Black Magic

by MarioMan67

Chapter Two

After introducing the audience to the Mario Brothers, Mr. McGreen ran off stage and closed the curtain.

Backstage, he showed them all his magic tricks he had in store. Then, Mr. McGreen sho

''I've already picked the ones for you two.'' said Mr. McGreen. ''We'll start with my sword-swallowing trick. This will be the 3rd-to-last act for my magic show today. Luigi will be the one swallowing the sword.'' he said.

Luigi was nervous. ''M-Me? But-'' he stuttered.

''Yes! You seem perfect for the job.''

''But I don't know how to do that!''

Mr. McGreen replied, ''The audience dosen't care. They'll watch anything. I mean, one of you could die on stage and they would scream with enthanuism. Now, move along! Move along!

Mr. McGreen shoved the Mario Bros. onto the stage. He then walked over to them.

''Ladies and Gentlemen,'' Mr. McGreen started. ''Here are my friends, the Mario Brothers.''

The crowd screamed.

''These two will perform in the last three acts of my magic show. First up with be Luigi. Second will be Mario, and in the last act both the Brothers will appear. Hopefully, they'll live to see tomorrow.'' McGreen cackled softly.

The crowd screamed again.

''OK! Mario, step back behind the curtain! This isn't your act.''

Mario complied, rather rectulantly. McGreen went to get the sword. A few seconds later he was back again, and was ready to start the act.

''Alright. I will now put my new authentic genuine samurai sword that I just got from the mues- err... STORE. I just got it from the... Mush-Mart. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Mush-Mart.''

Luigi knew right away he was hiding something, but he didn't say anything.

McGreen continued, ''ANYWAY, I'll slip it down Luigi's gullet, and then I'll slip it back out again, no blood guaranteed.

Luigi shook and shivered.

''What are you scared of? You're a Mario Brother, you shouldn't be scared!'' yelled the Shy Guy.

''I CAN be scared!''

''Don't you dare back out, green coward! You're gonna like what I'm doing to you, no lie!'' said McGreen.

With that, Mr. McGreen shoved the sword rather roughly into Luigi's mouth. He freaked out, screaming ''Oh my god! Oh my god! Get it out! Please! I'm begging you!'', but no one heard.

McGreen shoved the sword in deeper. He didn't care for safety. He didn't like the Mario Brothers anyway, not because they were acting like prima donnas, but because he worked for Bowser, King of the Koopas part-time.

Anyway, he got the samurai sword back out, bloodied on the edge. Luigi passed out, coughing and sputtering out piles of the red stuff. Ouch.

McGreen hurriedly cleaned the sword and called for an ambulance. A few minutes later, some Koopas came and took Luigi away.

''Well, that went great, didn't it?'' asked McGreen. The audience booed.

''No! No! No! I'm sorry! I didn't mean it! Can you please~ forgive me?''

The audience clapped at the apology, even though the Shy Guy didn't put much effort or heart in it.

''YES! That's the spirit! I'll bring Mario right in and then I'll introduce my next act!''

McGreen hurried out backstage again.

To be continued...