Chapter 1: I'll Summit Together, It's Bad

"It sure has been a while since we first came here, right, Mario," nudged Link. The Italian plumber nodded back at his Hyrulian friend as the group stepped onto the purple grass of the land below the summit.

"This is one of my favorite spots in the Mushroom Kingdom!" proclaimed Amy, "I still wonder how the grass is purple," Bowser grumbled to himself while Eggman and Ganondorf tried to console him.

"We have a Star Rod in our world," informed Kirby, "But I don't think it is that powerful."

"Oh, Kirby," sighed Meta Knight, "The Fountain of Dreams is kind of similar to this place."

"What do you guys think the energy crisis is being caused by?" pondered Zelda.

"I honestly have no idea," Knuckles boldly stated.

"How in the worlds would chaos energy end up in the Mushroom Kingdom anyways?" pondered Tails. Luigi shuddered.

"Are you okay, Luigi?" asked Malon, "You aren't looking so good."

"I don't know," trembled Luigi, "With all my bad experiences with chaos in the past, I can't help but feel nervous." The heroes began climbing up the hill leading to the Star Haven entrance. Things grew unusually quiet once the heroes reached the top of the hill. The stone slab for the seven Star Spirits was still intact. The path to Star Haven was still visible to the heroes.

"There doesn't seem to be an issue here," groaned Samus.

"Perhaps Merlon just had a problem with his landline," added Sonic. The group's laughter was cut short by a terrified scream from above. Eldstar came tumbling down the rainbow. The oldest star spirits face-planted on the stone slab

"Eldstar!" shouted Link as he ran to the star's side.

"Li… nk," stuttered Eldstar, "You Have to get out of here,"

"Mr. Eldstar," asked a panicked Kirby, "What's going on?!" Everyone else was in shock as the Star Spirit tried to speak coherently.

"He wants revenge," gasped Eldstar as he turned into a playing card.

"Okay," panicked Sonic, "This doesn't look good." A finger snap was heard from above. The card that contained Eldstar disappeared in an instant. The snap was followed by a laugh that sent chills down everybody's spines. Luigi began shaking even harder.

"Well, well, well," a voice cackled from above, "If it isn't the heroes of the prophecy." The purple jester slid down the rainbow holding the star rod, but the rod did not look the same. Instead of a brightly colored staff, the rod was dark and had a black heart instead of a star.

"Dimentio!" shouted the group in unison.

"It seems you all remembered the name well," mocked Dimentio.

"But how!?" asked Peach.

"We defeated you," added Zelda,

"I thought your game ended!" sneered Amy.

"The Queen of Underwhere is easily manipulated when you take something close to her," laughed Dimentio.

"What have you done?" questioned Link,

"Is it not obvious?" remarked Dimentio, "I knew of the Star Spirit's power. Since I am the master of dimensions, I simply teleported to the Mushroom Kingdom after I escaped the Underwhere. The Star Spirits were no match for my power. Using the last bit of my energy from my time as Super Dimetio, I corrupted the Star Rod. Now it is the Chaos Rod! Now I can use it to become the king of all worlds!"

"We can defeat you again!" protested Meta Knight.

"Yeah!" shouted Bowser, "The only people who are allowed to rule the worlds are the members of Team BEG!"

"We really need a better team name," groaned Eggman.

"I'm not so sure about that," sighed Link.

"Link!" objected Zelda, "What's with the pessimism?"
"Because we need the power of the Star Spirits to counteract the Star Rod," peeped Kirby.

"That is quite correct you Pink Puffball," agreed Dimentio, "There is also another caveat that you need to know about. I wished the Pure Hearts away. I have two barriers now!" Dimentio laughed which caused Luigi to snap.

"You won't get away with this, you monster!" screamed Luigi. The groups were surprised at Luigi's response. Dimentio stopped laughing and looked at Luigi.

"Oh, Mr. L, how I have missed you," a light bulb went off in Dimentio's twisted mind, "Actually there's an easier way for me to rule the world." Dimetio raised the Chaos Rod above his head. The corrupted weapon began glowing.

"Uhhh," stammered Samus, "What are you doing?"

"This blast will corrupt all of you and then divide you among all the worlds to conquer them for me," explained Dimentio. He snapped his fingers, creating a barrier around the top of the hill. "It is so much easier to have people do all the sweaty labor anyways. With the powers of the heroes of the prophecy my takeover will be easy as cake!"

"Mario, what do we do?" asked Peach. Everyone was trying to run, but the barrier was trapping them on top of the summit. Dimetio's laugh came to a climax as he released the wave of charged-up Chaos Energy. In the few instances before Mario was hit by the blast. He wrapped his arms around his wife in order to attempt to shield her from Dimentio's savage attack. All of the heroes were suddenly gone.

"My reign has now begun!" cackled Dimentio as he floated back to Star Haven. Using his Chaos Rod, Dimentio dawned himself with a new outfit that fit for the king of all worlds. Mario felt himself flying through a strange passageway. The blast had caused him a lot of pain, but he did not feel any different. The plumber was struggling to maintain consciousness. There was a bright light at the end of the interdimensional tunnel. Mario passed out once he entered the strange light.

"Did you see that, my dear?"

"What was that bright flash?"

"We better go investigate and see if everything is alright"

"*Gasp* I can't believe it! Dear, I'll take him back to the house. You get some herbs from the garden and make the remedy."

"Okay, My darling. I wonder what circumstances have brought him here."