Chapter 15: The True Power of the Dream Stone

With Antasma defeated, Mario and his friends began climbing up the tower where Bowser took Princess Peach. Inside was a winding staircase that looked pretty long. But at the top standing next to a large pile of oversized bob-bombs were Private Goomp, Sergeant Guy, and Corporal Paraplonk.

Corporal Paraplonk- Oh, come ON! Seriously! Those bastards caught up to us already!

Sergeant Guy- No good! We can expect no mercy!

Private Goomp- Corporal Paraplonk! Sergeant Guy! We will defend this castle, men! Rise up! THIS IS OUR TIME!

Starlow- The three stooges…again…

Shantae- I agree with you, Starlow. I thought they would've given up by now.

Then those three minions began rolling the bob-bombs down the winding staircase, in a vain attempt to stop Mario and his friends from reaching the top. After avoiding all of the bob-bombs and reaching the top of the stairs, Private Goomp, Sergeant Guy, and Corporal Paraplonk were all that stood in their way to Bowser.

Ty- Seriously mates, haven't you had enough for one day?

Shantae- Just step out of the way and we won't hurt you.

Then Private Goomp, Sergeant Guy, and Corporal Paraplonk made one last desperate charge on our heroes. But rather than fighting, Mario and the others stepped to the side and the three ran off the ledge of the winding staircase.

Private Goomp- EVERY DAMN TIME!

Sergeant Guy- THAT'S IT FOR ME!

Corporal Paraplonk- WELL, I GUESS THAT'S PAR FOR THE COURSE…

Then those three unfortunate minions fell down the stair in a typical cartoonish fashion.

Mario- You know, I just can't help but feel sorry for them. Let's just leave them alone for now. We got bigger fish to fry.

(At the top of the tallest tower in the Neo Bowser Castle)

Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Ty, Shantae, Starlow, and Prince Dreambert finally reached the top of the castle. At the end, they saw Princess Peach locked in a cell of some kind.

Princess Peach- MARIO! LUIGI!

Mario and Luigi walked over to the cell, but part of the ground crumbled to pieces.

Bowser- GWAHAHA!

Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Ty, Shantae, Starlow, and Prince Dreambert looked up and saw Bowser floating in a bubble of dream energy created by the Dream Stone. Bowser landed right in front of them and the bubble vanished.

Bowser- It's about to end for you, chumps!

Shantae- Drop the tough-guy act, already! Without that Dream Stone, you're a little nothing!

Bowser- Hmph! How dare you, you dancing sissy! I'm just using available resources! That's called STRATEGY! Look it up, bitch!

Prince Dreambert- Nonetheless, we cannot allow you to use the Dream Stone any longer! And we must cast you down like we did Antasma before you!

Bowser- Antasma? That ****ing bat guy? Don't compare me to him! Now Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, orange fuzz ball, and dancing sissy! It's time to say good night! I'm gonna use the Dream Stone to POOF! Make you disappear!

Bowser held the Dream Stone above his head and began to levitate above the ground.

Bowser- Now, Dream Stone! Make these fools…

Suddenly, a pink beam of energy zapped Bowser from behind. Starlow was standing next to Princess Peach's cell and using the power of Princes Peach's wishes to attack Bowser.

Ty- What is Starlow doing?!

Luigi- She's a Star Sprite. She has to gain power from the wishes of pure hearts and weaken evil hearts around her.

Starlow- How do you like THAT action?! Feel the power of good thoughts!

Suddenly, the Dream Stone fell to pieces and Bowser fell to the ground. Bowser just stared in shock as remanence of the stone rained down.

Bowser- What?! NOOOOO! The Dream Stone! NOT YET!

Then Bowser began inhaling like crazy and all of the pieces of the Dream Stone flew into his mouth. Suddenly, a dark mist surrounded Bowser's body. Bowser began acting like he as was choking on chicken bone.

Prince Dreambert- The…Dream Stone…He inhaled its fragments!

Suddenly, a huge burst of bright light covered the entire area. When the light faded, Mario and the others saw Bowser…only he had…changed. Bowser was now five times as big and his body had a rainbow colored glow. The same color pattern as Tabuu's wings. And it looked like the Dream Stone was sticking out of his forehead.

Ultimate Dreamy Bowser- I feel incredible! I feel like I've become as strong as Tabuu! POWER, BABY!

Prince Dreambert- He absorbed it all…The Dream Stone's energy! This grows ill! Starlow!

Then Starlow and Prince Dreambert tried to remove the Dream Stone on Ultimate Dreamy Bowser's forehead, but it wouldn't budge. Then Ultimate Dreamy Bowser smacked them off of him.

Starlow- His power is just too much for us!

Mario- No different than fighting Tabuu! I know we can win if we fight together! We all defeated Tabuu, an actual god, as a team! This will be no different!

Prince Dreambert- I'm glad to see you still have the fighting spirit, Mario! Before we exited the Dream World, I grabbed something for you and Luigi!

Then Prince Dreambert those Mario and Luigi two red stars.

Mario- Just what we needed! Come on, Luigi!

Then Mario and Luigi ate the red stars and turned into Ultra Mario and Ultra Luigi.

Ultimate Dreamy Bowser- You think your ultra forms will stop me?

Bowser spat out a rainbow colored flame at them, but Ultra Mario and the others managed to dodge.

Ultimate Dreamy Bowser- Check out my flame! Yeah! I'm ****ing ROCKING this new look! Oh man, I have so much power! I can do whatever the hell I want! Peach…the island…the world…ALL OF IT…MINE! And you guys are…COOKED!

Ultimate Dreamy Bowser launched another rainbow flame breath, but Ultra Mario and Ultra Luigi jumped over it. Then Ultimate Dreamy Bowser swung his tail and knocked Ultra Mario and Ultra Luigi to the ground. Ultimate Dreamy Bowser opened his mouth again, but before he could use his flame breath, Ty's Frostyrangs and Shantae's ice spell went into Ultimate Dreamy Bowser's mouth and down his throat.

Ultimate Dreamy Bower- Hey! What's going on?!

Suddenly, Ultimate Dreamy Bowser's flame breath exploded in his belly. This knocked Ultimate Dreamy Bowser into the wall and made him spit out both of Ty's Frostyrangs. Ty walked over to pick up his Frostyrangs, but did it reluctantly.

Ty- Yuck! Did I really need to throw my Frostyrangs into Bowser's mouth like that?! They're covered in his drool now, mates!

Shantae- At least we put his flames out.

Ultimate Dreamy Bowser- I should've known you fools would put up a fight when you begun working together like that! That was how you brought Tabuu to his knees in Grand Metropolis. But I can call for backup too!

Ultimate Dreamy Bowser suddenly created dreamy versions of his minion from thin air. Dreamy Goombas, Dreamy Koopas, Dreamy Shyguy's, Dreamy bob-bombs, and a Dreamy Doomship. The dreamy versions of the ordinary minions charged for them, but they did vanish after only one hit. Then the Dreamy Doomship aimed its cannon and fired. Then Yoshi wrapped his tongue around the cannonball and flung it right back at the Dreamy Doomship. Then the Bowser face on the mast of the Dreamy Doomship shot fire at Yoshi. Yoshi's tongue couldn't catch this, so Yoshi ran instead. The Dreamy Doomship flew after Yoshi, continuing to shoot its flames at Yoshi. But as Yoshi kept running away from the Dreamy Doomship, Ultra Mario and Ultra Luigi got on the Dreamy Doomship and smashed the thing to pieces with their hammers until it exploded. Just then, Ultra Luigi was pulled into Ultimate Dreamy Bowser's claw like a tractor beam.

Ultimate Dreamy Bowser- Hey, Mario! Want your brother back? Go fetch!

Then Ultimate Dreamy Bowser chucked Ultra Luigi like a stone. Luckily, Yoshi was able to catch Ultra Luigi before he could hit the ground. Ultimate Dreamy Bowser was getting annoyed by this, but before he could attack again, Ty's Flamerangs hit his tail and set it on fire. Ultimate Dreamy Bowser panicked as he tried to put it out, leaving himself vulnerable for Elephant Shantae to charge right into him from the side and knocking him to the ground.

Ultimate Dreamy Bowser- You guys are really pissing me off!

Then Ultimate Dreamy Bowser pulled Ty and Shantae into each of his claws like he did with Ultra Luigi earlier and began squeezing them as tight as he could in his grip.

Ultimate Dreamy Bowser- I should've known! Take out the orange fuzz ball and the dancing sissy before the Mario Brothers! I'll squeeze you both until your head pop like a balloon!

Ty and Shantae's faces were starting to turn blue from the lack of oxygen, but there was little they could do to try and escape Bowser's grip.

Ultra Mario- Luigi, we have to save Ty and Shantae! Let's do a bros. attack while Bowser is distracted!

Then Ultra Mario and Ultra Luigi linked their right arms together like a chain of monkeys, flew into the air, charged for Ultimate Dreamy Bowser, and began spinning like a red and green twister. Before Ultimate Dreamy Bowser knew it, Ultra Mario and Ultra Luigi hit him in the back of the head with a spinning double head-butt. The impact was so strong, the Dream Stone on Ultimate Dreamy Bowser's forehead shattered to pieces and a bright light covered the area. When the light faded, Ultimate Dreamy Bowser was back to regular Bowser, but he was now sent flying into the air and probably miles away from Pi'illo Island. Ultra Mario and Ultra Luigi changed back to their regular forms and dropped to the ground holding their heads.

Mario- Now I know how Shantae felt back at Pi'illo Temple…

Luigi- Damn, that will leave one big headache!

Then Yoshi, Ty, and Shantae helped Mario and Luigi get back up.

Shantae- At least it wasn't another battle with Tabuu.

Then Mario looks and see's Princess Peach still locked up in that cell.

Mario- Princess Peach! I almost forgot about her!

Then Ty walks up to her cell and unlocks the it with a pair of lock picks.

Princess Peach- Thank you, everyone! Everyone on the island should be safe now.

Suddenly, the entire castle began to shake like crazy.

Luigi- What the hell is happening?!

Prince Dreambert- The castle is about to collapse! And there's no time to try and get out!

Luckily, the Zeekeeper flew by, swooped down, and picked everyone up before the castle exploded. Mario, Yoshi, Ty, Shantae, Starlow, Prince Dreambert, and Princess Peach were riding Zeekeeper's back, but Luigi was in his beak during that escape.

(Pi'illo Castle)

The Zeekeeper dropped off Mario and the others off at the front of the castle.

Mario- Thanks Zeekeeper.

Zeekeeper- You're all welcome. Super heroes and supernatural deities always arrive at the last minutes. I would charge a heavy fee, but this one is on me.

Prince Dreambert- Thank you, great Zeekeeper.

Yoshi- Yoshi pooped…

Ty- You can say that again, mate! I need a vacation after what just happened.

Princess Peach- You know what I've been thinking? Perhaps we should invite the rest of the team for a vacation on Pi'illo Island. After all the work you all did to prepare Smash City with little rest, I figure they could use this vacation as much as you do, Mario.

Mario- Not a bad idea. I know that Tabuu's return is inevitable, but I shouldn't worry too much about it that I go stress crazy. Let's send Donkey Kong, Link, Kirby, Ash, Sonic, and Pit an invite!

Zeekeeper- One more thing. I have something to tell the Tasmanian Tiger and the half-genie. About that bet you both made, I'm afraid nobody won. Both your technology and your magic proved equally as useful in this adventure.

Mario and Luigi looked at Ty and Shantae in such shock.

Mario- You two made a bet?!

Luigi- Well…that would explain why they were acting so strange.

Ty and Shantae hung their heads in shame.

Ty- Unfortunately…we did…I'm sorry to admit, mate…

Shantae- Ty and I were debating on whether technology or magic is better. And when you requested the both of us for this adventure…we just couldn't resist…

Mario- Ty, Shantae, we are a team. Which means we're supposed to work together. That's how we were able to beat Tabuu! Hell! It's how we were just able to beat Bowser and Antasma! Every single one of us is just as important as the other.

Ty- We understand that now. I'm sorry for all the mean things I said about your magic, Shantae.

Shantae- And I'm sorry for the mean things I said too.

Zeekeeper- Of course this also means now both of you must pay the penalty since you both shook hands on the bet.

Mario- Oh god! Please tell me it wasn't something embarrassing!

(Inside Pi'illo Castle)

Ty and Shantae were standing in middle of the front lobby. However, Ty's hair was died from orange to purple and even though Ty's hair is not that long, the back of his hair was dangling down like Shantae's hair. Ty was also wearing a dancer outfit like the one Shantae usually wears. Shantae on the other hand had died her from purple to orange and her entire body was now covered in Tasmanian tiger fur. Shantae was also wearing a pair of crocodile pants like what Ty usually wears. To make things even worse for them, Sonic, Ash, and Pit were standing in the background, laughing their heads off.

Ash- I can't…I can't (gasps) breathe…hahahaha!

Pikachu was rolling around on Ash's head, also laughing, until he rolled off while still laughing. Ash continued to laugh while slamming his fist into the wall repeatedly.

Sonic- HAHAHA! I don't care if I'm missing a chilidog sale at the Wakeport store! This is SOOO worth it!

Pit and Dark Pit were standing next to each other with each of them having one arm on the other's shoulder.

Pit- HAHAHA! You see, Pittoo! I told you this would be hilarious!

Dark Pit- I'm in such a good mood….haha…that I don't mind you calling me that this time!

Palutena (telepathically to Pit and Dark Pit)- I'm failing to see the humor in this, you two.

Then Mario and Luigi entered the room and Mario put his face to his palm.

Mario- And how long do you both have to dress like this?

Ty and Shantae at the same time- A week…

Mario- Please…don't do another bet like this…

The End