A/N Omg, I completely forgot about my fanfiction account. I'm soooooo sorry T-T lately I had been working on my more original stories, tests for school, my portfolio, I haven't had time to write, but since it's almost summer I'm re-writing my fics. I had one SSBM story I was doing, and I was four chapters in (it wasn't posted yet) and then I stopped it for a while, I went back, reread it, and it sucked. So I'm guessing most of my early fics are like that which is why I'm writing this one patiently, and putting my others on Hiatus until it's finished. You can read them if you like, they're really bad ; I've learned so much about writing that I really feel I've improved, please be patient with this one. It's probably not that good but… anyway most of this story is in Roy's P.O.V. (Just so you know I read the beginning and the end of a fan translation, so Roy's fine at the end I guess /sort of depends on what happened in the middle, like if he lost an arm I wouldn't know…/and he had a very flat personality /one of those… 'I will do what's right for my country' yada yada yada…/ and I wasn't too sure where Pherae is. I'm guessing Earth's past /if it is that well…that will work out well for me…/Also the translation had said Roy is a Duke, I believe that may have translated wrong so I will have to go back and fix that…)

One more note: There are no Yoai or Yuri pairings in this story. I don't hate Yoai pairings but I feel that it would sidetrack the plot if I had one, so please no Marth X Roy requests. The only pairing are the traditional Link X Zelda, and Peach X Mario. Even though I have these pairing I'm not really going to do to much with it, they're more there to show the connections between the worlds. (I also figure dating out of the game would interfere with the paranoia plot)

I thoughts or emphasize

I sounds/onomatopoeia

I title

I Scene change

I Emphasize

Anyway, in conclusion, bear with me on the first chapter, I know it seems a bit slow but once we get to the dinner then the story will pick up a bit. Criticism is very much appreciated.

Disclaimer: I don't own SSBM, if I did, I would… but I don't.

The Twilight Zone

Chapter One- Meetings

"There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle-ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area we call the "Twilight Zone"."

This was the first thing I heard as I walked into the doors on that fateful day… perhaps I should start from the beginning. When I first got my invitation for the second SSB tournament I knew I had to go. So many fighters, so many opportunities, I couldn't pass up this chance. Besides, if I was to be the next Lord of Pherae I needed to train. So I found myself on the way to the mansion the invitation described. When I finally got there I couldn't help but to stare in awe at the beautiful building which stood before me. This place is huge… I thought to myself, there must be many people coming… I was right; there were twenty four other people that had shown up. Well, I actually really shouldn't say people, more like things. I simply expected a bunch of men with swords, what I found was so much more…

When I walked in the mansion the first thing I saw was a fox, and a kid sitting in front of a glowing box. "Geez Ness, this is all we got to watch last year!" muttered the fox grumpily. The kid rolled his eyes.

"Well sorry, I didn't ask to get the Sci-fi network. Besides I like The Twilight Zone."

"Whatever."

"Hey! Someone's here!"

"Yeah, it's probably another contestant." He turned to me. "Hi." I blinked in surprise, for I had never been so bluntly spoken to by an animal.

"Y-you talk?" I managed to ask.

"He does, it nearly gave me a heart attack during the first tournament." Ness said with a smile. "I'm Ness, and this is Fox."

"Yo." said Fox simply as he turned back to the box.

"And what's that?" I asked pointing at what Fox was watching.

"The TV. You've never seen one? Where're you from?"

"Pherae"

"Earth?"

"Yes."

"Oh, you must be from the past then. Well there should be a room upstairs with your name on it."

"He doesn't mean that figuratively." Fox added not taking his eyes of the "TV". "There have big signs on them."

"Are there any other fighters here yet?"

"Well, all the twelve fighters from the first tournament are here… oh and there are a couple Princesses."

"Really?" I asked curiously, as my mind wondered off in sick fantasies.

"Don't get any ideas, they have boyfriends."

"Oh," I muttered, as my dream disappeared. "Well… I guess I'll go find my room then." With my satchel swung over my shoulder I headed up the stairs.

There are many doors here… I thought as I wondered the long halls. A guy could get lost here… Soon however I realized, not just a guy could get lost here, I was lost here. I cursed as I passed doors that weren't mine, and I passed some strange people who seemed to have problems of their own. Alright, the next person, err…being, I see I'm asking for help. "Excuse me!" I called out to a pink puffball with red shoes. "I need some assistance!"

"Pypo?" it asked turning around.

"Right… do you know where my room might be?" Instead of answering my question it walked around behind me and poked my satchel.

"Pypo!" it said excitedly trying to pull it down.

"Get off!"

It jumped down, and then it opened its mouth and suddenly I felt like I was being sucked into a whirlwind.

"Hey!" I held my satchel close to keep it from flying away.

"Kirby? Stop that!" hissed a voice from behind the creature; I couldn't see who it was behind the wind. The creature, apparently named Kirby, closed it mouth and, in an instant, the wind stopped with a 'Pypo…' of disappointment. "Sorry." apologized the person.

"It's okay I… I…" I glanced up and saw a blonde haired elf standing in front me. When I was younger I used to hear stories about elves like him all the time, imagine my surprise when I saw one standing in front of me. "Are you an elf?" I asked aloud. (Trust me, I felt quite stupid about asking so childishly.)

"Well, more Hylian."

"Sorry."

"No problem, I'm Link."

"I'm Roy, nice to meet you," I glanced at Kirby. "…and what is that?"

"That's Kirby; do you have food in your bag?"

"Yeah."

"That explains why he attacked you."

"Oh," I replied embarrassedly as I pulled out a piece of meat and tossed it to Kirby. "So, do you know where my room is?"

"What weapon do you use?" I held the hilt of the Sword of Seals protectively. It was a special sword that only I could use.

"Why?"

"I'm not going to steal it, relax. The rooms are ordered by what weapon you use. I'm a swordsman too so I'll show you."

As I followed Link through the long halls I began to read the signs on the door. Mario, Peach, Zelda, Pikachu, Pichu… Soon I lost interest in that and decided to start a conversation with my guide. "Were you here during the first tournament?"

"Sort of." he said sheepishly. "I lost to Mario in the first round, everyone lost to Mario in the end. You see the first match was him and I, and I lost, then the winner moves onto the next and he was completely undefeated."

"He must be strong." I commented, interested to fight this 'Mario' guy.

"Yeah, he's a plumber though I'm not sure what that is…Ness said plumbers fix pipes, but he tends to kid around a lot." I laughed (even though I wasn't sure exactly what pipes were…). "Ah, here we are." As he opened his mouth to say something else, a voice called out his name.

"Hey Link!" yelled a little elf ahem Hylian boy from down the hall. "We have a problem." I squinted to see the child more clearly.

"He looks just like you." I stated. Link grimaced.

"He is me. There was a mistake when the invites were sent out. Since the invites can be sent through different times my younger self and I were both invited, so we both showed up. What's the matter Young Link?" I watched as Link's younger self sprinted down the hall to us.

"Well, since one of us was only expected to show they only assigned us one room."

"Meaning that…"

"We're sharing the same room."

"…well then, I'm sleeping on the floor, you can have the bed."

"Wow, I'm so generous." said the kid as he ran off to his room giggling.

"Anyway," continued Link. "As I was about to say before, this is your room." He stated gesturing to one of the doors. "I'm going to go find a blanket, if you need help or anything I'm sure my younger self will be ecstatic to assist. Our room's down the hall, I guess I'll see you when everyone arrives."

"Thanks." I called as he headed to the door he had shown me. Curiously I glanced at the door next to mine to see who my neighbor would be. "Marth, well that's not a girl's name…"I grumbled to myself as I opened the door to settle in.

At first I just wanted to lay down on the bed and sleep… however after a while of lying pointlessly on my bed, I found myself polishing the Sword of Seals. It's got to look good for tomorrow. I thought happily. My mind began to wander to the contestants. There are girls fighting… I had a rule against hitting girls; I knew I'd have a hard time having to hurt them in a fight. Then there were other things, like Kirby, I'm sure I would have a hard time bringing myself to attack. If they heard back in Pherae I had to fight women, kids, and puff balls I believe I'd be laughed right into exile. I'll have to make up a story for home… When my thoughts began to head into a fake story I could produce there was a knock at my door.

"Roy, it's Link, the rest of the competitors are here. We're all waiting for you." I raised my head from my swords' shining blade in fear.

"Oh god…" I quickly sheathed my sword and put the polish and rag back into my satchel and left.

Downstairs

"Am I late?" I called in panic as I headed down the stairs.

"Yes." called a man in a bodysuit and helmet. "Try be 'in on time will ya'?"

"Give him a break Captain Falcon." I heard Ness say although I couldn't see him through the crowd of fighters. "Besides I remember us all waiting about an hour for you to finish some NASCAR thing in the first tournament."

"I told ya, it's not NASCAR. That's was ancient stuff, we use rockety ships now." If Ness had countered back with a reply I had never got to hear it.

"Attention. May I have you attention, please?" Immediately the room went silent. I looked around to see where the voice was coming from. "This is a transmission sent from HQ to the sound system wired throughout the house." ("Wired systems are in museums in my time." Captain Falcon boosted.) "First we would like to welcome you to the second annual Super Smash Brothers Tournament. I believe there are some of you who attended the first, but many of you are new. I'm sure the previous contestants will be happy to assist you. Now there are some rules for this tournament that-" Suddenly the voice stopped, with a static noise. Everyone quietly waited for the voice to return, which it did not.

"Alright," asked a bird creature. "What the hell happened?"

"Well, it would seem the transmission has been cut short," rang a voice throughout our minds. "Moron." it added as an afterthought.

"No Mewtwo," snapped the bird. "It can't have been, why would-" Suddenly a red light been to flash.

"SECURITY SYSTEMS ACTIVATED. MANSION LOCK DOWN." I blinked in surprise.

"Hey Link, did this happen last year?"

"No, I'm not sure wha-"

"The window!" yelled someone in a panic. Everyone quickly ran to the window to look out. I excused myself through the crowd of curious stares to take a look myself. About a half mile off a dull shimmer could be seen floating amiably in the air.

"Someone should go out and check." I said softly.

"Falco and I will go." Fox said beckoning to the bird creature before. The rest of us watched out the window as they ran toward the door and outside. They conjugated a moment before Fox ran at the shimmer. Unfortunately as he touched it lit up and threw him backward.

"It's a force field." someone stated. Ness smirked at Captain Falcon.

"Have any of these in your time?" Captain Flacon could only let his mouth hang open in awe. There was silence for a couple moments, the awkward silence.

"Does this mean… we can't leave?" I asked suddenly in fear. What the hell am I doing here? I'm only sixteen, why couldn't I just go to a tournament in Pherae? I didn't tell father I was going here either…

"Yep," Falco replied as he and Fox returned from outside. "There's no getting through that thing." At that moment it went from awkward silence… to utter panic.

"What the hell?"

"Who tripped the security alarm?"

"I can't be trapped in this mansion!"

"Why does this always happen to me?" I sat down on one of the couches and buried my face in my hands as I listened to these screams.

"Calm-a down" yelled a voice over the crowd. I looked up to see a man in overalls standing on one of the tables over the crowd. "This must be-a accident. It's will be fixed in-a no time."

"Shut up Mario!" shrieked a giant turtle looking monster. "The only reason I joined this damn tournament was to watch you be destroyed in battle by me!" There were some 'yeah right's among the crowd. "We could all be trapped here. And I won't be trapped with the likes of you." The crowd began to talk again in a panicked frenzy.

"We didn't ask-a you Bowser." said a man from the corner of the room. "My-a brother knows what-a he's talking about."

"You're brother knows squa-" Just as Bowser fought to finish his sentence one of the Princesses came up behind him and struck him with a frying pan.

"Continue Mario."

"Yes-a, well I'm-a sure we'll get this fixed. Why not-a eat while we wait?" Murmurs of agreement ran across the crowd.

"Royalty cooks!" I heard Link yell causing a roar of laughter. Another Princess who was standing behind him smacked him.

"I can't cook!"

"Learn."

"Okay fine!" I watched in amusement as the two princesses left. Link smirked and turned to the crowd.

"Well let's get seated then!" I stood up with the rest of the crowd and found myself glancing at the doors the Princesses had gone through. They're Princesses, they don't cook… unless I want my dinner to be burnt maybe I should give a hand…besides my father is a Lord…

When I first entered the kitchen I was surprised to not smell smoke. "You both can cook?" I asked curiously. The Hylian one smiled guiltily.

"Not exactly… turns out Peach and I aren't the only royalty." I glanced at the stove to see a blue haired man. "This is Marth, the Prince of Altea." He turned to me with an embarrassed smile.

"Well I was the Prince."

"Exile?"

"Yes unfortunately."

"We're lucky he can cook." Peach laughed as she pulled a couple cans down from the cabinet. "Why did you come?"

"My father is the Lord of Pherae… it's not really royalty but it's upper-class."

"Well, we can use all the help we can get in here. We do have a lot of people." said the Hylian Princess amiably. "Since everyone else is introduced, I'm Zelda, Princess of Hyrule and this is Peach who is Princess of the Mushroom Kingdom."

"I'm Roy, the future Lord of Pherae." I stated proudly. Man, I can't wait till I am the Lord… it'll sound much cooler… As I gloated about my title Peach tossed a bowl at me (which I caught and stared at with a clueless expression).

"Better start cooking."

Dining Room

"Food! Food! Food!" The fighters chanted again and again impatiently. Marth and I sat at the table quietly (once we had finished cooking Peach and Zelda offered to bring out the meal since they did nothing to help...).

"Here you animals!" Zelda yelled as she pushed open the door, balancing to plates on her hands. There was a roar of cheers as they placed it down on the table.

"Come off it." Peach muttered. "You all can't be that hungry." Some of the guys pretended a fake faint of hunger (which caused more laughter). "Sit down, and eat pigs." As I got my food I glanced at Marth nervously in a 'I hope you're a good cook' way and took a bite. Across the table Captain Falcon was fighting with Kirby.

"Little brat! You sucked up my food!"

"Pypo." Kirby stated in defense as he munched the food. I laughed and turned back to my own food (which was actually quite good) when… "Kachkeek!" I looked up to see Kirby choking on something.

"Is he okay?" I asked Link who was a bit further down the table

"Don't worry, he does that sometimes." Link replied as he continued eating. Captain Falcon laughed.

"The little runt deserves it! That's what you get for stealin' my food!" Kirby coughed and choked in reply until it looked blue and let out shrieks of pain. I got up (in quite a panic for I had never had to help someone choking) and quickly and ran behind the poor creature. Unsure of what to do I hit it in the back with the hilt of the Sword of Seals. Kirby let out one final cough and coughed up something shiny. There was another silence.

"What is that?" I asked aloud. Link blinked in shock.

"It's… a razor blade."

A/N How was it? Bad? Good? Evil? Horrid? Are there characters you want to see more of? Suggestions? Flames? Well written? The most horrible thing you ever read? Please tell me honestly what you thought; criticism is appreciated so please R&R. The next chapter should be up soon. (If anyone cares that is -; )