Super Mario Bros: The dark jester: Chapter 2
Mario slowly opened his eyes, it was already light outside. He looked at the clock that hung above the door.
"It's seven o'clock in the morning.", he said in a soft tone. Mario was still half asleep.
He looked at Luigi's bed, only to discover that Luigi was not there. Mario crawled out of bed and went to the bathroom to wash and dress himself. He then went to the kitchen. Luigi was there trying to make breakfast.
"Good morning big bro"; Luigi said in an almost whispering tone. Mario studied his little brother. Luigi looked pretty pale and had bags under his eyes.
"Weege, have you actually slept last night?"; asked Mario. Mario began to worry. Luigi hardly dared to look at his older brother.
" Yes, for an hour or three, I think"; he murmured. Mario couldn't believe his ears. He walked over to Luigi and put his hand on his brother's shoulder.
Mario began to suggest, "Okay, here's the plan, the picnic only starts this afternoon. That gives you time to sleep for a few hours. I will wake you up on time so you can freshen up a little. Princess Daisy will be hysterical if she sees you like this."
Without contradicting Luigi went back to his bed. He was so exhausted that it didn't take long for him to fall asleep.
"Honestly Luigi, what is bothering you so much?", Mario muttered to himself.
He ate the breakfast, Luigi had made for him and then went to check the mail. When Mario came back inside, the phone went. Mario answerd the phone. It was Princess Peach. She had asked Mario, if she could invite Bowser. After all, Bowser was pretty quiet lately. He had even participated, the last time they raced and had a party. Princess Peach was trying, to involve Bowser as much as possible, to keep him happy and keep the peace. Mario did not have any problems with it. He himself was happy that he finally had a break from always having to fight bowser. So Mario agreed with Peach's proposal. Then he went to the couch and began to read his newspaper.
It was half past ten when Mario had finished his newspaper. He went to the bedroom to wake Luigi. Just when he wanted to open the door, he heard Luigi shout. He opened the door and went to Luigi's bed. Luigi was tossing and turning and was totally sweaty.
" Luigi? Luigi wake up, it's just a nightmare"; Mario said in a distressed tone. Luigi opened his eyes and shot in a sitting position while he was gasping for air.
"Are you alright?"; asked Mario. Luigi nodded and went to the bathroom to get ready. After an hour both brothers were ready and were on their way to the castle of Princess Peach.
Everyone was waiting for them. Peach had invited Princess Daisy, Bowser, Toad, Toadette, Yoshi and even Professor E. Gadd. The Mario brothers greeted everyone. next to the castle was a little open field that was surrounded by forest, where they will have the picnic. When they arrived at their destination, they marveled at how beautiful the field was. Everywhere grew colorful flowers and the trees that surrounded the field, made a fresh shade on a hot day. they were looking for a place in the shade under a tree and put everything ready for the picnic. Then they began to eat together and have fun. Everyone was enjoying themselves, even Luigi was relaxed for the moment. That was a relief for Mario.
After dinner they just hung around a bit. Yoshi, Toad and Toadette were playing cards, Bowser, Mario and the professor were having a conversation, The princesses were picking flowers and Luigi lay on his back in the middle of the field. He lay down with his eyes closed but he was not asleep, even though he was tired.
the princesses went to sit with Mario, Bowser and the professor.
"Mario, is there something wrong with Luigi?"; asked Princess Peach. Everyone looked at Luigi, and then to Mario.
Professor E. Gadd continued;" He's not really himself today."
Mario sighed and said;"He just barely slept last night, he was upset when we went to visit princess peach yesterday."
"I'll go talk to him"; Mario said. He was on his way to Luigi, when there was suddenly screaming behind him. He and Luigi looked at what happened. All their friends were in a big orange barrier.
"what the ... "; Luigi exclaimed. Both Mario brothers ran to their friends. They began to beat with all their might on the barrier, but it had no effect.
"Look, behind you!"; yelled peach. The Mario bro's looked behind them. On the other side of the field stood a man with a cloak. He was laughing and applauding. The mysterious person said, "so touching, I almost have to cry... almost."
"Who are you? Why are you doing this? 'Exclaimed Mario to the mysterious person.
" Me? I am the master of dimensions... Pleaser of crowds... I am... Dimentio!"; he shouted as he threw away his cloak.
Dimentio's physical appearance resembles that of a magical jester. He primarily wears a cap and cape with purple and light-yellow stripes, with the purple striped portions of the cap containing jingle bells on each end. He wears black pants and pointy-ended shoes. His face is stylized after a theatrical mask, only split in half so that the right side is white and the left side is black. The eyes likewise are differently colored: black for the right eye, and yellow for the left. His mouth is colored red and usually set in a grin.
Mario did not know what to think of the jester. But when he looked at Luigi to see what he thought of Dimentio, he was shocked. His little brother looked terrified. Even Luigi did not know why he was so afraid of the Jester, after all, they had never met before. Yet there was a place in Luigi's heart, that insisted that they've met already. Luigi decided maybe they had met in another life, which aggravated his fear. He did not know what layed ahead. But one thing was certain. Whatever would happen next, it will not be good.
****** To be continued******