After a good deal of sweat, blood, tears, and several weeks, I couldn't take putting it off anymore and just decided to post my greatest creation a bit early. I promised I wouldn't until it was completely done, but my mind was melting. Anyway, here it is! Big thanks to Youtube Videos for guiding me on a game I've never played!
Paper Mario X
Prologue: How to Steal a Castle
Today…I'm going to tell you the story of "Star Spirits and Good Wishes".
Far, far away beyond the sky, way above the clouds, it's been said that there was a haven where the Stars lived. In the sanctuary of Star Haven there rested a fabled treasure called the Star Rod, which had the power to grant all wishes, anywhere. Using this wondrous Star Rod, the seven revered Star Spirits watched over all the peaceful worlds carefully...very carefully.
Then one day, a terrible thing happened...The evil king Bowser appeared in Star Haven and stole the Star Rod!
"Ha ha ha! Yeah! I did! Gwa ha ha ha ha! So I can, at long last, beat my archenemy, Mario! I'll take this Star Rod!" he jumped into his Koopa Klown Kar and barked, "Do it, Kammy Koopa!"
Kammy Koopa, his right hand Magikoopa, hovered up to the divine Star Rod and swiped it right off the pedestal. The Star Spirits pleaded for Bowser to stop, but the Koopa King ignored their cries and snatched the Star Rod for himself.
"Yeah! Now let's try using it!"
Using its incredible power he quickly imprisoned the seven Star Spirits! Taking off quickly, he set out to begin his reign of terror...
Now Star Kids may rise to the Haven to deliver people's wishes…but those wishes will not come true.
. . .
Completely unaware of the trouble in far-off Star Haven, Mario was back at home in the Mushroom Kingdom…
A little house planted in a small, green, wooded area, lived the Mario Brothers. Parakarry, the Mushroom Kingdom's resident mailman, floated up to the mail box and placed a single letter into it.
"MAILCALL!" he wailed before flying off. Luigi came out to grab the mail, like he did everyday, to see if there was any fan mail. Naturally, there was only something for Mario. The green plumber grunted at that, sulking back inside.
"Hey Mario! We got a letter from Princess Peach!" Luigi informed.
Mario walked in from the other room and looked at Luigi with excitement.
"I'll read it to you, OK?" asked Luigi while pulling the letter out. "All Right…let's see…"
I'm throwing a party at my castle today! Mario and Luigi, I'd be honored if you could both attend. Many guests from different towns and worlds are hoping to meet you. There will be tasty sweets and all kinds of entertainment! I hope to see you here soon!
Sincerely,
Peach
"Cake…" thought Mario.
With much anticipation, he and his brother Luigi set off for the party, oblivious to the chaos that lay ahead...
Luigi and Mario immediately headed out the door for the castle. If there was an awesome party with fans, it would be at Peach's place. They wasted no time in slipping down the warp pipe. They entered Toad Town, where the sky was bright blue. A few Toads waved to the duo; some shouted hi. The Mario Bros. just smiled back, continuing down the path. Another right, and a turn north was a star gate that led to Peach's Castle. Luigi was so excited he almost jumped into his older brother.
"What a magnificent castle!" Luigi gasped when they entered. "I never get used to this place. It looks like a lot of guests are already here!" There were folk from all over the Mushroom Kingdom, and even more from other worlds. A small group in the corner eyed Mario being screamed at by Fan Toads. They definitely weren't from the Mushroom Kingdom. Mario noticed them too, especially when he noticed them making their way over to the plumber. The Fan Toads conveniently clear out just as they arrived.
"Well hi there!" cried a small pink puff, circling Mario rather excitedly. "You sure seem like a celebrity around these parts!"
Mario nervously scratched his head, but gave the puff an answer of "Sort of".
"Ooh, really? Are you the hero of this world?"
Mario: You might say that…
"Awesome! We're the heroes of the worlds we come from!" the puff held out his hand and shook Mario's. "My name is Kirby! I come all the way from Popstar! It's really, really colorful there!"
"Kirby is pretty quick to the formalities," sighed a man in green, walking up to Mario as well. "The name's Link! I might be the Hero of time, and an adventurer extraordinaire, but I'm really not that special-"
"Adventurer extraordinaire!" snorted the figure in the orange suit, turning away with a head shake. Link made a face and turned back to Mario.
"Well, regardless, I'm the hero of Hyrule and quite hilarious-"
"Hilarious is an overstatement," snickered a blue hedgehog. Link threw up his hands in frustration.
"Why does everyone feel the need to interrupt me?"
"I'm Sonic- Sonic the Hedgehog!" the teenaged Mobian continued, lightly punching Mario on the shoulder. "You don't say much, but I can see myself hanging out with ya. Besides, who wouldn't want to hang out with the fastest thing alive!"
"Me," grunted the orange suited figure. Sonic rolled his eyes.
"Eh, don't mind Sam over there-"
"My name is Samus," she said sternly, removing her helmet as she approached Mario. When she noticed Mario's widened eyes, she smirked a little. "Wasn't expecting me to be a woman, were you?"
Mario shook his head.
"Yeah, I get that a lot. I'm only really well known for wiping out all the Metroids from where I come from…and if there's anyone you shouldn't be minding, it's Nic."
Sonic grunted and walked away from her. "At least Sam is a decent nickname- I hate being called Nic!"
As Sonic and Samus suddenly burst into a heated debate, Mario was lost in thought. He never believed he would get to meet the heroes from some of the other worlds. In fact, he thought they didn't even exist! Other worlds were just rumors, after all...
After staring at the silent plumber, Kirby got bored and gawked at the yummy snack table. He snuck off while Sonic and Samus took their debate elsewhere. Mario glanced at Link who simply shrugged.
"Don't worry Mario- that's the norm for us. We travel together so much, we're almost like a discombobulated family!" he laughed. "Oh, I bet you're here to see Peach, aren't you? Well, sorry that we kinda ambushed you like that- I bet she's waiting!"
Mario nodded and prepared to leave, but Link stopped him one final time.
"Oh, by the way, Princess Zelda and Amy Rose should be around here somewhere- they came with us, and we haven't seen them since we arrived. If you see a princess and a pink hedgehog, would you send them our way?"
Mario said he would keep an eye out, which satisfied Link. He went to go break up the fight with Sonic and Samus. Mario didn't mind; it was time to talk to Peach anyway. He dashed up the red velvet stairs, past the guards (who knew he was a personal friend) and into another room filled with more guests. A fairy floated over to Mario and asked for an autograph. Mario grinned and gave her one.
Passing a penguin from Shiver City, Knuckles, and Meta Knight, he entered yet another door. He trotted down a long hall, another guard friend let him in the door, and there was Peach. She turned to see who was in her private quarters, and was overjoyed to see Mario.
"Oh Mario! You came to the party to see me! You're so sweet! Thank you!" she gushed. Mario just shrugged. "I was just resting a bit. It gets tiring greeting all those guests out there!" Mario agreed. "Nobody will bother us here. Shall we relax and chat just the two of us?" Peach asked. The red hero instantly nodded.
"It was a lovely day today, so I'm sure it's comfortable out on the balcony right now. Would you accompany me, Mario?"
Before either could make a move, the ground began to shake violently. The ground outside the castle was being ripped up by some unknown force. Trees fell as the castle started to rise. Bowser's Fortress was underneath it, flying them both up to the sky. Mario and Peach paced at an excited pace. It was enough to make anyone nerve shot! Suddenly, it went dark, and the two stopped running.
"Oh! Are you all right Mario? What in this world was that?" Peach wondered frantically. She looked around outside at the night sky-NIGHT sky?
"Oh my! Look Mario! It's still daytime isn't it? …but I can see the stars outside!" the princess exclaimed in shock. The glass suddenly broke, and a dark figure tromped into the room.
"Grwah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Long time no see Princess Peach!" a familiar voice bellowed.
"…Bowser? But it can't be! It was you who made the ground shake just now, wasn't it! Whatever did you do?" Peach cried.
"Yeah, that was me! I've lifted your castle up into the sky! It's sitting on my castle as we speak! Wasn't expecting that huh? This castle's under my control now, my dear. Now you will obey ME!" Bowser mocked. Mario intervened, skidding in front of the princess and striking a battle pose.
"Huh? Mario? What a shock! Ha! Not really! I expected you to turn up, right on cue! You're just as annoying as ever," Bowser grumbled. "Unfortunately for you, there's nothing you can do this time."
Peach just rolled her eyes. "Haven't you learned your lesson by now, Bowser? You can never defeat Mario! Why don't you just give up already?"
"True, true, I have had my problems in the past...but this time is different!" Bowser began. "This time I'm gonna win! Okay tough guy! Let's go!"
Bowser laughed as he and Mario prepared to battle. Peach told Mario he could do it and the plumber responded with a nod. Mario attacked Bowser, but it only did a little point of damage. Bowser stomped toward his nemesis and clawed his face. Mario cringed, but regardless of Peach's shocked cry, he was fine. The battle continued on like that, until Bowser got an even more evil look in his eyes.
"Good old Mario…always fighting. You're a thorn in my side. But today, your pathetic little attacks won't beat me!" Bowser roared. He pulled out the legendary Star Rod as he began to cackle again. "Take a look at this! Look what I stole from Star Haven! It's called the Star Rod!"
Mario's eyes widened, but he said nothing.
"This fine piece of work has the power to grant any wish in the whole wide worlds! And when I use the Star Rod to increase my strength, not even you can beat me Mario!" Bowser gathered some Star Power, Mario glaring all the while. The Koopa King was now invincible.
"GRAWH HA HA HA! How do you like THAT Mario?" Bowser gloated before sending Mario in a Danger state. Mario started to inhale like he was exhausted in one blow, and Peach hid her eyes. Mario got a little surprise when he jumped on Bowser to see that it didn't hurt him, which made Bowser taunt even more. The king gave his opponent another taste of the end of his claws.
Eventually Mario realized he could only take one more hit. It was pointless to strike Bowser, since it wouldn't work. But it was the only way. He forced himself to pound his foot into Bowser one last time.
It was futile.
"Good night Mario!" Bowser cackled, finishing off with a mega fire breath attack that defeated Mario right where he stood. He collapsed while Peach mourned over him.
"Oh no Mario! Get up!" Peach sobbed.
"Yes! Oh yes! I finally did it! I beat my rival Mario! YESSSSS!" Bowser boasted.
Kammy Koopa behind him added, "Congratulations on your victory your Viciousness! That's why you're the king!"
"As long as I have this Star Rod, everything I wish will come true! Nothing can stop me!" growled Bowser happily. "Well, well, well…I might as well give Mario a proper good-bye…" Bowser raised the Star Rod high, charging it with massive amounts of energy. With one fatal blast, Mario was propelled into the sky, most likely never to be seen again. Just then, Link, Kirby, Sonic, and Samus burst through the door with their weapons ready.
"What did you do to Mario, Bowser!" Kirby yelled.
"Even if you got rid of him, we can still defeat you!" Sonic cried.
"You're not the first lizard I've faced!" Samus snickered.
"Grwah ha! If Mario couldn't beat me, what makes you think you could?" Bowser taunted.
"Give us something to work with," Link challenged, preparing his sword.
Bowser laughed again as Samus tried to hit him with a missile. It didn't affect him to the shock of Samus.
"Told ya I was invincible!" he taunted, giving her a mighty punch. It was enough to send her flying across the room. Samus thumped into the wall and slumped into a pile on the floor, her suit sparking with damage. Kirby gasped and pulled out his trusty hammer. Before he could smash it down on Bowser's head, the monster unleashed a blaze of fire, burned it, and left Kirby in the same state as Samus. Link and Sonic gave a nod to each other and dashed at Bowser at the same time. Sonic kicked him while Link hacked at the arm. Still no damage was done to Bowser. He laughed again.
"I had a feeling you two would be the hardest. Can't expect the same from a round thing and a woman…"
"You'd better give that rod back before we have to really deal with you!" Sonic scowled.
"No way! With this thing, I'll not just rule the Mushroom kingdom, but Hyrule, Mobius, Popstar, Metroid, and all the rest of them!" Bowser bragged.
"Not unless we find Mario and help him take you down!" added link.
"I don't think so…I've got the power to separate all four of you so that you'll never be able to find Mario…and just for safe measure, I'll make you forget this ever happened!" Bowser bellowed. The heroes didn't even get a chance to run when the rod sparked with power. One fatal blast sent the four of them flying in different direction, sending them all into several places without one another, and without memory of what they had witnessed.
"Ha ha ha ha…I love this thing!" Bowser chuckled. Peach just started to cry, letting Bowser's cronies take her away...
. . .
Mario toppled downward, falling out of the Castle in the sky to an unknown destination. Where would he land? Would he live? How will he save Peach? What happened to his other world friends? With the way things looked now, there wasn't really much hope.
Ah yes, the very epic beginning. Updates are every Friday, so be on the lookout!
EDIT: I'm beginning to edit the chapters of this story, so that they will be of a higher quality than before. So, for anyone that's reading this again and finds that things are different, that's why. (When I finish editing the whole story, I'll take this message out.)