Act 2: Super Mario Bros.
Chapter 4: Separated
This chapter of the story will be told in Meta Knight's perspective. We went to Entertainment Central Station and waited while Meta Knight left.
8:00 PM, Eastern Standard Time
May 9, 2013
Super Mario Bros.
Weather: Clear
Everything around me is huge. Many call me a "runt". Little do they know I am the exact definition of "size doesn't matter"; I could behead them in seconds if I wanted to.
But I probably would not; my sole focus is keeping everyone safe, not being a near-literal "Knight in Sour Armor", as they call it these days. My duty right now is to ensure the innocent, gentle girl I chose to train does not get maimed. I do not wish to see her hurt in any way, especially if I inflicted it.
Nor do I wish to see her brother hurt, especially as it would be-in my opinion-part of my fault if he did, and I do not want to see either of them suffer. I want to see them reach adulthood and live a better life than I did.
I would not want anyone to suffer the way I did. I have no family-or dignity-because of it.
Anyway, back to the story.
I saw the MashUp team in Entertainment Central Station as I went to board the train for Super Mario Brothers. I waved to them before I left.
As I boarded the train, I noticed no one was on the train besides me. Phew, I did not want to deal with rude punks again.
I am much more laidback than I look. I sat down in one of the enormous (at least from my perspective) seats as the train went down the tunnel. Apparently, I nodded off and fell asleep for a short while. I almost never sleep-or nap. I was asleep for about fifteen minutes when the train came to a stop.
Ugh. This place again. I felt as if I did not want to see another Koopa or Goomba again after today's events. Ever. They are such rude, intrusive species. They are awful.
I headed through the doorway. I was not here to have a meeting with anyone-I was here to get though this game and try to save the kidnapped child, Otto.
As soon as I entered, a Winged Koopa bounced very high over me and blew a raspberry. I ignored this and moved on to the first level.
When I entered the first level, I was greeted by many Koopas and Goombas. Since they could regenerate, I promptly cut them. I was fed up already. I jumped over many obstacles-or rather flew over them-and continued to cut any enemy in my path. Not long later, I reached a flagpole. I flew to the top of the flagpole and slid down, not caring about coins, points, or lives. Every level was just this until 1-4-the first castle.
The castle was very large full of lava and other dangerous obstacles. These obstacles did not faze me-I knew what I was doing, and I was not even remotely injured yet. When I got to the end of the castle, I was greeted by a false Bowser. He was huge, green, and had a spiky shell, but he did not daunt me. I flew over him and flipped the switch behind him, sending him into the lava below as the floor underneath him collapsed.
I repeated this pattern for a while-a few levels then a castle in every stage. I was getting tired, but I kept moving. When I got to the last level, I was very tired. How I could kill for a nap. My wings and feet ached, but I was determined to get through this.
The last level was huge-this castle was slightly different from all of the others; it was much larger than the previous castles I had visited, the obstacles were a greater threat, and this castle was full of passages as opposed to the others. I was exhausted when I made it to the end of this castle.
The real Bowser was truly daunting: he towered a great many feet taller than me (this should be obvious seeing as I am eight inches tall), he wore many black, spiked bands on his arms and short neck, his hands and feet were huge and clawed, he had a long tail, red-orange, spiky hair ending in a ponytail, long horns, red, menacing eyes, sharp, huge fangs, and a green, spiked shell. Bowser roared at me and breathed fire as I entered the room.
As soon as I entered the room, Bowser threw many hammers at me and spat fire. He also leapt around wildly and used a move which I could recognize as a Pokémon move: Shadow Claw. How he could used this was a mystery.
My vision was becoming blurry as I was starting to faint. I tried to clumsily fly over Bowser, but I almost got hit several times, so I needed to back down. After many tries, I finally flew over him. I was in so much pain, but I still went on. Just as I got over Bowser, I felt Shadow Claw hit my mask, and I crashed onto the switch as I fainted. I slid into the room below that had no floor, completely unconscious.