Back in 2013, I always played Mario & Luigi Dream Team. It was my favorite Mario game back then, I figured I'd write a chapter about it, because, why not? Also, Game2002, I'm sorry if this chapter resembles the Dream Team ark, but, yes. Enjoy!
Chapter 15: Victory in the Dream World!
"Say, didn't you fight those Zombieland Saga girls before?" Bowser Jr. asked.
Everyone stared intently at Petey's overwhelmed expression, remembering the cages, the burning, the fire.
"Um, is everything okay, Petey?" Wendy queried.
Petey started gargling a story about Bowser told him about Mario and his zombie allies teamed up against him, destroying the castle, and Bowser entirely. And how they foiled his plan with the Superstar Armor, defeating him again. Petey had never met them during that time, as he was on his perch on top of the windmill near Bumpsy and Sunbeam Plains. Casually looking over his Piranha Plant minions, sleeping all day like he usually did, and polishing his cages in his lair below the windmill, waiting to capture someone with them. However, Gooper Blooper did tell him about a mindless zombie ripping his tentacle off with her sharp teeth. Destroying them was on Petey's bucket list, and he got the chance months ago. Knowing that they were much too weak in their world. Now it was time to face them again, this time, they were ready.
After gurgling his story, the Koopalings weren't happy with the idea. "Yeah, we've faced those zombie idols before, and somehow, they know how to use their powers!" Bowser Jr. mumbled. "We heard you defeated them though! That's why we got you to collect the last piece of Papa's master plan!"
"We should hurry though." Larry interrupted. "Dreambert is guarding the last Rift shard within Dreamy Pi'illo Castle, making sure Dad can't use it, totally unfair!"
"Pi'illo Blimport is directly below, those zombies are on their way to the castle!" Morton bellowed.
Descending down to the Blimport, Petey slowed his flying and landed on the Helipad. Roaring loudly, he announced his return.
BGM: Break at Pi'illo Castle (Mario & Luigi: Dream Team)
Junko and Ai was busy looking at clothing within Pi'illo Castle's gift shop, when they thought they heard a loud shout from the distance.
"D-Did you hear something?" Junko asked Ai nervously.
"Oh don't worry." Ai responded, shrugging it off. "I'll bet it must've been someone having an argument outside."
Junko hesitantly looked out the window, then smiled shyly. "Yeah, I guess."
Out in the lobby, Sakura, Saki and Lily were looking at artifacts and the Pi'illo people. Saki annoyingly looked at her friend, who was rushing around, taking pictures of everything around the lobby.
"Wow! Look at that! Oh! Look at this blue pillow! Isn't she cute? Yuugiri! Can you take a picture of me with this giant orange one?" Sakura continued snapping pictures of everything with the phone camera she brought.
"Jeez, must you take pictures OF ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING?!" Saki yelled at her red-haired friend.
"We only visited this place once! How cool would it be to show Japan these cool things!" Sakura replied, looking at the photos she took so far.
"Oh yeah, like people would believe that walking, talking pillows are a thing." Saki mumbled.
Yuugiri was looking at ancient carvings, telling the history of Pi'illo Island. And Lily was fast asleep on a lazy pink Pi'illo folk, who didn't mind having Lily sleep on her. Ai and Junko came out of the gift shop, and Tae was busy munching of fried shrimp she bought from the concession stand.
"Did you find anything interesting?" Sakura asked Ai.
"Not much, only Pi'illo stocking caps and beanies, and shirts. And this cute Little Rock I found!" Ai smiled at a rock Goomba she was holding, thinking it was a plushie.
"Um, I don't think that's a stuffy." Junko pointed at the Goomba, which was starting to squirm in Ai's hands.
Suddenly, the Gromba wriggled out of Ai's hands, and dashed outside.
"How did that thing wander in here?" Ai asked with small dotted eyes.
Yuugiri walked over to Lily's sleeping body. "Lady Lily, it's time to get up." She said softly, shaking his body.
"Mmm, Lily's so comfy though!" She whined, sitting up from the pink Pi'illo folk, who transformed back into a regular person.
"Thanks for sleeping with me, let me know when you wan to sleep again." The Pi'illo called in a sleepy voice,
"Okay!" Lily called out to it.
Walking up to the zombies, Broque Monsieur held out his hand to Sakura. "Bonjour! Madame Sakura! Prince Dreambert zis waiting for you! S'il vous plaît, allow moi to guide you to the meeting hall!"
"Our honor is yours." Yuugiri bowed to him.
Leading them to the top of Pi'illo Castle, Broque Monsieur opened a locked door, revealing a panicked Prince Dreambert flying around frantically.
"Ahhh! What are we going to do?!" He cried, pacing back and forth,
"Your highness, Moi has brought the zombies you asked for!" Broque Monsieur called, closing the door behind Franchouchou.
"Ah! Mistress Sakura, all of you! Thank you for attending! And apologies for the sudden force of getting you here." Dreambert apologized.
"It's fine, it beats falling down a Golden Pipe, I'd actually prefer a Rift to travel to the Mushroom Kingdom." Ai replied.
"Yes, unfortunately, I need your help!" Dreambert shouted. "I couldn't contact Mario or Luigi! My loyal subjects could only contact you, and I trust you in protecting the last Rift shard!"
"The what?! Your talking nonsense!" Saki remarked.
"The Koopalings are here, aiming to claim the final piece of King Koopa's evil plot! And the Brocks reported they brought a large henchman with them!" Dreambert cried.
"You can trust us!" Junko shouted with no sign of fear, then suddenly went nervous again. "B-But, who is their henchmen they brought?"
"A large Piranha Plant you girls didn't meet yet, Toads and Piantas refer to him as Petey Piranha!" Replied Dreambert.
Sudden silence flowed through the room, and the zombies had the same shock on their faces from when they had died. Sakura was the first to speak after some time. "P-Petey Piranha?"
"That bastard?!" Saki screamed, her eyes flaring with anger. "Bowser sure is tough, but that guy has the strength of ten Bowsers! But not the mental capacity. We never saw him with our adventures with Mario, but HE ended up in OUR WORLD!"
"Oh dear, it seems like the Rift Loop is starting to go haywire, reports all over the east coast of Japan reported seeing the same Petey Piranha. And I assume you fought him before?" The prince said more calmly.
"It was terrifying, he can breathe more fire than Bowser, it nearly killed us! Not only that, he left major damage to our abandoned mansion!" Ai replied.
"Lily wants to project the world!" Lily shouted like a superhero, Tae made a groan, implying she agreed with her.
"Let us make haste to the secret area, where I hid the final Rift shard!" Dreambert then pushed a secret button, revealing a secret passageway underneath Pi'illo Castle. "Follow me!" He called after them.
The secret area led to a secret labyrinth, where a old stone throne laid, with Zeekeeper statues around it.
"Wow! Look at that!" Sakura gasped cheerfully, taking a picture of the statues.
"Mistress Sakura, I'm afraid I cannot allow you to take cameras into the Dream World, it is strictly forbidden to tell anyone about it!" Prince Dreambert informed the zombie.
Placing her cell phone on the stone ledge, Lily jumped on top of the throne, impatiently kicking her legs against the wall.
"So, where is the final 'shard' at?" He asked Dreambert.
"It's located within Dreamy Castle Rendezvous, I will take you to Dream's Depths where the Pi'illo people hid the shard, far away so King Koopa cannot use it for his practical uses!" The latter responded. "Mistress Lily is also a gateway to the Dream World! Let's make haste! I can sense them approaching!"
Prince Dreambert then turned into a pillow, and Lily rested on him, opening a dream portal above her head.
"What're waiting for?!" Saki yelled, shoving Sakura, Ai, and Junko. "We've got to protect the last shard, before that Piranha guy gets to it!"
"Hurry Tae!" Sakura called, jumping into the portal. Tae quickly followed after her, jumping in as well.
BGM Ends.
"GRRAWH!" Petey would roar at the local Brocks and Hooskis, causing them to run away.
The Koopalings followed Petey on his way to the castle, they kept their distance, knowing that he was extremely pissed. Petey would break down every obstacle on his way to the zombies. Burning, biting, smashing, you name it.
Finally, they reached the bridge to Mushrise Park, the tunnel to Pi'illo Castle was directly below.
Petey flapped his leaves, and started flying down, the Koopa Kids hoped in their Clown Cars, and followed him down.
Down below, they found the Dream post, where Lily was asleep on the throne. A visible portal above her head.
"Hold your urge to eat her." Ludwig told Petey. "The shard is inside the Dream World!"
"Larry! Lemmy! Iggy! Roy! Follow me!" Bowser Jr. shouted. "The rest of you! Keep an eye out!"
"Rodger that, Small Bowser!" Replied Morton, waving goodbye.
Entering the Dreamy Castle, Petey started smelling around him, his sense found they were directly below them.
BGM: Victory in the Dream World (Mario & Luigi: Dream Team)
"This is awesome!" Dreamy Lily exclaimed, jumping on top of a Dromba, making multiple copies of himself, stomping the horde, defeating them all.
Then she transformed into a frilly pink dress. "It's so cute! Lily can transform into anything she wants!"
"So Shrimpy can turn into anything she wants?" Saki asked Dreambert, who had turned into a floating, glowing pillow.
"Of course, they, or, she is called Lilynoids, with those, she can perform Lilynary Attacks." He explained.
"Like this!" Dreamy Lily beamed. Summoning hundreds of Lilynoids to make a Lilynary Ball. "Lily can make a huge ball, or." She then used her copies to make a giant tower made of Lily's. "This!" They all called.
"Ugh, I never want to hear the word Lily ever again." Saki groaned.
"She looks so happy using the power of dreams!" Junko smiled.
"Do anything you want Dreamy Lily! But we must continue forth! The shard lies ahead!" Dreambert informed the group.
After walking a few more meters, a small glowing shard was laying on a glowing pedestal. It gave off electric energy, and was similar to glass.
"Is this it?" Ai asked, pointing at the shard.
"Yes, behold! The final Rift shard. When this is used with a Rift Beacon, it will summon the last piece of the machinery King Koopa is after!" Dreambert hollered.
"Prince Dreambert." Sakura said calmly. "We promise we'll protect this shard with our very—"
"There it is!" A Commander Lakitu shouted. "The shard!"
Yuugiri turned around to see a unexpected delivery. "Oh my." She gasped.
Surrounding the zombies were dozens, upon, trillions of minions. Goombas, Shy Guys, Koopa Troopas, Bill and Banzai Blasters, Buzzy Beetles, Pokeys, Spikes and more. Leading the armed force, was the four original captains.
"Oh, it's you stupid minions, what do you want?!" Saki furiously bellowed at them.
"It's been awhile since we last saw you zombie idols!" Captain Goomba shouted. "And I'll admit, I bought all your albums they sell in Toad Town!"
"Oh, well, thank you!" Ai replied. Junko smiled as well.
"T-That's not what we're here for!" Captain Shy Guy reassured Ai. "We're here to take that! So Lord Bowser doesn't have to get his hands dirty!"
"Ha!" Chuckled Saki. "He's just a weak doofus! We beat him...twice!"
"You take back what you said about our lord, or we'll have to take you by force!" Captain Boo replied, and the minions readied themselves.
Dreamy Lily blew raspberries at them, then stuck out her tongue. "Nnn!"
"That does it! Minions! Attack!" The captains waved their hands, implying an attack.
Dreamy Lily then disappeared, possessing her soul into Sakura. Who started glowing blue. "W-Whoa! Lily?!"
"You and me are now one!" Dreamy Lily exclaimed within her. "Let's attack together!"
"W-What?!" Sakura gasped. "B-But how?!"
"Don't panic Mistress Sakura!" Dreambert called. "Jump, use a hammer, do whatever you please to attack them! It's her dream!"
Sakura then pulled out a metal hammer, glowing blue from Lily's soul. "Well, here goes nothing!"
She then walked up to charging Goombas and Hammer Bros. "Haaaaaaahhh! Yeeeaaahhh!" She screamed, tossing her hammer down, sending transparent Lilynoids to strike the minions, creating a huge shockwave. Sending them back, screaming.
"Wow! You are useful Lily!" Said a surprised Sakura. "How bout, we try, THIS!"
She took out Lily from her body, and tossed her on the ground. Forming a giant wall made of Lily's. Then a Lily with a hammer in his hands came down. Sakura then used her own to attack, causing Dreamy Lily to drill into enemies trapped within the wall.
Sakura aimed at different parts of the wall, getting more enemies, until the Lilynoids formed a giant stack, and Sakura smashed the main Dreamy Lily into the wall, causing all of them to fall down like a giant wave.
"Woah! What was that called?!" Sakura asked, astonished by the move.
"It's called, the Lilynary Wall, originally the Luiginary Wall!" Dreambert replied.
Dreamy Lily's soul left Sakura, and entered Saki's, causing her to glow. "Hey Shrimpy! Got any cool moves for me?"
"How about this?" Lily replied, making a large row of circles down to another horde of minions.
Tossing a fireball in Saki's direction, she passed it on to several other Fire Lily's. As the ball continued to move down the line, it kept getting bigger and bigger, until Saki jumped up, and kicked it at several Koopa Troopas and Shy Guys, exploding and burning them away.
"Woah Shrimpy! I'll admit, that was awesome!" Saki exclaimed, punching the air.
Next, Dreamy Lily's soul came to Ai and Junko, who were trying to not interfere.
"W-Wha? Me?" Junko stammered nervously. "I-I don't know if I—"
"Come on! Quit being so naive!" Saki yelled at Junko.
"Um, how about..." Ai mumbled, throwing Lily aside, forming it into a giant square of Lilynoids. "A Lilynary Stack?"
Ai jumped on top of the stack, and Junko hugged closely to her, trying not to fall off.
When the Lily stack came close to another stack, Ai made the Lilynoids to jump, causing them to become bigger, and bigger.
"T-This is scary!" Junko screamed when the Lily Stack become ten stories high.
"Oh yeah!" All the Lilynoids exclaimed when they jumped on top of Chain Chomps and Bullies. After the big jump, it started raining Lily's down, knocking the Chain Chomps off the cliff and staggering the Bullies back. Then Ai and Junko came down, jumping on their metal bodies, sending them off the cliff.
"Good job, Lily!" Junko complemented the young zombie, who left their bodies, and entered Yuugiri's.
Instead, she threw a ball of Lilynoids, and turning dozens of enemies into paper sheets.
"Are you ready Lady Lily?" Yuugiri asked the young zombie.
"Ready when you are, Sister Yuugiri!" He called back.
The Lilynoids then folded themselves into small Shurikens, which Yuugiri tossed at falling pieces of paper, with printed minions on them. Dealing quite a lot of damage on them, per Lilynoid Shuriken. Finally, a huge Lilynoid Shuriken came down. And Yuugiri used all her strength, and tossed the Shuriken just as all the pieces of paper fell together.
"That was fun, Lady Lily!" Yuugiri called after her, when she left her body.
Finally, Lily inhabited Tae, who was nibbling on a Hammer a Hammer Bro threw at her.
"C'mon Sister Tae! Don't just stand there! I know you can do something!" Dreamy Lily called inside her.
Tae looked at the hammer, the mindlessly looked at a bunch of Bullet and A.I.M Bills heading straight for her.
"Tae! Do something!" Sakura cried.
Tae then used a Sledgehammer a Sledge Bro threw at her, with Dreamy Lily on top. Tae walked back and forth, balancing the Lilynoids when they jumped onto the sledgehammer she was carrying. Little by little, the Lilynoids formed a massive hammer in the shape of Tae's hammer she was holding. Soon after, she walked over to the minions, jumped up, and slammed the Lily hammer down hard on the minions, crushing a lot, and defeated a bunch from the shockwave.
Tae then used it to start swinging it at a couple of Hammer Bros. Trying to knock off the Lilynoid Hammer, when Tae tossed it, it sent them all down the cliff.
"Tae!" Sakura cheered. "That was awesome!"
"Is that all? Or are you ready for more?" Lily said in a playful, yet, sharp tone.
"Retreat!" Captain Goomba called out to his minions. "Get back to the base!"
"Base?" Saki asked. "What base?"
"Call for the General! And Lord Junior!" Captain Shy Guy alerted the remaining Hammer Bros.
"Lord Junior?" Ai thought, then it dawned on her. "Wait, do they mean Bowser Jr.?!"
BGM Pauses.
Suddenly fireballs started raining from the sky, crashing down around the Rift shard.
"Ahh! They're here!" Dreambert panicked.
"What?! Who's here? What's happening?!" Junko screamed with fear.
Sakura turned, and heard several propellers whirring. In which, those only belonged to Clown Cars.
"Hello zombies! Remember us?!" Bowser Jr. called out to them.
"Bowser Jr.?!" Saki exclaimed with shock. "The Koopalings as well?"
"Bwahaha! Look who it is!" Iggy cackled, adjusting his glasses upon the zombies.
"That stupid little girl still has the dream power?! No fair!" Lemmy pouted, throwing a tantrum in his Koopaling Clown Car.
"Hehe! You stupid brats! Remember our little friend?!" Roy shouted. Pointing upwards.
"And who would that—" Yuugiri began to say, just as flapping was heard.
BGM: Bowser Appears (Super Mario Galaxy)
Descending down from the Dream, down to the Dream Depths, a ominous shadow appeared.
"Is that, the one?" Sakura asked with widened eyes.
As the shadow appeared more, it grew a ring of petals.
"T-The Piranha?" Saki asked, voice almost trembling for once.
Ai and Junko hugged each other tightly, just as it's legs and body formed.
"Lady Lily! Stay behind me!" Yuugiri called to the young zombie.
When the smoke cleared, it was a large Piranha Plant, with stubby feet, wearing red pants with white polka dots, and a matching head. Yellow petals with a red outline. Razor sharp teeth and too realistic looking gums and mouth.
"Don't you remember, Petey Piranha?" Bowser Jr. taunted.
"No." Lily whimpered, both in the real world, and in Dream World. "No! No! Nonononono! STOP!"
"Lady Lily! What's wrong!" Yuugiri asked, comforting the scared zombie.
Lily in the real world screamed, and put her hands around her eyes, clenching her teeth and crying under his eyes. Dreamy Lily was glowing, and her star accessory in the real world glowed.
"I don't wanna Nightmare!" Dreamy Lily cried, glowing brighter, and tears pouring down her face.
BGM: Stand and Fight, Luigi! (Mario & Luigi: Dream Team)
Lily in the real world, thrashed around, until her hand touched her star accessory, causing multiple Lilynoids to enter her body.
"Shrimpy! What the hell?!" Saki called in disbelief.
"Nononono!" Bowser Jr. cried. "Not again! Guys! Do something quick!"
Lily started glowing more and more, then suddenly, started growing bigger.
BGM Reaches — 0:15
As more Lilynoids entered her body, she started growing bigger and bigger, until an action was required to dock the Nintendo Switch or rotate the 3DS. After performing the action, a command popped up saying. "Take out the Joycons" or "Take out the Stylus!"
Lily continued growing, as well as altering her appearance. Her current attire was a pink track suit, with a white skirt, as well as a white and pink helmet, with a black see-through visor. Her twin ponytails were sticking out of the openings at the sides of the helmet, along with his star accessory in the front.
When the maelstrom of Lilynoids ended. Lily was the size of five Petey Piranhas stacked on each other. He stopped crying, and opened her eyes. Looking at how big she had gotten.
"Oh my! Lady Lily! You grew so big again!" Yuugiri called.
Lily looked at Petey Piranha, who as the size of a spider to her.
"I will not let you hurt my friends!" She bellowed, lifting a foot in the air, bringing it down to Petey.
"HUURENGEN!" Petey yelped, trying to lift the incoming foot, using all his strength at once, it ended up crushing him. Straight into the ground.
"Lily did it!" She cheered.
"Wow Shrimpy! I may have underestimated you! You actually killed the bastard!" Saki called.
BGM Stops.
"Arrgh! You stupid zombies!" Bowser Jr. cried. "Guys! C'mon! We have to help him somehow!"
Larry used his wand, to send some health spells underneath Dreamy Lily's boot.
Petey laid almost dead underneath her shoe. His heart was close to not stopping, when Larry's spell came, reenergizing it partially.
"Keep going!" Bowser Jr. commanded. And the Koopalings continued firing their health spells, trying their best to help Petey Piranha.
The more spells came upon him, the more his adrenaline fired up. Causing a energy ball to strike his heart.
"His energy spiked!" Roy called out.
Underneath Lily's shoe, Petey grunted heavily. And the ground started rumbling.
"Petey's moving again!" Iggy exclaimed.
Then the screen cuts to black...
BGM: Calling all the Shots! DX (Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr's Journey)
When the screen enlightened a little, a dark silhouette of Petey Piranha appeared, and a tooth glowed brightly, brightening the screen to pure white.
When the screen cut back, Giant Lily was happily standing, when a giant explosion underneath her boot occurred, causing her foot to lift a little.
BGM Reaches — 0:09
Loud rumbling was heard underneath Dreamy Lily's boot, and a glowing Petey Piranha appeared, lifting her foot up.
"Shrimpy!" Saki called out. "What's happening?!"
"I-I don't know! Somethings lifting my foot! And I can't crush it again!" Dreamy Lily cried, trying to crush the glowing body with all her might.
Petey finally grew again, then suddenly tossed Lily aside, giving off a extremely furious expression.
"Kyaaaa!" Lily screamed, bouncing off the ground several times, before landing on her feet, only to see a massive shadow of Petey Piranha to appear.
"C'mon guys! Hurry! Get on top of me!" Lily called, advising her zombies friends to get on top of her helmet.
"Huh?!" All the zombies cried, hearing loud stomping right in front of them.
"TURNING INTO A GIANT, LORD BOWSER INVENTED THAT, LITTLE GIRL!" An extremely loud voice bellowed behind a large mountain.
The stomping continued, stubs, the size of trucks started stomping towards Giant Lily. A closeup of a spotted chest, with large red pants, with white polka dots.
Suddenly, a large monster burst through the mountain. It was Petey Piranha, who grew to The Giant once again. This had occurred once, back in Japari Park. Along with Petey, Bowser Jr. the Koopalings and their Airship fleet followed behind him.
"GGRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWHHHHH!" Petey roared, shaking the entire Dream World, and blowing Giant Lily back, as well as, almost blowing the zombies off of Lily's helmet.
"NO WAY SOME STUPID ZOMBIES, ESPECIALLY SOME BLUE ZOMBIE THE SIZE OF A SHRIMP GETS TO BITE LORD BOWSER'S STYLE!" Petey bellowed.
"Huh?" All the zombies gasped, then shouted. "WWWWWWWHHHHHAAAAAATTTTT?! YOU CAN TALK, PETEY?!"
"I can't talk in the real world! Let's get real. Piranha Plants can only make roars, and gurgles! But in the Dream World, Grawhahaha! I can do as I please!" Petey responded.
"I don't care if you can talk, have eyes, or can communicate with us!" Dreamy Lily shouted. Making a bunch of stylish poses, Lily exclaimed to the Giant Piranha Plant, "In the name of justice, I shall strike you down with the power of love, peace, lights, idols, and zombies! Prepare to be exterminated!"
"Bwahaha! How old are you? Seven?! Your childishness will be the end of you!" Iggy laughed.
"Who fights with the power of love! Seriously!" Roy mocked.
"Um, Pretty Cure, Aikatsu, and, Umm." Sakura replied.
"Shut up!" Lemmy yelled. "We don't give a brain cell about that!"
Captain Shy Guy's airtub flew in front of Petey's face. "Petey Piranha, sire! Your loyal minions stand at the ready!" He called.
"GROAHAHAHA!" Petey laughed. "GRRAH!"
Prince Dreambert flew in front of Lily's face, having a look of distress and justice. "You must defeat Petey Piranha! Save this good world!"
Closeups of all the zombies idols stride in front of the screen. "We're on it!" They called. Then Dreamy Lily and Prince Dreambert charged at Petey, who charged at them.
Both jumped in the air to start The Battle of Two Giants.
BGM: Size up your Enemy (Mario & Luigi: Dream Team)
Colliding into each other, they fell back, onto their feet. Lava rose beneath their feet, only small platforms remained,
"AHH, TIME FOR MY DREAM TO FINALLY COME TRUE!" Petey sighed. "SHOWTIME!" Pointing his leaf at Lily, he commanded several Airships to fly at her.
"What the?!" She cried, just as the Airship cannons fired Bullet Bills at the rock, destroying the platform that was beneath her, in which, she nearly dodged.
"Oh no! The bridge!" She cried.
"GWAHAHAHA! NOWHERE TO RUN!" Petey bellowed.
Prince Dreambert flew in front of Lily again. Having another expression of urgency. "Mistress Lily! Remember your Dream Powers! AND WIN THIS DAY!"
"On it!" Lily called, and turned to face Petey.
"ZOMBIES CAN ONLY DIE IN FIRE!" Petey hollered, rushing up and picking up Dreamy Lily by her collar and shoulders over the lava.
"Stop! No!" Dreamy Lily cried, kicking and slapping Petey until she finally got him off her, jumping down and trying to stay on the edge, she continued to fight back.
"Lady Lily!" Yuugiri shouted. "Push him back! Quickly!"
Struggling, Lily eventually pushed Petey back a little.
Petey blew steam out of his mouth, and start scuffing his stub against the ground, until a freight train sound was heard, and Petey charged at Dreamy Lily, attempting to ram her into the lava.
"Quick Shrimpy!" Saki yelled. "Move over to right!"
Doing so caused Petey's attack to fail. "NNNOOOOO!" He cried, and fell straight into the lava, trying to swim back up he cried in pain. "GGRRAAWW! GGGRRROUCH!" He yelled when he finally jumped out of the lava, his pants of fire.
"Mistress Lily! Watch your footing!" Dreambert informed the young zombie.
"GGGGGGRRRRAAAAAWWWWHHHH!" Petey roared, blowing back Dreambert into Dreamy Lily's face. "SHUT YOUR MOUTH, YOU BLABBING LITTLE FLUFFBALL!"
Retreating, Prince Dreambert flew away.
"You have an annoying persistence! Eat this, plant face! Shooting Star Sidekick!" Lily called, sidekicking Petey in the face, knocking him back, and causing his gums to bleed.
"HOW DARE YOU?!" Petey yelled. "I WILL KILL YOU, AND I'LL MAKE SURE THIS TIME YOU ACTUALLY DIE!"
With a quick swipe of his leaves, Petey summoned a small tornado, aiming to throw the giant zombie into the lava ocean.
"Oh no you don't!" Dreamy Lily cried, jumping over the tornado, repeating it five times until Petey could no longer catch air with his leaves.
"LETS SEE YOU SURVIVE THIS!" Petey Piranha then started charging a large fireball in his mouth, until he hurled it at Lily.
Dreamy Lily tried his best to counter it, holding it in her hands, until they were burning. "Hot! Hot! Hot! Yeeouch!" Then she chucked it back at Petey. Causing him to be thrown back, landing near the edge of a fortress that the minions set up.
"SPINYS! FORMATION SPIKE!" Petey commanded the castle, causing the gate to open, sending our dozens of Spinys out.
"Shooting Star, Spin!" Lily named her attack, spinning into a maelstrom sucking all the Spinys into her tornado, and thrown into the lava.
"GET OUT HERE! SPEAR GUYS! ADVANCE!" Petey commanded another troop of Shy Guys, welding spears.
As they started charging towards Dreamy Lily, she prepared herself, only, he didn't realize they attacked her feet. "G-Get them off! Ouch!" She cried, kicking all of them off, until all were thrown into the lava,
"MUST I DO EVERYTHING MYSELF?!" Petey bellowed. And started flying in the air, then ground pounding down, shooting a large shockwave, destroying the castle, but also taking Dreamy Lily off guard, throwing her on her bottom.
"GRRRAH!" Petey shouted, jumping in the air, attempting to crush Lily.
"Gah!" She cried, moving out of the way, just in the nick of time.
Flopping on his belly, Petey dizzily staggered on the ground, until he fainted.
"Shooting Star!" Lily called, picking up his stubs. "Super Mario 64 Swing!"
She started spinning in a circle, swinging him faster and faster, until she tossed him into bomb, exploding him back to the battlegrounds.
Clenching his teeth in absolute fury, he roared right in Lily's face, blood dripping from his teeth and mouth. "GGGGGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAWWWWWHHHHHHH! YOU LITTLE ANNOYING BRAT!" Petey Piranha then turned around to see no ground. Looking for a place to go, he spotted another platform, not to far away. "THERE!" He bellowed, and flew to the spot.
"Shooting Star, Jump!" Lily called, and jumped to his location.
"YOU DARE CONTINUE?!" Petey roared in Dreamy Lily's face.
"With the power of love and goodness! I shall defeat you!" Lily cried.
"VERY WELL THEN, MARSHAL YOUR POWER, AND, TRY AND STOP ME!" Flapping his wings, Petey took off.
"Quickly!" Prince Dreambert shouted. "Chase after Petey Piranha!"
"Hurry Lily!" Sakura cried.
"Let's go!" Lily called, and started running after him.
"GRRRAAWWWHH!" Petey roared, and started flying in the background.
Flying at high speed, Petey Piranha flew below Lily's legs.
"Jump!" Lily commanded herself, jumping over the meteor that Petey Piranha was.
Petey continued flying, this time, flew right over her head. "Duck!" Junko called, and Lily did so, avoiding his attack.
Lily continued chasing Petey, breaking down any obstacles she ran into. "IT SEEMS THAT I UNDERESTIMATED YOU! BUT NEITHER HAVE I, UNVEILED MY TRUE STRENGTH!" Petey called after her, then started flying, into a zero-gravity area that caused Lily to fly.
"Dreamy Lily! We must keep on his tail! Level with his power!" Dreambert instructed.
"Let's do this!" Ai shouted.
Petey then turned around, spitting fireballs in different directions. "Lily! Move to the left!" Junko called out, as Lily did, she avoided the massive fireballs. "To the left now!" Junko continued, and Lily avoided another batch of fire.
Petey started spinning his leaves into a razor sharp whirlwind. "He's about to attack, I sense it!" Dreambert called. "You must avoid it by moving, then counter him by ramming into him!"
"Leave it to Lily!" Dreamy Lily shouted.
She just barely dodged it, then Lily countered by spinning her twin ponytails, and rammed into Petey several times.
After being counterattacked, Petey exited the low-gravity area, coming back into the platform, Petey stopped flying, and Lily stopped running.
Petey hurled a giant gooball, the size of Pluto. In response, Lily started chucking rocks and stumps at the gooball, decreasing it's size. Until it exploded with brown mud.
Dreamy Lily then took out a giant rock, and tossed it at Petey, causing him to drop and fall into the lava.
"GRRROUCH!" He cried in pain, swimming up from the lava. "THAT DOES IT! AIRSHIP FLEET! ATTACK!"
The Airship fleet came out, and started spinning in circles. Until the Banzai Blasters released upon Lily.
"Shooting Star, Punch!" She cried, punching the Banzai Bills back to the airships, destroying them completely.
"CORNERED AGAIN!" Petey bellowed. Looking for another place to camp, he eventually spotted a place. A familiar place that resembled the Midair Stadium.
"GRAWHAHAHA! THAT'S WHERE I'LL FINISH YOU!" Petey Piranha roared, flapping over to the Midair Stadium.
"Not so fast!" Lily called, and jumped over, catching up to him. Only, he was no where to be found.
"Where?" Saki called, having no clue where the plant went.
Suddenly, a giant cannonball struck Lily, causing her to stagger back a little.
"Owie! What was that? Hmm? Sister Yuugiri? Wait! Where is everyone?!"
A loud iron cage closed, causing Lily's eyes to shrink. "W-Wha?"
"LILY!" Junko screamed, trapped within the giant cage.
"Lady Lily! Stay alert!" Yuugiri called.
"The bastard got us this time!" Saki cried.
"Why us?!" Ai shrieked.
Lily stared in horror, as her friends were trapped in giant, metal cages that Petey wielded. Looking down slowly to the young zombie, he smiled a toothy grin.
"GWAHAHAHA! REMEMBER THIS PLACE?! IT BRINGS BACK MEMORIES OF WHEN I CAPTURED YOUR TWO FRIENDS, LITTLE SNOW WHITE, AND THE JAPANESE ELDER! THIS ALSO HAPPENS TO BE THE AREA WHERE I CAPTURED PRINCESS PEACH AND ZELDA! UNFORTUNATELY A LITTLE PINK FLUFFBALL HAD TO RUIN LORD BOWSER'S PLANS AGAIN! ONLY THIS TIME! YOU! WILL! LOOSE!" Petey bellowed, slamming the cages together, creating sparks and roaring right into Lily's face.
"GIVE THEM BACK!" Lily shouted.
Petey dangled the cages, causing the zombies inside to shriek.
Punching and kicking the cages, Lily screamed to let them go.
Roaring loudly, Petey lifted his right cage, and slammed it against Lily, knocking her back.
"Lily! Stay strong!" Sakura encouraged.
Preparing a jump, Petey lifted in the air, aiming to slam down on Lily, performing a Meteor Smash.
"Shooting Star! Kick!" Dreamy Lily shouted, kicking the left cage extremely hard, then jumping in the air, punching Petey's head, dealing damage to both cages.
Lifting his left cage, he smacked it into Lily, causing her to nearly fall of the stadium.
"Lily!" Junko cried, only to be thrusted in the air, slamming hard onto the ground. Enforced the attack by jumping in the air, striking his right cage.
"BLLURRUNGHG" Petey gave a deep sharp grunt when Lily hit his cage, causing it to crack.
"Release my friends right now!" Lily screamed, causing the world to stop for a second, when she punched his head so hard.
Petey started exploding, and gave off a dying roar, then flopped on the ground and stuck out his tongue.
"Lily did it! Hurray!" Lily cheered.
"I LAUGH AT YOU! PATHETIC ZOMBIE GIRL!" Petey laughed, then sat back up, tripping Lily with one swipe of his cage. "YOU ARE SO EASY TO TRICK!"
Engulfing both cages on fire, he lifted them up, and slammed them on Lily, burning the zombies and her completely, breaking both cages.
Lily shrunk back to her normal size, as well as Petey. Bowser Jr. and the Koopalings sat, laughing hysterically at the badly hurt zombies.
BGM Ends.
"B-But, I thought the good guys always win..." Lily moaned, trying to sit up.
"Haven't you forgotten? Sometimes, it's the other way around!" Bowser Jr. mocked. "Good job, Petey! I'll make sure to tell Papa about this!"
"Tricking her into believing your dead, that was genius, Bwahaha!" Iggy laughed.
Turning to Prince Dreambert, who was hiding behind the Rift shard, Larry held out his hand. "Hand is over, fluffy! There's no running away!"
"I'll never give it to the hands of King Koopa!" Dreambert shouted. "It was my sworn duty to protect—!" Before he could finish, Petey shot a fireball at him, sending him flying away, screaming in pain.
Taking it from his place, Bowser Jr. held the final Rift shard. "Look at it, isn't it beautiful!"
Suddenly, the dream began to close, and everyone was shipped out of it.
Waking up, Lily looked all around. "What? It was just a dream? Thank goodness—!"
"Nope! It was real alright!" Bowser Jr. laughed, twirling the shard in his claw.
"You F***ing bastard! Give it back!" Saki screamed, running up to Bowser Jr. Tae ran up to him as well, clawing and biting at him.
"Get your hands off my Clown Car!" Bowser Jr. shouted, causing the Junior Clown Car to punch them off.
"C'mon Petey! We can leave these good-for-nothings here! We have a Rift Beacon to take us back home!" Larry called, and flew out.
"This is bad!" Sakura cried. "He took the shard! What are we gonna do?!"
"T-This good and beautiful world, in the hands of King Koopa..." Prince Dreambert said in horror. "Oh, please Mario! You're our only hope!
TO BE CONTINUED…
The last crossover world, now it's back to the Mushroom Kingdom! Where Mario and Luigi are our only hope?! What is Bowser constructing?! Will it be enough to save the universe? Or will Bowser finally beat Mario because of Petey's journey across different dimensions?! Let's find out in the next chapter!
Also, a few words on this chapter, I wanted another Giant Battle, and the Dream World is the only other place I knew. Mixed in with Game2002's chapter and my own. Where Petey gets crushed, but with his adrenaline maxed out, he grows bigger. And no, he can't talk, we all know that. But under the influence of the Dream World, he can!
And the final battle, was directly taken from the first chapter, and Petey's battle with Kirby.
Also, not to call anyone out, but, your support really helps me out, and I thank you for reading this book. Only one chapter is left (it's separated into two parts) and I wrote another Zombieland Saga chapter, so the idols would have a proper fight with him, and loose again.