Hi everyone! This is my first ever story, based off of my favorite N64 game. (I wanted to write this because there were only a few good novelizations on the site.) This story throws in lots of humor, but also has some thrilling action and overall, an exciting adventure! I really hope you guys enjoy, I poured a lot of effort into this.
Chapter 1
A Smashing Party
Far up in the sky, farther than anyone could even imagine, there rested a town called Star Haven. Here, many star kids walked about, minding their own business. It was a particularly warm night as the night sky was filled with stars glistening in an almost magical way. In the center of it all was a massive shrine with a large set of stairs leading to the entrance. Here, the seven Star Spirits guarded the Star Rod. The Star Rod is a rod that allows any of the Star Spirits to grant anyone's wishes. Using the power of the Star Rod, they watched over the Mushroom Kingdom, granting wishes to those that asked for one.
Suddenly, an old magikoopa flew into the shrine. Just by looking at her it was obvious her favorite colors were purple and pink. The purple cloak she was wearing had dashes of pink on the sleeves, and her hat was colored in the same fashion, the only exception being that the pink was on the brim of that hat. She was wearing glasses as well, and her hair was bleached white. All she did was give an evil laugh because she knew what was going to happen next.
A loud whirring noise was heard before a large hovercraft flew into the room. It was painted orange and green and had a creepy clown face on the front of it. Inside of the ship was the one and only Bowser Koopa! He gave an evil laugh before growling in a deep, beastly voice, "What a piece of cake! With this Star Rod, at long last, I can finally defeat my archenemy, Mario! I'll take that, thank you very much!"
Bowser flew over toward the Star Rod, but was quickly halted by Eldstar, the oldest of the Star Spirits. "Bowser! You simply cannot…" Those were the only words that came out of his mouth before he was interrupted by Bowser. "Do it Kammy Koopa!" He yelled to the magikoopa.
Kammy complied, blasting some sort of dark magic at the Star Spirits. The magic had a paralyzing effect that kept the Star Spirits from moving. Right after Kammy used the magic she hissed to Bowser, "We need to hurry! That magic only lasts for about a minute!"
"I'm on it," Bowser replied. He swooped in to steal the Star Rod. Once he had it, he gave an evil laugh. "Now let's test this thing out!" Bowser than pointed the Star Rod at each of the Star Spirits, and one by one, they were sealed away. Kammy hissed again, "Umm… not to spoil your fun, but we seriously need to get out of here!"
"Aww...fine." Bowser pouted. "Darn Magikoopa, always ruining my fun." After Bowser finished his mini temper tantrum, he and Kammy bolted out of the shrine. Star Haven was in serious trouble, and all of the residents of the little town could tell just by the sight of a crazed looking flying vehicle, followed by a magikoopa.
Meanwhile, down in the Mushroom Kingdom, no one knew about the situation in Star Haven. Not even Mario, the plumber who had saved the Mushroom Kingdom many times knew of the situation. He was in his house sitting at the table when he heard a loud voice yell "Mail Call!"
Mario instantly knew it was the friendly paratroopa postman was. He went outside and waved to the paratroopa before he flew away. Meanwhile, Mario retrieved the mail and went back inside the house. Luigi saw Mario with the mail and asked, "Hey Mario, what did you get in the mail? I've been waiting for the latest issue of Newsmonth, but it still hasn't come in yet!" Luigi walked over to the mail pile and saw a particular letter pique his interest. He shuffled through the letters until he found it. "Hey Mario! We got a letter from Princess Peach!" called Luigi. Mario, now interested, walked over to Luigi. "I'll read it to you, okay?" Luigi asked as he opened the letter. Mario nodded, and Luigi began reading.
"I'm throwing a party at my castle today! Mario and Luigi, I would be honored if you both could attend. Many guests from different towns are hoping to meet you. There will be tasty sweets and all kinds of entertainment! I hope to see you here soon!"
"Wow Mario, sounds like quite the party, huh?" Luigi awed in marvel. Mario nodded, and they began the (rather short) journey to Peach's Castle. After walking through Toad Town, the pair arrived at the castle. It was elegant to say the least, and it was certainly a well-planned party. Just by looking, Mario could make out guests from at least three or four different towns. Luigi pretty much spoke Mario's thoughts out loud when he said, "What a magnificent castle! I never get used to this place. It looks like lots of guests are already here." Mario nodded in agreement and explained to Luigi that he was going to go and find Princess Peach.
"Alright Mario. I'm going to socialize around the party while you look for Peach," Luigi explained. Mario nodded, and then set off to the higher floors to look for the Princess. A short while later after climbing lots and lots of stairs, Mario found Peach in the middle of a hallway on the 3rd floor. As soon as Peach saw Mario, she instantly smiled and walked over to Mario. "Oh Mario! You came to the party to see me! You're so sweet! Thank you!"
Mario asked why the Princess was way up on the third floor.
The princess explained, "I was just resting a bit. It gets so tiring, greeting all of those guests out there! Nobody will bother us here. Shall we relax and chat, just the two of us?" Mario nodded yes, and Peach continued talking. "It was a lovely day today, so I'm sure it's comfortable on the balcony right now. Would you accompany me Mario?" Just as the two began walking, the castle suddenly started to shake. The two of them nearly lost their balance, and Peach yelled "What was that!" Suddenly, the ground around the castle began to form cracks, and soon after that, the castle actually began to rise up into the sky! However, attached to the bottom of the castle was Bowser's Castle. Just minutes later, the castle was in deep space, and nobody could leave the castle now.
As soon as the commotion stopped, Peach turned her attention to Mario by saying, "Oh, are you alright Mario? What in the world was that?" Peach looked out the window and nearly collapsed from the shock. "Oh my! Look Mario! It's still daytime, isn't it? …But I can see stars outside!"
Pretty much every question that the two had was answered when Bowser crashed through the window in his clown car followed by Kammy Koopa. He crashed down onto the floor, and Peach was shocked. Bowser laughed evilly and said, "Long time no see Princess Peach!"
Peach was furious that Bowser had ruined her party. "Bowser, you ruined my grand party! How could this be? Wait; was it you that made the ground shake?"
Bowser just laughed again and said, "Yeah, that was me! I lifted your castle into the sky! It's sitting on my castle now! Bet you weren't expecting that, huh? Ha, this castle is now under my control now, my dear. You will obey me!" Bowser started stomping toward the Princess when all of the sudden, Mario moved himself between the Princess and Bowser, then took a fighting stance toward Bowser. Bowser wasn't surprised. He then said in a sarcastic tone, "Huh? What? It's Mario!" Bowser then clarified by saying, "Not really. I expected you to turn up just as I thought you would. You're just as annoying as ever. Unfortunately for you, you can't do anything this time!"
Peach rolled her eyes and groaned. She then said, "Bowser, haven't you learned your lesson by now? You can't defeat Mario! Just give up already and I wouldn't have to waste so much of the kingdom budget on military! There are roads that need to be fixed you know."
Bowser then laughed again, and spoke with confidence. "True, true, I've had my problems in the past. But this time, it's different."
Peach interrupted Bowser by saying, "Don't you say that every time?"
Bowser just ignored the snarky comment and continued. "This time I'm gonna win! OK tough guy, let's go!" Those were fighting words to Mario, and he immediately jumped on the Koopa, causing Bowser to slightly wince in pain. Mario was slightly vulnerable though, and Bowser used the split second to smack Mario, hurting him about as much as the jump hurt Bowser. They repeated that same sequence again. Mario went in for a third jump, but this time Bowser's slap missed. He then taunted Mario by saying, "Good ol' Mario, always fighting until the end. You've always been a thorn in my side. But today, you're pathetic little attacks won't beat me." Bowser then pulled out the Star Rod and showed it off. He then proceeded to brag about how he stole it from Star Haven. This only made Mario even angrier. After Bowser was done yammering on about the Star Rod, he then used the power of the Star Rod to make himself stronger, which caused him to glow in a variety of colors.
"How do you like that, baby!" Bowser bragged. He then stomped over to Mario and smacked him again, only this time, the smack felt about three times as painful. Mario was feeling winded already, but fought through the feeling and went for another jump. However, Bowser didn't even flinch. There was no pain whatsoever from that jump. Bowser evilly laughed, then proceeded to taunt Mario. "Is that the best you've got? How sad! You'd best take some vitamins, because that didn't hurt at all!" Bowser marched over and smacked Mario again. Mario was on the ropes now, but he knew he couldn't give up, especially when Peach was watching. He mustered up all of his remaining strength, and then jumped on Bowser. However, because he was invincible, he didn't hurt Bowser at all.
Bowser then bragged by saying "Yep, just as I expected, Mario's no match for the new me! It's not even worth my time to toy with you anymore, Mario. It's time to end this! Here we go Mario! Good night!" Flames began to gather in Bowser's mouth, and at this point, Mario knew he was screwed. He tried his best to dodge, but the flames hit him dead center, and Mario was knocked out.
Peach was now officially panicking. "Oh no! Mario! Get up now!" Meanwhile, Bowser was bragging. "Yes! Oh yeah! I did it! I finally beat my old archrival, Mario! Yes!"
Kammy Koopa showered him with praise. "Congratulations on your victory Your Viciousness! That's why you're the king!"
Bowser replied, "Oh it gets even better! Now that I have this Star Rod, all of my wishes will come true! No one can stop me now!" He then turned to look at Mario's unconscious body. "Well, well, well. I might as well get rid of Mario. He's no good for anyone, that's for sure!" He used the power of the Star Rod to strike Mario with lightning, blasting him out of the window and into the night sky. Peach's panicking intensified. She then screamed, "Oh no! Mario!" She then began sobbing, not knowing what will happen to Mario.
Bowser stomped over to Peach. "It's no use crying, my dear. Mario will never save you now. You might as well get over it." This only made Peach slap Bowser out of frustration. Bowser didn't do anything after that though because he was too busy enjoying the victory.
Meanwhile, Mario was falling. He had been falling for almost twenty minutes, and he had just entered the actual sky. No one knew what would happen to Mario. It was all a mystery, where he'd land, how shaken up he'd be. Even his survival of the fall was a major question mark. The only way to find out was to wait…
Alright, so I left you guys on kind of a cliffhanger there. Next time, we'll find out Mario's fate and meet a few in-game characters as well! Please remember to review! Thank you and have a nice day!