Power of the Stars

Mario reached into his pocket and managed to grab a weapon, his trusty hammer, something he'll never leave without. The red-clad plumber jumped up, hammer raised. The Koopa standing in front of the group cowered and hid in his shell.

Luckily for the koopa, Mario only taunted him and hit the ground with his hammer. While he was still in the shell, Luigi jumped up and kicked the shell, hitting the Goombas standing around. One of the brown creatures jumped and dodged the moving shell in time. The shell stopped once it bounced off a building, the Koopa inside it popped out, dizzy from having ben spun around so many times and so fast.

The lone Goomba charged ahead after Luigi. The plumber, not afraid of the minion, jumped up and managed hit the Goomba on the head, squishing his head. "Oh man..." sighed the Goomba in annoyance, having this happen to him yet again. He tried to run away before the Mario Bros. could finish the job like his brethren before him.

The Magikoopa left standing performed a spell with his wand and aimed it at the Mario Brothers. Mario of course used his cape to reflect the spell back at the wizard. Luigi, while the Magikoopa was distracted, grabbed his own hammer and hit the Magikoopa on the head, stunning him for a moment. The green-clad plumber then jumped away from the dazed wizard.

In that moment, the spell that was reflected managed to hit the Magickoopa, turning himself into a Goomba. "Aw..." sighed the transformed creature. "You may have won this time, Mario and Luigi. But King Bowser will have a plan that will destroy you once we retrieve the other Power Stars!"

Somehow managing to use and wave his wand despite having no hands, the Magikoopa warped himself and the minions away from Ponyville. Once they were gone, Mario and Luigi high-fived each other. "Oh yeah!" they both shouted at their temporary victory.

"It's-a great to see you again, bro!" the red-clad plumber said sincerely.

Luigi nodded, "I'm-a glad I found you. What have I-a missed?"

"Not alot. I was-a looking for you and Yoshi." Mario explained.

"Yoshi is-a missing too? Where could he have-a possibly gone?" Luigi wondered.

"This-a castle's huge!"

Luigi faced the ceiling of Twilight's castle, "This place is-a bigger than Peach's Castle!" he noted. "But why are we-a here, bro?"

"It-a is. I want-a to introduce you to-a my new friends." said Mario, "They should-a already be-a here."

Mario and Luigi opened the gianr doors, leading them into a strange room unlike the others. This room had a large crystal table lying in the middle of it, surrounded by seven chairs, and on the ceiling were tree roots, which seemed to be there for a while.

"Hello!" said Mario.

"Mario?" asked Twilight, "Who is this?"

"I'm-a Luigi, numbah one!" Luigi introduced himself with a thumbs up and a smile.

Mario wrapped an arm around Luigi's shoulder, "This is-a my brother, Luigi!"

"Your brother?" Rainbow questioned.

"Yep!"

"I-Is he someone you were looking for?" Fluttershy wondered.

Mario nodded, "Mm hmm! He and I got-a separated. Now we're-a only missing Yoshi. If only I knew where he could-a be at..." he sighed, wondering where his friend wound up in.

"How did you two even end up here?" asked Rarity. "It seems odd that you would show up here after those strange stars fell from the sky merely a few days ago."

"We were-a chasing our enemy Bowser, who-a kidnapped Princess Peach again," Mario began to explained, "Suddenly, a portal opened up and we were-a taken in. I woke up and that's-a when Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie-a found me, and they already had a Power Star in their-a possession."

"What about you, Luigi?" Applejack asked, "Where were ya when Mario was here?"

"I-a woke up in some forest. And I-a forgot who I was, I think I hit-a my head while I-a fell. Bowser's-a minions told me to fight you to get-a Mario easily and conquer this-a world. We-a stopped them before they could-a do anymore damage to the town." Luigi brought in his own side of the story, explaining how he ended up fighting his brother.

Rarity put a hoof under her chin, "So, this Bowser creep kidnapped a princess and is planning to conquer our world as well? Why I never!" she huffed.

"Exactly! We need to-a find Yoshi soon! He can-a help us find the proncess before it's-a too late!" Mario declared and faced his brother, "Are you-a ready to help, Luigi?"

"As long as it's not-a too scary, then I am!" Luigi announced.

"Aw yeah! Where are we going first?" Rainbow wondered, "We gotta go somewhere... Right?"

"Sorry, Mario and Luigi. But we don't even know where to begin looking for the missing Power Stars, or where this Yoshi person is even at." Twilight apologized.

"It's-a fine. I'm sure-a Yoshi can handle himself a little longer." Mario responded with a tip of his cap.

"But what do we-a do in the meantime?" asked Luigi.

Twilight decided to speak first, "We can show you around Ponyville at least now that the two of you are reunited. I can attempt to create a tracking spell to find the Power Stars and maybe along the way we'll find your Yoshi friend." she explained, lighting up her horn.

"Okey dokey!" Mario agreed.

"Why do I even bother aith you morons!?"

Bowser shouted at his minions, who failed to destroy Mario or retrieve the Power Stars in his possession. "Let me get this straight? You not only didn't get the stars there, but now he has another one with him and his annoying brother!?" he asked while crossing his arms, "This is why I do all the hard work myself!"

"W-We're sorry, Lord Bowser!" studdered a Koopa.

Bowser grunted, "Ya darn right you are! Kamek!"

The helpful Magikoopa hovered into the room, "Yes, your burly buffness?" he wondered.

"Open a portal. We're bringing Junior here and having him keep an eye out for Mario. Then, once I get the stars, this world and the Mushroom Kingdom will belong to me!"

"But what will Junior do exactly?" Kamek questioned.

Bowser chuckled, "It's simple. He'll come here, then I'll make sure that he stays quiet about this, a challenge I know. Then when Mario and Luigi least expect it... Bam! We take the stars they have right from under their giant noses and get the ones we're missing!" he announced his plan, slamming his fist right into his palm in a dramatic manner. "It's diabolical!"

In her cell, Peach overheard the plan, and she whispered, "Mario, Luigi, Yoshi. Please hurry."