Welcome back to Who Wants to Win a Million Coins...no wait hold up. Yes, anyway, I'm here with chapter three.
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Chapter 3: The Black Curse
Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, and the two Subcons started off toward Wart's Castle. Suddenly, the ground started shaking and all of them were encircled by lava!
"The prediction was correct...I guess I'll have to use my magic power in order to undo this evil move of Wart." The Subcon starts saying some incantations, none of which work, when the second Subcon tells him, "Let me try. The lava is probably royal, and you need to pronounce the magic in the Royal Tongue of Subcon." The second Subcon says something and the lava hardens, allowing Mario & friends to move on.
*1.5 hours later
"How much more until Wart's a-Castle?" asks Luigi. "About one more day," answers the second Subcon. "Yoshi go hungry in one day! Must have veggies!" Yoshi really was becoming hungry, because after all he didn't come here for an adventure, but for food!
"Yoshi, calm a-down," said Mario, "or I'll-a have to a-ride on you."
One of the Subcons then says, "Hey listen! Rumors say that in about one hour, we will approach the so-called Ring of Wart. It is said that all the veggies are held inside the ring." "Let's go! Yoshi cannot...anymore..." With that, Yoshi suddenly turned into a plethora of colors, and started kicking the **** out of Mario and Luigi. "Ow!! Yoshi! What are you a-doing! This a hurts! O..Mama mia!"
"Oh boy, this is Wart's dark magic. I know how to cure it though. SLEEP SPELL!!!!"
The subcon starts singing a song very softly, and Yoshi slowly stops to kick the two brothers and falls asleep. "Are you OK?" asked the two Subcons.
"Ouch...hurts...but...must...move...on" said Mario. "What did you do?"
"We put your dragon-friend asleep. He was taken by Wart's black magic. If I was not to stop him, he would continue fighting you, without having any feelings of hunger or tiredness, until you were a bag of bones."
Chapter 3, Scene 2
At dusk, the party set up their tent and brought the sleeping dragon inside. The two Subcons were discussing something, then one of them went up to Yoshi, who was beginning to have sort of a black shield around him. Both the Subcons tried magical incantations, but to no avail. They went to their discussions again. Finally, they shared the bad news with the brothers, who were eating Shroom Steaks and Super Shrooms after getting such a bad beating from Yoshi.
"This is not Wart's ordinary magic power. Had it been his ordinary power, we would have been able to prevent it like we did the lava. However, this type of curse can only be done by the Golden Vegetable of Subcon."
The second Subcon continued, "It appears that Wart has found out the Sacred Password of the Golden Vegetable. I do not figure how he managed to figure this out, since the Subcons swore never to reveal it to Wart..."
"Mamma mia! All is lost!" said Mario. "Another beating a-like that and I will a-be dead!"
"Wart now controls the Golden Vegetable in every way, and now, we may all be destroyed before you could even say...uh...what do you say again...mmm..."
"You mean Mamma Mia?" asked Mario.
"Yes, yes! Anyway, your friend Yo'ster, or Yoshi if you like, still can be put to sleep with the Royal Sleep Spell, and we believe it is still possible to send him messages...."
The other Subcon was suddenly saying an incantation. He started softly, but then louder and louder and louder. There was a sudden flash of light and then, four rubies encased in silver appeared.
"I have heard what you are telling the two brothers, and I have prepared for all of us the Rubies of Good. Legend has it that there are no major spells that could take us while we wear this ruby correctly. In the hands of evil, the Rubies of Good start melting right in the evil one's hands and melt completely within ten seconds. In the hands of good, though, the silver rim should shine brightly when a good one wears it."
"My friend, you are a genious! Now our friends will not be taken by the Trance as Yoshi was taken, neither will they be killed by dark magic."
"Nay, my friend. They actually WILL be killed, but eventually. Any black magic that is used against them would be like poison, but we should have enough time to access the Waters of Refreshment in case they really are attacked by black magic."
"What are a-the waters of a-refreshment?" inquired Mario.
"The waters of refreshment clear out all black magic and refill all your health and magic...oh you say you have Flower points, probably that is restored too. They are located in six different oases inside the Ring of Wart."
"My friend, where did you learn this? Are you sure that you are one of the Royal Subcons? I would much rather believe that you are the Chief Scholar of Subcon."
"The tradition of Chief Scholar has died out, but the last Chief Scholar probably knew much more than I did. Anyway, look, it's almost morning. We didn't even get any sleep!"
Neither Subcon, or Mario or Luigi noticed that a dark Shy Guy was listening to their conversation their entire time, and went back to Wart's Castle to report back to Wart all that the friends said
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Chapter 4: Wart's a-Castle
The two Subcons, Mario, and Luigi woke up (they got some sleep after all), Luigi put the sleeping Yoshi on his shoulders, and they went to the Ring of Wart.
On the border of the Ring, Mario was confronted with a group of Shy Guys led by a Fly Guy. Luigi took out a nut and there was a great flash, then while the evil ones were paralyzed Mario and the subcons destroyed them one by one.
"Luigi, what is that?" asked Mario.
"It's a Deku Nut. On my last visit to Hyrule, Link gave some to a-me as a souvenir! Look, it actually-a paralyzes the a-enemies!"
"How many do you a-have?" asked Mario.
"About six more," answered Luigi.
"Well, save them, we'll need them," mumbled Mario. He was getting tired walking through the Ring of Wart.
Suddenly, the party was confronted by three black Anti-Guys. "Hey you! Your name is Mario right? Too bad for you if it isn't, you look like him. Anyway, King Wart ordered us to beat you up, so goodbye!"
"Not-a so fast, guy!" answered Mario. "Subcons, get one of them, I'll take one of them I know how to fight them, Luigi you take the other one and listen a-to my advice!"
There was a big fight. Mario quickly defeated his enemy, when all of a sudden, he reappeared! "Hahahaha you plumber! I have THREE lives! Oops......"
"You dolt, why did you tell him our secret!"
The Subcons used a Sleep Spell on their enemy and immediately destroyed him, stabbing him with their forks and all. Luigi, however, needed some help. "Luigi, make him fall asleep! Remember that Sleep Stomp badge I gave you?"
"It isn't a-working, Mario!" answered Luigi, "I tried!"
Luigi was really getting beat up. Mario took away the second life of his Anti-Guy and the Subcons took away the first life of their Anti-Guy. Suddenly, Mario's Anti-Guy grew huge and glowed with different colors! "I've seen enough of you, you little plumber! I'll squash you now!" And his attack almost defeated the plumber.
"Mama mia! We're toast! Somebody help!" shouted Mario.
Just then, a green thing appeared, and someone descended from it. It was Link! Noticing that he has no time to talk, he automatically pulled out the Master Sword and started slashing the huge Anti-Guy to bits. "Thanks, Link...but how in the Mushroom World did you..."
"I'll explain everything later," answered the hero of Hyrule. Mario helped out Luigi, who was already near the verge of death. "LUIGI! NOOOOOOOO! GRAB THIS!" and Mario tossed a Life Shroom to Luigi. Luigi grabbed the Shroom right before the Anti-Guy delivered his final blow. "There, this cheeky plumber is dead!" The Anti-Guy was almost happy when Link's Master Sword delivered him a nearly fatal blow on the head, while Luigi's Life Shroom brought Luigi back to life. The Subcons now finished their Anti-Guys second life, and Mario, Luigi, and Link were all fighting the one Anti-Guy which Luigi could not manage to defeat. In a matter of seconds, he lost all his lives and died. The trio then helped out the Subcons with quickly eliminating the last Anti-Guy.
"Who are you, sir? Are you the legendary Link of Hyrule?! Pleased to meet you!" said one of the Subcons.
"Link, could you a-explain how you a-knew to come here?"
"Here's the deal. On Luigi's last visit to Hyrule, Luigi and I became really close friends. In the end, just before leaving, he and I became Sworn Brothers, and now I can see in my dreams of his moves. Of course, you're in them too."
"Bbbbb...bb..but Luigi! How could you! Remaining silent about this all the time!" stammered Mario. Luigi was silent, munching on an Ultra Shroom to regain his health.
"Mario, I forgot, okay-a? Now chill!" Luigi said when he finished eating.
"Mario, it is only common sense that you and I will have to become Sworn Brothers too." The small ceremony proceeded, when teh Subcons said, "Hello! Mario! We're not back in Subcon, we're in the Ring of Wart!"
"Link, could you accompany us? You saved our lives!"
"Of course I will accompany you! In this fight against black magic I remember the fight when I had to save the Triforce. I, like, came up to Gannondorf and then...."
"Link, sorry, but shut up for the moment. You don't even know what peril you're in. Here, let me make a Ruby of Good for you." The Subcon started saying the incantation, and made a ruby for Link. "There! Now you can talk all you wish, without black magic happening to you like it did to Yoshi."
"YOSHI!! YOSHI WAS CURSED BY THE BLACK MAGIC OF WART!? OH NO!!!!!!"
Even Yoshi was a good friend of Link's, so Link was very upset about this. "We must reclaim the Golden Vegetable of Subcon!"
And so the five friends pressed on.
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Like it so far? Phew...that's all I could do right now (I quoted Eldstar). Anyway, tomorrow I'll do the ending!
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Wario: Welcome to Wariokart!!! Mwahahahaha!
Yoshi: Welcome to Yoshikart you fat Mario wannabe.
Gannondorf: Where did that stupid Triforce go?
