Paper Mario and the Broken Legacy
No P.O.V (Prolouge)
Our story long time ago starts with a treasure in a distant land although not far from our Mushroom Kingdom. Treasure was spotted that was known to have properties to shape the world on how they please. The Dark Prognoticus has another prophecy to unfold on how these 8 treasures came to be. 1,000 years ago a man known as Gary Aaron found the 8 treasures and brought them together only to be controlled by their dark powers. Michael Toader his close friend sealed Gary away in a tower behind a steel door known by the townspeople as The Legacy. The treasures have the power to purify Gary's heart but they were scattered before something could be done as they were already used once to seal Gary. With the 8 treasures spread across the eastern half of the world but most were still in the region. Michael hoped that one day someone would find them and help his friend regain his good nature. Before that could happen though The Legacy became cracked and evil spread through half the land causing one half to be good natured and the other to be evil. The Legacy was split in half between good vs. evil but sadly our hero Michael passed away before anything could be resolved 50 years after the closing of The Legacy. Our journey starts now with a young girl named Princess Peach and-
"Okay we know this part now let's get to the actual story," said Luigi.
"Fine, geez no wonder you're the least favorite," said the narrator saying the last part of the sentence quietly.
"What was that, I'm so kicking your ass," said Luigi.
"No wait I'm not done yet," said the narrator.
***Fade to Black and Cut to Luigi's House***
Parakarry comes over to Mario's house delivering news to Mario and in fact multiple letters. Parakarry knocks on the door and says, "Mail Call!" then was about to leave until Luigi opens the door and tells Parakarry to wait and come inside.
"Were any of those letters from the princess?" asked Luigi.
"Yeah why?" said Parakarry.
"Just come inside and we'll tell you all that you need to know," said Luigi. Parakarry did finally step inside to see Mario drinking a cup of coffee. Then Luigi handed the letter that was from Princess Peach to Mario then Mario read it aloud in his best Princess Peach voice.
"Dear Mario: Come over to the castle, I have a treasure map and a cake for you waiting for saving this papery world for the 3rd time from evil about a month ago. I know what you're thinking, something is going to go wrong but trust me this time this treasure map spots treasure not some destroy the world device or any crystal stars of that nature so come on and stop by."
"Do you really think she won't get captured this time?" asked Luigi and Parakarry.
"No but hey free cake, come on Parakarry let's go so that we can possibly save peach from danger okay," said Mario raising his eyebrow and smirking with pleasure about possibly saving the world again and rescuing the magnificent Princess Peach.
"What about me?" asked Luigi?
"You have to pay the bills it is your house. If I come back and I don't get my coffee I'll chop your block so you make sure the bills are paid so I can come home to a healthy house," said Mario.
"I won't let you down bro," said Luigi.
"Idiot," said Mario quietly, "Let's go Parakarry."
"Right!" Parakarry has permanently joined your party. HP: 25, Attack: 3, and, Defense: 2, Upgraded: One Star. He can fly you to places you need to go and over tough obstacles in your path by pressing the "X" button. Have fun adventuring!
"What this 'X' button is hopefully it is useful," said Mario. Parakarry took Mario's arms and they flew off towards the rising sun towards Toad Town. They reached the castle and it didn't take too long as Mario and Parakarry walked up to Peach's thrown room only to see the Princess about to be taken away by Bowser.
"Mario! The cake is over there don't let Bowser eat it," said the Princess.
"Okay, wait are you seriously putting the cake before your safety?" asked Mario.
"I spent so long on that cake you and any of your partners better eat the whole damn thing before you rescue me," said Princess Peach.
"Okay," said Mario as he put the cake in his bag then went to fight Bowser but it was too late and Bowser took Peach away only to be intercepted by the X-Nauts who grabbed Peach onto their ship and traveled in an easterly direction.
"How the hell did they get here? Didn't you blow up their base," said Bowser.
"I thought I did but I guess they're taking a second crack at the Thousand-Year Door," said Mario.
"Actually no he's heading to this new place called Splitsville," said Bowser.
"He's going all the way to Splitsville? How do you know he's going there?" asked Parakarry.
"Well Grodus got a new body and he says that this thing in this door called The Legacy will help him take over the world," said Bowser.
"The Legacy is a stupid name for a door," said Mario.
"It is but it looked up one of the most evil people of all time so I guess it has a right to be called a Legacy," said Parakarry.
"True, true," said Bowser, "Anyway go over there and get her. I hear this place has monsters that are really hard to fight so that 50 HP and 30 FP ain't gonna cut it this time. Also, there's a person there that levels up partners to 3 stars so you could gather up some friends."
"You seem to know a lot about this place," said Mario suspiciously.
"Bye!" yelled Bowser as he left in this Koopa Clown Car to his own castle.
"We should find some of your friends back at Rougeport to help. It's on the way to Splitsville," said Parakarry.
"Sweet let's go then, Parakarry let's fly shall we," said Mario.
"Let's go!" said Parakarry as he flew up into the air with Mario rolled up and the flew over to Rougeport only to be welcomed by Goombella who saw them coming this way while they were flying over to here. Mario dropped down and Parakarry dropped dead as he was tired from carrying Mario for over 6 hours across the ocean.
"Welcome back Mario! Who's the dead fellow?" said Goombella.
"The-The name…ugh… is Parakarry," said Parakarry.
"What did you do carry Mario here?" asked Goombella.
"In fact, yes I did and what have you been eating, why do you look so full?" Parakarry.
"I was eating that cake the Princess gave me," said Mario. Parakarry had his eyes wide open and he pushed Mario up against a wall.
"Don't you think maybe the paratroopa flying you over here would have wanted a bite to eat during that 6 hour flight during the hottest time of the day? Is there any more of the cake left?" asked Parakarry.
"There's a pie-," started Mario and Parakarry gobbled the whole thing down without even letting Mario finish but then Parakarry opened his mouth and pulled a treasure map. The map had all of Rougeport and Splitsville on it at the same time.
"Damn treasure map ruined my meal," said Parakarry sadly.
"They'll be food but first we have to locate some of our old partners," said Mario to Goombella.
"Yeah about that. Bobbery is out at sea. Flurrie is still on her acting career, Ms. Mowz still works as the thief so the only people left are Vivian, Speedy( the baby Yoshi), and Koops," said Goombella.
"Did somebody call my name," asked someone from the shadows as Vivian popped up out of nowhere and scarred the crap out of the rest of them. Vivian then came out and hugged Mario who was still a little stunned from the greeting.
"Hey… Vivian you nearly scared me half to death," said Mario and Goombella.
"Who are you?" asked Parakarry.
"Parakarry this is Vivian another one of my friends from the adventure I had at the Thousand-Year Door after we stopped Bowser," said Mario.
"What? You had an adventure before you met us," said Goombella.
"Yeah, I had to stop Bowser from using the Star Rod for his evil purposes," said Mario.
"Bowser was the main villain? Wow," said Vivian.
"Anyway this map could be magic so let's bring it to that place where we figured out the crystal star map worked," said Goombella.
***A few minutes later***
"YOU HAVE TO GO WHERE NOW," said a familiar booming voice.
"We have to go to Splitsville professor Frankly it's important, we have no transportation because Parakarry can't fly there due to wind issues. The only way to get by is to go by speed boat but I don't know anybody with a speed boat," said Goombella.
"Can't Vivian just use her shadows to get us there?" asked Mario.
"Splitsville is cut into good and evil. The evil side has monsters to powerful for us and the good side has a seal against things from coming inside without recognition from someone you know. I don't know anybody from Splitsville," said Vivian.
"That's a shame," said someone else from outside as Speedy came over and greeted everyone.
"The Great Gonzales Jr. Returns to save the day!" said Speedy as he said yellow and waved to everyone else.
"How did you know we were here? We were thinking of getting you but we were going to do it later," said Mario.
"Ms. Mowz told me so I came down as fast as I could," said Speedy.
"Okay, I have a solution. Go to Petalburg and I know someone named Trooper over there who could help you get over there safely," said the Professor.
"Thanks Professor that'll really help," said Goombella.
"Now get going and save the world Mario from whoever did this alright," said the Professor.
"The X-Nauts took Peach again after Bowser tried to take her," said Mario.
"Those scrubs again, I thought we killed 'em," said Speedy.
"I thought so to but they are still at large and this time we'll take them for good," said Mario. Then we started to leave until Professor Frankly opened the door and said, "Wait I almost forgot. Make room for this first strike badge so that you don't have to waste time fighting level 1 goombas alright."
"Yeah I'll take it," Mario said you got the first strike badge. Then we left for Petalburg.
"I guess we all get to permanently join your team Mario," said Vivian. Vivian has permanently joined your party. HP: 25, Attack: 5, and, Defense: 0, Upgraded: One Star. She can hide you in the shadows to make sure you aren't spotted by enemies by pressing the "X" button.
"I'll help too," said Goombella. Goombella has permanently joined your party. HP: 35, Attack: 3, and, Defense: 1, Upgraded: One Star. She can give helpful hints about your journey or basically just tell you where you are and anything interesting about that place by pressing the "X" button.
"Don't leave me out! I'll bash on those X-Nauts heads with a Ground Pound!" said Speedy. Speedy the Yoshi has permanently joined your party. HP: 25, Attack: 4, and, Defense: 1, Upgraded: One Star. He can help you get around places faster and also hover a little in the air by pressing the "X" button. Have fun adventuring!
"Wow you guys toughened up since the last time I saw you, especially you Speedy. The Glitz Pitz must be working some wonders," said Mario.
"Yeah, I'm the fighter just below Rawk Hawk now and soon I'll be able to face him by myself," said Speedy happily.
"Anyway, it's time to see what Koops is up to so let's go to Petalburg," said Mario.
"Yeah!" said the rest of Mario's partners.
***Petalburg about an hour later***
Mario and co. walked up to Koops house to hear a baby crying in from inside the house, could that mean what Mario think it means? Mario walked inside to see Koops holding a Baby with Koopie Koo also holding the baby. They didn't notice that Mario and co. were inside.
"Wow, Koops ever since you took that trip with Mario you've gotten so much more buff and handsome," said Koopie Koo seductively.
"You say that all the time," said Koops sheepishly and then he kissed his wife.
"Oh Koops forget about KJ we'll just do this right here right now," said Koopie Koo as she started taking of Koops shell, helm, and sweatshirt.
"Okay you guys stop we have children in the room," said Mario.
"Holy shit Mario and you guys," said Koops and Koopie Koo as they hurriedly put on their shells and clothes fast enough so that hopefully they saw nothing. Mario noticed that Koops also had a blue shell and helmet on as well instead of the normal green shell and no helmet.
"Hey I noticed the new change in clothes. You look nice," said Vivian.
"Thanks I worked my way around with a boomerang while you were gone," said Koops.
"Anyway, we came in here look 5 minutes ago and you guys didn't even notice," said Speedy, "by the way what was it you were about to do."
"It's something I'll tell you when you're older," said Koops.
"I'm 2 I can handle anything that you throw at me," said Speedy.
"Not what I was about to throw at you, well what I was gonna throw at my wife," said Koops laughing in his head at his dirty joke.
"What's with the double entrende… holy crap you were going to do "it" in front of your baby? What the hell!" said Goombella?
"Hey heat of the moment, anyway did you need something?" asked Koops.
"We have to save the world again so we're going to need your help," said Mario.
"What happened? Bowser or X-Nauts?" asked Koops.
"X-Nauts came back and they took Princess Peach and we need your help along with someone else named Trooper," said Vivian.
"You need Koops's younger brother, what for?" said Koopie Koo.
"We need a speed boat in order to get to Splitsville, and you have a brother," said Goombella.
"Yeah he's in the other room playing Smash Bros. Melee playing Classic mode. He usually does that during our alone time but it's not going to be alone for a while," said Koops as he opened the door to a dark room with the TV on Smash Bros. and a Koopa that was deeply intrigued with the game as he was excitedly playing. He was probably a few years younger than Koops.
"I thought you and Koopie Koo were having alone time," said Trooper already knowing what alone time meant in the house.
"TJ stop playing the game, we have important business to take care of," said Koops.
"Alright, what did you guys need?" asked Trooper.
"Hey the name's Mario and we need a speed boat in order to get to Splitsville and Professor Frankly said you knew where to get one," said Mario.
"Yeah this is really important and right now you're the only one who can do it," said Trooper. Trooper had a red shell and he wore a red helmet on top of his head. He wore a white short sleeve shirt, blue jeans and red boots making Mario believe he knew how to work his way around a fire. He looked like he was a video game addict although he didn't seem like a bad guy.
"I can help you guys out, let me get my tools and the speed boat will be made in a jiffy," said Trooper. Trooper got his tools from the garage and he met us over near the river just outside of the town. He looked around frantically but couldn't find what he was looking for until he finally told us.
"I can't find a spare engine for the boat, there might be one over in Hooktail's Castle along with the motorcycle I forgot to bring down because I was scared," said Trooper as he looked down and talked quietly at the end.
"Wait, you were scarred because of what?" asked Speedy.
"Hooktail's brother came yesterday while I was up there. I usually do my crafting up there where it's quiet but Hooktail came while I was making a new motorcycle," said Trooper.
"Gloomtail is up there, but I thought we got rid of him," said Koops.
"I guess he came back from the dead to haunt the town like how Hooktail did the same thing 2 years ago," said Trooper shivering, "we can use the engine form the motorcycle with a few adjustments we can use it for boats."
"Let's head over there now before Gloomtail uses your bike as a snack," said Mario.
"I'll happily join the party again," said Koops. Koops has permanently joined your party. HP: 20, Attack: 2, and, Defense: 4, Upgraded: One Star, Special Ability: Can attack two enemies once or 1 enemy twice. He can use his boomerang to hit things that are far away and hit multiple buttons at the same time by using the "X" button.
"I'm going to help out two," said Trooper. Trooper has for now joined your party. HP: 20, Attack: 4, and, Defense: 3, Upgraded: One Star. He can burn flammable obstacles or use his bomb pouch to blow up cracked walls. By pressing the "X" button you can burn obstacles and the "Y" button will bring out the bombs. Have fun adventuring!
"I think we're ready to head up to Gloomtail and show him whose boss. Whose ready?" said Mario.
"We are!" said the others as we traveled north towards the castle.
"By the way, all the monsters are stronger now so watch out okay," said Trooper.
"Pfft! We're still gonna beat the shit out of those scrubs right Mario!" said Goombella.
"Yeah we are. Just wait I'm going to the bathroom," said Mario.
"Oh come on we don't have much time," said Speedy, "I wanna clean their clocks now!" Mario and co. headed towards the castle to find that trees have invaded the entrance and there was no other way to get back inside the castle. Trooper was confused, just yesterday before Gloomtail came to the castle there were no trees blocking the area. Actually looking around the whole area was filled with dead plants and trees and then right next to it there was another area of lush greenery.
"What happened over here in this one area?" asked Koops, "You might know something TJ."
"It could have to do with the fact that Gloomtail breathes fire like any other dragon except when I saw it the fire was green," said Trooper.
"That's because it wasn't fire he was breathing it was and it's spreading quickly to all of the other plants in the area. This whole place is going to be a desolate wasteland by the time we get back out here. We should go in in case the poison has added affects," said Goombella.
"Agreed, except we still have these trees blocking the way," said Vivian.
"Allow me," said Mario as he wacked the tree with his hammer causing it to fall down just for another tree to bounce right back up, "Usually when I knock down a tree it doesn't come back up."
"You didn't say 'TIMBER' when you knocked it down," said Speedy.
"No that is not why it didn't fall down, they must be magic or forever lasting to keep intruders out," said Goombella.
"Maybe I'll just nullify it with a little bit of fire," said Trooper and then he hit the tree with fire causing it to burn to into ashes and easily passible to get through.
"Well, that worked out just out fine considering the heat of the moment," said Mario.
"No puns please we don't need them ever," said Goombella disappointed at Mario.
"We all know that is not going to happen throughout the course of this journey," said Koops, "it's our source of fun."
"Whatever let's just go kill the dragon, before I met you guys I never thought kill and dragon were going to be in the same sentence with the words 'are never able to' in the middle," said Vivian.
"You'll get used to it," said Mario. Mario and co. finally walked inside to see that the puzzles were the exact same thing as last letting this be an easy way through except the monsters were harder and didn't only have 1 health and 1 defense making them harder to kill. The last switch came up which let the heros get to the top of the tower where Gloomtail was. Trooper looked worried while the others looked ready to fight which made Trooper think that they were crazy to believe they could beat the dragon. He thought it was an 'in and out' kind of deal but they were actually going to defeat this menace. The tower at the top was black instead of gray and the air inside the top room smelled terrible due to the small amounts of poison gas that Gloomtail breathed. The place was darker and had candles with blue flame on them.
"Hey Gloomtail, you need to light some scented candles inside this room because it smells like someone died in here," said Speedy.
"What the hell it's you guys again. Can you leave I like this town because the townspeople know not to mess with me making it easier to show my demands so that people like you don't get in the way of my all you can eat buffet," said Gloomtail.
"Well the buffet is closed now and we're going to take you down," said Koops.
"Yeah and give me the engine for that motorcycle you saw me making," said Trooper.
"So you're the punk crafting stuff in my brothers castle, you should be honoring his death you adopted wanna be," said Gloomtail.
"What does adoption have to do with this I'm not even adopted, poor word choice," said Trooper. Koops looked down and then up and started to twitch, was Koops holding back the truth.
"News flash buddy, you are adopted. Just look at your brother's face he's just trying to hold it in," said Gloomtail making Koops feel even more agitated than before he pointed it out. Trooper just stared at disbelief towards Koops making Koops finally crack.
"Yeah TJ you were adopted at a young age and we kept it from you ever since," said Koops.
"How could you lie to me like that for all of these years Koops," said Trooper.
"Well, I didn't want to hurt your feelings," said Koops but he wasn't watching how Gloomtail was about to strike and stomp Koops but Trooper moved him out of the before it could happen and they were both safe.
"I don't really care that I was adopted because I got more brotherly love from Koops than I would've with anybody else. Even though he knew I was adopted, he still cared for me and although his life has life has been full of adventure with these guys over here, it's time for my life to start and I'm going to start it by whooping your dragon ass. I may be adopted but both Koops and I have a bond that's better than anything," said Trooper holding on to Koops shoulder smiling while Koops was crying a little because he was happy his brother still loved him even after lying to him. Koops was about to throw his boomerang back but instead of throwing it normal Trooper stood behind Koops and charged his fire on the boomerang and then Koops threw it doing a total of 12 damage when the boomerang came back but when they tried again Koops' hands got burned and I guess it was a onetime thing. Gloomtail charged up for an attack leaving it to be Mario's turn.
"Gloomtail is Hooktail's older brother taking revenge because someone killed his younger brother. Gloomtail breathes poison gas that really leaves a mark. He has HP: 100, Attack: 8, Defense: 2. When he charges up it lets him have +8 leaving his Megabreath to do 16 damage Yikes so watch out Mario," said Goombella, "Now Gloomtail has 88 HP. Due to the double attack from Trooper and Koops."
"Always helpful Goombella but was the last part necessary, I may be a plumber but I can subtract and state what just happened," said Mario.
"Sorry force of habbit," said Goombella.
Battle Begin Mario and Trooper vs. Gloomtail the Dragon Turn 1
Mario used a Power Jump taking up 2 FP hurting Gloomtail for a total of 8 damage. Trooper uses 4FP to cover Mario in a protective fire aura for 3 turns. Gloomtail-
"Wait no more of this turn based crap because I know you guys are heading to Splitsville and they don't do turn based there. They go real time!" said Gloomtail looking directly at Mario.
"You mean real time fighting, I've never done that before," said Koops.
"That's cheating, and way out of everyone's league, what's real time fighting?" said Speedy
"It's when you fight with no turns. Someone could attack someone 8 times and the other side could attack 1 time and the battle could be over. You don't have to wait for the next person to attack in order for you to attack," said Trooper.
"That's so rude!" said Goombella
"Also you don't have to stand there and watch yourself get attacked each time you can move around," said Mario.
"So it's like Smash Bros.," said Koops.
"Exactly, now you dig it. We accept Gloomtail and we'll show you what we're made of," said Trooper. Gloomtail ran over at full speed but while dodging Mario took his hammer and swung it at Gloomtail dealing 5 damage thanks to his Power Plus badge. Gloomtail was mad at Mario but was barraged by Koops and Trooper for an extra 10 damage towards his back but Gloomtail used his Mega Breath around the whole castle while it was still charged up which did 16 minus how much defense each person had. Then Gloomtali swung his tail around dealing an extra 8 damage to Mario leaving him with 26 HP left and the fire aura dealt 2 damage to Gloomtail leaving him with 63 health left. Everyone except for Mario, Parakarry, and Goombella had health of either 10 or below. Mario used a mushroom on Speeding letting him have 15 HP again but was attack again while using it leaving Mario with 18 HP. Parakarry picked up Mario and Mario readied himself for a Power Hammer and then Parakarry through Mario up high then he came back down with a smash dealing 13 damage to Gloomtail. Mario did a couple of flips after the attack and the A-list crowd went crazy and they threw hearts at Mario giving him 25 HP again. Parakarry then hit Gloomtail with a 5 shell slams for 5 damage. Vivian Shadow Punched for 3 and caused Gloomtail to burn and take an extra burn damage. Gloomtail charged up another Megabreath but Koops covered everyone in a shell shield before it happened except for himself who took all of the damage and fell to the ground but Trooper had a life-shroom which brought Koops back to life and with 10 HP. Mario hit Gloomtail with a piercing blow doing 5 damage leaving Gloomtail with 35 HP and he was being weared down fast. Gloomtail attack Speedy but Speedy dodged and dealt 6 damage to Gloomtail with Ground Pounds. Goombella distracted Gloomtail with a Multiboink dealing 6 damage then Parakarry and Mario did the same combo dealing another heavy 13 damage. Gloomtail went to go eat the audience but Koops and Trooper already escorted them all out safely before it happened leaving Gloomtail still with 10 HP then Koops and Trooper went up together with the flaming boomerang and said, "This is what you deserve Gloomtail! Flame…" said Koops holding it back and charging it, "Boomerang!" he throw it and it cut straight through the dragon dealing another 12 points of damage going and coming back leaving an overkill.
Battle won. You get 100 Star Points! Level Up! HP increased to 55 for Mario. End Battle Scene.
"NO IMPOSSIBLE…. HOW COULD I LOSE… I'M SORRY BROTHER," yelling Gloomtail in sadness as he disappeared into dust.
"Now hopefully he's gone for good, let's get this motor back so you guys can get yourself a speed boat," said Trooper. We all left the castle and met back at the river next to the ocean. Trooper took out his tools and started building and it was a really fast build as it did only take about 5 seconds. Trooper stood back and admired his work and the others looked in amaze at this perfectly sized speedboat.
"I'm going to miss you Trooper," said Koops.
"Don't say good-bye Koops because I'm going to do this with you," said Trooper.
"Really you mean it!" said Koops and the rest of us.
"Yeah it's time to stop fighting in video games and get back out there in real life," said Trooper. Trooper permanently joined the group!
"That's great the more the merrier. Next stop Splitsville," said Mario as the boat went on eastward towards the ocean to get to the town of Splitsville. Mario looked at the map and as they got closer to Splitsville the map showed where the first treasure is. Mario couldn't believe his eyes.
"The first treasure is in the town, it's going to be easy to find considering we know it's the bright side which is the shorter half," said Mario.
"Sweet an easy first one," said Koops.
"We're already almost there thanks to this baby right here," said Trooper patting the speed boat as it still ran smoothly.
"Yeah, and thanks for doing this for us Trooper," said Vivian.
"No problem, just any time after this you need something just tell me and I'll try my best to make it," said Trooper.
"TJ you're the best brother I'm ever going to have," said Koops holding out his hand.
"Awh thanks big bro," said Trooper blushing, "we're here."
"We need to go to this person named Doug, at least that's what Professor Frankly told us to do," said Goombella.
"Okay then, next stop to Michael's house in Splitsville!" said Mario.
"Yeah!" yelled the others as we pulled up to the dock on our way to a new adventure.