A Girl of the Future
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"WHAT?" Luigi spat.
"Heeey, yeah, you're right!" Peach sang, agreeing with him. "That is Corona Mountain!"
"GOD, WHY?" Luigi whined, hands on his face -expression hopeless.
"What's so bad about Corona Mountain?" Rosalina questioned.
"Fool!" Luigi scolded, pointing with a gloved finger -the background a fiery hell. "Corona Mountain is a very active volcano that is said to burn as hot as a thousand suns! It has
36,000,000 eruptions a day and-"
SLAP!
"THAT'S NOT EVEN POSSIBLE!" Daisy scolded, her hand in the end position of the slap and teeth sharp, Luigi's head tilted with his tongue sticking out weakly -a comedic bump
forming on his head.
"So we climb a dangerous volcano for our first Star, eh?" Link inquired, pouring some sake into his signature cup. "Cheers!"
"Hm-hm!" Peach giggled. "Sounds like fun."
"HOW IS THAT FUN!" Luigi scolded, his teeth sharp.
"Great!" Mario exclaimed, punching a gloved fist into his palm. "So we head to Corona Mountain and nab that Crystal Star."
The camera was focused on Mario's eye, which narrowed in determination. "Let's hurry and get this over with."
One two three -cause we'reRunning
ever faster, running ever faster,
I know we'll catch up, -with, our, dreams -cause we'reRunning
ever faster, running ever faster,
I know we'll get there one, of these DAYS!
SUPER MARIO: LEGEND OF THE CRYSTAL STARS (Corona Mountain Arc)
MarioFan3000
In exchange for Link's strength, our heroes have decided to team up with the travelling swordsman and help him gather the seven Crystal Stars.
Daisy took a deep breath. Link was looking skyward at the starry night sky, the full moon massive this evening.
"We'll help you gather the Crystal Stars."
Link couldn't help but give a grin.
"Very well." Link started, billions of stars shining above. "Let the Legend begin."
Heeding the instructions of the Legend of the Crystal Stars, they made their way to the sacred Shrine of Stars, where they discovered the location of the first Crystal Star.
The gang gathered around, all looking at the book opened in Rosalina's hands. On the new page that was created was a picture of a massive volcano. Atop this volcano was a
diamond coloured Crystal Star.
"According to this book the first Crystal Star lies somewhere in this volcano…" Rosalina informed.
"Hmm…" Link pondered, a hand on chin in thought.
"Hey, isn't that Corona Mountain?" Mario recognized, examining the picture.
"WHAT?" Luigi spat.
"Heeey, yeah, you're right!" Peach sang, agreeing with him. "That is Corona Mountain!"
With their destination set, our heroes are preparing for their first adventure! This marks the beginning of the Corona Mountain arc!
Chapter 6: Corona Mountain Arc Begins!
-The Royal LoungeGathered
in the royal Lounge was Mario, Link, Luigi, Peach, Daisy, and Rosalina. They were all seated in various positions -the girls sitting on a three seat couch, Luigi taking a
snooze in an armchair and Link and Mario at the bar with two seats between the two of them. All eyes were glued on the T.V on this late morning, Link drinking his favourite
beverage, Chateau Romani, and Mario drinking his favourite beverage, Super Soda.
VERONICA SHROOM -MUSHROOM KINGDOM NEWS (MKN) ANCHOR AND REPORTERVeronica
Shroom: "Good morning, I'm Veronica Shroom. A reminder to PPU students that the eastern district parking ban is now in effect, and enforcement is showing no mercy this year. Officer Vinny joins us on that -hello Vinny!"
Students were walking in the background, a yellow pianta with black sunglasses in a blue police uniform up front for half of the T.V, the pink spotted Toad with blonde bangs,
Veronica Shroom, on the other half of the screen -newsroom in the background.
OFFICER VINNY -TTPD-
"…"
"Yah hi dair Veronica." Vinny greeted.
"So Vinny, the parking ban is now in effect, if there's something you want to tell the PPU students what would it be?" Veronica questioned.
"…"
"Yah know Veronica, it's just as I tells em' every year; obey dah signs! Show some respect for dah community, yah know?" Vinny answered.
"And do you feel as though the students of Princess Peach University show respect for the community?" Veronica questioned.
"…"
"Oh, of course I does -these little rascals got heart, yah know? It really all boils down tah dis: If you'se park where your permitted, we square. But if ya's don't, I'm gonna grill
ya's!" Vinny explained.
"And what exactly might that entail officer?" Veronica questioned.
"…"
"Depends on dah circumstances, I might fine or eve -brzzzt bah ya go brzzzzt screeeeech."
Static started to smother the screen, the brightness gradually decreasing. Veronica looked confused in the newsroom, Vinny not understanding that technical difficulties were
taking place as he continued to speak.
"What the hell is wrong with the broadcast?" Mario barked.
"I guess they're experiencing technical difficulties?" Peach hypothesized.
Eventually black static smothered the screen, giving that much too familiar white noise sound. The gang was silent, showing a few seconds of patience before Peach broke the
silence. The black static caused Luigi to wake up, the man in green giving a surprised grunt as his snore bubble loudly popped.
"On second thought, maybe it's our T.V…" Peach continued.
"I'll go fix it…" Luigi sighed, sitting up and walking towards the T.V.
Then, miraculously, Bowser's red mark appeared on the screen -accompanied with his evil laugh.
"EYAAAAAAAAAH!" Luigi cried, his arms raised skyward, eyes bulging and teeth sharp -zig zag tongue flying from his mouth in horror.
SMASH!
"CALM DOWN!" Daisy scolded, her teeth sharp and fist in the ending position -Luigi lying limp on the ground with a bump on his head -tongue weakly sticking out.
"Th-That's Bowser's mark!" Peach whined, the famous red mark fading in and out of the screen -accompanied with a calm evil laugh from Bowser.
"The hell…" Mario growled, sitting in his bar seat and looking at the T.V with an angered expression.
Then, reception returned. Various bars, stores, electronic stores, restaurants, and homes all around the country were watching the same thing. On every T.V. was Bowser,
who was standing before a large missile atop the dangerous Corona Mountain. He had blank face, waiting to be on air. A Lakitu on a cloud was dangling a black camera before
him via fishing rod.
"Y-You're on, you're Stupidness!"
"H-Huh? Why didn't you say so sooner ya old hag!"
"Tsk, dumb ass." Mario insulted, pounding back some more Super Soda.
"Ahem! Greetings, losers of the Mushroom Kingdom! It is I, Lord Bowser, King of the Koopas!"
"What is he doing?" Daisy questioned.
"I don't like this…" Luigi whined, peeking from behind the couch the three girls sat on -all eyes on the broadcast.
Various faces from around the world watched the T.V. in silent suspense.
"As I'm sure you're all just dying to get back to your stupid television shows right now, I'll cut right to the chase. Especially since I'm really only talking to one person here…
princess…"
Peach gasped, her blue eyes trembling in fear -her hand nervously curled by her sapphire brooch on her pink dress. On the television screen was the summit of the red rock
Corona Mountain, the late morning sky a peaceful blue. Bowser stood there, waving an arm behind him to what appeared to be a massive missile angled at forty five degrees
hooked up to a big piece of machinery that
featured solar panels, and most importantly, the symbol of the X-Naut army.
"Behind me is a solar powered missile that will launch as soon as it stops receiving energy, in other words, sunset. This missile will fly directly into the heart of Corona Mountain and explode, causing an eruption so massive that it will smother all of Toad Town in hot bubbling magma!"
Various people from all over the world shrieked and gasped in horror, kids crying and women fainting. Peach, Daisy, and Luigi featured incredibly shocked expressions, Mario
looking very angry as his hands formed fists.
"However, since I am a nice guy, I am willing to stop this missile from launching under one condition. You listening Peach?"
Suspense and silence hung in the air, the world on the edge of their seat. A drop of sweat slid down from Peach's forehead, the Princess of the Mushroom Kingdom incredibly
stressed -her heart racing.
"You must publicly resign from your title as Princess of the Mushroom Kingdom, and surrender ownership of the entire Mushroom Kingdom to Sir Grodus!"
Everyone but Link gasped heavily in shock.
"Grodus?" Luigi barked, incredibly confused.
"Has he allied with Grodus, too?" Daisy questioned, her eyes trembling. "B-But how can that be?"
Link was facing downward with folded arms, eyes closed in thought. Princess Peach had her hands over her mouth in horror, her blue eyes widened and petrified as she
watched the broadcast. Roughly and with haste, Mario stood up from the bar stool, causing it to swing wildly.
"M-Mario?" Luigi barked, watching as Mario stormed towards the Royal Lounge door -Mario's eyes concealed in shadow.
Everyone else was too lost into the broadcast to notice Mario's exit, the man in red slamming the door as he left. Luigi blinked in confusion, returning to the broadcast with
uncertainty.
"So what will it be, Princess? Give up your Kingdom to Grodus? Or let everyone roast in the magma of Corona Mountain? You've got until sundown to make the public
announcement!"
"BWAH HA HA HA! BWAH HA HA-"
The reception cut out once again, the T.V. filled with white noise. During the shocked silence, Luigi's white gloved finger turned off the television.
"I-I can't believe this…" Luigi whined, setting the remote back down.
"So many lives are at stake right now…" Daisy fret, her expression somber. "And Bowser had allied with our main enemy, Grodus."
"But Bowser isn't the type to team up with people." Luigi mentioned, hand on chin in thought.
"That's a good point." Daisy admitted, hand on chin in thought as well.
"Either way, this is certainly an unsettling situation." Link stated, standing up from the bar.
Princess Peach's eyes were concealed in shadow as she sat on the couch, her expression practically lifeless as Luigi ranted: "Well yeah, what was your first clue? This is
freaking' horrible! Just what the hell are we gonna do?"
"Hey, Peach!" Luigi summoned, everyone directing their attention to the silent princess. "Peach?"
Without a word Peach stood to her feet, leaving the Royal Lounge with her eyes concealed in shadow.
"Peach, don't go…" Daisy sang, a frown on her face.
Peach said nothing, slamming the lounge door upon her exit. Daisy faced back toward Link, Luigi, and Rosalina.
"Dammit, we need to talk this through right now!" Daisy cursed.
"Just give her some time. This must be incredibly stressful for her." Rosalina eased.
"I suppose, but we don't really have time to be stressed." Daisy noted, surveying the area. "Hey, where is Mario?"
"He left awhile ago during Bowser's broadcast." Luigi informed.
POW! BONK! SMASH!
"WHAT?" Daisy barked, her teeth sharp and both fists clenched, Luigi on the ground with three stacked bumps on his head -tongue sticking out weakly and cheeks swollen.
"YOU IDIOT, WHY DIDN'T YOU STOP HIM?"
"Wuts dah big deal?" Luigi whined, swollen cheeks altering his speech.
"WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL? THAT IDIOT IS PROBABLY ON HIS WAY TO CORONA MOUNTAIN AS WE SPEAK!" Daisy roared, her teeth sharp.
"AH HAH HAH!" Link abruptly laughed, sake cup in hand.
SLAP!
"IT'S NOT FUNNY!" Daisy scolded with sharp teeth, her hand in the concluding position of the slap -Link's head turned with his tongue weakly sticking out and sake cup in
hand.
"Peach is Mario's girlfriend, so if he hears that Grodus plans on taking her country after he already has mine, he wont listen to any reason!" Daisy explained. "He's gonna blindly
run into there and get himself hurt!"
"Oh, so they're dating? That makes so much more sense!" Link sang, snapping his fingers in realization.
"THAT'S NOT THE POINT!" Luigi scolded, his teeth sharp.
"This is troublesome. The smartest move would have been to stay together and calmly develop a tactic to both protect the people from Bowser and keep the country from
Grodus." Rosalina explained.
"Well yeah, but things don't work like that with Mario." Daisy countered. "He's an idiot."
"I have an idea!" Navi proposed, flying from Link's hat with a glimmer. "Who can fight and who can't?"
"I can't." Daisy answered, raising her hand.
"My powers have yet to return to me, so I can't as of now." Rosalina answered.
"Ok… can you fight?" Navi questioned, facing Luigi.
"Erm, uh, well that depends! By saying yes am I volunteering myself for danger?" Luigi questioned.
"Yup." Navi answered.
"Then no, I can't." Luigi slyly answered, arms folded in pride and eyes closed.
"YES YOU CAN!" Daisy scolded, her teeth sharp and fist clenched.
"Perfect! Okay everybody, gather around." Navi gathered, the tiny fairy girl fluttering in place. "Here's the plan…"
In the countryside outside of Toad Town and Peach Castle is a beautiful highway that stretches for about 450km until it arrives in the arctic Starborn Valley. This is known as
the Trans-Mushroom Highway. The first quarter of this highway lies on a steep cliff that overlooks a sparkling ocean. On it's other side is red bedrock so the highway is
essentially at the top of one cliff and at the bottom of another. The Trans-Mushroom highway twists and turns through a very beautiful, scenic route -which at one point
passes a turn off trail that leads to the massive volcano, Corona Mountain. On this sunny early afternoon a trail of smoke could be seen on the curvy, scenic road. Running at
an impressive speed of 64 kilometres an hour was the pissed off Mario, smoke flying from his feet as he zoomed down the curvy road on the cliffside. His expression was furious
as he cursed his enemy:
Running ever faster, running ever faster,
I know we'll catch up, -with, our, dreams -cause we'reRunning
ever faster, running ever faster,
I know we'll get there one, of these DAYS!
SUPER MARIO: LEGEND OF THE CRYSTAL STARS (Corona Mountain Arc)
MarioFan3000
After visiting the Shrine of Stars, our heroes have discovered that the first Crystal Star lies somewhere on Corona Mountain.
However, their first adventure together is already off to a heart-pounding start! The Koopa King, Bowser, has threatened the lives of the people of the Mushroom Kingdom
with a giant X-Missile, which is programmed to launch at sunset.
Peach gasped, her blue eyes trembling in fear -her hand nervously curled by her sapphire brooch on her pink dress. On the television screen was the summit of the red rock
Corona Mountain, the late morning sky a peaceful blue. Bowser stood there, waving an arm behind him to what appeared to be a massive missile angled at forty five degrees
hooked up to a big piece of machinery that featured solar panels, and most importantly, the symbol of the X-Naut army.
"Behin
d me is a solar powered missile that will launch as soon as it stops receiving energy, in other words, sunset. This missile will fly directly into the heart of Corona Mountain and explode, causing an eruption so massive that it will smother all of Toad Town in hot bubbling magma!"
To add pressure to the situation, Bowser has forced Princess Peach to make a difficult decision.
"However, since I am a nice guy, I am willing to stop this missile from launching under one condition. You listening Peach?"
Suspense and silence hung in the air, the world on the edge of their seat. A drop of sweat slid down from Peach's forehead, the Princess of the Mushroom Kingdom incredibly
stressed -her heart racing.
"You must publicly resign from your title as Princess of the Mushroom Kingdom, and surrender ownership of the entire Mushroom Kingdom to Sir Grodus!"
On top of everything, our heroes have also discovered that the Koopa King is for some reasoning allying with their main enemy, General Grodus of the X-Nauts! Without
hesitation, Mario sets course for Corona Mountain while the others come up with a plan.
"Perfect! Okay everybody, gather around." Navi gathered, the tiny fairy girl fluttering in place. "Here's the plan..."
Running at an impressive speed of 64 kilometres an hour was the pissed off Mario, smoke flying from his feet as he zoomed down the curvy road on the cliffside. His expression
was furious as he cursed his enemy:
"BOOOOWSERRRR!"
Our heroes are faced with a difficult situation already! How will they manage?
Chapter 7: The Koopa King's Plan and the Princesses Decision!
-A Brief Description Of Corona MountainCorona
Mountain is a red rock stratovolcano with very unusual properties. It has a long winding helix path that leads from the foot to the summit. This path is broken up into
six major levels that are dictated by the radical environments they experience. For now, all that needs to be considered are the first level and the sixth level, the foot and
the summit, respectively.
Level Six: Summit (Bowser, Kammy Koopa, Wario, Waluigi, X-Missile)
Level Five
Level Four
Level Three
Level Two
Level One: Foot
-Corona Mountain, Level SixGathered