Cold Spirit (Closed 2-11-18 until further notice)

[The Melee Master]

Chapter 14

A fire was burning in the middle of a few logs. The sky was pitch black with stars shining. A full moon was behind some dark clouds. Pine trees were surrounding the area. The snow in the middle had been flattened. Marth was sitting on a log, and Roy was sitting on a log beside him. Marth looked up into the sky. He could see the stars shining. Roy looked at him.

“Are you all right?” he asked Marth.

Marth turned to Roy, “Yeah….I think so.” Then he lowered his head.

“Do you think that the others are all right?” he asked.

Roy sighed and turned his head, “I don’t know.”

Marth looked at the cabin. He sighed and got up. He walked towards the cabin. Roy saw him leave and got up as well. As soon as Marth reached the cabin door, he stopped. Roy caught up with him.

“Something bothering you?” he asked.

“Huh?” Marth turned to Roy, “Uh….no, nothing is bothering me.”

He opened the door and walked in. Then he sat down on the bed. Roy walked in, grabbed the lantern and turned it on. He sat the lantern on a wooden table. then he walked to where Marth was sitting and sat down with him.

“I want to go back home.” Marth said.

“Are you home sick?” Roy asked.

Marth nodded. “Nothing exciting has happened, and too many people are getting hurt.”

“It’ll get better, you’ll see.”

Marth turned to Roy, but didn’t say anything. Roy took off his headband and the band that was holding his hair back. His long hair fell to the back of his knees. Marth smiled. (A/N: I don’t know Roy’s real hair length, so I’m just doing it my way.)

“Why did you do that?” he asked.

“Because it’s cold.” Roy answered.

Marth groaned, “It’s too bad we have to stay here for awhile.”

“If the others want to stay, that means we have to stay, too.” Roy said.

“Yeah….but, I have a feeling that this trip is going to get worse.”

“Why do you say that?”

“I don’t know. I just have a sinking feeling. That’s all.”

Roy couldn’t think of anything to say. He looked outside the window. Bits of snow were falling once more.

“How long is going to keep up?” he asked.

“What?” Marth asked.

“The snow.”

“I don’t know.” Marth said.

Roy grabbed a book off a shelf. He opened it and read it for awhile. Marth saw what he was doing.

“That’s the book Falco gave me.” he said.

Roy shut the book and handed it to Marth without saying a thing.

“Oh no.” Marth said, “You can read it. I don’t mind.”

“I’m not interested anymore.” Roy said. He put the book down on Marth’s lap. Marth took the book and opened it.

“I always use to read this book every night.” he said, “It also calms me down when I’m upset.”

“How can a book calm you down?” Roy asked.

“I don’t know, it just does.”

Marth put the book up on the shelf. Then he laid down on the bed. He just stated at the ceiling.

“Are you sure you’re all right?” Roy asked a bit worriedly.

“Yes.” Marth answered. “I already told you, I’m just feeling…..a bit home sick.”

Roy looked down, and then raised his head, “Some of the others are too.”

Marth turned to Roy. “What about you?”

Roy smiled a bit. “A little, but I’m trying to enjoy this trip. If I think about home TOO much, then I won’t stand this.”

“Hmm.” Marth sat up. “We’re going to be stuck here for about a month or two. We might as well get use to this.”

“Yeah, I guess.”

Marth laid down on the bed again. He stayed silent, and then he found himself drifting off to sleep. Roy looked at him and smiled. Then he looked out the window. Now, the snow was falling harder. Now, it was Roy’s turn to be worried.

“I wonder if the others are all right.” he thought

Roy pulled his hair back again and put his headband back on. He got up from the bed and laid down in another bed. Then he fell asleep.

*******

Later that night, the snow fell again, but harder. Samus had snuck out of his cabin. He figured that this was the perfect time to work on his ship. Despite his injuries, he was desperate to get started. He had a crutch to support his leg, and his armor was on. When he got to his wrecked ship, he stopped.

“I can build a new one!” he said angrily to himself, “Me and my big mouth. I don’t have the proper tools here to build another one.”

The ship looked like a wrecked car. Parts of the outside were bent, and some wires were poking out. It didn’t look TOO bad, probably because Falco had done most of the work on it.

Samus grabbed a wrench and unscrewed a bolt. But by doing so, oil poured out and onto his face.

“Arg!” he said. Samus took off his helmet and cleaned it with his arm. Just when he was about to put it back on, he saw a light heading towards him. Samus gasped and tried to hide, but it was no use. He would’ve gone under his ship and tried to hide, but his leg had prevented it. As the light got brighter, Samus shut his eyes tightly.

“Hey!” someone said.

When Samus opened his eyes, he saw that it was Falco.

“What are you doing!” he asked, “You’re still hurt! Go back inside!”

“Shut up!” Samus barked, “I’m sick of people telling me what to do!”

Samus grabbed the wrench and got under his ship.

“Do you want to get hurt again?” Falco asked, “You can’t work on your ship yet! Let me do it!”

Falco bent down to grab a wrench, but Samus grabbed his wrist, hard.

“Touch that wrench.” He hissed, “And I’ll rip your hand off.”

Samus let go of Falco’s arm. “Then….just let me help you.”

“I’m capable of fixing my own ship, thank you very much!”

“Samus…please.”

“No!” he shouted.

“But you’re still weak.”

Samus stopped, and then turned to Falco.

“I…..am SICK….of people….telling me…..what to do!” he said, “I’m NOT weak! I feel fine! Now, let me finish up! ALONE!”

“NO!” Falco shouted. He got under the ship with Samus. Samus punched him in the face. Falco let out a cry of pain and quickly scrambled from the ship.

“Leave me alone!” Samus said.

“But I want to help!” Falco said.

“I don’t NEED help!”

Samus was getting angry, but he tried to keep his temper under control. Then he sighed.

“Look Falco, it’s my ship, and I just want to do this alone.”

“But your- -“

“I’M FINE!” he shouted once more.

Falco didn’t know what to say. He didn’t want to argue, so he just kept his beak shut. Since he joined Super Smash Brothers Melee, his attitude has gotten better, while Samus’s attitude just got worse. Just then, another light flashed at them.

“Falco!” a voice said, “What are you doing?”

Falco scoffed, “Ask Mr. Stubborn!”

Falco pointed down to Samus. Samus growled. Falco ran off.

“YOU’RE THE STUBBORN ONE!” he shouted.

“Samus!” Fox shouted, “Why are you out here?”

“I can’t take it anymore!” he said, “I need to work on my ship!”

“I’ll fix it up!” Fox said, “Just go back in….”

“NO!” Samus shouted, “I want to do this on my own, Fox!”

“Samus, your injuries aren’t healed yet!” he said.

“I DON’T CARE!”

“You need to rest!”

“Shut up!”

Fox bit his lower lip. “You almost got yourself killed! I want you to rest!”

“I’m alive, aren’t I!” Samus asked angrily.

“You need to- -”

“Look Fox.” Samus said, “I’m fine! My leg is healing, and my wounds are better. If I can fix up my ship, I promise, I won’t get up again until I’m fully healed.”

“No! I can’t take that risk!”

“But Fox, I really need to- -“

“Shush!” Fox said, “You can’t work until you are healed. Now, go back inside the cabin, and let me take care if it!”

“No!”

“You have to!”

“Not until my ship is repaired!”

“I’ll take care of it!”

“I can’t take that risk!”

“Go inside!”

“NO!”

Fox grabbed Samus’s shoulders, but not hard enough to hurt him.

“Look…..you can’t work, not in the condition your in!” Fox said. “Go inside….NOW!”

Samus was angry. He grabbed his helmet and threw it at Fox. Fox dodged it.

“Curse you!” he said, and then he walked back towards the cabin.

Fox watched him and sighed.

“He’s more stubborn than Falco is.” he said, shaking his head. He grabbed Samus’s helmet and walked towards the cabin. When he got to it, he opened the door slowly. Samus was sitting on the bed, staring out the window. Fox walked slowly towards him.

“Here.” he said, giving Samus his helmet.

Samus snatched his helmet out of Fox’s hand. He put it on and didn’t say a word.

“I know your getting better.” Fox said, “But you’re not fully healed yet.”

Fox sat down with Samus. “If you can wait just a few more weeks, then I promise you can go work on your ship.”

Samus clinched his fists, and then sighed. “Ok, I guess I can hold out for a while longer.”

Fox smiled, “Thanks.”

“Yeah whatever.”

Fox then left the cabin. Samus took off his helmet and put it down beside him.

And remained quiet.

*********
Link woke up with a headache. His vision was still a bit blurry from the gas. He tried to sit up, but he felt a sharp pain on his side as he did. He let out a cry as he fell back down. Captain Falcon heard him and turned to him.

“You ok?” he asked.

It took awhile for Link to speak, “Yeah….I think so.”

Captain Falcon walked towards Link and looked at him. His body was bruised all over, and he had cuts on his face, which were cleaned up earlier.

“You might need to stay with me until you’re healed.” Captain Falcon said.

“But I can’t leave Mewtwo by himself.” Link said, “It’s too dangerous outside.”

“That’s why I need you to stay here!” he said, “Plus, Mewtwo can take care of himself, remember?”

Link sighed, "Fine."

[ganondorf2]

Samus and Link just can't win can they? Continue.

[The Melee Master]

Chapter 15

Fox sat down on his bed. He put on his boots and gloves. Then he put on his jacket and antenna. Being a forest animal, the snow didn’t bother him a bit. He just thought the jacket looked cool. He ran outside. He stopped and sniffed the air. Then he smelt something familiar.

“Oh c’mon.” he said to himself, “Where are you?”

Fox continued sniffing the air. The cold wind blew, making the snow that were on the trees fly off and hit his face. He wiped the snow off with his hand. About 20 minutes later, he walked out further, he continued sniffing.

Then he walked to an edge of a cliff. He knew that he couldn’t been down there.

But he was wrong. He sniffed the air, and the scent was coming from down the cliff. Fox jumped down and jumped from rock to rock. Then he stopped on a rock, but broke beneath him. Fox screamed as he fell, and crashed to the ground. He groaned as he tried to stand. He brushed the snow off him. Then he spotted something.

“What the?”

He got a closer look. The figure was buried in snow. He walked toward it and knelled down. He brushed the snow off. Fox found what he was looking for. He grabbed Young Link and placed his hand on his chest. He…..was breathing. He was ALIVE.

Young Link opened his eyes slowly and groaned softly.

“How can this be?” Fox said to him, “Link told me that you were dead! And how can you survive out here? Its freezing.”

"......Guess......I got lucky." Young Link replied softly before fainting again.

He got up with Young Link in his arms and jumped up on the rocks. They were slippery, but he managed to get through. When he got to the top, he ran as fast as he could towards the cabin. When he reached it, he pounded on the door. Link answered the door and gasped.

“No time to explain!” Fox said, running inside. He grabbed a blanket and wrapped it around Young Link.

“Fox!” Link said, “You’re too late! Kiro is- - -”

“Alive!” Fox shouted. Link gasped.

“Check it out!”

Link slowly walked towards them and placed the back of his hand near Young Link’s mouth. He could feel hot breaths coming from him. Link couldn’t believe it.

“He’s…..he’s….” Link couldn’t get the words out. He was just happy that Young Link was alive. VERY happy.

“Yeah, but he’s freezing.” Fox said, “How long has he been outside like this?”

“I don’t know.”

Link grabbed Young Link out of Fox's arms.

“I can’t believe that he’s still alive!” he said.

Fox smiled. “I have to go visit Samus, now.”

Link nodded and Fox ran out the door and shut it. Link sighed. Young Link’s eyes began to open. Link smiled.

“Where….where am I?” he asked.

“Are you ok?” Link asked.

“I can’t feel my body.” Young Link said softly.

“You’ll get the feeling back as soon as you’re warmed up.”

Link put Young Link down on the bed and walked towards the chimney. He struck a match and put it in there. The chimney was lit with fire. Link grabbed Young Link and sat down near the fire so that he could warm up.

“My arm hurts.” Young Link said.

Link looked under the blanket. His arm was bleeding. Link bit his lip.

“Hmm, no wonder.” he said, “I forgot about your arm.”

He set Young Link down once more and got out a box. He grabbed some cloth and walked towards Young Link. He grabbed his arm and wrapped the cloth around it. Tight, but not TOO tight.

“That should stop the bleeding.” he said.

Young Link looked at Link and smiled. Then he sat up. Link hugged him.

“You don’t know how worried I was about you.” he said.

“What do you mean?” Young Link asked.

Link was silent for a moment, and then he broke away from Young Link.

“Don’t you remember?” he asked, “You fell off a cliff while I was trying to save you.”

“I….I think so.” Young Link said.

“You were hurt pretty badly. When I saw you, I thought you were dead.” Link said, “I was really scared.”

Young Link didn’t know what to say.

Link closed his eyes and sighed. Then he reopened them. He took a look at Young Link once again. “You have to rest for awhile; your injuries are pretty bad.”

Young Link sighed, “Ok.”

Linkgot up and laid Young Link on a bed, and was just about to walk out, but Young Link stopped him.

“Wait!” he said.

Link stopped and turned to Young Link. “Yeah?”

“Do you still like this trip?” he asked.

Link sighed. He walked towards Young Link and sat down.

“No.” he said, shaking his head, “Not anymore. Samus got hurt awhile ago, Zelda almost died the other day, and now you’re hurt. It makes me wonder who else is going to be next.”

“So….can we go home?”

“I’m afraid we can’t.” Link said, shaking his head, “Our house is in bad shape, so we have to wait for a few more months for the workers to repair it.”

“But what if someone else gets hurt?” Young Link asked.

Link couldn’t think of anything to say. He turned around and got up.

“I don’t know.” he said softly.

Link walked out of the cabin and shut the door. Young Link sat up and didn’t say a word.

Outside, Link leaned his back against the cabin wall. He just stared out into the open and remained silent.

******

Falco, on the other hand, had something important to do. Sheik had told him that the Triforce was missing, but he was too weak to defeat Ganondorf and Bowser, so it was up to Falco to save the Triforce.

“Fox, do you copy?” he asked.

“Read you loud and clear!” Fox replied.

“I might need some help on getting the Triforce back; think you can lend me a hand?”

“No problem!”

“Thanks. Over and out!” Falco said.

******

Ganondorf and Bowser, on the other hand, were trying to figure out on what to do.

“So….what should we take over: Hyrule, or the world?” Ganondorf asked Bowser.

“I thought we were going to take over Hyrule.” Bowser said.

“I know, but I want something bigger.”

“Why not the world?”

“Bigger!”

“The universe?” Bowser suggested.

Ganondorf smiled, “I like the way you think! Fine, universe it is, then.”

Bowser cackled. Just when they were about to leave, someone walked up behind them.

“Excuse me, but I think that does not belong to you.” A boy said.

They turned around. The boy turned out to be Ness. Bowser and Ganondorf smiled evilly.

“What makes you say that?” Bowser asked.

“Yeah….we…uh…bought this at a store.” Ganondorf said, trying to trick Ness.

Ness chuckled, “Yeah right.”

“Um….we have some important things to do.” Ganondorf said, “So….go play with your baseball bat or something.”

Bowser laughed, “Yeah, hit a home run for me.”

Both Bowser and Ganondorf laughed. Ness grinned evilly. He took out his bat and smashed Bowser with it. He was sent sliding across the floor and stopped.

“Well, you said hit a home run for you.” Ness joked, “So I did, no need to thank me.”

Bowser got up and growled.

“Ok, play time's over, kid!” Ganondorf said. He grabbed Ness by the shirt collar.

"Ok..." Ness taunted while smiling, "PK FIRE!"

An ember shot out of Ness's hand and burhed Ganondorf's hand. Ganondorf let out a cry and dropped Ness. Then he looked at his hand, and he realized that the Triforce was gone.

“Where’s the Triforce?!”

“Looking for this?” Ness asked. He was standing a few feet behind Ganondorf and had the Triforce in his hand.

“Gaa!” Bowser said.

Ness snapped his fingers and made Ganondorf and Bowser disappear. Ness teleported himself back into the temple and put the Triforce in its proper place.

“That’ll teach them not to mess with me.” he said. Then he disappeared in a thick cloud of smoke.

****

Bowser and Ganondorf appeared in an open field, away from the temple. They were very confused.

“Um….how did he do that?” Bowser asked.

Ganondorf just growled.

“I was so close of finally getting that Triforce!” he growled. “I can’t believe that I got beaten by a little kid! I'll get that Triforce back no matter what!”

“Where are you going?” Bowser asked.

Ganondorf didn’t answer. He just continued walking. Bowser shook his head and left as well.

*******

Falco crashed through the stone wall. He searched for Ganondorf and Bowser, and then he noticed a bright glow.

“What the….?” Falco said.

When he got to it, he saw that the Triforce was put back in its original place. Falco scratched the back of his head.

“Uhhh…..Fox?” he said with his antenna.

“Yeah?” Fox answered.

“The Triforce is back.”

“What?” Fox said, half excited, half shocked.

“Someone beat me to it!”

“That’s odd.” Fox said, “Ok then, return to the cabin as soon as possible, over and out.”

Falco was still trying to figure out how the Triforce had been put back. He shook his head and walked out of the temple.

*******
A/N: Uh...don't ask me how Young Link survived and how Ness teleported himself place to place; I don't have answers to them. Those were just a few things that came off the top of my head.

[ganondorf2]

That's fine, continue.

[The Melee Master]

Chapter 16

Zelda woke up in a soft bed. Her head was throbbing and she was sore all over. She tried to get up, but let out a yelp as she did. She looked around and saw Sheik. He had nothing on but a pair of blue jeans. He didn’t have a shirt on, in fact, he had nothing over him. His bloody shirt was lying on the ground. His head was visible as well. His short hair was a bit wet because of the sweat, and the sweat trickled down his neck.

“Sheik?” Zelda asked.

Sheik turned around, his eyes a little red. He was worried that Zelda would die, even though Link said that she was alive, so he had been silently crying because he was so worried.

“Are you all right?” he asked.

“Yeah….are you?”

Sheik nodded. He got up and walked to Zelda. He kneeled down beside her.

“I’m sorry, I was just trying to help.” she said.

“No….I’m the one who should be sorry.” Sheik said softly, “For holding back. Ganondorf and Bowser gave me a choice of saving the Triforce, and saving you. I should’ve chosen you right away, but….I didn’t want then to take over Hyrule….and I didn’t want them to kill you.”

Zelda smiled, “That’s all right. It was a tough decision. You didn’t want them to take over the world, but your heart told you to save me instead, is that right?”

Sheik nodded.

“I’m grateful for that. That shows how much you really care about me.”

Sheik couldn’t help but smile.

Just then, he heard a knock. Sheik got up and answered the door.

“Is everything all right? Can I come in?”

“Sure.” Sheik said.

Link walked in. Then he walked towards Zelda.

“Are you all right?” he asked.

“Yeah.” she said, smiling.

“That’s good.”

“Link, we still need to get the Triforce back.” Sheik said.

“Yes, I know.” Link said, “I’ll figure out a way to get it back…..soon.”

Link got up and left. But Sheik stayed with Zelda.

“You can go, if you want.” Zelda said. “I don’t mind.”

“No!” Sheik said, “I’m staying with you.”

“I’ll be fine by myself.”

“I can’t take that chance.”

“But…”

“You almost got killed today.” Sheik said, “I want to stay with you to make sure you’re all right.”

Zelda chuckled, “I’ll be fine, Sheik. You need to quit worrying about me so much.”

Sheik was speechless.

“I know you love me, but I need my space. You understand, right?”

Sheik smiled, “Yeah, I guess.”

“Good.”

Sheik leaned over and kissed Zelda on the forehead, “I’ll be back to check on you later.”

Sheik put on his regular cloths, but left his hat behind. He left his collar down as well. Then he left and shut the door behind him. The cold air blew on Zelda. She buried under the blanket. Zelda closed her eyes and smiled.

********
Samus woke up. He was excited. Today was the day he might get his cast off. He got up and tried to walk, but was afraid to. Fox walked in the cabin.

“Are you ready?” he asked.

“I’ve been ready for the past week!” Samus said.

Fox took out his blaster and aimed it at Samus’s leg. Samus was a little nervous, but he tried to remain calm. Fox closed one eye and blasted the cast. Samus gasped and almost fell back. The black hole in his cast smoked. He was thankful that it didn't go through his leg. Samus tried to break the cast off, but it wouldn't break off.

"C'mon!" he said, straining.

After thirty more seconds, it finally broke off his leg. He didn’t feel any pain. Samus removed the cast, which was now broken in half. He set the pieces down and exhaled.

“Ok, I can do this.” he said to himself.

Samus got up from the bed and stepped on his left leg first, and then his right; the one that had been broken. He smiled.

“It’s healed!” he said.

Fox smiled, “That’s good!”

Falco busted in the cabin door.

“Your ship has been fixed!” he said, giving a salute with his left arm. Fox laughed at Falco. He could tell that Falco was in a good mood, because Fox had never seen him do that before.

“Aw man, I have to go test it!” Samus got up and was about to leave, but then he remembered.

“Oh, that’s right.” he said, “I made a promise.”

Fox smiled, “You can test your ship later, just give your leg some time to heal completely.”

Samus smiled, “Thanks Fox.”

Samus put on his armor and helmet, and walked out the door. He was happy to finally be outside again. The cold wind blew, but he didn’t feel a thing because of his suit. He walked farther from his cabin until it disappeared in a fog. He wanted to explore a bit. Then he couldn’t see a thing.

“Uh-oh.” he thought.

A strong wind blew, making it harder for him to walk. He wiped his visor off and continued walking. A few moments later, the wind died down, and he could see.

Samus saw something ahead of him. He squinted his eyes to get a better view. It looked like…..a person. No…..make it two people. He walked to get a closer look. It turned out to be Bowser and Ganondorf. Ganondorf was sitting on the ground with his back turned against Bowser. And Bowser was just standing.

“I told you taking the Triforce was a bad idea.” Bowser said.

“Shut up!” Ganondorf said. He was tapping his finger on his knee.

Samus walked closer to them. Bowser saw him.

“Well well, who do we have here?” he asked.

“Are you two all right?” Samus asked.

“We’re…..fine….” Ganondorf growled.

“You don’t look so good.” he said, “C'mon, I can lead you back to the cabins.”

Samus was about to walk off, but Ganondorf quickly got up and stepped in front of him, but fell back down.

“We’re fine…..without you!” he panted.

Samus grabbed Ganondorf’s hand and tried to pull him up, but Ganondorf punched Samus’s chest, making him fall back.

“Don’t touch me!” he said.

Samus sat up.

“Ganondorf!” he said, taking off his helmet, “Let me help you!”

Ganondorf and Bowser may be evil, but that won’t stop Samus from helping. Ganondorf gave Samus an evil glare.

“Leave me alone.” he said, and then he turned to Bowser.

“Are you with me, or against me?” he asked.

“What do you think?” Bowser answered, crossing his arms.

Samus turned to Bowser and walked over to him, but Bowser swiped his claw at him. Samus backed away.

“I’m not leaving without you two!” he said.

Samus tried to help Ganondorf, again, but he kicked Samus in the leg. Samus lost his balance and fell. Then Ganondorf grabbed Samus by the leg, swung him around, and slammed him on a rock. Samus fell down and groaned.

“We’re capable of taking care of ourselves!” Ganondorf said.

Samus struggled to get on his feet. “Fine!” he said “But the weather is probably going to get worse. You two will freeze if you don’t find some shelter.”

“I don’t care!” Ganondorf said, crossing his arms and turning away. Bowser looked at Ganondorf, but didn’t say anything. Bowser thought about this, and then he finally admitted it.

“He has a black heart!” he thought to himself, “All Samus wants to do is help. I’m on his side right now, but I can’t let Ganondorf know that.”

Bowser is evil, but not as evil as Ganondorf. Almost everyone was afraid of them. And Bowser was sick of it. He’d be glad to let someone help him for once. But unlike Bowser, Ganondorf is a loner. He snorted and left. Bowser was about to leave, but then he saw Samus, who was ticked off. Bowser walked towards him.

“Um….between you and me, I’d be glad to let someone help….for once.” he whispered, “Please don’t tell anyone, I don’t want my reputation as a villain to be ruined.”

Samus smiled, “Ok.”

"That doesn't mean I'll go easy on you, however!"

Samus sighed. “Perhaps Bowser isn’t as bad as everyone says.” he thought to himself.

He walked off, but then heard a crack under his feet. He stopped and gasped. He stood still for awhile, and then he sighed.

“Ok.” he said.

Bowser stopped and saw Samus out of the corner of his eye.

Samus took a step, and then the rock under his feet gave way. Bowser was unable to save him. Samus was sent falling down the cliff, screaming at the top of his lungs. Ganondorf didn’t seem to hear him. In fact, he wouldn’t care if he did. Samus was still falling, hitting the rocks that were pointing from the cliff. Then everything went blank.

**********

Snow fell once more. The sky was dark and cloudy. Sheik looked out the cabin window and sighed. He turned to Zelda, who was sleeping. She is still hurt, but at least she is alive. Sheik smiled at her, and then turned to face the window again.

Young Link, on the other hand, was restless. He was finally healed. He got up and walked around. Link came in the cabin and saw him. He smiled.

“How are you feeling?” he asked.

“Fine.” Young Link replied. “Can I take the bandage off my arm now?”

“Sure. It might be healed.”

Young Link took the bandage off his arm. It was healed, but left a few scratches. He sighed.

“I hope these won’t leave scars.” he said.

Link couldn’t help but smile. “I doubt they will.”

Young Link sighed, “Are you mad at me?”

“Mad?” Link asked, “How can I be mad?”

“For running off with Popo and Nana.”

“Of course I’m not mad. I was more worried than I was angry. Besides, I trust them. Remember?”

Young Link smiled. Then he grew tired. He laid down on the bed, and then found himself drifting off to sleep.

Link smiled at him.

*******
Bowser looked down the cliff. He could see no signs of Samus. Ganondorf turned around and saw Bowser looking down.

“What are you doing?” Ganondorf asked.

“Huh?” Bowser snapped, “Nothing.”

“Lets get out of here, I can sense a blizzard approaching.”

Ganondorf was about to leave, but then he remembered.

“Where’s Samus?” he asked.

“Down there.” Bowser said, pointing down the cliff. Ganondorf ran towards the cliff and didn’t see him.

“Either he’s buried down there, or you’re lying.” Ganondorf turned his head to the side, “Did you let him escape?”

“No!”

“You’re lying!”

“No I’m not!”

“Then where is he?”

Bowser didn’t say anything.

Ganondorf sighed in frustration, “Whatever. If he IS down there, he might be dead. Let’s get out of here!”

Ganondorf left. But Bowser stayed for awhile. He looked down the cliff for awhile, then sighed.

"I know Samus is still alive, and I'm thankful for him trying to help me." he thought, "But.....once a villan, always a villan! That's the last time I'll ever help someone!"

And then he left.

*******

Meanwhile, down at the bottom, Samus was buried in the snow for about ten minutes. An arm cannon burst out from the snow, and Samus tried to pull himself up. He gasped and struggled to get out of the snow. When he did, he collapsed. His face was numb from the cold. And he was exausted. He closed his eyes for awhile.

The cold wind blew in his light brown hair. The blood on his forehead trickled down his face. Samus remained motionless for about five minutes. Then he woke up. He turned his head and saw his helmet. Thankfully, it was in good condition. He reached out, grabbed it, and put it back on. Then he struggled to get up. After a few minutes, he regained his balance and looked up. The cliff was pretty high. Samus narrowed his eyebrows and began climbing. Thankfully, he was a good rock climber, with or without his grapple beam.

Samus got to the top. He shot his grapple beam and it latched on a rock. He was able to pull himself towards it. Then he sighed.

“Glad that’s done.” he said, brushing the snow off of his armor.

He managed to get up. He looked around. There was no sign of Bowser and Ganondorf. Samus walked off. A strong wind blew, but that wasn’t a problem for him. He continued walking. He could hear the cracking of the tree branches blowing in the wind. The snow blew off the branches as well. It hit Samus, but it didn’t bother him. He dusted the snow off him.

“Man, this is going to be harder than I thought.” he said to himself.

He scanned the entire area, but couldn’t find anything. Samus sighed.

As he continued walking, he saw something lying on the ground. Five, frozen Sparrows were lying on the ground. Samus gasped. He kneeled down and picked one up with his hand. The birds were as stiff as stone.

“Poor things.” he said softly, “It must be too cold for the animals, too.”

He picked up the five dead Sparrows and got up. He walked under a tree and kneeled down. He dug a hole and put them in there. Then he covered the hole back up. Samus got back up and looked around. He could see a beautiful white Wolf standing on top of a hill. It gave a graceful howl. Samus smiled.

“Well….for some animals.” he said to himself.

Samus leaned his back against the tree. Then he remembered.

“I have to get back to the cabin!”

Samus then ran off.

[ganondorf2]

That was twice that Samus almost lost his life. I wonder what happened to the pokemon? Continue.

[The Melee Master]

Chapter 17

The sky was cloudy, but it was still bright outside. The snow was sparkling, almost like glitter. It was quiet, almost, TOO quiet. The only thing you can hear is the soft wind whistling while it’s blowing, and the cracking of the branches on the trees that were moving in the wind. Some of the birds that could stand the cold were chirping.

Link was sitting on a log, looking around.

“This is pretty peaceful.” he said to himself. “Now I’m kind of glad we came here.”

“So am I.” a voice said.

Link turned around. Marth was standing behind him.

“So….are you all right?” he asked. He walked over to the log that Link was on and sat down.

“Yeah.” Link answered.

“I figured that you would still be upset about what happened to Young Link.”

Link smiled. Marth raised an eyebrow.

“Marth.” Link said in kind of a creepy tone, “Kiro’s alive.”

“What?!” Marth asked as his eyes widened. “He is?”

“Yep, Fox found him and told me.”

“But….I thought that---“ Marth was almost speechless.

“I did too. But it turns out that he’s been alive all that time.” Link said.

“I don’t believe it!” Marth said.

“You’d better.”

“That’s great news, Link!”

Link couldn’t help but smile. Then he got up.

“I’m going to take a walk for awhile.” he said.

“Why?” Marth asked.

“Because I feel like it, see ya!”

Link got up and left. Marth raised an eyebrow.

“Ok….” he said, a little confused.

Link walked far from his cabin. It was so cold, that he could see his breath. He didn’t bother getting anything to wrap himself around with. As he walked, he could see someone standing in the middle of a field.

“Who’s that?” he asked himself. Link squint his eyes to see who it was. But he still couldn’t see. Link walked a little closer.

“Hello?” he shouted.

The figure saw him and shouted back. “Hey!”

Link could recognize that voice. It was Samus. Link ran towards him.

“Howdy.” Samus said. He had all but his helmet on.

“What are you doing out here?” Link asked.

“I haven’t been outside for several weeks because of a broken leg.” he said.

“Ouch.” Link said, “How did you break it?”

“My ship crashed when I was out with Fox and Falco.” Samus said, “When I was heading towards a cliff, I seemed to have lost control. It was probably blocking the system or something, and the controls just went haywire.”

Link bit his lip.

“Well, I’m better now. So….what’s been going on with you?”

“Um…” Link said. “Well….Zelda almost died the other day.”

“How?”

“I don’t know. Sheik said something about Ganondorf killing her and taking the Triforce.”

“Is she all right?” Samus asked.

“Yeah, she’s fine.” Link said, “Then Kiro almost died as well. He fell off a cliff. When I went to go get him, I was sure he was dead.”

“And he’s not?”

Link shook his head, “He was alive. Fox said that he was alive.”

“That’s good.”

Link walked a little further, and Samus decided to follow.

“Its pretty out here, isn’t it?” Samus asked.

“Yes it is.” Link answered.

That’s when they saw a white wolf. Samus smiled.

“That’s the same wolf I saw earlier.” he said.

The wolf just started at them. Link decided to get a closer look. Then he heard something. Link stopped.

“Link, what’s wrong?” Samus shouted out.

Link didn’t answer. He stepped back slowly. Then he saw something that looked like ice. He got a closer look. It WAS ice. Link gasped.

“Samus!” Link shouted, “I need help!”

“What is it?” Samus asked.

Samus ran towards Link, but Link suddenly remembered and shouted, “Wait….stop!”

Samus stopped. “Why?”

“Don’t come any closer!”

Samus backed away. Link moved a little, but then his foot fell thought the ice. He tried to get out, and then his whole body fell thought the ice. Samus screamed. Link tried to get out of the frozen lake, but a large chunk of ice slammed on top of him, making it impossible for him to reach the surface again.

“NO!!!” Samus screamed.

He quickly put on his helmet and blasted the ice with his arm canon. His suit was pretty heavy, and he dove into the frozen lake. He didn’t know if he could swim with his suit on, but to his surprise, he did.

Link, on the other hand, was trying to find a way to the surface. He took out his Master Sword and tried to stab thought the ice, but it was no good. The ice was too thick. He was running out of air, fast. As he continued trying, he felt that his lungs would burst. A few minutes later, he blacked out. Samus saw him and swam towards him. He grabbed Link and shot his arm cannon to the surface. The ice broke. Samus got out from under the water. He dragged Link towards the shore. Then he collapsed.

Link opened his eyes slowly. He coughed, letting water escape from his lungs and out from his mouth. Samus gasped.

“Link!” he said.

“Samus, what happened?” Link asked. Then he rolled over and pushed himself up with his hands, still coughing.

“You don’t remember?”

“The last thing I DO remember….is that I was in the lake, trying to get out, and then I blanked out.”

Link coughed once again, letting more water out of his lungs. He took off his hat and shook his head, and the water splashed out from his hair.

Samus got up and grabbed Link’s hand, helping him up as well.

“C’mon, we have to go back to the cabin!” he said.

“Ok.” Link replied, putting his hat back on. He took a step, but let out a yelp and fell back down.

“What is it?” Samus asked.

“I don’t know!” he said. He got back up, but then let out another cry and fell back down.

“Never mind, maybe I DO know.” Link said, “I probably hurt myself.”

“Hold on a sec.” Samus said. He put on his helmet and set the visor to X-Ray. He looked at Link’s ankle.

“Oh boy, you sprained your ankle, Link.” he said.

“Great! Now how do I get back?” Link asked.

“Climb on!” Samus said, crouching down, “I can carry you back to the cabin.”

Link got on Samus’s back. Samus got up and walked towards a cabin. When he got there, he opened the door. Young Link woke up.

“Who’s there?” he asked. Then he noticed that Link was on Samus’s shoulders.

“What happened to you?” Young Link asked.

“I sprained my ankle.” Link said.

Samus sat Link down in a chair. Then he turned to Young Link.

“How are you feeling?” he asked.

“Fine.” Young Link answered.

Samus smiled, then walked out the door and shut it. Link sighed.

“I want this trip to be over soon.” he said.

“Me too.” Young Link said.

Link looked at his younger self and smiled, “You’re healing. That’s good.”

Young Link smiled as well. “So…..what happened?”

Link sighed, “I fell though a frozen lake and Samus had to save me.”

Link grabbed a blanket and wrapped it around himself.

“Kiro?”

“Yeah?”

“You were right.” Link said, “This trip is becoming too dangerous. I’m sorry I didn’t believe you before.”

Young Link smiled, “See, I told ya!”

Link couldn’t help but smile. Then he frowned again. His body was shaking badly, and he was pretty weak from the lake.

“Oh man.” he said, “I have never felt this cold in my entire life.”

“Are you ok?” Young Link asked.

“I don’t know.”

Link suddenly felt his skin numb up. He got up and walked towards the chimney fire and sat down. He wrapped the blanket around his body as tightly as he could.

“It’s too bad we can’t leave for another month.” Link said.

Young Link didn’t say anything.

“I mean…..there have been too many accidents….if it keeps up, we might lose half of the group.”

“But……when something bad happens, it turns out good later, right?” Young Link said.

“Yeah…..but what if something bad happens, and there’s no way to fix it?” Link said, giving a sad look to Young Link.

Young Link lowered his head.

“I mean…..think about it this way, if someone got attacked, we’re able to treat them. But if someone is stabbed, and is killed…..then we lost ‘em.” Link said.

“What’s that got to do with what I just said?” Young Link said.

“There’s no telling on what will happen next, Kiro.” Link said sadly, “Someone might get hurt, or someone might die and never come back. That’s all I’m saying.”

“But when someone isn’t moving, it turns out that he or she is alive, right?” Young Link said, trying to cheer Link up.

“You don’t understand.” Link said, “I believe those happened because they were still strong enough to hold on. Now that the weather has gotten colder, they are pretty weak. If they get attacked, they may not make it for another day.”

Young Link didn’t say anything.

“I’m sorry that I’m scaring you….but….”

“It’s ok.” Young Link said, “I understand.”

Link sighed.

[ganondorf2]

That wolf must be telling them something. Continue.

[The Melee Master]

Chapter 18

The wind was whistleing as it blew. The snow was falling lightly, and it was blowing in the wind. The sky looked a bit dirty as well. And it was still a bit foggy. Peach was sitting inside her cabin, looking out the cabin window. She sighed.

“Something wrong?” Zelda asked.

“Oh, its nothing.” Peach replied.

“We might need to go back into town for more supplies pretty soon.”

“We’re almost out already?”

“Yeah.” Zelda said.

“But I don’t want to go out in that blizzard!” Peach whined. Zelda sighed.

“Neither do I.” she said, “But one of us has to do it!”

Zelda grabbed a log and put it in the chimney, where the fire was burning. Then she walked over to a chair and sat down.

“Do you think the others might need some stuff, too?” Peach asked.

“No.” Zelda answered, “Marth already did some shopping for the others a few days ago, so I don’t think they need anything.”

“Are you sure?”

“Yeah, pretty sure.”

“Ok.”

Zelda grabbed a jacket and put it on. It was a jacket made out of fur from a badger.

“Where did you get that?” Peach asked Zelda.

“Oh, this?” she asked, “Sheik made this for me the other day.”

“Come to think of it, I haven’t heard from Mario in awhile. I hope he’s all right.” Peach said.

“I’m sure he and Luigi found some shelter around here.” Zelda said.

And she was right. Mario and Luigi had been staying in a cabin for awhile as well. Inside it, Mario was sitting on one of the beds, while Luigi was sitting in a chair reading a book.

Yoshi was on the ground sleeping with Kirby. Mario had his knee up and his fingers were tapping on it. He was pretty bored. In fact, he was so bored, that he found taking his cap off and putting it inside-out fun, but only for a short while, so he stopped that.

Mario stared at Luigi for awhile. Luigi could sense Mario staring at him, so he put his book down and looked at him.

“What?” he asked.

“Nothing.” Mario replied, shrugging. “Just-a-bored, that’s all.”

Luigi sighed. He felt himself getting cold again. He got up, took some firewood and threw it in the chimney fire. Then he sat back down again.

“I-a-wonder if the others are all right.” Luigi said.

“I think-a-they are.” Mario replied, “But-a-I’m-a-not sure.”

Luigi looked at Yoshi and Kirby. He smiled at them. Yoshi woke up and got up, but made Kirby slump over. He woke up as well.

“Pyo?” he said.

Yoshi stretched his arms out and yawned. The he shook his body like a wet dog.

Then they heard a sound. Kirby was the first to react. He jumped in Mario’s lap and shook.

“What was-a-that?” Luigi asked, a bit worriedly.

“Hmm.” Mario said. He got up and walked out the door. The wind was blowing the falling snow everywhere. He walked to the back of the cabin. Then he saw a tree without any leaves. One of the pointy branches was scraping on the cabin. Mario smiled. Then he got back inside and dusted the snow off himself.

“A tree.” he said, “A tree was-a-scraping on the cabin wall.”

Yoshi exhaled.

“Okey-dokey.” Mario said. He sat back down on the bed. Then he decided to lay in it for awhile. Luigi continued reading, while Yoshi and Kirby just sat down, doing nothing.

********
Meanwhile, in another cabin, the others were a bit restless as well. Roy was sitting on a bed, and Marth was standing, looking out the window.

“Man, it’s been snowing for a long time now!” Marth said, “How long is it going to keep up?”

“You’re going to have to get use to it.” Roy replied, “You already know that it snows here all the time during winter.”

“I know.” he growled.

Marth walked over to one of the beds and laid down on it, sighing. Roy looked at him worriedly.

“Are you ok?” he asked.

Marth turned to Roy, “Yeah, I’m fine.”

Roy took out a book and opened it. He read a few pages of the old book. Marth spoke up.

“You know, Link was right.” he said.

Roy looked up at Marth, “What do you mean?”

“It is getting too cold, and too many people are getting hurt.” he said, “I’m ready to go home, too.”

“We can’t, remember?” Roy reminded him, “Our house is out of shape, so we need to stay here and wait until they fix everything.”

“Yeah….but I’m worried. I mean what if someone gets hurt again?” Marth said.

Roy didn’t answer.

Marth sighed, “I’m sorry, but I’m leaving.”

Marth got up, and was just about to walk out the door, but Roy got up and grabbed his arm, stopping him.

“Marth, if you go out there, you’ll freeze!” Roy said.

Marth pulled his arm away from Roy and continued walking. Roy ran towards the door and blocked it.

“You can’t go out there!” he said.

“Watch me.”

Marth pushed Roy out of the way, which caused him to crash onto the cabin wall. Now angry, Roy grabbed Marth’s cape and swung him around. He let go, and Marth was sent crashing into the wall as well. Now Marth was angry.

“That’s it!” he said.

Marth charged at Roy, but Roy was able to dodge Marth. He kicked him in the back, and Marth fell to the ground. Marth recovered and grabbed Roy’s ankle. He tripped Roy and he too fell to the ground. Marth quickly got up and tackled Roy. He grabbed his neck, but Roy bit his arm. That caused Marth to release his grip. He yelled out in pain. Then Roy kicked Marth in the face. He was sent crashing onto the cabin wall.

Marth was panting. His nose was bleeding. He got up and tried for the door again.

Now consumed with extreme anger, Roy got up and grabbed Marth by the arm and turned around, trying to twist it. Marth screamed in pain, and Roy slammed him against the cabin wall, and then threw him to the ground.

Marth got up and slashed Roy in the arm with his sword. Roy let out a cry of pain and clutched his bleeding arm.

“Roy, listen to me.” he said, trying to calm down, “I have to---”

“Why should I?” Roy said, “I told you to stop, and you didn’t listen! So now, I don’t have to listen to you!”

Roy ran and kicked Marth in the leg. Marth lost his balance and fell to the ground. Roy kicked him in the face again, and then in the back. Marth couldn’t counter attack this time. Roy grabbed him and punched him in the face repeatedly. The last blow made him fall to the ground once more.

“I have to go!” he said, “Please let me leave!”

He felt blood trickle down his nose. Roy ran and kicked Marth the ribs once again. Marth screamed.

Now Marth was too weak to attack or defend himself. He panted.

Then Roy grabbed his sword and slashed him in the chest. Marth screamed. Seeing that he was badly injured, Roy put his sword away.

Then he grabbed the hurt swordsman and threw him. He crashed through the glass window and into the cold snow. Then Roy jumped out the window and kicked him hard in the chest for the last time. Marth screamed.

“Now do you want to leave?” Roy said, panting.

Marth knew that Roy was being sarcastic when he asked that, but he couldn't answer. He just continued screaming.

Roy kicked Marth in the face once more. Just then, a flash of light shone.

“What’s going on here?” a voice asked.

Roy gasped. He ran off and hid behind a thick tree.

It turned out to be Link. He had a lantern with him. He looked around, and then he saw Marth, bleeding to death; from his face to his knees. The snow around him was also bloody. Link gasped and ran towards him.

“What happened?” he asked franticly, “Are you ok?”

Marth was in so much pain that he couldn’t answer. He had stopped screaming, but now he was gasping for air. Link looked at him. Pieces of glass were jammed in Marth’s skin. Then he saw that his leg was twisted. Link gasped.

“Its broken.” he whispered, “Hold on, I’ll get you inside!”

Link hosted Marth on his shoulders and walked towards the cabin. Then he noticed that the window was broken.

“Marth?” he asked, “Did you, by any chance, jump out the window?”

“I….I….” Marth tried to answer, but couldn’t.

Link got inside the cabin and laid Marth down on the bed. He ran towards the faucet and grabbed a wash rag. He soaked the rag and squeezed most of the water out. He cleaned Marth’s arms and then his forehead, trying to get the blood off.

“Now, would you mind telling me what happened?” he asked. Now he was being serious.

“I….just jumped out the window….that’s all.” Marth said hoarsely.

“What?” Link asked, “Why?”

Marth panted, “I don’t know, I wasn’t thinking.”

Roy was outside, listening to all this. Marth was lying. Roy was the one that caused all this.

“Well, you should stay in bed for awhile.” Link said, “I’ll get Mario to check on you.”

Then Link walked out. Roy didn’t bother checking on Marth because he was still angry. Blood was dripping from his arm and it stained the snow. Roy clutched his bleeding arm and then ran off. Link knocked on the door, and Mario answered it.

“Yes?” he asked.

“Mario, there is something I need you to see.” Link said, “Someone is hurt!”

“Momameia!” Mario said, “I’m-a-on it!”

Mario got on his doctor stuff and ran out with Link. When they got inside, Mario, or Dr. Mario, was shocked.

The bed that Marth was on was now bloody. Dr. Mario got to him and checked him out. Then he removed some of the glass pieces from his skin and wrapped his arms in a white cloth. Then he grabbed another cloth and put it on Marth’s forehead.

“How-a-did this happen?” Dr. Mario asked him.

Marth didn’t want to get Roy in trouble, so he decided to lie again.

“I ...jumped out the window.” he said.

Dr. Mario looked at his leg. He could tell that it was broke.

“We-a-have to take care of-a-this.” he said.

A while later, Dr. Mario had everything set up. Marth was cleaned up and his forehead had a white patch on it. His leg, the one that was broken, was in a white cast. Dr. Mario couldn’t remove all the glass pieces from Marth, so he just wrapped some cloth on them to stop the bleeding.

Link walked inside the cabin and saw Marth.

“Are you all right?” he asked.

“What do you think?” Marth answered a bit rudely.

“How did you break your leg?” Link asked.

“I landed on it, it got twisted, and it broke.”

“I’ll-a-come-a-back.” Dr. Mario said. Then he left.

“Do you want me to stay with you?” Link asked.

Marth shook his head, “No. I want to be alone.”

Link nodded and walked out. An hour later, Marth was just about to go to sleep, until a knock woke him up.

“I already told you, Link!” Marth said, “I want to be alone!”

“It’s me!” a voice answered.

Marth smiled, “Oh, well, come on in!”

The door opened slowly. Roy peeked inside.

“You don’t have to be afraid.” Marth said, “You can come in, if you want.”

Roy walked inside and closed the door. He saw the shape Marth was in, which sent a chill down Roy’s spine. Now he didn’t know what to say.

He tried to look like he was still angry, but it wasn't working.

“Are…..are you….” Roy asked, but couldn’t finish.

“No, I’m not mad. And if you were going to ask me if I was ok, well, WHAT DO YOU THINK?” Marth asked angrily.

Roy gasped and backed away a bit. He grabbed a chair and sat down beside Marth. Marth looked at him angirly, but he couldn't be mad forever. He sighed, trying to calm himself down.

“I heard what you said.” Roy said. “Why did you lie to them?”

Marth turned his head and stared at the celling.

“Because…..I didn’t want you to get in trouble.” Marth said, “Besides, it was mostly my fault anyway.”

Marth turned his head towards Roy and noticed that his arm was wrapped up tightly in a white cloth. Roy had snuck into Mario's cabin and stole some of the cloth that was used to stop the bleeding from cuts and such. Marth could see the blood though it. He sighed.

“It looks like I’m not the only one that got hurt.” he said, “Sorry about that.”

“What’s this?”

He saw that Marth’s left wrist had some sort of a cast over it.

“It’s broken.” Marth said. "I'm geussing it broke when I slammed onto the ground after I went flying through that window."

Then he saw that Marth’s leg was also in a cast. He guessed that it was broken as well. Marth's entire body was bruised. Roy has some bruises as well, but they weren't nearly as bad.

The rage had now left Roy. Seeing that his friend was in very poor shape, Roy shut his eyes tightly. Marth raised an eyebrow.

“What’s wrong?” he asked.

Then Marth realized what Roy was actually doing. He was trying to fight back tears. Now, guilt had taken him over instead of anger this time. He placed his left hand on his eyes and began to cry softly.

“Roy?” Marth asked. “Are you ok?”

It took Roy awhile to answer.

“I’m sorry I did this to you.” he whispered.

Marth smiled, “Don’t worry; I’m not going to let one fight ruin our friendship.”

Roy took his hand off of his face and looked at Marth. He didn’t know what to say. He quickly used his hand to dry his eyes.

“Look, once I’m healed, we can forget this ever happened.” Marth said, “Ok?”

Roy let out a quivering sigh, “Sure.”

Just then, they heard a knock. Roy got up and opened the door. It was Link.

“So….how are you feeling?” he asked.

“Fine…fine.” Marth answered.

Link turned to Roy.

“Did you know anything abou- -“

That’s when Link noticed that Roy’s arm was wrapped. He could see the blood in it.

“What happened to your arm?” he asked.

Roy didn't answer.

Link sighed and then he turned to Marth, “Ok then, I just wanted to check on you, think you’ll be all right?”

“Yeah.” Marth said.

Link walked out the door, but Roy stayed. Marth started to breathe loudly. Roy was now growing very scared.

“You can go, if you want.” Marth said.

“No!” Roy said, “I’m staying here!”

“But---”

“I’m the one that caused you to get hurt!” Roy said, “The least I can do is stay with you until you’re healed.”

Marth couldn’t help but smile, “Thanks…..I guess...”

[ganondorf2]

I wonder what happened to Ganondorf and Bowser? They looked like they were going to freeze to death. Continue.

[The Melee Master]

Chapter 19

The snow continued falling lightly and Sheik was getting sick of it. He was leaning up against the tree, but he was planning on going back in.

“Gra! Stupid snow!” he said angrily, “Quit falling already!”

He walked over to his cabin and opened the door. Zelda was sitting up, reading a book.

“Are you all right?” Sheik asked.

Zelda turned to Sheik. “Yeah.” she said, putting the book down and smiling.

Sheik walked over to Zelda and sat down with her.

“What about you?” Zelda asked.

“Yeah, I think so.” Sheik replied.

Sheik noticed that Zelda was staring at him, as if she wanted to tell him something.

“What?” he asked.

“Something tells me that Bowser and Ganondorf failed of getting the Triforce.” she said, smiling.

“What do you mean?”

“I can sense that Triforce is not anywhere around here.”

Sheik smiled, “Someone probably defeated them and took the Triforce back.”

Zelda nodded. Then she got up and stretched.

“I’m hungry.” she said.

Sheik couldn’t help but chuckle. “Sorry, but I don’t have anything. And I hate to go into town, because there might be another blizzard approaching.”

“That’s ok.” Zelda said.

“I’m getting sick of all these blizzards, too.” he said, “But we have to stay here.”

“A two month long vacation.” Zelda said, “I thought it would be nice, but it turns out to be a complete disaster!” Then she yawned.

Sheik sighed, “I know.”

Then he remembered.

“I heard that someone else got hurt.”

Zelda gasped, “Who?”

“Young Link got hurt one time and now……Marth is hurt.”

“What?” Zelda asked, “How?”

“I don’t know.” Sheik said, “I can’t find his cabin, so I can’t talk to him.”

“Then how did you hear it?”

“Link told me.”

“How did he get hurt?”

“I said I don’t know. Even Link doesn’t know.”

Zelda was now a bit scared. “How is everyone getting hurt all of a sudden?”

“I have no idea.” Sheik answered, shaking his head.

“If one more person gets hurt, I think it might turn out worse.”

Sheik sighed, “Yeah….”

Sheik got up, but then turned to Zelda.

“Are you going to be all right by yourself?”

“Yeah.” Zelda said, smiling.

Sheik opened the cabin door and left. Zelda didn’t say a word.

*******

Falco was sitting on a rock, despite the bitter cold. The snow was soon sticking to his feathers. So he decided to go back inside his cabin. The Pokemon were in a cabin as well, trying to sleep. Captain Falcon, Bowser, and Ganondorf were in a cabin, doing nothing. Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, and Kirby were in a cabin, doing the same thing that they were doing earlier. Fox was just sitting on his bed, tapping his fingers in his knee. Peach was in a cabin with the Ice Climbers. Peach was reading a book, while the Ice Climbers were playing a game of marbles. Samus was asleep in his cabin. Ness was also sleeping. And it turns out that Mr.Game&Watch and DK didn’t come with the group.

Link walked out a cabin. Then he walked inside another to get something. He turned to Marth and Roy, who appeared to be sleeping. Marth was sleeping on the bed, and Roy was sleeping in a chair. Link smiled. He grabbed a bag and walked out quietly.

Roy could feel the cold air against his body as the door shut. He woke up and looked around, but didn’t see anything.

“What was that?” he asked. Then he turned to Marth. He was still sleeping. Roy smiled.

Then Marth woke up. He looked around, and then saw Roy. He smiled.

“Still here, huh?” he asked.

Roy smiled.

Marth was just about to go back to sleep, but he felt a sharp pain in his chest. He let out a cry and brought his hand under his armor. Roy jumped.

“What’s wrong?” he asked.

“I don’t know!” Marth groaned, “Something’s wrong with my chest!”

Roy ran out of the cabin and towards Mario’s. He pounded on the door loudly. Mario answered it.

“What?” he asked.

“Something is wrong with Marth!” Roy shouted.

Dr. Mario ran out and Roy followed. When they got to the cabin, Dr. Mario opened it, and then he gasped. He saw the condition that Marth was in. Dr. Mario ran towards him and checked him out. After a few minutes, he found out what the problem was. Dr. Mario backed away.

“Well?” Roy asked.

Dr. Mario swallowed hard, “Your friend is…..uh….having a heart-attack.”

“What!” Roy shouted.

“But don’t-a-worry!” he said, trying to calm Roy down, “I’ll-a-get something to ease the pain.”

Dr. Mario quickly took out a bottle and opened it. He took out a pill and gave it to Marth. Then he sighed.

“It will-a-ease the pain.” Dr. Mario said, “But-a-there is no guarantee.”

Roy sighed, “Ok.”

When Dr. Mario left, Roy sat back down again. Marth finally calmed down and opened his eyes. Then he turned to Roy.

“My chest hurts.” he said.

“I know.” Roy said softly, “Dr. Mario gave you something to stop the pain.”

Marth sighed, “I heard that I just had a heart attack. I wonder what caused it.”

Roy was silent for a moment, but then he spoke up. “I don’t know. I just hope you get though this all right.”

Marth smiled, “Thanks.”

Marth still felt pain in his chest. He grabbed his chest, but tried not to show any signs of suffering. He didn’t want Roy to worry too much. Marth started to sweat and pant, but he tried to keep it quiet.

“Are you going to be all right?” Roy asked.

“Yes.” Marth said, “I will be.”

Marth grinded his teeth. He was still in a bit of pain, but not as much as a few minutes ago. He started to sweat and pant.

“Do you still want me to stay with you?” Roy asked.

“Sure.” Marth said, panting, “If you want.”

Roy lowered his head. Then he got up. He took a book off the shelf and sat back down. He opened it and read it for awhile. Marth looked at him and smiled.

“You’ve been reading the same book for almost three weeks now.” he said, “Your not done with it yet?”

Roy shook his head, “No. Not yet.”

Marth sighed and then looked at the ceiling. The two remained quiet for about twenty minutes. Marth suddenly felt himself getting dizzy. And then his breathing became labored.

Roy put the book down, “Are you ok?” he asked, a bit worriedly.

“I…..I don’t know.” he said.

Now Marth was struggling to breathe. Dr. Mario must have given him the wrong pill. Either that, or it wasn’t working and his heart attack was taking its toll. Marth didn’t know what was causing it. He groaned.

“……Roy?” he asked.

“Yeah?”

“What kind of medicine did I take?”

“I don’t know.” Roy said, “Let me go ask.”

Roy ran out the door and to Mario’s cabin. He pounded on the door loudly. Dr. Mario answered it.

“Do-a-you have to knock so-a-loudly?” he asked, rubbing his head.

Roy was furious. He grabbed Dr. Mario by the shirt collar.

“What kind of pill did you give him!” he shouted.

Dr. Mario escaped Roy’s grasp. He ran towards the file cabinet and got the bottle. Then he gasped. He had given him the type of pill that puts animals to sleep. And it works on humans as well, but the animals don't suffer like humans do when they take it. He nervously gave Roy the pill bottle. When he read it, it said: 'For animals only. Keep out of reach of children. People that ingest a pill may have sweating, labored breathing, nausea, coughing, and throat pains. If not treated as soon as possible, it may cause death.' When he was done reading it, he screamed and dropped the bottle.

“IS THERE A WAY TO SAVE HIM?” he yelled.

Dr. Mario covered his ears and backed away.

“I-a-don’t know!” he said.

Roy ran out of the cabin. Dr. Mario just stayed for awhile, trying to figure out what was going on.

When he got to the cabin, Roy opened the door and ran towards Marth.

“Are you ok?” he said frantically.

Marth’s face was now covered in sweat. His breathing was severely labored, and his body was shaking. It was too late. The poison pill has taken affect. Marth looked at Roy, as if he was trying to say something.

“……I…..” he choked out.

But Marth couldn’t finish. He was dying, and there was nothing that anyone can do about it. Roy bit his lower lip and kneeled down to his friend.

“I’m…….sorry….about earlier.” Marth said.

“Don’t blame yourself.” Roy said softly, “It wasn’t your fault this all happened, it was mine.”

“No…..no it wasn’t. You were right, it was too dangerous to go outside.” he said, “I should’ve stayed when you told me to.”

“Th…..the pill that…..you took…..it……it wasn’t the pain….medicine.” Roy said, shutting his eyes tightly, trying to fight back tears, “It was..…”

Marth’s eyes widened. “It was what? Please tell me!”

“It was a type of medicine that puts down animals.”

Marth gasped softly, “Does it…..work on humans, too?”

Marth was afraid of the answer, but Roy nodded.

Marth was now on the edge of crying. And so was Roy. But both of them tried to hide it, but the thought was so painful, that they both found out that they were upset.

“Is….is there a way to fix it?” Marth asked, "Get me healed before..."

“……I don’t know.”

Marth gasped hard, a sure sign that he would soon be gone. But he struggled to hang on for his life. He wiped the sweat off with the back of his hand. Roy didn’t want to be there when Marth dies, but he had no choice. He knew that Marth would do the same if Roy was in a situation like this.

Marth’s vision was becoming blurry. Now he really knows he’s actually dying. He would’ve asked Roy or Dr. Mario to get something that would save his life, but he knew that it would be too late by the time they got back. Marth gasped once more, but he tried to hang on.

Then he started to breath slower and softly.

“If…..Link finds out….what really happened.” he said, his voice was becoming softer, “Tell him that…..it was really my fault…..not yours.” he said with his last breath. He closed his eyes slowly and didn't move after that.

Roy gasped. He felt his heart sink rapidly. He shook Marth, but he didn’t respond.

“Marth?” he asked, “Are you ok?”

He still didn’t answer. Roy grabbed Marth and shook him.

“Are you ok?” he asked, “Please answer me!”

Marth still didn’t answer. Roy dropped Marth and gasped softly. He couldn’t believe it. The pill had actually killed him. If he had never fought with him, if he would’ve just walked away, then Marth would be all right. He believed that Marth had nothing to do with what has happened.

Roy’s body shook. He lowered his head. The tears that he was fighting back earlier streamed down his face. He crossed his arms and put them on the bed, and then rested his forehead on them and began crying silently.

Link walked in to check on Marth. But then he saw what Roy was doing, which game him the answer. Link slowly walked towards the two. Roy raised his head.

“Link….” he choked.

Link was afraid of what Roy would say, so he didn’t bother asking. But he had a feeling that he knew what Roy was going to tell him.

“Hold on.” he whispered.

Instead, he left and walked towards Mario’s cabin. He knocked on the door and Mario answered it.

“Hello.” he said.

Mario let Link inside. He shut the door.

“Are you truly a doctor?” he asked angrily.

“Yes.” Mario answered.

"What was the medicine that you have given him?"

Mario grabbed the pill bottle from the shelf and handed it to Link. Link's eyes widened and he set the bottle down on Dr. Mario's desk.

“What?" Link said, “Some doctor YOU are!”

"I-a-was half asleep!" he said.

Link turned his back, and then shut his eyes, trying to fight back tears.

“Because of you……Marth got very sick.” he said, his voice breaking, “Soon after…..he’s….”

Dr. Mario shook his head, “Don’t-a-tell me.”

Dr. Mario walked out of his cabin and Link followed. When they got to the cabin, Link opened the door slowly. He walked in and walked towards Marth. Then he saw Roy, who was still crying silently. He tapped him on the back. Roy turned to him and then got up, and backed away.

Dr. Mario checked Marth out. His skin was cold and there were no signs of breathing. It looked as though he was just sleeping. But the ice cold skin was enough to tell Dr. Mario that Marth was no longer alive.

Dr. Mario turned to Roy and Link, which was a sign for them to leave. They nodded, and left.

Roy and Link didn’t bother talking to each other because of what happened. When they reached the cabin, Link just stood there. He didn’t want to go inside. But Roy walked inside the cabin. He just wanted to be alone. Roy walked over to a table and sat down in a chair. He placed his arm on the table, rested his forehead on his arm, and started to cry softly.

Outside of the cabin, Link was crying softly as well.

[ganondorf2]

I thought the drug was only in liquid form. Continue.

[The Melee Master]

Chapter 20

Falco was sitting on the edge of his bed. The weather was getting a bit worse. And even if he was inside his cabin, he was still cold. Falco sighed.
Just then, he heard a knock. Falco got up and answered the door. It turned out to be Fox. His face and tail were covered in snow. Falco let Fox in, and he tried to shake the snow off of himself. After a few tries, it finally melted, and he was able to get it off. Then he turned to Falco.

"I’ve been looking for you!" he said, "Where were you?"

Falco shook his head, “You don’t want to know.”

Fox noticed that Falco's leg had blood oozing from his pants. Fox clinched his teeth.

“Um….Falco?”

“What?”

“Your leg!”

Falco bent down and rolled up his pant leg. He had cut it somehow, possibly by a rock or something. He didn't know how it got there. The thought of it was enough to make Falco shudder.

“Wonderful!” he said angrily.

Fox grabbed a first aid kit from a cabnet. He sat down on the bed, opened the box and grabbed a cloth.

"Hold out your leg." he said.

Falco did what he was told. He stretched out his leg and Fox carefully put the white cloth around it. Then he grabbed some tape and wrapped it around as well, to hold the cloth on his leg, since they were out of the other cloth that is real sticky. Falco smiled.

"Thanks." he said.

"No problem." Fox replied.

“I might fly my Arwing tomorrow, if the weather isn’t bad, that is.” he said.

Fox smiled, “Do whatever you want tomorrow.”

Falco nodded.

********

Link and Roy decided to stay at another cabin together for awhile. Luckily, it was abandoned, but they were still upset. Link’s face was red and so were his eyes. Roy’s eyes and face were, too, but Link didn't know that.

“I can’t believe this!” Link said, “If Dr. Mario is a real doctor, how can’t he tell from poison and real medicine?”

Roy was sitting on the edge of the bed with his back turned. He didn’t want Link to know that he had been crying.

“I don’t know.” he whispered.

Link was close to crying again, but he tried not to, “Dr. Mario said that Marth was having a heart attack, and then he gave him the wrong pill! Which one of those killed him?”

“Heart attacks take time.” Roy said, shutting his eyes tightly, “Pills take a few minutes to kick in.”

Link gasped. And then he grew mad. He clintched his fists angirly and grinded his teeth.

“Then Mario must’ve killed him!” he said.

“I’m sure he didn’t do it on purpose, Link!” Roy said, trying to calm him down.

“I’m going to go talk to Mario!”

Link ran out and slammed the door behind him. Roy had a feeling that he would be gone for quite awhile. He sat down on a bed. His heart was filled with grief once more.

“This all started with a little argument.” he said to himself, “Then it turned into a big fight.”

Roy got up and walked towards the cabin wall. He and Marth had fought before, but nothing like that.

“It wasn't Mario's fault.” he thought, “It was mostly mine. If it wasn’t for that fight we had, if I hadn't of argued with him, then he would still be alive right now.”

Roy's thoughts were true, VERY true. Being cut very badly can kill a person faster than pills, which take about an hour or so to take affect. He knew that from the start, but he didn't want to say anything to the others.

He didn’t really mean to kill his friend. It was his anger that took control. And Marth had forgiven him anyway, despite his injuries. Roy looked at his arm. Blood still showed inside the bandage. He sighed softly.

He clinched his fists tightly. Then kicked the cabin wall. Then he walked up to a window and punched it, shattering it. He was now angry with himself for killing his friend. He punched the cabin wall once again.

He rushed out the door and ran towards his own cabin. He opened the door and walked in, then slammed the door behind him. He looked around; the cabin was a mess, like a tornado has hit it. The bed that Marth was laying in was still stained with blood. Roy grabbed a wooden chair and slammed it on the floor several times. Pieces of the chair were flying everywhere.

Then Roy slammed the chair on the wooden table, HARD. He walked towards a wall and punched it several times. After one last punch, he finally stopped. Roy panted, but instantly, his anger has now turned to complete sadness. Tears started to fill his eyes.

He clinched his fists and tried to keep himself from crying. But a sob end up escaping. Now he regreted of what he has done to Marth. It tore him apart very, very badly.

“I’m…..sorry.” he said.
He had never felt this sad in his entire life. This was worse than being wounded, to him at least. He fell to his knees, placed his left hand and pressed his head on the cabin wall, and began sobbing hard, mostly out of anger.

*********

It was now dark. A crescent moon was in the dark blue sky, shining brightly, along with a few stars. Crickets were chirping as well. Some of the smashers were already sleeping in their cabins. Pikachu’s ears twitched. He woke up and snuck out of his cabin. He walked outside, stood on his toes and sniffed the air. Then he ran off.

But not back to the cabin.

Pikachu ran as fast as his little legs can take him. Then he stopped. A huge tower of ice was standing in the middle of an open field. It sparkled beautifully. But how did it get there in the first place? No one knows for sure.

Pikachu sniffed the tower. Then he heard a something. Pikachu raised his ears and looked around, but there was nothing but snow. He sighed. He continued looking at the tower of ice, wondering how it got there.

Then, a woman stood behind the Pokemon. Pikachu’s ears twitched. He turned around, and then he saw her. The woman had on a crystal blue dress. She had white hair that reached to the back of her knees. Her snow white eyes shined beautifully. She even had glitter on her dress and on her pale, white skin on her face.

Then Pikachu saw another girl with her. She was a bit smaller than the other woman. She had crystal blue eyes, long blue hair, and pale white skin. She had on a blue and pink dress and a bracelet on her left wrist. Both girls looked at the tower of ice. Pikachu was confused and a bit scared at the same time.

“Pika!” (Hey!) he shouted.

The older women looked down at Pikachu. Both of them stared at him for some time, and then the older woman kneeled down to him. She held out her palm, and Pikachu sniffed it. For some reason, he couldn’t detect a scent. Pikachu was confused.

“Pikachu?” (Who are you?) he asked.

The woman didn’t answer, but got up and glitter came out of her left hand. She moved her hand around, making the glitter scatter beautifully. The other girl just stood there. Pikachu watched in amazement, but he was still trying to figure out what she was really doing. Then she petted Pikachu on the head. Then she disappeared in thin air. Pikachu was shocked.

“Pika….?” (What the….?”) he was also confused. He looked around for the woman, but couldn’t find her. The younger girl also vanished. Pikachu shrieked. Could they have been ghosts? The thought of that scared Pikachu. Pikachu shuddered, and then he raced off.

*********

About an hour later, Link had found the cabin that he was looking for. He walked towards it, and then he looked down. He had just noticed the blood stained snow under a broken window. Link bit his lip. Then he walked towards the door and opened it. He was shocked as he looked inside.

The cabin was a real mess. Pieces of the broken window were on the ground, as well as blood. One of the beds was stained with blood as well. Dr. Mario must’ve taken Marth out of the cabin while Roy and Link were away. Link was right. Roy and Marth have been fighting to the death.

Then Link saw Roy sitting on the edge of the bed with his right elbow on his knee and his head resting on his fist. Link wondered why he had swithced cabins. Roy wanted to come to this cabin for a reason, but Link didn't bother asking. He still had his bandage on, however. Link guessed that Marth had cut him with his sword. Link bit his lip as he slowly walked towards Roy.

“Roy?” Link asked.

Roy made no attempt at responding. He just sat silently on a bed, staring outside the broken window. The cold air outside didn't bother him, and it didn't bother Link, either.

“Are you all right?” Link asked in a calm tone. He was also slightly concerned.

Roy still didn’t answer.

“Roy?” Link asked again, “Are you ok?”

He still didn’t answer.

“If you’re having a problem, you can go ahead and tell me about it.”

Roy still didn’t answer. Link sighed and walked over to him. He sat down beside him.

“C’mon already!” Link pleaded.

Roy turned his head to look at Link, his eyes were bloodshot and teary. Roy saw that Link’s eyes were a bit red as well. He guessed that Link had been crying, too. Link still couldn't beleive that the redness in his eyes didn't dissapear, but he didn't care. Roy turned his head away from Link.

Link saw Roy’s lips move slightly, whispering something inaudible. Link leaned closer to Roy.

“Talk louder, I can’t hear you,” said Link.

Roy let out a quivering sigh. He didn’t feel like talking, but he couldn’t let Link sit there. “I’m guessing your wondering what happened…” whispered Roy, Link barely able to hear him.

“Huh?” Link asked.

“I’m guessing your wondering what just happened here!” Roy yelled.

Link backed away a bit, “Well…..yeah.”

Roy lowered his head and relaxed a bit, “It was because of a little argument.” he said, closing his eyes, “Marth and I argued, and when he was about to leave….I grabbed him….and pulled him back in. He tried to punch me, and when he stopped fighting me, I attacked him head-on.”

“You what?” Link asked, shocked.

“You know how I get when I become angry.”

“……Well, that’s true.” Link said, turning away, “But still, this could’ve been avoided if you would just let him go.”

“The weather was too harsh….he could’ve died out there……but…..”

Link closed his eyes, “Too many people are getting injured.”

Then he remembered.

“Did you get that cut form Marth?” he asked.

Roy looked at his wrapped arm, “……Yeah…..he cut me with his sword.”

“Marth had told me that he crashed through the window, and that’s how he got hurt.” Link said, “And then you told me that you got cut by a branch. Why did you two lie to me?”

“Because……” Roy said, “He...he didn’t want me to get in trouble…..and I didn’t want to, either.”

Link was getting a bit mad because they had lied to him. They have never done that before.

"I can't believe that you two would lie to me about something like that!"

Roy placed his hand on his face and sighed, “I’m sorry Link.”

Link didn’t know what to say. He tried to calm down. Now, he was more worried about what was going to happen next. He sighed.

“Ever since we took this trip, too many people have been getting hurt.” he said, “I wonder why that keeps on happening. Every time I believe that a person is dead, I’m wrong.”

“No Link!” Roy said, shaking his head, “I was there when Marth died. I witnessed the whole thing. He told me to tell you that the fight was mostly his fault, but I didn’t want to lie again, so I finally confessed.”

“Marth was in on it, too, huh?”

Roy didn't answer. Link sighed.

"We'll clean this place up later." he said, "Right now, I have to leave."

Link was just about to leave the trashed cabin, but Roy stopped him.

"Wait!" he said, "I...I have to tell you something."

Link turned around, "Yeah? What is it?"

"Dr. Mario didn't really kill Marth."

Link's eyes widened and gasped softly, "What?"

Tears began to well up and fall from Roy's eyes again; it was starting to become too painful to talk about. He lowered his head and sobbed softly for awhile before he spoke up.

"The pill that Marth took really was a pain killer, not a poison pill." Roy said, trying to stop crying, "The true reason he died is because of the wounds I inflicted on him. Dr. Mario had absolutley nothing to do with Marth's death, I'm the one who really killed him!"

Link's jaw dropped a little, "You what?"

Roy didn't answer.

"Then he must've died from blood loss." Link whispered.

Roy heard him, but didn't bother saying anything.

"But how do I know if that's really true?"

Roy sighed. He pulled out his sword and sheath over to Link without looking. Link notaiced that there were a few blood stains on the sheath. He took out the sword, and he gasped softly.

The blade had damp blood all over it. Link's breathing started to quiver.

"There's your proof." Roy said.

Link hung his head for awhile.

"I...can't belive you would do something like this..." Link said softly.

"I'm sorry." Roy said, his voice breaking, "I really am."

A tear trickled down Link's cheek. He quickly wiped it away with his finger. Then he got up and was just about to walk out the door, but stopped.

“Are you coming?” he asked.

Roy shook his head.

Link nodded, and then walked out. Roy still couldn't get the fight out of his mind. He had never felt this upset in his entire life. The thought of it hurt. It hurt so much. The thought of killing the one you truly care about hurts more than physical pain itself. And thats just how Roy feels right now. He and Marth had been friends for who knows how long. Not only is their friendship and trust broken, but Roy's spirit is, too. He still can't get over about what has happened. Roy didn't really care if he was real sad, he just wanted his friend back. He slid his sword down from the bed, which made a loud clang after hitting the wooden floor. Roy then lowered his head and started to cry softly.

***************

Mewtwo was standing outside. He could see a full moon shining in the night sky. The stars were not out. Mewtwo crossed his arms and continued watching. Then, a small ‘pi’ interrupted him. He looked own. It was Pichu.

“Pichu pi Pichu?” (What are you doing?) he asked.

“Nothing.” Mewtwo responded, shaking his head.

Pichu jumped onto Mewtwo’s shoulders. Mewtwo let out a light chuckle.

“I’d never thought I’d say this, but I’m glad you’re all right.” Mewtwo said.

Pichu smiled and rubbed his face against Mewtwo’s. He always hated that mushy and love stuff, but he doesn’t mind when the Pokemon do it. He likes Pikachu and Pichu, and that’s why he doesn’t get so crabby when he’s around them. Well, sometimes.

Then Pichu jumped down from Mewtwo and rolled up a snow ball. He threw it at Mewtwo, but it only hit his ankle. Pichu was too little to hit Mewtwo above. Mewtwo looked down and smiled evilly. He rolled up a snowball with psychic energy and threw it at Pichu. Pichu dodged it, rolled up another snowball, and threw it. Mewtwo used confusion and stopped the snowball. Then he blasted it back at Pichu. Pichu was hit. He crashed into the snow. He got up. He tried to shake the snow off of himself, but couldn’t. When Mewtwo saw him, Pichu almost looked like a snowman. Mewtwo laughed.

“That’s what you get for messing with me.” he said, crossing his arms.

Pichu continued trying to get the snow off himself. Mewtwo shot a blast of psychic energy at Pichu and the snow fell off. Pichu sighed.

“Pichu.” (Thank you.) he said.

“Up for another round?” Mewtwo said evilly with a floating snowball in his right paw. His eyes were glowing yellow and he gave an evil look. Pichu shrieked.

“Pichu! Pichu!” (No more! No more!) he said, shaking his head and his paws.

Mewtwo's evil grin has now become a harmless smile, “I thought so.”

His eyes returned to normal. The snowball melted and the water splashed on his paw. He shook it, trying to dry it. The soft wind started to blow, and they could hear it whistle. The snow on the ground blew as well.

“I think we’d better get inside.” Mewtwo said.

The Pokemon ran towards their cabin and Mewtwo opened the door with confusion. Then they ran inside. Mewtwo closed the door.

Pikachu was laying on the ground sleeping right beside a chimney fire. Pichu laid beside him and also fell asleep.

Mewtwo was just standing in a corner with his arms crossed. He didn’t say a word. Then he lowered his head and fell asleep.

*********

Most of the other smashers were sleeping as well. But Samus was wide awake. After the experience he had, he didn’t bother sleeping. He was still lost.

"Dang it!" he said angirly, "Where is it?"

Samus continued searching for the cabin. After a few moments, he had found it.

"Yes!" he said.

Samus ran towards the cabin. He opened it, and it was pitch dark inside. Samus lit a match and then a lantern. He grabbed it and walked towards a faucet. He took his helmet off and looked in a mirror. He had sweat on his face and his hair was sticking up. He grabbed a comb and tried to get his hair down. It didn’t work.

Then he turned on the water faucet and wet his hair down. Then he tried to comb it again. This time, it stayed down.

“Thank you.”

Samus put his comb up. But there was one thing that he didn’t see. The pipe under the sink was leaking. A large, puddle of water was just sitting there. Samus took a step to get away from the faucet, but he slipped on the water. He knocked his head on the faucet and fell to the ground. Samus didn’t move after that; he had been knocked unconscious.

[ganondorf2]

Whoops! Samus better be more careful. Continue.

[The Melee Master]

Chapter 21

It was now bright outside. The sun was showing, but it was still too cold for it to melt the snow. Icicles were hanging on the edge of the roofs of the cabins. The snow sparked beautifully.

Zelda was sitting on the bed, reading a book. Then she heard a knock on the door.

“Come in.” she said.

The door opened. Sheik peeked inside. Then he walked in and shut the door.

“The weather died down.” he said.

“I can see that.” Zelda said, smiling.

Sheik walked towards Zelda and sat down beside her. Then he smiled under his collar.

“What are you reading?” he asked.

“It’s a book I bought from the store the other day.” she said.

The book was titled Spirit of the Wolf. On the cover, it had a picture of a snowy forest, a full moon, and a ghostly face of a wolf in the dark background.

“It’s a good book.” Zelda said, “Want to read it?”

“Maybe later.” he said.

Sheik turned his head. Zelda looked at him and put the book down. She placed her hand on Sheik’s shoulder. Sheik turned to Zelda.

“What?” he asked.

“Are you ok?” Zelda asked.

“I’m fine.” Sheik said, smiling.

It was quiet for awhile, but the silence was soon broken. Sheik’s stomach began growling. It was a good thing he had his collar on, because he could feel his face turn red with embarrassment. Zelda chuckled.

“I’m getting a little hungry myself.” she said. Zelda got up and walked towards a cabinet. She pulled out her bag and then pulled out two red apples.

“I picked these when I was in the garden that day.” she said.

Zelda handed an apple to Sheik. Then she began eating her own. Sheik just stared at the apple.

Zelda swallowed a piece and turned to Sheik.

“What’s wrong?” she asked.

Sheik shook his head, “Nothing.”

Sheik pulled down his collar and took a bite of the apple. It was a bit sweet and tangy at the same time. Zelda also took a bite of her own apple. Then she noticed a brown spot on hers.

“Some of them are going a bit bad.” she said.

Sheik checked his, and it was fine. No bruises or anything. It was just a plain, red apple. He finished it up, and then got up. He threw the core in the trash can. Sheik walked towards the bed and sat down.

Zelda had also finished her apple. She did the same thing, and then sat back down. She quickly noticed that Sheik wasn’t happy.

“Are you ok?” she asked.

Sheik raised his head, “I’m fine.”

“Don’t lie.” Zelda said, “I hate it when you lie to me.”

Sheik had felt his heart skip a beat. He did lie to her, but how did she know that? He sighed.

“What’s wrong?” Zelda asked.

“Um….remember when I told you about part of my past?” he asked.

“Yeah.” Zelda said.

“I can’t get rid of it.” Sheik said, “I can’t forget about it. What can I do to make it go away?”

“I don’t know.” Zelda said.

“It’s too bad that I can’t go and change the past.” he said, “If I can, then…..”

Sheik didn’t say anything else. It took Zelda awhile to figure out what he was trying to say.

“You still……miss her, don’t you?” Zelda said.

Sheik nodded, “Yes I do……but….if Crystal was still alive, then I would have never met you.”

Zelda smiled, “I understand.”

“No matter how much I try to forget about it, it keeps on coming back.”

“You’re not the only one with a bad past, Sheik.” Zelda said. “Many of the others had a miserable past.”

“And you?” Sheik asked.

“I did at times, but I keep them hidden.”

Sheik sighed. He was about to put his collar back on, but Zelda pulled it down again. Sheik felt his face turn red.

“Um…..what are you doing?” he asked.

Zelda kissed Sheik. He smiled.

Sheik put his collar back on, and then got up. He walked towards the door, opened it, and left. Zelda just sat on the bed.

********

The wind was blowing hard, making the snow fly everywhere. The snow on the ground made it hard for Sheik to move. He had no idea where he was going; he just wanted to take a walk for some reason.

*******

Samus, on the other hand, was still unconscious. The part where he had hit his head was bruised up. He was like this for about thirty minutes before he woke up. He groaned and sat up, and held his head.

“Ow…..what happened?” he asked himself.

Just then, he heard a knock on the door. Samus walked over to it and answered it. It was Sheik.

“Hello!” Sheik asked.

“Hi, come in.”

Sheik walked inside. He immediately felt the warm air touch his tan skin. It felt real nice.

“I wanted to take a walk, but then I decided to stop by and say hello.” he said.

Samus smiled. He sat down on the bed and sighed.

“Something wrong?” Sheik asked.

Samus raised his head, “…….My ship crashed, and I suffered from a few cuts, and a broken leg. I had to save Link from freezing to death in an icy lake. I tried to get the Triforce back from Ganondorf and Bowser, but they attacked me.” Samus said.

Sheik bit his lip, “Sorry I asked. But….to tell you the truth, the same thing happened to me with Ganondorf and Bowser.”

Samus didn’t say anything. That’s when Sheik noticed a large bruise on Samus’s head.

“How did you get that bruise?” Sheik asked.

“I slipped and hit my head on the sink……and I guess I blacked out for awhile.”

Sheik was about to say something, but the door of their cabin opened.

“Hello.” he said, “Come on in.”

Link walked inside and sat down on the bed. He didn’t look happy at all.

“Link?” Samus asked.

Link turned to Samus, and then turned away.

“Link? Are you ok?” Sheik asked.

It took Link awhile to answer, “Yeah, I’m fine.”

“You don’t look ok.”

Samus walked towards Link and sat down. He tried to get a good look at his face. Link’s eyes were a little red. For some reason, he had been crying. Samus bit his lip.

“Something happened, right?” he asked.

Link nodded.

“What?”

“A friend of mine…..died yesterday.”

Samus’s jaw dropped, “Oh boy, what happened this time?”

Link tried to moisten his lips again before he continued speaking, “Roy told me that he and Marth were in a fight. He threw Marth out the window and he was covered in blood. I saw that Roy was also injured, but not as badly. He just had a scratched arm.”

“What caused the fight?”

“I don’t know. Both of them didn’t tell me. Marth just said that he crashed through the window and that’s how he got hurt.”

Samus was about to say something, but Link spoke again.

“But…..that’s not what caused his death.” he said.

“What did?” Samus asked.

“Well…I thought that the pill that Mario gave to Marth killed him…but Roy was the one that really murdered him.” Link said.

Now Samus was speechless.

“Well, how is Roy taking it?” Sheik asked.

Link was silent for a moment. Then he spoke up.

"He's taking it harder than I thought." he said, "And he's so upset, he won't come out of the cabin for anything. He doesn't want to talk to anyone or have anyone around, either. He's been crying so much, he looks terrible and can barley speak.”

"Oh man." Samus said, "He's that upset, huh?"

Link nodded.

"I have to go talk to him."

"I doubt he'd want anyone around."

"I don't care!"

Samus got up and seft the cabin.

“Hmm.” Sheik said, “I have to go as well.”

Sheik walked out of the cabin. Link sighed.
Sheik walked in a snowy forest. For some reason, he wanted some time alone. He rested his back against a tree and closed his eyes for awhile.

Then he sensed something. He raised his head and looked around. There was nothing there. He felt as though he was being stalked, but by who?

A chill ran down Sheik’s spine. He heard a branch snap, and he quickly turned around, but didn’t see anything. Then, something had jumped on his back. Sheik let out a scream and tried to thrash the figure off. The thing jumped off of Sheik’s back and ran up a tree. Sheik got a closer look at it. It was only a squirrel.

Now embarrassed, Sheik leaned his back against a tree and sat down. The cold breeze blew on him. He leaned his head on the tree as well. Then he closed his eyes. Of course, the snow was making colder than he already is. But he didn’t care. Sheik opened his eyes and looked around. Then he saw a shadow.

Sheik got up and walked slowly towards it. The shadow reached out a hand and grabbed Sheik by the neck. Sheik punched the person in the face. The person, who turned out to be Ganondorf, fell to the ground. Ganondorf got up, but Sheik grabbed him by the neck.

“WHAT DO YOU WANT NOW?!” he shouted.

Ganondorf escaped Sheik’s grip and backed into a tree.

“So…..you’re still alive, huh?” he asked.

“I’m not that easy to beat!” Sheik said, crossing his arms.

“Neither am I!”

Ganondorf tried to grab Sheik, but he dodged Ganondorf. Ganondorf kicked him in the back, and Sheik fell to the ground. Sheik got up.

“Why are you attacking me?” he asked.

“I’m not leaving until your dead!” Ganondorf said.

“Yeah, but why?”

Ganondorf clinched his fists, “I despise you, and all the others. I almost got the Triforce, but a little pipsqueak got in my way. Now it’s gone.”

“Who?” Sheik asked, raising his left eyebrow.

“That small kid! He had a cap and a striped shirt!”

Sheik smiled, “Ness.” he said softly.

Ganondorf was silent for a moment. “Then Samus wanted to help Bowser and me.”

“What for?”

“I don’t know.”

Ganondorf lowered his head, “I said that I’m not leaving until you, Link, Young Link, and Zelda are gone and out of my way! You’re first!”

Ganondorf charged at Sheik, but he vanished. Ganondorf stopped and looked around. Sheik appeared behind Ganondorf and kicked him in the back. Ganondorf crashed to the ground.

Sheik stared down at Ganondorf, but then he recovered and grabbed Sheik by the shoulder. He punched him in the face and then the stomach. Then he lifted Sheik off the ground and threw him against the tree.

Sheik was stunned, but otherwise fine. He jumped on a tree branch, but the branch was too thin. It broke and Sheik fell to the ground. He was stunned for awhile. Ganondorf kicked him on the side, and Sheik screamed. Then he grabbed him and threw him.

Sheik hit the ground. He struggled to get up. Then Ganondorf ran and punched him in the jaw. After that, he grabbed Sheik’s face, and ripped his collar off. Sheik’s mouth was now bleeding. Ganondorf smirked.

“I’d never thought I’d say this, but you put up a good fight.” he said. “But I’m not going easy on you! Now, it gets serious.”

“If you want the Triforce, why are you attacking ME?!” Sheik asked.

Ganondorf chuckled, “Because I don’t want you interfering again! Once I dispose you, Link, Young Link, and Zelda, I’ll head back to the temple to get the Triforce once again!”

“What if someone will get in your way?"

“Ha!” Ganondorf said, “No one will not be able to defeat me!”

“But Ness sure did.” Sheik said, smiling.

Ganondorf was now angry for what Sheik had said to him. He charged and punched him in the face. Sheik fell to the ground. Then Ganondorf stomped on Sheik’s hand. He screamed.

“He only beat me because I let my guard down.” he said.

He kneeled down to Sheik with an evil smile.

“But I’m not letting my guard down for you. You’re a tough opponent, I like that. But that doesn’t mean that I’m going to let you go, oh no.” Ganondorf continued, “Your not going to make this out alive, Sheik. I mean it this time. You’re going to die like the rest of the Sheikh that came across me.”

“Wha…..?” Sheik said as his eyes widened.

“I wiped out the ones that tried to fight me years ago. They perished because they were foolish that they thought that they can defeat me.”

Sheik got up.

“How many of them did you destroy?” he asked.

“Where should I start?” Ganondorf said, giving an evil smile.

Sheik was getting angry. He tightened his fists and clinched his teeth.

“Aw, what’s wrong?” Ganondorf teased, “Don’t worry, you will be joining them!”

Ganondorf charged at Sheik, but Sheik dodged once again. Ganondorf turned around and kicked him. Sheik lost his balance and fell off a cliff. Ganondorf ran and grabbed Sheik’s hand.

“You saved me?” Sheik asked.

“I’m not finished with you yet! If you’re going to die, I shall be the one to kill you!”

Ganondorf pulled Sheik up and threw him against a tree. He slammed into it, but got up.

Ganondorf drew his sword and slashed Sheik with it. Sheik took the hit and fell to the ground. Ganondorf then stomped on his wrist. Sheik screamed.

“I’m going to get rid of you like I did the Princess!” Ganondorf said. He grabbed Sheik by the back of the neck.

“For your information, Zelda is….” Then he stopped. If Ganondorf found out that Zelda is still alive, then he would try to find her and kill her. Sheik didn’t want that to happen.

“Is what?” Ganondorf asked angrily.

Sheik didn’t say anything. Ganondorf threw him to the ground.

“You’re really starting to annoy me!”

Ganondorf kicked Sheik once again. He screamed. Ganondorf smiled evilly. Sheik got up; his face was full of sweat. But then he saw that Ganondorf didn’t break a sweat. Sheik wiped the sweat off of his face.

Ganondorf charged his warlock punch and hit Sheik. Sheik was slammed against the tree once more. Then Ganondorf grabbed him, punched him in the face, and threw him down.

Sheik was now too weak to defend himself, which gave Ganondorf the upper hand. He grabbed Sheik once more and slammed him against a tree, this time, a lot harder. Sheik could feel the bones in his back crack. Blood sprayed from his mouth. Ganondorf grabbed him and slammed him against the tree for the final time. Sheik closed his eyes slowly. When he let go, Sheik slid down from the tree and into the ground. Blood was on his back, which had been scraped on the thick tree.

Ganondorf grinned. He moved Sheik’s limp body with his foot to see if he was still alive.

Sheik didn’t move.

Ganondorf laughed. “You should’ve known better than to mess with me.”

Ganondorf kicked Sheik for the final time. While he didn’t respond, Ganondorf smiled and left.

******

Sheik had stayed in the same position for who knows how long. He gasped and opened his eyes. He was very thankful that he was still alive, even in this kind of weather. Sheik got up slowly.

He looked down. The snow around him was covered in blood. And so was his chest. He was in a lot of pain as well. He panted heavily. He didn’t know if he was dying or not. Blood was dripping from his body. He walked slowly and tried to find his way to the cabin.

Inside the cabin, Zelda was still reading. Then she set the book down and got up. She was about to head outside, but someone had already knocked on the door.

Zelda answered it, and she gasped. Sheik’s clothing was ripped up and he was bleeding all over. The blood dripped on the floor. And his hair was a mess.

“What happened?” she asked frantically, “Are you ok?”

Sheik found the urge to speak, “I’m ok……I’m ok.”

Sheik groaned and fell over, but Zelda caught him. Then his body fell limp. Zelda pulled Sheik in and laid him down on the bed. It turns out that Sheik went out cold due to the pain in his body. Zelda grabbed a rag and wet it down in the faucet. Then she cleaned Sheik’s face up.

“How did this happen?” she asked softly.

Sheik didn’t answer. Zelda sighed. She knew deep in her heart that Sheik was going to be all right. She let out a small smile. She grabbed a wet rag and cleaned him up a little. Then she noticed a large scratch on his chest. She decided to clean that up as well.

After she was done, she washed the bloody rag out and then sat down in a wooden chair. She grabbed the same book that she had been reading. She read, while keeping an eye on Sheik as well.

Sheik stirred and opened his eyes. He looked around. His vision was a bit blurry for some reason. He tried to sit up, but his body ached so badly that he had to lie back down. He was still covered in cuts and bruises. A black circle was shown on his left eye.

Zelda put the book down and saw that Sheik was awake. She closed the book and walked over to him.

“Are you ok?” she asked.

It took awhile for Sheik to answer, “Yeah…..I think so.”

Sheik tried to sit up again, but this time he tried to do it a bit slower. He groaned a bit as he did, but managed to sit up anyway.

“Would you mind telling me what happened?” Zelda asked.

“Ganondorf wanted revenge, so he chose to fight me.” he said, “Unfortunately, he almost won.”

“Almost?”

“He wanted to kill me, and I was so weak that I couldn’t defend myself.”

“How come he wanted to kill you?”

“For interfering with him and the Triforce.” he said, “I didn’t tell him about you, though.”

“Why not?” Zelda asked.

“Because……I didn’t want to put you in anymore danger.” Sheik said.

Zelda smiled, “Thanks, I guess.”

Sheik sighed softly, and then let out a small smile. Zelda leaned over and kissed him on the cheek.

“I want to get outside.” Zelda said.

“Then I’m coming with you.” Sheik said.

"Why?"

“I just want to walk with you.”

Zelda couldn’t help but blush, “Ok then.”

Sheik raised an eyebrow. Why was she blushing? She had walked with Sheik before, so why was this different?

“Are you ok?” he asked.

“Yeah, I’m fine.” Zelda said.

The two walked out of their cabin and into the cold. Zelda shivered the moment she felt the cold air blow against her body. Sheik ran inside and grabbed a small blanket and put it over Zelda’s shoulders. Zelda looked at Sheik and smiled.

The two walked outside, and a few moments later, they were in the woods. The thick trees surrounded every area. Zelda looked around. She could see her breath in the cold. Sheik walked ahead of Zelda. The cold air blew, and Zelda shivered. But Sheik didn’t flinch. His clothing was as thin as Zelda’s, but why wasn’t he cold like her? It was his tan skin that kept him from being as cold. For once, Sheik was glad that he wasn’t as light as Zelda was, but he was still a bit worried about her, as well as himself.

Zelda looked around the area, and then she heard something.

“What was that?” she asked.

Sheik turned to her, “What was what?”

“I heard something.”

“Well, I didn’t.”

Zelda sighed, “I must be hearing things.”

Sheik turned back around and started walking again. Suddenly, they heard an evil laugh. Sheik and Zelda kept up their guard. Sheik put his collar on, but he didn’t have his hat. They looked around. Ganondorf walked out from behind a tree, and Bowser did the same.

“So….we meet again.” Ganondorf said.

Ganondorf was about to say something else, but when he saw Zelda, he gasped softly.

"How are you still alive?" he asked.

“Back off!” Sheik said, going into a fighting stance, “We don’t want to fight.”

“Don’t want to fight, huh?” Bowser said, “Looks like you have no choice.”

“Once we get rid of you two, then we’re going to get rid of the other two!” Ganondorf said.

“Why do you hate us so much?” Sheik asked.

“Because you guys always got in my way no matter what I do!” he said, “And you’re getting what you deserve!”

Bowser and Ganondorf began circling Sheik and Zelda. Sheik was getting ticked off, while Zelda was trying to remain calm.

Ganondorf and Bowser stopped circling and just stood there.

“Well, let’s begin, shall we?” Ganondorf asked.

Bowser nodded. Before they got a chance to attack, Sheik jumped on Ganondorf’s back. Ganondorf thrashed around and threw Sheik off. Then, Ganondorf got his sword and tried to slam it on Sheik, but he rolled out of the way and got up.

Bowser grabbed Zelda from behind and slammed her onto the ground. She quickly got up and used Din’s Fire on Bowser. He roared in pain as he got burned. The fire appeared to have burned his eyes, so he couldn’t see very well either.

Ganondorf tried to slam his sword on Sheik, but he did a flip and kicked it out of Ganondorf’s hands. It fell a few feet behind Sheik. Ganondorf tried to get the sword, but Sheik wouldn’t allow it. So Ganondorf tripped Sheik with his foot and got his sword back.

Sheik got up and charged at Ganondorf, but he punched Sheik, and he fell the ground. Then, Ganondorf grabbed him once more and threw him. Sheik hit his head on a rock and everything shut down. He had been knocked unconscious.

Bowser grabbed Zelda by the arm. Just when Zelda was about to attack, she saw the state that Sheik was in. She gasped.

“Sheik!” she yelled.

Ganondorf let out an evil laugh, “I’d let you go, but you would end up getting in my way again!”

Zelda struggled to get out of Bowser’s grasp, but he only held her tighter. Ganondorf turned to Bowser.

“Bowser!” he said.

“Yes?”

“We’re not leaving until we make sure that both are dead, got that?”

“Yes sir!”

Zelda gasped. A few years ago after they had joined Super Smash Brothers Melee, they had no interest in killing them. Now they seemed serious, deadly serious.

Zelda backed away, and then gasped. She looked over her shoulder, and realized that they were on top of a large cliff.

Then, Ganondorf snapped. He pushed Zelda near the cliff. Zelda almost fell off, but regained her balance.

Sheik woke up. Ge stood up, ran, and kicked Ganondorf in the back, making him fall to the ground. Ganondorf got up.

“Bowser and I are NOT that easy to beat!” he said.

Bowser let out an ear shattering roar, which caused Zelda and Sheik to fall to their knees and cover their ears. And believe it or not, Ganondorf was covering his ears as well. Bowser rushed towards Sheik and slashed him in the chest, which caused his wound to re-open. Blood started dripping from his chest and onto the snow, staining it and his cloths.

Ganondorf grabbed Zelda and threw her. She slid across the snow and almost fell off the cliff. Luckily, she stopped before she fell off. She got up, but Ganondorf kicked her, then she fell off. But she grabbed a rock and held on tight.

“Say good-bye!” Ganondorf said, getting ready to stomp on Zelda’s hand.

“Stop!” Sheik yelled. He ran and got on Ganondorf’s back. Ganondorf thrashed around, trying to get Sheik off.

Zelda got on the cliff and sighed. Bowser charged at Zelda.

"Get away!" she screamed.

Zelda held out her hand, which caused a blast of psychic energy to blow on Bowser. He was thrown back and slammed on Sheik and Ganondorf.

Zelda had no idea how she caused the attack. This had never happened to her before. But she had decided to worry about that later.

“Get…..OFF!” Ganondorf yelled.

Sheik was underneath Ganondorf, gasping for air. Zelda grabbed Bowser with her magic and threw him. Ganondorf got up and so did Sheik.

“Thanks.” Sheik panted.

“No problem.” Zelda replied.

“How are we suppose to beat them?”

Zelda looked around, and then she got an idea. She took a deep breath and sighed.

“I know how.” she said softly.

Zelda walked towards a cliff. Sheik’s eyes widened, but before he was going to say anything, Zelda called out.

“Bowser….Ganondorf!”

They turned around and saw Zelda, and grinned evilly. They walked towards her.

Sheik walked towards her too, but Zelda created a spell, which lifted Sheik off the ground and farther away from them. He landed on the ground.

“Zelda!” he shouted.

Zelda created a Dins Fire and aimed it on the ground behind Bowser and Ganondorf.

"Zelda, wait!!!" Sheik cried, "You have to be on the opposite side of the cliff in order for it to work!!!"

But it was too late. Zelda detonated the Dins Fire, which caused the cliff to separate. Bowser and Ganondorf saw it going down and tried to get back on the cliff, but it was too late. Sheik ran and tired to save Zelda, but the ice has now fallen, taking the three with it.

“Zeldaaaa!!!” Sheik screamed.

The cliff, including Zelda, Ganondorf, and Bowser, disappeared in the fog below. The cliff was even higher than the one Young Link had fallen off of.

Sheik wanted to go down there with them, but couldn’t. For some reason, he was too frightened. He remembered the time that they had fought like this, and he thought that he had lost Zelda. But this time, he had lost her for good. No one could survive a fall like that, including if the fall had tons of ice crushing them when they hit the ground.

Link ran towards the sorce of the sound. He climbed a mountain and then saw someone standing. When he took a closer look, it turned out to be Sheik.

“Sheik?” he said.

Sheik didn’t respond. Link ran towards him.

“I heard an explosion!” he said, “Are you ok?”

Sheik clinched his fists tightly and shut his eyes tightly, “I’m ok.”

“What happened?” Link asked, “And…..wasn’t Zelda with you?”

“Link….” Sheik said, “Ganondorf and Bowser attacked us again. We…..we tried to stop them…….Zelda used an attack to….to….”

“To what?” Link asked, now he was getting scared.

“She used Dins Fire….to separate the cliff between us…..taking the three with it.”

Link gasped. It was true. Zelda had sacrificed herself to defeat Ganondorf and Bowser.

Sheik fell to his knees. The collar that was hiding half of his face became loose and fell down, showing his entire face. He still had his eyes shut tightly and his teeth clinched together.

“Why on earth did they attack you guys in the first place?” Link asked.

“I...don’t know.” Sheik sobbed.

Sheik’s body started to shake violently. Tears streamed down his face. He finally broke down and cried for awhile. After a few minutes, Sheik let out a blood curdling scream.

“NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!”

[ganondorf2]

She might live, just like Y. Link before. Continue, if you can.

[The Melee Master]

Chapter 22

Ness was lying on a bed. He was bored to death, and so were the others. Ness was throwing a tennis ball up in the air and catching it repeatedly. Young Link was sitting on the bed.

“So….where were you all this time?” Ness asked him.

Young Link turned to Ness, “Um…..I was playing with Popo and Nana.

“What were you guys playing?”

“We were having a snowball fight.”

“Who won?”

“The Ice Climbers.”

Ness laughed, “What did you expect? They’re masters at that game!”

“I know.” Young Link said, “But they only won because I was pushed off a cliff accidentally.”

Ness sat up, “I heard it was quite a drop, and the weather is harsh! How did you survive?”

Young Link shrugged, “I don’t know. I got lucky, I guess. He rubbed the back of his neck, “Um…..do you know if Link is still all right?”

“I think so.” Ness answered, “The weather is calm, so I’m pretty sure.”

Young Link sighed, “I hope you’re right.”

*****

Roy was sitting on the bed. His eyes were still red. He couldn’t talk very well because he had lost his voice from crying so long, and his throat was still hurting. He didn’t feel like talking anyway, so it didn’t bother him at all.

He heard a knock, but didn’t bother answering the door. Someone opened it and peeked in.

“Can I come in?” a voice asked.

Roy nodded. Samus walked in and sat down on the bed with Roy.

“I heard what happened to your friend.” he said, “I’m sorry.”

Roy didn’t want to cry in front of Samus, so he tried to hold back.

Samus sighed, “If you don’t want to talk to me, then that’s fine. I...just wanted to know if you wanted some company, that's all.”

Roy turned to Samus, as if he was trying to say something. But he still couldn’t speak. Then he turned away.

“Could you tell me what happened?” Samus asked. He already knew, but he felt like that Link wasn’t giving him enough detail.

Roy still couldn’t answer.

“….Can you talk to me?”

Roy shook his head.

“Why not?” Samus asked.

Roy didn’t know how to explain it without talking. Now, he wanted to talk, but was still unable to.

“Are you ok?” Samus asked.

Roy nodded.

“Can you at least say something so I can know for sure?”

Roy tried to speak again, but was still unable to. He tried again, and instead, he let out a high pitched sound. Now, Samus knew something was wrong.

“You lost your voice...didn't you?” he asked.

Roy nodded.

“I understand.”

Samus removed his helmet. His face was sweaty and his light brown hair was standing on end.

“Sorry about that.” he said.

He used his hand to try and flatten his hair. Then he sat his helmet down beside him.

“I know your upset, but……..” Samus paused for a moment before he decided to speak again, “I’m sure he’s still alive. It happened to the others, so it might turn out the same for him.”

Roy found the urge to speak, “You don’t understand.” he said, closing his eyes tightly because of his sore throat.

Now, Samus was surprised that he had spoken, “What don’t I understand?”

“The reason that the others survived…..is because they weren’t dead in the first place.” Roy said, “They just got hurt...and lucky.”

“But nobody said that it won’t turn out the same for your friend.” Samus said, smiling.

“No! What I mean is…..” then he sighed, “The others survived because they just got hurt. I know that Marth is no longer alive because I witnessed it myself."

Samus sighed, “I wish I could do something to help.”

Roy didn’t answer.

“You have to forget about it, though!” Samus said, “You can’t let one death ruin your life.”

Roy shook his head, “It’s not that easy. If you hurt someone you really care about, would you be like this?”

Samus sighed, “…….Yeah…I guess.”

“I…..I still can’t forget about it.” he said. He felt tears fill his eyes again, but he held then back by shutting his eyes tightly, “The though of me…..destroying my best friend…..its…its far too painful.”

“I know what you mean.” Samus said.

Then he remembered.

“Dr. Mario still has Marth’s body, I think.” he said, “The least you can do is see him one last time.”

“No…..no.” Roy said, shaking his head, “I can’t do that.”

Samus sighed, “Suit yourself.”

Samus got up and left. Roy just sat silently, and then he sighed.

******

Mario had his cabin far away from the others. He was outside, trying to find his way back to his cabin. Because of all the excitement going on, he had forgotten about Marth. He was supposed to get Roy and Link to come and see him one last time before he decided to bury Marth’s body.

Mario opened the door to his cabin; he looked on the bed, and saw that Marth wasn’t there. Mario was shocked and confused at the same time.

*******

It was official. Marth was alive, but didn’t bother sticking around to prove it. How did he survive? It turns out that Marth had fallen unconscious due to the pain he had in his body. The pill sufferings were just a nasty side effect, but it didn't harm him. And he didn't lose that much blood to begin with. Marth was very thankful that he was still alive. He tried to find his way to his own cabin, but he was still pretty injured. Luckily, Dr. Mario had a couple of crutches in his cabin, so Marth stole those to support his leg for awhile.

The weather was begining to get worse. The wind blew hard, which caused the snow to blow around with it. But Marth was determined to get back to his cabin. He tripped and fell, and to his surprise, his leg didn’t hurt at all. He guessed that it has finally healed. Marth tried to find someway to break the cast open. He looked around for something hard or sharp. He took out his sword and tried to break it, but it didn’t work.

Marth groaned. He continued hitting the cast with his sword. The cast chipped, but it still didn’t break. He continued trying to get the cast off. Then his sword went through. He tried to pull his sword up, and the cast cracked big time. He put down his sword and tried to separate the two pieces by pushing them apart from each other. After a few tries, he gave up. Marth sighed.

“Why did Mario make this cast so darn hard?” he growled.

The cold wind blew, making him shiver. The snow blew in Marth’s face; it felt like hot needles sticking in him. Marth decided to try and walk with the cast on. And, of course, it slowed him down. If he kept going like this, he would surly freeze, but the cast was as thick as a tree.

Marth gave up. He fell to the ground and laid there for awhile.

“What? Giving up already?” a voice said.

Marth looked up. Mewtwo was standing in front of him with his arms crossed.

“You are one, pitiful excuse for a swordsman!” he said.

Mewtwo held out his paw, grabbed Marth’s hand and helped him up.

“Thanks.” Marth said, dusting himself off, “But….why are you- - -”

“Why I'm helping you is none of your buisness.” Mewtwo said, turning away.

“What?”

Mewtwo didn't answer after that.

Marth rubbed the back of his neck, “Um……I’ll leave, but could you do me a favor?”

“I don’t do favors for humans.” Mewtwo said, crossing his arms and turning away.

“Please?” Marth asked, “I need to get this cast off my leg!”

Mewtwo sighed. He turned his head around and looked at Marth’s broken leg. His eyes turned yellow, X-Raying his leg. He saw that his boot was still on, and it was blocking Mewtwo’s vision.

“I can’t see if it’s healed or not.” he said, “Your stupid boot is blocking my X-Ray!”

“I can’t see why Dr. Mario can just take my boot off, and then put the cast on.” Marth said.

“You know how he is.” Mewtwo said, shaking his head.

Marth gave a frustrated sigh. He continued walking, or tried to anyway, but Mewtwo had a better idea.

“I’m feeling rather...nice right now.” he said, “I guess I can help you, for now.”

“Sure.”

Mewtwo floated off the ground. His eyes lit blue, and Marth’s body started to glow. He was lifted off the ground. Then they both sped off into the sky.

****

Link had no idea on what to do. He felt just as bad as Sheik did, but Sheik felt even worse. He was still on his hands and knees, crying, but softly this time. His eyes were now bloodshot and watery and his face was red. Link stared out in the open. He could see mountains peeking out in the fog. A tear rolled down his cheek, but he quickly wiped it away. Link sighed sadly. He kneeled down and placed his hand on Sheik’s back.

“C’mon.” he said, “We can’t stay here.”

Sheik didn’t answer.

“Sheik?” Link said, “……..Sheik?”

Sheik looked at Link, his vision were blurry from the tears in his eyes.

“We have to go.” Link said, “The weather is probably going to get worse.”

The snow fell harder. As the wind blew, it made the snow scatter and fly in the air. Sheik lowered his head.

“Ok.” he said in a choked voice.

Link got up, grabbed Sheik’s hand, and helped him up. Sheik dried his face with his arm. Link looked into Sheik’s eyes. Sheik found out that Link was staring at him. He turned to Link and then grew annoyed.

“What?” he asked.

Link shook his head, “N….nothing.”

Sheik sighed and walked off. But Link stayed behind.

“He has a stronger bond with Zelda than I do with Kiro.” he though.

Link turned to the cliff. He took off his hat and stared at the edge for awhile.

“Well….four people are now gone.” he thought, “I can’t stand to see another person die.”

Link lowered his head and sighed sadly.

"Goodbye, Zelda."

Sheik turned around and saw Link.

“Hey!" he shouted, "Are you coming?” he shouted.

Link turned to Sheik and ran off with him.

****

Below the cliff, Zelda was laying there. She opened her eyes slowly and got up. She was lucky that she was alive, and didn’t break anything. But she also wondered how she survived in the first place, especially if the drop was higher than she expected. Then she realized.

The soft snow had absorbed her fall, thus saving her life.

She looked at Ganondorf and Bowser, who were still motionless. She figured that they were still alive as well. She survived because of the snow, so it might be possible that the snow had saved them, too.

“After what they did to me and Sheik, they can take care of themselves.” she thought, “Besides; the snow won’t bother them, they're hot blooded.”

And she meant that in a serious way and a mocking way at the same time: Their blood is warmer than the others, despite Bowser being a reptile, and they are also short tempered.

Zelda sighed. She looked up at the cliff. A chill ran down her spine. There was no way that she would be able to climb that. But the rocks were jagged out, so it was worth a shot. But there was one problem: Zelda is NOT a good rock climber.

She had to find another way to the top. She looked around, hoping to find some hills or something. Then she found a hill on the left side of the tall cliff. Zelda walked towards it and started climbing. It was hard because she was weak. She almost slipped, but gained her balance. Then, when she took a step, she slipped. She held on tightly to a rock. Zelda tried to get on the ledge.

After a few failed attempts, she managed to get on the rock. Then she climbed on the cliff. She was exhausted. Zelda scrambled farther away from the edge and sighed. Then she tried to get up. She couldn’t stay for very long. She tried walking, but she collapsed.

Zelda tried to get up, but she was too weak. Her whole body started aching. And she felt sick to her stomach. But she couldn’t stay, except there was one problem: she can’t get up. It felt as though her body is loose, like she has no control over it anymore. Zelda felt like that she was dying.

“Please…..someone help me.” she whispered.

Zelda felt her eyes getting heavy and her breathing getting shallow. She didn’t know if she was dying because of the cold, or that she was just tired amd needed a rest. But her body is feeling very weak.

Zelda slowly closed her eyes. Then everything went blank.

[ganondorf2]

I thought Marth would be alive. I hope Zelda snaps out of it. Continue.

[The Melee Master]

Chapter 23

The night sky was lit by a full moon. There were no stars what so-ever. A few, dark clouds were in the night sky. Mewtwo and Marth had gotten far, but they needed a rest. They decided to stop near a large rock jagging out from the ground. Marth placed his back up against it and sighed.

Mewtwo chuckled, “Look at you.” he said, “You don’t know when to give up, do you?”

Marth turned to Mewtwo, “What do you mean?”

“Do you want to continue, or not?”

“I just need some rest.”

The cold wind started blowing.

“I can sense a blizzard approaching.” Mewtwo said, “We’d better get out of here before it starts.”

“You’re just making that up, aren’t ya?” Marth asked with an attitude.

“I don't lie.”

“You’re lying!”

“No I’m not!”

“YES YOU ARE!”

Mewtwo lifted Marth off the ground and slammed him against the rock. He screamed.

“You’d better listen to me, or that leg of yours is going to come right off!” Mewtwo yelled, now he seemed serious, DEADLY serious.

Marth groaned. He rolled on his back and panted. Mewtwo shook his head.

“You are the most pathetic person I have ever met.” he said, "I thought some of the others were like this, but who would've expected pity to be in you?"

“Oh, shut up!” Marth said.

“Look kid, you have two choices: You can either stay out here and die, or you can come with me to get better!” Mewtwo said.

“I…..I….” Marth groaned, “I….will come with you.”

“Good!” Mewtwo said.

He grabbed Marth’s hand and helped him up.

“But if you defy me again……I’ll kill you, no questions asked.” Mewtwo said. Then he turned around and left.

Marth hung his head, “What difference does that make? My friends already think I’m dead.” he thought, “I wonder how they’re doing without me.”

Marth tried to run off to catch up with Mewtwo, but was slowed down by his leg.

“Graa!” he screamed, “That’s it!”

Marth slammed his leg on the ground, which caused the cast to crack big time. He grabbed both sides of it and it finally came off. Marth sighed.

“Yes!” he said.

Now that he had nothing to slow him down, Marth ran off to catch up with Mewtwo.

******
After he caught up with him, Mewtwo looked over his shoulder and saw that Marth didn’t have his cast on.

“Your leg is healed?” he asked.

“Yeah.” Marth replied, “I had a hard time getting the cast off, though.”

They heard a wolf howl. Marth tensed up, remembering that he had a bad experience with a wolf two years ago. He still had the scar on his stomach from the black wolf attack back then. He hated wolves ever since, but he didn’t want to think about that now.

Marth felt that someone was watching him and Mewtwo. He kept his guard up and looked around, but didn’t see anything but a land of snow. He was starting to get cold. Marth wrapped his arms around his body, trying to keep warm, but it didn’t seem to help much. Instead, he used his blue cape and wrapped it around his body. But Mewtwo didn’t seem to have any problems with the weather.

Mewtwo looked over his shoulder and saw Marth. He closed his eyes and sighed, not bothering to say a thing. He turned around and continued walking. Marth spoke up.

“Hey!” he shouted, “How come you’re not as cold as I am?”

Mewtwo stopped and didn’t bother looking at Marth.

“Because, I don’t get cold.” Then he continued walking.

The wind started blowing once more, but harder. The snow started falling harder as well, and it was getting colder. Marth felt dizzy for some odd reason. He didn’t know if the pill's side-affect was still working or if it was because of the numbing cold.

“Mewtwo?”

“What?”

“I need to stop.”

“No!” Mewtwo protested, “We’re not stopping for anything!”

“But Mewtwo- - -”

“But nothing! We can't make any stops. If we do, you'll freeze to death!”

Marth decided to shut up. Now, he couldn’t feel a thing. The cold air has made his entire body numb. His hair still had snow on it, and now his eye lashes and eyebrows do, too. His face was white from the cold, and his lips were almost blue. He felt his heart and lungs growing tight. Marth fell to his knees and tried to breath. He had to find shelter, and fast.

Mewtwo looked down at Marth.

“Come to think of it, this guy won’t make it for another hour.” he thought to himself. "It looks like we might need to hurry."

Mewtwo had snow sticking to his short fur, but he didn’t care about that. He thought for a moment, and then he got an idea.

“Get on my back.” he said outloud.

Marth looked up at Mewtwo, “What?” he panted.

“Did I stutter?” Mewtwo asked, “I said get on!”

Marth tried to find the strength to get up, but his legs felt loose and it felt like his whole body was putting pressure on his legs. He collapsed.

Mewtwo rolled his eyes and sighed. He walked over to Marth, grabbed him, and hosted him onto Mewtwo’s back.

“Don’t you even think about dying before we get to the cabin!” Mewtwo said, “Understand?”

Marth couldn’t speak very well, but he tried as hard as he could.

“………Sure…..” he whispered.

Mewtwo turned around and blasted off into the sky like a jet.
About twenty minutes later, Marth spotted something on the ground.

“M….Mewtwo?” he said.

“What?” he asked.

“Look down……there.” he said, "I think I...see something."

"It's just a bunch of rocks!"

"No...look...harder."

Mewtwo’s eyes started to glow bright blue. He scanned the ground for a life form, and then he caught something.

“You're right." he said, "There is something: Its a human! And it appears that she isn’t moving!” he said.

“Who…..who is it?”

Mewtwo zoomed down to the ground. Marth couldn’t get off of Mewtwo because he was still very weak. Mewtwo floated towards the figure. It was covered in snow, so Mewtwo didn’t know if it was a rock, or a body. He kneeled down and brushed the snow off, and then he saw who it was.

It turned out to be Zelda, who was still motionless. Her skin was pale and she didn’t appear to be breathing. Mewtwo picked her up and placed the back of his paw near her mouth. He was right; Zelda wasn’t breathing.

When Marth saw her, his heart sank, deep.

“Th…..Think you can…..help her?”

“No!” Mewtwo said, “One person is bad enough!”

“Please….?”

Mewtwo sighed. He didn't want to argue, so he agreed.

"If you wish."

Mewtwo’s eyes started to glow blue, and the blue aurora surrounded Zelda. Zelda was lifted off of the ground, and then the three flew off.

****

About thirty minutes later, they reached the back of a cabin. Mewtwo landed and got Marth off of his back. Marth fell to the ground and on his back and groaned a bit.

“Can you hold out for awhile longer?” Mewtwo asked.

“Sure……why not?” Marth said, closing his eyes.

Mewtwo walked towards a cabin and busted through the door. He laid Zelda down on the bed and lit the chimney fire to warm her.

Sheik and Link walked in and saw them. Link was nearly speechless, while Sheik was a bit scared.

Mewtwo turned towards them.

“Guys?” he said, “I think we have a situation here!”

“How are you….”

But before Link could say anything, Sheik ran and grabbed Mewtwo. He slammed the Pokemon against the cabin wall and threw him down.

“WHAT DID YOU DO TO HER?!” he shouted.

Mewtwo lifted Sheik off the ground and threw him against the wall with his mind.

“Let me explain before you decide to fight me!” he said, “Marth and I saw her like this, and we didn’t know if she was alive or not!”

“Marth?!” Link asked, surprised, "Marth is alive?"

“Yes!” he said, “But you’ll have to worry about him later! I don’t think Zelda is breathing!”

Sheik walked over to Zelda and grabbed her wrist. He couldn’t detect a pulse. Sheik leaned over and picked Zelda’s head up and opened her mouth. Mewtwo was right; Zelda really wasn’t breathing.

“Oh man!” Sheik said in a panic voice.

He began pumping Zelda’s chest, trying to get her to breathe. This kept going for about five minutes before Zelda let out a cough. She opened her eyes slowly and saw Sheik.

“Where am I?” she groaned.

“All right!” Link said, “She’s ok!”

Zelda smiled, “I guess I must’ve passed out.”

“Are you feeling all right?” Mewtwo asked.

Zelda turned to Mewtwo, who was standing in a corner with his arms crossed.

“Yeah…..”

“Well, I’d better go.” he said. Mewtwo opened the door and walked out.

Link turned to Zelda.

“I think you should rest for awhile.” Link said.

Zelda smiled, “Ok.”

"But...how did you survive?" Sheik asked Zelda.

"The snow saved me." she said.

Link smiled, "That would explain how my younger self survived his fall." he thought, "But then...how did he survive the cold?"

"But...what about Bowser and Ganondorf." Sheik asked, "Are they--"

"Yes, they are still alive as well." Zelda said, "I am sure of it."

Sheik sighed.

******

Mewtwo walked to the back of the cabin and picked Marth up again. He flew off to another cabin, and this time, Marth's cabin. Mewtwo landed a few feet in front of it and just dropped Marth to the ground.

“I’m not doing you anymore favors!” he said, “Understand?”

Marth nodded.

“And another thing, if you ever speak about this to anyone, I will hunt you down, and destroy you!”

Mewtwo turned around and sped off into the sky, a bright blue light trailed behind him. Marth sturggled to get up, and thankfully, he got to his feet. He walked slowly towards the cabin and looked in the window. Marth saw Roy sitting on the edge of the bed. Marth couldn’t speak very well, so he tapped on the glass window, but it was so soft that Roy couldn't hear it.

Marth tried to walk towards the door. He was still very weak. He shakily reached for the door knob and tried to open it, but his hands were so frozen, that it felt as though he could no longer control it.

Marth knocked on the door lightly. There was no answer.

He couldn’t wait any longer. He felt like he was dying, but after the experience he had with Roy, he tried not to think about it. He reached the knob and tried to open it again, but this time, the knob was slippery, so he couldn’t get a good grip on it.

Marth then kicked the door as hard as he could, which got Roy’s attention. He got off the bed and opened the door.

He was almost speechless because of what he saw.

Marth was covered lightly in snow. His cape was so frozen; it was stiff like a rock. The front of his hair still looked like tiny icicles hanging from his head. And his eye lashes did, too. His face was real pale. Roy was shocked and scared at the same time.

“How…..how did you……are you ok?” he asked.

Marth tried to answer, but he still couldn’t talk very well. He took a step inside, and then collapsed in Roy’s arms. Roy dragged Marth inside and shut the door. He placed him on one of the beds. Then Roy grabbed a chair and sat down.

“I’m ok.” Marth said in a dry voice.

“I thought you were---”

“I guess I got lucky.” Marth said, and then he smiled.

Roy let out a small smile. Then he remembered. He looked at his arm, and then un-wrapped it. The bandage was real bloody, and his arm was covered in dry blood. Despite all of that, his wound was healed.

Roy looked at Marth.

“I’m….uh….”

Marth smiled, “Don’t be.” he said, “I know how tensed up you get. I guess I forgot about that. And like I said, it was my fault, all of it was! You were right, the weather was too harsh and I got careless. But it calmed down after I got hurt.”

Roy thought that Marth was making it up so he wouldn't feel so bad. But now, Roy can tell from the look in Marth's eyes that he was telling the entire truth. He sighed softly and turned his head.

“What?” Marth asked.

Roy didn’t answer.

“What is it?”

Marth found the strength to sit up. He placed his hand on Roy’s shoulder.

“Link doesn’t know that you’re still alive, does he?” Roy said softly.

"Well...I heard Mewtwo say something about me when he stopped by the cabin he was in." Marth replied.

“I told him the truth about the fight.” he said, “I...I just couldn’t live with the guilt. I also told him that it was my fault.”

Marth was silent before he spoke up, "Well, I'll tell him the truth when I see him again.“”

"I was pretty upset after what happened."

Marth looked at Roy's eyes. They were still a bit red from earlier. Marth got the hint of what Roy was talking about. He had actually been crying for quite awhile. Marth decided to keep his mouth shut about that.

Marth smiled, “Let’s just forget the fight ever happened, what do you say?”

Roy smiled as well, “Ok.”

They both gave each other a high five. Roy looked at Marth again. He was warmed up. His face wasn’t pale anymore, and his hair was wet because the snow on it had melted. Roy turned his head and smiled.

[ganondorf2]

Heh, Ganondorf and Bowser are in trouble now. Continue, maybe they will learn their leason.

[The Melee Master]

Chapter 24

Fox was sitting on his bed. He didn’t know what to do anymore. He was about to lie down, until he heard a knock. Fox got up and opened the door.

“Hello.” Samus said, “Can I come in?”

“Sure.” Fox said, smiling.

Samus walked inside. He had his armor on, but not his helmet. The snow quickly melted on his armor and his hair became damp because the snow on it has melted.

“You can sit down if you want.” Fox said.

Samus sat down on the bed, and so did Fox.

“So……what have you been up to?” Samus asked.

“Nothing.” Fox said, shaking his head, “I’m just about to leave, though.”

“Where are you going?”

“To ride my snow mobile.”

“Why?”

“Why not?” Fox said with a smile.

Samus chuckled, “Mind if I come with you?”

Fox shrugged, “Sure, if you want.”

Samus grabbed his helmet and put it on. After they got ready, Fox walked towards a shed that they kept their snowmobiles in. When he opened the door, a loud creaking sound was heard. The inside was dark. Fox struck a match under his boot and it lit up the shed. There, in a corner, sat five snow mobiles.

Fox walked towards the snowmobiles. They looked like they haven’t been used in three months, but that wasn’t possible, because the race was held about four weeks ago. Fox looked at the mobiles for awhile, and then he got one and pushed it out. Samus walked in and pushed one out as well.

Fox hopped onto the mobile, and Samus got on his own.

“Are you ready?” Fox asked.

“Yes!” Samus said.

Fox started up his mobile, and so did Samus. After that, Fox sped off, and Samus did as well, but a few seconds too late. The snow on the ground flew around as they past by. Fox was ahead, and Samus was trying to catch up with him.

“I hope you remember that I beat you at that last race!” Samus said over a radio in his helmet.

“Oh, and your saying that you can beat me again?” Fox asked over his antenna.

“Yep!”

“I doubt it!”

Fox pressed a button, which sped up his mobile a little bit. Samus did the same thing. They raced each other for about ten minutes until Fox stopped his mobile. Samus caught up with him and also stopped.

“What’s wrong?” Samus taunted, “Had enough?”

“No!” Fox growled.

He looked around, and then he saw an oak tree that was almost far out of sight. Fox grinned evilly.

“First one to the tree, wins.” he said.

“What tree?” Samus asked, looking around.

But it was too late. Fox had already taken off. When Samus noticed that Fox was gone, he grew annoyed.

“You want to play rough?” he asked, “Then let’s play rough!”

Samus took off as well. He pressed the boost button to speed up his mobile. Snow flew on his helmet, but he tried to concentrate on the race. When the snow blocked his vision, he quickly wiped it off and got back to racing.

Fox was going so fast, that he didn’t even know it. He just tried to get to the tree, and he didn’t even notice how fast he was going. When he saw the tree ahead, he grinned. But he didn’t see the ledge right behind the tree.

Fox continued speeding up. Samus was trying to catch up with him, until he saw that the snow on the ground has ended.

“Fox!” he shouted in the radio in his helmet, “You need to stop!”

Fox laughed, “Why?” he asked over his antenna, “Afraid that I might beat you?”

“No you furball!” Samus shouted, “Look up ahead!”

Fox looked ahead, but didn’t see anything.

“What?” he asked, “Its just…..”

When he looked again, the ledge was now visible. Fox screamed. He tried to stop his snow mobile, but he hit a rock pointing out from the ground. It caused him to fall off and off of the ledge.

“FOOOX!” Samus shouted.

Samus then heard a crash. He parked his snow mobile in an open area and ran towards the cliff. When he looked down, he saw that Fox’s snow mobile was in bad shape. He looked around for Fox, but he was nowhere to be seen.

Samus started climbing down the cliff. When he got close to the ground, he jumped off. He continued looking around for Fox.

Then he saw that Fox was on his back, crushed under his mobile. Samus’s heart sank. He ran towards Fox and pushed the snow mobile off. Samus kneeled down to him and shook him. Fox didn’t respond.

Samus picked Fox up and held up his head.

“Fox?” he asked.

He didn’t get a response. Fox’s eyes were closed and his mouth was open. He had blood showing on his teeth and on the roof of his mouth. He also had a bit of blood on his chest. Samus shook Fox once more.

“Are you ok?” he asked, “Please answer me!”

Fox didn’t respond. Samus didn’t know if he was dead, or unconscious. He hosted Fox on his shoulders and got on his snowmobile.

Then he sped off.

******

After Samus reached a cabin, he pounded on the door loudly. Falco answered it.

“What in the world do you wa….”

Falco stopped when he saw his leader in bad shape.

“What happened?” he asked, “What did you do to him?”

“I didn’t do anything!” Samus said, “We were racing in our snow mobiles and he suddenly fell off!”

Falco opened the door a bit more. Samus rushed inside and laid Fox down on a bed.

“Do you think he’ll be all right?” Falco asked.

“I don’t know.” Samus replied.

Samus scanned Fox’s body. This went on for about three minutes until he gasped.

“Falco?” he asked.

“What is it?” Falco replied.

Samus took off his helmet.

“I’m not sensing any brain waves from Fox!” he said, “Either he’s unconscious, or he’s….”

“I don’t want to know!” Falco barked.

“Do you think Dr. Mario can help him?”

“Ha!” Falco said, “After what he has done last time? No way!”

“Yeah, but what if Fox is dying as we speak?” Samus asked.

Falco’s eyes widened.

“I’m out of here!” he said, running out the door.

Samus shook his head.

Falco continued running towards Mario’s cabin. When he got to it, he knocked on the door. Mario answered it.

“What?” he asked.

“You got to come with me!” Falco said, “Fox fell off his mobile and isn’t moving!”

Mario rushed in his cabin and got his doctor cloths on, and then he rushed out.

“Lead the way!” Dr. Mario said.

Falco ran towards the cabin, and Dr. Mario followed him. When they got to it, Falco busted the door open and both of them ran inside.

Dr. Mario ran towards Fox and checked him out. Then he turned to Samus.

“This-a-might take awhile.” he said.

Samus nodded, “I’ll leave then.”

Samus walked out the door. Falco did too, and shut the door behind him. He walked over to a tree and leaned his back up against it. He crossed his arms and closed his eyes.

Samus saw him and shook his head.

“Why are you so calm?” he asked.

Falco opened his eyes, “You should know by now that Fox is pretty strong.”

“So?” Samus asked, raising an eyebrow.

“So?” Falco said, “I believe he might make it.”

“We don’t know what is wrong with him just yet, Falco!”

“He….uhh…..might of got knocked out or something.” he said.

“I can’t believe you!” Samus said angrily.

“What?” Falco asked, “It happens!”

“You might never know that Fox might be dead!” Samus shouted.

Falco was almost speechless.

“Uhhh….”

Samus gave Falco a death glare, and then turned away.

“Um….sorry about that.” Falco said.

Samus turned his head towards Falco.

“I’m not heartless or anything, it’s just that…….if I think that Fox is dead or something…..then I feel guilty, like it was my fault.” Falco said, “So I try to think that he is all right, and it makes me feel better.”

“Yeah, but it doesn’t help Fox much, does it?” Samus asked with an attitude.
Falco kept his beak shut. Dr. Mario came out. Falco got his back off of the tree.

“Well doc?” he asked, “How is he?”

“He’s…..uh…..”

“He’s what?” Samus asked, his voice filled with panic.

“Fox is in a coma!” Dr. Mario said.

Falco almost choked when he heard that, “HE’S WHAT!”

“Tell me you’re joking!” Samus said.

Dr. Mario shook his head. Falco and Samus looked at each other and ran inside the cabin towards Fox.

“Fox?” Falco asked.

There was no answer.

“Fox, answer me!”

Falco grabbed Fox and shook him violently.

“ANSWER ME!”

“Falco stop!” Samus shouted.

Samus placed his hand on Falco’s shoulder. Falco hit Samus in the face with the back of his hand. Samus backed away. He was stunned, but silent. His face stung for awhile, but he was fine.

“Leave me alone!” Falco said angrily.

“But Falco…”

“I said, leave me alone!”

Samus scoffed, “Fine, but I’m staying here!”

Samus grabbed a chair, sat down, and remained quiet.

[ganondorf2]

Another victim of bad luck. Continue.

[The Melee Master]

Chapter 25

The snow had stopped falling, for the time being anyway. The snow on the ground was sparkling beautifully in the sunlight. Three days have passed since Marth was brought into another cabin. He wounds are now healed. He was in his cabin looking out the window. He didn’t feel like going outside for awhile. Marth was sitting in a chair with his right arm on a table.

Link decided to visit Marth for awhile. He knocked on the door and Marth got up to answer it.

“How are you feeling?” Link asked.

“I'm getting better.”

Link walked inside and Marth shut the door. Link sat down on the bed and looked around. The window had been fixed and the whole place had been cleaned up.

"Who did all the work here?" Link asked.

"I did." Marth answered.

"I see."

"Oh...and, Link?"

"Yeah?"

"Did Roy tell you about the fight we had?"

Link sighed, "Yes he did."

"Well, if he told you that it was his fault, don't believe that!"

"Why not?"

"Because it was really mine."

Link was silent.

"I should've agreed with Roy not to go outside." Marth said, "The weather was bad and I got too careless, he pulled me in the cabin, and I thought he was trying to pick a fight with me, so I attacked him back. I later found out that I was wrong, he was just trying to protect me." he continued, "Ugh, I feel embarrassed about that!"

Link laughed. Then he remembered.

“Has anyone told you of what happened to Fox?” he asked Marth.

Marth’s heart nearly leaped out of his throat when he heard that, “What?”

“Fox fell off of his mobile yesterday.” Link said, “Dr. Mario said that he was in a coma.”

“Oh no.” Marth said.

Link got up and was just about to leave, but Marth stopped him.

“Wait!”

Link stopped and turned around.

“All of the others made it, so…….that means that Fox will make it out alive too!” Marth said, trying to sound happy.

Link shook his head, “It’s not easy. You’ll never know what will happen. You won’t know if he is ok, or of he is dying as we speak.”

Link walked out the door. When Link said that, Marth’s hopes of finding Fox all right, has dropped down. WAY down.

“Oh man.”

Marth sat down on the edge of a bed and placed his hand on his face.

*****

Samus and Falco were still in the cabin with Fox. Samus was stroking the fur on his face lightly.

“This would’ve happened if I haven’t of forced you to race with me.” he thought, "D*mn, I'm such an idiot!"

Samus lowered his head.

“Samus?” Falco asked.

Samus raised his head and turned to Falco, “Yeah?”

“I’m going out for awhile. Keep an eye on Fox, all right?”

“Gotcha!”

Falco walked out the door and shut it. Samus decided to take his power suit off. His helmet was already off, though. As he took the pieces off one by one, he kept an eye on Fox. He finally got his suit off. He had on a plain black t-shirt and a pair of blue jeans. He also had on a pair of tennis shoes, as well as white socks.

Samus looked in the mirror. His face was sweaty and his hair was a mess; brown, messy helmet hair from before. He went over to the sink and wet his hands. Then he moved his hands across his hair, flatting it down. The water from his hair streamed down his face. Samus grabbed a rag and dried his face off.

Then he walked back over and sat back down beside Fox, who was still motionless. Samus sighed softly.

“I really hope you’ll wake up soon.” he said softly.

***

Bowser busted out from the snow. He growled softly as he tried to get out. Ganondorf also got out from the snow. He dusted himself off and sighed.

“Another plan, another failed!” Bowser growled, “I give up!”

Ganondorf quickly turned to Bowser, “You what?!”

“I said I give up!”

“You can’t give up!”

“Too late, I just did!” Bowser said, “What’s the point? Every time we try to get the Triforce, someone is always in the way!”

“Yeah well---"

Before Ganondorf was about to say something, Bowser suddenly remembered.

“Where’s Zelda?” he asked.

“Who knows and who cares.” Ganondorf responded, “She’s probably dead. Let’s get out of here.”

Ganondorf walked off. Bowser looked around, but Zelda was nowhere to be seen. Bowser ran to catch up with Ganondorf.

***

Dr. Mario walked inside Samus’s and Fox’s cabin. Samus turned around and saw him.

“I-a-need to take some tests on-a-Fox.” Dr. Mario said.

Samus nodded and backed away from Fox. Dr. Mario walked towards him. Fox was still in a coma. Samus turned his back towards the two and just stood there.

Dr. Mario pulled out a laptop and set it down on the bed. Then he began putting needles into Fox's skin. The needles were hooked with wires that led to a laptop computer. When he turned the laptop on, it showed everything that was inside Fox’s body from head to toe. Dr. Mario carefully studied it for awhile.

After five minutes, he began printing a piece of paper. It showed what condition that Fox was in and how much chance he will have of survival.

Dr. Mario grabbed the paper, ripped it out of the printer, and handed it to Samus. Samus took the note and read it carefully. Brainwaves were functioning at 43, breathing 51, and heart rate 54.

Samus felt his heart drop rapidly. His face grew pale and he felt as though he was choking. Dr. Mario nodded, and then left.

Fox had 50/50 chance of waking up.

Samus’s shut his eyes tightly as soon as he finished reading the paper. He crushed the paper tightly in his hand.

Samus opened his eyes back up. He walked towards Fox and sat back down in the chair. He took one more look at Fox and then turned away. He lowered his head. He shut his eyes tightly and sighed.

**********

Falco was sitting in a chair. He wanted to contact the Star Fox team and tell them about what has happened to their leader, but he was afraid of what their reaction will be, so he didn’t bother.

He and Fox haven’t spoken to the team for several years now that they have joined Super Smash Brothers Melee. And they haven’t called Fox and Falco either. Both of them were wondering why, too.

Falco figured that now is the time to call them. He walked out of the cabin and towards his Arwing. He pressed a button on his wrist and the door to the Arwing opened up. Falco jumped inside.

He started it up. The lights inside started blinking on and off. Falco pressed a button on his radio and put an antenna on his head.

“Are any of you guys there?” he asked, “This is Falco!”

Falco got a response.

“Falco? Is….is that really you?” a voice answered.

“Yes, it’s me!” Falco replied.

It was Slippy. He was so excited about hearing from Falco that he almost couldn’t talk.

“How are ya?” he asked.

“Just fine. Listen; there’s been a pro---”

Falco was cut off by another voice.

“Hey Falco, what’s up?”

Falco sighed and shook his head, “I’m doing fine, Peppy. How are you?”

“Still kicking!”

“Ok, listen to me everyone!” he said, “Fox has been in an accident!”

“What?” Peppy asked, “Is…..is he all right?”

“He’s in a coma right now!”

Just then, another answered.

“Hello…..Falco?”

It was Krystal.

“Um…..Krystal…..I’m afraid I have some bad news…..” Falco hesitated.

“Are you all right?” she asked.

“Yeah I’m fine, but Fox isn’t.”

Krystal gasped, “Why? What’s wrong with him?”

“Um………Peppy?” Falco asked, “Could you tell her? I need to go!”

“No problem!” he replied.

Falco put the radio up and sighed. The last thing he wanted to do was to tell Krystal about what happened to Fox. He shut down his Arwing and jumped out of it. Then he ran back to the cabin.

[ganondorf2]

Uh ,I know this sounds silly, but doesn't Falco have a thing on his wrist that allows him to talk to the others? Continue, it's just a thought, the story's fine.

[The Melee Master]

Dang it! I forgot about that! Oh well, too late to change it now.

[ganondorf2]

Just a thought, like I said.

[The Melee Master]

Chapter 26

Sheik was sitting on the edge of the bed. He turned to Zelda, who was still lying in bed. She sighed and rolled over on her side. Then she sat up.

“Are you ok?” Sheik asked.

“Yeah.” Zelda nodded.

Sheik turned his head away.

“This trip is becoming too dangerous.” he said, “Some of the others have gotten hurt…….and some might be dead.”

Now Zelda was growing scared, “What do you mean?”

Sheik sighed, “If the obstacles out there doesn’t kill them first, then the harsh weather will.”

“It might improve.” Zelda said.

“How can you even say that?” Sheik asked, upset, “Samus got hurt, Pichu almost drowned, Young Link almost got killed, you and I almost died, I heard that Link got attacked by a bear awhile ago, Ganondorf and Bowser attacked Samus, Link almost drowned in a frozen Lake!” he continued, “Roy attacked Marth and could’ve killed him, Ganondorf attacked me awhile ago, and Fox is still in a coma! And you say this trip might improve?!”

Zelda was so stunned, she couldn’t speak. Sheik turned his back and hung his head. His breathing was quivering, but he tried not to cry.

“The point is……every time someone gets hurt, and recovers…..the next disaster will always turn out worse.”

Zelda sighed, “I’m sorry.” she said, “I had no idea.”

Sheik shut his eyes tightly.

“I’m just saying that…….I don’t want anyone else getting hurt.” Sheik’s voice was now cracking. He felt tears in his eyes, but he held them back, “It’s too painful to forget!”

“I know how you feel.” Zelda said.

“Forgive me.” he said, “I….I need to go.”

Sheik got up and was about to leave, but Zelda stopped him.

“Sheik…….wait!”

Sheik turned around. That’s when Zelda noticed the tears in his eyes. The thought was so painful, that even he couldn’t stand it.

Zelda knew that Sheik may be tough on the outside, but he tends to hide his feelings on the inside. But sometimes, it just doesn’t work.

“I know your upset, but things might get better, you’ll see.” Zelda said, trying to cheer Sheik up.

“How can you even say that?” Sheik protested, “Every time I think that it would get better, things just come out worse!”

“I was just trying to---”

“Cheering me up isn’t going to work this time, Zelda.” he said, “I’m sorry.”

Zelda sighed, “That’s ok; Just as long as I know that your fine.”

Sheik didn’t say a word. He opened the door and walked out.

******

Samus had left Fox alone for awhile. He had decided to stay with Link. Besides Fox and Sheik, Link was a true friend to Samus. And besides Samus, Link is also a true friend to Fox. Those two, besides Falco, are the only people that fully understand him.

“So…….your saying that Fox might not ever wake up?” Link asked.

“Yep.” Samus nodded.

He handed Link the paper about Fox’s condition. Link bit his lower lip.

“I….I don’t know what to say.” Link said.

Samus didn’t say a word. Link handed the paper back to him and Samus took it.

“Let’s just hope that he makes it out alive.” Samus said.

“……Yeah…...” Link said softly.

Link turned his back and lowered his head. Samus looked at Link.

“Are you all right?” he asked.

Link nodded.

Samus sighed. Link looked at Samus. His eyes were still a bit red from earlier. Link sighed.

“I…..I just can’t believe this.” Samus said, “I mean….if people are getting hurt because of this trip, why can’t we just go home?”

“The others still don’t want to.” Link said.

“Yeah well, I can’t stand to be here another month!”

“We’ll have to be more careful.”

“At least some of the others are safe.” Samus said.

Link turned his head towards Samus.

“What do you mean?” he asked.

“Mr. Game&Watch, Kirby, Yoshi, and DK didn’t come with us.”

“I wonder why.”

“Same here, they didn’t tell us why.”

“Sheik told me because they hate races.”

“Well, we didn’t come here just for the races, Link.” Samus said.

“I know.” Link replied, “But now, I’m thankful that they didn’t come because they could’ve gotten hurt.”

Samus had to agree, “Yeah.”

“I wonder what kept causing all of the destruction.”

“This stupid trip, that’s what!” Samus yelled, “And people being too careless!”

Link didn’t say anything else. He wanted to avoid an argument, so he decided to keep his mouth shut.

Samus sighed, “Sorry Link.”

“It’s ok, I guess.”

Samus walked out the door and shut it. He just wanted to be alone for awhile. He rested his back against the cabin and looked in the sky. Clouds were everywhere, and it looked like that it was going to rain.

“This is stupid.” he thought to himself, “The race is over, everyone is getting hurt, and it always snows here! Why can’t we just go somewhere else where it doesn’t snow, and there’s a less chance of someone getting hurt all the time?”

He ran his fingers through his hair and groaned. The cold breeze started blowing softly. Samus could immediately feel it on his face. But he didn’t care.

Samus sighed and closed his eyes for awhile. He could hear the wind whistle as it blew. He opened his eyes and saw something standing in front of a forest. It was a lone, pure white wolf.

Samus stood his ground, not knowing if the wolf would attack him or not. But the wolf just stood there, staring at him. Its light blue eyes gazed on him, as if it wanted to tell him something. Samus was nervous, but he stood completely still.

The wolf backed away a little, and then turned around. It fled and disappeared deep into the forest.

Samus exhaled. Then someone reached out and tapped him on the shoulder. Samus jumped and turned around; it was Sheik.

“Why are you out here?” he asked.

“I…uh…..” Samus didn’t know what to say. He turned to the forest again. The wolf was still gone.

“Well?”

“A wolf was staring at me!” he said.

“A wolf?” Sheik asked.

Samus pointed towards the forest, “It was here a minute ago, but it ran off.”

“Yeah, there are tons of animals here.”

“But……I think I’ve seen that animal before.” Samus said.

“There are a lot of white wolves here, Samus.” Sheik said.

“No. I had a strange feeling that I’ve seen the wolf before.” he said, “I really do!”

Sheik looked at the sky. It was getting dark, fast.

He sighed, “Its getting late. We’ll talk about this tomorrow.”

Sheik walked towards his cabin. Samus looked into the forest for awhile. Then he sighed.

“I wonder why that wolf seemed suspicious.” he thought, “I swear that was the same wolf I had seen at the bottom of the cliff awhile ago!”

The thought of it was scaring him. He figured that the wolf might have been following him. Then again, they probably just ran into each other again.

Samus sighed, and then he walked inside the cabin.

[ganondorf2]

I still wonder about the wolf too. Continue.

[The Melee Master]

Chapter 27

Roy had left the cabin for a few moments. Even though it was cold, he didn’t really care. The cold didn’t bother him much, anyway. He just wanted to clear his head up after all that has happened.

He was resting his back against a thick tree with his arms crossed and his eyes closed. His headband was off, so his hair was down. The wind started blowing, which made his long hair and his cape blow with it.

Then he felt someone tap his back. He turned around. Marth was standing beside him.

“What are you doing out here?” he asked.

“Oh….um…..just…..standing here.” Roy replied.

“Something bothering you?”

“No. Nothing is bothering me at all.”

Marth didn’t say anything else, but a sudden chill ran down his spine.

“I think we’d better go inside.” he said.

Roy nodded and left. Marth was about to go in, but then he saw something fly in the sky. It looked like a large bird. At first, Marth thought it was either a Crow or a Raven. But when he got a closer look, it turned out to be a Bald Eagle. The Eagle landed on a tree branch and stared at Marth.

Marth backed away a bit. But the eEagle didn’t budge. It continued staring at him. Marth growled.

The Eagle swooped down at Marth and landed a few feet in front of him. After a few minutes, it got off of the ground and flew back on a tree branch and continued looking at him.

Marth was growing a bit scared. The Eagle flew off of the tree again and swooped down at Marth. He quickly took out his sword and tried to slash the bird, but he missed. The Eagle flew away.

Marth growled, and then he put his sword away.

“Stupid bird.” he said through his clinched teeth.

Just then, he heard a low growl behind him. He turned around. A pack of grey Wolves were staring at him, growing ferociously.

Marth stood his ground. His heart was now beating fast. He was a skilled swordsman, but he didn’t have a chance against a large pack. Plus, he hated killing Wolves, even if he hates them at all.

Some of the Wolves began circling Marth. Now he was really scared. He slowly and shakily took out his sword, while watching the pack. His face started to sweat, which wasn’t good, since he was out in the cold, he might get frost bite.

He looked around. Now he couldn’t escape. More Wolves were surrounding him, covering every escape route. They were growling ferociously.

Marth had to fight them. It was the only choice he had. A Wolf jumped at him, but Marth was able to escape it by dodging. But then, another Wolf latched onto his ankle. Marth screamed as he fell to the ground.

He had no choice but to destroy the Wolves.

He took out his sword and slashed a wolf in the neck. The Wolf let out a yelp and crashed to the ground.

More of the hungry Wolves charged at him. Marth quickly charged up his Dolphin Slash and slashed the wolves. They fell over, dead.

Another Wolf charged at him. Marth slashed it, but missed. Instead, he had cut off the left leg of the animal. The Wolf let out a cry. Then Marth slashed it again, and this time, he had cut its head clean off.

As more Wolves charged, Marth still attacked them. With just one slashed of his sword, the Wolves were dead.

More Wolves charged at him. One of the Wolves latched onto Marth's ankle. Marth tried to escape, but more Wolves latched onto his cape, preventing him from escaping.

He grabbed his sword once more and slashed the Wolves, killing them.

Marth got up and panted. But then he saw a large, black Wolf; possibly the last one standing. This one was much larger than the others. Marth figured that it was the leader of the pack. Its dark, blue eyes stared at him. The Wolf was real angry. It snarled ferociously and charged at Marth.

Marth charged his Dolphin Slash once again. When the Wolf got close, Marth released his attack. The Wolf was hit in the stomach, but it didn’t die.

The wolf bit Marth’s arm, hoping to rip it off. Marth stabbed the Wolf in the eye. The animal let out a cry of pain and released Marth.

Marth looked at the Wolf. Its eye was now deep inside its socket. But it didn’t give up.

The angry Wolf charged at Marth again, and he prepared an attack. It leaped at Marth, but he didn’t have a chance to defend himself.

It tackled Marth to the ground. Marth used his sword to avoid being bitten. He held it in a horizontal way. The Wolf bit on the sword multiple times with its sharp teeth. Then he slashed the Wolf in the face. It released Marth and let out a yelp.

Marth tried to run away, but the Wolf wouldn’t allow it. It bit on Marth’s ankle once more. He hit theWolf with the flat part of his sword.

The black Wolf still wouldn’t give up. It continued holding onto Marth. And Marth was still trying to escape.

Then it bit Marth's leg multiple times, trying to tear him apart. He stabbed the Wolf in the chest. But it didn’t give up.

Marth had never faced a Wolf this strong before.

“Why won’t you die?” he thought to himself.

It charged at him again. Marth tried to get up, but the black Wolf pinned him down again. Marth stabbed the wolf in the neck. It let Marth go.

Marth then slashed the Wolf in the chest. And this time, the Wolf finally fell over. Marth stood up and put his bloody sword away.

He looked at the black Wolf, who was whimpering softly. Blood was oozing from the poor animal.

Marth sighed and closed his eyes, “That’s what you get for attacking me. At least……you won’t be alone.”

Marth opened his eyes and looked around. Dead Wolves were everywhere, and the flat snow on the ground was real bloody. He looked at the black Wolf again, who was still whimpering.

"Wolves hardly attack humans." he thought, "But why them?"

He walked over to the dying black wolf and kneeled down. The Wolf looked at him. Marth didn’t have an expression on his face.

The black Wolf closed its eyes slowly and breathed its last breath.

It was now dead. Marth got up and sighed.

“Glad that’s over.” he said, dusting himself off.

He looked at the slaughtered Wolf pack once again.

“Aw man.” Marth said, rubbing the back of his neck, “I almost feel sorry for them.”

As much as he didn’t want to kill the animals, he had no other choice. It was either them, or him. If he tried to run, the pack would've hunted him down anyway.

Marth was just about to leave, but then he saw the Eagle in the sky again. It flew around in circles.

"Is that Eagle following me?" he thought.

He looked at the dead Wolf pack once again, and then he got the idea.

"Oh now I understand!" he thought, "That bird must be hungry."

Marth smiled and then he left.

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A/N: I know this chapter was shorter than the others, but it was all I could come up with.

[ganondorf2]

I understand. Continue, if you can.