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A Hero's Journal
Prologue
Gazing out at the starlit sky in my backyard, I suddenly heard my father's voice from the house.
"Eric! Time for dinner!"
"Just a minute," I replied.
In truth, all I really wanted to do was stay outside. I loved sitting out by the tree and just think about things like school, what my friends are doing, and sometimes even try to figure out what the clouds look like (I know that makes me seem like I'm nine instead of fifteen, but even I get bored sometimes).
"Eric! Hurry up," my mom added, "Your food's getting cold!"
"Alright! I'm coming!"
I could tell they were already annoyed enough after work; they certainly didn't need my help. I leaped up and rushed to the door.
"Mmm… What smells so good," I asked while tossing my shoes on the mat.
"We're having ravioli tonight," Dad said.
"Yay," I mumbled.
Surprisingly, no comment came from either Mom or Dad.
After dinner, I told them that I was going back outside. Sitting in my usual spot out under the tree, I found myself wondering what it would be like to have superpowers. It was a childish thought, sure, but still interesting. I wondered what I could do with teleporting abilities, or what I would do with the ability to become anything I wanted. I thought back to the Star Wars movie I had watched the night before, and suddenly wanted to be able to use the "Force" like Luke Skywalker.
I have no idea what came into my head at that moment, but I turned to the rocks in the driveway. Sure, it's crazy, but what the heck, I thought. I walked over to the drive, picked up a rock, and held it in my hand. I closed my eyes, concentrated on the rock, and…
Nothing. It didn't even budge. No floating above my hand, no breaking into pieces, nothing. Crap. Well, I can't say I didn't try.
Suddenly, from out of nowhere, an extremely tall, mustached man wearing overalls and a purple hat dashed by, almost knocking me down!
"Hey," I called after him, "Watch where you're going!"
"You-a watch it, punk!" As he ran off, he held up his gloved hand and raised a single finger. "Hey!" Freakishly tall jerk! Next time I see him, I'm gonna… I didn't get to finish the thought before someone else crashed into me from behind.
"Oof!" I screamed as I hit the ground, flat on my face.
"Ow… my head… mama mia…" he groaned. I picked myself off the ground to see another mustachioed man, shorter than the man in purple but still taller than I was, laying flat on his face. He, like the other guy, was wearing overalls and a hat, but his hat was green and had an "L" on it.
"Sorry about-a that," he said as he stood up. He paused a moment before adding, "I don't think-a that I've ever seen-a you before. What's-a your name?"
Why is he talking like that? Is he Italian or something? I didn't know we had any Italian neighbors. "Uh… my name's Eric Stevenson."
He extended a hand. "Nice to meet-a you, Eric! My name's-a Luigi Mario."
Huh? Luigi Mario? I had to strain to keep my jaw from dropping in shock. Luigi? But he's just a video game character… right? "Luigi Mario?"
"That's-a me!" he replied. Woah!! He really IS Luigi! That's awesome! But if he's Luigi, then that means…
"LUIGI!!!! Where are-a you Luigi?" Luigi jumped and yelped when he heard his name called. "Luigi! There-a you are!" I turned to the voice and gasped. A short, red hat wearing man was running toward us.
"M-M-Mario?" I stammered as he skidded to a stop in front of Luigi. I can't believe this! I thought as they began to talk, Mario and Luigi… The Mario Brothers! They're real!
"Holy crap! Waluigi!" Luigi suddenly blurted, "he's probably half-a-way to the castle by-a now!" Luigi ran off faster than I've ever seen a plumber run in my life. "Luigi! Wait-a for me!" Mario yelled as he ran after him.
"The Mario Bros, Waluigi, 'the castle'?" I thought out loud, What's going on?" For the first time since Waluigi nearly ran me over, I looked around. I was still standing next to a tree, but my house was nowhere to be seen! Instead of the sky being filled with twinkling stars, it was mid-day and the sun was shining.
"What the? Where am I?"
Uh-oh! Looks like Eric has been transported to some new place! But where? How will he get home? And why did Waluigi flick him off? Find out in Chapter 1: The Adventure Begins!
