//------------------------------// // Chapter 7: Horrors in the Night // Story: Super Smash Bros. The RPG // by FandomPlays1234 //------------------------------// The dead trees continued to increase as Fandom led a terrified Reiko and Twilight to the cemetery. At first the scary forest wasn't as bad considering that there was very little trees. But as soon as they entered, it was clear that they were not alone. For the past 2 hours the group had been walking around the forest with no way out, and every time they felt as if they'd been walking in circles. Even Ritsu's radar began acting up the second the trees began to look gloomier and their numbers increased. At one point, Fandom felt as if they were being watched by something or somebody. Every now and then he would turn around to see a tall figure wearing a suit standing behind a tree looking in their direction, but every time he blinked the figure would've disappeared. "Are we there yet?" Twilight asked nervously. "I've tried fixing the radar, but it seems there's something in this forest that's disrupting the connection," said Ritsu. "How long have we been walking in here?" asked Reiko trembling. "Reiko you are technically a yokai, why are YOU of all people scared?" asked Fandom. "Aren't you scared of something to?" asked Reiko. "N-no," answered Fandom. "I heard you stutter Fandom," said Ritsu. "Shut up," groaned Fandom. "Hey I think we made it out," said Twilight. Fandom and Reiko looked to forward to find themselves in front of an old graveyard. "Wait since when did we get out of the forest?" asked Fandom. "I don't know, but I think I got connection back," said Ritsu. "Um what's that?" asked Reiko pointing forward. The group looked up to see a large mansion standing behind the graveyard. Red mist covered the sky and a mysterious large object stationed above the mansion. "Hey Ritsu do you think you can zoom in on that thing above the mansion?" asked Fandom pointing at the object. "Roger," said Ritsu. Ritsu vanished from the screen as an image of the object replaced her. The screen on the menu slowly zoomed in until the object came into view. It was a large battleship of some sort with large purple wings at the back. A large canon sat on top of the ship and a shiny grey mask was attached on the front. "Is that a battleship?" asked Reiko. "Yes, I believe it's called Battleship Halberd from the Kirby series," answered Fandom. "Though I don't know why this thing would be here," "Maybe if head over to the mansion we can find some clues or hints," suggested Twilight. The two nodded their heads in agreement and entered the graveyard. The three trudged through the graveyard as they made their way to the large mansion. "Sweet Celestia he HAD to choose here of all the places," whimpered Twilight. Reiko's ear twitched she stopped. "Reiko is something wrong?" asked Fandom. "Whoever you are we know you're there, come out and show yourself!" she ordered drawing her sword. Twilight and Fandom looked behind as figures slowly walked out from behind to gravestones. The girl was slightly taller than the boy and was wearing a white long sleeved shirt with a green tie. Her green skirt flowed in the in the wind and her blue eyes stared at them nervously. The boy had a black and yellow vest over his blue shirt and wore shorts of the same color. He was wearing a pair of old fashioned geta sandals and his brown hair covered his right eye. "I knew it so it was YOU two who was following us," growled Reiko. "I'm afraid that's just a misunderstanding," the boy growled. 'Wait Reiko, these two aren't part of the Subspace Empire," said Ritsu. Reiko hesitated but returned her sword in her scabbard. The two also straightened their bodies, becoming less defensive and afraid of the them. "Who are you?" asked Reiko. Sure enough the environment froze as two splash screens appeared. Newcomer! Gegege no Kitaro Shows up! Newcomer! Mana Inuyama Reaches out! "Fandom this was yokai I was talking about!" gasped Ritsu as the splash screens disappeared. "What?!" asked Fandom. "So you've heard about us," a voice spoke up. The three looked around the graveyard searching for the voice's source to no avail. "Who said that?" asked Twilight. Kitaro's hair began to rustle as small red eyeball crawled out. "What the hell!?" yelped Reiko. "Hey no need to scream," said the eyeball. "Sorry if my dad startled you," apologized Kitaro. "You're dad!?" yelped Twilight. At that moment a third splash screen appeared. Newcomer! Daddy Eyeball Sees through you! "That's right," answered Daddy Eyeball. 'We came here to investigate a mysterious screeching we heard from Academy City," said Kitaro. "Wait, you guys just came from Academy City?" asked Fandom. The three nodded. "Then that means..." said Reiko. "Ridley isn't in Academy City," said Fandom. "Who?" asked Mana. Fandom and his friends explained the situation about their mission, Ridley's attack on the village, and the Subspace Empire. "I see, so you're here looking for the girl this Ridley kidnapped," said Daddy Eyeball. "Alright then it's settled, we'll help," 'Wait what!?" gasped Mana. "If the screeching is somehow connected to this Ridley, then we can't just leave the kid when she's in danger," said Daddy Eyeball. "If that's what you want," said Kitaro. Fandom reached out grabbed Kitaro's hand. "Nice having you," said Fandom. With that, the group continued to make their way to the mansion. Along the way Reiko and Twilight chatted with Mana and explained everything they heard about Ridley and the Subspace Empire. It wasn't long before they reached the entrance. "It's kind of gloomy," said Mana. "Hey look a sign," said Twilight. Fandom looked over and saw a bronze sign hanging on the right wall. "Scarlet Devil Mansion," Fandom read. "That doesn't sound good," said Reiko. Regardless Fandom pushed open the door as they were greeted by a gust of cold air. Inside they could hear the screams of someone or something. "Ok that's creepy," said Reiko. "Let's go," said Fandom walking in. Kitaro followed behind but the girls seemed hesitant. They eventually summoned up their courage and walked in. They stood at the center of the lobby looking around. "Interesting mansion I must say so myself," said Daddy Eyeball. Fandom was about to head down the left hallway when something rattled. Fandom looked around cautiously. 'What was that?" asked Twilight. "Fandom, there seems to be a strange presence coming from inside the dresser," said Ritsu. Fandom looked to his left to see the old dresser with it's doors slightly ajar. Gathering his courage, Fandom walked over and placed one hand on the dresser door. He placed his hand over one of the crosses and threw open the door only to find two kids huddled up in the dresser. 'It's just kids," said Fandom. "What?" asked Kitaro. The group walked over next to Fandom. One of the kids was wearing a bright yellow raincoat while the second wore a blue sweater and tattered black pants. The kid with the raincoat had brown eyes while the kid in the blue sweater had blue eyes. Both were barefoot and looked to be in their teens. "He's right," said Mana. "But who are they and what are they doing here?" Two more splash screens flashed in front of the group. Newcomer! Six Hungers for Food! Newcomer! Seven Runs in! "Please don't hurt us," whimpered Six. "We won't, you can trust us," said Twilight. The two nervously crawled out and into Kitaro and Reiko's arms. "They're hurt," said Ritsu. "Hey you two what are you doing in here?" asked Fandom. "We were starving so we came here looking for food," answered Seven. "But then we got chased by these scary robot animals so we hid in the dresser," added Six. "Robot animals, you mean like animatronics?" asked Fandom. The two nodded. "I see, well you're alright now," said Fandom. "Why don't you stay with us?" "Really can we do that?" asked Six. "Now wait a minute, we can't just bring them with us," said Reiko. 'You got any better ideas?" asked Fandom. "We can't just leave them in there, don't worry I'll protect them at all costs," Reiko tried to oppose but she stayed silent. "Come on let's go," said Fandom. The group now joined with Six and Seven followed after Fandom as he led them deeper into the mansion. They continued to walk through the halls as Fandom took the lead. Every now and then there would be some loud sound that made the girls jump, but Fandom stayed brave for the group. Kitaro on the other hand didn't seemed fazed and neither was Seven. "Geez such a big mansion," said Mana. Suddenly the same scream the group heard before entering the mansion rang out once more. 'Again," whimpered Twilight. "Fandom, there appears to be two more beings nearby," said Ritsu. 'Let's go!" said Fandom dashing off. "Wait!" Reiko called out. But Kitaro and Seven just casually followed after him. The girls hesitated but ran after their friends. When they caught up with Fandom, they could see two figures down the hall they stopped at. One was a human wearing brown shoes, blue overalls, green shirt, and green hat. The second figure was a pony with pink mane and tail. "Who's that?" asked Daddy Eyeball. Suddenly the two screamed and came running towards the group. Before anybody could react the two figures ran into Fandom and knocked him down. 'Ouch!" said Fandom. "Fandom are you alright?" asked Mana. "I'm fine but who the hell?" asked Fandom. The three looked up at each other. "Wait Luigi?" asked Fandom. 'Fluttershy?' asked Twilight. 'Who?" asked Reiko. As usual another splash screen flashed in front of them. Newcomer! Fluttershy Sneaks in! "Fluttershy what are you doing here?" asked Twilight. "I should be asking the same," said Fluttershy. Suddenly Luigi screamed and hid behind Fandom with Fluttershy. 'Whoa what's going on?" asked Fandom. 'Um Fandom," Six whimpered. "What?" asked Fandom. Six swallowed hard as she pointed behind him. Confused, Fandom turned around as the sound of mechanical footsteps walked up to them. Fandom looked up to see three robots standing there. One was a withered blue bunny with a red bow tie with a large hole in it's chest. The figure on the right was a withered red fox with a large hook on it's left hand. The third was a withered golden bear with a purple hat and bow tie. Two holes and sharp teeth were on it's stomach resembling a face. All three robots had sharp claws and teeth that looked like it could tear human flesh with one bite. 'What the fuck?" whimpered Reiko. Fandom looked above the three's head and noticed red HP bars with skulls next to them hovering under their names. "Nightmare Bonnie, Nightmare Foxy, and Nightmare Fredbear," Fandom read out loud. "There the ones, they tried to hurt us!" Seven exclaimed. "Shit," cursed Fandom. "But these are the animatronics from Five Nights at Freddy's 4!" The animatronics eyes flashed red as they approached the group. Fandom was about to grab his cross when Mana behind them screamed. "What happened!?" Fandom asked turning around. That's when he noticed three more animatronics had appeared behind them. One was a withered brown bear with a black hat and bow tie with three smaller bears crawling all over it's body. The second was a withered duck and/or chicken with a white bib that read let's eat and a withered pink cupcake in it's right hand. The third seem to resemble Nightmare Fredbear but had a black color skin with a yellow bow tie and hat instead of purple. They also had sharp teeth and claws. "We're surrounded!" gasped Kitaro. "Nightmare Freddy, Nightmare Chica, and Nightmare," Fandom read out loud. "Great the whole gang's here," The group was slowly cornered against the wall as the six animatronics slowly closed in on them. "This is officially the worst," said Reiko. 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