For the ones who enjoyed my first Mario & Sonic: Galaxy Heroes, the sequel is here at last! I'm seriously going to have SO much fun writing it, as well as you're going to have fun reading it! You can't tell me how much I loved Super Mario Galaxy 2, I actually liked it more than the first Galaxy.

Because of that, there's going to be a lot of changes between this story and its prequel, and not only the plot, of course. All of these changes will be mentioned at the end of this chapter.

So, I really hope you enjoy it. Also, please don't forget to leave a review as always!

So, let's enjoy! ;)

Chapter 1: Prologue (Heroes)

"Now, let me tell you a new story that also begins with stardust…

Shimmering stardust falls on the Mushroom Kingdom and on Mobius once a century. That time had come again…"

A letter from Princess Peach to Mario appears, and it says:

'Dear Mario,

Would you and your friends like to share some cake while we watch the shooting stars? Meet me at the castle!

'Peach

Afar from Toad Town, where Peach's Castle was, a Warp Pipe showed up at the road leading to the Town. From the inside, Mario, Luigi, Yoshi and Captain Toad came out.

"WAHOHOO!" Mario cheered upon jumping out of the pipe.

"YEAH!" Luigi cheered upon jumping out of the pipe.

"YOSHI!" Yoshi cheered upon jumping out of the pipe.

"YAHOO!" Toad cheered upon jumping out of the pipe.

"Come on, guys-a! The Castle is this-a way!" Mario invited.

"We're right after you, Bro!" Luigi said.

"I can't wait to taste the princess' delicious cake!" Yoshi licked his lips.

"Let's not waste any time!" Toad exclaimed as they all set off.

The Star Festival had just begun. Toads everywhere were celebrating… Star Bits rained down from the sky…

The group of four made their way forward as they watched the Toads collecting the fallen Star Bits, shooting out from somewhere in the skies. As they passed by the Toads, they greeted them.

The group continued forward, until they spotted something shiny behind a bush. They decided to check it out. Behind the bush was a white Baby Luma!

"Hmm?" Mario did as he and his friends kneeled to take a closer look at the Luma, who was unconscious on the ground.

"Wah!" The group startled as the Luma suddenly floats up by himself. The Luma then spoke in triangle and square language, which made the group very confused.

"Um, what's it saying?" Toad questioned.

The strange little fellow seemed confused… Was he lost?

The Luma looked around confused. When he noticed Mario, he quickly flew above his head, holding his cap, making cute noises while spinning. The group couldn't help but laugh.

He seemed to take a shine to Mario!

The Luma then merges within Mario. Mario suddenly spun on his toes with his arms extended; he once again gained the Spin ability! His friends were amazed.

Mario's cap filled with warmth as he felt a new but quite familiar power surging through him!

"Whoa! What was that?" Yoshi was stunned.

"Wait… I remember this ability! I'm able to do Spin Attacks again-a! Awesome!" Mario cheered as he Spin Attacks a crystal filled with Star Bits inside up ahead.

"Hey! Now I remember too! You gained this ability on your previous adventure with Sonic!" Luigi remarked.

"Yeah! But…now that you mentioned him, I kinda miss him-a. He was a good friend for me." Mario lamented.

"Oh, don't worry, Bro! I know you'll get the chance to meet again someday. After all, he must be missing you too." Luigi comforted Mario.

"Hmm, I guess you're right, Luigi." Mario smiled. "Okay, let's keep moving-a!"

The group nodded and continued on.

Meanwhile, at the planet Mobius, we could see a super speeding blue streak coming towards Green Hill Zone, running around the place. That streak was none other than the blue hedgehog hero, Sonic the Hedgehog.

The blue hedgehog stopped running, and landed on top of a hill, gazing at the shooting stars coming from a turquoise sideways galaxy. The Star Bits were falling mostly towards Station Square.

"Thanks to that galaxy over there, everyone here in Mobius can enjoy their own Star Festival! That's amazing!" Sonic exclaimed. He then remembered the blue Star Bit he always kept on his quills. He picked it out, and looked at it; he immediately started to have memories of his long-lost friend, Mario. "But still, I kinda miss Mario… We didn't even get to say goodbye... I'm still wondering if I'll get the chance to see him again." He lamented as he puts the Star Bit back at his quills and went back to running.

At Station Square, all of the people were gazing at the falling Star Bits. Children everywhere were playing to get the most Star Bits as possible. At the sidewalks, there were five of Sonic's friends walking along: Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Shadow and Silver.

"That's so wonderful! I've never thought that Star Bits would arrive in our world too!" Amy exclaimed.

"Yeah, it made me want to taste Rosalina's Star Bits Cake again!" Tails said. "But, I wonder where could the rest of our friends be? They're missing the fun here!"

"Well, Cream only wanted to stay with her mother Vanilla and the Chaotix team is back to business." Knuckles answered.

"Rouge is also busy; she's back at the G.U.N. military base, working together with E-123 Omega." Shadow added.

"And Blaze is back at her dimension, watching over the Sol Emeralds as usual." Silver complemented.

"Oh, now I understand." Tails said.

"But anyways, we can still watch the shooting stars together even without them!" Knuckles said.

"It would be greater if Sonic was here with us. Hmph!" Amy pouted.

"Don't be like that, Amy. Sonic is just enjoying his free time at Green Hill Zone. But I'm sure that he already saw these falling Star Bits." Tails said, trying to calm Amy down.

"Well, okay then." Amy nodded.

The group continued to have their walk together.

Everything seemed okay so far for both heroes and their friends, but they never know when an evil alliance comes once again…

To be continued…

Now, just as I said at the beginning, here are the five main things that will change comparing this one to its prequel:

1. Unlike in the first Galaxy Heroes, I wanted Mario to save his own friends too (which is why I've mentioned Luigi, Toad and Yoshi earlier). Because of that, I had to reduce the number of Sonic's friends to be rescued, so instead of 11, only 5 of his friends will appear in this story (they of course, were already mentioned in this chapter).

2. Mario and Sonic will not see each other again right at the beginning of their adventure. Instead, they will go through separate paths until they finally get the chance to meet again in a certain Galaxy (in which I've already chose, so don't worry). In fact, they won't reunite with each other until they reach the second world.

3. Some Hungry Luma Galaxies will also show up in my story, since I've found them to be more interesting in Galaxy 2.

4. The Chaos Emeralds will be mentioned in this story too, and will also be obtained in the same way as before (after defeating the world's main boss), but due to the limited number of worlds in Galaxy 2, two of the Emeralds will be obtained in a different way.

5. Finally, more Wisp powers for Sonic will appear as well; some of them will even replace a few of Mario and Yoshi's Power-Ups.

So, that's it for the first chapter! I hope in my heart that you all will enjoy this sequel. See you in the next chapter! Please don't forget to review!