Paper Mario: A New Era - Era 1 - Jollymuch Plains

Era 1 - 4 : The Second Fairy

They were all acting almost a bit drunk, not saying anything stupid, but just staggering around. Yasie hugged Mario passionately, but he pushed her off quickly. Then, Mario shook out of his tiredness and went with his adventure side, which was telling him to keep going.

"We can definitely defeat you, even if we are tired!" Mario boomed, clenching his fists triumphantly.

Sashi laughed evilly. "Mweh heh heh! Aww, is our little hero coming to save the day? How touching. I should kill you before it gets any better. Heh heh..."

At the word kill, Umucha sprung into action, kicking and punching her. It turned into a whole Kung Fu match, the scene everywhere.

They grunted and yelled out war cries as they fought, Umucha kicking her right leg and jousting Sashi's face to the wall.

"How's that for keeping quiet?" Umucha smirked as she wiped the blood off of Sashi's nose. The girl was only pretending to be unconscious, so she raised her feet quickly and kicked her in the air. Umucha landed right on the dining table, weak and injured. Her HP was very low.

While Toadsten took care of Umucha, the rest fought her with all the strength they had. The poison hadn't worn off yet, but they endured fighting with it in their bodies. They all did their best, and eventually they were all toppled over her.

"I can't take much more of this..." Yasie told them, collapsing onto the floor.

"Same here..." All the others then collapsed right next to her, except Mario.

Mario was very eager to defeat her. If it was the last thing he'd ever do. He kicked her on the side of the head, but she then came up with a trick up her sleeve.

"Super Mushroom! Give me your power!" And then she transformed, even bigger. All the others saw this and gasped.

What would they do now...?

"Mweh heh heh! Look who's pint-sized now! Just watch as I crush you into a frisbee!" She smirked and grabbed both her hands and began pushing them down. It was slow now, since she was a giant.

"Luigi, no matter what happens, I'll always be beside you." Mario then grabbed his brother's hand, tears in his eyes.

"This is the end of the Super Mario Brothers...!" They cried.

Before their demeaning death, Culop got out of her bottle and yelled:
"Aura attack!"

Sashi heard this and looked down, not seeing anything. Then she was attacked with purple aura, making her collapse and lose her mushroom.

The others were all in shock. They hadn't seen her do this.

Then Sashi got up from the floor, whining.

"H-hey! That wasn't fair! I had you to a pulp!" Sashi yelled. "I-I'm going to tell Mamusha on you! You'll see who'll get told then! Yeah!" Sashi then telepotted away, laughing evilly. "Mweh heh heh!!"

Wow... That was pretty strange. The bros and the rest would have a hard time getting the wounds healed, especially Umucha's. She was okay, she now just had a limp.

Culop's purple hair then began to glow a little, alerting the crew that another fairy was in here somewhere. But where?

And yes, they all knew. Mario had explained the whole story to the newcomers.

Then her hair shines bright as she approached a locked door that needed a key. There was a note that proceeded.

"When the grandfather clock strikes three, the key will be revealed to you. Pull it from its place."

"What grandfather clock?" Luigi asked.

"The one over there!" Rodrica pointed to a black grandfather clock beside a window, the ticks echoing the whole house. The hour was 2:44.

"The key will be revealed when the clock strikes three. Hm." The crew pondered about what that might mean.

Then the clock struck the hour of three, but no key revealed. But the minute hand looked an awful lot like a key.

Mario noticed this and grabbed it, going over to the locked door and putting the minute hand key in the key slot, turning it slow and easy. He wouldn't want to ruin the key.

Then he opened the door, seeing another fairy trapped in a cage. She had bright yellow hair and a yellow dress that radiated like the sun. She had bright blue eyes that glowed like gems. This was the second fairy. Only 6 more to go at this point.

"Could you please get me out?" The fairy said with a kind and sweet voice. "The key is in the clock."

"Inside?" Rodrica questioned.

"You'll know when you see it."

They all went to the grandfather clock again, finding that the hour hand was the clock.

"Nice one." Umucha limped her way over.

Then they unlocked the cage and set the yellow fairy free.

"Thank you so much, friends! I am Marzie, the second of the eight fairies. It'll be a pleasure to work at your side, your majesty!" She smiled, referring to Culop. Then she went inside the bottle.

"Your majesty?"

"They just say that because I'm capable of much more than they are. When we get all the fairies, I will transform into...well, you'll see." She smiled.

"I better use my teleportation stones to teleport us to the next era, which is Grabdastone Desert." Umucha told them

Mario smiled and put a fist on his chest triumphantly. "Next stop, er... The desert!" It was too difficult of a name for him, so he just said that.

The gang all watched Umucha get out her teleportation stones in awe.

"You might wanna hold your breath." Then she set them off, throwing them to the ground and disappearing. To Grabdastone Desert they went.

End of Chapter!