Brighton: Queen Sunstar does not own anything regarding the Mario brothers except the story unfolding below and a few of the characters like Solance.
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Chapter Six: Onward to Nimbus Land!
King Lowser was mad. Grodus had been defeated, by weaklings, no doubt. He stormed up to the tower room where Twila was being held captive.
Twila managed to get herself back under control. She picked at the now cold plate of food, and ignored it, again. She heard Lowser's heavy footsteps coming up the stairs. She turned to the door, and waited. Lowser burst through, angry about something.
"Lowser, why did you capture me for? You know that my power will weaken until the night of the new…" Twila trailed off as realization hit.
"On the night you are the weakest, I can force you open, and release the Shadow Moon, Lunessa, who will reawaken the dreaded Nightmare Star, and the Dark Lord, my master himself, will rise and become this worlds sun!" Lowser rumbled.
"You wouldn't! Waluigi almost destroyed you that one time, and I am sure he won't hesitate to send you back into the spirit world where you belong! You creep!" Twila screamed.
"Waluigi won't be coming, Twila. He died fighting me!" Lowser growled.
"Here's a news flash! Brighton and Eldstar made Waluigi an Immortal! You won't be able to kill him this time around!" Twila cried.
"What? I will level the entire world for that!" Lowser roared, flying out the window. He blew fire down on the world below, blackening the landscape. Solance saw, and chose to fight back. The battle lasted for a few minutes, but Solance managed to force Lowser into a retreat.
Twila watched from the tower window, and thought. She was a living portal between the spirit world and the living world. Has she went through the lunar phases, her power would weaken down to the two day no moon, and strengthen until the two night full moon, when her power reached its max point. While there was no moon, she could be forced to go portal.
"I will fight it for as long as I can." She decided.
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"You are back!" Prince Peasley said, waving from the front rampart.
"We have the Shadow Key! Wait until you hear who we fought to get it!" Luigi called.
Five minutes later, they were sitting out in the gazebo, eating dinner as they talked, much to Wario's joy.
"Food!" Wario cried, digging in.
"Lowser sent Grodus after us." Mario said, chewing on a forkful of spaghetti.
Waluigi looked up from his lasagna and nodded.
"It was a good thing I am already dead." He said, "And Wario, where are your table manners?"
"I foogoo to ack dem." Wario mumbled around a huge mouthful of spaghetti.
"Wario, chew and swallow, and don't talk with your mouth full." Waluigi scolded gently.
"Sorry, I said I forgot to pack them." Wario said, after swallowing.
"Aww, the big fat turkey is a slop!" Luigi snickered.
"Hey! When I get hungry, I get really hungry! Greenie!" Wario snapped.
"Weegee," Mario warned.
"I was only pointing out the oblivious!" Luigi cried.
"You are already dead?" Peasley asked, confused.
"Five years ago, Lowser threatened the safety of Eldstars Haven, and I was call to battle. I injured Lowser pretty badly, but he managed to kill me in the process of going to the spirit world. I woke up in the spirit world, and my battle continued with Lowser there. He lost the battle, and it was Brightons voice that guided me back to the living world. Eldstar gave me my body back, but as a side effect, I retained the ability to ghost travel, and to go invisible at will." Waluigi explained.
"I see, basically you are a ghost with a solid form." Peasley said, understanding.
"Waluigi and I are going to talk about that tonight." Wario said.
"Wario, use your napkin." Waluigi said.
"The next place to go is Nimbus Land. We will need to travel through Stardust Fields to get back to Mushroom Kingdom, and then travel down through Bandits Way, cross Midas Falls, pass Tadpole Pond, and see what Frogfucius knows about the Shadow Keys, travel over Star Hill, through Booster pass, and up into Bean Valley, climb up the beanstalk into Nimbus Land, and we will find the next key." Luigi said, laying out the next part of the journey.
"Luigi, this is Bean Valley. It is now called Beanbean. You would want to travel up north to the Beanbean Valley forge, to get to Nimbus Land." Prince Peasley pointed out.
"Well, that will save about two weeks worth of traveling." Luigi said, putting the map away. Unknown to him, he had the map upside down. The sky got dark again.
"What the- Its Lowser!" Mario screamed.
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Lowser opened his mouth and blew fire down on the land below. Behind him, Solance cleared his throat.
"Lowser, instead of harming the land, turn your anger on me! You big, overstuffed excuse for a Bowser wanna-be!" Solance called.
Lowser heard, and turned.
"Prepare to die, solar boy!" Lowser made his first mistake of the battle.
"Nobody calls me solar boy and gets away with it! Double Fireball Ignite!" Solance attacked, releasing two fireballs, one from each hand, at Lowser. Both fireballs hit, and left smoking pits on Lowser's shell. Something was happening to Solance. Without him realizing it, his anger was transforming him into the formidable Summer Solstice. He realized this, and grinned.
"You will pay! Fire Breath!" Lowser turned up the heat. Summer Solstice felt the heat of the attack, and absorbed it.
"For the last time, I am a sun, which makes me impervious to fire, electricity, and other solar attacks. Try this one for size! Summer Solstice Deadly Blaze!" Summer Solstice released a deadly wave of fire, witch completely ravaged Lowser's shell. Lowser retreated, and Summer Solstice reverted back to Solance.
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"Amazing… I didn't know Solance had that kind of power in him!" Luigi breathed.
"Summer Solstice is much like a weaker version of Brightnova, Brightons evolved form. I thought Solance needed Brighton to help him evolve. Apparently, solar boy, has the same effect." Waluigi explained. From overhead, they heard Solance.
"I heard that! I am shining right over your heads, you know!" He screamed.
"Sorry! I was only explaining your evolved form to my brothers, and the Prince." Waluigi answered.
The next morning, bright and early, by the light of Brightstar, Brightons back up sun, they started out toward the Beanbean Valley Forge. Little did they know, something of pure evil was beginning to awaken.
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Queen Sunstar: That is all for chapter six. I will be taking a three day break due to Halloween coming up, and the fact my cast on my left wrist is going to be removed on Wednesday. It could be late Thursday, early Friday, by the time I update again. I am not dropping the story, just taking a little break. I will be back to finish it, I promise! I don't break promises!
Brighton: I will make sure she finishes the story!
Twila: What are you doing down here at the bottom of the chapter? You are supposed to be the disclaimer!
Brighton: I got bored, being up there by myself!
Queen Sunstar: Get back to your post, Brighton! Twila, we are waiting.
Twila: I know, dear. Don't forget to review, now!