...How weird, the Author's missing.
Anyway...It'a me, Mario. I sort of found some of the chapters that the Author's working on. Since she doesn't seem to be here, I'll have to do some replies, myself.
Taco999o999: Don't worry, I'm sure Kirby will pop up, somewhere. He always does.
Burning Light and Crystal: Oh, you're one of the girls from the story. *waves*
Eh...I wouldn't worry. I got my 1-up Mushrooms incase something bad happens...unless someone turns into a trophy.
...Yeah, some of the enemies I've faced aren't really that smart.
Sonic: Are you trying to take out some of the non-existent drama?
Shut up! The author's not here, so she won't mind a few tweaks, here and there.
Now, on with the show!
Zelda woke up to a throbbing pain in her head. The Hylian princess sat up, she noticed that she and the other three Smashers were in a large hole in the ground. Pipes and wires were sticking out of the dirt.
"Urgh..."
Zelda looked over to her left, she saw Mario, sitting up and rubbing his head. "Wh-where are we?"
"Well, remember when I said that something strange happened in Smashville?" Zelda asked, earning a strange look from Mario. "Yeah, why?"
"Ow...What in Lylat's name happened?"
The two Smashers turned their heads to face Sonic and Fox, who finally woke themselves up. Mario continued to look around, "What's going on!?"
"Oh hey, we're at the Smash Mansion!" Sonic exclaimed, "...or at least what's left of it."
"So...you mean to tell me that this is the Smash Mansion!?" Mario grumbled. All three Smashers nodded. Zelda used Farore's wind to get herself out of the hole, she looked down at Mario. "If you think this is bad, why don't you take a good look at Smashville?"
"Now what's she going on about!?" Mario asked, irritated.
"Well, don't just sit there, let's get outta here!" Fox said as he and Sonic began climbing out of the hole. Mario shortly began to follow them out of the hole, as well. Only to be treated with a horrible sight.
Smashville was empty, the buildings looked like they took a lot of damage. The residence in Smashville seemed to have been turned into stone, even the trees looked depressed. This town hardly seemed to have anything, anymore.
"What happened?" Mario asked as though he saw the Mushroom Kingdom being destroyed.
"We don't know for sure, but one thing we do know was that the witch had something to do with it," Sonic said.
Mario began to raise an eyebrow, "By the way, how'd you escape from being brainwashed?" Mario asked. Sonic shrugged, "I don't remember much. All I know was that when I was captured, I thought I saw something round knocking them out."
"What? You mean Jiggly?" Fox asked. Sonic shrugged, "I can't remember, but all I know was that it was round and it carried a sword."
"So it was Meta Knight, then?"
"I dunno, I just know it was someone round!"
"Well, we shouldn't waste anymore time talking, the sooner we restore the other Smashers, the better." Zelda said as she began to walk through Smashville. While the Smashers made their way through town, it began to feel somewhat bittersweet. It was nice to be back in Smashville, but just looking at the buildings made it seem very depressing. Of course, most of the Smashers were practically used to this, thanks to some of their adventures at home.
Sonic tapped Mario's shoulder, "So, what if we end up finding Luigi and he's being controlled by that witch?"
"Luigi's fine," Mario said, "He saved me from King Boo, twice! There's no way my brother would get mind controlled, that easily!"
"Yeah, but this is Luigi we're talking about," Fox added, "you know he isn't that brave. He's afraid of Waddle Dees, for crying out loud."
"Yeah? Well he's also taken care of the Shroobs, he helped us get through the Dream World, and he's helped us when Tabuu killed us, that one time! So he has to be all right!" Mario couldn't help but argue, but his younger brother had to be all right, Luigi's been through a lot worse, so he had to be fine. That was what went on in Mario's head.
Zelda began to talk in a much more calming voice, "Listen, Mario, I understand that you miss him, but you're not the only one missing a friend," Zelda said with concern, "I'd still like to know where Link is, at least. But even if he isn't by our side, we shouldn't just give in, now should we?
Mario blinked a few times, he began to scratch the back of his head. "Sorry, I guess I've gotten a little too worried about Luigi."
"Just try not to think about it, OK?" Fox suggested, "Try thinking of something else, for now...like where the Smashers are. And when we do find Luigi, we can help snap him out of it."
Mario nodded. It wouldn't get rid of his concern for Luigi. But for now, he had to keep going, just like his friends. He couldn't give up, now.
"So, while we're at it, we should get ourselves prepared, shouldn't we?" Zelda asked.
"Yeah? And for what?" Fox asked.
"Well, I think I know what Zelda means," Sonic said, "this'll be a long journey, ahead of us. So maybe one of the shops won't mind us borrowing their stuff."
"You insist on robbing the shops!?" Zelda asked in disbelief.
"Does it look like we have a choice?" Sonic replied, "We might be on this adventure for a long time What are we gonna do when we run outta food to eat?."
"Well...If that's the case, then I guess it wouldn't hurt to borrow some things," Zelda said. Her tone was becoming more stern, "Just don't tell anyone. Especially not Link."
Sonic nodded, "All right, I gotcha."
"Besides, I'll betcha Link would be really jealous when he hears that we're the ones saving this world," Mario said as he began to snicker. Just the thought of teasing one of his friends was enough to keep him going.
The four Smashers came up to a small convenience store. There were a few backpacks and plenty of food, which were enough to last them a few weeks.
Sonic was looking at two different bags of food, he was deciding on what to bring, "Huh...should I go with the chips? or the Trail Mix?"
"Just grab both," Fox encouraged as he grabbed a random loaf of bread. Next to him, Mario was grabbing some fruit.
"You know, Fox...maybe we might end up meeting face-to-face with a dragon or something," Mario said.
"Well, anything could happen in this universe," Fox said, "I mean, we've got swordsmen, robots, puffballs, walking carrots, animals, and things that look like animals."
Mario's expression became a confused one, "Walking Carrots?"
"Pikmin."
"Ah," Mario nodded, forgetting how the Pikmin got their name. The plumber looked over at Zelda, "How are you going, Zelda?"
"Just fine," Zelda said as she grabbed a backpack, finding whatever the Smashers might need rather than food. She found a rope, a knife, a couple of water bottles, and a couple of heart containers.
"So, what do you think Kira's up to?" a familiar voice asked.
"I dunno," said another voice, "You know she's probably tired. I think we should all take a break from finding those Smashers."
Fox's ears perked upwards. He saw a blue bird walking beside a tall green plumber, they were about to head inside the store. The vulpine turned to face the other Smashers. "Guys, hide!"
"But why?" Sonic asked.
"Just do it!" Fox commanded. Shortly after, Zelda began hiding behind the shopping counter, Mario hid inside a freezer, Fox hid himself in a shelf under the chips. As for Snoic, he tried to look for a good hiding spot. He stood still in front of the candy, looking like a statue.
"I think we should all take a break from this, huh?" Asked Falco as he walked into the convenience store, "It's not like it's gonna hurt anyone if we just laze around, for a bit."
"I agree," Luigi said, coming up to the chips. His feet were inches away from Fox's snout.
"You know, I'm suprise they don't give out Salt and vinegar flavor," Luigi said in disappointment, "I'll betcha Donkey's having a better time then we are."
"Probably, all the guy ever eats is bananas," Falco commented as he walked past the freezer, "I haven't heard anything from his nephew, though."
"Oh well, nothing we can do, " Luigi said, grabbing a bag of chips. He noticed Falco was trying to look for ice cream. Luigi shook his head, "You know, I don't think there are any good flavors," Luigi said. Falco pulled out a random ice cream sandwich, "what are you talkin' about? You mean you don't like these things?"
"Every time I try to eat them, they always seem to fall apart," Luigi complained. He began to walk over to Falco, but noticed Sonic was standing completely still. The plumber rubbed his nose with his finger, looking at the hedgehog. "You know, this is a pretty life-like statue."
"Hm?" Falco began eating his ice cream sandwich, he came over to see Sonic, as well. "You're right, he does look pretty realistic."
The sound of a rolling object was heard from behind the two Smashers. It looked like a grenade, Luigi couldn't help but pick it up, "What is this? a toy?"
Shortly after that, the grenade blew up. Falco and Luigi's faces were black and charred. The duo looked around for whoever could've done that.
"Luigi, look!" Falco yelled as he saw needles fly towards them. Falco ran one direction while Luigi dodged in the other direction, knocking Sonic down. Both smashers were heard screaming in unison.
"Wait a minute," Luigi looked down at the hedgehog, who was laughing pitifully. "Hey, how's it going?"
Falco was looking for whoever shot those needles at him, he seemed to have stepped on something fluffy.
"Oh, you son of a-" Fox grumbled as he rolled out of the shelf. Falco glared at the Vulpine in front of him. "Hey, you're one of the Smashers who haven't been brainwashed!"
"Hey, Falco...it's nice to see you, buddy," Fox said in a playful tone, "So how have you been?"
"Don't play dumb with me," Falco yelled, "You guys are coming with us!"
"Not if I have anything to say about it!" a random voice yelled. A puff of smoke appeared in front of the four Smashers. Standing there was what appeared to be a Sheikah. She was wearing a blue outfit and had long blonde hair tied into a braid.
"Great timing, Zel...Sheik," Sonic said as he pushed Luigi off of him.
"We'll be taking care of you, now," Sheik said, bitterly as she pulled out a chain. Luigi and Falco sat up, getting themselves ready to fight. Falco began to shoot Sheik with his blaster, which She managed to dodge, swiftly. Meanwhile, Sonic was stuck having to fight Luigi. The plumber began to rapidly punch the hedgehog, who counter attacked with a Spin Dash.
Luigi pulled out a hammer, knocking the blue ball near a shelf full of fruit. Sonic quickly at up, "C'mon, Luigi! Snap out of it!"
"Snap out of what!?" Luigi asked, "You know my loyalty goes along with Kira! If only Mario could see the way I see-"
Out of nowhere, Fox tackled Luigi to the ground. Sonic began to sigh deeply, "Thanks, that was getting kinda annoying."
Meanwhile, Falco continued to attack Sheik using his blaster. Sheik used her chain to grab the blaster and threw it off to the side.
"OK, time out!" Falco yelled, gaining everyone's attention. The avion began to speak, "You guys obviously mean business. If we're gonna fight, I'd suggest going into the forest. We'll fight for real, there."
"Y-yeah...now please get offa me!" Luigi grumbled as he escaped from Fox's grip. He and Falco began to run out of the store. Fox just sat there, annoyed. "What was all that about? We hardly made any progress."
"Look on the bright side, at least we know where they are," Sheik said as she transformed back into Zelda. Sonic's ears were twitching, "Guys? I think we forgot something."
"What makes you say that?" Fox asked. Moments later, one of the freezer doors opened. Mario fell out of the freezer. There were icicles sitting on his clothes, as well as his nose.
"I-I'm N-n-ever going i-in th-th-there, a-again!"
...You know? Why can't anyone make this adventure easy? A plumber can dream, I suppose.
All right, I guess this is it. Bye-bye!