Great Tree (Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door)
"So, you're off." The Elder said.
"Yeah, gotta go get some more Crystal Stars." Mario told her.
"Well, if you ever need anything here, we'll be glad to help you."
"Alright." He nodded as they walked away from the Great Tree.
Boggly Woods (Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door)
"So how was that battle that we missed?" Luigi asked.
"It was quite interesting." Erza replied when suddenly Mario's SP mailbox went off.
"Must be Peach." He said as he took it out and then opened it as they read it.
Dear Mario, I'm still incredibly worried about you. I hope that you're safe and you're not dealing with these X freaks. Oh, how I wish I wasn't kidnapped just a few days before the Mushroom Ball. I'm looking forward for you and Fairy Tail to come rescue me.
PS: Does Fairy Tail dance? I wonder if they'd be interested to attend the Mushroom Ball.
"Dancing at the Mushroom Ball?" Lucy asked. "Oh, that'd be so romantic."
"Meh, I don't dance." Gray said as they walked back to the Thousand Year Door.
The Thousand Year Door (Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door)
"I understand that the Thousand Year Door is ancient...but why is it so huge?" Flurrie wondered.
"Don't look at me, I have no clue!" Koops replied as Mario got on the pedestal as the map went up, lights shined brightly and then the map flew down as they all took a look to see an arena popping up in the sky.
"What in the heck?" Luigi asked.
"The next one is in the sky?" Wendy asked.
"But WHERE exactly is it?" Happy wondered as they took off back to Professor Frankly's.
Professor Frankly (Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door)
"Great news, my friends! The next Crystal Star is at Glitzville!"
"Glitzwhatnow?" Natsu asked.
"Glitzville, the home of the Glitz Pit! It's a very popular arena where everyone from around the world comes together and fight for the title of the Glitz Pit."
"Sounds interesting." Erza said.
"Indeed." Frankly nodded. "However, I've heard a rumor or two that the original fighters just up and quit and have been replaced with new ones. I'd take that with a grain of salt if I were you, it's just a rumor after all."
"Yeah. So how do we get to Glitzville?" Lucy asked.
"That's the best part! You fly on a blimp!"
"A blimp?" Natsu asked, already dreading it. "Um...can't I just take an alternate route?" He asked, glancing at Happy.
"Well you can, but then your ticket would be all for nothing. You get your tickets from Don Pianta."
"Don Pianta?" Mario asked.
"He's...well...not a very GOOD Pianta, if you will. You get on his bad side and boy, you'll be seeing stars. The only way to get to him is by collecting a Dried Shroom and a Dizzy Dial in that order, and you have to answer that your favorite color is yellow. Just something I've picked up when I was walking around one day."
"Where does he live?" Gray asked.
"Let's see...the west side of Rogueport."
"West side of Rogueport?" Luigi asked. "Wait...weren't we supposed to...?" He blinked as their eyes widened.
"THE CONTACT LENS!" They all yelled and burst out of the door, running off and accidentally running over a Goomba.
"Hey! Where's the fire?!" The Goomba asked as he got up. "Pfft, people have no respect for civilians in this dang town anymore..."
Rogueport (Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door)
"Hmph! Well it's about time you gave me my contact lens!" Zess T. said as she put them in. "Ah, much better. Next time if you step on my contact lens, I'll roast the cat first." She threatened and then went in.
"No thanks, I want to live a little longer!" Happy shuddered as they went into the west side of Rogueport.
"Well this is better than the other places of Rogueport." Lucy said.
"But still a mess." Wendy said as they walked to the item shop.
"So what the heck does a Dizzy Dial look like?" Gray wondered.
"Um...Goombella, do you know?" Mario asked.
"This thing." Goombella motioned her head over to it.
"Oh." Luigi said as Mario bought the Dried Shroom and Luigi bought the Dizzy Dial.
"Hey!" The Boo caught their attention. "So um...quick question. What color is your hair?"
"Brown." The Mario Bros said.
"Pink." Natsu replied.
"Black." Gray said.
"Blonde." Lucy and Goombella said.
"Blue." Wendy and Flurrie said.
"Uh...does fur count?" Happy asked.
"I'm pretty sure it does..." Carla thought about it.
The Boo facepalmed. "Wrong question. What I meant to ask...what is your favorite color?"
"Yellow." They all said.
"Well! You seem to be in with Don Pianta. Let me just unlock this door for you." She said and unlocked the back door. "Here you go!" She said as they walked out. "...Hmm...does fur ACTUALLY count?" She wondered.
Pianta Parlor (Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door)
"Hmm? What are you bozos doing here?" Don Pianta asked.
"Um...tickets for Glitzville." Natsu replied.
Don laughed. "Tickets for Glitzville? HAHAHAHA! You must be joking!" He said. "You come in here and expect me to just give you tickets? Oh, that's rich!"
"Hey boss, do you want us to throw 'em out?" Vinny asked.
"We'll take out the trash if you want." Tony said as they both grabbed Wendy. "We can start with the little one first."
"Hey! Let go of me!" Wendy tried to squirm out of their grip.
"Yeah, take out the small trash first." Don said when suddenly Erza slammed her palms on his desk, giving him quite the nasty glare.
"You throw her out...you deal with us." She threatened.
"Oh yeah? And what is that cocky little glare gonna do? You don't scare me." Don said when Erza went into Heaven's Wheel and several swords appeared above her head, aiming at Don.
"Release Wendy right now." Erza ordered.
"Uh...boys...release her."
"But boss!"
"YOU DON'T ARGUE WITH A WOMAN WHO THREATENS YOU WITH FLOATING SWORDS!" Don yelled as the Piantas released Wendy.
"Well that's one way to change his mind...I would've had to claw their faces off." Carla muttered.
"You know...there is...something that I want you to do." Don cleared his throat. "Um...my boy Frankie is leaving with his girlfriend, Francesca on a cruise. I do NOT want them to leave...I don't care if they come back kicking and screaming, I just do NOT want to deal with romance at the moment. They're at the docks."
"Guys...go to the docks." Erza ordered. "I'll keep this man busy."
"But..." Luigi tried to object.
"NOW." She ordered as they nodded and took off.
"Okay, she's scary when she's mad." Luigi said.
"Mama mia...she even got ME scared." Mario shuddered.
"You can't just threaten the boss like that!" Vinny growled as the two Piantas were behind her. "We'll take you out!" Two floating swords appeared and were aimed at the Piantas. "Um...boss, you're on your own."
"Good luck, you're gonna need it." Tony said.
Don gulped. "J-just...what ARE you?"
Rogueport
"Is that them?" Gray asked, pointing to two lover Piantas.
"I think so." Mario nodded as they went over to the two of them. "Hey, are you Frankie and Francesa?"
"Yes, we are." Frankie nodded. "What do you need?"
"Um, Don Pianta wants you two back."
"WHAT?!" Francesca yelled. "But our boat is almost here!"
"What timing..." Frankie muttered. "Look, why don't we just head back to the boss and..."
"Forget it! I thought you loved me!"
"Honey, I do..."
"Then let's just...run away. He doesn't need to come after us anymore." Francesca said and then turned to them. "Just pretend you've never met us, alright?"
"You want us to lie?" Wendy blinked. "But that's wrong."
Carla sighed. "Being in love is one thing, but pretending we never even saw you is another."
"Please!"
Natsu sighed. "Well, this is going to be an interesting conversation..." He said as they walked away.
"And since Erza is dealing with Don, we don't have the extra strength to drag these two away." Gray said.
"Hey, what about Natsu?" Lucy asked.
"I don't want to deal with all the kicking and screaming." Natsu replied.
Back with Erza...
Pianta Parlor
"S-so...um...h-have I ever told you that y-you're cute when you gl-glare at me?" Don asked.
"Flirting will get you nowhere. I'm interested in someone else." Erza said.
"Oh." Don said as he twiddled his thumbs and nervously whistled while Vinny and Tony were looking at the swords worriedly. "So um...I wonder how your friends are doing?" He wondered as they all came in. "Oh speak of the devil! So how'd it go? Where's Frankie and Francesca?"
"...They weren't there." Natsu said and looking at Erza with a look that said 'We tried to bring them back, but couldn't' look as Erza nodded in understanding.
"Oh they weren't? Well that's too ba-...wait...I can see it in your eyes. You say one thing but your eyes say another. You lied to Don Pianta...oh, I am so going to clobber all of yo-" More swords were summoned. "Uh...what I MEANT to say was that...um..."
"Go on." Erza said. "Fairy Tail takes threats very seriously." She said in a dark tone when suddenly the door swung open.
"DADDY! DON'T HURT...them...?"
Frankie blinked through his glasses. "Well this was NOT what I was expecting."
"Frankie! Francesca!" Don exclaimed. "You better have a good reason why you're ditching me! And it better not be 'because you love each other' because if I hear that one more time, I'll-" An axe was thrown into the mix. "...Meep."
"You can't force them to not love each other. They only want to be happy but you don't want them too." Erza said.
"I've raised Frankie like my own son and he goes ahead and wants to ELOPE with my daughter? Is he out of his mind?!"
"Daddy..."
Don sighed. "I'd argue...but I'm afraid she'll gut me if I say anything." He said. "You two go have fun...i'm just an old man who's a bit overprotective."
"A bit?" Mario raised his eyebrow.
"That's a load of bull right there." Natsu said.
"Argh! You kids are crazy, you know that?!"
"Frankie, Francesca...take care." Vinny said.
"Don't have too much fun, you hear?" Tony chuckled.
"Thank you." Frankie nodded. "Boss, take care."
"You get out of my sight." He sighed as they both took off as he glanced at the others. "And as for you..." He gave them tickets. "I value my life, so take all the blimp tickets you want!"
"Thanks." Erza said as she went back to her Heart Kruez armor. "Pleasure doing business with you." She said as they all took off.
"Oi vey...that woman was a monster." Don shuddered.
Rogueport
They walked over to the blimp after showing the Cheep Cheep their tickets. "Oh geez..." Natsu sighed.
"Don't worry, I'll use Troia on you." Wendy winked at him.
"Thanks." Natsu said as they all went in and took off.
"No! They're leaving!" Juvia exclaimed. "We didn't get any tickets!"
"Well, I guess we'll have to stay here until they get back." Levy said.
"No way, sister." Gajeel smirked and nodded at Pantherlily as he transformed.
"Everyone hold on." Lily said as he grabbed all three of them.
"Nuh-uh! The only guy who should hold me is Gray and Gray only!" Juvia protested.
"You know...there's probably a woman over there that will take a liking to Gray." Gajeel smirked. "And next thing you know...they'll start making out."
"NOOOO! GRAY'S FIRST KISS SHOULD BE ME! NOT SOME TRAMP!" She yelled. "Lily! Go as fast as you can! I don't want another love rival to take my place as Gray's first kiss!"
Levy glared at Gajeel. "You're evil."
"Gihi, it's what I do." Gajeel chuckled as Lily took off.
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When in doubt, just use Juvia's worst nightmare to have Lily fly her up to Glitzville!
Also, it seems that Frozen is confirmed for KH3. I'm not totally surprised.