Here I am, once again! Yeah I know, I hadn't updated my usual way, but that's because the school grading period was ending and I had to finish up things that were going to affect my grade. Now that it's ended, I have no homework (Hallelujah!) and was able to update this chapter.

Death if Apart

Chapter 11

(Nuri's POV)

I yawned after I woke up and got out of bed.

"Well someone's a big fan of sleeping."

I looked up seeing Samus standing next to the door partially annoyed.

"Why are you here?" I asked.

"You're late for training. Link's getting impatient."

"What?"

"We told you to wake up early. Now hurry. Meanwhile I'll do my best in a distraction." And with that she left the room. For a second I was a little suspicious in what she'd called a distraction, but I shook it off.

I changed in clothes that seemed fit for training and headed out.

As I walked up the stairs I realized that Samus and I have different meanings for a distraction. I jumped out of the way as an all too familiar sizzling blue whip was crashing too close for my comfort. Then I heard some more grunts as I saw Samus battle with Link who was fighting with his sword.

Then Link finally seemed to notice me, and stopped the battle.

"So you're finally here. I thought you'd never come."

"Sorry," I apologized. "I'm a heavy sleeper and I didn't have much rest before I came here."

"Next time, wake up earlier," Samus advised. "Anyways, I think this wraps it up, let's get to some training. So Nuri, have you done any hand to hand combat?"

Crap. I knew this was going to be a painful day.

(Luna's POV)

Red, Pikachu, and I, had bunked together in a tree since it was freezing at night. At first I didn't want to, but the cold won me out and soon I was pressed together with him. I heard his steady heartbeat as my head rested against his chest. Pikachu was squeezed in between us, since he was cold too. Slowly we each went to sleep.

Morning came and we ate breakfast from berries that Red found.

"It's hardly anything, but we had to get away from the town quick," Red said with shame.

"Don't worry. They taste pretty good. I can last on this. I'd never really eaten what these people call a feast," I admitted.

He rose his eyes in question, "What do you mean?"

"Well on the island, the Faeries, they don't eat. They live off by the energy of the island. My brother and I were the only ones who actually ate. They weren't fans of feeding us, but they managed even if it was a small portion. They never gave us more unless if it was an emergency, where the food was considered a medicine."

"Oh," Red said. "Well maybe after Ganondorf is brought down, you'll have your feast."

I smiled, "Then let's get moving. Do you know where exactly to go?"

"No," he answered, "but I'm hoping if I find the Smash Mansion, that I might find some clues to what happened to the Smasher and where the survivors might be."

"Okay so what does it look like?"

"It was or at least I hope it still is a large mansion with brown paint, numerous rooms for each Smasher, dining room, training room, etc., the front door was large and gold, and there was a statue of a smash ball in every hallway. In the front of the mansion was a huge, shining, golden statue of the smash ball that was made to be just like a real one."

I felt my heart jump when he mentioned the last sentence. I asked, "What's a smash ball?"

"Oh, they're something like this," he said as he drew in the dirt slowly explaining its function.

The more lines he made, the more I felt jumpier. The placement of those lines seemed so familiar, but why? Did I see them before?

As he drew the last line, I jerked as my eyes widened in shock as I realized the answer. Pikachu sprang up with his tail high in the air, ready to shock any enemy down. Red noticed too and simply asked, "What's wrong?"

"I've seen that before."

"Where?"

"When we were falling in that pit, before Bulbasaur saved us. I noticed something sparkling. It looked exactly like that and it moved."

Red got on his feet, "We need to go back there."

"Why? In the hole I saw it move." I stated.

"Because the large statue in front of the mansion moves too," Red answered as he ran towards the hole.

Out of breath, I had reached Red as he was on the edge of what almost were our deaths.

(Red's POV)

I took out Charizard and asked him if he could make a small fire in the hole. He obeyed as I kept peeking in. After more attempts, I got up, feeling exasperated.

"I can't see anything."

"Then I guess I'll have to go in the hole," Luna said.

"No," I quickly rejected the idea. I saw how shaken up she was after the first time she fell. It got much worse after the second. Plus her brother died off a cliff. That wasn't helping her at all.

"Why not?" she asked.

"I'm just not sure if that's a good idea," I replied.

"If I saw it before, I know I can find it again, Red." I knew she was trying to convince me. "Get Bulbasaur to take us down. Then we'll search around. Come on, there's nothing to lose, only the chance of gain."

I sighed because she had a point there, "Alright."

I did what she told me, and soon we reached the bottom.

I reached in my pocket and got out Charizard's Poke ball to create some type of light source. I stopped when Luna spoke to me.

"Don't take out Charizard," she warned.

"What? How else will we see?" I was confused. How did she even know that I was taking out Charizard?

"With my eyes," she answered. "We can't use Charizard here. You never know it something's flammable and there's always a chance that there's something electric here, so that takes out Squirtle."

Again, she has a point. I didn't question her about her eyes, because I figured it was some sort of natural ability she had. I guess she has this all under control.

So how am I supposed to help?

Does the pit lead to the Smash Mansion? Will Luna and Nuri find each other, even if it looks like they're getting farther and farther away? Questions shall keep uprising with the answers slowly appearing.