Chapter Twenty-Five:

The Great Villain Song

Within the walls of her evil lair, SMG4 observed the still-fair Princess SMG3's current predicament of imprisonment in the tower as the witch's special magic monitor showed every second of it to the wart-faced villain. She grinned with evil glee, savoring the sight of someone trapped with no means of escape, even if Deer Mario got someone to help.

The witch snickered deviously, and turned to her lackeys in the room. One of SMG4's Lakitu minions had joined Meggy and Melony, and so had a black-clad Jellyfish. Every one of her minions were observing SMG3's situation too, and they loved the pain she was in.

After a short moment of silence, SMG4 spoke to the group with a maniacal grin on her face, unable to contain her absolute joy of being evil in the moment.

For one to say that villains didn't think themselves evil or enjoy being evil, it was an understatement. There were many despicable, vile, nightmarish villains in the universe who loved being unspeakably evil, and acknowledged it as if evil was a force of good, despite the fact that evil was never good and that good was never evil.

"Oh, I've got to be honest with you all." SMG4 sneered, "There's many reasons why I like being the villain. From just chillin' to killin', or tyranically instillin' fear in peasants who cross my path." She cleared her vocal cords...

'But there's one thing I long for, it's a thing that can't go wrong...'

"Uh-oh." Lakitu said, "She's singing the villain song."

"Eeeee! The villain song!" Meggy exclaimed, "I wanna sing that."

"But she sounds like a strangled frog." Melony hissed.

SMG4 ignored her comment, and she began her maniacal villain song of evil;

'And that would be the time I get to sing my villain song!

'Yes, we're singing it, as every villain who has ever lived has a villain song!

'This is my song! MY VILLAAIN SONG!

'I'm going to ring this spoooooky gong...'

SMG4 grabbed a stick and banged a gong that was close by, sending chills down the backs of her minions as they listened to the witch sing and sing and sing.

'Oooh, it's good to be evil. And when you're evil, you can cause upheaval.

'I'm not gonna lie, but you can go ahead and cry. I love evil!

'Yeah, I love being evil, all the way to the aaaant-hill!

'I'm an evil mastermind, with plans for my minions to get behind.

'Oh, an evil mastermind, with mustache-twirling vibes.

'And I can sway one to my team of evil with so many bribes.

'You can't go wrong, with a great villain song!

'You gotta love the song of evil, the song that inspires upheeaaaval.

'Give me all the chaos, let's take world order and give it a good toss.

'Oh, you can't go wrong with a great villain song...'

She smirked with glee, and held up a knife in a menacing manner; "And if you disagree, I'll cut off your DONG!"

"EEP!" Lakitu exclaimed.

Just then, SMG4's monitor buzzed ominously, prompting the witch to put her knife down. She looked at the image of SMG3 in the tower, then she saw an image depicting Deer Mario with a green fish-like creature holding a sword. A horrendous smile crossed the sinister sorceress' face again.

"Well, well..." SMG4 said coldly, "Looks like it's time to get the dragon... and put a stop to the princess' escape attempt, AND RID THE LAND OF A GORGEOUS AND FAIR PRINCESS ONCE AND FOR ALL!"

Melony and Meggy stepped outside, and the latter pulled out a card with a dragon symbol on it. The orange-haired witch lackey put it down, and Melony prepped a wand before flicking it while casting the incantation that came to her mind. A light glowed around the card, and a roar shook the land.

In moments, a mighty dragon loomed over SMG4's lair, as the witch herself emerged, and she shrieked with glee. The flying reptile locked eyes with her, and touched down on the ground with bent wings, allowing SMG4 to board her scaly ride.

"FLY, MY DRAGON!" The evil witch proclaimed, "LET US DEAL WITH THAT PRINCESS! EEE-HEE-HEE-HEE-HEE!"

The dragon roared obediently, and took flight, soaring over the lands with SMG4's sights set on the tower. She tossed her head back, and laughed evilly for everyone to hear, as chills rolled down the backs of those who heard SMG4's evil laugh. And she made sure her laugh didn't throw out her back, eager to ensure she was in good shape to face the princess.

SMG3 stood near the edge of the tower, waiting for Mario to return with someone, anyone, who could get her out of the nightmare she was in. And, by this point, she'd began to realize the truth about the world and herself;

She wasn't a true princess.

She wasn't a woman.

She was a man, a meme guardian, and a former villain. And this whole world around her was a fabrication, made up by some entity, just like another world SMG3 had once been trapped in.

"Princess!" She heard Mario's voice, "I found someone who can help!"

SMG3 looked down to see Deer Mario had returned with a creature. And yet, what Mario had found was not what the "princess" thought could help, especially as fish weren't capable of doing certain things on land. But this fish, this legged green-colored creature with a wooden sword and metal helmet was here with a heroic face.

"WHAT?!" SMG3 yelled, "YOU WERE GONE FOR TWELVE HOURS AND BROUGHT BACK A FISH?!"

Technically, Mario hadn't been gone for that long, but perhaps it was due to the "princess" getting a little crazy in the tower and she didn't care about how much time had passed since she last talked to the Italian deer. Either way, Mario's choice annoyed SMG3.

"Fear not, princess!" Fishy Boopkins cried, "I'LL SAVE YOU!"

Boopkins ran towards the tower with his sword held high, and SMG3 rolled her eyes. Perhaps she could just jump out, and risk the chance of killing herself by escaping, which would make things all the more easier.

But, moments later, right when that little fish was an inch away from the base of the tower, a fire ball rained down, and blasted away Boopkins while shaking the foundation. SMG3 looked up, seeing a massive dragon looming overhead, ridden by the evil witch known as SMG4.

"You'll never be saved, fair princess!" SMG4 cried, "And I'll be the fairest of them all!"

To think a witch could be fair, especially an evil witch, SMG3 was baffled. And yet, despite being aware that things weren't what they seemed to be, she was determined to protect her kingdom and her people.

"No, I'm the fairest!" She yelled.

"No! I am!" SMG4 shouted back.

Both princess and witch bartered back and forth with statements about who was the fairest, and Deer Mario, annoyed by what he was hearing, decided to intervene and help resolve the situation.

"Hey!" He suggested, "Why don't you two just compete to see who's the fairest?!"

"THAT'S A DUMB IDEA!" SMG3 and SMG4 yelled.

"Besides..." The princess heard the witch remark, "I'm way better than that dumbass!"

"Excuse me!?" SMG3 yelled, and pointed her finger at the sinister, wart-faced evil witch, "Fine! I'll show you how it's done, I challenge you to a fairest contest!"

Mario laughed with excitement, and SMG4 stared at the princess, with shock in her eyes as she processed what was even happening. But, then again, maybe this contest would help the witch succeed with her plan to rid the land of a princess. For the moment, it was a matter of 'let the games begin'.