"Luigi's dream adventures: The grand return of Antasma"
Chapter 1
"A sleepless hero."
Dreamy Luigi was on his knees, coughing instead of breathing and struggling to keep his body in this position.
Antasma was in a large Bowser form. Waiting for his opponent to get back up.
'Come on Luigi…' The real green plumber thought while changing his position in his bed. 'Get back up!'
Dreamy Luigi, hearing the original's command, nodded and began getting back to his fighting stance.
Antasma Bowser charged at him, sharp shell spikes longing to dig deep into his flesh.
Luckily the dreamy form of the green plumber was prepared for that. He pulled out his giant hammer and waited, ready to hit the running spike ball.
When the large koopa was close enough he swung his weapon of choice expecting a loud "WAM!" and Bowser flying towards the background.
What happened was nothing he expected.
The hammer went through the king's large body as if it was a hologram.
Dreamy Luigi managed to wide his eyes is pure shock and horrific realization before Bowser's spiky shell made contact with his body.
'No…NONONONONO!…This can't be happening! Not again!' Luigi cried in his sleep as he watched with the eyes of his dreamy self, as the world moved in hyper speed as he flew towards the mountain behind him, felt pain all over his back as he crushed into it and tasted blood and bits of powdered rock as he struggled to breathe.
Dreamy Luigi groaned and tried to push himself up. 'Get up you pathetic fool! Get the hell up!'
Coughing violently he managed to bring himself to a one knee stand, with one hand hugging his hurting torso and the other supporting his weight on the ground.
"D-Damn y-you A-Antas-." He started but was cut off by another series of extra violent coughs which he had to release into his left glove. Once he was sure he finished he pulled the hand back only to get freaked out by the amount of blood it was covered in. Shaking his head he tried again: "D-Damn y-you t-to t-the d-deepest r-realm o-of t-the u-underworld."
"Aw is this really what you think of me Luigi?" Antasma laughed. "By the way Greene, where is your precious big bro?" Bowser's lips stretched into a grin. "Isn't this the moment you need him most?"
But the always present red plumber was nowhere to be seen or heard. And Dreamy Luigi wouldn't want it any other way for a specific reason.
"GWAHAHAHAHA!" The koopa king's diabolical laugh send chills down both Dreamy Luigi's and the original Luigi's backs, making them jump and face the slightly larger lizard king. "Not so brave without your precious Mario now are you Dreamy Luigi?"
'Don't listen to him…just don't listen to him' Luigi chanted while pushing his characteristic green cap further over his eyes in pure fear. 'Don't let him get to you.' Now the poor plumber was now squeezing his small cap that under his gloves, his knuckles turned white.
Dreamy Luigi just glared at the evil mastermind as he, with all the strength he had left, pushed himself to a standing position despite his body's painful protests.
"Still standing eh?" Bowser smirked. "I have to tell you Luigi you are far more entertaining than that weakling-of-a-brother you have. He wouldn't survive that hit no matter the experience." Still smirking he started walking up to the barely standing green hero.
"He…is...not…a…weakling!" Dreamy Luigi had trouble breathing, not to mention talking. Everything he said was barely above a whisper, but it was loud enough for Bowser to hear and laugh at.
"Don't make me laugh. Don't you recall every time he left you at home just because he wanted Princess Peach to notice him?" That was a low blow and the not real koopa king knew it.
The green plumber pushed himself up only to fall back down.
"You're weakening Dreamy Luigi." Antasma said gleefully as the dreamy incarnation of the green bro felt his strength slowly leaving him. "And I have to tell you, your power is delicious."
Yes you heard right. After the plumber brother's last battle with Antasma in the dream world the king of bats was feared dead. But that was beyond true. A tiny bit of Antasma's essence survived the battle and managed to get into Luigi's dream. Using the last bit of his power he managed to cast a spell that slowly drains Dreamy Luigi's life source and power in order to become the most powerful villain Mario and his younger brother ever encountered.
Seeing that Luigi possesses powers even Dreambert said were legendary, Antasma chose him over super Mario. Once he gets the last bit of the green plumbers powerful Luiginary he'll start going global. Overpowering everyone he catches while asleep and making sure they never wake up.
That's why he attacks Dreamy Luigi whenever the real one goes to sleep. Beating the green out of him while also slowly draining him from his life source, trying to cripple his body so he won't get up.
Which is why the younger plumber is in such a bad shape right now.
But it wasn't always like that.
At the beginning Dreamy Luigi was in control of his dream, giving Antasma very little chances to survive an encounter with him, in which the villain used defense tactics to avoid everything the green plumber threw at him, until he awoke and left to the real world.
But as the battles grew frequent the king of bats, boosted by the power he stole from Luigi, began turning the steering wheel to his favor.
No longer avoiding, only striking back with double the power he had when the twins were fighting against him together.
Every night Dreamy Luigi became weaker and weaker up to a point where he no longer had a grasp on what's happening in his own domain. Antasma used his fear of Bowser and King Boo against him by taking their form and using their signature moves. And, at nights where he felt real cruel, he turns himself into Giant Mario.
In order for the king of bats to not be victorious Dreamy Luigi must withstand his attacks till he wakes up, if he doesn't Antasma will just kill him. And if he dies here, he dies in the real world.
Dreamy Luigi looked up at the monster that has been torturing him for almost a whole month. "I…will…stop…you…Antasma." He growled. But it sounded so pathetically weak the king of all bats just laughed.
"Oh really? And how are you going to that hmm?" Bowser Antasma pulled his giant fist back. "You don't have enough power left in you to do that my boy. Plus let's not forget what will happen to that bunch of weaklings you call friends if you let them join the party." Before Dreamy Luigi had time to react the fist was already crushing his nose into a bloody pulp. The world began pining once he crashed to yet another mountain.
It almost hurt to open his eyes. He tasted blood in his mouth and he couldn't breathe with his nose anymore.
You may be wondering why Mario isn't fighting alongside his brother. Well it's because if he, or anyone else, enters Luigi's cursed dream Antasma will send mini versions of himself into their dreams and give them the same kind of punishment he delivers Luigi. The green plumber doesn't want that to happen because they don't have that kind of power he possesses. They wouldn't be able to protect themselves from his attacks.
That's why he never told Mario about his nightmares. Even when Dreambert asked him if he's okay he denied.
Suddenly he felt his body being jerked upwards.
"Sorry Luigi but I'd like to cut this meeting short." Then he suddenly feet burning all over his overalls.
He tried to scream but all he succeeded in doing was getting the insides of his mouth burned.
He was in lava.
"Bye bye Weegee." And the world turned bright with sunlight.