Main/Adventure group: Mario, Luigi?, Peach, Daisy, Rosalina, Yoshi, Birdo?, Toad, Toadette, DK, Dixie, Goombella, Fire Bro

Monster truck group: Koopatrols/Rebels

Hospital group: Goombario, Kooper (comatose), Bombette, Parakarry, Bow, Lakilester, Lakilulu, Koops, Koopie, Flurrie, Spike (aka Paper-Yoshi), Vivian, Bleck/Blumiere, Tippi/Timpani, Toadiko, Toadsworth, Professor Frankly, Boshi, Fly Guy, Diddy, Tiny, Toadessa, Toado, Toady, Dr. Nokano, Kallan, Bowser, Iggy, Morton, Lemmy, Ludwig, Larry, Wendy, Bowser Jr., Toadiana's mom and dad, Wario, Pauline, Mona, Jojora

Mushroom Corps.: Arfur, Kylie

Island group: Tatanga, Beldam, Marilyn, Roy, Doopliss, Dimentio, Mimi, Tadano

Moon: Grodus, TEC

Elsewhere: Professor E. Gadd (he's coming back very soon!)

"Sir, we can't let you in here right now!" said one of the toad nurses to Mario as he tried to get into the room where Birdo and Luigi were held at.

"What the hell do you mean!? That's my brother and friend in there! I need to know if they're still alive!" Mario exclaimed.

"Yeah! Could you at least tell us if they're still breathing or SOMETHING?" Yoshi demanded.

"I can't say anything right now, we're doing everything we can to help them, but please, we need you guys to stay back and let us do our job," she assured.

"Your JOB!? Your fucking job is to let us know what their fucking condition is! And considering we're pretty much in an apocalyptic situation, I'm sure you can get away with bending the rules right now!" Boshi angrily yelled.

"HEY! You yelling and swearing at them isn't helping a thing, you know! We're just gonna have to wait!" Pauline talked him down.

"I'm sorry, who the fuck are you? Oh shit, that's right, you're that broad that tries to sleep with Mario every chance she gets! Fuck off, I ain't listening to some hoe!" Boshi spat horridly. Pauline became majorly red in the face and smacked him hard.

"YOU SON OF A BITCH! YOUR ASS NEEDS TO GET KICKED OUT OF THIS HOSPITAL AND BACK ON THE FUCKING STREET, WHERE YOU BELONG!" she roared and then pushed him against the wall.

"BOSHI! Just walk away, you hear me!? I appreciate you bringing Birdo in, but this is not the way to act! Leave us now!" Yoshi demanded again. Boshi made a low growl, flipped off Pauline, then walked off.

"God, I really REALLY hope they both are gonna be okay! I don't want to jump to conclusions, but, since that guy killed Waluigi with his powers, I just...I-I wonder if the exact same was done to Luigi and Birdo!?" Daisy said in panic and started to cry. Vivian cried a little with her and gave her a hug.

"Don't go there, Daisy. We-we can't think that right now. We just...can't w-with so much happening and Rosalina being gone and Waluigi dying and everything fucking up again and again and AGAIN!" Mario slowly went out of control with his speech and threw his hat to the ground and also began crying. Yoshi went over to him and cried with him as the two hugged, which then Toad and Toadette joined in as well.

"It's gonna be okay, you guys...it all has to be okay eventually!" Toad sobbed, trying to stay positive for everyone's sake.

"God, this is all so screwed up! What the hell are we supposed to be doing in the meantime!? We have no idea where Rosalina and that killer guy went to, we don't know if Rosalina could get herself killed, we don't even know if Larry's magic will work in finding her, and we don't even know what to fucking do in case that guy comes back here!" Spike yelled in sheer panic.

"What we need to do is just try to calm ourselves! I know it's hard not to given the mess we're in right now, but seriously, we need to focus and collect our thoughts on what we CAN do," Parakarry tried to reassure the group but it didn't work so well considering most of them still looked scared or upset.

"Just, uhh, calm ourselves? Seriously!? You're really gonna tell us that when Waluigi was JUST killed, Luigi and Birdo are in critical condition, and Rosalina's gone off the deep end!? Hell, I'd be concerned for anyone's mental health if they WEREN'T freaking out right now!" Koopie opposed.

"All of you just STOP," Professor Frankly loudly stated, making all eyes point to him. "The only thing there is to do right now is wait. If you wanna panic, then panic. If you wanna cry, then cry. But, at the end of it all, as of this moment, the only thing that all of us have to do is wait for something to happen. Wait for Larry to be successful or not with his magic. Wait for Rosalina to come back. Or, just wait for something else to happen that'll move us forward. That's it. Don't overthink it, don't argue about it."

All was silent after he spoke. He made an excellent point that shook everyone else to their core. They hated the idea of playing the waiting game once again, but it had to be done. There was nothing else that could be done.


Larry brought his family into an empty conference room and shut the door.

"You sure this is going to work?" Morton asked.

"No, I'm honestly not sure, but I can't think of anything else to do! I have Rosalina's powers, therefore it should be easy to find a way to track her, but I don't wanna get overconfident," Larry stated.

"Just do what you think is right. We believe in you, Larry!" Lemmy exclaimed and everyone else nodded in agreement, making Larry feel a little more confident inside.

"Thanks, guys. Okay...I need total silence now so I can focus. I'm gonna recite a spell off the top of my head, so here's hoping it works!" Larry said and then closed his eyes in deep concentration.

The room fell silent as the family watched Larry. He breathed in deeply, then exhaled.

"Okay...stars, show me where my friend Rosalina is. She's in trouble. She's going to get herself killed. Locate her. Find her. Show me. Tell me. Hear me! LET HER BE REVEALED!" Larry shouted. Suddenly, a 'flash' noise was heard, which startled everyone else, and something struck Larry's body, which made him cry out and open his eyes. He shrieked when he saw that he was not in the room, but rather, floating above the ocean next to Rosalina.

"Son? Are you okay? Did the spell work!?" Bowser asked. Larry was still physically in the room to everyone else.

"Rosalina? W-w-why are you here?" Larry spoke nervously, noticing her whole attire has changed to a black dress, black hair, and black eyes.

"Get out of here! None of this concerns you!" Rosalina snapped without even looking at him.

"Oh my god, he sees Rosalina! The spell worked!" Iggy pointed out.

"Rosalina, did you kill that guy? Why are you above the ocean?" Larry questioned.

"I did kill him. That fool thought he was unkillable but I proved him wrong. Now I'm off to kill the next fool who thinks he's just as indestructible...Tatanga," Rosalina stated.

"WHAT!? You're off to kill Tatanga now!? Rosalina, okay, you need to stop! This has gone way too far! Come back to the hospital and we'll figure all of this out! I know you're angry because you lost Waluigi, and I know that none of this is fair, but this isn't the way to go about it!" Larry pleaded and got an overwhelming sensation over his body from the horrid and chaotic vibes Rosalina's dark energy was giving off.

"SHUT UP! The old Rosalina played by the rules and let people dictate what she does, but now that's all gonna change. You better stay the hell away from me if you know what's good for you!" Rosalina refused to let Larry talk her down. She finally faced him and let out an ear-piercing scream that made Larry cry out in pain. Larry fell to the floor as he covered his ears and his family ran over to him in panic at his sudden pain.

"LARRY! What's going on!? What's happening!? Is she hurting you!?" Wendy asked.

Larry opened his eyes again and the screaming stopped but the after-effects still hurt his ears and head.

"Aggghh...fuck! She's gone! She...she's heading to Tatanga's island to kill him!" Larry exclaimed as they all helped him stand up.

"Are you fucking serious right now!? She's doing the same shit I did and I barely got out alive! She's going to get herself killed!" Bowser cried.

Larry shook his head, still cringing in pain from the scream. "No no...you guys, Rosalina isn't herself. She's dressed completely in black and her voice is different. I don't know what happened after she left the hospital, but she killed that guy that killed Waluigi. But, I also think something happened during that fight...she's gone way off into the deep end! It isn't Rosalina anymore, you guys! It's something completely evil!"

"Oh no, so what is the plan now!? I mean, she IS trying to kill Tatanga, so that is good, right!? Shouldn't we help her then so we can finally be safe from whatever Tatanga is planning to do!?" Ludwig suggested.

"Ludwig, I don't think you understand! Rosalina is juiced with so much evil and dark power that there's a chance she may go out of control with it and end up hurting us as well! Her killing Tatanga will probably push her even further over the edge!" Larry stated while starting to sob. "You guys don't wanna know the energy I felt when I saw her...it felt like my stomach was turning inside out and I felt nothing but pure rage. I really think we're all in danger right now!"

Bowser deeply sighed and closed his eyes. He sniffled while doing his best to hold back his tears. "Larry is right. As good as this may seem on paper about Rosalina going to kill Tatanga, it really isn't. Everything is going to end up being a lot more chaotic if she goes through with it. If we don't stop her from doing it, my best guess is that it's going to lead her into killing innocent people afterwards. Us stopping her may help get her back to normal. We need to tell the others NOW."

"Well, what are we waiting for then!? Come on!" Bowser Jr. yelled impatiently and led the family out of the room and over to the grieving group as everyone who went to check on Wario also came back at the same time, besides Mona, who was still by Wario's side.

"Hey. How is he? Or is that a dumb question to ask?" Diddy asked.

"He wanted us to leave him alone so he could be with Waluigi. Mona's out there with him though because she refused to leave, so at least he has someone out there with him," DK reported.

"A-And what about Birdo and Luigi?" Peach asked, still sobbing from earlier as she approached Mario and took his hands.

"We don't know anything yet. The only thing to do is wait," Mario bluntly answered.

"Hey, you guys are back! Well? You find anything out?" Spike asked which made all eyes turn to the koopa family.

"I did a spell to find Rosalina. Long story short, she killed that man, and is off to kill Tatanga! But, that's not the only thing that's bad; Rosalina has gone, well, evil! She's not herself anymore! That guy pretty much brought out her dark side and it took over her completely!" Larry informed, prompting shocked looks from some and more crying from others.

"WHAT!? B-But...WHY ON EARTH IS SHE GOING TO KILL TATANGA!? That doesn't make any sense whatsoever! She must think she's invincible after killing that guy, but Tatanga has so many weapons on that island that she'll be killed instantly!" Goombella cried.

"So, wait, is the new plan now going to try to stop Rosalina!? What if she hurts or, um, even kills us while trying!?" Koops shrieked.

"She's not going to do that! It's still Rosalina deep down inside, that wouldn't happen!" Toad cried and argued in her defense.

"Something tells me it would. If Rosalina is truly evil now, like Larry said, then she probably won't hesitate in trying to kill us if we stop her. It's a huge risk that we probably shouldn't take!" Bow said.

"But, what else are we gonna do then? Just let her be to kill Tatanga and possibly get killed herself? What's gonna happen after she DOES kill him? We're still gonna need to find a spell or something that'll bring her back!" Goombario questioned and brought to light the most important thing that needs to be answered: how to bring Rosalina back.

"We have to try something. Yes, it's a huge and probably stupid risk, but that's our friend out there and I refuse to let her go down this way. I'm taking the arwing to go out and find her, anyone is welcome to come with!" Mario angrily stated and immediately began to stomp off toward the outside, only to be heard with a bunch of protesting from some of the others.

"MARIO NO! Just...we have to think of something else! This isn't like last time where you tried to save Bowser! You're facing both Tatanga and Rosalina, who has gone completely insane! I don't think you're gonna survive this as easily!" Peach yelled.

"We don't have time to think of anything else! If we're gonna do this, then we need to do this now. I'm coming with you, Mario," DK firmly said and stood by Mario.

"I'm coming too! You're gonna need a whole lot of backup on this one!" Diddy added and stood by DK and Mario. Eventually, Dixie, Parakarry, Spike, Bow, and Bombette joined in as well.

"It's better to do something like this with a group! Besides, my Negate ability may help out in trying to stop Rosalina for a little while," Parakarry said in encouragement. Mario smiled and nodded at him.

"It's actually for the best that you all DO try to get Rosalina," Professor Frankly spoke, making all the attention go to him again. "I may have something that could bring Rosalina back to normal, but I'm not positive that it'll work. Still...it's worth a try, isn't it?"

"Really? Well, what is it then!? Spill it!" Toadiko demanded.

"I can't explain right now, but, you guys just go! I promise I'll tell you all everything when you get back!" Frankly stated and quickly walked over to the stairwell.

"Okay? Well, at least we got some kind of hope now!" Lakilulu said.

"I...I would come, but...Luigi…" Daisy muttered, feeling split about the whole situation.

"Daisy, it's fine. I'd rather have you stay here with him than have the both of us go and leave him," Mario understood her predicament. He didn't want to leave Luigi either, but who knows how long it would've been for there to be any news on what's going on with Luigi, and even Birdo. He could use this waiting time to try to save Rosalina.

"Mario…" Peach whimpered and held his hands. Mario held her chin and kissed her.

"I love you, Peach. I know this isn't ideal, but we gotta do everything we can to get her back," he said.

"I know. I love you too, Mario. Good luck," was all she said through her tears, although, there was nothing much else to be said about it. She knew what had to be done as much as she hated it.

"You guys should go now!" Dr. Nokano said as he approached the group. "I called Arfur and he's coming over here with a van to bring you guys to Mushroom Corps. I wish you all the very best in your mission!"

"Thank you! Come on guys, there's no more time to waste!" Dixie shouted and led the way out to the entrance.

"WAIT!" Jojora screamed and grabbed Parakarry's hand.

"Huh!?" Parakarry shrieked and turned back around to be met with a kiss on the lips by the ice fairy. The mailman was in total surprise and confusement but, of course, very much enjoyed the kiss.

"Wha...um...you just…" he had no idea what to say to her and got all awkward.

"It was a kiss for good luck. We'll talk about it later, okay? Now go! They need you!" Jojora gestured with a wink.

"R...right! Thanks! Cool! See ya! Bye!" Parakarry awkwardly waved off and ran off to catch up with the others.

"Uhh, so, what the hell was that about back there?" Bombette asked, briefly catching that sweet interaction.

"You know, I honestly have no idea! But whatever just happened, it was super awesome!" Parakarry laughed a little, getting some amazing emotions from the ice fairy.

Meanwhile, Toadsworth hollered Frankly down in the stairwell.

"Frankly! Blimey, my curiosity is getting the best of me. What secret is it that you hold for getting Rosalina back?" he asked.

"Do you remember when I talked about an object I collected a long time ago called the orb of Trimeteta? That may be the key to helping her!" Frankly recalled.

"Eh? You have that thing with you? But, excuse me if I don't remember correctly due to my cursed old age, you said it didn't work!" Toadsworth said.

"Yes, you're right, I did say that. However, I've got an idea with this orb that could work and revitalizing its power to expel the dark magic that's infested Rosalina's body! It's the only shot we have right now, Toadsworth!" Frankly exclaimed.


"Holy shit! I had no idea that you had a twin!" Roy exclaimed as he and Tatanga were walking back to their rooms.

"Yep. We have a very complicated past that I'll tell you about later, but I just still cannot fucking believe that my stupid brother somehow managed to escape his mental aylum and align himself with Mario's annoying group! I mean, seriously, what were the fucking odds of all THAT happening!?" Tatanga angrily ranted.

"Wow...that's just crazy. So, are we gonna try to track him down then, and capture him too? What are we gonna do with Mimi as well?" Roy asked.

"I don't know about my brother...he's fucking crazy as all hell. Tried to fuck with my head when he talked to me earlier. I won't lie, though, I still care a tiny bit about him very deep down, but if he's gonna keep getting in my way then I'm not gonna back down from him. As for Mimi, I have a plan to extract info from her. I wanna know what she knows about my brother, what's going on with Mario's group, what their progress is on the gems, and whatever else I can think of," Tatanga answered as the two turned a corner and he saw Beldam, Marilyn, Dimentio, and Doopliss in the hallway, talking amongst each other and looking concerned.

"Oh, okay. So, uhh, do we have plans on killing her as well?" Roy asked, secretly fearful that it was all gonna end up leading to her death.

Tatanga ignored his question and ran up to the other four. "Hey! What's going on? Why am I getting the vibe that something is wrong?"

The four silenced themselves and looked to Beldam. She had a very serious expression on her face which made Tatanga worried now.

"Tatanga...I was on watch in the north tower, and...um...you won't believe this but...you know that Rosalina woman? She's trying to break the force field open with her magic!" Beldam revealed. Tatanga just looked beyond annoyed with this while Roy was just in shock.

"SERIOUSLY!? Okay, you would think they would learn after Bowser's dumb ass tried to get in! Doopliss, go down and get the others ready to shoot that bitch and her friends down the moment they get through!" Tatanga ordered.

"BUT WAIT! Tatanga, I'm pretty sure it's just Rosalina all by herself! I didn't see any of their arwings flying in. Not only that, but, something was seriously off about Rosalina. She was dressed in all black and her hair is black too. Plus, I couldn't help but get this feeling of rage and chaos just from looking at her!" Beldam explained in an almost frightened tone, which made Tatanga look a little frightened himself.

"Beldam...what are you trying to say here exactly?" he asked.

"This is gonna sound crazy, but I've seen this before, Tatanga. I'm pretty sure Rosalina took a dip into the dark magics and now she's all juiced up with chaotic power and planning to destroy us! The dark magics could be enough to take down our barrier!" Beldam exclaimed.

Tatanga made a gulp of fear and was clearly scared now. "Sh-shit. But...really? Her, out of everyone to dip into the dark magics, HER!? Isn't she supposed to be the most level-headed one out of them all?"

"Maybe something happened that made her go down that route. We don't know what kind of stuff those guys are going through right now," Doopliss suggested.

"Well...FUCK! If she really is using the dark magics, then there's definitely a chance she could blow this place apart! FUCK! Okay, uhh, we're still gonna stick to the defense plan for right now! Doopliss, go down and get everyone ready. Beldam, Marilyn, and Dimentio, you're coming with me to the north tower because we're gonna fight her magic with ours. Roy...go with Doopliss. We also have to think about the possibility of her friends still coming here too. Shit! I was really hoping we could get the weapon done before we'd have to fight those guys!" Tatanga ordered as he went into his room and grabbed his scepter.

"There's absolutely no way that they'd come here without that crystal star rod, sir. They know it's a death trap without it. They're not stupid. This has to be on Rosalina's own accord. Goodness, I can't even imagine what happened to her that made her consume the dark magics…" Dimentio said with a chill down his skin.

"Well, whatever the reason is, we're going to counter that bitch! NOW LET'S GO! We can't waste any more time!" Tatanga yelled and the group split up while Roy just stood there in thought. He noticed Dimentio looking back at him with a smirk on his face as he ran to the north tower, which creeped him out a little and made him wonder why he did that.

"Uhh, Doopliss! I'll catch up with you, I need to go get something from my room first!" Roy called out.

"Well, hurry it up! This is very important that we get this shit done, slick!" Doopliss yelled as he ran down the hallway. Roy made sure Doopliss was out of sight and then looked the other way to make sure that the other three were gone too. Roy made his move to go back down into the cell room to talk to Mimi.

He ran back down through the maze of hallways and reached the room to see Mimi huddled in a corner, crying.

"Mimi!" he yelled as he approached the cell.

"ROY! H-How could you do this to me after you everything you just told me!? Were you just trying to screw with my head!? I knew it was a stupid idea to come here, but I did it anyways!" Mimi screeched through her tears.

"No no! Mimi, please understand, I was just faking everything when Tatanga came into my room! I pretended to be against you because...uhh...I don't know, it just came to me and I panicked! But, PLEASE don't worry! I'm gonna get you out of here! I don't know where he keeps the keys to the cell, but I'm gonna try to find them, and when I do, we're both gonna leave this place!" Roy tried to get her to calm down, which worked, because Mimi stopped crying and dragged herself closer to the bars.

"Y-You...you're being serious then? You really wanna leave this place?" she asked with a bit of hope.

"Yes, I do! I'll try to be quick in finding the keys, but it might be hard because I think we're all in danger right now…" Roy said. Mimi looked frightened again.

"WHAT? What kind of danger? What do you mean by that?" she questioned.

"Apparently, according to Beldam, Rosalina is here all by herself, juiced up on some heavy, dark magic. No idea what's going on with her exactly, but I've heard she's pretty powerful and, the fact that she's on dark magics doesn't look good for us!" Roy informed.

"Rosalina...on the dark magics? But, that doesn't sound like something she would do! She must be possessed or something!" Mimi tried to make sense of what she was just told.

"I don't know, Mimi. I just know that she's out for blood and we're all in danger right now. Everyone else is out trying to take care of the problem, so while they're out I'll try to find the keys or something else to get you out, okay? I promise!" Roy said in hopes of making her imprisonment up to her.

"Okay...please be careful…" Mimi responded softly, still a little scared.

"I will. It's all going to be okay, Mimi!" Roy shouted as he left the room.


"Good god. I still can't believe that's Rosalina right there, the same sweet and shy lady from the galaxies. Never in my life would I think that she would turn to the dark side...but then again...it's always the 'purely good' and quiet ones you have to look out for, like a thief in the night!" Dimentio spoke in awe as him, Tatanga, Beldam, and Marilyn got onto the north tower and saw Rosalina blasting the barrier with a wave of black magic, attempting to open it.

"Guhhhh! Guh!" Marilyn shrieked, being truly freaked out by Rosalina's transformation and of the fact that she may accomplish in getting through and ripping the place apart.

"Goddamn. She looks beyond pissed! How the hell are we gonna handle this wicked bitch of the west?" Tatanga pondered.

"Magic's probably gonna be the only way to kill her. I don't know much about Rosalina, but I know she's smart and has probably years of experience with the magics. She knows exactly what she's doing if she came all the way over here all by herself to try to destroy us," Beldam deduced.

"Mmm. Whatever reason there is for her to come here and wreak havoc, she'll definitely regret it! You know what, I'll handle this, everyone. This shouldn't take too long," Dimentio scoffed with his typical cockiness and started flying over to Rosalina.

"Dimentio, please be careful! This is far different from when Bowser came!" Tatanga warned.

Dimentio didn't respond to Tatanga's plea and eventually reached Rosalina, who was still using her magic to break down the barrier.

"Hi there, my fair lady. Having fun?" he tauntingly asked.

Rosalina stopped her magic and faced him. "Dimentio. I assume you came up here to talk senseless similes and metaphors, all the while thinking that there's no possible way I'm getting through this barrier and laughing inside about how much of a fool you think I am. Does that sound about right? Did I miss anything?"

Dimentio laughed, albeit it had a hint of nervousness in it since Rosalina's new appearance and manner intimidated him a little. "Well well well! Check you out, all gothic and bad to the bone! Pray tell, what happened to you that made you turn into this? It's definitely a mystery I'm most curious to know about!"

"Actually...wanna know what I'M curious about? I'm curious to see what's behind that cocky, holier than thou, know-it-all facade that you put on every single day to fool others that you're some supreme being," Rosalina turned it around back on him. Dimentio laughed at her again.

"And who says I'm putting on a facade? That's right, only you. This is how I've always been since the day I was born, my dear. One would think with such superior psychic powers such as yourself would be able to read through me easily, but I guess not even the dark magics can make you into the supreme being that you so clearly wish to be!" Dimentio taunted and teased further. Rosalina made a small laugh and shook her head.

"Oh, my dear, I AM the supreme being. Wanna know why?" she asked.

"Oh, please, do tell me why! I am dying to know how you, a frail and meek space princess, are the supreme being!" Dimentio snickered.

"Because I'm about to destroy every last fucking thing on this island."

The harshness of her voice made Dimentio finally take her seriously. It was so cold, deep, and angry that it made the jester get a chill down his arms.

"W-what?" he uttered.

Rosalina then punched through the barrier, "shattering" it completely, and at the same time, hitting Dimentio, which sent him crashing down into the ocean. He made an enormous splash in the water, sending a rogue wave towards the island. Rosalina floated on through towards the fortress.

Tatanga, Beldam, and Marilyn were completely stunned by what they just saw. They had to act fast because everyone on that island was now in grave danger.

"GUHHH!" Marilyn cried out of shock.

"SHIT! Uhh, you guys! We need to combine our magic to kill her! Come up with a spell, Beldam!" Tatanga screeched in panic.

"Fuck...umm...okay! Marilyn put your hands together with mine!" Beldam yelled and her sister followed her lead, joining their hands. "This power that we will not defy, let it grow and let it unify! This power that we will command, let it unleash its strength from our hands!" she chanted and a purple ball of magic quickly formed right above their joined hands. "NOW, TATANGA! POINT YOUR SCEPTER AT THE BALL AND SHOOT A MAGIC BLAST!"

Tatanga followed her order and shot a generic blast of magic from his scepter, making the purple ball grow bigger and become zappy. Beldam then grabbed the ball and threw it towards Rosalina's direction.

"Hmm? Oh, look at this! The little shadow pests think they can kill me with their own pathetic magics from the underworld," Rosalina giggled as the ball of magic came closer to her. Just as it was about to crash into her body, Rosalina caught the magic ball in her hands with ease, not affecting her in the slightest.

"What!? N-no! That should've electrocuted her and sent her flying away!" Beldam cried.

"Ha ha ha! Oh, Beldam, look at you, thinking you're so sly just because you're some wretched old and crony shadow siren. Your precious Shadow Queen wishes she was as powerful and wicked as me," Rosalina taunted, as she charged the magic ball with her hands, making it bigger and turning the color into a dark purple.

"Oh shit, wh-what else do we do now!?" Tatanga squealed.

"Uhhh….GET AWAY!" Beldam was at a loss at what to do now because her spell should've at least hurt Rosalina. She couldn't think of anything else but to escape as Rosalina threw the magic ball right at the trio on the castle.

Tatanga ran for his life. Beldam cast herself into the shadows. Marilyn casted herself away as well, but she was too late as the magic ball exploded onto the part of the fortress they were all just standing on, sending Marilyn and a large portion of the north part of the fortress into flames.

Tatanga fell to the floor as he felt the explosion rumble the hallway he was in and was temporarily deaf from the boom. Tatanga looked back and only saw fire, debris, and Marilyn engulfed in flames. He could hear her high-pitched scream become clearer as the sounds of the world around him became clear again.

"NO! NO NO NO NO NO NOOOOOOO! FUUUUUUUUCK!" Tatanga screamed and got himself up to escape the flames that was quickly spreading.

Rosalina laughed again and spun herself around in the air, having fun at the mess she made. She began to prepare for another magic attack until she was stopped by a laser that hit her back.

"What the? No...they actually followed me here!" Rosalina immediately knew what it was that hit her and who it came from. She turned around and saw a bunch of arwings flying towards the island.

"ROSALINA! If you can hear me, you need to stop this right now! Come back to the hospital, we'll sort all of this out!" Mario yelled.

Rosalina laughed once again. "How pathetic! Isn't this what you all wanted anyways? For Tatanga to be destroyed and the world to be saved? I just sped up the process of getting to his headquarters! You should be thanking me!"

"Rosalina, we're stopping you because you're infected with the dark magics! We know exactly what's gonna happen if you destroy Tatanga's island so that's why we need you to stop and come with us! Please!" DK pleaded.

"Oh? And do tell me what you think will happen if I destroy him and his plans? You think I'm gonna go and cause random destruction all throughout the world?" Rosalina asked teasingly.

"Well, actually, yeah! That's exactly what we think you'll do!" Bombette flat out admitted.

"Oh, fuck off! I'm giving you this one chance to leave, or else I will not hesitate in killing you all!" Rosalina threatened.

"My god! Rosalina, listen to yourself! This isn't you, you're not the kind of person that incites violence and threatens her own friends! Just please come with us!" Parakarry pleaded for her to listen to reason.

"And what do you know about Rosalina exactly? She was weak, she let everyone step all over her and she always pretended she was miss perfect! This is the real Rosalina. The woman that will show her true power to the world, the woman that will be the true ruler of both light and dark, the woman that will make you all see that this world is full of pain and suffering and will cleanse everything of fire till there is nothing left!" Rosalina raised her voice as she continued on, scaring everyone else more and more.

"Goddamn, THAT escalated quickly!" Spike commented, completely wide-eyed.

"So...you pretty much just admitted to us that you're gonna try to destroy the world and 'cleanse' it, like that pale guy and Tatanga are trying to do. And you seriously wonder why we came here to stop you!?" Dixie pointed out the flaw in her logic.

Doopliss led out a hoard of koopatrols onto the beach, only to shriek and stop when he saw the rogue wave from earlier approach the land and that Beldam was nearby, staring at the fire on the castle.

"SHIT! Beldam, what the hell happened out here!?" Doopliss cried.

"She...she killed Marilyn...and maybe even Dimentio...she's gonna kill us all…" Beldam spoke as her voice choked up a little, not taking her eyes away from the fire as a couple tears fell down her cheek.

"WHAT!? FUCK! Uhh, everyone, retreat! Those of you who have the rocket launchers, shoot at that bitch in the sky right now! We're gonna have to fire from inside the fortress!" Doopliss commanded.

The large group began to run back inside as the few koopatrols who had the rocket launchers aimed towards Rosalina and shot them out, then proceeded to follow the group inside. The rogue wave crashed onto the beach, covering the entirety of the sand and some of the water flooded into the fortress.

"OH SHIT! EVERYONE, GET OUT OF THE WAY!" Spike screamed, pointing to the three projectiles that were heading in their direction.

Rosalina turned around and deflected the first projectile, sending it back towards the castle. The projectile exploded on the same area that Rosalina set fire to earlier, destroying all of the upper northern part of the fortress now. Rosalina deflected the second projectile which sent it straight into the ocean below and blew up as soon as it hit the water, sending massive waves in every direction. The third projectile she deflected as well, but this time, it was sent flying straight to Diddy's arwing. The chimp had no time to react as the projectile exploded on the tip of the arwing's left wing, sending his arwing spiraling down into the ocean.

Diddy screamed for his life as the explosion blinded him and his life flashed before his eyes. All he could feel was his stomach turning and his arwing roll all over the place. His friends saw the impact and couldn't do anything but stare in horror at what had just happened. His arwing continued spiraling down towards the shallows of the island and crashed.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! DIDDYYYYYYYYYYYYY!" DK screamed and felt like he could just faint at the unbelievable event that unfolded before him.

"Hmm. Should've gone away like I told you guys to!" Rosalina said, feeling nothing at all for the horrible deed she just committed, although it wasn't intentional.

"AHHHHHHHH! YOU FUCKING WITCH!" Dixie shrilled and released a bomb from her arwing that shot at Rosalina, which exploded on her but all it did was push her back a few feet.

"Ugh! That's it, no more playing around! DIE!" Rosalina yelled as she charged up a wave of black magic to shoot at Dixie.

"NEGATE!" screamed Parakarry, touching the back of her head. He had left his arwing and snuck up behind Rosalina to use his move. Rosalina made a shriek as the move, surprisingly, made an effect. The two fell down through the air as performing the move made Parakarry weak as well, but Bow made the swift move to fly down, open her arwing, and have Rosalina and Parakarry fall right in.

"Okay, we saved them, now let's see if Diddy is still alive!" Bombette said. Right after she said that though, they heard and felt bullets hitting their arwings.

"SHIT! They're firing at us! We need to get out of here!" Mario yelled.

"NO! BUT...DIDDY!" Dixie cried.

"Dixie, I'm sorry, but we need to go now or else we'll be shot down as well!" Mario yelled.

"GRAAAGHHHH! We're here so might as well cause some damage!" Spike roared in anger, shooting multiple lasers at the fortress, causing minor structural damage and shooting down a few koopatrols. He then sent out a bomb that exploded just above the fortress, blinding the koopatrols temporarily.

"SPIKE, THAT'S ENOUGH! WE NEED TO GO NOW!" Mario shouted and started heading back towards Mushroom City and everyone else followed them as bullets still filled the air with attempts to shoot them all down, but it didn't work.

"Shit...Parakarry? Please say something?" Bow worriedly asked, looking over at the mailman and space princess, who were toppled over one another.

"I'm f...fine...whenever I use the power Gekikara gave me...my whole body gets drained for a while...don't ask me why…" Parakarry tiredly replied.

"Okay. That was very brave of you to do that, Parakarry. B-but, I just can't believe Diddy's gone just like that! I can't believe Rosalina just shot him down!" Bow cried.

"In my defense…" Rosalina spoke also tiredly. "...it was an accident. I wasn't planning on actually killing him with that projectile. But, I DID warn you all…"

"Oh, shut up! Is that supposed to make it better!? Really!?" Bow spat.

Rosalina laughed a little. "You...you do know this won't be permanent, right? Whatever magic trick Parakarry pulled off...it's gonna last for too long…"

"I figured. Once we get you back to the hospital, we'll find something to get the old Rosalina back. She's in there somewhere, so it's only a matter of time before your time is up!" Bow said.

"Oh...reeeaaallllyyy?" Rosalina creepily asked with a smile. "I don't care if you guys consider yourself as my friends...because once this effect wears off...I will kill every last one of you."


Diddy made an enormous gasp for air as he reached above water and got onto the beach. He could barely crawl himself up onto the sand. He dug his hands into the sand and dragged himself up to get away from the cold and rough waters. He rolled over on his back and coughed quite a few times, spitting up a little bit of water from his mouth.

"Fu...fuck...I'm here...damnit…" Diddy whispered, trying to gain control of his breathing as he stared into the sky and started to cry. He was now miles away from the mainland and was definitely screwed.

He heard the sounds of someone else coughing and gasping for air near him. He turned his head to the right and his heart sank when he saw Dimentio get onto shore the same way he did.

"Uggghhh...well...perhaps I underestimated that witch...damn…" Dimentio said as he tried to control his breathing. He noticed a brown figure from the corner of his eye, so he looked over and saw Diddy looking at him in fright.

"Oh! Well well, isn't this a pleasant surprise?" Dimentio giggled through his pain.

EOC.

Next chapter closes out this current arc! Will Rosalina really kill some of her friends? Will everyone else be successful in getting Rosalina back, or will they have to resort to killing her instead? Thanks you guys for reading and for being patient with my all over the place updating schedule! Lol. The orb of Trimeteta mentioned by Professor Frankly was also discussed in Chapter 49 in case anyone has forgotten. That chapter was posted like 4 or 5 years ago and it was almost 50 chapters ago so I'd be astounded if anyone DID remember it LOL.

The next update should be out before Halloween. And I'm really excited that we're getting closer to the 100 chapter milestone! Big stuff will happen in that chapter, which I'll reveal a little bit about either next chapter or the one after. See you next time!