7:00 PM, Eastern Standard Time

May 9, 2013

Southeastern United States

Weather: Partly cloudy

I flipped open my 3DS and turned on the game that was in it: Kirby Super Star Ultra. The game is really many games in one, and the game that I selected was a game that was previously noted-one with Meta Knight in it: Revenge of Meta Knight. I played this game for a while, then I got to the end and something strange happened.

When I got to the end where Kirby battles Meta Knight, I went up to the sword that Meta Knight offers Kirby, and the game started glitching right before I picked it up: the sword turned black and green, then it began to pixelate. When I picked up the sword, Kirby turned from pink to blue in rapid succession, and the green hat he wears with the Sword Ability turned purple and stayed that way. The music that plays during the battle sounded very glitchy and skipped frequently. For some reason, Meta Knight himself was not affected by the glitch, except that he appeared sentient: Meta Knight seemed to look at me frequently, hardly focusing on Kirby and seemed to be trying to talk to me, however most of what he was trying to tell me was inaudible, though I could have sworn I heard him say, "Help!" and "Come here!" a few times. Suddenly, Kirby's movements became erratic and did not follow the buttons I was pressing, then Kirby went back to normal and just before I beat Meta Knight, I heard static, the screen became pixelated, then it blacked out.

"WHAT JUST HAPPENED?!" I yelled. My brother Otto came over to see what I was talking about. All of a sudden-as if by magic-the 3DS turned back on... This time, I was greeted by something I had never witnessed-Kirby-a three-dimensional model of him-sat on the touch screen with a white background behind him, and grinned and waved at Otto and I. Suddenly, Kirby opened his mouth wide and started to use his signature move-Inhale. Somehow, he was Inhaling us!

My heart began to race as I was having a panic attack-Kirby was eating us! Why would Kirby want to eat us, let alone hurt us? How was this even possible? How could Kirby possibly be sentient?! As strange and illogical as it sounded, it was happening-it was really happening-except Kirby was actually not eating us.

I opened my eyes. Was I dead? I could move and see everything around me, though my vision was blurry. I noticed my glasses had fallen off, so I found them right next to me and I slid them back on, adjusting them as I did so. My brother was standing right next to me-as were Kirby... and Meta Knight.

I was panic-stricken. "Am I dead? Where am I?" I yelled frantically at Meta Knight, wondering if he could hear me, wondering if he meant harm.

Meta Knight looked at me, so I knew he could hear me. "Dead? You are very alive, as are your brother and the rest of us. This isn't a dream or a hallucination, either, and it is quite real. You are in the 3DS now, by the way." Meta Knight answered.

"Poyo!" Kirby blurted out some reason. Suddenly, someone came up behind me. I had an odd feeling I knew who it was.

"Welcome to our world: the Entertainment World." the person told me very quickly and in a voice I had somehow heard before. I turned around to meet a pale face with blue eyes and long green hair. He was wearing a black and white baseball cap, a white mid-length white shirt with a longer black one underneath, khaki pants, green shoes that reminded me of caterpillars, a black and white bracelet on his right arm, three triangular gold bracelets on his left arm, a gold "Menger Sponge" chained to his belt, and a necklace that was black with a gold band halfway horizontally on top of the ball and a light blue band halfway vertically in the front. This person was Natural Harmonia Gropius, better known as N.

I shook hands with N as Wreck-It Ralph came as well. My brother Otto cheered when he saw Ralph, and Ralph picked up Otto and let him rest on his shoulder. The four-year-old enjoyed this very much.

Not long later, a girl who looked about ten years old came as well. She looked similar to me: brown hair (but mine is lighter and more blond), blue eyes with glasses (except my glasses are rectangular and her's were circular), she had braces, wore a red shirt, blue jeans, and blue tennis shoes. This girl's name was Meg Murry.

"Is that your brother?" Meg asked, pointing to Otto.

"Yes that is." I answered.

"Okay, I just wanted to know." Meg responded, grinning.

"So, what are we going to do?" I asked.

"Well, first we will establish an alliance. Does anyone have any name ideas?" Ralph asked everyone.

"Just don't call our team 'The Meta-Knights'," Meta Knight told us. The Meta-Knights was the name of his band of warriors.

"And not 'Team Plasma'," N told us, as he was a former member of noted team.

I looked around. I was surrounded by a mashup of various characters. Mashup... That was it!

"How about Team MashUp? I mean, we all come from different places. Maybe we can recruit members to make it an even bigger one!" I asked.

"Then we'll vote. Let's vote on 'Team MashUp'," Meta Knight asked everyone as he raised his own hand. Everyone raised their hands.

"Well, I guess that settles it. Welcome to Team MashUp, everyone!" Meta Knight exclaimed. I leaned down as he placed his tiny hand in my hand, then we shook on it.

"You have much yet to learn," Meta Knight told me. "You've been chosen for a reason..." he finished.

"What do you mean?" I asked Meta Knight.

"You shall see." Meta Knight responded in a serious tone.

Suddenly, a shadow dashed across Ralph. I looked on Ralph's shoulder and Otto was gone! Panicked, I looked everywhere but could not find him. He was gone.

"Otto, where are you?" I called. I was ready to start bawling. I felt something touch the back of my shin.

"Everyone go to ECS. I believe I know where the child has been taken." Meta Knight told us all. At this moment, I realized how tiny he really was: Meta Knight barely came up to the middle of my shin. I wondered how it must feel to be eight inches tall.

"Lily, you go too. I don't want you to get hurt." Meta Knight told me. His voice was stern. Why was he so protective of me? Where was Otto? What was ECS?

"Should I go with you?" Ralph asked Meta Knight.

"Go with them. This should not take long..." Meta Knight responded. I felt as if he knew something we did not know. Why was I here? My mind raced.

Meta Knight unsheathed his sword, Galaxia, and dashed off. "I'm going to Super Mario Brothers," he called to us as we headed to this "ECS".