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"Mmmph…!"

"Nnngh…!"

"U…i… gi…"

"Mei… Ling…"

"…Ello…!"

"Pat… hy… do so… thing…!"

"I was… to do… at…"

Luigi and Meiling were groaning and on the ground, seeming to be bothered by something… until two orbs of water floated above them and splashed on their face. "AAAAAAAAAH!" They both screamed as Meiling got back up while Luigi… started to panic and run around until he tripped and faceplanted on the ground where everyone was watching.

"What happened…?" Meiling wondered, rubbing the side of her head.

BGM: Welcome to Pi'illo Blimport (Mario and Luigi: Dream Team)

"You guys were suddenly having nightmares on the trip." Marisa said. "You looked kinda bothered too."

"Yeah, like two little girls being threatened by someone in a dream." Natsu said.

"Okay, now that's just oddly specific." Gray said, glancing at Natsu.

"Sorry, I don't know where that came from." Natsu shrugged.

"I think someone's day dreaming." Happy said. "…In a weird way."

"Oh, hush!"

"Nightmares…?" Meiling rubbed her head. "I see…" She said as she yawned a little while Captain Toad and two others were poking the KO'd Plumber.

"Hello? Helloooooo!" Captain Toad waved his hand over him. "Man, he's out!"

"Tell me about it!"

"Well, as long as you're up, we can check out this place to-" Sakuya was interrupted by snoring to see that Meiling proceeded to take another nap. "-ge…ther… Oh come on!" She growled, pulling out a knife.

"I'd save that for later." Remilia advised.

"I dunno about you, but I wanna get in a bikini and go swimming!" Flandre grinned.

"If I see you wearing a scantily clad or revealing bikini, I'm out of here." A Toad said.

"Eh? What gave you that idea?" Flandre asked, tilting her head.

"I have… NO idea. Where in the name of the Mushroom Kingdom did THAT come from?"

"You were probably reading that Mushroom Kingdom Weekly, Swimsuit edition again." Captain Toad muttered.

"I WAS NOT!" The Toad yelled and then folded his arms. "I was reading Fiore's Hot Models magazine, thank you very much!"

"Oh god, even the Toads are perverts…" Lucy groaned.

"Oh good, you're all here!" A female exclaimed as they turned to see a female Brock. (Think: Broque Monsieur.)

"Well, most of us." Mario said, glancing at his KO'd brother and Meiling.

"Well! We have such excitement for all of you here!" She smiled. "Don't worry, we'll find a way to get those two back up! Come on, we'll give you guys the grand tour!" She said and took off as everyone followed her.

"Uh… hey! What about us?" A Toad asked.

"I guess we'll do the heavy lifting… like trying to wake these two up!" Captain Toad said.

"…We're gonna be here for a while, aren't we?"

"Most likely!" Captain Toad nodded.

Back with the gang, they walked around the island as they noticed a Toad looking at a bird costume of sorts. "Soooo, are you some guy in a costume?"

"No, I'm the Legendary Zeekeeper! I'm not a costume, I'm not some guy in a costume and I am definitely not dying from dehydration, thank you very much!"

"Well, alright then!"

"I feel bad for him." Marisa said as they kept on going until they came across some kind of quiz in front of them… and Broque Monsieur was right there.

"Oh honh! Welcome to ze Pi'Illo Island!"

"Uh, where's Doctor Snoozemore or… whatever his name is?" Flandre asked.

"He is away for now, but no matter, I will be ze host for your stay here on ze island… and what better way to enjoy your stay by having yourselves a Welcome Quiz!"

"A what…?" Marisa asked.

" You heard me exactly, mon Cherie with the non-fashionable clothes and its tackiness!" Broque Monsieur smiled… unaware that he immediately pissed off Marisa.

"Uh oh…" Reimu said.

"Why I oughta…!" Marisa growled, ready to pull out her mini-Hakkero and blast him straight to the water with her Master Spark, but luckily, Reimu and Erza held her down. "LET ME GO! I WANT TO DESTROY HIM!"

"Oh honh! You have ze fire headedness! Oui, I like it! Reminds me of a certain someone a long time ago!" He said and glanced at Natsu. "Oui oui, you could be related to ze pink haired boy!"

"Do I look like someone related to the witch?"

"No? Hmm, well alright zhen. I would like all of youz to do this quiz to make you feel welcome!"

"A welcome quiz…" Marisa muttered. "What's next, there's some kind of stupid ass quiz in some forest, ran by Sniffits, only to be kicked out by one of Hades' henchmen and redecorates the whole thing and some prize is just some stupid star piece of some kind and a randomly colored Keyblade?"

"I know Sora would like to take that Keyblade." Reimu said. "Somehow, I'd rather do that than this."

"Oh come now, let's just humor the guy." Remilia smiled. "We'll do it!"

"Oui oui! Excellent choice, madame!" He grinned as he bowed down to the vampire. "You have quite ze taste, mon Cherie." He said and kissed her hand as Remilia chuckled with a blush.

"Seems like you have yourself an admirer." Sakuya teased.

Remilia laughed. "I guess." He said.

"Alright! Ze first question! Zhis island is named Pi'illo Island!"

"…That's obvious." Marisa said as they went to the check marked box… while some Toads chose the X box… for some reason.

"Ze correct answer is… Pi'illo Island!" Broque Monsieur said and then handed everyone several coins while some Toads grumbled.

"Why didn't I listen to my gut…" One of them complained.

"Ze next question! Ze person who invited you all here is… Dr. Sneezemore!"

"Ha! We got this one in the bag!" Natsu said, going on the X panel along with Happy, Gajeel, Toadsworth, and Peach… while the others realize that he was trying to trick them and went to the check marked one.

"Ze correct answer is… Dr. Snoozemore!" Broque Monsieur said and looked at the ones on the X. "Better luck next time, no?" He asked and then took off.

"Hey! That's bullcrap!" Gajeel growled.

"Yeah! You don't tease us like that!" Natsu growled.

"Oh, you gotta love trick questions." Peach giggled, as if not even caring that she got it wrong. They went onward and just when they were about to reach the castle, Broque Monsieur was waiting for them… but he looked different… like, a dark aura surrounded him.

End BGM

"Oh honh honh! You have done well for making it zhis far… but zhis where it ends for youz!" He chuckled darkly, sounding completely sinister to boot.

"Uh, what's going on…?" Lucy asked.

"Alright, my precious little pets! Exterminate zhem!" Broque Monsier ordered, opening up a cage and revealing two cute little rock Goombas, or Grombas, if you will.

"What?!" Reimu asked in shock.

"E gadd man!" Toadsworth exclaimed.

"Oh honh honh honh! You zhink you can beat zhem, but you can't!" Broque Monsiuer laughed and then took off.

"Why I oughta…!" Marisa growled. "First he disses my outfit and then he goes and leaves?! I'm gonna Master Spark him into the water by the time we're done here!"

BGM: Try, Try Again (Mario and Luigi: Dream Team)

The Grombas proceeded to charge them, but luckily, with their combined efforts, the Grombas were quickly disposed of… and Flandre obliterating them for good measure and they took off once more to see Broque Monsieur again.

"Oh honh honh! You may have beaten zhem… but you will never beat zhis one!" He said, revealing another Gromba as it got ready for action… until it fell asleep. "Ah! Don't fall asleep on zhis critical moment!" He said… and then watched Erza kick it straight into the ocean. "…Oh dear…"

End BGM

"Alright… talk." Erza ordered, aiming her sword at him as Marisa aimed her mini-Hakkero at him too as everyone glared at him.

Broque Monsieur chuckled. "I've seen enough… congratulations! You all passed!"

"…Come again?" Levy asked.

"Oui! You passed! This was all part of our plan! Ze Grombas were quite difficult to capture before you came here… but it was all worth it in zhe end."

"This was all just… a set up to get us here?" Peach asked.

"Oui! Now come, come! Ze castle awaits you!" Broque Monsieur said and took off as the others followed while Sakuya stopped walking and looked behind.

"…Alright, that's it." She said, summoning a knife and disappearing.

"Hey, has anyone seen Sakuya?" Wendy wondered.

"Hmm… wasn't she just here?" Marisa asked.

"…You don't think…" Peach rubbed her chin in thought.

"Most likely. At any rate, I bet Meiling is going to wake up right about-"

"YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!" A scream was heard throughout the entire island.

"-Now." Remilia smiled casually.

"Sacre bleu, what was zhat?" Broque Monsieur wondered. "It sounded like someone was waking up zhe dead!"


At the blimport…

"MAMA MIA!" Luigi yelled, having been startled by Meiling's screaming.

"Oh thank goodness, you're alive!" Captain Toad smiled.

"Dag nabbit, I called dibs on his shoes!" Another Toad complained.

"OW!" Meiling yelled, pulling out the knife and glared at the time stopping maiden. "What the hell was THAT for?!"

"Waking you up." Sakuya said casually and looked at Luigi. "I was also going to do it to him too if he didn't wake up sooner."

"You could've done that… and I would've taken his cap!"

"I thought you said shoes?"

"Oh, you know what I mean!"

Meiling shook it off. "So… what now?"

"We're just about to head to the castle." Sakuya said, grabbing Luigi and Meiling and teleported away.

"Agh! You could've grabbed us too, ya know!"

"I should've grabbed her leg…" Captain Toad sighed. "Dumb time stopping powers…" He muttered… and then suddenly, all three of them suddenly showed up at the front door step. "Whoa!" He exclaimed and looked around.

"Oh, thank you, Sakuya!" A Toad smiled.

"You're very welcome." Sakuya smiled back.

"Ah, ze green one and ze Chinese one. I bet you slept very well." Broque Monsieur said.

"Yeah… we were." Meiling said, glaring at Sakuya who only smiled.

"Alright, right zhis way!" Broque Monsieur said and walked in as the others followed.

BGM: Break at Pi'illo Castle (Mario and Luigi: Dream Team)

And as soon as they walked in, a certain yellow floating orb spotted them. "Hey!" She quickly floated over to them.

"Starlow!" Mario greeted.

"It's so good to see you guys again!" Starlow smiled. "Hello yello!" She giggled and then saw Luigi., as she frowned. "…Oh… hello Luigi." She said and saw Meiling. "And… the sleepy Chinese warrior."

"I'm not that sleepy." Meiling said.

"Yes, you are." Patchouli told her.

"What are you doing here?" Happy asked.

"I was invited." Starlow smiled. "…And I take it these two were invited?"

"Yup…" Captain Toad nodded.

"I see, I was expecting to see Link or Pit or… Sora and Kairi or… Kirby." Starlow shrugged. "Oh well, I guess this will just have to do."

"What do you mean?" Luigi tilted his head.

"Oh, don't worry about it." Starlow chuckled.

"Anyway! We have rooms accommodated for all of you!" Broque Monsieur said. "Strange, we have one for ze Star Warrior Meta Knight… I wonder where he is?"


Somewhere in Dreamland…

"Poyo!" Kirby grinned, as he had sucked up Dedede's food, which also including accidentally sucking up Meta Knight's invitation that a Waddle Dee was about to give him, causing it to pout.

"Dag nabbit, Kirby!" Dedede growled. "I was saving this food for later! Never mind, I'm glad we have a spare room for all the other food!"

"About that… the ghost girl is currently in there." A Waddle Doo said and noticed a blinking white outline that Kirby was at. "…Aaaand Kirby's joining her."

"AH! NO NO NO NO! I WAS SAVING THAT FOR A SPECIAL OCCASION!" Dedede yelled as he ran forward, but he locked out.

"Kirby, try this cheesecake!" Yuyuko tossed Kirby a cheesecake as Kirby happily chowed down.

"Poyo!"

"NOOOO! YOU LET ME IN THERE! I WANNA DINE WITH YOU!" Dedede yelled.

"Good luck." Youmu said, leaning on a wall with her arms folded.

"Can't you control your mistress for once?!"

"I try, but when she sees food, it's every man for themselves." Youmu said. "I'm just gonna wait here." She said… and then the safe opened as Yuyuko and Kirby walked out.

"Oh, Youmu! I saved this for you!" Yuyuko said, tossing her an apple… only for Kirby to suck it up. "Oh… sorry."

"Eh, it's fine. I'll head on over to the Shy Guy buffet in the Mushroom Kingdom." She said as they walked off while Dedede looked into the safe.

"Um… to the supermarket!" Dedede said and quickly ran off.


Back in Pi'illo Island…

"I'm sure he'll show up soon." Broque Monsieur said. "Anyway! Feel free to look around while getting yourselves situated. We have a Gift shop, an all you can eat buffet-"

"An all you can eat buffet?!" Natsu asked.

"Where?!" Happy asked. "Does it have fish?!" He drooled.

"It does and it's right over zhere!" Broque Monsieur pointed in a direction.

"Let's go, Happy!"

"Aye sir!" Happy grinned as they took off.

"Oh, what won't they do for food…?" Carla muttered as Wendy giggled.

"Oh, I'll go get them…" Erza muttered as she went after them.

"Did I mention zhere's a Strawberry Shortcake bar?" Broque Monsieur said. "Including a pasta bar too!" He added as this got Erza's and the Mario Bros attention.

"Pasta?!" Mario and Luigi asked and they took off.

"Hope you'll enjoy your stay!" Broque Monsieur said as he walked off as everyone else went to do their thing… while Erza walked in to the buffet and saw Natsu and Happy piling up as she walked over… but as she did, her nose picked up on something incredibly delectable.

She turned her head and saw the Strawberry Shortcake in front of her as her eyes widened as she turned away, trying to resist the cake and glared at Natsu and Happy who just kept piling on as she moved towards them… but her legs refused to walk away until she had some cake of her own.

She looked back and forth and looked back the cake. "Maaaybe just a small slice…" She said as she grabbed a knife and attempted to try to make it a thin slice as possible… only problem was… the thin slice turned into a huge section as Erza removed the cake and walked off with a huge smile while Reimu and Marisa looked on.

"Well, A for effort." Reimu said.

"Yep." Marisa nodded. "Now if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna go kick back!" She said and took off.

"I might do the same thing." Reimu smiled and went off as everyone was enjoying the castle and what it was offering… but they were unaware that there was a secret deep inside the castle.


Oh, Erza... we all know that you can't resist the Strawberry Shortcake.