"We have arrived at the Insert-food-product-here Continent" said Flapjack to his passengers "your destination should be a mile away from here."
The group of adventurers marched their way to Grimble Forest. As they got to the outer rim of the woods, a gate blocked their path, and it's gatekeeper was familiar to Luigi.
The gatekeeper said "I am Merlon, and you are not allowed to visit the Rapturous Ruins."
"Merlon, you have to let me in, it's me Luigi!" the plumber shouted "and why are you here? I thought you were an oracle at the Waffle Kingdom."
"Oracle? You mean THAT Merlon? Pfffh, I look nothing like him!"
"Well it's kind of hard to tell if your different when you both have the same name and hoods covering your faces" Luigi muttered.
"First I get the wrong mail and now this" Merlon sighed "anyways, why do you wish to go to the ruins?"
"Because we need to find a compass piece and possibly mustachio's future wife" Blooey answered.
"Yeah" said Luigi "my future- WHAT?!"
"Don't bother hiding it" Torque spoke "we know all about your crush on Éclair. We heard it in your sleep, kissing noises and all."
"Éclair, as in Princess Éclair?" the cloaked man said in surprise "if it is to save the royal blood of the Waffle Kingdom, you shall pass. Just beware of the Grimble Forest's wildlife."
However, Merlon forgot to mention the wildlife were THE LIVING DEAD! After a couple minutes of fighting and fleeing, the gang made it through the forest.
After prying off a Dry Bone's skull off his rear end, Luigi pointed and said "there's the Rapturous Ruins!"
Luigi spoke the truth. Inside the large forest was a domed building. The group opened the entrance and were surprised when the entire interior was nothing but pure white. The place looked like a vast void, and they might have believe there were no walls until Hayzee ran into one. They then just went forward, as going anywhere else lead straight to a practically-invisible wall. After what felt like forever, they felt a door. Pushing the completely white door, Luigi and his friends entered another white place with a boy wearing old-looking rags sleeping on the floor. Curious how this child got here, Luigi walked to the kid.
"Halt, he who wears green!" something shouted.
The plumber screamed as a strange creature appeared. It's pale body consisted of only an onion-shaped head and feet, with pink pupil-less eyes and a pointy nose.
"W-who are you?!" Luigi asked the strange being.
The creature spoke "I am the watcher of these ruins. I have no real name, but you may call me 'Screamey'. And if you wish to wonder who this child is, he is Cranberry."
"So, uh, Screamey, do you think you could wake… Cranberry up?" Luigi wondered.
"I would if I could, but alas Cranberry is enchanted by a curse that makes him sleep forever. He will only wake for a child of fate."
"Wait a minute" the Blooper piped in "so this kid won't wake up from anything?"
"Besides the child of fate, yes."
Blooey went and whispered to the red Bob-omb. Jerry walked up to Cranberry and exploded! Covered in ash, the boy still slept.
"Cool!" Torque shouted "let me try!"
The Buzzy Beetle bounced on the child's head repeatedly. Cranberry still snoozed on.
"What do you think your doing, those who harm the boy?" Screamey yelled "Cranberry is not here for entertainment! HEY!"
The onion thing got extremely upset as Luigi's partners played volleyball with sleeping Cranberry as the ball itself. Meanwhile, Luigi decided to not be involved and went searching for the compass piece. It was very hard to find as the room was all white, and the Marvelous Compass seemed to be acting odd. All of a sudden, Luigi sneezed.
And Cranberry woke up.
"OH CRUD!" Torque screamed in surprise. Luigi's partners tried running away but crashed into a white wall.
The boy, uninterested why he was beaten up, stared at the man in green and smiled. "Welcome, child of fate" Cranberry said in another language. Oddly enough, everyone understood what he said.
"Uh, hi Cranberry" said Luigi, wondering how he knew what the boy said. "You wouldn't happen to know where a piece of a compass is would, you?"
The child says "Compass piece? If you are looking a compass piece then you have the Marvelous Compass! Are you aware of it's powers?"
"Err… no?"
"I see. If you wish to find the compass piece I will have to explain the history of the Marvelous Compass first."
Then Cranberry took the compass from Luigi and vanished. A few seconds after that, the ruins were changing. All around everyone, what was once white and silent nothingness soon morphed into a beautiful and noisy city. The buildings looked primitive yet artistic, and people that were the same species as Cranberry walked around wearing the same clothes the boy wore.
"What the heck is going on?" Luigi asked.
Screamey answered "this is Cranberry's explanation of the history of the compass."
"Couldn't he just tell the history himself?" Torque muttered.
Hayzee says "And not enjoy this wonderful show? Are you kidding?"
Luigi asked again "so… what is this place?"
"This is where the compass use to live in" replied Screamey "it is an image of what use to happen."
"An image, eh?" Blooey pondered. He walked into a building that appeared to be a women's hot springs, and was tossed out with slap marks all over him. "I thought images don't see you!"
"I apologize" Screamey said "I guess this world can interact with you. To make sure all goes well, I shall accompany you, he who has the compass."
Screamey joined Luigi's party! Screamey can scream loud enough to stun others and break glass!
The newest partner of the team led the others to the city's palace. Guards were stationed at the palace entrance, and the guards noticed the on-coming group.
One guard walked up to the gang and asked "are you the volunteering servants the Emperor foreseen?"
Luigi was about to protest, when Screamey answered "yes we are, he who guards the palace."
"Good. The royal will be having dinner shortly, follow me to the dining court where you shall serve the food."
The guard lead the new servants to their working place, only Screamey really knew what was going on. In the dining court was the royal family, the queen, the prince, and the Emperor, who held something circular in his hand.
"Ugh, what are these revolting freaks doing here?" the prince questioned in disgust.
The object in the Emperor's hand glowed. The Emperor said "they are far-off travelers who have lost their way and wish to serve us for answers."
The queen looked at the new servants and scoffed "far-off indeed. Of all the lands we've conquered, I have never seen the likes of these ones."
"Lands… conquered?" Luigi said in confusion.
"Are you that stupid?!" the prince shouted "we are the Luff Empire, rulers of nearly all of the world! How can you not know us? Huh? Answer me! Or else I will take my dagger and-"
"Enough, my son!" the Emperor yelled in displeasure "they may be inferior to us, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't be polite. They mean no harm, and if they did, I would foresee it."
Luigi began to wonder how the Emperor was 'foreseeing' everything. He looked closely at the item in the Luff's hand and gasped "the Marvelous Compass?"
"Yeah, the Marvelous Compass!" the prince began to brag "it's enchanted to look into the future! I would have enchanted something better like a sword or a crown, but even if it looks lame the Marvelous Compass helped my dad make the Luff Empire the way it is!"
The Emperor became suspicious of the plumber. "The existence of the Marvelous Compass is suppose to be secret. How do you know about it?"
The prince realized what his father meant and glared at Luigi. "Yeah, how do you know about it?!"
Luigi was trying to make an excuse. "Well, you see… erm…. uh… because…"
The queen looked outside for a moment and said "there seems to be a storm coming."
The Marvelous Compass suddenly glowed. The Emperor's eyes went small and he quietly gasped "oh no."
The leader of the Luffs jumped out of the way as a lightning bolt broke through the roof and fried the location he was just sitting on. More lightning came, smashing the dining court to pieces and zapping the unfortunate queen.
"MOM!" cried the prince, but the Emperor held onto his child.
"There is nothing we can do, my son" said the Emperor "for now, we must stop the shadow legion! Come with me to the tower!"
The father and son went into another room. Luigi and friends tried to follow the Luffs, but a large piece of debris blocked their way.
"He who wants answers" Screamey called to Luigi "we must find another way to the tower!"
Luigi agreed and smashed a smaller piece of debris to get out of the palace. Outside, it was dark and pouring, and the city itself looked terrible as more lightning damaged buildings and Luffs ran for their lives screaming.
"Hey look, Luff soldiers!" Luigi shouted "maybe they can help us get to the emperor!"
But then something seemed wrong when the soldiers had dark purple skin and attacked unarmed civilians. Luigi yelped when a dozen soldiers started coming after him! He tried to flee, but he was stuck in a dead end. But his onion-like friend had an idea.
Screamey says "Those who are not the enemy, it would be wise to cover your ears."
Then Screamey showed his namesake by screaming very, very loudly. The evil Luffs yelled in pain as they heard the scream, and nearby windows broke from the scream's high pitch. While the soldiers were recovering from near deafness, the plumber and his pals jumped into a glassless window. The area they were in appeared to be the palace's royal storage room.
Luigi browsed through the items hoping to find something useful. He found dried shrooms, star pieces, pictures of Luff girls in bikinis (which Torque took for later), and finally a pair of ultra boots. Using the ultra boots' ability to jump higher, the plumber jumped through a hole in the roof, and bounced on the palace exterior until he reached the tower. There, he saw the Emperor and the prince fighting the creator of the storm, a demonic star!
"Ha ha ha! To think you weaklings rule the world!" the star taunted as it shot a lightning bolt at the Emperor. The compass glowed and the Luff holding it dodged the attack.
"You will never defeat the Luff empire!" shouted the prince. He slashed the star with his dagger, but was knocked back by some hail.
"Do you really think you can defeat me, Disastar?" the star chuckled.
"Not if I foresee it" the Emperor muttered as he held his secret weapon. Suddenly, the Luff was hit by lightning! He was still alive, but he was very surprised.
"Father!" the prince shouted "why didn't you avoid that attack?"
"The compass… the Marvelous Compass isn't working! And the only way it can't work is if someone cursed it!"
Just then, Disastar flew by and ate the Emperor whole! "I guess he didn't see that coming! AHAHAHA!!"
"NOOO! FATHER!" the prince cried. He tried to slash the evil star, but an earthquake sent him straight off the tower!
"Looks like the Luffs are finished and the shadows are supreme" Disastar snickered. He looked to his side and saw a very frightened Luigi. "Well, well, well. It looks like I still have company. Don't be shy, I have plenty of destruction to share to all of you!"
BOSS: DISASTAR
Luigi began the battle by power stomping on the evil star, then Screamey screamed a wave of energy at Disastar. Disastar blew a wind of cold air at the plumber and onion-thing, and froze Luigi! Screamey screamed at the star again. Disastar hit Screamey with a lightning bolt. Luigi broke out of his ice prison and ground pounded on Disastar, and Screamey drank maple syrup to recover some flower points. The demonic star crashed into the ground and caused an earthquake, damaging Luigi and Screamey! Screamey then ate a Super Shroom to heal himself, and Luigi threw his ultra hammer into Disastar's face!
"You little pests!" Disastar spat in irritation "your whooping me and it's not even funny! But you know what will be? The looks on your faces when I perform my supernova attack!" The star closed it's eyes and began drawing in energy.
Screamey fearfully shouted "he who fights the evil star! We must defeat the enemy quickly or else we will perish!"
Luigi did another ground pound on Disastar, then Screamey switched with Blooey and the squid driller into Disastar. Disastar did nothing as he continued to draw more energy. Luigi jumped on the star twice, and Blooey tackled Disastar. Disastar was still drawing energy, but now lightning struck him multiple times, though he wasn't hurt but he was now electrified. Luigi threw his hammer again, and Blooey drank maple syrup. More lightning struck Disastar, but wasn't electrified anymore as fog started to surround him. Luigi tried jumping on Disastar, but with the fog in the way the plumber missed his target and fell to the floor. Blooey took his chance and successfully drilled Disastar. More lightning came as Disastar was drawing in energy, and the fog around him became a thick cloud shield. Blooey switched with Torque and the Buzzy Beetle used his wrench to lower the cloud's defense, then Luigi multibounced Disastar ten times. Disastar screamed in pain.
"Noooooooo!" Disastar cried "you defeated me before I could perform my supernova attack!"
"Really?" Luigi asked in tension.
Disastar said "nah, I was just messing with you" and exploded in a white light.
Luigi yelped and covered his eyes as the light swallowed him whole. He felt nothing, and when he opened his eyes he saw he was in the completely white chambers of the Rapturous Ruins. In front of him was Cranberry, who was staring at the Marvelous Compass which he held.
Cranberry said "after that attack, the Luff empire was no more. Only a few of my people survived, including me. Sometimes I wonder, what the world would be like if I didn't curse the compass…"
Luigi gasped and shouted "wait, YOU cursed the compass?"
The Luff nodded. "Yes I did. You see, I was a friend with the prince, so I knew about the existence of the Marvelous Compass. The prince bragged a lot about the compass so one night I snuck into the Emperor's room and placed a curse on it. It was suppose to be a practical joke, the compass would've been unavailable for a minute or two, but it seems the curse took effect at the wrong time. Anyways, after the attack I searched the palace ruins and found the Marvelous Compass, completely back to normal. I knew it would cause havoc in the future, so I broke it and scattered it's remains, hoping nobody would find them."
"Well you did a bad job if Luigi here was able to find them" Blooey muttered.
"Since you have completely my test, you shall receive my compass piece" said Cranberry. "Take heed, the Marvelous Compass is dangerous, and if you completely repair it please don't let it fall into the wrong hands! Now I must go, my purpose in this world is over."
And with that, Cranberry was gone, along with the entire ruins. Now back outside of the Grimble Forest, lying on the ground was the Marvelous Compass, and another compass piece.
Screamey, who was still with the others, spoke "he who uses the compass, place the piece so it may guide to the final piece!"
Luigi nodded and picked up the compass and compass piece and put them together. The compass activated and pointed north, an image of a frightening castle appearing.
"What da heck is that place?!" Torque asked.
"I have no idea" Jerry replied.
Luigi then heard Éclair again. She said "I am afraid, very afraid... The Chestnut King has kept me in his secret home of Hatesong Tower… He wants power, he wants my rule… Please, my only true love, don't let him win! Don't him hurt me!… Be careful, he is watching, ready to take the chance when you make a mistake… Save me…"
"…so then it wouldn't be my mother's place" Blooey said to the group while the plumber was listening to the princess's voice. "So Luigi, do you have any idea what this place is?"
"That's Hatesong Tower" Luigi stated "and that's where Princess Éclair is."