SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1Hey! I know, I know, I haven't updated in like, forever. DON'T HURT ME!!!!!! I've been really busy.... Anyways, to all my fans (Hi Mom!) So... here it goes!!!!!
I fidgeted at the breakfast table, occasionally taking small sips of orange juice, having no appetite for anything else. I was nervous about the tournament starting today, and as to who I would be battling in the first round.
Fox and Falco were arguing across me about who they thought would be the most likely to do the worst in this round.
"I say it's gonna be Peach," Fox stated
"And I say it'll be Jigglypuff," Falco argued.
Luckily, Samus walked up, diverting their attention momentarily. To my glee, she had taken my advice and was wearing some normal clothes for a change, a pair of sand-blasted boot-cut jeans and a tight black tee-shirt. She had left her dark blonde hair loose and flowing around her face.
I smirked, flashing Samus a thumbs-up sign. She flipped me the bird. Falco raised an eyebrow while Fox's jaw flat out dropped. I kicked him under the table to keep him from making a bigger fool of himself, whispering "Get a grip, McCloud, say something, anything!"
Pulling himself together, Fox cocked his head and asked, "Why aren't you in your armor?" I rolled my eyes. "Smooth, real smooth...."
"Starfire told me I should wear something normal once in a while," Samus replied with a shrug.
That snapped Fox out of his trance.
"YOU told Samus to wear something normal, 'Star?" he asked, raising an eyebrow at me.
"And when was the last time you wore something other than a jumpsuit, 'Star?" Falco asked, gesturing to my usual black attire.
"Uhh, Uhhh... I plead the fifth?" I said pathetically.
Falco smirked and Fox rolled his eyes. "Just as I thought. You have no idea."
"Hey, what does it mean when you say you plead the fifth, anyway?" A new, joking voice said, coming up from behind me to take a seat at the table next to Falco.
I smiled at my friend, "Hi Roy," I said. "God, do ya think your plate could be any bigger?" I joked, looking at his plate heaped high with food.
"Ya think your's could get any smaller?" he said, nodding at my glass of orange juice.
"It won't help you to skip breakfast, you know," Marth said.
"I know, I know, but I'm too nervous," I replied while twisting my head around, to trying to figure out where Falco had disappeared to.
He walked up behind me and set down a tray with two halves of a bagel, one with cream cheese and the other with butter and cinnamon sugar, along with a small container of strawberry yogurt and a bowl of cereal in front of me.
"I don't care. You're not leaving this table until that tray is spotless," Falco said, with a note of finality.
I rolled my eyes and smiled. Even though he joked around a lot and was sarcastic and cynical, Falco was always looking out for me. He and Fox are like brothers to me, and I love them both. Even if they do tease and humiliate me.
I picked up a bagel and started eating, discovering that I really was hungry, and started scarfing it down.
"Guess she really is hungry," Fox said, laughing. Falco just nodded in satisfaction.
"Attention Smashers," came the voice of Master Hand from the stage. "I will now announce the first fight of the day."
Looking down at my lap, I saw Young Link and Pichu sitting in my lap. I looked from them to their chairs and back with a bewildered expression, causing all of my friends to laugh, especially Roy.
"I didn't know you were so good with children," Link said with a laugh.
"You should see her with animals," Falco commented.
"Shut up!" I hissed, trying to hear Master Hand. Thankfully, my idiotic "brothers" as I called them, quieted down so I could hear the lineup for today's fights.
"First off," Master Hand, "We'll have half the fights in the morning, and the other half after the lunch break. The order of the fights will be:"
Young Link versus Pichu
Peach versus Captain Falcon
(Pause as Master Hand drops his notes)
Ness versus Luigi
Falco versus Roy
Samus versus Mewtwo
DK versus Fox
Lunch Break
Starfire versus Ganondorf
Kirby versus Bowser
Marth versus Mr. Game and Watch
Ice Climbers versus Mario
Link versus Yoshi
Pikachu versus Zelda
After my fight was announced, I tuned the rest of the fights out as I sat there, shocked. I didn't want to fight Ganondorf! I'm just a rookie! It was going to be hard enough holding my own without having to fight a warlock twice my size my first fight! Oh well, it could be worse. I could have to fight Captain "Gayman" Falcon.