Rogueport (Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door)
As soon as the group made their way to the east side of Rogueport, a Bandit bumped right into Lucy and kept on walking. "Hey! What was that for?" She asked.
"Well EXCUUUUUSE me for bumping into you, sucker!" The Bandit chuckled before running off.
"Weirdo." Lucy muttered.
"Aaah!" Wendy suddenly screamed.
"What is it?" Lucy asked.
"That guy stole your Celestial Keys!" Wendy exclaimed.
"Huh?" Lucy looked down and lo and behold, her keys were gone. "What the?! THAT JERK STOLE MY KEYS!"
"What the heck are Celestial Keys?" Luigi asked, but before anyone could reply, Erza took off with Lucy. "Are they just normal keys with a nickname?"
The Bandit was in his hideout. "Hehehe...stole those keys from that chick. It's a good day!" He smirked as he looked at them. "Hmm...these are odd looking ones. What are these signs mean on them?" He wondered before shrugging. "Oh well, what are you gonna do?" He said. "Might as well make a fortune on these keys."
"Those are my keys." Lucy's voice said as the Bandit turned around. "You better give them back."
"Sorry lady, they're good as gone now! They're all mine." He smirked. "And there's nothing you and your friend can do about it." He said, when suddenly Erza summoned her sword and pointed it at the Bandit, giving him quite the deadly glare too. "Oh...uh...I..." He sweatdropped. "Uh, whoops! I dropped the keys. HAVE MERCY ON ME!" He screamed and ran off.
"There we go." Erza said as she picked them up and handed it over to Lucy.
"Thanks." She said and then sighed. "I feel as if a certain someone is going to kill me for dropping the keys."
"I doubt Aquarius would do such a thing." Erza said.
"I dunno..." Lucy muttered as they took off and reunited with the others.
"So let me get this straight, Celestial Spirits come out of those keys?" Luigi asked.
"Yep." Lucy nodded.
"Well, i've heard of weirder things..." Luigi shrugged.
"Let's see...where could be Professor Frankly be..." Goombella wondered and then looked at a building. "I wonder if it's this one?" She wondered and then opened the door. "Yep! It is!"
"How in the world did she do that with no hands?" Gray wondered.
"It's best if you don't question it. They can hold baseball bats too like it's nothing." Mario said as they walked in, only leaving Team Natsu a little dumbfounded before walking in with them.
"Hey Professor Frankly!" Goombella exclaimed.
Professor Frankly (Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door)
"Eh? Who are you?" Frankly looked at Goombella. "Wait wait, I'm good at names...don't tell me...it's...Goombrina!" He exclaimed, causing Natsu and Gray to facepalm.
"No...it's Goombella."
"That was my next guess." Frankly chuckled. "You were at the University of Goom, correct?"
"Yep!"
"I knew it." Frankly said. "I never forget a face." He said and then looked at the Mario Bros. "And these guys behind you are..." Mario and Luigi looked at each other and high fived each other. "...Who?" He asked, causing both bros to anime fall.
"These are the famous Mario Bros! Mario and Luigi!" Goombella exclaimed.
"Oh! Of course, sorry about that, my mind isn't as great as it used to be." Frankly chuckled and then looked at Team Natsu. "And uh...what about these guys?"
"These guys are from a guild called Fairy Tail." Goombella said.
"Fairy Tail? Huh...I never knew fairies had tails..." Frankly mused. "Good to know." He said.
"I'm not sure if they have tails or no-"
"Anyway! What are you folks doing here?" Frankly cut off Lucy.
"We're looking for Princess Peach." Mario said. "And these guys are looking for ancient treasure."
"Looking for Peach and ancient treasure, eh?" Frankly said. "Interesting...I'm not entirely sure who this Peach lady is but as for the ancient treasure...it's beyond the Thousand Year Door."
"The Thousand Year Door?" Wendy asked.
"Yes, it is said that there is an ancient treasure beyond the Thousand Year Door." Frankly replied. "Though it is locked up and the Crystal Stars are the key to opening them." He said. "We need a special magical map in order to find them, however."
"Crystal what now?" Natsu asked.
"Oh! Mario's got the magical map!" Goombella exclaimed.
"SAY WHAT NOW?!" Frankly yelled. "M-Mario my boy! L-let me see this map!" He requested as Mario gave it to him. "Oh ho ho! This is it, boys! The magical map that can help us collect the Crystal Stars and figure out what's beyond the Thousand Year Door!" He gave it back to Mario. "And I just know where it is!"
"You do?" Mario asked.
"I sure do! Follow me; I can guide you over to the Thousand Year Door!" Frankly told them and then went outside as the others followed and then Frankly was at the warp pipe. "Over here!" He said as they walked over to them. "Wait, hold on...I just remembered that there are monsters down there."
"Monsters?!" Luigi exclaimed. "Oh well...I guess I won't go." He said, but Mario caught his arm.
"You're not going anywhere, bro." Mario grinned.
"I was afraid you'd do that..." Luigi muttered.
"Monsters? Ha! We can take care of them easily!" Natsu smirked as his fists burst into flame.
Frankly chuckled. "Well alright then, let's head on down to the Rogueport Sewers." He said as they all hopped in.
Rogueport Sewers (Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door)
Mario and Luigi slid out of the warp pipe and then high fived each other followed by Frankly and Goombella. "Hey, where are the others?" She wondered and then suddenly they heard screaming.
"I think we should get out of the way." Mario said as they nodded as they quickly got out of the way, and then Lucy came sliding out.
"WHOOOOA!" Lucy yelled and then slid to a stop. "Well that was interesting." She said.
"LOOK OUT!" Natsu yelled and slammed right into Lucy as Wendy then came sliding out.
"Well, that was fun." Wendy said as Happy and Carla slid out, followed by Gray and then Erza screeched to a halt.
"That was very interesting." Erza said and then Happy noticed Natsu and Lucy.
"Hey Natsu, do you need a moment?" Happy asked while snickering.
"Oh ho, I never thought you liked her that much." Gray teased.
"Wendy, cover your eyes!" Carla exclaimed and covered Wendy's eyes.
"Ugh..." Natsu groaned and then looked down as he was right on top of Lucy as they both looked down to see what position they were in. "Whoa!" He exclaimed as he hopped off of her and blushed while Lucy's face was a very dark red. "Uh...sorry..."
"I-It's fine..." Lucy kept blushing.
"You two liiiiike each other!" Happy teased.
"Can it, furball!" They both exclaimed.
"Hmm, good thing Gajeel wasn't here to see that." Erza chuckled.
"You probably would've done the same with Jellal." Gray said, only to get punched to the wall by Erza.
"Shut it." Erza muttered.
Luigi sweatdropped. "These guys are weird..."
"And so cool!" Goombella exclaimed.
"Let's just keep going." Erza said as they all nodded and walked further.
"Heeeey, what's a couple of good lookin' ladies doing with a bunch of men?" A voice asked as they looked to see a Goomba, Paragoomba and a Spiked Goomba walking up to them. "Why don't you ditch them and come over to us? We'll play reaaaally niiiice."
Erza blinked. "I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'd rather go out with Ichiya instead of these freaks." She said, shuddering.
"Tell me about it." Lucy muttered.
"You guys are quite the charmers." Carla said. "However, we will not abandon our comrades just to be with you freaks! Get lost!"
"Ouch! Denied by a cat!" The Paragoomba exclaimed.
"Why I oughta..." The Spiked Goomba growled.
"Let's get 'em boys!" The Goomba ordered.
"SKY DRAGON'S ROAR!" Wendy yelled, as the three of them were launched away and were knocked out.
"No fair...we weren't ready..." The Goomba groaned.
"Thank you." Lucy said.
"You're welcome." Wendy giggled.
"Well that's better than stomping on them." Mario said as they went into the warp pipe after Natsu easily melted the rusted bars as they hopped in the warp pipe, and they kept walking while taking out another Goomba, Paragoomba and a Spiked Goomba while going down another warp pipe, and then spotting a creature who spotted them and went into a little hole in the wall.
"What was that?" Lucy asked.
"I dunno." Gray shrugged.
"Maybe it was a fish!" Happy drooled.
"Since when do fish have legs?" Carla asked.
"I can dream..." Happy sighed.
"Hey Mario, can you break that huge block?" Luigi pointed.
"I can try." Mario said as he pulled out his hammer and hammered the block, but it didn't even leave a dent. "It's not working."
"Maybe I can try." Natsu took a step back. "FIRE DRAGON'S IRON FIST!" He yelled, punching it as it exploded and sent mini blocks everywhere and squishing two Spinias. "Too easy." He said as he noticed that the block was hiding a spring. "Hey!"
"What the heck is this?" Luigi wondered, picking up a Star Piece.
"Who knows, might be useful for something." Mario said.
"Probably." Luigi nodded as they hopped up on the springs as they walked into the next room.
"There it is boys...the Thousand Year Door." Frankly said.
The Thousand Year Door (Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door)
"Holy crap, it's huge!" Natsu exclaimed. "I was expecting the door to be smaller."
"Do giants live here?" Gray wondered.
"Not really." Goombella said.
"Then why is the door so unnecessarily big?!" Gray exclaimed.
"...Dramatic effect? I dunno." Goombella invisibly shrugged.
"Mario, hop on that pedestal." Frankly ordered. "It might do something extraordinary." He said while Natsu and Happy went over to the door.
"Okay." Mario nodded.
"Do you think you can push it open?" Happy asked.
"I can try." Natsu said and then attempted to push it open, straining himself while doing it. "Stupid...door...!"
"Come on, put your back into it!"
"I'M TRYING!" Natsu yelled.
"Boys! It'll only open once we have all seven Crystal Stars!" Frankly told them.
"Argh...now you tell us." Natsu growled.
"Didn't he already tell all of us?" Luigi wondered as suddenly the map flew up and lights surrounded the pedestal.
"What in the world?" Mario asked as the map soon floated gently back down to him as they all took a look at the map...and then suddenly, a castle popped up.
We all know what that castle is. :P