The Truth by monique
"Bwa ha ha ha ha!" Bowser laughed his evil maniacal laugh. "Get ready to get blown to Koopdom Kome!"
"No!!!" Mario screamed. Bowser grabbed a bat and hit Mario on the head. Mario fell to the ground unconscious.
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Mario opened his eyes. He shook the stars out of his eyes and looked around. The streets were busy and the sidewalks were crowded. Mario saw a sign that said 'Nintendo Video Game Store'.
"Oh," Mario said to himself. "I must be in Brooklyn. I'll just walk into the store and look up Pauline's number." Mario stood up and walked into the store. Mario stepped up to the counter.
"Hello," The woman, whose name was Monique, said. "Welcome to the Nintendo Store. We specialize in nothing but Nintendo. How may I...OH!" Monique gasped. "You...you're Mario!"
"I guess I'm known even in Brooklyn." Mario blushed.
"You don't understand," Monique said. "You don't exist."
Now it was Mario's turn to be surprised. "I don't exist? You must be reading too many funny books. I'm just as real as you!"
"No!" Monique exasperated. "You are a FICTIONAL CHARACTER. Follow me to that table over there." Monique and Mario went to sit on one of the chairs.
"So you're telling me that I'm not real."
"Yes." Monique said. 'Your character is owned by a company called Nintendo."
"You are definitely on crack!!" Mario laughed. "Me? Fictional? Ha!!"
"I have proof!" Monique said. Monique dragged Mario and brought him to the Mario games section. She grabbed the SM64 cartridge box.
"See," Monique pointed to the box. "Copyright Nintendo! Now try to shoot out fireballs."
Mario tried. "It's not working! So you are right! I don't exist in your world.'
"Right!" Monique said.
"So I can't call Pauline?"
Monique shook her head no.
"I can't eat Mushrooms and get bigger?"
"That would be impossible." Monique said.
"Can I at least get home? Mario asked desperately.
"Time machines don't exist yet." Monique answered.
"Then I'm stuck here!" Mario shouted. "NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!"
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"NOOOOOOOOO!" Mario screamed. He sat up. "Owwww, my head hurts."
"Are you feeling better Mario?" Peach asked. "That was some knockout that Bowser gave you."
"Wh-what happened?" Mario asked sorely. "I remember now! Peach, we aren't real. We're fictional characters created by a company named Nintendo!"
Peach giggled. "Mario, that bump on your head has made you delusional. Now you know that we're real. Come on, let's find the others."
Mario shrugged his shoulders and followed Peach. Maybe it was just a dream after all.
END