Heart of Dreams

Chapter 16

Mario, Luigi, Violet, Starlow, and Prince Dreambert came out of the Pi'illo Castle. They looked up and saw Neo Bowser Castle flying above head.

Starlow blurted out, "What the Underwhere?!"

Prince Dreambert stated, "It must be the work of the Dream Stone!"

Mario replied, "Whoever wished for that is looking for a big score..."

Luigi asked, "What are we going to do?"

Violet answered, "I don't know but this cannot be good! Let's get to Driftwood Shore, NOW!"

Everyone nodded as they headed south to find the princess. Eventually, they got to Driftwood Shore and got passed two guards. When they got to a shop, they met the manager of the store, Broque Madame. Turns out that the two helpers were really Toadsworth and Princess Peach in disguise!

Toadsworth commented, "Oho! That worked like a charm!"

Peach added, "You said it, glad to see you guys!"

Broque Madame brought up, "Outside might not be safe but zis place it is not so safe either... Bowser could attack here at any time, honh?"

Toadsworth replied, "True... Master Mario! We must ensconce the princess in safer lodgings!"

Violet asked, "Why not have her come with us?"

Luigi added, "Yeah, if you are worried about her safety, have her join us."

Starlow brought up, "She would still be in danger."

Prince Dreambert replied, "That is a good point."

Mario waved his hands as he commented, "Now everyone calm down. Let me have a say in this. After all, she is my girlfriend."

Peach blushed as she giggled. Mario went over to Peach as he had a bad feeling. It was something he couldn't shake since they had gotten here. Like there was something wrong with Peach.

Peach broke his thoughts and asked, "Mario, are you okay?"

Mario cringed a bit as he turned to Luigi and questioned, "Luigi, do you ever get the feeling whenever Violet's in danger?"

Luigi nodded as he answered, "Yeah, I had that feeling all throughout the second mansion incident when you and I were taking down those ghosts."

Broque Madame raised an eyebrow as she told Mario, "Uh Mario, what are you talking about? That's Peach right there."

Toadsworth added, "Yes, Master Mario! I would know the real deal!"

Mario turned to Toadsworth as he replied, "I'm not doubting you, it's just a feeling I have."

Violet commented, "I've got the same bad feeling."

Peach waved her hand and stated, "Oh come now, everything is fine. It is me. I promise." Luigi was staring at her for the longest time, which had her on edge. She looked at him and asked, "Luigi, what's wrong?"

Luigi answered, "I have the same feeling Mario does." He grabbed Peach's hair and huffed, "Drop the act, Kamek!"

As he pulled her hair, Toadsworth was freaking out as Broque Madame watched in awe. Standing there, in one of Peach's dresses, was Kamek.

"Kamek!" Toadsworth breathed, before fainting.

"I don't believe it!" Broque Madame stated.

"How did you know?!" Kamek asked them.

"Pink is not your color." Violet semi-joked.

Mario grabbed Kamek by the collar as he threatened, "Where's my girlfriend?! If you have hurt her, Kamek, you will hate meeting me!"

Kamek gulped in fear. He had never seen Mario so pissed off. Luigi stepped into it, surprising everyone.

"Mario, that's not us. That's not what we are about." Luigi told him, softly. "We are the heroes. Not the villains. Peach will be okay. I promise."

Mario looked at him, seeing the worry in Luigi's blue eyes, and then shoved Kamek to the floor. Kamek fled as Mario walked out the door. Luigi sighed as Violet was in complete respect of him. She wasn't expecting Luigi to tell Mario off like that. Now Peach was in Bowser's clutches, it was Mario's turn to be worried. The roles were reversed from the second mansion incident.

Violet turned to Luigi and asked, "What do we do now?"

Luigi answered, "We have no choice, we have to go to the Dream World. See if we can expand it."

Starlow perked up at this as she questioned, "Can we do that?"

Prince Dreambert explained, "As long as we can get our hands on a Dream Egg, then yes."

Starlow asked, "And where are one of these Dream Eggs?"

Prince Dreambert told her, "Seadric and Seabelle can make them."

Luigi responded, "Which means it is game time."

Violet knelled down to Toadsworth as she whispered, "Don't worry, we'll get Peach back for you..." She got up, nodding at Luigi. Luigi nodded back. She added, "Let's go."

With that, the four of them left to get Mario. Broque Madame went over to Toadsworth and started to try and wake the poor old Toad.

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As they entered the Dream World yet again, they met a dream genie by the name of Seadric. He told them that they could expand the dream world with a Dream Egg. Seadric told them that his brother and his sister could help them get Dream Eggs. After finding the first Dreampoint; Mario, Violet, Dreamy Luigi, and Prince Dreambert met up with Seabelle, Seadric's sister. However, she was so obsessed with her looks that it was distracting her.

Prince Dreambert whispered, "Is she serious?"

Violet quietly replied, "Looks like it..."

Seabelle hissed, "You better say that I'm a supermodel over there!"

Mario questioned, rather annoyed, "Really?"

Dreamy Luigi answered, sighing, "Afraid so."

After reassuring that she was a supermodel, our heroes were able to get the first Dream Egg from her. The heroes managed to save another Pi'illo folk (dealing with a lot of Lakitu's) and then headed off for the next Dreampoint. They kept going like this until they got all of the Dream Eggs and they went back into the Dreampoint that held Seadric.

Seadric expands the world and the team continues towards the farthest point possible. With that, Mario and Violet went back into the real world and started to head towards the home of Dr. Snoozemore. Little did they know, Dreamy Luigi had gotten hurt once again...

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