Hello, everyone! I'm femikol, and welcome to my Super Mario Galaxy fanfiction. The cover art was done by my good friend DivideByZiro, go check out her DeviantArt!
Mario sighed in satisfaction as he made his way up to the final known dome of the Comet Observatory. He was very close to collecting enough power stars to fly to the center of the Universe, and this fact boosted his energy. He made his way through the warp panels, past the Gate, and up towards the top part of the Observatory.
"This is the Garden!" The yellow Luma at the gate explained to him, "It's a secret room!" He added, his voice slightly hushed. Mario smiled, and nodded his head, before rushing into the Garden. Once he entered, he looked around the dome. Even if he had been here multiple times before, the dome never ceased to amaze him. Sure that with the exception of the entrance, you couldn't pass the stones that surrounded the small clearing without magic, but you could still stand admiring all of the work Rosalina had put into her home.
Sighing, Mario took his eyes off of the grassy field, and focused on the pull-star. He jumped, and felt himself be encased in a blue bubble of energy, as the pull-star brought him up, and out of the dome. Whilst Mario tried to focus his attention upon Melty Molten Galaxy, he once again found his attention pulled somewhere else. His eyes drifted up towards the stars above the galaxy, mesmerized by the beauty.
Suddenly, he felt the pull star shudder. His eyes snapped to his support, widening as the star started to shake violently. Mario saw his bubble disappear, and began to fall. However, instead of falling back into the dome, he instead kept falling downward. He looked to see if anything was below him, and to his semi-relief, water was there to break his fall. All Mario could do now was wait.
Rosalina was pacing around the library, having heard of Mario's predicament from Polari. She didn't understand why the pull star gave out. No one did. Polari said nothing, just watched Rosalina pace around the library. Suddenly, she stopped, and turned to face him.
"Polari," she called. Polari snapped to attention.
"Yes, Rosalina?" He asked in his usual formal tone of voice.
"I know this is a weird question, but…" Rosalina paused, gathering herself before asking the question, "before Mario chooses which Galaxy he wants to go to, what does he see?"
Polari thought over his mother's question for a moment, before finally speaking. "There are stars above the Galaxy, with water below them. So my theory is that when Mario fell, he fell into the water."
Rosalina nodded her head. "I see. Polari, will you fetch Luigi for me?"
Polari said nothing, but nodded his head, and proceeded to fly off. A minute later, he returned with Luigi in toe. Luigi was more than a little confused, but started once he saw gave no reaction to his surprise, but nodded her head in greeting.
"Hello, Luigi," she greeted.
"Hello," Luigi replied somewhat nervously. "Er, if I may ask, Rosalina, why am I here?"
"You are here because I need to ask something of you." Rosalina said hurriedly. "But first, I need to explain something to you." Her expression softened. "Luigi, your brother fell through the Garden." Luigi's expression became one of confusion.
"What do you mean he fell through the Garden?" Luigi inquired.
"Here's what happened," Polari cut in, "the pull-star that Mario uses, and that you have occasionally used, gave out when Mario was inside it. However, instead of falling back into the Garden, he fell through it, so we don't know where he is."
Luigi was shocked. His brother was lost? Now he knew why Rosalina had asked him to come to her.
"So as you've probably figured out now, I've called you here to help me find him." Rosalina began, "I intend to find him, but I want to know if you would like to help. According to the description Polari gave me, he thinks that Mario has fallen into water. So I think that he'll be in a Galaxy composed of mostly water, if it leads to one, anyways." She finished. She sighed, turning her head to the ever burning fire, then began to speak once more. "If you don't want to help find him, I understand. We don't know where he'll be," she turned her head back to Luigi. "But I would appreciate the help."
Luigi didn't need a second offer. Sure he wasn't the bravest person in the world, but his brother was one of the most important people in the world to him.
"I'll help." He declared. Rosalina's face brightened at his answer.
"Thank you, Luigi." She replied.
"So," Luigi began, "where to first?"
Author's Note: Thank you for reading this first chapter! In case you're confused, this is based off of the Galaxy selecting in the domes, so before you click on a Galaxy to go to. I got this idea when I was looking around the Bedroom's map before going to Freeze Flame Galaxy.