Me: Well, I'm not patient enough to wait to see if anyone went for the second chapter to start writing this, so the shout-outs will probably be in the end. Yeah, I think that this chapter will be more entertaining. I need to stop changing the genre, I know, but instead of drama should I put adventure humor? Anyways, enjoy… Hopefully…
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"I'm sorry… Can you just, run through that again?" Marth says, blinking. All of them look lost.
"Wish said we have to get all the characters back in the game. All the ones that were playable were brought to life, and apparently, they scattered across North America," I say leaning against the post holding up the pavilion. I'm seriously starting to get uncomfortable from how intently they're watching me.
"And the playable characters are?" Link asks, sitting on the bench next to Marth by now.
I groan, not wanting to name all thirty-five. "Ugh, there are like, thirty five, and I don't want to remember them all now. I'll tell you later." Link doesn't look happy with my response, but lives with it.
"I still don't understand the whole 'we 'supposedly' come from a video game' thing," Ike says, crossing his arms over his chest.
"And I do?" I say with a raised eyebrow, getting irritated by the repeated question. "Look, I'm as lost as you are."
Ike snaps something back at me, but of course I don't hear him due to Wish choosing then to yell at me mentally.
"SHOW THEM PROOF I WANNA SEE THEIR FACES!" The irritating voice echoes in my head. I cringe, looking up as if she'd be there, murmuring a swear or two under my breath for making my ears start to ring and look back over at the boys.
"As much as you are annoying, you're right," I say aloud to Wish, shaking my head, Ike looking triumphant. Oh, yeah, he said something…
"That's not true, she did help us understand some of this world, or dimension, or universe…" Link trails off, I looking to Ike with narrowed eyes.
"Why, what'd he say?" I ask, glaring at Ike and looks of somewhat confusion crossing their faces.
"Did you not hear…?" Marth asks, Ike looking a bit less triumphant. Heh, mini win right there...
"No. I was responding to Wish, who had yelled at me mentally. What did he say?" I ask again, Ike shifting to lean against the table.
"I said you're as useless as you are blond," He says, glaring right back. I glare at him, bunching up my hair in a hand behind me and shifting it aside to show the hidden bottom part of it, which had started turning brunette years ago.
"Then I am not completely useless," I say, Wish laughing at me inside my head and Ike looking unsure if that meant he won that argument or if I had won. Maybe we tied…
"That was a hilariously pathetic answer. Now, if you're done, bring them to your house already! I'll get your family out…" Wish says. She doesn't answer when I ask how she plans to do that, leaving me to give a defeated sigh.
I convince the boys to come along behind me, Link, Marth, and Ike all conversing quietly amongst themselves, the latter looking somewhat annoyed but not commenting as we go to my house.
*SSBB*
How Wish had done it I have no idea but as we arrive I notice the lack of cars in the drive-way and garage.
"I almost don't want to know how she did it," I say to myself, punching in the garage pin and grabbing a Coke as we make our way inside, offering them something. Link politely declines, probably worrying it'll poison him, and the other two going with his answer. Wimps.
I roll my eyes and stop to look at the note my parents left me on the counter.
"' Dear Paige, We're so sorry for leaving so unexpectedly, but your Uncle Kyle had problems with the moving truck, so we're helping him move his furniture to Colorado. Please take care of the house while we're away, and NO PEOPLE OVER WHILE WE'RE GONE. Love you, be back on Wednesday, Mom." I read, sighing in defeat as I manage to break the only rule within the first five seconds of being alone.
"Well now we can come and go as we please," Link points out. Joy… Like I need them having free roam of my house when I'm at school, seeing as my parents took Alex with them…
"That's just weird. Come one…" I say with a sigh, leading them to my living room a.k.a. the television room. I turn the TV on, quickly flipping to the channel the Wii was hooked up on, mashing the 'A' Button to skip the title screen. But as soon as the opening ended, the screen changed. It turned a pale blue-ish shadow-y colour, and only two options were available, 'View' and 'Return'.
"What the hell…?" I say, eyebrows knitting together in confusion.
"This doesn't exactly look entertaining," Link comments, I not responding and feeling foolish as I mentally try calling out for Wish.
"HI PAIGE!" She says excitedly, appearing with a pop and another puff of smoke right in front of me.
"AND YOU TRY ONCE AGAIN TO GIVE ME HEART ATTACK!" I snarl in response after nearly dying and feeling my heart beat spike.
"Who?" Marth asks, looking around. Don't tell me…
"I made myself only visible to you!" Wish says happily. Of course you did Wish… Of course you did…
"Well why the hell is that?" I ask with a sigh. Wish giggles at me.
"Because! It's so funny at how crazy they think you are!" She says with a laugh. I look over my shoulder at them, and they just blink back at me blankly. "Oh, and they can't hear me either."
"Wish, I seriously hate you right now…" I say with a sigh, the boys looking a bit more informed at that.
"Why is it that you talk with Wish so much? Did this happen before we supposedly came out of a video game?" Ike asks. I think Link or Marth would have asked it had he not have.
"I only talk with Wish when I need to. And no, I have never talked with Wish before, not until you three popped up," I say, now a bit curious. "Wish, how long have you been around me exactly?"
"Since you were seven." I choke on my Coke when she says that.
"YOU'VE BEEN SECRETLY WATCHING ME FOR EIGHT YEARS?" I ask after again nearly dying.
"Off and on, yeah. I almost lost you when you moved, but I found you again!" She says happily as if it was the most normal thing.
"Well why did you appear?" I ask, now just ignoring the strangeness emanating from her and the fact the boys couldn't see her. The boys are now just kind of awkwardly listening, a bit interested.
"You DID call me," She says pointedly.
"Yeah, I didn't think you'd appear in front of me! I thought you'd respond mentally again!" I say Marth speaking up at that.
"Wait, Wish is here?" He asks incredulously. I nod, gesturing to said girl in front of me.
"Apparently, little miss 'I enjoy causing all sorts of havoc' made it so only I can see and hear her. Almost like a ghost…" I say, getting spacey after that comment. Marth nods with an odd expression on his face, Ike looking like he believes me less and less every time I open my mouth. Link looks a bit intrigues to tell the truth.
"'Little Miss I enjoy causing all sorts of havoc?'" Wish says questioningly, then grinning. "I am so using that."
"Glad to know you like it," I dead-pan getting back on topic. "What do I do with the new options? 'View'? 'Return'? What do they mean?" I ask, Wish grinning.
"I dare you to click one!" She says happily. I eye her, unsure I want to considering… Well, her. I click the control stick to the right, still holding it sideways (The Nun chuck is nothing to me.) and press '2', the screen fading white and making a whooshing sound.
"Why did you just click 'Return?'" Ike asks, I waving away the question as a text box appears.
Who would you like to Return to the game?
Press down and 2 when you reach the character name.
Lucas
Wario
Zero Suit Samus / Samus
Ike
Pokemon Trainer
Diddy Kong
Meta Knight
Snake
Pit
Sonic
Kind Dedede
Pikmin & Olimar
Mario
Link
Kirby
Pikachu
Fox
Zelda
Sheik
Bowser
Donkey Kong
Yoshi
Peach
Ice Climbers
Ness
Marth
Luigi
Lucario
R.O.B.
Wolf
Captain Falcon
Falco
Ganondorf
Jigglypuff
Mr. Game & Watch
Toon Link
I scan the list of names, finding everyone there and Marth, Ike, and Link in awe at their names on screen.
"So… It's true?" Ike says after a minute. "I'm really just someone's idea of entertainment?" At that, I feel exceedingly guilty. Man that would suck, to find out your really only supposed to be a figment of someone's imagination. I don't respond, my only idea on what to say being an apology.
"Yeah, sucks for them, right?" Wish says, still with an irritating grin.
"Wish, that's so mean!" I snap, then get an idea. "Yeah, it would suck. Glad I'm not you."
"What do you mean by that?" She asks, looking confused.
"As far as I know, you're just a figment of my imagination," I say, hoping to get her to show herself to the boys. "I mean, it's not like anyone else can see or hear you."
"Nice try," She says, laughing and sitting on the couch next to Marth, who doesn't notice. "But that won't work.
"It was worth a shot…" I say almost grumpy, Ike looking up at the screen again.
"Well what are you waiting for? Just send us all back. It'll be over like that," He says blankly. I almost say I really don't want to, that I want them to stay, but I know he's right. I press down once and click '2' on Lucas's name, just going to go down the list.
Imagine my surprise when a very large hole opens with a grinding sound just outside my house.
"What the hell?" I exclaim, any sorrow shocked away and Wish falling off the couch, laughing like an idiot. I ignore her and the four of us go outside, looking down at the hole, which is faintly glowing blue, said light not very visible in the daylight.
"What is this thing for?" Marth asks, looking in precariously close to the edge.
"I don't know, let's go find out…" I say, leaving briefly to go look back on screen, another text box greeting me.
Please get Lucas to go into the hole in the dimensions.
Warning: Do not let anyone other than Lucas down into the hole. Results may be catastrophic.
Inter-Dimensional Hole shall not close until Lucas has gone in.
"You have got to be kidding me," I growl, storming out the door to the hole.
"What's the hole for then?" Link asks. I look over at Marth, who still looks a bit too close for comfort, grabbing the back of the blue tee he got from the neighbor's house and pulling him back.
"To send you guys back," I say, Marth nearly falling backwards and righting himself, glaring back at me.
"What was that for?" He asks, I making animated hand-gestures to the house and to the hole, looking like I'm randomly flailing most likely.
"No one but Lucas can go down the hole yet; I thought you were going to fall in! It said catastrophic events could occur should anyone but Lucas go in," I explain, still animatedly. Marth looks over at the hole again, nearly ten feet in diameter.
"Oh. Sorry then…" He says. I wave it away, saying it seriously didn't matter, Wish finally coming back out.
"So, like the surprise?" Wish asks, I spinning to glare at her.
"No! What the hell am I going to do with a frickin' hole in my backyard? How am I going to manage to find Lucas in three days?" I snap. Link ushers Ike away from the hole for me, the three of them now shifting behind me.
"Ask the pretty one," Wish says. I get confused, asking what she means. "The pretty one! Out of the three behind you, ask the pretty one!"
I turn red, not willing to say or voice anything now, not wanting to ask any of them now.
"Oh come on. You know who I'm talking about," She says in a teasing manner.
"No! I don't!" I lie out-right.
"Oh, never mind! The pretty one is going to talk!" She says. Oh no…
"I think I can help you find Lucas. And Ness," Marth says from behind me. Why Wish, why? Why must you say that? I don't turn around, in fear they'll ask why I'm so red.
"Really? How?" I ask.
"They always stick together from what I remember of them, and both being boys of around ten and knowing there way around a place like this, they should just follow the path of any ten year old boy," He says. Well then... Seeing as Alex is that age... Ice cream. Comics. Video games. The first things in my mind by then.
"See, I told you to ask the pretty one," Wish giggles. I glare at her, telling Wish she's annoying and needs to shut up, making sure to include her name, then turning to the three boys behind me.
"Okay, looks like we have a target then. I know a few places we could check, so this shouldn't be too hard." I say, then look over them and add, "But I don't think you can bring your swords. They'd be too visible," I say, instant protest arising from all three, ranging from just complaining about it to threatening to chop off my head should I suggest it again.
"Okay! Okay!" I exclaim, trying to talk over the noise, trying to get them to settle down. "Wish! Can you please help?" I plead, Wish giggling.
"Will you admit you think he's pretty?" I hate you, I hate you, I hate you.
"No! I will not!" I growl, getting them to quiet and just sighing and saying that when they get arrested it's their own fault.
"If you admit that you think he's pretty I'll make the swords invisible to everyone but you and the Brawl characters," She offers. I make an indignant sound, knowing that it'd be the smart choice just to follow her orders, but really not wanting to.
"Why?" I whine, Wish laughing and reminding me I had dubbed her myself as 'Little Miss I like causing havoc'. I growl, blushing again and not facing the boys anymore. "Fine, if it means so much to you, I admit it."
She grins almost evilly when I say that. The boys and I glow a bright, yellow-white colour for about five seconds as she shut her eyes and spread her arms, shining like the sun. When it was over I blink, clearing spots from my vision.
"There, done!" She says cheerfully and vanishes like that.
"Uhm… Thank you? I think?" I say, turning to Link, Ike, and Marth.
"Admit what?" Link asks instantly.
"It doesn't matter now," I say a bit too quickly, Link narrowing his eyes and deciding he'll ask again later, noticing the faint colour haunting my cheeks. "What does matter is you're now free to carry your swords around with you."
"Really?" Ike asks, shifting his weight so Ragnell (who was very conspicuously hidden by a grey hoodie) shifted. "We can stop trying to hide them?"
"Yeah. Wish made them invisible to everyone but me and everyone she brought to life," I say, again, Ike looking skeptical at the idea.
"Really? I'll just have to believe you on that one…" He says, I nodding and telling him that's a good idea.
"Well, let's get kid finding!" I say, mocking Wish's overly happy tone. They nod and we go back to the house to find locations they might be in.
This is going to be fun. And weird.
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Me: THAT'S RIGHT! I KNOW WHAT THEIR SWORDS NAMES ARE! Well, I know Ike's and Marth's, but I don't know if Link's has a name. Anyways, I think I'll be writing for this story more than the others for a while… One, it's really fun and I love it! Two, I can't RP until the end of the school year so I think I'll die if I don't.
Marth: If the story is so fun and great, why can't I read it?
Me: NO REASON! *turns red and fidgets, hiding away*
Link: I don't know how it happened, but I was apparently signed up as the one who does all the thanking the fans and crap. So she gave me a list of who to thank and why…
To the anonymous reviewer Juni:
Thank you for reading the story! And thank you for reviewing! As flattered as I am that you want to join it, I don't think I'll be accepting OC's, sorry. I just have what I want to do with the story and don't know how I'd work an OC I don't own into it. But I still liked Jakie. I'm sure she'd be a great character for her own story!
To SSBBrulez:
Again, thank you for your time and support! And for leaving your reviews! I'm glad you like my story! Yeah, I know I don't have the best grammar, it's one of my weaknesses…But I'm hoping to improve that. And again, I'm not accepting OC's, and the reasons why above are still in play. But again, I read Fang's info, and he is an interesting character! He'd be great in a story, I just don't know if I can get him in mine. And thank you, so much, for adding my story to your favorites! It's so amazing that you like this story enough to put it on your favorites list!
To thebeastifiedone:
I thank you, so much, for reviewing. Just those two words make me exceedingly happy, I'm very glad you decided to review, and I'm extremely glad you think my story is cool! And not only that, you added it to your favorites list! Thank you so much for liking the story like you do! Then the fact you put it on your alerts is just awesome. Thank you again for being so supportive!
To LegendOfZeldaFreak:
I'm so happy that you put my story on your alerts, thank you! It always encourages me to write more when people openly like my story! I hope I can continue to entertain you with this story!
Wow… that's a lot. She just was gushing out her thanks! Psychopath. She sounded like she was rambling too. I hope I don't have to do this every chapter from here on out…