MLBotS NORMAL ENDING
"We should send the First Universe Bros, it's been their fight from the beginning, anyway," Mario decides. Daisy nods. "Alright, you and your brother will stay here while Fire Mario and Star Luigi go to Black Hole Bowser Castle and defeat him once and for all."
The First Universe Bros walked up the stairway given to them. Fire Mario felt uncomfortable walking towards the very spell that had killed him all those years ago. Star gave his brother a reassuring pat on the back before entering. "Are you ok, little bro? You've been acting a bit weird ever since we got here…" The fire ghost commented. "I'll be alright…just homesick," He replied, and they didn't speak about the matter further. Fire Mario just felt an uncomfortable chill, as impossible as it sounds, when he entered the swirling darkness.
Black Hole Bowser Castle was a large maze. One path always seemed lead to another, with dark turns and twisted traps in every corner. There were oddly no minions to be found and the traps weren't impossible to avoid. It appeared Black Hole Bowser was waiting for them. Though, the lack of guards and less than standard traps only seemed to make the atmosphere more unnerving. They could see the pitch black emptiness outside, with no end in sight to the darkness. An illusion of what the world would become if they didn't stop this here and now. Soon, a bit of writing appeared on the walls. Fire Mario decided to read over it as the walked past it.
"Once upon a time, when the universe was new and life had just begun, a star of two colors descended to the new land to give it's power to the world and it's people. This star, that had infinite power within it, unlike anything else, was known as the Infinity Star. For generations, this star's power was shared between two kingdoms on a small planet in this universe, and people were happy. Both kingdoms, lush and plentiful from the star's power, thrived for many years to come, until...
The king of one of the kingdoms grew greedy, demanding the power of the Infinity Star be his and his alone. Of course, the other kingdom refused, demanding the power be shared equally as it always has been. The argument grew and grew, until, for the first time since the universe was born, the kingdoms declared war. The battles escalated and no end was in sight."
It was the origin story of the First Universe. Though, there was something different about it. Reading onward, Fire Mario began to learn the reality behind Black Hole Bowser's power. It went like this:
"The koopas became deformed, body and soul. Their negativity began to create a new energy in the universe, the polar opposite to the Infinity Star's light. The negative darkness started small, weak and frail from the remaining good in the koopa's hearts. But, nothing lasts forever. As the king grew more corrupt, the residents of the koopa kingdom fled to avoid being consumed by the now ever-present darkness. They had a label for the thing now. It was knowns as the demon that hides in shadow, the one with a heart of chaos and soul of darkness. This was an evil entity born of greed and hatred, a divine being with a lust for elimination. It became The God of Destruction. To counter it, the ancient people of the land sealed the Infinity Star away and created seven hearts to at least keep it under control. The king of koopas, corrupted by the god, did not want the master he created to vanish so easily. He created a book, based of dark predictions of the destructive one, and called it The Dark Prognosticus. A heartbroken on found the book and decided to use it in finishing what the demon had started by creating a powerful, dimension destroying black hole spell, known as the Void. But, while summoning the demon's heart and soul, a man in green intervened and stamped upon the thing. Not knowing the consequences of his actions, he proceeded to mess with the wedding summoning the heart and soul. At that very moment, the God of Destruction became two entities."
*The rest of the text is scratched out by electric marks.
Fire Mario immediately looked to his brother, who had a faraway look in his eyes. "We don't have time for you to stand there and read. What if the void spell reactivates again?" Fire Mario nodded and took the lead over Star again. He must have absentmindedly walked in front of Fire Mario. "Are you sure you're ok, you look a little out of it," Fire Mario asked again. "I said I was fine, let it go," Star replied again. There in front of them, was the throne room. They entered to see Black Hole Bowser, standing with his back to them. "It's always you two, isn't it?" He stated dryly.
"Cut the chit-chat, let's get this over with," Star huffed. And the battle began. Black Hole threw everything he had at the bros, from purple flames to spouts of darkness, with aerial attacks and earthquakes. It made him hard to predict every time he changed his attack pattern. Eventually, Black Hole Bowser used a void spell to suck the First Universe Bros in and trap them forever. But soon, the escapade flipped on it's head, and Black Hole was the one running from his own spell. If, for only a brief moment, the good in him returned as he plead for help from someone, anyone! Fire Mario saw this and went to help, before pulling him aside. "Don't let him trick you with that look, it's a trap so he can drag you in," Star stated, and Fire Mario went back to keeping his distance, despite the Koopa King's desperate cries for help.
Black Hole looked truly afraid as he pleaded for help. "I just want to see my son again!" He began to cry. He howled in pain now, as he began to loose his grip on the ground. "I just want to see Jr. again…" He whimpered before letting go and falling into the darkness.
Then, the darkness shook. The darkness of the black hole spell began to crumble as a boney hand reached out from the abyss. It latched on to the edge and began to pull it's form out. ""I am...DRy…DaRknESs ... KiLl...I...wIlL kIlL...eVerYthINg...Start...with you..." The form growled. A sickeningly dark sensation creped up Fire Mario's back. He had heard that speech before, a long time ago from something else. The soul of the boney figure glowed though the darkness, a soul made of darkness. A dry version of Black Hole Bowser escaped the void behind him as it collapsed. Dry Darkness stared at the First Universe Bros. His scarf ripped and his long claws detached from his hands. The eyes of the monster were dark, except for two, glowing purple slits that contained the monster's focus. Then it let out a blood curdling screech and charged at the First Universe Bros.
It was the final battle. Whatever sanity Black Hole had left was gone, leaving only Dry Darkness, who attacked with much more ferocity than previously. There were many of the same attacks, raped up, with immunity to pain as a boot for the monster. It seemed almost impossible to defeat. Star found a way to charge the Infinity Star and create attack that would collapse Dry Darkness's boney shell to leave the darkness soul suspended there. "We have to weaken it!" Star declared as the bros attacked the weak point. Dry Darkness picked himself off the ground and attacked even more fiercely. It went on for w while. The ground began to shake, and the castle began to crumble. "Keep on fighting, we've almost got him!" Fire Mario called, charging another attack on the soul. And, after a long battle, finally, the darkness behind Black Hole Bowser's power was destroyed, leaving the skeletal monster in pieces, permanently.
"We've finally done it!" Fire Mario cheered. "I can't wait to tell the princesses, right, Luigi?" He asked his brother. Star began to slowly clap. "Well done, bro…we never could've done this without each other…" Star mused. His tone was sickeningly sweet. The chills returned to Fire Mario, and his tail couldn't stop twitching for some reason. "What are you so afraid of, bro? We've finally won after all these years, haven't we?" Star cooed. Now there was defiantly something wrong with him. Star's smile was empty, and his eyes almost emotionless. This wasn't the way Star usually acted, even when feigning confidence for the sake of the crowd. This wasn't his little brother and his quirky joy. Fire Mario continued to feel chills. This could only mean one thing.
"Dark Thunder…"
The slow clapping seemed to slightly increase pace. "Bravo, to the victor goes the spoils…" Star, now identified to be possessed by Dark Thunder, cooed. Fire Mario pulled out his mallet. "How are you here? Star isn't angry at anything!" He exclaimed. Dark Thunder only tilted his head, and opened his palm. The previously destroyed, or so Fire Mario thought, soul of darkness was now in Star's hands. He chuckled darkly. "Aww…is the little fire ghostie confused? Did you really think killing this old fool would solve all of your problems?" He chuckled. Fire Mario floated backwards a few paces. "You were reading that old scripture in the hallway… How ironic that the power you've been trying to protect the Infinity Star from for so long… how half of it's been inside that old star's guardian all this time… it's laughable, really. And those current universers fell into our trap by choosing us to go…all like I perfectly planned from the shadows of your brother's mind," Star again cooed. "But now you're all alone…helpless and alone in the darkness where no one can save you no matter how much you cry. Star never really has used the full extent of this medallion's jewel, how about we change that? It's not like you're a match for both of us alone…."
Outside, Fire Mario's screams leaked from the black hole they had entered. Everyone in the ruined castle looked outside to see the spell had reactivated, and was growing. "Wh-what's that?!" Luigi called, worried. "That…. That's the end of all existence. It appears the First Universe Bros failed to best their rival, and Black Hole took the Infinity Star," Daisy guessed. "It's over….we've lost…"
The screen fades to darkness; the only thing left is two glowing red slits, and sharp fangs. "Finally, I am whole again. I've destroyed everything and now rule over the remains…. It's not like you could've done anything… you made your choice…."
THE END
What if we could take it all back? What if we could change the one decision we made, and fix our mistake? Could it fix all of this? Could it fix what we broke in our ignorance to the truth?
*Send The Bros.