Chapter 4 Lumas, Lumas, Lumas

While they waited for the next act to begin, Mario and Larry had decided to go over and talk to Princess Bumblebee. Despite the fact that she was incredibly cranky due to her hunger, she was more than willing to speak with them.

"It is-a very nice to meet you, your Highness," said Mario. He cast a sideways glance at Larry. "I just hope I won't have to rescue you anytime soon."

Larry and Princess Bumblebee laughed.

"You're creating a problem where there isn't one, man," Larry said. "I mean, has Bowser gone after anyone other than Princess Peach?"

"Yes," Mario responded. "Remember that time he went after the sprixies?"

"Oh," said Larry as his face fell. "You're right. I'm always forgetting about them for some reason."

Mario glared at Larry then turned back to the princess.

"You know-a, I've been to the Honeyhive Kingdom twice, and I have-a never seen you."

Bumblebee thought about this.

"How long ago was your last visit?"

"Nine years ago," Mario said.

"Oh, that explains it," Bumblebee said with a laugh. "I was just a baby back then. Mother had the drones take care of me."

Mario nodded as Larry opened his mouth.

"So wait," he said. "You're like a space bee, right?"

Bumblebee shrugged.

"I guess," she said. "I've never really thought of myself that way."

Larry chuckled.

"You know, I just realized something," he said. "If you want to make something sound cool, you just put the word 'space' in front of it."

Mario and Bumblebee eyed Larry skeptically.

"I'm completely serious!" he said. "It can work with anything. Watch." Larry cleared his throat. "Space cups."

Mario and Bumblebee smiled a little.

"Space-a bathroom," Mario said with a giggle.

"Space chronic pain!" Bumblebee said. As the three of them burst into laughter, they noticed that the lights were starting to grow dim. Mario and Larry headed back to their seats as Rosalina floated into the center of the ring, cigarette holder and wand in hand. Everyone quieted down.

"The next act will be…" Suddenly, Rosalina noticed that her cigarette was unlit. "Oh, hold on one second." Rosalina was about to light her cigarette with her wand when a little luma flew into the ring. He was shaking and looked a little feverish. When he got over to Rosalina, he gave a soft coo. Then he exploded.

Everyone gasped. Rosalina was now completely coated in soot. She blinked her eyes and looked down at her cigarette, which was now lit. There was complete silence in the tent as Rosalina took a puff. When she noticed everyone's shook, she gave a little chuckle.

"Don't worry everyone; this happens all the time," she said. "He will reform later."

The crowd collectively let out one big sigh of relief. Rosalina then cleared her throat.

"The next act will be the luma supernova," she said.

"Isn't that what we just saw?" asked a toad from the crowd. Everyone laughed as Rosalina shook her head.

"No, the luma supernova is much grander than that," she said. Rosalina whistled, and about twenty yellow lumas flew into the ring. Rosalina waved her wand and each one sparkled with blue sparkles. Music started to play in the background as the lumas flew up into the air and started to do a choreographed dance. The crowd stared at the lumas. The blue sparkles that surrounded them left a trail as they moved, so now the air was twinkling. Iggy looked to his right and saw that Morton had his face buried in a book.

"Morton," he said. "Will you kindly direct your attention up toward the lumas? This is amazing!"

Morton glanced up at the lumas. He gave a little shrug.

"They're okay, I guess," he said impassively, and glanced back down at his book.

Rosalina then gave a signal to the lumas, and they gathered in a circle. They started spinning around, and in the center of the circle the people could see a blue star forming from all the sparkles. The crowd looked up in awe as the lumas started to spin faster and faster. Then, when the star was big enough, the lumas stopped spinning and went inside. The star exploded, and the air was filled with sparkles once again.

"Cool," said Daisy.

But the act wasn't over. Rosalina waved her wand and the sparkles started to turn into the northern lights. Blues, greens, and purples decorated the air within the tent. Everyone gasped, even Morton.

"Okay," Morton said. "Now I'm impressed."

"This is the most gorgeous thing I've ever seen!" Daisy said. "We don't get the northern lights down in Sarasaland."

"I feel like I can design an outfit with this color scheme," Wendy gushed.

"I feel like writing a new symphony," said Ludwig. "I think I'll call it 'Painting the Sky.'"

Rosalina couldn't help but blush. She flew back into the center of the ring, and everyone applauded. The twenty lumas flew in with her, and they all took a bow.

"Thank you," said Rosalina. "Now, for the next act…"