Epilogue

(Gadd Jet)

Aside from Goombaria and Sonar staring out the window of the jet to admire the view, the flight back to the Mushroom Kingdom was pretty uneventful. Luigi and the others had untied Daisy long ago, and she was currently sitting next to her hero in green, wrapping a bandage around her arm.

Luigi smirked. "Well, that's that." He said proudly. "The shards of the Power Crystal have all been destroyed."

"Yeah." Daisy added, although sounding a little sad as she looked at the gem on her dress. "Except this one."

"Hey, don't worry about it." Luigi assured. "I won't let anything else happen to you, and I'm guessing that the rest of the team feels the same."

The others in the team, the first being Waluigi, agreed with Luigi. Daisy sighed. "But what about me?" She asked. "It's like Tatanga said. I've practically BECOME the Power Crystal."

"Tatanga didn't make it out." Waluigi smirked. "Don't worry. No one else knows about it."

Daisy managed a smirk. "Thank you for everything you've done for me, everyone." She said. "All this time I've been wishing for something exciting to happen to me, but after everything that's happened, I don't want anything to come up for at least a week."

"Not a problem, princess." Melody smiled. "We're all glad to help."

(Luigi's Mansion)

Eventually, the Gadd Jet arrived at the Mushroom Kingdom, at Luigi's Mansion. After everyone got off, Gadd flew the jet back around to the garage to park it.

"Well, thank you SO much for the adventure Luigi, but I'd better get back home. My family's probably missing me already." Goombaria said. "And now I have an amazing story to tell Goombario when he comes back!"

"Here, I'll walk you to the pipe leading to your house." Fice T offered. "I need to get back to my post anyway." He looked towards Luigi. "Thanks for bringing me along, Luigi. I think I'm feeling a little more confident now."

After bidding everyone farewell, Goombaria and Fice T walked off towards the Mushroom Kingdom. After they were gone, Luigi quickly saw Sonar starting to walk off with Melody and her relatives.

"Hey, where do you guys think you're going?" The green-clad man asked.

"To find another home, obviously." Sonar said as he turned around. "I won't be allowed back in the Shyguy Toybox, and Melody and the others don't have a place to live."

"We figure that we should be able to find an apartment somewhere in the kingdom and we'd all share a room." Melody added.

"Not if I can help it!" Luigi replied. "You guys deserve more than that! You guys aren't gonna live in an apartment. You're all gonna live in this mansion with the professor and I!"

Melody's eyes lit up. "You mean it? We can live here?"

Luigi nodded with a smile. "There's way more than enough room, considering the fact that it's just the professor and I living here."

"Thank you so much, sir!" Shivers said. He suddenly stood straight. "Or should I say 'Master Luigi'?"

"Luigi is fine, Shivers." Luigi replied. "I don't like being called 'master'."

Luigi suddenly felt a pair of arms get thrown around him from behind. "You're the best guy a girl could ask for, Luigi." Daisy said as she kissed him on the cheek.

Waluigi's face quickly fell when he saw this scene as his heart felt like it had been shattered. It was true. Daisy loved Luigi. People would think that Waluigi would throw a huge tantrum for seeing Daisy kiss Luigi, but the purple-clad man decided against it. Waluigi still cared for Daisy, and picking Luigi was her choice. Waluigi chose to respect that.

Luigi was so swarmed with friendly hugs and handshakes from his new housemates, he didn't notice Waluigi slowly slink away.

"Hey, Luigi?" Sonar asked the team leader. "Have you ever thought about what happened to those villains we defeated?"

(Other Dimension)

"Ung...Dude, where are we?" Ninjakoopa Black asked as he crawled out of the wrecked pod they had been in for the battle they had lost.

Ninjakoopa Red looked around. They were most certainly not in the Mushroom Kingdom anymore. They were in a very modern-looking city with buildings as high as the eye could see. People were walking around on the sidewalks as cars drove past on the road.

"How're we supposed to get back, dudes?" Ninjakoopa Yellow asked his brothers.

"Dude, look at those guys!"

At the sound of the new voice, the Koopa Bros. looked up and saw four figures falling from a rooftop. When the four new figures landed on the sidewalk, the Koopa Bros. saw that it was four large turtles, all of them wearing different coloured masks.

"You dudes going to a costume party on something?" The turtle in the blue mask asked.

"What?" Ninjakoopa Red asked. "No way! We're the Koopa Bros.!" All four of the Koopa Bros. quickly struck a strange-looking pose.

"They've copied our style, man!" The turtle in the purple mask pointed out.

"No way, dudes!" Ninjakoopa Green retaliated. "It's you guys that copied US!"

"We'll show you who the originals are!" The turtle in the orange mask shouted as he pulled out a pair on nunchucks. The turtle in the red mask pulled out a pair of sais, the one in blue pulled out a katana and the one in purple pulled out a bo.

"Right! US!" Ninjakoopa Red shouted as the Koopa Bros. pulled out their respective weapons as both teams rushed each other.

Nearby, a giant pig and rhino stood aside, watching the fight break out. The pig turned to the rhino and muttered "Am I seeing doubles or is it me?"

(Dark Forest)

King Boo growled as he floated away from his pod, towards an isolated location of Forever Forest that not a lot of people knew about. He had come so close to getting revenge, yet when it came down to it, that stupid guard that was actually AFRAID of ghosts was the one to defeat him!

"I guess I'll just have to think of some other way to get revenge." King Boo muttered as he floated towards a creepy, abandoned mansion. This mansion looked creepier than both Luigi's haunted mansion and Lady Bow's place put together. Even still, King Boo called it home.

Before entering the mansion through a window, King Boo looked back. "This isn't over, Luigi." He growled. "I'll get my revenge someday."

Without another word, King Boo flew into the mansion to plot his next attempt at revenge.

(Land's End)

Congo Quint grunted as he crawled out of his wrecked pod. Looking around, he saw that he was in the unfamiliar Land's End, underground. How he had gotten underground was beyond him, but that wasn't on his mind at the moment.

"Unbelievability!" Quint growled. "I am the unbeatable Congo Quint!" At the mention of his name, Quint struck a series of strange poses. "The most raring, daring Shyguy in the Mushroom Kingdom!"

Quint paced around, arms behind his back. "I must regain my title! But how?" He asked himself.

Suddenly hearing a noise behind him, Quint turned around. There, he saw a large group of Geckits slowly approaching him.

Quint stood in silence, thinking this over. Suddenly, he smiled behind his mask. To anyone else, even Mario, running through this many Geckits without a star would be suicide, but to Quint, it was a challenge.

Rolling up his imaginary sleeves, Quint threw himself at the group of Geckits, starting the biggest fistfight the Mushroom Kingdom had ever seen.

(Desert)

Fawful sat outside of his pod, which had just crash-landed in the middle of a desert.

The green creature sighed before he started singing. "Ninety-nine jars of syrup on the wall, ninety-nine jars of syrup..."

(Koopa Village)

Bowyer found himself a lot luckier than his comrades. Having crash landed in Koopa Village, Bowyer was amazed at how the villagers didn't run away, and instead welcomed the stranger. Although confused by this, Bowyer decided to go with it and live in the village. Currently, Bowyer was eating dinner with two Koopas that were among those that offered to help build Bowyer a house in the village.

The creature placed his fork on the table, finishing his meal. "Grateful for your hospitality I am, new friend." Bowyer thanked. "Any way is there for me to repay you?"

"Nonsense, old bean!" Kolorado laughed. "We of Koopa Village are always more than happy to welcome guests!"

Bowyer smirked. He knew that he was going to like it here.

(Unknown Location)

Mouser moaned as he slowly regained consciousness. He quickly knew that he was underground, as he couldn't see a thing. Wherever he looked, it was pitch black.

"Oy." Mouser said as he got to his feet. "Where the heck am I?"

Reaching into his pocket, Mouser pulled his bomb lighter out and activated it, creating a small flame and a few sparks.

Mouser's eyes snapped open. He was in a Bomb-Omb storage room filled with unactivated bombs, and one of the sparks from the lighter had accidentally lit one of the fuses, which in turn lit several more, and so on. Within second, every Bomb-Omb in the room was lit, ticking and about to explode.

The psychotic mouse's ears drooped. "Mother." He whimpered in a very Daffy Duck like voice.

(Island Ruins)

In the smoldering wreckage that used to be Tatanga's base, a figure lying on his stomach moaned as he slowly sat upright, rubbing his head. Clearly, it was Bowser, but at his normal size. The power from the explosion had erased all of the energy from the Power Crystals from Bowser's body, taking him out of his Giga form.

"Ooooooooh...My head." Bowser grunted. "Oy. What have I been doing?"

Suddenly, Bowser remembered. Although he was under Tatanga's control, he could still remember seeing himself fighting Luigi and Waluigi.

Bowser heard a noise coming from the side and looked in the direction of the door, which was blown off its hinges. He saw Tatanga slowly getting to his feet and growled.

"Try and take control of ME, will ya?" Bowser shouted at the alien as he stood up. The King of Koopas marched towards Tatanga, rolling up imaginary sleeves.

Tatanga quickly saw Bowser coming and started backing away. "Uh...Bowser. Heh heh. Buddy-boy! Pal! You know that I wouldn't do that!" He said with a pathetic attempt at a grin.

"Not working, buddy." Bowser growled.

Tatanga quickly reached for his belt to activate his anti-gravity defense, but before he could press the button, something fell on top of him, knocking him to the ground.

"Come on, dad!" Iggy said to Bowser. "I'll hold him down and you attack him!"

Bowser smirked at his son. "Thanks, Iggy."

"Gah!" Tatanga shouted at the Koopaling. "You traitor!"

"Traitor?" Bowser looked at Iggy. "You HELPED this guy?"

"Only until he brought you back, dad." Iggy replied. "Ludwig and the others didn't know what to do, and I was running out of options."

Bowser, for the first time in a long time, smiled at his son. "Iggy, I'm touched that you did what you did for me. Now let's take this twirp down together!"

"Yeah!"

If there was anyone else within a fifty kilometer radius of the island, they would've heard Tatanga's screams of pain.

(Luigi's Mansion)

Rain started falling over the Mushroom Kingdom. Luigi had told Daisy that she could stay at the mansion for a while until it stopped raining. The two lovers sat in Luigi's living room with Melody, Sonar, Prof. Gadd, Biff, Slim and Shivers.

"You mean Melody actually battle King Boo?" Slim asked. "Man, I never knew she had it in her."

Melody blushed and smiled. "Thanks, Slim. I also did battle with a couple of Swedish Ninjis, but they were a lot easier than King Boo."

As the others talked, Luigi looked out the window. I hope the others made it home alright before the rain started.

(Goomba Village)

"I can't believe it!" Goombario said as he started at his little sister, wide-eyed. "You actually went on an adventure while I was gone?"

Goombaria nodded. "I fought a couple of battles as well, AND won!" She jumped up and down excitedly. "I actually helped save a princess! It's like a dream come true for me!"

"We're all so proud of you, sweetie." GoomMama said as she kissed her daughter on the forehead.

"Yes. Why don't you tell us about it?" Goompa asked. The others agreed.

Goombaria smiled. "It's a long story. Would you still like to hear it?" The other family members urged her to go on. "Okay. It all started when we saw a freaky bomb-throwing thing stealing a crystal from the clock face in the kingdom..."

(Dark Forest)

Fice T trembled in the rain, but stood his ground. When was standing before him was his biggest nightmare, but he was determined to carry this plan out. Lightning struck the ground, a menacing clash of thunder quickly following it, but the Mushroom guard ignored it. In fact, Fice T thought that the thunder was motivating him to go through with this.

Despite what Fice T said at Luigi's mansion, he didn't go back to his post. Instead, he went straight into Forever Forest and took a hidden pathway that not a lot of people knew about. Fice T quickly reached his destination: A large, abandoned mansion with broken windows, missing boards, a vines growing all around it.

The mansion of King Boo.

Fice T silently reached into his pocket and pulled out a small picture. Looking at it, he saw a picture of himself with a gorgeous young mushroom woman, his wife. Locks of golden hair stuck out from under the white mushroom cap on her head. Scattered around the cap were several pink dots. Her red shirt and blue skirt fit her perfectly. Her beautiful eyes seemed to sparkle.

The mushroom guard sighed as a lone tear ran down his face. "It's been five months, April." He whispered. "For five months, you've been trapped inside this mansion, inside one of King Boo's paintings." Fice T placed the picture back and looked at the mansion, eyes narrowed. "Well, no longer. I've become braver now, and I'm going to get you out of there if it's the last thing I do."

Fice T ran at the mansion, spear ready to attack. "I'M COMING, HONEY!" He screamed as he flew into the mansion.

(Golf Course)

Even though it was raining out, the local golf course wasn't deserted. In fact, a lone figure was preparing to hit his golf ball off of the tee of one of the longer par 5's.

Waluigi sighed as he stopped himself from hitting the ball. "It's not fair." He said to himself. "Why him? I was just as much help on that mission as Luigi was. Why'd she pick him?" Again, Waluigi sighed. "She loves him, that's why."

In pure frustration, Waluigi pulled his club back and hit the ball as hard as he could. Waluigi's golf ball flew through the air, straight through the par 5 course and landed two feet away from the pin.

He purple-clad man sighed. "Why is it so hard for me to find someone?" He asked himself. "Mario has Peach, Luigi has Daisy and Wario is too absorbed in his money to see that that Mona girl has a crush on him."

"Um...Excuse me?"

Suddenly hearing the new voice, Waluigi turned around to see a young, human woman walking in his direction with her own set of golf clubs. She had short, beige hair, and wore a white shirt and a pair of blue denim shorts. On her head rested a blue crown. Her eyes sparkled, even in the rain.

"Hey, aren't you Princess Maple of Monstro Land?" Waluigi asked.

Maple nodded. "I am. I was about to start playing some golf when I saw you hit that ball." She smirked. "That was an amazing shot." She suddenly recognized the man she was talking to. "Oh, my!" She gasped. "Aren't you Waluigi? One of the Wario Bros.?"

Waluigi smirked. "That I am, princess. It's a pleasure to meet you."

"I've been wanting to meet you for the longest time, Waluigi." Maple smiled. "Aren't you the one the landed a spot in the tennis tournament finals with Luigi a while back?"

The tall man nodded. "Yeah. And I would've won, but that green guy is apparently just as crafty as I am and sent the ball to the other side of the court."

"Yeah. You still put up a good fight, however." The princess suddenly brightened. "Say, if you want to continue talking, why not play golf together and see who wins?"

Waluigi's grin came back after he lost it when Daisy kissed Luigi. "You're on, princess!"

(Later…)

A couple days passed. Almost the entire population of the Mushroom Kingdom stood at the airport and watched as Princess Peach's plane came into view from over the horizon. After the plane landed, the front door opened as a set of stairs were rolled up to the door. The entire crowd went berserk when they saw Mario and Peach step out of the plane and start walking down the steps.

Mario held Peach's hand as the two of them walked down an open pathway, which went through the middle of the crowd. The red-clad plumber quickly spotted Luigi, a medal around his neck, with Daisy standing beside him. E. Gadd was also with them, as was a quartet of people Mario had never seen before, one of which also had a medal. He also spotted Goombario and his family close to the front of the pack. His eyebrow arched when he saw that Goombaria was wearing a medal around her neck.

Peach, on the other hand, spotted an unusual sighting. Waluigi, a medal around his neck, was standing beside Princess Maple, also cheering them on. Strangely, Wario was nowhere to be seen, although Waluigi was there. The blonde princess suddenly spotted Fice T, one of her guards, standing beside a beautiful mushroom woman who Peach hadn't seen before. Fice T also had a medal.

Peach's eye widened when she saw Bowser, whom she thought was dead, standing at the back of he crowd, waving at her. She sighed. This meant that come next week, Bowser would resume kidnapping her.

Eventually, after greeting almost all of the kingdom, Mario worked his way through the crowd and found Luigi talking with an older Koopa, who suddenly handed a Koopa baby to the green-clad man and bid farewell as he walked off.

Luigi, holding the Koopa infant, saw his older brother coming. "Heya, Mario!" He greeted. "How was the vacation?"

"Great." Mario replied with a smile. "Uh...What's with the kid?" He asked.

"Oh, Kappa?" Luigi asked as he looked at the small boy in his arms. "He's an orphan. I've decided to put my mansion to good use and start adopting some kids."

"Really?" Mario asked. "That's great!"

"And that's not all." Luigi said as he looked around. "I'm hoping to have a wife within the next little while."

Mario's eyes widened. "You mean you and Daisy are getting married?" He asked.

Luigi shushed his brother. "She doesn't know yet." He explained. "I got the ring yesterday and I'm gonna propose at dinner tonight."

Mario slapped his brother on the back. "That's my little brother! You're finally taking the big step!" he suddenly remembered why he was coming over in the first place. "Sorry to change the subject, but where'd you and a few others get the medals?"

Luigi smirked. "Oh, the bunch of us just stopped a crook from making of with a few crystals."

END