Disclaimer!- Every story I read has this so... I do NOT in any way own the super smash brothers title or the characters mentioned in this story. The only thing I own is the idea and plot (I think).

Hi!~ This is my first story so I hope it's not too suckish =) Anyway, this won't be too long, but I think this is worth reading. The underlined statements are just side notes to give a little detail to the story that will possibly be important later ;) The italicized words are thoughts. Have fun reading!* =D

*In the woods a little ways from the mansion*

"Please! Stop! Please!" a weakened voice cried out into the forest.

Blobby green things with dark eyes were deaf to the child's pleas. They had a mission, and planned on completing it.

A small boy dashed through the forest, trying to out-run the monsters following him. He winced and clenched one eye shut when he cut his leg on the brush along the ground, but did his best to ignore it and continued to run.

He yelped in fear when he suddenly heard the primids gaining on him.

The child's eyes widened and more tears of fright leaked down his face as his assailants continued to make advances on him. He gasped and tried to slash at a few that were nearest to him, but they would simply morph back into their former shape if they got hit.

Finally giving out from exhaustion, his fell to his knees and panted hard. He couldn't get away; he had known that the minute he stumbled across the hoard of them. He slowly glanced back at his antagonists with half-lidded eyes. His vision had become foggy and it was getting harder to breathe.

One of them suddenly melted into a puddle of dark purple matter, and one of the dots began to snake towards him. He tried to move, but knew his attempts were in vain. He couldn't resist; there was no strength left in him.

The speck traveled up his bruised body and entered it without any pain to its victim. The boy's eyes widened and a dark aura suddenly surrounded his body.

He cringed and clenched his fists tightly. Soon enough, though, his body loosened and his head lowered. He then staggered up slowly and looked up into the night sky, standing with valor. He smiled, showing almost fang-like teeth, and chuckled darkly.

Turning towards the mansion, the boy began to make his way to the door, smile gone and sword in hand.

. . . . . . . . . .

It was a regular night at the smash mansion; nothing to speak of was going on. Everyone was, however, in the main living room having a small gathering after all the matches were done for the day. Everyone had light hearts and were enjoying the food and conversation. All the smashers were there except one for a small green-clad one that no one seemed to notice was missing. But suddenly...

"CRACK!" the door slammed against the aging dry wall, making a hole where the doorknob had hit it. The chatter immediately ceased and everyone turned to look, startled by the sudden noise, only to see sweet little Toon Link standing in the doorway. All of them lowered down their guard when they saw who it was, but yet a thick layer of tension still laid over the room. Something was not right; they could all tell.

Toon Link stood there with his head slightly hung over, the shadow of his blond hair covering his eyes. His clothes, upon further examination, were torn and riddled with blood stains. He stood there for a while, right hand on the door he had crashed into the wall and the other on his sword handle. No one moved or talked for what seemed like hours, until Link finally decided to speak to him.

"Uh... hey Toon, w-where you been?" Link said trying to make light conversation, but failing when his voice cracked. Everyone else remained quiet and still, but was slightly surprised by Link's sudden break through the thick silence.

Link had always been very kind to Toon Link, keeping him out of trouble and taking care of him when he was sick, even though sometimes his younger self annoyed him to no end (like all brothers). Toon Link also was very happy to have a brother with such a reputation, and looked up to Link like a hero (which he actually was). When Link would scold Toon Link that he was not trying hard enough or giving up too easily, Toon would go into a very deep depression, and would not speak for a long time - sometimes almost 2 weeks - having lowered his already fragile self-esteem. After all, he was a newcomer, and his confidence was not at the caliber that the veterans had.

Toon Link continued to stand at the door; not moving, and taking in short, harsh breaths, which everyone could hear due to such a deafening silence. Finally, Lucas, Toon Link's best friend, came over to him, deeply concerned about the blood stains that were covering his short arms and legs. His natural apprehension was skyrocketed when he got close enough to see the true damage done to the other's body.

"Toon Link, what happened? Are you alright?" Lucas asked with worry.

Toon Link did not move or even flinch, but after a moment, Link saw the grip of Toon Link's hand tighten around the handle of his sword. Link realized what was about to happen and tried to warn Lucas.

"LUCAS, GET OUT OF THE WAY!" Link screamed in desperation to save the boy from harm. Lucas heard the words and, just before Toon Link swiped his blade at him, the boy quickly leapt out of the way, narrowly missing the blow. Everyone let out a sharp gasp, while Link watched in horror to see what his brother would do next. Oddly, Toon didn't move from his current stance.

Link was worried now, and that's saying a lot considering all that he has been through in his life.

Suddenly, he saw Toon Link's sword start to sparkle on the tip, meaning he was charging up a spin attack. Link tried to run at him to prevent the boy from possibly seriously hurting someone, but was too late in doing so.

Toon Link spun wildly around the room, trying to hit anyone in range. Link had never seen such a powerful spin attack, even from his own self.

Everyone ran in various directions, trying to avoid it. Some were lucky to get by, but unfortunately, Falco wasn't one of them. He got clamped in between several of the fleeing smashers, earning him a large gash on his wing, not being able to get out of the situation in time. He fell over onto a nearby table, which, on top of everything else, knocked him unconscious. Wolf and Fox noticed him and grabbed him as fast as possible, taking him quickly out of the room to Dr. Mario.

The others were rushing and screaming in all directions, trying to get out the door. Successful in doing so, Toon Link stopped his attack when everyone had made it out safely.

Link was still in the room though. He was going to try and get close enough to Toon Link and catch him so he could stop this onslaught and figure out what was wrong with his brother. He started to advance towards Toon slowly, being careful to notice any sudden flinch or movement he made.

Something is definitely wrong with him, Link thought, Toon Link would never purposely hurt anyone outside of the battlefield.

Just as Link had gotten close enough to his brother to see how deep his cuts really were, Toon Link, who still had the same expression as when he had come through the door, quickly turned and ran through to opening everyone had escaped through. Being quite a bit faster than Link, Toon Link was able to make an easy escape.

NO! He'll hurt, or maybe even kill, more people if I don't stop him! Link thought hurriedly.

Screams ran throughout the mansion. It's not that any of them couldn't defend themselves; they just didn't want to hurt Toon Link, who everyone realized was not in his usual state of mind.

Toon had gathered everyone in a corner of the kitchen; the kids and some of the girls trembling and the guys standing in a defensive position protecting them, not really knowing what else they could do. Just as Toon was about to bring his sword down on several of those who were near the front, Link appeared in the doorway.

"TOON! Stop! What's wrong with you?" Link yelled.

Toon turned slowly and looked at him, although Link still could not see his eyes that were covered by his thick, golden hair.

"Toon Link..?" Link questioned as he took a step closer.

When Toon Link finally looked up to where Link could get a full look at his brother's face, it finalized his first thoughts.

His pupils are... gone… his eyes are completely void… Link thought in shock, looking at the blank stare Toon was giving him.

It was true. Toon Link's pupils had vanished, leaving him with a look in his eyes that was unreadable.

After a moment though, Link noticed Toon's pupils return for a second, then fade, but return again. His eyes were flickering in and out like a light bulb.

Toon Link then groaned and shut them hard, falling to his knees and making his sword clatter to the floor. He held his head and clenched his teeth together, making Link lower his defense out of concern for his brother.

He walked over to Toon Link, and as he got close enough to touch him, Toon Link opened one eye and grabbed his sword again. He slashed at Link, not meaning to hit him, but just to make him back away. Link looked at him in shock when Toon Link, after all this time of silence, finally spoke.

"...Link," he began in a strained voice, "..get... everyone... out... of here. Then... when they.. are... all gone...," he paused, now tear-filled eyes looking up at Link, then began to speak again, "...kill me."

Wow... lots of drama =) Hope you liked the first chapter well enough to keep reading!* =)