From the creator who brought you Paper Mario X, the smash-hit sequel Paper Mario X 2: The Thousand-Year Door, and it's worthy spin-off, Paper Luigi X, comes yet another installment- *record scratch*
Hi! And no, this is not a movie. This is the third installment in the Paper Mario X series that most of you reading this have been waiting for! And for you new people, if you haven't read any of the previous stories, then it's probably a good idea because most of the things that happen in this story you won't understand. Just a heads up- I'd really recommend doing that. Especially PLX cuz I'm certainly not all of you have caught up with that, and it's pretty important later on.
And now, Enjoy! ^^
Super Paper Mario X
Prologue: Those That Are to be Wed
Deep in the woods beyond Toad Town…rested a house with the word "Mario" sprawled across the front. This was obviously the house of the Mario Bros. Inside the house sat Mario and Luigi, enjoying cups of Koopa Tea. Mario glanced at two pictures sitting on a shelf behind their table. One was of an adventure long before, and the other was of a vacation gone horribly awry. In both pictures, were himself and four of his best friends and their two sets of partners. It had been six months since he'd seen them, after they all made an agreement to stay in their home worlds for awhile.
A third picture sat next to the two of Mario, this one of Luigi and a group of his own. Mario was actually quite proud Luigi pulled off a long adventure of his own, and even lead a team of his own! But, unfortunately for them, they had just met and were also pulled into the "agreement", meaning they most likely wouldn't see each other for a second time.
The only connection they still had was in the form of colored-coated communication watches that were only to be used for emergencies.
Mario smiled thinking about all of them as Luigi yawned, tired from the simple simpleness of the day- currently.
"…Wow, sure is peaceful today, eh Bro?" he asked. Mario gave a nod. "Makes a guy feel lucky, having such a peaceful day…yup, reeeeeeeal peaceful. So peaceful, it's almost a little bit boring. It makes you just want a…KERBLOOEY! You know? Some kind of shocking event…"
Mario knew very well Luigi was foreshadowing an event- with all his prior adventuring , he knew all about signs like these. Mario thought for a moment before guessing Peach was probably getting herself kidnapped. Luigi jumped in his seat.
"…Ooh, at Princess' Peach's castle maybe? That'd be cool, huh Bro? Maybe we should go visit Mushroom Castle! It has been awhile- I'm sure the princess would be happy to see us!"
They both jumped up at the same time and trotted out the door. No sooner had they left when trouble arrived on their doorstep.
"M-M-M-Mario! HELP!"
"T-Toad?" gaped Luigi. "What? What happened? Why are you so crazy?"
"It's s-s-s-shocking…Mushroom Castle…RAIDED! Princess Peach…STOLEN!"
In retrospect that wasn't shocking at all.
Luigi, however, had different thoughts. "WHAAAAT! Why, that's ridiculous! Who in this world would do such a thing?" Mario glanced at his little brother while Luigi did a double-take. "Wait a second…Yeah…I've think I got it! Bro, this must be the work of that guy! That bad guy!"
Mario hardly needed to think about what "bad guy" Luigi was talking about, giving a "Yeah!" in response.
"I won't stand for this…we'll have to sneak into his castle and save Princess Peach! Let's go, Bro!"
Mario: Oh yes!
Toad just stood in awe as the pair of heroes went to save their princess…again.
"We're counting on you, Mario…Bros.!"
Meanwhile, at Bowser's Castle-
"BWA HA HA! Listen well, my elite minion task force!" Bowser boomed to his followers. "It's time to initiate my awesome plan to invade Mushroom Castle! Today is the day I make my beloved Princess all mine! And if that weren't awesome enough, I'll also stomp her mustache baddies! No one, not even hedgehogs or power-suited women, will stop me!"
"YEAH!" was what erupted from the crowd.
Then-
"Whoa!" "Your Rudeness!" "We're under attack!" "Bowser! Bowser! Woo!"
Bowser just lightly laughed. "Bwa ha ha ha! "We're under attack!" You jokers are the best!"
Bowser: !
"Hey! Who are those two hairy guys in the back? We SHAVE around here, minions!"
The crowd dispersed as Bowser was getting ready to land on them, ending up in front of Mario and Luigi.
"Blargh! Mario…AND Luigi? ! How'd you get in here?"
Mario: The front gate was open!
Bowser went into a blind fury and started stomping his foot. "How many times have I told those idiots! If you're the last one in, LOCK THE GATE!"
Mario and Luigi took fighting stances, Luigi giving Bowser a glare as well. "Quiet, you big Bowser! We know you kidnapped Princess Peach! Now where'd you put her? !"
Bowser stopped having a fit and looked genuinely confused. "Where'd I…wait, what? We're only just about to launch our atta-"
"MARIO! HELP!"
Mario, Luigi, and Bowser stopped the argument and looked around to see where Peach's voice had rang out from. She suddenly appeared in mid-air, protected by a barrier of hexagons.
"Princess Peach! ?"
And if that wasn't odd enough, a white caped man teleported into the room, wearing a monocle and holding a scepter.
"BLECK! Your princess has been taken…by Count Bleck!" the man bellowed.
"You...wait, by WHO?" Bowser questioned. Count Bleck gave a simply bow and never faltered his bat-like smile.
"By me…Count Bleck! The Chosen executioner of the Dark Prognosticus…is Count Bleck! The fine fellow prophesized to come to this dimension…is also Count Bleck!"
"I'll tell you who doesn't even make a bit of sense…Count Bleck!" quipped Bowser. "Enough! Release Princess Peach right now! I'm on a schedule over here!"
"Count Bleck says NEVER! This princess is integral to fulfilling the prophecies…she will be brought to Castle Bleck and be used to destroy all worlds…by Count Bleck!"
Luigi and Mario were dumbstruck. "Destroy…all...WORLDS! ?"
That was already out of the question. When all the worlds were threatened for whatever reason, that meant Team Mario, a group made of Mario himself, Link, Sonic, Kirby, and Samus would join together to stop whoever was behind it. Even Luigi's team, Malon, Tails, Meta Knight, and Knuckles, could help out!
The only problem…none of them had talked in months, and who knew what everyone else was up to at this point. Mario stared at the red communication watch he sported on his right wrist, glanced at Luigi's green one, and the medium shade pink one Peach had hidden by her long gloves. Mario had plans to call them, but first he had to save Peach. He made a bold jump at Count Bleck, only to be bounced back by an invisible force the Count donned himself.
Mario: What the…
Count Bleck, with a quite smug face, spread his cape and aimed a blast of purple swirliness at Mario, engulfing him with it. At first it was nothing, until Mario was spun around and thrown effortlessly to the ground. Luigi looked over him worriedly and moaned, "Big Bro!"
"This man deserves ridicule…weaklings cannot face Count Bleck!"
"Hey, here's a thought: you calm down and free the princess…OR ELSE!" boomed Bowser.
"Bleh heh heh heh…your princess shall not be returned…by Count Bleck. In fact, Bowser, evil king of the koopas…Count Bleck will take you too!"
"WHAT!"
Bleck cackled madly as he spread his cape again, sucking Bowser, the minions, and accidentally Luigi, into the purple portal he whipped up.
"I'M DONE FOR!" "MOMMY!" "Why am I being taken too? !"
"Bleh heh heh Bleck! Count Bleck's preparations are now in order! All that remains is for the dimensional void to appear, as foretold in the prophecy…but before that happens, the other two situations must occur…"
Bleck teleported to where he had sent Bowser, Luigi, and Peach.
The castle was emptied of everyone except for the unconscious Mario…
Meanwhile on Mobius-
The Blue Blur cut through the green grass, racing after his arch nemesis. Two robots came at him from opposite directions; he jumped up and simultaneously kicked them both in the "face". He front flipped and began to run once more. When the sight of a metal contraption came into view, Sonic dug his heels into the ground to brake.
"Hurry up and help me, Sonic! SONIC!"
"Why'd you have to go and get yourself KIDNAPPED again, Amy? ! Just bash the baddies with your hammer!"
"I was sleeping, for your information!"
Sonic was racing after Amy, being held captive once again by Dr. Eggman. Currently, as they spoke, Sonic and Eggman were engaged in a duel to the death for Amy's possession. The mad doctor was sitting high in an Egg Tarantula, sending androids to hinder the speedster's progress and firing lases-like webs at Sonic, who evaded everything with ease. To Sonic, it seemed like Eggman didn't even want to fight at all!
"What're your motives, Eggman?" Sonic demanded to know, sidestepping another sticky laser. "You don't kidnap innocent girls without dark intentions!"
"I am to be known as Robotnik, hedgehog, and I was informed by a very reliable source that they can grant me a power to rule the worlds!"
"Worlds? As in, more than one? !" Sonic exclaimed. His right fist tightened, making his own cobalt blue watch shine in the light. Amy gasped and lifted her left hand- this one donned with a reddish-pink watch.
"We can call in our teams!" she realized.
"Yeah, you're right! But I've gotta get you free first..." threw in Sonic, striking Eggman's machine dead center and knocking it over. Eggman spilled out and laid sprawled on the ground. This gave Sonic a chance to save Amy, as originally intended.
"That's right Sonic…you go save her…"
Sonic jumped up to the cage Amy was being kept it, and kicked the lock right off the door-again, surprisingly easy. Amy instantly jumped out, hammer ready to give Eggman a violent talk as Sonic was suddenly shocked by electricity. he had been setting up to tutne his communicator on when his whole body was filled with an intense, electrifying zap.
"Oh hohoho…" Eggman had pulled out a paralyzing gun and began to electrocute Sonic. "You don't know how LONG I've waited to do that!"
"AAAAAAAAUUUUGGHHHH!"
"Stop doing that to Sonic!" Amy shouted, whacking Eggman in the head several times. Eggman seethed his anger and grabbed her by the shoulders when she lunged in for another bashing.
"What if I told you that your dream of marrying Sonic could come true if you just follow along with this…"
"Why should I believe you! ? I bet its just a trap to lure me into your scheme, if I'm not in it already!"
"Why would I mention such a thing I don't even care about if I didn't mean it?"
"You…you have a point…" Amy trailed, very unsurely. Eggman gave a sadistic grin.
"Yes…"
"But you've gotta stop shocking Sonic!"
Eggman frowned slightly, hit the same red button, and Sonic fell meekly into the cage. The door slammed shut behind him. Sonic went limp, slightly moaning. Amy yelped again and glared at Eggman.
"You're up to something-"
"Yes, but I'm still not lying." He then snapped his fingers. "Oh, Dimentio!"
A jester-like being materialized out of thin air, and looked down at Eggman.
"Oh joy! You've gotten the two spoken of in the Dark Prognosticus! My happiness is like a child opening the first present on Christmas day!"
"Yes, well…we have to hurry to the altar. They are a feisty duo…" Eggman murmured. Dimentio nodded.
"Oh yes, yes! ...I see the pink one is quite rambunctious?"
Eggman hadn't let go of Amy, and she was now gnawing at Eggman's hand. Eggman yelled out while Dimentio blew some strange powder at Amy. She instantly became drowsy and started to fall asleep in Eggman's arms.
"That dust will only last until we reach our destination, so I'll meet you there! Ciao!"
Dimentio snapped his fingers, teleporting once again.
"They…can teleport…too?" Amy muttered before fully becoming knocked out. Eggman grunted something under his breath while he loaded up Amy and Sonic and drove off, wondering if he could really trust this Dimentio...
Unknown to them, they were being spied on, and the spiers had witnessed everything, AND caught wind of the plan.
"Did you see that, Knuckles! ?" Tails gasped from their hiding place behind a huge boulder. "I knew something was going to go wrong! I would've at least saved Amy, but that jester-guy seemed really threatening…didja see the glint in his eye?"
"Ha. I could've easily taken out that clown…but Sonic told you to stay away in the first place, didn't he Tails?"
"Well yeah…but then THAT scene happened and Sonic and Amy are going to be married for evil purposes!" Tails quickly jumped up and pointed forward. "We've gotta save them, then we head back to my workshop to try and contact the others!"
He bounded off the rock, not wasting any time in catching up to their friends and the villians. Knuckles just blinked and scrambled after Tails. "W-Wait for me! Who ever said I wanted to get caught up with this? !"
"I don't want Eggman ruling our world, or anybody else's for THAT matter! Now let's go Knuckles!"
"Okay, okay…I just hope you know what you're doing…"
And while THAT was happening-
"Oooh, Zelda! I can't believe this day has finally COME!" Malon squealed, doing Princess Zelda's hair. "I can't believe it's FINALLY happening! I'm soexcited! Eeee!"
"Calm down, Malon!" Zelda laughed, smoothing out her dress. "Your overexcitement is going to frazzle my hair!"
"Oh WHOOPS! Sorry…but you and Link…married! The very thought!"
Zelda laughed again. "I know! And that was the same day you gave us the watches…"
She held her purple-pink one in hand to emphasize the statement, and Malon's eyes widened.
"Zelda, you took it off? ! What if something happens? !" she panicked. "I've never even taken mine off- Tails said they're water-proof- and the one time you do, BAM! Emergency!"
"Malon, it's my wedding! Do you really want my wedding beauty to be spoiled by a magenta speck on my wrist?"
"Well…no…but, it's just means a lot because it's the last connection we have with our friends and they're not even going to be here for your big day…"
"You have a point…" sighed Zelda. "But you said so yourself- Tails said they're for world-wide emergencies only!"
Malon sighed sadly too and started to place on Zelda's veil.
"And don't think it's only effecting me! People will be there for my wedding because I'm going to be the Queen of Hyrule…but, despite the fact he won't show it, Link's upset because no one's really going to be there for him. He doesn't even have a best man, and I don't have any bride's maids either! But, back to Link…his side of the altar will be as good as bare…"
Malon gave Zelda's head a final sympathetic pat before stepping back to see the finished product. "Oh, you look gorgeous Zelda! Your hair and jewelry flow so well with the diamond theme of your dress!"
"Thank you…now shouldn't you be getting ready, Flower Girl?"
"Oh YEAH! I forgot that! I was too busy messing with your long blonde hair…see you soon!"
Malon clunked out of the room, leaving Zelda sighing at her own reflection of the mirror.
"I wish I could see Link now…but it's "bad luck" to see me in my wedding dress beforehand…"
"Nervous, Princess? Or simply troubled…"
Zelda looked over her shoulder to see Impa standing in the doorway.
"I'm worried- about Link…I wish we never made that agreement, then our other world friends would be here to support him…he may be the Hero of Time and things like that, but he still doesn't get around much…and that worries me. No one will be there for him and-"
Impa put a hand on her shoulder. "No worries…I see a happy wedding in the future…"
Zelda gave a small smile. "At least I can always trust your wisdom, I suppose…"
She stood up, knowing it was nearing time for the wedding.
. .
Link was shaking in his tux-tunic, eagerly awaiting the wedding to start also.
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And in one of the chairs, sitting and watching the wedding eagerly, was a girl.
"Oh, this makes my job much easier…"
And since I'm so nice I'll probably upload the next chapter as well. ^^ (though probably not until tomorrow- I'm a bit busy) This chapter was mainly to get you excited. XD And technically, this scene happens before the actual marriage, so I put it first, in case you're wondering. I only hope I'm able to pull this story off- there are actually a LOT of complicated things that go on...but all will be explained eventually! For now, let's hear what you think, please! :D