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E. Gadd had finished his long trudge from Toad Town. He arrived on the trail that leads to Bowser's Castle.

"My, that sure was a stroll. Now time to look for that warp pipe." E. Gadd sighed. He held up his wrist and typed something into his watch. His body transformed into a Koopa Troopas body. He began searching for the warp pipe.

"It should be somewhere around he-" He noticed a green warp pipe. "Okay, off I go!" He went into it.

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E. Gadd poked his head out of the pipe, the room was silent and empty.

"They must all be in the theater." E. Gadd thought. "Now, I have to find that armory!"

He walked out of the room the warp pipe was in and walked out into the entrance room of the castle. He walked out of that room and walked down the hallway.

At the end of the hallway, a big black door was there, and a branch path that went left and right. And a lot of commotion could be heard on the other side of the black door.

"The theater!" He cracked the door and poked his head through the crack. Every minion Bowser's ever had was in there. "Oh no! I need to find that wand, posthaste!"

E. Gadd shut the door and ran down the right branching path. And found a familiar door labeled 'Armory'.

The door was heavily locked with several padlocks, and combination locks.

"Nothing my trusty watch can handle!" He said triumphantly. He pointed his watch at the door and a laser started cutting a hole in the door.

He crawled through the newly made whole and his eyes widened when he saw what was in the room. Bob-ombs on the shelves, bullet bill cannons, extra clown copters, Mecha Koopas, and more magic wands.

"Bingo!" E. Gadd yelled. He ran over to the wands and picked one up. A voice yelled from behind him making him jump.

"HEY!" The voice yelled. E. Gadd turned and saw a Koopa Troopa looking at him through the hole.

"AH!" E. Gadd quickly hid the wand behind his back.

"What are you doing in here?" He asked.

"W-Well, I heard a noise and I thought I'd check it out?" E. Gadd hoped the koopa would buy it.

"Oh...well, okay. C'mon we have to get to the theater. All minions have been ordered to sit and wait until the portal opens." He explained.

"Geez, these koopas are lacking brain function..." E. Gadd thought. "Oh, well, I'll be right there. I have to go to the bathroom real quick."

"Alright, but hurry up!" He yelled. The koopa walked back towards the theater.

E. Gadd quickly changed back into his regular form and put the wand away in his jacket. And turned back into a Koopa Troopa. He got out of the armory and tried to sneak past the black door, but the same Koopa popped his head out.

"Hey! Get in here!" He yelled. E. Gadd sighed and walked into the theater.

The theater was packed full of Bowser's Baddies. E. Gadd felt extremely nervous. He was led to the very front row of the theater and sat in the middle seat.

"I have to sneak out of here!" E. Gadd thought.

XX

"Woooooah!" Junior yelled. Alexandrite threw him and made him crash into the throne room ceiling.

"Huh?!" Bowser yelled. He and Moonstone dragged the cannon into the throne room. Ludwig was with them.

Junior fell onto the bubble holding Peach and Peridots gem and popped it.

"Oh no!" Moonstone yelled. Junior fell and hit the ground, next to Peach and Peridots gem.

The green gem started to glow and Peridot reformed. And Peach woke up.

"What happened?" Peach asked.

"Ah!" Peridot saw the figures in front of them.

"Dad?" Junior groaned and slowly got up. "They hurt me!"

Just then, the throne room door was blasted off by something. Bowser and Moonstone shielded themselves from debris and saw the figures that walked in.

Mario, Luigi, Steven, Connie, and the gems all walked in the room. They all gasped at who was in front of them.

"Peach!" The bros yelled.

"Peridot!" The rest yelled.

They all got into a big group hug. The hug was cut short by a large stream of fire barely missing them all.

"You all hurt my son!" Bowser yelled.

"You're son was hurting my friends!" Steven said.

"You'll both pay for trapping Peridot in that bubble." Lapis growled.

"And me too!" Peach said.

"Your plan is over! You're not getting out of this one, Bowser!" Luigi yelled.

"Well, you see..." Moonstone began.

"Our plan is just starting!" Bowser finished. He motioned to the cannon. All 6 of the power meters were full. He pressed the big red button.

The cannon started shaking and a white blast shot up into the air and faded away. A tiny white ball with a tiny black center appeared above the castle.

"What did you do?!" Mario yelled.

"Bwahaha! You'll find out soon enough..." Bowser laughed. Junior hopped off of his dads shoulder.

"I feel better now!" He yelled.

Bowser looked at Ludwig and Junior, and smiled.

"Ludwig, and Junior, take care of them. We're off." Bowser said.

"With Pleasure." Ludwig smiled and pulled out his wand. And Junior stepped forward and smiled too.

Bowser and Moonstone picked the cannon up and drug it over to the wall. Bowser stomped his foot and the floor they were standing on started raising up. A hole opened in the ceiling and they went through it.

"Hahaha! You got lucky in the dungeon, but now I'm being serious!" Ludwig yelled.

"And you dumb rockheads got lucky out there. But now I'll rip you to shreds!" Junior yelled.

"Don't worry, guys. We got this." Garnet said as she, Amethyst, and Pearl stepped forward.

"Oh no," Lapis stepped forward. "I want a piece too."

"Me too!" Peridot yelled. She stepped forward as well.

"Go get'em guys." Steven said. He, Mario, Luigi, Connie and Peach went over to the piece of floor and went up, following Bowser and Moonstone.

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In the theater of Bowser's Castle, a small white circle appeared in the middle of the stage.

All the minions in the room went silent and stared in awe. Everyone except E. Gadd, who was sweating bullets in the front row.

"Oh no!" He mentally groaned.

XX

The portal has officially opened! What will happen to our heroes?! Tune in to the next chapter!