This was definitely one of my more random and original ideas. If some characters are out of character, that's on purpose to fit the genre.
Only the OCs belong to me. Mario and all related characters belong to Nintendo, and Persona belongs to Atlus.
Chapter 1
In another dimension surrounded by a purple sky and a big white full moon in the background, a gothic and old fashioned looking train was riding on golden tracks suspended in mid air. The train's destination was unknown, and it showed no signs of stopping any time soon.
Inside one of the cars was a man with a long nose, balding head, and wearing a nice suit. He was leaning forward with his hands folded as if he were in deep thought, and his eyes were closed. Next to him was a woman with long blue hair and a blue suit jacket and skirt like a secretary. She was holding a book in her lap.
The man opened his eyes, which were creepy to say the least, and looked at the newest "guest".
"Welcome," he said, "to the Velvet Room."
The guest was confused. Who was this man, and where was he? He called it the Velvet Room...
"My name is Igor, and I'm the caretaker of this Velvet Room." He turned to the woman next to him, "This is my assistant, Mary."
The woman opened her red eyes and looked at the guest, "Hello," she said calmly, obviously she didn't speak much.
"So then," Igor continued, "Could you tell us your name?"
The guest thought, strange how the guest had to think to remember their own name. Eventually the words came to them...
"Felix Toadstine..."
"Felix..." Igor said taking in the name, "You certainly are one of our stranger guests, but you being here means that a new chapter in your life is about to unfold. Shall we peer into your future?" he said as a deck of Tarot Cards appeared in front of him.
"Tell me, do you belive in fortune telling?" he asked the guest, "Each fortune uses the same cards, but the results are unique to each person." He drew three cards and sat them side by side. He then turned the card on his left over...
"Justice, upright. This is a sign that in your life you've been looking for a sense of balance and harmony. Perhaps it has been out of your reach for some time." He turned over the second card...
"The Moon, upright. Your present is the end of one cycle, and the beginning of another. This new cycle will lead to many changes, some good, some bad." He then turned over the final card...
"Strength, also upright. Your intention to help others will spark great energies and change. But you'll have to remember that power without control is nothing." The cards disappeared, and Igor looked at the guest again.
"It seems like you'll sign a contract of sorts in your future. That is why your subconscious brought you to us." All of this was confusing. A contract? Igor chuckled, "Worry not, for the time will come when this will all make sense. Until then, farewell."
Everything went white as the Velvet Room faded away.
~Thrusday April 11th, Afternoon
"Attention passengers, we shall be arriving in the Mushroom Kingdom in a few minutes."
The engineer woke Felix up from his nap. He was what some people called a "Toad" or "Mushroomer". He was average height, his mushroom shaped "hat" was white with dark green spots, and he was currently wearing blue jeans, a black hoodie, and white sneakers. He looked about seventeen, maybe eighteen.
He looked out the window next to him, at the small town he would be calling home for the next year. It stood right next to the castle, which Felix thought was quite a site to behold. He figured that he would probably never see the inside of it though. Personally when his parents went away to another contry to work, he only decided to go here because he wanted to stay in school. After all, it was his third and last year in high school. Why make him wait when he could just get it out of the way. He would have to finish school in another school, but he liked traveling. Only it looked absolutely boring here.
The only thing he was looking forward to was staying with his pen pal's family. Her name was Karen, and they went to the same elementary school together. They kept in touch, so when she offered to let him stay with her for the year, he of course jumped at the chance. She lived with her father, who despite being a koopa, was a guard for the Princess. Sadly this didn't mean that he would get an audience with the Princess. Her dad never even saw her. He was basically a police officer.
Felix got off the train a few minutes later. With his bag in hand he looked around, hoping to see his childhood friend.
"Hey! Felix!" a high femenine voice called out. Felix turned around to see a koopa girl with long purple hair, a red shell, and wearing a white blouse, blue skirt, and white sneakers. This was his friend, Karen. Felix smiled and walked over to her.
"Oh my God! Felix, you look amazing! I mean, I saw your picture, but I didn't think you would have grown up so much."
"You look great yourself," Felix said with a smile, making Karen blush a bit.
"Oh stop, you," Karen said giggling, "But I'm surprised, you live in the big city, so why come all the way out here for school?"
"Well, it was a good excuse to see you for one, and two, I heard that Redshroom High was one of the best schools in the country."
"Well, it is in the kingdom. It's a bit of a walk from my house to the school, but I like it. Speaking of which, we should probably start walking to my house."
"Is it far from here?"
"Not at all. It's actually pretty close. Let's go."
Felix nodded as he and Karen started walking to Karen's house, both of them thinking of how it was in elementary school, and hoping that it would be like it was back then.
They walked for a few minutes until they reached a small store. It looked like a mini mart.
"Hey, Felix, would you mind if we stopped here for a second? I'm kind of thirsty." Felix shook his head, saying that he didn't mind. Karen smiled, "Thanks Felix. I'll get you something too if you want."
Felix nodded, and Karen walked inside. Felix decided to stay outside to soak in the environment. The town looked really busy, reminding him of the city sort of. He looked to the right of him and saw a poster with Princess Peach on the front. He walked over to it to get a closer look.
She was absolutely stunning. Her blond hair was long and fell to about half way to her waist, she had deep blue eyes full of emotion, and the sweetest smile. Even through the poster though, Felix saw the slightest hint of sadness in her eyes. It made her want to meet her even more.
"Um, excuse me," Felix heard from behind him. He turned around and saw a woman with black hair and red eyes wearing blue jeans, a green tube top, and black high heeled boots. She walked over to him, "Are you new to this town?" Felix nodded, still weary of the woman.
"I'm sorry if I made you uncomfortable," she continued, "I just noticed that you were looking at Princess Peach's picture. Are you a student?" Felix nodded again, "I see. I work in that shop your friend went into. We're hoping to get a few students willing to help part time." She held out her hand, "Stop by sometime, I'll let you know if there's an opening."
Felix nodded and shook the woman's hand. As she walked away, Karen walked back outside.
"Sorry I took so long Felix," she said. For some reason Felix started feeling light headed. Aparently Karen noticed and got worried, "Hey, are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine," Felix said, despite how weird his head was feeling.
"Here, I got you a soda. It might make you feel better."
Felix thanked Karen and took the soda. He did feel a little better after drinking it.
"Let's get back to my house so you can lie down," Karen said leading Felix to her house.
-Afternoon/Evening-
The sun was setting by the time they made it to Karen's house, which was in the suburban area of the Mushroom Kingdom.
"Daddy, we're home!" Karen called out. An older Kooba man with a bald head (typical for male Koopas) blue shell, wearing officer attire minus the hat walked out.
"Wow, don't tell me this is Felix." he said actually surprised. He walked over to them with a smile, "The last time I saw you, you were still half my size. You remember me, right?"
"Of course sir," Felix said with a smile.
"What did I tell you about that "sir" business? Just call me Clyde," Karen's father stated with a smile.
"Daddy, is Felix's room ready?" Karen asked, still worried about her friend's condition.
"Yep. Why, is he tired?"
"I think a little," Karen turned to Felix, "Are you feeling okay now Felix?" she asked. Felix nodded, despite still feeling a bit light headed.
"You can unpack later," Clyde said, "Why don't you go lie down for a little while." Felix nodded, deciding to take them up on that offer.
"Here Felix, I'll show you to your room," Karen said. Felix walked with Karen to his room.
His room was nice and big, bigger than the room he had back home.
"We'll be starting classes tomorrow," Karen said, "You should rest up for tomorrow. Besides, they'll be plenty of time to hang out this year, right?" Felix nodded. "Have a good night Felix," with that Karen stepped out of Felix's room and let him rest for the night.