Well, here it is. That project I was working on. For those of you who read my stories besides my Sole Smasher, do you remember a Christmas Special, where one year would pass before the story would continue? Well, its been about one year, and every day until Christmas, there will be an update, symbolizing one day passing in the story itself. So, get yourself comfortable, and enjoy my next attempt at a non reality story.
If you have not read The Greatness of Christmas yet, I strongly recommend that you do, as this story takes place after it, along with the same relationship and whatnot. It may not be the best thing I've written, but this story is better when you know what happened in advance.
Anyway, I believe I've spoken enough. Here's the prologue of this.
Toad Town, a city of mushrooms, with the citizens known as Toads walking about, going on their own business. Their lives were at a high time, as they had everything they needed. Food, a well organized education system, an excellent doctor, a government that abides by its rules, and a well made transportation system.
Speaking of which, a train was just pulling into the station as we speak. This train had left Sarasaland no more than two hours ago, and was just arriving at the station in Toad Town.
"Mama, mama, we're here!" A voice could be heard.
"Settle down." Another voice could be heard, calming the first one down. Upon the train stopping, people started walking off the train, going about to their normal lives. Three people however, were more distinguishable in the crowd.
The first was a yellow creature in the shape of a star, who was floating about trying to go exploring.
The second was a woman wearing a yellow dress, with her hair the color of soil. This lady clearly loved gardening, and she smiled upon seeing the third person trying to keep the star creature from running off.
The third was another woman wearing a sky blue dress, with her hair the color of snow. She was the one in charge of the star creature, and was not doing so well keeping him under control.
"But mama, I wanna go exploring!" The star creature wailed.
"Now now." The lady whispered. "There'll be time for that later Luma. But for now, we have other things we need to get done. I promise, when we finish, you can do all the exploring you want. Is that alright?"
"Sure mama, just make sure you don't forget that promise." Luma smiled. He floated into his mothers arms, and fell asleep, exhausted.
"Well you should took care of him fast Rosalina. Not even I would be able to managed that." The third woman smiled.
"All you really need is patience. Never get angry with them, just reason with them. They'll understand. See, this is something you need to practice on Daisy. If you ever want to be a good mother." Rosalina grinned.
Daisy sighed. "We'll see."
The two left the train station, with plans to go visit the castle. They had to meet up with Princess Peach, the ruler of Toad Town. Once then, they would go shopping.
On the other side of Toad Town, laid the residential area. People naturally come here to stay at a home of their choice. One house however, was most noticeable on account that there was nobody else that even lived close to the residence who live here. Most likely, it was because of the smell.
"Hey Waluigi! We're out of garlic, buy me some more!" The angry sound of a man boomed from the house. Upon looking closer, this man was the definition of the word fat and disgusting. He wore purple and yellow overalls, something that shouldn't really go together. He wore a yellow hat with a purple W on the front. He had a big pink nose, a zigzag mustache, and he couldn't seem to stop smiling.
"How about shut the hell up and get your own garlic Wario!" The sound of the man named Waluigi was heard. This man walked out from another room and could be described as tall, sensible, and still unaware of the fashion in Toad Town. He wore purple and black overalls, which fit more than Wario's purple and yellow. He also wore a purple hat with an upside-down L on it. He also couldn't seem to stop smiling.
"What, do you expect me to just walk into the store, buy the garlic, and be done with it?" Wario asked. It was noted that Wario was not smart at all.
"Uh, yes! That's what you do!" Waluigi shouted. It could also be noted that the relationship between these two was strained.
"Whatever. I'll go get it, but you have to come with me!"
"Why?"
"Because I said so! And we're going right this fucking instant!" Wario screeched, grabbing Waluigi by his elf ear and dragging him out of the house.
Peach's Castle was a place of royalty, no questions needed. White and red bricks covered the outer surface of the castle, with a moat surrounding it. A stainless glass picture of the one who lived there was clearly noticeable for all to see.
This was where the females were heading to. And they had just arrived. However, they were in for quite a shock upon arriving.
Right in front of the castle was a wood ship, floating in the air. The front of the ship showed the face of the one in charge of it, and cannons lined the sides of it. People were seen on the decks looking down at the toads screaming for their life.
"IT'S BOWSER! RUN FOR YOU LIFE!" They kept screaming, although all they really did was run in circles. Someone jumped out of the castle, carrying a woman with blond hair wearing a pink dress. This lady resembled the picture seen on the front of the castle.
"People of Toad Town, listen up!" The one holding the princess roared. "I have your princess once more, and if you know what's good for you, you tell Mario that I have her. Make sure he arrives at my castle, as I wish to finally get my revenge!" He roared. This was clearly King Bowser, the koopa king. Those on board the ship laughed alongside Bowser.
"Help me!" Peach cried, hoping that someone would come and save her. Unfortunately, her townspeople didn't look to be in the mood to save her.
"Mama, we need to help!" Luma cried, trying to pull free of Rosalina's grasp to help the princess.
"Stand aside, we've got this." An Italian voice was heard from behind. Four figures rushed past three, stopping below the ship.
One was a man wearing red and blue overalls. His trademark hat made sure people knew who he was, along with his mustache and gloves
Another was a man wearing green and blue overalls. His trademark hat made sure people knew who he was as well, along with his mustache and gloves.
The next person was some sort of green dinosaur, with red scales going down his back and wearing brown shoes.
The final person was a yellow creature who was floating in the air. She was very small, and wore nothing but brown shoes to cover her feet.
Yes, these four were none other than the heroes of the Mushroom Kingdom. Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, and Starlow. And they were here to help again.
"Give us a boost Yoshi." Starlow spoke to the green dinosaur.
"Sure thing." Yoshi smiled, grabbing the Mario bros and the star sprite with an incredibly long tongue and shooting them upwards. With very precise accuracy, the three landed on the airship, catching Bowser off guard.
"This must be some sort of record. You're already here, right where I want you." He laughed. Mario snarled.
"Give back the princess Bowser, or I won't hesitate in kicking your ass. Again!"
"Like you could do that! Kamek, show them what you can do!" He laughed.
A robe creature popped out of thin air. Holding a wand and levitating, the wizard snickered. "Master Bowser does not want you here. BEGONE!" He screeched, preparing a magic spell to fire at them.
"I don't think so." Luigi smirked, running right at him, preparing to jump.
However, before he could, a large glob of ink splattered into his face. Luigi screamed, falling over. This was done by none other than the white squid hiding behind the box, more known as Blooper.
"Gotcha." He laughed. This was what Kamek needed to blast Luigi right back where he was with an explosive spell. Mario rushed at Blooper, only to be tackled by someone else. One with an extremely odd set of blue hair, almost as if it was a wig. Yep, this was indeed Bowser's oldest child, Ludwig.
"Going someone Mario?" He asked, kicking him right onto his back. "Ve're just getting started."
Starlow was about to react, if it wasn't for the cannon's firing right at her, forcing her to dodge. The one doing this was a masked man the color of red. Shy Guy.
"You're not going to win!" He shouted as a battle cry.
With the three distracted in their own fights, Bowser laughed. "This is excellent. Soon, the Mario Brothers will be dead, and the princess will be all mine!" Bowser roared.
"You said it papa!" Another voice cheered. A smaller version of Bowser walked out from one of the cabins, the only difference being some sort of white scarf being worn around his neck. This was Bowser Jr., Bowser's favorite child. "Why aren't the others here for this again?" He asked.
"Because they need to watch the castle. If something was to happen to it while I was gone, then it would cost a f-I mean ridiculous amount of money to fix." Bowser answered, trying to avoid swearing in front of his son.
Back on ground level, Rosalina and Daisy were trying to calm down the many Toads upset over the whole situation.
"There there, everything is going to be all right. Mario will surely take care of this." Rosalina spoke, her soothing voice managing to calm down a couple. One a male toad, and one a female toad, more or less called Toadette.
"Thanks." Toadette smiled, still quivering in fear.
"Jeez Rosalina, how can you stand to calm this bunch down? It's ridiculous!" Daisy complained, not having as much luck with calming down the others.
"You just have to be gentle with them, like I do with the lumas." Rosalina smiled.
"You sure know what you're doing Rosalina." Yoshi smiled.
"Hey Waluigi look! It's your girlfriend!" A narcissistic voice of someone already met was heard. Yep, its Wario again.
Rosalina turned towards the sound, and saw him. It was Waluigi, that man who showed her the meaning of Christmas, and how wonderful it was. Since that time long ago, she had left for the Comet Observatory, and had never seen him since. But now...
"Shut up Wario." Waluigi sighed, looking away. Something inside Rosalina broke upon hearing that. Did he not care? Did he forget about her? What was this?
An ambulance pulled up, with someone walking out. "Alright, I came as soon as I heard. Is anybody hurt?" The man asked. He looked very much like Mario, only he was wearing a doctors outfit, and was lacking the hat.
"Everything seems to be fine Dr. Mario." Daisy answered.
"Well that's good. I'll stick around, just to make sure." Dr. Mario took a seat at the hood of his ambulance, and started looking around.
"Hey Rosalina! You remember Waluigi, right? He's been talking about you non stop ever since last Christmas!" Wario shouted right in her face, causing Rosalina to back up, even more so when the stench caught up to her.
"I said shut it." Waluigi sighed again, staying indifferent. Rosalina took note of this. Waluigi would've defended himself in most cases, but yet he was basically saying this was true. Did that mean he just didn't want to be around Wario with this?
A large explosion took her out of her trance. The airship was going down. Four figures were seen jumping off the ship. Mario, Luigi, Starlow, and Princess Peach. They managed to stop Bowser and save the day once more. The ship ended up crashing into the pavement, stopping there.
"You're safe now princess." Mario smiled.
"Thank you Mario." Peach also smiled, giving him a small kill on the forehead, making the plumber blush.
But it wasn't done yet. With a loud roar, Bowser jumped, much higher than you would expect, right out from the rubble of the airship. Landing on the ground, he eyed Mario with a glare. The others slowly climbed out from the destroyed airship.
"You think that I'm going to give up that easily? Think again Mario. How about we settle this like men, fight each other hand to hand. Lets see just how tough you are." Bowser snarled.
"Then lets." Mario also snarled, stepping forward to be directly in front of Bowser. The two eyed each other, ready to fight. With a battle cry, Bowser charged, with Mario charging after.
"Looks like I'll be needed after this." Dr. Mario slightly chuckled.
The two collided. With Bowser's extra weight, Mario was pushed backwards and was ultimately crushed by the Koopa King. Mario quickly rolled out the way, right before Bowser had a chance to slash Mario with his claws.
With the fight going on, Rosalina decided it would be a good opportunity to talk to Waluigi. "Hey." She said.
"Hey." He said back. Rosalina eyed him, hoping he would say something else. But he didn't. She sighed.
"RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!" A booming sound screamed from behind everyone. At once, everyone turned their attention to two monkeys running from a large white cloud. Toads went right through it, and screamed afterwards. Then, silence.
"What the hell?" Toad wondered, stepping closer.
"Did you not hear us? RUN!" The monkey screamed again. These two were Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong, two residents of the Kongo Jungle. They were here on vacation, but now...
"Get the clown copter men!" Bowser roared at his crew, who had finally gotten out of the rubble.
"Oh no you don't!" Mario screamed, grabbing Bowser by his tail and throwing him aside.
"Now's not the time to fight Mario! We need to go!" Starlow screamed, floating away alongside Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong. The others followed suite.
It was as if this cloud was moving faster and faster. As fast as they all ran, there seemed to be no chance for them to escape. Even Dr. Mario's ambulance was not fast enough. Soon, they all were taken in. It took about five seconds of not being able to see two feet in front of them before they suddenly fell unconscious.
This, was the beginning of the end.
See you guys tomorrow, with the next chapter