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Chapter 3: All in Your Head

Mario shot up panting heavily. He looked around, he was still in his house and still in his red boxers with his signature M plastered all over. He sighed, "Again? That is the third time this week." Mario jumped out of bed and changed into his usual overall outfit. He smelled the delicious aroma of breakfast being cooked and hurriedly ran into the kitchen.

"Good morning, bro."

Mario's brother, the man in green known has Luigi, turned from the stove to greet his brother. "Morning Mario," Luigi greeted. "I made your favorite: Fried Shroom and Eggs." Mario smiled and began to chow down on the succulant food.

"Bro, are you alright? You look a little pale." The silence went on for a while after the food had been served, and it just seemed to nerve wreck Luigi since it wasn't just quiet, but eerily quiet.

Mario looked at his brother, "No Luigi, I'm not. I had that dream again."

Luigi frowned, "The one about the girls?"

Mario nodded. Luigi chuckled.

"What's so funny?"

"I like the part of your dream where I had Parakarry give you the fake map to some fake mansion."

Mario rolled his eyes, "Ha ha, very funny. Now can we please get serious?"

"And it's not like anything bad happens to you so..."

"Can we move on?"

Luigi then went silent for some time, "That's three times this week, right?"

Mario nodded again, "What about you? Did you have that dream again?'

Luigi looked at his food, he slowly nodded. "Bro, I think these dreams are telling us something."

That statement puzzled Mario, "Really?"

Mario and Luigi heard the sound of an alarm go off. It startled the bros as it caused them to jump. Luigi hit his knee under the table, causing it to have that funny bone feeling. This also caused Mario's plate to fall on top of his lap, spilling everywhere on Mario. Mario jumped up and started patting his legs because I forgot to mention that the plate of fried shroom and eggs was still hot -really hot- and Mario felt the heat going through his pants. Luigi limped, still having the funny bone feeling in his knee, and finally turned off the alarm clock.

Mario stopped patting his pants as the heat subsided. "Luigi! Why did you buy the hyper-sounding-blast-Bom-omb-alarm clock MK. II! I told you not to buy it!"

"Do you know how loud you snore! I never get hear our regular alarm clock! I never get up early enough to go pick up mushrooms in the forest for breakfast! And... Mama-mia! We're late!"

"Late? Late for what?"

"Late for the consiladation party at Peach's Castle!"

It took but a few moments for the red plumber to remember what Luigi was talking about, "Mama-mia! We're going to be late!"

Mario and Luigi instantaneously ran (Luigi limped-ran, since the funny bone feeling was still present in his knee) out the door, tripping over the steps.

Then Mario remembered something, "Luigi lock the door!"

Luigi fished for the house key in his pockets that were not there. "I don't have them!"

Mario fished for the house key in his pockets, but it wasn't in there either. The two brothers rushed back into the house in search of the missing key.

15 minutes later we find Mario and Luigi in a messy house... Oh wait, it's still their house. Clothes were scattered everywhere, kitchen cabinets were open, the couch cushions were not on the couch, chairs were flipped over; basically the house looked like the end result of a Mario and Bowser fight.

Mario and Luigi rendevozued in the kitchen.

"Did you find the key, Luigi?" The answer came as a skiing of the head: A big fat no.

"Ugh!" Mario slapped his forehead and then looked at the kitchen table. Lying there was the key, clear as day. Luigi followed his brother's gaze and both wanted to kick their own butts. Luigi grabbed the key and the brothers ran out the door (The funny bone feeling in Luigi's knee subsided). The two brothers made their way into the warp pipe in front of their house that led to Toad Town.

"Peach is going to kill us for being late," Mario said.

"Correction Mario. Peach will kill me and murder you," Luigi joked.

Mario glared at him, "Shut up, Luigi." He only shrugged in response. It was probably going to be true anyway.