"BRIIIING!!!"

"BRIIIING!!!"

"BRIIII-"

Mario's hand slammed down on his alarm clock. He sat up in bed and took a deep breath of fresh air, and stretched a bit. He hopped out of bed and went to take a shower. Passing by his calendar, he noticed that it was Wednesday. Wednesday was the day of Princess Peach's royal castle birthday party.

"YAHOOO!!!"

Mario jumped and clicked his heels in excitement, and rushed into the bathroom to take his shower. He remembered to use extra soap so he didn't have a funky odor at the party. While Mario vigorously tried to scrub chunks of floating blocks out of his hair, the phone rang.

"Who would call me at this hour???"

Mario turned off the shower, threw on his towel and picked up the phone. It was Luigi.

"Mario!!!"

"Ugh, Luigi I was taking a shower! What're you doing calling me at 8:30 in the morning?!"

"Remember?! I still don't have a present for the Princess! I managed to get about 15 coins, but all that can buy is a gumball, like you said."

"Well Luigi, maybe you should take some money out of your bank…"

"Can't. The bank robbed me of all my coins to pay for their annual vacation week…"

"Well then sorry bro, I can't do anything to help you. I have to get this soap out of my hair, so see you at the party."

"Wait, Mario!!!"

Mario hung up the phone and trudged back into the shower. Little did Mario know that a little slip up he made would come and punch him square in the nose later on. Mario scrubbed the block bits out of his hair, daydreaming about the princess's delicious seafood. After his shower, he threw on his tux and sprayed on his Koopa Kologne. Then he ate breakfast and waited for 11:00 to get going to the castle.

Meanwhile at the Princess's Castle…

Princess Peach was in her room trying on her special birthday dress, when Toad walked in.

"Hi Peach! I just wanted to let you know that we have everything ready for the party, and Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong are already here."

"Oh, why are they here so early? It's only 10:00!"

"Well you know how those monkeys are when it comes to food. They'll do anything for a banana now-a-days."

The Princess giggled and went back to tying the bow on her dress.

"Well then Toad, I guess you should go down and keep them entertained until I can come down to greet them."

"Will do Peach! Maybe I could juggle some coconuts?"

"Hehehe, maybe Toad, maybe."

Toad left the room to entertain the Kongs down in the foyer, while the Princess started to put her hair in a bun.

"Oh I do hope that Bowser doesn't ruin my party. I have it set up all nice and such, and it would be such a shame if he…"

While the Princess continued talking to herself, Toad juggled coconuts for Donkey & Diddy downstairs, or at least he was trying to…

"Oh my god Toad, you're too much!!! Keep at it, keep at it while I get out my video camera…"

"Umm, I'll try Donkey, I'll really try."

Toad's legs began to tremble, and he was starting to slowly lose balance. Diddy seemed to notice, because he went up to Toad and took one coconut down. Toad regained his balance and continued juggling.

"Thanks Diddy, I really needed that."

Diddy nodded and went back to Donkey to watch. But just as Donkey Kong pulled out his camcorder, a green Koopa shell whizzed through the air and knocked the coconuts out of balance. Toad fell down and looked around to see who did it. He looked at the front door and saw Luigi coming in, hunched over with an angry look on his face. Donkey Kong got up and went over to Luigi.

"Godammit Luigi, that was YouTube gold, and you ruined it for me!"

"Yeah? Well what're you gonna do about it King Kong?"

Donkey Kong's face went pale and he backed away. Luigi was never like this, and it was almost scary to see him acting that way. Luigi went over to the soda table, cracked open a Cherry Pepsi, and sulked. Toad felt a bit sympathetic, so he went over to him and tried to cheer him up.

"Umm, hey Luigi. What's wrong."

"Don't talk to me Toad. I don't need a pep talk from you."

"Luigi, you can talk to me, we're best friends."

Tears began to well up in Luigi's eyes. He turned to Toad and started to confess.

"I-I couldn't find a nice gift for Peach because I have no coins, and neither did Mario, so I feel awful coming here with nothing special for her."

"Well Luigi, no one's perfect. I'm sure the Princess will understand…"

"I hope she does. God I hope she does."

Luigi drank the last of his Cherry Pepsi, failed to crush the can on his head, then threw it in the garbage. Then he went over to the fireplace, holding where he hit his head.

1 Hour Later…

Everyone was at the party now, socializing, drinking soda and wine, and overall having a good time. Wario and Waluigi were doing the Macarena in the foyer, Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong were still pigging out at the snack table, and Yoshi was bobbing for apples with his long tongue. Every time Toad passed the chip basket, he felt like he was going to throw up. Waluigi constantly tried to get with Daisy, but failed, so he turned to his pal Wario for advice.

"Hey bro, I want to hook up with that chick over there, but I don't have any good pick-up lines or anything! You have to help me!"

Wario looked over Waluigi's shoulder and was surprised to see that Waluigi was trying to get with Daisy.

"You want to get with Daisy? Okay just watch and learn bro."

Wario poured himself a glass of champagne, and deliberately dropped it on the floor.

"Oh Daisyyy! I spilled my champagne all over the floor and I can't bend over to clean it due to my immense weight!!!"

Daisy was a bit tipsy from drinking beer, so she skipped over happily.

"Oh Wario, you're so clumsy."

Daisy took a rag and bent over to wipe it up. Just at that moment, Wario grabbed Waluigi's arm, swung it towards Daisy, and made Waluigi slap Daisy's ass. Waluigi's eyes went wide, and he started to sweat. Wario whispered to Waluigi:

"I think you can handle it from here bro. Good luck!"

Then Wario ran away. Daisy bounced back up and turned to find the only person standing there was Waluigi.

"Waluigi! Were you the one who just slapped my ass???"

Waluigi was sweating a waterfall now, and he stuttered as he talked.

"Ummm…uhhh…I didn't mean to…it was an accident…uhh"

"Well looks like someone's feelin' a bit feisty tonight…you wanna go upstairs with me?"

Daisy winked at Waluigi. Now Waluigi was in total shock, but inside he was jumping for joy, bouncing off the walls. Waluigi and Daisy went upstairs, while Wario gave Waluigi two thumbs up from the sidelines.

"Man I am such a love guru!"

Wario chugged his bottle of Heineken and threw it in the garbage.

Mario had arrived at the party a half hour ago, and he was looking his best. He had his hair combed back with gel, his tux was neat and pressed, and his Koopa Kologne was getting him some attention. Luigi was standing by drinking some Mountain Dew, when Mario passed by. Suddenly, Luigi saw it. The Adult Wallet was bulging out of Mario's back pocket. Luigi casually shuffled over behind Mario and fished the wallet out from his pocket. Luigi opened up the wallet and saw the 500 gold coins. Mario had lied to him.

"MARIO!!!"

Everyone turned and stared at Luigi, including Mario.

"What is it bro?"

"What is it?! WHAT IS IT?!?!" This is what it is Mario!!!"

Luigi shoved the Adult Wallet in Mario's face, pushing Mario back a little.

"I called you asking for a little money, you say you have nothing, and you come here with freakin' 500 coins?! How could you Mario? I needed you, and you rejected me!"

People in the crowd were starting to murmur, and Mario was beginning to feel a bit uncomfortable.

"Luigi…I didn't mean to…I forgot…I'm sorry…"

"Sorry isn't going to cut it anymore Mario! I can't take it anymore! You're just a selfish little bastard who thinks he's better than everyone else! I'm important too Mario! I'm important too!!!"

Luigi ran up to Mario and punched him in the face. Mario fell down and held his face in pain. Luigi stood there, realizing what he just did. Luigi's eyes began to tear, then he ran away into the front yard, sobbing. Mario stood back up and began to run after Luigi.

"Luigi, WAIT!!!"

Just as Mario approached the door, a speaker began to talk.

"Hello guests! This is the Princess and I just want to let you know that I'm going to start opening my gifts now! Alright! So, if you want to see the gift-unwrapping, come to the foyer now! Bye!"

Mario really wanted to see the Princess's face when she opened his gift, and maybe get a kiss too, so he walked into the foyer. He felt bad for Luigi, but he thought he could clear it up after the gift-unwrapping.

Everyone gathered in the foyer and sat down in their chairs. The Princess skipped up to the podium and tested the microphone.

"Testing…1..2..3? Is this thing on?"

The whole crowd unanimously said yes.

"Oh ok then. Well I'd like to thank you all for coming, it means a lot to me to know I have so many friends that care about me! I love you guys so much!

The crowd let out a group "awwwww," then went silent.

"So now I'll open all these wonderful gifts you got me! Okay, let's get going here!"

Toadette came out with a medium sized gift and handed it to the Princess.

"Okay…this one's from…Yoshi!"

The crowd cheered, and Yoshi went up to Peach to help her open it. It was a Yoshi Whistle, a whistle that called a Yoshi to her aid whenever she blew it.

"Thank you Yoshi! This could come in handy later on!"

The Princess gave Yoshi a hug, then he went back to his seat. For the rest of the night, the Princess opened the guests' presents one by one. Toad got her a picture frame, Donkey Kong got her a golden banana, Wario got her a picture of him with his shirt off (ugh,) and Waluigi got her a Nintendo DSi. Last but not least, it was time for her to open Mario's present.

"Finally, we have my present from Mario! Come on up here!"

Mario ran up the steps and stood eagerly waiting for her to open the gift. Peach tore open the wrapping paper and opened the box inside. Inside the box was the Emerald Dress, in perfect condition, just like when Mario bought it.

"Oh….my…GOD. Mario this is BEAUTIFUL! I'm going to put it on right now!"

Peach took the dress and put it on over her birthday dress. She looked amazing, just as Mario expected. Everyone in the crowd took pictures like a paparazzi.

"Mario this dress is so great, I love it! Come here!"

Peach picked up Mario and gave him a big kiss on the lips. Mario's eyes were as big as dinner plates once she put him down. His mouth went into an uncontainable grin, and his heart was beating like crazy. He jumped 10 feet high and yelled:

"YAHOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!"

Mario landed right back in his seat, as light as a feather. He was officially in love. The Princess returned to her podium and closed up the gift-unwrapping.

"Well thank you all for coming, you can linger around for a while and enjoy the food or go home early. I love you all!"

It was about 7:30 now, and everyone was mingling and drinking wine. Waluigi was kicked back in a Lazy Boy, reveling in the fact that he lost his virginity, and Daisy was getting out of her hangover back upstairs. Everything was going fine, but then something happened. A rumbling sound began to pick up from over the hills. It got louder every second, and more menacing as well. Everyone gathered on the front lawn to see what was going on. Peach ran up in front of them and stood surprised.

"No. It can't be…not now…"

But it was. Bowser's airship loomed over the castle, and the crowd gasped in horror. Bowser walked up to the helm of the airship and stared down at the crowd. He pulled several sheets of paper out from his shell, threw on some reading glasses and began to read:

"Citizens of the Mushroom Kingdom, cower in fear at the sight of my terrifying Koopa Carnage Catapult!"

A group of Koopas pushed the menacing machine into view, and the crowd began to tremble. It stood 20 feet tall, was outfitted with armor, and launched magma rocks.

"With this amazing machine, I will level your pathetic castle to the ground, and build my own castle to rule you all!!!"

The group screamed, and started to run away. The Koopas began to load the catapult, and just as they fired, Mario hopped in the air and kicked the rock back over the hill. Mario then hopped up on the helm and confronted Bowser.

"Well look what we've got here. Another lame-brain plan to try and take over the Mushroom Kingdom. Haven't we done this maybe 20 times now?"

"Yes we have Mario, but this plan stands out from the rest, because it will not fail."

Just then, robotic arms shot out of the catapult and grabbed Princess Peach. She screamed, and the arms pulled her inside the machine. Mario tried to jump over to the catapult, but Bowser smacked him back down.

"You're not going to win this time Mario, I have the ultimate power on my side. Nothing can stop me now!"

Then, out of the blue, a dimensional rift opened up in the sky. Everyone gawked and turned to look at it. Out of the rift shot a blue blur of lightning that crashed into the ground behind the castle. Then the rift closed up and disappeared. Everyone stood wide eyed, then went back to trembling in fear. Mario decided he could investigate after he dealt with Bowser.

"Well this plan is going to fail once I pulverize that thing!"

Mario attempted to jump to it again, but Bowser knocked him back down. Mario was on the floor in pain, and Bowser was about to finish him off, but then, something came out from behind the castle. It was a blue creature with long spikes on its head, red shoes, green eyes, and a pissed off look on its face. Suddenly, the creature burst into an energy discharge, turned yellow, and rocketed towards the Koopa Carnage Catapult. It flew through the robotic arms, breaking them both, then it flew through the machine and came out the other side with Princess Peach. The catapult exploded, and the pieces flew everywhere. The golden creature turned blue again, and fell to the helm of the ship. Peach jumped beside Mario and stared at it. Bowser was in an outrage, and he knocked both Mario, Peach and the blue blur off the airship and yelled to them:

"Don't think this is over yet fools! I'll return to my castle, and build a new catapult that'll kill you all! Just wait!"

The airship turned around and rocketed back towards Bowser's Castle. Everyone gathered around the blue creature and wondered who or what it could be. Mario walked over and picked it up, and brought it inside the castle. Peach laid it out on her bed and used some Star Magic to revive it back to health. Suddenly, the creature jolted up in the bed. It looked around and seemed frantic to leave.

"Where am I?! What am I doing here?!?! I need to get the last Chaos Emerald!!!"

Mario walked up to the bed and tried to calm it down.

"Whoa whoa, let's slow down here. Who or what are you in the first place?"

The creature seemed to calm down, and began to talk to Mario.

"Well first of all, I'm a who, not a what. I'm a person just like you. Second, I think you should know me Mario, we only met a year ago!"

Mario stood in shock and fear, because he thought he'd never met this person before.

"…..How do you know my name???"

"Mario, we competed in the Olympics together last year! Beijing? Does it ring a bell to you?"

Mario pondered about this for a second, then jumped on the bed post.

"That's right! You're SONIC THE HEDGEHOG!!!"

So it seems that Sonic the Hedgehog has finally entered the novel! What a relief! But what is he doing in the Mushroom Kingdom in the first place? Where did the dimensional rift come from? Find out in the third chapter of: Mario & Sonic: When Worlds Collide REMADE!