TANOOKI ROXX: It's actually a little bit of both, although leaning more towards the "epic notes" side, lol. But yeah, I did my best to plan things out so that every important event that happens earlier in the story is "recalled" or "solved" or "addressed" later on. I'm kinda OCD about TV shows and movies leaving certain mysteries open ended or forgotten about, so I try to answer everything I can and make everything connected so that certain events or dialogues that seem "random" at first actually end up being important in the long run. Although, given how massive this story is, I'll probably still somehow end up having a few loose ends at the end of the story, LOL.
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, 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, Tadano
Mushroom Corps.: Arfur, Kylie
Island group: Tatanga, Beldam, Roy, Doopliss, Dimentio, Mimi, Diddy
Moon: Grodus, TEC
Elsewhere: Professor E. Gadd (he's coming back very soon!)
"YOU GUYS!" Arfur shouted. "Is everything okay!? How did it all go!? I lost reception of you guys for a little bit!"
"Not completely okay...we got Rosalina back...but...but…" Parakarry choked up a little.
"There was a rocket launcher projectile coming at us and Rosalina hit it away which blew off Diddy's wing which made him crash into the ocean! HE'S FUCKING DEAD ALL BECAUSE OF HER!" Dixie screamed through her tears.
"WHAT!? D-DIDDY!? He...shit! SHIT! Fuck, this is worse than I thought it was! We seriously need to find something to get her back to normal! This has gone completely out of control!" Arfur cried.
"Professor Frankly says he has something that could bring her back. He didn't say much, but he said he'll tell us everything when we get back to the hospital," Mario informed.
"Really? Professor Frankly...okay. Well, based on what I know of him, he sounds reliable, so, uhh, good! I guess?" Arfur said while trying to calm himself down.
"I wouldn't be hopeful just yet, you guys. Rosalina literally just told me that she's going to kill every last one of us once she's back to full power! We're all still in a whole lot of danger!" Bow warned. A few gasps and shrieks were heard.
"Are you fucking kidding me!? Well, shit, we need to step on it before she shoots us all down like Diddy!" Bombette screamed.
"Are you guys inland right now? What's your current location?" Arfur asked.
"We just passed Mushroom Harbor. Why?" Spike said.
"Okay. I want you guys to go directly to the hospital and park the arwings there since that's where Professor Frankly is, so we can get this done ASAP. Kylie and I will meet you guys over there!" Arfur instructed.
"Got it. We should be there in a few minutes!" Mario said.
"Hey...DK? You okay? You haven't said anything in a while," Parakarry asked.
No response for a whole minute. Everyone knew he and Dixie were grieving over him, but DK had known Diddy since he was born so it was definitely harder on him.
Mario looked over to DK's arwing and saw him just staring blankly forward. "DK. Listen to me, and you too, Dixie! We're here for you guys. I know you both loved him, and I know it's hard as hell right now, but please hang tight just until we get this situation with Rosalina solved."
Still no response from DK after another minute of silence. Dixie ended up speaking.
"I...we're doing our best right now, Mario...but just know that I am BEYOND angry right now. Way fucking beyond. If we can't get Rosalina back, then we need to kill her. There's no other way around it," she stated.
"Kill her!?" Bombette repeated in surprise. "How would we do that though? She's got the dark magics running through her, which I'm sure protects her from almost anything!"
"The bomb girl is right...you can't stop me," Rosalina spoke. "Your precious Diddy is gone forever, Dixie. I suppose that's karma for falling in love with a psychopath, though, isn't it? I mean, come on Dixie...did you REALLY ever love Diddy if you wanted the fire brother all over your body? I know you were craving it. I know you were curious to see what that mentally ill koopa could do in the bedroom!"
"SHUT UP YOU BITCH! I MADE ONE FUCKING MISTAKE BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN I NEVER LOVED DIDDY! ONCE I FIND OUT A WAY TO KILL YOU, I'LL GO DO IT MYSELF!" Dixie screamed in rage and pain.
"Dixie, stop! She's just trying to get under your skin! Don't fall for it!" Mario yelled.
"God, you people are so pathetic. What's the point of sticking up for each other when all you people ever do is hurt one another and suffer in distress? Get me out of this ugly contraption!" Rosalina growled and snapped her fingers. Bow's arwing suddenly went downward and spiraled towards the hospital.
"Oh god! YOU GUYS, PLEASE HELP US!" Parakarry cried as he started to see his life flash before his eyes.
"AAAHHHHH! PLEASE STOP! ROSALINAAAAAAA!" Bow screamed in horror as her arwing zoomed into the woods behind the hospital and crashed into a tree, knocking it down.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Bombette screamed and started crying.
"WOAH! Wh-what the hell was that!?" Mona shrieked, immediately standing from consoling Wario, who was still crying on Waluigi. Wario looked up as well and wiped his tears to see what that noise was.
"Mona…?" he uttered, and barely managed to stand himself up.
"FUCK! Everyone, park your arwings near the crash!" Mario ordered. He, Dixie, DK, Spike, and Bombette flew down to the courtyard and parked close to the crash site as the others from the hospital came out to see what the commotion was all about.
"WOAH! What the hell happened!? Are you guys alright!?" Goombella yelled.
Everyone got out of their arwings, except for the crashed one.
"Far from it. Rosalina shot Diddy's arwing down and it crashed into the ocean! She fucking killed him!" Bombette exclaimed. Many cries were heard from the large group.
"OH NO! I can't believe she did that!" Peach squealed.
"Goddamn, she has gone WAY too fucking far now!" Lakilester commented.
"No...so...umm...does that mean Rosalina has to die then since she killed one of our friends?" Lemmy asked.
"BOW! PARAKARRY! YOU GUYS OKAY!?" Mario yelled as he ran up to the mostly destroyed arwing. Before he reached it, one of the panels fell off and out came Bow who dragged Parakarry out with her.
"AGGGHHHH! EVERYONE, GET AWAY FROM THE ARWING!" Bow screamed as Parakarry managed to stand himself up and limp away from the site. Everyone else backed away as the arwing began to shake heavily. It suddenly exploded, making everyone else scream and fall back, blinded a little by it all.
Through the fire and debris walked Rosalina. She came over to the group and stood before them all.
"My goodness, look at her! That's not even Rosalina anymore! Some kind of demon thing had to have taken over her body!" Toadsworth cried.
"You know, now would be a REALLY good time for Professor Frankly to help us out with whatever thing he's got planned!" Goombario said in panic.
"Uhhhhhh, does this mean we're all totally fucked?" Boshi asked.
"Well well well, here we all are!" Rosalina shouted with a smirk. Everyone cowered a little in fear of what she may do. "Now then, let's get straight to it. Ever since I've consumed this form, I have felt the need to punish the state of the world of its raging emotions. It's a completely overwhelming feeling that I need to stop! I'm going to do something like what Tatanga is going to do; take over the world. However, there is a nice, little twist to this. I'm giving you all the chance to join me in burning this world down and making a new one where chaos runs wild, evil is mainstream, and dark magics will be blessed upon the living. All creatures of every dimension will roam the world, dimensions will collide unto one another, causing disorder upon the universe.
This way, pain as we know it, will become something that will never be rejected like it is here in this world. People will reign in the darkness and embrace the cruelty that mankind has tried so desperately to keep hidden since the dawn of time. Because, let's face it, darkness is something that we suppress inside of us since the day we were born because the world tells us to. But, no more. No more."
"Sh-she's kidding, right!? This just can't be real! Someone needs to do something!" Toadessa cried.
"Come on, Rosalina! There has to be the real you inside there somewhere! And don't give us the whole 'Rosalina's gone forever' bullshit, because if you could take over Rosalina's body, then surely she could take over it back!" Pauline pointed out.
"Yeah, there's no way Rosalina turning evil is irreversible! There's always that little flaw that the villain has that will screw them over in the end!" Jojora said.
Rosalina laughed mockingly. "Oh, shut up! I do have to admire your guys' optimism, but it will be all for nothing when you realize that this isn't like the movies where the good guys somehow end up defeating the bad guys and daylight shines back into the world and everyone lives a happy ever after."
"Rosalina, please listen to me! You're sounding exactly like that man who almost killed you, me, and Waluigi back at that prison! I know this because I heard some of what you guys were talking about while I was being cooked to death! Remember how much you were against everything that he said and you said you wanted to sacrifice yourself because you'd rather die than become like him!?" Yoshi reasoned and stepped forward. "When I heard that, I knew you were a truly good person at heart, because no matter what the stakes were, you refused to become everything that he was! PLEASE don't go down this road! This isn't who you are!"
"Stop! Just...STOP! THIS IS WHO I AM! I WAS BORN TO BE A PRINCESS OF DARKNESS! THE ROSALINA YOU KNEW WAS A PUSHOVER AND TOO KIND-HEARTED! SHE WAS NOTHING!" Rosalina raised her voice and clenched her fists.
"NO, SHE WASN'T!" Peach screamed and stepped forward next to Yoshi. "Rosalina was one of my closest friends ever, and a great friend to so many others as well! Rosalina, you have a heart of GOLD. You were there for me when I thought that Mario had cheated on me. You helped us win so many battles. You being with Waluigi helped him become such a nicer person! Don't you get it now? You've made so many people's lives better by just being who you are! I love Rosalina as a person, no matter what kind of mistakes she makes!"
"I TOLD YOU TO STOP! AAAAGGGGHHHH! YOU...I'M STARTING TO FEEL WEAK! QUIT DOING THIS TO ME!" Rosalina screeched as she fell to her knees and held her chest in pain.
"No. We're not gonna stop until you get it," Bowser said, also stepping forward. "As someone who has tried to take over the world and destroy everything I could, it's done nothing good for me, my family, and everyone else involved. That power that you're holding onto right now? It's like a drug, you're gonna want more and more and more until you end up burning yourself out to the point where you end up hurting or even killing yourself.
That's what happened to me when I went through that phase. After my ex-wife betrayed me and left me for another man, I was so torn and hurting that I decided to use all my resources and take my rage out into the world. I kidnapped Peach. I ruined towns and hurt people. When I saw how far I could go, even after being defeated for the first time, I couldn't stop, and so, I went even further. Again, and again, and fucking again! I became so addicted to the power that I wasn't even noticing how much danger and unneeded stress I was putting my family through and I lost track of what the fuck I was even doing it all for in the first place! It was all for nothing. It became about me showing off to the world how powerful and cool I am, but...it didn't matter because I was still hurting and nothing was making me feel better.
That's why you shouldn't do this, Rosalina. I've been where you are and it's not a pretty place. You're going to be getting rid of the people that care and love you the most. Who are you gonna have in the end? Just yourself, right? You're gonna end up wanting someone to be there with you and for you sooner or later."
The others were astonished at Bowser's mature and heartfelt speech. Besides Peach and the koopalings, none of them had any idea that that was what Bowser had went through in the past that led him to all the insane and cruel things he did before.
"BOWSER...I COMMAND YOU...TO STOP!" Rosalina yelled while seeming to be in more pain and her whole body collapsed to the floor and started throbbing about like she was having a seizure.
"Oh shit! What do we do!? What the hell are we supposed to do now!?" Morton yelled.
Rosalina suddenly stopped jerking about and lied completely still. Everything was silent for a moment.
Peach slowly stepped forward to her body.
"Peach, wait. Don't get too close," Mario spoke, fearing that it may actually be a trap.
"Look...her eyes are returning back to normal…" Peach pointed out, stepping ever so closer to her. Everyone else became really nervous since they also had their suspicions that something wasn't right here.
"Hey, where's Larry at? Did you guys see where he went?" Bowser Jr. noticed and turned his head to look all over the area.
"No idea, I could've sworn he was right behind me!" Iggy answered.
"Peach, step back, step back! I think she's faking it!" Bowser yelled.
"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Rosalina let out an incredibly high-pitched scream that made everyone scream in surprise and cover their eyes. She then jumped high in the air and floated over everyone.
"HAHAHAHA! You really thought those little inspirational speeches were going to affect me in any way!? You're all a bunch of emotional idiots who think that love and friendliness is the key to living in harmony and peace and all that other bullshit! I've had enough! GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGHHHHH!" Rosalina roared and sent a fireball that came from the sky that crashed down into the ground next to the large group, which caused a mini-earthquake to occur in the area. No one was hurt, but fire quickly spread everywhere and everyone split into different directions. Black clouds then began to infiltrate the sky, darkening the world.
"Run for your life, friends! You're just prolonging your deaths!" Rosalina teased and then split herself into multiple versions of herself that went after numerous people.
"In here, in here!" Professor Frankly hurried Larry into a small conference room on the second floor and shut the door.
"Frankly, why won't you tell me what you need me for!? We both should be outside, trying to protect our family and friends in case she starts going ballistic!" Larry shouted in distress.
"This is what I was talking about, Larry. Look at this item here," Professor Frankly spoke as he held up a large, metallic, see-through orb that was in a beautiful, bright golden color. "This is called the Orb of Trimeteta. Long story short, the legend has it that this orb can expel the evil that has taken over a person's body. I've found this on one of my archaeological expeditions many years ago. I had it with me when the Shadow Queen was reigning upon the world for a brief time, but I was not able to use it on her as I wasn't able to access her in time."
"Woah! You're really serious right now? I mean, uhh, well, this should help then, right? Wait, why do you even have that with you? Do you take it everywhere you go cause otherwise how would you have known that you would need it at this time? Are you sure it even works?" Larry questioned.
"I was in the city going to an auction with the item. I was going to sell it for a pretty coin because I needed money for house repairs since my house was broken into by a bunch of moronic Bandits and caught on fire. I figured Mushroom City would be the most convenient because rich folks around here will buy anything that looks precious and fancy, and it'd be a good excuse to visit some old friends. That was the same day Tatanga went rogue and captured all of us. I'm surprised his goons didn't pocket my orb! Well, it's for the best, so I'd rather not think about that alternative…
As for it working or not, well, that I'm honestly not sure. However! Larry, this is why I brought you here. You have the same magics as Rosalina does, therefore, you could give this item a very good chance at working and expelling her evil! It's too risky to just go out there, present this item in front of her, and leave it up to the hands of fate without some kind of help! Don't you understand?"
Larry noticeably looked a little overwhelmed at his proposition. "Oh! Um, y-you really think my magic will help with this orb doing its trick? I mean, Frankly, it IS a good idea, but I'm not as powerful and experienced with magic like Rosalina is! There won't be any point in doing it!"
Professor Frankly scoffed at him a little and shook his head while smiling. "Aha! But, that is where you're wrong, my friend. You don't need the power and experience that Rosalina has, all you need is focus and a spell that will do it for you!" He then handed the orb to Larry, who hesitantly took it.
"O...kay? What do you need me to do then?" he asked.
"Place the orb in the palm of your right hand, then put the palm of your left hand over it," Frankly ordered, and Larry followed. "Now...you're gonna repeat after me. This spell I'm gonna say to you, you MUST repeat it with complete focus and meaning! Put all your strength into the words with 100% passion! Understand?"
"Y...yes. Yes! I-I'll do it!" Larry replied with a little more confidence.
"Okay. Here it goes...by the power of light and dark," he began.
"By the power of light and dark," Larry repeated.
"Let light lead the way and make its mark!"
"Let light lead the way and make its mark."
"To cast out the blot that made its stain on her!"
"To cast out the blot that made its stain on her." Larry then gasped a little as the orb started to glow.
"To unleash the shadow of the world, to let the lines be unblurred!"
"To unleash the shadow of the world, to let the lines be unblurred."
"To repel darkness's violence, and to be rid of forced silence!"
"To repel darkness's violence, and to be rid of forced silence."
"LET DARK'S REIGN BE ERASED AND LET THE LIGHT BE EMBRACED!"
"Let dark's reign be erased and let the light be embraced!"
"LARRY! You must say it with more feeling and power in your words, and also your thoughts! I think it's working though because it's glowing, but...hmm...we're gonna try Latin this time. Might work better!" Frankly stated.
"I-I'm sorry, Frankly, I'm just kind of nervous! It feels like this orb is getting heavier on my hand!" Larry pointed out.
"That means it's working, but Larry, you mustn't be nervous! YOU CAN DO THIS! Repeat after me now again...PER POTENTIAM LUCEM AC TENEBRAS," Frankly started. Larry took in a deep breath and concentrated harder this time.
"PER POTENTIAM LUCEM AC TENEBRAS!"
"ET DUC VIAM OSTENDE APPAREAT."
"ET DUC VIAM OSTENDE APPAREAT!"
"UT DELERET LABEM, QUAE FIAT IN EA LABE EJUS."
"UT DELERET LABEM, QUAE FIAT IN EA LABE EJUS!" The orb was glowing even brighter now.
"UT PRINCEPS ORBIS-"
He was interrupted by the sudden breaking open of the door, which startled the two.
"Rosalina!" Larry yelped.
"And what do you think you're going to do with that, hmmmmmmmmmm?" Rosalina tilted her head and creepily asked. "That's the orb of Trimeteta, correct? Oh, my dear, that's just a useless piece of junk!"
"NO IT'S NOT!" Frankly angrily screamed. "I see the fear in your eyes that you try to hide, because you know that this is the thing that will bring the true Rosalina back to us! LARRY, YOU-"
"SHUT UP!" Rosalina yelled and snapped her fingers, and suddenly Frankly was thrown out through the window and landed on the grass below.
"NO, FRANKLY!" Larry cried and then suddenly made choking sounds as his airway was being blocked while he floated in the air a few inches above the floor. Rosalina walked over to him and giggled a little.
"Larry...did you really think you had the power to stop me? Just because you copied my powers doesn't mean you know how to use them to the full extent! You're an amateur. You're worthless! Ugly! USELESS!" she spat.
Larry grasped the orb and slowly raised it to put it in front of Rosalina's face.
"Bring...Ro...sal...ina...back…" he spoke through his choking.
The orb glowed very bright for a split second. Rosalina rolled her eyes and smacked the orb out of his hand, hitting the wall and smashing it open.
"Did you just not hear me when I said that that thing is useless? You are truly pathetic, along with the rest of your godawful, psychotic, and miserable family!" Rosalina spat again and telepathically threw him out of another window like with Frankly.
"AH! VIVIAN, COME ON! WE GOTTA GET AS FAR AWAY AS POSSIBLE!" Koops screamed while running through the woods with the Shadow Siren struggling along behind him.
"Koops...oh god, slow down! I really need to catch my breath!" Vivian huffed and stood against a tree.
Koops stopped and turned back to her. "Wait, can't you just avoid her and go in the shadows? You can escape that way! Just go, Vivian! You need to save yourself!"
"WHAT? NO! Koops, I'm not leaving you out here all by yourself! We're all split up now and it's too dangerous to be by yourself!" Vivian objected.
"What else are we gonna do then!? You saw it, Viv, Rosalina is way beyond powerful and she's made it VERY clear that she'll kill us with no problem! At least one of us needs to be safe!" Koops pointed out and grabbed her hands. She started crying.
"I don't think there's any way to stop her...we can keep running all we want, but she's gonna find us no matter where we go!" she yelled.
"There has to be a way, though! There is always a way!" Koops shouted and started to cry as well.
"Not this time around," Rosalina spoke behind the tree the two were at, which scared the both of them. She walked around the tree and the two screamed and backed away from her.
"ROSALINA! Um, please, just...DON'T HURT US! PLEASE!" Koops pleaded.
"Shut up! You two consider yourselves lovebirds? HA! It's a relationship that'll just end in tragedy and heartbreak! Isn't that right, Vivian?" Rosalina mocked.
"Wh-what!? I-I-I have no idea what you're talking about!" Vivian whimpered.
"Stop pretending to be this sweet, caring girl that wants to be liked by everyone! We all know you've got a heart of darkness deep down in there. After all...you ARE a shadow siren! You were meant to stomp on people's hearts and cause chaos!" Rosalina said.
"STOP IT! Just because I'm a Shadow Siren doesn't mean I'm cruel and cold, like you are! I'm not anything like my sisters!" Vivian objected again through her tears.
"Keep telling yourself that, my dear. Oh! And speaking of your sisters...little fun fact...I killed Marilyn when I went to Tatanga's island," Rosalina revealed in excitement, anticipating Vivian's reaction to that news. Vivian dropped her jaw and stood frozen for a minute.
"YOU...YOU DID WHAT!?" she screamed.
"Oh my god! I mean...you killed one of the bad guys, but...you're clearly enjoying seeing her in pain!" Koops pointed out, seeing right through her.
"Oh, I'm enjoying it, all right. I heard Marilyn's screams of death, Vivian. I burned her alive and saw her squirm about, looking for anything that could cleanse the flames, but no one could help her. No one! She burned and burned and burned till all that was left was ashes!" Rosalina yelled, stepping closer to the couple, looking more and more enthralled at Vivian crying.
"STOP! JUST STOP IT! LEAVE US ALOOOONE!" she roared.
"Why so emotional, Vivian? I thought Marilyn was one of the bad guys that you all wanted dead, anyways? If anything, I did you a favor by getting rid of that mute, obese, ugly little wannabe witch!" Rosalina continued to mock which made Vivian even more upset and angry, and got red in the face.
"I DON'T THINK SO!" Rosalina yelled as she whipped her head back and stopped a large rock in mid-air as it was inches away from hitting the back of her head. It was thrown by Koopie who stood across from her, looking enraged.
"You need to stop this! I know you know that deep down this is all wrong! Come on Rosalina, this is the OPPOSITE of who you are!" Koopie yelled.
Rosalina made a great sigh and rolled her eyes. "You are STILL trying that? If it didn't work the first 100 times, it surely won't work now!" she then raised her hand up and Koopie got held in the air and was being choked.
"NO, KOOPIE! LET HER GO!" Koops cried.
"Wait a second, that's right! You three have a little love triangle going on! What an amazing coincidence. Hey, Koops, you say you're over Koopie, right? Pah. You are so far in denial it makes me want to puke," Rosalina mocked which visibly made him furious. She then slammed Koopie's body into a nearby tree.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" both Koops and Vivian screamed.
"You two lovesick idiots deserve each other!" Rosalina yelled then threw Koopie's unconscious and bloody body at Koops, knocking him out and far away from Vivian as well.
"OH MY GOD! ROSALINA, PLEASE JUST- AHHHHHHHHHHH!" Vivian screamed in pure horror when she suddenly saw a tree tumbling down in her direction.
"HAS ANYONE SEEN MY SON, LARRY!? HELLO!? ANYONE!?" Bowser yelled as he ran through the hospital hallway with his kids. No one was paying him any attention because everyone else was freaking out or gossiping about what was happening outside.
"Dad, Larry could be anywhere! Shouldn't we try to douse that fire outside first!? It's gonna spread to the hospital and we'll have to evacuate everyone again!" Morton said.
"What on earth is going on outside!? Why was there an explosion!? Are we being attacked again!?" Toadiana's mom came up to the group with her husband, crying hysterically.
"We, uhh, well, yes! But we're trying to take care of it, we're just trying to find our brother first!" Lemmy assured.
"Really, YOU guys are taking care of it!? Just like how you took care of the shooting at the last hospital!? And last time I checked, your family couldn't possibly give a crap if the people of this city get killed or not!" Toadiana's dad spat, which fired up the whole Koopa family.
"Listen here, don't you FUCKING dare go there with us, especially right now! We are doing EVERYTHING we can to settle this shit, it's not as easy as you think!" Wendy screamed.
"WELL, IT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH! Your guys' "everything" didn't save our daughter from dying!" Toadiana's mom cried more.
"Lady, look, we're sorry that your daughter died, but that was completely out of our control, and so is this! I know you guys are still grieving but you have to be patient!" Iggy tried to calm them down.
"But, how could anyone be patient with the world's most crooked koopa family to ever exist?" Rosalina spoke behind them, completely startling everyone in the vicinity since she appeared out of nowhere. The koopa family turned around and their hearts sank when they saw her, standing a mere foot from them all. Everyone else screamed and ran away in different directions.
"Rosalina...did you...take Larry?" Ludwig nervously asked.
"What if I did? What are you gonna do about it?" Rosalina tauntingly asked.
"If you even put a hand on my son...I WILL kill you. I don't care if some dark, evil, curse thing took over your body. I will kill you," Bowser threatened while he stepped forward, unafraid.
"So, what's stopping you from doing it now? Come on, big guy. Where's the big, bad king koopa that isn't afraid to tell people off and destroy everything in his sight? Where did that guy go?" Rosalina asked.
"Oh, that guy is still here. But, I'm done playing the villain role! That's why I said everything I said to you outside!" Bowser recalled.
"No...no. You said everything you said because you've become a total weakling, Bowser. You failed as a parent, as a king, as a villain, as everything! You're NOTHING, and all your kids see that too. A disappointment. A failure. An abomination to the world. I'd be doing you a favor by just killing you myself!" Rosalina stabbed into Bowser's feeling deep and hard, which made him get angrier by the second.
"Dad, don't take to heart what she's saying! She's just being a soulless bitch with empty threats!" Morton said.
"No wonder why your wife cheated and left you, Bowser. You like to talk a big game and frighten the cowards of the world...but at the end of the day, behind closed doors, we all know that you're just a big, whiny, atrocious, insufferable little PRICK who will never find not even the most desperate woman to love him ever again!" Rosalina continued to torment Bowser's feelings even further, and he had enough. Bowser made a loud roar, then lunged at Rosalina, trying to swipe at her with his claws, but she vanished as soon as he thought he could touch her.
"Missed me!" Rosalina giggled from Bowser's right, and then kicked him in the side, sending him into the wall, making a large crack.
"DADDY!" Wendy cried and the other kids shrieked at the same time.
"Oh, shut up!" Rosalina spat, then snapped her fingers. The ceiling above the koopalings suddenly crashed down onto them all, covering them in debris.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Bowser screamed, witnessing the treacherous event right in front of him. Rosalina then grabbed him by the neck and lifted him up as Bowser started to cry.
"Don't worry too much, Bowser...they're not dead, just hurt! I'm gonna do you a favor, actually. You won't have to watch them die...BECAUSE YOU'LL DIE WITH THEM!" she cruelly stated and let out a wicked laugh. She then threw him on the ground onto his stomach, making a crack in the floor. Bowser let out a cry of pain. He had no idea what the hell he was going to do to protect himself and his kids now. He really thought that this might be the end for them all.
Bowser opened his eyes, preparing for death to be struck upon him and his kids, but was shocked to see that he was outside, on the grass, with fire surrounding them all.
"Owww….ugh...hey! Weren't we just inside!?" Iggy pointed out as him and the others regained awareness of their surroundings and tried to deal with the pain. Everyone began to cough from the smoke as they all went into a full blown panic from the fire that was surrounding them all.
"Rosalina...please...stop this! We don't wanna die! I'M BEGGING YOU, PLEASE STOP! WE DON'T DESERVE THIS!" Lemmy cried for dear mercy, but all Rosalina did was just take pleasure in his woe.
"Have fun avoiding this one! I'll be back to enjoy the show of your entire family being burned alive!" she playfully shouted, then disappeared in a flash.
"Dad! Wh-wh-what are we going to do!? There's no way out!" Ludwig cried, hanging on tight to Bowser as did the rest while the fire closed in on them.
"I...I don't know...I don't…" Bowser whispered in response, completely petrified from knowing that this may be the end for them.
"STOP! I CAN'T LEAVE WALUIGI BACK THERE!" Wario screamed as Mona was dragging him with her through the woods, with Pauline tagging along.
"Wario, listen to me!" Mona yelled, grabbed him by the shoulders, and faced him intensely. "We can NOT go back! That whole area is on fire and too dangerous to be in! I know you don't want him in that mess, but I also know that Waluigi wouldn't want you to die either!"
Wario pushed her hands off of him. "I DON'T GIVE A FUCK IF I DIE! ALL OF THIS IS SO FUCKING HOPELESS, SHE'S GONNA KILL US ALL ANYWAYS!"
"STOP SAYING THAT!" Pauline screamed in his face. "Wario...you...I know you're still grieving over your brother, but we can't give up! There HAS to be some kind of way for Rosalina to come back as her old self! She wants to make it seem like the 'old her' is gone forever, but I refuse to believe that. She's trying to get us to be scared and feel defeated. Don't let her get to you! You're playing right into her hands!"
"She's right. Waluigi would want you to keep fighting! Be strong for him, Wario!" Mona yelled in encouragement. Wario looked away from her and said nothing in response.
"I think what we need to do now is try to find a way back to the hospital and find Frankly. I don't think he was out here with us when all this shit went down. He has or knows something that'll get Rosalina back," Pauline suggested.
"I'm afraid Frankly won't be the solution to your problem!" Rosalina spoke right behind Pauline, which scared the holy hell out of her. She screamed and jumped around to see the space witch chuckle at her fright.
"Wha...you...you weren't there a second ago!" Mona shrieked.
"Gotta love the dark magics. They're so much more versatile and crazier than your old, boring, colorful, fairy-like magic, you know?" Rosalina said.
"Did you kill Frankly!?" Pauline asked outright.
"Probably. Shoved him out of a second story window, sooo...with his age, it's doubtful that he lived through it. And even if he did, the old geezer would barely be able to move!" Rosalina admitted and laughed about it. The three had expressions of disgust and despair from what she said.
"YOU'RE A FUCKING MONSTER! What the hell does killing all of us prove anyways!? Is it just for your enjoyment!?" Pauline shouted.
"Oh? I'M the monster? This is coming from the woman who would do anything to get a man to love her, so much so that she had to put him under a spell! But that's not all, is it?" Rosalina brought up a sore subject that clearly made Pauline uncomfortable. "You use men to get whatever you want, then as soon as he shows his flaws, you run off to the next one! You're a vapid snake, Pauline. You deserved to be raped when you were 17! Nobody believed you for a good reason!"
Mona and Wario's expressions became horrified when Rosalina said what she said. Pauline looked like she was ready to explode. She got so red, her whole body was shaking, and she clenched her fists so hard that her nails dug into her palms.
"YOU FUCKING BITCH! DIIIIIEEEE!" Pauline lunged at Rosalina and punched her in the face as hard as she possibly could.
It had no effect on her. Her head didn't even move. Rosalina giggled at her useless attempt and punched her right back in the face, sending her flying into the air. Before she could hit the ground though, vines from a couple of trees nearby wrapped around her body and held her up higher in the air, constricting her breathing.
"AHHHH! NO! PLEASE LET HER GO!" Mona screamed, and then the same thing happened to her; vines constricted her body as she was held up in the air.
"MONA! FUCK! I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO FUCKING DO!" Wario cried and fell down backwards trying to get back away from Rosalina.
"Oh, Wario...you just lost your brother, right? Damn...that's shitty that you couldn't save him. I bet he's pissed at you because you weren't there to sacrifice yourself instead of him. You should've died instead of him. After all...the only thing you care about is yourself, eating junk food, and money. At least Waluigi had something to offer one woman in this whole world!" Rosalina kept digging into the feelings of her "friends." This made Wario cry again as he tugged at his hairs in anger.
"STOP IT! DON'T YOU FUCKING MENTION MY BROTHER LIKE THAT EVER AGAIN! I LOVED HIM, AND HE WAS MY ONLY FAMILY LEFT!" he screamed.
"I know he was. That's because your family couldn't stand you. All you did was belittle them constantly and take them for granted. Did you know that your mother and father had a secret conversation about sending you away to boarding school when you were younger so they wouldn't have to deal with you? They knew you would grow up to be a narcissistic bastard before you ever even realized it yourself! That's why you saved yourself being tortured over Goombella when those guys captured you both! YOU ALWAYS CHOOSE YOURSELF, WARIO, AND MY LOVER DIED BECAUSE YOU WEREN'T THERE! YOU NEVER EVER WERE!" she roared, sending out a strong gust of wind that blew him a few feet away. Vines came from the trees this time and wrapped around only his neck. Rosalina walked toward him and knelt down to the poor, struggling man. Wario closed his eyes and continued crying, very much in pain but also wanting all of this madness to be done with. He opened his eyes and he let out a scream of shock when he saw Waluigi right in front of him.
"I've always hated you, brother. You meant nothing to me. Now, you're gonna die a slow, painful death, which is what you deserve. That man should've shot you instead! We would've thrown a party for your death instead of moping around and pleading for mercy!" 'Waluigi' mocked and poked his sharp fingernail into Wario's stomach. Wario cried out even more as his physical, mental, emotional, and psychological state of mind was being torn into once again.
"WARIO...DON'T...LISTEN TO HER! IT'S A TRICK!" Mona screamed through being choked.
Goombario, Bombette, Parakarry, Lakilester, Lakilulu, Spike, and Jojora kept running for their lives till they reached the cemetery past the woods.
"FUCK! That fire is gonna spread fast if we're not able to douse it!" Goombario swore.
"Dude, we can NOT go back there! Rosalina's gone off the deep end and she'll kill us without hesitation! I say we get as far away as possible from this place and never look back!" Lakilester suggested.
"Really? So, what good is that gonna do by us just running away and leaving all our friends behind? Plus, I'm sure Rosalina will find us anyways because she's way more powerful than she was before!" Spike objected, shooting his idea down.
"Wait, Jojora! Don't you do magic as well? Maybe you can counter her with some of your own spells!" Lakilulu pointed out.
"I don't use my magic that much anymore! I'm so many levels below Rosalina's power so it would be pointless. I've barely done any practice in years so I'd have to retrain myself to even get back to how I was originally," Jojora responded much to everyone else's disappointment.
"The only thing I can think of is Parakarry using his Negate ability that Gekikara gave him, it worked the first time he used it on her," Bombette said.
"Wait, why did THAT work, though? If she really is beyond powerful, then she shouldn't have been negated!" Goombario said.
"I'm guessing because it was gifted to me by an interdimensional being, which makes it as powerful as Rosalina. I could try it again but we'll have to think of something to take her down with as well when she's weak," Parakarry explained.
"I wonder, when she's 'negated,' then does that mean she's totally vulnerable? If so, and this might sound cruel, then we should drag her over to the fire and throw her in there! Yeah, it might actually kill her, but it's better to do that than put the whole world at risk!" Lakilulu came up with a plan that gave everyone uncomfortable expressions.
"Wow...uhh, maybe not, because she was 'negated' on the way back from the island but she still managed to use her magic to crash Bow's arwing. But, it's probably the only shot we got…" Bombette said pessimistically.
"If it's the only shot we can take, then let's do it. I don't care if Rosalina is still in there is somewhere, she's gone WAYYYY too fucking far with this!" Lakilester angrily declared.
"I agree. It's not gonna be easy dealing with it, but she crossed the line by killing Diddy. In my opinion, purposely killing an ally of ours means that you should be gotten rid of immediately, no matter who the person is or what we know of them," Goombario coldly stated.
"So, why didn't you kill Jojora then when you all found out she killed Watt?" Rosalina spoke loudly, startling the others. They all jumped around to see her standing on top of a gravestone.
"Y-YOU! Were you there this whole time!?" Lakilulu screeched.
"Of course I was. I'm everywhere. You all think you can easily outsmart me, but come on...do you REALLY have any idea of who you're messing with?" Rosalina said.
"To answer your question about Jojora...that's different. She didn't mean to let Watt drown. She came back and tried to save her!" Parakarry yelled, coming to her defense.
"Really? Is THAT what she told you!? HA! You're just a lovesick puppy who'll believe anything coming out of that wench's mouth, huh?" Rosalina scoffed.
"SHUT UP! IT WAS A FUCKING ACCIDENT! And you're no better by trying to kill all of us too!" Jojora screamed.
"I wish you could see that there is always that one little flaw that will oust the bad guy in the end. All we have to do is find it and BAM! You're gone, just like that!" Goombario said, not being at all phased by Rosalina.
"Once again, you idiots fall for the fairytale ending that you so desperately want to believe will happen! For God's sakes, Goombario, you're smarter than this! You know it's all gonna end hopelessly for you. After all...you should know ALL about 'hopelessness' considering you left your family and called them every horrible name in the book," Rosalina said with a wicked smirk that grew even bigger as soon as she saw the bewildered look on his face.
"What...h...I-I don't know what the hell you're talking about!" he cried.
"Not very good at acting dumb now, are we? I'm done with you guys. ARISE!" Rosalina shouted, which then brought up mud monsters from the cemetery grounds. Everyone screamed and was caught off guard by the zombie-like creatures. One by one, they ran toward the group and attacked them all.
"AGGGHHHH! SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP US! STARS, DO SOMETHING! SAVE US!" Bombette screamed as she being tackled into the ground and clawed. Bombette did her Mega Bomb move, blowing the mud monster far away. As Bombette was about to come back to the ground, another mud monster grabbed her and put her in a headlock as Rosalina danced her way through the chaos and fighting that everyone else was dealing with and faced the struggling bomb.
"You know, pinky, I know a dirty little secret of yours too!" Rosalina playfully said and teasingly poked her on the nose. "I mean, good god, you guys are a lot more fucked in the head than I realized! Say what you want about me, but at least I'm up front about it."
"YOU DON'T KNOW SHIT! THERE'S NO POINT IN DOING ALL THIS, ROSALINA!" Bombette screamed, which made the mud monster tighten his headlock on her, completely blocking her airway.
"Oh? Really? You know...maybe you should look at it this way: perhaps this is actually karma for making that guy commit suicide all those years ago! You know which one I'm talking about, right?" Rosalina revealed and then giggled when she saw the horror on Bombette's face. It was a deep and dark secret that she kept hidden from everyone for many years for good reason.
Mario, Peach, Daisy, Yoshi, Boshi, Toad, Toadette, Toadsworth, Dixie, DK, Goombella, Flurrie, Spike, Bow, and Toadiko all ran to the outer edge of the woods and came to a stop.
"Are we out of these fucking woods yet!? Are we in the clear!? That fire will burn this whole place down in no time!" Boshi exclaimed.
"I...oh god...I feel like I'm…" Toadsworth panted and then collapsed to the ground. Peach and Toadiko came to his rescue.
"TOADSWORTH! Sit up and take slow, deep breaths! It's gonna be okay!" Toadiko yelled, helping him sit up and control his breathing.
"God...he's not gonna be able to handle this easily...what are we gonna do!?" Peach cried.
"Okay, we seriously need to think of something and fast! We're gonna have to face her eventually," Spike said.
"We don't even know how we're gonna even hurt her! Frankly has something that may help but we have no idea where he is!" Daisy yelled.
"I still can't believe that's actually our friend, Rosalina, doing all of this...it feels like some monster that just took on the form of Rosalina, like how Doopliss does with his 'clone' ability!" Toad sobbed.
"Well, maybe that'll make it easier for us to kill her then! The only thing that's stopping us is the 'how' part!" Dixie said.
"Actually the only thing that's stopping you from killing me is...well, me!" Rosalina spoke from somewhere up above. Everyone looked up and saw her standing on a tree branch. She then jumped down and landed hard on the ground, creating a tiny earthquake and knocking everyone over.
"OW, MY BACK! Ugggghhhh…" Toadsworth groaned in more pain.
"JUST STOP THIS, PLEASE! WE'RE BEGGING YOU!" Toadette screamed and cried.
"Quit your whining. All you ever do is whine and complain about how depressed and miserable you are and how violent and dark the world is!" Rosalina spat while walking over to her. Toadette made a loud gasp, terrified of what she might do. Rosalina smacked her hard in the face, leaving a red handprint on her cheek and making her nose bleed a little.
"YOU BITCH! I WILL FUCKING MURDER YOU, YOU HEAR ME!? GRAAAAAHHH!" Dixie roared and charged for her, only to be kicked out of the way and sent flying into a tree.
"Oh, shut up. You've done it to her before so get off your high horse!" Rosalina yelled. She felt a hand grabbing hold of her throat suddenly, so she grabbed the obviously invisible Bow and threw her into another tree. "Nice try, ghost bitch! But I can see you as plain as day even when you turn transparent!"
"ROSALINA, JUST...you're hurting everyone that loves and cares about you! THIS IS QUITE ENOUGH! NONE OF US WANT TO DIE!" Flurrie cried for her mercy.
"And you think that I give a fuck what you want!? That's funny. I'm sure you'd rather be getting high off of cocaine with Yoshi's idiot cousin than deal with real life!" she laughed.
"HEY, FUCK YOU, YOU FUCKING SORCERESS SCUM SHITBAG! YOUR BLOOD WILL BE ON MY FUCKING HANDS AS SOON AS WE KNOW HOW TO KILL THE FUCK OUT OF YOU!" Boshi screamed in pure rage.
"Yawn! Your dumb threats mean nothing to me!" Rosalina shrugged it off and snapped her fingers. Suddenly, chaos happened again. Black widow spiders started crawling all over Yoshi, Boshi, Peach, and Daisy. A pack of werewolves came into the area and began attacking and chasing down Toad, Toadette, Dixie, DK, and Spike. Vines with thorns came up from the ground and started whipping at Mario, DK, Flurrie, Bow, and Toadsworth. Rosalina laughed some more and took in deep pleasure at the pure chaos she was creating.
"AH! SHIT! ROSALINA...PLEASE STOP! THE REAL YOU KNOWS THAT THIS IS NOT WHAT YOU WOULD DO TO US! THE REAL YOU DOESN'T WANT US DEAD!" Mario cried withering to the ground in pain from pricked and whipped.
"Quit going back to that 'real me' bullshit! IT'S OVER FOR ALL OF YOU, YOU UNDERSTAND ME!? YOU'LL ALL DIE AND I'LL REIGN IN THE DARKNESS OF THE WORLD!" she roared and twirled herself around repeatedly.
Yoshi screamed and scrambled to try and swipe off the black widows from his body, but they just kept coming and coming as if there was no end to them. He eventually ran into DK, knocking them both down, and giving one of the werewolves a chance to bite into his leg.
"D...DK! THIS IS THE END, ISN'T IT!? I-I NEVER THOUGHT THAT WE WOULD DIE AT THE HANDS OF ONE OF OUR FRIENDS!" Yoshi cried and tugged at the grass, burying his face in it, weeping in pain and misery.
DK cried as well, staring up into the black sky as the werewolf continued to play with his leg. It hurt like hell and also thought it was going to be the end. The werewolf continued to play with his leg like it was a ragdoll. He then realized something bizarre.
Why wasn't he being ripped open by the werewolf right then and there?
As a matter of fact, why wasn't anyone else being killed from Rosalina's actions? He looked around at the area and saw everyone screaming and running around, but no one was actually being killed. Yeah, they were in pain from what they were dealing with, but...it didn't seem like any of it was enough to kill them. He noticed that the werewolves were also just biting into either the arm or the leg of the others that were being chased, not ripping their insides open like he thought they would be doing.
That was when he realized something else. As soon as he thought it all out, it hit him entirely. He used all his strength to grab the werewolf by its neck and threw it far away. His wound was definitely bitten into very deep and was bleeding, but not enough to make his leg too weak to walk on. He stood up and started walking towards Rosalina.
"Well, look at you, DK! Trying to be the savior once again, huh? You know...I think out of everyone, you're the most pathetic of them all! You spent your entire time moping over me, someone could never love you the way you want them to, all because your idiocy and desperateness puts off every woman out there! You're too sensitive! You're WEAK! TOO EMOTIONAL! YOU'RE NOT A MAN!" Rosalina yelled, but this had no effect on him as DK kept walking towards her.
"I know what you're trying to do. Or...maybe I don't? I am sensitive. Perhaps I am a little overly emotional. Perhaps...perhaps I do have strong feelings towards you. But, that's who I am. I could care less what you think of me or label me as," DK stated very sternly.
"Wow! So inspirational! So brave! So...STUPID! Fuck you, DK. You'll NEVER be the kind of man that's meant for me!" Rosalina mocked him, and then one of the thorny vines whipped him in the back, making him yelp in pain.
"Agh! Ooh...you wanna know something? You keep saying you want all of us dead and that you'll kill us and even take over the world...but why is none of that happening? Why is no one dead? Why aren't I dead? You're so powerful and smart, so why don't you just kill us already in an instant?" DK questioned. Rosalina looked noticeably annoyed at this.
"Are...are you kidding right now!? LOOK AROUND YOU, YOU IDIOT! Your friends are suffering through hell right now!" she yelled and started breathing harder and faster.
"I see that. But, no one is dead yet. You talk a big game, Rosalina, but...where is it all at? Why aren't we all on fire right now? How come you don't snap your fingers and just kill us all in a split second?" DK questioned further, making her even more annoyed and frustrated.
"SHUT UP, DK!" she screamed, and another thorny vine whipped DK's back. "Ever heard of the torture method!? It brings me great entertainment to watch you all die slowly and hear your cries of pain!"
DK seethed at the pain in his back but managed to keep his composure. "No. You're wrong. You don't wanna kill us, Rosalina, otherwise you would've done so way before. Wanna know why? Because, deep down, you know this is all wrong. You don't wanna kill your friends. You don't wanna ruin the world. You don't wanna lose who you really are."
"FUCKING STOP IT!" Rosalina screamed again and clawed her nails against his chest, leaving a bloody gash. "QUIT TRYING TO BE A HERO AND SAVE EVERYONE! IT'S NOT GONNA WORK THIS TIME! I'M BAD! I'M EVIL! I WILL DESTROY THE WORLD AND THEN MAKE IT MY OWN!"
DK cringed at the pain in his chest and cried a little, but still did his best to remain strong. "S...see? You hurt me...but you didn't kill me. You could've easily slashed my throat instead of my chest. That would've done it...but you didn't."
"BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO FUCKING SUFFER! YOU SON OF A BITCH, YOU DON'T KNOW WHO YOU'RE MESSING WITH!" she screamed and punched him in the face, almost knocking him down, but he kept his balance.
"Agh...again...you hurt me...but didn't kill me...you know, Rosalina...no matter how much you hurt me...I'll always still love you and care for you as a friend...because that's just who I am…" DK spoke in both pain and tiredness.
"WHO YOU ARE IS A LOVESICK WEAKLING THAT NEEDS TO SHUT HIS FUCKING MOUTH!" she screamed once more and started to cry. She kicked him down and then got on top of him and started punching him repeatedly.
"I HATE YOU! YOU'RE A FUCKING WASTE! YOU'RE NOTHING, YOU UNDERSTAND ME!? YOU. ARE. NOTHING! THE ROSALINA YOU KNEW WAS NOTHING! SHE'S NEVER COMING BACK!" she raged and her punches started getting weaker. DK was coughing up a little blood now but had enough strength to put his hand on her shoulders.
"You're wrong...you...you are beautiful. Talented. Kind. Selfless. You are enough...and...and that's all that matters…" DK spoke coming purely straight from his heart while he was still coughing up blood.
"I-I TOLD YOU TO SHUT UP! I WILL RIP YOUR FUCKING THROAT OUT!" she noticeably started crying a little more while her dress and hair slowly started turning back to their original colors.
"But you won't...because you're Rosalina. That's never been who you are. You can hide your true self and press it down all you want...but everything comes back to the surface sooner or later," DK said softly with a tiny smile.
"DK, YOU...YOU...YOU BASTARD! I...I…OH GOD..." she choked up even more and full blown out began crying as her appearance fully reverted back to normal.
All the dark magics stopped. The black widows scurried off. The werewolves ran away. The vines disappeared. The mud monsters turned into just a puddle of mud. The fire blew out. The black clouds broke away and out came the bright, setting sun over the horizon, shining a gorgeous light into the woods.
Everyone else was in a state of confusion, noticing they were no longer being attacked or chased. They all then saw Rosalina dressed in her normal clothes crying her heart out on top of DK, her head buried in his chest, next to his wound.
"Woah...is it all over? What the hell happened?" Bow asked.
"I-I think so! I heard everything that went on between those two. Whatever he did, he broke her and made her come back," Goombella replied.
"Oh...Toadsworth! Are you okay!?" Peach cried, noticing the tiny thorn wounds all over his back.
"Absolutely not! But, if I can survive falling down the stairs on my 60th birthday, then surely I can survive a couple of whippings!" Toadsworth humorously responded.
"The orb worked!" Professor Frankly shouted, walking over to the gang with Bowser and the Koopalings. Wendy and Lemmy were helping him walk on his legs, while Bowser carried Larry in his arms.
"Huh? What orb!? How did this all end exactly!?" Flurrie asked in total confusion.
"The thing that I mentioned to you all earlier...I had an item called the Orb of Trimeteta. It's a rare artifact that expels the evil that's taken over people's bodies. I secretly took Larry into the hospital while you guys were outside talking with Rosalina and had Larry use his magic to perform a ritual on the orb in hopes of making it work. Rosalina got to us and pushed us out the window before it could be fully completed, but it ended up working anyways! Larry told me that he saw the orb shine bright right before Rosalina destroyed, which indicated that the orb took effect of the darkness residing in her.
Rosalina was never going to kill you guys after that. Had the ritual not worked or had she destroyed before it shined bright, then yes, probably. BUT! The orb's powers of light transferred its influence to Rosalina's darkness, and all it took for it to take full effect was for DK there to awaken the purity that lies in Rosalina's heart by reminding her of who she really is. That's why Rosalina never killed any of you. The orb's power made that tiny part of her subconscious hold her back from doing the deed. The dark magics inside of her tried its hardest to get rid of the orb's influential power, but alas...as the old cliche goes...hate and darkness can not be driven out by hate and darkness...only love and light can do that," Frankly explained it all. Everyone got an enormous sense of relief over their bodies upon hearing all of that.
"Yeah. My son did a pretty damn good job!" Bowser laughed a little. Larry smiled with a tired expression.
"So...it's over then. We're all safe now. Rosalina's back to normal...everything's back to normal," Toad said with a hopeful tone.
Vivian slowly opened her eyes and gasped a little when she saw that the skies were being to being sunset orange and that the smoke from the fire was all gone. She got up and saw that the fallen tree had just missed her. She looked over to her right to see Koops and Koopie laying next to each other, unawake.
"Oh, hey, you guys! Wake up you two! I think it's all over! I don't smell any more fire and the black clouds are gone!" Vivian yelled as she crawled over to the two.
Koops made a small grunt and slowly woke up. He immediately saw Koopie lying close to him, who hadn't even budged.
"Koopie? Hey...you okay?" Koops asked and nudged her a couple times. No response at all. "No...oh god! NO! NO NOOOOOOOOOOOO!" he freaked out then ran off suddenly.
"What!? KOOPS! WHERE ARE YOU GOING!? COME BACK!" Vivian screamed for him, but he kept running away. Vivian panicked a little and put her ear against Koopie's chest. She couldn't hear anything. She then put her fingers against the side of her neck to feel a heartbeat through the veins. She felt it a little, which eased her panic.
"KOOPS! COME BACK HERE! SHE'S STILL ALIVE, SHE'S JUST UNCONSCIOUS!" Vivian screamed out again, but he was nowhere in sight.
"Come on in! They're both awake now and are alright!" said a koopa nurse as led some of the group into the room where Luigi and Birdo are at.
"Y...you guys!?" Luigi shrieked in joy at the sight of seeing his brother and friends again, who were just as joyous to see him awake.
"LUIGI!" Mario shouted and ran over to hug him. The two cried a little in their reunion.
"Oh, Luigi, I'm so glad you're okay! I was so worried!" Daisy cried as well and hugged him after Mario.
"So, everything is okay? No complications from being hit by magic?" Pauline asked.
"Nope! Well, as far as the doctor could find! I wasn't out for that long, was I?" Luigi asked.
"I think for only a few hours. And, boy, do we have A LOT to tell you!" Goombella said.
"Birdo! You're finally awake, honey!" Yoshi cheered and ran over to hug and kiss her, but Birdo pushed him off.
"Wh-what are you doing!?" she yelled. Yoshi became confused at her reaction.
"Huh? What do you mean? It's me, Yoshi! You feeling okay?" he asked.
"Maybe she's still coming to from her coma?" Dixie guessed.
"H-How did I get here? Who the hell are you people!?" Birdo shouted.
"This is the place?" asked a koopa woman who was traveling in a small group to the hospital.
"Yep! My sources were, naturally, correct! It's been a while since I saw the gang, but they'll welcome us in with open arms. I don't wanna let them fight the big fight without my superior gadgets to aid in their quest!" Professor E. Gadd said in excitement.
"Wow...can you sound any more self-absorbed?" a younger koopa girl snarled at him.
"KATIA! Be nice! Especially since we were lucky enough to run into him after our house got destroyed by those bastard koopatrols! This place will offer us food and shelter in the meantime," said the older koopa woman.
"Geez, chill mother, I was just being a sarcastic smarty pants…" Katia said in a deadpan tone and rolled her eyes.
"I still don't understand why we couldn't have gone to our lake house instead…" said the koopa husband of Katia's mom in an annoyed manner.
"I told you, it was because this place is closer! We have no cars to drive to the lake house because they destroyed those too!" said the wife in an equally annoyed tone.
"It's gonna be totally alright, you guys! Once Mario and his gang get rid of Tatanga and his goons, the city will be built back to normal in no time!" cheered a bright yellow star sprite.
"I still can't believe you talked me into doing this, Starlow. I mean, it's cool that I'm helping out Mario and his friends and all...but this was supposed to just be a fun weekend visiting you and hanging out together! I have no idea how the hell I got roped into all of this!" cried a female Nimbi melodramatically.
"I'm more shocked at the fact that I got roped into this mess myself! I was having fun, sipping some red wine in my third house that I own, when all of a sudden it gets ransacked by a bunch of ugly little troll koopas! The nerve of those thieves! They set my whole place ablaze! Now I have no idea how I'm going to get back to Poshley Heights because I refuse to walk that far in these high heels to catch a plane or a train to get there!" yelled a superficial female Toad, prompting some eye rolls from the others.
The group approached the hospital and Dr. Nokano came out the front to greet them.
"Well, hello there! Someone told me they saw an unfamiliar group of people approaching us. Do you need a place to stay? Did Tatanga's slaves destroy your place too?" he questioned.
"Well, not all of us, but yes to my family's house. We ran into Professor E. Gadd here while we were out looking for a place to stay. He told us of St. Toadofsky's hospital, which is where a lot of the survivors of Tatanga's attacks are staying!" the koopa mother explained.
"My third house was destroyed as well. Well, all hope isn't completely gone, considering I have two other houses plus a luxury apartment in Neon Heights!" the toad woman bragged, prompting yet another eye roll from the others.
"Uhh...I see. Okay! Well, glad you could make it all the way here!" Dr. Nokano awkwardly replied.
"My place wasn't destroyed, but I come here to see Mario and his friends, because I wanna help out with defeating Tatanga, and I refuse to sit back and just watch from behind the scenes. I have certain things that will help them in their mission!" Professor E. Gadd exclaimed.
"Really!? Well, that's just perfect then! Doesn't hurt to have another helping hand around here, especially after the crap that just happened earlier today! Fantastic. By the way, I'm Dr. Nokano and I'm the head doctor here at St. Toadofsky's," he introduced.
"Hello hello Dr. Nokano! My name is Professor Elvin Gadd, but you can just call me E. Gadd if you wish. This yellow sprite here is my assistant, Starlow, and the Nimbi is her friend, Luvbi!" E. Gadd said.
"I'm Toodles, but my full name is Toodles Rosethique Barletress Toadianacko. Just a nice little fun fact there," Toodles arrogantly said with a wink.
"And my name is Clawdia. This here is my husband, Kenneth, and our daughter, Katia. We can't thank you enough for letting us stay here!" she said sincerely.
EOC.
LONG CHAPTER! Lol. So, the 'Dark Rosalina' arc has come to an end, but the fallout from her actions will continue on for the next few chapters. Next chapter, Bleck and Tippi talk to the Star Spirits only to find out a shocking truth that changes everything they thought about the villains (this plot was originally going to appear in this chapter, but it would've made the length of this chapter wayyyyy longer than it already is, so I figured it'd be better to move to the next one, cause this chapter is almost at 12k words!), TEC reveals to Grodus some unnerving info pertaining to Lord Crump, the villains at the island adapt to the death of Marilyn and the addition of their new capture, Diddy, and the main group at the hospital struggle to adjust to Rosalina's actions, Birdo's memory loss, and as always, a lot more!
Also, we are only FIVE chapters away from hitting the 100 mark! Woohoo! The next four chapters are going to be a bit of a 'cool down' from all the violence and chaos that the group had to endure (but that doesn't mean the crazy drama won't stop of course), and then Chapter 100 will be another 'big one' where a large portion of the cast is going to get killed off. A little more detail will be revealed about that as we get closer to it. Thanks for reading, and I'll do my best to get the next chapter out by mid-November!
