As the group finally figured out the puzzle in the shrine, Violet and Olivia went ahead. They decided to give Mario and Luigi a chance to talk. Mario didn't know what to say. He wasn't usually a big talker.
"Malleo?"
Mario perked up, really looking at his brother. He hated the fact that the ghost hunter had been turned into origami. But he didn't know what else he could do. Maybe Luigi and Peach would be able to go back to normal once they had defeated Olly.
The red clad plumber admitted, "Sorry, Weegie. I'm just in a lot of thought."
The man in green teased, "I could tell." He paused for a moment before adding, "You know this isn't your fault."
Mario stated, "I know but I did say that if Olly got his hands on you and L, I would never forgive myself..."
Luigi placed a hand on Mario's shoulder. Mario looked up at his baby brother, the tears threatening to come out.
Luigi replied, "It wasn't your fault. I don't blame you. I mean, I more blame Olly than you, fratello."
Mario sniffled, "But I've been such a bad fratello. To you and to Mr. L..."
Luigi replied, "You were never a bad fratello, to either of us. You've done so many things to help me and L. Yes I'm origami right now but at least we are still together."
Mario broke down crying, sobbing onto his brother's chest. Luigi held him close, allowing him to cry on him. Luigi was crying too as they took in that moment. Once Mario and Luigi had stopped crying, they looked at one another. Mario thought, 'Weegie is right. At least we are still together. And that's the way it should be.' That's when they got into the room of the Vellumental. The room started to shake as the bridge going back went into the water. The Water Vellumental appeared behind them.
Olivia hid in Violet's hat, "I'll leave this to you guys!"
Violet quipped, "Gee thanks."
Luigi stammered, "L - let's get this done."
Mario replied, "Easy as pie."
The group fought the origami Water Vellumental. Luigi used his Earth Vellumental powers by folding into the Earth Vellumental. Violet used her Aurora Nine while Mario used his Firebrand and the 1,000 Folded Arms. The Water Vellumental went down after a long fight; taking Mario, Olivia, and Luigi into a cavern by accident.
Violet started to say, "Oh no..."
"Sacred violet ice... you have finally came."
Violet turned on her heel, seeing that it was the Water Vellumental talking to her. "Y - you know me...?"
"I do. I know all about you. About your family, your father. Your dear departed mother..."
The violet ice wielder looked down sadly, she really missed her mom. "Then you know about that I wasn't supposed to come here."
"Mhm but that was no mistake. You were supposed to be here. This is where you belong. In this world, you can be whoever you want to be. You don't have to worry if your father is going to be home or not. Here, your friends are your family."
By this time; Mario, Olivia, and Luigi came over to them.
"I want to lend you my power, Violet. I want you to use them in victory."
The Water Vellumental showed Olivia what to do and how to do it with Violet. The power went into Olivia and Violet. Violet stood in the spell circle. Olivia turned into her own version of the Water Vellumental.
Olivia asked, "Well, how do I look? Am I dignified and cool like the Water Vellumental?"
Mario gushed, "Oh definitely!"
Luigi stated, "And we have another Vellumental power!"
Violet joked, "Another one to add to the collection."
To that, everyone laughed. Olivia activated her power, with Violet's help. She filled the pool to bring back up the bridge to allow them out. They went out to the shrine, seeing that Bobby was still waiting for them.
The origami girl gushed, "Bobby! You are still here! You waited!"
The bomb stated, "Of course I did, why wouldn't I?"
The red clad plumber replied, "You should check out our new power!"
The bomb seemed to have nodded.
The man in green commented, "Now we can fill that dry lake!"
The sacred violet ice responded, "Finally! Let's get going!"
With that, the group headed out to the dry lake. Once there, Violet stood in the spell circle as they activated the Water Vellumental's power. Olivia filled up the dried up lake, impressing Bobby as she did.
Bobby stated, "Wow, that was so cool!"
Olivia blushed, "Gee thanks."
Mario replied, "Now we can get past that dead end."
Luigi responded, "Si, we can use that boat."
Violet told them, "Then let's get going!"
They went into the boat and went downstream. They went down the Eddy River. The boat was starting to go downstream fast.
Bobby commented, "Is the river going faster...?"
Olivia stated, "Sure is."
The captain confirmed, "Yeah it is going fast."
Mario raised an eyebrow, "Is it supposed to?"
Luigi stammered, "I - I got a bad feeling."
Violet admitted, "Me too, let's keep our eyes peeled."
The rapids were much faster than usual so they all had to focus on helping the captain through it. They finally got downstream after some rough patches.
Bobby commented, "Not bad."
Olivia nodded in agreement, "Indeed."
Mario breathed a sigh of relief, "Glad we are out of those rapids."
Luigi stated, "S - same here."
Violet replied, "That was very rough..."
To that, everyone nodded in agreement. They had arrived at Shogun Studios and ironically there was the blue streamer. It was wrapped around Shogun Studios.
The bomb asked, "Does that mean that we have to stop here?"
The hero of the kingdom deadpanned, "Unless you wanna save the world."
The bomb seemed to shake his head and quickly. Everyone laughed.
The man in green joked, "We could just leave it in the hands of a cheerleader."
The origami girl perked up, "Wait, do you actually know someone like that?"
The sacred violet ice replied, "He was joking, Olivia."
Olivia blushed out of embarrassment. Everyone laughed still. After getting the royalty pass to get in, they started to look around. The blue streamer was wrapped around a beautiful castle. Olivia was excited about playing games but they had found that the theme park was empty.
Bobby frowned, "Where is everyone?"
Olivia perked up, "Hey, I was about to ask the same question!"
Mario added, "This is rather odd."
Luigi replied, "I - it is, fratello."
Violet responded, "This bares investigation."
With that, the group looked around Shogun Studios. They had found out from a few visitors that Folded Soldiers had everyone held hostage at the castle. They knew what they had to do. When they got the castle, they found that the gate was locked.
Bobby reported, "It's locked."
Mario stated, "Looks like we'll need to find a key."
Luigi replied, "We got to find a lot of things."
Olivia commented, "There's got to be a key around here somewhere."
Violet responded, "Olivia is right. I wonder where it is."
They started to look around for the key. When they got to the staff room, they had found the key was missing.
The bomb groaned, "Oh great..."
The origami girl asked, "Now what?"
The hero answered, "Not sure but look at what we found." He then held up a mask that looked like Donkey Kong. He added, "Pain in the butt strikes again!"
The man in green pointed out, "Oh come on, DK isn't all that bad."
The sacred violet ice stated, "Sometimes."
To that, everyone laughed. They had also picked up a Goomba mask too.
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Wishmaker1028: In this series; Mario, Peach, Luigi, and Violet have already met DK. I won't say how, in case it comes up as a story later on. Anyways, please read and review! And always think outside of the box!
