As I was writing this, I realized that Ness' personality was different then his iliteration from Attack of Giygas. But who cares.
This and the disappearance of the children idea tied together in the poll, but since this arc has been waiting around longer than that one, this gets first pick. So without further ado, the fourth arc of The Normals!
ARC 4: NEWS FLASH - PART 1
Ness and Nana were sitting under the light of the moon, having had dinner on the top of the castle together. Why? Because if you read Nana' Secret, you would know that I ship them. They were sitting across each other, looking into each other's eyes.
"This was really great Ness." giggled Nana. "When will we have another date again?"
"Depends if we don't get caught." said Ness. You see, they were keeping their relationship secret. Whenever people start dating at the Smash Castle, people are either constantly egging them on (which is annoying), going yandere when they find out the person they love is dating, gives annoying dating tips, or a combination of the above. Basically, it would completely shatter any peace of mind the couple would have. If anyone were to know...
CLICK!
Ness and Nana turn to see a bush with a completely obvious camera sticking out of it. On top of a cobblestone castle roof. Ness snapped his fingers and burned away the bush with PK Fire, revealing Sonic and Diddy Kong, who were reporters for the Smash Gazette, which was the castle's own newspaper syndication. The two reporters glanced at each other before looking back at the two young lovebirds.
"Oh hey, we didn't see you there." said Diddy nervously.
"Yeah. This camera? Oh, I was taking pictures of myself like usual." said Sonic. Ness and Nana weren't convinced. They took a few steps toward them, brandishing weapons.
"Sorry guys! No one must know! Everyone thinks that Pit and Samus are my OTP!" said Nana.
"Too bad! We need something for the gossip section and- SCREW THIS I'M OUT OF HERE!" screamed Sonic. He turned and started to head for the stairs. Unexpectedly, Diddy grabbed onto his fur. Spikes. Hair? I don't know hedgehog biology, okay?
"Don't forget about me!" screeched Diddy like, well, a monkey. Unfortunately, this threw off Sonic's direction and he pased by the stairs and instead, plummeted right off the castle. Nana and Ness were initially speechless until they started to celebrate their demise. Nana took out a shovel.
"Hey, let's go on a grave digging adventure! No one will know if we bury their trophies, riiiight?" said Nana. Ness stared at her.
"That is so underhanded... I love you."
"...SO BECAUSE OF THEIR MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE, THE SMASH GAZETTE IS IN NEED OF NEW REPORTERS." announced Mr. Game and Watch, who was the editor of the Smash Gazette, during breakfast. "DUE TO THE APPARENT NEW DANGER, I ASK FOR A MINIMUM OF FOUR REPORTERS. I ALSO ASK TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR SONIC AND DIDDY KONG. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME!"
While Ness and Nana feigned innocent, the other Smashers read through the newspaper. It announced standard things like the results of yesterday's matches, recent news throughout the Nintendo dimension, tips, and gossip. However, the gossip and tips section was severely lacking; Sonic and Diddy were in charge of those sections. Dedede put down his paper, dissatisfied by the lack of rumors. "We need new reporters."
"Agreed. The paper lacks some charm without their section... plus I need cooking tips." said Meta Knight, still embarrassed by his lack of culinary skills.
"Hey, maybe we can join." proposed Lucario.
"What? No. I refuse to do more work than we already do for no pay!" protested Falco.
"Listen Falco." Lucario began to whisper into his ear. "We're the reporters. We can choose what to report to Mr. Game and Watch. We can omit things and report lies. We have an influence on something the entire castle reads. Think about it." He left Falco there to think. And Falco thought it was brilliant.
"Well, I'm signing up!" said Falco excitedly, getting away from the table. Meanwhile, Meta Knight and Dedede stared at Lucario, shocked by the fact that Lucario suggested something so evil. Lucario noticed the dark looks they were giving him and shrugged.
"Hey, I'm not going to manipulate the newspaper. I only said that to motivate Falco... please stop looking at me like that." said Lucario. He got up, wanting to get away from them. Before scurrying off, he added. "What about you guys?"
"...I have to admit, it's an interesting idea." said Meta Knight. "I'll come anyway to make sure Falco doesn't get lies printed into the paper."
Dedede got up as well, giving a small shrug. "Eh. I have nothing better to do today."
The Normals went to Mr. Game and Watch, who had for some reason dragged an office desk into the lunchroom. He was wearing a sweet detective hat, because why not?
"HMMM... SO YOU GUYS WANT TO JOIN? DO YOU HAVE THE QUALIFICATIONS? THE GUTS?"
"For one, we're the most normal people out of the rest of you idiots." said Falco.
"Plus we sort of put up with your stuff everyday. We have the guts." said Lucario.
"GOOD POINT." said Mr. Game and Watch. He opened up his desk and took out four boxes. "THESE WILL BE YOUR REPORTER TOOLS." They looked inside the boxes. There were cameras, notepads, several pens, and detective hats of their own. Then, he took out four more boxes. "AND THESE SHOVELS ARE FOR JUST IN CASE THE DEAD RISES."
"What." said Lucario.
"Hey, free shovels. Just take them." said Dedede, holding his brand new shovel while wearing his new detective hat.
"I HOPE YOU GUYS REPORT ON INTERESTING THINGS AND NOT BE LIKE FOX NEWS." said Mr. Game and Watch.
"What does that mean?" asked Meta Knight.
"HAVE JOURNALISTIC INTEGRITY."
"Don't worry, we'll be upholding our integrity or whatever." said Falco, while plotting against the Smashers he hates and how to ruin them using the newspaper. While he was at it, he was also plotting againt everyone else. Meanwhile, Meta Knight just gave him a glare. He knew Falco hated everyone to some extent, and he knew well that he would take advantage of his new position.
"Show me your lunch money!" yelled Captain Falcon, holding Toon Link by the scruff of his neck.
"OUR FOOD DOESN'T EVEN COST MONEY WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!" screamed Toon Link.
CLICK!
"Bullying children now, are you?" sai Meta Knight, holding a camera. "How distasteful. The entire house will be hearing about this."
"Er..." murmurred Captain Falcon. "I can explai- FALCON TOSS!" He threw Toon Link at Meta Knight.
"Wheeee!" said Toon Link, flying through the air like a majestic cartoon eagle. Meta Knight easily dodged, letting Toon Link fly through the window (he felt really bad about that afterward). Captain Falcon, without a weapon, chose to punch Meta Knight in the face. However, King Dedede stepped in front of him and swung his hammer at Falcon, knocking him into a wall. The crazy racer slid off, now unconscious. Falco was rapdily writing into his notepad.
" '...Falcon's wave of violence finally ended when Dedede knocked him out.' Done." said Falco, smirking a little.
"Wave of violence? That's not how it went!" objected Meta Knight.
"Hey, how else can you explain him just bullying Toon Link for no reason and attacking us? It's technically true." said Falco. Meta Knight sighed and turned to Lucario.
"Can you look for anything else suspicious in the castle?"
"On it." said Lucario, using his aura sight to look throughout the castle for a story, which Falco would presumably distort to his own needs, much to Meta Knight's annoyance. "There's something happening on the third floor, let's move."
To be continued...
Yeah, I ship Ness and Nana. Deal with it. Anyway, Falco being a villainous protagonist instead of Dedede? Gasp! Well, even though Dedede is selfish, Falco pretty much hates everyone else to some extent, so making him villainous would make more sense. And now Ancient Minister appearance, wowzers! Then again, Mr. Game and Watch talks like him, so he's pretty much his replacement for this arc. Sorry ROB fans.
So anyway, I finished Attack of Giygas several days ago, and I'm proud of it. So please read it. But with that done, I'll be giving this story more attention. So expect another chapter in a few days instead of a week or two! Welp, Hyper is out. Peace!