Queen Sunstar: I am back with a new chapter of Brotherhood!
Brighton: Queen Sunstar doesn't own anything regarding the Mario Bros, just the story, and some of the characters like Solance. Queen Sunstar, what are you doing up here at the top of the chapter with me?
Queen Sunstar: I got excited because I finished another chapter of the story.
Brighton: Do I get saved yet?
Queen Sunstar: You will be saved in the exciting finale, chapter twelve.
Brighton: Alright! Now I know for a fact that I do get saved!
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Chapter Ten: Revelations
"Brightsun, you and the army are back so soon?" A Shy Away (Super Mario RPG) asked. His name tag read Shalom. Brightsun noticed that there was Braille on top of the letters.
"Yes, there wasn't much we could do, except drive the Dark One out of Koopalin. I want the army to be ready to deploy at a moments notice. He will be back, Shalom" Brightsun answered.
"It will be done, Your Grace." Shalom replied, bowing respectfully.
Brightsun groaned inwardly to himself. He knew he was going to have to get used to being treated like a royal.
"I wonder if I could go see Daisy. I miss her so much right now." Brightsun thought out loud.
"Brightsun, I am afraid to tell you this, but because you are a sun, now, Your love to Daisy can never happen. You belong in the sky, she belongs to the ground. You can never have her." Shalom said.
"What? No Daisy? But-" Brightsun was interrupted.
"Enough of this talk of Daisy. You have maters of importance to attend to in the office." Shalom ordered.
"Yes, Shalom." Brightsun walked up to the third floor of Clockwork Castle and entered the large office. It took his breath away. A huge bay window dominated one wall, bookshelves lined the other two walls. Computer screens showing various parts of Skyland covered the final wall. A large desk and chair sat in the center of the room. Clouds floated lazily by the window. The walls were dark wood paneled, and the floor was wooden, the ceiling was white. On the desk, a computer sat in front of a keyboard, and a stack of papers sat next to it. Brightsun sat down at the desk. Shalom brought in a short stack of papers, and set them down in front of Brightsun.
"Sign or veto these bills, sir." Shalom said.
Brightsun got busy. After a while, he grew bored. He looked over to the computer and its keyboard, and noticed something strange about it. Its keys showed the Braille alphabet on top of the actual letters. Brightsun thought back to the last party here at Clockwork Castle, and remembered that a shy guy had handed Brighton a piece of paper. Everyone had been shocked to watch as Brighton pulled out a pair of reading glass and quickly read through the papers contents.
FLASHBACK
"What?" Brighton turned back to the Mario bros and the princesses.
"You use reading glasses?" Daisy asked.
"Yes, but only to read." Brighton answered.
"I didn't know that." Daisy said.
The party had continued until Twila came in holding a small case
"Brighton, I am thrilled to know your contacts case can see." She said.
"Those are my spares! Honest!" Brighton said.
"And why don't I believe you?" Twila asked.
"You never do." Brighton answered.
"If you actually wear them once in a while, it would be amazing! Now put them on, before I do it for you!" Twila said.
END FLASHBACK
Brightsun shook his head to clear it, and went back to work. Minutes later, he finished signing in the last bill. Shalom came in.
"Good, you are finished, Brightsun. Your main duty to Skyland is over." Shalom said.
"What does Brighton do to run Skyland?" Brightsun asked.
"He signs bills into laws, he can veto certain bills, In court, he presides over cases that threaten national security, He shines as the main sun in the sky every other day, He also must listen to the three houses of the Parliament and act according to their decisions. The Parliament has three different houses, the House of the Sun, the House of the Moon, and the House of the Sky. The House of the Sky is of the people of Skyland, the House of the Sun is made up of representatives from Skylands seven regions, and is the smallest House, and the House of the Moon, our newest addition, has representatives from all fifty districts of Skyland. The House of the Sky is the largest of the three Houses with exactly 135 members, the House of the Moon has 100 members, and the House of the Sun has 35 members. Twila is the head of the House of the Moon and has the power to break ties, and step in for Brighton if necessary. Brightstar is the head of the House of the Sky, and is Brightons back up sun in the sky.
Brighton is the Head of the House of the Sun and is the Ruler of Skyland. You are the heir to the throne, so you will need to know this." Shalom answered.
"I knew there was more then meets the eye about ruling a country!" Brightsun stood, and walked to the window.
Below him, a large town spread out from the Castle gates. Blue skies surrounded the town.
"The town is called Solarsky." Shalom said.
"I wonder how my brothers are doing." Brightsun replied a few minutes later.
"I was instructed in a dream sent by Starstone herself to give you this shadow key, and this egg. The egg contains your partner." Shalom said, handing over the egg and shadow key. Brightsun reverted back to Luigi, and glowed briefly.
"What happened?" Luigi asked.
"You got more powerful. You can use celestial thunder rage in human form now." Shalom answered, "And here come your brothers."
Luigi ran out to meet them.
"Weegee! Or should-a I say your majesty?" Mario asked.
"Call me by name when I am in human form, and by royal title when I am in sun form." Luigi answered.
"Dude, are ya going to rejoin us again?" Wario asked.
"I don't know." Luigi said.
"What is more important to you? Your family, or your country?" Waluigi asked, a hint of anger in his voice.
"I don't know if I can leave Skyland yet." Luigi said.
Brightstar flamed in behind them.
"Go with your brothers, Luigi. I will run Skyland until you return, or Brighton finally returns from Eldstars Haven. You have to hurry, now. Times running out for Brighton, and for Twila. In two days, she will be at the new moon phase, and be completely powerless." Brightstar said.
"You sure?" Luigi asked.
"I am sure." Brightstar said, "Go save your parents."
"We will, Brightstar, We will." Waluigi said.
The four brothers started off. They walked back to the Cloud Depot.
"Where to next?" Mario asked.
"Starworld." Luigi answered.
They stepped out on a large golden tile.
"I am not riding one of those things! I almost got killed last time I rode one of those things!" Wario cried.
"Okay, pompous bag, you can stay here, at the fire snake farm over there." Waluigi snickered.
Wario turned, and came face to face with a fire snake that had leaned out over its fence. Wario gulped nervously. The snake hissed, spitting out a steady stream of fire.
"WAIT FOR MEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!" Wario dove onto the tile.
"Now we can go up to Starworld." Waluigi said, hitting the correct code. Wario noticed that each number was printed twice, once in English, and once in Braille.
The tile had a metal fence around it. It moved slowly into a tube marked Starworld. A sign dropped in with Starworld printed in Braille. It went up as they entered the tube.
"What's with all the Braille?" Wario asked, "We are not blind."
"This is a new adaptation for those who can't see. Brighton can't see the way we can. To him, everything is white, with a splash of color here and there. He uses Braille to see." Waluigi explained.
"Are you saying that Brighton is blind?" Mario asked.
"Legally, he is blind. He can see a little bit." Waluigi said.
"Remember that party a few months ago? Brighton was using reading glasses to read a note a shy guy messenger gave him, and a short while after that, Twila handed him his contacts and told him to wear them." Luigi said, trying not to get scared because it had gotten dark inside the tube. He didn't have to worry, because the tile started to glow.
"Brighton only wears the contacts because they give the impression of pupils in his eyes. If you notice, he does not have pupils, like we do. Twila can see pretty well." Waluigi continued.
The tile started to slow, and soon burst forth into brilliant starlight. It stopped at the Starworld Depot. They climbed off the tile, and walked into Starworld. Right away, they could tell that something was wrong, horribly wrong. Broken lamp posts jutted out of the ground like silent sentries to some great catastrophe. Nothing moved. A rotten egg smell hung heavily in the air. Fires tinted the starry sky pink.
"Oh no… not Starworld!" Waluigi cried out.
"Lowser did this just like in Beanbean! I am going solar so I can levitate and see if I can see anything!" Luigi focused on the Sunstone, and transformed into Brightsun. He levitated up over the ruins, and stared out at the destruction.
"Anything?" Waluigi asked, worry reflected in his eyes.
"There is a crater, and two unmoving forms next to it. One of them is human, and one of them is a yellow Yoshi." Brightsun called down.
Waluigi took off, it was all Brightsun could do to stay ahead of him. He dove down to skim the ground, almost making Waluigi trip over him. He landed inside the crater, and transformed back to Luigi. Waluigi skidded to a stop next to the human, a woman. The woman had long dark hair, and wore a dark blue dress. The dress was in the same style as the ones Peach wore. Luigi recognized her as Violet, the human guardian of Starworld. Luigi turned to the yellow Yoshi, and recognized it as Sandbar, Sandstones brother. Sandbar was darker and heavier then Sandstone, and had green boots and green spikes running down his back. His saddle was purple, showing that he was the favored mount of the guardian.
"Violet, can you hear me?" Waluigi asked. The woman stirred.
"Wally, I am fine. Sandbar, my poor baby!" Violet sat up and crawled over to the Yoshi. Relief showed on Waluigi's face. Wario snickered.
"Aww, Wally's got a lover!" Wario chortled.
"Wario, drop it! Just drop it!" Waluigi cried.
"Sandbar? Can you hear me, my baby?" Violet tried to rouse the fallen Yoshi to no avail.
Mario felt along the Yoshi's long neck, and felt bone where there should not be bone. He felt Sandbar jerk as his hand ran by the broken area of his neck.
"Did somebody remember to by a few cans of Able juice while shopping for supplies in Skyland?" Mario turned to Wario and Waluigi. They both looked at one another.
"I thought Wario picked some up." Waluigi said.
"I thought Waluigi picked some up." Wario said.
"You idiots!" Mario glared at them.
"Since Brighton can heal, I wonder if in solar mode if I can heal." Luigi said, putting a stop to the argument. He went solar, and to his surprise, healed Sandbars broken neck. He devolved.
"Sandbar?" Violet asked.
"Hmm… what happened, Violet?" Sandbar asked, climbing to his feet.
"Lowser attacked, love. We tried to hold him off, but he defeated us." Violet stroked the Yoshi's nose.
"Do you still have the shadow key?" Waluigi asked.
"Lowser took it." Violet said.
"We need to go to Shadow Ridge, and reclaim the key." Mario said.
"Take the star road and turn off at Ztarry Way to get to Shadow Ridge." Violet said.
"Be careful! Lowser has the five weapon beasts under his command!" Sandbar said.
Waluigi sweat dropped.
"Not Excalibur, Hamera, Bowis, Axmili, or Spectra. They broke their vows, and are now working for Lowser." He whispered.
"Uh, Waluigi, would you run that by us again in simpler terms?" Wario asked.
"Long ago, Five mighty weapon beasts were forged by the ancient stars to help protect this world. The beasts swore to never to go evil, and promised to protect the world by guarding the five portal ways into other planes of this world. They were a sword named Excalibur, a hammer named Hamera, a battle axe named Axmili, a bow named Bowis, and their leader, a powerful scepter named Spectra." Waluigi looked like he might be sick, "In order to turn them back to the light, their creators will have to challenge them directly."
"This just keeps getting worse and worse. If it comes to it, we can meet them in battle, and win, right?" Mario asked.
"We can try, but I doubt we will win." Waluigi said.
The four brothers said good bye to Violet, and walked down the Star Road.
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Queen Sunstar: Chapter ten is done! Next chapter, Big Rescue, is next. In this chapter, the boys find the last shadow key, but can they get to Twila in time before Lowser forces her to go portal? that's up next. Grodus was supposed to make an appearance this chapter, but I thought that introducing Violet and Sandbar, plus the discovery about the Weapon Beasts, which you will learn more about next chapter, would be enough.
Twila: Chapter twelve is going to be the last chapter, folks! You can read more about us in Conquering the Darkness, and A Hero's Farwell. Please review! Reviews make our day! Don't be afraid to leave a Review, now! Queen Sunstar promises to answer every review she gets, good or bad! If you want to flame her story, go right on ahead! Reviews tell us you love us!