Author's Note: Here we go with another shorter than usual chapter! :D

Luigi's Mansion Adventure

Chapter 13: Shivers, the Wandering Butler

Reaching the Laundry Room, the quartet entered it without a fuss and looked around in the darkness. Luigi was shaking in fear as usual and shining his flashlight everywhere. Daisy had returned the Poltergust 3000 back to Tails and Luigi had informed Tails of his new fire abilities.

"Where're the ghosts at?" Daisy wondered, a little sad that she wouldn't be able to use the Poltergust 3000 anymore. It had been an awesome weapon to her, a weapon that she absolutely loved. She was disappointed. How will she be able to help now?

Luigi glanced at the princess. "Who knows?" then, completely out of the blue, a ghost appeared and it was one of those pink ones. It screeched goofily and flew after Luigi at a fast pace. Luigi screamed in terror and collapsed onto his rear.

"HOLY DOLPHIN STICKS!" he squawked.

"Dolphin sticks?" Vivian seemed perplexed as she grabbed Luigi and pulled him beneath the ground and into the shadows to avoid a violent strike from the pink ghost.

"Yeah!" replied Luigi as they were back up and out of the shadows. "Have you ever tried fish sticks? There are such thing as dolphin sticks too and they are delicious!"

Vivian didn't look quite satisfied. "Uh…"

"How about this?!" exclaimed Tails, stunning the ghost with his flashlight. "Take this!" then he used his Poltergust 3000 to vacuum it up into oblivion.

After that, Tails and Luigi worked together to take out the rest of the ghosts in the dark room, which wasn't too difficult. When the lights came on, Luigi released a loud sigh of relief. Tails did some stretches, Vivian opened the box that appeared in the room and earned a lot of cash and gold, and Daisy just stood at the door, frowning.

"There's a Boo in here," Tails announced, using his new Boo Radar thingamajig.

"Great. Take care of it," Luigi ordered, not feeling up to capturing the annoying Boo. He went over to the wash machine and opened it, finding Mario's hat in there!

"Hey, isn't that Mario's hat?" Daisy asked, coming over. "It is! You found Mario's hat! And it's been laundered recently!"

"Y-Yeah!" Luigi responded, clutching the hat tightly in his hands. "It is…his hat. But what is it doing here?"

Daisy shrugged. "Who knows? Maybe Mario had stopped by here to wash it before he was taken unexpectedly by the Boos!" she suggested.

Luigi shuddered at the thought.

"Yow! Get down! I'm Boogie!"

Removing their attention from Mario's hat, the plumber and princess looked up to see a Boo cackling and dancing around in the air. It was pulling off some pretty impressive dance moves that shocked everyone in the room.

"Such grace!" Vivian remarked, fascinated.

"Such talent!" Daisy stated, awestruck.

"Such divine body movements!" Luigi caterwauled, amazed.

Tails was the only one not giving a compliment, but found the Boo to be a good at dancing. It was moving better than all the other Boos he had seen so far.

"YEAH! Boogie on!" the Boo sang as it danced.

"Sorry, but you have to boogie on into the Poltergust 3000!" Tails told it before vacuuming it up completely. Finished with that, Tails did a pose and laughed in victory.

"These Boos be having some strange names…" trailed Luigi and then looked back at Mario's hat in his hands. "Anyway, I found Mario's hat!"

Tails flew over in a flash and Vivian was right beside him, both of them staring at the hat in curiosity. "It's a clue!" Tails pointed out. "This proves that Mario was here!"

"Yeah!" Vivian piped up.

"Obviously," put in Daisy.

"Excuse me? I don't remember you being a part of our conversation. Go stand in a corner or something…" Vivian rudely told Daisy, turning her back on her.

Daisy felt like grabbing the Shadow Siren's pink hair and yanking it right off of her little head. "I'd watch what I say if I were you."

"Don't start, guys," Tails warned.

"Anyway…" Luigi started talking as he put Mario's hat into his invisible pocket. "We're another step closer to finding Mario, finally! Let's get out of here…"

Tails nodded, totally agreeing. "Yeah, yeah! I remember seeing a candle floating around out there. Maybe you can light it up by using your new fire abilities, yeah?"

"GOOD IDEA!" Luigi shrieked.

"Wait, it's probably a portrait ghost," Daisy said, putting her hands on her hips. "Better be careful and stuff."

So the quartet left the Laundry Room and ventured back out into the horrible darkness where the ghostly bats and mice dwelled. They made a left and saw the candle floating in the darkness. Tails quickly whipped out his own Game Boy Horror and was able to see the ghost that was actually holding the candle. He flashed the barely visible heart and got a biography and everything.

"This is Shivers, the Wandering Butler," Tails started conveying the information he was given to his three friends. "He's 72 years old. He wanders the house, endlessly searching for his master's will. He hopes he's included in it!"

"The poor soul…" Vivian trailed sadly, feeling sympathetic for the wandering ghost.

Suddenly, wonderful music began playing from the room that they were next too, which was also locked shut. It was beautiful, like someone playing a piano on a pretty summer day. The serene melody touched their ears and brought them happiness. That was when the butler ghost started speaking…

"Ah, the beautiful melody will not even give me the time of day…" he rasped out creepily, floating around in the air while holding the unlit candle. "What must I do to win her? Passion! Yes! That's it! I will show her I burn for her! My unbridled passion will scorch her soul!"

"My unbridled passion will scorch her soul?" Daisy echoed, grimacing a twinge bit. "That doesn't sound so peaceful and loving to me!"

"Who in the world is he talking about though…?" Vivian questioned thoughtfully, finding the butler's words to be really magical and beautiful. What if someone were to tell her those exact words? It would make her heart blossom with joyous tranquility!

"Does it really matter who he's talking about?" wondered Luigi, lifting up his Poltergust 3000. "It's time to get rid of this guy!" he blasted out fire from his thingamajig, quickly lighting the candles that Shivers was holding.

Immediately, Shivers freaked!

…and Luigi freaked because Shivers freaked!

"Ahhhhh! Fire! Fire! Fire! Run away! Run awaaaay!" Shivers screeched out loudly, now floating away at a rapid pace, shaking his head from side to side while still holding the candle for some reason…

"HOLY FISH STICKS!" yawped Luigi in a high volume, scared out of his mind by Shivers' sudden outburst.

"Get a grip…" Tails, Daisy, and Vivian all said in unison.

Luigi sweat-dropped, knees shaking.

Anyway, the four individuals chased Shivers all throughout the halls until he mysteriously flew through the door that led to the Laundry Room, which is where they just were earlier! Releasing a few complaints, the four adventurers entered the Laundry Room and then spotted Shivers making right into another room, vanishing completely.

"He went inside that room. It's probably unlocked!" Tails pointed out.

So they went into the room.

Now they were in the Butler's Room. They found Shivers settling down on a chair in a room, candle still lit while he still held it. Then, all of a sudden, he began moving around erratically as if he were dancing…or something. Still, he was making those crazy noises as he did, which freaked Luigi out.

Tails used his flashlight to stun Shivers and his heart was fully revealed. Not wasting any more time, the fox used his Poltergust 3000 and vacuumed Shivers right up, watching his HP deplete rapidly. As he chased Shivers around the room with his vacuum cleaner, beautiful pearls dropped all over the place, decorating the room with its brilliance.

"Pearls!" chirped Daisy, collecting them all.

"Yay!" cheered Vivian, also gathering some of the pearls on the floor.

Luigi was watching Tails take care of the ghost, knees ceasing their shaking. He noticed how impressive Tails was with the Poltergust 3000, much like Daisy had been when she had her hands on it.

Once Shivers was successfully caught, the lights in the Butler's Room flashed on and a box appeared in the center of the room. Vivian quickly opened the box and pulled out a key that was for another room, obviously.

"That was too easy!" commented Tails, patting himself on the back for his wondrous accomplishment.

"You are pretty good with that thing," Luigi told him, smiling a little. "Oh, hey, there's a Boo in here!" he held up his Game Boy Horror, showing them how the Boo Radar was going crazy.

"I'll find it!" exclaimed Daisy, scurrying around the room and checking every little piece of furniture. When she managed to find the sneaky Boo, it flew up into the center of the room with its loud cackle.

"You found me, PeekaBoo!" chortled the Boo.

"We found you, now you're through!" Daisy let out an unrestrained burst of laughter, pointing a finger at the ghostly being. "That totally rhymes!"

Vivian huffed and folded her arms. "Why do you have to act so silly all of the time?"

"Why do you have to open your big mouth all the time?" Daisy retorted, hands on hips.

"You're impossible!" Vivian shouted.

"You're a ghost!" Daisy yelled.

"I AM NOT DEAD!" Vivian squawked.

"And you both need to shut it! Sheesh!" Tails threw up his hands in a dramatic manner, appalled by the girls' crazy attitudes right now.

Vivian appeared ashamed. "Sorry…"

"Whatever," Daisy was ticked.

"Hey, while you guys were bickering over here, I caught the Boo," Luigi announced while scratching the back of his head. "Let's go to the next room now and see what's up, even though I'm scared out of my mind!"

The four individuals agreed on that and they departed from the Butler's Room after finding some cash and stuff. They made their way through the dark halls while getting rid of ghostly bats and mice, as usual. When they reached their destination, Vivian popped the key in and unlocked the door, heading on inside. They were now in the Conservatory.

Several instruments decorated the dark room and there was a huge piano off to the side somewhere. It looked really nice in there, but Luigi figured it would look even nicer if it wasn't so dark and creepy in there. Earlier, he could've sworn he heard music playing from this room, which meant that there was a ghost in there somewhere.

Looks like they were going to have to find out…