Mario slowly opened his eyes, seeing that the area around him was dark. He quickly got to his feet, trying not to hyperventilate. 'No... my games couldn't have ended...' He thought, worried. He kept looking around, the memories slipping back to him. His hyperventilation started to increase.

"Oh? The weakling brother is who I'm supposed to be scared of? Everyone knows what you think of your own DNA. Think about it, red cap. The minute you get the opportunity to go on vacation with the princess and her royal advisor, what was the first thing you do? You started packing! You didn't - not even once - ask your own younger twin brother if he wished to join you. Nope, the only thing you did was asked him to get the luggage from the attic since you were too busy talking about the trip of a lifetime. Talk about insult to injury."

Mario screamed at the top of his lungs, the tears streaming down his face. Why was this coming back to him? Why now? Mario was so lost in his thoughts that he didn't realize that a Bonneton had came up to him. Mario slowly came out of it, seeing that he was holding a piece of his hat. Seeing his hat tattered like that gave him chills.

"W - who are you?" Mario finally managed to ask.

"My name is Cappy... And I fear that our paths have crossed unfavorably." Cappy told him. Mario raised an eyebrow to that. The Bonneton explained, "You see, my baby sister - Tiara - has been taken by that monster you called Bowser."

Mario's eyes widen with horror, just as soon as he realized. "Oh no! Violet was still aboard that ship! We have to save them!"

Cappy turned himself into Mario's hat without question. "I guess I didn't need to convince you, like I was afraid I was."

Mario softly chuckled, "No one has ever needed to convince me to helping them."

...

Meanwhile, Violet had been thrown down in the dungeons of the airship. She had put up a decent fight but it wasn't enough to defeat Bowser. She devised another plan. She quickly used her Aurora Nine to freeze the Piranha Plant, causing it to recede from her hands. She then quickly picked the lock to her cell, allowing the cell door to open. She went up to Peach and Tiara's cell, seeing that she had caught the attention of the blonde.

"Nice work Violet!" Peach gushed.

"Heh, what can I say? I'm just that good." Violet slightly teased.

The girl in violet froze the cell door, getting the princess and Tiara out of their cell. The princess walked out of the cell.

Tiara started to say, "Let's get out of here before..."

That's when they saw that they had attracted the attention of the guards.

"AH! They are escaping!" One of them yelped.

"Then capture them!" The second one ordered.

"Yeah, you think - what's the phrase - come quietly?" Peach taunted.

"No one said that we were going to do that!" Violet added.

"Let's fight!" Tiara told them.

The girls started to fight the guards, easily escaping the dungeons. One of them quickly altered Bowser, whom growled with frustration. An elder Bowser Jr. approached his dad. He was the spitting image to Bowser, only he had a lighter mane and was slightly less chubbier.

"Dad... don't you think enough is enough? It's time to move on." The koopaling stated softly.

Bowser eyed him and huffed, "When did you get so soft? We're supposed to be the BAD guys, Junior. Not changed around doofuses that want to help find a man that was never a threat!"

Junior grumbled. It was true that he was rather interested in finding Luigi. He was curious as to what happened 10 years ago. His father had never talked about it. He did a lot of research in the Koopa library over the years but never found a straight answer. Bowser would just plain out refuse to tell his son what happened. Junior didn't know if it was because of pride... or something else.

"Dad... you can end this thing right now and just tell me... what happened?" Junior begged.

Bowser ignored his son's request again, turning to Kammy. "Have all of the troops find them and bring them to me now!" He boomed.

Kammy flinched. He knew that there was no way to talk Bowser out of a mood. Junior walked away from his father, for the first time in 10 years.

...

Mario and Cappy, in the meantime, had found what Cappy was looking for. It was a ship, that looked like a top hat. Cappy called it 'The Odyssey'. Cappy tried turning it on but it was of no use, the ship wouldn't move.

"I think it is out of power..." He sadly told Mario.

Mario frowned. Now what were they supposed to do? Suddenly, a large and obese woman rabbit with a chain chomp as a pet came out of nowhere (or at least it seemed that way to Mario). She started to attack them. Mario quickly powered up his Firebrand, trying his hardest to flame the chain chomp. When that didn't work, Mario was almost flattened by it until he a clang. Mario turned and saw a man with a sword standing on his left. He was facing away from Mario but Mario could tell that this man was human.

"You again!? Why do you keep showing up at the worst possible times?!" The woman rabbit (Mother Broodal) demanded the newcomer.

The newcomer turned to her, smirking up a storm. He was about Mario's age, a bit taller than Mario, had really short brown hair, a grown out beard, stunning blue eyes, and had a well worked out body. He had a metal right arm and a sword in his left hand. He was wearing a torn gray short sleeved shirt, black jeans that cut off at the knee, and black sneakers.

"Oh come now, I wouldn't say I do that all of the time." The man debated, crossing his arms in front of his chest smugly.

"You do! And don't think I won't tell Bowser that I seen you." Mother Broodal threatened.

The man chuckled heartily, totally unafraid. Mother Broodal got a bit upset as Mario was a bit confused.

"You aren't afraid of him?" Mario asked the man, a bit surprised.

The man looked at him, a bit incredulously. Mario didn't know what to make of that odd feeling he was having.

"Why would I be? Bowser is almost on his way out thanks to you, Mario." The man answered.

Mario instantly got suspicious. He didn't know this person. But it was clear that this person knew him.

Cappy got defensive and demanded, "Who are you?! What is your name!?"

The man looked at Mario, then Cappy, and then Mario again. He used the moment of silence to attack Mother Broodal with his sword, taking care of her. He turned to the stunned duo, surprised by his strength and speed. They didn't even notice what had happened. Finally he answered after a moment of silence.

"Call me Aaron." He told them.

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Wishmaker1028: And there we have it! An extra long chapter for you guys! Hope you all enjoy! Please read and review! And always think outside of the box.