Petalburg (Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door)

"Hey hey! You're back in one piece!" The Koopa exclaimed as they walked back into Petalburg. "We got the stones." Sora said as he showed them to him. "Holy crap, they look awesome!" Koopa exclaimed with a smile. "Wait...does this mean that my job guarding this is now over?" "Probably." Mario said. "Oh great..." Koopa muttered.

"I wonder what the mayor will say." Goombella said. "Um, you guys go in there." Sora said. "I'm staying out here." "Okay if you say so, lady." Mario teased. "HEY!" Sora yelled as everyone else laughed while they walked in.

Laughter and Merriment (Kingdom Hearts II)

"What is it Murphy? Did you get the stones and conquered the beasts?" "They were actually Heartless." "Beasts that are heartless...yeah, I can definitely see that, they attack without mercy." Kroop said. "Oh brother." Donald facepalmed.

"By the way, where's Sophie anyways?" "Chickening out." Mario teased. "What's that? Did you say taking out the chickens? We don't have chickens in Petalburg! ...Or do we? I may be going crazy. Anyways, you take those stones to that rock formation and destroy that monster IN THE NAME OF HYRULE!" "Petalburg." Mario corrected. "I did say Petalburg, what do you think I am, crazy?" Kroop asked. "Never mind." Mario said as he walked out with the others.

Petalburg

"So how'd it go?" Sora asked. "Oh just fine, the old coot is crazy." Goombella told him. "Okay then." Sora said as they walked to Hooktail's Castle. "Let's take that brute down." Mario said as he pounded his fists. "No one should deserve to live like this."

"Excuse me." Said a voice as they turned to see the same Koopa from before.

"Oh hey, you're that Koopa from before." Goombella said as the Koopa blushed a little. "Well, my names Koops and...well...I...uh..." He tried to say.

"Spit it out!" Donald ordered, causing the rest to glare at him, even Goofy. "What?" Donald asked.

"Well you see...OH WHO AM I KIDDING! TAKE ME WITH YOU!" Koops yelled, shocking everyone. "Whoa whoa whoa...what are you talking about?" Sora asked.

"You see, my dad went off to face Hooktail a long time ago, but he never returned. So I got to thinking maybe I should avenge my dad and destroy Hooktail...but I never had the courage to do it. But when I saw you guys attempting to brave Shhwonk Fortress, I kept telling myself I need to be brave and ask if I can join you guys." Koops explained.

Sora's theme (Kingdom Hearts II)

"Sure, you can come with us! The more the merrier, am I right?" Sora asked with a smile. "Yeah!" Donald exclaimed. "This will be awesome!" Goombella smiled. "Welcome aboard!" Goofy smiled happily. "...Um, what they said." Mario said causing all of them to look at Mario. "What? You took all the good ones!" Mario said accusingly.

"Let's go!" Sora said as they all nodded as tears ran down Koops' eyes. "Thank you..." He said as he walked away with the others. "Oh I almost forgot! What are your names?" He asked.

"I'm Sora." Sora smiled. "Donald Duck." "Name's Goofy!" "Mario." "And I'm Goombella!" "Those names...are so cool!" Koops exclaimed as they all walked off together.

"WAIT! KOOPS!" yelled a voice as they turned again. "Now what?" Donald asked.

Laughter and Merriment

"Koopie Koo? What are you doing?" Koops asked. "I...couldn't help but overhear, but did you just seriously say you're going to take on Hooktail?" She asked. "Yeah, pretty much." Koops said.

"W-wait a minute! You'll be swallowed by that monstrous beast! Don't you remember what happened to your father? He's most likely dead!" "Yes, but I'm going over there to avenge my father." Koops explained. "B-but Koops! You don't have the courage!" "Koopie Koo, I'm going with these guys...to prove myself to be courageous."

Koopie Koo was in shock to hear what Koops just said to her, but then she just smiled and looked at the rest of them. "Look after him for me will ya? He can be a little stubborn sometimes." She smiled and then ran off.

"Later, Koopie Koo." Koops smiled. "So is she your sister?" Sora asked. "Nope, girlfriend." Koops replied. "Oh." Sora said.

But suddenly, Sora then smiled and then looked at everyone else as they had the same idea. "Oooooh..." They all said with smiles on their faces. "What?" Koops asked. "You sly dog." Sora teased and gently nudging him. "Hey..." Koops muttered as they all walked off while just laughing and giving him a thumbs up.

Petal Meadows

A couple minutes later after they kept talking to each other, they eventually came across the stone formation once again.

"So is it true that Hooktail passed you guys?" Koops asked as Sora put the Moon stone in first. "Yep." Sora said. "Wow, I'm amazed he didn't eat you all up, or cook Donald alive." Koops said, earning a glare from Donald. "I'm kidding!" Koops said nervously as Mario put the Sun Stone in the other pillar.

Suddenly, the two pillars started moving away, revealing switches underneath them. "Oh cool!" Sora said as he looked at Mario and they both nodded and hit the switches.

The pillar in the center exploded, revealing a warp pipe underneath it. "Well that explains the warp pipe in front of Hooktail's Castle." Goombella said as she pointed over to the pipe in the distance. "Huh, cool." Sora said as they all jumped in the pipe.

When they all jumped out of the warp pipe they looked at the castle. "Well, let's go in." Sora said. "I'm just hoping Hooktail isn't home at the moment." Koops muttered as they walked in.

"Well this isn't too bad." Koops said. "This might be the entrance though." Goombella said as they walked out to see the huge doors in front of them. "Okaaaaaay, now I'm intimidated." Koops said.

Laughter and Merriment

"Sora, the bridge is broke." Donald said as he pointed to a huge gap in front. "Ah that's nothing." Sora said as he ran for it and jumped through it, landing on the other side. "Piece of cake." He said.

Donald ran for it and did the same thing as he jumped, but he was cut short and fell in the water. "Oh so close." Koops said. "YOOOOOOW!" Donald yelled as he landed on the other side of the bridge...with the same fish biting down on his tail, but Sora just used Magnega and threw the fish in the water. "I'm okay." Donald muttered.

"Wait, where's Mario?" Koops asked as he noticed a paper airplane going to the other side as it landed and turned back into Mario. "Does that answer your question?" Goombella asked. "I don't want to know how he turned into a paper airplane." Koops said as Goofy picked up the two and glided his way over to them.

"There you go." Goofy said. "I'm not going to ask about that either." Koops said as they all looked at the door in front of them.

"Let's go in." Sora said as they all nodded as Sora opened up the door.

What mayhem will be caused in Hooktail's Castle? WHO KNOWS!