Time for my own remake of Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam! As I said at the end of my previous story of this Saga, a lot of surprises will show up, including more characters! I've already surprised you with the other previous Mario & Luigi remakes, so maybe I'll surprise you all once again with this one! And compared to my Dream Team remake, the female guide will show up even earlier than before; right at the beginning!

Enjoy! ;)


Chapter 1: When 2D meets 3D

It has been two months since Mario, Luigi and their old and new friends had a big adventure at Pi'illo Island before they could enjoy their vacation. Once the vacation ended, everyone went back to their homes, including the heroes.

Today was a clear and bright morning in the Mushroom Kingdom. It was also another special day as well; a sorceress and the princess from a distant kingdom are coming to pay a visit to the Mushroom Kingdom. They went straight to Peach's Castle to greet Princess Peach so she can welcome them to her kingdom. However, the castle has to be ready and fully clean without a single flaw so that it would be suitable to welcome both guests, and something wasn't quite fixed at the darkest part of the castle.

In the castle's attic, where everything was dark and dusty, we can see the double doors opening, showing a silhouette of a person on the light coming from the opened door. The person walked in, and we could clearly see that is a young teenage girl.

That teenage girl was around 15, with long brown soft hair that reached her shoulders and blue eyes. Her outfit was a blue dress with her skirt reaching her knees and puffy sleeves, a white apron with light blue frills, white tights and blue shoes with a horizontal strap on the ankle. A black headband donned her head and around her neck is a black necklace with a golden star pendant.

"You feel that draft?" the girl spoke, looking around. "There's a hole somewhere in the wall, and it's letting in cold air. Brrr! Hmm… Let me see… Is it coming from over there?" she looked at the wall above two old bookshelves.

"*stutter* oh, why did I agree to help on that?!" a voice complained from the door as another silhouette showed up on the light. The girl looked back and replied:

"Come on, Luigi! Don't be scared!"

Gulping, Luigi walked slowly into the room, shaking in fear since he was scared of the dark.

"Alice… W-Why couldn't my brother do this task instead?" he asked.

"Well, he's helping Princess Peach to prepare the rest of the castle for our new visitors who'll arrive here soon enough." Alice explained, putting her hands on her hips. "So Peach tasked me to bring you along to check on the draft coming from somewhere in the attic, so we better do this as soon as possible. We don't want that draft to ruin our new guests' visit with a cold air constantly blowing in the castle, do we?"

"Riiiiiight…" Luigi groaned. "T-The problem is, this room is quite d-dark…"

"What's that? You're scared of the dark? Hmm. I see what you mean… It is in fact a little creepy in here…" Alice looked around, until she saw a dangling rope on the wall. "Hold on." She walks towards it and pulls it, opening the attic's curtain, giving some light to the room. "There! I opened the curtains! All better?" she asked upon walking back to Luigi.

"Yep, much better."

"All right then. Where is that draft coming from?"

The two looked around, and because of the light this room was given, Alice was able to spot the origin of the draft:

"Aha! There it is!" she pointed to a small hole in the wall above the bookshelves. "Luigi, jump on top of the bookshelves and patch that hole up!"

"Alright."

Luigi jumps first on top of two boxes and then a wooden drawer in order to reach the bookshelves. But once he stepped on the drawer, a Scaredy Rat suddenly pops out of the hole, freaking Luigi out.

"AAAAAAHHH!" he screamed, nearly falling down from the drawer.

"Huh?! What's wrong, Luigi?" Alice asked. "Did you see something in the hole?"

"It was… It was… It was a S-S-Scaredy Rat!"

"What's that? A Scaredy Rat?!" Alice flinched. She looked at the hole and there was nothing in there. "I guess it went back into the hole and gone, I think. Anyway, you're not scared of a little mouse, are you? So please, finish checking out the hole in the wall. We're running out of time here." She said in a serious voice.

"*deep sigh* fine…" Luigi sighed before making one last jump to reach the top of the bookshelves and glancing at the hole. "Come out! Come out, whenever you are!" he braced himself, thinking that the Scaredy Rat will pop out again.

"Um… Stop messing around!" Alice demanded. "Can you please see if that's where the draft is coming from?!"

"Okay! Okay! I will!" Luigi nodded. "H-Here I go…" he stutters a little, and with a deep breath, he stuck his head into the hole and peeks into it. "Wow, this hole is quite deep…" he mused.

"EEEEEK!" he suddenly heard a scream coming from Alice. He turns around and looks down.

"Mama mia!" he panicked at what he just saw.

He saw that the same Scaredy Rat that somehow reached Alice was chasing her in circles.

"Augh! I HATE rats!" she shrieked in disgust. The chase stopped, with Alice standing a few feet away from the Scaredy Rat, who took a few small steps towards her and she keeps backing up. "D-Don't come closer!"

The Scaredy Rat then decides to charge directly at Alice, causing her to quickly take off by climbing up to the top of the bookshelves and made a run for it, stopping in front of a pile of old papers at the second bookshelf, but she also accidentally bumped into Luigi, causing him to start losing balance.

"W-W-Whooa!" thankfully, he managed to hop away from the edge. "Phew, that was close…"

"Um, Luigi…" Alice stuttered.

"What?"

"You know it's right behind you, right?"

"Eh?" he turned around…only to be greeted by the Scaredy Rat right in front of him. "YIIIIKES!" he comically hits his head on the ceiling after jumping in surprise and lands hard on the floor below, creating a lot of dust around him. And since he was allergic to dust… "Ah… Ah…"

"Uh oh…" Alice sweatdropped.

"AAACHOOOO!"

The force of Luigi's sneeze ended up in him being slammed against the bookshelf, causing Alice to fall down from it as the Scaredy Rat flees. In addition, a very odd book also fell out of the bookshelf and landed…RIGHT on Luigi's head.

"Oooogh…" Luigi groaned dizzily.

"Ow…" Alice groaned as she gets up. "Are you okay, Luigi? That was one heck of a sneeze right there."

"I'm fine…" Luigi replied once he shook it off.

Just then, Alice's star pendant started to glow, making the mysterious book open up by itself, releasing a bright aura. Alice and Luigi stared down at the book, completely unaware of the pendant's glow.

"What is this book?" Luigi wondered.

"I don't know… And it's doing something weird!" Alice exclaimed.

All of a sudden, the book vibrated while releasing colorful sparkles, and to the pair's shock, it started to shoot out…papery characters?

In an instant, many of those paper people started to accumulate on the main tower of the castle's roof that it eventually popped out, setting all of them free and falling slowly like…well, like paper, in all directions.


Somewhere at a Toad Village in Sunbeam Plains, all of the Toads looked up to see paper versions of Toads falling down everywhere. A red Paper Toad landed on the ground and wondered:

"Where am I?"

"…I think I woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning…" a blue Paper Toad said.

"Hey! You guys are flatter than a flapjack!" a nearby Toad exclaimed.

"Huh?!" the blue Paper Toad stuttered. "And you guys are rounder than a beach ball!"

Along with the Paper Toads, many odd-looking ripped paper pieces fell all over the place and all around the Mushroom Kingdom.


At Twinsy Tropics…

Yoshi and Donkey Kong were relaxing together, enjoying a banquet of melons and bananas respectively, and tossing the eaten ones to a pile of eaten melons and banana peels next to them. That is, until the duo suddenly notices a second pile of eaten melons and bananas a few feet away.

"Huh? That's strange…" Donkey Kong mused.

"Eh? Who are those over there?" Yoshi pointed at the distance.

To their surprise, they saw a paper version of themselves who were also eating melons and bananas.

"WHAT IN THE WORLD?!" Donkey Kong's eyes widened.

"Whoa… That's new." Yoshi said.


At Planet Zebes…

Samus has reached an area where she was about to get a new item for her Power Suit…only to be met with her paper counterpart who apparently got the item first.

"What the…?" her eyes widened from her suit's visor.


In the Great Fox at Lylat…

"Fox! Fox!" Krystal entered the headquarters, but she looked like she was desperate.

"What is it, Krystal?" Fox asked.

"No time to explain! You've got to see something! It's at the ship's deck! Hurry!"

Krystal led Fox to the deck, and to Fox's surprise, he saw his paper self chatting with the rest of the Star Fox crew.

"What the-?!" he flinched.

Peppy, Slippy and Falco heard Fox's voice from behind them and they all became confused.

"Wait, Fox?!" Peppy's eyes widened.

"If you're here, then who's…" Slippy couldn't finish.

"These days are just getting weird…" Falco sweatdropped.

"R.O.B.! Do you have any clue about where this…other me came from?!" Fox talked through his communicator.

"Origin signal coming from the Mushroom Kingdom." R.O.B. answered.

"The Mushroom Kingdom?" Fox then picks up his paper self and goes inside his Arwing. "Guys, I'm going to the Mushroom Kingdom by myself! Stay on the duty, you all!"

"Right, Fox!" Krystal nodded before Fox departs.


With Captain Falcon…

"Oh! Do you like racing as much as I do?"

"Hell yeah, I do! Do you also like-"

"…doing Falcon Punches to finish off foes?"

"Yes! Oh, dude, we are so in one mind!"

"We're gonna be the best buddies ever!"

"Yeah!"


In Kanto…

"Alright, Pikachu and Jigglypuff, it's time for our-…" Ash blinked when he saw a paper version of Pikachu and Jigglypuff chatting with their original counterparts. "Wha…?" he looked like he was about to faint. "O-Okay, I better…send them to where this awkward thing came from…"


In Eagleland…

"Whoa…" Ness blinked, looking at his paper self. "What's going on…?"

"I could ask you the same thing." Paper Ness replied.

"Oh boy…"


In Popstar…

The two Kirbys were just getting along pretty well and were eating watermelons together while chatting. That is, until Dedede and Escargoon came in nearby and they jawdropped at the sight of the two Kirbys.

"TWO OF THEM?!" Dedede yelled.

"Please tell me this is a hallucination…" Escargoon blinked.


In Hyrule…

The two Links were just studying each other upon their meeting.

"Well… I have to say, I like your sword." Link commented.

"Thanks. Yours too." Paper Link replied.

"Oh gosh, I guess we'll have to head to the Mushroom Kingdom to warn Princess Zelda about this…"


Finally, back at the castle's attic…

"What… Was all that?!" Luigi questioned, shocked at what he and Alice just witnessed. The book was still open and intact, but all of its pages were now ripped apart.

"No idea…" Alice breathed.

"Oh my god… Look up there!" Luigi points up to two rather familiar paper-shaped people descending next to them. "A-Are you seeing w-what I'm seeing?!"

"I… I can't believe it!"


Meanwhile, at the throne room…

The two new guests had just arrived and greeted Princess Peach with a bow. One was a princess with long soft blond hair and green eyes and she was wearing a blue and white long-sleeved gown with golden details, and the other was a sorceress with long light-blue hair tied up in a ponytail, and she was wearing white and blue clothes. Then, upon introducing themselves, the two princesses decided to chat, while the sorceress was chatting with Mario and Starlow.

"Wow! So you and this Cia were once the same person, Lana?" Starlow asked, fascinated by Lana's story.

"Yes, we were. What happened is that Cia's jealously towards Zelda was an advantage for her to be corrupted by Ganondorf, which caused her to split into two separate people, one representing the good side and the other the evil side. I am the good side, while Cia was the evil side." Lana explained.

"Well, just by looking at that photo of Cia you brought to show us, we can tell that since you two look similar." Mario pointed out.

"That's what Midna said to me! Anyway, since there was no way for me and Cia to merge back into one, we decided to guard the balance of the Triforce together. And because Zelda invited me to visit the Mushroom Kingdom along with her, I left Cia in charge of guarding the Triforce while I was away."

"That's some responsibility!" Starlow replied.

"Omigosh! No way!" suddenly, everyone heard voices from Toads outside of the throne room, catching their attention as they turned around.

"What seems to be the matter?" Peach wondered.

"Princess?" Alice's voice came from the door as she and Luigi went in.

"Luigi? Alice? What happened?"

"Your highness! Something quite strange happened!"

"What is it?"

"If we show it to you and Mario, promise you both won't freak out?"

"Um, what?" Mario raised an eyebrow.

"Uh… Of course we won't…" Peach said, quite afraid of what would show up that might freak her and Mario out.

"Alright… You both can come in." Alice said to the door.

"Both?" Mario and Peach thought.

Much to everyone's shock, except for Alice and Luigi, a paper version of Peach and Luigi came inside!

"WHAT?!" Mario and Starlow yelled.

"Oh my goodness!" Peach gasped.

"Luigi! Do you have any idea what's going on?" Starlow flew to Luigi.

"Me?! Why do you have to go into accusations so quickly?!" Luigi questioned.

"Because you most likely did something…and Alice did nothing to stop you!"

"Way to throw ME under the bus…" Alice rolled her eyes.

The two Peaches walked closer to each other and the two Luigis stood next to Mario.

"Are you… Me?" both Peaches spoke in unison.

"Golly… That's quite freaky!" the 2D Luigi exclaimed in surprise.

"You tell me." Luigi replied.

"I don't know what's more freaky; seeing two Peaches or two of my bro…" Mario breathed.

"Oh my." The 2D Peach looked around.

"Am I seeing double?!" Starlow questioned, looking at the two Peaches and the two Luigis.

"I may faint…"

"Okay, that's it." Alice settled. "I'll tell all of you what's going on."

"Is that so? Then who's the person to blame, Alice?" Starlow asked.

"It's not mine or Luigi's fault! This book just fell out of the bookshelf in the attic and opened up by itself! And… That's how this entire craze started!" Alice showed the mysterious book. It was red with a mushroom printed on the cover. "But now… All of its pages are somehow torn apart!"

"That's the book where I and Luigi came from!" the 2D Peach said. "We both live in a dimension where everything is flat and made of paper."

"That's right." The 2D Luigi nodded.

"Wow… I can't believe there's a whole other dimension!" Peach exclaimed. "And another me and another Luigi!"

"Yes, we're just as shocked." The 2D Peach said. "Opening that book sent us all flying out of our world…and into this one. So I believe the way back home for us is through that book." She looked around more in this 3D world. "It's all so bewildering…"

"There, there, Your Paper Highness. We'll take good care of you." Starlow said.

"And you are?"

"I'm Starlow! I'm a representative of the Star Sprites and de facto guide for Mario and Luigi. Pleased to meet you both! Say, while we figure out how to get you two home, why don't you do some sightseeing? I'm sure Mario and Luigi would be more than happy to give you a tour of the kingdom."

"That's a lovely idea." Peach smiled. "Despite the circumstances that brought us together, I'm very pleased to meet you. Tee hee hee! And talking to myself like this is a real hoot!"

"Same goes for me!" the 2D Luigi said to his 3D self. "I also can't believe you share the same name as me!"

"Me neither!" Luigi replied with a smile.

"Oh! You two are named Mario and Luigi as well?" the 2D Peach asked, with the 3D brothers nodding. "Wow…" she then eyed at Lana and Zelda. "And who are you two?"

"I'm Lana, the white sorceress." Lana introduced herself while winking. "Pleasure to meet you!"

"Yes, it's quite a pleasure to meet you, too, Lana!"

"And my name is Zelda, princess of Hyrule." Zelda bowed.

"Nice to meet you, Zelda."

Then, Mario and Luigi studied both Peaches and unexpectedly, they both sighed in love while blushing.

"Tee hee hee! You're both blushing!" the 2D Peach giggled.

"Eee hee hee! I think two men right here are feeling a little shy!" Lana giggled.

"Come on now, don't just stand there all googly-eyed." Peach said playfully as she and Zelda pulled Mario and Luigi a few feet away from the 2D Peach. The brothers snapped out of their trance and nodded to the princesses.

"Well, that was something." Starlow remarked.

"Princess!" a Toad's voice came in. A blue Toad showed up in the throne room and for some reason went towards the 2D Peach. "Peach!"

"Yes?" the 2D Peach asked.

"Huh? Who are you?" he then looked to the right and saw the actual Peach. "Ah, there you are!"

"Okay, this is getting quite confusing, isn't it?" Alice interfered. "We should call those two 2D people in a different name so that we can avoid confusion!" she walks to the 2D Peach and Luigi and thinks for a moment before saying: "Hmm, let's see… How about we call you both Paper Peach and Paper Luigi?"

"Sounds fine to me." Paper Luigi replied.

"Anyway, Princess Peach!" the blue Toad resumed. "A flurry of Toads have suddenly appeared. They look just like us, but flattened! Not to mention that along with them, some pieces of paper appeared and are scattered around the castle and the Mushroom Kingdom! And I've never seen such a scared bunch of flat Toads. They're shaking like leaves on a tree!"

"Of course the Toads are frightened, given what they've just experienced. We can try to welcome them properly."

"I can try…if I can get them to stop freaking out long enough to listen to me."

"Hold on a minute!" Alice interfered. "Did you just say 'pieces of paper'?"

"Yeah, they showed up at the same time as the Toads!"

"I wonder… Could those pieces of paper be the ripped pages of the book?" Alice looks at the ripped pages of the book. "I guess the force of the incident was too strong that all of the pages of the book ripped apart in the process. And if they showed up at the same time as the Paper Toads, they must be connected somehow!"

"Then I guess we should hunt down the paper pieces." Mario stated. "Toad, could you show us where have you seen the paper pieces in the castle?"

"OK, follow me!" the blue Toad guided everyone out of the throne room.

To be continued…


How do you think so far? Here are some few things that will differentiate my story from the original game: First of all, NO Paper Toad hunting; instead, the heroes will hunt for page pieces. Second, my surprises, of course. And third, Toadette won't show up in my story; her role will be replaced by the female guide, Alice.

Speaking of Alice, she was taken inspiration from the character of the same name, Alice, from Alice in Wonderland. Alice is a curious and sometimes bossy girl who works at the Lakitu Info Center that was present in the game. She has the power of hydrokinesis, the ability to manipulate and control water and she likes to build papercrafts as a hobby.

For the addition of the white sorceress Lana from Hyrule Warriors in my story, I wanted to incorporate Zelda characters as the new allies helping Mario and the others rather than just Smash Bros. Plus, Lana is listed as one of my favorite video game characters in my list on the profile, so it makes sense.

As for Zelda, since she has too many different appearances, I used her Breath of the Wild appearance for this story.

And finally, Lana, Zelda and Alice won't have a paper counterpart; only the 12 characters from the first Smash Bros. Also, did you realize that I made Luigi sneeze at least one time in every of my Mario & Luigi remakes?

See you all in the next chapter! Please review.