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Featured for a creepy nightmare effect: Bowser's Dream

Mario and Luigi: Dream Team Soundtrack

Copyright © Nintendo

One of my favorite tunes from the game

Note: Get ready for a Deja vu feels train-wreck...  

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I slowly open my eyes and my vision comes in blurry.

The view of what appears to be a forest slowly blurs into view as I focus and come to consciousness. I look around. It was silent with the faint sounds of light breezes that are blowing my hair in the wind. I slowly stand up and pull my hood up over my head hiding my hair and shadowing my eyes. I look up to where I fell from and see nothing but pretty blue sky and white clouds.

"Where am I?" I start to walk towards the large trees to my right.

"How long was I here?" I hear rustling sounds of leaves moving around behind me. "You fell out of the sky about 2 hours ago. I found you and waited for you to wake up," I turn around to see a young man with blue eyes, short dark blue ruffled hair held up by a blue bandanna tied to his forehead, red armor, a red cape and holding a long two-handed sword up onto his right shoulder, tip pointing behind him.

"Oh, hello. And who are you?" He walks out from under the shadows of the tree he stood under and approaches me.

"My name is Ike. What may I call you?"

What is happening? I feel like I have seen all of this before...

I look up. "Oh, sorry. My name is Star," I avert my eyes and look around once more. "Um, where am I?" I hide myself under my cape and it falls around my body.

"This is the Ylisse Kingdom,"

Ylisse Kingdom.

Home.

I shake my head and rub my temples. I look behind me and see Ylisse Castle standing there. I turn back and see the forest I played in as a child everyday with my childhood friend, Myst. Then I see Ike standing there in front of me. Ike. Ike!

Home. I am home!

I want to run up to him so badly. I want him to embrace me. But my body does not do as I tell it... It has other ideas.

Black orbs. They are appearing around my hands. Black light. My eyes are shining with black light. No. No! Stop!

It does not listen.

Emotion fills my hands as they lift without my permission.

No! STOP!

Then my mouth opens to speak without my permission, "Stay away from me,"

Ike steps back with his left hand up in the air in defeat, "Sorry miss, I did not mean to frighten you. If you are alright, then I shall make my leave,"

No! Ike, please, please don't leave me!

Ike turns to leave and then he is gone.

NO!

I unexpectedly hear a noise, right outside the secret entrance. I stand up and peek outside.

"Star!" Myst was rushing towards me.

My eyes widen. "Myst?" I walk towards her and she gives me a big hug when she reaches me.

"Myst? What are you doing here? How did you get here? It is too dangerous here!" She looks up at me and smiles, laughing at the sudden rush of worry spilling from my lips.

"I'm really happy to see you Star. I really missed you," I still have a confused look for a moment, then finally softens up and I smile back at her. Looking at her gives me a rushing feeling of home. "I missed you too, Myst," Then I notice her brother following her.

"Oh, you did not come alone, good girl," Myst laughs.

"Of course not Star! Your father would not send me here alone!" My mouth falls open from the sudden words that flowed from her lips as my face went back to surprised once again.

"Wait, my father sent you? Myst, what is going on? Did you come to send me back?" Myst's happy expression on her face fades away and she shakes her head no.

"Sorry Star, your father told me to tell you that you still cannot come home," Myst gives me another hug. "But I do wish he would let you come back though. Home has not been normal since you left..."

Another noise cuts off Myst's words. It sounds like the same noise I heard before Myst appeared. I turn and see my father looking back at me through a fuzzy image floating in the air. My eyes widen and I rush closer to him.

"Oh, father!" Chrom lifts up his hand, so I stop speaking.

"Star, dear, I am so sorry for what I have done my child. I cannot hide the truth from you no longer. I had no choice but to banish you here, please believe me, it is not because I do not want you or anything. I did it to save you," My expression saddens as I look into my father's eyes.

"Save me? Father, I only wish to help, what is wrong?" I step closer to my father's image in front of me.

"Star, my child, something, dark, has corrupted your mother, she said it was the only way to keep you safe,"

"What...corruption...?"

"If she did not send you here, whatever gotten her would have went straight after you. She is gone, her soul has been taken over by some...demon...or something. It speaks as though it is still Queen Angelica but she has lost control...or something. She had said to me before it took her was that I must send her away before it...comes. Soon after I sent you away, it did come. It took her. Star, dear, I must give chase. That...demon...left here a while ago...said it is going to look for...the dark child...the child of Queen Angelica...will complete me. You are safe here if you stay, please believe me,"

A demon? A demon took my mother from me? And now it is looking for me?

"Oh father, I need to look for her. I could help you save her, please father! I cannot just stay here while my home is like this. I am the princess after all! What if the only thing that can stop dark magic is more dark magic, father?" My father shakes his head. He sheds a single tear while I hold them back myself. He quickly glances behind him then back at me. "Please, Star, stay there. Sorry, I must go...I love you,"

My mother.

My father.

I feel my body rush towards the forest and push through them. Then a floating image stops me in my tracks.

My eyes widen as I dash forwards hovering above the ground, towards what looks to be my father looking back at me. It feels like it has been years since I have last seen him.

"Father!" I shout. Nothing but emotions fill my head. Everything that has happened to me floods my mind all at once.

"Father, you have no idea what you and mother have done. By tossing me aside here, I have faced nothing but danger, nothing else. Remember how I told you that I believe these times are somehow connected? After mother became corrupt, she corrupted the people of Lycia. Now the ideas of dark magic have been shoved into the people's minds of Lycia as evil and horrible. These people here blame dark magic for turmoil, they blame me! All of the guards here have been hunting me, father, I must return back and stop my mother. I have to. I must. I have to..."

I try holding back all of the emotion that is filling my mind as I think of these next words that slip my mouth. "If killing her is the only way to stop dark magic corruption..." I take another step forward and my voice changes. It changes without me controlling it. It became lower in pitch, like something deep inside me was bellowing.

"Then so be it," Those words leave my lips slowly and each one was emphasized to make sure they were heard. As those words leave my lips, I feel everyone's eyes drill on me. I could feel they each had something to say. The presence of my father must have been the reason they keep quiet. I hide my own surprise to hearing myself say those words and keep the stern look in my eyes focused on my father, who did not flinch at all during my speech. In fact, he did not even show he was concerned at all about the things I just told him.

Did he already know what has been happening here? Why is he appearing before me now if he is not allowing me to return? I have never seen him listen to me and not do anything at all like he is just now...What is he...wait...

"Wait father...how did you..."

I feel a rush of anger flush over me.

He is not acting anything like I remember. He also cannot open portals by himself!

I could not contain my emotion any further. I quickly focus my eyes on the fuzzy image which was imitating my father and raise my left hand, dark magic envelopes it. The blade by my side responds and raises up pointing forwards. Black light fades into my eyes once again, slight anger emerging from within them. I focus my emotion inside my blade and it responds once again, shimmering with energy and encompassed by dark magic.

"You are NOT my father! Where is he?" I shout slowly, each word becoming more threatening as I focus my anger within my blade.

Just focus on the blade, do not lose control.

Suddenly the figure of my father inside the fuzzy image begins morphing into the figure of Eliwood, Roy's father. The figure laughs ominously.

"Father?" I hear Roy mutter from behind me. I could feel his words, like he is confused to see him. I could then feel his eyes drilling into my backside, wondering what is going on, but some reason he still keeps quiet like the others.

I quickly command my sword to slice through the image to show I do not fear it, but nothing happens.

NO! Stupid Star! Think before you act will you? Now Roy is going to be peeved with me about that! I know it is not his father and I would never hurt him! Please, please believe me Roy...

Before letting anything else happen and stopping myself from humiliating myself even further, I shout, "Mother! I know that is you! Stop hiding behind my friends and family and stop toying with my emotions! Show yourself! I know that is corruption that consumes you! I am no fool!"

The impostor Eliwood laughs once more and then finally speaks. The voice echoes inside my mind, bouncing around, toying with my train of thought.

"Oh, what a clever child," The impostor speaks as if he has underestimated me, like he is disappointed that I figured out his little game so soon. "I can no longer deceive you with my tricks. You have learned too much, unfortunately. However, I forbid you from returning. Your precious mother and father have fallen to my hands and I now rule this land," The impostor emphasizes the word fallen, forcing me to clinch my teeth and tightly clinch my fists.

"What resides within you shall take control soon enough child. Do not fret, you will get your chance to join me soon and you will rule that land where you lie!" The impostor cackles loudly then the image begins to fade away.

My heart drops out of my chest. "NO!" I force out and wildly commands my inflamed blade to slash away at the fuzzy image of the cackling impostor. As my blade swings through, the image distorts and withers away while the cackling echoes in my mind as it fades out of the air. I feel powerless at that moment as I drift out of the sky slowly, landing on my feet. My hands fall, my concentration breaks and my blade falls down to the ground with a soft thud, flipping around before becoming motionless.

    The Demon lord. He has my parents.

What if...what if I am already too late?

A rustling sound slowly creeps into my thoughts from my left and breaks my concentration. I jerk my eyes open to see what I am hearing. I slowly stand up, not taking my eyes off of the bushes. The rustling sound happens again, but closer to me this time. I slowly creep closer to the noise, wondering what I am going to find. As I get right next to the front bush, a small girl jumps out at me and startles me. She looks frantic and looks as though she is looking for someone. She has shoulder length brown hair, wearing an orange blouse, a yellow skirt, brown boots, a green scarf, and elbow length white gloves.

"Star! I'm so glad I found you!" She dashes over to me and hugs me tightly. She is several years younger than me, maybe about 5 years. She is like my little sister; she is my best friend. Her green eyes are splashed with worry and concern as she looks up at me after she lets go.

"Myst? What in the world are you doing here? How did you get here? Why?" There are so many questions that I want to ask her. There is no way she could have gotten here by herself, and why would she be here in the first place? It is much too dangerous for her without her brother, Ike.

Myst shakes her head. "Star! Ike sent me, he told me to find you as quickly as I could and then bring you back with me. You must come with me at once! Hurry, follow me!" She turns away from me, waves with her hand motioning me to follow and dashes into the bushes in front of us.

"Wait! What is going on? Where are you going? Hurry? Why?" Before I can finish what I am saying, Myst disappears into the forest beyond the bushes. I glance back behind me, towards the hideout where my friends are waiting for me, then quickly shove myself into the air and disappears into the darkness of the forest after Myst.

My home is more important to me right now.

Once I fly past several trees, dodging them left and right as they quickly come and go, I finally see a small figure running up ahead of me. Then we enter a small clearing. I see the dark small figure leap into the well-hidden portal darkened by the shadows of the looming tall trees surrounding it, which must lead back to my world. I stop dead in my tracks as I watch Myst materialize into the image, turn around and motion me to follow her. Ike appears behind her and calls her name.

"Myst? How?" Myst turns around and shows him that she has found me. Without looking back, I quickly dash forwards straight into the cloudy image. Everything around me starts to spin, collapse, turn black and I feel nothing for what feels like an eternity.

The next thing I know, I am back in my own time, sitting on the floor of my castle. Everything around me is loud and moving like lightning. I feel dizzy and disoriented. Once my vision clears up, I find myself surrounded by chaos.

I shake my head once again, finding myself inside my Castle back at home. My body jumps up and immediately starts searching for my mother and father. I am not controlling anything my body is doing.

And then I find them...

The Demon Lord is holding them... in its black, slimy claw-like hands.

They are both dead; Looking back at me with lifeless eyes and limp bodies.

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Then my vision blacks out. I feel myself spinning and something warm and soft slowly phases in underneath me as my vision becomes distorted, slowly getting clearer. Bright lights are shining in my face and I see black figures surrounding me. I slowly begin to feel warm tears falling down my face.

I have lost it. All of it. I feel nothing inside.

Deja vu. So much Deja vu. :0

Nothing has been getting better. Sorry about all of the sadness! I promise it will get better! There are reasons that will be revealed to you soon why all of this is happening.

How many of you have figured out why this is happening to Star? I want to know 'what' and then 'why'! The 'what' has been mentioned multiple times now! Read carefully!