A massive storm had blown up in the early morning. So, needless to say, all battles for that day had been canceled.
"It's-a really-a too bad," said Mario, moving his bishop two squares in his chess game with Zelda. "I was-a really looking-a forward to our-a battle today."
"So was I," said Zel, capturing her opponent's knight with her castle. "And no offense, but I don't really aim to spend all day playing chess."
"Neither do-a I," said Mario. "Check."
"So what else can we do?" Zelda asked, moving her king to safety. "Play Plumber poker?" Peach stepped into the room. "I'll tell you one thing we can do-play
game for more than two players."
Mario got the hint, and started sweeping the pieces off the board. "Okay. You-a win, Zelda."
Peach and Mario walked out of the room, and Zelda stepped to one of the large windows. Rain was splattering against it, and she sighed. To her, rain was a depressant. It always seemed to come when it was unwanted.
"Whatcha doin', Zel?"
Unseen by her cousin, Summer had entered the den where Zelda was. "Oh, hi Summer. I was just looking outside and wondering how I could possibly get my revenge on the rain."
Summer giggled. "I like rain. It's fun. Young Link and I were about to go out there and play in it. Do you want to come?"
Zelda hesitated. "Well, if it's going to rain, I might as well enjoy it." She slowly turned around. "Race you outdoors!"
The two elves ran outside, grabbing their coats as they went. Young Link soon followed (to Zelda's slight disappointment, his older self wasn't with him). But the three of them had a great time all the same.
Laughing, Zelda forgot what kind of grudge she had held against the rain in the first place.
"I haven't done this in years!" she shouted to Summer.
Peach came floating out of the gym doors with her umbrella. She waved down at her friends, who waved back.
"Hey, Peach!" Young Link shouted. "Come on down here and play with us!
"Sorry, no!" she yelled back. "My gloves aren't water-proof!! Besides, I'm afraid it would ruin my dignity!"
"Come on, you never had dignity in the first place!" Zel hollered back.
Trying not to smile, Peach gently lowered herself onto the muddy ground. "EEW!" she shouted. "I landed in a puddle!"
"Well, what'd you expect in a rainstorm?!" Young Link asked.
And with that, Zelda and Peach's inner spirit was released. Gradually, other bored smashers started to go outside, with or without umbrellas. Gannondorf took out a purple striped jump rope. "CAN ANYONE HERE DO THIS?!" he shouted over the sound of thunder. He began to hop backwards, but so very fast that it almost blinded those who watched. The formerly evil man started crossing his hands, and it was all very impressive. "Can I try that rope, Ganon?" Peach asked, smiling. "Sure, catch!" Gannodorf answered, throwing it to Peach. She caught it and thanked him. Then, Kirby began to sneeze, and Impa insisted that they come inside before they all caught hypothermia and died. At lunch, everyone was enveloped in electric blankets (Ganon insisted upon getting the fuzzy pink one). Zelda had replaced her elegant elbow-length gloves for snow ones, and found them to be uncomfortable and yet warm at the same time "I guess I'm just used to longer thinner ones," she admitted. "They're okay," said Samus, sawing a T-bone steak in half. "I mean it took me forever to adjust to those evening gloves." "Samus, you'd never dressed up in your life before last night," said Link, resting his arm on Zelda's shoulder. "Link, get off me," she said with mock annoyance. She picked up one of her nicer gloves, and struck him across the face with it. She laughed in a strange low voice. "Ah ha ha ha!!"
"You know if I wasn't the gentle man that I was, I'd take my glove off and slap you," said Link, trying to be serious and not laugh.
"So you call yourself a gentleman, do you?" asked Zelda.
"What, don't I seem elegant to you?"
".No."
"Hey, don't be so harsh on my older self!" Young Link scolded mockingly.
Gannondorf faced Impa. "Impa, you really ought to teach your.princess how to behave properly!"
"Look who's talking," said King Harkinian.
Ganon rolled his eyes as the king and Impa laughed loudly.
"Hey, Gannondork," said Popo, holding a meringue pie in his hand. Nana giggled softly, covering her mouth with her hand.
The evil dude turned towards the tiny Ice Climber."WHAT DID YOU CALL ME?!?!" he exploded.
But before he could do anything, Ganon received a pie in the kisser. The two ice climbers started laughing wildly. Gannondorf mopped off his face, also managing to laugh. But of course, he wasn't about to let Popo get away with it.
He picked up a ketchup bottle, and started squirting at the two eskimos. Popo and Nana ducked, and the ketchup went right into Zelda's ear.

"Ah!" she shouted, turning swiftly (ketchup went flying everywhere). She picked up her spoon, dipped it in Summer's applesauce, and flung it at Peach.
"EEW!!" screamed Peach, wiping off her nose. "What was that for, Zel?!"
"I was getting back at you for squirting that ketchup at me," Zelda replied, cleaning the condiment out of her ear.
"I didn't do that!"
"What? Well then who did?"
All eyes turned to Ganon, who blinked. Then, total chaos broke out. Globs of food went flying everywhere, and there were screams of laughter. To everyone's immense surprise, Impa, King Harkinian, and King Toadstool had joined in. "I hope you're not lactose intolerant, Ness!" Impa shouted, picking up a pizza pie and throwing it at the psychic boy's face. After about a quarter of an hour of furious food fighting, everyone calmed down a bit.
"I think I need to go shower," said Zelda, who was covered with peas, carrots and mustard.
"Me too," laughed Peach, running her hands through her hair, trying to get rid of the mashed potatoes and scrambled eggs that were stuck in it.

The two of them walked arm in arm, laughing, out the doors.
They all decided that they wanted to shower, in order to rid themselves of the food stuck all over them. What had started as a dreadful, boring day seemed to be turning into a good one.