Hello there everyone, it is I, JPLover764 from Deviantart! I have joined this website to upload some of my fanfics here.
This is a project I've been working on for a long time now. Super Mario Bros: Blast From The Past was originally a comic on my Deviantart account that lasted for only three pages, but I changed it into a fanfic so it could be uploaded here and I also no longer had the patients to continue it as a comic. The story for this fanfic was inspired by the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (the current 2012 show) special, Half Shell Hero's: Blast To The Past and Kung Fu Panda 2.
To avoid confusion, this fanfic is a sequel to the 1986 Japanese anime Mario movie, Super Mario Bros: Peach-Hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen (or as some of you might know it as in English, Super Mario Bros: The Great Mission To Save Princess Peach). For those who have not seen that movie, I would recommend watching it first before reading this fanfic, because there will be a bunch of references to the movie in this fanfic that you might not get. The original movie was never released outside of Japan so unfortunately there is no official English version of it. There are, thankfully however, dozens of fan-made English dubs and English subtitles of it on Youtube that, while not 100%, are pretty close to the original Japanese Dialogue.
So now that that's all out of the way, sit back, relax, and enjoy.
Disclaimer: I do NOT own the Super Mario franchise, it is respectfully owned by Nintendo.
Super Mario Bros: Blast From The Past
Prologue
South Dakota, Late Cretaceous Period, 66 million years ago.
Under the mid afternoon sun, a small herd of duck-billed Dinosaurs, Edmontosaurus Annectens, were grazing by the forest edge. These animals, measuring nearly 40 feet in length, making them one of the largest Dinosaurs of the Hadrosaur family, had been feasting upon the leaves on the trees and the bushes that grew right beside them. Every once in a while or so, they would raise their heads nervously like Deer, constantly checking for danger.
The male Edmontosaurs all had dull green reptilian-scaly bodies and brightly blue colored heads, the females on the other hand while retained the same dull green scales on their bodies, they lacked the blue heads the males possessed.
One large male was grazing on a large shrub several yards away from the herd, grazing beside him was his mate. The male raised his head up high and watched the trees for a long moment, checking for movement in them.
Nothing, for now at least.
He lowered his head and continued to graze on the bush. However, if the male Edmontosaurus had continued to watch the trees for just a few more seconds, then perhaps he wouldn't have failed to notice a pair of yellow eyes watching him and his mate. Hidden in the dark shadows of the trees, something was stalking them.
Tyrannosaurus Rex, one of the largest of the carnivorous Dinosaurs and the top predator of the Late Cretaceous. Standing 16 feet above the ground and measuring 40 feet in length from the tip of his snout to the tip of his tail. His body was colored brown like a Grizzly Bear, allowing him to blend in with the forest. The T. Rex also had scales covering his legs, under-belly, and tail like a Lizard, but the back of the predator's head, neck and sides were covered in feathers like a Bird.
Even though the Tyrannosaurus had powerful jaws and teeth designed for crushing thick bone, taking down an Edmontosaurus would still be a difficult challenge, these animals were not as weak as they looked. The best tactic to take one down would be to sneak up on it and catch it by surprise.
The T. Rex slowly and quietly moved closer to the herd while trying to remain hidden. His eyes zeroed in on his selected target, the female Edmontosaurus. He inched closer and closer, then finally, he erupted from behind the large bush the mated Edmontosaurus pair were feeding on and lunged towards the female!
The two Edmontosaurs jumped back startled, the female Hadrosaur barely managed to dodge the carnivore's gaping mouth as his powerful jaws snapped shut missing her by just a few inches! Instinctively, the two duck-bills fled back to the herd as fast as their legs would let them.
The T. Rex growled in frustration, his attack had failed and he had now lost the element of surprise. However, he wasn't going to give up so easily. He turned his head towards the fleeing Edmontosaurus pair and chased after them.
The two Edmontosaurs called out a warning about the danger to the other duck-bills as they ran back towards the safety of the herd. The herd turned their heads towards the panicking pair, the T. Rex hot on their tails. Seeing the giant killer, the herd began to panic. As they finally made it back to the herd, the female, along with all the young and other females, continued running for her life. Her mate though, as well as the other males, turned towards the giant carnivore and stood his ground.
The T. Rex stopped once he reached the herd. Nine large male Edmontosaurs had formed a defensive line right in front of him. The predator let out a loud bellowing roar at them, attempting to scare them and break their defensive form apart.
Although the Edmontosaurs didn't have any spikes, claws, or sharp teeth to protect themselves, they were still far from completely defenseless. The sheer size of Edmontosaurus could easily rival the tyrant lizard king. These duck-bills were capable of growing just as big as a fully grown T. Rex, sometimes even bigger. And if their sheer size wasn't enough, they even had powerful muscles in their bodies to fight off predators, much like most large plant-eating animals alive today.
Some of the Edmontosaurs called out aggressively towards the predator to make themselves sound tougher than the killer, while others tried to look tougher by rearing up on their hind legs and slamming their front legs on the ground. Despite their best efforts, the T. Rex didn't back down, instead he continued to roar aggressively towards the Edmontosaurs.
The stand-off lasted for a long moment, when the T. Rex noticed something behind the angry duck-bills, he spotted the juveniles and females running away. He snarled and ran around the male Edmontosaurus' defense line and chased after the fleeing Hadrosaurs.
The same female Edmontosaurus that the T. Rex had attacked earlier continued running for her life. The other females and juveniles had run off into the forest to hide from the predator, but she continued running out in the open.
The Edmontosaurus turned her head back towards the males, checking to see if the danger had passed, but what the Hadrosaur saw instead only terrified her more. She saw the very Dinosaur that had attacked her earlier once more chasing after her. His jaws wide open. Saliva oozed from his mouth. His nine tons shook the earth with every step.
The T. Rex was still at least 70 yards behind her, but he was catching up. The Edmontosaurus turned her head forward again and continued running.
The chase continued for a while, when suddenly the Edmontosaurus skidded herself to a halt just in front of the edge of a large cliff! The Hadrosaur looked over the edge, the cliff plummeted several thousand feet downward, and at the bottom was the inland sea that flooded North America around this time. The massive waves crashed violently against the cliff edge below. If she fell over the edge, the fall could kill her, and if it didn't then the rough sea below certainly would. And she couldn't turn back for the T. Rex would certainly catch her if she did. The Edmontosaurus knew she was trapped.
The Edmontosaurus turned her head back and saw the T. Rex, now less than 10 yards away, closing in on her. It was only a matter of time before the killer got his teeth on her. The T. Rex let out a hissing snarl, raised his head high and readied his jaws to bite down on the Edmontosaur's head. The Edmontosaurus wailed in fear as she stared at the T. Rex's fearsome jaws, thinking it would be the last thing she would ever see.
But the T. Rex never got the chance to sink his teeth into the Edmontosaur's flesh.
Without warning, there was a loud KABOOM! An explosion came out of nowhere above the cliff, creating an intense bright light like a flash grenade!
The explosion and bright flash of light caught the two Dinosaurs off guard. The bright light stunned them and they were both forced to shut their eyes tightly to avoid becoming blind. They cringed as a horrible eeeeeeeee noise sounded in their ears.
Finally, the light and the noise died down. The two Dinosaurs opened their eyes, still stunned and dizzy from the bright flash. They quickly regained their conciseness and looked out over the cliff. There- floating in mid air, several thousand feet above the ancient inland sea, was a strange looking purple swirling hole. The T. Rex and Edmontosaurus stared at it with awe, wondering what this mysterious hole was. They had never seen anything like this before.
Then... The wind began to pick up speed, blowing towards the hole. The two Dinosaurs cocked their heads confused. They had felt wind many times before, but- this... wind... something about it didn't feel right. It blew gently at first but it soon grew stronger and stronger.
The Edmontosaurus couldn't take her eyes off this mysterious floating hole. She watched it as it continued swirling around as if it had hypnotized her. The wind kept getting stronger.
Suddenly she heard the T. Rex let out startled growl, snapping her out of her curiosity. The Hadrosaur turned around towards the killer. For some reason, he seemed to be getting smaller. She stared at the carnivore, he stared right back at her. Only he stared at her with shock while she just stared at him confused. The Edmontosaurus stared at the T. Rex for a while, and then she suddenly realized that she didn't feel the ground underneath her feet anymore. She looked down towards her front feet and wailed out in horror!
She was floating in mid air!
The wind continued to pick up speed. The Edmontosaurus looked behind her and wailed out in horror again as she saw the floating hole getting closer.
Suddenly it all made sense! The hole was sucking her in like a vacuum!
Frantically the duck-bill tried to get away from it. She would much rather take her chances with the T. Rex instead of this... thing. She kicked her feet in the air and thrashed her head and tail around, struggling to break free from its suction. But it was no use, no matter what she did she couldn't break free from its pull, the holes grasp was too strong.
Finally, after what seemed like an eternity, the Hadrosaur was sucked into the hole and disappeared.
The Tyrannosaurus Rex watched the whole thing, and for the first time in his life, he felt the icy cold grip of fear. Cautiously, he began to slowly back away from the hole, afraid that he would meet the same horrible fate the Edmontosaurus did. Finally he turned away from the hole and ran for his life. He didn't get very far though when he too suddenly felt his body being sucked in.
Desperately the Tyrannosaur tried to run faster, but he only ran slower and slower as the hole's gravity pulling on him grew stronger. The T. Rex found it getting very difficult to run. Finally he couldn't feel himself moving forward anymore. His feet kept running forward, but the hole's strong gravity held him in place, then it started to drag him back!
The T. Rex continued to struggle for a long time, his feet pounding on the ground, dust kicking up from the ground under him. Eventually the carnivore found he could no longer feel the ground underneath his feet as he was suddenly lifted into the air. The killer looked back to see that he was getting closer to the hole, the fear in his stomach grew. Desperately he kicked his feet in the air and thrashed his tail around madly to escape, but to no avail.
The wind blowing around him continued to pick up speed as the T. Rex drew closer and closer to the hole. Eventually, the Tyrannosaurus Rex reached the hole. He gave out one last roar and was sucked in.
The T. Rex's roar echoed through the air, but no sooner when the echo died down, the hole's gravity began to cease. The hole started to grow smaller. Then at last, it shrunk into nothing as it finally disappeared, like if it was never there at all.
All was silent. Nothing could be heard, except for the sea waves crashing against the cliff side.
And there you have it folks, the first part of Super Mario Bros: Back From The Jurassic. The story was originally supposed to be uploaded yesterday, but unfortunately real-life stuff got in the way and I forgot to post this.
I apologize if this chapter seems a bit short, it was originally going to be longer and have a slightly different ending here but I didn't like the way the original uncut version turned out so I ended up scraping it, plus I thought that this was a good spot to end the first part.
The original, longer, and uncut version of this chapter was that the wormhole actually didn't close after sucking in the T. Rex. Instead it actually grew and it's gravitational suction spread throughout the entire valley. After that, the fanfic then cut to a few other Dinosaurs further inland suddenly getting caught by the Wormhole's suction and dragged all the way to the seaside cliff. Then the original ending would have had those few Dinosaurs, along with hundreds of others that were caught by the wormhole's suction off screen, getting sucked into the wormhole as well. After they all get pulled in, the wormhole finally closes and the chapter ends.
The Dinosaurs in this story will be scientifically accurate (at least from the knowledge known about them from the time this story is being/was written). So this means they will NOT look like the classic scaly Jurassic Park style Dinosaurs (sorry folks, I like those scaly Dinosaurs too, but I wanted to feature actual scientifically accurate Dinosaurs in this story because most people actually do not know much about the more up-to-date facts about Dinosaurs), Dinosaurs like T. Rex are now believed to have had feathers, hence the reason why I gave the T. Rex here feathers. I also had the male Edmontosaurs fight back the T. Rex because Hadrosaurs like Edmontosaurus are often portrayed as helpless and completely passive animals, when in real life, this was probably not the case. If a T. Rex successfully caught an Edmontosaurus in its jaws, it probably would have fought back with everything it had to escape. Like the story mentions, Edmontosaurus was just as big as T. Rex so it's sheer size and bulk most likely meant that it would have been quite a tough match for T. Rex.
I know that Mario isn't in this chapter, but I wanted to open up this story in the age Dinosaurs with a T. Rex attack, sort of like the Carnotaurus attack at the beginning of the Disney Dinosaur movie. But don't worry. We'll meet Mario in the next chapter ;).
Feel free to comment and critique this story. I appreciate your feedback and would love to hear your ideas on how to make this story better.
What has happened to the T. Rex and Edmontosaurus? Where did the wormhole take them? And What is Mario up to in the present day? Find out in the next chapter of Super Mario Bros: Back From The Jurassic!
