Okay! Before I start, I just wanted to say, Hi! I'm kinda new here I mean, I made this account a while ago but I never really got on it until now, so hello all! I just wanted to post something like um my story so you all can read it! Also, please tell me how to tag things if I tagged this wrong that would be much appreciated! Thank you nice people on this site!

It was a very stormy night in the Mushroom Kingdom. The wind was blowing and the rain was pouring down hard. Tree branches were flying off the trees and powerful winds slammed into the homes as if someone was pounding on them to gain entry. It was a terrible night weather wise and no one, make that ALMOST no one, would dare to go out there. Well, all except for two people, that is… three if you count the one watching them. The determined trio outside in this horrible weather, were trying to play baseball, of all things. This threesome consisted of Mario, Luigi and Toad.

The Mario Bros always practiced playing baseball or at least practiced their catching skills every night. With them was Toad, who really didn't want to be outside in this weather but he decided to watch the two play. He was convinced that it would be funny to see them play baseball in this impossible weather. He wore a raincoat and sat shivering upon a tree branch well above ground, which isn't a good idea when it's stormy outside. The two brothers were practicing for a tournament that was going to happen in 2 months. They wanted to be the best of the best and defeat every baseball team in the kingdom. Mario was pitching and Luigi was up to bat. It was hard for them to see the ball but they were going to try to do it anyway.

Mario threw the ball to Luigi as fast as he could. Luigi swung hard, but he missed the ball. Toad shook his head sideways.

"You guys aren't going to get anything accomplished in weather like this!" he yelled.

He had to yell in this weather for anyone to hear him as the wind was blowing rather hard. Yes, it was that blustery.

Mario just ignored Toad and continued to try and practice with his brother, Luigi, who was having second thoughts about playing this ridiculously impossible game of baseball. He put his bat down and started to search for the ball.

"Come on Luigi! It was right-a there!" Mario said anxious to continue.

"Right where?! You couldn't even see the ball when it was in your hand!" Luigi responded.

"Just get the ball Luigi!"

"I'm trying, I'm trying!"

Toad began to laugh at Mario and Luigi, as they looked extremely stupid playing baseball during this storm. Luigi searched and searched until he finally found the ball.

"Found it! FINALLY!" He said.

"Alright! Throw it here!"

Mario said, preparing to catch the ball. Luigi threw the ball high into the air at Mario, who instantly began to run towards the ball. A strong gust of wind took control of the ball, changing its course. It was now heading towards the tree Toad was in.

"Uh oh!" Toad said as he saw the ball flying towards him.

Mario kept running towards the ball, not looking where he was going. He then ran straight into the tree and knocked himself down to the ground on his back.
Toad began to laugh again until the baseball flew over and hit him right in his face.

Toad screamed in pain from the impact then fell from the tree and landed hard on his face. Poor Toad's face hurt so much now that he couldn't even laugh without feeling pain. Luigi shook his head in disappointment. He knew the timing was not right for playing baseball but couldn't seem to get Mario to understand that.

Mario stood up and rubbed his nose. Running into the tree that hard made his head hurt but he still was going to try to play baseball anyway. He ran to the other side of the tree and began searching for the ball blindly. He didn't even get a chance to see where it landed because of the tree incident but that didn't stop him.

Luigi was waiting for Mario to find the ball when he suddenly realized what had happened to Toad. Luigi decided he would see if he was okay so he walked over to Toad,

"Uh, are you okay Toad?" Luigi asked hesitantly.

"No! I'm ready to go home! This whole thing is stupid!" Toad said angrily as he got up off the ground.

Luigi wanted to go home as bad as Toad did but he couldn't because of Mario who was now walking over with the ball in his hand.

"Alright, let's try this again." Mario said.

Luigi couldn't stand this weather; he didn't even have a coat like Toad! He was soaked, cold and extremely unhappy. He thought he would try to talk some sense into his brother.

"Bro, let's go home dude, I'm cold!" Luigi said as Toad nodded. He definitely wanted to go home after what just happened to him.

"Yeah Mario! Let's go! I'm sick of all this stupid rain!" Toad screamed.

Mario put his hand over his own face as if he were embarrassed. He felt like he had a couple of babies for a baseball team, which was ridiculous to him.

"Look Mario, let's switch and see if you can hit the ball okay? I just want you to see how impossible it is to play out here." Luigi explained.

"Alright!" Mario agreed.

He handed Luigi the ball and Luigi gave Mario the bat. They only brought one bat this time because they didn't want to lose the other one out in the storm. Toad shook his head sideways as he didn't expect any good outcome from this, but Mario however, had different expectations; he walked back a few feet and was ready to bat.

Luigi and Toad looked at each other and shook their heads sideways.

"Just throw the damn ball so we can hurry up and leave." Toad said.

"Alright" Luigi said and looked over at his stubborn brother who was gently hitting the bat on the ground.

"Come on Luigi! I'm ready!" Mario yelled, Luigi fixed his hat and was ready to pitch the ball now.

"Here it comes bro!" Luigi called then threw the ball as hard as he could.

Even though Mario could barely see the ball, he swung blindly but missed the ball anyway. It was no surprise for Luigi and Toad, but Mario couldn't believe it! He just knew he would hit the ball but it didn't turn out as he thought it would. He quickly made up an excuse for failing to hit the ball.

"Hey! I wasn't ready!" Mario lied and began searching for the ball.

"You said you were ready bro!" Luigi yelled as he turned to his brother who still searched for the missing ball.

Toad yawned in spite of feeling the pangs of being struck in the face, twice. He was tired and Mario's miss was the last strike for him. He was more than ready to go.

"Well Luigi, I'm going to you guy's house, see ya!" Toad said and began walking away.

Luigi looked back and spotted Toad running far off in the distance; the little guy was really running! Far too fast for Luigi to catch!

Luigi turned back to Mario who had finally found the ball; he knew he should have left during Mario's search for the ball but it was much too late now.

"Catch!"

Mario called while throwing the ball at Luigi; who missed the ball yet again but quickly found it on the ground. He picked it up and looked at Mario again; he knew how to escape this time. Luigi planned to throw the ball as far as he could then take off as Toad had done. He decided to act as if playing baseball in bad weather wasn't a stupid idea so Mario wouldn't suspect anything.

"You ready Mario? We can do this bro! You almost had it!"

Mario was happily surprised to hear Luigi speak like that. He smiled and took hold of the bat again,

"Yeah! Let's-a go Luigi!"

Mario was ready to bat; he didn't have a clue what the man in green was up to.

"Here it comes bro!" Luigi threw the ball for the final time just knowing Mario would miss it.

Mario was ready for it this time; he swung the bat and hit the ball as hard as he could! The ball went flying into the sky where nobody could see it of course but Luigi wasn't trying to anyway as he was running home. Luigi kept running and running like it was no tomorrow and didn't look back not even for a second! The green bro was gone. Never would he come out in this kind of weather again, ever!

"Hey! I hit the ball! Luigi l… Luigi?"

Mario noticed Luigi wasn't there, he didn't know what had happened. He began to look around for both his brother as well as the ball.

Meanwhile, Bowser was at his castle telling two of his minions to go and deliver a letter to Peach's castle for him. It was a love letter that they were not allowed to either open or read. Bowser sat on his throne explaining what he expected the two chosen minions, Boom Boom and Pom Pom to do.

"If you two can't accomplish this simple task YOU'RE FIRED! Got it?!" Bowser yelled.

He was disappointed in Boom Boom and Pom Pom as he felt they couldn't get anything done right. (Even though Bowser himself couldn't stop Mario or do what he wanted)

Boom Boom shivered, then nodded his head rapidly in fear; he didn't want to be kicked out of Bowser's koopa troop army.

"NOW GET OUT!" Bowser yelled at the two koopas.

Boom Boom immediately turned and ran as fast as he could toward Peach's castle. Pom Pom ran behind him…. until she tripped and fell. She slid out of Bowser's throne room and hit the corridor wall directly across from the room's entrance. Bowser watched her wide eyed then shook his head sideways in disgust; he felt he would have gotten the letter delivered faster himself if he had gone instead of Pom Pom and Boom Boom. Pom Pom, slowly stood up and looked around for a while. The injury to her head had made her forget what she was doing. She tried to compose herself and remember what she needed to do as Bowser watched her and grew even more annoyed.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" He yelled.

"Um, I uh… forgot…" Pom Pom answered in a quiet voice.

She knew Bowser was going to be angry at her response. Bowser's fiery breath expelled from his mouth as he screamed loudly. He was very annoyed with Pom Pom and just wanted to get rid of her.

"GET OUT!"

Pom Pom nearly jumped out of her shell as she rushed as far away from Bowser and the castle as she could get.

There she was, outside in the bad weather having no idea where she was supposed to go and had lost Boom Boom already. She began to walk around outside to try to think of what she could do. She hated Bowser because he was always so mean and grumpy.

"Peach wouldn't want his stupid letter anyway!" Pom Pom thought to herself. She felt the wind blowing and the rain pouring upon her head and shivered from the cold.

"IT'S COLD OUT HERE!" She screamed and wrapped her arms around herself in an attempt to keep warm.

She continued to wander around outside. The bad weather began to make her feel different. The torrential downpour of rain and the blowing wind affected her emotions making her feel sad. She felt like she needed to improve and do something better so she wouldn't have to get yelled at for making little mistakes or messing thing up occasionally. She felt unimportant and eventually believed that she was unimportant. After a little more doubting herself and a bit more walking, she sat under a tree so she could avoid some of the harshly blowing rain. She didn't like getting wet or even being outside at the moment. She wanted to go home and lay down.

"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!" Pom Pom let out a loud scream and lay on her back.

Pom Pom then took out her boomerang and thought about the first time she used one. She gradually began to feel a little bit better because it took her mind off of being yelled at by Bowser.

"I wish I could do something else, something…. less stressful and frustrating… BUT I'M TOO STUPID!" She said to herself.

She closed her eyes and began to think some more to herself, wondering what she could do besides help Bowser with terrorizing the Mushroom Kingdom.

"Maybe, I can be a… I don't know… A NOBODY!" She said, rubbing her head.

She was confused and stressing out over things. She was sick and tired of helping Bowser's fat ungrateful ass and wished Boom Boom hadn't left so she could have someone to talk with.

Boom Boom had been trying his very best to avoid Pom Pom because he thought she was getting him yelled at more. She wished she had someone around her or someone to talk with.

Suddenly she heard a familiar voice…

"Home run! Come on-a home run!" the voice said.

Pom Pom got up and felt she needed to hide. She looked around for a while and spotted some nearby bushes; she then ran behind them and got down to avoid being spotted. She hid behind them and then took a peek through them to see whom it might have been that she heard. To her surprise, it was Mario!

She wondered what he was doing outside in the bad weather but she wondered why he was carrying a baseball bat and baseball even more. She looked at him as if he were crazy but decided she would watch. She felt more comfortable again but she didn't understand why she was watching Mario make himself look like an idiot playing baseball out in beyond horrible weather. She was tempted to go over and ask him just exactly what he was doing out there, but she was too nervous.

Mario then threw the ball up into the air and swung the bat..and missed. Even though he was giving it his all out there trying to play baseball on a bad day and failing miserably, he didn't give up. He would search and search the ground until he found the ball then he would toss it up and give it another go! He didn't have much success unfortunately. He kept on throwing but the ball went too high causing him to look up and the rain quickly stung his eyes. Besides that, the sky was just much too dark for him to see.

"Wow! He's so stupid he makes me look smart!" Pom Pom said to herself and laughed.

"Well, this is a bit more challenging than I thought it would be." Mario said and scratched his head.

He quickly picked up the ball and was ready to try for the last time, if he couldn't hit it this time he'd call it a night and go home. Mario tossed the ball upward then immediately swung the bat like a true champion, giving it his all once again as Pom Pom watched him in silent awe.

"Amazing!" She thought as she watched him swing the bat with all his might….blindly.

Though his effort was a valiant one, the result was just as Pom Pom expected…. he missed it …again.

She found Mario's failure to be hilarious! He looked incredibly stupid swinging the bat in the rain and dark outside. She fought hard not to laugh too loudly and risk being discovered.

"This is impossible! How am I supposed do this? I just realized that this is the stupidest thing that I-a ever did in my life-a!" Mario said, as he annoyedly slammed his bat and his baseball on the ground.

Mario felt like the dumbest person in the kingdom and who knows….he might have been. Pom Pom then realized that this was the perfect opportunity for her to redeem herself! If she could get Mario and bring him to Bowser then surely he would see how much of a fantastic minion she was!

Mario began to walk towards the bush that Pom Pom was hiding in so she had to think quickly if she wanted to KO him.

"What to do? WHAT TO DO?!" She thought frantically to herself.

Finally out of options, she then stuck her leg out to trip Mario who continued walking blindly, concentrating more about how stupid baseball was at the moment until he met Pom Pom's leg and fell face first to the ground.

Pom Pom looked a bit worried as she knew she had just messed up. Surely a simple trip wouldn't knock out Super Mario! But when Mario didn't bother to move for a while, she began to question whether or not it actually did work. She slowly moved over towards him until she was close enough to touch his head. She gently rubbed Mario's head then slowly turned him over on his back.

"Oh no!"

She gasped in shock and fear when she saw a bit of blood running down Mario's head. Pom Pom was sure he definitely wasn't awake but wasn't so sure if he was alive. Mario had hit his head on a hard rock when he fell and was out cold. She wiped the blood off his head and began to panic; she never made anyone bleed before and expected that the worst had happened to Mario.

"Please wake up! Please?" She said trying to keep calm but it wasn't working.

She was nearly about to cry now and had no idea what to do. She then dragged Mario over to the bush where she began to panic even more. Pom Pom continuously wiped Mario's bleeding forehead and hoped that he would wake up soon although she began to doubt that he would. She placed Mario's head on her lap and took off his hat to try not to get blood on it. She then kept her hand over Mario's head and closed her eyes.

"Please be alive, please be alive." Pom Pom said to herself and hoping Mario was okay.

She sat there holding Mario's head and hoping for the best. The last thing she would want to do is kill someone but she especially didn't want to kill Mario since she has always had sort of a little crush on him. She then wrapped her arms around his neck gently and was about to cry again until she heard someone walking close by.

"Oh no, now what is it? Boom Boom? How am I going to explain this?" Pom Pom thought to herself then leaned her head against Mario's head.

Then a short koopa styling a bib around his neck appeared. She knew exactly who it was and wasn't happy to see him not one bit. Bowser Jr. was always annoying to Pom Pom and he knew damn well that he was though she didn't. She thought he would just do things because he was young and immature, but his bib wearing said it all…he was a big baby! He was the biggest baby of all of Bowser's children. He was always looking for a way to make Bowser yell at her when he was around. He looked at her and smiled wickedly.

"Well, well, well, what do we have here?! Having a romantic cuddle with stupid Mario are we?" he teased and began to snicker annoyingly.

Pom Pom instantly blushed and then frowned; she was annoyed by him already but didn't want to say anything offensive to the little snob.

"I hurt him really badly! His head was bleeding!" Pom Pom spoke rapidly in desperate hope to of getting Mario some kind of help.

"Really?! That's Great!" He exclaimed, then he calmed himself, cleared his throat loudly and spoke. "I mean…Good work mindless minion, you actually did something right! Give him here so I can take him to my dad!"

"What?! No!" Pom Pom instinctively rejected this idea, then realized what she had done. "Uh oh!" she thought to herself after she had spoken.

Bowser Jr. glared at her angrily. He hated it when the hired help didn't listen to him since he was very spoiled.

"What did you just say?! GIMME THE PLUMBER NOW! Or I'll tell my dad you're defending Mario!" Bowser Jr. said in rage.

"Tell him! I don't care!" Pom Pom said not following his orders and ignoring the threat. There was no point in trying to hide it now. She knew she had to stand up for the unconscious Mario no matter what the cost or she would never forgive herself.

Bowser Jr. became very irritated and decided to just force her to relinquish Mario. He walked closer and grabbed Mario's legs, tugging them hard as Pom Pom held him. He was determined to take him from her and present him to his father as his prize.

"GIMME THE FUCKING PLUMBER YOU IDIOT! Let…..Go!" Bowser Jr. grunted angrily as he tugged with his fingers locked securely around Mario's calves. Pom Pom closed her eyes, wrapped her arms around Mario's chest, so that she would not choke him and held onto him tightly. She wasn't about to give Bowser Jr. what he wanted because he was always getting things his way and she hated that. Well, she told herself that, but she didn't want Mario to be hurt any more than he already was so she knew she had to make sure that didn't happen and she would even if she had to hurt Bowser's son in the process.

"NO! Go play with your toys! I'm not giving him to you!" Pom Pom shouted trying to hold onto Mario,

"YOU BETTER FUCKING LISTEN TO ME YOU JACKASS! "Bowser Jr. said as mad as can be and still struggling to take Mario.

"NEVER! I'LL NEVER LET HIM GO!" Pom Pom said angrily. She then lifted her foot while bending her knee and shot her foot forward rapidly. Her foot hit Bowser Jr. right square in the face….hard!

Bowser Jr. was stunned by the attack and lost his grip on Mario. He rolled a few feet away from them due to the impact. He was upset and angry now, as he never would have expected one of Bowser's minions to ever lay a finger on him. He looked up at Pom Pom then slowly managed to stand on his feet. He was still a little dazed from the kick, but he wanted to make a last threat before his hasty retreat.

"WHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! I'M TELLING MY DAD YOU HIT ME AND YOU'RE PROTECTING MARIO! YOU'RE DEAD!" Bowser Jr. yelled then ran away.

Pom Pom knew he meant it too because he was always looking for something to do to get someone in trouble. He then ran away screaming at the top of his lungs and did not bother to look back. He could not wait to tell his dad because he knew Pom Pom would be in trouble. Pom Pom knew she had to come up with something quick or she and Mario were done for. She knew she could make it if she left Mario but just couldn't make herself do it. After all, it was her fault that he was unconscious now.

"Mario, please don't be dead, WAKE UP! I didn't mean to hurt you like this, I'm… sorry!" Pom Pom said and closed her eyes.

She refused to let go of Mario. Then unexpectedly Mario slowly opened his eyes, he looked up and saw Pom Pom holding onto him and didn't know if it was a dream or reality. He didn't have a clue of what had happened but he just knew he had a really bad pain in his head.

"Ugh, what happened?" Mario said rubbing his head in confusion and from the pain.

Pom Pom opened her eyes in surprise and smiled happily. Hearing his voice was the best thing that happened for her all day.

"You're awake!" Pom Pom said with joy.

"Yeah, what happened? And-a what are you doing here Pom Pom?"

"I…. Y… Bowser Jr. knocked you out and was trying to take you Bowser but I wouldn't let him." Pom Pom thought it would be safer to lie at that moment instead of say what really happened.

Mario was surprised to hear that but believed she was telling him the truth; he didn't question her at all.

"Really? Oh thanks Pom Pom I don't know why you did that, my visions a bit-a blurry." Mario said rubbing his eyes; Pom Pom smiled and helped him to his feet, she was happy to see Mario awake now. After all, she thought she had killed him.

"Hey, we gotta go, I'm sure that Bowser Jr. went to tell Bowser what happened so we have to hide. I kicked him in the face when he tried to take you." Pom Pom explained

"You-a what? Oh, where to-a go?"

Pom Pom said the first thing that came to her mind.

"My house! Come on! We'll totally be safe there!"

"Ok, uh let's-a go."

Pom Pom gently lifted his arm and positioned herself beneath it as she held onto Mario then began to guide him to her home. She was a bit happy that she tripped him now as she was already spending more time with him. She began to look at Mario more differently now and he wasn't an enemy to her but he was something else now.

"Oh…Mario."

She thought to herself, as she couldn't stop thinking about him now even though he was right next to her. She wondered what was going on in Mario's head; she hoped that he was not thinking that she was trying to trick him or anything because she no longer wanted to harm Mario.

After traveling for a bit, they finally reached a forest. Somewhere hidden in this forest, far away from other places in the kingdom was Pom Pom's house. It wasn't a house that stood out, in fact, it was rather hard to find because of the thick growth of tall trees and shrubbery. Pom Pom located it easily, but Mario was feeling rather tired now and wanted to lie down. Pom Pom looked at Mario and was happy to see that he was no longer bleeding. She felt sorry that she caused Mario such a headache though. Once the front door was located, she quickly opened it. She did not have any keys to the house and didn't think that anyone would try to break inside. Following their entry, she closed the door quickly to avoid possibly being found. The inside of the house became pitch black. Mario then rubbed his head and spoke in a tired voice.

"Is this the place? I can't see anything in-a here."

"Yeah this is my home hang on Mario I'm going to lay you down so you can rest." Pom Pom announced as she walked further into the house.

She was able to navigate through the darkness in her home easily unlike Mario. She realized that Mario was struggling to see in the dark and instinctively reached out, taking hold of his wrist and leading him. Mario didn't complain when she did this, so she continued leading him through the living room.

She made it over to a couch in her living room and slowly helped Mario lay down on the couch. Mario groaned in pain as his head was still hurting a bit. Pom Pom was glad that she was able to get Mario out of the storm.

"Mario, would you like me to turn on the light?" Pom Pom asked politely showing concern for him.

"No, I think the light might-a make my headache worse but, thanks for asking." Mario said with his hand still massaging his aching head.

"Okay, I can get a blanket and pillow if you'd like."

"That would be nice, thank you."

Pom Pom slowly walked away to get blankets and pillows for her unexpected guest Mario.

Mario wondered about what exactly was going on, he didn't fully understand what was happening with his life right now. He didn't remember what he was doing outside and was still surprised that Pom Pom was there to help him instead of someone else. Mario began to wonder why Pom Pom helped him and even went against Bowser Jr. just to protect him, perhaps there was more to it than he thought.

Pom Pom then came back with blankets and pillows for Mario; she walked until she reached the couch then put the blankets and pillows on the floor.

"Here you go Mario." Pom Pom said and picked up a pillow.

Mario then lifted his head as Pom Pom placed the pillow under him.

"Thanks." Mario said appreciating Pom Pom's concern for him.

"You're welcome." Pom Pom answered.

"Hey, do you have candle or something? I kind of want a little light now."

"Sure! It's right on the table right besides your head!" she declared as she grabbed the candlestick eagerly wanting to accommodate Mario's wishes. She herself wanted to have a little light in the room so she could see Mario's face better.

Mario channeled his fire ability just enough to produce a small flame at the tip of his finger. Pom Pom jumped in surprise, having forgotten that Mario had such an ability. She tilted the candlestick over to Mario's finger and lit it. Now the room was somewhat brighter. She then placed the candle back on the table, silently observing Mario.

"Your head looks a lot better now Mario, it was a bit um, like bloody before." Pom Pom said and gently rubbed his head.

"Really? Well, it does feel a bit better I guess." Mario said then noticed her smiling at him cheerfully.

He didn't say anything, as he could not find any words to say at that moment. Now, he began to question Pom Pom's behavior more and didn't know what she was thinking. Mario then blushed and closed his eyes. Pom Pom realized what she was doing and blushed in embarrassment herself. She thought it would be a good idea to start a conversation now.

"Hey um, Mario they don't know where my house is so we're definitely safe from them here.

"That's good." Mario answered then opened his eyes and looked at her.

Pom Pom really liked Mario now. She loved to talk to him but she couldn't tell him that she enjoyed his company…. she just couldn't! She was much too nervous!

Pom Pom began to fix up the other blankets she had on the floor so she could lie down and sleep close to Mario. She wanted him to know that she wasn't against him so she began to speak again.

"I won't tell them where you are, you can…trust me." She said and gave Mario a friendly smile. Mario then rolled off the couch and lay on the floor beside her. He was beginning to feel a bit more comfortable around her and wanted to get to know her better.

"Tell me about yourself Pom Pom." He said looking at her; Pom Pom blushed but then struggled in silent thought of positive things after constantly being reminded of her negative attributes.

"Well, I'm a girl." Pom Pom said not knowing what to say

"Uh-huh." Mario said a bit confused on why she stated the obvious.

"I'm a koopa."

"I can see that."

"I like using my boomerangs."

"You're pretty good with them too."

Pom Pom blushed then smiled. She liked Mario's compliments as they made her begin to feel good about herself.

"Do you have any family Pom Pom?" Mario asked.

"Just Boom Boom, he's my big brother but I he thinks I am an idiot."

"Why do you-a think that?"

"He called me an idiot and tries to stay away from me when Bowser wants us to do something."

"That's not-a cool."

"I know, but I can't seem to do anything right so maybe I am an idiot."

"You're not an idiot, you managed to protect me and-a bring me here didn't you?"

Pom Pom then realized that she did do something she wanted to do, protect Mario! She then began to think about looking after Mario, forever.

"Hey! You're right! I'm going to keep looking out for you, Mario!" Pom Pom announced proudly.

"Oh! Uh okay, I guess we're friends now-a huh?" Mario smiled at Pom Pom.

"Totally!"

"Don't ever think you're an idiot Pom Pom, you're smart, very smart."

Pom Pom blushed and then continued to talk, she was enjoying talking to Mario and thought he was the nicest person on the planet now. He was making her feel very pleased with herself and she began to think about more things she could do with Mario, she was going to try to keep him around her whenever she got the chance as she really liked Mario.

"Thank you, I think you're smart too." Pom Pom replied despite calling Mario an idiot earlier.

"Thanks, hey are you tired? I am, I think I am about to-a go to sleep now." Mario began to yawn.

"I'm sleepy too, let's go to sleep."

"Okay, we can talk more in the-a morning Pom Pom how's that sound?"

"Really? Cool! That sounds great! I like talking to you Mario, you're nice!"

"Heheh, okay I'm going to-a bed now, goodnight Pom Pom my unexpected companion."

Pom Pom smiled at Mario then responded to him, she feeling very happy that she didn't leave him behind.

"Goodnight Mario, my super cool friend!" She stated, still feeling happier than ever before.

Mario closed his eyes to rest silently then he began to wonder what Luigi would think if he knew that he was here at Pom Pom's house but he eventually fell asleep after getting comfortable under the blankets.

Pom Pom yawned as she was about to go to sleep as well but she wanted to do something first. She crawled closer to Mario while he slept, shaking slightly, nervous from what she was about to do but decided to do it anyway in case she never got the chance again. She lowered her head and kissed Mario on his forehead leaving a wet mark on the plumbers sleeping head.

Pom Pom felt proud of herself for kissing Mario's head. She had never given anyone a kiss before and felt a bit different now but in a good way. She felt her heart beating faster and knew it was because of Mario now. She was developing more than a simple little crush Mario; she wanted to be with him now. She then lay down beside Mario, snuggling herself up against him gently to get more comfortable. She never cuddled with anyone before and was enjoying how it felt. She loved being close to Mario thinking it was scary and fun at the same time. She wondered what Mario would say if he were to feel her cuddling him but she didn't think too hard on it. She then closed her eyes and slowly put her head against Mario's.

"Goodnight Mario, you're so nice." She began to dose off peacefully to sleep with Mario

OH God! This website is confusing for me! Also, can someone tell me how to add a Pom Pom tag?

Anyway, that's it for chapter 1, I will try to post more soon!