Ahhh…I shall put up as many chapters as I can tonight!

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Chapter 3: Heroes…Right?

"These…are…………heroes?" Tori blinked. "Uh…"

The first one - who, as Tori had heard from the other, was Mario - was short and chubby. He wore red overalls over a blue shirt. Over his dark brown hair, he wore a red cap with an "M" on it. He had a black moustache as well. His blue eyes were glaring at Tori because of her comment.

"Heh…" Tori scratched her head, nervously. "W-what I mean is um…"

Mario turned to the other "hero". He was as tall as Tori. He had the same kind of outfit as Mario, but his overalls were green. His green hat, over his black hair, had an "L" on it. His darker blue eyes looked back at Mario a little worriedly. He, too, had a moustache.

"Come on, Luigi," Mario turned and began to walk away.

"But Mario…" Luigi began, as he followed Mario.

"Um…wait!" Tori went after them. "Are you…I mean…where are you going?"

"Back to the Mushroom Kingdom," Luigi answered.

"Sounds…perfect…" Tori's eyes sparkled dreamily. Then, she grabbed Mario by the shoulders, he seemed to be a leader of sorts. "You HAVE to take me with! I need another world! If I stay here, I'll go insane!"

"Are you sure you're not already?" Mario murmured. Luigi shot him a glare. "I mean…sure, you can come with."

Tori smiled and followed them.

"Are you sure you want to come?" Luigi asked, worried. "It could get dangerous…"

"You act like we're going on a battle field!" Tori laughed.

"Well, it isn't one, but it's close!" Luigi's voice shook a bit.

"I-I should be fine!" Tori bluffed. "I - oh!"

"What is it?" Mario turned to her.

"He took my PSP! Koopa, you CREEP!" she yelled back down the alley.

"There it is!" Mario pointed to a manhole. "Now we go down-"

"What," Tori looked at them with skepticism.

"What's wrong?" Luigi asked, both he and Mario looked confused.

"You're kidding, right?" Tori's right eye twitched a bit. "Is this some kind of sick joke?"

"What are you talking about?" Mario raised an eyebrow. "This is the way back." He motioned to the manhole, then jumped in. Tori ran up to the manhole and looked in. There was no sound of Mario landing on the bottom. No SIGHT of the bottom either.

"Come on," Luigi grabbed Tori's arm and jumped in.

"If this is a trick," Tori glared at him, "you two will be….sorry? Huh?"

They had come out of a pipe and into a beautiful land with vast fields and clouds and trees with eyes. Tori stared all around and stood up, her eyes glimmering.

"This…is…" she was speechless, "……great…."

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I think this'll be the last one today. I'm getting tired.