Paper Mario

((Before you read!!)) The pictures are not there to insult your intellect and/or your imagination. Half of this chapter contains unedited dialogue straight from "Paper Mario". A rated E game for the Nintendo 64. I added details and pictures along with the game's dialogue to make sense and give color to a bit of all of it. Did not feel like making you all suffer through some cheesy dialogue from the game. Take it into consideration. Dialogue from the game stops when there are no more pictures, which is half way across the chapter. Pictures will not trend into later chapters. They are only in the Prologue to accommodate for the dialogue seen in the game. Thank you.

Prologue

A Plea From The Stars

Today...

I'm going tell the story of "Star spirits and good wises".

Far, far away, beyond the sky, way above the clouds, it's been said that there's a haven where the Stars live. In the sanctuary Of Star Haven, there rests a fabled treasure called the Star Rod, which has the power to grant all wishes. Using this wondrous Star Rod, the seven revered Star Spirits watched over our peaceful world carefully... very carefully.

And then...

Oh dear... What the...? Who stuck that weird thing into this story?

"Ha ha ha! Yeah! I did!" Bowser proclaimed. "Gwahahahhahahah!! So I can, at long last, beat my archenemy, Mario, I'll take this Star Rod! Do it Kammy!"

"No! You mustn't do that! Yelled one of the Star Spirits.

"Yeah, now lets try using it!" A wave of light emitted from the Star Rod, turning the Star Spirits into cards.

"Bwahahaha. We did it!" Kammy Koopa rejoiced.

"That was a piece of cake."

~~~

The sun shone bright across the sky and into yet another beautiful day. Surrounded by broad trees and several grassy green shrubs, a small yellow house with a red roof stood. In front, a big sign that said "Mario" loomed over it. Across it, a pipe and a mailbox stood.

The mailman Parakoopa, with a green shell and flyer helmet had just swooped in and delivered a message. "Mail call!" He shouted out before departing. Right as he was out of sight, a tall moustachioid man wearing a green hat with an "L" letter on it with green and blue overalls appeared out of the door, scurrying towards the mail. He hurried back to the small house to share the message.

"Hey, Mario! We got a letter from Princess Peach!" He yelled out from across the small hybrid dining room and kitchen towards the bedroom. Another shorter man appeared out of the bedroom, him with an even bigger mustache, red and blue overalls and a red hat with the letter "M" across it. Luigi still held the card in his hand.

"I'll read it to you, OK?" Without further notice, he opened the letter. "All right's see...

Dear Mario and Luigi

I am throwing a party at my castle today! I would be honored if you both could attend. Many guests from distant towns are hoping to meet you. There will be tasty sweets and all kinds of entertainment! I hope to see you here soon!

Sincerely,

Peach

With that, the two set off walking to town, crossing a beautiful pond resting the middle of the town's park. Crossing the nearby shop, and a Dojo with two trainees standing guard of the entrance. They entered the upper district, where Merlon the Soothsayer lay camp and the town's garden. Two citizens where barely moving in and setting up shop. To the right, the post office stood and to the center of it all, two very large doors with a bright golden star in their center. They headed in through the doors and before them stood a grand castle with a large painting of a mushroom at its front. Many of the toads and other party members greeted them as they entered the castle's doors. Luigi pulled Mario aside before they went any further from the entrance.

"What a magnificent castle! I never get used to this place. It looks like lots of guests are already here." Luigi's gaze immediately turn in an about, talking to other guests at the party. Mario got quickly greeted by the reception Toadlette.

"Mario! You're looking well. Please enjoy the party." She turned her attention back to Luigi and they began to converse again. Mario left, going up the flight of carpeted stairs and again being greeted by the guards. Their spears to their shoulders in a graceful pose.

A familiar guard greeted him. "Hello Mario. If you are looking for Peach, she just headed to her private chambers. She must be tired from greeting so many guests. Take it easy, OK?"

With that, Mario went straight through the doors that lead up to a second floor. Many more guests were already there too. The Prime Minister of the castle greeted him as he entered and lead him towards the entrance to the banquet hall. Past that, the room that lead to the private chambers. It was a long hallway with enormous mirrors overlooking the Mushroom Kingdom.

Princess Peach stood in the middle gazing outwards until she noticed his entrance. She placed her hands together. "Oh, Mario! You came to the party to see me! You're so sweet. Thank you. I was just resting a bit, it gets really tiring having to greet so many guests. Nobody will bother us up here. Shall we relax and chat, just the two of us?" Mario nodded his head in approval. "It's a lovely day today, I'm sure it's comfortable on the balcony. Will you accompany me, Mario?"

As the two headed off, just then, the ground began to shake. Tremors began to fill the inside of the castle. Everyone on the first floor managed to escape the castle in panic and few did from the second floor. Just then, the earth began to crack and rise. A giant stone castle with hanging maces began was positioned on the bottom of the castle. It began to rise far into the sky along with the castle, every guest still on board was in pure panic. The windows who overlooked the Mushroom Kingdom were now blackened, beautiful like the night sky, stars glittered in it. Princess Peach went over to edge of the window to look down. They were above the cloud line. Far far into the sky. Then, the shaking finally stopped.

"Oh, are you alright Mario? What in the world was that?" Peach began to wonder. "It's still day time... but I can see the stars!" Just then, Bowser crashed through the window, aloft on his flying machine, sending chunks of glass flying everywhere and accompanied by Kammy Koopa.

"Gwahahahahaha! Long time no see, Princess Peach!" Bowser roared as he said it, filled with unnatural power.

"Bowser... It can't be! It was you who made the ground shake just now, wasn't it! Whatever did you do!"

"GWAHAHAHA! Yeah, that was me. I lifted your castle into the sky! Its sitting on top of mine now. Weren't expecting that, huh? Ha, this castle is under my control now, my dear! Now you'll obey ME!" He began to get closer to the Princess, then Mario rushed in a readied stance in front of Peach to fight Bowser once again. "Huh?! What? It's... Mario!! What a shock! Ha! Not really! I expected you to turn up right on cue. You're just as annoying as ever. Unfortunately for you, there is nothing you can do this time."

Peach seemed unimpressed as ever, her arms folded in disappointment. "Having you learned your lesson by now, Bowser? You can never defeat Mario! Why don't you just give up already?"

"True true, I've had my weaknesses in the past. But now things are different! OK tough guy, let's go!" Mario and Bowser got ready to fight until the last standing.

"You can do it Mario!" Peach encouraged him. Mario kept silent, concentrating on Bowser.

They engaged into fierce battle, a battle of the timeless enemies. Mario's jump was renowned for its strength, like two small jackhammers they said. Bowser's fierce claw attack left small wounds on him. The battle went on for a while, until Bowser finally pulled the cheap trick.

"Good old Mario... always fighting. You're a thorn on my side. But today, your pathetic little attacks won't beat me!" Bowser pulled out the Star Rod and held it out high into the air in an victory pose. "Take a look at this! I stole it from the Star Haven! The Star Rod! This fine piece of work has the power to grant any wish in the whole wide world! And when I use the Star Rod to increase my strength, even you can't beat me, Mario!"

The Star Rod began to shine wildly and suddenly, Bowser was engulfed in florescent lights that emitted pure power. Star shape lights began to disappear as they came out of the rainbow lights covering Bowser and they touched the ground. Bowser did a solitary claw attack, sending Mario back by a few feet trying to regain his ground desperately. It was too much. Mario began to breath heavily, weary of such a strong attack. But Mario would not stop. He jumped once more on the mighty Bowser only to figure out that the coating of lights was harder than diamond itself! Bowser was completely unaffected by his jump.

"Gwahahahaha! Is that all you got? How sad! You'd best take some vitamins, 'cause that didn't hurt at all!" Bowser hit him once more with the claw attack, sending Mario into a peril. There was little life force now left in Mario. One more hit and he would be a goner... "Yeah, just what I expected! Mario is no match for the new me! It's not even worth my time to toy with you anymore. Mario, it's time to end this! Here we go Mario, say good night!"

With that, Mario lay on the ground, defeated at last. "Oh no! Mario! Get up please!" The Princess stood unharmed and in pure shock. How could this have happened?

Bowser laughed and roared. "Gwahahah! Yeah, I finally did it! I beat Mario at last!" He pranced around in joy of finally defeating his life long archenemy. Just as he was celebrating, a small glitter on the floor shone and Bowser suddenly slipped on the red carpet as if it was pulled, sending him flying to the ground face first. Bowser had never been the most clever of evil rulers, so he took no notice of this. As he fell, the Star Rod slid out of his hands and into the air. It landed on the ground in front of Bowser with a heavy clash and an explosion of light. A crack slid through the middle of the star on the Star Rod and everything around them began to distort. Suddenly, several explosions around them began to occur and flashing white lights filled the once beautiful private chambers.

"Kammy Koopa! What is going on!" Bowser roared in desperation as he picked up the broken Star Rod and pointed to the old witch. She too was in a panic as things began to crumble around them.

"I'm not certain, You Vileness. I think that with the Star Rod broken, it might be unleashing all its energy and causing a chain of events to happen! There is no telling what it can do now!" Kammy Koopa began to think heavily.

"Well do something! I'm not about to let my victory be spoiled!"

Kammy finally had an idea. "Take the Princess, I can protect us from whatever happens!" Bowser snatched the Princess up and got as close as possible to Kammy. The Princess was only worried about Mario who would most likely not see the light of day... Kammy Koopa began to cast a large bubble around them. She concentrated hard until finally, it was complete. "That should handle it."

"Do you have the seven star spirits still?"

"Yes your Viciousness." Kammy responded with showing him a stack of seven cards.

The whole castle filled with a bright white light as it blinded Bowser, Kammy, and the Princess and everything fell silent once more.

~~~

Another sunny day for the citizens of Equestria. More specifically, for Canterlot. Today was busier than most, and happier too. After the wedding of Princess Cadence and The Royal Captain of the Guards, Shining Armor, everyone was in a livelier buss than usual. Happy that another great threat was evaded once more. No one could have predicted today's outcome.

The Princesses were busy as usual attending to the concern of their citizens. The day outside was already twilight, and the sun was nearly setting. Both Princesses were awake at this time, a time to greet and relax together with their citizens in a Utopia of peace. Were once at last, everything had returned to normal and no true evil loomed over the land.

Yet... Something was amiss. The stars were now visible again and in the sky, there was a bright star. It shined much... much brighter as it began to get much bigger. It was a meteor... and it was headed straight for the Canterlot castle.

Celestia teleported herself and the guards to safety and out of the castle and Luna did her best to stop the oncoming meteor with her magic, but it seemed unaffected by it.

The meteor landed straight through the Castle's stained glass windows with the picture of the two royal sisters guarding over the land. The ground shook all across Canterlot. For a second, everything stood still. Luna rejoined Celestia outside the castle. The two seemed to have agreed to go investigate as the two departed into the Castle again to observe the damage.

~~~

"Ugh. What happened?" Bowser lay on the singed marble floor, the Star Rod still in one hand and Princess Peach in the other arm, safely unharmed. Bowser let her rest on the ground as he stood up and began observing damages. "W-w-what?! Where's the castle?! Where's my castle?! KAMMY!"He stomped his foot, sending everything in a small radius jumping up as if on a trampoline.

Kammy quickly replied to Bowser as she too was up and about and unharmed. "It seems the explosion sent us somewhere. I am not sure of where we are though, Lord Bowser." She went over the shattered stained glass, once a symbol to the peaceful rule of the world. "Oh... my... Your Dastardliness, take a look at this!" She jumped up in surprise as she looked down from the window.

Bowser impatiently walked over to Kammy. "This better be important. I was just checking out the throne over there and it seems like..." Bowser mouth went agape with the magnificence of the world beyond. The trees were otherworldly as well as the mountains. They were too spiky compared to back at home. Everything seemed so... peaceful... and it disgusted him. "W-where are we?!"

Just that moment, the large doors to the other far end of the room busted open and out came two large beings, with wings and a large horn, one blue as night, the other as bright as day. "You are in the land of Equestria. State your name and purpose as to why you have defiled the sanctity of this castle." The larger white one said.

Bowser was just in all sorts of confusion at this point. He didn't even know what to say.

"Ponies? Ha! This will be too easy. Right, Your Vileness?" Kammy Koopa looked over at Bowser who had his claws to his chin, trying to think of what to do or what to say. "Anyways... You are standing before the lord of terror, the lord of evil, King Bowser himself and his trusted adviser, Kammy Koopa. You'd do well to respect us if you know what's good for you. We now proclaim this land to be ours!"

"You will do no such thing!" The smaller blue one said. "This land shall remain at peace, and we shall keep it that way."

"As you wish." Kammy released an energy beam from her golden wand and it went straight for the two beings at the door. Suddenly, both of them release their own magic beams, counteracting hers and she was quickly overpowered, grounded as she was knocked out of her broom and onto the floor defeated. "Lord... Bowser... they're too strong..."

Bowser finally figured out what was going on. "So... let me get this straight. We are in some other world yatta yatta yatta. You are the peaceful rulers and you want to stop us. Is that it or am I getting something wrong here?"

Kammy slapped her hand to her face. "LORD BOWSER!"

"Oh, right. Gwahahahaha! You might have defeated Kammy Koopa, but even Mario couldn't defeat me!" Bowser gloated his unfair victory. Bowser released a mighty fire breath from the farthest reaches of his stomach. The two beings quickly counteracted the fire breath with the magic of their own, and Bowser too was overcome as easily as Kammy. Bowser arrogantly got back up, unprepared to lose and unwilling. "No matter! Because I still have this!" He held out the broken Star Rod before them.

"But Lord Bowser, it broke remember! It has no energy left in it!" Kammy warned him.

"Oh...." The two beings shot another mixed beam of energy towards Bowser. In desperation, he held out the Star Rod before him. As it hit, the Star Rod suddenly became lit with blinding light. Something was happening. "Kammy, what's happening now?!"

"How should I know?!" She yelled back at him.

The Star Rod released a huge wave of energy, sending the two beings onto their knees. The gash in the middle of the star on the Star Rod was gone! Kammy quickly joined Bowser's side once again.

"Your Vileness! It seems that the Star Rod is supposed to take in the hopes and wishes of the citizens. It seems to be affected by the citizens in this world as well! The Star Rod is beginning to empower itself!" Kammy Koopa tried to explain.

"So things will go as planned then? If I couldn't rule the Mushroom Kingdom, then I will rule over this world then! Bwahahaha!" He held out the Star Rod as a large amount of mystic energy began to empower both it, and Bowser. Suddenly, it shot a blue light out of it that went straight through the open doors of the castle, disappearing out of sight. Bowser was befuddled by the whole ordeal but dismissed it all the same.

"We won't let you! Our magic together is strong and we will stop you!" The large white being said. The two ponies got up onto all fours again and united their horns. A large white beam filled the throne room as it engulfed Bowser and Kammy.

Then, the beam dispersed and Bowser roared as he was now engulfed in florescent rainbow colors. "Your petty magic is not enough to defeat me. As long as I hold this Star Rod, I am invincible. This world... is mine!"

~~~

Another picnic ensued with Twilight and friends as they laughed and told stories of what they had done that day. It was another peaceful day. All was well. The cows grazed in peace, small plush clouds aloft the sky, the town buzzing with activity. Never a better time to rejoice after a hard fought day and partied night like the day after the grand wedding of Twilight's brother and foalsitter.

"Sorry again Twilight, we should have known better than to doubt you, especially with something as important as you're brother's wedding." Rarity began and every pony else seemed to agreed.

"I already said that it's alright girls. Besides, its all in the past now and we were able to drive Chrysalis away from taking over Equestria. Everything is back to normal." Twilight said meekly.

The conversation would have continued, but just then, the ground began to tremble. It was a horrific feeling. It made Twilight uneasy as if she could almost sense something was terribly amiss. Now she knew what it felt to be Pinkie sometimes. Just as she had thought, the trembling fell to silence again. One of her friends gasped in horror. She looked over to where all of her friends where now staring at. All that was left of Canterlot was a crater on the side of a mountain. Canterlot had disappeared...

~~~

"Okay so uh... what do we do now?" Bowser said confused, standing over the two defeated ponies in a victory pose.

Kammy Koopa slapped her face again. "We take over this world. First, by getting rid of this Castle. You know, like back at the Mushroom Kingdom." Kammy had run out of patience.

"Oh, that's right. Gwahahahaha!"