Chapter 6: Party Crashers! Koopa Family Takes Over!

Princess Peach's Castle Courtyard...

"Bwahaha! The Koopa King is here!" announced Bowser in a loud, booming voice.

Mario was not happy to see him. He was in the castle grounds of Peach's New Year's Eve Party. The guests were running around, screaming in terror. The princess was behind him. Green, the green Toad of the Toad Brigade, was also behind him, cowering in fear.

Bowser had arrived on his airship, with 8 smaller airships following it. He had come to the party to do one thing only: to defeat the Mario Bros.!

"So, how's my plumber friend?" said Bowser in a provoking voice.

Mario rolled his eyes. "What are you doing here, Bowser?"

"I just wanted to see how the party is going!" Bowser snorted.

Luigi ran out of the castle ballroom. "Mario! What happened?!" He looked up, seeing Bowser and his airships afloat in the sky. "AAGH! Not again!" He crouched behind his brother, scared.

"Haha! Looks like Green 'Stache is frightened!" howled Bowser. "Well you should be, cause I've got something even you Mario Bros. can't beat!"

Mario hesitated. He wondered if Bowser was being serious. He kept his eye on Bowser, not saying a word.

"Hmph! I'm guessing you are wondering what this 'secret weapon' I'm talking about." Bowser said. "Iggy!"

Suddenly, Iggy, jumped into view onto his own airship. "Yeah, King Dad?"

Bowser walked to the wheel of his airship. It had a panel beside it, with a bunch of flashing buttons on it. "Which button do I press?"

"The green button powers up the cannon." explained Iggy. "The lever with the red handle fires the Bullet Bills."

"Bwahaha! Thank you, Iggy!"

Mario was confused. Was Bowser planning to attack him...with a Bullet Bill?

"Alright, Mario, get ready!" warned Bowser. He pressed the green button. A large, steel door under the bow opened. A gigantic cannon popped out. It was huge!

Then, Bowser pulled the red lever.

BOOM!

The cannon shot out a humongous Bullet Bill! It was half the size of the castle. The Bullet Bill had a face with a huge grin on it, and bulging eyes!

Mario was surprised by the size of the Bullet Bill! Then he realized, it was heading right towards him and his friends. He quickly grabbed Princess Peach, Green and Luigi in his arms and jumped out of the way. The Bullet Bill crashed into the ground, barely missing them. It landed right next to the ferris wheel. It toppled down. Luckily, no one was on it.

The plumber landed near the ballroom entrance. Everybody in the courtyard was running back into the castle. He safely put his friends down. "Get inside!"

Green sprinted into the castle. Peach asked. "Will you be alright?"

"I'll be okie-dokie!" Mario assured.

Peach nodded. She headed inside the castle. The doors closed behind her.

Bowser laughed. "You see that? That's the power of the Chaos Emeralds!" He pointed to the castle. "Koopalings! Secure the castle!"

The Koopalings jumped into view on their airships. "Yes, King Dad!" They steered their airships to the castle, landing on the roof.

Mario looked at Luigi, who was crouching on the ground with both hands on his head. "Luigi!" Mario shouted. Luigi looked up. "Come on! We need to handle Bowser!"

Luigi stood up. "Mario! What was that huge Bullet Bill?"

"I think it's a King Bill, Luigi!" Mario explained. "I've only seen one of those in my entire life! They are really big."

"Yeah, I can see that!" Luigi said. "But what are we going to do?"

Mario thought for a moment. He remembered something. He poked into his back pocket, then pulled out a small brown bag. He opened it. Inside were two Fire Flowers, one for him and one for his brother.

Luigi was astonished. "You sure are ready for anything!"

Mario smiled. He passed a Fire Flower to Luigi. He caught it. Suddenly, Luigi's tuxedo magically turned into green overalls and a white shirt. His cap appeared right on his head. It was white, with an orange "L" on it. He was now Fire Luigi.

"Alright! Let's-a go!" Luigi exclaimed.

Mario grabbed his Fire Flower. The same thing happened to him. His tux turned into red overalls and white shirt. His cap too, appeared on his head. It was also white, but his had an orange "M" on his cap. Mario was now Fire Mario.

"Hmph! You think you can defeat me by throwing fireballs at me?" Bowser taunted.

"Well, we can try!" joked Luigi. He threw a green fireball at Bowser's airship. When it was about to hit, a purple forcefield shielded around the airship. The fireball bounced of it. The forcefield quickly disappeared.

"What the-" said Luigi. He threw another fireball, more viciously. Again, the forcefield appeared, deflecting the fireball. It disappeared again.

Bowser laughed. "We could do this all day! You should know you can't beat the power of the Chaos Emeralds!"

"What are these Chaos Emeralds are you talking about?" Mario asked.

"Since you're gonna be obliterated by my awesome power, I might as well tell you!" Bowser walked up to the bow of his airship, so he could see the Mario Bros. more clearly. "The Chaos Emeralds are rare gems that have unlimited power in them! Anyone who has all seven of them will be invincible! I happen to have them powering up my ship!" He pointed his the cannon under the bow. "All my weapons are maximum charged, as you can see. They are impossible to destroy!"

"And, with a bit of tweaking, I found a way to make an invisible forcefield around the ship." Iggy explained. He was watching on the castle rooftop, along with his siblings. "Nothing can penitrate through it!"

"You guys better give up now!" said Larry Koopa.

Luigi gasped. "Oh boy! Mario! We can't handle that!"

Suddenly, Bowser shot another King Bill at them. Mario leaped out of the way, with Luigi on his side. The King Bill landed into the ground with a loud crash, inches away from the castle. It now blocked the back door to the ballroom.

"Mamamia!" screamed Luigi. "That was close!"

"Yeah! Go King Dad!" exclaimed Roy Koopa.

"Go get them, Papa!" shouted Jr.

"Mario! We are we gonna do?" asked Luigi. We can't beat him with our fireballs!"

"I guess we are going to have to take him on close range." Mario said.

Luigi hesitated. "You mean, on the airship?"

Mario nodded.

Luigi nodded back.

"Come on, Super Stupid Bros!" shouted Bowser. "Let's get this over with so I can take over the world!"

"You guys are so dead!" Lemmy Koopa shouted. He was balancing on his orange polka-dot ball on the castle rooftop. Wendy O' Koopa pushed him off.

"Hey! Why'd you do that?"

"Concentrate on the battle, rainbow head!" nagged Wendy. "Come on, King Dad, beat those Mario Bros. so I can be the new princess of the world!"

"She's such a drag queen..." sighed Jr.

"Well, she is the only girl in the family." Larry pointed out.

The Mario Bros. sprinted towards Bowser's airship. Bowser wasted no time firing another King Bill at them. Mario and Luigi successfully dodged it, only by a close call. The King Bill crashed into the rollar coaster ride, breaking the track into a million pieces. The Mario Bros. were closing in on the airship, until suddenly, a Bullet Bill hit Luigi.

"Waaah!" yelled Luigi. He fell on the ground, face first. Mario stopped and ran back to check on his brother.

"Haha! Bullseye!" exclaimed Ludwig Von Koopa. He fired a homing Bullet Bill on Luigi from his airship.

"Nice job, Ludwig!" commented Morton Koopa Jr. He jumped up and down, shaking the castle rooftop.

"Morton! Stop jumping!" complained Wendy.

"Luigi! Are you okay?" asked Mario. He was beside Luigi, who layed on his back.

"I'm fine, Mario." said Luigi. Suddenly, his clothes changed back into his normal blue overalls and green shirt. He had lost his Fire powers.

"Oh no! You're fire powers!" Mario said.

Luigi got to his feet. "Let's not worry about that right now!" He pointed to Bowser's airship. "Come on! We still need to take care of that tyrant!"

"Hey! I heard that!" Bowser growled.

"Can you walk, Luigi?" asked Mario.

"I'll try!" said Luigi. He took a step with his right foot. He cringed. "Yeow! Okay! This leg really hurts!"

Bowser grinned. "Haha! Try to dodge this" He pulled the red lever, firing another King Bill at them.

"Mario! Come on!" Luigi shouted.

Mario wasted no time. He picked up Luigi on his back and got out of the bullet's way. The bullet missed them, but buy only a few inches.

Bowser growled. "I'm not giving any mercy!" He pulled the lever again, shooting another King Bill at them.

Mario kept dodging every single King Bill Bowser shot at him, with Luigi on his back. He was getting exhausted. He knew he couldn't do this all day

Bowser kept shooting a barrage of King Bills at Mario. He wouldn't give up until his arch-enemy was down.

"OOF!"

Mario tripped, landing on his stomach. Luigi fell off his back, landing right beside him. "Mario" shouted Luigi. "You've got to get up!"

"Now! Time for you to die!" said Bowser. He pulled the red lever. The cannon shot another King Bill. Bowser was sure it was it was gonna hit the Mario Bros.

"Mario! We got to get out of the way!" pleaded Luigi. He shook his brother, who didn't move.

"Luigi! Listen! Get out of here yourself!" Mario said.

Mario was too tired from all the running he did. He knew this was it. He knew that Bowser had won.

"MARIO!!" screamed Luigi. "I'm not leaving you! Now let's go!" He grabbed on to Mario's leg and tried to crawl their way out of the King Bill's path. But he couldn't becuase of his broken leg.

The King Bill was nearing them.

"Yay! The Mario Bros. are finally done!" yelled Ludwig in joy.

Roy started to tear up. "I thought this would never happen!" He hugged Lemmy, who was next to him.

"Hey! Let go!"

"Sorry! I'm just so happy!"

"Shut up guys! I wanna hear them scream in pain!" shouted Jr.

The King Bill was closing in on them.

Mario just layed there. "Luigi! Please go!"

"No! I'm not leaving you!" said Luigi. He crawled in front of his brother, facing the King Bill.

"Goodbye! Mario Bros.!" Bowser bellowed. He watched as the King Bill crashed into the ground.

BOOM!

The King Bill dug deep into the courtyard. Bowser couldn't believe it. He actually defeat the Mario Bros.!

Bowser gave a victorious laugh. "Bwahaha! I did it! I defeated the Mario Bros.!"

The Koopalings jumped up and down in excitement and joy.

"I can't believe it! King Dad beat the Mario Bros!" exclaimed Morton Jr.

"This is awesome!" yelled Larry.

"Hooray! I'm gonna be the new princess of the world!" shouted Wendy.

"Wait! What's that over there!" asked Roy. He pointed near the toppled ferris-wheel. Someone was on top of it.

Bowser looked. "No...it can't be!"

That "someone" was Yoshi. He was carrying two people on his back. It was Mario and Luigi.

"Grr! How could you! My plan was going all great until you decided to be the hero!" growled Bowser.

Yoshi jumped down from the fallen ferris-wheel. He layed Mario and Luigi on the ground. Both were still conscious.

"Urgh...Yoshi? What happened?" mumbled Mario. He stomach still ached from the fall.

"Are you kidding me!" miffed Yoshi. "I risked my life to save you guys!"

Luigi crawled on his knees, giving the green dinosaur a big hug. "Thank you, thank you, thank you!"

Yoshi pushed him aside. "Here, the princess wanted me to give you these!" He poked through his saddle. He grabbed out two Propeller Mushrooms.

"Wait, Yoshi. Did the princess send you out to rescue us?" said Mario.

"Well, kind of." replied Yoshi. "She was really worried about you guys. I volunteered to help!"

"Thank you, Yoshi!" Mario exclaimed.

"Well, here you go!" Yoshi handed Mario and Luigi both Propeller Mushrooms. "She said these will help you for sure!"

When Mario and Luigi touched the Propeller Mushrooms, they instantly changed form.

Mario, who was still in Fire form, changed. His overalls and shirt were transformed into a red jumpsuit, with two white stripes going down the torso, up until the waist. A belt appeared near his waist. His hat turned into a helmet, with a propeller sticking out the top. A red "M" appeared on both sides of the helmet. The same thing happened to Luigi, only his jumpsuit and helmet was green, with a letter "L" on the sides of the cap.

They were now Propeller Mario and Propeller Luigi!

"Wow! This is great!" lilted Luigi. He took a step. "Ouch! My leg still hurts!"

"Oh here! Have some Yoshi Candy!" said Yoshi. He went through his saddle again, grabbing out a piece of candy wrapped in special Yoshi wrapper.

"Yoshi Candy?" questioned Luigi. He took the piece of candy.

"Oh! I remember those!" exclaimed Mario. "Those healed us from all injuries! And they're also really good!"

Luigi was reluctant. "Umm, okay I'll try!" He unwrapped the piece of candy and chewed on it. Suddenly, his right foot tingled. It no longer hurt.

"Wow! These things really work!"

BOOM!

Bowser fired a King Bill at them. It missed them.

"I'm going all out on you now!" growled Bowser. He fired another King Bill at them.

Wasting no time. Mario and Luigi spun into the air. Yoshi hid behind the ferris-wheel.

The King Bill crashed into the ground. The Mario Bros. landed on top of it.

"Haha! Can't get us now, Bowser!" Luigi taunted. He pointed at Bowser, with a funny face.

"Oh, come on! They can fly now?" screamed Roy. He clapped his hand on his face.

"Clever..." Jr. whispered to himself. "Hmph! Looks like Papa might need some help!" He put on his bib and headed to his airship. He started the engine and was flying his airship in time. He prepared his cannon and fired a Bullet Bill at the Mario Bros.

"Mario! Look out!" warned Luigi. He pointed at the Bullet Bill. In a moment, the Mario Bros. both flew into the air, evading the Bullet Bill.

"Missed!" thundered Jr.

The Mario Bros. slowly hovered down to the ground. Bowser fired another King Bill at them.

"Luigi! Quick! Tornado Spin!" shouted Mario. He quickly spun down, with Luigi following. The King Bill missed.

They were getting closer to the airship. Bowser was getting mad.

"Grr! That's it! I'm firing the laser!"

Iggy heard what his father said. "King Dad! Don't! We haven't tested the laser!"

Bowser didn't listen. He pressed the laser button, which was beside the lever. Suddenly, a bright blue light shined in the cannon. Mario and Luigi had to shield there eyes. Yoshi ducked under the ferris-wheel.

A large screeching sound was heard. Then...

PZCHOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!

A gigantic laser was shot from the cannon. It shot towards the sky, not hitting anything.

"Whoa! That thing is bright!" screamed Lemmy.

"Luckily I have my glasses!" commented Roy.

"Shut up!" shouted Larry.

The laser stopped shooting.

Bowser was astonished. "Wow..."

Luigi was wide eyed. "Mammamia!

"I could do that..." said Roy.

Bowser laughed. "This will surely finish you Cowardly Bros. off!" He aimed the cannon at Mario and Luigi.

"Yo bro! We gotta get out of the way!" Luigi shouted. Mario nodded.

"Don't think you'll get away from me!" Bowser roared. "You guys won't be fast enough to dodge this laser!"

He's right! Mario thought. He knew he and Luigi couldn't dodge in time.

Just then, Yoshi jumped in front of them. "You guys! Get on my back!"

"Yoshi! What are you doing?" demanded Mario.

"You guys! Trust me!" insisted Yoshi. "I can run fast enough for us to evade the laser!"

Mario and Luigi had no choice but to jump on Yoshi. The dinosaur sped off through the courtyard, away from the airship.

Bowser aimed at the trio. "Say your prayers!" He charged the cannon. It made a screech sound.

"Hey! We might actually make it!" said Luigi.

THUD!

"Ow!" yelped Yoshi. He ran straight into the wall surrounding the courtyard. The Mario Bros. fell off him.

"Yoshi! Are you okay?" asked Mario, getting up.

Yoshi layed on the ground, unconscious.

"Great! We're doomed Mario! Do you hear me? Doomed!" cried Luigi. He went up to his green friend, trying to shake him awake.

This is it! Bowser thought. I can finally check the Mario Bros. off my list!

"Come on Yoshi! Please! Wake up!" pleaded Luigi. He tried shaking Yoshi awake, slapping him, even putting a few gingerbread cookies in front of his nose, hoping he'd react to the scent, but nothing worked.

Just as the cannon was about to fire, a bright green light shined in the starry sky.

Mario looked up. What could that be?

"Ooh! Pretty lights!" sang out Morton. Wendy slapped him in the face.

"What the heck is that?" asked Larry.

"Is this the end of the world?" Lemmy said.

"No, it can't be!" complained Roy. "Ludwig, what is it?"

"I've never seen anything like this before!" commented Ludwig. He was truly astonished.

The green light got bigger and brighter.

Hmph! I ain't letting a light show stop me from destroying the Mario Bros.! Bowser thought. He kept his eye on Mario, Luigi and Yoshi.

All hope seemed lost for the Mario Bros. But then, right before the cannon was about to fire, something extraordinary happened.

A blue comet shot out of the green light. The light disappeared. The blue comet was heading towards Bowser's airship.

Bowser looked up. "What the-"

The blue comet shot through Bowser's airship. It crashed in the courtyard, creating a big crater.

Bowser's airship started to shake uncontrollably.

"What's happening!?" screamed Bowser. He let go of the wheel, trying to balance himself from the teetering airship. Then...

KABOOM!

A huge explosion emitted from the airship. It sent Bowser flying off into the sky.

"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!" he screamed.

"King Dad!" shouted the Koopalings.

"He's heading right back to our castle!" Iggy pointed out.

The Koopalings got back into their airships. They got ready and flew in the direction to their castle.

Luigi was shocked to see what just happened. "Okay, that was ironic..."

"It was a miracle, Luigi!" Mario said. He took off his propeller helmet, wiping away the sweat.

"Urrrgghh..." moaned Yoshi. He sat up against the courtyard wall, rubbing his head. "W-what just happened?"

Luigi put his hand on Yoshi's shoulder. "We're alive!"

"Yeah, I can see that! But what just happened?" preached Yoshi.

"I'll tell you everything later!" said Luigi. "But right now, we should get back inside the castle!"

Mario looked around. The courtyard was a huge mess! King Bills were everywhere, the rides were destroyed. He didn't care. He was relieved that he, his brother and his best friend were okay.

Then he remembered. The comet...

Mario ran towards were the comet landed. It was near the ballroom entrance. Peach came out, with Green right behind her. "Mario! You're okay!"

She went around the crater and hugged her hero. Mario hugged her back. "I'm glad were still alive."

Luigi came towards them, holding Yoshi beside him, who was limping.

"Are you guys alright?" Green asked.

"We're fine." Luigi assured.

"Fine?" Yoshi blurted out. "My leg hurts!"

"Don't worry, I'll get some ice!" Green headed back inside the castle. "Hey! Get the green dinosaur an ice pack!"

Daisy came out of the ballroom. "Luigi!"

Luigi looked. "Daisy!"

Daisy ran to Luigi, giving him a hug. Luigi hugged back. "I knew you could do it!"

"Well, yeah! I am a Mario Bro.!" He gave his brother a wink. Mario smiled.

Mario looked down at the crater, trying to catch a glimpse of the comet.

It wasn't what he expected....

In the crater, was not a comet. Instead, it looked like an animal. It had triangle-like ears, quills on the back, a tail and a short black nose. It's fur was a cobalt blue colour, and it's visible skin was peach. It wore gloves and red shoes with a white buckle. Mario had no idea what the animal was.

What is that thing? he thought...

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To be continued...

An amazing battle! But now, something, or someone, has unexpectedly come to the Mushroom Kingdom! What's gonna happen next? Stay tuned!