For those of you, who didn't read Chaos Wings, don't blame me for all the confusion.

The Invitation

After 9 long years have passed since Dimentio's escape from the Underwhere, Mr. Smiley had been planning for his circus to return for a very long time, and at the same time, he had been holding a special grudge against a certain jester, who had betrayed him many years ago. Within those 9 years, Mr. Smiley, who had been watching Dimentio a couple of times, had found another candidate for his competition, all he needed to do was pick her up.

"Mr. Zep, are all the preparations finished?" asked Mr. Smiley.

"Yes sir, the circus has been fully repaired, the obstacles have been placed in the dimensions you made, and the contestants have received an invitation leading to Rogueport. Oh, and I also took the liberty of hiring Big Top to give your introduction" answered Mr. Zep.

"Excellent! I have a feeling that this show will be my greatest yet! Now Mr. Zep, if you would be so kind as to accompany me on a little trip."

"Where to, sir?"

"Why, Scotland of course, lovely day for an execution, you see." With a stamp of his cane, they both had warped out of their dimension and into Scotland just in time.

When they had arrived, they saw a crowd of people watching a public execution of a 21-year old girl, with Dimentio watching helplessly from the sidelines. They watched as the girl fell dangling and struggling for breath. Without a moment's hesitation, Mr. Smiley jumped onto the execution platform, which caught the attention of the local Scottish police and Dimentio, who felt a sudden chill up his spine, as his eyes met Mr. Smiley's helmet's black oval eyes.

"Oy, you there! Freeze! Hands where I can see them, laddie!" shouted the officer pointing his revolver at Mr. Smiley.

"Tsk, I have no time for the likes of you" said the annoyed ringmaster.

And with 2 stamps of his cane, he used a Suspension spell, which didn't freeze time exactly, more like freezing the space around him. The birds were still in the air but they couldn't move, and the girl's body was still hanging and struggling for her life, yet she couldn't move. Everyone's 5 senses were still active, but their animation was suspended. This effected Dimentio as well, despite being a magician himself, but when he recognized such powerful magic a vague memory started to come to him. "This man… where have I seen him before?" thought Dimentio in shock.

Mr. Smiley walked over to Dimentio, grabbed him by the jaw, examined him and smiled a nasty smile. "Well aren't you a sight for sore eyes! Tsk, I had expected more from you… pathetic" he said with a frown. "Mr. Zep, we have what we came for, but could you… Mr. Zep?"

Unfortunately, Mr. Zep slipped on a banana peel right before he could cast a protection spell from Mr. Smiley's magic. So now he suspended in mid-air with a funny, surprised look on his face.

"Heh heh, whoops, sorry" said Mr. Smiley with a laugh. He pointed his cane at Mr. Zep and freed him from his spell, which caused Mr. Zep to fall on his head, leaving a nasty bruise. "Now then, could you untie the girl from the rope around her neck? And check her vital signs."

After recovering from his injury and swearing, Mr. Zep, walked over to the girl and untied her. "She's still alive, but she'll need medical attention" said Mr. Zep.

"Bring her aboard the circus and make sure that she does." Mr. Zep warps out of Scotland, while Mr. Smiley turned his attention to DImentio "And as for you my dear boy, you'll have to keep your end of the bargain when you signed that contract." Dimentio remembered signing the contract 9 years ago, and the words, 'Crimson Circus' kept popping into his head, while he tried to remember his past and why this man knew him. "You know, I was surprised that you even signed it, but then again, you never really did like reading long, and boring documents, did you?" Mr. Smiley, still clutching Dimentio by the neck, warped them out of Scotland and into the Crimson Circus, where a holding cell kept Dimentio's powers sealed. Mr. Smiley caught up with Mr. Zep on the bridge deck.

"Sir, the girl we brought along is stable, but seems to be unconscious" said Mr. Zep.

"Good, see to it that when she awakes, you attend to her every wish… right after making her sign the contract of course."

"May I ask who this girl is?"

"Her name is Antonia, and she is presumably one of the surviving members of the Tribe of the Ancients. A very rare delicacy, you know. I want her to feel comfortable, as will all my other contestants."

"You know, I was wondering why Dimentio didn't try to save the girl."

"He couldn't, that was his problem. You see, the world that they were on just then, somehow suppressed Dimentio's magic, probably because staying there too long made him weak, but now that we're going back to our world, he's going to regain his strength. That's why I put him in the cell to seal his powers for the time being."

"Shall I set a course for Rogueport?"

"Yes! It is time for our guests to make their debut!" said Mr. Smiley with excitement.

The Crimson Circus sailed through the air as they reached their destination. Meanwhile, Mario and his friends meet up in Rogueport in their surprise to see each other again.

"Mario! Luigi! What are you two doing here?" asked Princess Peach in shock.

"We're here for the contest, is that why you're here too?" said Luigi.

Many of Mario's old enemies showed up around them. "Uh Oh! It's-a ambush!" said Mario in his fighting stance.

"The whole contest was a trap?" whimpered Luigi, while hiding behind Mario.

"GWAHH! MARIO! What are you two fat plumbers doing here?" demanded Bowser.

"GAK! Don't tell me you're here to ruin my chances of me winning a new doomsday device!" shouted Sir Grodus with Lord Crump at his side.

"Hey! What's up Slick?" said Doopliss, who had been reformed by going into the acting business.

"Doopliss! Why are you-a here?" asked the confused Mario.

"I told you not to say my name in public!" whispered Doopliss harshly. "But if you must know, I'm here because a guy in a suit offered me an acting contract on the Crimson Circus.

"Wait a momento, if you're all-a here for the Crimson Circus… then what's-a going on?"

But before anyone could answer, Count Bleck, his minions, and Timpani, in human form, came along.

"Mario, Luigi, Peach, Bowser!" cried out Timpani in delight.

"Bleh, heh, heh, heh, Bleck! Why, it's the hero of the Light Prognosticus, what a surprise!" said Count Bleck.

"Whoa bro! It's the count and Timpani! I thought they died!" said Luigi.

"Oy! Don't be talking bad about teh count and teh lass!" said O' Chunks

"*giggles* Yea! My countie won't leave us that easily!" Mimi added with glee.

"Let me double check if we have the right location, K count?" said Nastasia.

Suddenly, a large aircraft descended upon Rogueport eclipsing the entire town. Beams of light flashed on Mario and the other competitors as they slowly floated toward the ship. This, of course, made everyone panic and struggle against the pull, especially Luigi. "Ahhh! No! I don't wanna be probed by aliens!" cried Luigi as he struggled to break free.