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(This is my first attempt at a new adventure that is actually rather serious. As you see, I love making up new characters. This forst chapter might drag a bit, but I'm setting up the stage; introducing some of the characters and their circumstances.
Mario, and the Mario-related characters don't belong to me, they are copyrighted to Nintendo, etc... However, this story is mine, and the following characters in this chapter: Betrayar, Deceptar, Kaphooey, Mayuri, Yoshimi, and Shy Gurl, are also of my own creation. Deceptar has the ability to shape-change, but he won't use it yet.
Since this is my first attempt at a "new adventure" type of story, please go easy on me, OK? I'd appreciate gentle flames and also appreciate any suggestions for characters and such. Please enjoy!!)

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The Ultimate Betrayar
Chapter 1: The Introduction!!

Late one night, in the Star Haven, two certain stars were trying to complete their experiment

"Are ya sure this'll work?" one of them asked.

"Have I ever failed you?" asked the other.

"Yeah, like the time ya"

"TRUST ME THIS TIME!" The star typed something on a computer. "Stand by the generator, please."

"Are ya sure this'll work, Betrayar?"

"Trust me, my dear friend!

"OK Give me the power, th'n."

"Certainly." Betrayar continued typing. "Hold it right there, and if it doesn't work, you have my permission to sue me in a heartbeat, OK?"

"In a heartbeat."

"Ready? This may feel a little weird."

"I'll tell ya if I survive it."

"OK"

Betrayar pressed the ENTER key and a beam of light appeared around the generator, engulfing Deceptar in a circle of blue light. Deceptar made a face. I'm not gonna make it, he thought, Ooh, Betrayar's gonna

Click. Betrayar hit ENTER again to stop it. "That's long enough," he said. "Try it, please."

"I'm still alive?"

"Yes, you idiot! Try it!"

"OK" Deceptar looked at Betrayar, making a wish that he could look just like him. Immediately, he turned into Betrayar!

"Ooh! It worked, pardner!" Deceptar exclaimed. "If we do this on the Star Spirits, there ain't gonna be anyone who can stop us!"

"SHH!" Betrayar scolded, "Quiet, you hick; they'll hear! Yes, once we impersonate a Star Spirit and steal the Star Rod, it's all ours!"

"Heh heh, but I heard a rumor" Deceptar trailed off.

"What?"

"That durn Skolar's been comin' up with some force field to protect the Star Rod," Deceptar told him. "We gotta get it fore he finishes!"

"Yeah, I heard that too. So we have to get it tomorrow night!"

"But it shouldn't be hard, right?"

"Absolutely. Now, to call our partner back down on the planet"

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Down on the planet, whatever planet that may be, the evil star's partner was in bed, fast asleep, when he got the call.

"RIIIIING! RIIIIIIIING! RIIIIIIIII—"

Grumbling to himself, he picked it up on the third ring. "Hello? Whoever you are, you better have a darned good excuse for calling me at 2 AM"

"Indeed I do."

"Betrayar!" the beast was instantly awake. "What's up?!"

"Well, my dear friend, I warn you to begin your lookout on the good guys now. You see, we will have to act sooner than I thought to steal the Star Rod, and you know what your job is"

"Make sure that neither Mario or any of his cotton-pan friends stop you," the beast continued. "Yeah, I know."

"Very good, Wart. So, tell me, do you have your gang ready?"

"Yeah! I kept meaning to tell you, I created this machine that can turn any normal vegetable into an evil super-intelligent one. Well It kind of messed up after I made three super-intelligent ones, but, still, at least they're evil."

A long silence on Betrayar's part. I thought he hated veggies; now he's making an army?! This makes no sense But, as long as they're evil, I guess it doesn't matter "Wart, I am just hoping that you don't fail. IF YOU DO, I'll make sure that none of your wishes ever come true, that's a promise!"

"Heh heh, don't worry. No one can stop these evil veggies! Mario and all his friends will be at a total loss of what to do! And, by the way, if you kick the Star Spirits out of Star Haven, they can't nullify the power of the Rod, can they?"

"They can't," Betrayar answered. "I have taken certain precautions But, there is even something to be concerned about there: there is a certain Star Kid, by the name of Twink, who I would say is quite close power-wise to a Star Spirit. If the Star Spirits and Twink work together, they could null it."

"Oh so you have to get rid of him, too?"

"Yes."

"I see. Well, I'll make sure that the Star Spirits and this Twink are taken to remote places and held by some of my evil veggies."

"That's not good enough. You must do more."

"What kind of more?"

"DISPOSE OF THEM!"

"Oh, okay"

"I will send them directly to you," Betrayar continued, "and you'd better dispose of them right away!"

"Yes, Master Betrayar."

"Don't fail me. I'm counting on you." With that, Betrayar hung up. Wart did too.

"Ooh, I can't believe Betrayar chose me for this," he yawned, getting back in bed. "The Mushroom World's wishes will never come true again!!"

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Down on the planet, they had no idea what was about to happen. A few had noticed some weird things, but for the most part, all was going well

There'd been a few changes. Tubba Blubba had permanently moved out of his castle in Gusty Gulch and escaped to who knows where and now two weirdoes, by the name of Wario and Waluigi, along with their pet birds, Hen and Kaphooey, had moved in.

"Maybe this will give it time for all those Fuzzies to get out of Wario Land," Wario reasoned. "Where did those come from, anyway?"

"I don't know," Waluigi answered. "At least we're closer to Mario, so we can pick on him!" The two began to laugh evilly, until

"BLEEEEHHH!"

"AH! WHAT THE?!" Wario and Waluigi looked around, but saw no one. "Huh?"

"Hee hee, I can see you, but can you see me?!"

"Oh, great. You mean this place is haunted?!" Wario muttered. "No wonder it was so cheap."

"Yep! Hey, behind you!" Wario and Waluigi turned around to see a beige ghost there. "Just to let you know, we pretty much run this place! Heh heh heh! See that abandoned town at the foot of the hill?"

"Yeeeees"

"That's our town! Heh heh, only the bravest people go there! Or friends of Mario!"

"Friends of Mario?!" Waluigi and Wario looked at each other, getting the same idea. "Do they come here often?" Waluigi asked.

"Yeah," the Boo answered. "In fact, one of Mario's friends lives or whatever we Boos do, in the nearby Forever Forest. Betcha would be too chicken to meet her, though!"

"Don't talk about chickens in that way!" Wario exclaimed, then added, "Meet? Oh, we'll see"

Once the Boo had left, Wario and Waluigi grinned at each other. "One of Mario's friends, not far from here," Wario chuckled. "Oh, yeah! Prank time!"

"Let's do our best," Waluigi agreed, "No one will forget the names Waluigi' and Wario' after this! Nya ha ha ha ha!"

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Far away, in the Shiver Region, Professor Kolorado had finally gotten around to going to the Crystal Palace. This time, though, in addition to his two usual colleagues, he also had Kooper and his wife with him.

Kooper was looking at a map. "Hmm, hmm, whoever drew this map was way off, geez"

"You still remember how to get around, don't you, dear boy?" Kolorado asked.

"Oh, yeah, I do!" Kooper answered, putting the map away. "Let's just hope the shape-changing ghosts, the white Clubbas, and Pararera the Crystal King' don't hang around anymore. They could be trouble."

"It's so beautiful," Mrs. Kolorado breathed, "This is truly a place where dreams come true!"

"See, my dear, I knew you would like it," Kolorado chuckled. "Let us go! Not a moment to spare!"

As they entered the palace, though, they were being watched

My palace, the watcher was thinking, It should be mine. They dare disturb it?! Well, maybe they won't. I'll watch and see. But no one goes into the palace without being watched by Pararera the Crystal King! Pararera turned invisible, to transport himself to the top of the palace. However, there was already a Pararera there

"Hey, you!" the real Pararera scolded, "I told you to stop that!"

"Sorry" the shape-changing ghost turned back into his normal self, "I didn't think you'd be back that fast"

"Lame excuse," Pararera growled. "Listen, you, follow those Koopa Troopas who just entered the palace. Make sure they're not up to anything bad for us!"

"Yes, Boss."

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Farther away still, in the Dry Dry Desert, Moustafa was inspecting the Dry Dry Ruins. The damage that had been done by Tutankoopa wasn't as bad as he thought

"The Chomps scraped things up, but not as bad as I thought," he told Little Mouser. "Please make a note of that."

"Yes, sir," Little Mouser did so, "Anything else?"

"Hmm, not now" Moustafa and Little Mouser walked out of the ruins and headed back to town. "Who is running your store right now?" Moustafa asked.

"The human girl apprentice I have," Little Mouser answered. "Mayuri."

"Ah, yes, her," Moustafa nodded, remembering, "She is new to Dry Dry Outpost, isn't she?"

"Yes, sir. Her records show that she is an orphan from Rose Town and that's all. Nothing else."

Once Little Mouser got back to his store, Mayuri handed the job of handling customers back to Little Mouser and went to her usual job of shelving items. A few minutes later, though, a customer came in

Actually, he wasn't a customer, just the mail carrier. "Whew I I finally made it"

Little Mouser laughed. "Trouble in the Desert, Parakarry?"

"Yeah," the Paratroopa mailcarrier answered. "While en route to Dry Dry Outpost, a Bandit stole my mailbag and made off with it. Once I got it back, I realized I was lost in the desert, so I had to find the path again but accidentally back-tracked to Mount Rugged, and, and"

"It's all right," Little Mouser assured him, "Parakarry, you're spent! Why don't you rest here for a few minutes?" Parakarry just nodded, and Little Mouser told Mayuri to go and get some water and a bite to eat. Mayuri did so, and, seemingly as a gesture of thanks, Parakarry handed her a letter.

"From your pen pal on Yoshi's Island," he said. "I've had this for a week, just never got around to delivering it, heh"

"Oh! Thank you!" Mayuri took the letter, went into the corner, tore it open, and read it:

Dear Mayuri,

Hi! This is Yoshimi. How are you? OK, that sounded so stupid
I really liked those pictures you sent me of Dry Dry Outpost. Wow! That place is so different looking than our island. I can hardly even imagine what a place where it hardly ever rains is like. It rains here either all day or everyday, it's too much
Anyway, it looks like we might be able to visit you in the fall! We're going to go to Toad Town for some party, and my parents said it's OK for me to come to Dry Dry Outpost, as long as you're there at Mount Rugged to guide me to the town. I can't wait to meet you in person! And Little Mouser and all the other ones you've told me about!!
Please write back soon!

Your Yoshi friend, Yoshimi

This fall?! Mayuri thought. Oh, wow! "Little Mouser," she told her master, "This letter from Yoshimi says that she may be coming this fall!"

"This fall?" Little Mouser asked. "Because of the party in Toad Town?"

"Yeah"

Little Mouser chuckled. "We're going to that party too, Mayuri."

"Oh, we are? Oh, wow! I'll be sure to tell her that!" Mayuri went up to her room and began writing her response.

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"See, Mommy, and this is where that mean old Lantern Ghost had me captive!" Watt frowned, remembering. "That Lantern Ghost was mean! Right, Shy Gurl?"

Shy Gurl just nodded, to scared to speak. She had known that Watt's mother was coming to tour the Toy Box, and though she had kept telling herself to be brave, that was very hard for her

"And in this next room, this is where General Guy was training the Shy Squad! Does he still live here, Shy Gurl?" Watt asked.

Shy Gurl nodded.

"Is he training right now?"

Shy Gurl shook her head. "But he's in there," she managed to say.

"OK! Let's go say hi!"

Shy Gurl blinked. "But, Watt, miss, General Guy hates you"

"Say hi anyway!"

Watt's mother and Shy Gurl looked at each other. They just shrugged and followed Watt.

General Guy was reading some book when they came in. He quickly hid it. "What is it? Wha wha wha WATT?!?!?!?!?!" General Guy freaked out, diving under a nearby table. "You can't get me here, ha! TRY YOUR BEST, you Lil' Sparky!!"

"They just wanted to say hi, sir," Shy Gurl informed him.

".That so?" General Guy warily came from under the table. "Why me, must I ask?"

"I dunno, I just wanted my Mommy to see the Shy Guy who was holding one of the Star Spirits captive!" Watt answered. "See, Mommy? THIS is the General Guy I was talking about!"

"I see" Watt's mother trailed off.

General Guy was still confused, and a bit angry. "You came here to show your mother a person who was DEFEATED by that cheater, Mario?! SHY GURL!!!!! Why did you let them in?!"

Shy Gurl cowered in the corner. "Because, sir, sir I, um" she stopped, too frightened to continue, so Watt did for her.

"General Guy! She's not one of your soldiers anymore! And she's my friend! Don't talk to her like that!"

"Not my soldier, but I boss her around anyway," General Guy muttered. "Are you Watt's friend?!"

Shy Gurl nodded.

"And," Watt added, "I wanted my Mommy to see the Toy Box!"

"We'll you've seen it, so GET OUT!" General Guy roared. "Before I call the Shy Sqau I mean Oh, um I'll have to get back to you on that"

Shy Gurl led them out, and once they got to the trampoline thingy to get out of the Toy Box, Watt had an idea.

"Shy Gurl, you've been to Toad Town, right? But would you like to stay with us for awhile? Would that be OK, Mommy?"

"Well, I suppose" her mother answered.

"That would be OK, Watt, miss," Shy Gurl agreed.

"Really?!" Watt exclaimed. "Yay! I got a big Shy Gurl sister!"