Until the Very End

Note: All characters are property of Nintendo. Most situations are property of FIREmblemFAN.

Author's note: Hello everyone! Hope you are all enjoying the story so far! For all of you out there who are wondering when the action will begin- don't worry, it's on the way! Thanks for the reviews!

-FIREmblemFAN

"Hey Marth?" asked Young Link curiously. "Why are you all dressed up?"

Marth, who was looking rather spiffy in his suite and tie replied, "I'm going out with a friend of mine."

"Who?"

"Her name is Sheeda. She lives in Altea, the place where I'm from. Remember?"

Young Link nodded yes.

"Can you go tell Roy and Link that I'm on my way out?"

"You can tell me yourself," said Roy as he came through the door. "Am I playing babysitter tonight?"

"I hope you don't mind. Sheeda and I made planes for tonight."

"Have fun then." And with that, Roy scoped up Young Link and slung him upside down over his shoulder. The little five year old began to giggle madly as he was bounced up and down on his friends back. Roy and Link were big brothers to Young Link. Not by blood, but by a special friendship between them. Young Link felt safe and warm when he was around them. Since his own parents died when he was just a baby, he had been sent to live at the Nintendo orphanage. When he started school, he had made friends with Ness and Kirby. However, even surrounded by a classroom of friends, Young Link still felt that he was lacking something. That is until he met Roy and Link.

He remembered the moment like it had just happened yesterday. There had been a school hiking trip up Mount Avalanche. Young Link and Ness had ventured away from the group and decided to have there own private field trip. They were enjoying the scenery and the freshly fallen snow so much that Young Link had not even noticed that he was walking to the edge of a fragile cliff. Suddenly, a sickening cracking noise could be heard and the youth could feel his weight shifting below him. Soon, the cliff had started to crumble and he was going down with it. Just before he fell that long way down, he jumped onto the edge of a nearby ledge in order to save himself. But because it was winter, the ledge was frozen over with ice, making it impossible to hold for very long. Young Link started screaming for help, as Ness just stood there, horrified. Just as Young Link began slipping, he saw his young life flash before his eyes. It would all be over soon. Finally, he was only holding on by a few fingers and knew that in a matter of seconds he would be plummeting towards the ground. However, when he lost his grip, he took one last look up and did not see the sky, but the face of and angel smiling down on him. Young Link then realized that the face was vaguely familiar and not one of an angel, but instead the one of an older boy that went to the Nintendo private school. The little boy then felt to strong hands grabbing his arms firmly in an attempt to pull him up. The rescuer told him that he would be safe and would not let go until he was. Then another boy appeared and also grabbed hold of him. He was much stronger than the first, with blonde hair and deep blue eyes. His long bangs fell gracefully in front of his face, much the first rescuer who had crimson red hair.

Together, the two pulled Young Link up the icy cliff until the youth had reached safety.

"I'm so sorry," cried the little boy as he hopped into the other blond's arms. "I didn't mean to come here! Please…"

"It's okay kid," said the red headed boy as he put a mittened hand to Young Link's face.

His hand was soft and warm with the woolen gloves on and it felt especially good because the young boy's checks were rosy from the cold.

The older student wiped away Young Link's frozen tears and said, "We should get you inside. Or back to your group."

The other boy nodded in agreement and picked the child up. They all headed back to the trail, Ness tagging along behind.

So that's how they met. An accident, the rescuers and the forgiveness. A year later they were all still friends and living under one roof at the Smash Leagues private campus.

"Knock, knock."

"Oh! Hello Marth," greeted Sheeda as she answered the door to her room.

"It's nice to see you again!" replied Marth

They both hugged and Marth gave Sheeda a quick kiss on the check, making her blush a bit. That night, she wore her long blue hair down, her puffy bangs, that slightly resembled Peach's, falling in front of her light blue eyes. Her dress was also blue. A dark shade, only a bit darker than the color of her hair.

"Shall we go?" asked Marth as he put out a hand for her to hold.

Sheeda smiled warmly at her prince and put her dainty hand in his.

At the restaurant, the famous Café Mario, Marth and Sheeda had just ordered their meals and were deep in conversation. The lights were low and piano music was playing softly in the background.

"So how is the kingdom doing?" asked Marth curiously. "I feel so bad that I haven't been back in a while."

"Don't worry. Leaving it in your sister's hands for now was a wise decision. Your court misses you terribly and wishes the best of luck in the upcoming tournament."

Marth thought of his sister and thought of the crown he had in his drawer back at the dorm. His sister had given it to him years ago when he went off to fight an evil army and avenge his father's death.

"Please, tell everyone that I also miss them and that I will claim victory in the name of Altea." He touched her hand that was on the table in front of him. They both smiled and reflected on how much they loved each other. His relationship with Sheeda was different from the ones that Roy and Link had with their girlfriends. Those two had at one point been best friends with those girls and now it was time for the next step. Not to say that they didn't feel as much passion as Marth did, but their romances were slightly different than his. Marth had been seeing Sheeda for a long time now. They were well enough in love that once, Marth considered asking her hand in marriage. However he felt that maybe just a little more time would do the trick. He did not want Sheeda to think long and hard about the decision. Maybe in a few months, she might have an easier time falling into his arms and accepting his proposal.

So far, they both thought that the night was going quite well. They were both in high spirits and enjoying each other's company. Just as Marth opened his mouth to say something, the lights started to flicker. The room went pitch black for a moment, and then the house lights came on.

"Attention!" announced Mario over the P.A. system. "We are-a—" he was cut off as the emergency power system also went out. All the customers at the Café immediately starting talking and whisper in an upset manner. Marth tried to her what some of the speakers were saying, but could not quite pick out if they were mad or worried.

"Sheeda?"

"Yes Marth?"

"I can't say that I know what's going on but don't be scared. Mario has come through before, I don't think he'll fail now."

Over at the swordsmen's dormitory, Roy and Link were watching Young Link play Zelda 64, which ironically was his favorite game, when the lights started flickering on and off. By the time they stopped flickering, Young Link's game had turned off without saving.

"No! My game!" he shouted. "I didn't even get to save!"

Suddenly the power went out and caused the whole dorm to fall under a complete black out.

"I think we have bigger problems than that, buddy," countered Link.

At Zelda's sleepover, the flickering lights and blackout took place during a game of Truth or Dare. Malon was just about to ask Wendy a personal question about her relationship with Roy when the power started its shut down.

"Thank goodness…" thought Wendy who was not prepared to share secrets about her or Roy.

"What was that?" asked Zelda as she felt around in the dark for a light source.

"It's not even thundering outside," said Samus who was peaking out the window. The bright moon paled her face as she stared curiously outside. Her long, wavy blonde hair seemed to look white as it shaped her face. She looked over at the others who had hushed when Zelda claimed that she could not locate a flashlight. "This certainly is odd," mentioned Saria as she thought about Link's safety. "I hope the boys are all right."

A few buildings over, Ganondorf and Captain Falcon were watching some sort of wrestling program on the television. The lights were off but the steady glow of the T.V. seemed to light the whole room. Bowser and Donkey Kong were already in bed because their consoler said that an early bedtime made for a more stress free day. Suddenly, as though some one had snuck up behind the T.V. and pulled out the cord, the picture on the screen went black along with the lights in other parts of the dormitory.

"What the hell was that?" questioned Captain Falcon, his voice filled with anger. He went up to the light switch and tried to flick the lights on and off. No such luck.

Ganondorf looked back at his friend with a curious look on his face.

"A power outage? At this time of year? It's not even raining out there."

"Don't ask me what's wrong. I'm no electrician. But I do know that this is really strange. Even for around here.

"What's go' in on out here?" asked Bowser sleepily as he walked out the door in his Koppa P.J.'s. "I heard the T.V. go "zap" or someth'in and it woke me up.

"Seems we've got some late season power outage," answered Ganondorf. "Let's hope the problem gets fixed soon…"

Everywhere else on campus, the same problem was occurring. Flickering lights, and then a strange but steady blackout…