Chapter 7: The First Guest

Toad Town Studios, 7:16 AM

Kaelynne drew her wand back. After a moment's hesitation, she let the spell fly straight for the target.

"Glacius!" she shouted in time with her echo.

Psythe rolled his eyes. "Y'know, you could just go over to Hogwarts for real and do that," he stated bluntly as Kaelynne's avatar kept using Glacius on the opposing Red Caps.

"Spoil sport," Kaelynne muttered under her breath. "Why do you always have to suck the fun outta everything I do around here?" She checked her watch and gasped in shock. It was nearly time for the show to start. "Guys, we gotta go!"

On her way to the main stage, she checked her inbox. Surprisingly, Toadstool had emailed with a guest request. Kaelynne smiled nonchalantly and printed her info, then tucked it beneath her iPad and rushed off again.

Toad Town Studios, 7:28 AM

Kaelynne took her seat as a girl with brown hair and blue eyes popped out of the warp pipe. "Hi," she said as she took a seat in a chair that had magically reappeared next to Kaelynne's. "I'm Katrina, weilder of the Keyblade Starlight."

"Pleasure to meet you, Katrina. I'm Kaelynne," the hostess said warmly. She gestured to the guest chair. "See that chair? All you have to do is stand in the wings waiting for my cue. When I say your name, take a seat."

Katrina spent a moment processing the information. "Seems legit," she said, and she stalked over to the left wing. Melodie pointed her camera at Kaelynne and said that they were live.

Kaelynne cupped her hands around her mouth. "Hey, you guys! What is up, all you viewers? Welcome back to 'VideoGamer13's Truth or Dare Show!' I'm the hostess, VideoGamer13. But as usual, you can call me Kaelynne. With me is Melodie the camerawoman, Psythe the Bleeper Gallade, and the thirty-four competitors, and a special guest! Please give a warm welcome to...Katrina!"

Katrina stepped out of the wing and took her seat as fake applause rounded through the studio. "Pleasure to be on the show, Kaelynne," she said, folding her hands over her lap. Kaelynne nodded warmly and took out her iPad.

"OK, first up, we have a truth from Toadstool89- lotta truths and dares from this girl, love it!- for Dark Pit!" Upon hearing his name, Dark Pit instinctively pulled out his bow. "Toadstool asks, what was your first thought when you came out of the Mirror of Truth?"

Dark Pit's eyes widened in shock. Then he closed them again and leaned against the back of his chair. "Do you really want me to answer that?" he asked sarcastically, going a ghastly shade of white.

Kaelynne rolled her eyes, then saw Dark Pit's condition, and a look of concern crossed her eyes. "Um...y-you don't have to answer that if you don't want to." Dark Pit looked at Kaelynne for a moment, then stood up shakily before his knees gave out. The dark angel staggered backward before collapsing on the floor in a dead faint.

"We've gotta hire an onstage doctor..." Melodie muttered under her breath as she introduced her face to her palm, her hand shaking so much that Psythe had to steady the camera for her.

"I'll hire a doctor and receptionist during spring break," Kaelynne stated bluntly as she made her way to Dark Pit and lifted him surprisingly easily. "For now, what're we gonna do with Mr. Doom and Gloom over here?"

Psythe put his scythe arms up to his Galladite, deep in thought. Then he had a sudden stroke of genius. "I got it: the Awesome Office!" he exclaimed excitedly, and Kaelynne's expression turned from concern to delight.

"Psythe, you're a genius!" she exclaimed before a startling thought occurred to her. "Wait, there's no bed in that office."

"Try saying 'I need a bed the show up on the Awesome Office',"" Palutena suggested, absentmindedly twirling her staff. Suddenly, to everyone's amazement, a distant POP! occurred in the distance. Kaelynne blinked in confusion.

"I'm seriously starting to think this is a magic studio..." she muttered to herself, but with no further ado set off toward the Awesome Office, stopping stopping to say to Katrina, "Katrina, while I'm back here, you're in charge, kay?"

"Kaykay," Katrina said, and Kaelynne continued to the Office.

"So..." Lincoln said, trying to spark up conversation. "Did you know my sisters and I were once in a band?"

Toad Town Studios, Awesome Office, 7:35 AM

Kaelynne made her way to the bed and carefully set Dark Pit down upon it. She grabbed a washcloth, dampened it, and set it on the fainted angel's forehead. She stood up slowly and took one last look at him, to ensure he was okay, then went back to the main stage.

Toad Town Studios, 7:40 AM

Lincoln was still at it. "...and then, Luna yelled at us and said we were all out of her band and we decided she was our of our band instead." He stopped short when he noticed Kaelynne walk back in. "So how's Dark Pit feeling?"

"Still out cold, but he should recover before long. But that wasted eight and a half minutes of this episode..." Kaelynne muttered under her breath. She handed her iPad to Katrina. "Completely spaced the other truths and dares from Toadstool. Katrina, you get to choose the next one."

Katrina looked over her options for a second. "How about this one for Mewtwo? The dare is to slow dance with Darkrai. Whatever that is..." she said happily and clapped her hands. Out of the blue, the Pitch Black Pokémon floated out of the warp pipe and smirked uneasily at Mewtwo, who rolled its eyes.

"Do I really have to do this?" it asked in an uneasy telepathic tone. Kaelynne and Katrina nodded and told Mewtwo to grasp Darkrai's hands in its own. Mewtwo did so reluctantly and started to dance in circles to the tune of 'Beauty and the Beast'. Kaelynne brought her iPad back.

"Fifteen minutes left. This one's for Peach. Are you secretly a metal head?" Kaelynne asked the Mushroom Kingdom princess, who gasped in shock.

"Wha-? Of course not! I may race in Mario Kart, but I do have standards!" she huffed, crossing her arms and turning away from the brunette hostess.

"OK, well that's all the truths and dares we have for now, but tune in next time for another exhilarating episode of 'VideoGamer13's Truth or Dare Show!'" Kaelynne called out in joy, waving to the camera.

A/N: Forgot to mention Dark Pit woke up at the end of the episode. Also, I'm thinking of taking all the useless Pokémon and the miscellaneous characters- Pichu, Braixen, Milotic, Lincoln, and Dot- out of the show and replacing them with five characters from other series. What do you think?