As soon as the soon rose up, Blossom woke up, rubbing her eyes. For a moment or two, she'd forgotten why she was sleeping out on the beach and not out on the tent. The memories come flowing back; slowly but surely. Nightmares. Bowser and Mojo. Mario's comfort. She panicked before she took in her surroundings as she saw Mario and her sisters fast asleep. She heaved a sigh of relief, happy they were there. Luigi was nowhere to be seen however. She assumed the green plumber must have gone for a morning swim.
She then looked at the sunrise. The sky was so beautiful, with the shades of light pink and a golden yellow, just with a hint of orange. Pondering for quite some time, she saw her father's reflection. And Princess Peach's reflection as well. Tears welled up in her eyes but she quickly wiped them away. She went over to Mario to gently shake him awake. "Mario! Mario, look!" she said.
Mario woke up half awake before slowly sitting up, noticing Blossom was right next to him. "Huh? What is it?" he asked.
Blossom pointed at the sunrise. As Mario looked at the sun, he saw Princess Peach and the professor in there as well. The plumber's eyes softened at the sight. The sunrise is so beautiful, especially the skies. He hoped the princess was doing okay...
"You wanna know what I see up there?" Blossom asked.
Mario turned his head towards her. "What's that?"
"I can see the professor and Peach in the sun... and they're crying out for help."
"You miss them, huh?"
She nodded slowly with a somber expression. "Yeah. A lot."
"...me too." Mario ruffled the pink clad's hair softly as he looked at the sun more intently than before.
All of a sudden, Luigi's scream came from out of nowhere, startling Mario and all of the girls. Buttercup woke up with a start and Bubbles bolted up in fright to see what was happening. As they get a closer look, there was a giant monster squid floating in and out of the ocean, tentacles wrapped around Luigi as he desperately screamed for help.
Bubbles tried to save Luigi by hugging said monster squid as tightly as she could, but it only smacked her away with one of its tentacles, causing her to land face down on the sand. Then Buttercup flew by and used her laser eyes to stun the giant squid monster. Finally she swung that monster around at least a few times before throwing it off to the water. Luigi is let go and then as he starts to fall he gets caught by Blossom.
He was taken back by surprise, but after a moment he recovered from his trauma and adjusted his hat. "T-thanks Blossom," he said in a flustered manner.
"No problem," Blossom replied. After that she looked at Mario and he gave her an encouraging smile. Her whole face beams with glee; It was in her heart, after all. She knew she could do it! She set Luigi down and as he was about to say something, he noticed a light blue colored switch that was somewhat similar to a P-switch.
"Hey bro, what does this switch do?" he asked.
"No idea, Weegee," Mario replied shrugging. "I'm kinda wondering that myself."
Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup also gathered around the switch and started wondering what said switch does. Mario jumped on the switch and then... nothing happened for a minute. Mario and Luigi only looked at each other in confusion. All of a sudden, everyone heard a loud rumble, assuming it was an earthquake. Then the huge ball of snow came over and exploded like a party ball. For a second, all anyone could see was white snowflakes.
Suddenly, the temperature dropped drastically, the climate completely changes from a beach to a winter wonderland, and tiny little snowflakes start falling down from the sky. Was this even normal? Mario thought. I thought it was supposed to be a regular beach.
"Mario... what the hell did you do?" Luigi asked. "It's so cold!"
"I don't know! All I did was jump on the switch and all of a sudden it just turned into winter," Mario said. Luigi looked completely baffled and so did the plumber and the girls.
"UM HELLO?! I'm freezing over here! How 'bout some freaking coats?" Buttercup complained.
Blossom sighed. "I'll go get us some coats." She flew off somewhere in order to find some warmth. A minute later she came back with five coats and hands her sisters, Mario, and Luigi one.
"About time," Buttercup muttered as she took the coat from Blossom and put it on.
"Okay, let's go," Mario said as he put his own coat on. The others nodded and the heroes ventured off into the now icy beach. After a few minutes it was snowing hard on the heroes but not enough to cause a blizzard. They weren't giving up any time soon.
All of a sudden, they spotted a familiar circular figure in the shadows. Cat like ears, balloon type... oh no. It started walking towards the heroes and... can it be?
It is. It was that Jigglypuff again... Mario was debating whether he should attack it or just run away from it just like he always did when the balloon Pokemon was about to sing.
"Oh my god, please don't tell me it's..." Buttercup started.
"Sadly, it is," Blossom replied. Suddenly Jigglypuff came out of nowhere and startled us greatly.
"Uh... Jigglypuff, w-what are you doing here?" Luigi asked. The pokemon only stared at the green plumber. "I swear to god, if you sing again, I'm gonna-"
Before Luigi could say anything, Jigglypuff took a deep breath, and started to sing... but it wasn't the typical soothing type of Jigglypuff song. It was like a human voice singing from Jigglypuff's mouth, a soothing yet mostly techno song.
"Just 'cause I'm small
can't hurt you at all,
I'm only a girl, what to do?
Let me sing my song for you...
Not many can resist my command,
I know just how to get to you
Let me sing my song for you..."
The song was so mesmerizing Mario couldn't get his eyes off of it. His pupils were now replaced with stars. Jigglypuff then flew towards Mario and his crew, and as it kept singing, the whole sky is filled with Jigglypuff's eyes, replacing the clouds. The stars flew by and then Jigglypuff did a magical transformation, turning into an anime girl... she wore a lolita light pink dress with a bunch of musical notes plastered onto it, pink curly hair and cute little sky blue Mary Jane shoes. Her pretty voice captivated everyone, especially Luigi, whose garbled voice (according to Mario) was telling Mario and the girls to resist but now his eyes were replaced with stars. The Powerpuff Girls, try as they might, resisted the song for a moment but eventually they too succumbed to the song.
And then a giant Pokeball appeared, releasing a bunch of poke-dexes which shutter at the singing human Jigglypuff... just like a camera would capture pictures on a beauty pageant. A crowd appeared and cheered for her and suddenly... she walked elegantly towards Mario just like Princess Peach would. The plumber tried to kiss her, but he got slapped in the face. Jigglypuff glared at him before her face relaxes and she continued to sing her song.
"When you lay down at night,
I'm the siren you can't fight,
I know you don't stand a chaaaaaance
There is nothing you can do
once I put my spell on you
When I sing my lullabyyyyyyy...
Luuuuuuuuu-laaaaah-byyyyyy~
Luuuuuuuuu-laaaaah-byyyyyy~
Luuuuuuuuu-laaaaah-byyyyyy~
When I sing for you my lullaby..."
Every time she sang the word "lullaby," pink lights shone from across and a ton of butterflies with red wings flew around the girls. Everything was a complete acid trip for the heroes.
"Now that you've seen
it wasn't a dream
Reality got the best of you
Told ya boy, I would come after you.~
Now it's too late
Can't hesitate
Can't hide this fate with déjà vu
Watch out boy, I'm coming for you.~"
Suddenly several of the Dugtrio and Diglets started popping out of the ground and hold up hearts with their mouths. Igglybuffs floated everywhere as well and the water turned into a light pink... the sky even turned into a dark pink. A Wigglytuff squeezed the life out of Luigi but he seemed to enjoy it. A sort of whale like pokemon named Wailmer cruised by and the song kept going on and on and it just wouldn't stop.
"When you lay down at night,
I'm the siren you can't fight,
I know you don't stand a chaaaaaance
There is nothing you can do
once I put my spell on you
When I sing my lullabyyyyyyy...
Luuuuuuuuu-laaaaah-byyyyyy~
Luuuuuuuuu-laaaaah-byyyyyy~
Luuuuuuuuu-laaaaah-byyyyyy~
When I sing for you my lullaby..."
The Wailmers came out of nowhere, blowing from their blowholes and out go the sparkles reflecting the human Jigglypuff. The atmosphere felt much more soothing than the original song to Mario. He looked at his surroundings, and Luigi and the girls seem to have passed out thanks to the song. As he looked at the singing anime girl Jigglypuff, his head grew sluggish, his eyes started drooping, and his vision's gone blurry. No... n-not now... the plumber thought. I can't fall asleep just like that...
"In your sleep,
it's got you so deep,
my sweet melody
has captured you for ever more...
Luuuuuuuuu-laaaaah-byyyyyy~
Luuuuuuuuu-laaaaah-byyyyyy~
Luuuuuuuuu-laaaaah-byyyyyy~
When I sing for you my lullaby...
Sing my lullaby..."
As much as he would like to resist the song's entity, the song was just too powerful for Mario to take. Exhaustion took over him and he collapsed into the now snowy sand. All of a sudden the pillow was so warm and fluffy like a pillow. The cold never bothered him anymore and now all he could think about was sleep.
"When you lay down at night,
I'm the siren you can't fight,
I know you don't stand a chaaaaaance
There is nothing you can do
once I put my spell on you
When I sing my lullabyyyyyyy...
Luuuuuuuuu-laaaaah-byyyyyy~
Luuuuuuuuu-laaaaah-byyyyyy~
Luuuuuuuuu-laaaaah-byyyyyy~
When I sing for you my lullaby...
Sing my lullabyyyyyy.~"
When Blossom first came to, the first thing she saw was Jigglypuff beating the crap out of Mario. She didn't know exactly what he did nor did she remember what just happened earlier thanks to the acid trip. All she could remember was being entranced by the balloon Pokemon's singing voice along with the others and then... Mario somehow kissed said Pokemon when he thought it was a human girl.
Suddenly Jigglypuff threw the plumber to the ground and just scolded him spouting out curse words but only saying "Jigglypuff". Nobody could understand what it was saying but after its scolding, it gave him a look that said, "You know very well what you did." And then it just walked off as the heroes looked in shock and Mario's body was now stuck in the sand. After a few attempts, Luigi, Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup finally got Mario out of the sand.
"What the heck happened?" Mario asked. "Ugh my face stings so much..."
"Uh dude. Jigglypuff slapped you multiple times and you have scribbles on your face," Luigi said. "Look at the water's reflection."
The red plumber did and he yelped. Then he splashed some water on his face to wash the ink off, and after that he saw the red marks on his face. "Damn that pokemon really did get me good..." he muttered.
"Wait a minute-" Buttercup peered over Mario's shoulder and in just seconds, her expression changed from perplexity to frustration. "-she drew on our faces again?!"
"...No way," Blossom said. "Even when we had an acid trip she still draws on our faces?"
"Apparently."
While Mario looked at the others trying not to laugh, Luigi and Bubbles looked in confusion until they looked at each other and screamed, and everyone got rid of the ink on their faces. Finally.
"I swear, that Jigglypuff just doesn't give up," Mario remarked.
"Does it want someone to stay awake to its song that badly?" Bubbles asked.
"I guess so. One time someone actually stayed awake but it was due to their insomnia and they kept it up for a while until they actually fell asleep."
"Oh my..."
"Yeah it's pretty sad," Luigi said in sorrow. "But at least it's gone for now! Let's keep going."
Mario and the girls nodded in approval and started to walk through the snowy sand. Some suspicious shadows ran past the heroes as they defeated the hammer bros and goombas in their way, but they only disregarded it. Surely the shadows couldn't have been one of Bowser's minions... or... could they?
A half hour into their journey, the heroes were cold, hungry, in dire of some place to stay... and really tired. They'd been walking around in circles, desperately trying to find some sort of pipe but no luck. It's already gotten dark. One of the girls would use their night vision of some sort, but they were way too tired. The whole routine had been about getting lost for no apparent reason until...
"Hey look... there's a cabin...!" Mario rasped, pointing to a small, wooden cabin weakly.
"Is it... is it really a cabin? Am I dreaming?" Blossom asked, perking up. Bubbles was gawking at the cabin and Luigi pinched himself in the arm to reassure himself he wasn't dreaming. Buttercup just stared at it for a minute and a half until she said, "Finally! Shelter! Let's go- NOW!"
Everyone rushed over to the cabin, desperate for warmth and shelter, knocked on the door, and then in just seconds the door opened slowly. An elderly woman with a grey haired bun and a kimono timidly came out of her hiding and greeted the heroes with a warm smile. Blossom looked skeptical at the lady... she looked like one of the koopalings the Mario Bros mentioned.
"Hello plumbers and little children!" the elderly woman said. "Welcome to my humble abode!~"
"Yeah hi, uhh who are you?" Buttercup asked in a suspicious manner.
"Why, call me Granny Koopa! I go by many names but Granny Koopa is just fine."
Mario raised his eyebrows in suspicion. "Wait... what's your real name?" he asked. Luigi tilted his head, also curious.
"That doesn't matter. Anyway I can see you all look so so miserable... looking for shelter, warmth, and food... Why don't you come inside?"
Mario and Luigi reluctantly nodded and the little girls soon followed suit. As they went in the cabin, there was a big fireplace in front of a purple couch, a lot of pictures of scenery plastered on the walls, and a vase in the corner. Everyone all stared in awe of this beautiful place. So humble yet... really nice.
"Whoa..." Bubbles whispered. "This place is really nice!"
"Why thank you, young lady!~" Granny Koopa said. "I built it myself! Now why don't you youngin's go ahead and take a seat on that couch? I'll go fix us some hot cocoa."
The heroes nodded and sat down on the couch as the old lady turtle left to make some cocoa. Bubbles smiled at the lady's kindness and babbled on and on about the house while her sisters listened. Mario on the other hand didn't seem too convinced. "Doesn't that person seem suspicious to you?" he asked.
"Hmm, she did look like a koopaling," Luigi remarked. "But she seems nice enough right? I mean, she took us in for safety so we can rest up."
"Good point... but we do have to keep an eye out in case anything goes wrong."
Luigi nodded and as they finished their short conversation, Granny Koopa came back with five mugs of hot chocolate and handed one to each of the heroes. "Drink up," she insisted. After taking a sip or two- and Buttercup chugging the whole mug down- this cocoa seemed off... but no one knew what.
"This tastes funny," Blossom said. "What's in it?"
"Yeah, I knew something was in it," Mario said.
"Aww come on guys," Buttercup replied nonchalantly. "It's just..." she lets out a yawn, "hot cocoa... wait why am I so tired?"
Luigi started to look fatigued as well and so did Bubbles, who rubbed her eyes. "Is it just me or is this filled with chloroform...?" Luigi said. Mario shrugged tiredly.
"Oh dear, are you all okay?" Granny Koopa asked with feigned worry. "You look so tired."
"We are," Bubbles said tiredly. She tried so hard to stay awake but it was getting more and more difficult to do so. She almost dropped the cup and the elderly woman caught it in time.
"Yeah, we..." Blossom let out a yawn too. "We've been traveling a lot to save the professor and Princess Peach, defeating Mojo Jojo and Bowser's baddies, and... and..."
"And going through a lot of hard obstacles," Mario yawned. "Ugh, it's all so tiring..."
"Awww, you poor things... I got beds up here you can rest on," Granny Koopa said.
"Thank you so much Granny Koopa. You're too kind." The red plumber let out a weary yet grateful smile.
She led the tired heroes to the upstairs bedroom where there were beds for each of them. Buttercup already passed out so Luigi had to carry her and gently put her on one of the beds.
"Now then," Granny Koopa said nonchalantly, "you all need some rest for the big adventure."
"But... but what if something horrible happens...?" Mario asked.
"Oh, no need to worry about that. I'll make sure you're safe and sound.~"
Mario looked like he was about to say a comeback, but before he could say a word he passed right out the instant he laid his head on the pillow. Luigi had already gone to sleep and so did Bubbles... Blossom was the only one who was ready to fall asleep but awake enough to notice something.
"Granny Koopa... what did you put in our drinks?" she asked.
"Oh, nothing dearie! Whatever in the world makes you think that?" Granny Koopa said. "The uh... TIRING adventure just got to you is all! I totally didn't put anything in your drinks! Ahaha..."
"But I could've sworn I saw you put something in our drinks! What was-" Before the red headed girl could finish her sentence, she was getting sleepier and her vision went blurrier... and all went black soon enough.
As soon as every single one of the heroes was asleep, the lady grinned evilly and took her wig off... to reveal a male koopaling with navy blue hair! He got out his walkie talkie and spoke directly into it. "Koopa siblings, I got the heroes knocked out! Let's go, NOW!" he said.
"Ooohohohohoho! Roger that!" one of the wacky koopalings said.
"And let's kidnap the most vulnerable one of all... she is too sweet and naive to notice anything." He let out a maniacal laughter; his plan worked.
A/N: Oh maaaaaaan. It's been so long hasn't it? Well okay maybe not that long, but it feels like forever. SO. It looks like someone had lured a plan to do something drastic, and that someone is (you guessed it) the KOOPALINGS :0 What will they do now? Will our heroes wake up in time to notice that one kid is missing? Find out in the next chapter! Don't forget to Read and Review ^^ It'd mean a lot to me
