Chapter 1: It Begins: Midair Stadium
Summary:
What turned from a friendly sparring match suddenly into a huge disaster...
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Midair Stadium
Floating above the hard ground, was a stadium floating in midair. Many people in the crowd cheered for the most awesome battle they’d ever seen. As they cheered, PEACH and ZELDA were there to observe the battle as well, before noticing that two trophies would suddenly fly down into the stadium. The first trophy would land on the ground, coming to life as MARIO prepared himself for battle.
“Let’s-a go!”, Mario said before looking up as the crowd cheered for him. Soon enough, another trophy landed on the ground. As the trophy came to life, it was none other than KIRBY .
“Poyo!”, Kirby said while the crowd cheered for him as well before looking towards Mario, getting into a fighting stance.
“Let’s-a do this!”, Mario said, also getting into a fighting stance as the two readied for battle.
Scenario 1: Mario’s Victory
Mario would begin to charge towards Kirby, delivering a swinging punch towards him. Kirby would retaliate by jumping back and kicking him multiple times. Mario got up from the attack, and shot out three fireballs. Kirby dodged the first and second ones, but got hit by the third fireball. Mario then proceeded to do his Mario Tornado attack on the puffball, spinning around before stopping and sending Kirby flying. Before Kirby could get back up on the stage, Mario jumped and delivered a swinging punch once more, sending him flying down the stage and KO’ing him.
After that battle, Kirby fell back down on the stage, now having turned into a trophy. Mario would go over to him and touch the gold stand, reviving the pink puffball as he got back up.
“Poyo.”, Kirby said as he brushed himself off.
“You did-a good, Kirby!”, Mario replied as he gave a thumbs-up.
“Poyo!”, Kirby said as he held out his hand for a handshake. Mario gladly shook his hand in return.
Scenario 2: Kirby’s Victory
Kirby would begin to charge towards Mario, hitting him with his dash attack. Mario would retaliate by jumping up in the air and hitting the puffball with his punch. Kirby got up from the attack, and would kick the plumber a few times, giving him damage. Mario quickly jumped back up to the stage and tried to shoot a fireball. Kirby then proceeded to pull out his hammer and swung it, dodging the fireball and sending Mario flying. The plumber attempted to get back up on the stage, but he ultimately failed and fell to his demise, getting KO’ed in the process.
After that battle, Mario fell back down on the stage, now having turned into a trophy. Kirby went over to him and touched the gold stand, reviving the red plumber as he got back up and shook his head.
“Mama Mia. You really beat me.”, Mario said to the Star Warrior.
“Poyo, poyo!”, Kirby replied in his cheerful tone.
“Good-a game, buddy!”, Mario said as he held out his hand for a handshake. Kirby would shake his hand in return.
Meanwhile, up in the bright sky, inside an ancient palace, a lone angel was watching the battle in the stadium from a fountain that would project it.
“Aw, yeah!”, the angel said in excitement. This was the captain of Palutena’s guard, PIT . “This is awesome!” He continued watching Mario and Kirby fighting, wondering who would win the match. He would eventually discover who won later on, but unbeknownst to him or the heroes at the stadium, something drastic would soon occur…
As the two fighters shook their hands, they then waved to the crowd, who all cheered them for the amazing battle.
“Thank you! Thank you very much!”, Mario said to the crowd as he waved.
“Poyo poyo, poyo!”, Kirby said to the crowd as well.
But as they were waving, a deep rumble would cause the whole arena to shake as the two heroes looked over to see what was going on as the crowd was gasping in horror. Up in the sky, a massive airship was making its way towards the stadium, the bright blue sky suddenly becoming misty and red. It was the Halberd, the airship that belonged to another Star Warrior, Meta Knight.
“What is-a that?”, Mario asked as he looked up at the airship.
“Poyo?”, Kirby replied to the plumber. Suddenly, the airship’s bottom hatch opened, letting out strange small black and purple particles. As they fell into the stadium, Mario and Kirby looked around, seeing that the mysterious particles were beginning to form strange creatures here and there. These creatures were known as Primids.
“What’s-a going on?”, Mario said as he looked at Kirby.
“Poyo!”, Kirby replied. Peach and Zelda gasped as they saw what was going on, before rushing towards the middle of the stadium to help their friends. Zelda teleported using Farore’s Wind, while Peach floated to the group using her Parasol. As the four all met up, they all got into their fighting stances, ready to battle against the Primid army.
Mario and Kirby charged ahead and took down two Primids using their special moves, while Peach whacked one with her golf club. Zelda used Din’s Fire on three more Primids, killing them. Kirby inhaled one Primid, and shot out a star towards two Primids, defeating them before kicking the Primid he had fired, killing it as well. Mario used his Cape to make one of a Sword Primid turn around, right into Peach’s Peach Bomber attack. Zelda got attacked by a boomerang thrown by a Primid before killing them with Din’s Fire again. Just then, a cloud enemy called Spaak appeared and attempted to shoot a lightning bolt towards Mario, but got defeated by Kirby using his Final Cutter. One of the Primids tried to throw another boomerang towards Zelda, but she reflected the attack using Nayru’s Love, sending it back and hitting the Primid, defeating it. Mario then grabbed a Home-Run Bat and saw a Primid about to use its sword on Peach.
“Peach, look out!”, Mario cried before rushing towards the Primid and swinging the Home-Run Bat on the Primid, sending it flying really far away from the stadium.
“Thanks, Mario.”, Peach said as she thanked her hero, while Mario nodded before they continued the battle. Kirby then jumped up in the air before using his Stone move to crush both another Spaak and a Boomerang Primid. Peach once again used Peach Bomber on one Primid, and then a Toad to block the attack of another Primid, with the Toad shooting out spores, killing the Primid. Mario shot out a fireball towards another Primid, stunning it before punching it, killing it. Kirby swung a hammer on another Sword Primid and Spaak, and Peach plucked a vegetable from the ground and threw it at one more Primid to stun it, and Zelda finished the Primid off with a charged forward attack.
After all the Primids were defeated, the four looked up to see a mysterious hooded figure flying towards them. This was the ANCIENT MINISTER . The Ancient Minister would then drop a large bomb on the ground, and the four heroes braced themselves if something bad was going to happen. Just then, two robots, known as R.O.B.’s would go towards the bomb and link their arms to the sides of the bomb each. This would cause the bomb itself to open, revealing a purple substance, which was called Subspace, inside as a timer would begin to count down, showing 3 minutes. Mario immediately noticed this and had a bad feeling that something drastic would occur if he didn’t stop that bomb in time. The Ancient Minister nodded before flying back to the airship.
“I need to stop-a that bomb!”, Mario said before charging towards the bomb, only to be stopped as a large thud could be heard behind them. The four turned around, seeing a large puff of smoke. Suddenly, a large cannonball would be shot towards Mario, who wasn’t fast enough to dodge as the cannonball made contact with him, sending him flying away as he screamed, turning him into a trophy mid-flight. Kirby looked up as Mario flew away, only to hear a crash behind him, making him turn around. As he did, he saw Peach and Zelda locked in cages, the former screaming while the latter wondered what was going on. As he looked up, he noticed that their captor was PETEY PIRANHA , who roared at the pink puffball. Kirby put on a brave face, and was ready to battle the tyrannical plant.
Scenario 3: Saving Peach
Kirby began to attack one of the cages, which was Peach’s, as an attempt to destroy it. Petey wasn’t going to let Kirby win that easily as he swung the cage that contained Peach to attack Kirby. Kirby quickly jumped up to avoid the attack. Kirby did a few more kicks to Peach’s cage, and did some kicks on Zelda’s cage. Petey then swung Zelda’s cage towards Kirby, which the pink creature got hit that time. Kirby jumped back up and used his Stone move to hit Peach’s cage once more. At that point, Petey let out an infuriated roar, and jumped up in the air before trying to land on Kirby, who moved out of the way to avoid the attack. Kirby kept on attacking Peach’s cage, delivering a few hits before Petey attempted to attack him again by swinging Zelda’s cage, only for Kirby to jump over it. Kirby delivered a few more hits before finally managed to destroy the cage that contained Peach, which also caused Petey to be defeated as he landed on the ground. Just as Kirby was getting Peach out of her cage, Petey suddenly exploded out of nowhere, causing a large amount of smoke to cover them.
As Petey exploded, Kirby and Peach jumped out of the smoke, landing on the ground. Just as they were looking around, they heard a voice. “It’s-a me!” A short chubby man landed in the stadium, holding a large weapon. This was WARIO .
“WARIO!”, he yelled as he pointed his dark cannon at the two, laughing.
“Wario?!”, Peach cried in shock.
“Poyo!”, Kirby said as he got into a fighting stance. Just then, Wario looked back and noticed Zelda getting out of her cage, but she didn’t have the strength to stand up. Zelda gasped as she saw Wario point his dark cannon at her, before charging up the weapon. As it was finished charging, it shot out a two-dimensional arrow towards Zelda, who didn’t react in time as the arrow made contact with her, immediately turning her into a trophy. Wario leapt in the air before landing near Zelda’s trophy, claiming his prize as he laughed.
“See ya, losers!”, he said before leaping away from the stadium. Peach and Kirby quickly charged after him, before the latter noticed the Subspace Bomb about to go off. Quickly reacting, he summoned his Warp Star before flying away with Peach, just as the Subspace Bomb exploded, causing a giant black mass of Subspace to engulf the entire stadium.
STAGE CLEAR!
Kirby joined your team!
Peach joined your team!
Current Members:
Peach, Kirby
Scenario 4: Saving Zelda
Kirby began to attack one of the cages, which was Zelda’s, as an attempt to destroy it. Petey wasn’t going to let Kirby win that easily as he swung the cage that contained Zelda to attack Kirby. Kirby quickly jumped up to avoid the attack. Kirby did a few more kicks to Zelda’s cage, and did some kicks on Peach’s cage. Petey then swung Zelda’s cage towards Kirby, which the pink creature got hit that time. Kirby jumped back up and used his Stone move to hit Peach’s cage once more. At that point, Petey let out an infuriated roar, and jumped up in the air before trying to land on Kirby, who moved out of the way to avoid the attack. Kirby kept on attacking Zelda’s cage, delivering a few hits before Petey attempted to attack him again by swinging Peach’s cage, only for Kirby to jump over it. Kirby delivered a few more hits before finally managed to destroy the cage that contained Zelda, which also caused Petey to be defeated as he landed on the ground. Just as Kirby was getting Zelda out of her cage, Petey suddenly exploded out of nowhere, causing a large amount of smoke to cover them.
As Petey exploded, Kirby and Zelda jumped out of the smoke, landing on the ground. Just as they were looking around, they heard a voice. “It’s-a me!” A short chubby man landed in the stadium, holding a large weapon. This was WARIO .
“WARIO!”, he yelled as he pointed his dark cannon at the two, laughing.
“What?!”, Zelda cried in shock.
“Poyo!”, Kirby said as he got into a fighting stance. Just then, Wario looked back and noticed Peach getting out of her cage, but she didn’t have the strength to stand up. Peach gasped as she saw Wario point his dark cannon at her, before charging up the weapon. As it was finished charging, it shot out a two-dimensional arrow towards Peach, who didn’t react in time as the arrow made contact with her, immediately turning her into a trophy. Wario leapt in the air before landing near Peach’s trophy, claiming his prize as he laughed.
“See ya, losers!”, he said before leaping away from the stadium. Zelda and Kirby quickly charged after him, before the latter noticed the Subspace Bomb about to go off. Quickly reacting, he summoned his Warp Star before flying away with Zelda, just as the Subspace Bomb exploded, causing a giant black mass of Subspace to engulf the entire stadium.
STAGE CLEAR!
Kirby joined your team!
Zelda joined your team!
Current Members:
Zelda, Kirby
Chapter 2: It Begins: Skyworld
Summary:
The angel from Skyworld soon embarks on his new adventure, meeting a familiar face along the way.
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Skyworld
Back up in the sky, Pit gasped as he witnessed the stadium become engulfed in Subspace. “What the-?! What’s happened to the stadium?!”, he said as he wondered. Just then, a glowing light appeared behind him. He turned around, seeing that he was face-to-face with the goddess, PALUTENA .
“Pit…”, Palutena spoke to Pit, who would run over to her and bow down.
“Lady Palutena!”, Pit said as he bowed. “The whole stadium was covered in some weird purple orb. What should we do?”
“Well, Pit.”, Palutena said before moving her hand, revealing an orb. This orb would soon transform into the shape of a bow, which she would lend over to Pit. “There appears to be some force at play that might be causing whatever’s going on. I want you to head out and figure out the source of this. If you find anyone along the way, be sure to check if they’re willing to help out.” Pit would receive the bow, gaining two glowing rings on his left arm. He looked back at Palutena.
“Now, go!”, Palutena told him as she waved her hand forward.
“Yes, ma’am!”, Pit said as he nodded before running towards the staircase. “I won’t let you down, Lady Palutena!” As he ran up the staircase, he turned around, and stretched his arms out wide as the great palace doors opened behind him. With that, he closed his eyes, spread out his wings, and leaned backwards, falling down.
As Pit was falling, he managed to spread his wings and flapped them, allowing him to soar through the cloudy sky. “Alright, time for another adventure!”, he said as he was flying through the sky, ready to begin his new adventure.
Pit would soar down through multiple clouds before landing on a hard surface. He continued making his way forward before using his wings to reach a higher platform. He then continued running on the clouds before jumping and spreading out his wings to fly through the sky once more.
After flying through for a bit, Pit landed on some hard ground, gaining a look of his surroundings. Just then, he heard a rumbling noise as he turned to the source. That’s when he saw a massive airship flying by making the yellow clouds turn more red.
“What is that?”, Pit wondered. As the Halberd flew past Pit, the shadow bugs dropped out of the chute, landing on the clouds as Primids were formed once more. Pit, seeing them walk towards him, prepared himself for battle as he split the two parts of his bow to make two swords. “The fight is on!”, Pit said to himself, ready to battle against the Subspace Army.
Pit began to fight his way through the Primids by spinning his bow around like a spinning blade, slicing the Primid to bits. He then shot an arrow towards another Primid, before quickly turning around and using his shield to block the jab attack of another Primid. He then split his bow in half as he sliced through three more Primids. Just then, a Bob-omb fell to the ground, and Pit quickly grabbed it, throwing it at another Primid and causing it to explode, killing it.
After that was taken care of, Pit pressed onward before seeing a Spaak up above. He quickly sliced with his bow, when suddenly he saw another Spaak, shooting an arrow at it. Pit pressed onward, only to find more Primids blocking his path. He easily got through them by attacking them with his bow and arrow as he kept moving forward. He saw another enemy called a Cymul that was on a floating platform. When it noticed Pit as he jumped on the platform, it attempted to attack him by spinning its blades around, but Pit ducked and used his bow to slice the Cymul a few times until it was defeated.
Pit proceeded to jump towards another platform and ran forward, only to be stopped by a giant enemy with two scythes known as a Greap. Upon landing on the ground, it attempted to strike Pit down with its scythes, but Pit quickly ran out of the way. As a result, the Greap’s scythes were stuck on the ground, and this allowed Pit to attack him a few times with his bow before the Greap freed itself. This time, the Greap jumped in the air, spinning its scythes around. Pit quickly ran away to dodge those before striking the Greap a few more times, eventually defeating it. Pit would then run forward as he kept pressing on…
After battling through the Subspace Army, Pit once again looked around the bright sky. It didn’t take long for him to notice something peeking out from the clouds, or rather…someone. In fact, it was none other than Mario, having become a trophy after he was shot out from the stadium. Pit went over to him and touched the gold stand of the trophy, reviving the plumber.
“Ugh, my head… What-a happened?”, Mario said as he lifted his cap up to see. “Wait…” He then suddenly remembered getting blasted by a cannonball in the stadium a while back before noticing someone standing next to him. He got up and looked at Pit. “Who are you?”
“I’m Pit, captain of Lady Palutena’s guard.”, Pit introduced himself. “Listen, I saw the stadium being covered by a black hole of some kind.”
“Black hole? You mean the same one I saw on the bomb?”, Mario asked him.
“If that’s the case, then yeah.”, Pit replied. “Listen, we have no time to lose, uh…”
“Mario. Name’s Mario.”, Mario then introduced himself to the angel.
“Alright then, Mario. Let’s get going.”, Pit told him. Mario nodded, and the two heroes would continue their journey through Skyworld.
The plumber and the angel both went down through the clouds, landing on another hard surface as they came into contact with some new enemies that rolled on the ground known as Glunders. Glunders had one eye and yellow stripes, and they’d shoot out electricity if any fighter were to get closer to them. Mario would swing a punch on one Glunder while Pit striked another with his bow. The two heroes then went downward, avoiding the other Glunders as they soon landed on a purple platform. The purple platform would move them towards another platform up ahead, and the two continued onward. However, they came into contact with some Jyks. Similarly to Glunders, they shoot electricity, however, they are unable to be defeated. So, Mario and Pit had to avoid those while they kept moving forward, encountering more Glunders and Spaaks along the way.
“Mama mia, there’s a lot of them!”, Mario said, surprised by seeing a lot of enemies before hitting a Spaak with an upward kick.
“Yeah, I didn’t think there’d be this many!”, Pit replied as he spun his bow around at a Glunder, killing it. They soon encountered another Boomerang Primid, and Mario killed it by shooting out two fireballs before finishing it with a charged forward attack. The duo pressed on, jumping up sliding platforms and killing more Spaaks and Glunders along the way. They then found themselves caught in a horde of Primids and Spaaks.
“Let’s-a take them down!”, Mario said to Pit, who nodded, before they’d both send out all their arsenals at the horde. Mario shot out fireballs and hit some Primids with his cape. He then sprayed a Primid away from him with F.L.U.D.D. towards Pit, who chopped it with his bow. Pit proceeded to take down two Spaaks by spinning his bow around, before killing three more Primids with Palutena’s Arrow. Suddenly, a new enemy appeared, sporting a skull-like face and two machine guns on the side of it. This was a Roturret, which began to shoot towards the duo. Mario and Pit both dodged the attack before they both proceeded to take down the Roturret at full force. The Roturret wasn’t able to shoot out anymore bullets due to the constant attacks, and was eventually defeated. With all the enemies out of the way, the duo pressed on. Just then, the duo saw the Halberd in the distance.
“There’s the ship!”, Mario cried out as he pointed at the airship. They quickly ran forward as they attempted to catch up to the Halberd, but they ultimately missed it as it was eventually leaving their sight.
“Aw, great. How are we going to get to it now?”, Pit asked Mario. Just then, they heard the sound of a jet behind them, and they turned around to see an Arwing fly straight past them, aiming towards the Halberd.
“I think we can chase it on lower ground. Follow me.”, Mario said as he continued onward, Pit following behind.
STAGE CLEAR!
Mario joined your team!
Pit joined your team!
Current Members:
Peach/Zelda, Kirby
Mario, Pit
Chapter 3: It Begins: Sea of Clouds
Summary:
Back to Kirby and the rescued princess, the duo set off on their journey through the clouds as they make their way back to hard ground.
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Sea of Clouds
Scenario 1: Soaring Away with Peach
Kirby and Peach were soaring their way through the clouds on the Warp Star, noticing that the Halberd was catching up to them. Kirby pushed the Warp Star at full speed, but it wasn’t good enough as the Warp Star eventually hit the Halberd, causing the two to be sent flying, and landing right on the dock. But as they were slowly getting up, they heard the ship’s cannons firing away as an Arwing was spotted in the sky, flying around to avoid the shots. The Arwing attempted to fire back, but it wasn’t good enough. Just then, the Halberd shot out a long claw aiming at the Arwing, and it managed to hit it in the back end, which damaged the engine and caused the Arwing to lose control.
“Mayday! Mayday! I’m losing control of the Arwing!”, a male voice spoke from inside the Arwing before he noticed that he was flying towards Kirby and Peach. “Look out!” But it was too late as the Arwing soared past them, blowing a gust of wind strong enough to knock the two off the Halberd, the princess screaming as they fell through the sky. As they were falling, the two managed to land on solid ground, with Kirby puffing up and Peach using her parasol to float down safely. Kirby and Peach soon began their journey through the sea of clouds, when they saw two Primids charging towards them. Kirby would hit one with his hammer, while Peach would hit the other with her golf club. As they continued on, they saw a bunch of blocks in their way. The duo easily destroyed them using their respective attacks. Just then, more Primids came approaching them, along with a Glunder. Kirby and Peach managed to attack the Primids, but Kirby got electrocuted by the Glunder. Peach noticed this and used her Peach Bomber attack to defeat the Glunder. The two kept moving forward, discovering more Glunders in their path. Kirby delivered a few punches and kicks to one of the Glunders as the two jumped over another one. The duo kept running forward, finding a new enemy in their way, a Poppant. The Poppant, upon seeing them, immediately began to retreat, dropping items from their trousers to slow them down. One of them had dropped an apple, and Kirby decided to take it and eat it, since he loved food.
The duo kept moving downward, finding themselves coming across a lot of Feyesh, which were floating fishes with one eye, and a Towtow, a sleeping creature that would be fuelled with rage if disturbed from its slumber. The duo fought their way through the horde of creatures, and continued onward. It took them a while, but after finding a door and entering it, they then found themselves down on the surface. They kept on fighting the Spaaks in their way, before they suddenly came across a horde of mini colourful creatures known as Mites. As Peach would distract them with her attacks, Kirby would take on the portal and destroy it, before joining the princess to take care of the rest of the Mites.
They then pressed on, encountering another Primid, which Kirby dealt with with his hammer. But as they ran forward, they heard the sound of rumbling, and they looked up to see a boulder falling towards them. They quickly ran out of the way just as the boulder hit the ground.
“Oh, dear. We have to be careful here, Kirby.”, Peach told the pink puffball, who nodded. As they ran forward, another boulder fell behind them, but this time, it was rolling towards them. The duo ran as fast as they could, and when the boulder was about to hit them, they quickly jumped upward, and the boulder soon fell down a hole. As they ran forward, they soon encountered a Greap in their way. Kirby and Peach would attempt to attack it, but the Greap managed to strike the princess at one point. Kirby would attack it from behind using his hammer, and after a few more hits, it was eventually defeated. Kirby helped the princess up after the fight.
“Thank you, Kirby. Now, come on! We better get going!”, Peach told Kirby.
“Poyo!”, Kirby replied. And with that, the duo continued on their way through the plains, hoping to find any other fighters who could help them on their journey…
STAGE CLEAR!
Current Members:
Peach, Kirby
Mario, Pit
Scenario 2: Soaring Away with Zelda
Kirby and Zelda were soaring their way through the clouds on the Warp Star, noticing that the Halberd was catching up to them. Kirby pushed the Warp Star at full speed, but it wasn’t good enough as the Warp Star eventually hit the Halberd, causing the two to be sent flying, and landing right on the dock. But as they were slowly getting up, they heard the ship’s cannons firing away as an Arwing was spotted in the sky, flying around to avoid the shots. The Arwing attempted to fire back, but it wasn’t good enough. Just then, the Halberd shot out a long claw aiming at the Arwing, and it managed to hit it in the back end, which damaged the engine and caused the Arwing to lose control.
“Mayday! Mayday! I’m losing control of the Arwing!”, a male voice spoke from inside the Arwing before he noticed that he was flying towards Kirby and Zelda. “Look out!” But it was too late as the Arwing soared past them, blowing a gust of wind strong enough to knock the two off the Halberd, the princess screaming as they fell through the sky. As they were falling, the two managed to land on solid ground, with Kirby puffing up and Zelda using Farore’s Wind to float down safely. Kirby and Zelda soon began their journey through the sea of clouds, when they saw two Primids charging towards them. Kirby would hit one with his hammer, while Zelda would hit the other with her magic. As they continued on, they saw a bunch of blocks in their way. The duo easily destroyed them using their respective attacks. Just then, more Primids came approaching them, along with a Glunder. Kirby and Zelda managed to attack the Primids, but Kirby got electrocuted by the Glunder. Zelda noticed this and used her Din’s Fire attack to defeat the Glunder. The two kept moving forward, discovering more Glunders in their path. Kirby delivered a few punches and kicks to one of the Glunders as the two jumped over another one. The duo kept running forward, finding a new enemy in their way, a Poppant. The Poppant, upon seeing them, immediately began to retreat, dropping items from their trousers to slow them down. One of them had dropped an apple, and Kirby decided to take it and eat it, since he loved food.
The duo kept moving downward, finding themselves coming across a lot of Feyesh, which were floating fishes with one eye, and a Towtow, a sleeping creature that would be fuelled with rage if disturbed from its slumber. The duo fought their way through the horde of creatures, and continued onward. It took them a while, but after finding a door and entering it, they then found themselves down on the surface. They kept on fighting the Spaaks in their way, before they suddenly came across a horde of mini colourful creatures known as Mites. As Zelda would distract them with her attacks, Kirby would take on the portal and destroy it, before joining the princess to take care of the rest of the Mites.
They then pressed on, encountering another Primid, which Kirby dealt with with his hammer. But as they ran forward, they heard the sound of rumbling, and they looked up to see a boulder falling towards them. They quickly ran out of the way just as the boulder hit the ground.
“Hm... We better stay on our guard, Kirby.”, Zelda told the pink puffball, who nodded. As they ran forward, another boulder fell behind them, but this time, it was rolling towards them. The duo ran as fast as they could, and when the boulder was about to hit them, they quickly jumped upward, and the boulder soon fell down a hole. As they ran forward, they soon encountered a Greap in their way. Kirby and Zelda would attempt to attack it, but the Greap managed to strike the princess at one point. Kirby would attack it from behind using his hammer, and after a few more hits, it was eventually defeated. Kirby helped the princess up after the fight.
“Thank you, Kirby. Now, we best be on our way! We need to find anyone who could help us!”, Zelda told Kirby.
“Poyo!”, Kirby replied. And with that, the duo continued on their way through the plains, hoping to find any other fighters who could help them on their journey…
STAGE CLEAR!
Current Members:
Zelda, Kirby
Mario, Pit
Chapter 4: New Allies: Kongo Jungle
Summary:
In a deep vast jungle, two apes set on a quest to retrieve their stolen banana hoard. Unknowingly to them, it would come with a somewhat deadly cost...
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Kongo Jungle
In the vast jungle that is Kongo Jungle, a fast cargo ship piloted by a Hammer Bro. was charging out of the jungle, carrying a massive hoard of bananas. Deep in the jungle, many of Bowser’s minions were being clobbered and pounded as a giant ape-like creature jumped out towards a cliff, letting out a yell as he beated his chest. This was DONKEY KONG . As he looked around, he saw the cargo ship moving away with his bananas, and he growled angrily. Just then, a Goomba shot out two Bullet Bills towards him. As DK braced himself, a little monkey jumped out of the forest and shot two peanuts from his Peanut Popgun. It was Donkey Kong’s nephew, DIDDY KONG . After shooting them, another Bullet Bill was aimed towards him, and he shot it as well. The Bullet Bill fell to the ground, and Diddy landed as the two would strike a pose, the Bullet Bill blowing up behind them. With that out of the way, they set their sights on the cargo ship leaving their sight. They pointed at the cargo ship, and the duo were on their way.
The ape duo ran forward, taking down several Goombas and a Koopa Troopa along the way. They also took down a Paratroopa, and more of the Goombas and Koopa Troopas. As they continued onward, they ran into a short tunnel, before they found themselves in a cannon. There, they launched themselves through several other cannons before finding their way to a door. The duo entered inside, finding themselves in another area.
As they pressed on, they quickly hit a button on a slider, defeating a Goomba. They ran forward and took down more Goombas using those sliders, as well as a Paratroopa. After climbing up a ladder, they hit another switch, breaking a wall and hitting a hidden button, allowing a platform to rise up. They quickly went by and took down the army of Goombas and Troopas. But as they continued, they got caught in a hoard of not only Goombas and Koopa Troopas, but also Hammer Bros. The ape duo went all out on the enemies, taking them all down. After that, they pressed on and shot out from another cannon, leading them to another door. After they entered, they found themselves on a slowly rising platform. As they were moving upward, they came face-to-face with more of Bowser’s minions. The duo went ahead and fought all of them off as they kept rising up. Eventually, they found yet another door up ahead, and entered inside. In the new area, they stepped on a speed pad, and began falling down a cliff, trying to avoid Jyks along the way. As they got to the ground, they got caught in another battle with Goombas, as well as some large Goombas. The duo would fight their way through the hoard, either by attacking the Goombas directly with their moves, or simply stomping on them like how Mario would. After a little while, the minions were defeated. Diddy Kong pointed to a nearby cave to his uncle, and the two went inside…
At last, they had found their banana hoard, and the two apes pounded their chests in victory. But that victory would be short-lived as they heard a stomp behind them, followed by another stomp, making them turn around. As they saw who it was, it was their long-time enemy, KING K. ROOL , but he wasn’t alone. Next to him was BOWSER . King K. Rool clamped his teeth while Bowser let out a roar, the two not very happy seeing them near their banana hoard.
“I should’ve known that you wouldn’t resist going to find OUR banana hoard!”, King K. Rool said to the duo. “In that case, we’ll have to force you out!”
The two heroes weren’t going to stand down though, as Diddy got in front of his uncle and got into his fighting stance. Just then, the two villains took out their dark cannons, the same one Wario used earlier, aiming towards them. While Diddy didn’t understand what was about to happen, DK knew better and, not wanting his nephew to fall victim to this, charged up his punch and punched Diddy away from the scene just as the dark cannons were fired. As Diddy was flung away, the last thing he saw was his uncle getting hit by the arrows, and he closed his eyes seconds after to not witness any more of it, disappearing from sight.
As DK reverted into a trophy, Bowser and K. Rool looked at their victim, the former laughing. “Good work, K. Rool.”, Bowser said. “Now, let’s take him…”
STAGE CLEAR!
Diddy Kong joined your team!
Current Members:
Peach/Zelda, Kirby
Mario, Pit
Diddy Kong
Chapter 5: New Allies: Mushroom Kingdom
Summary:
Mario and Pit make their way towards the Mushroom Kingdom, facing many of Bowser's baddies while helping a friend of the red plumber's along the way.
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Mushroom Kingdom
Mario and Pit had just reached lower ground, making their way to the Mushroom Kingdom. “Mushroom-a Kingdom, here we come!”, Mario said as the two pressed on.
They began their journey through the land by running forward and jumping over a platform, with Mario stomping on a Goomba along the way. They both jumped over another platform before finding multiple Koopa Troopas marching along. Mario would step on one, making him hide in his shell, and throw it to the other Koopa Troopas, defeating them. Upon seeing more of Bowser’s minions in the way, they would stomp on some of the Goombas before moving forward. They jumped up on some platforms while avoiding some Goombas and Paratroopas along the way, Pit shooting one with his arrow. The two of them would find a tall platform up ahead, climbing up some steps to reach it.
On top of the platform, they saw a mushroom creature cowering in fear from a pair of Hammer Bros marching towards him. Mario recognized who it was. It was TOAD.
“Toad!”, Mario cried out to the mushroom steward, who turned around.
“Mario!”, Toad said in joy as he ran towards the plumber. “Oh, I’m so glad to see you! Many of Bowser’s minions are causing havoc to the Mushroom Kingdom! And we don’t know where the princess is!”
“Don’t worry, little guy! We’ll take them all down!”, Pit assured Toad, as he and Mario got into their battle stances. Toad felt hesitant to fight at first, but then he wanted to prove himself. So, he stepped forward.
“I’ll help too! I don’t want to be afraid of them anymore! At least with you two, I feel more braver!”, Toad told them.
“That’s-a the spirit, Toad! Now, let’s-a go!”, Mario told them, as they charged forward to take down the minions of the Koopa King.
Mario charged forward and slide-kicked a Hammer Bro, damaging him before Pit shot an arrow to kill him. Toad ran ahead and jumped up, using his head to whack another Hammer Bro down and allowing Pit to strike him with his bow. Mario defeated two more Hammer Bros with his fire attacks, while Pit spun his bow around to kill another Hammer Bro. Toad took out his kart and proceeded to run over three Hammer Bros, damaging two and making one fall down the platform and die. Mario swung a punch on one of the Hammer Bros, while Pit sliced another one with his bow. Mario did two punches and a kick on another Hammer Bro, making him fall down the platform as well, and Toad charged and hit one more Hammer Bro with his head, defeating him.
With all of them out of the way, Toad looked at the duo. “We need to keep moving! By the way, I forgot to tell you this! I saw some weird green cloaked guy fly by just now!”, Toad told them. It took a few seconds for Mario to recognize who Toad was talking about, and he nodded.
“Alright, let’s-a get going, you two!”, Mario told them as they nodded, the now formed trio continuing their adventure.
The trio landed on a long pipe surface, running before Toad jumped up and stomped on a Goomba, while Mario jumped up and hit a Koopa Troopa, making him hide in his shell. The plumber then tossed the shell towards three more Goombas, killing them. The trio ran forward and jumped up towards the solid ground, Pit attacking the last Paratroopa along the way. With all of the minions out of the way, the trio then ran forward, making their way towards the Mushroom Kingdom…
Just as the three managed to arrive at the Mushroom Kingdom, they saw the Ancient Minister attempting to make his escape, when he saw the plumber running towards him. Mario leapt up into the air, trying to grab the Subspace Bomb from the cloaked being, but ultimately failed.
“Oh no!”, Mario cried before Pit arose and stepped on him like a footstool to reach the bomb. “OW!”
“I got this one, Mario!”, Pit yelled, but in fact, he didn’t get it, as he also missed reaching the bomb. Mario fell to the ground with a thud, and Pit landed safely on the ground. “Dang it!” As the Ancient Minister began to fly away, Toad ran up to them.
“Mario! Are you okay?!”, Toad asked in worry.
“Ugh… I’m-a fine, Toad.”, he replied before looking at Pit as he tried to get up. “Why couldn’t you fly, Pit? Don’t you have wings?”
“Hey, I need Lady Palutena’s assistance for that, you know?”, Pit replied to the plumber as he looked back up. “Don’t worry, we’ll catch him sooner or later though…” There was nothing else the three could do but watch the Ancient Minister leave their sight.
STAGE CLEAR!
Toad joined your team!
Current Members:
Peach/Zelda, Kirby
Mario, Toad, Pit
Diddy Kong
Notes:
For those who have played or at least known Melee, you could tell I replaced "The Plain" with the Mushroom Kingdom stage from Melee's Adventure Mode, as I wanted to include familiar locations from some franchises to make it more interesting.
Chapter 6: New Allies: The Lake
Summary:
Diddy Kong attempts to find a way to save his pal Donkey Kong, gaining a new ally along the way while also running into a familiar foe during their journey...
Chapter Text
The Lake
Meanwhile, Diddy Kong was swinging through vines, trying to figure out how he could save Donkey Kong. Eventually, he found himself on the shore of a lake, seeing a crashed Arwing nearby. As he went over to inspect it, he suddenly felt a rumble coming from the lake, making him stop in his tracks. Suddenly, a large green creature popped out from the lake. In fact, it was a Pokemon. But not just any Pokemon. It was the legendary Pokemon, RAYQUAZA . As it turns out, its slumber was disturbed, and it let out a roar, frightening Diddy. Just then, it began to charge a blast from its mouth before shooting it out, aiming towards the Arwing, which caught on fire upon impact. This startled Diddy Kong, but before he could react, Rayquaza swooped in and grabbed him, the monkey screaming as the Pokemon stopped at the lake.
Rayquaza roared at Diddy Kong, about to attack him, when suddenly, the Arwing’s window flew open and out came a figure jumping high in the air. Before Rayquaza could react, the figure rushed past it, making it let go of Diddy Kong. The figure landed on the ground, and turned around, revealing it to be FOX, the leader of Star Fox.
“You leave that monkey alone, pal!”, Fox yelled at the Pokemon, who attempted to retaliate by shooting another blast from its mouth. Fox was prepared for this, however, and took out his Reflector, making the blast reflect itself back to Rayquaza, damaging it as it fell in the water.
Diddy was trying to catch his breath, before Fox motioned him to get up. “Come on, little guy. We better take this big fella down.”, he told the monkey. Diddy nodded and got up soon after, and the duo prepared themselves in the battle against Rayquaza.
The battle began as Rayquaza emerged from the water and landed on the solid ground next to the two, and Diddy immediately charged ahead and struck Rayquaza a few times. Rayquaza fought back by swinging its tail, damaging Diddy Kong. This time, it was Fox’s turn to attack, taking out his blaster and shooting the Pokemon ten times. Rayquaza then dug itself into the ground. The duo quickly looked around for the Pokemon, before Fox noticed the ground below Diddy began to crack.
“RUN!”, Fox cried out to the monkey, who quickly ran and jumped out of the way as Rayquaza shot upward, missing its target. Rayquaza appeared on the other side of the area, roaring at the duo. As Diddy Kong began to attack it with his fists, he began to charge up its blast again.
“Move!”, Fox called to Diddy once more, who moved out of the way as Rayquaza shot another blast, aiming towards the fox. Fox pulled out his reflector and reflected the attack, damaging Rayquaza once more. Diddy proceeded to take out his peanut popgun and charged up his shot, shooting the peanut towards Rayquaza at just the right moment, damaging it. Rayquaza dug into the ground again, this time aiming towards Fox. Diddy warned him about the attack and Fox looked below. He quickly reacted by using his Fox Illusion technique, dashing out of the way from the attack. Rayquaza tried this attack again, this time under Diddy, who immediately reacted by running out of the way. It tried one more time to attack Fox, but Fox ran out of the way as well.
Rayquaza wasn’t having any more of it as Diddy kept attacking it with his fists, while Fox used his blaster. Rayquaza attempted to attack one more time with its blast, but this proved to be a mistake as, while it did hit Diddy since he didn’t react in time, Fox used his reflector to reflect the attack, sending it back towards Rayquaza, defeating the Pokemon once and for all as it flew high into the air before falling to the ground, now unconscious.
After Rayquaza’s defeat, Diddy Kong was cheering while Fox gave a thumbs-up. “Mission complete!”, Fox said before he began to walk away. “Now then, I better call Star Fox and see if they can-” However, he was interrupted by Diddy Kong, who grabbed him by the back of his sweater. He tried to explain to him that he needs help saving Donkey Kong, but Fox didn’t take the hint as he began to walk away again. “Listen, kid. I need to get back to Star Fox and-” Diddy Kong wasn’t having any of that, and he forcefully grabbed him by his sweater, dragging him as he grumbled.
Fox sighed in defeat. “Alright, fine! I’ll go with you…”, he said. “Sheesh…”
So, the two began their adventure through the woods as the duo went forward and entered an orange door with a triangle symbol on it. They found themselves in an alternate version of the forest filled with Bowser’s minions, and the path was now clear unlike the previous area. They ran forward and proceeded to take down the Goombas and Paratroopas that were there. As they went ahead, the path was blocked by another wall, but Diddy spotted a blue door behind them, and grabbed Fox before marching towards the platform, jumping over a gap, and entering inside. Now back in the original area, they ran forward and jumped down a pit, stepping on some Paratroopas along the way. They soon spotted another orange door and entered inside. But when they entered the new area, it was very dark.
“Aw, great! We can’t even see anything!”, Fox said, while Diddy thought of something. He proceeded to attack everywhere he could, and ended up hitting a bomb, which exploded all the blocks around them, and revealed the area.
“Huh. Nice thinking, buddy!”, Fox told the monkey, who gave a thumbs-up. The duo continued on their way, jumping up platforms before climbing up a ladder, avoiding Hammer Bros along the way. They eventually found a blue door on the left of the surface, and they ran towards it before entering. As they continued along the path, they jumped over a Towtow, and defeated another one. This time, there were white birds above Auroros, and the two quickly ran ahead just as the Auroros stuck their beaks towards the ground to attack them. Shortly after, they ran towards another door before the Towtow next to it woke up.
Finding themselves in another area, they ran forward towards a cave, until Diddy got caught by surprise by a Bucculus, which began to smooch him as he took damage. Fox quickly kicked it off of Diddy, killing it. They soon spotted another orange door and went inside. After that, they went through the same cave, which was completely empty of Bucculuses, and when the duo reached the end of the cave, they were suddenly ambushed by a horde of Goombas, some of them being giant. Fox and Diddy proceeded to take down the Goombas by either stepping on them or attacking them directly. After that was taken care of, a bomb spawned in the middle of the arena, and Diddy attacked it with a kick, making it explode. A rumble shook the cave as the duo looked around, preparing for anything.
“What was that?”, Fox asked, which Diddy replied with a shrug. “Hm… Let’s go back the way we came.” So, the two went back towards the blue door and entered inside, going back towards the previous cave, and discovering that a path was above them. Fox jumped up the path while Diddy fought the Bucculuses surrounding it, and the former would press the button that he found up there. Once that was done, Fox and Diddy decided to go back and check if they missed anything. As they looked around, they found a red door that led somewhere, so the two jumped up to the platform and entered the door.
As they fell down into a cave, they went through an orange door and saw a Towtow sleeping in the cave. Fox and Diddy decided to interrupt its sleep by attacking it, angering the creature. The Towtow charged and hit Fox, while Diddy jumped over and attacked it once more, eventually defeating it. A red door would appear as they defeated it, and they entered inside.
Suddenly, the animal duo found themselves on a raft, which was sailing through the water. As the raft was sailing along, they soon discovered a bunch of enemies blocking their path, ranging from Bowser’s minions such as Hammer Bros, Goombas, Koopa Troopas, and Bullet Bills, to other creatures, such as Auroros and Jyks. Fox and Diddy would fight their way through this horde as they sailed along the water, eventually making it to dry land.
As they got back to dry land, the duo charged forward, jumping over a gap and defeating a Hammer Bro in their way. Fox jumped on a Paratroopa in their way, making him hide in his shell. Fox threw the shell away, before Diddy spotted a cannon in front of them. He pointed Fox towards the cannon, who nodded, and the duo would jump inside. As the cannon was fired, they both screamed as they were launched all around, hitting multiple Paratroopas before they were suddenly launched downward, hitting some blocks as they fell…
Fox and Diddy soon landed on the ground, finding themselves in some sort of arena. Suddenly, they heard a familiar stomp coming from behind them. Fox and Diddy turned around, only to see…Bowser! But, he had a strange purple aura surrounding him, and he had glowing yellow pupils.
“Well, well, well… Look who showed up… ”, Bowser said to the duo, in a strange ominous voice. “ I should’ve known you’d bring your ugly face around here again, Diddy. And I see you brought a friend this time. Couldn’t handle it by yourself after losing Donkey Kong, did you now?” He then laughed, which only angered Diddy as he prepared to fight.
“So, you must be the one that this monkey told me about!”, Fox said as he pointed his blaster. “Well, we won’t let you cause any more trouble!”
“Oh, I’d like to see you try and beat me, foxy boy. You and that monkey don’t stand a chance…”, Bowser replied as he smirked.
The battle began against the evil Koopa King as he charged towards shot out fire from his mouth. Diddy and Fox jumped out of the way before the latter began shooting his blaster at Bowser, causing damage but not making him flinch. Bowser retaliated by charging towards Fox and using his Flying Slam move by grabbing him before tossing both him and himself into the air before slamming Fox into the ground. Diddy saw this and charged towards Bowser in anger, jumping on the Koopa King and slapping him across the face multiple times. After Diddy got off of him, Fox shot past Bowser with his Fox Illusion, sending him flying upward. Fox followed this by kicking him multiple times to send him flying away. Bowser wasn’t going to stand down though, and tried to get back on the stage by using Whirling Fortress, which involved him spinning in his shell as he floated upward. He managed to grab the ledge, and attacked Diddy as he got up before the monkey could bring him down. Bowser then grabbed a Star Rod that was on a platform and tried to shoot a star at Fox, but he’d reflect with his Reflector, sending Bowser flying as he let go of the rod. Diddy then grabbed it and would use it to deliver a final hit to Bowser as he was trying to get back on the stage. The Koopa King was sent flying and screamed as he was ultimately defeated, reverting back into trophy form in the process as he fell to the ground.
After defeating Bowser, Fox wiped his hands clean while Diddy Kong was clapping his hands in joy.
“And that’s that! Mission accomplished!”, Fox said.
The monkey then approached the Bowser trophy and nudged it a little bit. He then bumped into it aggressively, when suddenly, the Bowser trophy began to dissolve into shadow bugs, much to the shock of Fox and Diddy.
“What the-?! What’s going on?”, Fox said, wondering what was happening. He would soon get his answer when he heard a noise, and they both saw an arrow flying towards them. They managed to jump out of the way, and they soon saw Bowser, the real one, holding his dark cannon.
“Hah! You thought you actually defeated me?! That was just a decoy to trap you guys!”, Bowser yelled as he fired another shot from his dark cannon, this time aiming at Diddy, who once again jumped out of the way as the arrow exploded on the ground.
Diddy Kong, wanting to avenge his uncle and best friend, Donkey Kong, began to march towards Bowser in anger as he beated his chest, but Fox knew this was dangerous as he grabbed the monkey and began to run away from the scene.
“It’s too dangerous! We need to get out of here!”, he yelled as Diddy tried to retaliate, but it was no good as Fox made them jump down a huge cliff, away from the scene as Bowser simply laughed.
“Heh, I’ll get them next time…”, he said. “I better meet back with K. Rool and tell him the news…”
STAGE CLEAR!
Fox joined your team!
Current Members:
Peach/Zelda, Kirby
Mario, Toad, Pit
Diddy Kong, Fox
Chapter 7: Update
Chapter Text
Hey, everyone. I know it's been a long time since I posted anything here. I hadn't really worked on this for a long time due to lack of motivation so you could say it went on an untold hiatus. I will say that this isn't cancelled, as I still plan to complete this. I also want to clarify that I'm gonna change some things up with the story. One detail I will say is that I may have to remove some fandoms as I believe I won't cooperate them well enough into the story, as well as to avoid an excessive number of fandoms. I still want to make this the best it can be, however, as I grew up with Subspace Emissary. Be sure to expect another chapter for this sometime soon as I will begin to work on it when I'm ready to continue. That's all you'll hear from me right now, so stay tuned for the next chapter, and I will see you all in the next one.
Chapter 8: Loss and Mistakes: The Ruined Zoo
Summary:
At an abandoned zoo, a young boy finds himself wrapped in trouble encountering many foes, while meeting some new friends and allies. But little did he know, one of those friends he'd make would lead to a sacrifice...
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
The Ruined Zoo
In an abandoned zoo, which was now in ruins, there was only the sound of the whistling wind as it was dead silent. Meanwhile, a little boy named LUCAS was walking around on his lonesome, feeling sad.
“It’s not great being lonely all the time…”, he said to himself. “I wish there was someone else who was there for me…” Just then, he heard a noise, making him turn around. He then saw shadow bugs falling to the ground as they formed to make Primids. The Primids would surround Lucas, who became utterly terrified.
“W-What are those things? S-Stay away from me!”, he said. But this fear would expand when a giant statue appeared. It resembled the appearance of a boy wearing a crown, while holding a book and a slingshot. Lucas screamed as he saw the giant statue, and he began running away from the giant statue, which began chasing him down.
As Lucas was running, he jumped over a crate, and then another one. Then, he saw a Primid approaching him. While initially afraid, he decided to go ahead and attack it. Lucas had the power of PSI, a psychic type of power that he was born with. After killing the Primid, Lucas jumped over some logs that formed a platform, and then several more. An enemy holding a bucket and with a propeller on its head, named Buckot, went ahead and dropped the contents in the bucket, which were metal bricks, on Lucas. Lucas ran out of the way of those, and kept moving forward as he jumped to the next platform. Lucas defeated another Primid and jumped down, jumping past a Boomerang Primid who got killed by the statue.
As he ran through the log platform and jumped down, he soon entered a building. And so did the statue, whose head grinded through the roof as it kept chasing Lucas. The boy then noticed a button and pressed it, which opened a cage door in front of him as he kept running. Moving forward, he soon pressed another button, opening another cage door. But when he reached another cage door, he saw the button was on the roof this time, so he jumped over and hit it, opening the cage door once again. Lucas kept running as he left the building, before hitting a Boomerang Primid and jumped over another, leaving it victim to the statue. After jumping over some crates, he jumped over a log platform, and then another. Due to the platforms being in the water, the statue ended up falling down into the water, destroying the first platform and sinking as it did.
Lucas turned around as he saw the statue sink into the ground, making him sigh in relief.
“Okay… I think it’s gone… I’m safe.”, he told himself. But as he jumped back to solid ground, he was taken by surprise as the statue suddenly landed back behind him! Lucas screamed before running away once more…
As Lucas kept on running, he suddenly tripped over a root that was stuck on the ground. His leg ended up getting caught in it as he tried to desperately break free, but to no avail as the statue inched closer and closer to him. As he whimpered and closed his eyes, fearing this was the end for him, he suddenly heard a shout: “PK THUNDER!” A lightning orb suddenly flew towards the statue, making contact with it as it made the statue fall backwards to the ground. As Lucas wondered what just happened, a boy looking similar to him floated in front of him. This was NESS, who hailed from Onett. Unlike Lucas, Ness was more brave to take down the statue, which got back up and seemingly let out a roar.
“Stand back! I got this!”, Ness told Lucas as the statue then jumped up in the air, and Ness followed suit.
“PK Flash!”, Ness cried as he shot out a green flashing orb towards the statue, which ended up going through it in the chest area. After a few seconds, the orb exploded, destroying the statue as Ness landed back on the ground, striking a pose. As the smoke cleared, it was revealed that the statue was controlled by PORKY .
“Come on! Get up! We’ll take him down together!”, Ness told Lucas as he was ready to battle Porky. Lucas hesitantly did so, now feeling ready to take down Porky with his new friend as well.
The fight began as Porky made his move towards them, with Ness shooting out his PK Fire attack. Porky would then charge a massive orange orb above his machine as it shot a laser towards the duo. The two of them jumped out of the way of the attack before Lucas used his PK Thunder attack to damage Porky a few times. Just then, Porky jumped up in the air, trying to slam down onto Ness, who swiftly dodged the attack as he attacked Porky once more with his PSI moves. As Porky would try again to attack by using one of his mechanical arms to jab Ness, this served as a distraction for Lucas to attack with his PSI moves as well, causing Porky to take more damage.
Porky wasn’t willing to back down from this as he was starting to become infuriated. For his next attack, he shot out bombs that were in his image, which began to walk around towards Ness and Lucas. While Lucas would get away from the bombs, Ness had the idea to send one back to Porky, which seemed to work as he took damage from that. Porky flew up into the air again, this time staying in the air as he was about to charge a laser towards Lucas. Lucas quickly ran away before the laser was fired, and managed to avoid it. Ness would retaliate by shooting his PK Thunder technique which, unlike Lucas, would end up disintegrating upon contact with Porky. Porky eventually came back down after his attack, and attempted once more to attack with the bombs. However, this proved to be futile as Ness and Lucas would dodge and attack Porky with their PSI attacks. Porky would meet his defeat as Ness delivered the finishing blow with his PK Flash attack, sending the boy in the machine flying in the air before falling to the ground, passing out…
After Porky was taken care of, Lucas ran over to Ness. “Are you okay?”, Lucas asked.
“Yeah, I’m fine! Name’s Ness, by the way.”, Ness introduced himself.
“I’m Lucas.”, Lucas introduced himself back to him. But then, Lucas noticed something from the corner of his eye. “Wait, what’s that?” Ness looked up as well, seeing someone was up there. In fact, it was Wario again, who came by to find more people to turn into trophies, and it looked like he found his next targets.
“Ooh! What do we have here? New prizes for Wario? I’m gonna enjoy this!”, he said as he aimed the dark cannon towards Ness and fired at him. However, Ness swiftly dodged it, and Wario growled. “Oh, tough kid, eh? Well, see if you can dodge all of these!” Wario fired multiple arrows at Ness, who dodged every single one fired at him as well.
“Hmph, he really is a tough one. I’ll just get the other one!”, Wario said as he now aimed the dark cannon towards Lucas. Ness turned around, seeing that Wario was about to fire at Lucas. Unlike Ness, Lucas was too scared to dodge, and Ness charged towards him.
“LOOK OUT!”, Ness cried just as Wario fired an arrow at Lucas. Ness pushed Lucas out of the way of the arrow, taking the hit himself as he now turned into a trophy in the process. Lucas was horrified by this, just as Wario landed on the ground to take his new prize.
“Haha! What’s the matter, kid? Afraid to take on Wario?”, Wario asked the scared Lucas. The boy didn’t respond, and instead of fighting him, he ran away in fear. Lightning began to strike as Wario looked at his new trophy, and laughed in triumph. Lucas kept on running, before looking back to see the laughing Wario looking at the new item for his collection. His friend was now taken away…
Sometime later, Lucas was walking through the zoo once more, looking back as he was saddened about the loss of his friend. This would be interrupted as he bumped into someone. As he looked in front of him, he saw a kid much taller than him wearing a cap and a backpack. The kid looked back, and saw Lucas.
“Whoa, listen, kid! This place is dangerous. You see these things?”, he said as he pointed at the shadow bugs forming to create more Primids. Lucas was scared, but the boy placed his hand on his shoulder. “Don’t worry, we’ll take them down.”, he said, before taking out a small item that was known as a Poké Ball, pressing the button in the middle of it as it began to shake. He then threw the Poké Ball, and out came a Pokémon named SQUIRTLE . This boy Lucas would meet was known as a POKÉMON TRAINER. As the Primids kept forming around them, the Pokémon Trainer looked at Lucas. “Come on, let’s take them down!”
The two heroes began their journey as Squirtle would spin its shell into two Primids, while Lucas would swing his stick on another one. They jumped over some crates before reaching some wooden platforms up ahead. The trio jumped over some of these wooden platforms while taking care of some Boomerang Primids and Auroros. They then ran into some foggy enemies known as Floows, who would refill their health slowly if they take damage. After taking care of them with their attacks, they pressed on, running into some swinging platforms while more Floows showed up. Lucas shot out his PK Fire at one of them, while Squirtle spat water at another one. After dealing with them with their variety of attacks, they found themselves caught in a horde of Primids. Lucas shot out his PK Freeze, freezing a Primid while Squirtle rammed itself into another. More Floows showed up, and Squirtle and Lucas would quickly take care of them before they would have the chance to heal. After dealing with the massive horde, they continued on, jumping over a platform with two crates before discovering a tunnel up ahead.
“Let’s see what’s in here.”, the Pokémon Trainer told Lucas as the two went inside.
As they continued on, Lucas pressed a button above to open a cage door, but as they entered the next room, they found themselves caught in another horde of enemies known as Bytans, who were one-eyed monster who would spawn multiple more Bytans with said one eye. Squirtle and Lucas quickly attacked every Bytan that would come across them, before continuing to press on. They then saw a portal which produced Glunders, and Lucas would take care of the Glunders while Squirtle would destroy the portal. The trio jumped up another platform before entering a nearby door.
Back outside, they found themselves against more enemies, including big bird enemies known as Tickens, who upon being destroyed, would produce small birds who had been controlling them inside before fleeing. After taking care of them, they continued forward, finding another platforming section. They ran into more Floows, as well as a Fire Primid. Lucas would shoot his PK Fire on the Fire Primid, while Squirtle would attack the Floows. The trio jumped up a trampoline before finding themselves once again caught by a horde of Subspace minions. Many Boomerang Primids, Fire Primids, and Tickens would try to attack them from all sides, and Squirtle and Lucas would try their best to fight them off. While fighting, Lucas ended up getting hit by a Ticken who ran into him, while Squirtle took damage from a Fire Primid. Despite this, they continued fighting the many enemies, eventually defeating them all. They soon continued on, running into a couple more Tickens. The two soon defeated them and pressed on once more before the Pokémon Trainer stopped and looked around.
After taking care of all the enemies, the Pokémon Trainer sighed in relief. “Okay, I think that’s all of them.”, he said before throwing his Poké Ball back to call back Squirtle. After collecting his Poké Ball back, he looked back at Lucas. “Thanks for the help, kid. I’ll see you later!” He began to walk away as Lucas tried to stop him.
“Wait, I-” Lucas said before stopping himself as he thought back about what happened to Ness. Wanting to avenge his friend, he decided to run towards the Pokémon Trainer.
“Wait! Take me with you! I want you to help save my friend who got captured!”, Lucas told him.
“Your friend got captured?”, the Pokémon Trainer replied, surprised. Despite the situation, he was willing to help him. “Don’t worry, kid. I’ll help you. I think I know where we can start looking. Come on, follow me.” Pokémon Trainer continued walking away, and Lucas would soon follow suit.
STAGE CLEAR!
Lucas joined your team!
Pokémon Trainer joined your team!
Current Members:
Peach/Zelda, Kirby
Mario, Toad, Pit
Diddy Kong, Fox
Pokémon Trainer, Lucas
Notes:
Finally back with a new chapter, fellas. Sorry for the long wait, but I hope it was worth it. I promise you the next few chapters will certainly be something. Stay tuned.
Chapter 9: Loss and Mistakes: The Battlefield Fortress
Summary:
Two swordsmen are wrapped up in a chain of events as they went to investigate the massive Subspace Bomb. Soon enough, they would find themselves forming an unexpected alliance with two new allies...
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The Battlefield Fortress
At a fortress located in a wasteland, two R.O.B.’s were placing their mechanical arms into the sides of the Subspace Bomb, allowing it to open up. As the timer ticked down, the two robots closed their eyes, accepting their fate as the bomb blew up, creating a large purple mass of Subspace far away from the fortress itself. At the fortress, two swordsmen named MARTH and ROY were observing the events from afar. Just ahead, the Ancient Minister stared back at the swordsmen as Primids began forming from the shadow bugs. The Primids began marching towards the palace, and Marth and Roy knew it was the time to act.
“Come on, Roy. We’ve got an army to stop!”, Marth said as he drew out his sword, the tip of it glowing brightly. Roy did the same, with a flame being visible from the tip of his sword. And with that, the two swordsmen began their journey to stop the Subspace army.
The two began their journey through the castle as Marth slashed at two Primids, while Roy would slash at two Sword Primids. The two swordsmen made their way down the castle, destroying more Sword Primids along the way. Soon, they ran into more sword enemies known as Armights, who would laugh as they’d make their presence known. Marth and Roy would take them down with their swords before pressing on through the castle, taking a downward path while avoiding a Jyk. Upon opening a small door with a button, the two made their way outside and to the main castle gate, which Marth opened with another button.
The two ran forward through the field, running into a vehicle enemy known as a Roader, who’d try and run them over. Marth jumped over while Roy destroyed it with his sword. Soon, more Roaders and other enemies like Sword Primids and Spaaks soon came towards them. Marth and Roy would deal with these enemies with their swords, slashing them and defeating them. Roy saw one more Roader about to charge at them, but Roy used a counter attack and destroyed the Roader. With all of the enemies out of the way, the two ran forward, off to see whatever that big purple mass was…
After a long journey, Marth and Roy made their way to the Subspace Bomb that had exploded, the purple mass still being there.
“What do you think this is?”, Roy asked Marth.
“I’m unsure. This is unlike anything I’ve ever seen before.”, Marth replied. As the two were looking at this large mass of Subspace, Marth suddenly heard a noise to their right, and saw a short round creature with a mask and yellow sword flying and aiming towards Roy with its wings.
“ROY, LOOK OUT!”, Marth yelled as he clashed his sword with the creature’s sword. The two clashed before the creature skidded on the ground, showing bat-like wings on its back. This was META KNIGHT.
“You will not take me down, evil fiends!”, Meta Knight told them, before he began charging towards Marth. Marth charged towards him and the two began clashing their swords together. But as they were fighting, they both, including Roy, felt Primids sneaking up behind them, and they all slashed them with their swords. As they all landed on the ground, they all looked back, seeing multiple Primids forming around them.
“I assume you’re not with them, then?”, Meta Knight asked the two.
“Definitely not! We need to take them down!”, Roy told them.
“Right. Let’s do this!”, Marth said as the three readied for the battle against the Primid army.
Marth would charge towards one Primid and attack it with his sword, Falchion. Meta Knight would charge at two Sword Primids and deliver a flurry of attacks with his sword, Galaxia. Roy saw two Buckots up ahead, and took the chance to attack them with his fiery sword before they could drop their contents onto Marth and Meta Knight. Meta Knight jumped to a platform and defeated a Rocket Primid, while Roy would slash at two more Sword Primids. Marth jumped up and slashed at a Buckot, and Meta Knight would take down three Primids at once. Three more Buckots showed up and tried to drop their contents in their buckets on the three swordsmen, but they all reacted and took down each Buckot that was about to attack them. Two Rocket Primids then showed up as one of them tried to aim for Marth, but Marth countered the attack and sent a bullet back to the Rocket Primid, sending it falling down the cliff, while Meta Knight slashed and defeated the other one. Two Primids and a Sword Primid showed up, and Roy took the two down by charging up his sword and burning the two Primids to a crisp. Marth took down the Sword Primid not too long after. Another Buckot showed up as it tried to drop its contents onto Meta Knight, but Meta Knight quickly ran away while Marth jumped up and defeated it. Another Buckot, as well as a Sword Primid and a Rocket Primid, appeared and attempted to attack. Roy ended up getting hit by the Rocket Primid before Marth attacked it and defeated it, while Meta Knight flew up and took down the Buckot. Roy then took down the Sword Primid that was charging towards Marth. Two Sword Primids showed up once more as Marth and Roy slashed at them each. Three more Buckots showed up as Meta Knight took down two, and Roy took down one. Finally, a Primid and a Rocket Primid showed up as Marth took down the Primid about to punch him, and Meta Knight would disappear with his cape before surprise attacking the Rocket Primid.
Soon enough, the army of Primids and Buckots were defeated, but there was still the goal of chasing the Ancient Minister down.
“Listen, you two.”, Meta Knight told the Fire Emblem duo. “We need to catch that hooded figure you might have seen earlier.”
“Oh yeah, we saw him up ahead from the fortress.”, Marth told him. “We need to go after him!”
“I know which way he went.”, Meta Knight told them before motioning them to come along. “Let’s get going!”
The three swordsmen continued on their journey as they ran through the wasteland, before running into a horde of Primids. Marth would slash two Primids while Roy took down a Rocket Primid. Meta Knight would spin around like a tornado and defeat three Sword Primids. As they continued on, they ran into a lance enemy known as an Autolance. Meta Knight would continuously slash it with his sword as Marth and Roy did the same, easily defeating it. They pressed on, running into more Primids and an Autolance along the way. Marth and Roy took down some of the Primids as Meta Knight pressed on, with the Fire Emblem duo catching up soon after. After running into a Poppant and defeating it, they found themselves caught in yet another horde of Primids, as well as a Greap. While Marth and Roy dealt with the Primids, Meta Knight would deal with the Greap, who tried to attack him. Meta Knight would vanish with his cape before attacking the Greap from behind. Marth and Roy soon helped him out after taking care of the Primids. Upon defeating them all, they pressed on, but not before more Primids and Autolances showed up.
“Goodness, how many of them are there?”, Marth asked, surprised by this many enemies to face.
“Seems to be quite a lot, but we must get through them!”, Meta Knight told him, as the three rushed forward to fight them off.
After once again taking care of the many enemies, they kept going throughout the path, but as to be expected, more enemies showed up, except this time it was a horde of Feyesh, Primids, and Autolances. After defeating the last horde, they found an entrance to a cave, and went inside.
As they entered the cave, they looked down as it seemed to be the only way to go.
“Let us get going.”, Meta Knight said as he jumped down, with Marth and Roy following him. The three swordsmen landed in a cart, which went forward as it sped through the track, running over several Primids before ramming into spikes, destroying it as the three were ejected out.
“Well, that was trippy…”, Marth said before the three continued on.
They found themselves against more types of Primids, as well as Buckots that they had to defeat again. Upon dealing with the many that showed up with their attacks, they went forward, finding another cart that they’d soon enter. After entering the cart, it went forward, but Meta Knight soon noticed they were heading towards a cliff.
“Jump now!”, he told the Fire Emblem duo, who did as they were told before the cart fell down into the depths below. They soon entered another cart, which sped forward along the tracks before Meta Knight had to tell them to jump again as they were heading for another cliff. They then entered a third cart, which went through a long road of track as it ran over many enemies in the trio’s way.
“Jump!”, Meta Knight said once more as the three jumped out of the cart as it fell down, landing on a nearby platform. Upon getting their bearings, they ran forward, eventually leaving the cave as they found themselves back outside.
Just up ahead, Roy could see the Ancient Minister flying away, trying to escape with the Subspace Bomb he had on him.
“There he is! After him!”, he informed the two as they began to make chase.
The three heroes were charging through the wasteland as they were chasing the Ancient Minister, who turned around and noticed them.
“Stop right there!”, Marth yelled as he jumped up to attack the Ancient Minister using Dolphin Slash, but he missed as the Ancient Minister dodged the attack. Roy attempted to do the same with Blazer, but he also missed. Meta Knight attempted to fly towards the Ancient Minister to attack him, but he shot out a laser towards one of Meta Knight’s wings, scalding it. Meta Knight landed on the ground and closed his wings.
“Agh! My wing!”, he yelled as he looked up to see the Ancient Minister flying away.
“How are we going to get him now?”, Roy asked them. He would soon get his answer when a yellow sword came flying through the air behind the Ancient Minister. Before he could react, another swordsman appeared as he yelled, “GREAT AETHER!”, slicing the bomb off of the Ancient Minister’s ship as it soared away uncontrollably.
“I fight for my friends…”, the swordsman said, revealing himself to be IKE. He then looked at the group. “Prepare yourselves, you three. We have an enemy to catch.”
“Thanks for the help!”, Marth thanked him. “Now, let’s continue after him!”
The four heroes charged ahead, with Ike taking down some Primids while Roy defeated some Buckots above them. Continuing ahead, they found themselves caught in a horde of Sword Primids, as well as some Feyesh, and a new type of enemy called Nagagog, who would increase in size upon taking more damage. Marth and Roy would take care of the Sword Primids while Ike and Meta Knight dealt with the Feyesh and Nagagogs heading their way. After that was taken care of, they all pressed on once more…
The four swordsmen kept running, until they ran out of ground as they reached a cliff. They stopped as all they could do was watch the Ancient Minister leave their sight.
“Aw, he got away!”, Marth said, annoyed. But Meta Knight wasn’t willing to give up.
“Not for long!”, Meta Knight said before going in another direction.
“Hey, wait for us!”, Roy told him as he, Marth, and Ike followed after him, continuing their chase after the Ancient Minister.
STAGE CLEAR!
Meanwhile, in the grassy plains, a Waddle Dee was marching through the field, when a plumber in a green outfit stood in their way. This was LUIGI. Luigi got into a fighting stance as he tried to defend himself against the Waddle Dee who approached him.
“S-Stay back, or I will use my attacks on you!”, Luigi said, trying to be brave, but he was a little nervous.
The Waddle Dee simply looked at him, before marching away. Luigi sighed in relief, only for another Waddle Dee to show up and look at him. When he turned around, he jumped back in fright.
“G-Get back! I have my fists, and I-I’m not afraid to use them!”, Luigi cried as he got into a fighting stance. However, he wasn’t aware that someone was standing behind him… He only had a bit of time to react until he felt a large hammer hit him straight in the back, before he got launched into the air, screaming as it would get faint. The screaming then stopped as Luigi vanished from sight. When he became visible again, he had become a trophy as a result of the attack, falling from the sky. He was then caught by the same hammer that had attacked him just now, and the creature who had stood behind him swung the hammer, making the Luigi trophy land on the ground. As it turned out, the hammer had belonged to KING DEDEDE.
“And THAT’s how ya catch someone!”, Dedede told himself. He then dusted the trophified Luigi off. “At least I got another one for mahself!” The other Waddle Dees showed up, before they all heard the sound of a ship approaching them. “Alright, boys. Remember the plan!”, Dedede told his Waddle Dees before they left from sight, Dedede jumping into the air while the Waddle Dees hid behind nearby bushes.
Just up ahead, Wario was driving his cargo ship, still having the two trophies of fighters he had captured earlier. “Huh, what’s that?”, Wario asked himself as he noticed something up ahead. He then realized it was a trophy. And not just any trophy…
“Ah, if it isn’t Mario’s little brother…”, he said as he stopped his cargo ship. He then got out of the vehicle and walked towards the trophy until he got real close to it. “BOO!” Nothing. “Wahaha! Another trophy just for me!” He then picked up the trophy. That was when the Waddle Dees came out of hiding and charged towards Wario. As Wario kept laughing, he suddenly noticed the Waddle Dees charging towards him and began to stampede. “What the-?! Hey! Get off me! WAH!” He let go of the Luigi trophy, and it fell right on the cargo ship, which was now hijacked by Dedede.
“Heheheh! Thanks for the trophies, fatty!”, Dedede said as he drove away from the scene, the Waddle Dees following him shortly after. After a few seconds, Wario got up and shook his head. He then looked over, and gasped as he saw his cargo ship had been stolen.
“HEY! I stole those fair and square!”, Wario yelled as he was having a fit. “Get back here!” Unbeknownst to Wario or any of them, someone had been spying on them through the bushes, before disappearing from the scene…
Marth joined your team!
Roy joined your team!
Meta Knight joined your team!
Ike joined your team!
Current Members:
Peach/Zelda, Kirby
Mario, Toad, Pit
Diddy Kong, Fox
Pokémon Trainer, Lucas
Meta Knight, Marth, Roy, Ike
Chapter 10: Loss and Mistakes: Dreamier Island
Summary:
Two former contestants from a reality show settle their time to build their own island. However, they soon find themselves caught in trouble when a visit from a certain airship ruin their vacation...
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
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Dreamier Island
At an island located pretty far from the other areas, two sentient objects were spending their time building their own Dream Island together. These two were a ball of fire named FIREY , and a green lemon leaf named LEAFY. The show BFB (Battle for BFB) had ended just about a while ago, and the two former contestants were now having their time to relax after a whole decade of battling for a prize.
“Man, it’s still hard to believe we’ve come this far, wouldn’t you say, Leafy?”, Firey asked his friend.
“You said it, Firey. At least now, we won’t have to compete anymore. Not since we’re making our own Dream Island together!”, Leafy replied to her best friend.
“Yeah, I don’t see anything that could ruin this!”, Firey told her. But he would eat his words as the sky itself suddenly grew red and the atmosphere became darker.
“Wait, since when did the sky get this dark so fast?”, Leafy asked, confused on what was going on.
“Uh, Leafy…?”, Firey replied as he pointed at something up ahead, making Leafy gasp. Up ahead was the Halberd, flying across the island as its hatch would open to produce the shadow bugs like how it did back at the Midair Stadium and Skyworld. The shadow bugs would form themselves into the many enemies surrounding the two.
“Uh, Firey? What do we do?!”, Leafy asked him, nervous about the situation.
“I guess we’ll have to fight them off, Leafy!”, Firey told her. “It seems like our best bet!”
“Oh, I wish I wouldn’t have to do this, but if it’s the only way…”, she replied as the two readied themselves for battle.
A Primid would charge towards Firey, with Firey himself punching the Primid a few times before setting it on fire via himself. Leafy saw a Sword Primid heading towards her and she jumped over as it attempted to strike her, before she would take it down by throwing some knives she had with her back during her time of isolation in Yoyleland during BFDIA. A Buckot and a Spaak flew over the two, the former over Leafy and the latter over Firey. The two saw the other about to strike them, and they quickly warned each other before taking them out. Another Buckot and a Scope Primid appeared, the latter about to shoot at Firey, but Firey quickly noticed and created a fireball before firing it at the Scope Primid. Leafy noticed the Buckot about to drop its contents on Firey, and she jumped up before striking it down with her knife. Two Primids came running towards Firey, but Firey easily burned them down.
“Yikes, just how many of these guys are there?”, Firey asked Leafy.
“I don’t know, but I just hope we can get rid of them all!”, Leafy replied to her friend.
They continued taking down more Primids, regular, sword, and scope, before coming face-to-face with a Greap, catching them off-guard. The Greap was about to strike Leafy, but Firey shoved her out of harm’s way as he took damage.
“Firey! Are you okay?!”, Leafy asked, concerned.
“Don’t worry, I’m fine!”, Firey replied. “I’ll take this guy down, you take care of the rest!”
Leafy wasn’t sure at first, but she trusted her friend and went to fight the other Subspace enemies.
Firey ran around as the Greap tried to strike down its scythes on him, but the scythes themselves got stuck on the ground, allowing Firey to strike damage on the enemy.
“Haha! I’m getting the hang of this!”, Firey said before Leafy called out to him.
“Firey, I need some help!”, she called out to her friend.
“Coming, Leafy!”, Firey said as he ran over to help her. Leafy took down a Buckot up ahead with her knife, and Firey rushed over to get rid of a Fire Primid. Later, the Greap returned to attack them both, but Leafy noticed and quickly threw several knives at the Greap, killing it.
Two Feyesh appeared from above, about to strike down at Leafy and Firey, but Firey noticed them from above and attacked them before killing them. The last set of enemies soon appeared, that being three Nagagogs. Firey would go after one while Leafy would go after another one, leaving the third one to rush towards Leafy, damaging her.
“Leafy!”, Firey cried out to his best friend, and charged at the Nagagog that attacked Leafy, damaging it before it grew in size. “Oh boy.”
Another Nagagog rushed towards Firey from behind and Leafy quickly warned him before throwing a frisbee at the Nagagog, although it didn’t do as much damage as the knives. Nevertheless, it made it grow in size. Leafy would deal with Nagagog while Firey went back to attacking the other Nagagogs. He managed to kill one of them before going after the other one. Leafy would throw some more knives at the Nagagog she was attacking, killing it as well. Firey would deal with the last Nagagog before ultimately killing it. But then, one more enemy showed up, that being a Greap again.
“Oh no, not this guy again.”, Firey said, annoyed by this point.
“Let’s take this one down together!”, Leafy told him, which Firey nodded as the two proceeded to go after the Greap, beginning to damage it as, despite the Greap’s size, it was outnumbered by a flurry of attacks from Firey and Leafy, with the Greap itself eventually being defeated…
After the whole fight, Firey and Leafy were tired out. All that fighting really left them beat, but they were glad it was over.
“Phew, that was tough.”, Firey said as he panting.
“You’re not kidding, Firey. But I have to admit, I haven’t felt like this since our last competition in BFB.”, Leafy replied.
“I second that.”, Firey told her.
“Well, at least no more of these guys will ruin our time here.”, Leafy told him. But then, Firey heard the sound of something being shot towards them, and he saw an arrow fly straight towards Leafy, causing him to react and push her out of the way before taking the blast himself, immediately turning him into a trophy as it fell to the ground.
“FIREY!”, Leafy yelled in horror. “What just happened?!”
“Wahahaha! Were you really expecting that you won that easily?”, an Italian male voice asked Leafy out of nowhere. “TOO BAD!” A figure then jumped out from behind the trees, revealing himself to be… WALUIGI. “WALUIGI TIME!”
“You! Why did you attack Firey?!”, Leafy scolded him.
“Oh, he’s just going to ruin our plans, just like you will too.”, Waluigi replied before aiming his dark cannon at her. “So I suggest you hold still and we’ll make this quick.”
Leafy looked horrified by what she saw as Waluigi began charging up the dark cannon to fire at her. “No! Stay back! Stay away from me!”, she yelled in protest, but her pleas would fall on deaf ears as the cannon was fired at her…until another mysterious figure swooped in and grabbed her out of harm’s way at the last second, barely avoiding the shot as it exploded.
“What the-?!”, Waluigi cried in shock as the figure rushed past him, riding what seemed to be some sort of scooter with motors on it. The figure pressed a button before the scooter itself deployed out wings, and a jet from its back, soon causing themself and Leafy to fly away from the island.
“Grrr! That loser ruined my plan!”, Waluigi angrily said before looking at the trophified Firey. “Oh well, at least I won’t come back empty-handed. Wahahahaha!”
Meanwhile in the sky, Leafy looked down, seeing her friend get taken away by Waluigi, much to her disbelief.
“Firey…”, she said before looking at the person who just saved her. “Listen, my friend is down here! We need to go back and save him! But one thing I need to know is… who are you?” The figure turned their head around, revealing that Leafy’s saviour was none other than… HENRY STICKMIN.
STAGE CLEAR!
Meanwhile, in another area, Dedede was driving through with Wario’s cargo he stole earlier. Just up ahead on a cliff, a lone small Koopa was observing him. It was the son of the Koopa King, BOWSER JR..
“Something tells me that guy might be up to something…”, Bowser Jr. told himself. “I better tell papa about this!” He then hopped on his Junior Clown Car and drove away to tell his Papa Bowser the news.
Leafy joined your team!
Henry joined your team!
Current Members:
Peach/Zelda, Kirby
Mario, Toad, Pit
Diddy Kong, Fox
Pokémon Trainer, Lucas
Meta Knight, Marth, Roy, Ike
Henry, Leafy
Notes:
Behold, an original level concept for once! I know it was pretty short, but I hope to make whatever I make next more longer than the last. It's honestly pretty fun when you come up with concepts like these!
Chapter 11: Update 2
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Hey, guys. It's me again. I sincerely apologize for the lack of updates recently. I had mainly lost motivation to work on this story since I was focused on other stuff and all that. That doesn't mean the story is cancelled though. I'll just have to see whenever I'll be able to work on it again. I'll see you guys whenever I'm able to release the next chapter. Take care.
Chapter 12: Daring Searches: The Forest
Summary:
A hero and his two animal companions discover not everything is what it seems in the forest, and they are determined to chase down the source.
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The Forest
In the forest, a man in a green tunic was walking around with his fairy, Navi. Just then, he noticed the Master Sword laying on its pedestal. Grabbing onto the handle, with the Triforce of Courage glowing on his hand, he slowly and carefully pulled the Master Sword out of its pedestal. LINK raised the Master Sword up, the tip of it growing brightly as he was ready to start his own adventure.
Meanwhile, in another part of the forest, two animals were doing their own things. One of them was snoozing by a tree stump: a green dinosaur. And another was an orange dog who was cheerfully playing with a ball. As they were doing their own things, Link was walking by with Navi. YOSHI wearily opened his eyes, seeing Link walk by, but didn’t give him much thought as he went back to sleep. The other one, DOGDAY, looked over at Link, wondering what he was up to. But then, the sky grew dark and a looming shadow emerged as Link looked back. He gasped as he saw the Halberd fly by, dropping more shadow bugs to produce Primids and such. Link pulled out his Master Sword just as Yoshi woke up and got next to him, as well as DogDay.
“Yoshi? (What are those things?)”, Yoshi asked, unsure what those creatures were.
“Oh, those things don’t seem too friendly…”, DogDay said, having a bad feeling in his gut.
Link looked at the two and motioned them to move forward as he began running. The three heroes began to make their way through the forest, with Link slashing a Primid on the way. A boomerang Primid threw its boomerang towards DogDay, but Yoshi got in front of him and ate the boomerang before spitting it back at the Primid, killing it. The three moved forward, before they were suddenly ambushed by a bunch of Primids. Link, Yoshi, and DogDay used their arsenals to defeat them all before continuing on. As they went forward, they would encounter a marionette-like figure known as a Puppit. Link would slash it with his sword, but as they were climbing up a tree, DogDay was suddenly caught off-guard by a Bucculus, who would attach itself to him.
“Ah! Get it off!”, he cried before Link would kill it with his sword. “Phew… Thanks.” Link nodded, as the three continued onward. They then ran into more Puppits as they were moving along. Link would use his bow and arrow on one of them before throwing a bomb at another. Yoshi would toss an egg at one before jumping up in the air and performing his Yoshi Bomb attack. DogDay would use his ball and toss it at a Puppit before running to it and killing it. After that was done, they ran forward, finding themselves going through a door that would lead them to another part of the forest.
In this next part, the trio ran along, encountering some more Primids, as well as some new enemies being Trowlons, who would raise up upon getting any fighters on them. Link would slash some of them with his sword while Yoshi would use his flutter kick on a Primid. The three pressed on, jumping up some springs to reach a high cliff, only for DogDay to be caught off-guard by an Auroros. Yoshi attacked the Auroros before grabbing it and throwing it towards another Primid. Pressing further, they encountered a Ticken below them, and Link would defeat it with his sword. Suddenly, they found themselves getting into a horde battle with Tickens, Puppets, and Trowlons. The three of them used all of their attacks to fight off against this horde, although it took a little while as the three of them received some damage. Once that was done, the three pressed on, going up some platforms while destroying a Puppit. Link then hit a bomb hiding in the back of a hidden entrance, and the trio entered the next doorway.
In the next area, the trio had to deal with some Feyesh and Fire Primids, and DogDay got burned by one of the Fire Primids during their run. The three then encountered a new enemy, Shellpod, which, in its name, had a shell to protect itself, only to be vulnerable when it was destroyed. The trio pressed onward, soon entering a tunnel before summoning some platforms once Yoshi pressed a button. The trio climbed up, with Link hitting a slider to destroy a wall above them. As they were getting closer to the end of the forest, they were once again ambushed by more of the Shellpods, as well as Fire Primids and Feyesh. The trio were able to take them all down with their attacks and weapons, and once that was done, they continued once more…
After a long adventure through the forest, the three of them stopped as they ran out of ground, just in time to see the Halberd leave their sight.
“Oh no! We can’t reach that far!”, DogDay said, wondering how they’re gonna be able to follow it now.
“Yoshi, Yoshi? (How are we going to get it now?)”, Yoshi asked them.
Link had an idea, and he motioned the two to follow him to another pathway, with Yoshi and DogDay looking at each other in confusion before following Link to wherever he was going.
STAGE CLEAR!
Inside the Halberd, a cardboard box was lying in the storage room. However, it moved ever so slightly… What could it mean? What could be inside the box…?
Link joined your team!
Yoshi joined your team!
DogDay joined your team!
Current Members:
Peach/Zelda, Kirby
Mario, Toad, Pit
Diddy Kong, Fox
Pokémon Trainer, Lucas
Meta Knight, Marth, Roy, Ike
Henry, Leafy
Yoshi, Link, DogDay
Chapter 13: Daring Searches: The Research Facility
Summary:
A space bounty hunter infiltrates the research facility in order to obtain something she would need to fight off this mysterious army. Along the way, she meets a cute and shocking ally.
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The Research Facility
In a facility located far away on an island, an air vent’s cover suddenly opened up, and a woman slowly came out of the open duct. As she landed on the ground, ZERO SUIT SAMUS took out her gun defensibly.
“Alright, I’m here. I better explore this place.”, she told herself before she walked forward. She began her journey by entering through a door, leaving the storage room. In the next area, she found an elevator, and proceeded to go up, only to see a R.O.B. Sentry attack her, in which she retaliated and fought back, destroying it. She then proceeded to go further upward in the elevator, running forward and taking down another R.O.B. before running forward.
Zero Suit Samus soon entered a door, and she pointed her weapon around, in case there were any threats. But as she was looking around, she stopped as she found a generator with a creature inside, making her gasp. It wasn’t just any creature that was in there, it was a Pokemon. It was PIKACHU. As the generator stopped, Pikachu noticed Zero Suit Samus, and weakly let out a cry for help. That was when the generator suddenly powered up again, and Pikachu screamed in pain. That was when Zero Suit Samus knew she had to do something, and she used her Plasma Whip to break open the glass in the generator, but this resulted in the alarm going off. The doors opened around the duo, and many R.O.B.s emerged, with one of them scanning the two as threats.
“Come on, little guy. We have company.”, she told the Pokemon.
“Pikachu!”, Pikachu replied, nodding in response. The duo started their way out of the room, taking down the many R.O.B.s that tried to stop them, before entering another door.
In the next area, they found a spinning platform, as well as more R.O.B.s scouting the area. The duo proceeded to take down the few R.O.B.s that were there, before entering a pathway below them with a ladder, and entering another door.
When arriving in the next area, they found themselves ambushed by multiple R.O.B.s, as well as some Roturrets. After a struggle, the duo managed to take them down and pressed onward. After taking down some more R.O.B.’s, they found a room with a small key. Zero Suit Samus went to grab it until some R.O.B.’s dropped in from above. Pikachu offered to stay behind to distract them, while Zero Suit Samus would use the key for whatever it was needed for. She nodded as she went back to see what the key was for while Pikachu distracted the enemies.
Zero Suit Samus eventually found the key’s use and entered the room before pressing a button, which activated the lift that was there to send it to another room. She soon ran back and informed Pikachu of what she found, and the duo soon ran back to the main room. There, they took a path above to where the lift had gone to, taking down more R.O.B.s and entering another door.
Upon entering the next room, the duo stepped on the lift that was sent there, and they had to dodge some Jyks along the way. When they got to the end of the area, they were attacked by a few Glunders, but they easily took them down. After this, a button spawned in front of them, before Pikachu hit it with its head, causing the platforms behind them to drop to their level. With a pathway now behind them, the duo soon made their way back, again avoiding the Jyks before going back to the door from the way they came. Back in the main area, the duo proceeded to jump up to the upper floor, with Zero Suit Samus destroying a R.O.B. Sentry on the way before they entered the next door.
In this area, a waterfall could be seen in the background, and the duo began to make their way upwards in the area, only to come across some Bytans that would spawn more of them if they weren’t attacked fast enough, as well as more R.O.B.s. Pikachu would deal with some of the Bytans with its electrical attacks before following Zero Suit Samus, who had dealt with the R.O.B.s, up further in the facility, entering another door soon after.
In the next room, Zero Suit Samus and Pikachu found themselves getting attacked by giant Bytans and the duo quickly attacked them and defeated them before pressing onward. As they kept moving forward, avoiding some green coloured bombs that would turn red if gotten close to, they found themselves ambushed yet again by some Metal Primids.
“Oh, boy. There’s just a lot of these foes we need to take down.”, Zero Suit Samus told Pikachu as she prepared her whip weapon.
“Pika!”, Pikachu replied as its cheeks electrified. The duo proceeded to fight off the Metal Primids, though it was a bit tough given they weren’t knocked back by the attacks because of them being metal. The fight itself lasted for a little while as Zero Suit Samus and Pikachu did end up taking damage during the fight. But eventually, they managed to take them all down as they were free to keep moving forward. The duo jumped up a few more platforms that would move down upon being stepped on to avoid landing on a lot of green bombs below, as well as a pit. After that, they landed on the next platform before entering towards the next door in front of them…
Eventually, the duo found themselves in a control room that was filled with many monitors of the facility itself. The two carefully looked around the room, when suddenly something caught the attention of Zero Suit Samus. One of the monitors showed a room with a power suit inside a container.
“That’s it. The power suit.”, she said as she looked at the monitor. “We have to find that room so I can obtain it. It could be useful for whatever is happening. We better leave before someone finds us though. Come on.”
STAGE CLEAR!
Zero Suit Samus joined your team!
Pikachu joined your team!
Current Members:
Peach/Zelda, Kirby
Mario, Toad, Pit
Diddy Kong, Fox
Pokémon Trainer, Lucas
Meta Knight, Marth, Roy, Ike
Henry, Leafy
Yoshi, Link, DogDay
Zero Suit Samus, Pikachu
Chapter 14: Daring Searches: Freddy Fazbear's Pizza
Summary:
The mascot of a local restaurant chain finds intruders within his domain, before soon realizing what was at stake. Along the way, he teams up with an unexpected ally.
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Outside the local restaurant known as Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza, the sky itself soon turned a dark red as the Halberd was flying by. The Ancient Minister flew down towards the pizzeria, dropping a Subspace bomb outside the restaurant, with two of the R.O.B.s attaching themselves to the bomb to activate it. Soon after he left, another figure floated down on a smaller outside the pizzeria, having some plans in mind…
Inside the pizzeria, a music box was playing as a lone animatronic was wandering around the pizzeria. As the lights flickered on, the animatronic in question was revealed to be FREDDY FAZBEAR.
“I bet you didn’t expect me to show up, did you now? ”, Freddy said to no one in particular. Just then, he heard the front door to the pizzeria open, and this prompted him to turn his head towards the source. Standing by the entrance, was the figure from earlier, revealing themself to be… DR. EGGMAN.
“Oh ho! Who do we have here? A lone robot for me to destroy?”, Eggman asked as he pressed a button on his Eggmobile, causing some drills to emerge from it. “This is gonna be easy!”
Freddy stared at the intruder before him, and his eyes flickered before they went pitch black with white pupils, telling the doctor: “Now would be a good time to hold your breath… ”
The battle began as Freddy charged at the doctor, but Eggman shot out a blast from his Eggmobile, damaging the animatronic. Freddy soon retaliated by throwing his microphone, damaging Eggman a little bit. Eggman then flew his Eggmobile towards the bear, but Freddy dodged before sending some pizzas rolling around like wheels towards the mad doctor, damaging him even more. Eggman, growing furious, charged up his drills to attack Freddy, but Freddy jumped up in the air before striking down the doctor, and then launching him towards the side of the building, defeating him and turning him into a trophy.
After defeating the doctor, Freddy looked down at the trophified Eggman, when suddenly he felt himself getting attacked by another robot. This robot was none other than METAL SONIC, Eggman’s robot henchman. Metal Sonic, after attacking Freddy, ran towards the trophified doctor and touched his stand, reviving him.
“Agh! Thanks, Metal!”, Eggman said before hopping back in his Eggmobile. “Now, while I’d love to stay and finish you off, Metal and I will be on our way! See ya!” He then laughed as the two left the pizzeria. Just outside, a bald teacher wearing a green shirt and blue pants watched as the two were retreating. This was BALDI, the teacher of Here School!. Freddy came outside not too long after, seeing the two flying away in their escape, before noticing the Subspace bomb in front of him. It was only a few minutes before detonation, and Freddy knew that he had to get out of there.
“Looks like we better make haste!”, Baldi told Freddy, who turned to him. “Or we might be in trouble!” While at first unsure whether to trust Baldi or not, Freddy knew there was no time to waste.
“I’m afraid you have a point there.”, Freddy replied, knowing the situation. “Let us go.” So, the two began to run away from the pizzeria, hoping to get away from the Subspace Bomb before it was too late.
The indie duo began to run away from the pizzeria, running into some Primids along the way, in which Freddy took down one with his Mic Toss, while Baldi used his ruler to whack two others. The two kept on moving as they jumped up to the next platform, suddenly getting ambushed by some more Primids, as well as some Mites and even a few Buckots. Nonetheless, Freddy and Baldi fought their way through this horde, with Freddy getting damaged by a Buckot during their fight. Freddy and Baldi soon continued on their way, entering a nearby door towards another area.
The two made their way forward through the area, suddenly getting ambushed by Auroros and Borboras, as well as a few Metal Primids. After the duo eventually took down all of the enemies, they pressed onward through the area, but it didn’t take them long for them to get ambushed again, this time by Bytans and Feyesh, as well as a Greap later on. After yet another long battle through this army, the duo pressed on, running up a hillside as they kept moving forward…
After a while, Freddy and Baldi managed to get to a safe spot, just in time as the Subspace Bomb detonated behind them.
“Look!”, Baldi said as he pointed at what was happening. Freddy looked back to see that his pizzeria was now entirely engulfed into Subspace, leaving him shocked. But then, the duo looked up and saw that the Halberd was flying past them, with Eggman and Metal Sonic flying away as well, the former laughing as he did so.
“Come on! We better keep moving!”, Baldi told him as he ran after the Halberd in pursuit, Freddy following him not too long after.
STAGE CLEAR!
Meanwhile, Henry and Leafy were still making their way through the area, with Henry having landed his scooter to lower ground, to figure out a plan on how to stop the Subspace army, when Leafy then caught sight of the Subspace Bomb engulfing the pizzeria from a distance.
“Look!”, she called out to Henry, who looked over to see the giant mass of Subspace nearby as he stopped his scooter. “What even is that…?” Henry had heard what this Subspace was thanks to the Government informing him and a friend of his about this, and he knew it wasn’t good. If anything, he had to find more people to recruit should there be any other survivors. With no time to waste, he revved up his scooter before speeding off, Leafy holding onto him as she yelped.
Freddy joined your team!
Baldi joined your team!
Current Members:
Peach/Zelda, Kirby
Mario, Toad, Pit
Diddy Kong, Fox
Pokémon Trainer, Lucas
Meta Knight, Marth, Roy, Ike
Henry, Leafy
Yoshi, Link, DogDay
Freddy, Baldi
Notes:
I know this chapter felt pretty rushed, but I'll try to make the next few chapters longer. By the way, this chapter actually takes some inspiration from a Smash Bros. Lawl SSE video I've watched.
Chapter 15: Attempts of Retrieval: Yoyleland
Summary:
When two heroes arrive in Yoyleland, one of them sets off upon discovering something, which leads to their ally being taken hostage by a familiar foe. Meanwhile, the reborn and defeat of the false ally leads to a huge misunderstanding between two groups. Upon their realization of the situation, they'd soon have to band together to chase down another foe.
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Yoyleland
Scenario 1: Bowser’s Surprise Attack on Peach & Mario’s Misunderstanding
Kirby and Peach found themselves in Yoyleland after a long adventure. As Kirby was looking around, he noticed something in the distance, and went over to see what it was.
“Huh? Kirby, wait!”, Peach called out to Kirby, but he didn’t hear her. “Where are you-” That was when the princess heard a loud stomp behind her, making her turn around. In front of her was Bowser, with a dark cannon on him as he charged it.
“Nighty-night, princess…”, Bowser said as he smirked, ready to fire at her.
“Bowser?!”, Peach cried before the cannon was fired, the arrow hitting her as she reverted back into a trophy. Kirby didn’t hear the whole commotion that happened as he kept running from far away. After that, a false version of Bowser walked up to the trophy.
“Do your thing…”, Bowser told the false clone of him, who nodded before he began to dissolve into the shadow bugs, which would spread themselves onto the Peach trophy, all the while Bowser laughed…
Meanwhile, Mario, Toad, and Pit were running through the purple grass of Yoyleland, unaware they were being watched by a false version of Peach as a result of the shadow bugs that had formed on her trophy earlier.
“The plumber… You always attempt to rescue your princess, yet you fail to prevent her from getting kidnapped. So long, Mario…”, False Peach said as she began charging the dark cannon, but before she could fire, a sword quickly sliced the dark cannon in half, catching False Peach off-guard as she stumbled back. The dark cannon soon exploded, and False Peach spun around before she stopped to look for who caused the dark cannon’s destruction. “Who did that?!”
She soon got her answer as she saw Link wielding his Master Sword, getting into a fighting stance.
“Well, if it isn’t the Hero of Hyrule…”, she spoke. “You will pay for that…” Just then, Yoshi and DogDay arrived, getting into their fighting stances as well.
“Yoshi! (Not if we have anything to say about it!)”, the dino said, ready to fight the princess doppelganger.
The battle began against the false princess as Link charged at her, slashing her with his sword. False Peach then jumped up in the air, and would whack Yoshi with her crown, giving him damage. DogDay would then be the next to attack, throwing a few punches towards the princess doppelganger, and Link would soon throw a bomb towards False Peach, DogDay jumping out of the way as the fake princess took damage. False Peach wasn’t having any of that, and she soon pulled out, not a turnip, but a Bob-omb. She would throw it towards Link, but the Hyrule warrior ran out of the way as the Bob-omb exploded. Yoshi then ran towards the false princess and used his tongue to fit her into his mouth before laying her out in an egg, allowing DogDay to continuously attack her while she was trying to break free, giving her quite some damage. Link decided to end the fight by charging towards False Peach and using his sword to slash her and send her flying away, defeating her and turning her into a trophy in the process.
Back to Mario, Toad, and Pit, the angel noticed something in the distance. “Wait, what’s that over there?”, he asked, making Mario stop in his tracks.
“Huh?”, Mario said as he looked over, seeing Link, Yoshi, and DogDay standing near a trophy in the distance. But it wasn’t just any trophy as Mario realized who it was as it began to dissolve…
“THE PRINCESS!”, Mario screamed in horror, which caught the attention of the three as they all turned around, only to see a misunderstood and infuriated Mario charging towards them before jumping up in the air, about to strike them with his punch. “WHAT DID YOU DO TO THE PRINCESS, YOU MONSTERS?!” The three quickly moved out of the way of the attack as Mario’s fist hit the ground, just as Toad and Pit arrived.
“Yoshi?! Yoshi, Yoshi! (Mario?! Please, it’s not what it looks like!)”, Yoshi said as he tried to get Mario to understand the situation, but he was too furious to listen.
“It is what it looks like, and you’ll pay for hurting her! Yoshi, I thought I trusted you!”, Mario said as he got into a fighting stance, as well as Pit and Toad.
“Yoshi… (Oh boy, looks like we gotta make him snap out of it…)”, Yoshi told the duo.
“I’m afraid you’re right.”, DogDay replied, although he wished he didn’t have to. Link nodded as he understood, as the three readied for battle.
The three-on-three fight began as Mario charged towards Link, using his fireballs to try and burn him, but Link would block them with his shield. Pit attempted to shoot an arrow towards Yoshi, but the dino jumped and fluttered upward to avoid the shot. Toad ran towards DogDay and attempted to run him over with his go-kart, but the canine threw a ball at Toad to distract him and give him a bit of damage. Link would slash the plumber with his sword to fight him off, soon throwing a bomb at him to give him more damage. Yoshi then used his tongue to swallow Pit and lay him in an egg, repeatedly punching and kicking him before the angel broke free and knocked him back. DogDay and Toad were throwing hands at each other as they repeatedly kept giving each other damage in the process. However, DogDay then proceeded to kick Toad high into the air, sending him flying away as the mushroom steward screamed, now defeated.
“TOAD!”, Mario cried in horror before looking towards DogDay. “You’ll pay for that!” He proceeded to charge towards the canine in rage, but Yoshi saw this and stopped him by performing his Yoshi Bomb attack. Meanwhile, Link shot an arrow towards Pit, and the angel blocked the attack with his Guardian Orbitars, before rushing towards Link to strike back, but Link jumped over and soon threw a bomb at him before slashing him with his sword once more, ultimately defeating the angel.
Mario was soon left on his lonesome as he was face-to-face with Yoshi, who was currently trying to reason with him.
“Yoshi! Yoshi, Yoshi! (Mario, please! This isn’t you, snap out of it!)”, the dino cried as he was trying to hold him off.
“You defeated the princess! How can I even trust you for doing that, Yoshi?!”, Mario yelled as the rage was still boiling within him. However, this provided a distraction for Link to charge towards Mario and charge an attack that allowed him to strike him down with his sword, sending the plumber flying away as he screamed, having now been defeated by the hands of the forest trio.
The trophies of Mario, Toad, and Pit laid on the ground as Link, Yoshi, and DogDay panted from the fight.
“Gee, I sure hope they’ll be understanding when we revive them…”, DogDay said.
Just then, Dedede came rushing by on Wario’s cargo ship, which caught Link’s attention as he looked over. To his shock, he saw the trophy of Zelda on the cargo, just as Dedede turned around.
“Ah ha! More prizes for my collection!”, he said as he noticed and snatched the trophies that were on the ground with the claw. “Gotcha!” However, his moment of victory was short-lived when Kirby suddenly showed up on the cargo ship, catching Dedede by surprise.
“What the- Kirby?!”, he cried before Kirby used his sword to perform Final Cutter, cutting off part of the claw which let go of the three trophies as they soared high into the air. Kirby touched the gold stands on all of them, reviving the three heroes, much to Dedede’s chagrin.
“Grrr! Curse you, Kirby!”, Dedede yelled in anger when he turned the cargo around, just as Kirby, and the revived Mario, Toad, and Pit landed on the ground. “Screw this, I’m outta here!” But just as Dedede charged towards the heroes as they got into their fighting stance, Pit shot an arrow right into the side of the cargo ship, which ended up damaging a part of the engine as it shook and spluttered.
“He’s getting away! We need to go after him!”, Mario told the group. The others nodded, now forming a team as they began to chase Dedede down.
Scenario 2: Bowser’s Surprise Attack on Zelda & Link’s Misunderstanding
Kirby and Zelda found themselves in Yoyleland after a long adventure. As Kirby was looking around, he noticed something in the distance, and went over to see what it was.
“Huh? Kirby, wait!”, Zelda called out to Kirby, but he didn’t hear her. “Where are you-” That was when the princess heard a loud stomp behind her, making her turn around. In front of her was Bowser, with a dark cannon on him as he charged it.
“Nighty-night, princess…”, Bowser said as he smirked, ready to fire at her.
“You!”, Zelda cried before the cannon was fired, the arrow hitting her as she reverted back into a trophy. Kirby didn’t hear the whole commotion that happened as he kept running from far away. After that, a false version of Bowser walked up to the trophy.
“Do your thing…”, Bowser told the false clone of him, who nodded before he began to dissolve into the shadow bugs, which would spread themselves onto the Zelda trophy, all the while Bowser laughed…
Meanwhile, Link, Yoshi, and DogDay were running through the purple grass of Yoyleland, unaware they were being watched by a false version of Zelda as a result of the shadow bugs that had formed on her trophy earlier.
“You… The so-called hero… You aren’t worthy of the Triforce or the title! Farewell, Link…”, False Zelda said as she began charging the dark cannon, but before she could fire, a sword quickly sliced the dark cannon in half, catching False Zelda off-guard as she stumbled back. The dark cannon soon exploded, and False Zelda spun around before she stopped to look for who caused the dark cannon’s destruction. “How dare you!”
She soon got her answer as she saw Pit wielding Palutena’s Bow. “Not today, crazy lady! I won’t let you hurt them!”, Pit told her, getting into a fighting stance.
“Well, if it isn’t the angel from Skyworld…”, she spoke. “You will pay for that…” Just then, Mario and Toad arrived, getting into their fighting stances as well.
“We’ll-a see about that, faker!”, Mario responded, ready to battle the false princess.
The battle began against the doppelganger princess as Mario charged towards her, shooting out a fireball, but False Zelda dodged it. Pit then charged towards her and used his Upperdash Arm to strike her, giving her damage. Toad would be the next to attack, pulling out a turnip and throwing it towards the false princess, giving her more damage. Mario would soon grab False Zelda and throw her backwards towards Pit, who struck her with Palutena’s Bow. False Zelda wasn’t having any of that as she used Nayru’s Love to reflect another fireball from Mario, who was damaged soon after. Toad attempted to attack her next, but False Zelda would use Farore’s Wind to teleport out of the way. Pit would jump up and use his Upperdash Arm again to strike her, sending her towards the cliff. Mario decided to end the fight by charging towards the false princess and, before she could use Farore’s Wind to get back up, he swung his arm down towards her, sending her falling down the cliff as she was ultimately defeated, turning into a trophy in the process.
Back to Link, Yoshi, and DogDay, the dinosaur noticed something in the distance. “Yoshi! (Wait, I see something!)”, he said, making Link stop in his tracks.
Link looked over, seeing Mario, Toad, and Pit standing near a trophy in the distance. But it wasn’t just any trophy as Link realized who it was as it began to dissolve…
As the trophy was dissolving, the three began to hear footsteps approaching them as they turned around.
“What’s-a that noise?”, Mario asked, only to see a misunderstood and infuriated Link charging towards them before jumping up in the air, about to strike them with his sword, yelling in anger. The three quickly moved out of the way of the attack, just as Yoshi and DogDay arrived.
“Yoshi?! Yoshi?! (Mario?! What happened?! Why did you hurt her?!)”, Yoshi cried in shock, and also angered.
“Yoshi?! Listen, you’ve got the wrong-a idea!”, Mario said as he tried to defend himself, but Yoshi thought otherwise.
“Yoshi, Yoshi! (Yeah, right! You probably attacked her on purpose!)”, Yoshi said, not believing any of it.
“Oh no, I think we got to make them snap out of it.”, Mario told them, who nodded as they prepared for battle.
The three-on-three fight began as Link charged towards Mario and attempted to attack him with his bow and arrow, but the plumber jumped out of the way. Pit then ran towards Yoshi, who attempted to swallow him but the angel stopped for a moment, before shooting an arrow from Palutena’s Bow, giving him damage. DogDay then attempted to attack Toad, but Toad spawned a POW block, and used it to not only stun DogDay, but also Link and Yoshi. Pit then charged towards Link and proceeded to attack him with Palutena’s Bow, using them as swords. Mario was currently facing Yoshi, and even though he tried to reason with him, Yoshi wouldn’t listen. Mario kept on fighting against the dino as Toad proceeded to attack DogDay with another turnip, and it ended up causing a lot of damage as the poor canine was sent flying, now having been defeated. Yoshi saw this and soon attempted to attack Toad for hurting his friend, but Mario saw this as he grabbed the dino and threw him towards Pit who, after dealing with Link for a bit, slashed his swords upward, sending the poor dino flying away as well as he screamed.
With Link as the last one standing, he attempted with all his might to fight off against the three, but he would soon be outnumbered as Pit grabbed him and repeatedly kicked him before throwing him towards Toad, who also grabbed him and headbutted him before throwing him towards the cliff, in which Mario ended the battle by swinging his arm downward once more, sending the Hyrule warrior down as he and his team were now defeated at the hands of the trio.
The trophies of Link, Yoshi, and DogDay laid on the ground as Mario, Toad, and Pit panted from the fight.
“Whew, sometimes I forget fighting could be tiring…”, Mario said to himself.
“Yeah, you’re telling me.”, Pit replied. Just then, Dedede came rushing by on Wario’s cargo ship, which caught Mario’s attention as he looked over. To his shock, he saw the trophy of Peach on the cargo. But upon closer inspection, he saw another trophy that was upside down. In fact, it looked familiar as it took him a few seconds to recognize who it was… It was his brother, Luigi!
“Wait, is that the Princess and… Luigi?! How did they get-a there?!”, Mario cried in shock as Dedede turned the ship around.
“Ah ha! More prizes for my collection!”, he said as he noticed and snatched the trophies that were on the ground with the claw. “Gotcha!” However, his moment of victory was short-lived when Kirby suddenly showed up on the cargo ship, catching Dedede by surprise.
“What the- Kirby?!”, he cried before Kirby used his sword to perform Final Cutter, cutting off part of the claw which let go of the three trophies as they soared high into the air. Kirby touched the gold stands on all of them, reviving the three heroes, much to Dedede’s chagrin.
“Grrr! Curse you, Kirby!”, Dedede yelled in anger when he turned the cargo around, just as Kirby, and the revived Link, Yoshi, and DogDay landed on the ground. “Screw this, I’m outta here!” But just as Dedede charged towards the heroes as they got into their fighting stance, Link shot an arrow right into the side of the cargo ship, which ended up damaging a part of the engine as it shook and spluttered.
“He’s getting away! We need to go after him!”, Mario told the group. The others nodded, now forming a team as they began to chase Dedede down.
The now formed group of seven began their adventure through Yoyleland to track down the Dreamland King and retrieve the trophies he had with him. As the group marched forward, a creature known as a Bombed would take off its head and throw it towards them. Kirby would end up inhaling it, but this was a bad idea as he took damage due to it exploding inside of him. When the next one was about to do the same, Mario instead attacked it before it could throw its bomb head. A few more would be in the way, and Link and Pit would take them down respectively, all the while Mites dropped from above, in which Yoshi and DogDay took care of. The group continued onward, avoiding some Tickens that came from above, before they all jumped on another platform, which would send them rising far up into the sky, allowing them to see the long-lost Yoyle City up ahead, which the city itself was left abandoned years ago.
“Whoa, what a view!”, DogDay said, admiring the scenery. But this amazing view was cut short when the group found themselves ambushed by more Bombeds. The group would use their respective attacks to fight off the horde of Bombeds in their way, but they would soon be faced with some Spaaks and a Greap. Upon soon dealing with them, the platform itself continued onward, now making its way towards Yoyle City. But as it was descending, the platform itself began to become smaller and smaller to the point where it disappeared just as they got to lower ground. The group pressed on, encountering more of the Bombeds along the way. After taking care of them, the group moved onward towards Yoyle City.
As they got to Yoyle City, the group found themselves with more enemies, that being Bucculuses, and some Jyks, all the while there were moving platforms in their way.
“Man, I didn’t think this place would have a lot of obstacles.”, Pit said to the group.
“Yeah, it seems they’re really stepping up their game.”, Mario replied. After getting past the moving platforms, they crossed a bridge that would fall upon being stepped on, all the while defeating some more Mites along the way, before continuing forward…
After their journey through Yoyle City, they eventually found the cargo ship, which was parked next to an eerie cave.
“Looks like he went in there…”, Pit said as he was looking at the cave.
“Well, we better-a get a move on.”, Mario told the group, before they all entered the cave.
Starting their journey, the heroes went forward before going down a pit, when suddenly they were ambushed by new enemies known as Shaydas, which were shadow creatures with blades on them. Kirby and Yoshi would quickly take those two down before they could attack back, and this allowed them to venture further into the cave. They all soon landed into a cart, which sped them further, but they all jumped out upon seeing the cart was leading right into the water.
“Man, these caves kind of creep me out…”, DogDay said, finding the cave to be pretty creepy for him as they were jumping up some more platforms to reach an upper part of the cave. “I’d feel a lot better if any of my own friends were with me.”
“Well, you got us! We’ll keep you company.”, Pit assured him. They moved forward, before having to stop as there were lava pillars in their way. They had to keep moving forward and stopping whenever the lava pillars would close in. After that, they found three pathways to go through, but they were all locked. Conveniently, there was a key laying on a platform. It was able to fit through any of them, but the key could only be used once.
“Which way is the right one?”, Mario asked as he was looking at the three doors.
“Maybe… the one above?”, DogDay said, thinking that could be the right one.
“Poyo!”, Kirby replied, agreeing with this idea. So, they took the door on the top platform, which happened to be the right one as the group continued further in the cave. Suddenly, another Shaydas appeared in front of them, and it managed to attack Yoshi, but Link would attack it back, defeating it. Moving forward, they realized the path in front of them was blocked, but luckily, they could get through it with the use of a bomb that was placed next to it. Mario would hit the bomb, causing it to explode and destroy the blocks next to it. As they went down, there was another set of blocks in the way, and Pit destroyed them with another bomb that was there. After going down further, there was yet another set of blocks in the way, and Link destroyed them with the bomb there too, but they had to move quickly or else they’d fall into some spikes below them due to there being blocks that were set as a bridge that now exploded due to the bomb. As they moved forward, they were once again ambushed, this time by Feyeshs, as well as Tickens and Shaydas. The heroes used all of their attacks to fight off the enemies, although Kirby and Pit ended up getting attacked and damaged at some point. Soon enough, they finally managed to take down the horde as the door opened in front of them, allowing them to press on…
The heroes were just about to reach the exit of the cave, when Mario noticed something sticking out of some rubble.
“Hm?” Mario went over and dug through the rubble, much to the others’ confusion.
“What is it, Mario? What did you find?”, Pit asked as he and the others went over to help. After digging through the rubble of the cave, the heroes soon realized that it wasn’t actually something…but someone. However, they were already trophified, so Mario touched the stand to revive them.
Upon being revived, the fighter, who looked like a smartphone, groaned as they looked at their surroundings, wondering what had just happened.
“What…? What happened?”, the smartphone, who was revealed to be MEPHONE4, asked as he looked up, seeing the heroes standing before him. “W-Who are all of you?!”
“Whoa! Calm down!”, DogDay assured him. “We mean no harm! We found you stuck like this under some rubble, so we came to help you!”
“Really?”, MePhone4 asked as he attempted to recount what had happened. “Oh yeah, I must’ve not realized this cave was pretty unstable… I just decided to come here to clean out my thoughts after I ended Inanimate Insanity, the show I hosted. What has been going on since I was out?”
“Well, not too good.”, Mario told him. “Apparently, there’s some unknown evil force that’s turning everyone into trophies, and even some of those part of the fighting roster are turning against us! For all we know, we might be dealing with something horrible here!”
MePhone4 could obviously tell how bad the situation was if Mario describing it to him was true. He had already dealt with a bad situation with his own creator, Steve Cobs, who had passed away due to “circumstances” prior to the whole Subspace incident. But upon realizing the situation, he wasn’t too sure whether he should be involved in this or not.
“Hey, why don’t you come with us?”, Pit asked him. “We could use some extra help!”
“Yoshi! Yoshi, Yoshi! (Yeah, and with a lot of us as a team, no one could stand in our way!)”, Yoshi replied.
“I…”, MePhone began, again unsure whether to join them or not. However, upon realizing how worse the situation could be if it is much worse than Cobs, he knew he had to stand up for himself. Whatever this thing was, he has to know it’s not Cobs. “Okay. I’m with you. I feel like it’s about time I try to stand up for myself. Although, I’m not sure how I’m gonna be helpful though. I don’t have as much power as I used to.”
“Well, with whatever power you have, I’m sure it’ll be useful.”, Mario replied. “Speaking of, we saw someone wander in here with some trophies, and we need some help finding them.”
“Well, if you need help with saving them, then count me in.”, MePhone said.
“Yay!”, DogDay replied cheerfully. “Alright, we better not waste any more time, we have some friends to save!” Everyone else nodded, and soon began to make their way towards the exit.
As the heroes left the cave, they found a castle in the distance. This was Dedede’s castle, in fact. The heroes were getting close.
“He must be in that castle!”, Pit told them.
“Let’s-a go, then!”, Mario replied. But as they began marching towards the castle, the Halberd could be barely seen up in the red sky above…
STAGE CLEAR!
Back in the Research Facility, a tall man wearing a dark cape was observing the monitors, before a camera came on, revealing Bowser and Bowser Jr..
“Listen, you two. That penguin’s up to something… I want you two to go to his castle and retrieve whatever trophies he may have…”, he told the two as he pointed at a map.
“You got it.”, Bowser Jr. replied, while Bowser nodded.
“Come on, troops.”, Bowser told his Koopa Troop as they all marched their way towards Dedede’s Castle. The man kept continuing to observe the monitor before he smirked. This man was none other than the sole man of the Gerudo, GANONDORF.
MePhone4 joined your team!
Current Members:
Mario, Toad, Yoshi, Link, Kirby, Pit, DogDay, MePhone4
Diddy Kong, Fox
Pokémon Trainer, Lucas
Meta Knight, Marth, Roy, Ike
Henry, Leafy
Zero Suit Samus, Pikachu
Freddy, Baldi
Notes:
As you could tell, I changed the Lake Shore with another familiar location from Battle for Dream Island. Plus, I know some of you are requesting some characters to be put in here, but I will confirm that the whole roster has already been decided, so you will see who the rest will be down the road as I continue on with this story. And given the amount of fandoms listed here, just expect for there to be a LOT of fighters. Perhaps even bigger than Ultimate's, which is why I'm going to try and fit everyone into the story as much as possible. With that out of the way, I'll see you all in the next chapter.
Chapter 16: Attempts of Retrieval: The Path to the Ruins
Summary:
Two kids make their way towards the ruins for retrieve what they needed. But as they make their way there, they would soon find themselves running into a familiar foe...
Chapter Text
The Path to the Ruins
Pokémon Trainer and Lucas made their way to the Ruins as they saw another Pokémon named CHARIZARD flying towards it.
“So, that’s the place?”, Lucas asked.
“Yep. If anything tells me, your friend must be captured here.”, the Pokémon Trainer replied before looking at two cards, one of them depicting Charizard and another Pokémon, before pointing at the one with Charizard. “Not only that, but the Pokémon I need seems to be heading there too.”
“I hope you’re right. I really wanted to save him.”, Lucas said.
“Don’t worry, we’ll help your friend.”, Pokémon Trainer replied. “Now, let’s go.” So, he and Lucas began their journey to reach the ruins.
The duo ran forward, only to be met with a Shellpod, which they both jumped over. They soon jumped over some platforms, avoiding some moving Zap Jyks along the way, and they then jumped over a large gap filled with spikes. But as they were moving forward, they were ambushed by a Shellpod and Puppits. Lucas struck down the Puppits with his PSI attacks, while Squirtle would deal with the Shellpod, destroying its shell before soon defeating it. Moving onward, they went down the path, seeing a small pathway covered by bricks. However, some Primids jumped down out of nowhere, startling Lucas. Squirtle would deal with them with its water abilities, before they pressed on. The two entered the small cave, finding a lift for them to ride on. After riding back up to the surface, they were met with two new enemies, tall statues known as Gamygas. While its body could be struck down, the head is its main weak point. Lucas would attack it with his PK Fire ability, defeating the body parts first before Squirtle finished it off by attacking its head. As the duo pressed on, they soon jumped over some pits, before seeing that a large chasm was in front of them. Luckily, there were some floating blocks to cross, but they would sink down once they were stepped on. The duo carefully moved across via the floating blocks, before reaching the next platform and entering the cave nearby.
Making their way inside, the duo had to first cross a pit of lava, all while trying to avoid some fireballs bursting out of said lava. After avoiding this, they ran forward, dealing with some Fire Primids. Not only that, but fire would rise up, preventing the duo from moving further. As they wondered on how to get across, Lucas noticed a button above them, and jumped up to press it, which deactivated the fire traps, allowing the duo to move forward. However, this would only be deactivated for a little bit, before it would activate again, causing Squirtle to receive some burns. Lucas again pressed the button, the duo speeding through this section before jumping downward towards a pit, avoiding an Armight above them. Moving forward, they were soon ambushed by some Primids, as well as Glires, fire versions of the Glunders from earlier. After dealing with them for a short while, the duo pressed onward, only to be ambushed again, this time by Nagagogs. It took them a little while to take care of them given they would grow with more damage taken. Once that was done, they pressed on, reaching another platform, only to yet again be ambushed, this time by multiple types of Primids, as well as Glires.
“Why are there so many of them?”, Lucas asked, feeling tired from fighting all these enemies.
“I have no idea.”, the Pokemon Trainer replied. “I’ve never seen this many before.” After dealing with them, they continued on, heading to a downward section before jumping on another platform, which would rise upward. A few seconds after that, another ambush. There were more Glires, as well as Armights attacking the duo, so again they had to use all of their arsenals to fight off this horde. Once that was done, the duo moved on, feeling exhausted from having to fight so many enemies, before seeing another elevator up ahead.
“Please, let this be the exit…”, Lucas groaned as they went up in the elevator, which finally made them reach the surface. With no other enemies left in sight, the duo made their way forward towards the ruins…
As they were running along the path, they spotted a young boy eyeing the ruins up ahead in front of them.
“Uh, hello?”, the Pokemon Trainer called out to him, which made the boy turn around. At first, he got into a fighting stance, but calmed down upon seeing the two. This particular boy had a bald head, some cool shades, and was wearing a red sweater and beige shorts. This was, in fact, the leader of Sector V of the Kids Next Door, NUMBUH 1.
“Who are you two?”, he asked the duo.
‘I’m Lucas.”, Lucas introduced himself.
“And you can call me the Pokemon Trainer.”, the Pokemon Trainer replied. “Or simply Red, if you wish.”
“I see.”, he replied before introducing himself. “I’m Numbuh 1 of the Kids Next Door, leader of Sector V and fighter of evil adults!”
“Say, we were making our way to the ruins up ahead.”, the Pokemon Trainer told him. “You see, I’m not only heading there to get the Pokemon I need, but also to help my friend here. His friend got captured by someone earlier, and he wants to save him.”
“Is that so?”, Numbuh 1 asked, now feeling motivated to help them. It was his job to help kids after all. “Don’t worry, Lucas. I’ll tag along with you and Red to help your friend out!”
“Thanks.”, Lucas replied with a smile. “He should be in the ruins up ahead, so let’s get going!”
“Right.”, Numbuh 1 and the Pokemon Trainer said in unison as they nodded before making their way to the ruins.
After a long journey, the three of them finally managed to reach the ruins. “Well, here we are. The ruins…”, the Pokémon Trainer said, hearing the roar of Charizard coming from inside.
But before they could enter the ruins, it was then they heard a noise from above, and they all looked up. Suddenly, a short chubby man jumped down towards them.
“SURPRISE!”, Wario cried as the three jumped back just as Wario made a loud stomp on the ground. “Looks like I got some unfinished business over here!” Lucas gasped upon seeing Wario, as he knew it was the same guy who kidnapped Ness earlier.
“That’s him! That’s the guy I told you about!”, Lucas told him. “He kidnapped my friend, Ness!”
“That’s him?!”, Numbuh 1 replied in shock, but knew he had to stop this guy from getting them too, so he drew out his weapon, the S.P.I.C.E.R.. The Pokémon Trainer drew out his Poké Ball as well while Lucas clenched his fist, wanting to avenge his friend. Lucas brought out his PSI Energy as it came out of his finger.
“I’m not afraid of you anymore, you monster! Give me back my friend!”, Lucas yelled at Wario.
“If you want to see him, you’ll have to battle me first!”, Wario replied as he laughed.
“That’s exactly what we’ll do!”, the Pokémon Trainer said, ready for battle as he called out Squirtle.
“Kids Next Door, BATTLE STATIONS!”, Numbuh 1 cried as the three readied for battle against the yellow plumber.
The fight started as Wario first charged at Lucas, planning to get him first. Lucas jumped out of the way to dodge, allowing Squirtle to attack from behind using Water Gun. Wario jumped up and attempted to ground-pound Squirtle, but Squirtle ran out of the way. Numbuh 1 would be the next to attack as he shot his S.P.I.C.E.R. at Wario, damaging him.
“Grr! I won’t let you take me down! I’m-a Wario! And I’m gonna win!”, Wario yelled as he charged at Numbuh 1, bashing into him with his shoulder to damage him. Lucas then attacked the yellow plumber with his PK Fire, burning him for a bit. Wario then grabbed Lucas and threw him to the ground before ground-pounding him to damage him, only to be attacked by Squirtle who came spinning in its shell. Numbuh 1 then rushed towards Wario and charged for a kick upward, sending Wario flying up into the air. Lucas, wanting to finish him off, carefully aimed his PK Freeze attack towards him, and he just managed to do that, not only freezing Wario, but also sending him flying towards the entrance of the ruins, hitting the rocky wall as it broke the ice around him, with himself turning into a trophy upon defeat.
The trophy of Wario soon landed on the ground, and the three cheered in victory. “A job well-done!”, Numbuh 1 said with a smile as he dusted off his hands.
“Nice work, guys!”, Pokémon Trainer said as he gave Lucas a high-five.
“Thanks!”, Lucas replied, before he gasped as he remembered Ness. He looked around, seeing no sign of Ness anywhere. “But, I don’t see Ness anywhere…”
“Don’t worry. I’m sure he’s somewhere in the ruins. Now that we’ve taken care of that guy, we can continue on.”, Pokémon Trainer assured him as they looked back at the entrance of the ruins, hearing the roar of Charizard inside. “Let’s go.”
STAGE CLEAR!
As the three kids were heading inside the ruins, Waluigi had observed everything from above a cliff behind them, still carrying the trophified Firey in his hand.
“Ugh, I knew Wario wouldn’t be this stupid!”, he groaned. “He just only cares about doing stuff he wants. Well, who needs him anyway?” He then walked away, planning to take the trophified Firey to the army soon enough. However, he couldn’t help but feel like something seemed off about the Subspace army. It was kind of weird to him that they wanted to engulf the world into Subspace. Why would that want that? He needed an answer sooner or later, but he felt like he had to follow orders for now. Whatever he might be dealing with, it could be something he wasn’t aware of…
Meanwhile, in Dedede’s castle, the king himself was polishing the trophies he had collected.
“Alright, at least I can use these on them.”, Dedede said as he took out brooches with his face on it. He then placed the brooches on Luigi and Ness. He was going to place one on the princess, but he had no more on his hand. “Huh? Where’s my other one?” He then noticed he had one on himself. He was planning to keep it to himself, but he changed his mind. “Eh, I can always make another one later.” He then placed the brooch on the trophy of the princess.
“That’s better.”, Dedede said to himself. “I’m sure those brooches will-” He was suddenly interrupted by his castle rumbling and shaking, and he looked around in surprise. He then looked up, seeing the roof of his castle crumbling as bits of the ceiling came loose and fell down. “What’s going on with my roof?!” Suddenly, one of the large bricks fell on top of Dedede’s head, which ended up knocking him out cold as he fell to the ground.
“Ugh, my head’s spinning…”, he said before he passed out. The roof kept falling as all of the trophies and Dedede were buried through the rubble. As it turned out, it was an attack from Bowser, Bowser Jr., and their troops as they all jumped down.
“Alright, guys. Look out for any trophies!”, Bowser Jr. said as they looked around. As they did, Bowser caught one in the corner of his eye.
“Hey, looks like there’s the other princess we need…”, Bowser told his son and the troops.
“That’s great! But I don’t see any other trophies anywhere.”, Bowser Jr. replied, looking around, seeing no sign of the other trophies.
“We’ll just take this one then.”, Bowser said to his son before looking at the troops. “Now, let’s go before anyone notices.”
Numbuh 1 joined your team!
Current Members:
Mario, Toad, Yoshi, Link, Kirby, Pit, DogDay, MePhone4
Diddy Kong, Fox
Pokémon Trainer, Lucas, Numbuh 1
Meta Knight, Marth, Roy, Ike
Henry, Leafy
Zero Suit Samus, Pikachu
Freddy, Baldi
Chapter 17: Attempts of Retrieval: The Cave
Summary:
Our group of eight heroes enter a small passageway to search for the captured fighters, and would soon come across someone who was retreating with one of them in tow.
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
The Cave
Back with Mario, Link, and co., they entered Dedede’s castle, only finding a large amount of rubble in the room, with no sign of Dedede, nor the trophified fighters anywhere.
“Yoshi? (Where did that guy go?)”, Yoshi wondered, seeing there was no sign of the penguin king anywhere.
“Not sure, but there’s a hole in the wall!”, Pit said as he noticed a hole in the wall next to the rubble. “Maybe he went in there!” The group went over to the wall, ready to journey further into the cave.
The heroes moved their way forward in the cave, but they had to stop as a boulder landed in front of them, before rolling away down the path. The group quickly followed the boulder before jumping to another platform, but they had to move quickly before the ceiling above would crush them. As they moved forward, they encountered two Goombas in their way, who Mario easily stomped on to defeat them, having experience with these enemies. They all soon climbed up a ladder to reach another platform, only to be ambushed by Goombas, Koopa Troopas, and Hammer Bros.. Mario would stomp on the Goombas while Link would slash his sword at the Koopa Troopas. MePhone4 went ahead and grabbed on the Koopa Troopa shells before tossing it at the Hammer Bro., causing him to fall down the pit. Kirby did a jab attack on another Koopa Troopa while Pit flew up and attacked a Paratroopa. Toad jumped up and used his POW Block to knock the rest of the army off before they continued onward through the cave. The eight of them jumped down, making their way down in the cave, all the while avoiding the ceiling that was slowly moving down towards them. After quickly getting through, they then had to make their way up as the floor itself was moving upward, before they had to go down another section with the ceiling moving downward again. Once that was done, they continued onward by taking a ladder up, finding a section where a moving wall would prevent them from moving on, but luckily, there was a hole in each of these walls for them to fit through to get across. After it took them a while to get through, they moved forward, dealing with two more Goombas and a Hammer Bro. on their way before entering a door that took them deeper in the cave.
In the next short area, Link noticed a key and picked it up, only to see there was a locked door up ahead. Of course, they had to avoid the fire rising from the pits below and the spiked block above them. After they managed to get through, Link inserted the key into the locked door, before entering the door that was behind it to allow them to advance further in the cave.
In the next part of the cave, the heroes could see purple smoke up ahead, but Pit noticed a button and pressed it, removing the purple smoke from the room as they pressed on, with Link and Yoshi taking down some Paratroopas along the way. The heroes then made their way upward by taking some platforms that would sink when stepped on, before climbing up a ladder to reach another platform. That was when they were ambushed by more of the Paratroopas, as well as Shellpods and Glires. DogDay fought against the Paratroopas while Mario dealt with the Glires. Pit and Link worked together to defeat the Shellpod with their swords, and they soon moved forward after getting rid of them all. Moving forward, Pit struck down some more Glires before they moved upward, Mario striking down a Paratroopa in their way as Toad pressed a button to remove the purple smoke that was above them. After moving upward, they ran along the path, avoiding some Bullet Bills before noticing the path above them was filled with purple smoke again. Mario noticed a button below them to get rid of the smoke, but he was caught off-guard by a Bucculus, but Pit was able to get it off of him.
“Thanks, Pit.”, Mario said before running over to the button to press it.
“No problem, Mario!”, Pit replied. The group soon moved forward by taking the path above them after getting rid of the smoke, but there would be more of it they’d had to get rid of by pressing more buttons. In one of them, after DogDay pressed the button, the ceiling above them would slowly move downward, so the heroes quickly ran before they could get crushed. In the next one, the button was actually placed where the purple smoke was, so one of them had to go get it.
“I guess I’ll do it…”, MePhone4 said as he held his breath to avoid breathing the smoke before pressing the button, but he was soon caught off-guard by some Giant Goombas, which were easily stomped on by Mario and Yoshi. “Phew… That was close!”
“Yeah. Good thing Yoshi, Toad, and I have experience with these enemies.”, Mario replied. Moving further into the cave, the group soon realized they had to jump on multiple platforms, all the while having to get rid of Paratroopas in their way. After managing to get across, the group ran forward, with Link slashing a Hammer Bro. that was in their way, and Pit slashed another one soon after. However, a boulder began rolling their way towards them. Pit was able to fly above it with his wings while Yoshi used his flutter jump to avoid it, and Kirby flew above it as well with his jump technique. The rest, however, chose to run away from the boulder before it fell down the pit. The group quickly moved onward and caught up with each other before the next boulder could fall, and Toad and Kirby soon took care of another Giant Goomba that stood in their way before they would finally reach the exit of the cave…
By a large cliff, Bowser was making his retreat, carrying the other trophified princess in his hand. It was then he heard running coming from behind him and he turned around, seeing his arch-enemy Mario jump high into the air, about to strike at him with his punch.
“Hold it right there, Bowser!”, Mario yelled as he was about to attack, only for Bowser to shield himself with the trophy. Mario took immediate notice of this and punched the ground instead to avoid hitting the princess. He then jumped back and Pit would aim his bow and arrow.
“Give her back!”, Pit said as he shot an arrow towards Bowser, who dodged by jumping out of the way. As a result, the Dedede brooch flew off of the princess, landing on the rocky surface. Bowser, on the other hand, found himself tipping over the edge of the cliff. He tried to balance himself, but it was no good as he fell. Everyone watched Bowser fall, and was worried about what happened to the princess. They soon got their answer as Bowser emerged from the cliff, now in his Clown Car. His son, Bowser Jr. was also there in his Junior Clown Car, and the two laughed evilly.
“Ha! You thought I’d go down easily? Nice try!”, Bowser said before he flew away towards the Halberd that was flying away, laughing as he did so.
“Yeah, see ya later, losers!”, Bowser Jr. replied as he flew away towards the Halberd as well, also laughing.
“Grrr! Bowser!”, Mario angrily said as he and the others ran near the cliff’s edge, shaking his fist in anger. “You won’t-a get away with this!” Link also grunted in anger as everyone watched the Halberd slowly leave their sight.
“Now, how will we catch up to it?”, Toad asked in worry. Meanwhile, Kirby walked over to the Dedede brooch that fell off of the princess’ trophy earlier and examined it closely. They had no idea what this brooch’s purpose was, although they would find out later eventually…
STAGE CLEAR!
Meanwhile, outside the castle, the Ancient Minister watched two R.O.B.s place their robotic arms into a Subspace Bomb that was placed outside Dedede’s castle. The Ancient Minister then flew away from the scene as the Subspace Bomb would explode after a few minutes, engulfing Dedede’s castle with it into Subspace…
Back in the Research Facility’s monitor room, Ganondorf looked at the screen as the camera changed to show the inside of Subspace itself. Just then, a giant hand came into view as he laughed. This was MASTER HAND, ruler of this universe as we know it.
“So, I ensure the plan is going well?”, Master Hand asked Ganondorf before he pointed at him. “You are labeled as my second-in-command after all, and I don’t tolerate failure.”
“Oh, yes, lord Master Hand…”, Ganondorf replied as he placed his hand on his chest and bowed. It was then that he smirked to himself. “The plan is going just well indeed… Hehehe…”
Current Members:
Mario, Toad, Yoshi, Link, Kirby, Pit, DogDay, MePhone4
Diddy Kong, Fox
Pokémon Trainer, Lucas, Numbuh 1
Meta Knight, Marth, Roy, Ike
Henry, Leafy
Zero Suit Samus, Pikachu
Freddy, Baldi
Notes:
I forgot to mention this, but the next few chapters will focus on more characters to introduce, as well as new level concepts.
Chapter 18: More Troubles Await: Green Hill Zone
Summary:
A familiar blue hedgehog travels through a familiar land expecting the usual. However, he would find himself realizing what was at stake, as well as teaming up with some unexpected allies.
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Green Hill Zone
In the green grassy plains that is Green Hill Zone, a blue hedgehog was speeding along the area, curling into a ball as he rolled through a loop-de-loop.
“Blast away! Yahoo!”, he said before jumping up into the air and striking a pose. This was SONIC , the well-known hero to the Flickies and other critters in this zone. After making it down to ground-level, he pressed on, ready to run through this familiar zone once more.
Sonic ran forward, spindashing straight into a Motobug in front of him, freeing a Flicky. He then ran along a bridge, avoiding a Chopper that flew out of the water to bite him. He then ran along a ramp before making his way up, destroying two Crabmeats along the way, freeing another Flicky as well as a turtle. He then spindashed through the next bridge, destroying two more Choppers as they jumped up, freeing a squirrel and a seal. He then jumped up the next platform and ran into a Buzzbomber, who tried to fire a blast at him, but the hedgehog dodged and destroyed the Buzzbomber, freeing another seal.
“I never get tired of doing what I do best!”, Sonic told himself. He then ran up and jumped on a spring, reaching another platform and jumping across, reaching a straight path forward that led to a loop-de-loop, which Sonic ran around to keep going. He then ran forward into a small tunnel, curling up into a ball as he spindashed through the tunnels before skyrocketing into the air, finding himself colliding with a Buzzbomber, destroying it and freeing another Flicky. He then landed back on the ground and continued running forward. He soon found a tunnel up ahead, running straight inside…
After Sonic ran through the tunnel, he kept on running fast before stopping to a halt, seeing that he now found himself in an unfamiliar forest-like area.
“Huh. I guess I overshot the finish line.”, he wondered as he looked around. “Hm, wonder where I am now.” As he wondered where he was, he was unaware that someone had landed behind him from afar. The figure, upon rising up, slowly approached towards the hedgehog, revealing himself to be a cyborg-like figure as they set up for a deadly attack via their palm, charging up a powerful orb. The figure charged their orb slowly but surely, when suddenly, upon full charge, they threw it towards Sonic, causing an explosion in the area the two were in. As the dust cleared, there was no sight of Sonic anywhere, leaving only the burnt remains of where the hedgehog once stood.
“Pro-tip: If you’re gonna take a shot at THE fastest creature in the universe...”, Sonic suddenly spoke, having appeared right behind the figure as he had been aware of the attack, narrowly dodging it thanks to his super speed, before punching the figure with his fist, causing them to be knocked back. “You’d better not miss.” As the figure stood back up, it was revealed to be… the RIGHT HAND MAN , the namesake to Reginald Copperbottom, the leader of the Toppat Clan. Although he was now the leader of the Toppat Clan thanks to Reginald being arrested by the government because of a personal enemy of his.
“You will be paying for that soon enough, rodent…”, the Right Hand Man said to him in a menacing tone.
“Pfft, as if your threats are gonna be enough to intimidate me.”, Sonic said, being the cocky hedgehog he is. “I can take you down easy-peasy!”
“I wouldn’t be so sure…”, the Right Hand Man replied, as a multitude of figures began to make themselves known around the hedgehog. As Sonic looked around, he saw that he was surrounded by multiple Primids of the Subspace Army.
“That’s a new trick…”, Sonic said as he got into a fighting stance while looking around at the many enemies surrounding him.
“You all know what to do… I’ll be attempting to deal with someone personal in the meantime. Have fun, rodent…”, the Right Hand Man said before turning his mechanical legs into a jet, flying away from the scene. Soon enough, the many Primids all began to jump at the hedgehog. As Sonic was preparing himself to fight off the horde, he was suddenly caught off-guard by the Primids being shot down by multiple bullets, leaving him shocked. When another Primid attempted to attack Sonic from behind, another figure jumped down and destroyed the Primid with a pipe, causing Sonic to be knocked back in surprise. Sonic soon looked back, seeing his two saviours standing before him.
“What?! Who are you two?”, he asked the two in surprise. As the figures walked closer to him, they revealed themselves to be… BENDY and CUPHEAD .
“Hey, pal. You might want to come with us if you wanna live!”, Cuphead told the hedgehog as he lent his hand to him.
STAGE CLEAR!
Sonic joined your team!
Bendy joined your team!
Cuphead joined your team!
Current Members:
Mario, Toad, Yoshi, Link, Kirby, Pit, DogDay, MePhone4
Diddy Kong, Fox
Pokémon Trainer, Lucas, Numbuh 1
Meta Knight, Marth, Roy, Ike
Henry, Leafy
Zero Suit Samus, Pikachu
Freddy, Baldi
Sonic, Bendy, Cuphead
Notes:
See? I told ya Sonic was going to have a bigger role in this (which I've stated in the comments section). I apologize if it was short. Sometimes, coming up with a level design can be tough. And of course, that begs the question: if Sonic will have a much larger role in this story, then who will be the one to stop you-know-who at the very end? Well, my fellow readers, you'll have to see when we get there. ;)
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