Brighton: Chapter eleven is here. Like before, Queen Sunstar does not own anything regarding the Mario Bros, just the story, and some of the characters like Solance.
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Chapter 11: Big Rescue
Solance relieved Brightstar at noon over Beanbean. The dark patch of ground stood out like an ugly scar, running along the base of Mount Hoo. Solance sighed. He hoped Waluigi, Wario, Mario, and Luigi would save Twila so she could go save Brighton.
'Only Brighton can save us from Lowser. What if the boys are too late to save Twila? Stars! I can't think like this! The boys will save Twila!' Solance thought.
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Twila heard footsteps coming up the stairs. She turned toward the door. Lowser entered the room.
"I still have power, Lowser, enough to defy you with!" Twila replied.
"Tomorrow night, you will go portal, whether you want to or not!" Lowser snarled.
"I am sure that Waluigi is coming. He will make sure you are dead this time." Twila stared directly into Lowser's eyes.
"He will not find you." Lowser continued. He turned and left.
Twila ran to the window, and watched as the surrounding black land vanished.
"No, he's put up a cloak around the fortress." She cried.
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The star road was beautiful. Rainbow light reflected off the tiles. There was a star shaped tile every five miles with the name of a star spirit on it. The seven star tiles were laid in the order of the sky legion, with Eldstar first, and Kalmar last. The brothers spent a night on the star tile with the name, Mamar, written on it.
"Skolar's tile is the best one to sleep on because it is so warm." Wario said, rolling up his sleeping bag.
"If I remember correctly, it goes Eldstar, Misstar, Skolar, Muskular, Klevar, Mamar, and Kalmar." Waluigi said, standing with his pack slung onto his back. He led the way. Wario pulled out a clove of garlic, and thought about it.
"You have to think about eating now?" Luigi asked.
"I am not sure if I want breath that can wake the dead." Wario said.
"Look! it's the gateway into the dark realm! Shadow Ridge is up ahead!" Waluigi cried.
They walked up to a black arch. Something red had been splattered over it. A face with glowing red eyes gleamed from the top of the arch.
"Is that blood?" Luigi asked, fighting to keep from gagging.
"It is. This is the gate guarded by Spectra. It opened once, a long time ago, but Solaris and Spectra worked as a team to close it. This blood belongs to Solaris. He bled to death, closing the portal. It is open again, and I hope Brighton is strong enough to close it. We must travel through it." Waluigi stepped through the arch first. Wario and Mario followed, and Mario reached out and pulled Luigi through the arch.
It was dark. There was no sunlight, starlight, or moonlight. There was a rotten egg smell in the air. The air was heavy, and hot. It was too dark to see anything. Mario lit his hand. His fireball cast a soft orange glow. Something was ahead, something big.
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Eldstar was pacing again. Fate stood by the big bay window, and watched Muskular and Skolar hard at work, keeping Brighton, who continued to sleep peacefully, suspended in SA. Eldstar stopped suddenly.
"Spectra!" Eldstar screamed, orbing out.
"Spectra? Oh god no, not the weapon beast leader! Eldstar! Get back here! Spectra is not himself! He will kill you!" Fate orbed after Eldstar.
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"Is that Spectra?" Wario asked.
The thing turned. Its body was golden, and a yellow topaz rested on its head. Its eyes opened, to show two glowing red orbs. Its mouth curved into an evil smile. A black mustache covered its top lip.
"I am Spectra, Staff of Eldstar, and your worst nightmare!" Spectra's voice was unusually deep.
"Spectra, you broke your vow to Eldstar?" Waluigi asked.
"Eldstar is nothing compared to my new user! I am stronger then I would ever be under Eldstar!" Spectra chuckled.
"I would like to challenge that, Spectra." A new voice said.
"Its Eldstar himself! I thought he never left his Haven!" Wario cried, recognizing Eldstars voice.
"So the old user comes… Challenge accepted! Prepare to die, old geezer!" Spectra cried.
"Who are you calling old? I may be old, but I'll never die! Haley's Squall!" Eldstar attacked the scepter with a mighty meteor storm.
"I can do one better. Shadowy Squall!" Spectra returned fire with a dark version of Eldstars attack. Both attacks hit with a terrible explosion. All four brothers screamed as the ground broke up under their feet.
"Wah! I'm too beautiful to die!" Wario wailed.
"Beautiful, you? You call your fat beautiful?" Luigi wailed back, trying in vain to keep his footing.
"What are you implying, string bean?" Wario asked.
"Would you two shut up and focus on staying alive?" Mario roared from nearby.
"He said I'm fat!" Wario cried.
"You are fat, you walking tub of lard! Move it!" Mario screamed back.
"WHAAT? WHY I OUTTA BEAM YOU FOR THAT!" Wario flew on top of Mario, and started punching him.
"Wario!" Waluigi screamed, "The ledge is too unstable to hold your weight!"
Fate orbed in, and orbed out to reappear on the ledge. He grabbed both Mario and Wario and orbed out to reappear up on the ledge.
"Both of you, stop! I am at my wits end with this world! Wario, land another punch, and I'll throw you off this ledge! it's a promise, too, and yes, I would dare! This world is way too unstable for this kind of fight! Wario! I don't care if Mario started it! I'll finish it! This is Raymore, a dark world, and Wario, that is it! If you don't want to die, stop trying to go after Mario!" Fate picked up Wario and dangled him over the edge. A stray attack hit right below Wario, who screamed like a girl.
"Now that they are separated, and Wario, squirm, and I will drop you. Raymore is the darkest of the dark worlds, where light can never shine. When I first created the infant universe, I discovered that I had one planet too many. That is why Earth is half dark world and half light world. Earths mother world is Aldamore, an old mother world. Its father world was Raymore, a middle aged dark world. Wario, I have had it with you!" Fate dropped Wario, "He is not falling, I am using my power to make him hover, maybe now he will learn not to tempt me. As I was saying, Earth was born half light world and half dark world. It can never go fully light, or fully dark for that mater, and yes, before anybody asks, I am the great creator. Earth is out of balance. It is up to Brighton to restore the balance." Fate finished, levitating Wario until he was eye level with him, "Will you be good?"
"Yes, Fate, I will be good." Wario said.
Fate set him down on the ledge. Eldstar started glowing.
"Spectra, I can implode and destroy everything!" Eldstar glowed brighter.
"Eldstar, you do realize if you destroy the Earth, you will upset the great balance! I won't let that happen! Star shield!" Spectra blazed gold, and formed a shield around Eldstar. Eldstar dimmed his glow.
"Spectra, are you back with me yet?" Eldstar asked.
"You didn't implode? Ooh… my aching head…. Why am I on Raymore of all places? Eldstar, did we fight?" Spectra asked, his eyes changed from red to blue.
"We did fight, and you performed an act of pure goodness by protecting the Earth from my implosion. I realized that an act of goodness would override what ever Lowser did to you. You must have came here in the haze that evil had over you." Eldstar said.
"The other weapon beasts have turned to Lowser, but I may be able to restore them. I will call them to me. Hamera! Excalibur! Bowis! Axmili! Come to me!" Spectra turned from his creator, and watched as the weapons came.
"Spectra, you called?" Hamera asked.
"Hamera, whose side are you on? All of you, tell me who you follow, now!" Spectra ordered.
"You, of course." Axmili said.
"No, are you good or evil?" Spectra tried again.
"Uhhhh, Evil?" Excalibur tried.
"No, do you follow Lowser, or Eldstar?" Spectra tried again.
"Eldstar, of course. We followed you here to try to break Lowser's hold on you. Speaking of which, I need a new string, thanks to you! I am supposed to curve! Do I? No!-" Bowis was interrupted by Axmili.
"Bowis, shut up already! You aren't the only one who took damage! My paint got scratched!" Axmili complained.
"You? Look at my shaft! I got chewed up! I am going to need a new shaft when this is over!" Hamera cried.
"You three, shut up! I am going to need to be rebuilt! Look at my hilt, and my blade! I am not supposed to bend!" Excalibur cried. Spectra stomped the ground, causing a small earthquake. The other four weapons turned.
"We will head back to Eldstars Haven, and get patched up by our creators. Eldstar, led the way. I am not fit to lead the weapons any longer, and I will take any punishment you see fit for turning evil." Spectra brought some order among the weapons.
"Spectra, you were forced against your will to turn evil. I will not punish you. I never punished Excalibur after he got corrupted by Smithy. You guys are not good, and not evil. You were designed to protect the portals while this world formed. Lets go back to my Haven." Eldstar orbed out.
"And that's that. I am going to stabilize Raymore while I still can." Fate raised the staff of knowledge, and white light shot forward. The quaking stopped, and Raymore stabilized.
"Fate, take Brightons Sunstone and make sure he has it. He will need it in his upcoming battle." Luigi said, handing the creator the Sunstone.
"Go get the last key, and save Twila!" Fate called, orbing out.
"So those were the weapon beasts. There is the fortress over there, on Shadow Ridge. Lets go." Luigi said.
"I hate to burst you bubble, string bean, but there is no way to get there. The distance between here and there is too wide to jump, even for Mario." Wario pointed out.
"Not a problem. Gather around me, and I will ghost us over." Waluigi said.
Wario, Mario, and Luigi gathered around Waluigi. They each reached out, and touched him. Waluigi closed his eyes, and focused on the distant ledge. They felt their feet leave the ground, and had a sensation of flying. Seconds later, they were standing on the ledge.
"So that is ghost traveling." Mario said.
"Yes, it has been a while since I ghosted more then just myself." Waluigi said, "Lets get moving."
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Lowser held the last shadow key. He wanted to crush it, to blow fire and melt it, how he hated the very site of the key! It was the seven keys that played a big part in locking him away before, in that place. He thought of Brighton, who had been the one who locked him away after joining forces with Starstone. He thought of their battle, and the satisfaction he had felt, watching the Sun plummet from his sky.
"If I was able to defeat the main sun, how come Summer Solstice was able to force me out of the sky? He did a number on my battle shell!" Lowser stood, as a dry bones clattered into the room, falling apart at Lowser's feet.
"Yes?" Lowser made a mental note to make sure there were no dry bones, or dry Bowsers in his army.
The head moved.
"Lowser, Sire, the moon is gone from the sky. Twila should be at her weakest now." The head said.
"Good, I am about to go get her and bring her to the court yard where she will go portal." Lowser lumbered off, wings folded at his sides.
"Lowser, Sire! You wouldn't mind putting me back together first?" the Dry Bones asked. His answer was a kick to his tail bones.
The Dry Bones head nudged his torso upright, then reattached his bones. Sadly, he didn't put himself back together right, and walked out to join the rest of the Dry Bones on his hands. His arms and legs were switched, his legs were where his arms were supposed to be. His head was down where his tail bones were supposed to go, and his tail bones were where his head should be. When he nudged his torso upright, he didn't realize it was upside down.
Twila heard Lowser long before she saw him. The door swung open, and Lowser entered.
"Twila, it is time to go portal, and herald in a new time, the time of Dark Lord Solarflare!" Lowser growled, using his dark magic to bind Twila's wrists together. He dragged the helpless Moon along behind him.
Twila went willingly. She centered her thoughts on Brighton, and focused on nothing else but the wounded Sun. They arrived at the courtyard. Twila noticed that one Dry Bones was jumping up and down on his hands, and clapping with his feet. She refocused on Brighton.
"It is time to call Dark Lady Lunessa home! This Moon will do more then become a portal! She will become the body of the Dark Moon! It shall begin now!" Lowser began to chant, "Fulmen nox noctis cento-onis adfero flamma, fulmen bicornis abscindo adligo!"
Twila focused with all her might on Brighton. She remembered her marriage to the Sun, the birth of their four sons, Waluigi, Wario, Mario, and Luigi, The anguish of having to send three of their sons down to Earth, the pain of being separated from Brighton during the Sky War against Nimbus Land, memories, each more painful then the last flashed before Twila's mind. She fought back, replacing each sad memory with a happy one, like Waluigi's first steps, Brighton and baby Waluigi on the floor, playing together, ten year old Waluigi and his first pet, a baby fairy yoshi playing outside under Brightons supervision, and eighteen year old Waluigi leaving to find his missing brothers. She felt a sudden power surge, and knew where it came from.
At the same moment, Waluigi, Wario, Mario, and Luigi burst through the front gate.
"Lowser, let her go!" Luigi screamed, going solar.
"Dry bones, attack them!" Lowser screamed.
"Its time for a Tsunami Wave!" Waluigi sent forth a huge wave of water that caused Dry Bones left and right to die as the pure water hit them.
"Celestial Thunder Rage!" Luigi, after becoming Brightsun, attacked Lowser.
Mario freed Twila from the shadow binds around her wrists by blasting them one with a fireball. Wario joined Brightsun and heaved rocks at Lowser, stunning the evil Koopa.
"Waluigi! Get the shadow key, and meet us outside!" Mario screamed, running for the gate with Twila beside him. Waluigi ghosted over to the still knocked out Lowser, and ghosted away with the final key. Brightsun took Wario, and flamed out with him in tow. They met up outside the gate.
"Twila, are you okay?" Mario asked.
"I am fine. We need to go to Eldstars Haven, so I can save Brighton. I hope we are not too late." Twila said.
"I can flame us there." Brightsun said, "Gather around me."
Everyone gathered around the young Sun, and a warm sensation filled them. Flames obscured their eyes, and seconds later, they appeared inside the main room of Eldstars Haven. Twila ran to the window. Eldstar and Spectra replaced Skolar and Mamar in keeping Brighton in SA. She tapped the glass, and Eldstar looked up. He only shook his head sadly at her, and lifted the golden bubble. Spectra carefully floated Brighton over to a white table, and turned away from Twila.
"No, I was too late to save Brighton!" She screamed. Her world spun, and darkness fell like a blanket over her body.
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Queen Sunstar: And Chapter eleven ends. Chapter Twelve, the Final Battle, is next! No spoilers this time! Am I evil?
Twila: You are totally evil.
Brighton: You didn't just kill me, right?
Queen Sunstar: you are going to have to wait like everyone else. The next update will take place next week. Until then, see ya'll later!
Twila: I am in shock.
Brighton: Don't forget to review, now!
Twila: Hey! that's my line! You are supposed to stay at the top of the chapter!
Brighton: I got bored up there!
Twila: (Rolling her eyes) get back up there, now! Don't forget- Aww to heck with it. Just review!