Here it is! The final chapter of this story!

Enjoy! ;)

Final Chapter: Adventure's End

The heroes walked into the last corridor, determination filling all their faces, and were now standing in a room with a winding staircase. However, once our heroes stepped into the room, at the very top of the staircase, there were none other than the Elite Trio standing next to some huge Bob-ombs.

"Oh, come ON! Seriously! They already caught up!" Corporal Paraplonk complained.

"No good! We can expect no mercy!" Sergeant Guy exclaimed.

"Corporal Paraplonk! Sergeant Guy! We will defend this castle, men! Rise up! THIS IS OUR TIME!" Private Goomp encouraged.

"YEAH!" they all fist pumped and started rolling down some huge Bob-ombs down the stairs.

At the bottom floor, the heroes spotted the rolling huge Bob-ombs coming to them.

"Look out! Large Bob-ombs are coming to us!" Jewel warned.

They climbed up, avoiding the rolling Bob-ombs in their way. Once they finally made it to the top, they found the Elite Trio, who backed up a bit.

"Whoa!" Corporal Paraplonk flinched.

"We have contact! They got through!" Sergeant Guy exclaimed in unbelief.

"Seriously? You bozos again? Haven't you had enough already?" Sonic questioned.

"How about you just step out of our way? In exchange, we won't hurt you." Ribbon Girl said.

"OK then…" Private Goomp started.

"GET ELITE!" suddenly, the Elite Trio charged for the heroes, but they simply stepped to the side, causing the three to run off to the ledge. They comically stopped in midair and they looked down, noticing that there was no ground below them.

"EVERY DANG TIME!" Private Goomp cried out as he fell down.

"That's it for me." Sergeant Guy said, being the next to fall down.

"Well, I guess that's par for the course…" Corporal Paraplonk finished, falling down last.

*THUD!*

They hit the ground hard, and at the top, the heroes looked down from the fence.

"That must've hurt a lot…" Ribbon Girl remarked. "It's a long way down from here."

"I can't help but feel sorry for them…" Kirby said.

"You know, I'm with you as well, Kirby." Mario replied. "But now, we must forge ahead. We have a big bad to take care of."

The rest nodded and went ahead, taking one last elevator to reach the very top of the main tower of the castle. There, they found Peach trapped in a cage.

"Mario! Luigi!" she called out.

The heroes immediately rushed towards the cage, but suddenly, the floor in front of them crumbled, startling everyone.

"GWAHAHA!" Bowser's laugh came. The heroes looked up and saw him still levitating with the power of the Dream Stone before landing in front of them. "It's about to end for you, chumps!"

"What? Look, just drop the tough-guy act, already!" Sonic growled. "We've beaten you many times no matter how powerful you've become! Also, without that Dream Stone, you're a little NOTHING!"

"Hmph! Hey, blue rat, I'm just using available resources! That's called STRATEGY! Look it up!"

"Can you STOP calling me that?!"

"Nonetheless, we cannot allow you to use the Dream Stone any longer!" Dreambert said. "And so we must cast you down, as we did to Antasma before you!"

With Bowser distracted by Dreambert, Starlow secretly flew to Mario, Luigi and their baby selves and whispered something in their ears. She then did the same thing with Peach.

"Antasma? That flappy bat? Don't compare me to him!" Bowser retorted. "Now, chumps! It's time to say good night! I'm gonna use the Dream Stone to POOF! Make you disappear!" he then held up the Dream Stone and levitated again. "Dream Stone! Disappear 'em!"

"I don't think so, Bowser!" Mario hollered.

At the same time, five golden beams of light zapped Bowser before his wish would come true.

"GROWCH!" he yelled in pain.

Where did those beams of light came from? They all came from Mario, Luigi, Baby Mario, Baby Luigi and Peach, with their bodies surrounded in a golden aura. That's right; Starlow had given them her blessing in order to release the power of the Star Children within them.

"How do you like THAT action?! Feel the power of the Good Star Children!" Starlow smirked. "Consider your rampaging days over, Bowser!"

"That power… That's right! Mario, Luigi and Peach are Star Children!" Jewel beamed, realizing what had happened. "And just like my sister said, that power can only be unleashed when she or a Star Sprite give their blessing to said Star Children! Good thinking, Starlow!"

"In that case… Mario! Luigi! Princess Peach! You must destroy him and the Dream Stone!" Dreambert demanded.

"Wait, WHAT?!" Luigi flinched. "But… But… The stone…"

"Are you sure about that, Dreambert?" Mario asked.

"Do it!" Dreambert hollered. "It's better that it be destroyed here than be used for Bowser's foul plans!"

"That is a good point…" Baby Mario pointed out.

"Um… If you say so…" Starlow trailed. "Star Children, ready?"

"OK!" the Star Children replied.

"We're sorry, Dreambert!" Peach exclaimed.

With that, the Dream Stone shattered to pieces and Bowser fell down to the ground. The aura surrounding the Star Children disappears and Bowser gets up, shocked to see pieces of the Dream Stone falling down all over the place.

"What? NOOOOO! The Dream Stone!" he yelled. "NOT YET!"

In a desperate action, Bowser began to inhale the pieces of the Dream Stone into his mouth, while the heroes ducked for cover by the strong winds. Suddenly, once Bowser swallowed all of the pieces, a dark purple aura surrounds him.

"Ooogh! Pbbbth!" he gagged. "Bleargh! Gross!"

"The…Dream Stone… He inhaled its fragments!" Dreambert exclaimed in shock.

"No way…" Jewel breathed.

"That ain't good! My gut feels…" Bowser wasn't feeling good. Just then, a purple beam showed up around him. "Whoa… Hang on… The ol' bod is…" the whole place glows in a bright light, causing everyone to cover their eyes.

Once the light faded… The heroes' eyes widened at what they just saw.

"OH. MY. GOD…" Starlow spoke. "Bowser's transformed!"

"GROOAAH!" Bowser roared.

However, he was looking very different and frightening than ever: he was much larger, glowing with bright rainbow-like colors reminiscent of those of the Dream Stone, and also has objects resembling said stone on his forehead and stomach. He was now known as Dreamy Bowser.

"Unh! Yeah! I feel… POWER, BABY!" Dreamy Bowser exclaimed.

"He absorbed it all… The Dream Stone's energy…" Dreambert trailed. "This goes ill! Starlow!"

Dreambert and Starlow flew behind Dreamy Bowser and tried to hold him.

"We must try to stop…him…if we can!" Dreambert groaned, struggling to hold Dreamy Bowser back.

"Everyone! Take Peach somewhere else!" Starlow told.

Unfortunately, Dreamy Bowser shook Dreambert and Starlow off with ease.

"His… His power is just too much for us…" Starlow breathed.

"Well, at the least, I must lend Mario and his friends aid…" Dreambert said as he and Starlow used their power to restore the heroes' strength. Then…

"WHOA!" the heroes startled when a rainbow flamethrower showed up in front of them, and that of course came from Dreamy Bowser.

"Check out my flame! Yeah! I am ROCKING this new look! Oh man, I have so much power… I can do whatever I want! Peach… This island… This world… All of it… MINE! And you guys are… COOKED! IT'S TIME I GIVE YOU ALL YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE!" Dreamy Bowser yelled. At last, the final battle is about to start.

Dreamy Bowser began by shooting giant rainbow fireballs at the heroes, but they jumped over them to avoid. Then Dreamy Bowser cloned himself to shoot double the fireballs, in which the heroes had a hard time dodging them, but thankfully, Kirby inhaled most of them and even transformed into his Monster Flame Super Ability.

"FLAME DRAGON!" Monster Flame Kirby created a fiery dragon and it flies horizontally at Dreamy Bowser, dealing great damage to him and both his arms.

Dreamy Bowser then summons a giant hammer and tries to whack the heroes with it, but the adult and baby brothers countered it back with their hammers, causing Dreamy Bowser to rebound back, giving a chance for Sonic to Home Attack his stomach, knocking him to the ground on his shell.

With that, Jewel blasted him with her Blast Pink Tourmaline, followed up by Ribbon Girl's Slapamander on her right arm and her Popper on her left, and ending with the adult and baby bros stomping his stomach in unison.

Dreamy Bowser got back on his feet very annoyed, before summoning a Dreamy Airship loaded with Dreamy Shy Guys from a portal and gave the order to chase after the heroes, forcing them to run while dodging purple fireballs from the Dreamy Airship.

Once the chase ended, the Dreamy Airship stood in the background while Dreamy Bowser summons more Dreamy versions of some of his minions: Dreamy Goombas, Dreamy Shy Guys, Dreamy Bob-ombs and Dreamy Paratroopas. Dreamy Bowser moved to the background and summons chunks of meat in order to restore his health.

"Oh, hell no! Not the meat again!" Sonic hissed. "All right, I've had enough." He summons the seven Chaos Emeralds and they spun around him, increasing their speed over time. "SUPER SONIC STYLE!"

Now as Super Sonic, he flies all the way to where the Dreamy Airship was and kicks it really hard, and it knocked away the meat AND the Dreamy minions Dreamy Bowser just summoned before exploding.

"WHAT?! You pesky golden rat!" Dreamy Bowser roared angrily. But before he knew it, he was knocked back to the foreground by Super Sonic's Boost. "UGH!" he groaned.

"That's for calling me a rat!" Super Sonic retorted.

"Oh yeah? I'm not done yet!"

Dreamy Bowser suddenly pulls Luigi to his claw like a tractor beam.

"Hey! Let me go!" Luigi struggled to get out of Dreamy Bowser's grasp, but no use.

"Hey, you want him back? Go fetch!" Dreamy Bowser teased before throwing Luigi like if he was throwing a stone.

"AAAAAHHHH!"

"LUIGI!" Mario cried out.

"I got you!" Jewel suddenly used her Flight Lapis Lazuli to fly and catch Luigi before he hit the ground.

"Thanks Jewel." Luigi thanked.

"No problem."

"INCOMING!" Monster Flame Kirby yelled. Luigi and Jewel looked back to see the rest of the heroes being chased by a giant Dreamy Bowser.

"Uh oh! Run!"

The heroes ran as fast as they could, dodging streams of moving flamethrowers and a shockwave, that Dreamy Bowser created upon jumping and slamming into the ground. The chased ended when Dreamy Bowser attempted to do the same shockwave attack, but he instead landed on some spikes, deflating him back to his normal size.

"Alright! Now it's our chance! Let's use our strongest attacks to finish him off!" Jewel exclaimed.

"ALL RIGHT!" the rest yelled.

"FLAME DRAGON!" Monster Flame Kirby unleashed his fiery dragon.

"SUPER SONIC BOOST!" Super Sonic flies at high speed while boosting.

"RIBBON!" Ribbon Girl unleashes her Rush Attack.

"EXTREME DIAMOND!" Jewel takes out her Extreme Diamond, making it fire a huge sparkling light orb towards Dreamy Bowser.

"STAR ROCKET!" the baby bros used the Star Rocket that Melissa gave them and flew on it towards Dreamy Bowser after gathering as many stars as possible. The Star Rocket explodes above Dreamy Bowser and Baby Mario stomps him, followed up by Baby Luigi doing the same, and all of the stars they gathered flew into Dreamy Bowser, dealing more damage.

"ZEEKEEPER! COME TO US!" Mario takes out the Zee Egg and throws it to summon the Zeekeeper. The brothers then rode on him and flew high up in the sky, where the Zeekeeper creates a Wake Orb, making it descend towards Dreamy Bowser as he chases after it. The Zeekeeper lines up with the Wake Orb in order for Mario and Luigi to hit it with their hammers to increase its power. Once it hit its maximum power, the Wake Orb eventually explodes right on Dreamy Bowser.

With the combination of all those attacks, Dreamy Bowser roars in agony and explodes. The shockwave of that explosion was so strong that it sent the heroes flying back, and even caused Kirby's Super Ability and Sonic's Super form to disable as they were knocked back.

"GRAAR!" Bowser roared again, changing back to his original self as the heroes got back up. He was looking rather weak and tired.

Then, Baby Mario had an idea and whispered it to Baby Luigi and their older selves, and with a nod and a grin, the quartet walked towards Bowser and held out their hammers.

"Ready?" Baby Mario asked.

"Ready!" Mario, Luigi and Baby Luigi nodded.

"In three, two, one… SWING!"

With that, the baby and adult brothers swung their hammers in unison at Bowser, and the strong impact from four hammers at once was enough to send Bowser flying away in the sky, and he became nothing more than a twinkling star.

"That's a Home Run!" Baby Mario cheered, causing the rest of the heroes to chuckle.

"Hang on, Peach!" Jewel ran to Peach's cage and cut off the bars with her Extreme Diamond. "Good thing diamonds can cut any sort of material!"

"Thank you, everyone!" Peach thanked the heroes once she stepped out of the cage.

"Now everyone on this island should be safe!"

All of a sudden, the whole castle began to shake.

"Oh no! The castle is about to collapse!" Dreambert flinched.

"Oh geez, this is bad!" Luigi panicked.

"We have to go!" Mario demanded. "Let's head back to the path that brought us here! Hurry!"

They all made a run for it as they quickly went down the winding staircase, passing by all of the debris falling from the roof and the remaining huge Bob-ombs that the Elite Trio haven't thrown.

But once they exited that room, they were met with a dead end, because the path that led to the lower floors of the castle was already destroyed.

"Most of the castle has collapsed already!" Starlow exclaimed. "That is not good!"

Eventually, the platform they were on collapsed.

"AAAAHHH!" they all screamed while falling.

Just then, the Zeekeeper came flying and picked up everyone just in time before the castle exploded.

Later…

All of the gang was gathered in front of Pi'illo Castle; everything was at peace.

"That was such an escape!" Amy exclaimed. "Are you guys OK?"

"Yes, we're fine." Peach replied.

"Thank goodness! I was so worried!"

"Catching you guys at the last second… How cool was that?" the Zeekeeper said. "Superheroes and superdeities always show up in the clutch. Normally I'd have to hit you up for some extra coinage… But I'm feeling pretty good. This time's on the house. How nice I am? Seriously."

"Th-thank you. You are VERY kind." Mario replied and sighed in relief for not needing to pay more.

"Well, now the island should become peaceful again!" Jewel smiled.

"PRIIIIINCESS!" suddenly, Toadsworth's voice came in and he came out of the castle along with Toad, rushing to Peach. "This old boy was… WORRIED SICK!"

"Oh I'm sorry, dear Toadsworth. Thank you for thinking of me." Peach said.

"Princess Peach!" Toad exclaimed. "And Mr. Mario! Mr. Luigi! Young Mr. Mario! Young Mr. Luigi! Mr. Sonic! Mr. Kirby! Ms. Ribbon Girl! And Princess Jewel! You're all OK! And you saved us!"

"Zee scary castle of Antasma and Bowser is no more! And all is joy now, oui! Merci very much!" Broque Monsieur thanked. "Now we concentrate on work without fear, honh?"

Then, Dreambert and the Pi'illo folk arrived, with Dreambert holding a large bottle holding the pieces of the Dream Stone.

"Great Zeekeeper! Are you ready?!" Dreambert asked.

"What's that thing for?" Starlow asked.

"I enlisted the help of all the island inhabitants… We collected all the dust that burst from Bowser!"

"Oh…dear. We're so sorry…" Peach lamented. "I feel awful that I, Mario and Luigi had to break something so special…"

"Let your mind be at ease, Princess! The Dream Stone can be restored! Here, Zeekeeper! Please restore the Dream Stone for us!"

"All right! Let's do this!" the Zeekeeper exclaimed.

Dreambert flies in front of the Zeekeeper, who shot a beam of light at the bottle. Eventually, the bottle flies up to the sky, glowing in rainbow colors and once the glow faded, there stood…a giant coin?!

"WH-WHAT?!" Dreambert yelled in shock and unbelief, looking like he was about to faint at any moment.

"Bam! Check it! A DREAM COIN!" the Zeekeeper announced as everyone looked up at the sky in awe. "And with it, words of advice: Don't rely on the Dream Stone! Don't rely on THINGS! Seriously. Rely on yourselves. On each other! Throw away material crutches, and you guys will be better for it! YOU FEEL ME?! Anyway, every spiritual awakening needs some financial support… So use it well! Use that Dream Coin to make all dreams come true!" he flies up in the air. "COINS RULE! I LOVE COINS!"

Everyone went silent. That is, until Peach broke it:

"Oh my…"

"Well, at least I don't need to pay him off!" Mario chuckled.

"Yeah, I suppose having a Dream Coin isn't so bad…" Starlow supposed.

"I agree." Jewel said. "And the Zeekeeper's right. It's vital to be independent! I think we all learned a lesson: don't waste on a magical object in order to make wishes come true; we can make it happen if we rely on ourselves! If we work hard, we can make our own wishes come true."

"You have a great point there!" Starlow then turned to Dreambert, still paralyzed in shock. "Hey, Dreambert! Things worked out pretty much OK, didn't they?" but Dreambert didn't respond.

"NOT DONE YET!" the Zeekeeper's voice came as everyone looked up in the sky again. "TIME FOR A REAL… COIN DREAM!" he exclaimed as he flies right through the Dream Coin, creating a hole in it.

Eventually, the whole Dream Coin broke, sending thousands of golden coins raining down in the entire island. Everyone gasped in awe…while Dreambert finally fainted.

"Yippee! It's raining coins!" Baby Mario cheered.

"Yay!" Baby Luigi chirped.

"Zis is wonderful! Zis is excellent!" Broque Monsieur exclaimed. "Zis is zee ultimate tourist attraction!"

"That is a great idea, Broque Monsieur!" Jewel beamed. "Yeah! The golden island of endless coins for all!"

"Oh! Zis is a catchphrase, non? It has zee ring to it!"

"Absolutely!" she then turns her attention to Dreambert. "Um… Excuse me… Prince Dreambert…" no response. "Prince Dreambert?"

Dreambert slowly rose his head before standing up and floating to Jewel while saying:

"Oh, I beg your pardon… My mind was reeling…"

"I… I want to thank you for all you've done for us! I also want to thank you for reliving my memories of my past. Now I know that somewhere up there, mom and dad must be watching me. And to make father proud, I believe the Pi'illo Kingdom can be revived now!"

"It can." Dreambert smiled. "…But this overreliance on the Dream Stone… The Zeekeeper has the right of it, I deem. Hereafter, we shall unite our forces to restore the kingdom ourselves!" he turns to the heroes. "Mario. Luigi. Baby Mario. Baby Luigi. Sonic. Ribbon Girl. And Kirby. We owe you our deepest thanks. All is once again normal! The Pi'illo folk… The Pi'illo Kingdom… Not the Dream Stone, though…" he murmured at the last sentence.

"What was that?" Jewel asked.

"Nothing."

"Oh, come on! Let it go!" Starlow said, being the only one who heard Dreambert's murmur.

"*sigh* alright… Everyone, thank you! Thank you so much!"

He and Jewel then stood in the front of the crowd, with Jewel announcing:

"Please be at one with the ultimate vacation! Enjoy Pi'illo Island!"

"Of course!" Starlow replied.

"Yeah!" the rest joined in.

"Our true vacation starts right NOW! Everyone! Let's go!"

"ALL RIGHT!"

Meanwhile, with Bowser…

"GAAAH!" Bowser yelled. He, Kamek and the Elite Trio were riding on the Koopa Clown Car in the skies. "Can't this tub fly faster?!"

"Your Surliness… Let's take our lumps and lay low for a bit, please…" Kamek rolled his eyes.

"Are you nuts?! This isn't on me, bub! I was a total champ! That Antasma guy just stunk it up!" Bowser suddenly turned to the Elite Trio, who started shaking in fear. "And you guys…" he turned back and responded, much to their surprise: "Well, no… Actually, you minions did pretty well by your usual standards..."

"King… King Bowser…" Private Goomp breathed.

"Thank you, sir!" Sergeant Guy thanked.

"I… I'm gonna crash. These tears of joy…" Corporal Paraplonk sniffed.

"Hear this! I will kidnap Peach OVER and OVER until I pull it off! And no one can stop me!" Bowser growled. "Losing is not an option! And neither is giving up!"

"That's why you're the boss, boss!" Private Goomp exclaimed.

"Sir, permission to call you the coolest!" Sergeant Guy appraised.

"I would follow you into a BOTTOMLESS PIT!" Corporal Paraplonk finished.

As the Clown Car flies off in the distance, Bowser gave one last message:

"I'LL BE BACK! MARIO! GREEN STA-! I MEAN, LUIGI! AND YOUR FRIENDS ARE ON TOP OF MY LIST AS WELL!"

Just then, the raining coins showed up, and Private Goomp and Sergeant Guy went crazy for them:

"Whoa, coins! COINS!" they started grabbing all the coins they could, but they were also shaking the Clown Car.

"You idiots! Stop jostling!" Bowser warned, but the Clown Car fell. Kamek and Corporal Paraplonk looked at each other and sweatdropped before following them below.

A month later, after the vacation…

Jewel was at her room in the castle, looking at her photo album, showing the photos taken during her vacation with her friends. The first page of the album showed two photos taken at the Pi'illo Castle area: one was a photo showing most of the gang including herself just outside of the castle, while the other photo showed Toad serving two cups of tea to Peach and Jewel inside the castle.

The second page had the photos taken in Mushrise Park: the first one showed Amy holding on to Sonic while they were getting vaulted through the air along with the babies by one of the giant springs seen around the park, while the second photo showed Mario, Kirby and Brickle fishing together, with their reflexes shown on the lake.

Jewel flipped the page, where the left page had photos taken in Dozing Sands: one showed Britta overseeing Luigi and the babies sleeping on a tube floating on the water. Kirby was on the right side of the tube Luigi and the babies were sleeping on, also sleeping in his own tube (the same white, orange and yellow tube he uses when above water in Kirby's Return to Dream Land). The second photo showed Mario and Yoshi using the Drilldigger along with Britta.

The right page had the photos taken in Wakeport: the first one showed Peach, Rouge, Starlow and Toad doing some shopping together, but poor Toad was carrying all of the things the girls bought. The second one showed Ribbon Girl and her band, the Ribbonics Records, performing on the stage at night, where the Mad Skillathon event once took place, and some of the gang could be seen in the crowd.

Another page flip, with the left one having the photos taken on Mount Pajamaja: the first one showed the adult brothers helping the baby brothers climb up the mountain along with Knuckles, the Massif Bros, and Kirby, who was puffed up. The second one showed Kylie Koopa taking a photo of Peach and two Toads posing next to one of the statues of the so-called Muscle Lords.

The right page had the photos taken on Driftwood Shore: the first photo showed Peach and Jewel holding their parasols to shield themselves from the sun while having a chat together. On the background, there was Toadsworth, Mario, Baby Mario, Kirby and Yoshi building a sandcastle. The second photo showed Luigi and Baby Luigi, who was clinging to his older self's arm, climbing a palm tree and overlooking at the distance while they were being watched by Broque Madame.

One last flip of the page, showing the four last photos, starting with the ones taken in Somnom Woods: the first one showed Bedsmith, Peach, Jewel, Toadsworth and two frightened Toads walking in the darkest part of the woods, while the second photo showed the main heroes riding on the Zeekeeper near the Pi'illo Temple.

Now for the last two photos on the last page: the first one showed Dreambert and Jewel shaking hands outside Pi'illo Castle, promising that they'll do their best at ruling the Pi'illo Kingdom together, with all of their friends watching in the background. The second one showed Kylie Koopa taking a photo of some of the story's main cast at the Pi'illo Blimport.

Having finished looking at the photos, Jewel gently closes the album, placing it on her bed, and stood up to walk towards the nearby window. As she looks through it, she speaks for herself:

"I felt really happy that I showed the Mario Brothers some of my friends. But they still don't know that I have more friends than only those ones who adventured with us. And I am so thankful for Princess Peach and her friends and subjects to come here for a vacation… I need to make a tribute for her somehow… That's it! Maybe one day I'll come to the Mushroom Kingdom and make that tribute for Peach, which would be the perfect opportunity to invite my other friends! Of course!"

She walks away from the window, and said some more final words:

"Mario, Luigi, Peach… It was an honor to meet you all. I guarantee that one day, we'll meet again…"

The End

And done! Thank you all who supported this story for reading it! I had a lot of fun too writing it. :)

Next up is my own remake of Paper Jam! Do not worry, because a lot of new surprises are about to come, including more characters, some new twists, a new female guide, of course, and also a new villain! Bowser and his paper self are still there, but there will be two more villains at their side as well! I will also include more about the Ancestor Team as well!

Stay tuned for the next story, coming at January 20th! Fairy out! ;D