My name is Ethan, I am a 13 year old kid who lives in the suburbs of Chicago. I live with my parents and little sister, and Christmas had just passed. One of the presents I recieved was a Nintendo Wii, I was exited to play it for the first time. My parents went out for a walk with my little sister. Among the games I recieved was Paper Mario; The Thousand Year door, a Gamecube game, my parents couldn't afford a Wii game, because of the price for the Wii itself.

I set up the Gamecube on the Wii and selected the game on the channel screen. The disc loaded. The screen turned blank, and a dark figure dressed in a purple cloak appeared, I couldn't see his face. He laughed and extended his hand out of the screen, I stared at him in awe and tried to process what was happening. He grabbed my shoulder and I was pulled into the screen. He hit me in the head so hard, I blacked out from the impact.

I woke up in comfortble bunk bed. Maybe I was dreaming the whole thing, that thought was shattered when I stared into the face of a mustachioed man dressed in a green shirt and jean suspenders. He looked sad, angry, and surprised at my presence.

"Who the heck are you, and what have you done to my bro?" He demanded.

I stared at him for a couple seconds, looked around the room I was in, my eyes met a small picture on the night stand, there stood the man in front of me in the picture, next to him was another man, only smaller, and he dressed in red.

That's when I recognized him.

The man in front of me was none other than Luigi.

I stared at him, he was expecting me to say something to him. I gave him what he wanted.

I screamed after the initial shock.

"HOW THE HECK DID I GET HERE? WHAT HAPPENED?"

"So, you are just as confused as I am, then."

"YEAH, I AM! I NEED TO GET HOME!"

"You appeared last night, which was the same time Mario disspeared."

I stopped screaming, and I told Luigi what had happened at my house.

"Strange, I have never seen a dark man in a purple cloak before, maybe he's a new bad guy..."

"MAIL CALL!"

Luigi went outside and found a letter from Princess Peach, saying that she needed Mario to come to a town named Rougeport.

"Look, kid, I need to go to Rogueport to fill in for Mario. You should hang around here until I get back, just in case something happens."

I knew I would be bored out of my mind just staying behind. I wanted to go with Luigi.

"I think I should go with you, because whoever captured Mario might come after you, too. I think we should stick together, you know, to protect each other, because if the both of you are gone, and Bowser kidnaps Peach, that won't be good." I said.

Luigi thought about it for a moment, then he gave me a sharp nod.

"The boat leaves in an hour." He replied.

For a half hour the two of us grabbed money from the bank and bought some supplies that might help us. Because if the Treasure Map was sent to the Mario Bros., somebody could have been after it. Whatever it lead to, it must have been very valuable to whoever wanted it.

We arrived at the dock, and saw the boat waiting for us there. We climbed onto it, and noticed three cloaked people in an alley watching us as we sailed off to the town.