I have two new stories out now that I'm working on along side this one. The first one is a Sonic fanfiction called End of the World. For those of you who love Super Mario Dark Side, I recommend you guys read this, because it has all of that crossover goodness you know and love, along with an intense story that will keep you guessing. The other story is a spin off of a famous show I used to love called Superhuman Samurai Cyber Squad Remix. For those who remember the original I recommend you take a look at it because it's a different kind of story for me, and for those who don't know it I still think you should read it because it was made by me (okay, so I'm a little conceited, sue me). Now, back to the story.

Attack on Hyrule Kingdom-Beginning

Peach had decided to speed things up a bit. She felt that if the two people teamed up with Mario were the ones with the Tri-Force pieces of Courage and Wisdom, then she had to lure them to her. She had already hypnotized the guards in Hyrule Kingdom to work for her, growing her already large army by at least two hundred men. She was sitting in the throne relaxing.

"This throne is so much better than the one back home. I might have to make this my new castle," as she said that, Kamek and Kammy walked into the throne room.

"Empress, are you sure about this? You only have one triangle," Kamek started.

"I know," Peach said as if it were nothing.

"You'll need all three if you're going to-" Kammy was cut off by Peach.

"Don't you see? This is all a part of my plan. The ones who hold the Courage and Wisdom of the Tri-Force will be drawn to the destruction of their home. That will in turn disrupt their capacity for rational thought, which will make retrieving the triangles from them even less of a challenge. I estimate the world shall be mine in the next few days," she explained with confidence.

Both Kammy and Kamek nodded, their faith in the Empress renewed, "We understand, Your Majesty. Forgive us for not trusting your judgment," Kammy said as she and her son bowed.

"Think nothing of it. I will admit, my plan is a little unorthodox, but I guarantee this will get us the last two triangles," she said getting up, "I have already chosen my room, so I am retreating there to rest. I'm trusting you two to take care of things while I rest."

Kammy and Kamek bowed in servitude as they watched the Empress leave. When she left, "Does the Empress seem stressed to you?" Kamek said to his mother.

"I have noticed that. We must do what we can to assist her."

"I agree. We have waited far too long for her revival, we can't loose her now."

Peach was right now looking in the mirror in her room. She did seem a little stressed out, as she was talking to her reflection. "I'm so close to the end. Just one more area, and the world will be mine," she then looked down and began thinking about Mario, making her even more depressed, "Oh, Mario!" she cried burying her face in her hands. As she cried, her reflection did something extraordinary...

Forget about Mario! It spoke to her.

"Forget about Mario?" she said looking in the mirror, her reflection was moving without her.

Remember, he abandoned us! We gave him a chance to join us, and he turned it down!

"He did... That's right, I remember now," she said looking down, getting depressed.

We're so close now. This is the last area, and you know Mario and his little entourage are going to try to stop us!

"I won't let him. I'll kill him first!" she said looking at her reflection determined. Her reflection just nodded, smiling evilly.

Kakariko Village was in flames. There were people on the ground everywhere injured, some even dead. When Link made it to the village, he fell to his knees devastated.

Mario, Luigi, Daisy, and Sheik ran in, and were just as devastated.

"Oh my god!" Daisy said looking around.

"Peach did all of this? This is worse than Sarassa Kingdom," Luigi said looking down.

Mario slowly walked over to Link, who wasn't moving. "Link... I..." he tried to say.

"How do you plan to fix this...?" Link asked Mario. He then turned to Mario and looked at him enraged, "Well?! What are you going to do?!!"

"I don't-" Link grabbed Mario by the collar of his shirt and held him up against a wall.

"ANSWER ME!!!! YOU DEFENDED THE EMPRESS, SO THIS IS ON YOU'RE CONSCIOUS!!!!" Link shouted at Mario, who suddenly felt really guilty.

Luigi and Sheik ran up to them and pulled Link away from Mario. "Link, calm down!" Sheik said, holding Link.

"Don't tell me to calm down, Sheik!" Link said turning to Sheik, "Our home is destroyed, all thanks to him!"

"Well getting mad at Mario isn't going to fix that!" Luigi said stepping in, "Yes, Mario defended Peach. Yes, Hyrule is under attack. And yes, we might be to blame for that. But now isn't the time to play the blame game! While we're standing here yelling at each other, Peach is at the central kingdom doing who knows what!"

Link knew that Luigi was right, so he calmed down and pulled away from Sheik, "Okay, so what do we do now?" he asked.

"First off, we need to know what her next move is," Luigi said, "Something tells me that she's going to need to do something else to really 'rule the world'."

"She'll need the Tri-Force," Sheik said, catching everyone's attention.

"Tri-Force? Does that have something to do with why your hands started glowing?" Daisy asked.

"The Tri-Force is broken up into three pieces, each one representing one of the three virtues our people live by. Those virtues are Courage, Wisdom, and Power. Each piece is held by someone in Hyrule who is the pure embodiment of that virtue," Sheik held up his hand showing his tattoo, "I, as both Sheik and Zelda, wield the Wisdom of the Tri-Force. My brother wields the Courage of the Tri-Force," as she said that, Link held up his hand showing his tattoo.

"The Power of the Tri-Force did belong to our enemy Ganondorf," Link said, accent on "did".

"But not now?" Mario asked.

"Not with what happened earlier. When our hands started glowing, it was telling us that Tri-Force of Power was passed on to someone else," Link explained.

"In order to use the Tri-Force, you must either earn the right to do so by the gods, or you must gather the three triangles yourself on your hand. Both are near impossible," Sheik stated, continuing from where Link left off.

"Why is that?" Mario asked.

"The Tri-Force is the power of the gods and can do anything. It can bring back the dead, it can reshape the land, it can pretty much do anything. All of that power is too much for one human to have, so the gods only give the Tri-Force to people they know they can trust. As for gathering the three triangles, in order to do that you must either prove that you are more worthy of wielding the corresponding triangle, or kill the person who wields the triangle. Doing the latter first though may incur the wrath of the gods however." Sheik explained.

"So Peach would technically have to be the full embodiment of all three triangles?" Luigi asked.

"Basically, yes," Sheik said.

"What I want to know is, how did she know about the Tri-Force," Mario stated.

"That's a good question," Sheik agreed, "My only assumption would be that she has someone helping her. Someone who knows all about the magic of the world."

"But who?" Daisy asked.

"That would be us," someone said near the front gate of the village. All of them turned to the entrance and saw Kamek standing there.

Mario, Luigi, and Daisy were shocked to see him still alive, since he was a Koopa, and Peach seemed to kill any Koopa she saw.

"Kamek?! What are you doing here?!" Mario asked in shock.

"The Empress sent me to do some surveillance, so when I saw you here-"

"Wait, did you say 'Empress'?" Luigi asked, getting really worried, "Did she get you too?!"

"No, she didn't," Sheik said, shocking everyone.

"What?" Mario asked, getting really confused.

"This person isn't under a spell. Whoever he is, he's still perfectly in control."

"So, you possess the Tri-Force of Wisdom? That does make sense," Kamek stated nodding his head.

"Why are you helping Peach?! She killed Bowser!" Daisy stated.

"Actually, we killed that pompous fool," they heard behind them. When they turned around they saw Kammy standing there.

"What? Why?! He was your master!" Mario shouted.

"Ha! That fool? We were using him from the beginning!" Kammy said, shocking all of them.

"Using him?" Daisy asked.

"We come from a long line of mages who worshiped Empress Deas as a god. After she was killed, our ancestors began waiting. Waiting for the day she would be reborn," Kamek explained. Link pulled out his sword and pointed it at Kammy.

"So basically you guys are helping Deas in her destruction!" he stated. Kammy and Kamek both broke out in laughter, "What's so funny?!" Link asked getting really angry.

"You aren't planing to fight us, are you?" Kammy taunted.

"That sword is no match for us and our magic," Kamek continued.

"Mario, I think these guys are serious," Luigi said to Mario.

"I think you're right," Mario agreed.

"Don't worry, we won't kill you," Kamek said pointing his wand at them.

"We'll save that honor for the Empress," Kammy continued, also pointing her wand at them.

Mario, Luigi, Link, and Sheik got in a circle surrounding Daisy, all in fighting stances, ready for what may prove to be one of their toughest fights, only second to Peach herself.