"Are you almost done, princess? Mario will arrive here any second now!"

"Almost done!"

"Good, I can see Mario and Luigi from out the window!"

It was another merry day in the Mushroom Kingdom. This day was special, however; the princess was about to get married to her love, Mario, the one who had saved her from the evil forces of Bowser multiple times. Mario had just arrived at Peach's castle together with his faithful brother Luigi.

"Good luck, bro!", said Luigi.

"Woohoo!"

Mario went inside the castle together with Luigi and his companion Yoshi.

"He's here, princess!", a Toad yelled.

"Coming!"

When Peach arrived downstairs she saw Mario, in a very different outfit than usual.

"Mario, you look fabulous!", said Peach, very surprised.

If Mario was going to marry the princess, he figured he had to look the part, thus he came in his most prized tuxedo.

"I'll go sit in the bar with Yoshi 'till it starts, Ok, bro?", said Luigi.

"Ok."

When the wedding finally begun, all of Toad Town was sitting in front of their televisions, or in the castle itself. The Mushroom kingdom had never seen such a great amount of Toads.

"Today, we celebrate the wedding of this couple, the princess of this land, Peach, and the savior of the Mushroom Kingdom, Mario. Now let's get right down to business. Princess Peach, will you take Mario as your husband?", said a Toad in a priest outfit. He looked absolutely ridiculous.

"Yes!"

"And will you, Mario, take princess Peach as your wife?"

"Woohoo!"

"I take that as a yes. Then, I now pronounce you man and…"

A loud scream echoed through the castle.

"What in the devil's name is this?", said the Priest Toad again, who, ironically, said devil.

"It's… It's… Bowser! Bowser is attacking!", a Toad yelled.

Mario thought to himself: "If he's kidding, I will break his…"

A Bullet Bill hit the toad with massive force. Mario checked for his pulse.

"He's… Dead!"

Panic broke out. All Toads ran from their seats and outside. Mario had never seen so much chaos before. And that's when he saw HIM… Standing on the top of his air fleet, attacking all innocent Toads he came across…

"Now, ATTACK!", Bowser yelled, no, screamed.

Koopas and Goombas jumped down the air fleet, Bomb-ombs tried to kamikaze in the castle. Shy Guys, Hammer Bros., Bullet Bills, they were all there. Mario had never seen such a big army coming from bowser. Mario ran towards his brother and whispered in his ear;

"Luigi, bring the princess into safety, I'll deal with Bowser's goons.", Mario said to Luigi.

"Got it. Princess, follow me!"

"Ok!"

Luigi tried to run away with the princess, but it was already too late…

"Oh, no you don't!", Bowser yelled.

A massive mechanical arm grabbed princess Peach, quickly taking her aboard the airship.

"Help me, Mario!"

Mario was too late. Peach was aboard the airship, with no way of getting up there.

"Oh NO!", Mario said.

"Oh YES! And the fun is just beginning!", said Bowser, in a voice that Mario had never heard before.

"HAHAHAHA!"

Footsteps echoed. A massive structure appeared next to Bowser. When it jumped down to the ground, Mario immediately recognized him.

"King Bomb-omb!"

"That's right Mario! I'm here to destroy you! And don't think you can throw me around like a basketball this time, I learn from my mistakes! Now, witness the wrath of my bombs!"

King Bomb-omb grabbed his bombs and started throwing them at Mario and Luigi. Even though Mario and Luigi could easily dodge them, king Bomb-omb showed no signs of stopping. Mario knew that they could not keep dodging and that they would slip up sooner or later.

Mario was surprised. "He's throwing bombs around like a madman! Wait, maybe if I…"

Mario tried to kick his bombs back at king Bomb-omb.

"It's no use! When I kick them back at him he just throws them away!"

"Mario, I think I know a way to defeat him. Big bomb or not, he's still a bomb. It just so happens that there is still a spare dozen of fire flowers in the castle. If I find one, you might be able to set him off.", said Luigi.

Mario was pleased that Luigi finally told him something useful. "Good idea. Go. I'll keep him distracted."

Luigi ran off into the castle to search for the fire flower.

"I'll have to think of something, and quick. Wait, I got an idea…", Mario thought to himself.

With one quick move, Mario jumped on top of king Bomb-omb and grabbed his crown.

"Why, you insolent pest…!", said king Bomb-omb, in his iconic royal voice.

Knowing that he couldn't shake Mario off, king Bomb-omb threw a bomb in the air above him.

"Just as I thought…"

Mario jumped back to the ground. The bomb exploded on top of king Bomb-omb's head.

"Curse… You… Mario…"

"Come on, hurry up Luigi… He won't stay stunned for long…"

Meanwhile, inside the castle…

"Where is that damned fire flower…", said Luigi, a bit louder than intended.

Luigi noticed a door. He looked inside the door. It led to the cellar…

"I've checked everywhere in the castle already, this has to be where the fire flower is…"

Luigi's work had payed off. There it was; the fire flower.

"Got it!"

With all his speed, Luigi ran back outside.

"You will die… Mario!", king Bomb-omb screamed in anger.

King Bomb-omb had enough power to be able to stand up again. The moment he wanted to throw another bomb at Mario, Luigi came running out of the castle doors.

"Bro! Catch!"

"And right on time, too!"

A fiery shield erupted around Mario. King Bomb-omb's face became more grim by the seconds.

"Oh yeah… HIIYAAA!", Mario screamed, in the way he had learned during the Smash tournament.

A volcanic wave flowed out of Mario's hand and through the air. King Bomb-ombs life flashed before him, again. But it didn't matter. He never asked to be reincarnated, anyway.

"AAARRRGGGGHHHHH!"

KABOOM!

A burning landscape was now all that was left of king Bomb-omb. Mario slowly inhaled and exhaled as the power of the fire flower faded away.

"Aren't you enjoying this, princess? Cause I am. Hor hor hor…", said Bowser.

"You sadistic… You won't get away with this, do you hear me? You won't get away with this!", said Peach in an angry voice. Very angry in fact.

"Now, let's not get too far ahead of ourselves, Ok, princess? Take her away, my minions, so I can begin my speech!"

"Yes, sir!"

"Ahem… Well Mario, it seems you've won this round, but this war is far from over! King Bomb-omb may be dead, but I've got a lot more tricks up my sleeve! I'll see you… Soon. Hor hor hor hor hor!"

Bowser's evil laugh echoed through the air as his air fleet flew into the horizon. But something was different, and Mario knew it… It seemed Bowser had put much more effort into this attack then he ever did before with any other attack. And how did king Bomb-omb return from the dead? Mario intended to get to the bottom of it. Little did he know of the horrors that would come up ahead…

To be continued in chapter 2!