Professor Frankly (Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door)

"Aha!" Frankly exclaimed once they got back. "According to this map, the Crystal Star is somewhere in Petal Meadows!"

"Petal Meadows?" Erza asked.

"Yep, the Crystal Star should be there." He nodded. "As for how you get there...well, rumor has it that there's a warp pipe that takes you there...from the Rogueport Sewers."

"We have to go back to that smelly place?" Lucy asked.

"It wasn't THAT bad." Gray told her.

"For you, it wasn't." Lucy muttered.

"Good luck trying to find it." Frankly said. "Oh and uh...your friend Peach wouldn't happen to be wearing a pink dress, would she?"

"That's her!" Mario nodded.

"I see...I do believe I saw your friend Peach going straight into the Rogueport Sewers...she probably caught wind of the Crystal Stars and went looking for them." Frankly said. "If anything, I'm pretty sure you'll find her over there."

"Alrighty." Mario grinned. "Lets-a go!" He exclaimed as they all nodded and walked out of the door and straight into Rogueport Sewers.

Rogueport Sewers (Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door)

They soon came out of the warp pipe and then the others got out normally this time around as they started walking around. "So where is that warp pipe?" Wendy wondered.

"It could be anywhere." Natsu said.

"Um, guys?" Happy caught their attention. "I think it could be in that passageway on that upper ledge." He pointed up.

"Hey, it could be." Erza nodded.

"I can easily get across." Luigi said as he ran over to the ledge and jumped up, but he was just a little short and fell...right on top of a spiked Goomba. "YOOOOOW!" He yelled as he jumped up and landed near the group, hopping on one foot.

"Ouch...rough landing." Goombella said.

"Hang on, I got it." Wendy said as she healed his foot.

"Thanks..." Luigi sighed as Happy and Carla soon picked them up and carried them over there while Erza went into Black Wing Armor, flew up and then landed near them as she went back into Heart Kruez armor as they went into the next area.

"I see a warp pipe over there!" Mario pointed.

"But uh...there's no platforms." Luigi stated the obvious.

"Probably because of this thing that's blocking the way." Natsu said as he pushed a tentacle back into the water, but no platforms arose. "Hmm..."

"I guess we can fly over there." Wendy said.

"Yeah, possib-" The same tentacle popped up and slapped Natsu to a wall and then it soon rested back on the platform.

"Okay, that idiot probably deserved it." Gray said as Natsu got up as he angrily walked over to the tentacle.

"Alright, you asked for it!" He exclaimed as he started pulling on it. "I'll beat the living crap out of you once you're out of the water!" He growled as then, a huge angry Blooper came out of it.

"That is ONE humongous squid!" Happy exclaimed.

"Okay, someone obviously fed that thing well." Lucy blinked.

"Hey Natsu..." Erza poked his shoulder.

"What?" He asked as she pointed to what he was pulling and he looked on in amazement. "Whoa! I think we'll eat good tonight!"

"I've tried Blooper...they don't taste very good when they're cooked." Luigi said while the Blooper slapped Natsu with his other tentacle, knocking back into the same wall.

"BLOOP! BLOOOOP!" The Blooper exclaimed in anger.

"Well he definitely pissed it off." Gray said.

"We have no choice but to battle it." Erza summoned her sword.

"Bro!" Luigi turned his head as Mario tossed him a Fire Flower.

"Thanks." He said as they both absorbed the Fire Flower.

Never Let Up! (Mario and Luigi: Dream Team)

The Blooper attempted to attack them with its tentacles, but they quickly dodged as Mario and Luigi threw fireballs at the tentacles. "ICE MAKE: CANNON!" Gray yelled, firing at the Blooper's face.

"SKY DRAGON'S CLAW!" Wendy yelled.

Lucy dipped a key into the water. "OPEN! GATE OF THE WATER BEARER! AQUARIUS!" She yelled.

Aquarius appeared. "You mind telling me why you summoned me in SEWER WATER?!" She glared at Lucy.

Lucy visibly gulped. "Um...to take down this giant squid." She pointed.

"...You're unbelievable..." Aquarius muttered as she took out her urn. "It's not THAT threatening, you idiot." She said and then unleashed a huge tidal wave of water over to the Blooper, knocking it to the same wall and accidentally crushing Natsu.

"Aaah! Natsu!" Happy exclaimed.

"You didn't have to crush him!" Lucy glared at her.

"I was going to aim it at you...but that wall happened to be in the way." Aquarius said.

"Oh brother..." Lucy sighed.

"GET OFF OF ME!" Natsu yelled as he picked up the Blooper like it was nothing and then threw him up in the air. "FIRE DRAGON'S ROAR!" He yelled, frying the poor Blooper as it fell into the water, completely fried up and defeated.

Rogueport Sewers

"That's one way to defeat it." Gray said. "Just let it crush Natsu." He chuckled.

"Oh very funny." Natsu glared at him while the platforms emerged from the water.

"Hmph. Don't bother calling me in sewer water again." Aquarius growled as she disappeared.

"Wow...someone's in a mood." Luigi said.

"She's always like this." Lucy sighed as they made their way over to the Warp Pipe and they jumped in.

Petal Meadows (Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door)

"Holy crap, this place is beautiful!" Carla exclaimed.

"Makes you want to have a picnic over here." Wendy said.

Erza grinned. "Ah...a picnic..." She said. "One where we're not interrupted."

"Do I even want to know?" Natsu asked.

"Hmm...I wonder what we'll encounter here?" Goombella wondered as they started walking when all of a sudden, they heard a loud roar.

"Wh-what was that?!" Luigi exclaimed. "Mario, please tell me that was your stomach!"

"Um, no...I ate before we left the Mushroom Kingdom." Mario said where they heard another roar.

"Guys!" Lucy shouted and pointed upward as they saw a humongous dragon fly above them.

A Dragon in the Sky (Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door)

"Is that a Dragon?!" Gray exclaimed.

Natsu looked at it in amazement. "A dragon...I wonder if he knows Igneel?"

"Oh my goodness, that's huge!" Happy exclaimed.

"Wow..." Wendy and Goombella said in amazement as they watched the dragon fly straight to a castle in the mountains.

"Okay, I know where I'm not going." Luigi said.

"That was so amazing!" Natsu exclaimed. "I need to go see it!" He said, but Erza grabbed his arm.

"Not now." She said. "We need to go see if those townsfolk are alright." She pointed straight over to Petalburg in the distance.

"Got it." He nodded as they took off.
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Before anyone asks about why Aquarius is here, this story is after the Grand Magic Games and before the Tartarus arc, just to let y'all know. :P