Until I finish work on my REAL Rayman 1 fanfiction, for now I present to you a special type of crossover between Rayman 1 and the Super Mario Bros Anime Movie. (This is also one of a few stories I'm working on to get my writing creativity back. Do you know what it's like to have a writer's block that lasts over a year?! It's NOT fun!)

No, it's not a normal crossover where the characters from this fanfiction end up meeting the characters of this other fanfiction in either ones' worlds. I like writing different kinds of crossovers. Ones that, instead of combining 2 franchises, REPLACES one with the other; the characters from one fandom replace the characters in the other fandom and play THEIR roles in THEIR story, but while still in the former fandom's world. I personally call it a REPLACER CROSSOVER! I'm sure at least ONE person on this site has already done this, but I'll explain anyway. (If there's already a name for this, someone please tell me.)

To explain, I'll give an example. Say, hypothetically, you were gonna write a Replacer Crossover between Dragon Ball Z and Resident Evil. Let's say that, instead of the STARS, the group is called the Z-Fighter Squadron or something. And the role of Chris Redfield is replaced by Goku, who, with his best partner and possible love interest Chi-Chi (Jill Valentine) and other best members of the squadron Krillin and Yamcha and Tien (Barry, Enrico, etc etc.), investigate rumors of illegal activity in an underground lab (the Mansion). They're led by Captain Cell (Wesker) who's a double agent that betrays them to the Red Ribbon Army (Umbrella Corporation) and kills Yamcha (Enrico) to keep it covered up. Now they have to fight for their lives in a lab full of androids and robots and bio-warriors (zombies and bioweapons).

Get the picture now? Yeah, so, Replacer Crossover. (That DBZ/RE thing actually sounds kinda neat, now that I think about it. What do you think?) This is the same thing, except the Rayman 1 characters replace the roles of the characters in the Super Mario Bros Anime Movie. Still takes place in the Valley, though.

Don't worry. If you've seen the movie, you'll know who plays which roles. If not, then just give it your best shot or have fun with it anyway. Though I urge you to watch the movie; MUCH better than the live action one! Notice: The Magician plays 3 roles; one major and 2 minor.

This incredibly long author's note (Sorry about that!) and the rest of this puny chapter are basically the introduction to the story. So without further ado, I OWN NOTHING except the idea!

Betilla the Fairy wouldn't dare waste her precious breath yelling for help. Her lungs burnt gasping for air, and her limbless feet ached more with every pound into the ground. But she couldn't stop sprinting, not with Mister Dark and his army of Antitoons closing the distance behind her. She couldn't fly anymore; she'd lost so much energy the moment Mister Dark had taken the Great Protoon.

He'd already terrorized the Valley in celebration, imprisoning the Electoons and even burning Pink Plant Woods to the ground, and now he was coming for her. She didn't know whether Mister Dark was genuinely angry because of her resistance to him or if he just wanted to experience the sheer joy of kidnapping and torturing her, but there was no way she'd look back to find out.

Betilla the Fairy knew of only one person who could stop this madness and bring harmony back to the Valley, and she was desperately hoping she would get to him before Mister Dark got to her. She'd created this being what felt like centuries ago for the purpose of bringing light and love to the Valley and keeping the darkness at bay. He was just a baby when Betilla had sent him to a faraway place in the Glade of Dreams; she'd believed it to be the only way to protect him, but now she knew it was her who needed protection by him now that he was old enough to take care of himself.

I've missed him so much. And now I really do need him. My child, my Guardian of Light...my brave champion. Lost in her desperate thoughts, Betilla's toes dipped into the ground and nearly made her stumble over her own feet. She cried out as her body dipped forward, but the eager roars and trampling feet of the stampede behind her reminded her of what she was fighting for; Betilla jumped forward to regain her footing. She couldn't use her magic to sprint faster though, or else she would have no more energy for the rift. As a matter of fact, she could finally see she was coming upon the small piece of land where she was supposed to create the portal toward the Guardian.

The Great Protoon needs a savior, I need a champion, the Valley needs a hero. And that hero is…

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…lounging lazily in an indoor hammock like Crash Bandicoot, big innocent eyes fixed on a TV screen…