\u201cThe first question then becomes,\u201d mused Marie, \u201cwhere do we start?\u201d The heroes stopped in their tracks when they realized they had no foggy idea where to begin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWell, er\u2026\u201d stammered Mario.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019d say we start by learning more about the Elemental Princesses,\u201d answered Zelda. \u201cDuring the passing of a comet, a book landed in the gardens of Hyrule Castle. My father took it in and had his people translate it, since the language used was an ancient one.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026Funny,\u201d muttered Rosalina, \u201cI lost a book on the Elemental Princesses a while ago. I have other books on the individual Princesses, but the knowledge would be confusing without the book I lost. Perhaps we should start in Hyrule Castle and see if Zelda\u2019s book is the same one I lost.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThen let\u2019s get to Hyrule Castle!\u201d declared Mario. \u201cLink, you\u2019ve still got that flute thing, right?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Ocarina of Time?\u201d asked Link. \u201cYeah, but\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThen take us to Hyrule Castle!\u201d interrupted Peach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBUT,\u201d continued Link, \u201cI never learned any song that could warp us to the castle directly. I can get us to the nearest area, Kakariko Village, but that\u2019s about it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOh, yeah,\u201d winced Zelda. \u201cThat song was lost a long time ago. That\u2019s why I never taught you it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWell then, I guess we\u2019re walking to Hyrule Castle,\u201d sighed Samus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLink, if you please,\u201d directed Mario. Link pulled out a blue ocarina and put it to his lips. He then played a haunting song and the whole group vanished in light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The heroes reappeared in front of a small alcove in a graveyard, leading to a temple. Zelda shuddered. \u201cThis place, the Temple of Shadow, was NEVER a good part of Hyrule\u2019s history,\u201d she gulped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhy\u2019s that?\u201d asked Marie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis was where the Hyrule Royal family tortured its enemies,\u201d explained Zelda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c…Torture?!\u201d gulped Peach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMy ancestors were savages,\u201d remarked Zelda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis way!\u201d called Link. He led everyone out of the graveyard and towards Kakariko Village. As they walked, everyone noticed that the villagers were watching them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026Are they\u2026usually this suspicious?\u201d asked Donkey Kong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNo,\u201d replied Link. \u201cSomething\u2019s not right.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWHAT THE?!\u201d yelped Mario. He ripped a poster off a home\u2019s wall. The poster was a wanted poster with Mario\u2019s face!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat in the name of Hylia\u2026?\u201d muttered Zelda. She turned to a little girl. \u201cWhat crime has my friend committed?\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSome friend!\u201d snapped the girl. \u201cWhy are you friends with someone who keeps painting graffiti?!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHow is that possible?\u201d asked Zelda. \u201cMario was in the Mushroom Kingdom with me this whole time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWith all due respect, Your Highness,\u201d called the girl\u2019s mother, \u201cyou are being deceived. We all saw this\u2026Mario character using some sort of paintbrush to spread goop of various colors across the village!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNot again,\u201d sighed Mario.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMa\u2019am, I can personally promise you,\u201d assured Peach, \u201cMario was nowhere near your village!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDOGGONE VANDAL!\u201d called an old man as he stumbled up to the heroes. \u201cI don\u2019t know what you\u2019re trying to accomplish, but this graffiti nonsense must stop! People are sinking into the goop! I tell you, if you don\u2019t\u2026!\u201d The old man stopped as he peered closer to Mario. \u201cWait a minute, shouldn\u2019t you be a shadow person?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cShadow person?\u201d asked Daisy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYeah, and where\u2019s his brush?\u201d quizzed the old man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSir, we have reason to believe,\u201d answered Zelda, \u201cthat someone\u2019s impersonating Mario.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd we have a good idea who,\u201d supplied Mario.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe do?\u201d asked Link.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere was a similar situation back in my world on an island called Isle Delfino,\u201d explained Mario. \u201cBowser Jr. stole a brush from a scientist, Professor Elvin Gadd, and disguised himself as me to pollute the island and cause the island\u2019s guardians, the Shine Sprites, to vanish.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou think Bowser Jr.\u2019s trying again?\u201d guessed Rosalina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt sounds like it,\u201d replied Mario.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThen we need to stop him!\u201d declared Diddy Kong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEveryone, we WILL handle this crisis, I promise!\u201d Zelda assured the villagers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHELP!\u201d called an old woman. \u201cTHE GOOP\u2019S MADE A MONSTER!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cProto Piranha!\u201d yelped Mario.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhere\u2019s the monster?!\u201d called Link as he drew his sword.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBy the windmill!\u201d replied the old woman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cCome on!\u201d called Link. The heroes dashed to the windmill and found a mound of green and yellow goop with a large tendril in the center with a pair of jaws on the end. Villagers were throwing what they could at the monster, the Proto Piranha, but nothing affected the thing. It just shrugged the attacks off. The Heroes turned to Mario for guidance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe only thing that defeats it,\u201d he explained, \u201cis a steady stream of water into its mouth.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cA pity you don\u2019t have that F.L.U.D.D. device,\u201d taunted a voice. At that moment, the Shadow Mario that the old man talked about stepped forward. He held the brush in his hand as if it were a sword.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBowser Jr., this nonsense must stop!\u201d declared Peach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI had flashbacks from Isle Delfino!\u201d supplied Mario. Shadow Mario laughed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI figured you would,\u201d he purred. \u201cThat tape didn\u2019t achieve my desired effect, but, then again, I suppose it was to be expected.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026Bowser Jr.?\u201d asked Mario. Shadow Mario wasn\u2019t talking like a child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI suppose that assumption has merit, but no, I\u2019m not Bowser\u2019s son,\u201d replied Shadow Mario. A dark cloud surrounded him and shrouded him. It soon faded to reveal\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGANONDORF?!\u201d called Link and Zelda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGood to see you, my friends,\u201d greeted Ganondorf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHow did you get that brush?!\u201d demanded Peach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBowser Jr. loaned it to me,\u201d explained Ganondorf. \u201cIn exchange, I taught him how to use a few spells. He became quite proficient in them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGanondorf, listen!\u201d called Mario. \u201cThat brush is a Gadd device! It was never meant to bring harm!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnything can be a weapon,\u201d remarked Ganondorf. \u201cNow, I know you\u2019re trying to fill in the gaps of your knowledge concerning the Elemental Princesses, so I intend to burn that particular book. I would wish you farewell, but that would be counterproductive to the reason I made the Proto Piranha in the first place. At least TRY to put up a fight without F.L.U.D.D.\u201d Ganondorf then vanished in a cloud of black and purple smoke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis is bad!\u201d groaned Mario. \u201cThe only thing that can defeat a Proto Piranha is a steady stream of water shot into its open mouth! You\u2019d have to do it three times!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMaybe the Song of Storms will help!\u201d suggested Link.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHe said STEADY stream,\u201d reminded Zelda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBesides, that would really hurt us!\u201d called Pearl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWell, we have to do SOMETHING!\u201d argued Link. \u201cWe can\u2019t just\u2026!\u201d That was when the Proto Piranha fired a stream of goop from its mouth!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat\u2019s new!\u201d yelped Peach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThey never did that before?!\u201d called Donkey Kong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGuys!\u201d shouted Diddy Kong. \u201cThere\u2019s someone trapped in the goop!\u201d The Heroes could make out a tuft of something blue and hair-like poking out of the goop surrounding the Proto Piranha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNow we REALLY need to clean up the mess!\u201d groaned Luigi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI have an idea!\u201d called Daisy. She then turned to the villagers. \u201cEveryone! We need buckets of water! We have to clean the goop here!\u201d The villagers wasted no time in collecting water. While Daisy organized the water efforts, the rest of the Heroes did what they could to keep the Proto Piranha distracted. Samus activated her power suit and fired her arm cannon. Unfortunately, the Proto Piranha shrugged it off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGood grief, even energy blasts?!\u201d protested Samus. Daisy had gotten the villagers to clear away the goop so she could pull whoever was in there out of it. As she reached into the goop and grabbed the person, a sense of filthiness ripped through her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cUgh, GROSS!\u201d she gagged. She then took deep breaths. \u201cOkay, here goes!\u201d She got a hold of the person and pulled them out. While dirty, one could see that the person was a plump woman with blue hair and clothes and a currently disgusted expression on her face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWater!\u201d she gulped in disgust. Daisy got her a bucket of water. The woman then moved her arm in a fluid fashion. The water in the bucket then floated out and hovered over the woman. The woman then stopped her arm and the water just splashed onto her, getting rid of the goop. The woman sighed in relief. \u201cMuch better,\u201d she whispered. \u201cMy thanks, Ms. \u2026erm\u2026I\u2019m sorry, I don\u2019t know your name.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHi, I\u2019m Daisy!\u201d Daisy replied on instinct. \u201c\u2026Really gotta work on that. Anyway, are you one of the Elemental Princesses?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI wish,\u201d chuckled the woman. \u201cI\u2019m just her teacher. Though, I\u2019m no less powerful than her.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWell, if you\u2019re a master of water, we could use you,\u201d explained Daisy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDaisy, are you done talking to her?!\u201d protested Callie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cShe\u2019s the Water Princess\u2019 teacher!\u201d called Daisy. \u201cI think she may be just what we need to get rid of that thing!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019ve done battle with it before,\u201d replied the woman. \u201cI was unsuccessful.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWell, the Proto Piranha,\u201d explained Mario, \u201cneeds a steady stream of water shot into its mouth three times before it melts and evaporates.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIn that case, round 2 will be infinitely better,\u201d declared the woman. She used the remaining water buckets as her weapon, using fighting moves resembling Tai Chi to control where the water went. The woman waited until the Proto Piranha opened its mouth to spew goop before launching a steady stream of water. The instant the water entered its mouth, the Proto Piranha roared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat\u2019s it! Again!\u201d cheered Mario, feeling a sense of progress. The woman struck again at the Proto Piranha\u2019s open mouth, making it roar. \u201cOne more will do it!\u201d called Mario. The woman struck the open mouth for the final blow and the Proto Piranha gave off a death rattle before the mouth and neck collapsed into its mound body and the mound of goop evaporated, taking all the graffiti with it. The windmill then appeared before a small blue star with a pair of eyes appeared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cA Water Star!\u201d breathed the woman. \u201cSo, they\u2019re taking the Elemental Stars too. Smart, they\u2019re starting their plan on the right path.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWater Star?\u201d quizzed Daisy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cCan\u2019t say as I\u2019ve heard of it,\u201d rumbled Donkey Kong as he reached for the star.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWait!\u201d yelped the woman. \u201cDon\u2019t touch it! It will\u2026!\u201d Donkey Kong took the star into his hand and examined it. Every Hero got a chance to touch it and examine it. \u201c\u2026turn you into\u2026water?\u201d mumbled the woman, finishing her warning weakly. \u201c\u2026Impossible! I thought only the Legendary Heroes and my other Knight friends could\u2026I mean, unless you were\u2026but you CAN\u2019T be!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat are you talking about?\u201d asked Link. The woman shook her head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNever mind,\u201d she declared. \u201cWe must save my fellow Knights! There are a group of people wishing to kidnap our Princesses and they\u2019ve incapacitated us all!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThose people are our main nemeses, Aqualixar\u201d explained Rosalina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cRosalina,\u201d chuckled the woman. \u201cIt has been too long! These are your friends?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIn every sense of the word,\u201d replied Rosalina. She then turned to the Heroes. \u201cEveryone, I\u2019d like you to meet Aqualixar, the Knight of Water from the Blue Galaxy Sector of the universe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019d ask for your names, but my fellow Knights are in danger,\u201d continued Aqualixar. \u201cWe MUST rescue them! They\u2019re being held along the way to this world\u2019s castle!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat\u2019s all part of the job for us!\u201d declared Mario. \u201cLet\u2019s-a go!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFollow me!\u201d called Link. He led everyone out of the village.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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