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BGM: Over Shiver Mountain (Paper Mario)
"So, the Crystal King…" Robin said as they started climbing Shiver Mountain. "What was he like when you fought him?"
"He wasn't that hard to fight." Weiss said. "A bit annoying, but not too horrible."
"He was a pushover." Yang said.
"To be fair… I think he underestimated us." Blake said. "I have a slight feeling that he'll learn from his mistakes."
"But he does melt by fire." Ruby pointed out.
"I think he's prepared for that as well."
"Interesting…" Robin mused.
"Coming up with a strategy?" Lyn asked.
"Maybe, but I need to know his battle style to figure it out." He said as they walked out of the cave and kept walking until they came across a gap with a ! block in front of them.
"I got it!" Ruby said, getting a running start and using her semblance to hit the ! block, but as she returned… another Ruby suddenly appeared next to her. "Aw yeah! I still got it!" She said as everyone was staring at her. "…What are you looking at?" She asked and then turned to see the clone. "AAAAH! My dark clone suddenly went not emo!"
BGM: Comedic Curtains (Mario and Luigi: Dream Team)
"I'm no dark clone! I'm the original!"
"No, I'm the original! You guys gotta believe me!"
"Ha! Like I would ever sound like that!"
"We both sound the same!"
"So?"
"Okay… we gotta figure out who's who. It was bad enough with the dark clone, but at least we could easily identify the two of them!" Blake said.
"Agh… but I can't tell who!" Yang said.
Weiss found a stone and then picked it up. "Alright, which one of you dolts is the real Ruby?"
"I am! Weiss, you gotta believe me! We're BFF's!"
"No, we're besties! Don't listen to this bitch!"
"Hey! I don't curse!"
"So? Everyone curses, even you!"
"Do not!"
"Do too!"
"Weiss, help us!"
"Yeah Weiss! Help us out here!"
"Hmm…" Weiss had already figured it out since she knew Ruby never cursed… but, she smirked. "Humor me here… what is Ruby's favorite cookie?"
"Chocolate chip, duh!"
"Blegh. No way! It's oatmeal raisi-" Weiss threw the stone at the other Ruby, knocking her out and then revealing to be a Duplighost.
"OW! How did you know it was me?!"
"Simple. Ruby never actually curses and she hates Oatmeal Raisin." Weiss said. "Now… I'm giving you a choice. You can either fight or run away."
"HA! As if I'd ever run away from a fight!"
"Gee…" She summoned her Schnee Orbitars. "That's too bad."
"…Meep… on second thought, I think I hear my wife calling. COMING HONEY!" He took off.
Resume Over Shiver Mountain
"That's what I thought." Weiss said, picking up the stone again.
"Oh thank heavens!" Ruby smiled as she hugged Weiss. "I knew you would never hurt your bestie!"
"…Don't push it. I can still clock you in the head with this." Weiss warned, but to her dismay, Ruby still hugged her. "…You try to warn her…" She sighed.
After Ruby let go...
"So, what was that… ghost thing?" Kamui asked.
"That would be a Duplighost." Mario said. "We've encountered a few of them during our travels to save Peach." He said.
"Yeah… and they're not the greatest enemies to fight." Luigi said.
"Indeed. They transform into whoever they so desire, copying your abilities as well." Mario explained. "They're not very common, but they are annoying."
"If we encounter one that steals our identity and name, I'm gonna scream." Weiss said. However, I wouldn't mind having a Duplighost steal father's identity and ruining his image…
As they continued onward, they saw a few items to take in some pedestals, consisting of a Shooting Star, a Snowman's Doll and a Thunder Rage item.
"Hmm… I'll take that." Ruby said, taking the Thunder Rage item… and then an ice wall came down and slammed in front of Weiss.
"Ack!" Weiss yelped.
"Whoa!" Yang exclaimed.
"…I didn't think that'd happen." Ruby said.
Weiss sighed in annoyance. "Well, I'm glad I picked this up." She said, putting the stone down and then the wall came back up as they walked through normally while Weiss giving Ruby the stink eye. They continued onward where they climbed up some steps to see some sort of ice rock with a star shaped hole in it.
"Do we need to find a Star?" Kamui wondered.
"No need!" Ruby said as she drew a star in the snow and picked it up. "Ta-da!" She said… and then it crumbled in her hands. "Aww…"
Robin chuckled. "That was a good try." He said. "However, I think we'll find something in that crack in the wall down there."
Bombette came out of Mario's pocket. "Did someone say crack? I'll do it!" She said.
"…Your friends are so weird for living in Mario's pocket. Why do they do that?" Lakilester asked.
"Oh, don't get me started." Bow said as she blew up the crack in the wall and then she hopped back into Mario's pocket as they walked in to find a dead end.
"Aww, it's a dead end." Ruby pouted.
"Now now… I'm sure there's more than meets the eye here." Robin said.
"Yeah, but what exactly?" Kamui wondered as they looked around, searching for a clue or maybe a star, and then Luigi looked at the far end of the wall.
"Shup!" Affectio cried and flew into the wall… and then came out.
"Yeah yeah, you're a show off." Luigi chuckled.
"Shuppet!" Affectio said as he flew behind Luigi and happily pushed him in.
"Whoa hey, what are you doing?!" He asked as he went through the wall. "WHOA!"
"Luigi?" Mario turned to him as they went toward the wall and then examined it before they went in to see Luigi on the other side.
"Whoa… is this really a wall?!" Ruby asked.
"…Truth lies not only in the eyes; sometimes even walls may lie." Lyn recited from memory. "Merle was on to something there."
"Guys, look!" Kamui pointed to a stone that was shaped like a star in a block of ice.
"Oh, that's exactly what we need!" Yang said and then suddenly, a spirit showed up.
"Welcome, friends." The spirit said. "My name is Madam Merlar. I am a messenger of the stars."
"Oh, hey there!" Ruby waved.
Merlar chuckled. "Hello." She said. "You know Merlon and Merle well. I am their ancestor. The Stars spoke of you through my dreams. They said you would come to the shrine on Shiver Mountain. It is here that I guard the way to the Crystal Palace."
"Oh, neat." Yang said.
"We have little time to waste, so listen careful." Merlar continued. "You may not have known this, but the followers of Bowser and Torchwick have invaded the Crystal Palace, where stars are honored. Now, what I have to tell you is very important. Listen to every word I say! I can't tell you the whole tale. In the interest of time, I'll be brief. So pay attention to the key points."
"Alright. Fire away." Robin requested as they nodded.
"Excellent! The story began a very, very long time ago. I was just a young woman when-"
2-3 hours later…
Needless to say, her story was very long and not even Robin, Lyn or Kamui could stay awake for that long due to her rambling on.
"…And that is why you must get their men out of the-…hey, are you listening to me? WAKE UP!"
"Spaghetti and ravioli!" Mario exclaimed as he woke up along with the others. "…Oh."
"As I was saying, you need the Star Stone to reach the palace." She said and gave the Star Stone to them. "Make haste! The world is counting on all of you." She said and then hummed. "I wonder if you understood the shortened version of my tale?"
"THAT WAS SHORT/SHUPPET?!" Everyone yelled.
"It really doesn't do the story justice. Perhaps one day, I'll tell you the full story. Until then, good luck." She said and disappeared.
"I'm not gonna believe it for a second that that was the short version." Lyn said.
"Agreed/Shup." Everyone agreed as they went out and put the Star Stone in place, where icy stairs rose above them as they climbed to the top before eventually reaching the Crystal Palace.
End BGM
BGM: Crystal Palace Crawl (Paper Mario)
"So, this is the infamous Crystal Palace." Robin said. "Interesting."
"It's rather beautiful looking. It's a shame it's home to a wicked king." Kamui said.
"Indeed." Lyn nodded as they walked through, looking around in the huge palace.
"Yep, still creepy as ever." Yang said.
"Let's just get through this quickly." Weiss suggested as they walked around the palace with them immediately noticing a switch on the floor and a locked red door, so Mario jumped and did a tornado jump to activate it, and down came a blue door with the same lock.
"That's disappointing." Blake said as they walked to the only door available and walked through the hallway, taking care of a few Swoopulas with Robin spotting an X on the floor and making a mental note to come back to that later as they went on to find a treasure chest in another room and when they opened it… it was a blue key.
"Ugh… keys…" Weiss grumbled.
"I've always wondered how Link never complains about them…" Kamui said as they walked back and unlocked the blue door, leading to a hallway that they went through, with Robin keeping an eye on the mirror wall. They reached a crack in the wall with Bombette coming out and exploding on the wall as they walked in to discover that they can go through the mirror, and there was another crack.
"…Suspicious…" Robin quietly said, as he was starting to add it up right as Bombette exploded as they walked in… to see the whole gang in front of them.
"Ah! It's them!" One of the fakes said.
"Oh crud! Let's take them on!" Another said as they turned back into Duplighosts… only to get horribly KO'd by them as they quickly took off.
"So… is it a mirror?" Ruby wondered.
"No, I have a feeling it's glass." Robin said. "We couldn't see ourselves in the mirror in the other room, so of course, it'd be glass. And our reflections are just the Duplighosts acting like us."
"That's… actually clever." Blake said. "I have to hand it to them, Duplighosts don't mess around."
"That's what makes them so tricky and dangerous to deal with." Mario warned as they backtracked into the same room as before and went into the other door, where Robin noticed a wooden panel on the floor, so he proceeded to use a simple Fire spell on the wooden panel to break it and he hopped down as Lyn noticed this and hopped down with him as the others soon came out with a Shooting Star in their hands and then noticed Robin and Lyn coming out of the hole with a D-Down, P-Up badge.
"Nothing too interesting down there." Lyn said as she tossed it back into the hole.
"But… I have a theory." Robin said. "What happens on one side of the glass, the other has happened as well." He said. "Follow me." He requested as they backtracked to the other side of the mirror until they saw a hole on the ground where the X is supposed to be.
"Was that there before?" Luigi wondered.
"No. There was an X there until I had destroyed a wooden floor panel on the other side, which broke the floor here. We can continue onward." Robin said as they jumped underground where they saw another crack, which Bombette happily destroyed… but as she did, there were a few more Bombettes than usual.
"What the…?!" Bombette yelled.
"Hey hey! Looks like one of us is the real deal and the rest are fakes! I wonder who it could be~?" One Bombette asked in a flirty voice.
"It's obviously me! WHY WOULDN'T IT BE?! I'M THE ORIGINAL!" Another yelled as she was a bit… angry.
"Ugh… just pick me. All of these are disgustingly inferior. Not to mention they might have germs!" Another said, seeming to be a germaphobe.
"It's obviously me! Go team! Go team! Gooooo team! Give me an M! Give me an E! What's that spell? ME! I'm the original!" Another yelled, seeming to be a cheerleading Bombette.
"…Okay, I do NOT flirt, I may be a hothead, but I don't scream, I am not afraid of germs and I am NOT a cheerleader!" Bombette said as they all looked at each other and started to argue with the others sweatdropping.
"So… should we just… pick one?" Ruby asked.
"I know who it is, but… I'd staying a little far away from her." Weiss said.
"Alright, that's it! SHUT! UUUUUUUUUUUUUP!" Bombette yelled, lighting her fuse and exploding, covering the other Bombettes in soot and turning back into Duplighosts.
"…RETREAAAAT!" One of them yelled as they took off running.
"Losers." Bombette said as she hopped back into Mario's pocket.
"Alright then… let's just pretend that didn't happen." Robin said as they nodded and walked into the hole where they pulled out a Red Key and took off, where they used the switch to bring back the red door and then unlocked it and walked in, where they saw an opening in the glass but they went through… only to discover they couldn't make it past with statues in their way. They went back and went the opposite way to discover some White Clubbas.
"Hey! You can't get past here! I won't let you!" The White Clubba said as they looked at each other and beat the poor guy up, and as they did, they saw the statue in the glass disappearing, so they walked ahead and took out the other two White Clubbas. They went back to the other side where they went onward on the other side as they went on the other side of the glass again with Weiss firing an icicle on the switch and took off, taking out a White Cubba in the process and in the next room, their reflection in the next room had Kooper out.
"Hey Kooper, could you come out for a sec?" Mario asked as Kooper popped out.
"Yo." He said with a grin and then they walked forward and then they saw the reflection kicking Kooper inside a hole and they did, but Kooper didn't come out… which he did but brought some friends along the way, which consisted of: Qrow, Caboose, Kolorado, Roman and Winter.
"What in the…" Kooper wondered.
"Hey, I'm the real Kooper here." "Qrow" said. "I mean, you'd believe your uncle, right kiddo?"
"No, I'm the real Kooper! I'm everyone's friend!" "Caboose" happily chirped.
"No, old chap! I'm the real Kooper!" "Kolorado" said.
"No no no no no! I'm the real Kooper… and if little Red guesses wrong, I'm taking you down!"
"Weiss, you know very well that I am Kooper. As your older sister, I demand that you realize that I am the real Kooper!"
Kooper sweatdropped. "Um… I have no idea what's going on." Kooper said as they all proceeded to take out the fakes.
"You guys aren't even trying at this point." Lyn said, putting her sword away as the Duplighosts quickly took off.
"Yeesh, thank you…" Kooper sighed as they walked in and proceeded to walk around, pushing a small statue of an Albino Dino where they fell in and got themselves a P-Down, D-Up for their troubles, but they threw it away and went into the other room where they grabbed themselves the Palace Key from the bigger Albino Dino statue as they went in another room where they saw statues of three Albino Dinos and the creatures themselves.
"Nnngh…! Can't really… move this…!" Ruby said, pushing a statue to a switch as it was pointed in the wrong direction as the others tried, while Robin looked at the motionless Albino Dinos and curiously turned them around.
"It seems you are figuring out this puzzle." One of them said, but this didn't faze Robin.
"Yup." He said as it suddenly moved to the switch as Ruby was pushing it.
"Oh yay! I finally got it!" She cheered.
"I think you have to get these creatures to look at one direction. That's how the statues move." Robin said.
"Oh, now that's clever." Blake said with a chuckle as they patiently waited for Robin to move them in the right order as they eventually got them on the switches as a staircase appeared for them as they walked into the final room.
"Alright… here we go." Mario said as they nodded and walked out of the Crystal Palace and into a snowy area.
End BGM
"Well well well, what do we have here?" A voice asked as the Crystal King appeared before them. "So, we meet again, girls!"
"Oh, if it isn't the pushover." Yang said.
"And I'll have you know that I was at my full strength when I battled you. I just didn't realize that you were stronger than you looked."
"So, you were a pushover."
"Grrr, I was not!"
"Look, can we just get to the part where we fight and you lose again?" Weiss asked.
"I was going to say that, but this time, I will gladly hand you over to Bowser and Torchwick as icicles!" Crystal King declared as he got into position as the others got into position as well. "Have at you!"
BGM: Freeze! (Paper Mario)
Crystal King levitated in the air and chuckled darkly, summoning Crystal Bits and then absorbing them, proceeding to use them as ammunition, but Weiss quickly summoned an ice wall to block the attacks. Ruby and Kamui both ran around the wall as the Mario Bros jumped up and hammered the Crystal King, but he jumped back and avoided the attacks from Ruby and Kamui and then summoned two ice swords and slashed at them.
"Hiyah!" Yang yelled, launching herself and punching the Crystal King, but he blocked the attack and slashed her away, and then used his ice breath to freeze up Robin and Blake, but they avoided the attack as Lyn ran over and slashed the Crystal King, but he blocked it.
"Hmm! You think you can keep up with me?" Crystal King asked as he put more weight into it, forcing Lyn to jump back, but in one quick movement, she was behind the Crystal King. "Gah!" He cried, his swords flying off.
"The question is… can you keep up with me?" Lyn asked, and to his surprise, she seemed to have split up into five.
"What in the…?!" Crystal King shouted as the Lyns jumped up and slashed through him several times as the Crystal King didn't realize it was just one Lyn and she was moving incredibly fast for him until she slashed him to knock him down.
"They were right… you are a pushover." Lyn said.
"Hmph!" Crystal King growled, as they saw he enveloped himself in a glowing light as he got back up and unleashed a frozen blizzard on them all.
"Did he just heal himself?!" Weiss asked as Crystal King proceeded to knock them all down with his Crystal Bits, as they all tried to get back up but they were taken down as he laughed maniacally.
"You are fools… you think you can destroy me again but you are wrong!"
"Ngh… that's what you think!" Robin said, getting back up and switching out his Fire Tome for something more… sinister. "Nosferatu!" He called, hitting the Crystal King and absorbing his health.
"Argh… what's going on?!" Crystal King growled. "Why can't I...?!"
"Now!" Robin ordered as they proceeded to attack him with everything they had, until Robin was done and switched to his Fire Tome.
"Grr… I'm not done YET!" Crystal King yelled, proceeding to split himself up into three.
"Which one is which?!" Luigi panicked as the Crystal King laughed… until Weiss pulled out the Shooting Star item as a flurry of shooting stars came down on top of all three of them, with one of them getting hurt.
"ARGH!" Crystal King yelled, falling to the ground.
"Checkmake." Robin smirked. "ARCFIRE!" He yelled, unleashing it on him as the Crystal King's eyes widened and tried to form an ice shield in time… but he was too late as he was hit.
"AAAAAAAAAARGH!" He screamed as Robin used another Arcfire to seal the deal, as he melted into nothing but a frozen puddle.
End BGM
"Again. Pushover." Yang chuckled as they saw a card coming down before it released the last Star Spirit, which had nothing but a small mustache on him. This was none other than Kalmar.
"The last one." Ruby quietly said as they walked over to it and then touched it, as the card disappeared.
BGM: Star Spirits' Request (Paper Mario)
"Thank you all." Kalmar said as they all smiled at this. "Now, since we are all rescued… please come to the Star Hill for we must discuss what to do next." He said as they nodded as he flew off back to Star Haven.
"Come on, what are we waiting for? Bowser won't know what hit him!" Kamui grinned as they nodded and ran off.
End BGM
Meanwhile…
BGM: Meanwhile, at Bowser's Castle (Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door)
"Lord Bowser!" Kammy flew up to Bowser who was discussing with Roman and Kamek. "We've got urgent news! Mario and company have the last Star Spirit!"
"Ugh… typical." Roman grumbled.
"…Bah, WHY am I not surprised!" Bowser groaned. "…But it's no matter, for we have the Star Rod!" He said and then rubbed his chin in thought. "…I have an idea. Come!" He said as he walked over somewhere with the others following.
End BGM
In the cells…
BGM: Scent of Silence (Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories)
Peach sighed, resting her chin in her hands. "We were so close… and then… this happened." She muttered. "We're never getting out of here…"
"Peach…" Tiki whispered.
"Don't lose your hopes, princess." A voice said as they looked into the other cell where two men were sitting a cell, one of them was leaning on a wall and the other was meditating. The one meditating had red hair and a lot of armor on him… not to mention that his hair was shaped like a lobster, of all things. "Someone will come for us."
"Ryoma's right." The other spoke, this one being blonde and not having armor all over him, but was a bit dark purple in color. "We may have been defeated in battle against Bowser, but we're still hoping someone would come and rescue us. We'd do it ourselves, but some of the guards have our weapons." He said.
Just outside…
"Can I have your sword? It's so shockingly awesome!" A Koopatrol said.
"No. You can keep your shadowy sword. This one's all cool looking!"
"Yeah, but this one is just depressing!"
"You wanted it."
"No, I wanted that sword you have. The Rai whatever it is."
"No thanks, I'm not budging."
"Well fine, it was a stupid sword anyway."
"…What did you say?!"
"I said it was stupid!"
"Why you… take that back!"
"Make me!"
"You little…!"
The both of them started to fight, dropping the swords and getting into a fighting dust cloud.
Back inside…
"Normally… I'm not like this whenever I've been kidnapped." Peach said. "But…"
"Dry those tears, princess." Xander requested. "While it is discouraging that you may have been captured after you tried to escape, don't lose hope."
"Indeed. It was a minor set back. Don't let this bother you." Ryoma said. "I remember that one day when we both visited you due to you inviting us, you told us that you're constantly kidnapped, but you never seem to be truly bothered because you know that you will get out all the time. Why should this be any different?"
Peach sighed. "I don't know… I think it has to do with the fact that Bowser has the Star Rod and we're up here in space and… I'm not sure what to do."
"Just be patient. Mario and his friends will come. They always do." Ryoma said. "As for us, kidnapping is not usually common in Hoshido and Nohr. So this is a first for us… but we're not letting it bother us. We're both meditating on the fact that someone will come for us."
"I… don't think I've meditated before." Peach admitted.
"Well, you're welcome to join us." Ryoma said. "It's never too late to try."
"You're right." Peach nodded as she sat down and started to meditate as Tiki did the same while Twink hovered there.
"…So, do I just meditate in the air or…?" He wondered as he attempted to do so… but, as he started to meditate…
End BGM
The doors slammed open. "HEY!"
BGM: Bowser's Theme (Mario and Luigi: Dream Team)
"You…" Ryoma lightly growled as Bowser walked in with everyone.
"You're coming with us." Bowser told Peach.
"And why should I go with you?"
"Because… Mario and the others are coming. I think it'd be perfect if you had front row seats to watch them all fall before me. After all, we have the Star Rod… and they don't!" He smirked.
"No… you will fail like always!" Peach said.
"HA! As if." Kamek laughed
"Indeed. Bowser and Torchwick will surely win this time." Kammy said. "Now, you're coming with us."
"…No. I'd rather rot in this cell."
Tiki looked at Kamek and had an idea, whispering something into Twink's non-existent ear. "How do you know that?" He whispered.
"I saw it right before I was knocked out…" She said as he nodded and floated through the bars of the cell.
"Why am I not surprised that you'd say that?" Bowser asked. "You'd always do it the hard way. Kamek."
"Right." Kamek nodded and fired a beam at Peach.
"Nnngh…! AAAAAAAAGH!" Peach screamed.
"DON'T TOUCH HER!" Ryoma yelled.
"Sorry, but I don't speak 'loser-ese', which is what you two are." Bowser said, causing the two princes to glare hard at Bowser.
"You are coming with us!" Kamek laughed, unaware of Twink pulling something out of him and floated over to Tiki.
"Thanks." She whispered.
"As for you, dragon girl… you get to spend the rest of your life in here!" Kammy threatened.
Tiki smirked. "Oh, really?" She asked as Peach was pulled out.
"HEY! Let her go!" Twink pulled up to them.
"Eh? What's with this mosquito?" Bowser wondered. "Shoo!"
"Tiki! NOW!" Twink yelled and right on cue, Tiki activated her dragon stone and went into her dragon form.
"What the…?! How did you…?!" Kamek wondered and then saw Twink. "You!"
"Neener neener!" Twink taunted and even blew a raspberry at them.
"I said SHOO!" Bowser yelled, back handing him through an open window.
"Twink!" Peach and Tiki exclaimed while Ryoma and Xander were in shock.
"Tiki! Go find Mario and the others!" Peach requested.
"But-"
"Don't worry about me, I'll be fine! Go!"
"…Right!" Tiki nodded and roared, as she attempted to fly through the window.
"Bah, let her go. We only need Peach." Bowser said.
"You're letting her go?!" Kammy exclaimed in shock.
"Of course not. Roman… you installed homing Bullet Bills for defense, right?"
Roman smirked. "Oh, I thought of something better. Something more better than a Banzai Bill even."
Bowser smirked. "Oh, perfect!"
Peach's eyes widened. "Oh no… TIKI!"
"Come along, princess. We've got plans for you!" Bowser said and then walked away with everyone cackling while Ryoma and Xander could only look on in anger.
End BGM
Outside…
BGM: Shaded Truths (Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep)
A huge Bill Blaster aimed at Tiki as she was flying off… and launched a homing King Bill at her as she turned around and gasped as she tried to breathe fire at it, but the King Bill was unfazed, she tried to fly away from the humongous missile as hard as she could to outmaneuver it.
"Come on… come on! Almost there!" Tiki said… but it was at this moment that the King Bill activated a speed boost as Tiki turned her head in horror… and then the King Bill hit her, resulting in a powerful explosion.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!" She screamed as she had started to free fall down to the earth.
End BGM
Meanwhile…
"It's not a rip off! It's what the original price is! I don't do discounts for people like you." Anna said.
"Why you ungrateful little… the original badge owners are far nicer compared to you!"
"Hmph! They had poor taste." Anna said. "Besides, I bought them out and sent them to some unknown island! You can't stop me! I overpower you! Nothing will take me down!"
"…Hey, what's that up in the sky?" A Toad wondered.
"Huh?" Anna wondered as she looked up… and her eyes widened in horror to see a dragon coming down and slamming right on top of the badge shop, destroying everything and crushing Anna… until the dragon reverted back to its normal self… Tiki.
"Oooow…" Anna groaned as she looked up to see her angry customers cracking their knuckles.
"How convenient for us." A Koopa smirked.
"…Uh oh."
"HEY!" Another Anna waved her over. "Let's get out of here! They're chasing all of us out!"
"Right behind you!" Anna said and then took off.
"GET HER!" A Toad yelled as they grabbed torches and pitchforks and chased after her.
"To that boat, hurry!" The other Anna said as they hopped on a boat, where the captain of the boat, another Anna, sped off with all the Annas on board.
"Where are we going?" Anna wondered.
"To a city far far away from here. Luckily, there's an Anna over there that can help us." Another spoke. "Ever heard of Rogueport?"
"No…"
"Well, we're heading on over there!" She said as they picked up the pace… while the townsfolk cheered.
"Good riddance to you!" A Toad said as they kept cheering… right as Ruby and the others hopped out of the warp pipe.
"Whoa, what's with the smoke?" Yang wondered as they hurried on over to the source and saw Tiki lying there.
"Tiki?" Robin asked in surprised.
"Nnngh…" Tiki weakly groaned and then looked at them. "Ro… Robin…" She said before passing out as he was right by her side right as Chrom and Lissa came over.
"Robin, what's wrong?" Chrom asked. "…Is that Tiki?"
"Yes. We need to take her to the hospital. She's badly wounded." Robin said.
Mario picked up Tiki and placed her on the shoulder. "Let's go!" He said as they nodded and took off to the hospital.
It's raining dragons! ...Should I sing hallelujah? I kid, I kid. XD