Super Mario Brothers: The dark jester

by MsFantasy

It was a dark and stormy nicht in the muschroom kingdom. on the edge of toad village, was a lonely little house. It was the house of the mario brothers, the greatest heroes of the mushroom kingdom.
Mario and Luigi where watching tv, when there was a sudden knock on the front door.
The brothers looked at each other confused. "I'll go see who it is," Mario said. He walked to the front door and opened it.
their unexpected visiter was none other than Toad.

"Toad, what are you doing here so late in the evening?"; Mario asked. Toad looked at Luigi and Mario. "Isn't it obvious? Princess Peach wants to see you";he replied. Mario was surprised , but he nodded, and went to fetch his umbrella.
"Can I come?"; Luigi asked hesitantly. Toad thought about it. "Of course you can come"; He said. Mario just came back. He smiled at Luigi and gave him his umbrella. Toad and the Mario brothers ran as fast as they could through toad village to the castle of Princess peach. Once they got there, they were soaked by the rain because their umbrellas broke by the strong winds.

"I wonder why the princess wants to see us"; Mario said to himself. Luigi had heard what Mario said, and began to chuckle.
Mario looked at Luigi with a venomous smile. "What's so funny?" He asked his brother. Luigi showed a tear of laughter. "You know, maybe the princess just wants to see you and give you a kiss"; Luigi answered. Mario looked shocked and started to blush. Luigi had to laugh even harder because of that. Mario gave his brother a teasing smile and a playful thump on his left shoulder.
"Come on you two, the princess is waiting for us," said Toad who had to restrain to not start laughing.

Mario and Toad walked in the throne room. Luigi was just about to follow, when there was suddenly a bright flash of lightning outside. Because of this, Luigi was frozen of terror. It was silent for a while when he heard the tinkle of little bels. He looked around but couldn't see anything that would make that sound. Mario looked behind him and saw that his brother for some reason looked terrified.
"Weege, you coming or what?"; he asked with a worried look on his face. Luigi was surprised by Mario and jumped up with his usual whaaaa scream. Mario rolled his eyes and walked over to Luigi. He took Luigi's hand and together they walked into the trone room where princess peach was waiting for them.

Princess peach smiled at them. "Good evening Mario and Luigi"; she said with her sweet voice. The brothers bowed down for the princess and got up again."you wanted to see us?"; Mario asked. Peach saw that both brothers looked curiously at her. Her smile faded and she looked worried. she Began to say;"you see, this evening there was a loud noise at the front gate. A guard went to check it out, but there was nobody. The guard did find this letter". Peach gave the letter to Mario. He began to read out loud.

To the peachy lady,

i'm so sorry to bother you in these peaceful times, but i'm afraid that this humble man needs your help.
Or wrether the help of the men with a carnival of hair on their lip.
you know, the two lapdogs you call heroes.
I would really appreciate it if they would fetch me THE EYE OF DESPAIR.
If they would be so gruff to not help little old me,i will show my gratitude by giving your loyal subjects a venomous gift.
After all, who doesn't like to get gifts.

Ciao for now!

"There is no name at the end of the letter, just a picture of a theatrical mask. one half white, one black half "; Mario explained. Luigi didn't know why, but he feels very uncomfortable. Mario saw this. He layed his hand on luigi's shoulder and looked at peach. "What is the eye of despair, exactly?"; Mario asked the Princess."It's not a real eye, if that's what you think. There is a legend of a demon with the power to destroy the world. One day a hero emerged who was brave enough to take on the monster. But the hero knew that he needed some help to get rid of the demon. So he went to see a magician. The magician gave the hero a magical medallion. When the hero went to face the demon, he used the medallion to suck up al the power of the monster. He was then able to destroy the demon with his sword. The hero called the locket the eye of despair. To make sure the eye would not enter the wrong hands, he built a temple with traps. The eye should still be there"; Peach explained.

"How do you know al this princess?"; Mario asked. Peach gave mario a little smile. "I'm a princess, i do my homework"; she replied.
"anyhow, i think this is just a very bad joke of someone. For Example how can you poison the entire village. There is not even a name at the end of the letter"; Mario explained. Princess Peach, Luigi and Toad still didn't look convinced. "Okay, let's say that the letter is genuine. We're talking about a strong and dangerous magical object. Are you going to give it to someone you don't even know? That person clearly wants me and Luigi to go, but he also knows that if he poisoned anyone, we're not going to get him the eye"; Mario clarified.

Princess Peach was a little more at ease, after what Mario has said. Eventually she agreed with Mario. Princess peach explained how Princess Daisy, tomorrow would come visiting from sarasaland. Once Luigi heard the name Daisy, he blushed. He hoped that his brother had not seen it, but Mario's giggling said enough. "You know what, we will hold a picnic with our friends tomorrow. I'm pretty sure Daisy would like that, and then I can forget for a while what happened here tonight"; princess Peach suggested.
the brothers thought it was a great idea and agreed.

Mario and Luigi were on their way home. They had said nothing the whole way. Mario because he was tired, after all it was already quite late and Luigi because he was worrying. He did not know why, but he felt quite uncomfortable. When they arrived home they went straight to their room and crawled into their pajamas. Mario noticed that Luigi was still not at ease, so he went to his younger brother and gave him a hug. He looked at Luigi, and said; "Don't worry Weege, everything is okay."
Luigi gave Mario a faint smile and nodded. The brothers wished each other good night and crawl into their bed.

Mario was soon asleep, but Luigi was awake. He sat up and looked through the window that was right next to his bed.
He looked at the moon and stars, and let out a sigh. Then he looked at Mario on the other side of the room, and began to smile. He laid himself down and closed his eyes. After 10 minutes, both brothers were sleeping, ready for the new day to come.
Little did they know, that day would turn into a real nightmare.

****** to be continued ******

AU:
1) Please don't kill me, if you don't like the story. After all, this is my first attempt to write a story and my english is not that good. My mother language is Dutch and I didn't get English at school. You can criticize me so I can improve, but please keep it polite and nice.

2) You'll have noticed that Mario says Weege a few times instead of Luigi. That's because Weege is a nickname of Luigi.

3) I really hope you enjoyed my story so far, i've put a lot of work and time into this.