Me: I know that there is no proper intro for Mario Party 5, but I have got an idea for it. There will also be more characters in this chapter, and new characters, because it is newer than Mario Party 4. And I also just came back from holiday! YEAH! Enjoy.

!REPLYING OF THE REVIEWS!

Kaiimi: Thanks for voting! And DK has cravings, so that is why he took food from Peach's castle XD.

iSqueakers: I haven't got MP4, but I really want it. (That is one of the three reasons I wanted a GameCube for my Birthday last year, along with MP7 and Paper Mario: TTYD).

Note: There are major spoilers for Paper Mario: Sticker Star in this chapter, so if you have not played it and want to play it then don't read, but if you have played it or don't want to play it then you can read if you want.

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Up in space, the stars shone mysteriously as rocks floated around. Hardly anyone wanted to go into space, because they found it boring and pointless. But more than anything, they found it scary. The silence was eerie, making everyone who went up into space feel sick. Luckily, no one was in space at the moment to see the crazy event that was about to begin. Very far away from any planet, a strange blue bovid began to slowly open, cutting into space. Then a white dream bubble appeared in the middle of it, and music began to play. It was cheerful, like an ice-cream van. Inside the dream bubble, it showed Princess Daisy running down a path covered with red and blue spaces. Then it quickly switched to Toad, who was standing on a green path with an item above his head. Then it switched to a mysterious new character, by the name of Koopa Kid. A knife appeared and cut the cake he was standing on, sending him upwards. The music continued to play as it showed Daisy, Toad, and Koopa Kid running about and playing mini-games. Then it suddenly switched to Princess Peach standing on a podium with Daisy, Toad, and Koopa Kid looking miserable on the ground, indicating she won whatever they were doing. Suddenly, the dream bubble burst and Mario jumped out, holding a star. All of the other playable characters did the same, staring at Mario in happiness.

'Hey, I am not doing that!' Wario growled, as he smiled at Mario happily.

'Too bad, this is the pose Nintendo put us in, deal with it!' Mario retorted angrily.

'Do we seriously have to stay like this until the player clicks the start button?' Peach whined. 'I am starting to get a cramp here!'

'Me too!' Daisy said, trying to get into a more comfortable position.

But it was impossible, she was stuck there until the player clicked the start button.

'I am going to go up to the player in a second and give them a piece of my mind!' Koopa Kid roared.

'We shouldn't even know there is a player!' Toad shouted at everyone. 'We shouldn't even know we are video game characters! Everyone, this is the first Mario Party game with me as a playable character, try and be nice!'

'Ha, good luck!' Wario scoffed. 'You have a few more years of hell to come!'

'Thank you for the enthusiasm,' Toad rolled his eyes. 'What the hell is the player doing!? Hey, dude! Hurry up!'

Suddenly, a huge noise echoed throughout the void, and they all cheered as they fell through it. But then a black void opened to the side of the blue one and they all got pulled in, except for Luigi, who began to laugh as he continued falling through the blue one.

'See ya, suckers!' He laughed, pointing at them.

Suddenly, he exploded, sending body parts everywhere.

'Karma!' Wario laughed at him, being the only one who saw what happened to Luigi.

They continued spiralling through the portal, screaming as they tumbled through time. Eventually they landed in a very strange place. Only Mario and Peach recognised it.

'Wait, this is the place where you defeated Bowser in Paper Mario: Sticker Star!' Peach immediately said. 'Why are we here?'

'Yeah, I thought we were playing Mario Party!' pouted Toad, folding his arms and sitting down at the edge of the tower.

Suddenly, sparkles came from the exact place where Peach was being held captive, and a crown appeared. But it was not a normal crown. It was a sticker crown. It was silver, but the bottom of it was pure gold. The crown had two blue earrings to the side of it, just like Peach's. Two black eyes opened, and Mario and Peach gasped.

'Kersti!' Mario cried. 'I haven't seen you since I saved your life in Paper Mario: Sticker Star!'

'Kersti, how have you been since you went back to the Sticker Star?' Peach asked cheerfully.

Kersti stayed silent. All she did was gently float up and down, glitter coming from her.

'Well, she doesn't have much of a personality, does she?' Wario muttered, tapping his foot up and down.

Suddenly, the silver glitter coming from Kersti turned dark red, along with her silver body. Her eyes turned orange, just like the golden part of the crown. Lastly, her earrings turned dark purple.

'Wow, I really hope that never happens to mine,' Peach said anxiously, touching her earrings to make sure they were still there. 'Kersti, what are you doing?'

'I am not Kersti any more,' Kersti said with a deep, dark voice. 'I am now Shadow Kersti, the dark sticker of the universe.'

Everyone stared at Kersti in shock, especially Mario and Peach, who were used to her sweet but feisty personality.

'Guys, don't listen to her!' Kersti suddenly turned back into her normal colour, her eyes wide with fear. 'She has taken over me!'

'Who?' Boo asked. 'Quickly!'

They could tell Kersti was trying to fight whatever was trying to control her, because she kept flashing between the two previously mentioned colours.

'The...Shadow...Queen...' Whispered Kersti, before changing back into the shadow version of herself.

'Kersti was too weak to fight against me!' The Shadow Queen shouted out in triumph. 'She was the only one I knew I could take over with the last of my power, and now I can get stronger, thanks to Kersti's power from the Sticker Star. I have managed to steal the Star Rod, the Pure Hearts, and the Royal Stickers, and I will soon combine them all to become invincible one again!'

Everyone gasped. They couldn't let this happen!

'But...how did you do it?' Daisy asked in shock.

'Well, I easily obtained the Star Rod. The Pure Hearts were a little bit more difficult to collect, but I managed to use my magic to get them all, and I stole the Royal Stickers from Mario's sticker book, which he ditched when he finished his fourth paper adventure.'

'You will never get away with this!' Growled Mario.

'Actually, I will,' The Shadow Queen laughed. 'Oops.'

A purple lightning bolt came from Kersti, zapping Mario, who disintegrated completely, the black dust blowing away. The Shadow Queen laughed evilly.

'Now I will,' She grinned.

'Wait!' Yoshi shouted, making everyone look at him. 'Can we at least try to do something to stop you? Like a competition?'

'What did you have in mind?' Asked The Shadow Queen curiously.

Everyone knew what Yoshi was going to say next.

'Mario Party?' Yoshi suggested.

'Oooh, I love that game! I have every single one! Aren't they awesome? I always play as Peach!' The Shadow Queen squealed.

'Why, thank you,' Peach smiled. 'You are very kind.'

'Peach!' Daisy shouted, angry with her friend. 'There is a bad problem we need to solve! Get with the programme!'

'Oh yeah!' Peach giggled. 'What are the rules?'

'I will change the Mario Party 5 boards so there is only one path, like Mario Party 9,' The Shadow Queen explained. 'But I will place many deathly traps on the boards to slow you down, or even kill you. What you have to do is make it to the end, where I will be waiting. Once you make it to the end you win and I will release Kersti and go away forever. But if you lose, then I get to kill you all. Alright?'

Everyone reluctantly nodded.

'Now then, because I am nice, I will let you pick the Mario Party 5 board we play on,' The Shadow Queen told them. 'Make your choice.'

They all huddled together.

'This is really not an intro to a Mario Party game,' Peach said straight away. 'I thought this story was about intros!'

'What the hell are you on about?' Muttered Wario. 'Which board should we pick?'

'Should we pick Toy Dream because it is the safest out of all of them?' Toad asked.

'Whichever one we pick The Shadow Queen will change it to make it sick and deadly,' Peach pointed out. 'I say we pick Bowser Nightmare, because she can not change much in that board.'

'Yes, I agree with Peach,' Waluigi said. 'We are all used to that board, and nothing can go wrong. Plus, it is pretty short.'

'Ok, so we are choosing Bowser Nightmare?' Wario checked.

Everyone nodded. Wario turned to Shadow Kersti/The Shadow Queen and shuddered.

'We pick Bowser Nightmare!' He shouted confidently.

The Shadow Queen grinned.

'Hm, that was unexpected. Oh well. Good luck, I will be waiting at the end.' The Shadow Queen disappeared, along with the tower.

They all began falling through the same portal, but this time it was purple and black, scaring everybody.

'I don't like this...' Whispered Peach as she began to shake slightly.

Just like the first time, they landed at the start of a board. The board.

Bowser Nightmare.

They realised it looked a lot different than the other times they went there. It was a lot longer, and lava was everywhere, shooting up fire balls. Blue and red spaces were on the ground, along with the green happening spaces. At the end of the very long path was a large door with a picture of Shadow Kersti on it, indicating The Shadow Queen was waiting behind that door.

'Should we roll a dice or something?' Peach asked.

'Yes. Here is a dice,' The Shadow Queen said, making a dice block appear in mid-air and land in Yoshi's hands. 'Take turns, and whatever happens will happen to the one who rolled the dice. You are working together. Good luck.'

Yoshi stared at everyone before gulping and slowly rolling the dice. It rolled along the ground, before steadily landing on a six.

'Well done, Yoshi,' Peach smiled as everyone passed him.

They walked on the path, dodging the fire balls that jumped over the path every once in a while. They all then stopped on a red space.

'Oh no, I don't think this is good,' Waluigi face-palmed. 'Yoshi, you have killed us all!'

'I forgot to mention,' The Shadow Queen said. 'You have ten coins altogether. Whenever you land on a blue space, you get three coins, and when you get a red space, you lose three coins. If your coin total makes it to zero, the lava will begin to slowly rise, and when it stops your coin total will go back to ten. Try and outrun it. When you land on a happening space something happens to the one who rolled the dice. Good luck.'

'Ugh, she acts like this is a picnic!' Daisy muttered.

She then turned around, spotting Boo, who was taking out sandwiches from a picnic basket as he smiled.

'Ahem!'

Boo looked up and quickly kicked the picnic basket and sandwiches into the lava.

'Guys, we have seven coins left. Try not to lose any more,' Daisy told everyone. 'Let's go.'

Peach rolled the dice, and they got a three. They moved and landed on a blue space. They continued doing this for a very long time.

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'Ok, now it is my 25th turn, and we are not even halfway there!' Koopa Kid growled, rolling the dice again.

He got a five, and they all moved to a strange machine. It didn't show a happening space underneath it, so it obviously meant they all had to go in. They all went in, not having anything better to do, and they all disappeared. They all appeared again by a green checkered flag, and The Shadow Queen's voice was heard again.

'Congratulations! You are almost there! Just keep going a little further!' She said.

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A/N: Yes, I know this is not the intro, but what could I do? I was also going to do a minigame but the thing I was writing on froze and the minigames part got deleted. Also, I may do a story about Shadow Kersti soon, I don't know. So you may see her in one of my upcoming stories. Anyway, the next chapter is coming soon! (This story will probably be the one I will update the most until I finish it).