In a different world, where the whole place seemed to have a purple ground and an evil black sky, a dark wizard was sitting on his throne, playing something on his Nintendo DS. He looked a bit peeved from looking at his eyes which were glowing purple. It seems that he wasn't succeeding very well.
"Ugh… This game is so annoying." Shade grumbled, trying to use the touch screen in order to control the player. "I'm suddenly lost, and I've died a couple of times. Great... Well, better try using the Morph Ball."
He noticed that the floor right by his throne made a hole as it began to move down. He knew something was going on, so he put his Nintendo DS away.
When the floor came back up, he could see that the Necromancer ended up showing up, looking a bit better than he was after losing against Chopper and his group of friends. However, instead of greeting the dark wizard, his head hung low in shame.
"Please forgive me, Master Shade Doom…" the Necromancer trailed as he looked up at his leader. "I have failed you… I couldn't beat the heroes."
"Oh, relax, already," Shade snapped. "I ended up losing to that scoundrel Chopper. Apparently I underestimated his power… He didn't seem too much to me when I heard about him, but I know that he isn't just one of those typical kids. Same goes with those friends of his."
"What about the Pure Heart? Did he get his hands on that too?"
Shade frowned under his hood. "I'm sure that he got his hands on it. You're not going to believe this… But apparently the Pure Heart was actually some Nimbi girl. I believe it was the princess."
The Necromancer stood up in surprise. "What?! How could a Pure Heart be some girl?!"
"I don't understand how either, but we don't need to worry about her anymore, as much of a brat she was."
"Oh, yeah, she was really annoying," the Necromancer agreed. "…But, what if the heroes manage to find this place? We wouldn't be fully prepared to stop him! Our army doesn't appear to be tough enough to take down those heroes."
Shade began to chuckle. "Nonsense, Necromancer! You shouldn't have to worry! After all, the Comet of Darkness is very well hidden in another world! And the heroes are only led to the Pure Hearts, am I correct? We don't have any Pure Hearts with us, so there's no way they're coming here. …But when the times DOES come, we'll make a full-on invasion throughout the whole universe! One that'll be even more dangerous than what Tipral's capable of!"
Shade got off his throne and landed on the ground right next to the Necromancer. "So, Necromancer… How about we go find out where that boy and his friends are and give them a little surprise?"
"Hmmmmmm… I'm not too sure…"
"You should listen to me," Shade suggested, his eyes glowing purple as he glared. "You did swear that you would stay by my side ever since I freed you from that prison in The Underwhere! So you must remain loyal to me!"
"Yes, I know that and all… But give them a little surprise after that whole beating we took before? There's no way I'm going to go back and fight those heroes until I'm fully recovered."
"…Who said we were actually going to fight them?" Shade asked with a creepy grin.
"Ah, so this is where you are residing in, my dear dark wizard!"
"Necromancer, did you say something?"
"No, I didn't."
Dimentio appeared right in front of the two, surprising both of them immediately. The Necromancer drew his sword, while Shade aimed his wand at the jester. But instead of a glare, they received a cackle from him.
"Ah ha ha ha! No need to raise your weapons on me." Dimentio assured, waving his arms around as he sweat dropped. "I haven't come here to cause any harm to you at all! I just came here for an offering!"
"And who might you be, if I may ask?" Shade asked.
"Ah, yes. How rude of me. I can't speak to someone without introducing myself!" Dimentio said politely. "I am Master of Dimensions… Pleaser of Crowds… I am…Dimentio!"
"Dimentio? And who said you pleased crowds? I'm not pleased to see you here…" the Necromancer growled. "Talk now! We don't have time to deal with such a stupid-looking person such as yourself!"
"Oh, my… You do seem to have a temper like a bull!"
"Look, we don't have time to be dealing with you. We have a little boy to find." Shade pushed the jester out of the way and walked to the center of the floor. But, Dimentio ended up teleporting in front of him.
"Will you cut that out?! Get out of the way before I destroy you!"
"All I'm doing is giving you a little offering," Dimentio assured. "How would you like to…join Tipral? Seeing that you both hate Chopper so much, why can't you just work together to stop him?"
"Forget it, clown. We're not joining everyone."
"I swore that I would stay by Master Shade Doom's side, so I must decline as well," the Necromancer said. "Now leave us. We have some business to take care of! …And you better make it quick!"
"Oh, what a shame… I guess I might as well leave you two to finish your business…" Dimentio sighed with no emotion. "Ciao!"
With a snap of his finger, he was out of the comet.
"What a weird guy…" the Necromancer trailed. "Why would Tipral have someone like him here?"
"It doesn't matter. Even if Tipral manages to bring The Void back, we'll still have our army. We can simply invade his palace and destroy him! When that's done, we'll get the minions he has to join our side so we'll become unstoppable!" Shade grinned, putting on his cloak and bringing his hood up. "…But that'll be much later. For now, we need to get going."
Tipral's Palace, Meeting Room-
While Tipral was reading the Dark Prognosticus, O'Chunks came busting through the door. The strange thing about him was that he seemed to be a bit tired. What he was doing, I don't quite know.
"Tipral… I'm… I'm finally done…" he said as he panted. "Me room's all ready teh go! I think I'm ready teh get comfy 'ere."
"That's great, O'Chunks," Nastasia replied with an unconcerned tone. "Now, would you get up here? We need all of the minions here, 'K?"
"Errrr… Yeah, I'll get up there." O'Chunks jumped up to his platform and began to wait patiently, pulling out a drumstick and chomping down on it.
"O'Chunks! How many times do I have to tell you NOT to eat in this meeting room?!"
"Whuh? Yeh never told me that I couldn't eat 'ere, wee Nastasia!"
"Do me a favor and get rid of it, 'K?"
"Awwwwwww…" O'Chunks frowned as he dropped the drumstick on the ground. When Mimi walked into the room, she noticed the greasy drumstick on the ground and looked disgusted.
"Ewwwwwww! O'Chunks! Why do you have to leave your greasy food all over the place?!" Mimi gagged.
"'Ey! Don't blame me! Nastasia made me get rid o' it!"
"Well don't drop it on the ground! No one wants to see your greasy food all over the ground! Tippy, can't you do something about him and his food dropping? It's really bugging me!"
Tipral lowered the Dark Prognosticus and looked down at Mimi. "Fine…"
Raising his scepter, he managed to zap the drumstick and make it disappear. "All right, are you happy now, Mimi?"
"Aw, thanks, Tippy!" she giggled as she teleported onto her platform. Dark landed on his platform from the ceiling.
"So, I got a call from Nastasia that I was needed here…" Dark trailed as he stood up. "What is it this time? I actually want to go back to eliminating some of those paladins that I've found."
"Did someone call me?" Dimentio appeared on his platform with his sinister grin. "I certainly don't want to be missing any party going around here. Tell me the news, Tipral!"
"Great… He's here again." Dark groaned.
"Relax, Dark… This won't take long. Nastasia will explain everything." Tipral assured.
"Yes," Nastasia nodded as she adjusted her glasses. "You see, we've been speaking about having a new minion, correct? We were lucky to find a new one, and we will be introducing him to you all."
"He said that… Well, I don't understand his speech that much, but he says that the 'Green Antennae' lacks fury and chortles… Oh, and he also has some boar with him as well."
"Green Antennae? Fury and chortles?" Mimi gawked.
"I HAVE FAWFUL!"
"What in me granny's cookin'?!" O'Chunks gawked.
"Golly, I don't think I've ever heard THAT before…" Mimi trailed.
Fawful appeared on an empty platform, spinning around rapidly before making a pose. "At long last, Fawful makes his entry of win!"
"This is Fawful," Nastasia introduced. "He has agreed to join us for, um…fury."
"Yes, Fawful HAS come for that!" Fawful turned to all of the other minions. "What's this? Am I seeing people who lack the chortles of Fawful? I have telling that they all smell of sweat socks!"
"'Ey! What's yer beef with us?!" O'Chunks growled.
"Beef? I am lacking in beef. Fawful is beefless."
"What are you even saying?" Mimi asked in anger. "I don't know who you are, but why do you have a problem with us?"
"Settle down, everyone. I don't want to start a fight here." Nastasia warned.
"He could be of some good use, I believe," Dark stated. "He HAS brought a pink boar with him, is that correct? Well, that clearly means that we've outnumbered the heroes. There's four of them, and eight of us. We're guaranteed to beat them easily."
"Speaking of that boar… Where is he anyway?" O'Chunks asked.
"Midbus? Midbus?! MIDBUS!" Fawful called out. He soon realized that Midbus was teleported right below Fawful, and he was sleeping. "It appears Midbus has the sleeping of a little toddler."
"Ah ha ha ha. I actually like this new minion." Dimentio chuckled. "He sort of reminds me of…myself."
"Anyway, now that we've got that taken care of… I've tried to use my dark powers to prevent the hero from moving on to the next world." Tipral explained. "However, I don't know if that power is unstoppable. So, just in case if they DO make their way to the eleventh Pure Heart, I'm going to need some people to stop them."
"I'll do it!" both O'Chunks and Mimi shouted. They both looked at each other and then glared. "No! I'm going to go!"
"Both of you stop," Nastasia snapped. "You can both go if you want. …I guess it's for the best."
"Ah, splendid! While they can go, I can get back to business!" Dimentio smirked as he was about to teleport.
"Don't even think about doing what I think you're going to do, Dimentio!" Mimi growled before she teleported away. O'Chunks jumped off the platform afterward, landing on Midbus before leaving.
"Huh? What happened?" Midbus asked, his nose bubble popping.
"Nothing important," Tipral replied before going back to the book. "Hopefully those two will be good enough to stop Chopper and his friends…"
"I recall that you said there were four heroes…" Dimentio looked over at Dark. "Well, I can gladly say that there are five of them now. After they found Mario, he joined their team. …But I don't think that will be enough."
"We have enough, trust me."
"Well, then I guess I might as well be off then! Ciao!" With a snap of his finger, Dimentio teleported out of the palace.
Flipside Tower-
As the five heroes walked out of the door, they noticed a pink crystal heart appear over the door. When Mario first saw this, he remembered the times when he first walked out of the red door three months ago.
"Yeah, I know. Pretty cool, isn't it?" Blade smirked.
"Poyo, (Well, now that we have the Pure Heart, we should go talk to Merlon,)" Kirby suggested.
"Ah, I see you have all returned!" the heroes turned around and saw Merlon waiting for them over by the light blue door. Meta Knight was also standing there as well. "So how was your trip through the ninth world?"
"Man, it was intense!" Chopper explained. "You're not going to believe this… But that world was filled with nothing but…candy!"
"Candy? Are you sure about this?" Meta Knight questioned.
"Yeah, I'm pretty sure! But that's not the important part. We managed to get THIS!" Chopper pulled the pink Pure Heart out and showed it to Merlon, who gazed at the beautiful heart.
"My… Such a beautiful heart! I could just gaze at it all day!" Merlon looked up at the heroes and noticed Mario. "…And it appears that we have another hero in the group! It's nice to see you here, Mario!"
Mario: Thank you!
"With that Pure Heart, you must go down to the first floor outskirts of Flipside and find the Heart Pillar! I'm sure it'll be there, now that you've collected the tenth Pure Heart. I can't believe you'll be more than halfway done with collecting the hearts!"
"And try to be careful down there," Meta Knight added.
"Well, we better go do that now, since we don't have anything else to do right now…" Sonic trailed.
Flipside, First Floor Outskirts-
"So, this is where the second Pure Heart was?" Sonic questioned, looking at the Heart Pillar up on one of the stone platforms.
"Yeah, that's right. You can thank Kirby for that one, though." Chopper said as he looked over at Kirby.
"Poyo, (I think the next Heart Pillar is to the left now,)" Kirby pointed to the tall stone block to the left that was in the way.
Mario: I got it!
Mario knocked the stone block down with Kickbrin's ability, allowing them to walk over to the Heart Pillar past it. They saw at the bottom of the pillar that there was a light shade of pink, which wasn't too surprising to them.
"I'll handle this, I suppose," Chopper pulled the pink Pure Heart out and allowed it to go into place, creating a pink clock as the Pure Heart went into its pillar. Of course, they knew what was going to happen next.
"Well… We better head back up to Flipside Tower." Blade suggested.
"Yeah, of course we know that," Chopper nodded. "We've been doing this a lot of times, so it's not surprising." he pulled the Return Pipe out and used it in order to leave the outskirts.
Flipside Tower-
"I suppose that this is the last door of Flipside…" Sonic trailed as they jumped out of the pipe. But, instead of seeing a colored door next to them, they saw a colorless one with only the outlines shown.
"…What the heck?!" Chopper gawked at the sight of the door. He couldn't even go in! "There's something wrong with this door! I mean… WHY is it all colorless?!"
Mario: Is it meant to be colorless?
"No, I don't think so," Chopper poked the door, but his finger simply went through it. "There's no way we're going through here, unfortunately…"
"Poyo… (We should go see Merlon about this…)" Kirby trailed.
"Then to Merlon's we'll go!"
Merlon's house-
Merlon was busy reading the Light Prognosticus when he saw the five heroes walk into his house. "Hmmmmm? Are you heroes already done with collecting the eleventh Pure Heart? That didn't seem long at all…"
Mario shook his head and explained to him what was going on. The wizard jumped in shock.
"What? The tenth door on Flipside Tower cannot be accessed?! How is this possible?!"
"We don't know, Merlon. We tried to open it, but it seemed impossible." Chopper groaned. "Was that supposed to happen, though?"
Merlon shook his head. "The doors that lead to other worlds don't do things like that… Young ones, please show me the door."
"Gladly," Sonic walked out of the house, along with everyone else and Merlon. Although the elevator was tight for them to fit in, they all managed to make their way back to Flipside Tower.
As soon as the door opened, Merlon rushed over to the last door and took a look at it, shaking his head.
"Hmmmmmm… This is definitely not something for a door like this to do…" the wizard trailed. "Never in my life have I seen something like this happen to one of the doors on Flipside Towers…"
"Poyo? (Is there anything we can do to change this?)" Kirby asked.
"Luckily, I do remember reading something interesting in the Light Prognosticus. 'The ruler of the aftergame has the ability to revitalize all.' It's an interesting quote, to say the least. But, if this is true, then that means you must find the ruler of the aftergame to fix the door. Hopefully it should allow you guys to move on."
"The ruler of the aftergame… Where have I heard that before?" Blade pondered.
"…I think I know what we need to do," Chopper frowned at the group. "We probably need to go back to The Overthere and see Grambi…"
"Are you SERIOUS?! We have to go back THERE?!"
"Well, that is the only way we can get to the Pure Heart…" Sonic trailed. "But, Chopper, why are you so worried about going to The Overthere? Is it because of Luvbi or something?"
"I just don't want to see Jaydes and Grambi crying like before," Chopper recalled, remembering the events after Luvbi turned into a heart. "I'm sure that if we go there again, we're probably going to see them still depressed. It won't be a nice thing to see…"
"Poyo, (That and all of the damage dealt to The Overthere,)" Kirby added.
"Well there's not much else we can do about it," Sonic stated. "We're trying to save the world, right? Well… We can't just deny going to Grambi's shrine. I think we can go there and ask him nicely."
Chopper let out a sigh. "All right… We'll go there. But don't expect me to be the happiest person on the planet."
He walked over to the purple door and opened it. Luckily, since they already completed the seventh world, they can easily go into any section of the chapter that they want to. Since they need to see Grambi, they all selected to go into The Overthere and NOT The Underwhere.
CHAPTER 7-5
As the five heroes walked out of the door, they started to remember when they witnessed all of these fluffy clouds back in Overthere Stair. Bad memories started to plague Blade's mind as he looked at this world.
"Aw, crud! The bad memories are returning again!" Blade shouted.
"Well, the narrator just said that..." Sonic frowned.
"Ugh… Let's just get this over with, guys…" Chopper groaned as he began to make his way through this place. When they got over to the door that led into Overthere Sector 3, they noticed that the Nimbis were all fine. In fact, everything didn't seem as bad as they thought it would be.
"Whoa, is it just me or is everyone not depressed?" Chopper gawked.
"Weird… Well, we should just move on from this, what do you say?" Blade began to stroll on ahead, with everyone else following. They made their way to the next sector and even took the Overvator to go to the sector with the rainbow bridge.
And boy, they were surprised to see a lot of Nimbis talking to each other. It felt very peaceful around this place.
"Buddehs!" both Pherrance and Tillip fluttered over to the five heroes happily, letting out a fart before laughing hysterically.
Mario: Who are these guys?
"That's Pherrance and Tillip. Apparently these guys are comedians." Sonic explained.
"I can't believe you managed to drive that dark wizard away!" Pherrance said happily. "You should've seen his face when he fled! He was running away like a little girl! It was hilarious!"
"Not as hilarious as my farts!" Tillip said as he farted.
"Oh, you silly Nimbi, you!" Pherrance giggled before Tillip nudged him a little. "Oh! I almost forgot! I think Grambi wants to see you guys for something! I don't know what it's for, but it must be something pretty important!"
"…What? He wanted to see us? Wow… I never knew that."
"So, go on ahead, fwiends! You need to go see him!" Tillip suggested. "I think it's pretty important anyway!"
"Ummmm… OK." Chopper walked over to the rainbow bridge with his friends. What was weird to Chopper was when he heard a Nimbi named Wenbi saying something about writing some more love letters. Although he didn't know WHO he was writing them too, it didn't seem like anything Chopper was interested in that much.
After crossing the rainbow bridge, they walked over to the door nearby. This would bring them to the sector where Grambi's shrine would be. With one deep breath, they entered through the door and into the area that led up to Grambi's shrine.
"Poyo? (Huh? Why did the music suddenly change?)" Kirby asked, noticing that The Overthere theme suddenly changed to a beautiful angelic song. Everyone else could hear it as well.
Mario: Weird…
"I agree, Mario. This is…strange. Yet, the music's beautiful." Chopper commented. "Whoever made this song, this is very peaceful. Thank you."
"Why are we wasting our time here? We need to go head up to Grambi's shrine now!" Blade suggested, scurrying on ahead up the stairs to the shrine.
"Oh, yeah! You're right!" Chopper raced his way over to the stairway and went up. He decided to grab the Ultra Shroom from the ? Block before walking in front of the shrine door.
"Let's head on through!" Sonic said with a grin.
Grambi's Shrine-
Upon entering into the shrine, they noticed that the whole room wasn't damaged like it was before. It seemed that everything was back to normal. Kind of strange, if you're thinking like Chopper.
"This place looks like it's back to normal," Chopper commented.
"How long were we away from this place?" Sonic gawked.
"My sweet prince!"
"Huh…?" Chopper stopped looking at the whole shrine and looked dead ahead. He saw Luvbi fluttering over to him and grabbing a hold of him in a hug. One that Chopper dreaded so much.
"L-Luvbi?!" Everyone was in utter shock, including Chopper, who couldn't even move from her hug.
"I can't believest thou hast returned hither!" Luvbi squealed. "It almost felt like it hast been a while…"
"B-But… What… How… The heck? How are you here?!" Chopper stammered.
Luvbi let go of Chopper. "Ha ha HA! Thou hast a very confused look on thy countenance! Thou art wondering how I returned to life? We-ell... That is a secret!"
"Oh, what a bummer…" Blade groaned.
"Ha ha HA! Just kidding! Truth be told, I know not! But who careth! I am back!"
Chopper was completely speechless. The girl that sacrificed her own life to stop The Void. She was back.
"Hey, Chop! Are you OK?" Sonic asked, looking at his surprised look.
"Ah, heroes! Thou hast returned!" the heroes saw both Grambi and Queen Jaydes in the room with bright smiles. "Thou hast saved all worlds! Now all doth smile again… And Luvbi hath returned!"
"I heard the news and came running, and I saw Luvbi… I could not believe it!" Queen Jaydes said as she shed a tear of happiness. "It almost seemed like a miracle…"
"Mother and Father hath been all OVER me since my return," Luvbi explained to Chopper. "They are so clingy! I guess it is my fault for being soooooo cute!"
"I… I… I don't know what to say." Chopper stammered, still in shock.
"I also didst remember what thou hast said to be before. It made me feel so happy! Thou hast such a sweet and tender heart…" Luvbi fluttered up close to Chopper and left kiss on his cheek. The results, of course, were predictable.
"GROSS!" Chopper yelped, losing his balance and falling back.
Grambi and Queen Jaydes smiled as their "daughter" grabbed a hold of Chopper and began to hug him. However, Luvbi noticed that two people were missing from the group.
"Pray, where hast Tippi and the hideous creature goneth?"
"Well apparently Tippi left us to stop The Void and Tipral apparently left us to go back to evil," Sonic explained. "I know, it's a shame Tippi left… Although, we expected Tipral to leave."
"I see…" Luvbi turned her attention to Chopper, the hearts quickly returning. "Now, why hast thou come hither, my sweet prince?"
"Well, we to talk to your father," Chopper answered. "Merlon told us that he's the only one that can help us."
"What dost thou need?" Grambi asked.
"Apparently we're having problems with a door," Blade explained. "We can't find any way to enter through the next world! Merlon said that only the ruler of the aftergame can do such a thing."
"Ah, so thou needeth me to revitalize the final door in Flipside Tower? Then I shall dost that!" With his powers, Grambi managed to make the room flash for just a second. "When thou returneth to Flipside Tower, thou will findeth the door to be in color."
"Thank you…" Chopper chirped.
"Father! Father! I think I can helpeth my sweet prince and his servants find the Pure Heart in that world!" Luvbi spoke up. "I hath gone there before! And I also doth have a friend that is there as well! May I goest with my sweet prince?"
Mario: Servant?
"Let's not go there, Mario…" suggested Sonic.
"Wh-What?!" Chopper gawked.
"No no no!" Blade gaped.
"Poyo! (Please, Grambi! Don't let her come!)" Kirby begged.
"Yea, Luvbi! I will let thee goest with Chopper." Grambi replied, making Chopper shiver in fear and the rest of the group fall over. "Chopper, thou will maketh sure that my daughter is fine, all right?"
"Y-Yes, sir…"
"Very well. I will taketh thee back to Flipside Tower to make things easier for thee." With Grambi's powers, he managed to teleport Chopper, Luvbi, Kirby, Sonic, Blade and Mario back to Flipside Tower.
"Do you think he'll take good care of her?" Queen Jaydes asked.
"I dost hope so…" Grambi trailed.
Flipside Tower-
Once all six of them were taken back to the tower, they were right in front of the tenth door. Surprisingly, it was only a white color.
"That's it? This door is only white?" Blade gaped. "That's…weak."
"Well, it's better than nothing," Sonic frowned.
"Hmph! So you managed to get the door revitalized…" Meta Knight was right beside the ninth door with his cape wrapped around him. Luvbi looked a bit confused.
"Pray, who is this ugly duckling?" Luvbi asked.
"That 'ugly duckling' happens to be Meta Knight…" Chopper trailed.
Meta Knight looked at the Nimbi with a blank look. "Who is she?"
"Mine given name is Luvbi," Luvbi said with an irritated look. "I'm the daughter of Grambi and Jaydes, so thou must maketh sure thou givest me the respect that I deserve!"
"If that's what you want, then I'll give you it," Meta Knight took a glance at Chopper. "Is this girl in love with you?"
"Yes, sadly…" Chopper nodded sadly. "Trust me, it's not fun..."
"Well, anyway, I decided to go back to searching for Galaxia… And no, I'm not angry with you, Chopper. I know you couldn't bring it back in one piece. …But, I will be making my way through this door you just opened. I think it would be a good idea."
Meta Knight walked over to the white door and walked through it. Everyone else looked at each other with confused looks.
"Poyo? (Should we head through?)" Kirby asked.
"Yeah, we need to," Chopper nodded. Everyone else headed through the door, with Chopper walking through last, being in Luvbi's clutches and all.
"It's so good to be with thee again, my sweet prince!" Luvbi sighed sweetly.
"I'm not your prince!"
While the five still had a Pure Heart to find, what really bothered them was how Luvbi returned, and most importantly, why they have to deal with this bratty princess. As they moved along, Luvbi continued to scoff at the group, while talk sweetly to Chopper, her "sweet prince". "Oh, it is so nice to finally be back together, my sweet prince!" Luvbi sighed sweetly. "I hath been waiting a long time for us to have a romantic trip together!" Chopper, however, being the boy he was, was obviously annoyed by this, along with the others. Before they could get her to quiet down, they suddenly felt the air around them get colder...
Yup! That's right, people! Luvbi is back! I kind of remember seeing other Super Paper Mario fics where in the end they don't mention what happens to everyone else after Chapter 8. I thought it would be interesting if I actually showed what happened with some of the other people.
And besides... It would be kind of fitting to have her in this next world! :P