Super Smash Brothers!
Chapter I: New Recruit
Link awoke in a wide, spacious field of short grass. As he slowly peeled open his eyes, beaming rays of sunlight shined on them. The boy, squinted and sat up. Around the field was a mass of tall trees. Before him was pathway that resembled a sidewalk, between two sides of grass. In the distance, he could make out the frame of a tall building.
He stood up. Upon standing, he felt bigger than usual. He looked down and saw that he was no longer wearing just a small tunic, but white pants as well. He also had a white shirt under his tunic, and brown gauntlets. And, he was taller.
He gasped, at once remembering what he had just been doing. Before he ended up here. He pulled out the Master Sword, and that giant column of blue light shone upon his body. Then nothing...
He reached behind him. As he suspected, the legendary sword was tucked safely in its sheath. The Hylian Shield- no longer too large for him too carry- was there too.
"I see you've finally awakened," came a voice from behind, which was an accented voice.
Link quickly turned around, fiercely drawing his sword and shield, ready to face whoever and whatever was there in this strange new place.
"Settle down, Link," said the voice again. "I mean you no harm."
Link was unsure at first, but the voice was calm, somehow convincing him it really did mean no harm. Then, a person appeared. He wore blue overalls, brown boots, a red shirt, white gloves, topped off with a red hat with an 'M' on it. A thick black mustache covered the roof of his mouth.
"Thank you." he said. "My name is Mario. I have brought you here for the purpose of saving the world. The whole world."
Link made a face. He, having never being outside Hyrule, and only being outside his home, the Kokiri Forest, for a few weeks, knew nothing of anything outside of his homeland.
"Do you see that?" Mario asked, pointing a finger to the shape of a building in the distance. "That is the Smash Mansion. I'll explained everything on the way there. Shall we?" He walked ahead, hands in his pockets.
"Don't talk much, do you?" asked Mario, looking back at the warrior. Receiving no answer, of course, he allowed Link to catch up and started to talk again.
"Now, where do I begin..." Mario said. "O.K., My world and your world are linked. In fact, all worlds, be it Hyrule, the Mushroom Kingdom, Corneria, Dreamland, Onett, any place. You name it, it is linked to all others. They are all part of the Nintendo Galaxy. And now, all of them- every last one of them- needs help. There's this evil mastermind called Master Hand that wants to destroy all of them. He says he's the one who created them and because they became popular and he didn't, he will destroy them and make new ones in their place.
"But, a voice came to me, not giving his name, and endowed me with the power to bring other heroes like you to the Smash Mansion, to join together to fight Master Hand and stop his evil plans. I've gathered a few already, but there's still more. Look, we're here at the Mansion. Shall I see you in?"
Link nodded, looked up at the tall building. It was pure white with the letters "Smash Mansion" in huge, gold letters, held up by two pillars.
"After you," Mario said, motioning for Link the walk ahead. As the warrior drew closer to the brown double doors, they automatically swung open, as if the building was living. Directly inside was a large living room. A giant flat T.V. screen was on the wall before long, white couches that filled the room, along with recliners.
Snoozing-and snoring- on one of the white couches, with his feet up on an arm of the couch, was a bulky, brown furred gorilla. He had no distinguishing features, except the red tie worn around his neck, initialed "D.K" in yellow letters.
"Welcome to the Smash Mansion," Mario said. Noticing Link's disgusted look, he said, "Oh, that's Donkey Kong. He's kind messy, but he's a nice guy. Please, stay here. I'll be back shortly."
Link sat down on one of the couches, and Mario went through another set of double doors. Minuted later, Mario's voice boomed from an intercom on the wall.
"All Smash Brothers, report to the Meeting Room immediately. We have a new recruit."
Even more minutes later, and the sound of rapid footsteps was heard. A door on the right of the giant T.V. swung open. Standing in the doorway, not barely as tall as the door, was a pink, spherical creature with big red feet.
The pink puffball waddled over to Link. Sticking a stubby arm out, he greeted him, "Puyo."
Link, almost paralyzed by the extreme cuteness of the creature, shook its "hand".
The puffball walked over to the double doors Mario went out of, inhaled a great deal of air, puffing itself up, floated up to the doorknob and opened it. He hovered through.
Next, a short, anthropomorphic fox came through the same door. He wore a metal helmet, a gray jacket, brown pants, and silver boots. On his waist rested a laser gun. A hexagonal device also was attached to his belt. He, with a serious look about his face, didn't even notice Link and walked through the door the pink ball went through.
Then, Link heard rapid, speedy footsteps. A split-second later, a tall, muscular man wearing a blue jumpsuit with red shoulder pads and a red helmet, his eyes glowing from the darkness of his visor, sped through the doorway. He too, did not notice Link and ran straight through the double doors.
Still others appeared, including a small yellow mouse, a woman in a robotic suit(though hard to tell she was female), a stout green dinosaur, and another puffball. When all had assembled in the Meeting Room, Mario's voice once again came from the intercoms.
"Link, would you please come into the Meeting Room?"
So, Link, noticing that Donkey Kong was still napping on a couch, stood up, and proceeded toward the double doors leading to the Meeting Room. It was a large room, with a lengthy black table, a logo imprinted on is center, a multitude of chairs along its sides and one on one end. All the smashers that Link had seen were seated in one of the chairs Link sat at the table as well.
"Now, let's get this underway," Mario spoke. "Smashers, introduce yourselves to the new recruit."
The anthro fox sighed. "This again...I'll go first." He stood up. "The name's Fox McCloud, Leader of the Star Fox team, a squad of space fighters."
"Next?" Mario said, looking at the other smashers, who had grown tired of this. They had done this for every one of their recruitments.
The middle-aged man with the red helmet stood. The golden bird on his helmet shone. "Falcon. Captain Falcon. I'm from Port Town. I race in the F-Zero Grand Prix races, and I'm also a bounty hunter."
Next, the orange robot suited person rose. "Samus Aran. Also a bounty hunter." She sat.
"Puyo!" the pink puffball shouted. "Kirby!"
"That's Kirby," informed Mario. "He's a young star warrior from Pop Star who saves Dreamland from evil." Link nodded.
"Pika Pika!" said the small yellow mouse gleefully. The red spots on his cheeks sparked.
"This is Pikachu," said Mario. "He's an electric mouse Pokemon."
"Yoshi!" shouted the green dino. "Jiggly!" said the second puffball. She had huge round eyes and a curl of hair between her two ears.
"That's Yoshi, my Yoshi friend, and Jigglypuff, another Pokemon."
"Ooh?" grunted someone from the doorway leading into the room.
"You're late again, Donkey Kong," Mario scolded.
The large monkey grunted angrily and sat down at the table.
"Donkey Kong, or D.K.," Mario explained. "is kind of lazy sometimes, but he's very strong. Link, now that you have been explained why you are here and have been introduced to all the other smashers, you must make an informed decision as to if you will stay here. You will not be forced to stay and fight with us. If you wish no to, I can send you back to Hyrule as easily as I brought you here. It's your choice."
Link was suddenly forced to make a decision that would eventually affect the fate of Hyrule. Would he return to Hyrule and continue his ongoing battle against Ganon, or stay here, and fight for all worlds, as Mario had told him?
"Link? I'm sorry to put the spotlight on you like this, but this is important. Realize that if you stay here, you may not return to your world for a long time. But, we will understand if you're worried about Hyrule and want to go back now."
At this point, Link closed his eyes. He thought about Princess Zelda of Hyrule. When he met her at her dwelling place at Hyrule Castle, he had agreed to collect the three Spiritual Stones and rescue the world form Ganon. But, if all worlds could not be saved, including Hyrule, what was the point of returning? He would not be being faithful to their agreement to save the world. Zelda would rather he stay here.
"So, Link, what is your answer to our proposal?"
After a few seconds pause, Mario obtained an answer.
"I will stay."