After the battle with Ryu in Princess Celestia's castle, Tails flew Starlight's group back to the portal they originally came from. After thanking Tails for his service, Starlight led her party back to their world. Upon their return, they were met with Kapp'n who was waiting for them on his boat.
"There you are," said Kapp'n. "I took the liberty of carrying your friends across this lake while y'all were gone," said Kapp'n.
"Where are they now?" asked Starlight.
"On the other side," answered Kapp'n.
"Appreciate it," said Starlight. She hoped on the boat along with Captain Falcon and Ryu while Spike hopped on the back of Skystar and went over to the other side where the others were waiting. Kapp'n started the boat and carried the three to the other side of the lake where the others were waiting. After getting off, they thanked Kapp'n and put him back into the album.
"Took you long enough," said Bowser.
"Where have you been off to?" asked Rainbow Dash. Starlight explained her experience in the other Equestria and the spirits they saved while they were there.
"Wait another Equestria?" asked Cadence.
"Yeah except nobody was there," answered Spike.
"How strange," said Twilight.
'There are some things we may not know about, but maybe we'll get some answers after we beat Galeem," said Starlight. "So let's keep moving,"
"Actually, while you were gone, we went ahead and freed some of the spirits on those platforms," said Villager pointing to the large mushrooms.
"I see, well I appreciate your efforts everyone," said Starlight.
"We also managed to save another fighter as well," said Link.
"Really who?" asked Skystar. Everyone moved out of the way as a small human in a yellow astronaut outfit walked out. His eyes were shut and his big round nose bounced. Three small creatures with flowers and leaves on there head followed behind.
"Wow," said Starlight.
"Hey Olimar, long time no see," said Captain Falcon.
"Oh Captain, yeah long time," he said.
"This is Captain Olimar, he's a bit timid, but I'm sure you'll get along with him," said Mario.
"Hello Olimar, I'm Starlight," she said. "And these are my friends, Spike and Skystar,"
"Hey," said Spike.
"Hiya!" cheered Skystar.
"Um, nice to meet you too," mumbled Olimar.
"And I see you have Ryu with you too," said Link.
"Long time I suppose," said Ryu.
"Hello again to you too," said Mario.
"So did you guys cross over to the other side?" asked Starlight.
"We tried to, but another fighter was blocking the path," said. Sunset.
"We were thinking of engaging them into battle, but Peach said that you guys were coming back so we decided to wait for you," said Lucario.
"Well alright then, let's go see who this fighter is," said Starlight. She began crossing the mushroom platforms as the rest of the party followed behind. After crossing over several platforms, she noticed someone standing near the edge blocking their path. It was yellow and had a small round body. It wore orange gloves on it's hands and red boots on it's feet. A short stubby nose stuck out from the center of it's face and two eyes in the shape of ovals with slits. "Who in the name of Celestia is that?" asked Starlight.
"That would be Pac-Man," answered Mario. "He used to be an old friend of mine, but after I joined smash, I kinda lost touch with him,"
"Luckily for you, he was invited in the last tournament and now he's back," said Piranha Plant.
"Poyo!" said Kirby walking up to her.
"Hmm?" Starlight looked down at him. "Kirby what is it?" asked Starlight. Kirby ran in front and pointed at Pac-Man.
"Do you perhaps want to battle?" asked Starlight. Kirby smiled and nodded."Alright, go get him," said Starlight giving Kirby a light smile. Kirby excitedly ran over to Pac-Man as he turned around. Kirby stood before him with a determined look on his face. But just before they could engage The light from Galeem flashed grabbing the attention from everyone.
"What's Galeem up to?" asked Rainbow. As they looked up, they could see an orange flame burst out of Galeem and crash down in the middle of the base standing behind Pac-Man.
"Uh what just happened?" asked Villager.
"Only one way to find out," said Lucario. Kirby who was looking up quickly turned his focus back on Pac-Man as he attempted to grab him. Kirby jumped up and landed behind him to perform a leg sweep knocking Pac-Man into the air. Kirby jumped up and kicked him three times sending him flying. Pac-Man quickly recovered and dropped a fire hydrant on the ground as it began to squirt water. Kirby kicked the fire hydrant knocking it out of the ground and sent it flying into Pac-man.
"Ooh ouch," said Rainbow. Pac-Man got up and held out his hand as a line of small white pellets extended outwards. He suddenly turned into a yellow circle with a slit for his mouth as he zipped forward, eating the pellets and knocking himself into Kirby. But Kirby made a comeback as he turned into a large spiky ball and dropped down on Pac-Man's head. Pac-Man got up and turned into the yellow circle with the slit as he rushed towards Kirby, only to be met with a burning hammer in his face.
"Ooh, I could almost feel that," said Cadence. As Kirby and Pac-Man stared each other down, a flash of light grabbed Mario's attention.
"Hey look," he said looking up. Everyone followed his gaze to see a large orb appear in front of them. The orb had a beautiful glow from the multicolored aura that flowed around it and a vertical and horizontal line was imprinted on the orb in the form of a cross. The horizontal line was adjusted so it was slightly under the center and the vertical line was a lot thicker compared to the horizontal and was slightly moved over to the left.
"Is that a Smash Ball?" gasped Peach.
"A what?" asked Spike.
"A Smash Ball is an item that can allow the user to use their final smash once they break it open," explained Eleven.
"So pretty," said Skystar. Suddenly the Smash Ball began to float around Kirby and Pac-Man. grabbing their attention. Kirby and Pac-Man looked at each other before Kirby grabbed Pac-Man, hit him several times and throw him off to the side before he ran up and began hitting the Smash Ball. For a while it seemed like Kirby was hitting the Smash Ball until Pac-Man suddenly knocked him away and began aiming for the Smash Ball as well. After what seemed like minutes of attacking and chasing the Smash Ball, Kirby was able to break it open. Kirby's body began to glow in a rainbow aura as dark clouds began to gather above them. Kirby stared at Pac-Man with his glowing golden eyes. Pac-Man ran at Kirby in attempts to knock the Smash Ball out of him, but wasn't able to react quick enough as a bolt of lightning crashed down onto Kirby.
"Do it Kirby," said Starlight. Kirby's body flashed as a large green cap with an orange headband with a white star, appeared on his head. Kirby held up his hands as large sword with a blue hilt and a green emblem with a yellow star in the center, appeared. It grew bigger and bigger until it was almost several times bigger than his original size.
"Wow!" exclaimed Spike. Twilight's jaw dropped as she stared at Kirby's sword in awe.
"Haha yes, Ultra Sword!" exclaimed Piranha Plant. Kirby slashed forward, catching Pac-Man into it's range, and began slashing him with his sword from different angles, each slash followed by a trail of rainbow light. After hitting Pac-Man with a barrage of slashes, Kirby raised his sword and hit Pac-Man with one final slash sending him flying into some nearby bushes. Even though they couldn't see it, light burst out from behind the bushes. Kirby turned as Starlight and her party walked over to him, thanking Kirby for opening up the path. But Kirby didn't seem to care, instead he ran over to the bushes where Pac-Man had landed to check up on him. He pulled the bushes away as Pac-Man sat up looking dazed. Starlight walked over and patted Kirby on the head. Kirby looked up at Starlight with a curious look.
"Don't worry, I'm sure he'll be fine," said Starlight. "Come on, let's go meet up with the group again," Kirby looked at Pac-Man as he walked back to join the party. Starlight walked over to Pac-Man and helped him up. "Come on don't push yourself,"
"Who, who are you?" asked Pac-Man.
"I'm Starlight," she said. "I'm pretty sure you don't know what's going on,"
"No," answered Pac-Man.
"Come on, I'll explain everything as we walk," said Starlight. She helped Pac-Man walk back to her party and explained everything as they began searching for an entrance to the base.