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A/n:

"Meh... that was kinda lame..."Zefri

I am so sorry, faithful readers. As of late, this sequel does not even come close to the quality of Luigi's Dragons 1. I'm busy, I'm hurting, and I have a lot of work to do outside of FF that keeping up with this story at least with quality entries is really a hassle.

From now on I will try my hardest to present to you better entries. I'll even go back and fix up some previous entries too, when I have time.

NOTE: I added content to the previous chapter.

UNIMPORTANT ADDENDUM: you know what? I had forgotten how much I love the Star Wars universe. Does LD seem like I'm pulling from Star Wars at all? I try not to imitate other works, but, I'm afraid that after seeing the 2nd and 3rd movies again... I think I'm accidentally pulling from Star Wars in some way or another. What do you think?
Regardless, I like coughObiwancough uh, Star Wars, a lot. I might attempt to write a one shot of Star Wars, but, uh, that might not happen. This story is definitely top priority right now.

CHAPTER TWENTY TWO: INCOMING

They had been on the mountain for three hours, with no progress to speak of.

Neither Mario and Luigi could successfully comprehend what Merlon was trying to show them. Every once and a while, just when Luigi thought he had it, he would smell the scent of a flower, or feel the wind tingling his skin, and his senses returned to him as quickly as he lost them.

Their companions had never been so bored. Peach and Jennie were trying to create some sort of time-killer with stones and magic dust, but they couldn't successfully device a sort of game that could keep them occupied. Frizzle and Jacques had fallen asleep, bored to tears by Sherlwen's exaggerated stories about his awesomeness and spectacular fake discoveries.

"We can't do this..." Luigi finally said, stopping. "Its too hard. I ... don't understand."

"Then you do not have enough faith." Merlon replied, distressed.

"Neither of us are strong enough to do this!" Luigi widened his arms in frustration. "Right, Mario?" And as he turned to acknowledge his brother, he found... no one at his side.

"Mario?"

Luigi looked around, only to be surprised when Mario reappeared next to him, laughing so hard his eyes were twinkling under the sunlight. He patted Luigi on the back, and let out an exclamation of joy.

"Whoo! I finally did it!"

"Yeah! FINALLY!" Peach exclaimed from nearby, clapping. "Well done, Mario! Great job!"

Mario turned with a broad grin to see that his grin was mirrored on Merlon's dark face. Merlon nodded, and then faced Luigi, his grin vanishing.

Luigi smiled for a moment, but his joy vanished and he looked down. "I'm sorry. I can't do it."

Mario's joy also left him, and he said, "You just... don't have enough faith, Luigi..."

"You're right. I think I should just try this another time."

"Luigi, there is war coming. There may not be another opportunity for you to return here." Merlon said.

"You're right. And I can accept that."

Luigi turned and began to walk towards Jennie, his eyes dull. Jennie frowned, not knowing what to say. There was nothing she could say. He had given up, at least for the moment.

"Am I to learn the sense of Detection?" Mario asked, glancing at Merlon.

"Not yet." He said, narrowing his eyes. For a while, he was silent, then, he blinked and looked up. He said, "Mario, you mentioned Reyva could contact you with her mind?"

"Yes, sir."

"Tell her to come and meet us on the mountain. If it takes them a few days, it will leave us more time to train, and hope that your brother finds faith in himself, and in the light."

A/N: I'll add more later. Most of my time was spent retouching chapter 20. Anyway I hope you can tell I'm putting effort into it again.