Hey guys how's life? Mine's boring right now because I'm running out of ideas for future stories. Which reminds me about my Royal Kenya news on my profile page. I have stories typed on it that are in the process of being made. Check it out if you want. No summaries for them yet but maybe later. Oh yeah and some people are asking me do I read the Archie comics because Veronica in this story sounds like the one in the comic and the answer is yes. Except I think the Veronica in the comic is a little bit nicer than the one in this story. She doesn't go around trying to kill Betty like this Veronica tries to do to Zelda in this story. Also, reviewers, you make me laugh. Do you really want Veronica to die that badly?

Hmm... I'll see what I can do. On with the story and this chapter is a bit shorter than the others.

Chapter 10

Story of Veronica's Past Revealed

Zelda…wake up.

Zelda winced at the sound of her name, but she continued to lie in her bed.

We need to talk, Zelda. Get up!

Hearing the voice again, Zelda groaned as she got up. Her eyes tried to adjust to the darkness of her room. She looked out the window and realized someone was outside.

"Is that who I think it is?"

Zelda forced herself out of her comfortable bed and placed her feet on the cushioned floor. Her head drooped as she stood up. The room was silent except for the sound of the soft air conditioner and her sleeping friend. She walked through the room slowly toward the balcony door. She made it to the door but not without ramming her leg into the dresser.

After a couple of "ow's", Zelda went out onto the balcony. She peered outside to see Mewtwo outside on the railing again. He was looking out towards the moon, but when he felt Zelda's presence he turned to face her.

Mewtwo's eyes widened for a second but then turned to normal. You look like you had a rough night.

I always look like this after a long sleep. It's natural. So what is it? Zelda had decided to speak in her mind so she wouldn't disturb her roommate.

It's about late last night. What exactly happened?

Yesterday? He wanted to know about the disaster that was yesterday. Thinking about Link, Veronica and everything happened made her upset all over again. Mewtwo I'm so down about the whole thing. I just…

You don't want to talk about it?

Zelda smiled at her pokemon friend. You read my mind even before the whole sentence came into my mind.

Mewtwo shook his head. No. I just knew you were going to say that.

Mewtwo I really don't want to talk about it. I'll tell you this much though, it had to do with Veronica again. I can't handle this, Mewtwo. I have to get her back somehow!

Zelda, it would not be too bright to try to pay Veronica back with revenge. Something could happen.

Why shouldn't I, Mewtwo? She is the worst person in the world. She makes Ganondorf look like a saint! She is evil and she has no idea how much she's hurting my friendship with Link.

She may be bad. But sometimes you got to let these things go. When you get revenge sometimes the person will strike back and may not just take you down, but your friends also. Would you wish that on your friends?

Zelda just stared at Mewtwo. She spoke. "Just yesterday you were agreeing with me about how Veronica needed to be taught a lesson."

"No I didn't. All I said was how she is a girl full of malice. Never anything about vengeance."

Zelda wasn't really sure he had said that either. "Okay, maybe you didn't. But I still have to do something. I can't continue to live my life like this. She has to be stopped. "

Mewtwo gave her a long stare before responding. "I won't stop you. It was just advice. But be careful. She seems like she always has a trick up her sleeve. I will be heading back to my room now."

He left without a last good-bye.

Zelda rubbed her chin. She didn't know whether to take Mewtwo's advice to heart or not. Was he right?

Master Hand's Room

When morning came, Master Hand had called all the smashers to his room for a meeting. The smashers piled into his room and drew up conversations amongst themselves.

Link was the only one silent. He didn't feel like talking to anyone at the moment. All he wanted to do was sit at the table, listen to whatever dumb thing Master Hand had planned for them today, and then go off and be alone. He was in a troubled mood. He really had hurt Zelda yesterday and now she wasn't speaking to him. He knew that somewhere in his heart he knew the answer to the question Zelda asked him yesterday: Who did he really believe? He just didn't answer the question. Why? He did not know last night, and he still didnt know now. Link slammed his head against the table.

"That looked like it hurt."

Link slightly turned his head to the side to see that Luigi had taken a seat next to him. "You look real down, my friend. Willing to share your thoughts?"

"Well, let's just say you were right, Luigi. Girls do get jealous easily and then get mad at you." Link muffled from his mouth since his head was down.

"So, you got someone upset then. Let me guess: Zelda."

"That would be correct."

"I thought so. I don't think you would be this much depressed if it were Veronica. There's something different between the two."

Link finally lifted his head. "Like what?"

Luigi leaned over next to Link. "Well, Veronica and you are more described as buddies and Zelda is not. To me, you treat her like you used to treat Samus." He whispered.

"And how was that?" Link asked.

"Like family. You protect her and Zelda all the time and they look to you as an older brother to always have their back and they could look to you knowing that you will always be their friend. Of course that's changed now, hasn't it? Zelda's more to you than family."

"...you're right. Zelda and I have changed," Link said.

"You care about each other. Just like my big bro Mario… always can count on him."

Link looked behind Luigi. "Speak of the devil."

"Hey Luigi…"

"Hey bro, so where are my gloves?"

"Eh heh heh… um Yeah about them. Well…" Mario pulled out Luigi's gloves from his pocket.

"You, you shrunk my gloves? HOW! HOW is that even possible!?" Luigi exlained.

"Look, I'm sorry I'll buy you some new one. In the meantime, Chillax!" Mario nodded to Link and then left.

Link lowered his eyes as he smirked at his green companion. "I thought he always was there for you, and you two get along great."

"We do. See this smiling face." Luigi grinned a little too desperately. "See? Happiness! No anger here!"

Link turned from him, and he heard Luigi mutter something under his breath not suitable to be heard. After a few calming breaths, Luigi spoke again. "But as I was saying, you may fight with someone you care about, but they're still on your mind like this, he or she must mean a lot to you. And I think you already know who that person is who you would fight for."

"Yes, I know that. But it keeps changing on me. I'm just stuck," Link replied.

"No, you're not. You know what to do," Luigi said, and he left the conversation at that.

Master Hand got the attention of the room. "Today, Smashers, we have a lot of plans, and as asuch, there will be no free time until well into the evening."

There were some groans coming from the room. He ignored them and continued. "Anyway we will be leaving around 10:00AM to an island called Serine Isle. They want to meet us in person and then we will have matches, autograph signings, and you'll get a buddy to follow you around all day."

Captain Falcon looked up right away. "When you say a buddy, you mean like some girl or boy who gets to hang out with us all day right?"

MH answered quickly. "Yes, that's right."

"So, could it even be a sexy and attractive gir-

MH cut him off. "Falcon, the boys and girls are no older than the age of twelve."

"No chance of a fun night with babes…" Falcon muttered.

Peach, who sat across from him, glared. "Falcon, you are so immature! Why would any 'babe' wanna go out with you?"

"Hope I don't get any girls like you." He snapped back. Peach stuck her tongue out at him.

"Like I said they will be no older than the age of twelve." MH responded to his comment.

Ganondorf raised his hand.

Master Hand looked his way. "Yes, Ganondorf."

"I have a problem with this kid following you around all day thing. I don't like kids. I mean I really loathe little kids. I kick little kids."

Bowser raised his hand also. "Me too!"

"I figured this much. So you two may just have to sign autographs all day," Master Hand replied to their confessions.

"Autographs for little kids. It's just as if we still are being nice to kids. Come on, you don't want to ruin my rep. I mean I'm the Evil Gerudo King that everyone fears. Look how I treat the young ones here," Ganondorf said, and some of the younger smashers nodded.

"Look: you got to do one of the two kid activities or both like everyone else is going to do." Master Hand floated over to the side of his desk.

"Fine. Autographs will do," Bowser said.

Pichu raised her hand next.

"Yes, Pichu," MH said.

"Pichu pi. Pichu pi, chu pichu chu. Pichu, pichu, pi. Chu pi, pichu. Pichu?"

Everyone stared at Pichu for a moment. Then they turned to Pikachu and Mewtwo to see which one would translate what she said.

Mewtwo spoke. "She said, Master Hand, I have a hunch that the little kids might get a little crazy when they see us. And personally I'm scared. So here's my question. Do we have some security or something?"

"Pichu, these people are not crazed fanatics or anything. They are well-mannered and under control."

Pikachu translated. "Pika, pikachu. Pika Pika pi."

Pichu nodded. "Pi."

Master Hand guessed that that meant 'okay'. Master Hand went on for minutes talking about what they were going to do that day. By the time they were done they only had two hours of free time left. Everyone hurried out of the room.

Peach looked around in the hallway till she spotted who she was looking for. "Hey, Zellie!"

Zelda turned around to the sound of her name. "Hey, Peach. What's up?"

"I just wanted to give you this." Peach looked in her purse and pulled out a small blue and white bottle. She held it out for Zelda to take.

Zelda took it out of her hand. "What is it?"

"It's an ointment for your burned hands. It will help clear up the sores and return your hands to smoothness." Peach zipped her purse back up.

Zelda gripped the bottle tightly and smiled at Peach. "Thanks, Peach. Good looking out."

"Uh-huh. I just feel so bad that Veronica did that to you. I never realized she was so mean," Peach said quietly.

"Yes, she can be a little…" Zelda stopped in mid-sentence and stopped walking. She looked over at Peach.

Peach looked at Zelda's weird stare. "What?"

"Peach? How did you know Veronica did that to me?" Zelda asked.

"Oh, that? I found something while cleaning the room. It was her diary, and it spilled everything," Peach explained. "It told me everything. And did you know she thinks of me as a dumb blonde? Me? Dumb? Heh, can you imagine?"

Peach looked at Zelda for a response. Zelda saw her looking at her and nervously laughed. "Well… sort of."

"Zel!" Peach exclaimed.

"But, you're not always like that. Honest."

Peach ignored her response. "Whatever, that's not even the worst of it. She is such a bragger about everything she does; always about her trips and everything she owns. I mean, who does that?"

Zelda didn't know whether to respond "You do, Peach" or to not respond at all. She chose the latter. "Yes. Who does that?"

"But hey, she's a troubled person. You have got to see what she writes in her journal," Peach said as they continued to walk. "I got it! Come to my room right now, and you can see the journal for yourself."

"Won't Veronica be there?" Zelda asked.

"No, she will be nowhere in sight. She went to the mall to go shopping, and believe me: she shops for hours." Peach told her.

Zelda thought about her offer. Maybe I can find out something that will prove to everyone else how bad she is. "Okay. I just hope she doesn't come back earlier than expected."

The two girls hurried down the hallway to Peach's room. Peach pulled out a pink keycard and opened the door. She let Zelda in first. The room was just like Zelda and Samus's room except the two colors in the room were pink and green. She guessed the pink was Peach and Veronica had the green.

She probably didn't like green until she met Link. Zelda watched as Peach went to Veronica' s canopy bed and went to the top left leg of the bed. She fiddled with the drape on the bed leg and pulled out a small, purple book.

"Here it is." Peach walked over to Zelda, who was now sitting on Peach's bed. She handed it to her Hylian friend. "Read away."

Zelda stared at the book. It was time to figure out who Veronica is and what she is all about. She opened the book to the first page.

It's so good to be back home again. I've been away from home for so long I thought I would never return. I was at a shrink's home for practically a whole year. They said it was for the best if I stayed there. They said that the shrink would help me with my problems. I don't quite understand that part. I don't have any problems. At least I think so. They sent me there because of what happened to my best friend Katy. Katy was killed in a hiking accident.

We were at summer camp two summers ago. We were having a good time, too. We had fun swimming, doing art, singing campfire songs, and it was a blast. We even made some new friends and met a really cute guy. His name was Curtis. He had blonde hair and the most amazing ocean blue eyes. I could've just drowned in them. Well, Katy liked him too. And we both tried to get his attention. He noticed both of us but he treated us both the same. He was so sweet to both of us. Well I didn't like that he couldn't choose between the two of us and Katy didn't either. So, this crush sort of short-circuited our friendship. We would fight over him all the time and he thought it was such an entertaining game.

One day we went hiking, and Katy pulled me aside away from the group to tell me to leave Curtis alone because he was hers. I told her "No he isn't". But then she said it was too late to try to win his heart and then she told me something that horrified me. She said that she had went on a date with him and he asked her to be his girlfriend and she accepted. I couldn't believe it and then she had the nerve to ask me to still be friends with her. It ticked me off so much that I knocked her down. She was shocked at first but then she fought back. We kept fighting so close to the edge of the cliff. I was so angry I wasn't realizing what I was doing. I pushed her off the cliff. But she grabbed me in the process and we both started to fall. I was lucky to grab a rock hanging out on the side of the cliff but the Katy wasn't so lucky. Katy plunged to her death. Her scream echoes in my head remembering that day. The police came and they closed up the camp. While I was over by the archery field, I thought about Katy. Archery was the one thing we always did together. Curtis had found me there and tried to comfort me but for some reason I didn't take it to liking. I pushed him to the ground and saw some spare titanium arrows on the ground. I picked one up and plunged it right into Curtis's shoulder. Curtis screamed so loud that everyone heard it. I was going to silence him for good with another arrow but a police officer grabbed my hand and stopped me from doing so.

Cue the shrink. I still think I don't have a problem at all. It's just anger. I mean after that I never had an anger spark ever in my bone. And to this day I still don't. But it doesn't matter anymore. I'm free again and I have been doing well. Part of my practices to calm me down is to write down in this book about what's been going on everyday of my life. I hardly think about Katy and Curtis anymore, so it must be working. I'll write more later.

Peach interrupted Zelda. She was looking out her window. "Zelda, you got to stop reading. Veronica's here."

Zelda didn't want to stop. "But…"

"Do you want to get caught?" Peach asked her.

While shaking her head, Zelda closed the book. Peach took it from her and put it back in its hiding place. "I'll try to see if I can find you another opening to read more, but no promises."

Zelda nodded and got up. "Okay, then. Thanks, Peach."

Peach smiled. "No problem, I'll see you later on the bus."

Zelda hurried out the door. Sure enough not too far down the hallway, she saw Veronica heading her way.

Lucky for Zelda, her room was much closer than Veronica was to her. She quickly crossed the threshold of her bedroom and quickly walked inside before shutting the door. She took a deep breath and then exhaled. She couldn't believe what she had just read. She never imagined Veronica's past was so horrific.

Veronica really does have problems. It's sad in one way, but in another way it's scary. She could really lose it, like she did back in the past. And if I'm not careful, I could be the next death written in her diary.

A/N: And that's chapter 10. I know it's shorter than how much I usually write, but it's irritating sometimes to write for a big ole long time. Review please, and I'll make it longer next chapter. Until then, bye!