This is the last chapter of his section of chronicles. Hope you've enjoyed and please, keep reading.
From cliff-face to cliff-face the boy leapt, sword at his hip, shield at his side. Coming up on his left a sinister creature approached, plasma flames licking at his lips, a devilish grin plastered on his face. Opening his mouth the dark creature turned to the boy and the plasma fire increased with intensity until it was ready, which he then fired on the leaping boy. The boy reached into his tunic and pulled out his GrappleShot (which works the same way as his old Hookshot, except it isn't a chain, but a long rope with a grappling hook on the end) and pointed toward an adjacent cliff-face. Just as the incinerating flames could reach the boy the GrappleShot hooked onto the cliff-face and immediately pulled the boy toward it, effectively helping him to dodge the attack. The moment he reached it he turned toward the despicable creature and aimed a Fire Arrow at it, letting it fly through the air once he found his target.
Swish!
The arrow found its mark, impeding itself into the creature's thigh. The creature howled in pain as it proceeded to rip the foreign object out of its leg, but its lag gave all the time needed for another powerful creature to unleash its own fury.
"Koopa Guillotine!" yelled Bowser, coming down with both his claws, slicing the very air with the power he unleashed
However, Ridley managed to avoid the attack by taking flight, quickly making distance between himself and the spiked koopa.
"Stop flying!" bellowed Bowser, growing irate with the creature's wings
"Fry!" roared Ridley, unleashing his flames
Bowser unleashed his as well and the two attacks connected, but it didn't take long for Ridley's more powerful flames to push Bowser's attack back. Before the blast could hit the Koopa King jumped away, letting the blast annihilate the rock he was standing on.
"Heh…" chuckled Ridley, before sensing something close in
The mighty Space Pirate managed to dodge the oncoming attack, but not enough to avoid being burned by black flames. Mewtwo flew pass him, paws glowing wildly with energy.
"Do not believe you have power over me." Mewtwo replied, glaring at the creature
"I have more power than you can imagine." Replied Ridley, baring his claws
"CHU!"
The bolt sailed pass Ridley, the creature just avoiding it. He dared not to look down at the mouse that fired the attack, out of concern for what Mewtwo would do the moment he looked away. But Ridley could not just simply fly there and let the electric rodent fire more bolts of electricity at him, not the mention letting the other Smashers attack him as well.
"Take this!" yelled Peach, hurling her frying pan at the flying monster
Ridley used his wing to deflect the blow, letting the frying pan spin through the air before returning to Peach like a boomerang. The princess clenched the weapon tightly as she floated up toward the Space Pirate.
"So they have me surrounded, do they?" Ridley muttered, "They have no clue what I am capable of." He said, smiling wickedly
Snap
With a snap of his fingers the Smashers felt as if all their power had been drained away in an instant. Peach fell to the ground, smashing into the dirt, hard, while the rest of the Smashers toppled over, not even able to support their own weight. The only Smasher that seemed unaffected was Mewtwo, still floating in the air, still with paws glowing with Shadow energy, still glaring at Ridley.
"The hell…" growled Bowser, trying to lift himself up, but failing, "Feel so tired all of a sudden." He said
"Pi…" mumbled Pikachu, barely able to generate enough electricity to power a flashlight
"Mewtwo, what's going on?" Peach asked, her frying pan falling from her grip
"I thought as much." Replied Mewtwo, "You are not originally part of this dream, are you?" he asked
Ridley's smile grew further.
"What are you saying; I am the one who destroyed Samus' life." Replied Ridley, "I am her greatest fear."
"You are not. Ridley is, but you are not Ridley." Mewtwo replied, "Do not lie to the likes of me."
"Heh heh." Chuckled Ridley, "Smart creature." Ridley replied, "And it would seem I cannot weaken you."
"My mind is far above theirs." Mewtwo told him, "Simple tricks will not work on me."
"Yes, but even you are vulnerable here." Ridley explained, "Since this isn't your mind we are in." he told him
Mewtwo's eyes grew wide, figuring out what Ridley was planning, but before he could stop the pirate, Ridley unleashed flames on the psychic cat, forcing Mewtwo to block the flames with his shield. With this momentary distraction, Ridley was free to ambush his real target, Samus.
Speaking of the blonde, Samus was still a little shaken from Ridley's earlier attack, but she had managed to stand on her own two feet.
Raaaaaaaaah!
Samus turned to the screech to see Ridley barreling down one her, claws and teeth bared. She aimed her cannon at the approaching beast and fired, the blast screaming toward the clawing creature. The blast clipped Ridley's shoulder, but the massive creature refused to slow, eventually crashing into her with a full-frontal tackle.
"Nice shot." Ridley said, holding Samus by the shoulders as he lifted her through the air, "Too bad it had no effect." He mocked, "But I suppose this is the best I can expect from such a weak, little girl."
Samus fought hard against the overgrown creature, but his strength was barbaric and his words, venom.
"Let me go!" she growled, trying to aim her blaster even with Ridley holding tight
But the maniacal space dragon wouldn't give her the chance, smashing into a boulder during his flight. Though the impact slowed him down a bit, smashing into the boulder had done a number on Samus as well.
"That thing is insane." Mewtwo thought, trying to catch up, "If I don't do something soon…"
"Come on, protector, fight back." He mocked, "Or is it you are simply too weak for that?" he asked, "The Choujinzoku made an error in choosing you. You are just some weak human girl who got lucky enough that her mother died instead of you." He said
Within her helmet, Samus' eyes went wide in shock and anger as Ridley proceeded to degrade her.
"I suppose it was my error as well, not making sure that you were completely annihilated that day." He said, "But I will rectify that mistake by destroying you now!" he roared, flinging her from his grip
Mewtwo tried to catch her, picking up speed, but Ridley would have none of that, swatting the flying cat away before he could get close.
"Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" yelled Samus as she sailed through air
During her unwarranted flight the blonde girl went through a rock protrusion, bounced off another, and hit the ground; skidding for some time before finally coming to rest in a small valley.
"Uhhhhhhh…" she groaned, trying, but failing at picking herself up, "I…can't…" she murmured, as she lay, "He's too strong." She said, "I can't win."
The moment those words left her lips the wicked grin on Ridley's face turned insane. Mewtwo felt a drastic change in the way the dream was working and almost immediately after that he felt his strength drain from him.
"No…this can not be…" he groaned, falling from the sky
"Heh heh heh." Cackled Ridley, making his flight over to Samus, "This is the endgame." He said, landing nearby, "Time to drag you into the darkness." He said, a strange pool dark liquid forming underneath Samus
Small hands began to rise from the inky darkness and take hold of the stunned blonde.
"What!? Get off!" she barked, struggling against the hand
"Pathetic hunter." Ridley mocked, "To think you could stop the likes of me with skills like those. You are nothing and now I will pull you into nothingness." He said
The darkness began to surround her, pulling her deep into its unfeeling void. Samus reached out toward the moon light, the only light to still beam down on her, but even that began to fade as she lost more and more of herself to the darkness.
"Someone…help…" she managed to squeak before her head was engulfed by the darkness, leaving only her arm to reach out for any assistance, any ally
"Well…that is one Smasher I won't have to contend with." Chuckled Ridley
But before Samus could be fully absorbed into the darkness, something extraordinary happened. Shooting out from seemingly nowhere a sticky red appendage wrapped around one of Ridley's legs. By the time he noticed he was already being pulled rapidly against his will and before he could come to his senses he was pulled into the gullet of a very angry omnivore. The next thing he knew he was compacted into a small space and launched some distance away.
Samus could feel herself slipping, her hand barely reaching out of the inky darkness for anything to hold onto, any hope. Luckily for the blonde fighter, hope came. Taking hold of her hand, a green paw pulled Samus Aran from the darkness. As she was taken away the dark hands of the darkness screeched in protest over the loss of their prey, though they were shut up when an exploding egg was launched into the pool.
"Who…what are you?" Samus asked, looking up at the much taller creature that saved her
"Yoshi!" replied the dino-dragon omnivore of Yoshi's Island, "Yoshi's here to help." He said
"Why?" Samus asked, "Why help someone you don't know?"
"Samus Yoshi's friend." He replied, "Yoshi won't let nothin' bad happen to friend." He replied
Some people would have been touched by such sentiments, but Samus wasn't some people. She pushed the large creature away and aimed toward the encased Ridley.
"Yoshi know Samus will win." Yoshi said to her as she fired
"Raaaah!" roared Ridley, breaking free of his egg-casement, "Who dares to egg me!?" he roared
(I so should be shot for that line)
Ridley roared with a seething feeling of hate erupting from his throat. But as he rose he took a blast to the chest, knocking him to a knee as he took the hit.
"Nice shot." Yoshi commented, but Samus ignored him
"Eh…stupid dinosaur…" Ridley growled, once again coming to his feet, "No matter, soon he will be like the others."
The vile monster glared at Yoshi, fully expecting the green dino to fall over from a complete loss of energy, but instead, the dino-dragon continued to stand as if nothing was happening, a rather content look on his large face.
"What…what is going on?" muttered Ridley, "He should have no energy! Why is he still standing!?"
While Ridley growled over this strange occurrence, Mewtwo watched on, he himself wondering that, among other things.
"How did Yoshi enter Samus' dream? He was asleep in front of Samus' door and I didn't project his mind into hers. How is it that he is linked?"
Mewtwo raked his powerful mind for an answer, but could find not plausible reason that Yoshi could be here, not to mention not be affected by whatever strange ability Ridley seemed to posses. There was just no way to explain it, no logical reasoning.
"No…logical…reasoning…" Mewtwo thought slowly, "By jove, that's the answer!" he thought
Meanwhile, the other Smashers had managed to get to their feet, but that was all they were able to manage. None had the strength to move, let alone fight.
"When I get my hands on that Ridley…!" growled Bowser, trying to support himself
"Easier said…than done…" replied Young Link, "Feel so weak…"
"No duh elf, we all feel weak…" quipped Bowser, "Don't know what he did, but he'll pay."
"Actually…I have figured it out." Replied Mewtwo, appearing in front of the downed Smashers
"Well where were you freaky kitty, huh?" asked Bowser, "Get preoccupied with a ball of yarn of something?"
"I'll ignore your attempt, and I do mean that in every way, at sarcasm and simple explain to you why you are so weak." He replied
"Well just don't float there, get on with it!"
"Ahem." Mewtwo mumbled, clearing his throat
Before he spoke, the psychic cat sat in a meditative state, floating a foot in the air.
"As I said before, I can project my thoughts and others thoughts into another because of me vast psychic powers."
Peach, Bowser, Pikachu, and Young Link all rolled their eyes at the "vast" comment but choose not to say anything.
"However, I failed to mention that there are many ways to project one's mind into another's."
"And?" they all asked
"The way I have projected our minds is not without fault. True, it is quite stable but it does not allow for much, imagination, for the lack of a better word."
"Huh?"
"See it like this. My projection involves taking your brainwaves and "putting" them into another's. This is so that I can monitor them within the dream. However this limits you only to your abilities in reality, thus giving Ridley the power to drain since for some unknown reason he is psychically feeding off of this dreams power. However, the way Yoshi is using it is more of a bridge, and a bridge goes both ways."
"Wait a sec, Yoshi's here?" as Peach, "How?"
"I was just getting to that." Replied Mewtwo, "The species of Yoshi may be a simple breed, but they are rather intelligent creatures so it would not take much for Yoshi to invade Samus' dream through use of my powers. Since Yoshi's connection is a bridge between Samus' mind and his own, using my mind as a middle point he has no true limit on what he can imagine and without a limit, Ridley cannot stem his power for he can't measure it." He replied
"I sorta get it…" replied Pikachu, "But can we do that too?" he asked
"Yes, but it would put you in danger of instability." Mewtwo replied, "If Samus feels too strongly about a particular emotion there is a chance you will be immediately ejected from her mind."
"Well its better than just standing around like a bunch of idiots." Replied Bowser, "Bridge us kitty."
"Don't call me kitty." Mewtwo said, closing his eyes, "I will have to leave the dream in order for you all to be bridged, so Samus' fate is up to you." He replied, "Don't screw up."
"Oh ho ho, ya don't have ta worry about that." Growled Bowser, "A certain Space Pirate called Ridley is about ta be introduced ta my fist!"
With a nod of approval, Mewtwo disappeared. Moments later the Smashers could feel their energy coming back, that and more.
"I feel great!" Bowser roared happily, "Better than great!"
"Pika!" squealed Pikachu, "I'm ready to fight!"
"Yes!" cried Young Link
"Come on boys, we have a Ridley to break." Peach commented
Back with Samus and Yoshi…
Samus was thrown back by the incredible power unleashed by Ridley's plasma breath, but luckily this time she was able to catch herself, grinding to a halt on the ground.
"Need help?" Yoshi asked
"No." replied Samus, charging her cannon
Yoshi simply shrugged and let Samus have at Ridley. Samus ran full speed at the large creature, dodging plasma blasts and claw swipes before unleashing a blast on the large creature.
BOOM!
"I'll rend you to pieces!" he barked, slashing at Samus
Samus put her arm cannon up to block the blow, throwing Ridley off; kicks came flying from Samus as Ridley slashed madly at her. As they did battle Yoshi noticed the other Smashers coming and in the blink of an eye ran over to them.
"Oh, I'm gonna have fun." Bowser said, feeling faster than he ever had before, "LOTS of fun."
"Wait!" they heard someone yell
This someone happened to be Yoshi who stood between them and the battle between Samus and Ridley.
"Move dino!" barked Bowser, "I have a bone ta pick with Ridley."
Yoshi shook his head no.
"This is Samus battle." He said, "Don't interrupt."
"Look, this'll be your funeral if ya don't move."
"No."
"Why you…" growled Bowser, rearing his fist back
"Bowser wait." Peach said, "Maybe we should let Samus fight this one." Peach replied, "Besides, Ridley is her big baddie. She should be the one who gets to fight him." She said
"But I wanna fight…" whined Bowser
"Don't worry, if Ridley pulls out any tricks we'll jump in, but for now, let's watch."
Ridley slashed down, but Samus avoided, firing her cannon. The blast clipped his shoulder and he faltered, giving Samus the opportunity to land a powerful kick to his side. Ridley cringed, and brought his knee up but Samus blocked with her own. Nonetheless, the blow was enough to push Samus away and Ridley attacked with his plasma breath. Samus curled into Power Ball and rolled away and charged Ridley in that form. Her ball form began to glow as she rolled and Ridley tried to swipe at it, but Samus bounced and crashed into Ridley's chest with full force, once again toppling the creature.
"Eat this!" yelled Samus, standing atop Ridley and unloading her cannon onto Ridley
Blast after blast hit Ridley, Samus firing non-stop on his heavy form. A wave of smoke and light erupted from the madcap firing, burning at his armor without restraint.
"Enough!" he roared, rising up abruptly
Samus was thrown off but she kept her footing and continued to point her arm cannon at Ridley. It could be seen that Ridley had taken some damage, though his armored hide had taken the brunt of Samus' fierce attack. However it was less the attack and more of the fact that Samus was somehow even able to damage him.
"Damn that Yoshi…he did something. I've lost my control over her." Ridley muttered, "Well I guess I have no choice…"
Ridley sighed and put his hands up, the flames in his mouth dying down, his body looking ragged and torn.
"Huh?" questioned Samus
"I give up." Ridley said, "I can barely handle you and if the others should join in I'd surely be destroyed." He said, "Even I know when I'm beat."
Samus wasn't particularly sure about his, but Ridley looked defeated. But she wasn't going to take any chances and kept her cannon on him as she walked over to him. When she got close she watched him carefully for any tricks and found none.
"Put you arms behind your back." She ordered
"Fine, fine." He replied, doing as she said
"I've waited a long time to bring you to justice." She replied, "Now you'll pay for your crimes."
"Yes, my crimes." He said, hiding a smirk from Samus
The bounty hunter never noticed the spear-like tail slither up behind her, pulling back. By the time Samus sensed it the tail was already flying toward her, threatening to impale her on the spot. But the hunter had a guardian dinosaur. Just before the tail could run her through something grabbed it. Both Samus and Ridley looked in surprise as Yoshi stood behind Samus, holding Ridley's tail in place without much effort.
"Cheater." Yoshi said
Samus looked at Yoshi, feeling something she hadn't felt in a while.
"I don't need your help." She told Yoshi
"Yoshi know, but Yoshi wants to help anyway." He replied, "Samus is Yoshi friend and friends help friends." He said
"But why me?" she asked, "Why be my friend? I'm different than you, in so many ways."
"So?" Replied Yoshi, "Yoshi is Yoshi and Samus is Samus, but that doesn't stop us from being friends." He said, "Samus and Yoshi just a different kind of friends."
That's when Samus remembered the words of Bird Grandpa the first time she met him, words she had forgotten, but this creature had made her remember.
My appearance may differ, but inside…peace dwells within both your heart and mine just the same
"Yeah…we're a different kind." Samus replied, relaxed
"Yoshi help now?" he asked, still holding back Ridley's tail even after the dragon creature had stood to give himself more support
"Knock yourself out." She replied, "Better yet, knock him out."
Yoshi nodded as Samus walked away, a wicked grin appearing on his face.
"You!" growled Ridley, charging Yoshi
Yoshi tugged on Ridley's tail, throwing him off balance before the dino-dragon began to spin Ridley round and round. Finally, after revolving him an incalculable amount of times, Yoshi tossed the creature into the air to spin wildly out of control.
"Eat this!" yelled Yoshi, throwing egg upon egg at the spiraling space dragon
The amount of eggs in the air blanketed the sky, falling like arrows from the bow onto the distorted creature.
"No!" Howled Ridley, his eyes going wide as the attack fell upon him
Instead of going off separately and creating a dangerous chain blast, the eggs exploded as one entity, creating an overwhelming concussion wave.
KA-BOOM!
Ridley had no time to screech in pain for the blast drowned out all forms of sound in the immediate area. Only a light shadow of Ridley's form could be see within the explosion, showing that even though it was obvious he was hurt, he was a long way from dead. Yoshi watched as Ridley fell to the ground, but surprisingly caught himself on his arm instead of making a crater on impact. Pushing to his feet Ridley glared at Yoshi and vowed an eternal oath of death upon him. But he never got a chance to fulfill that oath, for an electric rodent made his presence known.
"Chu!"
A blast of thunder cackled forward, smashing into Ridley and unleashing enough volts on the monstrosity to light a city for weeks.
"Raaaaaaaaaaaaaaah" Ridley howled in pain, the ground beneath him giving way under the horrendous power coursing through him
After the power had died down, the large beast fell to his knees, breathing wildly, his body still with traces of the fretful attack. Meanwhile Pikachu hopped down from a boulder, feeling rather good about himself and his attack.
"Wow…I could never unleash that much before." He thought
"Remember what Mewtwo said." Peach replied, "We're only limited by our imaginations."
"So we can do anything?" Young Link asked hopefully
"Yeah. I suppose." She replied, "Anything we can think of anyway."
"That's all I need ta know." He replied
Shooting off like a bullet, Young Link ran toward the wavering Ridley, his left hand glowing brightly as he ran. A smile creased his lips and he felt an unbridled urge to laugh. A feeling of invincibility rose in his heart as he closed in on Ridley, even when the aforementioned pirate fired on him; Young Link aptly dodged the attack and went into his own.
"Haaaa!"
A furious series of slashes came from Young Link, cutting through Ridley's armor like scissors through paper. Ridley tried to back away but was held in place by a glowing triangle, brought forth by the boy's courage and determination.
Yah! Hah! Seyah! Hyah! Cha!
For every yell came a slash, coating Ridley in pain and light. Young Link knew that in reality he could never pull off an attack like this, only his older form could. But here, there was nothing he couldn't do and he was going to make full use of it. Slashes turned into strikes, piercing Ridley instead of cutting him, but that didn't make them any less damaging as the flurry of attacks were nothing but a blur to any onlooker.
SEYAH!
His final cry unleashed a devastating slash that knocked Ridley from his triangular prison and sent him skidding back, pieces of his near-impregnable armor chipping off. But this was not the end of the demon's pain.
"Koopa Chaos!"
Bowser's slashed tore the very air around him and resulted in a storm of kinetic energy to barrel down on Ridley. Ridley tried to block with his plasma fire, but found it next to useless against the vicious attack, only proving to temper the initial blast, though still caught up in the back draft and thrown into a stone pillar, which promptly fell on him.
"I'm not done yet!" he bellowed, clawing his way out of the rubble
"Actually, you are." Replied Peach, standing beside him
Shocked, Ridley wondered just where she had come from. She was with the others a moment ago. Reaching into her dress Peach pulled out a large weapon, a black-headed hammer and laid it lazily along her shoulder, looking down at Ridley with a look of disgust.
"I don't know what you're doing here, but think its time you took you leave." She said, "You've been really rude."
"You…" growled Ridley, trying to stand
"Oh no you don't." she said, stepping on Ridley's chest and keeping the large creature in place, "Hey Samus." Peach called, granting acknowledgement from the girl who had sat back and watched the devastation unleashed on Ridley, "Do you want to finish him off?" Peach asked, "It's your dream after all."
What was this weird woman talking about? A dream?
Ridley swiped at Peach menacingly but she barely paid him mind, knocking away his slashes with simple hand gestures.
Samus looked toward Yoshi and the green dino smiled.
"That would explain a lot." Thought Samus
But if this really was a dream, then what was she like in reality? What was her relationship to these strange fighters in actuality? How did they get here? Why did they come?
So many questions plagued the young hunter's mind as she wondered about her future, or as these one's put it, her reality. Yoshi continued to smile at the young girl. For some reason that was unknown to Samus he saw pass her out shell and saw something deeper about her. Samus didn't know why he saw this or why he felt so strongly for her, but she did know one thing. He wasn't going to be leaving anytime soon and whether or not this would be a good or bad thing was still in the future but Samus would strive for that future, no matter the consequence.
"Time for you to go." She said, charging her cannon
Peach smiled and pulled back on her hammer. Ridley roared in protest but it fell on deaf ears as she swung full force at the Space Pirate, smashing clean into the air.
Samus aimed her cannon, collecting energy far beyond its normal capacities. This was because for this very moment she felt invincible and feeling that way tended to usually give positive results.
"Get…" she said, watching a Ridley flew through the sky, "…out my…" she said, locking onto his monstrous form, "head!" she yelled, firing
FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWOOOOOOOOSSSSSSHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!
The kickback from her attack pushed her back as the ball of energy released, fired. In a vain attempt to hinder his own demise Ridley tried to right himself in the air and fly away, but only managed to turn toward an intense light. By the time he realized just what was coming it was too late for him to dodge, the blast engulfing him in his entirety.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" he roared in utter disdain, the blast blowing off his armor to reveal something…else
Behind the apparent façade, it seemed as if a woman was the true malcontent behind the disorder of Samus' dreams. Her shrilled scream filling the night sky as she was forcefully ejected from Samus' psyche. The ball of power reached the heavens before exploding in brilliant display of sound and light, light which reached across the stretches of the planet, engulfing all around in its magnificent glow. The Smashers felt themselves pulled by an invisible force as the light intensified and their subconscious minds were thrown into a blur of light and sounds as they too left the home of the bounty hunter's inner workings. Samus watched as these strange visitors left, a mixed feeling of regret and relief squirming about her heart. We these, people she could trust? She didn't know the answer to that question, but she was willing to find out.
Earlier that morning…
The sun was beginning to rise on Zebes, just as Old Bird found Samus sitting atop a large plateau, one that lead into one of the Choujinzoku's many temples. Samus seemed to be in deep thought, her mind swimming with questions from earlier and thoughts of what her future would bring. As she sat with her head in her knees, Old Bird called out to the girl, breaking her from her trance.
"Samus." He said, walking up slowly to her, "It happened so fast I didn't even notice it, but you have grown up." He told her
"Grandpa?"
"We've always been the protectors of the galaxy." He said, "We Choujinzoku have relied on the intellect and judgment of the Mother Brain, thusly declining as a species." He explained, "Samus, you've been here since childhood, and we still don't know you exact significance." He said, regarding her fully, "It's time for you to leave this nest."
"Wh-…" she stuttered, "What? But don't I still need training…!?" she inquired hastily
"You've always had the 'power'!" he exclaimed, promptly "We've just forged your 'heart'." He replied, "And now it's time for you to build on it."
A far-off look came upon the face of Old Bird as he continued.
"Samus. You have different roads ahead of you now. It's up to you to choose the right one." He replied, "Be the true protector of the galaxy."
"I am…" she started as the sun shown through the clouds, blanketing her in their ever seeing glow, "The true protector of the galaxy…!"
Dishes clattered in the sink as the Smashers finished breakfast that morning. They ate in relative silence, though it was not an uncomfortable silence as one might expect, instead a peaceful silence as they minds drifted around over the happenings of the night.
"Morning." They heard from the doorway and their heads instantly swiveled to that direction
Making her entrance was none other than Samus Aran, having recently awoken from her slumber. Her hair was a mess, a bewildering spider web of loose ends. It would seem a half-ass attempt was made at dressing herself this morning, most likely just something she through on to get some breakfast. The bounty hunter didn't look very tired, more so bored as she sauntered over to the cabinets and rummaged around for breakfast like food products, fighting off a piece of sentient mold for dominance over a box of cereal. Luckily it was a new box so the mold hadn't made its claim on the cereal within. The Smashers present watched her the entire time as she made herself breakfast, the fridge being the next stop on her journey to satisfy her hunger. The fridge door opened, the milk came out, the fridge door closed. There was no climatic battle for dominance here, since the fridge was one of the cleanest things in the mansion, being that the Smashers loved to eat. With that deed accomplished there was only one more thing left to do, and that was find utensils. A bowl was pulled from the bottom cupboard, red in color and just large enough to fulfill the requirements for cereal containment. A spoon made its way to her hand as she reached into the spoon drawer, the drawer lacking a few of the aforementioned utensil. What happened to the other spoons would probably never be figured out, but the Smashers could always get new ones so it was no real concern to them. As Samus made her way to the table her hand reached out toward the green dino-dragon, who was standing nearby. Since Yoshi was taller than she was she was forced to reach up toward the creature, in a gesture that looked as if she might do something painful to him. The others held their breaths as her hand approached, settling on the large head of the dino.
"Hey Yoshi, how you doing?" she asked, her voice cool and even
"Yoshi yosh!" replied Yoshi happily, a smile adorning his face
Samus smiled ever so slightly before sitting down to breakfast. Peach looked perplexed. Samus was never an easy one to figure out and this morning was no different, but Peach still couldn't shake the feeling that something was different with the cannon-toting blonde.
"So Samus…how are you?" Peach asked, trying not to sound too suspicious
"Fine." Samus replied, before a spoonful of cereal enter her mouth
"Oh…" murmured Peach, "Sleep well?"
Samus nodded her head.
"Oh…" she murmured again, "That's nice."
"Is there something you want to tell me?" she asked, spooning her cereal
"Uh…no…" Peach muttered, deciding now would be a good time to leave
"Peach…don't expect some immediate change." Samus said as Peach left, "There are still things about me that you don't know."
Peach flinched only slightly but soon relaxed.
"I know." She said, "We all know."
Samus looked around the room to the other Smashers; their faces a gaggle of different expressions. Mewtwo floated calmly near the sink, his eyes close as if in deep thought, though a hint of a smile could be seen on his face. The mighty King of the Koopas looked as if he was trying his hardest to hold back a smile, settling on a look of feigned annoyance. The boy wonder known as Young Link had a face beaming with pride, his feeling of accomplishment was heightened as his long ears twitched involuntarily. With eyes closed and a small grin on his features, Pikachu nodded as if coming to some exemplary conclusion about the current situation. Yoshi simply smiled. It was a carefree smile, maybe derived from his peaceful nature or what happened during the night hours. Whatever the reason it was there and it probably would be there for a while. Finally, Peach turned to Samus and Samus to Peach, the two blondes staring at one another for quite some time, until Peach finally spoke.
"It's a start, right?" asked Peach, chuckling sheepishly
A smile tugged on the lips of the bounty hunter as she answered Peach's question while scooping up a spoonful of cereal.
"Yeah, it's a start."
Hope you've enjoyed this story and the others. This story just came to me and I had to write (even though much of the dialogue is taken from the Metroid Manga, which I have no rights to.). But I had fun writing this and I hope you've had fun reading it.