Authors note: Of course, I have to put in a disclaimer but we'll get to that later. Anyway, this is the first fanfiction I've ever been serious about writing, the rest were lies. However, I've actually bored myself long and hard enough to finally write this thing. Rating is T for violence, blood, and death. And without further ado, I give you "Origins of Darkness". I would to thank some users on the Gamefaqs message boards for inspiring me to do this.

Disclaimer: I don't own any characters from Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door or Super Paper Mario. I only own the characters I created.

Prologue: Pride

Before any of the events that occured in TTYD or SPM, the Tribe of Darkness was never as evil or mischeavous as we all know it. In fact, it was a rather peaceful tribe with which darkness and light co-existed, despite their differences. The leader of their tribe, Lord Darklight, was however very cautious and always ready for any type of attack. As redundant as that sounded, he knew their would be a great battle one day, while the rest of hi tribe thought he was a little messed up. Despite that fact, he very much loved his loyal tribe and would do everything in his power to protect it. His weapon? A magic staff that held dark magic at a very high level. Only one that has mastered all levels and even forbidden levels of the dark arts can weild this staff. On the top it has a dark purple diamond which serves as the head, and emits dark energy from within, but can never be released on anyone. This is no ordinary dark staff. It has the power to crush mountains, evaporate oceans, destroy cities in a single day. But Darklight's magic is just as strong, and only uses it's awesome powers to guard his people from any type of danger...that is, if there was any danger to worry about.

He just stood there on the lookout of his majestic castle: a large crystalline palace formed by his powers and the staff, complete with a battle arena to train his people for whatever danger comes their way, a well for their water supply, which is guarded by his most powerful troops, because water is their most important resource. Without it, they would surely die of dehydration, and they will need it for when they get tired. The rest looks like any other particular castle during that time, 1000 years before the Crystal Star chaos. This very castle was near the ocean, and the best view is from a large tower in the center of the castle. Oh how I would like to share this moment with someone, reminicsed Darklight, because despite the fact that he had a large castle, with loyal guards at every turn, it got very lonely.

He was enjoying a gentle sunset in his usual attire: on his head was a skull of a human he once killed in a battle, except that the eyes had rubies in the sockets and the nose piece was replaced with a gold filling, this marked his crown. His cape was a deep shade of midnight blue halfway down, and then developed into pink, then orange, then finally white. Like the rest of his tribe, he had no arms, but rather floating gloved hands that moved at his every will. His face was a bit demonic looking: a sinister smile, firey red eyes, a dark face, long hair that was kept hidden from anyone, and a monocle over his left eye to show he was gentlemanly. After thinking about tonight, he decided to go around town the next day for some fresh air and he strictly told his men to leave him be, but they would follow him anyway and they would stay hidden very well so they can still protect their leader without him knowing.

The next day, he was taking a nice stroll around the city where the sun was glistening up above. There were even some small businesses going around, like how many xahr (thier currency) would it cost to buy a diamond spear. Since gems, crystal and adamant(aka diamond) are common in their town it would only cost about 600 xahr, which is kind of cheap in the real world. Darklight didn't care about any of this. All the protection he needed was his cane and his, unknown to him, loyal guards. They disguised them selves as peasants so Darklight wouldn't find out. Darklight wasn't just wanting to get fresh air, he wanted to visit other lands, so he could expand his armies by helping enlist other people, so long as they proved their loyalty. That's what he told the senators, but it was a lie. He was starting to get old, some of his sapphire hair was starting to turn silver, and he needed an heir. He needed a son.

He decided to visit a nearby castle, but this one was a bit different. It shone beautifully in the shining sun, and looked more like a palace. And he saw near the entrance to the castle was it's truly beautiful ruler, Lady Eboness. She was indeed very beautiful: her black hair that moved freely in the wind, her sapphire eyes that were as lovely as the oceans, a very caring smile on her delicate face. She had two small ruby earrings. And on her neck was a necklace with a ruby diamond with a gold frame. The rest of her looked like a princess, but with more royalty and whatnot. Basically a more royal Peach, but doesn't get herself kidnapped from time to time. Darklight could not stop staring at her, until they met eye to eye. Then she spoke,

"Um, excuse me, but who are you and why are you here?"

Darklight was startled by her beautiful voice and tried to regain his composure, then responded, "Oh, forgive me. I should never have looked at you like that". He was already on the ground, begging for her forgivness.

"Please, don't grovel. It's quite alright actually, here." She offered him her hand to grab on and help up.

"Thank you, err..."

"My name is Lady Eboness, but you may call me Eboness." She said while winking at him.

"D-Darklight, Lord Darklight." He responded while hiding his blush. She then noticed his "crown".

"Hm? What is that on your head?" She asked with curiosity.

"Oh this?" He pointed at the skull. "It was from an enemy I once battled. Sometimes I take "keepsakes" of some of the enemies I defeat to reminded me of great battles and how my people and I conquered them."

"Oh, that's very fascinating, and kind of wierd if you think about it." She giggled a bit.

Darklight couldn't help but chuckle as well. "Heh heh, I guess it kind of is, but that's just me."

"Would you like to know a little about me?" She asked with a light blush.

"I would be honored, milady." He bowed with respect at her words. She was really trying not to blush when he called her "milady".

"Um, very well then, uh...let's see." As she wondered what to talk to him about, Darklight just couldn't keep his eyes off of her. She was so beautiful. It had to be love. But does she feel the same way about him? "Oh, I have an idea!"

The words brought Darklight out of his trance, "Huh what?" he asked dreamily.

"How about you take me somewhere later on? We can talk somemore then."

"You mean like a...a...a..." He could not finish his words. Eboness did that for him.

"A date. Would you have me?" She asked him softly.

Darklight's face was so red it made her red velvet dress look white. He answered her. "Yes I will, milady".

She once again blushed at his words and pulled him into a hug at his approval. "Thank you...milord." She then kissed him on his shady cheek and walked back to her castle. Darklight just stood there, awestruck, wondering what had just happened. But it didn't matter to him. He loved her, and she loved him, but neither of them knew it, not yet. Darklight was so happy at that very moment, he didn't even know he was brought back to his castle.

Authors note: My god, that turned out more romantic than I thought. At first I wanted them to be friends, but instead they almost immediately fall head over heels with each other. But that's kind of what I wanted in the first place. XD I currently own the design of Lord Darklight and his name(you'll figure it out by the end of this fic) and Eboness. I also own the loyal guardsmen. Don't worry, more characters from TTYD and SPM will be here. Until then, adieu.

Authors note 2: Please tell me if I've misspelled any words because the program I'm using doesn't have frickin spellcheck.