Okay, before we start, I'm sure that you guys are(probably)wondering "Why haven't you made a new chapter?" Or "Are you dead?" And to answer those questions, no. I'm not dead. And the reason why I haven't made a new chapter in a while, is because I have a lot going on lately, and I figured that I could use a short break from the story. But I'm back now, and that's all that really matters. So, without further ado, I hope that you enjoy this next chapter, and it makes up for the shortage of chapters.
Deep underneath Ponyville...
"So, you mean to tell me that Mario saved a wedding, foiled the Shadow Assistant project, and helped show up some wannabe magician, while in the middle of it all, you got your butt handed back to you on a silver platter?" Asked Bowser as he was pacing around, waiting for an answer from Bowser Jr., who was looking down in shame as he said "Yes."
Bowser then stopped pacing as he put his hand on his chin. "It's worse than I thought..." Said Bowser as he turned around. "What's worse than you thought?" Asked Jr., knowing that there was a good chance that Bowser would yell at him for asking, but surprisingly, he didn't. In fact, he kept his cool while he talked to his son.
"Our plans son, our plans. They've been getting worse and worse while Mario and his annoying pony friends are getting better and better at finding ways to ruin them! But this time, oh, this time, I might have a plan that would top them all." Said Bowser as he got an evil grin on his face.
"Uh, what plan is that, Papa?" Asked Jr. as Bowser picked him up. "This plan son, involves an old friend...one that Mario is all too familiar with." Said Bowser as he started to laugh. "Son, I need you to go and-" Bowser then whispered what he wanted Bowser Jr. to do, and when he heard it, he also got a grin on his face. Then they both started to laugh evilly, knowing that this plan of their's was going to work.
Later on at some random restaurant...
"Wow, Mario! And you saved the Mushroom Kingdom by dancing?" Asked Twilight as Mario got out of his seat, and said "Yep!" Then he started to break dance in public as Pinkie suddenly pulled out a boombox, and started to play some appropriate music to fit the mood and attract some attention as Mario spun around on his head for a while, causing some other ponies who were walking by to crowd around Mario as they cheered him on.
Mario then curled up into a ball as he spun around on his butt for a few seconds, then stopped as he started to swing his legs around. After doing this for a few seconds, Mario stopped and did a handstand with one hand, then backflipped on his two feet as he held his arms up, athlete style. The crowd went ballistic over this as the music ended, and Mario took a few bows before the crowd walked away, amazed at what they just saw.
Mario then sat back in his seat as he leaned back in the chair. "So, what did you think?" Asked Mario as he looked at the Mane 6 and Spike for their opinions, but the looks on the for faces said it all. Their jaws dropped as they stared at Mario in disbelief. After a while, Mario started to get irritated.
"Okay, work with me here. That's not telling me anything." Rainbow Dash was the first to speak. "Exactly. There's just nothing to say about what you just did." "So, in other words, you're speechless." Said Mario as he smiled at them. "Uh-huh." Said everyone as they came back to reality.
Mario chuckled for a little bit before he went back to drinking his lemonade that was there. As he was drinking, they were all commenting about Mario's athleticism, and how awesome his performance was, but suddenly got cut short when the ground started to rumble, then it stopped.
"What was that?" Asked Rarity as everyone looked around. "Earthquake?" Asked Twilight. "No, I doubt it. We rarely get earthquakes here." Said Applejack. "Well, my guess would either be Shadow Mario, or something terraforming, but I doubt that would be happening." Said Mario. "Well what are we doing sitting here playing the guessing game? Let's go find out what it was!" Said Rainbow Dash as everyone agreed, and with F.L.U.D.D.'s help, tracked down the source of the rumbling.
When our heroes tracked it down, they looked all around for a clue of some sorts that would give them an idea of what caused it. They looked all over, but couldn't find anything, as if it was just something to distract them. "OK, so, does anyone have an idea of what caused that rumbling?" Asked Mario.
But before anyone could answer, they all heard someone say "I do!" They all looked over in the distance to see a giant round figure that Mario was way too familiar with. "King Bob-omb?!" Said Mario in shock. "You know this guy?" Asked Rainbow as everyone looked at Mario. "Yeah. His name is King Bob-omb, and obviously, he's the leader of the-" Said Mario before he was cut off by Pinkie. "Bowling balls?" Mario had to laugh at that. "No, Pinkie, he's not the leader of bowling balls, although it does look like he should be, shouldn't it? Anyways, he's the leader of the Bob-ombs, walking bombs with eyes." Said Mario as King Bob-omb walked towards them.
"Well well, if it isn't my old pal, Mario. You look like you've put on a couple of pounds over the years!" Said King Bob-omb in a attempt to try and taunt Mario, but Mario rebutted by saying to himself "I could say the same thing about your Mom..." King Bob-omb then heard Mario mumble to himself, and said "What?" "Nothing!" Replied Mario, trying to act innocent. "Oh well. Talk is cheap. Minions, attack!" Yelled King Bob-omb as the ground started to rumble behind him, and out of the ground came some Bob-ombs who started to scatter themselves around Ponyville, and blow up.
Our heroes had split up to try and take out the Bob-ombs, but every time the stopped one, another one was blowing up somewhere else, making the job way harder than it needed to be.
Eventually, they all met back up and fell to the ground, exhausted from trying to get rid of the Bob-ombs. "This is really annoying!" Complained Rainbow Dash. Mario then looked up at her. "You're telling me! I had to deal with these guys before, and I still have my occasional run-ins with them!" Mario said as he turned around on his back, and closed his eyes. "Hey! That's a great idea, Mario! I think I'll do it too!" Said Pinkie as she went to sleep. "I'm not trying to take a nap. I'm coming up with a plan." Said Mario as he thought about three things.
First, he thought about how Rainbow had the ability to fly, thanks to her wings. Then he thought about F.L.U.D.D. and how he could spray water. Lastly, he thought about the Mario Tornado, and mixed all three thoughts together and got a plan.
Mario opened his eyes afterwards with a smirk on his face. Then he took off his regular Cap and out on the Wing Cap. "What are you doing?" Asked Spike as Mario triple jumped into the air. "I have a plan, I'll be right back." Then he flew into the air.
Soon, Mario was high above Ponyville, and then he spun around like a tornado, while F.L.U.D.D. sprayed water all over the place like a water sprinkler. The water then shorted out the Bob-ombs wicks as they stopped moving. King Bob-omb, who saw the whole thing on top of a house, became furious. "No! My precious Bob-ombs!"
Then Fluttershy led the Bob-ombs all the way to the ocean, where they fell down and disappeared, deep into the dark abyss of the ocean. Mario landed where the ponies were, and they started to celebrate on a job well done, until King Bob-omb interrupted them. "MARIO!" Yelled out the King as he jumped from the house, causing the ground to rumble for a little bit. This caused Pinkie to wake up from her short nap. "What did I miss?" She asked. Twilight then answered. "Not much."
King Bob-omb then pointed at Mario while he talked. "You have ruined my plans for the last time, Mario! Now you die!" King Bob-omb then jumped at Mario, in a attempt to try and crush him, but Mario everyone jumped away from him. Mario then started to run circles around King Bob-omb to get him dizzy, and it worked. The King fell on his butt as he tried to get the stars away from him, but it didn't work. Mario picked up King Bob-omb, and threw him on his back.
King Bob-omb, now enraged, said "Do you really think that some ponies are going to beat me? Pathetic!" Pinkie then took out her party cannon as she shot King Bob-omb from behind. "Is this pathetic?!" Yelled Pinkie as she suddenly put on an army hat. "Why, yes, actually." Said King Bob-omb as he walked towards her.
Mario, who saw this yelled out "Great distraction, Pinkie!" Then he ran behind King Bob-omb and picked him up, then threw him once again. King Bob-omb then became infuriated as he jumped up onto the edge of a building with his back turned towards the heroes. Mario then wall jumped onto a house and ran over to King Bob-omb, who was laughing at Mario. "You won't be able to throw me this time, Mario! You and your little friends have failed!" Then he laughed again.
Mario took notice that King Bob-omb was standing on a ledge, so he sprayed him with water, causing King Bob-omb to back up, then he fell to his inevitable doom. "Curse you Mario!" Were the King's last words before he fell to the ground, and blew up.
Mario, after seeing the destruction of one of his longtime foes, flipped off of the building as he was greeted with compliments. "Wow, Mario. I never knew that you were that strong!" Said Rarity. "Yeah. It's all in the wrist." Said Mario as he started moving his wrist up and down. "Speaking of wrists, why does it feel like something's missing?" Asked Mario as he thought about the recent events.
"Something like what?" Asked Twilight. "I don't know. I mean I beat the bad guy, and saved the day, so shouldn't something happen by now?" Before anyone could answer the question, a wave of paint flew over their heads, and they looked at the person who did it: Shadow Mario.
"Of course! The Shadow Mario chase. You guys stay here. I'll take on Shadow Mario." Said Mario as he went after his shadow clone. After a while of chasing him down and shooting him with water, Shadow Mario tripped and fell to the ground. "This isn't the last you've seen of me! I'll be back, Mario!" And with that, Shadow Mario disappeared.
Afterwards, Mario went back to the ponies as they were wondering what to do with the rest of the day. As they were talking it over, Spike saw a Bob-omb which was forgotten by the heroes, and it had it's eyes closed, as if it were sleeping. Spike then figured that he could take care of it on his own, so he walked up to it, and blew flames at it, causing it's wick to burn away, and it's eyes to open.
The Bob-omb then walked over to our heroes, and caught their attention. As they saw it, an exclamation mark appeared above their heads, and they tried to run away, but before they could turn around, the Bob-omb exploded as they went flying into the air, then an announcer said "Super Smash Brothers...MELEE!" Then they landed on their backs as Mario said "We shall never speak of this again." "Agreed." Said everyone as they got up and walked away.