Mario and the Path to Darkness

by the touched

An otherwise ordinary day in the life of Mario quickly turns into something more. Something that holds the lives of all of those in the Mushroom Kingdom and the many worlds beyond in the balance.

7. An Altered Prophecy

As the creature continued to laugh, Pit felt a chill go up his spine.

"wh.. who are you?" Pit trembled.

"Who am I?" the creature laughed,"Bleh Heh heh heh heh, Oh sorry..." then the creature bowed and tipped its hat.

"My name is Count Bleck The chosen executer of the Dark Prognosticus.. is Count Bleck! The fine fellow prophesied to come to this dimension ... is also Count Bleck!" Count Bleck said, "Bleh Heh heh heh heh BLECK!"

Pit trembled after hearing these terrible words. "Wh.. what do you want with me..."

"What do I want with you?" Count Bleck said adjusting his monocle.

"Bleh heh heh..." then Count Bleck looked confused, "You are not the one I was looking for!"

"I was supposed to go to the Mushroom Kingdom! I needed a Princess and a beastly turtle!" Count Bleck fumed

Count Bleck then pulled out a Black Book with strange runes and circular engravings upon it.

Count Bleck opened it and began consulting it, flipping through the pages as though he were looking for an answer.

Count Bleck suddenly paused flipped the book shut and then shunted it outwards into some external pocket dimension that only he could access.

Count Bleck stared at Pit long and hard and then pulled out the Black Book again and began consulting it once more.

"Ahh the Dark Prognisticus has changed it seems... Bleh heh heh heh Bleck!" yelled Count Bleck, "Even fate can not stop me, I am invincible, I am COUNT BLECK!"

Then Pit was sucked into a dark portal and began spinning around and around faster and faster until he blacked out.