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"Welcome to one of the Twin Bridges." Yang read. "Up above is called Butter Bridge and down here is called Cheese Bridge."
"Cheese?! Where?!" Grif excitedly looked around before it dawned on him. "Wait… that's just the name of it?"
"Yep." Simmons nodded.
"Argh! That's false advertising and you know it!"
"Oh, you know what'd be better than a Butter Bridge?" Caboose asked. "Exotic Butter Bridge!"
"…How can butter be exotic?" Grif asked.
"From an exotic island!" Caboose proudly smiled while the others gave him a weird look while Church sighed in annoyance.
"I think we were already on Butter Bridge before we were sent away to that tower." Church said. "Eh, in any case, here's hoping it won't be too bad."
"You just jinxed it, didn't you…" Luigi muttered.
Church sighed in annoyance again. "Yes… Yes I did." He said as they walked onto the bridge as Sarge noticed small writing on the sign.
"Beware of chainsaws." He said. "Huh… good to know." He then took off.
World 4-1: Chainsaws on the Bridge?!
BGM: Athletic (Super Mario World)
"Oh look, some Bullet Bills." Mario casually said as they were walking on the bridge and saw some flying in the distance.
"I just hope they're not the homing variety." Luigi hoped.
"They're not. Nothing to worry." Nyx said as they walked across the bridge, and Neptune just casually looked down and saw water down below.
"Oh, you gotta be kidding me…" Neptune paled.
"Dude, just don't look down." Sun told him as Neptune nodded and tried to keep his eyes straight, but unfortunately, he wouldn't stop thinking about the watery grave down below. They proceeded forward as unaware of them all, Kamek flew over and luckily for him, he was just out of Nyx's semblance range.
"I'll show you!" He growled as he quickly flew over, proceeded to launch magic at both ends of the bridge.
End BGM
"Uh, guys, do you hear that?" Pyrrha asked.
"Hear what?" Nora asked.
"Wait." Ren closed his eyes. "I hear it too." He said as they looked around as Nyx quickly picked up on something and then turned to see a chainsaw coming at them.
BGM: Rise of the Living Bread (Team Fortress 2)
"We gotta move. NOW!" She yelled as they turned to the chainsaw coming right at them.
"WHAT THE HELL?!" Grif and Church yelled.
"GO GO GO GO!" Luigi screamed as they quickly ran straight to the other side, hoping to outrun the chainsaw.
"So this is what they meant by chainsaws on the bridge!" Sarge exclaimed.
"Don't they know that chainsaws can hurt someone?" Caboose asked, possibly not realizing the danger as they kept at it, but then up ahead, Blake saw a chainsaw coming right for them.
"Guys! Another chainsaw over there!" Blake exclaimed.
"Oh, you gotta be kidding me!" Weiss groaned.
"Alright, that's it! We gotta jump over that!" Yang exclaimed as with perfect timing, they jumped over the chainsaw and they kept running, but the chainsaws both collided… and then half the bridge started to fall from both ends.
"Oh crap!" Luigi exclaimed. "Mario, what do we do?!"
"Um… jump!" He said, trying to think of something as Yoshi suddenly picked up Mario and he picked up speed, before flutter jumping and then he flipped, then suddenly threw Mario when he fell and then he landed on the other side. When he landed, he heard everyone screaming as they fell to the Soda Lake, even hearing Luigi screaming Mario's name. "No!" Mario exclaimed in horror.
End BGM
"Eheeeheehee! Well, at least I got most of 'em!" Kamek laughed and then disappeared.
Mario growled, watching them disappear into the water below as his fists clenched as he saw a split pathway up ahead as one sign said "To Ludwig's Castle" and another one saying "Soda Lake" as he quickly ran down the other pathway. He had to know if all his friends were alright as Booniper quickly followed him.
World 4-2: Fallen into Soda Lake
BGM: Underwater (New Super Mario Bros)
Luigi was the first to regain consciousness as he saw a ? block up ahead as he quickly punched it as several Penguin suits came out as he put one on and quickly threw the rest at everyone else, getting them air. They breathed back to life as two Penguin suits landed on Zwei and Poochy, as for some reason, they gained a shark costume, as they also breathed as well while Yoshi came back down after he went up for air.
"We're alive?! WE'RE ALIVE! YEAH!" Donut yelled.
"Well… how the hell are we gonna get out of here?" Sarge asked as the Penguin Suits were in their respective colors. There was a dark red diving suit for Pyrrha, yellow for Jaune, purple for Ren and orange for Nora.
"Just ONCE I just wanna be dry!" Neptune complained.
"Ah! Zwei! You look so cute as a shark!" Ruby squealed and hugged Zwei as he barked. "Poochy, you look cute too!" She said as Poochy barked as well.
"Alright, let's get going." Luigi said as they swam around hoping to find a way out, and as luck would have it, the area was not only filled with Cheep Cheeps and Blurps, but Torpedo Teds as well.
"Underwater Bullet Bills?!" Yang asked.
"They're called Torpedo Teds… and yes, they're annoying in the water just like in the air as well." Luigi said as they swam forward and when they were blocked by several Cheep Cheeps, RWBY, JNPR, Luigi, Sun and Nyx launched ice balls while Neptune was frozen and the Blood Gulch Gang tried to help, but their bullets weren't even getting anywhere.
"Okay, this is just bullshit!" Grif exclaimed, putting his Assault Rifle away. "What do you have to do, extend your arm or something?!" He asked as he extended his arm and an ice ball immediately hit a Cheep Cheep. "…Oh my god, I HAVE ICE POWERS! AHAHAHA!" He laughed… aaaaand he was immediately turned into an ice cube by Sarge.
"Heh. I always wanted a Grifcicle."
"F-F-F-F-F-Fuck… you…!"
"What was that?!"
"F-F-F-F-Fuck you… sir…! ACHOO!"
"That's more like it! Gesundheit, by the way." He said as Zwei and Poochy helped push the frozen Grif along until they eventually saw the ground was slowly getting closer to them.
"I think we're getting closer to land." Ruby said as they soon got out of the water, and then a Lakitu came by and proceeded to knock their heads with Spinies to get rid of their Penguin/diving/shark outfits.
End BGM
"Ow… there's gotta be a less painful way to get these off." Jaune winced.
"Aww, I wanted to freeze Grif a little more." Sarge said as Grif then broke free out of his icy prison.
"Hallelujah! I'm free!" He exclaimed.
"Oh thank goodness!" A voice said as they saw Mario and Booniper coming up to them, as they both looked relieved. "I was worried that you didn't make it."
"Oh please, falling in water was nothing." Yang chuckled.
"I was hoping I'd do the splits before entering the water…" Sister muttered.
"Wait, what?" Doc asked. "Wouldn't that be painful?"
"…Where'd you come from?" Sister asked as Doc let out a shocked gasp before sulking as Mario and Yoshi hugged again before the bros hugged each other as they took off.
"By the way, I know who the next Koopaling is." Mario said.
"Who is it?" Luigi asked.
"Ludwig."
"That weirdo? Oh boy…" Luigi sighed as they kept going as they then made it to the other pathway leading to Ludwig's castle, but first… they had to go through Cookie Mountain.
World 4-3: Where's the Cookies?
BGM: Yoshi's Island (Super Smash Bros Melee/Brawl/Wii U)
"Welcome to Cookie Mountain." Mario read from a sign.
"COOKIES?! WHERE?!" Ruby yelled.
"…I don't think there's any cookies here, sis." Yang said.
"Then why did they call it Cookie Mountain?!" She asked before glaring at Yoshi.
"Yo…" Yoshi shrugged as if he had no idea either as they walked up the mountain with Yoshi eating the delicious Monty Moles in the area.
"Is there anything he can't eat?" Weiss wondered as they kept climbing Cookie Mountain while defeating some Beach Koopas and a few Charging Chucks, but then there was a small earthquake that made them stumble as they looked up to see a Sumo Bro.
"A Sumo Bro?" Yang asked.
"You've met them?" Mario asked.
"Yeah, when we met Kirby on top of the clouds. Although Kamek did make him giant." Yang explained.
"Ooooh. Yeah, they can be a pain sometimes." Luigi said as they quickly got back up as the Sumo Bro stomped on the ground again, this time emitting a shockwave but they were ready for it as they proceeded to beat it up and then they walked forward, as they took out some jumping Piranha Plants and then, finally, they reached the top of the mountain where Ludwig's Castle awaited them.
End BGM
World 4-Castle: Can't Beat the Classics!
As they got closer to the castle, they heard something quite interesting, something very… classical.
BGM: Moonlight Sonata
"Ah boy… playing classical music again, I see." Luigi said. "He's also a little loud."
"What can you expect? He really loves the composer a lot." Mario said as Luigi nodded in agreement.
"What are they talking about?" Ruby asked in a whisper.
"I dunno, I never even heard of this music." Weiss whispered back as they walked into the castle… only for the castle to bar the doors to prevent Zwei, Poochy and Yoshi from going forward. Needless to say, this was starting to get on Yoshi's nerves.
They walked around in the castle, dodging the Ball'n Chains and walking around the Bony Beetles as they walked through the narrow hallways and avoiding more Ball'n Chains until they found the door and walked in, only to see the ceiling about to crush them as they quickly ran forward, as they saw a switch to make it go back up and then they jumped over lava pits and avoiding the Podoboos, and they quickly got to the other side and avoiding the ceiling coming down once again, much to Sarge's dismay as he hoped to see a Grif pancake.
They then climbed up several fences and knocked some Koopas off as they soon made it to the top of the castle and then walked into a huge doorway with their weapons at the ready, and then the music got louder as they soon found Ludwig von Koopa playing on a grand piano with a spotlight shining over him… and then he stopped playing.
End BGM
"So… you losers came." Ludwig said as he pulled out his wand and got up from the bench.
"Yeah, we did." Mario nodded.
"And just so we're clear, that music was terrible!" Church said.
"Was it really? I thought it was pretty good. A classic piece of music from classic history, if you will."
"Whatever, let's just beat the crap out of you." Grif said.
"Yeah, it's not like you're totally difficult!" Yang said.
Ludwig chuckled. "You really think so?"
"Yeah!"
"Heheheh… oh…" He smirked as he pressed a button as the piano lowered into the ground. "I wouldn't be so cocky if I were you. You may lose your head one of these days."
"As if!" Yang growled.
"Now, let's begin… shall we?"
BGM: Beethoven's 5th
Ludwig proceeded to breathe fire at them, as they quickly dodged as they proceeded to wail on him, but he quickly disappeared and then proceeded to launch homing magic at them, as it hit Yang as she winced but she fired from her Gauntlets to hit him repeatedly and then Mario and Luigi jumped over and hammered him away.
"Hmph!" Ludwig proceeded to jump around and proceeded to launch magic at them all, as he hoped to hit them, as he hit JNPR but they weren't going out so easily as Nyx aimed and quickly fired at Ludwig but he disappeared and then kicked Nyx away, only to get hammered away by Nora, but Ludwig quickly recovered and landed, proceeding to throw more magic at them, but they dodged his magic and proceeded to wail on him but he teleported every once in a while.
"Hmm…" Ludwig proceeded to jump in the air, and suddenly flutter jumped before ground pounding right on top of Grif as he proceeded to fire repeatedly at them but Grif kicked him off and shot him, and then shot his wand off of him. "Ah! My wand!"
"Now you're useless!" Yang exclaimed, but Ludwig threw a smoke bomb on the ground and quickly grabbed his wand when they were coughing from the smoke.
"I wouldn't be so sure!" He said as Kamek flew in.
"You need some help?"
"No! I got this under control." He said as he twirled around and proceeded to make clones out of himself.
"…If you say so." Kamek said and flew off.
Ludwig smirked as he and his clones floated up in the air as they launched all of their magic at them while breathing fire at them as they dodged while getting hit in the process, but Nyx noticed something.
Wait, two of them are launching two magic fireballs… while one of them is launching three of them… if I can just find the one… She thought as she looked around while dodging and saw the three magic fireballs coming at her. There! She smirked, dodging the attack and firing her crossbow at Ludwig.
"Yow!" Ludwig exclaimed as he fell on the ground while his clones disappeared, as they proceeded to hit him repeatedly as he teleported out of the way as he breathed fire some more before doing the same tactic as before… but unfortunately, Nyx had secretly told them while he was doing his cloning magic… and then Nora launched herself up in the air after finding the real one and hammered him to the ground. "OOOOF!"
He then got up, groaning… and then saw Yang getting closer to him with a smirk as he tried to launch some magic at her, but Nyx shot his wand away from him, much to his surprise and then Yang launched an uppercut to knock him high into the sky and out of the castle.
"NOOOOOO! I HAVEN'T DONE MY FINALE YEEEEEEEEEEEET!" He yelled before his screams were silent.
End BGM
"His music was full of crap anyway." Yang said as they proceeded to destroy the castle and free another Yoshi, this time a Black Yoshi as he took off.
"Alright, let's-a go!" Mario exclaimed as they took off deep into the Forest of Illusion.
With Ludwig…
"AAAAAAH!" He cried and then landed on a few note blocks and kept bouncing. "I! Hope! To! Complete! My! Orches-ow-tra!" He exclaimed as he kept bouncing… before landing on the Koopa Bros.
"OH COME ON!" Red yelled as from afar, Nabbit grabbed Ludwig's wand and took off.
RWBY'S Castle Calamity (Part 4!)
BGM: Going Somewhere (Mario Party 2)
"I've had enough of this stupid thing!" Nora exclaimed as she jumped up in the air to slam it into the ground, but suddenly the doors opened up and spat out a plate full of pancakes, complete with maple syrup. "Oooh! Where've you been all my life?!" She asked as she dropped and proceeded to happily eat it, causing them to facepalm while Ren only chuckled.
"Oh Nora, what are we going to do with you." He chuckled.
"Sarge, where'd you get the Warthog?!" Grif asked.
"It teleported with us! Not really sure how it got here, but i'm willing to use it!" Sarge said as he hooked the tow cable on one of the windows and began revving it up.
"A Warthog?" Blake wondered.
"Uh, shouldn't it be called a puma or something?" Yang asked.
"That's what I said!" Grif exclaimed in frustration, and then Sarge took off... but unfortunately, the tow cable snapped.
"YEEHAAAAAAAAAAW!" He yelled, only to slam right into a tree and the Warthog exploded.
"SARGE! NO!" Simmons yelled.
"Hooray, he's dead!" Grif said.
"Aleluya!" (Hallelujah!) Lopez cheered.
"Nngh, I'm alright, just a little bruised!" Sarge said.
"DAMMIT!/MALDITO!" Grif and Lopez yelled.
"Alright, I'm going to freeze this solid!" Weiss growled as she quickly activated her Schnee Orbitars and proceeded to fire around the castle along with the help of her Myrtenaster, until it was completely covered in ice. "Yang! Now!"
"Here it comes!" Yang quickly jumped through the air, letting out a war cry and punching the castle hard enough... and then it cracked, and then it cracked some more... until finally, the ice shattered and the castle was still standing.
"WHAT?!" Weiss yelled.
Luigi pulled something out of his pocket. "Good thing I found this!" He said, pulling out a blue shell.
"Oooh!" Mario grinned as Luigi quickly threw it.
"That castle is in first place!" He exclaimed as the Blue Shell quickly flew over, but a Koopa came out of the tower and used a Super Horn to destroy it. "NOOO!" Luigi yelled.
Take Two
"Hiyah!" Luigi threw it, hoping the Blue Shell would hit it, but then a Goomba came up with a sign on top of his head that read "No, you dummy, Luigi is in first place." It said as the Blue Shell stared at it... before turning around and hovering above Luigi. "...Oh, son of a..." He groaned as the Blue Shell slammed into him, and exploded as he screamed loudly.
"Luigi!" Mario exclaimed as the smoke cleared, and then Luigi stood there, coughing out smoke and covered in soot as he fell over.
"Mama mia..." He groaned.
It would've been a crime if I didn't do Beethoven music for Ludwig, no?