Oh, good lord. What is this amalgamation of randomness I have created? Why am I so ambitious? Oh well, please, do read on…
Finally, the day that comes once a year…
MSB slowly opened his eyes, as the realization of his current time and place slowly dawned on him. It was Christmas. In the Smash Mansion! Oh man, this is gonna be great!, he thought to himself, already conceiving thoughts as to what he could do on this glorious day. Then he realized his bed was moving. But he wasn't. There was something suspicious right next to him, too. He slowly turned to the opposite side, and immediately turned the brightest red humanly possible.
He should've stayed asleep.
Right next to him, on his own bed, was a girl. A girl with long, flowing purple hair, black armor (how did she sleep in that?) and rather large… well, you know… MSB didn't know what to do. This was Camilla, after all. As quickly and silently as possible, he scanned the rest of his room. A boy was lying on the side of a wall with a book over his head… Leo. A little girl was curled up next to his bed with a staff nearby… Elise. A man with similar black armor to Camilla and a rather intimidating sword at his side was right next to his door… Xander.
Forget how these guys got here… he needed to get OUT of there!
With as much caution as possible, MSB slowly pried himself from the covers, placing his feet on the bedroom floor. He began tiptoeing towards the exit, but he felt like he was forgetting something. He looked towards his TV… the Switch. After having a brief mental debate, he decided to slowly make his way towards the TV, cautiously lift out his Nintendo Switch, as well as bring a few games, and once again tiptoed to the door. Once he was safely outside, he began closing the door ever so precisely. It was almost closed, when… "Oh, good morning MSB! Is something wrong?" greeted Corrin (F).
He accidentally slammed the door out of reflex.
While he should've stiffened from panic, MSB forced himself to jump over the second floor railing, as he heard the sound of his door being slashed to shreds. He collided on the ground, doing a minor tumble roll before getting back up on his two feet. He looked up where his room had been, seeing all four of the Nohrian siblings in all of their terrifying glory. Camilla was making a rather intimidating smirk on her face. "Huhuhu~" she giggled, "such a naughty boy…" Corrin (F) was nowhere to be found.
MSB began his mad dash around the mansion. This was going to be an interesting Christmas…
Elsewhere in the mansion, Shulk was helping to prepare the food for the Christmas party. While Peach was busy making the cake and Zelda with her cookies, Shulk busied himself making fried chicken. Chrom was already attempting to make the most envious turkey with stuffing known to man, and Shulk was not about to let his prized poultry lose to that! He seethed in determination as he took his chicken out of the fryer.
At that moment, he had a vision.
When the vision ended, Shulk blinked for a second. He eyed the bowl of chocolate truffles inside the kitchen. The truffles that ZS Samus had said were forbidden to be eaten until the Christmas party. Walking towards the bowl was a young man in some weird blue steampunk getup, short brown hair, and intense brown eyes. Accompanying him was a girl, wearing a red getup, red hair, and red eyes. The boy eyed the truffles in delight, even though the girl advised against eating one.
He grabbed one of the dark chocolate truffles, and was about to pop it into his mouth…
...when someone snatched it out of his hand. The boy blinked for a moment, and turned his head, surprised to see Shulk holding the truffle in his hand, grinning like he'd just outsmarted the smartest person alive. "See Rex?" the girl scolded, "What goes around comes around!" "Not now, Pyra…" the boy named Rex said to the girl, "...I'm so hungry." As if to prove his point, his stomach growled at that moment. Pyra sighed, before mentioning, "I told you to eat something on the way here." Speaking of eating, Shulk was about to put the truffle in HIS mouth.
"NOOOOO!" cried Rex, simultaneously swatting the truffle out of Shulk's hand.
The two men watched the truffle's course of trajectory. It bounced off the kitchen walls, before eventually landing in the middle of the living room. Sadly, the living room carpet had been cleaned by Mario yesterday, meaning the truffle was still edible. Shulk glared at Rex, giving him a powerful punch to the face, sending him to the opposite side of the living room. "REX!" cried Pyra, rushing to her Driver's side. Rex slowly rose up, eyeing Shulk with a murderous glance.
No more words, they both thought, bringing forth their blades.
Inked, the male inkling, was sleeping peacefully in his puddle of blue ink. He made small snores as he slumbered in his squid form, much to the delight of the female inkling, Inky. Unbeknownst to Inked, Inky had taken it upon herself to call over five other special squids. Standing in the room, all eyes on Inked, was Inky, Callie, Marie, Pearl, Marina, a hot pink short-haired female inkling named Sasha, and Slippy, who had decided to appear in his inkling form, rocking a killer haircut.
As Inked opened his eyes, his mind decided to run a blank.
There, standing in front of his very eyes, was Marina, the famed octoling in all of her beauty. She was a goddess among mere mortal squids such as himself, and sure Pearl was cute too, but Marina radiated beauty. He tried blinking, but couldn't. He slowly shriveled from a severe case of inferiority complex. "Aw…" Pearl cooed. "Looks like somesquid's a little starstruck," Marie sighed. Callie and Inky giggled, as Marina slowly pulled Inked out of his puddle bed, stroking him gently like a beloved pet.
In a nanosecond, Inked went from blue to an intense red pink.
"WOOOOMY!" he shouted from the rooftops, super jumping through his room door, through the roof, and into the stratosphere. The rest of the inklings looked in shock, as Mario walked down the mansion halls, paying the recent ruckus no mind. Heck, the guy walked past a panicky MSB and a feuding Shulk & Rex several minutes ago! Nothing could phase him… well, almost nothing. He was currently searching for something rather unusual… or at least more so than usual.
The look on Ganondorf's face might have held the answer.
"Good-a morning, Ganondorf!" greeted the plumber, "Have you by-a any chance seen-a anything suspicious?" Ganondorf looked at him with a bewildered expression. "If seeing a more unholy incarnation of yourself trying to kill you before being sealed away by other incarnations of your eternal enemies counts… then yes," he recalled, the flashbacks of Calamity Ganon still haunting him. Mario looked down in sadness, having not received the answer he was looking for.
"Oh, and I also saw a group of weird rabbit-like creatures cosplaying as you and your friends-"
Mario took off the moment Ganondorf revealed this information. Meanwhile, in Link's room, he, Zelda, and two other people that beared an incredible resemblance to them, were busy playing Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. Link was playing as himself, naturally, Zelda was playing as Isabelle, the other Link was playing as Luigi, and the other Zelda was the Inkling Girl. Surprisingly, the other Link was in the lead. "How!?" BotW Zelda cried, "This is just the first race!" BotW Link gave a smug look to BotW Zelda, as he passed by Link, with his Luigi giving Link his trademark death stare. Within several minutes, BotW Link had gotten first place. Link got last place.
The Zelda's ended up chasing down Link in order to keep him from killing his BotW incarnation.
Little Mac was having fun that day. He was currently competing against a rather vivacious young man who had toothpaste-styled blue hair, blue eyes, a red mask, a white t-shirt, and elongated arms that looked like springs. Yes, Little Mac was fighting Spring Man, while the other ARMS characters (up to Misango) were watching in the bleachers. "*Sigh*," Mechanica sighed, "You'd think Little Mac would've learned that close combat is ineffective at this point…"
The other ARMS fighters nodded, as Little Mac flew across the gymnasium.
"To be fair, though," added Misango, "You have to give credit to his unyielding determination." Misango's spirit partner bounced up and down in approval. "Here comes the Rush!" announced Ribbon Girl, as Spring Man was surrounded in a yellow aura. His Toasters honed in on Little Mac, who… skillfully dodged the incoming attack, ran right up to Spring Man, and KO Uppercutted him out of the ring!? Mechanica spat out her water while watching the sight, which was about to land on Ninjara… until he teleported into the spot right next to him. Helix, being Helix, made an unintelligible noise that was expected of the two year-old scientific experiment.
"REBOUND!" yelled MSB, using Helix like a launchpad to fling himself in the opposite direction of the Nohrian siblings.
Meanwhile, Mario had finally caught the four Rabbids in the act of… setting up the kitchen? Surely enough, the four Rabbids, their Mushroom Kingdom counterparts (save Mario), and a handful of other Smashers were busy preparing the living room for the Christmas dinner. Shulk and Rex would have intervened, but Meta Knight had sternly ordered them to take it outside. He also made sure to keep ahold of the truffle to prevent foul play. Mario stood at the living room scene wide eyed and gawking, until Peach approached him.
"Are you going to help, or what?" she playfully asked the plumber.
As Mario began helping like the valiant hero he was, Kirby and his friend Susie were setting up the rather huge fireplace. Luckily, the Robobot Armor that Susie had brought along made the job easier, to an extent. "You're doing great, Pinky!" Susie called up to Kirby, as she supervised him from the safety of the floor, "Keep it up!" Kirby "Hi!"-ed in approval, as he finished hanging up the stockings, descending back down in front of the fireplace. His Robobot Armor entered its Fire form, as Kirby began lighting up the kindling.
Elsewhere in the kitchen, a certain group of Street Fighters were taking care of business.
Ryu and Ken were currently trying to push King Dedede out of the kitchen. At this point, all they were doing was delaying him from the ever growing set of delicacies becoming present at the table. Chun-li looked at the sight with concern. "I thought you were joking when you said a fat penguin king was residing at this place…" she muttered. Cammy was standing at the kitchen entrance, eating a bag of potato chips. "Want some?" she offered, neglecting to notice King Dedede's presence.
She could barely run fast enough to avoid his gluttony.
Unfortunately for MSB, he had run out of room to run. Camilla and her siblings had cornered him in one of the hallways. He swiveled his head left and right, looking for an escape route in vain. Corrin, why?, he thought to himself, wishing the dragon princess hadn't betrayed him. Camilla began to advance towards MSB, a masochistic glow in her eyes. "Time to face punishment…" she purred, causing MSB to go pink for whatever reason. It was all over for him…
Conveniently, Cloud walked down the hallway, with Tifa and Sora in tow.
"NEED THIS!" he vaguely explained to Sora, snatching his exposed Keyblade from his hands. "W-what the-?" Camilla stuttered, barely managing to keep up with MSB's sudden speed boost. He darted past her yet again, his focus now on Xander. He's the main threat, so taking him out is my first priority, he thought to himself. Besides, it would allow him to avoid Camilla a little longer. Xander saw him coming, and rose his blade in defense, effectively blocking MSB's pre-emptive strike. Sora was looking at the scene with wide eyes, mostly concerned for his Keyblade.
MSB pushed Xander back, now more determined than ever to end this.
The swordsmen collided yet again, causing sparks to fly as they exchanged sword strikes. Xander entered a defensive position, hoping MSB would burn through his energy, leaving him vulnerable. As he continued to ineffectively wail on Xander, MSB saw what he was doing, and decided to take a different approach. He sped right behind the eldest prince of Nohr, promptly smacking him in his weak spot. This caused him to tumble over, his defensive position now rendered useless. The two swordsmen looked at one another, before charging towards each other with the intent of knocking the other out.
A certain Buster Sword stopped the two in their tracks.
Cloud swatted Xander into the wall with little effort, rendering him unconscious. He disarmed the Keyblade from MSB, and then slammed him into the wall, while he returned the Keyblade to Sora. Unfortunately, MSB wasn't knocked unconscious, and had to deal with the unbearable pain. All while Camilla began walking towards him. Leo and Elise had left the scene, assured that their sister had a good grip on the situation. As MSB continued to endure the mind-numbing pain, the look in Camilla's eyes suggested she intended to do very, very bad things to him.
He decided the pain wasn't worth it, and began running again.
Meta Knight looked at the ongoing duel between Shulk and Rex in disappointment. He figured they'd at least finish the battle by now, as he still held the truffle in his hand. It was almost time for Christmas dinner! The two sword fighters were currently catching their breath, the cold winter air and snowfall making it hard to retain focus. Pyra was naturally left unaffected, wielding the fire ability and all. ZS Samus walked out of the mansion to call any wayward Smashers inside, when her eyes fell upon the scene.
Then, she noticed the truffle in Meta Knight's hand.
I knew that a truffle was missing, she thought to herself, holding out her hand to receive it. In most situations, Meta Knight would keep the truffle to himself in order to settle the dispute, but he did recall hearing something about Samus making truffles. With his mind made up, Meta Knight gave Samus the truffle… only for her to pop it into her mouth. Rex and Shulk gawked at the scene in dismay, slowly falling to the ground in misery. Samus gave them a brief glare, before walking back into the mansion, accompanied by Meta Knight.
Pyra approached Rex, and kneeled down to comfort him.
Kirby was blissfully wandering in the snow, when he came across this rather sad scene. Shulk and Rex looked awfully sad, and Pyra could only comfort them for so long. What could the little puffball do? He thought to himself, before coming up with an idea. He quickly ran back into the mansion, coming out with a food tray. He set it down in front of the two swordsmen, and tapped them on the shoulders. The threesome looked at him with a curious expression.
The little puffball had brought each of them a hot cocoa and a dark chocolate truffle.
"PERFECT!" exclaimed MSB, noticing a gigantic splotch of blue ink in the living room. This splotch was created by none other than Inked, who had finally recovered from his brief fanboy outburst, and joined the multitude of Smashers in the dining room. MSB quickly dove into the ink splotch, rolled his body all in it, and then stayed perfectly still. If you hadn't seen the spectacle, you never would have guessed MSB was hiding in that ink. Camilla looked directly act the ink puddle, but still couldn't find that troublesome boy. "Hmmm…" she muttered, "Maybe he's in the dining room…"
I'm a boss, thought MSB, the sheer ingeniousness of his plan clearly going to his head.
At long last, the Smashers and visitors had gathered for the amazing feast. Shulk was proud that his fried chicken had earned more praise than Chrom's turkey, though the blue-haired swordsman didn't seem to mind. Sora was happily digging into some nearby mashed potatoes with bacon bits, a bit to Tifa and Cloud's chagrin. Spring Man was (surprise, surprise) eating 12 slices of pizza… in one go. Wario was shocked at the sight.
Meanwhile, beneath the kitchen table, a certain Mii Fighter was sneaking…
MSB slowly snuck into the circle where the other three Mii Fighters were. He looked mighty suspicious with his shifty eyes and his body still partially covered in paint. Brawler eyed him questionably. "What?" defended MSB, "How would you feel if you were running around the mansion all day simply because a psychopathic princess and her siblings were chasing you down because they wound up in your bedroom for whatever reason!?"
He grabbed a scone before continuing his rant.
While it sounded like mish mash to anyone else, MSB continued, "Do you have any idea what I had to go through? Shulk and Rex nearly cut my head off, I was nearly impaled by the Master Sword, I had to jump off of Helix (no offense, by the way) and above all-" He stopped eating his scone mid-bite. Someone had caught his attention. Someone who had greeted him this morning, but mysteriously disappeared afterward. Someone who was related to the psychopaths who tried to kill him. The Mii Fighters instinctively moved backwards.
"COOOOORRIIIIIIIIIIIIN!" MSB boomed, bringing all the mansion festivities to a halt.
He lunged towards Corrin (F) like a wild animal, an unhealthy amount of bloodlust in his eyes. Understandably, the dragon princess tried to run away… with no success whatsoever. MSB pounced on Corrin, the sheer amount of blows he was dealing causing a smoke cloud. The Smashers and bewildered visitors looked at the scene with incredible worry. When he decided enough was enough, Corrin (M) threw himself into the fray.
MSB smacked him into the kitchen wall like a bat to a baseball.
At this point, it had become clear that there was something was wrong with MSB. He was pounding his chest with his fist like a gorilla, his breathing was long and uneven, his eyes were glowing a more intense blue, and he was radiating a strange purple aura. Toon Link in particular noticed this change. "Oh no…" he muttered, grabbing his own Master Sword. He ran towards the corrupted MSB, his sword glowing a blinding white. With one decisive stroke, he landed a critical hit on MSB in the chest…
...MSB then proceeded to vomit purple muck.
Everyone looked away at the disgusting event, while other had their eyes shielded. When MSB was done, he shook his head back and forth, as if waking up from a bad dream. Huh… wha…, he thought, all I remember was seeing Corrin, and everything went bla-what the heck!? His train of thought was interrupted when the purple muck he vomited began to shift. It started to rise into the air, as everyone looked at it in horror. It soon began to enter a more gaseous form, molding itself into the shape of a wild boar's head, with glowing pale blue eyes.
Calamity Ganon had been revived.
"I THOUGHT YOU KILLED THAT DEMONIC ABOMINATION?!" shrieked Ganondorf, hiding behind Captain Falcon of all people. BotW Link and Zelda couldn't believe it either. "This doesn't make sense," BotW Zelda said to herself, "After we eliminated Calamity Ganon, we did stop for a game of Mario Kart, but no one visited, and we purified Master Sword of its impure remains after the Links' little squabble-" BotW Zelda suddenly paled, recalling how the Links had briefly been out of her field of vision. She turned to face BotW Link, whose face looked more guilty than even words could describe.
"Link," she began, her voice cold and quivering, "You didn't have anyone come into contact with your sword… did you?
The Links had darted into another hallway, determined to avoid the Zeldas' interference and (in Link's case) to eliminate his inferior. Unfortunately, BotW Link had started to wield his own Master Sword in defense, causing a rather disturbing amount of Calamity Ganon waste to be strewn about. Luckily, the sacredness of the Master Sword had caused the particles to dissipate shortly afterward.
"Hey guys!" MSB greeted, "Do you have any good hiding places?"
BotW Link slashed his sword at MSB, stopping at the center of his chest. MSB let out a very prolonged gasp, before slowly looking up to face the Links. "You know what?" he squeaked, the fear causing his voice to crack, "I'm just gonna find another hiding spot. Later!" With that, he dashed away with a cartoony cloud outline left behind. The Zeldas had caught up with the Links, and proceeded to drag them by the ears to their room.
After 10 solid minutes of scolding, the Zeldas finally calmed down.
"As long as no one came into contact with the sword, that's what matters," BotW Zelda stated, "If anyone were to inhale the particles of Calamity Ganon, and undergo an event of pure rage, he could be revived," she continued, "but I doubt that's the case. Come along, Link. Let's purify your sword." BotW Link happily got up to follow the princess, but suddenly stopped in his tracks. The words of the princess had triggered the memory of the Links' encounter with MSB. He could've sworn he saw a bit of Calamity Ganon's remains enter MSB's mouth during his prolonged gasp…
Nah, probably just his imagination…
Oh, how BotW Link wish he didn't believe that lie. Calamity Ganon was back, and the Links had left their Master Swords in their rooms. MSB looked at the scene horror-stricken, and maybe a bit mentally scarred for life. He had inadvertently summoned one of the most unholy beings in Nintendo history… which was now devouring the currently discarded Christmas food. "Oh, heck no, you overgrown pigskin!" barked King Dedede, running towards Calamity Ganon in a rage.
Calamity Ganon simply roared him into the kitchen wall where Corrin once was.
With its former distraction now forgotten, Calamity Ganon turned his attention to the Smashers and guests. "Oh crud…" muttered Dark Pit, bringing forth his Silver Bow. Everyone else shared his sentiments, immediately brandishing their own weapons. Calamity Ganon was unfazed by it all. Without hesitation, he flew towards the Smashers with rather surprising speed, crashing into the ground with enough force to blow everyone back.
As MSB flew into the wall, something fell out of his pocket.
He picked up his beloved Nintendo Switch, which only had a few scratches from the collision. He sighed in relief… before Calamity Ganon released an energy ball that burnt his Switch to a crisp. MSB blinked, the realization of what had just occurred dawned upon him. Before he could properly grieve, however, Corrin (M) recovered from his unconsciousness, promptly using MSB to break his fall. This in turn knocked MSB out cold, to which Corrin grinned in satisfaction.
His focus then shifted to Calamity Ganon, as he brought forth his Yato Blade…
Calamity Ganon roared at his oppressors, and started to shake rather violently. He began to grow in size, before eventually splitting into FOUR Calamity Ganons. "OK, THAT'S IT!" Ganondorf declared, immediately grabbing one of the Calamity Gannons. He suddenly gained his Smash Glow, his eyes burning in yellow fury. "I WILL FREAKING END YOU!" he screeched, immediately transforming into his Beast Ganon form. He ripped right through the Calamity Ganon, as it withered away in a puff of black smoke. He reverted back to his human form, brushing off some dust from his shoulder. Unfortunately, he forgot about the other Calamity Ganons.
"KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
While the Calamity Ganons were busy beating the living daylights out of Ganondorf, Rabbid Mario decided to take matters into his own hands. While everyone else was flinching every time Ganondorf took a hit, Rabbid Mario walked right up to the scene, pulled out his trusty Boomshot, and opened fire! KA-BOOM! The Calamity Ganons were blown to different sections of the mansion. Everyone looked at Rabbid Mario with bewildered expressions. He simply "BWAH!"-ed in response, before scurrying off to the first Calamity Ganon.
"Oh no…" Luigi sighed, as he took out his own Precision gun.
While the Mario + Rabbids gang took on the Calamity Ganon, the group of Shulk, Rex, Pyra, Kirby, Susie, and Meta Knight went to look for the other one. Shulk led the team to the garden, where a rather huge crater was smoldering in the snow. "Bah," grumbled Meta Knight, "it's so close to the greenhouse. My flowers will wilt…" Susie gave Meta Knight a weirded-out look. "So you don't have hobbies?" She was suddenly interested in the snow-covered ground.
Among this bickering, Rex and Shulk heard twitching coming from the crater.
Rex was the first to act, summoning his blade to perform a pre-emptive strike on the beast. "YAH!" he cried, knocking the Calamity Ganon out of the crater and (luckily) away from the greenhouse. Shulk brought forth his Monado, as did Meta Knight with his Galaxia, and Kirby with his hammer. The Calamity Ganon shook of the first blow, and roared defiantly at the group. Shulk dug his feet into the ground, ready for a follow up attack.
Once again, Shulk had a vision.
He immediately threw himself in front of Pyra, as the Calamity Ganon shot a fire beam in her direction. Shulk took the hit, collapsing to the ground, as the rest of the group looked in shock. Meta Knight was the first to recover, vanishing with a swish of his cape. Calamity Ganon tried to locate him, but the Star Warrior rematerialized behind him, effectively dealing a critical sword strike from the back. This was enough to get Rex out out of his funk, as he and Kirby charged toward the Calamity Ganon as well.
Even with their combined brawn, the Calamity Ganon refused to be put down.
It threw all of its opposition back into the snowy ground, Rex's fall causing Pyra to be damaged as well. Kirby slowly rose himself up, shaking his head free from the snow. Rex slowly but surely brought himself to his feet as well, as did Pyra. The Calamity Ganon looked at the group with pure unprovoked rage. Kirby ran towards the front the group, looking towards the heavens. Meta Knight followed his glance, as the Calamity Ganon once again charged.
A bright star crashed in front of the group, surrounding the area in bright light.
Rex shielded his eyes from the sudden burst of light. He slowly lowered his arms, realizing he was no longer in the Smash Mansion's backyard. He was in a dark room, standing on top of a yellow star platform. Everyone else present at the backyard was there to, even Shulk, who had miraculously recovered. Kirby had a sense of happy determination in his eyes. "It is time," Meta Knight proclaimed.
Suddenly, everyone started to glow.
When Rex opened his eyes again, they were back in the backyard, the Calamity Ganon looking like it was shrugging off a blow. Rex pulled out his sword… only to realize it wasn't the red one. This sword was white, and had a far more piercing appearance. He turned towards Pyra, but she wasn't there. Her hair had grown and changed to blonde, her eyes now a golden-yellow. Her red attire had also changed to white. Pyra had transformed into Mythra. Shulk's Monado was now glowing a dark purple, Susie was piloting the Robobot Armor, Meta Knight's cape was in wing form and his Galaxia was glowing, and Kirby was wielding the Ultra Sword.
Rex raised his sword higher. "LET'S GO!"
The group charged toward the Calamity Ganon, who in turn charged as well. Rex was the first to hit the beast, hitting the deformed head like a baseball hat in Susie's direction. Susie promptly responded, using the Robobot Armor's immense strength to pummel the brute. It was Shulk's turn, as he began swiping the Calamity Ganon over and over. Finally, Meta Knight and Kirby simultaneously charged towards the creature, with Meta Knight's cape enveloping them in a different time and space. Now in an alternate pocket dimension, Kirby and Meta Knight's swords began growing to unprecedented levels. They both rose their swords, bring them down upon the Calamity Ganon with a tremendous CRASH!
Meta Knight and Kirby exited the pocket dimension, the Calamity Ganon now withering in a puff of smoke.
As the group returned to the mansion, they noticed that the Smashers and guest seemed to be looking for something. Mario and company had also vanquished their Calamity Ganon, but something about Mario was a bit… off. Pyra, having reverted back from her Mythra form, brought her hands up to her mouth, gasping, "Mario! What happened to your hat!?" Indeed, Mario's hat was nowhere to be found on his head. The plumber sighed, as he dug into his pockets, pulling out… a charred and torn lump of red cloth, with a faded "M". Bowser grunted in displeasure. "I wanted to do that…" he grumbled, swerving his head back and forth. "Where's the last Calamity Gannon!?"
The beast in question bursted from beneath Bowser's feet, swallowing him whole.
Luigi jumped back about 20 feet after seeing this. The Calamity Ganon looked as though he was trying to chew up Bowser, but after several attempts, it simply spat him back out in disgust. Bowser coughed in panic, having seen horrors he could not unsee. Everyone looked at the Calamity Ganon questionably, before it fired another laser into the floor. Sonic, having about enough of this, tried running toward the beast… only to realize he couldn't move his feet at all.
The other Smashers were in a similar predicament.
"Can't… move… my paws!" Pikachu squeaked, the poor mouse Pokémon struggling against his bindings. Surely enough, the Calamity Ganon had somehow glued everyone to the floor. No one could move their feet even an inch. Seeing his plan was a success, the Calamity Ganon let out an ear-splitting "RAAAAAAAAAHHH!" It began to charge another energy blast, which would surely do the Smashers in. The Links and others continued to struggle in vain, as the energy ball grew brighter and brighter.
"MERRY CHRISTMAS YOU UNHOLY SCUMBAG!"
Two swords plunged through Calamity Ganon's head, as his energy blast harmlessly dissipated into nothingness. It's spell wore off as well, allowing the Smashers to move again. Everyone looked at the cause of their salvation. It was none other than… MSB!? He was wrestling with the Calamity Ganon like a man would try to ride a bull. Two glowing Master Swords were held tightly in his firm grip. When the heck did he get those!?
With some serious effort, he swung Calamity Ganon into the wall, the Master Swords still in his hand.
He sheathed the swords on his back in a similar manner to Shulk. "ZeLdA!" he cried out, throwing a rather peculiar item in her direction… a Smash Ball! The princess of Hyrule easily grabbed the all-powerful orb, crushing it with her bare hands. The Calamity Ganon violently rose from the rubble of its impact, roaring defiantly at the princess. Zelda was undeterred, and began to calmly walk forward with her Smash Glow. The Calamity Ganon, blinded by ignorance, charged toward her.
It was completely done for when Zelda brought forth her bow.
As quick as she pulled it out, Zelda strung a Light Arrow, immediately letting it fly. It was on a direct collision course with the Calamity Ganon. Even it couldn't stop it at this point. Traveling and blinding speeds, the arrow mercilessly tore through the Calamity Ganon. It wailed in agony, as it dramatically faded in a blinding light. There was nothing left of it, as the mansion's atmosphere returned to normal.
As if on cue, everyone sighed from relief.
Mario was the first to look at the Christmas presents underneath a massive tree. He quickly found a box for himself, bringing it to the center of the room. Everyone held their breath, wondering what the famous Nintendo icon had gotten. He was just about to open the box, when it suddenly moved by itself. Everyone froze, as the box continued to rumble. The box suddenly bursted, revealing a rather curious sight. Within the box was a strange entity; a white top hat with a ghost like underside and beady red eyes. Mario eyed the mysterious hat creature in curiosity.
"Cappy's the name!" it greeted cheerfully,"Nice to meet ya!"
Before Mario could reply to the greeting, Cappy suddenly leaped into his pockets. He took out the remains of Mario's old hat, before starting to spin. With a small poof, Mario's hat was suddenly repaired! ...but Cappy was nowhere to be found. Mario's hat landed in his hands, his mouth agape. If things couldn't get any weirder, his hat suddenly grew Cappy's eyes! "Pretty cool, don't you think?" Cappy asked Mario. After getting over his initial shock, Mario laughed in agreement, before putting Cappy on.
He was feeling so good, he decided to THROW Cappy.
Poor Sonic happened to be in Cappy's line of fire. As soon as the two entities made contact, Cappy placed himself on Sonic's head. Mario started to glow a soft light, and his body began to... dissolve!? Before anyone could process this, Mario's essence began rising in the air, and then it phased into Sonic, who promptly flinched in surprise. When the merge was complete, Sonic rubbed his head in agony. Well, it wasn't exactly Sonic…
...because he suddenly gained a mustache and blue eyes.
"Sonic" spent the next few minutes looking at himself, determined to figure out what the heck just happened. Luckily, Cappy's eyes popped up to explain the ordeal. "You see Mario, I've just captured this hedgehog!" he began, "As long as anyone in question isn't wearing a hat, and you throw me at them, I can capture them, allowing you to take over their body and use their abilities!" At first, Mario (still in Sonic's body) once again had a slack jaw. Slowly, however, a small smile crept upon his lips. He slowly leaned backward, raised his legs…
...and rushed out of the mansion at breakneck speeds, leaving everyone else completely confused.
Several minutes after the Cappy incident, several Smashers had also received gifts. Link got a season pass for Breath of the Wild's DLC. Bayonetta got a Neon Nintendo Switch with her first two games, and a self-updating version of her third game, currently in the prototype phase. Inky, Inked, Slippy, and Sasha all received Splatoon 2 and their complementary Nintendo Switches. Mega Man got his two legacy collections on a neon-blue Switch, as well as Mega Man 11. Thus, the Christmas presents continued to be delivered.
Until only one remained underneath the tree.
MSB approached the tree cautiously. Kirby had received mountains of food, Dark Pit was playing with his shiny new and improved Silver Bow, and Pikachu was currently wearing an Ash Ketchum hat. Who knew what MSB would get… He pulled the gift out from under the tree, slowly bringing it to the couch. Once he finally collected himself, he ripped the box open. Inside was a Super Mario Odyssey Switch bundle, as well as a handful of Switch games, and a shiny new set of headphones.
He was almost at the brink of tears.
"IT'S A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE!" he cried out, running around the house like a kid who snuck into the cookie jar. He was in the middle of somersaulting over the couch, when a set of Toasters suddenly knocked him out of commission. Everyone watching suddenly shifted their heads, surprised to see not Spring Man, but Springtron. His glowing blue eyes took in the scene with indifference. "Believe it or not," he stated, "there's such a thing as too much happy…" MSB slowly began crawling to his room in agony.
When he got there, he was met with an unusual sight.
Above his room door was a mistletoe. His room, which had originally been a mess (not because of the Nohrian siblings) had been mysteriously tidied up. Who could have done this? Someone grabbed his shoulders, whispering, "About time you got here…" MSB froze; it was Camila. The purple haired swordswoman turned MSB around, an unreadable expression in her eyes. "What was it you do on Christmas beneath the mistletoe?" she asked mischievously. Uhhhhhhhhhhhh, was the only thing running through MSB's head at the moment.
While MSB was paralyzed at the following events, Mario (back in his own body) was currently running away from a certain raging blue hedgehog…
Merry Christmas, everybody!- MathewtonSmashBrawler (12-25-17)