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The OC's (Original characters) of Toadrice, Chef Gamdin, Apollo, the black haired, green eyed boy, and the made up tribe of Sheikans are all owned by Wolf—Shadow/WolfTrust/Wolf—Shadow's—Ghost, or whatever username she is using at the moment, and are not to be used without her permission. (Seriously people, I've invested a lot of time and effort into this story, and I really don't want my ideas to be ripped off)
Chapter 2: Discussions with a Physic
Samus leapt lightly off her ship and landed without a sound next to Toadrice.
"I trust you had a good trip?" Toadrice said.
She looked down at him and said polity "Yes, thank you."
He nodded and tilted his head to the side "Would you like an escort to your room?"
Samus felt a slight flare of annoyance but it quickly died down, he was only doing his job. "No, as long as my room is in the same place it's been in for the last few years."
Toadrice gave a dry chuckle "Yes indeed, I hope you find it suitably clean…." Toadrice clung on to the last words and let them hang in the air. Without even turning her head Samus could see that almost all of the workers had either rolled their eyes, shook their heads or muttered darkly under their breath.
She shifted her right arm to get a better hold on her helmet and said "I'm sure I will."
As she walked toward the elevator, her footsteps made no sound, adding to the quiet of the fifth floor as the workers were still staring at her, the fabled hunter.
As the elevator door closed before her she heard Toadrice snap "Well don't just stand there! More ships will be arriving. Get you act together!!" Samus grinned to herself as the elevator slowly came to a halt at the second floor.
Stepping out on to the red carpet Samus took a deep breath of air. There were very few times and even fewer places where she allowed herself to relax; she liked to keep on her toes. It was never certain when the next mission would come up or when the space pirates would show their ugly lobster faces.
Here at the mansion she could drop her guard somewhat, as everyone was on the same side.
Mentally Samus went thought the list of people that would be attending this meeting, she counted over forty people for the meeting itself, and at least thirty of them would be staying for another month. She wasn't quite sure why so many of them always decided to stay for such a long time. Maybe some of them had the same reason she did, it was a nice place to unwind, or maybe they stayed because it took a long time to get here, and it was nice to rest a bit before returning home.
As she had been musing she had wound her way thought the corridors, passed many doors, each with their own symbol, and now stood in front of one that had the same symbol as her landing pad. Beneath the circled lighting bolt, in polished gold lettering, the name Aran glittered in the light.
Samus gave a small smile and pushed the door open. Beyond it was a large, well furnished, well decorated room. A couch faced toward the south wall, giving the seated person a perfect view out of the large open window which looked out on to the back garden, the field and the forest beyond. Standing next to the couch Samus felt a breeze against her face. "Time to take the suit off."
She walked over to the door on her left and pushed it open. This room was much smaller then the last but seemed to be more suited to Samus' personality. While the last room looked like a sitting room with it's fancy paintings and oak coffee table, this one was very simply decked out, with one queen sized bed pushed against the center of the wall, a tall pine wardrobe to the left of the bed, a pine writing desk and a single medium sized window that had almost the same view as the larger window in the first room.
"Exactly the way I left it." Samus said looking around, "Simple but useful."
She strode over to the wardrobe, opened it and pushed aside the clothes that had been hanging there since the last time she visited the mansion, until she reached metal plating that seemed to be the back of the wardrobe.
She reached forward and typed in five numbers on a nearly invisible keypad, there was a pause then a small chime sounded, the metal panel spilt in two and slid apart revealing a compartment large enough for a person to stand in.
Samus closed her eyes as bright gold energy burst fourth from her suit. She inhaled sharply as her skin began to tingle and then shivered as the tingles deepened down into her bones. The whining hum lessened and the bright glow that she could see even thought her eye lids dimmed.
Opening her eyes she found herself staring at her green visor, the entire power suit
now stood in the compartment, each piece held together by the soft foam like substance that surrounded it. She looked down at herself, she still wore the blue skin tight suit with sleeves that only came down to just above her elbows and pants that went just below her knees, she found the cool air outside of her suit to be comforting. Her muscles rippled and tensed below her skin as she stretched her body to get used to being out of the suit.
"Now," she sighed, coming down out of the stretch, "let's see about getting some decent food."
The great hall, situated on the first floor had the mansions standard twelve foot high ceilings. The hall itself was thirty feet long and fifteen foot across with two long tables, and several smaller tables placed almost randomly. This made the Great Hall much more comfortable than Samus' usual dinning area.
"Miss Aran, Miss Aran, so good to see you. I hope you're hungry because we have an excellent meal cooking at this very moment."
Samus jumped and turned her eyes to the door on the south wall that led to the kitchen
"Chef Gamdin, I'm glad to see you." She smiled and walked toward him.
"Oh, how many times do I have to tell you to call me Gam, Miss Aran?"
Samus laughed and shook his hand, he always seemed to make her relax, "About the same number of times I've told you to call me Samus."
"Well met, why don't you sit down and I can whip up a delicious snack that will make you fell good and save you room for the dinner feast." He replied leading her over to one of the long tables.
"I couldn't take you away from preparing dinner." She responded sitting down on the bench.
"Nonsense, I have help in the kitchen and it won't take a moment. Wait right here and I'll be back in a jiffy." With that he bustled off to the adjoining door.
"What?"
"Just push the button and it will work."
"I don't see why Steven couldn't do this."
The loudspeaker boomed over the mansion much louder than was humanly necessary. Samus jumped and clapped her hands over her ears fighting down her annoyance at the moron with the microphone.
"Because Steven had a mental break down and… Hang on… You idiot! The speaker is on right now, and it's way too loud!!"
"Oh, it is? Whoops! Sorry everyone… now where is that volume control. Ah, here. Ahem, we apologize for the inconvenience."
Samus dropped her hands back down on the table to hear many angry shouts and threats from all over the mansion.
"Yes… well, this is a mansion wide announcement. The representatives from the Pokemon League Association, Pikachu, Pichu and Mewtwo have arrived. Will head house keeper and head groundskeeper Toadrice please come the Entrance Hall and welcome the Smashers. That is all."
Samus was about to shake her head in exasperation and mutter a curse under her breath when the second voice came over the loudspeaker…again.
"You bungler, you're supposed to say head groundskeeper first and head house keeper second. How could you mess up something as simple as-
"It's still on you know." The first voice said in amusement.
"Gah-
She couldn't help it; she laughed out loud and could hear most of the mansion joining in.
"Well that was awakening." Chef Gam said, setting a platter of food down next to her and chuckling.
"I thought you were going to make something small.", she replied frowning at him, She never liked being fussed over and it always made her uncomfortable when people went out of their way to do something for her.
As if he had read her mind Chef Gam said "This is small. You and the Pokemon and who ever else comes early can tide themselves over, until dinner." He checked the clock hanging over the doorway to the hall, "I'll see you later, there is still plenty of work to do." and he walked back to the kitchen.
"Pikachu, chu chu, Pikach-three, testing, one two three." The voice went from slightly high pitched down to what sounded like a teenage boys voice.
"Did it work Mewtwo? Are we talking like humans now?" said a young girl's voice tinged with excitement.
Picking out a piece of fruit from the platter, Samus watched the doorway as a large purple cat-like Pokemon came hovering in followed by two yellow electric mice.
"Yes, unfortunately, the translators are working perfectly." the physic Pokemon voice passed though her mind, rather than though her ears.
"Har har, Mewtwo." Pikachu said rolling his eyes.
"Ooo, Hi Miss Samus!" Pichu said bounding up to her on all fours "Yum, snacks. May I have some?" she said looking up at Samus with her unusually green colored eyes.
"Yes of course, the Chef left it out for all of us."
Instantly, two pairs of yellow paws reached in and picked out some meat, cheese and bread as both Pikachu and Pichu sat down on the tabletop next to the platter.
"Could your manners be any worse?" Mewtwo said, sitting down opposite Samus and glowering at his smaller companions.
Samus waved a dismissive hand. "Well, if they didn't sit like that they wouldn't be able to reach." she reached out for a piece of bread and earned a head rub on her hand from Pichu for defending them.
Samus thoughfuly watched the electric mice eat. She found it hard to tell precisely how she felt about Pokemon. Intelligent and very powerful with the elements that they wielded, they also looked and behaved somewhat like animals. Rather than treat them like humans or beasts, all of the Smashers, (including Samus) had found a balance between the two, so that relationships with Pikachu, Pichu and Mewtwo weren't tense.
Her train of thought was interrupted when two crackers, a slice of meat and a slice of cheese floated up from the platter, formed a sort of sandwich and hovered over the Mewtwo.
"Interesting." Samus said as the physic began to eat the still hovering snack
"And you say we have bad manners." Pichu said, watching Mewtwo.
"Hey." Pikachu said, his mouth full of food. "Have you guys noticed how the Chef has this way of making every one around him fell good?" he swallowed and continued "He even manages to get Mewtwo relaxed."
"I have noticed that. Remember how he got Impa to smile that one time, when she first got here and we all thought she was kind of cold?." Samus stated, tilting her head to the side.
"Yes I do, but that was her first time here as a Smasher, and it was before she met that Apollo guy." Mewtwo said still chewing on his food "She's lightened up a lot since then."
"Impa? Apollo?" Pichu said clearly trying hard to remember.
"You know, the tall, white haired lady. Princess Zelda's caretaker, Sage of Shadow from Hyrule?" Pikachu sighed exasperatedly, rolling his small black eyes at Pichu.
"Oh, yea." Pichu said, comprehension dawning on her small yellow face "And Apollo's her husband." Pichu's face fell back into a puzzled look and her large ears dropped, "Isn't he supposed to be Sheikah?"
Samus pondered that for a moment before answering, her mind quickly dreading up what small bits of information she knew about the ninja-like man. "Apparently, he's from a tribe of people that were an offshoot of the ancient Sheikah clan, ong that had changed their faith about life. That's why the markings under Apollo's eyes are so much different than Impa's."
Pichu tlitled her head and said slowly. "So Apollo and Impa met, fell in love and got married?"
Mewtwo snorted. "Not from what I've overheard, it seems that they didn't like each other very much, but that they were fighting something called 'Recognition', which had something to do with them being soul mates and not wanting to acknowledge it." He shrugged, "Not that I know much about love."
"But they're in love now right?" Pichu was clearly very confused.
"Defiantly." Pikachu responded before the other two had a chance to say anything. "Have you seen the way that they look at each other? it's the same way with Mario and Peach, Luigi and Daisy, Link and Zelda, and those two flying mammals, Fox McCloud and Krystal." Pikachu paused to take a bite of turkey before continuing "If they would all take a hint from the shadow people and admit their feelings then everyone would be much happier and quieter."
"It wouldn't be quieter if they all had kids." Mewtwo commented dryly, Pikachu laughed and Pichu giggled.
"This sounds like a bad soap opera." Samus said taking a bite of apple and glancing at the clock "Speaking of the others, they should be getting here soon."
"Hmm, I stopped expecting any of them on time years ago." Mewtwo shook his head "They are either a few minuets early, or hours late."
"Not everyone watches time that closely," replied Samus taking the cracker and cheese sandwich that Pichu offered. "and from what I know, the time-frames from each realm differ greatly. It's much harder to calculate time in a different reality."
"This is a mansion wide announcement," the loud speaker suddenly blared, now mercifully quieter.
Pikachu and Pichu jumped slightly at the interruption, even while Samus and Mewtwo glanced calmly toward the corner of the ceiling where the loudspeaker hung.
The bounty hunter then looked back at the clock and commented, "Well, whoever is here they are almost on time."
Out of the corner of her eye Samus saw Mewtwo turn and glare at her, she smirked. He shook his head and turned back to the speaker.
"We have confirmation that a group of Smashers are on the road to the mansion, and we will inform you as to who they are as soon as we are aware."
"Hey." Pikachu said, his ears perking up "That's the first guy that got yelled at when we got here."
"That was amusing." Mewtwo grinned in a malicious way, but the others ignored him.
"He sounds happier." Samus commented, tapping her fingers on the table.
"He should, I think Toadrice told off the other guy." Pichu said and then frowned. "I hope they hurry up, I want to know who's here."
Samus held an expression of thought for a quick moment, then she stood up from the bench. "Let's go see." she said, walking toward the doorway and out into the hall.
Passing by the archway to the huge library, Samus stepped into the Entrance Hall. With its large double doorway made of mahogany, and white, Roman style pillars made of marble, this was the that room really showed off that the entire mansion was a combination of old and new.
"Come on!" Pichu squealed, running up the righthand stairway and up to the second floor. Pikachu took staircase on the left and almost collided with Pichu at the top where the stairs met and formed the arch that stood above the first floor hall.
Grinning to herself at the Pokemon's near accident, Samus followed Pichu up the right staircase. Mewtwo simply levitated to the landing that was connected to the front wall near the doorway.
Once she reached the landing, Samus slid past Mewtwo and stood by the window, gazing out into the front yard. Nearly as impressive as the back, the tall spiked iron gate and hedge fence gave the people within the mansion a sense of security, and their enemies a sense of foreboding, especially since there was quite a lot of security hiding in the hedge to keep the unwelcome out.
"I can't see anything!" Pichu squeaked as she jumped up and down, trying to see out the large window. She gave up after the third try, and instead , ran up Samus' leg and settled herself on Samus' shoulder. Pikachu had perched himself atop Mewtwo's head.
Although somewhatu ncomfortable at the uninvited invasion of space, Samus felt Pichu's warmth to be strangely nice; she didn't really get to be close to anyone because of her job.
Carefuly aware of Pichu's slight weight on her shoulder, the bounty hunter leaned forward to get a better look out the window, before saying in an amused tone, "Speak of the devil."
Mewtwo chuckled low in his throat. "Oh, the irony."
"I don't get it." Pikachu said as he slid farther forward on Mewtwo's head, his small yellow paw coming to rest just above the bridge of the purple brow. "Oh, okay."
From their position on the overhang of the Entrance Hall, they could clearly see Five horses cantering down the long paved road. Four of the large animals carried riders, each of them without bridles. The fifth was loaded down with bags and supplies. Running about three feet beside the horses were three brightly colored Yoshi's. The leading dinosaur was green and carried two people on it's back. The next in line was a light blue, it too carried both a man and a woman. The last one was bright yellow and seemed to be acting as the 'pack horse' of the Yoshi group, as it had suitcases tied to its saddle.
"I agree, Mewtwo, this is very ironic." Samus said "We were just talking about them, and now here they are." She shook her head "I should be used to these kinds of things by now."
Pichu wasn't listening, her overly large green eyes still intensely focused on the scene outside the window. "One red-brown horse with a white mane, one palomino, one grey, and one brown with black mane." Her eyes lit up and she giggled "It's…-
But before she could finish her sentence, the loud speaker came on once again.
"Attention all, we have just received confirmation on the approaching Smashers. Please welcome back the representatives from Hyrule, Link, the hero of Time, Princess Zelda, Seventh Sage, Impa of the Sheikah, Sage of Shadow, and Apollo of the Sheiklans. The representatives from the Mushroom Kingdom are, Princess Peach, and Mario Mario as well as Luigi Mario and Princess Daisy of Sarosaland. Will head house keeper and head groundskeeper Toadrice come to the stables, please. Thank you."
"So ends the relative sanity and quiet of the Smash Mansion, and now the chaos begins." Mewtwo sighed, swiping his tail down though the air.
Samus turned her head to look back at him, moving slowly so as not to disturb Pichu, then said with a rye grin. "Mewtwo, since when has this place not been chaotic?"
She looked back out the window, watching the riders come closer. "And you say it like it's a bad thing."
UPDATE: 8/24/08
A.N. 'Sigh' The original typing of Mewtwo's "Mind-speak" was indicated by a star at the beginning and end of each sentence.
After recently going through and checking all of my current stories here on , I realized that the star symbols had been removed, making everything Mewtwo said blend with the rest of the story, and making the whole thing look entirely unprofessional, and confusing.
Therefore, I have just gone through and edited the chapter so that everything Mewtwo says through his mind in separate and distinct. I have also made some minor edits to the dialogue and descriptions so that the story flows more smoothly.
(Man, my writing was terrible a couple of years ago. Not that's that much better nowadays.) :P
Please R&R.