A/N:
Kookiiz: Yay now we're starting something! Zx Platinum worked on this one mostly on his own. He looked pretty sleep depraved so some of the humor may be lost. I'm so nervous right now! The only other people who've seen our work are English teachers and very few select friends. *sweat* I wish Platinum was here to keep me from looking like an idiot... *trips over own feet while hitting 'Submit'*

Another A/N: Kookiiz: Eeep... I completely forgot to mention that we own nothing but computers we used to type this with! The whole Super Mario idea/franchise belongs to Nintendo and anything Final Fantasy remains in the loving care of Square Soft/Enix/whatever they decide to call themselves next. *phew*

Chapter 1: Mushroom Kingdom

Lightning woke up to a peculiar sight. She was in a colorful world full of hills and pipes. Her eyes were drawn to a huge castle with a mushroom flag.

"I'm just going to assume that a tornado swept me up while I was napping." She looked around all confused. Just when she thought things couldn't get weirder a tiny white mushroom with red dots started running towards her.

"Lightning, Lightning!" Lightning was incredibly confused now. How in the hell did this little shroom know her name and… was that shroom just talking to her?

"Lightning! Everyone is waiting for you in the Castle! You gotta hurry!" The little mushroom started hopping all over Lightning's body. She fought the urge to punch it in the face. 'No, that wouldn't be wise.' She rationed. As sad as it was this little mushroom was the only other intelligent being capable of speech.

She reached out and grabbed the mushroom by the… arms? And put it aside. She sat up and inspected her body for any injuries.

"Where am I?" She groaned.

"This is the Mushroom Kingdom! Come on we have to hurry!" The mushroom jumped up and started waddling towards the door.

"…What?"

Lightning entered the Castle. Her eyes drifted towards the empty throne. She saw a large amount of mushrooms jumping around frantically screaming their little heads off. Just when Lightning was about to scream she caught sight of a familiar young pinkette.

"Serah! What the hell is going on? Where are we?!"

The other girl slowly turned around.

"The Princess has been kidnapped… These poor little Toads need us to get her back." Her voice was so sad. "Lightning… We're the only ones that can help them."

"Help them? First of all I have no idea what the flip they are! Secondly how do they expect US to do it?" Lighting was practically screaming at her sister.

"Lightning! Lightning! You have to get our Princess back!" The little mushroom she first encountered was tugging on her skirt.

"Get off me!" In a fit of frustration she kicked it to the side. "I don't have to do anything for you!"

"Lightning… The Princess is important to them… If I was kidnapped wouldn't you want to get me back?" Serah looked at her sister with sad puppy dog eyes.

Lightning let out a long exaggerated sigh.

"FINE… Let's go…"

"Wait!" Another little mushroom hopped up next to Lightning. "Take these clothes! They'll let you jump like a superstar!"

"I can jump fine thank you very much… What the flip do I have to jump for anyway?" Lightning looked around for a decent answer.

"The Princess was kidnapped by Bowser, King of the Koopas! His minions will try and stop you. You gotta jump on them to beat them!" Toad bounced around Lightning's feet

Lightning looked ready to punch a wall.

"Look… I'll deal with them the way I want to." She checks her back, "What did you little freaks do to my Gunblade?"

"Bowser took your precious Gunblade. He's trying to unlock the secrets within it!" The little mushroom jumped up again.

"What secret? It's a sword that transforms into a freaking gun! AND I'M NOT WEARING THESE CLOTHES!"

Lightning held the clothes as far away from her as possible. She wanted to get away from these 'butt ugly' rags.

"It's not so bad, Light…" Serah grinned and pranced around in her new threads.

"A red shirt and hat… And blue overalls? I don't know much about fashion but I'll pass." Lightning tossed the clothes on the ground. "I'd rather go in my underpants…"

Before she could storm out a flash of light engulfed her.

"W-what the heck was that?" She looked down and found the clothes plastered to her body. "W-Why the flip am I wearing this?!" She found herself in the same ridiculous getup as her sister. Lightning's shirt and hat were red opposed to Serah's green. She was still disgusted by them.

"You look good in red, Light!" Serah straightened out Lightning's hat.

"I feel like a plumber… Let's just get this over with." Lightning was clearly not amused.

Lightning and Serah left the castle. The former was still in disbelief and the latter was whistling a familiar tune.

"So what on Earth do we do?" Lightning looked around for some sort of clue.

"Well… That round panel says World 1 – 1. Let's start there!" Serah grabbed Lightning's hand and dragged her to the panel. "Let's-a go!"

"Wha-" Lightning's vision went pitch black. "Uh… Did I just have a stroke?" Amidst the black in Lightning's vision she noticed 2 small icons. One depicted her head and the other depicted Serah's. Beside each head was the number 5. Lightning's vision returned to normal.

"What was that?!" She looked around frantically. She looked ahead and spotted a couple bricks and mysterious boxes with question marks on them.

"…I'm just going to sit here. I refuse to move until someone tells me what the flip is going on." True to her word, Lightning plopped down and sat on her booty.

"Lightning look out! It's a Goomba! They Bowser's minions! You gotta jump on them to beat them! Don't let them touch you or you'll lose a life!" Serah was up ahead on top of the brick blocks.

"No! I refuse to move!" Lightning crossed her arms and turned her head. The Goomba waddled closer to Lightning.

"Sis, please get up! It's going to hit you!"

"N-O!"

The Goomba was at Lightning's feet now.

"Lightning! Please get up! You're the only one I can count on here!" The Goomba reached out to touch Lightning. "LIGHTNING!"

"Get away from me you freak!" Lightning lashed out and slapped the Goomba hard.

"…L-Lightning? Y-You touched it and you didn't die…" Serah's hands were covering her face. "H-How did you do that?"

The Goomba recovered from the hit. It was startled and confused. It looked at Lightning through teary eyes.

"…Don't… Touch… Me…" The Goomba seemed to be able to understand human speech. It slowly turned around and waddled away.

"Lightning… You're invincible to Goombas! You're the chosen one!" Serah bounced around on the block. "You're the chosen one! You can beat Bowser once and for all and then Mushroom Kingdom will be safe forever! Lightning! You have to keep going!"

"I refuse…" Serah hopped off her brick and kneeled down in front of Lightning.

"Light… These poor little guys can't take protect themselves."

"Not my problem."

"You would do it if I was kidnapped…" Serah looked like she was about to cry.

"But it's not you…"

Serah stared at her sister trying to come up with an answer. With a serious face she leaned in to look Lightning in the eyes.

"Your Gunblade…"

This set Lightning off. In one swift motion she jumped up, dusted herself off and adjusted her hat.

"It's personal now…" She marched ahead off into a vast world shattering all game mechanics… Not that she really cared in the first place.

Kookiiz: If you can see this I can only assume you either a) Read the Chapter or b) Just scrolled to see how long it was... *darting eyes* I'm afraid to say anything right now... I've never been good with sharing my thoughts. Plats and I are pretty introverted and the thought of failing scares us to death! God I wish he was here!

You've probably noticed Lightning saying heck and flip a lot. Well the original draft that Plats wrote up had her cussing up a blue storm! I wanted to keep this as clean as possible so all of you can enjoy. Still I rated it T for Teen just in case a swear got past me. .'' Please leave a comment telling us what you think of it so far or if you have any ideas or suggestions. (About improvements or just ideas for future scenarios) Still wishing Platinum was here to keep me from shaking...