Here's the next chapter!
Enjoy! ;)
Chapter 14: Shooting Through the Stars
Meanwhile, at the fused worlds location, just after Mario claimed the first Grand Star, both worlds, who were previously touching only their opposite ends to each other (which was the reason that only Station Square was replaced with Toad Town) separated by a white streak of light, ended up delving a bit deeper to each other. Inside that division, the Mario Bros.' house was replaced by the Mystic Ruins as the white streak enlarges a little bit by the delving from the outside.
At Bowser's Lava Lair, Bowser watched the incomplete merged worlds' delving, and smirked evilly.
"Perfect! Everything is going just as I planned! It will still take very long until both worlds are completely merged, but there's nothing that this stupid plumber and this pesky rat could do to stop it! BWA HA HA HA!" Bowser laughed evilly. "If you both want to stop that, then come to me if you can!"
Soon, Bowser Jr. came in from his cockpit.
"Papa! Bad news! That stupid plumber has defeated Gobblegut!" Bowser Jr. growled. "And he took the first Grand Star and Chaos Emerald!"
"WHAT?!" Bowser roared, but then sighs. "Well, be that way. I've saw that coming, but once he gets to me, I won't make that easy! Go check on Eggman, Junior! Help him build that robot of your choosing!"
"Sure thing, dad!" Bowser Jr. nodded and left.
Bowser continued to stay on his throne and watch the incomplete merged worlds.
With Mario
He was flying back to Starship Mario with the Grand Star and the Blue Chaos Emerald. He and his friends watched the Grand Star spin, evolved by white light, and shooting out to the sky like a comet, creating a green portal of some sorts.
"Wow, lookit that! You did it! You brought back a Grand Star!" Lubba exclaimed. "That's great! Now we can use the power of that Grand Star to travel to another world! We're one step closer to retrieving your special one, buddy! Through space and time to an unknown world we go! I'm jiggling just thinking about it! Ready, Captain?"
"Ready!" Mario nodded.
He approaches the helm while Yoshi and the Toad brigade held on the fence around the helm, and as Lubba gave the signal, the starship shakes a bit and its engines start working. It then makes a whistle noise and departs to the portal.
With Sonic
Even after grabbing the Power Star, it didn't take Sonic anywhere. Instead, he was back at the first planet he was from Fluffy Bluff Galaxy. Then, all of a sudden, a green portal appeared at the distance.
"Hey! What's that over there?" he questioned. Luki came out of him, and was astonished:
"No way! So the Grand Stars DO create portals!"
"What? What are you talking about?" Sonic asked.
"That portal takes anyone to a new world. In these new worlds, there are even more new galaxies. I guess the reason why this Power Star sent us back here is because all of the galaxies from this world are completed. So we had to wait until a portal comes." Luki explained.
"Oh, I see. So that means if I touch the Star now, it will take me to the next galaxy of the next world?" Sonic guessed.
"That's right! Are you ready?"
"Of course!"
Luki merges inside Sonic again as he touches the Power Star again, and it glowed in a bright light.
Back with Mario
The second world's background was very stunning; it looked like the very own Solar System! We can clearly see the bright Sun in the middle and its planets rotating around it. At the far left, the Starship Mario had just arrived in this world.
"Wow. Take a look at that! We found an entirely new world!" Lubba said amazed. "Looks like there should be plenty of Power Stars here. Go ahead—we're all counting on you, Captain!"
Then, Yoshi noticed a blue glow on Mario's pocket.
"Mario, do you have something that glows in your pocket?" Yoshi questioned.
"What? Oh! This-a!" Mario said as he takes out the Blue Chaos Emerald.
"Is that some sort of diamond?" Yoshi asked.
"No, that's something from Sonic's World; a Chaos Emerald. It's a gemstone that holds an infinite source of power. There are seven of those in total, each in different colors. But no one is able to handle the great power these Emeralds have, except for a few life forms, like Sonic." Mario explained.
"Oh, I get it." Yoshi said.
"But wait, why is the Chaos Emerald in your world?" Toad asked.
"That's what I was trying to figure out, Toad. If the Chaos Emeralds are here, then does that mean Sonic's friends are here too?" Mario pondered, looking at the sky. "Sonic… I hope we'll finally be able to meet in this world…"
Mario steered the Starship towards the first galaxy of this world.
To be continued…
With the second world now open, when will our heroes meet again? Find out in the next chapter! Please review.