Remember when I implied that Persona 4 was getting delivered to me on Thursday? Well, it ended up coming early. I have already succeeded at clocking in 24 hours in a week. Before I continue with our usual shenanigans, here are the results of the poll. Sharing the number 1 spot with three votes each are Mewtwo, Ashley, and Me. Shucks, you guys shouldn't have. Sharing second place are Giygas, Lucas, and Roy. Ridley, Dr. Mario, Pichu, and the Squirrels all got at least one vote while everyone else goes unloved. ...Well, that was a fun poll! But let's get back to our story!

REIGN OF THE GARLIC KING - PART 4

The doors to the room were beginning to break under the constant attacks and the living barrier couldn't hold. As the assault continued, The Normals began to think of ways to get out safely and live in the Wal-Mart parking lot for the rest of their lives. Or at least until Wario blows himself up or the Minister comes back.

"Okay, we are on the third floor, so jumping out of the window would be no good." said Lucario, looking outside Dedede's windows (which had the window frames removed).

"I can carry all of you on my back and fly out." suggested Dedede.

"Us too?" said a Waddle Dee getting tired of holding the door.

"NO."

"Aw..."

"Wouldn't work. You're not that fast in the first place and we'll end up slowing you down., They'd probably shoot us out of the sky with... coconuts or something." said Falco.

"The Garlic King will not use coconuts! We would shoot you of the sky with watermelons! Flavored with garlic! Because that's how the Garlic King rolls!" said Wario from behind the door. The Normals all groaned, with one thing on their mind: this is going to suck.

"What do you want now Lord Asshole?" growled Falco.

"I am the Garlic King!"

"Get bent!"

"Whatever! Look, we are here to shoot you into the sun for not eating my awesome garlic food!" clarified Wario.

"...Isn't that a bit harsh?" pointed out Lucario.

"It's not for me!" guffawed Wario. "So, if you don't come out, then I will use my awesome gun throne to shoot down your doors and get you myself! WAHAHA, I AM SO AWESOME!"

"...Did he just say gun throne?" gulped one of the Waddle Dees. Dedede's living barricade started to move around as the people making it up started to panic as they heard the cocking of guns on the other side. Lucario tried to think of a solution to this while Dedede was stopping Falco from climbing out of the window.

"Don't do it! You don't have floating powers like me and it's not worth it!" pleaded Dedede, trying to pull Falco away.

"It is worth having both my legs broken if I can crawl away from here!" snapped Falco. Lucario stopped to help pull him away.

"Please don't. Look, as cruel as the author is, he would probably leave something to help his protagonists get out of problems." said Lucario. The three of them stood there, thinking of what to do. Wario has an army and a fully functioning throne made of guns, and all they have are Waddle Dees, a few Waddle Doos, and Gordos. They would probably last a few minutes in a battle and it's unlikely that they could sneak out. Before they considered going with Falco's idea and breaking their legs, they looked up at the ceiling and an idea sparked in their heads... figuratively and soon to be physically...

Wario's finger was hovering over the button that would activate the guns. "I give you chumps until three! One... two... er... four..."

"Hey! Lord Asshole!" yelled Falco from the other side. "If you're so great, then why don't you fight us yourself?"

"...Heh?"

"Yeah!" agreed Lucario. "Don't fight us cowardly with guns!"

"Yeah, and definitely don't fart to blow the doors down!" said Dedede suspiciously. Wario however was too gullible to catch onto this. He turned around and faced his rear end at the door while his entourage scattered, not wanting to get caught up in this.

"Here I come losers!" laughed Wario as he prepared to unleash his deadly gas. But as he did that, he was unaware that the doors opened. He was also unaware that the Normals had taken down the chandelier and were throwing the still burning candles at him...

KABOOM!

"WAAAAAH!" screamed Wario. In combination with his gas and the candle flame, the entire hallway was set ablaze, him included. He ran down the hallway, flailing his arms pathetically, trying to put himself out. Dedede floated out into the hallway and over the flames, carrying Falco and Lucario on his back.

"That worked out well." said Falco, snickering at the sight of a flaming Wario.

"It's not over yet. We need to get to the intercom room, so we can tell everyone that Wario shouldn't be our leader." explained Lucario. As they floated down one end of the hallway, at the other end, Wario was getting extinguished by his minions.

"Thanks... now go after them!" yelled Wario.

"...Your majesty, the entire hallway is on fire, so we'll have to take several detours just to get to the other side." explained a Shaydas.

"...Wah! You guys are useless!" Wario jumped up and landed into his throne, ignoring how burning hot it was. "Those chumps are practically challenging me! What kind of king would I be if they one-uped me! I will not have that! Wario is the greatest Garlic King ever!" And then, to further show off how awesome his throne was, it started hovering in the air and started chasing after them. The Normals became aware of his presence when he opened fire on them.

"...It can fly too?" screamed Falco in frustration and disbelief.

"How come I don't have a throne like that?" asked Dedede. Unfortunately, the simple act of talking required him to open his mouth, which released all the air out of him, which caused him and his passengers to tumble down onto the floor. Luckily, this caused Wario to fly above them, as he intended to ram them.

"Whoops, I missed! ...I mean, I didn't miss! The Garlic King totally intended it! All part of my great plan!" shouted Wario as he attempted to turn his throne back around.

"Run!" shouted Falco, taking advantage of this moment. The Normals sprinted away from him and down a corridor. They immediately ducked into a room as soon as they heard Wario's throne coming back around. The room was filled with paint buckets, brushes, and various other art materials.

"Art supply room. Nice." commented Lucario.

"Okay, what do you suggest we do now?" asked Falco.

"I found you!" shouted Wario as he shot the door down about a minute later. In front of him were silhouettes of Falco, Lucario, and King Dedede, who were just staring at him. "...Not talking, eh? Well... can you talk... WITH BULLETS IN YOU!" He pressed the button and the silhouettes were easily riddled with bullets. "WAHAHAHA! THE GARLIC KING TRIUMPHS AGAIN! ...Wah?" Then, the dust settled, revealing that he had not shot the real Falco, Lucario, and King Dedede. Instead, he had shot large sheets of paper that were taped to the wall that had lazily painted silhouettes on them.

There was an open air vent in one of the walls in the room. Deep within the vent system, King Dedede still heard the gunshots and failure. "Ha! Take that Wario!"

"You aren't getting away!" yelled Wario, refusing to lose to them. Instead of doing something like putting poison in the air vents, he chose to go in after them. Of course, he immediately got stuck.

"This is what happens when you steal my stuff!" laughed Dedede.

"...Wait, how are you getting through? You're a bigger fatty than me!" said Wario, in a surprising twist of logic.

"Don't get logical on us now!" yelled Falco down the vents. "Oh, we're here."

Lucario's voice came onto the intercom. "Attention Smashers and enforcers of the castle! My friends and I have been looking through the rulebooks- yes, we have rulebooks. And we discovered that since Wario is an anti-hero, he is subject to the same laws that apply to villains. One of these laws being that villains aren't allowed into power. Which means that Wario is not our king."

"To everyone who wants to beat the shit out of him, he's in the art supply room on the third floor. You're welcome." said Falco over intercom. Wario could already hear roars of fury and Smashers taking up arms.

"And can you also find out where he's keeping my stuff?" asked Dedede. "That'd be awesome."

"Marco!" yelled Kirby.

"Polo!" responded Young Link.

"THIS IS NOT A GODDAMN POOL!" screeched Samus.

"Hey! You guys! Catch!" A rope was thrown into the poo- lard pit. Everyone looked up to see who their savior(s) was. Meta Knight was particularly relieved to find out that the other Normals were bailing them out.

"Nice job on getting Wario out of office." commented Meta Knight as he used the rope to pull himself out of the pool. The other people sentenced to the lard pit pulled themselves out as well and they immediately went to celebrate by looking for a real pool. "So, what happened to Wario?"

"You'll see." said Falco with a wink. He and the other Normals lead him to Smash Castle's real pool. Everyone was out there, barbecuing food that didn't have garlic in it, swimming, or looking into the sky. Meta Knight was confused until he saw Wario being dragged over to the cannon on the castle roof, with several fireworks strapped to him.

"Can't you guys just take an apology?" asked Wario desperately.

"Hell no." said a Primid, pushing him into the cannon. After a few second start up, the cannon fired Wario into the air, where the fireworks exploded, creating a large colorful image of Wario's face with the eyes X'd out. No one cared where Wario ended up landing. They were just glad that he'll probably be gone for awhile. Also, yay, fireworks!

"...Wasn't firing him from a cannon a little hars-" said Meta Knight.

"Yeah, but at least we weren't firing him into the sun, like he threatened to do." said Falco. He offered Meta Knight a barbecue kabob. "Now shut up and eat."

"Wait, wait, wait. Hold on." said Samus. She stood on top of one of the tables. "We need to decide who will be the leader. Again. And you idiots better take this more seriously this time."

"I'll join again!" said Dedede.

"Um, Dedede? Aren't you an anti-hero?" pointed out Fox.

"...Crap, you're right. ...Forget it, I'll just go eat." grumbled Dedede.

Thanks to recent events, the candidate pool was halved, leaving Peach and Samus as the only voting options. It was very close, but Peach ended up becoming the elected leader of the castle. Her rule brought peace, love, and prosperity to the castle and all of it's inhabitants. Except for Wario, who, even if he was there, would get kicked out again. Soon, the Ancient Minister came back during a peaceful lunchtime.

"AMAZING. YOU GUYS DIDN'T BURN THE PLACE DOWN." said the Ancient Minister. He didn't even bother to mention how orderly everyone was. He was already shocked by the lack of a burned down place.

"And it's all thanks to my leadership skills!" said Peach.

"Hey, if it weren't for us, Wario would still be ruling." spoke out Falco.

"Oh right! It's a long story actually. Maybe we'll discuss it over tea time."

"YEAH, YOU CAN JUST TELL ME LATER. ...WHERE IS WARIO ANYWAY?"

"Who cares?" said everyone present.

"...OKAY. CARRY ON THEN."

Meanwhile, outside of the castle, Wario was standing on a hill, watching the castle and scheming. "I'll be back... especially for you, Normal chumpmuffins... no one makes a fool of... THE GARLIC KING! WAHAHAHAHA!"

END OF ARC 5

Starting with this arc, I'll start formulating an actual plot. Hey, this whole story won't just be random plotlines, because that would be dumb. Anyway, there will be another poll deciding what new arc I'll write next. I'll try my best to write it into the overarching plot. Will we see more of the Garlic King? Oh, you'll see.

The poll will end on the 11th, so please remember to vote for my stupidity. Until then, I'll be in the Velvet Room. See you guys soon!