Mushroom Story | By : Latham02 Category: +S through Z > Super Mario Brothers Views: 15658 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
Disclaimer: I do no own nor claim to own the Mario franchise, nor any Monster Girl related franchise. This was written entirely for entertainment purposes, and no profit was made in its writing. |
By the time the duo had returned to Toad Town, Goommaria had completely calmed down. Sure, she was still leering at every passing male Toad, but now she wasn’t doing it with nearly as much desperation or lust plastered on her face. Mario was feeling pretty good as well until they reached what was left of Toadstool Castle.
Only a gaping hole was left where Peach’s proud fortress once stood, but it was enough to cause Mario to flashback to what had happened there over a week ago.
“It’s not even worth my time to toy with you anymore, Mario. It’s time to end this! Goodnight!” Bowsa’s words replayed in his mind. It took a minute for Goommaria, who was leading way, to notice Mario had suddenly stopped.
“Whoa, hey, is something wrong?” she said, running up to comfort Mario. “Look, I know it’s scary, but we can do this! I know we can!”
Mario just nodded his head and tried to push the dark thoughts from his mind as they continued to walk towards Shooting Star Summit. From a distance, the mountain looked little more than a large hill covered in purple grass that sat behind Peach’s estate, but that changed quickly as they approached it.
The first sign that there was something strange about the place occurred when a star suddenly fell by Mario’s feet. This caused Mario to jump back in surprise, and rub his eyes in disbelief. He thought he had imagined it but, sure enough, more stars started falling as they got closer. Each was roughly six inches across, had five points, and was a transparent yellow.
Goommaria couldn’t help but laugh at Mario’s surprise. “They call it Shooting Star Summit for a reason, you know” she teased. “Don’t worry, they’re intangible, so they can’t hurt you”.
Mario wasn’t that reassured, but continued onwards anyways. As they approached the base of the mountain the stars started falling at an even faster rate, and the clear blue sky turned pitch black. It wasn’t hard navigating the mountain path, though; the stars in the sky were so bright that they could both easily see where they were going.
At the top of Shooting Star Summit Mario found a large stone circle that seemed to be emanating a strange purple light. Around the circle were seven engravings of stars, all surrounding an eighth engraving in the center. Standing in the middle of it was a strange silhouette that seemed oddly familiar to Mario.
Mario stepped closer to get a better look, but even close up it was hard to distinguish any features from the blurry form. However, Mario could discern from the hunch in his back and the shape of his face that he was probably quite old, and that he had a moustache that was even bigger than Mario’s.
“Welcome Mario…we’ve been waiting for you” said the strange figure. Six more silhouettes suddenly appeared from the shadows around them, surrounding the three standing in the circle. Goommaria reflexively put up her fists to try and defend herself, but Mario’s hand on her shoulder let her know that wasn’t necessary.
“We’re the seven Star Spirits” the old man explained as he took his spot in the circle alongside his brethren. “Our job is to grant the wishes of good people from our home in Star Haven. A place high beyond the sky. The other day, Bowsa and her followers invaded our peaceful Star Haven, and they stole our prized treasure, the Star Rod, which we’ve cared for since the beginning of time”.
“The Star Rod is Powerful beyond belief” said another figure with a motherly voice. “It can be used to grant almost any wish. For as long as we can remember, Bowsa has been making wishes like, for instance…’I’d like to trounce Mario’ or ‘I want Prince Peach to like me’. Of course stars ignore such selfish wishes”.
“Bowsa…that fiend” said another figure with a slight German accent. “When she found out we were ignoring her wishes, she came and stole the Star Rod so she could grant her own wishes”.
“Then…why am I still alive?” asked Mario. “If she is all powerful now, why doesn’t she just wish I was dead? Or send me to the moon or somewhere else without air?”
“Even the power of the Star Rod has its limits, and Bowsa has chosen to selfishly hoard most of that power for herself” explained the German Star Spirit. “Soon enough, though, I fear she will wish for more…and then terrible things will happen”.
“It is the responsibility of the seven Star Spirits to keep the Star Rod safe and use it properly” said another with a deep voice. “We must get the Star Rod back from Bowsa and return it to its rightful place. In order to do this, Mario, we need your help”.
“Sadly, you are not strong enough right now to challenge Bowsa” said another Star Spirit, this time with the voice of a young woman. “She has made herself all-powerful by making wishes with the Star Rod. She is terrible to behold!”
“Once we seven Star Spirits are reunited in Star Haven, we can give you the power to fight Bowsa, even with her newfound strength” said a soft, reassuring voice. “With our help, you can prevail!”
“Mario…we are…” began a seventh, fatherly sounding voice, but he was cutoff before could finish his thought. The seven shadowy figures faded for a few moments before returning.
“Alas…we have nearly exhausted our power to talk to you. We are using all of our strength to communicate with you over a great distance. But even now our strength is fading. We’ve been caught and are being held by Bowsa’s followers in different places throughout the Mushroom Kingdom. Please Mario, you must rescue us!”
“In order to take the Star Rod back from Bowsa…and save Prince Peach…we need your help” the elder of the Star Spirits said weakly. “Please Mario…you are our last hope…and we will…”
Without warning, the seven figures faded away again and the glow that encased the top of Shooting Star Summit was extinguished.
“Mario…it looks like things are a lot more serious than I thought…” Goommaria said sullenly. “Do you think the Prince is going to be all right? I’m really worried about him”.
Mario looked up longingly into the night sky, wondering which among all the glittering lights belonged to Prince Peach.
“I am too”.
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