Oh Hi guys! I bet you were wondering what the heck I was doing! Soooo, this one isn't as full as the others but the next one will be! I promise!

I held Meta knight around where his feet meet his body as I hopped over the numerous logs in the forest. He

rested against my neck and let out a deep sigh of exhaustion. "Tired?" I asked looking up at him. He had

strapped his mask back on, and his eyes were a darker yellow then normal, meaning he was slightly closing

them. "Yeah, a little. . .a lot." He said softly. I couldn't help myself, I was wondering why he would ever

dream of doing such a dangerous thing. "Meta knight. . ." I spoke quietly as not to wake him up if he had

fallen asleep. "Hm?" He murmured, I could feel him shifting around on my shoulders. "Why. . why did you do

that? You could have been killed trying to fight him." I took him off of my shoulders and held him up so I could

look at him when he answered. He looked up at me and squirmed a little to be put down for a few minutes.

He wouldn't want to be put down for long though, he would want to rest on the way back to the mansion. I

placed him on a log that rose up from the ground so he could be level with me. "Marth," He started, he put

his glove on my shoulder as best he could, as he was already quite weary and loosing energy. "I never

would fight just for the glory, or for sport, or anything like that. I fight for a cause. It's like what Ike says, 'I

fight for my friends'. As do I. To tell you the truth. . . .I used to ask myself what the point in life was. In fact, if

I should continue with it. After the love of my life left this world, I felt so lonesome and was very depressive. I

used to be so cold, but now that I have you and Kirby, and all my other friends, I don't feel like that anymore.

I'm a new person, I used to fight simply because it was the only thing that could numb my sadness and pain.

Now, I fight because I have something to protect. And I will die if it means that I have to go to that measure.

I don't trust him the least bit and I fear he will hurt, heck, he will kill all of us. And I'll die with great pleasure if

he leaves once and for all." He looked up at me. He was clearly low on energy and was almost about to fall

over. "Meta knight. . . " I whispered, I never knew he felt that way. He leaned a little more on me, very

weary. I softly smiled as I picked him up and put him on my shoulders again. He leaned on my neck, and let

out a deep sigh. I wasn't really worried about anything until evening began to fade away and nightfall began

to take over the sky. It was getting really dark out, normally I wouldn't be scared, Ike, Pit, Lucas, Ness, Red

(a.k.a. The poke`mon trainer) Link and I often played Black Panther or Flashlight tag out in the forest in the

summertime. But now, when no one was around at all, and a crazy, manic, downright-insane clone of my

friend was on the loose with the villains in the forest. I was getting a little worried. I held tighter to Meta

knight. I must have been gripping tightly, because I felt Meta knight move around a little and ask, "Are you

alright Marth?" I was getting a little jittery and almost jumped when I heard him speak. "Um, I-I- I'll be okay.

I'm just, not sure where we are." I was worried he'd get mad at me, but he moved around on my shoulders

a little and wrapped his arms tighter around my neck in an understanding (yet also because he was tired)

way. "Well, we won't be out here alone for long. No need to be frightened." He had a slight humming tone in

his voice. "Do you know the way out of the woods?" I asked quietly. He moved around a little more and

spoke softly, "Well, I'm not sure about the way out from here, but I do know that if we can find the others,

we can get out." He curled up a little tighter on my shoulders. I nodded a little and climbed over some more

logs. The other guys were probably freaking out about us. Suddenly, we saw a flashlight's shine waving

around in the forest. I knew very well who it was, and I was so relieved to know we found them. "Ike!" I

shouted. Meta knight jolted a little at my sudden cheer. I climbed over a few more logs and ran over to the

group. "There you are! We were worried sick about you two!" Zelda sighed grinning. Meta knight nuzzled a

little more into my neck, they all looked at him and began hitting us with questions. "OK, so I can answer

everyone's questions, in order: Yes he's ok. No he did not win. No he did not loose. Yes Dark Meta knight's

out there somewhere. No we did not see the other villains. And, yes he really is fine, just wiped out." I

grinned a little and moved Meta knight into my arms. I put him down on the ground to greet Tiff, Tuff, and

Kirby. "Meta knight! You're okay!" Tiff ran up to him. Tuff and Ike didn't seem to have much intrest anymore

and began to chat with each other. Kirby ran up to Meta knight and wrapped his tiny paws around Meta

knight's waist. "Poyo!" he squeaked softly. Meta knight put a glove on his head softly and rubbed it for a

minute. Zelda bent down and bear hugged him tightly. "Oh Metty! We're so pwoud of you! You did so gweat

hunny!" Meta knight. . . . . kind of got crushed a little. And. . . . he doesn't do too well when people squeeze

him and he's exhausted. I know, I've done it. "Z-Zelda. .could you. . .please . . .let. . go?" He breathed,

barely speaking at all. "Zelda! You're hurting him, Please stop." I sighed, and pulled at her side. After a while,

you learn not to hug him too hard. But at first, it's hard to resist nearly crushing him because he charms the

heck out of you. "Oh! Sorry Metty!" Zelda held him up after he nearly fell to the ground. He looked up at her

and nodded as best he could. "Nice work back there MK! You totally owned him! Even if you didn't win!" Pit

knelt down and slapped him on the back. "Y-yeah, but it was nothing." Meta knight rubbed the back of his

head and chuckled a little. "Hey, guys, stop giving him so much attention. You know he hates that!" I rolled

my eyes, it sounds kind of weird to say, but it's true. Zelda nudged him over to me. He seemed relieved. "So

you doin' alright buddy?" I held him warmly and turned him to face me, "Yeah. . .just tired." Meta knight

blinked and leaned in my lap a little. "You deserve a nice rest, you worked so hard. I'm gonna get Master

hand to cancel all of your brawls tomorrow." I spoke softly as I put him on my shoulders again. Tiff looked up

at the two of us and smiled softly. "So, um, guys?" I started. "Yeah, what is it Marth?" Ike turned and looked

at me. "Exactly which way are we going?" I rubbed the back of Meta knight's head. Ike looked at Link, who

had gained consciousness and taken on his elf form again. Link's big pointed ears drooped a little and he

gave a weak smile, Ike lightly bit his index finger's knuckle when Link said "I really don't know. . ." "Well,

Does anyone here know the way out?" Ike clenched his teeth in a worried fashion. All eyes turned to

Meta knight and I. I shrugged, Meta knight was sighing softly some more and was curling up tighter against

my neck. We all looked at each other again. I groaned. Even I knew how to find my way out of the woods

easier. Now that I looked at it, it began to look more familiar "Gimme that." I muttered swiping Ike's

flashlight. Meta knight had been giving me compass lessons, and luckily I had my compass on me and I had

learned enough to find my way around with it. I held the flashlight over the compass, "Okay, now. . .East is

that way, meaning since the Smash Mansion's North. . . IKE YOU IDIOT! YOU CAN'T EVEN FIND OUT WHICH

WAY A STUPID MANSION WITH A CIRCLE THAT HAS SOME DANGED LINES RUNNING THROUGH IT IN IS WHEN

IT'S RIGHT SMACK DAB IN PLAIN SIGHT?!" I yelled, you see, they were walking along the perimeter of the

forest the whole time, and one look to their left and boom, there's the mansion. What an idiot my friend is at

times. Ike flinched, while Zelda, Tiff, Tuff, Link, and Pit laughed at him. "Shhh, he's sleeping." I motioned at

Meta knight who was making a weird purring noise on my shoulders in his sleep. We all walked back to the

mansion together. When we walked in Mewriey looked up from sleeping on the couch. She gurgled softly to

welcome us. Mewtwo gently nudged her "Come my little one, it's far past your bedtime." She looked up at

him and nodded. Taking his paw she walked off to their room with him. "You guys go off and do whatever

you were going to do once their duel was done, I'll go talk to Master hand." the only one left that stayed

there was Kirby, he follows Meta knight everywhere. And since Meta knight was on my shoulders, he'd follow

me. I walked up to Master hand and spoke to him about canceling all of the brawls that Meta knight had the

next day, he agreed to it and told me that I should bring him to his room to sleep. After I did, Kirby kept

hopping about as if he wanted something. "What?" I asked, he tugged on my pant leg and kept squealing. It

dawned on me he wanted Meta knight to bring him to bed. "Come on, he's tired. I'll put you in bed." I sighed

walking towards Kirby's room. He followed me, toddling along curiously.

I opened the door and let Kirby into his room, he squeaked with happiness and ran up to the bed, pulling on

the covers. I gently nudged him up on the bed and wrapped the blankets around him. He let out a sigh of

contentment and nuzzled against my arm. He fell asleep in no time, he was sleeping against my leg. I rubbed

him on he head like I do with Meta knight. His body was warm, and soft. "Next morning. I know that Tiff's

gonna get spoken to by MK." I turned Kirby over so I could get up and out of the room. "You bet." A voice

said. I didn't even have to guess who is was. "Pit!" I whispered. He grinned hanging on a tree branch on the

old Sycamore outside Kirby's room.

Dude, why does Pit spy so much in my stories? I don't know! I don't think anyone will ever know! Oh well! R+R!