It was that time again. Rosalina was walking towards the library, Lumas swarming around her waiting for her to get in and start reading to them.
"Calm down young ones," she said kindly, "Let me get to the library first." The Lumas lied off a little and Rosalina walked into the library. She sat down on her chair and looked around at the eager Lumas in the room. There were about twice as many as the previous night. The white Luma came up to her and floated around behind her so that he could see the pages of the book.
"Before we start, let me give a brief recap of Part 1 for our new listeners," said Rosalina, "Luigi, also known as the Mage of Thunder, has travelled through the Mushroom Kingdom and Sarasaland to gather the Star Cures and free the lands from Bowser's reign. However, his lover has been taken by Bowser so he has gone to Star Hill and is now on his way into the outermost reaches of space." The Lumas began moving around excitedly waiting for her to begin. Rosalina smiled and opened the book up to the page marked and then began reading.
Part 2: Outer Space
Chapter 25: A New Dark Side
Bowser walked into his throne room satisfied with his actions on the home planet of the Mushroom Kingdom. His raid on Sarasaland had been successful, and many people had given in to his power. And now he had Sarasaland's former princess, Peach's cousin, and according to Kamek, Luigi's wife, in chains. Daisy was led in by Hambro and Pyrux, followed by Friese behind them. Bowser had called all of his veteran minions here for a meeting. He had heard that Kamek had finally found someone who could use the spell he needed when he broke off on the way back to the castle.
Turner opened up an empty cell and Hambro and Pyrux pushed Daisy inside. Then Turner shut the cell and the four Bros walked to the front of the room, where Bowser was now sitting on his throne.
"Your highness, what is it that you have called us all here for?" asked Friese as they all bowed.
"I will explain when Kamek gets here," said Bowser. Right on cue, Kamek rushed into the room followed by a large robed block person who was about as big as Bowser.
"Your burliness!" Kamek yelled frantically, "Our troops in the Mushroom Kingdom and Sarasaland… they're disappearing!"
"WHAT?" Bowser yelled. Kamek shrunk back.
"I believe it has something to do with the Miracle Cure being remade…" he said. Bowser glared at Kamek.
"What does the Miracle Cure have to do with anything?" Bowser yelled.
"Apparently it can cure the land of any plague that plagues it if placed in a certain spot," Kamek explained, "And apparently, it saw us as a plague. Luigi is the one who reformed it and I believe he is in space right now."
"Well you'd better get more troops down there and start that plague back up!" Bowser yelled, "But stay here first and introduce our new ally."
"I am known as Reuben Blockley, a sorcerer of black magic from your loyal galaxy of Supermassive," said the robed person formally, "As you can see, I am one of the smaller of the large things there. I take it that you are the mighty Bowser?"
"Of course," said Bowser, calming down and sitting back down, "Kamek has told me that you possess the ability to use the spell I need."
"Of course," said Reuben, "Now who is it that you need me to work my magic on?"
"Just one," said Bowser. He pointed at Mario's cell and Mario pushed himself against the back wall. Reuben walked over and sized up his subject.
"Yes, I can indeed work my magic on this one," said Reuben. He raised his hands in front of Mario's cell and began chanting.
"Spirits of darkness; come and arise! Take this one, he is your prize! Halve his soul, split it in two! Make one half his own, and let the other belong to you!" He continued the chant and as he did, darkness began to rise in steady streams from his feet and began to surround Mario who was panicking now. All of Bowser's other prisoners watched in terror at Reuben's magic, especially Peach, who fainted around the fourth run through the chant. When Reuben finally stopped chanting, the darkness had fully enveloped Mario.
Then, it suddenly all came off of him. Mario was lying on the ground in his cell unconscious. The darkness formed together in the center of the throne room and began to take a shape. It took a few minutes, but when it was finished, it had formed a shadowy version of Mario. Then the darkness cleared, and in its place stood… Mario? He sure looked like Mario but there were great differences. His hat and shirt were brown and his overalls black as well as his hair. His moustache was the same but it was spikier on the rounded parts so it looked like he had black icicles hanging from his upper lip. His eyes were brown and he stared straight forward at Bowser as though frozen in time. Reuben turned around.
"There," he said, "It is done." The Mario outside the cell reached up and rubbed his eyes.
"Where am I?" he asked in a darker tone than Mario used. An evil grin crept across Bowser's face.
"You've outdone yourself Reuben!" he cackled. The new Mario looked directly at Bowser.
"I will ask again, where am I?" he said with slight impatience in his tone. Bowser decided it was best to answer his question.
"You are in my castle," Bowser explained, "I am Bowser Koopa, the ruler of this universe."
"And who might I be?" the new Mario asked. Bowser looked over at Reuben puzzled.
"Doesn't he know who he is?" asked Bowser. Reuben shook his head.
"He has only existed in this world for a few seconds," said Reuben, "He will learn as he goes along."
"Well in that case, your name is Dark Mario," said Bowser, "You work for me now."
"Is this my purpose in this world?" he asked, "To serve you?"
"Of course," said Bowser, "I will have one of my veteran minions here explain things to you in private."
"Okay," said Dark Mario, "So I am Dark Mario and I serve Bowser Koopa." Bowser gestured to Hambro to take Dark Mario out of the room and give him a tour and an explanation. Hambro nodded and he and Dark Mario left the room.
"I believe I must leave now," said Kamek, "I must dispatch more troops to the Mushroom Kingdom." With that, he left the room. Bowser turned back to Reuben.
"You've most certainly outdone yourself," said Bowser, "You may have accommodations here until you are ready to go back to Supermassive."
"Of course," said Reuben, "I thank you kindly King Bowser Koopa." They shook hands and he left the room.
"Now what do we do?" asked Friese. Bowser thought a moment before getting an idea.
"Get the Koopalings out to the disloyal galaxies," said Bowser.
"Why?" asked Pyrux.
"Didn't you hear what Kamek said?" asked Bowser, "He said that Luigi is probably in space right now. If he's in space, he's bound to head towards the galaxies that won't be hostile to him. So we make them hostile for him!"
"Oh, I see!" said Friese, "Let's go bro!" Friese and Pyrux left the room. Bowser rubbed his hands together like most evil villains do.
"Soon Luigi," he said, "Soon you will be mine!"
The Grand Star carried them through space almost faster than sound. They flew among many stars and galaxies before the Grand Star's apparent destination came into view. It was a large blue comet heading straight at them. They were moving so fast that they didn't even know it was there until they crashed into it. The large comet stopped in place at the sudden crash in with the Grand Star. Luigi, Danny, and Peter had landed Grand Star first onto the leathery coating of the Comet Observatory.
Luigi sat up in a daze. Lumas gathered around them curiously, poking at them to see if they were alive. Luigi stood up and helped Danny and Peter up. He recognized the place well. He had stayed here when Bowser had once kidnapped the princess, vowing to make her spend ten thousand years with him while he ruled the universe. Mario had foiled that plot but Mario wasn't here this time. A woman in a turquoise dress came up to them with a surprised look on her face followed by a black Luma with blue eyes.
"What are you doing here?" she asked them.
"Rosalina?" Luigi said in surprise, "Are we on the Comet Observatory?"
"I don't see how you could be anywhere else," said Rosalina.
"Daddy, who's this?" asked Danny. Luigi explained to Danny and Peter who Rosalina was and what her significance was. Likewise, he introduced his son and nephew.
"What your father just stated is all correct," said Rosalina, "I am the princess of the cosmos, Rosalina. I am very glad I got to meet you children. I see you've found a Grand Star and it brought you here." Luigi nodded.
"Why here though?" asked Peter.
"I don't even know," said Rosalina, "Perhaps it's fate. But anyways, you are welcome to stay here as long as you like."
"Thank you very much," said Luigi, "We can use this place as a hub while we look for Bowser."
"Ah, so you seek to destroy the king of evil that rules the universe," said Rosalina, "I'm afraid I don't know where he is, but I know people whose combined knowledge may be able to help you. They live within the many non-hostile galaxies littered across the universe. I can take you to them if you like."
"Of course," said Luigi, "Thank you for your help."
"No problem at all," said Rosalina.
"We'll first set a course to the Bubble Blast Galaxy," said the black Luma named Polari, "In that galaxy there is a professional puzzler who created the galaxy's tricks and traps. Her name is Bubbles."
"I say we rest first," said Peter, "I'm starving."
"Alright then," said Rosalina, "Dinner is almost ready anyways. You may join us in the kitchen's dining hall. Tomorrow we will set out for the Bubble Blast Galaxy." They walked towards the kitchen to eat dinner, unaware of the danger that awaited them out in the galaxy they were headed for.
A/N: Bowser has a successful evil clone of Mario now! Bet you didn't see that one coming! And Luigi, Peter, and Danny have finally met up with Rosalina thanks to the Grand Star. Will they encounter Dark Mario? And what dangers await them in the Bubble Blast Galaxy? Super sorry I didn't post this yesterday. I didn't get home until eleven last night so I was exhausted.
Dark Mario is the Mario version of Shadow Link, Dark Pit, Shadow the Hedgehog, and many other dark sides of heroes that have appeared in other video games. Bubble Blast Galaxy was one of the three trial galaxies in the first Super Mario Galaxy. You had to float around in bubbles through a dangerous electric maze while collecting Star Chips and avoiding Bullet Bills and Amps and whatever else the maze threw at you.
Regarding the Tanya having to do with Dimentio thing… I will say this; they have met before, but on very, very, bad terms.
I do not own Mario. All characters, ideas, and places belong to Nintendo.