What was usually a typical day in the Underwhere, things weren't so typical. Mr. L, after being sent to Negative World One, had became the leader since Queen Jaydes disappearance. What was strange was that she was gone long before he had arrived. So Mr. L asked Jason to be his adviser until they heard from Grambi, king of the Overthere. But they had not heard anything in quite some time.

Jason stated, "I'm quite concerned. I think Grambi is missing too."

Mr. L replied, "I'll go to the Overthere right now and see."

Jason asked, "What about the people?"

Mr. L answered, "The people have you. Besides, I should be back soon. If not, be concerned."

Jason responded, "As you wish..."

Mr. L told him, "I just hope we aren't too late."

With that, the bandit started to climb the staircase to the Overthere.

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Meanwhile, in Boo Woods, Violet was marveling at her engagement ring. She still couldn't believe that she was going to marry Luigi soon. She couldn't wait for the firework ceremony that night. Spettro came in, panting.

Violet smiled and greeted, "Hey, Spettro."

Spettro wagged his tail. Luigi came in, kissing her cheek.

Luigi whispered, "Hello my wife-to-be."

Violet giggled as she replied, "Hello my husband-to-be."

Luigi smiled and responded, "I can't wait for the fireworks tonight! And all to celebrate the Mushroom Kingdom's long, hard earned freedom."

Violet told him, "Oh same here, it is just gonna be so awesome!"

Luigi nodded as he petted Spettro and cooed, "And you get to come with us!"

Spettro barked, jumping up onto Luigi, and started to lick his face silly. Luigi laughed at this as did Violet. Spettro was finally getting out of the house after weeks being stuck there. Violet pulled Spettro off of Luigi. Spettro, however, went after her with doggy kisses. Violet laughed as Luigi laughed too.

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At the castle, Peach was reading in her library. She always loved to read, especially when something was on her mind. She was rather enjoying herself until she felt a pair of lips on her neck. She looked and saw Mario. She bopped him in the nose, getting him to back off.

Mario rubbed his nose as he protested, "Hey! What was that for?"

Peach looked at him with a fire in her eyes and hissed, "You know what that was for! We've been together since the Isle Defino incident and you don't respect me! You haven't even proposed yet!"

Mario blushed as he stated, "Don't you think that's rushing things, Peach? Besides, Toadsworth isn't too thrilled with me dating you in the first place."

Peach replied, coldly, "I don't care! You seem to, though! I happen to love you and I want to spend the rest of my life with you!"

Mario responded, "I know you do but I am just not ready to propose quite yet."

Peach told him, huffing, "Then I'm not talking to you."

Mario whispered, "Oh boy...this doesn't look good..."

A shadow was watching them from afar as its creepy teeth smiled wide and headed out.

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In the Overthere, Mr. L had just arrived. Whibbi was there, looking like he had been expecting the bandit.

Whibbi stated, "Grambi isn't here. He's disappeared."

Mr. L groaned, "Great..."

Whibbi added, "Worse than that, three people that went out looking for him have also gone missing."

Mr. L perked up and asked, "Who were they?"

Whibbi answered, "Nastasia, O'Chunks, and Mimi."

Mr. L turned white as a ghost as he stammered, "W - what?"

As Whibbi nodded to confirm the bandit, Mr. L paled more.

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-Flashback: 'Pure Hearts Be True'-

In Castle Bleck, O'Chunks and Nastasia were alone and chatting. O'Chunks told Nastasia about what Dimentio did, make her a bit suspicious to what the jester was trying to do. O'Chunks then started to sing about the count (under Nastasia's orders), which got on Mimi's nerves.

Nastasia added, "And as punishment for getting beat by that hero AGAIN, I'm making him sing it a 1,000 times."

Mimi blurted out, "1,000... 1,000 times?! Gosh, you're more evil than I thought! Hey, but enough chatting! Where's the count? I wanna see him! He hasn't called me to do anything, and I'm getting SO BORED!"

At that moment; Mr. L dropped in and commented, "Hey, Count? My destructive little friend is all gassed up and itching to get back into action. Yes Brobot is begging me to take him out. Say the word, and I'll roll out."

Nastasia replied, "Yeah, great enthusiasm, but let's shelf the robot action for now, 'K? The thing is, the count kinda left specific orders for us to stand by. Got that?"

Mimi hissed, scared, "NO WAY! We're supposed to wait here for that big, mean hero to come and get us?"

Mr. L commented, not caring, "So the count doesn't need my services? Excellent. I'll just be off then."

Nastasia directed, a bit angry, "YOU GO NOWHERE! We wait! It's the count's direct order! His word is absolute! Be a good minion and DO NOT MOVE TIL TOLD! ...'K? Thanks."

With that, Nastasia left - making Mimi more upset and bored while Mr. L just looked frustrated. O'Chunks was still in the room but was knocked out after all of his singing. Suddenly, Dimentio appeared to them. After giving them an idea to attack the heroes with a surprise attack, Mimi and Mr. L headed out. Dimentio did the same, smirking at his job.

-End of Flashback-

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Mr. L thought, 'Even though we traded a lot of quips to each other, we were family. Not blood but family nonetheless. I will find them...my family...'

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Wishmaker1028: I did originally have an original character that did not belong to me in this story so I am re-writing it so they can have their character back. Anyways, please read and review! And always think outside of the box!