Koopa Region, outside of Bowser's Castle
Out in the distance of Bowser's Castle, shapes appeared and fell down the sky as three figures fell down on the ground and landed on hard black concrete
Kamek raised himself up and looked around to see Arc on the ground, he knee that someone was missing and looked around to find his wand but was then dealt with his wand up against his throat with two human hands on each side
"Take us...back..."said Arielle, holding a grudge against the Koopa, Arc raised himself up aswell and looked at Arielle and Kamek
"W-Wait stop!"said Arc as he got up and ran over to Kamek."No way he tried kidnapping you so he can bring you to Bowser..."said Arielle, as she pressed the wand on Kamek throat even more choking him a little
"He didnt... I asked him to bring me here so I can save your brothers and Yoshi."said Archangel, trying to convince her that Kamek was on his side
Arielle didn't want to believe it one bit but decided to let him go against her better judgement but kept his wand for safety
"Explain..."said Arielle, putting the wand in her back pocket as Kamek leaned forward and held his throat."What is with you...about choking!"said Kamek
Arielle rolled her eyes and didn't answer to his question."Okay look can you guys quit with the rivalry or something..."said Arc
"Rivalry? Maybe I should point out that you are doing something that is suicide."said Arielle,looking over at Arc
"That's what I said..."whispered Kamek, as he got up."Suicide! you would have done the samething."said Arc
"No I wouldn't, I would of waited until we had an army to support us to fight Bowser."said Arielle, walking to Archangel
"And by the time that happens they'll be dead because of you!"said Archangel, catching Arielle off guard
Arielle then walked away from tbe both of them and sat down on the ground
Archangel looked back at Kamek."I'll ugh...keep look out."said Kamek, as he walked away from the Yoshi and got a little closer to the castle
Archangel walked over to Arielle and sat beside her and that she was shedding a few tears which made Arc sigh a little
"Arielle...I'm sorry...I-I shouldn't have said that."said Arc, trying to comfort her a little
"Yeah...it was..kinda uncalled for...but your right."said Arielle, but was still a little upset
Arc continued to look at her and thought of ways to comfort her."Hey ugh...remember when you first got here...I mean back in the Mushroom Kingdom of course?"He asked, causing Arielle to look at him
"Y-Yeah...I remember...that was like two months ago."said Arielle, smiling a little."Yeah I was so confused to who you were...I just thought you were a fan I guess."said Arc, smiling
"Remember when Yoshi and Luigi came out of there room scared to death when they played that?"asked Arielle, fully smiling and looked at Arc
"You mean when Yoshi came straight to me for protection...yeah...or when you and Mario fought each other and you kicked him in the balls?"asked Arc, making Arielle laugh a little
"haha...yeah, he was pretty pissed off at me."she answered, both smiled a little and thought about what had happen after they had met
Spending time with their friends, enjoying each others company, and not mention making fun of one other sometimes
But all of that was interrupted when they heard a high pitched scream."What the..."said Arc, as he got up with the same with Arielle as they both went over to Kamek and looked at the castle
"That sounded like..."said Kamek."A Yoshi..."said Arielle, finishing his sentence, but Arc knew what it was in the first place and clenched his hand into a fist as he started to walk forward to the castle
Arielle saw Arc going further to the castle and tried to stop." A-Arc what are you doing!"said Arielle, but got no response
"Ugh...that idiot..."she said, as she and Kamek started to catch up with Arc, once he got to the castle, he then placed both his hand on the stone wall and began to climb the wall
Arielle and Kamek stopped near the wall and saw Arc climbing the wall."Dame it Arc..."said as she climbed the wall aswell
Kamek watched Arielle climbed and saw his chance to get his wand and took it, as he grabbed it and used it to levitate himself upwards
Arielle saw him levitate but ignored him and climbing up the wall, Arc then got to the top and vaulted over the wall and looked over the courtyard
Every he saw Toads, Yoshi's, Humans, and even Koopas being forced to do slavery, as Arc kept watching he saw a yellow Yoshi fall down on the ground showing that he or she was weak
A Hammerbro came up to the Yoshi and yelled telling it to get up before kicking it in the stomach
Arc started getting mad and was about to move before hearing a voice next time
"Stop right there!"said a Hammerbro, holding a hammer in his hand making Arc not to move
As the Hammerbro came closer to Arc, Arielle finally came up and peeked her head over the wall
The Hammerbro was then gonna strike Arc with the hammer and Arielle saw this and vaulted over the wall and grabbed the hammer and took it from the Koopa
The Hammerbro turned around in confusion before getting hit in the face by the head of the hammer causing him to fall on the ground
"That was close let's hope he didn't warn anyone else."said Arielle, as she put the Hammer in her back pocket before looking at the courtyard
"Oh my stars..."said Arielle, as she continued watching."We need to do something now."said Arc, preparing to jump over to the courtyard
"N-No Arc,"said Arielle, as she grabbed Arc, and yanked him back."even if we do save them, we don't have a way to get them out of here..."said Arielle
"Well maybe Kamek might have a way to get them out of here."said Archangel, looking around for Kamek
"Where is he?"asked Arc, looking at Arielle."I don't know, he took his wand from me and flew away." She said
Colorful shapes then formed around them and then disappeared
Kamek's Room, Bowser's Castle
Arc and Arielle appeared on the floor in one of the rooms in the castle, Arc then looked around the room and saw that Kamek was standing next to them looking at them
"Kamek, were are we?"said Arc, as he got up from the ground to look at Kamek along with Arielle
"This is my room,"said Kamek, as he went up to a desk to grab some papers
"I figured we can stay in here to come up with a plan to save your friends and get out of here."said Kamek, before getting on his knees and laid the papers to show the map of the castle
"Not just them, but the slaves to..."said Archangel, Kamek looked at Arc thinking he was crazy again."No way my wand can't handle teleporting that many people."said Kamek
"Then we need to get them out of here someway."said Arielle, causing Kamek to place his hand on his face in frustration
He sighed and starting thinking."I guess we can leave with an airship,"said Kamek."But were gonna need one that can hold that many."he said
"What if we take Bowser's Airship, that way if we get followed and attacked, the ship can hold up and defend its self."said Arielle, looking at Kamek
"I guess...but its gonna be heavily defended."said Kamek."She can handle it...I know she can."said Arc, smiling to Arielle who smiled back
"Well then I'm gonna have to teleport you there, but after that your on your own,"said Kamek, getting out his wand
"I'll explain everything you need to do once were there."He said, Arielle walked over to Kamek slowly and the both of them then started to teleport to Bowser's Airship
Arc watched as they disappeared and left him alone in the room he then waited couple of minutes of realized that it was taken to long and then looked at the map on the ground to see were the prison might be knowing that maybe that's were they'll be
He then saw the prison was underground and saw the pathway leading there."Screw it..."said Arc, as he then walked to the door and opened it slowly
As Arc looked down the hall he saw that nobody was their and left the room before crouching down so he won't be seen as he then shut the door slowly and start walking down the hall slowly
As he started making his way down the hall he then heard several voices and footsteps getting closer
He then looked for a place to hide and saw a storage closet, he then walked up to it as fast as he can and opened it before walking inside to hide and shut the door slightly
As he then waited he then peeked through the door and saw two Koopa Troopas waking."Can you believe that Kamek guy disappeared out of nowhere..."said the Koopa Troopa."Oh my stars your still going on about that?"asked the other
"Well yeah, its not like everyday Bowser's right hand man disappears and leaves no traces behind..."he answered, the two then continued walking through the hall
Arc didn't hear the voices anymore and left the storage room and headed down the hall again before seeing the entrance sign to the staircase of the castle
Arc then walked to the staircase and then headed down stairs to the underground section of the castle
As he entered he then saw two doors leading to the Prison as he walked over and was about to enter he was then tackled to a wall and felt an arm on his neck but wasn't choked
He looked to see who it was and it was Kamek." What the..!"yelled Arc, before being cut off by Kamek."Shut up..."whispered Kamek, trying not to get caught
"What the hell was that for?"whispered Arc, as he shoved Kamek off of him
"Cause therhere two guards in their you idiot...that's why."he answered, making Arc feel like an idiot
"Well use your wand to knock them out or something?"asked Archangel, looking at the koopa
"Yeah but I had to use three spells in a row so my magic is kinda of depleted..."said Kamek, walking up to Arc to grab both his causing him jolt away from him
"What are you doing?"asked Arc, causing Kamek to stop."Im gonna trick them into thinking your a new prisoner."said Kamek, taking out some rope
Arc didn't felt comfortable being tied with rope but if it was to save Yoshi and everyone else he might aswell let it pass
"Ok...fine, but were doing it my way."said Arc, causing Kamek to be confused
"Just follow my lead."said Arc, Kamek then tied Arc's hand with rope but not tight, only enough were he can make himself loose
The both then got into position."You ready?"said Arc, making sure he was ready for his plan and looked back at him
Kamek nodded and then the two then opened the door and saw the hall down before their eyes and as Arc looked into each cell, he saw members of the Kingsdom Court, Mario, Luigi, Toad, and then saw Yoshi not doing anything and saw that he looked depressed
Arc then saw two Hammerbros walking over to them."What's going on here?"said the Hammerbro before folding his arms
Kamek was then gonna say something before Arc did."A prison break..."said Arc, before breaking loose from the rope and tackling the Hammerbro causing the prisoners to look up at them except for Yoshi
"Argh! s-sound the alarm!"said the Hammerbro, trying to get Arc off of him and order the other Hammerbro as he then ran over to the alarm button but was stop by Kamek as he was hit in the head by his wand
Arc then managed to knock the Hammerbro out."you know you could have just told me..."said Kamek, as he then grab a set of keys on a key chain and started to unlock the doors to the cells
"Yeah well it worked..."said Arc, Kamek then opened the door to the brothers and saw that they were a little injured."You two okay?"asked Kamek, as he then handed the keys to Arc
"Y-Yeah just brushed up that's all, why do you care..."said Mario, holding his shoulder causing Kamek to sigh a little."Jeez was does everybody have to be dick to me for helping."whispered Kamek, as he walked away
Arc then unlocked the door to Yoshi's cell and handed back the keys to Kamek so he could get the every body else out
As Arc walked in to see Yoshi he saw that most of his skin was turning grey, he knew what was going on with him, and he dealt with the same after mourning for his parents
"Yoshi...its me...Arc."said Arc, trying to get Yoshi's attention, Yoshi turned his head a little and saw Arc but didn't care."Your...your not Arc..Arc is dead..."said Yoshi, as he didn't believed that Arc was alive
"What, Yoshi I'm standing right here...I'm not dead."said Arc, going near Yoshi and kneeled down next to him
Yoshi looked away from his still believing that this isn't real."Arc come on he's obviously in denial."said Kamek, as he finally freed everyone
"No way, I'm not leaving him here."said Arc, as he moved over in front of Yoshi
"Arc can get through to Yoshi I know it."said Luigi, as he watched, Kamek grunted a little."Fine, stay here I'm getting everyone else out."said Kamek, as he started to move ahead along with the others except Luigi
Mario looked backed and saw his brother staying behind."Luigi, you coming or what?"said Mario, Luigi looked back at him and answered."You go ahead...I stay here and help out incase they'll get into any trouble..."said Luigi
Mario sighed a little and walked up to him."Just stay safe little bro."said Mario, making his hand into a fist and hit his shoulder softly making both the brothers smile
Mario then started to catch up with the others, as Luigi looked back at Arc and Yoshi
"Yoshi...please I'm right here,"said Arc, as he grabbed his hand."Yoshi remember when i gave my glasses back on Yoshi island...when Bowser attacked? I gave them to you so you won't feel alone..."said Arc, Yoshi didn't listen
"What about when you got me that photo of me and my parents...how would I know either of those things..."said Arc, he began to tear up little want his best friend to wake up
"Yoshi please...answer me..."he said, as Yoshi still looked downed."Yoshi...please...I-I...I love you..."said Arc, as began to cry and closed his eyes
As he cried a little more Yoshi slowly opened his eyes fully and looked at Arc."Y-You do...?"said Yoshi, cause Arc to stop crying and opened his eyes and looked at Yoshi
"Y-Yes...Yoshi...I love you."said Arc, smiling at him making Yoshi smile back
Yoshi then leaned in and kissed Arc on the lips, making Arc blush and kiss back but made Luigi to turn his head and sigh a little."Romance..."said Luigi, as he looked over saw a Hammerbro on the ground and reached up to sound the alarm
Luigi the ran up to stop him but was too late as the whole castle went on high alert and the door to the prison was about to be shut by a steel door dropped from above come on we need to hurry and get out of here
Yoshi and Arc broke away from their kiss and got up quickly as the three of them headed to the door to leave
Due to the endurance of the Yoshis they managed to get to the door in time but Luigi was falling behind and as the door was about to fully closed Luigi then slide on the ground and got through the doorway
As he was fully through his felt fell off and was at the other side as Luigi then grabbed for it and brought to him before the door was able to close fully
Luigi then put his hat back on and got up from the ground."come on let's a go"said Luigi, as they ran up the staircase
Bowser's Throne Room, minutes before the alarm
Bowser's was sitting on his throne as sat there waiting for anything to happen or to hear anything as his eyes were shut as he was being patient
The doors to throne room opened as one of Bowser's servants walked up to him and kneeled down on one knee and bowed to his King
"My lord..."said the servant, Bowser opened his eyes and looked at him."What is it...?"asked Bowser, causing the servant to sever a bit
"W-We...weren't able to find...Kamek my lord."said the servant shaking a little more knowing that what he said will anger Boswer
Bowser then began growl in anger and got up from his chair."Leave...now..."said Bowser, causing the Koopa to get up and leave
Bowser then grabbed his throne and thrown it at the wall in anger."WERE THE HELL IS HE!!!"yelled Bowser, in complete anger as he clenched both of his hands into a fist as both were shaking
After releasing his anger he then heard alarm and wandered what was going on, he then went over to his throne on the ground and reached over to press a button which activated a comm link to the security room
"Security! What is going on!"said Bowser, as he held onto the button."It's the prisoners sir! There escaping!"said the voice, making Bowser angry again
"How!?"asked Bowser."They had help from a Red Yoshi and...Kamek?"said the voice, making Bowser not angry but confused
As Bowser began replaying what the voice said in his head as he began to boil with anger
"My lord..."said the voice, Bowser then let go of the button walked to a wall and place his hand on a certain spot and pushed on it to reveal a secret door
As the door opened slowly it revealed a medium sized chest on the ground he then walked up to it and leaned over to open it
Once opened Bowser took out a black and grey mushroom with horns on it, Bowser then looked at it, before he stated to eat it
Castle Halls
Kamek, Mario, and the rest of the Kingsdom court were running down the halls of the castle
As group kept moving they managed to get to the door leafing to the courtyard and once they got there they saw people fighting and a Airship on the ground with a drawbridge down as some of the slaves started getting on
As they watched within the battle they saw Arielle knocking over several Hammerbros on the ground and after that running over to get a Toad back on their feet
"Go! Get on the ship!"said Arielle, before looking over at the castle entrance to see Kamek, Mario, and the court running over to her
As Arielle saw Mario she began to shed a few tears and ran up to him to hug him
"Thank stars, your alive..."said Arielle, not caring of what is going, only wanting to hug her brother
Mario was kinda confused at first but hugged back anyways, the two parted from their hugged before a Hammerbro began charging at them as Arielle countered by kicking him in the stomach making him fall on his back
"Hurry and get on the airship me and Kamek will hold off any more of their troops."said Arielle, Mario nodded and rest then headed to the ship along with most of the slaves
Back inside the castle Luigi, Yoshi, and Archangel were having a hard time trying to get out of the building not knowkng which way
"You know I wish they had signs telling people were to go!"said Luigi, as he began to stop before seeing a couple of Hammerbro's coming out from the corner
"Stop them!"said the Hammerbro, as two of the Hammerbros charged at Luigi and Arc
Another Hammerbro from behind started to throw hammers at them as Yoshi from behind extended his tongue and swung it around to thrown it back at the Hammerbro and hit him across the face
As Luigi started fight one of Hammerbros he was a little slow due to him being a little weak as the Hammerbro was able to hit Luigi in the face making stumble back a little
Archangel managed to shoot a little fire from his mouth and hit his feet causing them to burn making the Hammerbro to scream in pain
Archangel then grabbed the Hammerbro and shoved him at the other and caused him to be held by the the other Hammerbro
Archangel ducked and Yoshi jumped over him to kick both the Hammerbros at the same time
As Yoshi landed on his and got back up had saw Luigi on his knee holding his Jaw."Luigi you good?"said Yoshi, worried a little
"Yeah I'm fine...just bruised a little tha-"said Luigi, before feeling the ground shake a little
Luigi got up and looked around the hall along with Arc and Yoshi, as they continued to look around as they then heard a loud bang
The then saw a wall break apart near them and all three of them blocked of dust and debris with their arms
As the dust began to fade away they saw a large tall figure coming through the wall, the figure had a dark skin tone, large spikes on his shell, fangs, and dark soulless eyes
As the three looked at the figure they recognized who this was."Is that...Bowser."said Yoshi, backing away a little with fear along with Luigi and Arc
Bowser then growled evily and and open his mouth and bright red light was forming in his mouth as he was ready to shoot a fire
"RUN!!!"yelled Arc, as he grabbed Yoshi by the hand and ran down corridor to dodge the incoming attack along with Luigi running down aswell
Bowser then shot his fire but instead of a fireball it was string of fire destroying the part of the corridor behind the down Hammerbros killing them in the process
Bowser then stooped and moved down the hall were the three were heading following them with the intent to kill
As three began running down the hall they couldn't find anyway out to get away from this monster that Bowser has changed into
Bowser started to gained up on them as he then grabbed a wall and pulled it apart and thrown it at them
Luigi looked back and saw the piece of the wall thrown at them."Duck!"yelled Luigi, making himself and the Yoshi to duck and dodge the incoming attack but it ended blocking them in their path, making them go down a different hall
As they continued on, they saw the exit to the courtyard dead ahead of them but saw that it was being closed by a steel door coming down
As Bowser saw this he then shot out a fireball to them but missed two them as it hit Archangel next to his leg burning him very badly
Yoshi saw this and cried out."ARC!!!"screamed Yoshi, as Yoshi ran up to him quickly and carried him to the door as it halfway closed
Luigi the crossed through in time and so did Yoshi and offered his hand for Archangel
Archangel looked outside to see the airship that Airelle was on waiting for everyone to get on and looked back to see Bowser gaining on them Arc looked at Yoshi one last time and leaned in to kiss him and broke the kiss quickly
"I love you..."said Arc, confusing Yoshi a little as to what Arc was doing."Luigi get him out of here now!"said Arc, crawling back inside as the door was beginning to shut fully
"WHAT N-NO ARC! ARC!"said Yoshi crying out to Arc, as he was trying to reach through but was stopped by Luigi as he grabbed his shoulder
"Im sorry Yoshi but we a need to get out of here while we can."said Luigi, trying to get ahold of Yoshi
Yoshi began crying out for Arc and told Luigi to let him go, but Luigi wouldn't and got him on the Airship as it began to take off and go into the air
Inside the castle, Arc laid back on the steel door looked up to see Bowser looking at him with his soulless eyes
Archangel breathed heavily and grunted at Bowser."DO IT! IF YOU WANT REVENGE SO BADLY TO WHAT HAPPEN TO YOUR FATHER THEN KILL ME,"screamed Archangel, not scared of anything knowing the only person he cared about is safe
"After all...I'm the reason he's dead!"he yelled this time, Bowser then opened his mouth one last time and is mouth began to make a red light inside before having a white light inside
Archangel closed his eyes and played every single memory inside his head with Yoshi wanting to die with the thought of him
"Yoshi...I'm sorry..."said Arc, before being blasted by Bowser's flame destroying him and the whole entire castle with one single blast
Back on the Airship, Yoshi witnessed the explosion at castle as his eyes widen and began to shed a few tears before going to the command deck of the ship and went to Kamek who was piloting it
"Go back...GO BACK TO THE CASTLE NOW!!!"screamed Yoshi, wanting to go back to save Archangel
"Yoshi I'm sorry but he's..."said Kamek before being shoved by Yoshi as he turned the ship around to the remains of the castle
As Yoshi landed at the Castle he then went done to middle part of the ship and pulled a lever for a bridge to be extended
As he went down he then looked around the remains of the castle and started to call out for Archangel
"Archangel!"yelled Yoshi, hoping for Arc to respond as he continued to look around
As he continued, Arielle and Mario Luigi came of the ship to get Yoshi." Yoshi, what are you doing?"asked Arielle
Yoshi ignored as he was focused on just doing one thing, after searching for a short while he saw a bit of rubble moving
Yoshi thinking it was Arc, ran up to the moving rubble."Arc I can't beilvd your ali-"said Yoshi, but stoped as after he moved the rubble he saw Bowser in his normal state
Bowser opened his to see Yoshi and grinned."hehehe...hello there..."said Bowser, Arielle got near and gasped as she saw the Koopa
Mario and Luigi saw him as well and got prepared for anything that he might throw at them
"You..son of a...BITCH!!!"screamed Yoshi in anger, as he grabbed a large rock and lifted his hand up with the rock in his readying to kill Bowser
"Do it...and you'll prove me right...for what you did to my father all those years ago...a murderer..."said Bowser, making Yoshi growl in anger and hatred
But when he played the word murderer in his head he remember what he said to Archangel a couple months back
Flashback, 2 months ago, The house
It was quiet inside the house Mario and Luigi were on a double date with Peach and Daisy, and he had the house to himself, and as Yoshi was walking down past rooms of the house he heard the tv playing in Archangel's room
Yoshi put his head next to the and he heard a video playing and he recognized it
Yoshi knocked on the door to Arc's room and he heard the voice of Archangel."Come in"said Arc, as there was no sound coming from the room anymore
Yoshi opened the door with his hand and shut it as he walked in."Hey, what you doing?"asked Yoshi
Archangel answered and looked at Yoshi."Oh just, watching a video on my laptop."said Archangel
"Oh...is that Bowsers...?"asked Yoshi, as he got closer and made Arc close his laptop slowly."Execution, yeah it is..."said Arc, standing up
"Why are you watching that?"asked Yoshi, as he wanted to know why he would watch the video."It's just...did we murder Bowser?"asked Archangel, making Yoshi confused
"What no of course we didnt, he had a fair trail by the Kingdoms Court, he had it coming to him."said Yoshi, answering his ridiculous question
"I know...it's just when the execution ended, I could have sworn I saw a tear going down Bowser's cheek, either it was from someone he loved or it was from the pain. I just can't get that image out my head."said Archangel, as he started to shed a tear and shiver from the image of Bowser dying
Yoshi then leaned over and hugged him making both the Yoshi's blush."You didn't murder Bowser okay...we did not murder him..."said Yoshi, as Archangel closes his eyes and hugged Yoshi back
End of Flashback
Yoshi gripped on the rock tightly and looked at Bowser and wanted to kill him right here and now
But didn't want to as this wasn't what Arc would want."No...I'm not a murderer and neither was Arc..."said Yoshi, as he dropped the rock on the ground and walked away and wen on back to the Airship
Kamek walked past Yoshi and walked to Arielle and the Brothers and saw Bowser, as he was holding steel handcuffs to hold Bowser including a muzzle
"Your lucky, I'm not strong enough Kamek...for I would kill you right now..."said Bowser, as Kamek put them on his wrist before putting a muzzle on his mouth
The Brothers went up and and picked up Bowser by his arms as the three started to walk to the airship along with Arielle before shedding a small tear knowing one of her best friends were gone
As they got on the Airship, The Brothers put Bowser in the holding cell down bellow and Arielle went up to Yoshi and hugged him to comfort him for awhile
The airship then went back into the air and left towards Sarasaland
End of The Return (A Super Mario Fanfic)