Hey all, let's get back at it, shall we?

XX

"AAAAAH!" Everyone was screaming.

"Steven, do something!" Connie yelled.

"I've got it!" Steven yelled. He summoned his bubble and it wrapped around everyone.

The bubble landed on the edge of the now lava filled crater.

"We have to act fast!" Garnet yelled.

"Who knows what they plan to do to Beach City." Connie said.

"Let's get back to the warp pad and fast!" Luigi said.

"Right!" Everyone said.

The group ran to the warp pad and warped back to Steven's house.

"We need to come up with a plan." Steven said.

"We have to track down the six koopalings. Bowser said that whatever they're collecting will help with their plan." Mario said.

"We all can't go. Bowser and Moonstone said they were bringing the castle here." Pearl states.

"What if we split up?" Amethyst says. "Look, we all know where those castles are. We watched them land and everything. But two of us need to stay here to stop Bowser and Moonstone from hurting anyone."

"Great idea!" Mario said. "But who'll stay and who will go?" Everyone exchanged glances.

"I'll stay." Luigi said raising his hand.

"I'll stay too." Pearl said.

"That leaves five of us." Garnet said.

"I'll go with Steven and Connie." Amethyst said.

"I guess I'll go with Garnet!" Mario said, walking over to the big gem. They exchanged a high-five.

"Alright, we're all set!" Steven smiled.

"Now, they went to six different places, that means me and Mario will take 3 and, Amethyst and her group will take the other 3." Garnet explained. "One went to the old gem battlefield. Another to a snowy forest. Another to the Prime Kindergarten. And one to the Sea Spire. The island of Watermelon Stevens. The last went to the desert."

"Me, Steven and Connie will go to the island, the desert, and the prime kindergarten." Amethyst said.

"Me and Mario will take the rest." Garnet said. "Pearl, Luigi, go to the lighthouse on the cliff and watch for Bowser's castle. Good luck guys. Let's save the world."

"And Peach." Luigi said.

"And Peridot and Lapis" Connie added.

Everyone nodded.

"C'mon Luigi." Pearl said. Her and Luigi ran outside and down the stairs.

Garnet and Mario followed and disappeared on the warp pad.

Amethyst and the teens did as well.

XX

Bowser scoffed. "Ludwig your cage thing was dumb anyway."

"Yeah. I know." Ludwig sighed.

"Eh, it's alright." Bowser patted his back. "At least Junior is here. And you can play with him too!" Ludwig faked a smile.

"O-Of course, Lord Bowser." He cringed. And a familiar voice cried from downstairs.

"LUDWIIIIIIG! COME PLAY I'M BORED!" Junior cried.

"Duty calls..." Ludwig slugged out of the throne room. He walked in and Moonstone was in Junior's room too, being forced to play.

Bowser and Kamek were alone I'm the throne room.

Kamek was snickering at something.

"Bowser, that's so evil! I like it!" The wizard sneered.

"As soon as we land this baby, oh just wait, Beach City will be known as RUIN CITY! Gwahahaha!" Bowser laughed evilly.

XX

Garnet and Mario warped into the strawberry fields.

"Oh no..." Garnet said

"Mama Mia..." Mario said.

The once green lush landscape was now gray and dull.

"We have got to find that castle, it's destroying everything!" Garnet said in a tense tone.

"C'mon let's get going." Mario said. He and Garnet ran off the warp pad and began walking.

"Me and my brother have beaten these koopalings many, many times." Mario said.

"You and Luigi seemed to have taken on a lot of enemies on your adventures." Garnet said.

"Yup, and we've came out victorious every single time." Mario smirked.

"Me, Pearl, and Amethyst fought something back in the kindergarten. It was like a skeleton, with yellow eyes. We've never seen anything like it before, so I assume it was from your world." Garnet said.

"Yeah, it's actually one of Bowser's minions, enhanced by Kamek's magic wand, me and Luigi called it Mega Dry Bones." Mario explained.

"It bested us with ease." Garnet said. "And when me and the others came here. We fought a plant."

"It was Petey, he's like a king for others like him, Piranha Plants, in our world. Me and Luigi have had multiple encounters with them and him." Mario said.

"It's funny. All the enemies you've beaten, many, many times. Me and the gems, even with our powerful weapons, have lost." Garnet and Mario laughed.

"*gasp* Garnet, look!" Mario said. There was a castle in the distance, there were cracks around it, and a faint pink glow coming from the front window.

"Let's go." Garnet said. The duo ran to the castle.

XX

"See anything, Pearl?" Luigi asked. He and Pearl were on the edge of the cliff looking out to the sea.

"Nope. I have a feeling they'll be here soon." Pearl said.

"Don't worry, me and my brother have beaten Bowser all of our lives, ever since we were babies. We've got this." Luigi smiled patting Pearl's shoulder.

"But he's never had a gem partner." Pearl said.

"It doesn't make a difference. Bowser has never beaten me, or Mario." Luigi said. The two kept looking out to the sea, waiting for the castle.

XX

Garnet and Mario were outside of the castle. Garnet summoned her gauntlets and punched the door open.

Lemmy was laying on his stomach, his head propped up by his arm. Watching the test tube fill up all the way. Then the door got punched open.

"Huh?!" Lemmy yelled jumping up.

"Lemmy!" Mario yelled.

"Ack! Mario!" Lemmy yelled. Lemmy ran over to the test tube and pressed a button on the wall next to it. The test tube teleported somewhere.

"We need to get that back! Where did it go?!" Garnet yelled.

"Bowser's Castle! Hahaha!" Lemmy yelled.

"You Koopa's are infuriating!" Mario said.

"C'mon, Mario, let's take care of the little guy." Garnet said punching her gauntlets together.

"You've got the right idea?" Mario said cracking his knuckles.

Lemmy squinted his eyes and whistled. His clown copter hovered next to him and he got in it. Lemmy pressed a button in his clown copter and it grew arms with boxing gloves for hands.

"Let's-a go!" Mario said.

Boss Fight #8: Lemmy Koopa

Lemmy's clown copter shot out its arm at Mario, Mario jumped out of the way and the boxing gloves got stuck in the ground.

Garnet grabbed the arm and pulled it out. "Mario now!"

Mario ran up the arm and jumped on Lemmy's head.

"OUCHIES!" Lemmy cried grabbing his head.

The other arm of the clown copter punched Garnet in the gut. The strong gem let go and was hit into the castle wall.

"You'll pay for that plumber!" Lemmy cried. The clown copter's mouth opened and a cannon popped out. It shot a ball covered with spikes at Garnet.

"Woah, Garnet!" Mario cried. He ran and hit the ball with his hammer past Lemmy and hit the wall behind him.

"Grrrr, I hate you!" Lemmy yelled.

The clown copter was punching furiously towards the duo.

"Mario, duck!" Garnet yelled. Mario ducked down, and Garnet grabbed the two fists, holding the copter in place. "Hit him Mario!"

"Okey dokey!" Mario stood back up and hit the copter back, breaking the robotic arms off.

The clown copter started shaking and sparking and blew up. Blasting Lemmy into the ceiling.

"Ack!" Lemmy said. And he fell down. He stood up and shook it off. "I don't need that dumb thing anyways!" He pulled out his wand and he waved it. He shot out 3 of his signature yellow ball with orange stars.

"Watch out for those, Garnet! They may be small but they have a really huge bounce effect!" Mario warned.

"Oh really?" Garnet smirked. She punched one of them back into Lemmy and he crashed into the wall behind him.

Lemmy groaned as he got out. He fell on his stomach.

"I-I give..." He groaned in pain. "You win..."

Mario and Garnet smirked at him.

"Well, we can't just leave him here. What do we do with him?" Mario asked.

"I have an idea." Garnet said putting the Koopa into a bubble. She touched the top and the bubble, along with Lemmy disappeared.

"Woah! Where did he go?" Mario asked.

"He went in the basement of the temple. He's alright. There's no way for him to get out of it." Garnet explained. "Quick, let's get back to the warp pad."

"Right behind you." Mario said following Garnet out of the castle.

XX

Lemmy appeared in the basement of the temple with other bubbles.

"*sigh* I let Mario beat me again. Sad..." Lemmy said.

XX

Bowser and Moonstone saw Lemmy's test tube appear in their throne room on the rack with 5 more empty spaces.

"There's Lemmy's. 5 more until we can power the cannon, Bowser." Moonstone said.

"Good." Bowser chuckled to himself. "Very good..."

XX

Steven, Amethyst, and Connie were standing in the gray sanded desert, looking at the castle in the distance.

"It's killing off the life! Whatever it's doing!" Connie yelled.

"Whoever's in there, is going down." Amethyst said, summoning her whip.

"C'mon, let's go. We need to stop it from doing anymore damage." Steven said. The trio started running towards the castle.

XX

In Morton's castle, his test tube has been successfully filled with bright orange liquid. He pressed the button and it teleported to Bowser's castle.

"King Bowser, should be pleased!" The big Koopa laughed to himself.

XX

I hope you enjoyed! I'm n00bsl3yR, signing off.