Smash Bros Story part 6
NESS
Ness walked through the strange place. It was empty. And cold. And abandoned. It looked like it was once a zoo, but no animals were left, and it was all muted in color- he felt like a cartoon character around all this gray.
But all that muted color is what helped him spot the ball.
It was red on one half and white on the other with a black line dividing the two sides, and a button glowing blue. Nervously, he picked it up. It didn’t move, and it wasn’t heavy- about the same weight as your average baseball, maybe a bit lighter. He carefully pressed the button.
The ball split in two and in a flash of light, there was now a blue turtle, vibrantly colored, with big eyes and a strange curling tail.
“Squirt-squirtle!” It cried out. Its voice sounded like a frog talking.
“Hello?” Ness managed. Squirtle whipped around to face him. “Squirtle?”
“I’m not Squirtle. Or are you Squirtle?”
Squirtle nodded. Ness nodded nack. “I’m Ness. Do you know this place?”
Squirtle glanced around, then shook his head. Then he point toward what looked like a Ferris wheel, stripped of its color. He tucked into his shell and took off. “Squirtle! Wait up!” Ness called, chasing after the tiny turtle creature.
STEALTH ELF
Teleportation is really helpful when blocks are falling from the sky and trying to crush you.
Stealth Elf warped away from another massive block. This place was… absurd. And she knew absurd. Her best friends were Spyro and Trigger Happy. You can’t live around them and NOT know ridiculous.
Some of the blocks could be sliced in half, she discovered, but not all. So she cut through some and teleported from others. Wasn’t the worst situation she’d been in. She started to jump down from one when a green curved blade almost sliced her head off. It jabbed into the block above her, and she saw it wasn’t a blade. It was… a leaf? More fired up, missing her, and deleting the block from existence, before she even hit the ground- next to the leaf-shooter. It was a strange blue four-legged thing with a flower bud on its back. “Ivy!”
“Are you a Skylander? If so, how have I not met you yet?” The thing looked vastly confused. “Saur! Ivysaur!”
“Ivy soar? Like… I’m ivy and I was soaring?”
“Ivysaur!”
“Or are you… a dinosaur? An ivy dinosaur. Ah, I get it.”
“Saur!”
“Can you say anything but that?”
Ivysaur shook her head. Stealth Elf sighed. “This is going to be hard.”
CHARIZARD
This wasn’t a terrible place to end up, actually.
Volcano! Lava and fire was awesome! This was his home turf!
But he still missed his trainer. He flapped down onto a rock. How had he ended up here alone? Where were his teammates?
“CHAAAARIZARD! (HEEEEEEEY! IVYSAUR, SQUIRTLE, WHERE ARE YOU GUYS?!)” He flew low over the volcano and down closer to the ground.
Then a rope suddenly went around his neck. He turned to see a small girl with giant eyes, a pirate outfit, and weird yellow hair hanging onto the rope. “Weird Argorok or something! I’m going to ride you!”
Charizard decided this girl was an idiot and took off straight up. Thankfully for her, she had amazing grip.
“HOLY DIN WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!”
Charizard wasn’t really sure, but it wasn’t going to involve her.
LINK
How do you lose a sword blessed by goddesses?!
On the trip to… wherever he was, definitely no part of Hyrule- he’d managed to lose the Master Sword. Or maybe it didn’t come with him at all? He’d also lost his shield. At least he still had the Shiekah Slate. Because sometimes…
the only way out of a dark, cavernous place is to blow up the walls.
PYRA
Sometimes Pyra regretted making herself partially human. For example, getting stabbed in the side by a large metal scrap was very possible and very painful. That weird imp thing was still very confusing. Definitely not human. But claimed not to be a Blade, either.
“Oh, that does not look so great,” the imp winced. “I guess I can help.”
“Please.” Pyra was slightly embarrassed that her voice sounded a bit like a whimper.
The imp’s expression changed. A smirk with a fang sticking out. “But, I mean, if I help you, you have to help me.”
“Huh?”
“Simple. I get that out of your side, and then… you owe me.”
“Alright, okay. I guess I’m not in much position to argue with that…”
The imp got a grin that wasn’t really trustworthy. “Right, so, this might hurt a little, and it might be kind of weird.” Her hair formed a hand again and grabbed the scrap in her side, yanking in out in a rapid and not at all cautious movement. It took all Pyra’s willpower not to cry out in pain. Then the imp’s hair wrapped around her middle and started glowing somewhat. Occasionally a blue rune flickered off it. Pyra could feel the wound closing and mending. The imp sighed. “Simple magic, but it’s going to take a while. Who’re you, then?”
“My name’s Pyra.” Pyra wondered if she should introduce her sister, too. No, better to keep that side of herself hidden for now. “I’m a Fire Blade.”
“…you’re really obviously not a sword. Now, fire related I can believe.”
“I said Blade, not a sword.”
“…aren’t those the same stinking thing?”
“No, not at all.”
“I give up. I’m Midna, Queen of Twilight.”
“…I don’t know what that means.”
“And I don’t blame for that, because pretty much no one does.” Midna yanks her hair off Pyra, and the wound is fully healed again. Pyra touches the spot. “…wow.”
“Aaand now that you’re okay, we’re leaving.”
“We’re?”
“You owe me! So you’re going to help me get back to my world! And I’m not letting you go until I have a way home.”
[Guys, please remind me to start putting the teams together! I'm having too much fun with duos! I need to get on with the story!]
