Pure Hearts Be True

Cragley HO!

"What... What are you thinking? There's no possible way! No one will allow it!"

"If we can't be happy here, we must leave for a place that will accept our love."

"But, Blumiere, is there such a place? Think... I can't bear to see you hurt again."

"If our love has no home...let us spend our lives searching together! So I beg of you again... Timpani, marry me! I promise I will make you happy."

"You...just won't give up, will you? Of all the crazy...stubborn...foolish men..."

"Timpani, answer me, please!"

"Blumiere, I love you. Take me away. Take me to a world where we can be happy."

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"Hey, when is your brother coming back?"

"I don't know, he usually comes back 3 weeks after the princess was kidnapped. Why?"

"Just making sure... I can't be here when he returns."

"That is true."

"I should go."

"No! Please don't go? I really have enjoyed your company and I would hate for you to go now."

"But your brother..."

"Forget my brother! Don't be so worried about him. If he can't see that you are my friend, then I rather leave the kingdom forever with you by my side."

"...where is this all coming from...?"

"It's coming from my heart. Something that has seriously change since you fell into my world - quite literally."

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Our heroes finally returned to Flipside, our heroes did note the change in Tippi - who was extremely cheerful as of late. Mario turned to Violet.

He stated, "You know that you can go look for my baby bro, if you want."

Violet replied, "I'll hang around for one more chapter. You might need my ice powers after all."

Mario twirled his thumbs around nervously, not wanting to ask this question. Peach and Bowser both looked at Mario, he never looked so unsure of himself.

Peach asked softly, "Mario, are you okay?"

Bowser added, "You look like you are gonna upchuck your lunch."

Before Mario could answer, Tippi felt faint and went down. Quickly thinking, our heroes rushed her to Merlon's. It was there Merlon told them that he found Tippi, seriously hurt and cursed to wander dimensions forever. Her Pixl form was not going to last much longer. When Merlon found her, she was barely alive and hanging by a thread. Since Tippi lost her memory, she could not tell Merlon who she really was or where she came from.

Violet breathed, "This is awful..."

Peach added, "Now we defiantly need to find the rest of the Pure Hearts before it is too late."

Bowser stated, "The Void has probably grown again too."

Mario turned to Violet and replied, "You're our best scout, you have to go find out where the next Heart Pillar is."

Merlon added, "While I look over Tippi."

"Done and done," Violet responded, taking off.

A bit later, Violet returned, freaking out that there was a town called Flopside. The others agreed to go and check it out with her. When they got there, they met Merlon's counterpart - Nolrem. He told them about the two towns and more about the Void. After healing Tippi, the four heroes went to the next chapter - the world of Crag. Dealing with O'Chunks and Dimentio was rather easy. After helping Flint Cragley and his crew, the heroes found King Croacus' lair.

Peach stated, "This is gonna be interesting."

Mario replied, "Just stay on your toes everyone."

Bowser quipped, "Speak for yourself, Mario..."

Violet interfered before Mario could say anything, "Hey, hey. Destruction of all worlds, remember?"

Tippi commented, "Violet is right. After all of this, we can all return to our normal lives."

Bowser and Mario nodded, though glaring at each other. After taking out King Croacus the IV, the Floro Sapiens came into the room with the entrapped Cragnons. The Floro Sapiens looked very worried about their king.

One sapien asked, "What? Whoa, what did you do?!"

Bowser answered, "We trounced your king, that's what we did!"

The second sapien stated, "Shut up! You don't get it at all!"

Violet puzzled, "Get what?"

The third sapien explained, "King Croacus was awesome! He totally thought of his people first! And you... You wilted him!"

Peach commented, "We had to! He was threatening us and wouldn't free the Cragnons."

Tippi added, "So what are you talking about?"

The third sapien further explained, "Water, man! I'm talking water!"

Mario questioned, "Water?"

The second sapien stated, "Yeah, the Cragnons were polluting our water, making us go insane!"

Just then, Flint Cragley and his crew came in. Flint promised to tell his people to no longer pollute the water, in exchange that the Floro Sapiens let go of the other Cragnons. The sapiens agreed and bestow the Pure Heart to Mario and his friends. With the Pure Heart in hand and the knowledge that everything was going to be okay, our heroes went back to Flipside.

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In Castle Bleck, O'Chunks and Nastasia were alone and chatting. O'Chunks told Nastasia about what Dimentio did, make her a bit suspicious to what the jester was trying to do. O'Chunks then started to sing about the count (under Nastasia's orders), which got on Mimi's nerves.

Nastasia added, "And as punishment for getting beat by that hero AGAIN, I'm making him sing it a 1,000 times."

Mimi blurted out, "1,000... 1,000 times?! Gosh, you're more evil than I thought! Hey, but enough chatting! Where's the count? I wanna see him! He hasn't called me to do anything, and I'm getting SO BORED!"

At that moment; Mr. L dropped in and commented, "Hey, Count? My destructive little friend is all gassed up and itching to get back into action. Yes Brobot is begging me to take him out. Say the word, and I'll roll out."

Nastasia replied, "Yeah, great enthusiasm, but let's shelf the robot action for now, 'K? The thing is, the count kinda left specific orders for us to stand by. Got that?"

Mimi hissed, scared, "NO WAY! We're supposed to wait here for that big, mean hero to come and get us?"

Mr. L commented, not caring, "So the count doesn't need my services? Excellent. I'll just be off then."

Nastasia directed, a bit angry, "YOU GO NOWHERE! We wait! It's the count's direct order! His word is absolute! Be a good minion and DO NOT MOVE TIL TOLD! ...'K? Thanks."

With that, Nastasia left - making Mimi more upset and bored while Mr. L just looked frustrated. O'Chunks was still in the room but was knocked out after all of his singing. Suddenly, Dimentio appeared to them. After giving them an idea to attack the heroes with a surprise attack, Mimi and Mr. L headed out. Dimentio did the same, smirking at his job. He thought, 'With them going after mother, father is all mine.'

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