Time: 6:31 PM, Saturday, October 13, 2001. Kastle Koopa meeting room

"No! I do NOT like that idea at all!" Bowser shouted at a suggestion Iggy gives him.

"But Dad! The world is at risk! We need to team up with the Mario Brothers if we want a world to conquer! We cannot let some random shadow hoe win!" Iggy replied.

"NO!" Bowser screamed back.

Iggy tries again, "Think, Dad. You do not want anyone else to rule the Mushroom Kingdom. Not even Peach you are satisfied with ruling it. Think about some random otherworldly hoe, who will appear out of nowhere, ruling the land you would kill for. Would that make you happy at all?"

Bowser, knowing his son was right, reluctantly gives into the demand.

"That's the spirit, dad! I just hope Team Mario will do the same..." Iggy wondered.

"Zat is a long zhot, Iggy. Zheir ego is larger zan ze national deficit," Ludwig commented.

"We need to try, still! The world is depending on our alliance! We cannot afford to just be sitting ducks to this shadow thing! It may fail, but we need to try!" Iggy yelled, everyone can see he was getting emotional.

"Okay okay Iggy, calm the heck down. Kids, get in the doomship. We need to get the Klown Khopper back from that random meadow. I don't even remember coming back to this castle after that episode. Then we are asking Mario and Company if we can team up," Bowser ordered, "Troops! Get her fired up!"

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"I seriously doubt Bowser will team up with us. He hates me for always foiling his plans," Mario said.

"We still need to try. Our vision prophesied that both we and the Koopas will be battling this shadow beast. We need to keep that true, or we will have no hope of winning at all," Toad replied.

"All right, we will ask them later. For now, let's watch the sunset!" Peach suggested, taking everything lightly; more in an optimistic way.

To get to the desired sight to view the sunset, Peach leads Mario and Company through the same exact meadow that they picnicked in. Was it just seven hours ago? After all the significant events of that day, it feels like years ago for the battered characters. They keep walking until they reach the same cliff that Toad's kidnapping came to an abrupt end. All the Mario characters, except for Peach, seem to be down.

"We need to get our minds off the end of the world, and just gaze at the serenity of Nature. A stressed mind does not do well; we think the best when we are calm. We DO our best when we are calm," Peach lectured.

As the sun begins to sink below the horizon, brilliant colors of orange, pink and red coat the sky. The gang cherishes the very moment until the colors slip away with the Sun. After the spectacular show of nature, the Mario characters stand back up and walk back towards Peach's Castle. They see a shiny object buried under a thin layer of dirt near the cliff, but none of them pay no mind to it.

Peach continues on with her lecture as the characters are on their stroll back to the castle, "Nature is a giant eraser: it erases our daily problems and it erases the stress put upon our bodies. We naturally crave Nature because of her positive effect on our lives. Nature makes us think positive, Nature makes us want to do anything to protect her from any harm. We can beat this shadow beast, we just need to stay calm and hold onto the bull's horns. It will be a tough ride, but we will not let go. We will not give up, no, not until our last fight. Not until our last, dying breath. We will defend Nature."

After that lecture, every Mario character knows who that unknown woman seen in Eldstar's vision represents.

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"What the heck do you mean, 'I don't know where the keys are'?!" Bowser shouted at his kids.

"W-w-we p-p-p-put them in th-the com-compartment," Wendy stuttered in fear. Bowser checks in a little compartment box inside the cockpit of the Khopper, but finds nothing.

"You liar! They are not there!" Bowser yelled.

"Oh ne-nevermind dad... I do-don't know…" Wendy quaked.

Bowser roars in anger, "WHAT?!"

"Are you looking for these?" a voice came from behind the trees before a creature steps out. It appears to be a female character; she looks like a human went skydiving, smashed into a giant bird on the way down and the two victims fused together. Little feathers, mostly white, are present all over her body and she has a beak instead of a mouth and nose. She is wearing a dark purple, almost black, dress with heeled boots. For an unidentified, mysterious hybrid-person, she actually looks great, "I found these a few minutes ago, near some cliff, and I had no idea where they go to. Perhaps they are yours?" the beaked creature wondered.

"Yes, zey are ours!" Ludwig cried out. The creature gave the keys to him.

'That guy with the blue 'do is so cute!' The creature thought to itself, sighing in awe after.

"Anyway, my name is Violent," the creature continued her introduction, "It was nice to meet you guys."

Ludwig steps up and introduces himself and the rest of the characters to the character, "I am Ludwig, and zis is Lemmy, Roy, Iggy, Vendy, Morton, Larry, Bowser Junior and, my fazzer, Bowser."

"My name is WENDY!"

"Vatever, sis, anyvay, Violence, vant to join us on a quest to save ze vorld? It is a long story; ve vill tell you later."

"Hehe, my name is Violent, not Violence, silly, and I would love to! Thank you Luddi!" Violent exclaimed.

"Please, just call me Ludwig."

"Nice for you to join us, Violent," Bowser greeted, "Anyway, you kids got lucky that she found the keys for you guys. Everyone get in the Klown Khopper. Ludwig, drive the Khopper, and follow behind me," Bowser ordered.

A few seconds later, the Koopas and Violent are flying towards Peach's castle. Bowser lands his giant doomship about 200 feet away from her castle, while Ludwig parks up by the front gate. The Koopas and their newfound friend then walk up to the castle's front gate.

"We come in peace," Bowser submitted to a guard guarding the gate, "We need to see the Mario Gang!"

The guard just stares at Bowser for a few seconds before pointing a pointy spear at him.

"Whoa, put that crap down; we come in peace!" Bowser roared. The guard, however, does not budge, nor does he remove the spear from Bowser's face.

"GUARDS! Arrest them! Her Majesty asked to see them," another guard, who appears to be the captain, called out.

"Oh great, ve just got dragged into our deaths…" Ludwig muttered as handcuffs and chains are put on ten pairs of hands and ankles.

"QUIT YOUR TALKING AND DO YOUR WALKING!" the captain commanded, the Koopas and Violent dragging themselves to the main door. The guards stationed at the main door opens the door for them.

"Good day sirs," the captain said to the door guards, "I am taking these prisoners to Her Majesty Peach Toadstool. Is she back from her walk?"

"Yes," one of the door guards answered, "She should be in her meeting room with Mario, Luigi, Daisy and Toad."

"Thank you," The captain thanked, giving the other guard a salute. He notices that neither the Koopas nor Violent are not moving at all, "ARE YOU GOING TO MOVE OR ARE YOU PARALYZED? Move those legs!"

Eventually, a few minutes of bickering after bickering from the captain, the Koopas and Violent arrive at the meeting room. In that room, Mario, Luigi, Toad, Peach and Daisy sit around a table. Hearing the door open, the five turn their heads to the opened door, where they spotted the Koopas.

"Bowser!" Peach shouted.

"…Yes?" He modestly answered.

"It is neat you showed up. We need to talk about our vision," she continued.

"Yes, ve know, Madame. Ve figured out zat it vas a vision, and it requires us to team up," Ludwig replied.

"Yes. Would you guys like to team up with us? We need your help to defeat this dark force, and you guys will need our help," Peach asked.

"I suppose we can, Peach…" Bowser accepted.

"Wonderful. We need to start first thing tomorrow morning. Meet here at 8 AM, on the dot, tomorrow morning."