Day of Judgement

## **Plot**

Peach asks where Rosalina is which leads everyone to suddenly realize she isn't in the castle. Mario assumes she is in the Observatory but when they go to check it out they don't find her there. Moreso, the lumas left there don't even know where she is either. This leads the team to become confused, saying why she would suddenly just disappear out of nowhere without saying anything, adding it doesn't seem like something she would do. Luigi then brings up the possibility of her going to confront Dimentio which causes everyone to go silent and ponder on the possibility. Mario senses that they must go with the most dreadful possibility seeing as Dimentio already has his hands on the dark star. Mario and Luigi see that E.Gadd's time machine is nearby and wonder why that's the case. Luigi decides to call E.Gadd who tells him that he put the machine there for them to test it out and travel to a place in need of saving. Mario insists that there are more dire things at hand but E.Gadd reassures them that planet will collapse if they don't do something about it. Mario and Luigi decide to head inside the machine and travel to the unknown dimension while telling the others to prepare for anything wrong to happen.

Peach, Daisy, and Bowser are left in the castle with Squirt and Leroy, who tell them what they could even do to prepare. They tell them that the best they can do is just keep to themselves and gear up for potential battle. Leroy tells them that he hasn't been preparing and that he is admittedly terrified of what's to come, breaking down. Squirt tries to calm him down by telling him to breathe in and out slowly. This works, and Leroy thanks him. Fawful, still scared on what happened to him, tries to tell Lizel what he thinks is happening but she is too caught up with Blumiere, who is having some bonding time with her eating ice cream at Gary's. Fawful does manage to tell the pair that he thinks Dimentio is somehow controlling him somehow, but Lizel says that the dark star isn't capable of mind control telepathically, it can only be achieved by the physical thing itself. Fawful, seeing himself as only a burden to them, decides to leave and trust her advice on the matter, telling himself that things will be okay.

Squirt decides to take Leroy out to the amusement park saying it wouldn't hurt to have some fun amidst the drama. Toadette, Mason, and Mark are also there. Squirt asks Mason and Mark how they have been doing and they say that things have never been better for them as Mason has been showing Mark around the kingdom more than his parents ever did. Mason and Mark decide to take Leroy out of Squirt's hands, saying they will have fun with him at the park while Squirt can have some alone time with Toadette. He asks them if they are sure and they are more than positive, leading Squirt to have the rest of the day with Toadette, much to his enjoyment. Mason and Mark then immediately ask Leroy what he wants to do first, as he eyeballs the tallest ride in the park. The pair groan at each other and reluctantly go on the ride with him.

Mario and Luigi arrive in the other dimension E.Gadd talked to them about and tells them that they are going to need to have a lot of firepower in them to destroy what's causing so much trouble. Mario quietly groans to Luigi about how they have no time for this but Luigi insists that the sooner they get rid of E.Gadd's quest, the sooner they can get back to Earth and stop any potential invasion. While traversing through the dimension, nothing seems to be happening, further angering Mario. Luigi questions E.Gadd what exactly they are going up against but he only tells them that they will just need to find out, before the feed cuts out.

Back at the park. the boys get on the ride, it shoots them up towards the sky and hurls them straight back down at the speed of 90mph. Leroy is ecstatic after the ride and wants to ride again but both Mark and Mason are completely caught off guard by the sudden adrenaline and request to sit down for a bit. Leroy however, wants to go on more rides but after more putting down by Mark, he obliges and waits with the boys until they can "recharge". Leroy eyeballs another ride, this time a rollercoaster. Unaware to this, both Mark and Mason begin to talk about how having kids would be like and if it's even worth the trouble. Mason says that all depends on how good of a parent one could be, as once the child is born, that parent's life must be devoted to said child, no longer their own, adding it's quite literally a life-changing experience. Mark admits he is terrified at the thought of having kids since his parents want grandchildren before they die. Mason says that could be a lot of pressure on someone who doesn't want kids but Mark says that isn't the reason, saying he literally can't. Mason asks what he means and Mark bluntly says that the type of people he is into are unable to make kids. Mason begins to understand his point and offers his support. He holds his hands which causes Mark to blush but the pair laugh softly, eyeing each other but are still obviously not sure on how their feelings are for each other. Just before Mark could ask something, they realize Leroy is missing which causes them both to lose it. They track him down to the next ride over and to the dismay of the people in line, they cut through to try and get him. The ride operator doesn't notice this commotion and believes they are just with Leroy who excitedly tells the operator they will be riding as well. Both Mark and Mason try to retaliate but the safety bar has already clamped them down and they are forced to go along with the rollercoaster. After riding, Leroy then apologizes to the pair and says that he only wanted to have some fun. Both of them decide not to berate him but tell him that he just needs to be more considerate on who is taking care of him at the moment. He goes in to hug them and they hug him back. They then decide to return back to the castle.

Back at the castle, Dimentio attempts to get into Fawful's head once more, saying he is longing for him to have a sidekick again. Fawful refuses his offer once more, saying he is a changed man and will never, under any circumstance, return to serving under him. Dimentio quietly says to himself that won't be the case for long, hinting at the floro sprout's continued growth. Blumiere goes to ask Lizel if she still remembers the promise that he made to her all those years ago. She says that she does and will be willing to go wherever place they want till the end of time. Blumiere says that he knows a specific place, where there are green rolling hills, and a single ash tree that blows in the wind, and the sun high above shines down across the land. Lizel says that sounds wonderful. Daisy goes up to Bowser who is seemingly on edge and asks him if he is just worried about the bros to which he does say that's partially the reason, but adds that he just has a very bad feeling. Daisy tries to comfort him, saying he is probably just so used to feeling that way given what's been happening but he further adds that something about that day in particular doesn't seem right. She asks him what he means and he mentions Fawful feeling weird, E.Gadd randomly telling the bros to go somewhere off-planet when he knows about Dimentio, Rosalina suddenly disappearing and nobody having a clue on where she is. Peach comes and says that while all of that is admittedly a little weird and given the circumstances very unfortunate, all they could really do is try to remain optimistic.

Peach goes to visit Professor Tony and asks him on how he is taking everything. He says that he is more than willing to help out with the heroes in case anything goes wrong, but admits that deep down, he didn't want to be right about interdimensional tyrants bent on world domination. Peach agrees but says that they will do whatever it takes to defend their home against Dimentio.

Mario decides that enough is enough and that they need to return back to Earth but before they both can make a move, they are suddenly pulled in by an unseen force, It reveals itself to be two clones of Dimentio saying he is projecting himself through them as they have wandered into the illusion dimension. Mario and Luigi are unable to escape and become trapped within his grasp, he tells them that they are already too late and have lost, humbling them by their progress being all for nothing. He then knocks them both unconscious.

Fawful tries to sleep off his stress until the floro sprout on his head, unfortunately, grows to its fullest and Fawful is now under the full control of Dimentio, who creepily whispers that, "It's time". Fawful then opens a portal through his watch and is mind controlled to enter the "Curse Dimension". Dimentio has him walk to his "Banishment of the Mischievous" curse, ready to break the seal off.

At Squirt's house, Squirt and Toadette are talking about each other's future and how they think it will go down. Toadette then reveals her deepest fear to Squirt: the fear of dying. Squirt tells her to look at it as something she shouldn't fear at all, adding that it's pointless as it is going to happen no matter what. She explains that she has tried but always reverts back to crying softly to sleep but Squirt reassures her that she should choose to live her life to the fullest since it isn't going to last forever. She then asks him if it is going to involve him by her side but before he can answer, a huge boom occurs and an earthquake begins. They run outside to see creatures and monsters begin pouring in from the now-opened Macroverse rift from the castle. People begin to panic and chaos ensues. Dimentio from the Macroverse silently laments that he wins, as his curse has now been broken and will unfortunately not be able to be recast. The other 3 rifts across the world begin to open up and also begin to cause mass hysteria against the locations. Professor E.Gadd was revealed to have been mind controlled by a floro sprout, explaining his odd instructions for the bros to enter the illusion dimension. Bowser, Peach, Daisy, Leroy, and Professor Tony all head downstairs to see the lobby begin to get sucked into the rift, with the castle beginning to crumble and fall apart. They realize they are too late as the Dimentio's invasion officially begins. Mario and Luigi are shown unconscious, still trapped in the illusion dimension.

To Be Continued flashes across the screen.

The world begins to fade in a red hue, with countries across the world beginning to take note and local news reports saying that Earth is under attack. The episode ends with horrifying screams and military personnel being deployed.