fireworks.
A/N: Nothing belongs to me, 'kay? Happy Fourth!
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"C'mon, Weegee,"
Mario said as he put on his hat, "you haven't been to a fireworks
show since we were kids. You could miss out on a major thing
here."
Luigi sighed.
"Please?" Mario asked. "Just this
once and then I'll never ask for anything again…"
Obviously
this wasn't true, but Mario looked sincere. So Luigi gave in.
Big
mistake.
First of all, the Toads took forever setting up. When
they finally did start setting them off, they were loud.
Frighteningly loud, so much that Luigi thought his heart was going
to jump out of his chest and run away screaming. He was beginning to
regret this.
Then they got so close that Luigi was afraid the
sparks would fall on him and he'd start burning and screaming and
stuff, and that would suck.
They went on for awhile. Luigi
shifted his weight to his other foot while trying to ignore the
people behind them, who (he was sure) were so high they couldn't
talk right, as well as trying not to look scared.
Then a whole
bunch of them went off. Luigi figured this was the end. People
started clapping, Mario included. And then they started up
again, louder than ever. Luigi was terrified at the new addition of
white flashes of light, which went off quietly then let out a noise
that sounded like a bomb.
Finally, the real finale happened.
Regular fireworks went off, as well as smaller ones closer to the
ground. They made it sound like a war, with regular BOOM!s
going off, laced with the sound of rat-a-tat-tat, like a drum.
A red and green one went off for the heroes of the Mushroom Kingdom.
A pink one, for the princess, and an orange for the princess of
Sarasaland. When they were finally over, Mario turned to Luigi and
asked, "So what did you think?"
Luigi blinked. "They were
okay."
"So you'll come next year?"
"Who said that?!"