The Life I Had
Ch1: Jet Steal
A man in a red hat sat at a bar stool his head down on the counter, empty alcoholic bottles around him and a half drunken bottle in his hand, breathing lightly he whispered, "my life is over…" he slowly lifted his head up and drank the rest of his bottle, "one over here," he said to the man serving drinks.
"I think you've had enough," the old bartender said.
"I think you should shut up and give another." Mario slapped down 8 coins on the table the bartender gave Mario another. He took some quick sips of the drink.
"Ay that be Mario," one pirate whispered to the other, they sat at a table on the other side of the bar.
"Ay it is Mario."
"What he be doing here, should he be not protectin' Miss Peach?" One pirate leaned towards the other, "he left they say after a new hero showed up to save them many times."
"But this hero must not be all that great, ay?"
"He be… thay say in only one week he jailed Bowser, froze Doopliss in ice stopped an army of Chomp Chomps and destroyed a group of bandits from robbing the castle." Mario could here even if the pirates were whispering. "Jet Steal be the young heroes name…" the pirate finished. The bartender walked over to Mario,
"We will be closing up soon I think you should get home."
"I'm staying for the night," Mario whispered. He slowly got up and walked up stairs.
"10 coins for one night, sir," the toad girl said to Mario, Mario handed the girl the coins and he hopped into the bed. A bright light shined in on the room Mario slept in he got out of the bed and walked out side, "this day sucks," Mario frowned at the sky.
"Thanks!" a bandit zoomed be Mario taking his some coins, Mario chased after the bandit then tacked him Mario turned the bandit to face him. Mario lifted up the bandit and started to beat him; Mario shoved the bandit back with one final hit the bandit fell to the ground.
"Jackass," Mario scoffed as he took his coins and headed towards the east side of town. He wandered going nowhere in particular. He then had an idea of where to go, "it fits my mood he said as he stood near the entrance of Twilight Town.
"Ah how is life, Mr. Hero?" a citizen of the town asked.
"Eh…" Mario mumbled, "It sucks."
"How could life suck when you are a hero?"
"It all happened when some punk took my job!"
"Some punk…?"
"Jet Steal."
"Oh Jet Steal! He is great!"
"Jet…Steal…!"
"Aw come on, Mr. Hero he isn't that bad."
"You wouldn't understand, that bastard took my roll 'Hero of Mushroom Kingdom' and all!"
"Well you're still loved here by us!" the woman smiled. "Wait what about the princess?"
"So what about her?" Mario asked throwing a rock into the tree scattering the crows.
"She wouldn't let you go?"
"But she did, Steal told me everything, about how she did want some old fat guy around, she said I should before she has me arrested."
"Well maybe you can have a new roll 'Hero of Twilight Town' how bout it?"
"Hello there miss is this man bothering you?" asked a young voice. She turned to see Jet Steal. A young man he was with a good build an aqua helmet covered his eyes his suite was aqua metal sleek and shining, he smiled.
"Oh hello Jet," she smiled at Jet. Mario's eye twitched as he watched Jet.
"Hey Mario, how has life been for ya?" Jet asked. Mario just grumbled under his breath Jet took off.
"Dirty crap faced life stealing ass." Mario stomped off and out of the town.