Knuckles's POV (1 week ago):

Ah, break time. I love break times. It's the time where I don't have to worry about crashing into random cars during filming. At exactly 12:45, I walked into the break room and sat on a couch. It was blue, like Sonic's fur and is perfect for sleeping on. I don't sleep during breaks now ever since Shadow did a shaving cream prank on me a couple of months ago. But let's forget about that. I placed my lunch box on the table and dumped the contents out of the box. It's the usual. A variety of fruits bounced on the table and I gobbled them up in a few seconds. I was about to pick up a controller, when my phone vibrated. It's a text, and it's from my boss. Why can't my boss leave me alone during breaks? I unlocked my phone to check the text.

Please come to my office. I need to have a talk with you. Right now.

A talk? Why now? Can't he see that I'm trying to enjoy my break? Well if he wants me to come now, I'll come. Maybe it's that promotion I'm dying for. I walked to the office and saw my boss sitting with a paper in his hands.

"Please sit down." said my boss. I obeyed his orders and sat down on a leather chair. "It's about your application to Super Smash Bros."

"Did they accept my application?" I beamed.

"It's not that, but we're asking you to cancel your application. Sonic is already our placeholder for the game, and we don't want anyone other than him in Super Smash Bros. So we're giving you a few days to cancel your application, or we're terminating your contract." my boss said in a serious voice. Wait? They want me to cancel my application? It's not fair! Sonic is a playable character, Shadow is an Assist Trophy, and I only get a sticker, cameo on a stage, and a trophy. Really exciting. "And if you tell Master Hand or anybody about this, say goodbye to your role in Sonic." my boss blackmailed. I nodded in approval and left the office. Blaze and Rouge noticed me depressed and they quietly giggled. Sonic dashed quickly, and had no sympathy for me.

"Way to go, Knucklehead." He taunted. It's not right. But all I can do in the 4th game is reprising my role as a measly cameo.

Link's POV (Present Day):

We've already reported Ganondorf to Master Hand about his theft and it compensated me by buying me an extra-large 3DS. The large screen is nice, but I miss the Zelda 3DS I got with Ocarina of Time 3D. I noticed Nana reading a newspaper and I saw Lucas's dad on the cover. She placed it back on the coffee table and left the room. I was a bit curious about the issue and why Lucas's dad made the front page, so I picked it up and read it.

FLINT LOCKWOOD ASSAULTS INNOCENT CHILDREN ON TV SHOW

SMASHWOOD – Flint Lockwood, the father of the notable child fighter Lucas Lockwood, is charged with multiple counts of assault. All charges occurred after he attacked multiple people on national television. The victims of the incident were Larry Burrows, Ganondorf Dragmire, Roy William Johnson, Apple Kid (name kept anonymous), Orange Kid (name kept anonymous), Bowser Koopa, Jeff Andonuts, and Sora Kibredo.

Officers were summoned to the stage after filming when one of their children was watching the show during a "Bring your Children to Work Day". When they arrived on scene, they saw Burrows, Apple Kid, Orange Kid, and Andonuts unconscious and lying on the floor.

They say that Burrows has sustained serious head injuries and is in a deep coma, Dragmire and Koopa has a minor head injury, Apple Kid received some rib fractures, and Andonuts sustained multiple broken bones.

All victims were rushed to the hospital after the incident.

Police are trying to determine the cause of the assault.

"When we arrived at the scene, the only person conscious was Ganondorf." says Chief Officer Carpainter. "Dragmire said that Kibredo was also assaulted, but he was the first person to regain conscious. Dragmire tried to stop him until he could call us, but he ignored him and attempted to leave."

They also noticed Kibredo and a 13-year-old dragon boy, Kaiser Drago exiting the stage. Both witnesses have been detained for questioning.

"Flint? The guy who used the old man as dragon bait?" Kibredo replied. "I know him. I tried to stop his insanity, but the only thing I did was break his weapon in half. I'm pretty lucky that I only got a large bruise, but I wonder what happened to everyone else. Hope that Lucas kid takes him to therapy or something."

"I was in the audience when that happened." Drago answered. "That cowboy was swinging his 2x4 wildly, hurting the innocent children. I knew that his madness must be stopped, so I transformed into my Dragon form and knocked him out for the sake of humanity. If Bowser didn't kick Tear aka Angelic Burster out, then she could have prevented the incident with her powerful attacks."

"This wasn't the first time he flew into a rage like that." Claus Lockwood, other son of Lockwood commented. "After he heard that my mom died, I saw him stab one of his friends with a piece of lumber. I didn't get to see the whole thing because Tessie covered my eyes so we won't see it."

We've reached out to Flint and Lucas for comment and will update the story when we hear back.

I wanted to show the other Smashers that article, so I looked for a piece of paper to act as a bookmark. I found one, and it was another piece of parchment, the same one I found in my room a few weeks ago. I turned it over to find anything suspicious.

The brother of the Hero Chosen by the Gods will rise. But he is not alone. The rejected ones will ally. The dark emissary will be forsaken. The glorious civilization will fall.

Seems legit. I'll use that as a bookmark and see if anyone can understand it.

Kibredo = Keyblade in Japanese