"H-h-how did you do it?" spluttered Mario, "Merlon said he couldn't find them in all the dimension he could lay his hands on."

"Exactly," exclaimed Bowser, "They weren't in any of the dimensions that Merlon could look through. So, then I thought, 'Hey what if they were in a dimension where Merlon could get access to' and voila. After many a few weeks of searching thanks to Nastasia's dimension tracking devices I finally found them."

"That's great," said Peach excitedly, "Where are they?"

"You know, that's the interesting part. You see, when Dimentio 'left a shadow of his power' to control the Chaos Heart thingamajig. He was still in control of the Chaos Heart, he knew that the Pure Hearts were reusable and sent away the our only reliable source of the Pure Heart before he was destroyed for good. That led me a possibility, Dimension D."

"I guess you wanted to tell us so we can go there and fetch them."

"Precisely," said Bowser joyfully. He was about to say something but stopped. He sniffed and turned pale.

"GET ON THE GROUND!" screamed Bowser as the floor split in half to reveal a void like fissure in the ground. An almighty screech echoed in the room and The Fun Gang were spat out. Kris skittered along the banquet table, knocking dishes out of the way. Susie slammed into a few toads. Ralsei got his head stuck in a chair. Jevil splated on his face in front of Mario. There was a pause then Jevil sat up and Mario turned white.

"No," gasped Mario, "It can't be."

"UeeHee!" screeched Jevil as he shoot up on his feet and a Devilsknife shimmered into view in Jevil's gloved hand, "More people to play with!"

Jevil summoned a ring of spades and knocked Mario into the wall. Luigi shouted and rushed to defend his brother but Jevil swung his scythe and swiped Luigi off his feet. Bowser roared and tucked into his shell and spun towards Jevil but he was spun off course when a flock of carousels swarmed him.

"You can't fool us with that disguise Dimentio!" shouted Mario as he swung his hammer and scored a direct hit at Jevil's head but he merely laughed as he head dislodged and a spring coil bounced around which attached both head and neck.

"Dimentio, Dimentio, I don't know what you're talking about, about," sang Jevil as he scuttled like a spider up the wall and spat out diamond shaped projectiles at Kris who had his shield up to protect Peach. Jevil then hung from a chandelier and threw trios of clubs at the group who were hopelessly overwhelmed by Jevil's attacks. Susie threw her axe at the imp in anger and pinned Jevil on the ceiling by his frills and he waved his short limbs around.

"Now!" shouted Kris as pointed his sword at the hanging joker and Bowser blew fire at him, Mario ate a fire flower and hurled fire balls and Luigi did the same.

"Oof! Hahahaha! Eheheheh!" laughed Jevil with each blow that hit him. His spring coiled neck bounced around with glee. It seemed as if they were winning but Jevil grabbed the hilt of axe then threw it at Bowser. He then landed on the ground and raised his arms.

"You are very good, good players of this game! But I'm afraid I'm pulling out all of the stops, stops!"

Darkness spread from Jevil's body and covered the entire wall. Devilsknives rained from the sky and exploded in a burst of white energy. Jevil then summoned a gigantic scythe and it slowly descended. Everyone was running around in a panic, trying to find cover from ensuring death. It was chaos. Suddenly a bell toll sounded in the background and the darkness dissipated as if someone turned on the light. There was silence. Above Jevil was a large shiny grey heart. It radiated in a hateful way that one couldn't look directly at it. The air around the heart withered and went cold. The thing seemed to suck the happiness around it and turn it into pain and death. This was the Chaos Heart. Jevil looked up and his yellow pupils dilated. He then cackled and danced around the Chaos Heart singing in a demonic voice.

"CHAOS CHAOS CHAOS CHAOS CHAOS CHAOS CHAOS CHAOS!" screeched Jevil as he span towards the group, they backed away except for Mario and Kris who stood their ground, "NOW I CAN FINALLY DO ANYTHING!"

"Is that so?" said a masculine British voice behind Jevil, "Then I'd think you'd like to meet me."

Jevil whirled around and saw a floating man in yellow and purple robes. He had a sock and buskin mask in which his eyes glowed yellow. He had a yellow and purple five tipped harlequin headpiece. His arms were non-existent except for black gloves which were his hands.

"Ahahaha! I can't believe this is actually happening." laughed the second jester as he saw Mario turn white, "It is a pity that I must cut formalities short. But, it is I, the cheater of game overs, the ultimate showman, cancer of all dimension, I am, Dimentio."

Kris leaped at Dimentio but the he was too quick for Kris. He waved his hands and Kris was trapped in a clear box then it explosions with Kris inside. Mario ran towards the Dimentio and jumped but a purple and yellow star formed above him and hit Mario straight in the head. The two heroes collapsed beside Jevil and he took a step back.

"I'm afraid I'll be taking three things," announced Dimentio as he raised his hands and the door slammed open, knocking aside Susie and Ralsei. From the entrance a black book with a blue stone in the center zipped into Dimentio's hand.

"Thank you my dear princess for taking such good care of my Dark Prognosticus. Locking it in the basement has kept it such pristine condition," mocked Dimentio as he addressed Peach with his free hand then snapped his fingers, "Mr L, your service is needed from me."

Luigi started flapping his arm and floated in the air.

"Waah!" shouted Luigi as he stopped beside Dimentio, "Not again!"

"I'm all set," sneered Dimentio as he winked, "I'll see you all when the entire multiverse is begging for its life like a hapless goomba. Ciao."

Dimentio's image faded from sight along with the Dark Prognoticus, the Chaos Heart and the screaming Luigi. There was silence then Jevil looked at the heroes beside him. He sweated nervously. Mario jumped was about to hit Jevil but then unseen force knocked him aside. Kris swung his sword at Jevil but a clear box appeared around Jevil. Dimentio appeared again and swatted Kris away.

"Dibs on him," said Dimentio as he disappeared again with Jevil. There was silence again. Peach started to stumble around in dread and Bowser turned red with rage.

"Great job!" snarled Bowser sarcastically as he grabbed Ralsei by his scarf, "Your guy just resurrected the most dangerous person in this bloody universe and now he's going destroy everything. Do you realize what just happened."

"Hey," shouted Susie as she swung her axe at Bowser, "Hands off the fluffy boy."

Peach stepped in between the two reptilians and held up her hands.

"Now, now," she said authoritatively with a hint of apprehension, "I think we agree what just happened was possibly the worst thing but we need a diplomatic approach to the problem."

She gestured towards the Fun Gang.

"Would you mind to introduce yourselves?" asked Peach. Before Susie could snap at Peach, Kris spoke first.

"My name is Kris, the purple girl is Susie and the fluffy boy is Ralsei."

"That's a nice," said Mario, "It's a me Mario and that's a Peach the fat turtle is a Bowser."

"Hey!" shouted Bowser as he dropped Ralsei, "This is all muscle."

"In all seriousness," said Ralsei, "I think we need to find a solution to that heart. Being around that thing didn't feel good at all."

"Thank you Captain Obvious," scowled Bowser, "You all need to get to my castle. I could get Nastasia to teleport you guys into Dimension D. Once we get the pure hearts, we dispel the Chaos Heart and kick the flip out of Dimentio and his clone."

"That's Jevil," muttered Kris but he was still wondering why Dimentio needed Jevil. Whatever was coming, there is nothing he could do about it.

Your choices don't matter

But was that truly the case?

Not everything is determined by fate