I would also like to clarify- I'm not going the "Awkward Zombie" route or the route of any of the other fanfictions- The story takes place in the World of Trophies- A collection of Nintendo Worlds with interplanetary settings also being close by. The closest to a "Smash Mansion" is the arena (based somewhat on the battlefield) and even then, it's different. This will be discussed later, but rather interesting to know for now.
Here we are at chapter 2. In this chapter, the smashers go to the Mushroom Kingdom and are antagonized by a recurring, menacing King and his ineffectual son. Meanwhile, a conspiracy is starting to brew concerning an ancient, evil artifact and a vengeful ghost…
Chapter 2: NYARGLEBARGLE
Our four heroes then woke up in a land beyond imagination, with a twist of wonderland. Platforms and bricks hung in the air in the same way that spaceships don't, brown sentient mushrooms hung out with turtles that stood on two legs and wore boots, Pipes shot out of the ground- oh wait, we're only in the Mushroom Kingdom, never mind. Young Link pointed in a certain direction and found a giant intimate get together of several of the mushrooms and turtles.
The beings were having the time of their lives; some having radical barbeques whilst others had fancy monocles and decided to feel like sirs merrily into the night. On stage, meanwhile stood another turtle, although this one was very different. He stood slightly smaller than the other turtles, much scalier, had the snout of an ox, a shell covered in spikes and had a shock of red hair, done up in a ponytail. The young ox-turtle-dragon-thing took the podium.
"Attention!" He called and everything that heard his voice stood at attention, all 'serious business!' like. "Now then everyone, Papa told me that today, at 2:47; Mario will run down to the Mushroom Kingdom generic store to buy Mama Peach cake mix, as per her requestWhen this happens, dad will fly in, snatch her, and take her to back to the castle, where, with the powers he stole from Mas-" It was at this point in the plan that one could hear the airship theme playing, almost like a ringtone. The speaker blushed and ran over to a small hovercraft, shaped like a basin or maybe even a light bulb with a clown face on it, and picked up a toy phone receiver.
"Hi Papa… what? B-but you said… You mean you didn't…? But Papa, you know how they feel about me! Well, all except-… but da-…Yes Papa." He then made his way, sulkily, back to the stage and sighed.
"Alright, change of plans. When Mario leaves, I'll coordinate the airships, Kamek will grab Mama Peach, everyone else will just wander aimlessly. Any questions?" A goomba lifted up a signpost…somehow to show that he, indeed, had a question. "Yes Frank?"
"Listen, Prince Bowsy-"
"Bowser Jr."
"I dunno man, I mean, Mario may start starting something with us, I mean-"
"I am a professor and I AGREE ONE HUNDRED PERCENT!" Sir Issac Goomba interjected. Junior simply started yelling.
"Shut up! Yes the bad man will show up, but by that time dad will have (hopefully) stolen the powers of the Master Hand and everything will fall into place!" Junior vaguely realized that even if Mario were to show up at Bowser's front door, Bowser Sr. still has a Dark Cannon in prime condition. "So all we have to do is complete the part of the plan that we always do! And not even that bad man, Mario can stop us! At ease!" And the mood suddenly turned back to the way it was before.
Young Link then turned to Dr. Mario. "Really?! A picnic in plain sight? 'The part of the plan that we always do'!? How often does this happen?!"
"At least twice a month." Link buried his face in his hands.
"Not even Zelda gets kidnapped that often."
As this was going on Roy was studying the creatures that were now pouring into the pathways by the dozens. This was going to be a tricky siege; there were thousands of the beings that were even now marching to their posts. How was he expected to guard the castle with only one healer and one mage, and two melee attackers? Add in the fact he didn't have any weapons to give Dr. Mario (at least Pichu can count as a magic user) and-
Suddenly Roy started (Nearly knocking off Pichu, whom had been resting peacefully on his shoulder) realizing just know what was wrong with the above paragraph *crash*.
"Dr. Mario?"
"That's-a me!"
"What time is it?"
"Just about… 2:47. Why do you-wait…"
The four then turned around to see eight airships rise into the sky. Seven airships, each embossed with a face slightly-but-not-really resembling their commander's (only in species) circled around the Doomship: The Koopa Royal Family's personal airship. The flotilla then proceeded to fly straight towards Toadstool Castle. Dr. Mario shook his head and merrily ran after the fleet, with Pichu and Young Link following excitedly and Roy… not so excitedly.
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Two Hammer bros stood at the entrance to a castle in the middle of nowhere special. The Hammer Bros stood in silence because, dang it, they were guards of the high and mighty King Bowser and nothing was going to stop-
"Hey man."
"Yeah?"
"I'm bored."
"Oh."
"Know any good jokes?"
"Uh…"
Suddenly a creepy voice entered the conversation.
"Hehehehehe… I know a good joke…"
The first guard perked up slightly. "Well dude?" He pressured the voice. "Tell us!"
"Yeah." His companion added.
A ghost suddenly appeared in front of the two guards. The ghost, by Mushroom Kingdom standards, looked like an average, run-of-the-mill boo at first glance. However, this wasn't taking into account the menacing teeth, the creepy, constantly shadowed eyes, and the bright red/hot pink jewel crown on its head.
"Okay, stop me if you've heard this one before." The paranormal king said before blasting guard #2 with a bolt of purple lightning. Instantly, the guard disappeared and in his place was a painting of a terrified Hammer Bro. King Boo laughed manically while the other guard simply sat confused.
"I don't get it." King Boo then stopped laughing and looked annoyed.
"Run, screaming in fear." He commanded a limb to his face. The guard complied perfectly.
Bowser's Castle was truly a spectacle. The place, contrary to Bowser's usual haunts, shockingly resembled a place for living rather than nothing but lava and floating platforms and puzzles that serve no purpose but to annoy you as you look for the bathroom. Make no mistake, there was lava, and floating platforms and puzzles that serve no purpose but to annoy you as you look for the bathroom, but they were kept at a refreshing minimum, because even Bowser needed to use the can every now and then. It also made plentiful use of the white pillars from Bowser's target test (presumably, Bowser has a thing for them?)
However, King Boo's target was none other than the King of Koopa's throne room: A gigantic hall, filled with chairs of varying kinds of evil; a chair made entirely of money, a chair that was in front of a giant pipe organ, a chair that looked more like a clownish unicycle and even a simple wooden chair surrounded by stacks of wooden chairs and splinters. At the very edge of the room however sat a giant throne that reeked of awesome: Spikes, gold, Lava pits that had flaming dragons erupt from them and rise up and breathe fire into the air, the works. And attached to it were a broom parking space and a high chair that was made of silver. At least, that's where the thrones usually sat.
King Boo floated invisibly and befuddled as to where the throne could have disappeared to when he suddenly got a call on his ghost phone.
"Hello there! You've reached the Master of Illusions! Please leave a message along with a reason why you shouldn't soon be hanging on a wall in my mansion for eternity!"
"Well, for starters I'm your partner," replied a voice that sounded almost otherworldly. "Second, our business partner would be most displeased if he learned that his most trusted ally was turned into a painting by his slightly less trusted ally."
"Oh, it's just you Giygas, what do you want?"
"First of all, call me Giygue. That is my name in this form. I'd like you to give an update on where you are.
"I'm right in front of the throne. Any second now, all will fall into place. Or at least it will when I find that throne."
"What are you talking about? Princess Toadstool's throne should be easy to find."
King Boo was silent.
"… You're at Koopa's Castle aren't you?"
"Shut up!"
"If you are trying to impress our business partner, then I'm afraid that won't work. Are you sure you're not making the same mistakes as the other King Teresa?"
"Shut up! If anything I'm in a better position! All I need is the memory, and then we'll be able to recreate the Dark Star! And what better place to get said memory than Bowser, King of the Koopas?" King Boo was smiling now and brimming with overconfidence. "All I need to do is enter Mr. B's head, get the memory and run straight for the Hyper Zone!"
"Actually, that's part of the reason why I'm calling." The King's confidence left him like snow in a heat wave. "We are currently hovering over the Skyworld and engaging Palutena's army. The battle is growing fierce but 'He' said that we are closing in on a checkmate. Since you were taking too long and our soldiers needed backup, we needed to move the Dark Star planetoid towards Skyworld. Normally, one of Them would be able to help you, but because of the battle… and since everyone else is away… We just need time. End Transmission!" A dial tone rang out.
King Boo gave an angry shriek. Of course it was Giygas that constantly giving him bad news. How fitting. The kingly specter, a villain whom captured Mario, but lost to Luigi (twice) was the one having trouble doing his contribution to the aliens' evil plan, phase 1. But, part one required a lot of Dark Energy and Dark Matter. And since one problem doesn't require else much to solve and the Dark Star can handle the other…
His thoughts were interrupted by a sound echoing through the throne room. Two giant pillars (again due to preference) were lowering as a section of the floor, brilliantly disguised as a section of the roof, lowered.
King Boo made a very, very, very, wide smile.
The four heroes, after numerous bonked Goombas and kicked Koopas, came to a clearing overlooking the local mushroom sea. Dr. Mario opened his mouth and sighed a breath before turning toward his companions.
"See guys! Was that so hard?" Pichu and Young Link nodded happily whilst Roy fell to his knee, due to all the "Hardcore Platforming Action". "And now that we're halfway to the castle-"
"Halfway?!"
"-All we have to do is cross this moat!" The moat in question was a long stretch of water with Koopas, Paratroopas and the occasional grassy rough, along with several floating platforms. Before Roy could faint at this sight, a bratty voice rang out.
"What are YOU doing here?!" Dr. Mario's eyes narrowed as the Koopa from the podium flew over in his personalized hovercraft built to resemble a clown. Before the good doctor could dish out a prescription of pain/child abuse, Pichu pointed at the koopa prince.
"Mario, who's that?" The baby pokemon intoned, whilst Roy and Young Link were happy for the young one's innocence to cover up their questions. The koopa smirked proudly and raised a bandana with a set of fangs drawn on up to his muzzle.
"Beware you trespassers! You are currentl marching yon the future property of the Koopa Troop! I, Prince Bowser the second/Bowser Jr. command you to get off my papa's property!"
There was silence, at least until Young Link asked:
"Bowser had another kid?!"
"Actually, Young Link-"
"Miyamoto is a dirty liar!" Junior barked angrily before taking out his magic paintbrush, "And just for bringing that up, plumber boy, you're first on my hit list. Hope your ready to cry losers!" Dr. Mario made a move to pummel the royal brat, but the Pherian general had a bluff to try. He walked calmly to Bowser Jr.'s clown car and sighed.
"Listen… Junior was it? I'm sorry but you're not as threatening as you think you are. You're more… adorable, and I am quite against the idea of beating up a child so if you would be so kind as to let us pass-"
The Prince of the Koopas was mortified at Roy's statement, turning a shade of beet red before angrily flying down to Roy.
"You think that I'm… adorable?! That's it; I'll show you how threatening I am!" Junior then took in a very deep breath. He held for five seconds… ten seconds… fifteen seconds. He turned blue, purple, polka dot (somehow) and every color in between. The Koopa Prince's soon to be victims stared in abject horror. Eventually, as the big bad wolf (whom may very well be a member of this young one's bloodline) huffed and puffed his lungs out, Bowser Jr. unleashed a MIGHTY!
FEARSOME!
spark.
Stunned silence.
Bowser Jr. looked even more humiliated and, to compensate, got out his easel.
"That was just a fluke! I meant to do that! Don't judge me!" Upon the easel, Bowser Jr. started rapid painting yellow yoshis upon his cold shouldered audience. There was only one flaw in this brilliant plan; The Yoshis were extremely aerodynamic. The smashers were quite relaxed upon realizing this; Dr. Mario looked through several patients' files and even treated one particularly badly drawn yoshi, Young Link practiced his ocarina (and, much to his frustration, it was a generic pink fairy who appeared to ask him if he wanted to speak to Saria), Pichu practiced his dodging while attempting to maximize the amount of yoshis in his thunderbolts and Roy even had time to pick up a flower for Lilina when he returned to Pherae. This wave of ownage simply made Bowsy- er, Junior even angrier.
"You cheaters! I bet you did something to make my paintings so floaty! You're gonna get it now you stupid cheating-" Junior realized all too late that he was on the very edge of his clown car. Sadly, he was too far over the event horizon and so, the Eggman-esque koopa tumbled into the water. This allowed the clones a moment of rest before moving on.
"Is that all he does?" Roy questioned with an eyebrow raised, hard pressed to believe that this was one of Bowser's kids. Dr. Mario saw his expression and folded his arms.
"He's a lot tougher than he looks. He usually uses some sort of machine or creation to fight. Sometimes he even remembers to duck when I jump towards him." The doctor shuddered at that memory. The entire concept of a koopa, koopaling or royal, hiding in their shell before Mario made contact with them was completely alien to him. "Then there was the Battle Ring…"
"Hey guys! Look how easy this is to drive!" The two oldest members of the group turned to the two youngest and gaped with shock. In the air, Young Link and Pichu had hijacked the Junior Clown Car and were merrily racing it through the air. Dr. Mario got an idea and was pleased to find that Roy had the same.
Princess Peach cautiously watched the plains below. She was extremely jumpy due to the lack of Bowser action; He was two days overdue for a usual kidnapping and the fact that Mario had gone out to get some more tea only made her feel worse. Just as the Princess decided that having a tea party on the roof was a bad idea, Bowser Jr's Clown Car crashed on to the roof. And amongst the wreckage was…
"Mario!" Peach ran towards her love interest, but slowed when she saw the doctor uniform before realizing what those two meant. "Doctor Mario! Are you okay?"
"I'm-a fine Peachy." Mario said modestly. He smiled at her for a moment before remembering the fleet of airships currently approaching the castle. "Listen Peach; Bowser is on his way here right now to, no doubt, kidnap you. We've got to stop them-we can explain later but for now-"
"You're not going anywhere!" The doctor and the princess looked to the right edge of the castle to see a squirming koopa climb his way onto the roof. Somehow. "I'm going to make sure Mama Peach meets Papa!" The child pulled out a radio and barked an order into it. "Ludwig! Wendy O.! Iggy! Now!"
In the distance, three of the airships trained their guns on the princess' castle and fired a Banzai Bill each. Directly at Junior. Luckily, the targets were either still disoriented by the crash, or were standing around shocked so it wasn't a total loss.
"Not at me!"
"It was an accident Herr Bowsy." Ludwig lied like a lizard.
"Yeah, you were in the way." Wendy O. chimed.
"Aw…" Iggy bemoaned. One of them didn't go boom…" He sounded extremely crestfallen.
Bowser Jr. looked at the center of the castle and saw that, true to Iggy's word, one Banzai Bill embedded itself in the top tower of Peach's Castle. Junior took out his magic paintbrush and began looking for his prey, only to be knocked off by an even larger Clown Car. The soot covered Smashers watched as a figure rose out of the carriage, hands gripping the sides.
"Ladies and Gentlemen," began a growly voice amplified by microphone. "It has come to my attention that there is a stunning lack of awesome in the vicinity…" Bowser, King of the Koopas, emerged from his trademark-but-not-seen-that-often Clown Car. "I'm here to fix that! Here I come Peachy Pie!" Bowser threw himself out of the car and walked over to Peach, who was trying to keep a pleasant smile.
"Erm, Bowser? Do you think you can talk a little more quietly?"
"Of course! (cough) (cough) Of course! So Peach, as much as I would like to simply sweep you off your feet and take you away, I must admit that there is a dual purpose to this visit. You see, Master Hand has hired me to do a little… elimination work." Bowser pulled out a bunch of pictures. "Have you seen a pretty boy, an abomination of a rat, a kid wearing a skirt and Mario dressed as a doctor anywhere?" Bowser then noticed his audience and gave a triumphant laugh. "What luck! Once I turn you four in to Master Hand, I can challenge him to a duel and go forward with my plans! Thanks plumber- whoops I mean doctor!" And so, Bowser started by charging at the Dr. Mario and pinning him to the ground. But, before he could trophify the doctor, he got hit by a boomerang. The turtle ox crooked his neck towards the former Kokiri who threw it.
"Well, well. The fairy boy is trying to be a hero. You may think you're top stuff but that's because you never faced me!"
Bowser ran at Young Link, preparing to slug him, only for him to roll out of the way, while Bowser fumbles the punch low tier style and trips over instead. Young Link then brought his sword down on Bowser's hide several times before the koopa managed to trick him into shield stunning. As the boy sat dazed, Bowser leaped in the air to do a hip drop. Seconds later he sprung back in the air for a different reason, courtesy of Roy. Bowser stopped for a moment to ride the pain out, but said pain was bolstered when Pichu used a skull bash, the one of few moves that was actually stronger than Pikachu's. The king was not impressed and grabbed the rodent's prehensile tail. Thankfully for Pichu, Bowser was interrupted by a hammer to the skull.
"CHALLENGER APPROACHING"
"That would have been nice to know a second ago." Bowser thought briefly while clutching his face. He eventually managed to get a look at his assailant: A lanky man wearing a lot of green.
"Luigi!" Peach and Dr. Mario cheered.
"Luigi…" Bowser groaned angrily.
"Green Stache!" A bratty voice echoed from the side of the castle.
"Hey bro!" Luigi called out to Mario as he walked over. "How are you up here?! I thought that was you I stomped on!"
"What?"
"Nothing!"
"Enough!" Bowser got back up from the hammer blow and started spewing fire all over the place. Most held up well, but Young Link's shield (which was made of wood) burnt to a crisp. The second fireball launched at him over the side of the castle roof. The good news: He survived via his hookshot. The bad news: He was spotted by Bowser Jr. who quickly put his paintbrush to good use.
Roy decided that Pichu's talents are probably best suited to helping Young Link for now and then turned to the Mushroom Kingdom residents.
"Dr. Mario, I've got a plan. Can you disorient Bowser somewhere near the central tower?" The doctor, his brother and the princess nodded their heads.
"Okay guys; lets-a go!"
Bowser's rampage was halted when a bunch of pills were absorbed into his body in a way he did not like. Dr. Mario was, who else, the culprit. When Bowser tried to attack the doctor, Mario simply used his doctor cape like a bull cape before grabbing Bowser by the tail. Bowser's heart dropped, already knowing what happens next. Sure enough, the physician swung him in the direction of the castle tower. However, while en route, Bowser heard another noise and was rebounded back to sender by a Luigi Missile. Finally, Peach, swapping places with Dr. Mario, pulled out Toad to take the brunt of the attack. Toad, in counter, shot out spores and while Bowser was preoccupied, Peach used Peach Bomber, sending Bowser to the tower yet again, although with a huge grin on his face.
At the Central Tower, Roy sidestepped Bowser's entrance and stood, back to the tower letting Bowser notice him. And boy was Bowser mad! Steam even erupted from his ears. The reptile King charged Roy and held him to the tower.
"Well, well, well, if it isn't Mr. Give Bowser a fecal matter cleaning for no charge at all! I don't know where you and those other rejects were during the Brawl Cycle, but I'm just glad to see you again. After all…" Bowser then took a swing at Roy, who ducked to the side. "I know 'Hetro Man' certainly missed 'straight boy'!" *punch* "And Ganon will be paying me tons of rupees just to see the hero of time hanging by his skirt!" *punch* "And everyone'll be overjoyed to see our favorite punching bag!" *punch* "And- oh wait, the doctor was here last tourney as the medic… oh well, three out of four ain't bad."
Roy was furious at the insults hurled at him and his friends but kept a level head. Instead, he looked the ox-turtle in the eye and made a simple demand.
"Bowser. Leave."
"Gahahaha! And what are you doing to do about it?! Pretty useless without your sword!"
"Who needs-a sword when you have-a me?!" Dr. Mario, standing triumphantly at the top of the castle, did a ground pound. Said ground pound was the straw that broke the camel's back, and the banzai bill landed into Bowser's narrowly held up waiting arms. With some strain, the koopa king was able to lift the massive missile.
"Fools! Nobody can stop Bowser, King of- " The Banzai Bill stated blinking. Koopa silently turned to the smirking swordsman. "…I hate you so much…"
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"Uh…" Roy opened his eyes to see his friends beaming at him. "What…happened?"
"Your plan worked Roy!" Dr. Mario proclaimed and pointed. Where the king and the general had their little talk now lay a still trophy of Bowser. Peach looked conflicted at it.
"Poor Bowser," she muttered sadly, "shouldn't we-?"
"Let's wait until Mario and his friends leave." Luigi decided. Then the man in green took a closer look at his guests. "Wait-a minute… are those…" Before Green Stache could finish his thought, the most nightmarish thing happened.
Prior, the sky had been a joyous light blue with a few sentient clouds in the air. But then, a wave of black rolled into the sky, completely blocking out the sun. Needless to say, several Toads on the ground started to freak out majorly. Meanwhile, as flashes of lighting filled the sky, the six were reacting with looks of shock and fear.
Dr. Mario turned to Young Link, hoping to Rosalina that the child had played the Song of Storms.
"I've seen plenty of storm clouds Dr. Mario, but this…" The doctor worriedly turned to Roy, who had Pichu crying into the front of his armor. The knight shook his head; he didn't recognize the clouds either. The closest connection Mario could make was the appearance of the airship Halberd.
Peach was looking especially scared, but Luigi comforted her. "There, there Peach, don't worry. Mario and I will-" However, Luigi's confidence shattered like glass when a creepy laugh echoed through the area. The laugh was traveling and nobody knew where it came from. Sometimes it would be far away and other times, it would be nearby, and even twice Luigi was sure it was right in front of him. Those who weren't unnerved heavily by the clouds were unnerved now.
Suddenly, a mass of shadow bugs bubbled in the air and flew down towards Bowser's discarded trophy. Lastly a small cloud of the unknown substance detached itself from the rest of the clouds. It then vanished, leaving in its place-
"King Boo?!" Luigi screamed in horror. His arch nemesis was apparently back. Again. The King of Boos laughed sadistically.
"Well if it isn't Luigi, old pal. And I see you brought your friends, how cute! But… where is that vacuum you always cherish? Oh well, I've come to pay a short visit." He turned to the Shadow Bugs and took out a jewel incrusted scepter. The jewel on both the scepter and his crown both proceeded to glow blood red. "Okay boys; extract the Dark Star memory from Bowser!" The shadow bugs then converged on Bowser's Trophy, like a pack of vultures on a recently dead carcass. Peach, not willing to stand for this, threw a vegetable at the ghost's head. King Boo was furious, but as he trained the scepter and he saw several of Peach's memories, his glare melted into an even more wicked smile.
"Actually DM, change of plans. Some of you continue on Bowser, but the rest I want you to extract Ms. Shadow from the fair princess, if you'll kindly." Peach didn't budge until she heard "Ms. Shadow". Then the clouds swarmed her. As memories were reviewed and added, Peach stumbled upon and shouted one important name before disappearing completely:
"Iceberg!"
Mario, now no longer playing around, ran towards King Boo, only to be beaten there by Young Link who seemed especially angry.
"Leave my friends alone you undead, insane-"
"What's wrong boy? Afraid of losing your friends like how she left you?!"
Young Link stopped short of the ghost, sword in hand and shocked expression on face. He knew King Boo wasn't reading his mind nor memories so how did-
*Zap*
A portrait of a kokiri boy appeared on the ground where Young Link stood; he had a look of horror on his face. King Boo started to brag.
"Can you believe this, plumber boys?! I came here expecting only the Dark Star, and now you guys will forced to watch these deadbeats become paintings and for me to make an ally of the princess!" Dr. Mario tried this time to strike the ghost, but seeing as how King Boo was, well, a boo, his efforts were fruitless. Luigi had slightly better luck after running into the castle to get the Poltergust 2000, but due to the lack of spiked balls, the deathly being was frustrating to catch. Roy would've gotten involved, but considering the weeping with fright child, his fellow swordsman was a painting, the looks Dr. Mario gave him, and the general horror, he was forced to pass. It didn't help that King Boo was laughing psychotically and commanding black lightning bolts to fire on the roof the whole time.
Much to the ghost's continued pleasure, two fresh trophies appeared on the roof after a short time; One was a orb with a star embossed on the front, the other was a trophy of Princess Peach, but with more gothic clothing.
"Yes!"
"No!"
Unfortunately for Dr. Mario and Luigi, King Boo managed to entrap the four remaining smashers in a lighting circle with a swift flick of the not-wrist and trapped Peach's Castle in a funnel cloud made of the same clouds above. As a plus, he revived a shaken Young Link and Princess Peach.
"You suckers! You don't know the creatures I'm working with! But since I found it so fun how you tried to oppose me, I'll give you two hints. One…" With a flash of some bolts, an eye was carved on to the roof of Peach's Castle. "Two…" Another bolt of lightning and a gyro symbol was painted clearly. The Mushroom Kingdom residents recognized it.
"The subspace army?!"
"Well not them exactly, but you're close. Now…" The crown and the scepter began to glow… "Good Night…"
Everyone, excluding Bowser for some reason, was blown off the roof. After a minute, Bowser's trophy stand was touched.
"Stupid Roy-What the?!" Then, Out of pure sadism, King Boo slapped him out of the funnel cloud, into the moat and on top of the long since fallen off Bowser Jr.
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"Don't worry, Dr. Mario; we'll be okay." The doctor turned to his companions whom were preparing to board a raft towards DK Island. Overall, almost everyone was okay; Luigi nearly had a heart attack, Peach was slightly dizzy from her attack, Young Link, while still pressing forward, seem just as shaken at King Boo's comment as being turned into a painting, Roy, other than concern for his friends, was more disappointed that he didn't help and Pichu acknowledged that he'll have nightmares for possible months (if the clones lived that long) and yet still wanted to follow through. The doctor himself was mostly unscathed and still slightly worried about Peach, but the princess had steadfastly reassured him that she and Luigi would be fine. "I may not be 'Super Mario Adventures' Peach, but I can still defend myself! Luigi and I will try to investigate whatever's going on with King Boo."
"Don't worry bro! If Peach gets neck deep into trouble, I'll be there to save her!" Luigi, whom had recently become much braver in the face of enemies like Bowser added. Dr. Mario beamed at them before heading for the makeshift log raft floating in the castle moat where his friends waited.
"Okay guys, we've survived the Mushroom Kingdom, albeit with a few… differences than usual. But, we're not trophies, and Peach gave us the badge. Regrettably, we cannot do anything about King Boo at the moment; we can only continue our quest and hope to return to stop him. In the meantime, let's continue on our way to Donkey Kong Country!"
Pichu raised his hand slowly. "Mr. Mario? What was the mean ghost saying about 'subspace'?"
"Yeah, what is the story behind that?" Young Link asked as well.
Even Roy could not withhold his confusion. "Doctor, is there something you are not telling us? What is this 'Subspace Incident' that apparently happened? And why was the ghost so familiar with it?"
"Okay… I don't-a know about the eye… or why King Boo showed up. But I do know the second symbol. I wasn't there personally, but Mario was. And that's one of the upsides of being the same person; your memories are shared. But I need to think about this. Don't worry though, soon I'll tell you guys everything you missed."
And with that, the raft took off and, soon leaving Luigi and Peach's waving figures behind, left the still darkened Mushroom Kingdom for the more sunny locales of Donkey Kong Country. None of the forgotten four noticed the blue wizard tailing them. None of them witnessed the clouds of darkness slowly making their way to the heart of the jungle. Most worryingly of all, none of them knew of the plans the sinister forces that were scheming around them nor of the roles would they, themselves, be cast in…
And so ends chapter one. This wound up being significantly more humorous in tone for whatever reason, and I feel that I rushed the final act of this chapter, but otherwise, not too bad. I kind of have this idea of making Bowser "Bowsy" Jr. just ineffectual due to being adorable and generally seeming not threatening until you actually fight him. I would like to start expanding on the smashers' personalities though (Young Link being slightly cynical (Termina anyone?) Dr. Mario rounding out okay, Pichu being innocent and cheerful and Roy being protective and determined). And just so you know, I figured Pichu and Young Link would be more suited to platforming from their Universes. Roy, not only from the Fire Emblem verse but also having a faster falling speed-yeah.
This chapter is somewhat early due to being pre-typed. Sadly cannot say the same for chapter 3, so that might take some time.
Stage one of Melee's Adventure Mode is complete. Next Time: The clones have a run in with a girlfriend stealing primate and a certain, thick glasses wearing, hipster. Meanwhile, a queen of darkness and a ghost of the dead meet up with an ally responsible for overseeing the construction of a deadly superweapon…
Fun fact: According to tier lists, out of the four clones Young Link and Dr. Mario are the two superior ones compared to Roy and Pichu.