Mario and Luigi found themselves confronting Bowser once more at his castle, as he once more planned to keep Peach for himself and take over all Kingdoms. Apparently, things were going to be different now, it wouldn't be the first time the brothers heard that once before. But it what they weren't expecting is what they should fear. In Bowser's throne room, the brothers are engaged in a fierce battle with the King of Koopas, where the odds seem to be in Bowser's favor...

Luigi:"Give it up, Bowser! You know you're never gonna win!"

Bowser:"Hah! Then why does it seem like I am?"

Mario:"(in his head) Yeah, why does it seem that way? We've never had this much trouble with him. Even getting here was more chaotic than usual."

Luigi:"What are you up to this time, Bowser?"

Bowser:"I've learned my lesson in not telling you guys anything! But you may bare witness what I'm about to unleash, for it'll be the last thing you see!"

Mario:"If I had a coin for whenever someone threatened us like that, I'd be more alive than I already am."

Luigi:"Ditto. Whatever you're planning won't stop us from putting an end to it."

Bowser:"Very well then...Prepare for your ultimate demise, as I blast you out of this world and every other world FOR GOOD!"

It was then that the Koopa King brought out a purple glowing gem, and it's energy could be felt around the entire fortress. As Bowser held it in his hands, he began to float off the ground, being filled with the gem's energy...

Bowser:"(laughs evilly) Now, Kamek! NOW!"

Kamek:"As you wish my Lord!"

The Magikoopa came from out of nowhere and used his wand on the crystal. The entire castle began to rumble as the crystal was shot from Bowser's hand and launched high into the sky, where clouds began to circle around it, electric energy began to course through the sky as a bright light consumed the center of the vortex. For the look of his face, Kamek's fears were rising at the results he brought upon everyone...

Kamek:"Something's wrong, my liege! The portal seems to be unstable, this wasn't supposed to happen!"

Bowser:"Then we must do this now! Look up the sky, Plumbers, for that is your final destination!"

Luigi:"If we're going down, we're taking you with us, Bowser!"

The final fight was on, as the plumbers were going full force onto the Koopa King, who had somewhat of a hand from Kamek. But as they fought, they felt that underneath their feet, the entire castle was being pulled from off the ground and was now slowly being sucked into the portal. The walls were being torn apart, and from where they were, the brother even saw Peach's room get sucked in ahead, leaving the four shocked...

Bowser:"NO! My princess!"

Mario:"She's gone because of you, shell-for-brains! You're stupid plan ended up becoming your doing!"

Bowser:"ENOUGH! THIS ENDS NOW!"

And so, the Koopa King brings out the infamous axe and smashes it to the ground, having the floor break underneath the brothers' feet. They rushed forward and the shoes met with Bowser's head. Their victory was short lived as the castle was breaking apart at the seems. Mario, Luigi and Bowser were now holding on to the breaking floor as what remained for the Koopa King's fortress was sucked into the portal...

Bowser:"No, the portal!"

Luigi:"The vortex is tearing the castle apart!"

Bowser wasn't giving up the fight just yet, as he tried to fight back against the plumbers, even from where he was. But, it only ended up having him pushed back further and deeper into the portal...

Bowser:"NO! I WILL NOT BE DENIED!"

Each of them were losing their grip now, and it wasn't long before they each ended up sucked into the portal. It then shut close and nothing was left but a crater where Bowser's castle was...

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?:"Hey...Hey!...Hey, are you okay?"

Mario was beginning to rise up from where he layed, feeling like he may have been laying on sand, as it was all over his face. Wiping it off, he w adjusted himself and slowly opened his eyes to find that he was nowhere he could recognize. It was a beach, with an ocean that seemed to stretch on for miles. Whoever was talking to him had a voice was unfamiliar to him...

?:"Boy, you must've gone through something harsh, haven't you?"

Mario:"Ugh...yeah...Where am I?"

?:"South Island, my home. I found you washed up by the tide. You don't really look like your from around here."

Mario:"It's that obvious, huh?...That portal...the last thing I remember was getting sucked into the portal. It was actually quite strange, there were all these colors and shapes and everything was crazy...You probably think I'm crazy, don't you?"

?:"Hmm, no. I've seen stuff like too. I think you may have been to one of those classic special zones."

Mario:"Special zones?"

?:"Yep. They're these interdimensional gateways that you are able to access once you're near a chaos emerald."

Mario:"Chaos Emerald? (to himself) That must be the gem that Bowser had used against me an Luigi. And if I was sent here, then... (out loud) Oh! I'm sorry, I haven't introduced myself yet. My name's Mario."

As he put out his hand for a handshake, Mario now actually faced the person he was taking to and it made him a little wide-eyed to see that he was looking at a blue, anthropomorphic hedgehog with gloves and red shoes, who gladly shook his hand...

Sonic:"The name's Sonic, Sonic the Hedgehog."

Mario:"I can see that."

Sonic:"So, you here by yourself? Or, did others come along with you?"

Mario:"I don't know, but I'm fearing the worse. You wanna help me look for them?"

Sonic:"Eh, why not? I got time to kill."

Mario:"Let's-a go, then."

Sonic:"Hmph. Funny accent. You italian or something?"

Mario:"Exactly."

Meanwhile, on the Floating Isle that was Angel Island, Bowser's Castle now stood on top of the dormant Volcano below the floating sanctuary. Bowser had recovered from the battle he and the brothers brought out and was now getting things reorganized. As of now, the Koopa Troop were now scatting all across the island, marking any sort of territory as their own, which was bringing trouble for the Island's Guardian. Knuckles the Echidna was, at this moment, fighting off the mysterious invaders as he was protecting the Island's Greatest Treasure, the Master Emerald. At the Emerald's Alter, Knuckles slams his fist into the hordes of giant turtles coming for him and his Emerald...

Knuckles:"I don't know where you guys came from, but this is my Island! You will leave now!"

Koopa:"You are the surrender yourself and that gem, RIGHT now, by the order of King Bowser!"

Knuckles:"Fat chance, shell-brains! The Master Emerald must not leave this place, else this entire Island will fall from the sky!"

Para-Koopa:"Don't believe him! Take it!"

Unfortunately for the guardian, the army was becoming to much that he could've handled at the moment, and it was then that they managed to over power him and breakthrough. They were now at the alter, where they began to pull the Emerald out of its shrine. They somehow managed to do so with ease...

Koopa:"Huh, that was easy."

Koopa 2:"Yeah, it's lighter than it looks."

It was then that they began to hear and felt rumbling underneath their feet, and it was what Knuckles had feared...

Koopa:"What's happening?!"

Knuckles:"I TOLD YOU, YOU IDIOTS! THE ISLAND IS FALLING!"

Koopa 2:"We thought you were kidding!"

Koopa:"Where's this thing gonna land?"

Knuckles:"Somewhere in the ocean! Not unless you put the emerald back where it belongs!"

Para-Troopa:"Not gonna happen, buddy! But why don't you got for a swim?"

Without warning, the para-troopa had then shoved Knuckles off the platform and saw the poor echidna disappear from his line of sight. Back at Bowser's fortress, the Koopa King himself had finished see that things were reorganized and that this entire now belonged to him...

Bowser:"Kamek, report!"

Kamek:"Our soldiers have gotten hold of a giant gem similar to ours. But where they got it from, it seems to be where the source of how this island was staying afloat as this entire island has now fallen from the sky."

Bowser:"Hmm...Tell them to bring it here. I trust that you may be able to work with it, can you, Kamek?"

Kamek:"What do you wish for me to do, my master?"

Bowser:"See if you can modify that gem's power so that we may control it and have this entire island flying once more. Should the plumbers be here with us, then we must keep anything of value out of their hands."

Kamek:"As you wish, Lord Bowser."

Hammer Bro:"(comes running in) My King! It seems as if Princess Peach is no longer inside the castle. We checked everywhere, but we couldn't find her."

Bowser:"(growls) Why must it be so hard to keep her under my possession?! Search this entire island and beyond, stop at nothing to find her. One way or another, I shall this world taken, along with our own. Nothing will stop me!"