Super Mario's Lost Adventure: Equestrian Chronicles

*Palace of Shadow*

Mario finally stood before the Shadow Queen. He had gathered each and every one of the seven Crystal Stars.

He defeated Hooktail and recovered the Diamond Crystal Star.

He helped the Punies take back the Great Tree and recovered the Emerald Crystal Star.

He became the champion of the Glitz Pit and received the Gold Crystal Star.

He put an end to the mystery of Twilight Town by defeating Doopliss, and earned the Ruby Crystal Star.

He defeated the ghost pirate known as Cortez and recovered the Sapphire Crystal Star.

He took the 3 day train ride to Poshley Heights and earned the Garnet Crystal Star.

He recovered the Final Crystal Star from the X-Nauts by reaching their moon base and defeating Lord Crump and his Magnus Von Grapple 2.0.

Using the Crystal Stars, he opened the Door said to have been closed for 1,000 years and overcame every trial that the Palace of Shadow could throw at him.

“Destroy these impudent fools!” Commanded Grodus, who had previously escaped the encounter with Mario because of Bowser’s interruption.

“Who are you that would command me?” Questioned the Shadow Queen, who only looked at Grodus with a face of cockiness.

“What?! I thought you had to obey the one who set you free?! Just do what I say and destroy them!” Grodus was furious while confused, believing that if the Queen was set free, she was bound to obey the one who set her free.

The Shadow Queen merely raised her hand at him as lighting struck him with a great intensity, reducing him only to the helmet he was wearing.

“Silly mortal, you would have done well to have held your tongue than to have attempted to give me orders and do YOUR bidding.” The Shadow Queen laughed as she looked onto the trio that stood before her.

The Shadow Sirens had appeared from what seemed to be the ground, as they tend to travel, along with Doopliss, now considered a Shadow Siren.

“My Queen…” stated Beldam.

“Ahh Beldam, what ages have passed? Was it you that brought this body before me?”

“Yes my Queen,” Beldam started, “it was all part of our glorious plan to release you, we searched for a woman that best suited your power and had a fool go and retrieve each of the Crystal Stars to break the seal and finally reawaken your power.”

“Yes, very good, you have served me well…” The Shadow Queen said. “But who are these mortals that stand before me? They don’t appear to possess very much power, except for that red fool in the overalls. Something resonates from him which I’ve not seen, while I can sense the firey aura he has about him, I sense something stronger… ”

Each of Mario’s allies stood behind him.

“I have a proposition for you mortals,” continued the Shadow Queen, “serve me as my slaves and I shall allow you to live as I conquer the world you once knew.”

Mario’s allies looked at him.

“We’re with you Mario, I know you will do what is right and stop this witch.” Stated Goombella, Mario’s most reliable ally and first friend he made upon his arrival to Rogueport.

Mario held his fighting stance refusing the Shadow Queen’s offer.

“So you defy me, very well, I will deal with you petty mortals and continue my reign of this little world of yours.” The Shadow Queen stated as she prepared to fight the heroes.

Mario jumped forward and the battle commenced.

The Shadow Queen stared at her red clad opponent and all of his friends.

“This new body is not yet accustomed to my power, but it will be enough to stomp you out of existence,” the Shadow Queen said, confident that she was unstoppable.

Mario ran forward and bounced off of her head several times, one of his signature moves known as Power Bounce, dealing a few decent blows to start the battle right.

Koops huddled down into his shell and Mario kicked him with all his might at the Shadow Queen, who merely laughed at the attempt.

“You’re going to wish you had chosen to be my slaves, mortals,” The Shadow Queen stated as she lifted her hand and struck lightning down on the heroes.

Mario was the target for this attack but he did not falter. He dashed forward and slammed his hammer down on the queen, the force was so great it bounced him into the air for a secondary jump attack where he bounced off of her head back to his position.

The Queen unleashed all hell of the lightning magic that she possessed and continued to pound the heroes with bolts, however, Vivian, being a Shadow Siren herself, dove into the ground and out to the Shadow Queen for a punch that set the Queen ablaze.

The Shadow Queen looked unimpressed.

“You think you’ll be able to beat me? Your petty attacks are nothing to a being such as myself.”

She lifted both hands into the air and suddenly a hoard of undead hands rose from the floors and attacked the heroes, much like a stampede.

The heroes were starting to take a beating but Mario had an idea.

He lifted his hands into the air and suddenly the Sapphire Crystal Star appeared, and he used its magic to cure the heroes.

Again, the Shadow Queen looked unimpressed.

They continued to exchange blows when Mario pulled out the Gold Crystal Star, which boosted their might and durability temporarily.

With this boost, they were able to weaken the Shadow Queen slightly more than they thought they would be able to.

“Cute party tricks, but now you will parish as I take on my true form.” She said as she collected all of her energy and transformed into the Witch that she truly was.

“Still feel like you can defeat me? In this form, all of your attacks are mere child’s play, and I can sit here and laugh as you try and try again.”

Bobbery ran up to the queen, fuse lit, as he detonated himself close to her position and flew back to his original, realizing that she came out unscathed.

The heroes were in awe as they started to throw everything they could at her while she only sat and laughed at their countless attempts to injure her.

“What did I tell you? You are only wasting your time and mine, now you will parish!” The Shadow Queen charged up every ounce of energy she had and unleashed it upon them, leaving the heroes nearly collapsing.

Almost all hope was gone at this point when Mario, still standing, noticed that the Crystal Stars were hovering around him.

“What are they doing?” Inquired Goombella, still injured from the previous attack.

Nothing else could be said as the Stars all flew out to the lands that Mario had been before he collected them in the first place, Poshley Heights, Twilight Town, Keelhaul Key, each place he had been to when he obtained each Star.

The townsfolk observed as the stars would land in the center of their village, and listen as the Stars were telling them that Mario was in a fight against The Shadow Queen to save the world.

Each village began to chant for Mario to win the fight and stop the evil.

Many voices could be heard in the room that Mario and The Shadow Queen were battling in. “You can do it Mario!” “You’re the best and you’ll defeat her!” “Go get ‘em Gonzales!”

All of the positive energy began to show Princess Peach as she was slightly able to break free of the hold that the Shadow Queen had on her.

“Mario…” Princess Peach’s strength was draining fast. “Take the energy I have left in me…only you can defeat her…I know you can do it…”

No sooner had the group listened to Peach, they were all cured of the wounds they had received from the Shadow Queen and their strength had been restored.

Things were starting to turn for the better.

The Shadow Queen was still very unimpressed.

“You will not be able to defeat me, a few annoying voices blaring in my chamber is not going to be what saves you, puny mortals.”

Suddenly Goombella was now full of excitement. “We can do this, Mario! Now let’s put an end to her “reign” once and for all!”

The true battle was about to begin.

Somewhere far out into the breaches of space, or the moon, rather, mechanical sounds could be heard, gears whirring and servos powering up.

Another sound could be heard, but it sounded like the voice of a computer:
“DEFENSE PROTOCOL INITIATED”