Flipped (Super Paper Mario SWAP AU)

Pure and Chaotic (32)

Nastasia waved her hand, making the Dark Prognosticus, the Light Prognosticus, the Chaos Heart, and the Purity Heart appear above her. On her left side was the girl in orange, and on her right was the man in green.

Dimentio had always known what she was up to, his fatal mistake was in the way he underestimated her. Now, she held all the cards in her hand. No one could overlook her ever again. Not with the power of both light and darkness behind her.

"I hold the power now," she explained. "Far more than you ever held. Far more than any of you ever held."

A strong wind seemed to pick up, even though they were indoors. Both darkness and light seemed to swirl around her, making it impossible to see. Peach had to grab onto Bleck to prevent him from being blown away.

When the air cleared, there was a large machine standing before them, placed just behind Nastasia. It seemed to have some of Daisy and Prince L's features.

Peach's eyes widened. In all her years of adventuring, she had never seen something so horrific.

"Nastasia, I command you to stop this!" Countess Tippi shouted, trying to hide how fearful she was.

Nastasia seemed to raise an eyebrow as she quietly chuckled and shook her head.

"Yeah, you no longer have any use to us. I'm going to have you relocated. K? K." she stated, snapping her fingers. Suddenly, Countess Tippi, Mimi, O'Chunks, Dimentio, Bleck, and Pierre's unconscious form were all flipped away before they could even argue.

All the heroes watched with wide eyes, unsure of what to do. If they tried to interfere with the fusion, Prince L and Daisy could be hurt. They had no idea how to counter the situation.

"The Dark Prognosticus says the dark prince is the ideal host for the power of the Chaos Heart. Just as the Light Prognosticus claims the girl in orange is the ideal host for the opposite," Nastasia explained. She nodded, then flipped so she was sitting on top of the machine, located safely on the large cap that was placed on top.

"Let's do this," Peach breathed. "Everyone, make sure not to destroy it. Daisy is in there."

. . .

Bleck nervously fluttered around while Countess Tippi sat on the ground, silent. They had been transported to the top of Flopside Tower, where the void overhead had grown larger than ever.

"W-we have to do something! We have to save everyone somehow!" Bleck urged, seeming to pace back and forth in the air. "Pierre's sacrifice can't have been for nothing!"

Countess Tippi just looked up at him, her eyes showcasing a thousand sorrows. "We... can't. There's no saving this now... with the Purity Hear and the Chaos Heart gone, there is no way to possibly counter the power she has. The only thing left to do... is simply give up,"

She had thought she had been at rock bottom for such a long time, but this felt like a true disaster.

Bleck shook his head, then flew up so he was in front of her face. "You clearly never knew me that well if you think I'd ever give up," he stated. "How could you even think that way?! After all we've been through and suffered, we've still managed to find each other again! That has to mean something, right? We can't give up now. I won't give up now. I've worked so hard to find our happy ending. You've worked so hard to find our happy ending. Heck, even Pierre sacrificed himself for our happy ending! We cannot just throw that away!"

The countess remained silent as she turned her gaze away, looking out at the city Pierre had built. She had only been there a few short times. She never liked it, it always felt poisoned by the former executioner's touch. But... when she looked down at all those people, she could see beings of all shapes and forms, all backgrounds. People from across the dimensions, all coming together and living amongst one another.