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A Broken Heart Chapter 8: Wishes

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Chapter 8: Wishes
Fawful

      Fawful smiled. It was a great, big, huge, toothy, creepy, satisfied, happy grin. It was the grin that Midbus immediately noticed, then regarded the rest of him. His eyes widened in recognition, and his mouth dropped open.
      'I say to you, hello, my friend!' Fawful beamed, holding the scalding gun in hand.
      'Lord...Lord Fawful?!' Midbus, in all his years, had never been more surprised.
      'You were perhaps having the guessing that I had deadness?' His smile stayed.
      'I...' He dropped to his knees. 'Failed. I have failed.'
      'You're darn right you failed!' Bowser shot. 'And so did your puny master too!'
      Midbus looked up instantly and stared the Koopa King down, a fire in his eyes. 'YOU!' He jumped up and ran at Bowser.
      'Alright, bring it on!' Bowser roared, and followed suit.
      'Bowser!' Mario yelled.
      'Midbus, have the halting!' Fawful shouted.
      Midbus stopped without question. Bowser, however, ran on. Mario, seeing no other solution, jumped up and stomped down hard on the Koopa's scaly foot.
      'GRAAAAAAAAAAGH!' Bowser bellowed in pain, clutching his foot.
      The giant pig looked confused. 'Lord Fawful. Is the Koopa not our enemy?' he asked.
      'That might have had truth the time that was before this time,' Fawful answered. 'But not the time that is currently the present time. The mustaches of Red and Green, as well as the Koopa who is king and the frilly princess who possesses much of the colour of disgustingness, are also being on the side that is Fawful's.' He motioned to Mario. 'The Red mustache will have the clearing of all the doubts.'
      And so, Mario explained everything to Midbus, from Fawful's defeat at the hands of Bowser, his transformation into the Dark Fawful Bug and how they defeated him with Bowser's help and destroyed the Dark Star. He explained Fawful's resurrection and how he joined forces with Dimentio, how Dimentio betrayed him and planned to use the Chaos Heart to destroy all worlds and create perfect new ones. He explained everything that had happened up until his release.
      'Confused. I am confused,' Midbus grunted.
      'Don't try to understand the prophecy, it's the least of your worries,' Mario replied. 'For now, you need to help us stop Dimentio, or we'll all have our games ended.'
      Midbus looked to Fawful. The boy nodded. 'Fawful wishes for your company of greatness on this journey!'
      Midbus nodded. 'I will join you. Protect.'
      'It is sounding excellent!' He spun around. 'Nowing, we are leaving this castle of stupid soon? Fawful is getting tired of it's stupid peachy smells.' Peach pouted slightly.

      The Heroes, with their new companion, exited the gate and entered Toad Town again. 'Happy now Fawful?' Mario puffed, irritated.
      'I say to you, no! This town is smelling of fungi!'
      'It IS Toad Town,' Luigi pointed out.
      'You did LIVE HERE for a long time, remember?' Mario said.
      'In the castle sewers, no less!' Peach added.
      'Fawful had the using of much air freshener.'
      'Just shut up,' Mario growled. Fawful frowned. 'Now, we need to know where to go next. Any ideas?'
      'Well, wouldn't we need some sorta super powerful thing to destroy the Chaos Heart n'all?' O'Chunks offered.
      'That much is obvious,' Kamek remarked.
      ''Ey!'
      'Well, do any of you have any ideas?' Mario asked.
      'What about those Crystal Star things?' Luigi asked. 'You were collecting them at one point.'
      'Oh, right, those.' Mario remembered them. Seven star-shaped, multifaceted stones created by an ancient demon queen, eventually used against her to seal her soul away and again to destroy her. 'They're gone. They disappeared a while after the Shadow Queen was destroyed.'
      'Well...uh...' Luigi gave it some more thought. 'I really don't know then.' No one else did either.
      Fawful, however, decided not to idly discuss such matters. He took out a handheld radar and pressed a button. His Headgear turned into a sensory dish and the radar connected, sending pulses of electromagnetic waves out to the surrounding area.
      'Hey kid,' Kamek whispered, and went to Fawful. 'What do you have there?'
      'I say shoo!' Fawful spat. 'Fawful cannot work while smelly old Koopas are distracting him!'
      'Bite me you brat,' Kamek hissed. 'I hate to say it, but you have more of a chance of turning up information than they do, so I'll stick with your progress.'
      'Fining!' Fawful huffed.
      Beep. Beep. Beep.
      'What is that thing anyway?' the Magikoopa asked.
      'This is a radar of excellence!' Fawful beamed. 'It will be telling us where the power sources of largeness are.'
      Beep!
      The radar detected a blip of energy close by. They looked in its direction.
      'Merlon's house. Nothing special there,' Kamek commented.
      Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep.
      'This is getting us nowh-'
      BEEP!!! They jumped at the sudden noise. It was so loud the rest of the group heard it clearly.
      'I have a reading!' the Bean exclaimed. 'It is coming from...' His eyes widened and he slapped a hand to his forehead. 'Shooting Star Summit.'
      'Well, that would do it,' Kamek remarked.
      'Why did I not think of that?!' Luigi exclaimed.
      'Let's-a go!' Mario said.

      Shooting Star Summit had long been described as the Gateway to the Stars by the citizens of the Mushroom Kingdom. It was a beautiful area, with purple grass and leaves. Trees of the same ilk rose up to dazzle the area, the dew on the leaves sparkling with a greater majesty than usual. A worn stone path winded its way up rugged, nature-made steps leading to a spiralling incline of steps to the top of the Summit. Near the base of the majestic tower was a small, modest house which was home to the prophet siblings, Merlow and Merluvlee. However, it wasn't the appearance that made people say such things about it; it was the fact that the top of Shooting Star Summit was the closest place to Star Haven, a realm where the Stars watched over the Kingdom and granted wishes to those with pure hearts.
      The Heroes trudged up the path. A shooting star crashed down and bounced in front of them.
      'Yikes!' Mimi exclaimed. 'How do you not get hit by them?!'
      'For some reason, they avoid people,' Mario replied. 'I guess they have minds of their own.'
      'This dimension just gets weirder and weirder...' Mimi replied.
      They ascended up the steps and stopped in front of the spiralling tower looming in front of them. Fawful gazed up, fascinated. 'Fawful had no idea that this place of starriness had such power!' Fawful exclaimed. He could feel the energy rippling through the air here.
      'It's so...pretty,' Mimi breathed, amazed. 'This dimension is so amazing! Nothing like mine at all...'
      It took a moment for Fawful to register this, and when he did his head snapped over. 'What?' he asked.
      'I said it's nothing like my di-' She stopped abruptly and gasped, putting her hands to her mouth.
      'What's teh matter lass?' O'Chunks said.
      'N-nothing, nothing...' Mimi said nervously. Fawful narrowed his eyes; he needed more information than this.
      'I have annoyance! Fawful is wanting to know now!' He stomped his foot.
      'It's none of your business Fawful!' Mimi snapped. Fawful was treading on thin ice; too bad he didn't care.
      'Fawful,' Blumiere warned. 'Stay out of things you don't belong in.'
      'Pah! Fawful is not taking orders from you!'
      'Listen you!' Nastasia whirled and fixed him with an icy glare. 'If you don't stop, things aren't gonna be pretty. Now shut up and leave Mimi alone now, 'K?
      Fawful stuck out his tongue. 'What is a secretary of uselessness going to do to an evil genius such as Faw-'
      Nastasia lowered her glasses and affixed Fawful with a stony stare. Her red eyes locked onto his and he suddenly felt himself freeze as red lines whirled around him. He had no control of his own. The woman smiled a satisfied smirk.
      'Leave Mimi alone,' she commanded, her words vibrating with a strange force. 'Stop prying.' Fawful tried to retort, to tell the secretary that it was none of her business, but he couldn't. His words caught in his throat and all he managed was a choked cough.
      'Lord Fawful!' Midbus cried, stepping forward.
      'HAVE STOPPING!' Midbus stood still. Nastasia raised her glasses and the lines disappeared. Fawful took in a few breaths and muttered an apology to Mimi.
      'Good,' Nastasia said. She turned. 'Let's go now, 'K?' After a moment's hesitation, they ascended the steps.
      Fawful was glaring at Nastasia's back as they climbed; how dare she?! What in the world had she done?! Some sort of hypnosis...bah! 'I have anger...' he whispered to himself.
      They reached the top. On most of the flat summit was a circular floor. It was purple, aside from a bright blue in the centre. A star engraving was in the blue centre along with seven smaller star engravings around the sides. The stars sparkled overhead, a few falling from the heavens every now and then. Fawful always found Shooting Star Summit bizarre; it didn't matter what time of day it was when you entered, it always faded to night when you stepped in the boundaries and back to normal when you went out.
      'Wow...' Mimi breathed. Her eyes were lit up with awe. Fawful felt his heart rise as he looked at her; she seemed to shine with an otherworldly beauty, her young face full of wonder and innocence. Of course, she wasn't actually innocent; True Mimi was evidence enough of that. The weird thing Fawful had about Mimi was that it was almost impossible to place a definite age on the green child. On one hand, she was relatively small and her face was often young, making her look around Fawful's age. On the other hand, there were times when her features would change without literally changing; her eyes would reflect ancient wisdom and maturity and her expression would be sombre, boosting her age up quite a few years. The fact that she sometimes acted like a bratty teenager also added another possible age. Fawful didn't care; nothing would change with age.
      Everyone else was mystified as well; Timpani looked amazed. She tugged on Blumiere's arm. 'We should come back here some time when this is all over, don't you think?'
      'I do,' Blumiere answered with a smile.
      'Ah...' O'Chunks sighed, grinning. 'It reminds me o' the fine days I spent with that even finer lass back in me prime...' He seemed lost in his own world. Bowser simply grunted, remembering his loss at Mario's hands when he stole the Star Rod from Star Haven. Fawful couldn't help but agree with the others; the view was breathtaking.
      'So bro,' Luigi said. 'What're we here for?'
      Mario smiled. 'What else? For a prayer.'
      'A WHAT?' Bowser roared. 'I don't bow down to nobody!'
      'Settle down, you don't have to do anything.' Mario walked up to the centre engraving and went down on his knees. Putting his hands together, he began muttering.
      'Honourable Star Spirits?' he called. Fawful was perplexed; what was he doing? He didn't know much about the Star Spirits, but he knew that they never came down to the world below for anything. 'It's Mario. We're...um, in trouble again, and we need your help. My wish is for you to come down and see us.'
      Moments passed. Nothing happened.
      'Guess you're not special enough Mario!' Bowser laughed.
      The next moment, Bowser was proven wrong. A blinding flash of light engulfed them all, shining from the sky and coming down in a pillar perfectly around the top of the summit. The eight star engravings glowed with their respective colours of the Star Spirits and flashed. Fawful had to shield his eyes at the risk of being blinded. He decided to take a peek.
      Seven beings descended. They were large, star-shaped creatures. The first was bright yellow and had a huge, white mustache. The second was a duller yellow and had a pink bow on her top. The third star was a greyish purple. It had large brown eyebrows and a small mustache of the same colour. It also wore round, white spectacles. The fourth was turquoise and wore a turquoise sailor's hat, a blue ribbon around the rim. The fifth was pink and held on to a long, orange ribbon. The sixth held a book at his side and had a pink bowtie on his upper middle. His cheeks were rosy. The seventh had a small, brown mustache.
      'Mario!' the one with the white mustache exclaimed. 'It's been a very long time since I've seen you.'
      'Good to see you too Eldstar,' Mario greeted with a smile. Fawful gaped in slack jawed bewilderment; Mario had befriended the Star Spirits?! It was impossible!
      'Feeling well Mario?' the pink one, Misstar, asked.
      'Yeah,' the plumber answered.
      'I still tell the Star Kids your story,' the turquoise one, Muskular, beamed. 'The story of how the Great Mario saved all of Star Haven and the whole kingdom!'
      'I never get any attention...' Luigi whined, eyeing his brother's sheepish face.
      'Be counting yourself lucky, fink-rat,' Fawful growled; unfortunately, Fawful never didn't get attention when he was out in the open, and there were constantly armed guards on his heels.
      'Now Mario,' Eldstar said when everyone was done their greetings. 'What has happened that made you call us?'
      Mario pointed to the small Void in the sky. 'That.' His short answer was greeted with nervous shuffles in the air. 'That's called the Void. It was created by the Chaos Heart, and we need a Purity Heart to stop it. Now that we thought to call you though, I'd just like your Star Rod to grant a wish for me.'
      'Anything Mario, anything,' Eldstar replied.
      'I wish the Chaos Heart didn't exist.'
      An uncomfortable silence passed. 'Um...well...we can't grant that wish I'm afraid.'
      'Why not?' Mario asked, shocked. 'The Star Rod can grant any wish!'
      'Couldn't make me beat you,' Bowser pointed out glumly.
      'Well, you see...' Eldstar answered with a pause. 'None of the stars knew what that thing was, but I and the other six Star Spirits new that it could spell doom for the world. We tried using the Star Rod to make it vanish, but...'
      'But the Star Rod couldn't do it,' answered Skolar, the purple one. 'It backfired and left a huge hole in Star Haven. The stars are rebuilding it as we speak.'
      'Oh my!' Peach and Timpani exclaimed simultaneously.
      'Sounds bad,' Mimi added.
      'It most certainly was!' Skolar said. 'Nothing like that has ever happened before!'
      'We concluded that such a task was outside of the Star Rod's regular abilities.'
      'Hm...' Everyone turned; Blumiere was in thought. 'This Star Rod...what are its powers?'
      'The Star Rod, in effect, can grant any wish that anyone desires, as long as we deem it right to use it for.'
      'Only those in this world have wished for things?' the prince pressed.
      The old star looked confused. 'Well...yes, of course. I was not aware that there were other worlds.'
      'There are. The Void is a hole made of pure darkness that only exists to destroy each and every world there is. When the Void is done with the world, it ceases to exist. The Void is a thing that spans over all dimensions. I think the Star Rod couldn't handle it for two reasons, those being that the Void has enough dark energy to destroy anything and everything in its path and that it spans dimensions other than this one.'
      'That would make sense,' Eldstar said.
      'Well...that's not good,' Mario said, dejected. 'I was hoping this could be over quickly. How about this? Can you create a Purity Heart for us?'
      Blumiere waved the question off before the star could answer. 'Out of the question. The task would drain all of the Star Rod's power and not even be close to full power. Several people from the Tribe of Ancients died creating the first one.'
      Mario muttered something under his breath. 'Well that's just peachy,' he grunted.
      'Why are you worrying so much?' Misstar huffed. 'You're Mario! You'll pull through. Besides, you have all your friends behind you.' She motioned to the group. 'Including your own brother. You can't go wrong with them.' Luigi grinned at his mention.
      'I guess so,' Mario said. 'I was just hoping we had a sure-fire chance. Now...' He clenched his fists. 'The Void will get bigger by each passing day.'
      'Don't worry bro!' the green plumber said, patting his brother on the shoulder. 'I'm right here behind you, just like she said!'
      'I'll always be here for you Mario,' Peach comforted warmly. 'Just like you're always there for me.'
      'Yeah...I guess I'll help to,' Bowser grunted. Kamek just sighed.
      'We'll be with you to the bitter end, Hero,' Blumiere said.
      'Nothing will keep me from this adventure!' Timpani beamed.
      'I'll be 'ere teh lay a beatin' on everyone!' O'Chunks challenged to the world.
      Mimi clenched her fists. 'That idiot clown isn't going to get away with what he's done!' Fawful noticed a strange tone to the green girl's voice, so feint he barely noticed. He painfully recalled the way she had been treated in Castle Bleck; she had more than just an obligation. This was personal.
      Fawful said nothing. Everyone turned to look at him, expecting him to say some sort of confirmation. He didn't. 'You!' he said to the seven creatures. 'You spirits who are calling yourself stars even though you clearly are lacking in cosmic gases and light!' He scuttled up to them.
      'Ah, you,' Eldstar said, a hint of irritation lining his usually controlled tone. 'Fawful. What is it?'
      'Fawful is having a wish!' he said firmly.
      The old star shook his head. 'Not another one. We haven't granted your wishes because they aren't good and worthy of the Star Rod's power.'
      Fawful glared at him; ever since moving to the Mushroom Kingdom and learning of Star Haven, Fawful had constantly made wishes to them. Each and every one had been malevolent and directed at his two most hated enemies. 'You stars of stupidness! That is not what Fawful is wanting.'
      'Well then, what is it that you want?'
      'Fawful is simply having one wish: that all of Fawful's inventions would be warped out of the castle that is belonging to Dimentio and right there.' He pointed at the ground a foot or so away from him.
      'Well...that spans other dimensions so I don't know if it will work...'
      'Just make with the wishing!' Fawful spat.
      Eldstar sighed and the Star Rod appeared in the middle of the circle of stars. They all closed their eyes and began to glow. They pointed at the Star Rod, releasing light into a pinpoint in the middle of the star on the Star Rod. Light blasted from it with intensity. 'Star Rod...' the Star Spirits said simultaneously. 'Grant Fawful's wish!'
      There was a flash of light from the Star Rod, then another flash of light where Fawful pointed. As the light receded and Fawful uncovered his eyes, he saw every invention, both complete and incomplete, laying in a heap on the ground.
      'I HAVE GLAD!' Fawful yelled, and ran to his inventions.
      '"I have glad?" one of the stars muttered.
      'Fawful also wishes for a large, strong cloth and rope and a big, strong stick!'
      A small poof and there they were.
      'Midbus, could you be helping Fawful?' He had already begun to wrap his inventions in a clump in the cloth and tie it to the stick.
      'Yes. Of course.' Midbus walked over.
      'Be carrying these until Fawful can create a method of storage that is better than this one.' Midbus picked it up without complaint. Fawful looked at the Star Spirits. 'Since you have granted the wish of Fawful...' He shifted. 'Thanking you.' Ugh, he felt disgustingly more like a good guy every moment.
      'You're welcome!' Eldstar said, surprised.
      'Well...' Mario muttered. 'I guess coming here was a waste of time.'
      'Don't say that!' Peach said. 'The Star Spirits could come in handy when we need to create the Purity Heart.'
      'Yeah,' Mimi added. 'And he got his inventions back.' She pointed to the Bean.
      'True.' It seemed Mario's spirits were a little higher. He snapped his fingers and grinned. 'I know what we should do: we need to go see Merlon!'
      'But Merlon's in Flipside,' Mimi pointed out.
      'Not that Merlon, the one in Toad Town,' Luigi corrected.
      Mimi raised an eyebrow. 'There's another Merlon? Huh.'
      'More than you'd imagine,' Mario said with a laugh. The group turned and descended down the steps, leaving just Fawful. He stared at the Star Spirits, a question dangling on his tongue.
      'Fawful?' the pink bowed star, Mamar, asked. 'Are you not joining them?'
      Mimi noticed his absence and walked back. 'Fawfie?' she called, making the boy cringe slightly for two reasons: one, he was a villain and villains were never called such things, and two...he kind of liked it.
      'Fawful has one wish of finality,' he said to the Star Spirits. A question had been on his mind. 'What is the date of today?' They told him, and Fawful's heart pounded.
      'Fawful? What's wrong?' Mimi asked.
      Fawful shook his head. 'Nothing is the matter.' He forced a smile. 'No worries for Fawful.'
      Mimi gave him a look. 'If you say so.' She grabbed his hand. 'Come on, we have to catch up now!' She ran a bit with him and he let go, running at her side. They rejoined the group, but Fawful lagged behind slightly. This was the day of every year that he both loved and hated; it filled him with a strange combination of pride, happiness, and sadness. He shook a bit, remembering the many years before where on this very day he and Cackletta would celebrate in their own, evil way. This was Fawful's birthday, in a sense; it was the day that Cackletta had first taken him in.
      Fawful, under his own breath so the others couldn't hear, sang. 'Happy birthday to you...' he recited, his voice shaky. 'Happy birthday to y-you...' He closed his eyes and a tear fell onto the ground. 'Happy birthday to Faawfuuul...happy birthday to...y-you...'
WHOO! Another chappy! :iconwoohooplz: I kinda like this one. It opens up more of the plot. Don't worry, there'll be actual PLOT soon. I'm not sure if my next chapter will be the heroes or the villains, so don't pray for Dimentio, considering he's been skipped. :XD:

Anyway, I hope you like this one. Ciao!
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I am so sad, I should've given him a present *sobs like a baby*