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HELLO! People of all kinds! YES! Chapter 8 at last! Let's just jump straight into this!

After acquiring the 3rd Sibling Key from Heaven Haven, Mario and Co. head out onto Gamma Plains before getting a strange call from Snipeguy “L-listen you gotta come quickly, West Anchor Valley! I-it’s Ryguy...” so, Mario and Co. travel to the west of Anchor Valley... and find something quite disturbing... Ryguy is lay unmoving, scars and bruises all over his weak body, while Snipeguy weeps next to him. “Ryguy, he... he was down there, in the valley pit... I only just managed to drag him out but... I’m afraid he...”. Mario and Octoombravo bow their heads in sorrow. “Wh-wh... Did he... did he jump himself?” Octoombravo asks. Snipeguy replies “I wasn’t here to see it, but it’s probably true...”

“It is true” everyone turns around to see the native Metoran woman of Anchor Valley: “K”. “W-who are you?” Snipeguy wonders. “Oh, it’s been awhile since you last any significance” Norahl states. K continues “I was watching when he did... I actually talked to him before hand, asking about forgiveness”. Snipeguy realises “Of course... no one forgave him, no matter how much he regretted his choice... together we all ruined another life...”. “He told me how he wanted to die for something but he couldn’t, because he had nothing left to live for...” K explains “I understood him, because regret my past so much that I too could throw myself of that valley... but I do still have one last thing left thing I must do...” with that K leaves. “What a mysterious woman...” Norahl mutters.

Snipeguy reminds the group “Listen you should probably get on with your quest, and me and the NMA will sort this out... good luck...” Mario nods, and so, the group heads back to AuroraPort. However, when they enter the town, they see that it’s under attack by Koopatrols, Hammer Bros and Magikoopas. Toadsworth quickly runs up to Mario telling you that “They’re after Princess Peach in the hotel”, so you rush into the hotel, battling through enemies until you find Peach cornered on the balcony by non other than Bowser alongside Kammy Koopa. Bowser abruptly turns around “WHAT?! MARIO?! Grrr, I ain’t got time for you right now, Kammy, keep him occupied!” Bowser takes Peach, hops in his Koopa Clown Cart and flies off while Peach yells “Mario!”.

And so a battle infuses between Mario and Kammy Koopa. After the battle, Norahl takes the chance to interrogate Kammy; “Alright hag! Tell us where that Blob-in-Shell is heading! Or Mr. Mario here’ll get Mr. Hammer on your Ms.’ Head!”. “Alright! Alright” Kammy panics “They went to Plasmarha Lake! Mwhehe, you’ll never believe the empire his tyrant-ness has assembled there! Good luck getting to it and then past all of our defences! Mwhehehe” With that she flies off on her broomstick, leaving the group to wonder how they can get to Plasmarha Lake. Merlon then appears to tell you that “I’m afraid the lake is heavily land-locked, and the methods to get in are fairly limited, so you may have to be creative about it... But I’d suggest heading to Anchor Valley...”

In Anchor Valley, if you talk to Brago about it, he’ll say that he might be able to build you something to get you over to Plasmarha Lake if you have the right parts. One of the parts, the Y-Branch (you may already have), is in Stardust Woods, while the other can be found in Force-Strike Valley, but to get to it, a new ability is needed, and so while you are here, Salru lends Volru some of her energy, thus unlocking Volru’s secondary ability; she can now causing lightning bolts to strike from above, allowing you to activate things on platforms above you and such. With this, you find the second part which is the Elastic Band. Once you have these 2 building parts, head back to Anchor Valley and meet at the North-East side of the valley, where Brago will use the parts to construct a catapult! Brago wishes you luck, and so Mario and co. hop in the catapult, Brago pulls it back, and WOOSH, so begins CHAPTER 8: BURNING WITH GUILT AND COURAGE!!!

Mario and Co. land on the Far East side of the lake, although they get up to see that this is no ordinary lake, for it is a lake of Plasma, much like the sun. “Remember, we’re still looking for Nerabul, even if you think your primary objective is to save Peach” Norahl reminds the group “This is the only province haven’t yet explored though, so there’s a could chance he could be here... although I can’t think why anyone would want to live on well, the sun basically...” anyway, the group begin journeying west, jumping across rock platforms in the plasma as well as seeing many of the “Sun Bubble” species.

After travelling for a while, you soon come across 3 sun bubbles, in which Lasafi comes out saying that she thinks she remembers them somehow. To her delight, they all recognise her! “Lasafi!” says the yellow sun bubble (Ferah) “Where have you been all this time? You almost wasn’t here for the sacrifice!”. “Wh-what?” Lasafi wonders, the red sun bubble (Kelvin) also steps forward “Yeah, by the way, we’re all really proud of you, and we’ll definitely miss you, but we know you’ll still always be in the source of the lake!”. Lasafi is quite confused “Erm, I’m sorry, I’m entirely sure what you’re talking about, what’s this sacrifice thing you’re talking about?” (Meanwhile the blue Sun Bubble stay quite at the back with a guilty expression on his face)...

“You don’t remember? The ritual’s suppose to happen today, it sure is good you showed up at last!”. “We couldn’t really keep track of the time because our sun always stays in one place...” Kelvin adds. Scaldon then steps forward and tells Lasafi “You see, the sun we have here is quite small, and so, we need Sun Bubbles as sacrifices every few years, which we offer to the sun god Plasmarha, so that the Lake will be kept warm and replenished. If we don’t offer the sacrifice, I’m afraid our sun would implode and create a black hole, which would then destroy the entire like, and probably more... so your sacrifice is very important indeed” (*guilty look*).

Norahl looks around for a moment “Where in Metora is this sun you’re talking about? Is the sky just too smoky for it to visible or something?”. “Oh, the sun is inside the Plasma Temple, which fuels the lake to give it its warmth and light that you see!” Ferah explains. “Uh, speaking of the Plasma Temple, have the priests built an extension on the front or something?” Kelvin asks. “Bowser.” Norahl assumes “Let’s not waste any time, we should get over to that temple quickly, for all our sakes!” So, you hurryingly make your way to the Plasma Temple, only, the temple is not the way in... It appears Bowser has indeed built a new castle inside the mountain in which the temple is located.

So, you begin making your way through the Minion-Infested fortress, battling more Koopatrols, Hammer Bros, and Magikoopas. Along the way, Ferah also teaches Lasafi her secondary ability, which allows her to shoot fire as projectiles, so she can light/burn/melt things from a distance. In this dungeon, you also find the final Boot upgrade: the Dash Boots! Soon, the group make it past Bowser’s Plasma Castle, and into the Plasma Temple itself, which appears to be very holy. It’s not long before they reach the ritual room itself, where the crater is at the top of the room, with large circular platform surrounding the centre of the room where the Lake’s sun is spinning. However in this room is also an unwanted guest, Bowser and Kammy Koopa, who have Princess Peach held hostage.

“What you bad guys doing here!” Ferah complains “This is a place of worship! You are disrespe-”, “Yeah, yeah, yeah, already heard it!” Bowser boasts “Listen, once I hook this baby up, you won’t be wining for much longer anyway! Now, power up!” Kammy pulls the lever on the machine set up in front of the sun, in which it begins draining the energy from the sun. “No, if they do that, the sun is going to lose energy even quicker!” Kelvin shouts. Mario jumps forward, but then, the machine points at Bowser and zaps him with powerful plasma beams.

“URGH!!!!! HRMMMM-YEAHHH!!!!!!!” Bowser shell and head change to a devil red “Hahaha, this is what ahm talkin’ about! PLASMA BOWSER! GWAHAHAHA! You’re going down Mario!”, and so a miniboss battle infuses with Plasma Bowser. After the battle, Bowser loses his plasma form, but the machine begins to malfunction... “Eh, your not-so-plasmary-ness, I’m afraid the convertor’s going nuts and I can’t switch it off!”. Suddenly, as the ground shake, the sun in the centre of the room grows a pair of bright eyes, as well as 4 tentacles from its back.

“I DON’T BELIEVE YOU FOOLS! NOT ONLY HAVE YOU STILL NOT BOUGHT ME MY SACRIFICE, BUT YOU HAVE ALSO BETRAYED ME BY TAKING MORE OF MY POWERF FROM ME! THOSE WHO DO NOT GIVE DO NOT DESERVE TO BE GIVEN BACK TO! AND THOSE WHO TAKE SHALL BE TAKEN FROM! I PLASMARHA, GODDESS OF THE SUN SHALL WATCH YOUR PITYFUL LAKE FALL TO THE DARKNESS SOON TO COME WHEN IT MEETS THE SINGULARITY!”. “Gods talkin’ science huh?” Norhal remarks “It’s all just a little difficult to take seriously coming from an angry face sun; I thought a god would look all epi-”. “SHUT IT! NOW YOU INSULT ME? FOR THIS YOU SHALL ALL BURN IN THE HEAT THAT STILL REMAINS HERE IN THIS LAKE!!!”

Plasmarha then shakes and smashes it with her tentacles, thus causing Bowser and Kammy to be sent flying out the crater, while everyone else knocked off into the area below. “Oh no, now what are we going to do?” Kelvin wonders. “I know, let’s find Nerabul, he’s wise right?” Ferah suggests “Aha! So Nerabul is here after all! Honestly I’d just get his key and get out of here but... obviously for moral Mario reasons, that probably won’t happen will it...” So, you begin making your way back through the Plasma Temple, and soon meet Nerabul along the way. “Indeed, I was the son of Comoary” he says “As a great man, I aspire to save and protect the lives of people just like he did, and so I choose to help the Sun Bubbles daily! Although it seems things have gotten very out of hand this time! Far worse than ever before!”

Lasafi steps forward “Is there still time to perform the sacrifice?”, Nerabul thinks “If you can calm Plasmarha’s incarnation down first so that it’ll revert back to the ordinary sun, it should be possible...”. “Well then, I must perform the sacrifice” Lasafi says with a determined face. Scaldon suddenly objects “No you can’t!”. “I can though! I am the sacrifice after all, so I chosen to do this! This is my fate, so I am willing to accept. Now let’s get up there and do this!” Mario nods, and so the group continues onward... “But, you’re not supposed to do it...” Scaldon whispers to himself...

After finally making back up to the main ritual room, Mario and Co. get ready to confront Plasmarha once more. “YOU DARE CHALLENGE ME!? FOOLS! I SHALL INCINERATE YOU WITH THE FURY OF A THOUSAND SUNS! PREPARE FOR JUDGEMENT!”, and so the boss of Chapter 8 BEGINS! After the battle, the sun loses its eyes and tentacles, however, the sun to be a appear very dark red, meaning it’s very cold at this point and it also begins expanding. “This is it” Lasafi states “I must do this; Mario thank for helping me get her so I could remember my true purpose, and my friends, thank you for being there for me, I’m sorry...” Lasafi then begins lighting the torches in the room when suddenly, Scaldon yells “NOOOO!!!! YOU CAN’T DO IT!”

“Scaldon! I know what it’s like to lose people, but I break fate, I have to this”. “No, you don’t get it... you’re not the real sacrifice...” Scaldon reveals. “W-what do you mean?” Lasafi wonders. Scaldon bows his head with guilt and explains “I am the real sacrifice. The priests chose me to be the sacrificial, but when they did, although everyone viewed me as brave, including you, I was cowering in fear so much; I didn’t want to give my life... so... I foolishly made a deal with a dark black luma that appeared. The result was that everyone in the lake was brainwashed to believe that Lasafi was the chosen sacrificial, but as a drawback, the Luma also completely brainwashed you and teleported you to who knows where... you see, all of this is my fault, I’m a liar... I, I’m a coward...”

Lasafi tears up “No... what have you done!?”. Scaldon weeps “I, I’m so sorry, I just thought so much about my own life that I forgot about the lives of those around me. My friends...” everyone stays silent for a moment “I need to make this right.” Scaldon then paces around the room lighting all of the torches with his blue flames. As he stands in front of the dying sun, he gives his final moments “I’m sorry, I may have killed us all, I hope this will save all... Ferah, Kelvin, Lasafi... where ever I end up next, I’ll miss you all... I love you all...”. “I’ll miss you too...” Lasafi sniffles, “We had a great life cycle man...” Kelvin brings himself to smile as tears (or fiery tears?) roll down his face, “Goodbye Scaldon...” Ferah farewells, and so, Scaldon enters the sun, causing an incredibly bright light to appear, as the lake’s plasma turns from orange to blue...

A long moment of silence hangs over everyone, until Nerabul gives his words “I suppose there’s a price we all must pay eventually, for we have all sinned... but mourning can never move us forward... only set us backwards, and so forgiveness shall allow us to move forward; some could say Scaldon was a traitor, a coward, a liar... but who are we to accuse him, when we may have been no better in his position. Therefore we shall remember Scaldon like any other hero, or friend... in the end, he still had the courage to save the lake...” Nerabul smiles, which encourages the others to do the same. “I agree, we should forgive, not fight” Peach smiles. Octoombravo mutters “Ryguy...”

Finally, Nerabul walks up to Mario and tells him “Yes I do know your original purpose in coming here, and I do indeed have what you came here for: so here you have it, the Sun Key. If I am not mistaken this is in fact the final piece in your quest to reaching the lost city of Gorah. Now go my friend, I’m sure my father would be proud if he could see your work”, and with that, Mario takes the key, thus triggering the END OF CHAPTER sequence!!!

YOU GOT A SIBLING KEY!!!

Interludes:

Meanwhile with Bowser (who had just been thrown out of the Plasma Temple) is with Kammy Koopa, thinking to himself: "Hmm... I swear that I WILL beat Mario one day, even if it takes the power of a thousand suns!". Kammy Koopa tells him to cheer up, in which Bowser begins to head home with all his minion, back to the Mushroom Kingdom.

However, we also join Darameana on the summit of the Starflake Pinnacles, in which Delumer approaches him to tell him “Mario has done just as expected, even with the test I caused him to have to face”. “Indeed” Darameana grins “Mario was the perfect hero for our tale, but there shouldn’t many pages left in the storybook, before we reach the ending... Now it’s only a matter of time...”

Back with Mario and Co. in Plasmarha Lake, Nerabul tells you that you should prepare yourself to head to the Starflake Summit in the Starflake Pinnacles, my foolish brother must be stopped, whether he sees his purpose as good or evil, his methods are still acts of evil. Nerabul also gives Mario one last thing; the Plasmarite Ore, a strange ore, which he says could be used to create a “fine weapon”. So, Ferah and Kelvin bid Lasafi farewell, “I’m helping to finish the rest of Mario’s journey in honour Scaldon, now it’s my turn to help save the world” Lasafi grins, and with that, Mario and Co. set off to prepare for the final chapters of their journey.

That's all folks, we drawing really close to the end now, so I hope you enjoyed
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HELLO! People of all kinds! YES! Chapter 8 at last! Let's just jump straight into this!

After acquiring the 3rd Sibling Key from Heaven Haven, Mario and Co. head out onto Gamma Plains before getting a strange call from Snipeguy “L-listen you gotta come quickly, West Anchor Valley! I-it’s Ryguy...” so, Mario and Co. travel to the west of Anchor Valley... and find something quite disturbing... Ryguy is lay unmoving, scars and bruises all over his weak body, while Snipeguy weeps next to him. “Ryguy, he... he was down there, in the valley pit... I only just managed to drag him out but... I’m afraid he...”. Mario and Octoombravo bow their heads in sorrow. “Wh-wh... Did he... did he jump himself?” Octoombravo asks. Snipeguy replies “I wasn’t here to see it, but it’s probably true...”

“It is true” everyone turns around to see the native Metoran woman of Anchor Valley: “K”. “W-who are you?” Snipeguy wonders. “Oh, it’s been awhile since you last any significance” Norahl states. K continues “I was watching when he did... I actually talked to him before hand, asking about forgiveness”. Snipeguy realises “Of course... no one forgave him, no matter how much he regretted his choice... together we all ruined another life...”. “He told me how he wanted to die for something but he couldn’t, because he had nothing left to live for...” K explains “I understood him, because regret my past so much that I too could throw myself of that valley... but I do still have one last thing left thing I must do...” with that K leaves. “What a mysterious woman...” Norahl mutters.

Snipeguy reminds the group “Listen you should probably get on with your quest, and me and the NMA will sort this out... good luck...” Mario nods, and so, the group heads back to AuroraPort. However, when they enter the town, they see that it’s under attack by Koopatrols, Hammer Bros and Magikoopas. Toadsworth quickly runs up to Mario telling you that “They’re after Princess Peach in the hotel”, so you rush into the hotel, battling through enemies until you find Peach cornered on the balcony by non other than Bowser alongside Kammy Koopa. Bowser abruptly turns around “WHAT?! MARIO?! Grrr, I ain’t got time for you right now, Kammy, keep him occupied!” Bowser takes Peach, hops in his Koopa Clown Cart and flies off while Peach yells “Mario!”.

And so a battle infuses between Mario and Kammy Koopa. After the battle, Norahl takes the chance to interrogate Kammy; “Alright hag! Tell us where that Blob-in-Shell is heading! Or Mr. Mario here’ll get Mr. Hammer on your Ms.’ Head!”. “Alright! Alright” Kammy panics “They went to Plasmarha Lake! Mwhehe, you’ll never believe the empire his tyrant-ness has assembled there! Good luck getting to it and then past all of our defences! Mwhehehe” With that she flies off on her broomstick, leaving the group to wonder how they can get to Plasmarha Lake. Merlon then appears to tell you that “I’m afraid the lake is heavily land-locked, and the methods to get in are fairly limited, so you may have to be creative about it... But I’d suggest heading to Anchor Valley...”

In Anchor Valley, if you talk to Brago about it, he’ll say that he might be able to build you something to get you over to Plasmarha Lake if you have the right parts. One of the parts, the Y-Branch (you may already have), is in Stardust Woods, while the other can be found in Force-Strike Valley, but to get to it, a new ability is needed, and so while you are here, Salru lends Volru some of her energy, thus unlocking Volru’s secondary ability; she can now causing lightning bolts to strike from above, allowing you to activate things on platforms above you and such. With this, you find the second part which is the Elastic Band. Once you have these 2 building parts, head back to Anchor Valley and meet at the North-East side of the valley, where Brago will use the parts to construct a catapult! Brago wishes you luck, and so Mario and co. hop in the catapult, Brago pulls it back, and WOOSH, so begins CHAPTER 8: BURNING WITH GUILT AND COURAGE!!!

Mario and Co. land on the Far East side of the lake, although they get up to see that this is no ordinary lake, for it is a lake of Plasma, much like the sun. “Remember, we’re still looking for Nerabul, even if you think your primary objective is to save Peach” Norahl reminds the group “This is the only province haven’t yet explored though, so there’s a could chance he could be here... although I can’t think why anyone would want to live on well, the sun basically...” anyway, the group begin journeying west, jumping across rock platforms in the plasma as well as seeing many of the “Sun Bubble” species.

After travelling for a while, you soon come across 3 sun bubbles, in which Lasafi comes out saying that she thinks she remembers them somehow. To her delight, they all recognise her! “Lasafi!” says the yellow sun bubble (Ferah) “Where have you been all this time? You almost wasn’t here for the sacrifice!”. “Wh-what?” Lasafi wonders, the red sun bubble (Kelvin) also steps forward “Yeah, by the way, we’re all really proud of you, and we’ll definitely miss you, but we know you’ll still always be in the source of the lake!”. Lasafi is quite confused “Erm, I’m sorry, I’m entirely sure what you’re talking about, what’s this sacrifice thing you’re talking about?” (Meanwhile the blue Sun Bubble stay quite at the back with a guilty expression on his face)...

“You don’t remember? The ritual’s suppose to happen today, it sure is good you showed up at last!”. “We couldn’t really keep track of the time because our sun always stays in one place...” Kelvin adds. Scaldon then steps forward and tells Lasafi “You see, the sun we have here is quite small, and so, we need Sun Bubbles as sacrifices every few years, which we offer to the sun god Plasmarha, so that the Lake will be kept warm and replenished. If we don’t offer the sacrifice, I’m afraid our sun would implode and create a black hole, which would then destroy the entire like, and probably more... so your sacrifice is very important indeed” (*guilty look*).

Norahl looks around for a moment “Where in Metora is this sun you’re talking about? Is the sky just too smoky for it to visible or something?”. “Oh, the sun is inside the Plasma Temple, which fuels the lake to give it its warmth and light that you see!” Ferah explains. “Uh, speaking of the Plasma Temple, have the priests built an extension on the front or something?” Kelvin asks. “Bowser.” Norahl assumes “Let’s not waste any time, we should get over to that temple quickly, for all our sakes!” So, you hurryingly make your way to the Plasma Temple, only, the temple is not the way in... It appears Bowser has indeed built a new castle inside the mountain in which the temple is located.

So, you begin making your way through the Minion-Infested fortress, battling more Koopatrols, Hammer Bros, and Magikoopas. Along the way, Ferah also teaches Lasafi her secondary ability, which allows her to shoot fire as projectiles, so she can light/burn/melt things from a distance. In this dungeon, you also find the final Boot upgrade: the Dash Boots! Soon, the group make it past Bowser’s Plasma Castle, and into the Plasma Temple itself, which appears to be very holy. It’s not long before they reach the ritual room itself, where the crater is at the top of the room, with large circular platform surrounding the centre of the room where the Lake’s sun is spinning. However in this room is also an unwanted guest, Bowser and Kammy Koopa, who have Princess Peach held hostage.

“What you bad guys doing here!” Ferah complains “This is a place of worship! You are disrespe-”, “Yeah, yeah, yeah, already heard it!” Bowser boasts “Listen, once I hook this baby up, you won’t be wining for much longer anyway! Now, power up!” Kammy pulls the lever on the machine set up in front of the sun, in which it begins draining the energy from the sun. “No, if they do that, the sun is going to lose energy even quicker!” Kelvin shouts. Mario jumps forward, but then, the machine points at Bowser and zaps him with powerful plasma beams.

“URGH!!!!! HRMMMM-YEAHHH!!!!!!!” Bowser shell and head change to a devil red “Hahaha, this is what ahm talkin’ about! PLASMA BOWSER! GWAHAHAHA! You’re going down Mario!”, and so a miniboss battle infuses with Plasma Bowser. After the battle, Bowser loses his plasma form, but the machine begins to malfunction... “Eh, your not-so-plasmary-ness, I’m afraid the convertor’s going nuts and I can’t switch it off!”. Suddenly, as the ground shake, the sun in the centre of the room grows a pair of bright eyes, as well as 4 tentacles from its back.

“I DON’T BELIEVE YOU FOOLS! NOT ONLY HAVE YOU STILL NOT BOUGHT ME MY SACRIFICE, BUT YOU HAVE ALSO BETRAYED ME BY TAKING MORE OF MY POWERF FROM ME! THOSE WHO DO NOT GIVE DO NOT DESERVE TO BE GIVEN BACK TO! AND THOSE WHO TAKE SHALL BE TAKEN FROM! I PLASMARHA, GODDESS OF THE SUN SHALL WATCH YOUR PITYFUL LAKE FALL TO THE DARKNESS SOON TO COME WHEN IT MEETS THE SINGULARITY!”. “Gods talkin’ science huh?” Norhal remarks “It’s all just a little difficult to take seriously coming from an angry face sun; I thought a god would look all epi-”. “SHUT IT! NOW YOU INSULT ME? FOR THIS YOU SHALL ALL BURN IN THE HEAT THAT STILL REMAINS HERE IN THIS LAKE!!!”

Plasmarha then shakes and smashes it with her tentacles, thus causing Bowser and Kammy to be sent flying out the crater, while everyone else knocked off into the area below. “Oh no, now what are we going to do?” Kelvin wonders. “I know, let’s find Nerabul, he’s wise right?” Ferah suggests “Aha! So Nerabul is here after all! Honestly I’d just get his key and get out of here but... obviously for moral Mario reasons, that probably won’t happen will it...” So, you begin making your way back through the Plasma Temple, and soon meet Nerabul along the way. “Indeed, I was the son of Comoary” he says “As a great man, I aspire to save and protect the lives of people just like he did, and so I choose to help the Sun Bubbles daily! Although it seems things have gotten very out of hand this time! Far worse than ever before!”

Lasafi steps forward “Is there still time to perform the sacrifice?”, Nerabul thinks “If you can calm Plasmarha’s incarnation down first so that it’ll revert back to the ordinary sun, it should be possible...”. “Well then, I must perform the sacrifice” Lasafi says with a determined face. Scaldon suddenly objects “No you can’t!”. “I can though! I am the sacrifice after all, so I chosen to do this! This is my fate, so I am willing to accept. Now let’s get up there and do this!” Mario nods, and so the group continues onward... “But, you’re not supposed to do it...” Scaldon whispers to himself...

After finally making back up to the main ritual room, Mario and Co. get ready to confront Plasmarha once more. “YOU DARE CHALLENGE ME!? FOOLS! I SHALL INCINERATE YOU WITH THE FURY OF A THOUSAND SUNS! PREPARE FOR JUDGEMENT!”, and so the boss of Chapter 8 BEGINS! After the battle, the sun loses its eyes and tentacles, however, the sun to be a appear very dark red, meaning it’s very cold at this point and it also begins expanding. “This is it” Lasafi states “I must do this; Mario thank for helping me get her so I could remember my true purpose, and my friends, thank you for being there for me, I’m sorry...” Lasafi then begins lighting the torches in the room when suddenly, Scaldon yells “NOOOO!!!! YOU CAN’T DO IT!”

“Scaldon! I know what it’s like to lose people, but I break fate, I have to this”. “No, you don’t get it... you’re not the real sacrifice...” Scaldon reveals. “W-what do you mean?” Lasafi wonders. Scaldon bows his head with guilt and explains “I am the real sacrifice. The priests chose me to be the sacrificial, but when they did, although everyone viewed me as brave, including you, I was cowering in fear so much; I didn’t want to give my life... so... I foolishly made a deal with a dark black luma that appeared. The result was that everyone in the lake was brainwashed to believe that Lasafi was the chosen sacrificial, but as a drawback, the Luma also completely brainwashed you and teleported you to who knows where... you see, all of this is my fault, I’m a liar... I, I’m a coward...”

Lasafi tears up “No... what have you done!?”. Scaldon weeps “I, I’m so sorry, I just thought so much about my own life that I forgot about the lives of those around me. My friends...” everyone stays silent for a moment “I need to make this right.” Scaldon then paces around the room lighting all of the torches with his blue flames. As he stands in front of the dying sun, he gives his final moments “I’m sorry, I may have killed us all, I hope this will save all... Ferah, Kelvin, Lasafi... where ever I end up next, I’ll miss you all... I love you all...”. “I’ll miss you too...” Lasafi sniffles, “We had a great life cycle man...” Kelvin brings himself to smile as tears (or fiery tears?) roll down his face, “Goodbye Scaldon...” Ferah farewells, and so, Scaldon enters the sun, causing an incredibly bright light to appear, as the lake’s plasma turns from orange to blue...

A long moment of silence hangs over everyone, until Nerabul gives his words “I suppose there’s a price we all must pay eventually, for we have all sinned... but mourning can never move us forward... only set us backwards, and so forgiveness shall allow us to move forward; some could say Scaldon was a traitor, a coward, a liar... but who are we to accuse him, when we may have been no better in his position. Therefore we shall remember Scaldon like any other hero, or friend... in the end, he still had the courage to save the lake...” Nerabul smiles, which encourages the others to do the same. “I agree, we should forgive, not fight” Peach smiles. Octoombravo mutters “Ryguy...”

Finally, Nerabul walks up to Mario and tells him “Yes I do know your original purpose in coming here, and I do indeed have what you came here for: so here you have it, the Sun Key. If I am not mistaken this is in fact the final piece in your quest to reaching the lost city of Gorah. Now go my friend, I’m sure my father would be proud if he could see your work”, and with that, Mario takes the key, thus triggering the END OF CHAPTER sequence!!!

YOU GOT A SIBLING KEY!!!

Interludes:

Meanwhile with Bowser (who had just been thrown out of the Plasma Temple) is with Kammy Koopa, thinking to himself: "Hmm... I swear that I WILL beat Mario one day, even if it takes the power of a thousand suns!". Kammy Koopa tells him to cheer up, in which Bowser begins to head home with all his minion, back to the Mushroom Kingdom.

However, we also join Darameana on the summit of the Starflake Pinnacles, in which Delumer approaches him to tell him “Mario has done just as expected, even with the test I caused him to have to face”. “Indeed” Darameana grins “Mario was the perfect hero for our tale, but there shouldn’t many pages left in the storybook, before we reach the ending... Now it’s only a matter of time...”

Back with Mario and Co. in Plasmarha Lake, Nerabul tells you that you should prepare yourself to head to the Starflake Summit in the Starflake Pinnacles, my foolish brother must be stopped, whether he sees his purpose as good or evil, his methods are still acts of evil. Nerabul also gives Mario one last thing; the Plasmarite Ore, a strange ore, which he says could be used to create a “fine weapon”. So, Ferah and Kelvin bid Lasafi farewell, “I’m helping to finish the rest of Mario’s journey in honour Scaldon, now it’s my turn to help save the world” Lasafi grins, and with that, Mario and Co. set off to prepare for the final chapters of their journey.

That's all folks, we drawing really close to the end now, so I hope you enjoyed
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