Soul Rider: First Mario fanfic. No flames please. I own no characters but one that other people might think of.
Pureness Turned Black
Part 1: A Dark Nightmare
The forest felt tranquil with its light and beauty. He didn't care how much he walked; he didn't want these woods to end. As he stepped farther in, his thoughts and worries vanished. He can't even recall why he came. The light didn't change as the leaves got thicker and thicker. The beauty looked untouched by anything.
However, the blank void in his mind disappeared when he tripped over something. He landed square on the big, round nose on his face. He looked at what he tripped and his foot was caught under an exposed root. The root lead not to a tree, but a royal blue flower with some red accents that was bigger than he was. He went up to it and looked inside it. There was rain water in the middle with the anthers and stigma barely above the surface. The water looked dark red in the flower, almost like blood. He cringed a little bit at the sight.
He tried looking away, back to the beauty of the woods around him. However, that was not the case. Everything around him, including himself, were under a creepy red hue. The tranquility had immediately faded away and became a world of fear. Despite no rain, the strange flower was being filled over, eventually spilling down the sides like a fountain. Red, blood-looking water flowed over his brown shoes and stained the bottom of his blue overalls.
When he looked back at the plant, a gloved hand emerged, covered in the dark liquid. He felt frozen in fear. But why? This has never happened to him before. It grabbed the edge of one of the petals and another hand followed. Pretty soon, a whole body came out. The shape was all too familiar to him. He wanted to run, but his feet were frozen to the spot. Figuratively and literally. The water had hardened into ice around his feet and he couldn't get them to budge. The red silhouetted body started walking over to him, making him more terrified than he ever was in his life. He could see the body's evil smirk under the blood red water.
"Morning, Mama," it said to him before it made a fireball in its hand and thrusted it into his chest.
He woke up screaming and sitting up in bed. Sweat clung all over his body, making his mustache wet and his white night tank drenched. He panted for what felt like an hour, when it was only ten minutes. Eventually, the door opened, letting two flickering candle-lights into the dark room. Standing at the doorway was his little brother in his white long sleeved nightshirt and blue pajama bottoms. He had forgotten that he and his ghost dog were staying for a visit for the next four days.
"Big bro, is everything all right?" the younger brother asked in concern. "I heard you scream like you were about to die." At first, he just nodded in response.
"Yes, Luigi, I'm okay," he then verbally responded. "Just had the freakiest nightmare I ever had." Luigi let out a sigh of relief. He really cared for his older sibling and would do whatever he can to make sure he's pleased. The lil' bro gave him a smile before setting one of the hand held candle holders down on a nightstand.
"Wait here, brother. I'll make ya some cocoa. That should help." Mario smiled.
"Thanks, bro." With that, Luigi closed the door behind him.
Elsewhere, in an unknown place all green, someone dressed as a jester floated along. There was a card in his hand, showing Mario in his bed. He had been watching him. He darkly chuckled.
"Like any jester, I always have an ace up my sleeve," he said to no one but himself. "I just never tell which sleeve it is in. Or reveal that ace until the right time." A black "M" appeared in his hand. "The first might've been a failure, but none know of this special one. I'll pay him a proper visit tomorrow. And once done, he's mine." The jester crushed the "M" in his hand and laughed evilly.
Soul Rider: Okay, and that is Chapter 1. Please R&R and look forward for the next chapter!