Chapter 1: Mario (Mushroom Kingdom's Hero)

Outside the Mansion

It has been a few months since the attack and invasion of Calamity Tabuu. The world has fallen into darkness as everyone that I knew in the tournament was turned into Trophies and sent to different parts of their worlds, all thanks to the former leader of the Subspace Army; now in a form of pure chaos and hatred towards all worlds. I still remember the day he came: we were all training for the tournament, and then we all saw a crack in the sky. As it opened, Calamity Tabuu appeared and used his new power to turn all my friends into Trophies and scattered them away in different portals. As for me, I was the lone survivor of that dark and fateful day; I remember running all the way to the Sacred Room to protect the Smash Ball from Tabuu's wrath, and as his attack came and got me, the Smash Ball saved my life using its power to prevent me from turning into a Trophy, and teleported me to a mysterious location in the world. As I got to the place, the Smash Ball in my arms break apart and use its whole energy to create my new armor and heal all my wounds.

I was taken by two Elders of a village and they helped me understand what has happened to the world and the chaos that has been going on for the past few months. After that, I decided to head back to the Smash Mansion and see what has happened to it. As I made it back to the Mansion, I saw the destruction that it endured and Calamity Tabuu flying around the Mansion angrily. "Holy shit." I said to myself. I blinked my eyes and looked around the area, seeing what this monster had done to the place. "Hold it right there, monster!" yelled a voice. I turned around and saw my best friend from back home, Melissa, looking at me angrily; holding a Beam Sword in her hands. "The hell you think you're doing here? You work for him, don't you?" she asked me. "Okay Meliss, first of all: I do not work for him. I'm a good guy, like you." I said. She stared at me all angry and confused to what I had said. "What did you just call me?" she asked. "Meliss? That's what I've called you since we were kids." I said. "Liar! You don't know anything about me! Only Taylor has called me that for all my life, but she is gone! Just like everyone from the attack!" she yelled. I blinked my eyes in shock to hear her say that, but I understood how she feels thinking that I didn't survive. "Well, what if I told you that your friend is alive?" I said. She blinked her eyes and pointed the Sword to my chest. "Prove it, or else I'm putting you in that Calamity's mess." she said.

"Alright." I sighed. I put my hood down and revealed myself to her. She dropped the Sword as she completely recognized my brown curly hair, my scar, and my brown and green eyes. "Hey." I said with a light smile. "It is you, Tay!" she said. We hugged each other for a minute and then let go of each other. "H-how did you?" she asked. "It's a little hard to explain... can we talk about it somewhere else?" I asked. "Yeah, I know of a place...follow me. And Tay...both of the Hands didn't make it. Calamity Tabuu took their lives in the attack." she said as we walked. My eyes widened in shock to hear the news about both Master and Crazy Hand. They never became Trophies, they had their lives taken by that horrible beast. "Did they tell you anything before they passed?" I asked. "Yeah, they told me that you survived...but I was still in shock of the whole thing, I didn't believe them. Then they told me that if I find you, I have to send you to someone who know how we can defeat the Calamity." she said. "And who would that be?" I asked. "You'll see." she replied. We walked silently for a few more minutes and then saw a broken down house in front of us. "This is the place?" I asked. "Yep, this is it." she replied.

Inside the base

We walked inside and saw a group of people looking at us, wondering who I was. "You found your friend, Melissa?" said a voice. "Yes sir, she's right here." she said. We walked upto her Boss, seeing him looking down at us. "So, the Hands were right after all... you're the lone survivor of the fighters, yes?" he asked me. "Yes sir." I said. "Good...there is still hope to stop Calamity Tabuu now that you are alive. Come with me, there's something the Hands trusted me to give to you." he said. I walked upto him and began following him. "By the way, I dig the armor you're wearing. Made it yourself?" he asked. "I guess you can say that." I said. "It looks good on ya. Makes people think you look like a Grandmaster or something." he replied. I lightly laughed at the response as we kept on walking. We stopped in front of a room and walked into it quietly. The boss walked over to the middle of the room, seeing a item in a glass case, lifted the case up, and took the item. "What's that?" I asked. "It's called a Trophy Slate. It can track the Trophies of the rest of the fighters that have been scattered around their worlds and take you to them." he said as he handed the Slate to me. I looked at the Slate, seeing that it had some resemblance to Link's Sheikah Slate, but with a different purpose. "The Sheikah made this too?" I said. "They did. They knew that it would be a very good use for you to find everyone." he said. I nodded my head in agreement. "But, as we found the fighters as Trophies...we also found out that they are heavily guarded by the enemies from their worlds, lead by their False selves. One of our sight seekers saw that the False versions of the fighters were created by something called "Shadow Bugs". The only way to destroy them completely is by using the light of the Smash Ball, but it has been missing for quite sometime. We already think that monster flying around the Mansion has it... without it, we're all doomed. " he said.

I looked down at the Slate silently for a moment and watched it begin to activate itself. "Scanning energy." it said. A light blue scanner came through the Slate and began scanning me, leaving me curious as it did its job. "Energy scan complete. Identified energy: Smash Ball. 100% of Smash Ball energy flowing through User." it said. The Slate's light disappeared and both the Boss and I looked at each other in shock. "Well I'll be damned, how did that happen?" he asked me. "When the attack happened, I ran to the Sacred Room to protect the Smash Ball...and as it came, the Smash Ball saved me from becoming a Trophy and teleported me to a hidden village. After making it there, it broke in my arms and made me my armor, hiding myself from the world for awhile." I said. "I see." he replied. Before he said another word, we heard the door open and saw Melissa and one of her teammates looking at us. "Sorry to interrupt sir, but you need to this! There's a report of a Shadow Castle built in the Mushroom Kingdom, and we believe that we found one of the fighters inside!" said Melissa's teammate. We all ran to the main room, looked towards the giant TV screen, and saw the Shadow Castle in the Mushroom Kingdom. As we looked at the screen, my Trophy Slate began to glow again! I picked it up and looked at it, wondering what it was doing now. "Identifying Trophy." it said. It scanned the screen, catching the picture of the castle and location, and made a map of the castle. "Trophy identified. Identified Fighter: Mario." it said. The light faded and we all looked at each other in shock of what the Slate just did.

"Guess that's my first stop." I said. "What?! Are you crazy?!" Melissa yelled. "No, she's not. She's the only person who can get through the Subspace Army's forces. Taylor, I know that it might be crazy to ask...but will you take down the Subspace Army's defenses and retrieve all the missing fighters for us?" the Boss asked me. I looked at him and nodded my head yes to his question. He breathed a sigh of relief as he looked at me and then his team. "Thank you so much, Taylor! If there is anything that we can do for you..." he asked. "Once I defeat the Shadow Bug bases and retrieve the fighters, you can send your team to examine the areas and find anything to make a cannon that can absorb Tabuu's energy; turning his own power against him." I said. "You got it. It's about time that Subspace monster got what he deserves." the Boss replied. Everyone cheered at his words, except for me and Melissa. I turned to her and saw a worried look in her eyes. "Everything okay?" I asked her. "No, everything is not okay. First I thought that after finding you, we could go back to when things were alright...but I knew the heart of a hero you have, that you would go save everyone else and destroy Tabuu to bring peace to the world. And I know that's what you would do, but in my heart...I don't want you to risk your life out there all alone. Like I did before I came here. We've already lost so much, Tay. And I can't lose you again to all this!" she said as she broke down in tears. I walked upto her as she cried and hugged her; letting her cry on my shoulder.

I understood of how she is feeling right now about this situation we're in, but I know that I want to find a way to help her see that everything will be okay; even if it means risking my own life to bring back our friends. I hugged her for a couple more minutes and then let her go; watching her wipe her tears. After that, she took my Slate and added something to it. "I added my number to the Slate, so you can call me when you get everyone." she said. "Okay." I replied. She handed me my Slate back and I put it on my right hip; hiding it from enemies. "And Tay, be careful out there." she said with a light smile. I blinked my eyes and lightly smiled at her. "I will, I promise. And hey, when I find Marth...I'll tell him that you're safe." I said. She blinked her eyes and then smiled back, knowing that will be a promise to keep between us. "The Slate shall teleport you to the Mushroom Kingdom when you are ready to go, but once you're at the Castle...there's no turning back. Understand?" said the Boss as he walked upto us. I put my hood back on and looked up at him. "Yes sir." I said. "Good luck out there kid. We'll all be rooting for ya." he replied. "Thanks." I replied. I walked away a few feet from everyone, stood still, and saw the Slate begin to glow. "Teleportation ready to go. Activating teleportation to Mushroom Kingdom now." it said. A light began to glow all over me, ready to head to the Mushroom Kingdom. "Goodbye Taylor, and good luck." said Melissa to herself. After that, I turned into a blue beam and traveled to my destination.

Mushroom Kingdom

I teleported onto a hill, looking over the Shadow Castle; seeing the common foes of this world walking and flying around the Castle. "This is it." I said to myself. I knelt down on my right knee; surveying the area and hoping not to get caught. I took out the Slate and took a picture of the Castle quietly and then quickly ran behind a giant bush. "Activating Castle Map. Castle identified: Bowser's Castle from 8-4." it said. "8-4 huh? Yeah, I get the picture now...it looks exactly the same as the picture. So nostalgic." I said. I snook around the area and saw a line of Koopa Troopas blocking the entrance. "Okay, this should be- what the hell is that?!" I said. I looked at the entrance and saw the Koopa Troopas use a Mega Mushroom on a Bullet Bill, turning it into a Banzai Bill. I lightly panicked for a minute and then got myself back to normal. "Well, you know what they say: go big or go home. Let's do this." I said. I leapt out of the bush and started running towards the Castle. "Koopa Pack! Fire!" said the lead Koopa Troopa. They fired the Banzai Bill at me and waited to see if it worked. As it came close, I created a psychokinetic power from my hand and made the weapon fall under my control! "Hey Koopa brains, I hope you like Banzai turtle soup!" I said. I turned the Bill around and fired it back towards them, watching them get sent to the stars as they got hit. "I can even use elemental powers? Maybe that Smash Ball's power got into my head to use these powers...but nonetheless, that was pretty cool!" I said in my thoughts. I walked towards the entrance and then walked into the Castle.

I picked up my Slate and looked at the map. "Okay...so if I keep walking straight and then turn right at the fire chain, Mario's trophy should be there." I said. I put the Slate and began walking through the Castle, but I stopped after a couple steps; seeing a Blue Shell on the ground. "Hm? How did this get here?" I asked myself. I looked ahead and saw many Goombas, Koopa Troopas, Paragoombas, Paratroopas, Lakitus, Spinies, Bullet Bills, and Hammer Bros. around the area. I looked at them and the Blue Shell a couple times and then grew a smirk on my face; knowing exactly what I want to do. "Oh I'm gonna love this! Okay Blue Shell, if you get rid of every foe here; I promise to not hate you anymore in Mario Kart." I said. I threw the Blue Shell in the air and watched it fly towards all the enemies in the room, and fall on them; wiping them out. "Another one bites the dust." I sang to myself. I began running towards the path, dodging fireballs, lava, and fire chains as much as I could. "Come on...almost there." I said to myself. After a couple minutes, I looked across a metal bridge; seeing False Mario on the other side. As I took a couple more steps, False Mario's yellow eyes turned to me angrily.

As I looked at him, the crystal parts of my armor began to glow; showing that I'm ready to fight. False Mario's dark aura began to show and his yellow eyes began to glow. In response, my eyes began to glow green as I stared him down. He turned to the axe on the bridge, picked it up, and started running towards me. I used my power to create a shield as he jumped up and began his attack. He jumped back to his side as my shield disappeared and I began running towards him. He dropped the axe and began running towards me, letting our punches collide. As we kept on punching and blocking; I gave him a good punch in the face, knocking him through a wall. I ran upto him and created a energy beam in my hand. False Mario stood back up and I saw that he felt shocked to who he is fighting up against. His eyes glew again and unleashed Mario Finale at me; making an explosion in the room. He began taking deep breaths, thinking that he had won; but as he stood up, my energy beam had hit him and knocked him to the ground. He lifted his head and saw me walk through the flames as my eyes glew in anger. "That the best you can do?" I said. He glared at me angrily and stood back up; making his fist engulfed in flames. I watched him begin running towards me and I launched myself upto the ceiling; dodging the attack. I looked down at him and shot a beam of ice from my hand onto the ground, causing him to slip and fall and trying to melt the ice with his Fireballs.

"Okay piasano, this is where it ends." I said as he kept melting the ice. I jumped back down to the floor and used psychokinesis and electrokinesis on the ground to stop and trap him for a minute; letting him know that there's no way out of this battle. He fell to his knees from the pain and saw me walk upto him. I stopped right in front of him, put out my hand, and created a light beam. "I'm sorry False Mario, but your Princess is in another Castle." I said. I shot the beam at him and watched the Shadow Bugs of him separate and fade into oblivion. As I watched the Shadow Bugs slowly pass away, I started to feel bad for what I've done a little bit; but I knew that I have to get over it soon or else it could get onto me throughout the journey. I looked around the room and found a door with a window on it; seeing Mario's Trophy inside. "There he is!" I said in my thoughts. I opened the door and walked into the room; seeing Mario's Trophy in the middle of the room. I knelt down and touched his hat and watched him glow in a golden light, waking him up from his slumber. After the light faded off of him, he shook his head and opened his blue eyes, seeing the person who rescued him. "Where-a am I?" Mario asked. "Inside one of Bowser's old Castles. Castle 8-4 to be exact." I said. He blinked his eyes and then showed his fists angrily towards me, thinking that I am the enemy. "Who are you? Do you-a work for Tabuu?" he asked again. I blinked my eyes once, stood up slowly, and took down my hood; showing my face to him for the first time. "Hey Mario, remember me?" I said with a little smile.

His eyes widened in shock to see me for the first time in months and began wondering how did I get here to save him. "Mama Mia...is that-a really you, Taylor?" he asked. "Yeah, it's me." I replied. He smiled at me happily and gave me a hug. "Thank goodness that you are-a safe." he said. He let me go from the hug and then all of a sudden, we heard the Castle begin to crumble! "Come on! Let's-a go!" he said as he pointed at the door. "Right!" I said. We ran out of the room and escaped the Castle without a scratch, watching it fall and break apart. We ran upto the hill that once looked over the Shadow Castle and sat down, watching the sunset over the fallen structure. "Mario?" I said. "Hm?" he replied curiously. "What was it like being Trophy?" I asked him. "It was-a like being frozen in time. Afraid I would-a never wake up from the nightmare I-a never thought that would be-a possible. I felt so cold and-a lost in darkness, but when you came and-a rescued me...I-a felt a warm light shine down on-a me, as if life was-a giving me a second chance." he said. I blinked my eyes and showed a warm smile to him; making him lightly smile back. "So, how did you-a get here? How-a did you find me?" he asked. I took out the Trophy Slate and showed it to him. "I got here by this. This was something that both the Hands and the Sheikah made in case something like this would happen and they entrusted it to me to find all of you guys." I said. "It looks alot like-a Link's Sheikah Slate, but better looking." he said. I lightly laughed to his response. He handed the Slate back to me and I put it down on my lap. As I looked at it, it began to glow. "New Trophy location identified." it said. "Huh?" said Mario.

I picked it up and saw the world screen light up and saw a yellow dot appear on a new area. "Alright Trophy Slate, tell us the location." I said. "Location identification confirmed: Kongo Jungle." it replied. Our eyes widened in shock to hear of the area. "Kongo Jungle? Does that mean..?" I asked Mario as I turned to him. "Hm? You could-a be right. Just to be sure, ask it who is-a there...we don't want-a fall into a trap." he said. I nodded my head in agreement to his response and looked down to the Slate. "Trophy Slate, can you identify a Trophy at Kongo Jungle?" I asked. "Trophy identification underway." it said. It scanned the new area for a minute and then showed a Trophy symbol on the area. "Trophy identified. Identified Fighter: Donkey Kong." it said. "How did he get there?" Mario asked me. "Probably through a portal after Tabuu turned him into a Trophy." I said as I stood back up. "Wait a second...you're thinking of going-a there, aren't you?" he asked as he stood up. "Yeah, why?" I replied. "Well, I can't let-a you fight through the Jungle on your own. You can-a easily get lost in there, trust me it's happened to-a me before. What if I join you?" he asked me. I looked at him all surprised for a moment and then calmed myself. "You really want to help me on this journey?" I asked him. "Of course-a! How can I-a leave someone like you after everything you have-a done to come save me and now everyone else? With your Trophy Slate, we can-a find everyone together and stop Calamity Tabuu as a powerful team!" he replied. I blinked my eyes and then smiled at him. "Okay then, let's save everyone together and stop Tabuu once and for all!" I said. "Yahoo!" he replied happily. We shook hands knowing now that we're a team! "So...how do we get to Kongo Jungle from-a here?" he asked. "Oh that's easy! The Slate will teleport us to the area, and then we follow the map on it to find Donkey Kong!" I said. "Wow, that sounds easy!" he said. "Easier said than done to be honest." I replied. We stood by each other and a light blue circle glew around us and we teleported to Kongo Jungle.

Thank you all so much for reading Chapter 1 of the story! What did you all think of this introduction and the main goal of the story? Did you like the battles and the settings? How far will our hero go to save everyone from Calamity Tabuu? How many challenges will she face? We'll find out soon!

This is a story I have been working on since March and I gotta say that this one is truly special to me because of my love and dedication to the Super Smash Bros. series. I grew up with the series ever since Melee and watched it evolve in many ways over the years and how much it has truly changed my life, as I look at the characters, stages, music, and gameplay that made me get to know their stories and how they became the characters they are in their stories. I love this series from the bottom of my heart and I cannot wait to see how much the series will evolve when Ultimate comes out and see how it will grow.

Anyways, thank you all so much for reading Chapter 1 of Calamity of Subspace, and have an awesome day!

Next time on Calamity of Subspace, Chapter 2: Donkey Kong (King of the Jungle). Taylor and Mario have arrived to Kongo Jungle and begin their exploration to find Donkey Kong, but what kind of challenge does this famous place have in store for our heroes? Find out in Chapter 2!