"So you're-a tellin' us that Bowser and Eggman came here a month ago?" Mario asked.

Truth and Elsa nodded solemnly. They had gathered the Mario Bros., Sonic, Kirby, Calvin, Hobbes, and the Eds and explained the plight of the Mysterious Star.

"It all started when Bowser first arrived here. His terrible dark fortress loomed over the Seed Kingdom..." Elsa sighed as she flashed back to that terrible day.


*Flashback*

The Seed Kingdom, the domain were all the plantlife of the Mysterious Star thrived, was having an ordinary day as usual. The tiny and adorable residents were going about their days when a curious shadow loomed overhead.

It appeared to be made of lava and rock and soon dropped spiked balls on chains to anchor itself, lowering down just on the outskirts of the kingdom, the lava dripping off the flying fortress making the rivers bubble.

Soon, strange creatures resembling turtles came out, dressed in different types of armor. Alongside them were mushroom-like creatures with mean faces and fanged mouths and red-clad little men in white masks with black eyeholes and mouth holes.

"What is going on here-Dane?" Curiously proclaimed King King, the short-tempered but well-meaning ruler of the Seed Kingdom.

"A new kingdom?" Queen Flower asked.

Suddenly, a bridge came down as the mouth of the monstrous face on the front of the fortress opened up. Wisps of purple smoke flew out before materializing into a short turtle wizard with big round glasses and blue robes.

"Behold! The King of the Koopas!"

Next to come down was a hulking brute who looked like a mix of a dragon and a turtle. His dark green shell had multiple spikes coming out, a spiked tail protruded from his backside, black spiked wristbands decorated his fists, and he had a wild mane of red hair.

"It is some kind of invader-Dane!" King gasped in shock. "We must gather the troops!"

The beast glared at the Mother Tree, which also served as the palace of the Seed Kingdom Royal Family.

"OPEN THE GATES!" He bellowed as King came out with his forces, all of them glaring defiantly at this invader.

The 11 Seed Princesses, whose names were Nina, Joiner, Shiyon, Gorchel, Loloa, Ichele, Quarry, Harney, Julia, Nursya, and Saya, watched along with their little brother Solo and their mother as the two armies stared each other down.

"Attack-Dane!" King declared as the Seed Army rushed forward, firing their pop guns and catapulting fruit and seeds at the beast, to absolutely no effect as he just stared at them blankly. An apple managed to hit one of the turtle soldiers in the face, sending him to the ground.

King soon stopped the assault and pointed his scepter forward.

"That was merely a taste of our fury, monster! Do you yield-Dane?"

The beast merely chuckled. "I do not."

The turtle wizard waved his magic wand and a pinkish-purple aura surrounded the Seed Kingdom Army, levitating them off the ground before sending them all flying. King gasped in horror as the beast picked him up between his index claw and thumb.

"Let me introduce myself, little man. The name's Bowser, the King of AWESOMENESS! And right now, my Koopa Troop is taking over this whole dang star for ourselves."

"You won't get away with this-Dane! The other kingdoms will resist!" King boldly retorted, wiggling furiously in Bowser's grip.

"Good thing an old buddy of mine is handling things as well.

*End Flashback*


"That sure sounds like-a Bowser." Mario frowned.

"That marked the rest of the kingdoms being attacked by this Koopa Troop as well as these robotic forces calling themselves the Eggman Empire." Truth continued as Elsa nodded.

"After the Seed Kingdom was captured, both the Moon and Jewelry Kingdoms were the next on the list, the Eggman Empire doing the deed," Camelot added.


*Flashback*

In both the Moon Kingdom and the Jewelry Kingdom, robots of all shapes and sizes were attacking. The citizens were forced to hide in their homes as the robots began setting up shop, marking points of territory as their own.

Soon, what appeared to be television screen drones flew down before flickering to show a symbol. Soon, it showed a recording of a man with a bushy brown-orange mustache, a bald head, dark glasses, a pair of goggles resting on his forehead, a red coat over a black suit, and white gloves.

"I'VE COME TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT! SHADOW THE HEDGEHOG'S-!" The man began, only to cough and then fix his glasses. "Oops, sorry, wrong version of me. Let me start over."

After clearing his throat and making himself presentable, he started his announcement over, now more sophisticated but still quite threatening.

"A pleasure to make your acquaintances, kingdoms of the Mysterious Star! I am Dr. Ivo Julian Robotnik but please, call me Dr. Eggman, the greatest scientific genius in the world! An associate of mine and I have arrived here to declare that this entire star is now under our command!"

The robots began attacking the castles of both the Moon and Jewelry Kingdoms. Prince Bright, Prince Shade, and their younger sisters Princess Altezza and Milky were led to an underground escape tunnel by their parents, who held the line as the robots soon broke in and took them all prisoner.

"From this day forward, all of the royalty of the kingdoms have been dethroned! Your new rulers are now me and my good friend, Bowser, King of the Koopas! Accept our rule and you shall remain living comfortably!"

*End Flashback*


"Our friends were able to escape, but their parents were kidnapped..." Fine sadly said.

"We don't know where they are now...they could be captured for all we know," Rein added.

"That no-good Eggman." Sonic scowled as he stood up. "Don't worry, we'll save your friends and the rest of the kingdoms!"

"That's-a-right!" Mario said, getting up as well. "We know how to a-deal with those nefarious baddies! Just leave it all-a to us!"

"Oh yeah!" Luigi nodded in agreement.

"Poyo!" Kirby cheered.

"Saving a bunch of kingdoms?" Calvin pondered. "Well, despite me being the leader of the Top Secret Club GROSS, Get Rid Of Slimy Girls, I can't exactly let a world be destroyed, can I?"

"We shall save your kingdom from the evil Eggman and Bowser!" Ed said, pointing his finger to the sky. "Who is with me?"

"I'm not too sure about this, we just needed to find a way home but...we can't exactly leave these people under the care of those heinous hedonists." Double-D sighed.

"You got that right, Double-D! Besides, we might get a reward for being Heroes!" Eddy smirked.

"You'll help us?" Fine and Rein asked in unison with hopeful smiles as the heroes all nodded.

"Considering the Flame Kingdom is one of the few kingdoms still resisting, we'd better start there-Pumo!" Poomo stated as Fine and Rein nodded.

"Let's go! Lione and Tio need our help!"


Taking the Sunny Kingdom Royal Airship, Poomo took command of piloting it as Fine and Rein bid their parents farewell while the heroes promised to keep them safe.

"Ugh, why am I even helping girls?" Calvin groaned as Hobbes tapped his head.

"Come on, Calvin, you're doing a good thing here. Take that into consideration, why don't you?"

"Wish I could just get there by running, but hey, sometimes it pays to take flight," Sonic said as he kicked back in his seat.

With that, the heroes took off to the Flame Kingdom, one of the last kingdoms still standing against Bowser and Eggman's invasion.


Next Time: Our Heroes arrive at their first destination; the Flame Kingdom! Calvin unearths a strange device, Tio tries his best, and the heroes show the people of the Mysterious Star what they can do!