"We did it!" Steven yelled.
Everyone started whooping and cheering.
Professor E. Gadd ran up to everyone.
"Hey! Professor!" Luigi said, pulling him into a hug.
"Luigi! Mario! Princess!" E. Gadd said. "I can't express how happy I am to see you!"
The gems all watched the reunion.
"Ah, Professor, these are our new friends." Luigi said.
"Meet Garnet, Amethyst, Pearl, Steven, Connie, Lapis, and Peridot." Mario said.
"Pleasure to meet you." Pearl said.
"They helped us get around and stop Bowser." Luigi said.
"Well, any friend of the bros is a friend of mine." E. Gadd said. "I'm Professor Elvin Gadd, but you can call me E. Gadd."
"But wait, Professor. What happened to Kamek?" Luigi asked.
"Oh!" E. Gadd said. "Follow me." Everyone nodded and started following the old man.
E. Gadd led them to the edge of the cliff and they saw Kamek frozen in another block of ice.
"Woah!" Connie exclaimed. "How did you do that?"
"It's easy! I spied on Bowser's minions and heard they were planning to come here. So I broke in his castle and stole one of these!" E. Gadd pulled out a wand.
"Nice work, Professor!" Mario said.
"But, what do we do about Moonstone now?" Steven said.
"And Bowser and this guy?" Amethyst added.
"Oh, leave the old Koopa to me." E. Gadd said. "Here, I'll show you."
They all walked back over to the castle rubble. With Garnet pushing Kamek over with them.
"Would someone be as so kind as to bring Bowser over here?" E. Gadd asked the group.
"I'll grab Bowser." Lapis said flying to the unconscious koopa.
Lapis dropped Bowser behind the group.
"Now, let me show you all what I've been developing." E. Gadd said. He pulled out a little brown square and it turned into Stuffwell.
"Hello, Professor! Oh, and Mario, Luigi, Princess!" Stuffwell said happily.
"Woah!" Steven yelled with stars in his eyes. "What is that?"
"I'm the professor's suitcase! I store all of his important items and inventions." Stuffwell explained.
"Stuffwell, gun please." E. Gadd said. Stuffwell opened and a little black toy dart gun popped out.
"Um...what is that?" Lapis asked.
"Why, it's our ticket back home!" E. Gadd exclaimed.
"How's that gonna get us home?" Peach asked.
"Watch and learn, Princess." E. Gadd said. He picked the gun off the ground and pulled the wand out. He placed the wand in the gun and the gun made a little dinging noise.
E. Gadd pointed the gun upwards and pulled the trigger. A blast came out and a green portal opened.
Everyone looked at the portal in awe.
"Wait!" Steven yelled. Everyone looked at him. "Does this mean...you guys are leaving?" The half gem looked really sad.
"Well...I-" Mario then noticed the huge pile of rubble. "Well we can't leave just yet! Look behind you. We can't leave you all to clean up the mess."
"And, the koopalings are in the temple too." Garnet said.
"Haha! Let's get cleaning guys!" Connie said.
E. Gadd shot up at the portal again, making it disappear. "That'll be all, Stuffwell." Stuffwell jumped back in the professor's pocket. E. Gadd tucked the newly made portal gun in his other pocket.
Steven walked over to the Moonstone gem and picked it up.
"This will give you time to think about what you've done." He bubbled her.
Lapis and Peridot kept watch on Bowser and Kamek.
Everyone else helped with cleaning up the castle rubble. It took a few hours and it was dark out.
"Whew." Steven said wiping swear off his brow.
"Good job guys!" Amethyst said smiling.
"Mario, Luigi, Princess." E. Gadd said. They all turned. "It's time."
"Hold on!" Steven said. "What about the koopalings?"
"Don't worry about it. I'll go grab them." Garnet said.
A few minutes went by and Garnet came out, holding all 8 bubbles koopas.
"Oh man, we lost AGAIN?!" Roy groaned.
"This blows!" Wendy pouted.
"Put them with Bowser and Kamek really quick, I want to do something." Steven said.
Garnet place all the bubbles by the two koopas.
"I want a picture. This has been such a fun adventure. I never want to forget it!" Steven said.
"Of course!" Mario said. Steven pulled out his phone. He took a group selfie of everyone.
"I'll always remember you guys." Steven said.
"Us too, little buddy." Luigi said.
They all shared a big group hug.
E. Gadd watched and smiled.
"You guys ready?" E. Gadd asked.
Mario took a big deep breath. "Yup."
The bros and Peach looked at the gems.
"Goodbye everyone!" Peach said.
"We'll always remember you!" Luigi said.
"Us too!" Steven and Connie yelled.
E. Gadd shot a blast above them and a portal opened.
E. Gadd threw all the bubbled koopalings and Junior through the portal.
"No, no." Mario stopped E. Gadd from putting Kamek through.
"What?" E. Gadd asked confused.
"Hey, guys?" Mario asked the group behind them.
"What?" Steven asked.
"Mind taking him off our hands?" Mario motioned to the frozen magikoopa. Garnet smiled.
"Definitely." Garnet said.
E. Gadd dragged Bowser under the portal and he was sucked in and then E. Gadd jumped through and so did Peach.
Mario and Luigi looked at their new friends and smiled. They all smiled back and started to wave.
"Luigi?" Mario looked at his brother.
"Yeah?" Luigi replied.
"Let's-a go!" Mario yelled.
"Okey Dokey!" Luigi yelled. Both of the bros jumped through and the portal closed.
"Goodbye...guys." Steven said, smiling. A tear streaked down his cheek.
XX
A portal opened in the middle of Toadtown. All the toads gathered around it.
All the koopalings and Bowser Junior appeared, but in pink bubbles? All the toads were confused. And suddenly, Bowser fell through and landed on his Stomach.
"Woah! Where did they come from?" A Toad yelled.
Professor E. Gadd came out of the portal next and bounced off Bowser's shell and landed in front of him.
Mario, Luigi, and Peach came through at the exact same time, both landed on Bowser's shell.
All the toads suddenly started cheering and were happy.
"The princess is back!" A blue toad yelled. Suddenly an old toad pushed through the crowd.
"PRINCESS!" Toadsworth yelled. He ran up and hugged her really tight. "I WAS SO WORRIED!"
"I told you it would work!" E. Gadd laughed.
"E. Gadd, you've done it again! And Master Mario and Luigi!" Toadsworth ran up on Bowser's shell and hugged them too.
"We missed you too, Toadsworth." Luigi said.
"My people!" Peach yelled. "I have returned!"
All the toads broke into cheers and whoops.
Mario and Luigi looked at each other and shared a hug.
XX
Well, I'll see you all in the aftermath chapter :(