Underworld - Dracula's Castle

Underworld, Makai, Hell, this place is known by many names, but one thing clear is this is the place where the souls go should they refuse to repent from their wrongdoings, it's an infinite place filled with fire, brimstone, blood, and demons ready to punish sinners for eternity. On a certain location in Hell there's a ruined castle, this place used to be known as Dracula's Castle, but after his defeat his castle crumble because of the connection with Dracula, and the castle vanished from the mortal plane to return to Hell, and it will return should Dracula is resurrected again. Inside the ruined castle a skeletal figure seen moving around the throne room seemingly mourning, he's wearing a dark blue hooded robe and carrying a scythe with him.

"Master, is this really the end for you ? Is it impossible for you to come back ?" The skeleton mourned his fallen Master.

Two creatures entered the throne room speaking to the skeleton, one of them is a skeleton but with a pterosaur like head and the other one is a blue gargoyle like creature.

"Lord Death, you've been mourning Lord Dracula for decades if we go by mortal time measurement, it pains us to see you in this state." Said the skeletal pterosaur.

"Slogra's right, we can't keep going like this, we managed to stay hidden until now but should a Demon Lord from other territory find out about this, no doubt they're gonna launch an attack on us and have us serve them, and we don't want that !" Said the blue gargoyle.

The skeleton turn his gaze at the two creatures. "Slogra, Gaibon All of us are Lord Dracula's Army, I don't deserve to take his place. If the other Demon Lords or Underworld Deities ever found us then so be it, I would rather we perish alongside our Master."

As they talk they felt an unnatural shaking, a massive shockwave followed by a bright light appeared engulfing the land, sending the three of them into panic, luckily the abnormality ended fast.

Slogra panicked at what happened earlier. "What was that !? Quake ? No, impossible this isn't the mortal plane there are no natural disasters here !"

"I can sense the power of time, space, and life from that bright light earlier, whatever that was it's gotta be a very powerful energy if it's able to reach hell." Said Gaibon.

Suddenly a voice can be heard out of nowhere. "Oh it certainly is, and I assure you that power can be harnessed to bring your Lord back."

"Who are you !? Show yourself !?" Demanded Death.

"Ooh crabby much, and here I am a kind soul willing to help you to bring your master back, who I am is not important, all I seek is to help the unfortunate like you, even in hell there's someone trustworthy." Replied the voice.

"Fine ! What do you want ?" Death asked the voice.

The voice explain his goals to Death and his two servants.

"Is that all ?" Further asked the skeleton.

"Yes, and now thanks to that abnormality, barriers between worlds have weakening once again, but remember we can't just appear anywhere we want just yet, we can only show up at places with strong spiritual energy for the time being." Explained the voice.

"Alright, you got yourself a deal, Slogra, Gaibon you're right, this is no time to mope around we've got work to do." Death leave the throne room with Slogra and Gaibon, working on a plan to fulfill his goal of resurrecting Dracula.

Underworld - Outside Dracula's Castle

Two figures stand in a hill not too far away from Dracula's Castle watching from afar. One of them is fat genie like creature with green skin, a skull on top of his head, with blue lips, and branch like structures covering his shoulder, and the other one is a man with flowing green hair, purple skin with red tattoos all over his body, wearing an uneven purple robe.

The green man spoke first. "Are you sure about this Hades ? I have power over death myself, we don't need Dracula's minions for this."

"Patience Thanatos, whatever happened we will always have the upper hand, I have to say to think that bright light would restore my body back so quickly, looks like it won't be long before I can have some fun terrorizing Pitty for defeating me." Replied Hades.

"Still this is a huge bold move, are we really gonna do this to other worlds now ? Won't we incur the wrath of the gods in charge of those worlds ? Not to mention the Great Will never going to ignore this law violation."

"The Great Will cannot act directly so that should give us some time, besides those Gods and Demon Lords made a mistake of underestimating their enemies, and I won't make that mistake. Thanatos, we will continue to gather more forces, maybe I should start in a world where their Gods can't protect them." Hades and Thanatos then left to further their plans.

Heaven - Palutena's Temple

Heaven, Paradise, Skyworld just like Underworld this place is also known by many names, unlike the Underworld however Heaven is the place where souls go should they live a righteous life or abandoning their evil ways forever, many souls here received peace and happiness as their reward for not losing their way during life, in a certain part of Heaven lies a temple inhabited by a goddess, she has a long green hair wearing a white dress and holding a staff. Inside the temple there's also an angel looking like a boy with brown hair, wearing a Laurel on his forehead and dressed in white clothing like what the ancient Greeks used to wear.

"All done with your patrol Pit ?" Asked the goddess.

"Sure do Lady Palutena ! There's no sign of the Underworld Army or Viridi's forces wreaking havoc." Said the angel.

The goddess however isn't too happy despite the peaceful situation. "I see, things sure is seems peaceful, but I'm worried for some reason, it feels like a calm before storm, I hope I'm only just imagining things."

"Well if something's gonna happen I know I can handle it !" Replied Pit with confidence.

"Oh Pit always so confident and positive, that's always one of your best qualities." Praised the goddess.

"Thanks Lady Palutena, and if we joinned forces like last time we'll be unstoppable for sure !" Exclaimed Pit. "Ashamed none of them remembered everything though."

"I see, you're talking about the Subspace War do you ?" Asked Palutena.

"Yeah ! Master Hand and Crazy Hand summons people from many worlds, creating tournaments to see who's the best of the best, and thanks to the Smash tournaments I got to test my strength against worthy opponents across time and space !" Answered Pit excitedly. "Still why do they have their memories erased once they left the World of Trophy ?"

"Well that's the rules Pit, Master Hand and Crazy Hand are the creator Gods of the World of Trophy so that world have to follow the rules established by Master Hand and Crazy Hand." Answered Palutena. "For example the World of Trophy has the ability to unlock hidden potential, giving special powers, remove limitations, and significantly enhanced physical condition, exposure to the atmosphere of that world will do that to anyone, they also got to keep the new powers and abilities they get in the World of Trophy but once they leave their memories will be erased, so they don't remember their time in the World of Trophies..

"Wait so that world enhanced their physical conditions too ?" Asked Pit.

"Yes Pit, why do you think sword stabbing and slashing, and grenade explosion doesn't kill you immediately. You're an angel so you're immortal, everyone else isn't, although Mario is a superhuman to begin with." Answered Palutena.

"I have another question Lady Palutena, whats the point of keeping their new abilities if they just gonna forget it anyway ?"

"That part Pit is Crazy Hand's idea, he thought it would be funny to see their reaction when they accidentally use their new powers that they don't remember they have."

"Really ? What a prankster, oh and by the way when you decided to join on the 4th tournament I'm pretty shocked about it, are you allowed to even do that ?"

"Well since I'm technically not meddling in another worlds affair I'm not against the law so I'm allowed to participate, if anything those giant hands welcoming my addition."

"Oh right the non interference law, whats it about again ?"

"The non interference law is a law created by the Great Will to prevent both Deities and Demons to directly meddle in mortal affairs, and there's a reason for that, there are malevolent deities and demons attempting to either destroy, control, or even ruining mortals for fun, and there's also benevolent deities who spoil mortals too much they become lazy, greedy, and ungrateful towards the gods. Considering Great Will rogue avatars who have brought ruin to many worlds and the likes of Hades, Viridi, Zophar, Xorn, Occurias, Myria, Fortinbras, Chakravartin, Bhunivelze, Vigoor, and many more I can see why he decided to set those rules, and any deities try to break the rules, Great Will will bless any mortal with the power to vanquish those malevolent Gods, just like what happened with Tabuu."

"Oh yeah, when Tabuu tried to attack us for the second time Sonic appeared out of nowhere and crippled his wings, weakening Tabuu's Off Wave, but I can't believe it would affect me too."

"Well Pit during the third tournament you weren't one of the warriors summoned to the World of Trophy, you're only there because I sent you there to help the other fighters against the Subspace Army, even so when you arrive to the World of Trophy you're also subjected to it's laws. Except the memory erasure part because as a heavenly being memories are difficult to be erased."

"The trophification law right."

"That's right Pit, lucky for you and everyone since the Subspace is linked with the World of Trophy the trophification law still applied, so rather than killing you the Off Wave only turned you into a trophy, Crazy Hand is the one to summon Sonic from his world to help, he can't do it himself because Tabuu is prepared should Crazy Hand make a move like binding him with the chains of light like he did to Master Hand, but he won't expect an anthropomorphic blue hedgehog with super speed to save the day, the non interference law also allowing the benevolent deities to fight off the evil deities directly or bless mortals to fight off the evil deities."

"I see, that's so thoughtful of Great Will, too bad he can't do things himself, but then again should he remain in charge, there's no way evil stand a chance."

"Well that can't be helped, Great Will presence is dangerous to the mortal plane, should he appear the universe will be destroyed, and besides should he solved every problem there is there's no point for mortals to exist in the first place, like the Subspace War, should he finished off Tabuu himself all your struggles and efforts will be pointless."

"I guess you're right, we did bonded and respect each other skills through our struggles."

"You really miss them do you Pit ?"

"Of course ! All of them are awesome in their on way, if only they remember what we all been through !"

"Don't worry I'm sure Master Hand and Crazy Hand will summon you again for the 5th tournament, after all you did solve the Master Core incident during the 4th tournament."

While they continue talking a massive shockwave followed by a bright light occur in Heaven, sending Pit into panic, luckily it ended fast.

"What was that Lady Palutena !?"

"I don't know but it's not normal, there aren't supposed to be any quakes in Heaven ! But something like this does happened before."

"Do you think it's Ouma's doing ?"

"I doubt it Pit. Ouma's been defeated for the time being, it's gonna be a while until they're back, I remember that while it's brief but monsters from Marvel Land managed to enter Ishtar's domain when something like this happened, we we're spared from Ouma's scheme's before thanks to Shinra's agents and their companions, but I fear this is bigger than Ouma's projects so far. Pit I'm going somewhere for the time being, you watched over the temple, order the Centurions to patrol the vicinity."

"You can count on me Lady Palutena !" Pit assured Palutena while she opened a portal and went inside, and Pit command the Centurions to patrol all of Palutena's Domain.

Heaven - Arceus Domain

Palutena arrived in the Hall of Origins, a part of Heaven that ruled by Arceus, the creator of Pokemon world, it's a vast place like the outer space with black sky and countless stars. In there there's a gigantic white quadruped like animal with yellow ring on it's stomach and green eyes with red pupil standing on a floor made of light.

"Hello Arceus we need to talk." Said Palutena.

"Welcome to my domain Palutena, I'm guessing your going to talk about the recent events that happened ?"

"Yes, the energy unleashed felt familiar, it has the essence of time, space, and life. There's no doubt your children Dialga and Palkia are involved. It seems there's another human seeking their power once again."

"That's right, and the fact that whoever did this succeed also means Giratina unable to stop them, I felt the shockwave in my domain as well, it even released my prisoner, when the light faded he's gone."

"Your prisoner ?"

"A man named Purple Eyes, he desires the destruction of the world, which is why I can't let him free, I can see the evil in his heart, I know he will find a way to destroy the world again, but now that he's gone he will continue where he left off, but we can think about him later, and what's worrying is I know the origin of this shockwave."

"You do ? Where ?"

"The World of Trophy."

"What !? What about Master Hand and Crazy Hand !?"

"I don't know, that's where I last sense Dialga and Palkia, but I'm glad you're here Palutena, whoever did this will involve many worlds in whatever they're planning by creating a space time rift from the World of Trophies, we can't just stand around doing nothing !"

"And not to mention should the other worlds exposed by the atmosphere of the World of Trophy, anyone that live there will gain special powers regardless whether they're good or bad, it can make the weak strong or making the strong even stronger."

"Exactly ! There's no telling what will happen, something must be done !"

While Palutena and Arceus continue talking a figure appeared in the Hall of Origins.

Palutena the first one to notice. "You're.."


That's all for now, in this chapter Heaven and Hell receive the spotlight, about how the distortion also affect them.

And if you're wondering time doesn't exist in Heaven and Hell.

Death here is using the Symphony of the Night appearance.

I just go ahead and explain the reason for Crazy Hand absence during the Subspace War and Sonic sudden appearance.

Among the evil Gods mention above, Occuria are from FFXII and they want to completely control humans, Myria is an evil goddess from Capcom's Breath of Fire series, and Zophar is a god of destruction from Lunar Eternal Blue, Chakravartin is from Capcom's Asura's Wrath, Bhunivelze is from FFXIII lightning returns, Fortinbras is from Onimusha game, and Vigoor is from Ninja Gaiden.

Ouma is the evil organization in Namco X Capcom and Project X Zone games. I also reference Namco x Capcom chapter 5 when the heroes got sent to Heaven.

Marvel Land is the main setting of the game Legends of Valkyrie from Namco, Ishtar is the goddess from Tower of Druaga.

Great Will is a deity from SMT games, and the avatar mention is YHVH who wreak havoc in various Tokyos, in SMT IV is revealed that YHVH is just the avatar of the Great Will and the Great Will is a benevolent deity as it empower mortals as Messiahs to defeat YHVH.

This chapter finally explain the existence of the Smash Bros Universe and it connection to the entire universe namely the World of Trophy and the Subspace Wars. How Master Hand summon the fighters from their world to compete in a tournament and once the winner is revealed all of them are sent back to their worlds with their memories of their time in World of Trophy erased.

The World of Trophy can empower people is the explanation how Popo and Nana can use ice powers in SSB game and how they can't do it in their home game, and how Captain Falcon can manipulate flame in the form of Falcon Punch, or how Pikachu can use Volt Tackle without recoil damage, and many more. In other words The World of Trophy can give people special abilities depending on the person, it also enhanced their physical condition so stabbing, slashing, shooting, and explosions can't easily kill then.

Trophification is the law in the World of Trophy, it can't happen anywhere else.