Lord Blumiere & Lady Timpani®

The Tale of the Dark Prognosticus

A Paper Mario® Romance

People always have their opinions,

They always will,

And some times people have those opinions because they want to help people….

Or they have someone's best interest at heart….

But some people don't stop to think about how they're actions might actually hurt that person more than help…

And sometimes when we see someone do something we don't like, or agree with.

It may be best…to let that person make their own mistake.

Or to let them have their own life…

But some people don't give in.

And sometimes…there are dangerous consequences.

~Prologue ~

The Pixel Rebellion

Quite some time ago, there lived the City of The Ancients, now know known as Flipside and Flopside.

Four very wise sages helped create this land, it was an advanced civilization that had many things beyond its time, but one of its most prized creations was Pixel's! These amazing creatures had the ability to help the people of the city do many things they before had difficulties doing. But one fateful day, 1000 years after the creation of the pixels, a powerful Pixel, calling herself The Pixel Queen emerged! She hated the way the Pixels we're being used, so she controlled an army of mind controlled pixels to fight the Tribe of Ancients! Thousands of people, from both sides, fell, except for one survivor of the army, who, while being accompanied by a pixel friend, made his way to the Pixel queens' lair. There, he found out the awful truth, she was the original Pixel, who was created to help the world out of fear by one of the sages, who had the Dark Prognosticus, A book that foretold the dark events of the future. The ancient warrior was able to defeat the queen, and get the Dark Prognosticus, after this Pixel Rebellion, he took the few followers he could get, and went far away from this dimension, into a dark forest, somewhere far from the City of Ancients. There he started the Tribe of Darkness, a dark tribe that kept the Dark Prognosticus hidden away from the world, while this tribe used the predictions in this book for their own selfishness, there was a perk to this, as long as they stayed hidden, no one with a true evil heart could obtain the Dark Prognosticus.

That's what they thought anyway… but it always seems, that the one thing you don't want to happen, always finds a way to happen…

~Chapter One~

A Meeting of fate in a dark life

Deep in the Dark forest that the Tribe of Darkness called home, the son of the man who obtained the Dark Prognosticus and defeated the Pixel Queen, and who also led the Tribe of Darkness, was walking back to the kingdom after a long day of patrolling outside the castle walls, even though he was considered royalty among his people, he still had very tiring duties to attend to, and one of them was patrolling the outside of the kingdom walls, to make sure no one was able to find a way into the kingdom.

This particular day was different from the other days, today on his way back, he thought…

"I've never seen outside this forest…never…if just once, I could see…see what my father is so afraid of…I might be satisfied…"

This young man's name was Lord Blumiere, and he was around the age of 18. As he was having these thoughts, he was searching for a way out of the forest; he had some time before he had to be home, so he was not worried about being caught. He eventually made his way out of the forest… what he saw amazed him, he wondered; why had he not done this before? What really was there to be afraid of? Even if he met an outsider, who says he would have to tell him where he was from, or who he was…he then realized that the forest he lived in was on a huge mountain, over looking a beautiful land… lush, and green, it truly was beautiful… nothing like the dark forest he had been so used to his whole life, he was very curious at the site of all this… as he was wandering around, he saw what seemed to be houses, far, far down a cliff, he was standing there, looking down and growing more curious, when all of a sudden, the part of the cliff he was standing on, began to crumble, he lost his footing, and before he could even attempt to save himself, he was rolling down the cliff, all he could think of was the pain…and how this may be the end of him… after about a minute of this torture that seemed endless to him, he finally came to rest at the bottom of the cliff, he laid there, barely hanging on to life, he could feel himself slipping away, or at least falling into a deep sleep, he began to close his eyes, when all of a sudden, he heard a voice! It called to him from afar saying, "Oh my god, are you hurt?" then, suddenly, a figure was looming over him, saying many things, he could not make out what they we're saying, or even what they we're. Then he finally passed out, the person who found him could feel a pulse, they picked him up, and walked off into the distant town where they lived.

Blumiere woke up suddenly, he calmly looked around to see where he was, all he could remember was almost dying, then somone coming to his aid…who was it? Where did they go? He was in a very comfy bed, surrounded by wooden walls with pieces of furniture, he was obviously in someone's house. "This has to be the home of whoever saved my life." He thought as he rose out of bed to look around, as he tried to get up, he felt tremendous pain in many places throughout his body, such bad pain in fact that he screamed. Just then, a woman came in from another room and shouted "No! Stop! Don't move!" She came over to him and gently grabbed his arms and tried to lay him back down, Blumiere listened, and slowly laid down, he did not say a word, the woman wondered if he might still be in a daze, she said quietly "You're finally awake, I'm so glad! You took quite a fall, I thought for sure you we're dead…" she did not know what else to say… she just stared at him, waiting for a reply… after a few seconds he said "Thank you… I….owe my life to you…but…I don't understand…" she stared at him, then said "you don't understand what?" he replied "why...why would you save someone like me? I'm not human like you….I… I don't scare you?" she smiled and said "Everyone with a soul deserves to be saved…no matter who they are, or what they are… and you are no exception." He smiled and said… "Please…please tell me your name." she quickly replied "…Timpani, my name is Timpani!" "That is a beautiful name…" Timpani looked down and smiled shyly, then she said "And, can I ask your's?" "My name is Blumiere." Timpani got up, and said "Well Blumiere, it's a pleasure to meet you…well it seems you'll be here for a few days, there's no way you'll be going anywhere with the injuries you have!" Blumiere looked shocked and said "A...A few days!? No I can't! You don't understand, if my father fin-"Blumiere quickly stopped himself, he thought if he told Timpani, that his father would be even more furious with him, even if he made it home a few days after mysteriously going missing, the punishment from that would be far less worse than what would happen to them if his tribe found out that an outsider knew about them! Timpani then said "What we're you saying?" Blumiere quickly replied, "It's just…my father will be worried…" Timpani nodded and said "Well that's understandable, but it can't be helped! I'm not letting you leave until you're better…. Oh but wait, where does he live? I'll have a message sent to him! He can come get you!" Blumiere lay back down in bed, wondering what he should do…if he told her about himself; it would make things easier… Timpani looked at him curiously, why wasn't he replying back? Blumiere leaned up out of bed and thought to him self… "What would it hurt if I told her? And besides I don't have to tell her everything…Just enough to make sense to her."

"Blumiere? Are you ok?" Blumiere sat up and sighed, then began by saying "Timpani…I'm going to be perfectly honest…" Timpani sat down on the bed at his feat and said "Ok then…" Blumiere continued. "Where I come from, can't be found on a map…where I live, is completely unknown to the outside world…And, in accordance with my father's wishes, my tribe must remain that way…I cant tell you why that is…but…just know that if you we're to try to get in contact with my father, he would kill you. No doubts in my mind about that." Timpani looked at him, somewhat confused and said "…I See…but…why? Why does he go to such extreme measures to ensure you and your people stay hidden?" Blumiere sighed and said "Like I said before…I can't tell you…I'm sorry." Timpani nodded and said "I understand…whatever is going on with your people that is your business…" Timpani got up and started to walk away when Blumiere said "Timpani, when I leave in a few days…is it ok…if I come back to see you?" Timpani turned around and said… "I would love that…but how? If your father is so set on you never making connections with the outside world…then how will you get here?" Blumiere replied "I'll find a way…when I get back, I'll tell my father I followed a trail in the forest, I followed it for a few hours, because I believed it to be a trail from an outsider who found their way in, and then I realized I was lost, and it took me some time to find the way back… the forest is huge, he'll believe me…" Timpani said "By 'Forest' you mean the huge one on top of the mountain next to this village?" He replied "Yes…" "Well, our village has never been allowed to enter the forest; they say that there are evil, mysterious monsters that dwell there, that use black magic…well, mystery solved I guess…" Blumiere said quickly "Wait! You can't tell your village!" Timpani said sternly "I know that… and you have my word as your friend that I will not say a word about it… I promise." Blumiere lost his breath for a moment, and then said "F-friend? You want to be my friend?" Timpani smiled, nodded then replied "Of course."

The next few days we're spent with Timpani and Blumiere talking, they told stories to each other, but Timpani did most of the talking, Frankly Blumiere did not have much to say…he was far more interested in hearing Timpani's amusing stories of her childhood and things in her life. He found himself becoming more and more interested in her life, even over the course of the few days he was there, he felt like he learned so much about her, he wanted to know as much as he could, learning about the life of a Human was very interesting to Blumiere. And Timpani was so kind and funny that he almost considered never going home… But after about three days, he was able to move about and was feeling less and less pain, he could go home. He knew he had too.

Blumiere was just about to leave when he turned to Timpani and said "I promise I'll come visit again, I don't know when, but it will be as soon as I can…" Timpani nodded, gave a sweet smile and said "I'll see you soon!" Blumiere smiled back, and without saying another word, he walked off down the road leading back to the mountain cliff.

What would be waiting for him at home? Frankly, He was not eager to find out…