Until the Very End
Note: All characters are property of Nintendo. Most situations are property of FIREmblemFAN.
"So Link, I know you're busy here and all but, when are you coming home?" questioned Saria.
"I don't know. I really miss everyone back in Hyrule, but, I have a lot of responsibilities here too. Maybe Master Hand will let me visit from time to time."
"That's okay Link. I just want you to be happy, and it's obvious that this tournament means a lot to you."
The pair stopped in their walk in the middle of the Smash Garden to take a break. Saria's green hair shone brightly in the dawn's light and lit up her eyes beautifully. The area was silent with an exception to the blowing wind and sound of dead leaves rustling against the stone ground. Link felt uneasy. How could he explain this to his beloved Saria without hurting her feelings?
"I'm sorry," he began. "I think about you and the others all the time."
"And we think about you. What I really mean to say is that things are boring without the Hero of Time around. You brightened up everyone's day, made people happy. But that's all gone without you."
"Am I really that important to you all?"
"Of course silly!" laughed Saria as she playfully tousled Link's hair.
"I really love you Saria," started Link with a serious look on his face.
"I love you to-" Saria was cut off as Link's lips met hers. For a moment, all was forgotten. The only things that existed were Link and Saria. Finally, Link pulled away.
"Please, don't be mad that I'm staying here. I don't fight for honor, I fight to impress you."
Saria blushed madly, Link never say romantic things like this. She leaned forward and kissed his cheek.
"You never do anything to make me mad," said Saria while smiling. Link smiled back and put an arm around her shoulder.
Meanwhile, Roy and Wendy were also spending quality time with each other.
"When do you think this'll all clear up?" asked Wendy while walking with Roy.
He swung their held hands up into the air and replied, "Don't know. Soon I guess, or else we're all in big trouble."
"What do you mean?"
"If we're here long enough without help from Nintendo Land then they can't deliver food or supplies to us."
Wendy froze. She thought back to all those scary stories of people being stranded in the mountains and having to eat each other to survive. Wendy shivered and dismissed the thought.
"Hey, don't worry about it." helped Roy.
"I guess your right. We should be out of here soon."
The pair walked on.
"So-a, Mario," started Luigi, "What's-a the deal-a with this mess-a? Can we-a fix it?"
"I-a don't know. The way the pipes were-a put together is-a complicated. And I-a know-a nothing about fixing the-a electricity."
Mario stepped out of small whole in the wall and dusted himself off. Luigi peered into the whole and found himself face to face with a huge and complicated maze of pipes. The room holding all the elements of plumbing seemed to stretch on for miles as the walls toward above him.
"Oh-a," gasped Luigi as a chilly drop of water landed on the tip of his nose. He looked up and saw that a sky-high pipe was squirting out tiny jets of water. He crawled back into the room with Mario, comforted by the hot dry air it held compared to the pipe room, which was damp and cold.
"Mario, I-a think we have-a met our match."
"Never Luigi! We are-a Marios and can do-a anything. Well-a, almost anything." The two brothers laughed.
"Gameboy, Gameboy, la la la la la!" sang Young Link as he whipped out a source of battery operated pleasure. He slapped in a cartridge and flicked on the power. The satisfying glow of the liquid crystal screen warmed his heart as the trademark noise echoed throughout the silent room.
"Roy, Link and Marth may have girlfriends, but I have my one true love right hear in front of me." The little blonde kissed his Gameboy, then wiped the screen off and began to play. The system chimed, hummed and sang as Young Link rapidly pushed buttons and moved his fingers skillfully around the control pad. Just as he was about to clear the level he had worked so hard on, the door flew open and scared Young Link out of his wits.
"Ahhhhh! No! My level! My work!" The scare from the door forced him to lose concentration on the game and in a result lost.
Marth came through the door followed by a burst of wind.
"Marth! You freaked me out!"
"Heh, heh, sorry. Have you been sitting around the whole time? Just look at the weather outside. It's snowing!"
"Really?" Young Link gently pushed past Marth and looked at the world outside. True, it was snowing.
"Yippee! Let's go play in the snow!"
"Hey, hey, slow down bud! Your still in your shorts!" The youth looked down at his shorts, then at his t- shirt. "Oppsies!" He quickly ran past Marth, flew down the hall and leaped into his room. Fumbling around in his closet, Young Link found a pair of red snow pants and a yellow jacket.
"Marth! Were are my mittens?"
"How should I know?"
The youth frowned at the response. He remembered last year when he almost got frostbite for forgetting to put something over his hands.
"If my mittens are lost, then I'll just have to improvise." And with that, Young Link used a pair of thick socks in place of mittens. Then he dashed out to the living room and caught Marth just before he pulled off his jacket.
"Marth, will you play with me?"
The blue haired prince thought for a moment. It sure was chilly out there, but then again, what if he were the lonely Link?
"All right," said Marth with a laugh.
Author's Note: Wow. I never in my wildest dreams thought that I would get this far into the story. Thanks to all of you who have read it! Please read my Fire Emblem story, which I have recently posted!