Hey guys! Magyk-Foal 1 here with the complete first Chapter of the story! Enjoy!
I do not own Mario or the references made in this fanfiction.

Serena was having an interesting day even before she ended up in the Mario universe.

Serena was just a normal sixteen year old girl who was a big fan of every Mario series she came across. That's totally normal, right?

Serena Soleanna followed her favourite series and read up on the majority of its dark secrets created by fans like herself. Her parents were always out on business trips so whenever Serena got to see them, her parents would give her a present, usually containing Mario merchandise, whether it was a game or a plush toy or just a few figurines.

As long as she got to see her parents again, Serena didn't care what she got. While her parents were away, her uncle would "look after" her. And by that, Serena's uncle would bring home any lonely woman from a bar and spend the night with her. Sometimes, she didn't see her uncle till three days later. She never said anything because she could look after herself just fine.

She learnt to live with it. Until her entire life changed with the flick of a wand.

Serena was in her bedroom, sitting on her bed and hugging one of her many yellow toad toys and playing New Super Luigi U, on the T.V on her desk, as Yellow Toad. Of course you can't do that on your own, so Serena had to use a second Wii remote and use the Toad to carry Luigi to the goal or use up his lives quickly or put him in a bubble. It's not that she didn't like Luigi (which she did, better than Mario), her favourite character was always Toad and since it was her third play through, she decided to play it this way.

That was how she planned it, until Kamek showed up. Serena as yellow toad was working her way up to Wendy's Boss room. As soon as she was about to enter the door, Kamek flew down and a text box appeared.

"Hello Serena Soleanna," Kamek said, looking right at the screen as if he knew Serena was playing.

Serena gasped and rubbed her eyes, had she been playing too much…? Apparently not, because the text is still there and there is a little down arrow at the bottom, indicating there was more to be said.

"Surprised, aren't you?" Asked Kamek, the magician continued on before Serena could push a button. "Oh I can assure you, this is no "bug", it's really happening and Lord Bowser has asked to see you personally." He said with a demanding look on his face.

Serena was really creeped out now, 'Have my dreams become so realistic?' she thought to herself, 'Or have I been reading too many creepy pastas?'

Kamek laughed, as if he could hear Serena's thoughts, "Foolish girl!" He sneered, "You're coming to serve Lord Bowser if it's the last thing you'll do!" Kamek waved his wand and muttered something as it lit up with so many colours that Serena couldn't even name half of them.

An orange tachyon portal came from Serena's crappy television and she gasped before staring at the triumphant Kamek with a determined grin, crossing her arms in defiance. "There is no way I'm going to touch that, I'm not stupid y'know."

"I know." Replied Kamek simply, showing no sign of sympathy. As the timer on Serena's level hit zero, the portal started a suction force that was too big for Serena to comprehend. With nothing to grab on to, Serena was sucked into the portal before she could react.

Serena wasn't about to make herself sound heroic, but she screamed as she was falling down. Or at least, she thought she was falling down. The swirling orange vortex slowly turned to red with black circles. Serena realised the black circles were actually Bowser faces and she soon realised what was going on.

"I'm being recruited by…Bowser?" Serena said aloud, fear creeping into her voice. She had no idea where she would end up, just that she was headed to the Mario universe. For what purpose she didn't know, only that she would soon be joining Bowser's forces.

Then within seconds, Serena was enveloped in a bright light and the vortex turned blue with what seemed to be little Mario mushrooms swirling through it. The bright light became so intense that it was hurting Serena's eyes. Then a sharp, piercing pain raced through Serena's body and she screamed. The pain was so intense that Serena quickly found herself passing out.

It took a while for Serena to get her bearings right, but when she did, she found herself in a hospital room. The four walls were white and there was a window to Serena's right. The bed seemed comfy, but her legs felt weird. Serena gulped down her panic when she saw the door on the other side of the room open.

Serena never thought she'd see a real, live, genuine Toad, but Serena didn't have dreams like this and when she pinched her arm, she didn't wake up as if she really were asleep. The Toad was the usual height with the trademark toad hat (at least Serena was sure it was a hat) and he was wearing the usual Doctor's attire with the white coat and a stethoscope around his neck, he had a clipboard in hand and when he saw Serena, he almost did a double take.

"Woah! You're awake!" He exclaimed in the usual squeaky Toad voice.

Serena wasn't sure how to answer, so the Doctor walked over to Serena's bed and looked at Serena with concern. "Can you hear me?" He asked.

The girl nodded before gulping. "Y-Yeah, loud and clear" Serena replied

"That's good." The Toad wrote some things down on his clipboard. "How are you feeling?"

"Just fine."

The Doctor seemed surprised, "That was quite a fall, I'm surprised you didn't break any bones."

"Fall?" Inquired Serena, trying to think about what happened.

"You fell from the sky," The Toad said, "Do you remember anything?"

Serena did remember, but she decided that playing amnesiac for now was for the best, if this Toad found out that she was supposed to be recruited by Bowser, well it didn't take a genius to figure out what would happen.

"Well, do you?" The Doctor asked again.

Serena shook her head "No I don't, but I know that my name is Serena Soleanna."

"Serena, huh? Well, hello Miss Soleanna, I'm Doctor Fungi." He replied with a smile, extending a hand to her in greeting.

"Dr. Fungi huh?" Serena gave him a sly smile, laughing inwardly about the ridiculous pun she formed in her head. She returned the gesture and shook Dr. Fungi's hand.

That was when she noticed the issue.

'My arms are smaller than they usually are, not to mention my legs, no wonder they've been feeling weird, I've shrunk as well. What's going on here?' She thought. A theory began to form in her mind, but she needed to check something first.

"Doctor, can I please look in a mirror?" Serena asked politely.

"Sure thing!" Dr. Fungi rushed to a closet, opened it and wheeled out a large mirror. "Can you stand? Or do I need to help you?"

"I'm fine." Serena pushed the blanket off of her and slowly swung her bare feet in front of her. She then slowly slid off the bed and onto the cold, tiled floor. Serena then slowly walked over to the mirror, her legs trembling with each step. When she reached the mirror, Serena fell and Dr. Fungi rushed forward and caught her.

"Are you okay?" He asked worriedly

Serena saw her reflection before her vision began to fade. Her hair was still brown with the normal braid going down her back, she was wearing a hospital gown so she didn't know what kind of clothes she had, but the thing that stood out was the yellow hat with white spots on her head. 'I-I'm a Toadette…great…stupid Kamek…made me a Toadette…I must really be in the…Mushroom Kingdom after…all…' Serena thought as she slipped into unconsciousness once more.

Serena couldn't tell how long she'd been asleep for, but she guessed that it had been a while. She awoke to the same surroundings, except two figures in pink were sitting on chairs at the foot of her bed. When Serena's vision cleared for the second time, she noticed two very familiar characters to her.

Princess Peach of the Mushroom Kingdom looked as original as ever, with her trademark pink dress and high heels, the tied up blonde hair and the blue eyes and earrings. She was sitting in front of Serena like she was waiting for her guest to wake up, which she was.

The 'Original Toadette', as Serena liked to call her, had her usual pink dress and vest with matching hair and a pink toad hat. The only thing that wasn't pink were her brown shoes. Serena liked to think that the duo alone was pink overload and that made Serena really despise the colour pink.

Serena decided to play it safe, no doubt Dr. Fungi told them she had no recollection of what happened before, but Serena wasn't ready to trust anybody. Not yet.

"Umm…morning?" Serena looked between Princess Peach and Toadette, her greeting seemed more like a question than a greeting.

"Well, afternoon, actually." Stated Toadette, matter-of-factly.

"R-Right, afternoon, Princess Peach, Toadette." Serena tried again, she inwardly cursed herself for calling them by name, and they were going to question her on that, Serena could be sure of that now.

Toadette looked at Serena suspiciously, "I thought you had no memory, Dr. Fungi told us that. How do you know our names and why are you here? Is your name even Serena?"

Peach held up a hand to silence Toadette, "I know you have your reasons to be suspicious, but Toadette, we're not here to antagonize her. We're here to meet her." Peach said gently.

"Fine." Toadette huffed.

"But we already know each other, we've established that." Serena muttered.

Toadette glared at Serena, "So how'd you get our names then?"

"Now, Now," Peach intervened calmly, "Tell me what happened, for we should not waste time on pointless introductions."

Serena sighed, she decided there was no hiding now, at least a few bits will be left out. If she was supposed to be recruited by Bowser, Serena may as well give them a little info just in case another battle is to happen. So Serena told Peach and Toadette that she was from another world sucked into a portal and was transformed into a Toadette.

Serena watched Peach and Toadette let her story sink in. They were quiet for what seemed like hours to Serena but in reality, it was only a few minutes.

"Another world?" Toadette asked her, suddenly interested in what Serena had to say.

"Hmmm…It seems pretty logical, I guess that would be how Bowser has a new recruit." Peach said calmly.

Toadette thought it over, "I…guess so, there's no other way around it." Toadette relented.

"Wait, what? Just a second ago, you were against me, now you're on my side?!" exclaimed Serena.

"We have no time for pointless bickering," said Peach firmly, standing up "Let's go find the others so you can tell us more about your world."

Serena hopped out of bed slowly, it took her a bit, but she managed to get to walking properly again without falling over.

"Good I don't have to drag you around." Toadette mumbled

Serena ignored her comment and turned to Peach, a thought in her mind was beginning to bug her "So, Princess, do I get to speak to Mario and Luigi?"

Peach and Toadette shared a look, at one point, Peach looked really worried before looking back to Serena with a smile, "In time," She said, "But first, you need to get dressed." The Toadstool Princess gestured to a neatly folded pair of clothes that was beside Serena's bed.

Serena nodded and Peach and Toadette walked out of the room, leaving Serena to get dressed. Serena discovered the bathroom in the room she was in and showered quickly, she then walked over to the side of her bed and picked up the clothes and got dressed.

When she did, Serena found the ridiculously big mirror in the closet and looked at her reflection.

Serena's brown hair was tangled and messy from being in bed, her blue eyes remained the same. Her clothes were the same design as Toadette's except they were yellow (Which Serena was grateful for) and she had brown hiking boots. It took a while, but Serena found a brush and managed to get all the knots out of her hair and tie it up in her singular braid.

Finally, Serena deemed herself ready and opened the door to get out. Peach and Toadette noticed Serena's arrival and they nodded in satisfaction before walking off, leaving Serena to hurry after them.

Walking through the halls of Peach's castle brought fond memories of Super Mario 64 to Serena's mind, she remembered the countless hours she had spent, wandering through the castle in search of the secret stars. Without the 64 graphics, Serena found the castle just as beautiful as ever. Walking around the second floor, Serena noticed some of the paintings had disappeared, probably because they were a danger to the castle or they were, perhaps, no longer needed.

Toads scurried around the place in many different colours. Some were yellow, some were blue, orange, turquoise, aqua and many more colours Serena couldn't name off of the top of her head. Serena stared in awe as she followed behind the Princess and Toadette. That was when Serena noticed some of the inhabitants of the castle were staring back. And whispering.

Serena had never felt truly alone until this point. She looked different to them, no wonder they were whispering; "A Toadette who fell from the sky? When do you get to see that?!"

Serena tried to listen in on their conversations, but found it very hard to get any important info.

"Is she the one?" Asked a blue toad to a green toad,

"I think so." Replied the green one.

Serena kept listening to other conversations just like this, until she heard something interesting.

"I wonder what Mario will think. Will he accept our help now?" A purple toad asked another

'Help?' Serena thought, 'What's wrong with Mario?'

"Okay, okay, that's enough!" Shouted a Toad, Serena looked around till she found another familiar character, standing on top of a box to gain the height advantage was the original Toad himself. Serena figured she didn't need a character description for this one, because she thought everybody knew what he looked like.

"If you're all done gawking at our guest, you can return to your assigned jobs!" All the toads rushed off at Toad's order, leaving the hallway a lot emptier.

Toadette looked up at Toad with grudging respect, "Geez little brother, I didn't think you could clear the hall with a single order."

Toad jumped off the box and ran up to his sister, they shared a quick embrace before parting. "Well, the Princess' presence kind of helped too y'know…" Toad looked away bashfully. Toadette rolled her eyes.

"No matter," said Peach politely, "Toad, this is Serena." She gestured to Serena.

Toad waved, "Hey! You alright now?"

Serena nodded, she was starting to get sick of the toad voices. She wondered how all the non-Toad characters of the Mushroom Kingdom handled it every day.

"Toad, do you think you could help us by gathering Mario and Luigi in my dining room as soon as you can?" Peach asked, looking at Toad imploringly.

Toad saluted, "Sure thing, Ma'am! Bye Serena!" Toad rushed off to go find the Mario Bros.

"Well, that makes our job easier," Toadette noted.

"Right then, off to my dining room, shall we?" Peach suggested, and not really taking no for an answer, she continued on and Serena and Toadette followed.

Toad rushed outside of Peach's castle, towards a hill where he last saw Luigi. As he thought, the green plumber was still there, in his usual outfit with his green cap on the grass beside him.

"Hey!" Toad called, panting slightly from the run, "She woke up, and the Princess wants you and Mario to go to the dining room to meet her"

Luigi jumped at Toad's suddenness and turns around to look at him. "O-Oh, hey Toad, I'll be there soon."

Toad nods, "Take your time, I've got to convince Mario to go."

Luigi hums in agreement, putting his hat on. "That's true. He hasn't been himself lately has he?"

Toad shook his head before looking down at the ground and aimlessly swinging his left leg. "He hasn't," he agreed "Mario won't accept help from anybody. And he's pretty stubborn about it too."

Luigi stands up and walks down the hill to Toad, who stops swinging his leg and looks up at a smiling Luigi. "We'll go look for him together, okay?"

Toad nodded and the two walked back towards the Castle in search for the hero in red.

Luigi was anxious. Ever since Bowser had started attacking other worlds, Luigi had been anxiously waiting to see Mario save the day again. He and his brother had been through thick and thin, on many adventures, and made many new friends. Now some of those friends are under attack, and there was nothing they could do. As he was walking beside Toad, Luigi became lost in his thoughts and his mind went back to the day Mario changed.

Flashback

Luigi walked into Peach's dining room, a room that is used for eating meals when Peach has guests, and now for discussing Bowser's movements, for which he had started attacking Yoshi's Island. Mario had grown furious and stood up from his chair, Peach had asked him kindly to sit down. Toad, Toadette, Luigi and Toadsworth were still sitting at the table, watching. Mario started to head out of the room, ready to go and stop Bowser once more.

But before Mario could set off, Toadsworth stood up on his chair, "Mario, you need to wait," he said.

Mario stopped and turned to face the Wise Old Toad. The look on the Plumber's face showed great distress. Luigi knew how dear the Yoshi were to his older brother, and understood his need to aid them. But the distance between them and the Mushroom Kingdom was great. The last thing they needed was for Mario to be off on his own, only for Bowser to kidnap Peach again.
"Why should I wait?" Mario growled, "They're in danger, let me help them."

"I know you wish to aid your friends-"

Mario cut Toadsworth off. "I don't wish, I know I can help them, therefore I will."

"Mario, I know you're wanting to go help them." Peach said soothingly, hoping to calm her hero down. "But…"

"But what?" Mario snapped, "What is there to know when I know all I need to?"

Luigi looked at Toad and Toadette, both were sitting at the table in silence. Toadette's expression was unreadable, and Toad looked apprehensive.

"W-Well," Toad piped up, looking nervously at the others, "Toadette and Toadsworth found something else out…"

Mario impatiently walked back to the table, waiting for the brains to tell him their 'useless' info.

"Mario, Bowser has a new underling." Toadette said.

"Another Koopaling?" Mario asked in annoyance.

"We're not sure…" Toadsworth said. He sounded annoyed that he didn't have all the information.

"So why are you wasting my time? I have friends to save!" Mario stated, raising his voice in anger.

"M-Mario." Luigi gave him a pleading look, the Hero in Red relented.

"Toadsworth and Toadette have been studying ancient texts, each one mentioning an unlikely hero from another world would arrive at the time of our greatest need." Peach informed him. "We fear that something could happen to you if you go alone. We've decided to send a few people along with you to aid you when that hero arrives."

"Who?" Mario asked impatiently, not liking this one bit. Him, working with others? Luigi he was fine with, but anyone else would be trouble. And why does there need to be another hero? Wasn't he good enough?

"Well, me, for starters, Brother." Luigi said, looking at Mario confidently.

"And us!" Toad and Toadette said in unison.

Mario shook his head. "No! I won't allow them to come." He refused.

"Why not?" Luigi asked

"They'll be in danger" Mario pointed out. "Besides, they're not exactly 'Hero' material."

Toadette glared at Mario, Toad looked surprised at Mario's remark. Peach and Toadsworth remained calm. Luigi was shocked to hear his brother say such things.

"Mario, remember how the Toads and Toadette helped us in our tangle with the Paper World? They did so many things for us! Toadette was a big help among them all, if it weren't for her, we wouldn't be here today!" Luigi reminded Mario, hoping to get some sense into him. Toadette was nodding her head in approval.

"All they did was give us new moves and battle strategies—do you remember how long it took to find some of those Paper Toads?!" Mario yelled, unable to control his patience anymore.

"Mario…please, calm down!" Peach pleaded, "We've all helped you here one way or another, I've even fought alongside you before, don't you remember?"

"Of course I remember Princess, I'm just refusing your help—it's too dangerous."

"Mister Mario," Toadsworth said, "It's dangerous to go alone."

"Yeah!" Toad and Toadette chimed in, "Take us!"

"No! I refuse!" Mario shouted. "I'll wait for this 'help' to arrive, but after that—I'm leaving!" And with that, Mario stalked out of the dining room and slammed the door shut.

Peach was shocked, tears were streaming down her eyes. Toad and Toadette shouted in anger and rushed out of the room, hoping to catch up to the plumber. Luigi and Toadsworth stayed behind to calm down the distraught Princess.

"Don't worry Princess," Luigi said softly, "Mario will come around, you'll see."

End Flashback

"Hey! Luigi!" Toad shouted, waving his hand in front of the green hero's face.

"Huh? What?" Luigi said, shaking his head quickly to rid of his thoughts.

"Mushroom Kingdom to Luigi!" Toad said, "I found Mario!"

"What? Where?" Luigi asked, looking around. The two were just outside Peach's Castle.

"Up there!" Toad pointed to the roof of the castle. Luigi looked up, using his hand to shield his eyes from the sun, and sure enough, he saw his older brother, sitting on the roof.

Luigi sighed and looked back down to Toad. "Well, come on. Let's go see Mario."

Toad nodded. And with that, the two walked back into Peach's Castle, heading towards the attic that leads to the roof.

PREVIEW: "Mario, wait!" Serena shouted, running as fast as she can towards the red plumber.

Mario stopped and turned to Serena, noticing that numerous Toads had gathered at the windows to watch the scene unfold. "What do you want with me?" he growled.

Serena took a deep breath and looked at Mario in the eyes, "I want you to turn around and march right back to Princess Peach and beg for forgiveness. And to apologise to everyone you've pushed away!" she requested, challenging the Hero.

Mario glared at Serena furiously. "What gives you the right to order me around like that?! You've barely been awake for a day! Not to mention; you're also a Toadette!" He raged.

Serena huffed. "I don't know why I've become a toadette. But the point is that even I know it's high time you apologise to everyone here!" She shouted. "For the way you've treated everybody!"

Mario shouted in anger, he stalked towards Serena, getting ready to punch the annoying 'toadette'.

Serena stood her ground and saw what was coming. She braced herself for the impact.

References:

'Or have I been reading too many creepypastas?' This is a reference to Ben Drowned, a creepy pasta about a 'haunted' Majora's Mask game.

"It's dangerous to go alone." Toadsworth referenced The Legend of Zelda, also by Miyamoto.

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Magyk-Foal1, signing out!