Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters in this story, they all
belong to Nintendo and other respective companies. The plot and idea for
this story, though, is mine.
Authors Note: I would like to thank everyone who reviewed my story, and I want nobody to take offense based on who I consider "weak", so please don't get mad if someone who dies is your favorite, if they do though, I'm sorry. Also, this is truly Chapter 1, since the "first" chapter was a prologue, in case you didn't know.
Chapter 1
On Your Guard!
By: Fuzz King
As Roy headed down to breakfast, he realized just how quiet it was in the halls. Usually, someone was talking or a youngster was breaking a vase, or something of that nature was going on. What had happened last night had put a curse upon Smash Mansion he thought causing everyone to take up a quietness like the dead of night. He shuddered at the word "dead" and entered the dining room, which was only half full. He acknowledged the absence of Mewtwo, but said nothing as he took his usual seat next to Link.
Link was not at his best, his face was drawn back, and dark purple splotches had appeared under his eyes, showing he hadn't fallen back asleep, which were staring at nothing, and Roy felt the urge to wave his hand in front of Link's eyes. Link made no movement and appeared to be made out of stone, all except for his hair, which wasn't combed like usual and moved slowly in the breeze coming from the open window behind him. Roy would have continued to sit there, if not for Kirby suddenly setting his fork down on the table and putting his head in his hands.
Kirby and Yoshi were close he thought it must be really hard for him.
"This was his favorite cereal," he wailed, shaking a box of Lucky Charms, which were shooting out of the open top and scattering on the table.
Zelda set down her spoon and reached across the table to pat the violently sobbing pink ball," I'm sorry Kirby, I truly am, but you have to try and remember the good things," she said trying to cheer him up.
"Good things!" he screeched," Good things? Yoshi is dead, Zelda!" Everyone winced, Kirby was the first to actually say it out loud, as if not saying it meant it wasn't true," What's good about that? I swear, Mewtwo will-"
"We don't know it was Mewtwo," interjected Peach," It could have easily been someone else." As she said it, she seemed more like saying it to herself rather than Kirby.
"You heard what he said, it was almost exactly like what was on the wall."
"Mewtwo's smarter than any of us, Kirby, he wouldn't say something like that and then murder Yoshi before writing the almost same thing on the wall," said Samus," He's too smart for that."
"Then who did it?" he shot back. Everyone seemed quite taken aback, Kirby was saying things they had all thought but not said.
"Well... err.... if you'll excuse me I'll just be leaving now," said Captain Falcon after a long pause. Fox and Falco mumbled something about they'd be too, and they got up and left.
Still glaring, Kirby got up and left, slamming the door behind him. Seconds later, Bowser entered the Dining Room, looked at the glum faces staring into space or down at their plates, and remarked," Gee, aren't we all little balls of sunshine?"
*
The Master Hand came slightly after 11 am to pick up Yoshi's body and take it to the morgue. Young Link knew this because he watched it happen from his bedroom window. He turned to Ness, Nana, and Popo, who were all sitting on his bed staring at him. The three of them had stuck with Young Link since the death of Yoshi, they knew if they were together they would be a whole lot safer.
Sighing, Ness looked at Young Link and said what had been troubling his mind," I knew it was going to happen."
"What?" asked Young Link, his concentration had been broken and he hadn't heard what Ness had said.
"I knew it was going to happen." Ness looked at all of them, and he just saw blank stares looking back at him. I knew they wouldn't understand. They don't have psychic visions.
"What?" asked Popo, looking straight at him.
"I knew somebody was going to die. I mean, I didn't know who, I actually thought it was Peach. But when I blacked out at dinner, I saw things, and I didn't know what to do, and Marth asking me....." his voice trailed off and his eyes slowly filled with tears," I'm scared."
"We all are, Ness," whispered Nana, reaching out to put her arm on his shoulder, but he shrugged it off.
"You'd never understand. None of you are psychic, you can't feel what I feel, see what I see."
"It's a gift, Ness, use it like it is one, and it's going to be okay," said Young Link.
"You think it's okay to see somebody's corpse in your head and then find out the same thing you saw happened? You think I want to see the next person to die lying in my brain?" Ness's temper was raising, they weren't getting it.
"Next person? Someone else is going to die?" Popo did not like what he had just heard. If Ness knew someone else was going to die, then he must know who was doing it. But to know who, he would have had to witness it, which he already said he didn't because he claimed to be in the hall, or be a part of it.
As the gears in Popo's head turned and came to this conclusion (after all, he is quite young), he grabbed Nana and pulled her from the room.
"Popo, what's going on?" shouted Nana, right before being pushed out the door. He didn't answer, but instead glared at Ness and yelled, for all of the Mansion to hear," Stay the Hell away from my sister."
"Ooooooooohhhhhh, Popo just cussed," said Peach, who was down the hall in her room and speaking to Zelda.
"Who cares?" said Zelda. Then, quieter and under her breath," Nitwit."
Young Link, turned to Ness, lost for words," I um, don't listen to him, he doesn't know what he's talking about."
"I should have just kept my mouth shut. You were wrong, Young Link, this power is no gift. It's a curse." And he too left the room.
Young Link laid down on his bed, and tried to fall asleep, but he became scared to shut his eyes for more than a minute. He locked the door and window, checked the closet and under the bed, and then again returned to his bed and went into what could only be called a fitful sleep. He would have sat bolt upright if he had known that Yoshi's door had been locked, too.
It was just after 6pm when Young Link arose. He licked his finger and flattened a small cowlick before going down to dinner, if anyone had remembered to cook it. No one wanted to be alone anymore, even Ganondorf and Bowser had been spotted in the same room together, proving every single person was scared. Except for one.
He was on his way to dinner, and turned a corner, bumping right into Young Link.
"Oops, sorry," said Young Link, but he was already running to dinner, unaware of the fact that he had just bumped into a murderer. (Haha, I didn't say who!)
Dinner was again silent, even though all the Smashers were there. Yoshi's chair was still there, right next to Kirby. Pikachu found it hard to believe that just yesterday, Yoshi had been sitting there, passing up the opportunity for a movie. He stared at his mashed potatoes, and slowly scooped up a helping before sighing deeply. What was he going to do? He had already tied up two sheets to create "hammocks" in his room because he wasn't about to let Pichu out of his sight, and Jigglypuff was alone in her room and had asked to stay.
He looked up at the others, more of them pushing peas around their plate than eating them. Pichu hopped up, and was getting ready to leave when Pikachu stopped him.
"Pichu, err..." He wasn't about to let him know he was scared to let him go off, so he looked at Pichu's plate and said," You haven't finished your turkey."
"Oh Uncle Pikachu, (A/N I've decided Pikachu and Pichu are uncle-nephew) I'm full!" he exclaimed, ignoring the frightened look on his uncle's face.
"If you're going to be a strong and healthy Pokemon, then you have to eat all of your supper. I'm sure there are a lot of hungry Pokemon out there who would love to eat what you still have on your plate." (A/N Haven't we ALL heard that one?)
"Oh, alright." And he sat and ate the rest slowly, unaware he was being protected and not punished.
Ness had been thinking to himself all day, and he was wondering more than just why his mashed potatoes were stone cold if they had supposedly just been cooked. Perhaps his vision hadn't meant Peach was a victim. Perhaps.....
Yes he thought It all seems to fit, Peach was in my vision, along with blood. She was the one who found him, and had screamed. Who else had been out? Ness hadn't seen anyone else, and the only person who could have been in the hall was Dr. Mario, who had left after treating Ness in the Hospital Wing. Ness shook his head vigorously. What was he thinking? Peach, a murderer? And Yoshi at that. He was too caught up in the who's to think of the why's. And Mewtwo had just battled that day with Yoshi, everyone knew that after Pikachu had told Pichu, and he had told the whole mansion. But still, Popo had accused him, so perhaps feeling suspicious shouldn't make him feel too guilty.
At the same time, across the table, Popo was glaring right at Ness, and Nana was looking anywhere but at the two of them. Obviously, she was forced between her brother and friend.
Young Link had told Zelda all about what had happened in his room, and she felt bad for the little girl, she wasn't even 13 yet and she was forced to bear all of this. She turned to look out the window, and the pouring rain seemed to mirror the mood in the house. Perhaps she would have another dream, she had had them before, and maybe she would find out who it was....
After dinner, Link returned to his room, but he wasn't very tired. He was more in deep thought, but this time it wasn't who the killer was, but who might be murdered. He made a list in his mind, of who could possibly be next. Jigglypuff? He doubted she would be considered strong. Pichu? Popo and Nana? Perhaps Peach? He had no idea, he had never thought about the other Smashers this way before. But still. They needed to be protected. He winked at Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Zelda, the code they had made to show when they needed a meeting.
"Where?" mouthed Mario, who was sitting across from him.
"My room," replied Link, again with no sound. He ate quickly, hoping to get to this meeting, which he considered of utter importance. Before he knew it his empty plate was being whisked away by Samus, who had dishes duty, and his feet were carrying him to his room, where Zelda and Peach were already waiting.
"What's going on?" asked Zelda, as Link shut the door behind him.
"I think we should set up a... a protection, a guard, for those who may be more," again he paused, at loss for words.
"Prone-a to attack-a?" said a voice from behind Link. In seconds, Link was turned around, sword pointed right at Luigi's neck.
"Whoa-a, Link, relax-a, it's-a just-a me and Mario."
"Sorry," replied Link," I guess I'm just a little jumpy right now. This whole think is working on my nerves."
"Just-a don't-a turn yourself into a murderer, and I'll-a be fine-a," said Luigi wryly, before turning around a chair and sitting in it the opposite way.
Link turned back to the group," Luigi was right, we need to think of who we should protect. And should be a protector. Only those who we can trust should be a protector. Me, Roy, Mario, Luigi, Ganondorf, Bowser, and Marth. I thought that made a pretty good set of guards.
"Link, I know you errrrrrr.. sort of forgave Ganondorf," said Zelda," but I'm not sure I just want to be protected by him. Not that I don't trust your judgment." She added the last part quickly.
"And you don't know Bowser like I do," remarked Peach," I wouldn't be surprised if he turned out to be a killer, I mean, it's sort of strange that Yoshi is a friend of Mario's, and he ends up dying, it could be a payback from Bowser."
"And I-a don't-a know-a Marth and Roy-a to-a well-a," added Mario," Because I don't have the swordsmanship classes that you have with them."
"Marth is really quiet, I haven't heard him speak since the night of Ness's vision. Roy is really cool though, I would trust my life with him," said Link.
"So that leaves us with Mario, Luigi, you, and Roy," remarked Zelda," but aren't there others who could be guards, too? Samus, the captain, Fox or Falco?"
"I thought about it, Zel, but I wanted to keep it between a small group of people, tell to many and eventually everyone will know about it. It would make the people being sheltered feel weak and angry with us."
"Well, they may not be the only ones being angry," said Peach huffily.
"What do-a you mean-a, Peach-a?" asked Mario.
Comprehension seemed to dawn on Zelda's face, and she crossed her arms and glared at Link," How come we," she motioned to herself and Peach," aren't on your guard?"
"Well, I thought you two might need a little errrr.... guarding."
Zelda stood up and left the room without a word, she slammed the door behind her, and Luigi winced.
"Go on, Mario, tell him he's wrong!" said Peach.
"Well-a, Peach-a, I-a think-a he might-a be... well-a right, I'm-a not so sure-a you-a could-a uh.. fend-a for yourself-a as well as say-a, um, I-a could," said Mario meekly, paling at the same rate as Peach's face turned crimsom.
"MARIO MARIO," she screamed," I CANNOT BELIEVE WHAT I AM HEARING! YOU ACTUALLY THINK I COULDN'T FEND FOR MYSELF AGAINST THE MURDERER? WELL, I HAVE NEWS FOR YOU BUSTER! YOU MAY NOT WANT ME ON YOUR GUARD, BUT I WILL CERTAINLY NOT BE ASKING FOR YOUR PROTECTION!"
Mario just sat there, as Peach in almost the same fashion as Zelda left the room, stomped down the hall, and slammed the door to her room.
"Well-a," said Luigi, who had remained pretty quiet," that-a went-a pretty well-a. Don't you think-a?"
Link and Mario just stared.
A/N Well, what did you think? I know no one died, but if someone died every chapter, where would the suspense be? Sorry it took a while, but I like to take pride in my writing and I didn't want to put some mediocre chapter up. Review Review Review! I'm hoping I can upload faster with the next chapter, but school starts next week, and that means less free time. I can't make any promises, but hopefully there won't be any writer's block this time, and the next chapter will come sooner.
Authors Note: I would like to thank everyone who reviewed my story, and I want nobody to take offense based on who I consider "weak", so please don't get mad if someone who dies is your favorite, if they do though, I'm sorry. Also, this is truly Chapter 1, since the "first" chapter was a prologue, in case you didn't know.
Chapter 1
On Your Guard!
By: Fuzz King
As Roy headed down to breakfast, he realized just how quiet it was in the halls. Usually, someone was talking or a youngster was breaking a vase, or something of that nature was going on. What had happened last night had put a curse upon Smash Mansion he thought causing everyone to take up a quietness like the dead of night. He shuddered at the word "dead" and entered the dining room, which was only half full. He acknowledged the absence of Mewtwo, but said nothing as he took his usual seat next to Link.
Link was not at his best, his face was drawn back, and dark purple splotches had appeared under his eyes, showing he hadn't fallen back asleep, which were staring at nothing, and Roy felt the urge to wave his hand in front of Link's eyes. Link made no movement and appeared to be made out of stone, all except for his hair, which wasn't combed like usual and moved slowly in the breeze coming from the open window behind him. Roy would have continued to sit there, if not for Kirby suddenly setting his fork down on the table and putting his head in his hands.
Kirby and Yoshi were close he thought it must be really hard for him.
"This was his favorite cereal," he wailed, shaking a box of Lucky Charms, which were shooting out of the open top and scattering on the table.
Zelda set down her spoon and reached across the table to pat the violently sobbing pink ball," I'm sorry Kirby, I truly am, but you have to try and remember the good things," she said trying to cheer him up.
"Good things!" he screeched," Good things? Yoshi is dead, Zelda!" Everyone winced, Kirby was the first to actually say it out loud, as if not saying it meant it wasn't true," What's good about that? I swear, Mewtwo will-"
"We don't know it was Mewtwo," interjected Peach," It could have easily been someone else." As she said it, she seemed more like saying it to herself rather than Kirby.
"You heard what he said, it was almost exactly like what was on the wall."
"Mewtwo's smarter than any of us, Kirby, he wouldn't say something like that and then murder Yoshi before writing the almost same thing on the wall," said Samus," He's too smart for that."
"Then who did it?" he shot back. Everyone seemed quite taken aback, Kirby was saying things they had all thought but not said.
"Well... err.... if you'll excuse me I'll just be leaving now," said Captain Falcon after a long pause. Fox and Falco mumbled something about they'd be too, and they got up and left.
Still glaring, Kirby got up and left, slamming the door behind him. Seconds later, Bowser entered the Dining Room, looked at the glum faces staring into space or down at their plates, and remarked," Gee, aren't we all little balls of sunshine?"
*
The Master Hand came slightly after 11 am to pick up Yoshi's body and take it to the morgue. Young Link knew this because he watched it happen from his bedroom window. He turned to Ness, Nana, and Popo, who were all sitting on his bed staring at him. The three of them had stuck with Young Link since the death of Yoshi, they knew if they were together they would be a whole lot safer.
Sighing, Ness looked at Young Link and said what had been troubling his mind," I knew it was going to happen."
"What?" asked Young Link, his concentration had been broken and he hadn't heard what Ness had said.
"I knew it was going to happen." Ness looked at all of them, and he just saw blank stares looking back at him. I knew they wouldn't understand. They don't have psychic visions.
"What?" asked Popo, looking straight at him.
"I knew somebody was going to die. I mean, I didn't know who, I actually thought it was Peach. But when I blacked out at dinner, I saw things, and I didn't know what to do, and Marth asking me....." his voice trailed off and his eyes slowly filled with tears," I'm scared."
"We all are, Ness," whispered Nana, reaching out to put her arm on his shoulder, but he shrugged it off.
"You'd never understand. None of you are psychic, you can't feel what I feel, see what I see."
"It's a gift, Ness, use it like it is one, and it's going to be okay," said Young Link.
"You think it's okay to see somebody's corpse in your head and then find out the same thing you saw happened? You think I want to see the next person to die lying in my brain?" Ness's temper was raising, they weren't getting it.
"Next person? Someone else is going to die?" Popo did not like what he had just heard. If Ness knew someone else was going to die, then he must know who was doing it. But to know who, he would have had to witness it, which he already said he didn't because he claimed to be in the hall, or be a part of it.
As the gears in Popo's head turned and came to this conclusion (after all, he is quite young), he grabbed Nana and pulled her from the room.
"Popo, what's going on?" shouted Nana, right before being pushed out the door. He didn't answer, but instead glared at Ness and yelled, for all of the Mansion to hear," Stay the Hell away from my sister."
"Ooooooooohhhhhh, Popo just cussed," said Peach, who was down the hall in her room and speaking to Zelda.
"Who cares?" said Zelda. Then, quieter and under her breath," Nitwit."
Young Link, turned to Ness, lost for words," I um, don't listen to him, he doesn't know what he's talking about."
"I should have just kept my mouth shut. You were wrong, Young Link, this power is no gift. It's a curse." And he too left the room.
Young Link laid down on his bed, and tried to fall asleep, but he became scared to shut his eyes for more than a minute. He locked the door and window, checked the closet and under the bed, and then again returned to his bed and went into what could only be called a fitful sleep. He would have sat bolt upright if he had known that Yoshi's door had been locked, too.
It was just after 6pm when Young Link arose. He licked his finger and flattened a small cowlick before going down to dinner, if anyone had remembered to cook it. No one wanted to be alone anymore, even Ganondorf and Bowser had been spotted in the same room together, proving every single person was scared. Except for one.
He was on his way to dinner, and turned a corner, bumping right into Young Link.
"Oops, sorry," said Young Link, but he was already running to dinner, unaware of the fact that he had just bumped into a murderer. (Haha, I didn't say who!)
Dinner was again silent, even though all the Smashers were there. Yoshi's chair was still there, right next to Kirby. Pikachu found it hard to believe that just yesterday, Yoshi had been sitting there, passing up the opportunity for a movie. He stared at his mashed potatoes, and slowly scooped up a helping before sighing deeply. What was he going to do? He had already tied up two sheets to create "hammocks" in his room because he wasn't about to let Pichu out of his sight, and Jigglypuff was alone in her room and had asked to stay.
He looked up at the others, more of them pushing peas around their plate than eating them. Pichu hopped up, and was getting ready to leave when Pikachu stopped him.
"Pichu, err..." He wasn't about to let him know he was scared to let him go off, so he looked at Pichu's plate and said," You haven't finished your turkey."
"Oh Uncle Pikachu, (A/N I've decided Pikachu and Pichu are uncle-nephew) I'm full!" he exclaimed, ignoring the frightened look on his uncle's face.
"If you're going to be a strong and healthy Pokemon, then you have to eat all of your supper. I'm sure there are a lot of hungry Pokemon out there who would love to eat what you still have on your plate." (A/N Haven't we ALL heard that one?)
"Oh, alright." And he sat and ate the rest slowly, unaware he was being protected and not punished.
Ness had been thinking to himself all day, and he was wondering more than just why his mashed potatoes were stone cold if they had supposedly just been cooked. Perhaps his vision hadn't meant Peach was a victim. Perhaps.....
Yes he thought It all seems to fit, Peach was in my vision, along with blood. She was the one who found him, and had screamed. Who else had been out? Ness hadn't seen anyone else, and the only person who could have been in the hall was Dr. Mario, who had left after treating Ness in the Hospital Wing. Ness shook his head vigorously. What was he thinking? Peach, a murderer? And Yoshi at that. He was too caught up in the who's to think of the why's. And Mewtwo had just battled that day with Yoshi, everyone knew that after Pikachu had told Pichu, and he had told the whole mansion. But still, Popo had accused him, so perhaps feeling suspicious shouldn't make him feel too guilty.
At the same time, across the table, Popo was glaring right at Ness, and Nana was looking anywhere but at the two of them. Obviously, she was forced between her brother and friend.
Young Link had told Zelda all about what had happened in his room, and she felt bad for the little girl, she wasn't even 13 yet and she was forced to bear all of this. She turned to look out the window, and the pouring rain seemed to mirror the mood in the house. Perhaps she would have another dream, she had had them before, and maybe she would find out who it was....
After dinner, Link returned to his room, but he wasn't very tired. He was more in deep thought, but this time it wasn't who the killer was, but who might be murdered. He made a list in his mind, of who could possibly be next. Jigglypuff? He doubted she would be considered strong. Pichu? Popo and Nana? Perhaps Peach? He had no idea, he had never thought about the other Smashers this way before. But still. They needed to be protected. He winked at Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Zelda, the code they had made to show when they needed a meeting.
"Where?" mouthed Mario, who was sitting across from him.
"My room," replied Link, again with no sound. He ate quickly, hoping to get to this meeting, which he considered of utter importance. Before he knew it his empty plate was being whisked away by Samus, who had dishes duty, and his feet were carrying him to his room, where Zelda and Peach were already waiting.
"What's going on?" asked Zelda, as Link shut the door behind him.
"I think we should set up a... a protection, a guard, for those who may be more," again he paused, at loss for words.
"Prone-a to attack-a?" said a voice from behind Link. In seconds, Link was turned around, sword pointed right at Luigi's neck.
"Whoa-a, Link, relax-a, it's-a just-a me and Mario."
"Sorry," replied Link," I guess I'm just a little jumpy right now. This whole think is working on my nerves."
"Just-a don't-a turn yourself into a murderer, and I'll-a be fine-a," said Luigi wryly, before turning around a chair and sitting in it the opposite way.
Link turned back to the group," Luigi was right, we need to think of who we should protect. And should be a protector. Only those who we can trust should be a protector. Me, Roy, Mario, Luigi, Ganondorf, Bowser, and Marth. I thought that made a pretty good set of guards.
"Link, I know you errrrrrr.. sort of forgave Ganondorf," said Zelda," but I'm not sure I just want to be protected by him. Not that I don't trust your judgment." She added the last part quickly.
"And you don't know Bowser like I do," remarked Peach," I wouldn't be surprised if he turned out to be a killer, I mean, it's sort of strange that Yoshi is a friend of Mario's, and he ends up dying, it could be a payback from Bowser."
"And I-a don't-a know-a Marth and Roy-a to-a well-a," added Mario," Because I don't have the swordsmanship classes that you have with them."
"Marth is really quiet, I haven't heard him speak since the night of Ness's vision. Roy is really cool though, I would trust my life with him," said Link.
"So that leaves us with Mario, Luigi, you, and Roy," remarked Zelda," but aren't there others who could be guards, too? Samus, the captain, Fox or Falco?"
"I thought about it, Zel, but I wanted to keep it between a small group of people, tell to many and eventually everyone will know about it. It would make the people being sheltered feel weak and angry with us."
"Well, they may not be the only ones being angry," said Peach huffily.
"What do-a you mean-a, Peach-a?" asked Mario.
Comprehension seemed to dawn on Zelda's face, and she crossed her arms and glared at Link," How come we," she motioned to herself and Peach," aren't on your guard?"
"Well, I thought you two might need a little errrr.... guarding."
Zelda stood up and left the room without a word, she slammed the door behind her, and Luigi winced.
"Go on, Mario, tell him he's wrong!" said Peach.
"Well-a, Peach-a, I-a think-a he might-a be... well-a right, I'm-a not so sure-a you-a could-a uh.. fend-a for yourself-a as well as say-a, um, I-a could," said Mario meekly, paling at the same rate as Peach's face turned crimsom.
"MARIO MARIO," she screamed," I CANNOT BELIEVE WHAT I AM HEARING! YOU ACTUALLY THINK I COULDN'T FEND FOR MYSELF AGAINST THE MURDERER? WELL, I HAVE NEWS FOR YOU BUSTER! YOU MAY NOT WANT ME ON YOUR GUARD, BUT I WILL CERTAINLY NOT BE ASKING FOR YOUR PROTECTION!"
Mario just sat there, as Peach in almost the same fashion as Zelda left the room, stomped down the hall, and slammed the door to her room.
"Well-a," said Luigi, who had remained pretty quiet," that-a went-a pretty well-a. Don't you think-a?"
Link and Mario just stared.
A/N Well, what did you think? I know no one died, but if someone died every chapter, where would the suspense be? Sorry it took a while, but I like to take pride in my writing and I didn't want to put some mediocre chapter up. Review Review Review! I'm hoping I can upload faster with the next chapter, but school starts next week, and that means less free time. I can't make any promises, but hopefully there won't be any writer's block this time, and the next chapter will come sooner.