It was a normal day in the Mushroom Kingdom, with Mario and Peach taking a walk outside the castle. Suddenly, a man in a black cloak teleported above the castle.
"Attention, Mushroom Kingdom!" he shouted happily. Since he was so far away, no one even noticed he was there. Annoyed, he created an enlarged image of himself with an amplified voice. "Attention, Mushroom Kingdom!" he shouted again. Mario and Peach, along with everyone else, turned to look with him.
"It can't be…" breathed Mario.
"But it is…" added Peach.
"Now really, what did you expect?" said Lord Smergenflov. "You literally let me walk away. It shouldn't be even a little bit surprising. This, on the other hand," he said smugly, holding an object up for all to see. "Is something to be shocked about,"
"It can't be," said Mario, even more shocked.
"But it is!" finished Smergenflov. What he was holding in his hands was none other than the Chaos Heart, the very artifact used to unleash the Void to destroy all worlds.
"Impossible!" shouted Mario. "We destroyed the Chaos Heart using the Purity Heart!"
"Evidently not," smirked Smergenflov. "In any case, prepare for another shock!" a wave of dark energy emanated from the Chaos Heart, which revealed a cloud of black dust. This dust combined to form a star, which solidified to reveal another well-known artifact: the Dark Star. Fawful had used the Dark Star to take over the Mushroom Kingdom, only being thwarted by the combined efforts of Mario, Luigi, and Bowser.
"BERGALERGALERGALERGALERG!" cackled Smergenflov. "I'd love to stay, but I have several more artifacts to collect. You haven't seen the last of me. You can be absolutely sure of that!" with that, he teleported away.