Oz: Crossroad of Legends

"Wow didn't know Italian was strange," Starlow said.

"Ma Ma Mia," Mario let out.

"Anyways maybe we should take things slower," Starlow said. "Hmm lets start with you, what's your name miss and where are you from," Starlow asked

"Don't worry your not the only one," Starlow chuckled. "At least, when you get a chance to meet his brother Luigi he's easier to understand.

"(What a cheap shot)," Mario said to Starlow.

"Well its true," Starlow replied.

"Grima? Naga? sorry doesn't ring a bell," Starlow sighed. "Hmm maybe Mrs. Rosalina would know she's something like a guardian, watcher of the galaxy in our universe," Starlow said while Mario showed June the card of Rosalina.

"Oh I juat remember there was this strange talking bird named Flanna apparently she was a different universe, maybe she heard of them," Starlow said. "Would you like to know anything about the Mushroom Kingdom?" Starlow asked June

Lana's sob began to lessen as she began to calm down and she began to feel comfortable in the embrace of her mom. "it's not your fault mom, it's that dam Witches fault, and those soldiers from the neighboring kingdom, Lana said. "I may not say it or show it all the time but I really do love you," Lana said to her mom. As fatigue gradually began to take a hold of her and her eyes began to slowly close. Lana was sound asleep in the loving arms of her mom she almost seemed like she was smiling a bit.

Charlie sensing that Lana was okay went ahead and curled up at the foot of her bed sound asleep.

Location; Palace Courtyard...... Dood


Baron upon hearing Vincent and Irving's word of comfort closed his eyes for a brief moment to allow for everything to sink in. "Thanks you two, I really needed to hear that," Baron told Irving and Vincent.

"Vincent its been about a little over seven years and if you have sometime I would to catch up, and see how everything has been," Baron told Vincent. "I can't wait to tell you about meeting my dad, me and Catie getting married, our two kids Barry and Silvia, and just everything that has happened," Baron said to Vincent,

Baron then went to address Irving after addressing Vincent. "I seen you in action and I would love to try and get some training or sparring with you if you are willing," Baron said to Irving

"Okay we will do our best," Starlow said.

"Well the Mushroom Kingdom is a land filled with many different inhabitants, we have Toads, Yoshis, Koopas, etc.," Starlow said. "Hey Mario you got that photo album on you?" Starlow asked.

"Oh yeah," Mario said.

"Great now we can show you pictures of what we are talking about," Starlow said. "First off are Toads which look like normal people like Mario," Starlow described as Mario showed June a picture of a toad. "There ruler is Princess Peach she's the ruler of the kingdom, and Mario's waifu," Starlow teased Mario.

"Ma Ma Mia," Mario blushed as he shown June the card of Princess Peach.

"There are Yoshis which are friendly dinosaur like creatures, they are very smart and some are capable of human speech," Starlow said as Mario showed June a picture of a bunch of adorable Yoshis. "Mario and his friends had many encounters with Yoshis and word has it they even saved him from being captured when he was a baby.

" Next we have your Star spirits like yours truly," Starlow explained. "We are capable of capturing wishes throughout the Mushroom Kingdom and we can channel those wishes into wondrous things," Starlows eyes lit up. "We are able to grant wishes with this wonderful thing called a Star rod, the star rod gathers the wishes from around the Mushroom Kingdom and if they are good wishes they are granted by the Star Rod," Starlow said. "Selfish wishes are rejected, I am still young so I can only do so much," Starlow said.

"Finally, we have Koopas, a race of human like turtles" Starlow said to June while Mario showed June various pictures of Koopas. "Not all of them are loyal to lord loud mouth, there are a few villages around where they gather and live peaceful lives," Starlow told June. "Some are loyal to Bowser and serve his every command," Starlow said. "What you saw besides Bowser today was most likely a Magikoopa, these are Koopas that specialize in magic and can use their wands for various things," Starlow said. "Bowser usually, has a couple of magikoopas following him, if it's an older one wearing a blue robe then that's Kamek, Bowser's loyal punching bag ..... I mean advisors," Starlow said. "The other Magikoopa is an old lady and wears a purple robe, she's also an advisor for Bowser but those two usually bicker a lot," Starlow told June.

"Thank the power stars there is one King Bowser, and I am so glad he's not our king," Starlow told June. "He does have eight children one of them his youngest son Bowser Jr is most likely with us," Starlow said to June. "They are highly mischievous and are always causing problems in the kingdom, Starlow said.

"I know this is a lot to take in at once," Starlow said. "If you have any questions about the inhabitants I will gladly answer them, if not Mario can show off some of his moves," Starlow said to June

"Okay the throne room seems big enough, but well there's a few things, we will have to describe," Starlow said to June.

"First off despite his chubbiness, Mario here is a gifted jumper and he is very acrobatic," Starlow said as Mario did some basic jumps and a couple of wall jumps. "Second, thing is Mario fights weilding a hammer, this beauty over here once belonged to a legendary god of thunder and it was a tough battle but when the dust settles we managed to capture this mighty hammer," Starlow said as Mario took out his hammer to show June. "Marios able to use this hammer to strike foes, or he can unleash varouis skills with it," Starlow said.

"One of those skills is Big Banga, by rotating his hammer at a rapid rate, he creates a ton of explosive energy and at the height of its speed he launched the stored up energy creating an explosion," Starlow said while Mario swung his hammer just enough for a bit of energy to build up. "Another move he has is what he calls the Mario Finale, by channeling fire in both of his hands while swirling them he can create a vortex, that starts small but it grows in size the further it gets," Starlow said as Mario generated a tiny twister made of Fire in his hand. "This move we certainly can't do here is called Ultima, by channeling all of his energy into a tiny ball of energy, he can throw it creating an all consuming explosion with devastating results," Starlow said. "The thing is Mario only uses it as a last resort, because of the energy it takes after he uses it he's spent," Starlow said as Mario formed the tiny ball of energy for June.

"Finally, we have this thing called a Tanooki Leaf," Starlow explained to June as Mario took out the Tanooki Leaf. "By making contact with the Tanooki Leaf, Mario gains well lets call it a special suit where he has a tail for slowing his falls, and reflect attacks," Starlow said. "Also while wearing the suit Mario becomes more resistance to both physical and magical damage, and the other benefit is that by turning into a statue Mario gains complete immunity to any form of damage, but after he takes the hit he loses the suit," Starlow said. "If you want we can show you everything we just talked about, Mario ready," Starlow asked as Mario tossed the leaf into the air.

Unfortunately, Mario mistimed his jump and the leaf ended up making contact with June. "Oh no," Mario called out as the leaf touch the top of June's head. As soon as the leaf made contact June disappeared into a puff of smoke for a brief moment. Starlow and Mario could see the outline of somebody through the smoke but couldn't really make it out. "Umm June are you okay?" Starlow asked

Starlow and Mario just stared at each other in disbelief unsure of what to do. Finally they decided on what they would do to help June out. "June don't worry about what's happening right now, you didn't change per say," Starlow said to June. "The Tanooki Leaf is a magical item that grants the person powers and abilities they normally, wouldn't have access to," Starlow said to June.

"Watch Mario he will show you how to remove the suit," Starlow said as Mario this time made contact with the Tanooki Leaf this time. "Now watch how Mario crouches down, you don't have to go all the way down just a little bit," Starlow said to June as Mario began to crouch. "Now you have to jump a bit while crouching," Starlow told June as Mario hoped into the air. When Mario jumped while crouching he disappeared briefly and reappeared as a statue of himself.

"Oh he's more then okay," Starlow said to June.

"while a statue he is completely immune to any damage," Starlow said. Starlow noticed the ax June had on her and an idea came to Starlow. "June throw your ax at the statue of Mario as hard as you can," Starlow said. "believe me after you strike he will be back in his normal outfit completely unharmed," Starlow said.

"Please trust me on this, nothing will happen to him," Starlow said to June

June pulls Armads off her back, circling beside Mario.  She raises the axe...  "Why did it have to come to this!?" June yells as she swings.  She aims for his lower back, flipping the axe to strike with the blunt face instead of the blade.

Even though she was holding back on her swing, the force of the rebound's enough to send a jolt of pain through June's shoulders.  She lowers Armads and slowly faces Glinda.

"That... is a great question," June begins, barely restraining the anger in her voice.  "I put my kids to bed, tell my husband good night, decide to go out for a ride!  Get some fresh air!"  Armads clatters to the ground, and June throws her arms up in a shrug.  "And suddenly I'm Naga knows where!  Wearing armor I definitely wasn't wearing beforehand, with an axe that should be sealed in a vault in an entirely different country!  Then I get thrown from my horse, left knocked out in the middle of nowhere!"  June begins pacing back and forth anxiously, her voice gradually rising.  "And I wake up, immediately get drawn into a battle!  With some... floating... shadow man, and some kid with a bizarre magical artifact, fighting against some kind of ungodly living metal monstrosities!  And let's not even talk about the giant spikey turtle monster!  And now there's a dragon!  On some giant tree!  And people with wings teleporting all over the place!  I don't know who I was fighting, I don't know why, I don't know who you are, I don't even know what I should call this place!  And just when I think I'm finally going to get some blasted answers," she motions to her outfit, "I get stuffed into this suit!  And then I'm told the only way to change back is to turn myself into a statue and have someone punch me in the face!"

June pants for a few seconds, then roars in anger.  She aims a punch straight for the Mario statue's face.