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What a long chapter! But lots of interesting things will be mentioned here!
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Chapter 10: The Damsel of the Stars
The Boos guided Bowser to a room filled with all sorts of greasy and fattening foods like drumsticks, hot dogs and steaks. Bowser's eyes widened when he saw all of these foods:
'Whoa! Nice spread!'
'Yes, a victory feast! Please, we insist that you eat all you like!' one of the Boos said.
'Heehee!' the other two chuckled. They then left, leaving Bowser alone with the food.
'BWAHAHAR!' he laughed. 'So many greasy, succulent, very unhealthy dishes! I've been craving this stuff like crazy! I'm gonna eat it all!'
Bowser then ate all of the food he was able to reach from the large table one by one. Once he was done eating, he was already full as he let out a belch:
'Uuuuurp… Oh, man… Getting kinda full…'
'Hmmmmm? Done eating?' one of the Boos came in. 'But we went to great lengths to make King Bowser the most high-calorie, high-fat dishes! You love this stuff. So please! Eat more.' It insisted as it and the other two started to push Bowser back.
'Nah, I'm sick of eating!' Bowser replied.
'Hush now, don't say that. Here! How about we just feed it to you! Please! We insist! This way!'
Later, two Boos were holding a plate of drumsticks and donuts. A Boo picked up a drumstick and flew towards Bowser as the same Boo from earlier said playfully:
'Open wiiiiide… Say aaaaah!'
Bowser did as he was told and ate the drumstick. Another Boo picked up a donut and flew towards Bowser as the same Boo from earlier once again said playfully:
'Here, have more… C'mon, open up!'
Bowser ate the donut, followed up by another drumstick, another donut, and so on until both plates had one of each food. Suddenly, Bowser started to become a little chubbier.
'Huurk! Did I just…put on a few pounds?' he questioned.
'Heehee! It's all in your head! Please, we insist, eat more!' the Boo insisted.
Bowser had no choice but to keep eating more donuts and once the plate of drumsticks was empty, the Boo brought a plate of slices of ham instead. Bowser continued to eat both foods until there were two of them remaining, where he got a bit fatter than before.
'Hey! Look at me! This isn't normal!' Bowser growled.
'Heehee! You're imagining things! You must keep eating, please!' the Boo insisted again.
Bowser then was forced to eat more and finished both plates. The Boos came back with a plate of more drumsticks and slices of cake. Once both plates had only one drumstick and one slice of cake, Bowser gains even more weight, and now his belly was round as a ball.
'Stop! You with the ham! No more! I can't take it!' Bowser panicked as he rose his now chubby hands in a 'stop' signal. 'There's no denying it now! I'm nowhere near as svelte as I used to be! I'm chubby!'
'Yeah, you are! Heehee!' the Boo mocked. 'It only makes sense! You eat so many of Lord Fawful's special high-calorie, high-fat dishes… Of course you'll gain weight!'
'Pretty impressive fat, though!' another Boo spoke.
'Yeah, you're a king of chub!' the other Boo added before all of them left.
'Hey! You jerks! You knew all along I'd get like this, and you kept cramming me with food!' Bowser said as he tries to go after the Boos.
However, he was so fat and heavy that once he took a simple step forward, the floor under him crumbled, and he fell through it, getting stuck. He tried to pull himself out, but no use.
'Haah… Haah… Haah…' he panted heavily. 'Huh-hey! Guys! Can you hear me?'
'Yes, we can hear you.' Starlow answered. 'Looks like Fawful tricked you easy as you please!'
'Sh-shut up! And after you shut up, turn me back to my usual trim self!'
'So you really became fat?! Ahahahahahahaha! That's hilarious!' Wario laughed.
'Said the guy who's also as fat as Bowser probably is now.' Yoshi sassed.
'Hey!'
'You know, Wario, you and Bowser should probably go on a diet.' Mario said.
'A diet?! Bleach!'
'And I fell into the FLOOR, genius! I'm stuck! YOU do something!' Bowser demanded. 'Burn off all this blubber!'
'Hmmmm…What to do… What to do… I guess we'll do something when we feel like it! YELLO GOOD-BYE!' Starlow finished.
'Hey! I'm serious! Do something!'
Inside Bowser…
'Well, his sudden weight gain must have produced some changes in his body…' Starlow pondered. 'Sounds like a perfect time to look for Princess Peach!'
'How do you know we'll locate her soon enough?' Luigi asked.
'I, uh… I don't know.'
'MASTERS!' Toadsworth's voice came as he rushed to the group.
'Yes, Toadsworth, what is it?' Mario asked.
'I'm pleased that you located Toadbert, but where in the name of Toad is Toadiko?!'
'What?! She hasn't shown up yet?'
'No, she hasn't! I'm starting to get worried!'
'Calm down, Toadsworth. No need to panic. We'll do our best to find her.'
'*sigh* thank goodness!'
'Wait! Guys!' Toadbert came to them. 'I think I saw her at the newly opened area of Bowser's body, by boogity!'
'Wow! Perfect time indeed!' Starlow exclaimed surprised. 'Let's hurry, then!'
The group nodded and went to the new area.
This area was the Flab Zone, located in Bowser's under belly, where all of the fat in his body is stored. Fat cells are shown in the background and the ground was mostly composed of the interior skin that could be walked on, at least for our heroes.
'Geez, there's so much fat in here!' Wario cringed.
'All of this is probably inside of you.' Mario glared at him.
'Oh, shut up! But you also eat Italian food almost all the time!'
'Well, I do, but I also exercise myself by jumping a lot and playing many sports. That's how I burn calories. Not as much as Sonic, of course.'
'Yeah, we all have to exercise to burn calories so that we won't get heart attacks.' Donkey Kong said as they started to walk.
'Do riding a bike all the time count as an exercise?' Wario asked in a silly tone.
'NO!' Mario, Luigi, Yoshi and Donkey Kong yelled in unison.
'Let's just go.' Starlow sweatdropped.
They walked on ahead until they came upon a floor made out of squishy flab.
'Flab… That's nasty.' Starlow cringed.
'They look jumpable…' Mario hops on the flab and it sprung him to the air like a trampoline. 'Whoa, not only is Bowser fat, he's got a bouncy flab!'
Luigi then decides to bounce on the flab as well. 'Woohoo! Look at me bounce!' he exclaimed happily.
'He really needs to lose weight, but hey, this is fun!' Yoshi chirped as he was bouncing on the flab.
Once they got out of the bouncy flab, some groups of Tenderlings, meat-shaped enemies, and Calorites, burning enemies referencing the term 'burning calories', attacked them. Just then, during the middle of the fight, some hand grabbed Luigi's arm and pulled him back without anybody noticing.
The figure, who was wearing a black hooded robe, dragged Luigi to the next portion of the area up ahead.
'W-What are you-…'
'Shh!' the figure shushed, interrupting Luigi. 'Don't say anything! Just do what I say!' it spoke quietly.
'O-okey…' Luigi replied quietly.
Soon…
Once the heroes finally took care of the Tenderlings and Calorites, they noticed that Luigi was gone.
'Great, where did that green scumbag went off to?' Wario questioned.
'Sorry I left you worried!' Luigi came back. 'Oh, are all the enemies gone?'
'Yes, so we should be able to proceed.' Mario nodded as they moved on.
As soon as they arrived at the next portion of the area…
'EEEK!' they heard none other than Peach's shriek as a strange flying molecule was cornering her.
'Look! It's Peach!' Yoshi exclaimed in joy.
'Princess!' Mario and Luigi cheered.
Peach heard their voices and turns around. She was very surprised to see the quintet in here as she exclaimed:
'Oh! Boys! So Bowser inhaled you all as well!'
'Hi, Princess!' Starlow flew to her.
'Starlow! You too?'
'We've been looking for you high and low! What in the world happened? And what's that thing there?'
'I haven't the slightest idea! I was looking for the exit, and this thing attacked me…'
Suddenly, more of those molecules came in and enclosed Peach, trapping her!
'OH NO! PEACH!' Starlow shouted as the molecules carried Peach away.
'Those blobby things got her! We have to save the princess, everyone!' Mario spoke in a determined tone.
'Ego much?' Wario smirked.
'You bet!' Mario nodded while grinning. 'After them!'
The heroes rushed to the next portion, and they found the molecules right up ahead next to a donut-block-like bridge.
'There they are!' Mario pointed, but the molecules fled.
'No! Come back!' Luigi chased after them, but he lost sight of them. 'Oh, great…'
'Uh, Luigi… Watch where you're standing!' Mario warned.
'What?'
The donut-blocks started to fall into the mucus below as Luigi looked back and gasped in horror: 'CRUD!'
Unfortunately, he was out of time to escape, and the donut-block that he was standing on fell in the mucus and he started to sink in.
'GAAAH! HELP!' he called out as he raises his hand while sinking in the mucus.
'LUIGI! NO!' Mario tried to reach for his hand, but too late; Luigi's hand fully sinks into the mucus. 'Luigi…'
Just then, an odd laugh was heard from inside the mucus.
'What the…' Donkey Kong's eyes widened.
Then, a strange feminine white figure emerges from the mucus, carrying a treasure chest in her right hand and an unconscious Luigi in her left hand.
'Whoa!' Mario startled.
'What the heck is that thing?!' Wario flinched.
'Be not alarmed.' The figure spoke in a gentle voice. 'We are Princess Lipid. We rule o'er yon mucus membranes.'
'Huh?' Mario raised an eyebrow.
'A lipid who controls mucus membranes? That doesn't make much sense…' Yoshi tilted his head.
'Thou hast dropped something in yon mucus pool, methinks.' Princess Lipid guessed. Mario nodded. Princess Lipid did a small giggle before asking: 'What hast thou dropped in our mucus pool? Mayhap 'twas this treasure of e'erlasting wonder?' she directs to the treasure chest. 'Or mayhap thou hast dropped this shabby green mustachioed man?' she directs to Luigi.
'That would be the last option.' Mario answered with honesty. 'Besides, he's my brother. Even if the treasure you spoke of is interesting, my brother is what matters the most for me.'
'Ah… The shabby green man is thy brother, and better than a treasure of e'erlasting wonder?' Princess Lipid asked. Mario nodded. '…Tee hee! Very well. We shall say that the shabby green man is what thou dropped!'
She then tosses Luigi into the air, who does a series of backflips and lands on his feet to the ground.
'Ta-da!' he does a pose while raising his hands in the air.
'Luigi!' Mario exclaimed, glad that his brother is okay. Yoshi, Donkey Kong and Wario smiled at that as they approached Luigi. Strangely enough, none of them noticed a familiar pink rose brooch attached to the left strap of Luigi's overalls…
'Hark! A landing to be lauded! Thine shabby brother is nimble!' Princess Lipid clapped. 'To shabby, nimble green man and his loyal brother, we giveth the treasure of e'erlasting wonder!' she hands the treasure chest to Mario.
'Wow! Thanks!' he thanked.
'You're welcome! Thine treasure thy hold holds a special gift from a certain princess.' Princess Lipid replied. 'Honesty begets fortune… If ever thou findst our words to be true, remember us!' she went down into the mucus as she laughs. 'Fare thee well!'
'Well, how about we check what's inside the treasure she gave us?' Luigi suggested.
'Sure!' Mario nodded as he opens up the chest. 'A gift from another princess? I wonder who she might be…'
What was inside the chest? A large brown meteor with a question mark printed in it!
'A meteor?' Mario was surprised.
'It is called the Mighty Meteor according to its description.' Yoshi said.
Then, the chest started to wiggle a bit.
'Something else in there?' Starlow wondered.
Nothing but a Tenderling popped out of the chest right in front of their eyes!
'Ack!' everyone startled.
'You know what? Let me do this!' Yoshi wrapped his tongue at the Tenderling and ate it whole, to the gang's surprise. 'Mmm… That was actually delicious! Tastes just like meat!' Yoshi licked his lips.
'Well, taking the fact that it IS a meat, mate.' Donkey Kong pointed out.
'Alright, let's continue searching for Peach.' Luigi said.
Everyone nodded and moved on.
Later…
After wandering a lot in the Flab Zone, the group finally caught up with the molecules still holding Peach.
'There they are! Up there!' Mario pointed.
'Princess Peach is trapped inside! Save her!' Starlow insisted.
'We'll do!' Mario assured.
They jumped up the mushroom-like platforms, walked towards the molecules as Starlow approached, and inspected them before warning:
'Listen, guys… Be careful! I don't think any attack will shake them off… We have to think of some other way to get rid of them…'
'Simple! Luigi, let's do our Spin Jump!' Mario grinned.
'Oh yeah!' Luigi nodded.
The Bros did their Spin Jump at the molecules and one by one, they flew off. They continued spinning until all of the molecules scurried off, freeing Peach, who collapses on the ground.
'Peach… Are you okay?' Mario asked with worry as he kneels down to her.
Peach slowly opened her eyes and stands up.
'What in the world…' Peach breathed.
'Princess Peach! You're okay!' Starlow exclaimed.
'…Ah! You all saved me! Thank you so much!'
'Uh, guys…' Luigi spoke nervously as he points up ahead. 'THEY'RE COMING BACK!'
Everyone looked back and saw six of those molecules coming back in an odd pattern. Just then, some white outlines appeared from them, creating a single body with arms and feet called Alpha Kretin.
'Oh my goodness!' Peach shouted in horror.
Alpha Kretin did a screech as it was slowly approaching them.
'OK, everyone! Let's stop them!' Mario said determined as he stood in his fighting stance.
'Right! I'll guard the princess!' Starlow replied.
'No, let me guard her!' Luigi insisted.
'What? Luigi, YOU want to guard the princess?' Starlow questioned.
'Yes.' Luigi nodded.
'VERY FUNNY!' Starlow hissed.
'But I-…'
Starlow knocked Luigi towards the Alpha Kretin before he could finish. Luckily, he was able to avoid getting hit by it.
The heroes noticed that some Kretins had different colors: two were red, one was green, one was lime-green, one was yellow and two were brown.
'Why are they all in different colors?' Yoshi wondered.
'Hmm… I think we need to hit the ones that matches our colors!' Luigi told them.
'How'd you know that, Luigi?' Mario asked.
'Eh, I just figured it out.' Luigi shrugged.
'Luigi is acting so suspicious… I wonder why?' Mario thought suspiciously before jumping on the red Kretins.
Luigi hit the single green Kretin, who was at the bottom, with his hammer, followed up by Yoshi's Egg Throw at the lime-green Kretin, Wario throwing a Bob-omb at the yellow Kretin, and Donkey Kong's Spinning Kong at the two brown Kretins.
Alpha Kretin materializes a cannon on its right arm and shoots large blue orbs at the heroes, but they countered back with their strongest direct attacks. After that, all of the Kretins turned purplish-blue and disintegrated into Beta Kretins.
The Beta Kretins arranged in a circle around the heroes and one of them glowed blue. The one on the opposite side glowed blue as well and the two glowing Kretins formed an electric laser. The heroes payed attention to the Beta Kretins to avoid that attack by jumping.
Now they had to destroy all of the Kretins to prevent them from becoming Alpha Kretin again. Mario and Luigi stomped two of them, Yoshi performs a Yoshi Bomb at another, Donkey Kong headbutts another and Wario does a Butt Smash (from Mario Strikers Charged) at another one.
However, all of the Kretins that they defeated were 'fake', as the 'real' Kretin changes back into its Alpha Kretin form.
'Not again!' Wario said frustrated.
Now there were only red and green Kretins, which means only Mario and Luigi could attack them. But in order to take all of them at once, they'll need a Bros Attack, which means…
'Time to use the Mighty Meteor!' Mario pulls out the meteor he obtained from the treasure chest.
Mario tosses the meteor into the air as he and Luigi brought out their hammers. The meteor falls down towards Luigi, who hit it with his hammer to send it at Alpha Kretin. The meteor went into the air and falls down towards Mario this time. He hits it at Alpha Kretin with his hammer, and the meteor flies off again. They continued the volleying until Alpha Kretin explodes.
When the meteor hit the ground, it cracked and a Star Candy came out.
'What's this?' Mario picks up the Star Candy.
'It's a Star Candy. It can recover health and energy.' Luigi explained.
'Wait! How do you know that? You and I never saw this item before!' Mario stated. 'Are you feeling okay, Luigi?'
'What? I'm fine, bro!'
'Well, what matters is that we saved the princess.' Yoshi said.
'Fair point.' Mario replied.
'Everyone! Thank you!' Peach thanked. 'I knew you'd save me.'
'It's a pleasure, Peach.' Donkey Kong grinned.
'Listen, Princess Peach… Bowser inhaled everyone. They're all inside his body…' Starlow explained.
'Well, in that case, we must find a way for all of us to escape.' Peach spoke.
'I don't think it will be easy. Especially when trying to escape from someone's body…' Luigi shook his head.
'Well… What to do…' Peach pondered.
'Gosh… Up to now, all I was thinking about was finding Princess Peach…' Starlow facepalmed. 'But now we really need to find a way out of here…'
'I can see another room up ahead.' Wario pointed.
'Maybe that could be a great start…' Starlow stated. 'Let's not waste any more time!'
Everyone went up ahead to the next room. Of course, they're out of luck: there was no way out.
'Hmm… There's nothing but dead ends here… Not an exit to be seen…' Peach pondered.
'Oh…' Starlow breathed. 'Well, again we play the waiting game for some bodily change…'
Back outside…
'NNNGRRRFF!' Bowser was still trying to get out of the hole, but no success. 'Heff heff haah…' he panted. 'Some king I am… Stuck in my own floor… Struggling like a baby…' but then… 'Hey! What's that? I'm all tickly! Feels weird…'
'I HAVE CHORTLES!' suddenly, Fawful's laugh came from nowhere.
Turns out that he, Midbus and Viverna were at the basement right under Bowser's location, with Fawful using a laser gun to blast some sort of ring lasers at Bowser's rump.
'First, your beating of Midbus! And then, the chubbening with the special dishes of tastiness!' Fawful smirked. 'All in my master planning!'
'That voice… Fawful!' Bowser growled.
'Muh muh muh! He is very round. I am amused!' Midbus said.
'YOU SHUT YOUR FACE! What're you doing down there?'
'Oh, I have such chortles! There was a slight changing to my perfect plan!' Fawful replied.
'Plan?!'
'Yes, Fawful said 'plan'.'
'A plan of you, Bowser, inhaling Peach and her five defenders, sending the Mushroom Kingdom into Lord Fawful's hands!' Viverna explained. 'But now for the changing. He needs the princess of the stars, the one who helps granting wishes, who's also trapped inside you!'
'What?! What princess?!' Bowser asked.
'We're talking about Princess Melissa, princess of the Star Realm, a land where the star people watches over the Mushroom World and its residents!'
'WHAT?! Are you serious?!'
'Fawful tells you yes.' Fawful responded. 'So right now I am needing the princess right this instant!'
'Are you insane?!'
'Come out for the playing, Melissa! Come to Fawful!'
Fawful then makes the energy from the laser gun stronger, hurting Bowser in the process.
'GWAAAAACK!' he screamed in pain.
Back inside…
'...Princess Melissa? Who in the world is she?' Starlow questioned.
'I can show you.' Luigi spoke.
'You?' Mario raised an eyebrow.
'Yes. Watch this.'
Luigi stepped in front of the group, and they watched him pulling out a pink rose from his pocket. He held the rose close to his chest and it glowed pink. The glow enveloped his whole body, creating a bright white light. Once the white light faded, what stood there was a princess that looked familiar to Mario.
'I am Princess Melissa, ruler of Star Realm.' She spoke.
'*gasp* no way!' his eyes widened.
'You know her?' Yoshi, Donkey Kong, Wario and Starlow asked in unison.
'Yes! I, Luigi, Sonic, Tails and our younger selves met her in the past in our previous adventure!' Mario explained.
'Oh, that makes sense.' Starlow pointed out.
'Wait, if that Luigi was Melissa, then where's the real Luigi?' Yoshi asked.
'Oh, he's right here.' Melissa directed behind her, and Luigi showed up at one of the mushroom-shaped platforms.
'Hey there!' Luigi waved. 'Melissa pulled me during our battle against the Tenderlings and the Calorites and told me to get into the mucus so that she would take my place.'
'Wait… So you fell into the mucus on purpose?' Mario asked.
'That's right.' Melissa nodded. 'Let me start all over from the beginning. You see, I've been accompanying you all while in different disguises.' She shows the rose that she used to remove her disguise. 'This is my Magical Rose. It allows me to transform into anyone I want. But I can only transform into one different person for one day, so I can't transform into the same person I've already turned into more than two times. This rose is also the key for me to access a shortcut to Star Hill. Now you see, about Toadiko… I was her the whole time.'
'Really?!' all of the boys and Starlow's eyes widened.
'Yep, the real Toadiko was never inhaled inside Bowser.' Melissa shook her head. 'I'll tell you my whole journey…'
Some flashback scenes played in as Melissa starts to explain:
'When I heard about the news of the Blorbs, I went to Princess Peach and told her that if anything goes wrong, we would plan something together. After that, I left Peach's Castle while wearing my black robe so that nobody could recognize me and went to Dimble Wood. There, I hid in the bushes and watched Fawful tricking Bowser in eating a Vacuum Shroom. Once Bowser started to inhale everything, I desperately fled the woods and rushed back to Toad Town.'
The scene shifts to Melissa approaching the castle's gates and she pulled out her Magical Rose for the first time.
'At the castle's gates, I used my Magical Rose to disguise myself as Toadiko. You remember that you guys saw Toadiko warning you about Bowser coming into the castle, right? That was actually me warning you all. Unfortunately, I ended up getting sucked by Bowser.'
The scene shows Melissa, as Toadiko, waking up at Toad Square.
'I woke up in Toad Square and I woke up all of the Toads who have landed in there. During your journey of finding the rest of your friends, I was disguised as Toadiko the whole time. Until, when I and Toadbert left to explore the Nerve Cluster, we ended up getting separated. And that's where when I noticed you coming, I removed my Toadiko disguise and disguised as Toadbert.'
Next, the scene shows the moment when Melissa dragged Luigi to the next room of the Flab Zone.
'After being unrecognizable for so long, I think it was finally time to reveal myself. So I snuck out of Toad Square in my Toadbert disguise as soon as Bowser got chubby, and removed my disguise once I arrived at the Flab Zone. When you were fighting the enemies, I dragged Luigi to the next room and told him that I reasoned with Princess Lipid and stored a treasure containing a gift that I made for you. Once I disguised as him, I requested him to fall into the mucus after I dove in first so that Princess Lipid would pull me out instead.'
The scene shifts back to the group.
'…then I accompanied you all in the rest of the Flab Zone as Luigi, and that's pretty much it.' Melissa finished.
'Wow…' Mario was astonished by that story.
'That's where I finally discovered why that Toadbert we saw at the Nerve Cluster was wearing the same rose brooch as Toadiko!' Luigi concluded. 'Because that was Melissa in disguise!'
'Boy, why in the world did we never notice that the fake Luigi had the same brooch?' Yoshi facepalmed.
'THAT'S why you knew about how to beat the Alpha Kretin and how you knew about the Star Candy!' Mario confirmed.
'Mmhm. The Star Candy is the star people's favorite food. And the Mighty Meteor was a gift from me, but you probably already knew that.' Melissa smiled. 'I crafted it by myself. Also, I'm really glad we were able to meet again since your last adventure.'
'Yes. You weren't kidding when you said you had immortality.'
'Hold on a minute! I don't get it; why were you disguising yourself as different people to begin with?' Starlow asked Melissa.
'Starlow, I did that… To hide myself from Fawful.' Melissa answered in a saddened tone.
'Yes… Melissa is being hunted.' Peach threw in.
'But…why?'
'Because Fawful is looking for the Dark Star…' Melissa replied.
'Dark Star?' Starlow and the boys raised an eyebrow.
'Allow me to tell you its story. Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Donkey Kong, Wario, Starlow… This may shock you…'
Melissa begins to tell the story of the Dark Star:
Long, long ago, a star sleeping deep below the Mushroom Kingdom was dug up… It was not benevolent. It was a frightful star that hid a great evil… The Dark Star. Upon being released, the Dark Star went on a rampage, attacking Toad Town while desperately seeking the seven legendary individuals known as the Star Children.
It was said that if an evil entity find the Dark Star and manages to make it absorb the power of all the seven Star Children, the entire world would plunge into darkness… That evil-hearted entity would rule the world…
Fearing that, the Star Sprites, one of the residents of the Star Realm who watches over the people of the Mushroom World, sacrificed much over many years... They sealed the Dark Star deep under the earth in Toad Town…
The story ends and shifts back to the group.
'With that, only the star people know the tales of the Dark Star and the Star Children for today. Nevertheless, right after the Dark Star was sealed, some few individuals in the Mushroom Kingdom knew about the existence of the Dark Star and the Star Children. After many years have passed, these stories were forgotten and became legends.' Melissa finished.
'Golly…' Luigi was astonished.
'Aha! No wonder that Fawful is trying to find the Dark Star!' Starlow confirmed. 'Wait… Who are these Star Children that you mentioned?'
'The Star Children are seven individuals that possess an extraordinary amount of power. This is because when they were born, seven Magical Stars, the most powerful and rarest stars to ever be born in Star Haven, fell from the skies and landed inside those children. These seven stars were so powerful that if one collects all of them, then the owner would rule the world. Those children already possessed those stars ever since they were newborns. Today, these stars are sleeping deep inside those individuals' hearts, and their power can only be activated when either the ruler of the stars, which is me, or a Star Sprite offers their blessing for that individual, and a golden aura should appear around his or her body.' Melissa explained.
That's where Mario remembered back at the conference when a golden aura surrounded Peach when Starlow gave her blessing.
'Hold on! So the reason Peach glowed in a golden aura when Starlow gave her blessing to her back then is because…' Mario started.
'Because Peach is one of these seven Star Children.' Melissa finished.
'Wow…'
'Oh… Well, we now know one of them. But there are still six more…' Luigi said.
'And collecting all of the stars would make its owner rule the world… No doubt that the Dark Star was hunting for them so badly.' Mario concluded. '…But why would Fawful need you, Melissa? I mean, it's not THAT easy to break the seal.'
'No one can break the seal on the Dark Star sleeping beneath Toad Town… Except me!' Melissa answered in a distressed tone.
This made the five boys and Starlow gasp in complete shock.
'OH NO! THAT REALLY DOESN'T SOUND GOOD!' Yoshi panicked.
'No… If Fawful's going to use the power of the Dark Star and the Star Children, this world will not be the same!' Mario lamented. He then clenches his fist in anger. 'We have to find a way to stop Fawful from reviving the Dark Star before it's too late! So what do you say, guys?' he turned to his friends.
'Yeah!' Luigi, Yoshi, Donkey Kong and Wario nodded.
'I'm afraid that won't be possible…' Melissa sighed in sadness. 'Stopping Fawful's plan right now will be impossible, but we can delay it.'
'Really? How?' Starlow asked.
'That's where my and Peach's plan arrives. I'll use my rose to disguise as Peach, and then I'll pluck one of the rose's petals and hand it to Peach so that she could transform into me. So if this works, Fawful might take Peach instead of me.'
'What?! No! We're not going to lose Princess Peach again!' Starlow refused.
'Look, Starlow, I know you're worried about Peach, but we have to do it! It's better for her to be taken right now instead of me.'
'Oh… I guess you're right, Princess Melissa.' Starlow replied; they had no other choice. 'Please, Princess Peach… Take care.' She flew to Peach.
'I will, Starlow.' Peach assured.
'OWOWOWOWOW!' suddenly, they heard Bowser's scream as the whole place started to shake.
'W-What's going on?!' Luigi panicked.
Then, the shaking stopped.
'Whoa! What was that loud noise?' Yoshi wondered.
'I believe it's time…' Melissa said. 'Fawful must be searching for me. Time to execute our plan.' She turns to Peach. 'Ready, Peach?'
'Ready.' Peach nodded.
Melissa then used the power of her Magical Rose to turn into Peach. She then plucked a petal from the rose and tossed it to Peach, who caught it and transformed into an image of Melissa herself.
'Now let's head to the next room and hope our plan works.' Melissa spoke in Peach's voice.
They all nodded and went up ahead. There, they saw a strange white light above them.
'What's this light?' Starlow asked.
'I think it's Fawful's weapon trying to locate me.' *Melissa answered.
Then, the white light came down a little bit and a yellow hand showed up.
'Oh please, let it work…' *Melissa thought with hope in her heart.
The hand then started to move to the right while pointing downwards, where the five boys were.
'Eh? What's it doing?' Luigi raised an eyebrow.
'I believe it's searching for Melissa…' Mario answered quietly.
The hand then moves to the left, where Starlow, *Peach and *Melissa were. To *Melissa's relief, the hand moved past her. However, the white light went for *Peach and the hand grabbed and disappeared with her.
Back outside…
'YURRRRRRGH!' Bowser screamed in pain as he felt something coming out of him from his bottom.
The white light came out of Bowser's rump…and it landed on Fawful, now struggling with *Peach's weight on his back.
'Gah… Hah… Haaah…' Bowser panted after experiencing the pain he felt.
'Such ruh-rounded chubbening on your buh-body, Bowser! Buh-but Fawful gave you the Puh-Princess Melissa diet!' Fawful exclaimed while struggling with the weight on his back. 'Huh-heavy…' he thought while sweatdropping.
'WHAAAAAT! This guy, I swear!' Bowser growled.
'And nuh-now! All preparations have cuh-completion! At the long last, we buh-begin the fuh-furious Age of Fawful! Duh-don't worry, Buh-Bowser! Suh-soon Fawful will be back for yuh-you!'
Midbus and Viverna brought some sort of treadmill and placed it right under Bowser.
'Buh-Bowser! You are needing to huh-hit the gym!' Fawful finished as he starts to walk, but he had difficulties because of the extra weight. 'Huh-heavy… Muh-Midbus! Help!'
'Huh. You may be my boss, but I ain't carrying that!' Midbus scoffed before he and Viverna walked away.
'Midbus! Viverna! Come! MIDBUS! VIVERNA!' Fawful called for them, but they were already gone, and so he had to carry *Peach all by himself.
Eventually, Bowser fell down to the basement and landed right on the treadmill as it started to move by itself.
'Whuh?!' Bowser started to move his legs on the treadmill involuntarily. 'Huff… Whuff… What in the—Legs running by themselves!' the treadmill begins to move faster. 'Slow down! Too faaaaaaast!' the treadmill moves even faster. 'Noo—WHOOAA!' as he moves and moves over time, Bowser's body begin to catch on fire and also starts to lose weight. 'Really feeling the burn! Smelling the burn too! Wait… Is that ME?! Am I on FIRE?!' just a few seconds later, Bowser's weight was back to normal. 'Whoa! My chub layer! It's all burning up! I'm a MACHINE! BWAHAHAHAHA! Best workout ever!'
Once he was fully back to normal, Bowser jumped off the treadmill, still on fire.
'Hey, now that I think about it, what room is this?' he wondered.
He saw a sign nearby and decided to read it. Unknown to him, he accidentally lit a Bob-omb's fuse.
'What's this thing say… 'BOB-OMB STORAGE DEPOT OPEN FLAMES FORBIDDEN! HIGH EXPLOSIVE DANGER!' …Crud.' Bowser read the sign.
Then, he heard a sparking noise and turned to the right, only to see the lit Bob-omb walking towards MANY Bob-omb crates.
'GAAAAH! WAIT! WAIT! WAAAIIIIIIIIIT!' Bowser panicked.
Too late: the Bob-omb jumped inside one of the crates, lit more Bob-ombs in a chain reaction, and…
*BOOOOOOOOOOOM!*
'AAAAAAAAAHHHH!' Bowser screamed as he was launched straight out of his castle through the roof.
To be continued…
Surprise! The female guide of this story is Princess Melissa, the one who also showed up in my Partners in Time story! If you read my Super Paper Mario story, you might remember that I gave her shape-shifting powers, but it was never explained how she does that, so I added a Magical Rose to make this the item she uses to shape-shift.
Also, note that I added the '*' symbol and bold on Melissa and Peach's names near the end of the chapter. I added that to show that they're in a different body to avoid confusion. And note that every time Melissa disguises as someone else, she'll always speak in that current character's voice.
Finally, I wanted Melissa to be the one who can break the seal on the Dark Star so that not only it makes much more sense (since she's related to the star people) but it is also to make Peach not being the key character for the third time. Think about it: in Superstar Saga, Cackletta needed Peach's voice to awake the Beanstar, and in Partners in Time, the Shroobs are on a rampage against Peach since she was the one who imprisoned the Elder Princess Shroob. For me, this excuse of Peach being kidnapped in these games is getting way too cliché, so I decided to change things a little bit.
Now that we finally know about the Star Children's importance and Fawful's true goal, what will our heroes do next? Find out in the next chapter! Please review.