Chapter 1: The Beginning! Preparations!

Dear Mario,

I'm more than happy to announce that you're invited to my New Year's Eve party.
A whole variety of festivities and a grand feast will be held at the castle.
I can't wait to see you and Luigi.
Please, be here by 6:00.

From, Peach.

A letter from Peach. No surprise there. Mario had been getting a bunch of them lately.

It was a cold, freezing December morning. It was the day before New Years Eve. In the Mushroom Kingdom, it was like a Winter Wonderland. Every inch of grass was covered with soft snow that would crunch under your feet with every step. Icicles sparkled in the light while hanging off the roofs of Mushroom houses. There was a light breeze that felt soothing when it brushed through your face. Children would go outside and make snow angels, have snowball fights and build snowman. Yes, everything was peaceful in the Mushroom Kingdom.

In one particular house, our hero, Mario, was busy in his living room.

The living room was a place to relax from all the adventures the Mario Bros. had. There was a huge window, which had a great view of the castle. The living room had a fireplace.
Various pictures of the Mario Bros. were hanging on the walls. A wooden table, crafted to shape like a mushroom, was standing in the middle of the room. On the table,
was a beautiful pot of Fire Flowers, given by Princess Peach for Mario's 24th birthday. There were two comfy arm chairs. One was red, one was green.

Mario was sitting in the red arm chair. He wasn't wearing his trademark cap or his brown work boots. His feet was relaxing up on a footstool. He was happily reading Peach's letter.

"Hey, Luigi!" shouted Mario. "We got invited to Peach's New Years Eve party!"

"Oh really?" Luigi shouted back. He was in the kitchen cooking both him and his brother breakfast.

"Yeah! We need to be there by-a six o' clock. There's gonna be a ton of fun events planned!"

"Will there be lot's-a spaghetti?"

"Umm...I have no clue Luigi!"

Mario was happy he and his brother were in invited. Peach invited the Mario Bros. to every party she held.

"Boy! I hope it won't get hectic like it did at the Christmas party!" Luigi said as he walked in, carrying two plates of Yoshi Egg-Omelet. "Here." said Luigi, handing Mario his plate.

"Did you add extra cheese on mine?" asked Mario.

"You bet, bro!" said Luigi.

Mario took the first bite. "I can't wait for the party! I'll get to see Peach in her most exquisite dress!"

"Why are you so willing to see Peach again?" questioned Luigi. "I mean, we just saw her at the Christmas party five days ago!"

"Well...yeah..." said Mario. He was turning red. "It's just that she is the most beautiful person in the world! I want to see her everyday!"

"Hmm...it sounds like lust to me."

"What? No, Luigi! It's not like that! We're just really close friends!"

"Whatever you say, bro!" said Luigi, digging his way into his omelet.

Mario looked down into his omelet. Peach and him were the best of friends since childhood. He didn't think of them both as a couple. It would be awkward to him.

"Well anyway, I guess we should go shopping for new tuxedos." said Luigi, finishing up his omelet. "The ones we have right now wouldn't fit us anymore! Especially for you, fatty!"

"Hey! You take that back!" screamed Mario.

Luigi laughed. "Haha! Just kidding. Here, I'll wash the dishes."

At the castle, everyone was getting ready for the New Year's Eve Party. The Toad's were setting up the fireworks, already doing the cooking, and decorating the halls with bright, shining lights. The princess was helping with hanging up the lights in the grand ballroom, where the indoor part of the party would be held.

"Princess! The Ferris wheel you ordered has arrived!" said Toadsworth.

Toadsworth is the eldest of all Toads and longtime steward of Princess Peach. He took care of her ever since she was a baby. At first, he used to be reluctant about the Mario Bros. but after they saved Peach from Bowser once, he trusts them dearly.

"Please tell them to move it to the castle courtyard." said Peach.

"Indeed I will!" exclaimed Toadsworth. "Alright, my boys! Follow me to the courtyard!"

"My goodness! Everybody is so busy today!" Peach said, looking around at everyones hard work. "I cannot wait for the party tomorrow. It's going to be marvelous!"

"Boy, princess!" said one of the Toads. He was carrying a box of fireworks to the courtyard. "You really are excited for New Year's Eve."

"Indeed I am. I'm hoping everyone will make it to the party!"

"Ha! I doubt anyone will miss it!" exclaimed Toad. "I mean, you DO make the best cakes in the whole entire kingdom!"

"Why thank you." said Peach. Then she sighed.

"What's wrong, princess?" asked Toad.

"I'm just hoping Bowser won't ruin it this time, like he did at the Christmas party."

"Don't worry princess! The Mario Bros. will be here to protect you!"

Peach laughed. "That's true."

"Well, I better get back to carrying these fireworks to the courtyard." said Toad. He picked up the box of fireworks and exited the ballroom.

Princess Peach sighed. "I better go check how the cake is going." She headed for the kitchen...

It was early afternoon when the Mario Bros. went shopping for their tuxedos at the Mushroom Mall.

The Mushroom Mall was huge! Each floor would have more than 20 floors on it. There was a fountain right in the middle of the mall that would shoot out a huge water blast every 5 minutes. Just when the Mario Bros. entered the mall, all they could hear was the rustling and bustling of shoppers everywhere.

"Hey! Mario! Let's try this store!" said Luigi, pointing to a store called, "Shroom Wardrobe" It was beside a store that sold sports wear called "ShroomLocker". The front of the store had a huge mushroom with flashing neon words saying, 'Shroom Wardrobe" in the middle.

"This looks like a reasonable store." said Mario. "Let's-a go!"

The Mario Bros. walked into the store. The store had a huge selection of clothing on sale. From pants to t-shirts, hats to touques, socks to gloves. The store was filled with clothing from the floor to the ceiling. All the Mario Bros. could do was stare in awe.

"Mamamia!!" both Mario and Luigi exclaimed.

"This place is huge!" said Mario.

"Okay! Where's the tux section?" asked Luigi.

"Umm..." Mario checked the whole store. "Oh, Luigi! There it is! It's beside the Overalls section."

"Awesome! That reminds me, should I get new overalls?"

"Ugh....you have enough overalls Luigi." Mario said, walking towards the Tuxedo section.

"Pssh! Just asking!"

Soon, the Mario Bros. we're dressing up in all different types of tuxedos. It took them an hour to find there perfect fit. They both chose a black tie, which came with a black silk bow tie, a white dress shirt, a low-cut waistcoat, trousers, and a dinner jacket. After deciding which tux to buy, they both headed for the cashier desk.

"Wow!" said the cashier Toad. "What's the fancy occasion for you guys to wear tux?"

"It's for the Princess' New Year's Eve Party!" answered Mario.

"Hehe! Lucky you guys! I gotta work on New Year's Eve!"

"Dang!" said Luigi. "Did you ever think about quiting?"

"Luigi!" shouted Mario!

Not too far away from them, a Koopa Troopa was looking through some wardrobe when he overheard the conversation between the Mario Bros. and the cashier. Quickly, the Koopa Troopa rushed out of the store, and ran towards a cruel, menacing looking castle, shrouded with dark, demonic clouds, far away from the Mushroom Kingdom...

"WHAT!!!!!"

"It's true my lord. The Mushroom Kingdom is holding a New Year's Eve Party."

"WITHOUT ME!!! HOW COULD THEY DO THIS TO ME...AGAIN!!"

They throne room shook violently from the sound waves that came from the one and only terrifying beast known as, Bowser.

"I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS!" shouted Bowser. "WHY WOULD PRINCESS PEACH INVITE THOSE PESKY PLUMBERS AND NOT ME? I'VE KNOWN HER MUCH LONGER THAN THOSE DORK BROTHERS!"

"Sir! Please quiet down!" said the Koopa Troopa. "You're whining like a toddler who doesn't get anything he wants."

"What did you say to me?" Bowser said in a intimidating voice.

".....nothing!" squeaked the Koopa Troopa.

"Grr..that's it! If they won't invite me again, then I'm gonna crash that party!" said Bowser.

"Sir! Don't you remember what happened the last time you attempted to crash a party?"

"Hmm...yeah, I remember, the Christmas party. Don't remind me of that night!"

"Well, your Grouchiness, what are you gonna do now?"

Bowser stood up from his throne and paced back and forth, thinking of how he was going to handle the situation.

"Aha!" Bowser exclaimed. "I've got it! I have the perfect way of crashing that party and defeating the Mario Bros.!"

"What is it, your Ugliness?" asked the Koopa Troopa.

Suddenly, Bowser headed out of his throne room and into his library. Koopa Troopa had no choice but to follow.

Inside his library, there were hundreds and hundreds of books that were stacked on big shelves. There were books of all genres. Mystery, action, adventure, horror and even romance!

"Wow, your Stinkiness, you certainly do alot of reading" complimented the Koopa Troopa. He was amazed at the vast amounts of books that Bowser had kept.

"Hmph! Don't think I actually read these books!" explained Bowser. "I only have these books for show!"

Bowser looked high and low trying to find the book he needed. He regretted buying all these books. It made him feel like a bookworm. It was not what evil villains were supposed to do. Read books all day. And it was tiring for him to find one book out of a thousand.

"Ha! Found it."

Bowser found the book he needed and took it out of it's shelf. He blew off the dust, trying not to sneeze from the debris.

"Umm...what are you doing with that book, King Bowser?" asked the Koopa Troopa.

"Read what the title says!" said Bowser, throwing the book into the Koopa Troopa's face. He picked it up and read the title.

"Legend of the Seven Chaos Emeralds"

"Umm....what does that have to do with anything?" asked the Koopa Troopa.

"Well," said Bowser. "I thought to myself that we always seem to use brute force and power to try and stop the Mario Bros. I thought, 'Hey, why not try something else? Why not try something involving ancient artifacts and stuff like that!' So I remembered this book that talked about these Chaos Emeralds that had unlimited power in them and anyone who possessed even just one of these babies would almost be unstoppable!"

"Okay...but what does that have to do with our problem?" questioned the Koopa Troopa, still looking at the book.

"Grr..." Bowser growled, impatient of the Koopa Troopa's stupidity. "What I'm trying to say is, we should try to get one of these emeralds and use it against Mario!"

"Ohh! Now I get it!"

"Yeah...finally!"

"But your Grouchiness, how are you gonna obtain one of these emeralds?"

"Hehe....no worries!" Bowser said. Suddenly, he took the book out of the Koopa Troopa's hands and flipped through the book to a certain page. "The book clearly says that these Chaos Emeralds are located in a planet called Earth!"

"Earth? Isn't that where we live in?" asked the Koopa Troopa.

"NO!!" shouted Bowser. "We live in the Mushroom World! Earth is a totally different planet! Get your facts straight!"

"Sorry...your Stinkiness." apologized the Koopa Troopa. "But sir, how are you going to get to planet Earth?"

"Don't worry!" said Bowser. "Kamek will handle the traveling. Now, tell the Koopa Army to get ready for the trip to Earth!"

"Yes, your Rancidness. But when are we leaving?"

"TONIGHT, OF COURSE!! CAN'T YOU THINK FOR ONCE!"

"Sorry, your Queasiness!" said the Koopa Troopa. Then he turned and left the library to tell the news about the King's plan.

"Bwahahah! This will be it. After all these years, I will finally defeat the Mario Bros!" Bowser exclaimed. "BWAHAHAHAHAH!"

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To be continued...

Will Bowser actually succeed in his plan? Stay tuned to find out!