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Chapter 11

The Young and the Toon

"So, you're a swordsman too, Link?" Firestar asked as the walked towards the bottom floor.

"Yes," Link responded. "And you two were warriors?"

"Yeah," Graystripe said.

"They probably will be again, Link," Zelda said. "I just need to find a counterspell."

"Right," Link said. "And you will. Hey, did you see Ganondorf get smeared by Bowser earlier?"

"Yeah," Zelda said. "It was awesome, especially when he was insulting all of us earlier. And Bowser thinks he's the werewolf king, so he's not exactly at his best."

"Yeah," Link said. "It was madness out there. Complete, utter madness."

"Madness?" asked a voice behind them.

"Oh, boy," Link said.

"What is it?" Graystripe asked.

"Get down!" Mario said. Not a moment too soon.

"THIS... IS... SPARTA!" the voice shouted, and a strange figure came out and attacked them. It looked like Link, except younger and, well, cartoony.

He lunged at them, pulling a sword from a sheath, and attacked his real, older self.

"What are you doing?" Link shouted.

"Well, we may be new here, but from up here, it looks like he's smearing you," Firestar said.

Mario got down and pulled Toon Link off of real Link, who lay on the ground, panting.

"A word to the wise," Mario said, putting Toon Link down, "never say that word around this guy. Mad, followed by the name of Lucas's friend."

"Mad Ness?" a new voice said. They turned and saw another version of Link, this one just being younger. "What's wrong with saying Mad Ness?"

"Madness?" Toon Link asked, turning around.

"Shut him up!" Mario said.

"THIS... IS..." Toon Link started, but was cut off when Graystripe tackled him to the ground.

As the warrior and the cartoon character wrestled on the ground, Firestar turned to the others. "Is that thing always that hyper?" he asked.

"The only one more so is the Crazy Hand," Mario said.

"I'm surprised Young Link wasn't in on any of that," Link said, looking at them. "He usually loves tormenting me."

"Well," Young Link said, "I realized when I was thinking last night, that since I'm a younger version of you, I'm going to have to suffer anything you do, and that idea torments me even without me and Toon Link tormenting you. How many times have you been cursed now? Wasn't it eighty at last count?"

"Eighty-one," Mario said. "He got cursed again this morning."

"WHOA!"

They all turned to see Graystripe picking Toon Link up and throwing him onto the ground. Both seemed to be responsible for the noise. When Toon Link stood up, the little wrestling match seemed to be over.

"Again?" Toon Link asked, shaking in laughter. "Cursed again?"

"Easy for you to say," Young Link grumbled. "You aren't going to grow into him."

"A fact I should be proud of!" Toon Link said, still shaking with laughter. "I'm not going to be cursed eighty-one times!"

"What was up with you?" Firestar asked his friend, remembering that he'd also been responsible for the whoa.

"For a second, I felt like something was taking control," Graystripe said. "I took him out, but it felt like something was guiding the action."

"That was a smash attack," Mario said, looking over. "Congrats, Graystripe, you just used your first smash attack."

"He did?" Toon Link asked. "Here, take this, um, Graystripe?"

"That's right," Graystripe said, taking the box Toon Link gave him.

"Wait a second, Graystripe," Mario said, moving forward. Too late.

Graystripe opened the box. He looked inside and heard a ticking. Firestar looked in and they both shouted, "WHAT IN STAR-" They were cut off by a giant explosion, with Toon Link laughing like a maniac. When the smoke cleared, they were still there, but they were both black.

"What the heck was that?" Firestar asked Mario.

"Toon Link's been doing that for a while," Mario said. "He gives something to someone they open it, they shout, and are cut off when the thing explodes."

"It's hilarious!" Young Link said.

"Not for the person on the receiving end," said Luigi's voice.

They all spun around. Luigi was sitting there, holding a bag in his hand.

"What's going on, Luigi?" Mario asked. "I thought you were looking through the Warriors books."

"I was, but I have a bit of bad news."

"If it's more hate mail, I don't really want to hear it."

"Oh, don't I wish," Luigi said.

"Whoa, it must really be bad," Mario said.

"No," Luigi said, "I actually wish it was bad."

Dun, dun, dun. What could it be? Well, that's it for now. Thanks to everyone who's been supporting this story, you're all awesome. Please R&R, but flames are bad. Constructive criticism, however, is accepted and appreciated. Gamer4 out.