In this chapter, Rosalina is going to explain the situation. It looks like our heroes are going to have to save the planet. In order to do that, they're going to have to find others to help them.

For now, they need to rescue Peach's Castle from the minions. Normally they only have to rescue the princess but now they have to rescue the castle!

Chapter 3: A Planet Under Attack

"Well, I suppose if we destroyed one meteorite, we could destroy another one." noted Speedster T. That seemed to stop Toad Town from being overrun. Fortunately, it has only sustained mild damage from the attack.

"I'm-a not sure if it's-a so simple this time." answered Luigi. This meteorite was bigger than the first, which gave him a bad feeling.

This seemed to have affected the baddies that were coming out of it. Not only were they bigger in number, but stronger enemies were coming out.

They could see Yoshis. However, compared to the Yoshis that were living on Yoshi's Island, they didn't look so friendly.

In fact, they looked rather aggressive.

Some of the cosmic Toads were riding them. This served to increase their speed. It seemed that the Mario Brothers weren't the only ones that rode Yoshis.

One of them launched an egg at Mario.

"Oof!" bellowed Mario, as the egg hit him in the face.

Luckily, being hit by the egg didn't make him dizzy, though the Yoshi wasn't a bad shot. It still hurt though.

Another attempted to grab Luigi with his tongue. It seemed that they shared that with their Mushroom Planet counterparts.

"Wah!" shouted Luigi, who thankfully managed to avoid being swallowed. He wasn't exactly looking forward to becoming dino chow.

It looked like it was Speedster T's time to shine.

With a series of rapid punches, Speedster T made the Yoshis burst into blue liquid.

This caused the Toads to fall down.

"No!" exclaimed the Toads.

Mario then leapt on the Toads and made them burst into blue liquid as well.

However, more enemies were coming.

This time, Cosmic Paratroopas came out.

"Get ready to dive bomb them!" exclaimed one of the Cosmic Paratroopas.

Mario and Luigi got ready to jump on them.

Fortunately, jumping on them hard enough caused them to lose their wings, just like normal Paratroopeas.

When that happened, they could flip them over.

A Giant Goomba emerged from the meteorite. He was still rather weak on account of being a Goomba...but he was definitely stronger than a normal one.

He was heading straight towards the castle.

"I'm going to bust down the door!" exclaimed the Giant Goomba.

Immediately, he began to crash into it.

"Oh no!" shouted Peach. It would be bad if the Cosmic Minions got inside her castle.

Fortunately, Alcoholic Koopa was here to help.

"You're not invading the castle you magical donkey!" exclaimed Alcoholic Koopa.

"Huh?" asked the Giant Goomba. He smelled the scent of whiskey.

Alcoholic Koopa fell from the roof and landed on top of the Giant Goomba.

"Cannonball!" exclaimed Alcoholic Koopa.

The Giant Goomba's eyes widened upon spotting the Alcoholic Koopa.

The Cosmic Clone was squished.

"Aw man!" exclaimed one of the nearby Goombas. He thought for a moment that he would be able to bust down the door. But that Koopa had ruined everything.

Peach wondered if she should help.

Perhaps now was a good time. More minions were emerging from the meteorite.

This time, Toadettes were emerging from the meteorite. Cosmic ones, of course.

"It seems there are female Cosmic Toads as well..." noted Speedster T.

Unlike their male counterparts, these Toadettes seemed to prefer attacking from a distance. They weren't any stronger than their male counterparts though.

The Toadettes pulled out slingshots and began to fire at the foursome.

One of them hit Speedster T in the arm.

"Ow!" exclaimed Speedster T.

Fortunately, Peach's parasol was able to block the rocks.

"We're in trouble..." said one of the Toadettes.

"Princess Peach? You're entering the battlefield?" asked the Alcoholic Koopa.

"I figured I would help out against the cosmic clones..." noted Peach. Normally she didn't fight as she was a pacifist (hence the reason she didn't fight back against Bowser), but considering the Cosmic Clones were planning to plunder their entire planet, she was willing to battle.

"Be careful, princess!" exclaimed Toadsworth. Of course, part of the reason Peach didn't fight much was because he was always worried for her safety. Bowser always desired to kidnap her so perhaps he had a point.

Suddenly, a Cosmic Boom Boom came out.

"Raahhh!" exclaimed the Boom Boom.

"He looks a bit stronger than the foes we've faced so far." noted Speedster T.

Mario nodded. It looked like they were going to have to be careful fighting him. Rushing in head long could have consequences.

Even so, he didn't seem like he was a particularly strong opponent. It seemed that the Cosmic Clones weren't serious about conquering the planet yet.

Boom Boom swung his fist at Luigi.

"Mamamia!" exclaimed Luigi as he collapsed on the ground.

Fortunately, he got back up again.

Alcoholic Koopa threw a bottle of beer at Boom Boom.

However, this angered him, and he spun towards Alcoholic Koopa.

He was sent flying.

"Aaahhhh!" exclaimed Alcoholic Koopa.

"Oh a-no!" shouted Mario.

Alcoholic Koopa landed nearby.

Boom Boom then rolled into his shell.

Mario and Luigi quickly jumped over it.

He then started trying to punch them again.

However, Speedster T jumped on his head.

"Ow!" exclaimed Boom Boom.

Boom Boom rubbed his head.

Mario then whacked him with his hammer.

However, he got back to his feet and punched Luigi.

"Ow!" exclaimed Luigi.

At that very moment, Alcoholic Koopa got back up.

He rolled a keg of beer towards the Boom Boom.

He fell over it.

This gave Luigi the opportunity to whack Boom Boom with the hammer again.

He dissolved into the blue liquid that the Cosmic Clones were made of.

Speedster T smiled.

"Alright! We took care of him!" exclaimed the speedy Toad.

Peach sighed in relief.

Luigi whacked the meteorite with a hammer.

The meteorite exploded, and with it, the entire Cosmic Army disappeared.

"Oh what a world..." said a Cosmic Toadette as she evaporated.

"Yes!" cheered Mario. "We-a beat the Cosmic Army!"

Peach cheered.

"There's-a probably going to be more-a in the future though..." noted Luigi. Again, something told him this was only a minor setback to the villains' plans.

"It looks as if the castle is safe...but what about the rest of the Mushroom Kingdom?" asked Peach. There was likely another meteorite on the way.

Shortly after they destroyed the second meteorite, a star descended from the sky.

Mario pulled out his hammer.

However, upon closer inspection, it didn't seem to be containing alien invaders.

As it turned out, it was none other than Rosalina.

"Rosalina? Is that you?" asked Mario. He remembered the time when he went around collecting stars for Princess Rosalina. Eventually, he succeeded in defeating Bowser and saving the galaxy from his clutches.

Apparently he had decided that simply conquering the Mushroom Kingdom wasn't creative enough. He had gone back to his normal schemes since then, however.

Anyways, he was happy to see her again.

However, she seemed upset about something.

"What's-a wrong?" asked Mario.

"I'm afraid that I have grim news." said Rosalina.

"What's wrong?" asked Mario.

"Planet Mushroom is under attack." explained the intergalactic princess.

"Oh-a no!" exclaimed Luigi. That provided an explanation to the meteorites. He got the feeling that somebody was sending them, based on the coordination of the attacks.

Rosalina nodded. The Cosmic Clones wanted their planet for their resources. And it was doubtful that they were going to give up easily. They've been trying to conquer planets for ages.

"Is there someone masterminding all of this?" asked Princess Peach. It seemed to be a rather coordinated attack. Not only after Toad Town was attacked, another meteorite had showed up right outside Peach's Castle.

"There is...the irony is, they're being led by your cosmic counterpart!" exclaimed Rosalina.

"What?!" shouted the princess.

"As well as mine, as well as Daisy's." said Rosie. Just as Rosalina was loved throughout the galaxy, everyone was afraid of her cosmic counterpart.

The Cosmic Princesses greatly resembled their counterparts, but they had pale skin and were all dressed in blue. They also had glowing blue eyes.

"That does sound ironic..." noted Peach.

"Unfortunately, each of the princesses are incredibly strong. They could each take down Bowser's entire army singlehandedly." explained Rosalina.

"Oh my." spoke the princess of the Mushroom Kingdom. She wondered if Mario and Luigi had cosmic counterparts as well. Chances are that they did. No doubt they would be powerful adversaries as well.

"If we don't do something, not only will the Mushroom Kingdom be doomed, but also your entire planet. That is why I am assisting you. However, I don't think we can take on the cosmic clones alone." explained Rosalina. There was an entire army of them.

"What should we do?" inquired Luigi.

"We should look for others to join our cause." explained the princess.

"Should we try invading their planet?" asked Speedster T.

"That would be extremely risky. I suppose we might try that eventually...but for now, we should look for others, as I said before." said the galactic princess.

Speedster T nodded. Attacking the planet didn't seem such a bad idea, but he got the feeling that they weren't nearly ready for such an assault.

Noticing the Yoshis that had attacked Peach's Castle, Mario decided that he would ask his pal Yoshi.

"By the way, if there are cosmic counterparts for each of the princesses, is there a Cosmic Bowser as well?" asked Speedster T.

"Maybe if I work for him he'll pay me with booze!" exclaimed Alcoholic Koopa.

"Is that all you ever think about?" asked Rosalina.

"I love booze!" exclaimed Alcoholic Koopa.

"Some things should be taken in moderation." said the princess.

"But I don't want to drink in moderation!" exclaimed the Koopa.

"That's because you've lost control of your drinking." spoke the princess. She didn't know Alcoholic Koopa for now, but already she was starting to feel worried about him.

"No, I haven't!" exclaimed Alcoholic Koopa, rapidly chucking down a keg of beer.

Naturally, he was residing on Yoshi's Island. He was probably eating Yoshi cookies. Or maybe he was laying an egg. Yes, even though Yoshi was male, he was capable of laying eggs. They didn't usually hatch into other Yoshis though. Perhaps he needed to breed with Birdo.

Fortunately, Yoshi's Island wasn't far from the Mushroom Kingdom. Otherwise, Yoshi probably wouldn't be in so many Mario Parties.

"Be careful out there, everyone!" exclaimed Toadsworth.

Mario nodded.

They went towards the Mushroom Harbor. There they could rent a boat.

After renting a boat, they began to head towards the island.

Fortunately, it seemed that Speedster T wasn't averse to water, even if he did remind people of a certain hedgehog.

However, he didn't seem to like eating ice cream. Perhaps he wasn't fond of ice?

Eventually, they arrived at Yoshi's Island.

Things were rather peaceful.

The Yoshis seemed oblivious that there was an alien invasion going on.

However, they noticed what appeared to be another meteorite in the sky.

It looked as if Yoshi's Island was going to be invaded as well.

They had to warn the Yoshis immediately!

Meanwhile...

Monitoring the conquest of the Mushroom Planet from a screen, Cosmic Rosalina realized that the attack on Peach's Castle had failed.

There were also some protesters being lead by Cosmic Bowser, who unlike many of the Cosmic Clones, didn't approve of their scheme.

"It seems we're experiencing some mild resistance in conquering the planet..." noted Cosmic Rosalina.

It seems that the residents of the planet weren't going down without a fight.

If they had only destroyed one, they probably wouldn't have noticed. But since they had destroyed two, they decided that they would take action.

"No matter. I think we know how to deal with them...why don't we send one of our Cosmic Generals?" asked Cosmic Peach. Sending one of their Cosmic Generals would definitely give them an advantage.

They considered sending Cosmic Mario, but he was busy training their troops for the invasion. Due to his extreme strength and his decent intellect, he had been chosen to be the commander of the army. His brother Cosmic Luigi was his second-in-command, though he didn't prefer fighting on the front lines.

"How about Cosmic Yoshi?" inquired Cosmic Daisy. He was the only one of them not born from a cosmic comet...but he was born from a tsunami of the cosmic liquid that the Cosmic Clones were made of, meaning that he had serious firepower.

Cosmic Rosalina nodded. Cosmic Yoshi would be very useful for conquering Yoshi's Island. He was the weakest of the Cosmic Generals overall but he was still formidable.

Hopefully Yoshi's Island would fall.

She immediately called for Cosmic Yoshi.

"Cosmic Yoshi, we could use your help with something." said Cosmic Rosalina.

"Yes, mistresses?" asked Cosmic Yoshi.

"We've experiencing minor difficulties on conquering the planet...would you be interested in ensuring that the conquer of Yoshi's Island goes as planned?" inquired Cosmic Peach.

Cosmic Yoshi nodded. He would give them a taste of just how powerful the Cosmic Army was. He would crush the resistance and claim the planet for his mistresses, starting with the island the Yoshis lived on.

Those Yoshis wouldn't know what had hit them.

He set off towards Yoshi's Island on a spaceship...that unsurprisingly resembled a Yoshi egg.

I figure I'll include another character in this fanfic that actually wasn't included in the RP I did. That would be Yoshis's cosmic counterpart. I'd like to think of it as a bit of an expansion.

In the next chapter, our heroes will try to save Yoshi's Island. Hopefully they'll succeed.