Author's Note: Second chapter! Hopefully it'll get the show on the road. That's what I intend...
I have really nothing else else to say except...Let's go!
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Luigi's Mansion: The Continuation:
Chapter Two: A Visit To The Castle...
At Noon Later that Same Day...
The two Mario Brothers; Mario and Luigi, were now walking over to a warp pipe just a few miles away from their home. That way, they could get to Princess Peach's castle in only a few minutes.
Mario found himself thinking about the mysterious letter Luigi received. For some reason, it just made him slightly worried. Almost like when Luigi received that fake letter about the mansion out of the blue...
But wait! He shouldn't be thinking about that! That was in the past...and this is the present. Worrying will get him nowhere at all. And besides, he should be thinking about what's currently happening.
He should be thinking about the fact that him and his brother are about to hang out with Peach and Daisy! He really liked Daisy and hoped she was doing well. And he he liked Peach; although they weren't actually dating yet.
Luigi meanwhile, was trying not to think of the mysterious letter. He figured that it could be a trap; that maybe some other ghosts of King Boo's posse had escaped and where trying to trap Mario and...possibly himself so he can't rescue him again!
...But really, he tried not to think about that. He tried to think about the current situation going on: and he did just that. He was about to go have lunch with Peach and Daisy. Peach was a really good friend to him; despite the fact that she always showed her mischievous side with him! And he did really like Daisy; but alas, fate would never allow that to be said.
"...Hey bro," Mario suddenly said. "I think we're at the castle now."
Luigi was really confused. And not only that, but he did appear to be confused at that point.
"...Think?"
Mario shook his head.
"I mean, we ARE at the castle."
Luigi glanced up and noticed that they were in fact, at the castle.
The two brothers stopped walking and stared at the castle; it looked pretty much the same. And best of all, there was no chaos like toads running back and forth frantically, Peach's glass-shattering screaming, explosions, or Bowser in sight.
The castle looked normal: it's huge, beautiful self.
"Hey! Mario and Luigi are here!"
Mario and Luigi were snapped out of their staring at the castle by that voice; it was a girl's and they knew exactly who it belonged too.
In a time of ten seconds, a certain little female toad named Toadette ran up to them.
"Hi, guys! So nice to see you after all this time! You HAVE to tell me what's been going on around here!"
The two brothers smiled as they saw the excited toad; they haven't actually seen her in a month.
"Hello, Toadette! How have you been doing?" Mario greeted.
Toadette giggled cheerfully and she twirled around.
"Great! But I'm even better after seeing you guys! I'm so glad Princess Daisy let me come; I can't wait to chat with all the other toads!"
Mario and Luigi listened to the girl go on and on with interest. She was really sweet and always talking about something; which was why they loved being around Toadette.
"Anyway, I have to get going because Princess Peach probably wants to see me! I'll see you guys later!"
Toadette walked off happily and Mario and Luigi waved and said their goodbyes. When she was out of their sight, Mario spoke up.
"Well, that was nice to speak with her. Toadette's real talkative, isn't she?"
Luigi nodded.
"She is."
"Well anyway, let's head on to the castle now." Mario declared.
The two brothers continued to walk to the castle, they arrived at the doors and were greeted by Peach and Daisy.
"Oh, you guys are finally here!" Daisy said in excitement. She giggled and brushed her short red hair out of her face. "It's so nice to see you after all this time!"
Mario laughed.
"Sure is. But I am glad you're okay!" Mario replied.
Peach waved her hand dismissively in the air.
"Oh yes, same here with me!"
Daisy then glanced over at Luigi and her smile nearly took up her entire face by the minute.
"Luigi, it's so nice to see you~!" Daisy gasped out.
She then walked/ran over to the green-clad plumber. She was extremely excited to see him.
It wasn't like they were together or anything, but Daisy always did like Luigi and wished she could find out if he felt the same. She's told all this to Peach; all the blond princess does is smirk and say "You haven't noticed that he does like you back?"
"Oh...um...h-hi, Daisy..." Luigi stammered out; suddenly feeling week kneed and his face feeling on fire.
Daisy giggled; it wasn't too girly, the way she giggled was really unique. That was one of the many things Luigi liked about her; though he'd never actually tell that to anybody much.
"Are you doing well? It's been SO LONG!" Daisy inquired as she clasped her gloved hands together.
Luigi smiled shyly and swallowed.
"Um...y-yes. I'm fine..."
Daisy twirled slightly and giggled again.
"That's great! It's so nice to see that you're okay!" Daisy replied. She then walked over to Peach just as Toadette ran up. "So...how about we have lunch now? I'm starving from that tennis match!"
Mario chuckled.
"That sounds great."
Peach nodded and smiled brightly.
"Well, go on ahead everyone. I think...I think I will meet you in there after I take care of something." Peach said while smirking as she glanced at Luigi out of the corner of her eye.
Mario and Daisy exchanged looks of confusion while Luigi and Toadette blinked repeatedly.
"Uh...alright then. We'll see you soon, Peach?" Daisy mumbled. She then smiled and looked back at Mario. "Come on Mario and Toadette, let's go on inside the castle."
Toadette then gasped and ran over to the door. She pulled it open for Mario and Daisy to walk through. They smiled at her and walked inside; the female toad then followed suit.
That left Luigi and Peach outside. The plumber felt the princess's gaze on him and he was a little wary. After all, Peach WAS really mischievous around him.
"Ah...I think I'm going to go into the castle with them..."
Luigi tried to walk to the door in a hurry but Peach suddenly appeared by his side and stopped him.
"Luigi, what was that?" Peach asked; sounding annoyed.
Luigi blinked and looked at her.
"...What are you talking about, Peach?"
Peach smirked and glanced away. She then giggled and crossed her arms.
"Daisy hasn't you in a month. You know, she has been talking about you a lot. And I think...there's something she would like to hear from you." Peach mentioned.
Luigi didn't understand what the blond princess was talking about. If only she just could come out with it already...
"...Do I have to spell this out? Luigi, it's probably the time to-"
"AAAAAH! THIEF! THIEF IN THE GARDEN!"
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!"
"MY, OH MY! THAT BLOKE IS QUITE SIMILAR TO BOWSER IN FORM!"
Luigi and Peach gasped and turned around to the direction they heard the screams.
"What was that?" Luigi asked.
Peach's eyes widened and she gulped.
"I don't know! Let's go see!" Peach replied.
Luigi and Peach then dashed into the castle and nearly ran over some of the toads in their path. Eventually, they took a shortcut through a hall and found themselves in front of Mario and Daisy; each wore a shocked expression.
"Hey! What's going on?" Peach choked out as she panted and delicately wiped her forehead.
Daisy shook her head.
"We don't know! All of a sudden, Toad, Toadette, and Toadsworth started screaming about a thief outside! We're going to go check it out; you should come too!" Daisy frantically explained.
Mario then ran over to a door and opened it.
"Come on!"
Luigi, Peach, and Daisy nodded in a synchronized fashion and bolted out the door; Mario followed behind them outside.
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"GET AWAY!"
"EEEEEEEK! WE'RE DOOMED!"
"MY, MY! YOU FILTHY GOON, GET AWAY FROM ME!"
The two plumbers and princesses frantically ran until they reached the part of the garden where the toads were screaming in terror.
Rounding a corner, the group made it to the section of the garden and gasped at the scene before them.
Toad, Toadette, and Toadsworth were apparently being attacked by some cloaked figure.
Toad was crying his eyes out and huddling up with Toadette; who was hugging him and screaming, and Toadsworth was standing in front of them; threateningly waving his cane in the air at the figure.
This person attacking them, was floating slightly off the ground but was wearing a midnight blue cloak that covered his body that had gold chains wrapped around it. The outline of the floating person appeared to have Bowser's body shape.
"Hey! What's going on here?" Mario shouted.
The trio of toads gasped and dropped what they were doing; they turned around to look at the brothers and princesses. Meanwhile, the person attacking them turned to look at them as well.
"My, my! Is that Mario and Luigi and Princess Daisy?" Toadsworth pointed out.
"Toadsworth! What's going on?" Peach screeched as she ran over to the toads.
Toadette now had tears; from fear running down her eyes as she pointed at the enemy in the cloak.
"Th-that thing attacked us out of nowhere, Princess! It...it...it even tried steal the food I was helping bring to the castle!" Toadette choked out; still in shock.
Peach gasped and then scowled as she glanced over at the 'thief'.
"You! Get out of here and attack somebody else!" Peach called out.
The thief looked over at Peach and an evil ghostly laugh was then heard. It made Toad, Toadette, Toadsworth, and Luigi gasp.
"Well, well...I guess you're right, Princess! I must be leaving..." A ghostly voice mentioned.
Daisy clenched her hands into fists and ran over to the 'thief', knocking Peach out of the way in the process.
"Wait! Tell us who you are!"
Another ghostly laugh was heard. But the weird thing was, it didn't seem like it was coming from the figure himself; it sounded like a boo's laugh.
"No time for that now! But I can tell you all one thing: I will be back soon."
The thief then floated up to Daisy and pushed her down; she yelped as she hit the ground hard. Everybody else gasped and surrounded the Sarasaland princess just as the 'thief' disappeared all together.
"My! Princess Daisy! Are you all right?" Toadsworth asked as he ran over and held her head up.
Daisy groaned slightly and looked up at everybody, who were staring at her with concern written all over their faces; especially Luigi.
"Ugh...I'm fine...I think." Daisy replied as she sat up. "I just got pushed to the ground. It's no big deal..."
Peach sighed with relief.
"Well, that's good. Now let's help you up." Peach said.
Daisy shook her head and pushed Toadsworth away slightly.
"No, it's okay. I can get up on my own!"
Daisy then got up by herself and dusted off. She groaned and rubbed her back afterwards.
"What was that guy's problem?" Mario asked; referring to the 'thief'. "He just came up out of nowhere? Then he just disappears?"
Toad sighed and crossed his arms.
"That's pretty much it, Mario." Toad replied.
Luigi then glanced over at the spot where the 'thief' was floating. He blinked as he noticed something on the ground. While the toads explained what happened, Luigi walked over to the item on the ground and examined it.
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"...Well, that is very odd. Are you sure that the guy didn't really give away in evidence of why he was there?"
"...I'm sure, Princess. Why, it was just shocking to us. The bloke gave away no evidence of why he was there."
Peach sighed and ran her fingers through her hair. The whole thing really bothered her. All of a sudden everything is peaceful and then a cloaked figure comes out of nowhere? It's all too suspicious.
"I feel like there's something going on here." Mario mentioned. "(Could this be connected with the mysterious letter Luigi received this morning? It seems like it...)"
Meanwhile, Luigi gasped. And everyone else looked over in his direction.
"Luigi? What's that?" Daisy asked as she pointed at the item in his hands.
In Luigi's hands, was the exact same letter he received that morning. And he was just reading it.
"Isn't that...?" Mario inquired as he pointed.
Daisy looked over at Mario and threw her arms in the air.
"Isn't it what, Mario?" Daisy asked.
Mario shook his head and walked over to Luigi; who was shocked. Mario grabbed the letter and read it to himself. The letter was written in messy handwriting and the ink was covered in a few blood stains:
Listen closely, Luigi:
Go back to the Mansion I've rebuilt.
Do it, or you'll be SO SORRY you didn't.
...Come ALONE.
-A Ghostly Enemy...
The two princesses blinked and leaned over Mario's shoulders to see the letter. Shock and confusion made their way onto their faces as the read the letter to themselves.
"Wha-what does that mean?" Peach asked.
Continued.
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Um...yeah, there's the second chapter. :)
It might not be too good. I tried to have a little bit of action come in; it might not be good enough. -_-'
Don't worry. The whole thing with the mansion being rebuilt, will be explained; along with the mysterious person that showed up. ;)
The adventure should pick up soon. Probably the next chapter. I think.
….Well, I'm not sure when the next update will be. I'll try to update once I have the time!
Read and review! ^.^
