Hi everybody! If you don't know me from previous fics, I'm Umbreon Mastah, UM for short, the insane fanfiction writer who is constantly on a sugar high. I hope that you enjoy Stella Luminosa! The first chapter's short enough to be called a prologue, really. Oh, and all the titles (chapter and story) are in Italian. The title translation is Star Bright. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: All things Nintendo belong to (who'd've thunk it?) Nintendo.

Inizio

--Beginning--

Everything's quieter in space.

There was no wind to ruffle the woman's silvery blonde hair, no soft breeze to move her teal blue dress. She sat, quiet as the space around her, her lips together in a serious mien. The woman looked out over the large observatory in which she sat. Some of her hair fell over her right eye, but she didn't seem to mind. In her right hand, she clutched a long wand topped with a small star. The aquamarine in its center matched the jewel in the center of her crown. She held herself up in a dignified manner.

"Mama!"

"Mama Rosalina!"

The woman looked up to the source of the voices. She formed a small smile. "Hello, you two," she said sweetly. Two star-like creatures, one yellow, the other a pale peach, leapt onto her.

"Mama!" they cried. A small chuckle escaped from Rosalina's lips.

"Luna, Lumas, what are you doing?" she asked, giving them each a hug. The yellow one, Luna, floated up above Rosalina's head. She did a flip in the air.

"Come play with us, Mama!" she said.

"Yeah, play with us!" Lumas, the peach star, repeated. "We were going to play hide-and-seek!" He snuggled Rosalina happily. "Come on!"

"I wish I could," said Rosalina, "but I have to guard the Great Star, remember?" Luna and Lumas looked down in disappointment. Luna glanced toward the large five pointed star behind her mama. It slowly rotated inside what seemed to be a glass container.

"Aww, Mama Rosalina!" she pouted. "Can't the Great Star guard itself? It's the most powerful star in the universe, you know!" Rosalina sighed and glanced back at the Star, too.

"You know that if it fell into the hands of evil, the whole galaxy could be doomed," she pointed out. "No, the whole universe."

"But what hands of evil are going to attack here?" asked Lumas, flying out of Rosalina's arms to join Luna. "It's the middle of space! Please play with us?" Rosalina sighed again. Well, Lumas did have a point. No villain would think to attack here. And the Star did have a protection system of its own... One round of hide-and-seek wouldn't hurt, would it?

"Fine," she said, giving in. "But stay in the observatory, okay?" The two stars nodded happily.

"Count to fifty!" Luna instructed.

"Ready? Go!" cried Lumas, and they flew off, leaving Rosalina alone. She smiled and closed her eyes.

"One, two, three, four..." she began to count. Every second or two, she heard a small giggle or a quick swish of one of the stars passing by. She loved those two. She loved all of them, all the cute little stars that she lived with.

"...Twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-seven..."

They called her "Mama" or "Mama Rosalina." It made her smile. She had no memories of her real family, of her real mother. But none of that mattered. She knew that her family was here, at the Comet Observatory.

"...Thirty, thirty-one..."

The giggles and swishes had stopped. They must have been pretty well hidden. Lumas and Luna were very good at hiding, but she was good at seeking, too. Rosalina smiled again. She loved them so very much. Her children...

"...Forty-eight, forty-nine, fifty! Ready or not, here I—!"

CRASH!

Rosalina suddenly jerked around. What the—? She gasped.

A swirling vortex, light blue in color, had appeared right behind the Great Star. She clutched her wand tightly. Something began to emerge. A hand...A translucent blue hand, followed by the rest of the arm. Then, slowly, the rest of the creature appeared. It was a man, but he seemed more alien than human. His body was entirely translucent, except for a strange marking in the middle of his chest. His blank, blue eyes had no pupils. The man curled and uncurled his fingers, as if making sure that they were still intact. He looked up. He looked at her. Their eyes met, and Rosalina shouted the first thing that came to mind.

"Luna, Lumas, run!"

The blue man raised his arm. A strange aura glowed around it, and a large ball of scarlet energy appeared. He shot it at her. Rosalina leapt to the side, narrowly dodging it. The man snickered.

"Is this all that they have to guard the Great Star?" he laughed. "Some girl?" He snickered again. "This will be easier than I thought." Rosalina narrowed her eyes. So he was after the Great Star! Well, it was her job to protect it.

And she had trained well.

She lunged at the man, the aquamarine on her wand glowing brightly. "Starfire!" she shouted. The wand erupted into bright blue flames, which flew at the man. Caught unaware, he moved, but not quickly enough. The flames scorched his shoulder. Rosalina was about to follow up with a sharp jab, but he was ready this time. Quickly, he teleported to the other side of the Star. The man raised his other hand, and a barrage of needles flew from his fingertips. Rosalina dodged enough to avoid major damage, but a few stray needles scratched her arms and face. She landed on the side, wand glowing brightly.

"Who are you?!" she demanded. The man laughed.

"Since you surely won't survive this, I guess it's alright to tell you my name." He grinned evilly, his blank eyes mocking her. "I am Tabuu," he said, "the Ultimate Power!"

Tabuu...what a strange name... she thought. It sent chills down her spine, the way he said it. Tabuu raised his arm into the air again. It changed from its blue color to a reddish-yellow, and it morphed into what seemed to be a sharp scythe. He lunged at her, scythe arm out. Rosalina got ready to dodge, when he suddenly disappeared. Looking around, she didn't notice Tabuu appear from behind her and raise his scythe.

"Mama, look out!"

A sudden blur of peach shot out at Tabuu, knocking into his scythe. The scythe transformed back into the blue arm, and it grabbed at the blur. Rosalina turned around in shock. "Lumas!" she cried. In Tabuu's hand was a squirming, struggling star.

"Let go of me, you big creep!" he shouted. "Let go!" Tabuu snickered again.

"What do we have here?" he laughed. "A puny little bodyguard? How cute!" He shook Lumas a little. "Pathetic," he muttered.

"Let him go!" Rosalina cried. He looked up at her.

"Oh, so you're a bit attached to this little shrimp, are you? Excellent!" Tabuu's mouth curled into a wry grin. From behind him, Rosalina saw a flash of yellow. No, don't! she thought.

"Take this, bad man!" Luna cried, bashing into Tabuu's arm. However, she simply bounced off, right into Tabuu's other hand.

"Two of you?" he said. "My, this is interesting! I wonder exactly what to do with you." Luna's eyes went wide with terror, but Lumas continued to struggle.

"Let go!" he shouted again. "Leave us alone! Let go of me!" Rosalina clutched her wand. She knew that she had to save her power, but she had to save them, too.

"Starcutter!" she shouted, swiping her wand through the air. A beam of blue light appeared and shot at Tabuu. It cut his arms, causing him to let the two stars go, and then disappeared. Rosalina gasped for breath. It had taken more power than she would have liked to make her Starcutter last that long. "Luna, Lumas!" she gasped. "Get out of here!" Luna complied without hesitation, but Lumas faltered for a moment.

"Be careful, Mama," he said, before flying off after Luna. Tabuu looked in their direction, like he was considering going after them, but he turned to Rosalina instead. He clenched his hand into a fist as the cuts began to bleed. His blood was blue, to match his skin.

"You're more of a nuisance than I thought," he spat, clasping his hands together. Small orbs of energy appeared around him. They seemed to sparkle with electrical energy. Deadly sparkles. Raising his clasped hands, Tabuu sent the orbs at her. Rosalina barely found the energy to move out of the way. One of the orbs caught her foot, and she fell to the ground. Pain came in waves. She looked down and saw that her ankle had been badly burnt.

There was no way she was going to beat him without using her powers. And there was also no way that she was going to muster up enough energy to power another effective offensive attack, unless she wanted to knock herself out.

Tabuu seemed to realize this, and he smirked. He charged another scarlet energy ball. "Nothing personal," he muttered. "You were just in the way." The ball flew towards her. She gritted her teeth.

"Starshield!" she cried, and a pale blue shield formed around her. The energy ball hit it and exploded, taking the shield with it. Rosalina's head started to pound. The shield had taken too much energy. She had to finish this quickly. She pulled herself up. Her wand began to glow brightly. "Please," she muttered under her breath. "Please, let this work." Rosalina glanced up at Tabuu. "Starstorm!" she shouted.

The observatory filled with a blinding light. Stars began to rain down from the sky in an endless barrage. Tabuu cried out in pain as hundreds of stars bombarded his body. Rosalina smirked. Starstorm was her most powerful attack. If it didn't work...

After about the longest half a minute ever, the light subsided. Rosalina suddenly felt the attack take its toll on her body. She nearly collapsed to the ground. Struggling to keep her eyes open, she looked over to Tabuu and gasped.

He was still standing. Bloody and cut, with a huge smirk on his face, he was still standing. He floated over to the Great Star. "I'm truly sorry," he said. "You fought rather well, too. Such a shame, such a shame." Tabuu then transformed his arm into a scythe again and shattered the glass. He began to reach for the Star.

"No," Rosalina muttered. He couldn't take it. She couldn't fail. The universe was counting on her. Her one job...She couldn't fail. Rosalina was beginning to lose consciousness. She tried to gather the little energy she had left. This attack might kill her, but it was a sacrifice she was willing to make. Weakly, she aimed her wand at the center of the Star. "Starfire," she whispered.

The flames burst from the wand like a gust of wind. They hit the Star dead center. There was a crack. "No!" cried Tabuu. The five points of the Star all split, almost evenly, and flew off into space. Tabuu tried to grab at them, but they all avoided his grasp, as if they had minds of their own. "No!" he cried again. "No! I was so close! So close to being the ruler of the universe! No!"

Rosalina saw the points fly off. She saw Tabuu, cursing loudly. And then, she saw the stars, the endless space. It was the last thing she saw. She smiled. She had done her job. Luna and Lumas were safe, the Star points were safe, the universe was safe. She had done well.

That was her last thought before everything went black.

Well, there you have it! Yes, the last move Rosalina used is PK Starstorm (Ness and Lucas's Final Smash).

I actually have the next chapter written, but I'm not going to post it yet. I'd like to hear what you think of this first. Like it? Don't like it? Should I bother continuing? Your reviews are like gasoline--they're what keep me running. But they definitely cost less than gasoline...and taste better...But anyway! Hope you liked it! Cookies to all reviewers!

-Umbreon Mastah