In this chapter, Lincoln is going to get some powers since he's in a video game...of course, he won't be able to use them once he's outside the video game, but it will be fun while they last.

The Loud Family's powers are based on their personality...in case you were wondering.

Chapter 2: Lincoln Savvy

"Aah!" screamed Lincoln. Just how long was he going to fall? Was this the end for him? He had barely even gotten into this video game.

However, at that very moment, something unexpected happened.

Instead of falling, he began to fly.

"Huh?" asked the boy.

Apparently, since he was now inside a video game, he had superpowers.

"Oh, I suppose this makes sense..." answered Lincoln Loud. Surely he would at least have some sort of method to defend himself, whether it was wielding a sword or inhaling enemies so that he could steal their powers.

Perhaps he wasn't going to fall to his death after all.

Why exactly did he get flying powers though? Mario didn't have those. He had to use a P-Wing to get up into the sky.

He then remembered his favorite comic book hero Ace Savvy. Perhaps since he was a big fan of his, he had Ace Savvy's powers in this game.

"Oh, right." remembered Lincoln. Perhaps he was going to have fun playing this video game...even if he was technically inside the video game instead of playing it.

Suddenly, he noticed something rather alarming.

As it turned out, it was Mario, who was falling off of Peach's Castle. Apparently, since Bowser had the Star Rod, fighting him hadn't turned out so well.

Perhaps it would best for Mario to retreat for the time being and save rescuing Princess Peach for later.

Immediately, he grabbed onto Mario. Surprisingly, he didn't have a hard time lifting him at all.

Lincoln then remembered that Ace Savvy had superhuman strength.

"Oh, right..." remembered Lincoln.

Suddenly, a Bullet Bill was shot at his head.

"Whoa!" exclaimed the boy.

As it turned out, Bowser's minions were shooting at him using Bullet Bill cannons.

"Aim for Mario!" ordered a Hammer Bro.

It suddenly occurred to Lincoln that maybe he shouldn't stay in the sky for much longer. At this rate he was going to get shut down.

Besides, Mario was rather beat up...it would probably be best to send him somewhere where he could recover instead of heading back to Peach's Castle where Bowser was currently lurking.

So, he decided to make his way down, careful to avoid the Bullet Bills along the way.

Eventually, he was out of range of the Bullet Bill cannons.

Bowser's minions scowled in frustration and decided to head back to Peach's Castle.

Eventually, Lincoln landed in what appeared to be a grassland.

"I wonder where I can find the nearest hospital..." questioned Lincoln.

Suddenly, the seven Star Spirits appeared.

"Aren't you the guys from the intro?" inquired the boy. Things hadn't turned out so well.

"Thank you for bringing Mario here...now we can use what's left of our power to make sure that he'll be alright..." stated Eldstar.

"You're welcome?" answered Lincoln.

"Soon he'll be able to fight evil again!" exclaimed Mamar.

"You do realize that as long as Bowser has the Star Rod Mario can't lay a finger on him, right? Heading back to Peach's Castle would be the worst thing to do." questioned Skolar.

"I know...that's why he's going to need our help...he can't take on Bowser if we don't do something." answered Muskular.

"Maybe he needs us to explain what he needs to do...though I will admit that it seems rather simple." noted Misstar.

"I know! Why don't we tell him to go to Shooting Star Summit! We can explain everything in detail there." suggested Klevar.

"We might as well bring his savior along while we're at it...perhaps he can be of assistance. Besides, I don't think that he's alone..." commented Kalmar.

Immediately, the seven Star Spirits showed up.

At that very moment, Goombaria showed up.

"Excuse me, do you know a good place where Mario can rest? He got beat up..." explained Lincoln.

"That's Mario?! I'm fangirling!" exclaimed Goombaria. Who would have thought that she would get the opportunity to meet the overall-clad plumber?

Immediately, Goombaria began to squeal. She had always wanted to meet Mario...so did her brother, actually.

"This reminds me of when my sisters squealed when they found out that my bully was a girl..." noted the boy.

"Anyways, you said that he needs a place to rest, right?" asked the female Goomba.

"Yes, he does. He fought with Bowser...and he lost!" exclaimed Lincoln.

"He lost? That's new." remarked Goombaria.

Immediately, she directed Lincoln towards the nearest village...which was Goomba Village.

"Thanks..." stated Lincoln.

Quickly, Lincoln took Mario to the Toad House so that he could recover.

"Hey there, Mar-oh my gosh! What happened?" asked Toad.

"Bowser happened..." explained Lincoln.

"I'll help him recover right away!" exclaimed the sole resident of Goomba Village that wasn't a Goomba.

"Wait, if this village is full of Goombas...does this mean that Mario's in trouble?" asked the boy.

"Actually, none of the Goombas here are evil..." explained the Toad. "Some of the Goombas outside the village work for Bowser though..."

"Oh, that's a relief." answered Lincoln.

Immediately, he decided to wait outside while Mario recovered.

Suddenly, he smelled something that was rather foul...and strangely familiar.

"Ugh! What's that smell?" asked the boy.

"Here we go again!" exclaimed the Toad.

Within a few minutes, the smell had disappeared completely.

"I wonder what was that all about..." questioned Lincoln.

Meanwhile...

"Isn't this awesome, Kammy? I finally managed to defeat that lousy Mario! I'd like to see him try to stop me now!" exclaimed Bowser.

Immediately, he showed off the Star Rod for his minions, who began to cheer. It looked like their king was unstoppable.

"Yeah...I wouldn't be celebrating quite yet." answered Kammy.

"Why not? Princess Peach is mine, I have her castle, Mario's down for the count, I have the Star Rod, and I could grant whatever wish I want!" bellowed the Koopa King.

"Well, he was saved from falling by a boy who was at the party...he also seemed to know ahead of time that you had stolen the Star Rod...I wonder why..." questioned the Magikoopa.

"What? Why didn't you and my minions stop him?" inquired Bowser. He thought that he had managed to capture every guest at the party...he wanted to sentence them to hard labor.

"We tried that, but he was too fast. He managed to get past all the Bullet Bills that we shot at him and managed to get Mario to safety..." explained Kammy.

"Well, that's rather frustrating! I was hoping that Mario would at least break a bone or two once he reached the ground..." frowned the King of the Koopas.

"Yeah...I believe that he's trying to nurse him back to health as we speak..." continued Bowser's sidekick.

"Fine then. Why don't you and your brother go visit Mario and his little friend and make sure that they don't make it back to Toad Town..." ordered Bowser.

"You got it!" exclaimed the purple Magikoopa.

Immediately, Kammy went to go get her brother. He was currently reading a book in the library.

"Interesting..." read Kamek as he flipped through the pages. Apparently, Paper Mario had a sequel called Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. And strangely enough, Bowser was NOT the main antagonist in that one.

Suddenly, Kammy got his attention.

"Brother!" exclaimed Kammy.

"What is it, sis? I'm busy reading!" asked Kamek.

"Lord Bowser wanted us to stop Mario...he wants us to make that Mario never reaches Toad Town, let alone Peach's Castle..." explained the female Magikoopa.

"Didn't Lord Bowser send him crashing through a window?" asked the male Magikoopa.

"Yes, but now he's recovering and he's planning on challenging our king again..." stated Kammy.

"Well, that seems pretty foolish after what happened last time...but I suppose we should do something..." answered Kamek.

"Oh, and now he has a sidekick that can fly..." explained Kamek's sister.

"He does? Well, that's inconvenient..." stated Kammy's brother.

"Let's go look for him, shall we? I believe that he landed somewhere around Goomba Village..." said Kammy.

Kamek nodded, and he and Kammy went to search for Mario.

Meanwhile...

Mario woke up from his nap. The last thing he remembered is him trying to take on Bowser, only to fail miserably. How exactly did he get so strong? Usually Bowser didn't have that kind of power. He was expecting to win like he always did.

Perhaps he needed to do a bit more jumping and hammering.

Suddenly, he realized that he wasn't at Peach's Castle anymore. He was in some sort of Toad House.

He decided to look around.

Curious, he noticed that he was in some sort of village.

"Good to see you're finally up, Mario! You were unconscious but a boy rescued you!" exclaimed Toad.

Mario wondered who that rescuer could possibly be.

"Huh? What does he look like? He has white hair and wears an orange shirt..." explained the resident of Goomba Village who surprisingly was not a Goomba.

Curious, Mario stepped outside.

Sure enough, there he was.

"Hey, Mario!" exclaimed Lincoln.

Mario waved.

"Do you need anything?" asked the middle child of the Loud Family.

Mario explained what was going on.

"You're trying to save the princess? I should have known...you've been doing it for years..." acknowledged Lincoln.

Mario nodded.

"Well, before you do that, you should head to Shooting Star Summit...I doubt that you could take on Bowser without backup..." noted the boy.

Mario agreed. This was NOT going to be a solo adventure this time. In fact, it reminded him of when he, Bowser, Peach, Mallow, and Geno attempted to save the Mushroom Kingdom from Smithy. Where were Mallow and Geno now?

"Anyways, good luck...you need to go to Shooting Star Summit...the Star Spirits want to talk to you." said Lincoln.

Suddenly, Mario raised his hand.

"What? You want me to come with? I don't know, I wouldn't want to get in your way..." stated the boy. Compared to Mario, he wasn't popular at all, even if he did have a lot of sisters.

Mario raised his hand again.

"Oh, that's right, I saved you from falling off of Peach's Castle. That was pretty heroic...I suppose I might as well since I need to look for my sisters..." noted Lincoln.

Mario asked Lincoln a question.

"How many sisters do I have? I have ten..." explained the freckled boy.

Mario gasped in astonishment.

"I know...you on the other hand have only one brother...maybe you have things easy..." acknowledged Lincoln.

Mario wondered what it would be like if he had ten different siblings. Would they all be dressed in different colors just as Luigi chose to dress in green while he chose to dress in red?

"Anyways, let's leave Goomba Village, shall we?" asked the boy.

Mario nodded.

At that very moment, Goombario showed up.

"Hey there, Mario! I'm your biggest fan in the history of ever! Can I get your autograph?" asked Goombario.

Mario nodded and signed his autograph for Goombario.

"Thank you!" exclaimed the Goomba wearing a hat.

"Goombario's about as much of a fan of yours as Kooper is a fan of Kolorado...wait, who's Kooper?" questioned Goomama.

Mario shrugged.

"I think I might know..." answered Lincoln.

Currently, Goompapa was trying to fix the fence.

"Why does this fence keep getting broken?" questioned Goompapa.

Finally, he managed to fix it.

"Alright! I did it!" exclaimed Goombario's father.

"Way to go, honey!" shouted Goomama.

Suddenly, Kammy and Kamek showed up.

"Huh, I don't remember Kamek being in this game." questioned Lincoln. Wasn't he in Paper Mario: Sticker Star?

"Who are you two old guys?" asked Goombaria.

"Don't call us old! We're young and beautiful!" exclaimed Kammy.

"Well, we're not who we used to be..." answered Kamek.

"Don't encourage her!" bellowed the female Magikoopa.

"Sorry." apologized the male Magikoopa.

"So, you want to go out there and take down Bowser and his minions, don't you? I can't say I approve of that...we'll just have to do something!" exclaimed Kammy.

Immediately, she summoned a Yellow Block to block the way out of Goomba Village.

"You think that will stop me? I'll just fly over it!" exclaimed Lincoln.

However, as soon as he attempted to do so, he was attacked by a Thwomp.

"We thought of that..." answered Kamek.

As it turned out, Kamek had summoned a Thwomp to ensure that Lincoln couldn't simply fly over the block and bypass it entirely.

Lincoln sighed and went back to the ground. The Thwomp remained on top of the block, ready to keep an eye on him.

Kamek and Kammy then flew away.

"Darn it! I just fixed that fence!" exclaimed Goompapa.

Mario wondered what they should do.

"I guess I'll just have to find a way past that Thwomp...for now, why don't you go look for help?" questioned Lincoln.

Mario nodded. Maybe Goombario's grandparents could give them a hand.

Immediately, he entered Goombario's house.

"Can I help you?" asked Gooma.

Mario explained the situation to Gooma.

"There's an enormous block blocking the way out of Goomba Village? You'll have to see my husband." explained the elderly Goomba.

Mario nodded, and went to see Goompa.

However, he ended up falling outside the building for his trouble. And it had felt like a few minutes ago that he had been beaten by Bowser and had fallen from Peach's Castle too.

And this time, there was no Lincoln to save him.

"Mamamia..." murmured Mario.

Sure enough, there was Goompa, who was looking for a way back to his house.

"Yeah...I could have fixed the veranda a bit better." noted Goompa.

Meanwhile, Lincoln was trying to figure out how he was going to get past the Thwomp.

Unfortunately, it appeared that the Thwomp was watching the skies rather carefully. It would be dangerous for him to even take to the air.

What was he do?

Curious, he decided to lie in front of a tree and think.

However, as he did so, the tree began to shake. One of its roots had become undone.

"Did I do that?" questioned Lincoln.

Curious, Lincoln tried punching the tree.

Several of its leaves began to shake.

Suddenly, he then remembered that one of Ace Savvy's powers was superhuman strength...among other things, such as flying as Lincoln now had.

He then got an idea.

Carefully sneaking his way out of the Thwomp's sight, he grabbed onto the Yellow Block he was guarding.

The Thwomp collapsed on the floor, wondering what was happening.

He then witnessed a Yellow Block heading straight towards him.

"I'm not getting paid enough for this." remarked the Thwomp.

Immediately, he was sent flying into the distance.

"Yes! Now we can go shopping!" exclaimed Goomama.

"Can you get me a razor so I can shave my mustache?" asked Goompapa.

Goomama and Goompapa left the village, leaving Goombario and Goombaria in the care of their grandparents.

"I guess I should tell Mario the good news..." noted Lincoln.

However, when he looked around, he noticed that Mario didn't seem to be anywhere in the area.

"Where did he go?" questioned the boy.

He decided to look around the village for him.

Hopefully, he was alright.

Well, it looks like Mario and Lincoln are going to have to find a way out of Goomba Village. In the next chapter, they're going to encounter Jr. Troopa...and it won't be the last time they encounter him either.

Bye!