Author's Note: This would have been updated during the night, but fanfic was having problem YET AGAIN! I managed to find a way to bypass the error. Anyways, this is the chapter you guys have been waiting for: the FINAL castle! I can't believe I made it this far! I guess my hard work has paid off. I hope you guys enjoy this chapter! This has GOT to be the longest chapter I have EVER written for ANY fanfics. O_O 4,700 words....

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Chapter 49: King Bowser's Castle

All of the Yoshis were following Cameo behind. The sky was completely dark with only the large moon rising above the horizon. It was the only source of light for the Yoshis besides the twinkling stars that appeared in the sky. The trees' shadow were cast upon the ground from the bright moon, giving the trees an ominous look as if a face would pop out at any second. Boshi stayed in the middle of the group because of those trees.

"Stop being such a wimp," said Biggs even though by his facial expression, he was just as scared. He was simply trying to tease Boshi and he was just plain arrogant.

"Biggs, I know you're scared too," said Sirius. She was holding Edward on her back since fighting the numerous bosses had made her body more endurable from being tired out. The other Yoshis were already tired of walking, including Cameo, who was the one to replace Edward.

Cameo too was a bit scared, but mostly because he was the one to fight the terrible King Bowser. He had heard from his parents that Bowser was a powerful Koopa capable of crushing a Yoshi with his pure body weight. Also by the fact that he commanded an entire army of Koopas made matters worse for him. Cameo looked up at the sky and spotted the bright star named after his sister.

"I hope I can make it out alive," muttered Cameo to himself. He knew that this task would be tough for him, but it was his fault for wanting to prank Edward so he suffered the consequence. "I wish I could be just as strong as Edward. How does he do it?" he thought to himself.

"What's wrong brother?" asked Sirius.

"I don't know if I can do this. Have you heard the terrible rumors of King Bowser?" complained Cameo.

Sirius merely giggled from his response.

"What's so funny?" asked Cameo annoyed by his sister's response.

"King Bowser ain't that bad. Trust me, you're gonna do fine," reassured Sirius.

Cameo lowered his head.

Amy was walking directly behind Sirius, staring at the one she loved. Edward opened his eyes a little bit only to see the pink Yoshi's face. He quickly closed his eyes shut.

"How you feelin Edward?" asked Amy.

"I'm fine Amy. I would like for you to get away from me," said Edward. "I can't recover quickly if you keep getting on my breathing space."

"Oh Edward, you are not gonna fight King Bowser. Let Cameo take care of that! It was his idea to get us to help the baby in the first place!" snapped Sirius.

"Please, I promised to fight King Bowser and I will keep that promise," muttered Edward.

"Edward, you can't do this to yourself. I want you to rest. You are terribly injured. I'm sure Cameo can take care of King Bowser. He needs to prove that he can be the Chieftain of our village anyways," said Sapphira, smiling at her cousin.

The Yoshi gang came across a large stoned wall. There was a large door standing in front of them. They all looked at Cameo and gave him a group hug.

"Good luck brother. I know you can do this," said Sapphira.

"Yeah, go kick Bowser's butt for me, okay?" said Shino.

"Good luck!" exclaimed Amy.

"Yeah Cameo. Don't make a fool of yourself okay?" said Edward weakly.

"Don't make a fool of yourself." Cameo mimicked Edward in a more childish tone.

"See what I mean?" whispered Edward to Sirius.

"I know you care about all of us, but let him do it. You gotta rest," said Sirius. "Besides, he does pretty well under pressure. Isn't that what leaders are supposed to do? They make the sacrifice for others."

Cameo opened the large door and looked at his Yoshi gang one last time. "I have come such a long way to back down. I gotta do this, for the baby and for my friends and family," he said to himself.

"Oh Cameo! I want to give out something!" shouted his sister. Sirius ran up to Cameo and handed him a clean diaper. "I'm sure this place will be hard to navigate through, so you might gonna need it."

He smiled at his sister and closed the door. The Yoshi gang heard the door lock on its own. There was no turning back now....

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Kamek was looking out the window to his room. He spotted a group of Yoshis gathered near the entrance to the fort. His eyes popped out of the binocular, shocked to see that the Yoshis had arrived earlier than expected...or he thought that the Yoshis would never arrive.

"Where are the Koopa guards!!" His voice could be heard all over the castle, but there was no response.

"Oh darn I forgot I gave them a vacation," he said to himself. "I gotta stop making promises for those dimwits."

He continued to look out the window and saw that a green Yoshi was approaching a bubble. "Oh no he's not!" Kamek jumped into his broom stick and flew out the window.

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Cameo jumped and popped the balloon. His body shape shifted into a helicopter and the baby was sent to a small bubble that protected him from being detected by the Toadies' alarm. The Yoshi copter flew over the abyss and dodged many skeleton Goonies that were in his path. He followed along a trail of coins until he heard something from a distant.

"You are not getting into the castle!" shouted Kamek.

Kamek gripped his broom stick and flew toward the Yoshi copter, but Cameo dodged the attempted attack. Kamek continued to fly straight until he made a wide U-turn. Cameo saw the Magikoopa fly from a distance. He knew that Kamek was going to attempt another attack.

"You're not getting away from me." Kamek turned around and flew straight toward the Yoshi once again.

"Hey Kamek!" hollered Carl.

"Can't you see that I am busy trying to capture the baby!" shouted Kamek.

"But Bowser wants to take a nap! Shouldn't you tuck him into bed?"

"That kid can sleep standing up! I am too busy here!"

Cameo was flying as fast as he could during Kamek's interruption. He spotted the red block and increased his speed, but Carl got in his way. Cameo was forced to stop.

"Hey, do you have any cookies? I am hungry," said Carl.

"Uhhh, no I don't." Cameo gave off an awkward stare at Carl. He slowly backed away from the Toady.

"Get the Yoshi!" roared Kamek from a distance.

"What Yoshi? That is a helicopter," said Carl.

Kamek facepalmed.

"Well, I gotta go," said Cameo.

He flew past the Toady and hit the block. The baby was transported to the block and fell on the Yoshi's back.

"I am gonna get you!" roared Kamek. He spotted the Yoshi, now carrying the baby, and flew at top speed.

Cameo ran into the door and slammed it shut. Kamek was still flying at top speed, but he slammed into the closed door. "Stupid Yoshi."

Cameo walked through the hallway and spotted 4 doors spinning rapidly in a circular motion. A small plant was spewing out eggs. He grabbed the egg and tossed it at the spinning doors, causing the doors to stop spinning. Three doors disappeared except for one, which Cameo struck. The door fell to the ground. The door had a number one etched into it.

"I guess I gotta do this," muttered Cameo.

He entered the door and already he can feel the heat surrounding his body. He walked through the long hallways until a large spiked ball rose out of the ground. There was a small pit of lava and another spiked ball circling above it. Cameo timed his jump and landed on the tiny platform which stuck out of the stoned wall. He waited for the spiked ball to move out of the way to jumped onto the hard surface.

He looked below to see another lava pit. On the other side, was a ghost Shyguy pulling a spiked ball upward. Once the Shyguy grew tired, the ball landed hard on the ground.

"I hate my job," muttered the Shyguy.

He jumped to the other side and passed the spiked ball, but another dropped from the ceiling almost crushing the Yoshi.

"Whoa," gasped Cameo.

He jumped onto a platform, which rose above the lava pit. A group of colored blocks blocked the way to the other side. Cameo jumped to the middle platform to grab some eggs. He began to toss eggs at the colorful blocks, hoping to break them.

"Hey, this is actually pretty easy. I don't see how Sirius and Edward have trouble going through these castles," said Cameo.

Once all the blocks were destroyed, he ran through the spiked ball and stepped on a red switch. Cameo began to dash through the red blocks, which appeared when he stepped on the switch. He jumped onto a teetering platform, with another spiked ball circling below.

He jumped to the other side and ran straight to the door.

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"Even though I may not be there, at least my carefully placed obstacles will stop the Yoshi from reaching Bowser!" shouted Kamek to himself.

"You villains gotta stop talking to yourself," said Mitch.

"And what are you supposed to be doing?!?" Kamek placed his hands on his hips and glared at Mitch.

"You look really gay when you do that," said Bob. "It kinda scares me."

"Get out of my room! You guys gotta stop listening to those stupid guards!"

"Oh and Mr. Smartness, the Yoshi already passed the hardest obstacle. I think he's getting close to the hostage," reminded Mitch.

"What!?! Well the Yoshi won't be able to pass the second obstacle!"

"Yeah, like the Yoshis didn't already take care of Sluggy. You are running low on profits are you?"

"Shut up. Sluggy is the only one who can't talk, so he couldn't make a rebellion. Even the other bosses are rioting because I don't pay enough health insurance."

"And I still want my cookie," said Carl.

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Cameo entered a room that was much cooler, but he welcomed the sudden temperature drop. He looked up and saw two Shyguys on stilts.

"Oh my gosh it's the Yoshi!" shouted a Shyugy. "We're not getting paid 1 coin an hour for nothing!"

"Even though I am a Yoshi, you guys are TERRIBLY underpaid," said Cameo.

"Silence you fool! You can never hurt us with our anti-Yoshi stilts!"

Cameo grabbed an egg and tossed it at one of the Shyguys. The Shyguy popped.

"You murderer!" shouted the other Shyguy.

"Don't you stupid Shyguys realize that you are forbidden to step on our land!" shouted Cameo.

"Okay Mr. Bossy pants!"

"I don't wear pants!"

Cameo stepped on the Shyguy and swallowed him. He jumped onto the higher ledge and spotted two more Shyguys on stilts with a group of tribal Shyguys dancing below the 'see through' platform.

He jumped over the group of Shyguys and dropped to a lower level, but he was stabbed by a spear and the baby flew out of his back.

"Goodness those spears are pain!" Cameo was rubbing his behind to ease the throbbing pain. He glared at the tribal Shyguys, but he couldn't do any about them. They were safely guarded by the platform Cameo was standing on.

He quickly grabbed the baby and avoided getting stabbed the by spears this time.

"These stupid Shyguys won't let me hit that grey creature," thought Cameo to himself. He looked at the baby and remember the story that Shino once told him.

The dancing Shyguys were spinning their long spears while moving their feet to an unknown rhythm. Suddenly, the Shyguys smelled a powerful stench near the wall. They looked at the direction of the stench and walked closer. The two Shyguys bowed down.

Cameo facepalmed. "I can't believe those guys are worshipping a dirty diaper. Shino was right, those guys are REALLY stupid."

While the tribal Shyguys were distracted, Cameo jumped back down and threw eggs at the creature blocking the way. Once the creature curdled into a ball, Cameo jumped over it and entered the door. "My sister was right, I did need it."

"Look it's the Yoshi!" pointed out a ghost Shyguy. "Pass the bomb!"

The Shyguys began to pass the bomb to the one that spoke out loud, but the bombed slipped out a Shyguy's hand. Cameo jumped onto another moving platform to avoid getting hit by the bomb.

"Look what you did! You missed!" roared another Shyguy. "You should have passed the bomb to me you idiot!"

"But it slipped."

"Why did you let it slip?"

" Because you handed it to me too quickly!"

"The you should have had a better grip!"

"Then you should have given it to me properly!"

"Oh my gosh it's the Yoshi again!" Another ghost Shyguy was point at the Yoshi who now retrieved the key.

"Pass the bomb!"

The Shyguys were passing the bomb, until one of them decided to drop the bomb. Cameo dodged the bomb, but it struck a Shyguy. The Shyguy burst into flames and began to panic around the tiny pit.

"Great going, you made another fellow Shyguy go on fire." said a ghost Shyguy.

"Uhg, I now know why my sister hates Shyguys with a passions," muttered Cameo.

Once the Yoshi was away from the bickering ghost Shyguys he walked through a long passage way and jumped into a warp pipe above. He emerged out of the warp pipe and walked up to a yellow squishy cube. He ground pounded on top of it, causing it to spread out. He walked over the bridge he had created and entered the door that was not locked.

At first he doubted that there was anything of interest in the room, until he decided to explore the room for a bit since there was nothing better to do. He accidentally touched the grey block and it shape-shifted into a familiar creature, Sluggy. Cameo remembered the stories that Sirius and Edward told about Sluggy, so he knew what to do. He threw all of his eggs. The eggs were bouncing off the walls hitting Sluggy multiple times until he shrunk completely. Cameo grabbed the key and ran out of the room.

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All of the Yoshis were gathered near Bowser's castle, looking at the bright celestial bodies that twinkled above the sky. Shino was looking at a bright star that shone not far from the moon. He looked over his shoulder and saw Sirius gazing at the stars.

"What's wrong Sirius?" asked Shino.

"Be quiet Shino. I'm fine," said Sirius in such an odious tone.

"No, something is bothering you! What's the matter?"

Sirius glared at Shino and got up. "I am tired of you talking to me."

"What did I ever do to you?"

Sirius remained quiet.

"What's wrong?"

"I HATE YOU!"

Sirius burst into tears and ran away.

"Wow...is Sirius having mood swings?" asked Biggs.

"No Biggs...she wanted to say something, but didn't have the courage," said Sapphira. "Poor Sirius, she is really distressed, especially since her brother is the one who's going to have to fight Bowser."

"How do you know?"

"She is my best friend...I know her."

"Sirius! What's wrong?" shouted Biggs.

Sapphira and Biggs got up and walked over to Sirius, who was sitting by a dry tree.

"Oh Sapphira this stupid arranged marriage things is messing up my mind!" exclaimed Sirius.

"What was that?!?" Biggs jaw dropped to the ground.

"Yeah, my stupid father wants me to go marry some other guy from another village close to ours so we can become a single village. It's a dumb idea for a reunion. I hate my dad, he treats me like an object so he can do whatever he wants to it."

"Does your brother knows about it?"

"No he doesn't. It was supposed to be a secret to the village. At first I loved the idea since I am friends with the guy who I was supposed to marry, until now....I then realized that I was being used. That is why I want to run away, so I can do whatever I want without having my parents controlling me. Before this ever happened, I really did hated Shino, but he helped me out so much that I don't know how to thank him...He helped me become independent, by making me rely on myself instead of others..."

"If Shino finds out..."

"Don't even think about it," said Sapphira.

"It's not like Shino is not used to me being mean to him, but he is so persistent," said Sirius.

"So that is what you mean by you couldn't fall in love."

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Cameo walked into the locked door and emerged into a room filled with red coins.

He noticed a block with a face on it. He hit the block with his head, which revealed a message. "RUN AWAY, HURRY!!!"

Cameo's heart raced. "Pffft, I think Kamek is just trying to scare me," he said in a much more casual tone, even though his heart continue to beat faster than normal. He jumped into the warp pipe and emerged into a cave.

"How long IS this castle!?!" he shouted at the top of his lungs. "I can't take this anymore! This is too much for me! I hate you Kamek! For once you are being clever by tiring me out! You hear me you stupid Magikoopa who is probably looking at me through the crystal ball, YOU SUCK!"

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Kamek was too busy watching sports through the crystal ball.

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Suddenly, the Yoshi heard loud footsteps from a distance. Cameo turned his head and saw Tap-Tap the Red Nose walking toward him.

"You're still alive! I thought you burned in lava!" shouted Cameo.

Tap-Tap smiled at the Yoshi. Cameo gulped.

The Yoshi began to run away from the giant spiked ball, but there was something that prevented him from being no more than 20 feet from the creature.

"Man, I gotta give my sis some credit."

The temperature was high because of the lava flowing from behind. Cameo was running as fast as he could and he occasionally threw eggs at the spiked creature to avoid contact. The bats were approaching the Yoshi from everywhere, which was both a blessing and a curse.

Tap-Tap continued to give off its creepy smile. Cameo threw all of his eggs, until he couldn't grab another. The spiked creature was thrown far back, but it continued to follow the Yoshi at a slow and steady pace.

"This is torture," gasped Cameo.

Cameo was searching around for more of those annoying bats, but none appeared.

"Oh great, just when I needed them they disappear!"

Cameo continued to run away from Tap-Tap as best as he could. He came across a steep slope. He turned around and saw that Tap-Tap jumped towards the Yoshi. The Yoshi was hit by Tap-Tap and the baby flew out of his back.

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"Nope, I'm not falling for a false alarm," said Bob.

"I still think that we should go just in case," said Mitch.

"Just wait a while."

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Cameo spotted a bat and swallowed it. He threw his at Tap-Tap, causing the spiked creature to be thrown backward. Cameo grabbed the baby and kept his distance from the creature.

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Right when Bob decided to get up, the alarm cut off.

"You see what I mean?!?" complained Bob.

"But the alarm was ringing for about 5 minutes! You are just being lazy!" shouted Mitch.

"Man, I am so bored," said Carl.

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Cameo spotted a warp pipe from a distance.

"Freedom!" shouted the Yoshi.

He wanted to run much faster, but there was a mysterious force that was preventing him from moving any farther. That can easily be blamed on Kamek. Once Cameo approached the warp pipe, he looked back and saw Tap-Tap getting much closer. Tap-Tap jumped and Cameo threw an egg.

"I win!" shouted Cameo.

Cameo jumped into the warp pipe and emerged into a smaller room. He entered a door and emerged into a dark room filled with Gusties flying in all direction.

"When is this gonna be over?!?" sobbed Cameo.

"What a wimp," whispered a Gusty.

"I am just gonna ignore that comment. I can't be like Shino."

Suddenly, the floor began to move in a wavy pattern. There were thousands of coins in the air, waiting to be grabbed by the Yoshi. Cameo undoubtly grabbed as much coins as he could while dodging the Gusties.

Little did the Yoshi knew, this was where Kamek puts his money to pay the minions. Cameo grabbed every single coin and exited the room.

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While Kamek was busy watching sports on his crystal ball, a group of Shyguys and random minions knocked on his door.

"What do you want!" shouted the agitated Magikoopa.

"We want our pay checks! The Yoshi is nearing the nursery room, so you're on your own!" shouted a Shyguy.

"Oh fine. I guess I am going to have to get rid of the Yoshi personally," muttered Kamek. He gave off an evil sneer at the minions. The minions backed away.

"You're lucky he's not holding a spoon," whispered a Koopa.

"Shut up!"

The villains followed Kamek into a room filled with Gusties, but he instantly grew frustrated at the sight of no coins.

"YOU STUIPID YOSHI!" roared Kamek. "You're gonna pay for this! He jumped into his broom stick and flew away.

The minions instantly grabbed their picket signs and walked away.

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"Man I'm so hungry," complained Boshi.

"Would you quit whining!" shouted Biggs.

"I kinda miss Cameo even though he was so bossy."

"But we always ignore him."

"Yeah, but I'm gonna miss being with everyone. Now that we're gonna have to go home, our parents are probably gonna ground us for running away."

"Blame it on Cameo."

"No one is gonna blame it on my brother!" roared Sirius.

"Geeze that girl has some good ear."

"No Biggs, you are just loud!"

"Remember Sirius is distressed," reminded Sapphira.

Everyone turned their heads when they saw Shino walk up to Sirius. Shino looked at Sirius for a while, but the yellow Yoshi remained calm this time.

"Do you mind if I sit next to you?" asked Shino.

"Whatever. I'm sorry for being so rude to you. I just had something going on my mind and I had to put the anger on you."

"Oh that's alright. You're much better at controlling anger than me."

"I'm sorry, but I think I'm gonna cry..." Biggs began to fake a sob.

"This is making me sick," muttered Amy.

"You're just jealous that Edward hates you!"

Amy glared at Biggs. "My man DOES NOT HATE ME!"

Biggs leaned farther away from the angry Yoshi.

Shino and Sirius were sitting by the tree looking at the stars. Sirius leaned on Shino and Shino wrapped his arms around her.

"Good job Shino," whispered Sapphira.

Sirius was too dazed to notice the light Blue Yoshi. She snuggled even closer and looked at Shino, even though he too was busy gazing at the stars.

"Someday, I am gonna run away.

Run away to someplace far away,

So I can be with the one I love.

So I travel with the one I love

Nothing can stop my desire

Even if it was my parents' desire."

Sirius gazed at the stars and made her wish....

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As you can see I had made my first attempt at writing a poetry at a unique style I made up! ^^ It was so pretty and I am starting to love poetry! But these are her true motivation for wanting to run away a lot....it is very straightforward. I ain't THAT good at poetry! :p I feel like such a sadist for making Sirius worse, but this was planned out from the BEGINNING. I knew no one would expect that...I can't make it THAT easy for Shino....

Sirius is such a hard character to portray because love tend to make a person go a bit insane....I hope this chapter brought some nostalgia since I made a few reference to previous chapters and I plan to do more at the FINAL battle between Cameo and baby Bowser....remember the bickering ghost Shyguys, tribal Shyguys worshipping a dirty diaper, the false alarm, Carl protesting for a cookie and the spoon? There should be more....

Color of the Day: Blue

"Blue is the color of lust." You gotta admit, Edward has it going with the ladies. He actually enjoys the quarreling between Sirius and Amy, since it shows that girls are ACTUALLY into him. He is one of those 'ladies' guy, who acts mysterious to attract attention. It sure is working! It happens to be one of Edward's subtle quirks just like the other Yoshis!

So if Edward continues to act the way he does, his punishment will be "to be smothered in fire and brimstone." It may not sound much compared to the others, but a burn it actually the slowest and worst pain you can feel. That is why fire usually have such a negative connotation meaning. Yeah, decided which of the punishment is worse. O_O