My first fanfic hehe. Again, apologies in advance for possible confusion surrounding Princess Raven and Luna, these characters were the result of a challenge by my friend to write a Mario fanfic, while incorporating as many of our friends into it as possible. So yeah, the numerous OC's in this story are inspired by my crazy friends. P.S. I don't own any characters except for Princess Raven and Luna. Nintendo owns all other characters. Enjoy!:)
Morning sunlight pierced through the gap between the green curtains of Luigi's bedroom window.
"Ugghh," he groaned and turned over, covering his head with his pillow. "It's too early…" he thought. He was beginning to drift back to sleep, when a yell pierced his ears.
"LUIGI WAKE UP! BREAKFAST IS READY!" Mario yelled from downstairs.
"Ra," Luigi sat up, and glared, hair forming a messy halo around his head.
"I'm coming Mother," Luigi yelled back sarcastically, as he got up and changed into his normal green t-shirt and overalls. Downstairs, Mario was dishing out the bacon and eggs, as Luigi padded down the stairs.
"Morning sunshine," Luigi's older twin grinned mischievously, as he heaped a fried Yoshi egg onto Luigi's plate.
"Why the early morning, Mario?" Luigi queried as he tucked in.
"Don't you remember? Today's the Blue Moon Festival. Peach wants us over at her castle to help decorate for tonight. Heh, I'm surprised you forgot. Daisy's coming for this, she's the Sarasaland representative," Mario winked at Luigi, while the green twin began to blush.
"Well..uh..I did not forget… Oh never mind," Luigi gave up trying to explain and finished his breakfast, Mario smirking at him the whole time.
"Well, we'd better head out, don't want Peach to come and hunt you down." It was Luigi's turn to smirk as Mario's smile was erased from his face.
"Fine then little bro, let's head out," Mario exited out the front door, followed by Luigi. The two strolled along Shroomy Lane, the main road to Peach's Castle, when Luigi noticed a bird perched in the trees above them. On closer inspection, Luigi realised it was a raven, much larger than any he'd seen before. It ruffled its shiny black feathers as it stared down at him, and Luigi realised what was so different about this raven. Its eyes were a fierce blood-red and they seemed to stare through him like smoke. Human and bird, their gazes locked, until a voice yelled "LUIGI!" snapping the green plumber out of his trance.
"Wha-" Luigi realized that he had fallen behind, Mario waiting a ways up the path.
"Uh, what happened back there?" Mario asked bemusedly, as Luigi jogged up beside him.
"There was a raven. Didn't you see it, it was huge. And it had these weird red eyes," Luigi trailed off as Mario stared at him, perplexed. "Um, never mind," Luigi stared sheepishly down at the ground.
"Hmm," Mario gazed at Luigi with concern, than smiled. "Come on little bro, let's get going. And thanks for telling me, y'know sometimes Bowser has been known to use ravens as spies."
"Yeah, OK let's get going," Luigi brightened up at this, and he and Mario made their way to Peach's Castle.
The raven sped through the sky, a black blur against the peaceful blue yonder. Letting out a sudden caw, the bird dived towards a small copse of trees just outside the outskirts of Toad Town.
"LUNA!" the raven screeched, "I FOUND HIM!"
"Huh?" a startled-looking girl looked up suddenly, bumping her head on a low branch. "Aggh, fudge," she growled, rubbing her head and glaring up at the excited raven hopping from branch to branch above her. "Raven, could you please keep it down? Do you want the whole Mushroom Kingdom to come and find us here?" Raven stopped, and stared sheepishly down at the annoyed girl underneath her.
"Heh, sorry Luna. You know me." Raven settled herself on her branch more comfortably, pausing to shake out her ruffled feathers.
"Yeah, unfortunately," Luna shook her head to clear it, then smiled. "Awesome work Raven. Now all we have to do is kidnap the guy, and drag him kicking and screaming to Diddlesmith, without, I repeat, WITHOUT, anything going wrong. Remember, we wanna be inconspicuous," Luna reminded Raven.
"Yeah, yeah I know. Hey, I heard an interesting piece of info that could be useful," Raven remembered. "Apparently, tonight there's some big Blue Moon Festival, and, like, the whole kingdom and some other people are coming."
"Hmmm," Luna's dark brown eyes brightened with interest. Perfect, she thought. "Raven, you know what tonight is, don't you?" Luna asked in a falsely sweet tone. The raven ruffled her feathers and considered Luna thoughtfully.
"The full moon, I'm guessing?"
"Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, correct answer!" Luna clapped her hands together and laughed. "Yep, which means that tonight is the night. We spirit away the green guy while everyone's distracted with the festival. And," Luna paused and grinned to herself slyly, "everyone knows that a werewolf is pretty much indestructible on the full moon. So, do we agree? We strike tonight?" Luna glanced up at Raven, who was busy preening her long black flight feathers. "Raven? Raven."
"Huh? Oh yeah, yeah, we'll go tonight, heh heh," Raven laughed nervously, re-settling herself on her branch.
"Yeah, so I was thinking, tonight, you waltz up to the castle, all pretty and seductive like the fierce vampire princess you are, and go and seduce, flirt, chat up, whatever, I don't care, just lure Luigi away from everyone and your beautiful loyal wolf friend will come flying outta nowhere and we get him outta there before anyone notices," Luna smiled. "Sound like a sweet plan?" The raven stared down at Luna, a look of utter shock on her feathered face.
"Luna? I can't do all that!" Raven squawked indignantly.
"What? Sure you can. You're a vampire. All vampires know how to seduce. Dear Grambi, Raven, isn't that the main way vampires catch their prey?" Luna stared up at Raven, perplexed.
"Well, yeah, but it's Luigi. You know, he has, like, something going on with Princess Daisy from Sarasaland. What if she, like, kicks my ass for falsely shacking up with Luigi," Raven chirped sadly, feathers drooping.
"Hmm, true that," Luna thought deeply. "Hey, what if we trick them?"
"How?" Raven growled, starting to get tired of Luna's crazy plans.
"Mario and Luigi rescue princesses, like, every week right?"
"Yeah," Raven said, puzzled. Luna rolled her eyes.
"Raven? I'm not sure you realized, but, YOU'RE A PRINCESS!"
"AAAGGGHHH!" Raven nearly fell off her branch in shock. "Geez Luna, stop yelling. Yeah I'm a princess, so what."
"Well, do you think Mario and Luigi, the great protectors of the Mushroom Kingdom are gonna stand idly by, while a ferocious, snarling wolf pursues a poor, helpless, innocent maiden," Luna batted her eyelashes up at Raven, her voice taking on a dramatic wispy tone. The bird sighed exaggeratedly.
"Fine, we'll do that. Tonight," Raven closed her eyes and slumped on her branch.
"Yay, I love you!" Luna twirled in the clearing below, laughing. "Well, we better get ready. I want you in a dress that will make poor Luigi throw himself at your feet." Luna continued to dance happily in the clearing, oblivious to Raven's crimson glare. With a sigh, the raven slumped even lower. This is gonna be a long night, she thought as she drifted to sleep, Luna's laughter echoing in her ears.