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Right After Myra Witnessed Bowser Invading Peach's Castle
BGM: Three Days to Live (Team Fortress 2)
Myra made it to the castle grounds. "Okay… no explosions, that's good." She said as she looked around, seeing Peach's mural up top. "I guess the current princess is blonde… and has a thing for pink."
"Indeed…"
Myra rubbed her chin. Why am I not hearing any screams? She wondered as she walked over to the door and reached over.
"Wait! You're more than likely not known in this era. To them, you'd be an outsider."
"Oooooh…! But the princess is in trouble!" Myra groaned as she had an idea, quickly vaulting over the bridge and landing in the water, startling a few Cheep Cheeps and some Goldeen, where Myra swam through, finding a secret passage underneath as she swam through, finding herself an air bubble as she eagerly took it and then breached to the surface on the other side.
She climbed out, shaking off the water as she rounded the corner, only to see Constance, with an umbrella over her head, doing some gardening with Elm. She gasped, quickly hiding behind a bush.
"Hmm?" Constance turned her head as Elm looked behind her.
"What is it?"
"I thought I heard… eh, it's probably nothing."
The two went back to their gardening as Myra breathed a sigh of relief, then glanced over to see some Chain Chomps snoozing along with the Espinas. Chain Chomps?! This royalty means business… but what the hell is that other thing?
She quickly moved her way through the shadows before quickly going inside, doing her best to hide from any servants. She spotted Hapi conjuring up dark magic, but continued on until they found the door she was looking for.
"Okay, thank darkness that I remember where Lemony's room is." She said, pressing her ear against the door.
"Bah, hurry up already! Or I'm coming in there to drag you out myself!"
"Just a moment! Ever heard of patience?"
"You sure like taking your sweet time though! Hurry up!"
Myra clenched her fists. "Not today…" She said, conjuring up magic in her hands. "You ready, grandmother?"
"Ready!"
Myra channeled the magic through her legs and proceeded to give a good Dark Kick, opening the door wide open.
End BGM
"Don't you DARE lay a finger on the princess!"
"Huh?!" Bowser and Kamek said in surprise.
"You heard me!"
"...Who's the goth?" Bowser wondered.
"Perhaps a friend of Lady Marnie?" Kamek guessed.
"I don't know who "Lady Marnie" is, but you need to get out now. I am not going to let you harm the princess!"
"Harm? You got the wrong idea, lady!" Bowser said.
"Then why did I see you break into the castle?"
"It's my thing! Quiet entrances aren't my thing, ya know… it's rather boring and un-Bowser like." Bowser defended. "Not to mention not as awesome, thank you very much!"
Myra rolled her eyes. "Tch…" She summoned her staff. "I say it's time you beat it or else!"
Bowser flashed his claws. "Oho! You think you're going to take ME on, are you? Good, I was gettin' rather bored!"
"Your Burliness, you think it is wise to fight in this room?" Kamek asked.
"Bah, she can redecorate!"
"What is going on out here?" A voice asked as they turned to see Peach exiting her closet, wearing her biker attire.
"About time you got out. I swear you're slow on purpose just to get a rise out of me." Bowser said, causing Peach to giggle.
Peach turned to Myra. "And you ar-" She gasped, her eyes widened as she put her hands over her mouth. "It… it can't be…"
"You know her?" Bowser asked. "...What, is she your long lost twin goth sister?"
"I've always believed she was an only child." Kamek mused.
Peach got closer to Myra. "Myra Shadowheart… is that really you?"
"Myra whonow?" Bowser asked.
"Myra Shadowheart… where have I heard that name before…" Kamek wondered.
"That blonde hair… it's lemon-like. Are you… Princess Lemony II? Or… III? IV? How many is this now?" Myra wondered.
Peach giggled. "No no, I'm Princess Peach Toadstool. The daughter of Queen Gala and King Antonio. I'm also Queen Lemony's descendant."
"Oh, oka-... QUEEN?!" Myra yelled in surprise before slouching in sulk. "She did her coronation without me…?" She sighed. "I guess I really was gone for too long…"
"Come, have a seat. It must be a lot to take in." Peach said, having her sit down on her bed. "Lemony was worried sick about you… you never came back from the Kingdom of Myths… although, nowadays, it's called the Lost Levels. She was worried something happened to you."
BGM: Scent of Silence (Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories)
"My grandmother wanted to see this Kingdom of Myths herself, so we went on a trip… I didn't think it'd take long at all. In and out, probably within a day or so."
"Your grandmother, the Shadow Queen, correct? Also known as Vivian Shadowheart?"
"Yes." Myra nodded. "And that's when I discovered… who I thought was a good friend, Viola Silverlung."
"Silverlung?" Bowser quietly mouthed, looking at Kamek who shrugged.
"As I recall, she had a bit of an issue with Elvis Gadd at the time, who was nothing more than a sexist pig, as she called him. Not to mention that the whole science community was sexist as well. She wanted to destroy them, but in my mind, I thought she meant destroying them simply meant "humiliating them", wanting to show 'em that a girl can dominate them in the science field. I should've known something was off when I saw pictures in her labs detailing dangerous experiments… but I thought those were just her overactive imagination."
"Turns out there was more to her?" Kamek asked.
"Yes… because she revealed her true colors in the Minus World. If you don't know what that is, it's basically an extension of the Kingdom of Myths created by a Ztar."
"A Ztar? Goodness, I've heard of 'em…"
"Bwahaha! Good times. I used 'em all the time to throw everyone's games off in parties!" Bowser grinned, earning an elbow nudge into his chest from Peach. "Mmmph! What?"
"I'll ignore that…" Myra mumbled. "Anyway, the moment I heard she killed Bob-mas Bomb-ison, I knew she was downright sinister."
"The Bob-omb that invented the lightbulb? I've heard he disappeared in his time but no one knew…" Kamek said.
Bob-ombs can make lightbulbs? Bowser thought.
"I fought her off and in that moment, I swore to kill her so that no one can be her next victim. However, she put up this… Cryo Chamber thing and made it impenetrable. I had decided to seal myself in time with the Emerald Star, only to awaken should Viola be free of her cryosleep."
"Well, considering you're here, she's probably dead now, right?" Peach asked as Myra looked away. "Oh… Myra…"
"This ragtag group of misfits showed up and to make matters worse, Viola used the Grand Ztar to scatter away the Crystal Stars, save the one that's attached to my staff… the one that I've made. And then she weakened me, temporarily take away my powers and… forced me to flee while two friends helped me escape."
She closed my eyes. "I should have stopped her before… but because of my inactions, I've caused harm to a few places in the Kingdom of Myths… I still feel awful…"
"Oh honey…" Peach hugged her, rubbing her back as Myra returned the hug, burying her head in her shoulders.
End BGM
"Sooo, this Shadow Queen… where is she?" Bowser asked.
"Oh, right." Myra broke the hug and raised her staff up high, where the Amethyst Star shined brightly as Vivian came out of it, which thanks to the lighting, she was in her true shadow form.
"Hello there." She greeted.
"Oh wow!" Peach's eyes sparkled, taking the Shadow Queen's hands. "So you're the Shadow Queen! It's such an honor to meet someone from the Shadow Kingdom!"
"A pleasure, Princess." She bowed humbly as Myra turned off the lights to show off her human side.
"In the shadows, she's human like you and me, princess. The light reveals her true self."
"Fascinating!" Peach smiled.
"So, are the Kingdoms still allies or…?" Myra asked as Peach and Bowser glanced over at each other.
"Weeeeeeell…" Both of them awkwardly rubbed their heads.
"We definitely help each other out sometimes, but other than that… uh… not really?" Bowser said.
Myra sighed. "What happened?"
"Well, the treaty between the Mushroom Kingdom, Sarasaland and the Koopa Kingdom were strong… until Bowser invaded and kidnapped me." Peach explained. "Luckily, Mario and Luigi were able to stop him. Let's just say it… slowly turned into a friendly rivalry because this big guy has a small crush on me."
Bowser blushed a deep red. "Now don't go and say it like that…!" He mumbled.
"Indeed. His Rashness thought Princess Peach was quite attractive and thought the treaty wasn't enough to unify the kingdoms, soooo… he took a drastic approach and kidnapped the princess, thinking marrying her would be a strong union. You can guess how that turned out."
"Nowadays, it's like… oh… every week or so, I'm kidnapped but mostly just so Bowser can get a rise out of Mario and those two duke it out." Peach said.
"Hmph, someone's got to keep Mario in shape…" Bowser mumbled. "Of course, I still want to take over the Mushroom Kingdom, but those pesky teenagers like to disagree…"
"You're all hot air." Peach said nonchalantly.
"HEY!"
"So it's… a friendly… kidnapping just to keep the rivalry going?"
Bowser chuckled. "I suppose you can say that."
Myra sweatdropped. "Somehow, this makes no sense and yet I can somewhat believe it…"
Myra then tilted her head. "Wait a moment. Princess, you said you know who I am. How do you know me, exactly?"
"Oh, it's because my ancestor had portraits of you and herself together. She thought of you in high regard. They're currently in storage… heck, I have portraits of all of my ancestors in storage!"
Myra smiled, closing her eyes. "Lemony, you really are wonderful…"
"Ah!" Kamek exclaimed. "Now I know who you are. You are Myra Shadowheart, the heroine of the Mushroom Kingdom in Queen Lemony's era."
"The WHAT NOW?" Bowser said in surprise. "She doesn't look athletic at all!"
"It's true, I'm not athletic. While I did travel a lot by foot, I'm in no way considered to be athletic. Magic is more my speciality. And honestly, when I wasn't on errands for Queen Lemony or Reitoko or… someone else, I'm pretty much in my home being lazy. Though I am by no means unhealthy, I just kinda… hung around. I tried to work out, but I got too sore from it, so I just said "hell with it" and never did it again."
Something tells me Daisy wouldn't take kindly to that… Peach thought.
"Oh, speaking of which, how's Sarasaland holding up? Is it still that cute small desert of Birabuto?"
"...So you haven't heard." Peach said. "Then again, you definitely left at the perfect time for the Sarasa War."
"Sarasa… War…?"
"Ah yes, I've heard of this." Kamek nodded. "Queen Dahlia had a wild hair and decided to invade the surrounding kingdoms, practically turning it into an empire. Then she set sights for the Mushroom Kingdom and Koopa Kingdom-"
"Why would…? Queen Dahlia and Princess-... er… Queen Lemony were good friends at the time!"
"According to my ancestor's memoir, she detailed that Dahlia was acting strange before she started invading everywhere, all because she didn't provide the right herb to save her daughter from death-"
"Chrys? Oh no… I know she got sick often whenever I visited Sarasaland, but that never bothered her too much when we hung out…"
"Thankfully, after the great battle of Acorn Plains, thanks to Reitoko intervening, Lemony and Reitoko were able to stop Dahlia from her desperation, and saved her daughter from death. To think it all could have been avoided if Dahlia would have told Lemony, many lives wouldn't have been lost."
"...Quick question. How am I just hearing about this now?" Bowser asked.
Peach and Kamek gave him deadpanned looks. "That's because the only books you read are picture books." They both said.
"Well, excuse me for wanting to see artistic drawings! If history books had those kinds of things, I would be able to picture historic events clearly!"
Myra leaned into Peach's ear. "Is he always a dumbass…?"
"He has his moments…" Peach whispered back.
"Oi… anyway, so we got a heroine of her era in our time now, I guess it's another person to watch out for." Bowser shook his head.
"So, who are… Mario and Luigi?"
Peach smiled. "Oh, the Mario Bros are this era's heroes of the Mushroom Kingdom!"
"Really? Oh, would it be possible to meet them?"
"Of course! I think Mario should be at his house." Peach said as they walked out the door, Vivian hopping back into the Amethyst Star, right as Toadsworth walked by.
"Oh! Princess! I thought you were off racing with Master Bowser and Kamek."
"Well, we got sidetracked." Peach said, motioning her head to Myra.
"Hmm? You look familiar." Toadsworth mused.
"...Toadsmuth?"
"Ohohoho! No, Toadsmuth is my ancestor. I am Toadsworth, a pleasure to meet you… whoever you are."
"I'm Myra Shadowheart."
"Ah, Myra Shadow-... Myra Shadowheart!" Toadsworth took her hand and bowed. "It is an honor for us to meet you at long last." He said. "How is the afterlife?"
"Afterlife? What do you mean? I've been trapped here for centuries thanks to a certain… incident."
"I'll tell you later." Peach whispered.
"Oh! Okay." Toadsworth nodded. "Hope you aren't too overwhelmed in this era, Miss Myra."
"I… sure hope I won't." Myra said as they walked out of the castle, with Peach's retainers proceeding to walk with her.
"Who's the new girl?" Yuri asked.
"Ah. Everyone, this is Myra Shadowheart. Myra, these are my retainers. Constance, Hapi, Yuri and Balthus."
"A pleasure to meet ya!" Constance smiled.
"Sup?"
"Ah, so this is the infamous Myra that I've heard about in past stories… a pleasure to make your acquaintance." Yuri bowed.
"Yo!" Balthus said.
"Where'd you come from? Your clothing looks so… ancient." Hapi said.
"It's a long story…" Myra said. "How far are the Mario Bros house?"
"Not too far… I suppose." Kamek said.
"Well, I guess I can tell you…"
One explanation later…
"Goodness!" Constance immediately wrapped her arms around to hug her. "Here, a complimentary hug from yours truly!"
Balthus lightly slapped her on the back. "It's definitely not easy, that's for sure."
"Thanks…" Myra smiled as one by one, they went into the Warp Pipe. Peach whipping out her phone to text someone.
Meet me at the Mario House ASAP. We have a friend who could use a tour of the Mushroom Kingdom.
Peach put it away and hopped in.
BGM: Mario's House (Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga plus Bowser's Minions)
"Wow… nice house." Myra said as they approached the door, with Constance knocking on the door.
"Maaaaaarioooo~! Your favorite retainer of Princess Peach is knocking on your doooor~!" Constance smiled.
"I thought I was his favorite." Hapi said.
No answer.
"Maaaariooooo!"
"Oh, I have a key to his door. He's probably taking a nap." Peach said.
"...Why do you have a key to his door?" Myra asked.
"Oh, because he let me… and to prevent someone from breaking down the door." Peach glanced at Bowser.
"What are you looking at me for? Kamek could repair it easily!"
Kamek sweatdropped. "RIght now?"
Peach opened up the door, walking in with everyone following her. "Mario?"
Myra smelled the air. "...Is that pasta?"
"Oh yes, Mario's house always smells like pasta." Yuri said.
"Always?!"
"You get used to it."
Bowser sniffed the air. "It smells fresh…"
He walked through the house, following the scent as he found himself in Mario's room. "It's coming from… underneath?"
He slammed on the ground, causing part of the floorboard to tip over. "Aha!" He jumped down.
"YAAAAAGH! WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU DOING, BOWSER?!" Luigi asked.
"I don't know why you two are hiding in here. A new potential thorn in my side showed up. Come and meet 'em, you boneheads!"
"Yaaaaah!" Mario yelled as he was knocked out of the bedroom. "Oooof!"
"WAAAAAH! OOOOF!" Luigi cried as he faceplanted.
"I'm coming up! …Wait, what the heck is this? It says… Luigi's Diary?!"
"No! It's not my diary! It's my personal… uh… manhood book!" Luigi exclaimed. I could've sworn I took that to my new home…
Bowser climbed out of the floorboard and walked over to Luigi. "So you keep a journal, eh?"
"Um… well…"
Bowser patted him on the shoulder. "Don't worry. I have a journal myself."
"It typically says "I will destroy the Mario Bros and RWBY this time"." Kamek whispered.
"Red and green?" Myra wondered as the Mario Bros turned to face her.
"Oh! Hello, I'm-a Mario Mario!"
"And I'm-a Luigi Mario!"
"And we're the Mario Brothers!" Both bros said, side hugging each other.
"Oh brother." Bowser rolled his eyes.
"You must be the new heroes of the Mushroom Kingdom. I'm Myra Shadowheart, I was the heroine of the Mushroom Kingdom of my era."
"Nice to meet ya-... wait, what?" Luigi asked.
One explanation later…
"Wow!" Both Bros said.
"Must've been a heck of an awakening, huh? Everything's all new." Mario said.
"Indeed. I'm still trying to wrap my head around the fact that I'm no longer twenty years old, but… I don't know how many centuries old I am now."
"Hmm, let's see here…" Kamek paced around the room. "Lemony and Reitoko were the current rulers at the time… however, Koopas age at a much slower rate compared to humans, hence why the Koopa Line is a bit smaller compared to the Mushroom Kingdom's line. By deducing Lemony's era, I'd say you are approximately… four hundred and twenty years old. Going further, the era between Marcus and Jade Toadstool and Emperor Bowser was eight hundred years ago. Before that was Queen Jasmine and Vito Toadstool, nine hundred years ago… and the exact era where Rosalina was from before she set off to explore the cosmos."
"Rosalina? I've heard of her… the Star Festival in my time held a memorial for her ever since her disappearance in the Star Festival of the time." Myra said. "...Still, the fact I'm four hundred and twenty… oh god… I need to sit down…"
Balthus put up a chair as Myra sat down, with Hapi and Constance fanning her.
"Ah, you'll have to forgive me, I tend to be a history nut at times." Kamek said. "...Unfortunately, it's in one ear and out the other with a certain someone."
"Yeah, General Guy." Bowser said, looking away while whistling innocently.
"Do you… know of Rosalina? It sounds like you're familiar with her." Myra said.
"Ah, well, long story… but she finally decided to stop exploring the cosmos and settled down to raise a family." Kamek explained. "She also has immortality."
"Immor… tality…? What?"
"Let's not worry about that for now." Peach waved it off. "What I'm curious about is why you two were hiding in the basement."
"Aheheheh… well…" Luigi poked his fingers together.
"Remember that serial killer I mentioned? He's here and has come for blood!" Mario explained.
"That serial killer from the City of Nil?!" Peach gasped.
"Give me a minute with this serial killer, I'll take him down." Bowser said.
"Wait… City of Nil?" Myra perked up. "But, there's no serial killer over-"
"Hola amigos!" A voice said as they turned to see El Cinco in the doorway. "Vi a Myra desaparecer en un tubo warp y tuve que ver adónde iba!" (I saw Myra disappearing into a warp pipe and I had to see where she was going!)
"AAAAAH!" Both bros yelled.
"HE KNOWS WHERE YOU LIVE!" Luigi yelled.
"...A Dry Wiggler? There's something you don't see every day." Kamek said.
"Wait, Mario… you're afraid of a skeletal wiggler? A WIGGLER?! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I EXPECT THIS FROM GREEN STACHE BUT FROM YOU? BWAHAHAHAHAHA!"
Bowser fell on his shell, continuing to laugh hysterically as he pounded the ground with his fist in amusement.
"He's not a killer!" Myra sprang up, getting between them. "He's actually rather nice." She said, quickly explaining how it went down.
"Well, that doesn't explain why he poked me with a sword to wake me up!" Mario pointed out.
"En retrospectiva, debería haber usado mis manos…" (In hindsight, I should've used my hands…) El Cinco sheepishly rubbed the back of his skull. "Simplemente tenía curiosidad por saber si querías algo de comida para el camino que tenemos por delante." (I was simply curious if you wanted some food for the road ahead.)
"...Wait, what?" Mario blinked after the Shadow Queen translated.
"Supongo que parecí un asesino con esa espada. Mis disculpas." (I suppose I did come across as a killer with that sword. My apologies.)
"So this was all a misunderstanding?" Peach asked. "Oh goodness… I guess it does happen to the best of us…"
"So you're not gonna kill us?" Luigi asked.
"Por supuesto que no. Soy pacifista. Principalmente!" (Of course not. I'm a pacifist. Mostly!)
"Phew…" Luigi sighed with relief.
Mario blushed a little. "That's embarrassing…"
"A MAJOR MISUNDERSTANDING FROM THE GREAT MARIO HIMSELF! BWAHAHAHAHA! MY DAY HAS BEEN FULLY MADE! GAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
Mario's blushing went deeper, folding his arms while grumbling as Peach patted him on the shoulder. "There there, sweetie…"
Bowser got up, wiping a tear from his eye. "Oh. I'm never going to let you live that dow-" Bowser immediately noticed the gun holsters. "FIVE GUN HOLSTERS?!" He yelled, taking a step back.
"What's this? I thought the big bad Bowser wasn't afraid of a little gun." Mario teased.
"Quiet, you!" Bowser glared.
Knock knock knock
"Are we… interrupting something?"
They turned to see Captain Toad and Nagisa at the door.
"Oh, not at all." Yuri said.
"Who's the goth girl?" Captain Toad asked before seeing El Cinco. "And a… Dry Wiggler… AAAAAAAAAH! THE SERIAL KILLER!" He yelled, quickly pulling out his pickaxe. "I've got a pickaxe and I'm not afraid to use it!"
Myra gave Mario a dirty look. "How many people have you told?"
Mario looked away. "Oh… uh… a few… hundred or so…"
Myra groaned. "Great…"
One explanation later…
"Oh, so he's not here to suck the juices out of me?" Captain Toad asked, earning Mario another dirty look from Myra.
"For the record, I didn't-a say that part!"
I probably did… Luigi grimaced.
"I'm Captain Toad, pleasure to meet ya!"
"Un placer conocerte también." (Pleasure to meet you too.)
"Nagisa Pollendina." Nagisa said, shaking his hands.
"So, heard from Peach that someone is in need of a tour here. Would it be you?" Captain Toad asked.
"Yeah… unfortunately so." Myra sighed. "I never thought I needed a tour of my own home town that I was born and raised in, but I guess I need to catch up on everything."
"...Trapped in time?" Nagisa asked.
"Yeah. Wait, how do you know?"
"Oh, I know a guy." Nagisa pulled out his scroll. "I think he might help you adjust."
"...What's that… item thing?"
"It's called a scroll." Peach said as Nagisa started calling someone.
"Hey, Laxus. It's me. Found someone who you might relate to. Apparently she's been locked out of time and in a new era. Yeah, we're at Mario's house. Okay, see you in a few seconds."
At that moment, thunder clouds rolled on in. "Okay… uh… I guess we should wait on that tour because a thunderstorm is brewing."
"In five, four, three, two-" Nagisa counted as a lightning bolt slammed into the ground as Laxus walked out.
"Sup."
Myra jawdropped, blinking in surprise. "Whaaaat the heeeeeell… you just came out from a friggin' lightning bolt! How is that even possible?!"
"I feel like she's going to be overwhelmed by everything…" Kamek said.
"That's what we're here for!" Captain Toad grinned.
"Judging by your outfit, you seem to be from ancient times." Laxus said before chuckling. "So, where you from?"
"The Mushroom Kingdom… four hundred years ago." Myra said. "It's a long story, but the only ones from my era is me, my grandmother, El Cinco and…" Myra opened up her robe to show off a sleeping Smorg. "This little guy."
"Zzz… Smo…?" The Smorg opened his eyes and saw everyone, hopping out of the robe. "Smorg Smorg Smo!"
"Oh goodness, that's adorable!" Constance picked him up. "Hi little guy~!"
"Smorg!" The Smorg closed its eyes as if it was smiling at her.
"I'll explain on the way. Let's… uh… re-introduce myself to Toad Town…" She said as they hopped into the Warp Pipe.
End BGM
First stop - Coconut Mall
BGM: Toad Town (Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story plus Bowser Jr's Journey)
"Guh-good darkness almighty…" Myra said, sitting on a bench. "So many stores inside a gigantic shopping district… building thing?!"
"Never had malls in your time?" Nagisa asked.
"No… it was completely unheard of!" Myra said.
"Teníamos algunos centros comerciales en la ciudad de Jannah, aunque en ese momento los llamábamos súper tiendas…" (We had a few malls in the City of Jannah, though we called them super stores at the time…)
Myra took a deep breath, exhaling as she stood up. "Okay… so what exactly are we here for again?"
"Giving you a more modern makeover." Laxus said. "Let's see… tons of clothing departments here… mmm, what do you guys think?"
"Anything would do." Bowser said.
"I'm rather fond of K.P Coin." Peach said.
"Glacey's is pretty good." Luigi said.
"Shell's is nice, honestly." Captain Toad said.
"So many options…" Myra groaned.
"How about we just pick one so we don't have to worry about her getting overwhelmed?" Kamek suggested as they all nodded, then went off to a random clothing store.
"Hello, welcome to-... oh my!" The Toadette cashier exclaimed, seeing Bowser walk in. "...What, did Peach implement a "no nudity" clause that finally got you into trouble?" She teased.
"Oh puh-leeze! Anyone knows clothing would hide the sheer muscle off of this bod!" He flexed to show off. "Check it!" He said, immediately raising his eyebrows a few times for Peach, only for her back to be turned while checking out some clothing for Myra. "Gah!"
Not like she hasn't seen that already… The cashier rolled her eyes.
"Oh, this will look nicely on you!" Peach said.
"Hmm… this might do the trick." Nagisa said.
"They have ties this size?" Laxus raised an eyebrow. "The hell is this for, a Wiggler?"
El Cinco looked at the length in question, rubbing his chin in thought. "He visto más tiempo." (I've seen longer.)
"Might I suggest this, Myra? It's in style, last I checked." Kamek said.
"Uh… okay…" Myra said, attempting to strip.
"Wait wait wait! There's a changing room nearby where you can change in private!" Peach exclaimed.
"...Oh thank darkness, I was worried people actually strip in public." Myra sighed in relief as she walked into a changing room.
"Wait 'til she hears about strip clubs." Bowser mumbled, hearing a snicker from Captain Toad while Nagisa rolled his eyes, trying to hide a blush.
Myra then came out, still wearing her black cloak over a dark gray dress shirt with a purple neck tie with white heart patterns on it, a purple skirt with matching modesty shorts and she still kept her white tights and black boots.
"Um… how do I look?" Myra asked.
"Oh, you look absolutely stunning~!" Peach smiled, then noticed the necklace. "Hmmm… mind if I borrow that necklace for a bit?"
"Um… okay." Myra nodded as she took it off as Peach took it and turned around, whispering something to Kamek as he nodded, firing magic directly at the necklace.
Peach turned around with a smile. "Ta-dah~! It's now a bracelet!"
"Oh, a bracelet? Sweet!"
Peach smiled. "I think she looks perfect. How about you guys?" She asked as they all nodded in approval.
"Yeah, looks nice." Laxus nodded.
"Hmm, have you introduced her to cellphones yet?" Captain Toad wondered.
"She did seem kinda interested in Nagisa's scroll…" Peach said. "Ah, how about we go to the Electronics store next?"
Next stop: Rocky Electronics (Still in Coconut Mall)
"Whaaaaaaaat in the world?" Myra asked, staring at all the various electronics in the store ranging from computers, TVs, game consoles and a lot more. "What are these… things?"
"Electronics! Come on, we'll show ya. Baby steps now, follow me!" Captain Toad said as they walked after him. "Now, over here, you have your computers ranging from the big guys if you're feeling oldschool to new school! Though we typically call the newer models "laptops"."
Myra looked around at the computers. "Goodness… the light is so… captivating…"
"Oh look, it's got a little demo." Nagisa said, pointing to the mouse.
Myra picked the mouse up, curiously looking at it and flipped it over, seeing a red light blinking before she put it down. "Weird…" She said, then noticed the cursor on the screen move. "...Huh?"
She moved the mouse around, which in turn caused the cursor to move. "Oh my gosh, I'm making the little guy dance!" She said, her eyes sparkling.
She then accidentally clicked on the Fire Flower browser, bringing it up. "Ack! What did I do?!"
"Ah, she's learning!" Captain Toad smiled as Myra backed away slowly.
"Aheheheh… anything else?"
"This way!" Captain Toad walked off as they followed him. "And these are what we call Televisions, though we call 'em TV for short. We can watch movies and shows on these… or if you're into sports, you watch those too."
"Uh… huh…" Myra said, walking through the aisle as some big flat screens were on.
"YOU!"
Myra jumped, turning her attention to the source.
"Do you like adventure? Activity? Wonder? DangerHorrorPainSufferingAgonyDeathDiseaseDeath Angel Food Cake?"
Chomp!
"YOU PARASITE!"
Pop!
"Um… why does he have eyeballs between his teeth?" Myra whimpered as she hurried along.
"Pivot!"
Myra turned her head once more.
"Pivot! Pivot! Pivot! PIVOT! PIVOOOT!"
"SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UUUUUP!"
"...Okay, I-I don't think it's gonna pivot anymore."
"You think?!"
"What in…?" Myra wondered as she walked away again.
"I don't know why anyone believes that, but that isn't true. Think about it. If you travel to the past, that past becomes your future, and your former present becomes the past, which can't now be changed to your new future!"
"Exactly!"
"...So Back to the Future is a bunch of bullshit?"
Steam came out of Myra's ears. "I understood none of that!" She walked further along.
"Oh darling, I know you're not strong enough to handle yourself out there."
"But if you just-"
"Rapunzel, we're done talking about this."
"Trust me-"
"Rapunzel-"
"I know what I'm-"
"Rapunzel!-"
"Oh come on-"
"ENOUGH WITH THE LIGHTS, RAPUNZEL! YOU ARE NOT. LEAVING THIS TOWER. EVER! …Ugh. Great. Now I'm the bad guy."
Myra got closer to the TV screen. "How are these people doing this? Are there actual people inside these machines?"
She gently poked the screen, hoping to get some sort of reaction. However, she was blocked by glass.
"...Glass… what? Magical glass? What is this black magic? Tell me your secrets, machine!"
"Yeah, that's not going to happen." Nagisa said, taking her wrist and dragging her away. "Come on, before you hurt your eyes."
"I'm not through with you, machine! I will learn your secrets!"
"Great Scott!"
"That goes for you too!"
Several electronics later…
"And here we are, the cell phones and scrolls!" Captain Toad said as he handed Myra one. "Here ya go, a scroll!"
Myra looked at it. "Translucent… and technologically advanced…? Scrolls have come a long way from paper…" She scratched her head, putting it down and looked through an ocean of phones, pulling out a Mushroom SmartPhone.
"Uh… huh…" Myra wondered, messing around with it and touching the screen, curiously looking at all the apps in front of her. "Mmm… so many options, it's overwhelming…"
Later…
"Find what you're looking for?" The cashier asked.
"I believe so." Peach nodded, paying for Myra's new phone.
"I have… literally no idea how people store these things inside such miniature things." She said, putting it in her bag as they then walked out of Coconut Mall as they walked around Toad Town some more, though Myra slowly had her attention turned to the Future Foundation.
"That… is the biggest tower I've seen. Like, it's taller than the castle! What gives?" Myra wondered.
"Ah, that… is the Future Foundation. I'll explain at another time, but I'm a part of it. In fact, I'm stationed at a branch that's operating at Mushroom City."
"Mushroom City? …Huh, I remember that being Mushroom Town at the time." Myra said, rubbing her head.
At that moment, her stomach growled. "Oh… I didn't realize I was hungry."
"I think I know a place." Laxus said. "How familiar are you with restaurants?"
"Restaurants? Well, I know there were a few back in my day…"
"How about fast food?" Captain Toad asked.
"...Fast what?"
Captain Toad smiled. "Come on, let's go!"
A minute later…
BGM: Goomba Village (Paper Mario)
"Hello, welcome to McGoomba's, may I take your order?" A Koopa asked.
Myra looked up at the list, feeling completely overwhelmed by the sight of it.
McGoomba Burger
McGoomba Quarter Pounder
Big McGoomba
McGoomba Burger With Cheese (Plus tomato!)
Cheep Cheep Burger
McCucco Burger
Cucco Nuggets
McGrilled Cucco Sandwich (Cheese optional)
Bramball Fries
Wiggler Apple Slices
Moo Moo Milk
Moo Moo Chocolate Milk
McVanillish
McVanillish with mini Biddybud chocolates
McVanillish with chocolate cookies
…And that was just the first part of the menu, as there were a lot more than that on the other.
Myra whimpered, sweatdropping at the sheer quantity of the menu. "Ever… heard of simplicity for… out of time folk?"
"Let's start with a simple one." Captain Toad said. "Our new friend here will have… a McGoomba Burger with Bramball Fries and some Moo Moo Milk."
"Coming right up!"
Myra curiously looked at the menu, tilting her head. "What… the heck is a Smiley Meal?" She wondered as everyone else ordered, though Bowser and Balthus decided to take their time, the former leaning across the counter.
"You wouldn't happen to have a Dino Rhino Steakburger, would you?"
"What, not many good options at Neo Bowser City?" The Koopa teased. "Anyway, you're in luck. Do you want that delivered at your castle?"
"Have one delivered at my castle, and I'll have one for here too."
"Excellent choice, big guy."
"I'll have what he's having!" Balthus said.
"Wait a minute, steak?" Myra perked up. "I'll have what they're having instead of a McBurger!"
"You got it!"
"Whoa, where'd that come from?" Captain Toad asked.
"You kidding? I adore steak! I ate a ton of it back in my day!"
"Oho! Nice!" Captain Toad grinned.
"Now there's a carnivore right there!" Bowser smirked proudly.
Myra giggled before reaching for her bag. "Alright, now to pay-"
"No no, let me." Peach smiled, pulling out her wallet and pulled out her debit card. "Here we are, ol' reliable."
"What good is a card gonna-"
"Thank you, your order will be ready!" The Koopa said as Peach turned around with a smile. Myra blinked, jawdropping at what she just witnessed.
"Never seen a card before?" Hapi asked.
Myra took the card, looking directly at it with a perplexed expression. "What the hell is this black magic… cashless options?! How is there money stored in such a tiny thing? How do you get it out?"
She tried shaking it, but nothing came out.
"Mmmm… I swear these numbers speak out some kind of witchcraft…" She mumbled, handing it back to Peach. "Good darkness… what has become of this world…"
"There there, I had the same experiences myself." Laxus said, patting her on the back.
"So, you're curious about fast food restaurants. Well, to give you the lowdown-"
End BGM
One explanation later, including with their meal included…
"Aaaand that's what fast food restaurants are all about! You don't have to wait for forty-five minutes waiting for your meal. It takes two to three minutes tops as they are pretty much pre-cooked!" Captain Toad said.
"...It's a bit greasy for my tastes, but aside from that, that was absolute heaven!" Myra giggled.
"Siento que la grasa podría ser demasiado dañina para la salud…" (I feel like the grease might be a bit too unhealthy…) El Cinco lamented.
Mario glanced over at Peach, finally noticing her outfit. "Wait, are you wearing-... mama mia! Was the Kart racing today?!"
"You JUST noticed?!" Bowser said in disbelief. "Unbelievable…"
"Oh yeah, I was going to invite you boys but got sidetracked with Myra. In fact, I had invited Bowser and Kamek first and we were going to your house next, but… aheheh… priorities."
"We still got plenty of time." Kamek said.
"Mhm." Peach nodded. "Sorry, Myra, we got somewhere to be. We'll catch up later! Maybe you'll see us on the racetrack!" She smiled before the five of them took off running.
"Hey, wait up!" Hapi said as her retainers ran after her.
"Kart Racing?" Myra wondered.
"Ah, good ol' Mario Kart…" Captain Toad smiled.
"Mario… Kart…?"
"We'll show you later. Come on, there's another place we want to show ya!"
Next Stop: The Smash Mansion
"...Hold on a moment." Laxus said, pulling Captain Toad to the side as he huddled with him and Nagisa. "Are you sure this is a good idea? We're talking about different worlds here… and I don't think we've mentioned that her world merged with ours."
"He's right. This might be a bit too much for her… although we do have to rip the bandaid off eventually." Nagisa agreed.
"Relax, I was just going to show her the different worlds and show her Hyrule. It'll be fine!"
"...It better just be Hyrule." Laxus said.
"This feels… otherworldly…" Myra said, approaching the Smash Mansion as the trio walked beside her.
Once she opened the door, she was taken aback by the amount of people wandering around or sparring against one another.
BGM: Menu Theme (Super Smash Bros Ultimate)
"Right this way!" Captain Toad said, taking the lead as the quad walked along, where Myra was looking around in awe.
Beep beep beep beep
Myra turned her head, seeing Game and Watch wander around with Pac-Man, and then on a screen, she would be seeing Mewtwo fighting against Toon Link.
"...I feel like I'm in another world of some kind. What is this place?"
"This, my dear, is the Smash Mansion, where everyone from different worlds compete!" Captain Toad said. "And this is the roster!"
Myra's eyes widened, looking at the size of the roster. "...Holy shit…" She whimpered.
"Yup. The last ones to show up were Lana, Cia and Midna!" Captain Toad said as he walked off. One of these days, I'm going to be in it. I guarantee it!
"It's a lot to take in, but it's sure something." Laxus said.
"I'll say…"
"Woof!"
Myra looked down, seeing Duck Hunt looking up at her. "Oh! Who's a cute little guy!" She smiled, petting his head as she jumped up and licked her face. "Oh!" She giggled, scratching his ears. "Good boy~!"
She turned around and kept going, waving goodbye to Duck Hunt as they continued on until they got to the portals. "...I… take it these are portals to different worlds."
"Indeed!" Captain Toad nodded.
"So many to choose from… I'd be lying to say if I wasn't overwhelmed." She admitted. "What do you pick for a first recommendation?"
"I know just the place." Captain Toad walked into a portal with the group following him in.
End BGM
BGM: Field (The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild)
"Whoa…" Myra said, looking at what she just walked into, seeing all the Hylian creatures going about their day.
"Welcome… to the land of Hyrule." Captain Toad said as Myra took a step forward before falling on her knees, completely in awe of what she was seeing.
"I… I think I'm in love… this place is beautiful…"
"You're taking it a lot better than I thought you would." Laxus admitted as the three sat down in the field, with Myra seeing Hyrule Castle in the distance.
"Another monarchy…" Myra smiled.
"Yeah. The Smash Mansion is a gateway to other worlds if you so choose." Captain Toad said. "For now, we're only going to show you Hyrule until you're more adjusted to our time, then we can go to other worlds if you want. I recommend Popstar."
"Mmm, personally, the Pokemon World sounds like a fun place." Laxus said. "If you want a good place to start, I'd suggest Alola. It's completely laid-back."
"The… only world I've admittedly been to was Splatsville, so I don't have many options currently." Nagisa admitted.
"I see…" Myra closed her eyes, taking a deep breath as the Shadow Queen came out of her staff to enjoy the scenery.
"Ah, so she emerges!" Captain Toad smiled.
"Thought I might come out for a moment." She said.
"There's… something I must confess." Myra said. "Ever since I woke up, I feel like I've woken up in a new world. The Mushroom Kingdom feels the same even though time marched on, but the problem is… I feel this otherworldly power too. Like, I feel like a world crashed into it or something."
The trio looked at each other. "I'll handle this." Laxus said.
"All yours, big guy."
"Okay, so… there was this event called the Subspace Emissary, and for some reason, the space time effect got a bit wacky and managed to merge the Mushroom Kingdom with another world. Surprisingly, it was only the Mushroom Kingdom. All the other worlds were spared for some reason."
"I knew it…" Myra said. "Something just felt off to me. So what did my world merge with?"
"Mine." Laxus explained. "You merged with a world known as Remnant."
"Remnant?" Myra asked. "Laxus… if you don't mind, can you tell me more about your world? The history of it?"
Laxus chuckled. "I thought you'd never ask."
"Ahí tienes! Me distrajeron las personas de otro mundo. Ese ratón eléctrico fue muy amigable." (There you are! Got distracted by the otherworldly folks. That electric mouse was very friendly.) El Cinco said as he walked over.
"Oh hey, Laxus was just telling me about how our world merged with his world known as Remnant." Myra explained.
"Pensé que esa ruptura era extraña…" (I thought that rift was odd…)
Laxus chuckled. "Long ago-"
One massive explanation later…
"And that's the story of the huntsmen and huntresses along with the Faunus, the Grimm, the Maidens, and huntsman academies, such as Beacon."
"So… hang on. Let me get this straight. This Salem bitch couldn't let a natural death be left alone and then… long story short, you guys are basically in a never ending war which is nothing more than a nasty divorce."
"Y pensé que algunos de mis amigos en mi tiempo lo habían pasado mal…" (And I thought a few of my friends back in my day had it rough…)
"What a bunch of baloney. I can't take her seriously…" Shadow Queen shook her head.
"Yeah, it sounds ridiculous when you put it like that." Laxus admitted.
"...You know what. We'll help you guys out. I don't buy that "she can't be killed" bullshit. There's gotta be some way to defeat her."
"En efecto!" (Indeed!)
Laxus nodded. "Welcome to the fight… I'm surprised you're handling this better than I thought."
"I think it's because you introduced me to… Lorule, was it?"
"Hyrule." Captain Toad corrected.
"Right, Hyrule."
Myra stood up. "Okay… I'm ready to go back home. Plus, I want to know what this Mario Kart business is."
"Alright, let's go! To wherever those guys are up to!" Captain Toad exclaimed.
End BGM
Later…
Myra and co walked up to the stands where Peach's retainers were at. "Did we miss the fun?" Myra asked.
"Nah, they're getting ready for round three." Yuri said as they looked to see what they were up to.
Three!
Two!
One!
Go!
BGM: Urchin Underpass (Mario Kart 8 Deluxe)
All five drove at each other, proceeding to either slam into each other or bounced away as they all scrambled around to search for an item box. Myra couldn't help but notice that all of them had balloons.
Mario picked up the first item box, which was a Splat Bomb as he drove forward and threw it at Bowser, who swiftly avoided it… and Luigi got a face full of Splat Bomb.
"WAH!" Luigi yelped as it exploded. "Ooooh… we'll see about that!"
Kamek vaulted over a ramp, driving through an item box as a Trizooka appeared in his hands, quickly firing, nailing Peach and Mario head on, but barely missing Luigi. "Two out of three isn't bad."
"What in the world…?" Myra wondered, looking at the ink being flown about as Peach threw down a Triple Inkstrike, Luigi used an Ink Vac and sucked in the ink before shooting it back and hitting Bowser and Kamek, with Mario accidentally being caught in the crossfire.
"Hmmmm…" Myra folded her arms. "It's a lot of paint being thrown about." She said, as Bowser unleashed Tenta Missiles at everyone.
She closed her eyes, deep in thought. Could I use this artistry for the Ruby Star… whenever I get it back? She wondered as Mario completely transformed into a fiery red Blooper and charged at everyone. "Since when could he do that?!"
"Ah, he got the Kracken." Yuri mused. "Excellent choice."
Peach laid down a Super Chump, as Kamek found himself surrounded as they all exploded before he could make his getaway. "Gah!"
Myra watched on, completely enamored by what she was seeing… until it came down to the final two, none other than Mario and Bowser.
End BGM
"So this is it, plumber! Just me and you… this will decide it all!" Bowser declared.
"I'mm-a gonna win!"
"We'll see about that!" Bowser said, both of them hitting the item boxes as the two of them gained Painbrushes.
BGM: King Bowser (Super Mario Galaxy) (Start at 0:24)
"En garde!" Both declared, revving both of their vehicles up.
"Wait… are they jousting?" Myra asked.
"Yeah, they usually tend to joust when they get the chance as far as Mario Kart is concerned." Hapi said, munching on popcorn.
Both of them sped up, launching off of the platform as they swung their brushes, clashing against each other as they landed on the other side, swerving around as they did so again as they proceeded to drive around, swinging their brushes at every moment, but it ended up in a clashing tie once more.
Myra leaned forward, nearly off of her seat. "This is so tense…!" She said, with her Smorg also watching with intrigue. Everyone else was just casually laid back.
Both of them stopped at each other, revving up their vehicles as they both narrowed their eyes. Both of them popped a wheelie as they pulled back their Painbrushes, and gave it a mighty swing as they screeched to a halt.
Pop!
Bowser's final balloon had popped, leaving Mario the winner.
End BGM
"YES! YOU GO, MARIO!" Myra cheered. "WOO!"
"Blast it!" Bowser grumbled as he hopped off before begrudgingly shaking Mario's hand.
"If you hadn't realized by now, Bowser is more of a frenemy these days." Captain Toad said. "But Mario and Bowser won't hesitate to kill each other again should the moment arise."
"We have a winner!" The Lakitu declared. "Mario wins!"
"Yeah, I'm definitely feeling like upgrading the Ruby Star." Myra chuckled as they hopped over.
"Hey! You made it!" Peach smiled. "So how was the tour?"
"Pretty great. Visited Hyrule, learned about Remnant… all that stuff." Myra said. "So… is this what Mario Kart is like? Battling?"
"Oh no, we also race." Luigi said.
"...Mind if I take a crack at it? This seems like a lot of fun!"
"Hmm… oh!" Peach smiled, then proceeded to whisper in the Lakitu's ear.
"Ooooh, sounds good!" He nodded, pulling out a Warp Box and fiddled with it. "Alright, hop on in!" He said, tossing it down as everyone went inside… where they found themselves in a garage.
BGM: Main Menu (Mario Kart 8 Deluxe)
"Feel free to customize your kart!" Lakitu said.
"Hmm…" Myra looked through a wheel, wondering what she could go for. Why are there paper airplane like things as the last option…? She wondered as she looked around, before selecting what she wanted, and then asked for a paint job.
Her ride turned out to be a dark purple Bone Rattler with Off Road Wheels and threw in the Paraglider, yet she had no idea what that one was for.
"Alright, I'm all set!" She said, hopping on it as she took it for a test drive to get a feel for it, where she also drifted by accident, but got the hang of it as well. "Woo! This is fun!"
"You ready to go? We'll be taking ya to four different locations. One lap each to get you a feel for it." Lakitu said. "Considering you're from a different era, we'll forgo items for the time being."
"Okay!" Myra nodded, seeing that her fellow racers were the Mario Bros, Peach, Bowser, Kamek and even her retainers joining in with their specalized vehicles.
Hapi had a Sport Bike with the Ashen Wolves symbol complete with Crimson Slim tires and the Waddle Wing Glider.
Constance had the Cat Cruiser with the Ashen Wolves symbol, with the Sponge tires and the Peach Parasol Glider.
Balthus had the Flame Rider with the Ashen Wolves symbol with Monster wheels and the Bowser Kite Glider.
Yuri had the P-Wing with the Ashen Wolves symbol with slim tires and Paper Glider.
Then, Captain Toad rolled up with his own specialized vehicle. "Sup!"
"We're just gonna watch. I've got… issues." Laxus said while Nagisa and El Cinco also watched.
"Fair enough!" Myra nodded as they went into the Warp Box, finding themselves at Royal Raceway. Myra took a deep breath and exhaled. "Here we go."
Three!
Two!
One!
GO!
BGM: Royal Raceway (Mario Kart 8)
Everyone but Myra boosted away, leaving her dead last. "Ack! …Hey!" She said as she drove off. "How did they do that?" She wondered as she saw everyone drifting at the first turn. Surely, we can't be drifting so early…
She decided to forgo drift and turned, and nearly crashed into a Piranha Plant in the process. "Wah! Sorry!" She said as she turned to the right, only she nearly ran off the road and into the river. "Nnngh! She grunted as she corrected herself as she went straight for a few seconds until she found herself turning and nearing off the road again.
Okay. It's official. I think I need to drift!
She immediately saw a ramp as she had an idea and decided to drive toward said ramp. However, the grass made her slow down as she let out a groan, yet she was determined. She immediately hit the boost and launched off.
"WHOOOOOOOOA!" She yelled as she slammed into the ground, landing near Constance and Captain Toad. "Woo, what a rush!"
"Feels great, huh? Wait until you use items. Mushrooms and Golden Mushrooms will make you feel the adrenaline!" Captain Toad said as they drifted as Myra did the same, this time having enough of nearly crashing into things and drifted, making her turn much more sharply.
"Ha! This is grea-" Her eyes widened, seeing several boosts launching off a bridge. "Wait, I have to drive off THAT?!"
"Relax! This is perfectly fine!" Constance called out as they launched themselves off the bridge.
"Okay… I trust you!" Myra whimpered as she hit the boosts and launched off the bridge, bracing for the worst… and then her Glider came out and let her glide freely over the river. "I'm… flying?"
She looked up, seeing the glider. "I'm gliding… holy shit, I'm gliding!" She smiled excitedly with her eyes sparkling, landing gently between Captain Toad and Constance as her glider retracted.
"See? Told you this was fine!" Constance smiled.
"Y-yeah! It sure is!" Myra grinned as she picked up the speed, driving past the duo as she drifted from a curve. She immediately heard sparks as she looked behind her to see sparks coming from behind the wheels. "Oooh… did I drift too much? Crap!"
However, when she let go, she immediately boosted. "Huh?" Myra blinked before she got an idea, quickly drifting as much as she can and mini boosted her way through Balthus and Yuri.
"Interesting, she's got the drifting figured out!" Balthus said. "Girl learns fast."
"Indeed." Yuri nodded as Myra continued to drive, and then drove through the Warp Box as she reached the finish line.
End BGM
BGM: Maple Treeway (Mario Kart 8 Deluxe)
"What the… Maple Treeway?! Someone made a race track in this area?!" Myra asked as she darted across, quickly drifting through the curves and was immediately met with a cannon. "What the-"
BOOM!
"WAAAAAH!" She screamed, as the glider kicked in, making it a more enjoyable flight. "Phew…" She sighed in relief as she looked around, seeing the sights before her. "After all these years, nothing's changed a bit." She said with a nostalgic smile before she flew into a tree.
"Ack! Plepth!" She spat out some leaves as she continued to drive. "Am I seriously driving on a tree?!" She wondered as she drove through some leaf piles, one of them sprouting a Mushroom.
"Oh hey, a Mushroom!" She said, reaching down to get it, but as she did… she boosted fast. "WHOOOOOOA!" She yelled, darting past Hapi.
"Whoa! Was there a Mushroom in those piles?" She wondered as Myra panic drifted to avoid falling off the tree, and were met with two giant Wigglers roaming around.
"...Geez, what did they feed you guys?" She wondered as she avoided hitting them, but not because she was worried she might run off their toes. She was more concerned about them stepping on her.
She made it through the Wigglers as she rounded a corner, seeing Kamek launching off a ramp and tricking out before landing on the ground perfectly, boosting through. "Hmm?" She wondered, seeing the trick ramp.
I wonder… She thought as she drove up ahead, and launched off, proceeding to flip her Bone Rattler around before landing gracefully, boosting near Kamek. "Whoa, what a rush!" She said as they drove on the bridge together until Myra zoomed past Kamek.
"...Wait a minute, where's the rope bridge? That was such a fun time bouncing against it with the wind!" Myra said, gliding off the ramp. "...Still, the gliding is pretty fun too." She said, taking a look around the scenery before gently landing on the ground and driving to the finish line, where a Warp Box awaited her.
End BGM
BGM: Twisted Mansion (Mario Kart 8)
"Ooookay, now I don't recall seeing this in my day…" Myra said as she drove through the doorway and saw two branching paths. "Wait, are they both on the wall?!" She wondered, deciding to take the right path.
But as she did, she was about to fall off. "Oooh dear…!" She yelped, but then she heard an alarm from her own Kart as she felt her tires changing, anti-gravity activating. She also felt like she was no longer falling.
"What…?" She wondered as she looked down. "Anti… gravity features?" She wondered as a smile crept on her face, her eyes sparkling. "This just gets better and better~!" She exclaimed, tricking off of a few bumps before getting out of the anti-grav segment, driving through a library before entering the next anti gravity segment.
"Hmhmhm~ …Uuuuh… is that a wall of water? Uh oh…" She immediately took a deep breath and inhaled, driving through the water.
At that moment, a hatch opened up in front of the Bone Rattler as an oxygen mask and goggles appeared, latching on to Myra.
Eeep! Myra yelped, making a hard drift turn to avoid the wall because the water had blurred her vision. Man, they thought of everything! She thought excitedly as she drove underwater, her eyes sparkling in wonder as she took another right path, which had her pass Luigi who was above her while some Fish Bones swam by.
At that moment, she drove out of the water, which her oxygen mask and goggles were taken away as she drove off the ramp and glided through the courtyard… where a hair dryer came out and blew into her to dry the water off as she landed inside another building, drifting around with a hum as the hair dryer disappeared… and she was met with some Boos swinging some hammers down.
"WHOA!" She yelled, drifting expertly through the Boos. What'd I ever do to them? She wondered as she drove through the final Warp Box.
End BGM
BGM: N64 Rainbow Road (Mario Kart 8)
"RAINBOW ROAD?! Myra yelled, finding herself driving on Rainbow Road. "They managed to turn Rainbow Road into a track?!" She exclaimed in surprise. "...And yet… this is so cool!"
She immediately drove down the ramp, driving through the star rings to gain speed as she drove off a gliding ramp, gliding through the air as she looked around, seeing fireworks exploding in the sky before she gently landed on the road.
She then saw the train up ahead, dropping coins on the ground while blowing the whistle. At this point, I shouldn't question a magical flying train. She thought.
"Having fun~?"
"Huh?" Myra turned her head, seeing that she had pulled up next to Peach without realizing it. "Oh, yeah! You guys do this all the time?"
"Uh-huh! It's wild and while it may seem dangerous, none of us get hurt at all!"
"Wow…" Myra smiled as they raced together, dodging a Chomp on the road as the passengers on the train threw down more coins as they drove past an anti-gravity section as they drifted together around a loop until they drove straight, the train blowing its whistle.
Peach smiled, playfully bumping into Myra as they both spun. "Whoa!" Myra yelped, finding herself boosting afterward as Peach giggled. Myra giggled with her, playfully bumping her as well as they both drove past two Chomps while also tricking off the ramps.
"See you at the finish line, princess!" Myra said, pulling ahead and drifting away, with the train right next to her, whistling as if it was cheering her on as Myra kept going, passing the final gate as she saw the massive spiraling loop ahead of her. She smirked as she proceeded to drift her way around, finding Mario and Bowser neck and neck, both of them giving each other the friendly stink eye.
Both of them pulled away, ready to slam into each other to spin and give each other a boost… but then Myra snuck past them, stealing their opportunity as she gave them a friendly wave mid-spin.
"Sorry boys~!" She smiled as she boosted away.
"...I'll be damned. She actually caught up!" Bowser said as he slammed into Mario to gain a boost of speed. "Not today, dark princess!"
Myra drifted through the star rings until she hit the glide ramp and glided her way to the finish line. The Warp Box appeared out of thin air as she glided through it, and landed right in front of Peach's Castle, screeching to a halt as everyone else came out, landing near her.
End BGM
"That… was a hell of an adrenaline rush. I love it!" Myra giggled.
"I'll take solace in the fact that I took second!" Bowser said proudly, smugly smirking at Mario.
"Whatever." Mario rolled his eyes.
"I think I have a new favorite hobby… that was incredible." Myra smiled as Laxus approached her with Nagisa and El Cinco.
"Glad you liked it!" Peach smiled.
"...Though, I have to say, I'm legitimately surprised Rainbow Road is now a track." Myra said.
"How so?" Nagisa asked.
"Well, Rainbow Road used to be a path to Star Haven before the Star Spirits broke it due to people with ill intentions visiting, which happened… after the war with Emperor Bowser." Myra explained.
"Well, you might be surprised to hear this, but there are multiple Rainbow Roads out there." Kamek explained.
"Seriously?! …Rainbow Road wasn't that long of a stretch… unless if it was…?" Myra rubbed her head.
Peach then had an idea. "Hey Myra… I have some friends that you might like hanging around with." She said.
"You do?"
Peach pulled out her phone and texted Myra the coordinates, where she pulled out her own phone to take a look.
"Huh… okay, at that house?"
"Yup." Peach nodded.
"Okay. I'll go over there then. See ya!" Myra waved as she walked off, where Bowser and Kamek waved goodbye and then headed back to the Koopa Kingdom, where one by one, everyone started to leave, save for Peach and her retainers, plus Nagisa.
"Hey Nagisa." Peach spoke up. "You still thinking about what your new "Ultimate title" might be?"
"Yeah… I'm drawing blanks, unfortunately."
"How about… Ultimate Diplomat?"
"Wait, really?"
"Mhm!"
Nagisa rubbed his chin. "That… actually has a nice ring to it. I like it!" He smiled before walking off. "Take care!"
Peach waved before nodding. "Okay, let's get to work."
"What's up?" Hapi asked.
"I say it's now time we clean up that room in the castle. After all, that was reserved for Myra." Peach smiled. "Once we clean it up, and when Myra's ready… I'll appoint her as the Court Mage. It's what my ancestor would have wanted, after all."
"Oh good, we get to clean up that dusty old room finally? Awesome!" Constance smiled.
"Let's rock." Balthus said as they walked off. "We should probably get the Ace Ops to help out too."
"Oh don't worry, I was thinking they'd pitch in too." Peach smiled.
As for Myra, she looked at her phone once she walked down the hill with El Cinco. "Nyx's home… okay, lead the way, princess."
Ibuki: Oooooh! They're about to have company~!
Deadpool: She's gonna be making more friends soon!
Indeed! And that Mario Kart segment was Cody's idea to celebrate the final wave of Mario Kart 8 being announced, while the one scene in Friends was my idea as a way to make a tribute to Matthew Perry. Rest in peace, big guy...