Well, everyone, I'm going to tell you this right now. There are only one or two chapters left for this story.

Roy: Is that good or bad?

Marth: it depends, actually. It could be bad, it could be bad.

Link: There is something else you want to tell everyone, right? Oh, by the way, our special guest is... Edward Elric from Fullmetal Alchemist!

Ed: Hey.

Well, that's better than some of the other guests. Anyways, I'll just let Roy tell you all what else I have in mind!

Roy: a sequel.

Edward: Do you guys get paid for this? Will I get paid?

Link: No, we do this of our own accord. Except the authoress.

Edward: Why?

Ardath: Because I'm here. (Holds sword to authoress's throat.) Now write

(sweatdrop) But you're just a figment of my imagination!

Ardath: Not anymore... (evil cackle)

Edward: Wow, that's scary. Pyro Aru doesn't own anything except her ideas. And she used to own Ardath, but... I think its the other way around now.

All: Onward to chapter nine!

Chapter 9: Shadow of Christmas Eve

Roy yawned. He had sleep rather well that night. He looked at the clock. It was 8:49 am.

"Holy horses! How did I sleep in so late!" Roy jumped up and changed into some more suitable clothes. He quickly brushed his teeth and hair, then grabbed his headband and pulled it on. He was about to open the door when he saw something at the bottom of his door. A letter.

He picked it up. He looked at it, then opened it neatly. Unfolding the letter inside, he read the note. It was in Katan's handwriting.

Dear Roy,

Heh, I feel like such a chicken. I should have come to you in person, but, well, I'm a bit timid. Zelda told me since I couldn't do this in person, I should write a letter. And here it is. Well, here goes nothing… My secret is that I love you.

Katana Ren

Roy stared at the letter. He read it again, and again. Something blossomed in his heart. She loves me… She loves me…Roy thought over and over. He opened the door and went to get some breakfast. He needed to think a bit. And he needed to talk to Katan.

The Main Hall was noisier than ever. Someone had made French toast for breakfast. Roy looked around, but Katan wasn't there. In fact, none of the girls were there.

Link waved him over. Marth turned and grinned at him. "Hey Roy boy."

"Hey. Have you seen Katan? I need to talk to her." Roy was feeling confident now.

"Oh, the girls went back to the mall. They're going to be back just before we open presents. They took bags with them, so they must be doing something girlish. Pichu went with them, like usual." Link told Roy.

Roy sighed, sitting down. "Darn."

"Why?" Marth winked at Link.

"Well, Katan left a letter under my door. A love letter." Roy showed them the letter. They tried not to laugh. "I wanted to tell her."

Marth nodded wisely and passed Roy the syrup for his toast. "Don't worry, they'll be back. Did you ask her to the dance? I asked Samus, and she said yes. She said yes!"

"Yes. She accepted too. That's when the mistletoe appeared." Roy blushed as he remembered the kiss yesterday. His hand touched his lips, as if he had just kissed her again.

"Don't worry, now eat up. We're going to learn some dancing." Link grinned.

The day past quickly. The girls were still out, the boys were being taught to dance by none other than Mario and Luigi. DK was finally up and about, though his arm was still useless. His girlfriend, Candy, was coming. The boys were a bit nervous, seeing as this was their first dance ever for most of them. Even Marth was feeling nervous. He wanted to impress the Bounty Huntress.

Finally, the boys went to their rooms, showered, and got ready. Link left his hair the way it was, only without the hat. He wore a tuxedo that was black as the night, with a little white flower in the pocket on the front.

Marth also wore a tuxedo black as coal. He put a little orange flower in the pocket. His hair was slicked back, and he took out his tiara. He made sure his teeth were sparkling white.

Roy left his hair as it usually was. A living flame on his head, as he liked to think about it. His tux was obsidian black, with a pale blue flower. He took out his head band and tamed his wild hair a little bit. He chewed on a mint and got a rose for his Katan.

He was going to tell her how he felt. Tonight, when he gave her the presents he had gotten her. He even planned one last present.

He met the other boys in the Common Room. They were all restless. Mewtwo was the only one not wearing a tux. He remained a purple cat like pokemon. Link could hardly believe that Mewtwo even had a date.

Finally the girls arrived. Zelda wore a tight dress of light purple. Her golden hair was pulled back in a small bun, her lips ruby red. She wore little earrings shaped as a triforce.

Samus wore a pale orange dress. It wasn't as tight as Zelda's, but it still showed off her great figure. Her golden hair was in a ponytail, smooth and silky under the light. Her lips were also ruby red.

Katan wore a blue dress, similar to Samus's dress, except that the dress had been cut so one side of the bottom of the dress revealed up to her knee while the other went down to her ankle. Her shoulders were bare, for the dress was strapless; her obsidian hair was down, flowing like liquid silk. On her head was a Santa hat that glowed pure rose red and snow white. She like Zelda and Samus wore ruby red lipstick.

Pichu wore a little tuxedo with a little fragile looking yellow flower. He was holding onto Katan's dress, looking for all the world like a shy little brother. The girls enter the room and looked for their dates. Zelda, Samus, Katan, and Pichu made their way to Link, Roy, and Marth, who were all stunned by the perfect beauty of the girls.

"Holy-" Roy started.

"Goddesses-" Link continued with wide eyes.

"Of Altea." Marth's jaw dropped.

Katan blushed. Roy stood up and offered her his seat.

"Why thank you, Roy." Katan sat down. Roy sat on the floor next to her. The other boys followed suit. Pichu sat on Roy's lap.

"Is everyone here yet?" Master Hand asked. Krystal looked up from giving Fox a big smooch.

"I think so, Master." Krystal smiled. Fox had a dreamy look on his face.

"Okay. For those of you who aren't smashers, you'll just have to wait a bit longer. We did a Secret Santa this year, and we need to get it out of the way. When Mario calls your name, grab the present for your secret Santa and take them behind the tree. Give them your present, and have a quick chat. Max time is three minutes. Okay, Mario."

Mario cleared his throat. "First up is Link." He called.

Link grabbed his present and grabbed Marth's arm. Marth raised his eye brows and called back to Zelda. "Don't worry, Zelly, I won't do anything to him. Maybe."

The smashers laughed. Silence ensued. Then there was a gasp, and Marth appeared from behind the door waving a book. "Oh, its just what I've always wanted, Linky! One hundred and one Pranks that actually Work!" Marth hugged Link. "Thank you Linky!" (That is not a real book, thankfully.)

Mario then called Zelda. She took Pikachu behind the tree. She came back carrying Pikachu, with a big lipstick print on his cheek. Link gave her a fake offended look. Pikachu was holding a CD. His little eyes were teary. "I've always wanted this! Thank you!"

Several more names were called. Marth was called. He took Popo behind the tree, and came back with Popo holding a new Hammer. Popo gave him a high five before they sat back down. Peach was called, and she took Link back, then reappeared. Link had a new ocarina.

Ganondorf was called, and he gently picked up Pichu, and took him behind the tree. When they came back, Pichu had a hat that matched his little scarf. He squealed, hugging the ex-evil sorcerer. Samus gave Captain Falcon some new racing goggles, Yoshi gave Samus a gift card to a gun store, and Nana gave Zelda and Sheik a romance book.

Finally Mario called Roy. He gulped, and grabbed his present, then took Katan's hand. She looked surprised. He led the way behind the tree.

"Here you go, Kat." Roy gave her the presents. She unwrapped them carefully. Her eyes lit up with each one.

"Thank you so much Roy!" Katan smiled one of her beautiful smiles at him.

"There is something else…" Roy took a breath.

"Something else?" Katan whispered.

"Katan, I love you." He looked at her. Her blue eyes showed shock. Then she smiled.

"I love you too Roy." She whispered back. They remained silent a moment longer, staring into the other's blue eyes. Roy then leaned in and whispered in her ear.

"But that's not all." Roy whispered. He back up a bit, then wrapped his arms around her, and kissed her passionately.

They stayed there the entire three minutes. Just kissing tenderly. Finally, they broke apart.

"I don't know what I would do with out you, Kat." Roy whispered, taking her hand again.

"Me neither, Roy." Katan allowed him to pull her back to the group. "Me neither."

The group was grinning like mad. They knew their plan had worked.

"What?" Roy looked at them.

"You both got letters this morning, right?" Link asked.

"Yes." Roy and Katan chimed.

The group burst out laughing. "It really worked!" Zelda smiled.

"We sent those letters." Marth laughed. "With the help of Mewtwo and Ness of course.

The teens blushed, but they were happy. "I guess we have to thank you then, don't we?" Katan asked.

"Well, I'd hope so." Marth frowned for a moment.

"Katan!" Mario called. Katan stood up and grabbed her present, then grabbed Ness. She took him back behind the tree.

"So Roy how was it? We know you gave her a big smooch." Marth grinned.

"It… felt right." Was all Roy could say as Ness and Katan reappeared, Ness carrying a new Home run bat.

Soon all the presents were passed out. The couples, some happier than others, made their way to the Main hall, which had undergone a transformation. Instead of the tables being in the middle, they had been pushed off to the side, leaving a spotless floor. There were several Butler Toads, and Professional cook Toads. There were several different types of cider, and some wine for the older smashers. It was under close watch by one of the Cook Toads.

The smashers found tables, where they chatted for a bit. Finally, Crazy Hand went to the Sound system that had been set up. He turned on some dance music. "Rocking around the Christmas Tree" played first.

"Would you like to dance?" Roy asked Katan.

"I'd love to, Roy boy." Katan stood up and they went onto the dance floor with several of the other smashers. Link and Zelda joined them, and soon after, Samus and Marth. Young Link and Nana were dancing like the kids they still were. Kirby and Jigglypuff were dancing and talking about a long future together. Pichu was with Pikachu, and his date, another pokemon named Minun. Mewtwo and his date, Mew were dancing high above the smashers. Fox and Krystal were really getting down on the dance floor. It was all so fun.

After an hour of hard dancing to swing and soft rock, all Christmas related, some of the smashers had sat down. The current song was soft, a classic Christmas love song. Roy and Katan had their head together and their eyes closed as they swayed softly with the music. Link, Zelda, Marth, and Samus watched.

"I'm so glad we helped them out." Samus smiled. "I know who I'm voting for cutest couple tonight."

"Same here." Link stood. "Zelda, would you like some more cider?"

"Yes please." Zelda gave Link a kiss as he bent down to grab her cup.

"You know, Samus." Marth looked at Samus. "I think I've learned something from Roy."

"Hmm?" Samus looked over to Marth, only to get kissed on the lips by the blue haired swordsman.

"Go Marth!" Ganondorf yelled from another table. Several other smashers whooped and laughed.

Marth sat back down, some of Samus's lipstick on his mouth. "Wow Samus, you sure can kiss."

"You're the only one that's ever going to know it Marthy." This time Samus kissed Marth. More of the smashers cheered. Some of the dancers looked up. Roy and Katan were too deep in their new little world to care.

Finally, the song ended. Roy and Katan sat down, hand in hand. They looked at the grinning Samus and Marth, who's eyes were closed.

"Did we miss something?" Roy asked.

"Marth and Samus kissing. That's all." Link replied sarcastically.

"Woot, go Marth!" Katan laughed. Marth opened an eye.

"Heh. Tastes like cherry." He grinned. Samus slapped him playfully.

The group did several more dances, and then sat down. The votes were being tallied for Cutest Couple, who would lead the dance the following day.

"It feels like Christmas is already over." Samus commented. Pichu had returned and fallen asleep on Katan's lap like usual. It was well past his bed time.

"Yeah. I've gotten some of the greatest gifts today. Too bad Luan isn't here. This is probably the best Christmas ever!" Katan smiled at Roy. She was still holding his large hand.

"Attention all smashers and nonsmashers!" Master Hand bellowed. "After watching the slow dance earlier, the votes have been tallied for Cutest Couple of the Evening. The Winners are…"

DK did a drumroll to the best of his ability. Candy, his girlfriend, stood at his side, as if protecting him.

"Katan and Roy! Congratulations!" Master Hand announced. A beam of light fell on Katan and Roy, who were looking around. All the smashers beamed at them.

After one final dance, the party began to break up. Katan and Roy, along with the still sleeping Pichu, headed back to Roy's room.

Katan stopped and looked up. There was some more of the cursed mistletoe. Roy bumped into her. "What is it?" he asked. Katan tackled him in another kiss. Roy smiled in his mind, and decided to go further than usual. He poked his tongue at Katan's lips, which parted in response. They remained in the middle of the hallway, frenching for several minutes. They broke apart. With a giggle, Katan kissed Pichu, just incase. The glittering dust fell, landing on them heavier than ever.

They began walking, holding hands. A shadow watched in jealousy. Somehow, he was going to have to get rid of Roy, and the new addition of Pichu. Somehow…

That's it, feel your jealousy. Feel your hatred. They took her away, didn't they?

"Yes. And I'll get her back." The shadow disappeared. One of his eyes was red, the other cobalt blue.

Katan yawned. It was Christmas morning. She stretched, then realized that she wasn't in her usual room. She looked around. Roy was next to her. She felt herself. Good, she still had clothes on, if barely any. Her body ached all the same, especially her shoulders and head. She was sure she hadn't drunk any of that wine last night…

Her dress lay on the floor. Slipping out of the blankets, she pulled it on.

"Good Morning, beautiful." Roy mumbled. He sat up and realized he had barely any clothes on. "We didn't…"

"No." Katan replied thankfully. They didn't need problems like sex right now. "I'm going to go to my room and get something else on."

"Why? You look good in that dress." Roy replied.

Katan blushed. "Yeah, but its cold. I'll wear it for you again, Roy boy." She picked up the sleeping bundle that was Pichu and disappeared into the hallway. She was only gone four minutes when shouting and screaming could be heard. Roy buried his head.

"IT'S CHRISTMAS! IT'S CHRISTMAS!" The younger smashers were screaming.

"Shut up!" That was Marth. He had been drinking some wine last night. Maybe he had gotten a hang over.

The mansion was silent once again. Roy finished getting dressed, then stepped out into the hall, only to get tackled by Young Link. "Its Christmas!" he whispered loudly.

"I know." Roy mumbled.

Young Link then tackled the next person to come out of their room. It was Fox and Krystal. Roy laughed to himself and went to Katan's room. Before he could enter, Young Link and the Ice Climbers popped up.

"Roy, have you seen Ness?" Popo asked.

"No." Roy replied. Just as he was about to open the door, he heard a deafening screech and a roar. He went into Katan's room. What he saw made him want to scream.

The room had been all but destroyed. There were burnt books everywhere, the beds were reduced to fluff, and the sink and toilet in the bathroom were spurting out water. Katan and Pichu were nowhere to be seen.

Suddenly, a scream was heard. Zelda! Roy ran to what was left of the balcony and saw something that took his breath away.

A pure black dragon was trying to snap at Zelda. On its back was Pichu and Ness, who were trying to calm the dragon down.

"Hey you, leave Zelda alone!" Roy yelled. "What did you do with Katan!"

The dragon swiveled its head around. He froze. Sitting on its head was a tiny little dragon that was a war of whites, silvers, and blacks, with cobalt blue eyes.

"Luan!" Roy yelled. Luan snorted. The black dragon eyed Roy, a look of sorrow in its great blue eyes. There was only one other person Roy knew with such blue eyes.

"Katan? Katan, is that you?" Roy looked horrified. This was a mistake. The dragon roared, then flapped her wings, taking off into the air. A tiny packet fell at Roy's feet. It was labeled Roy. Roy grabbed it, tearing it open. Two dragonstones fell out, one Katan's, and the other a fiery red one. Roy suddenly felt like his increased in strength tenfold. He ran back into the hallway, jumped down the stairs, and flung himself out of the mansion. He raced after the dragon, not noticing Marth and Link following him.

"What's going on?" Roy saw Marth and Link join him to either side.

"I don't know… Katan's turned into a dragon, Luan's back, and Ness and Pichu are with them!" Roy explained. Marth stuck his foot out and tripped Roy. Roy did a summersault in the grass.

"What was that for!" he yelled at Marth.

"Roy, calm down!" Link held Roy back as he started to go to punch the older swordsman.

"My girlfriend has just turned into a dragon and flown away and you want me to calm down!" He yelled.

"You should." Came a dark voice. The three turned and saw Luan standing there. But something was different. Something was wrong. Luan's usually cobalt eyes were now maroon, and looking quite deadly.

"You…" Roy growled. "You're the killer, aren't you?"

"Oh, you think little Luan is a killer, eh?" Luan laughed. It wasn't Luan's voice. "I don't suppose you would recognize me, huh? After all, last time you saw me I looked old, didn't I?" the voice cackled. "No, I've just taken this boy's body. I of course had to teach him jealousy and hate, but you, Roy, made it all the easier. You and that little lightning rat. But now, I have complete control over this dragonling. For I am none other than your 'friend' as you used to call me, I am none other than Eula, the seller of weapons."

The boys looked at him dumbfound. Eula? Evil? "But… You didn't seem evil…" Marth blinked.

"Of course not. I had to act nice to get to you." Eula grinned.

"Why do you want to kill the smashers!" Link roared, drawing his bow.

"Why? Why he asks. I don't have a reason. Only that my master told me to." Eula laughed, his laugh like rust.

"Marth! Link! Roy!" Samus called. She was rushing to them, not wearing her armor. Eula grinned, then pulled out a gun. Before anyone could do anything, he shot. The bullet whizzed by Marth's head, and hit Samus in the chest. In the heart. A crimson flower bloomed from her chest as she fell on her face in the grass.

"Samus!" Marth screamed. This was a nightmare come true.

Well, was that surprising? I didn't originally intend for this to happen on Christmas Day, but it did. I want to start the sequel, it sounds more interesting. The sequel will involve more of an adventure theme. We'll meet Eula's master, and there will be a twist of events and surprises!

Link: What kind of surprises?

Roy: she's not going to tell you. And thank you for not getting too mushy with the kissing, though I rather don't like the French Kissing part.

Heh, I usually don't do that kind of mushy stuff. But I did, and well, I think that's as far as I'll go in this story. I might take it further in the sequel...

Marth: Poor Samus. Poor poor Samus. Death at the hands of an Authoress.

Ardath: You're so mean! But R&R, and I'll give you some cake!