Queen Sunstar: Greetings! Chapter Five is here at last! The Graphic warning is still up! Critical is the sequel of Brotherhood, in case you are curious, and you will find references to Brotherhood here and there in the story.
Twila: Nintendo owns everybody except, (Pulls out list) Solarton, Solance, the Daybreak guy, Eleanor, Twiletta, Lunella, Sol, Bri, Luminosity, Lunus, Lumin, and Brightstar.
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Princess Peach found herself outside, waiting for the car with Luigi and Wario. She kept one eye on Wario, who chomped noisily on a clove of garlic. The other eye stared at the road.
"What's a pretty lady like you doing, going on the quest with us?" Wario asked, his breath forming a toxic cloud as he spoke.
"Wario, keep your disgusting, revolting, greasy body away from me!" Peach scooted closer to Luigi.
"What? I was only trying to make small talk!" Wario cried.
"Dude, eat a breath mint, or do we need a replay of the Dry Bowser incident?" Luigi asked. (Brotherhood, Ch. 5)
"My breath is not that bad. See?" Wario took a breath, and let it out. There was the sound of moving bones.
"Wah! It's happening again!" Wario took out a container full of tic-tacs, and downed the whole thing.
A lone Dry Bones walked by, giving them an odd look. Luigi rolled his eyes. Peach only shook her head exasperatedly. The sound of car engine drew their attention toward the road. Greg, a Koopa Troopa with dark gray eyebrows and mustache climbed out of the car. He wore a blue chauffeurs uniform. The car was a golden Lexus SUV with the license plate, Skylord. Greg opened the side door, and closed it after everyone climbed in. a few minutes later, Greg drove through the heart of Solarsky.
Luigi stared out the window, his mind on Daisy. Peach was next to the other window, and Wario took up the other 3/4s of the seat, between them. Peach kept her eyes on the road in front of her, and watched as Clockwork Castle inched closer. The castle was the largest one in the world, its size 4 times that of the Mushroom Kingdom Castle. Its outer wall had been extended to wrap around Solarsky, and the inner wall wrapped around the colossal structure itself. The second largest castle, at half the size of Clockwork Castle, was Castle Kooplin.
"Did you know, if you were to walk on the inner wall and go around the castle once, you would walk 15 miles." Greg broke the silence.
"Wow, that is quite the distance." Luigi said.
Fifteen minutes later, they pulled into a two level garage outside the main door of the castle, and much to Wario's dismay, they parked on the far side of the garage.
"Come on, Wario!" Luigi called, reaching into the car to drag Wario out of the car.
"But it is too far to walk!" Wario complained.
"Move it!" Luigi ordered, helping Peach out of the car.
"Okay, I'm-" Wario never had a chance to finish. They felt Eldstar orbing them to him. They appeared inside a sitting room. A fire burned inside the fireplace. Two white couches lined the back wall, and three overstuffed white armchairs formed a half circle around the fireplace. Three more white couches lined the other walls. White end tables separated the couches, and the chairs. Each end table held a box of Kleenex, a white lamp, and a short stack of magazines. The floor was hardwood, and wood paneling reached half way up the wall. The ceiling was white, and the top portion of the wall was white. Luigi recognized the room as the White Room. He knew that this room was used mostly as a waiting room.
"If I may have your attention," Eldstar spoke, "I have news to tell you of."
"Why am I going with them on their quest?" Peach asked.
"I will explain that. Luigi, Wario, Solance, and Peach, you four are going on a mission. You four are going to go intercept the Daybreaker. It is time I told you everything." Eldstar explained, glowing softly, as he used one of his vast array of powers to replay the entire tale.
ELDSTARS STORY
Overlord Solarton paced worriedly. An ember entered the main floor of Solar Hall, out of breath. It quickly found the Overlord.
"Sir! (pant) the rumor! (pant, pant) Its true!" the ember cried out.
"The Daybreaker exists?" Solarton asked.
"Yes! I saw him!" Ember screamed.
"Ember, go alert the fireballs, and everyone else! I'll alert the stars, the Moons, and the suns! This is war!" Solarton raced off. Ember ran the other way to the com, and pushed it.
"This is not a drill! I repeat! This is not a drill! Report to Solar Hall on the double!" Ember ordered, repeating his message over and over again.
Solarton moved with the grace of someone half his age. He reached the lower level of the basement floor, and typed in a password into the touch pad on the wall. A section of wall moved, revealing a door. The Overlord raced through it, and turned left. He came up to another touch pad, and typed in a second password. The wall responded, and Solarton entered a room so secret that only he and two others knew about it. He walked over to the case in the back of the room, and opened it. Inside, lay a Sunstone. This one was solid white gold, had the imprint of a moon next to a star in the center, and had wings. Carefully, he hung the ancient artifact around his neck, and walked over to the back wall. He raised the Sunstone and whispered the two lines of ancient text that granted him access to what lay behind that wall.
Behind the wall lay a high tech facility, called the Counter Evil Unit, or CEU for short, ran by other suns, moons, and other beings. Everybody stopped talking and stared at Solarton as the wall closed behind him. No one had used the top secret entrance before.
"Sir?" a moon questioned.
"Its go time." Solarton said.
Everyone scrambled to find a station, and sat down. Lumin, head of the facility, a moon wearing a solid blue robe and wore glasses walked to stand beside Solarton. He was the same height as Brighton, and had the same gray eyes of his older brother. Like Brighton, he too, had suffered from the same childhood illness that cost Brighton his vision, and he, his right eye. He sported a black mustache, and carried a handheld computer, which beeped as it sent data to the various systems in the room. When he spoke, it was a baritone slightly higher then Brightons.
"The Daybreaker go time?" Lumin asked.
"Yes!" Solarton said, with more force then he realized, "Sorry!"
"It is okay, sir. You are stressed. Look alive, people!" Lumin ordered his team.
"But sir!" a wriggler cried out, "If I type any fast- there goes my top set of hands! Somebody quick! Stop them before they run out the front doors!"
"Ignore them! Use your next set, my good man!" Lumin called encouragement to his team.
"I am not fishing his hands out of the toilet later!" a black shelled Koopa Troopa joked, silencing himself at Lumin's dirty look. He quickly turned back to his screen, and went back to work.
"There go my second and third set of hands!" the wriggler from earlier cried out.
"Focus, people! Locate the Daybreaker!" Lumin called again, moving around the room, and stopping to offer words of encouragement here and there.
"I've got a hit!" a black dragon winged yoshi screamed, typing furiously. Lumin and Solarton were by his side in an instant.
"Report!" Lumin ordered.
"it's a hit, sir! I am running it through the interface right now! Got it! it's the Daybreaker!" the yoshi screamed.
"Location?" Lumin asked calmly.
"um, got it! Quadrant 4.A, coordinates, 562.7689!" the yoshi cried.
Good work. Team, I am assigning you new jobs! Station one, monitor the Daybreaker! Station two, search for any weaknesses the Daybreaker may have! Station three, and four! You are on back up for one and two!" Lumin ordered, "five and six, battle strategies! Seven and eight, battle scenarios! Go, go, go!"
Solarton hung back as Lumin ran the facility. He remembered his days of running the CEU so long ago. Lumin turned to him.
"Go alert the Suns!" Lumin said.
"Make sure I get the data this time!" Solarton said, flaming out to the main computer room, "Teltran!"
"your wish?" the computer's voice was distinctly female.
"Send out an alert to all Suns, and have them meet me here! Its go time!" Solarton ordered.
"Working, sir." Teltran responded.
A few minutes passed.
"Your request has been finished, sir." Teltran said.
Solarton left, and entered the main foyer of the Solar Hall. Ember was still there, repeating his message.
"Ember, begin transformation of the Hall." Solarton ordered.
"Yes, sir." Ember punched in the code, and the floor vibrated as weapon turrets rose up from the ramparts, and arrow slits opened up on all four corner towers. Shy guys and shy aways ran about, readying weapons, arming the Koopa Troopas, Goombas, Wrigglers, Yoshies, Paratroopas, Electropuffs, Fuzzies, Dayzees, Spikes, and other allies with weapons, and handled other preparations of the upcoming battle. Two shy guys and a shy away surrounded Solarton, and handed him his flame sabers, and fire shield.
"Armor?" the shy away asked.
"No need." Solarton answered.
The suns started to arrive.
"What is going on here?" Brighton asked, nearly getting ran over by a shy guy. He had his sword, and his bow and flaming arrows. He carried a shield similar in design to Solartons shield.
"We are going to war." Solarton responded.
"Who we fighting?" Brightons younger brother, Brightstar, asked, tightening the string on his own bow. He tested it with a snap. Lumin was the youngest of the three. Brightstar had the same gray eyes of his brothers, but he had not contacted the disease his other two brothers had during his childhood. He looked like a younger version of Brighton, and wore a solid red robe. Brightons robe was orange on one side, and yellow on the other side, showing his ranking as a Great Lord. Brightstar's robe had a golden stash running down it, showing that he was the general of Brighton's army. Lumin had no decoration on his robe.
"We are preparing to fight the Daybreaker." Solarton said.
Silence filled the once noisy room.
"Daybreaker?" Brighton asked, taking a few practice swings with his sword, much to the dismay of several shy guys standing near him, they scattered, knowing that despite his blindness, Brighton was a master swordsman and archer.
"The Daybreaker is an evil bad guy, very powerful, has mastered strange elements, and has an array of deadly powers." Lumin was the one who answered.
"Any more?" Solarton asked.
"It is big, and looks like a black sun, well, imagine Twilis, the half blood, dark." Lumin said.
Twilis lived during the time of Solarita, and was once the Overlord. Twilis was half sun, and half moon. His head was shaped like a moon but he had the spikes of a sun along the outer curve. His robe was blue and light blue on one side, and orange and yellow on the other side. He was tall, so his robes only went down to his lower shins. Twilis had been Solarita's husband. He had mastered all four of the main elements, and several rare elements as well as being a master swordsman.
"Okay." Brightstar said.
The floor shook.
"Its here!" Lumin screamed, accepting a sword and shield. His field agents stood with him.
"Alright, everybody! Lets make this quick and painless!" Solarton called, taking the lead with Brighton on his left, and Lumin on his right. They surged outside like the ocean moving into high tide, right into the waiting arms of the Daybreaker and its armies.
A massive battle raged. People screamed as they died left and right. Brighton fired off three arrows at once, each hitting a different target. Brightstar and Lumin were back to back, fighting with their swords. Overhead, the air forces caused destruction to rain down from the blood red sky. It was Brighton who found himself fighting the Daybreaker with his sword. Back and forward they went, swords clanging as they hit a shield, or the other sword. The Daybreaker got lucky by landing a glancing blow which Brighton deflected with his left wrist. He dropped his sword, his hand hanging limp and bloody off his wrist. With his left hand impaired, he switched to his bow and arrows, performing a triple flip backward as he fired off an arrow. The power behind the arrows were poor as he was unable to use his left hand too much.
Solarton sensed the agony of one of his suns, and flamed out to appear next to Brighton. He blocked a blow from the Daybreaker, and ducked as one of Brightons arrows flew over his head and landed with a firm thunk on something. The Daybreaker screamed in pain as Solarton sent a fireball at the arrow, igniting it. Brighton sent another arrow, this one burning, at the Daybreaker and heard the thunk of it hitting its target. Solarton lit one of his sabers, and succeeded in embedding it somewhere inside the Daybreaker. Brighton let another arrow fly. Brightstar and Lumin appeared and blocked off an attack from the Daybreaker. Lumin found Brightons sword, and tossed it to him. Brighton flamed out to appear behind the Daybreaker and tightened his hold on his sword. Before he could land a blow, the Daybreaker retreated.
This went on for three days. On day three, Brighton, his left hand bandaged, raised his sword behind the Daybreaker while Lumin kept it busy in front. Brightstar had suffered some serious injuries during the last battle, and lay inside the Solar Hall, recovering. Solarton lit his remaining saber, and slashed his way through a bunch of shadow Goombas. Brighton brought his sword down and thrust it through the Daybreakers chest. Lumin sliced off its head. The brothers watched the bloody corpse fall, and turned at the same time to different directions. Brighton felt the arrow hit him in the leg, and nearly went down. Lumin turned, and sliced the head off a shadow Koopa in the process. The dark side began to retreat at it realized the Daybreaker was no longer with them. No one saw the soul float out of the body, and float up behind Brighton. Lumin saw, and screamed. Brighton turned, and took a sword hit to the shoulder.
Red lightening crackled around the souls body, and slammed into Brighton, causing the young Great Lords body to jerk violently, and fall, pushing the arrow through his leg. Lumin screamed again, and raised his left hand. It glowed white, and white hot ultraviolet light smashed into the Souls body, causing it to fade away. The battle winded down, and finally ended. Lumin stayed with Brighton. Solarton joined the moon, and knelt by Brighton.
"Lumin, he was impressive in battle. Too bad it had to end this way." He said sadly, "How's Brightstar?"
"He is doing okay. The doctors say he lost a lot of blood. It will hurt him the most to hear that we lost Brighton." Lumin's voice broke, and a tear rolled down his face, to drip off his chin. It landing on Brighton's unmoving body. There was a low groan of pain from the fallen sun.
"Any chance you are a phoenix moon?" Solarton asked.
"I have the phoenix blood, but I am not a phoenix moon." Lumin said, "Why?"
"Your tear brought back Brighton. Lets get him inside, and to some much needed medical attention." Solarton said, "Brighton, can you hear me?"
"ooh… yeah." Brighton answered, his eyes still closed from pain.
"We are going to move you, okay?" Solarton asked.
"Okay." Brighton replied.
Carefully, Lumin helped his brother up, and let him lean on him for support. Together, with Solarton following, they walked back to Solar Hall.
END ELDSTARS STORY
"We were wrong about the Daybreaker. We thought Brighton killed him, but it came back as a disembodied soul. It has spent the last 5000 years searching for a new body to steal. I am afraid it is Waluigi's body it is after because Waluigi's body is much like its old one that it lost in the battle. Some think that that was Twilis's body it was using before. Peach, your part in this mess is who you are. You will learn who you are on this mission as you use your fire powers to fight the Daybreaker." Eldstar explained.
"That explains Brighton's limp. Wait, my fire powers?" Peach questioned.
"You are one of the Celestial Guardians, Peach. You will learn more about your self on this mission, as not even I know much about the celestial guardians." Eldstar said.
"We go to Nimbus land first." Luigi decided, "Mallow will help us."
The words had barely left his mouth when the ground revolted around them.
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Daisy looked up as Geno entered the room.
"What?" She asked, "You do know that Luigi is going to come here and destroy you all!"
"Daisy, we are on the same side, here." Geno said.
Geno was using his doll body, and Daisy found out why a minute later. Waluigi walked in, but it was not Waluigi at the same time. It was Waluigi's body, but not his spirit. He wore the black overalls, but his shirt was gray. His shoes were gray, and his eyes were solid black, with red irises.
"Move it." Waluigi said, flicking his wrist. Geno was sent flying to crash into the wall. He lay there, momentarily stunned. Waluigi's voice was deeper, and harsher.
"Now that I got rid of that problem, my Flora, I have a proposition to make for you. I want you to be my queen, and rule the universe along side me!" Waluigi said.
"Unfortunately, I have to decline. I am not Flora like you seam to think, and my man is coming for me!" Daisy snapped back.
"You mean you don't remember? Geno, open the cage." Waluigi ordered.
Geno bristled, but did what he was told. He locked eyes with Daisy, and promised himself that he would help save her. Waluigi placed his hands on ether side of Daisy's head, and they glowed purple. Daisy screamed, and saw a long ago battle. She saw a winged brown haired woman in a long yellow robe standing next to what looked like dark Twilis. She saw herself bending earth to her will, and fighting a sun.
"That was us in our glory, fighting the armies of the Overlord Solarton. That was my old body." Waluigi explained, "I will give you time to let it sink in." He threw her back into the cell, and slammed the door, locking it.
"No, that can't be me! I am not the enemy, am I?" Daisy wondered.
Suddenly, she heard the sound of a battle, and looked through the bars to see Geno, wand glowing, fighting Waluigi. He was egging him on, trying to reach the real Waluigi somewhere inside the Daybreakers body.
"Wally, I was you at one time! Come on! You can do better then that! The Wally I know could never resist a fight! I challenge you, Waluigi! Wake up and fight! Geno Beam!" White light shot out of the wand and sent the Daybreaker sprawling, "Aw, have we lost our touch?"
"I am going to yank out your stuffing, you little shrooming doll!" Waluigi lunged, but the smaller starlet sidestepped the hit with ease,
"now, now, no swearing in front of the lady. She is a princess, remember?" Geno taunted.
His response was a blast of metal in the face. The last thing he saw was Waluigi advancing slowly toward him, with a sneering grin on his face, saw the glowing metal hand, and darkness fell over him like a blanket.
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Dr. Toadala entered the O.R, and checked over several monitors.
"Well?" Twila asked, feeling slightly refreshed as she had slept for a few hours in the waiting room.
"I am afraid I have bad news. Brighton's body is rejecting the liver. We can't do another transplant. It is simply not feasible. Brighton is losing the battle. Twila, I need your decision. Do we let him go, or do we hook him up to life support and keep him alive by artificial means?" Dr. Toadala asked.
Twila closed her eyes as if she were in pain.
"You don't know Brighton, doc. He'll pull through." Twila said.
"Twila, not this time. The liver is dying, and as it dies, it releases poisons into the bloodstream. I am seeing signs of organ death in his other organs. He is not going to make it." Dr. Toadala said, "Decision?"
Twila's mind flashed back to the Daybreak wars, and she remembered Brighton telling her to not to try to keep him alive by artificial means. She had signed a paper promising to honor his wish.
"I need time to think, and I want to be alone with him." Twila said.
"I will give you five minutes with him, then I need to come in here to act according to your decision." Dr, Toadala stepped outside.
'Brighton, can you hear me?' She asked mentally.
'I heard everything, Twila. You know full well what I want. If they say I am as good as dead, then do it.' Brighton answered.
'But Brighton! I can't lose you! You are my husband, and I love you! Where is the fighter I love?' Twila asked.
'I was young during those days. I am no longer young, Twila. I have grown old. My old fighting spirit is gone.' Brighton answered.
Twila was about to respond, when a machine flat-lined. Dr. Toadala ran into the room, and hit the com.
"We have a code blue! Code Blue!" He yelled.
Twila moved outside the O.R, and watched a team of Doctors go rushing into the O.R. Fear filled her heart. She paced from nervousness, and finally sat down, staring down the clock.
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Queen Sunstar: Triple cliffhanger mania! Until next week, my loyal readers!
Twila: You are going to end there? that's three cliffhangers! Oh, and don't forget to review, now!
