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"Rosalina… Rosalina, wake up!"
"Mmph…" Rosalina groaned as she woke up. "…Why is everything so dark?"
"Don't you remember what happened?" Polari asked.
Rosalina rubbed her forehead, and then gasped, remembering her fight with Bowser and Kamek. "Now I remember…" She said as she got up. "They took the Power Stars, didn't they?"
"Yes, they have, not to mention they got the Grand Stars too." Polari added. "Because of that, the beacon is completely dark, so of course, the Observatory has no power."
"Why didn't you stop them?"
"We tried… but the problem was, their army was too strong for us, not to mention we have no experience in battle." Polari admitted.
"Can't fault you there." Rosalina nodded as she walked to the beacon. "So, what's the damage?"
"Well, aside from those meteors that you sent to the Observatory, it seems to be alright, except for the Engine Room."
"And what of the Lumas?"
"I'm the only Luma here." Polari replied. "They're nowhere to be found, though a few of them are nearby somewhere."
"That's unfortunate." Rosalina muttered as she closed her eyes, trying to repair the damages herself but nearly grunted in pain.
"Save your strength. Those two did a number on you."
"I'm aware…" Rosalina winced as she used a healing spell on herself.
"Oh, by the way. While I was trying to wake you up, I sensed in my own power that three individuals have entered the Gateway Galaxy near us."
Rosalina turned to him. "Who are these three individuals?"
At the Gateway Galaxy…
A Pink Luma poked the nose of a man dressed in red. "Hello? Helloooooo?" He asked and kept poking him.
"Mmm…" He groaned as he sat up and shook his head. "Where am I?"
"Oh thank goodness, you're awake!" The Pink Luma said. "However, I couldn't wake up the man in green." He said.
"Huh?" The man looked over to the man in green, his face covered in flowers, to which the man responded by shaking him. "Come on, bro, wake up!"
"Mmm, five more minutes, mom…"
The man rolled his eyes as he got up. "Oh, guess I'm going to eat this pasta for breakfast all by myself."
"ACK! SAVE SOME FOR ME!" He yelled as he got up. "…Oh. I hate it when you do that, Mario…"
BGM: Gateway Galaxy (Super Mario Galaxy)
The man, named Mario, chuckled. "Glad to see you're okay, Luigi!" He grinned.
"So, where are we?" Luigi wondered as he looked around. "This is not the Mushroom Kingdom."
"Hmm…" Mario rubbed his chin in thought and then pounded his fist into his palm. "Oh! Remember what happened when we were going to Peach's castle?"
Luigi rubbed his head and then remembered what happened. "Oh yeah, now I remember! …Wait, are we dead? Are we in heaven?"
"Of course not." Mario said.
"Then explain why we're in outer space, of all places! Not to mention how in the world are we breathing!"
"I wish I knew."
"Oh, don't worry, this galaxy has lots of Oxygen." The Luma said as they turned to look at him. "Now, follow me, there's something you need to see." He said before changing into a bunny and hopped off.
"Did he turn into a bunny? I think I'm starting to lose it." Luigi said.
"So, the weird things in the Mushroom Kingdom don't faze you, but THIS does?" Mario teased.
"Oh ha ha!" Luigi rolled his eyes as they followed the bunny where they saw two other bunnies in one spot, where they were looking at someone unconscious, and when they approached, it was none other than Marisa. "Who's she?"
"I dunno, but let's wake her up." Mario said as they approached the unconscious witch and gently shook her.
"Mmm… huh?" Marisa opened her eyes and then looked to see Mario and Luigi staring right at her. "AAAAH!" She yelled as she shot up and on instinct, she took out her Mini-Hakkero. "Who the hell are you two?!" She asked as Luigi raised his hands up in the air with a scared look on his face, Mario had the same reaction as Luigi, but didn't look completely terrified.
"Easy, easy! We come in peace." Mario said. "We didn't mean to scare you."
"Yeah, well, next time, don't give a woman a heart attack!" Marisa exclaimed, lowering her mini-hakkero while Luigi sighed with relief.
"Anyway, I'm Mario."
"And I'm-a Luigi!"
"And we're the Mario Bros!" They said together, doing an epic pose to boot.
"…Who?" Marisa asked as both of them nearly anime fell from this.
"You never heard of us?!" Luigi asked.
"No, not really. Never really heard of the Mario Bros in Gensokyo."
"What's a Gensokyo?" Mario wondered.
"EH?! You guys… wait, are we in Gensokyo right now?" Marisa wondered.
"No, we're not in the Mushroom Kingdom either." Mario replied.
"Mushroom… Kingdom?" Marisa tilted her head. "Okay, I'm confused."
"So are we, miss…" Luigi tried for a name.
"Oh! My bad, I'm Marisa Kirisame. The famous magician and the badass witch of Gensokyo!"
"Ahem!" One of the rabbits caught their attention. "Now that you're all awake, let's play a game! Catch us if you can!" He said and took off.
They must be related to Tewi and Reisen. Marisa thought. "Do we seriously have to catch these things?"
"Let's humor them for a bit." Mario suggested as the two of them nodded and then they split up.
Hehehe, they'll never find me in here! A rabbit thought as Mario walked up to a patch of grass, seeing bunny ears as he rolled his eyes.
"Oh, where ever will I find that bunny? He could be hiding anywhere!" Mario said in a mocking voice as the bunny giggled… and then Mario pulled him up.
"Wah! Watch the ears, pal!"
"Gotcha."
The bunny sighed, turning back into a Luma. "I knew I should've hid in the crater."
With Luigi…
"Hmm, this looks interesting." Luigi said, looking through the crater. "Helloooooo!" He leaned down… and fell in. "WAH!" He yelled as he went to the other side and faceplanted. "OOOF!" He groaned as he got up. "Well, that was embarrassing." He muttered as he got back up and then noticed another crater as he walked over and looked inside. "Hello?" He called out, and then a bunny hopped out of the crater and then kicked him in. "AAAAH!"
"Hehehehe, sucker!" The Bunny called out and hopped off while Luigi got out of the crater.
"Why I oughta…" Luigi growled and chased after the bunny.
With Marisa…
"What in the world is this?" Marisa wondered, looking at the Warp Pipe as she curiously looked in. "What's in here?" She wondered as she got in, and then went through the Warp Pipe. "WHOOOOA!" She yelled and then popped out of the other side of the planet with a bunny popping out of the Warp Pipe. "That was weird… hey!" Marisa chased after the bunny.
The two bunnies then met up. "Oh, hello!"
"Hello." He said as they looked to see Luigi and Marisa coming right for them. "Bail?"
"Bail." He nodded as the two of them jumped away at the last second when the two dove for them, and smacked each other in the head.
"OOOOW!" Both of them yelled, rubbing their foreheads while the bunnies laughed.
"Works every time!" One of them grinned, and then both of them were picked up by Mario.
"Ahem." Mario said with a smirk.
"Aww…" Both of them pouted before turning back into Lumas.
"You guys okay?" Mario asked.
"I've been through worse… you okay?" Luigi asked.
"Yeah, I'll live." Marisa groaned.
"Guess you three can really help out mama." A Luma said and before they could ask who their mama was, a stairway appeared in front of them, as the trio curiously walked up the stairs and saw Rosalina in front of them, the three of them looking at the beautiful woman in awe, all of them unaware that she looked a tad transparent, since Rosalina was projecting herself from the Observatory.
"I have been watching you three from here. This place is called the gateway to the starry sky… My name is Rosalina. I watch over and protect the cosmos. To save your friends, you'll need the power to travel through space."
In an instant, she called upon three Pink Lumas. "These Lumas can give you this power. I entrust you with their care."
The Lumas flew above the trio and flew into them, absorbing their power in the process. "Whoa… I feel different!" Marisa grinned.
"This feels amazing." Mario whispered.
"Whoa…" Luigi whispered as well.
"Disaster has struck us, just as it has visited you. With the Lumas, I hope you can rescue the Grand Stars. May the stars shine down on you…" Rosalina said before disappearing.
End BGM
With Rosalina…
"Nngh…" Rosalina fell to her knees, panting.
"Easy now!" Polari warned. "You've used up a lot of your power just by doing that! You still haven't fully recovered after that beating you took. You may be the queen of the cosmos and may be the protector of it, but your health comes first, immortality or not!"
"I-I know…"
Polari sighed. "Always the headstrong one." He said. "Why don't you go take a rest in the bedroom and I'll meet them when they come to the Observatory."
"No…" Rosalina forced herself up. "I'll take a rest when I meet them in person."
"Oh, alright, if you insist."
Back with the trio…
"Alright, you three." A yellow Luma called out to them. "You're going to have to break these crystals if you want to move on. One at a time!" He said. "Alright, Mario, you're up first."
"Got it." Mario nodded as he walked to the first crystal, and on instinct, he did a powerful spin attack that broke the first crystal.
"Whoa!" Luigi exclaimed as he walked over after he was called up next, and then did the same thing as Mario, to which it broke on impact. "Wahoo!"
"All I gotta do is spin? Piece of cake." Marisa said, cracking her knuckles as she walked over to it and did a spin attack… although unlike the plumbers, she did not break the ice at all. "YAAAAGH!" Marisa yelled while the Bros and the Luma winced. "Ow ow ow ow!" Marisa winced, shaking the pain out of her hand. "Maybe if I did a kick!" She said, attempting to kick the crystal, but that didn't get her anywhere at all. "Oh, who am I kidding? I'm not Meiling." She grumbled.
"Hmm, wonder if it's something more magical with you?" The Luma wondered while Marisa pulled out her wand and used a healing spell on her hand.
"Magic based, eh?" Marisa smirked, putting her wand away as she summoned her broom and flew up in the air and then pulled out her Mini-Hakkero. "Let's do this… MASTER SPAAAAAAAAAAAAARK!" She yelled, unleashing a powerful rainbow-like laser at the crystal, though it didn't really affect the crystal… until Marisa started to glow from the power of her own Luma as it started attracting Star Bits and once they went into the Mini-Hakkero, it upped the power of the Master Spark and completely obliterated the crystal.
"SWEET MOTHER OF…" The Yellow Luma yelled in surprise while the Mario Bros jawdropped.
"Fire the rainbow! Taste the rainbow!" Another Luma called out.
"Dude, you watch too many of their commercials."
"Not my fault Star Bits are so good!"
Marisa landed on the ground. "Well, what do you know! My power attracts Star Bits and makes my attacks more powerful… and that was just the Master Spark. Imagine what it'd do to my other spell cards." She said and then imagined Sungrazer. "Oooooh, baby!" She grinned.
"Well, I, uh… ooookay then, carry on then!" The Yellow Luma said. Note to self, do not make this woman angry. He thought while the Bros snapped out of it.
"Let's-a go!" Mario said as the others nodded and then they took off, with Mario launching off of the Launch Star first. "WAHOOOO!"
"MAMAAAAAAAAAA!" Luigi screamed as he went next.
"YAHOOOO! THIS IS AWESOOOOOOME!" Marisa yelled.
BGM: Enter the Galaxy (Super Mario Galaxy)
Mario landed feet first, while Luigi had a rough landing to the point where he got his head stuck on the ground, while Marisa landed feet first. "Whew, what a rush!" Marisa said and then saw Luigi as she pulled him out.
"Thanks." He said as he shook it off.
"Hello!" A Luma greeted them. "Well, I have some bad news. I HAD a Launch Star ready for you, but a meteor had to go and smash it. If you would go and find the five star chips surrounding the planet, that'd be great. Oh, and watch out for the Black Hole!"
"Black hole?" Luigi asked, paling up in the process but Mario and Marisa went off to collect the Star Chips, while Luigi mustered up the courage and then took off to find the Star Chips, while Marisa noticed a few Mini Goombas walking around.
The hell are those things? Marisa thought as she grabbed a Star Chip while the Bros did the same, grabbing them rather fast as the Launch Star appeared before them as they then went into it and launched to the other planet, noticing a Luma trapped in a cell.
"Hey! Get me out of here! One of those creatures might have the key!"
"Got it!" Mario nodded.
"So, what are those things anyway?" Marisa asked.
"They're called Goombas. They're not really threatening." Luigi said as they noticed a few of them charging after them, but Mario and Luigi quickly disposed of them by either punching or kicking them away as Marisa fired a few Danmaku bullets at one, knocking it unconscious as she ran over to it and kicked it in the air, where she noticed it dropped a Key, to which she picked it up.
"Found it!" Marisa grinned as she ran over and freed the Luma up.
"Thank you! I'll turn into a Sling Star so you can go to the other planet over there. Now watch as I… TRANSFOOOOORM!" He yelled, quickly transforming into a Sling Star.
"That… that was a bit underwhelming." Marisa admitted.
"Hey, at least he's helping us." Luigi said as they were launched to the other planet nearby as they saw another trapped Luma and a huge Goomba walking around.
"Think it's the big guy?" Marisa asked.
"Oh yeah!" Mario nodded as they ran toward it, but then Marisa noticed a spiked pillar poking out.
"Hmm, curious." She said as she fired a small laser at it, to which it let out a huge shockwave that knocked the surrounding enemies to the ground, including the big Goomba where the Bros kicked it in the air, knocking a key out of its possession.
"Gotcha!" Luigi grinned as they went to the trapped Luma to free it.
"Quickly, in here!" The Luma said and dove into a Warp Pipe as the trio hopped on one by one, where they were suddenly inside the planet, where they noticed a Grand Star inside of a strange machine. "Look at that! That's the Grand Star… and I'm not sure what they're using that machine for, but I imagine it can't be any good! See those Flip Switches? If you step on them, that should be enough to turn it off."
"…That simple? You can't be serious." Marisa said.
"I wish I wasn't."
"Oh, alright, let's go." Marisa said as they went to step on the Flip Switches, being mindful of the platforms with electrical currents on both sides of them, but with little effort, they stepped on the Flipswitches, and the machine turned off and freed the Grand Star.
End BGM
"That was kinda lame, I was expecting some bigger forces other than… Goombas." Marisa said.
"Eh, I'm sure it won't be as simple later on." Mario shrugged as they walked to the Grand Star, where the three of them touched it, and then the Grand Star flew off to the Observatory, carrying all three of them.
Meanwhile…
"Aaand in you go!" A Koopatrol said, throwing Reimu into a cell.
"Nnngh!" Reimu growled as they locked her up as she got back up and held on to the bars. "What do you want with me, anyway?! Why am I so important that I oughta be kidnapped by a stupid turtle?!"
"Hmm hmm hmm." Kamek approached her. "When we discovered your world, I had sensed great power coming from you. Power that was immeasurable. Because of that, you posed a serious threat when we were invading. So, while you and that witch friend of yours were gawking at that UFO, I secretly used a spell on you that made you weak without you realizing it. That is why you were not able to overpower His Nastiness."
"You son of a…" Reimu growled, pulling out a Spell Card.
"Oh, going to use a magic spell on me? Go ahead."
"I'll wipe that smirk off of your face! FANTASY SEAL!" She yelled, but no danmaku came out. "Huh?"
"How dumb do you think I am?" Kamek chuckled. "While my spell was only temporary, I foresaw that you would try and do something, which is why I cast a spell on this very room, making it impossible for you to use your magic." He said and then turned around. "Enjoy your solitary confinement!"
"But why? Why did he need ME exactly?"
Kamek turned to her with a smirk. "Remember when I said that you held great power?"
"Yeah, what of it?"
Kamek chuckled. "You'll find out in due time." He said and walked out, closing the door behind him.
Reimu growled. "Marisa… wherever you are, I hope you'll bust me out of this hellhole."
It just makes me so giddy that i'm rewriting Touhou Galaxy! Also makes me giddy that this was a pleasant surprise no one saw coming! Oh, it just tickles me with excitement!