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Chapter One: The Unwanted Invitations
"Luigi!" called the man. He was running through the town known as Toad Town. "Luigi, where are you?"
The little toads stared at their hero looking for his brother.
'I know he was suppose to come home after shopping,' thought Mario, going back the way he came. He called for his brother again and headed off to Princess Peach's Castle.
"I don't know where he is Mario. He hasn't shown up here," said the lovely Peach, sitting in her royal chair. Mario was twisting his hat, showing his rarely seen hair.
"He has been gone for five hours now," said Mario, looking out the window towards Toad Town. "I thought he might be here, but he isn't. I wish I knew where he was. I'll see you later tonight, okay?"
"Yes, Mario, and please wear something other than your plumbing outfit. Everyone has seen you in it."
"Yes, Peach, I will, so don't worry. Bye!"
Mario grumbled a curse at Luigi as he left the throne room.
'Where could he be?' thought Mario, stopping to see two toad kids playing a game of tag. 'Where could he be?'
"Ah! Peace and relaxation!" said Donkey Kong, laying back on the beach he was on. He had been helping the old ape collect bananas and ended up straining his back. The old ape said he could go somewhere else as far as possible, because of his backache. Or, maybe it was because of the fact he drop the basket unto his head. He didn't know, and he didn't care. He stretched, feeling a little twinge of pain in his back. Nothing could break up this peaceful afternoon. Except the wave that just crashed into him. DK, taken by surprise, jumped up and backed into a tree. A coconut fell from the tree and onto his head, cracking the coconut. DK moaned as the coconut milk spilled over his head. Well, none as worse as that.
"Hiyah!" cried the Hyrulian warrior, chopping at the tree in Kikori Forest. He had been slacking off his swordsman-ship for a few months, because there was no evil around. Zelda, or Sheik, had told him that something was going to happen soon, and big. She didn't know what, but it was coming for him and seven others. Link couldn't think of anyone else that could possibly be taken besides himself, Zelda, and maybe the Kings that ruled the different areas around Hyrule. He chopped at the wood again, making it creak and lean slightly to the left. Link, using the rest of his strength and magic, did the spin blade attack, cutting through the tree. It fell with a moan and a crash, knocking younger and older trees down as well. Link smiled at his victory over the tree. Ganon was a worthier opponent. He wouldn't mind battling him again.
'Ridley? He was a joke compared to Kraid. Even so, Ridley was a worthier opponent. I'm thinking to myself. Ridley and Kraid are gone. For good? Maybe, hopefully. Evil always comes back in a new form or shape. My dreams tell me they're out there, but I don't know. It's not them, it's someone else. Seven, no eleven, no. It was around twenty-five. Seven good, four corrupted, thirteen copied somehow, and then the evil one. Who were they? Mario? Never heard of him. DK? Link? Kirby? Yoshi? Pikachu? Fox...Fox...Fox...Fox is a worthy opponent. The four that were corrupted? I couldn't make them out. The copies were of the seven, the four, and...and...me. Me? Am I one of the seven? No, I'm one of the eight. Eight good, four corrupted, thirteen copies, and the evil one. Twenty-two people. There had to be more. No, that would be later. I'll think of this later.' Samus woke up from her late afternoon nap.
Yoshi walked towards Mario's house. He was invited to Princess Peach's Castle for a formal banquet. Even Bowser was invited. 'Why would Peach invite Bowser? That was craziness, stupidity, and suicide rolled up into one major package. Maybe it had to do with that dream he had been having for a couple of months. An evil person was going to do something. Maybe, just maybe, Peach thought that evil one was Bowser. It didn't seem like Bowser, though. It also involved others from all over the universe. How though?' Yoshi would worry about it later, for he had just reached Mario's house.
"Yah! Yah! Yah! Yah! Yah! Yah! Yah! Yah! Yah! Yah! Yah! Yah! Yah!" cried the little, pink blob. Kirby was practicing some moves he had stolen from a Meda Knight. He was really training for the big thing about to happen. The really big thing. He couldn't wait, even though it sent shivers through his body.
"Fox, are you all right?" called Falco over the vidlink. Fox looked at his friend's face, then sighed.
"Just daydreaming, Falco. It's been almost a year since we defeated Andros."
"You mean since you defeated Andros. It was just you, remember?"
"Yeah, but you and the others helped."
"Peppy, Slippy, and I were stuck with repairs in the Great Fox. It was all you, McCloud."
Fox sighed again and looked at the planet they had been assigned to watch for trouble. Falco said something but he missed it. Something about a dream. A dream? He remembered dreaming of the one named Samus and Mario and Master Hand. Whoever they were, they would be great opponents.
"FOX!"
"WHAT!"
"Fighter planes at three o'clock!" Fox looked and saw some of the remaining forces of Andros. They had been moving around the galaxy, trying to find a planet. They wouldn't even make it to the atmosphere. Fox and Falco headed towards the fighter planes. Fox wanted to fight the three he dreamt about instead.
Pikachu finished battling the Trainer's Fearow. It was too easy and simple. Pikachu was twice as powerful and he was super effective against flying pokémon. Too simple. Ash congratulated him, but he didn't listen. It was the dreams of worthier opponents. It was and he couldn't wait until it was time to fight them. He knew they wouldn't understand him, but he could defeat them easily. Well, maybe that wasn't true, but it could be. The one he feared, though, was one of the corrupted ones. The feeling he had for that one was enough to make him get inside a pokéball. As if. Pikachu, hesitantly, jumped onto Ash's shoulders. He couldn't wait.
"You ready for the party, Yoshi?" said Mario, tying his tie. He had gone through his closet and found an old tuxedo he used to wear. It was a little tight, but he could fit in it. He put on his rarely worn blue hat and headed out the door with Yoshi. It had been years since Mario was able to ride his friend, but he knew he could if Yoshi let him. That wasn't so, though, for Yoshi refused to be ridden. He had made this clear after Mario had first found him after being hatched and saved Mushroom Kingdom again. Occasionally, Mario or Luigi would ride him just for the help.
They were halfway to Toad Town when things went wrong. Purplish figures jumped from the sky and knocked Yoshi down. Then, they attacked Mario, knocking him unconscious. Yoshi got up and turned one of them into an egg, but the others got him down and bound him with a very strong rope. They were the first two.
DK, after getting over the pain in his back and head, headed back home to sleep. Hopefully Grumpy wouldn't see him. If he did, he was in trouble. That wasn't going to happen. Purple figures jumped him on his way, capturing him.
Samus knew they were in her ship. It was small, so it wasn't hard to tell. She wouldn't fight them. That was for the one with the sword. She wanted to fight Fox and the evil one. Maybe even Mario. Whoever they were. They came, like she knew they would, and they seized her. She couldn't wait.
Link's house was full of them. Not knowing what they were, he attacked. One fell under his blade, but the others came upon him, snatching him up and out of the tree house. He wasn't ready, but it was better than nothing.
Kirby gave in without much fighting. He didn't want to waste his energy.
Pikachu was snatched up before Ash could do anything.
Fox looked at the last Fighter Plane trying to escape. Aiming, he fired and blew it up. Falco cheered over the vidlink, making Fox smile. Falco used to be such a stuck-up fellow, until Fox had defeated Andros. Fox put the trigger back under the cap and headed back to Great Fox for repairs.
Inside, Peppy, Slippy, and Rob64 were no where to be seen.
"Hello!" called Falco, not seeing the beam. It hit him, knocking him back into his Arwing. Fox looked at Falco and then at the person who shot Falco. All he saw was purple, then black.
Chapter One: The Unwanted Invitations
"Luigi!" called the man. He was running through the town known as Toad Town. "Luigi, where are you?"
The little toads stared at their hero looking for his brother.
'I know he was suppose to come home after shopping,' thought Mario, going back the way he came. He called for his brother again and headed off to Princess Peach's Castle.
"I don't know where he is Mario. He hasn't shown up here," said the lovely Peach, sitting in her royal chair. Mario was twisting his hat, showing his rarely seen hair.
"He has been gone for five hours now," said Mario, looking out the window towards Toad Town. "I thought he might be here, but he isn't. I wish I knew where he was. I'll see you later tonight, okay?"
"Yes, Mario, and please wear something other than your plumbing outfit. Everyone has seen you in it."
"Yes, Peach, I will, so don't worry. Bye!"
Mario grumbled a curse at Luigi as he left the throne room.
'Where could he be?' thought Mario, stopping to see two toad kids playing a game of tag. 'Where could he be?'
"Ah! Peace and relaxation!" said Donkey Kong, laying back on the beach he was on. He had been helping the old ape collect bananas and ended up straining his back. The old ape said he could go somewhere else as far as possible, because of his backache. Or, maybe it was because of the fact he drop the basket unto his head. He didn't know, and he didn't care. He stretched, feeling a little twinge of pain in his back. Nothing could break up this peaceful afternoon. Except the wave that just crashed into him. DK, taken by surprise, jumped up and backed into a tree. A coconut fell from the tree and onto his head, cracking the coconut. DK moaned as the coconut milk spilled over his head. Well, none as worse as that.
"Hiyah!" cried the Hyrulian warrior, chopping at the tree in Kikori Forest. He had been slacking off his swordsman-ship for a few months, because there was no evil around. Zelda, or Sheik, had told him that something was going to happen soon, and big. She didn't know what, but it was coming for him and seven others. Link couldn't think of anyone else that could possibly be taken besides himself, Zelda, and maybe the Kings that ruled the different areas around Hyrule. He chopped at the wood again, making it creak and lean slightly to the left. Link, using the rest of his strength and magic, did the spin blade attack, cutting through the tree. It fell with a moan and a crash, knocking younger and older trees down as well. Link smiled at his victory over the tree. Ganon was a worthier opponent. He wouldn't mind battling him again.
'Ridley? He was a joke compared to Kraid. Even so, Ridley was a worthier opponent. I'm thinking to myself. Ridley and Kraid are gone. For good? Maybe, hopefully. Evil always comes back in a new form or shape. My dreams tell me they're out there, but I don't know. It's not them, it's someone else. Seven, no eleven, no. It was around twenty-five. Seven good, four corrupted, thirteen copied somehow, and then the evil one. Who were they? Mario? Never heard of him. DK? Link? Kirby? Yoshi? Pikachu? Fox...Fox...Fox...Fox is a worthy opponent. The four that were corrupted? I couldn't make them out. The copies were of the seven, the four, and...and...me. Me? Am I one of the seven? No, I'm one of the eight. Eight good, four corrupted, thirteen copies, and the evil one. Twenty-two people. There had to be more. No, that would be later. I'll think of this later.' Samus woke up from her late afternoon nap.
Yoshi walked towards Mario's house. He was invited to Princess Peach's Castle for a formal banquet. Even Bowser was invited. 'Why would Peach invite Bowser? That was craziness, stupidity, and suicide rolled up into one major package. Maybe it had to do with that dream he had been having for a couple of months. An evil person was going to do something. Maybe, just maybe, Peach thought that evil one was Bowser. It didn't seem like Bowser, though. It also involved others from all over the universe. How though?' Yoshi would worry about it later, for he had just reached Mario's house.
"Yah! Yah! Yah! Yah! Yah! Yah! Yah! Yah! Yah! Yah! Yah! Yah! Yah!" cried the little, pink blob. Kirby was practicing some moves he had stolen from a Meda Knight. He was really training for the big thing about to happen. The really big thing. He couldn't wait, even though it sent shivers through his body.
"Fox, are you all right?" called Falco over the vidlink. Fox looked at his friend's face, then sighed.
"Just daydreaming, Falco. It's been almost a year since we defeated Andros."
"You mean since you defeated Andros. It was just you, remember?"
"Yeah, but you and the others helped."
"Peppy, Slippy, and I were stuck with repairs in the Great Fox. It was all you, McCloud."
Fox sighed again and looked at the planet they had been assigned to watch for trouble. Falco said something but he missed it. Something about a dream. A dream? He remembered dreaming of the one named Samus and Mario and Master Hand. Whoever they were, they would be great opponents.
"FOX!"
"WHAT!"
"Fighter planes at three o'clock!" Fox looked and saw some of the remaining forces of Andros. They had been moving around the galaxy, trying to find a planet. They wouldn't even make it to the atmosphere. Fox and Falco headed towards the fighter planes. Fox wanted to fight the three he dreamt about instead.
Pikachu finished battling the Trainer's Fearow. It was too easy and simple. Pikachu was twice as powerful and he was super effective against flying pokémon. Too simple. Ash congratulated him, but he didn't listen. It was the dreams of worthier opponents. It was and he couldn't wait until it was time to fight them. He knew they wouldn't understand him, but he could defeat them easily. Well, maybe that wasn't true, but it could be. The one he feared, though, was one of the corrupted ones. The feeling he had for that one was enough to make him get inside a pokéball. As if. Pikachu, hesitantly, jumped onto Ash's shoulders. He couldn't wait.
"You ready for the party, Yoshi?" said Mario, tying his tie. He had gone through his closet and found an old tuxedo he used to wear. It was a little tight, but he could fit in it. He put on his rarely worn blue hat and headed out the door with Yoshi. It had been years since Mario was able to ride his friend, but he knew he could if Yoshi let him. That wasn't so, though, for Yoshi refused to be ridden. He had made this clear after Mario had first found him after being hatched and saved Mushroom Kingdom again. Occasionally, Mario or Luigi would ride him just for the help.
They were halfway to Toad Town when things went wrong. Purplish figures jumped from the sky and knocked Yoshi down. Then, they attacked Mario, knocking him unconscious. Yoshi got up and turned one of them into an egg, but the others got him down and bound him with a very strong rope. They were the first two.
DK, after getting over the pain in his back and head, headed back home to sleep. Hopefully Grumpy wouldn't see him. If he did, he was in trouble. That wasn't going to happen. Purple figures jumped him on his way, capturing him.
Samus knew they were in her ship. It was small, so it wasn't hard to tell. She wouldn't fight them. That was for the one with the sword. She wanted to fight Fox and the evil one. Maybe even Mario. Whoever they were. They came, like she knew they would, and they seized her. She couldn't wait.
Link's house was full of them. Not knowing what they were, he attacked. One fell under his blade, but the others came upon him, snatching him up and out of the tree house. He wasn't ready, but it was better than nothing.
Kirby gave in without much fighting. He didn't want to waste his energy.
Pikachu was snatched up before Ash could do anything.
Fox looked at the last Fighter Plane trying to escape. Aiming, he fired and blew it up. Falco cheered over the vidlink, making Fox smile. Falco used to be such a stuck-up fellow, until Fox had defeated Andros. Fox put the trigger back under the cap and headed back to Great Fox for repairs.
Inside, Peppy, Slippy, and Rob64 were no where to be seen.
"Hello!" called Falco, not seeing the beam. It hit him, knocking him back into his Arwing. Fox looked at Falco and then at the person who shot Falco. All he saw was purple, then black.