Eighth day of travel, you usually re-arrive at the place you came from or are still hopelessly lost. Mario and Luigi were the latter. They had just arrived back in Mushroom Kingdom. But interestingly enough; Peach, Daisy, and Toadsworth were not there to greet them.
"This is weird," Luigi stated.
"Sure is," Mario replied.
Luigi saw Toad and asked, "Hey, Toad where are the princesses and Toadsworth?"
"They went to Koopa Kingdom for some reason," he answered.
"Koopa Kingdom," the brothers repeated.
When Toad nodded, the two brothers looked at each other. As Mario feared for the peace treaty and Peach's safety, Luigi feared both Violet and Daisy's safety.
"We have to go there and fast," Mario stated.
Luigi groaned and replied, "I can't believe Daisy would willing go to Koopa Kingdom completely trusting Bowser!"
Even though Luigi knew that Bowser hated the peace treaty too, he couldn't let Mario know that.
Mario responded, "Yeah, I know. I don't completely trust him either. His Koopa's are the one that took Violet Ice. Why would he do that?"
Luigi knew the answer to that but simply shrugged. 'I know why but keeping this a secret from Mario won't last too much longer,' the green clad ghost hunter thought. Mario was now deep in thought again. He had to somehow figure this whole thing out but he knew that the key to unlock the mystery was Luigi himself. 'But Weegie won't tell me what's going on. I guess I have to figure it out for myself,' Mario thought.
With their thoughts tucked away in their minds, they started to head on the path to Koopa Kingdom. Luigi was also worried about Polterpup. The ghost pup had run off a long time ago and had yet to come back.
"Where the heck is Polterpup," Luigi wondered aloud.
Mario joked, "Probably digging up ghostly golden bone treats!"
To this, Luigi chuckled a bit. But Luigi was still worried about Polterpup, about Violet, and most importantly - about Daisy. Luigi thought, 'They are all in trouble because of me. If I never messed up, none of them would be in the danger they are in now. I feel like such an idiot...such a failure. Mario deserves it all, Peach and the kingdom. I don't even deserve Daisy or Violet's friendship...or even Polterpup's care. I, Luigi James Manfredi, am a complete joke...'
In Koopa Kingdom, Peach looked at the condition Violet Ice was currently in and her blood started to boil. Unknown to anyone, Polterpup had arrived and entered threw the jail cell. The ghost pup stayed invisible but could sense that Violet Ice was scared, frightened, and feeling like trash. The ghost pup felt bad for her, trying not to whimper too loudly. Daisy looked at Bowser and she looked annoyed.
"Why do you have her chain up like that," Daisy questioned.
Bowser explained, "Trust me, she's powerful. Almost as powerful as those pesky Manfredi brothers."
Peach walked a bit over to her and looked at her. Her blue eyes were met with sad silver eyes. They reminded Peach of Mr. L's eyes but his eyes were unforgiving. Violet's were...unreadable. 'Something is wrong,' Peach thought as she sensed a familiar ghostly aura. Knowing that Polterpup was there, she had to figure out something and fast. 'Stall,' she thought.
She looked at Violet and asked, "What's the matter?"
"Why do you ask," Violet questioned.
Peach was a bit surprised and answered, "Because you seem like you can use a friend right about now."
Violet refused to tell her anything but she decided to drop hints.
Violet asked, "Have you ever felt like you were unwanted and unloved? That you are insignificant?"
The princess never felt like that but she knew that this girl - like she said - needed a friend.
"No but it must be the worst feeling in the world," Peach answered.
"You have no idea," Violet stated.
The purple clad woman looked at Peach and saw the honesty in her eyes. It reminded her of Luigi. Violet knew that these people could be trusted. 'I know I'm risking it but they need to know,' Violet thought.
The purple clad woman took a deep breath and started to say, "My true name is Violet Calico..."
Just then, the chains holding her wrists up gave way. Bowser was stunned but none more so than Violet.
"Who freed me," Violet questioned.
Polterpup appeared next to her as Daisy gasped. Toadsworth was shocked as Kamek knew it was over, Violet was about to tell the truth.
Peach answered, "You got your answer and now I want mine."
Violet took a deep breath and took off her mask as well as her hat.
She stated, "Like I said, my true name is Violet Calico and my story isn't a pretty one..."
AK1028: Well, there you go! Violet is going to tell her story to the princesses, Toadsworth, Polterpup, and Bowser! Kamek is so toast but that's just my opinion. I must apologize up front for the such short chapter but I am slowly running into that brick wall known and dreaded as writer's block. It always happens to me when I'm getting into a story I really like writing/typing - whichever way you look at it. I hate that for it makes me think that I'm letting you guys down... Well, I am taking a day off of updating chapters. Saturday, I have plans to go to my niece (Hanna) and nephew's (Holden) birthday. My niece (Hanna) is turning six and my nephew (Holden) is turning two. Sorry if I'm ranting but I am trying to make up for the short chapter. My apologizes guys if I am ranting too much and again, sorry for the short chapter. I thought it would be a good cliffhanger to leave it here. But anyways, please read and review! And always think outside of the box!