Me: Hey, guys. Here's the eighth chapter to Super Paper Mario and Sonic. In this chapter, Mario and friends reach the land of the Cragnons.

Mario: It's a bit of a prehistoric kind of world.

Sonic: So everything in this world will be full of things made of rocks.

Me: Right. And remember, all the information I will write will help you go through this adventure without getting help from YouTube or any website that helps you. They will be highlighted this time. Anyway, here's the story. Enjoy.


Still worried about Tippy's condition, Mario and friends opened the fifth door. They still needed to find three Pure Hearts. But the imminent destruction of the world was approaching at an alarming pace. Would Mario have enough time to save the day? And what foul trick would Count Bleck and his goons come up with next? This adventure grew more dangerous...and more thrilling...with every step.

The team found themselves in a prehistoric world.
"Oh my! Where are we?" Elise asked.
"Quite a nice view from here in midair...but I can't yet see the Pure Heart," Tippy said. "Wait...midair?" Then Mario and friends fell. A couple cavemen were doing a ritual, telling their hero to save their tribe. Then the team fell next to the men. Tippy asked the team if they were alright. The cavemen were amazed to see Mario and his friends fall from the sky. The men thought the "Big Rock Who Watches" sent the team. So the men sent the team to the leader of the tribe.
"Servants...of Big Rock Who Watches...you big boulders, we just gravel bits," the leader said.
"Where in the world are we?" Tails asked. "And what are you...things?"
"This is land of Cragnons," one of the cavemen said. "Me Cragnon, him Cragnon, this land of Cragnons."
"It's not rocket science, brah," the other Cragnon said. "Anyway, big brah here is Marbald, chief of all Cragnons."
"Cragnons? What?" Elise asked.
"O great servants of Big Rock Who Watches," Marbald said. "Cragnons having trouble down here...serious. Bad. Big, big danger. One day...freak plant-people came...Nerd Cragnon named them Floro Sapiens. They kidnap many Cragnons...we were peaceful brahs...They give peace no chance." Marbald asked the team to save the tribe before it goes extinct. The team agreed and went to look for information and saw three blocks. One Cragnon said those blocks are to be hit in order. The order was left, right, middle. There was another row and the order was long: Middle, right, left, left, right, middle, right, left, right, right, middle, right, right, left, middle, middle, left, left, left, right, left, left, left, middle, middle. After doing that order, a pipe appeared, leading to the checkpoint to the fields of the land.

of the abducted Cragnons, Mario and Co. headed for the Gap of Crag. What did the Floro Sapiens want? Where was King Croacus with the Pure Heart? Despite their hustling pace, our heroes never caught sight of the Floro Sapiens. But Mario didn't give up. He knew his fleet feet would catch them eventually.

"There! We've caught up to the fiends," Tippy said. So the team followed the Floro Sapiens into a door but the creatures got away in a pipe that was covered up by a block. On the to get information, the team went and found three stones with the symbol of a stone, fire and water. At the top of a mountain, there are three pedestals where the stones are placed in order: stone, water, and fire. But while looking for the stone tablet, O'Chunks came.
"Showed up at last, did yeh?" O'Chunks asked. "I've not been made teh wait like this since that fine lass stood me up long, long ago. Yeh did this teh break me concentration, didn't yeh? Yeh likes the cheatin', eh? Sorry to disappoint yeh! Yeh think I'd fall fer a bush-league move like that?
"Ooh, I'm afraid this fellow is terribly misguided," Tippy said.
"'Misguided? That's not even a real word, yeh squishy bug!" O'Chunks yelled. "Quit yer yappin' now! It's time fer us teh settle this once an' for all!"
"Hey! O'Fatty! Take it easy!" Eggman said. "You're gonna blow out your beard, pal, seriously. Listen, babbling is not gonna save you. You need stomping."
"And Eggman and I are stompologists," Bowser said. Then Dimentio appeared out of nowhere. He said he wanted to help O'Chunks with his magic in the dimension he used back in Francis' world. Then Dimentio disappeared. So the team fought O'Chunks until he was weak and gave up. The Dimentio came again.
"Look, honestly, this is kind o' important!" O'Chunks yelled. "How about some privacy, eh?"
"Yes, yes, of course I understand," Dimentio said. "Your honor must be satisfied. But, O'Chunks...before you let your game be over, humor poor little me for a bit. I have something I rather think you'll enjoy. I do wish you would try it out for me."
"YEH CRAZED LOON! It's not the time for..." O'Chunks said.
"Oh, it's not the time, hm?" Dimentio asked. "Not the time for something that will aid Count Bleck?" After thinking about it, O'Chunks agreed to help. Then he and Dimentio got away. So the team went to the three pedestals and put the tablets in order. Then a pixl named Cudge, a pixl who uses a hammer for one's weapons. So the team destroyed the block and opened the pipe, leading to the checkpoint to the Floro Sapiens' hideout entry.

After repelling O'Chunks, Mario and Co. followed the Floro Sapiens underground. Was the hideout of the Floro Sapiens just up ahead? "Wow, it's dark! And narrow!" "Hey, who just kicked me?" "Sorry. All me." Our heroes followed the long, dark corridor, listening to echoes of their own voices. As they groped their way along, the light at the end of the tunnel grew brighter. They had finally arrived at the inner sanctums of the Floro Sapiens. The Cragnons kidnapped from Downtown of Crag had to be around somewhere.

The team went around the cave until they met a Cragnon who was hosting a show.
"Coming to you live...from the foul darkness that the Floro Sapiens call home," the Cragnon said. "Lesser Cragnons would weep softly. No one has to set foot in this cave and emerged alive. But some make history with sheer gall and willpower...and Flint Cragley is such a man. Into the Floro Sapiens Cave of Doom! A Flint Cragley Cragtrotting Adventure! No, no, wait a second. That'll never play well in the sticks. How about...taste danger! Flint Cragley Vs. a Recragginated Mummy in Floro Sapiens Central!" He kept thinking until Mario and friends said hello. Flint asked what the team needed. The team said they need to find the Pure Heart in the cave. Flint understood and said there is a Pure Heart ahead, but they need a key, which one of the camera crew have. So the team searched for the camera crew. After fun train cart rides and fighting mind controlled Cragnons, the team found the camera crew members.
"In a miraculous turn of events, I was reunited with my faithful camera Cragnons," Flint said. "But there was no time for celebration! We had to swoop to the aid of the kidnapped! With danger nibbling our heels, we ventured deeper into the forbidding cave. To do so, we used the key to the last unopened door in the forsaken labyrinth! So um...you do have the key, right? Lemme grab that."
"You cragging me? You never gave key," the cameraman said.
"Oh hm...really?" Flint asked.
"What? Key?" the soundman asked.
"Yes, genius, a key," Flint said. "Wait...don't tell me you don't have it either!"
"Uh...yeah, brah, had key, but..." the soundman said. Then the camera guys said it was Flint who had the key. So Flint checked his pockets and saw that he did have the key. So the team followed Flint to the locked door where the key was supposed to unlock. The door led to the checkpoint to the Floro Sapiens' hideout.

"You want REAL danger? How about my duel with the foul Rainbowzilla?" As the heroes descended into the Floro Caverns, Flint Cragley entertained them all. "Boss. BOSS! Cragnons heard that story 255 times, brah...you making my crag hurt." "Brah, if you count time we weren't tied up, then it 256 times." Mario and Co. glanced over at the weary faces of Flint's crew as they delved deeper. But a light grew...was it a ray of hope from the Pure Heart, or an evil illusion?

"We plodded on, traipsing over all manner of beasts that gnashed fangs at us!" Flint said. "But then NOOO! A sight too horrible to believe appeared before our eyes!"
"Boss...nothing happen yet, brah," the soundman said.
"I know that, you cretin!" Flint said. "The 'sight too horrible to believe' is still up ahead! We're going to look for it now! Come on, MOVE!" So Flint and his crew got going. Mario and his friends wandered around until they found a key hidden inside a painted skull on the wall. The door that the key unlocked led to a room with an escaped Cragnon and a pixl named Dottie. The Cragnon thought Mario and his friends were part of the Floro Sapiens. But Dottie said Mario was probably one of the good guys, so she had to part ways with the Cragnon. After a little refusing, the Cragnon finally agreed and went into the little door to escape out of the cave. Dottie helped Mario by making him go through tiny spaces. Mario got a card key to the processing center. While in the processing center, Dimentio and O'Chunks came again.
"So! At long last, you've come to play, like late-sleeping toddlers!" Dimentio said.
"Dimentio...and O'Chunks..." Elise said.
"Ah. Do not tire of collecting those worn out, tiresome Pure Hearts?" Dimentio asked. "I am not violent by nature, you know. I'd prefer to settle this peacefully, in fact. Say, for instance, you wished to go back to your world. I could do that for you."
"We are not interested!" Tails yelled.
"So it must be...shall we begin?" Dimentio asked. He sent everyone back into the dimension again. Then Dimentio planted a green sprout on O'Chunks' head. Dimentio said the sprout will make O'Chunks more powerful than usual. He called O'Chunks O'Cabbage and got away to start the fight. Then the team fought O'Chunks until the sprout on his head fell off. He was about to fight the team again but he got hungry. And he knew one thing for a warrior: Never fight on an empty stomach. So O'Chunks got away. So the team got the sprout and put it on Mario's head because the sprout looked useful to find King Croacus and when Mario put it on, nothing bad happened. So the team went to find the king. Then Dimentio appeared when the team went into the pipe.
"If they could beat that model of O'Chunks...then they are coming quite nicely," Dimentio said. "Perhaps they really are the ones I have waited for all this time. I should prepare myself as well! So much to do, so precious little time." Then Dimentio disappeared. There was a room where there were pictures of King Croacus' ancestors. There were switches that led to a secret door, the order of the switches were: Black, white, blue and red. Finally the door to Croacus' room appeared. So the team went inside.
"Where, oh, where are my pretties?" Croacus asked. "Pretties...beautiful things...bring them to me. More! More! More!"
"Um...are you King Croacus?" Tails asked.
"So you must be the intruders I've heard SO much about," Croacus said. "Well, I will not forgive the great trashening of my beautiful kingdom! Thus you are warned!"
"King Croacus! You must release the Cragnons you've enslaved!" Elise yelled. Croacus refused because the Cragnons were perfect to find beautiful things. Croacus had the Pure Heart in his grasp. So the team fought Croacus by throwing the buds on his head when his petals open. The team fought Croacus until he wilted.
"What...WHOA! What did you guys do, huh?" one of the Floro Sapiens asked.
"We have defeated your king," Tails said. "Get over it."
"Hey, shut up! You don't get it at all!" the Floro Sapien said.
"King Croacus was awesome!" the second Floro Sapien said. "He totally thought of his people first, man. And you...you wilted him."
"What? What are you talking about?" Eggman asked. The Floro Sapiens said that the Cragnons kept throwing their trash in the water, causing King Croacus to turn evil. That's why he went all crazy. Flint told everyone not to throw trash in the water. So the creatures gave the team the Pure Heart as thanks for helping get the king to come to his senses.

Men of true grit witness live what others can only see through crag-vision. That is what moves me to travel into the belly of the beast week after week. Thanks again for watching, and until next time...CRAGLEY HO! Having wrapped their latest shoot, Flint and crew went back to Downtown of Crag. Mario and friends clutched the sixth Pure Heart as they walked back toward Flipside. Our heroes had taken a new step toward overturning the prophecy of destruction.

Back in Castle Bleck, O'Chunks was singing a song in honor of Count Bleck. Then Mimi came.
"Gosh, O'Chunks, QUIT IT!" Mimi yelled. "You're breaking windows! What are you yelling about?"
"Oh, that? Yeah I just had O'Chunks come up with a nice motivational tune," Natasia said. "And as punishment for getting beat by that hero again, I'm making him sing it 1,000 times."
"1,000 times?" Mimi asked. "Gosh, you are more evil that I thought. Hey, but enough chatting. So where's the count, huh? I wanna see him! He hasn't called me to go do anything and I'm getting SOOOOOOOOO BORED!"
"Hey, count?" two voices said. It was Mr. L and Mr. S and they were looking for the count, too. They said their robots are ready and itching for action. Natasia said the count isn't available right now and to wait until the count is ready.
"So the count doesn't need our services? Excellent," Mr. L said.
"We'll just be off then," Mr. S said.
"YOU GO NOWHERE!" Natasia yelled. "You wait! It's the count's order! His word is absolute! Be a good little minion and DO NOT MOVE UNTIL TOLD! 'K? Thanks." Then she went away. Mimi was upset because she was bored. And Mr. L and Mr. S wanted their robots to have their daily smash. Then Dimentio appeared.
"Hard to stay still when you pine for sweet vengeance, isn't it?" Dimentio asked.
"Dimentio!" Mr. L, Mr. S and Mimi yelled.
"The count's orders are all absolute...completely without exception, yes?" Dimentio asked. "We wouldn't even dare to think about a secret sneak attack. Perish the thought! Defeating the hero would please the count greatly...but we MUST follow orders!" So Mimi and Mr. L and Mr. S went to do some important things. Then Dimentio went to attend to things, too.


Me: Well, that was chapter eight. It was fun to write. Please review as you wait for the next chapter.