Player's p.o.v.

I was getting a bit confused, actually. I felt like I was playing Portal instead of a Mario game. Then I thought that maybe these were just tutorial levels. Yeah, they introduced me to the boss fights, they introduced me to unwinable fights, they introduced a Bros. Attack, they introduced block hitting... They were tutorial levels!

"Clever thinking," I muttered.

I went through the giant door and the ominous text appeared again.

"Hee hee... You have to jump from platform to platform and press the blocks in order to open the door, and if you fall you'll have to fight several enemies. After you defeat an enemy, if you defeat an enemy, you'll have to start from the beginning, no matter how close you were. Each enemy fight will be tougher than the last! Can you make these long jumps? Ha ha ha ha!"

"Mario," Peach said, "perhaps for this puzzle you should you use the double-jump. Do you remember how to use it?" Yes. No.

I selected no, hoping that'd give me a tutorial.

"First press the R button." I pressed it. "Notice how there's a boot option on your buttons? Press the A and B buttons at the same time to jump, then press them again to do a double jump. This will help you make jumps that're twice the range of a regular jump."

This wasn't as cool as the spin jump from Dream Team, but I found it just as useful. So, with this ability, I was able to clear the room.

"Damn it!" the ominous text read. "Fine, but the next room will be your downfall!"

The next room was filled with rocks and bottumless pits.

"You just-a threw this together at the last-a minute."

"SHUT UP AND SOLVE IT!"

Before I could, though, a Goomba popped up and attacked me. It played like a normal Goomba, except that at the end we got hammers!

"Finally!" I cried.

Luigi's p.o.v.

I was able to use the hammer to break the rocks, and then we used our double jump to get to the next platform. Man, was I glad to be using the hammer again! I'm a skilled hammer man, and I always used the hammer to fight for some reason.

"A-wow," Mario said. "You a-suck at death traps."

"SHUT UP!"

"Mario!" I whimpered. "Don't make him mad, he might kill us!"

"Hey, Luigi," Ghost said, "what makes you think he'll kill you? You two have defeated enemy apon enemy, what would make him any different?"

"This one might be-a stronger."

"Hm. True. But don't worry! Now you've got me helping you!"

"Uh, sure..."

I was actually curious about this woman. She didn't seem to be helping us at all, but she didn't seem to be doing us any harm. I was still a little intimidated by her, but not much. I still thought she was a ghost, and actually forgot what the name she told me.

Then I thought about something. I was extremely wild with my hammer earlier. I'm usually not so wild with my hammer, I'm usually light with it and let gravity do 80% of the job. Was that her doing? Had she posessed me?

"HA HA HA HA! Okay, this next puzzle will be your demise!"

"I-a doubt it," Mario said. "Let's-a go."

"Hee hee hee... you have to defeat one million monsters... in one minute."

"WHAAAAAT!?"

"GO!"

The timer started. My body suddenly started moving on its own, and I used my hammer to hit a couple Goombas. Mario and Lady Peach proceeded to jump on the Goombas and squash them.

Peach caught fire and burned some Koopas.

"YOU HAD TO PUT US THROUGH THIS!?"

"L-Lady Peach, c-calm down!"

"Hey, I'm the one controlling you three!" Ghost said.

"Huh- WHAAAA!" A Goomba jumped on me.

Mario jumped on it, squashing it along with my stomach.

"You alright-a?"

"A-no..."

"HOW ARE YOU DOING THIS IN THE RPG GAMEPLAY STYLE!?" Ghost cried. "DON'T HURT LUIGI, DAMN IT! I CAN'T HEAL YOU BOYS!"

"Shut up, woman!" the anonymous voice cried.

Lady Peach slowly shifted her head towards the ceiling.

"Excuse me...?"

"Momma mia," we said.

She literally caught the entire place on fire.

Player's p.o.v.

The fight had ended, and the entire room was on fire.

"You dare tell me to shut up...!?"

"I uh, think he was talking to m-" I remembered only Luigi could hear me.

Luigi's textbox popped up.

"MS. GHOST! HEEEELP!"

"This is a cut scene, I can't do anything."

"Special one, c-calm down...!"

Peach calmed down, angrily panting.

"Augh... ... Oh, did we win?"

I sighed. Typical Peach. "Well, Mr. Ominous voice!" I said. "What easy-ass puzzle do you have for us next!?"

"... ... That was it, actually."

"A-really?"

"Yeah, uh... I was hoping you would die, so um... Yeah. Freedom for you."

The screne turned white, and then the trio was cut back to the overworld with the guy Kick called Psy right next to them with his head drooped.

"AH! Psy!?"

"... J-just because you beat my puzzles doesn't mean this is over! I'll get what I want! My crystal ball said!"

"PSYYYYYY!" Kick popped up and kicked Psy to the ground. "I'M TIRED OF YOU AND YOUR GARBAGE! YOU'RE COMING BACK TO THE HOUSE, AND LIVING A NORMAL LIFE, YOU GOT IT!?"

"... No... My crystal ball... said I would succeed..." He grabbed Kick. "And that you will die, Kick!" And they faded out.

Peach's textbox popped up.

"What happened?"

"... Let's-a focuss on getting you hidden." He swooped her up, and the game started playing normally.

I moved them forward, and finally we'd approached those yellow robot block things (I don't know what they're called) and one of their textboxes popped up.

"You're late."

"We're-a sorry, we were having some difficulties."

"Alright. Up here is the cave."

I knew the rest of the plot would be unfolding soon. (Aka next chapter)