Mario had chosen the most convenient route to the mountainside, the place where Bowser teleported: From Peach's castle he would go over the hills, straight into the mysterious Goomba castle. After investigating there, he would go to the Shifting Sand Land pyramid. Then he would go through the forest, after which he would arrive at the mountainside at exactly 11:30 PM. Then he would use the teleportation spell while holding a wand that Toadsworth gave to him. It sounded like a perfectly reasonable plan to him.

"Bro, take this fire flower. We should be arriving at the Goomba defense line any second now.", said Luigi, while riding Yoshi.

"Thanks. I'd take one too, if I were you."

"Good idea."

While the first Goombas were in sight, two fiery shields erupted around Mario and Luigi, each transforming into their feared fire forms.

"I haven't done this in a long time. Have you, bro?", said Luigi, with a grin on his face.

"No, Luigi. That's why I'm looking forward to every second of it!", said Mario, with that same grin.

Mario ran towards the Goombas with all of his speed. He stomped the Goombas one by one, while occasionally throwing a fireball on one of them.

"Hey bro, wait for me!"

The battle, now big enough to be called a war, grew by the seconds. More and more Goombas joined the fight, while Mario and Luigi destroyed all of them. Some were eaten by Yoshi and made into egg bombs, used for destroying even more Goombas. After a while, Paragoombas and giant Goombas were added to the mix, but the results were no different. After about an hour of fighting, all Goombas were dead.

"Wow bro, I'm exhausted. We should do this more often!", said Luigi, while slowly breathing in and out.

"Let's just keep this an one-time thing. They may be scum, but we're still talking about lives here."

"Well, you've got a point there."

Now that all the Goombas were dead, Mario and Luigi could easily search for the Goomba castle. It didn't take them very long to find it.

"There it is, bro! The Goomba castle!"

Luigi was right. Though it looked very different from the one they saw on the satellite, it was clearly the castle. They investigated around the castle for a while.

"Keep out, Mario. Gee, what a smart way to keep me from going inside." The sarcasm dripped from Mario's voice. "Whatever. The more secrets, the more fun."

"It looks like the outside of the castle is done. I wonder how they can even build something like this without hands.", Luigi thought to himself.

"I say we go inside now."

When Mario, Luigi and Yoshi entered the castle, they were immediately shot at with Bullet Bills.

Mario looked at the castle floor. "What? A pressure plate? It seems Goombas are smarter then we always presumed. Luigi, we have to be careful, these bullet bills were activated by a pressure plate. It won't surprise me if there are more traps around here"

A closer look at the inside of the castle revealed that while the outside was done, the inside far from it. Incomplete traps were everywhere, and occasionally Goomba workers would try to ambush Mario and Luigi.

"Mario?"

"Yes, Luigi?"

"What is it that we are actually going to do here?"

"We're here to search for clues that explain to us why and how this castle was build. Perhaps even clues that explain what happened in the forest."

"Oh."

After a while of searching, Luigi found a room that had a signpost reading 'The king's office. No trespassing!'. While Mario didn't know why the sign said that in particular, he didn't really care either, so instead, he went inside the room. They found two things inside: a desk and a safe. Mario picked the safe's lock and searched inside, while Luigi investigated the desk. They found nothing. Until…

"Bowser! Luigi, take a look at this!"

Mario gave Luigi a journal, which had this written inside:

When I woke up last morning, I did not know what was going on. The first thing I heard was "Welcome back…". I knew that voice. It was Bowser. Lying next to me was king Bomb-omb, on what appeared to be some kind of chair. Bowser told me that he would soon answer my questions, but first he told me what I was doing here. He told me that he had reincarnated us – me and king Bomb-omb – using a special kind of new power. He had chosen us because he thought that we would be able to help him in his new master plan. I, of course, agreed to help him, and so did king Bomb-omb. After all, he had brought us back to life.

I went to the hills, as Bowser had ordered me to. There, a massive horde of Goombas awaited me. They worshipped me, as if I was their god, which, let's face it, I am. They told me they would build a castle in my honor, as long as I approved of the idea. I gladly did.

The castle is almost done. Excellent. I shall rule from this castle as soon as Bowser is done with his plan to get rid of Mario and Luigi. After all, master Bowser is a genius.

"Well? What do you think, Luigi?"

"It seems unlikely, but if this is true, that would explain how king Bomb-omb was brought back from the de…"

"WHAT ARE YOU TWO DOING HERE?!"

Luigi was interrupted. Mario and Luigi looked at the door in front of them. Standing there was an angry Goomba, yelling at them.

"This is an outrage! This will be reported to Goomboss immediately!

Mario and Luigi were shocked.

"Goomboss?! Can it be?! No… I destroyed him… On the other hand, king Bomb-omb was alive and well too, so it's not completely impossible…"

The Goomba ran away. Mario and Luigi tried to catch up to him, but even for them the Goomba was too fast. At one point, the Goomba stopped dead in his tracks.

"Boss, Mario and Luigi were just in your office a minute ago!"

"WHAT?!"

There he was, sitting on a big throne; Goomboss.

"Hello, Mario. It seems we meet again."

"I was right this entire time! During the discussion, and now during the investigation! How did Bowser reincarnate him and king Bomb-omb?! I have to find out!"

"So, Mario, are you in the mood for a reunion? Because I'm not. Is a fight to the death okay with you? Yes? Well then, EN GARDE!"

Before Mario and Luigi knew it, they were in a fierce battle with Goomboss. He ordered his Goombas to attack them, and also attacked Mario and Luigi head-on by himself. Yoshi was also very active in the battle. Mario jumped in the air to try to ground pound Goomboss.

"OUCH!"

In pain, Mario fell back to the ground. He knew what had caused it.

"Steel armor?! Damn, he's smart. Wait, I have an idea. Luigi, give me an ice flower! Take one yourself, too!"

Luigi obeyed and didn't question his brother. They transformed into their ice form, a form they didn't use very often.

"Yoshi, swallow up one of the Goombas and turn it into an egg bomb!"

Yoshi obeyed.

"Good! Now, Luigi! Attack Goomboss with your ice balls!"

Hundreds of ice balls hit Goomboss, until he was completely frozen solid. Luigi knew what Mario's plan was.

"Yoshi, throw your egg bomb at Goomboss, with all of your power!"

The ice block shattered, along with Goomboss inside of it. All the Goombas were killed in the blast as well. Mario, Luigi and Yoshi only suffered minor injuries.

"That takes care of that", said Luigi.

"Luigi, take any documents of interest. Then we should get out of here."

Luigi took a few documents out of the office. Mario put an explosive in the throne room. After well over 6 hours had passed, the castle exploded, leaving no traces of its existence. But by that time, however, Mario and Luigi were somewhere else.

To be continued in chapter 4!

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