Author's Note: I started this story like a year ago. And after that year, I'm only on Chapter 4. o-o
I break the chapters up into 4 parts, like in the game. The first couple of parts are short, sorry.
Also, sorry for the lame summary! ^^; I'm not great summaries... ^^;

(c) All Mario related things belong to Nintendo.


"So…They think that the whole Chaos Heart ordeal is over…" Dimentio mused to himself as he floated back and forth in his Dimension D.

After faking his death, he had returned to his own dimension to overlook the outcome.

While he had been confident that he would defeat the heroes, he had planned ahead that if they had won he would leave behind a piece of himself—a Dark Shadow of himself.

The Dark Shadow would make sure the Chaos Heart would continue the destruction of all worlds.

But thanks to Count Bleck and his—gag—true love Timpani, the Dark Shadow was no more and the worlds were saved.

Dimentio scowled. "This just won't do."

He had been secretly watching his ex-teammates for several months.

Nastasia and O'Chunks now resided in Flopside. Nastasia was still saddened by the loss of her 'beloved count'. And O'Chunks was still trying to help her along, all the while trying to woo her for himself. And Mimi had gotten herself a job at Merlee's Mansion, turning it into a 'cutiepie stable', as she called it.

"It's like they forgot I even existed," Dimentio spat. "As if I was just tumbleweed in Yold Desert that tumbled past them towards its doom to a bottomless pit…"

Snapping his fingers, he made an Awesome Snack appear in his hands. Munching on the snack, he grumbled, "I would have become king of my own universe by now if it weren't for the heroes and Bleck and Timpani…"

He finished his snack and crumpled the bag. "This is just a minor setback. However, the Chaos Heart is gone, and won't be able to be revived…And no one knows what happened to the Dark Prognosticus…"

He threw the bag over his shoulder to the pile of trash that had accumulated over in the corner. "What to do, what to do…" For the past couple of days he had been trying to come up with a way to complete his worlds-domination. But how?!

Dimentio floated upside down as he thought. Then it hit him.

He grinned evilly as he formulated the plan. "Yes, yes, this will do…But…" His grin sloped to a slight frown. "I will need help…" He then grinned again. "Well, what better help than my dear friends?" Dimentio laughed darkly. "Time to pay them a visit. First stop—the Underwhere."

With a warp/flash, he was gone, and Dimension D was once again empty.

Aside from the trash.