Ta-da! Wednsday is here, and I have an update totally ready to go! ;)

literaldramaqueen told me that Dimentio scared her. I guess I did my job pretty well, then. XD

Nothing much happening over here, other than the whole thing took me a night to write, and about a day of editing and working with details so make it stronger AND longer.

Some cautions XD: I do want to warn ya that my first English curse word is in here. Because of how strained Blumiere's...sort of relationship is with Dimentio, and Dimentio sees it as amusement, Blumiere starts getting very frustrated. VERY. XD Nothing big or serious. I have a cold bucket of water ready for some of you weak-hearted reviewers out there in case ya faint. -shot-

Ready for it?? I sure hope so...

37

"Timpani, no, don't…" Blumiere backed up as energy gathered in Timpani's gloved hands. He was in shock at how slyly and mysteriously Timpani turned on both of them and was under Dimentio's control, but he couldn't help but to wonder how she is exactly being controlled.

Timpani's expression looked determined to eliminate Blumiere completely, and even though she couldn't talk, it was as if her face was shouting "never" at Blumiere. The count scowled and aimed his staff at her.

"Watch it, then, one move, and I swear, I'll cast a large void and hurt you," These words that Blumiere was speaking almost seemed like a foreign language to him; threatening Timpani was something he'd never do. Timpani didn't move, but didn't seem to let her guard down.

"Like it would matter, count, really," Dimentio teased. "Just remember that she's not controlling the strings here; I am!"

Dimentio was right about that; Timpani didn't have a will to stop what she was doing because she wasn't in control of herself. Blumiere had to admit that, but the second he saw Dimentio's arm move just the slightest, Blumiere's staff moved to aim at the jester.

"Then you watch it, Dimentio." Blumiere glowered. "I'll be sure to kill you at the second I get a chance. I have no hesitation whatsoever, believe me."

"Hey, clowny, you back off my friend here, got it??" Bowser agreed. Dimentio scowled, but shrugged it off.

"Your death," Dimentio and Timpani fired the energy, heading straight for Blumiere and Bowser, but they jumped out of the way.

"No, Timpani, don't! Fight Dimentio!!" Blumiere cried. Bowser paused.

"It ain't workin'."

"No, seriously." Blumiere said sarcastically. He gripped his staff and cast a void near Dimentio, who didn't seem surprised one bit and snapped his fingers. The void completely vanished, no trace behind. Blumiere and Bowser were shocked completely.

"Whoa, wait, how'd you do that?!" Bowser asked, exchanging looks with Blumiere. "You can't phase out voids, can ya?"

"Not with a little magic," Dimentio winked. "The holder of the Dark Prognosticus can do anything he wants with time and space, even cancel out voids!"

"Menteur." Blumiere mumbled. Dimentio looked over at him and frowned.

"You should know better than to talk back to your superiors!" Dimentio scolded. Blumiere's face was full of doubt, and Dimentio just sighed. "What do you mean, 'liar', anyway?"

"You can't cancel out voids, Dimentio, the prophecy, actually, any prophecies, won't let you do that." Blumiere explained. "When I was looking for Timpani, and when I heard news of her, I wanted to reverse everything, but I could not; what you've started you have to carry out until the very end."

"Ah ha ha ha ha! You forget that I'm a master of magic, and with more magic comes more power!" Dimentio laughed. "Who said anything about large voids? I was talking about small, insignificant voids like yours, dear Blumiere!"

Blumiere glowered and began to dash towards the jester, but he teleported out of the way in the nick of time. Dimentio reappeared next to Timpani.

"You can't catch me, Blumiere!" He taunted.

"That's not fair, dude!" Bowser exclaimed. "I'm a REAL king, and I know the boundaries and rules on how to fight around here!"

"Bowser's right; this fight isn't fair one bit! In terms, we have two Dimentios, one Bowser, and one me!" Blumiere agreed.

"Make it fair, then. You try to hurt me, your friend pays it!" Dimentio smirked. Blumiere gasped, thinking Dimentio was going to hurt Timpani, but instead, Dimentio cloned himself and sent the clone to overshadow Bowser, who growled and waved his arms around.

"H-hey, wait a…a…" Bowser fell to the ground, unconscious as the count watched in horror, almost not able to even look at what was happening. He hated seeing torture, and someone getting knocked unconscious was just as horrid. Blumiere looked back up at the jester after collecting himself.

"So that's how you control Timpani," Blumiere crossed his arms. "You overshadowed her with a clone of yourself…!"

"And you." Dimentio added, adding a chuckle at the end of his remark.

"But Luigi—I mean, Mr. L—said that it was an invisible Floro-sprout, though…" Blumiere recalled. Dimentio scoffed.

"Ever heard of lying, my French count?" Dimentio asked. "But the power of love stopped the dark forces of evil once again." Dimentio mocked over-dramatically in a high voice.

"Taire, you stupid jester," Blumiere scolded, fuming. "Let Timpani go now, or I'll be sure you regret it."

Dimentio crossed his arms, along with Timpani.

"Try me," Timpani and Dimentio said together. Blumiere frowned.

"You can control her voice, too?!"

"No duh, you idiot," Dimentio and Timpani scoffed. "By the way, I never loved you, Blumiere. Never. I just played with your heart to make you feel like you were special and important. Your dad's right; you've been duped by a human." Dimentio and Timpani cackled evilly, causing Blumiere glowered, feeling so angry that he was feeling hotter and hotter by the second.

"Non! That's not true at all, Dimentio; Timpani loves me dearly!" Blumiere shook his head. "Quit saying anything about our relationship!"

"How could I love such a horrible person from the Tribe of Darkness? Really, you need to think more; I only married you to humor you!" Timpani and Dimentio answered. Blumiere glared.

"AAAGH! TU MALVEILLANT UN PEU CREUX…!! Laisser mon amour aller MAINTENANT!!" Blumiere yelled as he ran toward Dimentio, but Dimentio was too slow and was knocked over by the count, relieving Timpani's control of voice for a moment.

Dimentio kicked Blumiere off of him and dusted off his shirt. "Don't ever try that again, Blumiere, or your little wife—"

"Shut up, just shut up!" Blumiere interrupted. "Why in the world did I feel so damn desperate to hire you as my own minion?! WHY?!"

"Because you wanted to see your dear Timpani again, that's why," Dimentio winked. "Love makes people do crazy things on this planet, huh?" Blumiere noticed that he was shaking with horrible rage, and Dimentio noticed it, too.

"See? Even you're going insane again, count," Dimentio remarked. Blumiere glared at him and ran the jester into the wall.

"Insane?! I am not going insane, it's you who is!!" Blumiere argued. Dimentio shoved him off and laughed.

"Insane? Me? Ah ha ha ha. No, not me. Maybe Timpani is, though," Dimentio looked over at the girl, now on the floor. Blumiere looked over at her, growing concerned at the scene. "Or maybe she's just severely injured." Dimentio smirked. "I'll leave you two alone."

"Two? What about—"

"Bowser? Hm-hmm! I'll take him off your hands for a while," Dimentio bowed. "See you soon, count. Ciao!" He disappeared, along with Bowser, leaving Blumiere alone, feeling confused. He looked back at Timpani, who was on the floor, eyes snapped shut.

"Timpani!" Blumiere called, rushing to her side. He put his hand in hers. "Are you alright? Oh, man, what happened to you…" Timpani moved a little, wincing in pain.

"Oh…ow…" Timpani snapped her eyes shut. Blumiere cringed as he saw Timpani in pain.

"I'm so sorry, amour, really," Blumiere apologized. "I forgot that whatever Dimentio did, you did it, too. But I take it that you can control yourself again…"

"I…think…" Timpani answered. "…Where…where am I?"

"Do you remember Castle Dimention?" Blumiere asked. Timpani nodded weakly. "That's where we are."

"Still…?" Timpani frowned. "I was hoping we were at home." She smiled a little, as did Blumiere. "Did I…hurt you?"

"Not at all, not at all. Don't worry about me at all. I'll be fine, but I'm concerned about you." Blumiere brushed a golden lock of hair away from Timpani's face, smiling. "I assume you can't walk or stand on your own..."

"I don't think so,"

"I'll carry you, then." Blumiere decided. Before Timpani could protest, she found herself in Blumiere's arms, allowing her to relax as she looked up at her husband. "Hopefully, you'll feel at least decent before we have to fight Dimentio once and for all…"

"I'll try." Timpani nodded.

"I know you will."