Queen Sunstar: Here it is! The long awaited finale of Critical!
Twila: Queen Sunstar owns only the plot and her own characters. Nintendo owns everything else.
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"Brighton! Da Harbingers fallen! Luigi very close!" Brightstar screamed, flaming into Brighton's bedroom.
"Where is he at?" Brighton asked, looking up from a pile of paperwork to see his younger brother.
"He on Star Peak now!" Brightstar cried, "Dis nightmare almost over!"
"Brightstar, The nightmare is beginning. Luigi has three, two, if we are lucky, big battles coming." Brighton said.
"Three?" Brightstar asked.
"First, he'll fight the Daybreaker, and hopefully, defeat him, then he'll have to fight the Hellhound, and if he is too late, he will have to fight you know who." Brighton said, closing his eyes to reestablish his telepathic connection with Luigi. He had been watching as Luigi toiled up Star Peak. He smiled softly, knowing that soon, Luigi would reach the summit, and bring back the light.
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Luigi pulled himself up the final ledge, and stared at what he saw before him. A golden arch curved gracefully into the black sky. Three stars crowned its arch, and two ribbons curled down around the arches legs. Luigi stood, and walked toward the arch. The others fell into step beside him, and they entered the Star Realm. Instantly, a red and black striped star stopped them.
"Who are you?" he asked.
"I'm Luigi, and I came because the Daybreaker is back, and I need to speak to the good star Daydream!" Luigi said.
"I'm the Nightmare star, Daydreams husband. Call me Night. Daydream! The you know who, and the you know what is starting! The Prince has come!" Night called, "For the record, I'm evil gone good."
"Gracious me, Night! This is serious! I am going to tell you everything about what is coming! The day is here, at last! Are you Star born, young Prince?" Daydream asked.
"Star born?" Luigi asked.
"She means, are you born of the stars, with solar and lunar blood coursing through you?" Night asked.
"My manners! Dear Prince, do come in! Who else is traveling with you?" Daydream asked, elbowing Night aside so Luigi could walk into the room.
"Please, call me Luigi." Luigi said, introducing everybody, "I know I have solar and lunar blood in me, as my parents are Brighton and Twila, the rulers of Skyland. I don't know about having any star blood in me."
"Come with me, then." Daydream said, leading the way into a large white room, similar o the Recovery Room at Eldstars Sanctuary. (Brotherhood, CH. 7) several other stars were already there. Two of them were dark gold, and their nameplates above their chairs read Flamar, and Formar. One star was black, and his nameplate read Teachar. One star was blue, while the other was white. The blue stars nameplate read Stormar, while the white stars nameplate read Timar.
"Welcome, young Prince." the ancient stars chorused.
"Luigi, it is time you learned the whole truth. The Daybreaker aims not to bring back Dark Utopia, but to awaken Sinistar. I shall take you back to the battle that started this mess…"
DAYDREAMS STORY
Eons ago, before the formation of the universe we know today, Nine new legionnaires rose to power. They watched over the Great Birth of the Universe we know today. It was peaceful for a time, until Solon was murdered, by Sinistar. He turned pure evil, and went after the still young universe, planning to rule it someday. Eldstar challenged him to a dual, one on one, despite the other seven Star Spirits protests of no.
"I can't have you running amok through the Universe, Sinistar! You are my brother, and I don't want to fight you, but I have no choice! You and me, one on one, here and now!" Eldstar demanded, eyes narrowed.
"so the great leader appears. Did I hurt your precious universe, old geezer?" Sinistar sneered.
"Sinistar! You didn't!" Zarthose screamed.
"I may be old, but I'm wiser then you are! Bring it on!" Eldstar challenged.
"Fine! Shadow Strife!" Sinistar screamed, his left arm glowing dark purple. He struck Eldstars chest with all his might. The older star didn't flinch.
"Is that the best you got? Try a Strike! Of the Seven Stars!" Eldstar screamed, releasing seven mini stars with razor sharp edges. The stars pelted Sinistar, leaving bloody gashes in their wake. Sinistar howled, and lunged, wrapping his points around Eldstars neck. He began to squeeze the life out of Eldstar. Silently, Eldstars forehead began to glow as a marking appeared.
"Time to…shake things…up!" Eldstar gasped, glowing even brighter.
Suddenly, he heaved the younger star off of him, and rose into the sky. He burned even brighter still, and brought his arms together.
"Heavens Fire! Blast!" He screamed, releasing all the power he had on Sinistar, who howled in rage, and shot into the sky, growing larger at an alarming rate. His eyes turned red with black irises, and black fur grew from his arms, head, and legs. He growled.
"How do you like me now, Eldstar?" Sinistar raised a furry arm, and lashed out, connecting squarely with Eldstars body, sending him flying backwards. This went on for some time.
"I can't watch any more! He is losing badly! There is something we must be able to do!" Misstar screamed.
"There is nothing we can do, other then somehow bring Solon back to life, and get him to tell where he hid his staff." Skolar turned away from the ongoing battle.
Suddenly, a warming, golden glow filled the area, and a thundering voice screamed, "STOP!" the combatants stopped, and turned. Hovering before them was Solon.
"Eldstar, Take the Star Rod, now! it's the only way for you to contain him, until I can be reincarnated, and defeat that guy for good!" Solon cried, "The staff will remain hidden until then!"
"but you're dead!" Eldstar wiped the blood dripping down into his eye.
"Trust me, you old fool! I don't have time for this! Take it now!" Solon roared, shoving it into Eldstars hands, "it's the only way!"
"I trust you, Solon!" Eldstar turned, and time moved forward. Eldstar raised the Star Rod, and felt it charging power. Zarthose shot behind Sinistar, and began to chant, building up power for a seal. The other star spirits added their own power to the mix, and Eldstar let the attack fly. Sinistar absorbed the hit, and crackled evilly.
"It didn't work!" Eldstar screamed.
"Solons planets!" Skolar screamed, "Call to the people of the planets, and get them to wish it so! The Star Rod operates on wish power!"
"But only two of his worlds were inhabited!" Eldstar cried.
"Call to them, now!" Mamar yelled.
"Planet Earth! Planet Utopia! I am calling! I need your power! Wish Sinistar gone!" Eldstar cried, watching in amazement as the Star Rod glowed even brighter. He attacked Sinistar again. Sinistar shot around Utopia, and blasted the planet to bits. The Star Rod dimmed drastically.
"No! He destroyed Utopia!" Kalmar screamed, as he and Muskular shot toward planet Earth, hoping to protect it.
"Planet Earth, Sinistar destroyed Utopia! I need you all to stand behind me now! Wish Sinistar gone! Please! Help me now! He'll destroy you next!" Eldstar screamed, watching as the Star Rod grew brighter, but it was still dim.
Mamar took off into the planet. She knew that the power they had wasn't enough. She shot down to the surface, and streaked like a shooting star across the planet.
"We need help! We need the whole world standing unified behind us! This isn't about us anymore! The whole universe is in dire peril! Please, stand up, and wish like you've never wished before! Dig deeper! Wish Sinistar gone! Call out Ancient Star Rod Power, and give us all you got! This is for Utopia!" Mamar cried, feeling waves of powerful wish energy ebb off the planet.
The star rod burned even brighter, and Eldstar released it all on Sinistar. Zarthose gave everything he had to keep his seal around Sinistar.
"No! I can't be defeated! I'll come back!" Sinistars voice was cut off as Zarthose's seal wrapped around him, and silenced him.
The time stream fast forwarded to Eldstar standing on the outer steps of the Star Palace, with Zarthose, who has several large suitcases surrounding him.
"Zarthose, we will miss you. I understand why you are leaving us. It is for the best." Eldstar said, "But was it smart to hide the seal inside planet earth?"
"It was the only way to contain that thing, Sire. I'm going to miss this place. Well, the Seal isn't going to protect itself, so I'm off. See ya!" Zarthose smiled, and orbed out with his suitcases in tow.
Once again, the time stream fast forwarded to Zarthose, in his underground home. The old Ztar stood inside his library. He walked over to the door, and followed the twisting tunnels into another room. This room was bare of any kind of furniture, or belongings. The only thing in this room is a single seal, laying on a slop of earth. Zarthose walked up to it, and it began to glow.
"Not this time, Sinistar. Ancient powers alight! Unite, burning darkness aglow! Lock this evil, and keep it from my sight!" Zarthose chanted, watching as the seal's glow dimmed, and went out. Zarthose performed the spell every twenty years from that point on.
END DAYDREAMS STORY
"Tonight, Zarthose will perform the spell to strengthen the seal for another twenty years. This is when the Daybreaker and the Hellhound will strike. We ancient stars have decided to give you the ability to become the dreaded Firegod. Only Firegod can hold on his own against Sinistar. He shall not fight alone, for he will have the aid of Solstice, the winged leopard, helping him." Daydream said.
"The question now is, are you up to it?" Teachar asked.
"What is Firegod?" Luigi asked, "I thought he was my dads beast form."
"He belonged to your father, Luigi, but your father chose to give up Firegod to save your mother. Will you take him back?" Night asked.
"I uh, okay." Luigi said, "Give me Firegod."
At that moment, the mountain shook.
"it's the Daybreaker! He's here!" Formar screamed.
"Then we go out and fight!" Mallow screamed.
"Lets do this!" Solance led the way, evolving into Summer Solstice as he went. His robes went golden, and oranges wings appeared on his back. His spikes grew longer, and more numerous. They ran down his back like a mane. His eyes turned yellow. They gathered outside.
"Waluigi! Fight!" Luigi called, "You are my brother! Fight!"
"how about I fight you! Hydro blast!" the Daybreaker called, sending a blast of water at Luigi, which did a little damage.
"I'm electricity, Waluigi! You know you are weak against me! Fight the Daybreaker! You are not evil!" Luigi cried, choosing not to fight back, for he knew fighting won't solve anything.
"Water is weak, but is metal weak against you, or how about pure darkness?" Waluigi raised both hands, and cupped them together. Dark energy formed in his hands, "Dark antimatter blast!" he let the energy fly. Luigi saw it coming, and screamed. Out of nowhere, Summer Solstice came flying.
"Luigi! No!" He took the hit, and crumbled to the ground, devolving in the process.
"Solance!" Luigi cried, "Talk! Are you okay?"
"I'll live…" Came the faint reply.
The battle ragged, and moved to the deck of the Blade. Mallow, Mckonic, and Geno found themselves doing most of the fighting. Geno saw the Hellhound leave the ship, and race toward Zarthose's Lair.
"Mallow! Mckonic! Wario! Dawn! Sparky! Intercept the Hellhound, and what ever you do, do not let him get down to Zarthose!" Geno ordered.
"We're on it!" Mckonic called, "Hey Hellhound! How does one of my Dragon lance strikes feel? Hurts, don't it? Have another one!"
"How about we rattle your brains with an Earthquake Storm!" Wario crowed, causing an earthquake to occur.
"Prince Waluigi, you must fight back and reclaim your body! The Daybreaker is vile, and has fed you lies!" Beau screamed, "Prince Luigi, I'm going to go help Prince Wario!"
"Don't you see? Waluigi is gone. I am Waluigi now." The Daybreaker growled.
"I'm your brother, Waluigi! You know me! I know you can hear me!" Luigi screamed.
"Unfortunately, Waluigi is gone, Luigi." the Daybreaker spoke.
"Really? The Waluigi I know would be fighting his heart out to defeat you! Leave Waluigi's body alone, Daybreaker!" Luigi shot back.
"Luigi, it's not working, and I know what will!" Geno cried out, launching forward into a dead run at Waluigi. When they touched, a bright bluish light spread out over the deck of the Blade, and faintly, Luigi heard Geno scream. He ran toward the scream, and got there in time to watch Geno's body go flying, and hit the deck with a sickening crunch of bone. He sat up slowly, wand out, and smoking.
"I was you at one time, Waluigi!" With a scream of pain, the star guardian rose to his feet, "Listen to me! You are not evil!"
The Daybreaker struck out again, and Geno went down. Luigi could only scream in horror as Waluigi towered over the dying Guardian.
"You keep saying you were me at one time, guardian. How satisfying for me to defeat the part of me that was good." Waluigi struck out, and Geno screamed. He gathered the last of his energy, and lashed out with an attack he hoped he would never have to use.
"Geno Star Supernova!" Geno screamed.
Supernova force winds and white hot ultraviolet light shot from Geno's hands, sending the Daybreaker flying. Waluigi hit the ground, and skidded. Luigi ran to Geno's side.
"Geno!" He cried.
"Luigi, everything is going to be okay now. Remember, look to the great live giver in your ranks when the going gets too hard. I'm afraid, my game is ending." Geno whispered.
"But you can't die! I thought you were immortal!" Luigi wailed, not wanting to lose one of his best friends.
"Even we immortals can get our backsides kicked, Luigi." Geno smiled, but it was a pained effort.
"But an immortal can't die!" Luigi tried.
"Yes, we can. All being immortal means is that we live forever if we are careful. We aren't exempt from the same dangers befalling mortals. My time here may be ending, but my time on the other side is just beginning. I'm only going to a place where I can watch over my friends." Geno's eyes began to close.
"No, stay with me! Hang in there!" Luigi cried, but it was no use. Geno took his last breath, and was gone. Luigi felt himself shaking, and rose to face a scowling Waluigi.
"how touching." the Daybreaker sneered.
"You! You murderer! You will pay for it!" Luigi screamed, firing off several electric based attacks at Waluigi.
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"He's too strong! I can't keep this up!" Wario cried, ducking as the Hellhound took anther swing at his head.
"We have to stop him from reaching Zarthose!" Beau cried, "Starry Squall!"
His attack was swatted aside by the Hellhound. Wario launched off another earth based attack, and managed to cause some damage. Dawn and Mckonic both launched off dragonic based attacks, which did nothing. Sparky tried an electric attack, and did some damage. Through the entire battle, they were losing ground. Behind them, Mallow snuck behind the Hellhound, charging a powerful electric attack. Sparky saw, and joined him.
"Ready?" Mallow whispered.
"Ready." Sparky whispered back.
Mallow cupped his hands, his fists glowing. Sparky prepared by lighting up with electricity. Mallow wrapped his electrified hands around Sparky, and braced himself.
"Thunder blast!" They called, releasing a continuing blast of electricity at the Hellhound, causing bad damage. The Hellhound turned, and flicked his right wrist, sending both mallow and Sparky flying into a wall. He fought back, forcing the others back. Just when it seemed hopeless, Zarthose appeared.
"I thought I heard fighting! Hellhound, you are never going to reawaken Sinistar! Burning Ztar Fire!" Zarthose screamed, using a fire based attack on the Hellhound. His attack brought the evil shadow to his knees, and the next thing they knew, Zarthose was flung into the wall. Another attack by a recovered Mallow and Sparky dropped the Hellhound back down to his knees, and Wario raised his hand, palm down, and made a fist, forcing a chunk of earth to rise, and form a perfect sphere.
"Lets combine attacks!" He screamed.
"Dragons Rage!" Dawn didn't hesitate. A ring of dragon fire joined the sphere. Seconds later, a starry squall, Shocker, Lightening Blitz, Dragon Rain, and a Burning Ztar Fire joined the sphere. Wario drew his arm back, and held the sphere with his left hand, adding Earth energy into the sphere. He threw it at the Hell hound, who went down. The Hellhound wasn't out. Zarthose saw the charging attack, and threw himself in front of Wario, taking the hit. As he went down, he fired off another attack, taking out the Hellhound for good.
"The seal… Its broken… He's free…" Zarthose gasped.
"Zarthose? What do we do?" Wario asked, "Tell me your spell, and I'll take care of it!"
"Wario… I'm dying… its too late…" Zarthose rasped.
"You protected me!" Wario dropped to his knees, next to the Star Spirit.
"I won't be… needed anymore… this is… for the best… Go now… young prince… and protect your world…" Zarthose rasped, his body fading.
"But Zarthose! How do I defeat Sinistar?" Wario asked.
"Look to the… great life giver… among your ranks.. and you will know…" Zarthose gasped, his body barely visible, then he was gone. Wario stood.
"Lets go, and alert Luigi to the situation." He led them back out to the battle outside. Wario saw Geno, and ran to him. Dropping to his knees, he felt great sobs shaking the earth as they ripped free of his throat. He didn't have to be a doctor to know that Geno was gone.
Luigi continued to rip into Waluigi with everything he had. All of his anger, his grief, and his frustration came pouring out of him with each hit he landed. Suddenly, he was shot backward, and he landed on his injured shoulder, which protested painfully.
"Are you done, yet?" The Daybreaker sounded bored.
Once again, Solance rose behind him.
"I cast thee out in the name of all that's good! Be gone, evil, wretched spirit! I cast thee out in the name of his grace, Great Lord Brighton of the Sky! I banish you to rot forever in the fires of Argon! Leave Waluigi's body now! I cast thee out in the name of all that's goo-ahhh!" Once again, he was sent crashing back down to the ground. The group regrouped near the body of Geno.
"We lost Geno." Luigi said.
"And Zarthose, too!" Wario wailed, "and we failed to prevent you know who from escaping!"
"We can't keep this up much longer!" Dawn cried, "We are all injured, and tired!"
Luigi sighed, and stared out at the desolate battlefield. The deck of the Blade was scared, and pitted from the recent battle, and blood decorated a railing here and there, and puddles of it pockmarked the deck. Geno's body lay in one of the puddles. Luigi was somehow reminded of the prophecy.
That prophecy… it was wrong! The translation was wrong! Geno never went dark!" Luigi cried.
"He's right. It says to look to the great life giver among our ranks. Solance! that's it! Solance! Bring in the day!" Mallow cried.
"Bring in the day? Have you lost it?" Solance asked.
"Solance, he's on to something! Bring in the day! Daylight is the Daybreaker's greatest weakness!" Luigi cried.
"But I can't!" Solance cried.
"Solance, you have to do it! I would do it, but I haven't been trained yet! Go, Solance, do it for my father! Save his skies!" Luigi cried, "Its up to you, now!"
Solance took a deep breath, and shot up into the sky. He went solar, and forced his body to glow brighter. He evolved into Summer Solstice again, and burned even brighter. Below him, he heard the Daybreaker scream in agony as pure sunlight shone down on him. Waluigi's mouth opened, and the Soul left his body. He crumbled to the ground, into a lifeless heap. The Soul shot up into the sky, and crashed into the light, where it exploded into a thousand pieces. Solstice brought forward the daylight, filling the valley below with light.
"Wally! Wake up! Say something! I don't wanna be alone yet!" Wario wailed, shaking Waluigi like a rag doll.
"Okay, Stop trying to give me Shaken Adult Syndrome for two minutes, will you?" Waluigi asked.
"You're dead! I mean, you're alive! I mean, you're undead, right?" Wario asked.
"Actually, I'm dead, remember? I still have my body as a gift from Eldstar for defeating Lowser." Waluigi said. (Brotherhood, CH 2)
"We did it, you guys. We saved the whole world, but the cost was too high. We lost Geno." Luigi said, his voice low.
"Oh crud! I just remembered!" Waluigi raced back into the Blade, and set the stars, and the women free.
"Wally, you came back to us." Violet said.
"I was finally set free." Waluigi said.
"Lets go. I have had enough with dungeons to last me awhile." Daisy said.
They went outside.
"Luigi, we lost Zarthose, too." Wario said.
"No, you didn't!" Skolar screamed.
At that moment, Spectra warped back in, his eyes wild with fright. He still carried the damage from his last fight with the Daybreaker.
"Sinistar is reawakening!" Spectra cried.
The words had barely left his mouth, when the Earth roared around them. The ravine cracked, and Skyland split open. Thick, ominous, dark clouds billowed across the sky, bringing the promise of a massive storm. Darkness poured from the opening. It looked like Skyland was bleeding.
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"What is happening out there?" Brighton asked.
"Sinistar." Brightstar responded, "Da ground, it open up, bleeding darkness. Skyland splitting, become two lands." the younger sun turned, "You can't be thinking what I think you thinking."
"If you think I'm thinking of sending some of my power to Luigi, then you are correct." Brighton said, concentrating on Luigi. He glowed softly, and felt his power level drain as if left him, and went to Luigi.
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"Is that Sinistar?" Mallow asked.
"Yes." Eldstar said.
Luigi glared at the rising star angrily. Behind him, Waluigi came across the body of Geno, and gasped.
"I don't believe it! I killed myself!" He cried.
Wario started laughing. Everyone gave him an odd look.
"He killed himself!" Wario chortled, getting smacked by Waluigi.
"You know what I mean!" Waluigi cried.
"You two do realize there is a giant dark star hell bent on destroying the last of Solon's creations, Us!" Luigi cried, "Waluigi, how far can you ghost.?"
"I don't know!" Waluigi answered, "I haven't figured it out yet!"
"We need Mario so we can perform an elemental bros attack!" Luigi cried, finding himself surprisingly calm, despite the fact a giant dark star was about to destroy everything.
"Luigi, take Firegod, and go after it!" Daydream cried, as Luigi's Sunstone glowed. The green plumber nodded.
"Solance and I will hold that thing off! Daisy, Peach, Rose, Violet, go Guardian, and protect the others!" Luigi ordered, already evolving. Solance dropped from the sky, and went Solstice, the winged tiger. Luigi went Brightsun first, then on to Firegod.
"The others and I will provide back up!" Wario called.
"I'm going to try to ghost to Mario, if I can!" Waluigi called, focusing on his ghost power.
Firegod opened his leathery gold wings, and launched into the sky. Growling, he dove, fire breathing, at Sinistar. Solstice joined him, attacking Sinistar with his own earth attacks.
"Your puny attacks don't faze me." Sinistar punched Firegod in the gut, and a round house kick sent Solstice tumbling out of the sky, yowling. Waluigi ghosted out.
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Waluigi focused on Mario, thought of nothing else but Mario, and felt the familiar sensation of his body going to sleep, and being forced to wake back up suddenly. He opened his eyes, and bit back a scream.
"Geez, Mario! They invented shower curtains for a reason!" He cried, a hand over his eyes.
"Waluigi! Do you mind? They didn't count on brothers who ghost everywhere!" Mario asked.
He was in the bathtub. Thankfully, it was a bubble bath. Waluigi had ghosted right into the guest room bathroom.
"Luigi sent me! We need the Elemental bros! You are fire!" Waluigi replied, his eyes still covered.
"But I just went through surgery to save dad! Do I have to go?" Mario asked.
"Yes, you have to! I'm going to step outside, and I want you ready to go in five minutes!" Waluigi said.
There was a splash, followed by a scream.
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Firegod hit the ground, and slid several feet. He staggered back up to his feet, only to get hit by a falling Solstice. The dragon rose from the billowing dust, and nailed an electric attack, forcing Sinistar back a few feet.
"Firegod, is this the best you've got? Shadow Surge!" Sinistar snarled, releasing a wave of shadowy purple light at Firegod, who took damage from the hit. He staggered, and lashed out with his tail, leaving bloody gashes on Sinistars body with each hit. Sinistar grabbed Firegods tail, and twisted. Firegod howled, and twisted his body around, trying to get at Sinistar. Solstice rose anew behind them, and lashed out with a multitude of earth and fire based attacks, forcing Sinistar down to his knees, and freeing Firegod. The fire dragon lunged, pinning the star down, and getting a face full of shadow fire. The next thing he knew, he was thrown backward, and Sinistar, snarling angrily, dawned over him. Solstice shot down at Sinistar, and was swatted aside. He hit the ground hard on his right side, and devolved.
"I'm down for the count! Thanks for the save, Flora!" Solance called, as Daisy, in Flora form, raced out to get him.
"What hurts?" Violet asked. She had evolved into Aqueena, her evolved form. She looked like Flora, except she wore purple and blue, and had pale blue wings.
"I'll live." Solance replied, a hand on his injured leg.
"But I don't want to fight him alone! What's keeping Waluigi?" Firegod protested, dodging another swipe by Sinistar, "I can't keep doing this!"
"Shine Sprite?" Mckonic handed Solance a shine sprite. Only a Sun could use Shine energy, a form of energy generated by Shine Sprites.
"Thanks." Solance felt the life giving rays of Shine energy flow into him, healing him. At that moment, Daisy screamed.
"Firegod!" She cried, "No! Get back up! Move!"
Firegod lay still, trapped under Sinistars body. He didn't move, or try to fight back as the evil star attacked him with shadow attacks. Waluigi ghosted in with a fully dressed Mario in tow. Waluigi was sopping wet.
"Dude, what happened to you?" Wario asked.
"You don't need to know!" Waluigi snapped.
"It involved a bathtub full of water, and our idiot of a brother. Unfortunately, I was trapped between them!" Mario said.
"You didn't have to use your firebrand to boil the water!" Waluigi cried.
Wario put two, and two together, and howled in laughter.
"You didn't have to fall into the bathtub, walking stick!" Mario shot back.
"I'm not a walking stick, Fire breath!" Waluigi argued back.
"Eggplant eater!" Mario screamed.
"Mushroom lover!" Waluigi scowled.
"Stickman!" Mario yelled.
"Pompous bag of gas!" Waluigi snapped.
"Skinny!" Mario hollered.
"Fatty!" Waluigi cried.
"HEY! BOTH OF YOU! STOP IT!" Wario shot up between them, "Luigi is out there, fighting for us all, and you two have the nerve to be fighting among yourselves! Waluigi, he does have a point about you being skinny, and Mario, you do have a gut."
"it's a pasta gut, and I'm proud of it!" Mario snapped.
"YOU WANT A GUT TO BE PROUD OF? MY GUT IS SOMETHING OF A WORLD WONDER!" Wario screamed.
"YEA! AND IT STINKS, TOO!" Mario screamed.
"WHO YOU CALLING STINKY?" Wario shrilled.
"YOU! YOU POMPOUS BAG OF ROTTING GARLIC!" Mario yelled.
"ROTTING GARLIC? HOW DARE YOU! PREBARE TO SEE THE OTHER SIDE, PIPSQUEAK!" Wario shot on top of Mario. Waluigi saw Peach, and Rose coming, and stepped aside.
"They are yours." He said, jerking a thumb behind him.
Firegod lurched suddenly, throwing Sinistar aside, and launched into the sky. He raced toward the ledge, and landed, reverting back to Luigi, who was breathing heavily. Peach pulled out a iron skillet, and whacked Wario in the head, getting his attention. Rose dragged a struggling Mario away from Wario.
"Let me at him! Let me at him!" Mario cried, squirming around in Roses iron hold.
"No." Rose said, "Unless you promise me you will be a good boy."
"Oww! That thing hurts!" Wario complained.
"Good, don't make me have to hurt you more! Can't you two stop fighting, and get along for once? You guys are brothers, for crying out loud!" Peach said.
"I need you to help me fight Sinistar! Firegod is not strong enough. I'm going Brightsun, and I'm going to use Solons Light. If I do this alone, it is going to kill me. Mario, Wario, can you put your differences aside long enough to help me? Waluigi, you too. Peach, Daisy, Rose, Violet, the prophecy was mistranslated. It is about how celestial guardian and Elemental brother came together to defeat Sinistar for good. Are you with me?" Luigi asked, wondering where the bravery was coming from. Then, he knew. It had been inside of him all this time. He never needed to be afraid. With these thoughts, he went solar, and pulled out the Sunstone, "Dad, give me your strength."
Waluigi, Wario, Mario, Violet, Rose, Peach, and Daisy formed a circle around him, their clothes and hands turning white, their eyes closed. Luigi raised the Sunstone, and pulled it apart, revealing the dancing white light of Solon. He rose several feet into the air, seven ropes of light joining it.
"ANCIENT SUNSTONE POWER!" Everyone cried as one.
"No! Not the white light again! Shadow blaze!" Sinistar screamed.
Light and shadow met with a deafening scream. Slowly, the shadow began to overpower the light.
"We've got to help them!" Skolar screamed.
"No, Skolar! This is not our fight any longer. Its up to Solon now." Eldstar said.
"But Eldstar, what do you mean?" Mamar asked.
"Solon has come to finish what he started. Watch." Eldstar said.
Luigi felt his arms shaking from the strain of clinging to the Sunstone. The shadow was nearly on top of him. Suddenly, the light burned brighter. Luigi did a double take, and blinked. He saw a pair of ghostly arms holding the sunstone with him. He watched as the Sunstone opened itself wider, and even more light flowed through. Luigi turned, and did another double take, and blinked, again.
"Dad? No wait, Solon?" Luigi asked.
"concentrate on defeating Sinistar, Luigi." came the reply.
Luigi focused, and dug deeper into his energy reserves, and felt Brighton's power flow into him.
"Thanks, Dad." Luigi gave the Sunstone everything he had. The light grew brighter, and pushed back the shadowy light. It struck Sinistar, and white lines ran through its body.
"NOOOOOO!" Sinistar exploded into a burst of shadowy light, and dissipated. He was gone forever. Luigi shut down the Sunstone, and felt all of his energy leave him. The last thing he saw, was the face of Eldstar.
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Luigi? Can you hear me?
Who are you?
I am Solon, your father.
My father? I Thought Brighton was my father!
I am also Brighton. I was reincarnated as Brighton.
Where am I?
You are home, at Clockwork Castle. We are waiting for you to wake up from your slumber.
I'm asleep?
Bingo! Genius! You figured it out! Now wake up!
How?
Open your eyes, genius.
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Sunlight filtered into the room, waking the sleeping green hero. Luigi let his eyes grow accustomed to the light. He turned his head, and saw Brightstar, sitting in the chair next to his bed.
"You gave us quite da scare, there." Brightstar said.
"how long was I out?" Luigi asked.
"you slept for six days. Brighton, Sire, he is awake." Brightstar turned to see Brighton walk into the room. Brighton was almost fully healed.
"Luigi. Good to have you back with us." Brighton said, "Dream anything interesting?" He winked knowingly.
"Other then the conversation with Solon, no. Dad, Is it true?" Luigi asked.
"Yes, it is true. Solon and I are the one and the same." Brighton said.
Six months went by, and Brighton recovered enough to take over his duties as the Great Lord, and as the Sun of the Earth, from Lord Sunnings. Luigi made his decision to follow in Brighton's footsteps, and become Skylands new ruler, and Sun. He sold his mansion to Waluigi, and Daisy moved with him to Clockwork Castle, where her training as Luigi's future Queen, could be overseen by Twila. Solance was promoted to Great Lord, and became Brighton's coworker in the sky. Mckonic decided to stay in Solarsky, and opened a new clinic there. Mallow returned to Nimbus Land, and began his training to become its new King. Waluigi, Wario, and Mario discovered their own yoshies, and Mario began his own training by Peaches father to rule the Mushroom Kingdom. Waluigi discovered he still had the Daybreaker's powers in him, and chose to hone his new powers and became the new star guardian. Wario moved in with rose in Gardena, and soon married her, becoming Gardena's new ruler in the process.
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Queen Sunstar: Its done. I am going to take a hiatus from writing my Mario fanfics so I can spend time on my neglected Kingdom lost series on my web page. Also, I am going to work on my CSI Miami fan fiction, and get that done too. I'll come back with a fresh new Mario Bros Fanfic sometime this summer. I also need to work on my novel, which is coming out sometime next year. Until then, See you in the forums!
Twila: Review, please, and tell us how we did! Like our comedy, right in the middle of the battle? Review to let us know! See you all later!
