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Chapter 9

If what Mr. L was implying was indeed true, then I did not have time to waste. The only problem was knowing where exactly where to go. Unconsciously, I started to run back to the direction from which I came from.

And then it hit me: I knew exactly where I had to go.

"Gwa ha ha. Come on out Luigi, where are you hiding!" Fire flew expelled from the mighty King Bowser's mouth; in turn the fire would burn and destroy everything in its path...including those caught in it.

And the sad part is that Bowser seemed not to care at all.

"You stupid Toads," he hollered, "Where are you hiding him? I swear that I will burn you all if none of spill it!" Bowser jumped into the air and came crashing down on a random toad house, totally destroying it all together.

Bowser suddenly heard a crack behind him, and he only smirked and did not even turn around, "Decided to show up, eh?"

I eyed him hatefully and gritted my teeth, "Bowser," I started not making a single crack in my tone, "Why?"

Bowser finally turned and eyed me, "Like I written to you from the previous night..." He paused momentarily just to take in happily my angered reaction, "I am going to hurt you by hurting everyone else around you, hero..." He purposely slurred the last word in his sentence, to antagonize me.

And it worked.

I shot a fireball at him, but he smiled and simply swatted it away with his barred claws. "It is payback time, plumber."

Bowser was quick to rush forward and take a swipe at me, I was able to unleash my hammer quick enough to parry the attack. I took a swing at him but he only parried the hammer like I did to him before. I again tried to swing for him but he actually kicked my hammer out of my hand, and then he bashed me into the ground. Not only did he keep bashing me, but he continued to keep bashing me...

And again.

And again.

And again.

Until I could not feel my back, nor feel anything anymore.

When I finally came to, I had absolutely no clue where I was. I tried to remember what happened previously before, but the whole thing irritated my head to the point of migraine.

"So you awaken sleeping beauty?"

That voice! Was it...? Oh no, I remember now...

"Indeed she wakes, how is the princess feeling?"

His voice was so chillingly calm that it disgusted me, "What do you want with me?"

Mr. L gave a pleasant and calming smile that only sent chills down my spine, "You exactly, nothing." He strolled to the other side of the room where a bar is located and carefully poured to glasses of Tasty Tonics, "It is more of what relation you have with someone else." He strolled back this way and offered me one of the Tasty Tonics, "Drink?"

I angrily swatted the drink away as I got up because it was not like I was chained to the wall or anything, "No, but I am not going to play bait for you."

Not waiting for his reply, I sprinted for the door with my crystallized arm and broke it down. I ran through the broken doorway and into really dark hallway, "This whole place is dark," I mumbled angrily as I took an immediate right. This whole place was sinisterly dark, yet I could clearly see my way through.

The one thing I hated more than Mr. L right now was the fact that I had no idea where in the whole wide world I was going; every turn led to another hallway, every hallway led to a dead end. Honestly, I was becoming frighten of this place. I was alone in an unknown environment, no one to hold on to, no one around. Truth be told, I felt tears forming from the bottom of my eyes. I missed the good old days where I used to race in Mario Grand Prixs, I missed playing Mario Parties, I missed playing sports with everybody, I missed Toadette, I missed Peach...

But the most important person I miss most of all would be Luigi. I missed holding him, I missed his laughter, heck I even missed his blushes.

Would I ever be able to escape this horrid place? I was beginning to lose hope all together.

But then I went through yet another door and found the outside...only for this way to be yet another dead end- and as I looked over the edge of the end, it seemed like a bottomless pit. I fell to my knees, and felt crushed beyond anything I have ever felt before.

"This place is known as Castle Bleck," I heard Mr. L suddenly from around behind me, "You could also call it my birthplace." I heard Mr. L footsteps edge closer to me ( I really did not care at this point what happened to me), "And princess, you are stuck here."

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