Zelda Possessed!
In a wasteland part of Hyrule called the Desert Colossus, a green-tunic-clad young man named Link wandered in search of the famed Spirit Temple. At last he saw what appeared to be a wall far in the distance. Supposing it to be one of the outer walls of the Spirit Temple, Link hurried forward in excitement.
Upon coming closer to the wall, however, Link discovered that it did not look at all like a Spirit Temple wall. Instead the great wall bore twelve symbols (a mushroom, a spotted egg, the letters "DK," a Triforce, a jagged "S" in a circle, a Warp Star, an Earth, a running fox, a Poké Ball, a falcon with its wings spread, an eggplant, and a sword) all arranged in a circle around a thirteenth symbol: a circle with two lines through it that crossed near the edge. Link recognized the center symbol as the badge borne by all of the fighters in a series of battles called Super Smash Bros. Melee (he himself being an SSBM fighter)—and as such, he knew the surrounding symbols to represent his fellow fighters and their home worlds.
But nothing could have prepared Link for the next shock he received: standing about ten yards away from the wall was his ladylove, Princess Zelda of Hyrule—and she appeared to be staring blankly at the SSBM symbol, speaking in an expressionless tone of voice, completely unaware of Link's presence.
"Seven miles into the town a fighter realizes that she cannot go on…many wounds she bears upon her body from a battle gone ill…one final meeting will take place before the Bond of Salvation is severed…"
"Zelda?" Link spoke her name questioningly, but Zelda seemed unable to hear him. Not a feature of her beautiful face altered its blank expression; there was not a trace of change in her voice as she spoke again:
"All the ice will turn into deep ocean…the informers and spies will find themselves betrayed…one who learns the truth will never fly again…all across the universe threads will be broken like the hearts of those who fight…"
"Zelda, snap out of it! Can't you even hear me?" Link yelled to Princess Zelda. He made it up to seize her by one shoulder and shake her until she came back to her senses—but when he touched her, Link found that Zelda's body was completely rigid, unmoving as if someone had petrified her, except for her lips moving with the dread words that fell from them.
Link was horrified to realize the truth: Zelda was not simply talking nonsense—she was possessed. What sort of evil spirit could exert such a hold on Zelda, Link had no idea, for he knew her to be practically invulnerable to possession by evil spirits.
Link had to do something, and fast. Without another word, he made his way to an N-gate in order to reach the Centropolis, where he would then go to the nearest Gamemaster's agent with the news of what happened.
When the Gamemaster had sent a small team of magi to exorcise the evil spirit that possessed Princess Zelda and Link had taken Zelda to Hyrule Castle to rest, Link returned to the Centropolis to go to the Weapons & Warfare shop—but there he came upon Ness, who was holding a pumpkin and looking highly agitated.
"Is there something you wanted to tell me, Ness?" asked Link, warily but gently.
Ness held up the pumpkin, showing a symbol carved into the shell. "My best friends and I were picking pumpkins in Ochre Woods with Pikachu when I found this. It's the mark for the Bond of Salvation, but it's broken up—I think someone--maybe Fox McCloud--isin danger, if the fact that I found this pumpkin means anything," he explained uncertainly.
"One final meeting will take place before the Bond of Salvation is severed…" Link remembered the prediction that Zelda had made while possessed, and remembered what Mario had told him yesterday about a dream involving a fading star, a fountain of tears, a bird, and a shattered sword—were these incidents any indication of events to come?
Out in the deep reaches of darkness, Nephorius plotted how he was to draw the SSBM fighters into his evil plan and destroy them one by one. "First," thought he, "I should plant some wormhole devices to draw out that little brat Ness and his three best friends—I can use them as bait for Ness's fellow fighters, for so many of them would rally to the cause of any child whose life was in any danger…HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! It's brilliant!"
A/N: So the four children from the Earthbound games are going to be kidnapped! Who will go to rescue them? Mario? Link? Samus Aran? Pikachu? Only by waiting anxiously and then reading my next chapter will you find out! Feel free to review--but keep in mind that flames will be deflected.