Power of the Stars

Mario slurred, finally gaining back consciousness. 'What-a happened...?' he thought, 'Why was-a there a portal in the way?' he wondered, remembering that Bowser was escaping and he, Luigi and Yoshi followed him into some rift of sorts, leading them to who knows where. Deciding that he wasn't going to get much done sitting down, the plumber decided to open his eyes.

And the first thing that he was a pink face staring right at him.

"Mama mia!" screamed Mario, hopping backwards in surprise. He noticed that the person staring at him wasn't a person, or even a Toad, but it appeared to be a horse of sorts. He stood up and noticed that next to the pink horse was a yellow one with wings, who appeared to hide behind their mane. "Um... Hello!" he tried to greet, wondering how to assess this situation.

"Hi!" said the pink horse, "My name's Pinkie Pie and that's Fluttershy! What's your name?" she asked loudly.

"Mario." said the red clad plumber.

"Um... What are you? You don't look like a creature seen in Equestria..." questioned Fluttershy.

"Well-a, I'm a human from the-a Mushroom Kingdom!" Mario revealed, pointing at himself. "You-a said this was called-a Equestria?" once he saw the mares nod, he continued, "I'm-a sorry, but I've never-a heard of Equestria before." he added.

Pinkie gapsed, "What do you mean you've never heard of Equestria before?"

Shaking his head, Mario answered, "I'm from a different world. I would-a have heard of Equestria if that-a wasn't the case." he looked down to see the small crater he created upon landing. "Anyway, it's all-a nothing new for me. There are-a plenty of stranger places I've-a been too, that's for sure."

"You're from another world?" asked Fluttershy.

Mario put a finger on his chin, "I believe-a so as far as-a I'm aware..." his mind trailed off, remembering the events that led to him arriving in this new world, "Ah! Luigi! Where-a is he?" he asked worridly.

"Um... Who's Luigi?"

"My-a brother!" replied the redclad plumber.

"You have a brother?" questioned Pinkie.

Nodding, Mario turned his head, "Yes. But I do not-a see him anywhere..." he sighed. "And Yoshi's gone... Along with Bowser and the princess. I'm-a on my own for now. I-a have to find them as soon as-a possible. I can only-a hope that they're somewhere-a safe as well as the princess."

"Wait..." muttered Fluttershy, making Mario stop, "We saw some stars land in different areas... And different colored things land as well." she revealed. "W-We have no idea where they went though. Sorry..."

"It's-a fine." comforted Mario with a smile. "Now, you also mentioned stars?"

Pinkie's mouth opened, "Oh yeah! Like this!" she yelled, showing Mario the strange star she was holding earlier.

Thr plumber immediately held it, "A Power Star? How did you-a get your hooves on this?!" he asked in disbelief, "These are only from-a my world!"

"These also fell down around Equestria! Luckily I managed to grab one!" explained the pink pony, "Fluttershy and I were going to see if Twilight could find out what it was, but then you crashed over here, and then we thought to check if you were all right and then we did and here we are!"

"How long ago?" asked the plumber.

Fluttershy raised a brow in confusion, "Um... What do you mean?"

"When did this-a happen?"

Pinkie inhaled, ready to speak once more, "Well, the stars fell down a few weeks ago, but I didn't find one until today and then you were in the sky along with a bunch of other comets and then they probably all landed in different spots kind of like you did over here!" she explained as fast as she could. "Does that help?"

Nodding, Mario sighed, "A little... Now... Can you-a help me get around this place? If what-a you said was true, then my-a friends are-a here too. Along with an enemy... And there is no way I'd be-a able to find them on my own."

"A-An enemy?" the pegasus gulped.

"Yes. But he shouldn't be able to do much-a harm like this. He has-a no army in this dimension." assured the redclad hero, waving his hand.

"Ooh! Can we take you to meet Twilight?" Pinkie wondered.

Mario scratched the back of his head, "Um... Sure. Who is she again?"

"She's only the smartest pony ever!" the pink pony declared.

'Oh, if only E. Gadd were here.' the plumber thought, remembering the scientist back in his world.

"Do you want to come? Y-You don't have to..." Fluttershy offered.

"I-a will. Let's just-a hope the other ponies are all friendly."

"Oh don't worry! Everypony's a friend in Ponyville!" Pinkie Pie assured the uneasy plumber. Mario smiled at her words, "We'll take you to meet Twilight right now! She'll definitely be surprised to see you."

Mario tipped his cap, "Okey dokey!" he cheered.

"Grah!"

Bowser clenched his aching head, seeing his Clown Copter still intact. "Stupid rift! That wasn't part of the plan!" he groaned, getting to his feet. He noticed that Peach was still in the copter, still unconscious from the fall. "At least she's still here. Makes things a lot easier for me..." he said.

The Koopa King took a step forward, noticing that he was in a forest, "Hm... The Power Stars did their jobs. Took me to another world. I can only hope the Troop did their jobs and kept a spare rift just in case." he said. He turned back to his craft and pushed it up. He knocked on it and then hopped in it, testing the controls. "Alright it's still working. Good. I just got this thing paid off like a week ago for the third time. That would've stunk." he chuckled lightly to himself.

"Now. I gotta check on the Koopa Cave to see if the Troop did their job right." he said, turning on his Clown Copter. The hovercraft began to fly in its spot, once Bowser pressed another button, the copter began to get through the forest, to the coordinates Bowser told his army to head to. 'Finally. It's all comin' to plan. The pesky plumber won't know what hit them once I find all of the Power Stars within this dimension!'

Bowser's thoughts were stopped as he heard the sound of moaning. Turning his head, he spotted Princess Peach waking up. "Oh my... Where am I?" her eyes widened upon realizing that she never left the Clown Copter with Bowser. "Oh no..." she gasped, seeing the Koopa King.

"Morning, Princess. Quite the surprise isn't it?" the turtle asked.

"Wh-Where's Mario?"

Laughing, Bowser replied, "No clue! We all got separated in the rift! Luckily, you're still here! We're on the way back to the lair! It'll be fun! Heck, I'll even bring Junior here if I have the time!"

Peach gasped again and she held onto the edge of the hovercraft, "MARIO! LUIGI! HELP ME!"