Reunited
Chapter 12: Fallen
The Apprentice looks over her shoulder as she continues onward, looking at the nonmoving body of Flurrie.
"That settles that," she tells herself as she continues farther into the Forever Forest, "That foolish girl should've never tried to attack me."
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Vivian travels through the halls of the pyramid, looking around for any sign of an odd door, or perhaps the Golden Diva herself.
"I wonder what else lurks within these halls. Certainly the Golden Diva is not without protection."
The Shadow Siren continues further down the passage, eventually reaching a large empty room with nothing inside. Vivian sighs, "A dead end. Perfect."
The Shadow turns around and gasps as a giant teddy-bear with a mouse on top of it comes flying down at her.
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Beldam goes through the Forever Forest, looking around for something.
Now to get what I came here for, the eldest Shadow Siren thinks as she continues her search for what she came to find.
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The Apprentice continues throughout the forest, finally reaching what it was she came for.
"You'd think that those pitiful four would have something a bit more impressive," she mutters whilst staring down the old shack, "Of course, they won't even have this in a minute."
The woman slams the door open and enters the room. She turns her head to see Frankly and Gadd rushing up the steps, and merely freezes both of the two. The Apprentice goes down the stairs to the lab and once inside begins to mercilessly destroy everything in sight.
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Aerodent looks down at the Shadow Siren, who is laying on the ground from his attack.
"What's the matter?" the mouse asks of Vivian in a teasing tone, "Not big enough to play a real game?"
"You wish," Vivian yells in response as she resumes a neutral position. The shadow then begins to lob balls of fire at the mouse, who merely dodges the blasts.
"Nice try, but you'll have to do much better than that."
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Ms. Mowz walks through the Sapphire Passage, looking around for the door and, of course, treasure.
"Sigh... I think Wario took all of it when he came here."
It is then that the rodent hears what sounds like the wings of a bat flapping. The noise comes from inside of a dark room a bit further ahead of the mouse.
"I wonder what's in there... well, who cares? I'm betting there's treasure! Or at least the Golden Diva!"
The thief charges into the room.
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Goombella walks into the final hallway of the Gold Passage, seeing nothing but two doors: one of these doors is straight ahead, while the other is a sealed off door that leads to the level Wario beat to get to the Diva.
"I think I found her," Goombella tells herself as she walks down the hallway slowly. The Goomba enters the room and inside discovers herself face to face with the strange floating creature that is the Golden Diva.
"Alright, Diva, tell me where the door containing the map is and I'll, like, leave you alone and stuff!"
"Oh dear," the Diva replies sarcastically, "A Goomba school teacher who thinks she's some kind of hero! What am I ever going to do?"
"Why can't you just tell me where the map is? I really don't care for fighting."
"I do," the Diva replies, changing from her joking, sarcastic voice to a voice sounding just as evil as she herself is.
"Fine then." Goombella leaps at the Diva, who merely slaps her away.
"You're kidding, right? For someone as smart as you are you are certainly too headstrong in battle. You need to think before you strike."
"Oh, I always hated villains who give you advice while you fight them!"
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The Apprentice flutters into the room in which she communicates with Cackletta.
"Did you do it?"
"Yes, I did, Mistress. And I have an unpleasant surprise planned for those fools when they arrive here, whenever that may be..."