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? I heard the doors open finally and Mario stepped into the room alone, I gave an internal sigh of relief, perfect!

"Bleh heh heh heh heh! BLECK!" Bleck laughed evilly at Mario, Nastasia looked over at me and only gave a small nod.

"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.

"Count Bleck admires your courage to come this close but I shall end your games here because as you know all worlds hold no meaning" Bleck went onto saying, Tippi flew forward a little bit.

"Then was our meeting meaningless as well? ANSWER ME BLUMIERE!" she cried, Bleck lowered his hat over his eyes.

"The hour has grown late my dear Timpani, all must end because they took you away" he said coldly, I felt a bit shocked, this was different from his in game dialogue but again, this whole experience has been different from the game mostly.

"But we can be together again... oh Blumiere no" she said desperately, Bleck raised his cane up high.

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

"B-but Count-" she started, 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 into what she was looking for and she ported away.

"Now come, show Count Bleck and his trusted minion Ermora what you have learned" Bleck said, Mario jumped up and I ported to being around him. Tippi kept her gaze on me to cover Mario's back as Mario jumped at Count Bleck, Mario bounced off a shield around Bleck. I shot a bolt and Tippi was able to acutally send it back which caught me off guard as I dodged it. I warped by Tippi and grabbed her, she struggled to get free, I ported 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 interfered that it wouldn't go as needed.

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

"Listen, I need your trust for a moment, Blumiere will be fine, on my heart 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" Tippi said, 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 with Bleck and he ported away from Mario, I appeared by Bleck and he gave me a bit of a suspicious look but then only nodded, did he know?

"All will be consumed by the void, this is where your game ends!" Bleck stated as he began to use the dark book to make a void inside the room.

"You can't be giving up already!" I heard Bowser say, 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 landed on top of Bowser and it was a surprisingly soft landing" Peach said with a faint blush, I felt a smile tug at my lips, I always preferred the Bowser Peach pairing.

"I don't know what happened to me bro but the princess found me out cold on the ground" Luigi said, Bleck quoted something from the dark book and the pure hearts appeared around him and the barrier shattered. Bleck looked stunned at this but then sent a flurry of attacks at the heroes without saying a word, I casted a felt 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 Bleck's magic growing weaker as well, if my magic was draining then so was his, I kept firing magical bolts only to have them countered everytime by the heroes who were now shielded by the pure hearts. I finally collapsed to the ground when my magic was gone, Bleck kept going though.

"Bleh heh heh heh huh?" Bleck finally stated as Mario dealt the last blow, the chaos heart fell to the ground and Bleck collapsed in front of me, it was time for Dimentio's betrayal. Nastasia ported back in and was shocked at the Counts current state, I know she underestimated the heroes but thats okay.

"Um, Count?" she asked in concern, I felt my body grow weaker suddenly but I kept my gaze up, what was happening with my energy suddenly?

"E-excellent, down dispatch of Count Bleck and all will be normal" Bleck stated, Tippi came forward her coloration was slightly blue again.

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

"I wanted to end everything that took you away but now I have done so much evil that I know what must be done, but knowing that you will live gives me peace" Bleck calmly said, Tippi hesitated and I saw Nastasia look behind and fear lit her eyes.

"Count look out!" Nastasia called, I knew what was about to happen but with the way thigns have gone so far would I be able to even get Mimi and O'Chunks? I shook my head no, nt Nastasia, I'm sorry! I jumped up without another thought and felt a very painful bolt hit my back pain exploded through my body as I hit the ground, I spat out blood.

"ERMORA!" Nastasia and Bleck cried out, Nastasia kneeled beside me and I gave her a look and mouthed to get Mimi and O'Chunks she nodded only slightly.

"Stupid child, that was for the Count" I heard Dimentio start, my vision started to go blurry and I felt the black tide drag me into its embrace, I heard only mumbles as I blacked out.

I sat in the darkness for a little bit, worried about what was going on until a light penetrated the darkness a being of light held out it's hand, I took the hand and felt my eyes open, I was greeted with the pure hearts in the air.

"I'll take these to Mario" Tippi said as she gathered them and flew out, I sat up and heard shocked gasps.

"Ermora, how are you alive?" Mimi asked, I looked at her in shock, had I died in those few brief moment I was out.

"The pure hearts power knows no bounds answered Count Bleck" Bleck said, I stared at him then gave a smile.

"Right! Now let's head back to the others" I stated in determination, I got up and only fell back down when a tremor hit Dimension D.

"Yes, lets head back, Ermora, Dimentio had drained our powers during that last fight though so we must try to port by combining our powers" Bleck said, I nodded and got back up and made my way towards him. He channeled power into his rod and I touched the rod as well and began to channel what little I had left, the crystal began to glow. I could feel sweat begin to drop from my forehead and then I felt the spell had finally gone off and I opened my eyes, super Dimentio was on the ground. I felt a pang of disappintment, I had a chance t be a part f this amazing story line but then was too busy getting hurt to do anything in it.

"Ahahahaha this isn't it CIAO!" Dimentio hissed as the chaos heart exploded from him, Luigi was "spat" out as well.

"Where am I?" he asked, before anyone could respond tremors rocked the castle, and Bleck summoned a door wordlessly.

"No time to explain, everyone come with Count Bleck now!" Bleck commanded, everyone looked to each other and nodded as we went through the door to the other side. 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?

"We can stop the Chaos Heart here and now, timpani I need you though despite it may end your game early" Bleck said, I shook my head, I've not been doing much this whole time so now its MY turn.

"No, I will use the pure hearts!" I announced, everyone gave me shocked looks and I swallowed hard, I could do so right?

Alright, here's yet another chapter, yeah sorry fi its going a bit too quick but I've run out of ideas since the last one is something I've alredy worked on then thought to doa small prequel.

Ermora: Quick is right but theres a few more chapters left YAY!