Author's Note: Haha, is everybody having a great Spring Break? I sure hope so! So, about that poll: in sixth and last place with no votes is 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow'. Of course, it was the second to last arc, plus there were a lot of other cooler choices. In fifth place, with a single vote, is 'The Great Beach Fiasco of 2012'. No love for the giant squid. Ever. In fourth place, with two votes, is 'The Penguin That Cried UFO'. Sharing third place with three votes each is 'The Murder and Vengeance of Pitoo' and 'The Worst Kidnapping Plot Ever'. Now then, for second place is 'Diplomacy, Ho!' with four votes. Hold the phone... there are five arcs left...

Yup, 'Lunchtime Shopping', 'Misadventures in Cooking', 'News Flash', 'Reign of the Garlic King', and 'Beware the Nice Ones' all share the number one spot with five votes each! Wow, equality for all! Except for everybody else.

Moving on, then...

THE GARLIC KING STRIKES BACK - PART 3

The Normals - led by King Dedede - went up a shaft that led up to the castle's ground floor. As they climbed up the platforms that supported their trek up, they were making plans on what to do. "Let's go punch Wario in his dumb face." Falco suggested.

"That is hardly a plan at all, Falco." Meta Knight said bluntly.

"Yeah... but you were thinking it too, right?"

"...Well, I'd technically use my sword..."

"Guys, we're here." King Dedede announced. "Just let me take a quick peek..." He pushed up against the floor tile the passage led up to and stuck his head through the hole he made.

The hallway was full of angry Smashers, who were beating the lights out of their Puppit enemies while screaming death threats. It looked like the Smashers were winning; however, this was all debunked when a motorcycle went down the hallway at speeds that even Sonic would be jealous of. The motorcycle missed Dedede by inches and ended up slamming through most of the fighters in the hallway, sending them careening straight into walls - rather painfully, I might add. Then, its rider - Wario - stood up on his seat and struck a pose. "Wahaha! Nobody escapes from Super King Garlicman!"

"...That's a stupid name..." Ike, the only survivor of the hit-and-run, coughed.

"Silence! You have no taste in super cool names!" Wario looked at the surrounding Puppits. "Take all these wimps!"

"..." King Dedede retreated back into the tunnel. "We're leaving."

"I thought we were going out through here." Meta Knight said.

"NOPE." Dedede snapped. Since arguing would have been a waste of time, the other Normals decided to retreat as well.

As they descended, Lucario continued to talk about battle plans. "Should we try going for Wario?"

"Nope. No. Not a good idea."

"Why no..." The Pokémon looked up. "...Oh. Yeah, never mind then."

"Should I even want to know what the problem is?" Falco asked.

"No."

"Okay then."

When they got to bottom of the shaft, Dedede started to lead them through a different path. "So, what should we do, then?" Meta Knight questioned as they walked.

"We could try gathering weapons." Falco proposed.

That statement practically made a bell ring inside Dedede's head. "Oh! I know where we could get weapons!"

The avian looked giddy. "Did you keep any Beam Claws?"

"Um, no. I was just thinking of going to the item storage room."

"...Yeah... that works too, I guess..."

"Well, going to the item storage room is the only plan we have." Meta Knight stated.

"...It would be nice to have a Beam Claw though..." Lucario admitted.

"H-hey!" a Primid wielding a super scope screamed at the advancing Puppits. "We used to be on the same side, remember?"

"We'Re OnLy LoYaL tO oUr KiNg AnD tAbUu." a Puppit cackled. The Primid shot at them, managing to take down one, but he decided to run away screaming when the others got too close. "YoU cAn RuN, bUt We'Ll AlWaYs Be In YoUr NiGhTmArEs!"

The Primids that weren't fighting back or were fleeing were being rounded up by the Puppits to be presented to Wario - who had turned back to normal after beating the crap out of everybody - and their king. "Listen up chumpbiscuits, I want you to create a large feast for the Garlic King!" Wario shouted at them. "Add lots of garlic, or else!"

"Or else what?" a brave Primid asked.

"One of those creeps will give you a hug." the rotund man said, pointing at one of the Puppits.

"I dOn'T wAnT tO hUg ThEsE tRaItOrS." the wooden guy hissed.

Despite that though, the threat definitely worked on the Primid. "Nooo! I don't want to be hugged!"

"Good. Then get to the kitchen and create a buffet worthy for a king - which is what I am, wahaha!" The Primids scrambled to get cooking, supervised by the Puppits.

One Puppit was whispering to the king. "HmMm... YeS, bRiNg ThEm AlL hErE." As that Puppit left, the Puppit King turned to Wario. "wE'vE gAtHeReD tHe SmAsHeRs; NoW, wE mUsT dEcIdE tHeIr FaTeS."

Both of the kings made a deal concerning the Smashers: the Puppit King would choose which Smashers to execute and the Garlic King would decide who deserves to be ruled over (as if that's a good thing). Originally, the Puppit King planned to kill the Smashers by burning them to death, just like last time; however, when the giant squid came into play, they decided, 'hey, let's have the squid kill them'. Everyone wins. Except the Smashers, but who cares.

"Alright, you get to kill a third of these losers, okay?"

"No. A hAlF."

"How about we just flip a coin for each of them?"

"...FaIr EnOuGh."

Then, the Smashers (minus the Normals), were dragged in, with chains holding their arms (remember, in this world, you can break everything but chains!) together. Of course, everybody was yelling at Wario angrily. "Palutena will smite you for this!" Pit screamed.

"Yeah yeah, the Potato Queen will smash me or something." Wario shrugged off. "Anyway, we've gathered you losers here today to decide who gets to be ruled under the Garlic King!"

"EvErYbOdY eLsE wIlL fAcE dEaTh By GiAnT sQuId." the Puppit added.

The clamor quieted down a bit, but the resentment was still present. "What are you going to do if we escape, huh?" Wolf growled.

"Fools! If you dare rise up against the Garlic King again..." Wario pulled out a Smash Ball from out of nowhere, immediately shutting everybody up. "I shall become, Super King Garlicman again!"

"That's still a stupid name!" several people shouted.

"Whatever! Now, to decide Toon Link's fate, I shall flip a coin - note that my face is printed on the coin, wahaha!"

"GeT oN wItH iT." the Puppit King rasped. "i CaLl HeAdS."

Wario flipped the coin and caught it in his palm - it landed on heads. "Toon Link shall be fed to the giant squid!"

"Yay!" the cartoonish knight cheered. "...I think!"

"As SoOn As ThE tImEsPaCe BuBbLe ArOuNd ThIs PlAcE iS dOwN, wE wIlL dElIvEr ThE sQuId HeRe."

"Alright, now it's Zelda's turn..." Wario murmured.

Speaking of time-space bubbles, its unwitting creators were still in Spear Pillar, cleaning up the mess Lucas made and reading fanfiction.

"...This story is completely asinine and silly. The person writing this truly has no life." Dialga commented. "...I can't take my eyes off of it, though."

"Good, we're almost to the part about the Garlic King!" Cresselia chirped.

"WILL YOU GUYS GET OFF THE DAMN COMPUTER AND HELP ME DEAL WITH THIS MESS?" Palkia screamed. "WHERE THE HELL DID YOU EVEN GET THAT THING ANYWAY?"

Also, speaking of the giant squid, said creature was still holding up to the Smashers trying to defeat him.

Captain Falcon grabbed a tentacle that flew at him and took a bite out of it. "Hahahaha, delicious!"

"Argh! What the hell is wrong with you?" screamed the squid. "You know what, it doesn't matter! You're all screwed regardles- OW!"

Yoshi and Kirby also took a bite from a tentacle. "Yummy!" They both said.

"I don't even taste good, stop eating me!"

Speaking of cooking, our heroes was heading up the passage to the castle's kitchen. "Why are we going to the kitchen?" Meta Knight hissed.

"I'm hungry." Dedede admitted. "But hey, the storage room isn't far from there."

"Just don't slow us down with your food cravings." Falco said.

When they reached the top, Dedede lifted up the panel; the Normals immediately retched when they whiffed the air that drifted down into the shaft. They could recognize the horrible smell. That horrible smell that should just be used in moderation as a delicious compliment to some foods. It was garlic. The penguin king looked up and saw a Primid at a stove looking down at him. "Oh, whoops. Uh, I'll just leav..."

"Help. Us." the Primid whispered. Dedede furrowed his eyebrow before rising up a bit more. Most of the castle's Primids were at working, creating garlic-laden foods. Surrounding them were Puppits, who watched them with their cold eyes.

"Uh... there's a problem up here." Dedede whispered to the others.

"Let me see." Falco grunted. He recklessly climbed over Dedede and shoved his way to the surface. He froze when he saw that every eye - Puppit included - was on him.

"WhO... wHo ArE yOu?" one of them said.

"...Er..." Falco's eyes diverted to a cooking knife. He quickly snatched it up. "Oh, whoops. This knife flew in your head." He threw the knife at the Puppit that spoke to him. The wooden creature was downed by the clean hit. "My bad."

Meta Knight, curious about the situation, came up and realized that they've landed themselves in trouble. "Oh dear. I... um... oh no, my sword seems to be moving on its own." He immediately slashed a nearby Puppit in half. "I'm sorry about that."

Lucario clambered up. "Uh..." He grabbed a pot full of grease and threw it at some of the enemies, causing them to burn. "Oh dear! I tripped!"

The Primids watched the situation in amazement. Then, one of them got the inspired confidence to continue this. "Ah! I lost my knife!" He stabbed a Puppit in the face.

"...Oh no, the drawer full of sharp forks are flying through the air!"

"What's this? The oven set you on fire?"

"Watch out, a possessed spoon is flying in your direction!"

Thanks to the display of the Normals, the Primids rose up against their captors, taking them down with ridiculously convenient accidents. The Puppits quickly recovered from the surprise and hissed, launching into battle. However, these guys were up against a bunch of accident-prone Primids and four Smashers, and this time, Super King Garlicman was not around. It was a foregone conclusion that the Puppits end up getting defeated. "Go team!" Dedede cheered, while munching on bread.

"Primids, I have a request for you." Meta Knight announced. "Can you please provide a distraction while we go into the item storage room?"

The Primids all nodded. Gathering knives, pots, stolen beam swords, and spoons, the purple creatures ran out of the kitchen.

The penguin burped. "Okay, I'm stuffed. Now, let's go get some stuff and kick the Garlic King's butt!"

"Lord Asshole." Falco corrected.

"It doesn't matter." Lucario said with a sigh.

"...Popo, it looks like you get to be ruled by me, the Garlic King!" Wario said, after the latest coin toss.

The blue-clothed Ice Climber frowned. "Can't you kill me instead?"

"No, too bad! Now then..."

"YoUr MaJeStYs!" a Puppit flew over the crowd of judged Smashers. "ThE pRiMiDs EsCaPeD aNd ArE rIsInG bAcK uP aGaInSt Us!"

"WhAt..." the Puppit King hissed. "HoW dArE tHeY? SeNd AlL oF oUr FoRcEs To DeAl WiTh ThE pRoBlEm." He then spun toward his fellow 'king', a suspicion on his mind. "AlL oF tHe SmAsHeRs ArE hErE, cOrReCt?"

"Uh..." Wario shrugged. "There's definitely more than five of them."

"...It DoEsN't MaTtEr, I sUpPoSe. NoW, wHo'S nExT iN lInE tO rEcIeVe OuR jUdGeMeNt?"

The Normals hid around a hallway corner, watching the huge doors that marked the item storage room (small bits of rubble were still spread on the floor); several Puppits were guarding them. Then, another Puppit appeared to tell them what's happening. Immediately, the crowd of wooden monsters left to deal with the Primid distraction. "It's clear." Meta Knight said.

"Yeah, we can see that." Falco muttered. The four Smashers, after taking a quick look around, immediately ran for the doors. Upon entering, they searched around to make sure that there weren't any Puppits inside; thankfully, it was safe.

However, there was a noticeable change in the room. There was a huge pyramid of crates near the entrance, with a giant sign saying: "Super King Garlicman's Swag".

"...Super King Garlicman?" the confused Pokémon said with a tilted head.

"...Swag?" the annoyed pilot said in disgust.

"What could be inside..?" the curious knight said.

"Let's find out." the eager and greedy king said, holding his hammer. Dedede held his hammer above his head and smashed one of the crates.

A Smash Ball came out of it.

They were all shocked by the appearance of the glowing ball. Dedede then broke open another crate.

It was another Smash Ball; all the crates were filled with the Final Smash-enablers.

The Normals looked at each other, sharing a genuine smile.

To be continued...

Author's Note: The next chapter will definitely be the final part of the arc; don't fret however, because there will be one last chapter afterward. All stories have epilogues, right?

Now then, for the final poll for this story: Which Normal would you like to be? I expect that most of you would want to be Meta Knight and Lucario, but hey, let's give everyone a fair shot here. You have only one vote, so use it wisely! Also, vote quickly: I plan on writing the last chapters on Saturday, Sunday, or Monday. I hope you all enjoy the last chapters of this story.