Welcome, all, to the definitive Super Mario 64 Fanfiction. This is the very first volume of an anticipated 8-volume fanfiction. This is a legitimate retelling of the events from Super Mario 64, albiet with many changes that add to and flesh out the story while keeping 100% to the original flow of the game. Please, join Mario and his Lakitu pal in this epic and suspensful adventure!

How did Mario and Luigi end up in the Mushroom Kingdom from New York? Can Peach and her subjects fair on their own in the aftermath of the Mushroom War? The Koopa Troop conquering the capital with their latest leader Bowser? This is the retelling of the beginnings of the Mario video game franchise, with a taste here and there from the short-lived Super Mario Adventure comics.

Peace in the Mushroom Kingdom is threatened. When Bowser resurfaces after several months, his first act is to capture Princess Peach. Now, two brothers, Mario and Luigi, must embark on a perilous quest straight into the nightmarish heart of Dark Land. They must not only rescue the princess from Bowser's clutches but stop his evil plan to enslave the entire Mushroom World as well.

Blood red skies, brown and dark clouds, moaning and groaning figures staggering through the dark. All is not well in the world of Mario. After a Kart Tournament something happened to the world they know, and now it's a matter of surviving and finding the cure. But with danger lurking on all sides, will the group of 21 even have the chance to save their world, or will they fall?