*Sigh*, I'm starting to get lazy now. Bad Luck Bowser, Battle for Aswan (MapleStory patch), and Majora's Mask is taking up most of my time. I'm still working on this, but I'm releasing a chapter less often. (Bad Luck Bowser is updated once every 1-3 days, while Fate of the Melee Rejects is updated once every 1-2 weeks.)
Instead of just filming Marth inside his bedroom, the cameramen did a little twist on the opening: they would show the ebony door to his room, knock on it, and let Marth answer.
"Hi. Marth Lowell here and I'm here to show you what happened to another Melee Reject after the Melee tournaments."
For the first time, a new theme song for Fate of the Melee Rejects played showing footage of Marth in previous and future episodes of the show.
Meanwhile:
The Smasher kids were still parked at the flat screen television, irritating the Smashers who wanted to watch the television too. They had brought all their snack foods, blankets and pillows to the room so they can sleep there while waiting for another episode. Toon Link went overboard and even pitched a tent in the room.
"You've been hogging the TV for the past 2 days! It's not fair!" complained Sonic.
"Go use the one in the games room." Diddy Kong mocked.
He shot Sonic in the face with his peanut gun, causing a bruise to form on the hedgehog's face. This angered Sonic who rammed into him.
"CRACK!"
Diddy Kong was writhing in pain, making screeching noises. Everyone looked at him and his numerous broken bones, while Red went to Dr. Mario's room to rent a stretcher. When he returned, the Pokemon trainer and Ness lifted Diddy Kong onto the long stretcher and delivered it to the office.
Back in Marth's room:
"Come in." said Marth. The cameramen went through the narrow door into Marth's castle-like room.
"This past episode, we analyzed Mewtwo, the brainwasher of Smash Mansion. If you forgot, I'll show you a few clips from the previous episode.
A video of Mewtwo brainwashing Captain Falcon played. The clip faded out and returned back to Marth's room.
"Today's Melee Reject is Young Link." Marth announced. "After the tournaments, Link returned back to Hyrule and ran a lawn mowing business, making him the youngest billionaire in Nintendoland. However, he was murdered yesterday." Marth lectured. "Did you see the news?"
The living room:
The kids were watching the episode when they remembered what came on the news yesterday about Young Link's tragic accident.
Flashback:
When a couple pepperoni pizzas were delivered to the kids, they snatched the pizza boxes, gave the money to the deliveryman (Jeff Andonuts) and ran back to the TV. They were about to watch more cartoons, but the news channel occupied the spot after Fate of the Melee Rejects.
The Smash kids hated the news channel and always turned it off or change it back to the cartoons. But when they try to change the channel, Mario walked past Ness, noticed the TV, and snatched the TV remote.
"Ah, ah, ah." said Mario. "There might be something important here."
"Like what?" asked Popo.
Mario said nothing, as the channel's theme song played. Rosalina appeared on the screen, sitting behind a desk and holding her script.
"Today, we bring you an important message." announced Rosalina in a serious voice. "Just this morning, the body of Rinku Kokiri, a child actor and the CEO of Hyrule Lawn Services was found in his mansion near Castle Town."
"Who's Rinku?" asked everyone.
When she said "Rinku", Young Link's portrait appeared on TV.
"Oh. Young Link."
"An autopsy showed that he drank a red potion as his last meal. We assume that the potion was poisoned by one of his haters. Our records suspect that Ganondorf , the Gerudo King or Mido, a local Kokiri had done it."
This scared Ganondorf who was also in the room.
"That's not me! A different actor played me in Ocarina of Time! I'm innocent!" cried Ganondorf in an honest voice. He tried to run away, but his heavy black armor acted as a barricade and prevented him from running to anywhere in the mansion.
"Stay tuned to TNC (The Nintendo Channel) for more information. And now, there was a mushroom trafficking incident where two police officers found a smuggling tunnel from the Mushroom Kingdom to Dreamland." concluded Rosalina.
"There Ness, here's the remote."
Mario tossed the remote back to Ness. He immediately changed the channel to cartoons.
Marth's Room (present):
"Everyone knows who Young Link is. He used to be a Smasher in the Melee Tournaments, but Master Hand dumped him for Toon Link. I still remember the tears on his face when he didn't make it. Currently, Diddy Kong occupies his treehouse." said Marth as he held Link's headshot from Melee and from another show.
The Melee headshot was similar to Pichu and Mewtwo's headshot, but the main color was blue and instead of a Pokeball, there was a Triforce symbol. Young Link's pose was him pretending to stab an invisible person with his Kokiri Sword and shield.
The other headshot was a color photograph of Young Link without his hat, his blond hair recently cut and styled like Skyward Sword Link's hair. Instead of the tunic he once wore, he wore a dark green T-shirt with the golden Triforce logo. A miniature replica of the Kokiri Emerald hung from a gold chain on his neck. Despite 14 years after Ocarina of Time, he still looks like a 10 year old. Either puberty was afraid to strike him or he was shoved into the Fountain of Youth and nearly drowned in it, managing to mute the paparazzi after the incident.
"Before and after Super Smash Bros. Melee, Young Link was an actor for the Legend of Zelda series. After Melee, he was cast in a teen sitcom called 'Adventure it Up!'", which is about two 13 year olds becoming heroes in training. Sadly, he's now unpopular with the classic Young Link fans because of his new look and his new stage name, Rinku Kokiri." Marth said as he nodded. "But us Smashers refuse to call him by that name. We still call him Young Link, because of Super Smash Bros."
"Other than Adventure It Up, Link still acts in the Legend of Zelda series, but he wears a wig that is cut and styled like his original hair in Ocarina of Time. In his career, his most famous games were Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask. However, he also acted in the The Legend of Zelda, Link's Awakening, and the Oracle series before joining the Super Smash Bros roster. He also reprised his role as Young Link in the Master Quest version and 3D version of Ocarina of Time."
"Rumors said that he was supposed to act in the 3D version of Majora's Mask, but since he's dead, the developers will possibly just reanimate him and use motion capture or cast a Young Link impersonator." concluded Marth.
Marth left his room and the scene cuts to the outside of Young Link's house. He opens the door and asks tells the guard that he's a friend of Young Link (he actually is) and a reporter. The guard escorted Marth to the murder scene, which was a kitchen.
The kitchen was a sleek place for a techie to eat. The countertops were made from the finest marble of Death Mountain and wood from the Kokiri forest, while every appliance was top-notch and imported from Cornaria. The fridge was stuck with magnets of items Young Link used in The Legend of Zelda and Spirital Stone magnets that Darunia made for him as a present.
On the bamboo floor, was a chalk outline of Young Link's body and a shattered bottle laid beside him. The murderer must have knocked it over, leading to the bottle's demise. Some dark red liquid was splattered or smeared on the floor, making it look like a Jackson Pollock painting or that battle background from EarthBound.
Marth took out a camera and took a few pictures of the scene to be analyzed. He left the room and the mansion to interview some people about the incident. The first stop was Lon Lon Ranch where Malon, his co-star in Adventure It Up! lived. He entered the ranch and knocked on the door. He was greeted by a redheaded girl dressed in a white plaid dress. She looked around the same age as Link.
"Hello. I'm the host of a documentary called Fate of the Melee Rejects. We know that you have connections to Young Link or Rinku, so we'd like some information about him." requested Marth.
"Come in." Malon invited.
Malon sat down at the wooden table and a matching chair. She pulled out a chair for Marth. He sat down, ready to ask her questions.
"I don't want the audience to see this. Will you disable the cameras?" requested Malon.
"I've dealt with this a couple times. We'll just put on some commercials."
Meanwhile:
"Oh boy, another commercial." whined Red.
"Do you want to keep warm without feeling a chill, but you don't want to turn up the heat to increase your bill?" asked the female voice.
"Blankets are OK, but they'll just slide, and you want to get something, but your hands are stuck inside."
"Introducing the Snuggo! The coolest blanket with sleeves! It won't just make you warm, it will make you hot!" the woman said cheerfully.
A green haired goddess was putting on a blue Snuggo, making her look like an insane cult member from Happy Happy Village without the hood.
"The Snuggo comes in many different colors!"
Other Nintendo characters demonstrated that by wearing Snuggos in the color that the voice announced.
"Here are some our satisfied customers!"
"The Snuggo ruined my life, why would you make such a thing, why would you?" complained a dark clone of Pit.
"The Snuggo sucks!" said a young boy wearing a black t-shirt and jeans.
"I like, totally hate it." a redhead princess dressed in an orange gown said in a valley girl accent.
"It's so itchy!" whined Roy.
"I love the Snuggo!" yelled an old man in a green suit.
"See how happy they are? That could be you!" announced the female as she pointed toward the camera.
"Order your Snuggo at 14 Smash Dollars!" announced the voice. "But wait, order now and we'll double the offer! Just pay extra shipping and handling."
"That was short." said Lucas, awkwardly.
Marth was outside Lon Lon ranch with some papers in his hands.
"Malon is one of those people who don't like being filmed while interviewed." said Marth. "She also said that Link's girlfriend could be the suspect. I'll explain to you why in an animated short."
Ater those words, an animated short played.
"A few months before Link died, he dated Saria, his childhood friend. "
A drawing of Link and Saria appeared on the screen.
Malon was in the house when she heard her yelling at Link, because he didn't buy him any gifts.
Malon was walking by and was startled by the argument, while Saria was yelling in random gibberish about why Link won't buy her anything.
After Link refused to buy him anything, Saria punched Link in the face.
Malon was still confused, but she heard a punching noise and Link's cries. Scared, Malon ran off.
"And now, I found some footage of what happened. An anonymous person had used their phone to film Young Link getting killed. They must had dropped it at the crime scene while fleeing." announced Marth.
Young Link was at the kitchen munching on a few mini Deku Seed cakes, pausing to take a sip from his bottle containing some Red Potion. Saria walked over to Young Link to say hello. He was startled and accidentally dropped his bottle on the hard floor, shattering it.
"Saria, I'm tired of your greediness." admitted Young Link. "Please leave me alone, or I'm breaking up with you." he continued.
This angered Saria. She grabbed Link's right hand.
"I'VE BEEN NICE ENOUGH TO BE YOUR CHILDHOOD FRIEND, I ALSO STANDED UP FOR YOU WHEN YOU GET BULLIED AND I GET THIS?" she yelled.
Link sighed and pulled out his Kokiri sword for defense, but it was too late. Saria opened her bag and took out an angry Cucco. It cooed and a wave of Cuccos flew from the heavens, despite having a ceiling on the young hero's head. The Cucco army pecked at Young Link, puncturing his skin and red liquid splattered everywhere. They refused to cease attacking him until he dropped dead. The cameraman ran, accidentally dropping his phone on the ground.
Marth sighed. "I feel like I'm boring you with those interviews, so next episode, I'm changing the format. Some guests will narrate the fate of some Melee Rejects, like I will do for Roy or will be acted in a biography-style film. This is Marth Lowell, logging out."
Dark clone of Pit: Dark Pit/Pittoo
Young boy wearing a black T-shirt and jeans: Picky Minch, Earthbound
Redhead princess dressed in an orange gown: Princess Daisy, Mario series
Old man in a green suit: Tingle, Legend of Zelda series