Chapter 1: Nightmare

Hey guys, this my first story, so I don't know how great it's gonna be, but I'll try my best. Please note, that this story WILL contain some violence (blood and gore) and it will definitely contain lemons later on. For now, just enjoy, and feel free to tell my your opinions, and this will most likely become a fairly long, and/or a multi part story. Enjoy!

(P.S. Nintendo owns the characters, accept for a few later on, but I own the plot.)

Well, there he was again, the short red plumber thought as he ran down the corridor, as fast as his legs would carry him. In the same old castle, beating up the same old villain, again. This villain was, of course, Bowser. And once again he had captured Mario's one and only true love, the beautiful Princess Peach. Of course, Mario had never told her that by himself. Even "The Great Mario" would become unbelievably nervous around his crush, and yet, after the many times he had saved her from evil, for some reason he still couldn't bring himself to tell her how he felt.

"Enough with the mushy-gushy thoughts." Mario spoke quietly to himself, as he continued his sprint, "I've gotta keep my thoughts straight, anything could happen..." He whispered.

Anything could happen… words to live by. But really, Mario was on very high alert. Getting into the castle was very challenging, much more than usual. He couldn't figure out what had given him such difficulty. It wasn't that he was getting too old, he had just saved the princess a few months back. Could it be weight perhaps? We all know that Mario wasn't the most fit, but he had checked his weight, not but a week ago. Instead, Mario realized, Bowser had quite simply, pulled all the stops. Giant Banzai Bills everywhere, Magikoopa's as far as the eye could see, HUGE lava moats, and very intense security puzzles. This was all outside of the castle, and once he finally broke into the castle, everything seemed to have simply just stopped. There were next to no enemies in the main parts of the castle, and once he entered this long hall, there was, quite literally, nothing. No pits, no fire, no Paratroopa's, hell, not even a single Goomba to stand in his way. And this disturbed Mario, why would Bowser do something this foolish, as to leave the inside of the castle nearly undefended. Suddenly it hit Mario, he wasn't supposed to be here, and not in the normal context of Bowser's other castles. The reason that there were no enemies is because Bowser didn't expect Mario to make it this far. There was no plan. This is when Mario slowed down for a second. It had been a while since he had seen his brother, and his closest fungus companions, Blue Toad and Yellow Toad. Mario began to observe the hallways walls, and he began to recall earlier in the castle.

"What the hell?" Mario realized.

He had simply passed it up earlier, thinking nothing of it, but all of the walls and windows were heavily decorated, almost as if a celebration was taking place, something large apparently, otherwise there would not be so many decorations.

"Oh no, no, no, no..." Mario trailed, laughing crazily at himself for not seeing the facts, and tearing up slightly for realizing the true nature of the event.

Mario then continued his full sprint to the door, which was close now. A nearly impermeable outer shell, next to no defense inside, and all of his faithful partners missing? Mario arrived at the door, and listened inside, all he could hear was a roaring crowd and the occasional voice of the Koopa King. Mario busted into the door, breaking a steel lock in the process. The entire room went silent, and Mario took in the scene. In the corner of the room, over the crowds of people, he saw four hooks, three of which were filled. One hooked with, a bloody top of a toads head, with blue spots, next to it, the same thing, but with yellow spots, and on the third hook, Mario's heart sank. He saw a slightly torn, dirty and bloody green cap, and he could just barely make out the letter "L" in the front. Bowser noticed Mario's eyes caught on the cap, and began to slowly clap and laugh.

"I was hoping you wouldn't have to see this," Bowser said with a sick form of joy. "But somehow, you managed to get the best of me, you stupid red plumber!" There was a cold tone of hatred in Bowser's voice as he said that.

Mario fell to his knees, knowing well what Bowser had done.

"Well don't worry my red pal," said the reptilian fiend, "As you will soon join them!" Bowser said as he tugged a rope.

Off in the distance, through his sadness and sorrow, Mario heard a weak call of his name, and looked in that direction. He saw Peach, battered, bruised, and bloody, yet somehow, she was still conscious. Mario then looked up, it seemed as if everything had been going in slow motion, and he saw a large block of stone headed straight for him. He looked back at Peach, who was now crying, and mouthed the words…

"I love you."

He had finally done it, even though it would be in his last moments of life, now she knew, and she would know, for as long as she was alive. That the man who had saved her life countless times, truly did, love her. And with that, Mario took in his final sights, he saw the crowd in complete shock, some even cheering, he saw Bowser, arms crossed, laughing at his victory, and finally, he saw Peach, her arm sticking between the bars of her cage, reaching for Mario, crying at this thought. Finally, With that instant, everything went black, and it seemed hard to breath.

"MAMA MIA!" Mario sat up and shouted.

He was in bed, and he had awoken Luigi. Luigi looked at Mario, somewhat confused, and Mario began to cry. He sprinted over to Luigi as fast as he could and hugged him. Luigi began to pat his back.

"Wow bro, what happened to you, normally I'm the one crying," Luigi said, attempting to cheer his brother up.

Eventually, Mario calmed down, and the first words he uttered were, "Luigi, I need to do it."

Luigi was confused, "Do what bro?"

Mario responded, "I need to marry Peach." He simply replied.

Luigi looked somewhat surprised, "Where did this come from bro?" he asked, put off by Mario's sudden change in behavior.

Mario then roughly described his awful dream to Luigi, and Luigi seemed understanding.

Luigi then looked at Mario and then the time, which said 2:45 AM.

"Why don't you go back to bed bro, and we'll see how you are in the morning." Luigi said, lightly escorting Mario back to bed.

Mario replied with a very simple, "OK."

Luigi then turned back over in bed, and said, "Goodnight Mario." before quickly going back to sleep.

Mario did indeed lay back down, but knew inside that no sleep would come. He instead watched his ceiling for the rest of the night. Wondering,

"Why me?"

Well guys, I hope that the few of you who magically showed up and managed to read all the way through the chapter enjoyed it. I do have a plan, but feel free to leave any kind of feedback, it's really appreciated. Anyway, I hope you guys enjoy, see you in the next chapter!