The Koopalings were all over the and Morton were fighting, Iggy, Lemmy, and Larry were playing catch, Wendy was looking into a mirror, and Ludwig was sitting at the edge of the warp pipe, bored out of his mind.
"You don't think these guys'll come back, right?" Larry asked. Iggy and Lemmy shook their heads.
Looking up, Ludwig saw a large plane. It landed right in front of the Koopalings. A very eager Luigi and Diddy hopped out, holding the Topaz Star.
"Hey, look, it's the other Mario!" Morton said, before Roy punched him in the face. Luigi seemed confused. "Why are you guys here?"
"Kamek told us to follow him," Wendy said, still looking in the mirror. "He's been in there with Junior and the mushroom girl for an awfully love time."
Luigi shrugged, at least the Koopalings weren't attacking them, right? the two sidekicks crawled into the warp pipe into Luna's home. Luna was sitting next to Kamek, she waved slowly to Luigi and Diddy. "I'm glad you're here. I was waiting to tell you that these guys want to help-"
"NOOOO!" Diddy looked into the bowl that once held candy. "Where'd it all go?"
"Geez, don't be such a baby," Junior said, his face was covered in chocolate. Diddy was trembling in rage, "You ate it all, didn't you!?"
"Maybe..."
Luna couldn't help but laugh, "It looks like I'll have to find more candy, later." her face grew serious, "Anyway, you two found the Topaz Star, am I right?"
Luigi nodded as Diddy and Junior were arguing in the background. Toadette walked up to them, she looked at the Topaz Star, "It's so pretty, I bet those things are really hard to get."
"Trust me, it is," Luigi said. He handed Luna the Topaz Star, it began to glow. Luna then took out the Sapphire Star and the orb, "I hope this works."
The stars circled the orb, a blinding glow appeared from the orb, everyone shielded their eyes. As the light went down, it revealed Princess Peach was outside of the orb. "Oh my..."
"Mama Peach!" Junior ran to the Princess and hugged her, "It's terrible, Diddy keeps bullying me saying that I ate all his candy!"
"You DID eat all my candy!" Diddy argued. Peach shook her head, "This wasn't how I imagined getting out of that orb."
"Still, I'm impressed," Kamek said, "They've managed to find two stars, but can they keep this up?"
"Of course we can," Luigi said with confidence."After all, we made it this far, didn't we?"
Back in the castle, Twiloom was playing Go Fish with Mario (who was trapped in a cage). Mario sighed, Now I know how the princess feels. He looked at his deck of cards, "Do you have any 3's?
"Go fish," Twiloom said, Mario grabbed another card from the deck.
"Princess," a purple Solunarian came into the room, panicking. "We've got news from Kongo Bongo."
"This had better be good," Twiloom said, still looking at her deck.
"W-well, we have word that two female gorillas and one old gorilla have started fighting against our troops."
"Any word of the green man and that Kong who's with him?"
"Fawful told us they were just there, recently. They managed to defeat Tiki Tong."
"WHAT!?" Twiloom was furious, she pounded her hand against the table, "I want you to find out who's behind this, this instant!"
"You don't think it's-"
"Just go find them, and fast!" Twiloom said in a demanding voice. She couldn't help but wonder who it was that was helping these two. Surely, these two wouldn't be able to stop her, alone.
"OK, so we have to find the next Crystal Star, right?" Luigi asked. Luna nodded. "If I'm right, the next one should be the Ruby Star."
"If I may..." Kamek interrupted, "Many years ago, Bowser's grandfather found the Ruby Star and kept it to himself. He just thought it was a simple ruby.
"Great, DK'll be out in no time!" Diddy said, smiling.
"Don't forget my papa!" Junior added.
"But be warned," Kamek said, "Fawful has taken the castle for himself, so who knows what kind of traps are in store for you."
We'll be careful," Luigi said," All right, Diddy, let's go." Diddy gave one last glare at Junior before nodding.
There it stood, a castle surrounded by lava, fire balls shot up, every once in a while. and just as it happened, last time, the Bowser statues all had swirly glasses onto them.
Diddy landed in front of the black road, near the castle. He looked up at it, "It looks so different when you're not racing around it."
"Yep," Luigi said, " Mario and I came here, so many times, we practically know the place, top to bottom." The duo walked the harsh black road, coming into the castle, it seemed empty. Koopas, Goombas, Boos, Bowser's minions weren't around, anywhere.
"I got a bad feeling about this..." Luigi said as they walked across the red carpet. As they came closer and closer into the lobby, the door closed behind them, causing them to jump. Soon, they were surrounded by koopas, they all held something in their hands, gas bombs.
"This is bad..." Luigi said, Diddy nodded, "This is really bad..." The Koopas all threw the gas bombs, Luigi and Diddy felt incredibly dizzy.
"Revenge is very delicious, like delicous icing on the cake of evilness." Fawful came into the room, wearing a gas mask. "Unfortunately, Green man and Chimp can't go farther."
"Whadidesay?" Diddy slurred before passing out. Luigi was still fighting to stay awake. Fawful smiled his usual smile, "Good night, Green man, Sweet Dreams..."
"Illgechuforthis..." Luigi slurred, finally passing out from the sleeping gas. Fawful laughed, looking at all of his new minions, "You did well, now Fawful tell Twiloom Green man and Chimp have been defeated."
Luigi woke up, somewhat groggy. Ugh...I could have swarn we were in Bowser's castle... He got himself up, hearing a clangy noise. He looked down, noticing his ankle has been chained to a ball. That wasn't all, though. He was locked up in a jail cell. He really was trapped in Bowser's Castle. He looked over at the entrance, Diddy was locked inside a bird cage, his tail was hanging out of it.
"Hey!" Luigi called out, gaining Diddy's attention, "Are you OK?"
"I'm OK," Diddy said, "Though I've been in barrels roomier then this!"
"Do you know how to get out?" Luigi asked. Diddy nodded, "Ya need a key, but there aren't any keys, here. I think Fawful has them."
"I guess this is it, for us," Luigi said, negatively. Diddy shook his head, "Don't talk like that, buddy, you gotta think positive. Maybe Luna'll notice and send help."
Luigi seemed a little baffled. He couldn't understand how even in a tough spot, Diddy can stay so optimistic. Maybe it was one of those qualities Donkey values in his nephew, or maybe it's because Diddy was in a similar situation, before. Either way, he couldn't tell which. But in any case, the monkey had a point, maybe when Luna notices they're gone, she will send help. Maybe they'll be free, before they know it.
Hours seemed to have been passing by, Luigi and Diddy weren't supposed to be gone this long. "They certainly have been taking their time," Luna said in a worried voice. She looked up at the warp pipe, "Excuse me, Ludwig? have they returned, yet?"
"Nothin', yet," Ludwig replied, "Maybe they died."
Luna shook her head. "Well, in any case, we might have to send help."
"I could do it," Peach said, "After all, I know my way around Bowser's castle, pretty well."
"Why am I not suprised," Donkey's voice said, coming from the orb.
"Shut up, Jackass!" Bowser's voice yelled.
"Oh no, I'm not doing that, again."
"Why? Because you're a jackass?"
"Stop it!" Toadette yelled, she looked back at Luna and Kamek, "I think I should go with Peach. She'll need some help, after all."
"No way," Junior said, "I'm the one going with Mama Peach!"
"I appreciate it, you two, but I think I should go with Junior. After all, he knows the castle well, too."
Junior jumped with joy, Toadette let out a low "Hmph," crossing her arms.
"I believe I know how to get you there," Kamek said, "I need everyone to stand back." He waved a magic wand, sending Peach and Junior to another place. "If I'm right, they should be able to get passed Fawful."
"That's what I wanted to hear," Luna said, clapping her hands, together. The princess and the Koopa were nowhere to be seen, now.
Sorry, this one was a bit rushed. I'll try to fix this (and some of the other mistakes in the chapters) whenever I can.
