Until the Very End

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

Author's note: I'm back! Ready for another chapter?

"What? We're all trapped here?" exclaimed Captain Falcon, now angrier than ever. "You idiot! What did you do?"

"I-I-I-a did-a nothing," quivered Mario in fear. "It just-a happened on its own."

Captain Falcon raised his large fist into the air, causing Mario to brace himself for the blow. It never came.

"What are you going to do about this one, Mario?" asked Bowser mockingly.

"I wouldn't put it past him to screw up again, grumbled Ganondorf as he slammed the door on Mario's face. The little plumber rubbed his big nose and muttered,

"Mama mea…"

The news of this bizarre event spread like wild fire all over the campus. It was well into the next day when Mario had completed his task in explaining the problems to the other residents. And to Mario's bad luck, most of the Smashers tried to take the issue out on him. When he finally returned to the Mushroom Dorm, he plopped down on the couch and immediately began snoring, and loudly at that. So loud that it woke up Luigi and Dr. Mario who had been soundly sleeping in their rooms.

"Hey-a Mario!" scolded Luigi as he shook his brother awake.

"What-a do you-a want? I was-a dreaming about Princess Peachy…"

"Well-a it couldn't have a been a very good-a dream. You were-a snoring even louder than-a usual!" retorted Dr. Mario who had studied Mario's snoring habit.

"Cut-a me some-a slack! I've-a been out all-a night trying to explain the-a problems to the Smashers. But do they-a care? No-a! They just want to pick on-a poor Mario!" pouted the plumber.

"Fine-a, fine-a. Go sleep-a. You look-a pretty tired anyway." said Dr. Mario with a voice full of sudden understanding.

"Yeah! You wouldn't want Peachy to come-a by with circles under your eyes!" laughed Luigi. Everyone had to smile at Mario's love for Peach.

Over at Zelda's place, all but one of the girls were sleeping. Wendy had been the first to awaken and was sitting up in her sleeping bag looking out the window. The sun had risen to the sky about an hour ago and it was slowly creeping further into the endless expansion of blue. She thought deeply for a moment about the sun and the moon. How could to things so different work together so well? No matter what, every twelve hours, one would rise to the sky and one would sink behind the horizon, never getting thrown off balance. This relationship reminded Wendy of the one she had with her own parents. They loved her with all of their hearts, and she with hers, but sometimes there was so much difference and doubt between them that she wondered how they could possibly be related. They had criticized her when she had gone off with her brother to join Roy's forces when the country was at war. And when she had told them that Roy was in love with her, they hardly believed their daughter. After all, what would the future lord of the kingdom be doing with a simple lady- knight like her? So different, almost like night and day.

"Wendy?" mumbled Samus as she opened her eyes and adjusted to the bright morning light streaming through the windows. "What time is it?" They both turned to the battery-operated clock on the wall. Nine a.m.

"Hmmm… I'm so, sleepy," whispered Samus as she placed her head back down on the pillow. She was just like a doll. When she was upright and awake, her eyes were bright and happy. But the second she laid her head down, those big blue eyes would shut softly and asleep she would be. Wendy wished that she could be like that. She always had something on her mind when it was time for bed and that stopped her from having an easy time letting drowsiness take over. But that would not be the case this lazy morning. So what if she would be stuck here for who knows how long, or that the power was out. She had friends to keep her company and she was away from her home, which was boring without Roy. There was nothing to worry about on this beautiful, crisp day and Wendy planned to take full advantage of it.

In Link's east- facing room, the sun was practically at his windowsill and trying to burst through the glass. Like every day, he awoke just as the sun popped over the horizon and brightened up the campus. Squinting, he swung his legs over the side of the bed and leaned forward, trying to collect his thoughts and remember what had been going on the night before. His blonde bangs bothered him as they tickled his forehead and his black shorts and t-shirt were wet with sweat since his sleep was restless. All night he had dreamed of terrible things. His home, Hyrule being destroyed; Roy having to go off to war; Peach being kidnapped and more. It seemed like morning would never come and when it did he was anything but happy. It would be a long day. Full of tiered, complaining characters and lots of repair work to be done. Link lazily flopped back down on his bed and rubbed at his sweat-covered face. The sleep that he did not receive that night was slowly coming on, but there was no way he would dare slip back into another nightmare.

"Is this a sign of things to come?" Link asked out loud while looking up at the ceiling. He half expected some unknown voice to enter his conscience and give a reply but it did not come. He sighed deep and silently prayed that everything would turn out all right in the end.

As the rest of the campus began to rise out of bed, they were all thinking the same thing as Link. Were Mario's words real? Had they just been dreaming about the whole night in the first place? They were all quite content with life on the Smash League's campus, but what about the other lives they lived? All of them had families back at home who would have heard by now that they were trapped in within the limits of the campus. Outside the boundaries were endless fields of nothing that would lead to nowhere. It was like being on a different planet all together. Secluded from the rest of society in search of something greater. But this was no longer a dream to be the best; it would soon become a nightmare to stay alive.

Author's note: This is my favorite chapter so far! I hope you all enjoyed it to!