//------------------------------// // Chapter Twelve: The Pappiapine Adventure // Story: Mario & Luigi: Adventures Through Equestria // by NoGoodUsrNames99 //------------------------------// Fawful sat on his throne, with a magic orb sitting in front of him, he was using it to watch the bros. "Whu...WHAT?!" Fawful screamed. "IMPOSSIBLE...How did the Mustaches get aboard a boat to the Pappiapine islands?" He asked himself, getting out of his throne and starting to pace. "Fawful has to get to the Infastar first, he wasted too much time!" He mumbled, as Chrysalis and Dimentio came through the front door. "We finished hiding them, master!" Dimentio said, replacing his irradiated expression with his regular demented looking one. "Yes...they are all hidden well, not only that I sent some Changelings after the Bro-" "FAWFUL IS NOT PLEASED!" He screamed, looking the two in the eye. "Your foolish plan didn't work...THEY'RE ON THEIR WAY TO THE ISLAND RIGHT NOW!" He screamed, Chrysalis and Dimentio exchanged glances. "Well, I really though it would-" "Enough...all we can do now is get there first!" He said, sitting back on his seat. "But how? The island is completely hidden!" Dimentio mentioned, scratching the back of his head. "By making sure they don't find it..." Fawful mumbled, rubbing his hands together... MEANWHILE: Mario and Luigi rode the boat in the middle of the deep blue ocean. Toadlee was as the wheel, Luigi was sitting, eating some snacks found in a cooler, and Mario lied on the boat, with his hands behind his head and his hat pulled over his face. The sailed towards nowhere, in the middle of nowhere... "Ugh...I can't find the 'Pappiapine islands' anywhere...and we've been traveling for hours!" Toadlee exclaimed, getting extremely frustrated. "Did you have any directions when you where sent here?" He asked, looking back on the group and raising an eyebrow. "Umm..." Luigi then lightly tapped his chin, "Now that I think about it...we where never given ANY information about it at all!" Luigi exclaimed, looking towards his brother. Mario then flipped his hat up, "Yeah..." Suddenly off in the distance they saw a harsh dark storm cloud. "Uhh...I'm pretty sure that's heading our way!" Mario yelled, pointing at the cloud. Toadlee then looked at it, and his frown turned from frustration to fear. "Uhh..." The boat was silent. "We gotta get out of here!" Toadlee yelled, before turning the wheel in the opposite direction. The cloud was following them faster than the boat could go, and before they knew it, they where in the rain. "WHAT'S GOING ON?" Starlow asked, coming out of Mario's pocket. The boat was rocking and Luigi almost fell off, only to be caught by Discord. "I'm sensing magic from these clods!" Discord exclaimed, looking up at them. "I bet Dimentio spawned them to halt our progress!" Suddenly, a lightning bolt hit the boat, causing it to beak in two, and before they knew it...they where passed out... THE NEXT MORNING: The water swept Mario onto a beach. He awoke then coughed up some water. "Ugh...w-where am I?" he asked himself, getting up onto wobbling legs. He then looked in both directions to realize he was on a beach, and there was a forest and a volcano in the distance. "Is this... Pappiapine island?" He asked himself, walking towards the woods. "LUIGI...DISCORD...TOADLEE!" He yelled into the forest, and hearing it echo. "My my...it looks like you're missing some party members...aren't you?!" He heard the voice behind him, turning around and seeing Dimentio. "D-Dimentio?" He asked, scratching his head. "The one and only!" He continued. "What are you doing- wait...did you get this Infastar?!" Mario asked, letting his guard up. "No no no...far from it!" He said, shrugging. "In fact, Chrysalis and Fawful have no Idea I know where it is!" "Wait, so if you can get here...than why don't you take it?" He asked, getting a battle stance ready. "Well, you see...Fawful's intentions are anything but pure. He plans to revive the demon Darkned to do his bidding!" "Wait...isn't that the demon Peach and Cadance sealed away twenty years ago?" Mario asked, raising an eyebrow. "Wow...you catch on fast!" Dimentio said, putting his hands at his hips. "And he told me and old Chrysalis that there will be eternal disharmony...but it will be much more than that!" He exclaimed. "The world will fall, and all that needs to happen is Fawful getting this Infastar...witch is why I intend to let you get it first!" "Yeah right! Mario exclaimed, crossing his arms. "What a load of Clubba Crap!" "Oh no no...would I lie to you?" He asked, shrugging. "..." "That's what I thought! So take this key, it will help you into the temple!" He said, snapping and having a key teleport on the ground in front of Mario. "Believe me if you so wish, ciao!" He then warped away. Mario looked down at his feet, to see a big rusty key lying on the ground. "Should I believe him?" Mario asked himself, before leaning down to pick up the key, only to have it be so heavy he needs both hands to lift it. "Let's see...if I trust him then..." Mario shook the thought off, remembering he has some friends to find. He then looked in both directions, to see nothing but beach for miles. "I think they would be along the beach..." He though, putting the key into his pocket and following to the right. He continued to follow the path for a while until he found a body print, then footsteps leading into the woods. "Wait a minute..." He then put his shoe into the print to see that it fit perfectly. "These are Luigi's!" He exclaimed, following them into the woods. The woods where thick, with Papaya trees everywhere. "Ugh...I can't even find Luigi, so how in the hell am I gonna find the Infastar temple?!" He asked himself. "LUIGI?! LUIGI!" He screamed into the woods, hearing nothing but it echo. "STARLOW...TOADLEE!" ...nothing. Mario continued his search until he got around the base of the volcano, "Why do I bother? LUIGI?!" He yelled, as loud as he could. "Mario?" He heard in a familiar voice. "Luigi!" Mario then ran through the woods, following the voice, to find Luigi running towards him. "Luigi!" Mario exclaimed, as the bros. ran to each other and engaged in a hug. "Oh Mario...we where worried about you!" Luigi said, breaking the hug. "Wait...who's 'we'?" Mario asked. "Here, I'll show you!" He said, leading Mario back to a camp where Toadlee and Starlow where sitting by a fire. "Mario!" Toadlee yelled, getting up off of his seat and running towards Mario, and engaging him in another hug. "Uhh yeah...I'm fine!" He said, awkwardly patting Toadlee's back. "We where so worried!" Starlow replied. "How long have you guys been here?!" Mario asked, sitting on one of the logs. "Well let's see...it's been about three days!" Toadlee exclaimed, sitting on another log. "We still haven't managed to find Discord!" Luigi stated. "Oh, well something strange happened to me...let me explain..." Mario said. ...and so he gave me this key!" Mario finished his story, pulling the key out. "He told me to use it to get into the temple!" The others looked at each other completely confused. "So what you're telling me, is Dimentio is helping us?" Starlow asked. "I'm not sure, I don't trust him just yet..." Mario replied. "What about Discord?" Starlow asked, very concerned. "He can wait, we have to get the Infastar! This is what he would want!" The group then collected their things and started to explore the woods. They didn't find much of anything besides Papayas, papayas everywhere...After hours of searching the sun started to set, and the group begun to think it was hopeless. "Ugh...let's call it a night, I'm tired!" Toadlee complained. "We can't give up...Dimentio could get to it first!" Mario replied. "But I thought he wanted us to get it!" Luigi continued. "Who knows...maybe he wants us to get t then he'll swoop in and take it!" Mario replied. Then, suddenly through the darkness and in the distance, they saw some light from a fire, and heard voices. "What is that?" Mario whispered, they slowly made their way towards it, and saw a camp of Spear Guys, dancing around a fire and chanting. They then ducked behind a bush. "What are they doing?" Starlow asked, revealing herself. "It looks like their chanting!" Mario replied. "No crap Sherlock!" Toadlee said, giggling to himself. Luigi then sniffed and scratched his nose. "Ahh...AHH" "Don't you dare!" Starlow said, through gritted teeth. Mario then pinched Luigi's nose, and they sat silent for a second. "Phew..." Mario said, as soon as he let Luigi's nose free: "AHCHOOOOO!" Suddenly the camp went silent. Everyone face palmed as one of the Spear Guys moved the bush to reveal the group. "Guys...there's an invader!" He exclaimed behind him, suddenly the rest of them came and pulled them from the bushes, and tied them to a tree. "Boss, what should we do with them?" He asked, looking onto a throne, but they couldn't see who it was past off of the Spear Guys. "Let me see them!" They heard in a familiar voice. The Spar Guys then moved out of the way, revealing it was Discord. He was wearing a crappy crown carved from wood. "Oh...Mario and Co. Lovely seeing you here!" He said, resting his head on his fist. "Discord...what are you doing?" Starlow asked, aggressively. "Well yo see, These spear guy's think I'm some sort of God!" Discord explained. "And I decided to just humor them for a while!" "Discord stop...where wasting time!" She yelled, getting more aggressive. As she said it Discord used his hand to mock her. "Ugh...Nag nag nag!!" He complained, "Spear Guys...let them free!" He said, followed by a snap. They then hustled to untie them. "Alright, now help us find the Infastar!" Starlow yelled, getting up in his face. "Ugh...all you do is nag!" Discord replied, crossing his arms. "Well you shouldn't pretend you're a god!" She replied, getting more aggressive. "Wait...you're not out god?" One of the Spear guys asked, confused. "Sorry but no..." Discord then teleported behind his shoulders. "Here, you can have the crown back!" He said, putting the crown on the Spear Guy's head. The Spear Guy then got mad and started gritting his teeth. "You...lied to us?" He asked. "Not exactly lieing, just not truthful! He said. They then started to walk away from the camp, but then got attacked. "Oh...you didn't!" Mario...Get them! " Mario then nodded at Discord before charging into the battlefield alongside Luigi. They stood back to back surrounded by at least twenty Spear Guys, only the light from the fire was letting them see. Mario then jumped on one of their heads, and then jumped to the next, then the next. Luigi pulled his hammer out and whacked one of them. One of them pulled his spar out and threw it at Mario, but he deflected it with his hammer. He then ran up to it and whacked it. Another one then stabbed his back, causing a little blood to spill. Mario then turned and looked him in the eye, and then pulled his hammer out. "AHHH!" He screamed as he used his hammer to pick the Spear Guy up, and several more behind him and toss them into the darkness. Suddenly the fire went out, eliminating all the light. But that didn't stop the Bros. They used their hammers and spun around, hitting the Spear Guys. after a while the guys stopped coming. "Did we get them all?" Luigi asked. "I don't now, I can't see a thing!" "I can help with that!" Starlow yelled, floating over them and using her star to light the vicinity up. She then gave the Bros. A wink as they looked into the darkness and saw just one more. He was giving them an evil glare as he pulled out the biggest spear yet, and charged at them. The bros. Jumped out of the way and smacked him with his hammer, flinging him into the darkness. (You can turn the music off now) "Phew...that was close!" Mario sighed, wiping the sweat off his forehead. "How are we gonna find the temple in this pitch-blackness?!" Luigi asked, now shivering. "I have an idea!" Toadlee yelled. "My dad was a great survivalist, he taught me how to make a lantern out of rocks!" He then put it togther, using Starlow's very dim light. "There we go!" "Alright, let's just continue our search!" Mario exclaimed. The then looked for several more hours until they got to the base of the Volcano. They made their way along it and found a huge cave. "I have a good feeling about this!" Mario said, looking back at Toadlee and Luigi. "I don't..." Luigi shivered. "Me too..." Toadlee said. "Let's just check!" Mario said, as they made their way through the cave, and found a switch. "What is this?" Mario asked. Luigi then bit his lip. "I wouldn't flip it-" Too late, Mario flipped it. The ground started shaking and the rocks on the cave wall split apart to reveal a very old-looking temple, surrounded by lava and rock. "Is this it?" Starlow asked, coming out of Mario's pocket. Discord then teleported in. "I'm sensing a huge magical force in here, I think this might be it!" He said, running his hand against the wall. Mario then pulled the key out, and lifted it up towards the high keyhole. "I'm a little afraid, but here goes nothing..." Mario was about to shove it in, but Chrysalis then swooped in, and took the key. "Thank you, darling!" She exclaimed in joy. "Give that back!" Mario screamed at her. "How about I take it?" She replied, splitting a void and going through. "Ugh... AFTER HER!" Mario screamed, and the group jumped into the void. "Wait...WHAT?!" Toadlee asked, putting his hands on his cheeks. Mario's arm then came back through, and pulled him in.