Author's notes : This will start off pretty slow, but don't worry this is going somewhere. However, it will take a while to get there. I'm a hobby writer, which is why I only write fan-fiction, but I welcome critique all the same!
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Dawn was approaching, and the sky had quite a celebration in store for it. It's beautiful dark blue shades were slowly becoming lighter, from the east one may notice the hints and touches of oranges nearing.

Which made it an excellent time to hunt for mushrooms, or at least, that is what this green plumber would insist upon! Standing fairly tall, and with a much trimmer figure than his older brother, Luigi looked at this surrounds with glee. Normally, he would fear traveling in Forever Forest, but ever since Mario told him how to get through it became less frighting to him. It still was something to be feared, that much is true but this is a special occasion. The trees' leaves are turning many shades of golden brown and biding farewell to their former home as they descend through the air. It was autumn.

As every citizen of the Mushroom Kingdom knows, autumn is a special time. It was tradition to make hot mushroom soup for yourself and your closest friends. To Luigi, this tradition meant a lot to him, it was like he was wishing his friends a warm and comfortable winter , and to the people he'd actually invite into his very home to enjoy the soup? Those were the folks he'd literally open his door to anytime during the cold months – no matter the circumstances!

He smiled at the thought of the many smiles he'd bring, many said how delicious his soup is. It's because he goes hunting in the forest for them, he'd say. Anyone could stop by a store and buy some mushrooms, but to get it from nature, well that takes true dedication! He nodded in self agreement.
At that moment a small fallen leaf landed right on his nose – he frantically patted his hat "No raccoon ears" he hurriedly did the same to his lower back "...no raccoon tail." Luigi nervously laughed off his slight panic, but he couldn't help but to think of how flying would make this task a bit easier – at the very least it'd make returning home a breeze.

"No time for this, Weegie! We have some mushrooms to collect!" In the very moment he said that to himself, he zipped up his dark brown autumn jacket, gave his moss green scarf a slight touch and tightly held onto his basket. He had to keep on moving, who knows what could be lurking in a place like this - so he did just that.

After what felt like minutes going through areas looking exactly the same, he spotted something from the corner of his eye. "Yahoo! A group of mushrooms!" he exclaimed, while running towards it, however before he had a chance to grab them up he noticed a blur of green, white, and red springing from the ground and his ears caught a sharp 'chomp!' sound. Instinctively he leaped back, what lay in front of him was none other than a piranha plant – he had to think of his options quickly. Luckily for him piranha plants are bound, it cannot move from it's current spot, but if he ran away he'd give up a plentiful group of mushrooms – who knows when he'd be this lucky again and who knows what he'd run into deeper within the forest. No, in this case running was no option, looking around quickly as he could, he spotted a twig right next to the piranha plant it was a dangerous bet but he had few choices.
"Come on...come on..." Luigi loudly whispered through his teeth, as he slowly reached for the twig

"Chomp!" While he was trying to reach for it, the sharp teethed plant went for his right leg!
...if it weren't for his jumpy nature poor Luigi would be a bit..off-balanced.
However, he took his small window of opportunity and leaped through it, while the carnivorous plant was a bit distracted he fell towards the twig and quickly took hold of it. Not more than a moment later he was, face to...teeth with a piranha plant. There was no time to be afraid, with it's mouth wide open this was his perfect chance. Wasting as little time as possible, he shoved the twig as deeply as he could within the hungry plant's mouth, standing up and obtaining a good grasp upon the current situation he begun to furiously kick at it's stem until the chocked plant finally broke off from it's roots. Feeling satisfied with himself, he ran towards the group of mushrooms and joyfully plucked and dropped each and every single one of them into his basket.

Just when Luigi felt completely calm, something caught his attention at the corner of his eye. Attending to it, he saw the very same uprooted piranha plant apparently trying to rid itself of the twig stuck deep in it's mouth. It was a hard to to tell, for it was only moving wildly. After a few seconds, it seemed to give up on it, and decided to try it's luck against Luigi! It charged straight for him, wiggling maniacally - luckily, for Luigi it still lacked any ability to go anywhere, he would have noticed that if he didn't run off as fast as he could.

Forgetting his elder brother's directions completely he just ran at the nearest paths while shouting "I gotta get outta here, I gotta get outta here!" Before he knew it, he was at the Forever Forest's entrance – just on the outskirts of Toad Town. Looking behind him, he noticed the lack of 'baddies' after him. Looking at his basket, he noticed most of his mushrooms are present.
That's all that mattered as he let himself fall down upon his knees, panting heavier than a chain chomp after a triathlon and yet...he still had high spirits.

"I...can't wait to see everyone's faces when I hand them a warm bowl of mushroom soup." Slowly, he got up, dusted his knees and took a quick examination of his area. It felt as if all of Toad Town were slowly awakening, that made sense considering how early it was – only a few people seemed to be out and about. The Master could be seen taking with Tayce T. and a traveling merchant was standing at the town's main entrance (east of the Goomba village, you can't miss it)
"Oh Luigi dear!" a voice called out from in front of him, focusing his sights on it, he saw a small elderly toad, her grey wiry hair formed into tight curls under her black and white spotted mushroom cap. "Oh, when shall your delectable soups be prepared?" she spoke with a kind and soft voice, it made her pleasant to listen to, but difficult to actually hear.
"Hahaha..."chuckled Luigi nervously as he tightly held unto his basket "Well, it's a little too early to tell, but it'll be done as soon as possible!

"Oh...okay!" she gave a sweet smile and she continued on her way, from the looks of it she was heading to the port area. What would she want to do there? Especially this early in the morning. There seemed to be no sense in asking himself a question like that, it's not like it affects him in any way.
So he headed towards Toad Town's gate, as much as he'd like to eavesdrop on The Master's conversation his hand still occasionally hurts from his last attempt. So, before entering his warp pipe, he took a good deep look at the traveling merchant, he had an old brown tattered looking robe, his back was hunched over and within his robe two small amber orbs were visible.

This merchant glanced upwards, and said aloud to no one in particular "Ugh...the sun is about to rise, before you know it this whole place will become bright and cheerful. There must be a place in here...a place without much light.." Of course, since The Master, and Tayce T. were deeply engaged within their conversation, they paid no mind, leaving Luigi to talk to him. Inching nearer and nearer towards this odd person "Well, there is a place – there's a great guy named Harry, left of his store is an empty room – you can use that as a temporary store!" The strange merchant still looked troubled, but he thanked him anyway "Just who am I thanking, if I may ask. I cannot remember faces so well, but names I am an expert on!" "Oh, it's -WAH!" He hurriedly pulled his hand back up but being determined as always he managed to say his name "...Luigi" he shook his hand to relieve some pain while the The Master finally addressed this mysterious merchant."If you need it to be, I can lead you there. Names are only labels, and through our life who is to say if we can or can not feel them."
Tayce T. chimed in for a translation "What he's trying to say is that since you're new you don't know who Harry is, or where his store can be we'll lead you there!" and with that they were off.
It was Tayce T. leading the way, that weird merchant – and all their items lugged on their back were following closely, while The Master was just trailing behind.

This was something not concerning Luigi anymore, so with a smile he traveled down into the warp pipe. He's used to journeying through warp pipes, he's done it for years. He's used to the cramped feeling, he's used being in total darkness, and most of all he's used to the feeling of being pushed through such a tiny space – but he'd love for there to be an alternative. "WHOA!" and with that he fell face forward on the cold hard ground, "Ugh" he got up "There has to be a better way."

Looking through the series of warp pipes he obviously had to find the one that leads into his house, "It's the one to the very left!" he said aloud to himself. Hurrying his walking, he made it to his pipe in one minute, he hated being down there – it was so damp and creepy and always felt like someone was watching and waiting to grab him. Crawling in the pipe, the anticipation of reaching home made his eyes mist over. It was a small piece of land, with an even smaller house but it was all his...and Mario's, despite the fact that it's dubbed as 'Mario's pad', in fact there are many things that belongs to Mario AND Luigi, that everyone only credits Mario for. Yet Luigi holds no ill feelings towards his older brother – it wasn't Mario's fault, maybe red was just more attention grabbing than green.

Those thoughts echoed within his head as he rose from the warp pipe. "Heh" he was so excited to reach home just a few moments ago, yet for some reason that very same enthusiasm was drained, and with that he thought about his mushroom soups, he thought about the smiles he'd be able to bring – and finally he thought about the select few he'd invite to his ever so humble abode. Just who would he invite anyhow?
"Let's see now..Mario of course, Princess Peach, maybe Tayce T. and if that's the case I'd have to invite The Master as well.." he was lost deep in his thoughts while walking to the front door "I could invite Yoshi....I also could have my entire food supply gone in five seconds." he murmured flatly "Well, I guess I could invite Daisy" he blushed at the mere mention of her name, it was all he needed to say to have wonderful vivid images fly through his head. Of him spoon feeding her, of her endless compliments on his soup, of him whispering in her ear, of her napping lightly upon his shoulder, of them -WHACK!

"Owie ow ow ow ow!" cried Luigi as he tended to his nose – he walked right into the door. When the pain subsided he opened the door with a creek it was a part of it's charm. Taking a good look inside, he saw that Mario wasn't up yet – and his message 'Mario, those mushrooms are NOT for you!' is still on the chalkboard he promptly strolled in towards the table. On that table was a big bowl of mushrooms, almost filled to capacity, he left only his basket there and went straight to his room. Just as he thought, Mario is dead asleep – he couldn't see him due to the room being dark and him being n the top bunk, but he could easily hear his snoring and soft mumbling "Ahhhaass..mama mia, lotsa mushrooms. Ahhsss..Princess Peach, I can't wait."

Luigi couldn't help but laugh to himself as he crawled under his green sheets for a little nap, his brother Mario is a hero he's risked his life for the good of the world several times and yet he retains this childlike air to him.
"I bet there's a whole lot more to you than people see, huh big bro?" to which Mario 'responded' "Sssss..no, never, not at all"