Note: I DO NOT OWN ANY OF THE CHARACTERS IN THIS STORY. THEY AND EVERY RIGHT BELONG TO NINTENDO.
SOME PARTS OF THIS STORY WERE INSPIRED BY OTHER STORIES, I DO NOT OWN THE WHOLE PLOT, ALL RIGHTS BELONG TO THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNERS.
I might add a Cover Image later on, I am just afraid of Copyright Issues. Can someone please tell me if it is ok to use a picture of someone I found and give them credit for it? I don´t want to get into trouble.
If you have not played/completed Mario&Luigi:Dream Team Bros. (as it is known to me, because I live in Germany), I must warn you that this story contains SPOILERS, because this story takes place about two or three weeks after the events in DTB. Finish the game or read about the plot before reading if you are not familiar with the end, as to avoid being spoiled or to be able to fully understand the story. If you have finished the game or are willing to be spoiled, please read ahead.
So now that I got that out of the way, welcome to this story. After playing DTB for the first time, I wanted to forget about it. Not because of the plot, but because the game was insanely hard for me. I simply did not grind enough EXP and was forced to beat most of the bosses in Easy Mode…I am surprised I managed to beat the semi-final boss on normal, but I think I just got lucky (and stayed patient as it took many tries). However, I listened to the M&L Soundtracks, and when I heard „Never Let Up" again, I knew I had to play the game again. I almost forgot everything except most boss attack patterns (I am good with remembering those, I bet I could beat the Partners in Time bosses without taking to much damage, despite not playing for a very long time). Thanks to me being smart and grinding EXP, I was able to only go down once in the entire playthrough (stupid fire effect in the Dream World) and, most importantly, focus on the plot. I LOVE this game now and, back then, was not thinking about anything special.
Until I wondered if there was any fanfiction about Starlow, since I adore her. I searched for that, and what my search machine brought up was „Starlow x Dreambert fanfiction". Curious, I read one. I instantly loved that shipping and was happy to find some more. But, after reading them, something in my brain started. It was a movie of the Dreamstar shipping, inspired by some of the fanfiction I read and things I made up on my own. And then I knew that I had to write it down. I took some time thinking about posting it before I started typing. And now I have decided that I should give it a shot. The first Story I write, and I decide it to be a shipping? Phew, this will be interesting.
Enough of me rambling on and on, time for the story to begin. Enjoy „The Star Sprite that became happy"! This could turn into a short chapter, due to my MASSIVE text up here…
Starlow was hovering towards Pi'illo Blimport, where she was going to meet her friends before they would return to Mushroom Kingdom. She was going to stay on Pi'illo Island longer than the other guys. Reaching Pi'illo Blimport, she saw Mario and Luigi, who carried their belongings onto the Zeeppelin. Peach was standing nearby and chatted with them.
Starlow yet again had to smile at the fact that Luigi was the main hero of their last adventure, being able to open Dream Portals and increasing his confidence into himself as well as his courage. Of course, opening the portal on Prince Dreambert started the adventure, but saving the Pi'illos from their nightmare prisons, defeating Antasma for good, as he was the one kidnapping Peach the first time and teaming up with Bowser, and finally restoring peace on the island were worth the trouble.
"How did Bowser even know that Peach had been kidnapped? I bet Kamek had an eye on us…", Starlow thought. "That Magikoopa sure is a dangerous enemy, I don´t get how Mario and Luigi can keep up with his magic. Is he just too dumb to use it properly against them? If that is the case, he could be even more dangerous than Bowser if he figured out how to effectively use his magic…".
"Ah Starlow, there you are!", Peach greeted when she noticed her hovering towards them. "I already started worrying that you had forgotten about our departure, though I did not believe that you would do such a thing." Mario and Luigi quickly waved at her and continued their work.
"I am sorry, but we needed to fix a pillar that was important for the Pi'illo Castles ability not to crush us with its roof", the Star Sprite explained.
She then looked at the pile of suitcases and items that needed to be stored. Focusing, she levitated one suitcase and stashed it onto the blimp. She was glad that Star Sprites were able to perform telekinesis. She could move several objects at once, but the more the total mass a Star Sprite wanted to move was, the more power it had to put into it. If it moved a mass that was too heavy or just reached the limits of one, it would faint and needed hours of resting before being able to just move a sheet of paper. However, the Star Sprite can be backed up by more Star Sprites or someone else carrying the object as well, that way it would need less power to move an object. Star Sprites with a long time of training or those who naturally were stronger than most of them are even able to perform light psychokinesis, being able to move about three humans at once without getting tired.
"You don´t need to help us, Starlow", Peach said after watching her storing the suitcase. "I do appreciate that you want to help us, but I think you should enjoy your vacation here a bit more, since you are already helping the Pi'illos to restore the Temple and the Castle."
"You do know that you cannot stop me from helping whenever I can, right?" Starlow answered with a grin and moved another suitcase (hang on, they did not have any suitcases when they arrived, right? Well, I guess they simply bought some, as well as a REALLY big load of stuff to fill them with. The suitcases should not be that heavy, since she is able to move four of them with ease; she is a medium ranked Star Sprite if we look at power…on we go!) . She estimated that she could move two more before she had to pause for about fifteen minutes to regain full power, so she decided to do that.
She did so, and started sweating after she successfully moved them, a sign that the Star Sprite has used about one third of its energy. Starlow knew that she was able to move more things, but she wanted to stay at a certain power level and not let it drop below 60%. That way, she would always be ready for a important or heavy task. She did not faint a single time in her life, always carefully managing her energy, but from what she heard from other Star Sprites, it is a scary experience because one would not even be able to hover while recovering.
Starlow sat down near the pile of items and observed it. She saw Mushrooms, Syrup Jars, Refreshing Herbs, these new Taunt Balls they found on this island, along with Shock Bombs, Boo Biscuits and a small Candy supply. Both brothers stowed up the remaining things, and soon the trio was ready to leave.
They were lined up in front of the blimp, and Starlow felt a bit sad that she would not be able to see them again for quite some time.
"Are you really sure that you want to stay here, Starlow?", Luigi asked, looking sad as well due to the fact that they would leave her behind.
Starlow smiled at his words. Back when they had their first adventure, she always picked on him and teased him, he once simply sat down and turned away, looking not good at all, as he was almost crying. Mario then explained to her that Luigi was the one freeing the Mushroom Kingdom in the past from the Shroobs. She immediately apologized to Luigi, who was his happy-self again after that. Since then, Starlow payed him more respect, still teasing him, but in the funny way, and sometimes Luigi would even fight back, taking her "insults" the funny way as well. But now, Luigi went up into a completely different league, even Bowser payed him some respect since this adventure. But, despite her teasing him the whole time, he liked her and always cared about her, which she thought to be amazing for a person. When she found out, she was able to look at him from a different perspective.
"I am sorry, but I want to, Luigi. Don´t be upset, I will drop by at some point and tease you some more if you really want me around.", she said and giggled, then added: "And by the way, I want to help this civilization returning to the state they lived in.".
"But that is not everything…there is this feeling that keeps me here…",she thought.
"Glad to hear that, that means I can prepare some tactics against you, then.", Luigi answered and smirked.
Mario went to Starlow and gave her a friendly hug. She hugged him back with her feet, since she lacked hands. "Goodbye Starlow, I will miss you.", was the only thing he said, as he never was a man of many words, but he always found a way to put everything that was important into a few short sentences. "I am gonna miss you too, Mario. Take care of everyone, or I am going to team up with Bowser next time.", Starlow joked. He just grinned and returned to the other two.
Luigi did the same thing, asking: "It will be a bit boring without you, and Bowser has to lick his wounds for some time now…what should we do then?" She smiled and hugged him. "You will find something, you always do. See you again at some point, Green ´Sta…, I mean Luigi." She chuckled when he pretended to be upset, and soon they both sincerely laughed. He went back in line and Peach stepped forward.
"Mama mia, I forgot about that part…", Luigi whispered towards Mario. He just sighed and took out a pillow, ready to fall asleep should Starlow and Peach chat for half an hour again. It turns out they did not talk for half an hour. They talked for one hour straight, which of course send the Mario Bros. asleep. After FINALLY saying their "Goodbyes", they woke them up, and soon the blimp started flying. Everyone waved at Starlow, who waved back with her foot until they were to far away to see each other. She then left Pi'illo Blimport, being happy because she knew that she would see them again.
Alright, turns out I was able to write a lot more than I thought I would. However, I don´t know if I am able to keep it up that way, this is the first Story I am writing, and am surprised that I was able to write over 1,000 words just for that scene. I guess amazing things can happen if you put some effort into something.
So, Starlow stays on Pi'illo Island because a feeling keeps her there? What could that be? *Reads notes at the beginning* Oh! Could it be what I am thinking that it is? I will write Chapter 2 at some point, possibly during the weekend, so we will hopefully find out soon.
Stay tuned, and if you want to spend some time on it, review on how I did with Chapter 1 of my first story. Be nice…please…?
Yes, I know that the notes are way too long, but I am nervous and wanted to bring in a bit of backstory about everything that lead to this.