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Chapter 4: A Helping Hand
I sat outside on the campus for a while, thinking about what I'm going to do. I did come the conclusion that I'm going to find a way to bring things back to normal, but how exactly? I'm unsure. Like I said before, I won't be able to do this alone. I'm going to need someone's help and the only person who came to mind was Roy. Even if I don't succeed to get him to remember Young Link, he can most likely help me get things back to normal.
Steadily, I stood to my feet and casually walked back toward the statue where everyone was working. As I came upon the smashers, I noticed Bowser was heading in my direction. If he catches me not working, then I knew for sure he would send me to the torment room, where I wouldn't come out alive. I needed to hide quickly, but where?
I abruptly ducked behind the statue, keeping my eyes open for Bowser as he walked right by my position. Peach suddenly stopped working, as her icy sorrow filled blue eyes fell upon me hiding. I frowned and brought my index finger to my lip, telling her to not expose my cover. At first I truly believed that Peach was going to tell Bowser, but she let him walk right by over toward the tournament building.
Once Bowser was out of the picture, I came out from hiding and walked over to the Mushroom princess, thanking her. Peach nodded and picked up the tools she had before and abruptly went back to work. I crossed my arms watching everyone, work hard like their lives depended on it. They never spoke, or stopped working. They acted like robots, moving about without any feelings or emotion in them. Their lives were horrible because of me. All because of some careless wish I had made.
Since I had no clue where to look for Roy, I decided to ask one of the smashers. One of them had to know where Roy was working. I followed Peach and lightly touched her shoulder, causing her to jump startled and look up at me anxiously. She sighed softly with relief, and dropped her arms to her side.
" Sorry to bother you, but do you know where Roy is?"
Peach looked down at her muddy cement covered hands, thinking. " Well, he usually works over at the lounge, somewhere around there."
" Thanks." I was about to leave, but Peach grabbed my arm preventing me from
going anywhere.
" Wait, Marth…" I turned to face her. " What are you doing? Aren't you supposed to be working?"
I nodded. " Yes, I guess I am, but I'm not."
" You know what Ganondorf will do to you, right?" Peach spoke softly. I shook my head, even though I had a pretty good idea in my mind. " Stay here and help us."
" I can't." I explained shortly. " I must find Roy."
" Why?"
" To stop Ganondorf and return things back to normal."
Peach gasped lightly, covering her mouth with her hand. She shook her head traumatized by what I had told her. It does sound crazy, since all of the smashers who probably tried the same thing, failed and ended up dead. I wasn't going to let Ganondorf ruin my friends lives. Even though I was terrified of what I was doing, I was going make sure Young Link was apart of our lives.
" It's impossible." Peach explained dully.
I shook my head. " Anything is possible. It's just really dangerous."
" I don't want you to end up getting killed, Marth."
I sighed deeply, knowing I had to tell her about Mario. Even though I'm going to regret it, I couldn't let them not know about the mystery of Mario's soon disappearance. " Peach, I have to tell you something about Mario…"
Peach lowered her head. "…He's dead, isn't he?"
I opened my mouth to speak, but stopped short. " How did you…"
"…I knew it was going to happen." Peach sobbed, abruptly wiping the sudden tears away. " I told him not to do it, but he didn't listen. Ganondorf had figured out and…I knew it was going to happen…"
My mouth slightly hung open as I looked out in the distance. Bowser reappeared from the building, seeming heated and troubled. He began stomping his way in our direction, looking as if he was searching for someone. My heart suddenly picked up pace, when I figured out he was looking for me.
" Peach, I have to go." I spoke quickly ready to run at any minute.
Peach looked over her shoulder noticing Bowser and turned back to me nodding. " I'll hold him off as long as I can. You go find Roy. Be careful Marth."
I nodded thanking her, and quickly ran out of the campus back inside the other building. With Bowser on my tail, I knew I had to act fast and find Roy. Luckily Peach had said he works over by the lounge, so that was my first destination to check.
I ran all the way to the lounge, since I didn't want to be caught wandering the hallways. I steadily walked up the front door and peeked inside through the window. Sure enough, another group of smashers were working with Kirby as their leader.
Once I spotted Roy sitting down on the counter to the bar talking with Pichu, I silently made my way inside the lounge. I closed the door behind me and ran over toward Roy while Kirby yelled at Samus for doing her job poorly. I jumped over the bar and landed on the other side startling Roy and Pichu. I stayed hidden, just incase Bowser decided to check here.
" Marth?" Roy questioned, loudly.
" Quiet!" I snapped. " I'm not supposed to be here."
" I know that!" Roy explained. " What are you doing here?"
" Looking for you," I replied softly. " Roy, I need you to help me with something."
" What?" Roy asked.
I was about to speak, when Bowser violently entered the room almost knocking the door off it's hinges. While Kirby went to talk to the heated turtle, I grabbed Roy's arm and pulled him out the back door in the lounge. Roy seemed puzzled, and fought to get out of my grip, but I held onto him tightly, guiding him back into the hallways toward the girl's dorms.
Roy seemed to give up fighting after a while as I led him away from the lounge. I found a spare room, and opened the door pushing Roy inside. Roy tumbled, almost falling to the floor, but caught himself. He turned around crossing his arms, while I closed the door locking it.
Roy sighed deeply and took a seat on the nearest bed. " Marth, we're going to get killed!"
" I need your help," I ignored his comment walking over to him. " I made a wish…"
Roy shrugged. " Don't we all?"
I shook my head. " No, Roy this is different. This wish I made, you see…it well…" I took a deep breath. " It came true."
" What was it about?" Roy was finally understanding.
" You wouldn't understand, but I'll try to explain to you." I sat down next to him, and began to explain what had happened.
I told him everything, about Link and Young Link. I mentioned that Fox and me were standing at the lounge talking about how Young Link had ruined my day. I told him every little detail, like the bucket filled with water, the hot sauce and the trophy breaking. I was hoping that Roy would remember as I told him these events, but he held the same puzzled look throughout the entire story.
Then I told him about the wish I made, and how I woke up finding out the wish came true.
Roy shook his head, in disbelief after I told him everything. I sat in silence, waiting for him to speak first. As we were drowned in the silence, I tried to think of a way to get Roy to remember. Trying to tell him little details wouldn't work, and would probably take a long time. It was too bad I didn't have a picture of Young Link or something that would signify him.
" I don't understand…so this Young Link character…" Roy turned his attention to me. " I knew this person?"
I nodded. " We were all friends, along with Link and Zelda. I made a wish that caused everyone to forget who they were, because I wished Young Link didn't exist."
" So if Young Link didn't exist, why would Link…and Zelda…vanish too?"
" Link and Young Link are the same person." I explained. " Zelda was a princess from a place called Hyrule. Link is her hero…he saves her but because he doesn't exist I think Ganondorf killed her."
" Ganondorf is killing everyone!" Roy exclaimed standing up. He headed over toward the door. " And we're going to get killed if we don't get back to work."
" Roy! Wait!" I jumped to my feet and pulled Roy away from the door. " Bowser is all ready after me. He's going to kill me no matter what. You have to help me Roy! I can probably get things back to normal, but I can't do it alone."
" What do you mean…back to normal? This is normal to me…" Roy confessed.
" Back to a life where Ganondorf isn't in control, basically back to the life before Ganondorf took over the campus. Back to a life of happiness, a life worth living. A life with everyone alive…and where all remember each other…."
Roy was silent as he looked down at the ground. He thought about what I said, and hopefully he was going to agree to help me. I was actually praying he would agree, because I didn't want to do this alone. I would be running for my life because Bowser is after me…I feel like a wanted man right now. A fugitive, who doesn't want to get caught because the sentence is death…
Roy lifted his head to me and nodded, with a slight smile. " Okay, you convinced me. I'm in."
A/N:
I decided to end this chapter here, so I can make this story a little longer. I'm doing this all for you guys! I knew you would probably like the story longer and the chapter's shorter, um…I dunno. I'll try to update soon! Again, sorry for the wait!
Until Next Time!
