Disclaimer: I don't own nintendo or any of it's characters I do however own Ermora who is my OC

Chapter 8

As time went by I grew more and more anxious, what if Luigi lost? What if they decided to join Dimentio after all? Would I even get out alive to see home? What if Dimentio wins and leaves me alive until he destroys my home just to torture me? My thoughts all stopped as the doors and Mario came in with Tippi beside him, relief filled my body and I internally sighed in relief, this is perfect!

"Bleh heh heh heh heh! BLECK!" Count Bleck laughed evilly at Mario, Nastasia looked over at me and I gave her a small nod, we need to be able to pull off this next part perfectly

"Count...Bleck" Tippi struggled to say, I felt bad for her, she lived to see her lover become a villain hell bent on destroying the universe and believes she's going to have to kill him. It's too bad I cant tell her that Dimentio is the true villain right now as that would screw things up on a grand scale.

"Count Bleck admires your courage to come this close but I shall end your games here… these meaningless worlds must all be destroyed along with all these meaningless memories and fates" Count Bleck went onto saying, Tippi flew in front of Mario a little bit.

"Then was our meeting meaningless as well? ANSWER ME BLUMIERE!" she cried out, Count Bleck lowered his hat over his eyes, he had a brief look of sadness before it faded away.

"The hour has grown late my dear Timpani, all must end and not even Count Bleck can stop it at this point" he coldly replied, I felt a bit shocked, this was different from his in game dialogue but again, this whole experience has been different from the game.

"But we can finally be together again... oh Blumiere no" she said desperately, Count Bleck raised his cane up high and looked down at Tippi and Mario.

"I will not hesitate to take you down, Nastasia leave Count Bleck and Ermora to handle this" Count Bleck commanded, Nastasia looked at Count Bleck in shock.

"B-but Count-" she started, Count Bleck gave her a very cold look and she sighed, I felt her probe my mind quickly and I knew what she was after, I gave her the location of Mimi and O'Chunks, she wordlessly left and I turned back towards Mario and Tippi.

"Now come, show Count Bleck and his trusted minion Ermora what you have learned" Count Bleck stated, Mario jumped up and I teleported to being behind him. Tippi kept her gaze on me to cover Mario's back as Mario jumped at Count Bleck, Mario bounced off a shield around Count Bleck. I shot a bolt and Tippi was able to actually send it back which caught me off guard as I dodged it. I warped by Tippi and grabbed her wings, she let out a gasp of shock as she struggled to get free, I teleported away from Mario for a moment.

"Let me go!" she snapped at me, I didn't let her go of her or hurt her, I needed this to play out as it did in the game and I'm afraid if Tippi or I interfered too much that it wouldn't go as needed.

"You cannot so much as tug on the cape of Count Bleck" Count Bleck spat as he shook his head and went back into combat with Mario.

"Listen, I need your trust again, Blumiere will be fine as he isn't the true enemy, I promise" I whispered, Tippi's gaze met mine.

"You've been our enemy for a very short time but I can sense your telling the truth still" Tippi stated, I let her go join Mario again, I felt a bit better now, I wasn't really a villain nor was I really a hero. I joined Count Bleck again and he teleported away from Mario, Count Bleck gave me a bit of a suspicious look but then only nodded, did he know what I was doing?

"All will be consumed by the void, this is where your games end!" Count Bleck announced as he began to use the chaos heart to create a void blast inside of the room.

"You can't be giving up already!" I heard Bowser shout, Mario looked behind him in surprise and the other heroes joined him.

"H-how are you all alive?!" Tippi asked in shock and joy, they all shrugged at her.

"I dunno but I think the floor collapsed before the roof squished me" Bowser said in relief, I smiled, good… my spell worked.

"I landed on top of Bowser and it was a surprisingly soft landing" Peach stated with a A brief look at me as she blushed lightly, I felt a smile tug at my lips, I always preferred the Bowser Peach pairing and I'm glad she isn't saying the truth about me saving her.

"I don't know what happened to me bro but the princess found me out cold on the ground" Luigi said, Count Bleck quoted something from the dark book and the pure hearts appeared around him and the barrier shattered. Count Bleck looked stunned at this but then sent a flurry of attacks at the heroes without saying a word, I casted a few magical bolts here and there as I could feel my magic draining rather quickly, it was like someone was sucking my magic away. I noticed Count Bleck's magic growing weaker as well, I looked up and saw shadow holding its hand out, was that Dimentio? Wait… was he drianign our magic? I pushed the thought away, I have to keep going, I kept firing magical bolts only to have them countered every time by the heroes who were now shielded by the pure hearts. I finally collapsed to the ground when my magic was gone, Count Bleck kept going though until Mario stuck him.

"Bleh heh heh heh huh?" Count Bleck finally stated as Mario dealt the last blow, the chaos heart fell to the ground and Count Bleck collapsed in front of me with a tattered Cape and his staff broken, it was time for Dimentio's betrayal. Nastasia teleported back in and was shocked at the Counts current state, I know she underestimated the heroes but that's okay, she needed to do so.

"Um, Count?" she asked in concern, I felt my body grow weaker suddenly and I knew that Dimentio was beginning to drain energy from me… damn it, where is he!?

"E-excellent, now dispatch of Count Bleck and everyone will be saved" Count Bleck stated, Tippi came forward her coloration was slightly blue at this point.

"Blumiere, why did it have to be this way?" she asked, Count Bleck shook his head sadly and his monocle fell to the ground and shattered.

"I wanted to end everything that took you away from me but I never thought you would be alive still… it makes me happy to see you alive though... it is too late for Count Bleck though, you must end his game and live happily" Count Bleck calmly replied, Tippi hesitated and I saw Nastasia look behind her and she looked fearful, here comes Dimentio's betrayal.

"Count look out!" Nastasia called, I knew what was about to happen but I didn't know where Nastasia wanted us to meet up, looks like I've got no choice right now. I stood up weakly and with the energy I had left I jumped in front of Nastasia and felt a very painful bolt struck me hard, I was sent flying and hit the ground with a loud thud, my heart began to beat irregularly and I felt myself begin to fade in and out of unconsciousness.

"ERMORA!" Nastasia and Count Bleck cried out, Nastasia came running over and kneeled beside me, I tried to look at her but I just couldn't do it.

"Stupid child, that was for the Count" I heard Dimentio sneer, the black tide began to take me into it's embrace and I closed my eyes, I thought I heard someone shout my name before I slipped into unconsciousness. I sat in the darkness for a little bit, worried about what was going on until I felt a warm light flood through my body, I felt pain in my body but I was quickly coming back into consciousness.

"I'll take these to Mario" I heard Tippi say, I slowly opened my eyes and saw Tippi gather up the pure hearts and fly away, I slowly sat up and everyone gasped.

"Ermora, you're already awake?" Mimi asked in shock, I nodded, the pure hearts must've healed me up or something as I feel alright.

"The pure hearts power have helped Ermora recover faster" Count Bleck admitted.

"Which is good as we need to get back to Castle Bleck and stop Dimentio!" I stated, I stood up and tremor hit Dimension D.

"Dimentio has drained much of Count Bleck's and Ermora's powers… we may not be able to get out easily, in fact Count Bleck thinks we must combine our powers to teleport us all out of here if we are to get back to Dimentio" Count Bleck admitted, I nodded at him.

"Then we will do it, we have to get back no matter what" I stated, Count Bleck nodded and we began to cast a teleportation spell, Nastasia began to help us and I looked at her and smiled, I'm so glad that she's able to help out with this. As the magic gathered the three of us casted the spell and we were all back in Castle Bleck to see that super Dimentio was already defeated.

"Ahahahaha this isn't it CIAO!" Dimentio hissed as the chaos heart exploded from him, Luigi was "spat" out as well, he landed on the ground and slowly stood up after a moment.

"Where am I?" he asked, before anyone could respond though tremors rocked the castle, and Count Bleck wordlessly summoned a giant doorway in front of us.

"No time to explain, everyone come with Count Bleck now!" Count Bleck commanded, everyone looked to each other and nodded we went through the door to the other side and when we got to the other side I knew it was the room from the beginning of the game, my fist clenched, I knew how it ended but, what if things could be different? I've proven that things don't have to be as they were in game but… is there a way to prevent Count Bleck and Tippi from using the pure hearts here?

"I remember this room" Luigi stated in wonder, Count Bleck looked over at Timpani and I began to wrack my brain for ideas.

"We can stop the Chaos Heart here and now, Timpani I need you though despite it may end your game early" Count Bleck said, I shook my head as I stepped forward, no, there must be a way to use them without the true love they have and I will prove it!

"No, I will use the pure hearts!" I announced, everyone gave me shocked looks and I took a deep breath and braced myself for their replies. No matter what I need to stick with what I want to do as I didn't want Count Bleck and Tippi to leave everyone right away. I want to change the ending a little bit more and I'm almost positive I can do it!

Alright so here's one of the last few chapters

Ermora: I'm looking forward to the rewritten ending to be honest

Me too, anyways I hope you all enjoyed this chapter as per usual and until next time have a good one