Introduction

Arista.

It meant Best.

Her powers were stronger then Linn, Kyoko, Violet, or Sitara's combined. It even surpassed the power of almost every villain.

She knew all about her magical powers.

She also knew she was being hunted down...

Arista woke up to the rude sound of her alarm clock. Her green eyes opened reluctantly. After she brushed her elbow-length brown hair, she braided some of it, leaving her bangs free. She put on some faded jeans, a red V-neck T-shirt, and black shoes. A green orb with gold on the top and bottom hung from a gold chain around her neck. The 13 year old girl put on a silver headband, a green backpack, and rushed outside without further notice. The put on her rainbow helmet, hopped onto her matching bike, and headed off.

The sun shimmered on her, temperatures were great, and the skies were blue and clear. Things were looking up lately.

But that wouldn't last too long.

Arista was off, looking for a place to practice her powers. They were blasts that alternated colors, and were extremely powerful.

But she had noticed a strange evil feeling wind lately that had struck her down a few times, but she always got back up quick. Eh, but that was life.

Arista told only one person about her powers, her best friend, Amethyst. We'll see more of her later on.

Soon she entered an area where she could train, Iris Lake. It was a smallish lake in a way, a small forest surrounding it. There was also a cliff not too far off, but she was smarter than to go there...

Toad Town

Ki was dressed different as always. A silver T-shirt and gold jeans were connected with a crystal belt. Her hair was worn down, like usual these days. Something was wrong though.

No villains had been around lately. It was like they were off hunting someone else...

Suddenly, a large purple void opened up in the sky, taking away a select few. Ki was pulled up into the air.

"WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON!?" she screeched. Vita, the Toad Town Innkeeper, was also pulled away.

"I SWEAR I'M GOING TO DESTROY SOMEBODY!!!" she yelled angrily.

Wow. Talk about ticked off...

Anna and Crystal blinked, watching Ki being lifted into the air. Both of them had a separate half of a purple star that shined darker than any other star. It was a star made from the deepest purple, called the Shadow Star.

At each generation, the two halves of the Anti-Crystal Star were passed down to two kids and at some point at each generation; they linked the two halves together, causing bad stuff to happen.

But in order to split the star in half again, the two must find the Pearl Star, which is very hard to do. As usual, Anna, the pink Yoshi mage, was wearing her Black cloak, and it looked like she was bored enough to go to sleep.

Crystal, a pink Duplighost with a thunder mark on her sheet and blue bows on each side of her head, on the other hand, went wide-eyed that Ki was lifted in midair. But by what?

Iris Lake

Ki and Vita both landed in the middle of the forest and landed on the ground...hard. Arista turned.

"What the heck!?" Arista asked herself. Ki and Vita pulled themselves out. Arista's face was blank as she blinked a few times.

"Erm...are we interrupting something???" Vita asked, sweat dropping.

Meanwhile, Anna and Crystal were lifted into the air. They landed in the same forest that Ki and Vita landed in, but five feet away from them. They still had the two parts of the Shadow star dangling from their necklaces, and it remained the same.

Arista sighed.

"Greaaaaaaat. WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON!?" she asked. Ki and Vita sighed as they ran over to Crystal and Anna.

"I could ask the same thing..." Ki muttered.

Anna nodded in agreement.

"The only thing that confuses us right now…You have any idea what these things are?" Anna and Crystal asked to no one on particular, taking their necklaces off, and holding the halves of the star in one hand. They obviously never heard of the story of the Shadow and Pearl Stars.

Arista sighed some more.

"Wow. Today is odd...well, at least you aren't the ones who are trying to kidnap me or destroy me or whatever..." she muttered. Ki blinked.

"Huh?" she asked. Arista shot out a blast at the water. It created just about the biggest splash ever.

"I have powers. I just KNOW that people from the Marioverse are out to get me. Don't ask how I know that. I just have the gift to know anything, I guess." Arista shrugged.

"Ah, whatever, we'll just link the two star halves together..." Anna said. Doopliss had been lurking in the forest trees, most likely looking for Arista, until he saw the two girls let go of the Shadow Star halves.

"Wait! Don't connect the two Star halves…" Doopliss began, jumping out of the tree and landing on the ground, but it was too late. The two star halves had reunited, and formed the Shadow Star once again.

Dark Castle

"Q-Queen Daray?" a nervous voice asked. It belonged to a Shadow Toad, which was a Toad that was...shadowy. Yeah.

"What is it?" Daray asked.

Daray was the ruler of the Shadark Kingdom. She had long black hair, red eyes, a purple tiara with a red gem in it, and wore a black purple-at-the-bottom cloak of some sort with a hood she had down that reached to her knees, fancy black shoes, and a black choker necklace that had a red crystal placed into a purple stone hung from it.

"Everything is in place. The others have already gone there, and the 5 heroes are in place." the Shadow Toad explained.

"What about the sixth and the seventh?" Daray asked.

"I'm sorry?"

"The last heroes! The heroines who complete them! The true ones that are unstoppable!"

"Oh yes...the traitor and the unknowing one?"

"Correct. Also, find the veiled one. I will not accept failure. Then find Subcon, take it all. It's part of the plan." Daray explained.

"Yes, my master..."

Iris Lake

"Mwehehe…fools…" a Voice echoed throughout the Forest. It was the Shadow Queen, who was the one who actually created the Shadow Star. But when the Shadow Star was created, it split off a counterpart of it, which was the Pearl Star. Now that the Shadow Star was in one piece again, she not only knew were Arista was, but knew where Anna and Crystal were, too.

Daray teleported to the midst of the forest and waited for the Shadow Toad to return with news while she decided to do some evil of her own. Quietly, she slipped on black gloves. They had purple lining at the bottom, and red jewels on the back. They enhanced her darkness abilities, which were already powerful to begin with. An evil grin spread across her face.

"In due time...the Shadow Prognosticus shall be fulfilled..."

The Shadow Prognosticus was different from the Dark Prognosticus. It was a new prophecy, but Daray told it to no one.

The veiled one, Velia, was the wielder of the Pure Prognosticus. Velia lived in the Palace of Dreams with Queen Cenedra and Feya in Subcon.

"You obviously never heard about the story of the Shadow and Pearl Stars…I can tell..." Doopliss said to Anna and crystal, frowning.

"The story of the Shadow and Pearl Stars?" Crystal asked, confused. Arista blinked, and suddenly seemed to gain info just by hearing that word.

"You mean the legend that at each generation, the two halves of the Anti-Crystal Star were passed down to two kids and at some point at each generation; they linked the two halves together, causing bad stuff to happen, but in order to split the star in half again, the two must find the Pearl Star, which is very hard to do?" she asked.

Doopliss nodded.

"How'd you know that?" he asked, blinking. Arista shrugged.

"I dunno. When I hear things, I just sorta know everything about it...how else would I get constant A+'s?"

"If what you just said is true, then something bad is about to happen..." Ki said.

"...Crud."

Suddenly, just about every villain with the exception of Daray and the Shadow Queen appeared behind them.

"...Today isn't working out..." Arista mumbled. Doopliss blinked twice.

"The Shadow Queen's right behind me isn't she?" Anna asked. Doopliss nodded.

"CRUD!" Anna yelled.

The Shadow Queen shot a glare at Doopliss

"Nice going, freak-sheet." She muttered.

"I told you, my name's Doopliss for crying out loud!" Doopliss yelled.

"Whatever, freak-sheet."

Subcon

"Feya?" Cenedra asked.

"Yes, Queen Cenedra?" the Subcon Fairy asked.

"Daray has gotten hold of the Shadow Prognosticus...and knows where 5 of the 7 are. The traitor is with her "Master" and the unknowing one is still nearby them. I need you to make sure they stay out of harm's way."

"What of Velia?"

"...She is but a Nimbi with amnesia. I might as well send her to the Overthere for now."

"You mean CELINE is really Velia!?"

"Celine has two sides. One is lost for now, but only until her memory is regained. But we must make sure Daray doesn't get hold of her. I'm also sending the Pure Prognosticus with her. It will give her time to visit with Luvbi. Now, go Feya. You have a task to do." Feya nodded, and flew off...

Iris Lake

"You know, I'm going to have to agree with Anna...CRUD!!!" Arista yelled. She grabbed her bike, backpack, and helmet and rode off as fast as possible. Ki and Vita blinked.

"Why do we ALWAYS get involved in this stuff?" Ki mumbled.

"We're unlucky like that." Vita shrugged.

"RUN!!!"

Arista continued on, the sky getting darker. Suddenly, she came up to that cliff. One of her wheels tipped over it, but then it stopped.

"Phew!" Suddenly, it creaked, and fell over into the cliff, taking Arista on a wild ride down the 200 ft or so cliff.

"CRUD!!!" she screeched as she fell. Anna blinked twice, and looked over at Crystal, who was shaking.

"Tree…Two…One." Doopliss said, sighing.

Something bad was about to happen to Anna…

The Shadow Queen grabbed Anna, dragging her behind ten or so trees.

"Hey let me go! What do yo think you're doing!?" Anna yelled, and all was silent. A few minutes later, a scream echoed throughout the forest. It was Anna who screamed, but she came back, blinking. This was actually the Shadow Queen, who was using Anna for a puppet, in case a battle came up.

"Ok, just try to act normal…" the Shadow Queen thought.

The Cliff

After about two minutes, Arista crash landed on the ground. Her bike was destroyed, and she had apparently twisted her ankle.

"DANGIT! Just my luck..." she mumbled. Today was going to be a normal day, but no...Still she was being followed; quickly she hid behind a tree.

"Is she here, Fred?" a Koopatrol asked.

"Heck no! She probably didn't even survive that fall, Jeff..." a Hammer Bro muttered.

"Well...wouldn't there even be a body? We could at least get that orb...it enhances her powers." Fred asked.

"You have a point there..." Jeff muttered. It was becoming hard for Arista to stand on her twisted ankle, but it would be just as hard to stand on one leg for who knows how long.

"When are these two going to leave?" she whispered. She slapped a hand over her mouth.

"Did you hear that?" Jeff asked.

"Yeah..."

"I think it came from behind that tree..." Fred pointed out.

Arista's heart stopped as she cursed her idiocy. Well, no point in hiding now...she swallowed hard and jumped out from behind the tree.

"...Hi?" she said.

"ATTACK!!!" Jeff commanded.

"Crud."

"Arista? You were supposed to meet me over by the lake 15 minutes ago!" a girl said. Arista's face went blank as she turned.

"Amethyst!"

Amethyst, the only other human that knew about her powers, had arrived.

Amethyst had long purple hair, crystal purple eyes, a purple glittery tube top, jeans with sparkles on the sides, purple shoes, and a purple choker necklace. Could you tell her favorite color?

"Arista? What's going on?" she asked. Fred and Jeff grinned.

"It's the unknowing one! The sixth hero!" Jeff pointed out.

"Perfect..." Fred grinned.

Suddenly, the Shadow Toad appeared.

"I'm sorry, Jeff and Fred, but these two don't belong to you. I'll be taking them to Queen Daray." Jeff and Fred paused in shock.

"Q-Queen Daray? She's more powerful than Lord Bowser!" Jeff stated.

"But I though she was just a legend?" Fred thought.

"Not a legend...Legendary." the Shadow Toad pointed out.

"W-What's going on?" Amethyst asked.

"We're being hunted." Arista explained. Amethyst moaned.

Iris Forest

Ki was shocked to see "Anna" come back.

"Anna! Are you all right!? What happened!? DON'T LEAVE ME HANGING!!!" Ki asked frantically. Vita slapped her.

"I think you got her point..."

"Yes, I'm fine..." the Shadow Queen said, sounding more like Anna than herself. Crystal came back, hearing everything that happened.

"What was that for?!" Anna yelled, but only the shadow Queen could hear it. The ghost of the Real Anna didn't even show up, but the Shadow Queen thought Anna must REALLY be kicked off. Just then, she glanced at Ki and Vita, smirking evilly.

"Guys...that's…not Anna…" Crystal stammered, holding the Shadow Star in her hands.

"RUN AWAY!!!" she yelled. Ki and Vita shrugged.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!" they screamed, running around. The Shadow Queen formed an electric ball in her hands, firing five at Vita and Ki. Crystal froze, unknown on what to do. Ki and Vita were struck down.

"Where's help when you need it?" Ki moaned. Vita was instantly healed, but was still struck with pain, as she was "The Healer".

"Your help is right here!!!" a voice yelled.

"Twink!?" Ki asked. Yes, it was indeed Twink, the lovable Star Kid from Paper Mario.

"Oh, and me too!!!" another voice yelled. It was Feya, the female Subcon Fairy.

"...That was fast." Ki blinked.

"Wait…the shadow Queen!?" Doopliss yelled, staring at Anna.

"How'd you know, freak-sheet?" the Shadow Queen snapped back at Doopliss, growling.

"Traitor…" The Shadow Queen muttered under her breath, meaning Doopliss. Doopliss floated in the air before tackling "Anna" down and bounding backwards twice.

"Anna...I…can't hurt her…" Crystal said, looking at "Anna" in disbelief. Somewhere inside, the real Anna was trapped.

"Crystal, Doopliss, Ki, Vita…I'm sorry I can't help you…"

While the Shadow Toad, Jeff, and Fred were talking, Arista and Amethyst snuck back to where everyone else was.

"I think we missed something." Amethyst said.

"You think???"

"BACK YOU BIG SHADOW QUEEN MEANIE!!! WE HAVE BACKUP!!!" Twink yelled.

"Oh what? Are your playhouse friends going to attack me with baby blocks? I'm so scared!" the Shadow Queen said sarcastically. She noticed something strange was happening when she reverted to her true form, with Anna's body inside her spiral-like form of herself. The real Anna was struggling.

"I won't let you hurt my friends!" They all went wide-eyed at Anna's struggling.

Meanwhile, Daray heard the commotion, along with the voices of all seven heroes. Arista was The Heroine, Amethyst was The Unknowing One, Crystal was The Magical One, Anna was The Mage, Ki was The Shapeshifter, Vita was The Healer, and Doopliss was The Traitor. A sly grin spread across her face as she walked onwards towards the battle.

"I will fulfill the prophecy...the Shadow Prognosticus shall not fail..."

End of Chapter…

Note: Kitayl AND Sofi94 are working on this together, so credit goes to them both!

Kitayl: Here's a note, I do not own Nintendo or the Mario games. You should be able to tell who's made-up and who's not. I promise you more originals will enter soon. So don't worry.

Sofi94: I got nothing.

Kitayl plays Daray, Feya, Twink, Cenedra, Celine/Velia, Arista, Amethyst, Vita, Ki, The Shadow Toad, Jeff, and Fred. Kitayl will also be using Alessa, Mr.L, Fice.T, Ms.Mowz, Bombette, Luvbi, and most likely others later on.

Sofi94 plays Anna, Crystal, The Shadow Queen, and Doopliss.