Falling In

## **Plot**

Rosalina heads back to the castle to tell the bros about what the lights actually mean. She knocks on Mario's door and tells him that there is something urgent she needs to tell him. They sit down at the kitchen table and she explains that the lights are dubbed, "The Dreadful Lights", and once seen, they foretell an unfortunate event that will occur in the future, but doesn't say when exactly it will happen. Mario becomes extremely nervous to hear this news and tells her if she is sure there is no direct timestamp or way they could even figure it out. She shakes her head solemnly, prompting Mario to go find Luigi but finds him talking with Lizel. Lizel sees Mario and asks him if he wants to hear one of her favorite stories she was told as a child. Mario is about to tell her that they do not have time but remembers what Luigi said about feeling like her being his favorite fan and seeing them spend time together and breaking it would make him full of guilt. As a result, he tunes in.

A little girl runs away from something ominous just beyond the screen. She keeps running until she meets a cliff and has nowhere else to go. She turns around to see a massive dark cloud but stands her ground, saying she knows the truth, before shouting the name, Blumiere. The dark cloud then charges straight towards her but she shows no fear but then the screen cuts to black, abruptly leaving the scene on standby.

600 Years Ago.

In a dimensional realm known as The Land of the Ancients, lived the Tribe of Ancients. This tribe believed that there was a level of good that existed across the universe and thus, created the Light Prognosticus, an ancient book that held the universe in balance and hope and light. They created a variety of light-forms known as Pixls to house sacred hearts found across the universe should the Tribe of Darkness seek to spread their malicious acts. On the contrary, the Tribe of Darkness is its counterpart, once a part of the Tribe of Ancients, they broke off 2,000 years ago to form their own cult, wanting the power and force to themselves, creating the Dark Prognosticus in the process and spreading mayhem and darkness wherever they roamed. The Kingdom of Light saw them as inferior and banished them to the Macroverse where they currently reside, scheming their next move. One day, a boy named Blumiere was born into the Tribe of Darkness, raised to believe his tribe was a good civilization bent on having world peace. He was also told by his father to stay away from humans i.e. Earth, telling him they are dangerous and that if he is found he could be killed. Blumiere becomes too curious one afternoon and sneaks to Viewer's Point. He meets Rich Switch and asks where Earth is to which he points at a single rift, already having been opened by Dimentio. He enters the rift and becomes fascinated by Earth's surroundings, calling it beautiful. It's revealed he has gone through the Italy rift as the Italian riviera is shown in the background. He unfortunately takes a hard fall and injures himself in the process, almost falling off a cliff. He stayed injured on the cliff for almost 3 hours before a human girl named Timpani. She helped him head to the Italian riviera to a hospital where she nursed him back to health. Going against his father's rules of never talking to humans, Blumiere began to get curious about Timpani, being attracted to her kindness and natural beauty. Blumiere would sneak out of the Macroverse to constantly meetup with her near the rift opening leading to them eventually falling in love.

Unofrtunately, due to a secret minion spying on Blumiere, his father comes to learn of Timpani and one day while waiting for Blumiere to arrive on Earth, his father instead comes through the portal and threatens that he will do great harm to her if she doesn't leave him alone. Back at his castle, Blumiere is visibly seen with bruises, presumably been abused by his father who comes into his room, saying he is disappointed to have a son who doesn't follow simple instructions. Blumiere realizes he can no longer be with Timpani for much longer and thus, plans on asking her to marry him so that they both could leave their worlds to one the Tribe of Darkness could never find them. Unfortunately, Blumiere heads to Earth to instead find his father sitting down on a rock explaining he warned Timpani and his son the consequences. Blumiere demands to know what he did with her. His father replies that he kidnapped and banished her to the Macroverse, cursed to wander the forsaken wasteland for all eternity. but before Blumiere could go searching for her, he grabs him and says that they are relocating to the Dark Dimension. Blumiere runs away from his tribe and searches for Timpani across the many dimensions and galaxies as much as he can.

He eventually gives up, growing old and becoming more malicious-minded. He decides that he will steal the Dark Prognosticus against his father's wishes who says the power will corrupt him and he will be lost to the book's power forever. Blumiere answers his plea by saying that he hates him and he never wants to be with him ever again before opening the book and begins to be consumed by its malicious power. He enters his alter-ego state, known as Count Bleck. His father helplessly watches, asking him what he has done. Count Bleck reacts by pointing his staff and blasts his father, presumably killing him on the spot with his dark magic, ominously saying what he had to.

Unknown to Blumiere, Timpani had been found barely alive by a dimensional wizard named Merlon who was unable to revive her in her human form due to succumbing too many wounds. He instead used his magic to resurrect her in a Pixl form, much like the forms used to defend the Light Kingdom. He was out on an expedition when he found her, he brung her back to an interdimensional realm known as Flipside. While in her Pixl form, she remained a butterfly form until one day she asked Merlon where she was from. Merlon tells her that once he found her, she was only able to utter a single word: Blumiere. When she hears this name, she becomes shrouded in a state of emotion and falls down. Merlon takes her inside and tries to see what is wrong. He looks to the Light Prognostigus given to him by the Tribe of Ancients. In the book, it states that when a Pixl is unable to move from a traumatic state of emotion, the only way to revive them is to repeat the cause of the problem. Merlon repeats the name "Blumiere" over and over again to Tippi who eventually wakes up. She says she remembers that name, but can't remember who it was. Merlon tells her that it is best for her not to keep herself in such worrisome thoughts, as it could only lead to more harm than good. Tippi becomes too curious and heads to the dimensional rift just outside Flipside. She enters and sees that the Macroverse is now shrouded with giant monsters and creatures. She becomes too nervous and is about to leave but a creature quickly snatches her with its tongue. She narrowly escapes and has a hard time trying to survive in the landscape.

Tippi takes the form of a younger version of her human form and runs toward a large storm, much like the one seen earlier. She tells it to follow her towards the end of a cliff. She tells it that she knows the truth. The truth of who is controlling the storm before shouting the name Blumiere. The storm stops and Count Bleck appears from beyond to tell her that he knows she isn't timpani. Tippi takes his hand and shows her the wristwatch with a single photo of them both sitting beside a hillside. Count Bleck says that he cannot believe it is actually her, caressing her face and wiping away her tears. He says it is too late however, as he has caused too much destruction and pain in so many dimensions that he doesn't deserve to live. Tippi begs him there is still time for him to change before he ultimately tells her that his heart is too black for redemption, but there will always be room for her in his heart. He then leaves and heads to another location, leaving Tippi to become overwhelmed with emotion. She aimlessly wanders the Macroverse, heartbroken and once again on the verge of death until this time, Dimentio finds her. Dimentio comes and tells her that he too knows how it feels when someone leaves them, but promises to never do the same to her.

It is revealed that Count Bleck arrived on Earth, too guilt-ridden and stripped away the dark power of the Dark Prognosticus, giving it to another human which is revealed to be William, the man seen trying to cross the English Channel in England, telling him he has seen the evil in the Macroverse, and that he should warn everybody he can about the inevitable invasion.

Back in present time, Lizel tells the team she would always cry at the ending, before turning to see the entire caste in tears.