You walk around the ruined Mushroom Kingdom wondering what had happened. Did Bowser do this? No, he couldn't have, not with the Mario Sisters defeating him all the time. No, this was something else; you walk toward a Warp-Pipe and start to think about the possibilities, then you hear a maniacal laugh a bit of distance away from you, so you look behind. The shadow walks closer to you, and as the light shines on them you see their face: Maria. She looks at you with near ruined Mario clothes she wears, a dark and creepy smile with sharp teeth, and a large knife in her left hand. She chuckled as she walked toward you.