Hey, I'm back! And let me say one thing. School is pure evil in disguise. I couldn't get a break anywhere, and it's been about five weeks since I updated which is pretty long. But it was for the better. If you want to get through school, you got to push everything aside for a while. A very… long … while. Plus things have been emotional for me lately. My dog was put to sleep and all, but I'm recovering. But anyway back to this story. Reviewers we're at 94 reviews! Yippee! Only six more to go. Let's make it happen. On with the story.

Chapter 12

Serine Isle Part II

Nighttime closed in on the smashers really quickly. Of course, they couldn't know this because the storm was still raging on. And it really was raging on! Lightning flashed the colors of red and purple all through the sky. Thunder roared like a thousand bombs blowing up at the same time. The wind blew roughly, knocking down stable and not really stable objects standing on their own.

In the old inn, we head over to the boys' side of the room. Link was sitting in the corner of the room he shared with Fox, Mario, Falco, Luigi, Roy and Marth. Link was tampering with his shield. Falco was lying on his bed with his feet crossed and propped against the wall. Fox had found an Atlas book in the room and looking at it with actual interest. Luigi had just so happened to have a card deck in his overall pocket so him, Mario, and Roy were playing a game of Blackjack. Marth had just previously left saying the room was too stuffy. As soon as he left. conversations started up.

Mario was the first to speak. "Okay. Anyone know why Marth's acting like Mr. Sad Sack?"

"Dunno. But I bet you anything that it has to do with Sam. She probably did something that hurt Marth." Falco said while moving his feet into a better position on the wall. "She probably pissed him off."

"Samus? No way." Roy said defending her.

Falco took his feet off the wall and sat straight up to look at Roy. "Why not? Samus does tend to fly off the handle," Falco pointed out.

"I'm gonna have to go with Roy on this one. She couldn't have. I hardly ever see Marth get mad at her," Luigi said, entering himself in the conversation.

"But then again, Bro, you might be wrong. We've been living at the mansion for a few years, and you know she's got a temper, and that's bad news for everyone in her path." Mario placed his hand down on the floor. "I quit ."

Roy started to gather up the cards. "Wasn't that much fun anyway."

Fox looked up from his book. "Hold on, guys. You're making all these grand assumptions, but she may not even be the reason he's upset."

"Oh come off it, Fox. You know that there aren't any other reasons to have that look on his face unless it was about a girl," Falco said.

"Eh heh. And you would just so happen to be an expert on this. I mean, you? A person who's never had a girl in his life?" Fox retorted.

Roy rolled his eyes as he saw Falco get up with his 'getting ready to argue with Fox' look on his face. "Not tonight, guys. Just chill." Roy looked over to the corner of the room to see Link with his shield in hand. He was no longer polishing it, but clutching it close to his chest. His chin was resting on top of it. Roy looked as Link slowly and repeatedly tapped on it with an unreadable expression on his face.

"Link, you've been quiet ever since you got in here. Something wrong?"

Link didn't answer. He continued to stare off, not blinking for a moment.

Fox, who was on the bed next to Link, stared at him. "Link?"

Link's ears twitched a little before his eyes blinked. He broke out of his trance and turned to the left where Fox's voice came from. "Hmm? You say something?"

"All right, Link. What's wrong? As soon as you came in here, you went all silent on us."

Link shook his head and gave Fox a reassuring smile. "I'm okay, Fox. Just thinking about what to get Zel for her birthday."

"Oh, that's right. Her birthday is coming up. I still need to get something for her too." Fox scratched his chin. "Hmm… what would she be interested in? Do you know, Link?"

"I don't have a clue. I never see her have an interest in anything that she sticks with." Link placed his newly-polished shield on his bed. Link got up and stretched. "This room is stuffy. I'm going to take a walk around this place." He started to head out, not asking anyone if they would join him.

"Hey, can you go look for Marth on your way out? He always talks to you and-"

"I'm not heading that way. Why don't you do it ,Roy?" Link said he was reaching for the doorknob.

"Me? I think he would probably want to talk to you more than me. I mean you're one of his closest-

Link turned around. "Hey! I'm not the one worried about Marth! If you guys are worried, why don't you go talk to him okay!" He said in a harsh and biting tone. Link didn't wait for a response as he headed out the door. The five smashers left in the room just stared at the door as Link slammed it shut. They knew something was wrong.

Some Hours Later…

Zelda was staring out the window. Samus still had not returned. She already went to talk to Master Hand about it but he only said that he still hadn't heard from her. Even the usually mean spirited Master Hand was worried.

Zelda heavily sighed. "I hope she's okay out there."

"If she's out there."

Zelda looked up at the standing Peach. "What do you mean if?"

"I mean what I said. She could be anywhere Zel. She may be injured or maybe even… well you know."

"How can you think like that Peach? Don't you want her to come back alive?"

"Zelda, stop. You're going to ruin it."

Zelda looked at Peach questionably. "Ruin what?"

Peach plopped down next to her companion. "Well, I read in book that thinking negatively about someone or something can turn possible bad news into good news."

"Good news?" Zelda echoed. "Like…

"Like Samus coming back here safe and sound, or that she's somewhere safe in some place nice and warm."

"Oh I see what you're getting at. But please do realize that it was just a book. I'm just going to keep thinking positive."

Zelda looked out at the storm again. Things were just so haywire. What started out as a fun day, now turned nailbiting. Her trip had not been as fun as she had hoped it to be. Well she had fun when she met Kendrix, and she knew she definitely had a good time with Link.

"So, how was your walk?" Peach turned her attention on Zelda.

"My walk with Link?" she could see Peach nod through the corner of her eye. "It was great. It was just like old times when we were kids. So much fun."

"Okay. But did anything happen out there? For example, did you guys kiss?"

"NO!' Zelda covered her mouth quickly, realizing she said that a little too loud. After recovering, she removed her hand. "No, I did not."

"Come on. Tell me. When you first came into the room you had a dreamy look on your face, telling me something romantic happened to you. I want to know. I would tell you something about a boy if you wanted to know."

You would tell me even if I didn't want to know. "Well, we almost kissed. But Roy interrupted with that message telling us to come to the inn."

"Oh the 'so lose but yet so far away' kiss. Ugh, that's the worst." Peach commented.

Zelda couldn't really continue with the conversation. She was too worried about Samus. But that was what she was: A worrywart. "Come on, Peach. Let's go outside."

"In the rain?"

"Not in the rain. On the patio."

"Oh, right. Okay."

The two princesses crept out of the room, quietly hoping not to wake their roommates. They walked out into the hallway headed to the left to the entrance. On their way out they walked past a few rooms. and heard snoring. Some snores were louder and sickening then others. After a traveling down the hall, the entrance was visible to them. When they walked ,in they started to get a chill. The room was freezing cold.

Zelda's Hylian ears picked up on something that Peach muttered. "Should have brought my coat. If any more mist drops on my hair I will have a puffy hairdo like a poodle."

Zelda smiled. That's Peach for ya. Fashion always comes first, and it worried her that Peach's brain would fry one day from fashion stress. Her eyes fell forward on the front door. But she stopped when she saw something. She saw two figures outside standing right in front of the front door.

"Hey, Zel. Do you see what I see?"

"Mm-hmm. Two people. Maybe one of them is Samus."

"Maybe but then the other must be Master Hand."

"Why do say that?"

Peach walked even closer to the front door. "Because one of them is floating."

Zelda squinted to look outside. Sure enough, she could see the figure of Master Hand. The big fingers were now visible to her. But when she looked at the other person she saw that they were opening the door. Peach saw it too and uttered a small noise in sync with Zelda. They both took a tiny step back but couldn't move another inch because they were frozen in place. Zelda gritted her teeth as the door opened slowly with a loud and gradually getting louder noise. The person put one foot inside and stopped and said something else to Master Hand for a second and then walked inside. Zelda sighed when she saw it was only Marth and gained a little hope thinking that maybe…

Marth took a second o realize he wasn't alone in the room. He looked up questionably at his friends. "Peach? Zel? What are you guys doing up?"

They didn't answer. Peach didn't know why they were frozen in fear. This was their friend. So, she bravely spoke up. "We can ask you that same question." She challenged him.

Marth raised an eyebrow. "And… I wouldn't mind if you did."

Zelda decided to speak when she came to a conclusion that this was a meaningless conversation about to happen. "We were worried about Sam. She never came back, you know."

Marth didn't say anything for a moment as he shut the front door. "Yes, I know." He wasn't the least bit sincere in that remark.

"Did you reach her or anything?" Zelda had a little bit of hope left. Marth simply shook his head as he started to walk their way. Zelda's hope dropped in a millisecond. Where was her friend? But she was also wondering why Marth was acting so calm about this. As far as Zelda knew Marth was very protective of Samus and always looked out for her. So, this new Marth really puzzled her. "You must be worried."

"Not really. Samus knows what she's doing and she's probably somewhere safe and sound. She'll be back in the morning."

"Oh, you have got to be kidding me!"

Zelda watched Peach walk up to Marth with her hands on her hips. "This is your girlfriend, Marth, and you're not the least bit worried? That's not like you." Peach had a frown on her face as she looked at the swordsman. Marth returned the same frown.

"Just like I said. I'm. Not. Worried. If she was in any trouble, she would have called me by now, unless she's busy calling someone else."

"Unless?" Zelda walked up to Marth, puzzled. "What's that supposed to mean?"

Marth turned his head from Peach to Zelda. He stared at her for a long time. Then he sighed. "If you only knew. Goodnight, ladies."

Zelda's eyes followed Marth as he walked back to his room. As the door shut she looked at Peach. Peach was still looking at the door. "Weird."

Zelda fiddled with her gloved hand. "That's not normal … for him anyway. I wonder what's wrong."

The front door opened again and Master Hand floated in. "I thought I saw you two in here. You should be sleep."

"We couldn't. We're too worried about Samus." Zelda said.

"Well, you do not have to worry about her. She's just fine."

Peach's eyes lit up. "She is?"

"Yes. She called me and told me she's staying at her buddy's house. You know, the one that she spent the day with?"

Zelda smiled. "Oh, what a relief."

"Turns out she was out late with her buddy, and they got back to her house right when the storm came rolling in. So, she stayed there. She'll be back in the morning." Master Hand added. "Which reminds me: we're heading back really early, so you better get as much sleep as you can."

"Okay. Good night." The girls retreated back to their room. Zelda sighed as they reached their room. "I'm so happy she's safe." Zelda expected a comment, but did not get one. Peach remained silent. "What's wrong, Peach?"

Peach shook her head as she opened the door to their room. "It's nothing. Just thinking."

"About what?"

"Just about what Marth said. What did he mean by that "unless"?"

"I know what you mean. It really makes me wonder. But maybe it's nothing." Zelda walked into the room.

Peach looked down the hallway. "Maybe…" She entered and quietly shut the door.

Veronica's Room

"I have two days left. Two days…"

Veronica was in her bed staring up at the ceiling. Her thoughts were being very frustrating today. She had so much planning to do. Her time to make Link hers was slowing counting down. She had to make a move, and that plan had to succeed. She sighed and rolled onto her side.

"Just two more days." She whispered.

Next Morning…

"Where is Sammie?" Peach looked around. "I don't see her anywhere."

Link was sitting next to Zelda on a bench outside. "She's probably not here yet."

"But he said she would be here in the morning and the ferry is leaving soon." Peach continued to look through the crowd of people who were saying goodbye to the smashers. Zelda looked at her right hand and saw the homemade bracelet that Kendrix had made for her. Kendrix had came by earlier to say bye to her and to tell her some good news. Her parents were taking her to her favorite spot felt happy for the young girl, but she was still wondering one thing. This whole time they had been here, Veronica did not do a thing to her. It worried her to the extreme. A girl who had always been tormenting her for the past few days had been silent this whole trip. In fact, Zelda rarely ever saw her. She knew that she was up to something but what? She did not know.

But she dropped that thought and turned to Link. "Link?"

Link turned to Zelda. "Yeah?"

"Is Marth okay?"

"What do you mean by that?"

"Well, he was acting weird yesterday. Well I don't' want to say weird, but let's just say he was acting different."

"Different huh?" Link tapped his fingers across his lap. "In what way?"

"I can't really describe it. I thought maybe he would have told you. I mean you two are good fri-"

"That doesn't mean he tells me everything!" Link snapped. Link looked at Zelda who was now looking at him funny.

"Okay, Link. You don't have to get all defensive. Just say you don't know."

"Sorry. But yeah I don't know what's up with him." Link looked up. "Hey, look who it is."

Zelda looked up and saw her. Samus Aran was talking to Young Link who had just stopped to talk to her. Zelda got up quickly and ran to her. When she was a little bit closer she called her name. "Samus!"

Samus heard her name and looked to the left first. When she saw no one, she looked forward and saw Zelda. She smiled and waved. "Hey, Z!"

Zelda caught up to her quickly. Young Link was starting to run off and go find his friends. She stopped right in front of her. "We thought something happened to you."

"No, of course not." Samus's green eyes were not as bright as they used to always be. They had lost the fire of excitement in them. But this was unnoticeable to Zelda for now. Her face looked pale and there were hints of baggy dark rings under her eyes like a raccoon's. She was dressed different from the other day. Instead of wearing her black tank top and blue jeans, she was now wearing a navy blue sweatshirt and khaki pants. Her hair was in a messy ponytail. "It was just bad weather and I didn't want to try to walk back here."

"That's understandable. It just scared us that we couldn't reach you at all. We were all worried about you but…"

Samus crossed her arms. "But what?"

Peach had caught up along with Link. "But Marth was acting weird. He acted like he didn't care where you were or something."

Samus looked at Peach for a second and then looked up at the sky. "Really?" She brought her eyes back down on the group. "Didn't seem like that when I talked to him."

Link jumped in the conversation. "So, you already talked to him?"

Samus slowly nodded. "Yeah, and he said he was worried. So, maybe you guys just caught him in a bad mood yesterday or something."

Behind Samus, Pichu scrunched down and then jumped on Samus' shoulder. She greeted Samus with a small nuzzle to the face. Samus' face made an odd expression when Pichu met with her shoulder but then she smiled and lifted the pokemon off her shoulder. She held Pichu in her hands. "Hey, Pichu." She said in a weak voice. It was practically hoarse.

"Samus, you're not sick are you? From the rain?" Peach asked, concerned.

"No. Just tired. Didn't get to sleep till late last night." Samus hugged the small Pokemon to her chest slowly and carefully not to squish her.

"Oh." Peach mouthed with no sound. She looked at her friend from head to toe. After a quick look, she smiled. "Well, happy to hear that. I thought you'd miss out on all the fun if you were sick."

Samus turned her attention to Link who was busy looking around the pier. "What's wrong with you, Link?"

Link turned back to the group. "Nothing. Just seeing if we were loading on the boat and it looks like we are. So, I'm going to get my stuff. See you guys later."

The three girls watched him go off in the direction of the boat. Pichu made herself comfortable in Samus's arms. Zelda found herself feeling happy at that moment. Her best friend was back, and she would never forget that she and Link almost kissed. She felt like singing at the moment, but not wanting any stares from her friends, she sung a song of happiness in her head. This is so amazing. This trip is changing everything for the better. Trips really do bring people together. And I mean really together.

"So, Zel…"Zelda looked at Samus who was eyeing her with a smirk. Samus started to walk towards the boat with her friends following her. "Anything interesting happen while I was gone?"

Zelda grinned. "You better take a seat. I have so much to tell you."

On the Boat

The ride back home was going slow, at least too slow for Marth anyway. Marth leaned his body on the railing of the boat and looked out at the sea and the now disappearing Serine Isle. He just wanted to get back to the hotel so he could get to his room and just stay there and think. Thinking was all he could think about doing at the time. I mean what else is there to do? I surely can't talk to anybody about it because the two people involved in my troubles are the ones I usually talk to for advice. I just don't know what to do, how to react, and what to say to her when the time comes. Roy tried to ask me what was wrong but I just can't trust Roy with such a problem.

And what problem would that be?

Marth frowned. Can you please stay out of my head, Mewtwo? Some thoughts are more private than you think.

I already know the two people this has to deal with. Just tell me the rest. You can rely on this psychic Pokemon not to tell a soul of what he heard in between minds.

Marth turned around and looked at Mewtwo finally. He was levitating with a serious look on his face. But it wasn't like that was new or anything. But this face had something special added to it that made Marth come to a decision to trust the Pokemon. He took a heavy sigh and closed his eyes for a second. He opened his icy blue eyes again and looked at Mewtwo. Okay. Not a word of this gets out.

Mewtwo nodded. I won't tell a soul and even think it.

Another Part of the Boat

In the small room of the boat, Peach, Zelda, and Samus were sitting at a small round table. They were talking about Zelda's moments of fun yesterday. Zelda felt great when she had a normal conversation with her two best friends again. They really brought the best out of her and she did the same for them.

"I can't believe you two almost kissed," Samus said with a small laugh. Peach was smiling, thinking about the same thing.

Zelda blushed remembering yesterday. "Me either. But we almost did, but interruptions got in the way."

"Ugh. Interruptions are the worst," Samus smiled, but it was a weak smile and faded quickly in a matter of milliseconds. She sighed heavily as she saw the Nintendo Festival coming into view.

"Attentions been on me too long. What did you do yesterday, Sam?" Zelda asked while placing an elbow on the smooth and white table. Zelda watched Samus sit straight up at that question. She looked like she wasn't going to answer at first.

"Me?" Samus said quietly. She watched Peach and Zelda nod at her. She felt all pressure on her. Her face was burning up. She tried her best to pull herself together. "Nothing. I just spent the whole day with my buddy and that was it." Unknowingly to Samus, her right hand was trembling and Peach was the only one who saw it and became suspicious. Samus continued. "Nothing spectacular like your day."

She stood up and stretched. When she stretched her arms, she uttered a small whimper that Zelda could hear. Samus shifted her feet into walking mode. "We're almost here and I'm going to get a bit of fresh air. See you guys later on the dock." She walked out of the room with her left foot slightly dragging.

When she was out of sight, Peach tapped Zelda to get her attention. When Zelda turned, she saw Peach had a serious look on her face. "Something is going on with Samus."

Zelda nodded. "I want to say you're wrong, but it's true. She's just not herself today. The usually fun girl to be around has turned into a bundle of sadness. I can tell by her tone of voice that something went on and she's not telling us."

"I know. I just don't understand why she doesn't tell us. She tells us everything. It must be really serious. And did you noticed her face?"

Zelda wished she didn't remember that look on Samus's face. She looked horrible. "She was pale and looked like she hadn't eaten in a while. What could possibly have her acting like this? I think we need to talk to someone about this. She could be hurting herself."

Peach shook her head. "No, we can't. Sam wouldn't want us to tell anyone. Even if we don't know what's wrong, we shouldn't just go blab to someone else. We might be wrong, but I highly doubt that. Let's just wait for her to tell us instead." Peach looked at her hands as she neatly folded them. She, nor Zelda could not figure out what was wrong.

A few minutes later the boat landed on shore and the smashers piled out of the boat and headed to the bus in the loading zone. When Zelda and Peach arrived on the bus they found everyone was packed on the bus but there were some empty seats towards the middle. Samus was in a seat with Yoshi. Yoshi was telling Samus something that was making her laugh real hard. There wasn't a hint of fake laughter in her voice as Yoshi continued to talk. There was a seat that was empty behind the two and the princesses walked down the aisle to the seat behind them. When they plopped in the seats behind them Samus turned her head around. Her usual smile was back on her face and her green eyes were lit up like usual.

"There you guys are. I thought you guys were left behind or something." She turned back around in her seat.

"Okay, now she's back to normal. How'd that happen?" Peach whispered in Zelda's ear. Zelda simply shrugged and continued to face forward looking at every row. She then started looking behind her. Peach started to wonder what Zelda was up to. "Zelda, what are you looking for?"

"It's more of a who. I'm looking around to see… oh, there he is with Roy." Zelda was looking forward in her seat again.

Peach looked in the direction of the princess's eyes. "Whom are you talking about? Marth?"

"Yes. I wonder why Samus and Marth didn't sit together like they usually do. You don't think they…" Zelda wondered.

"Broke up? Not a chance. Those two are way too much in love with each other to do that. I never met a closer couple than those two. Cuter either. They just probably wanted to sit with their friends today. There's no law that they have to sit together."

"That may be… but still." Zelda muttered the last two words. Her eyes then wandered the bus again looking for someone else now. "I haven't seen Link on the bus. Probably up front with Veronica again. Din, I hate her."

Peach looked two seats up diagonal from her. "Actually Link is two seats up sitting with Falco and talking with Fox." Peach pointed Zelda in the right direction. Sure enough, there they were talking and having a good time.

Zelda blinked repeatedly. "Wow. They're not together. Never thought I would see that. You know what, Peach? I think even though we almost kissed it doesn't mean anything. I mean, that probably happened lots of times with Veronica or maybe it already happened and he hasn't told me. And that walk may not have meant anything. Maybe it was just a walk between friends and he felt pity for me or maybe Veronica told him to do it to set me up for her later telling me that they are together or maybe-"

"Or maybe you should stop jinxing yourself before it actually happens and you'll be sorry," Peach interrupted.

"Sorry. It was just hard to believe that it happened."

"Understandable. These things happen to me all the time."

Roy popped in behind them. "What? Your fake hair falling out in public?" he joked.

Zelda sighed and plugged her ears. Here we go…

"Roy, stay out of people's business, you jerk! No one asked you!" Peach snapped at him.

"And I wasn't hoping for a response. Your voice is really painful to my sensitive ears." Roy made a gesture of holding his hands up to his ears while chuckling.

Peach started her rampage on Roy in 0 seconds flat. Zelda smirked. Saw that coming. Nothing out of the ordinary here. Her eyes found their way to Link. Link's aquamarine eyes were lively just like his facial expressions. His silky blond hair was swaying along with his head. Well, she didn't know if it was silky but she imagined it to be. Oh, Link. I wonder if we will be together some day.

The Nintendo Resort

As soon as the smashers arrived back to the resort, they were pulled right into a meeting in Master Hand's office. Today was the day they were going to the Nintendo Festical. You know, the one Pikachu dreaded because he was used as an animal at a petting zoo. But he vowed it would never happen again and he would make sure it would not happen to Pichu either. The meeting was rather quick and they were excused early. They would leave in the next 5 hours. Which meant…

"FREE TIME!" all the smashers said as they ran out of the office in a hurry. All of them scrambled to their rooms in a hurry to get their things and then headed out the door. Zelda didn't get to leave right at that time because she had to wait for Peach to change clothes, which was a pretty good idea since they had the same clothes on from yesterday. After a good 45 minutes, Peach came out of her bathroom with her green dress on.

"Okay, I'm ready."

Zelda frowned. "You should have been ready a long time ago. Now we have to go to my room before we go shopping. I need to get my purse."

"Fine by me. We have all the time in the world. Actually looking at shoes will take at least two hours. Then we still have clothes for three hours… and AAHH! WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME!" Peach panicked. "ZELDA WE CAN'T EVEN FIND TIME FOR ACCESSORIES!"

"First of all, Peach. I'm hoping it won't take that long and besides Samus is coming with us. I doubt we'll even do that much shopping with her there. And second of all, if she did like shopping, I myself wouldn't do it for five hours even though I love to shop. And third, we need to hurry to my room so we don't want to waste any more time."

Zelda walked at a fast pace to her room with Peach right behind her. Her room was only two doors down. She pulled out her key and opened the door. As she slowly opened the door she stuck her head inside. She looked over at Samus's bed to see her sitting on it. She had a sheet wrapped around her with shoes off and everything. Zelda walked in slowly. "Sam, you're not even ready."

Come to think of it, Zelda realized Samus didn't come to the meeting.

Samus didn't answer while she was staring off into space. Her face had returned back to the way it was when Zelda first saw her: Pale and gloomy. Her eyes had no energy or hint of happiness in them. Peach walked in and slammed door, making sure Samus heard them that time. She did, and she jumped from the sound of the slamming door. She looked over at them. "Oh, sorry. I didn't notice you guys at first."

Peach placed a hand on her hip. "And you almost didn't hear us that time. Why aren't you ready to go?" she asked sharply.

"I didn't tell you." Samus held the sheets tighter around her shoulders. "I'm not going out anymore."

"Not going? But why not?" Zelda said in a disappointed tone.

"I'm just not up for it." Samus said simply. She looked away from them and looked down at the floor.

"But…" Zelda started.

"Look Zel, I'm not going."

Peach got angry. "We didn't see you at all yesterday, and now you're bailing on us? Oh, you'll be going all right!"

Peach stomped over to her and grabbed Samus' arms in a flash. "Get up right now!"

Samus pulled back. "No, I'm staying."

Zelda looked at her friends' tug of war. Peach was tugging hard but Samus was hardly pulling back at all. She was wincing. Samus was in pain. Zelda ran over to her friends.

"Peach, stop!"

Peach didn't listen. "No! She's coming with us!"

Samus was getting angry. "Didn't you hear me? I said no!"

Zelda pleaded. "Peach, let-

Too late. Peach pulled Samus in one last tug. She managed to pull Samus off the bed. But instead of Samus standing up, she fell to her knees. As soon as her legs touched the carpet, she screamed out in pain and let go of the sheets. Her hands slammed right down on her right leg. The sheet fell off her shoulders and fell to the ground, revealing what had been wrong the whole time.

Peach's hands flew over her mouth. Zelda's eyes widened, and she gasped. Samus was still on the ground, groaning in pain. Zelda's eyes couldn't tear away from her friend. No words could be said to explain the horrified looks on Zelda's and Peach's faces. Samus was wearing her black tank top and shorts, but that was not what surprised them. On her right leg was a very large and deep gash on her leg. And, on the left and right side of the back of her shoulder blades, were two identical deep wounds. All three wounds were big, red slashes.

A/N: And that's it for now. I bet I have many spelling errors but I will go back later. You'll probably find out what happened to Samus really soon or maybe I should just leave that cliffhanger for a long time. But maybe not. You probably know what happened since you're all so good at guessing. But don't ruin it for the people who can't guess what it is. A few chapters are left in this. Okay, remember six more reviewers are needed and hey even more reviews than that. Anyway, review and I'll put up the next chapter! Oh yeah, I want to hear from you guys. What's your favorite chapter or the one chapter you dislike, or think is sad. Doesn't matter to me. You can answer all three of those and even more if you want to, like if there was one chapter that made you laugh. I just want to hear, so I can improve my writing. I'll be pleased if you tell me. Bye for now!