Chapter 1 ~The Beginning of All~
"Look my lovely shining star; do not forget your destiny, from light or darkness…."
"I have a greater purpose, I just don't know what it is, ya know what I mean?" said Fax who was speaking to her best friend Peach. The two of them had been in fax's bedroom talking about how things had changed so much since everyone left. Rosalina and Bowser, who had went off to college were getting married soon. Crystal and Pauline went off to pursue their dreams of singing and cooking.
The only ones left in the house were Fax, Peach, and peach's little brother Rick. "I know what ya mean, schools finally out though we should be having the time of our lives right now!" Peach replied to Fax's question-statement.
Somewhere in a chilly dark cave… "The ruler of this dark shadow-like place has requested that we begin our quest to search for the princess that will ultimately seal our fates", said queen Analicia to her servants. Suddenly one person came forward, took a huge bow and said "My queen, I shall find this pitiful weakling; no one will stand in the way of our great ruler!" The person who spoke out so boldly was none other than Allister, tall and built, long, spiked hair as red as a rose, but eyes as dark blue as the ground on which he walked. "Allister, I am pleased that you have the guts to stand before me and make such a huge statement, I hope the best for your mission, do not fail!" , exclaimed the queen.
With yet another huge bow Allister transformed into a black smoke and evaporated into the air. Now the princess that was being searched for had a great task, she was supposed to come to the Mushroom Kingdom to seal away a powerful crystal called the Dark Crystal. This crystal had massive power, power that never should have been left with mere mortals or even the purest of heart. This crystal is the one thing that Queen Analicia really wanted; for it would have the power to free the mysterious being she called her ruler, Mauricia.
Mauricia was one of the four chosen to protect a land known as the Sacred Forest, this land held a powerful force of light. No one could enter this sacred place because the light would drive out the imperfect forces that could possibly upset the balance of the realm, which would lead to total chaos. Only one person was able to enter this sacred place, The Creator of light. When the four chosen were sent to protect this realm of peace and happiness the one, Mauricia was so caught up in the power that she sought out to have it. Seeing the definite risk, The Creator sealed her away in a dark and lonely place for eternity. There is a prophecy that one day Mauricia will try to free herself, now to begin…
Back in the hangout…"Well we can't be for certain but if you are sure you know what you're doing then I will go ahead and tell her everything."Whispered Peach to a mysterious voice coming out of her watch. As she shut her watch she walked up the stairs to the kitchen to talk to Fax who was in there fixing something to eat. "Fax, can you come downstairs for a few minutes please, we need to talk." asked Peach as nice as she could. "Sure I guess I can.", Fax replied as she put down the spatula she was using and followed her friend.
The both of them went into a tiny closet that looked like no one had used it in a long time. "Peach, why are we in here, what are we doing?" asked Fax with a strange look on her face. The only thing Peach could do was give Fax a quiet silencing gesture as the small space Fax thought was just a closet began to move like an elevator. Suddenly, the elevator stopped and the two of them stepped out into a computer lab. "What the…." Fax began to speak as Peach silenced her. The two were greeted by Peach's little brother Rick and a women. "Welcome back Peach, and welcome to you too Fax, we've been expecting you." spoke the women.
Fax looked confused but oddly did not say a word. "Come with me and all will be explained." said the women with a short giggle as she gestured the three of them to follow her into a meeting room. After an hour or two they came out. "So you're saying then that this princess is in danger of being attacked and we have to protect her, with these powers that you say we posses?" Fax asked the women, who revealed herself to be the commander of the lab. "Yes, once you escort her back here she can fulfill the purpose which I explained earlier." replied the commander. "You said you felt like you had a greater purpose didn't you, ha-ha." spoke out Peach as she turned and looked at her completely shocked yet strangely confused friend.
The commander pulled out a watch and handed it to Fax, it looked exactly like Peach's. "Here this is what you will use to transform into your battle suit." said the commander. "Battle suit?" replied Fax. The commander shook her head and proceeded to say, "One more thing, I ask that you allow two people to be housed in the place you three live. The prophecy states that there will be five members of your squad who will take down Mauricia, a squad of the stars, you and Peach are members and also…""Me.", said a man who cut off the commander as he walked closer. Now he appeared with a little boy, they both were wolves who had come and became part of the "Star Squad" a long time ago, but they had no place to stay. "Now this is Titan and his little brother Qase, Qase stays here with Rick and helps keep an eye on things, but Titan is your third member. Now do you mind if they stay with you?" asked the commander. "No, not at all, they can stay." replied Fax as all five of them left the commander to go back of the house. But Fax had no idea that she was about to embark on the most dangerous mission of her life…
The next day, Fax and Peach went out to grocery shop and prepare for when the princess arrived, while Titan was training outside in the woods. After Titan had finished he went inside the house to his room to change in to his casual wear when he saw a shadowed figure standing in the doorway leading to his room.
"Hello, old friend!" said the figure as he walked in closer revealing himself to be none other than, Allister. "What do you want allister, I'm busy." said Titan as he stood turned the opposite direction with an angry look on his face. "Oh me, I just thought I'd drop by and say hello." Allister replied with a grin on his face as he walked around the room looking at Titan's belongings. "I've known you long enough to know that isn't the truth, and by the way, I'm not your friend anymore and never will be again!" Titan shouted as his facial expressions began to look angrier. "Wow, it's still easy to get you riled up I see, but the real reason I'm here is because I wanted to share with you that, I am going to get the princess and that dark crystal…today, so just go ahead and give up." ,Allister said with a look of confidence. "That's not go…." Titan suddenly stopped as he turned around and saw that Allister had disappeared.
As the girls walked in the house with the groceries, Titan ran up the stairs to greet them, or so they thought. "Girls we have to go get the princess now!" Titan exclaimed as he was gasping for breath. "Why, we still have to put the groceries away, and I thought we agreed that we would do that at night time to be more discreet." replied Fax. "We can't wait, I don't know how, but a guy that I used to know came to my room and told me that he was going to get both the princess and the dark crystal today, we have to go!" ,Titan tried his hardest to explain but even he was having a hard time understanding what happened. Finally the girls put down the groceries and called Rick and Qase to come put them away. "Ok then, let's get into our battle suits!" said Fax. All three of them gave out a loud shout as they activated their wrist watches. "Star acceleration!" The transformation was quick and they flew off out of the house towards the desert.
The princess was from a kingdom called Arubbia which was the largest kingdom of the desert lands. And when the star squad arrived, the princess was waiting with some guards outside the castle gates. As they began to bow, the princess stopped them. "Do not bow to me, it only annoys Me.", said the princess as the star squad had strange looks on their faces. "Your majesty, we did not expect you to be out here waiting so soon, forgives us if we were late." said Peach. "You were not late…I have the power to look into the future, and as such knew that you were on your way." replied the princess with an emotionless look on her face. "Then with all due respect, your highness, let us depart." said Fax. "Yes, leave me my servants." the princess spoke as she motioned the guards to go back inside the castle. As the star squad began to prepare for departure the princess began to clear her throat and gave a look as if she was expecting something. "Yes your majesty." Fax answered. "Who will carry me?" the princess said as she waited for someone to step up. Both Fax and Peach stared at Titan with a look. "Oh brother." whispered Titan as he picked up the princess and the four of them flew off.
As they flew off Titan noticed a change in the air. He looked around and suddenly he saw Allister standing right beside him with a grin on his face. It was as if time had stopped, Allister was so close he could take the princess and be off, but instead he began to chuckle and disappeared, leaving Titan with a fear that he had not felt in a long time.
Meanwhile in the dark cave…Queen Analicia began to walk into a pitch black room. "My great ruler, I a humble servant am here to ask for your advice, I command you, come forth!" ,she exclaimed as a smoke began to appear forming a ominous living being, revealed to be Mauricia. "I've been expecting you, Analicia, your quest is proceeding well, but you still have a long road ahead, now what do you seek?" Mauricia asked. "I am wondering if the princess is the one we need, or is it possible to succeed without her.", Analicia replied. "No! It cannot be done without the girl, cast those thoughts out of your mind now!" exclaimed Mauricia. "Yes my queen, how foolish of me.", Analicia replied as she excused herself.
After Analicia had returned to her throne room, Mimi appeared. Mimi was a very conceited girl; she was always concerned about her alone. "Yes, Mimi, what can I do for you?" asked Analicia. "Well my queen, you see it's been bothering me that….why did you send Allister to take care of retrieving the princess and that crystal, I mean can he really be trusted?" ,asked Mimi nervously. "You mean to say why did I send him instead of you, hmm, you question me!" replied Analicia with a smirk on her face. "Sorry my queen, forgive me.", Mimi replied as she bowed and left the room.
After the Star Squad arrived back at the house Titan let the princess down on the ground and she began to look around. "What a dump." she whispered to herself even though everyone heard it. Peach began to clench her fist and Fax held her back. After clearing her throat Fax said, "It's not much but it's the best a couple of teenagers can do, it looked better back when there were more people living here that could take care of it." "I'm sure." said the princess as she walked toward the door.
Peach was riled up then, but Fax continued to try and calm her down. "Relax Peach, she's only gonna be here until tomorrow night when she performs the sealing ceremony for the dark crystal." said Fax in a soft tone. "Just one lick to her face and she might straighten up!" said Peach with her fist still tight. "Chill out I said!" Fax said while Titan was watching them laughing in amusement. Later on that day…Fax was showing the princess around hoping that something would make her change her mood, though nothing seemed to please her. While they we looking around Titan and Peach watched from the sidelines. "And this is a portrait of Rosalina's mother, Queen Amarissa.", said Fax as she presented the painting. "Really, how interesting, I mean if we were in a recycling factory, but we're not…though judging by the way this place looks inside and out, your already three-fourths of the way there."
"Oh no she didn't!" Peach said. "She's done it now!" Titan piped up. Fax began to turn red as the princess looked at her with somewhat a change in facial expression for a change. "That's it! I have had it! You may be a princess but this isn't your kingdom! How dare you say such things about the late Queen Amarissa! How dare you say things about this house! Honestly I don't know who would want to protect you, you ungrateful brat! We are doing everything we can to help and keep you safe and all you can do is talk trash, well fine after the ceremony is complete tomorrow I don't care what happens to you!" ,Fax burst out in anger. The princess had a look on her face as if she didn't know what to think, then suddenly she began to tear up. Fax rushed out of the room as Peach followed her.
"Don't take everything Fax said to heart she's just very angry, though she had good reason to be. You shouldn't be so demanding and judging." Titan spoke gently. The princess didn't say a word as she tried to wipe her tears away quickly and keep composure. "Follow me, I'll show you to your room." Titan continued as he guided her downstairs to the guest room.
Meanwhile in a dark room appeared Allister standing over a circular piece of glass which appeared to show whatever the person using it wanted to see. So as Allister was watching Titan show the princess to her room, he began to formulate a plan. "So let's see…I need to get the princess and the dark crystal, but how can I do both quickly." he thought. "Ahh yes! If I wait until tomorrow night when the princess goes to perform the ceremony, I can snatch her and the crystal at the same time!" He began to get excited as Mimi appeared. "Well, well, well, it looks like everything is workin out for you isn't It.", she said as she walked closer. "What do you want Mimi?" asked Allister. "I want to know why you were chosen to take on such a big mission, it's not fair!" she said as Allister began to smirk. "I don't know, maybe it's because I don't think only of myself, beware of such conceit, it will be your downfall." Allister shot at Mimi. "Ha! Me conceited, yeah right. I just don't understand why Queen Analicia would choose you instead of me; I am more than capable of pulling a mission like this off!" Mimi shouted. "Hmm, maybe cause, I dunno…you're weak." Allister said as he left the room. "Weak! Weak! Unggghhhh!" Mimi shouted as she left as well.
To explain, the ceremony that the princess had to perform would be performed in the Star Temple just outside the Castle Town gates. The princess is to take up the dark crystal which is now hidden in the temple and open the door to the Sacred Forest. Once the doors were open, the princess would enter and use her powers of light to destroy the crystal. Once the crystal was broken, the princess would close the doors to the Sacred Forest before the energy given off by the crystal had a chance to escape. Finally once the doors were closed, the light would engulf the power of the dark crystal, vanquishing it forever…
Fax walked down the stairs to go to her room as she heard crying coming from the guest room. She slowly opened the door to see the princess sitting on the bed curled up crying. "If you've come to yell at me some more, then just go away!"The princess shouted. "No, I…I've come to apologize for the way I treated you." said Fax as she walked over and sat down on the bed. "I realize that you have a lot of pressure on you right now, with the fact that you had to leave the comfort of your own home and perform a large task that could save the world." , Fax said as she looked at the floor. "I didn't choose any of this…It's not fair that I have such big responsibilities, I mean my parents were killed, my brother taken into captivity, everything I loved was taken away because so many people want me to suffer." ,said the princess as she began to cry harder. Fax turned around and grabbed onto her hugging her. "I know, and I will do everything I can to help you. I promise!" said Fax as she began to cry.
The sun set and the moon rose, it was now midnight and Fax, Peach, and Titan, gathered at the temple along with the princess. The princess walked up to the center of the room and holding the dark crystal in hand began to activate the doors to the sacred place. The room filled with light, the markings on the floor, walls and even the doors themselves began to glow. The ground began to shake and the doors opened. The light was too bright for anyone to see. While the squad was squinting their eyes, trying to see, the princess turned around and spoke with a vibrant voice. "I will now go inside these doors and deposit this vessel of sin and return closing these doors for eternity!" She turned around and went in the doors as the light began to slowly dim in the room, leaving only a glowing doorway in sight.
As the star squad stood waiting for the princess to return, Titan spotted a shadow standing next to the door. "Hello, friends!" said Allister as he appeared in front of the door. The squad was stunned that he was able to enter this place. "I'll see you guys later!" Allister said as he jumped through the doorway to find the princess. "No we have to help!" said Fax as her and the others ran for the door. But they were stopped when a giant force field blocked the door.
Inside the sacred place…The princess knew she was being followed so she ran as fast as she could, hoping to gain enough ground that she would have time to destroy the crystal. "Not so fast!" ,Allister hollered as he appeared right in front of the princess. She began to catch herself and turn around, but it was too late, Allister had already caught hold of her arm. She began to scream and squirm, hoping to get free, but it was no use. "Just stop it! You have no hope of beating Me.", Allister said with an overconfident grin. "My only hope is to shatter the crystal and spread it out amongst the different regions of the world so evil won't find it. But it will take a lot of power." the princess thought as she continued to struggle. "Have it your way!" the princess said with a smirk as Allister looked puzzled. The princess threw the crystal on the ground, shattering it into eight pieces, and with her last strength, fused herself into all five pieces. As Allister bent down to pick the scattered pieces up, all five pieces flew up and out of the sacred place. They flew past the star squad who were watching, and they disappeared.
With a bright shining light, Allister came flying out through the doors and landed harshly on the ground as the doors to the sacred place shut. The squad turned to him with an angry look, about to strike at him, when a figure appeared in front of all of them. The figure turned out to be the princess. "My friends, I am sure you are wondering what has happened." She spoke in a loud echoing voice. "Umm, yeah we kinda were." said Peach. The others looked at her with a look as if she had said something stupid. "As you know I was not successful in destroying the crystal, but I did manage to keep it out of the enemies reach, for now, I have sealed myself inside of it and shattered it into eight pieces." "These eight pieces have been scattered out across the world, and it is up to you to find them before the evil forces do.", said the princess. "Evil forces like this!" said Peach as she looked at Allister, who in turn was looking at the ground. "Yes, now I will leave you, you can do this." the princess said as she disappeared. Fax looked at Allister as she began to feel a strange power. "Come on Fax, let's leave him here." said Titan as him and Peach walked outside the temple. Fax followed for a moment but stopped for she had heard a voice. She went and hid behind a doorway as Titan and Peach followed her.
A diabolical laugh filled the room as Mimi appeared in front of Allister. "Woow. You messed up big time Allister!" said Mimi who was continuing to chuckle. "Shut up! I don't need this right now!" said Allister with a sort of angry expression on his face. "Well I didn't really come to chat. I merely came to tell you that the queen said not to even bother showing back up.", Mimi said as Allister looked up at her with a shocked expression. "Now I wonder…what would make the queen so angry that she would turn her back on you. Could it be because you failed to secure the dark crystal, or is it that you did not capture the princess. Oh! You don't suppose it's because you allowed the princess to make things harder than they already were, frankly Allister, I'm surprised you've lasted this long!" rambled Mimi with as much sarcasm as she could conjure up. Allister became extremely angry. "How dare you!" shouted Allister with a clenched fist. "Well I guess it's my time to shine now, goodbye Allister I'll make sure to tell everyone about your…incompetence!" ,Mimi said as she disappeared with a big round of laughs.
Fax began to walk back in the room. "Fax what are you doing!" said Peach. "Be quiet, I know what I'm doing." Fax replied as she walked in the room toward Allister. "What do you want?" asked Allister, knowing that Fax was standing right behind him. "I want to give you another chance." Fax said as she pulled out her star scepter. "Why, I sure don't deserve it!" replied Allister as he turned and looked at Fax. "If it was about deserving it, I wouldn't be standing here right now. As I said before, do you want this second chance?" Fax asked. Allister turned around with tears in his eyes as he shook his head yes. A brightly glowing four pointed star appeared on his forehead, and Fax knew then that they had found their fourth member. "Then I will help you!" Fax shouted, as Peach and Titan watched, Fax raised her scepter in theair and shouted, "Star Healing Acceleration!" Light filled the room and then dispersed, as Allister stood up and looked Fax in the eyes. "Thanks!" said Allister as Fax hugged him. "Don't thank me.", replied Fax as the growing star squad walked out of the temple and headed on their way home, knowing that they had an even bigger mission to accomplish….
