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SUPER SMASH BROS UNIVERSE Part 1, Chapter 4: Rebel Feet

IN THE KONGO JUNGLE…

“We are not staying here tonight!” Toad Minister says sternly. Peach and her council are in the Kong treehouse with Mario. Toad Minister and The Chancellor refuse to stay in the Kong’s treehouse for the night. They don’t want to live like animals. Toadstern could care less.

“You should be grateful that you’re not still in that cage,” Toadsworth quips.

They could go back to the Space Observatory, but Mario and Peach don’t want to bother Rosalina more than they already have. She needs to focus on detailing the new map of the world with all the data their lumas are sending. Mario thinks it’s best to find refuge in Sarasaland anyways.

“I say we go to Sarasaland as soon as we can,” Peach states.

“I agree,” Toadsworth says.

“But you said Daisy’s luma is gone,” Toad Minister is challenging Peach. “Who knows if Daisy survived the shift!”

“Sarasaland is still there, let’s uh assume that Daisy is too,” Mario reassures everyone. He isn’t sure if Peach can handle losing Daisy.

“Do we know if it changed? The Mushroom Kingdom is still here but it is completely underwater,” Chancellor asks.

“That’s the problem,” Mario starts. “We don’t know what to expect. That’s why were gonna go there.”

“Well, if we are unclear about the stability of Sarasaland then the Prin –Queen and her council shouldn’t go,” Toad Minister says.

“I am going,” Peach says. “If something happens then Toadstern can resume his duty.” The room is quiet. “He has done a fine job at it.”

“Peach, I would suggest” Toadsworth starts.

“–I want to do this,” Peach commands. The council doesn’t refute the plan to go to Sarasaland. Peach gives the council what they want and decides to bring them to the Space Observatory in the morning. She pushes everyone off to bed.

In the middle of the night Peach listens to the sounds around her; Mario breathes steadily next to her, Luigi is snoring loudly from across the room, and Dixie is playing in the trees. Peach can’t help but think all night. What should her move be after getting to Sarasaland? What if Daisy isn’t alive? What if the council can’t survive on the Space Observatory?

IN THE MORNING…

The council is getting ready to go to the Space Observatory. Despite some of their differences, Peach hugs them. She knows that they are looking out for her as well as the Mushroom Kingdom, however, she wants to start taking action. Toadsworth recognizes this and decides not to argue with her. She watches them disappear in the star launcher and begins to plan for the trip to Sarasaland.

Yoshi is going to be left at the treehouse with Diddy and Dixie while the rest go. Everyone is really concerned about what Yoshi saw happen to his home. They don’t want to put him in front of harm’s way. DK decides to go with the others; he believes he knows the route to Sarasaland the best. He doesn’t want Diddy and Dixie to come because they will be crossing through kritter territory. Although they can defend themselves, he wants someone to hold down the fort.

Captain Toad and Toadette pack supplies for everyone so they are prepared. There are nap sacks for everyone, each with extra food, clothes, supplies, and weapons. Peach reassures Luigi because he is scared of traveling through the jungle. She reminds him of Daisy, this will be the best chance at finding her.

Diddy Kong and Dixie Kong wish the travelers good luck. Banjo-Kazooie go their separate ways through the jungle, but leave them with a few eggs to eat.

IN THE BOWSER’S CASTLE DUNGEONS…

Birdo lies in her cell. She hasn’t been fed properly in the dungeons so she is lethargic. It is cooler in the cells too, which is refreshing to be away from all the magma heat. There has been constant banging from above the dungeons which makes Birdo wonder what is happening. Suddenly, she starts to hear clanking from down the dungeons. She hears cell doors getting unlocked. Eventually, a Paratroopa approaches her cell with a set of keys. His shell is a burgundy color, his eye brows are gray, and his wings look weak when they flap.

“Hello Birdo. My name is Tass. I’m here to set you and everyone else free,” Tass says.

“Set free?” Birdo asks.

“Yes, the revolution is here!” Tass claims. “Though I wouldn’t plan on moving back to the Mushroom Kingdom, Bowser has set his new home up there!” he opens the cell door for her. Birdo walks out of the cell in a trance; she is mystified at this predicament. The floods of prisoners walk past her; goombas, koopas, and boos, distract her.

“Why are you revolting?” Birdo asks still in a trance.

“Bowser and the koopalings have relocated to the Mushroom Kingdom, we haven’t seen any of them for days.”

“I’ve only been down here for days?”

“Yes. I am part of the Golden Star Rebels,” Tass can see Birdo staring at him blankly. She is out of it. “Here, come with me. You seem ill. Let me bring you to the shelter.”

Birdo takes Tass’ hand and wobbles with him out of the dungeon. They leave the dungeon and see chaos throughout the castle. Rebels and warriors are fighting each other. Explosions are tearing Birdo’s attention. She doesn’t know how she is walking, she is doing it by instinct at the moment. Her and Tass travel past beaten and bloody soldiers, they exit the big gates and down the nearest side street. The rest of their journey is a blur.

SOMEWHERE IN THE KONGO JUNGLE…

As Donkey Kong trots through the jungle he is partly looking at the map Banjo gave him. Banjo had been interested in drawing lately, so he thought it was the perfect opportunity to test his skills. DK can’t read anything in general, but when given to Mario or the others they realize how incomprehensible a paper full of scribbles are. Peach crumples up the paper and throws it in her valise.

Luigi hears something like running water. He hopes that they haven’t circled back to the Mushroom Kingdom. They come across the river that leads into the Kongo Falls. They stop. It is too wide enough and the water is running too fast so the group have to climb over it. DK grabs Captain Toad and throws him to the other side. In Toadette’s bag she has the penguin suits for Mario, Luigi, and Peach to wear. As the three swim across the river, DK brings Toadette and the rest of the stuff to the other side.

The group packs away the penguin suits and continue on their way to Sarasaland. Luigi is so anxious that he notices everything. Luigi peers at every tree, rock, leaf that crosses his path. He notices that DK is skeptical while leading the group. The earthquake has changed their world but they don’t know how much is different. Luigi can see Donkey Kong realize this as he navigates them through the jungle.

“Hey Captain,” Luigi whispers. “Have you noticed –uh Donkey Kong doesn’t really seem to know –uh where he’s going?”

“Gee yeah, I think you’re right,” Captain Toad says. “Hey DK! You know where you’re going?” Donkey Kong suddenly turns around and gives Captain Toad a striking glare. “I’m gonna say yes.”

“Donkey Kong know this jungle better than all of us combined, even if it was hit by the shift,” Peach reassures Luigi.

Every so often Luigi would have to remind himself that DK is capable. He couldn’t help but be paranoid at the environment around him. Every leaf that moved or tree that appeared could be a sign that someone was following them. Luigi has learned that sometimes he needs to be blind to his thoughts. Shutting out the paranoia may be the best decision in this moment. As they navigate through the rest of the jungle Luigi continues to focus on Peach’s words.

AT THE MUSHROOM KINGDOM HOT SPRINGS…

Bowser, Lemmy, and Larry are all in the great hall. Lemmy is balancing on the ball and doing tricks for Bowser. Larry is using his magic wand to change the balls that Lemmy balances on. He changes it to a spiked iron ball, a fiery ball, and a thwomp. Bowser is getting great entertainment out of this, he claps his hands with joy as Lemmy effortlessly balances on the obstacles Larry changes.

“Bowser! Bowser!” Kamek flies into the great hall.

“Can’t you see I’m busy?” Bowser growls.

“It is important sir!” Kamek floats in the air for a moment. Bowser’s silence can only mean a few things.

“Go on…”

Kamek sighs to himself. “Your castle across the Wedding Lake is under attack, sir!”

“Hmm?” Bowser straightens his posture up, now he is curious. “From who?”

“The Golden Star Rebels!”

“Who are the Golden Star Rebels? Does Mario have anything to do with this?”

“No. They seem to be angry with you for leaving them for the Mushroom Kingdom,” Kamek starts to sweat, he is afraid of Bowser’s reaction.

“Hmm,” Bowser stops playing with Lemmy.

“Well who is leading these rebels?” Bowser peers at Kamek.

“Some paratroopas, pokios, and King Boo.”

“JUNIOR!” Bowser screeches! Suddenly, Bowser Jr. comes flying in on his clown car.

“Yes papa,” Bowser Jr. greets.

“I need you, Iggy, and Morton to go to the old castle and sort out this rebellion,” Bowser instructs. Iggy and Morton, who had been spying, walk into the great hall.

“What rebellion?” Junior asks.

“It seems that the Golden Star Rebels are unhappy with our vacation home,” Bowser claims. “Tell them not to worry that I am just as focused on them, as I am on little Lemmy.”

“Okay dad,” Bowser Jr. responds.

“And Junior, take an airship, just in case things get messy.”

Bowser Jr., Iggy, and Morton prepare the airship and fly off to the main kingdom. The three koopalings are confused why Bowser isn’t going to deal with this himself. But their father seems insistent on waiting for Mario and Peach to return. Junior isn’t sure how much this plan is going to work. The Golden Star Rebels will most likely be angry that Bowser isn’t there. Anyways, he doesn’t question his father and flies away.

NEAR THE EDGE OF THE KONGO JUNGLE…

The gang is arguing over whether to walk overnight or not. Donkey Kong wants to get to Sarasaland as soon as possible. Mario and Peach are concerned that hiking in the night will be too dangerous. Luigi wants to be anywhere but in the jungle at night. Toadsworth and the rest of the toads agree with everyone else. Majority rules. DK gives up and they set up camp.

This is another situation where they are glad they brought all of the gear. Although it was heavy, everyone has a tent (besides Donkey Kong who refuses to sleep in one), food, and matches. Toadette gathers the wood and branches and starts the fire. Mario and Captain Toad roast some of the chicken saved in their packs. Donkey Kong watches them in the trees and feels a little bit lonely, he wishes the rest of the Kongs were with him. Besides that he hasn’t heard anything from Funky Kong, Tiny, or Cranky since the shift happened. He sees Peach saving bananas. He climbs down to get the bananas but ends up sitting by the fire with the rest of them.

“WHA!” Luigi shines the flashlight at a spot in the jungle. He thought he heard something.

“Luigi, give me that!” Toadsworth reaches for the flashlight.

“No…” Luigi holds onto the flashlight tightly. They start to wrestle over the flashlight. BAM! Toadsworth let goes and it hits Luigi in his nose, making it much larger than it already was. The light goes out. Luigi tries to turn it back on but the flashlight seems dead.

As the fire begins to dim everyone starts to go in their tents. Mario and Peach share a tent while Captain Toad and Toadette do too. DK climbs up the trees to sleep and Luigi has a tent to himself. Luigi can’t sleep in his tent, he is spooked by the shadows that creep around his tent. He still grips the flashlight like it will work, but it remains dead.

WHOOSH! Another shadow creeps by his tent.

Luigi can’t take this anymore. He unzips himself from the sleeping bag. As he clutches the flashlight he unzips the tent and starts to walk slowly to Mario’s tent. While Luigi tip toes, he can’t help but feel like something is behind him. Like a big green monster with big teeth and sharp claws his creep-

WHAAAAA!

Mario runs out from his tent to see another horde of kritters surrounding camp. The jumble of green, red, and blue kritters hold torches so they can see Mario clearly. A break appears in the group of crocks and Kalypso appears holding Luigi. Her big purple afro and sharp fangs can be seen in the torch light. Behind her is a big blue kritter named Krusha, his large muscles intimidate Mario and the crew.

“Well what are the Mario brothers doing all the way in this part of the jungle?” Krusha asks. He shoves Luigi back to the center of the campsite.

“We don’t want any trouble, we are just passing through,” Mario explains.

“Passing through? To where?” Krusha asks.

“Sarasaland,” Mario responds timidly.

“Then you’re goin the wrong way,” Krusha says.

“O-o-our map says o-otherwise,” Luigi stutters. The kritters look at them. They burst out laughing. Krusha gets close to Luigi

“W-w-w-what map i-i-i-is tha-a-at?” Krusha mocks. Kalypso smirks to herself in the back. Luigi hands him the map that Banjo gave them. Krusha looks at it and rips it up.

“Come on Krusha,” Kalypso criticizes.

“The shift changed everything,” Luigi says under his breath.

“What was that?” Krusha bends down and stare Luigi in the face.

“The shift changed everything,” Luigi says a little bit louder. “This is the fastest way to Sarasaland through the Kongo Jungle.”

“Shift? What shift?” Krusha spits.

“There was an earthquake,” Peach steps in. “A couple days ago. It completely changed everything. The Mushroom Kingdom is gone, the Kongo Jungle is cut in half, and the rest of the world is different. That’s why we need to get to Sarasaland, to see if anything else has changed.”

“Do you believe this?” Krusha asks the kritters. They all boo in response. “You wouldn’t be planning anything slick would ya?” Krusha gets in front of Peach’s face. “Because a little kritter told me about Kip and Kass’ camp and how the Kongs and this princess raided it. You wouldn’t know anything about that would ya?”

“Enough Krusha,” Kalypso says. Krusha turns around in shock. “Look at the stars, they’re different.” The kritters look up at the stars. “They never been like this before. It has thrown everyone off. Do you know anything about that?”

“Well…well no,” Krusha admits.

“Fine.” Kalypso says. “Then leave them alone.” Kalypso starts to leave with some other kritters.

“Leave them alone? After what they did to Kip and Kass?”

“Leave them alone,” Kalypso says. “But you better be out of the Jungle by morning. The next time I see you I won’t be so forgiving.” Kalypso walks off. The kritters start to fade out. Krusha walks around astonished. He looks at Mario and the others enraged. Krusha turns back and joins the other kritters.

After a few moments DK climbs down from the trees and helps everyone pack up their stuff. It seems like Donkey Kong got what he wanted after all. The gang continues on their journey to Sarasaland, hoping that they don’t run into anymore kritters.

IN A SECRET HIDEOUT…

Birdo wakes up in a bed. A troopa rebel is sitting next to her and helps her get up. It gives her a glass of water, she sips from it slightly. Birdo opens the door to her room and goes out into a main common room. There is a big square table with different koopas, boos, and goombas hovering over it. Tass notices Birdo.

“Birdo!” Tass greets her. “I’m glad you’re awake. Here, eat this,” he hands her a load of bread and pulls her over to the table. At the head of the table is King Boo, a huge and menacing figure. “Everyone, this is Birdo, one of Bowser’s close advisors.”

“HELLOOOO BIRDO,” King Boo cackles. “What brings you here?”

“I will ask the same thing,” Birdo responds.

“Birdo, it’s not-,” Tass starts.

“Don’t fret, Tass,” King Boo says. “It has been apparent for a long time that Bowser’s intentions were divided. He has been so adamant on marrying Princess Peach that he has forgotten about everything else.”

“It’s Queen Peach,” Birdo adds.

“Well the Queen Peach still proves to be Bowser’s biggest concern,” King Boo starts. “Word has gotten to Bowser that the rebellion has started and he sent Junior to fix it.” There is disgust throughout the room. “The Koopa King doesn’t care.”

“And you want the throne?” Birdo asks King Boo.

“I want someone besides Bowser to have the throne, if that happens to be me then so be it,” King Boo responds. “Now, why are you here Birdo?”

Birdo stops for a moment. She can hear the crashing and chaos from outside. Her home is being destroyed. “I’m here to leave. Thank you for rescuing me, but I don’t want to be here.” Birdo starts to leave and Tass goes to her.

“Birdo,” Tass pleads. “We can help make this place better, with you!”

“I-I don’t want any part in this.” Birdo walks away from Tass and out the door of the hideout.

“TASS!” King Boo cackles. “You just got our best lead to the Koopa King. You fetch her so we can end this revolution.” Tass hurries after Birdo. He steps outside of the hideout and loses her in the mass chaos of Bowser’s Kingdom.

THE EDGE OF THE KONGO JUNGLE…

All that Luigi knows is that it is dark out. And that he is tired. The canopy in the jungle hides the sun, especially during dawn and dusk. They continue to walk in the nearly dark jungle and avoid as many obstacles as they can. However, everyone is exhausted from all the traveling so they don’t bother trying. Even Mario is acting lethargic!

“SAND!” Captain Toad screams. “It’s sand!”

Everyone starts cheering! Sand! Sand! Sand! They couldn’t be happier to see sand because that meant they were close to Sarasaland. Now the group has a bit more excitement in them so they start running. They follow the natural path until they see the sign that says Sarasaland; Blooming with Calico! Finally, they look out in the distance and see the landscape of Sarasaland in the desert.

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