A diamond hidden within the gray line

Chapter 25: Brutal fury, a undeserving end and a strange name.

Quick note: The song above is what i consider the perfect theme for max's dark fury form. All credit to this song goes to the owner of the music video.
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-Narration-

What they see is max, but his skin had darkened to that same black color, and now has a very visible red outline on his body. No longer human, he now has a definite shell on his back as the spikes are glistening brightly, but the shell had also darkened. His new tail  slammed on the ground a few times as it too, had spikes on it, but unlike his shell, there is only two of them. They saw that his hair is now colored as if it were on fire and the fact that he's now just a few inches shorter than bowser came as a shock to everyone, including bowser himself and even more so since he'a closer to max when he saw that the biggest change was that his head looked similar to roy without shades on, but saw that the whites of his eyes were glowing ominously and flames were erupting just as ominously from his mouth while growling angrily like a wild beast.

Max's shirt is now in tatters as he simply rips it off, revealing his upper body that showed his now glowing starlight crystal necklace, and a little bit of hair on his chest that, like the hair on his head, also became colored as if it was on fire. There is also a bloody claw mark on his now bulky body and his shoes are now ripped apart. "It can't be..." Bowser says in disbelief, after looking at roy, who didn't see max's face, but still in shock at what he's seeing, including the rest of the koopalings, kamek, and junior, who had just taken his bib off and turned back to normal, and everyone else couldn't see max's face, but just looking at max's body is enough to shock and frighten them. "Holy shit..." Mike says in utter shock, who didn't get a look at max's face yet, but just looking at dark fury was more than enough to shock him.

-Bowser pov-

There is no denying it now...max looks so much like...my younger cousin! But...as i looked at roy, who has no idea what i'm seeing...so does he...perhaps it's because i haven't seen my younger cousin maximilian for quite a long time? Bweh..It's become far too obvious to me now. But when it came to roy, it never occurred to me that he would have a resemblance to him too. However, i can't simply blab it out, even though i ought to...i must look at max after he's no longer in dark fury before i can make that that assumption official.

-Mike pov-

So, this is dark fury...agh, if only i could see his face, because judging from the look of shock on bowser's face, he clearly saw something i didn't. Wait..why did he look directly at roy?

-Roy pov-

I don't know why dad looked at me like that...but if it's because of what i'm seeing right now, then i'm just as shocked! Max just became...massive! "Woah..he's definitely no human now." Morton says, as if we're all blind. "No shit, sherlock!" I heard a voice say and would have gotten annoyed, had it not been for the fact I was seeing a...floating white teddy bear with a weird strap on it's body...while holding a giant lollipop. "And let me guess, you're marx?" I ask in a annoyed tone.

"No, i'm the protector of the moon, sent here to protect you dummies from the magishadow fuckheads...of course i'm marx!" He says to me in a sassy tone, which pissed me off, but i chose to not do anything for his sake.

"I don't recall you being so vulgar when i first met you." I hear ludwig say with a chuckle. "Ah, how very observant of you professor wavy hair...let's just say that i was holding back. Now shut up, this is getting good!" Marx says to ludwig who scoffs at his comment. I would be pounding this teddy bear into dust...if i wanted to be hit by that giant lollipop....thing...geez..how the hell can he lift that thing?

-Ludwig pov-

Hmph...rude. I don't know how he can go around holding that...giant lollipop. It makes no sense to me! I also took note that dad looked directly at roy before looking at max, who is definitely no human. Just what did he see that we are unable to see?