Now all I did was "polish" some of the chapters; ridding most - if not all - of the spelling and grammar errors, and made quite a few changes to the story. Nothing drastic, mind you.

The main reason for the polish is just for the cosmetics. Seeing as how much this story is still being read to this day very much gave me the encouragement to do as such. I reread this story a while back, I wasn't too happy with how it looked, so hopefully this is more pleasing to the eye this time.

I'm only doing so much as cosmetics, because - if you haven't figured it out already - this story is discontinued - like my other ones. It pains me to say so, really, but I may rewrite one of the stories (which Camp Summer Olympics may be the winner there). Currently I'm trying to work on new stories that I hope to post soon, and that I will try to see finished. I also have this explained on my profile, but this is just to ensure most - if not everyone - knows what's going on. (If you're reading this, anyhow...)

Time has past and things have changed, and hopefully the new stories look and come out better. I hope you're all not too upset with me.

Prologue: Accident

Mario, Luigi and Yoshi stormed into Bowser's castle, making their way to the huge double door that lead to the Koopa King's lair.

"This is it, everyone ready?" Mario asked the others.

Luigi smiled. "Ready when you are, bro!"

Yoshi simply nodded.

Mario threw his shoulder against one of the doors while Luigi took the other. With the shrieking of misaligned hinges, both doors slowly slid open. They walked in, the throne room looked different… Things were there that not even Mario remembered seeing.

There was a narrow path to the throne illumined by a solid floor of flame below, the air overbearingly hot, shifting and shimmering and making visibility less certain than the brightness of the room would indicate. The throne was larger than before, a red carpet leading to it starting from the end of the narrow bridge. Mario looked around, he couldn't find any signs of Bowser…

or the princess…

They each walked forward, following Mario to the narrow path. Mario's eyes were still scanning the place, looking to see where Bowser and the princess were. Mario strode forward, with Luigi and Yoshi still following him. The path was so narrow, they had to walk a single-file line to cross it.

Yoshi could already feel that something wasn't right. That feeling sank into him ever since they first entered the front door. No sight of Goombas or Koopas was his first sign. There wasn't even a single Thwomp around either… and that was certainly unusual for the Koopa King himself. Another sign was hinted when Mario abruptly stopped with a gasp.

"Everything okay bro?" Luigi asked. He too now knows that something was wrong. He tilted to the side, just enough to see what Mario was looking at. Luigi's

face almost went pale as he screamed in horror. Yoshi dared to look, and literally froze when he also saw this.

Bowser stood in front of a wide and enormous pot filled with lava, with Peach dangling above, held by a rope tied tightly around her from the ceiling. Peach's eyes were closed, as if Bowser drugged her to sleep. Unless he really had "put her to sleep"…

"Well, well… If it isn't Mario and his puny group." Bowser began, gaze still fixed on Peach. His back remained towards the trio. "I'm actually glad you could make it."

"What did you do with the princess?!" Mario shouted, hands balled into fists.

"The princess is taking a nap." Bowser chuckled inwardly, fully turning towards Mario's direction. "Don't worry, you're precious princess is fine… for now at least." he then faced the sleeping princess. "Don't worry. She isn't dead… yet. I was giving her the last few minutes of her life before she takes a dip into this gorgeous pot of lava…

"As a matter of fact, Mario, I was waiting… for you."

Mario took out his hammer and griped it tightly. "Luigi, Yoshi. You two go free the princess while I deal with Bowser." Luigi and Yoshi exchanged glances before nodding. While Bowser slowly stomped towards Mario, Luigi and Yoshi made a dash for Peach.

Mario scooped up his hammer and stood in a stance, waiting for Bowser to get closer. When Bowser was close enough, Mario forcefully threw his hammer as if it were a boomerang. Alas the Koopa King caught it, and threw it into the lava below. The plumber charged his fire ball, and released it, but was deflected by the Koopa's spiky shell. Mario jumped over the fireball towards Bowser, bouncing off against him. The force caused Bowser to stumble and fall backwards. He got up, just in time to be greeted by Mario's uppercut. Bowser flew and landed a few feet back. He got up and began to charge.

Luigi and Yoshi ran towards the pot of lava with Peach hanging over it. The rope was slowly lowering the slumbering princess closer to the lava. He must of pulled some kind of lever before he fought Mario. They needed a way to free the princess quickly. From looking around himself, Yoshi found a sharp object near his foot. It was a wooden-handle knife.

Yoshi picked up the knife by the handle and carefully handed it to Luigi. "Try to get onto the pot and get her free with this. But be careful not to drop the knife or the princess into the lava. Watch your footing too." Luigi nodded and walked over to the pot.

Luigi jumped up and grabbed the edge of the pot. He pulled himself up carefully and tried his best to keep his balance. Yoshi stood underneath him so he could catch him if he fell. Luigi slowly raised the knife as he tried to grab the rope, which continued to lower the princess. With great haste, he began to cut the rope until it snapped.

As Peach began to freefall from where she was, Luigi held his arms over the pot to catch her. Peach fell safely into his arms, though the force was enough for Luigi to stumble backwards and fall off the pot. Now it was Yoshi's turn to hold out his arms and catch Luigi. Yoshi stumbled and fell backwards, causing Luigi and Peach to fall on top of him.

He pushed Luigi off of him, causing the plumber to roll away with the princess still in his arms. Mario looked over towards the noise, along with Bowser. Bowser's eyes widened with horror as Mario smiled before running over towards the group.

"Great! Now that we have the princess, we can get out of here!" Luigi placed Peach on Yoshi's back before they followed Mario towards the door.

Bowser roared in fury before snapping his fingers, which caused the large doors to the throne room to shut together tightly. The three came to a halt when they reached the door. Mario and Luigi pushed and pulled on the door, nothing worked.

"It won't budge!" Mario exclaimed, kicking the door. The four were suddenly surrounded by large groups of Dry Bones, Goombas, Koopas, Boos, Bob-ombs, Whomps and Magikoopas.

That's why everything was so quiet… Yoshi thought while looking at the enemies that surrounded them. Bowser marched over to the four with a staff in his hand. On this staff was a large purple orb, the staff itself was blue with two gold rings, One on the top of the and one on the bottom. Bowser raised the staff high into the air, the purple orb began to glow.

"This staff… Someone gave it to me." the Koopa King announced. "It was a wizard. He said this staff can send you far away. And with this staff, that's what I'll do to you!" Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Yoshi were lifted into the air by the power of the staff. They floated in mid-air while Bowser laughed wickedly.

Bowser held the rod with both hands. "So long Mario! May you have a nice trip… far, far away!" Bowser shot the rod high in the air once again, using one hand to twirl the rod in a circular motion. The four began to spin, faster and faster as they were slowly turning into stone. Yoshi was the first to vanish, in seconds he disappeared into a puff of smoke. Then Peach soon disappeared afterwards, followed by Luigi also evaporating into a cloud of smoke. Mario was the last to go, sparks releasing into the air as the final of the group vanished in thin air.

It took a minute for Bowser to move. He began to laugh evilly, pumping his free hand into the air victoriously.

"Finally!" he began. "With those pesky plumbers gone, I can… I can… Ha…" Bowser suddenly collapsed, letting go of the rod, which caused the purple orb to shatter into a million pieces. His enormous form slowly began to turn into stone before disappearing into sparks himself. The minions could only stand in silence, unable to comprehend everything that just happened.