Bowserland Pt 2: Power is Futile

## **Plot**

Bowser has transformed the kingdom into his own personal playground complete with a giant bowser face entrance guarded by koopa troopas. Mario and Luigi explain to the group that in order to defeat Bowser, he needs to know the truth behind his father's plans to take over the world and how he never actually loved him nor his mother. Squirt brings up the possibility of him not believing them and continuing his rule to which Mario replies that even if he doesn't believe them, they are getting their kingdom back.

Meanwhile, Bowser and Peach are talking about why exactly he has her chained up to which he answers that he wants her to see what he is going to do the bros once they arrive to try and rescue her. She attempts to free herself but is unable to do so. Instead, she kicks her shoe which unlocks a lever, temporarily freeing her hand completely unaware to Bowser. She writes a short note and tosses it over the balcony.

Down below, Toadette, Jason and Mason distract two of the koopa troopas to fall into a hole. They are then chased throughout the halls of the Bowser-ized castle, avoiding piranha plants, thwomps, bullet bills, and boos. Unfortunately, they run into a dead-end and are captured by a trio of boos.

Squirt and Richard are running up towards the throne room and talk more about their brotherhood. Squirt insists that even though they live with each other, they are more than welcome to not love each other to which Richard assures him that isn't the case. Before he could finish, two sledge bros find them and capture both with Squirt unable to fight back due to his small size.

Mario and Luigi make it to the throne room and call toward the rest of the group but receive no response. Luigi finds the note Peach wrote which reads "DO NOT SAVE ME, TRAP". The bros believe it to be a lie made from Bowser and barge in anyway but quickly find themselves tangled by two Bramballs. Bowser reveals he was aware of the team's infiltration and was awaiting their arrival. The two Boos and Sledge Bros trap the rest of the group. Mario then finds himself face to face with a giant Petey Pirahna who lets out a meaty roar. He tries his best to convince Bowser that what he believes is wrong and that everything he is doing is what his dad wanted but in the worst possible way. Bowser doesn't believe him of course but begins having memories of himself and ponders on the little things his dad would never do such as never telling him he loved him and always demanding him to leave. Bowser becomes angrier but instead lunges toward Mario for an attack. He brutally injures his right arm, leaving him powerless. Petey Pirahna goes for the kill but Peach kicks him in the knick of time, revealing she had been sawing her cage lock with the sharpened part of her heel. Luigi takes this as the opportunity to free the others and have them escape while also blasting Bowser with green fire. Bowser fire breathes the entire throne room, lighting it up into flames with the roof beginning to collapse with the team inside. Mario is helped by Luigi and Peach who try their best to help them reach the exit but Mario is pulled by Bowser back into the throne room with Petey Pirahna grabbing ahold of Peach and Luigi. Squirt jumps off Richard and the wall to kick Petey in the eye which allows him to drop both Luigi and Peach. Richard breaks open the door with Jason and Mason helping. Toadette helps Squirt bring down Petey by using her old hair pigtails which she reveals grow so long she keeps them for times like these. They tangle Petey down to the ground, however, that in turn causes the ground to give way and collapse. The team narrowly escape the tumble except Mario and Bowser who are still fighting on the remaining part of the throne room. Mario is badly injured and is unable to keep his power intact but before Bowser could deal a final blow, he taps into a fiery state and regains his power. However, instead of using it to fight Bowser, he dashes towards him and touches his head and channels his memories into Bowser's, thus letting him see what Mario and Luigi saw at the Lowlands. Bowser sees the vision of King Koopa !!! regretting ever having a son with his wife and says that he only is keeping him so that once he becomes king, he could see how miserable of one he will be. Bowser becomes overly emotional at this and begins to cry silently. Bowser is then transported to a mindscape where there is only white everywhere. He then sees a vision of his mother who tells him that his father was never a good person, he only cared to rule, and rule he did, he did not care for his son nor his wife, only seeing them as pure distractions to his life's work. Bowser then asks why the toads killed her as well to which she says that there was nothing she could have said that would have changed their mind. They share a hug and she kisses him on the head before she disappears and Bowser returns back to the real world, in turn creating a loud boom and causes the entire land to shake. Bowser realizes his mistake but vows that he will never forgive the kingdom for what they did to his mother. Mario then replies that what they did was something that should never have happened, but when someone wants to be known for being a good king and not have anything associated with them bad, they need to not act bad. Bowser shuts down the power to his glorified kingdom and everything begins to crumble, leaving only the rubble and destruction of the once Mushroom Kingdom.

Everyone agrees that it is time they rebuild and have a better life for them all for the future to come. Bowser decides to apologize to them and insists he doesn't deserve to live in his own castle after everything he has done. Mario tells him that it is never too late to change to which Bowser only snickers and walks away back to the castle along with his minions. Jason confesses to Toadette that after seeing everything that happened and how much her and Squirt work so well with each other, there is already someone better for her to be with. He assures her they both will stay friends but that is as far as it will go. She understands but still tears up over the moment. Squirt and Richard decide to finally let go of their drama, with Richard saying that even though his own mother abandoned him, he can't take it out on Squirt. They both share a hug. Peach thanks both of the bros and says that they are both a gift to their kingdom and that it was their destiny that they found them.

1 Month Later

The kingdom is in much better standing with the castle close to completion along with the kingdom. Mario reveals that his powers have become much more powerful and harder to control but he assures himself that he will be able to control them regardless. Squirt and Toadette are traveling to Yoshi Island to see if they are really real to which the bros both snicker.

Somewhere in a place called the Macroverse, two interdimensional beings named Fawful and Dimentio are silently observing Earth, calling attention that a new portal had been created somewhere on the planet. Fawful alludes this to Dimentio who lets out an evil laugh before cutting to black, ending the first season.

The words, THE MARIO BROS WILL RETURN appear