Peach stopped on her balcony. The sunrise was stunning. Toadsworth joined her, and looked up.

"Princess? Do you see that? What is that? In the air." He pointed up at it.

Peach looked up and squinted at it. "Could that be Rosalina's Comet Observatory? But it's nowhere near the Star Festival yet, so why is it coming here?"

Peach moved to the small telescope on her balcony and found the object. It wasn't the Comet Observatory, but it looked like a flying castle. She could tell it wasn't Bowser's, it moved too slow.

"What is it, Princess?"

"It's a castle. But it's too slow to be Bowser. Come on, something's wrong."

She left the balcony and headed down the stairs. Mario and Luigi joined her at the bottom.

"Did you see that thing in the-a sky?" Mario asked.

Peach nodded. "But it's too slow to be Bowser's Moving Castle, so I want to get a better look."

They all left the castle and looked up. The shadow of the castle slowly covered Peach's Kingdom. A man came out of a door, holding a megaphone. He was dressed like royalty.

"Citizens of the Mushroom Kingdom and other surrounding areas! I come bearing an announcement from the Kingdom of Demons!"

"Kingdom of Demons?" Daisy asked, coming over.

"Your world is now...under new management. Now, I'll do this the easy way or the hard way. I'll take mercy on you if you follow me willingly, but if you put up a resistance then I'll have to release the hounds. You don't want to end, just like the child king and his organization..." He tossed Olly's crown to the ground.

Luigi caught it and looked worriedly to Mario.

Mario stood his ground. "We will-a never obey you!"

Daisy cracked her knuckles. "Yeah, we're not afraid of a few dogs!"

The king chuckled. "Oh, but you will be. Release the Hellhounds! These ruffians need to learn a lesson or two."

A trap door on the bottom of the castle opened, and it dropped a cage filled with sickly dogs. The cage opened on its own and they came running out. Peach screamed.

Daisy punched one in the eye. "Whoever you are, you have a lot of nerve coming here and hoping to take over! Bowser's been trying for YEARS and hasn't gotten any closer!"

Bowser had apparently heard the commotion and his castle closed in on the other king's. "Hey, what do you think you're doing?! World Domination is my job!"

Bowser's Castle fired Bullet Bills and cannon balls at the other castle. The other castle opened at the top and a long gun came from the top. It charged up and fired a beam at Bowser's Castle, knocking it straight from the sky.

"My name, is King Darethend! And thanks to that little Origami boy, I was finally able to come through to your world! Soon, all worlds will be mine! Nowhere will be safe! Go on, run and hide! My Hellhounds will find you! There is no escape from fate!"

"Fate?" Peach asked. "This isn't fate, it's tyranny! We will never listen to a tyrant like you!"

Bowser came flying out on a Clown Kart. "You stop that! These skies are mine! Go back to your own!"

Darethend's Castle was apparently still prepared, as a few people with wings took of flying after Bowser, holding spears charged with electricity. "Now, where's the jester? I have some unfinished business with him! I know he fled here, his father told me so. Answer me truthfully, and Davidonell will taste mercy!"

"Jester?" Luigi asked. "Is he-a talking about Dimentio?"

"You know him? Then tell me where he's hiding." He held up a blade to a man's neck. "Or 'Dimentio's' father will suffer the same fate as his wife."

"Dimentio's dad?" Daisy gasped.

Blight came flying over. "H-he's not here! He went with Olly to help get rid of something called a Chaos Heart Entity and hasn't come back yet!"

"He's still in the other world? Thank you for you cooperation, ghost." He moved the sword away. "He's safe, for now. Now, back to business"

The gun turned around and pointed straight at Peach's Castle. It charged up the fire. Mario and Peach ran inside as it charged, helping all the Toads and other people out of the castle. The castle was shot into oblivion.

"HEY!" Bowser yelled. "You can't do that! Not even I did that! The most anyone's ever done was turn it into their own castle, or just turn into into a giant robot! Destroying her castle is way too far, buddy!"

"Please, think about this!" Peach cried. "What's your reason? Why hurt others?"

"Because, I want all worlds to fear me! I will rule all worlds, and I don't care what it'll take for me to get it! And thanks to Magica, my castle is a weapon, far more advanced than your bullet blasters and cannons!"

Daisy was tackled down by a group of Hellhounds.

"So, say goodbye to everything you loved."