Ominous On Comings

Summary: Two whole weeks have passed since the Fawful incident but now our heroes have another problem. The Dark Prognosticus has been missing for that period of time. Now Mario must team up with Bowser yet again to stop the biggest threat to their world...the return of Mr. L.


The skies were never bluer as they were today. The blue sky was peaceful and tranquil. And the red hatted hero was sitting in a hammock, enjoying the peace. He was Mario Gregory Manfredi, the hero of the Mushroom Kingdom. He was enjoying his day off for right next to him was Princess Peach. She was wearing a pink tank top, pink shorts, and pink sandals. It been two weeks since the Fawful incident and Mario had drifted off to sleep.


...

It had finally been a whole year since Violet moved into the Mushroom Kingdom. She was hanging with Luigi, Daisy, and Polterpup. Mario and Peach arrived to the house as Peach was wearing an engagement ring. Daisy hugged her cousin as Luigi shook Mario's hand. Polterpup licked them both as Violet got in on the hugging. Everyone was laughing as suddenly, the lights flickered.

Daisy questioned, "Violet, is a light bulb going out?"

Violet shook her head and answered, "No, the light bulbs are all fresh."

Suddenly, the lights went out and then back on, revealing someone standing behind Polterpup, staying in the shadows. The ghost pup yipped, getting away from the mysterious person. Mario was unafraid but Luigi was shaking in his shoes.

Mario demanded, "Who are you?"

The person stepped into the light, revealing Mr. L himself. Mario's eyes flew open as he looked at Luigi, at Mr. L, and then at Luigi again. Something wasn't right, Luigi was Mr. L...right...? Luigi looked as stunned as his older brother did. He couldn't believe it.

Mr. L smirked as he stated, "Have at you all!"

As soon as he said that, a green bolt of electricity came out of his hand and struck them all. Mario was the only one that jumped out of the way in time. Mr. L looked at the red hatted hero.

Mr. L asked, "Well, sir-jumps-a-lot, surprised to see me after all of this time?"

Mario questioned, "How did you escape Luigi's mind?"

Mr. L chuckled as he answered, "You think I am going to tell you that? I think not! After all, the Chaos Heart is returning and so am I. See you soon, red hat."

...


Mario woke up with a start. That was the second time that Mario had a dream/nightmare, whatever it was, indicating that Mr. L was indeed coming back. And he was going to escape Luigi's mind. Peach looked up at her boyfriend and saw that he was as white as a sheet.

She asked, softly, "Mario?"

He looked up at her and was still panting like crazy. Peach got worried as she went over to Mario.

Peach asked, worried, "What's the matter?"

Mario answered, still panting, "Peach...he is coming back..."

Peach shivered as she gulped. Mario nodded as he held her. She smiled at him. Mario sighed, he knew what he had to do. He just didn't know how Luigi, Daisy, and Violet were going to take the news. The red hatted hero thought, 'Probably not well.'

Mario looked up at Peach and stated, "I got to tell the others."

Peach questioned, "Shall I have Toadsworth fetch Daisy while you fetch Luigi? And I'll fetch Violet?"

The red clad man nodded as the mushroom princess smiled. Peach told Toadsworth to go get her cousin and left it at that. They needed everyone together before they told the story.


Violet was in her house, panting on an easel. In her spare time, she decided to paint her old hometown - in case she got homesick. But that rarely happened so she painted what she could see outside of her windows. This time, she was panting outside of her house. Peach came by and smiled.

She asked, "Painting again?"

Violet nodded and answered, "Yeah, I'm good at it and I enjoy it, so why not."

Peach got curious and questioned, "Can I see?"

The purple clad woman answered, "As soon as it is done. What brings you here, princess?"

The mushroom princess stated, "Well, Mario and I have something to tell you and everyone else. But we want to do it when everyone is together."

Violet replied, grabbing a rag for her painted hands, "This must be something big then."

Peach responded, "Very big. You were a great help to Mario and Luigi during the Fawful incident. We could use Violet Ice here."

Violet sighed as she looked at Peach.

She said, sincerely, "Your majesty, I have to be honest. Before I decided to be a heroine, I didn't know what I wanted to do here. I kept moving about, trying to find purpose."

Peach got curious as she asked, "A purpose...?"

Violet nodded and answered, "And I found it...to help your kingdom as much as I can."

The mushroom princess smiled as she and Violet headed back to the castle. Peach had to admit that she was glad to have another 'sister'.


In Evershade Valley, Luigi James Manfredi was sound asleep after a long night of ghost catching. Polterpup was sound asleep on his stomach. Elvin had been up for about an hour, getting brunch on the table. Polterpup woke up an instant as he panted. He licked Luigi's face several times but before the green hatted ghost hunter could fully wake, Polterpup caught a whiff of a familiar scent. Polterpup went threw the bedroom door. Mario was outside.

Mario was about to knock on the door to the bunker, he was jumped by Polterpup - who greeted him with a ton of ghostly doggy kiss. Mario started to chuckle.

He commanded, "Okay, okay, let me up!"

Elvin heard the noise and went outside. That's when he saw Mario.

The professor gushed, "Oh Mario, good to see you!"

Mario replied, chuckling, "Hello, Elvin. My brother awake?"

Elvin was about to answer no but Luigi came over, just waking up with a big yawn.

Luigi stated, in Italian, "Fratello mattina." [1]

Mario smiled and replied, "Fratello mattina."

Elvin insisted, "Well, come in Mario. Join us for brunch. You look like you have something big on your mind."

Mario shook his head and responded, "More than you know, professor. More than you know..."


Italian Translation:

[1]: Morning brother.


AK1028: Well, there you go! A bit of a cliffhanger at the end of the start of this story. ...did that even make any sense...? Anyways, Kind Moon Princess Serenity is helping me with this story. What do you think of the start? Let me know! Please read and review! And always think outside of the box!