Peach, Toadsworth, Blue, and Yellow were all in shock from the story that Melody had told them about both mansion incidents. They couldn't believe that Luigi accomplished so much in the mansion and faced so many ghosts.

Peach commented, "I can't believe it."

Melody stated, "It's all true and now, King Boo is back, wanting to - not only get rid of Mario - but the bond that he shares with Luigi."

Toadsworth breathed, "Goodness!"

Blue asked, "How is he going to do that?"

Yellow added, "Yes, how will he accomplish that by sealing Mario in Nightmare Valley?"

Melody explained, "Quite simple, with Mario in Nightmare Valley, Luigi will keep blaming himself enough to bring forth Mr. L. Since Mr. L has become sort of an advocate for the prisoners of King Boo."

"Prisoners," everyone blurted out, at the same time.

Elvin, Luigi (while carrying knocked out Mario), and Polterpup finally made it to Boo Woods. Elvin had the Poltergust 5000 on his back for Luigi. The green clad ghost hunter placed his older brother down in the pathway in front of his house as Polterpup looked worried.

The ghost researcher looked down at the paper that he had and stated, "According to my calculations, The Porthole of Light will open at dawn, right at this spot. Once it does, you jump in - taking the Poltergust 5000 and find Mario."

Luigi replied, "Sounds easy but I have a bad feeling it won't be..."

Polterpup sat next to the knocked out Mario, licking his face in worry. Luigi smiled at the sight.

Elvin smiled at the sight and changed the subject, "Have you decided on whether or not to name the little feller?"

Luigi smiled as he knelt down to Polterpup's eye level as he answered, "I've decided to name him...Spettro! That's ghost in Italian."

Spettro licked Luigi's face, loving his new name. Luigi laughed. Even though he and Elvin were worried about Mario but they knew that they were ready for anything to come their way.

Nightmare Valley, Spectral Ridge

Mario's POV

My heart was beating at fast pace. Standing there, right in front of me...was me. Or, I think it was me... His name was Red Inferno...right? He looked just like me but his appearance was a lot like Mr. L's. He was wearing dark clothes, but unlike Mr. L he has black overalls, a black undershirt, dark brown shoes, a eye mask that made his eyes appear white, dark gloves, his hat was darker and a trademark M on it but with a black covering instead of white. It couldn't be who I thought it was...could it?

Red Inferno looked over at Mr. L and asked, "W-what's he doing here?"

Mr. L answered, "Sir-jumps-a-lot? He doesn't mean you any harm, weakling-brother-of-mine."

"Weakling brother of yours," I blurted out, my jaw hitting the ground, "Do you mean to tell me that he IS me?!"

Mr. L stated, "In a way of saying. Weakling-brother-of-mine is a lot like junior, timid and scared all of the time. But when I'm in a pinch, he comes to my rescue."

Mr. M replied, "A-are you sure he's not an illusion, brother?"

As Mr. L nodded, I decided to start asking questions.

"Okay, what's going on here," I questioned Mr. L.

Mr. L answered, "Out of the loop yet again I see, sir-jumps-a-lot. You see, during the Chaos Heart incident, Dimentio - may he rest in peace until I get the real world and smash his face for betraying the count and using me - when he captured you, he wanted to see if you could join his cause without fight. Thus, he created my brother here. But when Dimentio saw that Mr. M was a lot like junior, he scrapped the idea and sent Mr. M here to Spectral Ridge. When I arrived here, I found him - barely alive and scared. Ever since then, we've stuck together. And he's going with us to where The Porthole of Light is."

Mr. M perked up at this and asked, "We're getting out of here?"

"Hopefully," I answered, making a fist.

Dimentio was SO lucky that he was dead...

Mr. L looked at me as he asked, "You okay, sir-jumps-a-lot?"

"No, I want to ring Dimentio's neck for doing that to me," I answered, getting mad.

Mr. M questioned, "D-doing what? Showing your true side? That you are just like your brother? Weak? Helpless? Scared?"

"I am not," I defended.

Mr. L stated, "I don't know about that, sir-jumps-a-lot. You and junior have been through a lot. I have most of junior's memories. I know what happened to your parents and what happened with Isle Defino."

"Wait, what happened with Luigi," I asked, now getting worried.

Mr. M started to answer, "I believe bro said something that he was..."

Mr. L interrupted, "Look weakling-brother-of-mine, let's drop it."

"Your just as sensitive as he is," I hissed at Mr. L, getting annoyed with his short answers.

Mr. L hissed right back, "Listen here, sir-jumps-a-lot, there is a feature that you keep forgetting! I AM HIM. You never saw those creepy-ghosts-with-even-creepier-smirks show you the shadow of you hanging yourself!"

"W-what," I stammered, stumbling back, in shock.

Mr. M stated, "I don't think Luigi told him that..."

Mr. L was near tears almost, which surprised me. He rarely cried...like me... This was the way Luigi wanted to be...like me... And deep down...I wanted to be like Luigi because he could freely show his emotions...

The Green Thunder replied, "There was a reason that junior didn't tell you that. Because he didn't want you to know that he was considering it WAY before I created."

AK1028: Whoa! Things are picking up and I have to say, this was the darkest thing I've ever wrote for a Mario's story and I loved it! It needed to be told to Mario and if anyone of you played Luigi's Mansion, there was a glitch in the game where you saw Luigi's shadow on the wall during the blackout in the Telephone Room. The glitch returns again in Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon where you go up the elevator in the Secret Mine with Toad in the first mission. Anyways, tell me what you think! Please read and review! And always think outside of the box!