The Third Event

As Mr. Smiley watched all the contestants limp towards the exit, he spotted Mario and pointed his cane at him. A ray of energy shot Mario in the back which froze then levitated him in mid-air. "Hey! What's-a going on-a here?" said Mario.

This caught the attention of Mario's fellow companions, but the gate was already sealed before they could rush out to help. "Bro!" shouted Luigi.

"My sincerest apologies Mr. Mario…" said Mr. Smiley as he bowed with his hat. "But I'm afraid you're needed for our next event, ISN'T THAT RIGHT FOLKS?" The crowd answered with applause and shouts. "You see Mario, I've heard many of your past adventures and I found one of your challenges to be so entertaining that I decided to revive that old classic, which has tested your abilities as an acrobat."

"Mama Mia…" groaned Mario.

"I can see that you are too exhausted to know what I am referring to… SO LET'S BRING OUT OUR GUEST COMPETITOR!" The crowd shouts with excitement and a large grunting noise came out from behind the curtains followed by a monkey shriek.

"OH NOOOO! I…It-a can't be!" said Mario with anxiety.

"HERE COMES THE KING OF THE KONGO, THE BIG BANANA, THE ONE AND ONLYYYYY, DONKEY KONG!"

DK swung out from the curtains with a vine while his jazzy theme song was playing. He jumped and did a triple flip with perfect execution and lands triumphantly on the ground. The crowd went wild, while Mario's teeth were grinding, since he always wanted to beat his old foe in a second round.

Mr. Smiley stamped his cane and an obstacle course rises from the ground. But this course was in fact the very same obstacle course where Mario and DK faced off from their last encounter, with the ladders and barrels and levitating narrow platforms that only allowed Mario to move side to side without falling.

"The both of you will face off in this arena where DK will toss the barrels down, while Mario tries to ascend to the top and defeat DK. Here are the rules: Mario, you can only walk on the platform and climb on the ladders, if you fall off, game over, you can't use your hammer in this event or you will be disqualified. Also, DK you can only throw barrels at Mario, you can't go off trying to beat him, unless he has already made it to the top. DK, if you win, I will personally see to it that your jungle territory is expanded by 30%. Mario, if you win, you get the VIP card of Isle Delphino, where you can own property there and live in prosperity for the rest of your days. ARE YOU TWO READY?"

Both Mario and DK nodded and shook each others' hand, while showing a fire to each of their eyes. DK took his position on the top and readied his barrels, while Mario started to stretch.

Mr. Smiley took a second glance at the top platform "Hmmm… something is amiss here… Ah! Of course!" He stamped his cane, which transported Peach, tied up and asleep, on the top platform next to DK. "There! Perfect! I mean, what's a sundae without a cherry on top?" he said with a wholehearted laughter.

"Princess!" exclaimed Mario. DK was already over Peach, so he ignored her.

"NOW LET'S BEGIN!" announced Mr. Smiley.

DK starts to roll down the barrels, while Mario dashes towards the ladder to get to the 2nd platform. There, he is met by three barrels, which he jumps over with ease. DK grunts and figures that he need to step up his game.

As Mario advances to the 3rd platform, he sees two barrels with no space in between. Mario uses all of his leg strength to make it over the two barrels. He made the jump, but his footing was off, which made him slip and fall off the platform. The crowd made sounds of surprise thinking that Mario wasn't going to make it. Mario was able to grab onto that platform and pulled himself up. While he was trying to recover from the shock, he was met by two more barrels. He made the jump and climbed onto the 4th platform. DK was enraged, he did not want this mustached marauder beat him a second time, so he furiously sent down more barrels.

Mario saw the stampede of barrels coming his way, so he quickly ran towards the nearest ladder climbed it and hung on until all the barrels above him had passed. Unfortunately, one of the barrels climbed down the ladder where Mario was. "Oh come-a on! How's-a that-a even possible?" yelled Mario as he quickly jumped onto the barrel beneath him. Mario steadied his balance and started to jump in all the barrels that were coming towards him. The crowd started to murmur about how this event just lost its excitement.

This did not please Mr. Smiley. As much as he wanted to light the barrels on fire, he knew that it would be cheating, so he reluctantly restrained himself, as he watched his crowd boo him. "Come you ape, do something!" he thought.

DK saw Mario jumping on the barrels, so he slammed his big fist and caused all five platforms to quake. Mario lost his balance on the barrel and jumped onto the ladder and climbed onto the 5th platform where he faced off DK. However, as soon as Mario climbed up, he was already smashed in the face by the raging ape. The crowd cheered with excitement. Mario recovered himself and dashed towards DK. DK swung his mighty fist at Mario. Mario ducked and counterattacked with a strong uppercut, which hit DK square in the chin. DK started to lose his balance, but he recovers quickly, while Mario backed up towards the end of the platform. DK jumped in attempt to cannonball Mario, but Mario quickly ran forward and held onto something. DK slammed onto the edge of the platform and caused the whole platform to flip upside down. Mario grabbed Peach just before she fell, while DK fell down hard.

The crowd cheered for the victorious plumber, while DK wallowed in his defeat. Mr. Smiley stamped his cane, sent DK away to his home, and descended from his balcony and raised Mario's tired arm. "BEHOLD YOUR CHAMPION! Now Mario, you have won this match, which means you win your prize!" said Mr. Smiley in delight.

"Yippie!" exclaimed Mario right before he collapse.

"Well! Looks like our hero needs some rest, so my spectators, I'm afraid that's all for today, but come back tomorrow for even more thrills!" The crowd cheered for their Ringmaster as he exits with Mario and Peach. Mr. Smiley looked upon the unconscious plumber and smiled. "Good work, Mr. Mario, I'll see to it that you get a long and nice rest for your performance. Perhaps you will be the one to give me the challenge I've been waiting for so long."

Hey guys! Here's a chance for you to send your ideas to be part of my next chapters. Send me your comments of what the next event will be like. If I like your ideas, it's gonna be part of the show. Make sure you format it like this:

Event Name:

Type: (racing, fighting, obstacle course, game show etc.)

Objective:

Rules:

Twists: (make sure you instant message me about this so it can be a surprise)

Prize:

Also you can send me your OC's to be part of any of event. Just format it like this:

Name:

Personality:

Age: (optional)

Gender:

Skills:

Purpose: (in terms of how they'll be part of the show)