The moment to expand Dreamy Driftwood Shore is now! Time to take Peach to a safe place.
Chapter 18: Dream Shore's end. All was in vain…
The gang finally returned to the rendezvous point with Seadric, Peach and Chihiro.
The moment the gang showed him the Dream Eggs, Seadric grins "Well done heroes! Now please hand me the three eggs and I'll expand the Dream World" he requests.
The gang hands him the eggs, which he swallows and then compresses his body.
"Just… bounce on my head" Seadric said to Mario, who nods and stomps him but soft.
With a few bounces, Seadric spat the content of the three eggs. After he finished, bridge appeared before the gang; The Dreamy Driftwood Shore has been expanded.
"Whoa, a world inside an egg…" Aoi whistles, "Mind-blowing right? Anyways, you can go deeper into the Dream World.
You deserve a reward for your hard work! Who likes coins and prezzies? I'll go stash them and you only need to collect them!" Seadric says and leaves them.
"Let's get going, but it'd be prudent if the princess waits here" Dreambert says. Peach, despite not liking the idea, understands and stays behind.
"Wait, I'll stay with the princess in case of back up. Don't worry, with Villager's powers I can defend myself" Chihiro said.
The crew understands their wish and nod; After that, the team parts ways.
3 hours later
After a long traverse through the Dream World in which they used a new gravity-altering Luiginary and Mondonary work, the team finally reached the deepest point, where Seadric was already waiting for them.
"How was the Dream World, did you scoop anything neat?" he asks.
"Hell yeah we did! 3000 coins and monsters who got their asses kicked!" Dreamy Mondo grins.
Seadric widens his eyes, "Hold up! This world has JUST been expanded! There shouldn't be any monsters! Look, if there ARE monsters in here, some evil… something must have lured them!"
"That's not good! We must hide Peach and Chirio ASAP! Makoto shouts, "I was going to give this to you after you hid her, but the situation has compromised. So here you go!" Seadric says before casting a shine to the dream heroes.
Dreamy Luigi and Dreamy Mondo learned a new attack: Luiginary and Mondonary Flame.
"You guys know who might be luring the monsters here?" Seadric wonders, "Junser" all says in unison.
"I see, she must be looking to capture Princess Peach to make you feel Despair. Sounds rough, so I'll keep my eyes peeled! Just let me bring you the princess and the programmer, it'll take minute" Seadric said and left.
As soon as he left, he came back with the duo.
"So this is the deepest part of the Dream World… It might be dangerous, but no matter what, we can do this as team" Peach said as she gazed at a pipe.
The rest nod and enter the pipe
As soon as they exit the pipe it slammed shut, followed by another at the other side of the area.
"I'm sure we can relax now, even if we're trapped" Peach calmly said, with Chihiro nodding eagerly.
Kyoko's alerts went off, she kept staring at them for anything funny.
"Nobody can… interrupt us here" the princess says. "How about we relax and have chat?" Chihiro suggests.
"You have time to spare, right?" the princess and the programmer as in unison.
Mario beings get nervous while Kyoko now glares at the duo.
"Tee hee hee… NYAHAHA!
You guys still don't get-" the princess says but is interrupted by a shot from Dreamy Mondo's Blaster.
"Who the hell are you?!" he angrily asks. Chihiro gives a malicious grin before disappearing.
The team gasps with shock; "Peach" pulls off her face, but it was only a mask. From beneath it, Kammy Koopa laughed.
"Surprise! Didn't expect you Peach to be an impostor, did you? I pretended to be her just so I could lure monsters into this newborn world! Such Despair will please Lady Junser and Lord Antasma!" the witch mocks them.
"I think you only wanted to wear her dress" Aoi retorts, "Actually... Yeah, you know, this frilly pink is really darn cute, I must say.
I mean, the purple robes are so DRAB. Sometimes I open the closet and just gag" Kammy blushed before snapping back.
"Are you ready to surrender?" she asks and pulls out her broom and her wand.
"We've been played!" Mario shouts, "The meaning of this can be solved after we defeat you!" Taka readies. "How could you have done this?!" Dreamy Luigi groans, "Whatever! Let's just kick her ass and save our friends!" Dreamy Mondo roars. "This gotta be Junser's doing!" Makoto grits his teeth, "I knew something was off when the pipes slammed shut" Kyoko sighs. "You're gonna tell us where are Peach and Chihiro!" Aoi glares at the witch.
"HONCHO TIME!" Kammy Koopa yells.
The dream heroes infused into Mario and Kiyotaka. With this new powers, Mario shot a double Fireball, which were dodged by the witch. But this was all a plan for Taka to surprise Kammy with an Electric Rising Uppercut.
Kammy got thrown off the broom and landed harshly on the ground; Makoto followed by grabbing her with his clawshot and pummeled her several times "I'm sorry" he whispered to her before tossing the witch towards Aoi.
The swimmer pro sent Kammy to the air with her up smash; There, Kyoko would have hit her with a Shield Breaker. But this was in vain as Kammy performed an Air dodge to escape danger.
Once in the ground, the witch casted a spell and fired it to to the Luckster; Makoto shrank in size as Kammy began to chase him. The rest tired to stop her, but Kammy conjured a spell that kept them from doing so.
Makoto panicked and ran away, so did Kammy. Just before she could stomp him, Makoto remembered his hammer and smacked her in the right foot. With Kammy's focus broken, Makoto returned to normal size.
The witch muttered something and lunged towards Aoi, who easily avoided her and retaliated with a Header. This time, Kammy prepared and the moment the ball hit her, a lightning bolt struck the swimmer, who groaned in pain as she is sent towards Kyoko, knocking them down for a while.
Angered, Makoto, Mario and Kiyotaka threw towards her. This was a mistake on them since that was what the witch wanted from the start.
With her wand, she managed to hold them in the air and sent them flying. Then, Kammy Koopa performed another spell, separating Dreamy Luigi and Dreamy Mondo from Mario and Kiyotaka respectively.
With the five heroes at her mercy, she relentlessly slammed them to the ground and lifted them to the air several times.
The five groan in pain as Kammy laughs "Isn't Despair so awesome? Lady Junser will be so happy when I bring you to her!"
But she didn't see that Aoi and Kyoko got up and snuck behind her; The detective grabbed her, "We're gonna get you out of that trance first. No greater Despair for Junko that her plans failed"
With Kyoko, grabbing Kammy, the attacked fighters landed harshly on the ground. With pain, they got up and surrounded Kammy. The witch prepared to fire another spell but her wand is knocked away by Aoi's Sun Salutation.
With the wand far from reach, the gang surrounded Kammy again. "I'm afraid the only way to snap her out is with our team technique" Mario sighs.
The rest nod while Makoto whispers to Aoi what Mario meant. "Let's do it!" the swimmer says.
With that, the gang started an All-Out Attack.
Kammy is constantly pummeled until the gang thought it was enough.
Aoi landed in front of her, "Despair will never win!" she declares as Kammy passes out while a burst of stars comes out of her and drops 700 coins
The team sighs of relief as Kyoko checks on Kammy to make sure the damage wasn't too bad.
"The magic inside her is healing her quicker that I expected" she said as healing glows covered the witch.
"Ow… you guys know how to fight" Kammy muttered. "Kammy, do you remember anything between leaving Wakerport and now?" Mario asks.
After recovering from the beatdown, Kammy began to tell them everything.
"I left Wakeport and used a spell to locate Lord Bowser; The spell showed he was at Mount Pajamaja so I headed there.
Once I got there, things went downhill for me. I challenged those two monsters to battle in an effort to save Lord Bowser, but Antasma's screech was to loud for and the moment I noticed Junser, it was too late for me.
Antasma used a technique to put me under their grasp.
That's just when you got to the top of the mount. After you escaped and those two taunted you with the restored Dream Stone, they came back to the crater and started suggesting a base of operations.
At first, it was a castle but Junko suggested the academy you were trapped to remind you of Despair.
She wished for a replica of Hope's Peak Academy and then showed the tourists the power they had by destroying three small islands. She then named it Neo Hope's Peak Academy.
After that I only heard "Junser" saying something about wishing to know something about the Nations and the Total Drama cast.
Those two already knew of your plan and came up with me disguising a Princess Peach to trick you.
And that brings me to deliver you some heavy news…
Peach is already under Antasma and Junko's grasp.
Chihiro was imprisoned the Dream World, but not even I know where they are.
And last… Junko's spirit has left Lord Bowser's body because… She came back to life.
She wished for a new body and the Dream Stone granted it, along with Smash powers, similar to you"
The team instantly lost it.
"WHAT?!" Mario and Dreamy Luigi yelled in unison, "How could we have been deceived so easily?!" Kiyotaka cried loudly. "Those assholes! Chihiro is off-limits!" Dreamy Mondo roars, "She is back?!" Makoto shouts in disbelief, "Should've seen that one coming" Kyoko gritted her teeth, "No way! The Dream Stone can't be that powerful" Aoi cries in disbelief.
"I'm sorry, but it's the truth" Kammy sighs, "There's nothing to do here, let's return to the Real World" Dreambert looks down and takes everyone back.
At the Real World
As soon as they landed and the dream heroes woke up, Starlow and Toadsworth bombarded them with questions.
"Masters! How fared you?" the elder toad asks, "Did you hide her and Chihiro in a pleasant spot? Kammy? What are you doing here?" Starlow wonders.
"They… were impostors" Kiyotaka tells them, "Oh, that's relief, they were…" Starlow sighs before agitating.
"THEY WEREN'T REAL?!" both toad and sprite yell. "Ok, let's go to Broque Madame's and you can tell us everything" Starlow said as Toadsworth tried to breathe.
At Broque Madame's
"They pulled ze wool over us, huh? A fake princess and a fake programmer… Incroyable…" Madame Broque sips her tea.
"I'm really sorry, this wouldn't have happened if I didn't try to go so recklessly save Lord Bowser" Kammy Koopa regretfully says.
"I'm covered in shame! I knew the princess all her life! And yet I couldn't tell" Toadsworth shakes his head in shame.
"Do you think we could find a way into Neo Hope's Peak Academy? I mean, it's the only option! Do that and we save Peach! " Starlow points out.
"There's no way in, the academy is protected by dratted barrier. It is also in the blasted stratosphere" Toadsworth replied.
"We need to find a way to pierce that barrier!" Starlow groans. "By zee way, Dr. Snoozemore, the island's proprietor has returned
"The guy who's researching the history of the Pi'illo Kingdom?" Aoi asks, "A learned, mind, researching my people and the history of our island…
We must visit the professor. The castle was created with the Dream Stone's power… If this doctor is doing research into such things…
He may have wisdom to share that will aid us!" Dreambert deduced.
"Then it's settled, we go to Pi'illo Castle" Mario cracks his neck, the team nods.
"I'll return to Wakeport and make sure no harm comes to Bowser Jr." Kammy said and left.
"Do you mind if I stay behind, I'm worried for Toadsworth. Maybe I can help him to relax with meditation" Aoi says.
"Very well, and please" Mario says.
And just as that, the team leaves the store and uses the pipe near to the store in order to return to Pi'illo Castle.
Not long after that, a soldier jumped into it too, but she looked speechless after what she heard…
Chapter 18: END
Current Party: Mario, Kiyotaka, Luigi, Mondo, Makoto, Kyoko, Starlow, Dreambert
Let's reply the recent review.
Pikminfan: It's evil on it's scariest form, Despair... Junko it's not like Grodus, the Shadow Queen or Dimentio, she's bloodthirsty.
Junser and Antasma already have Peach… But where did they send Chihiro to...?
The gang's now heading back to the castle now. Next time we'll see what Mukuro has to say about this on the sixth report…
