To change the world!
And by myself I need to believe in what I can achieve!
And that belief has always been forever in me
This world's getting worst to my dismay~
and I simply look the other way~
No longer!
I falter no longer!
I worry no longer!
I tremble no longer!
Cause now I must choose
you gave me the courage to stand and take action
(you gave me hope I will never lose!)
One time my soul was as dark as the night
but you enter my soul with your light!
I see the sun, my heart knows no limits
Today I shall fight for the new
(I'll open up my windows to see the sky so blue~)
To change the world!
And I need to believe in what I can achieve!
And that belief will always be important to me!
-Base of Corona Mountain-
"It says here that Delfino Plaza is a lively town known for its live music and its pub. There's a miniature golf course, a beach resort, and an outlet mall." Lee read a brochure out loud. Peach snatched the brochure reading it over with a huge grin on her face and let out a girly squeal.
"THERE'S A SALE GOING ON! THAT'S IT! We're going to the outlet mall right away once we get there!" she gushed with stars in her eyes.
"And get the crystal star." Daisy teased.
"Uh. Y-Yeah..right." the mushroom princess stuttered slightly embarrassed.
Mario chuckled, looking at them from his passenger causing Peach to blush looking away from his gaze.. Luigi was driving in the passenger's seat while the two princesses were sitting in the middle row talking about the various shops. While the two hylians were sitting in the back looking out the window because. Soon the town came into view as they entered the vibrant town. If you look around you could see people going to stores, walking to the beach, and some were even waving at them.
The gang arrived at their hotel, the Royal Corporal, one of the best hotels in town. After parking the car and getting checked in the girls had one room while the guys stayed in the room across the hall. The suite has three separate bedrooms with a kitchen and a small living room in between the bedrooms. After they settled in their rooms the gang went to a restaurant and sat down in a private room.
While the two princesses were preparing to go out for dinner the hyrulean princess waited for the two other royals in the living room. Her blue-green eyes gazed at the mysterious book on the table, quietly making her away towards the coffee table. There was something about the book that was affecting her. Almost familiar to her, Lee shook her head pushing those thoughts aside. "Is there something on your mind Milady?" Fi asked.
"Oh! It's nothing really, I was just curious about the three legendary heroes you talked about in the Shrine of Stars earlier." Lee replied, staring at the ancient book on her lap.
"As stated, The three legendary Heroes are the chosen heroes destined to save the world from destruction. They will join forces with the goddess and stop the beast from rising." Fi explained.
Just then something came to her mind.
"Do you mean Calamity Ganon?" Lee questioned
There was a slight pause before the sword spirit looked at the princess."Calamity Ganon is only a weapon." the spirit answered.
"Huh? What do you mean?" the hyrulean princess asked
However the conversation ended in silence Daisy entered the room and told them that the blonde princess was almost ready to go. She went to the computer to look up some places to eat for lunch.
"Come Peach! The boys are out waiting for us! What's taking you so long?" Daisy yelled banging on the door to the bathroom, as the blue-haired the fairy sat down on the brown-haired princess' shoulder flexing her wings and arms.
"I'm coming! I'm coming!" Peach hollered from the other room opening the door now wearing a light pink-colored knee-length sundress and tennis shoes holding a cream color umbrella with pink decorations.
"Are you ready now?" Daisy smirked teasingly as the mushroom princess tied her hair in a high ponytail.
"Now I am let's go. I know a great seafood restaurant here." she cheered.
…
~Corona Mountain~
Bowser was overseeing his minions patrolling the mountainside with his youngest son by his side. They began their operations to take over the tourist town and the sea port which was the largest port in the Mushroom Kingdom. But after he received word from his agents that the love of his life Princess Peach was in town he leaped for joy at the news.
(So I will have Peach and then can all be a family and the Mushroom Kingdom will be mine.) he grinned evilly remembering the other day.
Flashback:
"WHAT?!" Bower and his young son Bowser Jr. yelled at once. Kamek flinched at the sound of their screams, muttering inchorencely he straightened out his robe before repeating himself. "I said our spies have spotted Princess Peach in town traveling with a few companions." he said
"Really? Mama's here?!" Bowser Jr exclaimed with glee. He grew up hearing about his "mother" from his dad. How they met and fell in love and how she was forced to move away from them because Mario threatened his life when he was a baby. Ever since then, he's been dreaming of the day when they can live together as a family at long last.
Flashback End
Bowser Jr shook his head of the thoughts that were in his mind, despite everything he was told he had his doubts, but there was no reason to worry about that. He turned to his dad who was going over his plans with his top advisor, Kamek. "If Peach is here there's a good chance that Mario is with her. This can complicate our plans for domination." Bowser said.
"Don't worry Dad we'll handle him right guys?" Bowser Jr asked his older siblings, Larry. Morton, Wendy, Iggy, Roy, Lemmy, and Ludwig, also known as the Koopalings.
"Yeah!"
"We can do it!"
"Leave everything up to us Boss!"
"Mario doesn't stand a chance against us Dad!"
Bowser looked at his kids as they made their way to Delfino Plaza with their squadron to execute their plan. Meanwhile, at the seafood restaurant enjoying their lunch. "How are we supposed to find the crystal star?" Peach asked Fi. The sword spirit was looking out the window before turning to her.
"Each star will resonate its aura to the first legendary hero, then the second, and finally the third. The first one-the Diamond Star will reveal itself to the First Legendary Hero." the spirit answered in her monotone voice.
They were all out eating on the patio outside listening intently to the sword spirit discussing what they should do now except for Mario, Toad and Luigi who were stuffing their food down their throats. "So one of us will be chosen as the heroes?" Daisy asked.
"Yeah, the Book of Stars has a whole page on the three legendary heroes. The book states Silent Realm will reveal itself to the hero, with a voice only they can hear. The voice will lead the legendary heroes to the realm and their trail will begin. I'm not sure what that means though." Lee added, taking a sip of her coffee.
"I guess our best bet would be to pack and get up early tomorrow to get a head start." Daisy said.
"So only three of us will become the legendary heroes." Mario pondered.
"I wonder what these crystal stars look like? And what powers do they hold?" Navi asked.
"Well if these crystal stars are as powerful as we're told, we can stop Grodus." Mario concluded, wiping his mouth with his sleeve.
Suddenly, a smoke bomb was thrown in the building causing a mass panic: koopas, goombas, and shy guys broke through the windows and doors. Citizens were running into each other trying to escape the ongoing attack, flipping tables, fighting the police officers, and for some reason some were stealing food from the kitchen.
"It's the koopa army!"
"Mommy I'm scared!"
"Someone called the police quickly!"
"Daddy please help me!"
"What's going on?!"
"Great stars help us please!"
The common action caused our heroes to run back into the restaurant witnessing the chaos that was happening in the building. "It's the koopa army, what are they doing here?" Peach gasped.
Just then, Mario did something that looked like the chicken dance while jumping on one foot.
"I told you! I. TOLD. YOU!" he exclaimed, jabbing his brother's arm. Luigi swatted his finger away in a huff.
"Okay, okay chill out what do we do now?!" he said. Bowser Jr and his siblings were hovering above them on their hover copters laughing gleefully.
"What are you idiots doing here?!" Daisy demanded.
"Taking over this town-DUH!" Wendy sneered, rolling her eyes, the sarasaland princess growled in anger only to be held back by Luigi. Lemmy rolled in on a giant yellow bouncy ball like an acrobat giggling like a little kid at the candy.
"Aaannnddd rescuing our mother!" he sang gleefully pointing to Peach. Nobody could believe what the young koopaling said because everybody knows that their princess was not Bowser's wife and quietly began to wonder what exactly did the koopa king tell his kids over the years.
Everyone looked at Peach who looked like she wanted to crawl in a ditch somewhere and die.
She felt a shiver go down her spine, "I AM NOT YOUR MOM!" Peach screamed petrified.
"You're so silly Mommy! Of course, you are, Papa always told us that you were kidnapped by Mario so he can marry you. But we're here to save you from that bad man!" Iggy laughed, hugging her leg.
"GET OFF HER!" Mario yelled grabbing Ivy and threw him against the wall.
"ow!"
It was the weirdest thing that ever happened because it was obvious that Bowser lied to his kids and his obsession with the princess became a much more disturbing problem.
"Umm. Are we missing something here? Who are they and why do they think Peach is their mom?" Link asked.
"Long story short: These are Bowser's a guy who in love with Peach. Peach hates his gutes and so does Mario. Bowser's jealous of Mario and tries to capture Peach so he can marry her blah, blah, blah and these are his kids." Toad explained bored.
"Wow and I thought that huge love triangle at Hyrule Castle was awkward." Lee sweat dropped.
"There was a love triangle at Hyrule Castle? What's that about?"
"We'll basically two advisors-"
Roy got annoyed with the conversation, "Enough talk, minion attack!" he ordered as the battle for the princess began.
While the guys were holding them back the girls and Toad ran out through the back door. Mario was plowing through the waves of koopas and goombas hurling fireballs left and right. Link was slashing and parrying attacks with his sword and shield while Luigi was helping civilians out of the destroyed restaurant.
"Let's try to drive them out of the restaurant so no one gets hurt." Link proposed.
"Yeah, let's drive them out of the town." Mario agreed and turned to his brother to get doctors from the nearby hospital then focused back on the battle.
The koopalings had small remotes in their hands with a push of a button their clown copters crashed through the roof with their weapons drawn. The koopalings leaped into their copters looming over snickering and grinning at them.
(Tsk. This fight isn't gonna be easy.) Mario bit his lip.
-Isla Park-
Isla Park was a park outside of town that had a brilliant view of the beach. It was nighttime when Daisy, Lee, Navi, Toad, and Peach made it to the park but they were on edge about enemies lurking around. Toad looked around the area before whispering that it was clear. "We gotta call troops quick! Peach give your phone I'm calling Toadsworth he can get you outta here." he said.
"No! I have to help Mario, I'm not leaving!" she retorted.
"They're after you Peach! We need you to be safe." he snapped. Before the princess could reply, the fairy placed her hand on her shoulder.
"Princess, as long as you're here nobody will be safe. We need to get you to safety while we stop Bowser." Navi said calmly.
Daisy narrowed her eyes at the incoming koopas drawing her katana. Ever since the fall of her kingdom, she's been training nonstop on her combat abilities. "There she is! Get her!" a koopa paratroopa captain ordered.
Lee dodge from the paratroopa and froze him with an ice arrow before releasing five bomb arrows in the crowd.
The former sarasaland princess sidestepped to her left before elbowing a koopa troopa then slashed a goomba away from her. A large cannonball flew right at her, she gasped in alarm diving to the ground separating the gang.
(No the others!) Daisy gasped looking over the broken ground, "Are you okay?!" she yelled
"We're fine we'll make our way to the beach and regroup." Navi said until another cannonball cut them off. Daisy barely dodged the second one slowly regaining her bearings. That's when Wedney flew over on her clown copter. "Aww, what's the matter honey? Scared of a little boom?" she laughed
"Wendy…" she growled, shifting to a battle stand ready herself with her katana.
…
Back at the castle, the word just came back about the Delfino Plaza invasion. Soldiers were scrambling to the throne room where the mushroom king along with Toadsworth was giving orders to the three commanders of the kingdom's army.
The first commander was the lieutenant, the leader of the army. He was a middle-aged man with a black shield and a spear strapped on his back, gray eyes, and a gray jacket with the kingdom's insignia in the front. He had a red mushroom cap with light gray spots and his name was Crow.
The second commander was a big guy named Ax. He had a blue mushroom cap with white spots and a shaggy brown mustache that matched his eyes. He had a brown trench coat and a huge sword in its sheath located on his back and he was also the oldest of the trio.
The third commander was actually Toadette's older sister named Rosette. She looks a lot like her sister. The only difference is her purple mushroom cap and braids. She had a thin rapier hook around her waist.
"So Bowser's finally shown his ugly face and here I thought he's finally given up. UGH! I totally lost the bet with my sissy!" Rosette groaned annoyed.
"Commander Rosette be serious, this is an invasion on our land." Crow said.
"Come on Crow we all know about Bowser's insane crush on the Princess. This isn't anything new in fact the guy needs to get a clue." Rosette sighed, shaking her head.
The king held up his hand stopping their argument. "No matter what the circumstances are, we must assist Master Mario to defeat Bowser. Commanders take your men to the battle and protect our home!" he ordered.
"Yes Sir!" the commanders saluted him. Outside the palace, hundreds of jets took to the skies and army trucks led by Crow rushed over to Delfino Plaza.
(May the Grand Stars of Hylia watch over and protect us all.) Toadsworth silently prayed to watch the scene through the throne room with Toadette.
"I hope everyone makes it back alright." she whispered
"I do as well. Tell Dr. Toadley that I want him to go as well, both of your medical assistance will be needed." he said.
"You can count on me Toadsworth!" she said dialing her mentor's number on her phone.
-Delfino Plaza-
The battle waged on back well into the night at the Plaza. Mario and Bowser Jr were engaged in a serious battle, his clothes were torn and his hair was disheveled while Bowser Jr was just fine. "What's the matter Mario? Tried already? Is your fire flower all worn out? Hehehe!" he laughed.
"Not even close pal!" he yelled, throwing a fireball right at him. The koopa swirled his copter to the right sticking his tongue out, "Miss me!" he sang
"Did I?" the red-capped man smirked as the fireball came back around like a boomerang destroying the clown copter.
The koopa hit the ground hard knocking the wind out of him as he struggled to his feet.
Meanwhile, Link was dodging missiles from Ludwig's copter much to his annoyance. "Grr...Stand still will ya?!" he snapped firing another mission. Instead of dodging he took a unique looking shield with Hylian crest with the mark of the triforce above it and braced himself. When the smoke cleared the camera zoomed in to Link's calmed yet focused expression.
"There's no way he could of taken that, the stupid should of broke!" he yelled
"In the words of my grandfather: 'Hylian Shield is impenetrable. It can not and will not break.' " Link recited swapping his sword with his bow and hit the koopaling with a powerful shock arrow sending Ludwig flying.
"If you think you can beat up our brothers like that you're dead wrong!" Larry said flying over with Roy, Morton, and Iggy along with a horde of enemies cornering the two warriors.
(Crap we're surrounded!) Link cursed
"Time ta teach you brats a lesson!" Roy said cracking his knuckles. Just then Rosette came flying through the air with her rapier.
"It's time to teach you a lesson. LEAVE OUR KINGDOM ALONE!" she yelled. Ax followed the suit throwing grenades at them forcing the koopalings to retreat back.
"Rosette! Everyone!" Mario cried happily running over to her before seeing hundreds of troops make their way to the battlefield.
"Looks like the others manage to call in reinforcements." the hylian said. Crow walked over to them and gave a salute
"Lieutenant Crow at your service. Toadsworth gave us the rundown, but where is the Princess!" he asked.
"We split up Daisy, Lee, Toad, and Peach probably made it to the beach outside of town by now," Mario said at least that is what is thought, but his heart fell when Lemmy flew over to them with a cage attached to his copter with a blonde girl inside.
"Hey we got her lets go!" he said
"Nice job little bro. Koopa Troops retreat!" Roy ordered flying away.
"No..Peach!" Mario yelled as he ran after them before anybody could stop him. He chased him up the way to the volcano until a hand grabbed him by the collar and yanked him back, restraining him.
"Let me go!" Mario thrash.
"So you can fall to your death? Don't be a fool!" the man said, yanking him further away from the edge forcing Mario to face him.
His rescuer was an odd-looking toad with an indigo colored mushroom cap that matched the cape that wrapped around him like a cloak and his smaller mask that covered half of his face. He wore gold hoop earrings and he had a small white bird on his shoulder.
"Look, I appreciate you saving me, but I have to go save Peach from those koopalings so don't try to stop me!" he yelled.
The odd-looking person sighed and shook his head "To think you are one of the chosen ones of the Goddess you are far too hot-headed. Your princess wasn't the one who was captured, Her Highness was the one who was taken." he said.
"Her Highness? Who are you talking about" Link asked.
"The one you call Lee. Your friends are in the hotel safe, but you must save her quickly," he answered before disappearing.
Back at the army camp everyone was in a somber mood. "So what happened?" Link demanded
"It was a trap the koopalings wanted us to split us, divide and conquer. Daisy got hurt Lee and I did our best; they knocked us out with some kind of gas. They must've mistaken her for Peach." Toad said softly.
"We gotta save her fast, who knows what Bowser will do!" Rosette said.
Link shook his head. "Well, she's strong, she can handle herself, but you're right we need to get up that volcano and help her." he said. Toadette looked at him like he grew a second head then turned to the rest of them.
"Are you crazy, why would you need to go to Corona Mountain?!" Crow exclaimed.
"We have uh, a special task ahead of us that's why we came here. Can you take us there?" Peach asked.
The commanders looked at each other before answering, "Our jets can't take you all the way to the top because of the lava, but we can try to drop you off at the middle floors. We'll start preparing." Crow said following Ax and Toadette out of the room.
"What's wrong Mario?" Luigi asked, snapping his brother out of his thoughts. "That odd-looking guy stopped me..he's Dr. Toadley." he muttered.
"Good thing he did. I told you so many times to think before you act." Luigi joked while sipping his soda.
"He knows about the crystal stars and the mission." he said.
"How? I bet Toadette promised not to say about it." Toad said
"I know however he does. We should be cautious around him." he said
"If he knows then he must be an ally like Fi. I didn't sense any evil intentions from him." Link said. The room went quiet trying to understand who Dr. Toadley really was. But for now, everyone agreed to get some after all the battle wasn't over yet.
-Later that night-
"Link...Link...Link." a voice said rousing the young man out of his sleep. His eyes were glossed over as he looked out the window towards the mountain as was speaking to him.
"Come, I am here waiting for you. I'm here." the voice continued. Without saying a word he left heading towards the volcano.
Author's Notes
WHAT'S UP, GUYS!
I'm sorry for the long hiatus for this book and my other one, but this year is really strange. And when I found a break to write it's taken away because my university closed because of the COVID-19 Coronavirus. It's affecting all of us, but I'm gonna try to update as much as I can. It's probably gonna be slow but I'll do it for you guys and I want to thank you guys for staying with me and reading this.
The only thing I want you all to do is to stay indoors, wash your hands, and stay safe. We're gonna get through this.
~TheSenjuPrincess~