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Chapter 4: Story of The Shade Mantel

Skyworld Upperyard Palace

Melodi was outside of the throne room, she was sitting on a bench with her head between her knees, sighing. "…Uhh…I feel like a total slim. I can't believe I actually said that OUT LOUD. Uhhh…I feel so STUPID." she moaned, still between her knees. "Pit must think I'm an idiot…"

Pit then came out of the throne room, looking around. "Yo, Melodi, where are you?" He then turned around and saw Melodi on the bench. "I was looking for you." he said, as he sat next to her. "What was that all about…" he said, snickering a little.

"I…I really don't want to talk about it…" Melodi muttered.

"Hm?" Pit said, looking at her. "Oh yeah! I almost forgot to tell you, Princess Zelda is back to normal, thanks to the queen, she's resting up and should back up on her feet in no time." he said, chuckling, while placing his arm around Melodi's shoulder.

"You're such a jerk! Why don't you leave me alone, Pit?" Melodi said, pushing him to the ground.

"Hey?! What was that all about?! I just wanted to see if you were okay!" Pit angrily said, lifting himself off the ground. "You know what?! I don't even know why I even bothered." Pit then lifted his arrows off the ground, and started his walk toward the exit.

"Pit, wait!" Melodi said, while running up to him. Pit turned and looked at her. "I'm sorry…Please forgive me." she said, while putting her head down. "You must think badly of me…"

"Hey. No way." Pit calmly said, while lifting her head. "You're my best friend."

"Hm. Friend, huh?" uttered Melodi.

Pit looked at Melodi and smiled. "You know the real reason why I came out here, was to tell you that the queen assigned me to a new mission, and you'll probably won't see anytime soon. Yeah, I know. So sad, right?" he sighed, while placing his hands on his hips.

"What?!" Melodi shouted, while looking directly into Pit's eyes. "You can't go. You just got back here." she then turned around and said. "It's not fair…We never get a chance to hang out anymore."

"It's okay, Mel. Just for you, I'll try to complete my mission as quickly as possible." Pit said, pulling out his arrows. "The queen has past her blessing upon me. You see, she upgraded my arrows, with these sacred arrows I will be able to stop my enemies, with ease."

Melodi just placed her head down. "C'mon, Mel. Cheer up. I promise you…I'll back in no time. We can go shopping, when I come back. My treat."

"What is the queen making you do know?" Melodi said, still a little upset.

"Huh? Well, the queen has instructed me to travel down to the world below and do some investigating." Pit said, rubbing his chin. "She told me the reason why Zelda was being controlled was, because somebody down in the world below had turned her into a Trophy and then used a banish item called, the Shade Mantel, to manipulate her trophy mantel, thus converting into her shadow form. She want me to go down there and see if it's being used."

"Shade Mantel?" Melodi said, staring innocently at Pit.

"Yeah. The queen told me, along time ago, before we were born, even before she was queen, there was an assault on the Skyworld Kingdom, it was awful, many soldiers were being turned into trophies. A traitorous angel lead the assail, he went by the name, Mastermind. You see, Mastermind had created an item that would instantly turn anybody who were in there trophy form into their evil counterpart." said Pit.

"That sounds horrible, Pit." Melodi said, placing her hands over her mouth.

"Yeah. I know." Pit said, nodding. "Mastermind plan was actually working, he was pitting our soldiers against each other, but that's when the current queen figure out how to counter this, she invented an arrow with pure purifying light, these arrows were called the sacred arrows. The sacred arrows were golden bright, they had the power to purify the person who was under the influence of the Shade Mantel. Eventually there were finally able to subdue him, he was sentence to life in prison and all his power was forcefully drained. When he was asked what was his motive, he said, the future."

"The future?" asked a baffled Melodi. "What does that mean?"

"Who knows, but the queen asked me to take the sacred arrows with me." Pit said, while showing Melodi the arrows. "Hey? I've got an idea." he said, turning to Melodi. "You want to come with me to the descent area to see me leave?"

Melodi blushed, while nodding. "Yeah…It would be my honor, Pit."

Pit and Melodi walked all the way to the descent area. "Alright, I guess this is good-bye for now, huh, Mel?" Pit said, as he slowly walked over to the huge open space.

"Pit, wait!" Melodi said, while running in front of Pit. "…Pit…I-I want to tell you something…Uh…" she then put her head down and blushed brightly. "Well you see…the thing is…I…I always kinda l…l…lov…" she then lifted her head and smiled. "Please be careful. And come back to me, okay?"

Pit then said, as he gave Melodi the thumbs up. "You know I will, Mel, you can count on that." As Pit got ready make his jump through the hole, he turned and smirked. "OH! I forget to mention. That maid's uniform really makes you look hot!"

"Huh?!" Melodi uttered, watching as a bright light covered Pit's whole body and he vanished. "H-He said I was hot?" she then started blushing. "He said I was hot!!" she giggled, while covering her cheeks.

Smash Kingdom, Jungle Area

Kirby was now flipping and jumping over Donkey Kong's onslaughts of punches. "Poyo!! Poyo?!" shrieked Kirby. Kirby had been dodging Donkey Kong's attacks for awhile now and was beginning to become extremely exhausted.

Donkey Kong had finally got Kirby back up into a tree. "Puuu…" Kirby muttered, while looking around. Donkey Kong then grabbed Kirby and started slamming him repeatedly into the tree, he then slammed him on the ground, and tossed him behind him.

"EEEEEYAHHHH!!" Kirby hollered, as he went crashing through many trees. Kirby landed right back inside the same watering hole he was drinking from early. "Oooo…" moaned Kirby, slowly walking out of the water. Kirby then looked up and saw Donkey Kong leaping toward him, while winding up his arm. Donkey Kong then slugged Kirby in the face with his Giant Punch.

Kirby was once again since flying, he landed into the ground. "Uhoo…" Kirby moaned, while slowly rising to his feet. Kirby then looked down and stared at the ground for a moment, he then turned and saw Donkey Kong lunging at him again. "…Poyo…" he said, with an angry expression on his face.

Donkey Kong then tried stomping Kirby with his huge foot, but Kirby jumped up and caught him in midair, he then wrapped his nub like hand around him, and started plummeting into the ground, slamming the giant Kong into the ground.

Kirby watched as Donkey Kong rolled around on the ground. "POYOOOOO!!" Kirby shouted, as he ran toward Donkey Kong. Donkey Kong quickly rose to his feet, and tried slamming his fist into Kirby, but the pink puffball quickly moved around him, he then pulled out his hammer and slammed it hard into Donkey Kong's noggin.

Donkey Kong was sent staggering backward. Kirby then jumped above Donkey Kong and kicked him in the face with a two piece combo, he then quickly grabbed his leg. "Poyo!!" Kirby groaned, angrily, as he gave Donkey Kong a taste of his own medicine, and started slamming him repeatedly into ground. Kirby then started grabbed whole of both of Donkey Kong's legs and started spinning him around in circles. "Bye!!" said Kirby, while letting go of Donkey Kong.

Kirby watched as Donkey Kong went soaring through a tree and then landing into the lake. "Ouhhh…Poyo…" sighed Kirby, wiping the sweat of his forehead. Kirby's stomach then started rumbling. "Poyo…" Kirby mumbled, while rubbing his belly.

Kirby then started looking around, as he searched for food. "Poyo…" he sighed, out of dissatisfaction. Suddenly Kirby noticed Meta Knight in the air, flying above him. "Mema Might?" muttered, a puzzled Kirby.

Kirby was just about to follow behind him, but then suddenly Donkey Kong came bursting out of the lake, his fur was soaked to the bone as he stood in front of Kirby. "Poyo?!" muttered Kirby, staring at DK.

Donkey Kong then let out a huge roar, while beating his chest. His roar was so powerful that it pushed Kirby backward. "Puyooo!!" he grunted, as he backed all the way into a huge mossy boulder.

Kirby then lifted his head and saw Donkey Kong charging wildly at him. "Poyo!" Kirby said, with an angry expression on his face. He was just about to stand to his feet, but the pain from hungry made him drop back down.

Donkey Kong ferociously leapt over to Kirby, and then backhanded him. "Eeeyawww!!" Kirby shrieked, as he was sent hurtling in the air.

As Kirby orbited through the air, he noticed a giant banana hanging from a tree staring menacingly at him. "What're you looking at, boy?!" The banana grunted, angrily.

"POYO!" Kirby squealed, happily, as droll started pouring out his mouth. He then turned from Donkey Kong and started floating toward the giant banana.

Donkey Kong climbed up a tree and frantically started looking around for Kirby, but he couldn't find any sign of him anymore, he then landed back on the ground, and started beating his chest, while roaring loudly, again.

Meanwhile Nega-Mario and a newly controlled Marth were walking around jungle. Marth suddenly noticed something. "Master, look? I think I see something over there in the bushes." Marth muttered, turning to Nega-Mario.

Nega-Mario then turned toward the bushes and saw the Ice Climbers Trophy sticking out. "Hmm…Interesting. It seems that I'm not the only person here turning others into Trophies, whoever did this must know of the power as well." he muttered, while slowly walking over to the trophy. "I can't let whoever doing this, reclaim the power before me."

"Master, what shall I do?" Marth said, as he walked over to Nega-Mario.

Nega-Mario casually walked passed Marth. "Humph. Isn't it obvious? Bring me that Trophy, you incompetent moron!" Marth bowed, as he walked over to the Ice Climbers Trophy. "The sight of another Trophy is quite uncomfortable."

"Here's your Trophy, my master." Marth calmly said, placing the Ice Climbers Trophy in front of Nega-Mario.

"Excellent." Nega-Mario sinisterly, snickered, while pulling out his very own Shade Mantel, he placed it under the Ice Climber's original trophy mantel. "This just gets me closer to my goal." he snickered, while watching the trophy get convert into its shadow form.

As Nega-Mario continued to laugh, he noticed Donkey Kong from the corner of his eye. "What the?" he muttered, as he hid behind a tree, watching as Donkey Kong swing from tree to tree. "Hmm…He's heading in Meta Knight's direction." he then muttered, while staring intently at DK. "I wonder…Is he's responsible for making this Trophy?"

"Sir." Marth said, as he and the Ice Climbers followed behind him.

Smash Kingdom, Grassland Area

Bowser stood to his feet and stared in sheer disbelief at the two Shadows. "Grahuh? There's two of you creepy looking warthogs?"

"Do I look like a DAMN warthog to you?!" Shadow sneered, angrily. "Urm…Anyways, like I was saying before." he said calming himself down. "I came here to offer you a job of sheer importance. I'm looking for powerful villains, you see I need you to travel around this pathetic world and turn others into Trophies, I need the powers from the Trophies to help me with my world domination…Or something like that…So whadda say, dino?"

"Didn't I already tell youse!? I'm not interested, and especially in helping you conquer the world!" Bowser then started chortling. "Garhahaha…Like a ferret could really rule the world! Don't make me laugh!"

"WHAT?! How dare you denial me?!" Shadow seethed. "And I'm not a FERRET!!"

"Who's that guy, Junior?" Plum whispered to Bowser Jr.

"I don't know, but I think I should jump in." Bowser Jr. then turned to Shadow and said. "I'm sorry Mr. Beaver, Badger guy, my Papa's taking a break from evil for now, so you'll just have to come back some other time."

"Come back some other time?! There won't be no other time for you, if you don't SHUT UP!" Shadow retorted, staring at Bowser Jr. with intense hatred in his eyes. He then turned back to Bowser and huffed, conceitedly. "Humph. Well, it seems that I'll just have to persuade you to join me." he then lifted his hand and turned it towards Bowser Jr. and Plum. "Chaos…Blast!" Shadow then blasted a steam of chaos energy at the two children.

"Papa!!" Bowser Jr. hollered, as the chaos energy overwhelm him.

"EEEEKKKK!!" Plum shrieked, as the chaos energy engulfed her as well.

Shadow's attack caused a huge explosion. "Junior?! And…uh…little girl…" Bowser shouted, while turning to the smoke. When the smoke finally cleared a Bowser Jr. and Plum Trophy were seen falling off a cliff. "NOOOO!! How could you do that to them?!" roared Bowser, turning to Shadow.

Shadow just huffed, while folding his arms. "Humhumhum…That's what happens to peoples who don't listen, when I tell them to do something." he then looked at Bowser and smirked. "Now…Where was I."

Bowser then started charging at Shadow. "You were at the part when I totally kick your bitch ass, for doing this to my SON!!" he then took a swipe at Shadow.

"So slow. Eheheh. You've got to do way more better than that." Shadow mockingly said, jumping out of the way. He then lifted his head and saw that Bowser was already in front of him. "Wha?"

Bowser then slashed Shadow with his sharpen claws. "Is that too slow for you?!" he then lifted him up and slammed him into the ground. "Die, scum!" Bowser opened his mouth and blew fire all over Shadow's body.

"UHHHHH!!" Shadow moaned in pain, as the flames went all over his body. He could see his clone running away in the background. "W-Where the hell do you think you're going?"

"I'm gonna make you pay!" Bowser then rammed Shadow into his horns, and then catapulted him off his head.

Shadow was sent flying, and crashed hard into the ground. "This can't be, I am The Ultimate Life-Form!" he then lifted his head and saw Bowser walking toward him. "ERRRRRRR!!" Shadow angrily moaned, as he hands began to get cloaked in a yellow aura. "He haven't seen anything yet!"

"This is where it ends for you." Bowser then started forming a huge fireball in his mouth. "Any last words?"

"Yeah!" Shadow yelled, quickly rising to his feet. "Chaos Spear!" he then released sharpen yellow energy blasts out his hands

Bowser watched as the blasts hurtled toward him. "Please." Bowser said, effortlessly swatting the attack away. "How pathetic. Let me show you how's it done." Bowser was just about to blast the fireball at Shadow, but he was struck from behind by a yellow arrow. The Bowser Trophy dropped to the ground.

"Wha?" Shadow then turned and saw his clone holding a Trophy Launcher. "Where did you get that from?"

"Get what?" The Shadow clone stupidity replied, dropping and breaking the machine. Shadow then slapped his forehead and sighed.

A/N: Until Next time, Later