Donkey Kong looked at the black gorilla, a look of puzzlement on his face.
Then Dankey Kong rolled behind his brown, non-eyepatch-wearing counterpart, grabbing hold of him. He leapt high into the air, raising Donkey Kong in one hand above his head...
"Dankey Drop!" said Dankey Kong, letting go and allowing Donkey Kong to fall to the ground.
Donkey Kong had expected to be thrown hard against the ground, rather than simply dropped so he could regain his balance and land normally.
As Dankey Kong landed opposite Donkey Kong near the edge of a cliff, he grinned.
"That ought to..." he began to say, before a peanut collided with the side of his head. He lost balance and fell off the cliff, and into the mists below.
Seconds later, Mario, Sonic and Captain Falcon arrived.
"Hey Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong, you haven't seen a black gorilla who looks just like you in an eyepatch and a Stetson, have you?"
Donkey Kong pointed over the edge of the cliff.
Mario and Sonic sighed. "We'd better go fetch him".
"What do you think?" said a familiar voice. "Is he one of them, or one of us?"
Dankey Kong opened his eyes. It looked as if he survived the fall, and Sonic, Kirby, Samus, the Ice Climbers, Wolf and Link were gathered around him. There was something odd about them though...
"I reckon he's like that Donkey Kong guy, and isn't either", said Sonic. "Either way, he can't be one of them. It's daytime, and he's fine".
"Hey, guys, does anyone know where we are?" asked Dankey Kong. I kinda had a long fall, and..."
"Good, you're awake!" said Popo.
"Are you a werewolf or a vampire?" asked Nana.
"Nana!", said the others simultaneously.
"What?" asked Dankey Kong.
It was then that he realised how dark it was.
"How did it go from day to night so fast?" asked Wolf.
"Oh no! The vampires are coming!" said Popo.
"Why don't you just use your werewolf powers?" asked Dankey Kong.
"It's night, but not a full moon", said Sonic. "And anyway, in werewolf form, we'd tear you apart!"
"You were serious?"
Suddenly, a swarm of bats flew overhead, and Mario, Luigi, Marth, Metaknight, Zelda, Ness, the Pokémon Trainer and Olimar appeared before them. Mario and Luigi weren't wearing their hats and wore black capes, and all of them had paler skin and wore darker clothes than
normal (except Metaknight, who looked exactly like he normally did).
"Greetings, Werewolves", said Mario. "It's-a me, Count Mario!"
Suddenly, Ike came running out of nowhere and threw a bottle to Sonic.
The label read "Lunar Catalyst".
"Popo! Nana! Samus! Come here!" said Sonic. "The rest of you, get out of here! I don't want to eat you. Take the ape to the castle and wait for our return".
The others nodded, and dragged Dankey Kong away from the vampires.
It was just after Dankey Kong had been dragged away that Sonic, Nana, Popo and Samus each drank a little of the contents of the bottle.
