Pit kindly introduced me to Metaknight, Solid Snake, and Wario. All the other 26 (counting Nana) Smashers had arrived too. After that, we linked up with Marth and Roy, who were arguing pointlessly on who could date the most girls in one week.

"I'm a babe-magnet Marth, sorry, but you just don't stand a chance," Roy was saying. "Roy, seeing you dating a girl would be like seeing Samus turn into a girly-girl. You'll never match the power of Marth, the ultimate dating king!" Marth replied. "Are you kidding? Check this out," Roy said. He snapped his fingers and a little flame appeared at the tip of his thumb. "Is this sexy or what?"

"Hey, listen, does anyone want to train with me?" I finally asked. Marth and Roy were still arguing, so Pit waved his hand. "I will. I've got nothing else to do."

So we wandered off to the Training Arenas on the 2nd floor. This is how it looked: there were large cement walls with bouncy, rubber backboards and huge blue mats covering the floor. There were several training booths. Two were taken by Mario, Pikachu, Ganondorf, and Fox. Pit and I claimed the last one.

"Ready…GO!" the mechanical, computerized voice said.

I rushed at Pit clutching my lazer whip. He hovered inches above the ground as he aimed and fired a light arrow right at me. I dodged and leaped, catching his foot in the whip. I yanked it down and he crashed to the mats. He jumped up and used the air from his wings to knock me back against the wall. I jumped off the wall and performed a low kick under Pit. He jumped just in time. I shot a barrage of lazer beams from my gun and Pit used his wings to shield his face from them. He then flew very high, and separated his bow into two curved blades. "HYIAAA!" he cried and he flew low and caught me in the stomach. I doubled over and twisted around to prepare myself for his next attack.

"Your fast, aren't you?" I told him. He gave me a sly grin. "Yup." He dove at me, blades spinning erratically. All I could do was stare. That was a pretty neat move. Snap out of it Samus! My brain screamed at me. I leaped out of the way at the last second and fired a barrage of lazers at Pit. He lost control in the air and fell to the ground. He quickly got up, and reattached his two blades to make one double-sided sword. He swung at me. I ducked, barely. The last swing hit my legs, and I was sent sprawling. "Oh… ouch…" I moaned quietly. Pit walked up to me and offered me his hand. He pulled me up.

"Sorry," I told him breathlessly. "But I'm just getting used to fighting in my Zero-Suit. I'm much better in my Power-Suit. In that suit, I could kick your butt." He grinned. "We'll see," he said.

It was finally 12:00 and all the Smashers headed down to the cafeteria for lunch. Wario happened to be the lunch lady. He wore a hair net and plastic gloves. He had on a white and pink apron. He grimaced at us. "Don't you say anything to Mario," he muttered darkly while glaring at Mario who was just coming into the cafeteria. "Or he's gonna mock me for life," he said. "If you tell him a thing, I'll put poison in your food!" he waved his arms like a total maniac, trying to scare us.

Pit was behind me in the line. He stared at Wario with a blank expression. He leaned forward and asked me in a whisper, "Is he always like this?" he had asked while glancing at Wario, who was now laughing evilly. "Yeah," I said flatly. "He's a bit…um…well, let's just say he gets to much sugar for breakfast." "BUWAHAHAHA!" Wario howled from the kitchen.

We sat down by Link, Roy, Marth, and Zelda. "You guys, this is Pit. Pit, this is Link, Zelda, and the other two you already know." I said. Roy gave me an offended look. "Well you could've still introduced us," he said. Link rolled his eyes.

"Hello Pit, I'm a swordsman and an archer. And you are…?" Link asked.

"I'm also a swordsman and an archer," he told Link. Link beamed and his elf-like pointed ears perked up a bit. "Sweet," he said. "You'll have to show me later on. I wanna see you in action."

"I got to train with him," I told Link. "And he's pretty good. Although, you know, I could've beaten him easily if I was in my Powersuit…" I said. Zelda chuckled.

"Samus, I think your new suit is a good fighting addition, no matter how vulnerable, it is light and flexible. You look fine in your Zero-Suit," she put a comforting hand on my shoulder. "Yeah, but that's it. I don't want to look fine in my Zero-Suit. It's going to attract unwanted attention from a few of the guys, like for example—" I was cut off by Captain Falcon walking past me, giving me a playful wink. "—Meatheads like Falcon," I muttered after he passed.

Zelda sighed and shook her head. "Everything's going to be fine. By the way, does anyone else want to come with me to the Smash Festival tomorrow night? There's no better way to meet everyone," she added with a glance at Pit.

Pit nodded eagerly. "I really need to start meeting everyone, so I'll go," he said.

"Me too," I waved my hand.

"Me three," added Link.

"And us two!" Marth said as he punched Roy in the shoulder.

"Super," Zelda said. "Then let's all meet each other there tomorrow. Oh, and by the way," she added, giving us a grin, "bring a date." As she said this, she winked at Link, who quickly blushed, but winked back.

"Oh great," Marth grumbled.

"What does this thing do?" Young Link, Ness, and the Ice Climbers were busy inspecting my many gadgets in my room. Just then, I came storming in.

"What the hell do you little brats think you're doing with my stuff?! Put those down!" I yelled at them. They cringed and settled down the handheld communicator and the hand-grenades on the shelf.

"OUT!!!" I cried.

"Okay okay, we're leaving, see?" Ness said, putting his hands up. "Way to spoil all the fun," he muttered. Thank goodness I always kept a security lock on my ship, or the kids would've been zipping out through the walls and all over Smash City in it. And who knows what kind of damage would be done if they tried to use my built-in lock-on bombing system…

I was just walking out of my room when suddenly…THUMP.

"Argh!" I cried as she tripped over a cardboard box that hadn't been there before. I was sent sprawling on the carpet. "Ow…" I rubbed her shoulder. I sneered at the box. "Snake, what are you doing in here?" I asked the box.

The box shuffled. "…Uh, Snake isn't…um…here right now…this is an empty box, nothing in it…" the box replied. I folded my arms. "Yeah…Snake, no one else is here." I told him.

Two eyes peeked out from the bottom of the box. "Is it safe?" he asked. I nodded. He threw off the box and rolled behind the bed. I stared. "What are you doing?" I asked him. He peered over the bed. "Stealth work is the key to success," and with that he lowered himself under the bed again. "Where are the little losers?" he asked. He must've meant the kids. "They ran off. Might I ask why you're looking for them?" I asked.

"They tried to burn my beloved box in the fireplace downstairs in the lounge earlier this morning, so I want to get revenge." Snake explained. And with that, he leaped back under his box and shuffled out of my room.

Staring after him, I turned to see that there was a note right in front of my door. I walked up to it cautiously. I bent over and picked up the little white slip of paper, wondering what it was for. I read the piece of paper carefully. I cringed when I saw who it was from.

Dear Samus,

Would you like to go to the Smash Festival with me as my date?

Captian Falcon