"So," Bryan Raide began with excitement, "who wants to knock on the door?"

"….."

"What? No one?"

"Well, it's a very intimidating door," Jewel Era noted. It was true. The door looked menacing as it held dark blue paint, a black SM symbol, and an embroidered, gold doorknob. This gateway led to the inside of a large mansion, decked out in the same color as the spooky door. This left the atmosphere very scary as the colors of red, orange, and violet painted the sky. Lights began to flicker on like fireflies turning on their yellow colors. Time was running out, and the group, known as the Gamers, needed to get in…fast.

"I'll do it!" James Fury finally exclaimed, annoyed of the silence. He banged on the door loudly and waited for a reply.

"Is it just me or is this turning into Luigi's Mansion?' Keiza Shen whimpered.

"I don't think it's you," Jarod Wood replied, "because I'm having the same feeling."

"Me too," Summer Era agreed, hiding behind her friend Lizzy Belle. "It's so creepy.'

"Come on guys," Lizzy spoke. "This isn't that bad." Suddenly, the haunted door crept open without any noise. Inside was pitch black, a void of nothingness. The group steadily went inside, knowing the obvious consequences.

"Ok, this is starting to creep me out," Keiza squealed.

"If we don't make it out alive," Jewel started, "I just wanna say that I've had a lot of fun with you guys."

"We'll make it," Lizzy promised. "We just have to find the light switch."

"What if there is not switch!?" Jarod protested loudly, falling into his "scared" mode.

"Then I will make light!" Everyone else halted their motion when Lizzy told those words. Unfortunately, they forgot about her magical powers of light and how she can use them for battle, or for her amusement.

"Why didn't you use your powers in the first place!?" Keiza screamed.

"Because ninjas who have magic don't use it unless it's a last resort possibility. It's part of the ninja code."

"Forget the code, dude!" Summer exclaimed. "Just make light!" Lizzy sighed and created a bright yellow energy ball with her gem necklace. It shined as bright as the sun, yet it was condensed to only light the room.

"All right, let's go!" Lizzy proclaimed. She turned to her companions, who were shocked and frightened of what they are staring at. "It's behind me, isn't it?! They nodded their heads slowly to communicate to her. The confused girl turned around and saw a creature with a green face and a white thing wrapped around the top of its head. It screamed frantically at the strangers because it though no one was here. The Gamers screamed as well because they thought the creature was scary.

"Wait!" Jarod yelled to quiet his friends. "It's only a girl in a face mask with a towel on her head!"

"Oh…." the rest of the Gamers replied.

"So who are you, huh?" the girl huffed with crossed arms. "I thought all the brawlers were here."

"We are the Gamers," James said. "We got invited to join the tournament. What about you?"

'My father is on a business trip and he left my sister and I here to watch the game. The name's Mia, by the way."

"I'm James. And these are my friends. Nice to meet you!"

"Hmm…..I guess you want Master Hand, huh?"

"That's right!" Lizzy exclaimed. "Do you know where he is?"

"What's going on down there?" a voice called from inside a chamber. No footsteps or noise came from this person, except for the squeaky doorknob it turned to open the door. Out came an enormous glove that would have been used by a Victorian royal if it was a normal hand size. It was Master Hand, head of the mansion. "Oh, you're early!"

"Wait, what?" Summer said confusingly. "I thought they were all here!"

"No," Master Hand responded. "The only ones that are here are you, the twin sisters Mia and Tiana, the chef, my brother, Sonic, Lucas, Ness, and I." The team was very puzzled. Then why did the girl say that everyone's here/

"Who's here, Master Hand?" They all turned to the dark staircase to see two young boys. One had a red and blue coordinated hat that swept to the side and covered most of his black hair. With tan shorts, and a yellow-blue striped shirt, he looked like a regular kid besides his PSI (or PK) powers. The boy next to him was almost identical, except he has blonde hair that's shaped to the top, and a red-yellow striped shirt.

"Just some more brawlers, Ness," Master Hand replied. "No need to worry."

"You mean the Gamers are here for the tournament!?" Lucas exclaimed. "That's cool!"

"Where's Sonic?" Bryan asked.

"Yeah! I wanna mess with him for a little while," Jarod agreed, pounding his fists together.

"You do realize it's impossible to do that because he runs like the Flask, right?" James said.

"But I've always wanted to do that!"

"He is training right now on the 4th floor," Master Hand explained.

"How many floors is there, sir?" Jewel asked.

"There are four floors to be exact, excluding the roof. On this floor are my quarters and the cafeteria."

"What are the other ones?"

"Well it seems you have to find out." Jewel could imagine him winking at her, even though he was only a hand.

"You guys wanna start training now?" Ness asked.

"Yeah! We can set everything up for you if you want," Lucas suggested.

"No, it's okay," Bryan replied, shaking his head. "We're pretty tired after all of the traveling and screaming."

"Screaming?'

"Yeah. That train drove too fast to get from Earth to this world.'

"But you should have recovered from the already," Ness pointed out.

"But we screamed for the entire time," Jewel added. "Except for Lizzy and Jarod."

"You get used to it after a little while," Jarod protested.

"I love international trains!" cried Lizzy at the top of her lungs.

"Of course you do," Summer said.

"If that's the case," Master Hand began, "Then you can rest on the next floor. It's where your quarters will be."

"Yes!" Jarod and James exclaimed. They ran up the stairs as fast as they could because they were so exhausted.

"I hope they realize that we left our luggage outside," Keiza commented after they left.

"Let's just go get our stuff," Lizzy said with a sigh. The rest of the group agreed and walked into the hallway to the entrance door.

"Excuse me," Master Hand said, "but would you like a "hand" with your belongings?"

"Sure!" Keiza responded back. She was the only one that answered because everyone else was laughing. "What?...what!?"

"He said let me give you a "hand"," Summer laughed.

"Oh! Why did I miss that?"

"That is probably my favorite line to say to my guests!" Master Hand said with a chuckle.