"Now we go left, right G&W?" Link asked, not knowing where to go next. They were in the desert, completely lost as an elephant in the Antarctic. G&W didn't reply. He bleeped, but Link sighed.

"Shame I can't understand his language-he might know something." He said. (What Game and Watch really said was 'How am I supposed to know? And what is that strange smell of gunpowder…?) G&W Kept sniffing, but it sounded like bleeps to Link. Above them, the mastermind looked on. Link would be great for her! She sent down negative Lucas, who smirked and used PK thunder on G&W. G&W turned around angrily, and threw some sausages at Lucas. Lucas used PSI magnet, then PK fire on Link. Link groaned, and hit Lucas with an arrow, Lucas got flung back, then used PK freeze. It landed in G&W's bucket, and then G&W used his hammer. A measly number 1 showed up, and Lucas smashed G&W into the sky, where he turned into a trophy. The mastermind caught it, and laughed, then put it back into her cargo machine. Link threw a bomb at Lucas, who sidestepped, then used PK thunder on himself. Link drew out a bomb, he knew what would happen.

BOOM! The explosion could have been heard from a while away, and both Link and Lucas changed into trophies. The mastermind grumbled. She only had room for one more trophy…she picked up Link and buried Lucas, so he would never be found, right in the middle of nowhere. She cackled her mischievous laugh, before flying away.

Meanwhile, Sonic was speeding away from the mansion. He had come at the last second to defeat Tabuu, and he wasn't sure whether it was he again, but he had certainly caused a lot of fuss. Sonic stopped. He had run a long, very long way. By his judgement, he had travelled at least half the Wii planet, and he could see the DS Moon revolving around, and somewhere far off, the Game cube, 64, and NES planets were all whizzing about too, with the other countless moons and star all twinkling about. Sonic decided he would look about on the DS moon quickly, and then dash back. Only a quick glance at some areas, then he'd leave. Sonic jumped very high, then sprung on his spring onto the DS moon.

Above Lucas' buried trophy, two lone figures stood. One, a girl, with a pink dress and crazy brown hair. She looked Manga-ish, with oversized eyes and a small mouth and nose. Her name was Lip, The flower Fairy. The other was a man dressed in blue body warmer, white trousers, pink shoes, pink bobble, and a yellow muffler. His name was Ivory, otherwise known as Bomberman.

"Who are you?" Lip asked Bomberman. Bomberman laughed.

"My name's Bomberman. Right now I'm on a mission to find the hidden bomb element in the desert. You?" He replied kindly.

"My name's Lip, the flower fairy. I was on my way to the brawl tournament, but I got lost." She explained, pouting and tapping her feet.

"You wouldn't happen to know the way…?" She asked hopefully. Bomberman shook his head and sat down. He took two flasks of water out of his bag and chucked one over to Lip. She caught it, nodded, and drunk thirstily. Bomberman whipped out a small remote control. Lip gasped.

"What's that?" She asked, staring at the object.

"It detects the unnatural. Right now, it will beep if it's pointed at anything that shouldn't be in the desert, like the bomb element." He explained, flicking it on, and moving it about, waving it toward the sand. Lip looked on in interest. Suddenly, the remote bleeped. Bomberman's jaw dropped.

"This could be the bomb element!" He shouted, digging furiously. He dug and dug, until he reached Lucas' trophy.

"Oh. A trophy, never mind." He sighed, chucking it to the side. But Lip caught it, and realised it straight away.

"Stop, Bomberman. Something odd is going on and we have to find out what!" She yelled, holding his Statue high in the air.

Sonic landed with a THUD. He looked around.

'Where am I?' He thought, looking about. This place had trees with cherries growing on them. He picked a cherry, and held it. It was real. There was a river. There was a shop called 'Nookway' somewhere near him, and right next to it, able sisters. Sonic realised he was in Smashville, or another animal crossing town. Then, an elephant in a green top rushed by. He looked distressed, worried. Scared, even. Sonic tried to talk to him, but the Elephant yelled,

"Gone. All my bells. Gone. Nothing. Blackness. Gone…" Then he ran away into his house. A siren sounded.

'What on earth is going on?' Sonic thought, as other distressed animals rushed into their houses. All of a sudden, everything went black.

The sky cloaked Smashville in a cape of darkness, wiping across the land, suddenly, and silently. Sonic felt him floating. Then, all of a sudden, everything was back. Just like a light switch in the sky… Sonic walked into Nookway to talk to Nook. He might know what was going on. He stepped inside. The place was in blackness.

"Hello? Anyone home?" Sonic asked, shivering. The lights flicked on, and Nook crept from a corner.

"The darkness…has it gone?" Nook asked, emerging from behind a counter. Sonic nodded slowly. Was this a prank?

"Yes." Sonic said, glancing at the items. They were all new and shiny, as if they had only just got there.

"Nice shovel! Can I buy it?" Sonic said, picking the object up. He'd always wanted one, too. Nook nodded…but then shook his head and sighed. There's no use. It will just disappear along with the next blackness, as well as the money you gave me, and it will be back there on the shelf, as if nothing ever happened. Sonic looked puzzled. He was about to eat his cherry, but it was gone! It was too much for the hedgehog.

"What is this 'Blackness' you keep talking about?" Sonic asked. Nook sighed.

"It all started when Resetti left for brawl. You see, here, he sets the rules in Smashville. If someone does something wrong, then he tells them off. Now he's gone…people are doing whatever they like! Robbing, stealing…and the only human in the town is using something dreadful…we call it 'The Blackness.'" Sonic was starting to see what Nook was going on about.

"What happens in this Darkness?" Sonic asked. Tom shuddered.

"Everything goes black, obviously. But, for some reason, when the blackness happens, you lose what you're carrying, what you've sold, holding…everything is gone. Just like that. It happened before Resetti left, but not as often, because he told them off for doing it-but now he's not here, the human uses it ruthlessly!" He explained yet again. Sonic looked down. Maybe the smash mansion wasn't a huge problem compared to the ruin of Smashville.

Sonic remembered just then, 'I need friends-how am I supposed to fight Tabuu with just me…? And Sonic told Nook all about the mansion, how it was blown up, the scattering, and how he had jumped onto the DS moon.

"I can help, you know." Tom said, grabbing an axe from the aisle. He also grabbed his shovel, a fishing rod, a shovel, a slingshot, and a net. Sonic thanked him, and the two walked out of animal town.

"Tetra, are you crazy?" Red asked himself, swaying back and forth, his face green. The ship had just flown through a storm, and Red had seasickness.

"Be quiet, and rest up." Zelda said, handing him a bucket. Red glanced into it.

"Just in case." Zelda said, then smiled and walked away. Red, just then, found out what the bucket was for.

Zelda walked out onto the deck. It was sunny, and only a few clouds lingered here and there. Lucario walked over to her, and put a paw in her hand. His face was straight and serious. Something was up.

"What is it?" Zelda asked him, her face forming a frown. Lucario glanced around.

"Not here…we need to go below deck, away from prying eyes…" He said, nodding to Toon Link, who was fishing for dinner.

The two of them came to settle in Zelda's cabin. It was warm, and very small.

"You know, You, Mewtwo, Ness, Lucas and I all have mind links?" Lucario asked, referring to their brainpower. Zelda nodded slowly.

"Well, I sense danger. Huge danger emitting from Ness. Either he has gone bad, or he is in a very bad place. And, I know it is somehow linked with the bomb." Lucario explained. Zelda nodded.

"Yes, I had sensed some danger from him too, but in a way, I guess we're all in danger, no?" She explained, looking about.

"We're all split up, and anything is out there, besides, the Trif…"

"LAND HO!" Tetras loud voice interrupted, and, sure enough, a beach was seen through the window of Zelda's room. Zelda shook her head.

"Never mind. I'll go get Red."

She walked outside Her room into Red's.

"Come on, bulimic child, land's ahead." She said, observing Red, with an olive green face

"So…this is…?" Bomberman asked. Lip sighed.

"This is Lucas, Bomberman. He's a brawler! But why is he out in the desert?" Lip replied and asked. Bomberman frowned.

"Yeah…according to my wrist computer, he should be in the middle of a fight with Roy. I'll see where Roy is…" He said, tapping his wrist computer several times.

"He's not at the smash mansion either." He said, and then turned to Lip.

"Infact, no one is there. They are everywhere; the desert, forest…even in the sea." Lip commented, reading Ivory's computer.

"We have to find them." Lip said, facing Bomberman.

"All right. This bomb element search is pretty tiring." He said, tapping Lucas' base.

The mastermind drove into negative space. She plonked Link and G&W's trophies on the floor, and called Uubat.

But Only Ike, Pichu, and Young Link came, carrying a terrified Ness.

"Well done, my minions, for catching the intruder!" The mastermind said, smirking. She sat down on a throne, and looked at Ness.

"Recognise me?" She said, laughing a little. Ness nodded, very slowly.

"It's you…I can't remember your name…" He said, his brain weakened just by her presence. The mastermind laughed again.

"Good." She said, looking at her fingernails.

"What do you want…with me?" Ness asked, glaring at her.

"Oh, nothing much. I just want you to end up like this lot." She said, gesturing to the trophies behind her.

"Why?" Ness asked, worried. He had to keep her talking! He might buy some time and think of a plan!

"Well…why? That question, young boy, is too much for you too handle." She said.

"Young? I'm older than you! I'm 16 and you look about 14!" Ness spitted in disgust.

The mastermind gasped.

"We don't tolerate spitting in my home. Not at all. You…will go somewhere extra special." She said, walking over to Ness.

Ness prepared himself for the worst. He felt himself being kicked, then…nothing.

Toon Zelda looked about.

"Right. Where are we?" She asked. Zelda shrugged.

"Beats me." She said, looking around. They were standing in a forest, with weird looking trees bearing cherries.

"Oh, Everyone! It's Sonic!" Red yelled, pointing at a blue hedgehog walked alongside a brown racoon thing.

(Review, as always. I know this took ages to get up, but was it worth it? Let me know, please.)