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Daisy slowly opened her eyes to find that it was still dark in her room. Drowsily, she reached for her phone. Only 2:30. You have got to be kidding me. Knowing that she couldn't possibly fall back asleep, she decided to go see if Luigi was having the same issue. As she opened the door to the room that Luigi usually slept in, she was shocked to find him missing. Sure, when he left he had said that he would be out late, but she never thought he would take this long…..

In the meantime, over at Peach's castle….

Marth sat back down on the couch holding a freshly popped bowl of popcorn. Peach, not being able to fall asleep, had invited him over to watch movies. They were almost through the Lord of the Rings trilogy when Peach's phone rang.

"Who the heck is calling me at 2:45a.m.?" She asked. Annoyed, she answered her phone. "Hello-"

"Peach, I need to talk to you"

"Well you're on the phone aren't you? Spill." Peach couldn't help but worry a little at the fact that Daisy had called her for help. Daisy and Peach were cousins AND best friends, but they never let the other one know when they needed help.

"Luigi's gone. He left around 7 last night and he DID say he would be out late but it's almost 3 and he still isn't back! I called Mario and he said that Luigi had been off all day, like…. I don't know he had been really distant or something. Do you know where he might be? Oh my gosh Peach! What if something happened to him!"

"Peach you're missing the best part of the movie!" Marth yelled, temporarily forgetting that she was on the phone.

"Peach, what is MARTH doing at your house at this time of night?" Daisy asked in a condescending way. She sounded as though she was about to say more, but she must have remembered that Luigi was missing because she kept her mouth shut.

"Never mind that, so you really think that he's missing? Isn't that just a bit of an over reaction? This is Luigi we're talking about. I'm sure he just got a sudden doughnut craving and went to the bakery."

"Peach, this isn't funny. I have a really bad feeling about this. I'm over here freaking out and YOU"RE trying to make this into some big joke."

"Fine, you don't want my advice?" Peach put down the phone and was about to hang up when Marth took it.

"Daisy, its Marth. If this is worrying you that bad then I will get Ike and Roy and we will go look for him. He couldn't be that far. And this town isn't that big so it won't take long. Don't worry, we'll find him." Marth hung up before Daisy could protest.

"Marth why do you want to go look for Luigi?" Peach was confused. This didn't make much sense, especially considering that Marth and Luigi didn't particularly get along.

"It's the right thing to do. And besides, I don't think this is just some standard, middle of the night doughnut run." With that, Marth grabbed his jacket, called his brothers, kissed Peach goodbye, and left to go find Luigi.

About an hour later…..

Marth now stood face to face with the masked villain. He hadn't been 30 minutes away from Peach's castle when he was attacked. Luckily, he had met up with Ike and Roy just before that, and he wasn't alone.

Ike and Roy watched helplessly as their brother fought this mysterious attacker. The first thing the man had done when he saw that Marth had others with him was to get rid of them. Needless to say, Ike and Roy were now tied to a tree about 30 feet from where the action was taking place.

The attacker was throwing punch after punch after punch, and he was throwing them at all the same places. Clearly, an inexperienced fighter. He was someone that Marth could have easily taken down had it not been for his oath never to hurt another living thing again. The only thing Marth was doing in this fight was dodging and blocking. Easy enough, but tiring after awhile.

"Why?" Marth kept yelling between breaths.

"You know why! It has to be done and if no one else will do it then I guess it has to be done by me!"

"This doesn't make sense. You're doing this for the wrong reasons. I know I deserve this; I am not fighting you on that. But if this why your mad at me, then why are you doing the same thing?"

"Shut up, you wouldn't understand. You're just to pre occupied with your own perfect life to realize the damage that you're causing others!"

"Please just tell me why. I don't' understand-"Before Marth could say another word, the attacker pulled out a gun, and shot him through the chest.

Ike and Roy let out cries that were loud enough to be heard from Peach's castle. Mario tossed and turned in his sleep. And Peach called daisy at the exact time the bullet was shot, telling her that something was very wrong.

And as all this was going on, only the attacker could hear Marth's gasping speech. In a voice tired, and worn out, a voice that already accepted and forgiven what had happened, in that voice Marth said. "I'm so sorry….. Luigi…."

THAT'S ALL FOR NOW FOLKS!

I updated! Yay! Aren't you proud of me? XD Sorry I took so long. I finally figured out how to get the files uploaded again, but I was just too lazy to get on the computer and type. Thanks for reading this and I am sorry that it is so predictable!