Author's Note: Now for chapter two! The Mario Bros World. Don't worry, you'll be seeing newer worlds next. Enjoy!

Chapter Two: Mushroom Kingdom Visit 1

Maleficent stood staring outside the window. "Imbeciles," she said to herself. She then sighed in contentment as the Heartless wandered around. This should put a stop to those pesky Keyblade Wielders, and their pathetic newfound friends!" she shouted as she summoned a group of Heartless. "Go with Bowser. Make sure he succeeds." The Heartless vanished to their next location...

ZZZ

Alex piloted the Gummi Ship once more, as he searched for new worlds. He saw he now had two choices. A city and a kingdom. He shrugged and landed in the Kingdom.

(Mushroom Kingdom)

(Grass Field)

There was grass as far as the eye could see, as well as a castle. Alex sighed peacefully. Why couldn't all worlds be like this? he thought to himself. At that moment a shadow Heartless appeared. Spoke too soon...he thought to himself and then sighed summoning his Keyblade. He ran into battle slashing the Heartless, and narrowly dodging attacks. These Heartless didn't attack like other shadows...they fought as if they were being controlled.

"Darn..." Alex said to himself. "They're getting more tough." At that moment he saw something hit the Heartless causing it to vanish. It looked like a fireball.

"Mind if we help?" said a voice and Alex turned to see a man dressed in red and wearing overalls. Next to him was a man dressed in green. "Names Mario," he said throwing another fireball. The man dressed in green seemed like he was afraid, and couldn't hide it well.

"Mario?" he stuttered, "we need to be careful."

"Don't worry Luigi!" Mario said, "we can take them."

Alex nodded and continued to fight the Heartless. As soon as they were done, it was time for introductions to begin. "Thanks for the help," Alex said smiling.

"No problem!" Mario said cheerfully. "I'm Mario!"

"I...um, am Luigi," Luigi added.

"I'm Alex," Alex introduced. "A pleasure to meet you guys." Alex thought of something. "Say, you wouldn't happen to know of any Keyholes around here?" he asked. Mario and Luigi looked at each other and nodded.

"You must be the Keyblade wielder that Toadsworth mentioned," Mario said. "Follow us. He's a kind man." Alex nodded and followed.

(Princess Peach's Castle)

(Throne Room)

"Ah, Master Mario!" Toadsworth began with a smile. "You're back, and I see you've brought a friend."

"This is Alex," Mario introduced. "He's the Keyblade wielder you've talked about."

"Ah!" Toadsworth said with a smile. "A pleasure to meet you Master Alex. You're probably tired after your journey. Come with us, we're preparing Spaghetti."

ZZZ

(Dinner Room)

"So, you were waiting for me?" Alex asked.

"Yes," Toadsworth replied. "We need your help. Our enemy Bowser, is causing a Heartless problem throughout the Mushroom Kingdom," Toadsworth explained. "Can you help us?" he begged.

"Yeah," Alex replied. He had a feeling it'd be quite a journey. At that moment, a loud BOOM shook the castle.

"Oh no!" Toadsworth shouted. "It's Bowser!"

Mario stood up from the table. "Come on guys!" he urgently shouted. "We gotta stop him before he captures Peach!" he added as they ran to the throne room...

(Throne Room)

It was a startling sight. Bowser held the Princess captive and the Heartless were everywhere terrorizing the Toad's. "HAHA!" Bowser laughed. "You're coming with me Princess Peach! And It'll be a glorious wedding!" he added with a smirk.

"I'll never marry you!" Peach defiantly shouted.

"Hmph," Bowser said in thought. "We'll see about that!" he added carrying her off.

"Oh no Mario!" Luigi trembled in fear. "He's got her...again!"

"Don't worry bro!" Mario said. "We'll stop him, and save the Princess!" It was then Mario remembered the Heartless in the room. "But first, we gotta take care of these guys.

(Begin Music: "Rowdy Rumble," Kingdom Hearts 2)

Alex ran at the Heartless and slashed them, but the Heartless dodged. Mario jumped on one Heartless and punched another narrowly dodging an attack. Luigi ran at a Heartless flailing his arms and knocking into three of them. As Mario jumped on another, Alex slashed two at once and knocked them away causing them to vanish.

Toadsworth hid and found a lever. He pulled it and let the chandelier fall down. "Quick Master Alex! Jump onto the chandelier!" he shouted and Alex nodded doing that. As he held on, he put his Keyblade out, and Toadsworth pressed a button causing the chandelier to fly around the room knocking out several Heartless.

(End Battle)

"We did it!" Alex said pumping his fist in the air.

"Oh Master Alex, you saved us!" Toadsworth thanked. He then turned serious. "But we're not out of the woods yet. We have to save the Princess!" he mentioned again.

"Don't worry Toadsworth," Alex replied. "We'll save her."

"Thank you! I have the utmost confidence in you fellows!" Toadsworth said. Alex, Mario and Luigi nodded in unison and left the castle...

(Grass Field)

Alex sighed. "Is it always this exciting around here?" he asked.

"Every day," Mario answered with an eye roll.

"So...where to?" Alex inquired.

"We gotta get to Lava Land and defeat Bowser," Mario said.

"How do we get there?" Alex asked again.

"Well," Luigi began, "we normally use a warp whistle...but we don't have one."

"So the old fashioned way?" Alex deduced with a smirk. Mario nodded.

"Let's a go!" Mario shouted.

ZZZ

Maleficent stood at Bowser's side. "Now remember," Maleficent cooed, "you must destroy those pesky imbeciles. But not the Keyblade wielder. We need him...for now."

"Alex?" Peach demanded. "You won't stop him!"

"Ah," Maleficent nodded, "So the wretch is named Alex?" she added threateningly. "Well, we'll make sure to give him a decent greeting."

ZZZ

(Dessert Land)

Alex, Mario and Luigi were tired. They wandered through two Kingdoms in search of the castle...now they were in a dessert. "Where...are we?" Alex asked panting as if he was extremely thirsty...which he was.

"We...oi, are in Dessert Land." Mario added.

"Makes...sense..." Alex replied. "Oh..." he realized. He pulled out a potion. "To...restore our strength," he said handing them the potions.

"Thank you," Luigi panted before taking a sip. He suddenly felt a burst of energy! "Woah! I feel brand new!" he said. "And I feel brave!"

"That's what a potion is for," Alex added. "Now come on! I think I see Lava Land!"

(Lava Land)

(Bowser's Castle: Foyer.)

"So this is Bowser's castle?" Alex asked.

"Yeah," Mario replied disgusted. "He thinks we're scared. But we're not!" Mario added. "Now, let's kick some Koopa butt!" he shouted. They ran into the throne room and noticed the Princess held captive.

(Throne Room)

"Well, well, well," Bowser said. "If it isn't the pesky Mario bros." he said evilly. "Let's finish this!" he shouted clutching his fists.

(Begin Music: "The Encounter," Kingdom Hearts 2)

Bowser ran and punched at the heroes but they dodged. Alex slashed at Bowser a few times and then did a backflip to avoid another punch. Mario jumped on Bowser's head while Luigi punched his stomach. "Roar!" Bowser roared running at them again only to be slashed a lot more times.

As Bowser was about to punch, Alex grabbed his arm and flung him across the room. Bowser hit the wall and said, "This...can't...BE!" before falling down in defeat.

(End Battle)

"We did it!" Alex said victoriously.

"Not quite," said a new voice. The heroes turned and saw a hooded figure. "Alex," he said smirking. "Bravo." As the heroes ran at the figure he vanished.

"Who...was that?" Alex asked in surprise.

ZZZ

(Peach's Castle)

"Thank you for saving me," Peach thanked. "You were all quite dashing," she added.

"No problem," Alex replied giving a thumbs up. At that moment, Peach's throne revealed a Keyhole and Alex pointed his Keyblade and locked it. "Well," he began, "time to go."

"Will you be back?" Mario asked.

"Yeah," Alex replied holding out a hand. Mario shook it. "It's a promise!" Alex added.