It was a glorious night filled with so many stars in the sky, and the Mario Brothers were at their house looking at the beautiful night sky. "What a glorious-a night, eh Luigi?" Mario asked his brother with as smile, "It sure is-a" Luigi responded before they both received a letter. "Hey, what's-a this?" Mario asked before they both opened the envelope and saw that it was a letter from Princess Peach

The letter said "Dear Mario and Luigi, it would be an honor for you two to come to the castle and attend this year's Star Festival, I have a surprise for the both of you since you two have saved my life for so many years, yours truly, Princess Peach!"

"Let's-a go bro" Mario shouted before he and his brother Luigi began running off to the Mushroom Kingdom to attend this year's annual Star Festival. When they arrived in the Mushroom Kingdom, they saw a whole bunch of Toads, Good Koopas, and other townsfolk cheer and clap for the Mario Brothers. "You guys rock" one of them shouted, "Thank you so much-a" Mario replied as he and Luigi were arriving at the front of the castle.

When they arrived, they were just in time because the ceremony was about to begin. Toadette came up to the podium and tapped on the microphone before saying "Citizens of the Mushroom Kingdom, it is with great honor that I welcome the ruler of our kingdom, Princess Peach!" Everyone cheered and clapped as Peach came to the podium after Toadette got off it for Peach, "My fellow citizens, we have come a long way to make this year's festival a complete success" she said with pride before continuing her speech, "And none of this would've been possible without the help of the Mushroom Kingdom's two magnificent heroes, The Mario Brothers!"

As she said that, Mario and Luigi waved to the crowd as they were cheering and clapping for them. "Now allow me to welcome the keeper of the Comet Observatory, the one who made this festival possible, Princess Rosalina!" Peach exclaimed as Rosalina came onto the podium while everyone was clapping. "Thank you for having at this festival dear friends" she said before she continued her statement, "For many years my lumas and I have watched over and protected the cosmos, and now I am here to bring you those wonders of the universe in this fantastic festival!"

Everyone was clapping and cheering with joy, until they started seeing some kind of ship fleet in the sky. "What's that?" One of the Toads asked before a light blue laser beam hit him and froze him in some kind of light blue crystal shard. The citizens began panicking as the ships got closer and revealed to be something terrible. It was bunch of Bowser's airships (the ones from Super Mario Galaxy 1 and 2), some UFOs with a symbol of some kind of octopus on them (which was the symbol for the Octolings) , and Bowser's new Main Airship (which is basically the wedding airship from Super Mario Odyssey, except it's black instead of white, and instead of purple ribbons it was red ribbons).

The Mario Brothers and Peach were both shocked and concerned to see that Bowser's Army was bigger and more powerful. As they were coming above the kingdom, the Octoling UFOs were abducting the citizens that were frozen in blue crystals. "What's-a going on-a here bro?" Luigi asked his brother, "I'm not-a sure Luigi" he replied as a big beam from the airship was also trapping Rosalina in a big blue crystal as well while the other UFOs were taking The Colored Stars from the Observatory. A lasso rope came from the Main Airship and grabbed Peach.

The lasso was used by a Cowboy Bro (which is a Hammer Bro in a cowboy outfit and with obviously a lasso) and he pulled the lasso to bring Peach onto the Airship. "Welcome aboard partner" he exclaimed as Peach was very scared before seeing Bowser appear right in front of her. Bowser looked a little different though, we was wearing some kind of silver crown (which was an Underworld Crown) and having silver shoulder guards and knee guards that looked like his shell.

"Princess Peach!" Bowser said before continuing his statement, "You're just in time for the beginning of my new Underworld Empire!" Peach got even more terrified when Bowser said that. "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA THE FESTIVAL IS OVER!" He shouted as a cloud of energy started forming from above the castle. Medusa was arriving at the kingdom to see that everything was going according to plan. "Who's-a that Mario" Luigi asked as he was starting to feel scared, "She doesn't look-a like a good person..." Mario said as he was almost afraid as well.

"It has been so long since I've seen a helpful army do my biddings" Medusa said while looking at the kingdom from above, "Attention mortals, now that I'm back I'm here with my new army to take what's ours and conquer this pathetic universe, in order to make way for a time of ETERNAL DARKNESS!" She exclaimed before she and Bowser began laughing evilly, but unaware that Mario and Luigi began fighting some of Bowser's minions"

"Huh?" Bowser Jr questioned before seeing that the Mario Brothers were fighting back, he exclaimed to his dad "Dad! We've got company!" Bowser saw it too and was furious, "GRRRRRRRRRRR It's those wimpy Mario Brothers again, GET THEM!" He shouted, ordering more of the army to defeat them. Mario and Luigi were doing a swell job fighting them, but that was until they saw the Octolings and some of the Underworld minions in front of them. "They-a look so-a powerful bro!" Luigi said in fear, but before they could even hit the Mario Brothers, beams of yellow lightning bolts struck on them.

A little yellow creature came out of nowhere and it turned out to be the one who shocked those enemies, and it was none other than Pikachu. "Pikachu Pika Pika" he said to the Mario Brothers. "What's-a the plan Mario?" Luigi asked his brother, "We have to get-a to that airship and stop Bowser from causing anymore trouble!"

With that said, Mario, Luigi, and Pikachu began climbing up a building at a fast pace, and got onto Bowser's Main Airship. Bowser turns around to see that the 3 heroes have made it and says "Well well well, it looks like the Mario Brothers and their new yellow RAT, have finally made it to witness the beginning of a new age of darkness!" He exclaimed before laughing evilly. "Why don't you try attacking me Mario, if you want to ever see your precious princess ever again!" When he said that, it made Mario furious and want to attack him.

Mario began running up to Bowser in a mad way while Luigi had a bad feeling about this and said "Good god Mario NO!" Mario jumped over Bowser and was ready to punch him in the face, but before he could, one of Bowser's new helpers came out of nowhere and punched Mario so hard it blasted him off into the sky as he was screaming.

"MAAARRRRRIIIOOOOOOOOOOO!" Luigi screamed in so much shock and fear. The new helper that took care of Mario was a powerful jackal named Infinite (from the Sonic franchise). "Why thank you Infinite, you're even stronger than the last time you fought your enemies!" Bowser started before Infinite answered "Why yes Lord Bowser, now that some of the darkness has been put into the Phantom Ruby, I am now more powerful than ANYONE CAN EVER IMAGINE!"

Luigi and Pikachu didn't know what he was talking about but they were still filled with fear. "HA HA HA! Now with that annoying red plumber out of the way I don't think you two pipsqueaks won't be much of a threat!" Bowser said to the two heroes "So long cowards!" He exclaimed before a trapdoor opened beneath Luigi and Pikachu and they began falling to the ground as all the airships flew away fast.

As the two heroes were falling they thought they were done for, but then someone flew in and saved their lives. "Whoa, that-a was a close one eh little guy?" Luigi asked Pikachu, "Pika Pika!" He responded before the one who saved them said "Don't worry fellow heroes, you're safe now!" "Who-a are you?" Luigi asked the one who saved them, "I'm Spyro, Spyro the Dragon!" He replied (QUICK DISCLAIMER: This Spyro is from the Skylanders Universe, but in this game he has his original look from his past games before Skylanders). "Nice to meet you Spyro!" Luigi said to him feeling less afraid now, "You too Luigi, now let's go find your brother Mario and I'll tell you more of what's going on!" He responded as he continued flying while carrying Luigi and Pikachu.

TO BE CONTINUED