Mario was seriously worried about Luigi - who was still in the infirmary after collapsing. Violet refused to leave his side, his health had been so unstable. Ever since Mr. L had been killed, Luigi's health had been slowly drained. With each trip to the dream world, Luigi's health went down a bit. Though the others caught on to what was going on with Luigi, the green clad ghost hunter insisted on helping. The death of Mr. L had taken its toll and no one knew if Luigi was going to make it. Though Mario was worried about his baby twin brother, he had a feeling that he was going to pull through.

Peach thought it was wishful thinking on Mario's part, though she hoped that he was right. They didn't need anymore blood split because of anything evil. Starlow stayed with Prince Dreambert, who were also worried about Luigi but not as much as everyone else.

Prince Dreambert whispered, "The Purity Heart... Before Mr. L was killed, he told me to tell the others that the Purity Heart still lives."

Starlow wondered, "I wonder what he meant by that... No one has even given us an explanation to Mr. L."

A voice commented, "Then allow, um, me to fill in the blanks."

Prince Dreambert and Starlow looked behind them and saw a woman standing there. She had pink hair in a neat bun, yellow glasses over her eyes, wearing a light gray shirt, a black skirt, and black leggings.

The Star Sprite asked, "Who are you?"

Nastasia answered, "Yeah, um, my name is Nastasia. I, um, happen to be a former minion of Count Bleck's."

The prince blurted out, "Mr. L said the same thing!"

Nastasia stated, "Well, um, that is true. He was a, um, former minion too."

Starlow questioned, "But who was he?"

Prince Dreambert asked, "And why was he in the dream world?"

Nastasia explained, "He was, um, Luigi's evil alter ego. He was, um, created by me after I brainwashed Luigi to, um, serve Count Bleck."

Starlow blurted out, "WHAT?!"

Prince Dreambert told her, "Let her finish. Go ahead, Nastasia."

The former assistant nodded and as she explained what happened, Mario had gone with Peach to see Luigi and Violet. Violet had fallen asleep alongside of Luigi. The youngest Manfredi twin looked horrible. His skin was whiter than Violet's, his hair was all greasy and messy, and he looked like had been bruised til the cows came home. He was asleep alongside of her, breathing heavily. Luigi woke up, gasping. Violet woke up, instantly.

"Luigi," she asked, worried.

He looked at her, his sapphire eyes looking drained.

"Violet," he breathed.

"We're here too," Peach told him.

"Yeah, Weegie," Mario added, making his presence known.

Mario had never seen his baby twin brother looking so terrible. It was heartbreaking to see. Yet somehow, Luigi managed a smile.

Luigi breathed, "I'm glad you are all here."

Mario stated, "We will always be there for you, baby bro."

Peach replied, "We are your friends, after all."

Violet added, kissing his forehead, "And we love you."

The green clad ghost hunter smiled as he weakly caressed Violet's cheek. Violet was near tears, knowing that Luigi would die soon. Mario and Peach were also choking back tears, trying not to cry. Finally, Luigi brought out the box that he had carried all of this time and showed it to Violet. She gasped as he opened it to show the engagement ring, tears now rolling down her face as she looked at the fragile Luigi.

Luigi weakly asked, "Violet Jasmine Calico, though I am dying, I want you to be mine even in death. Will you marry me?"

Violet answered, crying, "Of course I will, Luigi James Manfredi."

The purple clad ice wilder put on the ring - since Luigi was too weak to do it - as she kissed her beloved green clad ghost hunter softly, tears rolling down her face. Peach did the same as Mario refused to cry. When Violet broke the kiss, Luigi gave her a smile as he rolled his eyes back and slowly died. Violet started to cry even more, now heartbroken. That did it for Mario, he started to cry, gripping his beloved Peach.

"LUIGI," Mario yelled, like he did on that first mansion night.

"H - he's gone," Peach choked out.

As Violet cried, she hung onto Luigi - though his body was limp now. Mario placed his hand on her shoulder and suddenly, a rainbow light surrounded all four of them, even the dead Luigi. It formed into the shape of a heart as Prince Dreambert, Nastasia, and Starlow ran into Luigi's room. They all saw the heart shape around the four heroes, as well as the rainbow light.

Starlow started to ask, "Is that..."

Prince Dreambert stated, "It has to be!"

Nastasia blurted out, "It's the, um, Purity Heart!"

All four heroes asked, in a surprised unison, "We have the power of the Purity Heart?"

At that moment, their bodies all started to glow a rainbow light as it drained out of them, one by one before finally reaching Luigi. His left half had the rainbow light as the right side had nothing at all. The right side of Luigi's limp body filled with rainbow light, as if by magic. Suddenly, the light went away and Luigi gasped in air, filled with life.

"Luigi," everyone gushed.

Violet kissed him, hard as everyone else hugged him. Luigi never felt so much love. In the Underwhere, Mr. L was watching them, since Queen Jaydes was missing and the Underwhere had been looking for her for weeks. The Green Thunder knew that he was going to see them, his friends, again but not until Luigi had some decent rest.

Mr. L seemed to smiled genuinely seeing this and commented, "Well, Luigi. You finally got everything you wanted. I just wish that one day, Mario realizes that you are just much as of a hero like him."

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A few days later, our heroes left Pi'illo Island - leaving Prince Dreambert and Starlow behind. Peach still couldn't believe that Starlow was dating Prince Dreambert. She still couldn't believe that Luigi was engaged to Violet! 'When the Underwhere is Mario going to propose,' she thought, annoyed. Mario saw Peach's face and knew that she was pissed that he hadn't proposed. 'Weegie first,' he thought, looking at his baby brother, who was holding Violet.

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Wishmaker1028: Dun, dun, dun. Ending and dramatic music! Will Mario ever propose to Peach? Time can only tell... Don't forget to stick around for 'United We Stand', coming after I get a few things done! Please read and review! And always think outside of the box!