaceful day, everything in the Mushroom Kingdom felt normal and there was nothing to worry about. No world-ending catastrophes or any other random crises to deal with; it was all order and harmony as far as everyone else knew. Regardless of the occasional insanity, everything was pretty much whatever passed for normal in the land after his arrival years ago.

Famed YouTuber and meme guardian SMG4 sat comfortably at his computer, watching random Mario memes involving the plumber making random sounds or stretching his body in a cartoon-y manner. Many of those memes had been done by SMG4, he couldn't be prouder of his work.

Plus, it was all thanks to the silly Italian, who'd been so helpful in the years they'd known each other. Who cared if Mario was stupid, who cared if the Guardian Pod made the plumber mentally-disabled, Mario had plenty of IQ to a point where he'd made a tremendous contribution to saving the world from various enemies and helping his friends find the fame they deserved.

If not for him, SMG4 wouldn't have had much of a purpose and neither would Meggy have been able to fulfill her dream of becoming one of the greatest Splatfest champions to ever grace Inkopolis.

Where would they be without the silly red fella?

SMG4 clicked on a video, showing Mario glitching out of existence and letting out a distorted scream as his head unfolded in on itself before it glitched back into existence, then Toad came spinning into camera-view and said in a warbled voice; "I'm spiiiiiiii-nnnniiiiiiiiiing!"

SMG4 continued looking at memes, making comments and writing down ideas for his next big meme, unaware that a mysterious figure in black was watching him from the shadows.

Outside, Mario sat upon a chair, humming a jolly tune as a pair of red Pikmin sat on his lap and nuzzled against his pudgy body while blue Pikmin rubbed their heads against his legs.

The red-clad plumber threw bird seed down onto the ground, watching the Pikmin munch on it with their unseen mouths. Close by, Luigi firmly held a lime green hose as he watered the sunflowers in the garden. Peach had tasked them with looking after the garden and the Pikmin visiting them today, while she was out shopping for a new hat, and she expected the job to be perfect when she returned.

Nearby, a couple Inkling tourists from Inkopolis were snapping photos of Peach's Castle and the castle grounds, all while a blue Toad showed them around on their tour of the Mushroom Kingdom.

Back inside his room, SMG4 had gotten around to making a crazy meme that involved Mario and Inklings doing a fusion dance, creating a weird Mario-Inkling hybrid. Just as he was putting the final touch on his new masterpiece, he heard something sliding across the ground, sliding under the door.

Putting his work on hold, SMG4 stood and went to look, finding an envelope on the ground with a red Smash symbol on it. That perked his attention, wondering if this was an invitation to a new Super Smash Bros tournament. He picked up the envelope and examined it closely, seeing it was addressed to him and it was from... Nintendo Headquarters, the legal office.

'What the...?' SMG4 thought, 'Why am I getting a letter from them? And how did they know that my place of work is in the Secret Slide room?'

His heart was pounding, there was something spooky at play here.

Very slowly, SMG4 opened the envelope and pulled out the letter inside. He unfolded the paper and saw the large N on the back. Then he turned the paper around and began to read it, his heart thumping and his eyes widening no sooner than he'd taken in what he was seeing. It couldn't be, this couldn't be happening to him...

"Oh no..." The meme man said with dread, "A cease-and-desist from Nintendo."

He pinched himself a few times, wondering if this was some sort of dream. But it wasn't, Nintendo's legal team was coming for him, coming for Mario. He was being sued, a cease-and-desist had been sent.

SMG4 dropped the letter, shaking with terror, wondering what he did to grab Nintendo's attention aside from being with Mario for years now.

However, why were they doing that now when Nintendo could have come after SMG4 at any point over the years? They could have come after him when he first arrived, back when his USB started zapping everyone. But they didn't. Now, all those years later, something had changed. And on top of that, the letter said the legal team was coming this afternoon... at 2:45 P.M.

And the current time; It was 2:40. In five minutes time, SMG4 was going to be visited by a pair of lawyers from Nintendo themselves and perhaps the police would be coming along as well to probably arrest him. Copyright infringement did land people in prison after all, SMG4 was in big trouble...