I don't own any Mario characters in this story, Microsoft is owned by Microsoft; Bill Gates is owned by Bill Gates. Melody is owned by me(KawaiiFerret)
I proceeded with caution, knowing that the two bullies were on my trail as they wanted to claim the friend I had gotten as a gift a month ago. Losing the battle against the two older boys that had challenged the Parakoopa that remained inside a device that I kept on a belt holder, or supporter, on my jeans; His life was slipping away with every minute. The Nintendo characters they kept as fighters, they were too difficult for my Parakoopa to face.
This world has become only contests and more contests; Every one of my Nintendo Creature friends… THEY HAVE DIED. I want this to stop! I cried as I ran, to escape my enemies. Everything seemed to scare me now; Everyone wanting to test their strength, they have lost their common sense.
I ran into a wall, it's a dumb move on my part. The two boys caught up to me as one snatched away the device on my jeans, ripping the fabric while taking away one of my only friends.
"Leave me alone!" I screamed at the boys that would kill my friend.
"You lost the fight." The first boy pointed at my scrawny body that lay against the wall I had run into. "Must give your 'friend'." He sneered at my use of the word "friend" for whenever I talked to my Nintendo Creature. I could easily buy another Creature and have it become my friend; They seemed to be programmed quite lazily, they all lacked in personality.
The Parakoopa vaporized inside the device, the second boy gazed into the machine. "This weakling Parakoopa just died. What the heck kind of fighter Creature is this?!" He threw the device at me, its plastic exterior ricocheted of my face and hit the pavement. They turned away from my own pitiful self.
"Lets go, Lucas. She had no good stuff on her" He turned to look back at me. "She isn't even as pretty as the blonds that hang outside the school and smoke."
I looked down at my own figure, I was scrawny and my body would show no appeal to men. I sulked as I walked home with the Nintendo Creature Container in my right hand. They were called N.C.C. and were made after the Nintendo market crash. All software I could buy at stores would be only simple enemies, and they couldn't understand much. Microsoft must of not cared much for the Mario cast since my dad struggled too get me any exclusive characters; Or any games. The best I ever got was a Chain Chomp, whose demise came soon after as someone had shattered the disc he was kept in while I was in school.
I returned to my home. I never slammed the door as I came in, I only sulked as I sat on the couch.
"Lucas and Tom again?" My mom asked about my problem when I was walking home from school.
"Y-y-y-yes." My eyes brimmed with tears. "I lost to another forced fight and my Parakoopa died."
"Your dad has a special treat for you tomorrow, since it's going to be your birthday. Why don't you stay home so those meatheads won't hurt you."
I enjoyed the use of the nickname my mom had for people like them. Meatheads. It fits them perfectly.
"I'M HOME!" My dad yelled from next room.
His appearance scared me. With several burns on his face while his hair stood up on all ends.
"What the heck did you do to yourself, Joseph!?" My mom screeched at him.
"I was getting Melody's B-Day gift!" My dad beamed, he wasn't in any pain. "I made sure to pirate a powerful one from stupid 'ol Bill Gates."
"Pirate!? Honey, you WORK there!" My mom looked baffled by my own dad's actions at work. "Do you want to get fired?!"
"I got to work on this dude today, not the best fellow. He would do for Melody, they both seem to have the same opinion about what is going on. They would get along… Well… Melody, Do you want to stop your bullies in their tracks?" My father stared at me. Hard. It almost hurt to gaze into his almost-white blue eyes.
I nodded. "I will do anything to protect my new 'friend'." I was serious this time, no one would ever hurt my friends again. Weak or not. I was going to try my best.
"Take this disc, load it up on your N.C.C. and wait for the next day to come." My dad said sternly as my mom looked at him like he was kidding.
"It's the day before her birthday, you know." She said with an annoyed voice.
"They will need time together, this one did everything he could to get out the N.C.C., I 'injected' a certain drug in him that put him into a hibernation-like state." I ran up into my room, not even asking what character I was given, or letting him finish his explanation of what he did to the Creature in the disc.
Violent character, who ever you are. You are my friend now. I will protect you from everything that will try to hurt us; I don't want you die like all of the others.
Ejecting the dead Parakoopa's disc, I examined it. The scratches that covered the whole disc were so deep it broke apart in my hand. By putting the new disc into the machine, I turned it on to only be given a blue screen of death.
Is this some sort of sick prank?! My thoughts raced inside my mind. My dad has tricked me, there's no hope for me.
As I tried to set the N.C.C. down the device let out a painful electric shock; The screen turned black with the exception of a question on the N.C.C.'s small screen.
Were you going to leave me? [Yes] or [No]
I used the tiny Control Pad on the machine to answer no.
You are LYING. I'm not dumb, I can SEE you. The is a camera on the N.C.C. if you want to try to find it.
I recoiled in fear of the character that I had loaded up inside the machine.
Were you going to leave me? [Yes] or [No]
I answered "yes". The Creature inside the little machine frightened me; I was used to being frightened though.
Am I yours now? [Yes] or [No]
"You will always be mine; In a friend sort of way, don't worry." I said out loud while I answered "yes".
Must I fight like a SLAVE for you? Or am I free to fight whoever troubles me? [Yes] or [No]
"Never. Never a slave." I said as I went to select an answer, suddenly realizing that BOTH answers were a wrong. "None of the above"
You caught that? Interesting. Interesting indeed. One more question to test you.
"Fine then." I was determined to see who would test me like this.
What is this test testing you on? [Honesty] , [Trust] , [Yourself] or [No Clue]
My thumb trembled as I put the pixel cursor on every option one at a time. "A lot of this is honesty, due to your reaction for my first answer; You said that I had lied to you. But, honesty leads to trust, since you asked me about how I would treat you. About myself? No."
…
"Have I passed?" I asked the electronic Creature.
That last question…
"Did I answer incorrectly for that one?" I was purely worried at its comment.
You… Have passed. I'm quite astonished at your answer for my last question. Other workers at Microsoft never talked to me with such depth.
"You think that I work at Microsoft?"
You don't, do you. Ah… My brain rotted away with all of the drugs they put me on. I understand more clearly now that all of the horrible effects have worn off.
"Drugs in a program?" My dad never explained how the people at Microsoft got the Nintendo Creatures to settle down if they were to attack the workers.
A virus. That is the drug. I've killed so many workers there as they tried to delete my memories of my family. The last worker I saw didn't try to do me any harm though…
"That's my dad; He wanted you to be my new Nintendo Creature friend. Did you try to hurt him? He came home with burns."
Alas, every worker I knew was "evil" to me; I assumed the worst he could do to me before he picked up the computer mouse. I had no clue that he was your father. However… The virus caused my physical form to almost degenerate, making it impossible to fight back.
"MELODY! COME DOWN!" My mom shouted, her voice almost rattling the furniture.
I ran down into my family's living room to see what had happened. I was greeted with sight of my dad holding a HoloBoard. HoloBoards are battlefields where one can use his or her Nintendo Creature to fight another person's Creature. The HoloBoard was around the size of a normal chess board. My dad was using his own Creature to fight against computer-controlled enemies.
"A HoloBoard? Another thing you stole from work?" I sighed.
"Sounds like it. The thought of your father taking something as expensive as a HoloBoard is plausible." A muffled voice came from my pocket; I pulled my N.C.C out and examined the static on the small screen.
"Talking already? I didn't think that the Trojan Horse was that weak." My dad said. "Doubt that you have enough strength in you to pull off another huge lightning bolt that caused your designated computer burst into flames. Right, Ludwig?"
"Be quiet! How would I know that you were there to take me away from that horrid place?! I thought you were there to take away my memories..." My Creature retorted, Ludwig, as he was called sounded extremely annoyed.
"Melody, how about you and Ludwig join me and my little 'friend'." My dad let me sit down on the opposite end of the HoloBoard.
My dad showed me the rules of the game, as they were quite simple. Knock out the opponent with your "friend" and protect yourself as well. I took a cord and plugged my N.C.C. into the HoloBoard. A hologram of… I couldn't tell, showed up.
"Your physical form is still trying to regenerate Ludwig; Melody, put him back in the N.C.C. now." I did as my dad commanded.
With a few shouts from Ludwig, I put him back into the carrier. I walked upstairs to try to continue my talk with him.
"What do you like?" I asked in a polite tone.
"Music, and chocolate." And with an unseen smirk he added. "My looks to!"
"Good lord, someone's arrogant." I laughed at the remark. "Have any friends?"
"Besides myself or instruments, no." Ludwig amused me at his smart alack remarks.
"Okay, okay. What do you think of other people?" I asked waiting for the next amusing sentence.
"Stupid, ignorant, and arrogant. I may be be arrogant but I'm not as foolish as other people. Bill Gates, or the devil as we 'Nintendo Creatures' called him, is sickeningly greedy to the point of selling me off to rich children; Only to have them whine about not getting a 'cute one'." His voice was cold, I couldn't blame him.
"Microsoft did do a number on you Nintendo characters..." That was my only reply.
"I don't really want talk about what they did to ME." Ludwig's voice trailed off into nothingness.
I lay on my bed thinking about my new partnership with the Nintendo character. He seemed alright, but was really arrogant. Would he even help me fend off the bullies at school? Lucas would probably just destroy Ludwig on first contact with me; I doubt that Ludwig would be able to fend off his Spike on steroids. No, I going to believe in him! Good night… Friend. My eyes closed as I fell asleep.
Ludwig hovered inside the N.C.C. his body almost complete. The second I become powerful again, I will avenge my family!
Wires stuck out the back of his head; Being treated like the computer program he was, he "didn't" need to eat. Ludwig and other Nintendo Creatures could only get their nutrition from the wires that hooked up to them at night to put them into a "sleep mode"; It disgusted him. I'm like everyone else. I'm like everyone else. I'm like everyone else. I'm BETTER then everyone else. Ludwig was ready to spiral into insanity as the world around him was as corrupted as his own soul.