Super Smash Bros: The Galactic Armada

Chapter 1: Introductions

All was calm in the land of dreams. A small gang of Waddle Dees were playing happily in a meadow, along with a strange-looking pink round thing. Known far and wide as the Dream Warrior, this little round guy was the first to notice the disturbance in the air.

Kirby

Suddenly, as if from no-where, what looked like a giant flying pirate ship hovered into view. Kirby recognised this ship; he had seen one just like it five years before, being piloted by an evil turtle named Bowser. However, unless the tyrannical king of the koopas had shrunk, he was not the one standing in the ship's deck.

Bowser Jr.

"Nya! Destroy them all!" Bowser Jr. cried. Flaming cannonballs crashed into buildings, reducing them to rubble, and great numbers of Koopa Troopas, Goombas and boos streamed from the ship's underside and set to work on dreamland's inhabitants. Kirby moved to defend, but suddenly a black arrow hit him in the back, and he went down, a trophy before he even hit the ground.

Meanwhile, in Toad Town, capital city of the Mushroom Kingdom, a princess, a dinosaur and two toads were enjoying a friendly game of tennis in the palace gardens.

Princess Peach

Yoshi

Peach had invited her boyfriend to come and join them, but the portly plumber was no-where to be seen. Suddenly, as if from no-where, a huge purple dragon swooped down from the sky and snatched Princess Peach from the ground.

Ridley

"Wah!" Yoshi exclaimed. The toads threw tennis balls at the horrible space-mutant, but they just bounced harmlessly off his scaly hide. Ridley let out a reptilian howl and blasted a lazer at one of the toads, reducing him to a trophy in an instant. The other toad ran for the safety of the castle, but was not fast enough, and Ridley swooped down on him, smashing him into oblivion. With now three trophies in the villain's possession, Yoshi could do nothing but watch as Ridley zoomed away, captives in hand.

Far away, on an island called Kanto, two pokemon trainers were preparing for battle. One, a young male with a red cap, called out the name of his favourite pokemon. "Pikachu!"

Pikachu

Red

His rival, a girl in similar attire, summoned her own favourite monster, a tag-team duo almost identical to red's Pikachu but for a few distinguished markings. "Plusle! Minun! Come on out!"

Plusle & Minun

May

Pikachu could easily match the individual power of one of the opposing monsters, but as a team they were a force to be reckoned with. He darted in with a Quick Attack and struck one of his foes square in the stomach, but the other took this as an opportunity to leap on his back and perform a quick swipe. The two were perfectly in sync, Red realized. He called out a rapid stream of attacks to Pikachu, who carried them out fluidly, but it was no use. The combined might of both Plusle and Minun was too much, and Pikachu fell unconscious.

"Congratulations. A match well played." Red said to May a couple of hours later. "You too. We should do it again some time!" said May cheerily. Both trainers' parties were fully healed, and Red was just on his way home when he heard a crash. The roof of the Pokemon Center had been ripped straight off, and there were screams coming from inside. "C'mon Pikachu! Let's check it out!" Red exclaimed, and they rushed back inside, only to come face to face with a man neither warrior thought they would ever see again.

Taboo

To be continued…