The world of Mario and his friends as well as his foes have been a great inspiration to me as well as some other games and ideas. Then, I thought of this story, and I'm giving my shot to make it come true. I may have some mistakes and plot holes, so I'll try my best to fix them. Even now with something shortly done, I'm tired…

Note I do not own the Mario characters in the making. However, my own characters (you'll know when it's my own) belong to my pancreas and my stuffed huskies. And remember that the purpose of stories is to enjoy.

Chapter 0-0

Prologue

BrokenTypewriter

It is said that legends, foretold by a great hero, were all involved with the ancient seven crystal stars, the one created by the star spirits. The seven stars are keys that destroy can all chaos that have or will come upon the great land, known as the famous Mushroom Kingdom…

This kingdom is a glorious place. It is where all people can live peacefully, thriving the country for the better good. But with a place that means so important to everyone, there comes the other side of the mind that wishes to conquer it for evil and other such selfish purposes…

One by one, villain by villain, they were all defeated by the hero. But this hero didn't have the power to stop them with his own power alone before, he had called for help of the seven crystal stars. As he grabbed hold of them, the stars held immense power, enough to destroy everything that threatens the kingdom and its people. This is why… even a shape of a star… is something great to worship, for it had saved us all many times before…

Do not think that the kingdom will forever lay in peace. Even with the seven stars in the hands of good, these sacred objects can, not only seal each chaotic force away from existence but, release them as well. In order to maintain ultimate protection, the stars were scattered around the kingdom. Only one person knows the location of these stars, and they were only to be used for emergency…

While the power of the stars are still too strong to handle, evil won't give up… and it spotted a chance. As most people stopped believing in the crystal stars, a cruel fate have chosen one person to gain the authority to become the next conqueror of the kingdom. But something had gone wrong. Somehow during the ritual of summoning the chosen, someone or something had disturbed it, causing the powers of the chosen to be at its potential. This created a huge delay, but evil can wait for the chance to emerge…

To this day, no one will expect such dangers that will appear. But the future, the ancient spirits of the seven stars, and the hope of all believers, prepared this great day… the great day that celebrates the rise of an unexpected her, who will someday save the kingdom from a terrifying enemy. With another tale to be added to the series of legends of the kingdom, this one shall be known… about a warrior who became a Rising Star…

"Hey... hey!" A koopa soldier was trying to wake up his partner, who had fallen asleep.

"Hey, wake up, Kody! We have to be awake at all times when guarding the master's castle!"

The sleepy koopa soldier yawned. He looked up at his partner, and stood up.

"Sheesh, it's not like that plumber or anyone else will be sneaking into the castle. What could Bowser have that Mushroom Kingdom wants?"

"Well... I always wanted a promotion to be the master's right hand man."

"Oh, here we go again. You always talk about wanting to earn a promotion, Kopan. You know Bowser never does give out promotions!"

"Yeah, right. Then how did-" A huge thunderly noise interrupted the two koopa soldiers' conversation. The noise came deep into the forest.

"Did you hear that?"

"Yeah, I heard. What could it be?

"Let's go check it out in the forest."

"I don't think it's a good idea. It could be a distraction."

"Now you say that no one bothers about sneaking into the castle. Besides, what if we discover something and show it to the master? We could get a reward!"

"Like what? A promotion?"

"Yeah!"

"Aw, come on!"

The two head into the forest. They went deep, walking further and further to where they heard a noise. Soon, they end up leaving the forest and near the cliff to the ocean. And to their surprise, they found a little girl laying down right next to the edge of the cliff.

"Oh no! She might fall off the cliff!"

"Wait! What are you doing?!"

"Helping that poor girl!"

"Hold on, something looks wrong here."

"What's is wrong? Kody, this girl looks injured and we have to help her."

"Well, she definitely isn't part of the toad society. She looks like she could be a wanderer."

"Why are you taking time to examine who she is? If you're not gonna help, then I will!"

"Wait, Kopan! Be careful-" As Kopan placed his hand on the girl's right arm, thousands of bolts came out of the girl's arm and started flowing around Kopan's hand.

"Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow!"

"Kopan! What's going on?!" Kopan's whole body began to shake, feeling each pain of small lightning bolts on each body part. The girl, who is still asleep, began to shake, too.

"Kody! I-I-I ne-need he-help!"

"Don't worry, Kopan! I'll think of something quickly!" But time ran out. With Kopan's hand stuck on the girl's right arm, both of them fell off the cliff. Kody was terrified of this event.

"Kopan! Noooooo!"

"Koooooooodyyy..." A small splash was heard at the surface of the sea. Kody walked up and looked down from the cliff. He couldn't find his partner anywhere.

"Kopan!" he started shouting, "Kopan! Can you hear me?! Kopan! Kopaaaan!"

Waves were rolling back and forth, and Kody couldn't do anything about it but cry...

Don't ask me why it's always seven stars, and seven with just about anything. It's not my favorite number, but I'm saying seven stars because most of the Mario games are like that. Deal with it. X3