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Chapter 14

Captain Falcon and Falco

When they went back down the hall, Link spoke again. "Just a thought here," he said, "but why exactly is Scourge being here so bad? I mean, being tough doesn't necessarily mean being bad. Just look at Samus and Snake."

"Yeah, well, the difference is that Samus and Snake aren't brutal tyrants who'll kill anyone, at anytime, for any reason, from not liking them to just because they feel like it," Mario explained. "If Scourge met up with Voldemort, they'd be best friends if they didn't kill each other first."

"Ah," Link said. "It all makes sense to me now."

"What did Samus mean, her job required a lot of travel?" Firestar asked, looking over.

"You know the stars?" Mario asked. The warriors nodded. "Well, in this world, the stars aren't our ancestors. They're just giant balls of fire."

"You don't have a Starclan?" Graystripe asked in surprise.

"Well, we do and we don't," Luigi said. "And what I mean by that is, we do, but it's not like the clans think of it. Your Starclan is a group of dead ancestors in a place where you go after death. They have no leader, but at the same time, they're all more or less the same entity. Am I correct?"

"That's a pretty good description, yes," Firestar asked, remembering his nine lives ceremony.

"Well, the way our version of Starclan is a bit different. We still go somewhere after death, but we're not part of the same entity. It's a little hard to explain. If we were evil in life, we go to a different place instead of this version of Starclan, a place of punishment. Later on in Warriors, a few of the characters will find a place like that on the edge of Starclan's hunting grounds."

"Who?" Firestar asked.

"No one should know too much about their own future," Luigi said, reminding himself irresistibly of Dr. Emmet Brown from Back to the Future. "Anyway, there's also the part where we go if we were good. That's the equivalent of Starclan in our world. This Starclan does have a leader. This leader also created our entire world. To see anything that he created, all you have to do is have your eyes open. He's the spirit of goodness."

"What's his name?" Firestar asked curiously.

"God," Luigi said simply. "He guides us through everything, and gives us strength to go on."

"Sounds like a good guy," Graystripe said.

"Oh, yeah," Mario said.

"Can I just make a small interruption?" Link asked, looking at them.

"Go ahead," Luigi answered.

"Well, not everyone here believes that," he said. "In my belief, and Zelda's, there were three goddesses, Din, Nayru, and Farore, (A/N: Sorry if I spelt one of those wrong.), and they each created some of the world."

"Well, Link, I was explaining the version that I believe," Luigi said. "And the Master and Crazy Hands, and everyone in the Star Fox crew, and Samus, and Mr. Game-and-Watch, and-"

"Okay, okay, I get the point!" Link shouted.

"You don't have to do that, Luigi, he's entitled to believe anything he wants," Mario said. Then he added, "Even if he is wronger than Diet Mountain Dew."

Link was looking over angrily, and opened his mouth to say something, but Zelda interjected. "Oh, look, there's the racetrack entrance!"

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"Okay, I think I need to explain something before we go in there," Mario said as they stood outside the door. "You know those monsters from the Thunderpaths?" The warriors nodded. "Well, those monsters weren't alive. They were just hunks of metal, being controlled by twolegs. The reason they usually stay on the Thunderpath is because they're supposed to, because of the rules. But not everybody does, so that's why some stray off."

"So," Firestar asked, sounding a little like Graystripe when they first found out that they were from a book, "when Cinderpelt and Whitethroat, and all those others hit by monsters, were killed or injured severely, that was the twolegs?"

"Hey, it wasn't my idea," Mario said. "I rarely use those things, and never to drive somewhere. I just use them in races. Which brings me back to the racetrack. Since we control the monsters, we use them on special Thunderpaths called racetracks where we bring them around the track, until we get back to where we started. That's one lap. Usually, the first one to finish three laps wins. But sometimes there are more laps, or there's only one lap, but the track is longer and doesn't end where it started. So, let's go in. Or out, since the place is outside." He opened the door, and they left the mansion, stepping out onto the racetrack.

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Outside, there were only two smashers on the racetrack. Captain Falcon was racing against Falco. Captain Falcon was in his Blue Falcon, and Falco was in his Arwing. They'd arrived just in time for the end of the race, apparently, since the two were pulling over. Captain Falcon parked his Falcon, and Falco landed in his Arwing. Jumping out, they both came over.

"Hey, what's going on?" Falco said as he walked over. "I haven't seen you two around before. Are you new, or just passing through?"

"Passing through?" Firestar asked.

"Not everyone we show around stays forever," Mario explained. "Some just come in, stay for a bit, then leave."

"Like that Taebus guy," Falco says. "He comes in, stays for a bit, leaves, but always comes back again. You can never guess when he'll be back."

"Who's Taebus?" Graystripe asked.

"Well, like Falco said, he keeps coming back, then leaves, but always comes back again," Luigi said. "Not that that's a problem for anyone, most of us like the guy enough. Oh, sorry," he said, looking back at Falcon and Falco. "Firestar and Graystripe, this is Captain Falcon and Falco Lombardi. Falcon, Falco, this is Firestar and Graystripe."

"Nice to meet you," Falco said, looking them up and down. "Where are you from?"

"Well, do you two know that book I read, about the cats?" Mario said.

"Yeah," Falco said. "Never read it myself, but-" He stopped mid-sentence, looking back at them. "Oh, boy."

"Oh, yeah," Mario said.

"Wait, they're from a book about cats?" Captain Falcon asked. Luigi nodded. "Have you shown them the racetrack yet?"

Everyone, Falco included, turned to stare at him.

"What?" he asked. Falco tapped him and pointed back to the racetrack they'd just been on.

"I think they did, Falcon," he said. "Just an incredibly wild guess, but I think they did."

"Thankfully," Mario said. "Maybe people will stop asking about it now!" He shouted the last words.

"People have been asking about it?" Falco asked.

"You have no idea," Mario said, sounding angry.

"Okay, Mario, calm down," Zelda said, walking up to him.

"Oh, and by the way, Mario," Falco said, looking back, "I think your dragon is invading the kitchen again."

"You mean Yoshi?" Mario asked.

"Yeah, I let him in," Captain Falcon said.

"You did that?" Falco asked, looking over at him.

"Yeah, why?" Captain Falcon said, looking back.

"Master Hand said specifically not for anyone to let Yoshi into the kitchen!" Falco shouted. "It's like setting a bull loose in a china shop!"

"Actually," Luigi said, looking over, "they proved on Mythbusters that that's not so bad."

"I don't care!" Falco shouted. "You get the idea!"

"Well, Master Hand was in the kitchen with him!" Captain Falcon said.

"Was it Master Hand or Crazy?" Falco asked.

"Okay, let's get out of here," Mario said. "Let's go get Yoshi."

"Will Kirby be with him?" Zelda asked.

"Probably," Mario said, leading them out through the door.

That's all for now. Finally, this is the first scene I imagined for this story. Thanks to everyone who's supporting this story. Please R&R. Constructive criticism is fine, but flames are still bad. Gamer4 out.