Robo: No, they're not my OC's. Kylie Koopa appeared in Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time as a photojournalist who worked for the Koopa Kronicle. Arfur appeared in Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door and he had a trouble that you could help him out. Honestly, I'm not sure why I chose these two as part of the Main character cast, but it's too late to change them now...

Pauline ran up to Kammy in a rush.

"Alright Kammy, I've got the stuff you wanted. A red flower, a lighter, a candle, and a mug with water. Now what?" Pauline asked in desperation.

"Okay. Lead me to where that annoying Mario is now!" Kammy said.

"Fine...but he isn't annoying!" Pauline replied.

"Yes he is! He's always ruining Bowser's plans and defeating his henchmen! Did you also know that one time, Mario stole Ludwig's 3DS XL?" Kammy angrily responded.

"Well that's because Bowser's plans suck! Seriously, have you not figured it out by now why Mario has beaten him every single time Bowser causes havoc?" Pauline questioned to her.

"Well...uhh..." Kammy was at a loss of a response. She didn't want to admit that Pauline was right. "Oh, just take me to him so we can get this overwith!"

"Score for 1 for Pauline." The Queen Bee quietly cackled. Pauline led the witch up the stairs to the second floor, to room D5. They both entered the room to find that Mario was snoozing away.

"Alright. Close the door and shut off the lights. We cannot let a soul know of what we're doing. After that, take the lighter and light the candle." Kammy warned. Pauline nodded, not realizing how serious this situation could be. She shut the door and locked it and flicked the light switch to off. Meanwhile, Kammy sat on top of Mario's legs and positioned herself. This woke up Mario and seeing the sight of Kammy right in front of him made him scream like a girl.

"WOAH! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING IN HERE!?" The plumber screamed.

"HI-YA!" Kammy whacked him in the head with her wand, which knocked Mario right out.

"What the hell did you do that for!?" Pauline shrieked.

"He can't be conscious during this procedure! Now, give me the red flower and lighter..." Kammy said and Pauline gave her the two said items.

Kammy flicked the lighter on and lit the red flower on fire. Pauline started becoming uncomfortable because this might turn out to be more dangerous than she originally thought.

Once the flower was lit, Kammy put the lighter down and grabbed her wand. Started waving it around the flower.

"Goddess of love, bring this soul together with the one that lay before me. Make the man in red forget he had ever fallen for that princess who is always in need. Tear them apart, bring him a new love. For these magical forces will always be watching him from above!" Kammy chanted, then suddenly a glow emitted from the tip of her wand and a red beam blasted the flower. Kammy then inhaled deeply and suddenly blew into the flower. Red mist was blowing from the flower due to her breath, into Mario's nostrils. Pauline was astounded by how amazing the process looked. Kammy then grabbed the mug and dipped the flower into it, dousing the flames.

"Done! When he wakes up he should be head over heels for you." Kammy said as she got off the bed.

"So...it worked? Oh, thank you so much, Kammy! I really mean it!" Pauline cheered with actual sincerity.

"Your welcome. Now pay me 20 coins, bitch!"


Roy and Mimi were laying on their backs on the hard ground up on the roof, side by side, staring at the starry sky.

"You know, I've actually counted the stars in the sky once a loooooong time ago. I think I made it to 2,036?" Mimi said with a giggle.

"Dude, you seriously wasted your time trying to count all those stars? Pah, sounds like too much hard work. Besides, everyone knows there's an infinite amount of stars in the galaxy anyways." Roy scoffed.

"Well, I was bored! I think it happened during one night where I couldn't sleep for some reason so I stuck my head out my bedroom window and just stared at the night sky. I remember being amazed by how mystical it looked...it's like a whole other world up there you know? A humongous world comprised of different worlds...that's just insane. Have you ever wanted to explore outer space?" Mimi asked while being taken in by the hypnotizing shining stars.

"Eh, not really. Mostly because I'm paranoid that there's gonna be aliens that are gonna pop out of black holes and try to shoot my rocket ship down." Roy answered truthfully, which made Mimi laugh.

"Well that's an interesting reason! Haha. But...I just now remembered something...last week, I was walking home from the store and on my way there, I couldn't help but notice a shooting star that flew across the entire sky. I noticed it out of the corner of my eye! And so, naturally, I made a wish. Wanna know what I wished for?"

"What? A billion dollars? World peace? More Burger Queen restaurants?" Roy obnoxiously guessed, which made Mimi laugh again.

"No! I wished for love!"

"Love? Why would you wish for that out of all things?" Roy clearly thought her wish was a mistake.

"Because I feel like it's that time in my life where I need to start a relationship with someone and live in happiness with them for the rest of my life. I'm tired of living a lonely life...well, I guess 'lonely' isn't the right word because I DO have some friends but I've never actually fallen in love with somebody. And I really want to." Mimi explained to him in a serious tone.

"Oh...I didn't know that about you. I kinda assumed you already had a previous love because you seem like one of those girls who..." Roy cut himself off before he said anything else.

"Who, what?" Mimi wanted to know.

"...Nothing. Nevermind. It would sound rude, I know it. And I don't want to hurt your feelings."

"Oh...well...thank you...I guess..." Mimi was still curious to know what he was going to say. "Anyways, have you had a relationship with someone before?"

"Nope. Mainly because I hate people. All people will ever do is screw you over and judge you constantly. That's why I never trust anyone, not even with my family." Roy told her, which caught Mimi a bit off guard.

"Wow! You're the first person I've ever seen say something like that. While it's true there are some judgmental and cruel people out there, not EVERYONE is like that you know. You just have to look hard for the good ones."

"Pffff, yeah right. You can try to convince me all you want, but at the end of the day, everyone will judge you, no matter what kind of person they are. Every person in the world is so 'anti-society' nowadays because society is known for judging people and whatnot, but that makes them hypocrites because those same people will judge someone that is IN the society and follows the generic rules of the world." Roy harshly explained, rubbing his temples in frustration at the topic.

Mimi didn't even know how to respond. It's clear Roy grew up in a very negative environment that left him isolated from the world. Deep down, she wanted to change him. But how? And would it even be the right thing to do?


Arfur pulled up his van in front of the hospital.

"Alright guys, try not to take too long, okay? Sorry but I'm ready to get some shuteye." He told the others.

"Don't you worry about a thing. I promise we'll be as fast as Sonic the Hedgehog who's speeding down a hill and onto a train going 75 miles per hour...or something like that." Yoshi replied and everyone got out and rushed into the hospital.

"Hey hey hey! Can we go meet Mario first!? I wanna feel how smooooooth his clothes are!" Fire Bro impatiently asked, freaking everyone else out as well.

"Errr, well, I actually agree with Fire Bro. Only Peach, Daisy, and Luigi have seen Mario and the rest of us haven't. Let's go see him before visiting the others." Dixie suggested.

Daisy nodded at her request. "That's fine by me. Any objections?"

"I don't care, I just wanna get this over with then go to bed and sleep! I get cranky when I'm tired if you all didn't know!" Birdo yelled with her eyes having bags under it.

"We ALL get cranky when we're tired, Birdo. You aren't an exception." Toad said while rolling his eyes.

"Oh my god...SHE'S BLEEDING!" Luigi shrieked and jumped into Daisy's arms while pointing at Goombella.

"YUCK! IS SHE GIVING BIRTH? WHO IMPREGNATED YOU?" Yoshi also shrieked.

"Why is Goombella peeing Kool-aid?" Peach stupidly asked (again).

"Like, no! I'm having my period! Can someone, like, help me out here because I, like, didn't bring my tampons with me!" Goombella started to panic.

"Don't worry girl, I've got you covered. I always carry a pack with me just in case. You guys go on and see Mario, we'll catch up with you in a while." Toadette said then quickly brought Goombella into the girls bathroom. Everyone else just shrugged and went up the stairs.

The 11 reached Mario's room and saw that the plumber had just woken up from his nap.

"Mario sweetie, it's me again! And look who's here this time!" Peach called out and showed Mario the rest of his friends that he didn't get to see before.

"Mamma mia! Yoshi! Birdo! Toad! Dixie! DK! Rosalina! Waluigi! Some guy I don't know! It's fantastic to finally see you all!" Mario cheered in excitement.

"OH MY GOSH, YOU'RE MARIO! I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M TALKING TO A REAL PLUMBER!" Fire Bro wildly screamed as he jumped onto Mario's bed and started jumping on it, while also jumping on Mario's stomach.

"OW! STOP! YOU'RE HURTING ME!" Mario cried. DK rushed over to Fire Bro and punched him right in the face.

"Sorry about that. The dude is not right in the head." He explained.

"Yeah, CLEARLY he isn't. But thank you though." Mario said as he fist bumped the ape.

"Mario, my dear. How are you holding up? I had heard about your awful injuries and you trying to fight back Tatanga's army. I have to say, even though you weren't successful, that was still pretty brave of you to not give up without a fight." Rosalina complimented him, which raised his spirits a bit.

"Thank you Rosalina, and oh, don't worry too much about me, I'm doing just fine. I should feel much better in a few days." Mario explained to everyone.

"A few days? Jeeze. But it's understandable though, you DID go through a lot recently, plus Peach told us that Pauline was in here with you so I imagine that must've not gone well." Birdo said.

"Pauline? Are you kidding me? That girl is fantastic! She's one of the most beautiful women in the entire universe!" Mario exclaimed. This freaked everyone else out a bit.

"Seriously, you think she's BEAUTIFUL!? The girl is 23, yet she looks 43! Plus her hair looks oily and nasty! YUCK!" Dixie said while making a disgusted expression.

Peach seemed more tense about this than the others. "Um, y-yeah, Mario. She's not beautiful. She's ugly, horrible, disgusting, weird, hazardous, gross, despicable, pathetic, ugly, odd, desperate, weird, ugly, rich, feminine, Zebra, Ganondorf, blue, pink, purple, yellow, orange...wait, what am I talking about again?" Everyone else facepalmed themselves.

"Changing the subject now! We want to tell you, bro, that we are going on a new mission tomorrow to save the world." Luigi told him. Mario gasped at the last few words.

"Save the world!? Woah woah woah! Don't tell me this is Tatanga's doing!" He started to freak out.

"Unfortunately, it's true. This is what Merlon told us back at Mushroom Corps, which is where we'll be sleeping at and where the main base of operations that all of this is coming from. In short, Merlon explained that he had a vision in which Tatanga said he is going to shroud the world in darkness and take over the world while making half the people on the planet slaves, and the other half will die. We have to go on this RPG/Platformer-like adventure to get these 9 gems so we can get something called the Crystal Star Rod that will truly defeat Tatanga and his baddies." Daisy told him the story. Mario was still in shock.

"My god...you guys...if this is all true...then...then I'm going with you!" He stated. Everyone stepped back in surprise.

"What? No, you can't! Mario...you're still in critical condition. We can't let you come with us and risk yourself becoming even MORE hurt. We would never forgive ourselves!" Daisy said.

"Yeah, leave this to us, Mario. You deserve a break from trying to save the world so many times anyways. It's our turn now." Toad added with everyone nodding in agreement.

Mario lowered his head back down. "I guess you're right. Maybe it would be the best choice...just promise me that you all will do your best to be safe?"

"Well, DUH! We always have to try to be safe during ANY situation where enemies are all around us!" Waluigi yelled.

"Waluigi, knock off your attitude. This isn't the time for it." Rosalina scolded, making everyone else laugh.

"Oh...fine." The man in purple scowled and crossed his arms.

"But anyways, yes, we promise that we'll do our best to be safe. And if that promise is somehow not fulfilled, then you have the right to use Luigi's Poltergust 3000 to suck up our souls!" Toad said with a wink.

"Um, I don't know about you but I'm pretty sure none of us want to spend an eternity in a freaking vacuum." Birdo spat at the Mushroom boy. Toad just stuck out his tongue at her in response.

"I promise to obey the rules of the scripture and worship the Gods of Money with all of my heart and soul!" Fire Bro stated and gave Mario a salute.

"Um...good for you. Anyways, it's getting late so we better head out and get back to the building. We'll probably say hi to some others on our way out too. Oh, and Toadette and Goombella will be here in a minute to see you here, they just had to use the bathroom badly. Bye Mario." Daisy said and waved him goodbye along with the others.

"Bye guys. Good luck on your mission!" Mario waved back.

As the group walked out Peach dragged Daisy to the back with her. "Daisy, what was up with what Mario said about Pauline being one of the most beautiful girls in the universe and that she's fantastic? You don't think he's...falling for her, do you?"

"Of course not Peach! Mario would never do something like that. But that comment though, well, maybe he sees Pauline in a different way that we do. Maybe we've mis-judged her all this time. But please don't stress over it, Peach. We're going to need all your energy for tomorrow and both of us are tired beyond belief." Daisy replied.

"Sigh...I guess you're right." Was all Peach said in reply and slowly walked down the stairs.


Fire Bro busted through the doors of the cafeteria and ran to Charmy, who was sitting with Amy, Banjo, and Kazooie.

"CHARMYYYYYYYYYYY! Hey buddy! I had to see you before I went off to my next mission with the gang!" The maniac cheered.

"What!? You're going on another mission? Aw, I wish I could come! It sounds like so much fun and it'd be better than being cooped up in this boring hospital!" Charmy said in envy.

"I'd honestly rather be doing a mission too, than staying here. We don't even how much longer it's going to be until we can go back to our own worlds. And even if we could, we don't know the exact location of the portals to get home." Amy added.

"Awwww, you poor puppy! Don't worry, it will all work out somehow! Oh wait, maybe not, because some weird old guy told us something about how the guy who captured you all is going to cover the world in darkness and kill half the people in the world and the other half will be his slaves...or something like that." Fire Bro explained. The other three's jaws dropped to the floor.

"WHAT!? DARKNESS? KILL? SLAVES? I SWEAR TO GOD, IF YOU'RE LYING I WILL PECK YOUR EYEBALLS OUT!" Kazooie screamed and got in his face.

"Sorry dude, but there's no time for that, I gotta blast!" The maniac then started to run off but Banjo pulled him back before he could go anywhere.

"Wait Fire Bro, do you think you could ask Kylie Koopa and that Arfur guy when we'll be able to leave, please? You don't have to give us an answer right now, but we would like one once your mission is done." Banjo asked with kindness.

"Sure thing, buddy! BYE!" Fire Bro then zoomed off, only to crash into a table and flipped it over.

"Okay, wow, that whole 'Darkness' thing sounded totally creepy and sadistic...but, eh, I don't think we need to worry. As long as it only happens in this world, we should be fine because all of us here live in different worlds." Amy said in relief.

Banjo rubbed his chin at her statement. "Yes, that's true. But...I feel a need to help those guys..."


Yoshi and Birdo were walking down the long first floor hallway, and then Yoshi suddenly spotted Jojora who was seen texting on her phone.

"Oh look, there's Jojora! Let's go say hi to her, darling!" Yoshi said as he dragged Birdo with him.

"Ugh, again!?" Birdo groaned, not wanting to deal with Jojora's cattiness.

"Oh, Yoshi and Birdo! It's so great to see you again! What are you doing here, if I may ask?" The fairy asked as she put her phone away.

"Well, tomorrow we're going on a mission to save the world from destruction so we all figured we might as well stop by here before going to bed at the other building and say our goodbyes." Yoshi explained.

"Oh, I see, that's very...wait what!? SAVE THE WORLD FROM DESTRUCTION!? YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT THE WORLD IS GOING TO BE DESTROYED?" Jojora screamed in anger, confusion, angst, spirituality, and humor.

"It's no big deal, Jojora, really! We've got it handled. Totally handled. In fact, we've got it SO handled that we'll probably forget what we're suppose to be doing when the mission starts!" Yoshi said and smiled in a very odd and creepy way.

"But...but...oh, fine. I guess I can trust you to save the world. But enough about that, let's talk about me!" Jojora said in excitement as she got out her phone again.

"Oh god, here it goes!" Birdo complained in a whisper.

"So, you both know that I work for Channel 64 News, right? Well, it just so happens that the building where Channel 64 News is broadcasted from is only a half-mile from this place! I saw it myself when I was on the rooftop this morning! So, I went over there and there were some people hiding out, right? I explained the situation to them, and somehow, we all came up with a situation to broadcast a new segment on Channel 64 News. It's unnamed for now, but this segment is mainly for keeping people up to date for what is going in the Mushroom Kingdom and what news we have. And, to keep it fun, we also have games that audience members can play and donations that people outside the country can make to us so we can rebuild the kingdom as it once was. So basically, it's like a variety show. What do you think?" Jojora happily explained.

"Wow that sounds like soooooo much fun! But wait, how would you be able to broadcast it when half the city is destroyed?" Yoshi asked.

"Well it turns out that my News building was actually unharmed and that there's still enough power to make a global broadcast so we are going to take advantage of that. I am SO getting a raise for this!" Jojora shrieked with excitement.

"Yeah that's fun and all but I think that it's time for us to go, so sayonara Ice Queen...I mean, Jojora!" Birdo quickly said and dragged Yoshi away from the fairy.


"WARIO!" Waluigi shouted as he spotted him eating garlic near the elevator.

"Wassup bro? Don't mind me, just eating my favorite food ever made...GARLIC! Do you want some?" Wario asked, shoving the smelly food into Waluigi's face.

"Uhhh...no thanks. Anyways, I came here to say goodbye to you because I am going on another stupid mission to save the world from Barney's alien cousin or whatever and I don't know when we'll be back." He explained to him.

"Saving the world, eh? For crying out loud, when does the world NOT need saving these days!?" Wario groaned.

"I know, right? Anyways, I better go now because I'm more tired right now than the time I did 10 push ups last month. See ya!"


As Peach and Daisy were walking together to go outside, she was stopped by Bowser, Kammy, and the kids (except Roy) sliding to her.

"Bwahahaha! Well well well, if it isn't the two princesses! How are things holding up for you, these days? Do ya miss me and my daily kidnappings?" Bowser laughed.

"Not even a little bit, Bowser. What do you want?" Peach asked as she rolled her eyes.

"We just wanted to say...erm...thanks for helping to get us out of that dingy castle. We really thought we would've been goners if you and your friends hadn't come along so...yeah, thanks." Larry oddly thanked.

A smile formed on both the Princess' faces. "Why, it's no problem, you guys. Even though we're enemies, we still would've cared if something bad happened to you honestly." Daisy said.

"But that doesn't mean we're friends and that doesn't mean we like you, so don't get any ideas!" Wendy yelled.

Peach rolled her eyes again. "Wouldn't even count on it, Wendy. Anyways, we better go because we have a huge mission to do tomorrow so see you all."

As the princesses walked past all of them, Lemmy judged Bowser.

"Hey dad, are you still in love with Peach?" He asked.

"WH-WHAT!? Keep your voice down, son! We don't talk about that in public!" Bowser shushed.

"Dad, it's not a secret, EVERYONE knows about it. But come on, we wanna know! Are you?" Iggy desperately asked.

"Hey! If your father doesn't want to talk about it, then he doesn't have to talk about it! Get off his case!" Kammy angrily yelled.

"You can't tell him what to do! You're just an old hag! You're not even related to us!" Bowser Jr. got in her face.

"Okay, that's it, I'm sorry Bowser but I've put up with these bratty kids for long enough now! COME HERE SHORTY!" Kammy flew off her broom and crashed into Bowser Jr, and they both started fighting to the death.

"Wow, for a cranky old lady, Kammy sure knows how to put up a fight." Morton said as he watched the brutal fight scene.

"Ja, it's really surprising how she's zill alive. Isn't she, like, 150 years old? Give or take a few years?" Ludwig joked and him and Morton both heartily laughed.


Dixie and DK found Diddy and Tiny talking to each other in the courtyard.

"Diddy! Tiny! It's-a-me, Dixie!" Dixie cheered, stealing the infamous Mario line. She embraced both of them at the same time.

"Oh Dixie...and DK! We didn't think you'd be back so soon! What's going on? Is everything alright?" Diddy asked as he hugged DK.

"Everything's just fine...if you consider the world being taken over by an alien to be fine, of course." DK awkwardly revealed.

"Wait a second, what did you say? THE WORLD'S BEING TAKEN OVER? BUT...WHY!?" Tiny shrieked.

"Oh it's just a generic reason really, Tatanga wants to be unstoppable and have total power so he wants to cover the world in darkness and take over the world and make people his slaves. The typical villain plan, basically." Dixie explained as she sniffed a nearby rose.

"Yeah, that's why we have to do a super incredibly long mission that's probably going to take over 100 hours to do, tomorrow. It's supposedly the only way to defeat Tatanga and save the world." DK said.

"Eh, I'm not really worried about it then. All these villains keep saying they'll take over or destroy the world, but in the end, that will never happen because the heroes always defeat the bad guys. You guys will be fine." Diddy said as he sat down with a tired smile.

"He's right, you know. I mean, sure, some of you may die on the way, but that's a part of the fantastic experience of going on an adventure! I am SO jealous that you don't even know!" Tiny jumped in excitement.

"Uhh...thanks, we'll be sure to keep that in mind." Dixie said with a gulp.


As Rosalina was getting a drink from the water fountain, three familiar characters walked up to her. She raised her head up and saw that it was Flurrie, Vivian, and Miss Mowz.

"Oh! Hello you guys. Is there anything that I can do for you?" She asked politely.

"Hello Rosalina, my dear! We would like you to autograph a picture that each of us have of you." Flurrie said as she handed the space queen three headshots of Rosalina and a black pen. All the pictures were promo images of her in Super Mario Galaxy.

"Oh, why, I would be honored to sign this! But why do you want me to give you an autograph?" Rosalina asked.

"Because you're an inspiration to all of us AND you're a hero, of course! I know we're both friends so this might seem a bit redundant, but I think you deserve all the fame and respect that you get." Vivian praised.

"An...inspiration and...hero!? Oh my, I've never been complimented in such a spectacular way before! Thank you all so much!" Rosalina said in glee as she signed the pictures.

"By the way Rosalina, that's a nice crown you've got there. Could I possibly steal- I mean, have it as a souvenir?" Miss Mowz asked as she twiddled her fingers.

"Um...I don't see why not. Why do you want it though?" Rosalina answered as she took off her crown and gave it the mouse thief.

"Oh...no reason...I just wanna see...how it FEELS like..." Miss Mowz replied with an evil grin.

"Alright then. I'm going to need it back when I come back from my mission with the others tomorrow though. Here you go!" Rosalina handed the pictures back to the girls.

"Oh thank you so very much! Come on ladies, let's go flaunt these masterpieces off to everyone in the hospitals and act like a bunch of wannabe superstars!" Flurrie cheered and the girls ran off, leaving Rosalina with a smile on her face.


Goombella and Toadette were finished up with their 'problem' and exited the ladies' bathroom.

"Man, I totally need to, like, keep track of my cycle. It came unexpectedly to me last month too! I was, like, at a party and I was talking to this guy, and then he, like, suddenly looked down, and like screamed and fell over the table behind him. I looked down saw that my blood was leaking onto the floor and everyone else was just-"

"Okay okay, stop! I don't need to know any more details! Look, let's just go see Mario and get out of here, alright?" Toadette interrupted Goombella in a rush.

"Like, what's your problem? You get them too, don't you?" Goombella asked and walked with Toadette.

"Well...yeah...but...I never had it embarrass me in front of a bunch of people and spill on the floor. I was always prepared for it, just in case a situation like that were to happen. I mean let's face it, I'm a little bit paranoid." Toadette confessed.

As they walked their way to Mario's room still talking to each other, Pauline rushed in to Mario's room.

"Oh Mario! You're finally awake!" Pauline said in complete happiness.

"P-Pauline!? I'm so glad you're back! Where did you go? Why did you leave me?" Mario cried out.

"I walked around a little while because I wanted to wait for you to wake up...and here you are...awake...with me." Pauline's smile grew bigger as she got closer to him.

"Oh, Pauline...I don't know what I would do if you were to leave me forever. I would probably just indulge myself in Snickerdoodles until I explode." Mario over-dramatically stated and held Pauline's hand.

"That's never going to happen, Mario. Because now...I'm yours...and you're mine!" Pauline said and the two began making out and caressing each other.

Goombella and Toadette walked into the doorway and gasped at what they saw.

"HOLY SHI-" Goombella was about to scream out but Toadette covered her mouth and pulled her out of the doorway and back into the hallway.

"Oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god OH MY GOD! DID YOU JUST SAW WHAT I SAW!? THAT WASN'T REAL, RIGHT!?" Toadette freaked out and covered her mouth with her hands.

"LIKE LIKE LIKE LIKE LIKE LIKE LIKE LIKE LIKE LIKE LIKE LIKE LIKE LIKE LIKE THAT WAS SO TOTALLY REAL! BUT WHY DID MARIO DO THAT!? ISN'T HE SUPPOSE TO LIKE PEACH!?" Goombella also freaked out.

"Yes, he is! But...him...and Pauline...EWWWWWWWW! THAT IS SO WRONG AND DISGUSTING! I can't even begin to believe this!" Toadette yelled while pacing back and forth.

"We have to tell Peach about this! This is, like, wrong on soooooo many levels!" Goombella exclaimed but Toadette shook her head.

"No, we can't! Peach will be beyond devastated and an all out war will break loose between them! Plus, this could potentially screw up our world-saving mission! Goombella, we have to keep this a secret between the both of us. PROMISE?" Toadette demanded while shaking the goomba gal.

"Okay okay, I promise! Cross my heart, hope to die, ashes to ashes, dust to dust, milkshakes to french fries, I won't tell!" Goombella swore. Toadette sighed in relief.

"Alright. Now let's go outside to see the others. We don't want to keep them waiting." Toadette said then the two girls ran down the hallway but Goombario suddenly popped right in front of them from the staircase.

"Oh, hey Goombella! Fancy meeting you here! This is SUCH a coincidence!" Goombario fake-laughed.

"Sorry Goombario, but we don't have time to talk, we have to go right now!" Toadette said to him as she got to the stairs.

"I just need one minute to talk with Goombella. I promise it won't take long." Goombario said in utter seriousness.

Toadette sighed and rubbed her eyes. "Fine. I'll be waiting outside, Goombella."

Goombario turned to Goombella. "Alright Goombella, I'm going to keep this short and sweet. I like you, A LOT. Me and you have so much in common that it isn't even funny. But now I have to ask you...do you like me? And if so, then is it just as a friend or more than that?"

Goombella hesitated to answer. She wanted to tell him the truth so bad, but she knew it was going to hurt his feelings.

"Honestly, Goombario...I...I...um, I...should, like, get going and get some sleep. Goodbye." Goombella then ran down the stairs, not daring to look back.

Goombario looked down in disappointment. "I must be doing something wrong, but what? What!? Hmm, maybe I should show her my collection of Goombella art on my tumblr!"

The girls made it outside where everyone was waiting for them.

"Alright, we're all here, now let's go! I WANNA SLEEP!" Birdo roared and hopped in the van.

"Hey Goombella, are you alright? You look like you've just seen a ghost." DK asked in concern.

Goombella jumped. "Oh...YES! I'M PERFECTLY FINE! JUST FINE! AND I CERTAINLY DID NOT SEE ANYTHING SUSPICIOUS GOING ON IN MARIO'S ROOM! NOPE! NO SIREE!" She randomly shouted. Toadette facepalmed herself at her 'giveaway' sentence.

"Huh? What about Mario's room?" Peach questioned.

"Uhh, nevermind Peach! Goombella is just exhausted. We all are, in fact! Now let's go go go!" Toadette said, trying to cover up the situation and ran inside the van. Peach just shrugged it off and got in with the others.


Merlon was in his bed, sound asleep, at the Mushroom Corps building. Two shadows popped up in the darkness of the room.

"Okay, this is the 6th room we've tried. If he isn't in here, then I'm going to choke myself." Beldam said in hopelessness.

"Guh! Guh!" Marilyn uttered, pointing to the bed.

"Wait a second...that's him! He fits the description perfectly! Come on Marilyn, let's take this sucker back to Tatanga's!" Beldam schemed in joy.

Merlon opened his eyes. "Wha...who's there?"

"Mwee hee hee hee...you're in for one hell of a time!" Beldam cackled. Her and Marilyn both grabbed a hold of Merlon and disappeared into the shadows.

EOC.

FINALLY! The next chapter is when the group OFFICIALLY starts the actual adventure! Why do I sound relieved, you ask? Because this gives me the chance to up the humor and randomness once again now that the plot is set in stone and I'm familiar with every location, which makes the descriptions easier for me. Please review.