Hey everyone! I want to thank everyone for reading my story. I'm sorry to say that this is the final chapter. But do not worry my esteemed Doopliss lovers, I will continue to write Doopliss fanfics (Mostly DooplissxMimi with action and adventure). So please, continue to read my stories and enjoy the final chapter of "The Alliance." (EPILOUGUE IS INCLUDED IN THIS CHAPTER AS WELL!)
Chapter 9:Defying Destiny: The Finale
Vista Hill, the barren wasteland that is home to Bowser's broken down and abandoned castle, also known as Bowser's Keep. With broken windows and a torn down ceiling, this castle is feared by all who happen to set their sights on it. This also happens to be the final stop for our heroes.
"Golly, this place sure is creepy." Mimi sated to the group.
"Well we don't have any other choice. This is where it'll all end, one way… or another." Croco seemed a bit scared himself as he spoke those words.
"Hey don't freak her out more!" Doopliss almost screamed.
"Quiet, keep it down or do you want the enemy to incinerate you where you stand?" Croco said.
"I think I'll quiet down now."
"Good. Now c'mon and follow me so I can explain the plan." Everyone followed Croco except for Mimi who did not want to go in. Fortunately, Doopliss noticed this and went back to see what was wrong.
"Hey Mimi, are you feeling okay about this?"
"Yeah I'm fine, really, but I'm just… scared."
"So am I, we all are, but we have to go in and put a stop to all of this evil. Look, I don't know what's going to happen once we go inside but there's something I want you to know… just in case something happens to me." He took Mimi's hands and held them and looked into her eyes. "Mimi, I-I-I lo…" Doopliss was cut off by the sound of Crash's voice.
"C'mon dudes, we have to go!"
"Hey what part of keep it down didn't you get?!" Croco scolded the little Yoshi.
"Oops, my bad."
"Dang it! Uh we'll finish this later."
"O-o-okay."
The gang came to a stop in front of the entrance of the gigantic castle in front of them.
"Good thing the whole bridge wasn't destroyed we would've had to appear inside of the castle." Croco explained.
"Couldn't you have mentioned before that there was an abyss below us?" Koops asked.
"Must've slipped my mind." Croco said, grinning the whole time.
"Okay, here's the plan…"
"Why did you bring us to the back of the castle?" Bowser asked Dimentio.
"Because, my dear overgrown lizard, I'm one hundred percent sure that those 'heroes' will be entering the front of the castle. This way, we'll have an advantage, the element of surprise. Besides, didn't you say that the throne room is in the back of the castle."
"Well yea but…"
"You see, that's where Grodus is likely to be waiting for us, seeing as though he wants to be the king of the world and all." Dimentio explained.
"He does have a point." Jr. Troopa said to Bowser.
"Just shut it you little twerp!"
"Hey what did you call me lizard breath?!"
"Alright that's it! Let's go right now and I'll show you what it mean to be crushed by the King of the Koopas!"
"JUST SHUT UP!" Dimentio yelled.
"Hey clown boy your going to blow our cover." Bowser said.
"Look, I've had to put up with your incompetence ever since you brought me back to life and you know what, I'm sick of it! So, either you two be quiet or I'll destroy you both right here on the spot!" Silence was all that was heard after Dimentio's little tirade.
"Uh… let's just come up with a plan." Jr. Troopa whispered.
"Fine… you better listen up." Dimentio said as he explained his oh so brilliant plan.
The Fearless Five, or Six counting Croco, entered the deserted castle and made their way into the throne room, which was also strangely deserted.
"What's the big idea? Grodus isn't even here!" Crash yelled.
"No… he's here… I can sense him…" Vivian said.
"I thought you could only sense things in the shadows." Koops said.
"Well that's the thing… I can only sense things in the shadows."
"Well gosh, is Grodus a shadow creature?" Mimi asked the group.
"That's the thing… he's not… wait, wait! The feeling is getting stronger like he's… everyone! Move out of the way!"
"What?"
"He's in the shadows underground!" Everyone immediately jumped out of the way as a figure appeared out of the ground.
"GACK ACK ACK ACK! So, I see you were able to sense my arrival after all. Well if I were you I would have accpeted my fate because either way, you're all going to fall before LORD Grodus! GACK ACK ACK ACK ACK!" The figure standing before them was indeed Grodus, but he has taken a more shadowy form. He wore a black cape and a crown, but the crown was made of black fire.
"This is… Grodus? Dudes, we're in trouble."
"No time to give up now… we have to fight!" Croco yelled.
"B-b-but what about the plan?" Koops asked.
"We can't use that with this guy… he's too strong."
"Well than what are we going to do?" Just than, a portal appeared in front of them, and from the portal came Bowser, Dimentio, and Jr. Troopa.
"And so we arrive like a taxi cab on a cold and rainy day!"
"Seriously, do you write these things down?" Bowser asked.
"No…" Dimentio tucked a piece of paper labeled "Witty Remarks" into his back pocket.
"D-D-Dimentio…" Mimi said, not believing the sight before her.
"Mimi? Ah how delightful it is to see you here."
"You know this clown?" Doopliss asked.
"Yeah… we used to be partners until he betrayed us!" Mimi yelled looking back at Dimentio.
"Mimi, you know the Count was just going to betray us first. I did what I had to do and you could have joined me, but you didn't and now look what is happening. All of this fighting, all of this destruction could have been avoided if you and O'Chunks had helped me in my affairs!"
"And we made the right choice not helping you! You're just a liar! I thought we were friends Dimentio. We both trusted you, but you took our trust and manipulated it!"
"Ah Mimi, we are friends and we always will be. But, like the sun and the moon, must fight on opposite sides."
"I'm terribly sorry for interrupting you're little reunion here but I have a world to conquer." And with that, Grodus made fireballs appear out of his new skull staff and fired them at Mimi.
"Mimi move!" Dimentio yelled but she couldn't move. It was a though her body went numb. Mimi's life flashed before her as she closed her eyes and expected to be a burning mess on the ground… but she wasn't dead. Instead, she saw something terrifying: Doopliss had been hit instead. He had jumped in the way of the fireball and was now dying before her eyes.
"Doopliss!" She yelled as she ran over to him.
"M-M-Mimi… I'm sorry but… I'm… dying… aren't I?"
"No… you can't die! You can't! I… I need you to stay here… with me…" She started crying.
"Mimi… I… love you.."
"I love you too! That's why you can't die!"
"Mimi… Crash… Koops… Vivian… and Croco… you're all the best friends a ghost to ask for… thank yo-" Doopliss was shot with another fireball and immediately died on the spot.
"Pathetic fools, soon you will all join him!" Grodus yelled.
"You scum! You can't kill a guy when he's dying! Not even I would sink so low! You're going to get Bowserized!"
"I'm with you lizard brain! Let's go!" Bowser and Jr. Troopa attacked Grodus with everything they had: fire breath, poison claws, flying kicks, magic spells, none of it was working. Grodus than used his staff again to strike them both with lightning.
"Oh no… they're losing miserably… they're going to die if they keep this up." Dimentio argued with himself on whether or not he should help them.
"You betray me, nearly killed my partners, and hurt my best friend. And now, I'm going to annihilate you Grodus!" Dimentio charged at Grodus.
"You weak-minded fool. You're going to fall just like these two."
"Let them go… now!" Dimentio snapped his fingers and a box appeared around Grodus.
"GACK ACK ACK! If you think this little box can contain the new me than you're sadly mistaken!" Grodus destroyed the box with his staff. Box after box after box, they were all destroyed by Grodus.
"Hello, you're supposed to be the good guys. I need your help here!" Dimentio yelled to the gang
"Aliright, we're not going to accomplish anything by standing here. C'mon guys we have to fight that… that… thing!" Croco said.
"Alright… let's do this for Doopliss guys!"
"Yeah!" And so they all joined the fray except Mimi, who stood next to Doopliss' dead body.
"Mimi… Mimi!" Dimentio ran to her.
"He's gone… he's really gone…"
"Mimi, please we need you out there. We're all going to die at this rate!"
"And who's fault is that?! You helped Grodus open the Door and gave him the power he needed! It's your fault!"
"Mimi… I'm really sorry that he's dead but… he would want you to fight and save the world."
"He said that he loved me Dimentio… I can't believe he said that…" Mimi pondered this for a moment.
"And now… Grodus needs to be punished for what he did to Doopliss!"
"Uh… sure… whatever gets you motivated."
"And Dimentio… thank you… for being my friend… my best friend."
"You're most welcome." Dimentio had a few tears coming out of his eyes.
"Dimentio… you're crying?"
"No, no I just have something in my eye."
"That's the lamest excuse in the book." Mimi said and hugged him. She than ran to join her friends in battle.
"This is getting rough! I'm running out of stamina!" Crash said as he threw more eggs at Grodus, all of which were ineffective. Koops was using his shell attacks, Vivian used her fire attacks, and Croco used everything in his bag; even Bowser and Jr. Troopa had some power left, but it was no use. Everything they did was useless.
"Is this all the strength the universe has to offer?! How pathetic! Wait a minute, where's the little girl?"
"I'm over here! And you know what, I'm going to hurt you! You… you… BIG MEANIE! Mimimimimimimi!" Mimi's head began to spin as she transformed into a monstrous spider-like form.
"What… what are you?!"
"I'm just a little girl!" Rubies pooped out of Mimi's head as she threw them at Grodus. He was able to create a force field with his staff that deflected all of her Rubies.
"GACK ACK ACK! It doesn't matter what you do, it's still useless!" Grodus used his staff to summon a lightning bolt that struck Mimi. However, it didn't hurt her new form.
"What is the meaning of this?!"
"Mimimimimimi! In this form, I'm invincible!" Dimentio had noticed something in the patterns of Grodus' attacks: his staff was always used.
"Mimi! Aim for the staff! It's the source of his powers!" Taking his advice, Mimi hurled a Ruby at the center of Grodus' staff and shattered it.
"No! You insolent child! I'll destroy you for-" Just than, a bright light shone in the from Grodus' broken staff and he was reverted to his regular self in one fell swoop.
"W-w-what? My powers, they're gone!"
"Alright than, I do believe I stood on the sidelines long enough." Dimentio snapped his fingers and made a box appear around Grodus.
"W-wait, you can't do this to me! I'm Lord Grodus!"
"No, you're just a coward. Well, I suppose all will be forgiven in the afterlife."
"NOOOOO!"
"Ciao!" Dimentio snapped his fingers one final time and made the box erupt with flames, destroying Grodus forever.
"W-w-what… is it over?" Jr. Troopa asked after getting up off of the ground.
"Yeah! Finally dudes! We did it! We did it!" Crash yelled.
"Bwar har har har! I knew I would win! Uh… I did win right?" Bowser asked while everyone laughed at the clueless expression on his face.
EPILOGUE
The Mushroom Kingdom citizens had been made aware that the crisis was over and, as a result, were able to return home. Everyone, the gang, Bowser, Dimentio and Jr. Troopa, had came back to Toad Town to say goodbye and go their separate ways. They were planning on burying Doopliss' body in the Creepy Steeple so his spirit would live on in his own home.
"So, I guess this is it than… you know… goodbye." Croco asked.
"Yeah, I guess so. But… Doopliss…" Mimi trailed off.
"Hey spider girl, catch." Bowser said. Mimi caught what he threw her and looked at it to see a shocking item in her hands.
"The Medallion of the Dead? Why are you giving it to me?"
"To bring back your boyfriend of course."
"Thank you so much!"
"Don't mention it. Now if you excuse me, my new apprentice and I have to go back to my castle." Jr. Troopa was so thrilled to hear Bowser say that.
"Apprentice?! Sweet! Well c'mon, let's go! I've got a lot of training to do!" He dragged Bowser back to one of Bowser's many castles and left Toad Town.
"Mimi do you mind handing me the Medallion?" Dimentio asked and Mimi gave it to him. He than brought it over Doopliss' dead body and almost immediately, Doopliss stood up and was bear hugged by Mimi.
"Oh my gosh, I'm so happy to see that you're alive! I thought I was never going to see you again and I-" She was cut off by Doopliss kissing her.
"I love you Mimi."
"I love you too." And they kissed again.
"Well, it looks like I should head back home. I've got things to do, places to go."
"You mean people to rob and cops to hide from?" Koops asked.
"Well uh… that's on a 'need to know' basis as in you don't need to know.You know, you kids really amazed me back there, your determination and bravery are things to be commended. Thanks for the ride guys, see you around." Croco walked away, probably heading back to Moleville.
"Yeah I guess me and Vivian should be heading back to my place in Petalburg. I'm pretty sure the town is worried about their mayor."
"Yeah I gue- wait… you want me to live with you?" Vivian asked astonished by what Koops had said.
"Of course Vivian, I love you and I want you to stay with me."
"Oh Koops, I love you too. Well guys, it looks like we have to leave, so goodbye."
"Bye guys, and Doopliss… take care of her."
"Same to you Koops. See you soon." Koops and Vivian walked back to Petalburg, turning to wave goodbye one final time before leaving.
"Well Freak-sheet, Mimi, I guess this is… goodbye… dudes…" Crash had tears falling down his cheeks.
"I'm going to miss you too Crash, but I promise, no matter how far away I am, I'll always visit. With Mimi around, I could even travel between dimensions in an instant so we can visit everyone at anytime. Okay Crash?" Doopliss said.
"Okay. And remember, next time we meet, we'll settle it in the ring... Doopliss."
"You can count on it... Champ." And so, Crash walked back to Glitzville and back to the Glitz Pit, leaving only Doopliss, Mimi, and Dimentio.
"Hey Doopliss, do you want to come back with me to Flipside?" Mimi asked.
"What… really?! That would be great!" Doopliss shouted.
"Well than it's settled, you're going to come with me to Flipside." Mimi said. She than approached Dimentio to say goodbye to him.
"So Dimentio, I guess this is goodbye than."
"Nope, I'm going with you to Flipside."
"What?!"
"Yep."
"B-but you tried to destroy it and all of the other worlds.""And it was a mistake that I will regret forever. And besides, no one knows it was me, they all think it was the Count anyway."
"That's kind of harsh to use that for your own gain isn't it?" Doopliss asked.
"I suppose."
"And you know O'Chunks and Nastasia are going to beat you brutally right?"
"Oh you'll help me convince them otherwise."
"I guess I have to."
"Do you really think they'll let me stay with them again?"
"Deep down Dimentio, I'm pretty sure they miss you too… and after beating you to a pulp… I'm sure they'll forgive you. We'll all be one happy family again with Doopliss too. And I can finally get my old room back."
"So can I." Dimentio said.
"This is going to be sweet! I can't wait!" Doopliss yelled. And so, The three of them headed to Flipside. In the distance you could hear Doopliss talking.
"So what's the scariest place over there anyway?"
"I do believe that is the Underwhere."
"Cool! Do you think we could go sometime?"
"Golly, I don't think you would want to go there."
Back at Mario's House, Luigi was watching a breaking news story on how the Kingdom was saved by Doopliss and the gang, when suddenly his door opened to reveal Mario.
"So, what did I miss while I was gone?" Luigi fainted right on the spot.