disclaimer: I don't own anything mentioned in this fan-fic. The plot it's self and the customm-made characters are used with permission

note: this chapter was written by my friend Chris, and co-written by me.

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Chapter 2

Vaati

11:30 P.M. 6/9

Wandering, trying to escape...for what has felt like years this is all I have been doing, trying to run from the hellish fate that awaits me from where I ran, trying so hard...memories burst into my head as I ran, filling me with initiative to keep running. I remember that I am anything but accepted in the land I fled, the land of Hyrule. There, I am known as the Wind Mage Vaati, or more accurately, Wind Demon.

I still remember all that's happened to me...my days as one of the tiny folk, the Minish. Back then, I was the apprentice of the elder, Ezlo. He taught me in the ways of simple magic but I craved for more. Sadly, he would not teach me. But I demanded power, so when Ezlo had gone out for business matters I seized my chance. I approached one of his creations, the wish-granting Minish Cap, and used it. I had no idea what would happen next, however. As soon as I made my wish, I was filled with a dark power, and I felt darkness itself mix with the blood that ran in my veins.

It was then that Ezlo discovered what had happened. No longer content with my meager lifestyle, and granted with a new form, a human one, I easily overpowered Ezlo. I left my village after having burned it and killed most of its residents, including my own mother and father. But it was not by choice that I did so. Having learned of what happened at Ezlo's house, the townsfolk formed an angry mob and charged me; they got what they deserved for having dared to cross me.

After a failed attempt at taking what I set out to get, the Light Force, I ended up being sealed in a prison, a prison inside the Four Sword. There I remained for centuries, until I was released by a shadow. Then I ended up joining forces with Ganondorf, the Gerudo King of Evil. He made me his apprentice, and trained me. Together we overtook Hyrule. But the boy, Link, came to defeat us. I fought him again, and it was a much closer fight this time. But as Link was about to deliver a finishing blow, Ganondorf left me for dead, to take his fall and he escaped, leaving me trapped all over again. I eventually broke out by myself, and fled Hyrule. It didn't take long for my escape to be noticed however, a couple of hours after I made my escape Hyrulian guards and Link himself, were hot on my heels. I ended up in a country I didn't know the name of. I had finally managed to put some distance between me and my pursuers. I couldn't risk stopping for a rest and giving them a chance to catch up.

I had made it into a city, and I was running along through alleyways if possible, but I ended up on the street for the most part. I had my cloak over my body, it covered up everything but my mouth. So any people who happened to see me would have no clue who I was. After a while my fatigue had finally caught up with me, I had been running for a few hours non-stop now and it was becoming painfully (literally) obvious I was going to have to stop soon. I looked up and saw a mansion in the distance. Wanting a place to stay for the night, even without permission, I walked towards it. My feet ached with the fatigue of running for so long without breaks. I was approaching it, when I saw a sign. It said something about a tournament of fighters, it was called "Super Smash Bros." Not paticulary interested, I stepped inside. Not seeing anyone, I cautiously walked around in case there was someone out to get me, when I saw a man in white...though it didn't appear to be a man. I felt what had driven me to act for a long time: An urge to kill. I wanted to spill his blood, to claim another life. It's all I've been used to, and I loved doing it. Yet I was able to restrain myself, as he spoke.

"Welcome, new guest." He said to me. Not wanting to start trouble, I softly said "Hello" back to him. He looked at me then took out a clipboard, and looked at me again. " Your here early I assume? what's your name?" I remained silent. He seemed to sense that I didn't want to give my name, so he checked the photos of people on the list and eventually looked at me again. "You don't seem to be on this list..." "What is this list you speak of?" I replied. "You see, this is a place for the Smashers to stay. A vacation place of sorts, you could call it." Curious, I slowly spoke again. "Smashers?" Seeing my interest, the man replied to me, "You must not be familiar with this. Smasher is a term for the people in the fighting tournament "Super Smash Brothers" they're supposed to be vacationing here starting tomorrow, and I assumed you were one of them... But you look like you need a place to stay...I suppose I can let you stay here anyway."

Thankful for the hospitality, I gave a slight bow to him. He bowed back and I turned to walk away. Settling into a room and locking it, I went into the restroom and set up a bath eventually sitting in the water. As I bathed, cleaning away the ache of traveling, I began to relax, and after draining the water, I immidietly got into bed and went to sleep.

1:50 P.M. 6/10

The following morning, I awoke and looked around my room. Since it was brighter, I saw that it was decorated very nicely, everything neat and orderly. There was even a mini fridge there for me. Feeling hungry, I grabbed a bottle of milk and two eggs and set a plate down. Frying the eggs in my hand, I cracked them open and began to eat, suddenly feeling just how hungry I was. I grabbed a muffin from a nearby basket and ate it too. Afterwards I glanced over at the clock, it was already early afternoon, I'd slept much later then I intended too. Not really bothered by this fact, I pulled my cloak over my face and walked out.

I ventured out of my room and went down to the foyer I had entered the previous night. Seeing the main kitchen, I went inside and saw the wine cooler. Feeling tempted, I grabbed a bottle and drank some. Once I was finished, I smashed the bottle and went back into the foyer. I stood in the corner leaning against the wall, I then noticed that there were more people around, who I assumed were the Smashers the man in white told me about.

I was looking around just to see who all was here. I didn't recognize any of them, to be honest. Because I was wrapped in my cloak, no one could get a glimpse of my face, which is what I wanted. Even if the man in white was kind to me, I couldn't trust anyone else, and I still didn't trust him very much. Looking around the room, I noticed a blue being, he was small, and circular. He had a cape on, along with gloves, and what looked like iron boots. There was an iron mask laying agaist the chair he was sitting in. He had a very serious facial expression on his face. I thought I saw him look at me, and I turned my face away. I looked back a few seconds later, and fortunly his attention had turned to something else. Looking around a bit more, I noticed a hedgehog, a rare sight in my country. What was even stranger, he stood up straight and wore red shoes. He seemed to be talking to an armored woman, who slapped him and walked off. I heard the blue being laugh, then the hedgehog approached him. Then my eyes glanced at the television, where I saw a princess watching it. Then I happened to glance over at 2 other beings. One was a woman, but with scales. Taking a closer look at the person she was talking to, my heart almost stopped.

I recognized the person she was talking to as the one I had been fleeing from, the hero of Hyrule, Link. Almost instantly, I broke into a cold sweat. I heard voices in my head, arguing against each other. One said to kill him, one said to run, both screamed into my brain. I decided to follow the advice of the second voice, and I ran out of the room in a hurry. I hid in a supposedly empty room, and locked the door. I sat against the wall for a long time, and I eventually looked out the door. Breathing a sigh of relief that Link hadn't followed me, I looked around the room and noticed that it was full of musical instruments.

Having nothing else to do with my time, I approached them. I saw a xylophone, an organ, even an entire set of wind instruments. I wasn't a master at music, but I knew quite a bit about it. Concentrating, I sent a wind going through the room making all the wind instruments start to play. Soothed by the sound, I eventually eased out of my former tension and sat down next to the harp. I ran my hand across it as the wind instruments stopped playing. It'd been a long time since I'd bothered with music, and it was nice to have some kind of hobby. Something in the corner caught my eye, which turned out to be a grand piano. Walking over to it and sitting on the bench, I began to play it, to calm myself down.

After being in there for a while, I left the room to explore the mansion more fully. I went upstairs up to the rooftop and sat on the edge looking out at the grounds, I was probaly up there a few hours just thinking. My thoughts drifted to Link, and how best to keep him off my back. Then my thoughts drifted towards the others...I longed to enter this "Super Smash Bros", longing to battle and feel the rush of killing again. But I needed to steady these thoughts, otherwise I'd be in over my head...luckily, I saw someone below me and I jumped down and walked beside him.

5:30 P.M. 6/10

The man was riding some sort of bird that walked upright, a yellow steed. He seemed to notice me, but did not say anything, he just kept riding. Reading his thoughts, I learned about who he was. His name was Ramza Beoulve, and he was a hero to his homeland Ivalice. He stopped his steed and turned to me pointing a sword at me. "Who are you, and why are you reading my thoughts?" Odd, most people couldn't tell when their thoughts were being read, even Link was unable to, I had used that fact to my advantage many times in the past. Knowing I wouldn't be able to lie my way out of this, I answered, "Sorry, I was just curious, is all." Keeping his sword pointed at me, he asked who I was again. Not wanting to answer, I kept silent and hoped he wouldn't pursue the matter. Ramza put his sword away but kept a hard stare at me, but not saying anything. He then said, "You look like a strong warrior. I look forward to battling you in the tournament." It seemed he thought I was a part of "Super Smash Bros." and it was probabaly best that he kept thinking that. "Indeed" I replied, I could feel the urge to kill rising inside of me again. This time was different though, I could picture him laying on the ground dead, a bloody hole through his body. I could see his blood all over the grass, and on the cold steel of my blade. And I could almost feel it run through my fingers...warm blood...so very warm. But I knew killing him would mean my cover would be blown. Link would come, and trap me back in that hellish abyss of a prison, where I would slowly go insane...so very slowly. That thought entering my head, was all that kept me from killing this man right here. He kept riding his steed towards the mansion, up to the front door. It seemed he'd decided agaist continueing our conversation. When he got near the mansion he hopped off his animal, which obedietly stayed in the yard, and grazed. He turned to me and nodded his head, and walked into the mansion. Not really having anything else to do I decided to follow him inside. The man in white saw Ramza, and walked over picking up that clipboard again. The two of them talked for a while, but I kept on walking, heading for my room not paticulary interested in what they were saying. Before I reached my room however, someone walked out of a room, and came up to me. Looking at the person, I remembered seeing her in the foyer, it was the girl with scales all over her.

"Hello, Ultima told me about you, are you enjoying your stay?" she said. "Yes, yes I am...thank you for letting me stay here" I replied, softly. "No problem, you can stay for a little while longer, your not the only non-Smasher staying here" she said "but is the cloak really nesseccary?". "Yes it is, I'd rather people not see what I look like for personel reosons" I replied. "Oh come on, it's ok to take it off, you'll be safe here" she said. (oh if you only knew...) I thought, thinking of Link's reaction if he found out I was here, "I told you I'd rather not" I finally said. "Fine...well at least tell me your name, I promise I won't tell anyone else since you seem so secretive about everything" the girl said. I thought about it for a while, she did seem kind of trustworthy and nice... "Vaati...my name's Vaati...please don't tell anyone" I said, after a few minutes. "Hi Vaati, my name's Mell" she said. "Shhhh don't say that so loud...bad things will happen if certain people find out my name" I said, now regretting that I told her in the first place. (what the hell was I thinking?) I thought. "Fine, fine" Mell said "Wanna talk more in the living room?" I walked over and glanced in the door-way, I didn't see Link anywhere. "Sure...why not..." I said, motioning for her to follow me in the room.

Mell seemed like a very kind and gentle person. She had a kind of aura about her that just kinda told you you could trust her. But I could tell...I could sense it...there was something beneath all that. Dark energy was gathering inside of her, and that excited me. I wasn't being so honest with Mell because I thought she was trustworthy, I was doing it because maybe, just maybe she would be hated for her dark energy when it finally flourished. Then maybe I'd finally have an ally, someone to fight with me and travel with. Sure I suppose it is an awful lot of "maybe's" but I didn't care, my heart jumped at the thought of not ebing alone anymore, and that was what was driving me to stay with her for the time being. So that was that, we walked into the living room, and she bagan talking again, about her race, which apparently she wasn't human but I'd already figured that. She talked about her old friends that she'd left on her home planet, and things she liked about Earth. I occasionally responded with a blank statement or two, enogh to keep her talking. It wouldn't take much longer for that dark energy to overflow...and I was waiting for it...

5:45 P.M. 6/10

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