The Perfect Diamond
Chapter 10
? Pov
"Wait, come back!" I cried, after the man running into what I thought the people of this planet called a forest. It took some time until he disappeared. I turned back to see what my new surroundings were, grass below my feet, trees which were as large as a house! Everywhere I looked there was luscious green plants and life. It looked beautiful. However, I looked into the sky to see swirls of colour and the stars merged together and the planets appeared as if they were going to smash into this world! *Oh, no. What have they done!* I thought as I got up from the ground and dusted myself off, where I had made quite a large crater, to say the least. *I thought that they would let me go, like they did too - but apparently not. 'sigh' Nothing seems to be going right for me recently... Hang on, with me making such a loud racket WHY hasn't anyone came out to see what's happening?* I had expected people to come out, I decided to go to them instead and ask if I could have a place to sleep for the night.
First I went to house number 25 to ask. However, when I went to the door... no one answered. *Maybe they are deep sleepers, I'll try another house* So, I quietly went to house 35 instead. *Hopefully they will be light sleepers, not like the other house* I wishfully thought as I went to the door and rang the doorbell.
No answer.
*I'll.. try again*... no answer still. I waited and waited, but still no sound of the door unlocking. *I can't stay out here! What happens if they find me!* I started to panic at that point. I didn't want to be caught.. no, I couldn't be caught... if I was... no, it's too traumatising to consider. I wasn't thinking properly anymore, so I rushed to the closest house.. number 11, and frantically knocked as loud as I could. I knocked so loudly it echoed through the whole town... but STILL no answer! Something wasn't right. Instead of tapping on doors all night, I decided to look through the window of the house. I knew I shouldn't, I felt like a peeping tom, but I had to know what was going on. Bright lights, a large earthquake, also a massive HYPERNOVA should have been enough to wake everyone up, and they STILL slept right through it! It didnt make any sense to me.
I was able to find a crack in the curtains and peeked through, and what I saw.. was shocking. I was able to see stars, like on my dress, in their ears acting as ear plugs. *Oh no... no no no NO! This was the LAST thing I needed, where can I hide now! Oh come on, think... I know, the person who ran in the forest! Maybe he can help me, well I think it was a he anyway.* I rushed back to the grassy area I was in before and found the path through the trees. Without even thinking, I rushed in to find the person before and hopefully get help.
The forest I ran into, made me feel as if I was transported to another dimension. The bright moonlight was somehow able to penetrate the canopy of leaves the trees created, it was the embodiment of beauty and took my breath away. No sound could be heard in the forest, except the sound of my brown boots as I walked through this place where trees called their home. This was until I heard...*Muffled sobs?* I thought as I got closer and closer. I thought the source of the sound was a small cave in the middle of the forest. I peaked through the entrance to find... the one who saved me!
However, I wasn't the only one who was seen. He freaked out and turned to the corner, making his self as small as he could be.
"Oh, I didn't mean to scare you! *Why do I sound so formal, I hate it!* I added in my head. I... I didn't know what to the do, I thought it would be easy but life never goes easy for me. I brushed that thought aside, I needed to help him, even if I didn't know him. "E-Excuse me, can I sit down?" I tried to ask politely. He silently nodded, so I sat down not too far away from him. "I wasn't able to interduce myself before. My name is Stara, what's your name?"
"I don't like my name" he replied with no emotion in his voice. His crying died down into sniffles.
"Oh, ok.. em... I, just.. wanted to say thank you for saving me back there! I really needed it."
"I-I wasn't meant to do that" This time with more thought put into the sentence.
"Why not... Did someone tell you, you couldn't, or-"
"No... yes, maybe?.. C- can you be more specific?" Finally, I was getting to him. I just wanted to talk to someone, anyone who could understand what I was going through. For his sake and mine.
"Well... What I mean by is... Did someone tell you that you couldn't do... that, but could in emergencies?" I asked him, based on my past experiences.
"...Yes.. I was. I was only told to... do that for a final resort. However, I-I don't even know how I did it. That came out of nowhere!" He was used hand gestures like a pro, it made me realise just how frustrated and confused he was.
"Hang on, if you can't use your.. let us call ability but can only use them for emergencies? Then HOW can you use them for emergencies, if you don't know how to control it?! It makes no sense."
"I- never thought about it until now," He said, "But how am I going to learn how to control it?"
"Well.. maybe I can teach you" I offered. I knew my way through things like this, so this wasn't out of my league.
"N-no! You can't!" He cried
"Why not? I don't have to if you don't want to."
"No... I-I want to learn, but I can't"
"Why not?"
"Because I can't!" It this point, I was getting confused. First, I had no idea what he wanted. Did he want me to teach him or not? Secondly, how could he do something like that? I had never seen a human do something as amazing like it before, something wasn't right.
"This isn't answering ANY of my questions. We are just going around in circles! I don't know your name, I have no idea how you could do something like... that. I don't know if you want training or not, it's getting confusing! How can I help you if you won't TELL me!" He started to laugh at my frustration and the situation, and I couldn't help but to laugh as well. Our laughing made such a racket it could have woken the neighbours, luckily the neighbours were only birds. I remembered the most important objective I ha to complete before I could do anything else.
"Hey er.. can I ask you something?"
"If you want to. I don't know if I can help you though, I normally can't" He replied. Putting himself down, showing he was insecure of himself. Maybe I could help him with that as well.. if I have time.
"I wanted to ask if you knew anyone called Luigi, he-" I saw his eyes widen with a shock and disbelief, as if he saw something truly amazing.
"It-it's you!" He yelled as he ran and embraced me. "I thought you sounded familiar!" I was in shock myself... I finally found him.
"I... I can't believe it! I finally found you!" I cried. Soon after, Luigi let go and stepped back. I was now able to see him properly. He was wearing navy blue overalls, a green shirt, brown work shoes, white thick gloves and a green hat with an white L on it which was inside a white circle. He also had a black moustache and a large nose. Finally, his eyes were a light blu... something was off with them. I could feel as if they weren't his real eye colour but that wasn't a concern for now. I couldn't see his hair from this angle but I knew it fitted with the rest of his getup. "I've been longing for the day I would finally get to meet you in person! And I will say, it was worth the wait." Luigi just smiled at me and gestured for me to sit down next to him.
We talked and talked and talked for hours on end. Catching up on life and what each other have been up to. Except for me. I didn't want to talk about it... yet. It.. was too early and I just wanted to be friends. We eventually finished talking about how 'people have serious problems that make them look creepy' , Luigi then checked the time on his watch.
"My, It's 4am in the morning!"
"What! Where did the time go! Well, we better get you home."
"Hang on. Get me home, how about you?"
"Well...Wait. Are you saying that I am allowed to stay at yours?"
"What do you think I was trying to say? I may not know where you live, but considering you haven't tried to see me for so long, that means you don't live close to here. So, your'e going to need a place to stay for as long as you're staying in these parts."
"Thank you, I do need a place to sleep. But, I don't honestly think a sofa will be suitable and I'll be in your way. I could stay someplace else."
"No, you won't be in the way and besides, in the house, there is a spare bedroom we never use. You can sleep in there if you want to of course. Also, hopefully, my brother will be ok with that"
"Wait.. you have a brother? Oh, I should have known... oops."
"That's ok, but I don't think we should go tonight."
"Why not? Oh, please don't send me on the speech roundabout again!"
"Hahaha, probably! I just... don't want to go back" He looked away when he said that. Telling me he was lying.
"Well, we can't stay in the middle of a dark forest all night! Unless you want to stay with the creepy crawlies scurrying on the floor of course." I knew he would shiver when I said that, *I know you too well* I thought to myself as I saw Luigi searching the floor for these insects.
" 'sigh' you know me too well.. b-but..."
"But what? Are you worried about what your brother will think if he sees me staying at your house?"
"NO no it's not that... ok, maybe a little."
"Called it!"
"However, that isn't the... main reason why I don't want to go home. It's because I... don't want Mario to find out that I can do something like that. His reaction could lead to things going out of balance."
"Out of balance?"
"Yes, er" *how do I explain this* He thought before an idea came into view. "Well, it workes like this" Luigi stood up and grabbed a good stick which would hopefully not break the second it hit the ground and kneeled down in an area in the cave that had soft earth. "You see the world stays in this kind of motion.. this system if you will. An example of this would be... nature. Nature is structured by the Fibonacci sequence, you know that right?" He questioned.
"Yes, I do! I'm surprised that YOU know that, you didn't learn that at school did you?"
"No, we didn't for some reason. I only found out because... my.. family told me."
"Cool. I'm very interested in this topic, would the examples of the Fibonacci sequence be pine cones, trees and even when we clench our hands into a fist. Was that the evidence you were given and shown?"
"Indeed it was, how did you know?"
"Well because we were taught that at school. Exactly like that, very interesting." I replied
"Anyway, like I was saying. All of nature is made up of the Fibonacci sequence and not just the examples we just said. This system could be the same as the Fibonacci sequence but it's just a theory." At this point in the discussion, Luigi started to draw a large triangle with 3 smaller triangles around the edges, leaving only one triangle in the middle. "I haven't come up with a name for this but I'll figure it out in time. Now first," He pointed to the first triangle on the left. "This triangle is called 'courage'. The second triangle," Luigi then pointed to the triangle on the right "is called 'wisdom' and finally, the triangle at the top is called 'power'. Now, I believe this system is embedded in our lives one way or another. It's like the second bread and butter to our personality. Not only that but it fits with the Fibonacci sequence quite nicely. This is because this is the second step of finding out who you are. The first thing would be which day you were born on and time you were born. Even time is considered because even if the time is a couple of minutes off. It can change many things like where your planets are located on your star chart. The second step would be this system I have drawn here. This is the basics of the personality. The summed up conclusion of who you are as a person. However, as humans want more detail about who we are, we added more to the chart. So then we onto the third step. This step would be the elements because 3 visible triangles plus the 2 important facts about your birth, would be 5 elements to work with, this is how the Fibonacci works. 1+1 = 2, 2+ 1 = 3, 2+ 3 = 5 and so on and so forth. Anyway, the five elements can fit into the system as well. Except for one of them but we will come back to that later.
Let's start with the easiest of the three, 'power'. Power is obviously the strongest of the two but the others balance it out so if this triangle gets unstable, it can be stopped but only if the two work together. The element for this triangle would be fire, the strongest (on its own) and most dangerous element if it gets out of control. However, the same as the system, it can be stopped if it gets out of balance by the other elements. The next triangle to tackle would be 'wisdom'. This triangle holds great power and is most connected to the 5th element. This triangle piece represents physical but also inner wisdom. You could be one or the other. This links to the elements because the elements in this category is water and air. Yes, it's both as one represents the physical side of the wisdom, the other represents the inner wisdom. This triangle also comes with healing which links to the water and also telepathic abilities which link to air and the 5th element. As air is the strongest link to the 5th element than any other. Finally the final triangle 'courage', the hardest to give a definition on as it is one which is shrouded in rumours. However, this personality trait is the most well known just by name alone. Only the true holder of this personality trait knows it's full power. The element in this category is earth as this personality trait is stubborn as a rock but knows true evil when seen by their eyes. Not a lot of information is known about this triangle shard but it will be figured out in time." I looked at him with shock and disbelief! However, I wasn't able to evaluate as Luigi carried on.
"With ALL these elements in each category, you would think that whatever place you're in. That is the element you can bend, right? However, this is far from the truth. That is why the fourth step is the 13/12 zodiac signs. I shall not go in detail as this is very well known. The final fifth step is the star chart, this star chart can change depending on:
. Which astrology you use; sidereal and tropical. If you want to know, sidereal is much more accurate than tropical.
. Your date of birth
. Your time of birth
. Where you were born
All of this information is important for making a star chart. Again, I shall not go in detail because it gets confusing. Basically, the star chart tells you where all the planets are located in each zodiac sign and how many planets, comets and stars are in each element. The more planets in the element, the more it takes a role in your life. This also effects which element your more likely able to bend. Not only that, but it links to your personality which all links back to the beginning of the system of triangles." I was SHOCKED, to say the least. I didn't know a SINGLE person to know ALL that, even at home! How did he know ALL that as WELL as the triangular pendulum of personality!
"...Y.o.u k.n.o.w... ALL OF THAT!" I cried it just made no sense.
*No one here should know this, why does he? Maybe that's why we clicked when I first saw him.*
"Yea... what's wrong with that?"
"Nothing, it's just... NO KNOW KNOWS ABOUT IT!" Luigi fell on his back shocked by my outburst. I giggled and continued as he gets up. "You know the triangular pendulum of personality! Who told you this? I NEED to meet them!" I saw his face go from happy and surprised, to miserable in less than 2 milliseconds fast. "What's wrong, I.. didn't mean to-"
"...N-o... it's not your fault. It's my fault that I can't let it go..." At that very moment, I knew what he meant.
"Oh... I..."
"Can we talk about what you were saying before?" he muttered
"Yea, that's a better idea. So... I was saying that not many people know about triangular pendulum of personality. Very complicated name but it's easy to understand. Not like everything else, simple name but hard to understand. So what you are saying is basically, if one of the triangles is out of balance... then it is the job of the others to sort it out... right?"
"Yes that's what I was trying to say, but it came out a bit unclear. So if you want to ask questions, go ahead."
"I have two in fact. First, what happens if ALL of the triangles go out of line? My second question is what is the 5th element you were talking about before. I already know the answers of the two but I want to hear your explanation. You're just so fascinating!" I saw my friend put on a small smile.
"Realy! Well, the 5th element is associated by many different names like space, void, zero, spirit and finally the one we here call it 'Star'. This element represents all of the other elements as it's the origin of them. As stars are considered the building blocks of the universe and have made loads of the elements in the periodic table. You know the table I'm assuming."
"Yep, I researched it in my own time"
"Good, so 'star' has a bit of each element in it. However, star is the hardest element to master and understand. The other name for it is spirit and here's why. Star represents not only the other elements but the spiritual side as well. An example of this would be using cosmic energies. Basically, star represents magic which isn't physical like telepathy. It's kind of confusing so-"
"No, I get it. Thank you for explaining it, this element is much more of not thinking and doing scenario. So don't worry about understanding it. All you need to know is it represents every other power that the other 4 elements can't explain.
"You know how to put it into a definition?"
"Yea, it's easy to put it into words when you can do it" I replied not knowing what I just said before it was to late.
"Wait... You can actually do it!"
*Oh NO! What have I done!* I thought "Em... can we just go on the other question please?" I desperately asked.
"Oh, ok"
*That.. was close* I thought as Luigi answered my other question.
"So, if all the triangles go out of line, the triangle in the middle has to sort it out. The middle triangle represents what keeps all the others in place. Without it, things would get out of hand. The element in this triangle is Star. As it links to all the other elements and triangles but also keeps its self apart from the others. It only comes in if everything is not in balance." I saw that he was happier now, more content with life. So I asked the same question I asked before.
"It's quite late now, are you really do go home now?" Luigi's eyes widened in shock.
"...N-o.. not yet. I want to talk to you more, I-" His sentence was cut out by a yawn, telling me we had to get to bed.
"Come on, you're tired and it's late. It is time to get you home" I replied as I got something out of my pocket. This thing was a small yellow star, I threw it outside the cave. When the star hit the ground, it appeared larger and was floating above the ground. This was my method of transportation.
"W-where did that come from?"
"It came from my pocket, if you want to know, this is how I got here in the first place. I made this myself in secret, it ha-" I was cut short by Luigi yawning. "I'll.. tell you tomorrow. Your tired, I'm tired now.. it isn't the right time to be ranting on about this." I replied as I waited for Luigi to hop onto the star... but he didn't. "Come on! Hop on, I can't wait here all night!" He jumped back when I blasted out my frustration. When I noticed him back off from the noise, I was confused. *I didn't shout that loudly... did I?* " Oh, I didn't know you were scared of loud noises. I-I'll remember next time, sorry I am quite loud" I admitted.
Now.. when I look back at this moment, I always face palm myself for not noticing the connections from the very beginning. I should have known from this very moment WHY Luigi was considered, 'abnormal' by everyone, even his family considered him weird! When actually, WE were the ones who were ignorant and foolish. WE were the ones who couldn't accept people who were different, and WE were the ones who pushed them away, the ones who abused them AND made THEM feel that they were a waste of space! However, WHO is actually 'normal'? WHAT makes a person 'normal' or 'abnormal'? WHO made the rule of this duality from the very beginning?... So many questions that lead to a dead end.
"Oh, s-sorry" He was shaking after I said that.
*For grambi sake, 'sigh' I should be VERY careful about what I say in the future* I thought as Luigi tried his very hardest to clamber onto the star, which just resulted of him kicking his legs like a lunatic.
"Hahahaha come-come here" I continued to laugh as I stumbled to where the problem was playing out. "Up..sy daisy" I cried as I pushed Luigi up onto the bright star... "Luigi!"
"Whaaaat?"
"You're in the way! I also have to get up as well you know" Luigi looked down to find that he was lying flat with his arms straight out, taking all the space available.
"...Oops, sorry" He rolled to the left so there would be space for me to hop aboard. I jumped on.. causing the star to wobble slightly...
"Aaaaah! Please be more careful!" Luigi cried as he held onto dear life!
"Hahahaha, come here!" I helped him from his wobbly predicament. I turned around so I could see where I was going before we set off. "Hold on tight, I'm still not 100% perfect at this yet". Before Luigi could reply, I shifted my body forward and we zoomed into the night.
"Wooh, how fast does this go?" I looked at him and smiled.
"This thing can go... let us say quite fast but I shall not say as it would ruin someone's equation" I didn't want to say much more than that.
Soon enough we were floating above the town I was in before, however, I couldn't see a lot because none of the street lamps were on. "We'll soon fix that," I remarked out loud as I summoned some small fireballs and shot them at the candles, which make them light up in an instant. Now the place was awe-inspiring, it was bright but not too bright. It was a great contrast from where I came from... let's just say that EVERYTHING shined and glowed! "Ahhhh... that's better"
"H-How did you do that!?"
"Fire bending, you know that don't you?" I was surprised as he was talking about it before.
"Yes, I do know fire bending. My brother does it all the time, I just didn't know there were other moves you can do with it."
"Oh, your brother can do fire bending?" *That was a first, I haven't heard of Luigi talking about his brother before when I was 'taking' to him. So maybe he is opening up a bit, I'll keep that in mind* I added in my mind.
"Yep, it is strange that he doesn't use it a lot, he always uses a fire flower instead, even though he can use the abilities without it."
"Strange, maybe because he wants to hide it? I don't know, let's hang on to that thought. Anyway, where do you live?" I ask obviously because if I didn't know where he lived then how could I get there?
"It's just one mile away from Toad Town, just follow the path"
*So, the town is called Toad Town, I wonder if the inhabitants are called Toads as well?*
"In the town, are the citizens called Toad by any chance?"
"...Yep, all of them are"
"Wait, WHAT?! ALL of them... are called TOAD?!
"It does get confusing, that's why if I have to go to a specific Toad, you always refer them as the job they do. Except for the royal retainer. We just call him Toad, so you can say he is THE Toad."
"Ooooooookkk then. Hang on, we must be close to your house by now."
"It's just there" Luigi replied as he pointed to the small cottage, quite far away from Toad Town.
*Note to self, ask Luigi tomorrow why the house is so far away from town.*
As we came into the front garden of the small home, I had a strange tingling feeling that told me somethings from my world and his would never be the same again, just by me coming here. I brushed that tingling aside as I stopped the star and let Luigi hop off, and he did so with style. He then turned around and offered his hand to me, I grabbed it as I jumped off. Landing almost on my bottom. Thank goodness Luigi was there to hoist me back up again "Sorry, I am not good at landings yet"
"I guess we both have something to work on" I smiled at him as we went to the front door, Luigi opening it with his key and we walked inside (Luigi let me go first with the hand gesture)
Luigi turned on the lights and was blinded by them... well.. I was anyway. The hallway was small but welcoming, not a speck of dust to be found. On my right on the far wall was the staircase with a with a picture of a tree on a hill. On my left were the living room and the kitchen. Luigi walked in front of me and started getting the sofa ready. I knew that I would have to sleep on it tonight, so as he was doing that, I went looking around the living room in more detail. There was a log fire and a mantelpiece with some pictures on it. One was Luigi with a man in red (who was about 4 or 5 inches smaller than Luigi) holding each over in a sideways hug on the same hill in the picture before. *I'm guessing that is his brother* I thought. The picture next to it was Luigi, his brother and 2 girls dressed in gowns. *They have to be princesses*. Finally, the last picture was... blank? I just stared at it, not noticing that Luigi was looking at the blank picture frame as well.
"The frame is blank because I want it to hold my happiest and strongest memory. As this frame was owned by a member of my family who isn't here anymore, I thought that is what they would of wanted." I just looked at him and the frame in guilt. Guilt for him losing someone close to him and still thinking what they would want if they were still here, but also guilt that I don't have a connection like that to any of my family members... IF I could call them family. Of what I have seen, I don't even think they are even real. This feeling and guilt always give me sorrow but I keep it to my self. I suddenly feel Luigi's hand on my shoulder.
"Are you alright?" Obviously, I wasn't. However, now wasn't the time for chit-chat about these types of topics. So...I lied.
"Yea, I'm fine. Don't worry about me." I looked back at the photo frame; which was back on the mantelpiece and just let the blue, sea green colours and swirls of wind and water flow out out the frame.
"I'm afraid you will have to sleep on the sofa tonight, we can get the spare bedroom cleared out and ready to use tomorrrow. Is that ok?" I snapped out of my thoughts and nodded. The sofa looked comfortable and welcoming, just like the rest of the house.
"Yea, it will be fine. Now, off to bed. I am knackered and you're knackered." I made my voice a bit softer as I was assuming that Luigi's brother was sleeping. Waking up a man is the WORST idea in the world! Except if they are screaming the house down because of nightmares.
"Something has just come to me. Where is ALL your stuff?" He was now speaking softer like I was.
"I was in a rush and had no time for packing anything except my small pouch and something I will tell you about tomorrow." I showed Luigi my pouch, it was shaped like a star and had a thick blue border around the edges. Which fitted the dress quite nicely may I add.
"So... you're telling me that you left your clothes, blankets, pyjamas, toothbrush, toothpaste and luxury items at home?"
"...Sadly yes. If I had the time to pack, I would of had them with me."
"We will have to go shopping tomorrow then, but now, we need to sleep. We have a spare toothbrush upstares you can use for tonight."
"ooooh, do I have to?" I hated brushing my teeth, I just wanted to go to bed and SLEEP!
"Yes, now come on!" He grabbed me by the wrist and led me upstaires to the bathroom.
Upstares was just as homely as it was downstairs. On the left, as we walked up, there was a Cuckoo clock on the left far wall. The furthest door down the corridor was probably the spare bedroom. Right next to it, there was a door with the sign with the words 'Luigi's room' all in green. Finally, the closest door to what I thought was the bathroom (which I was right) had the sign 'Mario's room' *That's probably the name of Luigi's brother, I'll try to remember that.* Luigi opened the door to the bathroom and we went inside. Finally, he let go of my hand after he closed the door and we got ready for bed.
"Are you going to be ok on your own?" Luigi asked as I was snuggling in 'bed'. I knew from this moment that he was a clingy person, normally I would hate people like that, but for some reason, not with Luigi.
"Yea, I'll be fine, goodnight"
"Goodnight" Luigi replied as he turned off the lights and walked upstares to bed.
*His pyjamas are so cute* I thought as I drifted off to sleep and thought of what tomorrow would bring... for all of us.
3:30 am
Mario's Pov
When I awoke from my slumber, I felt dreadful. My head was woozy, I was having hot and cold sweat episodes and I couldn't feel my ears, they felt as if they were dead. However, this was the least of my problems. As an attempt to wake myself up a bit, I tried to pinch myself... I didn't feel any pain. I pinched on both hands, the wrist and even slapped my cheek several times, but I still didn't feel any pain. The only time I did feel pain on the arm... it was painful. I pinched just a bit higher than my wrist. At first, no pain... until about 5 seconds later. The pain was 2 x more painful that it should of been and it even spread up the arm a little bit. My heart rate sped up as I lay in bed in shock of what was going on. Half of my body felt I was here, the other half felt as if I was someplace else. I turned to my right, where my nightstand was, but instead of being greeted by my oak wood table I was greeted by the same blue and yellow star pillow that saved me from my fall earlier on. At this very moment, I noticed that I was sliding off the bed as my feet were straight off the mattress. The only thing that was keeping me on the bed was the star pillow. *I must of had a violent dream* I thought to myself as I tried to remember the dream I may have had... I couldn't remember almost any of it, except for one part.
Dream
It was Luigi... he had angel wings and was fighting this monster which I couldn't describe. He was dodging the monsters attacks like an epic dodgeball player. One minute Luigi was in the air, the next, on the ground, running at a speed which was just a blur and glowing a white hew. The monster thought now was the perfect time to charge an attack to hit me with, it charged and fired... but it never hit. Luigi stood in front of me, at first I was afraid that he was sacrificing himself to save me. That was until I looked around me, I saw a green orb, this was blocking the monsters fire attack from his hands; From this point of view, had a tint of light green. As soon as the attack was over, Luigi put the shield down and ran toward the enemy. He slid under its legs and the creature's head followed. The sight of the monster bending its head and twisting its body was a sight that almost made me puke. It looked painful but by the size of the beast, it was the quickest way to turn around to its chosen target. At that moment, I knew this was true evil at work. I turned to look at my brother, he didn't even flinch at the monster basically mangling its bones out of shape and proportion. I looked on in amazement as he waited for a sign. I didn't know what he was waiting for, until the freak of nature emitted a howl of pain and went weak, as it used all its energy on the fire attack and twisted its body in an unnatural fashion. The noise was ear piercing, I had to cover up my ears before any more damage could be done to them! However, Luigi didn't show any sign of weakness, he just stood there.. taking it. At that very moment, Luigi made a butterfly with his hands. I saw him mutter something under his breath, I think it was "Butterfly Gail". He spun around and at the same time, put his hands back to back, so the knuckles were touching one another. Moved his hands in a way that looked like a flap of a bird, this motion summoned his angel wings. At that moment a gust of wind from the ground lifted my brother off the earth and into the sky above in a whirlwind motion. I knew from this moment that he was going to do a final finishing blow. I wasn't able to see anything except the same white glow from earlier on, that was until I saw a large green and pink butterfly was forming in front of him. It grew and grew until it was as large as our pipe house. I looked on in awe as Luigi shouted "Butterfly slice final", the butterfly came down at the monster at a speed which was unrecognisable as it (as the name of the move implied) sliced through the enemy with ease. It turned to the right while still moving and sliced though again, leaving a trail behind to show where it once was. It then flew upwards and sliced downwards, flew up again and finally turned around. The monster started to shake, as if it was going to explode, thinking I was going to be caught in the blast, I scooted backwards... until the butterfly swooped in once more and lodged its self into the monster and exploded. I covered my eyes with my arm for defence. However, I put it down once I knew what happened. There was; what I thought it was, confetti. Confetti everywhere the eye could see. Luigi had long since landed back onto solid ground but with all that confetti, I couldn't even see a few feet in front of me. At that very moment, the confetti floated into something Luigi was holding, or.. more like floating. I couldn't tell what it was from where I was located, except it was a shape of a heart. The object then went into Luigi's right hand. The only thing remaining of the monster was butterflies by the flower patch next to the house. When I saw this, I ran up to him to try to yank off his glove and have a look of what was under it. I was so close when my brother chanted something under his breath and... everything just went white.
End of dream
After remembering that dream, I was shocked, amazed and confused at the same time. The only thing that was going through my mind was why I dreamt that. It was nonsensical and strange, then I realized that all dreams were like that. I chuckled to myself as I swung my legs back over the mattress, moved the star pillow up to the backboard of the bed and stood up. Only walking a few steps until I wobbled and fell into my wardrobe. I picked myself up from the fall and turned my attention to my nightstand. Next to my clock and lamp, was a small glass bottle with a note attached to the cork. I sluggishly made my way to the oak furniture and examined the bottle.
The first thing that stuck out about the bottle was its size, it was tiny, only the size of my pinky finger. The shape of the glass bottom was a hexagon and the cylinder on top was quite thin. Wrapped around the side several times it was a thin piece of rope, which connected to the cork to make a handle. I turned my attention to the piece of paper connected to the cork, the paper was nothing special it was just lined paper ripped off from a notebook. I lifted the bottle up, ripped the note off and placed it down again. I unfolded the paper and read it:
Mario
When you wake up, drink this. It will hopefully make you feel better for tomorrow, I will be checking.
- Luigi
Short, sweet and got to the point... *sigh* my brother knows me too well. I picked up the bottle once more, reluctant to drink the fluid inside. However, I knew if I didn't.. Luigi would be on my tail. So, I undid the cork and gulped it down... I was surprised that it tasted like blueberries and was no nasty aftertaste. After taking it, I felt much more awake. The wooziness in my head faded away, I had much more balance than before, the hot and cold sweats disappeared and the best part, I could feel pain again. I thought I would never think like that, until that moment in time. Then I remembered something, something I was going to do tomorrow but thinking that now is the time to find out. I turned around and walked to my bedroom door, slowly opening it so it wouldn't make any noise. I tip-toed out of my room and down into the living room.
The place was pitch black, everything was shrouded in shadows. I tried to find something to penetrate the darkness that settled in the house. That was when I found a candle, I grabbed it and then found an unused match in the candle holder. I picked it up and lit the candle. The shadows retreated when the candle emitted its glow around the area. I was grateful that the candle was there to use, even though I never saw it before. I had a set destination in mind as I walked between the darkness. I needed to know what had happened these couple of weeks, something was off and I needed to know what that was. After what felt like hours, I finally made it to the door. I slowly opened the old yacht board door, it creaked and groaned as it swung open. The place was even darker than it was in the living room, if that was possible. It was as if a veil of darkness was draped over the house, covering every nook and cranny there was. I held the candle tightly as I descended the stairs into the basement.
The basement was cold, damp and darker than a midnight berry. A midnight berry is a type of fruit, that was gifted to Princess Peach's mother and father a long time ago. I can't remember who gave them the seed but whoever they were, they could not be trusted. The berry of midnight (the other name of it) sends anyone who eats it into an internal nightmare and there isn't a cure for this disease yet. So because of this, the king and queen planted the seed in a very secret location in the castle. The princess was talking about it to me one day at the party she threw after I saved her from Bowser. Anyway, I looked around the dark room as my candle lit up my surroundings, the flame dancing to and throw. The first thing that caught my attention was the bookcase on the far wall, I forgot about it being an emergency exit to Seracerland. Without that exit... let's just say I wouldn't be here now. The second thing that caught my eye was some uneven ground on the right corner of the room. I didn't remember seeing that before, maybe my mind was playing tricks on me. Finally, the final thing before I carried on with my task was the large chest located on the left corner of the room, opposite to the uneven floor.
I remembered this chest.
What it contained was... something I didn't understand, something I thought needed to be forgotten... for me and my brothers' sake... well, that's what mum said anyway. I shook my head as I sluggishly walked to the table and chair on the other side of the bookcase. On the table, was exactly what I was looking for.
Luigi's Diary.
I hesitated as I opened the book and looked at the latest entry in the diary.
Dear Diary
Today has been the same as always... cleaning, cooking and washing. I read the next chapter of the book I've been looking at called "The Treasure Pit".
*I didn't know that my brother was interested in history* I thought to myself as I continued reading.
It's very interesting its about how the pirates hid their treasure a long time ago. The deadly traps found in the hole would kill anyone in a split second! The location of the pit is Oak Island in the real world.
My eyes widened at that, the real world. Was he still thinking about.. home? I... didn't know what to think as I just stared blankly at the page. *Was that the reason Luigi has been so distant?... No, It can't be, it has to be something else.* I turned a few pages back, until I found something out of place... black scribbles all around the edges of the entry. This wasn't my brother, he always has everything neat and tidy. Even his handwriting was neat, so whatever happened here... was serious. So, I mentally prepared myself for what I was going to uncover in Luigi's diary. However, no amount of courage would prepare me for what I actually read.
D-Dear Diary
His handwriting was wobbly and disfigured, telling me that something was wrong... very wrong.
T-Today... has been.. one of those days that, everything goes wrong. It wasn't her fault. It could never be her fault.
*Who is he talking about?* I thought as I continued
I-I though everything was splendid; our relationship was stronger than ever, her parents finally accepted me for who I was and we were together for so long t-that I thought.. that we would never, be separated... I-I guess I was wrong. This all started in the early afternoon. I was.. taking a stroll around whomps fortress to enjoy the summer breeze, until an Orange Toad came to me with a message from Daisy.
"Daisy!" I flinched. *Don't wake up, don't wake up* I repeated in my head... nothing. No sound of clambering out of bed and feet landing on the wood planked floor, no creaking from the old staircase, no light peaking underneath the crack of the door and no light pouring in when my brother caught me red handed... nothing, nothing, but silence. After checking that my brother wasn't awake from my accidental outburst. I went back to the entry.
"Daisy wanted me to meet her at Princess Peach's castle as she was staying there for a meeting. So without hesitation, I rushed past the Orange Toad and went straight to the castle.
When I got through the double doors, the first thing I saw was Daisy. She was standing the main hall of the castle on the sun symbol. Her face told me that she had news... just.. news. It made me feel very uncomfortable seeing Daisy like this, I knew it was important but I never knew how much it would impact me, until it was too late.
"Luigi, it's nice to see you," Daisy said as I walked to her. She was speaking formally, she never speaks like that unless something serious has come up. At this moment, I had a feeling that I wouldn't like what I would hear.
"Luigi, I don't know how to put this into words but ever since we became partners, I feel that we have drifted further apart. What I mean by that is, our relationship isn't as close as it was." I remained silent as she spoke.
"So, I think that... we, should go back to being best friends." I felt my heart miss a beat, I was going to lose the love of my life.
"Don't get me wrong! I don't regret any of it. I just think that this relationship is not going to work out."
I held my tears back, it hurt... it hurt a lot. I just stared into Daisy's blue eyes. She started hugging me, snapping me out of my thoughts.
"Thank you for understanding".
I just nodded as I stepped back, looked at Daisy one last time and walked out.
I ran. Ran home, tears rolling down my face and blocking my vision. I opened the door, ran up the stairs and locked myself in my room.
I still don't know that I did wrong.
Daisy, I'm sorry.
I stared wide-eyed at the diary. *Luigi...* I thought *You should have told me.* I flipped the diary closed. I looked at it one last time before I went back upstairs and into my warm bed.
I now knew what happened 3 weeks ago.