Luigi looked at Mario as the fire was glowing that night. Polterpup was by the fire, curled up in a ball, enjoying the flames coming from the fire.

Luigi stated, "Malleo, I did some investigating around the castle grounds and found a tunnel. I followed and it leads right into the castle. I think it might be safer and quieter for us to take that route then storming the castle. We would get ambushed the minute we get in deep."

Mario thought about this for a minute.

He replied, "Actually, that sounds good Weegie. Glad that you are using your head."

Luigi smiled as he 'petted' Polterpup and responded, "Well, we only want answers, it isn't like we are actually going to battle Fawful directly."

Mario nodded and commented, "Yeah, you're right. You are a good leader, Luigi."

'Actually, it was Vi's idea but I can't let Mario know that,' Luigi thought as he reflected on how he met Violet Ice.


...

It was a typical day in the Mushroom Kingdom, years ago. Luigi Manfredi was asleep at the mansion that Professor E Gadd built for him after he had defeated the ghosts and turned them back into paintings. That incident was about a few months ago and Mario still didn't remember what happened. Luigi was quite relieved, he really didn't feel like talking about the mansion to Mario. He barely liked talking about it to anyone since no one really knew except Elvin.

He was scared that he was going to lose his brother. He was scared that he wasn't going to save the day. He was worried...that he would never get the chance to be the hero. Anyways, Luigi finally woke up and decided to go for a little walk. It had been day 3 in Mario's adventure to rescue Peach (again). Luigi had to stay behind, much to his own dismay. He wanted to prove that he was also a hero. That's when he heard something.

"Help," someone yelled.

Luigi quickly sprang into action, running towards the sound. That's when he came across a very scared 19 year old girl, with shoulder length brown hair, green eyes, wearing a purple short sleeved shirt, a purple skirt, and purple shoes. She was gripping onto a railing, dangling over the river. Luigi ran over and grabbed her wrist. Luigi was surprised that she was pure human...except for her whiter skin. She wasn't a toad, that much he knew. So who was she?

Right now, he had to focus on saving her.

"Hold on, miss," he stated, in his strong Italian accent.

He pulled her up and she was instantly out of danger. Luigi panted as the girl went over to him.

She asked, "Are you okay?" He answered, panting, "Y-yes..."

She smiled as she nodded. Luigi thought she had a great smile.

He asked, "Who are you?"

"My name is Violet Calico," she answered, looking at him with her green eyes. He smiled at the innocence.

Violet looked around in puzzlement and asked, "Where are we? Is this Earth?"

"No, this is Mushroom Kingdom," Luigi answered.

Violet was in shock as she breathed, "B-but, I was in Chicago a few minutes ago!"

Luigi took her hands into his and replied, "The same happened to Mario and me when we first came. But we came heroes of the kingdom."

"Who are you," Violet asked.

"Luigi Manfredi," Luigi answered, "And I will train you, just in case."

The next few days, Luigi and Violet started to train together. Luigi was a bit timid to train with Violet, since she was a girl. But that quickly faded when she got out a strange device she called an I-Pod and chose their training music. She chose a song she called 'I'll make a man out of you'. Luigi wondered why she chose that as he tossed her a pole and they started their combat. Luigi was impressed with Violet's movements, she moved pretty well.

Violet felt the same about Luigi, they were pretty evenly matched. She explained to him how she had a black belt in karate and in several other martial arts. She also told him that she came from a broken home. Her parents were divorced and her half sister wasn't always there for her. So she had to learn things on her own. She had no friends or much of anything back home. Luigi felt bad for her because he was the same. He hadn't much of a family either.

All - of course - except his older twin brother, Mario. However, Violet had no one to turn to unlike the green clad man. 'I am blessed,' Luigi thought. Anyways, Luigi summoned his green thunder, which threw Violet off. Luigi face palmed as she cringed from the thunder strike. It wasn't gonna be very easy to train... They worked on speed, they worked on strength, they worked on endurance. Violet, even though she was tired, wasn't giving up.

Luigi was surprised by this but kept going with his training, keeping his head in the game. He knew what he had to do if she didn't start improving soon... Luigi shot a bow into a wooden pole and asked Violet to retrieve it with two weights on her wrists. Every time she tried to do that, she would wind up falling off or down. She groaned, this wasn't going to be easy at all. But that's the way she wanted it. She wanted to be treated like an equal.

They fished together, practice dodging targets and fireballs, everything that Luigi could think of to help Violet figure out if she had powers. So far, nothing was happening. She rolled her eyes, annoyed but she wasn't giving up. One time during training, Violet had passed out on Luigi and he had to carry on without her. She lowered her head in same, knowing that she would probably have to leave for home soon. But there was one more thing she had to try.

She grabbed the weights and climbed the pole. By the time Luigi got up in the morning, the arrow was dropped down to his feet as he saw Violet on top of the pole. He smiled. She did it. Ever since then, the training went a lot smoother as Violet kept improving. That's when she discovered her powers instantly, acting like Luigi's green thunder and Mario's red fire. However, her element was purple ice. Luigi helped her control her powers, much like he did with his.

At the end of the training session and true to his word, Luigi was planning to tell Violet all about the mansion, since he promised to tell her. But she was so badly beaten and bruised, Luigi allowed her to stay longer. Luigi knew that she needed a friend right now as much as he did. He took Violet to his room and let her rest there as he took the couch. He let total exhaustion take over his body, having forgotten all about Mario and his rescue mission to save Peach.

A few weeks later, Luigi bought Violet a hat with a snowflake on it which was similar to his and Mario's. He also got her a mask.

Violet smiled as she asked, "Why did you get this? It wasn't apart of the deal."

"I don't care about the deal, I care about you," Luigi answered.

Violet stated, "Thank you, Weegie."

Luigi was about to say something but teased her instead and replied, "Welcome, Vi."

And that's when the nickname stuck as well the name Violet Ice.


AK1028: Well, there you have it! How Luigi and Violet met! How was it? Let me know! Please read and review! And always think outside of the box!