Author's Note: Hey everyone me again. Here's Chapter 5! Also, just wanna say thank you to everyone who's reviewed my work so far, really helps me know how people think of it and how I'm doing, so thanks! Here's the chapter!

"I see...according to this map, the first Crystal Star is located in Petal Meadows!" Declared Frankly. They were all back at Frankly's study, discussing the nature of the map and the Crystal Stars.

"Petal Meadows?" Inquired Goombella, who, together with Luffy and Robin, had never heard of the place before.

"It's place located just east here of Rogueport. In all honesty, I'm not too surprised it's where this star is located, the name had come up in my research several times...There's no need to worry much, as the name implies, it's a mostly peaceful place, covered in meadows."

"Aw, that doesn't sound very fun!" Said Luffy, picking his nose. "Why can't it be somewhere more dangerous?"

"Nothing seems to scare you, does it?" Noted Frankly. "In any case, the quickest route is through a Warp Pipe that's located in the sewers. You'll have to go back down there again if you want to go..."

"Well, it looks-a like we've got-a no choice. On to Petal Meadows!" Said Mario.

"Professor, you're not coming with us?" Asked Goombella.

"No, this old body of mine would probably just get in the way. This is best left to you guys, who are young and can fight." Said Frankly.

While everyone discussed the plans to get home, Robin had been silently thinking to herself. Why was there Poneglyph written on that door? She thought to herself. And, what was was written on it...was it really true? For the time being, she decided to keep those thoughts to herself.

"So...where is this pipe, anyway?" Asked Luffy as the four of them found themselves once again walking through the sewers of Rogueport. They were being led by Goombella, who was holding a map given to her by Frankly.

"According to this map, it should be just through here!" Said Goombella, leading them through a walkway. They came to an area that was mostly covered in water, but from a distance they could see a platform which contained a warp pipe that was made of brick.

"That must-a be the platform!" Said Mario. "But, how do we get-a over there?"

"Good question. We Goombas aren't really the best of swimmers..." Admitted Goombella. "You know, seeing as he have no arms."

"Yeah, and me and Robin ate Devil Fruits, so we're hammers in water!" Said Luffy. Then he noticed something sticking out of the water to the side of them. It was long, white, cylindrical object, and it was squirming about slightly. "Hey, what's this thing?" Luffy picked up the object and gave a big tug at it. The object reacted violently to this and retreated into the water. "Hm, what was that thing?"

"If I'm not mistaken, I'm pretty sure that was some kind of 'tentacle'." Said Robin. "Which means..."

From the water, something large suddenly erupted from it's depths. It looked like a large, white squid, it's bright bulging eyes surrounded by black, as if it was wearing a robber's mask.

"BloopbloopbloopbloopBLOOP!" The squid gurgled. (Translation: What's with that, huh? You think you can just pull on people's tentacles whenever you feel like?!)

"It's...it's a Blooper!" Said Mario. "But it's-a huge! I've-a never seen one as-a big as-a this before!"

"It's just a squid, right?" Asked Luffy. "I am getting pretty hungry. We should turn him into Takoyaki!"

"BLOOPBLOOPBLOOPBLOOPBLOOOOP!" (Translation: What's that about cooking me?! You're really gonna regret saying that, punk!)

"I wonder what it's saying?" Wondered Luffy.

"Whatever it is, I don't think it's very happy with us..." Remarked Goombella.

"Bloopbloopbloopbloop!" (Translation: You're damn right I'm not happy!) With this the Blooper brought out another long tentacle together with the one that was already out, and began striking the ground with an array of punches, while the four tried their best to dodge.

"Looks-a like we'll have-a to fight!" Said Mario, pulling out his hammer. "POWER SMASH!" With incredible force he struck down his hammer on one of the Blooper's tentacles. The Blooper winced in pain and the tentacle recoiled, leaving only one left. The remaining tentacle, meaning while, was heading straight at Robin.

"SEIS FLUER!" Called out Robin. Six hands appeared around the tentacle, squeezing it and bringing it down to the ground. This tentacle too retreated back into the waters.

Goombella and Mario looked on in amazement. "How did you do that?!" Said Goombella, looking as shocked as the first time she saw Luffy stretch.

"I guess this is your first time seeing my 'Hana Hana Fruit' in action..." Answered Robin. "I can duplicate any part of my body onto other surfaces."

"You guys-a sure have-a some crazy powers back-a in your world..." Responded Mario.

Meanwhile, the Blooper was now getting even angrier, seeing as they not only had brushed off his attacks, but now seemed to be ignoring him completely. "Bloop! Bloopbloopbloooop!" (Translation: That's it! Time to go all out!) The Blooper leaped up out of the water, on to the dry land, as both of his long tentacles returned to form. "Bloopbloopbloopbloop? Bloopbloopbloopbloopbloop!" (What do you think of this? Now that I'm on land, I can focus all of my strength on defeating you!) However, when he looked at his opponents to see if they had any expression of fear, he saw that Luffy had his arms stretched behind him.

"GOMU GOMU NO...BAZOOKA!" Yelled Luffy as he swung his hands forward and hit the Blooper with full force, sending it flying backwards, defeated.

"Yeah! Take that, you stupid squid!" Cheered Goombella in celebration of victory.

"Aw man, I overdid it...I wanted to eat him, too..." Said Luffy, more disappointed than anything. Just then there was a rumbling sound, and from where the Blooper had previously stood, a large wooden platform emerged from the depths of the water, enabling them to get to the warp pipe.

"So that's-a how you get across..." Said Mario. "Now then, on to-a Petal Meadows". With that, the group headed toward the Warp Pipe, and headed on towards their destination...

"So this place is Pedal Meadows..." Said Goombella as she exited the pipe, the last of the four to do so. As Frankly had said, it looked like a serene place, filled with green grass and trees, with flowers sprouting up from place to place. "Now, where could that Crystal Star be?"

Mario examined the map. "According to this map, it's-a in some type of-a castle..." He looked upwards, scanning the area. "Ah! Over there!" He pointed his finger, and the group followed the direction. It was incredibly distant, but the group could see a castle that matched the one on Mario's map.

"Oh, in that case we should just head over there..." Said Luffy as he took a few steps forward. However, a large, sudden roar from the skies made him stop.

"W-what was that?!" Said Goombella as she looked up into the sky.

Robin looked up too. Her eyes widened slightly. "Impossible...so they exist in this world..."

"IT'S A DRAGON!" Called out Luffy in amazement. Though high up in the sky, the large, flying object resembled that of a winged dragon. It was red in color, and though the distance made it hard to estimate the size, it appeared to be at least fifty feet long. The gang watched the large beast as it flew in the sky, until it reached the castle that was in the distance.

"It-a flew into the castle!" Exclaimed Mario. "That-a means..."

"Hehe, looks like things are finally getting interesting." Said Luffy with a grin.

"In any case, if we're going to that castle, we need to figure out how to get there." Said Robin. "It seems to be too far away to get there by foot."

"I think there's a town nearby, it's called 'Petalburg'." Said Goombella. "If we go there, maybe we can get some answers about that...and what that dragon was..."

"Welcome travelers!" Said a voice as the group walked into the town of Petalburg. It was a small, cozy village, with small cottages placed about the area, and river that flowed through the town. They had been greeted by a large, turtle-like being with a green shell and matching green boots.

"Woah! A talking turtle!" Said Luffy in amazement. "This place never runs out of cool stuff!" The turtle like being gave him a quizzical look.

Mario pulled Luffy aside. "Those are-a a koopas." He whispered. "You'll-a see these guys everywhere too, so don't-a forget that!"

The Koopa meanwhile had continued the conversation. "It's great to see tourists like you guys visiting. Ever since that dragon Hooktail, our tourism business has really been taking a hit..."

"Hooktail?" Said Robin. "So that dragon we saw earlier..."

"Yep, that was Hooktail." Said the Koopa. "Ever since that dragon showed up, people stopped coming here. A shame, since this place is so scenic. Luckily, a hero has appeared in this town, and has promised to vanquish the dragon!"

"A Hero?" Inquired Mario.

"Yes, it was a few days ago, a mysterious man showed up here in Petalburg." Said the Koopa. "He claimed he was a legendary hero who had defeated our 50,000 men in a single hit, and had a personal army of over eight million! He's the saviour who will defeat Hooktail!"

Robin and Luffy exchanged glances. "You don't think..." Started Robin.

Meanwhile...

"Me and my big mouth!" Thought Usopp as he ran throughout Petalburg. "When I woke up here, I assumed this was a peaceful place so I made that up...but now I have to fight that Dragon?! Did they see the size of that thing?! Like hell I could beat that by myself! I just need to get out of here and find Luffy and the rest of the crew...before that dragon eats me!" With those thoughts in mind, he continued to head towards the exit of Petalburg.

"WHAT? You know the legendary hero?!" Said the Koopa, amazed at Luffy.

"Yeah, Usopp is my nakama!" Said Luffy happily. "I'm glad to see he's doing alright."

"Hey, you guys didn't tell us you knew such an amazing guy!" Remarked Goombella.

"Well...Usopp has a tendency to stretch the truth a bit..." Said Robin.

The Koopa noticed something in the distance, "Hey! Here he comes now!" He pointed to the running Usopp, heading towards the gates of Petalburg.

"HEY! USOPP!" Called out Luffy as he waved at him to get his attention.

Usopp saw Luffy and immediately stopped running. His expression of fear turned to one of joy. "LUFFY! ROBIN!" He exclaimed in a burst of happiness as he headed to see his friend. "Boy am I glad to see you guys! Listen, we need to high tail it out of here, you see there's this Dragon..." He then noticed the Koopa that was standing there with them. "There's this Dragon named Hooktail who we must vanquish! By the way, good Koopa, these are my subordinates Luffy, Robin, and..." He drew a blank look at Goombella and Mario.

"I'm Goombella, nice to might you!" Said Goombella, realizing what Robin had meant.

"And I'm-a Mario!" Said Mario with a tip of his cap.

"What?! You mean you're the famous Mario?" Said the Koopa in disbelief. "Amazing...to think someone like the great Mario is working under The Great Usopp's command...you truly are a legendary hero who has come to save us from Hooktail!"

"Uh...yeah..haha..." Muttered Usopp. Crap, the situation got worse! Why is Luffy hanging around with people like that?!

"By the way..." Interrupted Robin. "Do you know anything about something called the Crystal Stars, and if they have any connection to that Hooktail?"

"I've never heard anything about Crystal Stars," Answered the Koopa. "If anyone here did, it'd probably be the mayor, seeing as he's the oldest resident..."

"Do you know where he lives?" Inquired Goombella.

"Yeah, you can't miss it. He lives in the only pink house here in Petalburg."

"Alright, thank-a you very much!" Said Mario Pink House...? He thought to himself.

"Woah, you mean we're in another world?!" Said Usopp is disbelief, as he was being filled in on all the details on the way to the mayor's house. "I thought this place seemed strange...but to think it's another world entirely..."

"For the time being, it seems we're stuck here until we can find a Rift Pool." Stated Robin. "So it seems best to help Mario here look for the Crystal Stars, so perhaps we can find everyone else too."

"I see..." Said Usopp, still finding it hard to take it all in. "Hey, is that the Mayor's house?" He said suddenly, pointing to a pink cottage nearby.

"Wow, it really is pink..." Said Goombella, questioning the owner's taste in color. "Well c'mon, let's see what he has to tell us..." With that, the group walked over and approached the mayor's house.

"Hello? Anyone here?" Said Luffy as he entered the house without even knocking first.

"Wuh-wuzzat? Who's there?" Called a voice. It belonged to a very old-looking bearded Koopa, who's eyes were concealed by his big furry eyebrows, and needed a cane to support. "Are you thieves? Come to rob an old, defenceless man, I see!"

Mario tried to explain. "Ah, we're not-a thieves, we just..."

"Well, if you're thieves, I'm sorry but there's not much here. I do have a little money, but just don't take any of my family portraits, you got that?" The elderly koopa rambled on.

"We're looking for something called the Crystal Stars. Have you heard if them?" Asked Robin.

"Crystal Stars? Well why didn't you say so?" Said the old Koopa. "Let's see here...where did I hear that name before...oh yeah! Hooktail! Hooktail has something called that! You see, there's this gigantic dragon..."

"Oi oi oi! You're telling us to get this Star, we need to beat Hooktail?!" Said a panicked Usopp.

"Ah, if it isn't the Legendary Hero!" Said the mayor. "These must be the subordinates you told us about. So, are you guys going off to defeat Hooktail?"

"Don't joke around! Did you see the size of it! It'd eat us all in one gulp! How could we defeat something like that?!" Protested Usopp.

"So you will defeat him? Thanks! I knew I could count on you!" Said the mayor happily. "We'll be sure to shower you with rewards if you succeed!"

"No reward's worth the risk of fighting that thing!" Said Usopp.

"Huh? You'll accept no reward? How noble of you!" Said the mayor. "But I guess that's to be expected, of a brave hero like yourself!"

"This mayor...he seems a bit hard of hearing..." Noted Robin.

"YOU THINK?!" Yelled Usopp.

"So all we have to do his beat Hooktail right?" Said Luffy. "Sounds simple enough!"

"Wait Luffy, you haven't seen the size of this thing, it's..." Started Usopp

"Yeah, I did."

"You will still wanna fight it?!" Said Usopp. He realized that any further attempts would be futile. Oh well, we do have Luffy, so he might be able to do something to it...hopefully he knows what he's doing!

"Well, guess we're off to fight Hooktail." Said Goombella as they exited the mayor's house. "Now we just need to get to that castle..."

"Um...excuse me?" Said a nervous voice from behind. They turned and saw another Koopa, this looked like the one they had met earlier, only he had a bandage on his nose and was wearing a light blue hoodie. "Sorry, I didn't mean to sneak up on you...m-my name's Koops...and, um..."

"Huh? What is it?" Asked Luffy, not aware of the Koopa's bashfulness.

"Oh well, it's just...you know what...never mind. Forget I said anything." Mumbled Koops.

"Oh, okay. Yosh! Let's go beat Hooktail!" Said Luffy, promptly turning away and seemingly forgetting all about Koops. The other started to do the same. Koops stood there downcast for a few moments, then suddenly raised his head again.

"No...wait, there is something I want to say!" He said, sounding a little more defiant then before. The group turned their attention back on to him. "Will you guys...take me with you?!"

Author's Note: And that's it! What did you guys think? Tried to make it a little longer like some people suggested, how was it? As always, any review or constructive criticism is greatly appreciated! 'Till next time!