Chapter 2
(A.N. I decided that Eagleland, and Ness, Would be included in the story because I believe he would contribute a lot to the story. Ness and company belong to Nintendo, as do The Legend of Zelda and all things relating to Mario besides Raven,Syrio, Thalia etc.)
Eagleland
"NESS! NESS!" Lucas ran into his friend's house, waving a rather large package.
Ness looked up from his video game questioningly. He took the package from Lucas and checked the name on the package.
It was addressed to him. He tore the brown paper off quickly. A large, thick volume tumbled out, along with an envelope.
He quickly opened the envelope and unfolded the letter.
Ness grinned as he saw the writing. It was his penpal from Darkland, Prince Roy Koopa.
Dear Ness.
Unfortunately, this is not a very happy letter. I had not hoped to call for your help from beyond the sea,but it appears it is necessary.
The Crystal Kingdom is beginning to take over the kingdoms. Sarasaland and The Mushroom Kingdom have already fallen to them.
We have recieved word that they tried to take Hyrule too, but they were thwarted by the escape of Ganondorf from the Sacred Realm.
Enclosed in the book is everything you need to know about the Crystal Empire. I've taken the liberty of adding in some things at the end of the book that aren't in the book.
Once you are done, a ship awaits you at the nearest port. My sister will be waiting there to escort you across the sea to Darkland.
I apologize if this is an inconvenience to you, but I believe you may be one of only a few people that may be able to help us put these Crystal Bastards down for good.
All the best.
Prince Roy Koopa the First of Darkland.
Ness picked up the volume.
"Lucas. I need you to take a message to Paula for me in Twoson." He said solemnly. "And to the others as well."
Lucas got a pen and paper.
"What is it?"
Ness swallowed hard. This was going to be hard to do.
"Tell them..Tell them I am needed across the sea. I might be gone for a while. But I promise, I'll be back as soon as I can be."
Lucas looked up from his writing, his eye huge.
"What? Are you serious?" He asked incredulously.
Ness nodded solemnly.
"Prince Roy of Darkland requires my help. Now go,quickly."
As Lucas left, Ness walked into the kitchen.
"Mom?'' He called out. "Where are you?"
His mother's voice floated in from outside.
"Out here, Ness!"
Ness smiled. She must be working on her garden. He headed outside and, sure enough, his mother was out there covered in dirt.
"Mother.I have ...well..My Penpal said he needed me to come to Darkland. He said it was urgent."
Ness's mother wiped her hands and held out her hand for the letter she knew he must have.
He handed it over and clutched the giant tome to himself.
"Roy wouldn't lie about something like this. He's a Prince after all." He spoke up. "I promise, I'll get all my work from my teachers online and I'll do all my work. But I need to help him."
His mother looked up from the letter.
"Ness..You know this will be very dangerous. You might get seriously hurt. You could get captured and we'd never see you again. This Crystal Kingdom...I remember what they were like. I may have only been ten at the time, but I remember how horrific it was, watching kingdom after kingdom fall and wondering if Eagleland was next.'' She put both hands on his shoulders.
"Are you absolutely certain?"
Ness nodded seriously.
"I'm sure. His sister waits at the nearest port with a ship meant to take me to Darkland."
Ness's mother nodded and stood up.
"Then I shall make sure you've got enough food to last you the trip to the ship. I trust you to take care of yourself...your father will be proud that you're helping save the world again."
She kissed his forehead.
"Im proud of you, Ness. But please be careful, for my sake and for your sisters."
Ness nodded and headed up the stairs. It had been four years since he had saved the world from Giygas. He was thirteen now and his sister younger then him by a few years.
This would be difficult. He grabbed something from his room quickly before
As he knocked on his sister's door, he could hear her talking on the phone with one of her school friends.
"Tracey?" He called out. "Can I come in?"
The phone clicked.
"Yeah! Come in!"
Ness entered his sister's room and sat at the table.
"Please come sit with me. I ..I need to tell you something." This was turning out to be harder then he had thought it would be.
Her face fell as she sat down.
"What is it?" She asked worriedly.
Ness took a deep breath.
"I've got to go away again..this time, over the sea. Prince Roy Koopa needs my help in stopping the Crystal Kingdom."
Tracey's eyes went big as saucers.
"Really?"
He nodded.
"I need you to take care of Mom and the others while I'm gone. Can you do that for me?"
When she nodded, he took out what he had grabbed from his room.
It was a faded Cap. The one he had been wearing when he set out on his journey. Smiling, he placed it on her head.
"This is yours now. Keep it safe."
Bowser
Bowser sat in his room and placed the dvd in the Dvd player.
As he clicked play,his father's face filled the screen, a lazy grin on the large Koopa's face.
"Hello Son. No need to get angry, I'm nowhere near you right now. This should have been sent with Bowser Jr when I left him on your doorstep. But it wasnt. So you have my apologies for the stupidity of your father."
The video cut to a preteen girl put under gas. Her leg appeared to be broken.
"A year before your son was born, A certain Lady was competing in a contest in Darkland. She happened to break her leg and I HAPPENED to be in the Capital at the time."
It cut back to him and he held up a tube of something labelled R.T.
"I extracted this from her during the surgery.'' He smirked triumphantly. "Lets see what I did with it."
He cut the video to a video of a Koopa being strapped down,screaming and begging to be let free. Bowser recognized his little self and went white as a sheet.
"Recognize yourself? During that little surgery, I managed to extract certain..fluids." There was a chuckle as it cut back to Morton. He held up a similiar tube, labelled Bowser.
"So, I think you now have realized who his mother is, haven't you? The girl put under gas that you just saw was none other then Raven Toadstool. You remember her don't you? She was at our castle because of some disease she had. I swore to her father I'd cure her. But I ended up experimenting on you both. That's where you two met."
The video cut to a security feed of a small girl and a small Koopa in a medium sized cell.
Then it cut to Morton just outside Bowser's castle. The timestamp stated that it was from twelve hours ago. Bowser let out a soft growl.
"For obvious reasons, I had to make you two forget. It's a bit funny how crazy I was back then.
I know you hate me , Bowser. You've hated me since your brother Bones died of the pox when you two were six. I know I have not made things any better. I mean, I practically made you kick me out of my own Kingdom, didn't I?"
A low chuckle rumbled from Morton's throat.
"But I want to make things right now. I'm not getting any older, and I would like to make my peace with you before I die. This war is showing all kinds of unusual alliances. I want to make up for any suffering that I may have caused you. "
The video feed cut out suddenly, but a voice behind him continued.
"Which is why I'm going to help you keep those Crystal Fuckers out."
Bowser whirled around, smoke tendrils issuing from his mouth.
"Morton.'' He snarled.
The Koopa was twice the size of Bowser. He wore double spiked bracelets on each wrist and two on both shoulders.
He held up both hands.
"I'm here to help. I mean you no harm and I think you know that, Bowser." Morton said calmly.
Bowser stormed over to him in anger.
"And why the FUCK should I listen to anything you say?"he snapped.
Morton smiled amusedly.
" I've got spies in Sarasaland and The Mushroom kingdom. Spies that are currently in contact with one Thalia Toadstool. I've also got spies in every kingdom. Funny thing, they reported Syrio Toadstool is now travelling with a squire. Some boy named Veren. The funny thing is that he wasn't travelling with one before. This Veren boy? Very skilled swordfighter. I was thinking that you could bring him here to help train your sons, Roy and Iggy. ''
He paused.
"I am sorry for your loss. She died far too soon..Now, are we alright? We need to band together and get rid of the Crystal Fuckers."
Bowser clenched his fists tightly.
"..I'll trust you this one time. Fuck it up and I'll make sure you suffer for it."