The Smash Bros tournament is one of the greatest events to any living creature alive. Different people from drastically different worlds coming together to fight for fun and entertainment. Your favorite people battling against other people you love never seemed to get old. The people that did the fighting also loved it just as much, if not more. Each loved it to a different degree and each was always pleased to meet old friends from different parts of the world.

At the moment each fighter was on there way to the tournament, some chose to fly on Bowsers ship, some got a ride from Fox, and one in particular simply ran there. But two chose to have a walk there, sure it was a long walk, but one of them enjoyed the scenery of the forest as she was walked through. While the other wanted to catch up with her old friend. The two individuals were none other than Peach and Samus.

"I still don't get why you don't want to simply fly there. I have a ship you know." Said Samus.

"I know, but sometimes I like to enjoy nature once and while. Don't you?" said Peach in a cheerful tone.

"For me nature usually tries to kill me. Speaking of which aren't you worried something might try to attack us?"

"I perfectly able to handle myself and so are you. You have arm canon after all."

"And you have an ass that somehow does damage." Peach couldn't see, but Samus was smirking under her helmet. Peach let out a small chuckle before responding.

"I also have a golf club, tennis racket, frying pan and turnips. The perfect arsenal." She turned and gave Samus a big smile. Samus couldn't help but chuckle at Peach's response.

"How are things with you anyway?" asked Samus. "I heard you got to use a gun while fighting with rabbits."

"Technically there 'Rabbids', and yes I got to use a gun."

"How'd you like it?" once again Samus was smirking under her helmet.

"Honestly . . . I loved it. I'm starting to regret not bringing it."

"There's always next time."

"What about you?"

"Oh me? Well, not much. Aside from having to exterminate an entire planet of Metroid's."

"Hey, sorry to bring this up but," Peach hesitated. She knew what she was about say was a sensitive subject. But she was curious. "Isn't Ridley going to the tournament?" To Peach's surprise, Samus responded without hesitation.

"Yup. He seemed VERY pleased knowing he'll get to beat me up in front of a live audience." Samus seemed annoyed at the thought of Ridley showing off just to show he can beat her. Peach could tell, even with the helmet on. To which, Peach said the best words she could think of.

"I think what you mean to say is that, you'll be very pleased beating HIM up in front of a live audience." Said Peach with the biggest smirk Samus ever say.

"Thanks." Samus couldn't help but smile. Peach seemed to know what exactly to say no matter what. To this day though she could never understand why Peach liked her back. Samus would of thought Peach and Zelda would have gotten along better, which they do, in fact all three were good friends with each other. But for some reason Peach stayed with her the most. She could never figure out why.

"Hey so, can I ask you something?"

"What is it?" Peach said as she turned to look at Samus as they walked.

"How come you hang around me the most? Why not Zelda?"

"Oh well . . . your different."

"Different?"

"Yes. You're not in a fancy dress like me or Zelda. You fight aliens as you daily job. Your arm canon is amazing. And well, you have an awesome personality. You don't take anything from anyone and to me that's great."

Samus had no words. She didn't know Peach saw her like that and it felt . . . nice. She was always usually on her own and when Peach befriended her, she thought she did it out of pity. But as the years went on, it was clear that Peach truly saw her as a close friend. And what she just said was clear proof of that.

She was also glad she was wearing a helmet because her face was red.

"T-thanks Peach. I'm glad . . . uh- "

"Your welcome." Said Peach in her usual cheery tone while smiling toward Samus.

Before Samus could say anything else, both heard movement up ahead. It came from the bushes to the left of the path, Samus slightly raised her arm canon, while Peach simply stood unfazed. What came out of the bushes confused both of them. A small figure walked out. It had a shell-like head that had horns at the top. A pure black body with stubby arms and legs, and a grey cloak covering most of its body. The figure stopped in the middle of the path and pulled out a map, it looked at it for a few seconds before looking around the forest. It seemed lost and unsure of where it was.

Samus wasn't sure if it was friend or foe. She had found plenty of creatures before that looked cute but soon turned into monsters and felt this was no different. But before she could raise her weapon Peach began walking toward the small creature.

"Hello there. Are you lost?" the creature was very short, so she had to look down to look at it. The creature looked up towards Peach and didn't say anything. It's black, empty, soulless eyes just stared at her. Peach felt a bit uncomfortable but remained calm.

"OK, your clearly lost. Do you want to come with us to the tournament? We have friends that could help you." When Peach said 'tournament' the little creature put away it's map and pulled out an envelope, it had the Smash Bros stamp on it. The creature pointed at the symbol and than pointed towards itself.

"Oh, I see! Hey Samus, this little guy is a new Smash Bros fighter!"

"Wait really?" Samus walked over to Peach and the small creature. "Well welcome to the biggest fighting tournament ever known."

"This is great! Your going to meet so many great people. Trust me it's amazing. What's your name?" asked Peach.

The small creature turned the envelope around and pointed to a word written on it. It read: To: KNIGHT. It than pointed to itself.

"Your name is Knight? I like it. Nice to meet you, I'm Peach, and this is Samus." Knight tucked the envelope back into he's cloaks and gave them both a friendly wave.

"I'm sure your glad you found us. You seemed so lost, but don't worry we'll get you there." Peach began walking done the path once again with Samus by her side and their new companion.

As they walked Knight didn't say a single word. He was silent, and it seemed it was only focusing on getting to the tournament. Samus felt a bit awkward, every creature or person she came across made some sort of noise, but this little . . . thing, didn't make any at all. No breathing, no words, only the sound of his footsteps.

But she was curious as to how he fought in battle.

"So little guy, how do you fight?"

Knight stopped and looked at Samus. Peach turned around to see what was happening. "Hey," she said. "shouldn't we keep walking?"

"In a minute. I'm just curious, how does he fight?"

"We'll probably see at the tournament. Come on lets- "

Before she could finish, Knight pulled out his weapon, a Nail. He dashed toward a near by tree and slashed at it, splitting it in half down the middle. He than looked toward a small bush and shot a Shade Soul, burring the bush to nothing. And the final move he showed was the Abyss Shriek. He went under a tree and howled a loud, echoing shriek that tore away the branch's and leaves completely. After he finished, he sheathed his nail and walked back where Samus and Peach were, standing in awe.

"Well . . . you'll fit in perfectly with everyone!" said Peach excitedly.

"That was pretty good. I wonder what your ultimate is."

Knight simply stared at Samus and Peach, and soon they continued there walk to the tournament. The sun continued to go down and soon they would have to rest for night. Samus was a bit annoyed that they had to wait till tomorrow to get there. She wanted the chance to get settled in and meet up with other friends but instead she was sitting in front of a camp fire. She didn't mind having a nice camp fire but still, she missed her other friends . . . she also missed fighting them.

As the night went on Samus removed her armor and sat near the fire she built, she noticed Knight was just staring at the fire. No movement what so ever. She still felt a little uneasy around him, he seemed friendly but there something odd about him. She couldn't quite place it, but it seemed that he lacked emotions. Or maybe he had emotions but didn't show them? She wasn't sure which was which.

"You ok?" asked Peach.

"Me? Um, yeah just a little tired. I still think we should've flown there."

"True. But than we wouldn't have met Knight." Even though they were probably going to be the last ones arriving, even though they could be attacked at any moment in the forest, Peach was still positive. That's what Samus liked about her, she liked how she brought a smile to her face. She was even starting to like that they were taking longer to get to the tournament because she got to talk with Peach more.

"So, anything else you been up too?" asked Samus.

"Well, aside from kart racing being more chaotic, not much else."

"How chaotic?"

"Well we have way more items, the Koopaling's have their own karts, even the inklings are there now." Peach let out a sigh. She loved racing, but it was exhausting for her sometimes. The Smash Bros tournament was just as chaotic, if not more chaotic. But Peach felt it was fairer, unlike the kart racing where a blue shell might appear.

"You want chaotic, go fight a spider that grabs you and throws you around, so you can't shoot at it." Samus smirked Peach and Peach chuckled in response.

The rest of the night was quiet as the fire continued to burn. Knight remained staring at it while Peach and Samus laid down on the ground started to fall asleep. Samus however couldn't sleep. The things Peach said early were still fresh in her mind, Peach was never that nice before and Samus wondered what Peach was thinking. Why was she sounding more caring and loving? She thought. She also thought about how she could out smart space pirates and X-parasites but couldn't wrap her head around this. She rolled over looking at Peach from across the fire and found herself starring at her, seeing her smile peacefully in her sleep. Then her face went red again, and she finally figured it out.

"Oh no." she said softly to herself. As she spoke Knight looked in her direction and she looked back him.

"Not a word. Got it?"

He looked back at her and didn't say anything and looked back and the fire that still burned. Samus assumed he got the message rolled back over facing away from Peach. She closed her eyes and did her best to fall asleep, but all she thought of was Peach wearing her biker outfit.

"Crap"